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LOS ANGELES TIMES F12R WEDNESDAY. APRIL 22. 1998 9:30 a.m. TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings fl KCAL $3 KADY The Dating Game CHANNELS 'Echo of Thunder' Gives CBS Some Movie Clout ujki iv brace under hre 00 KCOP A Different World ES KWHY Business News 24 KVCR The Charlie Horse Music Pizza 38385 S3 KCET Puzzle Place (TVY) 45377 CD KTBN Dean and Mary Brown ZD nLCS Math for CNN Burden of Proof 607648 DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) El The Gossip Show (TVPG-D) 813613 HBO The Making Of: The Juror (9:40) HIST The Real West (TVG) NICK Blue's Clues SCI-R Monsters (TVPG) TNN Creative Living With Crafts (TVG) USA Perfect Strangers (TVG) VH1 Music Videos Fashion File (TVPG) 167551 ESPN2BodyShaping HBO Ba bar (TVY) LIFE Donise Austin's Workout (TVG) NICK Doug SHOW Movie "Gas-s-s-s" (19701(1 hr. 19 min.) 41290261 (7:55) TBS Mama's Family TLC Skinnamarink TV (TVY) USA Gargoyles (TVY7-FV) WGN New BatmanSuperman (TVY7) 11:30 a.m.

IT KEYT News El KNBC News fl KABC News HI KTTV I Love Lucy (TVG) CD KSCI Taiwan News BQ KWHY Business News 24 KVCR Sew Creative S3 KCET Teletubbies (TVY) 41990 ui ii mi Jenny ninn KESQ Port Charles (TV14) 58280 03 KDOC The Lucy Show (TVG) 03 KLCS French in Action BET Planet Groove BRVO Brendan the Navigator (TVG) CMAX Movie "Chain Reaction" (1996)11 hr. 46 min.) 279218 COM TraceyUllman (TVPG) DISN Madeline (TVY) ESPN Boat Racing FAM Carol Burnett and Friends (TVG) FSW2 Fox Sports World 405358 NICKGullah Gullah Island 163629 SCI-R The Odyssey (TVG) TLC INNtimate Escapes (TVG) USA Movies "Homecoming" (1996) Anne Bancroft. (2 hr.) 447754 WGN Empty Nest (TVG) LotAngeleV Oranga County KC8SIC8SIQ2 UKN8CINSCI04 flKABC(ABC)07 El KCAL(lnd) 09 raicnvwii (BKCOPIUPN113 EQKCET(PBS)28 D3 KTBfM (Ind.) 40 HDKOCEP8S)50 EBKVEAtTele)23 E3KDOCNI56 EQ KLCSlPBSi 17 PafemSprinyi iJI KMIR (NBC) 04 S2S KESQ AK 7,25 Santa Barbara DKEYT(ABC07 San Bernardino 24jKVCR(PBS)24 Ventura County B3KADYIUPN) 16 running two episodes last week, including a Tuesday telecast against a repeat of "NYPD Blue," which shares the same creative pedigree. The rookie series took a beating both nights, however, from "Dateline NBC." On the plus side for CBS, "Walker, Texas Ranger" kicked in its best performance in seven weeks, The premiere of "Love Boat: The Next Wave" created a mini -splash for the UPN network April 13, drawing more viewers than a new ABC drama, "Push," which the network promptly pulled from its lineup. -BRIAN LOWRY CBS' Hallmark Hall of Fame production "The Echo of Thunder" struck down the competition Sunday, in a week otherwise lit up by NBC's Thursday lineup and the highest-rated "Law Order" since September, based on results released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research.

