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WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 30, 1987 LINCOLN, NE. J0URN9 1ENTERTAINMENT. Film offers chilling look at H-bomb test Program-length commercials1 Advocates hail ruling on children's television By Tom Ineck Journal Reviewer On March 1, 1954, what still is the U.S. nuclear payload ever was detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Is-lands-.

Half Life Written, directed, filmed and produced by Dennis O'Rourke. Sheldon Film Theater 7 and 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday. populated atolls, where the devastating effects can still be seen in the survivors and their offspring.

In its official explanation at the time, the Eisenhower administration said weather forecasters had predicted that the fallout would be swept into uninhabited areas, but the disastrous results could not be avoided because the wind had suddenly shifted. Some Americans who were stationed on the atolls disagree. A former weatherman and a former radio operator who were interviewed by filmmaker Dennis Dubbed Bravo, the hydrogen-bomb explosion was America's response to the Review i purpose, according to several personal accounts in the 1986 documentary "Half Life," showing this weekend at the Sheldon Film Theater. Radioactive fallout from the explosion was carried by east winds across Soviet Union's nu clear buildup and H-bomb development It also may have had a more sinister Oldies format to be abandoned liLMS joins New Age movement exchange for advertising time. The National Association for Better Broadcasting began the case in 1984 by filing a complaint with the FCC against KCOP-TV in Los Angeles for airing the children's program "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" without identifying Mattel as a sponsor.

The only identifying feature was a brief announcement at the end of the program saying the production was done with permission of Mattel, Frank Orme, association president, said. Barter arrangement The program is based on a line of toys created and manufactured by MatteL Mattel and Group Productions offered the program to independent TV stations in a barter arrangement in which the toymaker and Group received two minutes of commercial time. KCOP's barter agreement specified) that no commercials for the He-Man products could be aired during or adjacent to the program. The National Association for Better Broadcasting argued that the station was making only a "token payment" for the program and as such was required by the Communications Act of 1934 to identify Mattel as a sponsor. The FCC rejected the complaint, saying the station had determined in good faith that the He-Man program had significant entertainment value for juvenile audiences.

The agency said it saw "no useful purpose in restricting unneces-sarily presentations of programs merely because products are depicted therein." WASHINGTON (AP) A group that monitors children's TV programming says a federal appeals court has put "the last nail in the coffin" of kids' shows built around the products of toy manufacturers. The decision was the second in four months by the U.S. Court of Appeals ordering the Federal Communications Commission to review its policies regarding commercial content of children's television. In June, the court ordered the agency to review its 1984 decision that lifted advertising limits on children's TV programs. In the latest decision, a three-judge panel struck down the FCC's rationale for allowing a Los Angeles TV station to run a children's program produced partly by Mattel Inc.

without announcing the toy manufacturer as a sponsor. Peggy Charren, head of Action for Children's Television, said the decision once again faults the FCC's belief that a marketplace unencumbered by federal regulation will adequately police children's television. 'Last nail in coffin' "We think it's the last nail in the coffin that's going to seal up program-length commercials forever," she said in reference to cartoons that feature toy manufacturers' products as central characters. The court directed the FCC to "devise a workable and legally supportable standard" to balance barter arrangements in which toy manufacturers offer programs they produce to TV stations in O'Rourke say U.S. officials wanted the radioactivity to blanket populated areas so the victims and their environment could be used to study the short-term and long-term effects of radiation.

Charges disputed U.S. officials vehemently deny the charges, but the damning evidence presented in the film is compelling. Natives and U.S. personnel on the islands were evacuated before earlier, and much smaller, nuclear tests on Bikini. Even after the wind shift was obvious, some of the islanders could have been evacuated by nearby U.S.

Navy ships before the fallout cloud passed over the atolls, but there were no attempts to rescue them. Instead, the victims were struck unaware by high levels of radioactive carbon, which fell as a white powder. Thinking it was snow, the children played in the fallout O'Rourke has done a fine job of piecing together the sad story with clips from 1950s U.S. propaganda films and newsreels and from recent interviews with survivors. The scenes are introduced with written background narrative and an eerie slide-guitar accompaniment.

