Arts, Leisure and Sports

WFIR’s Greg Roberts reports that former Radford High School and West Virginia standout basketball player Darious Nichols will be the new head basketball coach for the Radford University Highlanders; succeeding Mike Jones, who left for UNC-Greensboro. Nichols will be announced at a 2-pm news conference according to Roberts.  Nichols had been an assistant coach at Florida.

The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra returns with an outdoor free concert on May 8 – tomorrow Blue Ridge Marathon runners can see and hear the RSO’s music director with a very special band, as they head towards the finish line. WFIR’s Gene Marrano spoke with music director and conductor David Stewart Wiley this week – and here is a “Longer Listen.”