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SATURDAY
5:00 AM SAT Atlanta Business Chronicle w/ Todd Brown. Repeat  
6:00 AM SAT Other Places / Other Things w/ Roberto Morales.  



> SMITHSONIAN



> NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC



> ARCHAEOLOGY
7:00 AM SAT World of Science w/ Sara Frooman.  



> SCIENCE NEWS



> SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
7:57 AM SAT Book Summaries  
7:59 AM SAT Daily Program Guide  
8:00 AM SAT Atlanta Journal Constitution-Live  
9:00 AM SAT Daily Program Guide followed by Be Prepared w/Julius Suber and Listener Spotlight  
9:05 AM SAT ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION  (CONTINUED)  
10:00 AM SAT

Disability Rights-Independent Living on the 1st Saturday of each month followed by Blind Viewpoint (Dialogue, Braille Monitor, BVA Magazine).Sponsored by Walton EMCAt Your Service w/Ken Traina on the 2nd Saturday. Sponsored by John & Mary Franklin FoundationDisability Rights-Transportation on the 3rd Saturday of each month followed by Blind Viewpoint (Dialogue, Braille Monitor, BVA Magazine). Sponsored by Walton EMC.  ACB Reports on the 4th Saturday of the month.

 
10:30 AM SAT Blind Viewpoint on the1st and 2nd Saturday of each month. Sponsored by Walton EMC. Assistive TECH w/Shy Shivers on 2nd Saturday of each month. Features interviews with researchers from the Georgia Tech’s Sonification Lab.  Under the direction of Dr. Bruce Walker and the School of Psychology, the Lab develops sound technologies for visual experiences. Book Cornerairs on the 3rd Saturday of each monthEye on Blindness on the 4th Saturday of each month. Repeat.  
11:00 AM SAT

Kitchen Kapers w/ Doreen Janis & Amanda Scott. (Cooking Light,  Taste of Home, Cook's).

 
11:30 AM SAT Southern Living w/ Tressa Washington.  
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 Bloomberg Business Week w/ Donovan Rennow.  
2:00 PM SAT Black Publications w/ James Lenzer. (Jet, Black Enterprise, Ebony, Essence). Repeat  
3:00 PM SAT Community News w/ Bernard Tanner.  



> THE DEKALB NEIGHBOR



> THE NORTHSIDE NEIGHBOR



> THE ATLANTA DAILY WORLD
4:00 PM SAT

Classic Books (airs Saturdays & Sundays):
  
March 30-April 7 – The Return of the Soldier by the English author Rebecca West.  Read by Tom Jowers.

April 13- May 19 – My Antonia by the American author Willa Cather.  Read by Peter Bryg.

Sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta
 
5:00 PM SAT Dixie Living w/ Steve Diffley.(Southern Authors & Columnists).  
6:00 PM SAT Time & Newsweek w/ Marcia Brandes.  
7:00 PM SAT The Music Room w/Dave Riggs. (Jazz Times, Blues   Revue, Country Weekly, & other music publications).  
8:00 PM SAT Book Summaries  
8:03 PM SAT Technology Talk w/Daji Kuweza.  
>WIRED  



> PC COMPUTING



> PC WORLD



> PC MAGAZINE
9:00 PM SAT Volunteer Spotlight w/Jane Boynton followed by Political Magazines w/Justin Ryan.
>THE NEW REPUBLIC
> THE NATION
> NATIONAL REVIEW
> THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR
> MOTHER JONES
w/Judy Hales
 
10:00 PM   Publisher’s Best Book Hour-  
     

MOTOWN: MUSIC, MONEY, SEX AND POWER
by Gerald Posner. Read by C. L. Walker. (17 episodes, 04/26/13 – 05/15/13).

     

MAD RIVER by John Sanford. Read by Anne
Teddlie. (12 episodes, 05/16/13 – 05/29/13 )

      AMERICA AGAIN by Stephen Colbert. Read by
Ken Traina. (6 episodes, 05/30/13 – 06/05/13)
      MOWTOWN: MUSIC, MONEY, SEX AND POWER by Gerald Posner. Read by C. L. Walker. (17 episodes, 04/26/13 – 05/15/13)
11:00 PM   For Late Listeners Book Hour  
      RED MIST by Patricia Cornwell. Read by Sandra
Mathis. (14 episodes, FINALEPISODE 05/01/13).
     

