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The Sun, Jackson, Tennessee 2 tipsheet compiled bdelores bollard Believed To Lure Viewers I JT Stresses Classics Diverse Events On Tap V. I I MOREOVER, CASTLE said the state ETV stations periodically conduct "ascertainment, surveys" to determine the interests of citizens in viewing areas. "We are concerned that people are watching," he said. Viewers can watch Channel 11 Monday through Fridays from 8 a.m. until 11 p.m., Saturdays from 4-10 p.m.

and Sundays from 3-10 p.m., said chief engineer Herman Williams, one of four engineers staffing the station. Williams said these viewing hours may lengthen on a seasonal basis, for instance, when a Memphis State University basketball game is being replayed at night. Williams, who has been with WLJTtTV since its inception, estimated the state has invested about $500,000 in building and equipping the facility, located midway between Jackson and Lexington off Tenn. 20. WLJT-TV is a full-power station, Williams said.

"We have to meet the same requirements as the commercial stations." THE STATION receives its microwave Mel Tillis will be appearing Saturday as special guest star at the Mid-South Fair in Memphis. ETV Offers Special Fare on the cover signal from a Memphis originating station which transmits the signal to receiving stations in Galloway and Brownsville before reaching WLJT-TV. The microwave signal would dissipate without the receiving stations, he noted. If a malfunction occurs at the originating or receiving stations, Williams said has standby tapes so broadcasts could continue until an engineer could correct the problem. Williams said WLJT-TV viewers live within a 60-mile radius of the station, which he pointed out is located on the highest spot of ground in Henderson County.

He displayed one letter of praise from a viewer in Martin complimenting a classical program that aired recently. Castle said Channel ll's classical menu probably lures viewers. "We really try to make an effort to carry some classical programs, in most cases a program that wouldn't be carried by commercial TV." THE ALTERNATIVE will re-create significant news events on Oct. 25 at 9 p.m.; "Over Easy" with Hugh Downs as host for a series on senior citizens, date and time to be announced; "The MacNeil-Lehrer Report" with correspondents Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer presenting indepth examinations of a single news story Mondays through Fridays at 6:30 p.m. The show already has begun.

"Firing Line," featuring weekly debates with conservative William F. Buckley will focus on religion, morality, the Carter administration and international leaders. The series will return Oct. 9 at 4 p.m. Conductor Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony will return for a new season of 13 concerts on "Evening at Symphony" beginning Oct.

2 at. 7 p.m. "Masterpiece Theatre," to be aired at 8 pp.m. Sundays, will feature "Dickens of London" through October, a new adaptation of Robert Graves' Claudius" through November with Tolstoy's "Anna Karenin-a" and Dickens' "Our Mutual Friend" scheduled later this season. "The Marriage of Figaro," an opera, will open this season's "Great Performances" specials on Oct.

5. "Dance in America" also will be present- -ed later. "Once Upon A Classic," which returns Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. will feature such presentations as a 12-part adaptation of "Robin Hood" to be followed by "What Katy Did," "Lorna Doone" and Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." "Washington Week in Review," to air Fridays at 7 p.m., will have a continuine panel composed of moderator Paul Duke, regular panelists Neil MacNeil and Charles Corddry and selected members of the Washington press corps.

The panel will delve into three or four of the week's major news stories. Louis Rukeyser will host various guests on "Wall Street Week" which will air Fridays at 7:30 p.m. Reginald Bryant will host a panel of veteran black jour programming public TV carries "is the kind of thing we hope to increase," Castle said, with emphasis placed on viewer services. He pointed out that WLJT-TV now is airing "What's Your Line" on Wednesday ninhts at 6 p.m. Host Chris Brown, a genealogy specialist with 20 years of applied research experience in records throughout the U.

S. and England, is featured during the 13-part series. "Pests, Pesticides and Safety," a new series of half-hour training programs for individuals wishing information on pesticide applications, will debut Oct. 1, he added. Consumer-oriented news and farming tips are offered on "A Better Way," a production by the U.

S. Department of Agriculture, Castle said. And hearing-impaired persons can read captioned news and programs on some shows, Castle pointed out. "We have considerable more in this area than commercial TV," he said. nalists who will quiz newsmakers on matters of particular concern to black Americans on "Block Perspective on the News" which will air at 10 p.m.

Friday on Sept. 30 and at 6 p.m. on Saturdays beginning Oct. 8. Encore presentations this fall will include the science series "Nova," "The American Short Story," "The Age of Uncertainty" with economist John Kenneth Galbraith and "The French Chef" with Julia Child.

Notable specials will include "Canal Zone," a documentary bv Fred Wiseman, at 8 p.m. on Oct. 7. The three-hour film portrays the dav-to-day routine of life in the Panama Canal Zone. Sea explorer Jacques Cous-teau will return at 7 p.m.

on Nov. 22 with "The Cousteau Odyssey" with 12 specials to be broadcast over a three-year period. The series will be highlighted bv on underseas search for lost civilizations. "In Performance at Wolf Trap," which debuts at 7 p.m. on Nov.

8. will feature such performances as a bluegrass concert with "The Dillards," "Doc" Watson and John Hartford, jazz artist Benny Goodman, the Martha Graham Dance Company and the famed New Orleans' Preservation Hall and the Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Ensemble. "The National Geographic Specials" will return at 7 p.m. on Dec. 5 with such offerings as "Yukon Passage," "The Legacy of L.

