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EST COPY Wednesday, November 26, 2003 West Side Journal CROSSWORD Clear Channel Eyes New Station 38 Postpones getting up 39 Groundbreakers? 40 Load in a basket 42 The Thin Man" dog 43 Zeb Walton, to John Boy 46 Dinner jacket 47 Imitator 49 Land units 51 Pol. outcast 52 Sarah Hughes maneuvers 53 Assured of at least be, in golf 54 Piece on a corner square 55 Advantage 56 Store sign 60 Ocean State coll. 61 Oceangoing mU. group ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: AMer JteaT8 ifyjm 3 Brunch and lunch 4 Soft shoe 5 Garbage receptacles 6 Maintenance 7 Got ready to drive 8 Chowed down 9 Acts like a nag 10 "Horrible" comics character 1 1 Jim-dandy 12 Employ 13 Humdinger 18 Tranquil discipline 23 Lawn implement 25 Ring stats 26 Fly on a hook, maybe 28 One-armed bandits 30 Jack's partner 31 Rummage disposal event 32 Colleen's country 33 Useful utensil UN I I I A I QUI flW IH IE IL i In sUc gUh 0uTUcTkjjHEATflTlTP IN EErD A MilSl A r'Jc a kTyfl art srrTs a of" lo leaky 7a 7 71 l) JH A TLiv I A TP A SHr I A C. TF EUHR UY AIAiiT WOOjL NERO MlElTl2bJslLlAlpUsisiTis ACROSS 1 Abba musical 6 Colorado neighbor 10 Sound from Santa 14 Soft spreads 15 Folk singer 16 Related 17 Jim-dandy 19 Richard of "Chicago" 20 WWW address 21 Sorority member, 22 Religious request 24 Mail fee 26 Facial growth 27 Hiker's bag 29 Breakfast beverages, briefly 32 Group moral attitudes 35 Enjoy 36 Optima -automaker 37 Debt Instruments 38 Injections 40 Oil source 41 Howard or Silver 42 Bunches 43 Crystal of country music 44 Lodge member 45 Reel from a wallop 48 Eastwood's "Rawhide" role 50 Toward the front 54 Pullman porter 56 The yoke's on them 57 Tic-tac-toe loser 58 Fragrance 59 Jim-dandy 62 Fairy tale fiend 63 Outraged 64 Sacred song 65 Piano's 88 66 El ocean current 67 Unable to sit still DOWN 1 Clean, as a deck 2 Olds model JOURNAL FILE KBAC Goes Back To Weak Signal By Wren Propp Journal Staff Writer 1 With fingers on the reset but-toji, Radio Free Santa Fe fans are ready for a little deja vu.

On Dec. 4, the 8-year-old eclectic radio station will leave btjhind its high-powered 104.1 FM signal and the infiltration of "classic rock" into its format, announced KBAC general manager Ira Gordon on Tuesday. The station will return to 98.1 Fill and its original format, he said during a news conference. The station was acquired by Clear Channel Communications in 2000. In mid-2002, KBAC moved to 104.1 FM a move to one of the 10 strongest signals in the United States and one that allowed Albuquerque listeners to also tune in.

With the change, however, came play lists of rock tunes that jarred the ears of traditional KBAC listeners, who wanted the style known as adult' album alternative. "We heard from many, many listeners who were upset with the They loved the eclecticism of the old format and wanted to see it return," Gordon said Tuesday. The decision by Clear Channel which will lead to the establishment of a "world class signaled corner, Miller said. Fans' unhappy voices weren't a part of the equation, he said. "But still got our great little radio station back," he said.

But Gordon considered the change a victory, particularly in light of the fact that' Clear Channel soon will have two adult album alternative stations operating in the same market KBAC and the new station for Albuquerque at 104.1, he said. "It's the first time I know that two triple A' stations owned by the same company will operate within the same market," he said. However, longtime KBAC morning personality Sam Fer-rara won't be there for the return, Gordon said. Ferrara has been with the station since its first day on Dec. 26, 1995.

He has resigned to return to Colorado. The station is planning a going-away party for the popular announcer in early December. Local radio personality Honey Harris will take his place, Gordon said. Gordon, Joann Orner and Luther Watts will remain on the air. The station's diverse programming blocs including "The Friday Funk," "Luckyls Belvedere Lounge," "The Global Jam," "All Blues" and "Transitions Radio Magazine" also will continue.

Ira Gordon, general manager of KBAC-FM, In the studio In June 2002, says the addition of classic rock programming to the station's format last year led to complaints by many longtime fans of the station. i i i'j -j 7T is Tt 55 2i 3T" J3 5T" 23 11 WB1 2B iT" 43 it 47 WiJw 5 si Is" SI "57 bud I sa 61 2 35 65 66 67 a Friends of KBAC awareness drive in the wake of the changes said he's happy the radio station and its format will return, but the victory is bittersweet because of the move to the weaker signal. And the move isn't proof that outspoken fans like Miller nicked Clear Channel's corporate fortress, he said in a telephone interview. "(Clear Channel) realized they didn't have the station that they wanted to create" so the profit-driven solution was to send KBAC back to its weak- rock" station at 104.1 FM was made after Gordon and others at Radio Free Santa Fe convinced them that KBAC appeared to be "selling out," he said. Plans are in the works to make 98.1 a stronger signal, Gordon said.

