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i television. MORE ABOUT Moving Daze Continued From Page week, and much of the engineering preparation has been going on for months. But the big frenzy will come Friday, March 12, when the station will sign off at 2 a.m. in one location and attempt to be back on at 6 a.m. from the other.

"It's a bit touchy," conceded Ron Arendall, the station's manager of engineering. "On the night of the 12th we'll have lots of people running up and down Meridian Street." The station's master control unit and computer will be functioning at one site right up to sign off and must be installed and ready to go at the other location four hours later. Or more to the point for the folks out front, the station will complete its final news show from one location at 11:30 p.m. on Friday and be back with the same set in the new location for the 11 p.m. news show on Saturday, complete with anchor people and all the concealed wiring in place as though nothing had happened.

Will the viewers be able to notice the change? "I hope so," Arendall said. "The set will be the same, but the lighting in the new studio should be better and there should be a better picture with the new cameras we have." Even after the night of the big move, Arendall reckons he will need at least another week to get every thing hooked up and operational to complete the electronics switchover. "Right now I'm laying miles of cable for video and audio circuits in the new building," he said. "Originally, I thought I would need 10,000 to 15,000 feet of cable. So far I've used 60,000 feet of video cable and another 60,000 feet of audio cable.

That's more than 11 miles each." He has details to worry about such as the 120 lighting circuits in the building. Much of the present studio lighting will be moved to the new location, so in the meantime, temporary lights have been rigged so the news show can go on as the lights are being moved. Many of the problems in moving a TV station are new to the business, all the result of electronic innovations of the last few years. Time was when Ma Bell fed a TV station its network fare by long lines, and the TV studios were connected to the transmitter by more telephone lines. No more.

In the case of Channel 13, studios and transmitter are linked by microwave, and the satellite earth station at the transmitter site is linked back to the studios by microwave. Microwaves also are used by the station's helicopter to beam pictures down to the studios from remote places. And instead of film processing for news shows, modern TV uses videotape and that in turn means electronic editing rooms, all of which will have to be moved and reconnected. Do you need to be reminded that without editing and viewing equipment, one piece, of videotape looks very much like another? Although the move already, has a Weekend Movies TONIGHT 20 "Blockade" (1938) with Madeleine Carroll and Henry. Fonda.

Romance of a patriot and spy in 1930s Spain. started and won't be completed until the middle of next month, the station wisely is delaying its grand opening until May 8 to give everyone a time cushion to get adjusted. The new complex, which is spread over an entire block, was started in the fall of 1980. And even when Channel 13 has completed its move, there's still more moving ahead. WFYI 20 plans to move out of its present quarters upstairs at 1440 N.

Meridian and take over Channel 13's old building at 1401, which will be a big expansion for the more modestly appointed public station. Channel 20 will get occupancy as of April 1. 'The Biggest' Richard K. Shull Tomorrow morning you'll still have time to catch Part 2 of what the press agent described (honest) as "the big. gest matrimonial attraction since the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer." This wedding, which actually occured Feb.

14, was too big to contain in one show, so the bride's father, electronic evangelist Rex Humbard, turned it into a two-part TV miniseries. Part 1 played last Sunday and Part 2 goes on at 8:30 tomorrow morning, WRTV on Humbard's "Cathedral of Tomorrow" show. Humbard, who officiated, is having the show beamed over 600 TV stations worldwide and translated into three foreign languages for TV. In areas of the globe where pictures don't fly, Humbard is having the show translated into 93 languages (that's what it says) and transmitted over hundreds of radio stations. Six TV cameras were used to cover the ceremony as Humbard's daughter Liz was wed to "ministry employe Dan Darling." Interview Shows 11:30 a.m.-WRTV This Week with David Brinkley.

Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. 3 Meet the Press: Dr. Guillermo Ungo, head of El Salvador's Democratic Revolutionary Front. 'Svengali' "Svengali," starring Peter O'Toole, Jodie Foster and Elizabeth Ashley, is in production in New York City for CBS. 0'Toole stars as a Hungarian-born vocal teacher who undertakes the musical training of a young rock sing.

er, played by Miss Foster. Miss Ashley portrays the young girl's agent. 444 8 "The Spaceman in King Arthur's Court," Part I (1979) with Dennis Dugan, Jim Dale and Ron Moody. Walt Disney comedy about a space engineer who travels to 6th century Camelot. Released to theaters as "Unidentified Flying Oddball." Part II is next Saturday.

8 "Rascals and Robbers The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn" (made for television) with Patrick Creadon and Anthony Hall. Further adventures of the fictional characters created by Mark Twain. 4 "Bruce Lee's Greatest Revenge" (1979, Chinese) with Bruce Li. Kung Fu adventure. 6 "Goodbye Franklin High" (1978) with Lane Caudell and Ann Dusenberry.

Graduating high school senior comedy-drama. 8 "A Gun in the House" (1981 TV movie) with Sally Struthers and David Ackroyd. Woman uses a handgun to defend herself against an intruder and is prosecuted by the district attorney. 1 -WTHR 13 "Trilogy of Terror" (1975 TV movie) with Karen Black in three haunting tales by Richard Matheson. 2:30 -WTTV 4 "Shine on Harvest Moon" (1944) with Dennis Morgan, Ann Sheridan and Jack Carson.

Musical. TOMORROW 9:30 a.m.-WTTV 4 "The Naked and the Dead" (1958) with Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson and Raymond Massey. Norman Mailer's World War II drama. 10 a.m. -WTHR 13 "The Neptune Disaster" (1973, Canadian) with Ben Gazzara and Yvette Mimieux.

Undersea science fiction adventure. 11 a.m. -WFYI 20 "Palooka" (1934) with Stu Erwin and Jimmy Durante. Boxing farce based on cartoon character Joe Palooka. 4 "Kissin' Cousins" (1964) with Elvis Presley, Glenda Farrell and Arthur O'Connell.

Hillbilly musical-comedy. A "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?" (1963) with Dean Martin, Elizabeth and Jill St. John. Romantic comedy. 8 "Sherlock Holmes in Dressed 3 1 Peter Falk (left) and Alan Arkin are "'The In-Laws," 9 p.m.

tomorrow, WISH 8. to Kill" (1946) with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Mystery. 8 "Key Largo" (1948) with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Edward G. Robinson.

Hoods take over a hotel in the Florida Keys, based on Maxwell Anderson's play. Directed by John Huston. 4 "The Thrill of It All" (1963) with Doris Day, James Garner and Arlene Francis. Romantic comedy. 6 "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) with Roger Moore, Barbara Bach and Richard Kiel.

James Bond thriller. 8 "The In-Laws" (1979) with Alan Arkin and Peter Falk. Life of a New York dentist is disrupted by his future in-law. Comedy. 4 "The Horse Soldiers" (1959) with John Wayne and William Holden.

Civil War adventure, directed by John Ford. 8 "Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Claw" (1944) with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Mystery in the Canadian marshes. -WTHR 13 "Heroes" (1977) with Henry Winkler. and Sally Fields.

Troubled Vietnam veteran drama. 1:15 -WRTV 6 "Rancho Deluxe" (1975) with Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterson and Elizabeth Ashley. Cattle rustling comedy. The best TV you've ever seen PROFEEL by Sony 1.1 Component Monitor, Tuner, and audio systems that you can mix and match for superior audio and video quality. 19" and 25" monitors have RGB inputs for microcomputer and teletext capability.

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