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It's The Current's Time Machine Weekend

Thanksgiving time means it's time for The Current's Time Machine Weekend.
Thanksgiving time means it's time for The Current's Time Machine Weekend.MPR graphic

November 21, 2018

Thanksgiving is a holiday where we give thanks for years of great 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, Nov. 21

10 a.m. — 1965

11 a.m. — 1975

12 p.m. — 1980

1 p.m. — 1994

2 p.m. — 2014

3 p.m. — 2008

4 p.m. — 1998

5 p.m. — 1988

6 p.m. — 1990

7 p.m. — 1971

8 p.m. — The Chart Show — 2018

9 p.m. — 2001

10 p.m. — The Message — 1996

11 p.m. — 1984

Thursday, Nov. 22 – Thanksgiving Day

12 a.m. — 1993

1 a.m. — 1976

2 a.m. — 2011

3 a.m. — 1982

4 a.m. — 1998

5 a.m. — 2006

6 a.m. — 1995

7 a.m. — 2013

8 a.m. — 1970

9 a.m. — 2007

10 a.m. — 1987

11 a.m. — 1991

12 p.m. — 2010

1 p.m. — 2002

2 p.m. — 1974

3 p.m. — 1983

4 p.m. — 1968

5 p.m. — 2016

6 p.m. — 2009

7 p.m. — 1999

8 p.m. — 1973

9 p.m. — 1991

10 p.m. — 1980

11 p.m. — 1979

Friday, Nov. 23

12 a.m. — 2008

1 a.m. — 1967

2 a.m. — 1985

3 a.m. — 2017

4 a.m. — 1973

5 a.m. — 1991

6 a.m. — 1986

7 a.m. — 1972

8 a.m. — 1985

9 a.m. — 1990

10 a.m. — 2000

11 a.m. — 1989

12 p.m. — 1969

1 p.m. — 1984

2 p.m. — 1997

3 p.m. — 1978

4 p.m. — 2005

5 p.m. — 1995

6 p.m. — 1976

7 p.m. — 2015

8 p.m. — 1989

9 p.m. — 2011

10 p.m. — 1999

11 p.m. — 2002

Saturday, Nov. 24

12 a.m. — 1983

1 a.m. — 1998

2 a.m. — 1979

3 a.m. — 1992

4 a.m. — 2009

5 a.m. — 1950s

6 a.m. — 1995

7 a.m. — 1969

8 a.m.— Teenage Kicks — 1982

9 a.m. — Teenage Kicks — 1977

10 a.m. — 1997

11 a.m. — 2012

12 p.m. — 1972

1 p.m. — 1993

2 p.m. — 2006

3 p.m. — 1987

4 p.m. — 2018

5 p.m. — 2003

6 p.m. — 1988

7 p.m. — 1993

8 p.m. — 1981

9 p.m. — 1974

10 p.m. — 2004

11 p.m. — 1966

Sunday, Nov. 25

12 a.m. — 1970

1 a.m. — 2001

2 a.m. — 1999

3 a.m. — 1964

4 a.m. — 2012

5 a.m. — 1980

6 a.m. — 1978

7 a.m. — 1994

8 a.m. — United States of Americana — 1968

9 a.m. — United States of Americana — 2008

10 a.m. — 2010

11 a.m. — 2007

12 p.m. — 1996

1 p.m. — 1975

2 p.m. — 1963

3 p.m. — 1992

4 p.m. — 1981

5 p.m. — 1977

6 p.m. — 1958

7 p.m. — 2003

8 p.m. — 1992

9 p.m. — 1986

10 p.m. — 1971

11 p.m. — 1994