Weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines.
Weekly Program
Songs from Husker Du ("Turn On The News"), They Might Be Giants ("We're The Replacements"), Billie Holiday ("Strange Fruit"), Paul McCartney ("Another Day"), and Schoolhouse Rock.
"Turn On The News" is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in "Turn On The News" each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides -- good and evil -- every time you "Turn On The News." It is often a mash-up of the week's news, and sometimes a radio news fantasy with song parodies and covers similar to "Dr. Demento" and comedy skits and more.
Clips and excerpts from Seth Meyers; Stephen Colbert; Donald Drumpf; Tucker Carlson; Amber Ruffin; and Victor Blackwell.
"Turn On The News" is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in "Turn On The News" each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides -- good and evil -- every time you "Turn On The News." This week: "The Replacements." In this episode, death, and replacements. Songs from Husker Du ("Turn On The News"), They Might Be Giants ("We're The Replacements"), Billie Holiday ("Strange Fruit"), Paul McCartney ("Another Day"), and Schoolhouse Rock ("The Great American Melting Pot"). Clips and excerpts from Seth Meyers; Stephen Colbert; Donald Drumpf; Tucker Carlson; Amber Ruffin; and Victor Blackwell. Episode 069.
The Replacements
Weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines.
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May 19, 2022
Recorded at Wave Farm in the Hudson Valley in New York.