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REGULAR ADULT ADMISSION CHILD (3-9) USF. A UNIVERSAL GROUP JOINT VENTURE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. RADIO 'Coach' Marc Daniels signs up for additional game at WQTM he Coach is getting a new AM title at (WQTM). sports radio 540.

Marc Daniels, who ranks among Central Florida's most knowledgeable and entertaining sports talkers, is now the program director at 540 the Team. Known to listeners as the Coach, Daniels takes over from Dick Sheetz, who had been program director at both 540 and rock station 101.1 FM (WJRR). Sheetz now will devote his attention to WJRR, the Team's sister station owned by Clear Channel Comof Orlando. munications RADIO Daniels, a presence in JIM the market for nearly a decade, does not plan any overnight changes at the Team, which has made sizable rating gains in its relatively small market niche. "Sports radio is a unique format," Daniels said.

"It doesn't appeal to the masses like a music station, but there is a dedicated and loyal audience." Specifically men and since spring, the Team has doubled its audience among males 25- 54. Daniels will keep his show in the 3 to 7 p.m. afternoon slot. Lamentably, there are no plans. to revive the weekly Friday trivia contests that were dropped in the fall.

Daniels said creating the popular feature became too time-consuming. "Maybe it could come back in a different form," Daniels speculated. "But I'm the father of two little kids and coming up with 140 trivia questions every week kind of wears on you." Next month, WQTM will begin its summer baseball schedule, with a slate of 115 Atlanta Braves games on tap. Negotiations are under way to broadcast both Florida Marlins and Tampa Bay Devil Rays games on sister station 740 AM (WWNZ). Daniels expects the Braves to continue their reign as Central Florida's most popular baseball club.

But they aren't the mar- wind. Wondering why you ket's biggest sports radio draw. couldn't find Daytona Beach "It's not a huge baseball rock station 93.1 FM (WKRO) town," Daniels said. "This sta- on the dial this past weekend? tion certainly gets its most at- Blame it on El Nino. tention when something sig- The KRO suffered technical nificant goes on with the difficulties related to $5,000 worth Magic or with college of tornado damage.

The station and pro football." had to reduce power several None of which would qualify times this past weekend to make as trivial pursuits. repairs, which meant the signal didn't reach parts of Orlando. "It depends on where you A familiar voice returns. were," operations manager Taft Randy Travis, who paved the Moore said. "We had interrupway for country's neo-tradition- tion in signal strength over the alist revival in course of Friday through SunWAVES the been 1980s, doing has day, much but ironed we've out got now." it pretty more acting ABBOTT than singing in recent Now hear this.

Catch a recap years. of the week's biggest news stoBut Travis is back on country ries on 90.7 Notebook, a new radio this week with a new sin- series that launches at 4:30 p.m. gle being characterized as a Saturday on public radio stacomeback. tion 90.7 FM (WMFE). News of My Bones" is a con- rector Pat Duggins hosts the temporary sounding ballad, fla- show, which includes audio vored with fiddle and pedal clips from The Arts Connection steel guitar and the singer's and WMFE-Channel 24's The resonant baritone.

It's the first Lawmakers. single released by Dream- Local band Blue the new re- ridian has been added to the cord label owned by Steven bill for the "Big Benefit" conSpielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg cert sponsored by 105.1 FM and David Geffen. (WOMX) Saturday at Church Nationally, the song entered Street Station's Cheyenne SaRadio Records country chart loon and Orchid Garden Ballat No. 24, the highest chart de- room. Also performing from 1 but of any song in Travis' ca- to 6 p.m.

will be Big Shirley, reer. It also was the most added Average Joe and Plush. Admissong on country radio this past sion is free with disaster relief week. donations being accepted for "It's probably as good as any- the American Red Cross. thing he's ever done," said There's a new source of local Shadow Stevens, music director at K92 FM 92.3 FM (WWKA).

"They captured the traditional sound of Randy Travis but made it sound like 1998." Travis last Top 10 hit on country chart with "The Box" in 1995. That's where "Out of My Bones" is headed, said Kevin McCabe, director of music charts. "This is clearly an event for country radio," McCabe said. "It looks like a sure-fire hit." The answer is blowing in the AMERICAN BED Call for a location near you 331-6650 503420505 information for Eustis residents on the aptly titled Hometown News, which airs at 9:30 a.m. Thursdays on 1240 AM (WKIQ).

It's hosted by WKIQ's Larry King (not the CNN guy) and Roger Ballas, editor of The Mount Dora Topic, The Eustis News and The Tavares Citizen. 0 Jim Abbott welcomes your questions and comments. Phone: (407) 420-6213. Mail: The Orlando Sentinel, 633 N. Orange Orlando, 32082.

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