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WEEKEND Entertainment TV Schedules The Arts Friday, April 28,1995 TV Watchers By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Are you annoyed that you iniss Fox-TV's "Melrose Place" because it's on while you're still at work? Are you hungry formore local TV programming? If so you'll be happy to that KSCT-TV is coming to the rescue; The new low-power station is scheduled to start broadcasting on Channel 5 Monday, with its signal also going out on Cable Channel 5. Dan Etulain, owner of the video production company North Star TV, put KSCT on die cable last December, with coverage of such events as Rotary Club luncheons, conference 'Speakers concerts, and syndicated programming such "Political Newstalk Network," some of the" shows will broadcast capability will add to the offerings available, without a cable hookup, at least to those within the 4-mile range of the-station' s-transmitting tower on Lake Street across from Swan Lake. The Fox network is'currently in the number three ratings position, ahead of the broadcast giant CBS, said Thorn Buzard, KSCT vice president, marketing and sales. "In the Nielsen ratings, for the male adults 18 to 45 (years old), we've smoked CBS.during the last -couple of weeks," Buzard said. "We've pretty -much taken over." iJome of the more widely recognized Fox-produced prime- time shows.

are "The Simpsons'," "Beverly Hills, 90210," "America's Most Wanted," "Married, with Children," and "The X-Files," but the network also comes in strong with children, producing some of the top-ranked cartoons. "Power Rangers" and "Power Troopers" are the heavy-hitters in the ratings with Buzard On Sundays, Fox carries two games from the NFL's National Football -Conference, which are always biggin the ratings, and the National Hockey League. -The high-profile shows targeted for the prime-time audience are now transmitted in the 4 to 6 p.m. time slot Etulain said that Monday these shows will move to 7-to-9 p.m; slot Station Manager Will KSCT Vice President of Marketing and Saks Thorn BiizanL General Manager Dan Etulain and station assistant Robert Goff. Not pictured are Station Manager Will England and sportscaster Terry Pegnes.

(Sentinel photo by James PouJson) England said the some of -the shows will be carried on different days than they are now. Afternoon programming for kids runs from 2 to 4 p.m., and local programming follows from syndicated shows came on in the evenings, such as iExposure," "Top Cops," 4 Highway Patrol" will disappear from the daily channel 5 schedule. Buzard said, though, the good news for viewers outweighs bad. 5 Starting Monday KSCT will be added to the' "basic package offered by Alaska Cable Network; Conservative political shows will fill the gaps that Fox 'and local programming leave open in the station's 24-hour-a-lay schedule. News programming, a combination of resources from Fox and Reuters news service, be.

on its way as early as the fan, but Etulain said it will probably be in the format of frequent news briefs, not the traditional iformat of half-hour prhoiu'time slots. Etulain said he chose to affiliate with Fox because it was the service interested in affiliating with a low-power station. "We probably chosen them anyway (because of the high that was the he said, Etulain's background is in education, but since he came to Sitka in 1971 to serve as Sheldon Jackson College's dean of students, he has made a steady move into video production and the broadcasting business. In his 12 years at SJ he worked in several departments, including the multimedia program, which is where he gained the bulk of his television experience. He bought KIFW-TV in 1983 and changed the call letters to KTNL.

After running the business for about ninelyears, he sold the station to current owners Marty'and. Carrie Baggen and.concentrated on video production with his North Star Television Co. He said he plans to continue to operate the North Star video business even as KSCT-TV goes into high gear. "We'd lie to do some local' high-visibility kinds of things," such as broadcasting local telethons and covering local sports, he said. Etulain said that if everything goes as scheduled KSCT will be on the air, and its oew schedule will go into effect, about 2 p.m.

Monday. This week's printed television schedule will not reflect the changes..