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8AThe Daily Tar HeelMonday, August 23, 1982
Cable 'connections
Council to vote on amendments
that would change two channels
By ALAN MARKS
Staff Writer
The Chapel Hill Town Council will vote
Monday night on two amendments to
Village Cable's franchise agreement and
hear a report from the Town Attorney
concerning Village Cable's authority to
establish monthly rates for basic Tier One
service.
The amendments to the cable franchise
would substitute Cable News Network 2
for the Satellite Programming Network on
cable channel 32, and substitute the
Weather Channel for the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration informa
tion now available on channel 25 of Village
Cable's Tier Three service.
Village Cable has requested to drop the
SPN because of a switch in satellites from
which the company receives most of its
programming. Because of the change,
Village Cable would have to purchase a
Town Attorney Emery Denny Jr. advised
the council ... that Village Cable has the au
thority to begin charging a minimum monthly
fee of $8.50 to all 12-channel and 17-channel
subscribers.
fourth satellite dish for the purpose of con
tinuing SPN, or drop the CBS cable and
other programming. The cost of the dish
would be approximately $10,GO.
SPN carries old movies and TV series,
talk shows and some foreign TV program
ming. The CNN2 service provides headline
news in 30-minute segments. The service
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which provides feature length news as well
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Town Manager David Taylor, in a
memorandum to the council, said, "Since
Village has purchased three receiving
dishes and the franchise refers to two, we
believe it would be unreasonable to require
Village to acquire a fourth dish only for
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of an additional dish would likdy be borne
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Taylor also recommended approval of
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Town Attorney Emery Denny Jr. ad
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Jim Heavner, president of The Village
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By ALAN MARKS
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He hitchhiked from his Kings Moun- .
tain, N.C., birthplace 25 years ago, came
to a place where there was only one girl for
every nine guys and hasn't left since; ..
He lived in then-male Cobb dormitory
and his biggest problem was where to get
his hair cut and eat during the summer.
During the past 25 years, he has worked
his way up from part-time radio an- '
nouncer at Chapel Hill radio station
WCHL to the head of a company that
owns radio station WCHL, four other
radio stations, a publishing company, a
retail print shop, a sports network and. a
cable television company.
The man is Jim Heavner, president and
principal owner of Chapel Hill-based
Village Companies Inc. "There was never
any question about what I wanted to do,"
he said. "I came here (to UNC) as a
freshman in 1957 and never left. And pro
bably never will."
Heavner worked as a radio announcer
during high school and came to UNC with
the goal of pursuing a career in radio. At
the end of his freshman year, he got a job
as a part-time announcer at WCHL.
Three years later, he became a full-time
announcer, replacing Ty Boyd as sales
manager, program manager, morning man
and copy writer.
And, by 1 967, he began buying stock in
the company.
The objective of WCHL has remained "
the same over the years, despite the many
changes in the company, Heavner said.
"Its objective is still to be Chapel Hill's
radio station," he said. "Occasionally, a
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program director has wanted us to be
Chapel Hill and Durham's radio station
and we have always resisted that."
The "I'd Rather Be In Chapel Hill"
bumper sticker, a trademark of WCHL,
says a lot about the way the station feels,
he said.
"There was never any question about what
I wanted to do. I came here (to UNC) as a
freshman in 1957 and never left. And pro
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President of Village Companies
The Tar Heel Sports Network originates
from WCHL, covering all UNC football
and basketball games. The network broad-'
casts more than 62 stations during football
games and 42 stations during basketball
games, making it the largest network in the
Atlantic Coast Conference, he said.
The Village Advocate is also a part of
Village Companies Inc. Heavner started
publishing the shopping guide in 1969.
Heavner's most recent ' interest, and
perhaps his most controversial, is the cable
television company he started three years
ago: The company, Village Cable, holds
franchises in Chapel Hill, Orange County
and Chatham County.
Controversy was sparked when the
Chapel Hill Town Council awarded the
cable franchise to Village Cable in 1979.
The company had no prior experience in
cable television and many area people felt
the franchise would give Heavner and The
Village Companies too much power in
Chapel Hill.
Heavner said he decided to start the
cable company because he wanted to make
sure good cable service was provided in
Chapel Hill.
"We (The Village Companies, Inc.) are
in the communications business," he said.
"In my heart, I'm an old disc jockey. But
from a business standpoint, we want to be
on the cutting edge of the communications
Bills may keep minors
from entering places
where alcohol is served
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Staff Writer
The crackdown on illegal drinking in
Chapel Hill may become more severe if the
town council adopts a proposed ordinance
that would keep teenagers under 18 from
entering establishments that hold on
premises beer or liquor licenses.
