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11:00 Austin City Limits T/Th 9:30 am / Th 3:30 pm 9:30 Moments to Remember Gwen Ifill 06 | SAT 11:30 Craftsman's Legacy 10:00 Masterpiece Classic M/F 8 am & 2 pm 5:00 Chef's Life Holiday Special Katie Brown Workshop 2:00 Moyers & Company 8:30 Off the Record 10:00 Holiday Pops with the Flint 7:30 Great Performances 17 | WED 28 | SUN Globe Trekker 2:30 Spotlight on the News 07 | SUNDAY 15 | MONDAY 6:00 National Christmas Tree Symphony Orchestra 28 | SUNDAY Downton Abbey Season 5 Cook's Country From America's Su 11:30 am / W 5:30 pm 02 | TUESDAY 9:00 Live From Lincoln Center 9:00 Downton Abbey 9:00 QuizBusters 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Test Kitchen M/F 9 am & 3 pm 3:00 Religion & Ethics 11:00 Great Railway Journeys 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Lighting 2014 6:00 Joshua Bell Presents premieres January 4 8:00 #GivingTuesday Showcase Newsweekly 10:30 Downton Abbey Rediscovered 9:30 Roadtrip Nation 9:00 Call the Midwife M/W/F 8:30 pm / Sa 2 pm HEALTH & LIFESTYLES Journeys in Africa of Europe 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show 26 | FRIDAY Musical Gifts 10:00 Doc Martin 3:30 Start Up Rediscovered 10:00 Journey to Planet Earth For DVDs and more Downton 10:30 Don't Worry, Retire Happy 10:00 PBS Newshour Holiday Special & 5:30 pm Back Fitness W 9:30 am & 3:30 pm / Su 9:30 am 4:00 To The Contrary with 3:00 Ice Bridge: Mackinac 8:00 Washington Week with Tom Hegna 11:00 Sacred Journeys 10:30 Vicious 11:00 Suze Orman's Financial 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 7:00 Vicious Abbey items, visit Essential Pepin W 8:30 am (ends 12/7) Bonnie Erbe Island's Hidden Season 13 | SATURDAY 16 | TUESDAY with Gwen Ifill 07 | SUN 18 | THU 11:00 Living with Parkinson's Solutions for You 9:00 Doc Martin 7:30 Downton Abbey M/F 7:30 pm / Sa 1 pm 4:30 Between the Lines 4:30 Christmas with the 8:30 Off the Record shopPBS.org. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 8:00 Xmas without China 29 | MON Classical Stretch Journeys in India 11:00 Curious Crew 8:00 Sacred Journeys with Rediscovered George Hirsch Lifestyle W 9 am & 3 pm / Su 9 am 5:00 PBS Newshour Weekend Mormon Tabernacle Choir Bruce Feiler 10:00 Spy 9:30 Great Performances 9:00 America By The Numbers 8:00 Mysteries of the Th 8:30 am 03 | WEDNESDAY 5:30 Charlie Rose 9:00 Bing Crosby Rediscovered: Tu/Th 7:30 am & 1:30 pm 6:00 Candy Bomber 11:30 Music Voyager 10:30 Vintage Red Green Show 8:00 Great British Bake Off 11:00 Financial Solutions for You with Maria Hinojosa Jesus Prayer (ends 12/14) 8:00 Best Of Birds 6:00 Truth about Money 10:00 Chef's Life Holiday Special American Masters Priscilla's Yoga Stretches 12:00 Rick Steves' Europe 08 | MON 10:00 PBS Newshour 9:00 Local USA Healthful Indian Flavors 6:30 Tracks Ahead 7:00 Doc Martin 11:00 Austin City Limits 10:30 Downton Abbey 9:00 Masterpiece Classic Tu/Th 8 am & 2 pm (ends 12/9) Rick Steves' Europe 9:00 NOVA 8:00 Jews & Christians: A 11:00 Journey to Planet Earth 9:30 Film School Shorts M 8:30 am M-Sa 4 pm / Su-F 10:30 pm 12:30 Victory Garden's 17 | WEDNESDAY Rediscovered 10:30 Wheat Belly Total Health 8:00 Masterpiece Classic 11:00 McLaughlin Group Journey of Faith 19 | FRI 10:00 PBS Newshour Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef Ediblefeast 21 | SUNDAY Sit & Be Fit Rudy Maxa's World with William Davis, MD 11:00 Best of 50s Pop 8:00 Nature 11:00 Charlie Rose 11:30 Off the Record 9:00 Local USA 8:00 Vintage Red Green Show 11:00 Charlie Rose W 7 am & 1 pm / Su 7 am 7:00 Doc Martin T 8:30 am Su/W 11 pm 1:00 Under the Radar Michigan 9:00 NOVA 9:30 Film School Shorts 8:30 Doc Martin 30 | TUE Jacques Pepin 04 | THURSDAY 08 | MONDAY 8:00 Tales From the Royal 27 | SATURDAY 29 | MONDAY 10:00 PBS Newshour 9:30 Spy 8:00 America Reframed Su/W 7:30 pm Wai Lana Yoga Smart Travels/Rudy Maxa 11:00 2cellos Live at Arena 1:30 This Old House T/Th 9 am & 3 pm 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 18 | THURSDAY Bedchamber 11:00 Curious Crew 11:00 Thinking Money 10:00 PBS Newshour 9:30 Living Courageously: F 8:30 am 8:00 Michigan Out-Of-Doors Zagreb 2:00 Ask This Old House 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Joanne Weir's Cooking Class Family Reunion 10:00 Independent Lens 8:00 Michigan Out Of Doors 9:00 Masterpiece Classic 11:30 Music Voyager 09 | TUE 11:00 MSU's Home for the Holidays The Spirit of Women M/F 2:30 pm PAINTING WOODWORKING 2:30 Hometime 10:00 Independent Lens 8:00 America Reframed 20 | SAT 10:00 PBS Newshour Rough Cut 9:00 Ice Bridge: Mackinac 06 | SATURDAY 8:30 Vintage Red Green Show 11:30 Off the Record 12:00 Rick Steves' Europe Coldagh's Irish Food Trails 9:30 Seaside Story 8:00 Joshua Bell Presents 11:00 Understanding Healthcare Best of Joy of Painting M/F 10:30 am & 4:30 pm Island's Hidden Season 11:30 Great Performances 09 | TUESDAY 3:00 Woodwright's Shop 11:30 Vicious 9:00 This Old House 12:30 Victory Garden's 10:00 PBS Newshour Musical Gifts 11:30 Craftsman's Legacy T/Th 2:30 pm (ends 12/11) T/Th 6:30 am & 12:30 pm 8:00 Rickover: The Birth of 22 | MONDAY Ediblefeast Ask This Old House 10:30 Great Railway Journeys 1:00 Under the Radar Michigan 3:30 Motorweek 10:00 Current Sports 30 | TUESDAY 11:00 Beyond Geek 9:00 Masterpiece Classic 31 | WED Lidia’s Kitchen of Europe Nuclear Power 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Beauty of Oil Painting Su/W 10 am, 6 & 10 pm 1:30 Dr. Fuhrman's End 1:00 Under the Radar Michigan 11:30 Craftsman's Legacy 21 | SUN 8:00 QuizBusters M/W/F 8 pm / Sa 1:30 & 5 pm 4:00 Wilderness Journal 10:30 Under the Radar Michigan 8:00 Sacred Journeys with W 12:30 pm / Su/W 6:30 am Hometime Dieting Forever! 10:00 FRONTLINE 10:00 Independent Lens 10 | WED 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 9:30 Roadtrip Nation 05 | FRIDAY 4:30 Michigan Out Of Doors 1:30 This Old House Bruce Feiler Martha Stewart's Cooking (ends 12/17) T/Th 10 am, 6 & 10 pm 2:00 Suze Orman's Financial 10 | WEDNESDAY 19 | FRIDAY 11:30 Downton Abbey 2:00 Ask This Old House 8:00 Rickover: The Birth of 9:00 Christmas with The 10:00 PBS Newshour School 8:00 Tribute to Bruce Solutions for You 5:00 PBSNewshour Weekend Rediscovered 10:00 Mr. Stink Nuclear Power Mormon Tabernacle Choir 11:00 Sacred Journeys with T/Th/Su 8 & 11:30 pm SEWING & NEEDLECRAFT This Old House Springsteen 8:00 Nature 8:00 Washington Week 2:30 Hometime Bruce Feiler M/F 10 am, 6 & 10 pm / Sa 3:30 pm 4:00 Michigan Out-Of-Doors 5:30 QuizBusters 10:00 PBS Newshour 10:00 Global Voices Mike Colameco’s Real Food Beads, Baubles and Jewels with Gwen Ifill 3:00 Woodwright's Shop 31 | WEDNESDAY Family Reunion 9:00 NOVA 23 | TUESDAY 11:00 Fire In The Forest 11:00 Fire in the Forest M/W/F 9 pm / Sa 2:30 pm M 11:30 am American Woodshop 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show 8:30 Off the Record W 10:30 am & 4:30 pm 10:00 Nazi Mega Weapons 8:00 Sacred Journeys with 3:30 Motorweek 8:00 Live From Lincoln Center HAVE QUESTIONS? 11 | THU 22 | MON 5:00 Bing Crosby Rediscovered: 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 9:00 MSU's Home for the Holidays 8:00 Divine Discontent: Charles 9:00 Local USA Sara's Weeknight Meals Fons & Porter Love of Quilting American Masters Bruce Feiler 4:00 Wilderness Journal 10:00 Michael Feinstein contact Carolopedia T/Th 7 pm Proteus Steinmetz 9:30 Film School Shorts W 11:30 am 11 | THURSDAY 9:00 Doc Martin 10:00 Christmas with the 10:00 30th Annual Fort Lauderdale New Year's Eve at 7:00 Ray Conniff 4:30 Michigan Out of Doors 9:00 America by the Numbers 10:00 PBS Newshour Simply Ming Charlie Rose 8:00 Michigan Out of Doors Mormon Tabernacle Chior Christmas Pageant The Rainbow Room (517) 884-6990 The full WKAR It's Sew Easy The full WKAR Christmas Show 10:00 Spy 5:00 PBS Newshour Weekend with Maria Hinojosa 11:00 Charlie Rose M/F 7 pm / Sa 12:30 pm Weeknights WORLD schedule is W 12 pm / Su/W 6 am CREATE schedule is 8:30 Victor Borge's 8:30 Vintage Red Green Show 10:30 Vintage Red Green Show 20 | SATURDAY 24 | WEDNESDAY 5:30 QuizBusters [email protected] 10:00 PBS Newshour 23 | TUE GARDENING at 11 pm Timeless Comedy! 9:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 Independent Lens 8:00 America Reframed available online at Knit & Crochet Now! available online at 11:00 Austin City Limits 11:00 Curious Crew 8:00 Nature 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Growing a Greener World 12 | FRI 9:00 Blueprint wkar.org Tu/Th 6 am & 12 pm wkar.org Su 11 am

