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B-t- Richmond Timm-Diapatrh Tliurn Marrh 9 1971 Viewing TV By Douglas Durden Introducing Mingytoini toiag liigtej Cher Doll Ad Barred by FTC WASHINGTON (UPI)-Tba Cher doll won't be getting her long black hair washed and dried on television anymore the government said yesterday The Federal Trade Commission objected to a commercial showing an unsupervised young girl using an electric hairdryer to dry the doll's hair next to a sink filled with water The FTC Mid the commercial the tendency or capacity to influence children to engage in the unsafe behavior of using a small electrical appliance near a sink filled with water or other body of water" "alternate entertainment" these are terms being used by two groups to describe their approach to an added television channel in Richmond Both Neighborhood Communications Corp a subsidiary of Neighborhood Theaters Inc and the Christian Broadcasting Network a Tidewater-based television and radio network have filed with the Federal Communications Charcoal filtration improves flavor instead of removing it! her place as an entertainer The Muppets are followed by young curly-haired Leo Sayer in white pants suspenders and T-shirt who jumps around with his pals to the tune of "I Feel Like Dancing" and then does duet with Julie and her guest Leslie Uggams They go to town with a medley of tough jazzy songs dressed in glittering red well-fitted evening gowns and sing up a storm Not as effective but colorful just the same Is an Easter parade number at the end that manages to show off the Muppets in sty le so tune in I pm CBS at "Champions" The series handles a topical subject with quite a bit of grace In the episode tonight 1 1 concerns a group of girls who want to prove they can play basketball as well as boys even using boys' rules and get James to coach them or be accused of sounding like a macho bully How James is placed in the middle fielding the girls and their team and his own team buddies until he has to take sides and come clean adds up to a neat little play of manners pm NBC 03 Radio AM WENZ (UN) Thursday Logs munications Is on the lookout for radio and TV properties to remedy the situation The Christian Broadcasting Network also has expansion plans CBN owns four stations located In Portsmouth Dallas Atlanta and Boston Its religious-oriented shows including "The 700 Club" seen in Richmond over WXEX-TV are carried on more than 100 TV stations and plans are under way to begin an international news operation But CBN Judging by its WYAH-TV Portsmouth schedule is also heavily into syndicated rerun programming Along with the CBN religious programs WYAH lists It to Beaver" Big Valley" "Marcus Welby Brady Bunch" and "Hogan's Heroes" While the network produces 15 shows station has Its own a CBN spokesman said WWW Pat Robertson host of morning show is trying to quit smoking this week on the air On Monday Robertson swore of tobacco and said he planned to fill in his viewers on his five-day program and progress each day The program led by Dr Robert Wood who will conduct stop-smoking clinics later this month includes a bland diet avoidance of coffee exercise and deep breathing By day three Robertson reported that he has had less than half a pack of cigarettesall week compared with his regular pack and a half a day Even if he quit smoking completely he says he's sure he'll cut down It would be interesting to know if many viewers are not smoking along with him: Commission tooperate Channel 33 Although Channel 35 has been available for some time it wasn't until the fall that either group showed any Interest It will probably be months before the FCC decides who gets the station based on such criteria as local ownership the organization's diversity and background and community need Meanwhile Neighborhood Communications Corp and CBN can talk only of tentative plans and as Neighborhood Communications Vice President Harvey Hudson keeps reiterating things change so quickly in the TV industry you don't really know what going to do until you do It Hudson speaks of "coun-' the method used by such independent stations as Channels 3 and 20 in Washington which rely on movies syndicated shows and local sports 6 30 pm you don't show news you don't try to compete with the networks You give the viewers a choice" Naturally a Neighborhood Theater subsidiary would he interested in airing Aims which is something the Richmond audience keeps expressing an interest in Hudson said also noticed "a great demand for in-depth reporting on local issues" and mentioned the possibility of a local talk show along the lines of WTVR radio's "Harvey Hudson Show" although not necessarily with Hudson as host The group he represents isn't a total newcomer to television In old Neighborhood Theaters was a minority stockholder in WRVA-TV which later bacame WWBT With no major radio or TV stations locally owned according to Hudson Neighborhood Com 100 mm long but only 9 mg tar Today's top televismn shows were selected by TV Key's staff "The VtaNMn" "Journey Together" Professional actors make up tor previous acting weaknessesintoday'seditlonof this afternoon series Cute Tina Andrews of "Days of Our Lives" and Esther Rolle of "Good Times" bring the strength of their acting to a dramatization of a true story about a black teen-ager who learns to understand older people at a community center As a proud stubborn woman Miss Rolle adds grit to the occasion and gives young Tina a decent backboard to play against 4 pm CBS Special "Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring" something tor everybody in Julie Andrews' special tonight Although the title of the show "One Step Into sounds a little artificial and even plays that way in production No 1 when ulie in white Mils and hat dances with six men in black tails and hat it soon becomes more bouncy when the Mup-pets especially the haughty Miss Piggy try to put Julie In Radio Highlights 1:11 aa WRFK-FM Adventure la Good Music" Prominent nuuctus div cum and than perform their interpret-Uon of familiar works (repeated 0:49 pm) 1 WRFK-FM "Open Reuse" John Morrison discusses Enliah and American country dancing with Carl too Brooks MtMajfc WRFK-FM "National Town Meeting" The first in a new series live from the Kennedy Center Today Midge Dec ter and Dr Benjamin Spock delate Lifestyles and the New Morality" pai WRFK-FM Service" Live from St Paul's Episcopal Church Speaker: Dr Ross MacKeiuie 1 pm WRFK-FM "Aftcraooa Theater" Episode two of Dorothy Sayers' play on the life of Christ Man Born to Be King" 1:40 pm WRFK-FM "The Bare Part two of a series In which Christians examine how their faith has helped them at a time of crisis Today Mary Craig discusses her son's struggle with a birth defect I pm WRFK-FM "BBC Concert Hall Norman Del Mar conducts fee London Symphony Orchestra in Busoni's by Lambert and Suite" by Reger p-m WRFK-FM The New York Philharmonic Erich Leinadorf conducts die overture td by Weber Brahms' Violin Concerto with soloist Itzhak Perlman and Stravinsky's "Firebird I pBL WRVA-AM "Viewpoint" with Doug Carrick: Do you tael safe In your own neighborhood? 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