figures and airs live at 9 a.m. Monday through Friday. It soon became "the de facto talk show of record in Charlotte". In November 2000, WFAE dropped its last jazz program, Jazz Tonight with Barbara Nail, which ran from 8 to midnight weekdays, replacing it with a rerun of Fresh Air, The Todd Mundt Show, and two extra hours of The World Today. Weekend programming While its weekday lineup consists entirely of news/talk programs provided mostly by NPR, PRI, or the BBC, music provides the basis for some of its weekend programming. On Saturday evenings from 9 pm to midnight, WFAE broadcasts 3 hours of mainstream jazz, while on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to midnight, WFAE carries PRI's Echoes. WFAE also used to air a locally produced Sunday evening program of new-age music called Nightscapes, but replaced that with an expanded broadcast of Echoes. For many years, WFAE was the originating station for The Thistle & Shamrock, a popular Celtic music show from NPR that originated on WFAE when it was licensed to UNC Charlotte and its host, Fiona Ritchie, was a visiting professor at the university. It began as a local program soon after WFAE signed on, and was picked up nationally in 1983. Even after WFAE dropped most music programming from its schedule, Thistle'' remained on the schedule until 2013. HD Radio In 2004, WFAE became the first station in Charlotte and the first public radio station in North Carolina to broadcast using HD Radio. HD Radio was also added to WFHE. On July 28, 2008, WFAE began airing jazz from JazzWorks on one of its HD channels to reach those disappointed by WNSC-FM joining SCETV's all-news network. Locally produced jazz shows were a possibility as well, since the station still has a large music library. In 2012, WFAE added two low-powered translators in the Sandhills—one in Laurinburg and one in Southern Pines. WFAE Leadership Current Leadership Joe O’Connor, President and CEO Ju-Don Marshall, Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer Richard Lancaster, President of the Board of Directors Nick Wharton, Vice President of the Board of Directors Charlotte Talks Mike Collins, host Wendy Herkey, executive producer Previous WFAE General Managers Robert “Bo” Pittman Jennifer Roth Jon Schwartz Roger Sarow Previous Program Directors Jennifer Roth Paul Stribling Dale Spear Awards WFAE has won multiple regional Edward R. Murrow Awards in the years, 2014, 2017 and 2018 and