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LOS ANGELES TIMES WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1997 F23oc TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings CHANNELS NBC Just 'Mad' About Its Holiday Programming FSW2 Healthy living. Aerobic Conditioning (9:10) FX The Collectibles Show (TVG) HIST The Real West (TVGI LIFE Sisters (TVPGI MTV My So-Called Life (TVPG) NICK Little Bear 564927 SCI-H Ripley's Believe It or Not! (TVG) TBS Matlock (9:05) TLC Graham Kerr's Kitchen (TVG) TNN Creative Living With Crafts (TVG) TNT Movie "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965) (4 hr.) 830705 USA Webster (TVG) WGN Geraldo Rivera (TVPG) 665386 KADY Underdog CMAX Movie "Twelfth Night" (1996) (2 hr. 14 min.) 96673786 (7:40) DISN (TVY) ESPN2 NBA Finals Films HBOBabar(TVY) LIFE Denise Austin's Dairy Workout (TVG) MTV Jams (TVPG) NICK Looney Tunes SHOW Movie "Royal Flash" (19751(1 hr. 38 mini 764796 TBS Mama's Family (7:351 TLC David the Gnome (TVY) TNT Gilligan's Island USA Chipmunk Christmas 331786 WGN The New BatmanSuperman Adventures (TVY7) 571298 KMIR The People's Court CD KTBN James Robison 42 KESQ Jeopardy! 03 KVEA Cafe coi Aroma deMujer 87785 B0 KDOC Southland Today GB KRCA Know Your Favorite Artists 163 KADY Jerry Springer (TV14) 76076 CNBC Market Wrap COM Gallagher: The Maddest (TVPG) DSC Lynette Jennings Housesmart (TVG) DISN Teddy Bears Christmas (TVG) Cheerleaders ESPN Sports Triathlon Iron Kids Bread National Championship.

474705 ESPN2 NFL's Greatest Moments FSW2 Healthy Living; Aerobic Conditioning (11:10) FX Picket Fences (TVPG) HIST Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (TVG) 7661 8 UFE Our Home (TVG) 993540 NICK The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss 440219 SCI-H Night Gallery TLC On the Inside (TVG) TNN America's Country Hits (TVG) USA Wings (TVPG) VH1 Holiday Music Videos 90241 5 WGN Empty Nest (TVPG) Los Angeles Orange County DKCBSIC8SI02 OKNBCINBCI04 HKTIAIWBI05 KABC (ABC) 07 KCAL(lnd.) 09 ID KTTV (Few) 11 aBKC0P(UPN13 nDKSalnd)18 HD KCET (PBS) 28 BDKTBNlnd40 HDK0CE(PBS50 8QKLCSIPBSI17 EBKRCANJ20 Paim Springs 36kmrinbqm mkesqiabcw.s Santo Bartm 3jKEYT(ABC) 07 San Bwiwdino 24ftCR(PBS)24 Vanam County i63KADY(UPN) 16 Combining Christmas episodes with the movies "Home Alone" and "It's a Wonderful Life" stuffed NBC's stocking with a lopsided ratings win, based on results for.last week issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. "ER" and "Seinfeld" continued their giving ways, while a special "Mad About You," without commercial interruptions, delivered the Paul Reiser-Helen Hunt comedy's biggest audience since its season premiere in September. ABC claimed second place behind its highest-rated "Monday Night Football" game in more than a year, pitting the Denver Broncos against the San Francisco 49ers. On the down side, the network's nightly news again finished third, and "Ellen" fumbled away nearly one-third of the audience watching "The Drew Carey Show." The standard-bearer in that dubious-achievement department is the ABC comedy "Hiller and Diller," which inspired more than 40 of those viewing "Home Improvement" to reach for the remote control on Dec.

