Garrison Keillor and cast members of A Prairie Home Companion radio show in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Tags: A Prairie Home Companion View |
A Prairie Home Companion is a live radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. The show runs on Saturdays from 5 to 7 p.m. Central Time (Central Time zone), and usually originates from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, although it is frequently taken on the road. A Prairie Home Companion is known for its musical guests, especially folk and traditional musicians, tongue-in-cheek radio drama, and Keillors storytelling segment, "News from Lake Wobegon".
It is produced by Prairie Home Productions and distributed by American Public Media, and is most often heard on public radio stations in the United States. The show has a long history, existing in a similar form as far back as 1974, and borrowing the name from a radio program in existence in 1969. It was named after the Prairie Home Cemetery in Moorhead, Minnesota, next to Concordia College (Concordia College, Moorhead).
The radio program inspired a 2006 film of the same name (A Prairie Home Companion (film)), directed by Robert Altman and featuring Keillor, Lily Tomlin, Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Tommy Lee Jones and Kevin Kline.
Show Name: A Prairie Home Companion
Format: Comedy-music variety
Runtime: 2 hours
Starring: Garrison Keillor
Opentheme: Tishomingo Blues
Language: English
Home Station: Minnesota Public Radio , (KSJN)
Syndicates: American Public Media
First Aired: July 6, 1974 - 1987,1989-1993 (as ''American Radio Company''),1993-present
Last Aired: present
Website: www.prairiehome.org