Norfolk State University’s WNSB 91.1
Adds Democracy Now! to its Programming Schedule

Norfolk, Va.— Democracy Now!, a national independent news program airing on more than 350 stations across the country, will join the programming schedule at WNSB 91.1 FM, Norfolk State University’s radio station. Democracy Now! begins airing Monday through Friday on WNSB starting November 21, at 10 a.m.

WNSB 91.1 FM is the 2002 recipient of Virginia’s Top College Radio Station award and is a unit of Academic Affairs with a mission to educate and train students in radio production. WNSB’s urban format features jazz, R&B, hip-hop, gospel, reggae, news and public affairs programming that reflects the ethnic and cultural diversity of its audience.

Democracy Now! is hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. Goodman started her career in radio in 1985 and assisted in the launch of Democracy Now!, which had its beginnings as a daily election show. Gonzalez has written a column for the New York Daily News since 1988 and has authored several books. Democracy Now! is produced at the Downtown Community Media Center in New York City’s Chinatown. Reviews of the public broadcast program note that Democracy Now! is informative, refreshingly candid, and innovative.

For more information, contact the office of News and Media relations at 757-823-8373 or Edward Turner, WNSB 91.1 FM general manager at 823-8095.