16. NBC's annual showing of "Home Alone" roughed up the other networks Friday, dropping ABC's "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" and Fox's "Millennium" to their lowest ratings for original episodes. Exclusive rights to "It's a Wonderful Life" also paid off, providing NBC a rare victory over CBS' Saturday lineup. -BRIAN LOWRY 9:30 a.m. ED KTTV Grace Under Fire EBXCOPRoseanne E3 KWHY Business News KVCR Body Electric B3 KCET TTe Puzzle Race (TVY) 27927 BD KTBN Dean and Mary Brown BRVO Movie "Blood on the Sun" (1945) 3059461 8 (9:45) CNBC Power Lunch 932298 CNN Burden of Proof 81 51 63 DISN Katie and Orbie(TVY) ESPN2 Out of Bounds Bloopers FSWZ Body by Jake; Fitness Plus (9:45) NICK Blue's Clues SHOW As Good as It Gets: On the Set (TVPG) TLCCucinaAmore(TVG) TMC Movie "Defiance" (1 980) (1 hr.

42 mm.) 64261927 (9:45) TNN Creative Living With Crafts (TVG) USA Facts of Life (TVPG) National Nielsen Viewership Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Dec. 15-21) as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. They are based on the average number or people who watched a program from start to finish. Nielsen estimates that there are 254 million Cable Service 39 63 SCffl 87 AMC 35 ESPN 34 SHOW 41 BET 57 ESPN2 84 TBS 43 BRVO 54 MM 47 TIC 51 CNBC 31 FSW27 TMC 58 COM 79 FX89 TNN 49 CSPN29. HBO 33 TNT 52 CMAX45 HIST 30 USA 44 CNN 42 UK 46 VH162 DSC 37 MTV 48 WGN 55 DISN 53 NICK 38 Use numbers after call letters to set VCR Plus.

Where there are two numbers, repeat the procedure. A indicates advertisement. potential U.S. viewers age 2 and older. Viewership Is listed here In millions.

Pretrial Vf Net- View- Profrant went erv 98. In the House fuT) UPN 380 99. Good Newt UPN 3.74 100. Burry. the Vampire Stayer WB 3.70 101.

Good News (Tue.) UPN 3.45 102. Sparks UPN 339 103. TheParent 'Hood (Sun.) WB 3.38 104. the House UPN 3.28 105. Alright Already WB 3.15 106.

Qualeai UPN 2.91 107. Nek Freno: licensed Teacher WB 2.84 106. Sparks (Tue.) UPN 2.64 8:00 a.m. KCBS This Mornina Music group Hanson, Dr. Bernadine Healy; Kevin Costner; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

52095 KCAL World of Tex Avery 62786 DB KCOP Extreme Ghrjstbusters 33298 ES KWHY Business News SO KCET The Magic School Bus (TVY) (Repeat) 60144 ED KTBN Kenneth Copeland ED KOCE Inspiration of Painting: Oils S3 KDOC Robert Tilton Bi KADY Tennessee Tuxedo Quincy (TVGI BET Jam Zone BRVO Movie "The Last Party" (19931(1 hr. 45 min.) 8434683 COM Or. Katz (TVPGI DISN Goof Troop (TVY) One Day at a Time ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 NBA Fantastic Series FAM Rescue 911 (TVPG) FSW Fox Sports News FX Eight Is Enough (TVGI HBO Jim Henson's The Storyteller (TVY7I LIFE What Every Baby Knows (TVG) NICK Looney Tunes SCI-H The Invisible Man TBS Beverly Hillbillies (8:05) TLC Rory's Place (TVY) TMC Movie "Unstrung Heroes" (1995) TNN Dallas (TVPG) TNT Spenser: For Hire USA USA Action Extreme Team (TVY7) "Sailor Moon." 352705 WGN Andy Griffith (TVG) 11:30 a.m. (Tl KEYT News KNBC EXTRA (TVPG) 8724 fl KABC News DO KSCI Taiwan News EB KWHY Business News 124 KVCR Sewing With Nancy B0 KCET Wimzie's House 36328 QD KTBN Benny Hinn 42 KESQ Port Charles 4361 8 B0 KDOC The Rifleman (TVPG-V) BET Planet Groove BRVO Foot Notes (TVG) CMAX Movie "In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance" (1 994) (1 hr. 36 min.) 566811 DISN Madeline (TVY) ESPN Boat Racing FAM FIT TV Sampler FSW Sports Basketball Michigan vs.

