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2: ALLEN and ALBERT HUGHES, 21-year old twins, and directors of "Menace To Society" (Fine Line). Their mother steered them away from drugs and gangs when they were twelve by buying them video equipment. After making several music videos and short films, they've made their first feature. It's a picture firmly in the gangster genre, an unflinching film about young men growing up in Watts. The film's 23-year old screenwriter Tyger Williams explains: "For every 'good' kid that makes it out of the ghetto, there are five more who don't. We asked the question, 'What's their story?'

Book critic JOHN LEONARD reviews, "Monnew" (MAH-new) a novel by West African writer Amadou Kourouma (AH-ma-doo Ka-ROO-ma).( Published by Mercury House in San Franc

REVEREND JOHNNY RAY YOUNGBLOOD. He's the leader of St. Paul Community Baptist Church in one of Brooklyn's poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods. YOUNGBLOOD came to the church and turned it around from a dying institution, to a thriving center for religious and community activity. The church has created a school, and through innovative programs, brought young black men back into the church. St. Paul's has also (as part of a coalition with other churches) built housing in the area and replaced brothels and numbers joints. "Upon This Rock: The Miracles of a Black Church" by Samuel G. Freedman (published by HarperCollins) is about REV. YOUNGBLOOD and St. Paul's

A live concert with singer/songwriter ARTHUR ALEXANDER, whose songs were recorded on early records by The Beatles ("Anna") and The Rolling Stones ("You Better Move On"). Alexander's new album, "Lonely Just Like Me" (Elektra Nonesuch), is his first release in twenty years

Writer KEN LEVINE (pronounced "Le-Vine"). He's an Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and has been head writer for two of television's greatest shows: MASH and Cheers. He trained himself to be a baseball announcer out of a childhood love for the game, and has written a new book about his season as a broadcaster for the Baltimore Orioles: "It's Gone!...No, Wait a Minute" (Villard Books) He's now an announcer for the Seattle Mariners

MILO MILES REV.S NEW SALSA SINGER "INDIA", WHOSE ALBUM, "LLEGO LA INDIA" (yay-GO la EEN-dee-a) FEATURES BANDLEADER AND SALSA VETERAN EDDIE PALMIERI.

2: We remember songwriter SAMMY CAHN, who died last Friday at the age of 79 with an interview Terry Gross recorded with him in 1985. Cahn wrote many of the songs that Frank Sinatra recorded, including Come Fly With Me, Teach Me Tonight and High Hopes. He also wrote the scores for many Broadway shows including Walking Happy and Skyscraper, and for the movies Come Blow Your Horn, Robin and the Seven Hoods, and A Pocketful of Miracles.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews Willie Nelson''s latest, "Over the Borderline."

Actor JASON ALEXANDER. He's best known as George Constanza on the NBC series "Seinfeld", where he plays Jerry Seinfeld's best friend. Alexander won a Tony Award in 1989 for his performance in "Jerome Robbin's Broadway." (REBROADCAST FROM 6/

HASKELL WEXLER won Academy Awards for his cinematography on "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," and "Bound for Glory." He's been nominated for work on several other movies, including "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," and "Matewan." He's also the director of "Medium Cool." Wexler is known for moving easily between marginal, political films and more mainstream fare. He was the subject of a retrospective at the American Museum of the Moving Image in New York in April. And his work and comments can be seen in the new documentary about cinematography, "Visions of Light." REBROADCAST. Originally aired 3/16/93.