Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, January 11, 1992 TAG: 9201100257
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Kim Sunderland
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
LIVE BLUEGRASS SHOW THURSDAY ON WFNR
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 Friday. 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 VCU game at 2:30 p.m. can be heard over WVVV, WKEX, WJJJ, WRAD and WRIQ. Those stations will also have Tech at Tulane on Thursday beginning at 7:30 p.m.
WKEX covers Blacksburg High School at Radford on Friday beginning at 7:30 p.m.
\ WHAT'S NEW? WVRU has "Lakutshon Ilanga: Music Is a Healer" beginning 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.
WKEX runs a silver anniversary special Sunday, 3-4 p.m., on The Gathers.
\ NEWS: WVRU's public information program, "Talk of the Town," airs Wednesday at 8 p.m. and Friday at 1:30 p.m. This week's program includes an interview with Buddy Johnston, director of the financial aid department at Radford University, who will discuss the university's upcoming Financial Aid Awareness Night.
"Speakers Corner" airs on WVRU Monday at 1 p.m. with anchorman Roger Mudd, who this week interviews Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens on the court's proper role when it comes to defining the meaning and intent of the Bill of Rights.
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" airs Monday at 9 p.m. with the second part of a feature on Steely Dan, covering the years since 1976.
On WVVV this week: "New Music Exclusives," Sunday at 7:30 p.m., has U2, Soundgarden and the Pixies; "Reeling In the Years," Sunday 9-11 a.m., features artists of the '60s and '70s; "The King Biscuit Flower Hour," Sunday at 10 p.m., has Aerosmith; "Metal Shop" airs Wednesday at 11 p.m.; Led Zeppelin's "Houses of the Holy" is this week's "Album Feature," Sunday at 11 p.m.; "In the Studio," Sunday 9 p.m., has The Doors; and Friday's "Five at Five" has the Waterboys.
\ 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.
WVVV's "True Blues" airs Sunday at 8 p.m. with music from the legends and the newcomers.
\ CHILDREN: WBLB's "Kids' Corner," Mondays at 4:30 p.m., has child DJs, tunes and talk, plus Bible stories 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.
\ COUNTRY: WFNR has "Grand Old Country" today, 8-10 p.m., with golden country oldies.
WPSK's got "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.
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.\
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