Tucson Citizen from Tucson, Arizona • 2

2A Tucson Citizen Wednesday October 26 1988 Diocese taking Channel 18 off air financial drain cited Whales may he freed today The Associated Press its license and more importantly the right to sell it to a new owner? once the station goes off the air The cutbacks at KMSB were an nounced today by Randy Cantrell the general manager and-vice president Among those laid off is George Borozan a 33-year veteran of Tucson television and radio Borozan" has held many on- and off-the-air' positions in local radio and television since being hired by KTUC-AM-in 1955 Borozan probably is best known as the former anchor of news programs The station was sold two years ago at which time it changed its call letters from KZAZ to KMSB and dropped its' news broadcasts Most recently Borozan has been director of news and personnel Borozan 54 is an active Republican served on the Arizona Board of Tax Appeals from 1975 to 1983 ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the Arizona Corporation Commission in 1984 and lost to William Gilkin-son in the Tucson mayoral Republican primary last year Cantrell said the decision to make the layoffs and not fill vacant positions was based on anticipated income for the coming year He said it was part of a local business slowdown affecting every station in Tucson In addition to Borozan the station laid off the manager of local advertising sales a broadcast equipment engineer and a clerical worker Cantrell said those laid off received severance pay based on length of service being used to support KDTU He said the station is commercially successful by industry standards and near the break-even point KDTU repeatedly has been criticized by several of its Tucson competitors for allegedly overbidding to get syndicated programs Syndicated programming including nonnetwork shows and other shows that are not locally produced make up the bulk of the programming at independent stations and the nonprime time programming at net work affiliates KDTU and diocese officials have denied that saying the prices for syndicated programming rose naturally with two new indepedent stations (KDTU and KPOL) joining KMSB-TVChannel 1 1 and three network affiliates in bidding for shows The closing of the station will reduce some but not all of its expenses Besides the capital expenses Allison said the station will still have to pay for syndicated programming it purchased even though it will no longer be broadcasting the shows Allison said the 40 fulltime and two part-time employees were given two notice yesterday and two weeks severance pay He said they are not eligible for unemployment compensation because the station is a church-owned operation and exempt from providing unemployment insurance Allison said the Federal Communications Commission has been notified that the station is going but said he know if the station would hold the rights to Continued from 1A It was strongly criticised by some church members earlier this year when it began carrying Morton Downey Jr a controversial syndicated live-audience talk show featuring a frequently abusive host and violent or sexually oriented subjects The show was quickly pulled and later picked up by KPOL-Channel 40 this fall In his letter Moreno said pressure to be a commercially successful station led to some lapses in programming quality It became obvious that it was not appropriate for a diocesan-owned station to broadcast programs and motion pictures of questionable content no matter how commercially successful they might Moreno said he made the decision to sell with the advice of the Diocesan Finance Council and the Council A diocesan spokesman said no single event led to the decision to close the station The station was rumored to have been very near sale within the last several weeks The diocese refused comment on whether the failure of a sale caused the bishop to close the station Fred Allison a veteran Tucson broadcaster and spokesman for the diocese for the last several years said no money was ever taken directly from the parishes within the diocese to support the station But he said a diocese fund that in the past was used to make building loans to parishes was used He said the diocese has been unable to make those loans to parishes because the money was instead ArcecOcean Point Barrow Enlargedl Area I Dr awing is schematic An ice mass collides with store-fixed ice and grinds together in about 40 feel of water a jumbled mass of ice chunks as wide as two foofeal fields rises 30 feet above the surface Associated Press the smaller ship could go all the way to the whales Rescuers counted oh a steady east wind and prevailing currents to carry debris left by the icebreakers out of the path Meanwhile chain saw-wielding Eskimos cut a detour for the whales to swim around shallow water through which the animals had refused to pass By cutting breathing holes in deeper water away from the shoal the Eskimos were able to lure the whales about two miles from the place where they were found A third whale disappeared Friday and is believed dead The North Slope Borough helicopter that flew whale-rescue team members to the icebreaker took Reshetov and several crew members to see the whales First Mate Vladimir Moroz who said he was the political officer said the Soviets were happy to help Pathways to open water are two miles Worn ice ridge IpE RIDGE Four miles from tie ice ridge the whales have been using breathing holes punched to almost a mde away from the original holes mlral Makarov as it waited about 25 miles northeast of Barrow' After a perfunctory briefing the skipper said he was ready to begin work immediately shall commence just said Sergei Fedorovich Re-shetov five minutes our engines will be The 440-foot icebreaker an American flag flying above its frost-encrusted superstructure quickly cruised through thin ice to the pressure ridge that is the last significant barrier to free- dom In just a few hours the ship had battled almost three-fourths of the way through the ridge a jumble of ice blocks as big as small houses With only about 100 yards to go the Admiral Makarov which draws about 40 feet of water nearly ran out of room The plan was for the 496-foot Vladimir Arseniev an ice-breaking cargo ship that draws only about 20 feet to finish the job Rescuers however did not think Look at leads to crash Guard helicopter crew deputies in anti-drug program killed from the Army Safety Center in Fort Rucker Ala and the National Guard Safety Office said National Guard Maj Steve Mensik Monday fiery crash occurred when the five lawmen and three guardsmen aboard the UH-1H helicopter noticed a vehicle with its lights off parked on a remote access road off Interstate 8 about 70 miles east of San Diego were in the process of descending to get a closer look at the suspect vehicle Apparently at about 500 feet they struck a power line that had been strung between two Mensik said discovered later that it was a US Border Patrol vehicle with at least one agent inside He later of ABOARD THE ADMIRAL MAKAROV Two Soviet icebreakers flying US and Soviet flags worked today to smash through an ice ridge as dawn approached on what rescuers hope will be freedom day for two whales imprisoned in ice for nearly three weeks whales-seemed to be doing Rear Adm Sigmund Petersen of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said this morning like they expected something to be happening Everything seems to be coming Rescuers had one of their best days yet yesterday as the unprecedented international effort to save the two i California gray whales neared a climax They succeeded in moving the huge mammals abound a shoal that had stymied progress for three days As darkness fell yesterday the mammals were only about two miles from the water being opened by the Soviet ships The whales could be freed by late this afternoon if things go as well today as they did the day before said NOAA rescue coordinator Ron Morris feel very good about Petersen said this morning cooperation has just been fantastic The Soviets came in here with a very positive attitude and went to work Later today rescuers planned to use a tractor-like device propelled by pontoon augers to cut the relatively thin ice remaining between the whales and the farthest advance certainly hope it will end Petersen said are just hoping that things are just coming In another development yesterday the Federal Aviation Ad-mininistration ordered flights around Barrow Point to stay above 2000 feet because of crowding by small planes taking a look at the whales The Washington Post said Around noon yesterday Morris Petersen and Capt Jim McClelland of the US Coast Guard flew to the icebreaker Ad- HALLOWEEN CANDY PARTICIPANTS AT Phone Center All American Hero Dalton Books Blue Chip Cookie Body Soul Broadway Southwest Hallmark Chaparral Contempo Casuals County Seat Crabtree Evelyn Cutlery World Dr Drachmap Bride Groom Drachman Formal Wear Expressions Fast 1 Hour Foto General Nutrition 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