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v-'' s-v s'-' VJRPH -to nm-m WWW Wl i 1 IFAmtorson Indtpendeirt-Mal Sun Jan 27 1915 a i W1 V- 3 ww New Stations Expanded Cable Services Provide Variety For Television Viewers By Chamber Williams ReglouJ Editor Television took giant leaps in the Upstate and northeast Georgia during 1984 as four new UHF TV stations began broadcasting Three of these Channel 40 in Anderson WNEG Channel 32 in Toc-coa Ga and WHNS Channel 21 in Asheville NC are Independent commercial stations offering alternatives to the three network stations for area viewers The fourth new station WNEH Channel 38 in Greenwood is part of the South Carolina Educational Television Network and brought public television to areas that have never had such service before In addition to these on-the-air services cable television made significant advances during the past year in the Anderson area Anderson Cable TV has completed about half of a major rebuilding effort changing from the original 12-channel system to a stateof-the-art computerized 24-channel system In the expansion which cable officials said is expected to be completed by spring customers have 21 channels to choose from in the basic cable service plus three premium channels each of which costs extra to receive Those are HBO Cinemax and Showtime which are all 24-hour movie channels Because special converters are required to allow televisions to receive all 24 channels Anderson Cable TV opened a "converter at 1103 Fant St near Anderson Ambulance Service to provide the devices to customers of the new system As soon as the new system is completed Anderson Cable TV will begin extending its lines into adjacent areas that are now without cable service officials said Two other firms brought cable service to hundreds of new customers in areas west and north of the Anderson city limits during the past year Those systems WestPel Cable TV and Lakeside Cable TV are continuing to expand their lines and connect new customers according to spokesmen for both Lakeside with offices on SC 24 west of Anderson is offering service in that area and plans to expand across the double bridges and north into the Sandy Springs area a spokesman said program weekly on a rotating basis We will assist them with developing and producing the program in our studios" Channel 40 signs on at 7 am daily and broadcasts until about 1 am Kim ris noted Roy Gaines owner of Channel 32 has said he decided to bring that station on the air to provide northeast Georgia with its firm and oi station That area had relied on the Asheville-Greenville-Spartanburg and Atlanta television markets for all of its viewing in the past he explained But those stations aid not broadcast news community information and advertising concerning the northeast Georgia area he said Channel 32 broadcasting from a tower just west of Toccoa signed mi the air Sept 9 Since then "viewer response has been just overwhelming" said Gaines a veteran radio broadcaster and former mayor of Toccoa His station which broadcasts from 10 am until 11 pm daily offered a schedule of Southeastern Conference football games during the fall and is now broadcasting select SEC basketball games The station also offers local sports programming taped rebroadcasts of high school football and basketball games In addition the independent station has movies syndicated former network programs ana the Griffin Asheville's Channel 21 which has its studios in Greenville began broadcasting April 1 becoming the first independent station on the air in the area in recent years It is the only station in the area operating 24 hours a day and its programming includes several movies each Greenwood Abbeville and adjacent counties began receiving public television for the first time when Channel 38 went on the air in September The station carries the same programming as the other stations in the state ETV network such as Channel 29 in Greenville All programming comes from the headquarters in Columbia according to Patricia Dressier a spokesman for SC ETV Channel 38 was designed to cover a 40-mile radius from its tower site three miles east of Ware Shoals WestPel with offices off the Liberty Highway north of Anderson is serving subdivisions along Hartwell Lake north and northwest of Anderson an official said Both systems offer the same type of expanded system as Anderson Cable TV including premium channels Anderson's new television station Channel 40 began broadcasting Oct 1 and the outlook for 1985 very very good" owner Anthony Kupris reported going to be getting on all of the cable systems in the area in the near he said will help us considerably programming is improving daily along with our ratings We're very optimistic about our future Our people in the community have accepted us not only in the Anderson Greenville and Spartanburg areas but also In Greenwood extremely thrilled about the high quality reception of our signal -in the Greenwood Channel 40 offers movies syndicated re-runs of former network television programs sports talk shows and music-video programming Kupris noted have just returned from Los Angeles and were successful in getting some exciting new programs ana an excellent movie package Kupris said signed up to get the sequels to the miniseries and we bought some very outstanding movies addition we were successful in obtaining Landing' and we will be offering as a summer replacement for The station is now carrying some basketball and plans to include more sports programming this year Kupris said Channel 40 offers three locally produced music-video programs he added Those are Rocks" featuring contemporary rock music featuring black-oriented music and 40's Country which Kupris said unique the first of its kina in the Betinning soon the station will air service Kupris said which will include a daily news update" featuring information about community events and projects hope to expand that into a local news segment" he added also are hoping to get the par ticipation of the various colleges in the area in producing their own half-hour byPitrictaGrlfp Tony Pearson employee at WAXA in Anderson operates one of the control panels in the studio The station soon will air service and area news as well as their regular programming Anderson County Airport