Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 45

Calendar of EventsD3 DaveBarryD5 WeddingsD6-7 Corpus Chrlsti Caller-Times CCopyright 1893 CaUMmmM PutXMXng Company Sunday July 11 1993 9 1 These are the highlights of today's and upcoming events In and around Corpus Christi Today St Cathode Church 710 1 9th St plans a parish festival from 1 to 8 pm Activities include a carnival games rummage sale and live music Information: 883-1724 or 834-3088 Nuacss County Sheriffs Officers As-! 1: sociation presents Circus Valentine at 1 I and 3:30 pm at Memorial Coliseum Church of the Good Shephard pre-sents Little of This A Little of at 6:30 pm in the Cloister Gar- den 700 Broadway Performers include sopranos Celia Tamez Muncy and Lucy Tamez Creech and baritone Mark Urbina Everett Powell reads original poetry Information: 882-6317 The Corpus Chrlsti Municipal Band performs at 8:30 pm in the amphitheater at Cole Park Information: 855-2331 Knights of Columbus Council 1202 plans a chicken barbecue from 1 1 am to 3 pm at the pavilion 5525 Alameda Cost: $450 Channel 10 news anchor Mary Alice Salinas says KZTV gave her the opportunity to be an anchor at a point In her career where other stations might not have 0 0 card similar-size markets in statewide contests these grades rate only the newscasts here against each other How do the stations compare? How do their news teams stack up? Here's the score: "Newswatch report Every TV market has its local ratings winners and losers But high ratings don't always reflect the highest quality newscast Since the big three affiliates in Corpus Christi seldom win awards against competition from Category Anchor person Reporting Weather Sport Overall style Viewer appeal VpiriSSr I C- throe the 1 radio Too Old-fashioned TV style of KZTV owner reflected in low-tech news delivery First of three in a series comparing the local network affiliates Vann Kennedy likes to talk about the good old days of television William Paley (founder of CBS) ran the network he had a vision of how the medium could says Kennedy the principal stockholder and president of CBS affiliate KZTV He also owns KVTV the CBS affiliate in Laredo In the dimly lit slightly foreboding office he occupies on the second floor of two-story building on Artesian Street Kennedy sits behind an enormous desk surrounded by framed photos of some of the famous political and broadcasting figures encountered over the years He has an extensive background in politics and public service He served on the Texas Sesquicentennial Commission under Gov Allan Shivers and was appointed to the Committee on Election Law Reform in 1948 He was a delegate to five Democratic National Conventions and is a past director of Corpus Chamber of Commerce Tourist Bureau Symphony Society and the Nueces County Chapter of the American Red Cross Now 88 he has a breathy halting way of enunciating that gives the impression choosing every word with deliberate care network chiefs now are more like He pauses is old age you know speaking about how good things were in Things were good at channel 10 in the early years In those first years of television in South Texas the goals of programming were much simpler some might say naive When it went on the air in October 1956 there were only two VHF stations in Corpus Christi KZTV originally named KSIX (now the call letters of an AM Television Radio Critic radio station owned by Kennedy) was awarded a license by the Federal Communications Commission partly because Kennedy promised to broadcast classical music programs and readings by local poets For 18 years the evening newscasts topped the local ratings 1965 KZTV won the Texas Associated Press award producing the best newscast for a city with a population of more than 200000 So what happened? Why become the perennial distant third among the big three network affiliate news operations Corpus Christi? In the latest Nielsen ratings book at 6 pm held only a 5 percent share the market The 10 pm newscast weeknights posted just a 9 percent share of the viewers drew a 38 share at 6 pm a 48 share at 10 pm News garnered a 27 share at 6 pm a 30 share at 10 pm Why does it seem that the station has given up trying to compete with Kill and KRIS? The answer may lie in the Please see KZTVD4 Coastal Bend Singlea barbecue and dance is from 3 to 9 pm at CPL Park Hearn Road off Callicoatte Road Cost: $6 per person Music by Casey Bun Information: 886-6000 Ext 3000 or 937-5791 University Theater at Corpus Christi State University presents on a Hot Tin at 2 pm in Warren Theater Tickets: $5 Reservations: 991-6931 Box office