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The Scranton Times, Scranton, Pa. Saturday, November 13, 1993 C-3 1 Area Investors To Buy WYOU-T WVfiTT.TV Ph iha Inral cfa. from lfi7th in tho marital nn WYOU-TV, Ch. 22, the local from 167th in the market irmntlm irV JTO I-ti n-f. up 127th during his reign theftf Wilkes-BarreScranton is 46th, according to Nielsen.

A four-time Emmy winner film technical achievement, Christian: won his last Emmy in April for hisi direction of rowing and canoeing: events for NBCs coverage of thei 1992 Olympic Games in Spain. 'i Diversified Communications itself is privately held by the reth family. Horace Hildreth Srf governor of Maine in the 1940s, started the company. i The current owners decided to, sell some of its interests so that) members who have reached retire ment age can retire. The station is selling most of its' broadcast operations except for WCJB-TV, Gainesville, one of.

the companys more lucrative op-, erations. 4 Diversified held on to its four cable systems in New England and southern Maine, New Hampshire, and southern Massachusetts. They also publish trade magazines iiK eluding National Fisherman Magazine and Workboat Magazine. Th'e group has a large trade show op- eration. This will mark the third time in almost 10 years that Scranton-based WYOU-TV will be sold.

OB station that has been on the selling block since August, will be bought by a group of Scranton-area investors, Horace Hildreth, president of Diversified Communications, owners of the CBS affiliate, confirmed Friday. Bill Christian, WYOU-TVs general manager, would be one of the part owners. Hildreth would not confirm who the two other investors were. The group would not only buy WYOU but would take over the other two stations Diversified has for sale including WPDE-TV in Florence, S.C., and WABI-TV in Bangor, Maine, Hildreth said. I really dont want to say any more than I have to, Hildreth said.

What do they say? 'It isnt over til the fat lady sings and I havent heard the singing yet. But we are negotiating. Hildreth said he didnt foresee any reason why we wouldnt complete it, but you never know. Until we have something firm, I'd rather not say anything definite, he saidf Diversified Communications bought WYOU in 1986 from Southeastern Capital Corp. That company had bought the station when it was WDAU in 1984.

Diversified bought the station for $22.5 million from Southeastern. Don 7 Smoke in Bed Even on Rood Hildreth thought the idea of local investors purchasing the station would be a great thing for the Scranton area. The ownership would have local flavor, he said. Christian, who referred all calls concerning the sale to Hildreth at Diversified, has been WYOUs vice president and general manager since 1991. Christian, a graduate of Abington Heights High School and an area native, majored in communications at the University of Pennsylvania.

He was hired by WNEP-TV to be the executive producer of PM Magazine. He was production manager for WNEPs Newswatch 16. In 1987, he left the area to become vice president and general manager of WPDE-TV in Florence, S.C., (ironically, one of the stations hell be purchasing). Christian brought that station 0I3 cry. 1 cannot tell you how many people did this to my mother and me.

Please call when you are able to be upbeat and offer a sick person some cheerful diversion. 4. DONT send the patient candy or rich foods they are unable to eat. Ask what the patient can have and offer to prepare something light and nourishing. Homemade soups are always a treat.

i i i MORE 2 igJEinttaviiilBirreB TOMORROW THAN rnn i' inrn Rule Roost An unusually funny Nurses (9:30 p.m., Ch. 28) features former TV doctors Chad Everett (Medical Center), Vince Edwards (Ben Casey) and Larry Linville (M-A-S-II) playing themselves. They are recruited for the ribbon-cutting of the hospitals new maternity wing. SUNDAY'S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS Backdraft makes its network TV debut (8 p.m., Ch. 28).

Kurt Russell, William Baldwin and Scott Glenn star in this 1991 film about firefighters. The Oscar-nominated special effects are a standout. Robert DeNiro, Donald Sutherland and Rebecca DeMornay have supporting roles. Redgrave makes a rare television appearance in They" (8 p.m., Showtime), a new film about a blind woman whose spirituality helps to heal a couple (Patrick Bergin, Valerie Mahaffey) grieving over the death of their daughter. Lesley Ann Warren plays a woman who shoots her daughters rapist in court on A Mothers Revenge (9 p.m., Ch.

16). Bruce Davison plays her husband, and Annette OToole portrays her lawyer in this drama that, surprisingly, is based on a novel and not a true story. The four-part Sharpe begins on Masterpiece Theatre (9 p.m., Ch. 44). Sean Bean plays Richard Sharpe, a maverick British rifleman fighting against Napoleon in 19th-century Spain.

Alec Baldwin narrates "A Time of AIDS (9 p.m., The Discovery Channel), a four-hour documentary (concluding Monday) that traces the history of the epidemic, including interviews with the scientists who identified HIV, and many of the people whose stories were dramatized in the HBO film And the Band Played On. Jackie Onassls: An Intimate Portrait" (10 p.m., Lifetime) is an hour-long documentary on the life of the former first lady before, during and since the Kennedy presidency. United Feature Syndicate WVIA 90 FM performs Words in 6 p.m.: Flashback. WEZX 107 FM. Tune in to "1976." 0 p.m.: Historical Approach to the Positive Music.

