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CS EKTERTAIHMENT THE HOME NEWS FRIDAY. MARCH 9, 1984 wm mr Radio, TV call What isn't in a letters: name? Includes, left to right, Robin Bartlett, Concetta Tombei, Pamela Reed and Ellen Parker. "FEN" The cast in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Caryl Churchill's play at the Public Theater By RON WOLF Koight-Ridder Newspapers What's in a name? In the case of radio and television call letters, the answer could be a geographical identification, a marketing concept, an expression of vanity or nothing at all. Among radio stations, there are KSUN in Phoenix, Ariz; WSNO in Barre, WIND in Chicago; KFOG in San Francisco and KCLD in St. Cloud, Minn.

There's WTAN in Clearwater, KSRF in Santa Monica, WSKI in Montpelier, WFUN in Miami; KBET in Reno, and WIIN in Atlantic City, N.J. Another group of stations seems to be dispensing warm feelings: WLOV, WHUG, KISS, WJOY, KIND and WINK. Until recently, the process of selecting call letters was good, clean fun. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which supervised the assignments, had only a couple of rules: New call signs could not duplicate existing ones. Nor could they use initials of U.S.

presidents, such as WFDR or WLBJ, or letters referring to federal agencies, such as WFBI or WCIA. The regulations also required that call signs be in "good taste." Though the rules did not elaborate on the meaning of "good taste," the policy was widely understood to prohibit use of call letters that spelled out sexual terms, common obscenities or certain parts of the anatomy. The taboo extended to ab breviations and phonetic spellings that were judged to be too close to the original. As a result, the airwaves have remained as wholesome as Disneyland. That innocent state of affairs is now changing.

Last year, the FCC authorized a station in Arlington Heights, 111., to identify itself as WSEX-AM, a designation that might have run afoul of the good-taste rule a few years ago. Since then, the FCC has decided to withdraw almost entirely from the business of regulating call signs. In a little-noticed ruling in December, the agency scrapped most of the rules and said it would no longer settle disputes over call signs. Slice the new regulations went into effect in January, the principal beneficiary has been the Gannett publisher of USA Today. Gannett had been trying for several years to change the call sign of its Denver television station, KBTV, to KUSA.

The switch was approved routinely last month under the new rules. Applications filed with the FCC under the new rules show no national rush toward suggestive or pornographic call signs. A couple of questionable requests have been submitted, however. A station in Idaho is seeking a call sign that is a homonym for a portion of the female anatomy and a station in Arkansas is proposing a childhood scatological reference. WLBJ and WFBI are still up for grabs, however.

'Fen Hope buried in omnipresen soil on view again at the Public Theater, under the direction of Les Waters, who staged the original than it yields. There is only one escape, and that is, to quote a chilling bit of humor, feet first. Miss Churchill's play is quite relentlessly gloomy. It does point out a few other means of escape Valium and religion but escape is not victory and that there is not the slightest hint of that in this play. It is a portrait of defeat.

Pamela Reed is a standout as a wounded child, a betrayed woman, and a sister of Christ. I was once again impressed with Robin Bartlett, and Concetta Tomei scores with several strong characterizations. Ellen Parker portrays the one character still struggling against the inevitable and there is a painfully quiet panic to her performance. "Fen" is hardly the happiest show around, but its writing and performance are. tremendously evocative and often deeply moving.

FEN A new play by Caryl Churchill, New York Shakespeare Festival at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette New York City. By ERNEST ALBRECHT Home News theater critic Caryl Churchill is well on the way to being one of the most significant voices in the English-speaking theater. Her last three plays, "Cloud Nine," "Top Girls," and now "Fen," have been successes in London and New York City. In each case the style and form of the play has been completely different. "Fen" was first seen here in the original British production, which Actors Equity rules would not allow to continue.

I missed seeing that production, but it has been recast with American actors and is version. "Fen" takes place in the east of England among the potato farmers working one of the richest' farming areas of England. The physical production provides the play's central metaphor. The potato fields are at the very center of the lives of the people who work the earth. This earth is, literally, forever under foot.

Annie Smart's setting provides no flooring other than the dirt. It matters not if we are in a pub, one of numerous homes, or the fields, themselves. The dirt is there, inescapable. Neither the peasants nor the landlords are really free of the earth. It demands all their attention.