Murray State. 796144 FSW2 Body by Jake; Fitness Plus (11:45) MTV Sex in the '90s NICK GullahGullah Island 632038 SCI-H Ray Bradbury Theater (TVPG) TLC On the Inside (TVG) TMC Movie "The Pit and the Pendulum" (1961) 2144160 USA Movie "Witness" (1 985) (2 hr. 30 min.) 282908 WGN Empty Nest (TVPG) Movie Ratings AOASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME TV RATINGS TVY) All Children (TVY7) Directed to Older Children (TVGI General Audience (TVPGI Parental Guidance (TV14 Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMA) Mature Audiences Only (D) Suggestive Dialogue (L) Coarse Language IS) Sex (V) Violence MORNING Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt Nat- View-work era Prepa ABC FOX NBC ABC ABC 10:00 a.m. KCBS The Price Is Right (TVG) KNBC Arthel Fred 99366 KTLA Little House on the Prairie ii KABC 3 KEYT The View Garth Brooks; Nathan Lane; Kenny New York City; Santa Claus. 46298 KCAL The Newlywed Game CO KTTV Movie "Scrooge" (1951 (Colorized) (2 hr.) 96231 EE KCOP Dr.

Oum Medicine Woman (TVG) 63 KWHY Business News 24 KVCR Hands On: Crafts for Kids 73095 BO KCET Sesame Street 43366 EQKMEX Maite 136 KMIR Maury Povich (TVPG) 177540 QD KTBN Behind the Scenes; John Avanzini; Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (10:15) HZKESQ Martha Stewart Living 95231 S3 KVEA Pura Sangre 90250 S3 KDOC Froozles 843927 03 KRCA Premonition (10:05) 63 KADY Jenny Jones (TVGI 89540 Law Order (TVPGI CMAX Movie "Carpool" (1996) (1 hr. 32 min. 703095 CNN CNN Today DSC Home Matters (TVG). 706076 DISN Spot's Magical Christmas (TVG) El Talk Soup (TVPG-D) 164057 ESPN Black College Sports Today ESPN2 NBA 2Night FAM The 700 Club FSW2 Healthy Living; Aerobic Conditioning (10:10) FX Dynasty (TVPG) HIST Jerusalem With Martin Gilbert (TVG) LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICK Richard Scarry 252861 SCI-H Mysteries, Magic Miracles (TVG) SHOW Movie "Mrs Winterbourne" (1996) 804057 TBS Movie "Supergirl" (1 984) (2 hr.) 5747347 (10:05) TLC Great Country Inns (TVG) TNN Wildhorse Saloon (TVG) USA Perfect Strangers (TVG) WGN News AFTERNOON 1.

ER NBC 32.45 2. Seinfeld NBC 30.79 3. Mon. Night Football ABC 26.95 4. Veronica's Closet NBC 24.70 5.

Friends NBC 23.22 6. Touched by an Angel CBS 20.77 7. Union Square NBC 19.35 8. Home Improvement ABC 19.25 9. Frasler NBC 19.23 10.

The Drew Carey Show ABC 18.89 11. WMkwM CBS 18.00 12. Mad About You NBC 17.94 13. WngofttwW FOX 17.21 14. Just Shoot Me NBC 17.01 15.

Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 16.47 IS. "A Christmas Memory" CBS 16.34 17. The Simpson FOX 16.17 18. "Horn Alone" NBC 15.95 It. NYTOBue ABC 1559 20.

DnaimatGref ABC 1S.5S 21. Dateline NBC (Mon.) NBC 15.03 22. Waller, Tun Ranger CBS 15.01 23. "Junior" ABC 14.57 24. Coaly CBS 14 05 25.

