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S4 THE BOSTON GLOBE SATURDAY, MAY 21, 19SM TV and Radio Geraldo bumps ex-Kennedy nanny There's no place like home. 1 26 Weeks of The Boston Globe Home delivered for Just $2.50 a Week! tit eTake advantage of this special offer and you'll wake up to New England's best newspaper. By Frederic M. Biddle GLOBE STAFF rjseven days a week, for the next 26 weeks at a great price. In fact, at just $2.50 a week, it nearly tuyo on uie regular iiuiiic ueiivery raic: year (pending FCC and stockholder approval) will leave much of the Boston market without a secondary NBC affiliate.

WBZ-TV (Ch. 4), the network's primary Boston affiliate, occasionally rejects network offerings (notably "Later With Greg Ch. 62 carries those, among 22 hours of regular NBC programming each week, but a Shop at Home spokeswoman said the channel will drop its NBC affiliation. Avi Nelson, principal stockholder of the seven-year-old station, said no layoffs are currently planned for the station's 40 full- and part-time employees. Nelson, who is now general manager, said he has been asked to stay on in that position.

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At this price, it a great ime to sample everything 1 he Lrlobe has to catch the second chapter of the audio version of "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back," which continues in half-hour episodes each Saturday through July 16. Re-creating a movie creates a small problem for the few of us who have not seen it. Either we know what a Wookie looks like, or we don't, and little on the radio version will help us imagine it The great power of radio, back when it was the only broadcast medium, was in its ability to fire the imagination. It mattered little that no one knew what the Shadow or the Lone Ranger looked like we knew the physics and mechanics and wildlife of their worlds. When the Lone Ranger went clippety-clop, we filled in the horse and the dusty trail.

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62) for $7 million in cash, stock and long-term notes. Despite its minuscule ratings, WMFP's conversion to a 24-hour home shopping channel later this Jffer conveniently A delivered to your home Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' death produced lots of special programming yesterday, but it also caused a retreat at the syndicated "Geraldo" talk show. Producers replaced yesterday's scheduled program, which featured disgruntled former employees of celebrities like Roseanne and Tom Arnold, Woody Allen and Mia Farrow and a former nanny to the family of Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy 2d "We pulled it" Thursday night, said senior producer Jose Pretlow.

"We were thinking of pulling it from the moment we heard she was being administered last rites." Pretlow refused to discuss what the ex-nanny had to say, but one executive familiar with the episode said illegal drug use was alleged. Even if "Geraldo" officials hadn't decided to pull the show, plenty of local affiliates would have, including Boston's WHDH-TV. "It would be inappropriate to show the show right now in respect to the memory of Mrs. Kennedy," Channel 7 general manager Mike Carson said. Radio 'Star Wars' misses its sights "Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of Ice Planet Hoth?" you may ask yourself after tuning in to WGBH-FM (89.7) tonight at 8 to "ach and every morning.i tumhloto.u' 1 And to make this deal 140 even better, you scan charge it to your MasterCard or Visa.

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Map 1994 Weather Services Corp. NATIONAL FORECAST Boston area: Mostly sunny with a sea breeze. Highs 65 to 70 coast, 70 to 75 inland. Tonight: partly cloudy, not as cool. Lows 48 to 54.

Tomorrow: partly cloudy with cool onshore winds. Highs in 60s coast, 70s inland. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut: Mostly sunny and pleasant. Highs in the 60s at the coast, 70s inland. Tonight: clear to partly cloudy.

Lows 45 to 55. Tomorrow: partly sunny, risk of a shower late. Highs in the 60s coast, 70s inland. Cape Cod and Islands: Sunny Xq partly Highs in the 60s. Tonight: clear to partly cloudy.

Lows 47 to 54. Tomorrow: partly to mostly cloudy, showers late. Highs in the 60s. Massachusetts coastal marine forecast: Variable to southeast wind 5 to 15 knots. Average seas 2 to 4 feet.