They bury their loves, their hopes, their dignity, their individuality, their money and their freedom in it. While the earth may be rich, it takes more Flo vio times Loews 2 Against All Odds (R): 7:35, 9:55.. Movie City 1 Yentl (PG): 7, 9:40. Movie City 2 Gorky Park (R): 7:10, 9:45. Movie City 3 Star 80 (R): 7:20, 9:30.

FILM RATING GUIDE General audiences: All ages admitted. PG Parental guidance suggested: Some material may not be suitable for preteens. ROSELLE PARK Park Theater Yentl (R): 7:05, 9:30. SAYREVILLE Cinema 9 Slit Skirts (X); I Like to Watch (X); and Kate and the Indians (X): continuous from 1 1 a.m. to midnight.

Amboy 1 The Dresser (PG): 1:30, 7:30, 10. 12:10. Amboy 2 Terms of Endearment (PG): 1:15, 7:15,9:45,12:10. i Amboy 3 Footloose (PG): 1:35, 7:20, 10:05,12:15. S3 E3 EAST BRUNSWICK Brunswick Square 1 Silkwood (R): 2, 4:30, 7:10,9:40.

Brunswick Square 2 Splash (PG): 2, 4. 6, 8, 10. Loews 1 Footloose (PG): 8, 10:05. Ruallc Marl Shopping Cntr 920-0099 SPLASH 7:309:30 Sal. a Sun.

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0 10 xa SAT. I $2.50 FRI. SAT. Ill 6 BERNARDS Bernardsville Cinema Star 80 (R) 7:15, 9. DUNELLEN Dunellen Theater Killpoint (R): 7:30, 9:15.

'mm i -1 i Mt-tr -U KILLPOINT (R) DAILY 7:3019:15 Plus Sunday Matinee at 2:00 Ministry of Silly I Amboy 4 Over the Brooklyn Bridge (R): 1:40, 7:25, 10:15. 12:15. Amboy 5 Against All Odds (R): 1:15, 7:10, 9:40, midnight. Amboy 6 Harry Son If TIJIST-RATE COr.1EDYI Funny, erotic and witty! -Jeffrey Lyons (PG): 1:20,9.50, ui-w CcmA Mil MURDEROUSLY c.iidco mm smunr hiiu FUNNY. uuatxl rHtllx the magic flute Movie City 4 The Big Chill (R): 7:30, 9:50.

Movie City 5 Reckless (R): 8, 10; The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (G): 6.40 (separate admission). SOUTH IMBOY mM STEVENS AVE. 6th ST. So. Amooy.

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Family NIK 5pcll Fim. 1 of bolh Pa'anla Plut childtan under 16, up to peopla tor S5.00 adm. nnbiiwemiifrS rirl MADIS0N TRIPLEX CINEMA MADISON 377O600 mm- mmni mm R0CMWY12 Tooav cffjtL STAR 80 I reckless! yentl I iliuiMUKani an u.u u.i mil Walks should declare Dudley Moore a national treasure. 'Unfaithfully Yours' is faithful to comedy's best professional standards: Richird Schickel. TIME MAGAZINE sneak preview, Tank (R): 8.

Amboy 7 Mike's Murder (R): 1,7:15. 9:45, 11:45. Amboy 8 Kill Point (R): 1:10, 7:25,9:55, 11:55. Amboy 9 Hotel New Hampshire (R): 1:10, 7:50. 10:10, 12:15.

Amboy 10 Splash (PG): 1:15, 7:55, 10:15, 12:20. SOMERVILLE Somerville Circle 1 Footloose (PG): 7:30. 9:30. Somerville Circle 2 Mike's Murder (R): 7:45, 9:45. Somerville Circle 3 Lassiter (R): 10; sneak preview.

Tank (R): 8. SOUTH PLAINFIELD U.A. Middlesex 1 Splash (PG): 8, 10; Flashdance (R); midnight. U.A. Middlesex 2 Harry Son (PG): 7:30, Rocky Horror Picture Show (R): eeflO6 Celebrate your Birthdays with us Organize Group trips Just tor Fun or for Fund Raising BUS TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL GROUPS wi as in mui AMB0Y MULTIPLEX AYREVILLE 721 -3400 yTjrjujvsniol BRICK PLAZA CINCMA PLA2A CfWMJNJTY TY4N iHwum 5171700 5UBiA4 jS rfm 1 nflOVV DHulf I wry LOtWS MLAOOVSX Sfcwcut nrEHsniE vm StL.

