New Time Slots for Acclaimed National Shows “City Arts & Lectures” and “The New Yorker Radio Hour” and Local Favorite “Folk Plus”
Liberty, NY – December 10, 2024 – Radio Catskill has announced a new Sunday programming schedule, effective January 5, 2025.
Critically acclaimed national programs “City Arts & Lectures” and “The New Yorker Radio Hour” will move to more accessible times. Local favorite “Folk Plus” will move to an earlier time on Sunday afternoon.
“We’re pleased to provide wider exposure to ‘City Arts & Lectures’ and ‘The New Yorker Radio Hour’ and have them bookend the Sunday edition of ‘All Things Considered,’ said Jason Dole, Program Director, Radio Catskill. “With “Folk Plus” moving to 2pm, our afternoon lineup will feature four local shows in a row and streamline our schedule.”
See below for the new line-up effective January 5, 2025:
Folk Plus
New Time: Sundays, 2pm
Angela Page has been curating folk music since the 1970s, drawing from her extensive experience, including running coffee houses in college and working with the first national coffee house conference in 1976. After college, she founded the Speak Easy in NYC’s Greenwich Village and co-launched the Fast Folk Musical Magazine. She has written reviews for “Sing Out Magazine,” judged for NERFA, and MC’d at international festivals. Angela has hosted “Folk Plus” on Radio Catskill since 1991 and has aired specials on SiriusXM and other stations across North America. In 2022, she was inducted into the Folk DJ Hall of Fame by the International Folk Alliance. Visit folkplusradio.com for setlists, interviews, and more.
City Arts & Lectures
New Time: Sundays, 4pm
Since 1980, San Francisco-based non-profit “City Arts & Lectures” has offered unique programs with leading figures in arts and ideas. Each year there are more than fifty lectures and onstage conversations – and a few surprise performances, film tributes, and concerts – with outstanding writers, critics, scientists, performing artists, and cultural figures from around the world. “City Arts & Lectures” events are held in the historic Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco’s Performing Arts Center and can be heard on more than 130 public radio stations across the country, co-produced with KQED 88.5 FM in San Francisco.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
New Time: Sundays, 6pm
David Remnick is joined by “The New Yorker”’s award-winning writers, editors and artists to present a weekly mix of profiles, storytelling, and insightful conversations about the issues that matter — plus an occasional blast of comic genius from the magazine’s legendary Shouts and Murmurs page. “The New Yorker” has set a standard in journalism for generations and “The New Yorker Radio Hour” gives it a voice on public radio. Produced by “The New Yorker” and WNYC Studios.
Additionally, “Fresh Air Weekend” will join the schedule Saturdays at 6am.
Leaving the schedule are “Millenium of Music,” “Harmonia,” “Sinner’s Crossroads,” and “Notes From America,” which is ending production.
Hi Tim,
Pleased to hear of the programming changes, especially for “City Arts & Lectures”, which is so deserving of a more favorable time slot. That being said, I’m curious as to what will be replacing “Harmonia” Sunday mornings?
Wishing you and everyone at the station a safe, healthy and joyous Holiday Season!
Hi John–
We’re pleased to give “City Arts & Lectures” and “The New Yorker Radio Hour” more exposure to our listeners.
Effective January 5, BBC World Service will continue overnight through Sunday mornings to 8am, replacing current programming.
We appreciate your feedback and your support.
Thank you!
Take care-
Tim
Sorry that you are cutting the two 6 – 8 a.m. Sunday music shows that I have faithfully enjoyed every week for many years. (“Millennium of Music,” “Harmonia,” ) These two shows are well planned and with just the right amount of information. I like the calmness of the music filling my bedroom. Sometimes I wonder if the overall SOUND of wjff is becoming commercial On Sunday a.m. I really do not want more news/more BBC talk before 8 a.m.
PS -it is also a great loss that no classical music is aired any more.
I absolutely, 200% agree with Sonja Hedlund and Pat Sanders! Our total beings, body, minds and souls, need beautiful, peaceful music. Not more news.
I am in total agreement with Sonja H. I actually have expressed these exact concerns previously. I have found streaming WYSU FM offers Sunday Baroque at 8:AM until 1:00PM on Sundays, and includes Harmonia in the last hour. Alternatively, WSHU offers Sunday Baroque all day, any day.
Unfortunately, the less time spent tuned in to WJFF because of paring content removes interaction with the station and thus the necessity to remain a follower
A few more thoughts: expand Thane Peterson’s Saturday jazz show to 3 hours and reschedule Fresh Air to 3:00 PM as previously aired.
And while I’m at it, there’s a big difference to hearing Democracy Now at the beginning of the day, 8:00 AM as opposed to noon where you rescheduled it
Further, I have been unable to find Millenium of Music elsewhere. Can you assist?
I agree with Sonja Hedlund’s comments – I love the serenity and interest of Harmonia and Millennium of Music on Sunday mornings. And I have to look elsewhere for classical music.
Pat Sanders
I too am a big fan of Harmonia and Millennium of Music. Will miss them greatly, as I already miss Performance Today and From The Top. :0(
Joining with the above chorus: still really missing Performance Today; loved From the Top and my all time favorite, Music of the Spheres (long gone). So, yeah, losing the last shred of classical music on WJFF is sad. It was so beautiful and felt like church, spiritual and moving without the doctrine or religion. So much news. So much ‘analysis’ of the news. It was already enough. WJFF is starting to feel like WNYC Up Here, to me anyway.
the loss of harmonia and Millenium of music is a big one…. in these trying times we don’t need more news and talk shows, which are widely available elsewhere
I have enjoyed the peace and serenity both theses programs have brought me for years and hope they will get reconsidered
Really miss Harmonia on Sunday mornings. Calm and beautiful music to start my Sunday. Can you reconsider?