WAMU

WAMU 88.5 FM is the leading public radio station for NPR news and information in the greater Washington D.C. area. It is member-supported, professionally-staffed, and licensed to American University. Since 1961, WAMU has provided programming to a growing audience that now totals more than 575,900 listeners in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. The station's 24-hour format blends a unique mixture of news, public affairs talk programming, and traditional American music. Read more on Last.fm …read full bio

WAMU 88.5 FM is the leading public radio station for NPR news and information in the greater Washington D.C. area. It is member-supported, professionally-staffed, and licensed to American University. Since 1961, WAMU has provided programming to a growing audience that now totals more than 575,900 listeners in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. The station's 24-hour format blends a unique mixture of news, public affairs talk programming, and traditional American music. Home to a team of award-winning local reporters and acclaimed talk radio hosts, such as Diane Rehm and Kojo Nnamdi, WAMU offers comprehensive coverage of local, national and international events. During the week WAMU focuses on news and information with The Diane Rehm Show, The Kojo Nnamdi Show and programming from NPR, PRI and the BBC. Weekends offer listeners a variety of news, entertainment and traditional American music with internationally recognized hosts Rob Bamberger, Dick Spottswood, Ray Davis, Red Shipley, Eddie Stubbs and Ed Walker. Deeply committed to the D.C. metro area, WAMU produces regular and special programming that reflects the unique environment of the D.C. Metro area. Every week, Metro Connection celebrates the diversity of the local area with unique features and interviews while programs like Kojo In Your Community and Youth Voices periodically engage members of the community in the ongoing public dialogue. The WAMU Community Council, a citizens' advisory panel, sponsors forums to find ways that radio can shed light on difficult problems and complicated issues. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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