Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, January 18, 1992 TAG: 9201180037
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Kim Sunderland
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
`TALK OF THE TOWN' SHOWCASES WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER
NEWS PROGRAMS: A broadcast of an interview with Pat Brown, executive director of the Women's Resource Center in Radford, will be featured on WVRU's "Talk of the Town," which airs Wednesday at 8 p.m. and Friday at 1:30 p.m. Brown will discuss the center's programs and its new shelter for battered women and children."Speakers Corner" airs on WVRU Monday at 1 p.m. with anchorman Roger Mudd, who this week interviews Norma Field, associate professor of Japanese literature at the University of Chicago. She will discuss her new book, "In the Realm of A Dying Emperor," which looks at the changes in the country since Hirohito's death in 1989.
WJJJ features Paul Harvey twice today: 8:30 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. with quips on events and people, and news and comment.
\ LIVE: Plum Sideways, a Roanoke-based bluegrass band, will perform live on WFNR's "Bluegrass Talk Back" show Thursday, 8-9 p.m.
WVVV still needs disc jockeys for Fridays. You don't have to be a professional, just a willing participant. Send in your name to "Dino's DJs" at the station and you might be chosen as the next DJ to man the airwaves for an hour. Call 382-4993 for more information.
Basketball coverage for today's Virginia Tech and Southern Mississippi game at 2:30 p.m. can be heard over WVVV, WKEX, WJJJ, WRAD and WRIQ. Those stations also will also broadcast Tech and East Carolina on Thursday beginning at 7 p.m.
WKEX covers Blacksburg High School at Christiansburg on Friday beginning at 7:30 p.m.
\ WHAT'S NEW? WVRU has "Lakutshon Ilanga: Music Is a Healer" Tuesday at 8 p.m. The 13 segments in this series feature South African music and uses local people as guides to the various aspects of African music. This second part is entitled "Tradition in the Townships."
\ INTERNATIONAL: WVRU's "International Folk Music Hour" this week features the music of Switzerland.
\ JAZZ: Fred Umberger's "Jumpin' At the Wooveside" airs on WUVT Sunday, 9 a.m.-noon, with the sounds and songs of jazz.
WKEX has "Wax Works," 1-2 p.m. weekdays, with big band, jazz, swing and ballad greats.
WVRU's "Mellow Tones," which includes fusion, mainstream and New Age jazz, airs Sunday, 9 a.m.- noon.
WVVV's "True Blues" airs Sunday at 8 p.m. with music from legends and newcomers.
\ CHILDREN: WBLB's "Kid's Corner," Mondays at 4:30 p.m., has young disc jockeys, tunes and talk, plus Bible stories and discussions.
WUVT's "Hickory Dickory Dock" show airs 9-11 a.m. Saturday, with call-ins, children's poems, songs and discussions.
\ COMEDY: WVVV's "Comedy Hour" runs today, 10-11 a.m.
WVRU's "Hub City Spoke Repair" airs Wednesday at 9:30 p.m.
\ ROCK: WVRU's "Long Live Rock" airs Monday at 9 p.m. with a new edition of the Odds & Ends series, which includes music by Yes, Blue Oyster Cult and Little Feat.
On WVVV this week: "The King Biscuit Flower Hour," Sunday at 10 p.m., features Money."Metal Shop" airs Wednesday at 11 p.m. The Pixies' "Doolittle" is this week's "Album Feature" Sunday at 11 p.m. "In the Studio," Sunday at 9 p.m., spotlights "Fragile" by Yes. Friday's "Five at Five" features Guns 'n' Roses. "Rockline," Monday at 11:30, has part II of a Van Halen special. "Rest of the Record," odd hours Tuesday, has the "Rush" soundtrack featuring Eric Clapton.
\ COUNTRY: WFNR plays "Grand Old Country" today, 8- 10 p.m., with country golden oldies.
WPSK airs "Star Trax" Sunday at 10 p.m. and "American Country Countdown," with the Top 40 of the week, airs Sunday at 4 p.m.
WRAD airs "The Ralph Emery Show" weekdays at 10:30 a.m.
WRIQ has the "Top 30 Country Countdown" with Jim Casey on Sunday, 1-4 p.m.
WKEX has the "National Record Review" today, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.
\ GOSPEL/CHRISTIAN: WKEX simulcasts "Focus on the Family," weekdays at 9:05 a.m. and 6:05 p.m. This week's programs are "Surviving Breast Cancer" Monday and Tuesday; "Little Babies Yet Unborn" on Wednesday; and "Team Up With Your Kids" on Thursday and Friday.
WFNR has "Gospel Night Train," Sunday, 6-10 p.m.
On WKEX Sunday it's "The Abundance of Life Program" from Blacksburg Baptist Church at 8:30 a.m., "The Glade Baptist Hour" at 9 a.m. and "The Renfro Valley Sunday Morning Gathering" at 10:30 a.m.
\ NOTICE: Anyone wishing to list a station's schedule regularly each week can call Kim Sunderland at 381-1675 each Wednesday by 10 a.m.
Kim Sunderland is an editorial assistant in the New River Valley bureau \ Around the Dial\ WFNR-AM (710) in Christiansburg\ WNRV-AM (990) in Giles County\ WGFC-AM (1030) in Floyd\ WJJJ-AM (1260) in Christiansburg\ WBLB-AM (1340) in Pulaski\ WKEX-AM (1430) in Blacksburg\ WRAD-AM (1460) in Radford\ WPUV-AM (1580) in Pulaski\ WVRU-FM (89.9) at Radford University\ WUVT-FM (90.7) at Virginia Tech\ WMEV-FM (93.9) in Marion\ WFNR-FM (100.7) in Christiansburg\ WNRV-FM (101.3) in Narrows\ WRIQ-FM (101.7) in Radford\ WVVV-FM (104.9) in Blacksburg\ WPSK-FM (107.1) in Pulaski