ENTERTA INMIENT | UM ZEFBEN Sun staff Act and react. A simple enough premise that, at CKQR’s morning shift, has ved from a strict i i and music program into an off- the-wall, unrehearsed sketch between radio-jock Murray David Collins and news director Neil Andrews, The two started working together when Andrews was |} ARTS COUNCIL + W.K.N.E.C - until Sept. 29 - Figure Paintings by Christina Lake, painter Richard Reid. Jacqui Reed - Nelson sculptor offers stone and clay work with mythological echoes. * Kootenay Art Club meets avery Wed., starting Sept. 4, 7-10 pm. in the Senior eee Hall. Sept. instructor Is Alan d. All levels wel- come. Annual dues $20.00. {infor 865-6816 or 365-7450. * Camera Club meets Sept. 10 at 7:30 pm in the library of KJS.S. For insertion call Cathy at hired last March. “T was thrown in with Mur- ray,” protests the 25-year-old Andrews, trying.to restrain a smile from becoming too obvi- ous, “Obviously I’m the straight man on the team.” Blond-haired with black thin- rimmed glasses, the tall Andrews moves with an angular grace through the small news room. He scans a recording of one of the satellite feeds the station sub- scribes to, qucing up a sound-bite for his 9 a.m. newscast. On-air he reads the news in all seriousness until the last story, and as always, it features a topic that seems to come out of nowhere. “I try to throw in a humourous story at the end,” he says, The material ranges from cute to border-li story I ran—very surprised nobody phoned in about’ this— about a transvestite who:cut off his penis in order to get a transfer to a woman's prison.” Andrews, who lives in an apartment below the station, begins his day at 4:30 a.m. and is on the air by 6 a.m.. “At 4:30 the alarm goes off,” he says. “The snooze button is your best friend at 4:30 in the moming.” During his regular working day, Andrews is expected to cover news in the entire West Kootenays, as well as edit satel- lite material for his regular broadcasts. “It’s busy all the time,” he says. “It can be a little over- whelming being the only one in the department.” b but ly h And. says he presents the news as straight as he can in Wild and wacky QR ‘Morning Crew" SUN STAFF PHOTO / Jim Zooban -BUSINESS Moneysaver magazine starts second decade helping Canadians The Canadian MoncySaver magazine is starting its second f decade of saving - and making - i money for Canadians. + In 1981, it was an eight-page } newsletter, The September issue : this year runs 36 pages. 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At the same time, he doesn’t mind an occasional casual ramble into silliness. “I can only joke around to a Collins’ building doesn't make it all the way to the Pent- house. certain extent, but the talking- part with Murray is fun,” he says. “It's better than just reading the You could never:accuse Nei “a typical Wewsmian..The 25-year-old is kept ‘Busy a ‘ae Collins’ sidekick on the CKQR ‘Morning Crew': Watch for flyer in local papers September 4thi The Trail Society for SERIES tal Tue: _ October 29 : December 3 the Performing Arts presents | Berfe ormance Greater, Trall Community Centr | (Cedar Ave.’ Quadrang! 10 a.m. to'9 p.m :Waneta Plaza Centre Couirt news and going off-air.” Apart from the single odd- news bit, Andrews says he prefers being the foil for the unpredictable Collins. “I’m reduced to reacting to Murray’s antics,” he says. “The first time I was on-air, Murray just opened the mike and started talking to me. I try to keep it very natural. The listeners get plenty of energy from Murray—he’s got all cylinders running once that mike goes on.” Collins has been the moming man in Castlegar for the year- and-a-half he’s been at CKQR. In radio for 24-years, the 41- year-old Collins says the ‘morn- ing crew’—as he calls it—never plans what's going to be on the air, “With me and Neil the chem- istry i is_jl s' 2} ont the’desk; “It just‘works? A large man as is, Collins takes.a deep breath and his chest ‘SUN STAFF FOTO, 4 Jim Zeoben SH OW BORREVRREOROEHO RHE ORE Dosie Crawford ¢ Heritage Railway Station © September 1st through 30th Jazz classes for: 6 yrs. & up ° Teen jazz classes Adult beginner & intermediate * must pre- register 365-7458 evenings 6:00 - 8:00 pm Registration: Sept. 18th - 421 13th Ave. Portuguese Centre 3:00 - 6:00 pm Class sizes are limited — classes start Sept. 30/91 Back to Schoo! 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He says inspiration for the day's joke comes from all aspects of his life. “Mostly from the back pans 4 the radio‘station, where due: ever goes,” he says. “The pai ing show is a 24-hour thing. It starts when you get off the air.” The joke of the day this mom- ing has Collins appealing to lis- teners for ears of com. “It's the time of the year for corn,” he explains. “I’ve been checking out the gardens in the area and there’s an over abun- dance of corn. Besides, it’s easy to cook. I liken it to macaroni and cheese—just add water.” Collins draws heavily from his personal life, both for program ideas and as a way of relating to his audience. “I don’t really hide anything. I'm very, very, wide open,” he says. “ And it works, people can relate, They either love you or hate you. If there is a message I'm trying to get across to the lis- teners it's we, on the morning show, Teally are happy-go-lucky individuals. However Collins admits he does have days when he has to act a little—dig deep to muster the hype and energy typical of his broadcast. But it’s not really acting. According to both Collins and Andrews, when the listener hears something for the first time the ‘morning crew’ is hearing it for the first time. Andrews says, “From one day to the next I can never tell you what Murray's going to dwell on. He brings everything up.” And at the moment, Collins likes the rapport he's developed with his news man. “Working with Neil I feel comfortable,” he says. “A lot of announcers try and do certain things that just don’t work. But my bottom line is if I don’t feel comfortable doing it I. don’t do Cohoe Insurance ‘Vehicle Transfers License Plates 1127 4th St, Castlegar w 65-3301 » ‘Marketing ‘workshop ‘planned for ‘September ‘in Castlegar A rare opportunity for small will be Tues. 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