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7A Tha Miami Nows Friday Dacembar 9 1 988 Tom Jicha TV Radio Editor WTVJ and NBC plan a Latin blitz for network shift WTVJ-Channel 4 Isn't halfway In Its promotional bardment to herald Its switch from CBS to NBC on Jan 1 To guarantee that the Latin community la as saturated as the general iulati with Bobby McFerrin Tional stunt at the stadium th night of the Miami-Nebrask game WTVJ also has purchased available advertising through th end of January on Coconi Grove's version of the Peopi Mover the fleet of rickshaws All of the gimmicks mentions are small potatoes compared to th big-ticket item In the Channel -package a WTVJ Jingle writte to the music of Bobby McFerrin smash "Don't Worry Be Happy' WTVJ managed to get McFerri to go bock into the same Nr York City studio in which I recorded the original with mar of the same crew members to -the melody with lyrics created WTVJ promotion director Lint Button You should earn next yet what that must have cost The short version Roes "Yr want the best from NBCwe'i the shows you want to seec 6 PM Ep Fa Troll" Hrrot Flynn 1 Tha fight tlwpro-CMI da HavHland tor Kansas during tlw War days launches tha' military caraars of George Cuslar and Jab Sluart (1 hr SO) E53 Ot A Gun fighter" (1963 Western) Marty Robbins Bob Barron An unspoken hoatHIty between two i Intensifies outlaws Intensities whan they CD AN In The Family Edith le arrested tor shoplifting TO Animats In Action Featured: how desert animals adapt to water shortages TO VkteoCountry Scheduled: Crystal Gayle An- Little Jimmy Dickens Forgive Me the Judds In the a EED Update: Making Hap-pen -f Hlsl Cousteau's Rediacovery Of The World (1040) Whltetlp reef sharks and other marine Me are observed In the waters around Cocoa Island located 300 miles oft Central America's Pacific Coast tion about the change in network affiliations WTVJ Ts planning a Spanish-language blita that will become evident within the next few days The most creative element of the Hispanic campaign are mock scandal sheet front pages which will be Inserted as advertisements Into Spanish language newspapers and magazines The cleverly done tab takeoffs feature blazing headlines In Spanish which hype the new alignment They include teases like (translated into English): "An Incredible Prediction from David Letterman! Days and Nights Will Change Places" Or Boom Declared Among Hispanica" Another goes "Grinin and Diaz-Balart Join the Mlaml Vice team" Letterman's "Late Night" and Boom" are among the NBC series shifting from Channel 7 and Jose Grinan and Jose Diaz-Balart are WTVJ newsmen Right next to the headline their picture is superimposed behind a shot of Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas In addition Latin WTVJ staffers will spend more time on Spanish-language radio stations for the next month than they will on Channel 4 Ana Azcuy Ileana Bravo Balart and Grinan will make the rounds of Hispanic talk shows talking up the change Non-HispanTcs will face their own promotional barrages "No matter where you turn you're going to see us" WTVJ publicist Pat San Pedro boasted The most visible of the off-air campaigns involves a dozen models who will visit local shopping malls dispensing WTVJ bumper Stickers shopping bags and new program schedules The news item here is their outfits which are garish tacky and tasteless but in an eye-catching way Revealing sequined majorette-style costumes are backed by the multicolored NBC peacock plumage which extends outwsrd for several feet The best way to describe the get-up is it looks like something a poofy professional wrestler would wear Into the ring Peacock people will also be prominent at the King Orange Parade the night before the changeover handing out painters' caps with the new NBCWTVJ logo The station is also hoping to pull some kind of major promo- both laN for tha same girt (2 In) SI "Except Far Ma And Thee" 11975 Drama) Richard KUey Shirley Knight A family of Quakers risk their Nvas to help a pair of runaway slaves Civil War-ora Indiana in this adaptation of two novels by Jessamyn West (1 hr 40) nowbe happy" Other take-of mentions specific NBC series While NBC-owned WTVJ i staging its promotional blizzar CBS plans only a trickle of hype i promote its takeover at WCC because the change in ownersh won't