"Echo," starring Judy Davis, generated more ratings noise than the two competing movies (NBC's "Brave New World" and ABC's "Mind combined. ABC fared poorly with movies Thursday and Saturday as well, dropping the network into fourth place for the week. CBS tried to jump-start "Brooklyn South" by Cable Services National Nielsen Viewership Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (April 13-19) as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. They are based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish. Nielsen estimates that there are 254 million potential U.S.

viewers age 2 and older. Viewership is listed here in millions. AFTERNOON 8:00 a.m. KCBS This Morning Singer Al Green. 63377 fl KCAL World of Tex Avery 49071 DO KCOP Extreme Ghostbusters 78551 KWHY Business News L24KVCR Time to Grow E3 KCET The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (TVY) 10193 ED KTBN Kenneth Copeland BO KOCE Simply Painting Around the World: Ireland and Wales 03 KDOC Robert Tilton S3 KLCS The Story of Read-Alee- Deed-Alee KADY Extreme Dinosaurs 61261 Quincy (TVG) BET Jam Zone BRVO Movie "Patton" (1970) George C.

Scott. (3 hr.) 519735 COM Dr. Katz (TVPG) DISN Goof Troop (TVY) El One Day at a Time ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Fitness Beach FAM Rescue 911 (TVPG) FSW Fox Sports News FX Eight Is Enough (TVG) HBO Movie "Little Bigfoot" (1 997) (1 hr. 39 min.) 4276938 LIFE What Every Baby Knows (TVG) NICK Charlie Brown 325532 SCI-R Incredible Hulk (TVG) TBS Little House: A New Beginning TLC Swamp Critters (TVY) TNN Dallas (TVPG-LSV) TNT Spenser: For Hire USA Facts of Life (TVPG) VH1 Pop Up Video WGN Andy Griffith (TVG) EI63 SCI-FI 87 AMC35 ESPN 34 SHOW 41 BET 57 ESPN2 84 TBS 43 BRVO 54 FAM 47 TLC 51 CNBC 31 FSW27 TMC 58 COM 79 FX 89 TNN 49 CSPN 29 HBO 33 TNT 52 CMAX 45 HIST 30 USA 44 CNN 42 UH46 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. Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME TV RATINGS TVY) All Children (TVY7) Directed to Older Children (TVG) General Audience (TVPG) Parental Guidance (TV1 4) Parents Strongly Cautioned ITVMA) Mature Audiences Only D) Suggestive Dialogue (L) Coarse Language IS) Sex (V) Violence frirh Nat- View-Program work era 107. The Parent Hood WB 3.09 108. You're the One WB 2.98 109. Moesha UPN 2.61 110.

Clueless UPN 2.59 111. Nick Freno: licensed Teacher WB 2.49 112. "Search for Justice" UPN 2.01 Cable Top 10 Here are Nielsen's top IO cable programs In prime time last week, also ranked by total viewers (in millions). View- Net-Program ars work 1. Wrestling 10p.m.) USA fjlfl 2.

"Breakdown" HBO 4.82 3. 10 p.m.) TNT 4,77 4. Wrestling 9:05 p.m.) TBS 4.74 5. Wrestling 9 p.m.) TNT 4.71 6. Wrestling 8 p.m.) TNT 4.60 7.

South Park COMC 4.52 8. Wrestling 8:57 p.m.) USA 4.58 9. Boning HBO 4.40 10. EarthMoon 8:54 p.m.) HBO 4.29 10:00 a.m. KCBS The Price Is Right (TVG) El KNBC EXTRA (TVPG) 11280 KTIA Little House on the Prairie fl KABC l3j KEYT The View Designer Isaac Mizrahi; author Kate White: Lou Diamond Phillips.

91938 EI KCAL Jerry Springer (TV1 4) 13174 OD KTTV Andy Griffith (TVG) KCOP Dr. Quinn (TVPG-D) ffl KWHY Business News 124 KVCR Creative Living BO KCET Sesame Street 99261 S3 KMEX Maite KMIR Maury Povich (TVPG) EE KTBN Behind the Scenes; John Avanzini; Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (10:15) 12 KESQ Martha Stewart Living S3 KVEA Llovizna 68377 BO KDOC Froozles 458280 BO KLCS Challenge of the Unknown $3) KADY Jenny Jones (TVPG) 71 209 AMC Movie "Apartment for Peggy" (1948) Jeanne Crain. (1 hr. 45 min Law Order (TVPG) CNN CNN Today DSC Home Matters (TVG) 213358 DISN Bear in the Big Blue House (TVY) El Anthony Perkins: The True Hollywood Story (TVPG) ESPN In the SportsLight 860700 ESPN2 NBA 2Night FAM The 700 Club FX Dynasty (TVPG-DS) HBO From the Earth to the Moon (TVPG) HIST Four Years of Thunder (TVG) LIFE A.

