FM Specials

                                              March FM Specials

90.1-2 HD & 91.7-2 HD Classical

Metropolitan Opera

3/6/10     Attila (Verdi)                                             1:00-3:37pm

3/13/10    The Nose (Shostakovich)                           1:00-3:00pm

3/20/10    From the House of the Dead (Janacek)    1:00-2:50pm

3/27/10    Hamlet (Thomas)                                       1:00-4:45pm

Naples Philharmonic Orchestra - Beauty and Destiny 3/4/10 8:00pm Brahms' spiritual Song of Destiny and Beethoven's Dionysian Seventh Symphony. In between is one of the finest of all cello concertos, the bold, rousing First Concerto by Saint-Saëns, performed by Naumburg competition winner David Requiro.

On 90.1 & 91.7 FM News & Info

Coal: Dirty Past, Hazy Future- (Tuesday 3/2 @ 8pm) Brew the coffee, turn on the radio, and check your electronic mail – you’re on your way to burning 20 pounds of coal for the day.  That’s how much coal the average American uses.  No matter what, we all have a stake in coal’s future. The coal and power industries want you to know about “clean coal,” but environmentalists say there’s no such thing.  This documentary will dig into those claims, and take your listeners on a journey from their light switch back to America’s coal fields. 

Out of this World: Rocket Girls and Astro-nettes – (Tuesday 3/9 @ 8pm) the story of women in the ultimate “Man’s World” – working first in the labs and then the Shuttle crew cabins of NASA. These stories explore the experiences of NASA’s first woman engineers and scientists and its first astronauts. 

Out of this World: Rocketing Ahead- (Tuesday 3/16 @ 8pm) The history of the Space Program and how it helped shape American defense, K-12 education and Americas universities, as well as how the nation spends its science dollars today.

Engineers of the New Millennium – Robots for Real – (Tuesday 3/23 @ 8pm) Robots are not just science fiction anymore. Robots are becoming part of our lives. They’re making their way into living rooms and backyards, into classrooms, factories, war zones, and hospitals. You’ll hear about robots that can help with household chores, assist surgeons in operating rooms, and go into disaster-stricken areas to help save lives. 

Intelligence Squared: America Is To Blame For Mexico's Drug War – (Monday 3/1 @ 8pm)  Moderator: John Donvan

Speaking for the Motion: Andrés Martinez, Jeffrey A. Miron, and Fareed Zakaria.

Speaking against the Motion: Jorge Castañeda, Chris W. Cox, and Asa Hutchinson.

Intelligence Squared: Is California the First Failed State? – (Monday 3/8 @ 8pm)

Moderator: John Donvan 
Speaking for the motion: Andreas Kluth, Bobby Shriver, Sharon Waxman 
Speaking against the motion: Lawrence O’Donnell, Van Jones, Gray Davis

Intelligence Squared: Should the U.S. Step back from its special relationship with Israel? – (Monday 3/15 @ 8pm) Moderator: John Donvan 
Speaking for the motion: Roger Cohen, Rashid Khalid 
Speaking against the motion: Itamar Rabinovich, Stuart Eizenstat

Intelligence Squared: Are teachers unions to blame for our failing schools? – (Monday 3/22 @ 8pm) Moderator: John Donvan 
Speaking for the motion: Randi Weingarten and two others TBD 
Speaking against the motion: Larry Sand, Rod Paige, Terry Moe

America Abroad- Aids: Politics of Prevention – (Monday 3/29 @ 8pm) For nearly 30 years, AIDS has ravaged lives and nations around the world. We diagnose the practice of treatment and prevention in South Africa and Brazil - countries with different prescriptions for the same disease. And we examine the Bush Administration's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

Inside Out: Heat of the Moment – (Tuesday 3/30 @ 8pm) Today, climate change is generally expressed as the gradual warming of Earth's atmosphere over decades.  Scientists see these changes as startlingly rapid in the context of geologic time - but to millions of people around the world, the impacts of global warming are immediate, and becoming increasingly frequent and severe.  In "Heat Of The Moment: Inside Out," science journalist Daniel Grossman takes us to places where the effects of climate change are acutely felt.  

Naples Council on World Affairs – (Thursday 3/4 @ 8pm) Ambassador Robert Hunter reviews the current administration’s Foreign Policy and what effect and success the appointed Special Envoys have had to date. The ever present problems in Israel and Palestine, provoke Special Envoy George Mitchell, to search for new pathways to re-open the peace talks. Meanwhile, Richard Holbrooke is balancing a grenade with the pin pulled between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Can they succeed?

Naples Council on World Affairs – (Thursday 3/18 @ 8pm) Dr. Victor Cha, Director of Asian Studies  and D.S. Song-Korea Foundation in Asian Studies and Government at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service speaks on “The North Korean Dilemma”.

Hearing Voices (Wednesdays @ 8pm) -a weekly one-hour stream of "driveway moments all connected by a weekly theme

It’s Your World (Thursday 3/11 @8pm)- captures leading voices in politics, business, academia, media and art in candid discussions on issues concerning the world today.

World Vision Report (Fridays @ 8pm) -captures the human drama behind global issues and events.

The Changing World- (Thursday 3/25 @ 8pm) - in-depth documentaries from the BBC World Service that probe issues critical to our understanding of our evolving world.


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