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Conference Call to be at Ole Miss, March 31

Conference Call to be at Ole Miss, March 31
Radio Show coming to Oxford for a live broadcast and fund raiser.

March 27, 2000

OXFORD, Miss. - Never at a loss for words, University of Mississippi sports fans can speak their minds throughout the South when the United Sports Talk Network hosts "Conference Call" on the Oxford campus March 31.

The call-in radio show, which features coverage of Southeastern Conference athletics, will be broadcast live from the Student Union plaza from 5-8 p.m. Regular show host Max Howell asks questions, takes calls and gets comments from guests and passersby.

Tasty barbeque dinners will be served on the patio during the show to raise money for the Buonicoti Fund to cure paralysis. Proceeds from the $5 per plate dinners will be donated in memory of Chucky Mullins, an Ole Miss football player, and Derrick Thomas of the University of Alabama.

Prior to the show, Howell will try his hand as a "celebrity chef" in the Student Union food court from 11 a.m.-noon.

The events will help celebrate the beginning of spring and promote Grove Bowl 2000, the annual spring intrasquad football game played April 1 at 1:30 in Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium.

The radio show and barbeque are being sponsored by the Ole Miss Student Programming Board, Residence Hall Association, Student Union, Campus Dining Services and Aramark Corporation. In case of bad weather, events will be held in the Student Union lobby.

"Conference Call" covers major collegiate athletic events in the nine states of the Southeastern Conference. It is broadcast over 70 radio markets in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Mississippi affiliates of "Conference Call" include: WAMY 1580 AM in Amory, WBSL 1190AM in Bay St. Louis, WCMR 94.5 FM in Bruce, WDSK 1410 AM in Cleveland, WJDX 620 AM in Jackson, WMOX 1010 AM in Meridian, WNAT 1450 AM in Natchez, WPLF 980 AM in McComb, WROX 1450 AM in Clarksdale, WSSO 1230 AM in Starkville, WUMS 92.1 FM in Oxford, WVMI 570 AM in Biloxi, WWZO 1240 AM in Aberdeen and WXHB-FM 96.5 FM in Richton.