"By expanding the number of shows from member stations and media partners that we make available to our listeners, we're able to connect to more people in the community and increase the number of people who will find something here that's for them," said Walton ![]() "After 16 years of operating WVXU, it was time for us to make a complete commitment to bringing our listeners the best news, talk, analysis, and engaging public radio programming available," said Jenell Walton, Cincinnati Public Radio Vice President of Content. The new schedule takes effect Saturday, August 14, with new programs such as Cultivating Place, A Way with Words and Code Switch and Life Kit. With an ear to bringing a wider diversity of voices to the Cincinnati airwaves and solidifying 91.7 WVXU as the full time news/talk/information station serving our community, Cincinnati Public Radio has made the decision to stop airing shows which are based on musical recordings. In the last few years, there's been an explosion of exciting new radio shows and podcasts focused on news, politics, current events, arts and culture, science, and storytelling. Here's the WVXU programming media release: "Our new schedule will instead concentrate on programming with news, narrative and talk formats, which is what we’re known for … We’re striving to broaden the horizons of choice that we can offer and increase the number of people who will find something here that’s for them." The station also explained the changes this way: Walton also notes that listeners' habits shifted during the coronavirus pandemic, with many people working at home and not just tuning in while driving to and from work. and Swing with Bill Cartwright will be expanded in coming weeks. will continue to air Friday 10 p.m.-midnight on WGUC HD2 which is available online, through the WGUC app or smart speakers. "Most people don't come to us for that particular kind of music format," Walton says. ![]() John Diliberto's Echoes, a holdover from Xavier University's schedule, features a "soundscape" mix of jazz, acoustic, electronic, avante-garde and space music, according to, which offers a subscription service. The new shows build on the station's motto of "connecting you to a world of ideas," and will "increase the number of people who will find something here that's for them," Walton said in the station announcement today. No changes are being made to 24/7 classical music WGUC-FM. The WVXU-FM lineup will continue to be simulcast on Oxford's WMUB-FM (88.5). "Listeners can call in and engage with our programming an hour earlier in the day," Walton says. The Takeaway will be followed by Jenn White's national 1A talk show, which includes comments from listeners. with The Takeaway, a "fresh alternative in daily news" with listener participation. for The World (moving up an hour from 8 p.m.), and replaces the fifth hour of Morning Edition at 9 a.m. Listeners also will hear less of NPR's signature newscasts next week when WVXU drops the fourth hour of All Things Considered at 7 p.m. weeknights from 9 p.m., and eliminates Cincinnati Edition repeats at 7 a.m. The revamped schedule moves the Cincinnati Edition replay to 8 p.m. International news will be added to weekday afternoons with the BBC Newshour 3-4 p.m., in addition to the overnight BBC World Service (midnight-5 a.m.). Instead of replacing Cartwright and Ask Me Another in piecemeal moves, she took the opportunity to add a variety of voices providing national news, talk, information, analysis and entertainment.Īmong the additions are Gene Demby's Code Switch, Asian View, Life Kit, The Arts Hour, A Way With Words, Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio, The Takeaway and a return of Q, an arts and culture series which aired on WVXU from 2011 to 2017. "We're news, talk and information 90% of the day, so it was a good time to let go of the music," says Jenell Walton, Cincinnati Public Radio vice president of content. ![]() Saturdays), which traced its roots to 1976. Leaving the airwaves are John Diliberto's Echoes (weekdays 10 p.m.-midnight) repeats of Oscar Treadwell's Jazz With O.T., which continued on Sunday nights (10 p.m.-midnight) after his death in 2006 and Swing with Bill Cartwright (10-11 p.m. With the retirement of swing music host Bill Cartwright, and the end of National Public Radio's Ask Me Another with Ophira Eisenberg, WVXU this weekend will unveil the first major reboot of its programming lineup since acquiring the station from Xavier University in 2005. WVXU-FM is going all in with news/talk programming, and adding some diverse voices to the Cincinnati Public Radio airwaves starting this weekend.
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