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10 -B Dayton Dally Feb. 7. 1991 -o- eievision I Federal money would give WYSO-FM a boost Blitzer, CNN's Pentagon reporter, finds he's famous 1 4 BOB ffev T4BATZ ON RADIO 3r Officials of WYSO-FM in Yellow Springs are seeking federal money to boost the station's power, relocate its transmitter and possibly establish a news bureau in downtown Dayton. "Our long-range plan is to become a major radio presence in the Miami Valley," General Manager Brian Gibbons said Tuesday. Station officials have applied for a grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which is part of the U.S.

Department of Commerce, he said. is a $304,000 project, and we've asked the NTIA for $138,000," Gibbons said, noting the remainder of the money would come from other sources. WYSO (91.3) a public radio station has been operated by Antioch University since it went on the air as a 10-watt station 33 years ago. The station gets its financial support from the university, listener donations and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In addition to the grant application, station officials have asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to increase WYSO's power from 10,000 watts to the maximum 50,000 watts and to move the station's transmitter from Greene County to the WPTDWPTO-TV (Channels 1416) tower on Gettysburg Avenue in Dayton.

A boost to 50,000 watts would put WYSO on the same level of power as such stations as WING-AM (1410) and WTUE-FM (104.7). Because of the terrain of the Miami River Valley, at 10,000 watts WYSO is unable to reach the entire Dayton area with its signal, Gibbons said. Increasing power would give the station an effective signal radius of about 35 miles, Gibbons said. The outward boundary might be Bellefontaine in the north, Richmond in the west, Columbus in the east and the Ohio River to the south, he said. Dayton is the only Ohio city of 100,000 or more that doesn't have clear, principal cover- age of a public radio station, according to Gibbons.

"We based our proposal on a study done by the Ohio Educational Broadcasting Network Commission, which showed WYSO is in the best position of any area public radio station to fill that void in Dayton," he said. The Dayton area's most powerful public radio station at this time is WDPR-FM (89.5). WDPR, with studios in Kettering, plays noncommercial fine arts and classical music and operates at 6,000 watts. Bill Combs, general manager of WDPR, said if WYSO boosts its power, it will be good for public broadcasting in the Dayton area. "It will definately increase awareness of public radio.

We've established ourselves as Dayton's fine arts radio station and we'll continue to play that role," Combs said. WYSO's studios would remain in Yellow Springs. "But once we've completed the technical phase of the project, we might decide to rent in downtown Dayton and establish a news and public affairs bureau there. It's definitely part of our long-range plan for the station," he said. WYSO is on the air from 5 a.m.

to 3 a.m. It has five fulltime employees and about 80 volunteers, 20 of them students. If the changes are made, WYSO officials will examine the station's eclectic music and information format, Gibbons said. He thinks WYSO has a good chance of getting the grant money. By Scott Williams ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Remember what it was like before you knew what a Wolf Blitzer is? It seems like yesterday.

The Cold War was declared officially over. The check for your "peace dividend" was in the mail. And Wolf Blitzer was the Washington correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, unknown outside the Beltway. Today, the bearded, affable Blitzer is CNN's ace Pentagon reporter. He's hailed as one of TV's best beat reporters.

And how does it feel to be recognized on the street? "I haven't been on the street!" he said, laughing. "I don't know what it feels like because I've been working. The story will have to wind down a little bit before that happens." And he has the good grace to be amused by the national punchlines evoked by what he calls "the name like a linebacker." Heard about Kevin Costner's movie on the Middle East? "Dances with Wolf Saturday Night Live and Tonight contend he's taken a stage name changed from "Howitzer Tank Explosion" or "Shark Divebomber." "Believe me, I've been laughing at all the jokes," he said in a telephone interview from CNN's Pentagon office. Blitzer had been with the Post for 15 years when the paper changed hands and he started thinking that it might be time for a change, even though he liked his job. A frequent guest on CNN talk shows since the network began in 1980, Blitzer was asked by a producer whether the paper's owner-snip change was affecting him.

He jokingly asked whether CNN was hiring. "'Are you he said. I Wolf Blitzer could see he wasn't laughing," Blitzer recalled. Two weeks later, he accepted the Pentagon job. "I thought the Pentagon was going to be a quiet little beat," he: said.

History proved him wrong about 10:30 p.m. on Aug, 1, when his desk paged him to check on reports of an Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. "We'd been hearing these rumors of invasion for days," he said. "So I told my desk I checked on that at 6:30, it's baloney, but I'll make a few calls." One call went to a longtime Pen- tagon source Blitzer knew would be at his desk if the reports were true. To Blitzer's surprise, his source answered the Blitzer asked if Iraq had attacked.

"He said, 'Wolf, it's worse than I said, 'What do you He said, 'They're in Kuwait City." Blitzer called his desk, and CNN immediately went on the air with the Pentagon confirmation. Blitzer found himself talking to CNN's Washington bureau chief, Bill Headline yes, folks, another actual CNN person's name. "He said, 'Take a shower, put on a clean shirt. You're going to go live at And I went live every half hour until around mid- night the next night," Blitzer said. "That was my longest day." ED ROBERTSSTAFF PHOTOGRAPHER From left, program director Ruth Dawson, general manager Brian Gibbons, production director Melinda Morgan in their production studio at WYSO-FM "I feel we have a strong case, and even if we don't get it this time around, there's nothing to stop us from applying again for the funds," he said.

