Brilliant! Ideal June programming for any station whether music or talk is your format. There's a fantastic balance of both interesting speakers and iconic music. The two-hour special can easily be split into two one-hour programs, with or without newscast.

When Sgt. Pepper was released on June 1st 1967, I was three weeks short of my 15th birthday and more into Rogers & Hammerstein than the Beatles. Sure, I bought the Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields single (best of all time?) which came out a few months earlier and played it all summer long. But I never got into Sgt. Pepper even when friends were still raving about it in college a few years later. But I was a fan of many of the concept albums which followed like The Who's Tommy and anything by the Moody Blues.

I mention this personal anecdote because this program not only brought back so many memories of the past, it also made me think about who I am now - 40 years later. It brought up a whole range of ideas on the development of rock music, cultural cross-fertilization and the impact of art on society. But it never got bogged down with too much over-intellectualizing. In fact, after I listened to the whole two hours I listened to it all again - like people do with any great album.

My personal favorite bit: the 5 minute newscast section at the beginning of side 2 (or, hour 2) about how the shift from AM to FM radio helped airplay of Sgt. Pepper and what's been lost with the shift from record to CD. It's too bad some listeners will miss out on this little gem of info when replaced by news.

Though pegged to the June anniversary of the album's release, this musical history is as evergreen as Sgt. Pepper itself and should appeal to listeners of all ages and musical tastes. Classic!