opens at 1130 pm "The Fanta is at 2 pm at Harbor Playhouse Studio Theater Presented by the Bay Area Players Tickets: $10 Victoria Community Theater presents Up Drop Dead Go to Heaven a musical fable at 130 pm at the Victoria College Fine Arts Auditorium 2200 Red River in Victoria Tickets: $12 adults and $6 for students Information: 512-576-6277 Local actress Leilani Todd presents a one-act gallary theater performance of Horn at 2:30 pm Sundays through Aug 29 at the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and Histo-ry 1900 Chaparral Play complements the from the Beast Re-Discovering exhibit Admission: $2 for adults 50 cents for children 6-11 Information: 883-2861 Saints And Sinners Singles an interdenominational support group meets for coffee and a program from 9:15 to 10:30 am at the Scout Hut behind St John's United Methodist Church 5300 Alameda Information: 888-5159 Sandra Abaton Ballew contemporary gospel music singer performs at the 8:40 and 10:45 am worship vices at First United Methodist Church 900 Shoreline Information: 884-0391 Ext 225 Nightlife attraction! include Mike and Jackie at the Holiday Inn Emerald Beach 1 102 Shoreline David Garza and the Lovebeads also Rocky Benton at Yucatan Beach Club 208 Water Street Mainstream at Pier 99 2822 Shoreline at the Lexington Richard Adams and Friends at Bats Pub 4650 Kostoryz Lee Lfocano at Top Hat 601 Chaparral Intense at Surfside Bar and Grill Corpus Christi Beach Mike Guerra and The Toonz at Holiday Inn Sand Bar North Padre Island Windward and Padre Island The Shadows at Dr Blues Bar 709 Chaparral Blaise Gallagher Band at Dr Rock-it's Blues Bar 709 Chaparral To submit items to Whsfs Up send details in writing one week prior to publication to Living Department the QdkrTimes PO Box 9136 Corpus Christi Texss 78469 Compiled by Cindy Garcia ramments igs2SertrLJ S-SkSSSs SSSSssSS i cousin major days news much tenot enough show 00 900 In for has in week-nights of on news-wise personal- Fm a chunker take a great big bite right in the middle especially if it's the first ear I like the messiness of com and of all have our own she said laughing says Greedy? Nah Call it enthusiasm And then call Jane Stem who with her husband Michael is about as enthusiastic as food writers come Their expertise extends from a newspaper column called of to their book Encyclopedia of Bad They love eating com-on-the-cob way I eat it is like a she said extremely anal-retentive I try to eat each row in an absolutely uniform fashion and then advance a quar- Pleasfl8eeComD4 Shucking the mysteries of eating com-on-the-cob Some people are chompers others are rotators but really none of your business By Jeff Rodriguez FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM It does make a difference you know How you eat your corn-on-the-cob that is Are you a rotator? A row eater? Or do you chomp down where it's convenient? Corn eating is a form of self-expression As Yogi Berra would have said you can observe a lot about someone just by watching how he or she eats corn Perhaps you never gave the subject much consideration before but several leading researchers around the country have studied the matter closely and they would certainly support my position if only I could have found them I called some of the most prestigious institutes of higher learning in cluding the University of Iowa and the University of Nebraska who else is going to know more about corn? The authorities I spoke with (specifically the department receptionists) listened patiently as I explained the purpose of my call then declined to transfer me Dr John Hall chairman of the psychology department at Texas Wesleyan University thought I might be onto something know Pm not familiar with any research on the subject at he said cheerfully Fm sure probably a federal grant out there somewhere for it I just wish I'd thought of After some thought Hall decided that he himself was a rotator He sure what it might say about his personality but he did have a critical insight time I think check to see what the kids do and see if a genetic he said So the ivory tower and leather couch types much help But I found a better resource: The People For Barbara Kafka com is a passion Kafka is a New York restaurant consultant food writer and columnist for Gourmet magazine adore Kafka said have a very odd and particular habit of serving just piles and Tiles as the first As to her eating style the author has a simplistic philosophy husband eats it very very she said taught one of our children to eat it that way too just go along very carefully one row at a time.