Law NICK Richard Scarry 580532 SCI-R Niqht Gallery TBS Movie "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977) (2 hr.) 614938 TLC On the Inside (TVG) TNN America's Country Hits (TVG) USA Wings (TVPG) VH1 Top 10 Countdown WGN News Judy Davis Noon fl KCBS News tl KNBC 36 KMIR Another World (TV14) 88377 KTLA Hunter tl KABCLI1 KEYT 12 KESQ All My Children (TVPG) 20377 KCAL News CD KTTV Beverly Hillbillies ESI KCOP Montel Williams 93358 KB KSCI Mandarin Drama KWHY Business News; High-Tech 124 KVCR Sew Many Quilts KCET Mister Rogers 13280 EQ KTBN The 700 Club EB KHSC Totally Technibond KOCE The Gentle Doctor: Veterinary Medicine S3 KVEA Movie "Depredador Chicano" (1 hr. 30 min.) 81716 03 KDOC Perry Mason (TVPG-V) BD KLCS Real Science! AMC Movie "Ministry of Fear" (1944)11 hr. 30 min.) 314551 BRVO Movie "Breaker CNN TalkBack Live 517071 COM Saturday Night Live (TVPG) DSC Interior Motives (TVG) DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) El Model (TVPG) ESPN2 Sports Auto Racing NASCAR Goody's Headache Powder 500.4917006 FAM Diagnosis Murder (TVPG) FSW FIT-TV FXLifeGoosOn(TVPG-O) HBO Movie "The Saint" (1997) Val Kilmer. (1 hr. 56 min.) 955822 HIST Movie "Al Capone" (1959) (2 hr.

30 min.) 307385 UFE Almost Perfect (TVPG) NICK Little Bear 335919 SCI-R Lost in Space TBSFIintstones(TVG) TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) TNN Crook Chase (TVG) 385735 VH1 FT-Fashion Television WGN Beauty and the 8east (TVPG-V) Network Averages Here is the number of viewers that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season. Nt-VIw- Program work 1. ER NBC 30.33 2. Seinfeld NBC 27.41 3. "The Echo of Thunder" CBS 24.02 4.

Veronica's Closet NBC 22.72 5. Friends NBC 21.94 6. Just Shoot Me NBC 21.09 7. 60 Minutes CBS 17.46 8. The X-Files FOX 16.53 9.

Touched by an Angel CBS 16.39 10. Law Order NBC 16.38 11. Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 16.29 12. Dateline NBC (Mod.) NBC 15.42 13. Walker, Texas Ranger CBS 14.76 14.

Diagnosis Murder CBS 14.62 15. 2020 ABC 14.61 16. King ollhe Hill FOX 14.49 17. Home improvement ABC 14.08 18. The Simpsons FOX 13.46 19.

PrimeTmeUve ABC 13.20 20. The Drew Carey Show ABC 13.13 21. Dateline NBC 8 p.m.) NBC 12.98 22. Frasler NBC 1285 23. Soul Man ABC 12.62 24.

48 Hours CBS 12.38 25. 2020 (Mon.) ABC 12.13 26. Home Improvement (8 p.m.) ABC 12.03 27. SaMna, the Teenage Witcn ABC 11.87 Something So Right ABC 11.87 29. Two Guys, Gin, FUza Place ABC 11.75 30.

MadAboutVou NBC 11.71 31. Dateline NBC (Fn.) NBC 11.63 32. "DatePresldenfsOaughter" ABC 11.46 33. AllyMcBeal FOX 11.27 Nasri Bridges CBS .11.27 35. CandldCamera CBS 11.23 36.

Early Edition CBS 11.21 37. Everybody Loves Raymond CBS 11.15 38. 3rd Rock From the Sun NBC 10.99 Caroline In the City NBC 10.99 40. Cosby CBS 10.81 41. Kids Say Damdest Things CBS 10.68 42.

