DATE: 1/23/06

CONTACT: Bob McAnally, (864) 656-7458

Your Day radio schedule for week of Jan. 30

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 Jan. 30. 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. 30 –-The Saluda Reedy Watershed Consortium. Bob Becker, director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University , talks with Jennifer Rennicks, watershed project coordinator from Upstate Forever.

Psychological issues in infancy and early childhood. Gary Melton, director of the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life at Clemson University , talks with Dr. Diane Willis, professor emerita of pediatric psychology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

Two stories of South Carolina . Dr. Michelle Martin, specialist in children’s and young adult literature in the Clemson University English Department, talks with writer Margo Theis Raven, author of two books inspired by true South Carolina stories: Circle Unbroken and Let Them Play.

TUESDAY, JAN. 31 – A live call-in hour on insects and other household pests. Charlotte Holt hosts Cam Lay, assistant department head for Pesticide Regulation, and Eric Benson, Clemson Extension urban entomologist. For additional insect information, visit the Clemson University Entomology website. Listeners may call in via the toll-free number 888-539-8859.

W EDNESDAY, FEB. 1 – A live call-in hour to ask about wildlife, fishing, hunting or boating. Mike Willis, communications director for the SC Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR), is joined by Tom Kohlsaat from the Department of Natural Resources' Heritage Trust and Habitat Protection Section; DNR Wildlife Conservation Officer Karen Swink; and Wildlife Biologist  Derrell Shipes, chief of statewide projects, research and survey for the DNR Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division. Listeners may call in with questions about wildlife, boating, hunting, fishing and the outdoors via the toll-free number 888-539-8859.

THURSDAY, FEB. 2 – The writing career of Cokie Roberts. Donna London of the Jim Self Center on the Future, continues a conversation with NPR Senior News Analyst Cokie Roberts, the author of the national bestsellers We Are Our Mother's Daughters and Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation. The earlier conversation can be found in the Your Day archives for Thursday, Jan. 26, 2005.

Instant messaging vulnerabilities .  Eric Rodgers learns about viruses and worms that attack via instant messaging from Phil Yanov, executive director of the GSA Technology Council and president of Thinkhammer Communications. On Thursday, Feb. 9, listeners can call in to ask questions about Internet technology and related topics during the second half of the program.

Women’s Heart Health. Jon Keith talks with New York Cardiologist Nieca Goldberg, author of Women are not Small Men: Life-Saving Strategies for Preventing and Healing Heart Disease in Women during her recent visit to the new Palmetto Health Heart Hospital in Columbia.

Law in Action. Greenville Attorney Stephen Henry describes the not-for-profit organization Law in Action, which promotes legal education for students and other non-lawyers. The annual Law in Action Trial Court Program takes place at the Greenville Municipal Court on Saturdays, March 4 and 11. Interested high school students can call 864-232-9700 for more information.

The Duet Dinner. L ibby Hoyle, Clemson Extension food and nutrition specialist in the Clemson University Department of Packaging Science , visits with Executive Chef Bill Harwell from Victor’s Bistro and Garden Room in Florence, one of a dozen chefs from across the state who served as mentors to ProStart culinary arts students for an evening of fine dining sponsored by the Hospitality Association of South Carolina.

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

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