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the poor, is played by Tsuruta Koji. -NrpitbTeleVf sff JiT 1 rpsiTf "of" i so-called 'that includes, in addition to the- Los Angeles station other stations" in Honolulu San Francisco and Fresno, Calif. In each city there is a different company that buys TV geles. Out there she appears on a quiz and information program, multi-ethnic, also has peddled off', a Saturday afternoon" hour to 4:30) foV ing and a two-hbuif Sunday aftefi noon" block (2:30 -to 4:30) for" various Italian programing. i Nomaguchi of Nippon Television estimated that there were about 75,000 Japanese in the" New York metropolitan area.

He is pleased with the progress of Nippon Television, which now has more than 30 sponsors, but Nomaguchi also is frustrated. His Saturday night restaurant busi- does local news, works as a secretary and handles miscellaneous business matters. Now New York's Japanese Have Made-in-Japan TV By VAL ADAMS Japanese TV programing has invaded the New York market. Every Saturday night WNJU-TV (Ch. 47) presents a block of unadulterated Japanese shows (no Eng "My one week is so busy," said time for Japanese programing, but all the companies participate in a cooperative arrangement in buying programing from Japan.

It's up to each company, however, to obtain its own sponsors. Before Nippon Television came Miss Katoh, who came to Los Angeles from Japan two- years ago along, WNJU-TV already had ness has declined, presumably be-. cause the Japanese are staying home to watch Nippon Television -on Channel 47. and is still learning English. Also on Saturday night over Channel 47, Nippon Television presents a news film from Japan, which is furnished by the Asahi News Network; a 10-minute golf lesson and a Samurai drama entitled "Jirocho Sangokushi." Jiro-cho, a good guy who looks out for sold an hour of time to Japanese Overseas Productions, Inc.

The latter company presents a Japanese drama each Sunday from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. over Channel 47. WNJU-TV, fast becoming -s I CO PS 1 Wfiwwmini-iirtl Ik piiillSlM 02 ANNOUNCERS DISC JOCKEYS CALIFORNIA 8 DAYS $349 PER PERSON. OBL 0CC. TRADEWINDS INCLUSIVE TOUR CHARTER WEEKLY DEPARTURES EFF.

624 SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES LAS VEGAS Includes United Airlines jet flights, 7 nights hotel transportation between cities, tax and service. SEE LIBERTY TRAVEL OR CALL NY 221-0050 LI 746-5292 NJ WESTCH 949-0500 lish subtitles) from 9 clock to midnight. WNJU-TV, which has its antenna on the Empire State Building although its license is assigned to Linden, is basically a Spanish-language station. So why has it added Japanese programs? Well, it comes down to economics. Recently there came into being here a company called Nippon Television whose president is Yojl Nomaguchi, who operates a restaurant chain four in Manhattan and one in Queens.

It was the aim of Nomaguchi and Nippon Television to acquire air time from an existing TV station, put on Japanese programing and 3eek their own sponsors. The buying and reselling of radio-TV time is- not an uncommon practice. Profit Motive Nomaguchi sought out Carlos Barba, vice president and general manager of WNJU-TV, owned by Columbia Pictures Industries, one of the major movie companies. Earba, having some weekend fringe time that was not doing too well in turning a profit, sold three hours on Saturday night to Nippon Television, which began Its programing last month. Each Saturday at 3 p.m.

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