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MSPR Specials for Thanksgiving 2016

Thanksgiving Day

9:00am - Sharing Our Blessings

  • Music & the Spoken Word Thanksgiving Special features "Sharing Our Blessings", For the Beauty of the Earth", Prayer of Thanksgiving" and more.

10:00am - Giving Thanks to Music

  • In the true spirit of Thanksgiving, the WFMT Radio Network invited eight distinguished individuals to describe something they all share: the profound value classical music has for them.  As these outstanding people reveal their experiences, we take a moment to give thanks for the music that has enriched our lives. The guests in this special Giving Thanks to Music are: opera singer Renee Fleming; US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera; film, television and theatre actress Joanna Lumley; author, humanitarian and charity founder Terry Waite; conductor JoAnn Falletta; author, news and current affairs host, and documentary maker John Humphrys; opera singer Jose Carreras; and television newscaster Geeta Guru-Murthy.

11:00am - Thanksgiving on Stage and Screen

  • Enjoy some your favorite movie, television, and Broadway themes that capture the spirit the Thanksgiving season. Hosted by Genny Jenkins.

Friday, November 25

7:00pm - Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration

  • Joan Baez celebrated her 75th birthday on January 27, 2016 with a concert at New York’s historic Beacon Theatre. The special event honored her fifty plus years in music with an intimate, career-spanning live performance. Baez performed alongside a remarkable array of superstars including Jackson Browne, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Judy Collins, David Crosby, Emmylou Harris, Paul Simon, Mavis Staples and others.

Saturday, November 26

8:00pm - Music Mojo of Dr. John

  • A star-studded concert at New Orleans' Saenger Theatre features two hours of music by an all-star lineup of guest artists performing songs written, recorded or popularized by Dr. John during his prolific six-decade career. Performers include Bruce Springsteen, John Fogerty, Jason Isbell, Irma Thomas, Ryan Bingham, Mavis Staples and more.
Greg Jenkins has been the Operations Director at MSPR since 1999. Greg is a 1996 graduate of Morehead State University with a BME in Music Education and received a Masters of Science in Industrial Technology in 2008. Greg oversees training, scheduling, and evaluation of the student board operator staff, preparation of the daily traffic logs and serves as weekday classical music host. He is also the webmaster of the MSPR website and maintains MSPR's webstreaming and podcasting.