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Coming up, thousands converge on Roanoke today for some big events - but what about parking?
Some tips just ahead.
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Plus, government investigators find recalled Firestone tires back on the road.
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[Civic-Center]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=00-33 TC42:53]
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Big events could mean parking troubles in Roanoke today.
But there's a plan in place to help music and football fans avoid trouble.
The Dixie Chicks take the stage at the Civic Center tonight - there's just 18-hundred parking spaces for a crowd 5 times that size.
Kate Weidaw has some tips.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke/1998; :00]
[SUPER=01-Robyn Schon/Roanoke Civic Center; :36]
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[OUT Q=N7 Roanoke.]
(((([NAT SOUND DIXIE CHICKS SINGING]
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The Dixie Chicks concert is sold out. Close to 10-thousand people will be packing their way into the Roanoke Civic Center to see one of country music's hottest groups and that means you'll have to expect this...
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Traffic and lots of it. Besides the Dixie Chicks concert add the Taste of the Blue Ridge Blues and Jazz Festival in Elmwood Park, and the WVEC Football Game at Victory Stadium. But there should be some relief in sight as far as parking thanks to the Valley Metro Shuttle.
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((ROBYN SCHON/ROANOKE CIVIC CENTER: A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE VYING FOR THE SAME PARKING SPACES SO WE'RE TRYING TO OFFER THE SHUTTLE SERVICE TO VICTORY STADIUM AND CIVIC CENTER TOMORROW TO HELP REDUCE THAT TRAFFIC.))
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And you won't have to dig deep into your pocket to pay for this, parking and the shuttle service from the Williamson Road and Church Street garages is free.))
((KATE STANDUP: And of course just give yourself plenty of time to get where ever you're going today. STD OQ.))))
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=00-23 TC2:01:48]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Invest.]
Three people have been questioned in connection with the murder of a Roanoke man in Myrtle Beach.
A police spokesperson says all three have been eliminated as suspects.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Myrtle Beach, SC/Tuesday]
50-year old John Milton Bird was found stabbed to death in a Myrtle Beach hotel room on Tuesday morning.
Police say they have strong leads and remain confident they will make an arrest.
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[Foutz-Lawsuit]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Rick Foutz]
Former Vinton Police Chief Ricky Foutz has won the fight to pursue his case against the town of Vinton.
This week Judge James Turk denied the town's motion to dismiss Foutz's lawsuit.
The court ruled Foutz has sufficient information to justify his claim at this stage in the proceedings.
[Firestone]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=Firestone Recall]
Finding out if your driving on recalled tires just got a little more difficult.
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[VO-NAT]
Out of the 47 million Firestone tires under investigation -- not all of them carry the Firestone name.
Government investigators revealed they are looking at dozens of other models MADE by Firestone, but SOLD under DIFFERENT brands.
Some consumers are trying to make a profit from the recall.
A Seattle CBS affiliate found out recalled tires are making it back on the road.
Several used tire dealers are re-selling recalled Firestones.
The dealers say some customers knew exactly what they were doing.
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((YOU SAY IT'S RECALLED AND THEY SAY? A: GO AHEAD AND PUT IT ON. THEY SAY I DON'T CARE.))
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[VO-NAT]
That's because they would THEN turn around and go right BACK to a Firestone dealer and get brand new tires, for free.
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[Metalcrafters]
[ANCHOR=Leo]
[NEWSCAST=Saturday a.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=Time Off #2 7:41]
[GRAPHIC=Time Off]
You can find candlestick holders and bird-baths just about anywhere.
But at one gift shop can you watch such masterpieces be created by hand.
In this week's "Time Off" Shannon Young takes us to Waynesboro for a peek inside the Virginia Metalcrafters Showcase.
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[SUPER=01-Charles Salembier/Plant Manager; 00]
[SUPER=03-Waynesboro; :11]
[SUPER=@Shannon2; ]
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(([SOT 3:35:00-3:24:26]
[IN Q=any product we...]
((Any product we look at here, there's a story about it. This was the first product we ever did for colonial Williamsburg - the spiked candlestick.))
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[OUT Q=spiked candlestick.]
If you're looking for antique reproductions you can't beat the Virginia Metalcrafters Showcase for the history behind each of its products.
[SOT 4:38:02-4:17:14]
[IN Q=This piece was...]