Soul Man ABC 14.00 26. TheX-Flfe FOX 1393 27. "K'saWonderMUfe" NBC 13.88 law Order NBC 1388 29. 2020 ABC 13.64 30. DateneN8C(Sun.) NBC 1354 31.

MmeTlmeUw ABC 13.46 32. NewsRedro NBC 13.33 33. Diagnosis Murder CBS 13.28 34. Ellen ABC 12.83 35. SplnClty ABC 12.46 36.

Dr. Qulnn, Medicine Woman CBS 12.34 37. Chicago Hope CBS 12.32 38. Caroline In the City NBC 12.23 39. Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ABC 11.99 40.

Working NBC 11.73 41. "little Women" NBC 11.66 42. Early EdWon CBS 11.61 43. Nastl Bridges CBS 11.33 44. Everybody loves Raymond CBS 11.28 45.

Boy Meets Work) ABC 11.20 Hours CBS 11.20 47. MerandDtler ABC 11.18 48. 3rd Rock From the Sun (8p.m.) NBC 11.13 49. The Gregory Hkm Six CBS 11.01 50. George ileo CBS 10.87 51.

3rd Rock From the Sun NBC 10.79 52. Suddenly Susan NBC 10.69 53. "Christmas In Washington" NBC 10.62 54. "The Beverly Wblles" FOX 10.48 55. Grace Under Fire ABC 10.42 56.

Satxtna, Teen. Witch (8p.m.) ABC 10.36 57. Promised Land CBS 10.21 Network Averages Here Is the number or viewers that each network averaged per hour or prime time, for last week and for the season. Last Week NBC 15.57 million ABC 12.45 CBS 11.75 FOX 9.18 WB 4.13 UPN 3.82 Season to Date 15.30 million CBS 13.97 ABC 13.13 FOX 10.84 UPN 4.53 WB 4.35 Southland Viewing Here are Nielsen's Top 10 prime-time programs In the Los Angeles area during the same week. The rankings are based on the number of households watching.

58. "Polar Bears; Arctic Terror" 59. Beverly Ms, 90210 6a The Naked Truth 61. WonderM World of Dtoiey 62. 2020(Thur.) 63.

Murphy Brown 64. The Nanny 65. jemy 66. "Ctidstmaa Momenta" 67. Teen Angel 68.

World's Funnlestl 69. "Mickey1! CtaWmes Carol" 70. Pur Eye, Bryant Gumbel 71. AlyMcBeal 72. JAG 73.

Melrose Race 74. Man Behaving Badly 75. Michael Hayes 76. Millennium 77. Family Matten 78 The Practice 79.

Detaventura 80. Step by Step 81. UvmgShgk) 82. Brookrrn South 83. The Visitor 84.

Nothing Sacred 85. Between Brothers "Skating Mernatlonar 87. 413 Hope St 88. "Christmas Fantasy'' 89. "Orsney's Beauty and Beast" 90.

Star Trek Voyager 91. 7th Heaven 92. Cracker 93. The Sentinel 94. Unhappily Ever Altar 95.

Malcolm Eddie 98. The Parent 'Hood 97. The Jamie Fom Show 10.20 10.10 9.96 9.90 9.84 9.68 9.54 9.52 9.34 9.32 9.15 9.06 9.00 8.83 8.81 8.76 8.40 8.20 7.89 7.49 7.48 7.28 7.18 6.93 6.87 6.74 6.42 6.31 6.31 6.05 6.01 5.46 S.II 4.88 4.36 4.25 4.01 3.95 3.94 3.84 8:30 a.m. DKCALX-Men 61057 EH KCOP Bananas in Pajamas the Crayon Box 32569 ED KSCI Omid, Today's Physician BB KWHY Business News B0 KCET Arthur (TVY) 6941 5 QD KTBN Lifestyle Magazine 53541 5 BD KOCE Big Comfy Couch 748873 GB KRCA MBC News Desk 63' KADY Laverne and Shirley CNN CNN Company 171231 COM The Daily Show (TVPG) 6001328 DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) El One Day at a Time ESPN2 NBA Finals Films HBO Movie "Miss Evers' Boys" (1997) (2 hr.) 672811 LIFE Kids These Days (TVG) NICKRugrats TBS Beverly Hillbillies (8:35) TLCSkinnamarinkTV(TVY) WGN Andy Griffith (TVG) NBC FOX ABC FOX CBS CBS FOX CBS FOX NBC CBS FOX CBS ABC CBS CBS FOX CBS FOX ABC FOX FOX FOX ABC ABC UPN WB ABC UPN WB UPN WB WB 7:00 a.m. KCBS News KNBC 36 KMIR Today Anne Heche the the history of James Bond.