be official until Jan Unintentionally this sltuatii might prove to be the most tcllit indication ever of the value advertising 11:35 PM Magnum PA MIDNIGHT) (D Currant Affair (D ww "Just The Way You Are" (1954 Comedy) Kristy McNichoL Michael Onlkean While vacationing at a French ski resort a crippled flutist meets a photographer who helps her come to terms with har physical disability -EI9 Twentieth Century TO Paper Chase TO NawsNighl TO God TO ECO Con Paly Suarez rm Dr Ruth Show TO WW "Malibu Express" (1984 Adult) Darby Hinton Sybil Darning Assigned to investigate a computer compa- tty's shady busmeaa dealings a Texan finds himself in the middle of a spy caper 'R' TO Nashville Now TO WarOf The Worlds run WWW "The Believers" (1987 Horror) Martin Sheen Helen Shaver A police psychologist's investigation into a series of ritual murders reveals the existence of an ancient religious cult In present -day Manhattan A 'R TO Succeaa-N-LHe TO Night Flight 12:05 Wild Wild World Of EH3 1 2" (1967 Horror) Lois Chiles George Kennedy A wooden Indian a deadly mass of goo and a hitchhiker who gist won't die are tha instruments of terror in this trilogy of teles based on stories by Stephan King 'R' Cagney A Lacey Mary Beth dissuadea an apparently successful businesswoman from leaping to har death and than tries to discover tha reasons behind her act ED "End Of The Una" (1988 Drama) WNford Brimiey Lavon Halm Two Arkansas railroad workers stags an unusual form of protest when corporate bosses doss down their yard TO It Came Upon Tha Midnight Clear" (1984 Drama) Mickey Rooney Scott Grimes A retired New York detective dies before he can fuiliH hie Christmas promise to i Ms grandson so he strikes a "heavenly to return to Earth TO Buy Me Love" (1987 Comedy) Patrick Dempsey Amanda Peterson A misfit teen gets more than he bargained for whan he hires the most popular girl In school to pose as Ins girlfriend CO NBA Basket baH (845) Detroit Pistons at Atlanta Hawks IffiS! Harry Caray Roasted From Bally's Casino Resort In Las Vegas Chicago Cubs i ana baseball players v- I TTii i I fr frnr Closed captioned A In stereo Norris (18-2 11 KOs) vs Slave Little (16-8-1 4 KOs) in a NABF super welterweight title bout scheduled for 12 rounds from Las Vegas Nev (2 hrs) wW "Downpayment On Murder" (1987 Drama) Connie Sellocca Ben Gazzara Business and marital troubles drive a distraught husband and lather to hire a hit man to murder Ins estranged wife Loosely based on a true story TO WW (1986 Drama) Jonathan Cromtne Janet-Lame Green Soon after arriving In a rural British Columbia town a family Incurs the wrath of the brutal dan that rules the area with an iron fisL'R'g TO WW "Road Shew" (1941 Comedy) Adolphe Menou Carole Landis A millionaire and a friend escape from a mental Institution and find refuge and romance with a traveling camivaL TO ww From Space" (1978 Science-Fiction) Vic Morrow Mikio Narlta Space fleets battle for control of the galaxy in a world of the Mure 6:30 PM ED "Lifeguard" (1976 Drama) 8am Elliott Anna Archer A 32-year-old lifeguard decides to discard Iks carefree ob and aettlo down whan an old high school Hama re enters ha Ills (1 hr 36) 7pm TO "A Matter Of btne- cence" (I960 Drama) Hayley MBs Trevor Howard A homely introverted girl la transformed Into a beauty when she tails in lovo with a gigolo (1 hr 42) rsn (1966 Drama) Gone Hackman Dannie Hopper A former coltogs coach must overcome resentment from an Indiana farming commumty'a residents and Ins own loam whan ha takas over as head of the high-school's basketball squad 'PG' (1 hr 84) 1 1 FM Dave Allen At Large 0003 Nows 0 WW Of The Grand (1967 Drama) Joseph Cot ten Pat Conway An independent burro and an old prospector who struck It rich encounter adventure In the Grand Canyon Q) Tras Generadonea CD Maude fS Love Connection ID Noticontro TO WWW "A Matter Of Innocence" (1968 Drama) Hayley Mills Trevor Howard A homely introverted girt la transformed into a beauty whan she falls In love with a gigolo fnWvl WWW "Tangos: The Exile 01 GardaT (1985 Musical) Marie Lateral Philippa Leotard A group of Argentinian performers now living In exile in Paris stage a show paying tribute to their homeland through songs dances and sketches (Subtitled) im Remington Steele TO Moneyline TO Adventures 01 Ozxie And Harriet TO Lighter Side Of porta TO ECO Con