18:00-01
1-News-Head
ANCHOR=Keith
Government regulation of tobacco as a drug.
The issue debated in court today, and we'll sum that up for you in a moment
on NEWS 7.
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V/O-NAT
And we'll re-introduce you to a mild mannered deejay who says he's actually
"very quiet and withdrawn."
If you remember Bart Prater, you may wonder about that.
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Sports-head
ANCHOR=Mike ON TAPE
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SOT
IN Q=Well as you
((WELL AS YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE, IT WAS NOT A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
HERE IN DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA. NONE THE LESS, WE'LL JOIN YOU LIVE WITH OUR
FIRST REPORT FROM SPEEDWEEKS 97...OR IS IT SPEED-WET 97? ROBIN, WE NEED YOUR
HELP DOWN HERE.))
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=your help down here.
WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
You got it Mike, a least until Thursday and Friday, when more rain is headed
your way and perhaps some by in our neighborhood.
Tobacco-Suit
ANCHOR=keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-104
GRAPHIC=Tobacco
The issue is being debated more than 100 miles away... but the ramifications
hit much closer to home.
Does the Food and Drug Administration have the right to regulate tobacco?
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Greensboro, NC;
That decision will ultimately be made in a North Carolina courtroom.
Lawyers representing tobacco companies said today the F-D-A never got
Congressional authority to control tobacco.
And thus the rules the government is attempting to implement are not legal.
SUPER=04-File Tape;
On February 28th, a set of government regulations is expected to take
effect.
They include no tobacco sponsorships of sporting events and a ban on hats
and t- shirts.
Lawyers representing the F-D-A argued the government does have the right to
set these rules.
The judge- -who is a former tobacco lobbyist- -says it could take up to 10
weeks to reach a decision.
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Abbott
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#96-107
GRAPHIC=Timothy Abbott
A Pittsylvania County man accused of killing his wife has two weeks to hire
his own attorney.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Chatham;
34- year old Timothy Wayne Abbott was arraigned this morning in Juvenile and
Domestic Relations court.
Abbott was arrested Saturday night for allegedly shooting and killing his
wife outside the home they shared in the Keeling community.
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.;/Saturday;
Sheriff's officials say 31- year old Melissa Faye Holland Abbott was shot
once in the chest and died at the scene.
Authorities say they still don't have a motive.
Abbott is being held without bond.
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Brown
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-105
GRAPHIC=Troy Brown
A Lynchburg man is standing trial for his part in a deadly confrontation
outside a Hill City night club last summer.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg
20- year- old Troy A. Brown is charged with gunning down 18- year- old
Derrick Crews in the early morning hours of July 27th.
The two men had argued outside the Pepper Baux (box) restaurant when Brown
allegedly shot Crews in the chest.
Defense attorneys claim Brown was in fear for his life when he killed Crews.
Prosecutors call it cold- blooded murder.
The jury will hear closing arguments tomorrow morning.
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Third-District
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-102
GRAPHIC=Virginia State Seal
It wasn't on the agenda, but it quickly became topic number one.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
Virginia's now UNconstitutional third congressional district was gingerly
discussed today as Governor George Allen hosted the state's congressional
delegation for a working lunch.
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SOT 34:04 PHOTO OP TAPE
IN Q=All of
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: ALL OF THIS IS UNDER REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION. THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL IS TALKING TO THE VARIOUS PARTIES WHO ARE IN THIS CASE.))
SUPER=@Allen;
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=in this case.
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VO-NAT
Attorney General Jim Gilmore sat with third district Congressman Bobby Scott
today.
A General Assembly briefing on possible re-districting was canceled because
Gilmore has NOT decided whether to appeal Friday's ruling.
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Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE
Still to come on News 7 at Six--
voices we grew up with.
Ted Stone begins a series of reports on some of the disc jockeys
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VO-NAT
who changed the sound of radio in Roanoke and Lynchburg.
Tonight, a visit with a deejay once considered one of the best in the
country.
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ANCHOR=Robin
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I-73
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-2
GRAPHIC=None
The era of the interstate is over.
That's the word today from Virginia Transportation Secretary Robert
Martinez, who says federal dollars are increasingly hard to come by for big
roads.
And news that frustrates southwest and southside Virginians who support
I-73.
Double Boxes=Keith and Ellen/State Microwave
Ellen Qualls is in our Richmond newsroom.
What's the latest on the project?
Live=Ellen Full/State Microwave
SUPER=@Ellen1;
SUPER=05-Richmond;
Keith, with Virginia's Washington delegation in town, Henry County Delegate
Ward Armstrong called together all the interested parties for an update on
I-73.
