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IH: ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Radio stations battle for listeners<br />
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-•;,' By Shirley Ng<br />
"KITS h my hot hit radio!"<br />
Sound uralllr? People who<br />
knew those six easy words when a<br />
KITS dbc Jockey called them<br />
.became StOS richer. Similarly,<br />
people who answered "KYUU"<br />
•hen a KYUU dbc Jockey called<br />
then and asked. "What'i your<br />
.. favorite radio sUUoo?" suddenly<br />
had Jl.000 to spend.<br />
: Iff all part of the radio wan.<br />
Giving away money end other<br />
valuable prizes mean big ratings<br />
number* for many of the local<br />
radio nations. People will nine la.<br />
hoping to get lucky and win.<br />
In particular, teen-onented pop<br />
. stations most often bold couints<br />
aad stags dUrcrtnl pnnuotlonal<br />
gimmicks because their ration<br />
luve decllnta recently due to compcthba<br />
from MTV and the home<br />
video market.<br />
Radio surveys released recently<br />
confirm the tilings decline. Thn<br />
lop rated stations in the Bay Area<br />
are those of the all news formal,<br />
KCBS and KGO. Although con*<br />
temporary pop (Barry ManUow.<br />
Barton Streisand type musk) stations<br />
tuch as KNBR and K-lOi<br />
htd fairly good ratings, a significant<br />
number of the "Pop 40" and<br />
rock-oriented stations did not.<br />
"Gire away" contests aretwlng<br />
held more and more frequently to<br />
boost sagging ratings. Pop radio<br />
stations gin away money, concert<br />
' tickets, and record albums on a<br />
dally basis, in addition to many<br />
other prizes.<br />
Other promotional gimmicks<br />
range from celebrity endorsements<br />
to sponsoring school dances and<br />
city marathons (KNBR cv<br />
sponsors the annual Bridge-to-<br />
Bridge and Bay to-Breakers runs).<br />
Playing an album In its entirety,<br />
without .commercial Interruption*,<br />
utcd lobe i popular means of<br />
drawing listeners, but thH gimmick<br />
became less popular when<br />
the record Industry slumped<br />
(1980-82).<br />
Record company executives<br />
were complaining that people<br />
would simply tape an album olf<br />
the radio instead of buying il. thus"<br />
contributing to decllniug record<br />
sal**. Some record companies<br />
threatened to pull their artists olf<br />
the air ot stations that continually<br />
broadcast entire albums.<br />
Today, soul-oriented nr rockoriented<br />
stations occasional!? pUy<br />
albums, but ii is very rare among<br />
other stations.<br />
Sports broadcasts are also big<br />
• audience-grabbers. AH the local<br />
professional teami are carried on<br />
W 'Damn Yankees' gets ready<br />
• ByStephcsAbramowitz<br />
1 Thb year's musical production<br />
1 — a highlight ot the tall semes*' r<br />
1 at LowtU will b« Ofima Yaai' .<br />
' <strong>The</strong> show, dtrw.*! \ lick<br />
, Andeisoo. Crtaiht? Arts Oepart-<br />
, mcnt heM. h scheduled to lake<br />
, place ••*-Luw*.ri auditorium on<br />
i tc- jmeculivc weeks: December<br />
' *;*,J»4 12.13.14.<br />
DATM Yankees icali with a<br />
middle aged baseball 'wi^, Joe<br />
1 Hardy, who would scL 1" • sctil to<br />
tiu devil to hate his favorite team.<br />
\*: lowly Washington Senator*,<br />
beat the awesome New York<br />
Yankees.<br />
Of coune. the devil appears and<br />
transforms Hardy Into a young<br />
baseball player. Unfortunately for<br />
Joe. the JerilUa Yankee fan.<br />
As cf now. the major roles are<br />
cast as fellows: Robert Moloui<br />
and Brad Hopper will play Joe<br />
Hard?: Marc 8ader and Damir<br />
Zchtscr will portray young Joe:<br />
Jason Mint* and Francis Chu will<br />
play Applegate. the Devil; and<br />
Dcldrc Atklnsoi. and Avril Swan<br />
will portray Applcgite's cmoy.<br />
Lola the witch.<br />
iohn Land and Paul Zahtilla<br />
will again direct the mutic. and<br />
Charlotte Untztlile and Dan<br />
Wcissmuller will serve as<br />
choreographers.<br />
Tickets for the show wilt go on<br />
ult later.<br />
Delrdn Atkinson. Rebut MolossL and Jason Mlntt (left to right) rehearse a t?cs« from Pajnn Yankees.<br />
Changes due "for" S F * Ballet<br />
