WKAR-TV's on-air membership campaign continues through Sunday on WKAR-HD/23, WKAR Create and WKAR World. Visit WKAR.org for TV schedules for all channels.
You may make your new pledge, renewal or additional gift by calling (517) 355-2323 during any of the pledge programs or online at
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The following programs are new to WKAR.
Frost/Nixon: The Original Watergate Interview
Friday, September 18, at 8 p.m.
This historic media event is revisited shortly after the 35th anniversary of former U.S. President Richard Nixon’s resignation (August 9, 1974). FROST/NIXON: The Original Watergate Interviews is the entire 1977 Watergate broadcast. Never before — and never afterward — would Nixon confront the issue of Watergate, particularly in a forum where he had no advanced knowledge of the questions and no right even to see the edited program before it was broadcast.
British journalist Sir David Frost introduces this special 35th anniversary broadcast, discussing the historical impact of the Nixon interview and sharing his reactions of their famous encounter. The original broadcast of the Watergate interviews on May 4, 1977 was watched by more than 45 million Americans and remains the largest TV audience for a political interview to this day.
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live in Barcelona
Friday, September 18, at 10 p.m.
On October 16, 2002, two months into “The Rising Tour,” Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band took the stage of the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain, to deliver a soul-stirring concert experience. The performance featured new songs “The Rising” and “Lonesome Day” – inspired by the September 11, 2001 attacks – alongside classic hits “Born to Run,” “Thunder Road” and a poignant solo version of “Spirit in the Night,” featuring The Boss on piano.
My Music: Get Down Tonight—The Disco Explosion
Saturday, September 19, at 3:30 p.m.
My Music brings back the disco years with live performances from the legends of the lighted dance floor. Hosted by KC and The Sunshine Band, Karen Lynn-Gorney (Saturday Night Fever co-star) and Dance Fever’s Denny Terrio - - this made for pledge program includes the hit-makers featured on the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever: KC & The Sunshine Band (That’s The Way I Like It, Get Down Tonight), The Trammps (Disco Inferno), Yvonne Elliman (If I Can’t Have You), Tavares (More Than A Woman) and more bring back the days of polyester suits, big hair, mirror balls and 8-track tapes.
Billy Joel: The Stranger Live
Tuesday, September 22, at 10 p.m.
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the Hicksville, New York native's breakthrough album The Stranger, this is Billy Joel's 1978 British concert debut - a live television performance on The Old Grey Whistle Test . During the appearance, the legendary singer/songwriter plays a set of now-classic hits, including "Only the Good Die Young," "Movin' Out," "She's Always a Woman" and "Just the Way You Are," which earned 1978 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Joel and his band also perform "New York State of Mind" and "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" off 1976's Turnstiles as well as Piano Man stomper "Ain't No Crime."
