MONDAY:

• It’s WOR’s Oscar Wrap-Up…John Gambling’s got the results of our “Best Picture” poll (and if you haven’t already voted, why not do so now at WOR710.com?), and Joan Hamburg gets a play-by-play of last night’s Oscars ceremony from Lara Spencer of The Insider!

TUESDAY:

• Joan Hamburg gets the prescription for improving our public schools as Diane Ravitch, Research Professor of Education at New York University, stops by.  Drawing on over forty years of research and observation on education, Ravitch offers Joan her opinions on how we can improve our schools as she discusses her new book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System.  In it, she presents her plea to promote the survival of public education.

WEDNESDAY:

• Two big political names are talking the headlines with John Gambling this morning!  First up, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney talks with John about why he thinks the government is going about the health care overhaul completely the wrong way.  Then, former Bush advisor Karl Rove talks with John about how he thinks President Obama is doing.  
• Get your appetite ready — it’s Joan Hamburg’s weekly Food Hour!  Daisy Martinez, star of Viva Daisy on the Food Network, shares recipes for the favorite dishes she and her family experienced on their holiday vacations, which mix her own timeless Latin American dishes with the flavors she experienced during her travels.  Then, Joan cooks up a little music as Sal Scognamillo, Executive Chef and co-owner of Patsy’s restaurant in New York City talks with her about his upcoming performance at the legendary Feinstein’s at Loews Regency.  (And don’t worry – he’ll share some of his recipes as well!)

THURSDAY:

• Today show co-anchor Natalie Morales talks with Joan Hamburg about her role on Jerry Seinfeld’s new show, Marriage Ref.  Plus, Joan takes a look at how recent public health crises, such as swine flu, bird flu, and unusual concentrations of cancer and other diseases, have raised urgent questions about how our animal-derived food is raised and brought to market.  She’ll be joined by investigative journalist David Kirby, who will discuss his new expose, Animal Factory, in which he discusses the powerful business and political interests behind large-scale factory farms, and tracks the far-reaching fallout that contaminates our air, land, water, and food. 

FRIDAY:

• Mayor Michael Bloomberg joins John Gambling in-studio to discuss the City’s top stories!

MONDAY:

• Get your week started with a little sports talk on the John Gambling show!  Jay McGuire, brother of Mark McGuire, discusses steroid abuse in Major League Baseball.  Plus, Len Berman takes a look back at the final days of the Vancouver Olympic Games!

TUESDAY:

• Joan Hamburg’s Food Day moves up a day this week to accommodate her special live broadcast from Sardi’s tomorrow.  Our friend Rocco DiSpirito is back with a new cookbook, Now Eat This.  He’ll tell Joan about how he’s taken some of our favorite comfort foods and put a healthy spin on them!

WEDNESDAY:

• Joan Hamburg broadcasts live from Sardi’s!  Among her guests are the one-and-only Dame Edna and Michael Feinstein, who have joined forces in the new Broadway show All About Me.  Other guests include TV’s Monk, Tony Shalhoub, and his real-life wife, Brooke Adams, who will talk with Joan about their upcoming roles together in Broadway’s Lend Me a Shoe – just what is it like appearing on stage with your other half?  Liv Schreiber and Jessica Hecht stop by to talk with Joan about the hit Broadway show A View From the Bridge, and comedienne Joan Rivers talks about her new one-woman show and about being back on E!

THURSDAY:

• Legendary disc jockey “Cousin Brucie” Morrow comes to WOR today to join your favorite WOR hosts from 8am til 6pm for the 15^th annual radiothon to benefit Variety, the Children’s Charity.  He’ll be joined by some incredible music superstars including Barry Manilow, Duke Fakir of the Four Tops, Dion, Paul Anka, Tom Jones, Tony Orlando, and more!  Plus, he’ll of course play some of your favorite “solid gold” music.  You’ll also have the chance to bid on some fantastic auction prizes, including a trip to Graceland!  And it’s all for the best cause of all – to raise money for our kids.

FRIDAY:

• The Oscars are coming up this weekend…Joan Hamburg gets a preview live from Los Angeles from David Karger of Entertainment Weekly magazine!

MONDAY

• Joe Bartlett sits in for John Gambling and talks with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand about why she and Senator Chuck Schumer are proposing a resurrection of the public option for health care.  Plus, the latest on Tiger Woods and the Winter Olympics from Len Berman!
• Are parents and physicians too quick to prescribe medication to control our children’s behavior?  Are we using drugs to excuse inept parents who can’t raise their children properly?  Joan Hamburg tackles these very important questions with Judith Warner, author of “We’ve Got Issues:  Children and Parents in the Age of Medication.”

