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It's The Current's Time Machine Weekend

Time Machine Weekend
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November 22, 2017

Thanksgiving is a holiday where we give thanks for years of great music. We gather round the radio and hop into the Time Machine and relive years past and present through music. Starting Wednesday morning at 10 — and all weekend long — we set the dials of The Current's Time Machine, and take a musical trip through a specific year each hour. One hour it's 1982, then the next it's 1959, then 1995, then 1977, then 2002 … you get the idea.

You don't need a hot tub or a flux capacitor — just a way to listen, whether on the radio, online, with the free MPR Radio app, even with an Amazon Echo using Alexa (and remember, if you're out of town for Thanksgiving, you can stream The Current from anywhere you've got an internet connection).

It's a Time Machine Weekend, starting Wednesday morning at 10. Happy Thanksgiving from all your friends at The Current!

Time Machine Weekend Schedule

Wednesday

10 a.m. — 1990

11 a.m. — 1966

12 p.m. — 1979

1 p.m. — 2008

2 p.m. — 1971

3 p.m. — 1957

4 p.m. — 1988

5 p.m. — 1975

6 p.m. — 2010

7 p.m. — 1993

8 p.m. — The Chart Show —2017

9 p.m. — 1969

10 p.m. — 1982

11 p.m. — 1995

Thursday

12 a.m. — 1963

1 a.m. — 1997

2 a.m. — 1981

3 a.m. — 1999

4 a.m. — 2012

5 a.m. — 1965

6 a.m. — 1956

7 a.m. — 2004

8 a.m. — 1994

9 a.m. — 2002

10 a.m. — 1985

11 a.m. — 1970

12 p.m. — 1967

1 p.m. — 1968

2 p.m. — 1977

3 p.m. — 1989

4 p.m. — 1978

5 p.m. — 2009

6 p.m. — 1962

7 p.m. — 2003

8 p.m. — 1991

9 p.m. — 1976

10 p.m. — 2011

11 p.m. — 1966

Friday

12 a.m. — 1982

1 a.m. — 1973

2 a.m. — 1966

3 a.m. — 1979

4 a.m. — 1984

5 a.m. — 2013

6 a.m. — 1981

7 a.m. — 2016

8 a.m. — 2007

9 a.m. — 1998

10 a.m. — 1991

11 a.m. — 1974

12 p.m. — 1992

1 p.m. — 2017

2 p.m. — 1995

3 p.m. — 1972

4 p.m. — 1987

5 p.m. — 2005

6 p.m. — 1999

7 p.m. — 1980

8 p.m. — 2014

9 p.m. — 1990

10 p.m. — 1985

11 p.m. — 2009

Saturday

12 a.m. — 1974

1 a.m. — 1969

2 a.m. — 1986

3 a.m. — 1983

4 a.m. — 1995

5 a.m. — 1961

6 a.m. — 2006

7 a.m. — 1960

8 a.m.— Teenage Kicks — 1977

9 a.m. — Teenage Kicks — 1987

10 a.m. — 1964

11 a.m. — 1973

12 p.m. — 1988

1 p.m. — 1993

2 p.m. — 1976

3 p.m. — 2001

4 p.m. — 1998

5 p.m. — 1959

6 p.m. — 2004

7 p.m. — 1984

8 p.m. — 1979

9 p.m. — 2005

10 p.m. — 1968

11 p.m. — 1991

Sunday

12 a.m. — 1989

1 a.m. — 1958

2 a.m. — 2010

3 a.m. — 1993

4 a.m. — 1975

5 a.m. — 1970

6 a.m. — 1992

7 a.m. — 1972

8 a.m. — United States of Americana — 1967

9 a.m. — United States of Americana — 1997

10 a.m. — 1980

11 a.m. — 2013

12 p.m. — 1994

1 p.m. — 1978

2 p.m. — 1996

3 p.m. — 2000

4 p.m. — 1963

5 p.m. — 1982

6 p.m. — The Local Show — 2007

7 p.m. — The Local Show — 1986

8 p.m. — 1971

9 p.m. — 2008

10 p.m. — 2016

11 p.m. — 1961