delivered, running 2:59 in length. Another two-minute station break, following the same music bed/headlines format as the first, ensues. Segment C, the longest segment of the hour, starts at 40:00 after the hour and runs for seventeen minutes, forty-nine seconds. Weekend Edition Saturday usually slots musical performances, arts stories or interviews in segment C. Weekend Edition Sunday uses the time for its popular weekly puzzle segment with Will Shortz, the New York Times crossword puzzle editor, and interviews and light features. At the end of the segment, the host credits theme song composer B.J. Leiderman and signs off for the hour. Segment C is followed by a forty-second funding credit announcement, and then ninety seconds of music. Hosts Weekend Edition Saturday Scott Simon (1985–1992; 1993–present) Alex Chadwick (1992–1993) Weekend Edition Sunday Susan Stamberg (1987–1989) Liane Hansen (1989–2011) Audie Cornish (2011–2012) Rachel Martin (2012–2016) Lulu Garcia-Navarro (2017–2021) Ayesha Rascoe (2022–) 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 External links Weekend Edition Saturday Weekend Edition Sunday 20 Years of Weekend Edition Sunday (audio) Google group on NPR puzzle, with archive Archive of synopses of Will Shortz puzzle segments American news radio programs NPR programs 1985 radio programme debuts