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Monday. Aug. 29, 1983 Philadelphia Inquirer 9-E The death of CHajviel 48 ii private affair -J i Lamps that fight glare: from Eliminating computer glare will be a By Gaii Shister Inquirer SMff Wrtter WKBS-TV (Channel 48) has chosen to go out with a whimper, not a bang. Unlike the day the Bulletin died in January J982, no reporters, photographers or TV types will be at the station today as tt goes through its last official day of operation. This funeral will be kept strictly private.

"We'll have special security set up all around the studio and grounds," Channel 48 spokeswoman Kim Kline said Friday. "We plan to make it very uncomfortable for any unauthorized person who tries to get in." "Going through the death knell, so to speak, will be difficult enough for all of us," said Channel 48 vice president and general manager Vince Barresi on Friday. "It's something we want to share only among ourselves." Field Enterprises of Chicago, own-er of Channel 48, decided last month to close the UHF station and take the tax loss when it could not find a suitable buyer. Over the previous year, Field had managed to sell its four other UHF properties. Channel 48 programming will go on as usual today.

In a bittersweet irony, tonight's Penn State-Nebraska football game a plum for which, NBC had failed to acquire broadcast rights will probably earn blockbuster ratings as the last official program aired on Channel 48. Following the game, about midnight, Barresi will deliver a farewell editorial, to be followed by station identification and the National Anthem. Then, after the signal from the station's studio is cut off and, finally, the transmitter itself is lurned off, Channel 48 will end its 18-year history-Kline said Friday that "about 25 Night Owl Stockbroker Kevin Waldron of Merrill Lynch in Bala Cynwyd is the new business editor at WCAU-AM (1210). He replaces John Battista, who resigned last month. The Philadelphia Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will hold its first' Emmy Awards dinner and presentation on Sept.

30 at the Adam's Mark Hotel on City Avenue at Monument Road. Tickets are $45 for members, $50 for nonmembers. Treat (Prince of the City) Williams makes his TV debut as boxing legend Jack Dempsey in Dempsey, a CBS telemovie scheduled for Sept. 28. Beginning Sept.

12, Group W's "PM Magazine" known as "Evening Magazine" on Channel 3 will include "Marilyn Beck's Exclusive," a special weekly segment. Beck, a syndicated columnist, will report on entertainment news from 1 her Beverly Hills, office. Villanova's basketball team is slated for two appearances on NBC national broadcasts this season: Jan. 14 at Georgetown and Jan. 21 against Notre Dame at Madison Square Garden, James Kiberd, who plays Mike Donovan in the new ABC soap "Lov-ing," studied at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts.

Word has it that CBS Sports will get $450,000 per 30 seconds of ad time during the January Super Bowl. NBC's price tag for the last Super Bowl was $400,000 per 30 seconds. Is anchor Connie Chung making a difference in "NBC News at Sunrise" ratings? Yes. "Sunrise" has been showing steady improvement in the early morning news war, registering a 1.3 rating and 15 share in last week's Nielsens, compared with a 1.314 for "ABC News Early Morning" and a 1.314 for "CBS Early Morning News." TVradio talk percent" of the station'! $2 staffers had found employment elsewhere. (Kline is joining independent KPOR-TV in St.

Louis. Barresi said he "Just has to dot a few ft and cross a few t's" on a new position, which he would not disclose.) Eight employees left the station after the announcement of its imminent closing. "There are three prevalent moods," said Neil Zoren, producer-host of "Weekend," a Channel 48 public-affairs show. "One is a combination of disbelief and anger, tempered by artificial enthusiasm. Another is total gloom, feeling slapped in the face by despair.

The third is small-town closeness, the kind you get during a crisis." Station employees will receive two weeks' salary for each year of service, Zoren said. They will also get medical insurance coverage for six months. Field Enterprises has 10 days to surrender Channel 48's license to the Federal Communications Commission. At that time, the application process will begin. Minority appli cants will get preference, the commission has said.

ABC announced that "Good Morning America" weatherman John Coleman was leaving the show after seven years. Beginning Sept. 26, his replacement will be meteorologist Dave Murray of NBC affiliate KSDK in St. Louis. Coleman recently lost out in an attempt to take control of The Weather Channel, the financially ailing cable weather service out of Atlanta that he founded but that was owned largely by Landmark By Grace Madley Jpiclal It Tht lnuirer Computers, now making sweeping changes in the work place, are about to alter life at home, including the way we treat interiors.

