Radio Catskill Unveils New Sunday Programming Lineup

New Time Slots for Acclaimed National Shows “City Arts & Lectures” and “The New Yorker Radio Hour” and Local Favorite “Folk Plus”

December 10, 2024 – Radio Catskill has announced a new Sunday programming schedule, effective January 5, 2025.

Critically acclaimed national programs “City Arts & Lectures” and “The New Yorker Radio Hour” will move to more accessible times. Local favorite “Folk Plus” will move to an earlier time on Sunday afternoon.

“We’re pleased to provide wider exposure to ‘City Arts & Lectures’ and ‘The New Yorker Radio Hour’ and have them bookend the Sunday edition of ‘All Things Considered,’ said Jason Dole, Program Director, Radio Catskill.  “With “Folk Plus” moving to 2pm, our afternoon lineup will feature four local shows in a row and streamline our schedule.”

See below for the new line-up effective January 5, 2025: 

Folk Plus

New Time: Sundays, 2pm

Angela Page has been curating folk music since the 1970s, drawing from her extensive experience, including running coffee houses in college and working with the first national coffee house conference in 1976. After college, she founded the Speak Easy in NYC’s Greenwich Village and co-launched the Fast Folk Musical Magazine. She has written reviews for “Sing Out Magazine,” judged for NERFA, and MC’d at international festivals. Angela has hosted “Folk Plus” on Radio Catskill since 1991 and has aired specials on SiriusXM and other stations across North America. In 2022, she was inducted into the Folk DJ Hall of Fame by the International Folk Alliance. Visit folkplusradio.com for setlists, interviews, and more.

City Arts & Lectures

New Time: Sundays, 4pm

Since 1980, San Francisco-based non-profit “City Arts & Lectures” has offered unique programs with leading figures in arts and ideas. Each year there are more than fifty lectures and onstage conversations – and a few surprise performances, film tributes, and concerts – with outstanding writers, critics, scientists, performing artists, and cultural figures from around the world. “City Arts & Lectures” events are held in the historic Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco’s Performing Arts Center and can be heard on more than 130 public radio stations across the country, co-produced with KQED 88.5 FM in San Francisco.

The New Yorker Radio Hour

New Time: Sundays, 6pm

David Remnick is joined by “The New Yorker”‘s award-winning writers, editors and artists to present a weekly mix of profiles, storytelling, and insightful conversations about the issues that matter — plus an occasional blast of comic genius from the magazine’s legendary Shouts and Murmurs page. “The New Yorker” has set a standard in journalism for generations and “The New Yorker Radio Hour” gives it a voice on public radio. Produced by “The New Yorker” and WNYC Studios.

Additionally, “Fresh Air Weekend” will join the schedule Saturdays at 6am.

Leaving the schedule are “Millenium of Music,” “Harmonia,” “Sinner’s Crossroads,” and “Notes From America,” which is ending production.