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I; 3d«lf Emporium 4124 Atlanta Hwy., Bogart '***** 50 Gaines School Rd. www.sevysuzonliTie.cow Do You Want to Stop Drinking Alcohol? • We are conducting a study on a medication for treating alcohol problems. • Participation will include five in-person assessments, including four sessions of individual outpatient treatment for alcohol problems. • There is no cost for the treatment. • You will be asked to take a medication or placebo on two occasions. Call 706-542-8350 for more information. The University of Georgia Ocwntown OcWntcwrJ « _ psssa atnens it's all here ^ ■ui .i 11 - II. I.—I ■■ r www.downtownathensga.com Good at more than 75 retail and'dining loc^tionsj 706.353.1421 WIIOG Presents New Shows Featuring DJ Mahogany Ort O niversity of Georgia radio station WUOG 90.5 FM will have a bit more commu nity spirit this summer courtesy of two new shows. The station has invited DJ Mahogany (Mark Weathersby) and William Orten Carlton ("Ort") each to host a show of his own creation and programming for the season. Previously, community members were welcome to spin records on the air as part of the station's charity fundraiser "Seize the Airwaves," but this is the first time in recent memory there will be weekly programming at the hands of non-students. to inquire of him exactly what people receive from radio as opposed to other sources of entertainment and information. "In radio, much is left to the imagination. This is not true with TV, print media or the Net," he says. "It's easy to let your mind be free and think of whatever you want visually as you listen. Try doing that with any other medium!" This is a nice change of pace for the musi cal side of 90.5 FM. Although always staffed exclusively by students, WUOG regularly fea tures local folks as guests for its talk shows, a show on local food and even, urn, local cats. DJ Mahogany Weathersby, whose show "DJ Mahogany's Flowers in the Attic" (its motto being: "Climb with me and see what I've got blooming in my attic") will air on Saturday evenings, was first approached about spinning on WUOG this past April. He readily agreed. "I'm going to be digging deep in my record collection playing an insane range of music from the '50s-'90s, spanning from soul to country, all from my vinyl collection," he says. "It's going to be mostly B-sides and album tracks, and along the way I'll share stories about the songs and people behind them. It'll be like a storyteller's session. I want people to hear things they've never heard before, surprise them, open up their minds and have a good time." "We've been looking for ways to fill more time during the summer, to engage the com munity and create a new standard for our DJs, and this seemed to fill all of those roles," says station manager Nathan Albright. "All things considered, it just seemed like a good idea, and so we looked into the university rules and did what we needed to make it happen." Ort, who spun records at the station regu larly from 1972-1981, says his show is to be titled "Oil's Oldies Radio Problem" and, according to Albright, it looks like it will air on Friday nights. Since Ort has more experi ence with this medium than anyone else involved in this story, it seems appropriate Many college radio stations around the coun try regularly fill music-allotted airtime slots with community members, and WUOG's experi ment in this area seems a solid step in a good direction. Whether these shows, or others like them, will occur during the regular school year hasn't been decided, but Albright says, "We are considering it... the school year schedule is usually booked solid 24/7. We'll see how the summer goes and take it from there." When asked what a community DJ might offer the station that a student DJ couldn't, Weathersby was congenial and thoughtful. "This is a toughie. You know, I think the only thing I can offer that's different than what a student offers is a relationship to the music I play," he says. "A lot of stuff I'll be playing is stuff that I grew up listening to and the situ ations, some of which are wild and wacky, I was in when I first heard these songs. It'll be fun to share these stories with the listening audience. It's gonna be a fun, unique experi ence, and I like to keep people guessing. You honestly never know what you'll get from me, and I like that." An on-air promotional spot for the station regularly states that WUOG has "26,000 watts and almost as many choices." This summer, Athens can make that 26,002. Gordon Lamb 8 FLAGPOLE.COM -JUNE 8,2011
