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Fmtlack June 30, 1997 1 TOP OF THE WEEK / 4 Musical chairs TV networks spent last week getting rid of the old to make way for the new. Big changes took place in the executive suites at ABC, Fox, UPN and CBS. / 4 TCI faces sinking sub numbers, but profits are up Tele- Communications Inc.'s flurry of deals to hand off systems to other operators isn't the only way the company is shrinking its subscriber hase. When the second quarter closes this week, the MSO will once again have suffered sharp internal losses in basic and pay cable customers. But its cost -cutting is boosting profits. / 8 Potential partners eye PCS venture European telecommunications compa- and France Telecom are buying out the three cable Stu Bloomberg nies Deutsche Telekom considering was named chair- partners in the Sprint PCS joint venture, a sign that a long- awaited partnership restructur- man of ABC ing is gathering steam. / 10 Entertainment. / 6 No spectrum fees in budget bills Broadcasters dodged spectrum fees last week as the balanced budget package passed in the House and the Senate. The threat is not completely dispensed, however. / 14 Ralph Everett's Ratings deal in limbo Broadcasters' demands for legislative assurances from lawmakers and advo- quest for the FCC cacy groups last week stalled an expected deal on TV ratings. Before they sign off on a modified ratings chairmanship want a a three -year moratorium on TV ratings legislation. 14 has picked up system, broadcasters guarantee of / momentum. 18 Supreme Court rejects CDA With the Supreme Court's decisive rejection of Congress's attempt to regulate Internet content, 'Net critics scramble to find a way to make cyberspace safe for kids. / 16 CABLE / 66 CBS commissions sales force Thomson out at TC/ Leo Hindery continues to re- In an effort at motivation, sales reps in shape TCI top management, as Bob Thomson of TCI's me- the CBS -owned television sales force, dia relations team departed last week. More are likely to fol- who now earn about 75% of their com- low, observers say. / 66 pensation from salary, will work on Magness will straight commission starting July 1. 48 / contested Sharon PolyGram will try `Total Recall' Magness, widow of TCI PolyGram Television has acquired the Chris Spencer will host 'vibe.' /49 founder Bob Magness, has U.S. distribution rights to Alliance Corn- filed a lawsuit contesting munications' production of Total Recall: The Series. Poly - her late husband's will, Gram Television President Bob Sanitsky says the series will which left her $35 million. Fox /Liberty will be bidding against rival Star Trek and other sci -fi hits. / 48 The bulk of the estate was ESPN for sports rights. / 68 ABC will roll out children's radio nationally left to two sons from Magness's first marriage. / 66 ABC Radio Networks last week touted listenership surveys TECHNOLOGY /75 for Radio Disney that show audience response on a par with two similarly targeted ABC networks. / 65 KGO-TV taps Tek for news conversion KGO -TV, the ABC O &O in San Francisco, has chosen Tektronix to COVER STORY replace its entire news production system with a disk -based Bud Paxson adjusts architecture in a deal worth almost $5 million. / 76 his sights Lowell "Bud" Pixson has already built the n.ltioi's seventh over -the -air Peacock in the Web NBC will become the first tclev sion network. But Pax- major broadcast network to get serious about interactive son I )oks to change his programing this fall when it builds interactive elements ' nfcMall" to a different into prime time and weekend content. / 79 kind of network. / 42 Cove.- photo by John Lopinot/ Changing Hands 54 Datebook 95 In Brief 100 Black Star Classified 82 Editorials 102 Network Ratings 53 Closed Circuit 18 Fates & Fortunes...98 Washington Watch..28

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By Lynette Rice boss, issued this state- HOLLYWOOD ment last week: "Since my first years in televi- Six percent fewer sion, I'd heard incredi- households tuned ble things about Stu and in broadcast tele- his skills as a creative vision last season? executive, so it's a priv- If you're a network ilege to finally get to executive that's easy collaborate with him. enough to rationalize: And selfishly, I'm also distinctive programing looking forward to hav- was out, copycat pro- ing someone alongside graming was in. There me in the hot seat." was too little strategy For the creative com- and too much mudsling- munity, it was a mind - ing. And forget about blowing turn of events. trying to present a uni- "I've known Stu for fied front against cable. about 12 years, and I've One reason seldom spent maybe a total of 12 voiced is instability at the minutes with Jamie," helm, despite the fact that says one producer who has executive turnover at the net- a show on the ABC schedule works has become as com- next season. "Who do I monplace as their reliance on call ?" in -house production. Person- Yet the revolving door at nel changes in programing ABC was in motion before can often mean a change in last season, especially for strategy for prime time, not to those involved in freshman mention a whole new set of Fox's 'Party of Five'-which debuted in 1994 to slow growth until It series that now sit on the ideas about what makes a hit pay dirt last season -survived two network presidents, Sandy cutting room floor. Grushow (I) and John Matoian (c), and is into its third, Peter Roth. good show. When the producers of "Never in history has there been such a when ABC President Bob Iger Relativity. for instance, were pitching revolving door of executives," says announced that Entertainment President the drama to ABC, the meeting includ- Jamie Kellner, CEO of The WB- which, Jamie Tarses -whom he and other Dis- ed Harbert, Bloomberg, Shepherd, and unlike its network competitors, has ney executives recently defended as Steve Tao -the last two of whom were enjoyed some stability in its top slots. needing no help -was about to get a drama executives. Since then, every "And people scratch their heads and new supervisor: Stu Bloomberg. one of those executives has a new title wonder why the shares are going down. A 19 -year veteran of the network, or new responsibilities elsewhere. Tars - There's no stability. Nobody's there long Bloomberg was named chairman of es ultimately embraced the series, enough to get their stride going." ABC Entertainment -a post vacated in which nevertheless died because of low "It genuinely takes two years to fig- January by network veteran Ted Harbert ratings and a dismal Saturday night slot. ure out any business," says Peter (see box, page 6). Bloomberg also rep- "[Executive turnover] is most rele- Chernin, president of News Corp., resented the ninth executive change in vant to shows on the bubble, shows that which owns the Fox network. "There's prime time series development at ABC if they were embraced might have a always a learning curve, which comes in the past 12 months, starting with chance to succeed but [otherwise] will with huge cost ramifications. A new Tarses' hire, through some early in- surely fail," says one studio head. person will want to throw out the old house promotions and the addition of Bloomberg isn't buying the instabil- stuff, overspending to make their mark number-two Rob Dwek and extending ity theory or a causal connection with on the market.... Senior corporate man- to the departure of programing execu- what's right or wrong with prime time agement can be accused of shortsight- tives Kim Fleury, Mike Rosenfeld and, programing. edness. But on the flip side, there's a most recently, Greer Shepherd. "I think all it speaks to is that this is a time when change is appropriate." Tarses, who has indicated a willing- tough job and ABC is just recognizing ABC would say that time came for ness to stick around despite having what it takes to get this done," the number -three network last week, been one of the last to learn of her new Bloomberg told BROADCASTING &

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www.americanradiohistory.com www.americanradiohistory.com 'Top of the Week CABLE. "If we can take advantage of the creative muscle the network has, that's Networks play musical chairs what were going to do." HOLLYWOOD -Throwing out the old to make way for the new applies And some bubble shows can survive not only to the fall schedules but also to the executive suites of the in spite of changes at the top. Fox's TV networks. Here's a rundown of some of the recent turnovers Party of Fire-which debuted in 1994 to affecting network programing: slow growth until it hit pay dirt last season- managed to survive two network ABC: Stu Bloomberg last week was upped from creative presidents -Sandy Grushow and John development president to chairman of the entertainment Matoian -and is into its third, Peter division, where president Jamie Tarses has presided for Roth. In the meantime, many shows that only one year. Her number -two, Rob Dwek, has been on were developed under Matoian's rule - the job only a few months. Steve Tao, an ABC drama he came in with a mandate to improve executive, is expected to be named the new vice presi- the network's demographic reach -have dent of drama to replace who left the Tarses Greer Shepherd, since been dropped from the schedule. network June 20. No matter how prime time eventually CBS: Leslie Moonves, who's preparing for his third sea- fares, heavy turnover at the top is here to son as entertainment president, has a new senior exec- stay. industry sources say. "It is so much utive to report to, Mel Karmazin. Karmazin became the more competitive, because networks are head of radio/TV stations after Peter Lund stepped down now part of big multimedia corporations as CBS Inc. president. run by people who tend not be to Fox: As Entertainment President Peter Roth prepares for patient," says the studio head. "They his first fall schedule since taking the job late last year, he'll Moonves really don't have a grasp of the creative oversee a department that has no number- two-Bob Greenblatt left this process. and there's so damn much month. The new senior vice president of comedy, former CM talent agent money at risk. They don't wish to be Cheryl Bayer, replaced Theresa patient. They always have one eye on the departing Edy. Danielle Claman was promoted vice the stock. And taking that into consider- to senior president, drama. ation, with all the cable competition and UPN: CEO Lucie Salhany, who is not renewing her con- the proliferation of broadcast networks, tract in September but will sit on the network's operating it's harder to hold on to a job." board, is reportedly yearning for an in -house hire. "The perfect analogy to network TV Here's one possibility: her number -two, Len Grossi. is team sports." says The WB's Kellner. Studios: Ken Solomon left DreamWorks syndication to "While most of the time it's great to have become the new head of Universal's television division, the one right person, it's not just that per- replacing veteran Tom Thayer; Warner Bros. program - Salhany son but a whole staff of development and ing executive David Janollari took the high road to start creative executives who make decisions a new film and production company with former Fox executive Bob Green- together on a regular basis. If you change blatt; Brillstein -Grey Senior Vice President Fernanda Carapinha left the the team, take the leader out and half the programing ranks for a development deal, while Peter Traugott was ele- team leaves, you've got to expect they're vated to senior vice president. -LR not going to play together."

Stu Bloomberg: Man with a programing past

HOLLYWOOD -Stu Bloomberg's Soon after. Bloomberg headed to New York to take his most appointment as chairman of ABC recent post. president of television creative development for all Entertainment is a case of experience network dayparts. Hollowing experience. Both he and the Bloomberg's appointment was described by ABC President man he replaces are ABC programing Iger as heralding the creation of the "strongest possible enter- veterans. tainment team to revitalize our prime time lineup." Yet Like Ted Harbert. who after 20 Bloomberg. who admitted to playing a passive role in the 1997- years with the network stepped down 98 schedule. says he has no plans to undo the work of entertain- as chairman last January. Bloomberg ment president Jamie Tarses. brings nearly two decades of experi- "I think the schedule is strong. Jamie's done a good job of ence to the post. A graduate of putting on new series that are distinct and smart and fun, and I Georgetown University with a mas- really feel confident that they are going to become building ter's in film from the University of blocks to get us back on the road." Bloomberg told BROAD- Bloomberg Southern California, Bloomberg CASTING & CABLE. joined ABC in 1978 as a program Whether that means Bloomberg and Tarses will show a unit- executive overseeing comedy and variety programs. He subse- ed front in public remains unclear. During last summer's annu- quently took on development responsibilities in drama as well. al press gathering, Tarses and Harbert walked onstage to the By 1989. Bloomberg was overseeing all prime time comedy strains of "Happy Together" by The Turtles. and drama development under then -entertainment president Bob "I've never chosen the spotlight. Ted was so good at it." Iger. Then Harbert succeeded to the top spot in the early '90s. Bloomberg says. "But I like opening my mouth." -LR

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www.americanradiohistory.com Top of the Week TCI faces sinking sub numbers But Hinders' cult- cuttii) moves ore boosting profits TCI'S SUBSCRIBER WOES By John M. Higgins scribers in I2 months. Although (LOSSES INDICATED IN RED) NEW YORK the company posted a slight uptick QUARTER BASIC SUB PAY SUB in the December quarter. the loss is ENDING CHANGE (000) CHANGE )000) Tle- communication.ion. inc.'s flurry about 2' %S of its customer base. 9/96 300 deals to hand off systems to Pay have I units dropped steadily. 12/96 28 102 other operators isn't the Only w ay with ICI losing 2 million. or about 3/97 83 the company is shrinking its subscriber I . in the past year. The loss 1,040 base. When the second quarter closes stems partly from a SI rate 6/97 80-100 500 -700 this week. the \ISO will once again increase for pay. but also comes 12 -MONTH have suffered sharp internal losses in from customers offsetting basic TOTAL 205.220 1,942.2,142 basic and pay cable customers. rate hikes by dropping Home Box Analysts and industry executives Office or TCI's own Starz! familiar with TCI's operations say the The good news. however, is that cost but amity sts agree that exceeding $700 company lost as many as 80.000 - cutting continues to boost profits. Ana- million proves that last fall's layoffs I00.000 basic customers during the three lyst estimate that TCI's cable system and other moves to reduce overhead months ending today. (June 30) while unit will post 5675 million -5725 million are pas ing oft'. pay units dropped 5(K).(00- 7(0.(XX). in cash flow for the second quarter, while Still. some MSO executives say the The drop marks the fourth consecu- industry executives expect the company subscriber slide seems limited to TCI. tive quarter of trouble on TCI's sub- to at least match the 5701 million the "We're having a pretty good quarter," scriber front. triggered by last sum- cable .\stems posted in the first quarter. says the CFO of one major operator. mer's sharp basic rate hikes. Excluding That would mark a 33'/ gain over The subscriber sag is a cloud over the effects of system sales and acquisi- last year's 5525 million. Part of the the recent cable stock rally and the re- tions. ICI has lost 225.000 basic sub- gain stems from system acquisitions. markable series Of deals that TCI Pres- ident Leo Hindery. drafted by chairman John Malone from Intermedia TCI taps Falcon in Partners .just four months ago. has pulled Off in recent weeks. system move Hindery's decisiveness has helped NEW YORK -Tele- Communications spur the multiple billion- dollar deals, Inc. President Leo Hindery has cut his from merging Primestar Partners and third system deal in a month, pushing News Corp.'s potentially potent rival systems serving 300,000 subscribers American Sky Broadcasting to securing in the Northwest into a venture with a 40%; stake in Cablevision Systems Falcon Holding Group LP. Corp.'s regional sports operation, which Hindery Nathanson The deal is part of a series Hindery Malone has coveted for seven years. has launched to shrink TCI's subscriber base and pare debt. In addition to His biggest coup may be slimming a recent $2 billion deal with Cablevision Systems Corp. and a smaller TCI's unwieldy I4 million subscriber $300 million agreement with Adelphia Communications Corp., ICI is in portfolio by almost a third by putting talks with Time Warner Inc., Charter Communications Corp., Comcast systems serving 4 million subscribers in Corp. and TCA Cable TV. the hands of eight other operators -in- Hindery believes that TCI's management talent is stretched too thin cluding Cablevision-to bring greater across too many systems, so the deals are putting clusters in hands that management resources to tear and shed might run them better and increase value. But just as important is the abil- 54.5 billion of debt in the process. ity to send debt along with the systems; Hindery's goal is to shed $4.5 bil- "TCI would have screwed around lion of TCI's $14 billion in debt through these transactions. for years On this stuff." says the CEO The latest deal will combine ICI cable systems in Oregon, Washington, of one MS() negotiating a system deal Missouri, Alabama and California with nearby Falcon systems. ICI will with TCI. "Leo's slaking it happen." take a minority interest in the partnership, but Falcon, which specializes in While Wall Street is impressed "classic" small -town cable systems, will manage it. enough to have boosted TCI's stock Falcon Chairman Marc Nathanson has long promoted the idea of wide - price in recent weeks by 38%, to ranging swaps and joint ventures among operators to cluster system oper- S16.50 per share. Hindery ultimately ations, which then become much more efficient to run. Nathanson says has to prove that he can turn TCI's Falcon needed greater size and geographic concentration to stay in the internal operations around. game: "Without this deal, in a year or two Falcon would have ceased to Goldman Sachs & Co. media analyst exist. Because of ICI, we will survive." Barry Kaplan says that cash -flow gains Hindery says: "We have the imperative of consolidating markets to the from cost control are a good sign. but the benefit of our customers." -RAH company must revive internal growth. "I think people are going to remain

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www.americanradiohistory.com Top of the Week nervous about it and anxious about it Hindery has cautioned investors that ing she feels "comfortable with the until subscribers start growing again," subscriber erosion will continue until range" of cash -flow estimates. Kaplan says. the management reorganization and Dill says that part of the subscriber Wall Street's enthusiasm -partly revival is complete. "Don't judge me slide stems from TCI's decision to halt fueled by Microsoft Corp.'s $1 billion on the second quarter," Hindery recent- marketing from October through March, investment in MSO Comcast Corp. -is ly told one group of money managers. but acknowledges that part of the losses beginning to wane. Last week, Morgan "Judge me on the third and the fourth." are from increases in basic and pay rates. Stanley & Co. analyst Richard Bilotti ICI will not disclose its results until There are some benefits amid the and Credit Suisse First Boston analyst mid -August, but TCI Vice President of subscriber fallout, however. For exam- Laura Martin cut their TCI ratings, as Investor Relations Linda Dill generally ple, raising HBO prices by $1 may have had A.G. Edwards & Sons' James confirms the numbers, acknowledging spurred many cancellations, but it made Jungjohann two weeks ago. continuing subscriber losses and say- the pay business far more profitable. Cable ops poised to exit PCS German, French companies prepare bids expected to be $30 -$40 per potential sub

By Price Colman way, but declines to supply details. billion in construction obligations are DENVER Other sources familiar with the sit- subtracted, the three cable companies' uation say the German and French total 60% interest would fetch roughly Deutsch Telekom and France Tele- phone companies are in the early $1.7 billion. If debt and construction com are considering buying out stages of preparing bids, although no obligations are part of the deal, it could the three cable partners in the agreements are likely for several be worth as much as $3.2 billion. Sprint PCS joint venture, a sign that a months. The cable partners are seek- Sprint officials decline to comment long- awaited partnership restructuring ing $30 -$40 per potential subscriber on the issue. "It falls under the catego- is gathering steam. (termed POP, or point of presence), ry of rumor and speculation, and we Tele- Communications Inc. owns a sources say. don't comment on that," says Sprint 30% interest in the PCS joint venture, Sprint PCS has licenses covering spokesman Bill White. while Comcast and Cox own 15% about 150.3 million POPs. At an aver- While Cox has voiced commitment each. Sprint owns the remaining 40%. age $35 per POP, that translates into an to its PCS business, TCI and Comcast Brian Roberts, president of Comcast, asset value of $5.26 billion for the have signaled they'd be willing to says "constructive discussions" about entire business. If the joint venture's cash out at the right price. They, like restructuring the partnership are under $1.32 billion in debt and roughly $1 other cable operators, have largely backed away from the telephone business, both wired and wireless, because TBS Superstation switch on hold of cost and complexity and because The conversion of TBS Superstation to a conventional cable network is on their stocks have failed to reflect the hold for at least six months. value of their investments. Time Warner Inc. had hoped to switch the network from superstation Deutsche Telekom and France status to collect more money from operators. But because the supersta- Telecom each hold a 10% interest in tion feed includes Atlanta UHF station wres's ostensibly local carriage of Sprint, and there has been persistent the games of Time Warner teams Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks, the speculation that the two European conversion requires the consent of ESPN and Fox Broadcasting. which firms might team to buy out the long - hold national TV rights to Major League Baseball games. distance service, which has extensive But those consents have been slow in coming, and industry executives operations overseas. Should the cable say that Time Warner has notified cable operators that the plan has been partners agree to the bids, Deutsche delayed from a target date of today (June 30) until Dec. 31 at the earl st. Telekom and France Telecom could TBS Inc. would not comment. end up owning about 70% of the The switch was one of the few tangible efficiencies that Time Warner Sprint PCS venture. That, in turn, laid out as part of its takeover of Turner Broadcasting System last year. To could be a stepping stone to a merger carry TBS, cable operators have been required to pay copyright fees to or acquisition of Sprint. Hollywood studios that sell the station programing; operators have not Cox Communications could be one been allowed to sell and insert local ads. sticking point in a deal. "To Cox, it's By converting, Time Warner expects to increase license fees and chan- more strategic than it is to the other nel most of those copyright payments and local ad revenue into its own guys." says Rick Westerman of UBS pockets. The company has said the increased cash flow could total $160 Securities. "You could make the argu- million annually. ment that they might stay in." But cable operators have to make semiannual copyright payments six However, by making separate bids months in advance, with checks due this week. "They didn't get the to each of the cable companies, approval, so they can't convert before operators' next payment date," says Deutsche Telekom and France Tele- one industry executive. -RAH com would not be limited to an all -or- nothing transaction.

