8-7-97
Contacts:
Bill McGinley, WOI Radio, (515) 294-2025
Steve Sullivan, News Service, (515) 294-3720
WOI RADIO LAUNCHES 'IOWA WEEK II'
AMES, Iowa -- Iowa's past, present and future will be the subject of a series of interviews, documentaries and live broadcasts during WOI Radio's annual Iowa Week, Aug. 17-23.
Iowa Week will showcase different aspects of Iowa and culminate with a small town picnic on Saturday, Aug. 23. The location of this year's picnic, held last year at the Garst Farm in Coon Rapids, will be announced at a later date.
WOI-FM will begin each day of Iowa Week with its morning march at 7:15 a.m. The morning march will be music recorded at the annual Boone Community Bands Day.
Last year's Iowa Week earned numerous awards from various national and state broadcast organizations.
Among the highlights of Iowa Week are:
- A week's worth of special "Talk of Iowa" programs on WOI AM
640. Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper editor Michael Gartner will
talk about famous Iowa court cases. WOI's political commentator
and Iowa State professor Steffen Schmidt will analyze the Iowa
political scene. Other guests include Iowa State President Martin
Jischke and Iowa State rural sociologist Paul Lasley.
- "Iowa: The Rural Melting Pot," a broadcast focusing on the
history and impact of immigration in Iowa. The broadcast will be
an installment of the "Roundtable" series Aug. 21 on WOI FM 90.1
and WOI AM 640.
- A road trip to Marshalltown Aug. 18 with the ISU solar car,
ExCYtor, and a 1922 Model-T Ford pickup, with brief stops in Colo,
Nevada and State Center. The ride will start at 9:30 a.m. at the
WOI station on the ISU campus. Its final destination will be
Stone's Restaurant in Marshalltown, where WOI's Todd Mundt and ISU
extension's Doug Cooper and Elwynn Taylor will host a special live
"Midday" broadcast. The trio will enjoy a home style meal and talk
with local residents about life in Iowa's small towns.
- A special look at the Hoover Library and Birthplace in West
Branch, including interviews with the library's director, the
library association, the National Park Service personnel and
visitors.
- Documentaries on the Villisca Ax Murders, the fate of
handwriting in the computer age, raising thoroughbred horses in
Iowa
- A reunion of WOI's "Voters of Madison County" group, who will
assess political developments in Iowa since the November
elections.
- An Iowa trivia contest that will give listeners the
opportunity to win tickets to jazz concerts, horse shows, art
displays, country music and classical pops concerts.
WOI AM
Sunday, Aug. 17
11 a.m.: Iowa Week Kick-Off
Monday, Aug. 18
9:30 a.m.: Solar Car/1922 pickup road trip to Marshalltown
10 a.m.: "Talk of Iowa," Michael Gartner
Noon: "Midday," Simulcast remote at Stone's Restaurant in Marshalltown
7 p.m.: Repeat of "Midday"
Tuesday, August 19
10 a.m.: "Talk of Iowa," Dr. Politics" with Steffen Schmidt
7 p.m.: Package of features
Wednesday, Aug. 20
10 a.m.: "Talk of Iowa," ISU President Martin Jischke
7 p.m.: Voters of Madison County Reunion
7:30 p.m.: Package of features
Thursday, Aug. 21
10 a.m.:"Talk of Iowa," ISU rural sociologist Paul Lasley
2 p.m.: "Roundtable"
7 p.m.: "Roundtable" Re-broadcast
Friday, Aug. 22
10 a.m.: "Talk of Iowa," Horticulture Crew
7 p.m.: Package of features
Saturday, Aug. 23
4 p.m.: Hometown Picnic live broadcast
WOI FM
Sunday, Aug. 17
11 a.m.: Iowa Week Kick-Off
Monday, Aug. 18
10 a.m.: Solar Car/1922 pickup road trip to Marshalltown
Noon: Simulcast live remote from Stones Restaurant in Marshalltown
11 p.m.: Rebroadcast of Stones remote
Tuesday, Aug. 19
Noon: Package of features
11 p.m.: Package of features
Wednesday, Aug. 20
Noon: Voters of Madison County Reunion
12:30 p.m.: Package of features
11 p.m.: Package of features
Thursday, Aug. 21
Noon: "Roundtable"
Third Thursday Jazz Concert
11 p.m.: Roundtable Forum
Friday, Aug. 22
Noon: Package of features
11 p.m.: Package of features
Saturday, Aug. 23
4 p.m.: Hometown Picnic
7 p.m.: Hometown Picnic
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