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  1. OTR this week: Smoking ban debate, Race to the Top, K-12 blame. Guest: John Niemela, on highway funding. http://wkar.org/offtherecord
  2. OTR this week: Virg Bernero for governor, Race to the Top legislation and K-12 lobbying efforts. http://wkar.org/offtherecord
  3. Rob South interviews PBS filmmaker Ken Burns - Th. "Morning Edition." (5 a.m.-9 a.m.) http://wkar.org
  4. Win free tkts to Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Wharton 12/5. Wed/Thu, 9 am-4 pm on 90.5. http://wkar.org/90.5. Pls. RT!
  5. Cynthia Beal begins "Empire Falls" by Richard Russo at 10pm tonight on WKAR Radio Reading Service BookNook. http://wkar.org.
  6. Mark has Joseph Green's overture to Verdi’s “The Force of Destiny” Wed@9. Who? Giuseppe Verdi! http://wkar.org/90.5/
  7. Alwyn’s Festival March, composed for 1951 Fest. of Britain to lift people’s spirits. Jody has "Festival March" at 1. http://wkar.org
  8. Dan Bayer has Robert Schumann's seldom recorded Concert Piece for 4 Horns and Orch w/ Seattle Symphony horn section at 1p. http://wkar.org
  9. OTR this week: $6.5B new money, latest gov poll. Guest: Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith (D), running for gov. http://wkar.org/offtherecord
  10. In 2000 Kazoo's Bronson Hosp commissioned "New Beginnings" to celebrate new bldg. Jody has it at 1. http://wkar.org
  11. At 1: A.Glazunov liked weekly TGs with Russian composers. Collaborations came from the happy hours. Jody has polka “Friday” http://wkar.org
  12. Mark has Debussy's Sonata #3 in g minor for Violin and Piano w/ violinist I-Fu Wang and pianist Ralph Votapek. 11:35 a.m. http://wkar.org
  13. "Mama" Melissa Ingells reveals cranberry recipe! Yum! http://tinyurl.com/yjvx8a7
  14. Friday at 9 Mark has the Overture in B-flat for Two Oboes, Strings and Continuo by Christoph Nichelmann. http://wkar.org
  15. C. Fernandez Ratso Scherzo is from music he wrote for "Casper"-rats run amuck during a piano concerto. The ratrace is at 1. http://wkar.org
  16. Composers use Psalm122 in coronations back to James II(1685) Jody has Hubert Parry’s crowning achievement for Edward VII @1. http://wkar.org
  17. Sir Charles Mackerras is 84 today! Jody plays a suite from his ballet Pineapple Poll based on Gilbert and Sullivan. http://wkar.org
  18. Sir Charles Mackerras conducts Brahms’ “Academic Festival” Overture. Tues., 11/17, 9am http://wkar.org
  19. George Whitefield Chadwick was born today in 1854. Jody plays the festive Jubilee from Chadwick’s Symphonic Sketches at 1p http://wkar.org
  20. OTR this week: Schools lobby, Granholm/Bishop stand-off. Guest: Bill Mayes, Mi. Assoc. of School Admins. http://wkar.org/offtherecord