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I It I D8 Wednesday, December 16, 1998 The Honolulu Advertiser FOX affiliate KHON hangs jonto strong viewer support Nielsen news ratings Numbers represent the percentage of Hawaii TV sets tuned to a station at a particular time: pQaTOHAWMI GIFT CERTIFICATES s--V ryP One certificate gives you all these great gifts: CjV yZMi'i Kai Catamaran Captain Beans' Cruises 6 P.M. NEWS 10 P.M. NEWS 5 P.M. NEWS NOV. 98 NOV.

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INFO Website: www.wordoflitehawatl.com e-mail: wolccinix.com J5y Wayne Harada jyvertiser Entertainment Editor The vote Is In: KHON FOX2 had more than double the viewers of its closest pompetitor on general election night, Nov, 3. I KHON also tied KGMB- Channel 9 as the most-watched station from sign-on to sign-off in the just-released Nielsen Ratings for the November 'sweeps" period, which included election night. And KHON tied KTTV News4 for complete prime time" Mewership (7-10 p.m.) but had the most viewers in "common prime time" (7-9 p.m.). "We appreciate the fact that people still come to us in very strong numbers for news 'and in entertainment programming," said Kent Baker, general manager of KHON, referring to the fact Xhat many people predicted Jdisaster for KHON's strong news operation after the Station became a Fox affiliate Jn 1996. "You gotta go long and to see a Fox station lead in jjrjime time," said Baker.

In most other markets, Fox Jaf filiates focus on entertainment programming, In all its news slots, KHON outpaced the other affiliates; jloe Moore remains the people's (Choice as the most-watched 'anchor at 6 and 10 p.m. But small gains elated the competitors. JWe've turned up the wick, ind it's started to show," said ilay Depa, general manager of KGMB, of the CBS affiliate's slight growth. "I'm ecstatic Murphy: Reading is Author's goal PAGE D1 author, had a friend who "worked for Simon Schuster's Ijuvenile division. Editor's there the story and liked its "intriguing plot and original jharacters.

Silver Burdett Press, a Simon Schuster imprint, published "The Secrets of Belltown" in 1996. The primary setting for his books is a fictional Cape Cod settlement, but Murphy's stories are universal. The hero in the series, detective Orville 'Jacques, is 16 years old, insecure and has girl troubles. "I'm like Magnum P.I.," says Orville, "without the muscles, women or Murphy says he and -Orville are one and the same, except, "Orville always gets girl." Full of humor, these stories are cleverly conceived and move at a break-neck love Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, but they always I had all the answers," Murphy "Orville makes mistakes, and hopefully, he learns from them." 1,1 write mysteries, but I 'include lessons," Murphy said. I'm not preachy, but they do get something out of it Orville learns not to judge people.

His friend Will is a patient in a Ijnental hospital. Will may live iin a mental hospital, but he rtillhasalottogive." 1 says he wasn't much I for reading in elementary school. Those are the children he hopes to attract. "I was a reluctant reader myself," he said. "If I can write a book that gets kids to read, instead of I watching TV or playing I computer games, I'm thrilled." At the moment, the Internet is About the only place you can Murphy's books.

"We're switching publishers," Murphy says. "Simon Schuster is so heavily involved with text books. We're hoping to hook up with a company that can give us more circulation." I He's completed two new books in the series, "The Secrets of Code and "The I Secrets of the Twisted Cross." I They will be published by the new company. The first four books will be repackaged and rereleased. JT Orville may also be headed for the small screen.

Murphy has received telephone calls rfrom Los Angeles expressing mm in making nis stones nto a weekly television series. "It's a major dream for me and I it's far away, but it's not as far I away as it once seemed," Jlurphy said. "We just thought he was fantastic," Hawaii Baptist's said. "Some of the were so excited they told me afterwards tnai uiey also wanted to be writers. jerit.