DATE: 9/20/07

CONTACT: Bob McAnally, (864) 656-7458

Your Day radio schedule for week of Sept. 24

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 Sept. 24. The program airs from noon to 1 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, SEPTEMBER 24, 2007

Changes in a South Carolina coastal community. Bob Becker , director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University , talks with Mayor Harry Hallman of Mt. Pleasant during a recent meeting of the Municipal Association of South Carolina.

George Singleton. Wilson Peden talks with South Carolina writer George Singleton, author of These People Are Us, The Half-Mammals of Dixie, Why Dogs Chase Cars, Novel, and Drowning in Gruel about his new novel, Workshirts for Madmen.

The eightieth anniversary of the Bristol Sessions. Glenn Hare of the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts gets a lesson about a defining moment in the history of country music from Mark Hosler, music historian and professor in the Clemson University department of performing arts. In this first of two conversations on these recording sessions held in 1927 in Bristol , Tennessee by Victor Talking Machine Company Producer Ralph Peer , we’ll learn about the discovery of the Carter Family. A second conversation focused upon the Bristol Sessions and the story of Jimmie Rodgers will be heard on Monday, Oct. 1 on Your Day.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

A live call-in hour on gardening topics. York County Extension Agent Paul Thompson is host of this horticulture hour. He'll be joined by landscape architect Scott Reister of TG&R Landscape Group. Listeners may call in with questions on gardening practices via the tollfree number 888-539-8859.  The Fall Plant Sale to benefit the S.C. Botanical Garden located at Clemson University takes place Sept. 28-29.  For additional information on gardening, integrated pest management, and food safety and preservation, visit the website of the Clemson Extension Home and Garden Information Center (HGIC).

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2007
A live call-in hour on pet healthcare issues . Glenn Birrenkott of the Clemson University Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences hosts Dr. Bobby Long of the 24-hour Magnolia Veterinary Clinic in Anderson . Listeners may call in with questions about their pets’ medical care, nutritional needs, or preventative treatments via the toll-free number: 888-539-8859.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

News from Folly Beach , SC. Donna London , director of the Jim Self Center on the Future, talks with Carl Beckman, mayor of the City of Folly Beach.

A new arts, history and science center. Glenn Hare visits the Chapman Cultural Center as it nears completion in downtown Spartanburg and talks with Perry Mixter, president of The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg. The Chapman Cultural Center opens on Wednesday, Oct. 3, with a dedication at 4:45 p.m.

The Carolina Downhome Blues Festival. Roy Scott talks with singer-songwriter Marv Ward who performs at the 11 th Carolina Downhome Blues Festival to be held Oct. 4-6 in Camden .

A new medication for weight loss. Abbeville County Extension Agent Rhonda Matthews talks with Dr. Patrick O’Neil , director of the Weight Management Center in the Institute of Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina.

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

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