The Wichita Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • 29

Saturday June 27 1992 THE WICHITA EAGLE 5C Broadcasting BEST BETS Actor hopes he arrested later as the bad guy bobcurihght Movie the Lonely'': (1991 romanceoomedy) John Candy Maureen (7 pm HBO Ch 15) Series Teddy sells cosmetics door to door (9 pm NBC and KSNW Ch 3) and the Jake feces prison after kng a teen (9 pm CSS and KWCH Ch 12) A boy withdraws after seeing his mother murdered (9 pm ABC and KAKE Ch 10) "The Statler Brothers Conway Twttty BaiNe the Boys and Daniel Menen-dez (8 pm TNNCh 5) Sports BasebaR: Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles (6 pm KAKE Ch 10) Tennis: Wimbledon eariy round singes matches (1 1 am NBC and KSNW Ch 3) segment that links the Bride case to the soealled 1-70 Killer The other parts being filmed this weekend in Indianapolis Terre Haute Ind and St Charles Mo will be documentary footage and interviews with officers and survivors rather than reenactments Wichita was chosen for the reenactment because there were two victims Breslin said to a little different from what we usually said Breslin whose crew last came to Wichita two years ago to film the drivety shooting case of Cedric Scott (who incidentally was apprehended 13 days after the segment aired) not our usual profile because no person has been Breslin said "ITS more of a news Rounding out the cast are Melanie Alexander as victim Patricia Magers and Fred Ervin as foe unidentified eyewitness who stumbled upon the killer in the shop but realize until later who he had seen Griffin customer service representative at Pioneer Balloon Co and Hirschler assistant art director at KSAS Ch 24 were both paid union scale tor the daylong shoot Wednesday More Importantly the job helped them cross a major barrier in acting getting a union card "I have to worry about that now in Los Angeles and that's a Griffin said was also my first national audition so getting the part was a big step for me There was nothing negative except being told I looked so much like the Jack Breslin spokesman for Most said the Wichita reenactment will be only about 2 minutes of a llkninute time model who is planning to move to Los Angeles in December and launch an acting career For Michelle Hirshler who plays victim Patricia Smith there were two difficult moments The first came when she realized that Mark Magers husband of one victim would be there 8S a technical consultant helped choose the wardrobe that was appropriate I know it had to be really sad for Hirschler said hardest part for me was the last scene when we were being murdered You see that much but what you are thinking in your own mind to pretty scary" While Griffin and Hirschler both acting students of Tracy Stoat were spooked at first by the macabre television project they said there are abo positive things that can come from it our portrayals will help bring the killer to Hirschler said no doubt that reenacting Wichita's La' Bride d'Elegance murders this week for an upcoming episode of America's Most will leave a lasting impression on the young acton chosen to play both killer and victim was realty creepy to portray somebody wbo had actually me this particularly in the actual room where it happened It was a real challenge" noted Monte Griffin chosen to play the sdlkin-Jdentifled man who shot shop Jnanager Patricia Magers and assistant Patricia Smith on April 11 The segment will air at 7 pjn July 31 on KSAS Ch 4-24 Griffin was cast primarily for his appearance which closely re-fcmbles the composite sketch of the killer who has been linked to fitter deaths from Indiana to Missouri in recent months And that aspect of casting was particularly unnerving for Griffin shots when I was talking with the other actors I felt the investigating officer's eyes glued on me the whole Griffin said the shoot he said we should go downtown for a little talk He was joking but the director Steve McCarthy told us (da couple of actors who had been arrested after being on Most Wanted One lady was taken off a bus by police and another guy was picked up when he was walking his dog hope I have that kind of problem" said Griffin a part- Bab Csrtrighfs sMdb appears Sundays Tuesdays Wednesdays and Saturdays TONIGHT ON TELEVISION Playboy signal to town JBy Bob Curtright Ch Wichita Eagle Wichita will be getting two new low-power televi-sim stations next month including one that will offer the pay-extra Playboy Channel during late-night hours KDN-TV Ch 51 and KFS-TV Ch 55 are expected to be on the air by the end of July or first of August According to Robb Nutt general manager of the two stations which are owned by River City Broadcasting Channel 55 will carry the Nostalgia Channel offerings from the 1950s and 1960s to anyone who has a JJHF loop antenna or an AB switch to disconnect from cable It will be free to viewers and supported with lulverttoing I Channel 51 on the other hand will be a scrambled signal of sports and special events plus Playboy from 10 mil to 4 am that can be seen only by hooking up to a pental decoder Nutt said The decoder rents for $10 per month The Playboy subscription for late-night programming to an additional $10 per month River City Broadcasting which consists of Kansas Investors from Wichita Olathe and Kansas City also plans to launch a third station Channel 53 for pay-extra concerts movies and special events as soon as toe license to approved by the Federal Communications Commission Nutt said That will bring to five the number of low-power stations in Wichita Channel 15 to a nofrcable version of Home Shopping Club and Channel 59 to the religious Trinity Broadcasting Nutt said Channel 55 to rather than merely low-power because there win also lie three blocks of daily local programming From 1-2 pm will be "Your revival of a magazine show Nutt produced in 1984 with former Miss Kansas Lisa Berwick as host Auditions for a new host will be in midJuly From 5-6 pm will be two half-hour shows: one for children with longtime Wichita personality Henry Harvey (remember Freddy Fudd?) and a teen dance party sort of a Wichita Bandstand And from 11 pm to midnight will be City which Nutt described as talk radio to television" Though each low-power station operates on only 1000 watts the signals will beam from 800 feet up on the 200-foot KSAS tower nine miles west of Wichita Nutt said the stations should be visible to about 200000 homes in a 50-mile radius which stretches to Hutchinson Wellington Newton and Augusta Nutt said he was not worried about offering Playboy in Wichita even though Multimedia Cablevision refused to cany it for fear of public protest in past years did a closed survey with 100 people to see if they would subscribe We expected 10 to say sign up but 68 Nutt said Realistically he to projecting about 20000 subscribers the company's decoder equipment has a capacity of 5000 Playboy subscribers must sign a release that they are consenting adults who know what they are signing up for Nutt said The channel can also be locked so children cannot tune it in expect any problems 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