mo nmmmml I DUDLEY MOORE I NASTASSJA KLNSH See with wmw I ill Restricted: Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. (Adult): No one under 17 admitted. Age limit may vary in certain areas. 8 MILES SOUTH of NEwAj BRUNSWICK 452-2278 TOM miE(K LAf ITER! PAUI NP.VMAN ROBBV BfMSON ZMf 1 1 A 1 1 i RKO CENTURY RKO WAYNE TWIN WAYNE 785-0555 4- CINEMA EAST NYACK 358-6631 t- I f- Ul TODAY SHtRWOOD WtOOUCTIOWS and SIDNEY KIMMFI. Present STHN1EY OOHEN HIM MICHAEL OINE JOSlPH BlHDliNl BLAME IT ON RIO VALERIE HARPER MICHELLE JOHNSON DEMI MOORE nunm PradMc LARRY OELBART Turnpike 1 Harry and Son (PG): 10; sneak preview, Tank (PG): 7:30.

Turnpike 2 Mike's Murder (R): 8, 10:10. Turnpike Drive-ln Killpoint (R): 7, Vigilante (R): 8:45. EDISON Menlo Park 1 Against All Odds(R): 1:30, 4:15, 7:30, The Song Remains the Same: midnight. Menlo Park 2 Unfaithfully Yours (PG): 82001 A Space Odyssey (1968): midnight. YOUR COMMUNITY From toning to schools, we keep you abraaal of the newt, the laeuaa, the outcome.

We report on what'a happening In your end how effect you. daily Smidajr SHOWS 7:10 4 SAT. 4 SUN. AGAINST ALL ODDS BARGAIN SHOWS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT 4 45 PM INSIDE SEKA MiSHIIOIAELS.lKiN amwou) ma mm. EAST BnUNVICH-2M-9ua 1 FOOTLOOSE pg AGAINST ALL ODDS JEFF BRIDGES ,01 RACOUEL WARD JAMES WOODS H3 Open 1 1 a.m.

to mianlght HER WICKED WAYS XXX plus XXX NAUGHTY GIRLS last complete show 8:45 Sun. opn 2 p.m. SHOW 1-4J0-8 A Masterpiece! A FILM BY THSAThK SHOWS if aThujoci SATURDJ 'fA. let HfcUuCtO PRICE 6X04 I SATURDAY BEFORE 4 H. ESC0ATED FFMUEI f-iYii iWr lilt" Ifaei with thii VsslJ SIM 4 mnowtiain-aniMiMnii Mi! mm mmm mm mmv tra mis mn mm i hirii mis Im.wlBISJ.IIiB'iUA.IlBWIWi:!.

Plainfield-Edison 1 Killpoint (Ft): 7:45. 9:45. Plainfield-Edison 2 Angel (PG): 10; sneak preview, Tank (R): 8. Plainfield-Edison Drive-In Lassiter (R): 7, Legend of the Bayou (R): 9:05. ELIZABETH Elmora Theater Scarface (R): 6:30, 9:30.

FRANKLIN Rutgers Plaza 1 Footloose (PG): 7:35, 9:40. Rutgers Plaza 2 Terms of Endearment (PG): 7:15, 9:40. HILLSBOROUGH Hillsboro Theater Against All Odds (R): 7:10, 9:30. LAWRENCE Eric Twin 1 Terms of Endearment (PG): 5:30, 7:45, 10. Eric Twin 2 Children of the Corn (R): 6:20, 8:10, 10.

LINDEN Linden Cinema 1 Harry Son (PG): sneak preview, Tank (R): The Song Remains the Same: midnight. Linden Cinema 2 Educating Rita (PG): 7:30, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (R): midnight. HANVILLE Manville Theater Splash (PG): 7:30 9:30. METUCHEN Forum Theater Yentl (PG): 7, 9:30. MIDDLETOWN Middletown 1 Splash (PG): 1,7,9, 11.

Middletown 2 Blame it on Rio (R): 1,7:45, 9:45, 11:45. Middletown 3 Footloose (PG): 1:10. 7,9, 11. Middletown 4 Against All Odds (R): Harry Son (PG): Flashdance (R): midnight. Middletown 5 Mikes Murder (R): sneak preview.

Tank (R): Dawn of the Dead (R): midnight. Middletown 6 Fantasia (G): 1,7, The Song Remains the Same: midnight. Middletown 7 Terms of Endearment (PG): 1:15, 7, Pink Floyd The Wall (R): midnight. OLD BRIDGE Sayrewoods Smoker (X); French Kiss (X): continuous from noon to midnight. PRINCETON Eric Twin Garden 1 Footloose (PG): 6, 8, 10.

