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An uneasy alliance Films such as Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun' get military approval PAGE 4 '89 television wasn't all bad Robert Duvall's 'Lonesome Dove' lit up a dim TV season PAGE 17 The road to maturity Matthew Broderick sheds youth for 2 current films PAGE 46 how World Austin American-Statesman Sunday, December 31, 1989 Complete television listings begin on Page 18 H-JU-UIUUi 1 1 JU ii i in I J.i mi -J m.U-M-Ui -'U-'l ill I 1 s. vsflK. i i rui Changing '80s bring more channels, strong independent station to Austin Steven Beard of KBVO-TV says timing played a key role in the station's survival. KBVO is one of the top 10 independent stations in the country. By Diane Holloway American-Statesman Staff Television in Austin was pretty basic in 1980.

In fact, it was as simple as one, two, three, four. Three network affiliates and one public-broadcasting station, all locally owned, were practically the only games in town. The 12-channel cable lineup provided by Capital Cable included WTBS, CNN, HBO, an independent station in Fort Worth and one public-access channel. In 1989, Austin television is sophisticated and diverse. To put it mildly, we have more stations than we can shake a remote-control device at.

A new independent station, KBVO-TV Channel 42 (Cable 5) came to town in 1983; a second PBS sta tion, KLRU-TOO (Cable 31), came along in 1987; and the cable lineup, provided by Austin Cable Vision since 1981, exploded to 54 channels, including eight public-access channels. JQsw i I UMMMlr i.i.ii. mmmmJ I. i.J nM -in KXAN's Tonia Cooke KTBC's Stephanie Williams KVUE's Judy Maggio I 4 i if' i IX I I I ivY-5l 1 In the '80s, the three network affiliates were sold to out-of-town corporations, and one station changed its call letters. KXAN-TV Channel 36 (KTVV-TV until Oct.

15, 1987) was bought by Lin Broadcasting KTBC's Brian Christie See Austin, Page 47 KXAN's David Scott KVUE's Ron Oliveira.