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radio THE SUN, Friday, April 23, 1982 M111(0)ffi Starting July 1 pay TV in the city i If you live in Baltimore city, and you've been jealous of your friends in the county with cable TV who watch movies on their sets at night instead of episodes of "Gimme a Break," you'll soon be able to get in on the action. mmX' fmm i TTT" TT A TTv In fact, you may even be able to make some of those friends jealous by saying AS you can see orioles games that they can get on cable. El Carter This opportunity is going to be provided .1 by the coming of over-the-air, subscription pay tv to baltimore city. Not many people really understand the SPECIAL changing technology of television. Most people think movies on TV means cable.

95 Reg. J450 Save 550 jyr rv.i i fried chicken, ten petite golden of golden oldies and obscure refugees from the studio vaults. Miss Craig offered some highlights from the upcoming May lineup: "The Four. Seasons," "Tribute," "Bustin' "Nighthawks," "Agatha." Those are the most familiar names. Other offbeat-entries include some foreign films Change," "Cat and and some for.

special tastes (as in karate lovers Bruce i Lee and Chuck Norris are represented.) The package of Oriole games does set the service apart, however. The Orioles are expected to announce the complete details today, but Ted Patterson and Rex Barney are expected to be the announcing team and the 11 games that will remain on the schedule after July 1 include some important home games, notably two with the Yankees on September 14 and 16, games that can be expected to be sold out. (Others: Cleveland on July 1, California on July 21, Oakland on July 23, Chicago on July 27, Kansas City on August 5, Toronto on August 24, Texas on August 27, Detroit on September 21 and Milwaukee on October 1.) One other feature of the service may have some special appeal: the "Nightlife" movie package. This consists of R-rated films on the order of "Emmanuelle" and "Vanessa." There will be no hard-core X-rated material. All the movies will be uncensored and commercial free.

The ballgames also will be presented without commercials. And what will all this cost the Balti- more viewer hungry for an alternative to the latest episode of "Falcon The one-time installation fee will be there will be a refundable $20 deposit on the decoding box; the monthly charge wil be $19.95, unless you want "Nightlife," which will cost another $4.95. Miss Craig said 90 percent of the Washington subscribers take "Nightlife." She also said there is little or no turnover in subscribers. "We think everybody is pretty pleased with what we're offering she said. Super TV expects 3,500 installations a month once Channel 54 comes on the air, according to Miss Craig.

fried shrimp, french fries, cole slaw and hot roll That's real Eastern Shore cookin' at a price you'll like. year. (However, since the Baltimore service only comes on July 1, five games will already have gone by. Washington viewers will get all 16 games, the first of which is on May 20.) The service also will provide other major events on a pay-per-view basis (i.e. extra cost).

The first big pay-per-view event on Super TV will be the Marvin Ha-gler-Thomas Hearns middleweight championship fight on May 24. Price: $15 if ordered before May 14, $20 thereafter. Again it will only be available to Washington viewers. But Super TV promises more big events in the future, and not only boxing matches. Concerts could certainly be part of the package.

A Rolling Stones concert was a major pay-per-view attraction last year, for example. Still, the major attraction of the sub-sciption service on Channel 54 will be those movies and ballgames. Nancy Craig, the director of marketing for Super TV, said yesterday that Super TV had polled its subscribers in Washington (it has 33,000 at the moment) about what they most wanted to see. "We had a terrific response," she said, saying about 40 percent returned the questionnaire. The results are still being counted.

But it's unlikely the basic package will change much. It is based on movies, three or four per night and more on weekends. The movies are hardly first run; neither is the list overflowing with box-office smashes. Like the cable TV movie services, Super TV's movie list tends to have a few fairly recent successful films, a few modestly successful ones and a mixed bag In this case it doesn't. What Baltimo-reans are going to be offered, starting July 1, is a service that will be available through a normal channel on their TV dials.

