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The Don't Quote Me archive

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Local public-affairs programs

by Dan Kennedy

WGBH-TV

Greater Boston, with Emily Rooney, Monday through Thursday, from 7 to 7:30 p.m. on Channel 2. Usually repeats at 11 p.m. on Channel 44.

The Long & Short of It, with Robert Reich and Alan Simpson, Friday, from 7 to 7:30 p.m. on Channel 2. Usually repeats at 11 p.m. on Channel 44.

Say Brother, an African-American-oriented show, Thursday, from 8:30 to 9 p.m. on Channel 2. Repeats on Sunday at 5 p.m. on Channel 2.

La Plaza, a Latino-oriented show, Saturday, from 6:30 to 7 p.m., on Channel 2. Usually repeats on Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. on Channel 44.

Greater Boston Arts, a monthly program on the local arts scene. The next installment will be broadcast on Thursday, February 20, from 7:30 to 8 p.m. on Channel 2, and will repeat at 11:30 p.m. on Channel 44.

WBUR Radio (90.9 FM)

The Connection, an interview and call-in show hosted by Christopher Lydon, is broadcast every Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to noon, and is repeated from 8 to 10 p.m.

Commercial programs

In addition to regular TV newscasts, the following TV and radio shows are worth noting.

The David Brudnoy Show, an interview and call-in program, is broadcast every Monday through Friday from 7 p.m. to midnight on WBZ Radio (AM 1030). That is, except when there's a hockey or basketball game. Or when Brudnoy is out plugging his book.

NewsNight, an interview program, is shown every Monday through Friday from 6:30 to 7 p.m. on New England Cable News. It's repeated at 8:30 p.m. on NECN and at 11:30 p.m. on Channel 2.

Talk of New England, an interview and call-in show, is cablecast on Saturday from 5 to 6 p.m. on New England Cable News. It will be repeated on Sunday at 5 p.m. on NECN through February 23; after that it will instead be repeated on Tuesday at 3 p.m.

Two politically oriented panel shows are broadcast every Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to noon: Five on Five, on WCVB-TV (Channel 5), and Boston Common, on WHDH-TV (Channel 7).

Mosaic, a minority-affairs program, is shown on Saturday in the ungodly time slot of 6 to 6:30 a.m. on WLVI-TV (Channel 56). It's followed by Keller at Large, a political interview program, from 6:30 to 7 a.m.

WABU-TV (Channel 68) has nearly eliminated its once extensive prime-time line-up of local public-affairs shows. On Sunday it continues to broadcast ECU, an interview/profile show, at 10 p.m., and Consider This, a call-in show, at 11 p.m.

Tradition & tumult

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