Fort McMurray Today du lieu suivant : Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada • 25

SPICE OVERDOSE Spice IS minutes of fame is over but still here Why? C3 3 SECTION Friday August 7 1998 Fort McMurray Today lathe IN THEATRES hard to believe 20 years has passed since Jamie Lee Curtis screamed her way through Halloween Her career has hit peaks and valleys while Halloween produced a couple of lousy sequels in the late 70s and early '80s But Curtis is back in Halloween H20 which opens tonight at McCinema 6 Show times are 7 and 9:25 pm Nicolas Cage stars in the thriller Snake Eyes in which he must solve the shooting of a top-ranking government official at a baring match Show times at McCinema 6 are 7 and 9:25 pm Ever After is a Cinderella-esque story starring Drew Barrymore in the Cinderella role and Anjelica Huston as her wicked step-' mother It's at the Fort Theatre Jim Schneider ML eelse manager far OK Radio Group In Fort McMumft and Krty Boyd general manager pose with the new CJOIOi new logaThe station unwHad the logo Wednesday and wU make the Jump from AM to FM radto War this month Photo by ROB PETKAU and plays at 7 and 9:15 pm Country never Sgarsi The top 10 albums in Canada as of Aug 3 as compiled by RPM Magazine Bracketed figures indicate position the previous week CJOK celebrates 25th anniversary by jumping to FM ALBUMS 1 Phantom Power The Tragically Hip 2 Hello Nasty Beastie Boys 3 (1) NOWI Various Artists 4 (2) Armageddon Soundtrack Various Artists 5 (3) Spice World Spice Girls By ROB PETKAU Today staff The AM radio hand will be an awfully lonely place in Fort McMurray later this month as the OK Radio Group makes final preparations to move its flagship country station to 933 on the FM diaL General manager Kelly Boyd unveiled QOK's new logo Wednesday afternoon and gave the 30 or so McMurrayites who turned up at Cowboys for foe event' an update on foe changeover "We're hoping we'll be putting it cm as early as Aug 17 but it may take until me week of foe 24th or so" said "Please bear with us during the final construction and testing phase The wait will be well worth it The music you love is going to sound terrific We will advise our listeners of the exact day and time (erf die FM launch Boyd said Once die tower work is done testing will begin using die new FM transmitter which engineers estimate will take three to five days Once that's done the switch will be made and CJOK's today's hot country format will move to foe FM diaL "Normally foe government doesn't allow one owner to have two FM stations in one market (the other one being rock-oriented KYX-98) but because erf our unique situation in Fort McMurray we were able to convince them to make an exception" QOK first signed on Jan 1 1973 bringing die first local radio signal to Fort McMurray The switch to FM is estimated to cost $250000 The main advantage of FM over AM is better sound quality but unfortunately before filings improve they'll nave to get worse for a little while Work will start next week to raise file transmission tower by 40 feet which will boost file signal to 10700 Watts But in file meantime the QOK AM signal will be piped through a weaker system "To accommodate these improvements it will be necessary to change the way we transmit our cunent AM signal Tills temporary situation will result in a weaker 'Sig- -nal which will be more noticeable after sunset Boyd said "The signal strength will be strong enough in die city However you may notice interference going under power lines going over die Grant MacEwan Bridge and in larger buildings with a lot of fluorescent lighting" Saprae Creek residents may not be able to pick up die station at all he added 6 (4) Never S-a-y Never Brandy 7 (6) City of Angela Soundtrack Various Artists 8 (7) Aquarium Aqua 9 (8) Butworth Soundtrack Various Artists 10 (5) Gc Godzilla Soundtrack Artists put about a year's work into getting this going Seeing as it was QOK's 25th anniversary it's foe flagship station and foe first station in foe group foe owners decided this would be a good way to celebrate" vHUHiruBiianaiqMBgtjiaiitt lawaggsup uugcgfimmmmitraEB' i -f- in BOS MUSIC ThaBIgLebowWd Staring JeH Bridges and John Goodman tha Coen braiherai Joel and Etailiam soared wRi IwIwaT 'Of tha OacaMwIriningFargo and RaWngArteona but hawlloundendwkh Barton Fink andlMHudaudarPrary Thakkfcetwriting4kactingroductioneloTfoBfc LebowsM (Mygran) a haludnatay oomsdy a aomewbere In between Jeff Bridges plays Ubowskl also known at Tha Dude a beaded bumakut aging vriiowciiridrattw bowl and smote a JcW than worry about money or wardrobe aoms)nacortustehtawflisiowLeboww(liCBlfofnimNonaireaid swept lain a aoon ha and his danemuaiy otHdha buddy Walla (John Goodman) aa swept up in a 6 A Pbato Looks rt Fifty By JknmyBuM (Random Housaf3495)-? 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