#GivingTuesday Showcase Sweetie-licious: Call the Midwife Holiday Special - NEW! FREE Preview Tue., Dec. 2, 8 pm Taste of the Season Thu., Dec. 25, 8 pm Screening! Downton Abbey Celebrate “Giving Tuesday” with highlights Sun., Dec. 7, 10 am Rehearsals for the Sunday School Christmas concert WORLD CREATE of WKAR programming and interviews Sweetie-licious Bakery Café owner Linda Hundt are underway, creating inconvenience for the nuns and on MASTERPIECE - with station members and representatives creates vintage holiday baked goods, with WKAR's nurses of Nonnatus House. Two unmarried patients are Season Five 01 | MON 8:00 Vintage Red Green Show 10:00 PBS Newshour from corporations who have generously Susi Elkins. Featuring ginger bread cookies, the dispatched to York Lodge, a badly managed home for 7:30 Understanding Healthcare 8:30 Doc Martin 11:00 Beyond Geek supported Public Media in mid-Michigan. at WKAR Studio A 8:00 Suze Orman's Financial 9:30 Give it All Away 11:30 Craftsman's Legacy perfect pie crust, Mommy's Pumpkin Cheescake pregnant women. 2014 Hosted by WKAR-TV Station Manager Susi Praline Pie and more. December 13 Solutions For You 10:00 PBS Newshour 24 | WED Elkins. Great Performances Tony 10:00 Farm Winter 11:00 FRONTLINE 8:00 Tracks Of Imagination 2pm, 4pm and 7pm 11:30 Brainchange 13 | SAT 9:00 National Christmas Tree Bennett and Lady Gaga 02 | TUE 8:00 Sharon Isbin: Troubadour Lighting 2014 Sat., Dec. 6, 10 pm This Emmy® and Golden 8:00 Moments to Remember 9:00 Masterpiece Classic 10:00 PBS Newshour Globe® award-winning hit 10:30 Sweetie-Licious: A Taste 14 | SUN 11:00 Sacred Journeys with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga team up for drama returns for a fifth of the Season 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Bruce Feiler a special concert from the stage of Jazz 11:30 Victor Borge's 9:00 Live From Lincoln Center 25 | THU MSU's Home for the Holidays season of intimately interlaced at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater in New Timeless Comedy! 10:30 Rasa Dari Tari 8:00 First Silent Night stories centered on an York City, performing selections from their Fri., Dec. 19, 10 pm 03 | WED 11:00 Little League: A History 9:00 America by the Numbers English country estate — an collaborative classic jazz recording, Cheek Featuring traditional holiday music, sing-alongs, 8:00 Big Band Years 15 | MON with Maria Hinojosa to Cheek. entertaining formula that has 10:00 Best of 50s Pop 8:00 Three Faiths, One God: 10:00 PBS Newshour DEC. story telling, and a special appearance by old Saint Judaism, Christianity, Islam 11:00 Casting Call to Curtain Call Nick. From the Great Hall at Wharton Center on the made “Downton Abbey” the 04 | THU 8:30 Best of Birds 9:00 Local USA 26 | FRI FOOD & WINE Garden Smart Lap Quilting with Georgia campus of Michigan State University. highest-rated drama in PBS 9:30 Under the Radar Michigan 9:30 Film School Shorts 8:00 Vintage Red Green Show America's Test Kitchen Bonsteel history. W 11 am & 5 pm 10:00 Ice Bridge: Mackinac 10:00 PBS Newshour 8:30 Doc Martin Su/T/Th 8:30 pm M/F 6 am & 12 pm P. Allen Smith’s Garden Come in costume! Snap a Island's Hidden Season 11:00 30th Annual Fort Lauderdale 9:30 Spy Baking with Julia Quilt in a Day WHAT'S ON TV M/F 11 am & 5 pm selfie! Join mid-Michigan fans 11:30 Farm Winter Christmas Pageant 10:00 PBS Newshour T/Th 7:30 pm T 11:30 am 10:00 Current Sports 11:30 Music Voyager 9:00 NOVA 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 11:00 Consider the Conversation 14 | SUNDAY for a preview of season five's 05 | FRI 16 | TUE Chef John Besh’s New Orleans The Victory Garden TRAVEL & RECREATION SUNDAY AFTERNOONS 8:00 Under the Radar Michigan 8:00 America Reframed 27 | SAT 10:30 Under the Radar Michigan 12:00 Rick Steves' Europe 9:00 Casting Call to Curtain Call first episode. T/Th 7 am & 1 pm (ends 12/4) T/Th 11 am & 5 pm Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions 12:00 America's Heartland 7:00 Doc Martin 25 | THURSDAY 8:30 Doc Martin 9:30 Serving America: 8:00 Holiday Handbells: The 12:30 Victory Garden's 10:00 Spy Chef’s Life HOME & DECORATING T/Th 11 pm 01 | MONDAY 12:30 Off the Record 9:00 Doc Martin 12 | FRIDAY 8:00 Masterpiece Classic 8:00 Call the Midwife More info and RSVP for FREE 9:30 Victor Borge's Timeless Memories of Peace Corps Raleigh Ringers 1:00 McLaughlin Group Ediblefeast Comedy! 10:00 PBS Newshour 9:00 Tales from the Royal T/Th 8 & 11:30 pm For Your Home In the Americas with 10:00 Great Performances 8:00 Washington Week 11:00 McLaughlin Group Holiday Special 10:30 Vintage Red Green Show seats at wkar.org. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 1:30 Washington Week with 1:00 Chef's Life 11:00 Classic Hollywood: Musicals 11:00 Beyond Geek Bedchamber Ciao Italia T/Th 5:30 pm David Yetman 11:30 Rock Rewind 1965-1967 with Gwen Ifill 11:30 Off the Record 9:30 Vicious 11:00 Austin City Limits T/Th 9:30 am / Th 3:30 pm 9:30 Moments to Remember Gwen Ifill 06 | SAT 11:30 Craftsman's Legacy 10:00 Masterpiece Classic M/F 8 am & 2 pm 5:00 Chef's Life Holiday Special Katie Brown Workshop 2:00 Moyers & Company 8:30 Off the Record 10:00 Holiday Pops with the Flint 7:30 Great Performances 17 | WED 28 | SUN Globe Trekker 2:30 Spotlight on the News 07 | SUNDAY 15 | MONDAY 6:00 National Christmas Tree Symphony Orchestra 28 | SUNDAY Downton Abbey Season 5 Cook's Country From America's Su 11:30 am / W 5:30 pm 02 | TUESDAY 9:00 Live From Lincoln Center 9:00 Downton Abbey 9:00 QuizBusters 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Test Kitchen M/F 9 am & 3 pm 3:00 Religion & Ethics 11:00 Great Railway Journeys 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Lighting 2014 6:00 Joshua Bell Presents premieres January 4 8:00 #GivingTuesday Showcase Newsweekly 10:30 Downton Abbey Rediscovered 9:30 Roadtrip Nation 9:00 Call the Midwife M/W/F 8:30 pm / Sa 2 pm HEALTH & LIFESTYLES Journeys in Africa of Europe 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show 26 | FRIDAY Musical Gifts 10:00 Doc Martin 3:30 Start Up Rediscovered 10:00 Journey to Planet Earth For DVDs and more Downton 10:30 Don't Worry, Retire Happy 10:00 PBS Newshour Holiday Special & 5:30 pm Back Fitness W 9:30 am & 3:30 pm / Su 9:30 am 4:00 To The Contrary with 3:00 Ice Bridge: Mackinac 8:00 Washington Week with Tom Hegna 11:00 Sacred Journeys 10:30 Vicious 11:00 Suze Orman's Financial 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 7:00 Vicious Abbey items, visit Essential Pepin W 8:30 am (ends 12/7) Bonnie Erbe Island's Hidden Season 13 | SATURDAY 16 | TUESDAY with Gwen Ifill 07 | SUN 18 | THU 11:00 Living with Parkinson's Solutions for You 9:00 Doc Martin 7:30 Downton Abbey M/F 7:30 pm / Sa 1 pm 4:30 Between the Lines 4:30 Christmas with the 8:30 Off the Record shopPBS.org. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 8:00 Xmas without China 29 | MON Classical Stretch Journeys in India 11:00 Curious Crew 8:00 Sacred Journeys with Rediscovered George Hirsch Lifestyle W 9 am & 3 pm / Su 9 am 5:00 PBS Newshour Weekend Mormon Tabernacle Choir Bruce Feiler 10:00 Spy 9:30 Great Performances 9:00 America By The Numbers 8:00 Mysteries of the Th 8:30 am 03 | WEDNESDAY 5:30 Charlie Rose 9:00 Bing Crosby Rediscovered: Tu/Th 7:30 am & 1:30 pm 6:00 Candy Bomber 11:30 Music Voyager 10:30 Vintage Red Green Show 8:00 Great British Bake Off 11:00 Financial Solutions for You with Maria Hinojosa Jesus Prayer (ends 12/14) 8:00 Best Of Birds 6:00 Truth about Money 10:00 Chef's Life Holiday Special American Masters Priscilla's Yoga Stretches 12:00 Rick Steves' Europe 08 | MON 10:00 PBS Newshour 9:00 Local USA Healthful Indian Flavors 6:30 Tracks Ahead 7:00 Doc Martin 11:00 Austin City Limits 10:30 Downton Abbey 9:00 Masterpiece Classic Tu/Th 8 am & 2 pm (ends 12/9) Rick Steves' Europe 9:00 NOVA 8:00 Jews & Christians: A 11:00 Journey to Planet Earth 9:30 Film School Shorts M 8:30 am M-Sa 4 pm / Su-F 10:30 pm 12:30 Victory Garden's 17 | WEDNESDAY Rediscovered 10:30 Wheat Belly Total Health 8:00 Masterpiece Classic 11:00 McLaughlin Group Journey of Faith 19 | FRI 10:00 PBS Newshour Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef Ediblefeast 21 | SUNDAY Sit & Be Fit Rudy Maxa's World with William Davis, MD 11:00 Best of 50s Pop 8:00 Nature 11:00 Charlie Rose 11:30 Off the Record 9:00 Local USA 8:00 Vintage Red Green Show 11:00 Charlie Rose W 7 am & 1 pm / Su 7 am 7:00 Doc Martin T 8:30 am Su/W 11 pm 1:00 Under the Radar Michigan 9:00 NOVA 9:30 Film School Shorts 8:30 Doc Martin 30 | TUE Jacques Pepin 04 | THURSDAY 08 | MONDAY 8:00 Tales From the Royal 27 | SATURDAY 29 | MONDAY 10:00 PBS Newshour 9:30 Spy 8:00 America Reframed Su/W 7:30 pm Wai Lana Yoga Smart Travels/Rudy Maxa 11:00 2cellos Live at Arena 1:30 This Old House T/Th 9 am & 3 pm 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 18 | THURSDAY Bedchamber 11:00 Curious Crew 11:00 Thinking Money 10:00 PBS Newshour 9:30 Living Courageously: F 8:30 am 8:00 Michigan Out-Of-Doors Zagreb 2:00 Ask This Old House 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Joanne Weir's Cooking Class Family Reunion 10:00 Independent Lens 8:00 Michigan Out Of Doors 9:00 Masterpiece Classic 11:30 Music Voyager 09 | TUE 11:00 MSU's Home for the Holidays The Spirit of Women M/F 2:30 pm PAINTING WOODWORKING 2:30 Hometime 10:00 Independent Lens 8:00 America Reframed 20 | SAT 10:00 PBS Newshour Rough Cut 9:00 Ice Bridge: Mackinac 06 | SATURDAY 8:30 Vintage Red Green Show 11:30 Off the Record 12:00 Rick Steves' Europe Coldagh's Irish Food Trails 9:30 Seaside Story 8:00 Joshua Bell Presents 11:00 Understanding Healthcare Best of Joy of Painting M/F 10:30 am & 4:30 pm Island's Hidden Season 11:30 Great Performances 09 | TUESDAY 3:00 Woodwright's Shop 11:30 Vicious 9:00 This Old House 12:30 Victory Garden's 10:00 PBS Newshour Musical Gifts 11:30 Craftsman's Legacy T/Th 2:30 pm (ends 12/11) T/Th 6:30 am & 12:30 pm 8:00 Rickover: The Birth of 22 | MONDAY Ediblefeast Ask This Old House 10:30 Great Railway Journeys 1:00 Under the Radar Michigan 3:30 Motorweek 10:00 Current Sports 30 | TUESDAY 11:00 Beyond Geek 9:00 Masterpiece Classic 31 | WED Lidia’s Kitchen of Europe Nuclear Power 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Beauty of Oil Painting Su/W 10 am, 6 & 10 pm 1:30 Dr. Fuhrman's End 1:00 Under the Radar Michigan 11:30 Craftsman's Legacy 21 | SUN 8:00 QuizBusters M/W/F 8 pm / Sa 1:30 & 5 pm 4:00 Wilderness Journal 10:30 Under the Radar Michigan 8:00 Sacred Journeys with W 12:30 pm / Su/W 6:30 am Hometime Dieting Forever! 10:00 FRONTLINE 10:00 Independent Lens 10 | WED 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 9:30 Roadtrip Nation 05 | FRIDAY 4:30 Michigan Out Of Doors 1:30 This Old House Bruce Feiler Martha Stewart's Cooking (ends 12/17) T/Th 10 am, 6 & 10 pm 2:00 Suze Orman's Financial 10 | WEDNESDAY 19 | FRIDAY 11:30 Downton Abbey 2:00 Ask This Old House 8:00 Rickover: The Birth of 9:00 Christmas with The 10:00 PBS Newshour School 8:00 Tribute to Bruce Solutions for You 5:00 PBSNewshour Weekend Rediscovered 10:00 Mr. Stink Nuclear Power Mormon Tabernacle Choir 11:00 Sacred Journeys with T/Th/Su 8 & 11:30 pm SEWING & NEEDLECRAFT This Old House Springsteen 8:00 Nature 8:00 Washington Week 2:30 Hometime Bruce Feiler M/F 10 am, 6 & 10 pm / Sa 3:30 pm 4:00 Michigan Out-Of-Doors 5:30 QuizBusters 10:00 PBS Newshour 10:00 Global Voices Mike Colameco’s Real Food Beads, Baubles and Jewels with Gwen Ifill 3:00 Woodwright's Shop 31 | WEDNESDAY Family Reunion 9:00 NOVA 23 | TUESDAY 11:00 Fire In The Forest 11:00 Fire in the Forest M/W/F 9 pm / Sa 2:30 pm M 11:30 am American Woodshop 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show 8:30 Off the Record W 10:30 am & 4:30 pm 10:00 Nazi Mega Weapons 8:00 Sacred Journeys with 3:30 Motorweek 8:00 Live From Lincoln Center HAVE QUESTIONS? 11 | THU 22 | MON 5:00 Bing Crosby Rediscovered: 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 9:00 MSU's Home for the Holidays 8:00 Divine Discontent: Charles 9:00 Local USA Sara's Weeknight Meals Fons & Porter Love of Quilting American Masters Bruce Feiler 4:00 Wilderness Journal 10:00 Michael Feinstein contact Carolopedia T/Th 7 pm Proteus Steinmetz 9:30 Film School Shorts W 11:30 am 11 | THURSDAY 9:00 Doc Martin 10:00 Christmas with the 10:00 30th Annual Fort Lauderdale New Year's Eve at 7:00 Ray Conniff 4:30 Michigan Out of Doors 9:00 America by the Numbers 10:00 PBS Newshour Simply Ming Charlie Rose 8:00 Michigan Out of Doors Mormon Tabernacle Chior Christmas Pageant The Rainbow Room (517) 884-6990 The full WKAR It's Sew Easy The full WKAR Christmas Show 10:00 Spy 5:00 PBS Newshour Weekend with Maria Hinojosa 11:00 Charlie Rose M/F 7 pm / Sa 12:30 pm Weeknights WORLD schedule is W 12 pm / Su/W 6 am CREATE schedule is 8:30 Victor Borge's 8:30 Vintage Red Green Show 10:30 Vintage Red Green Show 20 | SATURDAY 24 | WEDNESDAY 5:30 QuizBusters [email protected] 10:00 PBS Newshour 23 | TUE GARDENING at 11 pm Timeless Comedy! 9:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 Independent Lens 8:00 America Reframed available online at Knit & Crochet Now! available online at 11:00 Austin City Limits 11:00 Curious Crew 8:00 Nature 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Growing a Greener World 12 | FRI 9:00 Blueprint wkar.org Tu/Th 6 am & 12 pm wkar.org Su 11 am

