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W B 1982-P- age i U & I , Friday, April 9, 4B Turn your radio on, Columbia mellow and medium-temp- o rock between 12 a.m. smooth flow in their programming and to make and 6 a.m. the station easy to listen to. Segue describes the The Dirt Band, Willie Music, programs Though KCMQ also emphasizes continuously-playin- g creative blending of two units. It is the disc jock- music, disc jockey Larry Cannger hosts a ey's responsibility to blend songs together in humorous morning wake-u- p show, and disc jockey terms of type of music and tempo so the sound show diversity Bruce Jones hosts an afternoon talk show. flows smoothly. Thus, The Police, with their reg- Nelson come to town gae sound might be played after Stevie Wonder, Ma-mlo- Columbia is on a roll. The Willie who but Led Zeppelin would never follow Barry w. other is Nelson, KBIA 91.3 FM The sounds of Alabama are still will perform at Hearnes at 8 p.m. two of area's stations Many stations in Columbia offer jazz. KBIA of- Donegan says he believes KCOU has something echoing on the stage, but other April 23. fers azz with a twist. Though KBIA's music for- for everyone. The station offers reggae, blues, big-na- me entertainment groups are Nelson, the only country artist to By Michael Pritchett mat is split between classical music and jazz mu- already scheduled in town. sell out two shows per night for two Missourian staff writer soul and jazz programs in addition to its predomi- sic, the station offers all sounds for the jazz nantly rock 'n' roll format. One of them, The Dirt Band, will weeks straight at Caesar's Palace in connoisseur. In one program, only the Detroit appear in concert at 8 p m. April 16 Las Vegas, will be accompanied by Radio and culture are hard to separate. sound in jazz is aired; m another perhaps only the in Assembly Hall. DelbertMcClinton. Radio is a value-sett- er in our society. We listen L.A. sound will be played. KTGR 1580 AM A portion of the proceeds will go to- Nelson record his first million sell- to know what we should be interested in, how we KBIA also has the largest and longest playing ward construction of Columbia's er, "Red Headed Stranger," in 1978. should speak, what music we should like and classical music format, airing classical master- One sound you'll never hear on KTGR is "punk Ronald McDonald House. Today, he has five gold, three plati- which lifestyle is right for that sound. pieces from Chopin to Strauss Hindu disco," according to program director The Dirt Band recently celebrated num and one double-platinu- m We also listen because it is a quick way to be in- Jim Armstrong, program director for KBIA, Chris Edwards. its 15th anniversary. Five years ago ("Stardust") albums to his credit. formed on a full range of subjects: art, politics, says although the station's main function is to ed- He describes the KTGR format as "contempo- the group dropped "Nitty Gritty" Tickets are on sale between 9 a.m. sports, social issues and trends in American liv- ucate broadcasting students studying through the rary country with personality." KTGR does em- from its name, but that has not de- and 5:30 weekdays at the Hearnes ing University, and the music format is strictly classi- phasize country music with a live voice backing terred from its popularity. Center box office and from 10 a.m. to But above all, we ask to be entertained when we cal and jazz, KBIA is not an elitist station. up the music, but Edwards doesn't want his disc "Jealousy," the band's 11th al- 2 p.m. on Saturday. Prices are $12, turn on the radio. If a station doesn't entertain us, "Columbia should know that we are up here in jockeys to overshadow the music with too much bum, is the latest in a series of pro- $10 and $8. with one random twist of the tuner we can find a , and we are accessible to them." chatter. gressive rock 'n roll works. Tickets can also be ordered by station that will A few of KBIA's specialty programs include On KTGR the country music listener is guar- Tickets for the concert are $7.50 in