Public TV eyes ads amid funding crunch and debate
Public Broadcasting Service stations face financial stress and consider enhanced underwriting credits as a potential funding source. The Temporary Commission on Alternative Financing studies proposals from 16 TV and 13 radio stations, with a test run from Jan 1 to Jun 30 1983 and a Congress report by Oct 1 1983.
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Tom Jory
New York
Playhouse
Life On Earth
Congress
John Jay Iselin
Wnet-Tv
Iselin
Lee
Public Broadcasting
Public TV
Dial
Los Angeles
Chicago
Washington
Detroit
Rochester
N.Y
Salt Lake City
Miami
St. Louis
Seattle
Milwaukee
Boston
PBS
Commission
WNET
Frosty the Snowman and Pavarotti Lead Christmas Specials Tonight
TV listings show Frosty the Snowman and Luciano Pavarotti headlining festive broadcasts. Andy Griffith Show, Carol Burnett, Laverne and Shirley, MASH, and more fill the prime evening lineup with specials, talk segments, and music.
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Frosty the Snowman
Luciano Pavarotti
Andy Griffith
Carbondale
Mary Martin
Jim Hartz
Little House On the Prairie
CBS News
Barney Miller
Carol Burnett and Friends
Cher
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Westminister Ensamble Orchestra
MacNeil-Lehrer
Laverne and
Shirley
Christmas TV arc preview and a Hannukah puppet show mix
A busy listing of television offerings includes a Pavarotti concert from Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal, holiday specials with Dickens themes and Scrooge, a Hannukah documentary narrated by Edward Asner, college sports split across UCLA LSU and Bradley Loyola, plus classic films and news programs. The schedule features theater broadcasts, a bridge column preview, and a long entry on various entertainment options across networks with multiple sports and musical events.
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Hannukah
Luciano Pavarotti
Notre Dame
Montreal
St. Louis Journal
Louisiana State
UCLA
Chicago Sting
Tampa Bay Rowdies
George Plimpton
LSU
Scrooge
Albert Finney
Alec Guinness
Art Carney
Peggy Cass
Cincinnati
Arthur Carlson
Hanukkah
Edward Asner
St. Louis Steamers
Wichita Wings
ABC
Bill Carney
Richard Crenna
Ray Sharkey
Betty Buckley
Quadraplegic
Messiah
Oratorio Society of Utah
Horn of Africa
East Africa
Carol
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Hanced
M.A.S.H
Entertainment
Sanford and Son
NHL
Frosty
Jackie Vernon
Shelley Winters
Dennis Day
Rae Mr. Mertin
Robert George
Ohio
Oswald Jacoby
Alan Sontag
How Schenken
Howard
Derek Rimington
Schenken
Declarer
East
West
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Paradise
Start
Lawrence
World Vision
Stan Mooneyham
Dean Jones
Dale Evans
Efram Zimbalist
Bradley
Loyola
Love
Sidney
Laurie
Quincy
Luciano Paverotti
New York Rangers
Winnipeg Jets
Adam
James Stewart
Donna Reed
Dick Cavett
Benny Hill
Lucy
People’s Court
Mike Douglas
Francis of Assisi
Bradford Dillman
ABC News Nightline
Ted Koppel
Love Boat
Dean Martin
Independent Network News
Atlantic City
Cameron
Guevara
Eire
Soc
Abbr
Linds
Don
Doonesbur
The
Muppets
Frank and
Ernest
Steve Roper
Cal
Buck
Brooks
Beetle Bailey
Blondie
Amis
Winthrop
Realis
Jheed Lussa
Sly
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