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All Things Considered (ATC) is a news radio program on the United States' National Public Radio (NPR) network. It was the first news program on the network, first broadcast to about 90 radio stations on May 3, 1971. The first story covered on the show were the anti- Vietnam-war protests taking place in Washington, D.C., where NPR and All Things Considered are based. Early broadcasts were 90 minutes long; now they run for 2 hours.
The program combines a varied mix of news, analysis, commentary, interviews, and special features. It airs on weekday evenings from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. EST. NPR member stations in other time zones usually run the program on tape delay.
The show now airs on over 560 radio stations and reaches an audience of approximately 12 million listeners each weekday. The show is co-hosted by Robert Siegel, Michele Norris and Melissa Block .
All Things Considered is also the title of a 1908 book by G. K. Chesterton.
1 Weekend All Things Considered
"Weekend All Things Considered" (WATC), a one-hour version of the show broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays, premiered in 1977. Steve Inskeep is the current host of WATC.
2 Awards
Major awards won by the show include the Ohio State Award, the George Foster Peabody Award, the Overseas Press Club Award, the DuPont Award, the American Women in Radio and Television Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Award.
In 1993, the show was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame , the first public radio program to be given that honor.
3 Hosts
- Weekday
- Robert Conley (1971-?)
- Jim Russell (1971-?)
- Mike Waters (1971-?)
- Susan Stamberg (1972-1986)
- Bob Edwards (1974-1979)
- Sanford Ungar (1979-?)
- Noah Adams (1982-1987, 1989-2003)
- Renee Montagne (1987-1989)
- Robert Siegel (1987-present)
- Linda Wertheimer (1989-2001)
- Michelle Norris (2002-present)
- Melissa Block (2003-present)
- Weekend
- Noah Adams (?-1982)
- Steve Inskeep (?-present)
4 Commentators
- Andrei Codrescu
- Vertamae Grosvenor
- Kevin Kling
- Daniel PinkwaterDaniel Pinkwater (b. 1941) is an author (mostly of children's books) and occasional commentator on National Public Radio. His most well-known books include Lizard Music The Snarkout Boys and the Avacado of Death Fat Men from Space and the picture book The
- Reynolds PriceReynolds Price Reynolds Price (born 1933) is an award-winning U. novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist and James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University. Apart from English literature, Price has had a lifelong interest in ancient languages and bibli
- Daniel SchorrDaniel Schorr (born August 31, 1916 ) is a journalist who has covered the world for more than 60 years. He is now a senior news analyst for National Public Radio. He was born on August 31, 1916 in New York City. He was the son of two Russian immigrants, b
- Bailey White
- Marion Winik
5 Featured series
From time to time, NPR produces and distributes short series of radio pieces. Series that have aired during the show include:
- The Changing Face of America
- Lost & Found Sound
- The NPR 100 (stories behind 100 important 20th century American musical works)
- Prison Diaries
- Teenage Diaries
- The Yiddish Radio Project
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