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By Paige Albiniak auctions would yield just $20 billion. WASHINGTON With the support of the NAB, Senate THE BILLS AT A GLANCE Commerce Committee Chairman John n adcasters artfully dodged spec- McCain (R- Ariz.) and House Telecom- Both the House and the Senate passed trum fees last week as the House munications Subcommittee Chairman budget bills last week that would mod- ;uid Senate passed budget bills Billy Tauzin (R -La.) led the fight to ify the FCC digital TV rules. Under the ' ulnmu them. stave off the fees. They view such fees rules, the FCC would give each full - power TV station a second channel But the fees could reemerge in the as another tax on consumers. so that it could begin digital broadcasts House- Senate conference to reconcile After the budget package is settled in while maintaining for a number of differences in the two budget bills. the conference, the bill goes back to the years its existing analog service. National Association of Broadcasters House and Senate for final votes and Broadcasters are expected to convert warns. The conference is expected to then to the White House for the Presi- to digital and return their analog chan- get under way shortly after the Fourth dent's signature. nels. The FCC has targeted 2006 for of July recess. The budget bills also contain lan- the return. The differences between "We will not become less vigilant in guage that will give broadcasters wig- the bills will be reconciled in House - any way," says NAB chief lobbyist Jim gle room on when they must give up Senate conference committee. May. If anything, we will become their analog channels. The FCC and the more vigilant." administration hope to recapture the Auction of channels 60 -69 The Budget Committee chairmen in spectrum no later than 2006. the House and Senate joined with the The House language gives the FCC HOUSE- Requires the FCC to: real- locate four administration in pushing for fees on the authority to permit broadcasters to channels between TV chan- spectrum not purchased through auction. hold on to their analog channels nels 60 and 69 for public safety uses; auction the six other channels in the That would include the second channel beyond 2006 if more than 5 %r of house- band for undetermined "commercial each TV station is to receive for the tran- holds in a market cannot receive local purposes "; make its best efforts to do sition to digital broadcasting. digital broadcast signals. what it can to find new channels for The proponents wanted the fees to The Senate's bill would require the low -power television. help offset a projected $6 billion bud- FCC to grant broadcasters waivers if SENATE -Same as House version. get shortfall from the sale of spectrum. more than 5% of households in a mar- Congress's budgeteers need $26 billion ket do not have access to local digital from the auction of broadcast and non - broadcast signals either off the air or Return of analog channels broadcast spectrum, but the Congres- through digital cable or digital broad- HOUSE- Empowers the FCC to sional Budget Office estimates such cast satellite. allow broadcasters to keep their analog channels past 2006 if more than 95% of households in a market area cannot receive over -the -air digital TV ratings deal in limbo broadcasts. The original House Com- WASHINGTON- Broadcasters' demands for legislative assurances merce Committee language would from lawmakers and advocacy groups last week stalled an expected deal have permitted broadcasters to keep on TV ratings. the analog spectrum until the 95% Before they sign off on a modified ratings system, broadcasters want market -penetration threshold was House and Senate leadership to guarantee a three -year moratorium on TV reached. ratings legislation, and they want the advocacy groups to agree not to agi- SENATE -Requires broadcasters to tate for such legislation for three years. But the advocacy groups say three give back their analog spectrum by years is too long. They are offering no more than 18 months. Dec. 31, 2006, but instructs the FCC to Although Hill Republicans are willing to agree to the three years, put off the give -back date until 95% of Democrats are balking. Senator Ernest Hollings (D -S.C.) is refusing to households have access to local digital offer assurances. In fact, he says that even if a deal is reached, he will still broadcast signals by digital cable or try to move legislation that would restrict violent programing to late -night DBS or by other means. hours in the absence of content ratings. In the House, V -chip champion Edward Markey (D- Mass.) is waiting to Auction of analog channels see the terms of the deal. HOUSE- Requires the FCC to auc- Behind the squabbling is a basic agreement on modifying the ratings sys- tion channels no later than Sept. 30, tem by adding content warnings. Only NBC is still threatening not to go along. 2002. The markers Y -7, PG, 14, age -based -Y, G, and M-will stay. Attached to SENATE -Requires FCC to start these will be letters: S for sex, V for violence, L for objectionable language auctioning off returned analog spec- and D for suggestive dialogue. 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By Dan Trigoboff the V -chip will be 14 television." Presi- WASHINGTON dent Clinton said following the decision. Technological solutions can take the The determination to regulate the forth of filtering software. Net Nanny Internet to protect children from and Cvber Patrol. for example. purport indecent material has survived an to block out offending Weh pages based ad\ rrsc Supreme Court decision - on content. Another technology. the even if the regulations didn't -and PICS platform. would block offensive critics of the 'Net's prurient postings sites based on assigned ratings. have been left looking for a cyberspace Civil liberties advocates find tech- version of television's \' -chip. nology solutions preferable to regula- Those -including the President - tion, but each presents problems. who find the World Wide Weh a dan- r. ACLU' that there's little Congress Technocrats also kill debate where gerous place for children's minds can do in this area without violating to impose the technology. Morality in appear undeterred by the Supreme free speech rights. Even the law's Media says the onus should he on the Court's rejection of Congresss attempt sponsors. like Indiana Republican Sen- online companies, and would advocate to regulate the Internet through crimi- ator Dan Coats, who accused the high that future legislation mandate online nal penalties prescribed in the 19% court of "undermini ingI religious liber- provider responsibility for content. "If Communications Decency Act. Viola- ty and influence" and "defend[ingI they insist that the parent has to pro- tors could have faced five _years in immediate unrestricted access of chil- vide the filtering." McGeady says. prison and 5250.000 in fines. dren to pornography." did not discuss a "we're against it." Backers of the defeated law. such as legislative alternative after the ruling. But law professor Larry Lessig says Morality in Media counsel Paul J. The White House apparently antici- that any mandate to impose ratings McGeady. would like to draft new leg- pated that the law would go down in within a 'Net architecture would run islation. but McGeadv concedes that defeat. and earlier this month was into constitutional problems. the court didn't offer much guidance preparing a new policy that would call Andrew Schwartzman of the Media on how to write Internet regulations for technology and self -policing as solu- Access Project sees PICS as "a neutral that would pass constitutional muster. tions to parents' concerns. "We can and technology that encourages labeling and Opponents of the CDA say that's must develop a solution for the Internet is amenable to any number of private rat- because the court determined in Rene that is as powerful for the computer as ings groups." Affiliates seek exclusivity contracts NEW YORK-While CBS's stated guidelines on pro- legal agreements. The networks aren't enthusiastic about gram exclusivity are for the most part well received by legal commitments because they want to be able to take affiliates, some station managers question whether advantage of unforeseen revenue opportunities that they're worth the paper they're printed on, because they might require changing their commitments to exclusivity. are not legally binding. CBS TV President Jim Warner So far, CBS has done more on the exclusivity issue than confirmed last week the network won't make a legal NBC and ABC. It's the only network to have a stated poli- commitment on exclusivity. And it's not clear whether cy, although even CBS says its policy will "evolve over any of the Big Three will put their stated commitments time." NBC will meet with major affiliate groups on July 22 about program exclusivity in contractual form. to discuss the issue. ABC has not yet set a meeting. Meanwhile, ABC has agreed to supply several soap And some CBS affiliates aren't uncomfortable with the operas and some prime time programing to Discovery CBS policy. "Their word is good and I feel confident they're Communications' Your Choice TV, which debuts in late going to try to live up to this as best they can," says Dino July on three newly upgraded digital TCI systems (in the Corbin, general manager of KHSL -TV Chico, Calif. San Francisco, Chicago and Hartford New Haven, Conn., ABC has agreed to supply One Life to Live, General markets). The network also has agreed to share revenue it Hospital, All My Children, Port Charles. Ellen and 20/20 to receives from Your Choice with affected affiliates, accord- Your Choice. The network and its affiliates have agreed to ing to David Barrett, second -in- command at Hearst Broad- a 'financial participation model" for Your Choice, says Bar- casting and chairman of the ABC affiliates advisory board. rett. 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Even IFE's board balked at that, CC officials this week hope to Washington lawyer and former Senate so the Robertsons cut their demand respond to network concerns Commerce Committee chief counsel. to $40. Thank the press if you're an about scheduling children's educa- While Ernest Hollings (S.C.) for outside shareholder. The filing tional programs. ABC, NBC and weeks has been backing Everett as the showed that after word of the sweet- CBS are worried that their educa- next chairman, Everett now has the heart deal leaked, the Robertsons tional lineups won't count toward backing of Robert Kerrey (Neb.), John decided "they would prefer that all the FCC's three -hour standard once Breaux (La.), John Kerry (Mass.), Carol stockholders receive the same per - stations start preempting shows for Moseley -Braun (111.), Wendell Ford share value," which turned out to be weekend sports. An original draft of (Ky.), Christopher Dodd (Conn.), Bar- $35 per share or $1.9 billion. The the children's programing rules bara Boxer (Calif.), Daniel Inouye Robertsons have had to settle for specified that a show could not (Hawaii) and Richard Bryan (Nev.). half the $461 million they wanted. qualify as "regularly scheduled" if "Having known Ralph for many Of course, they put up only stations preempted more than 10% years, we feel strongly that he is the $300,000 of their own cash to buy of a 13 -week run. Although the right person for this position and would The Family Channel from Pat Rob- clause was struck from the rules, be confirmed easily," the senators said. ertson's ministry. That's less than broadcasters are concerned that the "He would be an outstanding asset to the $400,000 he gets in the first year FCC might impose that threshold. this administration and to the FCC." of a News Corp. consulting deal. Last week, sources were expecting Several Senate Democrats have been the FCC to take a custom -tailored pushing for rural -state representation on DTV set projections approach, sending individual the FCC. In past weeks they have main- hilips Electronics first digital TV responses to each of the three net- tained that other potential White House sets (in 1998) will be attention - works that requested flexibility. choices for the job would leave the FCC grabbing widescreen projection mod- without a rural voice. Sources also els. According to Philips' Reid Wen- CHICAGO expect FCC nominee Harold Furchtgott- der, broadcasters, set manufacturers Roth to encounter tough questioning on and retailers should promote wide - Paxson eyes Chicago rural- related issues when the economist screen, high -quality picture features Paxson Communications has just comes before senators for confirmation instead of confusing consumers by one hole in the top 10 TV markets as a commissioner. discussing interactive applications or where it does not own, operate or Although some Senate Democrats multiple channels. Philips will market have an agreement to buy a station - back Everett, the short list of likely medium -size direct -view sets by Chicago. It's been trying for a while White House picks for FCC chairman 1999. Only Philips' mid -size and to buy a station there, and Paxson includes White House adviser Kathleen smaller sets will have progressive dis- officials don't anticipate a deal until Wallman, FCC General Counsel and plays, because the high power level fall. Paxson has made several offers nominee William Kennard and FCC required for progressive requires to buy wns(rv), which is licensed to Commissioner Susan Ness. huge transistors and super -thick glass Hammond, Ind., but covers the Last week, Denver lawyer Tom in a large -screen set, Wender says. Chicago market. Most recently, Strickland emerged as a possible can- sources say, wns owner Joseph didate, although Washington observers LOS ANGELES Stroud rejected a $70 million offer that combined $50 million cash and say he might land in another Clinton L.A. administration post. moves? $20 million in Paxson stock, or about Strickland, 45, ran for Senate last A s contract talks continue between 17.5 times the station's cash flow. It November but lost to Republican rt news/talk KAC(AM) Los Angeles is believed Paxson will sweeten the and veteran show host Wayne Allard. Strickland is a lawyer talk Michael offer. A Paxson official would say with Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Stick- Jackson, word is that Jackson may be only that the company is talking to his weekday 9 a.m. er, a law firm whose clients include moved from slot several potential sellers in the market. Tele- Communications Inc.

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By Chris McConnell One source says the commission Robot would prefer using compara- WASHINGTON plans to give lawmakers until year's tive criteria rather than auctions to end to address the analog licenses. Oth- award licenses in smaller markets. The FCC is giving Congress a little ers say the FCC also is developing a Harry Cole, a Washington lawyer who more time to empower the corn - backup plan for acting on the licenses represents some applicants, also would mission to auction analog broad- if Congress does not act. like to see a new comparative policy cast spectrum. Commissioners last week had not set- rather than wait for action by Congress. With pressure mounting to deal with tled on that plan, although some at the "[Waiting for Congressi would be a backlog of more than 1,500 TV and FCC did not rule out the possibility that less than satisfactory," says Cole. radio applications, FCC officials hope the FCC might resort to lotteries if offi- Others say an auction would resolve lawmakers will let them settle the appli- cials are unable to auction the licenses. the competing applications faster than cations through competitive bidding. Applicants, meanwhile, voice frus- a comparative hearing process. "It's Later this summer the commission plans tration at the prospect of more waiting. very difficult for the commission to to tell the U.S. Court of Appeals in "It's disheartening," says Ken Robot, come up with a rational process," says Washington that it still expects congres- an applicant for an AM station in Suf- Washington lawyer David Oxenford. sional action on the issue. folk, Va. "I wish there was some way we "It seems to make sense to go ahead The report to the court is part of the could make this process move faster." and do auctions." FCC's effort to demonstrate to the court that it's making progress toward resolv- ing the long -stalled license applications. Earlier this year, the court rejected a Broadcasters concerned request that it order the FCC to act on the applications. But after Aug. 7, petition- ers can submit a new request if the FCC over DTV effect on analog has not shown it is making strides toward clearing the backlog. Petitions predict digital interference, spectrum shortage The applications have been backing up at the FCC since a 1993 court ruling By Chris McConnell the Association for Maximum Service struck down the criteria that the FCC WASHINGTON Television (MSTV) said in its FCC was using to award broadcast licenses. petition. Making a similar case is com- Officials have adopted no new set of Some broadcasters are worried munications lawyer Julian Shepard, criteria since then, and some officials about their digital TV channels. who points to areas where the new ser- voice doubts that commissioners can Other, arc worried about the vice could cause many analog viewers agree on any comparative criteria. to lose service. The lack of a review procedure has "All broadcasters have not stopped applications from pouring is NTSC service," says into the FCC, however. Officials now Shepard, citing the risks of count 970 applications for 236 radio banking too heavily on licenses. On the television side, there are consumer acceptance of 572 applications covering 118 markets. digital TV. "What if it Last fall the commission stopped accept- doesn't catch on ?" ing new analog TV applications as part Shepard favors limiting of its effort to set digital TV rules. the power of DTV trans- In 1995 officials tried to cut down on mitters in cases where the the backlog by temporarily waiving interference into the analog rules that prevent applicants from pay- signal is most severe. Broadcasters don't want the clean DTV pictures to ing the license. The off competitors for mess up their analog video. "There are few, if any, action allowed some settlements but other feasible solutions to has still left hundreds of pending appli- channels they're using now. the problem of DTV -to -NTSC interfer- cations. While most of the petitions for ence during the transition, given the corn - Earlier this year Senate Commerce reconsideration filed at the FCC come mission's basic spectrum assumptions," Committee Chairman John McCain (R- from stations unhappy with their digi- he wrote in a paper on the subject. Ariz.) asked the FCC to keep the issue tal channel assignment, others deal Others agree that interference prob- on ice so he could push legislation to with the impact the new service will lems exist, but they favor looking at extend the commission's auction author- have on analog TV. alternative solutions to fix the prob- ity to include analog broadcast licenses. "Some stations...will be dispropor- lems. MSTV, for instance, suggested The FCC has waited, but so far it has tionately harmed by the additional placing more digital channels in the 60- received no new auction authority. interference to their NTSC service," 69 range. FCC officials avoided using

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www.americanradiohistory.com Top of the Week the 60 -69 band so that the government The FCC's Bruce Franca agrees that signals will be stronger. Sinclair could reclaim the spectrum immediate- the FCC's allotment plan presents situ- Broadcast Group's Nat Ostroff says the ly rather than wait for broadcasters to ations "where basically you run out of interference "cannot be viewed as an complete their transition to digital TV. spectrum." absolute." His group has argued that Art Allison. senior engineer at the But Franca says that, overall, there the FCC has not shown the public National Association of Broadcasters, are lots of options for preserving the interest in protecting analog signals out cites the shortage of spectrum in some existing service, including boosting the to their "Grade B" signal contours -a markets. "Somebody had to get a lot of power of NTSC signals in some situa- distance extending up to 70 miles from interference," Allison says, maintain- tions. a station's transmitter. ing that the commission should use Others, meanwhile, are pushing the "We cannot lose this fight," Ostroff some of the 60 -69 spectrum in cases FCC to allow more interference into says. "We're teeing it up to go to where it will cut down on interference. analog signals so that the new DTV court."

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by Paige Albiniak "Everyone has come on the returned analog WASHINGTON to the realization that if it spectrum. That provi- is a multimedia world sion held up as the rec- The National Association of out there, if you have onciliation version of Broadcasters' television and cable systems with 40 to the bill passed on the radio boards voted unanimously 70 channels and owner- House floor last week. last week to lobby the FCC to repeal ship of multiple chan- Earlier this year, the ban on owning a TV station and a nels, and if you have Senator John McCain newspaper in the same market. direct broadcast satellite (R- Ariz.) introduced The NAB also voted to ask the FCC with a couple of hundred legislation that would for more flexibility in children's pro- channels, [the rule] allow such crossown- graming. The association will set up a doesn't make sense any- ership. digital TV task force to ensure that more," says NAB TV Board Chairman The FCC has shown less interest in consumers do not lose service as Jim Babb. "It was fine back in the days repealing the ban. Last fall the com- broadcasters move to digital transmis- when there were two or three TV sta- mission proposed changing the policy sions. tions in a market, but that is no longer for newspaper/radio station crossown- Broadcasters oppose the crossown- the case." ership, but it has not considered news- ership rule because it is no longer need- Before NAB's vote, the 30 board paper/TV crossownership alterations ed, board members said. members of the Newspaper Associa- since early 1996. "That concept doesn't work," says tion of America also had asked the In what was considered more press- Phil Jones, ex officio joint board chair- FCC to consider getting rid of the rule. ing business, the NAB sent a letter to man. "There is no reason to keep that Support for eliminating the newspa- the FCC asking for more flexibility on rule in place." per /television crossownership ban is children's programing rules immedi- "To a great degree, this is like trying growing on Capital Hill. ately. to decide whether airplanes should be In the House Commerce Committee "The FCC is being very responsive allowed to fly in the sky," says Dick budget debate, committee members led and taking a good. quick look at it," Ferguson, NAB joint board chairman. by Representative Scott Klug (R -Wis.) Babb says. The newspaper /television crossowner- added a provision that would waive the Some broadcasters have contracts ship rule was put in place in 1975, and television /newspaper crossownership to air live sporting events, such as many feel it is outdated. rule for broadcasters who want to bid college football. that would often pre- empt children's programing. The FCC's children's television rule Anderson, Ferguson, McElveen, requires that the three hours of regularly scheduled children's program- win NAB board slots ing air a certain number of times per season in those time slots in order to WASHINGTON -National Association of Broadcasters board member qualify. Bill McElveen, president of wrce(FM), woMG(FM) and wtsw(AM) Columbia, "The biggest problem right now is S.C., won a tightly contested race to become vice chairman of the radio football in the fall," says Babb, of LIN board last weekend. Television in Charlotte, N.C. Broad- Mike McDougald of McDougald Broadcasting in Rome, Ga., dropped casters would like at least a one -year out after the first round of voting, but Martha Dudman of Dudman Corn - waiver of the rule to handle problems munications in Ellsworth, Me., held on. Dudman had won the support of caused by contracts to run college foot- broadcasters in larger markets, but McElveen's small- and medium -mar- ball games, which start in mid -August. ket support pulled him through after a second round. Broadcasters would then work with the Howard Anderson of KHwv(FM) Los Angeles, became radio board FCC on a longer -term solution. The chairman and former radio board chairman Dick Ferguson, vice presi- FCC is reviewing that situation, Babb dent of Cox Radio in Bridgeport, Conn., moved up to joint board chair- says. man. The NAB TV board also formed a The radio board also voted to allow one corporation to hold two district digital television task force on a sug- seats on the board as long as the same company does not occupy any gestion by Harry Pappas of Visalia, one seat for more than two terms in a row. Calif. based Pappas Broadcasting. In the light of First Amendment battles going on in Washington for The force will work with the FCC to broadcasters, Bill O'Shaughnessy of wvox(AM)- wRTN(FM) New Rochelle, make sure that television stations' N.Y., suggested appointing a "First Amendment/public interest task digital signals are replicated as close- force." That idea will receive more attention at the NAB executive com- ly as possible to analog signals to mittee's meeting Sept. 2, says McElveen. -PA maintain constant free television service for consumers.

