By MONICA OROSZ If you go What: Mountain Stage NewSong Contest When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday Where: State Cultural Center Tickets: $10 advance, $12 at the door Info: www.newsong-music.com FYI A combined ticket to both Saturdays event and Sundays Mountain Stage show is available for $15.50.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The producers of Mountain Stage can hire West Virginia Public Broadcasting employees to work on television broadcasts of the radio show and pay them a supplement, the West Virginia Ethics Commission said.

By Michelle Wolford, The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. Mar. 23--MOUNTAIN STAGE will be taped live at the Creative Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Info: 293-SHOW. Larry Groce likes to mix things up.

By Michelle Wolford, The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. Mar. 23--"WHY ARE ALL the good shows in Charleston?" A friend asked me that after reading a list of "Mountain Stage" performers that was on my desk.