WRTI 105 9 FM Harrison Ridley Jr. spins the music of Erskine Hawkins, Rex Stewart and Cootie Williams. 8 p.m.: Rock Over London. WEZX 107 FM. The Curgnd The Jam are featured.

ii 1 1 New 'Lonesome Dove' Won't 5. DONT say, If there is any thing I can do, please let met know. I heard this dozens of times, and it always soundest phony. Cook or bake something Drop ofT a humorous book or funny video. Come over and visit the caretaker if the patient ii gravely ill.

Caretakers get lonelt! and depressed and can use a lift. If you feel awkward and don't know what to say or do, be honest and say just that. We can then help; you so you will know how to help US through a difficult time. MISSING MOM IN LA. DEAR MISSING MOM: So many people who mean well often sa; and do the wrong thing around til terminally ill and their familie You have made a meaningful coi tribution, and I thank you.

Syndicate, Inc. favorite newsstand, home delivery. DEAR ANN LANDERS: Last May, my husband and I were driving from West Orange, N.J., to Washington, D.C., to visit our daughter. We were bringing her mattress, which was secured on the top of our truck. Shortly before we got off the New Jersey Turnpike, we smelled smoke-.

We pulled over to the shoulder and discovered that the smoke was coming from the burning mattress. We jumped out and pulled the burning mattress off the roof. A few minutes later, a New Jersey state trooper arrived and tried to extinguish the fire. Shortly after, a fire engine came, and the firefighters finished the job. In view of the fact that none of us was smoking, we asked the firefighters what could possibly have caused the fire.

They said, Someone tossed a lit cigarette out of a car, and it landed on your mattress. I am writing this to alert others to the potential danger of throwing lighted cigarettes from car windows. That thoughtless act could have cost us our lives. V.W., WEST ORANGE, N.J. DEAR V.W.

IN W.O.: Ive had dozens of letters complaining about this problem. Yours was the one that brought home the point most dramatically. Many thanks. DEAR ANN LANDERS: My loving, laughing mother passed away recently after a short bout with cancer. Helping care for her was a privilege, but I encountered a lot of well-meaning but less-than-help-ful assistance from the people around us.

May I offer some advice to your readers? 1. DONT visit the patient unannounced. Please call ahead. 2. DONT send get well cards to a person who is not going to get well.

And dont write to tell us how sad you are. Such messages upset my mother who was having enough trouble dealing with her own sadness. Send a funny or happy note. Or better yet, share a funny mem- 9:00 (HBO) Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) A divorced couple battle for custody ot their young son 216787 10:00 (MAX) V4 In Love and War (1958) Three disparate Marines are impacted by war (In Stereo) 652067 (PRSM) City of Joy (1992) A disillusioned American doctor finds new hope in Calcutta 5852597 11:00 (TNT) '2 "Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) A Texas adventurer risks his neck for siding with a Mexican.

4396313 afterno6n 12:00 89 aaj The Karats Kid, Part Two (1986) While visiting Okinawa, Daniel battles his mentor's foes 64874 (HBO) Critters 4 (1992) Space colonists battle a new wave of carnivorous urchins (In Stereo) 683435 (MAX) '2 Three on a Couch (1966) A psychiatrist gets professional help'1 from her fiance 957042 (SHOW) A Stella (1990) A determined woman battles to raise her daughter on her own (In Stereo) 300110 12:05 (WTBS) When Dreams Come True (1985) A woman's dream of being stalked by a killer becomes reality. 1999771 12:45 (TNT) Vi "Santa Fe (1951) Foot brothers take separate paths after the Civil War 12623961 1:00 (D 2 "All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) Animated A 1939 New Orleans orphan befriends a canine band 71874 1:30 (HBO) Breakin 2 Electric Booga-loo (1984) Breakdancers fight to save their community center. (In Stereo) 81 7868 2:00 83 Hot to Trot (1988) A stockbroker gets the inside track from his talking horse 55077 (DISN) aaV4 The Three Lives of Thoma- sma (1964) A cat uses three of her lives for her owners enrichment 284936 (MAX) aa Tough Enough (1983) A struggling country singer turns to fighting for money 518042 2 05 (WTBS) a 2 Date With an Angel (1987) A disabled angel disrupts the life of an aspiring composer 9365428 2:35 (SHOW) aaa Three Men and a Baby (1987) Three Manhattan bachelors are left in charge of an infant (In Stereo) 22181348 2:40 (TNT) aaa Castle Keep (1969) Infantrymen try to protect a Belgian castle from Germans 16835752 300 (D aa "The Great Outdoors (1988) A family vacation goes awry when obnoxious relatives show up 94706 (HBO) aa The Experts (1989) KGB agents shanghai a pair of hip New Yorkers (In Stereoy67526 JON BURLINGAME Tune in Tonight tinues to be. Kuralt introduces clips from 10 memorable stories and updates them; as well as several celebrity profiles, along with new commentary by their subjects. And essayist Andy Rooney, as always, has the amusing last word.

