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SATURDAY
5:00 AM SAT ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE (Repeat)  
6:00 AM SAT OTHER PLACES, OTHER THINGS --
WITH ROBERTO MORAES
 



> SMITHSONIAN



> NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC



> ARCHAEOLOGY
7:00 AM SAT WORLD OF SCIENCE with Sara Froman  



> SCIENCE NEWS



> SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
7:57 AM SAT BOOK SUMMARIES  
8:00 AM SAT ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION (READ LIVE)  
9:00 AM SAT BREAK - SAT PROGRAM GUIDE followed by LISTENER SPOTLIGHT  
9:05 AM SAT ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION  (CONTINUED)  
10:00 AM SAT

Blind Viewpoint (various publications, plus    ACB Reports & “Eye on Blindness”). (Except Savannah - see affiliate schedule)

On the first Saturday of the Month
DISABILITY RIGHTS

On the Second Saturday of each month -- AT YOUR SERVICE (agency update) 

 
11:00 AM SAT

KITCHEN KAPERS w/Esther Caspino
(** EXCEPT MACON & SAVANNAH)

 
11:30 AM SAT SOUTHERN LIVING w/Nancy Varella
(** EXCEPT MACON & SAVANNAH)
 
12:00 PM SAT HOME & FAMILY HOUR w/Karen Stewart  



> LADIES' HOME JOURNAL



> GOOD HOUSEKEEPING



> WOMAN'S DAY



> BETTER HOMES & GARDENS
1:00 PM SAT BUSINESS WEEK
w/Theo Messerlie
 
2:00 PM SAT BLACK PUBLICATIONS (Savoy, Essence, Black Enterprise, Ebony, & Jet) w/James Lenzer  
3:00 PM SAT C0MMUNITY NEWS  -- 
With Brenda Clay
 



> THE DEKALB NEIGHBOR



> THE NORTHSIDE NEIGHBOR



> THE ATLANTA INQUIRER
4:00 PM SAT

Classic Books O Pioneers! by Willa Cather, 12/31/11-1/21/12, (read by Betty Seely); Simple’s Uncle Sam by Langston Hughes, 1/28-2/12, (read by Bill Davis)

 
5:00 PM SAT DIXIE LIVING (southern authors and COLUMNISTS) w/Steve Diffley  
6:00 PM SAT TIME AND NEWSWEEK MAGAZINES   
6:57 PM SAT PROGRAM GUIDE  
7:00 PM SAT THE MUSIC ROOM (Jazz Times, Blues Revue, Country Weekly, & other music publications) w/ Dave Riggs  
8:00 PM SAT BOOK SUMMARIES  
8:03 PM SAT TECHNOLOGY TALK  
>WIRED  



> PC COMPUTING



> PC WORLD



> PC MAGAZINE
9:00 PM SAT VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT (3 mins) followed by POLITICAL MAGAZINES:
>THE NEW REPUBLIC
> THE NATION
> NATIONAL REVIEW
> THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR
> MOTHER JONES
w/Judy Hales
 
10:00 PM   PUBLISHER'S BEST - BOOK  
      SHOCK WAVE, by John Sanford. Read by Richard Fritz. (9 episodes, 1/26-2/04/12)
      NIGHT TRAIN, by Clyde Edgerton. Read by Janina Edwards. (5 episodes, 2/07-2/11/12)
      KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard. Read by Tom Jowers.
(9 episodes, 2/13-2/22/12)
      THE BEACH TREES, by Karen White. Read by Anne Teddlie. (16 episodes, 2/23-3/12/12)
11:00 PM   FOR LATE LISTENERS (BOOK)  
      THE WILDER LIFE, by Wendy McClure. Read by Janet Cook. (11 episodes, 1/24-2/04/12)
     

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF RACHEL DUPREE, by Ann Weisgarber. Read by Jacquee Minor. (11 episodes, 2/06-2/17/12)

     

A LESSON BEFORE DYING, by Ernest J. Gaines. Read by Renée Ford Clark.
(8 episodes, 2/18-2/27/12)

     

ALWAYS A RECKONING AND OTHER POEMS plus THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LECTURE, by Jimmy Carter. Read by Matt Robbins. (1 episode, 2/28/12)

     

WITHIN OUR REACH: ENDING THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, by Rosalyn Carter. Read by Matt Robbins. (6 eoisodes, 2/29-3/06/12)