The channel will be 54, a new station on theUHF dial. The actual subscription service will be provided by Super TV, a company operating out of McLean, which has been providing a subscription TV service for Channel 50 in Washington since November. Here's how it works: A subscriber pays a monthly fee (after an Initial installation charge and deposit) and Super TV comes out and attaches a new antenna to the roof of his or her house. They also put a decoding device on his or her TV set. The decoding device is necessary because the Channel 54 signal will be "scrambled" (blurred and covered with lines) during the hours the station is exclusively a pay-TV outlet.

Until 7 p.m. weekdays and 3 p.m. on weekends, the station's signal will be a normal, unscrambled one. Channel 54 intends to concentrate on offering financial news during its non-pay-TV hours. It has gained exclusive rights to the Financial News network and will use much of that service's material and fill the rest of the time with re-runs of old TV shows.

With the decoder, a viewer will see mostly movies, but also special concerts and sports events notably Oriole home games, 16 of which are scheduled this CHICKEN LITTLE For Little Chicken Lovers EASTERN SHORE BREAKFAST Food and fun all in one! A tender, yummy drumstick. Smallfry fries. $.99 2 Country fresh eggs (any style), 2 tasty grilled sausage links and 2 golden brown pancakes. Served 6 a.m. noon.

$1.50 Big chocolate chip cookie. Regular size soft drink. And oh boy, a toy! For children age 10 and under. Real Eastern Shore cookin' GLEN BURNIE: 6604 Ritchie Highway DUNDALK: 1307 Merritt Blvd. TOWSON: ANNAPOLIS: CAMBRIDGE! 2301 Joppa Road Opposite Parole Rt.50 Shopping Center TV AT A GLANCE FRIDAY EVENING 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 Jokebook Chicago Story McClain's Law GD Jokebook Chicago Story McClain's Law GD Snowbird Merv Griffin News CD Frustrated And Fired Fridays Strike Force Jokebook Chicago Story McClain's Law CD The Dukes Of Hazzard Dallas Nurse CO The Dukes Of Hazzard Dallas, Nurse CD Square Off Crime And Violence Test Against Rape Strike Force The Dukes Of Hazzard Dallas Nurse Movie: "Trinity Is My Name" Get Smart Wash, Week Wall Street Sneak Pre.

Houseworks Thinking About Nucl. War Wash. Week Wall Street Creativity Inside Story Metro Week Life Death 3 The Dukes Of Hazzard Dallas Nurse CD Kojak Movie: "Duel In The Jungle" That's Incredible Fridays Strike Force (Si Wash. Week Wall Street Sneak Pre. Houseworks Thinking About Nucl.

War HBO Movie: "Take This Job And Shove It" Jerry Lee-A Celebration Show Movie: "Mountain Men" Madame In Manhattan ESPN Golf Classic WCT Tennis GD Donahue. Guests: Timothy Leary, G. Gordon Liddy. W.O.W.I Sesame Street. 700 Club.

9:30 CO Mary Tyler Moore. CD Lucy Show. G) Battlestars. GD My Three Sons. CD Good Morning Washington.

(2 Romper Room. Jack LaLanne. 10:00 0 Diff'rent Strokes. CDS) One Day At A Time. CD Hour Magazine.

Actress Victoria Wynd-ham; a special home for the mentally disabled; a couple who manufactures funny hats. CD 700 Club. GO Different Strokes. QD Ghost And Mrs. Muir.

CD Family Feud. GO Richard Simmons. GD Morning Break. (59 Sesame Street. Larry Hagman as J.R.

Ewing faces an official inquest regarding the mysterious death in the Southfork swimming pool tonight at 9 on CBS. FRIDAY HIGHLIGHTS "Rape: National Crime and Violence Test." The latest techniques in self-protection against rape are offered in this examination of the problem. 8:30 p.m. (13). "Thinking Twice About Nuclear War." Mike Farrell hosts an examination of how Americans are responding to the risks of the nuclear arms race and how some people are working to prevent a nuclear war.

1 0 p.m. (67) (22). CD Movie. "Mv Pal Gus" (1952) Richard Widmark, Joanne Dru. GD Movie.

"Mail Order Bride" (1964) Buddy Ebsen, Keir Dullea. Get Smart. Movie. "Young And Innocent" (1937) Derrick de Mar-ney, Nova Pilbeam. 1:30 COCSGD As The World Turns.