#GivingTuesday Showcase Sweetie-licious: Call the Midwife Holiday Special - NEW! FREE Preview Tue., Dec. 2, 8 pm Taste of the Season Thu., Dec. 25, 8 pm Screening! Downton Abbey Celebrate “Giving Tuesday” with highlights Sun., Dec. 7, 10 am Rehearsals for the Sunday School Christmas concert WORLD CREATE of WKAR programming and interviews Sweetie-licious Bakery Café owner Linda Hundt are underway, creating inconvenience for the nuns and on MASTERPIECE - with station members and representatives creates vintage holiday baked goods, with WKAR's nurses of Nonnatus House. Two unmarried patients are Season Five 01 | MON 8:00 Vintage Red Green Show 10:00 PBS Newshour from corporations who have generously Susi Elkins. Featuring ginger bread cookies, the dispatched to York Lodge, a badly managed home for 7:30 Understanding Healthcare 8:30 Doc Martin 11:00 Beyond Geek supported Public Media in mid-Michigan. at WKAR Studio A 8:00 Suze Orman's Financial 9:30 Give it All Away 11:30 Craftsman's Legacy perfect pie crust, Mommy's Pumpkin Cheescake pregnant women. 2014 Hosted by WKAR-TV Station Manager Susi Praline Pie and more. December 13 Solutions For You 10:00 PBS Newshour 24 | WED Elkins. Great Performances Tony 10:00 Farm Winter 11:00 FRONTLINE 8:00 Tracks Of Imagination 2pm, 4pm and 7pm 11:30 Brainchange 13 | SAT 9:00 National Christmas Tree Bennett and Lady Gaga 02 | TUE 8:00 Sharon Isbin: Troubadour Lighting 2014 Sat., Dec. 6, 10 pm This Emmy® and Golden 8:00 Moments to Remember 9:00 Masterpiece Classic 10:00 PBS Newshour Globe® award-winning hit 10:30 Sweetie-Licious: A Taste 14 | SUN 11:00 Sacred Journeys with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga team up for drama returns for a fifth of the Season 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Bruce Feiler a special concert from the stage of Jazz 11:30 Victor Borge's 9:00 Live From Lincoln Center 25 | THU MSU's Home for the Holidays season of intimately interlaced at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater in New Timeless Comedy! 10:30 Rasa Dari Tari 8:00 First Silent Night stories centered on an York City, performing selections from their Fri., Dec. 19, 10 pm 03 | WED 11:00 Little League: A History 9:00 America by the Numbers English country estate — an collaborative classic jazz recording, Cheek Featuring traditional holiday music, sing-alongs, 8:00 Big Band Years 15 | MON with Maria Hinojosa to Cheek. entertaining formula that has 10:00 Best of 50s Pop 8:00 Three Faiths, One God: 10:00 PBS Newshour DEC. story telling, and a special appearance by old Saint Judaism, Christianity, Islam 11:00 Casting Call to Curtain Call Nick. 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Gandelsman, viola;Chen-YuGandelsman, Huang,harp & Harp, Debussy: mater," Victoria: conductor “West SideStory,” Bernstein: Timothy Muffitt, conductor Bernstein: 10 • 24 • • 30 ACGL; conductor DaleBartlett, & Brass Ensemble, Rutter: cello; LSO; Timothy Muffitt, conductor for Cello &Orchestra, Shostakovich: JSO; Stephen Osmond,conductor Delibes: RADIO READER change.(26 episodes). contemporary discussions ofclimate that resonates strongly amidour little-known slice ofAmericanhistory of Ice Hampton Sides' • COMMUNITY CONCERTS wedding anniversary. love andcelebrating their13th English, sendingeachother from JohnandChristine Robert J. Morris from LindaR.Peckham and better place. things madetheworld a compassion for allliving Hand, whoselove and honoring Nancy Elizabeth Richard Sherman,flute; Yuri COMMUNITY CONCERTS in 2008. the anniversary ofhisdeath memory ofJamesCarey on from Renate Carey, in LCE; Stephen Lange, conductor gives usafascinating but Motet, “Alma redemptoris AND CAROLS10:30AM FESTIVAL OF9LESSONS Sonata No. 2for Flute, Viola “Gloria” for Soloists, Chorus, Piano “Gloria” for Soloists, Chorus,Piano