Last year, there were cheers and pats on the back from Roanoke and
Martinsville for Senator John Warner -- who chairs the committee that picked
the road's route through Virginia.
But this year, the news is grimmer.
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SOT
IN Q=John Warner
SUPER=03-Richmond; :00
SUPER=@Warner; :12
SUPER=@Martinez; :38
SUPER=01-George Lester/Job Link; :52
RUNS=1:11
OUT Q=concern of mine.
(( John Warner says he's filing a bill immediately to re-authorize the six
year ISTEA road building act that helps pay the bills.
But even with a formula that's more generous to Virginia...
sot tape two 05:07:34
((SEN. JOHN WARNER: IT'S GONNA BE A BATTLE ROYAL. WE'RE FIGHTING THE
NORTHEAST STATES. ANOTHER CHAPTER OF THE WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION. WE'RE
GONNA HAVE A REAL FIGHT.))
runs=:09
So IF Warner wins, that means Virginia gets between 60 and 280 million more
dollars a year -- and the Roanoke to state line portion of I-73 could cost a
BILLION dollars by itself.
And it's in competition with projects in Virginia that are just as near and
dear to lawmakers' hearts.
sot TAPE ONE 04:37:14
((ROBERT MARTINEZ/VA. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY: PUT IT REAL STARK FOR
YOURSELVES. I-81 GOES THROUGH MANY OF YOUR DISTRICTS.... DESIGNATED ROUTE.))
runs=:11
Southside manufacturers are NOT cheering.
sot TAPE TWO 05:18:18
((GEORGE LESTER/JOB LINK: WELL I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE MOVING ALONG AS WE ARE.
I'M FRUSTRATED THAT WE'RE NO FURTHER ALONG THAN WE ARE.... 15 YEARS TO 20 YEARS
-- THAT'S A LONG TIME....MAY BE SHELVED ALTOGETHER. AND THAT'S A CONCERN OF
MINE.))
runs=:19))
Live=Ellen Full/State Microwave
SUPER=05-Richmond;
So far, the Commonwealth Transportation Board has authorized six million
dollars over the next few years for picking the exact route out of a five mile
corridor designated now.
Double Boxes=Keith and Ellen/State Microwave
Money beyond that is anybody's guess.
(Keith question: So is anyone suggesting the state earmark some?)
Live=Ellen Full/State Microwave
Well, beyond the public hearings over the exact route, that's the next big
fight.
Supporters of the road aren't too shy to suggest raising the sales tax,
designating toll roads, or selling bonds to raise more state funds.
Medical-Marijuana
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=eea
TAPE#96-108
GRAPHIC=Marijuana
The deputy director of the D-E-A says laws legalizing the medical use of
marijuana won't stop his agents from arresting people who grow it, and
penalizing doctors who prescribe it.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Greg Williams spoke to a meeting of Virginia police chiefs in Roanoke today.
He maintains referendums passed in California and Arizona allowing medical
marijuana are part of a national-wide effort to legalize drugs.
On the other hand, Williams acknowledged that some people distributing the
drug are simply trying to relieve suffering.
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SOT 12:54:19
IN Q=will DEA go out
((GREG WILLIAMS/ DEA DEPUTY DIRECTOR; WILL DEA GO OUT AND ARREST ALL
PRACTITIONERS? PROBABLY NOT.
IF WE IDENTIFY PRACTITIONERS THAT ARE TRULY IN IT JUST FOR MAKING MONEY AND
PROFITING BY THIS, WE WILL MAKE INVESTIGATIONS WITH THE LOCAL DEPARTMENTS.
))
SUPER=01-Greg Williams/DEA Deputy Director;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=the local departments
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Marijuana
Efforts to overturn Virginia's law legalizing medical marijuana are
currently stalled in a state senate committee.
Forbes
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-110
GRAPHIC=Steve Forbes
A year after he surprised a lot of his fellow Republicans in the primaries,
former presidential candidate Steve Forbes says he's "not" ruling out another
run at political office.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg
Forbes was in Lynchburg today, addressing students and faculty at Liberty
University.
The champion of the flat tax, Forbes also tackled the issues of education,
abortion and moral decay...all things he wants to see addressed in the next
campaign.
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SOT 11:19:41
IN Q=Can't rule anything
((STEVE FORBES/FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: CAN'T RULE ANYTHING IN OR OUT AT
THIS STAGE. WHAT I AM DOING IS LAUNCHING AN ORGANIZATION CALLED `AMERICANS FOR
HOPE, GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY', TO PROMOTE THESE ISSUES SO THAT WE DO GET A
POSITIVE AGENDA ON THE NATIONAL AGENDA IN 1998 AND THE YEAR 2000.))
