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SIGN OFF 2:30 A.M. 30AJjllkle When WIOD manager Bill Viands decided to turn his radio station into the sports voice of South Florida, some people (including me), scoffed. A few sports addicts, the kind who'd Woods stay up to watch roller derby at 3 a.m., cheered. But mostly what people did was complain about what a rotten deal this sports programming was for talk show host Sandy Payton. Lis-' teners fond of Sandy's intelligent kind of questioning and low-key style were perfectly willing to let others have all sports WIOD wanted to throw their way, but they got upset at what was happening to Payton in the process.

Some nights the talk show would begin at 10. On a bad night, when a baseball game went into extra innings, she might not get on the air until 11 or later. But the show always ended at 11:30. It was frequently a waste of her time, a test of guests' patience and a total frustration for listeners. Even talk-show competitors shook their heads at the absurdity of it all.

Beginning on Monday, Viands, who has become something of a hero to the sports fans of South Florida, is going to give Payton her due. "Sandy is too good to have what happened to her go on," he says now. She will take over a mid-day block of time on WIOD, in addition to keeping her music show on WAIA-FM. she will be on WIOD from 10 a.m. to noon with music and chit-chat, followed by a half-hour break for news and Paul Harvey.

Then she'll return at 12:30 for two hours of straight talk and interviews. Her WA1A music show will air from 7 p.m. to midnight. The 12:30 to 2:30 slot on WIOD is "permanent," as is the WA1A deal. The morning block may give way in a few weeks, if WIOD can work out a deal with someone Viands describes as "a major personality." I-' A -Wh.

i i J1 Jt OO Tonight Johnny Carson with Alan Alda and writer Leonard Wolf. CD Soap Jessica tells Chester, who's returned after being presumed dead, she's become romantically involved with Det. Dono-hue. (Repeat 70 mlns.) 11:45 0 Movie Museum MIDNIGHT ABC Captioned News CD News CD Lone Ranger POST MID Star Hustler, 12:30 OQ) Movie, 1:30 "The Blob'1; Movie, 3:30 "Charlie Chan in Panama" OO Midnight Special, 1:00 Performers include Elton John, E.L.O., Queen and Rod Stewart. (90 mins.) CD Lucy Show, Lucy Show, 1:10 CD Soul Train, 12:40 CD Bat Masterson, Movie, 1:00 "Out of the Movie, 3:30 "Parachute Boston Blackle, 5:30 iff TUtfUH- Arnie Warren leaving WGBS after 13 years be really wonderful, something no one else has done here, and you're going to wonder why no one thought of it before." he says.) Putting Payton on at mid-day "breaks the trend of everybody put ting their big guns on at night," he adds.

Losing out in this move is veteran South Florida personality George Means, who came over to WIOD from WWOK in the spring when Big Wilson quit and moved on to Channel 6's all- Payton night movie show. Viands and Means are talking to determine whether George will stay on Viands says he would like to find a place for him. Meantime, the changes make good sense for sports followers Now the nightly games baseball and soccer at the moment, football basketball and hockey to come will be surrounded by sports talk Hank Goldberg continues to handle the 7 p.m. sports gab fest. Sonny Hirsh has the post-game talk shows.

The games themselves are doing surprisingly well in the ratings. Al though there are wide disparities between the DadeBroward Arbi- tron survey and the Broward re port, the shows are a success, no matter which ratings book you read. In the combined MiamiFort Lau derdaleHollywood book, the 9 to 10 p.m. slot, which falls smack in the middle of most games, drew a 6.7 per cent share of the audience over-all, and a 10. 1 per cent share of men 18 and older.