TUESDAY

• Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan reflects on his first year on the job with John Gambling!
• It’s a struggle for girls around the world…remain strong and true to themselves AND conform to society’s expectations in an attempt to please.  Joan Hamburg chats with Eve Ensler about how girls everywhere can speak up, follow their dreams, and become the women they were always meant to be.

WEDNESDAY

• Did you know that you can have a wedding, celebration, or corporate event at the New York Mets’ new Citi Field?  Get the scoop from Joan Hamburg today!  Plus, a pair of topics that are on the minds of most of us these days…saving money and eating healthier.  Today during her food hour, Joan talks with Lucinda Scala Quinn, executive food director of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and co-host of “Everyday Food” on PBS, about the way we cook and eat now, with an emphasis on stretching meals, turning to economical ingredients that deliver great results, and making healthier versions of comfort foods without skimping on flavor.  And, Joan talks with Dr. Donna Shalala, former Secretary of Health and Human Services, about health care reform and the vital role for nurses in designing and implementing a more effective and efficient health care system.

THURSDAY

• Find out about the F-Factor Diet and how you can have a healthful, delicious, sustainable diet that sheds pounds, boosts energy, lowers cholesterol, and reduces the risk of heart disease and diabetes.  Joan Hamburg talks with nutritionist and F-Factor Diet creator Tanya Zuckerbrot today!

FRIDAY

• Len Berman talks with John Gambling about the top sports headlines, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg stops by to discuss the City’s top stories!

MONDAY

• John Gambling makes a live call to space to check in with NASA’s Endeavour Mission and STS-130 Pilot Terry Virts and Mission Specialist Robert Behnken!  Plus, Len Berman takes a look at the first weekend of the Vancouver Olympics, and Steve Malzberg talks the day’s top headlines with John!
• Despite the current job market, there actually ARE industries that are still extremely successful and open to new job seekers.  Joan Hamburg finds out what those industries are from Joe Watson, author of “Where the Jobs Are Now: The Fastest-Growing Industries and How to Break Into Them.” 

TUESDAY

• Get a live report from Fashion Week on the Joan Hamburg Show from fashion journalist Judy Licht…what trends will we all be wearing in the months ahead?  Plus, Joan takes a look at the issues surrounding the care of aging parents and how it affects the relationships of siblings with a special panel headed by Francine Russo, author of “They’re Your Parents, Too!  How Siblings Can Survive Their Parents’ Aging Without Driving Each Other Crazy.”

WEDNESDAY

• Hungry?  Joan Hamburg’s got quite a menu for her weekly “Food Hour” this week!  We’ll learn how to give the perfect dinner party from the Style Network’s Donnie Brown, and Joan will “Taste and Tell” delicious Korean-Style Fried Chicken!  YUM! 

THURSDAY

• How’s President Obama doing after his first year?  Dana Perino, former Press Secretary to George W. Bush, weighs in with John Gambling.  Plus, if you haven’t heard John’s weekly interviews with New York Governor David Paterson, you’ve missed some of New York’s top headlines…as they happen!  He’s back this morning!
• What if one day you were successful and wealthy beyond your wildest imagination…and the next day you were left with almost nothing?  It happened when a successful businesswoman took a friend’s advice and invested nearly everything she had ever earned – with Bernie Madoff.  Joan Hamburg talks with Alexandra Penney, author of “The Bag Lady Papers: The Priceless Experience of Losing It All,” about her amazing story.

FRIDAY

• John Gambling talks with Mayor Michael Bloomberg about the City’s top stories!
• End your week with a laugh on the Joan Hamburg Show as she talks with comedian Marion Grodin about the day’s headlines!

MONDAY

• Get all the Super Bowl highlights this morning on the John Gambling show!  Len Berman takes a look back at all the action on the field, and Lara Spencer from The Insider tells John which of this year’s Super Bowl ads were touchdowns…and which were fumbles.

TUESDAY

• John Gambling talks with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer about the State of the Borough.  Plus, our own Lou Dobbs, “Mr. Independent,” weighs in with John on the day’s top stories, and yes, there IS a conservative in Hollywood…one of ‘em, anyway…and we’ve found him!  Author and screenwriter Andrew Klavan talks with John!
• And speaking of authors, one of the world’s top-selling novelists, Jackie Collins, sits down with Joan Hamburg today to discuss her new novel…featuring three twenty-something women, one handsome rich guy, two mega movie stars, and a devastating murder…certainly a recipe for another page-turner!

