“LSUS Today” to air beginning Tuesday 04/03/02

The April edition of “LSUS Today,” the university’s monthly television show hosted by Dr. Johnette McCrery, assistant professor of communications, will air three times in April, beginning Tuesday.

Set your VCRs to record the program if you can’t watch it “live.” The program will air on KPXJ-TV (PAX 21) at 10 a.m. Tuesday. On the airwaves, KPXJ is Channel 21. On Time-Warner Cable in Shreveport, KPXJ airs on Channel 10, and on Cox Cable in Bossier City, it airs on either Channel 7 or 17, depending on where you live.

The program will air on KSHV-TV (WB 45), at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 17. KSHV can be found on Channel 45 (airwaves), Channel 2 (Time-Warner) and Channel 9 (Cox). KMSS-TV (FOX 33) will air the show at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 27. KMSS is on Channel 33 (airwaves), and Channel 8 (both Time-Warner and Cox).

The program features a segment about the Noel Memorial Library and the massive James Smith Noel Collection. Curator Dr. Robert Leitz is McCrery’s guest for this segment.

The second segment’s guests are Midway Elementary Professional Development School Principal Priscilla Pullen, Midway teacher Jody Nida, and Candi Bagley, assistant professor of education. In the segment, McCrery and her guests discuss the PDS.

The closing segment features guests Susan Reeks, development director for the Red River Radio Network and director of the RRR Jazz & Blues Festival; and Steve Howell, owner of Howell Oil & Gas and one of the many musicians who will perform at the festival. In the segment, Reeks gives an overview of the radio network, and all three talk about the upcoming Jazz & Blues Festival, which is expected to draw between 50,000 and 100,000 to the campus.