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Hotline. This column has learned from a highly knowledgeable source that KABC-TV Channel 7 "Eyewitness News" anchor Lisa McRee was married in Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church recently. And also that: * Her marriage is "breaking the hearts of many men here in the Southland." * The bridegroom and "man of her dreams" was Donald Granger. * The "joyous" occasion was attended by the McRee and Granger families, and having her "Eyewitness News" family there, too, also meant a lot to the bride.

Fickle. Blase. Late to arrive, early to leave. These are all criticisms that have been leveled against Los Angeles sports fans. So it's hardly a surprise that sports talk radio has often struggled to find a significant audience here. In the '90s, local sports fans have proven particularly indifferent to the format. In 1992, poor ratings prompted KABC-AM (790) to drop its "Sportstalk" show after nearly 20 years as a Los Angeles radio staple.

Saying the film industry is hiding behind a "cloak of creativity" to deny access to ethnic actors and crew members, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Friday in Encino that he will picket KABC Channel 7 on Monday night when the station airs the Academy Awards ceremony. Jackson made the statement after a meeting with representatives from Walt Disney Co., Sony Inc.

The mention of the Rev. Jesse Jackson got the Academy Awards off to a rousing start Monday night. Although the reference came in the form of an unflattering joke, and the audience seemed to be laughing at the civil rights leader, Jackson insisted it was he who was celebrating by evening's end. Host Whoopi Goldberg made fun of Jackson's protest of the Oscars and the almost total absence of black Academy Award nominees.

Brash and boisterous, Rosie O'Donnell has made a splash in daytime television ever since her daily talk show premiered last June. In that short time, she's also created waves in a long-running TV competition with which she has nothing--and perhaps everything--to do: the local news wars. Thanks to the large audience provided by O'Donnell's 3 p.m. show as a lead-in to its afternoon news block, KNBC-TV Channel 4 beat KABC-TV Channel 7 in news both at 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.

The merger of Walt Disney Co. and Capital Cities/ABC Inc. is almost a sure thing. The future of Disney-owned KCAL-TV Channel 9 in Los Angeles is not. While executives at KCAL were trying Monday to downplay the possibility that the independent station may have to be sold because of Federal Communications Commission rules, Disney Chairman Michael Eisner expressed doubt that the company would be able to hang on to it. At a news conference with Capital Cities chief Thomas S.

With loud chants of "ABC, you lied" and "ABC discriminates," nearly 100 Latinos picketed KABC-TV Channel 7 Wednesday, protesting what they called failed promises by parent company ABC to put more Latinos on the network. The protesters, who included several young children, marched peacefully in front of the Los Feliz-area studio for about two hours while security guards and station officials looked on quietly.

It's considered impolite to kick someone who appears to be down. Yet no one merits kicking more than the host of shrill, obnoxious "Carnie," whose ratings--despite being best among new daytime talk shows this season--still may not ensure its survival, so high are audience demands and fiscal stakes in this arena. The show's distributor says its fate is still undecided. Yet word from "industry sources," reports Broadcasting & Cable magazine, is that "Carnie" will be yanked by Warner Bros.

Marc Brown and Bob Jimenez rank among the elite at local television stations. They are in the first string of news anchors. But although both are veteran journalists who have risen through the ranks and gained respect among their colleagues and managers, another factor sets the two apart: Brown and Jimenez are the only two minority men anchoring a local newscast on weekday evenings. Brown, 34, anchors the 6 p.m. news on KABC-TV Channel 7 and is also a reporter for the station's 11 p.m. newscast.

The propriety of KABC-TV's decision to permit political commentator Bill Press to bid farewell to his television audience the day after he announced that he was running for the 1988 Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate has been questioned by the director of a political watchdog organization that lobbies for campaign reform and ethics in government.