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7L Asheville CUIzenflmet, Sum Oct- im Fox Signs Up WAXA To Network Contract Open Net Temporarily Off Air strength to offer a channel package for a lower fee, Lall said. The package would be available throughout WNC, not just in areas served by Haywood EMC, he said. Dish owners interested in the idea should contact Lail at 452-2282 (Haywood County), 252-2406 (Buncombe County) or 966-4215 (Transylvania County). MTV highlights: "Live from the Ritz: Icehouse," 11 p.m. Saturday.

American Movie Classics Films: Sunday: "A Woman Rebels," 1, 8:30 p.m., 4 "From This Day Forward," 2:30, 10 p.m., 5:30 a.m.; "The Omega Man," 4:30 p.m., 12 a.m. and Henry's Full House," 6:30 p.m., 2 a.m. Monday: "The Third Man," 7, 10:30 p.m., 2, 5:30 a.m. and "Journey Into Fear," 9 p.m., 12:30, 4 a.m. Tuesday: "The Promoter," 7, 10 p.m., 1, 4 a.m.

and "Mr Belvedere Goes To College," 8:30, 11:30 p.m., 2:30 a.m. Wednesday: "The Big Street," 7, 10 p.m., 1, 4 a.m. and "Never To Love," 8:30, 11:30 p.m., 2:30, 5:30 a.m. Thursday: "Hold 'Em Jail," 7, 10:30 p.m., 2, 5:30 a.m. and "Pigskin Parade," 9 p.m., 1, 5 a.m.

Friday: "The Paradine Case," 7, 11 p.m., 3 a.m. and "Spellbound," 9 p.m., 1, 5 a.m. Saturday: "Tales of Manhattan," 1, 9 p.m., 5 a.m.; "Agatha," 3, 11 p.m.; "The Lost Patrol," 5 p.m., 1 a.m. and "The Spirit of St. Louis," 6:30 p.m., 2:30 a.m.

By TONY KI8S Staff Writer After falling to obtain satellite time, the N.C. Open Public Events Network better known as OPEN net) has temporarily ceased operations, but should be back in early 1987, a spokesman said. OPENnet, which produced public affairs and call-in programs for state cable systems, ended its weekly transmissions Sept. 26, spokesman Ben Kittner said. "We couldn't get satellite time for the period we need during the next three months," he said.

To keep the network going, the N.C. Agency for Public Telecommuncations (which produced OPENnet) is creating a. call-in show for The Learning Channel, a national cable TV service. "State-to State" will deal with various Issues. The show will be free to state cable systems, but it wasn't known if it would be picked up by Asheville Cablevision, which carried OPENnet programming.

It's been 74 years since the ill-fated S.S. Titanic sunk on her maiden voyage, but the tragedy remains a hot story so the tale will be told one more time in a new National Geographic special. "Secrets of the Titanic," described as "the official documentary on the fate of the luxury liner," will have its video premiere Feb. 1 on Atlanta superstation WTBS. The one-hour film will chronicle the ship from construction to its sinking to its rediscovery and will use footage shot this By TONY KISS Staff Writer In a move that could have a big Impact on local TV ratings, the new fourth network.

Fox Broadcasting has signed an affiliate in this market. WAXA-TVChannel 40, Anderson, S.C., wiU carry Fox programming when the network begins operations later this month, a station spokesman said. Although it can't be seen over-the-air in most of Western North Carolina, Channel 40 is officially a part of this TV market, which includes Asheville, Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson, S.C. Asheville Cablevision will add Channel 40 to its lineup Nov. 1 (where it will be found on cable channel 34), and the station hopes to be picked up by other area cable systems, spokesman Cathy Kupris said.

Channel 40, which signed on the air In 1984, features a mix of movies, old network programs "Starsky and Hutch," sports and new made-for-syndicalion fare, including "The Ted Knight Show." That schedule will be "enhanced" by the new Fox programs, Kupris said. Initially, Fox will offer only one program, "The Late Show," starring Joan Rivers. The one-hour talk-and-entertain-ment show will be broadcast live at 11 p.m. weeknights, going head-to-head with Rivers' old cohort, Johnny Carson. But come spring of 1987, Fox will transmit a two-hour, Monday-Friday block of prime-time programs and a three-hour chunk on Sundays.

Shows already on order for the network include: "Down and Out In Beverly Hills," based on the smash movie. "First Family," described as Knows Best' in the White House." "Jump Street a cops show from Stephen J. Cannell Productions (the company responsible for "Duet," a romantic sitcom about a young couple who falls in love, week-by-week. The Fox affiliation and Asheville Cablevision's pickup should prove a shot in the arm for Channel 40, which has been beaten in ratings by the other commercial stations in this market (Channels 4, 7, 13 and 21). The Fox alliance also rtftkes Channel 40 an attractive product to Cablevision, which can market the station as having "cable exclusive" product here, according to system spokesman Doug Benton.

