RADIOMore Stern Fines? Radio personality Howard Stern’s...

RADIO

More Stern Fines? Radio personality Howard Stern’s on-air musings have his employer, Infinity Broadcasting Corp., facing an additional $200,000 in fines from federal regulators. The Federal Communications Commission late last week proposed $50,000 fines for each of four Infinity-owned stations that carry Stern’s show: WJFK-AM, Baltimore; WXRK-FM, New York; WRSP-FM, Philadelphia; and WJFK-FM, Manassas, Va. Material from the show appears to be in violation of the FCC’s indecency standards, an FCC spokeswoman said. More than $1 million in fines previously have been imposed on stations airing Stern.

Talk of the Pueblo: The first Spanish-language radio prime-time talk show premieres today on KWKW-AM (1330), better known as “La Mejicana.” Robert Arguello, a retired LAPD officer, will host “El Pueblo Opina” (“The Town Talks”) Monday through Friday from 3-7 p.m. The show will focus on issues of interest to the Latino community such as immigration, AIDS and crime.

TELEVISION

Seeing Double: It has already been noted that CBS and NBC have both scheduled Chicago-based medical dramas at 10 p.m. Thursdays this fall. But there are a couple of other scheduling anomalies coming up elsewhere in television. On June 26, PBS will begin a rerun of Ken Burns’ acclaimed documentary series “The Civil War,” while TNT will premiere the motion picture “Gettysburg.” And starting Sept. 11, A&E; launches a new series from CBS News, “20th Century,” hosted by Mike Wallace and airing here opposite “60 Minutes,” Wallace’s longtime home. (There will also be a second airing each Sunday at 11 p.m.)

Reporters From Generation X: The syndicated news show “American Journal” is looking for newly minted college grads to be on-air reporters for its new Road Trip segment, which will take a look at things happening across the country. On the assignment list: the World Series and the Academy Awards. The program’s producers ask that those grads with “television-style looks, personality and presentation” send a short videotape with an introduction or produced story, and/or recent head shots, plus a brief essay explaining why they want the job to: Road Trip, “American Journal,” 402 E. 76th St., New York, N.Y 10021, by June 3.

From Across the Pond: The British series “Absolutely Fabulous”--shortened to “AbFab” by the Britcom’s fans--may be too far out for PBS and A&E;, but not for cable’s Comedy Central. Described by April’s Vanity Fair as a “riot of boozy, sexy fun,” the series will be shown Sunday afternoons, with its American debut set for July 24. Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley star “as two 40ish chain-smoking, trend-chasing boozers/substance abusers who take the London fashion scene by storm.”

For Lottery Lovers: The Lottery Channel Inc. signed an agreement with the Multi-State Lottery Assn. (the group of 17 state lotteries that offer the Powerball lottery game) to establish, possibly by January, a 24-hour national cable TV lottery network. Specific agreements with the various states still have to be worked out.

STAGE

Music for La Jolla: David Hidalgo and Louie Perez, two members of Los Lobos, will adapt the lyrics and compose the music for La Jolla Playhouse’s contemporary version of Brecht’s “The Good Woman of Setzuan”--which will be titled “The Good Person of Setzuan”--July 31-Aug. 28. “Angels in America” playwright Tony Kushner adapted the text.

‘Bluefish Cove’ Delayed: The opening of “Last Summer at Bluefish Cove” at the Tiffany Theatre has been pushed back from Wednesday to Saturday. The Jane Chambers play, directed by Dorothy Lyman, was extended to July 10 after its original run at Theater Geo.

POP/ROCK

Songs Honored: The Assn. of Independent Music Publishers presented its second annual AIMP Music Award for best film song to the writers and publishers of “When I Fall in Love,” the classic song revitalized by the Celine Dion/Clive Griffin version in the movie “Sleepless in Seattle.” Edward Heyman and Victor Young wrote the song and Chappel & Co., Inc. published it. The best pop cover song, a new award, went to the writers and publishers of “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” for a version by UB40. The song was written by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore and published by Gladys Music. The best song award honors songs not eligible for Oscars; the best pop cover song award recognizes a category no longer eligible for Grammys.

QUICK TAKES

CompuServe members can take part in an on-line chat with Richard Donner, the director of the box-office hit “Maverick,” on Tuesday from 8-9 p.m. . . . Bruce Willis and his band, the Accelerators, will perform at a U.S. army base in Seoul for 3,000 American troops on Thursday. Willis will be in Korea to break ground for Planet Hollywood Seoul--he’s one of the restaurant’s celebrity owners. . . . Speaking of celebrity-owned restaurants, construction is under way in Alexandria, Va., at Fleetwood’s, an eatery and blues club owned by Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac. It’s scheduled to open in July.