http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=KERA_lagging_in_pledge_driveKERA lagging in pledge drive - Revision history2026-05-04T23:48:14ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.0http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?title=KERA_lagging_in_pledge_drive&diff=30552&oldid=prevJohn Lavalie: Created page with "{{article | publication = Fort Worth Star-Telegram | file = 1987-03-18 Fort Worth Star Telegram.jpg | px = 750 | height = | width = | date = 1987-03-18 | author = Art Chapma..."2022-01-25T02:26:49Z<p>Created page with "{{article | publication = Fort Worth Star-Telegram | file = 1987-03-18 Fort Worth Star Telegram.jpg | px = 750 | height = | width = | date = 1987-03-18 | author = Art Chapma..."</p>
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With such lofty programming as Upstairs, Downstairs and such pure Americana as a Lawrence Welk retrospective, [[broadwcast:KERA|KERA/Channel 13]] has found that it's still country and western that pays the bills.<br />
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With about half of the station's Festival '87 already past, it turns out that the March 9 telecast of Country Music Legends is the biggest money-maker to date.<br />
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During the music special, KERA was able to collect more than $50,000. No other show has come close.<br />
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The second best showing so far has been the March 7 broadcast of five Dr. Who specials, plus a Dr. Who movie. That combination produced $29,800 in pledges.<br />
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A March 11 salute to Jimmy Stewart collected $21,4.58; Thursday's back-to-back Sherlock Holmes drew another $17,585.<br />
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But not all the offerings have been supported in such grand fashion. Upstairs, Downstairs, for example, generated only $950 during its pledge break, and the Lawrence Welk evening pulled a disappointing $13,247.<br />
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The shortfalls have put KERA behind in its drive for $600,000. The total, Sunday, with nine days down and 10 to go was $258,062.<br />
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Channel 13 did get some good news, however, when it found that L.A. Law's Jimmy Smits had agreed to narrate the station's upcoming special on immigration.<br />
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Scheduled to run May 10 on PBS, Other Side of the Border is produced by Sylvia Kamatsu.<br />
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Smits plays the part of Hispanic attorney Victor Sifuentes on the NBC series.<br />
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