In the survey for Broward alone, the slot drew 15.3 per cent of the listeners, with a 24.2 per cent share of men 18 and older. With more than 30 stations in South Florida carving up the audi ence, these numbers are impressive indeed. Warren, who served stints as program director and as station manager during his years at WGBS, sounded a bit nostalgic as he looked back on high points of the last 17 years. His proudest moment came in the public service area, when as honorary chairman of the Toys for Tots Christmas drive he convinced local industries to donate new toys for underprivileged kids, rather than used ones. He created Amos, a salty New England character, to share his mornings on the air, and even launched Amos on a political ca reer, taking him from his American Dream Party convention victory right on through the 1972 election WGBS general manager Dan Dl-Loreto says the parting with Warren has been entirely amiable.

"I think this will be good for him and, in the long run, I think it will be good for the station. We re get ting into a more adult contempo rary approach and I don think he felt entirely comfortable with that But he had been here a long time and I think he was worth the com promises." Program director Charlie Cook, the 1977 Billboard Personality of the Year when he was working on a West Virginia station, will occupy the morning slot while DiLoreto searches for a personality to replace Warren. "I'm after someone who can ere ate 'elevator DiLoreto said, explaining that he means the sort of personality people are still discuss ing as they ride the elevators to their offices in the morning. I have a very substantial budget and I'm after some very, very bright talent from outside the market who can raise the level of competition here. R.B., Toledo A.

You have a point. But local TV stations say they get many requests for the old Presley and Wayne films, so they keep on airing them. Q. Harry Morgan, who is so splendid on MMASH," was in a series called "Pete and Gladys" years and years ago. Was Lucille Bail his co-star? K.G., Baltimore A.

No. Cara Williams played Gladys in the series. Incidentally, "Pete and Gladys" was one of the first spinoff series in TV the characters of Pete and his unseen wife, Gladys, were originally featured in "December Bride," which starred Spring Byington. Republican Presidential candidate John Anderson. I ajn.

(WKAT 1380) Sears Radio Theatre. "Climb," starring Vic Per-rin and Stephen Markle. SATURDAY MORNING 8 a.m. (WKAT 1380) Total Traveler. Travel tips and ideas from host Ethel Blum.

II ajn. (WKAT 1360) At Your Service. Bill Hampton of the County Manager's Office helps listeners with their problems. i BvttOMtMioa Woody Allen, co-starring with Janet Margolin, plays an inept thief "Take the Money and Run." 9 p.m. on Channels 10 and 12.

Best Bets Toctey 4:00 0 Over Easy Lyricist Sammy Cahn. (Repeat) All in the Family Six MiUion Dollar Man OQ) Heckle Jeckle Movie (to 6 p.m.) "Journey to Shiloh" (D Dating Game (B Bewitched (D Screen News Digest Q) Alexandra Novela Bullwlnkle 4:30 Electric Company Merv Griffin; Weath- er, 5:55 The focus is on fashion with model agent Nina Blanchard and several top models. OQ) Flintstones (D Newlywed Game CD Green Acres GO On Nature's Trail 09 Leave It To Beaver Q) Daily Market Close 5:00 Sesame Street Adam 12 OQ) I Dream of Jeannie CD Streets of San Francisco CD Andy Griffith CD Ride the Reading Rocket Rosalia Novela GD Father Knows Best CO Investors Forum 5:30 News OQ) Bewitched CD Sanford and Son CD Big Blue Marble Q) Notlcias CD That Girl CD Greyhound Report 6:00 Dr. Who OOQ(D(B News OQ) 1 Love Lucy CD Carrascolendas CD Dick Van Dyke CD Let's See the Races 6:30 Nightly Business Report CBS News OQ) Family Affair CD Wonder Years CO Criada Bien Crlada CO Mayberry RFD 6:45 Movie Museum 7:00 MacN'eilLehrer Report Cross-Wits OOQ) My Three Sons OO Network News CD Liar's Club CD Something on 17 Q) Ardiente Secreto OB Nashville on the Road CD Worship For Shut-ins 7:30 Dick Cavett Conclu sion of a two-part interview with Sophia Loren. (Repeat) The Land, The Sea, The Children There Documentary focusing on life styles of two very different youngsters.