WEDNESDAY

• One man…five wives…forty-six children.  John Gambling gets an inside look at polygamy in America when Scott Anderson talks with him this morning about his cover story in the current issue of National Geographic magazine.
• One day a teenager saw a homeless man in her neighborhood at the precise second a sleek Mercedes coup went by on the road.  She thought that if only the driver had a less-expensive car, the homeless man could have a meal.  It was a life-changing moment for her and her family.  Kevin Salwens and his daughter Hannah talk with Joan Hamburg today about how they’re working to change the world…and themselves.  Plus, in anticipation of the Winter Olympics starting this weekend, Joan checks out the food scene in Vancouver!

FRIDAY

• The Olympics start tonight in Vancouver, British Columbia.  Get a preview this morning when John Gambling talks with Len Berman!  Plus, Mayor Michael Bloomberg talks with John about how his traffic-flow experiment in midtown is working out…and he’ll let us know what he found out about benefits for retired MTA workers!

MONDAY:

• Get the latest on the New York State budget as Senator Carl Kruger, Senate Finance Chairman, joins John Gambling!  Plus, the Super Bowl is less than a week away…John talks with Len Berman for a sneak peak at Sunday’s matchup!
• Get an inside look at the Russian Tea Room as the famous eatery’s Vice President, Ken Biberaj, talks with Joan Hamburg!  Plus, learn how a young man from America’s Bible Belt found himself in Somalia’s terrorist training camps — it’s the story of New York Times Pulitizer Prize-winning reporter Amanda Elliot’s “The Jihadist Next Door.”  She’ll discuss her new book with Joan Hamburg today!  And, Christine Ebersole stops by to chat with Joan about opening at the Café Carlyle on Wednesday!

TUESDAY:

• Joan Hamburg talks with a panel of real-life people featured in the hit George Clooney movie “Up in the Air” – they’ll tell their stories of being fired, and update us on where they are now!

WEDNESDAY:

• Joan Hamburg returns to Sardi’s!  It’s the first Wednesday of the month, which means it’s time for Joan to take us down the Great White Way!  Her guests this month are:  David Alan Grier, the Tony-nominated actor/comedian now starring in “Race;” Emmy award-winning actress Valerie Harper, who is coming to Broadway next month as Tallulah Bankhead in “Looped;” Victor Garber, now starring in Broadway’s “Present Laughter;” and Alicia Silverstone and Eric Bogosian, who are starring together in “Time Stands Still,” Donald Margulies’ new work about journalists returning home after covering war.

THURSDAY

• What’s happening in Albany?  It’s time for Governor David Paterson’s weekly chat with John Gambling!
• Get set for a delicious show as Joan Hamburg presents her weekly food hour!  Plus, Melissa Rivers stops by to discuss her new project, “Red Carpet Ready:  Secrets for Making the Most of Any Moment You’re in the Spotlight.”  The famous daughter of comedienne Joan Rivers has seen it all on the red carpet; now Melissa shares the lessons she’s learned along the way and teaches us all…celebrity or not…how to embrace our big moments, be it a graduation, a first date, a job interview, a prom, or a wedding.  And…can’t find Mr. Right?  How about Mr. Good Enough?  Lori Gottlieb talks with Joan about the dilemma that so many women today seem to face–how to reconcile the strong desire for a husband and family with a list of must-haves so long and complicated that many great guys get rejected out of the gate.

FRIDAY

• Mayor Michael Bloomberg talks with John Gambling about the hottest stories in New York City!
• Lots of laughs today on the Joan Hamburg show!  Danny DeVito chats with Joan about his new movie, “When in Rome,” and his hit television series, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia!”  Plus, comedienne Susie Essman shares her take on the news of the day!

Monday:

• Why last week’s Massachusetts vote means Health Care Reform will not pass the House…get the scoop from Congressman Peter King as he talks with John Gambling!  Plus, Community Board 1 in Lower Manhattan wants the terror trials moved to Governor’s Island.  Julie Menin, chairperson of the board, tells John why.  And has our dream of the New York Jets making it to the Super Bowl come true?  Len Berman’s got all the highlights of Sunday’s game!

Wednesday:

• It’s Joan Hamburg’s weekly food hour!  Today, New York foodie Ed Levine joins Joan to share his latest city food finds!  It’s sure to be a delicious hour!

Thursday:

• Get the latest from Albany direct from Governor David Paterson on the John Gambling Show!