The Munsters. 2:00 OGD Another World. CD One Life To Live. Newsprobe. C9GD Nurse.

Mary's father, an eminent retired surgeon, visits Marv and attempts to improve their relationship. CD Strike Force. Murphy goes after an amusement park clown who is making extra money by selling stamps with cartoons on one side and LSD on the other. RE-BROADCAST IS Thinking Twice About Nuclear War. Mike Farrell hosts an examination of how Americans are responding to the risks of the arms race and how some individuals are working to prevent nuclear war.

News. Metro Week In Review. 10:30 Get Smart. Matters Of Life And Death. OCDCOGD QD News.

CD Love Lucv. GO Of Earth And Man. "The United Slates: One Out Of Many." MASH Benny Hill. Dick Cavett. Guest: Michael Palin.

11:30 OGD Tonight. CD NBA Basketball. (DCS ABC News Nightline. CD Movie. "Waterloo Bridge" (1940) Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor.

ABC News. Odd Couple. Sat. Night Host: O.J. Simpson.

Guests: Ashford Simpson. 12:00 CD Fridays. Host: Tab Hunter. Guests: Kiss. Evening At The Improv.

12:30 OGD SCTV Network. Jim Bakker. 1:00 Movie. "Tortilla Flat." (1942) Spencer Tracy, Hedv Lamarr. 1:25 CD Dance Connection.

1:30 Movie. "Gidget Goes Hawaiian." (1961) James Darren, Deborah Wal-lev. CD Movie. "Law And Disorder," (1974) Ernest Borgnine, Carroll O'Connor. Independent Network News.

2:00 Faith And Life' News. 2:25 CD News. 3:00 Movie. "Guns Of Diablo" (1964) Charles BronsoJ, Susan Oliver. 3:30 Movie.

"Bodyguard" (1948) Lawrence Tiernev, Steve Brodie. 4:30 Movie. "Slither." (1973) Jarries Caan, Peter Boyle. 4:40 Movie. "Gangway For Tomorrow." (1943) Robert Ryan, John Carradine.

CDCSGD Dukes Of Hazzard. Uncle Jesse is arrested for helping a pretty fugitive, who has uncovered Boss Hogg's latest scheme, to escape from Hazzard County. REBROAD-CAST CO Square Off. Topic: rape. CD Kojak.

After seeing her boyfriend's killer leave the scene of the crime, a girl disappears. ffl(D Washington Week In Review. G3 Snowbird. CD Assignment 7 Special. "Frustrated, Fur-loughed And Fired." Movie.

"Trinity Is Still Mv Name." (1975) Terence Hill, Bud Spencer. That's Incredible. A stuntman falls from a helicopter to a speeding flatbed truck; a paraplegic competes on a collegiate women's swim team. 8:30 Chicago Story. A robber Pellegrino helped set free commits a murder, and Max tries to prevent a renowned surgeon from operating unnecessarily on one of Max's patients.

National Crime And Violence Test. "Rape." The latest techniques in self-protection from rape GQ Wall Street Week. "More Deliberations." Guest: Ian McAvitv, publisher of "Deliberations." 9:00 C9GD Dallas J.R. and Cliff Barnes face each other at the inquest regarding the death in the Southfork swimming pool. RE-BROADCAST.

CD Movie. "Duel In The Jungle" (19S4) Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain. An insurance man investigating the death of a diamond company executive finds the man alive and involved in a swindle. (SHI Sneak Previews. Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel review "Swamp Thing" and "Death Wish II." CO Merv Griffin.

Guests: Marie Osmond, Joseph Bottoms, Norman Saleet, Marc Lappe. CD Fridays. Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder join the cast of "Fridays" in a prime-time edition of the late-night satirical series. Creativity With Bill Movers. "National Center For Atmospheric Research" Bill Movers looks at some creative ways the NCAR is discovering to make rain fall where it is needed.

9:30 A.C.T. Against Rape. G9 Old Houseworks. Inside Story. "Network News: Thafs The Way It Is." Hod-ding Carter looks at the changing status of network news shows.

