Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, July 13, 1995 TAG: 9507130017
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: CODY LOWE
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Woods' last day on the air was Sunday, according to WSLS-TV general manager Randy Smith.
"Nola wanted to go to a state capital and report on politics," Smith said. The station to which she's moving will not officially become the NBC affiliate until this fall, but it is putting together a news operation from scratch this summer, Smith said.
"This is a good opportunity" for Woods, he said.
The station is looking at candidates from both inside and outside the station for a replacement, Smith said.
The cable television industry is teaming up with the national Parent-Teacher Association to create a "Family and Community Critical Viewing Project" to help families make better choices in the TV programs they watch and improve the way they watch those programs.
A half-day session will be held in Farmville on Friday to train cable representatives and PTA members to teach the program in their local communities.
One of those attending will be Sharron Davies, community relations and education manager for Cox Cable Roanoke.
"We're going to do the workshops next year, probably beginning in January," Davies said.
The sessions deal with issues such as how to set and stick to rules for TV viewing; recognizing how television can be used to manipulate viewers; how to talk to children about violence on TV; and initiating "positive and educational family discussions" after watching TV.
Top-ranked radio station WYYD (107.9 FM) has been nominated in five categories for Billboard Airplay Monitor awards.
For the second consecutive year, WYYD will compete for the Small Market Country Radio Station of the Year.
Robynn Jaymes, assistant program director and music director for the station, has been nominated for music director and local air personality awards.
The station's "After Midnite with Blair Garner" program has been nominated for syndicated program of the year, and Garner will compete for syndicated air personality of the year.
Former Roanoke/Lynchburg radio DJ Joe Martin, known most recently as "Brother Louie" on WRDJ/WLDJ (105.3 and 102.7 FM), has been named program director of WKBC-FM in North Wilkesboro, N.C.
Martin left the Roanoke/Lynchburg oldies stations this spring.
WDBJ-TV (Channel 7) recently changed its weekday late-night programming line-up, dropping "The Jon Stewart Show" and moving "The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder" into the 12:35 a.m. time slot.
Snyder's show immediately follows "The Late Show with David Letterman" and is produced by Letterman's Worldwide Pants company.
The station now airs the Maury Povich talk show at 1:35 a.m., followed by "The Cosby Show," "The Honeymooners" and "Up to the Minute," a news program that airs Monday through Thursday mornings from 4 to 5 a.m. On Friday mornings, the station airs movies from 4 until 6 a.m.
People who live in regions of the country similar to Southwest Virginia where there is only one public television station may get a better appreciation for Congress' apparent willingness to cut funding for public broadcasting when they learn that Washington-area TV viewers have access to no less than six public television stations.
A programming comparison in Broadcasting and Cable magazine shows that it's possible, if you live in just the right area, to watch "Sesame Street" from 8:30 until 11:30 a.m. each morning or the "MacNeil/Lehrer Report" each evening from 6 until 8 p.m.
Of course, the overlapping signals also give viewers lots of choices, including a station with extensive on-air foreign-language instruction and a selection of children's programming in the evening hours as well as in the morning.
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