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The Thistle & Shamrock (8-9 p.m.)

The most listened-to Celtic music program in the world comes to you from the Scottish Highlands.

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Jazz Out of the Mainstream (9-10)

An hour dedicated to jazz musicians you won't find in the mainstream of music distribution.

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Radio Camp!

Radio Camp 2010 was a big success - thanks to our enthusiastic Radio Camp Reporters!
To see photos and hear audio from the week-long, summer enrichment camp for middle school students, please click here.

Area Performances on 88.5 WFDD

Our 2009-2010 local concert series continues Sunday, August 1st, with a broadcast from the Eastern Music Festival.

Join us for works by Tchaikovsky and Mahler!

Mary Dalton on Media
Voices & Viewpoints Media Critic Mary Dalton's blog about TV, film, and more.

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Triad Arts Up Close: TAW 100730 \| July 30th \| A gallery walk, opera talk and an old abandoned amusement park on Triad Arts Weekend! \| Read more
Triad Arts Up Close: Asolare Fine Arts Academy \| July 29th \| How about an art gallery stroll to go along with your lunch hour in the heart of downtown Winston-Salem? Asolare Executive Director John Chapman has just the venue for you. \| Read more
Live All Weekend: Newport Folk Festival 2010 \| NPR \| Hear George Wein's annual showcase of the best in folk music from beautiful Newport, R.I. Hear archived Saturday concerts and tune in Sunday for Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Avett Brothers, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and more. Read more
O'Death In Concert: Newport Folk Festival \| NPR \| The only way O'Death could be a better name for a Gothic folk-punk band would be if the band only performed on St. Patrick's Day. As it is, the New York group plays grippingly intense Americana, in the process bringing to mind the white-knuckle hellrides of 16 Horsepower. Here, O'Death plays songs from its latest album, Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin, in Newport, R.I. Windows Media RealAudio

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The Business Report Piedmont Triad Partnership Hires New CEO read more >>
Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Initiative Breaking down cultural bias on the campus of Wake Forest University one young mind at a time. read more >>
Diplomat: 'Ghosts In The Room' Plague U.S., Iran
John Limbert, who spent 444 days as a hostage in Tehran, stepped down as head of the State Department's Iran desk on Friday. Limbert says that while the White House has made persistent efforts to change the tone of America's relationship with Iran, conflicts between the two nations are deeply ingrained. Mexico's Drug War More Sophisticated, Deadlier Syria, Saudi Arabia Brace For Strife In Lebanon Hundreds Dead In Pakistani Floods

88.5 WFDD's 2009 Annual Report

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Business & Economy

The Business Report | Friday, July 30, 2010 |

In WFDD's Business Report, the Piedmont Triad Partnership has hired a new man to lead the group. The Business Journal's Justin Catanoso spoke with WFDD's Kathryn Mobley from WFDD's Greensboro studio.

The Business Report | Friday, July 23, 2010 |

In WFDD's Business Report, Billy Prim applies a new business model to the sale of bottled water.  The Business Journal's Justin Catanoso spoke with WFDD's Kathryn Mobley from WFDD's Greensboro studio.

By Hiring Gulf Scientists, BP May Be Buying Silence | NPR | For months now, local scientists have been out on Gulf waters, advising the cleanup and measuring the damage. But there is growing concern that some of the best minds are being sidelined, since they've signed on as paid consultants to BP.

Obama Attempts Jump Start In Detroit | NPR | President Obama went to Michigan on Friday, the "ground zero" of the recession, to kick off a campaign highlighting the turnaround in the U.S. auto industry.

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88.5 WFDD, the NPR® news and Triad Arts station broadcasting from Wake Forest University, is the only public radio station of its kind located in the Piedmont Triad. It broadcasts news, information, and public affairs programming covering the arts, people, and institutions in the area from both its Winston-Salem and Greensboro studios.

The state's charter NPR® member, 88.5 WFDD is the longest continuously broadcasting public radio station in North Carolina. It is a member of the North Carolina Public Radio Association.

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