Bevedy Hills, 90210 FOX 10.66 43. Dr. Quinn. Medicine Woman CBS 10.61 44. "Wildest Police Videos" FOX 10.60 For your Love NBC 10.60 46.

"Scariest Police Stings" FOX 10.53 47. Boy Meets Work) (9:30 p.m.) ABC 10.52 48. Frasler (Mon.) NBC 10.51 49. NYPD Blue ABC 10.50 50. Boy Meets Woitd ABC 10.49 Latekne NBC 10.49 52.

Sabdna, Teen. Witch (8 p.m.) ABC 10.39 53. "Brave New Work)" NBC 10.32 54. AllyMcBeal (Wed.) FOX 10.31 55. Working NBC 10.15 56.

ABC 10.13 57. JAG CBS 10.07 58. Homicide: lite on the Street NBC 9.96 59. Seinfeld (Wed.) NBC 9.94 60. America's Most Wanted FOX 9.75 61.

Suddenly Susan NBC 9.71 62. The Practice ABC 9.68 63. SplnCity ABC 9.65 MORNING Last Season week to data NBC 12.64 million 14.71 CBS 11.76 14.26 FOX 9.88 10.64 ABC 9.83 12.42 UPN 4.13 4.05 W8 4.11 4.48 Net- View-Program work era 64. Cops (8:30 p.m.) FOX 9.61 65. Public Eye, Bryant Gumbel CBS 9.49 66.

Promised Land CBS 9.32 67. Unsolved Mysteries CBS 9.03 68. The Nanny CSS 868 69. House Rules NBC 8.65 70. The Closer CBS 8.42 71.

The Nanny (8:30 p.m.) CBS 8.39 72. ABC News Saturday Night ABC 8.37 73. Millennium FOX 8.28 74. NBA Basketball NBC 8.24 75. Dateline NSC (Sun.) NBC 8.17 76.

Getting Personal FOX 8.04 77. "Mind Games" ABC 7.89 78. Cops FOX 7.82 79. Murphy Brown CBS 7.79 80. Beyond Belief: FactorFiction? FOX 7.66 81.

"Tomadol" FOX 7.50 82. Oamon FOX 7.49 83. Brooklyn South CBS 7.40 84. "Since You've Been Gone" ABC 7.37 85. NewsRadk) NBC 7.24 86.

World's Funniestl FOX 7.18 87. Brooklyn South (Tue.) CSS 6.89 88. "Tremors II: Aftershocks" ABC 6.83 89. "Love Boat: The Neit Wave" UPN 6.75 90. Funniest Home Videos ABC 6.73 91.

TV Censored Bloopers '98 NBC 5.78 92. 7th Heaven WB 5.69 93. "Salute to Israel" CBS 5.62 94. Star Trek: Voyager UPN 5.27 95. 7th Heaven (9 p.m.) WB 5.24 96.

The Wayani' Bros. WB 4.92 97. "Totally Ridiculousl" UPN 4.88 98. Push ABC 4.59 99. NBA Showtime NBC 4.38 100.

Unhappily Ever After WB 4.26 101. The Jamie Foix Show WB 3.90 102. Dawson's Creek WB 3.89 103. Sister, Sister WB 3.55 104. Bufiy, the Vampire Slayer WB 3.38 105.

UPN 3.30 106. Smart Guy WB 3.11 8:30 a.m. KCAL X-Men 48342 03 KCOP Bananas in Pajamas the Crayon Box 77822 DO KSCI Omid, Today's Physician 63 KWHY Business News KVCR Time to Grow HD KCET Arthur (TVY) 19464 EE KTBN Lifestyle Magazine 246071 B0 KOCE Theodore Tugboat 561613 BO KLCS Wishbone 39280 AMC Movie "No Room for the Groom" (1952) 9829193 (8:45) CNN CNN Company 980483 COM The Daily Show (TVPG) 1286445 DISN Adventures in Wonderland (TVY) El One Day at a Time ESPN2 Kiana's Flex Appeal LIFE Kids These Days (TVG) MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICKRugrats TLC Swamp Critters (TVY) USA Facts of Life (TVPG) VH1 Women First WGN Andy Griffith (TVG) 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. 10:30 a.m.

