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  • Ancestors Weekdays 4:30 am, Mondays 8:30 pm, Saturday 12:30 pm ET This series explores the fascinating world of family history records. You'll travel around the globe as each episode weaves expert instruction with moving personal stories. Ancestors demonstrates to viewers how to use a wide variety of records for family history research.

  • BYU Devotionals Sundays 5 pm ET, Weekdays 4 am ET, Saturdays 8 am ET
    Weekdays 1 pm ET
    Broadcast from the campus of Brigham Young University, these weekly devotionals bring you talks from LDS Church leaders, faculty members, and special guests. Featuring performances from the BYU choirs.

  • BYU Education Week Saturdays 6 am ET, Sundays 7 am ET
    Sundays 10 pm ET
    Every year a weeklong conference is held on BYU’s campus in Provo, Utah that provides a chance for people to continue in their quest for lifelong learning. Classes and seminars include a wide range of topics including: gospel, family, marriage, personal progression and youth.

  • BYU Forums Saturdays 4 am ETBYU alumni, friends, and current students have a fond spot for the weekly university tradition of gathering en masse for a single public address on campus. BYU Radio carries these events live, and also as regular rebroadcasts throughout the week.

  • BYU Weekly Saturdays 6:30 pm ET
    Fridays 11:00 am, 6:30 pm ET
    This weekly magazine program highlights the events, people, and research taking place at Brigham Young University. Stay caught up with all the most up-to-date happenings on the Cougar's campus.

  • BYU Women's Conference Sundays 1 pm ET, Saturdays 3 am ETBYU Women's Conference is a two-day conference held each year in the spring. Women gather from all over the world to be spiritually uplifted, spend time with family and friends, and to gain insights and new ideas for home, family, and self. Over 200 presenters will share their perspectives and insights on a variety of topics including family, marriage, womanhood, and timely topics of interest and concern to women of all ages.

  • CES Firesides Sundays 8 pm
    Sundays 6 am ET
    These regular broadcasts feature spiritual addresses from leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

  • Conversations Sundays 9 am ETConversations features interviews with LDS General Authorities, auxiliary leaders, and faithful Latter-day Saints conducted in a style that allows the listener to become acquainted with those being interviewed in an informal way.

  • Enduring It Well Sundays 4 pm ETEnduring It Well takes a deeper look at some of life’s real challenges and features real people who have endured or are enduring trials well.

  • Everything Creative Weekdays 8 am, Saturdays 5 am ET
    Weekdays 5 pm, Saturdays 7 pm ET
    Everything Creative explores creativity through interviews with artists and creative people of all types. Many episodes are unique in that the interviewee from a previous episode becomes the interviewer of another creative artist.

  • Eyres on the Road – Parenting in the Modern World Mondays 6:30 pm, Wednesdays 11 am, Saturday 12 pm ETRichard and Linda Eyre are world-traveling family coaches. Their common-sense approach to parenting brings hope and encouragement to parents everywhere.

  • Faith In Action Weekdays 2 am, Saturdays 12 am ETFaith in Action examines the welfare, humanitarian aid, and service opportunities happening worldwide. The interviews include humanitarian missionary couples, groups participating in service projects throughout the world, and the history of the Church's welfare program.

  • Fresh Take Thursdays 6:30 pm, Saturdays 5:30 pm ETGet a fresh take on topics that will improve your everyday lives and relationships. Join the conversation, be inspired, and find information that will help you see and be the good in the world.

  • Highway 89 Weekdays 7 am, 10 pm ETIn the heart of the new state-of-the-art BYU Broadcasting complex is the BYU Radio Performance Studio. Here, talented musicians and performers from across the campus and around the globe, play live mini-concerts for the BYU Radio audience and are interviewed by our hosts between the music. You’ll get the chance to hear the best performances -- from classical to jazz and folk to rock. All live and unedited. It’s music performances “on the edge,” without a net” on “Highway 89” on BYU Radio.

  • History of Hymns Sundays 10:30 am ET
    Sundays 7:30 pm ET
    History of Hymns investigates the inception and evolution of the hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The episodes include the history and progression of both the music and the text and feature interesting stories surrounding the creators and others involved in the development of a hymn. Also included are stories surrounding the performance or inclusion of the hymn in a variety of settings.