((This piece was selected by Senator Warner as the inaugural gift for the last Clinton inauguration. He called us in December, I believe, and said 'I need 300 pieces for the inauguration luncheon,' and we pointed out that we'd never made it before and he said, 'I really don't care. I need 300 pieces.' And he got 300 pieces.))
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[OUT Q=got 300 pieces.]
Charles Salembier can tell a tale about each of the foundry's pieces.
From Christmas ornaments to garden decorations, picture frames to book ends, each item is made of brass, bronze, iron or aluminum, not to mention a whole lot of love.
[SOT 6:20:22-6:11:00]
[IN Q=I've tried every...]
((I've tried every job here. I have proven I am a fool. These are jobs you can't just look at, think it looks easy, and do. ))
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[OUT Q=and do.]
[SOT7:14:24-6:55:13]
[IN Q= It is a product...]
((It is a product that is made by hand by people who've been working here... we've had as many as five generations at a time working here. This is a product that is the product of a whole lot of people who've worked very hard to learn the skills that they have.))
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[OUT Q=that they have.]
You can peruse the gift shop for nearly flawless factory seconds.
Or, from a safe distance, you can gaze out over the production room to watch the casting in action.
Metal heated to about 2-thousand degrees is poured into molds about every 20-minutes.
A brief audio recording explains the process.
[SOT 7:55:18-7:45:26]
[IN Q=It's fun for...]
((It's fun for people to come and look through the window and watch a process that's thousands of years old and, in fact, in a factory that's been here for 110 years.))
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[OUT Q=for 110 years.]
Even if you don't wind up taking any of the metal work home, you will leave with an appreciation of the work that goes into each piece.
[SOT 5:19:23-5:04:28]
[IN Q=I've had many...]
((I've had many people say that one of the pleasures they get when they see people buy the product, or know the product's in someone's home, is that they just get pleasure out of producing something beautiful that other people can enjoy.))
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[OUT Q=people can enjoy.]
The showroom is open Monday through Friday from nine to five, Saturdays from nine to four, and Sundays one to five.
Admission is free.
Shannon Young, News 7, In Waynesboro.))
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You can find directions to the Virginia Metalcrafters Showcase on our homepage at WDBJ-7-dot-com.
Just click on the Time Off suitcase.
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DENISE ON RECORD WITH GUEST
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[Olympics]
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[GRAPHIC=Sydney Olympics]
In sports, Nancy Johnson from Downers Grove, Illinois, won the first gold medal awarded at the Olympic Games.
She won the women's ten-meter air rifle competition.
Jenny Thompson has now won more Olympic gold medals that any other American woman.
Thompson picked up the sixth gold of her career as part of a women's 400-meter freestyle relay swim team that set a world record of three minutes, 36-point-61 seconds.
Thompson, Amy Van Dyken, Dara Torres and Courtney Shealy broke China's old mark by a little more than one second.
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TAKE DIRECTLY OUT OF SPORTS PKG!!!
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ad lib Q & A about 3 minutes
Wrap up interview.
[TAKE LEO ONE-SHOT AT END OF INTERVIEW]
Thanks for the tailgating tips.
We'd like to let our viewers know the tasty recipes are back.
Beginning next Saturday - Weekend Diner comes back to News 7 Saturday Morning.
We'll be cooking with some of the new faces you've seen in the past few months here on News 7.
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And if you have any ideas for recipes - or if you would like to join us with a recipe of your own...
write to us at...
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Stay tuned. News 7 Saturday Morning will be right back.
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If you're still looking to fill your schedule this weekend, here's some ideas from the weekend calendar.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=#4070;weekend headline banner]
Coming up......Valley Metro Shuttle hopes to rescue Roanoke from a parking dilemma today - as huge crowds come to the Star City.
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[anchor=Denise]
[graphic=None]
And, the Reverend Jesse Jackson comes to Roanoke tomorrow.
Details are just ahead.
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Roanoke is hoping to keep parking headaches at bay today thanks to the Valley Metro Shuttle...
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
The Star City is hosting a variety of big events- including tonight's Dixie Chicks concert at the Civic Center... the Taste of the Blue Ridge Blues and Jazz Festival at Elmwood Park, and the WVEC Football game at Victory Stadium.