SUPER=01-Steve Forbes/Former Presidential Candidate; :00
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=the year 2000.
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VO-NAT
Forbes was invited to Liberty after speaking at several prayer breakfasts
with the Reverend Jerry Falwell.
Oklahoma congressman J.C. Watts is scheduled to appear next month.
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Stocks
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE
On Wall Street the Dow started the week with a loss, DOWN 49 points, closing
at 68 hundred seven.
NASDAQ dropped 22 points.
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RUNS=:25
SUPER=x5005;
Voices-Bart
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6PM
WRITER=TST
TAPE#97-10
GRAPHIC=Voices From The Past
**Note Anchor Tag with Wipe**
If you grew up listening to the radio -- if you ever had a favorite song --
then you probably had a favorite disc jockey.
The old songs are still around, but whatever happened to those radio voices
from the past?
Recently, News 7's Ted Stone went looking for a few of the deejays many of
us remember. In a five-part series this week, he'll be showing us what he
found.
Tonight, he has an update on a Roanoke deejay who once made national
entertainment news.
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SOT
IN Q=For almost
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00
SUPER=04-1977; :22
SUPER=@ted2; :35
SUPER=01-Bart Prater/Former WROV Disc Jockey; :49
SUPER=03-Roanoke/1988; :56
SUPER=03-Detroit; 2:10
RUNS=2:13
OUT Q=News 7.
((For almost 30 years, WROV-AM was one of the top radio stations in the
Roanoke Valley.
With a signal that barely reached Bedford, the station relied on a
procession of talented disc jockeys to keep listeners tuning in.
All of them were part of the station's success, but it's doubtful any of
them achieved as much recognition as a lanky guy from Marion with an
unmistakable voice.
((BART PRATER/FORMER WROV DISC JOCKEY: IT'S 98 DEGREES AT THREE O'CLOCK.))
((BART PRATER/FORMER WROV DISC JOCKEY: IT WAS A HOT LITTLE RADIO STATION. ONE
KILOWATT OF AM, BUT IT WAS A DOMINATE STATION.))
Bart Prater's growl radiated out on that one kilowatt from 1968 until 1981.
But as with other deejays, the listeners never know him as well as they
thought they did.
((BART PRATER/FORMER WROV DISC JOCKEY: THE MICROPHONE WAS MY BEST FRIEND. I
WOULD TELL IT EVERYTHING. PEOPLE ALWAYS THOUGHT I WAS RELATIVELY NUTS AND
OUTGOING, AND I'M NOT. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY QUIET AND WITHDRAWN.))
That didn't stop him from tormenting WROV's owner, the late Burt Levine,
with some devilish practical jokes.
((BART PRATER: FIND THE FISH. THAT WAS A FAVORITE ONE OF MINE. I'D GO FISHING
DOWN BEHIND THE RADIO STATION EVERY DAY ON MY LUNCH BREAK AND CATCH A BREAM,
AND PUT IT IN THE BUILDING SOMEWHERE. AND THEN PEOPLE WOULD HOPEFULLY FIND IT
EVENTUALLY. ONE LASTED FOR TWO WEEKS MOUNTED ON A PLAQUE IN THE FRONT LOBBY,
AND FINALLY BURT NOTICED IT.))
In 1975, Billboard Magazine named Prater the nation's "Radio Personality of
The Year" for markets under one-million people.
((BART PRATER: GOT ME A TRIP TO CALIFORNIA AND SOME JOB OFFERS, AND IT WAS A
LOT OF FUN. I GOT TO MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE.))
He passed up the offers and stayed in Roanoke, and did a stint at K-92 in
the 1980s.
These days, Bart and his best friend are no longer on speaking terms. Yet
they're never far apart.
He's now an engineer at public radio station WVTF, helping to bring you the
hits by Beethoven, Mozart and Vivaldi.
((VOICE OF BART PRATER: ALSO CHANGE THE LIGHTBULBS.))
The deejay once known as the "Wizard of Rock" admits he's even developing a
taste for classical music.
As for his own future on the air -- don't start scanning the dial.
((BART PRATER: I THINK I SAID EVERYTHING I HAD TO SAY. TWICE.))
He may have signed off for good in Roanoke, but there's an echo of the old
Wizard in the air up north. His son is a deejay at station in Detroit.
Ted Stone, News 7.))
WIPE/WIPE/WIPE
Next-Voices
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6PM
WRITER=TST
TAPE#96-101
GRAPHIC=wipe wipe wipe
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VO-NAT
Tomorrow on Voices From The Past, we'll meet a deejay who's being heard in
Roanoke now, years after he made his mark in Lynchburg at the old W-L-L-L.