S. B. Leakey," "The Great Whales" and "The Living Sands of Namib." "Live From Lincoln Center" debuts. tonight at 7:30 with a concert by the New York Philharmonic with conductor Zubin Mehta and soloist Shirley Verrett. Comedian Mark Russell, Washington's resident humorist, will present the first of his four one-man shows at 8 p.m.

on Oct. 4. "Making Television Dance" airs at 7 p.m. on Oct. 4, "A Good Dissonance Like a Man" at 7 p.m.

on Oct. 11 ond "The Merry Widow" featuring Beverly Sills ot 7 p.m. on Nov. 29 will be among public television's specials Tonight The annual banquet of the Opportunities Industrialization Center is at 8 p.m. in Jackson Civic Center.

Elton Jolley, national OIC head from Philadelphia, will be the guest speaker, and there will be special music, too. Cost is $10 a plate. "The Finishing Touch," a new art gallery, is now open on Old Hickory and they're featuring a sneak preview of local artist Ken Grissom's new wa-tercolor show through the 29th. Get that old time religion with others who attend the Rock Temple Church of God in Christ at 7:30 p.m. They're having a big gospel sing, and featured are such groups as the Boren Brothers of St.

Louis, the Macedonia Ensemble of Brownsville, and the Dixie Land Singers and Greater Bethel AME Youth Choir of Jackson. Freewill donations will be accepted. When is It too late is the topic of the last in a series of gospel meetings with Clarence Dailey at 7:30 p.m. at the Skyline Drive Church of Christ. The public is invited.

Saturday There will be a garage and bake sale in front of the Jackson Dialysis Clinic, 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. today. No, they aren't selling garages. Benefits are for local kidney tients.

Come, buy a pie or a hunk of junk. It's for a good cause. The clinic, by the way, is at 1025 Campbell. Need a bull, cow, calf or heifer? No? Well, even if you aren't starting in the cattle business, it might be fun to see what a livestock sale is like. There's one at Muzzall Angus Farm near Mansfield today, and it might be just the excuse you need for a nice, long drive.

Or, if you prefer, make your nice, long drive to Memphis where you can take in the Mid-South Fair and the World Championship Rodeo in three shows at 1:30, 4:30 and 8:30 p.m. Tickets, at $4.50, $3.50 and $2.50, are available. Mel Tillis is the special guest star. H-h-honest! Sunday The World Championship Rodeo stars Crystal Gale today at Memphis, and don't that make your brown eyes blue? Shows are at 1:30 and 4:30 p.m., and ticket prices ($4.50, 3.50 and 2.50) include admission to the Mid-South Fair. The Dunlap-Williams Log House Museum of Early Americana is now a semi-permanent historical attraction in the city.

Located on the Lambuth College campus, the cabin is open for public visitation from 2:15 to 4:15 p.m. on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays during Lambuth's regular academic year. Monday Today is Johnny Appleseed Day and it's also a good day (if it isn't raining) to take a pleasant motor trip to Clover-port where there is a charming apple farm now at peak season. They will give you some apple recipes to try when you buy a bunch. Of course, you could always get experimental and make your own apple specialties.

Like apple and peanut butter sandwiches. Or borrow an idea from singer Carly Simon, who mashes a little raw apple into a little gin when she feels exotic Tuesday Fatties, to arms! Marty Goodkin, president of Our Weigh weight loss system, will speak, at 6:30 p.m. at the IBEW Building on Old Hickory Blvd. If all of us who could spare some flesh were to attend, the build- ing would bust at the seams This week is a good time to remember that fall has come in, and it would. be a good idea to have the utility department come light your pilot lights.

They won't generate so much heat you can't stand it on warm afternoons, and on that first morning you need heat, won't it be nice to be prepared? Also, they can get to your request much quicker before plunging mercury creates a big demand for the service. Wednesday The last in a series of meetings called "Christian Family Home Life" is tonight at 7:30 at the Allen and Edgewood Church of Christ. The public is encouraged to attend. And on the tube, the poetry of William Blake is in focus in Anyone for Tennyson at 10 p.m. on ETV.

Thursday "Emerging Women What are Little Girls Made of?" is the question asked by a guest lecturer in a series at 7-9 p.m., upper floor, Jackson State Community College Library. The talk will discuss the societal pressures that make girls in America grow up into the kind of women they do. For the public. Eight new national series, an array of specials and new approaches in returning series will highlight public television's evening schedule this fait. Among the new series will be "The Dick Cavett Show" beginning Oct.

10 at 10 p.m. The Mondav-througb-Fridav half-hour show marks Cavett's return to late night television. "The Best of Families' an eight-week drama series wilt begin Oct. 27 and air on successive Thursdays at 8 p.m. The series traces the Jives of three fictional families against, a backdrop of turbulent social and technological change from 1880 to 1900.

Characterized in the series will be the Raffertys. an im-provished Irish immigrant family; the Baldwins, the middle-class family of a clergyman; and the Wheelers, a wealthy and aristocratic -family. "Visions," a Peabody-award-winning series will return Oct. 2 at 9 p.m. with "Iowa." Murray AAednick's story of a brief family reunion.

Nine other new plays will be aired along with seven from last season's original television dramas. "Soccer Made in Germany" will begin an 18-week run Oct. 14. The series will feature the best game played the previous week by teams of the West German National Football League with English commentary, instant replays, league-standing information and short interviews. "As We See It," a 26-part half-hour series focusing on school desegregation, already has begun and airs Monday through Friday at 5:30 p.m.

The issue is explored through the eves of high school students in Chicago. "Parent Effectiveness," a 13-week series focusing on ways to strengthen parent-child relationships, begins Oct. 9 and will air following Sundays at 5 p.m. The series will be presented in 30-minute segments. Other series will include: "Music," a fast-paced educa-tionat series for children in grodes 4-6 on Oct.

8 at 6:30 p.m.; "Eyewitness," four hour-long docu-dramas which.