Waco Tribune-Herald from Waco, Texas • 18

4B TRIBUNE-HERALD FRIDAY, DEC. 19. 1986 BRAZOS LIVINGIVEEKENDER SOLID ROCK PRODUCTIONS Conservatory plans acting auditions Dear good news for all Waco TV stations Anthony Ridley, southwest rep-, resentative of National Shakespeare Conservatory, will audition actors Jan. 20-21 inFort Worth in conjunction with the Southwest TheaterXonference. Actors interested in applying for PRIMETIME SLOTS i i i Monday through Friday OF INTEREST 1 Wa video tap wadding, parti, (parting vanta.or any apodal -111 UksAfa Drive Pee More takbCdl 7764192 -Waco Cable Channel 9 -Show and Sell With Classified Ads HOLIDAY HOURS DM.isaK.so taOtBM.ll Eh 1 rttar tai Sale ends 31st 1986 the eight-week residency or the two-year conservatory- program -should contact the conservatory at 591 Broadway, New-York, N.Y.

10012 or can (800) 472-0687 for apr plication information. movie rentals itiee limited By CARL HOOVER editor Results of the November television rating sweeps offered a little good news for all three Waco-area stations. particulartyKXXV, nel25, whlch took the No. 1 spot far. Iste-afternooa entertainment.

Thanks to its strength In news programming, KWTX, Channel 10, KCEN7Channel 6, and KXXV tat overan ratings fromsign-onto sign-off. KWTX won wlth a 7 rat-and 23 share compared with SEPT 6 rating and 20 share an) KXXVs rating and 13 share in -the Waco area, the local area of dominant influence. -But NBCs' powerhouse of evening by Thursday night's "The Cosby Show," gave KCEN the edge to prime time Monday through Friday with a 16 rating and a 25 sharelKWTX had a 12 rating and II share and KXXV had a I rating and 14 share. Far its part, KXXV showed marked improvement In Its daytime ratings, taking the No. 1 position from I to pint Monday through Friday.

The November Arbitron sweeps measured local viewersMp of programs from OcL 29 to Nov. 25. Those measures are broken dowii into ratings points, which show what percentage of households with tdevisiorf sets are watching a particular program; which show what percentage of viewers are watching a particular program; and the approximate num-. her of homes represented by those numbers, li'i, The numbers are. torther broken1 down by ADI, area of dominant influence, and metro figures, which show a smaller geographic coverage.

Ralph Webb; program director tor KWTX, said Channel lira programming helped the station carry the November sweeps. With the news; (the ratings) are excellent, he said. News programming is the greatest arena for locally produced programming since network shows and syndicated programs fill much of local television schedules. Channel 10. held top.

ratings tor. its 5 pan; 6 pm. and 10 pm. news broadcasts Monday through Friday, in each case drawing as many viewers as Channels 6 and 25 combined. KWTXs Saturday and Sunday newscasts at 10 pm.

also led the i The stations "Good Morning m. news Central Texas; a. 6 magazine program, drew top rat- 31 -U it 19,000 14.000 '31 17 14 41.000 22.000 17,000 34 25 10 42.000 33A00 12.000 well as we thought we would. We felt in our hearts we'd dime a good job in December," he said. Instead, some ground wy lost to KXXV, which showed slight gains in its nows ratings from July's Artaitron figures.

Hargta said changes stemming progress, he said from a new news director, Phil Johnson, who joined KCEN in early ton, and the promotion of weekend weatherman Mike Clay to primary weatherman may have influenced the November ratings. As viewers become accustomed to the changes, however, February ratings should be higher, he said "I think we win see the news continue to improve. Channel 25 station manager Bob Good was proud of Ms stations showing in November. "We saw tremendous growth. It shows the 'station has made very good In morning and afternoon pro- consideraldy from July.

Ratings in the .7 to 9 am. time slot increased 38 percent and in the noon to Spun, slot, 41 percent. "We changed around drastically to our afternoon programming," he said. The lineup of Divorce Court" at pm, "Superior Court" at 2:30 p.m. and "People's Court at 4 pm.

made KXXV the No. 1 station to late afternoon with a 24 share tor each, half hour up from an 8 share to July. "The courtsr have been very good for us," be said. Sp.m 10 News 13 "MAsnr-v- "TheDatlng flaw' '6 10 p.m. Region 10 News 16' Newswatch 6 9 cyvwnneii iwwi ar 10 p.m., Sunday "Region 10 News 17 13 5 "Eyewitness News tags for the early morning hour, giving a strong lead-in audience of homes for the "CBS Morning News a fact network officials noticed and commented on, Webb said.

Region 10 Newsmagazine, a noon news program, more than held its own against two top soap operas at that hour, "Days of Our lives" and "An My CMUron Webb said. The KWTX show hosted by Kathy Hinry pulled a 14 share about 21,000 homes to "Days of Our Live" 25 share and 25JOO homes and "An My Children's 17 share and 14,000 homes. Thats a rarity," Webb said. Strong network programming from NBC made KCEN the leader in prime time with a 25 share of the ntikiket, compared to KWTXs 11 and KXXVs 14 That, may be due in part to NBC's commitment to family and quality programming; said Pat Hargis; the station's promotions director. "The Cosby Show" remains the most-watched television show, with more than half the television viewers in Central Texas at 7 pun.

Thursday tuned in. November ratings tor the Show Include a 27 rating and a 52 share, with an average of 96,000 households tuned tantaring the time peri- od The November figures; however, did not encourage KCEN of-, fidals, who had hoped the station's news ratings would improve, Hargis said "There was some disappointment that we did not do as OlWK-fnOVISi. south valley Mills just east of Memorial 753-7500.