  • History of the Saints Sundays 7 pm ETLearn the fascinating and inspiring history of the Latter-day Saints pioneers. Tune in to BYU Radio for History of the Saints: Gathering to the West. Scholarly yet warm and inspiring, this unique series tells the story of the pioneers from Nauvoo to the Salt Lake Valley.  

  • In Performance Thursdays 6 pm ET
    Saturdays 8 pm
    Bring the theater to your home with In Performance. This series features uplifting song and dance selections from BYU Men's and Women's Chorus, BYU's dance companies, the Cougar Band, and more.

  • Insights Weekdays 5 am, Monday 9 pm, Tuesday 9 pm, Thursdays 9pm, Fridays 9 pm ETInsights features professionals in many fields who share knowledge in their areas of expertise so that we may learn "of things both in heaven and in the earth, and under the earth; things which have been, things which are, things which must shortly come to pass . . . that [we] may be prepared in all things." (See Doctrine and Covenants 88:79-80.)

  • Inspiring Lives Sundays 1 am,
    Sundays 8 am ET
    Inspiring Lives documents the true-life stories of some well-known LDS personalities. Be inspired by the struggles and triumphs of LDS artists, musicians, athletes, scientists, and many more on Inspiring Lives.

  • LDS Lives Sundays 2:30 am, 2:30 pm, 7:30 pm ET
    Tuesdays 8:30 pm ET
    Thursdays 1 pm, 8:30 pm ET
    Learn about the accomplishments and challenges of well-known personalities of the LDS Church. They come from all walks of life, poets and politicians, artists and athletes, but they all have one thing in common: their devotion to the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.

  • Legacy Sundays 12 pm ET
    Sundays 9 pm ET
    Legacy, created in cooperation with the Family History and Church History Departments, highlights some of the remarkable history of the Church and shares incredible stories of members' faith, perseverance, hope, and inspiration.

  • Living Essentials from BYU Weekdays 9:30 am ET, Tuesdays 6:30 pm
    Weekdays 11 pm ET
    This series is full of helpful hints intended to enrich and simplify your everyday life. Each episode explores one of six areas of focus by sharing real-life stories, expert advice, and detailed demonstrations. Areas of interest include Education and Literacy, Emergency Preparedness, Personal Finance, Personal/Family Health, Physical Health, Principles of Employment, Resource Management and Social/Emotional Strength.

  • Making Your Own Road Weekdays 4 pm, Saturdays 10 am ET
    Tuesday - Saturday 12 am ET
    Making Your Own Road features lessons in entrepreneurship from Brigham Young University. Relationship management, finance

  • Mormon Identities Sundays 2 pm ETMormon Identities is a program about real Latter-day Saints as they live the restored gospel of Jesus Christ in the world today. We explore how the gospel shapes our identities in episodes dealing with our communities, culture, scriptures, doctrines, life experiences, and challenges.

  • Music and the Spoken Word Daily 11:30 am ET
    Weekdays 11:30 PM ET
    This weekly 30-minute radio program features inspiring messages alongside the music of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, who is often accompanied by the Salt Lake Tabernacle organ and the Orchestra at Temple Square. First broadcast in 1929, this program is one of the longest-running radio shows in the world. The choir performs both sacred and secular pieces that correspond with the chosen message. In addition to hymns and sacred anthems, the choir has performed Broadway songs, such as "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" from The Sound of Music, patriotic songs, such as "America the Beautiful."

  • Notes from the Kennedy Center Weekdays 2 pm ET
    Saturday 4 pm ET
    The BYU Kennedy Center for International Studies attracts extraordinary diplomats, scholars, and talented individuals from business, politics, finance, public service, and education who teach and present at Global Awareness Lectures. The center also offers conferences and seminars to stimulate intellectual debate and to prepare students for evolving career opportunities in the global community. BYU Radio broadcasts the best lectures and seminars on “Notes from the Kennedy Center.”

  • Real Families, Real Answers Monday 11 am, Thursday 11 am, Saturdays 6 pm ETFilmed in high definition, Real Families, Real Answers brings together nationally recognized authors as well as scholars from some of the nation’s most prestigious universities to provide insightful, relevant commentary on resolving and avoiding family conflict, strengthening family relationships, protecting family time, effectively dealing with anger, becoming a better parent and managing family finances. The series also gives insight on how real families successfully handle single parenting, avoid and overcome pornography in the home and rise above the devastation that accompanies family tragedies. Designed for families to watch together, each engaging Real Families, Real Answers episode will provide viewers with practical ideas and techniques they can start using in their own homes right now.

