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Motorist Hunted Following Wreck 1 tv 1 hip 10-A THE TtNNESSEAN, Sunday, Morel. 7. 1976 Getting on Air Is Happiness At Channel 17 (Continurd From Page One times altogether. Finally, the city's new indenpen-dent. TV station was all set to go on at 5 p.m.

yesterday. As the zero hour neared, it became clear that one final though mercifully brief delay would throw driver, described as being in his early 20s with medium-length blond hair. The Duster he was driving had the numbers "340" painted in black on the side. "WE HAVE no evidence that the Duster had any contact with Mrs. Milli-ken's car but we want to find the driver and talk with him," Loftis said.

Police they have four witnesses to the accident. Wife of TV Star Runs for Congress. LOS ANGELES (AP) -Wallace Albertson, wife of actor Jack Albertson of TV's Chico and the Man, is running for the congressional seat now held by retiring Rep. Thomas Police were searching yesterday for the driver of an orange Plymouth Duster who was in the vicinity of a Briley Parkway traffic accident which critically injured the mother of a Metro traffic officer. Sgt.

Larry Loftis and officer Mike Windsor said Mrs. Wildolene S. Milli-ken, 58, of 3923 Creekside Drive, mother of officer John Milliken, suffered extensive injuries when her car crossed the parkway median, hit a Nashville Electric Service pole and rolled down a hill. SHE WAS taken to surgery in Memorial Hospital late yesterday. Her condition was critical.

The 11a.m. accident was caused, police said, when Mrs. Milliken, traveling north on Briley Parkway near the Opryland exit, pulled into the inside lane in front of the Duster. Officers were uncertain what then caused her to lose control of the vehicle and strike the pole and were searching for the -Sfoff photo by S.A. Toriungton Rees, D-tanf.

'How Sweef The bclusively Developed TOUI Thompson, wife of Channel 17's vice-president and general sales manager Mike Thompson. "Most of the people calling, thank God, have figured out by now how to find the station on their sets they just want to know when." (To find the station, turn your channel selector of the VHF dial to the position; then turn the UHF dial to Channel 17.) "We've been completely flooded this way for days," said another ear- weary woman. "We keep thinking, just one more day, one more day, and the calls will stop but really, we're glad that they haven't" "WHAT TIME have you got?" was likely the most frequently asked question heard throughout the last stretch of yesteday's countdown period. In the main control room, technicians tested equipment, ran through test rollings of the pre-taped game show Beat the Bidders, and called out instructions as staff members huddled in front of monitor sets. "I'm so nervous I could throw up," one lady confessed.

At 5:25 p.m., control room personnel gave the last countdown, with tense instructions, to "roll it!" The monitors hovered blankly on the test pattern, as a general moan went up in the company. Channel 17 staff members hovering anxiously before the monitors yesterday included Ion (Sandy) Wheeler, station manager; Carma Bodily, production assistant; Mike Thompson, vice president and general sales manager, and Jacque Gross, account executive. And they've got a picture! Self-Oefense and Physical Comfltioninj System For Toutn, liens, end Adults Mow in Hashviltt. 331-2034 I1 1 the time forward another half hour. "TECHNICALLY, we're ready to go," Wheeler explained, "but the production's not ready.

No matter how well you plan it, there's always Switchboard operators feverishly stabbed at the lit buttons to assure callers the station would go on the air yesterday as promised. "It's just bananas around here," moaned Terry YMCA To Offer Judo Instruction A seven-week judo course for men, women and children, taught by black belt instructor Carl Brown, will begin Thursday at the downtown YMCA. Classes will run for one hour each week, and beginning students will be taught five throws and two pins and at the end of the period will be tested for their first belt. Classes will be Thursdays at 6 p.m. for beginners, 7 p.m.

for intermediates students and 8 p.m. for advanced students. Open 10 'til 5:30 DAILY-DOWNTOWN ON SIXTH AVE. broadcasts of the show. Along with Beat the Bidders, Nashville's fifth TV station will feature a two-pronged format of programming, according to Wheeler, "to capture first the children, and then the sports fans." Not to mention the seemingly vast, untapped audience of "Trekkies" "there must be a million Star Trek fans out there," in Wheeler's estimation.

"AN INDEPENDENT be boosted to full capacity, but "if there are any weak links, we want to find them one by one," a station official explained. EVEN SO. should any more problems arise, "it won't be," Wheeler promised, "because hundreds of people haven't put in time and effort to see that they don't. "We've been cooking a long time on this," he added. "Now we're set to go the whole nine yards." station, basically, is out to provide two things," Wheeler continued.

"First, to provide counter-programming, by presenting alternatives to network programs. And second, to present the same shows each day, Monday through Friday, at the same time every day." Operating at 80 of its 1.2 million watt capacity yesterday, the station's range was a "grade-A" 50-mile radius, officials said. Later the power will Shouts of "happy new year!" went up as strains of the National Anthem testified to a successful sign-on. A cheer went up in the studio, where dozens of onlookers and staff members had gathered to watch the monitors. After the official sign-on, with the previously scheduled Celebrity Tennis having been bumped, Beat the Bidders blossumed in full color across the screens.

Pre-taped at Opryland, thet game snow premise is the auctioning of prizes donated by merchants, for which audience members bid with "funny money." If Beat the Bidders goes over well, Wheeler added, the station may go to live ONE MORE equipment check, a scurry of activity at the control boards, and a second "roll it!" did the trick 60 seconds later. SUMMER SALE OUR FAMOUS HART, SCHAFFNER MARX SUTS $12495 VAL. TO $189.95 I I F. B.M.DACRONWOOL UITS $7 095 VAL. TO $119.95 The Shoe For All Seasons "Coed" by DeLiso Reg.

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