1986- "Inherit ED Around Toledo Television 'What Happens Nov/ Still Being Asked At Channel 13 Tom Ensign By TOM ENSIGN Blade Television Critic So now what happens to Channel 13? That has to be what a lot of WTVG employees are asking them selves at this moment. Several months ago, the issue wasn’t in doubt. Channel 13 was, going to be sold. That seemed cer-! tain. After all, the FCC_ ruled last, November that it would approve the takeover of Storer Communi cations, Inc., and its seven televi sion stations by the investment firm of Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co. provided the new owners sell Toledo’s Channel 13 within 18 months. The reason for the divestiture rul ing was that Channel 13 overlapped the' viewing areas of two other Storer stations: WJBK-TV Channel 2 in Detroit and Cleveland’s WJW-TV Channel 8. There didn’t seem to be much choice other than to sell the Toledo station in the $2.5 billion take-over agreement. Then last week, there was a dra matic turnaround. Instead of being the one station to be sold in the deal, Channel 13, it now appears, will be the only station left in the former Storer chain. Kohlberg will sell the other six Storer stations, as well as other broadcasting properties, to Lorimar Telepictures, Inc., a leading movie and TV productions company. This move, which came as quite a surprise to all stations concerned, leaves Channel 13 as the sole ship of the once-mighty Storer fleet and poses the main question: What hap pens to Channel 13 now? Nobody seems to know the an swer. Storer spokesman Andy Holdgate said that at the moment there is nothing to report about the future of Channel 13. Buddy Ray, vice president and general manager of Channel 13, was also in the dark. “Right now, you know as much about it as I do,” he said.. The attitude at Detroit’s Channel 2 appears somewhat buoyed by the sale. "It’s too soon to say anything really,” a spokesman admitted, “but there is a general aura of optimism here because of Lorimar’s expertise in broadcasting.” So the future of Channel 13 re mains to be seen: Will it remain the alpha and omega of Storer or be sold to someone else. It can’t be an easy limbo to have to live in. SPEAKING OF sales, Toledo’s WDHO-TV Channel 24, which was sold two weeks ago, will change its call letters Sunday. The ABC affiliate will carry the call letters WNWO-TV, to stand for northwest Ohio. WBGU-TV Channel 57, Bowling Green’s Public Broadcasting Ser vice station, will be going off the air for approximately four weeks on June 30. When it returns, it will be broadcast on Channel 27. The reason for the shutdown is construction and installation of a state-of-the art transmitter that will increase the station’s power from 750,000 to 1 million watts, increas ing coverage by 358 square miles. WBGU is expected to be broad casting on or before Aug. 1. TOLEDO’S independent station, WUPW-TV Channel 36, will be the scene of the Children’s Miracle Net work telethon this weekend. The telethon runs from 9 p.m. Saturday to 6 p.m. Sunday and will feature a cornucopia of stars ap pearing live from the Osmond Foun dation in Salt Lake City, Utah. Some 20 minutes out of each hour will be devoted to local program ming with guests hosts from radio and television, including Jack Mitchell, Cheryl Masur, Orris Tabner, Jill Olmsted, Bill Stewart, Bill Harris, Steve Mason, and Pam Gilbert. Some of the national stars to ap pear on the telethon will be Marie Osmond, Jim McMahon, Bob Hope, Bill Cosby, the Oakridge Boys, Andy Gibb, Johnny Cash, Adam Ant, and Sister Sledge.