All Things Considered, sometimes abbreviated ATC, is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. It was the first news program on the network. The program combines news, analysis, commentary, interviews, and special features. It airs on weekday evenings from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. EST. NPR member stations in other time zones usually run the program on tape delay. Early broadcasts were 90 minutes long; now they run for two hours. The show now airs on over 560 radio stations and reaches an audience of approximately 12 million listeners each weekday. The show is co-hosted by Robert Siegel, Michele Norris and Melissa Block .

The first broadcast of was All Things Considered to about 90 radio stations on May 3, 1971. The first story was about Washington, D.C. and the growing anti-Vietnam War protests taking place there. Weekend All Things Considered, or WATC, is a one-hour version of the show that premiered in 1977 and is broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays. Jennifer Ludden is the current host of WATC. She replaced Steve Inskeep when he became co-host of Morning Edition in 2004.

Awards

Major awards won by the show include the Ohio State Award, the Peabody Award, the Overseas Press Club Award, the DuPont Award, the American Women in Radio and Television Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Award. In 1993, the show was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame , the first public radio program to be given that honor.

Hosts

• Weekday
  • Robert Conley (1971-?)
  • Jim Russell (1971-?)
  • Mike Waters (1971-?)
  • Susan Stamberg (1972-1986)
  • Bob Edwards (1974-1979)
  • Sanford Ungar (1979-?)
  • Noah Adams (1982-1987, 1989-2003)
  • Renee Montagne (1987-1989)
  • Robert Siegel (1987-present)
  • Linda Wertheimer (1989-2001)
  • Michelle Norris (2002-present)
  • Melissa Block (2003-present)
• Weekend
  • Noah Adams (?-1982)
  • Steve Inskeep (?-2004)
  • Jennifer Ludden (2004-present)

Commentators

• Andrei Codrescu
• Vertamae Grosvenor
• Kevin Kling
• Daniel Pinkwater
• Reynolds Price
• Daniel Schorr
• Bailey White
• Marion Winik

Featured series

From time to time, NPR produces and distributes short series of radio pieces. Series that have aired during the show include:

• "The Changing Face of America"
• "Lost & Found Sound"
• "The NPR 100" (stories behind 100 important 20th century American musical works)
• "Prison Diaries"
• "Teenage Diaries"
• "The Yiddish Radio Project"

These radio pieces can often be found at NPR.org.

External links

• Official website

All Things Considered is also the title of a 1908 book by G.K. Chesterton.