Excellent visibility across the coastal waters. Maine: Sunny south, some clouds north. Highs in the 60s to low 70s. Tonight: partly cloudy. Lows in the 40s.

Tomorrow: mostly cloudy, few showers late. Highs in 50s, 60s. New Hampshire: Sunny start then some clouds. Highs 65 to 75. Tonight: evening shower, partly cloudy.

Lows in 40s to low 50s. Tomorrow: partly sunny, a shower. Highs in the 60s. Vermont: Sunny start, some clouds north. Evening showers.

Highs in 60s and 70s. Tonight: mostly cloudy. Lows in the 40s to low 50s. Tomorrow: partly sunny. Highs again in the 60s and 70s.

s.i-:.y.-A-::-: hue Persistent area of low pressure off the Eastern Seaboard wilf con-tinue to spin clouds and a few showers into the Mid-Atlantic states today. A ridge of high pressure builds from the eastern Plains and Midwest towards the Northeast. Skies will be partly to mostly sunny from New England to the Ohio Valley, southward to the Gulf of Mexico. A beautiful weekend is expected for most of the Southeast with plenty of sunshine and highs in the 80s. Low pressure over the northern Plains will move into south-central Canada tonight while causing a few showers in the Dakotas, Minnesota and Nebraska.

A cold front extends from the low pressure area to New Mexico. Thunderstorms are likely to develop along this cold front and some storms may become strong to severe from the Oklahoma panhandle to western Minnesota. Clouds will dominate the sky in the Northwest while the Southwest enjoys plenty of bright sunshine. I' I 7rv If Saturday. May 21, 1994 (EDT) Sunrise 5:17 Moonrise 4:07 P.M.

Sunset 8:05 Moonset 2:42 A.M. length of day 14:48 Day of year 141 A.M. P.M. HIGH TIDE 8:11 8:38 Hgt. of tide 10.0 11.0 LOW nDE 2:02 2:24 Hgt of low tide 0.2 MOON'S PHASES First Fall Urt Mew DO(DO June May June June 16 24 1 9 EVENING SKY SIGHTS Look far to the lower left of the moon to spot bright Jupiter.

A third of the way from the moon to Jupiter is the fainter star Splca. The line they form turns horizontal by 11 p.m. SOURCE: Alan MacRobett FOREIGN CITIES US CITIES Forecast for Today HI Lo Weather Today Tomorrow Frctt. High Frcst. High City City 49 sunny 76 Albuquerque 86 Anchorage shwrs 51 Amsterdam ..55 Athens 83 Auckland 63 Bangkok 96 Barbados 88 Barcelona 68 BIT" 73 Asheville sunny Atlanta sunny pcldy 76 pcldy 85 pcldy 56 sunny 76 pcldy 81 pcldy 69 pcldy 87 pcldy 81 pcldy 81 pcldy 73 pcldy 72 pcldy 77 Beijing 82 55 Beirut 83 70 CLIMATE DATA 59 Belgrade 78 ..61 45 EXTENDED FORECASTS Bermuda 78 Brisbane 74 69 52 ..59 50 pcldy 75 77 79 sunny sunny sunny 69 pcldy 73 pcldy shwrs 77 Budapest 72 55 Buenos Aires 67 47 Cairo 92 68 Copenhagen 56 44 Dhahran 101 73 Dublin 53 46 Frankfurt 63 50 Geneva 61 50 Hanoi 83 76 Harare 76 53 Havana 87 71 Atlantic City sunny 66 Austin sunny 87 Baltimore sunny 76 Birmingham sunny 79 Bismarck tstms 72 Boise shwrs 68 Buffalo sunny 76 Charleston SC.