Eric Twin Garden 2 The Dresser (PG): 5:30, 7:45, 10. Prince 1 Lassiter (R): 6, 8, 10. Prince 2 Harry Son 10:15. Prince 3 Hotel New Hampshire (R): 6, 8:05, 10:10. RANDOLPH Adult Cinema Inside Seka (X); Inside Jennifer Wells (X); Debbie Does Dallas (X): 11:30 a.m.

to 2 a.m. ROCKY HILL Montgomery 1 Fanny and Alexander (R): 8. Montgomery 2 El Norte (R): 7, 9:30. I snwu CHARLIE PLIERS LARRY GElBARI PMMitli It SIANLEY OONEN "ungjuryy. iM.IIBiW mnm all.AMM.WW MOVIES MIDDLETOWN KIDDLE TOWN 571-1020 BELLEVUE TRIPLEX UPPER MONT CLAIR 744-I4SS BLUE STAR QUAD WATCHUNG 922-7007 it ESSEX GREEN TRIPLEX W.

ORANGE 731-775S MENLO PARK midnight. i UNION i RKO CENTURY RKO ROUTE 4-HOHTPLEX PARAMUS 487-7H09 SHREWSBURY TRIPLEX SHREWSBURY 542-5395 TOTOWATWIN TOTOWA 256-9464 UA CINEMA 304 NEW CITY 634-6200 JAMES GARNER in TANK -m PLAIhFIELO EDISON CINEMA CINEMA RIALTO Theatre. 96b6H31 msm lmi mfmom mm TRIFLEX SfWAtWN MmillMi 539-1414 Spvtl 779 5)10 ClAMOGE TRt CINEMA MmtciM M6M64 mm IRRiX Msbun 3770600 Bird Matinee Price ex. Hols. AT THEATRES WITH fC Saturday Sham SMrtins Before 6 P.M.

Fim Show Only Dn Sundiy. HARRY AND SON PAUL NEWMAN ROBBY BENSON SPLASH HANKS DARVL HANNAH RKO CENTURY RKO ROUTE EIGHTPLEX PARAMUS I i.i It I.IUil 3 I STARTS lWrU 0 fin Mm IHDUSAT AlliHOWINGi KI0I6P SUN HODYSmiSTMTIW SHOW ONIY KILLPOINT THE VIUUNCE IS OUT OF CONTROL! TWIN CINEMA EDISON 549-6767 at lha Early A mm MIDDLESEX MALL CINEMAS Sootti nvnfKM 153 PLAINFIELD EDISON CINEMA Ediinn 548 3100 i TUDMDIIC IUIIKI llL CINEMA MIDDLESEX MALL CINEMAS THE Seen) PltinlaM 75 2241 I PLAINFIELD Eaime Ml 3100 TURNPIKE E. Brmi 2S7 5)59 TURNPIKE TOM OEBHA PAUL Lost Picture Show Footloose (PG): 7:30, 9:30. WATCHUNG Blue Star Cinema 1 Blame It on Rio (R): 1:30,3:25,5:20.7:30, 9:45. Blue Star Cinema 2 Terms of Endearment (PG): 1:20, 4:10, 7:15.

9:45. Blue Star Cinema 3 Mike's Murder (R): 1:45, 3:40, 5:35,7:50. 9:55. Blue Star Cinema 4 Over the Brooklyn Bridge (R): 1:15,3:15, 5:20, 7:45, 9:50. WESTFIELD Westfield Cinema 1 The Right Stuff (R): 8.

Westfield Cinema 2 Broadway Danny Rose (PG): 7,8:45, 10:30. WOODBRIDGE Woodbridge Cinema 1 Footloose (PG): 1:30,3:30,5:30,7:30. 9:30. Woodbridge Cinema 2 Mike's Murder (R): 1:40,3:45,5:50,7:55, 10. Movie City 1 Yentl (PG): 7, 9:40.

Movie City 2 Gorky Park(R): 7:10, 9:45. Movie City 3 Star 80 (R): 7:20, 9:30. Movie City 4 The Big Chill (R): 7:30, 9:50. Movie City 5 Reckless R): 8, 10; The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (G): 6:40 (separate admission). HOLLYWOOD HOOKER BY ANGEL MIKE'S MURDER WINGER MARK KEYLOUN IB LOEWS Wn H00505 WSTT1E1J) CINEMA Ntilleu SMITTO his sidt.

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