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tmitmmutmrnAAiii MnhMMt in4iraiMitoiiftiiiJifih i iim iV'iii i 10ECOM1CS 2EC0MING LP sixtion 7ECRQSSW0RD TheTENNESSEAN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1988 Oslin leads women to SESAC wins ROBERT KL OERMAXX zzzzz lUt B1CHARD SCHWEID II 'V If" 6: ytt- It 1 (- WB A Mf Jl I pi ROBERT K. OFRMANN and THOMAS GOLDSMn 11 Staff Writers The "80's Lady," K.T. Oslin, was named Songwriter of the Year at last night's SESAC awards banquet and her female composing cohorts provided a strong supporting chorus. The new Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year got the licensing agency's recognition for her hits I'll Aways Come Back and Do Ya at black-tie ceremonies at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. As SESAC Chief Executive Officer Vincent Candilora pointed out, Oslin's trademark hit 8Q's Ladies represents an historic first in country music.

"It seemed fitting that it was the first song recognized as CMA Song of the Year to be written by a woman," Candilora said. Nashville Now host Ralph Emery, who later, received a surprise as SESAC presented him with its Ambassador of Country Music award, brought Oslin to the stage to receive her honors. Before the lavish awards banquet, she reflected on the role of SESAC, the smallest of the three performing rights organizations, in her meteoric career. "What I started thinking about today was that seven or eight years ago they gave me an award as SESACs most promising writer," Oslin said. "That kind of thing can be the kiss of death, but I feel like I lived up to it.

"I feel queenly and I feel great" If Oslin was the queen of SESAC, she had an impressive court. Nashvil-lian Susan Longacre was honored for her co-composition of the Shooters' hit Tell It to Your Teddy Bear and for the Michael Martin Murphey-recorded River of Time. And Georgia's Edith Collins, mother of PolyGram Records rocker Joanna Dean, won an award for co-writing the Dean album cut Once Is Enough. "I was working on this song and we were tossing lines back and forth," Dean recalled. "She looked at me and said, 'Joanna, you're writing above your Nashvillian Mieke Appel won a SESAC National Performance Activi- Peyton Hoge Newly-crowned Country Female Vocalist of the Year K.T.

Oslin, center, receives congratulations for a Songwriter of the Year honor at the SESAC banquet from the performance rights organization's Vincent Candilora and Dianne Petty. Good and songwriter Kent McDonald won SESACs International Award for Come In Planet Earth (Are You Listening). "That song has been the focus of the whole world peace campaign," said Dianne Petty, SESACs vice president of affiliate relations. The international theme extended to the hotel's elegantly decorated ballroom, which was dotted with flags of a dozen nations as well as screens lit by glittering motifs of foreign lands. Food for the evening was also international; guests thronged to buffets laden with Italian, Portugese, American ty award for writing the Billy Joe Royal tune Let It Rain, as well as for two cuts on Dean's debut rock LP.

SESAC stalwart Frank Dycus was honored for writing the touching Dean Dillon single The New Never Wore Off of My Sweet Baby. Jimmy Hart, known in wrestling circles as the "Mouth of the South," and co-writer John J. Maguire won awards for six different theme songs they composed for television wrestling shows. Both Hart and Maguire are former members of the Memphis rock 'n' roll band the Gentrys. Nashville singer Karen Taylor- Channel 30 up for sale again For the second time in the last six months, TVX Broadcast Group, Inc.

has signed a letter of intent to sell WCAY-Ch. 30 this time to Los Angeles-based MT Communications. Michael Thompson, president of MT Communications, was unavailable for comment yesterday, and Dick Williams, WCAVs general manager, said he did not know how much Thompson would pay the Virginia-based TVX for the station. In May of this year, TVX signed a letter of intent with Southwest Mul-tiMedia Corporation in Houston, Texas to sell the full-power independent station for a figure "in the neighborhood of $6 million," according to SouthWest officials at the time. At some time over the intervening months, the deal collapsed.

"It just fell apart," said Williams. "One day they were the player and the next day they were not." Now, another another letter of intent has been signed, this time with MT Communications. Williams is confident that the new owner will be in place by December, he said yesterday. Michael Thompson, MT's president, lives in Los Angeles but has his own history as a player in Nashville's television market. Thompson was vice president and stiles manager of Reel Broadcasting which bought Nashville's other full-power independent, Channel 1 7, back in 1 975 when it was still WTLT-TV.

