The Diane Rehm Show
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The Diane Rehm Show is an award-winning National Public Radio call-in show with more than 1.4 million listeners. It is produced by WAMU and hosted by Diane Rehm.
The first hour of the show is discussion around a topic or theme, or occasionally an interview with a newsmaker. The discussion topics typically focus on current events. Two examples of past show topics for the first hour are the disparate topics of "European & Arab Media on the U.S. in Iraq" and "Drug-Resistant Bacteria".
The second hour is an interview about a book with the author. The books can be fiction or non-fiction, and range all over subject matter and point of view.
There are also recurring features. Every Friday, there is a two-hour weekly "News Roundup" where the major national and international headlines of the past week are discussed. [1] A (usually) monthly "Reader's Review" is when older books are gone over and discussed.
It has won many awards, including: the 2002 New York Festival's Bronze World Medal for Best Regularly Scheduled Talk Program Interview, the 2002 American Bar Association Silver Gavel Honorable Mention, the 1999 New York Festival's Bronze World Medal, and two 1999 American Women in Radio and Television Inc. first place Gracie Allen Awards. [1]
The show is produced and aired live from 10:00 AM EDT until 12:00 PM EDT, but some local stations re-air it at a later time.
It is produced by Sandra Pinkard, Anne Adams, Nancy Robertson, Jonathan Smith and Tanya Weinberg. The engineers are Tobey Schreiner, Jonathan Charry, Kenneth Mason, and Andrew Chadwick. Dorie Anisman answers the phones. Transcripts of the show are available via the official web site.
It debuted on WAMU in the 1970s as Kaleidoscope, a weekday morning arts and discussion program. Diane took over as host in 1979, and it became The Diane Rehm Show in 1984.
Due to health issues, the show has increasingly relied on guest hosts, including Susan Page, Steve Roberts, Terence Smith, and Andrea Seabrook. [2] In March 2007, Diane had to deal with a bout of pneumonia. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ The Diane Rehm Show awards. WAMU. Retrieved on March 9, 2007.
- ^ Susan Page guest hosts, Steve Roberts guest hosts, Terrence Smith guest hosts, Andrea Seabrook guest hosts via Google
- ^ NPR host's talk moved to April 2. mlive.com (2007-03-08).
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