Symphonic Dances from Overture to “Candide,” Prelude from theballet,“Sylvia,”

Concerto No. 1inE-Flat LSO; Timothy Muffitt,

In the Kingdom In theKingdom Judy Kabodian, piano; Judy Kabodian, piano; David Requiro, LSO; LSO;

11 • • • 17 25 JSO; David Schultz,conductor Williams: conductor organ; Anonymous: Timothy Muffitt, conductor Violin &Orchestra, I Prokofiev: conductor “Swan Lake,” Tchaikovsky: • • •

• 4 to read printed material: useful information to thoseunable service that provides timelyand Questions aboutthisspecial RADIO READINGSERVICE 3 Christmas Day of2014. of RitaHeydon's birthday, this from Peter Heydon, inhonor Christmas Day of2014. of RitaHeydon's birthday, this from Peter Heydon, inhonor Christmas Day of2014. of RitaHeydon's birthday, this from Peter Heydon, inhonor director ofWKAR (AM) Coleman, former station Family inmemoryofRobert from theRichard Johnson grandchildren. Coleman, by his in memoryofRobert his birth. Leas, ontheanniversary of the memoryofherson,Kent from AnnaLeas, to celebrate Hanley from Patricia M.andJohn COMMUNITY CONCERTS LCE; SPHSC; Stephen Lange, HOLIDAYS 3PM MSU'S HOMEFORTHE Fantasia on“Greensleeves,” wkar.org WKAR’s Current State at Listen to recent stories from DON'T MISS OUT! [email protected] (517) 884-4746 Concerto No. 2ingminorfor Waltz from theballet, JSO; Stephen Osmond, JSO; Stephen Osmond, “Missa Brevis,” Stuart Foster, lya Kaler, violin;LSO;

• • 31 • 12 27 18 • 26 5 birthday. GoIrish! in celebration ofMeredith's from JimandGingerPearce, during theholiday season. honor ofallworking women from Dr. BethAlexander, in Ken's birthday. celebration ofherhusband from Louise Somerlot,in a noblesoul. memory ofEricGunnarBack, from Kay Randolph-Back,in WHAT'S NEWONWKAR Sohn Richard ShermanandMinsoo WHAT'S NEWONWKAR WHAT'S NEWONWKAR LSO; BRUCH Lansing Symphony Orchestra TCHAIKOVVSKY PRIMARILY PIANO Minsoo Sohn @wkar WKARPUBLICMEDIA 26 Yevgeny Kutik Violin Concerto #1 Symphony #5, ,

SUNDAYS Sign On SATURDAYS Sign On WEEKDAYS AM 870Schedule Sign on 6 • 19 • • 13 noon • 8:30 10 a and songsperformed. musicians past andpresent, 31st AnnualBirthday Jam,the celebrating Bruce Walker's 10 a together. music that brought them Ramsdell, inhonorofthe from George OrbanandRae her birth. Bonnie, ontheanniversary of in memoryofhisdaughter, from Dr. Robert Brubaker, 4 p 4 p 3 p 3 p 3 p 5 p 5 p 2 p 2 p 4p 1 p 1 p simply miss him. Becky andhisfamily. They Schneider's birthday, from in memoryofTom WHAT'S NEWONWKAR Arts Chorale of Greater Lansing PRIMARILY PIANO Lee #2, SAINT- SAENS PRIMARILY PIANO Blakemore Trio

