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Beach us Scott Winter Assistant City Editor 701-250-8225 Friday, September 24, 1999 Section The Bismarck Tribune 1 Badlands hiking event includes poetry The Badlands Conservation Alliance will take a walk on the wild side Saturday in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Participants will meet at 9 a.m. MDT at the U.S. Forest Service summer campground, located along U.S. Highway 85, 11 miles north of Grassy Butte.

Organizers ask hikers to bring 1 I it. hiking boots, a backcountry lunch and a favorite poem or quotation. Participants will hike the three miles to Achenbach Springs. The trek could be lengthened another mile to view the historic American Indian eagle trapping pits, situated on a high bluff overlooking the Little Missouri River. For more information, call John Heiser at 863-6987.

Ws TV tips Ms "Dear America" Kidnapped by Lenape Indians, a 13-year-old Quaker (Stephanie Mills) develops a respect for the tribe's customs in the 18th century tale "Standing in the Light" HBO "The Hughleys" This TGIF comedy pre 5" Stacy Sturm and Bob Brady work in separate booths while laughing through their morning show. cedes "Boy Meets World, "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" and "Odd Man Out." ABC "Nash Bridges" Nash, Joe and Caitlin pursue the elusive killer of a Latina actress. CBS By Mike McCleary of the Tribune Radio hosts work hard at being happy in the mornings "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries" The latest from the team of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. This well-crafted 1998 drama is based on Kaylie Jones' fictional novel about life with her father, novelist James Jones. Kris Kristofferson has never been better as the author.

Cinemax Los Angeles Times ELIZABETH PIERCE Bismarck Tribune iiofa Cooks third-row seats for the 98 Degrees concert. Phones were constantly ringing with people wanting to know when the tickets were being given away. A few kids called to tell Sturm about mean teachers they have had. A pregnant friend of both hosts called in to say that she needed to go to the hospital and couldn't contact her husband on his cell phone. Brady ran a recording of the call a couple minutes later, and soon the husband called in to say thanks and that he was on his way.

"We like people to call, even if they call us about nothing," Sturm said. "We're so excited we'll put them on. People want to hear other people, too." It isn't easy to be happy early in the morning, let alone start other people's days off right. Just ask Bob Brady and Stacy Sturm of 93's "Brady and Stacy in the Morning" show. Brady and Sturm are up at 3:30 a.m.

to prepare for their show, which runs 5:30 to 10 weekday mornings on KYYY-FM (92.9) and competes with KBYZ-FM (96.5) for listeners ages 18-34. They gather news and weather and surf the Internet for odd, trivial facts. "I don't get used to the Nacho Potato Soup 1 package (5 14 ounce) au gratin potatoes 1 can (11 ounce) whole kernel corn, drained 1 can (10 ounce) diced tomatoes and green chilies, undrained 2 cups water 9. rnn5 milk -v I A 2 cups cubed process Soilps 0n American cheese by Ullian Domres, Dash hot pepper 1 Box2o5 sauce, optional j0Wner, N.D. 58788 Minced fresh parsley, optional In a 3 quart saucepan, combine the contents of the potato package, corn, tomatoes and water; mix well.

Bring to boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-18 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Add milk, cheese and hot pepper sauce if desired; cook and stir until cheese is melted. Garnish with parsley. -wsw I 1 Vj'V Sturm aren't in the same room.

Each has a separate studio with a window between so they can face each other and they listen through headphones. Sturm explained that it is set up this way because if the microphones are too close they create feedback. They begin each show with a broad outline of what time they will do certain segments, but none of the jokes between them are planned. "Everything we do together is off the cuff," Sturm said. Lee Ann Oliver, a 30-year-old listener from Bismarck, said she is up at 6 a.m.

and listens while getting ready for work. She especially likes the banter between the two and the stories they share. They give each other a hard time but still respect their listeners, she said. "They give their opinions, but they leave it open; it's not like theirs is the final opinion." The two hosts stand during the broadcast and are always in motion. During music and commercials, Sturm comes over to Brady's studio to collect information from contest winners while Brady answers the phone and tapes the calls, which are run a few minutes later.

If there is nothing to do, they just sit and chat or catch up on other work. Brady keeps track of when they go back on and signals Sturm with a "here we go." She grabs the latest news and weather off the computer and races to her microphone. The two hosts met when Sturm was the only person to call in who knew the answer to a 1980s song lyric contest. Tney joke that the song, "Let's Go All the Way" by Sly Fox, is their song. The Brady and Stacy in the Morning show is tied for No.

1 in the morning with KBYZ in the 18-34 target age group, Brady said, bringing in 18.8 percent of the listening audience. Y-93 radio personality and operations manager Todd Mitchell said it's hard to have a morning show in Bismarck-Mandan because there isn't as much commute time as in a big city, so people don't spend as much time with the radio while they are stuck in traffic. One morning last week, the station gave away As a part of the show, Sturm lines up celebrities for telephone interviews. She said it's hard because Bismarck is such a small market, but she still has managed to get people like talk show host Donny Osmond and Tonight Show creator Steve Allen to call in. "They had no idea about North Dakota," she said.

"They just wanted the publicity. People here are receptive to big names and will pay attention to what they have to say." Despite the hours, both shift, but I tolerate it," Sturm said. Sturm sometimes eats ice cream before the show, because even at that time of morning they have to be at the top of their game, ready to make witty remarks and smart comebacks. Apparently, ice cream helps with that They are the only ones in the studio until 7:30 or 8 a.m. and work until noon.