70231 13 KTLA Morning News Earth angels. 32095 KABC 1 3 i KEYT 32 KESQ Good Morning America Holiday travel; soprano Kathleen Battle; last-minute holiday ideas. 27163 KCAL Mummies Alive 58057 ED KTTV Good Day A. 72637 IB KCOP Marvel Superheroes 8881 1 ES KWHY Business News BD KCET Barney (TVY) 35347 EQKMEX jOespierta America! 311250 EE KTBN Rod Parsley SI KOCE Memory of a Large Christmas 927453 03 KVEA LiftOff 82231 S3 KDOC News (Japanese); JiNi Business News (7:20) 09 KRCA Little Saigon Television News 63 KADY Bullwmkle AMC Movie "The Lemon Drop Kid" (1951)50003366 (7:15) Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer CNBC Money Wheel CSPN Public Affairs DISN Aladdin El News Daily 700908 ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 NBAs Greatest Games FSW Fox Sports News TX Trapper John, M.D. (TVPGI HBO Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TVY) HIST Movie "A Christmas Carol" (19381 (2 hr.

77347 LIFE Everyday Workout (TVG) MTV Re-Grind (TVPGI NICK Rocko Modern Life 729927 SCI-R Time Tunnel (TVGI SHOW My Life as a Dog (TVY7) TBS Mama's Family (7:05) TlCPappyland(TVY) TNN CrookS Chase (TVG) Louise Mandrell, Bailey the Boys. TNT Gilligan's Island USA Corduroy the Bear 352279 VH1 Holiday Music Videos 452809 WGN Pinky the Brain (TVY) 552163 Ita- Neaw PraptM Um ImMc 1. ER KNBC 1,087,003 2. SetMd KNBC 1,041,920 3. Veronica's Closet KNBC 811,495 4.

Friends KNBC 721,329 5. 60 Minutes KCBS 676,246 TheSJmpson KTTV 676,248 7. Frasler KNBC 671,237 8. Touched by an Angel KCBS 656,209 9. NYPDBkie KABC 646,191 10.

King of the Hi KTTV 621,145 Noon KCBS News KNBC 36 KMIR Another World (TV14) 52250 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVG) Buxom women. 88304 KABCO KEYT 421 KESQ All My Children (TVPG) 92892 KCAL News CD KTTV Mission of Hope Los Angeles Mission. 90569 EB KCOP Montel Williams 42434 DO KSCI Mandarin Drama KWHY Business News; High-Tech Report (12:20) 34 KVCR Sew Creative BO KCET Puzzle Place (TVY) 63231 ED KMEX Control en Nochebuena (TVGI 40076 ED KTBN The 700 Club BD KOCE Great Minds of Medicine S3 KVEA Movie "Jesus, el Nino B0 KDOC Perry Mason (TVPG-V) ffl KRCA Daily Taiwan News AMC Movie "Going My Way" (19441 (2 hr. 30 min.) 728250 BRVO Movie "King of the Hill" (1993) (2 hr.) 838095 CNBC Market Wrap CNN TalkBack Live 805786 COM Pee-wee Herman Show (TVG) DSC Interior Motives (TVG) DISN A Disney Channel Christmas (TVG) Fashion Emergency (TVPGI 643989 ESPN Sports Skiing U.S. Disabled Alpine Nationals.

