European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10on television what goes on running a to station in War a a a a a a a a a a a a a is Sarah Bottorff a a v. To plus editor a Quot we Quot "w1 of much news is too much news its b b a question military television stations a Quot tall Over a along with the stateside. B b commercial networks a have been struggling with since the Early morning hours of thursday. An to ran into a Buzz saw mid morning thursday when it broke away from a slow period in news coverage of the Gulf War to put on kids cartoons. The phone lines promptly lit up with angry callers accusing an of being insensitive to families with service embers in the Gulf. A that bothered me a lot a said Afna a com Mandr col. Zachary Fowler a because what we were actually trying to do was be sensitive to the kids in those families. We thought kids needed to see a Little of what they were used to to bring Back some sense of normalcy. That a really  the cartoons did no to last Long. As the Calls came in important new developments came on the news and an switched Back to live news programming where it stayed for the rest of the Day by saturday morning an was to have taken another try at a bringing Back some sense of normalcy a but it Wasny to Clear How Long that would last or How the viewers would take it. Fowler said he recalled that during operation just cause in Panama the families there were grateful when after a few Days military networks began running some regular shows. A when the news gets to the Point where the reporters Are interviewing each  will we found in Panama they appreciated having something else to  Southern european broadcasting was coming to much the same conclusions at the same time. Denny Mckill chief of network television said the station was to go Back to regular programming saturday beginning with kids shows. A a we la be watching sat net the military talc vision satellite feed and Well bring in new developments As they happen a said Mckell. A and if we get a special report Well put it right on. We wont sit there and watch it first and decide if its important. Well just put it  As of this writing the networks stateside from which the military stations get their news programs arc going Back to some non news program Ming which was also a Factor in at least Afna a decision to bring Back regular shows. As of this writing again the nil playoffs Are definitely on for tonight and will definitely be carried by seb and an. As for All those soaps you missed last week Well it looks like Tough Luck. Some viewers had asked an if they could be saved and aired later but the sheer volume of missed programs made that unlikely an programmers said. What a More the tapes of general hospitals and guiding Light Are passed from station to station a if an hangs onto them seb has nothing to air. If seb. Hangs onto them to show later ebs to in Turkey does without. Besides Mckell pointed out a in the states when they pre empt a soap opera they done to replay it later. They just go  a More ticklish Point is the Fate of serial types like twin peaks which was to premiere on an to this coming wednesday. The War coverage instead left things in such a shuffled state that an aired the premiere last night a or at least had planned to do so. Whether the station will air it again or just go on to the next episode is a ticklish question. Fowler said the series is particularly Tough for military stations to have around during a period of Preemption like this because each episode is import he said he started watching twin peaks in the states missed an episode and got totally lost. So Well see. If you get a Chance to see it or saw it last night twin peaks is everything they said it is weird weird and weird. Also recommended this week if they Arentt preempted is the documentary Martin Luther King or making of a Holiday monday night on an where the Hellas that Gold a Nice Light movie on seb Friday night and wednesday on seb deadly care a Well acted Cheryl Ladd of All people drama about Ordinary people addicted to extraordinary amounts of Legal drugs and  i am writing in reference to the desert shield an spots featuring the 12th aviation brigade. I feel an should feature other units in saudi Arabia. Why not recognize these units also Many air Force units in saudi Are stationed in Germany and in a sure that the loved ones of these individuals would appreciate even a Brief glimpse of them. An should try to recognize All units and services involved with desert shield and not just Concan rate on the 12th aviation brigade. Staff sgt. John Habighorst. V a Rhein main a Germany reply from Herb Glover an network chief of command information he an Europe we Are prepared to broadcast greetings from saudi from As Many Neucom units As possible. You be seen a preponderance from the 12th aviation brigade because the v corps a a to 5�?� Crew has done an outstanding Job of covering the brigade. An an team accompanied a 7th medical a come deployment and was Able to add a few More greetings in the course of its news Mission. A second team also deployed with v corps and garnered More 12th aviation brigade messages. In the meantime the 3d inf div has furnished greetings from one of its saudi units. In the coming weeks we expect to receive material from Vii corps and we Welcome input from other army and a Force units. In a a student at Frankfurt american High school. I was wondering Why you done to show some of our school events on television like sports. I done to think its fair the military people Are shown All the time for their sports events. You know stars and stripes can to cover All the action like news can. I know i can to be the Only person to think of something like this. The sports i had in mind were fall a Golf Tennis volleyball and football. Winter a wrestling basketball. Spring a soccer gymnastics and track and Field. Please consider this idea i Rashed Koonce a Frankfurt Germany reply from Ann Mulligan news director an Europe. Wed like to cover More High school sports but an Europe has a very Small staff of reporters. And a huge coverage area a Belgium Germany the Netherlands and the United kingdom. Therefore we concentrate on sports events at the championship level not the Community level. This Means we cover . Army Europe Usa eur corps level championships army Europe events and . Air forces in Europe Safe championships. We cover these military championships with the extensive help from the full time staffs at the Usa eur and Safe sports offices in providing information making Contact and arranging spokespersons. Because there Are so Many High schools of varying sizes a All of which have championships and no department of defense dependent schools Dodds sports office coordinating information for an a it is very difficult to provide the same coverage we do for military sports. However an w ill occasionally spotlight a truly outstanding award winning Dodds athlete. Once again we depend on the Dodds Public affairs officer Frank of Gara to identify this person and make arrangements for us. Check with your local an affiliate radio Sta. Tion. Here is where you can get local news on the air. If there is a High school program on radio in your area talk to the station manager about providing scores or other information for this show. C to plus sunday january 20,1991