[WILL-AM] Weekly Edition rundown (June 10)
Denise Perry
FR: KARA MCGUIRK/ WEED
DT: JUNE 9, 2000
RE: "WEEKLY EDITION" RUNDOWN
THIS IS A RUNDOWN FOR "WEEKLY EDITION: THE BEST OF NPR NEWS"
HOST: LAURIE HOWELL
[WILL-AM/580 airs this program at 6AM (CDT) on Saturday, June
10, 2000]
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Billboard (:59)
News: (2:59) (1:59)
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DRUG POLLUTION-It seems as though Americans are using more and
more prescription drugs. NPR's John Nielson reports
environmentalists are finding increasing amounts of the drugs in
our nation's waterways.-8:14 EX. ME 000522
HI-TECH PHARMACIES-With a nationwide shortage of pharmicists,
drug stores and hospitals are using robots to fill
prescriptions. Charlotte Renner reports on the automated
pharmicist's debut in Portland Maine.-4:35 EX. ME 000530
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DRIVERS LICENSE PRIVACY-State officials in Missouri are talking
about putting personal, medical, and financial information on
the back of driver's licenses. Missy Shelton reports from member
station KSMU in Springfield, Missouri.-3:38 EX. ME 000529
PRIVACY-Robert Siegel talks with Professor Jeffrey Rosen of
George Washington University. Rosen is the author of the book
"The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America." -
4:50 EX. ATC 000605
FUNDING CREDIT K-1 (:39) MORNING EDITION PROMO (:29) STATION
BREAK (:59)
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AL GREEN-From NPR's top 100 songs of the century, Elizabeth
Blair reports on Al Green and his 1971 hit "Let's Stay
Together."-14:02 EX. WATC 000604
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AUSSIE TOADS-In this National Geographic Radio Expedition, NPR's
Alex Chadwick takes a look at a small creature creating havock
in Austrailia, the poisonous toad.-8:13 EX. ME 000424
FOOD-Commentator Lorraine Johnson Coleman lets Northerners know
what to expect when traveling to the South this summer.
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FUNDING CREDIT K-2 (:39)
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