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Alert Reader Bob asks: "I know you've publicized it before -- but could you kindly republish the info regarding how and when one might listen to your (radio) show?"

Well, if you were in the vicinity of Washington, D.C., our nation's capital, you could go to the National Zoo ...

Oh, sorry, that's how to see a komodo dragon, the world's largest living lizard.

If you were in the vicinity of Oakland, or anywhere that Carnegie Mellon's WRCT-FM (88.3) can be heard, you could listen from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Saturdays, following the "Saturday Light Brigade."

If you're out of range of WRCT's massive flamethrowing 1,750-watt directional signal (it's not for beans in the Mon Valley, because it's aimed west), you can also listen online at wrct.org.

You also could listen to WKHB (620) in Irwin on Sunday evenings at 7:15 p.m. ... following the "Scriptural Rosary."

Yep, it's one heck of a lead-in I've got on WKHB. Most Sundays, my audience consists of literally dozens of shut-ins, along with a handful of elderly people who think it's still WHJB in Greensburg. ("Can I speak to Nellie King? What time's the farm report on? Do you have the score of the Hempfield game?")

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In Other News: A few items of interest from Penn State McKeesport Lower Fox Chapel:

• Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter will confer degrees on 43 students at Penn State Greater Allegheny's spring commencement beginning at 11 a.m. May 17 in the Wunderley Gymnasium. Diplomas will be awarded in a number of areas, including business, communications, applied psychology and information sciences and technology. More at psu.edu.


• The Penn State Greater Allegheny women's softball team has qualified for the PSUAC playoffs. It is the first time in school history that the team has made the postseason tournament. The Lady Lions finished fourth in the conference with a record of 11-7 and an overall record of 13-19. The team only had two wins all of last season. Get the details here.

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To Do This Weekend: McKeesport Little Theater presents Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite," through May 18. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Dinner will be served before the May 10 show, but reservations are required.

The MLT is located at 1614 Coursin St., near the Carnegie Library and Cornell Intermediate School. Call (412) 673-1100 or visit their website.