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By University Communications
August 1, 2008

“The Diane Rehm Show” will join the KUAZ radio weekday lineup beginning Monday. For more than 25 years, Rehm has offered listeners her unique voice in lively conversations on current topics and guests that include many of the nation's top newsmakers, journalists and authors.

Each week, more than 1.7 million listeners across the country tune in to the program, which has grown from a small local morning call-in show on Washington's WAMU 88.5 to one of public broadcasting's most listened-to programs distributed by National Public Radio.

“Every day we talk about what’s in the news,” Rehm said. “There will be stories that capture the imagination and discussions as diverse and interesting as the people of Tucson.”

The program will replace what is now the repeating fifth hour of “Morning Edition” from 9-10 a.m. and “Fresh Air with Terry Gross” from 10-11 a.m. During this time of year, when most of the rest of the country observes Daylight Saving Time, “Fresh Air” will follow “Talk of the Nation” at 1 p.m. During Standard Time, “Fresh Air” will follow “The Diane Rehm Show” at 11 a.m. The twice-annual change to the schedule is made so that both hours of “Talk of the Nation,” a call-in show, are broadcast live year-round in Tucson. “Here & Now,” which airs at 1 p.m. weekdays, will leave the schedule after Friday.

“By arranging the shows in this manner, listeners in southern Arizona will have the opportunity to call in and participate in these national programs,” said Jack Gibson, general manager with Arizona Public Media. “Having the ability to add our local communities’ comments to the national conversation is what public radio is all about.”