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Rival methods to compete Experts see TV struggle United Press international decade may see a struggle for NEW YORK — I he current the television viewing market TSO Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired BRYAN 216 N. Main 799-2786 Mon.-Fri. 8-5 Sat. 8-1 COLLEGE STATION 8008 Post Oak Mall.. 764-0010 Mon.-Sat. 10-9 p.m. Texas State sc Optical sc Since 1935. Ken’s Automotive 421 S. Main — Bryan 822-2823 "A Complete Automotive Service Center" ► Brakes McPherson Tune-Ups Clutches ' Struts Front End Parts Replacement Standard Transmission Repairs All American Cars VW-Datsun-Honda Toyota (Master Card & VISA Accepted) rivaling the battle in the late 1940s between radio and infant television. TV won that battle. The coming struggle will be among the existing television networks, the cable television systems in which billions are being invested and the K-band direct transmission of programs into homes via space satellite. The K-band has been used only experimentally in Canada and Japan up to now. But in the last few months several large American firms have formed new corporations to exploit the K-band by leasing transponder channels on Canada’s Anik-C satellite, which is to be launched later this year. The latest company to do so is Oak Industries Inc., of San Diego, which is leasing four channels and says it will offer the same programs directly that it now is delivering to 600,000 cable subscribers. The programs will be deli vered in scrambled form to keep non-subscribers from tapping them via small, portable dish- shaped antennas mounted on rooftops. The home viewer will have an unscrambling device. Estimates of the cost of this equipment range from $300 to $700. The great advantage of the K-band, thus, is that programs can be delivered without expen sive earth stations from which they must be rebroadcast or deli vered to homes by cable. The K-band operates on a much higher frequency than the C- band used in conventional satel lite communications. Bob Klein of Los Angeles, a widely known on-air promotion expert, said he believes dish antennas for K-band reception soon will be sprouting on roof tops all over America. “We have past decade assumed for the that the United States will become a nation total ly wired for cable TV,” he said. “Now, suddenly, stringing wires begins to look old-fashioned, an unnecessary expenditure of bil lions of dollars.” Klein did say cable still has one big advantage: two-way in teraction. THURSDAY NIGHT Male Dancer Night! AGGIES! Douglas Jewdry United Press /ASHINOl ing from the than 11 million the most contix ever hit the numications C one that never I With admi; mounting, the ntng yet anothe suade the publ considering a b broadcasting. 9 The issue perpetuated b- or group that mostly to rur churches for the commissic officials and s major church i It all began two California Lansman and 1 filed a petitic FCC to restrh Um,um, good. staff photo by David Fiste giousorganizal quencies reser tional use. ? Lansman an tioned vvhethe the Bible” proi churches qua served educati By the time I acted eight m had received of mail — the single issue, a from persons to believe the j ban all religion Ladies get in Free from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. 4 For 1 Highballs! Doors open to the men at 10 p.m. $3.00 Cover Charge 8-10 p.m. 10% AGGIE DISCOUNT There’s nothing like an ice cream cone from the Creamery to cool someone off on a hot day. 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Validation will begin at the Sbisa Office on August 9, 1982, with personal presentation of paid fee slip. pferts say. ul !•> : toy “If the conflict betweenEi. crowded Hudson land and Argentina uasiodr led seven pr out for some time, othercoi Wednesday, autl tries might not want theirsli) I A police depa in that potential war tone,'A man said the blat man Vestal, Nueces Coin to the eighth lloe .iginulim.il extension aj|flBd was contro said. hour. “Thev would not vvant'totall County sp that risk and they might want Rakowski identi: come to the U.S. We (Tes dead men as inm would possibly stand to pkiijTheir names vvei all the countries that might ately released, doing business with Argentiitli More than 70' It all depends on wiiai f imprisoned on tl Velops." were moved to n Eloyd Klaevemann. nianagt irs in a third-llo of Producers Grain Termini Rakowski said, in Corpus Christi, said the wTf The blaze was diet probably will result in. corrections oHic< increase in U.S. grain priffi me eighth door o and has the potential ol beir J a d’ I ) ear ^ ie cer “very good for south TexasfrE 6 sa ,'^' mers." I The prison, b Grain broker Frank VaaiMdO prisoners, I of New York said the Argentitfl jT el S^ lt floors at grain sorghum harvest Ijejiff maze, Rakowski; this month, while the U.S.teT; 00 . 1 1S uset * 0 vest doesn’t start until late equipment stoi a He said Argentina consislf Authorities sai undercuts U.S. grain prices, |estigating the c c