73 Chadeston WV sunny 77 Charlotte sunny 72 Cheyenne tstms 68 Chicago pcldy 84 Cincinnati sunny 79 Cleveland sunny 76 Columbia pcldy 71 Dallas-Ft. 86 Denver tstms 77 Des Moines pcldy 86 Detroit 75 El Paso pcldy 91 Grand 83 Great Falls shwrs 63 Green Bay sunny 82 Greensboro sunny 69 Honolulu sunny .87 Houston 86 Indianapolis sunny 77 Jackson sunny 83 pcldy 73 pcldy 85 78 78 79 92 84 69 78 74 38 75 51 Hong Kong 84 8 p.m. EOT Friday, May 20 1994 BOSTON TEMPERATURES High yesterday 57 Low ......44 Mean 51 Departure from normal -8 Departure this month M9 Departure this year BOSTON DEGREE-DAY DATA Degree-day units 4 Total this month 192 Total for season 5807 Total corres. date last year 6685 30-yr. normal, corres date 5561 BOSTON PRECIPITATION nickel Total 24 hours, ending 8 p.m Trace Total this month to date 4.04 Departure from norma) 1.90 Total this year 21.95 Departure from normal 5.31 SNOWFALL Inches Total today None Monthly total None Total for season 96.3 BAROMETER AT SEA LEVEL At 2 p.m...

30 13 1020.1 mbs At 8 p.m... 30.11 in. 1019 6 mbs At 8 p.m., relative 69 YESTERDAY'S SUNSHINE INDEX 625 71 of possible Boston record temps for May 21 are 93 in 1921 and 41 in 1907. shwrs pcldy sunny pcldy pcldy. cldy sunny sunny pcldy pcldy pcldy sunny shwrs pcldy pcldy sunny pcldy sunny shwrs shwrs shwrs pcldy pcldy pcldy shwrs pcldy pcldy sunny shwrs shwrs shwrs rain shwrs pcldy shwrs shwrs shwrs pcldy pcldy pcldy sunny shwrs sunny cldy pcldy tstms pcldy pcldy pcldy sunny cldy pcldy pcldy sunny shwrs shwrs pcldy shwrs pcldy shwrs sunny pcldy pcldy pddy Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut: Monday: variable clouds, risk of showers.

Highs in the 60s and 70s, coolest at the coast Lows 45 to 55. Tuesday: chance of showers. Highs in 50s, 60s. Lows 45 to 55. Wednesday: fair.

Highs from 65 to 75. Maine: Monday: chance of showers. Highs 60 to 70. Lows 42 to 52. Tuesday: chance of showers.

Highs 55 to 65. Wednesday: fair. Highs 55 to 65. New Hampshire: Monday: a few showers. Highs 62 to 72.

Lows 40 to 50. Tuesday: chance of showers. Highs 57 to 67. Wednesday: fair. Highs 55 to 65.

Vermont: Monday: showers. Highs in the 60s. Lows 45 to 50. Tuesday: showers ending. Highs mostly in the 60s.

78 pcldy 84 pcldy 78 tstms 77 pcldy 92 Jacksonville pddy Kansas City pddy Monday: GlobeCard savings with discounts: $10.39. Stopped at Strata in Wellesley for an umbrella. Also bought an Appalachian bird house and a sand picture (today's answer to the lava lamp) at 10 GlobeCard discount. Then on to supper with Marie at Caffe Lampara, 15 off. Tuesday: GlobeCard savings with 20 discount: $9.45 Lecture in Cambridge.

Dinner before with four friends at Cafe of India. Wednesday: GlobeCard savings with 10 discount: $3.37 Yummy Indian recipes in Globe food pages. Over to Shalimar India Food Spices for pappadums, chutney and assorted curry spices. Thursday: GlobeCard $2.00 discount: Museum of Fine Arts member but save $2 on guest ticket for Tanya. Friday: GlobeCard savings for the day: $7.89 Back to Strata again for two more gifts (10 discount once more).

Then a takeout supper from Skipjack's at 15 off. Saturday: GlobeCard savings with 15 discount: $9.00 Rainy. Need some new nightgowns. Lingerie Factory has three that I want. Sunday: GlobeCard savings with 15 discount: $11.10 Gorged on Dim Sum at Imperial Seafood House, Chinatown, with assorted relatives.

