THAT’S THE WAY IT IS: When Soviet...

THAT’S THE WAY IT IS: When Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev wanted to get the word out about the Baltic states Monday night, his statement was read on the Soviet national news program Vremya (A1), a show that up until recently had been broadcast in Orange County, too. . . . It was on Huntington Beach’s KOCE-TV Channel 50 for three weeks in February and was offered to PBS stations nationwide for a trial run. But it has yet to become available on a permanent basis. . . . Proponents say they need to raise $1 million a year in donations to make the show available for American viewers.