Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, January 25, 1992 TAG: 9201240332
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-6 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Kim Sunderland
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
YOUR RADIO CAN TAKE YOU ALMOST AROUND THE WORLD THIS WEEK
INTERNATIONAL: You can travel abroad to a different country through music this week.WVRU's "International Folk Music Hour," today 2-3 p.m., features the music of France.
"Lakutshon Ilanga: Music Is a Healer" airs on WVRU Tuesday at 8 p.m. The 13 segments in this series feature South African music and use local people as guides to the various aspects of African music. The third part is titled "Music of South Africa's Women."
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: The DARE program will be discussed on WVRU's "Talk of the Town" Wednesday at 8 p.m. and Friday at 1:30 p.m.
"Speakers Corner" is on WVRU Monday at 1 p.m. with anchorman Roger Mudd, who this week interviews Herbert Simon, a Nobel laureate in economics, a pioneer of political science and artificial intelligence, who will discuss the evolution of thinking machines.
WJJJ has Paul Harvey twice today, 8:30 a.m. and 12:10 p.m., with quips on events, people, news and comment.
\ LIVE: Want to perform live on WFNR's "Bluegrass Talk Back" show Thursday, 8-9 p.m.? Call the station at 382-6106.
WVVV still needs DJs for Friday. You don't have to be a professional, just a willing participant. Send your name to "Dino's DJs" at the station and you might be chosen as the next DJ to staff the airwaves for an hour. Call 382-4993 for more information.
Basketball coverage for Tuesday's Virginia Tech-Louisville home game at 7 p.m. can be heard over WVVV, WKEX, WJJJ, WRAD and WRIQ.
WKEX covers Blacksburg High School at Carroll County on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
\ WHAT'S NEW? WVRU's "Atmospheres" has added an hour on Sunday, 2-5 p.m., with new age and electronic music. This week's segment includes tunes from Spencer Brewer, Michael Jones and David Lanz.
\ CHILDREN: WBLB's "Kid's Corner," Mondays at 4:30 p.m., has child DJs, tunes and talk, Bible stories and discussions.
WUVT's "Hickory Dickory Dock" airs Saturday mornings, 9-11, with call-ins, children's poems, songs and discussions.
\ JAZZ: WUVT has it 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," with 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" is Wednesday at 9:30 p.m.
\ ROCK: WVRU's "Long Live Rock" begins a three part series on the Doobie Brothers Monday at 9 p.m.
On WVVV this week: "The King Biscuit Flower Hour," Sunday at 10 p.m., has Van Morrison; "Metal Shop" airs Wednesday at 11 p.m.; Tin Machine is featured on this week's "Album Feature" Sunday at 11 p.m.; "In the Studio," Sunday at 9 p.m., has "Second Helping" by Lynyrd Skynyrd; Friday's "Five at Five" has Led Zeppelin; "Rockline," Monday at 11:30, has Tesla and The Storm.
\ COUNTRY: WFNR has "Grand Old Country" today, 8-10 p.m., with golden country oldies.
WPSK airs "Star Trax" Sunday at 10 p.m. and "American Country Countdown," with the Top 40 of the week, 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, 1-5 p.m.
\ GOSPEL/CHRISTIAN: WKEX simulcasts "Focus on the Family," weekdays at 9:05 a.m. and 6:05 p.m. This week's programming is: "Understanding Physical Development" Monday and Tuesday; "The Sounds of Life" on Wednesday; and "Making Your Marriage Work," Thursday and Friday.
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.
\ 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