Works To Improve Services commuter passenger service something that hasn't been available for the past six or seven years Holcombe said Holcombe a pilot for Delta Airlines said he sees the airport's primary responsibility as being a of transportation" for industries business and workers traveling in and out of the area Another commission member Jesse Kent works for Eastern Airlines Holcombe said Delta and Eastern both have affiliated commuter airlines ASA serves Delta out of Atlanta and Eastern Commuter serves Eastern Airlines Holcombe said The smaller planes would have no problem landing on the airport's relatively short runways and could provide service to Charlotte and Atlanta Holcombe said Holcombe said he has talked with from Spartanburg County delayed the FAA decision until November when the selection of Anderson was reaffirmed The station will give pilots in the region immediate access to weather information flight assistance and air-to-ground communication that hasn't been possible up to now according to an FAA official The 8000-square-foot one-story structure will eventually employ 80 people with a $1 million payroll It will be leased to the FAA for $1 a year for 20 years Senn said The Anderson County Council has approved two readings of an ordinance to Issue bonds to raise the 1800000 needed to build the station After passage of the ordinance Senn said the "highly sophisticated" structure will go Into preliminary engineering phase Bob Palmer vice president of the engineering firm of Russell Axon the 800-plus acres of land that surround the airport The county owns the land but has given the Airport Commission jurisdiction to lease it out Holcombe said "Commercial (business) and industry is what looking Wiles said The land now is being used for agricultural purposes by farmer Alvin McClain who is under an agreement with the Airport Commission to use the land until Dec 31 Heim said leasing the land for agricultural purposes cuts prospective income Holcombe agreed saying the airport could make much more money by leasing the land to Industry The airport makes atmut $3M0 to S4000 a year from farming Holcomlw said Another ongoing goal at the airport has been to attract and keep ASA about establishing a commuter service in Anderson And Trey Senn executive director of the Planning and Development Board said he has discussed commuter service with several airlines But they said that so far nothing has materialized from those talks Senn say whether a commuter service could be established before the end of the year The most reasonable goal he said would be for the airport to complete Its runway lighting system and extend one of Its runways to show commuter airlines that progress is being made at Anderson County Airport Along with the completion of the runway lighting system the airport is hoping to have a groundbreaking for the new automated flight service station before the end of the year Anderson County was selected as the site for the automated flight service station in 1984 But protest said recently that the plans and specifications should be complete by July 1 and then will go for review before the FAA and Anderson County- Assuming the plans are approved Palmer said bids for the station could be received as early as August and that construction could begin no later than October The flight service station should be complete by October 1986 Palmer said Another goal is to get an instrument landing system that could almost guarantee safe landings In bad weather The FAA will install and pay for the upkeep of an ILS if it feels one Is needed at the airport Wiles explained If the runway Is extended and commuter flights are established Wiles said the iLS "could almost go hand In Since 1952 CMS Garage and Body Shop By Martha Reinke SUfl Writer If the Anderson County Airport can lengthen its runways it will be in a better position to attract private jets and possibly a commuter airline service says Planning and Development Board Chairman Pete Stathakis And that combined with the building of the state's only flight service station will make Anderson County Airport good an airport as anybody on the East Stathakis said In an effort to meet the increasing demands of businesses and industry the airport is taking steps and making plans to provide better service to residents of Anderson County As another way to increase revenue and attract business to the airport the Airport Commission may lease some of its Hoo-plus acres of land surrounding the airport as a possible Industrial park said Airport Manager Willard Heim Steps were taken in 1984 to improve services at the airport according to county officials The airport received a grant to pay for a complete overhaul of the runway lighting system and It established its first set of rules and regulations said Airport Commission Chairman Gary Holcombe In 1985 the airport hopes to oiitain another federal grant that would pay for the extension of at least one of the runways to enable larger planes to land said Jerry Wiles vice chairman of the Airport Commission The runway extension and the building of the automated flight service station will make the airport eligible for an Instrument Landing System that would enable any plane to land in bad weather Wiles said The airport commission also is taking steps to establish better communications between fixed base operators and vendors at the sir-port Wiles said He said the commission has had problems in the past with fixed-base operators disagreeing with members of the airport commission hope we have put a stop to that I think we already have" Wiles said see IS as a start of a series of developments that will keep the airport in line with the rest of the growth in Anderson County" said Heim who started working as the airport's full-time manager in mid-November The newly formed Airport Commission ana the luring of Heim has even airport officials high hopes for the coming year have regrouped and now have a different ouuook" Wiles said had aome peopSe that would have liked to see the airport remain the way it In keeping with growth iles said the airport will study ways to lease "THE WORLD'S MOST COMPACT ZOOM COPIER IT'LL FITYOUR BUDGET AS NEATLY AS IT FITS YOUR OFFICE" -Tony Kiruii! 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