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RADIO & TV

KPFK Adds Former Gov. Brown: “We the People,” a live, commercial-free talk show hosted by former Gov. Jerry Brown, will begin airing Tuesday on public radio station KPFK-FM (90.7). The show, broadcast from Berkeley, will air weekdays from 4 to 5 p.m. as the cornerstone of a new afternoon lineup that includes “Pacifica Network News” at 3:30 p.m., five-days-a-week of the public affairs show “Beneath the Surface” at 5 p.m. and an expanded, hourlong “KPFK Evening News” at 6 p.m. The weekday afternoon show “Planet Health” is being taken off the air, but a new health-and-environment show is expected to debut on the station in March. In other programming changes, the network is building a Sunday public affairs lineup around its successful hourlong show, “Background Briefing With Ian Masters.” The new block kicks off Jan. 7 at 10 a.m. with “Radio Nation With Marc Cooper,” featuring writers from the Nation, followed by Masters at 11. Next up, at noon, is “Counterspin,” featuring weekly media criticism from the national media watch group FAIR, followed at 12:30 p.m. by “Spotlight Africa” and at 1 p.m. by “Middle East in Focus.” KPFK’s Sunday opera broadcast moves to 2 p.m.

NBC Affiliate Pulls Talkers: The president of NBC’s affiliate in Colorado Springs, Colo., saying that he’d had enough of “trash television,” on Friday pulled the syndicated talk shows “Carnie” and “Jenny Jones” from his station. “Fathers that screw their 12-year-old daughters is what gives me indigestion,” said John Gilbert, president and general manager of KOAA-TV, referring to the type of subjects tackled by talk shows. “We got two crappy shows off the air.” Gilbert also warned that Maury Povich’s program could be next and said he has reached an agreement with Povich’s producers to preview the programs before they air. Gilbert’s move follows a campaign by former U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett against talk-show “sleaze.” A California CBS affiliate, KHSL in Chico-Redding, also recently canceled “Carnie,” hosted by Carnie Wilson, because of content.

Hollywood’s Top Stories: What’s the No. 1 entertainment story of 1995? Bob Dole’s attacks against Hollywood, according to CNN’s entertainment newsmagazine “Showbiz Today.” The rest of the show’s Top 10, revealed on-air Friday: the O.J. Simpson trial and its impact on TV ratings and the media; merger mania among Hollywood’s big companies; the executive shuffle at Warner Music Group; TV’s “Friends” and its myriad clones; the late-night battle between Jay Leno and David Letterman; the numerous Hollywood marriage breakups; Hollywood going online; the death of Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia; and the opening of Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. For Times writers’ examinations of the year’s top arts and entertainment stories, see Sunday’s Calendar.

POP/ROCK

Dead Members Rock On: It’s true that the Grateful Dead will no longer perform under that name, but surviving band members still have plenty of music to play, according to the group’s manager, Cameron Sears. “I’m afraid the press release [last month] gave the impression that we were folding up the tent,” Sears said in a Friday San Francisco Chronicle interview, referring to an announcement that surviving Dead members had disbanded in the wake of leader Jerry Garcia’s death. In fact, the Dead players are alive with plans. Guitarist Bob Weir, drummer Mickey Hart and keyboardist Vince Welnick say they’ll do a festival-style six-week summer tour with their own groups and guests that could cover as many as 30 cities. And bassist Phil Lesh will try to salvage a new Dead album from sessions conducted before Garcia’s death. Lesh has also been meeting with financial advisors about a Dead museum, his long-cherished project.

REMEMBERING DINO

Lewis’ Goodbye: Dean Martin’s funeral in Westwood Thursday night included an emotional tribute by his longtime partner Jerry Lewis, who closed by saying to Martin, “Rest well and don’t forget to short-sheet my bed when I get there,” according to Variety columnist Army Archerd, who attended the private gathering. The evening also included comments by Shirley MacLaine, who in her lighthearted comments claimed to have spoken to Martin--who died of respiratory failure on Christmas Day--about an hour before the services. Rosemary Clooney closed the evening by singing “Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime.” Archerd reported that there wasn’t a dry eye in the house; attendees included Barbara Sinatra (Frank was said to be too overwrought to attend), Don Rickles, Bob Newhart, Robert Stack, Tony Danza, Angie Dickinson, Edie Adams and Cyd Charisse. . . . Meanwhile, the City of Lights also noted Martin’s passing Thursday, as several Las Vegas hotels--including the Flamingo Hilton, Sands and Stardust--dimmed their lights at 7 p.m. for 10 minutes in Martin’s memory. Martin’s Las Vegas career spanned six decades, and his first stage appearance was at the Flamingo Hilton. The hotels paid a similar tribute to Sammy Davis Jr. after his 1990 death.

QUICK TAKES

Cable’s VH1 will air live coverage of Thursday’s Grammy nominations announcement from Los Angeles’ Universal Hilton. The coverage starts at 8:30 a.m. . . . The Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda will be open on New Year’s Day this year for the first time. Current exhibits include “Festival of Christmas Trees” and “Rockin’ the White House: Four Decades of Presidents and Popular Music.”