Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, March 24, 1990 TAG: 9003231941
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Kim Sunderland
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
WVVV is live at Triangle Lanes in Christiansburg today at 1 p.m., promoting the Big Brothers/Big Sisters fund-raiser, "Bowl For Kids' Sake." Sign up for free bowling to raise money and win prizes. Call 381-0300.
WPSK will be on location at Pulaski Motors today, noon-2 p.m., to give out T-shirts, video movies and concert tickets to Conway Twitty and George Jones.
To kick off spring, WJJJ has challenged WRIQ and WRAD to a rematch lawn mower race today at 2 p.m. in Lowe's parking lot, Christiansburg. During the first match March 10, the sister stations won. They'll race rain or shine.
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. WFNR will tape the Goins Brothers concert, with the Lost & Found band, at Peterstown (W.Va.) High School.
On Tuesday, the WFNR gang provides live tunes for John Deere Day at Christiansburg High. The 7:30 p.m. event, which premieres new tractors, includes the Bolt Brothers.
Also Tuesday, Billy Hale, general manager of WBLB, returns from Russia and distributing Bibles. The station raised $1,400 to buy the Russian Bibles.
\ ROCK: On WVRU this week: "Long Live Rock" Monday 9 p.m. features part two of a Rush special. "Music View," which premieres progressive rock and has interviews and prizes, airs Monday 8:30 p.m.
On WVVV this week: today 9-11 a.m. is "Flashback" to 1971. "Reeling In The Years" on Sunday 9-noon, airs Pete Townshend, Warren Zevon and Gary Wright. "In The Studio" on Sunday 8 p.m. features "Business As Usual" by Men At Work. "Album Feature" on Sunday 11 p.m. spotlights "Damn The Torpedoes" by Tom Petty. "Rock Line" Monday at 11:30 p.m. has Ovation-Guitar of the Stars Sweepstakes; listen for details.
\ COMEDY: All day April 1 will be "America's Comedy" on WRIQ's "Country Coast to Coast" with music and prizes.
WVVV's "Comedy Hour" Sunday 9 p.m. includes Robin Williams, Robert Klein, Louis Anderson and a Jay Leno interview.
\ COUNTRY: WPSK's "All Request Saturday Night" runs 6-midnight. Call 633-1071 from Montgomery County and Radford and 980-1071 from Pulaski and Wythe counties.
Tonight, 6-10, is "American Country Countdown" on WPSK with the nation's top 40 from artists like Randy Travis and the Charlie Daniels Band.
Monday, 7-10 p.m., is a WKEX Dolly Parton special. On Wednesday, it's a WKEX Oak Ridge Boys feature program.
Tuesday is WPSK's "Best Night of Radio on Radio" with the NRV's Top 25, 8-10 p.m., followed by "Disc Jockey Records & Tapes CD of the Week" featuring Willie Nelson's "A Horse Called Music."
"Ralph Emery Show," aired 10:30 a.m. weekdays on WRAD and 2:30 p.m. weekdays on WKEX, spotlights Ronny McDowell.
Call WPUV at 980-1580 to sign up to be on "Banded Hub Hoedown," the station's live local musician program, for next Saturday.
\ MORE NEWS: WVRU's "Talk of the Town," Wednesday 8 p.m. and Friday 1:30 p.m., discusses steroid use and abuse.
WKEX's "Focus On The Family," weekdays at 9 a.m. and 6:05 p.m.: "Health Challenges" Monday; "Teaching Children About Money" Tuesday; and "Adrenaline and Stress" Wednesday-Friday.
\ GOSPEL: A new WKEX feature, after its 6 a.m. sign-on, is a morning prayer this week led by Rev. Jack Minnick, pastor of Blacksburg United Methodist.
The Spencers and the Bishops will be at Auburn High for a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Look for WBLB and WFNR staffers.
WRAD and WRIQ's "Gospel Showcase" airs Sunday 8 to midnight with hosts Larry Morris and Randy Luddington.
WPUV's "Gospel Express" airs noon-4 p.m. and the "Curtis Mathes Bluegrass Hour" runs 4-5 p.m. on Friday with the Friends of Bluegrass.
\ JAZZ: WVRU's "Jazz Notes" airs Friday, 7 p.m., and "Mellow Tones" airs 9-11 p.m. Sunday.
\ 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\ WRIQ-FM (101.7) in Radford\ WVVV-FM (104.9) in Blacksburg\ WPSK-FM (107.1) in Pulaski
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