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Community TCI Cable alters service lineup, drops VH-1 for more 'diversity' By Greg Hough Emerald Reporter The Fugene TCI Cable Television service will alter its 38-rhunnel lineup on June 1. dropping VH*1, one of two video music chan nels distributed nationally, and adding four new offerings VH-1 (Video Hits One) will make way for CNBC, a new consumer-oriented channel start ed by the National Broadcasting Company: the Vision network, a non-denominational reli gious channel: and Univision, which features Spanish-langunge. programming. Local UHK Channel KLSR also will be added. CNBC began operating locally last week on ltd Channel 22, bumping VH-1 to Channel 36. where it will remain until June t A mes sage informing viewers of the change w ill run on Channel 22 at least through tin- end of this week, TCI General Manager Peter Kahelin said. "I'm not going to toll you that VH-1 isn't an outstanding service," Kahelin said. "Hut when looking at our lineup, we weren't going to drop a lot of our channels because thev're one-of-a-kind. The majority of VH-1 videos ran be seen on MTV, or on the Ted Turner channel (VVTBS) or ‘Friday Night Videos.’ "We want to insure as much diversity in our programming as possible," Kahelin said "NBC's not going to get into something that they’re not going to make top notch," CNBC, which began nationally last month, offers business and consumer news, including a "money wheel" segment run ev ery half-hour. It also features talk shows host ed by Dick Cavett and political analyst John McLaughlin, as well as a program targeted to youngsters called "Kids Are Consumers, Too." The decision to add CNBC was made jointlv bv the local TCI office and bv the TCI corporate office in Denver. kahelin said The local TCI. which has about 50,000 subscribers. has received several phone calls about the changes, but “the response has not been overwhelming." Kahelin said "We've had a number of VH-1 viewers calling in to express disappointment." Kahelin said, "and we've also had some t all ers curious about the new channels What we've done with those who want VH-1 on is to refer them to other (cable) services in the area." VH-1 spokesperson Grog Drebin estimated "maybe 25 percent" of VII 1 programming can Is; seen on MTV. the pioneering music channel which aims at a teenage ami young adult audience "MTV and VH-1 are as different as Tracy Chapman and Guns N' Roses," said Drebin. who said the local TC.I move is not indicative of a national trend VI! i adds an average of 150 affiliates (air quarter-vear. and is now on more than 2,SOD cable systems, Drebin said "What's unique about VH-1. even more than the quantity of videos played, is the indi vidual packaging of the format, which I don't think you'd get anywhere else." Drebin said. VH-1 and MTV are popular at several Uni versify fraternities ami sororities, said Kappa Sigma President Mike Hoff, whose fraternity has a big screen TV set that is turned to either of the two music channels "about BD percent of the time." Students to visit on foreign language day loaay tnousanns ot mgn school students from around the state will sample the cul tures of at least 20 countries during the 11th Annual For eign Language and Internation al Studies Day. About 3.51)0 students from 120 Oregon high schools will take part, according to program coordinator Jim Heinrich, a graduate teaching fellow in Spanish. "As far as we know, it's the biggest event of its kind in the country." he said. "It's certain ly the biggest high school visi tation held on campus Heinrich said the purpose of the event is to promote the study of foreign languages and to increase awareness of foreign cultures. 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