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12. Paramount Stations Group Inc. (13) 24. Media General (NA)

13. Univision Television Group Inc. (10) 25. Allhritton Communications Co. (25)

WFLD -TV Chicago (Fox, ch. 32) 3- -3.224 --1.612 Fox Television Stations Inc. wTFx -Tv Philadelphia (Fox, ch. 29) 4 - - 2.739 - - 1.370 Box 900, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90213; wFxT -Tv Boston (Fox, ch. 25) 6 -- 2.219 --1.110 1 (310) 369 -2300 wrrG -Tv Washington (Fox, ch. 5) 7- -1.969 --1.969 KDFw(rv) (LMA w /KDFI -TV) Dallas Chase Carey. chairman /CEO (pictured) (Fox, ch. 4; Fox, ch. 27) 8- -1.907 --1.907 Subsidiary of News Corp., wJBK -Tv Detroit (Fox, ch. 2) 9- -1.828 --1.828 Rupert Murdoch, chairman wAGA -Tv Atlanta (Fox, ch. 5) 10- -1.677 --1.677 (NYSE:NWS) KRIV -Tv Houston (Fox, ch. 26) 11 -- 1.646 -- -.823 wJw -Tv Cleveland (Fox, ch. 8) 13 - - 1.508 --1.508 wTvT -Tv Tampa (Fox, ch. 13) 15 - - 1.456 - - 1.456 KSAZ -TV Phoenix (Fox, ch. 10) 17- -1.251 --1.251 FCC -34.8% / 23 Stations / Total -40.3% KDVR -Tv Denver (Fox, ch. 31) 18 -- 1.223 -- -.612 TOTAL FCC DMA COVERAGE KTVI -TV St. Louis (Fox, ch. 2) 21 --1.145 --1.145 WITI -TV Milwaukee (Fox, ch. 6) 31 WNYW -Tv New York (Fox, ch. 5) 1 - - 6.925 - - 6.925 -- -.812 -- -.812 Kriv -Tv Los Angeles (Fox, ch. 11) 2 --5.100 --5.100 WDAF -TV Kansas City, MO (Fox, ch. 4) 32--- .812 -- -.812

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www.americanradiohistory.com HOW TO READ THE TOP 25

BROADCASTING & CABLE'S Top 25 TV station groups are ranked by their total coverage of Nielsen's 96.9 million U.S. TV homes as calculated for regulatory purposes (FCC coverage). The FCC, which limits the coverage of KsTU -Tv Salt Lake City, (Fox, ch. 13) 36 - - - .692 - - - .692 any single group to 35 %, discounts the coverage of UHF WHBO -TV Memphis (Fox, ch. 13) 42 - - - .631 - - - .631 stations by 50% and does not count stations controlled WGHP -TV Greensboro, N.C. (Fox, ch. 8) - - - - 48 - - - .586 - - - .586 under local marketing agreements and similar arrange- wBRC -Tv Birmingham, Ala. (Fox, ch. 6) - - - - 51 - - - .542 - - - .542 ments. The chart also shows the coverage with full credit KTBC -Tv Austin, Tex. (Fox, ch. 7) 63 - - - .450 - - - .450 for UHF and LMAs (total coverage). In either case, groups controlling more than one station in a market are Other media holdings: Buying Heritage Media Corp., but credited only once for that market's homes. Those cover- plans to sell Heritage's five TV and 24 radio stations, buy- age percentages are in italics and do not count toward ing International Family Entertainment the totals. Stations in each group are listed according to their market (Nielsen's Designated Market Area [DMA]). Key to symbols: ' =is buying /acquiring. * *option to buy "' =TBA CBS Stations Inc. Compiled by Elizabeth A. Rathbun and Sara Brown 51 W 52nd St., New York 10019; 2 (212) 975 -4321 TOTAL FCC DMA COVERAGE

Mel Karmazin, chairman (pictured) WHAI-TV New York (inTV, ch. 43) 1 --6.925 --3.463 * Subsidiary of Westinghouse Corp., WPXN-TV` `, * ` New York (inTV. 31) 1- -6.925 --3.463 Michael H. Jordan, chairman KZKI -TV Los Angeles (inTV, ch. 30) 2-- 5.100 -- -2.35 (NYSE: WX) WTGI -TV Philadelphia (inTV, ch. 61) 4- -2.739 --1.370 KLxv -Tv San Francisco (inTV, ch. 65) 5- -2.351 --1.176 FCC -30.9% / 14 Stations / Total -31.8% WGOT -TV Boston (inTV. ch. 60) 6- -2.219 --1.110 TOTAL FCC WWI -TV Washington (inTV. ch. 66) 7 -- 1.969 -- -.985 DMA COVERAGE KINZ(TV) Dallas 49 %(inTV, ch. 68) 8 -- 1.907 -- -.954 wces -Tv New York (CBS, ch. 2) 1 - - 6.925 - - 6.925 WBSX-TV` Detroit (inTV, ch. 31) 9 -- 1.828 -- -.914 KCBS -TV Los Angeles (CBS, ch. 2) 2- - --5.1 --5.100 WTLK -TV Atlanta (inTV, ch. 14) 10 --1.677 -- -.839 weBM -rV Chicago (CBS, ch. 2) 3 - - 3.224 - - 3.224 WNGM -TV ", "` Atlanta (inTV, ch. 34) - - --10 -- 1.677 -- -.839 KYw -Tv Philadelphia (CBS, ch. 3) 4 - - 2.739 - - 2.739 KTFH-TV Houston (inTV, ch. 49) 11 --1.646 -- -.823 KPIX -Tv San Francisco (CBS, ch. 5) 5- -2.351 --2.351 wAKC -TV Cleveland (inTV, ch. 23) 13 --1.508 -- -.754 wez -Tv Boston (CBS. ch. 4) 6- -2.219 --2.219 WOAC-TV ", "` Cleveland (inTV, ch. 67,. - -- 13 -- 1.508 -- -.754 wwJ -TV Detroit (CBS, ch. 62) 9 --1.828 -- -.914 KxLI-Tv Minneapolis (inTV. ch. 41) 14 --1.474 -- -.737 wcco-Tv Minneapolis (CBS, ch. 4) 14- -1.474 --1.474 wFCT -Tv Tampa (inTV, ch. 66) 15 -- 1.456 -- -.728 WFOR -Tv Miami (CBS, ch. 4) 16- -1.407 --1.407 wcTD -TV Miami (inTV, ch. 35) 16 -- 1.407 -- -.704 KcNc -Tv Denver (CBS, ch. 4) 18- -1.223 --1.223 KWBF -TV Phoenix (inTV, ch. 13) 17- -1.251 --1.251 KDKA-TV Pittsburgh (CBS, ch. 2) 19- -1.185 --1.185 KUBD -TV Denver (inTV, ch. 59) 18 - 1.223 -- -.611 wJZ -Tv Baltimore (CBS, ch. 13) 23- -1.021 --1.021 wPCB -TV Greensburg /Pittsburgh (inTV, ch.40)- 19 - - 1.185 -- -.593 KUTV -TV Salt Lake City (CBS, ch. 2) 36- --.692 -- -.692 KCMY -TV Sacramento, Calif. (inTV, ch. 29) - - - - 20 - -1.151 -- -.576 WFRV -Tv Green Bay. Wis. (CBS, ch. 5) 70- --.388 -- -.388 wcEE-Tv St. Louis (inTV, ch. 13) 21 - 1.145 145 WIRB -TV` `, `" Orlando (inTV, ch. 56) - - - - 22 - - 1.055 - - - .839 Other media holdings: CBS Radio Network, CBS Televi- wHKE(Tv) Milwaukee, Wis. (inTV,ch. 55) 31 - 812 -- -.406 sion Network, 82 radio stations, including WCSR -AM Chicago, KINB -TV Kansas City, Mo. (inTV, ch. 50) - - - - 32 - --.812 -- -.406 K000 -AM and KYNG -AM Dallas, Eyemark, Maxam Entertain- KooG-Tv` `, "` Salt Lake City (inTV, ch. 30)- - 36 - --.692 -- -.346 ment, Group W Satellite Communications, Westinghouse WJUE -Tv Grand Rapids, Mich. (inTV, ch. 43) - - 37 - --.669 -- -.335 Broadcasting International KNMZ-TV Oklahoma City (inTV, ch. 62) 43 - 607 -- -.304 WAAP-Tv Greensboro /High Point/Winston -Salem (inTV, ch.16) 46 - - - .586 - - - .293 WOST -TV Providence, R.I. (joint venture) Paxson Communications Corp. (inTV, Ch. 69) 47 - - - .575 - - - .288 601 Clearwater Park, wswB -Tv Scranton, Pa. (inTV, ch.64) 49 - - - .570 - - - .285 3 West Palm Beach, Fla. 33401; WNAL -TV Birmingham. Ala. (inTV. ch. 44) - - - - 51 - - - .542 - - - .271 (561) 659 -4122 wocD -Tv Albany, N.Y. (inTV, ch. 55) 52 - - - .523 - - - .262 wîJc -Tv Dayton, Ohio (inTV, ch. 26) 53 - - - .519 - - - .260 Lowell W. "Bud" Paxson, chairman KKAG -TV Fresno, Calif. (inTV, ch. 61) 55 - - - .507 - - - .254 (ASE: PXN) KGLB -TV Tulsa. Okla. (inTV, ch. 44) 58 - - - .478 - - - .239 wEFC -Tv Roanoke, Va.(inTV, ch. 38) 67 - - - .413 - - - .207 FCC -26.8% / 44 stations / Total -51.2% wsco(TV) Green Bay, Wis. (inTV, ch. 14) 70 - - - .388 - - - .194 KTvc -TV Cedar Rapids, Iowa (inTV, ch. 48) - - - - 86 - - - .316 - - - .158 WSJN -TV San Juan, P.R. (inTV. 24) na - - - - na

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www.americanradiohistory.com NBC Inc. 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 5 New York 10112; (212) 664 -4444 Robert Wright, president/CEO (pictured) Subsidiary of General Electric, LMAs and time brokerage agreements John Welch Jr., chairman WHRC -TV Boston (inTV, ch. 46 ) 6 - - 2.219 (NYSE:GE) wsHE -TV Washington (inTV, ch. 60) 7 - - 1.969 wrws -Tv Hartford (inTV. ch. 26) 27 - - - .945 FCC -24.6% / 11 Stations / Total-25.0% WRMV -TV Raleigh /Durham. N.C. (inTV, ch. 47)- 29 - - - .841 TOTAL FCC WRMr -TV Raleigh /Durham. N.C. (inTV, 47) - - 29- - - .841 DMA COVERAGE KBCB(TV) Wash. Seattle/Tacoma, under construction WNBC -TV New York(NBC, ch. 4) 1 - - 6.925 - - 6.925 wADF -TV Buffalo, N.Y. under construction KNBC -TV Los Angeles (NBC, ch. 4) - - - - - 2- - 5.100- - 5.100 KAPA -TV Honolulu under construction WMAQ -TV Chicago (NBC, ch. 5) 3- - 3.224 - - 3.224 KVuT -TV 49% of Little Rock, Ark. under construction WCAU -TV Philadelphia (NBC, ch. 10)- - - - 4- - 2.739 - - 2.739 49% of KAJW -TV Phoenix under construction wRC -TV Washington (NBC, ch. 4)------7- - 1.969 - - 1.969 WTVJ-TV Miami (NBC, ch. 4) 16- - 1.407 - - 1.407 Other media holdings: Infomall Television Network; KNSD-TV San Diego (NBC, ch. 7/39) - - - 26 - - .946 -- -.946 has applied to build TV in Midland. Tex. (inTV, ch. 61) wCMH -TV Columbus, Ohio (NBC, ch. 4)- 34 - - .759 -- -.759 WJAR-TV Providence, R.I. (NBC, ch. 10)- 47 - - .575 -- -.575 wvTM -TV Birmingham, Ala. (NBC, ch. 13)- 51 - - .542 -- -.542 wNCN -TV Raleigh /Durham, N.C. Tribune Broadcasting (NBC, ch. 17) 29 - .841 -- -.421 435 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1900, 4 Chicago 60611: (312) 222 -3333 Other media holdings: NBC Television Network, CNBC; MSNBC -joint ownership with Microsoft Corp. 25% owner Dennis FitzSimons, president (pictured) of Cablevision Rainbow Programing Holding Inc. Part inter- Subsidiary of Tribune Co., est in A &E, Court TV, and the History Channel. Broadcast- John Madigan, president ing and Cable networks in Europe and Asia. (NYSE: TRB)

FCC -25.9% / 17 stations / Total-35.3% Walt Disney Co. /ABC Inc. 77 W. 66th St., New York TOTAL FCC 6 10023-6298; (212) 456-7777 DMA COVERAGE wPix -TV New York.(WB, ch, 11) 1 - - 6.925 - - 6.925 Robert Iger, president, ABC (pictured) KTLA -TV Los Angeles (WB, ch. 5) 2- -5.100 --5.100 Subsidiary of Walt Disney Co., wGN -TV Chicago (WB, ch. 9) 3- -3.224 --3.224 Michael D. Eisner, chairman wphl -tv Philadelphia. (WB. ch. 17) 4 - - 2.739 - - 1.370 (NYSE: DIS) wLVi -TV Boston (WB, ch. 56) 6- -2.219 --1.110 weoc Tv* Washington (WB, ch. 50) 7 -- 1.969 -- -.985 FCC -24.0% / 10 Stations / Total-24.2% KDAF-Tv Dallas (WB. ch. 33) 8 -- 1.907 -- -.954 TOTAL FCC WGNX -TV Atlanta (C BS, ch. 46) 10 -- 1.677 -- -.839 DMA COVERAGE

KHTV -TV Houston (WB. ch. 39) 11 -- 1.646 -- -.823 waec -TV New York (ABC, ch. 7) 1 - - 6.925 - - 6.925 WDZL -TV Miami (WB. ch. 39) 16 -- 1.407 -- -.704 KABC -TV Los Angeles (ABC, ch. 7) 2- -5.100 --5.100 KWGN -TV Denver (WB. ch. 2) 18- -1.223 --1.223 wLs -ry Chicago (ABC, ch. 7) 3- -3.224 --3.224 KTXL -TV Sacramento, Calif. (Fox, ch. 40) -20- -1.151 -- -.576 wPVi -TV Philadelphia (ABC, ch. 6) 4 - - 2.739 - - 2.739 wxIN -TV Indianapolis (Fox, ch. 59) 25- --.969 -- -.485 KGO -TV San Francisco (ABC, ch. 7) 5- -2.351 --2.351 KSWB -TV San Diego (WB. ch. 69) 26- --.946 -- -.473 KTRK -TV Houston (ABC, ch. 13) 11 - - 1.646 - - 1.646 wTic -Tv Hartford. Conn. (Fox, ch. 61) 27- --.945 -- -.473 wTVD -TV Raleigh /Durham (ABC, ch. 11) 29- --.841 -- -.841 wGNO -TV New Orleans (ABC, ch. 26) 41 -- -.641 -- -.321 KFSN -TV Fresno (ABC, ch. 30) 55- --.507 -- -.254 wPMT -TV Harrisburg, Pa. (Fox. ch. 43) 45- --.603 -- -.302 WJRT -TV Flint, Mich. (ABC, ch. 12) 62- --.453 -- -.453 wrvs -Tv Toledo, Ohio (ABC, ch. 13) 66- --.420 -- -.420 Other media holdings: Four radio stations, Tribune Entertainment (first -run TV programing), Tribune Media Other media holdings: ABC Television Network: ABC Radio Services (print and broadcast news service), CLTV News Networks; cable channels including ESPN, ESPN2, ESP - (Chicago cable channel), Chicago Cubs baseball team; NEWS, The Disney Channel, A & E, The History Channel, Chicago Tribune, Fort Lauderdale Sun -Sentinel, Orlando Lifetime Television; Disney /ABC International Television; Sentinel and Hampton Roads, Va.. Daily Press newspa- Buena Vista Television; Buena Vista International, Buena pers; Tribune Education (educational products and ser- Vista Home Video; Buena Vista Home Entertainment; Walt vices); 33% of Owest Braodcasting LLC; 28% of TV Food Disney Television, Walt Disney Television Animation; Walt Network; 21% of The WB network; 4% of America Online; Disney Theatrical Productions, Hollywood Records; 50 trade 20% of Digital City Inc. (with AOL) publications (in the process of selling trade publications)

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www.americanradiohistory.com We're tuned in to Entravision.

FOR THE PAST 20 funding to Spanish - provided Entravision

YEARS, ENTREPRE- language media with a new bank facility

NEURS WALTER companies - having totaling $65 million -

ULLOA AND PHILIP funded a quarter -billion allowing them to

WILKINSON HAVE dollars of growth capital consolidate and acquire

HELPED MAKE to this segment alone. two more stations in

SPANISH- LANGUAGE So when Walter and key Hispanic markets.

TELEVISION ONE OF Philip wanted to Entravision now owns

THE NATION'S HOTTEST combine their respective the second -largest group

MEDIA SEGMENTS. U n ivision- affiliated of Univision- affiliated

And during the last stations to create a new stations. Our commitment decade, Union Bank of entity called Entravision to entrepreneurial

California has emerged Communications broadcasting companies as one of the nation's Company LLC, they makes for compelling Utii .ti BAN, rF CAIiFoRniA premier providers of came to us. We quickly viewing. Stay tuned.

