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KRGV SwitchinWESLACO - The management of television station KRGV, Weslaco, announced Friday afternoon it has agreed to carry the foil schedule of the ABC television network beginning April 12.The announcement said the'ftWElK)WARUM6ENThru Turneyll\PPI N Hi IUIIN A M\\\M) \ \IHMW-- WO t UOMW wn i WOMW- IUPPINSBMORI I OIK HIS!Cfitntmourt FjcturwpftsctlsJacfloeliiie Susaims Out* Is Not Enough”n Color Prints by Moviriab-hnnwaPK Pmrmat PkJunS«83Rio Grande Valley would “for the first time, have full access to the network with the programs -most people are watching in the United States’’ with the changeover from NBC to ABC.The announcement came from Earl Noel, KRGV general manager, who said negotiations have been underway for several months with ABC. Noel cited poor NBC ratings for the change.“It was a difficult decision to make,” Noel said. “We had toA ftNetworkstake a long bard look at the poor performance by NBC in this highly competitive business. ABC has by far the most aggressive, innovative programming of the three maior networks.”Thc April 12 change will mark.the end of a 26-year television relationship with NBC by KRGV, and the end of a broadcast affiliation extending over 38 years.Noel said the station had been pleased with the NBC affiliation in the past, “but we must look to the future. We are convinced we can best serve the television* *»9Valley bymaking this change.” KRGV, which operates on Channel Five, will cany the fiill ABC program schedule, starting with “Good Morning, America” program at 7 a.m. on weekdays. The program stars David Hartman.Noel said he believed Valley viewers will find “Good Mor* ning, America” what he termed “a refreshing change from our previous programming.’’ He said it wasn’t as “pukiy asNBC’s effort.” .He said the affiliation change will allow Valley tv viewers fillaccess to ABC programming on anon-delayed basis.It will include late-evening network newscasts on Saturday and Sunday, plus the full compliment of ABC sports programming. He said ABC was recognized as the top sports network.SCHOOL PROGRAMNEW YORK (UPI) - The Chuck Davis Dance Company spent a week in each of four city schools in New York’s first participation in the national Artists in • StAp61s?|Dahce Component program of the National Endowment for the Arts. Each of the four schools later was visited for a follow-up week by dance movement specialists Tina Ramirez and Walter Nicks.*Two public schools and two junior highs were involved in the program, which extended fromJanuary throuafa March.
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Valley Morning Star
Harlingen, Texas, US
Sat, Mar 20, 1976
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