Television Guide Highlights A Wednesday Schedule
TV guide snapshot lists prime time line up across stations KBIM and 2 5 7 9 11 with titles like Bewitched The V.I.P. S and The Pajama Game plus movies Noting guest stars Brenda Vaccaro and plot notes about a private eye blackmail plot and a rich killer from the era.
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5th Dimension loses two members in shakeup
Ap reports two of the five original members of the 5th Dimension Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr have left the group. Eloise Laws and Danny Beard replace them. McCoo and Davis are husband and wife who joined the group about a decade ago.
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Opry announcer thinks show can last 50 years
Nashville veteran Grant Turner, longtime Grand Ole Opry announcer, predicts the Opry can endure for another half century and hopes to stay involved as long as possible. He notes the program is celebrating its 50th anniversary and cites careful management as key to longevity.
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Opry announcer Turner vows loyalty to show
Turner, a WSM studio veteran of 30 years, says he won’t last 50 years but hopes to retire while still representing the Opry on the road. He credits longevity to balancing change with tradition, listening to listeners, controlling risqué songs, and embracing background singers and amplification.
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Show-biz day recalls oldtimers on stage and screen
Veteran announcer Turner talks of the Opry surviving and aging gracefully, bridging old and new talent, with memories of seven governors on stage in the 1950s and Elvis and Bob Wills moments. Crosby and Astaire reminisce with Ginger Rogers as Bing Crosby’s Christmas special rehearsal unfolds at Beverly Hills studio.
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Turner
Country Music Disk Jockey Hall of Fame
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Stpry
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Bob Thomas
Associated Press
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Networks should film new series on the road
AP writer Jay Sharbutt argues for shifting TV series settings beyond New York Los Angeles and San Francisco urging networks to showcase cities like Worcester Peoria Short Pump and other mid sized American locales. The piece notes Big Three focus on crime dramas in LA and San Francisco while New York offers many comedies and urges broader geographic representation in mid season lineups.
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Barbs-By PHIL PASTORET
Barbs by Phil Pastoret ponders winter gear and spring sales. The column jokes about hats hiding after season end and playfully coins a noun for cheap Christmas lights.
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