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4 TV Weekly Sunday November 16 1980 the show we say all here all available why you go and see it for Mancke said need to have these adventures near The program airs locally on alternate Thursdays at I pm on Channel SS and is rebroadcast the following Saturdays at 6 pm on Channel 77 and at 7 pm on Channel S5 The shows also are picked up for an instructional television course for which Mancke has written the lesson plans is the most enthusiastic person I have ever Ms Dakers said "He is always optimistic and truly Mancke may be living proof of his own belief that people who are the best at what they do are the ones who live it always he admitted Even his museum office cubicle that should be the envy of every kid or grownup who has ever had a romance or passing affair with Mother Nature bears this out Turtle shells crowd one shelf skulls line part of the desk an insect perches on a rock as if ready to take flight and all maimer of earth-tone substances are heaped in the remaining space EXPLAINING THE popularity of the show Mancke said today more than ever need an outlet Nature is As a former biology teacher desire to provide people with a learning experience seems as natural as the things he explores want to get everyone to experience the environment The curiosity has been there all along we just have to tap could be more exciting than walking down the beach with the wind in your face and gulls screaming overhead discovering around he asked His approach is based on an "expect the philosophy never know what well do or And when we go out in the Mancke said of the Aiming of He chooses the sites the crew follows and Ms Dakers and occasionally Jim Welsh asks questions SEE MY role as surrogate for the Ms (See page IS) By PAT BERMAN Record Staff Writer He aeea the program aa "opening the door to a gigantic world" and his gee-whis enthusiasm seems to provide the sesame" to the magic of life outside a lot of neat stuff out said Rudy Mancke curator of Natural History for the South Carolina Museum Commission and on-the-air guide for South Carolina Educational (SC-ETV) Mancke and the visual beauty and fascination of South flora and fauna have made one of the highest rated television shows SC-ETV produces ACCESSIBILITY also is an item the executive producer Beryl Dakers lists when explaining papulvity The places they visit on the show from a vacant field off Bluff Road to a Lowcountry barrier island can all be visited for free by the public By RAY BENSON Television Editor broadcasters welcome new baby a new baby in the South Carolina broadcasting field WPDE-TV Channel 15 Florence goes on the air this week the first commercial television station in the 25 will feed it to us in Florence' and we in turn will send it to the tower in Demis said our tower we will be going on about 20 cable systems in the The 17000 square-foot physical plant includes a 4800 square-foot studio and Dennis said will be pushing local news That will be our focal point" JOHN NATELLE from Portland Ore will serve as news anchorman Herb Anderson tint in his clan at the US Weather Bureau school in Oklahoma and from Jackson Miss will be weatherman and the sports director is A1 Klensch formerly of WBIR-TV Knoxville Tenn Mark Mayhew from WREG-TV in Memphis will serve as news director 1 Channel IS signs on at 7 am Sunday and for the most part through Friday will be sending a test pattern while out the bogs in any During parts of the evening it will be airing tome of its promotional material for its syndicated shows Normal programming will brgln next Saturday Nov 22 with the NCAA Football doubleheader Palmetto State in II years and will be an ABC affiliate WCIV-TV Charleston was the last in IMS have the tallest UHF broadcast tower in the United States" said promotions manager Ken Dennis who held the same position at WOLO-TV in Columbia before moving to Channel 15 2000 feet and located in Dillon" he said Florence area residents Channel 15 will be powered by 1290000 watts with a circular-beamed signal encompassing a maximum 10-mile radius go to the Grand Strand east to Fayetteville (NC) north to Georgetown south and Chmden said Dennis He said the company had been in contact with ABC for more than two years with the network finally deciding that was a 750000 audience in this area not being served with a clear ABC signal There was an ABC void" A license was granted by the FCC in mid-March 1979 Since there is no coaxial cable into Florence WPDE-TV will be fed the network signal by microwave from Channel 25 in Columbia WBTW the CBS affiliate in Florence receives its network signal from WLTX Columbia A ft MILLION operation WPDE-TV is owned by Eastern Carolines Broadcasting Corp with Jerry Condra formerly of Austin Tex the vice president and general manager The majority of stockholders are.