Observers such as lighting authority Jim Nuckolls foresee homemakers doing a variety of chores with computers: planning family budgets, paying bills, shopping, checking stock market prices, making airline reservations, getting news and weather forecasts. A lot Of us can recall when televi-sion was new 'and many a decor was caught short by the impact. For home computers, we may have to choose compatible wall and ceiling colors, be careful about location of windows and for the truly conscientious wear the right clothing. "Maybe Pierre Cardin could design a computer wardrobe," Nuckolls Joked one day recently at his New York office. Nuckolls, who said he uses a computer all day and is "close to being married to it," is president of Incorporated Consultants a company doing architectural lighting and research, and a past president of the International Association of Lighting Designers.

He also teaches at Parsons School of Design. The conversation that day focused on one word: glare. "Guard against C1 George Kovacs, left, and Home furnishings glare. Avoid glare. There must be no glare," Nuckolls emphasized.

Computer terminals and TV are similar, both reflecting brightness from their screens. And, Nuckolls reminded, the same advice applies to watching TV and computer terminals: Nevedo it in a dark room. The area around the cathode-ray tube (CRT) or video display terminal (VDT) should be evenly lighted to avoid contrasts, he pointed out. The glass covering of the screen is like a mirror; its shiny surface produces "veiling glare" in a manner similar to a page of shiny paper, he said. Nuckolls tests for glare by holding a pocket mirror up to the screen.

If a bright spot appears anywhere, he moves either the computer or the object being reflected. To illuminate work surfaces next to the terminal, he recommends a flexible architect's lamp, the kind that can be tilted in any direction to eliminate glare. Several types with necks resembling twisted tubing are available in table or floor models. Walls in front of the terminal should be reflective, that is, light-toned, Nuckolls said. The surface behind the computer should be dark; when the mother of one of his young charges suggested he become a model.

He registered with the prestigious Ford Agency, thinking of the jobs strictly as a way to earn extra money for his enrollment ol Denison University in Granville, Ohio. "The next thing I knew," he said, smiling, "I was one of Ihe 4.000 kids being considered for Blue Lagoon, and I ended up getting it. We shot it in 1979, and I didn't even know what a camera was when we started. The greatest thing about that movie was being stranded on an island for months. I grew up an awful lot." The TV movie, Raid on Shoit Creek, with Diane Lane, followed.

Then there was the disastrous The Pirate Movie with Krlsty McNichol. "You win some, you lose some," Atkins said with the pragmatism of a seasoned pro. He has much higher hopes for Heaven, which he completed just before Joining "Dallas." Set for release later this year, the film stars Lesley; Ann Warren, who won rave reviews In last year's VictorVictoria. Atkins insists, without overdoing the sincerity, that family is a top priority In his life. His Studio City home In Los Angeles County is within walking distance of his father and his stepmother, whom he rates a "really neat lady." He remains close to his mother and stepfather as well.

"A lot of time divorce turns into such a sour thing," he observed. "I was very lucky. 1 have two families with both my parents and steppar-gnts being like best friends." Koch Lowy, right putting the unit in front of a window should be avoided. Don't wear white shirts or blouses; ciarK is octter. nuckohs uses coiorca filters pasted on the screen (light rose is preferred by many) and specially made, tinted "computer glasses" to reduce eyestrain.

Nuckolls said manufacturers have failed to meet an important need, having designed only a limited amount of supplementary lighting to keep up with the growing use of computers in homes and offices. "With notable exceptions, the general lighting-industry has not begun to grasp the problem of providing lighting for CRT environments," he said, naming Koch Lowy, Luxo and George' Kovacs as the exceptions. As a lighting expert, Nuckolls also expressed concern over a statement issued by the National Academy of Science in mid-July. He lauded the academy's finding that radiation from computer terminals does not cause permanent eye damage, but he worried that the statement still might raise concern about the use of computers in the home. He said more evidence about computer use is needed.

While "poorly designed spaces will not be comfortable or efficient," he said, "the general public should not be alarmed concerning home use or commercial use either." A more contemporary best friend is actress Cindy Gibb, 19, who has just jumped from the MIC soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" to a newly created role on the now-syndicated "Fame." Her switch in shows has finally enabled her to move from New York to California, which should please Atkins' parents. "Even they think we should live together before considering marriage," he said. They'll have time to test togetherness even when they're iivm in iivmiiu. Lauai dim rami div shot on the same MGM Studios lot. "What I've come to love about this business is that it gives you the chance to be extremely creative," Atkins said.

"Some day I hope to write, direct and produce. I've already written a love story. It is a beautiful romance which is basically a true story. Romance is something I really believe in." That's exactly what Atkins' producers at Lorimar like to hear their newest star say. His assignment is to put romance back into "Dallas," and there's a half-million dollars a season riding on his ability to do it.

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30, midnight to 6 a.m. gelo is ravishing in this otherwise crummy comedy about a man who hires a woman to have his baby. Mature theme. 94m. SPT: 4 30 p.m., 1:10 a.m.

