TELEVISION - Nov. 22, 1991

Channel Checks: KTLA said Thursday that its coverage of the Rose Parade on Jan. 1 will air commercial-free for the first time. For the last 15 years, the channel has superimposed corporate logos on the lower third of the screen with a voiceover message while the parade was in progress. . . . John Wayne’s daughter, Alissa Wayne, will visit “Live With Regis & Kathie Lee� on Monday (9 a.m., Channel 7) to talk about her new book, “John Wayne, My Father.� . . . Tony Danza of “Who’s the Boss� says on “Entertainment Tonight� (7 p.m. on Channel 4) that his character will be getting married to Judith Light’s character before the season is out. . . . In an interview with “Hard Copy� from his prison cell, James Earl Ray says he did not act alone in planning the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. Ray says he was a decoy and that King was slain by a splinter group of FBI agents with their own agenda. The interview will air in the next few days. . . . The 8th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards will go prime time for the first time when the show airs live from the Beverly Hilton on Jan. 10.