Johnny Friendly is running this racket. So “Picture Perfect” has been moved to Saturday at 6 pm, see?

It will be an all-American program for Labor Day weekend, including Leonard Bernstein’s music for “On the Waterfront” (1954) – Elia Kazan’s exposé of sleazy underworld corruption along the docks of Hoboken – alongside selections from Aaron Copland’s “The Red Pony” (1949), Virgil Thomson’s “Louisiana Story” (1948), and Elie Siegmeister’s “They Came to Cordura” (1959).

Both the Bernstein and Copland are rare documents taken from the films’ original recording sessions. Thomson’s “Louisiana Story” is the only film score ever to have been awarded a Pulitzer Prize. And Siegmeister’s “They Came to Cordura” is the source of “Picture Perfect”s striking theme music.

Following tonight’s broadcast, stick around for Rachel Katz’s “A Tempo” at 7:00. Her guest this week will be none other than Patrick Stewart, who will talk about his recent film, “Coda” (in which he plays a classical pianist), and the transformative power of the arts.

I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody – instead of a bum, which is what I am.

I ain’t no canary, but this new time slot, Saturday at 6 pm EDT, is for the birds – literally – on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.