When they're not doing the show, they do voice-overs for Stacy Sturm enjoys taking the phone calls. Bob Brady keeps up with calls during breaks. 'SUIIiUIIUW How to avoid a bug infestation in your home this fall hosts find time for spouses and fun. "You have to live a normal life so you can relate to people," Brady said. He also does promotions and announcing for the Bismarck Bobcats hockey team, and Sturm has her own DJ business.

Sturm said she doesn't listen much to the radio when she is off the air. "I hate my voice. When I hear my voice on the radio, I turn it off. "If people think they're getting into radio for glamour or big bucks, it's a lie: There's no glamour and no big bucks," she added. "There are probably people who have been listening from day one, but they don't even know our names." advertisements, promotional bits and arrange guests and go to meetings.

Even though they're up early, they also do remote broadcasts from bars until 11:30 p.m. They rarely get a day off because they also spend their weekends doing remote broadcasts throughout Bismarck-Mandan and don't want to leave only one person with the burden of hosting the morning show. "We were off one day in August because of a station holiday, and people were calling in complaining because there was a satellite broadcast instead of our show," Brady said. While doing the morning show, Brady and pside Movie Road Show stations guide to Bismarck-Mandan radio "That's kind of been Andy Anderson's baby. It's a huge signal, 50,000 watts.

It's been Mr. Anderson's dream and we've finally got it on." Bob Denver, general manager. KBMR 1130 AM Format: Classic Country. Target audience: Adults 35 and older. Owner: Anderson Broadcasting, 1963.

Programming: All local. "It's a classic country station, and there aren't that many of them around anymore. It leans more toward the clas-' sic country." Bob Denver, general manager. KLXX 1270 AM Format: Nostalgia. Target audience: Adults 45 and older.

Owner: Cumulus Broadcasting, August 1998, Programming: Satellite broadcasting. "It's a nostalgia station, for people who want music older than what COOL (98.7 FM) offers. The response we got to that was very good, and the Minnesota Twins are a big part of that. And of Mary sports are on that station as well." Bob Denver, general manager. Compiled by Joe Gardyasz Liz Pierce and Scott Winter Format: Today's Country.

Target audience: Adults 25 to 54. Owner: Cumulus Broadcasting, 1998. Programming: Local except from midnight to 5:30 a.m. After Midnight with Blair Garner. "It's just a newer hip country station where we play the top 40 country songs." Bob Denver, general manager.

KACL 98.7 FM Format: Oldies. Target audience: People ages 25 to 54. Owner: Cumulus Broadcasting, August 1998. Programming: All local. "When we did the research, we found that people were looking for the music they grew up with, and KACL filled that niche very well." Bob Denver, general manager.

K259AF 99.7 FM (Rebroadcasts 94.5 FM) KSSS 101.5 FM (Star 101) Format: Light Rock. Target audience: Adults 25 and older. Owner: Anderson Broadcasting, 1994, Programming: All local, "It was struggling with classic rock; we flipped it back to ils original format light rock." Bob Denver, general KXRD89.3FM(Air-1) Format: Christian Rock. Target audience: Adults 18 to 34. Owner: Educational Media Foundation, January 1998.

Programming: All national network. "It's similar to KQDY, except for the target audience, so the mix is considerably different." Joe Miller, director of finance and signal development. KCND90.5FM Format: Classics and news. Target audience: People interested in the world and information about it. Owner: Prairie Public Broadcasting, ,1981.

Programming: It is the same all over the state and is a mix of national programming and local news; Here Now, a local talk show from 3-4 p.m.; news and locally hosted music programs. "People can get a better understanding of the world and great music here." Bill Thomas, director of radio, Fargo. KYYY92.9FM Format: Hot adult contemporary Target audience: Woman ages 18 to 34. Owner: Clear Channel Communications, 1999. Local programming: The Brady and Stacy Show, 5:30 to 10 a.m., Todd Mitchell, 1 to 6 p.m.

The station will be switching" to all local programming Sometime soon. "It beats having to work for a living." Todd Mitchell, operations manager. KQDY 94.5 FM (K-Love) Format: Contemporary Christian music. Target audience: Adults 25 to 44. Owner: Educational Media Foundation, Sacramento, Calif, (new owner, pending FCC approval) Programming: National network with some local announcements planned.

"Our station's purpose is ministering to young families on a listener-supported basis. We do that with 24 hours of contemporary Christian music; we have no long-form (30-minute) programming." Joe Miller, director of finance and signal development. KBYZ 96.5 FM (The Fox) Format: Classic rock. Target audience; Adults 18 to 54. Owner: Cumulus Broadcasting, 1998.

Programming: Local programming in the morning with Uncle Jack and Danger Boy and Clasric Rock from the 70s, and '80s. "We have the funniest morning show in town, and we have the no-repeat work day. Most people complain that they hear the same songs over and over again on other radio stations. Not on our station." Jon Norton, KKCT 97.5 FM (K-Country) manager, KNDR 104.7 Format: Christian. Target audience: Mainly adults 35-plus, also 25-35.

Owner: Central Dakota Enterprises 1977. Programming: About 60 percent locally hosted music; 40 percent syndicated talk programs. "We're a Christian format with inspirational and adult contemporary music." Brad Bales, station manager. KFYR 550 AM Format: Music, news, talk. Target audience: Adults ages 35-64.

Owner: Clear Channel Communications, 1999. Programming: Most programs are local, PMS in the Morning (the Phil and Mark Show), 6 to 10 a.m. and What's on your mind with Mark Armstrong, 10 a.m. to noon. "It is our goal to entertain and inform." Phil Parker, program director KXMR 710 AM (News Talk 710) Format: Talk radio.

Target audience: Adults 30 and older Owner: Anderson Broadcasting, August 1999. Programming; Mornings live 6 a.m, to 10 a.m. and syndicated talk radio. Sports or sports talk on weekends..