Angels Not Champions of TV

More Reality Golf

The Golf Channel will begin a 10-week series this fall, "The Big Break ... Who Will Survive?" One golfer will be eliminated each week. Rocco Mediate and Phil Mickelson will serve as co-hosts of the series.

The first in a series of tryouts will be held Sunday at Lost Canyons Golf Club in Simi Valley, beginning at 9 a.m. Details: (805) 306-3803.

Short Waves

College Sports Television (CSTV), the new network available on DirecTV (Channel 610), is offering live telecasts of this weekend's baseball regional at Cal State Fullerton, beginning today at 3 p.m. with Arizona and Notre Dame, followed by Fullerton and San Diego. There will be three games Saturday and one or two Sunday. Brian Bedol, co-founder and chief executive of the network, said this was a prime example of the kind of programming the network can provide.

ESPN had to move Monday's Women's College World Series championship game between UCLA and California from live at 1:30 p.m. to delayed at 5 p.m. because the Boston Red Sox-New York Yankee game was rain-delayed. It turned out to be a good thing for ESPN. The network got a 1.57 national rating, its highest ever for softball. Also, it was initially reported in The Times that viewers weren't informed for 45 minutes about the change. But an ESPN spokesman said viewers were informed before, at and after 1:30 p.m.

Because this is a holiday week, national ratings for last weekend's sports events won't be out until today. But in the overnights, the Indy 500 edged NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600, 5.1 to 4.9.

Veteran Los Angeles sportscaster Jim Watson has been hired as an anchor and reporter by Fox Sports Net Northwest in Seattle.

Radio Waves

After two years at KSPN (710), Johnny Ortiz is taking his weekly boxing show to KMPC (1540). The new show, to be called "Ringside L.A. With Johnny Ortiz," will be done in front of a live studio audience at the Commerce Casino on Fridays, 7-9 p.m., beginning June 6. The executive producer will be Chris Maroe, formerly of ESPN Radio and the producer of a nationally syndicated show, "The Gold Sheet." ... Recommended listening: If you haven't heard the show Dodger Manager Jim Tracy does on KMPC, usually weekdays at 3 p.m. with Fred Roggin, check it out. Tracy shows more personality than you might expect.

In Closing

Joumana Kidd, wife of Jason Kidd, says she'd love a chance to replace Melissa Stark as a sideline reporter on "Monday Night Football," according to the Newark Star-Ledger. Stark, who is expecting her first child in September, is taking the year off. Probably a lot of people would love to replace her, some who might even be qualified. Joumana has done some television work, but that doesn't make her qualified for that job.