  • Road to Zion Saturday 11 pm ETExplore the international history of the LDS Church with host Shaunna Thompson as she travels all over the globe. Each episode helps viewers better understand a local land and culture.

  • Scripture Roundtables Sundays 4 am ETFaculty members from BYU Religious Education discuss the writings and teachings of the the scriptures. Scriptures covered include The Book of Mormon, King James Bible, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price.

  • Sperry Symposium Weekdays 3 am, Saturdays 2 am, Sundays 2 am ET Sidney B. Sperry, a BYU religion professor, began this symposium in 1971. The symposium features speakers and their views on a range of scriptural and religious topics.

  • Sunday School Scriptures Sundays 10 am ETAlong with the rest of the Christian world, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints engage in a formal sequence of scripture study as part of their Sunday worship, each week of the year. For Mormons, the curriculum is standardized for all members worldwide, with adults participating in weekly discussions about their reading assignments in Sunday School sessions in local congregations. BYU Radio has volumes of professionally recorded scripture readings, and airs these specific readings on Sunday mornings to correspond with the Church-wide curriculum. Our broadcasts of scripture readings are an ideal opportunity for church-goers everywhere to prepare for their classroom experience each Sunday.

  • The Best of LDS General Conference Sundays 11 am ET
    Sundays 3 am ET
    Twice a year, in April and again in October, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints convene to hear words of counsel, inspiration and guidance from the General Authorities of the Church. These broadcasts emanate from church headquarters in Salt Lake City.

  • The Food Nanny Weekdays 6 pm, Saturdays 2 pm ETThe Food Nanny is reality cooking show that helps bring families back to the dinner table. Join author Liz Edmunds as she works to transform America's dinnertime routine. From innovative tips and tricks on how to get your kids to help with meal planning and preparation, to recipe ideas, to advice for picky eaters, The Food Nanny will give you the recipe you need most - a successful family dinner.

  • The Generations Project Weekdays 6 am, Saturdays 7 am ETSometimes the best way to know who you are is to know where you came from. This documentary series follows ordinary people in their quest to find answers about their past. With the aid of professional genealogists, they are able to uncover clues as to the identities of their ancestors, and their own identities as well. From Nazi Germany to the Hawaiian Islands, this series takes you back in time - and across the globe - in pursuit of answers about heritage.

  • The Tantara Hour hosted by Ron Simpson Weekdays 12 pm, Saturdays 3 pm ET
    Tuesday - Friday 8 pm, Saturdays 9 pm ET
    Did you know BYU has its own record label? It’s called Tantara Records. In its short history, Tantara has managed to record some pretty incredible musical performances, both on and off the BYU campus. Ron Simpson, host of “The Tantara Hour,” tracks through some of the music from Tantara’s vast selection of artists, songwriters and performers. He also goes behind the music with exclusive interviews and intimate outtakes. It’s all on “The Tantara Hour” on BYU Radio.

  • The Wheatley Forum Monday - Thursday 10 am, Saturdays 9 am ETThe Wheatley Institution seeks creative and powerful ideas which lead toward practical and constructive solutions to real societal issues. The Institution broadly disseminates those motivating ideas and policy recommendations to the wider world, and is guided in all its work by enduring, bedrock values. The Institution convenes leading scholars and experts from BYU and from beyond campus to research and publish collaboratively as well as individually on these topics.

  • Thinking Aloud Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays 1:30 pm ET
    Weekdays 7:30 pm, Saturdays 3 pm ET
    This original program brings you thoughtful, educated voices in the Brigham Young University community. Join host Marcus Smith to hear exclusive interviews with scholars, students, and campus guests on a broad range of topics. To be whole, a person needs a body with both a head and a heart. The best conversations always engage both. Each Thinking Aloud show offers the thoughtful listener a chance to consider and muse upon the ideas, comments, and artistic creations of our guests.