One of his partners in that deal was Nashville advertising executive Jeffrey Buntin. "He was a very aggressive, forward-thinking person about independent television," Buniin recalled yesterday. "If anybody can give Channel 30 some needed dimension, he can do that." He also said that he has been asked to stay on as general manager, and that he does not anticipate many personnel changes at the station, which will retain its Fox Broadcasting affiliation. NEW FACILITIES Plenty of buildings get torn down to make parking lots, but Jim Owens Associates is going to reverse that and build a new studio on its present parking lot. The expaasion estimated to cost about $2 million will result in an underground parking garage and a new studio above-ground, next to the current production facilities on McGavock according to Jim Owens, the company's owner.

Jim Owens Associates produces Crook and Chase, This Week in Country Music ana" Weekend with Crook and Chase. "In order to compete from Nashville, we have taken our shows into syndication and also placed them on Turn to PAGE 12 Column I The Opry Celebrates 63 years In all the whoop-de-do of Country Music Week, we sometimes forget the reason for the country convention's existence, the Grand Ole Opry's birthday. This weekend is the 63rd anniversary of the world's longest-running radio show. More than 400 radio personalities are in Nashville to honor the Opry. Seven living Opry stars are Countiy Masic Hall of Fame members Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, Minnie Pearl, Grandpa Jones, Little Jimmy Dickens, Hank Snow and last Monday's inductee Loretta Lynn.

In addition, Opry announcer Grant Turner is a Hall of Famer. So are such deceased cast members as Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Tex Ritter, Uncle Dave Macon, Red Foley, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline and Marty Robbins, not to mention Grand Ole Opry founder George D.Hay. As the list shows, the bumper-crop year for inductioas was 1 9G7, when Jack Greene, Jeannie Seely, Charlie Walker, Stu Phillips and The 4 Guys all joined. The 64 current Opry cast members are listed chronologically by the year of their induction below. 1930s: 1937 Roy Acuff; 1939 Bill Monroe.

1940s: 1940 Minnie Pearl; 1946 Grandpa Jones, Vic Willis; 1948 Little Jimmy Dickens. 1950s: 1950 Hank Snow; 1953 The Carlisles, Del Wood, Teddy Wilburn; 1 955 Charlie Louvin, Jean Shepard, Justin Tubb; 1956 Jimmy C. Newman, Stonewall Jackson; 1 957 Stoney Mountain Cloggers, Melvin Sloan Dancers, Wilma Lee Cooper, Porter Wagoner; 1958 Roy Drusky, Don Gibson; 1959 Skeeter Davis, Billy Grammer. 1960s: I960 George Hamilton IV, Hank Locklin, Billy Walker; 1961 Bill Anderson; 1962 Loretta Lynn; 19(53 Jim Ed Brown; 1964 Ernie Ashworth, Jim Jesse, Osborne Brothers, Dottie Ray Pillow, Del 967 Four Guys, Jack Greene, Stu Phillips, Jeannie Seely, Charlie Walker, 1 969 George Jones, Dolly Parton. 1970s: 1971 Jan Howard, Connie Smith; 1972 David Houston, Barbara Mandrell; 1973 Jerry Clower, Jeanne Pruett; 1976 Gatlias, Ronnie Milsap.

1980s: 1980Tom T. Hall; 1981 John Conlee, Boxcar Willie; 1982 Riders In the Sky, Ricky Skaggs; 1 984 Lorrie Morgan, The Whites; 1985 Reba McEntire, Johnny Russell; 1 986 Mel McDaniel, Randy Travis; 1 987 Rov Gark; 1988 Ricky Van Shelton. Patty Loveless. At the Opry This schedule for the Grand Ole Opry is subject to change. The p.m.

portion of tomorrow's show is telecast live on The Nashville Network. Hosts of show segments are in capital letters. FRIDAY: Early Show 6 30-7 GRANDPA JONES, Skeeter Davis, Jimmy Newman. The 4 Guys, Jan Howard; HILL MONROE. Jeannie Seely.

Hank I-ocklin, ieorfie Hami Iton IV, Del Reeves; 7 ROY ACUFF, Jimmy Dic kens. Charlie Walker, Jack Greene; BILL ANDERSON1, Holly Dunn, Johnny Russell: HANft SNOW. The Whiles, Jean Shepard, Rider? in the Sky. BILL ANDERSON. Lome Morgan.

