Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, February 8, 1992 TAG: 9202080069
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-6 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Kim Sunderland
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
CANDY, FLOWERS AND OTHER PRIZES YOURS FOR THE WINNING FROM RADIO
SPECIALS: Sweets for the sweet this week over the airwaves.WPSK is running a Valentine's Day candy giveaway contest all week. Listen for details.
And WKEX will give out prizes all day on Valentine's Day - including candy, flowers and soda - when listeners are the first to call with the correct answers to questions about love.
Beginning Monday, WVVV will tell you how to register for the "Be A Guitar Hero" contest. Win backstage passes and tickets to the upcoming Van Halen concert and a $600 guitar autographed by the band members. Listen for details.
WVRU is airing a 12-part series on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. called "Thinking About Drinking." The half-hour documentaries explore America's No. 1 substance abuse problem. This second segment is "Terrible Trap," a medical and psychological analysis of problem drinking.
\ LIVE: WPSK will have a remote from Pilot Homes in Christiansburg today, noon-3 p.m.
Also today, WJJJ begins racing coverage with the Busch Clash from Daytona at noon. Another race will be aired Thursday at noon.
The Virginia Tech baskeball team will be at George Mason University on Monday. It can be heard over WVVV, WKEX, WJJJ and WRIQ beginning at 7 p.m. Those stations, plus WRAD, also will carry Southern Mississippi at Tech on Thursday at 7 p.m.
In high school sports, WRAD will have Friday's Radford game, WKEX carries the Blacksburg and Christiansburg game and WBLB has Pulaski coverage, all beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Carl Ratcliffe & the Gospel Strings will perform on WFNR's "Bluegrass Talk Back" show Thursday, 8-9 p.m.
WVVV still needs DJs for Friday. You don't have to be a professional, just a willing participant. Send your name in 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.
WFNR will have a benefit sing Feb. 22 at Auburn High School to help DJ Dandy Don's family through a recent loss. Merchants are urged to donate items for an auction the same night. Call 382-6106 for information.
\ INTERNATIONAL: WVRU's "International Folk Music Hour" airs today, 2-3 p.m.
"Lakutshon Ilanga: Music Is a Healer" is broadcast on WVRU Tuesday at 8 p.m. featuring South African music. This fifth installment of the 13-part series is entitled "South Africa's Progressive Pop."
WUVT airs "New Music" weekdays noon-9 p.m., and an "International Fest" today, 5-9 p.m., with reggae, ska, blues, dance and more.
\ NEWS PROGRAMS: Substance abuse will be the topic of discussion on WVRU's "Talk of the Town," which is broadcast Wednesday at 8 p.m. and Friday at 1 p.m. Representatives from such groups as CADRE, BACCHUS and DARE will talk about their programs.
"Speakers Corner" airs on WVRU Monday at 1 p.m. with anchorman Roger Mudd, who this week interviews Washington Post columnist Judy Mann, who will discuss women and men in the '90s.
WJJJ has Paul Harvey twice today: 8:30 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. with quips on events and people and news and comment.
\ ROCK: WVRU's "Long Live Rock," Monday at 9 p.m., has Part Three of a Doobie Brothers special, covering 1980 to the present.
On WVVV this week: "The King Biscuit Flower Hour," Sunday at 10 p.m., has The Kinks; "Metal Shop" is Wednesday at 11 p.m.; the Eagles' "Hotel California" is featured on this week's "Album Feature" Sunday at 11 p.m.; "In the Studio," Sunday 9 p.m., has Jefferson Airplane's "Surrealistic Pillow;" and Friday's "Five at Five" has the Pixies.
\ COUNTRY: WKEX has the "Nashville Record Review" today, 1-5:30 p.m. and broadcasts country oldies today, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
WFNR has "Grand Old Country" tonight, 8-10, with golden country 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 broadcasts "The Ralph Emery Show" weekdays at 10:30 a.m. This week's featured artist is Trisha Yearwood.
WRIQ has the "Top 30 Country Countdown" with Jim Casey on Sunday, 1-4 p.m.
\ GOSPEL/CHRISTIAN: WBLB has the call-in show "On The Air" with Brother Hawthorne Reed Jr. today, 3-4 p.m.
WKEX simulcasts "Focus on the Family" weekdays at 9:05 a.m. and 6:05 p.m. This week's programming is: "Mothering From Childhood to Adult" Monday and Tuesday, an interview with former Seattle Seahawk football player Steve Largent on Wednesday and "Counsel for Engaged Couples" Thursday and Friday.
\ CHILDREN: WBLB's "Kids' Corner," Mondays at 4:30 p.m., has children DJs, tunes and talk, plus Bible stories and discussions.
WUVT's "Hickory Dickory Dock" show airs Saturday mornings, 9-11, with call-ins, children's poems, songs and discussions.
WKEX's "The Children's Bible Hour" is heard twice each weekend, 9:05 a.m. today and 11:05 a.m. Sunday.
\ JAZZ: WUVT plays jazz tracks Sunday through Friday, 9 a.m.-noon.
WKEX has "Wax Works," 1-2 p.m. weekdays, with big band, jazz, swing and ballad greats.
WVRU's "Mellow Tones," which has 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 the legends and the newcomers.
\ COMEDY: WVVV's "Comedy Hour" runs today, 10-11 a.m.
WVRU's "Hub City Spoke Repair" airs Wednesday at 9:30 p.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