BBC World Service MSU Today Rick Steves BBC World Service Ondas enEspanõl BBC World Service Kaleidoscope BBC World Service Best ofCurrent State Wits Live from BBC World Service Ondas enEspanõl The Takeaway To The Point Current Sports Current State Radio Reader BBC World Service BBC World Service MSU Symphony; Hyekyung the Fitzgerald with Warren Olney with JohnHockenberry PianoConcerto East Lansing,MI48824-6421 404 Wilson Rd., Room 212 Communication ArtsandSciences Building WKAR | changes to: POSTMASTER – East Lansing,Michigan Periodicals postage paidat: to WKA or more annually($25students/retirees) distributed to donorswhocontribute $40 Arts andSciences. The publication is and the a service ofMichiganState University Room 212,East Lansing,MI48824-6421, Sciences & Television, Communication Artsand 9) ispublishedmonthlyby WKAR Radio STAY WKAR MainOffice -(517)884-4700 [email protected] [email protected] HELPFUL CONTACTS: (517) 884-6990 [email protected] Contact Carol Karber QUESTIONS? Cathy Zell Senior Director ofDevelopment Peter Whorf Radio Station Manager Susi Elkins TV Station Manager ReidGary WKAR Director ofBroadcasting Anthony Cepak STAY Nicole Szymczak Senior Director ofCommunications Stephen Lacy Acting Dean SCIENCES COMMUNICATION ARTS AND MSU COLLEGE OF WKAR isadivisionof Rueckert at information, please callBetsy a Day Sponsor. For more personal message, become To celebrate your day witha sponsor aday onWKAR Radio. For just $18amonth,you may DAY SPONSORS WKAR RADIO TUNED TUNED MSU isanAffirmative-Action/ Equal-Opportunity Employer. R. College ofCommunication

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• Columbia SouthAmerica. return from teaching in celebrating Jesse Ferenchick's from andCarol Gary Ferenchick, Classical Music Community Concerts (T) Classical Music(M,W-F) Current State All Things Considered Classical Morning What’s New on WKAR (F) Classical Afternoon (M-Th) Current State Morning Edition Classical Music Myers. memory ofWill andBetty from Maureen Myers, in PRIMARILY PIANO LSO; Andrew Hsu SCHUMANN Tuesdays at 7pm(repeats Saturdays at 2pm) COMMUNITY CONCERTS PianoConcerto,

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SUNDAYS noon 10 p 10 a

12 a 9 p 6 p 8 p 5 p 8 a 1 p 23 • • 1 • 1 15 9 & Piano, “Ghost,” Beethoven: Schultz, conductor Carwithen: conductor conductor “Unfinished,” Schubert: marriage. birthday andtheirincredible celebration ofSusanSteel's from DuncanSteel, in from HelenF. Welford 52nd wedding anniversary. Fitzgerald, inhonoroftheir from Hiram andDolores THANK YOU by listener contributions. is madepossible, inpart, Programming on90.5 Folk Sampler Classical Music Thistle andShamrock Folk Alley All Things Considered Classical Music Best ofCurrent State Prairie HomeCompanion Weekend Edition Classical Music COMMUNITY CONCERTS Weekend Symphony No. 8inbminor,

“Bishop Rock,” Trio No. 5inDfor Violin, Cello JSO; Stephen Osmond, JSO; Stephen Osmond, Blakemore Trio JSO; David JSO; David

28 29 • 2 16 Host, Current Sports AL MARTIN soprano; AlanNathan, piano (“Forgotten Songs”), Debussy: Schultz, conductor John Boonenberg, piano;JSO; David No. 1inb-flat minor for Piano&Orchestra, Tchaikovsky: Sherman, flute Debussy: piano Deborah Moriarty, piano;MinsooSohn, Debussy: • • • • Greens Market. Greater Lansingandits81st annual •to celebrate theGarden Clubof at at classical music24 hoursaday You canstream jazz,folk and DID YOU KNOW? of 42years ofmarriageto his from Howard, incelebration for HumanityofLansing. of Habitat recognition ofthegreat work from CindyMielock,in wedding anniversary. of Beethoven, andtheir in celebration ofthemusic from LizandSamFebba, WHAT'S NEWONWKAR COMMUNITY CONCERTS Akiko Meyers BARBER wkar.org Songcycle, “Ariettes oubliées” “Syrinx” for SoloFlute, “Petite Suite” for 2Pianos, 1st Mvtfrom theConcerto Violin Concerto, Anne Melanie Helton, Melanie Helton, Richard Richard

Gandelsman, viola;Chen-YuGandelsman, Huang,harp & Harp, Debussy: mater," Victoria: conductor “West SideStory,” Bernstein: Timothy Muffitt, conductor Bernstein: 10 • 24 • • 30 ACGL; conductor DaleBartlett, & Brass Ensemble, Rutter: cello; LSO; Timothy Muffitt, conductor for Cello &Orchestra, Shostakovich: JSO; Stephen Osmond,conductor Delibes: RADIO READER change.(26 episodes). contemporary discussions ofclimate that resonates strongly amidour little-known slice ofAmericanhistory of Ice Hampton Sides' • COMMUNITY CONCERTS wedding anniversary. love andcelebrating their13th English, sendingeachother from JohnandChristine Robert J. Morris from LindaR.Peckham and better place. things madetheworld a compassion for allliving Hand, whoselove and honoring Nancy Elizabeth Richard Sherman,flute; Yuri COMMUNITY CONCERTS in 2008. the anniversary ofhisdeath memory ofJamesCarey on from Renate Carey, in LCE; Stephen Lange, conductor gives usafascinating but Motet, “Alma redemptoris AND CAROLS10:30AM FESTIVAL OF9LESSONS Sonata No. 2for Flute, Viola “Gloria” for Soloists, Chorus, Piano “Gloria” for Soloists, Chorus,Piano

Symphonic Dances from Overture to “Candide,” Prelude from theballet,“Sylvia,”

Concerto No. 1inE-Flat LSO; Timothy Muffitt,

In the Kingdom In theKingdom Judy Kabodian, piano; Judy Kabodian, piano; David Requiro, LSO; LSO;

11 • • • 17 25 JSO; David Schultz,conductor Williams: conductor organ; Anonymous: Timothy Muffitt, conductor Violin &Orchestra, I Prokofiev: conductor “Swan Lake,” Tchaikovsky: • • •

• 4 to read printed material: useful information to thoseunable service that provides timelyand Questions aboutthisspecial RADIO READINGSERVICE 3 Christmas Day of2014. of RitaHeydon's birthday, this from Peter Heydon, inhonor Christmas Day of2014. of RitaHeydon's birthday, this from Peter Heydon, inhonor Christmas Day of2014. of RitaHeydon's birthday, this from Peter Heydon, inhonor director ofWKAR (AM) Coleman, former station Family inmemoryofRobert from theRichard Johnson grandchildren. Coleman, by his in memoryofRobert his birth. Leas, ontheanniversary of the memoryofherson,Kent from AnnaLeas, to celebrate Hanley from Patricia M.andJohn COMMUNITY CONCERTS LCE; SPHSC; Stephen Lange, HOLIDAYS 3PM MSU'S HOMEFORTHE Fantasia on“Greensleeves,” wkar.org WKAR’s Current State at Listen to recent stories from DON'T MISS OUT! [email protected] (517) 884-4746 Concerto No. 2ingminorfor Waltz from theballet, JSO; Stephen Osmond, JSO; Stephen Osmond, “Missa Brevis,” Stuart Foster, lya Kaler, violin;LSO;