EI KNBC Access Hollywood 42087 D3 KTTV Andy Griffith (TVG) ES KWHY Business News; Health News (10:50) 141 KVCR Martha's Sewing Room EQ KTBN Casey Treat 42 KESQ Gayle King 97590 BO KDOC Headline News BO KLCS American Frontier; Know It All (10:45) DISN Katie and Orbie (TVY). ESPN Sports Equestrian Budweiser American Invitational. 777648 ESPN2 NBAs Greatest Games NICK Muppet Babies SCI-R Ray Bradbury Theater (TVPG) TLC Great Country Inns (TVG) USA Wings (TVPG) Program KNBC 1,097,021 KNBC 996.837 KNBC 831,532 KNBC 771,421 KNBC 746,375 KTTV 741,366 1. ER 2. Seinfeld 3.

Fiiends 4. Veronica's Closet 5. Just Shoot Me 6. The X-Files 7. 60 Minutes 8.

law Order 9. 2020 KCBS KNBC KABC 736,357 716,320 706,301 The Echo of Thunder" 10. KCBS 671,237 7:00 a.m. 11 KCBS News OKNBC 36 KMIR Today Liam Neeson; games and hobbies for senior citizens. 50613 HKTLA Morning News 87735 KABCi 3 KEYT 42 KESQ Good Morning America Personal finances; author Isabelle Allende.

72803 Fl KCAL Mummies Alive 38483 BO KTTV Good Day L.A. 29735 IB KCOP Marvel Superheroes 63280 83 KWHY Business News 24 KVCR Introductory Geology BD KCET Barney TVY (Repeat) 18342 ED KMEX iDespierta America! 3381 74 ED KTBN Rod Parsley G3 KHSC Fashion Brights Under $50 S3 KOCE Government by Consent 09 KVEA Lift-Off 50358 E3 KDOC NewsJiNi Business News 17:20) ED KLCS Learning English OKRCAIslade Jordan KADY The Mask 56990 The Equalizer CMAX Movie "Enter Laughing" 11967)11 hr. 52 CNBC Market Watch 36716 CSPN House of Representatives 3888377 DISN Aladdin (TVY) El News Daily 155716 ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Cory Everson's Gotta Sweat FAM Bonanza (TVG) FSW Fox Sports News FX Trapper John, M.D. (TVPG-D) HBO Testament: The Bible in Animation (TVY7) HIST Movie "Al Capone" (1959) Rod Steiger. (2 hr.

30 min.) 117700 UFE Everyday Workout (TVG) MTV MTV Jams (TVPG) NICK Rocko's Modern Life 236209 SCI-R Land of the Giants (TVG) TBS Mama's Family TIC Salty's Lighthouse (TVY) TMC Movie "Rapa Nui" (1994) (1 hr. 47 min.) 87638209 (7:20) TNN Crook Chase (TVG) 961464 TNT Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (TVPG-V) USA Gargoyles (TVY7-FV) VH1 CardioVideo WGN Pinky the Brain (TVY1 173087 12:30 p.m. KCBS The Sold and the Beautiful (TV14)74174 ED KTTV Beverly Hillbillies ES KWHY Business News; Show Biz Report (12:50) 21 KVCR America in Perspective: U.S. History Since 1877 50 KCET Puzzle Place (TVY) 49193 BO KOCE From a Country Garden SO KLCS Newton's Apple DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) Fashion Emergency (TVPG) ESPN Racehorse Digest LIFE Hope Gloria (TVPG-L) NICK Blue's Clues SHOW Movie "Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie" (1 995) (1 hr. 36 min.) TBS Flintstones (TVG) TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) TMC Movie "Meatballs Part II" (1984)11 hr.