The NTIA will rule on WYSO's grant application in September, Gibbons said. 1 with crises involving the loss of key personnel and the hospital's use of controversial drugs. 4 a.m. (Alt) Nocturne See 7 p.m. 4 a.m.

(MD The Girl Who Spelled Freedom See 10 p.m. 4 a.m. (ELD The Marilyn Diaries (1990, Adult) Marilyn Chambers, Tara Buck-man. (R) 4 a.m. SS) The Healers (1974, Drama) John Forsyth, Pat Harrington.

The chief of staff at a large medical center tries to cope 4:25 a.m. (SsD Glory See 9 p.m. 5:05 a.m. (BBS Jacknife (1989, Drama) Robert De Niro, Ed Harris. (R)Q 5:30 a.m.

(MB Sundown Trail (1931, Western) Tom Keene, Marion Shilling. Persian Gulf Map Chronology WAR IN THE GULF Middle East map Joint navel task force U.S. tanks Kuwait -w-. Scuds and Patriots i IMS 7t -IT U.S. air power Recent history 7 6 p.m.

(EES The Return of the Shaggy Dog (1987, Comedy) Gary Kroeger, Todd Waring. Now a successful young lawyer, Wilby Daniels falls victim to the ancient curse of the Borgia ring and finds himself once again turning into a sheepdog. 6 p.m. Rocket Gibraltar (1988, Drarna) Burt Lancaster, Suzy Amis. (PG) 7 p.m.

(MS) Nocturne (1946, Mystery) George Raft, Lynn Barl. A detective relentlessly pursues the truth behind a songwriter's apparent suicide. 7 p.m. (BBS) Tap (1989, Drama) Gregory Hines, Sammy Davis Jr. Released from prison following a burglary sentence, an ex-con finds he must choose between the enjoyment he receives from tap dancing and the seductive life of crime.

(PG) 7:30 p.m. dg) Thrillklll (1982, Suspense) Robin Ward, Gina Massey. A woman becomes enmeshed in a life-and-death struggle when gangsters learn of her part in a computerized embezzling scheme. 8 p.m. (QQ) No Deposit, No Return (1976, Comedy) David Niven, Barbara Fel-dotl.

Two neglected children who'd rather spend Easter with their mother in Hong Kong than with their grandfather stage their own kidnapping. (G) 8 p.m. JAM) The Joker Is Wild (1957, Biography) Frank Sinatra, Jeanne Crain. Beloved comedian Joe E. Lewis struggles to overcome mob interference in his career.

8 p.m. dD Sing, Neighbor, Sing (1944, Musical) Brad Taylor, Ruth Terry. Appearances by country radio singers of the '40s brighten this tale about a campus lo-thario who poses as a professor In the hopes of seducing coeds. 8:05 p.m. (M) The Octagon (1980, Adventure) Chuck Norris, Lee Van Cleef.

A wealthy young woman hires a retired martial arts champion to protect her from terrorists trained by the mysterious Ninjas. 8:30 p.m. Walk Softly Strang er (1950, Drama) Joseph Cotten, Valli. A crippled young woman attempts to reform a gambler trying to escape his past. 9 p.m.

(241) Mary, Queen ot Scots (1972, Drama) Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson. Queen Mary of Scotland is beheaded after she defies the rule of her cousin, Elizabeth I of England. 9 p.m. (BBS) Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (1991, Drama) Rae Dawn Chong, Lolita Davidovich. A multi-faceted look at the plight of female convicts in America, Including the difficulties of raising children on the outside while serving time behind bars, 9 p.m.

(LIB Mind Over Murder (1979, Suspense) Deborah Raffin, Andrew Prine. A model uses her psychic powers to identify the man responsible for planting the bomb that caused a tragic airplane crash. 9 p.m. dUjO Glory (1989, Drama) Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington. A young Union officer and his unit, the country's first black fighting regiment, battle adversity and Confederate forces to become heroes during the Civil War.

(R) 9 p.m. (SHE Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988, Horror) Romy Windsor, Michael T. Weiss. A therapeutic trip to the country brings an emotionally unstable novelist face to face with a community of werewolves. (R) 9 p.m.

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Bernard who terrorizes a mother and son trapped in a broken-down car. (R) 12:45 a.m. (SH) Fourth Story (1991, Mystery) Mark Harmon, Mimi Rogers. A private detective falls in love with the woman who hired him to find her missing husband. 1 a.m.

3D White Lightning (1973, Adventure) Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billings-ley. In exchange for his release from prison, an expert driver strikes a bargain with federal authorities to help smash a moonshine ring. 1 a.m. iJM) Mary, Queen of Scots See 9 p.m. 1 a.m.

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(CV). 2:25 a.m. SHE) Vanessa (1976, Drama) Olivia Pascal, Anthony Diffring. (R) 2:30 a.m. (MS) Woman on Pier 13 See 10 p.m.

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