The Sun from Biloxi, Mississippi • 12

Tho Sun Thursday September 15 1983 A 12 I i DBiroadlcasfteir beftftoinig news wo HD be the country have converted to all news after losing listeners to the stereo sound of FM sat for two years watching he said decided I was going to do this if I can negotiate with someone After six months of talk he reached an agreement on a one-year contract with CNN I'm under fire from a lot of my colleagues: can you pull it off in a market this small? Well this market is 296000 said Thieman holding his arms wide Bob Lima operations manager of WQID and WVMI wished WGUF-AM luck but added that he has doubts about its survival a difficult station to support advertising-wise because most news stations are major market he said A news station might get a satisfactory number of listeners but they usually only listen for a short period of time Lima said To overcome this a large base of advertisers such as those in big cities is needed he said "It never fails" Thieman said "They always broadcasting television printed media on the Coast think small going to think big and I'm going to win That's my WGUF-AM will be butting heads with Lima's stations WVMI a 5000 watt station located at 540-AM and to a lesser extent WQID located at 94-FM is committed to being the top news station on the Coast for covering local Lima said WQID the Coast's leading rock station and WVMI- the most popular country station have four full-time news people for a local station are the only station that devoted time and money to news Lima said Thieman said entry into news would be gradual because he wants what the station does to sound professional By DENNIS CAUCHON STAFF WRITER The Coast now has its first all-news radio station WGUF-AM has begun carrying Cable News Network Radio and la beefing up its local news coverage think WQID and WZKX make a very professional concerted effort to bring news to south said Gary Thieman general manager of WGUF "And that's exactly what I intend to do with CNN except more in-depth and full-time WGUF-AM located at 1130-AM joined CNN Radio on Friday WGUF-FM located at 97-FM will remain In an adult contemporary format WGUF-AM a 8000-watt station in Gulfport had been a country music station But with four other stations playing the same music Thieman said "everybody is eating lunch and nobody's getting anything WGUF has three full-time and one part-time news reporters They will hit the streets and do "investigative Thieman said CNN Radio leads off the hour with national and international news WGUF-AM follows at 10 minutes past the hour with about five minutes of local news On average Thieman said an hour will contain eight to 12 minutes of local news at least four weather reports frequent mentions of the time and a variety of CNN fare CNN Radio owned by Turner Broadcasting of Atlanta Ga began in April 1982 and along with television's CNN employs more than 600 people around the world and has 13 international bureaus The network la broadcast by satellite to Cablecom cable television company and sent by wire to WGUF-AM This is one of the first attempts to run an all-news station in a small market and Thieman said advertisers are waiting in line The 33-year-old former disc jockey said AM stations across Fireman's Day festivities are set Plans are underway for the 15th annual Ocean Springs Fireman's Day Parade scheduled for Oct 15 Harold Allen chairman -said the parade is held annually to honor firefighters for service they have rendered to their respective communities It is sponsored by the Ocean Springs Fire Department and Ocean Springs Volunteer Fire Company The parade will start at 2 pm in downtown Ocean Springs with units from -throughout the Coast invited to participate Those wishing to join the line of inarch may contact Fire Chief James Murray at 875-4063 or call 875-4440 Radiothon to aid SL Jude's Hospital The Kappa Tau chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha will host Its annual radiothon Friday and Saturday for St Jude's Hospital ESA members will man phones at both Singing River Mall in Gautier and Edgewater Mall in Biloxi with live broadcasts to be carried by WQID-FMand WVMI-AM radio stations Last year the Ocean Springs chapter raised more than $60000 during the two-day event People wishing to make contributions may call 497-2600 in Jackson County and 388-5100 in Harrison County between 9 am and 7 pm Friday and 9 am and 6 pm Saturday Port authority OKs line's license The Mississippi State Port Authority on Wednesday approved a steamship agent's license for Biehl and Co a shipping agent with offices in Mobile and New Orleans Approval of the firm's license request will bring additional business of an unspecified number of cargo ships to the Port of Gulfport said John Stennis assistant port director for administration College Board boss details money plan The executive director of the state College Board outlined a plan Wednesday that he said would help Jackson State University regain financial stability by next summer Dr EE Thrash told members of the board's Finance Committee that under the