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At 5 p.m. ET on May 3, 1971, the first
All Things Considered went on the air. In the three decades
since, almost everything about the program has changed -- the hosts
and producers, the length and time of the program, the equipment
used, and the audience. But one thing remains the same: the determination
to get the day's big stories on the air, and to bring them alive
through sound and voice. For two hours every weekday, All
Things Considered senior host Robert Siegel and his co-hosts
present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries,
reviews, and offbeat features. The program rings with the disparate
voices of its commentators, from veteran analyst Daniel Schorr and
storyteller Kevin Kling to poet Andrei Codrescu. It hums with the
distinctive music that threads between reports -- music collected
in the online program All Songs Considered. And by the time
All Things Considered marked its 30th anniversary on the
air, the program had earned many of journalism's highest honors,
including the Peabody, DuPont and Overseas Press Club awards. In 1977, All Things Considered expanded to seven days, with one-hour news magazines Saturday and Sunday evenings. The weekend program -- hosted in Summer 2002 alternately by Jacki Lyden and Korva Coleman -- keeps listeners on top of the latest news and trends. In April 2002, it received the Gracie Allen Award for best radio documentary.
Listen to All Things Considered .
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