SUNDAY
12:00 AM   FOR NIGHT OWLS - BOOK  
      SEX ON THE MOON: THE AMAZING STORY BEHIND THE MOST AUDACIOUS HEIST IN HISTORY, by Ben Mezrich. Read by Bob Brier. (10 episodes, 1/27-2/07/12)
      DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC: A TALE OF MADNESS, MEDICINE AND THE MURDER OF A PRESIDENT, by Candice Millard. Read by Maurice Glatzer.
(11 episodes, 2/08-2/19/12)
      DOC, by Mary Doria Russell. Read by Timothy Gunter. (18 episodes, 2/20-3/11/12)
1:00 AM SUN THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER  
2:00 AM SUN OVERNIGHT BOOK  
      FALLEN, by Karin Slaughter. Read by Bill Norton. (15 episodes, 1/17-2/02/12)



FIRST FAMILY: ABIGAIL & JOHN ADAMS, by Joseph J. Ellis. Read by Kathy Hutton. (9 episodes, 2/03-2/13/12)
      HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo w/Lynn Vincent. Read by Donna Stanger.
(5 episodes, 2/14-2/18/12)
      THE AFFAIR, by Lee Child. Read by Tom Jowers. (12 episodes, 2/19-3/03/12)
3:00 AM SUN DIXIE LIVING  (REPEAT)  
4:00 AM SUN VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT  
4:02 AM SUN POLITICAL MAGAZINES (REPEAT)  
5:00 AM SUN TIME AND NEWSWEEK  
6:00 AM SUN POLITICS AND CULTURE w/Jim Clark  
7:00 AM SUN PREVIEWS, REVIEWS & PROFILES   



> ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY



> TV GUIDE



> PREMIERE
>VANITY FAIR
7:57 AM SUN BOOK SUMMARIES  
8:00 AM SUN ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION 
READ LIVE
 
9:30 AM SUN BREAK - DAILY PROGRAM GUIDE followed by LISTENER SPOTLIGHT  
9:35 AM SUN ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION (CONTINUED)  
11:00 AM SUN MACON SUNDAY PAPER  
12:00 PM SUN DISCOVER MAGAZINE 
WITH LEONARD BROWN (EXCEPT SAVANNAH -- SEE AFILIATE SCHEDULE)
 
12:30 PM SUN SUNDAY SHOPPER with Sam Lake (EXCEPT MACON  -- SEE AFFILIATE SCHEDULE)  
1:00 PM SUN PEOPLE with Lynne Greenfield (EXCEPT MACON & SAVANNAH -- SEE AFFILIATE SCHEDULE)  
2:00 PM SUN ATLANTA MAGAZINES 
w/ Page Smith
 



> GEORGIA TREND



> ATLANTA
3:00 PM SUN READER'S DIGEST   
4:00 PM SUN CLASSIC BOOKS (See Saturday 4PM for the list of Classic Books)  
5:00 PM SUN Children’s Story Hour: 1st & 2nd Sun – classic stories w/Elizabeth Falkner; 3rd Sun - “The Break” w/Providence Christian Academy students; 4th Sun - “The Lullaby Hour” for 2-6 year olds brought to you by Junior League of Atlanta (sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Atlanta); 5th Sun - “Passport to Reading”  
6:00 PM SUN CAREER CORNER w/John Osgood, Kee Haspel, & Pat Johnson; 4th Sunday of month features Let’s Get to Work w/Sam Hall, GA DOL  
7:00 PM SUN TALES OF THE WILD WEST  
8:00 PM SUN HANDLE WITH CARE w/Telmeko Ransom-Smith  
8:30 PM SUN THE ADVENTURIOUS PALATE w/Nance Donaldson  
9:00 PM SUN THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW w/Lynn Maxwell. (Except Macon - see affiliate schedule)  
10:00 PM SUN SCIENCE FICTION HOUR  



> ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION/SCIENCE FACT
> ISAAC ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE
11:00 PM SUN THE MYSTERY STORY HOUR
(ALFRED HITCHCOCK & ELLERY QUEEN MYSTERY MAGAZINES) 
 



SUNDAY OVERNIGHT
12:00 AM MON IT'S A WOMAN'S WORLD - COSMOPOLITAN, MORE, OPRAH, SELF  
1:00 AM MON PEOPLE MAGAZINE (REPEAT)  
2:00 AM MON THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (REPEAT)  
3:00 AM MON BLACK PUBLICATIONS (REPEAT)  
4:00 AM MON ATLANTA MAGAZINES (REPEAT)  



> GEORGIA TREND



> ATLANTA
5:00 AM MON CAREER CORNER (Repeat)  

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