By Mia Sofa<br />
<strong>The</strong> San Francisco Ballet Com*<br />
pany. which has been providing<br />
unforgettable years ot rich and<br />
diverse entertainment, b now going<br />
Into Itt 52nd season. As usual,<br />
the ttpcomlejt seucn seems pack*<br />
ecT'...wi«j) contemporary and<br />
cUufcal. not to mention exciting,<br />
performances.<br />
Despite the high expectations.<br />
however, the San Francbco Ballet<br />
will be UcV-fjg lu major force. <strong>The</strong><br />
BaUe:'i director sires 1952. Lew<br />
Chr*i«A»cn. died oj a bean attack<br />
it age 73 three weeks ago on Oc-<br />
< :Christensca. along with bis two<br />
bndtcn, btargtt; responsible for<br />
gb-Jo* the AsKrioan ballet lu<br />
traditlun and unkracnen. Dutltig<br />
the 19X"S. be tuned to creat* a<br />
dutloct. AueHcan art form<br />
(altbongh b« always stood by the<br />
danici] tracltkw) with such<br />
tvowks ax FUUng Station, and Jinx.<br />
wtikl» depicts a jugikr Ignored by<br />
bis fellow circus members. Jinx<br />
[ wax shown late last month on KQ-<br />
ED. HU most famous work pro*<br />
;b*Wr h bb cxeatiM of the<br />
• Hntcrackir. ChiUtensen ' Is<br />
ctdltad with the rueccu of the<br />
'-, S*a Fftncbco Ballet Company.<br />
^But with the death of<br />
. Ctrfatecsen, • tb« company U<br />
. beading toward a proxy fight. <strong>The</strong> *<br />
ConuBittM lor tba Future ot the<br />
Balkt b demandlug that Michael<br />
Smuln. co-director with<br />
ChrUtenscn. be reinstated as codirector<br />
for a full three years, and<br />
that the trustees of the company<br />
accept a new set of board members<br />
chosen by the committee.<br />
As a result, a counter grobp the<br />
Friends of San Francisco Ballet.<br />
h*s been formed to keep the cur*<br />
rent board members and to keep<br />
the current coo tract, which expire*<br />
on May S. 198S, with regard lo<br />
Smuln'f directorship.<br />
But regardless of these conflicts,<br />
the show must go on. And It will.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 'AS season program has<br />
already been orxinlred. <strong>The</strong><br />
season will start with the<br />
Njfcrackeroa December 12. <strong>The</strong><br />
opening night gala will be hrid on<br />
January 19. and from January 30<br />
through May S. seven scpuxte<br />
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programs fill play.<br />
SU of the sevra programs will<br />
Include ballets inspired by<br />
Shakespearean pla>\. A Midtummtr<br />
Night's Drram. a San Fran*<br />
cisco Ballet premiere will be<br />
featured, along with Tempest PA*<br />
de Deux. Othello. H*mkt PAS tic<br />
Dctu. King Lear (placed In a<br />
modern setting), and Smuln's full*<br />
length Romeo and Juliet<br />
Other premiere* will include to<br />
the Sight by Jerome Robblns i>nd<br />
P«piUon by Eliot Feld.<br />
Also this seasun, tribute will be<br />
paid to George BaUnchlne, worldknown<br />
choreographer of thb cen*<br />
tury. by introducing hb A Mid'<br />
tumaer\ Night Dream and<br />
Braftms/Scnoeabcrf Ouarlet.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re wQl be a least to the 300th<br />
birthday of J.S. Bach with the<br />
presentation ot Concerto Barocco.<br />
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KXOT1C rLAVORS<br />
some stations. KSFO carries the<br />
Oakland A's. KCBS carries the<br />
Goldcii Sute Warriors and the<br />
49m. and KNBR carries th«<br />
Giants and the Lot Angeles<br />
Raiders.<br />
Almost all the pop stations<br />
broadcast a "hit parade.** when<br />
the top soagi of the week are<br />
counted down. While KITS broad*<br />
casts the "American Top 40" on<br />
Sunday mornings. KMEL Is. at<br />
the same time, broadcasting Its<br />
own Top 40.- KMEL then<br />
follows that up with "Future<br />
Hits,** a show that previews up and<br />
coming songs and artlus. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
programs attract listeners beceute<br />
they get an Idea ot the current<br />
mutic trends.<br />
One station that may be starting<br />
a new trend b KLOK. KLOK leu<br />
Us listeners vote on the songs they<br />
want to hear, and the ones ll*ey<br />
don't want to bear an not played,<br />