writing to: Willie Nelson, Box F, Co- The radio bands, both AM and FM, are filled "All Things Considered," a news and commen- anteed three country oldies, three Top 10 Country, advance and $8 50 on the day of the lumbia, Mo. 65205. Include a $1 hand- with a diversity of programming to please all tary show aired through National Public Radio; and four of the top 30 country hits in an hour's performance. ling charge. tastes. "Horizons," a series that examines issues con- time. However, the format doesn't exclude rock The tnck, the radio listener quickly learns, is cerning women and minorities; and a radio ver- 'n' roll if the song is by a country artist. finding the station that plays what he wants to sion of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes." "So much of rock 'n' roll and country comes hear. The following listing of local stations and from the same roots. You can't ignore it, and you Meg Christian plays benefit what they play should help your radio play what don't want to," Edwards says. you want tohear. Edwards calls country music today, "the great ByVicMSwyers the fiscal year ends in October. FM co-found- KOPN 89.5 ed equalizer," and says his target audience comes Missourian staff writer In 1973 Ms. Christian The word "format" doesn't apply to the pro- Olivia Records, the largest women's at KOPN Tune the station in at any from a broad range of incomes and age groups. KFMZ FM gramming Singer-songwnt- er Meg recording label. Often called the 98 you likely to anything from He says, however, the public attitude toward Christian Expect nothing less from KFMZ than tradition- time, and are hear will bring style of wom- founder of women's music, Ms. classical, to rock, to folk, to blue grass, to experi- country is unfair. her unique al rock V roll. Steve Graaano, program director not hick anymore. Country has grown en's music to Columbia College's Christian has produced three albums mental. "It's and 90,000 for KFMZ, used the acronmym AORCHR to de- viable form. We to pre- Launer Auditorium at 8 p.m April which have sold over copies KOPN emphasizes the music the radio listener is a music are just trying She is scribe the station's music format Translated, this sent it in as pleasant a manner as possible." 16. since 1975, Ms. Baumhoff said Oriented RockContemporary Hit Ra- is not likely to hear anywhere else. They play the The concert sponsored currently on a 20-cit- y tour. is Album with benefit is dio KFMZ concentrates on pure rock 'n' roll artists that have recorded small companies, by Rape Ms. Christian last appeared in Co- who exposure to popular the Abuse, Assault, Crisis sounds and aitists. The format doesn't include or haven't had the air be KFRU 1400 AM. Center. Proceeds will go toward lumbia m April 1980 as part of a pro- rock, extremist new wave rock, or radical with the big commerical stations keeping financially gram sponsored by the Association mellow Bill Wax, program says KOPN the center punk rock director, offers a Information is the best word for programming afloat Director Lynn Baumhoff for Women Students at the Universi- to people m the Columbia community who "We're where you can go to hear rock music," voice atKFRU. said AARCC must raise $9,000 before ty. says. "If you want to know what's going have been neglected by other media. However, while yiforming is a goal at KFRU, Graaano "We provide alternatives to what's here already on in the concert scene, things involving entertain- the station also plays country music, contempo- community to to one an- easy-listeni- ng ment, music, whatever's going on now, we have and a means for the talk rary music, and a special section ti- Stephens productions called off that information " other." tled, "Top Tunes of Yesteryear," on Saturdays at Specialty programs on KFMZ include the Rock The Federal Communications Commission clas- 9:10 a.m. sifies KOPN as an educational radio station, and Stephens College has canceled two ing one of Stephens' busiest tunes Album Countdown on Mondays from 10 p m. to 12 KFRU specializes in the most current news