DATE: 1/14/05

CONTACT: Bob McAnally, (864) 656-7458

EDITOR: Diane Palmer, (864) 656-4741

Your Day radio schedule for week of Jan. 17

CLEMSON -- The following "Your Day" radio programs from Clemson University Radio Productions are scheduled to air on the South Carolina Educational Radio Network for the week of Jan. 17. The program airs from noon to 1 p.m. , Monday through Thursday. Listeners can call in questions during a "live” show by using the toll-free phone number: 1-888-539-8859.

MONDAY, JAN. 17 -- Preserving the African American Legacy . Bob Becker, director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs, spoke with Grant Cunningham of the Pendleton Foundation for Black History and Culture.

Survivors, not victims -- Gary Melton, director of the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, speaks with Psychology Professor Mike Wessells of Randolph Macon College , a child protection specialist with the Christian Children’s Fund. Wessells is serving in the disaster relief effort in Chennai , India .

Trio Solisti -- Mickey Harder, director of the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts at Clemson University , visits backstage with members of this unique trio. Selections from their Oct. 27, 2004 performance at the Brooks Center will be played.

TUESDAY, JAN. 18 -- A live call-in segment on gardening in South Carolina . Host F. Brian Smith, Clemson Extension agent in Charleston County , will take your lawn and garden questions. Use the toll-free number 888-539-8859 . For additional gardening advice, contact the Clemson Extension Home and Garden Information Center.

A live call-in segment on insects and other household pests -- Ask the bug guys about the creatures you’ve encountered. Charlotte Holt hosts Clemson Extension Entomologist Eric Benson and Cam Lay, assistant department head for Pesticide Regulation. Use the toll-free number 888-539-8859. For additional insect information, visit the Clemson University Entomology website.

W EDNESDAY, JAN. 19 -- The Security of the American Food Supply -- Libby Hoyle, Clemson Extension food and nutrition specialist in the Clemson University Department of Packaging Sciences, talks with Tim Drake of the Department of Pesticide Regulation and Regulatory Services and Rebecca Causey from the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.

A live call-in program on pet-care issues . Glenn Birrenkott of the Clemson University Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences hosts Dr. Bobby Long of Magnolia Veterinary Clinic in Anderson . Listeners may call in with questions via the toll-free number: 888-539-8859.

THURSDAY, JAN. 20 -- The 55 th Presidential Inauguration . In a special 11 a.m. edition of Your Day, Bob Becker, director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs, talks with Adam Warber, a professor in the Clemson University political science department, who specializes in the American Presidency. NPR coverage of the inauguration begins at 11:30 a.m.

For more information on these programs, contact Bob McAnally, producer, at (864) 656-7458.

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