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THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC GOODYKOONTZ Just one more of those Wood-stock-Lollapalooza comparisons. C3. RADIO NOTES KUKQ's live music meeting allows listeners to really tune in. C6. MONDAY AUGUST 29, 1994 ii JUL Editor, i Dave Michaels i 271-8123 I fill 1 5FT, 1 -'-4 '(.

DAVE WALKER Republic TV Writer KTVK hopes show upsets the apple cart f'J rtt Good Morning Arizona 6 a.m. weekdays on KTVK-TV, Channel 3 Channel 3's new coffee-talk show debuts today without a set, which is being built in San Diego for shipment this week to Phoenix. Assembly is required. A crew will do that over the Labor Day weekend. Meanwhile, call the show unsettled by design.

"We're going from zero to 60 in a blink of an eye," said Jodi Applegate, who will Water aerobics in Tempe Kiwanis Park's indoor pool provides a more pleasant means of exercise during monsoon weather. The water temperature is a steady 84 degrees. 3 Photos by Charles KrecslThe Arizona Republic rn I I 1 lid host the three-hour hybrid, which has been rushed on the air to steal some thunder fromKSAZ-TV (Channel 10); due to launch a similar show Sept. 12. The local morning news race is on to fill air time left by departing networks.

Channel 10 loses CBS to KPHO-TV (Channel 5) on Sept. 10. Channel 3 loses ABC in January. I Jodi Applegate hosts Gooi Morning Arizona, a three-hour show that begins this morning. Late-summer heat melts willpower, but needn't torch exercise regimen By Cathryn Creno The Arizona Republic Jogging trails are empty.

Weight machines stand idle at health clubs. Swimming pools sit hot and unused in Valley residents' back yards. In late August, many fitness-oriented desert dwellers abandon their workout programs and hole up at home, downing pints of frozen yogurt and lounging underneath ceiling fans. "You really notice it at the gym," said exercise physiologist Mary Poell, who works for Samaritan Health Systems. "When it first turns warm, the gym is packed.

People are really motivated to work out. Now the gym is empty." Poell compares our lack of motivation with the lethargy of snow-country residents at the end of winter. "People in the Midwest are really motivated to get out in the snow and exercise at the beginning of winter, but get tired of it by the end. Here, it's the heat and humidity that take a toll on people rather than the cold." Humidity is the real culprit, said Dr. Wayne Kuhl, team physician for the Arizona Cardinals.

"When we travel to places like Tampa Bay we have a lot more heat-related problems than when we play at Sun Devil Stadium," Kuhl said. "The body's ability to dissipate heat through sweating is reduced when the humidity goes up." But Kuhl said quitting exercise during monsoon weather doesn't really solve anything, People who are out of shape suffer more in the humidity than folks who are in optimum shape, he said. Kuhl said well-conditioned athletes such as the Cardinals usually aren't bothered by monsoon weather. That's because athletes tend to have increased blood flow from the center of the body to the skin, which conducts heat from the body core. They also have a more See EXERCISERS, page C2 Nikkii Wheeler leads a class at Kiwanis Park.

Some water-aerobics critics see classes as refuges for little old ladies, but Kiwanis Park officials tailor classes to the highly fit, the fit or the out of shape. MONSOON FITNESS TIPS shape, try water aerobics or lap swimming. Wait until the weather cools to try other forms of exercise. Never wait until you have full-blown symptoms of heat exhaustion before you cut back on a workout. At the first sign of thirst, headache or muscle weakness, take a break and drink lots of water.

See a doctor if the symptoms don't go away after a short rest and a long drink. Sources: Dr. Wayne Kuhl, team physician for the Arizona Cardinals; Mary Poell, exercise physiologist for Samaritan Health Systems. cess heat wear as few clothes as possible and wipe your sweaty forehead, neck and arms with a towel every few minutes. Never wear a sweat suit or other clothing that induces perspiration during the Arizona summer.

iS Using a spray bottle filled with ice water also is helpful. Athletes spray their faces with cold water during practice breaks. Spraying wrists, armpits, the neck and the backs of the knees also helps exercisers chill out. vlf you are out of Some ideas for staying cool while exercising in high heat and humidity: The most important way to increase stamina while exercising in monsoon weather is to drink lots of water. Sports doctors recommend that athletes start hydrating with as much as two quarts of water before a workout.

Sweating is the most efficient way to reduce body temperature during exercise. To help your body get rid of excess perspiration thus ex Or maybe not. Media America Channel 3's parent company, has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to yank the broadcast license of KNXV-TV (Channel 15), the Fox network's current home (until December, when Fox moves to Channel 10) and expected future home of ABC. Resolution could take years. Meanwhile, Channel 3 already has shipped off Good Morning America to Channel 15 to make room for Good Morning Arizona, which promises to be a looser, local version of standard network morning shows.

