The WNET Group, parent company of Long Island\u2019s only NPR Station WLIW-FM, and The Express News Group announced the launch of Behind the Headlines, a new one-hour, weekly public radio program featuring conversations about the local and regional news of the week. Behind the Headlines premieres on Saturday, January 16, at 10 a.m. on 88.3 WLIW-FM and wliw.org/radio. The program will encore on Sundays at 10 a.m. Episodes will also be available to stream on-demand at wliw.org/radio. Check the schedule for encore broadcasts.
\nProviding analysis of the latest local and regional and cultural issues, Behind the Headlines is hosted by Express News Group editors Bill Sutton and Joseph P. Shaw. To bring listeners a diversity of perspectives, voices and views, each week Sutton and Shaw will host a rotating panel of esteemed guest journalists and colleagues, from a robust collection of East End, Long Island, and regional news and public affairs outlets. Confirmed participating organizations include The Times-Review News Group, The East End Beacon, Newsday, The East Hampton Star and Riverhead Local. Other reporters from the Express News Group and WLIW-FM will also participate in the roundtable rotation.
\n\u201cWe have actively been seeking ways to expand our local news coverage and are pleased to partner with The Express News Group to make that vision a reality,\u201d said Long Island native and resident Diane Masciale, Vice President & General Manager of WLIW21 and 88.3 WLIW-FM and Executive Producer of local productions at WLIW. \u201cWe have a shared mission to educate, inform and empower our local community through quality media content. With Behind the Headlines, listeners can expect more coverage of the issues and topics that are important to the diverse East End community of Long Island.\u201d
\n\u201cWe\u2019re excited to partner with WLIW and reach an entirely different audience with our news reporting, and even our lifestyle coverage from time to time,\u201d Express News Group Co-Publisher Gavin Menu said. \u201cThe East End of Long Island is blessed with some of the best community news outlets in the entire country, and bringing reporters and editors from across the region together to discuss important and timely issues will be of great value to the listeners of WLIW and beyond as the program is shared across different platforms.\u201d
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve always enjoyed the panel conversations on the radio station with our colleagues, and we\u2019re excited to keep it going forward in a new, more formal presentation,\u201d said Joseph Shaw, Executive Editor of the Express News Group. \u201cThe camaraderie among South Fork journalists is remarkable \u2014 even as we compete against each other, we really do support and respect one another. It will be an honor to bring so many perspectives together on a weekly basis.\u201d
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