OtB Hogan's Heroes OO Tic Tac Dough CD Family Feud OD Odd Couple CD Bill Cosby CD Your Questions. Please 8:00 Little that Washington Week Incredible Hulk Ban ner helps a young woman return to her family home, the scene of an early trage dy in her life which is scheduled to be repeated. (Repeat) Ou) Movie (to 10 P-m.) Blindfold" Back to School 1978-79 DuTrent Strokes Spe cial hour episode featuring the cast of "Hello, Larry." (Repeat) iDfB Fantasy Island (See Best Bets) (D America After Viet nam ffl Vlviana Novela CB Lester Sumrll Teach ing CD First Assembly or God 9 1 f' I in 8 season. nearly Julie 4 SHILOH" Sarrazin, 8 (1966). Guy 9 MONEY Allen, Woody a 1 (1958).

8:30 CD CD 9:00 comic in several hrs.) Luke Hogg by OO polieman being p.m. ABC makes another programming shift to get ready for the fall "Fantasy Island" moves to Fridays beginning tonight with a guest line-up that includes Eva Gabor as a bankrupt cosmetics manufacturer, Robert Reed as a method actor preparing to play Dracula, plus Jack Elam, Sommars and Lloyd Bochner. The repeat episode airs on Channels 10 and 12. 9 p.m. Woody Allen made his debut as a director with "Take the Money and Run," a satire of crime dramas in which he plays an inept thief, who can't even write out a legible holdup note to take to the bank.

The 1969 comedy, which also stars Janet Margolin, airs on Channels 10 and 12. AAcKies ft Tomorrow EARLY A.M. Daffy Duck, 6:30 OQ) Picture of Health, 6:30 Vegetable Soup, 6:30 (D Living Art, Notlcias, Job Line, 6:45 CD Reach Out, 6:23, News, 6:30 7:00 Hot Fudge Let's Find Out OQ) Rebop Fred and Barney CD Arthur and Company CD Flintstones CD Uniscope 7:30 Skipper Chuck Bay City Rollers OQ) Infinity Factory Jetsons CD Flintstones CD New Zoo Review 8:00 Sesame Street Popeye OQ) Gettln' Over OO Alvln and the Chipmunks CD Marlow and the Magic Movie Machine CD Fangface CD Captain Fathom 8:30 OQ) For You Black Woman OO Fantastic Four CDCD Scooby's AU-Stara CD Popeye 9:00 Electric Company Bugs BunnyRoad Runner OQ) Black Involvement OO Godzilla CD Abbott Costello 9:30 Villa Alegre OS) Juke-Box CD Archies 10:00 Consumer Survival Kit OQ) Racers CDCD Superfrlends CD Dennis the Menace 10:30 Lilias Yoga and You TarzanSuper 7 Last of Mohicans OQ) Movie (to Noon) "Blood of Dracula" Outside Chance 0D Asuntos Latinos CD Bill Cosby 11:00 Turnabout Fred and Barney Youth and the Issue QD Esta Es La Vida CD Petticoat Junction 11:30 Here's To Your Health Jetsons II Community College Review CD Next Generation -CD Big Foot and W114 Boy QD Infonnacion Medlca CD Virginian SHERRY WOODS rvunii iditr Arnie Warren. tJPUXT't who has probably been waking up South Florida radio listeners longer than any other personality on the air, has resigned from WGBS effective next Friday. Warren, who Warren will be doing commercials, technical films and the like on a full-time basis, says there was nothing left for him to prove in radio: "I've been No.l in town and I've beaten the people I wanted to beat.

There were no more challenges." He has also had his fill of getting up at 4 a.m. for 17 years, first at WKAT and then, since 1966, at WGBS. Warren got into radio through an employment agency, simply to earn enough money to "keep body and soul together." The marriage turned out to be ideal for the man who loved acting but had expected to spend his life teaching' English. Now, with commercials, he's still getting his chance to act. "Each commercial is a little piay of 30 seconds," he says.