both of planned productions. performances, Wax says education is not always what people locally nationally, on its for rehearsals and so a m , American Top 40 on Sundays from noon to 4 and broadcast the hour. It is to per- no one want. ABC "War Requiem," a mass be had tune, Frost said p m , and the King Biscuit Flower Hour, a record- an Information Radio Network member. It formed by be "We're not here to program to the widest possi- also features sports coverage broadcasted Stephens' music depart- "Princess Ida" will replaced by ing of a live rock concert, featuring a different six ment, was canceled because the 'The Maud Adams Fine Arts Festi- ble audience. We're trying to fill needs in terms of times daily, plus play-by-pl-ay coverage Missou- rock group each week of school has scheduled so many events val Variety Show" at 7:30 p.m. April al- the community." Tiger basketball and football, Hickman High KFMZ's format doesn't include talk shows, ri 22-2- KOPN places special importance on the during April, arts promotion direc- 4 in the South Campus Auditori- though sections of specialty shows are sometimes views School basketball and football, and St. Louis Car- tor Barry of minorities in Columbia Special ethnic pro- dinal Baseball. Frost said. Stephens plans um. devoted to interviews with rock artists. to do the mass next year. The variety will grams include "Africa On The Move," and "Latui In addition, KFRU has National Weather Serv- show be a compi- American Review." forecasts hour. "Princess Ida" has been canceled lation of vaudeville numbers per- ice twice each because not enough people out by KCMQ 97 FM Other information programs include "Town tried formed Stephens instructors and for the show. Try-ou-ts were held dur students. Steve Meyerhardt, program director for KCMQ, Crier," a listing of events and happenings in Co- labels its sound "Adult Contemporary." The sta- KCOU 88.1 FM lumbia; "Paul Harvey," news and comim itary tion specializes in mellow rock, but it also plays Although program director Michael Donegan three tunes daily; "Party line," a program for one jazz cut every hour. Meyerhardt has engi- describes KCOU as a progressive radio station, he Columbians to call the station and voice their' Repertory Theater neered the format to place more emphasis on rock isn't satisfied with the word. opinions on the air; and "Wall Street Reports." oldies, and less on the songs on the top of the KCOU programs primarily for the young, adult Mahlon Aldridge, executive director at KFRU, wide-rangin-g charts. college audience with mainstream rock music. admits that when the music stops for information announces season Meyerhardt also emphasizes personality radio However, wilhin the boundaries of rock, Donegan segments, KFRU could lose listeners. Missouri Repertory KCMQ. says him Theater, the "The Innocents" by William Ar- on He it is important to that encourages the disc jockeys to experiment both "But our goal is to inform the people and keep ce professional acting company-in-resi-den- chibald. Open 27, 1983. KCMQ has a live voice en the air all the time with the music so new the other stations haven't them interested m things," he says. "If people Jan. at the -Kans- as by And if you're looking for a sound to relax with accepted yet, or so old it's been forgotten tune into KFRU they're going to know what's "Translations" Brian FrieL it City, has announced a 1982-8-3 Opens 3, 1983. late at night, KCMQ has a policy of playing only KCOU uses a system called "segue" to put a going on." Feb. season that ranges from Shake- "The Life and Tunes of Nicho- speare to Dickens. las Nickelby" Tiy Charles Dickens. The seasons begins July 8 with Opens March 18. ' William Shakespeare's "Antony and NEW YORK (AP) ABC's broad- son Nielsen says that means in an 1982-8- 3 The Academy Awards show, with Cleopatra" The Repertory Theater's cast of the Academy Awards show average minute during the broad- rating of 33.6 representing 27.5 mil- and ends April 17, 1S83, a with Charles Dickens' season ticket campaign is underway. bumped "Dallas" from the top of the cast, just over a third of the coun- lion homes, ABC; 29.1 or "The Life and Sec- "Dallas," Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby." Season ticket prices are $76 in ratings, and helped the network win try's homes with TV were watching 23.8 million, and "6tf Minutes," 25 6 tion I and $60 in Section H. Subscrib- three-wa- y Here the season line-u- p Oscars top the competition for the the Oscar ceremonies. or 21 million, both CBS; "Three's is 25 percent of "Antony and Cieopatra" by ers save the cost for second time in a row, figures from Company," 25.1 or 20 6 million, "Too each performance more infor- William Shakespeare. Opens July 8. For the A.C. Nielsen Co. showed. CBS still leads for the season to Close for Comfort," 24.6 or 20.1 mil- mation, call the box office at (816) CBS 1 "Hay Fever" by Noel Coward. "Dallas," the hit and No date by a full point over ABC, and 23.5 276-270- 4. J.R.'s 'Dallas' lion, "Joarue Loves Chacni," or Opens July 15. show this season, had been first has won the weekly competition 17 19.2 million, and "Hart to Hart," 22.7 three weeks running, and five times times to eight for ABC. The two net- 18 6 ABC, "'The Magnificent Yankee" by AB Repertory Theater perform- or million, all and "Falcon Emmet Opens m the previous six weeks. works tied for first one week. Crest" and "Dukes of Hazzard," Lavery. July 29. ances are held m the Helen F. Spenc- in TV ratings The ratings for the Oscars pro- 22.2 18.2 "Mag- "Terra Nova" by Ted Tally. er Theater on the UMKC campus, both or million, and Opens Sept. 9. gram was 33.6 the highest mark Here are the week's 10 highest num P.I.," 22.1 or 18.1 million, all 4949 Cherry Street, Kansas City, Mo. for a non-spor- ts program this sea-- rated programs: CBS. Narrator best part of 'Joseph5 NEW YORK (UPI) They should out of the action with big dark eyes give Laurie Beechman star status and a big fervent soprano the like of and put her name in lights on the which comes along about as often as marquee of "Joseph and the Amaz- an Ethel Merman. ing Technicolor Dreamcoat." Sun 8-1-1 pm 1025 E Broad- years of photography with 47 dent soloists performing You won't find her role the Bib- MOVJES way prints including the work of in works of Telemann, Delibes, lical story of Joseph and Jacob and The score is another asset. the Ranch House Nightlighters, Fn Cartier-Bresso- n, and It is Steichen Weber and the Jewish tradi Pharaoh and Potiphar's on of Lloyd- - ' On Golden Pond (PG) Cinema &Sat 3304 Clark Lane Weston wife, first collaboration Rice and bona! chant "Kol Nidrei" which composer Andrew 'Lloyd-Webb- er Webber, who premiered 1968 be- Theatre Delilah's Duke and Duchess Bachelor of Fine Arts Shows Co- in Tuesday at 8 p.m in Jesse Au- and lyricist Tun Rice based this fore "Jesus Christ Superstar" and Deathtrap (Ft) Missouri Theatre through April, 1100 Vandiver lumbia College students' work, ditorium Free soft rock opera. A Little Sex (R) Uptown Theatre - Drive "Evita." It's mostly soft rock, some- through May 6 at Columbia Missouri Arts Quintet With Jan- But as the Narrator, fez and dated musically, Porky's (R) daily matinees, Bis- Art in what with a touch College Center Gallery, ice Wenger, pianist, perform- baggy harem pants, she of calypso, cay ne III 1107 E. sings about Western and French cab- Broadway, daily, 10 ing the works of Bach, Bern-har- d I EXHIBITS half the entire score, moving in and aret. Oughta Be In Pictures (PG) daily am to 5 p m , Sunday 2-- 5 p m Heiden, Dubois and matinees, Biscayne III Horse Sculpture An exhibit of Mask and Headress Exhibit by Poulenc Wednesday at 8 p m , Cat People (R) daily matinees, Bis- horse sculptures made from Joanne Berneche and Kay Fine Arts Recital Hall Free cayne III rusty wire, old bike chains and Hunvald, at the Columbia Art in I Chariots of Fire (PG) Campus Cine- corrugated siding by Deborah League Gallery, 12 N Tenth St, concert I THEATER ma Butterfield at the St Louis Art through April 16 Friday, April! 