96.7 FM

Yellowstone Public Radio

Thursday, March 6

8 p.m.: Investigative journalist Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation and Reefer Madness, in conversation on City Arts & Lectures.

Friday, March 7

2 p.m.: In celebration of National Women's History Month, Riverwalk Jazz salutes the first ladies of classic jazz who made their mark in a notoriously man's world.

Saturday, March 8

7 p.m.: Full tracks from some of the best new releases in Irish music on The Thistle & Shamrock.

Sunday, March 9

7 p.m.: San Francisco Opera's production of Rossini's Barber of Seville, a spunky tale about young love with quick wit and warmly expressive melodies.

Monday, March 10

8 p.m.: Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony in Ravel's Mother Goose Suite, with pianist Garrick Ohlsson joining the Orchestra in Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3.

Tuesday, March 11

7 p.m.: Cellist Yo-Yo Ma joins the New York Philharmonic, directed by Lorin Maazel, in Dvorak's Carnival Overture, Cello Concerto in b, and Symphony No. 7

Wednesday, March 12

2 p.m.: JazzSet celebrates the birthday and 60-year career of one of the most recorded drummers in jazz, Roy Hanes, who performs with his Fountain of Youth Band

Thursday, March 13

9 p.m.: Conversation and readings by Emily Ferrara, author of Alchemy of Grief, a collection of poems about the death of her grown son on The Poet and the Poem

Friday, March 14

2 p.m.: The Jim Cullum Jazz Band explores the 1950s revival of classic jazz bands at Ivy League schools across the country on Riverwalk Jazz

91.7 and 107.1 FM

Montana Public Radio

Thursday, March 6

8:10 a.m.: Morning Classics -- Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13; Ravel: Bolero for Two Pianos; Brahms: Cello Sonata in F, Op. 99; Haydn: String Quartet in F, Op 77, #2

1:00 p.m. Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland - with pianist and vocalist Jeremy Monteiro. Monteiro is known as "Singapore's King of Swing." From his home base in Singapore, Monteiro performs, teaches, and organizes festivals throughout Asia and around the world

7:35 p.m. From the Top - A Showcase for Rising Stars in Classical Music

Friday, March 7

1 p.m. Friday Special, A PRI special: John Adams' Overview -- A one-hour profile of President Adams with host David D'Arcy and historian David McCullough

3:55 p.m. The Garden Plot -- "Is It Time to Prune?"

Saturday, March 8

7 a.m. The Children's Corner with Sam Manno

11 a.m. HomeGround Radio - An examination into how Montana National Guard could better help soldiers returning from active duty -- the results of the Post-Deployment Health Assessment Task Force

6:05 p.m. Prairie Home Companion - A live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion from the Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN

Sunday, March 9

7 a.m.: Harmonia - "Buxtehude and Suitors"

A look at the men who applied to succeed Dietrich Buxtehude, and a new release of Machaut and Solage by the ensemble Gothic Voices

11:10 a.m.: The Food Guys - "Wild Game: Cleaning Out the Freezer"

11:17 a.m. Living on Earth -- NPR Newsmagazine Exploring Environmental Change

11:38 a.m.: Front Row Center - A weekly arts interview with Michael Marsolek

11:45 a.m.: The Write Question - Roger Dunsmore (Dillon), UM humanities professor emeritus and poet, reads his work and talks about the difference between poetry and prose

6 p.m.: On The Media - An NPR program devoted to media criticism and analysis

Monday, March 10

7:30 p.m. Mountain Stage, Featuring Judy Collins, Mavis Staples, Lucy Kaplansky, Todd Snider, and Lori McKenna

9:30 p.m. New Dimensions Radio

Tuesday, March 11

2 p.m. The Folk Show with John Myers

3:30 p.m. Musician's Spotlight, Brian Kopper hosts Salsa Loca --Salsa Loca's repertoire features the songs of classic Latin composers and a number of original compositions. A sizzling variety of sounds and rhythms

7:30 p.m. This American Life, "Return to Childhood 2008" --Stories of people who try to revisit their childhoods: what they find, and what they do not find

8:30 p.m.: Selected Shorts -- David Schickler, "Wes Amerigo's Giant Fear" read by Isaiah Sheffer; Miranda Mellis, "The Doctor of Mental Health," read by David Rakoff

10 p.m.: In Other Words - Frances Moore Lappe talks with Janet Scott about her latest book and why we as societies are creating a world that we as individuals abhor -- and how we can move toward living democracy

Wednesday, March 12

7:30 p.m.: Afropop Worldwide

Thursday, March 13

1:00 p.m.: Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland -- -- Saxophonist Benny Golson has been a jazz innovator ever since he came to prominence backing Benny Goodman and Dizzy Gillespie. Many of Golson's tunes have become jazz standards

Ch. 9

Montana PBS

Thursday, March 6

7 p.m. Back from the Brink: Montana's Wildlife Legacy Part 2

Part Two documents how Montana citizens, state and federal agencies and universities worked together to take action in restoring the state's once abundant big game and furbearer populations. It concludes with discussions of how citizens must work together to be ever vigilant to threats against wildlife and its habitat, so never again will Montana's wildlife have to be brought "Back from the Brink"

Sunday, March 9

7 p.m. Montana Ag Live: The Garden Special

Do you want more gardening information from Montana AG Live? How about a special devoted entirely to gardening issues? Then be sure to tune in for The Garden Special. We'll have a panel of experts, including Extension Specialists, to address issues and answer questions. Bob Gough and Cheryl Moore-Gough will also have their latest book available, written especially for gardening in Montana. Produced by Chris Seifert for KUSM-MontanaPBS, MSU-Bozeman, (406) 994-3437.

Monday, March 10

7 p.m. Yes To Running: Bill Harley Live

This program includes stories and songs that paint a vibrant and hilarious picture of growing up, school and family life. Grammy-winner Bill Harley is a nationally recognized (National Public Radio) family entertainer, known for delighting children and adults alike with his growing-up stories and songs, as well as his observations about being a parent and about elements of today's world. This concert was recorded live at the University Theater on the campus of The University of Montana in Missoula, Mont., in June of 2007.