Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas • 112

rt44ft--1-1- 4s73 JERRY COFFEY Second UHF Station On bday I eA 7t- 11 2 1 A "le 'Ilil 11" at 4 ke 'Ti' 11141 --tt 41 i el 0 4 4K te et 0 -1 et 71 cc 0 0 bl 3 ex te 1- it ps 1 cl I 4 2 (3 a 'o a a In again along with such comparatively recent items as "Wagon Train" "Riverboat" and "Arrest and Trial" After exposure to sonic of these relics of an earlier era viewers may come to the conclusion that the new shows the networks are putting out really aren't so bad after all Though its counter efforts thus far have been rather tentative Channel 21 at least seems to recognize what the other new UHF outlets would do well to consider: that it is futile to try to beat the network stations and independent Channel 11 at their on game There is room for more good television in this area and opportunities for the broadcasters who provide it but old movies and older reruns won't do the jcb It's going to take bold imaginative comprehensive and thoroughly professional coverage of a wide range of local and regional affairs events and interests The Fort Worth-Dallas area's second ultra high frequency seventh television scheduled to go on the air officially Sunday KMEC-TV Channel 33 with headquarters in Dallas joins Fort Worth's KFWT-TV Channel 21 which quietly started evening programming a couple of weeks ago A third UHF station KDTV in Dallas is due to begin operations around the first of the year and the for a fourth being contested by two applicants According to the advance schedule Channel 33 will start with a more extensive program and longer broadcast day than 2-1 going on in the early afternoon and staying on until midnight or later Whereas Channel 2 I began with 90- minutes of live local music and variety each weeknight plus some local football and racing on a regular basis Channel 33's initial emphasis is on canned old series syndicated specialties ranging Isom country music to kiddie programs to Gypsy Rose Lee's talk show KN1EC-TV's major local offerings are a daily public affairs program titled "Dallas Speaks" and an early afternoon REGARDS TO Darin as George Cohan and Liza Minnel re-create the vaudeville scene of the early 1900s on Wednesday's "Kraft Music Ilan" on NBC women's feature called "Lady's Fare" Going up against four solidly established VHF commercial stations presents something of a dilemma for the emerging UlIF outlets: The available program products haVe been picked over pretty thoroughly As a result both of the new stations are having to reach far back for movies and series properties a situation which likely will promote some viewing for nostalgia's sake among long-time tube-watchers' "Mr District Attorney" "I Led Three Lives" "Range Rider" "Annie Oakley" and "Roy Rogers" will ride TV STAR INDEX Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Moons Color 5 Saturday 41 15 Sports 8 19 Movies 12 25 Crossword 38 29 Weekend Radio 30 33 Daily Radio 32 intitkates Advvtising.