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On The Media^®
Sunday at 6PM on WBFO

Turn on, tune in and wise up! In today's fast-moving society, the media has become ubiquitous white noise - broadcasters and print professionals filter our political process, shape a sense of national culture, and drive the engines of our economy. Every Sunday morning at 6 on WBFO, On The Media^® decodes what we hear, read and see every day, arming citizens with the critical tools necessary to survive the information age. It cuts through the cacophony with compelling reportage, uncommon insight, a sense of urgency and an arched eyebrow.

Hosted by veteran journalists Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield, On The Media features a savvy roster of media-makers, observers, the newsworthy and the notable each week. Commentaries, analyses and reports cover significant media issues of the day, and longer-form investigative documentaries apply a microscope to the media, culture and society.

Topics have included network and international coverage of the 2000 Presidential election; media merger mania; net-slaves - the working stiffs of the internet speak out; coverage of national traumas in news; the politics of nudity; the effect of modern marketing on children; and digital movies.

In addition to receiving critical praise in the local and national media, On The Media won a Silver Medal for Investigative Reporting in the internationally contested New York Festivals Competition 2000 and a special citation from the prestigious Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism.

Whatever your media fix - TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, books, CDs, films, and on-line media - On The Media covers it.

Listener comments are welcomed, at 1-800-343-3342, or by e-mail at onthemedia@wnyc.org.

On The Media is produced by NPR member station WNYC in New York City. Audio cassettes of past programs are available, by sending a check for ten dollars, payable to "WNYC-On The Media," to:

On The Media
WNYC
One Centre Street
New York NY 10007

You can also send e-mail to On The Media.