They are also an ideal outgrowth of his years hosting shows, including "Bowling for Dollars" on Channel 10, where the arts of interviewing and gentle persuasion were combined. Interviews with terrified contestants were a real test of his skills, he recalls. "And you had to keep each one there for three minutes, or else you had to keep the next one out there for six." TV Key mailbag Q. Is there a big special being planned about John Wayne? I'm aware of the TV movie about his early career and life, but I mean a TV special with Ulks with his family and friends and co-workers. R.T., North Highlands, Calif.

A. No special about John Wayne is in the works at this time. There are two upcoming TV movies, on ABC and CBS, which will follow Wayne's film career as well as his personal life. No dates have been set for them yet. Q.

Since Elvis Presley died, there have ben too many Elvis movies shown oa TV. And now we have the same thing with John Wayne. I say enough, already! Radio Highlights TONIGHT 8 p.m. (WIOD 6 19) BasebaU. Minnesota at New York Yankees.

8 p-m. (WNWS 70) Neil Rogers. Open phones. 8 p.m. (WLRN-FM 9 1.3) Options.

"A Day At the Market." Visit to some of the notable street markets in the world New York, London and Boston. 9 pjn. (WKAT 1360) Mystery Theatre. "The Great Brain," starring Gordon Heath. Mid.

(WIOD 819) Larry King. u4 p.m. (2 hrs.) "JOURNEY TO (1968). James Caan, Michael Brenda Scott. Limp Civil War programmer.

p.m. OQ) (2 hrs.) "BLINDFOLD" Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Stockwell, Jack Warden. OK spy melodrama with Hudson engaged in international espionage. p.m. CD CD (2 hrs.) "TAKE THE AND RUN" (1969).

Woody Janet Margolin, Lonny Chapman. is in fine form in his first film as compulsive thief. i.m. OQ) (2 hrs.) "THE BLOB" 1 a.m. CD WA hrs.) "OUT OF THE FOG" (1941) John Garfield, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell.

Well-acted story of gangster terrorizing innocent Brooklyn family. 3 a.m. OQ) (2 hrs.) "CHARLIE CHAN IN PANAMA" (1940) Sidney Toler, Jean Rogers. The super-sleuth is on the trail of saboteurs. 3:30 a.m.

CD (2 hrs.) "PARACHUTE BATTALION" (1941) Robert Preston, Nancy Kelly, Edmond O'Brien. WW2 programmer which gets a bit sticky with flag-waving. Saturday 10:30 a.m. OQ) (114 hrs.) "BLOOD OF DRACULA" (1957) Sandra Harrison. Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut.

chiller about a jelly-like creature causes havoc on a small town. Wall Street Week Sessions Noche de Gala Jewish Voice Benny Hill British Benny Hill performs sketches. Dukes of Hazzard and Bo frustrate Boss hijacking his shipment of illegal slot machines. (Repeat) Eddie Capra Mystery Capra hears a dying accuse an ex-prostitute-turned successful businesswoman of his assailant. Ex pands to two-hours for this episode.

(Repeat) (DOB Movie (to 11 p.m.) "Take the Money and Run" (See Best Bets) CO By-Line CD Trinity Church Presents CD 700 Club 9:30 CD Planet of Man QD Pecado De Amor CD Today with Lester Sumrall 10:00 Dallas Jock feels useless with his wife treating him like a child and his children treating him like an invalid. (Repeat) OQ) News CD Word on Words ffi 24 Horas 10:30 CD Conversational Spanish CD Quentin Edwards 11:00 OOOfDCDNews OQ) Superman Q) Pelicula CD Western Movie CD Get Smart 11:30 Nightly Business Report Africans OQ) Spartacade Coverage continues from the USSR. (90 mins.).