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This week, we celebrate the 338th birthday of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. As per the calendar style of his day, he was born March 21, 1685 into a family in which seven generations produced over sixty professional musicians.

Listen all week to WDIY Classics, weekdays 9 a.m. to noon, to hear his music and history.

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We hope you can join us on Saturday, May 20 for an afternoon of family fun outdoors at South Mountain Grove in Allentown for delicious food, drinks, prizes, activities for all ages, and live music from Lehigh Valley locals The Large Flowerheads, playing the best music of the 1960s.

Host: Lucille Kincaid

This week on WDIY Classics, we celebrate the birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach, born on March 21, 1685 in the small town of Eisenach Germany. At the age of 10 he became an orphan, raised then by his oldest brother, Johann Christoph, who set Johann Sebastian on his musical journey. Amongst today’s featured selections are Bach’s Triple Concerto, BWV 1044 (Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord in A Minor), Violin Sonata in A major, BWV 1015 and an instrumental transcription of Cantata No. 78 (Jesu, der du meine Seele).

Hear this and other WDIY music shows after they have aired using our Two-Week Music Show Archive! Available on the WDIY app or wdiy.org.

Host: Arnie Lichten

Hear new releases from Van Morrison, Taj Mahal, The New Pornographers, The Nude Party, and many more. We’ll also remember some artists that we lost in the past couple of weeks — Bobby Caldwell, Jim Gordon, and a surprise.

Host: Kate Scuffle

Book lovers, rejoice! The Lehigh Valley Book Festival returns this weekend for three days of events across the Lehigh Valley including appearances from authors like Maria Rodale and Edgar Award winner Rupert Holmes. Today on Lehigh Valley Arts Salon, Kate Scuffle talks with Kirsten Hess, festival founder and owner of Let's Play Books Bookstore in Emmaus, for all the details.

Host: Paul Willistein

Monday, 6:25 p.m. during Lehigh Valley Arts Salon

Jesus Revolution tells the story of the Jesus freaks movement that arose during the late 1960s-early 1970s counterculture in Southern California. Kelsey Grammer (TV's Frasier) stars as pastor Chuck Smith and Jonathan Roumie (TV's The Chosen) is Lonnie Frisbee, with each character based on real-life persons. Paul Willistein of the Lehigh Valley Press reviews the drama.

On this episode of HealthBEAT, guest host Matt Trust and Edward Meehan from the Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health welcome back Dr. Brian Nester, President and CEO of Lehigh Valley Health Network.

They discuss the foundation of the LPPIH and its progress over the past year, the state of the nation's healthcare systems in response to COVID-19, takeaways from the first annual LVHN Community Health Symposium and its related report and more.

Host: George Libricz

Join Little George and The Old Guy as they guest host Folk Classics tonight. They’ll present folk tunes from the last 70 years. Their big concentration will be the 1960s and '70s, but they do enjoy wandering around the years. You will hear tunes from The Delmore Brothers, Simon & Garfunkel, Janis Ian, Emmy Lou Harris, and Amy Helm among others. Today is the first day of spring so they’ll also spin some equinox themed songs.

Host: Rob Reagan

More tributes to the late Wayne Shorter continue throughout March on Milestones, with tunes tonight from Miles Davis, the V.S.O.P. Quintet, Kurt Elling, plus trios led by Fred Hersch and Bill Goodwin. We'll also hear from The Manhattan Transfer, whose 50th Anniversary Tour comes to the Berks Jazz Fest with the DIVA Jazz Orchestra on Saturday, March 25, and more big bands with vocals from Pete McGuinness, Joe Williams, and Ray Charles. Some newer releases at the station round out the show....tune in !

Host: Steve Capwell

We finally get around to playing songs about the M&O. Wilson Pickett's birthday, some nice stuff from Aretha, blues from Sleepy John Estes, John Hurt, and Lightnin' Hopkins. There will be swing for dancing, soul for cuddling and talk to irritate.Stay up late on the first day of spring. 

Host: Allen Zinnes

As we continue this week’s birthday tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach (3/21/1685-1750), one of his most popular set of works are his Brandenburg Concerti. Amongst other of his splendid works, today enjoy his Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051 composed in 1718 as well as the motet Komm, Jesu, komm BWV 229 and various preludes and fugues.

