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6-D THE MIAMI HERALD Wed Aug 7 1974 Independent Station Is For Sale TODAY'S TELEVISI011 8 illion Price Tag on 6 0 WIVJ-CBS WPTY-NBC WCIX-TV WCAT-NBC WPEC-TV ABC CD WINN UHF ETV En Win! UHF ED WNW UHF 0 WPAT-PBS (1) WPIG-17 ABC JACK ANDERSON herald tvradio editor Best Bets that by gating FCC approval to use Channel 33 as a "translator" tl be operated from Channel 51's tower in North Dade Nor1 Dade and Broward householders can now get the station's signal on both Channel 6 and the UHF Channel 33 World Football League games this fall and winter has just acquired the right to air the CBS late movies and its nightly Eyewitness News has just doubled its ratings Officers of General Cinema were not available for comment but it's gene7lly believed that the widely di versified corporation simply wants to tighten its holdings in the face of the declining economy able money to finance a deal THE STATION airs an array of highly popular reruns of former network series has a good movie package will be airing the Miami's non-network television station WCIX TV (Ch 6)' is for sale The station has been on the market for several months this writer has learned with a price tag of $8 million This doesn't come as news to insiders in broadcasting here There have been rumors among them for some time that General Cinema Corp which has operated the station since Sept II 1972 wanLcd out Ted Adams general manager of Channel 6 declined go comment except to say: "It's a matter of public record by now and I can't add anything to it" Reportedly there have been several interested possible buyers who backed off because of the high 'price and the tightness of avail 11 The Hudson Brothers Show 8 pm 0 Andy Griffith and Rod Hull and his wonderful Emu are guests The brothers contribute several songs and comedy bits which include skits about the Marx Brothers and the Brothers Karamazov plus a movie spoof called "Gad Greatsby" 1 hr Kojak 10 pm 0 Kojak is trying to clear the name of a cop who has been killed He has to do it before the funeral otherwise the dead man won't get buried with honors What Kojak finds is ironic in a talky but good Story Repeat showing 1 hr ti A-7A A THERE IS a slight hitch in selling the station Under Federal Communications Commission rules a station which has held its license less than three years can be sold only for the price at which it was originally bought General Cinema's original investment was about $4 but since acquiring the property the corporation has lent the station another $4 million for capital im tied Cita la tita cAockmali) di i A Awe tray Return Sept 30 Sept 30 t' 6:05 CO Your Future Is Now 6:30 0 Summer Semester 0 Sunshine Almanac C3 Scene in Spanish 6:45 0 Meeting Place Covmunity Report tD Job Line OE) Sunshine Almanac 7: 00 Skipper Chuck 00 Today CD CBS Morning News CD New Zoo Revue 7: 30 OD I Dream of Jeannie 8:00 Capt Kangaroo ID AM Miami OD Green Acres 8:30 OD I Love Lucy 9:00 CI 0 Big Valley CI It Takes A Thief ID Arthur Co OD Not For Women Only 9:30 World of Law Wally's Workshop provements Which explains the $8 million price tag Despite an economy wave or two in which the station trimmed its staff it is reported very close to the break-even point in its operation cost and may turn a profit by the end of this year THE PREVIOUS officers and directors of Coral Television Corp the licensee now a subsidiary of General Cinema lost money heavily in their eight years of operation But with General Cinema's take-over two years ago the station's financial situation gradually improved although it has been uphill all the way Until recently the station's service was hampered by the location of its transmitter and antenna tower in southwest Dade County Most homes in Dade had their antennas oriented to the northeast toward Hallandale where the rest of the station towers are located But Channel 6 remedied the apartment of a supposedly out of town client 90 min Fair a Gilligan's Island (1) Mike Douglas 31:1 SubePelayo CD New Zoo Revue 4:30 a Mery Griffin Guests: George Jesse! JimInie Walker Anson Charm 90 min night the daredevil feats of Evel Knievel computer dating and olives among others I hr Baseball Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros 2 hrs 30 min a) TV-10 Movie "The Stranger Who Looks Like Me" Beau Bridges Meredith Baxter An adopted girl searches for her real mother with the help of a young man also looking for the parents who gave him UP: 90 min Fair a) Energy Conservation la) Noche de Gala 1ww EF) Noche de Gala Balky TI7 Stars Usually Get Their Own Way Sept: 12 i '''-----'''''-r0 1 The fusel Government Office of Tourism El Al Israel Airlines end Offiial Travel Center have joined hands to co-ordinate 4 momentous occasionpilgrimage We Miamians the Loyal Friends of Israel have I dedicated this pilgrimag and named it the Shalom Holiday" We further slate that we are eoming to Israel en meow en board El AI giant jumbo jet le celebrate the High Holv Days and pray with you for a ustined and lasting peace in the New '4 Near Grad here we come! 