The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 22

RATIO Page 2B Wednesday May 4 1983 Wednesday night television 9ohlulM mm provfctod by statons and arc aubfact to chong without noBee MOTHER'S DAY SPECIAL 1 WEEK ONLY FREE- Extra Transmitter and electric key lock with the purchase of garage door unit 13 HP R-Deluxe Installed $i9995 Light Time Delay Safety Reverse Digital Radio Controls The Fan Wants To Kill Lauren SOUTH NORJH CENTRAL 9067 BARRY RD 1501 31 METCALF AN OAK 931-6177 649-4074 436-6900 OPEN MON-FRI 10-9 SAT SUN 1-4 late Night prograns 2 15 a (5) CBS Ntghtwatch 3:30 am(41) Gunsmoke: 4:30 am (41) Marcus Welby A 09 ir ne of Bacall's fans is crazy enough to kill her! For some children darkness lasts prompted by the sale of KCMO-AM and KCEZ-FM to Fairbanks Communications Co The new owner wanted the call letters KCMO and the local TV station had to look for other letters Hie Federal Communications Commission Friday awarded the call letters to KCTV ThFan Lauren Bacall James Garner On target vwran jonnn The Star TV-radio critic KCPT-TV Channel 19 surpassed its goal of $250000 in the 11th annual auction which ended Saturday Viewers bid $258590 for merchandise and services donated by area businesses The bidding was $9390 better than last 41 Tonight at 7:00 Inside the murky chamber that is mental illness emotions get contorted by wretched circumstance and the chemistry races out of control Outside there are those who want to help but their because never been to the inside because they know mostly sometimes fail and often are questionable of a presentation from the series on public TV (8 pm today on Channel 19) brings to the screen a story of the cruel fate and ghastly misfortune of a few of the approximately 7 million mentally ill and emotionally disturbed children Produced and written by Richard Kotuk and Ara Chekmayan the hour-long documentary draws examples from extreme conditions In that regard shocking and probably will anger many of those who treat such patients The documentary shows scenes from several institutions and focuses on a variety of illnesses To its credit it brings the horrors of mental illness to the fore of simply won let us forget However it also focuses on the 19th-century methods of treatment At the end SUSPENSE THEATER KSHB-TV Class of the narrator relates the successes and failures in treating the children As a follow-up to the program the telephone call-in show will focus on the treatment of mentally ill and emotionally disturbed children Beginning at 9 pm on Channel 19 two panelists will join host Pam Whiting to answer questions KCTV June 6 Beginning June 6 KCMO-TV will be known as KCTV Hie transition began in January when KCMO paid $25000 to a station in San Angelo Texas for the call letters KCTV The need for a change in call letters was The cream of the crop from 76 high schools in the five-county area will be spotlighted in Salute to the Best of the Class of a series of short features sponsored by KCMO-TV and General Motors Corp The 146 students will be shown in 100 spot announcements that will be broadcast between May 16 and June 3 GM started the program in 1961 in Detroit and this year expanded it to 50 cities in 25 states Radio stations on center stage of firm's roster KCMO-AM and KCEZ-FM new members of the Fairbanks Broadcasting Co might move to the head of the class Fairbanks announced Tuesday that stations KVIL-AMFM in Dallas and WIBC-AM and WNAP-FM in Indianapolis have been sold to John Blair and Co for $50 million James Hilliard executive vice president and general manager of Fairbanks will join Blair as president of its owned radiostations division The New York-based Blair company is among the leading station representatives in the country At the end of 1982 Blair sold national advertising time on 122 TV stations 93 AM stations and 88 FM stations Hie company owns TV stations in small markets in California and in Oklahoma City and radio stations in Boston and Tampa Fla The Dallas and Indianapolis stations were jewels in the Fairbanks crown The Kansas City stations scheduled to join the Fairbanks operation about June 1 now become potentially the biggest although the Fairbanks station in suburban Massachusetts broadcasts into Boston a bigger market The question is: What will Fairbanks do with its newly acquired wealth Mr Hilliard and other Fairbanks officials could not be reached for comment Steve Shannon vice president and general manager of the Kansas City stations said: excited about it but I know any more about it than what read on the wire All I know is that I have received assurances from Mr (Richard M) Fairbanks personally that enthusiastic and excited about Kansas Tonight Documentary a somber look at youth in institutions The local show Judy Flander Civil War mop-up action He and HAS MORE NEWS PROFESSIONALS AQTION 0 NEWS Wecknights 5 6 10pm WDAF TV Kansas City By 1983 United Features brother Dal (Sam Elliott) have to save their sisters and fiance Kate (Katharine Ross) from a fate worse than death at the hands of a Rebel band Shadow is slick simple fun The series "The Fall (7 on channels 2 and 9) has to rescue an heiress before she hands her millions over to a cult leader "Real (7 on channels 4 and 27) covers a pool competition in which players use their noses for cue sticks Commandante Pico suspects Don Diego is the masked avenger on and (7 on channels 5 and 13) Comedian Martin Mull portrays a TV host on "Square (7:30 on Channel 5) On (9 on channels 4 and 27) Keenan Wynn and Rosemary De Camp play aging actors "On the (9 on Channel 19) examines the treatment of mentally ill and emotionally disturbed children Answering questions are Marianne Horned acting director of the Kansas City Association for Mental Health and Dr John Lester child psychiatrist The local movies "The (7 on Channel 41) Lauren Bacall James Garner 1961 A Broadway star is terrorized by an embittered fan (fair) Horton and the Scot tsboro (12: 10 am on Channel 5) Arthur Hill Vera Miles (1976) A factual drama about nine young black men focusing on the miscarriage of justice that ruined their lives (good) "This Woman Is (1:30 am on Channel 41) Joan Crawford Phillip Carey (1952) A woman finds true love after almost losing her eyesight (8 on Channel 19) begins a new season with of a somber intimate look at children in mental institutions Documen-tarians Richard Kotuk and Ara Chekmayan spent a year and a half filming in several mental institutions and what created is a dense strong hour filled with hideous sights and sounds A terrified Brian 18 suffering mania and schizophrenia is calmed using drugs because at the Eastern State School and Hospital in Trevose Pa therapy consists largely of Billy a young man is trussed to prevent him from tearing himself to pieces One boy talks about having been dumped by his parents but the documentary goes to lengths to portray the anguish of helpless parents who care At Elan an institution for in Poland Spring Maine fiendish punishments and shouting therapy are used by coldly pragmatic staffers The most difficult stuff is reserved for the closing interviews with people connected with the South Beach Psychiatric Center in Staten Island NY where there have been unexplained deaths Strong language is used throughout TAKE HOME A CUDDLE BEAR AS A BONUS WHEN YOU MAKE A 95 DEPOSIT ON YOUR PROFESSIONAL "MOMENTS TO REMEMBER" PORTRAIT SERIES The specials Our skilled photographer will capture those fleeting and wonderful expressions that too often only you get to see And just for making a 95 deposit on your portrait series we'll give your child a lovable plush $395 value Cuddle Bear to play with 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