Communications /Media Division Craig Dougherty, Executive Vice President (213) 236 -5780

www.americanradiohistory.com KMOL -TV San Antonio (NBC, ch. 4) 38- --.662 -- -.662

Other media holdings: UPN Network

HSN, Inc. /Silver King Broadcasting 1 HSN Drive., St. Petersburg Gannett Broadcasting 9 Fla. 33729; (813) 572 -8585 1100 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, 7 VA 22234; (703) 284 -6760 Barry Diller, chairman (Nasdaq: HSNI) Cecil L. Walker, president (pictured) Subsidiary of Gannett Co., FCC -18.4% / 17 stations / Total -81.0% John Curley, chairman /president/CEO (NYSE: GCI)

FCC -18.0% 118 Stations / Total-18.2% TOTAL FCC TOTAL FCC DMA COVERAGE DMA COVERAGE wHSE -Tv New York (HSN, ch. 68) 1 --6.925 --3.463 wusA -Tv Washington (CBS, ch. 9) 7 - 1.969 --1.969 KHSC -Tv Los Angeles (HSN, ch. 46) 2 --5.100 -- -2.55 wxiA -Tv Atlanta (NBC, ch. 1 1 ) 10 - - 1.677 - - 1.677 WEHS -TV Chicago, Ill (HSN, ch. 60) -3.224 --1.612 wKVC -Tv Cleveland (NBC, ch. 3) 13 - 1.508 --1.508 3- wHSP -Tv Philadelphia (HSN ch. 65) 4 - - 2.739 - - 1.370 KARE -TV Minneapolis /St. Paul (NBC, ch. 1 1 ) - - 14 - - 1.474 - - 1.474 WHSH -TV Boston (HSN, ch. 66) 6- -2.219 --1.095 wrsP -Tv Tampa, Fla. (CBS, ch. 10) 1 5 - 1.456 - - 1.456 KHSx -TV Dallas, Tex. (HSN, ch. 49) 8 - - 1.907 - - - .954 KPNX -TV Mesa/Phoenix, Ariz. (NBC, ch. 12) - - - 1 7 --1.251 --1.251 KHSH-N Houston (HSN, ch. 67) 11 --1.646 -- -.823 KNAZ -N Flagstaff /Phoenix (NBC, ch. 2) 1 7 - 1.251 --1.251 WONS -N Cleveland, (HSN, ch. 61) 13 -- 1.508 -- -.754 KMOH -TV Kingman /Phoenix (Ind., ch. 6) 1 7 - 1.251 --1.251 wells -N Tampa, Fla. (HSN, ch. 50) 15 - - 1.456 - - - .728 KUSA -N Denver (NBC, ch. 9) 18 - 1.223 - - 1.223 wvHS -N Miami (HSN, ch. 69) 16 1.407 -- -.704 KSOK -TV St. Louis (NBC, ch. 5) 21 --1.145 --1.145 -- wHSw -N Baltimore (HSN, ch. 24) 23- -1.021 -- -.511 wzzM -N Grand Rapids, Mich. (ABC, ch. 13) - 37 - --.669 -- -.669 wvuE(rv) * New Orleans (Fox, ch. 8) 41 -- -.641 -- -.641 WGRZ -N Buffalo, N.Y. (NBC, ch. 2) 39 - .653 -- -.653 WALA-N' Mobile, Ala.(FOX, ch. 10) 61 -- -.463 -- -.463 WFMY -N Greensboro, NC (CBS, ch. 2) 46 - .586 -- -.586 KHON-N' Honolulu (and satellites KHAW- N[FOX, ch. 11] Hilo and KAn -TV wTLV -N Jacksonville, Fla. (NBC, ch. 12) - - - 54 - --.509 -- -.509 Wailuku[Fox, ch. 7], Hawaii) (Fox, ch. 2) - - 69 - - - .395 - - - .395 KTHV -N Little Rock, Ark. (CBS, ch. 1 1 ) - - - - 57 - --.496 -- -.496 WLUK-TV* Green Bay, Wis. (Fox, ch. 11)- - - - 70 - - - .388 - - - .388 WBIR -TV Knoxville, Tenn. (NBC, ch. 10) - - - - 60 - --.471 -- -.471 KvuE -N Austin, Tex. (ABC, ch. 24) 63 - 45 -- -.225 Other media holdings: Home Shopping Network, 26 WMAZ -N Macon, Ga. (CBS, ch. 12) 124 - --.203 -- -.203 LPTVs, non -voting 33 % -49% equity interest in seven TV Other media holdings: USA Today, Gannett newspapers stations, Internet Shopping Network, Inc., Vela Research, Inc. National Call Center, Inc.

Chris -Craft Industries Inc. /BHC Telemundo Group 8 Communications Inc. /United Television Inc. 2290 W. 8th Ave. Hialeah, Fla. 767 5th Ave., 46th Fl., 10 33010; (305)884-8200 New York 10153; (212) 421 -0200 Roland A. Hernandez, president, CEO

Herbert J. Siegel, president, FCC -10.7% / 8 stations / Total-21.3 28.3% owner, Chris -Craft (NYSE: CCN; ASE: BHC; Nasdaq: UTV) (Tm. =Telemundo) TOTAL FCC DMA COVERAGE FCC-17.6% / 8 stations / Total -18.4% WNJU -N Newark, N.J. /New York (Tm., ch. 47) 1 - - 6.925 - - 3.460 TOTAL FCC KVEA-TV Coronoa/Los Angeles (Tm., ch. 52) - - 2 - - 5.100 - - 2.550 DMA COVERAGE wsNS -N Chicago (Telemundo, ch. 44) 3 - - 3.224 --1.612 wwoR -N Secaucus, N.J. /New York (UPN, ch. 9)- 1 - - 6.925 - - 6.925 KsTs -N San Francisco /Oakland (Ind., ch. 48 )- - 5 - - 2.351 --1.176 KCoP -TV Los Angeles (UPN, ch. 13) 2- - --5.1 - - --5.1 KTMD-TV Galveston /Houston (Tm., ch. 48) - - 11 - - 1.646 - - - .823 KBHK -N San Francisco (UPN, ch. 44) 5- -2.351 --1.176 wscv -N Miami /Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Tm, ch. 51)- 16 - - 1.407 - - - .704 KMSP -TV Minneapolis /St. Paul (UPN, ch .9) --14 --1.474 --1.474 KvDA -N San Antonio, Tex. (Tm., ch. 60) - - - 38 - - -.662 -- -.331 kutp -tv Phoenix (UPN, ch. 45) 17- -1.251 -- -.626 WKAO-TV San Juan, P.R. (Telemundo, ch. 2)- - n/a - - - - n/a KPN -N Portland, Ore. (UPN, ch. 12) 24- --.983 -- -.983 KNx -N Salt Lake City (ABC, ch. 4) 36- --.692 -- -.692 Other media holdings: Telemundo network.

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www.americanradiohistory.com KrxH(TV) Houston (Ind., ch. 20) 11 - - 1.646 - - - .823 Ksrw(rv) Seattle/Tacoma (CBS, ch. 11) - - - - 12 --1.540 - - 1.540 wroc(Tv) Tampa/St. Petersburg (Ind.. ch. 44) -15 - - 1.456 - - - .728 wBFS -Tv Miami /Fort Lauderdale (Ind., ch. 33)- 16 - - 1.407 - - - .704

LMAs wrvx(Tv)" West Palm Beach, Fla. (Ind., ch. 34)- 44 - - - .606 wvir(rv) New Britain /Hartford /New Haven. Conn. (LMA with A.H. Belo wrxx(rv) Waterbury/Hartford) (NBC, ch. 30) - 27 - - - .945 Communications Center, 11 PO Box 652371, Dallas 75265; (214) 977-6606 Univision Television Group Inc. Ward L. Huey Jr., vice chairman /president, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Broadcast Division (pictured) 13 Los Angeles 90067; Robert W. Decherd, chairman /president/ (310) 566 -7600 > CEO /8.3% owner (NYSE: BLC) A. Jerrold Perenchio, chairman FCC-10.5% / 18 stations / Total-13.5% TOTAL FCC FCC -9.9% / 12 stations / Total-19.8% DMA COVERAGE WFAA -TV Dallas /Fort Worth (ABC, ch. 8) 8 - - 1.907 - - 1.907 KHOU -TV Houston (CBS, ch. 11) 11 - - 1.646 - - 1.646 TOTAL FCC DMA COVERAGE KING -TV Seattle (NBC, ch. 5) 12 - - - 1.54 - - 1.540 wxry -Tv Paterson. N.J. /New York (Un., ch. 41) - 1 - - 6.925 - - 3.475 KxrV -TV Sacramento, Calif. (ABC, ch. 10) - - - 20 - - 1.151 - - 1.151 KMEX-TV Los Angeles (Univision, ch. 34) - - - - 2 - - 5.100 - - 2.550 KMOV -TV" St. Louis (CBS. ch. 4) 21 - - 1.145 - - 1.145 WGBO-TV Chicago (Univision, ch. 66) 3 --3.224 --1.612 KGW -TV Portland, Ore. (NBC, ch. 8) 24 - - - .983 - - - .983 KDTv -TV San Francisco (Univision, ch. 14)- - - 5 --2.351 --1.176 wcNC -TV Charlotte, N.C. (NBC, ch. 6) 28 - - - .844 - - - .844 KuvN-Tv Dallas /Fort Worth (Univision, ch. 23)- 8 - - 1.907 - - - .954 WVEC -TV Norfolk, Va. (ABC, ch. 13) 40 - - - .652 - - - .652 KxLN -TV Houston (Univision, ch. 45) 11 - - 1.646 - - - .823 wwL -Tv New Orleans (CBS, ch. 4) 41 - - - .641 - - - .641 WLTV -ry Miami (Univision, ch. 23) 16 - - 1.407 - - - .704 KASA -TV Albuquerque /Santa Fe., N.M. (Fox, ch. 2)- 48 - - - .572 - - - .572 KTVw -TV Phoenix (Univision, ch. 33) 17 --1.251 -- -.626 WHAS -Tv Louisville, Ky. (ABC, ch. 11) 50 - - - .568 - - - .568 Kcso-Tv Sacramento Calif. (Univision, ch. 19)- 20 --1.151 -- -.576 KOTV -TV Tulsa, Okla. (CBS, ch. 6) 58 - - - .476 - - - .476 KwEx-Tv San Antonio, Tex. (Univision, ch. 41)- 38 - --.662 -- -.331 KHNL -TV Honolulu (NBC, ch. 8) 69 - - - .395 - - - .395 KLUZ -Tv Albuquerque, N.M. (Ind., ch. 41) - - - 48 - --.572 -- -.286 KREM -TV Spokane, Wash. (CBS, ch. 2) 73 - - - .383 - - - .383 KFTV -Tv Fresno (Univision. ch. 21) 55 - .507 -- -.254 KMSB -Tv Tucson, Ariz. (Fox, ch. 11) 78 - - - .366 - - - .366 KTVB -TV Boise, Idaho (NBC, ch. 7) 127 - - - - .19 - - - .190 Other media holdings: Univision Network: has applied to build TVs in Roswell and Silver City. N.M.. and Odessa. Tex. Other media holdings: Buying wFKN(AM) Franklin, Ky. Managing general partner, Television Food Network. Has controlling interest in America's Health Network. Six daily newspapers, including Dallas Morning News and Provi- dence Journal -Bulletin Cox Broadcasting 1400 Lake Hearn Dr., Atlanta 30348; (404) 843-5000 Paramount Stations Group, Inc. 14 1515 Broadway, Nicholas D. Trigony. president (pictured) 12 New York 10036; (212) 258 -6000 Subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Inc.. James C. Kennedy, chairman Tony Cassara, president (pictured) Subsidiary of Viacom (ASE: VIA), FCC -9.5% / 12 stations / Total-11.4% Sumner M. Redstone, president/ TOTAL FCC 66.66% owner; Kerry McCluggage, DMA COVERAGE chairman, Paramount TV Group KNu -Tv Oakland, Calif. (Fox, ch. 2) 5- -2.351 --2.351 wsB -Tv Atlanta (ABC, ch. 2) 10 - - 1.677 - - 1.677 FCC-9.1% / 13 stations / Total-19.1% KIRo-TV" Seattle/Tacoma (Ind., ch. 7) 12 - - 1.540 - - 1.540 wPxl -TV Pittsburgh (NBC, 11) TOTAL FCC ch. 19- -1.185 --1.185 DMA COVERAGE WFTV -TV Orlando (ABC, ch. 9) 22 - - 1.055 - - 1.055 WPSG -TV Philadelphia (Fox, ch. 57) 4- -2.739 --1.370 wsoc -Tv Charlotte, N.C. (ABC, ch. 9) 28- --.844 -- -.844 WSBK -TV Boston (Ind., ch. 38) 6- -2.219 --1.110 wHIO -Tv Dayton, Ohio (CBS, ch. 7) 53- --.519 -- -.519 KFOx -Tv El Paso, Tex. (Fox, 14) wocA -TV Washington (Ind.. ch. 20) 7 - - 1.969 - - - .985 ch. 99- --.271 -- -.135 KRXI -TV Reno, Nev. (Fox, ch. 11) 119 KTxA(Tv) Arlington /Dallas/Ft. Worth (Ind ., ch. 21) - 8 - - 1.907 - - - .954 -- -.216 -- -.216 wKBO(rv) Detroit (Ind., ch. 50) 9 -- 1.828 -- -.914 wuPA(rv) Atlanta (Ind., ch. 69) 10 -- 1.677 -- -.839 LMAs and joint sales agreements

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www.americanradiohistory.com TOTAL FCC DMA COVERAGE KCAL -Tv Los Angeles (Ind., ch. 9) 2- -5.100 --5.100 WKRN -Tv Nashville (ABC, ch. 2) 33 -- -.808 -- -.808 WTEN -TV Albany, N.Y. (ABC. ch. 10) 52- --.523 -- -.523 WRIC -TV Richmond, Va. (ABC, ch. 8) 59- --.476 -- -.476 WATE -Tv Knoxville, Tenn. (ABC, ch. 6) 60- --.471 -- -.471 WAxN -Tv Charlotte (Ind., ch. 64) 28- - - .844 WBAY -TV Green Bay, Wis. (ABC, ch. 2) 70 - - - .388 - - - .388 WUPL -TV New Orleans (Ind., ch. 54) 41 - - .641 KWOC -TV Davenport, Iowa (NBC, ch. 6) - - - - 88 - - - .313 - - - .313 KAME -TV Reno (Ind., ch. 21) 119- - - .216 WLNS -Tv Lansing, Mich. (CBS, ch. 6) 106 - - - .238 - - - .238 KELO -TV Sioux Falls (and satellites KDLO -Tv Florence and KCLO -TV Other media holdings: Rysher Entertainment and news- Rapid City, KPLO -Tv Reliance, S.D. (CBS, ch. 3; ch. 15: ch. 6)) papers in Arizona, Colorado, Florida and Atlanta (CBS, ch. 11) 107 - - - .237 - - - .237 KLFY -TV Lafayette, La. (CBS, ch. 10) 121 - - - .210 - - - .210 WKBT -TV LaCrosse, Wis. (CBS, ch. 8) 130 - - - .183 - - - .183 Hearst -Argyle Television Inc. wrvo -Tv Rockford, Ill. (NBC, ch. 17) 135 - - - .171 - - - .355 (pending merger of Hearst Corp. Argyle Television) 15 959 Eighth Ave., New York 10019: (212) 649 -2300 John G. Conomikes, E.W. Scripps Co. president, co- CEO(I)/ 312 Walnut St., Suite 2800, Bob Marbut, 17 Cincinnati 45202; (513) 977 -3000 chairman, co- CEO(r) Subsidiary of Hearst William R. Burleigh, president, CEO Corp. (83% owner), Edward W. Scripps Trust, 83% owner Frank A. Bennack Jr., (NYSE: SSP) president FCC -8.7% / 10 stations / Total-10.4% TOTAL FCC FCC -9.2% / 18 stations / Total-11.8% DMA COVERAGE TOTAL FCC WxYZ -Tv Detroit (ABC, ch. 7) 9 - - 1.828 --1.828 DMA COVERAGE WEWS -TV Cleveland (ABC, ch. 5) 1 3 - - 1.508 - - 1.508 wcve -Tv Boston (ABC, ch. 5) 6- -2.219 --2.219 wFrs -Tv Tampa/St. Petersburg (ABC, ch. 28) 1 5 - - 1.456 - - - .728 wwwe -TV Tampa/St. Pete, Fla. (Ind ., ch. 32) - 15 -- 1.456 ---.728 KNxv-Tv Phoenix (ABC, ch. 15) 1 7 - - 1.251 -- -.626 WTAE -TV Pittsburgh (ABC, ch. 4) 19- -1.185 --1.185 WMAR-TV Baltimore (ABC, ch. 2) 23 - - 1.021 - - 1.021 WBAL -TV Baltimore (NBC, ch. 11) 23 - - 1.021 - - 1.021 wcPO -Tv Cincinnati (CBS, ch. 9) 30 - - .826 -- -.826 wLwr(Tv) Cincinnati (NBC, ch. 5) 30- --.826 -- -.826 KsHB -Tv Kansas City, Mo. (NBC, ch. 41)- - - - 32 - --.812 -- -.406 wISN -Tv Milwaukee (ABC, ch. 12) 31 -- -.812 -- -.812 KENS-TV* San Antonio, Tex. (CBS, ch. 5) - - - 38 - - - .662 - - - .662 KOCO-TV* Oklahoma City (ABC, ch. 5) 43 - - - .607 - - - .607 WPTV-TV West Palm Beach, Fla. (NBC, ch. 5)- 44 - - - .606 - - - .606 WPBF(Tv)* West Palm Beach, Fla. (ABC, ch. 25)- 44 - - - .606 - - - .303 KJRH-TV Tulsa, Okla. (NBC, ch. 2 ) 58 - - .478 -- -.478 WNAc-Tv` Providence, R.I. (Fox, ch. 64)- - - - 47 - - - .575 - - - .288 worN(Tv) Dayton, Ohio (ABC, ch. 2) 53 - - - .519 - - - .519 Other media holdings: Cincinnati Post, Kentucky Post, KITv(Tv) Honolulu 4) ------(ABC, ch. 69 .395 .395 Denver's Rocky Mountain News, Memphis Commercial WAPT(TV)' Jackson, Miss. (ABC, ch. 16) - - - 90 - - - .305 - - - .153 Appeal, Knoxville News Sentinel newspapers; nonattribut- KHBs(Tv)` Fort Smith /Fayetteville (and satellite KHOG -TV' able interest in Comcast Corp. Fayetteville), Ark. (ABC, ch. 40; ch. 29)- - 118 - - - .217 - - - .109 LMAs KMBC -TV (LMA with KCWB-Tv) Kansas City, Mo. (ABC, ch. 9; ind., ch. 29) 32 - - - .812 Sinclair Broadcast Group Other media holdings: Hearst is partner with ABC Inc. in 2000 W. 41st St., Baltimore ESPN, Lifetime Television and A &E cable channels, and 18 21211; (410) 467 -4545 with Continental Cablevision in New England Cable News. David D. Smith, president/28.1 % owner (NASDAQ: SBGI)

G Young Broadcasting FCC -8.2% / 28 stations / Total-14.2% 599 Lexington Ave., 47th Floor 1 New York 10022; ti (212) 754-7070 TOTAL FCC Vincent Young, chairman /38.5% owner DMA COVERAGE (Nasdaq: YBTVA) WPGH -TV Pittsburgh (Fox, ch. 53) 19 - - 1.185 -- -.593 KovR(Tv) Sacramento, Calif. (CBS, ch. 13) - - 20 - - 1.150 --1.150 FCC -9.0% / 15 stations / Total-9.1% KDNL-TV St. Louis (ABC, ch. 30) 21 - - 1.150 -- -.573 wBFF(Tv) Baltimore (Fox, ch. 45) 23 - - 1.020 -- -.511

