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As a valued WBHM listener, we wanted you to know about some upcoming changes to WBHM.

Effective Monday, March 31, 2008, WBHM will add three new programs to its weekday schedule. For the first time, listeners in Birmingham and North Central Alabama will hear The Diane Rehm Show, Here and Now, and Talk of the Nation. With this change, Fresh Air moves to 12 p.m. and All Things Considered begins at 3 p.m.. Classical music will continue to be available evenings, overnight, and on weekend afternoons.

This midday change in programming is addressed in WBHM's Strategic Plan, but this change was one we didn't think would happen until digital radio became more popular. However, given a number of circumstances we believe this is the best option to provide greater public service.

WBHM was notified on March 3rd that the Classical Public Radio Network (CPRN), which provides the classical music service for WBHM, was going out of business. That notice from CPRN spurred the need to evaluate programming options. Besides the loss of our classical music service, we looked at other strategic programmatic issues as we discussed all options.

We took into consideration the upcoming Presidential election, the growth of WBHM's News Department and our ability to provide even greater local and regional coverage as we grow and that this substantive and informative NPR programming was not available elsewhere on area public radio. All these issues, along with our desire to provide even greater public service, helped inform us that this is the best programmatic option, at this time. We believe that strengthening our NPR news and information programming is the best public service we can offer and is in the best long-term interest of listeners and the health of WBHM.

This new line-up allows us to provide the best of both worlds with classical music during evenings and weekends and important news and information programming during weekday afternoons. We encourage you to listen and we are confident that you will find the programming to be high quality public radio programming...providing context, enlightenment and entertainment in today's complex media world.

If you would like to comment on or discuss these changes, feel free to contact us at 934-2606 or 800-444-9246 or by e-mail.

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