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SATURDAY JUNE 4 2005 FEATURES THE SCRANTON TIMES THE TRIBUNE B3 Jack airs his eclectic tastes on growing list of stations 'eet Jack. He's a popular guy who also goes Mi bby several other it, said James Wright, HFC's general manager. "Our goal is to purchase it but we are waiting on Federal Communications Commission issues," Mr. Wright said. Doug Lane, who was convicted in March on child molestation charges, formerly leased the frequency from Mr.

Cordaro to broadcast his WICK signal. HFC, founded in 1999, also owns and operates three Catholic stations in Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y., and Youngstown, Ohio. MARY ONDRAKO writes about radio for.SaturDay. including songs rarely heard on the radio. What he came up with was a loose format spanning nearly three decades that would vastly expand a station's music rotation.

He placed the format on Winnipeg's CFWM-FM, calling it "Bob," adopted from a Minneapolis country station's moniker that he liked. The station debuted at No. 1 in Canadian ratings among adults 25-54, according to Billboard Magazine. Later that year, the format concept was expanded to a Vancouver station, and Jack was born. Some industry analysts view the format as a breath of fresh air and a way for broadcast radio to better compete against satellite radio and new technologies like Apple's portable iPod.

Others predict that the novelty will wear off and it's destined to be another short-lived trend. But the format, and clones of it, have made their way to many major U.S.markets Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Kansas City, Detroit, Indianapolis, Washington, and Philadelphia and interest is growing. In March, Greater Media's Philadelphia station, 95.7 WMWX-FM, flipped its AC format to "Ben FM" that boasts "Playing anything we feel like." The station's moniker is named after Ben Franklin. The new station was heralded with Elton John's "Philadelphia Freedom." Entercom also recently started its own version of Jack, "Charlie-FM," at a station in Madison, Wis. The former '80s station's "WBZU" call letters are being parked in the Wilkes-BarreScranton market at the former 1300 WOGY-AM.

Jim Rising, operations manager for Entercom's local cluster, said Entercom doesn't intend to bring a "Charlie" here. Keep your radios close, though. In this business, you never, know when Jack or Charlie or another "average guy" might show up. New Catholic station A station formerly simulcasting WICK-AM's oldies music has flipped to religious programming. Holy Family Communications, a not-for-profit Catholic radio ministry, based in Wil-liamsville, N.Y., began broadcasting "Station of the Cross" on 1550 WITK-AM in Pittston earlier this week.

It is a simulcast of HFC's station, 750 WQOR-AM in Olyphant. The station is being leased from Lackawanna County Commissioner Robert Cordaro, but HFC has intentions to eventually own MARY ONDRAKO ic. In addition to expanded playlists, many of the stations also operate without live, on-air personalities and have fewer breaks for commercials and promotions. The format is designed for FM stations. The idea, according to Billboard Magazine, was the brainchild of CHUM Broadcasting radio programmer Howard Kroeger, who began a newfangled classic hitshot adult contemporary hybrid station in Manitoba, Canada, in early 2002, after attending a friend's 40th birthdayparty.

The story goes that at this party, Mr. Kroeger noticed certain songs clicked better with the crowd ranging in age from 30 to 50, particularly those from their childhoods. He decided to research further to learn the true hits of past years, names including Bob, Dave, Ben, Simon and Hank. And he basically does what he wants when he wants, but people like him anyway. What a guy But that's Jack.

I'm talking about the latest radio format phenomenon that blew in from Canada and is sweeping the nation. Jack and his regular-guy friends feature an eclectic mix of top-40 songs from the 1970s to today, all mixed together with seemingly no rhyme or reason. In the span of a half-hour, listeners could hear songs from artists ranging from No Doubt, The Cars and Boston to Super tramp, Jimmy Buffett and the Bee Gees. It flies in the face of conventional radio that tends to niche toward a specific demograph- JImDanbys Rls. 6 1 1, Clari Summit jw, DmrSpeml MoK.DmrSprtH PRIME RM BMYMCXRKS iifurtu.

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Though the film was released several years ago on DVD, this new two-disc set comes from Criterion, among the masters of home viewing. It includes a new high-definition digital transfer, multiple commentary tracks and interviews with Mr. Truffaut's collaborators and archival material with the late director. The title refers to two male friends (played by Austrian Oskar Werner and Frenchman Henri Serre), but the film's force of will is Catherine, delicately and monumentally portrayed by cinematic icon Jeanne Moreau. Their intense relationships, which include deep affection, a child and an often combustible menage a trois, is underscored by a subtle fourth character of a kind Mr.

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The performance features the Senior Company performing selections from "The Genius of Ray Charles" and "The Music of Michael Buble." Ballet dancers will perform to songs by Josh Groban, with lyrical and Jazz productions choreographed to contemporary music. Tickets are available from members or at the door. Proceeds will benefit the North Pocono High School Scholarship Fund. Senior company staff members, from left, Cara Kozel, Catherine Klotz, Danielle Walters, Michelle Occhlplntl and Julie Ardito, will perform to Ray Charles' "Hallelujah, I Love Her So." MARQUEE CINEMAS STEAMT0WN 8 The Mall at Steamtown 570 558 FILM (3456) ENDLESS MOUNTAINS ROUTE 6 CINEMA Scranton-Cartwndale Hiohway 570 343 3305 CINEMARK AT MONTAGE MOUNTAIN 40 Glenmaura National Blvd 570 961 5922 ROGER EBERT'S VIDEO ALERT. IR ROGER EBERT Af FSS HOU.YWOOD "The One Summer Movie That Will Make You Stand Up And Cinderella Man wood, built airplanes, bought airlines, romanced famous actresses, and ended his days alone in a room, trapped by madness.

Leonardo DiCapno is always convincing as he shows Mr. Hughes struggling with his demons, and Cate Blanchert rises to the occasion as Katharine Hepburn, one of a kind. The special effects, including spectacular plane crashes and the lumbering flight of the vast Spruce Goose, are convincing and seamless, and Mr. Scorsese obviously relishes re-creating the penod detail of a Hollywood golden age One of the year's best films. Ara Tlwa Yet? (Family com edy.

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a family goes through emotional crisis. The father (Jeff Daniels) drifts into shapeless afternoons on park benches, but the mother (Sigourney Weaver) and the younger son (Emile Hirsch) start talking, and healing. The movie was written and directed by Dan Harris. Still only 24. who shows natural g'ts as a filmmaker But he depends too much on melodrama and surprise reveiat-ons.

which come so thick towa'd the end that t'w-y detract from the fnm's emot'onai co'e Still, Ms Weaver is wonderful, and her relationship with her son is developed in (Iia'k of unusual efect Tie dese've a befM mone. tJt fhey get a pretty grxxJ or-e Th AvUttw 1 3. 166 2004 j. Marvn S'O'yw re-e'e a'es re se 8'd k''r U1 of Howa-J a rh 1 f'Dfn TeS w' C-O'Xie-ed I LWVfMAi t' UO0 Be Cool (Crime comedy. 112 2005).

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