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'''''Weekend Edition''''' is the name given to a set of American [[radio]] [[news magazine]]s produced and distributed by National Public Radio ([[NPR]]). It is the weekend counterpart to ''[[Morning Edition]]''. It consists of ''Weekend Edition Saturday'' and ''Weekend Edition Sunday'', each of which airs for two hours, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Eastern time, with refeeds until 2 p.m. ''Weekend Edition Saturday'' is hosted by [[Scott Simon]], while ''Weekend Edition Sunday'' is hosted by [[Rachel Martin (broadcast journalist)|Rachel Martin]], who became the interim host on January 8, 2012. Permanent Sunday host [[Audie Cornish]], who followed the retirement of long-time host [[Liane Hansen]] in 2011, has taken a one-year assignment as co-host of ''[[All Things Considered]]'', temporarily replacing [[Michele Norris]].

During the broadcast on June 17, 2012, Rachel Martin announced that thisit would be her last show for a while because she was going on maternity leave until September. [[Linda Wertheimer]] and David Greene filled in as hosts during her leave. Rachel Martin returned to the show in autumn 2012.

In January 2013 NPR announced that Martin will continue to host the show and will become its main host, because Audie Cornish is remaining co-host of ''All Things Considered''.<ref name="NPR_press_release_2013_10313">{{cite web | url=http://www.npr.org/about/press/2013/10313.NPRHostingNews.html | title=NPR HOSTING NEWS: MICHELE NORRIS TAKES ON EXPANDED NEW ROLE FOR NPR, AUDIE CORNISH APPOINTED CO-HOST OF "ALL THINGS CONSIDERED", RACHEL MARTIN NAMED TO "WEEKEND EDITION SUNDAY" | publisher=NPR News | accessdate=2013-01-14}}</ref>

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''Weekend Edition'' begins with a sixty-second billboard. Both Simon and Martin use the billboard as a general discussion about what's coming up in the hour, infused with soundbites from selected stories. A standard five-minute NPR newscast follows, until six past the hour. A thirty-second [[music bed]] follows the newscast, allowing local stations an opportunity to promote programming or local news/weather/traffic.

Segment A begins at 6:30 past the hour (duration 11:29). It is here that the most important news of the day is placed. Regular features (such as, before his death, [[Daniel Schorr]]'s weekly news wrap-up) appear in this segment. At eighteen minutes past the hour, a two-minute station break starts. The first minute is a music bed solely for use of the member stations. The second minute, from nineteen to twenty past, is a "headlines" segment in which the NPR newscaster on staff that morning recaps the major stories of the hour. Some stations decide to use the entire two minutes for local purposes, taking the opportunity to deliver their own headlines, underwriting or events calendars.

At twenty past the hour, segment B begins, running 14:19 in length. NPR offers local stations a cutaway from the national feed at 34:20 past the hour. The cutaway is identified by the host when he or she says, "You're listening to ''Weekend Edition'' from NPR News". For stations that opt to stay with the national feed, a short interview or commentary piece is delivered, running 2:59 in length. Another two-minute station break, following the same music bed/headlines format as the first, ensues.

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** [[Linda Wertheimer]] (June–September 2012, during Rachel Martin's maternity leave)

*'''''Contributors''''':

** [[Joe Bevilacqua]] (won 2004 Silver Reel Award from the [[National Federation of Community Broadcasters]] for his personal essay, A Guy Named [[Joe Bevilacqua]])

==References==

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