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Asheville Citizen-Times BMr. Spoleto3L New Hamlet3L HSee Toronto7L Sunday, May 29, 1988 1 Wave Goodbye To fMr. Bill's Friends' I 1 J. i 0 Norwood Stays With WLOS By TONY KISS Staff Writer After 29 years on the area airwaves, the region's only local, weekday children's show is heading up, up and away. "Mr.

Bill's Friends," the AM kidvid series featuring Bill Norwood, will be dropped by WLOSChannel 13, effective June 10, the host confirmed this week. The 6 a.m. timeslot will be filled June 13 with an networklocal news hour. Norwood will continue as weatherman and feature reporter for the program. "I'm still with the station," Norwood said, "but after June 10, no longer as the Mr.

Bill character." "Mr. Bill" is ending because ratings indicate most viewers are adults, station manager Michael Fiorilesaid. "The most important element is Bill Norwood, and he is absolutely staying with the station," Fiorile said. "We are not taking him off the air. He will continue to do weather and school closings.

All we are ending are the cartoons." The new format will allow 15 minutes of ABC news, followed by 15 minutes of local reports, then another network feed and another local block. "I'm a little sad about it," Norwood said. "I think the show still served a purpose. It's been a great experience for me; very rewarding. "So many children have See GOODBYE, Page 2L 1A a-HC I Tony Kiss Summer's Battle Of The Box Office Begins War of the Words Department Load up the popcorn machine and check the Raisinette supply.

The Battle of the Summer Cinema is under way, and from early accounts, it'll be a wild free-for-all. It started last weekend, when MGM's long-awaited fantasy "Willow," opened at Asheville's Beaucatcher Cinemas. Six days later, it faced a double assault from Paramount's "Crocodile Dundee II," at the Mall and Merrimon, and Til-Star's "Rambo III," also at the Beaucatcher. "Willow" exploded like an atom bomb on opening weekend, raking in a whopping $8.3 million across the country more dough than "Raiders of the Lost Ark" or "Top Gun" grabbed on their first goarounds. The cash should soothe the nerves of creator George "Star Wars" Lucas and MGM, since this sword-and-sorcery epic, with advertising, cost an estimated million, and had been panned in early reviews.

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