DATE:     10/15/02
CONTACT:  Sue Hovey, (864) 427-6259; skhovey@clemson.edu              
WRITER:   Diane Palmer, (864) 656-4741; spalmer@clemson.edu

Radio program wins
national award

     CLEMSON -- Two Clemson Extension educators have been honored with
a national award for radio communications in the area of nutrition.
     Sue Hovey, Extension agent in Union County and Libby Hoyle,
Extension nutritionist and food safety specialist, received the award
from the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
(NEAFCS) recently in Kansas City, Mo., for their Your Day "Food For
Thought" radio program on whole grains. The program aired July 18, 2001
on S.C. Educational Radio.
     The program reached approximately 20,000 people and received the
most call-in questions and after-air e-mail requests for the 2001 year,
except for one other program. The program was also first in the
Southern region of NEAFCS.
     Your Day is a Clemson University daily radio program that airs
Monday - Thursday from noon to 1 p.m.  "Food for Thought" is broadcast
on Wednesdays beginning at 12:30 p.m.
     The award was sponsored by the American Income Life Insurance
Company.
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