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1'aKc 10 May 1?Hf> E ntertainment TIIK (lAMKCOCK ^ ? ? ? ? ? " " j WWGO spin By Elliot Cohen "Good afternoon, GO? 102. Can I help y We'll try to get it on for you, mi . I hanks f< Scenes like that occur literally hundreds nuuo station w w t. ii > ? rivi, iwz.i, ?. oiumn lion to the airwaves. Since going 011 I lie 3,000-wat I station, which specializes in roc the 1950s iluough the early 1970s, has fount lance steadily growing. I he woman busily answering the telephc cessanily is olfice managei lavne Overton, a blonde who is one ol ihe station's 14 einplo desk ;ue posteis ol such listener favorites ;i l)oll\ I'ailon. I he llealles and the station's 11 list, rl\ is I'rcslcy. "( \\ I ime y<?u i he 10 cent toui ol I lie s ed. Oveiton. a I >N( pradiiate, explains i pnmais audience is composed ol ayes 25 teally Mooted the Inst lime we ju>t request weren't expecting the kids under 25 to be lit but then we discovered that one out ol 10 < Iroin the university." (Kerton says the station is trying to shy a< ol promotions employed by rival stations. dill or s Irom them in more significant ways "Wc try to have our guys cut back on i chatter that you lieai on the other stations only time they talk is when they're introduci mg a Public Service Announcement. "The people listening don't want to hear brothel did yesterday, or the funny l liing (ha on (he way to work. What (hey tune in fc music." dm m tin- most nomihir iinnoiuu'crs <> Icrrcll, who tills the noon lo 6 p.m. spot Sundays. Ihc .Wyeur-old Icrrcll is also a I act, it was through one of the university Richard I hay, that I crrcll heard ol the posit was a welcomed opportunity alter doinjj televison rental lirtn. if Egyptian collection 'JSC Professor and former wife of Anwar McKissick Musem art exhibit. Pictured witl l\lo. 2 network rides NBC revives t By Associated Press Nl W YORK (AP) NH( , uhich trumpets itscll "the leading content porary network," lias a new prune 1 time schedule that turns the calendar back to when television didn't have helicopters hut had Hitchcock and NBC was challenging C MS for prime time supremacy. I he return ol the "Alfred Hitchcock" series, with the late director's original introductions tacked onto remakes of his 20 and .10 year-old suspense classics, symholi/es NIK \ softer, more cerebral programming approach under ('hair man (nan! linker and NIK I ntcrtamment I'rcsi dent Mrandon I artikofI s successfi :>r calling." daily at fljH k "oldies" from ml I its public acccpme that rings in i porky, attractive iyees. Next to her '^A is Neil Diamond, j / nost requested ar- / j 4 .lation: ' she ask- I hat although the / . <iOj to 4V, "We were ' vv s 11 om I JSC. We \ 'I ill cra/y about us, > calls were coming ,\ i!A a ay from the type She said VVWGO he type of excess /. "'* ;'* ." she said. " I he > > ~ ~ng a record or do- * about what your ( happened to you ir iv. In hi?:?r imrwl . . . , , , , . .w... WWGO has initated a Manager Javne Over it WVVCiO is .lucid on Salurduys and IJS( alumni. In "We're a listener's professors. Dr. what you're suppost ion, which he says York or I..A. We ri : odd jobs lor a wt' "T playing what II there is one eriti ' v;" fc-I ;L is v. HM ww r*)H BH^ IIwSl Sadat Jihan Sadat admires the collectic h Sadat is a visiting professor. success )ld favorites fc None ot (lit.- si\ now programs thai NIK announced Wednesday for 19X5 is from the !radiiional macho, iTime-lighting, aclion-adventure mold thai made up 30 percenl of the networks' prime-time lineup this past season. That genre lost more than a full nninl l \ mtl1i/\n \ from 198.1-84. "Viewers were looking for more slums will) characters who feel like everyday people, said hirtikoll. "People were satiated by f?lit/ and glamour and were looking lor shows that weie identifiable and had strong emolioiiiil connect ions.'' N'H( 's new series ;ire: "Hell ill music frc 1 i nostalgic style of music in Columbia. Picturi ton. supported station, and we don't tell you ?d to like, like if it was a hig hit in New ...II.. t: i- . i _ i .Clliy V.1IUI' l lit. ,11(11111,1 IIMLIlLI Mlip, illiu they want to hear." cism of the young station, it is the ire V- By > \j| Photo courtesy of Elliot Cohen in of ancient Egyptian art at the latest ir fall seasnn ww m m wmwii lown," starring Robert Make as a