Liquor Ads on Television; Travel
Liquor Ads on Television
Wine and beer advertisements air liberally on national network television but for years the spirits industry has voluntarily banned televised liquor commercials. In December, NBC announced its intention to become the first broadcast network to run liquor ads but bowing to criticism, it revoked that declaration last week saying it was ending the three-month-old experiment. Who pressured the industry and why? And why are wine and beer ads allowed on TV but not liquor commercials? Larry Mantle opens the phones to hear from listeners about televising liquor ads.
Travel
Larry Mantle talks with travel experts, and columnists for Westways Paul Lasley and Elizabeth Harryman about a variety of travel-related issues including the Queen's Jubilee in England and tours of destinations not always open to the public, the pros and cons of using a travel agent, and great places to enjoy spring in California.
Travel tips from Paul and Elizabeth: Britain's Royal Heritage Map, available from the British tourist authority, 877.899.8391; a budget traveler's guide to sleeping in airports at www.sleepinginairports.net; information on chartering your own plane www.privatair.com; consider a spring trip to Phoenix to catch some Cactus League baseball; check the flower status in the Poppy Reserve by calling the Theodore Payne Foundation at 818.768.3533; consider a trip to the Channel Islands, reservations for camping at 800.365.CAMP; for information on visiting the Lost Coast between Gaberville and Ukiah, check the www.visitcalifornia.com site.
Other recommendations: the Turtle Bay Museum in Redding on the Sacramento River, scheduled to open this June; Lake Shasta and the Trinity Alps; Table Mountain outside of Chico; the town of Julian, east of San Diego, with a reputation for fine apple pie; bike ride through the Avenue of the Giants near Garberville; the Kern Valley and Rankin Ranch for horseback riding; or in LA, hike Circle X Grotto, to get to the trail head, head towards Ventura on PCH, turn towards the mountains on Yerba Buena, at the fork in the road, veer right, about 3-4 miles up, there's a Ranger Station and a sign that says Circle X designating the trailhead.