Host: Scott Sherk

Scott Sherk will address the 45th album from Van Morrison. Is 45 one too many? We will find out. Tuesday is the first full day of spring and we will celebrate with songs from Billie Holiday, The Lemon Drops, Vampire Weekend, Explosions in the Sky, and more. Lots of new music blended in from The Arcs, Margo Price, Lucero, The Lone Bellow, and more.

Host: Brooke Gladstone

How did the right get their vice grip of the airwaves, all the while arguing that they were being silenced and censored by a liberal media? This week, On the Media takes a look at the early history of American radio to reveal that censorship of far-right and progressive voices alike was once common on radio. And reporter Katie Thornton explains how, in the post-war and Civil Rights period, the US government encouraged more diverse viewpoints on the airwaves — until it didn’t. Plus, the technological and legal changes that led to conservative talk radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh taking over the airwaves. 

Host: Dave Fry

Host: Doug Ashby

Roots After Hours honors the spring season with music of growth and change. We'll start with bands like roots rockers the Faces and then track the solo careers of the band members: Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Ian Maclagan, Kenny Jones, and Ronnie Lane. We'll hear from other bands too, like the Byrds, the Replacements, the Black Crowes...as much as we have time for! Our Roots Reggae segment features the same kind of action with groups like the Wailers and the Melodians!

Host: Karen El-Chaar

Our week-long birthday tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach continues along with a birthday spotlight on Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber (3/22/1948). A master of the harpsichord (and organ), enjoy Father Sean Duggan’s performance of Bach’s Chromatic Fantasie and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903. Of Bach’s six cello suites, famed cellist Janos Starker performs Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007.

The pen of composer Andrew Lloyd-Webber brought us Jesus Christ Superstar, Starlight Express and Aspects of Love. Today we hear the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra perform arrangements of Cats and Phantom of the Opera.

Host: Laurie Siebert

This week's episode: Pre-Retirement Checklist

Laurie Siebert will be live in the studio. Listeners can call in with questions on this topic or other general finance topics during the show at 610-758-8810. Listeners can also submit questions during the show or anytime in advance at yourfinancialchoices.com.

Host: Karen El-Chaar

Our week-long birthday tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach continues. Plus, today’s featured selections include Norwegian composer and pianist Edvard Grieg’s only completed piano concerto – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, Brazilian composer Ney Rosauro’s Concerto para marimba e orquestra de cordan, and selections from trumpeter and educator Jim Centorino’s Portraits of America.

Host: Stewart Brodian

Stewart Brodian brings you three hours of eclectic music favorites for your Thursday afternoon. At 2:30 p.m., WDIY's Neil Hever welcomes the general manager and artistic director of the Boscov's Berks Jazz Fest, John Ernesto, to the studio for a preview of 32nd annual festival, taking place March 24 - April 2 in Reading, PA.

Host: John Pearce

On this episode of Perspectives, John Pearce welcomes Becky Tacca, ESL Instructor and Judit Garger, Director of Programming at the Literacy Center in Allentown to talk about the nonprofit's ESL, GED, and workforce development programs, as well as the center's history and mission of helping struggling adults through education since 1977.

Host: Olga Negrón

Continuing her theme of discussing the rights of undocumented immigrants, Olga Negrón welcomes personal injury attorney Mark Kogan from HGSK Law Firm, an expert on workers' compensation law.

They talk about the history of creating workers' compensation laws, what these laws cover and what a person needs to know if they suffer an injury or accident at work.

Host: Bill Fox

On the next Galactic Travels™, the month-long focus on Deborah Martin continues. The Featured CD at Midnight will be Deep Roots, Hidden Water on Spotted Peccary Music. You will also hear new releases by Rose Bolton on Cassuna Tape Company and by Pete Farn on SynGate Records.

Host: Dina Hall

Dina Hall returns to the program this week, spinning her signature mix of classic and contemporary folk and Americana, and spotlighting music from the Smithsonian Folkways African American Legacy Recordings, Songs of Our Native Daughters. Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell reinterpret and create new works from old ones, shining light on African American women’s stories of struggle, resistance, and hope.

Host: Bill Rudman

Our musicals have produced some surprisingly witty, touching, and profound philosophical statements about life. Listen and you'll be surprised...