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Beale Street Caravan,® the most widely distributed Blues radio program in the world, attracts more than 2.4 million listeners each week. Produced in The Home of the Blues - Memphis, Tennessee - Beale Street Caravan covers the world with the heartfelt sounds and colorful stories of the Blues and its music makers. Each week, Beale Street Caravan® takes its audience the greatest Blues venues in Memphis and around the US. The world's best Blues artists are featured in intimate performances and recorded the way the Blues were meant to be heard - burning up a stage in front of a Blues-loving audience. Great Memphis Blues clubs like Huey's and the Rum Boogie on world famous Beale Street. Great Blues special events like The W.C. Handy Blues Awards in Memphis, Tennessee. Great Blues festivals like: Telluride Blues and Brews Festival, Telluride, Colorado Mississippi Valley Blues Festival in Davenport, Iowa North Atlantic Blues Festival in Portland, Maine King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, Arkansas Beale Street Caravan® creates a loyal following of Blues lovers of all ages and attracts new audiences to the music. Blues music is hot, and its popularity is rapidly increasing across the United States and around the world. According to a survey conducted for the National Endowment for the Arts by the Census Bureau, Blues music showed the greatest increase in popularity among U.S. adults from 1982-1992. American Demographics magazine reports "The number of adults who like blues ... leapt from 43 million in 1982 to 75 million in 1992." The program's lively magazine format delivers great music each week from the biggest names in Blues like legendary harpist Charlie Musselwhite, Texas music master Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, guitar-great Joe Louis Walker and singing sensation Shemekia Copeland. Blues insiders and Beale Street Caravan® Hosts Pat Mitchell always makes sure listeners feel welcomed, informed and entertained. Pat is joined each week with some of the most respected people in the music industry, who share their insights and first-hand experiences with the music and the artists. These popular feature hosts include: Dick Raichelson Anthropologist and lecturer takes you on a tour of historical Beale Street Bob Porter The Grammy winning producer explores a year of the Blues Cybill Shepherd The famed actress explores the world of women and the Blues Past Feature Hosts include: Sam Phillips, Jerry Wexler, Peter Guralnick, John Hammond, Jecssica Harris, Richard Hite and many others. Over 300 public and community stations air the show in the USA. For the quickest directions to Beale Street Caravan® check out http://www.bealestreetcaravan.com/. You will find a complete list of stations with air dates and times. If you are a radio station looking for a satellite feed for Beale Street Caravan® in the USA, the time is Wednesdays 1230-1329 p.m. ET on the National Public Radio (NPR) Satellite System, Channel A 685, or for stations without downlink capabilities, the program can be delivered on CD. Globally, the program is part of NPR Worldwide's 24-hour schedule . In Tokyo, Japan, the program is on both on The Eagle 810 , an affiliate of AFRTN, and USEN 440 audio cable system. New Zealand offers Beale Street Caravan® on National Radio over Radio NZ . In Australia, Beale Street Caravan is distributed to 141 stations by the Community Broadcast Association of Australia . In Africa and Asia the program is available on the World Space satellite Beale Street Caravan® is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. Sid Selvidge is the executive producer of Beale Street Caravan®. Pat Mitchell is the Host. Beale Street Caravan® is sponsored by various civic organizations of the City of Memphis as well as by private foundations and individuals.