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The greatest of all American media spectacles is bout to kick-off, and the region surrounding Joe Robbie Stadium in ade County, Florida is ready to harvest the financial rewards. NPR's erek Reveron reports that Superbowl XXIX is expected to generate illions of dollars in revenue for businesses in the Miami area.

As the Israeli Parliament the "Knessit" decides on the fate of the borders between Israel and the Palestinian - controlled Gaza strip, Danny talks to Washington Post reporter Glenn Frankl. Frankl, who has covered the region for many years, feels that whether the border is kept closed or left open the situation is very tenuous. Frankl's new book is called "Beyond the Promised Land - Jews and Arabs on a hard road to a new Israel.

2: Irish Writer WILLIAM TREVOR, whom The New Yorker called "probably the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language." Besides his eight volumes of short stories, he has written eleven novels, several plays for stage and for radio and television, and stories for The New Yorker, The New York Times, and other magazines. Early last year he published his memoir, "Excursions in the Real World" (Alfred A. Knopf), in which he writes about his family and childhood in Ireland. His most recent novel is "Felicia's Journey" (Viking).

2: Actress SARAH JESSICA PARKER. She's been acting for most of her life, including playing Annie on Broadway, the young bimbo SanDeE in "L.A. Story," and a fed-up fiancee in "Honeymoon in Vegas." PARKER is now starring in the film "Miami Rhapsody," playing a woman having second thoughts about marriage as she learns that everyone in her family has had an affair.

Singer BETTY JOHNSON. She was a member of "The Johnson Family," which sang gospel and country music for two decades. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was a fan, and the group was invited to sing at his memorial service. JOHNSON went solo in the late 1950s and was a regular on Don McNeill's "Breakfast Club," and Jack Paar's TV show. She also made many guest appearances on TV shows. During that time she made over 150 records and a dozen albums. JOHNSON left show business to raise a family and receive a degree in drama at Dartmouth. JOHNSON has since returned to her singing career, with a cabaret act at The Oak Room at The Algonquin Hotel (June 1994). It also featured her daugher, Lydia Gray. She has a new recording "A Family Affair," (Bliss-Tavern Music Productions). For info call 800-287

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says the recent flaps over the ouse Historian, the Enola Gay exhibit and history curriculum guidelines for chools show that "political correctness" is affecting the interpretation of istory.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with reporter Jim Ruppert about his recent rip to Grozny, the capital city of Chechnya. Ruppert saw widespread devastation n the Chechen capital...including what appeared to him to be numerous examples f attrocities comitted by Russian soldiers.

2: Physician and author KENNETH ISERSON. ISERSON wanted to promote organ and tissue donation, so he wrote a book about what happens to dead bodies. It's called "Death to Dust" (Galen Press). ISERSON believes that death is the pornography of our culture, because after-death activities are shrouded in secrecy. His book explores the mundane--burial choices and advance directives--and the arcane--head shrinking, cannibalism and cryonic preservation.

Today the East Coast's first big snow storm of the year hit, dumping more than a food of snow in some areas and with snow falling as far south as Gerogia. Airports are clogged and some roads are almost impassable. Melissa Block reports from New York about this winter's unseasonal weather and what is in store for the remainder of the weekend.

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Professor NICHOLAS NEGROPONTE (Neg-row-pont-ay). His new book "Being Digital" (knopf) explores the future of new information technology and how it will challenge today's perceptions of the future. Ten years ago NEGROPONTE created the now famous and innovative Media Laboratory at MIT. He believes a fundamental change in how we live is coming with the newest computer technologies. He is also a popular columnist for Wired Magazine

NPR's Mara Liasson reports on today's meeting between President Bill Clinton and governors and congressmen in which they discussed ways to revamp the nation's welfare system.