DATE: 12/7/06

CONTACT: Bob McAnally, (864) 656-7458

Your Day radio schedule for week of Dec. 11

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 Dec. 11. The program airs from noon to 1:00 p.m. , Monday through Thursday. Listeners can call in during a "live” show by using the toll-free phone number: 1-888-539-8859.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2006

Former Governor Robert McNair recalls civil rights days in South Carolina .Dr. Bob Becker, director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University , talks with former Governor Robert McNair, the subject of a new book by Phil Grose of the Institute for Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina, South Carolina at the Brink: Robert McNair and the Politics of Civil Rights.

Rural Childhoods. Dr. Mark Small of the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life at Clemson University speaks with Nicola Taylor, a senior research fellow at the Children’s Issues Centre at the University of Otago in New Zealand, during a recent study group on rural childhood sponsored by Childwatch International and the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life.

An update on Internet browsers. Eric Rodgers talks with Phil Yanov, executive director of the GSA Technology Council and president of Thinkhammer Communications, about the latest from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla’s Firefox.

Clowning around. Bob Schuster talks with Susan Lark of Clowns for Christ, a volunteer organization that has fulfilled a niche in Anderson for 30 years by dressing as clowns to visit National Health Care of Anderson and other nursing facilities and hospitals.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2006
A live call-in hour on gardening topics. Dr. Lisa Wagner, education director for the SC Botanical Garden, and Meg Williamson, plant disease diagnostician for the Clemson University Plant Problem Clinic . Phone in with questions via the tollfree number 888-539-8859. For additional insect information, visit the Clemson University Entomology website.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2006
A live call-in hour on pet healthcare issues . Dr. Glenn Birrenkott of the Clemson University Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, hosts Dr. Nathan Craddock of Tiger Town Animal Hospital in Clemson. Listeners may call in with questions via the toll-free number: 888-539-8859.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2006
An award-winning police annex. Donna London, director of the Jim Self Center on the Future, talks with Mayor Andy Ingram of Cheraw about a new police annex that won an achievement award from the Municipal Association of South Carolina.

Grilled Stuffed Calamari. Libby Hoyle, Clemson Extension food and nutrition specialist, visits the kitchen of Roberts of Charleston and talks with Chef Robert Dickson and his daughter Chef MariElena Raya.

A live call-in segment on the Internet and related technologies.  Eric Rodgers hosts Internet expert and blogger Phil Yanov, executive director of the GSA Technology Council and president of Thinkhammer Communications. Listeners may call in via the tollfree number 888-539-8859 to ask questions about using the Internet, computers, new digital devices, and related topics during the second half of Your Day.

For more information, contact Your Day at (864) 656-7458 or visit http://yourday.clemson.edu.

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