Currently, 98.1 doesn't reach Eldorado. KLSK-FM, the classic rock station currently occupying the 98.1 frequency, is "just going away," he said. Longtime KBAC listener Glen Miller a Santa Fe-area business owner who organized ByGiUGrabomU 10200 Tribune AltdU Srrvkn. Inc. Stumped? Call 1-900-226-441 3.

99 cents a minute NEWS FROM THE WEST ISLETA PUEBLO FIRE Albuquerque Police Department spokesman Jeff Arbogast said. Arbogast said Ahmal Rashad Johnson, was shot and killed Monday morning by his housemate during an argument. About 11:40 a.m. Monday, police found Johnson, 26, dead at his home at 10320 Johncock SW, Arbogast said. He said the suspect, Mike Reeder, 28, fled the home.

Reeder is described as a white male, 6 feet tall about 300 pounds with a shaved head and a goatee. Anyone with any information on Reeder's whereabouts should call of the apartment Monday looking for his dad when a neighbor called the police. Arbogast said the child's mother died several years ago. His relatives have been located out-of-state and are en route to pick up the child who is being held at All Faith's Receiving Home. Arbogast said police are looking for a gray GM car that should have a fair amount of damage to its front end.

Anyone with any information about the accident can call 242-COPS. Roommate Sought In Man's Death Police are looking for a man involved in a homicide on the West Side near 98th Street, Journal Staff Reports Suspect Sought In Fata! Accident Police are still searching for a suspect who struck and killed 32-year-old Lance Renaud, a single father in a wheelchair, early Monday at the intersection of Unser and Ladera. According to Albuquerque Police Department spokesman Jeff Arbogast, about 1:30 a.m. Monday the man was crossing Ladera when an eastbound gray General Motors car struck him. Renaud has a 6-year-old son who was at their West Side apartment, Arbogast said.

He said the child wandered outside k0 ROBERTO E. ROSALES JOURNAL A brush fire Tuesday charred about 10 acres on the Isleta Pueblo and bumed close to some homes. There were no reports of damage to structures and the cause was under Investigation. STONE SOUP by Jan Eliot 1 1 tou HAvetH 1 1 r-r I COACH I CDKA MY $eVEMTH-6PA0e FACILITY JW FI20M (N6- MI5HT 7P CAN IAV THE ViMX? OUT, THE OMyV IOUK. (SCHOOL AND AUU'rDU A Wfit-.

Uh TOP-MATH ENOUGH BUCKLES by David Gilbert llooncu duties ami MMJtrwMffl W)i 1ELLV0U STACTUb WAS TMt WDeST mpr: NOW WE CAM ensv .4 1 -J TlAAE TObEWtR IX 3 755l VuckShrketHopsToNewhr: i -i' 1 Ever wonder how I always know what's up, doc? It's simple. I read the newspaper. You wouldn't believe how much information you can find there every day. In fact, if you read it as much as I do, you'll probably never miss that right turn at Albuquerque. LETTERS Gov.

Shouldn't Be Bragging RE: THE ARTICLE ON GOV. BILL RICHARDSON'S RADIO SPOTS. There have been several items coming from the Legislature for us to cheer about this year. The tax cuts passed by the Legislature are good for the people and economy of the state, even though Democrats tried to say they were not good and only for the wealthy during former Gov. Gary Johnson's administration.

And the transportation bill is good you know, the one that the Democrats attacked during the Johnson administration, which was supposed to be bad then but now creates jobs and economic development And oh, the Department of Education that Gov. Johnson wanted and the Legislature BUGS BUNNY (Rabbitus Intelligencia from PAGE 3 YMOs would then be allowed to "cherry pick" who they would insure, based on pre-etisting medical conditions. ,1 will be eligible for Medicare in a few years. I hive a pre-existing medical condition, and if the above is trtue, I will never be able to obtain affordable health insurance in this country after I retire. Thus, even though I served my country in the nrjlitary, and worked and i saved my entire adult life, I would be "eligible" to lose everything to medical expenses because insurance companies can shut me out of the system.

tell me that this is (Congress') view of how U.S. seniors should be treated. Tom R. Clark Albuquerque opposed: That passed too. And the balanced state budget the governor is proud of it's required under the state Constitution.

But some items we've gotten from the governor and Democratic Legislature that were not part of the previous administration: the tax and fee increase of nearly $60 million on vehicle registrations and fuel; the raid on the apparently now not-so-permanent fund; and the extra costs to taxpayers of having the special election and the special session. I'm hoping there will be more great accomplishments to brag about, and there will be as long as the governor and the Legislature continue to follow the Republican agenda. Ronald G. Toya Albuquerque ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL It all starts with newspapers www.newspaperlinks.com THIS MESSAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA I.