Classical music continues every weekday with Norman Gilliland from 10am to 1pm. At 12:30pm every day, listen to the Midday Quiz when Norman and WPR's afternoon classical host Vicki Nonn try to stump the listening audience! You can call in with your quiz answer at 800-442-7106 (in Madison call 263-1236) or send email comments or quiz guesses to: Midday@wpr.org.
Norman Gilliland has degrees in English and Broadcasting. He began hosting classical music broadcasts in the mid-1970s. With few exceptions, he has been on the air each weekday since 1977.
His non-musical productions range from "Back from the Shadows Again: A Firesign Theater Retrospective" to "Children's Pictures at an Exhitition: Art from Chernobyl." Since 1990 he has been the narrator for the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra's popular summer series, Concerts on the Square. In the fall of 1999, his not-yet-published historical novel "Sand Mansions" was read on WPR's popular daily program " Chapter A Day".
Norman co-produces the weekly WPR program University of the Air with Prof. Emily Auerbach. He also hosts Wisconsin Public Radio's popular "Old-Time Radio Night" and in his spare time, produces the biographical modules Grace Notes for national distribution. In 2006 he produced "Beowulf: The Complete Story--A Drama"