ESPN2 Motorcycle Racing FAM A Christmas Memory (TVPG) FSW2 Healthy Living; Aerobic Conditioning (12:101 FX Life Goes On (TVPGI HIST Movie "A Christmas Carol" (1938) (2 hr.) 44521 UFE The Main Ingredient (TVG) MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICK Little Bear 544163 SCI-R Beyond Reality (TVPG) SHOW Movie "Runaway" (1 984) (1 hr. 40 min.) 4986347 TBS Flintstones (TVG) (12:05) TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) TNN Crook Chase (TVG) 490724 WGN Beauty and the Beast (TVPG-V) RADIO 10:30 a.m. KCAL The Dating Game 63 KWHY Business News; Health News (10:50) 24 KVCR Creative Living HD KTBN Casey Treat 42 KESQ Gayle King 96569 S3 KDOC Headline News AMC Movie "Christmas Eve" (19471(1 hr. 30 min.) 813231 DISN Adventures in Wonderland (TVY) El The Gossip Show (TVPG-D) 652637 ESPN2 NBA Fantastic Series FSW2 Body by Jake; Fitness Plus (10:45) HBO Movie "Star Trek: First Contact" (1996) 680366 LIFE Almost Perfect (TVPG-D) NICK Muppet Babies SCI-H Monsters (TVPGI TIC INNtimate Escapes (TVG) USA Gimme a Break VH1 Pop Up Video 658811 "THE PERFECT HOLIDAY SHOW!" -LOS ANGELES TIMES Musical llyliti) Tale For Hie Whole Family! I-S pjt Vie tta Irlck, KXTA (1150). J-S pjl An Ink, KXTA (1150).

S-l fa-Jn Mcllautl, KXTA (1150). II pJL-l tkt luck, KLSX-FM (97.1). MUSK: CLASSICAL 10:45 ix iaet-tstlrplec si tkt lay: Mussorgsky, Ravel at an Exhibition," London Philharmonic), KKG0-FM (105.1). MUSIC: POP-COUNTIT-FiUK-ttZZ I0CK-ICJ I ajtvitev-MvaJet; taints Ccltctle, jazz, classi cal, folk, KCRW-FM (89.9). II UL-NlM-UeM Will, KPFK-FM (90.7).

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KCBS Guiding Light (TV14) 12892 1 3 KEYT Reqis Kathie Lea 16618 KNBC 36i KMIR Leeza (TVPG) 33360 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVG) Holiday wishes. 52434 KABC 42' KESQ Regis Kathie Lee Jeffrey Osborne; Deanna Carter; Dru Hill; Mannheim Steamroller; Winnie the Pooh, Cody Gifford. 47502 KCAL Jerry Springer 62368 CD KTTV Grace Under Fire ELD KSCI TV Kindergarten (Korean) 60 KWHY Business News B0 KCET Barney Friends (TVY) 83095 EE) KTBN Dr. Cherry BD KOCE Instructional TV B0 KDOC Life in the Word GB KRCA K.T.A.N. News; Studio of Love (9:15) KADY Sally Jessy Raphael (TVG) 38892 AMC Movie Seven Ways From Sundown" (1960) 331811 Northern Exposure (TVPG) CNBC Inside Opinion CNN Newsday COM Movie "Young Einstein" (1988) (2 hr.) 3843892 DSC Assignment Discovery (TVG) DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (TVG) ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Extreme Bloopers FAM The Waltons (TVG) FSW Sports Basketball American vs.

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II pa-3 l.R.-Skirrl Irteks, KDIS (710). II- 11:30 Ciaict: "Tony Hancock's Christmas," KYPA (1230). SPORTS Sports Itptrti-15 and 45 minutes past the hour, KFWB (980), KNX (1070). 5- 1 fJL-TlM IHJ Slew. KXTA (1150).

