THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, June 16, 1996 TAG: 9606130200
SECTION: CAROLINA COAST PAGE: 24 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: John Harper
LENGTH: 70 lines
RADIO'S BIG BOOK is out, and the winners in four regional counties are FM stations WVOD, WRSF, WKJX and WCMS.
The Arbitron Company's 1996 Radio County Coverage Report shows that for listeners 12 and older, alternative WVOD 99.l was Dare County's top station.
Country stations WNHW 92.5 and WRSF 105.7 tied for second place. Tied for third were modern rock WERX 102.5 and adult contemporary WOBR 95.3. Christian formatted WOBR-AM 1530, was ranked fourth. Beach music/adult contemporary WCXL 104.1 finished fifth.
Arbitron statistics in Dare County were based on 104 residents who filled out a weeklong diary indicating their listening habits. That number, according to the Laurel, Md.-based survey company, is a representative sample of the 22,100 year-round residents of the county.
Advertising agencies use the numbers to determine the best buys for their clients. Radio station managers and programmers crunch the numbers to find out if their station is reaching its intended audience.
Hampton Roads' country giant WCMS 100.5 claimed Currituck County's top spot. WERX was a strong second, followed by the now-defunct WKOC 93.7 (the Coast) and Virginia Beach oldies station WLTY 95.7.
Elizabeth City country station WKJX 96.7 led the pack in Pasquotank County, the largest radio market in northeastern North Carolina.
Also in Pasquotank, nostalgia WCNC-AM 1240 tied Hampton Roads stations WKOC, WNOR 98.7 and WNVZ 104.5 for second place. WCXL, WRSF, WAFX 106.9 and WCMS finished in a dead heat for third.
WRSF was the overwhelming favorite in Perquimans County, followed by WKJX, WCNC and WAFX. The Amazing Sandman shifts venues
Outer Banks stage hypnotist Dan Sanders, who moved his act several times last year, has made the Holiday Inn in Kill Devil Hills his permanent summer home.
Stage hypnosis? What's up with that? The Amazing Sandman speaks from his Kill Devil Hills sandcastle.
Q. Tell me about this thing called stage hypnosis.
A. Stage hypnosis is what I'm trained to do. But what I do on stage is a comedy hypnosis show.
Q. How many stage hypnotists are there in this country?
A. Not more that a couple of dozen who actually make a living at it. It takes a long time to learn the art. Just because you know the mechanics doesn't mean you can do it on stage. Anybody can squeeze a tube of paint, but an artist can squeeze the paint on canvas to paint a picture.
Q. Can anyone be hypnotized?
A. Yes. Hypnosis is like falling asleep. Some people take longer to fall asleep than others, but eventually everyone goes to sleep.
Q. Don't most people fear that while under hypnosis they may do something that goes against their conscience? Like a striptease, for instance.
A. Generally, people won't do anything that's against their morals or values. And I wouldn't ask them to do that.
Q. What's a typical Sandman show?
A. The entire show lasts about 90 minutes. The show changes nightly because I change the show to fit the personalities of the people I'm working with. My goal is show the lighter side of hypnosis. But I also want to show the potential of hypnosis, how it can bring positive change into one's life. But the stage show is definitely comedy. I had a guy the other night say he had never laughed so hard.
MEMO: Dan Sanders, the Amazing Sandman, performs 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday-Saturday at the Holiday Inn in Kill Devil Hills. ILLUSTRATION: Staff photo by DREW C. WILSON
Johnny Crook is program director at WVOD-FM in Manteo, the No. 1
station in Dare County according to a listener survey. by CNB