Mumbor, Ths '80. Judy Morris, tvar Kants. A cranky plumber remodels a bathroom in his own style. 76m. SPT; 10:30 a.m., 8:00 p.m.

RnHercoaaler 77. (PG) George Segal, Joan Vohs. Originally filmed In Cinerama and not much good without It; all about a mad bomber who likes to blow up coasters while people are on them, Violence. 1 19m. PSM: 12:30 am, 8gt.

Pepper's Lonaly Hearts Club Band 78. (PG) Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees. Lavish but lifeless movie with cute rock stars walking through a dumb plot interspersed with Beatles tunes. Language, mature theme. 1 1 im.

SPT: 6.00 p.m. Soup for On '82. (R) Saul Rubinek. Marcia Strassman. A young New Yorker goes after the girl of his dreams, and we tag along.

Language, mature theme. 87m. PSM: 10:30 a.m. Sweet William '80. (R) Sam Waterston, Jenny Agutter.

Waterston is a suave sieate-ball who romances poor, young Agutter. Adult situations, mature theme. 92m. MAX: 11:30 p.m. Talis It From the Top 79.

Anne Gira-dot, Pierre Mondy. A bored housewife's relationship with her husband undergoes dramatic chgnge after she writes a sizzling best seller. 86m. MAX: 10:00 a.m., a.m. Take This Job and Shovs It '81.

(PG) Robert Hays. Barbara Hershey. A junior executive sent to his home town to boost channete I Movies specials ATKINS, from l-E age girls, fit the bill. He was a prime catch for a series looking to extensively expand the younger end of its demographics. "I've been in this business a very short time," said Atkins, 22.

"But I've continually worked, and I hope it stays that way. I still feel like an outsider on each new project though, because of my limited experience. I'm honored to have been picked for The cast has been extremely friendly in welcoming me. The teamwork involved here is incredible, and I want to be part of it. "I'd have been a fool to turn down this offer," he added in what was his first time out promoting the series.

"Besides it being an opportunity to go into TV's top-rated dramatic show, I'll also be able to enhance my craft. It is like working in a repertory company. I'm earning while I'm learning." Atkins was born In Rye, N.Y. His family subsequently spent five years in southern California before returning to Rye when Atkins was 13. An avid sports enthusiast, Atkins was teaching sailing at a summer camp output in the local brewery finds his old friends unreceptive.

Language, violence. 100m. MAX: noon, 8 00 p.m. Things Are Tough AH Over '82. (R) Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong.

Two losers chauffeur a cash-laden limousine to Las Vegas for wealthy Arab sheiks. Adult Situations, language. 89m. PSM: noon Time Bandits '81. (PG) Sean Con-nery.

John Cieese. An uneven but popular fantasy about a boy who follows a band of dwarfs into a time warp for a series of fantastic, star-studded adventures. Violence. 110m. HBO: 10.30 a.m., 5:30 p.m., 11:35 p.m.

Specials Best of the Big Laff Off Memorable performances by Eddie Murphy, Sandra Bernhard, Ronn Lucas and Harry Anderson in a showcase ol "unknown" comics In the regional Big Laff Off competitions. SHO: 2:00 a.m. The Color of Friendship A new black student at a predominantly white high school tries to make friends. HBO: 6:30 a.m., 4:00 SHO: 7 00 a.m. Little River Band In Australia Selections include "The Other Guy," "Cool Change," "Take -It Easy on Me" and "We Two" Irom the Melbourne Concert Hall.

HBO: 12 30 3 35 a m. Scrambled Feet A satire of show business and its eccentric personalities lampoons punk rock, theater critics and British plays. Starring: Madeline Jeffrey' Haddow, John Driver. SHO: 8:00 a.m., 6:00 a.m. AU Your Choice ZENITH QUASAR QE PHILCO EI HAM FROM AHA MOTHS.

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Earnest and well meaning. 100m. SPT: 6:30 a.m. Arthur '81. (PG) Dudley Moore.

Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud. Boisterous, drunken romp about a happy-go-lucky playboy. Moore's scenery-chewing performance is funny, but it's upstaged by Gieigud's under-staled, Oscar-winning performance as his butler. Adult situations, language. 97m.

SHO: noon. 6:00 p.m., 12:20 a.m. tear (aland '79. Vanessa Redgrave, 'Donald Sutherland. Weather researchers fight for survival on an Arctic island.

1 18m. MAX: 6:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m. Black Btauty 71. Mark Lester, Walter Slezak. A rather lame adaptation of the classic sobber about a boy and his beloved horse.