28 min.) 123483 VH1 Women First RADIO Radio Ratings The area's top 25 stations and their Arbitron ratings for the first three months of 1998, compared with how they fared in the final quarter of 1997: CURRENT LAST QUARTER 9:00 a.m. KCBS Guiding Light (TV141 13209 3 KEYT Regis Kathie Lee 83385 KNBC KMIR Leeza (TVPG) Anything for a buck. 83367 KTIA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVPG) Controlling men. 3T629 DKABC 42 KESQ Regis Kathie Lee Drew Carey: Joe Lando. 59025 0KCAL6I KADY The Newlywed Game ED KTTV Grace Under Fire DO KSCI I Can Do It! B3 KWHY Business News KVCR Wimzie's House (TVY) 03 KCET Barney (TVY) 531 56 EE) KTBN Dr.

Cherry BO KOCE Instructional TV BO KDOC Life in the Word BO KLCS Teams Northern Exposure (TVPG) CMAX Movie "The Great Race" (1965) (2 hr. 40 min.) 722483 CNBC Power Lunch 93272 CNN Newsday COM Movie "Pretty Smart" (1987) Tricia Leigh Fisher. (2 hr.) 321 7006 DSC Assignment Discovery (TVG) DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) El ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Running of the Bulls FAM The Waltons (TVG) FSW2 Australian Rules Football FX The Collectibles Show (TVG) LIFE Sisters (TVPG) NICK Little Bear 348483 SCI-R Twilight Zone SHOW Movie "Hidden in America" (1996) 30802006 (9:15) TBS Matlock TLC Work in Progress (TVG) TMC Movie "Harry and Walter Co to New York" (1976) James Caan. (2 hr. 3 min.) 45705803 (9:10) TNN Creative Living With Crafts (TVG) TNT Movie "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986) (2 hr.) 828025 USA Gimme a Break VH1 Crossroads WGN Geraldo Rivera (TVPG) 347735 KCBS The Young and the Restless (TV14I37716 El KNBC News KTIA The Live Show (TVG) 86006 HKABCf KEYT Port Charles (TV141 20803 KCAL Maury Povich (TVPG) 33938 ED KTTV I Love Lucy (TVG) BB KCOP Jenny Jones 68735 ES KWHY Business News; California Stocks (11:20) 341 KVCR Keeping You in Stitches BD KCETStorytime 40261 63 KMEX Agujetas de Color de Rosa (TVPG) 67667 KMIR The People's Court EQ KTBN James Robison 42 KESQ Jeopardy I EE KHSC Gale Hayman EB KVEA Las Juanas 75613 BO KDOC Southland Today BO KLCS Kratts' Creatures (TVY) BRVO The Proskys (TVG) 821 087 CNBC Street Signs COM Soap (TVPG) DSCHousesmart(TVG) DISN Rescue Rangers (TVY) ESPN2 Billiards FX Picket Fences (TVPG-DV) HBO Inventors' Special: Marie Curie HIST The War Years (TVG) UFEthirtysomething NICK World of Dr.

Seuss 531 700 SCI-R Swamp Thing (TVG) SHOW Movie "Quicksilver" (1 986) Kevin Bacon. (1 hr. 46 min.) 7421396 TLC INNtimate Escapes (TVG) TMC Movie "Broadway Danny Rose" (1984) Woody Allen. (1 hr. 26 mini 86473209 (11:05) TNT Movie "The Law and Jake Wade" (1958) (2 hr.) 239377 USA Major Dad (TVG) VH1 Legends WGN Empty Nest (TVG) It was uncertain what sort of impact the new morning team at KYSR-FM (98.7) was having, since the trio Jamie White, Frosty Stillwell and Frank Kramerbegan broadcasting Feb.

16, in mid-survey. In morning drive the station dropped from 2.3 and an 18th-place tie to 2 and 21st place. In afternoon drive, 3-7 p.m., hip-hop station KPWR-FM (105.9) moved into first place from third place with a 4.6 share, while KLVE dropped substantially from 5.3 to 4.4 and finished second. Among talk hosts, KFI's afternoon team of John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou were tied for 12th place at 3.1, dropping from 3.3 and eighth place in fall 1997. KABC took 2,9 of the audience with Larry Elder getting the full four-hour shift back Feb.