Jacobs Zabtu-dovsky jiWl 1st A Tam The BuNa Mean Business rm Cagney A Lacey TO wwww "Fatal Attraction" (1987 Suspense) Michael Douglas Glenn Close Adrian Lyna a controversial story of a happily married corporate lawyer whoso weekend of passion with a seductive but unstable woman threatens to destroy Ms Mo A 'N' ED WW "Til Gat You" (1953 ties Including Frank Sinatra Bd Murray Win is Mays and Billy Mart roast the Cubs sports announcer TO WWW Night They Saved Christmas" (1964 Fantasy) Jadyn Smith Art Carney Dnhng lor Arctic ON threatens Santa Claus' toy factory at the North Pole so a mother and her three children sol out to save It from certain Radio highlights 8:10 Shuts Show (610AM) 630 Sporto TaS: (610AMI 640 BaskatbaS Haat vs Nuggots STONE CRAB RESTAURANT Our 76th Yoar SEAFOOD STEAKS CHOPS Mt TrasciHoliday Magazine Awa ten eiy vezr turn lihl fiiM restaurant hi reren HALL OF FAME AWARD Prrvnned Natiuns KeUatiraM Net Lunch Tuesday thru Saturday llJOam to2pai Dinner served every night 5 le 10 pa TELEPHONE 673-0365 URpvseMwKN CORNER BISCAYNE STREET AT WASHINGTON AVE MIAMI BEAC WiMXnmtiiiiliisweii (560AM) OThaf 7:30 PM TO Shuffle" (1967 Comedy) Robert Townsend Anne Merle Johnson A struggling black actor must decide whether success la worth compromising ha Integrity lor after being ottered a stereotyped movie role Produced directed and co-wrltten by Its star (VR 12:30 A Nightly Business Report Late Night With David Lotterman ID Sweethearts ED De Ayer" (No Date) (D Think And Grow Rich ED Piatatere Olvidado" (No Date) Leonard Mann Luciana Pakizzi E3 Victory At Sea im Easy Street ED Night Tracks (1240) ED Night Flight FTO WW "Take TMa Job And Shove (1981 Comedy) Robert Hays Barbara Hershey A young corporate executive runs into resistance when he returns to his hometown to revitalize a company brewery fm Alfred Hitchcock Cleveland Orchestra (931FM) 10 Hoi Mix Chib (105 1FM) 12 Public Rathe Overnight Reggae Jazz and (Sues aN night long (913FM) 1 Charles Jay's Sportawalch Overnight Sports handiceppers explain thee picks (1320AM) 8 PM Beauty And The Beast Father's life is threatened during the tunnel world's annual mi tartest celebration A 3 Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare On Elm Street Two youths leave Sprlngwood only to face nightmarish experiences A Something la Out There Jack works with a celebrity psychic who may be Involved In the kidnapping he's trying to solve Ag G3 Perfect Strangera Larry Jennifer and Mary Anna recall Batkl's first years In America ID Something On Seventeen 8:30 PM WaN Street Weak "A Com-huskar's Market View" Guest: editor and publisher Lynn El-gert (Lynn Elgert Report) FuN House Teen-age DJ gats her chance to babysit TO Victory At Ssa Tha ground fighting tor Luzon the principal Philippine Island ended with the complete re-conquest of the Philippines 9 FM Evening Of Championship Skating 1968 The annual Harvard University skating exhibition features lop amateur skat-era Nancy Kerrigan Paul Wylie Barbara Underfill Paul Martini Susan Wynne and Joseph Druar Host: Brian Bot-lano (Taped) Dallas It's wadding beds for jR again as he marries Kally Harper A Friday The 13th: The Series Ryan Investigates the mysterious murders taking place at a symphony IwlL A (ft) Sonny Spoon A shady detactiva hinders Sonny's efforts to prove confessed murderer was framed A 09 Mr Belvedere A popular talk-show hostese asks George to be her co-host (D Woman Entrepreneur Networking and the Business- Billy Graham TV Special 9:30 FM (D Just The Ten Of Us The girts mistakenly believe the coach Is dying (D Florida Crossroads "Dropout Report Card: Does Florida Flunk" ESI WW Kindred" (1987 Horror) David Allen Brooks Rod Slolger A group of young people meet up with the slimy results ot genetic research when a young man returns home to dismantle his late sciential mother's lab 'R' TO New Country Featured: Lee Greenwood A 10pm Falcon Crest Angela gains the vineyard attar blackmailing Nick Richard's paper proves Lance Is innocent of Melissa's death Ag Miami Vice The vice squad tries to trip up Latin counterrevolutionaries searching for narcotics buyers A 03 2620 Segments Inckido a report on the problems caused by snoring and sleep apnea: tha highly addictive drug crack a profile of playwrite August Wilson ID Mystoryt "The Return of Sherlock Holmes IT' While on holiday