Friday, October 3, 2008

AMERICA'S HOSTS: Renee Montagne and Ari Shapiro; NEWSCASTS: Paul Brown, Jean Cochran
CALIFORNIA/NEVADA HOST: Donna Apidone; NEWSCASTS: Steve Shadley

Here are some highlights of today's show:

When it comes to electricity use, are you a hog or a miser?  If you're a SMUD customer, you're about to find out.  Ginger Rutland has the Sacramento Bee commentary at 5:33 and 7:33.

Old-school Broadway entertainment comes to the Community Center Theatre with "The Drowsy Chaperone."  Jeff Hudson has a review at 6:33 and 8:33.

Vice presidential nominees Joseph Biden and Sarah Palin met last night for their only debate of the presidential campaign. They battled for 90 minutes on topics as diverse as the current economic crisis, global warming, and foreign policy.  More on the event at 5:10, 6:10, 7:10 and 8:10.

In this week's installment of Storycorps, we hear a love story. Andrea St. John and Kevin Broderick first met when they were teaching high school, and Kevin was recovering from cancer. Then his cancer returned. Andrea and Kevin's brother Thomas talk about what this meant for the relationship and for her life.  That's at 5:25 and 7:25.

Thanks for listening.  Enjoy the weekend.