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tionships with advertisers, but
not any more. Advertisers nowa-
days are fickle. They are look-
ing for extra special things, such
as promotions. There are no
easy deals to be made."
Viewers, too, have changed.
'Without a doubt, audiences are
also harder to please. There
used to be the theory that there
was a flow — if you started at 8
p.m. at night with a successful
prime-time show, you would
draw the audience the rest of
the night," he said. "But that's
not true anymore. Audiences
are very restless, and you have
to be aware that every 30 sec-
onds they may change the chan-
nel. The independents are also
much stronger than ever be-
fore."
A native of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Frank was born and raised in
Pittsburgh. His parents, who
still reside in the Pittsburgh
area, provided a traditional re-
ligious home.
"We went to synagogue quite
often, and the Jewish traditions
and holidays were and are very
important to me," said Mr.
Frank, who belongs to Temple
Kol Ami in West Bloomfield.
After earning a bachelor's
degree in journalism from Du-
quesne University and a mas-
ter's in television and radio from
Syracuse, he served as a first
lieutenant in the U.S. Army in
Vietnam. Following his military
duty, he moved to New York
City and landed a job on the
"David Frost Show" as a pro-
duction and unit manager.
"I worked with a lot of stars,
was in charge of the produc-
tions, budgets and the union,"
he recalled. "It was exhilarat-
ing.
After his break in the Big

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Apple, Mr. Frank held a string
of production jobs. He was pro-
gram manager at WJZ-TV in
Baltimore and WBZ-TV in
Boston, and for two years was
executive producer at KPIX-TV
in San Francisco.
When Mr. Frank relocated to
the Detroit area in 1979, he
never thought of it as a perma-
nent move. Now, he does not
want to leave.
"I lived in some of the great-
est cities in the country, and I
never expected to like it here,"
said Mi. Frank, who resides in
Bloomfield Hills with his wife of
24 years, Ann, and their three
children.
"I had turned down a job in
Detroit several times, and was
finally talked into moving here
for just a short while. But it's al-
most 15 years, and I wouldn't
want to live anywhere else!"
He is dedicated to community
service. He is chairman of the
board of CATCH (Caring Ath-
letes Team for Children's and
Henry Ford Hospitals), and
serves on the boards of Ronald
McDonald House, Children's
Hospital, Roeper City and Coun-
try School, the Detroit Sym-
phony Orchestra and the
Parade Co.
Out of all his professional ac-
complishments, he is most
proud of what he has done for
WDIV. "It's a wonderful feeling
to have turned this station
around," he said. "We have de-
veloped a reputation for being
very fair and honest and have
become one of the key stations
in the country.
"But best of all, Channel 4 is
now an accepted part of the
Detroit community. For me,
that means the most."

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Prague (JTA) — A bill before
Parliament providing for the
partial return of confiscated
Jewish property faces no
open opposition by any
Czech political party, but its
fate remains uncertain, ac-
cording to Jiri Danicek, the
president of the Federation
of Jewish Communities in
the Czech Republic.
The bill, now under debate
by different parliamentary
committees, will probably be
submitted to a plenary ses-
sion of the house before or
shortly after the end of the
year.
The measure deals ex-

clusively with former Jewish
property now held by the
state that was confiscated by
both the Nazi and Commu-
nist regimes. It is based on a
list of 208 items whose
original Jewish conj. -
munities have requested
their return.
The list comprises mostly
synagogue buildings and
Jewish cemeteries, as well
as the collection of the
Prague State Jewish Muse-
um, which was expropriated
by the Communists in 1950.
The proposed law also pro-
vides for the return of some
private property, which was

