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FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1996 TELEVISION FRIDAY TRIPP FROHLICHSTEIN ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH MORNING HIGHLIGHTS Channel 30 Staffing News: One Job Filled, Another Not J. 6 AM 6:30 7 AM 7:30 8 AM 8:30 9 AM 9:30 10 AM 10:30 11 AM 11:30 News (34386) Gordon Elliott (78657) Geraldo (70928) George-Alana (37980) Murphy Murphy News (25980) This Morning (43541) Regis Kathie (65096) Morttel Wms. (62676) Price Is Right (42812) News (85386) Today (41855) Donahue (R) (48292) Jerry Springer (84812) Sally (R) (91396) Business Business BodyElec. Mr Rogers Sesame Street (52657) Barney Station Mr Rogers Kidsonrjs Play Sesame 0 Blinky PetShop Mutant Troopers Max Bananas Heat of Night (49096) Hunter (24454) Richard Bey (R) (44218) 63 Copeland Larry Rice Flintstn Bobby Cubhouse Kids Like Shape Up Christian "Campbells RobinHd Animal Dr.

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Channel 30 41296 6 PM 6:30 News (909) Entertain This column introduces Tripp Frohlichstein as a once-a-week contributor to the Post-Dispatch. Frohlichstein, who reported on television for KMOX radio for eight years, is founder and head of Media Masters, which provides training in dealing with the news media. Frohlichstein has written for the St. Louis Journalism Review and previously wrote a media column for the Riverfront Times. From 1974 to 1986, he worked in the newsroom at Channel 4.

Frohlichstein's column of news and notes on the local television scene will supplement coverage from television critic Gail Pennington. His column will appear on Fridays. To submit items, write him in care of the Post-Dispatch, 200 South Bemiston Avenue, Suite 105, Clayton, Mo. 63105, or e-mail, him at TR3aol.com. JUST a week before Channel 30 and the other River City Broadcasting television and radio stations were sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group on Thursday, the station finally named a news director to replace Gary Whitaker.

Whitaker left late last year to become general manager of a television station in Springfield, Mo. Rick Brown is his replacement; he had been assistant news director. After Whitaker's departure, general manager Mark Hoffman basically ran the newsroom. But then Hoffman resigned last month to produce a new syndicated talk show. Insider reports called Channel 30 a station olrift until mwr mnrolo 1 1 i I.

news, inaugurated with great fanfare in January 1995. Now, at least, the news department has leadership. But even before the sale, the question was: Why name Brown now? Not that he isn't qualified, but Channel 30 still has no general manager. A general manager usually wants a choice in the news director, and it's important that the two have compatible philosophies. Now, with new ownership, the situation becomes even more complicated.

The complex sale deal makes River City owner Barry Baker, who has worked out of St. Louis, an officer of Sinclair, but he will move to Baltimore. Upper management here remains in doubt. Meanwhile, Brown says he is "excited to help lead News 30 to the next level." Actually, the station needs to advance several levels to be more competitive. A look at the ratings from one day, April 4, shows what a long way Channel 30 has to go.

The station's 10 o'clock news garnered a rating of 3 compared to Channel 2 with a 6.4 rating, Channel 4 with a 9.9 and Channel 5 with a huge 27.5. Channel 11 's news aired at 7 that night and had a 5.4 rating. A ratings point in St. Louis is the equivalent of viewership by 11,000 homes, so Channel 5, with 302,500 homes tuned in, had almost 10 times as many viewers as Channel 30, with just 33,000. Channel 2 has named Vernon Shaw to its weekend anchor team.

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No doubt Channel 2 found competing with Channel 5's sports programming frustrating, since Mike Bush's Channel 5 show usually clobbers the competition on Sunday nights. The first Silver Circle Awards will be presented Sunday by the local chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (the folks who give out the TV Emmys). Joe Garagiola will emcee the event, which honors local television Award recipients include Garagiola, former Channel 5 executive Keith Gunther, former Channel 5 newsman John Roedel, entertainers Russ David and Dottye Bennett, newsman Bob Chase and the late Harold Koplar, founder of Channel 11. Tickets for the noon event at the Marriott West are $40. Call 963-0661 for information.