The newest proposal is designed to
reduce the attraction of minors to bars and
game rooms that have both video games
and alcohol on the same premises. But the
ordinance may: be applied to local
restaurants and convenience stores, leaving
owners to. question the effects of the
ordinance on the businesses. '
Deputy town attorney Grainger Barrett
drafted two versions of the ordinance at
the request of Mayor Joe Nassif .
The first draft would prohibit anyone
under 18 from entering any establishment,
including restaurants, grocery and conven
ience stores, that have on-premises beer
licenses. Making refinements and exemp
tions to the original proposal, the second
draft would allow minors to enter
establishments with on-premises beer
licenses when they are accompanied by a
parent or guardian. .
Another provision of the draft would
exempt restaurants with a seating capacity
of 25 or more and fewer than three video
games. A similar exemption is applicable
to convenience stores where less than 25 -percent
of total sales are alcoholic
beverages.
"We have no intention of regulating
video games," said Chapel Hill Mayor Joe
Nassif. "The only problem is when there is
a mixture (of video games and bars)."
Bartenders have difficulty checking the age
of their customers when the serving area is
crowded with teenagers playing video
games, Nassif said. Another provision of
the ordinance would require bars with one
or more games to provide a separate out
side entrance to the game area.
Nassif received the second draft last
week and is carefully considering each pro
vision and exemption, Barrett . said. The
ordinance has been misunderstood by
many as an attempt to regulate video
games. However it aims to reduce minors
from congregating around the bar, he
said.
"It's an easier situation to police," Bar
rett said. ; '
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business, and its clear that cable is going to
be a very important communications
medium."
The Village Cable system is "easily the
most advanced system in the state," he
said, referring to its 35 channels of service
in a 42-channel system.
Heavner also conceived the "I Like
Calling North Carolina Home" promo
tional campaign, and he lectures occa
sionally in the UNC Department of Radio,
Television and Motion Pictures.
There was never any question of where
he wanted to go to school, he said,
describing Chapel Hill as a "magical place.
This is a town where the postman and the
professor play golf together and that's
special."
, Heavner said he loves the character of
Chapel Hill. The town is one of only two
places in the world where he would want
to live, he said, the other being Hilton
Head, S.C., where his family spends their
vacations.
"People scoff at me by saying this isn't
a village any more," he said. " 'Village' is
a state of mind. We (The Village Com
panies) feel we have as much to do in
perpetuating the village concept as any
othe.r entity."
He never had any regrets about staying
in Chapel Hill, he said.
"We're all accidents. You either have
good or bad parents, good or bad friends,
and you live in either a good or bad town.
I was blessed with good parents who had
the good sense to ship me off to Chapel
Hill. And I had the good sense to stay
here." , .
: ' Local game room managers have voiced
their approval of the proposed ordinance,
although none of the video game parlors in
Chapel Hill hold on-premises beer licenses.
"I think that's a good idea that they
keep them (minors) out of places where
they sell beer," said Jim Petri, manager of
the recently expanded and remodeled Bar
rel of Fun video game center on Franklin
St. "We are a family-oriented corrx
ration."
Soaps, a combination laundromat,
game room and bar, already has a policy
of prohibiting entry of anyone under 18
unless accompanied by an adult.
"We don't depend on the 18 and under
age group for our business," assistant
manager Beth Cotton said. "We cater to
the older crowd."
Voicing concern with the proposed
ordinance, Mr. Gatti's manager Jack
Rueff said he failed to see the correlation
between illegal drinking and video games.
The problem stems from minors not being
carded, he said.
"It's not a just assumption," Rueff
said. "We card every person who comes in
here. The majority of people who play
games are adults." If the ordinance is
passed, Rueff said it might be detrimental
to the customers.
"I'm a family restaurant," he said. "I
am not a game store. I don't want to make
my living selling quarters."
Rueff said his business could be hurt if
the ordinance is passed. Mr. Gatti's has
more than three video games and therefore
would not be exempt from the ordinance.
A number of town council members
declined to indicate their probable vote on
the ordinance until the matter is formally
presented and studied.
"He (Nassif) hasn't shared any of his in
formation with anybody that I know of,"
said council member Marilyn Boulton.
The council should not rush into passing
the ordinance "in the heat of this drinking
crackdown," she said.
Council member Bev Kawalec also ex
pressed a cautious mood.
"I know we have a problem," Kawalec
said, "but we can't exclude minors from
restaurants."
Discussion of the proposed ordinance
was not listed on the agenda for tonight's
council meeting. Attorney Barrett said
discussion would probably take place at
the Sept. 13 council meeting.
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