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The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia • 36

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Atlanta, Georgia
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THE ATLANTA COMSTnTTlON. Act. 15. 1930 Radio Look! Up In Sky! DINN It's A Bird, It s.i. FFE You're likely to tee a bond of people staodir i around the Good Thru Sat.

Aug. 16 Peachtree Plaza Hotel and looking up into the iky Sunday, and some of them probably will be officials of Z-lt (WZGC-FM) andWQttAMFM. 'i What they'll be watchinc Is the pole for a new radio-trans Lasagna, Pizza Salad Bar mitting antenna being lifted up (way up) to the top of the hotel Topping out 160 feet above the skyscraper's roof, the new All YmiCnn PntS 1582.5 JyP" Piedmont yxA I) UpJAI fflP ABOVE! I) UJ3 a muslcsl rcvuci All 'jTSW- with rsvo reviswa Ns Poignant, glamorous, sophisticated, and C0 slightly barbyl. I -V Cam. J-" Attanta Journal Ox "It's, the tcT iff'K OJ P'inost JfN.

BUSH! NsV-V antenna will be. shared by the two radio stations and Channel 69, a proposed subscription television station. Z-9S General Manager Bad Policek said the purpose of the new antenna is not so much to expand the listening radius of the stations as it is to "improve the quality of the signal. This I 2 for 55aa (With This Coupon) I I will eliminate most of the peaks and valleys in the signal in the metro area. It may push us out farther, but since we don't sell advertising based on those areas, that doesn't really concern us that much." 1 30S South Four Lane 6922 Hwy.

85 5005 Memorial Dr. Marietta Riverdale Stone JU---. Policek said that when the new antenna becomes opera tional around Sept 15, Z-93 and Quixie will have "signals as good as any you'll find on the FM band in Atlanta." AcrottTheDial If yon think you've noticed a lot more news and informa tion and a lot less music on WSB-AM's Jim and John show diving the peak traffic hours of 7-9 am lately, you're right Program director George Fischer says that as of last Friday, the news and information content of the show has been increased so that the only music during those two hours is a song right before 9 a.m. that is in some way topical. Jim and Jonn continue to entertain with jokes and comments between the news and information segments.

The modifications to the show are part of a alow evolution," he said. "We're just trying to give the listeners what they need and want It's not that much of a change, really. We weren't playing that much music during that time period to begin Jim and John are still playing music from 5-7 am and from 9-10 a.m, Fischer stressed Steve Davit, former program director of WKXX-FM In Birmingham, will take over the 6-10 p.m. alot Monday on Z-93. That time period was vacated recently by Michelle, who left to go to a new station in Cincinnati Former WRNG-AM "Rinemaster Neal Boom, who left that station earlier this year to practice law, will begin a Monday-Friday one-mluute commentary oa WLTA-FM Monday.

The commentaries will run just before 6 p.m. HAVE WE GOT A DAROEQUS FOR YOU! When discosoul station V-10J (WVEE-FM) soared up to second place in the AprilMay Arbitral ratings, several local programmers said they felt that indicated that the percentage of Arbitral ratings books sent to black families had been higher than normal. Alone those lines, It's interesting to note that in a listine of total mentions of local stations compiled from the surveys, 81 percent (215 out of 266) of V-103's mentions came from black households. On the other hand, ratines leader WSB-AM drew only 14 1 rjercent (62 of 453) mentions from black households, and Z-03. in third place behind V-103 in the overall ratings, had 7 percent BEEF BID DADDEQUG BIIjTJIS SQ.05 (Complete with beverage and unlimited salad bar.) CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER $3.95 (U oi 339) mentions irons Diack listeners.

I if-! The station with the highest percentage of black survey iHililll mentions was WIGO-AM (With 96 percent), while the one with the fewest black mentions was country station WBIE-FM. Only one mention of that station out of 137 came from a black household Odyssey a premium book offering special gifts and serv When you order a family size Van Pizza or giant size Thin 'n Crispy pizza to go at Pizza Hut? we'll give you a big two-liter bottle of Pepsi free. Just phone ahead or order at the counter. No matter what kind of pizza you pick, we'll load it up with your favorite toppings. And even put it in our special box to keep it Get your free two-liter bottle of Pepsi while supplies last when you order ices, is oeing sola to raise funds for public radio station wABE- VICTORIA STATION BEEF RI8S All of our ribs are USOA Choice beef back ribs, fresh cut.

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