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NPR's Here & Now Joins the KRPS Midday Lineup Starting Monday January 1st

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Also on January 1 2024, Monday through Thursday The World will shift to 2 pm, while KRPS will add a third hour of NPR's All Things Considered now starting at 3 pm weekdays.
Science Friday joins the KRPS lineup on Friday January 5 from 1 to 3 pm.

2024 will be an unparalleled year for news and KRPS will be your NPR News source. See our complete schedule at krps.org

Download and print the updated schedule by clicking this link.

Weekday Changes 

Starting Monday, January 1, 2024, KRPS will bring you the very best of news and information every day with the addition of NPR’s Here & Now Monday through Thursday from 11 am to 1 pm and Friday from 11 am to 12 pm.

In addition to Fresh Air weekdays, starting Tuesday 1/2 at 1 pm with a rebroadcast at 7 pm.

KRPS will also be adding another hour of NPR’s All Things Considered Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 pm.

After many requests from listeners, KRPS will add Science Friday with host Ira Flatow every Friday afternoon from 1 to 3 pm. In addition to the first hour of SciFri Sunday morning at 5.

As a result of the addition of an extra hour of All Things Considered, The World with hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler will air at 2 pm with a rebroadcast at 10 pm Monday through Friday.

Weeknight Changes

The news won’t stop when the sun goes down

Join us Monday through Thursday from 8:00 to 8:30 pm for All Things Considered, followed up by The Daily from 8:30 to 9 pm.

Starting on January 1st, Monday through Thursday at 9 pm KRPS welcomes Think.

Think is a national talk show hosted by acclaimed journalist Krys Boyd and produced by KERA. Each weekday, listeners across the country tune in to hear thought-provoking, in-depth conversations with authors, journalists, and newsmakers from across the globe. Think invites listeners to tweet, call, or email questions and comments for the show’s guests.

Also, join us for a rebroadcast of The World with hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler Monday through Friday at 10 pm.

Weekend Changes

KRPS will add an extra hour of NPR News with Weekend Edition on Saturday and Sunday expanding to 7 to 10 am.

In addition to adding Newshour from the BBC World Service on Saturdays at 3 pm followed by All Things Considered at 4.

With live news additions of Newshour and ATC KRPS will shift The New Yorker Radio Hour to Saturdays at 5 pm and Freakonomics at 6 pm.

If you love jazz and blues join us for Blue Dimensions and Notes From The Jazz Underground an hour earlier. Blue Dimensions will now air Saturdays at 9 pm followed by Notes from the Jazz Underground at 10 pm.

High Country Celtic Radio joins the KRPS schedules on Sunday evenings at 8 pm.

Join us every Sunday evening at 10 for an hour of curated stories from PRX Remix.

Also, news lovers will enjoy an extra hour of the BBC World Service now starting at 11 pm on Saturdays and Sundays.

Former Shows

Past shows that KRPS aired are available online and as podcasts.

APM’s Performance Today, Symphonycast, Pipe Dreams, and Composer’s Datebook are available at YourClassical.org. 

You can listen to programming from YourClassical and YourClassical MPR in many ways besides over-the-air broadcasts. Find out more below.

How can I play YourClassical streams on my smart speaker or voice assistant?

You can ask a smart speaker or voice assistant for YourClassical streams by name, like this:

Alexa, play YourClassical Lullabies.

or

Hey Siri, play YourClassical MPR. (Be sure to enunciate M – P – R clearly!)

You can also try the following commands (replace YourClassical Lullabies with your stream of choice):

...play the station YourClassical Lullabies.

...play the YourClassical Lullabies station.

...play the station YourClassical Lullabies on TuneIn.

...play the station YourClassical Lullabies on iHeart radio.

Jazz Night in America is still heard on KRPS Friday nights at 9. You can hear past episodes on their website by clicking this link.

Episodes of Sound Ideas with Clay Ryder are available this website by click this link.

Judy Carmichal's Jazz Inspired continues to be available at her website, jazz inspired .com

Episodes and playlists of the Atomic Age Cocktail Hour are always available by following this link.

You can hear the TED Radio Hour wherever you get your podcasts.

Never miss a single episode of Mountain Stage wherever you get your podcasts or visit their website, mountainstage.org

Also continue to listen to and follow Thistle and Shamrock or visit their website, thistleradio.com

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Since 2017 Fred Fletcher-Fierro has driven up Highway 171 through thunderstorms, downpours, snow, and ice storms to host KRPS’s Morning Edition. He’s also a daily reporter for the station, covering city government, elections, public safety, arts, entertainment, culture, sports and more. Fred has also spearheaded and overseen a sea change in programming for KRPS from a legacy classical station to one that airs a balance of classical, news, jazz, and cultural programming that better reflects the diverse audience of the Four States. For over two months in the fall of 2022 he worked remotely with NPR staff to relaunch krps.org to an NPR style news and information website.

In the fall of 2023 Fred was promoted to Interim General Manager and was appointed GM in Feburary of 2024.