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A head of a Los Angeles medical research center is beset with medical and staff problems 2 hrs Poor OD Conversational Spanish 9:30 13 The Boarding House PREMIERE "Taj Mahal" One of contemporary music's most talented bluesmen performs "Shady Grove" "Mailbox Blues" "Johnny Too Bad" and others ID America's Problems "The Healers" John For- sythe A head of a Los An- geles medical research cen- ter is beset with medical and staff problems 2 hrs Poor OD Conversational Spanish 9:30 111 The Boarding House PREMIERE "Taj Mahal" One of con- temporary music's most tal- ented bluesmen performs "Shady Grove" "Mailbox "Johnny Too Bad" ib" ALM in rumulL $325 CHROMACOLOR PORTABLE CHROMACOLOR PORTABLE RCA Black White TV Specials Falk had indicated in the past that he thought six two-hour "Columba" shows was too much and kept him from making movies Production of "Columba" was shut down for a month before an "amicable agreement" was reached between Falk and the studio He is back at work and will make the series' six shows A joke circulating in Hollywood is that Falk got a window in his Columba raincoat 'l9" 1 YR 19" ZENITH CLOSE OUT CHROMACOLOR PORTABLE $332 19" ZENITH CHROMACOLOR PORTABLE 12 Delia Wal $88 15" Dein Wal $108 15" Remote control $129 19" Reim( Wal $132 virrot'llWIN UT 111 WI MEM 25" 4 ZENITH SOLID STATEsrl SWIVEL CONSOLE CLOSE OUT I 8 25" ZENITH SOLID STATE SWIVEL CONSOLE CLOSE OUT 6:00 0 Sesame Street 000CDCB (Local) News 0 I Love Lucy Carrasolendas ED Rifleman 6:30 WV0 ROBERT WOOD president of the CBS television network negotiated by telephone with producer William Finnegan Lord and tedn 'SEEIESTAtEgESTaLe(-141'f? 4:1 11:00 0 Now You See It 0 la High Rollers 0 Troth or Consequences 11:30 0 love of Life El 0 Hollywood Squares ID Newswatch CB Brady Bunch i ty i4 I 0 1 0 a) CB CD ED 0 CI CO CB ED FALK FOXX 12:00 00 (Local) News 0 Romper Room tit Jackpot Password 12:30 0 Search for Tomorrow 00 Celebrity Sweepstakes NEAT' C0011 VOU1 131'vrJE EILECCRIICALIT tillytith OHO Cc)5impe8yomil CARROLL O'CONNOR cited differences between his contract with Tandem Productions makers of "All in the Family" and Tandem's contract with CBS Ale said for instance that the differences pre vented him from accepting $500000 to do a beer commercial He also sought $64017 he claimed was due him in back salary and was upset that Tandem had docked him $18000 for missing a day's work due to illness Tandem threatened to write O'Connor permanently out of the show and taped two shows without him -Terms of the settlement were not disclosed but O'Connor reportedly got everything he asked for including a Monday-Friday week instead of Wednesday-Tuesday and the right to sit out an episode now and then In the heyday of movies a studio could simply suspend a balky star and put someone else into a role They always had someone warming up in the bullpen If Betty Davis wouldn't do a film Ida was the backup If Marilyn Monroe refused Jane Mansfield was ready But the television star has enormous leverage A series is an ongoing affair Its success is closely related to the popularity of its star If a star won't do a series a multimillion-dollar project is put in jeopardy 0 News COO Split Second 1:00 0 Young Restless 0 Movie "Beach Ball" See 10 am Ch 6 Aug 5 2 hrs 0 0 Somerset ODGE) All My Children 1:30 0 As The World Turns 0 0 Jeopardy Oa) Let's Make A Deal ao Stock Market Report 2:00 Lord's agent It was rumored That Wood the man who fired the Smothers Brothers had told Lord to be back at work Monday or he would be replaced Lord had objected to a visitor being on the set when he showed up unex- pectedly He doesn't permit visitors when he is lug Finnegan refused to ask the visitor to leave Lord threatened to have Finnegan removed as producer But CBS backed Finnegan and in effect told Lord he was not running the show FOXX the first walkaway said he wanted better working conditions including a window in the rehearsal hall and wanted more money including a huge percentage of the show He held out for nearly six months as "Sanford and Son" went on without him He finally got what he wanted including a reported 25 per cent interest in the show Falk said Universal Studios was late with a check for $132777 and had breached his contract He went to court to have his contract declared void GE WEATHERTRONIHEAT URI for Automatic Year 'Round 60-11-- Climate-Control! 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