Holmes Investigates the death of a young woman who suffered no apparent Injuries ED One Night With Blue Note: Volume I Tapad at New York City's Town Had Jazz musicians Herbie Hancock Freddie Hubbard Ron Carter Tony Williams Stanley Jordan Joe Henderson and Art Blaksy perform their hottest numbers including "When I Wish Upon A Star Back" and "Bouquet" TO WWW "Overboard" (1987 Comedy) Goldie Hawn Kurt Russell An Oregon carpenter takes advantage of an amnesiac millionairess by convxiclng her that she's really Ms wife A 'PG'g PTO crook and Chase Scheduled: sportscaster Ahmad flashed singer Eddie Rabbin TO Boxing Evander Holyfieid (19-0 15 KOs) vs Pink Ion Thomas (29-2-1 24 KOs) In a crulssrweight unification title ut school duled for 12 rounds Featured: holiday gift making and cooking: blues music with the "Blues Express" (D "Ruby" (1977 Horror) Piper Laurie Stuart Whitman The mute daughter of an eccentric Florida drive-In manager becomes possessed by powerful demonic spirits G9 WW Problems" (1981 Comedy) Chevy Chase Patti D'Arbanville A hapless air traffic controller with numerous personal problems Is endowed with telekinetic Mystery) George Raft Sally Gray A female British spy and an FBI agent oln forces to crack a worldwide network of kidnappers TO You Can Be A Star TOTO Cheers TO Wild Game And Country Cooking ED Night Flight TO Bonny Hill 11:30 PM EastEndora Tonight Show Host: Johnny Carson Scheduled: actor Danny DeVito actresa Helen Shaver comic Jake Johannsan A S3 Nightline CD Mala Noche No CD Fall Guy CD Dating Game ID Cera A Cara TO Evening At The bnprev TO Sports Tonight TO WW Dirt Bike Kid" (1985 Comedy) Peter Billingsley Stuart Pankin An unusual dirt bike playa a key rote a teen-agers efforts to save a local hot dog stand from demolition 'PG ITsfil SporteC enter liTSfil WWW Leal Boys" (1987 Horror) Jason Patrlo Corey Halm Liberal doses of humor enhance this tale of a teen-ager who falls victim to the adolescent vampires who populate a California beach community A 'ft' TO American Magazine Pitri Honey moonera TO Night Tracks: Power Play Dancin' (11:50) from Golf Doctor TO HIM Street Blues TOU Morton Downey Jr 12:35 am Simon 8 Simon 1 AM Best Ot Your Show Of Shows Police Story ID Liar's Club ED Money Money Money: Government Grants TO WWW (1970 Drama) Marlon Brando Evansto Marquez A small Caribbean island's struggle for Independence is exploited by a crafty 18th-caMury British colonialist TO wwww (1935 Drama) Victor McLag-ten Heather Angel A traitor ut the Irish Rebellion la overcome by fits ot conscience he doesn't understand ED Amor Bru)o" (1988 Drama) Antonio Gades Cristina Hoyos The complicated romantic entanglements within a Spanish gypsy camp are at the center of director Carlos Saura'a combination of narrative and dance (Subtitled) 'PG' I'iml Straight Telk Icawl Crossfire EU WWW Wadding" (1951 Musical) Fred Astaire Jane PowelL Romance awaits a brothor-and-aister vaudeville team rehearsing for a performance In England at the time of Princess Elizabeth's nup-tials ED WWVk "On The Una" (1984 Drama) David Carra-dlne Scott Wilson U8 border guards become bitter rivals for the of an IIHtarate Mexican prostitute ED Especteeuter Dal Mas Con-wdado: Raphael PCTI WWW "Bumf" (1970 Drama) Marlon Brando Evarlato Marquez A small Caribbean Island's struggle for Indepen-dance le exploited by a crafty 18th-century British colonialist PB1 wwww "The Informer" (1935 Drama) Victor McLag-len Heather Angel A traitor In the Irish Rebellion la overcome by fils of conscience he doesn't understand ESI Larry King Live Scheduled: actor Robert Conrad E03 Heaven's (1982 Fantasy) Ray Boiger Kant McCord An angel comes to the aid of a down-on-Ms-luck professional basketball player who warns to wM the respect and admiration of his daughter I TO Top Rank Boxing Terry TO Twentieth Century A profile ot Gen George Marshal father of the postwar Marshall plan Host: Walter Cronkita (ITO WWW Amor Brule" (1988 Drama) Antonio Gades Cristina Hoyos The complicated romantic entanglements within a Spanish gypsy camp are at the center of director Carlos Saura's combination of narrative and dance (Subtilled) 'PG' EM WWW Henry's FuN (1952 Drama) Marilyn Monroe Dale Robertson Ad-' aptetlons of five of short stories: "The Clarion Can" Last Leaf" Ransom Of Rod 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