THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #716, distributed 12/17/01 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) "At 17" albums & 38 career years, a words & music exclusive with Janis Ian; A preview of the Aspen Gay & Lesbian Ski Week's 25th anniversary event; West Australia moves closer to sweeping rights reform, Spain's parliament moves to clear Franco's gay victims, Britain begins the process for a job rights law, Liechtenstein's new partners law awaits final government okay, a flawed equal benefits bill is vetoed in Atlanta, & other global GLBT news "TWO" FEEDS via the PRSS EACH MONDAY @ 14:30 ET on A72.3*, EACH TUESDAY @ 16:00 ET on Pacifica`s KU band, is available online in mono and stereo MP3 files at www.radio4all.net, and is mailed on cassette to non-satellite/non-wired stations and to individual subscribers *==> Weekly feeds are scheduled by PRSS on A72.3 through June 2002 <== -------- AIR THE ENTIRE HALF-HOUR AND/OR USE SELECTED SEGMENTS ------ STILL FREE OF CHARGE! USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! -------------------------------- REMINDER ------------------------------- There will be no "NewsWrap" segment on "This Way Out" programs to be distributed on 12/24 and 12/31/01. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- => RUNDOWN <= Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 [note: starts with about :03 from the instrumental intro to "Society's Child"] SEGMENT #1 – NewsWrap: The Legislative Assembly of the state of West Australia passes a landmark bill providing sweeping legal reforms toward equality for both gay & lesbian individuals and same-gender couples; the Australian Securities and Investments Commission settles its civil action against Greg Fisher, former head of the Satellite Group, which had been the world's first gay-identified publicly-traded company; Spain's parliament moves to expunge the criminal record of hundreds of gays arrested during the regime of General Francisco Franco and establishes a committee to consider compensation for them; the British government publishes a proposal for public consultation to ban sexual orientation employment discrimination; a Swedish court orders a sperm donor who fathered 3 children for a lesbian couple to pay child support now that the women have split up; Liechtenstein is the latest European country to advance legislation providing legal recognition to same-gender couples; what many say was a flawed Atlanta, Georgia version of San Francisco's pioneering Equal Benefits Ordinance is vetoed by the gay-supportive outgoing mayor, while some lesbian & gay Minnesota state employees gain domestic partner health benefits, at least for the time being; and add the orangutan to the long list of "primates in which homosexual behavior forms part of a natural repertoire of sexual or sociosexual behavior" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by JON BEAUPRE & CINDY FRIEDMAN] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 SEGMENT #2 - Janis Ian billboard [:10] + The annual ASPEN GAY & LESBIAN SKI WEEK celebrates its 25th anniversary high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado from January 20th through 27th. Along with the obvious opportunity to spend time with friends and "family" at one of the planet's prime ski and snowboarding locales, there are numerous parties, a film festival, and lots of other entertainment that draws enthusiasts from all over the world. JIM TOMBERLIN is Acting Executive Director of the Aspen Gay & Lesbian Community Fund, which distributes all of the proceeds to charitable nonprofits. He discusses the event's history and how it all comes together in conversation with This Way Out correspondent NEIL DAVID SEIBEL [with thanks to THOMAS EIRMAN, Executive Director of KAJX Studios in Aspen] [3:05]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:15 [www.gayskiweek.com] SEGMENT #3 - JANIS IAN is well known as a musical performer and writer with an outspoken point of view, beginning in the 1960's with the controversial hit "Society's Child" and continuing to top the charts through the seventies with "At Seventeen" and "Jesse." But there's far more to this Grammy winning musician, as This Way Out's CHRIS WILSON learned when she recently sat down for this exclusive interview with Janis Ian to talk about everything from the ups and downs of her lengthy career to "outing" to her appearances on controversial U.S. radio shock jock Howard Stern's program (includes excerpts from "At Seventeen" from "Between The Lines", the title cut from "Society's Child", and "Play Like A Girl", "Days Like These" and the title cut from "God and the FBI") [produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15:40 [www.janisian.com] Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:25 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:55 ----------------------------Please note-------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or *news stories* is encouraged to email Coordinating Producer Greg Gordon at TWOradio@aol.co ----------------------------- thanks! --------------------------------- STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", "AT 17" ALBUMS AND 38 CAREER YEARS, A WORDS & MUSIC EXCLUSIVE WITH THE LEGENDARY JANIS IAN, AND A PREVIEW OF THE ANNUAL ASPEN GAY & LESBIAN SKI WEEK'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY... IN THE NEWS, WEST AUSTRALIA MOVES CLOSER TO SWEEPING RIGHTS REFORM, SPAIN'S PARLIAMENT MOVES TO CLEAR FRANCO'S GAY VICTIMS, BRITAIN BEGINS THE PROCESS FOR A JOB RIGHTS LAW, LIECHTENSTEIN'S NEW PARTNERS LAW AWAITS FINAL GOVERNMENT APPROVAL, AND A FLAWED EQUAL BENEFITS BILL IS VETOED IN ATLANTA. ALL THAT AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~> STATIONS: MISSED THE SATELLITE FEED? <~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE CONTACT THE PACIFICA RADIO ARCHIVES TO ORDER A COPY OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH THEY CAN SEND YOU VIA U.P.S.; PHONE 818/506-1077 AND ASK FOR MARK OR EDGAR. ******************************************************** On the air since April 1988, "This Way Out" is the multi-award-winning internationally-distributed weekly gay and lesbian radio newsmagazine. 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