Heidi Foglesong, a former star anchor at Channel 3, was hired to play host for the loose, local show planned for Channel 10, so Channel 3 has countered with its own blasts from the past. Jerry Foster, a high-profile local news-chopper pilot for a couple of decades before retiring in 1988, is airborne again for Channel 3, where he'll do traffic reports and chase news. Also returning to Valley TV is Bill Austin, who split his weatherman job at KPNX-TV (Channel 12) at the end of February. Austin, who's been doing the I KESZ-FM (99.9) morning show for the past four years, will appear in twice-hourly cutaways to the KESZ studio on Seventh Avenue in Phoenix. His morning co-host, Beth McDonald, has been testing the concept recently, doing brief spots on Channel 3's existing morning news.

Austin, whose professional services should be in high demand (a trade magazine has reported that there are more than 100 job openings in local TV newsrooms), is happy, for now, doing televised radio. And he's pretty sure the lighthearted Beth Bill morning show will play on TV. "I always liked TV, but it was nice to get away from TV," said Austin, adding that morning radio offers more than the opportunity to "grow facial hair and goofy hairdos." Back at Channel 3's studios on 16th Street, additional Good Morning Arizona players include weatherman Royal Norman and news anchor Mike Moore. Phil Alvidrez, news director at the station, said each half-hour will kick off with an "info block" of news, weather (which Norman often will provide from remote locations) and Foster's traffic. Applegate then takes over, to do feature pieces, interviews or whatever else might come up.

A hand-held camera has been added to the three-camera studio setup, to cover any sudden outbursts of zany spontaneity. Applegate, who worked on both coasts and in Reno, before coming to Channel 3 about a year and a half ago, said the new show's format will be "very elastic." Flexibility is the key, Alvidrez said, adding that you can expect some change as the show grows: "Viewers who tune in next week won't see a finished product," he said. i "They'll see a work in progress." Much like the set. "It's like the Chia Pet of television," Austin said. "Watch it grow before your eyes." Grand opera is looking for new arias to conquer If' i 5r- Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy, a 20-title series available in compact-disc and cassette formats, targets mass-market consumers.

4 The individual selections are drawn from London's extensive catalog of operatic recordings. That means all of it is already available elsewhere, but primarily in recordings of complete operas, which neophytes never would consider buying. As might be expected, Pavarotti dominates the collection, singing on 133 of its 341 selections. Also on board are more than 60 of the world's foremost singers, among them Leontyne Price, Mario Del Monaco, Birgit Nilsson, Robert Merrill, Renata Tebaldi, Sherrill Milnes, Joan Sutherland and fellow triumvirate members Placido Domingo and Jose1 Carreras. London Records' Gilbert thinks the series will sell well.

"We do what we call 'solicitation before street Gilbert says, "which means that our account reps in the field have a month before the street date to pitch the records coming out. The buzz on this collection has been great. Buyers are lapping it up. Incidentally, we're having -better success in middle America elsewhere. Opera is hot there." ByJohnGuInn Knlght-Ridder Tribune Where grand opera is concerned, barriers continue to crumble.

Take the language barrier. Projected translations, first developed by the Canadian Opera Co. and later duplicated by every other major company with any sense, have banished forever audience ignorance about what singers are saying. Or take opera's increasing encroachment into popular culture arenas such as films, TV commercials and sports stadiums, where it is heard by billions of people who wouldn't be caught alive in an opera house. A 1992 National Endowment for the Arts survey of American musical preferences ranked opera second-to-last, with only 13 percent of adults saying they'liked it.

Only rap scored lower, with 12 percent. Even so, American opera listeners number around 22 million and the number is growing significantly, according to the current issue of American Demographics magazine. The latest to get into the interest-building business is Luciano Pavarotti, the heaviest discount both. "Our aim was to have the collection available for people who are interested in opera in places where they can find it," says Philicia Gilbert of London Records. "So in addition to being available in regular record stores, it'll also be sold in discount stores like Kmart.

It'll be right there with the car oil and the diapers." According to Dennis Wigent, manager of electronic communications for Kmart the series will be available in Kmart stores Tuesday. Aug. 30. 'At this point, we're planning to carry them in all our stores," Wigent says. "Our buyers think it's a great thing." The series includes 10 themed collections, such as My Favorite Finales and My Favorite Showstoppers, three devoted to Mozart, Verdi and Puccini and six devoted to highlights from popular operas such as Madama Butterfly and Aida.

Each contains more than 70 minutes of music, and each includes liner notes by James Kuslan that provide unstuffy, succinctly informative backgrounds. third of the triumvirate of tenors who held forth in Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium last month. Last week, London Records released Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy, a series of recordings put together with the famed tenor's endorsement and carrying the, well, considerable weight of his name. The 20-title series, available in midpriced compact-disc and cassette formats, is designed specifically for the mass-market consumer. List price is 10.99 for CDs and $5.99 for cassettes, although most stores are expected to 1.