  • This'll Take A While Weekdays 3 pm, Saturdays 1 pm ET
    Saturdays 8 pm ET
    With the advent of interactive media and "new" media, we are immersed in wholly new entertainment possibilities. "This'll Take A While" on BYU Radio is a review program that extends across the range of these new media phenomena. In this program, Professor Dean Duncan of the BYU Film Department looks into the entire spectrum of entertainment options, reviewing films, websites, books, e-books, blogs, podcasts—all with an eye toward what not only entertains, but also enriches and uplifts. And the show is not just limited to new releases. Dean takes us back into the vaults of classics over the ages—to help you and your family find quality entertainment that you might have missed.

  • True Blue Mondays 8 pm, Tuesdays 11 am, Wednesdays 6:30 pm ETThis weekly magazine show features BYU fan-favorite athletes and coaches. Reporters bring viewers to the action and introduce them to the personalities that make BYU Sports remarkable. You'll hear exclusive interviews with the players and hear the latest news on all Cougar sports. Hosted by Dave McCann.

  • Why I Believe Sundays 5 am ET
    Sundays 11 pm ET
    Why I Believe is a program that explores conversion and why we as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe in certain principles of the gospel. Conversion stories are shared by individuals who have had their lives touched and have become converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ, and doctrines and principles of the gospel are explored.

  • Marcus Smith Marcus Smith serves as producer and anchor for Thinking Aloud. His life in radio spans a decade with BYU Broadcasting, where he was long the morning host for Classical 89 (KBYU-FM) and where he continues to serve as senior radio producer. Marcus has worked as a writer, editor, translator, teacher, and composer of sacred vocal music. He and his wife Sarah Cox Smith are former Fulbright Scholars, avid genealogists, gardeners, wannabe fine chefs, and the parents of four children.

  • Lloyd D. NewellLloyd D. Newell is the voice of the oldest continuous nationwide network radio broadcast in America, Music and the Spoken Word. He is also a professor of religion and family life at Brigham Young University and was formerly an anchor for CNN and at WSEE-TV. Newell received his Ph.D. in Family Sciences from Brigham Young University in 1999. He and his wife Karmel are the parents of four children.

  • Rebecca CressmanSince her first job as a D.J., Rebecca Cressman has produced, anchored, and hosted multiple award-winning commercial and public radio and television shows across the U.S. Rebecca also hosts the public affairs interview programs "Utah Weekly Forum" on Sunday nights and "Utah Families" on Monday nights on 100.3 FM in Utah. Rebecca and her husband, Dale have 3 sons.

  • Lise SimmsLise Simms is an American actress, singer, designer and dancer who began her career in entertainment at age 13. She started doing Broadway after graduating from high school and starred in numerous plays. She was also a member of the original Los Angeles, California cast of Beauty and the Beast and toured around the world with A Chorus Line in 1986. Most recently, Simms was the co-host and interior designer on Home & Garden Television's Desperate Spaces.

  • Liz EdmundsLiz Edmunds is a family-dinner consultant, mother of seven and the acclaimed author of The Food Nanny Rescues Dinner. Edmunds is a part-time instructor at Sur la Table and a cooking expert for busy families in need of a weekly dinner plan in their own homes. She lives outside Park City, Utah.

  • Shaunna ThompsonShaunna Thompson is an actress who lives in American Fork, Utah with her husband, Brian Thompson. Appeared in multiple episodes of "Touched by an Angel." Performs frequently in stage plays and commercials in Utah.

  • Ron SimpsonRon Simpson came to BYU in 1984, after two decades in the music industry, first as a musician and songwriter, and later as a studio owner, label head, music publisher, composer, arranger, and producer. He has written for records, films, commercials, and musical theater. He received the Creative Works Award from BYU in 1999, and a Certificate of Recognition from the College of Fine Arts and Communications in 2001, both for his work as General Manager of Tantara Records. At BYU he continues to teach songwriting and media composition and to administer academic programs in media music and sound recording. He produces music for BYU's touring shows The Living Legends and The Young Ambassadors. Simpson received music industry honors in 1992, 1993, and 2001 as publisher of the hit song, "Norma Jean Riley," which was recorded by the group Diamond Rio on Arista Records.

  • Dean DuncanDean Duncan is a film professor at Brigham Young University. He received his BFA in film production from Brigham Young University in 1987. His MA in film criticism came from the University of Southern California in 1992. He completed his PhD in 1999, from Glasgow University. He is especially interested and involved in documentary and children's media.

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