# The Weekly Presidential Radio Address

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weekly-presidential-radio-address/67557>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 4, 2001, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weekly-presidential-radio-address/67557 "2001-06-04T19:11:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weekly-presidential-radio-address/67557/1 "2001-06-04T19:11:56Z")

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Every week I hear ‘President \_\_\_\_, in his weekly address, stated that…’, and then of course, the reply of the opposition.

Yet I have NEVER actually HEARD the weekly address, or heard of any station that carries it - even the all-news or talk radio stations in our area. Does anyone play this (outside of DC), or is it just a tape that is made available to the press, and that they can play if they so desire?

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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weekly-presidential-radio-address/67557/2 "2001-06-04T20:02:26Z")

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My local NPR station plays exerpts now and then but never the whole thing unless something truely important is expected to be said.

You can find a copy of the text here:

[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/03/index.html](http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/03/index.html)

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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weekly-presidential-radio-address/67557/3 "2001-06-04T20:13:27Z")

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1010 WINS (the big newsradio station in NYC) plays it every week in its entirety. I believe it runs Saturday mornings. I only ever caught two of Clinton’s speeches. None of Dubya’s yet.