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  • American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen

    Funded by the Corporation for Broadcasting. WLRN Public Radio & Television has been selected by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting CPB to be the American Graduate public media hub station for Miami-Dade County. Learn More

  • A CENTURY IN THE SUN - Friday, January 27th at 10PM

    Henry Flagler and The Making Of Modern Florida
    The film traces Flagler's impact on Florida through the 20th century, as it becomes the fastest - growing state in the U.S.

  • Another prestigious award win for WLRN

    WLRN wins a Suncoast Emmy Award for television documentary Hecho A Mano: Creativity in Exile for the Historic and Cultural Program Category.

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MOYERS & COMPANY
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The Florida Roundup 91.3 FM
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Sesame Street on TV Channel 17
Weekdays, at 9 AM


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American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen

Funded by the Corporation for Broadcasting

WLRN Public Radio & Television has been selected by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to be the American Graduate public media hub station for Miami-Dade County.

The American Graduate is a recently launched national initiative to help local communities find solutions to address the dropout crisis in the United States.


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Welcome to WLRN

Everything You Wanted To Know About WLRN

WLRN is a trusted public media organization in South Florida comprised of a television and a radio station, cable services, and closed-circuit educational channels.


WLRN Radio signed on in 1948 as a non-profit, non-commercial broadcast station licensed to the School Board of Dade County. WLRN-TV followed in 1955. Since then, WLRN has grown steadily to become an integral part of the community it serves, offering a rich and varied mix of news and information, arts and culture, childhood education and lifelong learning.


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Friends are the people in life you can really count on. And for WLRN, our friends are the viewers and listeners we count on to help create and deliver quality programming. When you make a contribution your support enables the continuous growth of the station to meet the challenges of technology and opportunity.


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National News

  • A Mobile Wallet: Cash, Credit, Or ... Cellphone?

    January 27, 2012 - Google already offers a way to pay for lunch or groceries using its "Google Wallet" on an Android phone — cell providers and banks aren't far behind with payment systems of their own. Analyst Gilles Ubaghs talks about how coupons and convenience might persuade customers to make the switch.

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  • Other File-Sharing Sites: 'We're Not Megaupload'

    January 27, 2012 - The now-shuttered website's uploader rewards program paid those who put up the most-downloaded content — what might be seen as incentivizing piracy. Now, sites like MediaFire and RapidShare are trying to distance themselves from Megaupload's legal issues and make clear they don't run a similar program.

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  • Scratching An Ankle Is Hard To Beat

    January 27, 2012 - Scratching an itchy ankle is more satisfying than relieving an itch on your back or arm. Even if you thought you knew that, scientists now have evidence to back up your hunch.

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WLRN News by The Miami Herald

  • ING Marathon gives kids a chance to go the distance

    January 27, 2012 - For the last six years, the ING Marathon has teamed up with Miami-Dade school officials to get kids involved in the run. We chat with ING representative Suzanne Sullivan, reality TV star and children's health advocate Dr. Andy Baldwin and a young Miami runner, Christina Sanchez.


  • Top State Dept. official discusses Haiti, Cuba

    January 27, 2012 - Christine DiMattei chats with State Department Public Affairs official Cheryl Benton about the Obama administration's efforts in Haiti and its policies on Cuba.


  • GOP candidates court South Florida's Hispanic vote

    January 27, 2012 - Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney spoke to hundreds of people today at the Hispanic Leadership Network's Inspiring Action conference in Miami. WLRN-Miami Herald Reporter Marva Hinton tells us both men laid out their plans for immigration policy.


  • Student killed in 1972 honored as martyr by FL farm workers

    January 27, 2012 - The United Farm Workers organization commemorates five people who died in the struggle for farm worker rights. It calls them martyrs. Four of them are men. All farm workers. One is a teenage girl who went to New College of Florida in Sarasota. She she was killed 40 years ago this week while picketing at a sugar plant in Palm Beach County. StateImpact Florida reporter Sarah Gonzalez tells us the story of Nan Freeman.





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  • Lawmaker Proposes Grading Florida’s Parents

    January 27, 2012 - Florida law requires grades for students, teachers, schools and districts. So why not parents as well? Rep. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, has introduced a bill — HB 543 — to do just that. Fort Myers News-Press columnist Sam Cook thinks the proposed grades are a bad idea and unlikely to improve the relationship between teachers, parents … Continue reading →


  • How The GOP Field Disagrees With Florida’s Education Plan

    January 27, 2012 - Do the Republican candidates for president support the ‘Florida model’ for education? On issues of accountability and school choice the answer is yes. However, many in the field criticize the federal role in education and would reduce or eliminate the agency. That puts some of the candidates in conflict with former Gov. Jeb Bush, a … Continue reading →





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