9. Tom Leykis on KLSX moved from 1.3 to 1.8. Times staff writer Kevin Baxter contributed to this report. KCBS As the World Turns (TV14) 79629 KNBC KMIR Days of Our Lives (TV14) 97025 HKTLA8lossom KABC L3 KEYT 42 KESQ One Life to Live (TV14) 39025 fl KCAL The People's Court BD KTTV Happy Oays (TVG) DO KCOP Ricki Lake (TVPG) 46826 KWHY NewsClosing Belt Report 24 KVCR America in Perspective: U.S. History Since 1877 50 KCET Reading Rainbow (TVY) 17613 60 KMEX Leonela 46808 EQ KTBN John Hagee 03 KOCE Simply Painting Around the World: Ireland and Wales S3 KDOC Gunsmoke (TVPG-V) S3 KLCS Reading Rainbow 151 74 The Equalizer CNBC Market Wrap CNN CNN Today COM The Daily Show (TVPG) 11 16209 Please see TV LOG, F13 1.

KSCA-FM 5.4 4.9 2. KLVE-FM 5.3 6.1 3. KFI-AM 4.4 4.0 4. KPWR-FM 4.0 4.2 5. KKBT-FM 3.9 4.5 6.

KIIS-FM 3.8 4.0 KOST-FM 3.8 3.8 8. KRTH-FM 3.4 4.0 KLAX-FM 3.4 2.1 KROQ-FM 3.4 3.0 11. KTWV-FM 3.3 3.4 12. KBIG-FM 3.0 2.7 13. KYSR-FM 2.9 2.8 14.

KCMG-FM 2.7 1.4 15. KABC-AM 2.6 3.0 16. KCBS-FM 2.5 2.7 17. KNX-AM 2.4 2.0 KLSX-FM 2.4 2.5 19. KZLA-FM 2.3 2.7 KLOS-FM 2.3 2.6 21.

KLAC-AM 2.2 2.3 22. KFWB-AM 2.1 2.1 23. KKGO-FM 1.9 1.7 KTNQ-AM 1.9 2.1 25. KBUE-FM 1.7 1.6 7:30 a.m. II KCAL The Mask 17990 03 KCOP Extreme Dinosaurs 59087 DO KSCI Iran-Sima (Farsi) 559342 EH KWHY Business News 8 KVCR Introductory Geology SO KCETStorytime (Repeat) 25367 EQ KTBN Marilyn Hickey BO KOCE America Sews 09 KVEA Hola Los Angeles 62193 03 KDOC Ohayo Salon BD KLCS Putting English to Work S3 KADY Sonic the Hedgehog 75025 DISN Timon Pumbaa (TVY) Continued from Fl personnel or format: Spanish-language KLAX-FM (97.9) and KCMG-FM (100.3).

Both increased their share by 1.3 points. KLAX, which also plays Mexican regional music, went from a 19th-place tie to an eighth-place tie and a 3.4 share. KLAX had been the first Spanish station to go to No. 1 in L.A. in fall 1992, but over the past four years it had lost nearly two-thirds of its audience.

In the past five months, its owners spent more than $1 million, hiring marketing directors, boosting the signal and bringing in new talent particularly Martin Fabian, deejay and programming director. And KCMG-FM (100.3), the former KIBB-FM, under its new "Mega 100" banner, rose from a 25th-place tie to 14th place with a 2.7 share. The station had switched last November from playing dance music to an oldies format aimed mainly at Latinas. The shift apparently took a bite out of longtime oldies king KRTH-FM (101.1), which fell from a 4 share to 3.4. At first glance, it might appear that KFI benefited from the swirl of allegations surrounding President Clinton that broke early in the survey period, which ran from Jan.

8 to April 1. But the evidence among other talk and news stations was mixed. KABC-AM (790), for example, dropped from a 3 share and a lOth-place tie to 2.6 and 15th place. This is the lowest ranking the talk station has had in three years. Meanwhile, talk station KLSX-FM (97.1) stayed put-from 2.5 and 17th place in the previous quarter to 2.4 and a 17th-place tie this time.

