DATE: 9/6/05

CONTACT: Bob McAnally, (864) 656-7458

Your Day radio schedule for week of Sept. 12

CLEMSON -- The following "Your Day" radio programs from Clemson University Radio Productions are scheduled to air on South Carolina ETV Radio for the week of September 12, 2005 . 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, SEP. 12 –-Making sense of South Carolina ’s downgraded bond rating. Dr. Bob Becker, Director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University talks with Dr. Holley Ulbrich, Alumna Professor Emerita of Economics at Clemson University and a Senior Fellow in the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs.

Without the wetlands. Peter Kent and wetlands expert, Clemson University Environmental Toxicologist Dr. John Rodgers, consider the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina and discuss the clean-up work facing communities along the gulf coast after the waters recede.

Watching in the Night. Emergency room physician Dr. Edwin Leap shares his thoughts on working the night shift at an upstate hospital in this essay from his book: Working Knights.

A journey through music . Roy Scott talks with singer-songwriter-artist Richie Havens prior to his September 15 th performance at the Handlebar in Greenville . We sample music from his past and from his newest CD Grace of the Sun.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 13 –An hour of conversation on bugs and other creatures. Listeners are invited to drive the discussion during an expanded edition of our live call-in program on insects, spiders and other household pests. Charlotte Holt hosts Dr. Eric Benson, Clemson Extension Entomologist and Cam Lay, Assistant Department Head of Pesticide Regulation at Clemson University . For additional insect information, visit ENTWEB, the Clemson University Entomology website. Call in with your questions via our tollfree number: 888-539-8859.

W EDNESDAY, SEPT. 14 -– A Barbecue Tradition in Leesville. Libby Hoyle, Extension Food and Nutrition Specialist in the Clemson University Department of Packaging Sciences visits with Jacky Hite, owner of Hite’s Barbecue, and Lake High, Jr., president of the SC Barbecue Association.

A live call-in segment on petcare issues. Host Glenn Birrenkott of the Clemson University Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences is joined by Anderson veterinarian Bobby Long of Magnolia Veterinary Clinic. Listeners may call in via the toll-free number 888-539-8859.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 15 – Fuel Cell Research. Donna London of the Jim Self Center on the Future talks with John Van Zee, director of the National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Fuel Cells at the University of South Carolina .

Mapping technology on the Internet. Eric Rodgers learns the latest on using the Internet to view maps and find directions with podcaster and blogger Phil Yanov, executive director of the GSA Technology Council and president of Thinkhammer Communications.

A sign of summer’s end. Charleston County Extension Agent F. Brian Smith describes the beauty berry plant as a harbinger of autumn.

The Right Tool. Greenville writer Heather MacGruder reads her short, short story, a winner of the 2005 Piccolo Fiction Open, a literary component of the Piccolo Spoleto Arts Festival and sponsored by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs.

An entrée at an upstate restaurant. L ibby Hoyle, Extension Food and Nutrition Specialist in the Clemson University Department of Packaging Science , visits with Executive Chef Steven Devereaux Greene of Devereaux’s in Greenville , SC.

For more information on these programs, contact Your Day at (864) 656-7458.

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