J3 4 I Xs AS I TS Hrfer is a singular seiisation i'- 4 It UKW lltvtin ita Uwm Or sum IttACwy Hew Hurt rxensjedarttucbiOuBB qpiBSeyBitiysapit adah Stw iMuUhe not tvept i hiacanSiipaixviB rimBandfiBi WDcdrbaf 01 III 1 1 BSijtfflO- HI- throfoaBohenE': pserricfciKVt wronemquiesrefhefcro wiNminlixinnTJnl Mends md die faunas who csDedhk requesting T'" Ato fcpam sold j- Heritage Metfia in 1997 Harter finally got to peek at a ratings andwasasmmdedto find his on the Town was one of the station's tnod-b-' tenedkofhows llaner also began announcing his e-mail address on the air and was no less surprised to find his maiSxs filled with messages from a new group of mostly Ihafr when die wheels began to nan 1 researched and saw that no one eke in the country was do- ing Broadway music on the radio Harter said There are very few outlets for theater muse on the radio anywhere Hana thought ight on the Tbwtf could go national But the idea took four years to come to fruition and in that time flatter quit his well-paying job in industrial sales to work fuD time on the project Last month a new one-hour syndicated version of "Nigte on the Town began airing on 30 stations throug) die OTMT fine Arts Radio Network of Chicago (The network Harter said bad -beenexpecting oolyabout half that number to take the pro- gram)Themdnberisnowupto 34 stations mostly noncommer-dal but also KXm where airs at9punSatuidayijfallowedro usuaL by local program NttontheliMnriiiayJeven go fatemationaL Harter jiat got 1 a caH from ore offtTMTthigh- eat-UowdlentstheBBCArtt Qianneil To see playlists of upcoming -broadcasts goto wwwwiceoibroadwayorg KCABJ honors three The Kansas City Association of BLatifaumifiso gawks an- audMecEaAwanlsBRpreaen-ucves of three local TV sradonc kcaaaoafStKL DoioresQidnn and Maid Pickard of IEPX Channel It iwn far "A Kansro Cky Dialogue on Ram with anchor Kris far Natalie Mcxitme won far news features and Mkhefle Casas 4 andExicSdjutaofKSHB Qsannei 41 won far hard new --1 Ex-Q104 boss moves up Kathv Sdnefaouc wiSo ro general manager of KBEQ-FM (104J)osTrsawthesatioc3i switch to its successful country format has been tapped to head a new duster of radio stations in Chicaga Sdnehoux most reemdy general manager of KTJM-FM Newark wfil manage ax sta-' tions for AMFM bit including Qucagos top-reed music sta- 1 tioa TX3-FM The duster's future is somewhat uncertain ro AMFM will need to sell off more than 100 stations to complete a S23 billion merger with Clear Channel Communications KCm digital first A five-par? KCPT series on the history rrf the arts in Kansas Gty will be the first station production done in a digital high-defi-niuon format lfaiquel' Kansas Qty wiH air in May 2000l will appear in comentional analog format on Channel 19andinhigh-defini-tfari on Channel 18 the digital signal KEPT put on the air last year Only a few hundred digital receivers ha Ybeen sold in the Kansas Gty area and if they tune to Channel 18 mostnits they see a standard loop of digi-- tal programs emanating Cmm PBS headquarters in Virginia Thart because KEPT lacks the capacity at present to originate digital propams from its stu- dios As a result Kansas wQlactuaDy be fod to Chaiinl8 from Virginia To reach Aaron Barnhart phone (816) 234-4790or visit the TV Bam WH site at wwiktvbamxom.