NCPR News: The 8 O'Clock Hour

Weekdays 8 to 9 am

Todd Moe

Martha Foley

The Eight O'Clock Hour is the only regional news program to cover the entire Adirondack North Country including the Champlain and St. Lawrence Valleys. Hosted by producer Todd Moe and news director Martha Foley, the program blends breaking regional news with feature news and arts stories from NCPR's award-winning staff reporters, environmental reporting from the Great Lakes Radio Consortium (GLRC) and selected short programs (left) from the best in public broadcasting.

The Hour also features professional theatre reviews of regional performances, occasional astronomical consultations, and the Meet the Masters series, produced by Traditional Arts in Upstate New York.

Latest Feature Stories
Adirondack News Fund Founding Supporters: Paul Smith's College, The College of the Adirondacks • Wildlife Conservation Society • Adirondack Medical Center Foundation • Adirondack Museum • Niagara Mohawk Foundation • Schumann Foundation • John A. Sellon Charitable Trust • several anonymous individual donors

Regular Features

Natural Selections explores the natural world Thursdays during The Eight O'Clock Hour. Martha Foley joins Paul Smith's College biologist Dr. Curt Stager.
Each Monday Martha Foley explores the world of gardens and gardening with Cornell Cooperative Extension horticulturist Amy Ivy.
Four Seasons of Gardening
The Writer's Almanac, a short daily program of poetry and history hosted by Garrison Keillor, can be heard each day near the end of The Eight O'Clock Hour. You can also receive The Writer's Almanac Daily via email.
Earth & Sky weekdays at 8:28 am. Earth & Sky stories highlight the wonders of science and nature. They feature astronomy, biology, chemistry, Earth science, environmental science, physics, and more. Deborah Byrd and Joel Block co-host.