• • 31 • 12 27 18 • 26 5 birthday. GoIrish! in celebration ofMeredith's from JimandGingerPearce, during theholiday season. honor ofallworking women from Dr. BethAlexander, in Ken's birthday. celebration ofherhusband from Louise Somerlot,in a noblesoul. memory ofEricGunnarBack, from Kay Randolph-Back,in WHAT'S NEWONWKAR Sohn Richard ShermanandMinsoo WHAT'S NEWONWKAR WHAT'S NEWONWKAR LSO; BRUCH Lansing Symphony Orchestra TCHAIKOVVSKY PRIMARILY PIANO Minsoo Sohn @wkar WKARPUBLICMEDIA 26 Yevgeny Kutik Violin Concerto #1 Symphony #5, ,

SUNDAYS Sign On SATURDAYS Sign On WEEKDAYS AM 870Schedule Sign on 6 • 19 • • 13 noon • 8:30 10 a and songsperformed. musicians past andpresent, 31st AnnualBirthday Jam,the celebrating Bruce Walker's 10 a together. music that brought them Ramsdell, inhonorofthe from George OrbanandRae her birth. Bonnie, ontheanniversary of in memoryofhisdaughter, from Dr. Robert Brubaker, 4 p 4 p 3 p 3 p 3 p 5 p 5 p 2 p 2 p 4p 1 p 1 p simply miss him. Becky andhisfamily. They Schneider's birthday, from in memoryofTom WHAT'S NEWONWKAR Arts Chorale of Greater Lansing PRIMARILY PIANO Lee #2, SAINT- SAENS PRIMARILY PIANO Blakemore Trio

BBC World Service BBC World Service Ondas enEspanõl BBC World Service Kaleidoscope Best ofCurrent State BBC World Service To The Point MSU Today Rick Steves BBC World Service Wits Live from BBC World Service Ondas enEspanõl The Takeaway Current Sports Current State Radio Reader BBC World Service MSU Symphony; Hyekyung the Fitzgerald with Warren Olney with JohnHockenberry PianoConcerto East Lansing,MI48824-6421 404 Wilson Rd., Room 212 Communication ArtsandSciences Building WKAR | changes to: POSTMASTER – East Lansing,Michigan Periodicals postage paidat: to WKA or more annually($25students/retirees) distributed to donorswhocontribute $40 Arts andSciences. The publication is and the a service ofMichiganState University Room 212,East Lansing,MI48824-6421, Sciences & Television, Communication Artsand 9) ispublishedmonthlyby WKAR Radio STAY WKAR MainOffice -(517)884-4700 [email protected] [email protected] HELPFUL CONTACTS: (517) 884-6990 [email protected] Contact Carol Karber QUESTIONS? Cathy Zell Senior Director ofDevelopment Peter Whorf Radio Station Manager Susi Elkins TV Station Manager ReidGary WKAR Director ofBroadcasting Anthony Cepak STAY Nicole Szymczak Senior Director ofCommunications Stephen Lacy Acting Dean SCIENCES COMMUNICATION ARTS AND MSU COLLEGE OF WKAR isadivisionof Rueckert at information, please callBetsy a Day Sponsor. For more personal message, become To celebrate your day witha sponsor aday onWKAR Radio. For just $18amonth,you may DAY SPONSORS WKAR RADIO TUNED TUNED MSU isanAffirmative-Action/ Equal-Opportunity Employer. R. College ofCommunication

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• Columbia SouthAmerica. return from teaching in celebrating Jesse Ferenchick's from andCarol Gary Ferenchick, Classical Music Community Concerts (T) Classical Music(M,W-F) Current State What’s New on WKAR (F) Classical Afternoon (M-Th) Classical Morning Current State Morning Edition All Things Considered Classical Music Myers. memory ofWill andBetty from Maureen Myers, in PRIMARILY PIANO LSO; Andrew Hsu SCHUMANN Tuesdays at 7pm(repeats Saturdays at 2pm) COMMUNITY CONCERTS PianoConcerto,

SATURDAYS noon 10 p 10 a 12 a 4 p 6 p 8 p 3 p 5 p 11 a 2 p 8 a Host, Current State MARK BASHORE 22 • 8 on 90.5 FMandwkar.org contact ourvolunteer center at: becoming avolunteer, please success. Ifyou are interested in Our volunteers are vitalto our BECOME AVOLUNTEER

Zielinski's birthday. Zielinski, inhonorofAnna From Kate Lein andKen European JazzStage 12 Prairie HomeCompanion PrimarilyPiano Community Concerts Best ofCurrent State Car Talk Weekend Edition All Things Considered Wind &Rhythm What’s New onWKAR Classical Music th HOLIDAYS 7PM MSU'S HOMEFORTHE Street Jump [email protected] (517) 884-4789

SUNDAYS noon 10 p 10 a

12 a 9 p 6 p 8 p 5 p 8 a 1 p 23 • • 1 • 1 15 9 conductor conductor “Unfinished,” Schubert: & Piano, “Ghost,” Beethoven: Schultz, conductor Carwithen: marriage. birthday andtheirincredible celebration ofSusanSteel's from DuncanSteel, in from HelenF. Welford 52nd wedding anniversary. Fitzgerald, inhonoroftheir from Hiram andDolores THANK YOU by listener contributions. is madepossible, inpart, Programming on90.5 Folk Sampler Classical Music Thistle andShamrock Folk Alley All Things Considered Best ofCurrent State Prairie HomeCompanion Classical Music Weekend Edition Classical Music COMMUNITY CONCERTS Weekend Symphony No. 8inbminor,

“Bishop Rock,” Trio No. 5inDfor Violin, Cello JSO; Stephen Osmond, JSO; Stephen Osmond, Blakemore Trio JSO; David JSO; David

28 29 • 2 16 Host, Current Sports AL MARTIN soprano; AlanNathan, piano (“Forgotten Songs”), Debussy: Schultz, conductor John Boonenberg, piano;JSO; David No. 1inb-flat minor for Piano&Orchestra, Tchaikovsky: Sherman, flute Debussy: piano Deborah Moriarty, piano;MinsooSohn, Debussy: • • • • Greens Market. Greater Lansingandits81st annual •to celebrate theGarden Clubof at at classical music24 hoursaday You canstream jazz,folk and DID YOU KNOW? of 42years ofmarriageto his from Howard, incelebration for HumanityofLansing. of Habitat recognition ofthegreat work from CindyMielock,in wedding anniversary. of Beethoven, andtheir in celebration ofthemusic from LizandSamFebba, WHAT'S NEWONWKAR COMMUNITY CONCERTS Akiko Meyers BARBER wkar.org Songcycle, “Ariettes oubliées” “Syrinx” for SoloFlute, “Petite Suite” for 2Pianos, 1st Mvtfrom theConcerto Violin Concerto, Anne Melanie Helton, Melanie Helton, Richard Richard

