Thom Hartmann Joins WHAV Line-Up 
New Year Brings New Programs and New Times for Others

The Thom Hartmann Program, America’s number one progressive radio show, comes to WHAV noon, Jan. 2. Hear Thom live three-hours-a-day, five-days-a-week. He’ll take your telephone calls and provide news, opinion and debate.

He is a four-time Project Censored-award-winning, New York Times best-selling author of 20 books in print and more than 200 nationally published articles. His daily talk show, now in its eighth year on the air, replaced Al Franken on the Air America Radio Network, and comes to WHAV via the Pacifica Network.

Hartmann has spent much of his life working with and for the international Salem relief organization. He and his wife Louise also founded a community for abused children in New Hampshire and a school for learning disabled and ADHD kids.

Local news with Marc Lemay will be heard at the top of each hour of the program.

WHAV’s Most Ambitious Line-up Ever

Other additions to WHAV’s line-up includes Making Contact, an award-winning, 29-minute weekly magazine/documentary-style public affairs program. Making Contact, which airs at 3:30 p.m., Thursdays, is committed to in-depth critical analysis that goes beyond the breaking news. Showcasing voices and perspectives rarely heard in mainstream media, Making Contact focuses on the human realities of politics and the connections between local and global events, emphasizing positive and creative ways to solve problems.

Mornings on WHAV will continue to feature great wake-up features such as local news, beginning at 7 a.m.; Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now at 8; and a big helping of Soft Gold rock and roll favorites until noon. Popular short features include Little Known Facts, Report to Consumers from the editors of Consumer Reports magazine and Melinda’s Garden Moment.

Beside the Thom Hartmann Program and Making Contact, afternoon programs include Dr. Michio Kaku’s Explorations. Free Speech Radio News will air at 4 p.m., live, concluding the afternoon talk block.

Other than the Open Mike Show on Monday nights, nights and overnights will be dominated by listener’s Soft Gold favorites.

A complete program guide (in PDF format) is available here.

To listen, or for more information, visit www.whav.net.

Christmas comes to WHAV 
‘Last of Scrooge’ Adds Ironic Twist to Holiday Tradition

Monday, Dec. 19

6 p.m: Open Mike Show
An annual tradition, Santa Claus takes calls from kids and adults alike.

10 p.m.: Suspense
In “The Night Before Christmas,” starring Greer Garson, the parents of a little girl aren’t coming back for Christmas. They were on a plane reported missing over the Atlantic.

Tuesday, Dec. 20

10 p.m.: Grand Central Station
Mason Adams stars as Mac in “Miracle for Christmas” He is a bitter ambulance driver who resents working Christmas Eve.

Wednesday, Dec. 21

10 p.m.: Great Gildersleeve
Bronco and the twins are away for Christmas and the holiday isn’t quite the same without them. The Kraft Choristers sing Christmas carols.

Thursday, Dec. 22

10 p.m.: Our Miss Brooks
In this episode, “The Magic Christmas Tree,” Madison High School English teacher Connie Brooks (Eve Arden) seems destined to spend Christmas Eve alone. Other cast members include Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin, Richard Crenna as student Walter Denton and Bob Rockwell as Mr. Boynton.

Friday, Dec. 23

10 p.m.: Truth or Consequences
Host Ralph Edwards helps a paralyzed soldier spend time with friends back in his hometown on Christmas thanks to the magic of radio. This heartwarming program is as timely as ever and — a warning — it is a tear jerker. Truth or Consequences, a quiz show, aired on radio between 1940 and 1957. A television version aired between 1950 and 1988.

Saturday, Dec. 24

5 p.m.: Holiday music
Favorite carols and popular seasonal tunes air for 24-hours, except as indicated below.

6 p.m.: Miracle on 34th Street
Maureen O’Hara, John Payne and Edmund Gwenn, stars of the classic 20th Century Fox 1947 movie, return for this radio adaptation. In the story, Macy’s founder Rowland H. Macy insists a man named Kris Kringle (Gwenn) play Santa Claus in the store even as another store manager tries to have Kringle committed for believing he is the one and only Santa Claus.

7 p.m.: It’s a Wonderful Life
Jimmy Stewart returns as George Bailey in this radio adaptation of the 1948 movie. When Stewart regrets ever being born, his guardian angel grants his wish on Christmas Eve. Besides Stewart, others appearing are Donna Reed as Mary Hatch, Victor Moore as Clarence, Bill Johnstone as Mr. Bailey, John McIntire as Joseph, Leo Cleary as Uncle Billy, Edwin Maxwell as Potter and Janet Scott as Mother.

8 p.m.: A Christmas Carol
Lionel Barrymore plays Ebenezer Scrooge in this 1939 Mercury Theater on the Air production of Charles Dicken’s timeless story, “A Christmas Carol.” Radio listeners closely identified Barrymore with the grouchy character since he performed the role almost every Christmas between 1934 and 1953.

9 p.m.: The Last of Scrooge
What really happened to Ebenezer Scrooge after his amazing transformation from mean tightwad to generous benefactor? He froze to death homeless. Vincent Price narrates the story of how this happened?

10 p.m.: Gunsmoke
“Twelfth Night.” Eban Hakes has walked all the way from the Ozarks, just to kill Joff Monger. A family feud going on for years is about to break out in Dodge...but never on Sunday!