‘PRAIRIE’ WILL BE CABLE-TV SERIES

Garrison Keillor’s public radio program, “A Prairie Home Companion,” will become a weekly TV variety series in March on the Disney Channel.

John F. Cooke, president of the Disney Channel, and William Kling, president of Minnesota Public Radio, said the two-hour weekly radio program of music and storytelling will debut as a TV series March 7 on the pay-television channel.

“The visual aspect of the show has delighted its theater audiences for more than 12 years,” said Kling. The program is broadcast from the St. Paul, Minn., World Theater to more than 270 U.S. public radio stations.