Gandelsman, viola;Chen-YuGandelsman, Huang,harp & Harp, Debussy: mater," Victoria: conductor “West SideStory,” Bernstein: Timothy Muffitt, conductor Bernstein: 10 • 24 • • 30 ACGL; conductor DaleBartlett, & Brass Ensemble, Rutter: cello; LSO; Timothy Muffitt, conductor for Cello &Orchestra, Shostakovich: JSO; Stephen Osmond,conductor Delibes: RADIO READER change.(26 episodes). contemporary discussions ofclimate that resonates strongly amidour little-known slice ofAmericanhistory of Ice Hampton Sides' • COMMUNITY CONCERTS wedding anniversary. love andcelebrating their13th English, sendingeachother from JohnandChristine Robert J. Morris from LindaR.Peckham and better place. things madetheworld a compassion for allliving Hand, whoselove and honoring Nancy Elizabeth Richard Sherman,flute; Yuri COMMUNITY CONCERTS in 2008. the anniversary ofhisdeath memory ofJamesCarey on from Renate Carey, in LCE; Stephen Lange, conductor gives usafascinating but Motet, “Alma redemptoris AND CAROLS10:30AM FESTIVAL OF9LESSONS Sonata No. 2for Flute, Viola “Gloria” for Soloists, Chorus, Piano “Gloria” for Soloists, Chorus,Piano

Symphonic Dances from Overture to “Candide,” Prelude from theballet,“Sylvia,”

Concerto No. 1inE-Flat LSO; Timothy Muffitt,

In the Kingdom In theKingdom Judy Kabodian, piano; Judy Kabodian, piano; David Requiro, LSO; LSO;

11 • • • 17 25 JSO; David Schultz,conductor Williams: conductor organ; Anonymous: Timothy Muffitt, conductor Violin &Orchestra, I Prokofiev: conductor “Swan Lake,” Tchaikovsky: • • •

• 4 to read printed material: useful information to thoseunable service that provides timelyand Questions aboutthisspecial RADIO READINGSERVICE 3 Christmas Day of2014. of RitaHeydon's birthday, this from Peter Heydon, inhonor Christmas Day of2014. of RitaHeydon's birthday, this from Peter Heydon, inhonor Christmas Day of2014. of RitaHeydon's birthday, this from Peter Heydon, inhonor director ofWKAR (AM) Coleman, former station Family inmemoryofRobert from theRichard Johnson grandchildren. Coleman, by his in memoryofRobert his birth. Leas, ontheanniversary of the memoryofherson,Kent from AnnaLeas, to celebrate Hanley from Patricia M.andJohn COMMUNITY CONCERTS LCE; SPHSC; Stephen Lange, HOLIDAYS 3PM MSU'S HOMEFORTHE Fantasia on“Greensleeves,” wkar.org WKAR’s Current State at Listen to recent stories from DON'T MISS OUT! [email protected] (517) 884-4746 Concerto No. 2ingminorfor Waltz from theballet, JSO; Stephen Osmond, JSO; Stephen Osmond, “Missa Brevis,” Stuart Foster, lya Kaler, violin;LSO;

• • 31 • 12 27 18 • 26 5 birthday. GoIrish! in celebration ofMeredith's from JimandGingerPearce, during theholiday season. honor ofallworking women from Dr. BethAlexander, in Ken's birthday. celebration ofherhusband from Louise Somerlot,in a noblesoul. memory ofEricGunnarBack, from Kay Randolph-Back,in WHAT'S NEWONWKAR Sohn Richard ShermanandMinsoo WHAT'S NEWONWKAR WHAT'S NEWONWKAR LSO; BRUCH Lansing Symphony Orchestra TCHAIKOVVSKY PRIMARILY PIANO Minsoo Sohn @wkar WKARPUBLICMEDIA 26 Yevgeny Kutik Violin Concerto #1 Symphony #5, ,

SUNDAYS Sign On SATURDAYS Sign On WEEKDAYS AM 870Schedule Sign on 6 • 19 • • 13 noon • 8:30 10 a and songsperformed. musicians past andpresent, 31st AnnualBirthday Jam,the celebrating Bruce Walker's 10 a together. music that brought them Ramsdell, inhonorofthe from George OrbanandRae her birth. Bonnie, ontheanniversary of in memoryofhisdaughter, from Dr. Robert Brubaker, 4 p 4 p 3 p 3 p 3 p 5 p 5 p 2 p 2 p 4p 1 p 1 p simply miss him. Becky andhisfamily. They Schneider's birthday, from in memoryofTom WHAT'S NEWONWKAR Arts Chorale of Greater Lansing PRIMARILY PIANO Lee #2, SAINT- SAENS PRIMARILY PIANO Blakemore Trio

BBC World Service BBC World Service BBC World Service Kaleidoscope Best ofCurrent State BBC World Service To The Point MSU Today Rick Steves Ondas enEspanõl BBC World Service Wits Live from BBC World Service Ondas enEspanõl The Takeaway Current Sports Current State Radio Reader BBC World Service MSU Symphony; Hyekyung the Fitzgerald with Warren Olney with JohnHockenberry PianoConcerto East Lansing,MI48824-6421 404 Wilson Rd., Room 212 Communication ArtsandSciences Building WKAR | changes to: POSTMASTER – East Lansing,Michigan Periodicals postage paidat: to WKA or more annually($25students/retirees) distributed to donorswhocontribute $40 Arts andSciences. The publication is and the a service ofMichiganState University Room 212,East Lansing,MI48824-6421, Sciences & Television, Communication Artsand 9) ispublishedmonthlyby WKAR Radio STAY WKAR MainOffice -(517)884-4700 [email protected] [email protected] HELPFUL CONTACTS: (517) 884-6990 [email protected] Contact Carol Karber QUESTIONS? Cathy Zell Senior Director ofDevelopment Peter Whorf Radio Station Manager Susi Elkins TV Station Manager ReidGary WKAR Director ofBroadcasting Anthony Cepak STAY Nicole Szymczak Senior Director ofCommunications Stephen Lacy Acting Dean SCIENCES COMMUNICATION ARTS AND MSU COLLEGE OF WKAR isadivisionof Rueckert at information, please callBetsy a Day Sponsor. For more personal message, become To celebrate your day witha sponsor aday onWKAR Radio. For just $18amonth,you may DAY SPONSORS WKAR RADIO TUNED TUNED MSU isanAffirmative-Action/ Equal-Opportunity Employer. R. College ofCommunication

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• Columbia SouthAmerica. return from teaching in celebrating Jesse Ferenchick's from andCarol Gary Ferenchick, Classical Music Community Concerts (T) Classical Music(M,W-F) Current State What’s New on WKAR (F) Classical Afternoon (M-Th) Classical Morning Current State Morning Edition All Things Considered Classical Music Myers. memory ofWill andBetty from Maureen Myers, in PRIMARILY PIANO LSO; Andrew Hsu SCHUMANN Tuesdays at 7pm(repeats Saturdays at 2pm) COMMUNITY CONCERTS PianoConcerto,

SATURDAYS noon 10 p 10 a 12 a 4 p 6 p 8 p 3 p 5 p 11 a 2 p 8 a Host, Current State MARK BASHORE 22 • 8 on 90.5 FMandwkar.org contact ourvolunteer center at: becoming avolunteer, please success. Ifyou are interested in Our volunteers are vitalto our BECOME AVOLUNTEER

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