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{{Infobox radio show
|name=Pipedreams
|image=Pipedreams_logo.png
|runtime=2 hours
|language=English
|country=United States
|first_aired=January 3, 1982
|last_aired=present
|format=[[Classical music]]
|website=[https://www.pipedreams.org/ www.pipedreams.org]
|presenter=[[J. Michael Barone]]
|syndicates=[[American Public Media]]
|home_station=[[Minnesota Public Radio]]}}

'''''Pipedreams''''' is a radio music program produced and distributed by [[American Public Media]] (APM) based in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]], created and hosted since its inception by [[Michael Barone (radio host)|J. Michael Barone]]. Each one- or two-hour show features [[organ (music)|organ music]], and centers on a theme such as a particular instrument, venue, organ builder, performer, composer, period, etc.

==History==
The program has been in weekly national broadcast syndication since 1983 (following pilot episodes in 1982), and it remains the only nationally syndicated radio program in the United States devoted to organ music. The program is available on APM-affiliated stations and on the ''Pipedreams.org'' website.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |title= Tuning In to the Organ, and Not Just in Church |newspaper= The New York Times |date= October 18, 2008 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/arts/music/18pipe.html?pagewanted=all |access-date= April 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= About Pipedreams |publisher= American Public Media |url= http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/about/ |date=2014 |access-date= April 27, 2014 }}</ref><ref>"Pipedreams 35th Anniversary", ''The American Organist'' (June, 2018), p. 27.</ref> In recent years, ''Pipedreams''' weekly radio audience has fluctuated around 200,000 listeners.<ref name=NYT/><ref>{{cite web |title= Pipedreams: Research and Audience Data |publisher= American Public Media |url= http://www.apmstations.org/programs/research.php?pgm_code=pip |date= Spring 2013 |access-date= June 9, 2014 }}</ref> The program's major sponsors include the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America.

In addition to the radio program itself, ''Pipedreams'' is also known for producing guided tours, often to Europe with the objective of visiting organs of unique quality or interest. Recordings of these notable instruments are frequently featured in the broadcasts of ''Pipedreams''.

==Accolades==
The program's major accolades include the 2001 [[Deems Taylor]] Radio Broadcast Award for Excellence from the [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]].<ref>{{cite web |title= 34th Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Award Recipients |publisher= American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |url=https://www.ascapfoundation.org/programs/awards/award-recipients/deems-taylor/2001 |date=2001 |access-date=April 19, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Pipedreams Wins ASCAP–Deems Taylor Broadcast Award |publisher= American Public Media |url= http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/articles/biographies/barone/ascap_award/ |date= December 2001 |access-date= April 27, 2014 }}</ref> In 2017, the [[American Guild of Organists]] commissioned a monograph series and published its inaugural volume, ''J. Michael Barone and Pipedreams: The Organ on Public Radio'', by [[Haig Mardirosian]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.agohq.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Monograph-Pipedreams-final-Dec-15.pdf |title=J. Michael Barone and Pipedreams: The Organ on Public Radio |first=Haig |last=Mardirosian |series=American Guild of Organists Monograph Series No. 1 |date=December 2017 |access-date=19 April 2024}}</ref>

== In popular culture ==
The program was referenced on Episode 116 (''[[Santa Claus (1959 film)|Santa Claus]]'') of the cult TV series ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' in 1993.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHWyy6lt18k "MST3K: Santa Claus – It's Liberace Santa!"], ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (official YouTube channel).</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://Pipedreams.org ''Pipedreams.org'' official website]

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