DPR Programming Notes

On April 11, 2012 Delmarva Public Radio sold the license of radio station WDDE 91.1 Dover to Delaware First Media Corporation.

At the Direction of Delaware First Media, WDDE will temporally go off the air on April  13, 2012.

WDDE will return to the air within several weeks with news and information programming from new studios located in Dover Delaware.

Click here for more information.

Delmarva Public Radio turns 25 this year...thanks to your continued support.  Stay tuned for some special events and surprises this year, as we look forward to being here another 25 years.

Our Spring Fundraising Campaign begins March 23rd and runs until March 30th. You can call and make your pledge now or donate online if you wish.

Our Grand Prize Drawing this spring is a brand new iPad3.  Click here for more information.

It’s our 25th anniversary and we have a big surprise for you. We are giving away a brand new iPad 3 during our Spring Fundraising Campaign, March 23rd through March 30th.

Daylight Saving Time (United States) begins Sunday, March 11, 2012, 2:00am, and ends Sunday, November 4, 2012, 2:00am..
Move your clocks ahead 1 hour in spring and back 1 hour in fall ("Spring forward, fall back").

Delmarva Public Radio is proud to be part of the 2012 Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition.  Five finalist chamber groups from around the world will compete at the Avalon Theater in Easton on Saturda,  March 31st.  The competition begins at 1PM.

WSCL, 89.5FM will air portions of this event, including the winning ensemble, in early April.

April showers bring May flowers and...seasonal concert changes to WSCL 89.5 FM! 

Here is the evening concert lineup as of April, 2012.  Our Spring concerts come from the WFMT Radio Network. 

Mondays at 8PM- The Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Tuesdays at 8PM- The Los Angeles Philharmonic

Wednesdays at 8PM- The San Francisco Symphony

Coming in April, a new addition to WSCL 89.5's  FM Sunday Family programming...The Score with Edmund Stone.  You can hear "The Score" every Sunday afternoon at 4PM, followed by From the Top at 5.

Join us Wednesday evening, March 14th at 8PM on Classical 89.5FM for a 2- hour special celebrating the life and art of Dame Joan Sutherland.

This program will feature archival recordings, as well as interviews with Dame Joan and her husband, Richard Bonynge.

Beginning this Saturday, February 11th, WSDL, 90.7 FM is please to bring you our new, locally produced half hour talk show...Because I Said So!

Here is an article about the show from the Salisbury Daily Times.

2012 DPR New Media Survey

Please consider taking a moment to complete the following survey.  Help Delmarva Public Radio in our efforts to improve our online presence.  Let us know what works and what doesn't. To take the survey, please click the following link above.

2012 DPR New Media Survey

Happy Holidays from all of us at Delmarva Public Radio!

Wednesday, Dec 21st

6PM - Chanukah in Story and Song with Leonard Nimoy and The Western Wind

Christmas Eve, Dec. 24th

10AM- A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, from Cambridge England

Noon- Metropolitan Opera- "La Fille du Regiment"

Join WSCL, 89.5 FM this Thanksgiving for a special day of music and programs.

At 1pm, listen to Giving Thanks from American Public Media. You'll hear classical music and stories from Roy Blount Jr. and Nora Ephron.

At 3PM, listen to Thanksgiving with Cantus from American Public Media.

Finally, join Garrison Keillor and the VocalEssense Ensenble  at 6PM  for a Thanksgiving Celebration. 

 Join WSDL, 90.7 FM  this Friday, November 4th at 1 PM for Understanding Social Security,  a live forum from Arsht Hall on the Wilmington campus of the University of Delaware. This live event is hosted by Delaware First Media.

Featured speakers include U.S. Senator Chris Coons and Jo Ann Barnhart, a former commissioner of the U.S. Social Security Administration.

For more information on this event and to read a variety of stories about  Social Security, please visit 

Delmarva Public Radio's own 2 Boomer Babes Radio Hour was recently  named a top choice in baby boomer media on the website, Second Act.  The Babes are included in a field with Jane Pauley's Your Life Calling and Leeza Gibbos' My Generation programs.  Congratulations, Kathy and Barb!