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THAT MONDAY. AUG. 11, 2003 BUSINESS LI The as a Science Biotech of Center Marketing MOND A A.J. Carter Page A25 Here, PBS stations nationwide find mass appeal in using WLIW's fund-raising shows WTTW-Chicago There By James T. Madore STAFF WRITER he camera zooms over the Leaning Tower a TV thedral Orlando Every studio a 20 and bird's-eye where minutes gondolas two or view so, plying hosts of the the these urge travelogue canals and viewers other of is tion to call in their donations.

Terrel Cass gestures to the volunteers poised swer the telephones that come to life as he speaks. Co-host Laura Savini then talks about the videotapes and DVDs of the show, "Visions of Italy: Northern Style," that are available in return for a pledge of support. "If you call in around a program like this, you can rest assured more are going to find their way to this station," she says. "Don't just be a viewer, be a member. Call this station now and join.

We are looking forward to you as a member." However, Cass, Savini and the people taking pledge calls aren't speaking from WMFE's studios in Orlando. They are on Long Island at the studios of WLIW 21, where Cass and Savini are top executives. The phone calls aren't from Floridians but residents of metropolitan New York. And the pledge break isn't live; it was taped weeks, months or even years ago, depending on the program. This sleight-of-hand represents a growing trend Everywhere of Pisa, Florence's great domed caVenice, giving television viewers in famous sites in northern Italy.

interrupted and the scene shifts to of central Florida's public TV sta- WLIW-Long Island to anWMFE-Orlando KTEH-San Jose Utley 'S Joanne Illustration pa Photos; Old Newsday Some a Some Banks Are Called Robber-Friendly By Tania Padgett STAFF WRITER ew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has on bank blamed But the Long the branches. rise industry's Island of bank police new beg robberies to in customer-friendly differ. the They city say the reasons for any surge in bank robberies are I the languishing economy, old cameras and poorly trained staff. "The new bank layouts are not the problem," said Det. Sgt.

Alan Feinstein, who oversees Suffolk County's robbery division. "Bank robbers are usually desperate individuals who rob banks of all kinds." Feinstein's comments come as Bloomberg and New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly continue to criticize the banking industry for what they 0019-008-008-1 say are lax security measures to promote more customer-friendly branch environments. In the past few years, banks such as Californiabased Washington Mutual New Jersey-based Commerce Bancorp and Long Island-based Smithtown Bancorp have removed "bandit barriers" the Plexiglas that separates tellers from customers See BANKS on A28.