barrio priest; "Amazing Stories," executive producer Steven Spielberg's tales of fantasy, adventure and irony; "Alfred Hitchcock;" "The Ciolden Ciirls," a comedy starring Ilea Arthur, Hetty White, Rue McC'lanahan and I stclle (ietty as elderly women living it up in Miami Beach; "227," a sitcom starring Maria Ciihbs as a nosy neighbor in a Chicago tenement; and "Mis I its ot Science," starring Dean I'aul Marlin as a scientist who (urns f reaks into an offbeat superhero learn. I he programs, filling four hours, represent NIK"s fewest replacements since the 1970 71 season, the only tune NIK has been No I in the ratings im past years yw# V : ELLIOT COHEN/The Gamecock ad are DJ Judd Terrell, Program Director Skip Odom and Office m queiicy i)l songs like "lie Me Kangaroo Down. Sport." "Seasons in the Sun." "The Unicorn." and "Hilly. Don't He ;t Hero" that make some listeners want to shoot holes through their clock radio. Odom says the station went on the air with 1.4(H) titles, lias expanded to 3.5(H) and is now growing at a rate ot about 1(H) a week. DrnorliHfmi nlow lnr>l/o n + uiuauvvay piay iuur\o ai impact of deadly AIDS From USA Today (iwo men fielding AIDS NIAV VOKK ? I'kiywrijjtu questions by telephone) was William Hotlman hopes his (he iMavedi^ei scene in Iiist hit play will become oh Hamlei." soldo. Soon. I ho roiison is '*As Is" caiuo out uno\ . ?u. ; \ i . ii .1 . i>? which im" pccicuiy mi'l I lie past l nice ed Irom oil Hroadwas to ycats amid work on the Broadway W c d 11 e s- hhietto lor the John (or day?concerns a jsa\ couple's ipliano opeia "A I iparo loi devastated reaction to the Antonia," and llolfman's fatal disease AIDS. general siiuyelc to make a "I don't yive a damn \\ hat living. I hose el forts included happens to the play," >a\s editing loi Scrihner's, il... (/. . ,...r .J,l M.... V ... I ... i.i ; . 4 11 n t\)*> till *uiu . I i?I Ml . I f Ci." I ell Kill l? pil'U'S I Of IMC "I hope we can I mil a Village Vnicc aiul w riling vaccine." suspense pla\s loi railio. "As Is" is perhaps the I (oi lman ieall\ didn't want least likeh ol liioadwav hits to wiite "As is," hut several this season W hile slums ol things forced hun into it - the tennv facile excapism ha\e death of his lather from hear t hail trouble drawing au ilisease and uncle Iron) diences tins year. "As cancer, and the deaths ol Is" an intense V(>minute fiiends Irorn AIDS, w01 k with no inter miss "I lelt the disease closing sion is pei pelnalh sold out in on mo petsonsalh. I'm in I lie authoi admits Ik* hits lahiilotis health. I'm a tun haul in Ins un I luu limp depic net." f lot I man sa\ s. "Ami I lion ol a youny wnlet who kit inwilnei able lot a U?i?e considers suicide allot hemp nine to the disease. And then w stricken with the incurable alriendot mine who is a bet disease. tei ninnei than I came down N et audiences seem lo with AIDS within a lew nion come oui mote cleansed than tlis ot running a marathon. I deptessed. Sa\s Hollman: "I thotivhi. "I'm not in want audiences to go through vulnerable. I'm ordinary. then own pelsoual ctisis. It's Absolutely oidmary...' iiDiiu.il to want to bury \oui "I was reeling so tenible, I head in the s.uul Nobody had to express myselt in wants to deal w ith il It's hot winds h was kind of theiapy rihle. Hut there's a reward lot lot me. Hut piercing this dealing with reality, a leeling denial (that he is immune to A ol wholeness and removal ol the disease) was the best thing paranoia, a return to sanity that happened to me. Reality and sense of humor." is painful...but it's better I 11IIlKtr*' Wtiit?? r?>4.?>:in-liint? li, ? - .v >VMIV?IIH5 iiuiii living iii 1?||WI <1I11C <1IIC1 the play through AIDS sup- fear." port groups and interviews Hie resolution of the play with AIDS victims and their is spiritual. Ihe AIDS victim lovers. Hoffman encountered decides to make the most of humor everywhere. the time he has left ?with a And as a theatrical device lot of support from Ins I'ami id (he play, "sometimes I felt Iv and friends. there ?as nowhere else to go "I know in> lamily has hut into humor. A classic become very close regarding device in I nglish language my play. I'hey all come to my ^ drama is to use humor amid openings. My brother even iIr- diama. I he model lor the put money in the play. I hat's \Lcnc about the g.iv hotline how much he believes in h!"