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www.americanradiohistory.com Meredith Corp. 1717 Locust St., Des Moines, 20 Iowa 50309; (515) 284 -3000 William T. Kerr, president (NYSE: MDP) wrrv(rv) Bloomington /Indianapolis (and satellite wrrK(Tv) Kokomo /Indianapolis) (Ind., ch. 4; ch. 29) 25 - - - .969 - - - .969 FCC -6.2% / 11 stations / Total -7.6% WLFL(TV) Raleigh /Durham, N.C. (Fox, ch. 22) 29 - - - .841 - - - .421 wsîR -Tv Cincinnati (Ind., ch. 64) 30 - - - .826 - - - .413 TOTAL FCC wccv -ry Milwaukee, Wis. (Ind., ch. 24) - - - - 31 - - - .812 - - - .406 DMA COVERAGE KSMO -TV Kansas City, Mo. (Ind., ch. 62)- - - - 32 - - - .812 - - - .406 KPHO -TV Phoenix (CBS, ch. 5) 17 - - 1.251 - - 1.251 wLos(Tv) Asheville, N.C. (ABC, ch. 13) - - - - 35 - - - .723 - - - .723 woFL(Tv) Orlando, Fla. (Fox, ch. 35) 22 - - 1.055 - - - .528 KABB -Tv San Antonio, Tex. (Fox, ch. 29) - - - - 38 - - - .662 - - - .331 KPox(Tv)* Vancouver, Wash. /Portland, Ore. wrvz-ry Norfolk/Newport News, Va (Fox, d1.33)- 40 - - - .652 - - - .326 (Fox, ch. 49) 24 - - - .983 - - - .492 KocB -Tv Oklahoma City (Ind., ch. 34) 43 - - - .607 - - - .304 WFSB -TV Hartford, Conn. (CBS, ch. 3) - - - - 27 - - - .945 - - - .945 wrro(Tv) Birmingham, Ala. (Ind., ch. 21) - - - 51 - - - .542 - - - .271 KcTv(rv) Kansas City, Mo. (CBS, ch. 5) - - - - 32 - - - .812 - - - .812 wsMH(Tv) Flint/Bay City, Mich. (Fox, ch. 66) - 62 - - - .453 - - - .227 wsMv(rv) Nashville, Tenn. (NBC, ch. 4) - - - - 33 - - - .808 - - - .808 WDKY -TV Danville /Lexington, Ky. (Fox, ch. 56)- 71 - - - .387 - - - .194 wHNs(rv)* Asheville, N.C./ Greenville /Spartanburg, S.C. KDSM-Tv Des Moines, Iowa (Fox, ch. 17) - - - 72 - - - .386 - - - .193 (Fox, ch. 21) 35 -- -.723 -- -.362 wvzz(rv) Peoria/Bloomington (Fox, ch. 43)- 110 - - - .231 - - - .116 WNEM -TV Flint/Bay City, Mich. (CBS, ch. 5) - - 62 - - - .453 - - - .453 wDBe(TV) Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Ind., ch. 17) - - 185 - - - .064 - - - .032 KWU -TV Las Vegas, Nev. (Fox, ch. 5) 64 - - - .441 - - - .441 woGx(Tv) Ocala/Gainesville, Fla. (Ind., ch. 51)- 165 - - - .100 - - - .050 LMAs and TBAs: KFKO -TV Bend, Ore. (Fox, ch. 39) 203 - - - .039 - - - .015 wPrr -ry Pittsburgh (ind., ch. 22) 19 - - 1.185 WNUV -TV Baltimore (ind., ch. 54) 23 - - 1.021 WRDC -TV Raleigh /Durham, N.C. (Ind., ch. 28) 29- - - .841 Granite Broadcasting wvry -ry Milwaukee, Wis. (ind., ch. 18) - - - -31- - - .812 767 3rd Ave., New York, WTTE(Tv) - - - - - .759 Columbus, Ohio (Fox, ch. 28) - - 34 1 New York 10017; wFBC -TV Greenville, S.C. ( I n d . , ch. 40) 35- - - .723 (212) 826-2530 KRRT -TV San Antonio, Tex. (Ind., ch. 35) - - - 38 - - - .662 WABM -TV Birmingham, Ala. (ind., ch. 68) - - -51- - - .542 W. Don Cornwell, chairman Other media holdings: Has applied to build TVs in FCC -5.9% / 11 stations / Total-7.7% Tuscaloosa, Ala. Boulder City, Nev., Portland, Ore., Geis - tow and Hollidaysburg, Pa., and Virginia Beach, Va. Smith TOTAL FCC also owns 18.75% of wrrA(TV) St. Petersburg, Fla. DMA COVERAGE KNTV -Tv San Francisco /Oakland (ABC, ch. 11)- 5 - - 2.351 - - 2.351 wxoN -Tv* Detroit (Ind., ch. 20) 9 - - 1.828 - - - .914 WWMT -TV Grand Rapids /Kalamazoo (CBS, ch. 3)- 37 - - - .669 - - - .669 Post -Newsweek Stations wKBw -Tv Buffalo, N.Y. (ABC, ch. 7) 39 - - - .653 - - - .653 3 Constitution Plaza, Hartford, KSEE -Tv Fresno, Calif. (NBC, ch. 24) 55 - - - .507 - - - .254 19 Conn.; (203) 493 -6530 .. KEYE-Tv Austin, Tex. (CBS, ch. 42) 63 - - - .450 - - - .225 WTVH -TV Syracuse, N.Y. (CBS, ch. 5) 68 - - - .396 - - - .396 G. William Ryan, president, CEO (pictured) WPTA -TV Fort Wayne, Ind. (ABC, ch. 21) - - - 103 - - - .249 - - - .125 Subsidiary of The Washington Post Co. WEEK -Tv Peoria/Bloomington, Ill. (NBC, ch. 25)- 110 - - - .231 - - - .116 Donald Graham, chairman /CEO /publisher KBJR -TV Duluth, Minn. /Superior, Wis. (NYSE: WPO), (NBC, ch. 6) 134 - - - .174 - - - .174 TBAs WLAJ -TV (TBA) Lansing, Mich. (ABC, ch. 53) 106 - - - .238 FCC-7.1% / 6 stations / Total-7.1% Other media holdings: WEEK -FM, Eureka, Ill.

TOTAL FCC DMA COVERAGE WDly -ry Detroit (NBC, ch. 4) 9 --1.828 --1.828 Raycom Media KPRC -Tv Houston (NBC, ch. 2) 11 - - 1.646 - - 1.646 RSA Tower, Suite 710, 201 WPLG -TV Miami (ABC, ch. 10) 16 --1.407 - - 1.407 Monroe St., Montgomery, Ala.; wcPx -Tv Orlando (CBS, ch. 6) 22 - - 1.055 - - 1.055 (334) 206 -1400 KsAT -TV San Antonio, Tex. (ABC, ch. 12) - - - 38 - --.662 -- -.662 wJxT -Tv Jacksonville, Fla. (CBS, ch. 4) - - - - 54 - --.509 -- -.509 John Hayes, president/CEO

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www.americanradiohistory.com Media General Box 85333 Richmond, Va. 24 23293-0001; (804) 649-6000 J. Stewart Bryan Ill, president/4.6% owner TOTAL FCC D COVERAGE Cede & Co., 80.8% owner wMc -Tv Memphis, Tenn. (NBC, ch. 5) 42- --.631 -- -.631 wTVR-Tv` Richmond, Va. (CBS, ch. 6) 59- --.476 -- -.476 FCC -4.7% / 18 stations / Total -52% wTNZ -Tv Knoxville (Ind., ch. 43) 60- --.471 -- -.236 wuPw -Tv Toledo, Ohio (Fox, ch. 36) 66- --.420 -- -.210 WSTM-Tv' Syracuse, N.Y.(NBC, ch.3) - - --68 -- -.396 -- -.396 TOTAL FCC KSLA -TV Shreveport, La.(CBS, ch. 12) 77- --.372 -- -.372 DMA COVERAGE KOLD-TV Tucson (CBS, ch. 11) 78 -- -.366 -- -.366 wFLA -TV Tampa/St. Pete, Fla. (NBC. ch. 8) - - 15 - - 1.456 - - 1.456 KFVS -TV' Cape Girardeau, Mo. (ABC, ch 12) -79 -- -.365 -- -.365 WBMG(TV) Birmingham (CBS, ch. 42) 51 - - - .542 - - - .271 WAFF-TV* Huntsville, Ala. (NBC. ch. 48) - - --81 -- -.336 -- -.168 wJKs(Tv) Jacksonville, Fla. (ABC, ch. 17) - - - 54 - - - .509 - - - .255 KWWL -TV' Cedar Rapids/Waterloo /Dubuque, Iowa was-Tv Roanoke, Va. (NBC, ch. 10) 67 - - - .411 - - - .411 (NBC, ch. 7) 86- --.316 -- -.316 wrvo -Tv Lexington, Ky. (ABC, ch. 36) 71 - - - .387 - - - .194 WACH -Tv Columbia, S.C.(Fox, ch. 57) 89- --.312 -- -.156 wDEF -TV Chattanooga Tenn (CBS, ch. 12)- - - 87 - - - .316 - - - .316 WAFB -TV Baton Rouge, La. (CBS, ch. 9) - - --98 -- -.275 -- -.275 WJTV(Tv)` Jackson, Miss. (satellitewHLT[Tv]* Hattiesburg) wToc-Tv* Savannah, Ga. (CBS, ch. 11) - - - 100 -- -.264 -- -.264 (CBS, ch. 12) 90 - - - .305 - - - .305 WITN-TV* Greenville, N.C. (NBC, ch.7) - - - - 105 -- -.241 -- -.241 WJHL -TV Johnson City, Tenn (CBS, ch. 11) - - 93 - - - .295 - - - .295 KSFY-TV Sioux Falls (and satellites KABY -TV Ab erdeen /Sioux Falls, wsAv-Tv* Savannah, Ga. (ABC, ch. 3) - - - - 100 - - - .264 - - - .264 (ABC, ch. 13) and KPRY -Tv Pierre, S.D. WNCT -TV Greenville, N.C. (CBS, ch.9) 105 - - - .241 - - - .241 (ABC, ch. 13; ch. 9; ch. 4) 107 -- -.237 -- -.237 wcBD -Tv Charleston, S.C. (Ind., ch.2) - - - - 109 - - - .231 - - - .231 WPBN-TV* Traverse City/Cadillac, (NBC, ch. 7) and sattelite WTOM -Tv* WHOA -TV Montgomery, Ala. (ABC, ch.32) - - 113 - - - .225 - - - .113 Cheboygan /Cadillac (NB C, ch. 4) 117 -- -.217 -- -.217 KALB -Tv Alexandria, La. (NBC, ch. 5) 177 - - - .083 - - - .083 KNDO -TV* Yakima, Wash. (NB C, ch. 23) and sattelite KNDU-TV* Richland/Yakima, Wash. (NBC, ch.25) - - 123 -- -.203 -- -.102 Other media holdings: Cable TV systems in Fairfax County WTvM-Tv* Columbus, Ga. (ABC, ch.9) - - - 125 -- -.193 -- -.193 and Fredericksburg, Va. 20 daily newspapers, 89 weeklies

WECT-TV Wilmington. N.C. (NBC , ch.6) - - - 154 -- -.131 -- -.131 woAM -TV Laurel/Hattiesburg, Miss. (NBC, ch.7)- 169 -- -.097 -- -.097 wLUc-Tv` Marquette, Mich. (NBC, ch. 6) - - 176 -- -.086 -- -.086

KTVO -TV' Ottumwa, Iowa (ABC , ch. 3)- - - - 200 -- -.044 -- -.044 Allbritton Communications Co. 800 17th St., Suite 301, 5 Washington 20006 Pulitzer Broadcasting (202) 789-2130 101 S. Hanley Rd., Suite 1250, 23 St. Louis 63105 -3428; Robert L. Allbritton, executive VP /COO (314) 721-7335 FCC -4.2% / 10 stations / Total -42% Ken J. Elkins, chairman /president/CEO (pictured) Subsidiary of Pulitzer Publishing Co., Michael E. Pulitzer, president /chairman /23.2% owner (NYSE: PTZ) TOTAL FCC [gr',1 DMA COVERAGE WJLA -Tv Washington (ABC, ch. 7) 7 - 1.969 --1.969 FCC -5.2% / 10 stations / Total-5.5% wHTM -Tv Harrisburg /Lancaster (ABC, ch. 27) - 45 - --.603 -- -.302 TOTAL FCC DMA COVERAGE wJxx(Tv) * Jacksonville, Fla. (ind., ch. 25) - - 54 - --.509 -- -.255 wESH -Tv Daytona Bch /Orlando. Fla. (NBC, ch. 2)- 22 - - 1.055 - - 1.055 KATv(Tv) Little Rock, Ark. (ABC, ch. 7) 57 - -.496 -- -.496 WYFF-TV Greenville /Spartanburg, S.C. (NBC, ch.4)- 35 - - - .723 - - - .723 KTuL(TV) Tulsa, Okla. (ABC, ch. 8) 58 - 478 -- -.478 wosu-Tv New Orleans (NBC, ch. 6) 41 - - 641 -- -.641 wsET-Tv Lynchburg- Roanoke, Va.(ABC, ch.13) 67 - --.411 -- -.411 WGAL -Tv Harrisburg /Lancaster (NBC ch. 8) - 45 - - -.603 -- -.603 wciv -ry Charleston, S.C.,(ABC. ch.4) - - --109 - --.231 -- -.231 WCFT -TV wxii -Tv Greensboro /High Point/Winston- Salem. N. C. Tuscaloosa, Ala. (ABC, ch. 40) - - - 185 - --.064 -- -.032 (NBC, ch. 12) 46 - 586 -- -.586 LMAs KoAT -Tv Albuquerque /Santa Fe and satellite station wBSG -Tv Brunswick, Ga. /Jacksonville, Fla. KOCT -Tv Carlsbad /Albuquerque /Sarta Fe, N.M. (LMA with options to buy) (ABC, Ch. 21) - - 54 - - -.509 WJSU -Tv (ABC, ch. 7; ABC, ch. 6) 48 - .572 -- -.572 Anniston, Ala. WLKY -TV Louisville, Ky. (CBS, ch. 32; 50 - 568 -- -.284 (LMA with option to buy)(ABC, ch. 33) - - 201 - - - .044 KCCI -TV Des Moines, Iowa (CBS, ch. 8) - - - - 72 - - -.386 -- -.386 KETV-Tv Omaha, Neb. (ABC, ch. 7) 75 - - .377 -- -.377 Other media holdings: NewsChannel 8 cable channel, Other media holdings: Four radio stations Washington

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Lowell "Bud" Paxson says he's going to build the nation's seventh over -the -air television network. Actually, he's already done it. It's called inTV, or the "InfoMa ?I." Paxson sells blocks of time on inTV mostly to infome-cial producers, who create elaborate pitches for products ranging from the Th gh Master to Microsoft software. Those long -form commercials then air on Paxson's 42 owned- and -oper- ated stations and a handful of affiliated stations that together reach 49% of the country. But Paxson, who co- founded the Home Shopping Network in the early 1980s, has another type of network pro Ing in mind. The basic distribu:ion structure of his network is not gbing-tb th el company will stal sell blocks of time to outside pro- 1ducers, and Paxson's collection& stations will still be "bare -bones operations," with staffs unlikely to exceed 20 employes, he says. It's just that it key dayparts, the pm- ducers he sells time to will be mainstream entertainment program providers, who will then have to go out and sell spots to advertisers. Paxson figures he can charge mainstream producers more because they will then be able to tap into the S37 billion general television advertising market. By comparison, he says,

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www.americanradiohistory.com the infomercial business, although fall (for the second time in two years) to cover the growing, is only about a $2 billion costs of its acquisitions. But again, Wall Street market. expressed doubts, noting that Paxson's stock is Since he will be paid upfront, Paxson trading well below the price of the company's equi- will have few, if any, risks. The pro- ty offering last year ($16 per share) and that share- ducers, however, desperate for a dis- holders would be angry if the company took anoth- tribution outlet, will risk all on the bet er step to dilute the value of their shares by offering that the programs they air will attract more stock. a viable audience. "What we've been telling our prospective partners in the course of negotiations is, we hope you Wall Street likes radio sale don't take a risk." Paxson says. But the deal to sell its radio division to Clear Channel has eased many of Wall Street's concerns about Pax- son, with most analysts rating the stock a speculative Station acquisition has been key buy. Since it was formed in 1991, Paxson Communica- It's been a bumpy road for Paxson's stock over tions has spent hundreds of millions of dollars the past year. Before the Supreme Court's must - acquiring local broadcasting outlets- focusing first carry decision in March, which requires cable sys- on radio, then on television. The company took tems to continue to carry broadcast stations in advantage of radio dereg- their local markets, Paxson's stock dipped to a 52- ulation (specifically, an week low of 6 -5/8. But it's been gaining ground end to the duopoly rules) steadily since. After last week's divestiture of the "The radio deal to quickly gobble up radio division, the stock popped to a yearly high almost 40 stations in of 12 -7/8. Florida. In Miami alone "Paxson is a very viable entity," says John Reidy, alleviates some the company has a "super Smith Barney managing director and a leading duopoly" of seven sta- media and entertainment analyst. Last week's deal to of the risk in the tions that commands a sell its radio unit puts Paxson in a comfortable finan- 15% share of the market's cial position going forward, he says. Reidy estimates Paxson shares audience and more than that Paxson Communications now has a market 20% of the market's radio value of roughly $I billion. revenue. Rita Zanella Benson, media and entertainment and puts them in The Paxson radio group, analyst at Gruntal & Co., agrees. Paxson was under sold to Clear Channel last a cash crunch up to last week, Benson says. "The a much stronger week (see story, page 46), major question was how they would fund their reaches 75% of the listen- acquisitions. The radio deal alleviates some of the financial ing audience in Florida risk in the Paxson shares and puts them in a much each week, and the compa- stronger financial position." ny created four statewide Bud Paxson says he's getting "well over double position." radio networks to exploit what we paid" for the radio stations being sold to that reach. Clear Channel. Three weeks ago, Paxson strongly -Analyst Rita Zanella Benson Largely through acquisi- denied he was thinking about selling the radio tions, the company's rev- division. But last week he admitted to having enue has been growing "entertained" one offer at least a month ago. "They dramatically -in 1996 it developed their interest, and we casually called totaled $144,497,611, up three of the other major players." Asked if Clear 66% from 1995 and almost triple 1994's Channel was the original suitor, Paxson will say $54,589,935. This year, excluding the radio divesti- only that it was "one of the original parties" to ture, revenue will approach $200 million. At the express interest. Clear Channel is paying 17 times same time, the company has been spending heavily projected 1997 cash flow for the Paxson group. on acquisitions over the past three years: just over That's a premium even in these heady times for $300 million combined for 1994, 1995 and 1996 sellers, when radio prices are averaging multiples (with another $353 million pending) and $70 million in the mid -teens. more on equipment and buildings to upgrade Paxson will net $614 million of the $693 million acquired properties. sale price. He says he'll use $353 million to pay off Those expenses, combined with about $200 mil- pending transactions, including the $257.5 million lion in repayment of debt over the past three years, purchase of flagship station wpXN -Tv New York have resulted in net losses of $48 million last year, from Dow Jones and ITT. (The station changed its $46.7 million in 1995 and $8.1 million in 1994. calls today ¡June 301 from wars.) Indeed, until Paxson agreed last week to sell its Another $46 million will be used to buy back radio division for $693 million, Wall Street was won- junior preferred stock, leaving Paxson with $214 dering whether the company was overextended. million in cash and $338 million in debt. "That gives Paxson's response to those concerns had been us a lot of buying power to go out and finish this pro- that it would go to the debt and equity markets this ject." he says of the company's intention to acquire

