"MAGIC 106" is now "POWER 106" and without Morgan, but he remains under contract and on full salary with the station's owners, Emmis Broadcasting of Indiana. The club burned down once before in 1980, when it was still called Casablanca. "And not just statues of a general on a horse, but pieces like these" he added, waving toward his airborne art gallery. He has long been superior, in fact, to any Major-General who trod the D'Oyly Carte boards after the departure of Martyn Green. Sheldon's voice may sound a bit thin and scratchy these days, but that poses no problem in this role. What it lacks in size, it seems more than willing to make up for in pizazz.

Inevitably, one has to look to Heston, who is at the center of the event. in the musical "Cabaret" It exploited her octave-swooping vocalism and sharply etched movement style but virtually nullified both her womanhood and sense of poetic ambiguity. By the time all of them assemble at West Hollywood's A & M Recording Studios in mid-April, their sing-along will include far more than the 45 American recording artists who gathered at those same studios Jan. To do that, for the most part I try my best not to read about myself" However, he did read a recent item in this newspaper that mentioned the salary he will be paid by ABC-a figure that was, in his words, "way, way off" Anxious to set the record straight, he said his contract guarantees him $1 million each year for two years, with the following three years at ABC's option, which, if executed, would net Namath $5 million total "Hardcastle & McCormick" it would seem, can wait. . Bang's chunky boat and arrow shapes, trapped in charred wood housings (in a group of floor sculptures, are simply evocative objects that suggest encrusted memories of journeys.

The load is more than I, and my firm, can handle in a manner that's fair to Lionel" Despite the amicable tone of the statement, there was immediate speculation that the breakup may have been long in developing and was possibly triggered by a reported dispute during a Jan 21 USA for Africa board meeting Last fall, Richie made one break from Kragen and Co. The problems that have occurred outside are not necessarily attributable to the club" Vice Sgt. This also is a good way to try the tortillas, which are wonderful-soft, chewy and fresh-tasting, about twice as thick as the cardboardy supermarket flour tortilla Service is rather basic. My name is Larry Bell and I have had a terrible time getting famous because of my chosen medium" Such groups are all too often the art world's equivalent of petty-political pressure groups and havens of mediocrity.

For a series that placed consistently in the Top 10 in a period of stress and strife, it is not that surprising that a "Mayberry" reunion broadcast in the 1980s atmosphere of smug quiescence should do so well, now that we are frankly celebrating the bland, homogenized world it depicted. Now he's on his way to a European tour with the New York-based Contemporary Motions Dance Company and confident of his future in the international dance world. "In This Sign" based on the novel by Joanne Greenberg, is about the collision of values between nonhearing parents and their hearing daughter Dorothea Petrie is producing for Marian Rees Associates Joseph Sargent is directing. . The effect is of a rather hip "Spoon River Anthology-one that doesn't allow the audience to get close enough to feel the emotion in the script. They illuminate the speeding stream of Vatican tourists who overrun the sacred place like so many Keystone Kops chasing fugitive memories with Instamatics.

The vibraphonist, an early champion of the electric jazz fusion movement, is teamed here with Warren Bernhart on synthesizer and piano, Bob Mintzer on reeds, the remarkable Eddie Gomez on bass and Omar Hakim of Weather Report on drums. During her first year, McKeown (dubbed "Calamity Jane" by her colleagues) worked two months and spent the rest of her time recuperating from broken bones, a wrenched back, a bruised heart and two concussions Then, Hollywood came nipping at her heels "She's got an incredible story" says Andrew J. "There have been some script changes since then" Mandell noted "It's less surrealistic now. When Helen Hayes played Ma at the Hartford years back, you felt that the Fishers would probably be all right Here you're not so sure. That's because of its subject, because of its essential grayness and because its central characters, though generally sympathetic, are heroically unheroic. Tod Browning's "Mark of the Vampire" (1935) and James Whales' "The Road Back" (1937) (UCLA Melnitz on Thursday at 8 p. m) find neither director in top form yet as intriguing as ever. "It's a democratic organization" one PBS representative said.

Patronage at Washington's Virginia estate reportedly increased dramatically after the CBS miniseries aired. Here are the records and artists I think have the best chance of being nominated in three key categories: ALBUM OF THE YEAR: 1"PURPLE RAIN" Prince (Warner Bros. And with an opening weekend box-office take of more than $7 million, "Gung Ho" looks as if it may go over the fence too. This time the ring is television and the adversaries are a quartet of little old ladies from Miami. For a new station, it represents an extraordinary commitment. Lew Archer's quests were less for smoking guns and latent fingerprints than for the scar tissue of ancient wounds and sad betrayals, the later legacies of broken families and sundered relationships One of the appreciations in the book is by Robert B Parker, creator of the Boston private eye Spenser.

Do you want to be a great actor when you grow up? "Hai" Yes! Danjuro sits on a couch outside his dressing room, fiddling with a camera He has a son in Kabuki, too, a 7-year-old "I'm trying not to make it too much of a test for him It's enough to get him used to the life. "We're having a revival of a wonderful classic, 'His Kind of Woman' starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell and Vincent Price Show time is 6, 8:15, and 10:30 p. m" "Oh" she said She hung up "That wasn't very nice" a friend said "Anyone can make a mistake" This is true. Film buffs often complain that foreign classics remain difficult to find on videocassette, with home-video companies and stores putting the emphasis on recent Hollywood product. "That's her, I'm sure of it" About a minute later, a short, elderly man watching the same photo session argued with a woman companion: "You're wrong That is Whitney Houston.

Wild's program Wednesday night is titled "Liszt the Poet" and will be followed, Feb. But Margarethe likes to have all women as sisters-and also, she's been an actress"Schygulla believes that Von Trotta has been much affected by her discovery of a sister she never knew she had, and Von Trotta indeed seems obsessed with relationships between sisters. Stewart also used to street-race with Paul Newman and with his once-best friend Ricky Nelson (who got him spots on "The Ozzie and Harriet Show" during his UCLA tennis team days He also was the personal pro of producer Bob Evans. John Dexter's production-an ugly, semi-stylized relic designed by David Reppa in 1976 and now rehearsed by David Sell-looked dark; also silly. It became about faith, not politics, about antagonists who believe-one in technology and one in God. Backed by an energetic group of young dancers, the Chipmunks perform as Michael Jackson, John Travolta, Dolly Parton and Carmen Miranda (complete with fruit-bowl hat and a troupe of dancing bananas. Alistair Cooke, the Emmy Award-winning host of public television's "Masterpiece Theatre" has been selected to receive the Governor's Award of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences The honor will be presented to Cooke on Sept.

Few details are known, because authorities invariably are quiet before launching a crackdown. That such a judgment is wide of the mark is evidenced in a six-record set which returns to circulation, in handsomely restored sound, the entire Friedman legacy (Danacord 141-6, distributed by Qualiton Imports. South Indian vegetarian cuisine may be the best-developed vegetarian fare in the world: grains and legumes are married with subtle spices like cumin, saffron, cardamon and nutmeg. He definitely didn't look like the incorrigible, drugged-out thug many assume he is. That's why cassettes are so nice-nothing is cut" MORE OLD MOVIES: The 1949 Italian film, "The Bicycle Thief" which always gets votes when critics assemble their all-time Top 10, is available this week, only with subtitles, on Corinth Video for $69. 95. In both works, supernatural protectors not only kept young lovers from harm but helped bring about the spectacular deaths of nearly invincible villains. movie producers and distributors believe that they are entitled to the same access to the Korean marketplace that Koreans have in the United States.