Local Programs

Saturday, 5 July 2008
06:57AM

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Visitors to our media center will be greeted by our digital welcome mat, and can see themselves on U•TV, an interactive exhibit where you can explore the art and science of television production. You can also take a peek inside our television studios. more...


Arts Unscripted
WOSU's Christopher Purdy and Columbus Dispatch Arts Columnist Barbara Zuck take a weekly look at the Columbus arts scene.

Bluegrass Ramble

A Pickin' Good Time! WOSU's Bluegrass Ramble airs every Saturday and Sunday on WOSU 820, from 6 pm - midnight (Eastern Standard Time). Listen on-line and in stereo! Join Ramble hosts Rich Baker, Chet DeLong, Chris Johnston, and Steve Brechter for the best bluegrass radio in the country!

Caregivers
For information on aging-related issues, listen to WOSU's Caregivers, an extension of our radio series hosted by Judith Brachman, former director of Ohio Department of Aging.

Columbus in Concert
Saturday evenings at 8pm
WOSU 89.7 brings the best of the Columbus Symphony, Opera Columbus, ProMusica, and the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. Hosts: Christopher Purdy and Boyce Lancaster

Classical Music with Boyce Lancaster
Monday through Friday, 9am - noon

Classical Music with John Rittmeyer

Monday through Friday, 1pm - 4pm

Fridays with George
Boyce Lancaster talks with Maestro Albert-George Schram, the beloved conductor of the Columbus Symphony Pops, about composers, conductors, and the art of music-making.

Health Literacy
Along with the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging and Judith Brachman, former director of the Ohio Department of Aging, WOSU presents a Web site devoted to health literacy.

Midnight Madness
Stay up late and join Christopher Purdy for his periodic series of midnight programs that visit some of the most controversial and influential composers of the past and present!

Movies with Joyce and Rico

Each week WOSU movie critics Joyce and Rico Long review the latest films on WOSU NPR News. Joyce and Rico praise or pan the latest Hollywood blockbusters as well as lesser known independent fare showing in central Ohio.

Music in Mid-Ohio
Christopher Purdy presents Music in Mid Ohio, "the best of local music making" performed in our listening area—and occasionally outside it.

Ohio Arts Alive
Ohio Arts Alive—"A Journey with the Arts Throughout Ohio" produces between six and eight programs per calendar year. Christopher Purdy hosts this one-hour program, which discusses topics and introduces personalities active in arts-related programs from The Cleveland Orchestra to programs for imprisoned juvenile offenders.

Open Line
Weekday mornings, Fred Andrle hosts his award-winning talk program. Fred’s show features fascinating national and local guests. He guides an intelligent and balanced discussion on topics ranging from politics to literature, music to science, health to finance, and psychology to science fiction.

Saturday at the Pops

Saturday at the Pops represents a classic Saturday night on the town with Boyce Lancaster.

Saturday on Stage
Saturday on Stage with Christopher Purdy offers complete operas and oratorios beginning each spring until the Metropolitan Opera begins in December.

Serenata with Christopher Purdy
Serenata is thirty minutes of song, music for, usually, solo voice and, usually, piano accompaniment. If you despair of choosing among the 500 plus recordings of Schubert lieder or you want to hear Renee Fleming's new jazz/classical album, this is a program for you.

Soundbites Restaurant Reviews

Soundbites is WOSU's occasional look at area restaurants with WOSU Food Critic Rich Terapak and WOSU AM's Marilyn Smith.

Symphony at 7 with John Rittmeyer
Monday - Friday, 7pm - 8pm

The Amadeus Deli with Boyce Lancaster
Monday - Friday, noon - 1pm

Theater Reviews

Each week WOSU’s Theater Critic Joy Reilly previews and reviews live stage performances in central Ohio.



Bluegrass Ramble

Join Ramble hosts Rich Baker, Chet DeLong, Chris Johnston, and Steve Brechter for one of the best--and longest running--bluegrass radio shows in the country! The Lonesome River Band, The Country Gentlemen, Blue Highway, Bill Monroe, IIIrd Tyme Out, The Stanley Brothers, Del McCoury, The Osborne Brothers, Alison Krauss, Tony Rice, The Seldom Scene, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, Reno and Smiley, Flatt and Scruggs, The Boys From Indiana, and The Dillards are only a fraction of the outstanding artists you'll experience when you tune in to Bluegrass Ramble. more...

Symphony at 7

Join host John Rittmeyer for WOSU’s weekday, hour-long program, Symphony at 7, at...you guessed it...7pm! Each evening John will feature a full-length symphony for the full appreciation. Discover what John has in store as he finds significant symphonic recordings to share with you. more...