TUCSON, Ariz. (February 3, 2009) -- Southern Arizona’s NPR/jazz radio station KUAZ 89.1 FM and 1550 AM announces a new Saturday program schedule that includes an award-winning radio guide to pop culture and the arts.

Peabody Award-winning "Studio 360 from PRI and WNYC" is public radio's guide to what's happening in the arts and pop culture arenas. Each week, host Kurt Andersen introduces listeners to the people creating and shaping pop culture, including directors of must-see movies, authors of best-selling books and writers of songs that change lives.

Past guests on "Studio 360 from PRI and WNYC" include Yo-Yo Ma, Zadie Smith, Sean Lennon, Sean Penn, Walter Mosely, Dolly Parton, Ang Lee, Dave Eggers, Frank Gehry and Tori Amos. The show joins the KUAZ weekend lineup on Saturdays at 2 p.m. beginning Feb. 5, 2009, replacing “Weekend America,” which is no longer being produced. (Note: The new Saturday program schedule for KUAZ is listed in its entirety at the end of this release.)

Recent data from the Fall 2008 Arbitron radio listener ratings for Tucson shows KUAZ as a top rated station among radio listening adults. KUAZ remains a top rated station in Tucson in the News/Talk format, according to the recent survey.

KUAZ and be heard on 89.1 FM and during daylight hours on 1150 AM. More information on KUAZ and its sister station classical KUAT-FM can be found on the Arizona Public Media website for radio information at http://radio.azpm.org/kuaz/ and a schedule of weekly public radio programs on KUAZ-FM can be found here.

About Arizona Public Media Arizona Public Media® is a member-supported non-profit media organization of The University of Arizona, this year celebrating 50 years of public television broadcasting service and 40 years of radio broadcasting in Southern Arizona. Arizona Public Media (AZPM) broadcasts classical music on stations KUAT-FM 90.5 and FM 89.7; and NPR, jazz and local programming on KUAZ-FM 89.1 and 1550AM. Television broadcasting of PBS stations includes KUAT Channel 6 and KUAS Channel 27; on digital TV channels 6-1 PBS-HD; 6-2 V-me (en español); 6-3 Create; KUAS Channel 27-1 PBS-HD; 27-2 PBS Kids; 27-3 PBS World, the UA Channel (Cox 116/Comcast 76); and the Ahora channel (en español) on KUAZ-HD2. AZPM also produces award-winning original local television programming from its digital studios on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.

More information on PBS programming and community events in Southern Arizona can be found at www.AZpublicmedia.org

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