I aJL-t pL-fiUm Spirts list, KXTA (1150). 1 1 1 km i i aiv i i i KCBS The Young and the Restless (TV14)84434 KNBC News KTLA Brady Bunch KABC 3 1 KEYT Port Charles 56291 KCAL Maury Povich (TVPG) Christmas show. 79540 EE) KCOP Jenny Jones 83366 63 KWHY Business News; California Stocks (11:20) 24 KVCR Quilting From the Heartland BD KCET Storytime (TVY) 68927 EQKMEX Cristian: El Deseo de Oir Tu Voz (TVG) 81908 PINAL 4 WEEKS 7:30 a.m. 0 KCAL The Mask 60892 03 KCOP Extreme Dinosaurs 74618 EE! KSCI Irart-Sima (Farsi) 757960 ES KWHY Business News EKCETStrjrytro(TW)(Repeat) 47182 GO KTBN Marilyn Hickey SDKOCE America Sews KVEA Hola Los Angeles 93706 S3 KDOC Ohayo Salon 12:30 p.m. KCBS The Bold and the Beautiful (TV141 55347 CO KTTV Beverly Hillbillies Please see TV LOG, F2I life ELDER TODAY AT 2 FRIDAY AT 8PM CALL (213) 628-2772 AHMAN30N THEATRE OROUP 3 ALBS (13) 972-7231 H.

ORAND At IBHPLI 3T, L.A. m. RrT! i MijMsiKiii; ift Ji'i iI Ji XL XL XL XL XL XL XL XL XL X.L X.L i it i. Ml" Si, We're Often on Christmas! KABC acted no differently than many other media outlets when faced with boycott threats, but station executives realize the decision to remain mum may not have been wise in hindsight. Benton admits she and others at the station figured the situation would blow over, so they just "circled the wagons" and decided not to speak out.

Several protesters were invited to KABC for a meeting; Benton says they were not open to real discussion of ending the boycott In two phone interviews, a man who identified himself as Re Ta-harka denied the Talking Drum was behind the boycott but insisted that "thousands" in the black community were still actively boycotting. He insisted the boycott was more about KABC parent Disney than the individual host; he pointed out many Jewish executives of Disney and KABC, saying the issue was one between Jewish and black individuals. According to community activist Ted Hayes and Malaika Evans who used to associate with the Talking Drum Talking Drum's members have often used intimidation tactics against those who disagree with their views. Evans herself says she has been harassed after breaking with the group. Elder will still have an uphill battle in establishing himself as a national radio personality.

Though talk radio thrives on controversy, a host like Schlessinger who emphasizes morals over politics has recently become more popular with listeners and advertisers than a conservative political commentator, such as Rush Limbaugh. The moralizing therapist is in more than 400 markets, and has been gaining steadily on Limbaugh since before her show was sold to Jacor for $71.5 million in September. '4 4f Continued from F4 ongoing effect the boycott threats have had. The show's protesters have not been forthcoming to the press about who they are and how many people are involved. Until executives under new station manager Bill Sommers spoke last week, KABC remained virtually mum on the subject.

The amount of advertising revenue KABC has lost in the last two years has been reported at $3 million. The show remains fully sponsored, but at lower ad rates. KABC does not lose money on the show, but it doesn't make as much as it would like to. KABC executives insist they have stood by Elder since the boycott effort began, although Elder's show was cut back from four to two hours last month. "Larry Elder is on the air, and he has never left the air," 'said Sommers.

KABC community relations representative Nelkane Benton said, "I think the TV ads might have stirred the pot I can't figure out the reason for fund-raising for someone who's still on the air." In an interview at the time the ads launched, Horowitz said the sole reason for the ads was to "lend support" to Elder, who Horowitz said was someone whose right of free speech was being threatened. The boycott was in the form of fliers and letters sent to advertisers, accusing Elder and fellow KABC host Dennis Prager of using anti-black hate speech in an ongoing campaign to denigrate African Americans. Elder and KABC executives have always denied he made such statements. "If he had really said those things, he would be off the air," says bmmers I Of I If mm wmjk menu" Call (800) 733-3501 for a location near you. fnAAr ')) i til i a 7.