TODAYS HIGHLIGHTS Johnny Cash returns to Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (8 p.m., Ch. 22) as Kid Cole, a role he originated last season. Cashs wife, June Carter Cash, also guests, as a faith healer who clashes with Michaela on treatment for Coles TB. Two 1992 movies make their pay-cable debuts: Glengarry Glen Rosa (9 p.m., Showtime), David Mamets adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, boasts an ensemble cast that includes A1 Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin and Ed Harris; and Hero (8 p.m., HBO), a comedy-drama with Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis and Andy Garcia.

After just two telecasts, ABC has canceled The Paula Poundstone Show. Replacing it tonight is a Matlock rerun (9 p.m.) from last season, with country star Randy Travis as a singer accused of murdering his larcenous partner. TV Western star Dale Robertson (Tales of Wells Fargo, Iron Horse) makes the first of several guest appearances on Harts of the West (9 p.m., Ch. 22). He plays Jakes long-lost brother Zeke, a Western novelist.

Scheduled reports on Front Page" (9 p.m., Ch. 38): the rise in HIV-infected young people in San Francisco; Cubans who risk their lives by crossing the Florida Straits to the United States; and soaring medical costs associated with shooting incidents. IN MONEY SAVING! COUPONS Valassis I Coupon Insert Valassis II Coupon Insert Product Mover's Coupon Insert Quad Marketing Coupon Insert Sullivan Marketing Coupon Insert Kmart Sears Hills Montgomery Ward CVS Fay's Shur Save Price Chopper Insalaco's I Mr. Z's Acme I Woolworth Payless Shoe Revco 1 Naked Furniture Family Dollar Store II Rosen's Furniture Weis Market Skettino's Market Rainbow Market Alunni's Market Insalaco's-Honesdale Inserts not available in all areas by advertisers' requests. PLUS THE AREAS LARGEST COMIC SECTION PARADE NORTHEAST WOMAN TV TIMES Dont njisS Sunday in fflxz Sunbag (Himes I i I I 5 I I I HOLLYWOOD Return to Lonesome Dove," the seven-hour sequel to the 1989 Western classic, begins (9 p.m.

Sunday, Ch. 22). Fans of the original, which won seven Emmys ana the prestigious Peabody Award, will inevitably be disappointed. Most of the original cast not to mention the writer, director and composer declined to return for this written-for-TV follow-up (which has no connection to Streets of Laredo, author Larry McMurtrys own sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning original). Jon Voight takes over from Tommy Lee Jones as Woodrow Call, the former Texas Ranger who now runs a cattle ranch; and Barbara Hershey succeeds Anjelica Huston as Clara Allen, the horse rancher.

Among the key original cast members, only Rick Schroder returns as Newt Dobbs. In the story, written by John Wilder Call asks two old friends (William Petersen, Louis Gossett Jr.) to help him drive a herd of mustangs from Texas to Montana, and a mysterious Mexican woman (Nia Peeples) signs on for the drive. Dobbs, meanwhile, ets mixed up with a Montana land aron (Oliver Reed). Considered on its own terms, this nicely photographed, well-acted saga is reasonably absorbing. As a sequel to what many critics consider the greatest Western in TV history, however, "Return to Lonesome Dove is a pallid failure.

It continues on Tuesday and concludes on Thursday night. 60 Years (7 p.m. Sunday, Ch. 22) is a terrific retrospective of the respected newsmagazine, which celebrated its silver anniversary in September. Charles Kuralt hosts this two-hour look back at many memorable stories and the roster of distinguished correspondents that reported them.

Included are profiles of veteran reporters Mike Wallace, Morley Safer and Ed Bradley; and an interview with executive producer Don Hewitt, who built 60 Minutes into the ratings powerhouse it con- TODAY 8 Weekend Edition. WVIA 90 FM NPRi Scott Simon host! magazine aenea of newa, features, interviews and more for the weekend listener. 1:05 p.m.: Football. WGBI 910 AM and WILK 980 AM Florida State at Norte Dame. 1:30 p.m.: NPR World of Opera WVIA 90 FM.

Richard Wagners The Flying Dutchman. 3 p.m.: Library of Jazz: WRTI1059 FM. Bassist Wilbur Ware is featured. 10 Thistle A Shamrock. WVIA 90 FM.

I Pick up a copy at your or call 348-9190 for Today's show highlights music by Patsy WILK 980 AM. Phoenix at Dallas. Seddon, Mary MacMaster and Sileas. 4 Album Feature. WEZX 107 FM.

Lou Fontaine tracks the Talking Heads Speaking In Tongues." SUNDAY 2 p.m.: Sunday Concert Hall. The Four Nations Ensemble Sense and Nonsense: Music and the Time of Jane Austen. 10 Reelin In The Years. WEZX 107 FM Jeff Beck, Don Henley. 11 Athlete of the Week.

WEJL 630 AM Scranton Times sports writer Scott Walsh interviews North Pocono football player Jeff Laboranti and coach Nick Donato 12.45 Football. WGBI 910 AM and.