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1'aKc 10 May 1?Hf> E ntertainment TIIK (lAMKCOCK ^
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!"