6 8 Some Kind of Hero (R) Campus Cin- Museum through April 25 Images from Columbia's Past, Misalliance presented by Ste- IJVIEGTMPiCTIAfi ' ema II Repeated Exposure Photographic 1865-194- 5 photographs phens Warehouse Theatre UIKftllAN I Rage Happy Imagery 8:00 p.m. Silent and Birthday to in the Print Media" shown through April 30 at the April 14-1-7 at 7 30p.m. Me (Both R) Friday Sunday, More than 900 objects by 500 Columbia Public Library, 100 M'A'S'H Columbia Entertain- Sky Hi Drive-I-n artists showing the influence W Broadway. ment Company production at Quest for Fire (R) Forum Theatre of photography on printmaking Jefferson Junior High School, High School 7 and 9pm Thursday from about 1840 to present 8 pm. through Saturday. at Ellis Through May 9 at the Nelson MUSIC Golddiggers of 1933 3pm Sunday Gallery Atkins Museum, Kan- Helen Hudson Monday at 7 p m. at 106 Pickard Hall sas City, Mo For information, in Stephens College's Student OUT OF TOWN The Fox and Hound Friday at 7 call (816) 561-400- 0, Ex the 227 Center Lounge. Missouri Repertory Theatre A ro- and 9 30 pm at Middlebush Theatrical Costume Design An Blind Boone and Ragtime Trevor tating production of "Crown of Hall exhibit of costume designs by Jay Tichenor, historian and Thorns," "The Royal Family," 0 Heavy Metal (R) Saturday at 7, 9-3- Mary Alice Doyle, Stephens performer from Washington "Loose Ends" and "Macbeth " and midnight at Middlebush College theatre arts instructor, University, will lecture at 1 Through Sunday at the Helen Hall will open Wednesday at 7 p m. pm April 16 at the Univers- Spencer Theatre, University of Lovers Sunday 8 p m at Ellis in lob- at the Warehouse Theatre ity's Fine Arts Building; John Missouri-Kansa-s City. Call Stormy Weather Wednesday at by on Dorsey Street. The ex- Taylor 276-270- of Lincoln University (816) 4 for ticket infor- Middlebush hibit will run April 14-1-7 will lecture at 8 p m at April 16 mation. National Rberart Show last day at , Sin- Last of the Red Hot Lovers today NIGHTLIFE at the University Fine gleton Palmer and His Dixie- Through June 6 Tiffany's At- Gallery, at Arts 9 a.m to 3 p m., land Six will play after both tic, Kansas City, Mo Call (816) 1 Po-laroi- dz, Blue Note Kool Ray and the and the Columbia College Gat--. 561-792- events. 1 for ticket informa- I Fri and Sat , also, the lery The winning work will Henry Morrison The University tion Red Rockers Sat ; Rape hang in Crisis Jesse Auditorium's instructor will sing bass works Chapter Two Through May 9 at "There is always a freshness to her Center Benefit with Jasmine, foyer. by Handel, Vaug-ha- n presentation I Struass and Waldo Astoria, Kansas City, good-nature- d ; Kelly K- Modem Oriental Art: and a humor that makes 8 Tues Hunt and the Chinese Paint- Williams p m 561-792- at 8 tonight, Mo. Call (816) 1 for tick- the audience Thurs 910 Free-Universi- inetics, Business ings and Japanese Prints Fine Arts Recital Hall ty et information. laugh, enjoy themselves and feelthe packed hall fillj Loop 70 E will be exhibited at the Mu- Brass Ensemble Betty With warm hip." StsterAdvocatef Black piano seum Art friends Oklahoma City Library Juanita and of and Archaeology Scott directs pieces by Co- Prime Time is a weekly listing of Mon., Tuss , Thurs & through May 2. pland, This wii interpreted for bar, Sat. Janacek, Gioseppe, events in the Columbia read- concert be the hearing impaired Tickets are avaiinhio I 1111 E Broadway Photographic at Aardvarx, Ai's Records and Video, and Abstractions from Guami and Schmidt. Saturday ing area. If you have an item Strestslde Records For moremSmii,IV Country The Hallmark formation, call 874-185- 0 1 Good Time Good now on exhibit at at 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital appropriate for the calendar, perform every Sat Davis Art Gallery Ste- Hall Timers 9 the of Free submit it to Prima Co- Highway 63 phens College, April Tim, pm tolam through University Philharmonic A con- lumbia Missourian, Box 917, Mmsky's The Jazz Lads, every 17. The exhibit surveys 80 certo concert featuring stu I TM ad sponsored by fIrsl Kailonal Bank Columbia, Mo, 65205. H ColumbUs Bar 1