Friday:

• Mayor Michael Bloomberg shares the latest New York City news with John Gambling live in-studio!  Plus, what’s ahead this weekend in sports?  Len Berman’s got the scoop!
•  Spend an “Afternoon at the Museum” as Joan Hamburg broadcasts live from inside the new Silk Road exhibit at the Museum of Natural History in New York City, and talks with President Ellen Futter about everything new and exciting at the Museum.  Plus a panel of curators give Joan the inside scoop on just what it takes to put together a major museum exhibit.  Also, Liz Hamburg stops by for a special New York Uncovered, New York historian Barry Lewis pops by, and find out about all the BEST restaurants on the Upper West Side with Sam Sifton from the New York Times!

MONDAY

• Get the latest from Washington on the health care debate when House Minority Whip Eric Cantor talks with John Gambling!  Plus, are the Jets Super Bowl-bound?  Len Berman takes a look back at the highlights of this weekend’s game!
• City Council Speaker Christine Quinn talks with Joan Hamburg about her fight against smokeless tobacco being marketed to kids.  Plus, Chris Matthews of MSNBC gives Joan a sneak-peak at tonight’s special, “Obama’s America: 2010 and Beyond.”  And in “Launch Pad,” Liz Hamburg has the story of a successful entrepreneur’s fascinating journey from Seattle to San Francisco to now Peru to get her business up and running!

TUESDAY

• What information does the Christmas Day bomber have that we need to know and why shouldn’t he be tried in a civilian court?  Find out when Marc Thiessen, former senior advisor to George Bush, talks with John Gambling. Plus, he’ll discuss his new book, “Courting Disaster:  How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama is Inviting the Next Attack.”
• Trying to stay on your diet or just maintain a healthy weight, but just plain don’t have the time or inclination to cook?  What to do?  Are there really packaged entrees that can help out?  Find out today on the Joan Hamburg show!

WEDNESDAY

• How do we avoid the approaching economic abyss and put the country back on track again?  David Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States and former head of the Government Accountability Office, talks with John Gambling this morning!
• Getting hungry?  It must be time for Joan Hamburg’s weekly food hour!

THURSDAY

• Yesterday, David Walker told us how to avoid the approaching economic abyss.  But just what’s ahead for our economy in 2010?  Where is our money safe?  This morning, John Gambling talks with Joseph Stiglitz, former Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank.
• It’s “21” on the twenty-first as Joan Hamburg broadcasts from the 21 Club!  Her guests include “God of Carnage” co-stars Jimmy Smits (formerly of “L.A. Law” and “NYPD Blue”) and Annie Potts (formerly of “Ghostbusters” and “Designing Women”), plus WCBS-TV news anchor Maurice DuBois, and reality television stars Countess LuAnn de Lesseps (“The Real Housewives of NYC”) and Julie Hadden (one of the most successful contestants ever on “The Biggest Loser”).

FRIDAY

• Join Joe Bartlett as he sits in for John Gambling and get a sneak peak at this weekend’s sports action from Len Berman!
• Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes on “Antiques Roadshow?”  Get the scoop when Marsha Bemko, executive producer for Antiques Roadshow, talks with Joan Hamburg!  Plus, Liz Hamburg shares the secrets of another great spot in the City on “New York Uncovered!”

MONDAY

• John Gambling returns from vacation!  Among his guests will be attorney Ron Kuby, who will weigh in with John on the past few weeks’ news about terrorism and airline security.  Plus, martial arts celebrity Chuck Norris talks with John about the world of politics, and Len Berman looks back at the weekend in sports, including Saturday’s Jets-Bengals playoff game!
• Get the inside scoop on a show that shocked censors, outraged the White House, and forever changed the face of television when TV critic David Bianculli joins Joan Hamburg to discuss his new release, “Dangerously Funny – The Uncensored Story of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.”  Plus, it’s Joan’s New Year’s health and fitness series – today,  Dr. Ian Smith stops by to discuss his seven-step process to take weight off quickly!  And get a first-hand look at a small business person’s successes as Liz Hamburg brings us her weekly “Launch Pad” feature!

WEDNESDAY

• Former New Jersey Governor and Chairman of the 9/11 Commission Tom Kean talks with John Gambling about the idea of trying accused 9/11 terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York City.  Plus, what does the New Year hold for the auto business, and specifically Ford?  Find out when John speaks with Ford CEO Alan Mulally! 
• Hungry for great information?  It’s Joan Hamburg’s weekly food hour!  Tom Birchard, owner of Veselka, a cozy 24-hour Ukrainian coffee shop in New York’s East Village, talks with Joan about this landmark restaurant that for more than fifty years has fed countless locals and tourists alike.  Find out the secrets of the eatery’s longevity, and find out about some of their specialties, many of which are featured in “The Veselka Cookbook,” including lobster rolls!  YUM! 
• After the eating’s done, let Ron Insana show you how to make more money (so you can buy more food?) as he talks with Joan Hamburg about how to find the right once-in-a-generation investment bargains that will not only revitalize depleted retirement accounts, but change people’s financial lives for years to come!  Then, have you ever wondered what it would be like to put your life in the hands of television’s most-influential personality, Oprah Winfrey?  Robyn Okrant did just that by redesigning her entire life – from her wardrobe to her marriage to her diet to her spiritual life, her finances, her home, and beyond – all according to Oprah Winfrey’s “best life” advice.  She’ll tell Joan about her experience today!