Around 10-THOUSAND people will head to the sold-out Dixie Chicks concert - 18-HUNDRED parking spaces are available at the Civic Center.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=A lot]
((ROBYN SCHON/ROANOKE CIVIC CENTER: A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE VYING FOR THE SAME PARKING SPACES SO WE'RE TRYING TO OFFER THE SHUTTLE SERVICE TO VICTORY STADIUM AND CIVIC CENTER .))
[SUPER=01-Robyn Schon/Roanoke Civic Center]
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[OUT Q=and the Civic Center.]
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[VO-NAT]
Parking and the shuttle service from the Williamson Road and Church Street garages are free.
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[11Olivarri]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=00-26 TC1:44:48]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
An Appomattox woman was sentenced to 44 years in prison for shooting her husband - then dumping his body on a roadside.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Appomattox/File Tape]
A judge sentenced 30-year old Sandra Olivarri yesterday for the murder of her husband.
Nick Olivarri was shot several times in the head, following an argument in the couple's home near Concord in September, 1998.
His wife and another MAN then dumped Olivarri's body in Campbell County where it wasn't discovered for several days.
Sandra Olivarri pled guilty to second degree murder in March.
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
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[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=00-24 1:39:32]
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The money is flowing in for the New River Valley's new high-tech "Commerce Park" ... but getting permission to build on its proposed site is still an obstacle.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Dublin;]
Congressman Rick Boucher delivered a half-million dollar federal grant for the project.
That puts the high-tech industrial park one step closer to its 6-point-5 million dollar construction cost.
But the park has to clear one last hurdle: 200 acres of farmland have to be rezoned for industrial use.
Neighbors are concerned that the industries could bring environmental problems.
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[SOT 1:12:52 - 1:13:01]
[IN Q=We're concerned]
((WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT. A LOT OF ISSUES HAVE BEEN RAISED WITH STORM WATER RUNOFF, CONTAMINATION OF GROUND WATERS.))
[SUPER=01-Charles Cook/Pulaski Co. Board of Supervisors;]
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[OUT Q=ground waters.]
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[anchor=Denise]
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The industrial park would be run jointly by 12 counties and cities ... from Roanoke west to Wythe and Bland Counties.
The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors will vote on rezoning the land September 25th.
[Jackson]
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[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Jesse Jackson]
A prominent Civil Rights leader will be in Roanoke tomorrow - to stump for Senator Chuck Robb and Vice President Gore.
The Reverend Jesse Jackson is also visiting Richmond and Norfolk, before his two P-M appearance at the Marketplace Center in downtown Roanoke.
Organizers say Jackson is working to mobilize Democratic voters for the November elections.
[Atlantis]
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[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=Atlantis]
The Atlantis astronauts began installing a special treadmill today, that future visitors will use to keep their muscles from atrophying in the space station's weightless environment.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-NASA;]
It's one of their last major tasks before Atlantis leaves the space station and heads home.
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[OUT Q=down here]
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[VO-NAT]
The seven-member crew is wrapping up the transfer and stowage of some six-thousand pounds of supplies and equipment for the station's first permanent residents, who will arrive in November.
Atlantis is due back on Earth early Wednesday.
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
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[BOTH MICS HOT]
A new multi-million-dollar Civil War museum will open in Richmond.
We'll have details.
[ANCHOR=Leo]
Plus...
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[VO-NAT]
Will movie-goers fall for "Bait" on the big screen?
Anna Wentworth checked out the film starring Jamie Fox, of "In Living Color" fame...
But first...Your Travel Forecast
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
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[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A new national Civil War museum is coming to downtown Richmond.
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[VO-NAT]
The Tredegar National Civil War Center will share space at the old Confederate munitions plant with the just opened Park Service museum.
The new 37 million dollar national museum will also feature the nation's largest collection of African American Civil War artifacts.
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[SOT 10:22:34]
[IN Q=Richmond is]
((JOHN MOTLEY/MILITARY COLLECTOR: RICHMOND IS THE PLACE. IT IS THE PLACE FOR STARTING A STUDY OF THE CIVIL WAR. IT IS THE PLACE TO START A TOUR. IT IS THE PLACE BECAUSE IT WAS GROUND ZERO DURING THE WAR.))
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[OUT Q=during the war.]
[TALENT=Denise]
[SS=None]
John Motley is a senior vice-president for Connecticut- based Travelers Insurance.