Stonewall Jaekson. Holly Dunn; MMlttO ROY ACUFF. Grandpa Jones, teorse Hamilton IV, The4 Guys; rttlLL MONROE. Del Reeves. Pillow, Olrlisles, Jean Shepard; 1 1 -1 1:30 HANK SNOW, Jaek Greene, Riders In the Sky, Doflie West 1 LMt-midnifiht JIMMY DICKENS.

The Whites, Johnny Russell. SATURDAY: Matinee: CHARLIE LOUVIN, Lorrie Morgan: BILL MONROE, Jeannie Seely; HANK LOCKLIN, The 4 Guvs: ROY ACUFF. Carlisles: JIMMY DICKENS. Grandpa Jones; JACK GREENE. Skeeter Davis; RAY PILLOW.

The 4 Guvs; ROY ACU EF, Carlisles. Early Show: 63MM5 CHARLIE WALKER. Jeannie Seelv; fi 45-7 JIMMY DICKENS. The 4 Guys; TOM T. HAIJ, Holly Dunn.

The Whites, Jack Greene; 7 30-W ROY ACUFF. Dottie West, Grandpa Jones, Minnie Pearl: K-8 30 BILL MONROE. Skeeter Davis, Charlie Louvin. Stone-wall Jackson, Opry Square Dance Band. Stoney Mountain doners; HANK SNOW, Jean Shepard.

Del Reeves. Roy Drusky. Hank Locklin. Late Show. GRANDPA JONES.

Skeeter Davis, Tom T.Hall, Carlisles. Lome Morgan; RAY PILLOW. Hollv Dunn; ROY AOJFF, Jimmy Dickens: Kr.30- 1 0 45 DEL EEVES. Jack Greene; BILL MONROE, Jean Shepard. Opry Square Dar.ce Band, Stoney MounUun Closers; 1 1 1 3(1 HANK SNOW.

Dottie West. The Whites. 1 1 30-12 THE 4 GUYS. Rov Drusky. Charlie Louvin.

Hank Locklin. x' 5- Vr3 i-vi 'y. (Ml A and French foods. A complete list of last night's SESAC award winners follows: Songwriter of the Year: K.T. Oslin.

Ambassador of Country Music: Ralph Emery. International Award: Planet Earth ProjectCome In Planet Earth (Are You listening?) Kent McDonald; Bil-Kar MusicGiraffe Tracks Music; performer Karen Taylor-Good. Classical Award: Jerry Sapieyevski. National Television Performance Activity: Jimmy R. HartJohn J.

McGuire; Piledriver Masic. Turn to PACE 7E, olumn 2 If of Delina, TN, will demonstrate arts and crafts fair on Saturday See story on page HE. Rocking new artist Joanna Dean, left, laughs with fellow award- winning female songwriters at the SESAC festivities. Next to Dean is her mother and co-writer Edith Collins. Mieke Appel, second from right, has two songs on Dean's LP.

Country songwriter Susan Longacre, right, sports dark glasses to match her rock roll cohorts. mini ml. in. bii i 1 1 1 11.111 i.iii.i 11 1 li fmiiiii.Tnii Hi Vi 1111.1T 1 1 it .1 I. Flowers and Get Well Cards You might find Justine Osteen in the gift shop or at work as a volunteer at Memorial Hospital.

She wears both hats. Interviewed by Max York I've been a buyer for the gift shop for 16 years. I'm also a member of the Southeast Hospital Gift Shop board, one of six from 11 states. I go to Atlanta twice a year to buy. I also go to several shows in Nashville.

A lot of hospital employes buy gifts in the M'-' iff 1 shop, rather than take time out to go to Rivergate. What do people buy for those in the hospital? It's easier to shop for women than men. Women like flowers, gowns, pajamas, house shoes and robes. One young man the other day bought his girlfriend a big stuffed bear and a flower arrangement He had it fixed up nice. She must have enjoyed it Some people like candy.

For men, there are billfolds and shaving lotions. Men also like magazines. We sell a lot of magazines for men. I do volunteer work here three or four days a week. I have four sons and six grandchildren.

I enjoy sewing. My husband, Jim, and I like to go to Panama City in the spring. 1 SPINNING WOOL FOR YVINTER-Kimberly Caulfield spinning and weaving (which she learned at age 8) at Webb School's and Sunday. Watching her work is her wool-laden sheep, "Jellybean." Country MiisiEpSI your weekend entertainment, 2E;.