THURSDAY

• Is the best diet for you determined by your genes?  So says naturopathic physician Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo, who will tell Joan Hamburg how you can use family history and blood type, as well as simple diagnostic tools such as fingerprint analysis, leg length measurements, and dental characteristics to discover which of his six Genotype plans to follow for a healthier you!
• Broke your New Year’s resolution already?  Don’t worry…help from Dr. Joy is on the way!  Don’t miss a special edition of her show, recorded yesterday at Englewood Hospital in Englewood, New Jersey!

FRIDAY

• Get a preview of all the big sports action this weekend as John Gambling chats with Len Berman!  Plus, John talks about the city’s top stories with Mayor Michael Bloomberg when he pays his regular weekly visit.
• Do twelve exercises for twelve minutes a day…and lose up to twelve pounds…all in just two weeks!  Sound too good to be true?  It’s not, as America’s favorite fitness expert, Denise Austin, tells Joan Hamburg today!

MONDAY

• Here’s a thriller that’s fast-becoming anything but the fiction it was written as: John Gambling talks with Daniel Putkowski about his new book, “Universal Coverage,” the plot of which revolves around…you guessed it…government-run health care!
• The holidays mean bowl-game time and Len Berman’s got the scoop when he talks with John Gambling this morning!  Plus, how’d the Giants make out versus the Carolina Panthers yesterday?
• Christmas might be over, but New Year’s is later this week…find out how to have a fun and affordable celebration when lifestyle expert Bruce Littlefield talks with Fox News Channel legal analyst Lis Wiehl as she sits in for Joan Hamburg today!  Lis will also speak with board-certified psychiatrist Dr. Dale Archer about one of the year’s biggest stories…the Tiger Woods scandal.  Why DO men cheat, anyway?  And criminal defense attorney Mickey Sherman tells Lis why he views the David Goldman custody case as a kidnapping!

TUESDAY

• Media analyst Steve Adubato sits in for Joan Hamburg!

WEDNESDAY

• Fox News Channel’s Lis Wiehl sits in for Joan Hamburg and presents our weekly food hour!  Make sure your New Year’s Eve celebration has the BEST in food and drink…James Beard Award-winning chefs Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg stop by to share some tips with Lis.  Plus, Lesley Anderson of CHOW.com takes Lis on a trip back to 1999 for a look at how and what we eat has changed over the past ten years.  And if all this talk of food is causing you to gain a few extra pounds, you’re not alone…avoid breaking your New Year’s diet resolution with some tips from University of Michigan psychotherapist and nutritionist Marilyn Ann Migliore!

THURSDAY

• Get a preview of what Albany has in store for 2010 when Governor David Paterson talks with John Gambling!
• After twenty-seven years as David Letterman’s music director, Paul Shaffer is now ready to tell all.  He’ll sit down today with Joan Hamburg and discuss his new memoir, in which he dishes on everyone from John Belushi and Jerry Lewis to Mel Gibson and Britney Spears!  Plus, Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger talks with Joan about one of the year’s most amazing stories…his miracle landing of a U.S. Airways jet on the Hudson River!  Finally, how did the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Jr. affect the lives of those closest to him?  Kennedy biographer C. David Heymann talks with Joan about his new book, Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story.
• Call in with your views on the top stories of the day as talk show host Chris Stigall sits in for Steve Malzberg!

FRIDAY

• Kick off the New Year well-informed on the day’s top stories as Philadelphia talk show host Dom Giordano fills in for John Gambling!
• Andre Agassi joins Joan Hamburg to share an inside look at his amazing career as a tennis superstar.  Then, the meteoric rise of Barack and Michelle Obama has been one of the biggest stories of the past few years.  Christopher Andersen talks with Joan about this intriguing couple and looks at what makes their relationship so successful.  And, Joan gets the inside track on getting better service when dealing with telephone operators from the “Telephone Doctor,” Nancy Friedman!

Happy New Year, everyone!