He chose the new Richmond museum project partly because of its commitment to including African American history.
[Sports-plays]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[writer=dal]
[GRAPHIC=VMI Logo]
In state college football VMI is on the road against with East Tennessee State. The Bucs have won four straight from the Keydets in Johnson City. Kickoff is 4 o'clock.
[GRAPHIC=FERRUM LOGO]
The Ferrum Panthers are on the rebound after last week's home loss to Emory and Henry. Ferrum is 1 and 1 heading into its game against Greensboro.
Kickoff at Adams Stadium is one o'clock.
[GRAPHIC=LIBERTY LOGO]
In Lynchburg, The Liberty Flames have a home game against Gardner-Webb. Liberty is 0 and 2. Kickoff at Williams Stadium is 7 o'clock.
[GRAPHIC=COLLEGE FOOTBALL]
Averett College is at home for a one o'clock kickoff against Newport News Apprentice.
The Cougars are 1 and 1 on the season.
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Plus at 3 right here on Your Hometown Station you can catch the Florida Tennessee game.
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=500-18 46:47]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Six rising stars on the Billboard charts call Franklin County home.
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[VO-NAT]
The Clark Family Experience's first single, "Meanwhile Back at the Ranch," is number 44 on Billboard's Country Music charts.
The six brothers frequently open for stars like Tim McGraw, who produced their hit.
They live on a tour bus most of the month -- completing high school by mail.
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[SOT 10:10:08]
[IN Q=You get used]
((AUSTIN CLARK/16 YEARS OLD: YOU GET USED TO IT. YOU KNOW SOMETIMES I WISH I HAD NORMAL FRIENDS. BASKETBALL GAMES, FOOTBALL HIGH, WONDERFUL THINGS LIKE THAT. ASHLEY CLARK/19 YEARS OLD: TELL EM WHAT YOU'RE MISSING SON. AUSTIN CLARK/16 YEARS OLD: BUT THOSE DREAMS ARE GONE NOW.))
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[RUNS=:17]
[OUT Q=dreams are gone now]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Galax/1995;]
The Clarks cut their teeth on bluegrass and gospel. A familiar presence at the Old Fiddlers Convention, they've had a loyal following for years.
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[SOT 00:46]
[IN Q=We like em]
((CHARLES PRUITT/FAN: WE LIKE EM, WE LIKE EM REAL WELL. WE HAVE THEIR TAPES AND PHOTOS AND THEIR GOSPEL SINGING WITH THEIR MOTHER AND FATHER. WE LIKE THEM, WE REALLY DO.))
[SUPER=01-Charles Pruitt/Fan;]
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=we really do]
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[VO-NAT]
Their popularity is on the rise... The Clarks first CD is due is record stores in November.
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[Profile-Preview]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat am]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=Va. Profile #3 TC 1:58:08]
[GRAPHIC=Va. Profile]
Two men with big voices hope to unite the Roanoke Valley for at least one hour every day.
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[SOT 10:25:54]
[IN Q=Hello gentlemen]
((HELLO GENTLEMEN. YOU'RE SOUNDING GREAT THIS MORNING. COMING THROUGH LOUD AND CLEAR. WE THANK YOU.))
[RUNS=:04]
[OUT Q=we thank you]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
The booming voices of Duke Ellington and Ralph Clark come from W-T-O-Y, a small minority-owned radio station in Northwest Roanoke.
Callers are listening.
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[SOT 10:40:24]
[IN Q=Ring]
((RING.... THIS IS MISS CUPCAKE))
[RUNS=:08]
[OUT Q=THIS IS MISS CUPCAKE]
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Duke and Clark call themselves the Project Boys, focusing on local issues and events to boost community involvement.
As for their personal chemistry:
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[SOT 11:15:42]
[IN Q=Most of the time]
((DUKE ELLINGTON/WTOY: MOST OF THE TIME, PRETTY GOOD. RALPH CLARK/WTOY: TOXIC. TOXIC, POISONOUS. ELLINGTON/WTOY: MOST OF THE TIME PRETTY GOOD. WE DO DISAGREE SOMETIMES BUT WE AGREE TO DISAGREE.))
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[OUT Q=TO DISAGREE]
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Tomorrow we'll go inside the W-T-O-Y studios with Duke and Clark - they're the subject of this week's Virginia Profile on News 7 Sunday Morning.
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