WICKED APPETITE by Janet Evanovich. Read by
Brad Ketch. (8 episodes, 05/02/13 – 05/10/13)

      KILLERS OF THE DREAM by Lillian Smith. Read
by Maurice Glatzer. (9 episodes, 05/11/13 – 05/21/13)
      WHERE WE BELONG by Emily Griffin. Read by
Martha Kennedy (12 episodes, 05/22/13 – 06/04/13)



SUNDAY
12:00 AM   For Night Owls Book Hour -  
     

FIFTY SHADES DARKER by E. L James. Read by
Gwen Waymon. (18 episodes).

      AN ACCIDENTAL AFFAIR by Eric Jerome Dickey.
Read by Roy Harris. (14 episodes, 05/05/13 – 05/21/13)
      DEVIL BONES by Kathy Reichs. Read by Tom
Jowers. (10 episodes, 05/22/13 – 06/01/13)
1:00 AM SUN National Enquirer w/ Marcus Calloway.  
2:00 AM SUN Overnight Book  
      ADVANCE YOUR SWAGGER by Fonzworth
Bentley. Read by Althea Barnett. (3 episodes).
      NAT KING COLE by Daniel Mark Epstein. Read by
Bernard Tanner. (20 episodes, 05/02/13 –05/24/13)
      THE MEMORY CURE by Majid Fotuhi, MD, PHD.
Read by Rosemary Scalessa. (6 episodes, 05/25/13 –05/31/13).
3:00 AM SUN Dixie Living w/ Steve Diffley.  (Southern Authors & Columnists). Repeat.  
4:00 AM SUN Volunteer Spotlight w/Jane Boynton followed by Political Magazines w/Justin Ryan. Repeat.  
5:00 AM SUN Time & Newsweek w/ Marcia Brandes. Repeat.  
6:00 AM SUN Politics & Culture w/ Jim Clark. (American Spectator, National Review, The New Republic, The Nation Magazines).  
7:00 AM SUN Previews, Reviews & Profiles w/Arthur Cole  



> ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY



> TV GUIDE



> PREMIERE
>VANITY FAIR
7:57 AM SUN Book Summaries  
8:00 AM SUN Atlanta Journal Constitution-Live  
9:30 AM SUN BREAK - DAILY PROGRAM GUIDE followed by Listener Spotlight  
9:35 AM SUN Atlanta Journal Constitution-Continued-Live  
11:00 AM SUN Macon Sunday Paper  
12:00 PM SUN Discover Magazine w/ Leonard Brown.)  
1:00 PM SUN People w/ Lynne Greenfield.  
2:00 PM SUN Atlanta Magazines w/ Page Smith.  



> GEORGIA TREND



> ATLANTA
3:00 PM SUN Reader’s Digest w/ Eleanor Beattie.  
4:00 PM SUN

Classic Books (airs Saturdays & Sundays):

March 30-April 7 – The Return of the Soldier by the English author Rebecca West.  Read by Tom Jowers.

April 13- May 19 – My Antonia by the American author Willa Cather.  Read by Peter Bryg.

Sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta
 
5:00 PM SUN

Children’s Story Hour:
1st & 2nd Sun
classic stories w/Elizabeth Falkner.  Sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta.

The Break w/Providence Christian Academy student airs on the 3rd Sunday of the month.. Sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Atlanta

The Lullaby Hour w/Sheila Tenney for 2-6 year olds on the 4th Sunday of the month. Sponsored by the Junior League of Atlanta. Passport to Reading w/Sarah Ford on the 5th Sunday of the month.

 
6:00 PM SUN

Career Corner w/John Osgood, Kee Haspel and Spencer Peterson. The 4th Sunday of the month includes “Let’s Get to Work,” with Sam Hall of the Georgia Department of Labor.

 
7:00 PM SUN Tales of the Wild West w/ Sam Word.  
8:00 PM SUN Handle With Care w/ Telmeko Smith.  
8:30 PM SUN The Adventurous Palate w/Carol Dekker.(bon apetite, Food & Wine, Thursday AJC Restaurant Reviews, Vegetarian Times).  
9:00 PM SUN New York Times Book Review w/ Lynne Maxwell.  
10:00 PM SUN Science Fiction Hour w/Eric Hill.  



> ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION/SCIENCE FACT
> ISAAC ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE
11:00 PM SUN Mystery Story Hour w/Russ Marshall. (Alfred Hitchcock &      Ellery Queen mystery magazines).   



SUNDAY OVERNIGHT
12:00 AM MON It’s a Woman’s World w/Monique Johnson. (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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