proposal an accounting firm would be hired to conduct an audit and develop new record keeping systems The committee approved the recommendations which will be submitted to the full board today Thrash also said the state Budget Commission would be asked to exempt ackson State from more than half of the school's budget cutbacks mandated by Gov William Winter DINAH ROOBRAtTATP PHOTOGRAPHER WGUF's Gary Thieman feels move to news will be a winner Coliseum panel cancels manager's massage bid Lambert replied is a piece of equipment I saw at a trade show in He said he felt that with the' aches and pains have it would be good to make it available as a first-aid measure Lambert noted at that point "It has not been shipped and can be Barhanovich of Biloxi chairman of the commission said know whether that item is By JIMMIE BELL STAFF WRITER A massager that had been ordered for employees aches and pains has been dropped from the list of bills to be paid this month by the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission After commission members Tuesday questioned paying $169 for the massager manager Gene Lambert said in executive session that he would cancel approvable or not I recommend it be turned around and shipped He said he saw no need for the massager since the Coliseum employees are covered under Workmen's Compensation Biloxi commission member Jerry Piltz said he understood the item had been shipped Aug 2 and said it See COLISEUM Page A-5 the order and it was excluded from the month's bills Lambert said the Item was ordered relieve the aches and pains of the employees' and said he had planned to place it in the first-aid room The issue arose at the monthly commission meeting when Mrs -Lucimarian Roberts Pass Christian member questioned the need for a massager 9 UmisiLDCcesstfyD canrocMatte poults hopes dud spit examined by officials after the election According to state election laws the ballot boxes must contain tally lists voter registration booklets duplicate receipts for blank ballots received and voted ballots and absentee ballots The petition alleged that all ballots voted in -District 4 were initialed by persona other than the poll worker designated as initialing manager And because of confusion caused by re districting the petition alleged some voters were denied the right to vote in District 4 and also were denied the right to vote an affidavit ballot Allen's petition also alleged that Snowden each of the District 4 voting precincts with campaign literature at a time when there were voters present in violation of the During the committee's hearings lawyers questioned poll watchers and precinct -workers about soft drink-filled coolers bearing Snowden's name that Snowden distributed to the voting places in view of those casting ballots As mandated in the Mississippi Code Harrison County Circuit Clerk Webb Lee will notify the chief justice of the state Supreme Court of the suit The chief justice then will appoint a judge to hear the case and that judge will set a time and date for the hearing Under state law Allen said his suit will an expedited hearing" He said the court is "where we should have gone to begin with That's what we wanted to do all along but the Democratic Executive committee said no they would hear the case" The committee under the law and looked at all sides" Snowden said of the Sept 8 decision "The irregularities and technicalities couldn't have changed one vote and not one person didn't get the chance to cast his ballot the i way he wanted to" insufficient evidence and in recognition of the foibles of human according to the ruling read by executive committee member and Gulfport attorney Ben Stone lawsuit filed by Sykes and accompanied by a $300 cost bond asks that the ruling of the executive committee be reversed and that a new primary election be held prior to the Nov 8 general election The petition contends that as aresult of alleged violations of state voting laws true will of the voters cannot be ascertained unless a new election is held" 1 'fS As argued by Allen's attorneys during the more than nine hours of executive committee hearings the new petition alleges that ''voting procedures followed in each of the precincts of District 4 were contrary to provisions of law and that none of the ballot boxes in District 4 contained the items requested by when the boxes were By RUTH INGRAM STAFF WRITER 3 Attorneys for Philip Allen unsuccessful candidate in the Harrison County District 4 race on Wednesday filed a suit in Circuit Court asking the state Supreme Court to appoint a judge to re view his request for a new election Allen a South Central Beli employee from Lyman had appealed the results of the Aug 2 first Democratic primary to the Harrison County Democratic Executive Committee after losing to incumbent Hue Snowden by 67 votes In a petition prepared by lawyer Charles Sykes of Gulfport Allen claimed there were 21 discrepancies in primary voting and that poll workers made numerous mistakes during the voting process But the committee on Sept 8 rejected his bid for a new election against Snowden on.