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THE OSHKOSH NORTHWESTERN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1992 9 TOPSY-TURVY TV WXGZ loses fight W22BE-coming to Oshkosh Station will go off air Feb. 14 Local coverage to be emphasized Smith said he considers the sale a tragedy. I "In my eyes, the loss of any over-the-air free television station is a weakness for all free television," Smith said. A U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Georgia ordered the sale in late January.

The transaction reportedly involved $800,000 in payments for the assets of Appleton Midwestern Television the owners of WXGZ. Both television stations are owned by Aries Corp. of Buck-hannon, W.V. 1 One of Aries owners, Carl Martin, is separating himself from that firm to assume ownership of WXGZ as Ace TV Inc. By Stephen Wuerger of the Northwestern A Waukesha man hopes to have a low-power television station in operation here by August.

Lee Dolnick plans to start up a UHF community broadcast station this summer that would serve Oshkosh and Winnebago County. Dolnick, whose station would be a part Oshkosh television This is the fourth time since the early 1980s that someone has looked at starting a television station in Oshkosh. -1982: Madison Newspapers applies for a construction permit with the FCC to build a low power UHF television station to broadcast on Channel 14. No action taken. 1984: The FCC approved an application for Eternal World Telecommunications of San Luis Obispo, to build a full-service UHF station to broadcast on Channel 22.

No action taken. 1984: The FCC awarded a permit to Taft Broadcasting for the construction of a VHF station to broadcast on Channel 8. No action taken. Channel 43 in Waukesha has been on the air since August 1990, and Dolnick has taken out a construction permit for a third station to be located in Kenosha, he said. A spokesman for the Federal Communications Department in Washington, D.C., said a low-grade television station application was granted Dec.

17, 1991. Dolnick has until June 1993 to begin broadcasting in Oshkosh, the spokesman said. Dolnick said he is still looking for a location to build the station. He said he intends to use a former radio tower located on Highway A north of Oshkosh. Dolnick said his company looks for communities where there are currently no television stations located.

"Oshkosh is an ideal community," he said. "It doesn't have a major station, and we anticipate serving the city and Winnebago County." The broadcast signal will be limited, he said. Only city of Oshkosh, Winnebago County -and a small portion of Outagamie County residents will be able to receive the signal. Is nuazwn By Steve Wideman of the Northwestern APPLETON After four years of fighting bankruptcy, WXGZ-TV 32 will go off the air Feb. 14 following the sale of its corporate assets to WGBA-TV 26 of Green Bay.

David Ferrara, vice president of National Affiliation Relations for Fox Broadcasting said Wednesday he expects Fox's affiliation with WXGZ, based in Appleton, to switch to the Green Bay station. "We look at this as an important market and hope to iron out our affiliation with WGBA by Feb. 15," Ferrara said. WXGZ general manager Roy Smith said he expects the station to return to the air in the near future, but in a drastically different format. "We envision a home shopping network, which is a far cry from the full service station we were," Smith said.

Smith said 28 employees will be out of jobs because of the ownership change. Smith said WXGZ had been successfully battling bankruptcy and enjoyed a 30 per-'cent increase in sales along with improved ratings. "We were well on our way to being self-sufficient. If we only had a little more time," Smith said. supper UuD Home of Big Steaks and Great Seafood shkosh Is an ideal community.

It doesn't have a major station, and we anticipate serving the city and Winnebago Lee Dolnick phasis on local coverage," Dolnick said Wednesday afternoon. The station, whose call letters will be W22BE, would cover local sporting events and city and county politics, and it would broadcast a weekly news magazine show and special festivals in the area. "Everything we do will be on tape because live programming is too expensive," Dolnick said. Dolnick also hopes to have a local daily news show produced. Syndicated shows produced by Mainstreet Television, including an outdoors show called Midwest Outdoors and a travel shows, would be aired.

W22BE would be similar to the city's local access cable channel, Dolnick said. "If someone has a show on local access and would like to join our station, that would be fine," he said. Broasted Chicken 8 Miles West of Winneconne Hwy. 685-2721 of Mainstreet Television in California, currently operates Channel 43 in Waukesha. "We deal with nostalgia programming with an em- Mil rare a wm I Select Group Nike-Reebok Sport T7: i 'A Clothing t'j 50 off tes z) Lowes Marked Price Ojw 4 4 7 Mr rT mai uoseoiu Kids Boots I Womens 9 by La Crosse BBBtV I inflVlflllP V- LI'lV I III Two Groups Boots VH S12.00 Reg.

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"CBS has always been considered the premiere television network in the United States," Farrow said. Farrow added that in the 1991-92 television season, CBS airs the nation's most-watched program schedule; ranking first in primetime, daytime, children's and sports programming. He noted that five CBS programs "60 Minutes" and "Murder, She Wrote" on Sunday, and "Murphy Brown," "Designing Women" and "Major Dad" on Monday, are ranked in the top 10 in prime-time ratings. WFRV-TV 5 and WJMN-TV 3 will also broadcast CBS Sports coverage of the National Football League and the Green Bay Pflckcrs. WBAY-TV 2 and WFRV-TV 5 will continue their current lineup of syndicated programs.

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