10:00 GD McClain's Law McClain and Gates reluctantly accept the help of a street-wise Informant to nab a dangerous drug dealer. "1 REBROADCAST Morning SjIS -d Life. Health Sign On. 5: Community Update. 5:50 CD News.

5:55 Jim Bakker. 6:00 Tom And Jerry And Friends. (0(4) Morning Stretch. CD New Zoo Revue. Panorama.

CD Revista. Jimmy Swaggart. Encounter With Lew Doolittle. 6:05 Dialogue. 6:30 Romper Room.

CD Learning To Read. CD News. CD Jimmy Swaggart. Tony Brown. (8) Country Music.

Captain Kangaroo. (4) Morning Stretch. 6:45 GB2D A.M. Weather. 7:00 OGD Today.

cdgdgd Morning News. (DO Good Morning America. CD Three Stooges. GQdD Marriage And Family. New Zoo Revue.

Bugs Bunny. 7:30 CD Little Rascals. CD Hodgepodge Lodge. Great Space Coaster. Woody Woodpecker.

8:00 CD Flintstones. GB Educational Programming. Porky Pig. Mighty Mouse. Lilias, Yoga And You.

8:30 Great Space Coaster. GD Mister Rogers. GD Bugs Bunny And Friends. Cartoons. MacNeil -Lehrer Report.

9:00 CD Donahue. A close-up look at the cosmetics industry with Martha Ellen Hughes and market analyst Brenda Lee Landry. CDGQ Richard Simmons. CD People Are Talking. Guest: Dr.

Joe Panza-rella, a quadriplegic. CD Dennis The Menace. (12) Educational Programming. Tic Tac Dough. C) I Love Lucy.

Donahue. "A Course For Capitalists." A discussion with undergraduates enrolled in USCs entrepreneurial program. 10:30 OGD Blockbusters CDGD33 Alice. GD Charlie Rose. GD Rhoda.

CD Edge Of Night. 11:00 OGD Wheel Of Fortune. COGD The Price Is Right. CDGD Love Boat. GD Medical Center.

GD Power Pinch. Sex discrimination in the workplace. Host: Ken Howard. 6) Mister Rogers. 11:30 Bullseve.

CD Woman's Digest. GDGD Battlestars. (5J Independent Network News. Why In The World. Afternoon News.

CBS News. Barney Miller. Little House On The Prairie. Sanford And Son. 7:30 Joker's Wild.

CD People's Court. CD Evening Magazine. An interview with actor Sorrell Booke of "The Dukes Of an antique' German car that doubles as a motorboal. CD Sanford And Son. GS) MacNeil -Lehrer Report.

Family Feud. MASH CQ Entertainment Tonight. Interviews with Tony Geary, Michael Caine. P.M.- Magazine. P.M.

Magazine. Tic Tac Dough. Good Times. All In The Family. Evening OCOCDGD CD News.

CD Get Smart. QJO Getting To Know Me. Carol Burnett And Friends. Guest: Tim Conway. Laverne Shirley Company.

Villa Alegre. All In The Family. 4:30 NBC News. COGDcbs News. CD Hogan's Heroes.

Business Report. CD Happy Days Again. Sanford And Son. ABC News. 7:00 Tic Tac Dough.

CD Family Feud. (T) ABC News. CD Sha Na Na. Guests: Krlstv McNI-chol, Frank Gorshin. Over Easy.

Guest: Walter Lantz. NBC News. GD Welcome Back, Kotter. Huckleberry Hound And Yogi Bear. 4:00 Good Times.

CD Happy Days Again. CD Edge Of Night. CD Speed Racer. (5)mm Sesame Street. GD Bodyworks.

GD Kung Fu. CD Movie. "Count Yorga, Vampire" (1970) Robert Quarry, Roger Perry. Hour Magazine. Actress Victoria Wynd-ham; a special home for the mentally disabled; a couple who manufactures funny hats.

CD John Davidson. Tattletales. Scooby Doo. Woody Woodpecker And Friends. 4:30 Laverne Shirley Company.

CO Carter Country. 03 John Davidson. Guests: Roger Miller, Miml Kennedy, Vicki Lawrence. CD Scooby Doo. Here's Lucy, (D Rockford Files Bugs Bunny.

