The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio • Page 535

New letters, new look, new lineup Just about everything has changed at Channel 64 BY JOHN KIESEWETTER The Cincinnati Enquirer A new star appears over Cincinnati today WSTR, the new look for Channel Buster and Babs, two new characters in Tiny Toon Adventures. 64. Just about everything has changed effective today at Channel 64. New call letters, new on-air promotional look, new series. Practically everything from the old WIII-TV was pitched except Andy Griffith and Perry Mason reruns.

Providing the twinkle in the Tristate's newest star are The Golden Girls, the cornerstone of Channel 64's revamped fall lineup. Reruns of the popular NBC sitcom will air at 7 p.m. starting this week. From NBC, Channel 64 also has acquired Amen (6 p.m.) and 227 (6:30 p.m.) and Highway To Heaven (11:30 p.m.). "From a programming stand-point, the station is all brand-new," says David Smith, appointed Channel 64 general manager after ABRY Communications of Boston acquired the formerly bankrupt station.

ABRY bought it last year ABRY, which bought the station last year for $8 million, will "spend at least that much again to deliver top-name entertainment," Smith says. "The new call letters are the least of all of our changes. It was a natural last step, since we're completely changing the lineup." Gone are Hogan's Heroes, Gunsmoke and Rawhide. Rounding out WSTR's new constellation are a galaxy of new first-run syndicated series. On the schedule are The New Dragnet, The New Adam 12, Neon Rider, and On The Scene: Emergency Response.

Some will undoubtedly fizzle after an initial September star burst. But at least two may shine for a long time: this fall, and the first production from David Kirschner, named Hanna-Barbera president and chiel executive officer last fall. Wake, Rattle Roll mixes cartoons and modern TV glitz presented by a teen-age host (J.R. Williams) and a hip robot named DECKS (Digital Electronic Cassette-Headed Kinetic System). Syndicated movies scheduled for broadcast by Channel 64 this fall include A Soldier's Story, The Last Emperor, War Games and Apocalypse Now, plus a first-run miniseries from Tribune Entertainment.

Channel 64 also has affiliated itself with the University of Kentucky. The station will carry Wildcat basketball games and three UK football contests, plus the weekly football and basketball coaches' shows. Tiny Toon Adventures, Steven Spielberg's new animated series featuring young characters which looks suspiciously like the classic Warner Bros, cartoon stars. While Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd make only cameo appearances (as Acme Looniversity professors), the action centers around Buster Bunny, Babs Bunny, Plucky Duck, Montana Max and shy Hampton the pig. Babs Bunny may steal the show with her impressions of today's top actresses and music stars.

Tiny Toons will air at 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, plus a Prime Toon broadcast at 6 p.m. Sunday (followed by The Bullwinkle Show it 6:30 p.m.) "There are so many impressions there (by Babs Bunny) that we think it could attract a lot of adults, like The Simpsons," Smith says. Wake, Rattle Roll, the first TV series specifically designed for kids to watch before they go to school, will air daily at 7:30 a.m. It's Hanna-Barbera's big TV effort iVHATS IN6I0C Crossword 6 Public Access 20 Viewer's Guide 63 2 TIM Cincinnati Enquirer TV WMk.

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