106m. SHO: 4 00 p.m. Body Mat '81. (R) William Hurt, Kathleen Turner. A sweaty, atmospheric, film noii triumph about a rich lady and the second-rate lawyer she Inspires to kill her husband.

Violence, nudity, adult situations. 1 13m. HBO: 1:35 a.m. Brlrmton and Traacla '82. (R) Sting.

Denholm Elliot. The placid existence of a middle-class English family is shattered when a deranged drifter enters their lives. Adult situations, language, nudity. 87m. SPT: 4:30 a.m.

Cannwy Rpw '82. (PG) Nick Nolte, Debra Winger. Nolte and Winger are appealing as unlikely lovers In this self-conscious film, based on Steinbeck's Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday. Adult situations, language, nudity. 120m.

SPT: noon Chariots of Flro 81. (PG) Ben Cross, Ian Charlesort. Want to see a movie about two British guys preparing for the 1924 Olympics? No? You'll be sorry. It's a multilevel masterpiece a penetrating look at the gut-level Intensity of athletic competition, a tribute to the indomitable human spirit and a double-edged examination of reunions intolerance. Won Best Picture Os- girlfriend.

Mature theme. 97m. SPT: 2:00 p.m., 11:30 p.m. Firecracker '81. (R) Jillian Kesner, Darby Hinton.

A martial-arts expert travels to the Orient to search lot her missing sister. Adult situations, violence. 83m. SHO: 11:00 p.m. Flrefox '82.

(PG) Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones. Clint is a reluctant American agent assigned to sneak Into Russia and steal a new, high-tech fighter jet. The climactic escape is tremendous. Language, violence. 136m.

PSM: 8:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m., 4:35 a.m. Gone In 60 Seconds 74. (PG) B. Halicki. Marlon Busia.

Stealing 50 high-priced cars in five days keeps a sophisticated thief in high gear. Language, mature theme. 97m. SPT: 8 30 a.m., 2 45 a.m. Gregory's Girl '81.

(PG) Gordon John Sinclair. Dee Hepburn. A small-scale but immensely satisfying comedy about young people groping for maturity in a planned community outside Glasgow. From director Bill Forsyth (Local Hero). Language.

Language. 91m. SHO: 2:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. Hanging Troo, Ths '59. Gary Cooper, Maria Schell.

A doctor who murdered his untaithlul wife tries to find happiness working In a small Montana mining town. 106m. MAX: 8:00 a.m., 3:30 p.m. Heartaches '81. (R) Margot Kiddor, Annie Potts.

A pregnant woman on the run meets up with a wacky woman on the make. Not even as fun as It 60unds. Adult situations, languaoe. 93m. PSM: 1:30 m.

Intruder In ths Dust BW '50. Claude Jarman David Brian. A Southern sheriff tries to save a black man accused of murder from a lynch mob. 87m. SHO: 10:00 a.m.

Jekyll and Hyds Together Again '82. (R) Mark Blanklield. Bess Armstrong. Shy, retiring Dr. Jekyll becomes skirt-chasing night owl after swallowing a secret potion.

Adult situations, language, nudity. 87m. HBO: 8:00 p.m., 4:35 a SPT: 10:00 p.m.. Journey Out of Oarknsss '67. Konrad Matlhaei, Ed Devereaux.

An overzealous lawman Imperils the safety of Innocent people. 90m. MAX: 2:00 p.m., 1: 10 a.m. Last Amoriesn Virgin, Th '82. (R) Lawrence Monoson, Diane Franklin.

A harmless comedy about teen lust and peer group pressure. Adult situations, language, nudity. 92m. HBO: 10:00 p.m. Mommi Dosrtst '81.

(PG) Fay Dunaway. Diana Scarwid. Dunaway Is a luridly compelling Joan Crawford in this tala of maternal terrorism, based on the best-selling book by Crawford's daughter. Language, violence. 129m.

PSM: 3:05 p.m., 10:05 pm. Musle Man, Ths '62. Robert Preston, Shirley Jones. Lavish musical with tha booming-voiced Preston rn the title role, singing his way into the hearts of River City's populace. "76 Trombones" Is one of the score's highlights.

tblmHBO: 7:30 1 Pstsrntty '81. (PO) Burl Reynolds, Beverly D'Angelo. Reynolds is good, and D'Aiv AUG. 30 9 A.M. T0 7P.M.

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Ian guage 123m. PSM: 8:00 p.m., 2:30 a m. Cheach Chong'a Nice Draama '81. (R) Cheech Marin, Thomas Chong. In pursuit Of the perfect high, taking the low road, as usual.

Nudity, mature language. 1 10m. MAX: 10:00 p.m., 4 45 a.m. Chilly Scenes of Wlntor '79. (PG) John lleard.

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