KLOK b the only local station to<br />
carry such a unique format, but<br />
other sti lions, as their ratings fall,<br />
will undoubtedly search for new<br />
ways to obtain listeners. KMEL.<br />
long one of the area's dominant<br />
rock stations, changed format<br />
several months ago to "nil hits."<br />
Are people actu«'Jy attracted to<br />
all the specialty programs, all the<br />
contests, and all the hype?<br />
One <strong>Lowell</strong> junior stated. "People<br />
want more from the radio than<br />
Just song after song and having<br />
contests adds excitement and<br />
variety, t listen • the radio tre*<br />
quently and. pnionally, f like it<br />
•bra all these stations try to outdo<br />
each other with different contests<br />
and different muilc. It makes<br />
listening to the radio Interestins<br />
and fun."<br />
'Madama Butterfly' soars<br />
By Jenifer Rogers<br />
<strong>The</strong> San Fraociira Open bonce<br />
again performing GUcomc Puccini's<br />
enriching rpera, Mtdima<br />
Butterfly.'<br />
<strong>The</strong> opera portrays the life ot a m<br />
young Japanese girl. Madam* '<br />
Butterfly, who U sold to an<br />
American naval officer, licute*<br />
nant B.F. Pinkerton. It b set in<br />
Nagasaki. Japan, during the early<br />
twentieth century.<br />
Nikki U Hanllcp plays the part<br />
of Madama Butterfly. She U a<br />
young girl whose unconditional<br />
love for Pinker*on \\ enhanced by<br />
her innocence.<br />
Hanictp't tinging added tinccrity<br />
to the opera. Her mice pro|cctnl<br />
her emotions to the audience in a<br />
clear and dhllnct manner. <strong>The</strong> audience<br />
could not help but admire<br />
her Ullh in Pinkertim.<br />
Walter MacNcil plaj» the<br />
character ot Lieutenant Benjamin<br />
Franklin Piukerton. who. alter<br />
purchailnu Butterfly, manic*, her.<br />
Pinkerton docs not take hli marriage<br />
to Butterfly tcrioutly and<br />
thus abandons her. Alter a threeyear-period.<br />
Pinkerton marries an<br />
American and tries to forget about<br />
Butterfly.<br />
MacNcil portrays Pinkerton<br />
with such magnitude that he<br />
receives standing ovations tor his<br />
tinging, and his character revives<br />
perpetual boos from the audience.<br />
Sharpies*. * member of the<br />
LVied States Comulate and<br />
Plnkerton's friend, b played by<br />
James Busterud. S'.*trplc»'s sorrow<br />
for Buttcflj- U brought lo the<br />
audience through Bustcmd's<br />
strong and compassionate voice.<br />
<strong>The</strong> orchestra's performance b<br />
ahighllghtof the opera. Under the<br />
supervision of conductor James<br />
Johnson, members give a flc^les*<br />
performance which emphasUcs<br />
the emotions of the characters.<br />
Thb year, the San Francisco<br />
Opera Guild b superimposing<br />
subtitles above the stage. During<br />
the opera, a summary of what b<br />
being sung in Italian b flashed onto<br />
a screen In English. <strong>The</strong> audience<br />
reads these and better<br />
understands what U happening on<br />
the Mage.<br />
In between the first and second<br />
act*, the Mage crew demonstrates<br />
the changing ol a scene. Thb glm<br />
the audience a chtnee to tee .tow<br />
wttinej*. arc arranged and tct up.<br />
<strong>The</strong> curtain U left up. anJ the audience<br />
watches a smalt houtc utcd<br />
In the Tint act transformed into a<br />
larger houw* used in the wcond<br />
act. David Foti. stage manager.<br />
simultaneously explains what the<br />
stage cn-w U doing.<br />
Foti alto ciplains how the<br />
lighting crew changes the lighting.<br />
As he ipcaVs. the background ot<br />
the tct changes from night to day.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> students attended a performance<br />
sponsored by JoAnn<br />
Stcwn. English teacher. "Student<br />
performances are sponsored<br />
by the Opera Guild, which pays<br />
much of the cost and handles the<br />
ushering «nd tickets. <strong>Lowell</strong> hat<br />
additional aid from Mnemosyne,<br />
an organization that fosters appreciation<br />
ot the arts, especially<br />
music. In schools.** stated Slrwart.<br />
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