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* Freedom Communications Inc. named Doreen Wade to succeed Alan J. Bell as president of its broadcasting operations. Wade has been general manager of a Freedom CBS affiliate in West Palm Beach, Fla. Bell was named chief executive and president of Freedom Communications last month after Samuel C. Wogemuth resigned under pressure from the Hoiles family, which owns the Irvine company. The broadcast division includes five CBS and three ABC television network affiliates.

* St. John Knits International Inc. reported a 51% jump in earnings for its fiscal third quarter to $5.75 million, or 76 cents a share. The Irvine company’s sales grew 10% to $88 million.