NOTES play? Yet Rooney seemed to hate it when the tables were turned, and issued an on-air rebuttal. "Mr. Moore says I act too old and should retire," Rooney told 22.5 million "60 Minutes" viewers during his March 31 commentary, just before inviting them to write or phone me with their feelings on the matter. Wait, I thought to myself, I didn't really say that. Never mind.

A moment later, phone lines were jammed at the Associated Press number Rooney had given out. The next few hours and days smacked of the film "Network" after anchorman Howard Beale beseeched his audience to tell the world "I'm mad as hell," and the next moment people were calling out their windows. But this time, the people were on the outside calling in. To us. And there were 7,000 of them before it was over.

On top of that, a couple of crates' worth of cards and letters. So what is the upshot of this survey? I can confidently say that among the viewers who responded to his sea-to-shining-sea appeal, plenty of them love Andy Rooney. A much smaller number wish he'd go away. Pro-Andy: lots. Anti-Andy: not so-many.

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If West had started with a doubleton 10 7, correct was to lead the jack, up East's queen while pinning West's ten the intra-finesse. The alternative was to play East for a doubleton Q. If West had started with 10 7 3 of diamonds, the defender might have followed with the three. So, backing this analysis, declarer led the jack of diamonds from dummy, smothered the ten and an overtrick rolled in. RADIO Adult KFAV99.9Top40 KFUO 99.1 Classical KIHT96 3 70S KLOU 103.3 Oldies KMJM 107.7 Urban KNJZ 100.3 KPNT 105.7 Alt.

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South deals. NORTH Q76 K83 J62 AJ74 WEST A952 Q1074 10 7 4952 EAST 4K108 J965 KQ5 41063 SOUTH 4J43 A9843 4KQ8 Tiie bidding: South West North INT Pass 3NT Pass Pass East Pass 0 El 60 E3 AMC DSC ESPN NASH NICK TNT USA WGN WTBS DSN HBO MAX SHO TMC By Frazier Moore Of the Associated Press NEW YORK EVER since I wrote that "60 Minutes" would be better off without Andy Rooney, and he challenged my column on the air, I have learned many things. I have learned from Andy's fans that I have rocks in my head. I have learned that I'm a jerk, a loser and an idiot, not to mention "a crumb that should be swept off the AP floor." Andy's fans have instructed me that if I don't like what I'm watching, I should just change the channel. I should keep my negative opinions to myself (though that might hang me up as a TV critic).

I should be fired for my rudeness anyhow. Each more helpful than the one before it, these tips came from people who made no secret of the fact they never actually saw my Rooney column that so set them off. But who could blame them for their abstention? As George A. de Holczer of New Jersey explained, "I do not like to contaminate my mind with trash." I may not soon win over Mr. de Holczer, any more than I will change the mind of Ponca City, resident Eddie Davis, who declared, "I never heard of you, but I'm sure I wouldn't like you." Even so, I want to reassure anyone who does manage to read this that I'm a reasonably likable guy.

Besides, of the 150 columns I write in a year, most are pretty nice. The Rooney column? Granted, not too bullish. But you might say I criticized a critic who himself is often critical of others. Why isn't that fair BRIDGE TIPS Opening lead: Four of Pay careful attention to the fall of the cards. The spotcard an opponent plays can paint a pretty picture.

North-South were playing a forcing club system, so Smith's opening bid showed a balanced hand of 14-16 points. North's raise to game was automatic. West led a low heart, and declarer was not impressed with the contract. With only seven fast winners, two tricks had to be developed quickly if declarer gave up the lead twice, the defenders would score at least two heart tricks, two spades and a diamond. That meant the diamond suit had to be manipulated for the loss of only one trick in the suit.

A maneuver known as the intra-finesse was one way to accomplish the task..