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131) 65 to 70 TV stations cov- Network programing to ering 70% of the country by the end of 1998. He debut next spring also confirms that the com- Meanwhile. Bud Paxson has delayed by pany will not go to the nine months the debut of the network pro- debt and equity markets gram service. He says he has done so at this fall as it had planned the request of potential programers. who to do before spinning off want the extra time to package their radio. shows and sell them in the spring 1998 Paxson even thinks he upfront advertising market. But Paxson can extend his distribution already has done locally at WPXN-TV what beyond 70 %k of the country. with low - he hopes to accomplish nationally. He has power TV outlets and cable ventures like subleased all but six hours of the avail- the WeB project that The WB is devel- able time on WPXN-TV to a handful of pro- oping to serve markets 100 -plus. With a gramers and infomercial producers. with WeB -type link to cable, and with a hand- contracts that run through August 1998. ful of unowned broadcast affiliates. Pax- The single biggest chunk of time goes son says his TV distribution network to Bloomberg Television, which will could reach 85 %/r of the country. program the station from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. It's possible the FCC may take steps with a mix of business and general news. that could curb Paxson's reach. The Bloomberg's programing replaces that of commission next year plans to review Dow Jones, which was to go off the air the UHF discount rule, which lets group last night (June 29). Paxson says he has from Dow Jones and ITT. Six hours will owners attribute just half the reach of options to extend the deal with he reserved for kids' and public affairs owned UHF stations. All of Paxson's Bloomberg another three years. programing. Paxson says. stations are U's: if the rule were discon- And Paxson says the sale of the Time -sale contracts expire at the end tinued, the commission could force the remaining time through August 1998 of August 1998 to make way for the new company to sell much of its portfolio. will generate $26 million in annual cash network program service. But Paxson believes that even if the rule flow for the station. Prime time will he It's possible that Bloomberg may buy a is changed the FCC would grandfather filled largely by Liberty /Fox Sports. in a chunk of time across Paxson's entire net- existing situations. five -year programing contract inherited work of stations. At a conference spon-

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With 44 stations covering 26.8% of the nation's TV KCMY -TV Sacramento, Calif. (inTV, ch. 29) 20 1.151 .576 homes, Paxson commands the third largest TV WCEE -TV St. Louis (inTV, ch. 13) 21 1.145 1.145 group. And he plans to use the proceeds from the WIRB-TV" *, * * * Orlando (inTV, ch. 56) 22 1.055 .839 sale of his radio group to get even bigger. WHKE(TV) Milwaukee, Wis. (inTV,ch. 55) 31 .812 .406 KINB -TV Kansas City, Mo. (inTV, ch. 50) 32 .812 .406 TOTAL FCC KOOG-TV " ", " "" Salt Lake City (inTV, ch. 30) 36 .692 .346 DMA COVERAGE wJUE -Tv Grand Rapids, Mich. (inTV, ch. 43) 37 .669 .335 wHAI -Tv New York (inTV, ch. 43) 1 6.925 3.463 KNMZ-TV Oklahoma City (inTV, ch. 62) 43 .607 .304 WPXN-TV " ", " New York (inTV, 31) 1 6.925 3.463 "" wAAP -TV Greensboro /High Point (inTV, ch.16) 46 .586 .293 KzKI -TV Los Angeles (inTV, ch. 2 5.100 2.55 30) wosT -Tv Providence, R.I. (inTV, Ch. 69) 47 .575 .288 wrGl -TV Philadelphia (inTV, ch. 61) 4 2.739 1.370 wswe -Tv Scranton, Pa. (inTV, ch.64) 49 .570 .285 xl.xv -ry San Francisco (inTV, ch. 65) 5 2.351 1.176 wNAL -Tv Birmingham, Ala. (inTV, ch. 44) 51 .542 .271 wGOT -Tv Boston (inTV. 6 2.219 1.110 ch. 60) woco -Tv Albany, N.Y. (inTV, ch. 55) 52 .523 .262 wVVI -Tv Washington (inTV, 66) 7 1.969 .985 ch. wTJc -Tv Dayton, Ohio (inTV, ch. 26) 53 .519 .260 KINz(TV) Dallas 49 %(inTV, ch. 68) 8 1.907 .954 KKAG -Tv Fresno, Calif. (inTV, ch. 61) 55 .507 .254 wesx TV" Detroit (inTV, ch. 31) 9 1.828 .914 KGLB-TV Tulsa, Okla. (inTV, ch. 44) 58 .478 .239 WTLK -TV Atlanta (inTV, ch. 14) 10 1.677 .839 wEFC -Tv Roanoke, Va.(inTV, ch. 38) 67 .413 .207 WNGM -TV " ", " Atlanta 34) 10 1.677 .839 "" (inTV, ch. wsco(Tv) Green Bay, Wis. (inTV, ch. 14) 70 .388 .194 KTFH -TV Houston (inTV, ch. 49) 11 1.646 .823 KTvc -Tv Cedar Rapids, Iowa (inTV, ch. 48) 86 .316 .158 wAKC -TV Cleveland (inTV, ch. 23) 13 1.508 .754 WsJN -Tv San Juan, P.R. (inTV, 24) na na WOAC -TV " ", " "" Cleveland (inTV, ch. 67) 13 1.508 .754 KxLI -Tv Minneapolis (inTV, ch. 41) 14 1.474 .737 LMAs and time brokerage agreements wFCT -Tv Tampa (inTV, ch. 66) 15 1.456 .728 WHRC -TV Boston (inTV, ch. 46) 6 2.219 wcrD -TV Miami (inTV, ch. 35) 16 1.407 .704 WSHE -TV Washington (inTV, ch. 60) 7 1.969 KwBF -Tv Phoenix (inTV, ch. 13) 17 1.251 1.251 wrws -ry Hartford (inTV, ch. 26) 27 .945 KUBD -TV Denver (inTV, ch. 59) 18 1.223 .611 wRMY -Tv Raleigh /Durham, N.C. (inTV, ch. 47) 29 .841 wPC6 -TV Greensburg /Pittsburgh (inTV, ch.40) 19 1.185 .593 Totals: 5t2 26.8

Total coverage of Paxson group, expressed in percentages of Nielsen's 96.9 million TV homes, is calculated in two ways. For regulatory purposes and for BROADCASTING & CABLE group

rankings ( "FCC coverage" column), UHF stations are credited for just half their markets' homes and stations controlled through LMAs and similar arrangements are not counted. In "Total coverage" column, UHF stations are given full credit and LMAs are counted. In either case, groups controlling more than one station in a market are credited only once for that market's homes. Those coverage percentages are in italics and do not count toward the totals. DMA: Nielsen's Designated Market Area.

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www.americanradiohistory.com the heavy hitters of the computer world. ondary digital channel could be devoted "They want to know how they can get entirely to infomercials. "I definitely see us "It's apparint some of my spectrum for over- the -air returning to transactional television in the data distribution. The spectrum is wide DTV world of compressed channels." He to me we will and I want to do some of it in data. But insists it won't be home shopping. "That that's all very preliminary. The computer niche is tilled. We'll create a new transac- end up with some that can deliver it hasn't been built yet. tional niche, and it will be more than just You can spit over the air faster than any the telephone and TV ": it could include the existing in- the -can computer can accept it today." Internet. he says. Transactional program Paxson has his own plans to create pro- services will be "absolutely necessary" in programing graming (or have someone else create it) the digital world. Paxson adds. because for secondary digital channels. As for there won't be enough mainstream adver- rather than a high -definition TV, it's simply not in the tising to support all the new channels. lot of original cards, he says: "We want the channel Two weeks ago, Paxson entered the shelf space." Paxson figures he'll have to cable network arena with the $75 million programing when spend an average $1.5 million per station. purchase of The Travel Channel. Key to or about $70 million, to upgrade his sta- that acquisition is a transactional strategy this network begins." tions to digital pass -through capability. in which viewers will be directed to Web - sites to buy vacations in places featured on the cable channel. Paxson also owns a Don't say good -bye to travel agency called the World Travelers the infomercials Network. sored by the American Stock Exchange in Bud Paxson has made a career working New York two weeks ago. Seth Gross- Paxson stresses that infomercials won't the niches and fringes of broadcasting and man. Paxson vice president. confirmed disappear. But there will he far fewer of cable. So far it's paid off. The big question that the two sides were talking about such them as Paxson sells dayparts to enter- now, analysts say. is what kind of enter- an arrangement: "Their clear desire is to tainment programers: "They will air less tainment programing he'll choose for the get in about half our markets. They want and less on our stations, but I don't see it TV network. Until Paxson divulges those the top markets for sure. The question for ever going away /entirely I." plans. the company is likely to attract only then is not how much they will ¡qty for It's possible. Paxson says. that a sec- investors with a tolerance for high risk. those markets. but how much they would be willing to pay for the entire network to build brand awareness." Paxson confirms his company is talking to Fox. Universal. Sony. Turner. Hearst. All American Communications Corp., ABC and NBC about possible programing alliances. To Succeed While Paxson won't discuss specific in today's increasingly complex and proposals. he does say the shows for the competitive new program services will come initially broadcasting and cable environment you need the from existing libraries: "It's apparent to experience, know -how, comprehensive information and me we will end up with some existing in- access to financial resources that only BIA can offer. the -can programing rather than a lot of original programing when this network begins. Depending on [the network's] Comprehensive Valuation Studies financial strength a year or so into it. In -depth Appraisals that's when the programers will consider Thorough Due Diligence Reviews doing original programing. It's not a case of creating another WB here. It's a case Strategic Business Planning Services of creating the old independent station or a writs more than anything else.'' Paxson say s his potential programing BIA is Dedicated to Your Success partners have one thing in common: they all are interested in acquiring what he calls "our digital TV rights" -that is. the ability Call Mark Giannini at (703) 818 -2425 to programs secondary channels in the age to find out how BIA can help you achieve your goals. of digital television. The networks Paxson is talking with have raised the possibility of rebroadcasting their main network feeds _MA 13111, (in whole or part) over those secondary MEIA channels. Paxson says he's willing to -M make secondary channels part of the deal. Internet: harp : //wit'wbiacompanies.com E -mail: [email protected] Paxson also says he's had talks with

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www.americanradiohistory.com Paxson sells radio holdings to Clear Channel for $693M Deal includes 46 stations, news and sports networks, billboard firm

By Donna Petrozzello CLEAR CHANNEL'S PRIZE The Paxson radio WHNZ(AM) 3,000 WFSJ -FM 3.200 Radio brokers say that Clear Channel WKES -FM NR WNZS(AM) 1,500 group, the nation's Orlando, Fla. (38) WTLK -FM 600 and Paxson Communications have 19th largest, compris- WMGF(FM) 11,200 WZNZ(AM) 500 talked for years about strategic WTKS FM 8,900 Lakeland, Fla. (104) es 31 FMs and 15 sales but that such deals always were WJRR FM 7.100 WSJT(FM) 1,600 postponed. Last week, Paxson Chairman AMs. All but four WSHE(FM) 5,200 WZTM(AM) 200 are in Florida. WOTM(AM) 2,000 Pensacola, Fla. (125) Lowell "Bud" Paxson must have decided WWNZ(AM) 1,200 WYCL -FM 2.400 the time was right. Nashville (44) wrxx(FM) Mlami/Ft.Lauderdale (11) WPTN(AM) NR Tallahassee, Fla. (167) In a $693 million tax- friendly cash WLVE-FM 21,000 WGSa(FM) NR WTNT(FM)' 2,400 exchange, Clear Channel agreed to pur- WZTA(FM) 20.400 WHUB(AM) NR WXSR(FM) 1,800 chase Paxson's 46 radio stations -42 in WIOD(AM)' 13,600 WGIC -FM NR WSNI FM) 1,500 Florida and four in Nashville -six radio WINZ(AM) 12,900 West Palm Bch., Fla. (49) WJZT FM). 800 WPLL-FM 12,400 WKGR -FM 6,300 WNLS(AM) 400 - news and sports networks, two minor WFTL(AM) 4,600 WBZT(AM) 4,500 Panama City, Fla. (224) league sports teams and 526 billboards in WAVK(FM) NR WOLL-FM 3,300 WSHF (FM) 2,000 Florida. Brokers estimate that the deal WFKZ(FM) NR WEAT(AM)' 1,600 WPAP -FM 1,900 WKRV(FM))' NR Jacksonville, Fla. (53) WFSY(FM) 1,200 represented more than 22 times slightly Tampa /St. Pete, Fla. (21) WROO -FM 8,700 WPBH(FM) 500 Paxson's trailing cash flow for 1996. WHPT(FM) 11,400 WPLA(FM) 5,100 WDlz(AM) NR While some brokers describe the purchase price as relatively high, Houston "This purchase certain y was very could take the radio company and its Lane. Clear Channel vice president of much on the high side of our comfort value and move it into what has become finance, says it was partially determined level, and it's certainly about as much as his main business. television." says on the value of the stations going forward you'll ever see us pay for properties. but Tampa-based broker Glenn Serafin. and Clear Channel's ability to raise profit we wouldn't have clone it if we didn't Acquiring Paxson's Florida stations margins. have full faith and confidence in the abil- lets Clear Channel build on its existing Lane says some of Paxson's stations. ity to improve these assets," Lane says. holdings in Miami and Tampa. In particularly those most recently acquired, The deal comes days after Paxson Tampa. Clear Channel adds wHPT(FM), were operating at an average 29 %r profit announced plans to purchase cable's Trav- WIlNZ(AM), WSJT(F \t), WZT\t(AM) and margin. Clear Channel intends to raise the el Channel for $75 million and to buy WKES(FM) to its 1VRItQ- AM-FM and WMTX- Paxson stations to an average 50 %r. profit WPXN -TV. formerly wltts(Tv) New York AM -FM. Lane says the group likely will margin, he says, which is closer to the (ch. 31) for $257.5 million from ITT/Dow spin off one of the Tampa AMs to com- margins at many of Clear Channel's sta- Jones (see cover story. page 42). Some bro- ply with federal ownership rules. tions. Lane also notes pertonnance claus- ken speculate that Paxson likely cashed in In Miami. Clear Channel adds es based on the stations' 1998 returns that, his radio assets to cover those deals and to \\L\F.(F 1). W'TA(FM1. \VIO1)(.\\I1. if met, will drive down Clear Channel's provide for future TV acquisitions. \\I\Z(:\\Tf. wl"LLIFM), WFTI.l \\II. ultimate purchase price to $663 million. "Bud saw a moment in time where he \\ %Am h\t 1. wFKZ(FMI and WKRVIF\u Io its WHIZ -r \I. \\ AO( AM), WI3GG -P \1, \\QBA- AM -F \t anal \1RT0(F\1). Citing annual compounded growth Attention Executives! rates that average above I__",i in several Broadcast Florida cities and outpace industry aver- The critical competitive information you need for just the Itiarkets ages. Lane says "Florida represents one of you want is available right now with just a phone call ... the most attractive regions of the country" BIA's TV or Radio Market and Competitive Overviews in which to own radio. He also cites recent reprograming efforts at some Paxson sta-

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www.americanradiohistory.com -roadcasrtng that investors will see, as soon as the third quarter. a turnaround in the big markets on the top line, and you will `Vibe' tunes up see revenue growth." Karmazin said Columbia TriStar Television Distribu- there is a "no- excuse attitude" toward tion executives were putting the final improving sales performance at the touches on their late -night series Vibe group. "I will not stand in front of last week with the announcement of investors and give you any reasons some personnel appointments. T. why we have not increased our rev- Sean Shannon was named head enue.... The only answer is we should writer. Shannon most recently wrote be increasing our revenue." for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno On a recent trip to WRZ -TV Boston. and has also worked on In Living Karmazin recalled, staffers asked if he Color and House of Buggin. Bill Royce were serious about selling more adver- was named executive in charge of tal- tising in the second half of 1997 than in ent. Royce's credits include Today, the second halt' of 1996, when political Larry King Live and The Tonight Chris Spencer will host 'Vibe.' advertising reached an all -time high. "I Show with Jay Leno. Daniel Salzman, told them the company would not stop from QDE (Quincy David Entertainment) and son of QDE's David Salz- them from selling political advertising. man, has joined the show as senior producer, as has Annette Grundy. I don't care." Grundy's credits include Jerry Springer and Jenny Jones. Bo Banks, for- Karmazin said he was "highly confi- merly a production executive with Jenny Jones, will be Vibe's line produc- dent" that the owned -TV group would er. Executive producers are Quincy Jones, David Salzman and Daniel achieve the higher revenue goals -in Kellison. part by putting more salespeople on the The show, which will debut Monday, Aug. 4, from Stage 46 on the CBS street, a process that has already begun. Television City lot in Los Angeles, has been cleared on 202 stations rep- His presentation was a pitch to

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O'Boyle returns to `Extra' NSS POCKETPIECE Taking off Maureen O'Boyle is returning to War- Top ranked syndicated shows for the week ending Tribune Entertainment's annual spe- ner Bros. Domestic Television Distrib- June 15. as reported by Nielsen Media Research. Num- cial, Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks bers represent average audience stations/% coverage. ution's Extra as a co -host. O'Boyle has has been sold in 141 1. Wheel of Fortune 10.5/226/98 Spectacular, was previously a senior correspondent 2. Jeopardy! 8.2/217/98 markets representing 90% of the coun- and weekend anchor for the show 3. Oprah Winfrey Show 7.4/228/99 try. This year will be the 21st edition 4. Home improvement before leaving in 1995 to host her own 7.0/230/98 of the special. Clearances include 5. Seinfeld 6.6/224/97 talk show, In Person with Maureen 6. Sally Jessy Raphael 5.6/196/96 wPtx(Tv) New York, KTLA(TV) Los O'Boyle. O'Boyle will join co -host 6. Simpsons 5.6/205/96 Angeles and WGN -TV Chicago. Brad Goode sometime in early July. 8. Entertainment Tonight 5.2/187/96 9. Xena: Warrior Princess 5.0/216/97 10. Hercules, Journeys of 4.7/225/98 Comic possibilities Station `Bounty' 11. Rosie O'Donnell Show 4.3/215/96 Twentieth Television and Telescene Affinity Television's action hour 11. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4.3/232/97 13. Montel Williams Show 3.9/191/96 Film Groups have begun production Bounty Hunters has cleared all of the 14. Jenny Jones Show 3.8/178/93 in Montreal on a live- action /anima- top 10 markets and 80% of the coun- 14. Maury Povich Show 3.8/174/96 tion series, Student Bodies, which has try for a second season. Top market 14. Wheel of Fortune -wknd 3.8/137/71 been cleared on Fox O &Os for a Sep- clearances include WwoR -Tv New tember start. The weekly half-hour York, KcAL(TV) Los Angeles and comedy chronicles a group of high WPWR -Tv Chicago. Affinity has also school students who run an under- cleared paranormal hour Looking debut the week of Sept. 22. ground comic book. Beyond in nine of the top 10 markets and 75% of the country for fall '97. Roseanne list grows Top clearances include KABC -TV Los King World has added CBS O &O Men at work Angeles, WATL(TV) Atlanta and KPIX-TV San Francisco to its list of top summit Media's animated strip Mr. KRON -TV San Francisco. market clearances for its Roseanne Men has been cleared in 19 of the top talker. KW has also closed a deal with 20 U.S. markets and 95 of the top `Conan' clears NBC O&Os in five of the top 10 mar- 100 for its first season. Mr. Men's Weekly action series Conan has been kets (B &C, June 23). The company clearances include KCAL(TV) Los cleared on 110 stations covering 85% has declared the show a "firm go" for Angeles, wow -Tv Chicago and of the country. Conan is a co- produc- two years. King World officials, who wPlx(Tv) New York. Forty half-hour tion of Western International Syndi- say no CBS group deal is pending, episodes of the children's series are cation, Keller Entertainment Group intend to sell the show market by mar- being produced by Summit, a divi- and ZDF Enterprises. The show will ket. The show debuts in fall 1998. sion of 4 Kids Entertainment. -JS

