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Creator and CEO of the Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN), BRIAN LAMB. He launched the network in 1979 because he felt society was being unfairly treated by the television news. He wanted to broadcast information from beginning to end, so that audiences could get a full picture of what transpired, and not just pieces of it. The channel provides hours of footage of the U.S. Congress and its committees, party conventions, and provided sprawling coverage of the Presidential campaign -- all without commentary or editing. The network has no advertisers, no government or corporate funding, and has no concern for ratings. (It's funding comes from local cable companies).

Rock historian ED WARD remembers the year 1953, just before the coming rock and roll revolution.

2: A concert and interview with SHIRLEY HORN. Playing with her will be drummer Steve Williams and bassist Charles Ables. HORN recorded with Miles Davis and Quincy Jones in the 1960s and sang on the movie soundtrack of "For Love of Ivy." After a hiatus in which she stayed home and raised her daughter, she returned to performing and recording in 1988. Her 1991 album, "You Won't Forget Me," brought together Toots Thielemans, Buck Hill, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, and Miles Davis. The album was nominated for a Grammy. Her latest album and video is "Here's to Life: Shirley Horn with Strings," of Johnny Mandel compositions (on Verve). (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 6/29/92).

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Body of Evidence," the new film starring Madonna and William DeFoe.

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews "Nocturne Parisian," (Muse) by Graham Haynes, and "Overlays," by the Ned Rothenberg Double Band (Moers music).

From the relief and development organization CARE, PHILIP JOHNSTON, President and CEO. Marty talks with him about the organization's next efforts in Somali, helping farmers rehabilitate farms, and training village health workers to monitor the nutritional status of mothers and young children.

Book critic JOHN LEONARD remarks on the fourth anniversary of the death-sentence that sent writer Salman Rushdie into hiding.

Over the years, composer, conductor and performer Lukas Foss has been one of America's most committed champions of new music. As a composer, he's been identified with serialism, improvisation and chance processes. In an interview with Terry Gross, he discusses his life and work.

2: Former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the former Editor-in-Chief of "Connoisseur," THOMAS HOVING. ("Hoving" with a long "O".) He's written a new book "Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art." (Simon & Schuster). The metropolitan is probably the richest museum in the world, "owning" three million works of art, and artifacts that span 50 centuries. HOVING was with the Met for ten years and has been credited with transforming it from a somber monolith into a friendly and exciting place. His book is about the "battleground" behind the calm surface of the institution.

Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews the new memoir, "H.L. Mencken: My Life as Author and Editor," (Knopf) edited by Jonathan Yardley. THURSDAY, FEB 11INT. 1: Writer, actor, director HAROLD RAMIS. He''s one of the most influential forces behind some of the biggest comedy hits of the late 70s and 80s. But his influence is not generally known by those outside the industry. (For that reason he''s been called the "Clark Kent" of comedy. Also because he''s "mild-mannered," "bespectacled," and he "looks as if he would be the first to duck under the table at the first sign of a food fight"). RAMIS wrote for "The National Lampoon Show," and "SCTV." He co-wrote as well as acted in the movies, "Animal House," "Stripes," "Ghostbusters," and others. He directed the new movie, "Groundhog Day," starring his old co-star Bill Murray. INT. 2: Co-founder of the working women''s advocacy group, "9 to 5," KAREN NUSSBAUM. She helped found the group 20 years ago. Marty will talk with her about the the changing role of women in the workplace in the last twenty years, and about the concerns of women in the workplace, like childcare. REV. : TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the sequel to "Prime Suspect," the miniseries on PBS a year ago about a woman who becomes chief inspector, played by Helen Mirren. "Prime Suspect 2" begins tonight. Rev.: Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews a new album by Guy Clark, "Boats to Build." Clark is a songwriter whose songs have been recorded by many other country artists, but hasn''t had so much success doing them himself.