Local Programs
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
07:39AM

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Visitors to our media center will be greeted by our digital welcome mat, and can see themselves on U•TV, an interactive exhibit where you can explore the art and science of television production. You can also take a peek inside our television studios. more...


"A Journey with the Arts Throughout Ohio" produces between six and eight programs per calendar year. Christopher Purdy hosts this one-hour program, which discusses topics and introduces personalities active in arts-related programs, from The Cleveland Orchestra to programs for imprisoned juvenile offenders. Past topics include a 90th birthday tribute to pianist Earl Wild; The National Underground Railroad Museum in Cincinnati; the Cincinnati Opera's premiere performances of "Margaret Garner,” starring Denyce Graves, based on the true story of an escaped slave; Dayton's new Shuster Center for the Arts; Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum; and Very Special Arts for Very Special Kids (VSA of Ohio).

Movies with Joyce and Rico

Listen each week as WOSU film critics Joyce and Rico Long review the latest movies. They praise or pan the latest Hollywood blockbusters as well as lesser-known independent films showing in central Ohio. more...

The Metropolitan Opera

Saturday Afternoons on WOSU 89.7
The Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical program in radio history. The 78th season of broadcasts began on November 29 with Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust. Twenty-two broadcasts will be presented through April 25. Margaret Juntwait returns as the series’s host for her fifth season, joined by commentator Ira Siff. more...