18. The method of claim 17, further comprising the steps of: receiving from the user command data representative of a command to be performed on data of a particular time slot from the topic record.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising the steps of: in response to command data representative of a "play" command, retrieving the data for the plurality of fields of the particular time slot and time slots for later time periods; and displaying the data from the plurality of fields in consecutive order of time period from earliest to latest.