Whether or not there is any truth to the frightening allegations that the U.S. intended to use the victims as guinea pigs, the film is an expose of American self -superiority during the last 30 years. In a government film, islanders who were brought to America for medical tests after the explosion are called happy savages, and President Reagan, in a congratulatory message on the eve of the Marshall Islands' independence from the United States, unwittingly refers to the islanders' "special relationship" with America. Radiation victims The film derives its title from the period it takes a toxic substance to lose half of its potency. The half life of radioactive elements released in the Bikini Atoll explosion is 30 years, but many of its victims didn't live that long.

Islanders interviewed in the film describe miscarriages, birth defects, physical and mental disabilities, cancers, tumors and other abnormalities that were never seen before March 1, 1954. By Tom Ineck Journal Writer radio on Monday morning will abandon its oldies format for a so-called New Age blend of light jazz, soft pop and "hip easy-listening" music. Birk, the station's general manager, said the format change was made because so many other Lincoln stations have switched to classic rock 'n' roll, a popular format that KLMS pioneered. were the first station in town to project the oldies," Birk said. "Now, literally everybody in town is playing it." KLDZ, an FM station in Lincoln that plays oldies exclusively, has captured a large portion of the listening audience, but Birk insists that low ratings have nothing to do with the change at KLMS, an AM station that broadcasts in stereo.

According to a recent survey, KLMS has about percent of the listening lor, Dan Fogelberg, Elton John and others. It is a format whose time has come, said Tom Pelissero, operations manager of the Progressive Music Network. The music primarily is for listeners age 25 to 49 who are "too old for young rock and too young for Mantovani," he said. KLMS signed on in 1949, making it one of Lincoln's oldest radio stations. For much of its history, the station broadcast Top 40 pop music.

Larry Flynt said stable after accidental overdose LOS ANGELES (UPI) Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt was in stable condition Wednesday after taking what police said was an accidental drug overdose. KLMS is the second station in the country to join the Progressive Music Network in Minneapolis, which transmits its New Age program, called "The Breeze," by satellite. New Age is a nebulous, but increasingly popular term appearing in the film and music industry these days. No changes are planned in the areas of news, weather or sports coverage, Birk said. Four employees will be dismissed, but Birk would not say who they are.

The format will include music by such New Age artists as'George Winston, Will Ackerman, Michael Hedges, Liz Story and Shadowfax, all of whom gained popularity with recordings on the Windham Hill label Light-jazz artists will include Kenny Bob James, Al Jarreau, George Benson, Earl Klugh and Manhattan Transfer. Soft pop will be represented by select songs from James Tay- Best bets CBS News to launch another morning show Harry (John Rltter) is hauled into court after his dog bites the mailman on "Hooperman," 8 p.m. OGDO An eagerly awaited trip turns Into a painful ordeal for David (Trey Adams) on "A Year In the Life," 8 p.m. QGD Channels Lincoln TV OC3D CBS Omaha NBC Omaha Id) ABC Omaha ABC Albion CD 93) CBS Lincoln CB ETV Lincoln G0QD Ind Omaha (CC) Hearing captions Rebroadcast fM iin 1 1 miniff' Wednesday prime time, Lincoln I 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 1 10:30 p.m. OOP Oldest Rookie Magnum, P.I.

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On Monday, CBS released a wire to affiliates from Network President Thomas Leahy saying it was "by now abundantly clear that viewing habits in the 7 to 9 a.m. time period are too well-established for such an alternative format to succeed." Movie I I Ratings: 4 Outstanding; 3V. Excellent; 3 Vsry Good; 2V4 Good; 2 Pair, 1 Poor For detailed weekly listings see the Sunday Journal-Star Focus magazine Admission charged Education A Family Affair" Nebraska PTA annual convention, Nebraska Canter for Continuing Education, 3300 Holdrege 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday. 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

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