************************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #522 (03/30/98) ************************************************************* Please note that there is a PROGRAM-SPECIFIC :60 PROMO at the START of this week`s show! The complete running order is as follows (after the usual :20 of reference tone): 00:00 to 01:00 PROMO for this program (voice ends @ 00:55, music continues as bed from 00:55 to 01:00 for LOCAL ANNCR V/O) 01:00 to 01:10 :10 of BLANK TAPE 01:10 to 27:40 THIS WEEK`S PROGRAM (TRT 26:30/see RUNDOWN below) >>>> PROGRAM RUNDOWN <<<<< Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ....................................................... 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: California`s Supreme Court rules that the Boy Scouts of America can legally bar gays from membership [with comments by national BSA spokesperson Greg Shields, Mount Diablo Council spokesperson Carl Ralley, and gay scout Tim Curran`s attorney Jon Davidson]; the U.S. Navy resists reinstating AOL-outed Tim McVeigh to the job he`s qualified for; following protests, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists will now allow the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association to exhibit at its May conference; after misleading government statements earlier this month, it`s now been confirmed that Romanian "lesbian of conscience" Mariana Cetiner has in fact been released from prison; on the heels of a failed attempt earlier this month involving 3 other defendants, Afghanistan`s ruling Taleban successfully executes 2 young men for sodomy, as dictated by Islamic law, by having a wall pushed over on top of them; Zimbabwe`s Supreme Court rules that extensive media coverage will not prevent Canaan Banana from receiving a fair trial on charges he sexually harassed and assaulted several men during the 7 years he served as the nation`s first post-colonial president, although no trial date has yet been set; Green Bay Packers` star defenseman Reggie White`s offensively racist and homophobic remarks to the Wisconsin legislature could cost him a lucrative post-football career; and newspaper columnist Mike Downey doesn`t need 3 fingers to salute the California Supreme Court`s Boy Scouts ruling [compiled & written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, MARTIN RICE, LINDA ROTHMAN, FRANK STOLTZE, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by DAVID HUNT and CINDY FRIEDMAN] ............................................................................. .................................. 9:45 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for AudioFile [:10] + The British travel industry has been anxious to attract gay and lesbian tourist dollars of late, but not all potential vacation spots have learned to roll out the lavender carpet. In the popular tourist town of Glastonbury, the local Tourist Information Centre has refused to run an advert for a lesbian-targeted Bed & Breakfast called Dykes Delight in its accomodations brochure, calling the name of the establishment "offensive", but declining to elaborate. Following a brief excerpt from the outgoing message of a recently-established London Tourist Board telephone hotline aimed at gay American travelers, REBECCA SANDLES [BBC Radio 5 Live`s "Out This Week"] motors from her London home with a friend to brave an overnight stay at the offending Glastonbury hostelry, takes in the local sights, talks with proprietor Meleeshka, off the record with Tourist Centre officials, and finally with programme co-host NIGEL WRENCH about her visit to the town better known for its metaphysical charms than its consumer consciousness [6:55] ....... 7:05 SEGMENT #3 - TWO I.D. openly-queer country music recording artists Doug Stevens & The OutBand (with an excerpt from their "Out In The Country") [:30] + This month`s AudioFile, spotlighting some of the newest and best in queer music, features the words and music of Maryland`s Steven Gellman ("Photobook") and Quebec`s Lucie Blue Tremblay ("I`m Ready"), and excerpts from the latest CD by Amasong, a 50-voice lesbian-feminist chorus from Champaign-Urbana, Illinois ("Over Here The Water Is Sweet") [produced and hosted by CHRIS WILSON and PAM MARSHALL, assisted by CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM`s usual technical wizardry] [6:30] .......................................................... 7:00 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY .............................................................................. .......... 1:25 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME .............................................................................. ................... 26:30 -----------------------------Please note-------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." 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