TV & VIDEO - Dec. 5, 1988 - Los Angeles Times
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TV & VIDEO - Dec. 5, 1988

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Elsewhere on the Spanish-language front, KWHY Channel 22 in Los Angeles has become the latest TV station to jump the English-language ship. KWHY, a part-time business-news channel and home for SelecTV, will begin airing Spanish-language programs during prime time by next fall. But KWHY’s transition could be moved up to Jan. 1 if SelecTV, a struggling subscription movie channel, fails to secure $22 million in financing for its own makeover into a multichannel cable service. “I don’t expect to bring in any real dollars†right away, said KWHY’s president, Burt Harris. “We just want to get our foot in the door.â€

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