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SOT (UNDER VIDEO)
IN Q=I'm a dinosaur
((VOICE OF DISC JOCKEY: I'M A DINOSAUR IN THIS MARKET, REALLY.))
RUNS=:02
OUT Q=this market, really.
Sports tease
ANCHOR=steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=none
MIke Stevens will join us live from Daytona with a speedweeks report on a
rather damp day, The maroons talk about turning things around tonight against
Lynchburg,
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VO-NAT
and the Express man handled the Renegades early and held on for a win,
highlights in sports.
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S-Daytona
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=
GRAPHIC=Daytona
The final week of preparations for this Sunday's Daytona 500 were put on
hold today as rain saturated the 2.5 mile oval.
DOUBLE BOX/MIKE AND STEVE
Mike Stevens and photographer Lynn Eller braved the elements earlier today and
Mike now joins us from the Speedway, Mike I hope this bad weather is not a sign
or anything.
SUPER=@Mike1; :00
SUPER=06-Daytona Beach, FL; :00
MIKE ADD LIBS INTO INTERVIEW WITH MIKE SKINNER.
SUPER=01-Mike Skinner/Daytona 500 Pole Winner; :00
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VO-NAT Rolled from Starlink
SUPER=04-Saturday; :(B ROLLED OVER SECOND QUESTION)
SUPER=04-1996 Season; :(B-ROLLED OVER 3RD QUESTIONS)
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MIKE ADD LIBS AND TOSSES BACK TO STEVE.
MIKE AND STEVE DOUBLE BOX
S-Maroons
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=BB97-1
GRAPHIC=ODAC
The Valentine month has been more like the heartbreak tour for the Roanoke
College mens basketball team. The Maroons have lost all 5 February ODAC
contests. But Page Moir is keeping the regular season in perspective
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SOT
IN Q="tHE
((PAGE MOIR/ROANOKE HEAD COACH:))
SUPER=01-Page Moir/Roanoke Head Coach; :00
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=...in my eyes
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VO-NAT(Con't)
SUPER=03-Lynchburg/February, 3rd;
Roanoke lost to Lynchburg last Monday, the third loss of the current 5 game
skid.
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SOT
IN Q="when
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=...rights back"
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S-Stars
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=BB97-3
GRAPHIC=none
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VO-NAT Wipe to #eng
SUPER=03-Cleveland, OH/Last Night; :00
In the NBA, the East beat the West in the all star game yesterday. Charlotte
Hornet Glen Rice captured the MVP trophy with his 26 point performance.
While no one could question Rice's game, everyone was wondering wether or
not this was Jordan's last all star game.
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SOT
IN Q="it
((MICHAEL JORDAN/CHICAGO BULLS FORWARD:))
SUPER=01-Micheal Jordan/Chicago Bulls Guard; :00
RUNS=:21
OUT Q=...old i am"
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S-Express
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=ICE-97
GRAPHIC=Express/Checkers
The Express returns to the Round House ice Wednesday night to face the
Charlotte Checkers.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Richmond/Express vs. Renegades; :00
Last Night, the east division 4th place Express beat the 2nd place
Renegades 4-3 in Richmond thanks to Jeff Loder's hat trick! Loder Scored 2 of
his three under 30 second a part in the 2nd period.
Richmond did fight back, as Roanoke's SUPER=38-Roanoke/4/Richmond/3;
Jason Smith and Tommy Holmes get into it.
The Renegades mounted a late charge but Express Goalie Dave Gagnon turned
away shot after shot after shot as Roanoke holds on for the 4-3 win.
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Wx-Tape
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SUPER=X5001;
Promo
ANCHOR=Keith
(toss to Jean)
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#Promo
Last week it was the State of the Union address.. this week it's the state
of the city...the city of Lynchburg that is.
Double Boxes=Keith and Jean/Newsroom
Jean Jadhon is here to tell us about that.
Live=Jean Full/Newsroom
SUPER=@Jean1;
Keith, Lynchburg mayor Jim Whitaker will deliver his annual state of the
city address tonight from city hall..
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VO-NAT
Whitaker is the only Hill City mayor to give this kind of speech... in the
past he's touched on the economic health of the city, and the major issues he
sees confronting Lynchburg in the coming year.
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Talent=Jean Full/Newsroom
We'll have the story, plus all the latest news, weather, and sports tonight
on News 7 at 11. Keith?
Talent=Keith
And for the region's first TEN O'clock newscast,
Take Prime Time Board Fullscreen
tune in to News-7 Prime Time
on W-E-F-C.
It's on Channel 38 "over the air," and on a lot of cable systems. For
example we're on Cable Channel nine in Lynchburg.
And don't forget to tune in to News 7 at 11, right here on W-D-B-J.
Talent=Keith
by SS