"If they continue to provide us with exclusive product, carriage on our system is assured," Benton said. summer when a mini-submarine explored the Titanic for the first time since its one-way visit to Davey Jones' locker. "48 Hours on Crack Street," the CBS News drug-crisis special has gone the home video route, only a month after its network broadcast. The documentary is available for $15 a tape, VHS format only. To order, contact CBS Interactive Learning, One Fawcett Place, Greenwich, Conn.

06836. Good news for satellite dish owners A recently established national co-op may soon offer a package of cable channels for a nominal fee. The new National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative will serve as middle man to make satellite channels available to dish owners living in areas not wired for cable. If there's enough local interest, the program may be picked up by Haywood Electric Membership according to Eddie LaU, manager of member services. Several cable channels, including HBO and Showtime, have scrambled their signal so they can't be seen for free.

Those channels are available to dish owners who buy a descrambler and pay a monthly charge, but they've got to be ordered individually. The NRTC wants to use its buying Carolina Folk Tales' Focuses On Rivers' Impact On History OIVISION Of WILCOX TKAVU AGtNCY. INC. WILCOX WORLD TRAVEL AND TOURS 1705 NORTHWESTERN PLAZA ASHEVILLE, NC 28801, USA 1-800-452-2803 (N.C. Toll Free) or 704-254-0746 SERVING THE WESTERN CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS The second play, "1916," is set In Asheville during that year and shows how the city was changed forever by the legendary flood.

"The River" Is the first fully staged play produced at First Artists Studio Theater, although smaller productions have been done there, Ballard said. "It's an incredibly intimate building," she said. "The seating is limited to about 50." Ballard Is taking a break from writing "Carolina Folk Tales" Installments, although two more shows are in the works by others. Next up is "Courting Time," dealing with mountian romance, followed by "Mountain Outlaws." Although the works are unfamiliar to audiences, the "Carolina Folk Tales" series has met with good public reaction, Ballard said. "We have had tremendous luck with our scripts," she said.

"They're definitely more satisfying to do than a well-known play." For reservations, phone 253-6842. By TONY KISS Staff Writer Sticking with its philosophy of doing mostly original works, Smoky Mountain Repertory Theater will roll out another installment in its "Carolina Folk Tales" series this coming weekend. "The River," set along the banks of the mighty French Broad, opens at 8 p.m. Friday at First Artists Studio Theater, 20 Commerce St. Shows are also planned for 8 p.m.

Saturday and Oct. 17-28 and 23-24. "The River" is actually two plays in one, according to writerdirector and Smoky Mountain leader Byron Ballard. The first one-act is "The City at the Joining of the Rivers" and concerns an ancient, pre-Colombian Indian city said to have existed at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa. The hero is a modern-day archeaologist who discovers the city's remains.

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28S01 ASHEVILLE'S FIRST FULL SERVICE TRAVEL AGENCY. 1962 Saturday at the Willow Street Playhouse, 1308 Willow Henderson-ville. The show, directed by Barbara Fowler, features a four-member cast all guests of the theater and who have all experienced divorce. For more information or for reservations, phone 697-0315 or 692-3341. "Mountain Sweet Talk," a and their relationship with their Aunt Jennie and the hills.

For reservations, phone 258-1113 or 298-7928. Hendersonville Little Theater will hold a costume sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at The Barn, State Street in Hendersonville. The collection includes furs, tuxedos, service uniforms and old-fashioned dresses in an assortment of sizes.

two-woman show featuring the famed Folktellers storytelling duo, returns to the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway for an October run. The show will be staged at 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays Oct. 9-26.

Admission is $7.50. The Folktellers, Connie Regan-Blake and Barbara Freeman, wrote this semi-autobiographical show about a couple of mountain cousins Theatrical highlights around Western North Carolina: A couple of unusual one-acts are on the boards this weekend at Kittredge Arts Center, Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa. The evening opens with "Talking With," described by director Robin Buck as a "series of different and separate monologues for women" dealing with such subjects as snake-handling and tattoos. Through the monologues, the characters' lives are revealed, she said. The second play is "Televolu-tion," an original show written by and directed by a Warren Wilson student calling himself Klein.

The story is about TV addicts "and what happens when they get too caught up" in video, he said. "I used to be a couch potato," Klein admitted. "But I haven't watched much TV in a few years. I don't even own one." The shows will be staged at 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Oct.

12. Admission is $3 for adults, $1 for students and seniors and tickets are available at the door. The lighter side of divorce is explored in the latest Willow Street Community Theater production. "Broken Up," a comedy by Nick Hall, will be staged at 8 p.m. Friday- '287 1 II trs II t.

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