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www.americanradiohistory.com roadcastin investors to buy Westinghouse stock. which Karmazin said was undervalued Stringfellow tops KW sales given the company's dominant posi- vice tion in radio and its vast upside poten- Stu Stringfellow, executive president, for King World Produc- tial in television. Wall Street reacted domestic television sales, favorably to the speech, boosting tions, has been named president of domestic Westinghouse's stock last Wednesday television sales. He assumes the post left vacant by 11/16, to $23.25. when Bob Jacobs left the company last Novem- Karmazin confirmed analysts' esti- ber. Stringfellow will oversee distribution of King mates that the CBS radio division World's six existing first -run series and the new would generate $600 million $700 Roseanne talker. Stringfellow has been with King million in cash flow next year - World since 1985, when he opened the compa- enough to cover Westinghouse's ny's Chicago sales office. Before joining the com- interest and debt payments for the pany he had sales stints at CBS, Twentieth Cen- Stringfellow year. That would leave a "tremendous tury Fox and Columbia Pictures Television. -BE amount" of free cash flow, which he said could be used to make further roughly the same percentage it had 30 papers and more with radio. A ninth acquisitions (both radio and televi- years ago. "The research shows that sales office. in Philadelphia. will sion) and to buy back company stock. people spend three hours and thirty open shortly. He also predicted that revenue growth minutes a day" listening to radio, about One investor was concerned that in radio would continue to he strong. 40% of the time they're exposed to CBS is spending too much to get sports The industry is up 10% in revenue media, Karmazin said. rights -particularly for the National through June, while CBS's first -quarter CBS Radio has opened sales Football League -that won't provide a radio revenue was up 18% and cash flow offices in eight of the top 10 markets good return on investment. Karmazin was up more than that, he said. for the sole purpose of generating said he would have "a seat at the table The radio industry as a whole com- new business -mainly by persuading to make sure we are prudent in how we mands about 7% of the advertising pie. advertisers to spend less with news- approach sports rights." Fox gains, NBC leads in off season Fourth network gets some boost from originals original movies like last week's L.A. Johns. are performing better than re- By Lynette Rice and a 7% gain in households (4.8 versus peats of Melrose Place and Beverly a 4.5). It also recorded double -digit rat- Hills, 90210, NBC still holds the cards pointing to the success of its small ing gains among adults 25 -54 and adults for summer. slate of original programing, Fox 25 -49. NBC -relying on a "It's New To last week reported the highest ABC. in comparison, saw ratings You" campaign to boost its reruns - gains of the Big Four in key adult drop 14% in the 18 -49 group (3.7 versus averaged a 9.9/19 in households for the demos and households for the first four last year's 4.3). Households fell 169 first four weeks of summer. a cool lead weeks of the summer season. (6.7 versus 8.0). Drops were minimal at over CBS's 7.5/14. ABC's 6.7/12 and Although ratings usually slide as to NBC and CBS. with both seeing a 39r Fox's 4.8/9. In 18 -49s. NBC held the reruns mount, since the end of the 1996- decline in adults 18 -49. top spot with a 6.2/20, a significant 97 season Fox has posted a 10% gain in While new Fox shows like Beyond lead over ABC's 3.7/12 and CBS's adults 18 -49 (3.2 versus last year's 2.9) Belief Fact or Fiction, not to mention 3.1 /I0. Helping matters are the news- magazines. which are enjoying top Brogliatti gets corporate post spots in the weekly top 10. During the Barbara S. Brogliatti last week was named to week of June I6 -22. Dateline NBC on the newly created post of senior vice president, Monday earned a respectable number - corporate communications, for Warner Bros. two ranking of 12.2/22, behind Sein- Inc. Brogliatti has been the company's senior .feld at 14.0/26. Yet ABC's 20/20 and vice president, worldwide television publicity, PrinceTime Live also performed well. promotion and public relations since 1995. In garnering a I I.3 /20 and 10.6/19 her new position, Brogliatti will serve as the offi- respectively, while CBS's 60 Minutes cial spokeswoman and chief press officer for finished up at number -eight with a Warner Bros., responsible for the company's 10.0/21. corporate and business press. Before joining In all. NBC held on to its lead during Warner Bros., she worked in publicity for Lori- June 16 -22 with an 8.1/15 in house- mar Television and Embassy Communications. holds and a 4.6 rating in 18 -49s. CBS She also headed her own firm, The Brogliatti was number -two in households with Brogliatti Company. -1s 6.8/13. followed by ABC at 6.3/12 and Fox with 4.6/9.

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Walden upped Cast changes at 20th Look for new cast members on NBC's ER and Fox's Place fall. Alex Kingston (PBS miniseries On the heels of a Melrose come successful development sea- Moll Flanders) will join the cast of the Warner Bros. intro- son for dramas, Dana Walden drama as surgeon Elizabeth Corday. She'll be Fox, was named senior vice presi- duced in the premiere episode. Over at Jamie Linden Ashby ( Wyatt dent of drama for 20th Cen- Luner (The WB's Savannah) and tury Fox Television last Earp, Mortal Kombat) will show up on Melrose Place. in premiere as Dr. week, from vice president in Ashby will be introduced the season in fourth charge of drama. Reporting to Brett Cooper, while Luner will sign on the president Sandy Grushow, Walden will oversee the episode as Coop's ex -wife, Lexi Sterling. studio's drama department, including current program- Kids are Paramount ing and development. "Dana's promotion is in recogni- The Paramount Stations Group will launch a "Kids Are tion of the tremendous work she's done over the past Paramount" public service campaign July 1. Designed year, piloting the studio to its most successful sales for viewers ages 6 -12, the campaign will include public season ever in the drama area," Grushow says. With service spots and printed guides that tackle such issues nine series, 20th Century Fox Television is the leading as citizenship, substance abuse, health, the environ- supplier of prime time network dramas for the 1997 -98 ment, violence and cultural diversity. It also will include, season: the new Ally McBeal, The Visitor and 413 for Paramount -owned stations, half -hour specials host- Hope St. for Fox and Nothing Sacred for ABC, as well ed by Marcus Paulk, who stars in UPN's Moesha, and as veterans The X -Files and Millennium (Fox), Chica- produced by Simon & Schuster, the publishing arm of go Hope (CBS), The Practice (ABC) and Buff)/ the Viacom Inc. Vampire Slayer (The WB). `Another World' to conquer for Rivers Thriller from Scripps Howard Add soap diva to Joan Rivers' list of accomplishments. Scripps Howard Productions has bought the rights to "A The comedian will guest -star on the NBC daytime Thin Dark Line, " the best -selling novel from Tami Hoag, drama Another World July 9. for production as a two -hour movie for ABC. Hoag's previous best -seller "Night Sins" was produced by the Paramount signs Nathan Santa Monica, Calif. -based production company as a Paramount TV has signed an overall deal with producer/ four -hour CBS miniseries that aired during the February novelist Robert Nathan to develop TV series, telefilms sweeps. Jacqueline Zambrano, the creator and execu- and miniseries. Nathan's television credits include serv- tive producer of USA Network's The Big Easy, is writing ing as executive producer /co- creator of NBC's shortlived the teleplay. "A Thin Dark Line" is a psychological Prince Street last season as well as executive producer thriller about a young policewoman who continues an of CBS' The Client. From 1994 to 1995, he served as investigation into a murder after ithe case is dismissed co- executive producer on NBC's ER. Nathan is repre- by the court. sented by William Morris's Lenny Noveck. -LR

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www.americanradiohistory.com Broadcasting Ratings according to Nielsen PEOPLE'S CHOICE June 16 -22 KEY: RANKING /SNOW [PROGRAM RATING/SHARE[ TOP TEN SHOWS OF THE WEEK ARE NUMBERED IN RED TELEVISION UNIVERSE ESTIMATED AT 97.0 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS: ONE RATNGS POINT = 970.000 TV HOMES YELLOW TINT IS WINNER OF TIME SLOT INRI =NOT RANKED: RATING/SHARE ESTIMATED FOR PERIOD SHOWN 'PREMIERE SOURCES: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH. CBS RESEARCH GRAPHIC BY KENNETH FAY aO I Di 5.6/10 7.4/13 10.0/18 2.0/3 2.3/4 4 8:00 27. Cosby 7.5/14 77. Mad TV 4.0/8 107.In the House2.1 /4 2.4/4 76. Extreme Comedy 4.2/8 16. NBC Monday Night 03.7th Heaves Q 8:30 29. Ev Loves Raymd 7.4/14 95. Ruby Wax Show 3.1/6 107.Mal & Eddi, 2.1/4 Movie -Twisted Z 9:00 23. Cybill 7.8/13 Desire 8.9/16 109.Sparks 2.0/ 05. Buffy/Varrpire 42. ABC Monday Night 82. Married...w/Chld 3.9/7 C 9:30 32. Murphy Brown 7.2/12 11'. Goode Bhv 181 Slayer 2. ?/4 Movie- Beyond 10:00 Obsession 6.3/11 32. Chicago Hope 7.2/13 2. Dateline NBC 12.2/22 10:30 7.4/13 6.5/12 9.4/17 5.5/11 2.3/4 } 8:00 62 Roseanne 5.3/10 27. Mad About You 7.5/15 97.Moesha 3.0/6 42. Promised Land 6.3/12 47. Fox Tuesday Night Q 8:30 54 Life's Work 5.6/10 29. Smthng So Right 7.4/14 103 Homeboys 2.2/1 Movie -L.A. Johns 10. 9:00 14 Home Imprvmt 9.0/16 Frasier 9.7/17 5.9/11 103.Burning Zone 40. CBS Tuesday Movie 18. - 14. Caroline in /City 9.0/15 2.0/ 9:30 Spin City 8.6/14 To Save the Children 10:00 22. NYPD Blue 7.9/14 6.5/11 4. Dateline NBC 11.5/20 8.3/15 7.1/13 6.0/11 4.7/9 2.8/5 3.2/6 Q 8:00 50. Grace Undr Fire 5.8/12 35. The Nanny 6.8/14 70. NewsRadio 4.8/10 57. World's Most Incred E9.The Sentinel 101. Sister, Sist 2.0/6 9 8:30 47. Coach 5.9/11 68. Pearl 4.9/9 57. NewsRadio 5.5/11 Animal Rescues 5.5/11 2.9/6 i 00. Parent'Hood a.2/6 9:00 17. Drew Carey 8.7/16 62. Wings 5.3/10 100.Star Trek: 101.Jamie FoKx 2.2/6 25 CBS Wednesday 77. Pacific Palisades 4.0/7 9:30 21 Ellen 8.1/14 Movie -Simon and 54. Chicago Sons 5.6/10 Voyager 2.8/5 103.Wayans 8ro 2.4/6 10:00 Simon: In Trouble 7. PrimeTime Live 10.6/19 Again 7.7/14 29. Law 8 Order 7.4/13 10:30 5.6/11 6.1/12 11.4/22 3.8/ 7 ). 8:00 35. Diagnosis Murder 10. Friends 9.7/20 85. Martin 3.7.8 70. High Incident 4.8/10 6.8/14 G 8:30 12. Men Bhvg Badly 9.3/18 84. Living Single 3.8/8 g 9:00 1. Seinfeld 14.0/26 82. New York Undercover 75. Vital Signs 4.3/8 35. Moloney 6 8/12 M 9:30 5. Suddenly Susan 11.3/20 3.9 7 10:00 26. Turning Point 7.6/14 70. Class of 2000 4.8/9 3. ER 12 1,22

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7:00 74. Beyond Belief: Fact or 1 Nick Fr3no 1.5/3 85. Second Noah 3.7/8 8.60 Minutes 10.0/21 50. Dateline NBC 5.8/13 7:30 Fiction? 12. Parenthood 1.7/4 Q 8:00 64. Am Fun Hm Vid 5.2/11 9.Touched by an Angel 50 3rd Rock it /Sun 5.8/12 40. The Simpsons 6.5/13 113. Steve Ibrvee 1.6/3 Z 8:30 46. Am Fun Hm Vid 6.0/12 9.9/19 57. NewsRadio 5.5/10 45. King of the Hill 6.2'12 104. Steve rvey 2.3/4 a 9:00 101. Unhap Ev N2 7/5 39. CBS Sunday Movie - 57. The X -Files 5.5/10 20. ABC Sunday Night 19. NBC Sunday Night 9:30 The Oldest Living 1n1 Wayanz Brr s2 7'5 Movie- Someone Movie -Honeymoon in Confederate Widow, 10:00 Else's Child 8.2/15 Vegas 8.5/15 Part 1 6.6/12 1.0:30

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www.americanradiohistory.com Broadcasting reassigned to Katz American or Katz Continental over the next several Katz Media reorganizes months. Groups with stations that are affected include Scripps Howard. Clear By Steve McClellan nis, president of Katz Television Channel Communications. Argyle Group. replaces Donald Robinson, (soon to be merged with Hearst). Katz Media Group announced a who becomes a consultant to Katz. Bahakel Communications and McKin- reorganization last week that will Higgins has been with Katz since 1978. non Broadcasting. do away with Katz National most recently as president of Katz Con- Katz also said it was merging its TV Television, the division that represents tinental for seven years. and radio marketing departments under independent stations. Katz also announced that Michael the direction of Bonnie Press. president In addition. Katz -owned Seltel gets a Hugger has been promoted to president of Katz Radio Group Dimensions, new president (Jack Higgins). becomes of Katz TV. overseeing both Katz which will become Katz Dimensions. part of the Katz Television group of American and Katz Continental. and Also being consolidated are TV and companies and will move its facilities reporting to Beloyianis. A 22 -year Katz radio data systems. information man- next year to the New York office build- veteran. Hugger most recently was pres- agement and sales research and support ing where Katz is housed. However, a ident of the Katz American division. units. All of these units will report to spokesperson said that Seltel will The company said that the dozen sta- Gerry Boehme, who is being named remain a separate rep firm. tions repped by Katz National. as well senior vice president. information sys- Higgins. who reports to Jim Beloyia- as the division's employes. would be tems and strategic support.

networks; two minor -league sports Proposed station trades teams; 526 billboards) Changing Hands By dollar volume and number of sales: does not include mergers or acquisitions Buyer. Clear Channel Communica- The week's tabulation involving substantial non -station assets tions Inc., San Antonio, Tex. (L. THIS WEEK: of station sales Lowry Mays, president) ; owns /con- COMBOS TVs SO O trols wAwstrv) (LMA with wTEv[TV]) Combos $731,480,000 8 Jacksonville, WHYI -FM, WBGG-FM, WZNZ(AM), WNZSIAM), WROO(FM), FMs $101,415,000 .6 WRTO(FM), WAOI(AM) and WQBA-AM-FM WPLA(FM), WFSJ -FM and WTLK -FM* AMs 514,150,000 o 3 Miami /Fort Lauderdale; WPMI(TV) Jacksonville, WSJT(FM) and WZTM(AM) (LMA with WJTC[TV]) Pensacola, Fla., Total $847,045,000 17 Lakeland and WIOD(AM) *, WFKZ(FM) *, and WMTX -AM -FM and WRBQ -AM-FM SO FAR IN 1997: WAVKIFM) *, WKRY(FM) *, WFTLIAM), Tampa/St. Petersburg. Clear Channel TVs. $3,731,488,000 o 58 WPLLIFM), WINZ(AMI- WLVE(FM) and owns /is buying 146 other radio sta- 168 WZTA(FM) Miami/Fort Lauderdale; Combos :- $5,597,209,904 tions and 11 TV stations. 199 WSHE(FM) *, WTKS(FM) *, WQTMIAM), FMs 7 $1,447,306,298 Seller: Paxson Communications WMGFIFM), WWNZ(AM) and WJRR(FM) AMs $188,896,395 101 Corp., West Palm Beach, Fla. (Low-

Orlando; WPAP -FM *, WDIZ(AM) -WFSY Total : 'S10,965,300,597 528 ell W. "Bud" Paxson, chairman /own- (FM), WPBH(FM)* and WSHFIFMI Pan- SAME PERIOD IN 1996: er); owns /is buying /building 40 TV ama City; WYCL (FM)* and WTXX(FM)* TVs .7 $2,483,343,896 -.49 stations; owns Infomall Television (formerly WOWW) Pensacola; WNLS Combos a $3,609,970,359 o 198 Network; is buying Travel Channel (AMI-WTNT(FM) *, WSNI(FM) *, WJZT FMs $1,157,074,253211 Facilities: wzNZ: 1460 khz, 5 kw; wNZS: wRoo: (FM)* and WXSR(FM)* Tallahassee; AMs o $120,295,404 113 930 khz, 5 kw; 107.3 mhz, 100 kw, ant. 705 ft.; wPLA: 93.3 WHPT FM), WKESIFM) and WHNZ(AM) Total $7,370,683,912 0 571 Tampa/St. Petersburg and WKGR(FM) mhz, 50 kw, ant. 462 ft.; WFSJ -FM: *, Source: BROADCASTING 8 CABLE WOLL(FM) *, WBZT(AM)* and WEAT 97.9 mhz, 50 kw, ant. 482 ft.; WTLK- (AM)* West Palm Beach, all Fla.; and Nashville, Tenn. FM: 106.5 mhz, 6 kw, ant. 328 ft.; WSJT: 100 kw, 1,059 WPTN(AM)- WGSQ(FM) and WHUB(AM)- *seller is in process of buying 94.1 mhz, ant. wzTM: khz, kw day, 1 kw WGIC-FM (formerly WHUB -FM) Price: $693 million (includes six radio ft.; 820 50 night; wioo: 610 khz, 10 kw; WFKZ: 103.1 mhz, 25 kw, ant. 250 ft.; WAVK: 106.3 mhz, 3 kw, ant. 112 ft.; WKRY: 93.5 mhz, 31.5 kw, ant. 75 ft.; wFTL: person you describe 1400 khz, 1 kw; WPLL: 103.5 mhz, The 100 kw, ant. 1,007 ft.; wINZ: 940 khz, 50 kw day, 10 kw night; wLVE: 93.9 is the person we deliver. mhz, 96 kw, ant. 1,006 ft.; wzïA: 94.9 mhz, 100 kw, ant. 1,007 ft.; WSHE: 100.3 mhz, 100 kw, ant. 1,597 ft.; Joe Sullivan & Associates, Inc. wTKS: 104.1 mhz, 100 kw, ant. 1,609 ft.; worts: 540 khz, 50 kw; WMGF: Recruitment Executive Search & 107.7 mhz, 100 kw, ant. 1,584 ft.; 9 Feather Hill, Southold, NY 11971 wwNZ: 740 khz, 50 kw; WJRR: 101.1 (516) 765 -5050 mhz, 100 kw, ant. 1,598 ft.; WPAP -FM: mhz, 100 kw, ant. 930 ft.; wolz: Broadcasting Coble Satellite Entertainment 92.5 590 khz, 1.7 kw day, 2.5 kw night;

