DATE: 3/1/06

CONTACT: Bob McAnally, (864) 656-7458

Your Day radio schedule for week of Mar. 6

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 Mar. 6. 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, MAR.6. Metropolitan areas in South Carolina . Bob Becker, director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University , speaks with S.C. State Senator Jim Ritchie of Spartanburg during the recent Legislative Day sponsored by the Municipal Association of South Carolina.

South Carolina Kids Count. Gary Melton, director of the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, talks with A. Baron Holmes, South Carolina Kids Count Project director, about the latest data on the state’s child population.

Sports-photographer-turned-children’s-author Charles R. Smith. Michelle Martin, a specialist in children’s and young adult literature in the Clemson University English Department, talks with students at Nevitt Forest Elementary School in Anderson during a recent visit by Charles R. Smith, poet and author of I am America and Hoop Kings.

TUESDAY, MAR.7
A live call-in hour on gardening with Roger Swain. Clemson Extension Horticulturist Bob Polomski hosts Roger Swain, garden writer and former host of The Victory Garden on PBS. Listeners may call in with questions about gardening via the toll-free number 888-539-8859.

W EDNESDAY, MAR. 8
A live call-in hour on guide dogs and pet healthcare topics. Glenn Birrenkott of the Clemson University Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, and veterinarian Dr. Nathan Craddock of Tiger Town Animal Hospital in Clemson are joined by Don Hagedorn, a volunteer representative of Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc. Listeners may call in with questions via the toll-free number: 888-539-8859.

THURSDAY, MAR. 9
The Conservation Districts Foundation. Donna London of the Jim Self Center on the Future, talks with Henry King, a Clarendon County conservation district commissioner, and District Conservationist Wilfred Pace of the Barnwell County Conservation District and the NRCS Small Farmer Liaison Program, two of the participants in the 2006 South Carolina Conservation Partnership Conference : Bridging the Gap held at the Kingston Plantation in Myrtle Beach January 3-6.

Spring into gardening. A Clemson University horticulturist provides some advice on selecting seeds for a summer garden.

A live call-in segment on computers and other technologies.   Eric Rodgers hosts technophile Phil Yanov, executive director of the GSA Technology Council and president of Thinkhammer Communications. Members of our radio audience are welcome to ask about computer technology and related topics during the second half of Your Day. Listeners may call in with questions via the toll-free number: 888-539-8859.

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

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