News station KNX-AM (1070) rose from 2 and 22nd place to 2.4 and a 17th-place tie while rival news outlet KFWB-AM (980) stayed even at 2.1. The share is the percentage of the listening audience that tunes in for at least five minutes in any RADIO PALTROW nil The ratings survey covers people 12 and older listening between 6 a.m. and midnight, from Jan. 8 through April I CORVETTE PORSCHE STREET ROD VOLKSWAGEN PRE 75 COLLECTOR CARS mimEX TIPS FOR TODAY 6-8 p.m. Beneath the Surface: "Grand Juries and Special Prosecutors: Do We Need Them? KPFK-FM (90.71.

5-7 p.m. Larry Mantle's Airtalk: "Live Action Role-Playing Games" p.m.), "Figure Skating and the Quest lor Olympic Gold" p.m.), "How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood" p.m., KPCC-FM (89.3). 8-10 p.m. Opera House: "Membership Drive Special," KCSN-FM (88.5). p.m.

When Radio Was: "The Martin and Lewis Show," with guest Henry Fonda, Part 1, KGIL (1260), KGXL (1650). 10 p.m.-midnight San Francisco Sym-. phony: John Nelson conducts Oaugherty, I Tchaikovsky (Piano Concerto No. 2, Nikolai Lu-I gasnky), Rachmaninoff (2nd Symphony), KKGO- continuous 15-minute period. In the key morning drive period, weekdays 6-10 a.m., KSCA's Re-nan Almendarez Coello took first place for the third quarter in a row while increasing his audience share from 6.7 to 7.4.

In second place was KLVE's Pepe Barreto with 5.5, down from 5.9 last quarter. Howard Stern, who had made a dramatic jump to 6.4 last quarter on the strength of his movie "Private Parts," fell a full percentage point to 5.4 and third place, though still first among English -language hosts. SWAP MEET CAR SHOW APRIL 26 MOD TIMESI SAFE FAMILY FUN! THIS SUNDAY, SAM-2 PM you work elsewhere. I know, he gets all pissed off and bitter! I said, "Harvey, I gotta pay my rent!" Somehow that reminds me, you recently went swimming with sharks. Last year, Paltrow spent three days solo on an island off the coast of Belize; she wrote of the trip in an issue of Marie Claire, which she guest-edited.

I'd seen the shark from the shore. I was like, I'm on a deserted island, with shark-infested waters! But I just knew that I wasn't going to get killed by a shark, so I went swimming. It was empowering kind of a test. And the shark appeared right next to me. I was like, well, OK! Then I got out of the water and took a picture of it and I put it in the magazine.

If you're not afraid of sharks, or Harvey Weinstein, what are you afraid of? I don't know I feel really brave all of a sudden! But I'm not. I'm afraid of anger and I'm afraid of flying. What do you look forward to? My new thing is, no expectations. Ji you carve out what you expect, that's how you end up getting disappointed, not living fully in the present. And I feel so present now.

Like I'm really living. So you'll let the "Sliding Doors" choices take care of them- MHR INFO: (714) 544-7004 FM (105.1). DRAMA-COMEDYFAMILY p.m. When Radio Was: "Gangbust- ers," KGIL (1260), KGXL (1650). p.m., a.m.

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Affleck discusses his upcoming schedule but dodges questions about Paltrow. After more sotto voce conferencing, Affleck hugs and kisses Gwyneth and leaves. There was a nice energy between you two. beaming I won't comment on it! He's just my friend. My jjood friend.

Whatever he is, you seem very happy. I'm feeling really happy. Everything's going kind of good. How did you two meet? Through friends in New York. Miramax.

I don't know if they should pay you, or you should pay them. They should pay me! More than they do! laughs I have to say, Harvey Weinstein's known as a tough guy, but that man is extraordinary. I feel like I could only make movies at Miramax and be completely happy. He's said he's jealous when OPENINGS Looking for past articles? Quick. Cheap.

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