Brady Bunch. 5:00 All In The Family. CO MASH CD Gilligan's Island. Mister Rogers. People's Court.

I Love Lucy. You Asked For It. News. Woody Woodpecker, Laverne Shirley Company. Happy Days Again.

5:30 OCOGDCD News. Q0 The Muppets. CD Gomer Pvle. (D Electric Company. Andy Griffith.

Entertainment Tonight. Hour Magazine. Changing your self-image after weight loss; why women choose the wrong men for a relationship; an effective cure for stuttering. What's Happening! Getting To Know Me. M'A'S'H 2:30 12:00 Capitol.

(D Hispania. Kid's Break. 3:00 OGD Texas. COCSGDSI Guiding Light. OEKE General Hospital.

CD Cartoons. CD Brady Bunch Krofft Superstars. American Skyline. 3:30 CD Flintstones G0 Villa Alegre. GD Leave It To Beaver.

News. 8:00 OGD Jokebook. (Premiere) The world's top animators illustrate classic short iokes and other humorous Radio directo ry CD Bonanza. CDdD Educational Programming. GD The Doctors.

GD Panorama. Gilligan's Island. Antiques. All In The Family. Family Feud.

12:30 OGD Search For Tomorrow. CDCSGD Young And The Restless. (DOT) Ryan's Hope. Hogan's Heroes. Dick Cavett.

Guest: Michael Palin. 1:00 OGD Days 01 Our Lives. CfXD All My Children. News reports WTOW, 1S70 kHz. Religious, ethnic programs.

(Dawn to dusk I WWIN (National Black Network), I4O0 kHi. Rhythm and blues. FM Stations WE A 88 9 mHz. Progressive' ian, educational programs. WHOS (CBS), 103.7 mHz.

Adult contemporary. WIVY (NBC), 97.9 mHz. Album rock. WKTK (CBS), 1057 mHz. Adult contemporary WLIF, 101 9 mHz.

Mood music. WYST, 92.3 mHz. Adult contemporary. WRLX, 106 5 mHz. Mood music.

WPOC, 93 I mHz. Modern, country music. WRBS (UPI), 95.1 mHz. Sacred music and religious programs. WXYV, 102.7 mHz.

Contemporary rhythms. WITH. 10-minuie newscasts Throughout the day WCVT. 2-hour newscasls 4 30 PM WBCJ-FM. Briefs tverv 2 hours WLIF.

Throuohoul the day WEAA-FM. AM Stations WASA (CBS), 1330 kHe. Contemporary. WAVE, 160 kHi. Religious programs.

(Dawn to dusk.) WBAL (ABC), 1090 kHj. Current and standard pop music. WBMD, 750 kHi. Religious and ethnic programs, country music, (Dawn to dusk.) WCAO (ABCXRKO), 600 kHi, Adult contemporary. WCBM (ABC), 680 kHi, Current and all-lime hits.

WEBB (Mutual), 1160 kH! Jan. rock and soul music. (Dawn to dusk,) WFBR (NBC). 1300 kHi. Standard pop music.

WITH (Mutual), 1230 kHi. Mood music. WJRO (ABC), ISM kHi Adult contemporary WSID, 1010 kHi. Current, soul music. (Dawn to dusk.) On the hour WBAL, WPOC, WCBM, WCVT, WEBB, WBMD, WBMO-FM, WFBR.

WITH, WHRS. On the halt hour WPOC( WFBR, WITH, WBAL. WAVE, WHRS. 10 minute of hour WJRO. 5 minutes of hour WCAO, WWIN.

15-Minute newscasti 7 A M- WBAL, WITH. 8 A.M. WBAL, WITH. Noon WBAL. P.M.

WITH. i P.M.-WBAL, WCBM, WBJC (National Public Radio), 915 mHi. Classical and Broadway, ian, interviews. WBKZ, 95 mHi Adult contemporary music. WBSB, 104 3 mHi.

Adult contemporary music WCVT, 9 1 mHi Rock, ian, ed- ucalional programs..

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