Eileen's TOTAL GlobeCard savings for the week: $53.20 And even if your schedule is not as hectic as hers, there's still plenty to save and savor all the the GlobeCard If you'd like to start enjoying and saving, call for details, 1 800-922-GLOBE, ext. 584. (The Boston (Dlobe Istanbul 81 62 Jerusalem 87 62 Johannesburg 74 47 Kiev 76 55 Lisbon 62 54 london 56 49 Madrid 65 49 Manila 94 75 Moscow 63 49 72 56 Nassau 82 69 New Delhi 104 81 Nicosia 76 67 Osaka 76 59 Oslo 56 38 Paris 58 49 Rome .....75 57 Sapporo 59 47 Seoul 71 50 Singapore 87 74 Stockholm 56 40 Sydney 69 55 Taipei 85 73 Tel Aviv 82 69 Tokyo 72 56 Vienna. 71 54 Warsaw 65 45 pcldy Pddy pcldy sunny pcidy shwrs shwrs sunny POLLEN COUNT HIGH TIDE pcldy 85 pddy 74 pcldy 69 pcldy 86 pcldy 76 pcldy 83 pcldy 76 pcldy 96 pddy 74 pddy 66 Yesterday's mold spore count and pollen count: 10 (on a scale where 0-3 is mild, 4-6 is moderate and 7-10 is severe) according to the New England Allergy and Immunology Corp. Las Vegas sunny 88 Little Rock sunny 87 Los Angeles sunny 73 Louisville 79 sunny 83 Miami pddy 81 Milwaukee sunny 86 Minneapolis pddy 87 Nashville sunny 79 New Orleans 85 New York City.

73 Norfolk cldy 65 Oklahoma City tstms 85 Omaha tstms 83 pcldy 80 Philadelphia sunny 76 Phoenix sunny 95 Pittsburgh sunny 74 Portland pddy 71 Raleigh 68 Rapid City tstms 71 Richmond pddy 72 Sacramento sunny 78 Sah Lake City 69 San Diego 68 San pcldy 63 Seattle shwrs 65 Spokane 66 St Louis sunny 81 Tampa sunny 84 Topeka tstms 85 Tucson sunny 95 Tulsa tstms 85 Washington sunny 74 LATIN AMERICA 74 75 sunny Pddy 5 67 50 shwrs AIR QUALITY Mexico City 78 54 pcldy Rio De Janeiro 88 72 pcldy A.M. P.M. OW Orchard ME 7:56 8:24 Hampton Beach NH 8:10 8:38 Plum Island 8:27 8:55 Ipswich 8:08 8:36 Gloucester 8:10 8:37 Marblehead 8:11 8:38 Lynn 8:21 8:48 BOSTON AREA. 8:11 8:38 Scrtuate ..8:08 8:35 Plymouth 8:18 8:45 Cape Cod East 8:12 8:39 Cape Cod West 5:06 5 36 Falmouth 7:55 8:22 Hyanms 9:14 9:41 Chatham 10:07 10:34 8 25 8:52 Provincetown 8:27 8:54 Nantucket Harbor 9:18 9:45 Oak Bluffs 8:43 9:10 New Bedford 5:01 5:31 Newport 4:54 5:24 I San Juan 88 76 sunny Sao Paulo 72 58 shwrs CANADA Today's air quality forecast Good statewide, according to the American Lung Association and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. cldy 76 pddy 81 sunny 72 pddy 69 pddy 66 pddy 67 pddy 71 tstms 86 pddy 85 pddy 79 pddy 96 pddy 81 pcldy 78 Calgary 60 40 shwrs Chartottetown 59 42 sunny Montreal.

71 52 pddy Toronto 75 56 pddy Vancouver 64 50 pcldy Forecasts 1994 Weather Services Corp..