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C-12 Ritbmiwd Timre-Uipalrk Friday Orlubrr I 11S5 R0SEB0WI1 UftJdQ NORTH" improve look a a is) AOn RmitcMO yr OiW 5 na sanardMi wslca sues CM kM muu i RICHARD STRAUB OCT 2-5 Hypnotizes His Audiences Also appearing: RICK TEMPESTA and BRETT LEAKE Showtime CALL Wed 130 $4 7i(llUi Thun 30 S5 7S F1 8 SO 1 1 Si For rotonwtlOfM Sat 730 a 945 MatTi arum Pufe Midnight Si 109 IZtli St heaven is what Channel 35 would call an alternative to everything else on the air a time that hasn't been productive for Philips points out The initial success of the show should be boosted by own $5 milium national ad campaign that includes local radio spots New series titles can also be found at night: the British-made tough action series ft at 7 pm Sundays and the Australian soap opera "Return to at 7 pm Saturdays Channel 35 is also recognizing the need to promote itself setting up a separate promotions department And that is name listed as a co-presenter on those large ads for the Bjorn BorgJohn McEnroe tennis match on Nov 18 It will also continue to do those things network affiliates like program four hours of movies against election night coverage on Nov 5 As a bonus WRLH is letting viewers decide which movies those will be by distributing ballots around town Included are 11 movie titles (from to of Bruce and a space for write-in nominations DOUGLAS DURDEN TV listings page C-14 more alternative or counterprogramming than ever especially when it comes to weekdays The big news is the addition of at noon an ambitious two-hour block that covers four programs: with top news stories and human interest features About a magazine format show focusing on unusual people and personalities a Great featuring Robert and Rosemarie Stack and their tours into the lives and diversions of the famous and Hot! Not?" designed to clue viewers in to the latest fashions trends and ideas The first segment day will be live the other three recently taped Smack in the middle of soap opera WRLH "Countfrprogramming'' is the same song that WRLH-TV has been singing since it vent on the air in 1982 This season the people at Channel 35 are singing that song even louder Starting Monday with the premiere of Channel 35 will be offering first-run programming from noon through 530 pm weekdays The station which has its best luck and highest profile among younger viewers has more access to new programming thanks to series like and and the Wheeled There are also more raoviemini-series packages from new sources providing titles like The Far and The French Lieutenant's Perhaps most important Channel 358 management says the station's No 1 goal is to improve its on-air look The independent may have good movies appealing sports and the lock on children's programming in the market but the impression many viewers take away is of technical problems General manager Ron Philips is looking for that to change with the addition of new equipment BRIDGE By Charles Goren and Omar Sharif Both vulnerable South deals NORTH 484 TII 4KQJ10943 472 WEST 498 4 A 10 7 4 A2 4 A 10 84' EAST 43 VIS 48785 4KQ9853 YEARiHPr EVIL IS THE BOY Chess players end another game in draw hopes to As of last June Channel 35 has been under new ownership the Baltimore-based Abell Communications Philips says improvements at his station re- fleet "an evolutionary process that would have under the former owners But he also points out that Abell recently approved his budget which will allow for the purchase of new equipment and is passing along some equipment from its NBC-affiliated station in Baltimore WMAR Updated equipment is crucial to Channel 35 Remember Philips says an independent programs aU of its day compared with a network affiliate with its access to network programming For that reason a machine with a life expectancy of five to seven years on a network affiliate can last Just three to five at an independent With the new equipment Channel 35 can automate many chores which should cut back on human error At present station "switchers" manually perform more than 48 switching functions (such as inserting commercials and dubbing film to tape) an hour Automation will reduce that to 12 or less Meanwhile the station is offering in which this bizarre convention should have applied but East thought it was He bid seven dubs which would have failed by two tricks But South bid seven spades so that the East-West misunderstanding seemed likely to increase the penalty A black-suit lead would have resulted in down four and a penalty of 1100 decision to lead the diamond ace gave declarer some hope Perhaps the nine of spades would fall and the eight would be an entry to dummy would not expect it Iran an inspection of the diagram but the spade nine did fall under the ace and North-South sewed 2470 East-West had another strange agreement: High-low in trumps shows no interest in ruffing West applied this blindly with catastrophic NOME V1DEB siUEMBOIK-U) SALES 6 RENTALS S7iV IUomcIDSIO SH lSwl Alnm Mf-fewinc 1815 700 130 Tt -JV-tm saaw ASHlAMDU'Jff Nitely thruThurs 7:00 ft 9:30 Sun: 2:00 4:30 7:00 ft 9:30 GCI CINEMAS iKsnsriRTnu ssttwssti in "INVASION USA" -YIAA OS TNS MASON" (A) 7:009:30 JSl TMi 279-0900 9:00 Here in descriptive notation are the moves made in the 12th game: MOSCOW (AP) World chess champion Anatoly Karpov and challenger Gary Kasparov played to a draw in wily 18 moves yesterday in the 12th game of their world title contest The two are now tied 6-6 The game began with Karpov playing white in the Taimonov variation of the Sicilian Defense Kasparov played a completely new eighth move and managed to equalize the position moiovm YOUR FAVORITE FIRE BREATHING MONSTER LIKE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE! mm THE LEGEND IS REBORN WEST TOWER 270-7111 6 9:05 -Adults $250 1st Show A STEP BEYOND INSANITY SKimXM FtATUKS LOIS SMITH CHWSTIM SUTH TMI0V SNMMEMUIas'a -t SHOWS HUCY Screnu 9LBM SHI aHetr-fMCvrr-C-Hr-' rjiCKHOawGMI HUMUS uc HUCf 9MWM DWcMnUUI ElOGHAffBU 50 NOW PLAYING! 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