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San Francisco, WUSA-TV Washington Sandy Newton has been named enter- Palladium/New Century Television's and WAGA-TV . tainment reporter. Power Pack film package has been li- censed to 31 stations since its release in Samuel Goldwyn Television has sold Coral Pictures has sold five telenove- mid-January. Among the stations are November Gold 2, package of "acven- las to the Network: Prima- WTAF-TV Philadelphia, KGMC-TV ture" films, to more than 20 markets. vera (200 hours), to debut June 1; Cris- City, WXXA-TV Albany, Among the stations are WTAF-TV tal (246 hours); La Dama De Rosa (219 WAWS-TV Jacksonville and KING- Philadelphia, KTVT-TV , hours); Leonela (133 hours); and Topa- TV . WDCA-TV Washington, WUAB-TV ciao (187 hours). Also, Coral recently , KHTV(TV) , concluded 111 sales in Latin America LBS Communications will distribute WGNX-TV Atlanta, KTZZ-TV Seat- on 10 novelas, including 47 deals in the one-hour HBO Sports production tle, KPLR-TV St. Louis, WVTV(TV) South America, 47 in Central America of Countdown to Tyson-Spinks, to air and WZTV(TV) Nashville. and nine in the Dominican Republic, between June 13 and June 26. The one- Titles include A Prayer for the Dying, four in Mexico and four in Puerto Rico. hour show is being offered via barter, Hello Mary Lou, Prom Night II and All told, Coral is now distributing 5,176 with stations getting eight minutes, April Morning. hours of Spanish-language program- and national five. Stations have option ming. of running program twice. Great Weekend has been sold by The Care Bears Family has been The latest station to renew The Jet- USTV to four markets, for a current cleared as a strip in 75% of the country, sons for 1988-89 is WFTS-TV Tampa, total of 49 representing 50% of the U.S. according to SFM Entertainment. The reports , households. The markets are lineup includes WWOR-TV New York, bringing the total on board to more KATV(TV) Little Rock, WOKR-TV KTLA-TV , WPWR-TV than 80. Other markets cleared include Rochester, WAKA-TV Montgomery , WGBS-TV Philadelphia, WWOR-TV New York, KCOP-TV Los and KCIP-TV Amarillo. The news/in- WSBK-TV , WXON-TV De- Angeles, WPWR-TV Chicago, WTAF- formation Saturday morning weekly troit, WPGH-TV , KDNL- TV Philadelphia and KBHK-TV San hour has been averaging a 3 or a 4 rat- TV St. Louis and KRIV(TV) Houston. Francisco. Also at WE, The Yogi Bear ing around the country. In Boston, on The program debuts on Sept. 12. Show strip has added four stations: WCVB-TV, it has been averaging a 2, WGNX-TV Atlanta, KSTW-TV Seat- up 42% from the station's previous oc- MCA TV has added three stations to tle/Tacoma, KMSP-TV cupant; in Minneapolis, on KSTP-TV, the The Morton Downey Jr. Show line- and WPGH-TV Pittsburgh. Total it has been registering a 6, an increase up. These are WPWR-TV Chicago, clearances represent 65% of U.S. of 466%; and on WTHR-TV Indianap- WPHL-TV Philadelphia and KRON- Speaking of Everything, late-night olis, Weekend is scoring a 4, a rise of TV . Previous markets weekly talk show hosted by Howard 120%. Paula McClure has been added signed include Boston, Washington, Cosell, has suspended production. Pro- to Weekend as consumer reporter, and and Pittsburgh. duction may start up in the fall.