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2: PART TWO of our interview with "Mr. Horror," writer STEPHEN KING. He'll talk with Terry about his greatest fear, his first writing efforts and about his childhood. His new collection of stories is "Nightmares & Dreamscapes" (Viking). (This portion rebroadcast from 7/23/94).

T-V critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews "Monty" a new sitcom on FOX starring and produced by Henry Winkler.

2:To get the bad taste of the previous segment out of our mouths, we play some great Christmas music, from previous Fresh Air concerts. The segment includes Susannah McCorkle, Charles Brown singing "Merry Christmas Baby," and composers Martin and Blane telling the story behind their song, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." (Rebroadcast. Originally aired 12

Former Police Commissioner of Philadelphia, WILLIE WILLIAMS. He's gone on to head Los Angeles's police force, where he replaced the controversial chief Daryl Gates. WILLIAMS took over last summer and his challenge has been to improve the relationship between the police and the community, and to build-up morale within the force. WILLIAMS has also had to prepare the department for possible further disturbances in the community, in light of the April riots over the Rodney King verdict. Two court cases coming up could ignite more rioting: the Federal civil rights trial of the four white officers acquitted of beating Rodney King, and the trial of three black men accused of beating white truck driver Reginald Denny during the April riot. Yesterday jurors for the federal trial of the officers were sworn in. Opening statements in the trial are expected to take place tomorrow.

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Lawyer, professor, and former nominee to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, LANI GUINIER. GUINIER's nomination was withdrawn by President Clinton, after Republicans and Democrats started to question her views, as expressed in her academic writings, labeling her a "racial separatist," and the "quota queen." GUINIER talks with Terry about her views, her work with the NAACP's Legal Defense and Educational fund to amend the the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and how she was misunderstood and misrepresented during the nomination process. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

Movie Critic Stephen Schiff reviews the Western spoof, "Maverick," starring Jodie Foster, James Gardner and Mel Gibson.

2: Writer KEVIN CANTY. His stories have been published in "Esquire" and "Story" magazine. His first book is a collection of short stories, "A Stranger in This World" (Doubleday). The stories are about people feeling alien in their own world; CANTY says, "the moment I'm interested in, the moment I'm working toward in these stories, is when the familiar world seems strange. . . where they are forced to confront how little they know about themselves and about the world around them."

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews "Sleeps with Angels," the latest collaboration between Neil Young and the band Crazy Horse.

RICHARD PRELINGER is a archivist of films you probably thought were not worth saving: educational, industrial, and public-service films made from the 1930s through the 1960s. He's the director of Prelinger Associates, Inc., and he's collected some 25,000 films with titles like "A is For Atom," "Good Wrinkles: The Story of a Remarkable Fruit," and "Are You Popular?" PRELINGER became interested in the historical importance of such films while researching, and obtaining the rights for footage used in the films "Heavy Petting," (not yet released) and "The Atomic Cafe." PRELINGER has compiled and edited a two volume videotape and disk documentary, "To New Horizons: Ephemeral Films 1931-1945," and "You Can't Get There From Here: Ephemeral Films 1946-1960." (the address for Prelinger Associates, Inc., is 430 West 14th St., Room 403, New York, N.Y. 10014 (212) 255-8866.)Also, in this half hour, TERRY talks with writer KEN SMITH who is writing a book on the films. SMITH is co-author of "Roadside America" books (volumes 1 and 2) about tourist attractions in the U.S. He's also an archivist with Prelinger Associates.

Commentator Maureern Corrigan has a review of a new novel by Louis Begley, "As Max Saw It." (Knopf). REV. 2:Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews "Revelation" the new album by 30-year old pianist Cyrus Chestnut (On the Atlantic Jazz label).

CHARLES KUPCHAN (KUP chin), Senior Fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations and former Director of European Affairs on the National Security Council in the Clinton White House. He'll discuss the political motivations of the European players in NATO's ultimatum to Bosnian Serb forces. The Bosnian Serbs must withdraw artillary and mortars from their stranglehold positions on Sarajevo by February 21st or face NATO air strikes.