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Thursday, April 29, 1999

For questions about Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, or All Things
Considered, call NPR's Audience  Services at (202) 414-3232. For tapes and
transcripts call toll-free 1-877-NPR-TEXT (1-877-677-8398).

Today is the 100th birthday of Duke Ellington. Many of our talk shows today
(and Mama Jazz tonight) will celebrate his lasting impact on American music.

Diane Rehm:  open phones; Lord Byron biographer Benita Eisler
Fresh Air: the music of Duke Ellington
Public Interest:  the life and music of Duke Ellington
Talk of the Nation: the Supreme Court and the ADA; controversy over
insurance coverage of Viagra
All Things Considered: a celebration of Ellington, and the day's news

Friday on WMUB Forum: the war over Kosovo



   The Diane
Rehm Show,
10-12 noon
(*2 FULL HOURS
on WMUB)

                       Diane plans to get a treatment for her voice this
Friday afternoon. She'll be off the air for the beginning of  next week and
hopes to be able to be back by the end of the week.

                       10-11: Open Phones: Diane opens the phone lines and
invites calls from listeners around the country. She'll talk about
reactions to last week's high school shootings, recent programs, other
events in the news, or  whatever happens to come up over the course of the
hour.

                       11-12: Benita Eisler: Biographer Benita Eisler
discusses the life, loves and verse of the nineteenth century poet  Lord
Byron. He led a tempestuous life before dying at the age of thirty-six, and
was a celebrity superstar before  the term was even invented. Her book is
called "Byron: Child of Passion, Fool of Fame" (Random House).


   Fresh Air
with Terry Gross,
12:06-1 p.m.

                       Today is the 100th birthday of Duke Ellington. We'll
celebrate his innovative art by taking a tour of his music with jazz critic
Gary Giddins.

                             For tapes and transcripts of Fresh Air, call
Toll-Free 1-(877)-21-FRESH.



   Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.

                       Host: Kojo Nnamdi

                       ON THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH,
EDWARD KENNEDY ELLINGTON'S  MUSIC REMAINS FRESH AND ATTRACTIVE TO A BROAD
RANGE OF LISTENERS BOTH HERE AND OVERSEAS. JOIN KOJO AND MUSIC HISTORIANS
TO DISCUSS DUKE ELLINGTON'S LIFE IN MUSIC  AND THE INFLUENCE HIS WORK
CONTINUES TO HAVE ON MUSIC TODAY.

                             Guests: 1. Mark Tucker, editor, "The Duke
Ellington Reader" 2. Rusty Hasaan, jazz historian, adjunct  professor of
jazz and blues, American University 3. Charles Cassell, founder Charlin
jazz society



   Talk of
the Nation
2-4 p.m. (*LIVE)

                       Host: Ray Suarez

                       HOUR ONE: THE SUPREME COURT AND THE ADA: the likely
policy effect of the Supreme Court review of  the Americans with
Disabilities Act

                       HOUR TWO: VIAGRA, THE PILL, AND INSURANCE: the
controversy over insurance coverage of Viagra  prescriptions

                             Call Talk of the Nation at 1-800-989-TALK to
join in the conversation.



   on today's
All Things
Considered,
4-7 p.m.

                       Duke Ellington has been called the greatest American
composer of the 20th century. We continue the  celebration of composer and
bandleader Duke Ellington on the centennial of his birth.




   WMUB Forum,
9-10 a.m.,
repeated 7-8 p.m.

                       Guest host Cleve Callison with an hour of
conversations with guests, and your e-mail comments and  questions
(http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html)

                             Friday, April 30: the war over Kosovo

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