Editing Weekend Edition (section)

{{short description|American radio news magazine programs}}
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{{Infobox radio show
| show_name          = Weekend Edition
| image              = Weekend Edition logo.jpg
| format             = News, analysis, commentary, interviews, special features
| runtime            = {{circa}} 105 min
| country            = United States
| language           = English
| syndicates         = National Public Radio ([[NPR]])
| presenter          = [[Scott Simon]] <br/> (Saturdays)<br/> [[Ayesha Rascoe]] <br/> (Sundays)
| creator            = 
| director           = 
| producer           = 
| executive_producer = 
| record_location    = [[Washington, D.C.]]
| first_aired        = Saturday: November 2, 1985<br/>Sunday: January 18, 1987
| last_aired         = ''present''
| audio_format       = [[Stereophonic]] 
| opentheme          = [[B.J. Leiderman]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2100788 | title=BJ Leiderman (NPR biography) | publisher=NPR | access-date=2007-04-25}}</ref> (composer)
| endtheme           = 
| website            = ''[https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-saturday/ Weekend Edition Saturday]'' <br/>''[https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-sunday/ Weekend Edition Sunday]''
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}}

'''''Weekend Edition''''' is a set of American [[radio]] [[news magazine]] programs produced and distributed by National Public Radio ([[NPR]]). It is the weekend counterpart to the NPR radio program ''[[Morning Edition]]''. It consists of '''''Weekend Edition Saturday''''' and '''''Weekend Edition Sunday''''', each of which airs for two hours, from 8:00{{nbsp}}a.m. to 10:00{{nbsp}}a.m. Eastern time, with refeeds until 2:00&nbsp;p.m. ''Weekend Edition Saturday'' is hosted by [[Scott Simon]]. ''Weekend Edition Sunday'' is hosted by [[Ayesha Rascoe]].

The programs feature longer stories than most NPR news magazines, and more arts and culture stories.