Show seem The hot summer weather can be relieved by Y k'd Wh° $urvved the d®3 Days of a dip in some cool water as August can tell you These four ducks seem to have the right idea as they cruise the Ogden River keeping cool and looking for something on which to snack ‘Chronicle’ puts public TV into documentary arena By TOM JORY “I don’t think the regular viewer of ‘US Chronicle’ can predict any sequence the way the regular Associated Press Writer viewer of any other news show can do” Public TV’s “US Chronicle” was introduced last Thirteen different stations will provide the first 13 summer as an experiment in public affairs prog- reports in the series though the Denver station has least two others in the mix yet to be scheduled ramming involving 15 member stations The at “Inside Maximum Security” on prison life in Coldocumentary series begins its second season in orado and “Summer Music” which follows three half-hou- r d July with at least 20 musicians young from as through the Aspen Music Festival reports many sources San Francisco’s KQED has two programs in the “I think ifls a manifestation of the growth of public television” says Lawrence K Pomeroy the lineup though neither has been scheduled for senes’ executive producer “This kind of thing broadcast — “The Last Crop” on the consumption of agricultural land by housing developers and couldn’t have been done three or four years ago ‘‘We’ve created a consortium of stations in a sort “Politics of Punishment” on how politicians use the crime issue as an election tool of news bureau set-u- p each one capable of producPomeroy helps stations in the consortium with ing a story with national impact “To replicate this system that we’ve plugged into topic selection development outlines and scripts ‘US Chronicle’ would cost millions of dollars ” while writing filming or taping editing and narration is handled by local production teams Pomeroy says “Working with the stations” the producer says Jim Lehrer of public TV’s “MacNeil-Lehre- r Report” will introduce and summarize “you see patterns develop I noticed this year a each production in the series that will begin with a particularly intense interest in crime and we’ll report produced by Philadelphia’s WHYY called have four documentaries in the series loosely tied to that subject” “Abscam and the Philadelphia Story” The premiere program focuses on the debate In addition to “Abscam and the Philadelphia over which political style better serves the people Story” “Politics of Punishment” and “Inside Max— the historic machine or d imum Security” the schedule includes ‘‘Rural the party reform movement Crime: Shadow on the Land” The second film in the series “Lower Lancaster “US Chronicle” in its first season was acStreet” a look at gentrification and displacement claimed of the poor is from WMHT in Schenectady while Medal asby the critics and was awarded a Gold the best documentary series at the 23rd KRMA in Denver provides the third “Boomtown” ' annual Film and Television Festival a profile of Craig Colo a suddently flourishing oil of New International York town on the state’s western edge Stations in the consortium are members of public “I think what this series has going for it” TV’s Program Service which distriPomeroy says “is that these documentaries are butes Interregional to about 100 stations in the Public the series not done under one roof When that certain homo-genieBroadcasting Service system Each station pays a sets in you end up talking to one another $5000 entry fee to belong to the consortium newly-produce- co-anch- or new-guar- ty 2 Close-u- p Sunday June 28 1981 TV listings All of this week’s TV listings with a separate daytime section Close-u- p Feature The Utah Arts Festival offers something for everyone Mulligan Stew It’s tough to be trendy especially sartorially speaking Ogden Anecdotes Home remedies in old Ogden rang- ed from cough syrup to herb bags i -- ± (J Real Puzzle This week’s puzzle asks the game show question What’s My Line? At the movies ‘Stripes’ and ‘Superman’ both emu- late their predecessors comments suggestions and contributions are appreciated Write Don Rosebrock Close-uEditor co Ogden Standard-Examine- r p EI |