Special coverage shifts KSKA schedule

Wed, September 3, 2008
Posted in Off Mic, Schedule Updates

We’re changing around the KSKA schedule tonight to accommodate the Republican National Convention and Sarah Palin’s highly anticipated speech, currently expected to start at 6:30 PM. Here it is:

4:00 PM – All Things Considered, starts at the normal time, but will end one hour early to make room for some Alaska news from APRN
5:00 PM – Alaska News Nightly, broadcast LIVE
5:30 PM – Special Coverage (NPR News) from the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, before Palin takes the stage at 6:30, the former mayor of New York City, Rudy Guiliani is expected to speak. KSKA will join Special Coverage in progress.
7:30 PM - Marketplace
8:00 PM – Community Forum: Palin Media Mania! rebroadcast, recorded at 2:00 PM, Alaskans call-in with reactions to media coverage. Two journalism professors from UAA join Nellie Moore in the studio.
9:00 PM – Alternative Radio, Tahira Abdullah on “Pakistani Women”
10:00 PM - Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz, the longest running show on KSKA, since 1978
11:00 PM – BBC News