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wFSV: 98.5 mhz, 100 kw, ant. 1,090 is buying 11 FMs and 3 AMs. weGA(FM) Brunswick/Savannah, Ga. ft.; WPBH: 94.5 mhz, 100 kw, ant. 991 Seller. Panache Broadcasting LP, Root owns/is buying one TV, 14 FMs ft.; wsHF: 99.3 mhz, 50 kw, ant. 519 Bala Cynwyd, Pa. (Charles D. and three AMs. ft.; wvCL: 107.3 mhz, 100 kw, ant. Schwartz, president); no other Seller. Stewart Broadcasting Inc., St. 1,407 ft.; wTxx: 93.5 mhz, 1.3 kw, broadcast interests Simons Island, Ga. (J. Wayne Stew-

ant. 659 ft.; wNLS: 1270 khz, 5 kw; Facilities: AM: 1310 khz, 5 kw day, 1 art, president). Stewart stockholders WTNT: 94.9 mhz, 100 kw, ant. 840 ft.; kw night; FM: 105.7 mhz, 50 kw, ant. have LMA with WOKF(FM) Folkston, WSNI: 107.1 mhz, 100 kw, ant. 981 ft.; 449 ft. Ga. wa-r: 100.7 mhz, 11.3 kw, ant. 489 Fonnats: AM: gospel; FM: urban Facilities: AM: 1440 khz, 5 kw day, 1 ft.; wxsR: 101.5 mhz, 50 kw, ant. 476 Broker: Star Media Group Inc. kw night; FM: 107.7 mhz, 50 kw, ant. ft.; wHPT: 102.5 mhz, 100 kw, ant. 403 ft. 1,776 LAKES: KIRK -AM -FM Amarillo, Tex. ft.; 101.5 mhz, 100 kw, Formats: AM: news /talk; FM: country ant. 1,358 ft.; WHNZ: 570 khz, 5 kw; Price: $2.5 million (default on note) WKGR: 98.7 mhz, 100 kw, ant. 1,381 Buyer. United Heritage Corp., Cle- KBIDIAM) Bakersfield, Calif., and ft.; woLL: 94.3 mhz, 1.26 kw, ant. 480 burne, Tex. (Walter G. Mize, presi- KLYDIFM) Shafter/Bakersfield ft.; wBZT: 1290 khz, 5 kw; WEAT: 850 dent/84% owner); no other broad- Price: $1.5 million khz, 5 kw day; WPTN: 780 khz, 1 kw cast interests Buyer. Anthony S. and L. Rogers day; wcso: 94.7 mhz, 100 kw, ant. Seller. Madison Radio Group Inc., Fort Brandon, Towson, Md.; are buying L. Vick, 1,219 ft.; WHUB: 1400 khz, 1 kw; wGIC- Worth (Stanley court- appoint- WGCX-FM Fairhope, Ala.; selling KKCL- FM: 98.5 mhz, 50 kw, ant. 492 ft. ed interim operatorNP of buyer); no FM Lorenzo /Lubbock, Tex. (see items, Formats: wzNZ: news; wNZS: sports; other broadcast interests below). In various arrangements, WROO: country; WPLA: classic rock; Facilities: AM: 1550 khz, 1 kw day; Brandons own /are buying 14 FMs WFSJ-FM: jazz; WTLK -FM: entertain - FM: 107.9 mhz, 96 kw, ant. 1,322 ft. and 10 AMs. Formats: FM: ment/talk; wsJT: jazz; wzTM: sports; AM: AOR; rock Seller. Southpaw Communications wloD: news /talk; WFKZ, WAVK: AC; WGIGIAM) Brunswick, Ga., and WYNR Inc., Bakersfield (James R. Darling, WKRV: soft AC; WFTL: talk; WPLL: AOR; (FM) Darien/Brunswick president); no other broadcast inter- wINZ: news, wLvE: new sports; AC; Price: $2.125 million ests WZTA: classic rock; wsHE: AOR; wTKS: Buyer: Root Communications Ltd., Facilities: AM: 1350 khz, 1 kw day, 33 talk; WOTM: sports; WMGF: soft AC; Daytona Beach, Fla. (James L. w night; FM: 104.3 mhz, 3 kw, ant. WWNZ: news; WJRR: AOR; WPAP -FM: Devis, president; Susan S. Root 308 ft. modern country; woiz: sports, talk; Revocable Trust, owner); owns Fonnats: Both adult standards wFSV: lite hits; WPBH: classic hits; WMOG(AM), WHFX (FM) and wFGA(AM)- Broker. Kalil & Co. wsHF: AC; wvCL: country; WTxx: hit country; wNLS: news /talk; WTNT: country; wsNl: good time oldies; wa-r: '80s and '90s; wxsR: alternative; WHPT: AC; WKES: religion; WHNZ: news; WKGR: classic rock; WOLL: Bliss Communications, Inc. oldies; werr: news /talk; WEAT: news; S.H. Bliss, President WPTN: news /talk; woso: C &W; WHUB: country; WGIC-FM: AC has agreed to acquire Adviser: Communications Equity Associates WRJN(ANI) and WEZY(FM) KTOFIAMI- KHAKIFM) and KDATIFMI Racine, Wisconsin Cedar Rapids, Iowa for Price: $15 million Buyer: CapStar Broadcasting Part- ners LP; Austin, Tex. (Thomas O. $5,000,000 Hicks, owner); owns /is buying 163 from FMs and 76 AMs Seller. Quass Broadcasting Co., M.G. Radio, L.L.C. Cedar Rapids (Mary Quass, presi- Gregory Marcus and Anthony Gazzana, Principals dent); no other broadcast interests Facilities: KTOF: 1360 khz, 1 kw day, 124 w night; KHAK: 98.1 mhz, 100 kw, Patrick Communications represented the parties ant. 485 ft.; KDAT: 104.5 mhz, 100 as exclusive broker for this transaction. kw, ant. 500 ft. Formats: KTOF: Christian; KHAK: country: KDAT: soft rock Broker: Media Venture Partners WTLC -AM -FM Indianapolis Price: $15 million cash PA ICK CMMVINICATIUNS Buyer: Emmis Broadcasting Corp., 5074 Dorsey Han Dave Suite 205 Ensoa Cary. MD 21042 410.740 -0250 Indianapolis (Jeffrey Smulyan, president); owns WENS -FM, WNAP-FM and wiec(AM) Indianapolis. Emmis owns/

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KFWl1AM1-KBBC(FM) Lake Havasu kw, ant. 1,591 ft. City, Ariz. Amplifications Formats: KDGE -FM: alternative rock; Price: $1.3 million Biernack Brokerage was the bro- KZPS -FM: classic rock Buyer. Mad Dog Wireless Inc., Lake ker for the $1.3 million sale of KMZX Broker. Star Media Group Inc. Havasu City (Rick L. Murphy, CEO/ (FM) Lonoke /Little Rock, Ark., from WDGEIFMI Wakefield -Peacedale/ 57% owner); owns KZUL -FM Lake Willis Broadcasting Corp. to Arkan- Providence WDGFIFM) Havasu City and Middle- sas Media LLC (B &C, June 16). town/ Providence, Seller. London Bridge Broadcasting R.I. Jerry Johnson was the broker for Price: $8.5 million (includes Edgenet Inc., Lake Havasu City (Lee R. the $1.4 million sale of KLTc(AM)- Internet access Shoblom, president); no other broad- provider) cast interests KCAD(FM) Dickinson, N.D., from Buyer. Citadel Broadcasting Co., Big - Wester Media & RoughRider Com- fork, Mont. (Lawrence R. Wilson, Facilities: AM: 980 khz, 1 kw day, 53 presidenV19.1 % owner; ABRY Broad- w night; FM: 101.1 mhz, 100 kw, ant. munications Inc. to Roberts Radio cast Partners II LP, 37.2% owner); is 988 ft. LLC (B &C, June 9). buying WLKW(AM)- WWLI(FM) and WPRO- Formats: AM: MOR; FM: CHR AM-FM Providence and KLKY(FM) Mil - WCIT(AMIWUMIFM) Lima, Ohio RADIO: FM ton-Freewater, Ore./Tri- Cities, Wash. Price: $1.055 million KDGE -FM and KZPS-FM Dallas (see item, below). Citadel owns /is Buyer: Forever of Ohio LLC, Altoona, Price: $83.5 million buying 56 FMs and 25 AMs. Pa. Seller. WDGE: Major (Kerby E. Confer and Donald J. Buyer. Chancellor Media Corp., Dal- Urso Broad- Alt, members). Alt casting Co. (Philip Urso, Confer and each las (Scott K. Ginsburg, president); own 40% of Forever Broadcasting president/owner); no other broadcast owns KsKv(AM) Dallas; is buying LLC, which owns WYRx(FM) Lima; is interests WDGF: Bear Broadcasting KHKs(FM) Dallas. Chancellor owns /is buying WKMC(AM) Roaring Spring, Pa. Co. (Natale Urso, president/father of (see item, below). Forever Broad- buying 99 radio stations Philip); owns WERI -AM -FM Seller. casting owns /is buying 13 FMs and Bonneville International Corp., Westerly /Block Island, WADK(AM) eight AMs. Salt Lake City (Bruce T. Reese, Newport and WPMZ(AM) Providence, Seller. Allen Broadcasting Co. Inc., president; Corporation of the Presi- R.I. Lyndhurst, Ohio (David Skylar, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Facilities: WDGE: 99.7 mhz, 2.3 kw, dent); no other broadcast interests Latter -Day Saints, owner); owns /is ant. 535 ft.; WDGF: 100.3 mhz, 3.35 Facilities: AM: 940 khz, 250 w day; buying two TVs, 12 FMs and 4 AMs. kw. ant. 295 ft. FM: 104.9 mhz, 3 kw, ant. 260 ft. Facilities: KDGE -FM: 94.5 mhz, 100 kw, Formats: WDGE: alternative; WDGF: Formats: AM: news /talk; FM: AC ant. 1,896 ft.; KZPS -FM: 92.5 mhz, 96 dance WZBQIFM) Carro uton/Tuscaloosa, Ala. Price: $3.2 million Buyer. CapStar Broadcasting Part- ners LP; Austin, Tex. (Thomas O. ENTERCOM Hicks, owner); owns WAAX(AM)- has acquired WOEN(FM), WALT -AM -FM and WTXT-FM Tuscaloosa; is buying combo in KSEG-FM & KRXQ-FM Cedar Rapids, Iowa (see item, Sacramento, California above), and KzzB(FM) Poteau, Okla. from (see item, below). Capstar owns /is buying 164 FMs and 76 AMs . JACOR COMMUNICATIONS Seller. Grant Radio Group LLC, Tuscaloosa (Walter Grant, presi- for dent); no other broadcast interests Facilities: 94.1 mhz, 100 kw, ant. $45,000,000 1,007 ft. Format: CHR The undersigned acted as exclusive broker Broker: Stan Raymond & Associates in this transaction and assisted in the negotiations. KKCL -FM Lorenzo/Lubbock, Tex. Price: $3.15 million Buyer. CapStar Broadcasting Part- ners LP (see item, above) Seller. Anthony S. and L. Rogers Brandon (see Combo item, below) Facilities: 98.1 mhz, 50 kw, ant. 436 ft. Format: Oldies Broker. Whitley Media WFGOIFM) Erie, Pa. Price: $1.565 million Kalil & Co., Inc. Buyer. William Fleckenstein, Hub- bard, Ohio; no other broadcast inter- 3444 North Country Club Tucson, Arizona 85716 (520) 795 -1050 ests Continues on page 94

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adio took a moment to celebrate itself on ving." Napoli pro- Ju 11, when the sixth annual Radio -Mercury duced her winning A rds ceremony convened in the Grand Ballroom PSA in conjunction York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Although the with work she does forum's purpose was to recognize the year's best in at college radio sta- radio advertising, the show made a point, with its tion WBCZ -FM. glittering array of stars and aptly scripted produc- One of the tion, that radio-perhaps the least appreciated medi- evening's highest um in an era of flashy new alternatives -plays a vital points came when role in most people's lives. ABC Radio Net- "It was a very important night for all of us," said works announcer Bruce "Cousin Brucie" Morrow, of WCBS -FM Paul Harvey accept- New York, who emceed the event. "We listened to ed the Radio Creative one another and we showed respect for the energy Fund's first Lifetime and the creativity that goes into what we do." Achievement Award. The Radio -Mercury Awards are presented each Presented by CBS year by the Radio Creative Fund, a group founded Radio correspondent in 1991 with the idea of attracting better creative tal- Charles Osgood and ent to work in radio. "The idea is to raise the profile Harvey's wife and of radio in the minds of creative people, who are the CBS's Mel Karmazin praised 'the cast improve- long -time producer, has radio lifeblood of our medium," explained Nicholas J. ment that taken place in creative.'e.' Angel, the award rec- Verbitsky, president and CEO of United Stations ognized Harvey's Radio Networks and a member of the Radio Creative "extraordinary contributions to radio as an advertis- Fund's executive committee. ing medium." A record 980 commercials were entered in this Harvey demonstrated his incomparable ability to year's Radio -Mercury Awards competition, and wow an audience with an acceptance speech that drew 1,078 people, an increase of 300 over a year ago, every listener in the room out of his or her chair (see attended the awards presentation. text, page S3). Top honors for the evening, the $100,000 grand Celebrities on hand to celebrate radio that evening prize for best commercial of the year, went to Los included WOR Radio Network's Dr. Joy Browne, Angeles -based Radio Savant Productions for "Instant CBS Radio Networks' Mary Matalin, ABC Radio Death," a spot it created for Ortho Antstop Fire Ant Networks' Tom Joyner, Hispanic radio star Vikki Killer (see story, page S2). In May, the same spot won Carr and ABC Radio Networks' The Fabulous Sports the Andy award in New York for best advertisement Babe. in all media. John Costello, senior executive vice president of The fact that a radio spot took the year's top Andy marketing at Sears Roebuck & Co., was advertiser is testament to "the vast improvement that has taken chairman of the Radio -Mercury Awards presentation. place in radio creative," said Mel Karmazin, president Clifford L. Freeman, chairman and CEO of Cliff of CBS Stations Group and chairman of the Radio - Freeman & Partners, was competition chair. Mercury Awards presentation. The awards "have Radio -Mercury is the richest awards program in played a key role in improving the quality of radio the advertising industry, presenting a total of commercials." $225,000 in cash prizes to winners this year. Through- In addition to the grand prize, gold and silver out the evening, radio's assets as a medium were a awards, with accompanying cash prizes of $20,000 constant refrain. and $5,000, respectively, went to a dozen other com- "The pictures on radio are better than in any other panies or creative teams (see pages S4 medium," said CBS Radio's Osgood. WOR's Dr. Joy and S5). Browne called radio "a medium of immediacy and Sara Napoli, a 16- year -old high school student intimacy," and quoted a time- honored piece of from Medford Lakes, N.J., received the 1997 Dick research that "97 percent of people in the U.S. listen Clark Fellowship for writing, producing and voicing to radio every week and more than 80 percent tune in a public service announcement entitled "Drunk Dri- every day." R -MA

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t could have been a copywriter's worst night - e: Ortho needed a radio spot promoting a product t accomplishes the decidedly unpicturesque task of k n fire ants. To meet the challenge, writer April ell and creative director Mick Kuisel knew they had to arouse consumers' feelings about the terrible little pests. The result was "Instant Death," a 60- second spot that took the $100,000 Grand Radio -Mercury Award for best commercial of the year. Winchell and Kuisel, partners in marriage as well as in business, are the brains behind Los Angeles -based Radio Savant Productions, creator of the winning campaign. "Instant Death" targets one of nature's least -loved creatures. Hated and feared in Texas and adjoining states, the fire ant leaves intense pain and welts when it stings and, in droves, has even killed animals and people. The commercial promises "death, a quick excruciat- ing `see -you- in -hell' kind of death" for the detested bug. It exemplifies the kind of emotion that, Winchell insists, is at the heart of effective radio spots. "We needed to create something extremely emotional

"Radio is singularly the most visual medium, April Uncivil Alike Kniiel Wore the grand Award making the creator for Instant Death.' his twisted glee over the destruction of these pests, and listener Winchell said, "We were contacted by people from a group that promotes the ethical treatment of animals. draw pictures in sound." They didn't have a problem with our promoting a product that kills fire ants, but they deeply resented the fact April ü'inchcll that the presenter was simply too happy about it." - Other animal protection groups countered, arguing that that position was ridiculous and that fire ants have no redeeming value. As a result, "Instant Death" got that would play on people's loathing," she said. "We huge play in newspapers and on radio talk shows. Best had to understand consumers' passion about fire ants of all, Winchell said, "the product leaped off the and to focus it upon this product." shelves." At the same time, Kuisel said, the spot describes how For Winchell, who grew up listening to Jack Benny the product works quickly and without a lot of messy and Shelly Berman records, radio is the ultimate theater. applications -using humor and emotion to fulfill one of "It is singularly the most visual medium, making the advertising's basic objectives: describing the product's creator and listener draw pictures in sound," she said. attributes. Winchell and Kuisel founded Radio Savant seven Not only did the spot grab attention, it generated the years ago. In addition to being half the radio savant kind of controversy merchandisers dream about. team, Kuisel also is senior art director at BBDO West in Because the announcer seemed a tad "over the top" in Los Angeles. R -MA

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C Radio Networks' Paul Harvey accepted the Radio ,atire Fund's Lifetime Achievement Award v ' it/lowing thoughts: I love advertising. It's s. . for me, when most of the day's news is malfeasance, misfeasance, mistakes, tragedies, destructions, fires and disasters, to get to the commercial portion of the program and accentuate the positive. I love advertising. Some days I am not certain which is of more lasting significance: a change of tribal leaders in Zaire or a one -time purchase that will filter the allergies out of your house. *-7 What better news have you heard in the last year than that I can end those leak spots on your garage floor permanently for $2? However menacing the world's truce -breakers, trouble- makers and terrorists, the commercial portion of every program is certain to include some good news. ,1 R(' Paul Harrel (e) is flanked by leis wife Angel. and CBS's Charles Osgood There is now available a tire that will outlast your as he receives bis Lifetime Aebie' emeau Award. car. There's a sleeping surface that will suspend you on a cushion of air. And there's a drug store food for tising. This just happens to be mine. I know that the ad your fragile bones and a window shade on a roller that business is first a business; that decisions are based on will unload your truck for you. professional craftsmanship rather than on personal Which is of more lasting significance: that someone commitment. But to those of you -and you and your swims in a shark -proof cage from Cuba to Key West, or clients know who you are -who commit yourself to a that the finest Swedish lawn and garden tools now have client because you personally believe absolutely in that permanent roots in the United States, making work eas- client's product, thank you. Because I know what that ier, making life more productive for all of us? costs sometimes. The reward, however, is enhanced And is there now-you've just run out of excuses professionalism for us all. men -there is now an electric shaver that fits any beard. I was uncomfortable about accepting something So much of what the world calls news is written in called a Lifetime Achievement Award. I'm quite aware either mud or blood, but will any of it outshine a magic that I've not yet earned that. Maybe this recognition music box of unprecedented fidelity and heartburn from such esteemed colleagues means rather that a medicine that works even while you sleep? country boy is king of the hill, at least for tonight. Cer- You gifted wordsmiths of our nation's advertising tainly more than half of the credit for anything Paul profession have done more than anybody to raise our Harvey has accomplished in the last more- than -50 years standard of living by raising our nation's level of long- belongs to the Angel who has shared every minute of ing. that career. And at the same time, almost unnoticed, while many Now for what it's worth, I remember Angel's father programs get tastelessly profane, most ads don't. in his 90s had coal black hair and was jumping horses; Watching TV, we've been fast forwarding through the not just riding horses. They were jumpers, he was ener- wrong part. I'm almost as proud of what our advertis- getic, vigorous and virile. Yet each birthday the family ing profession does not as do for what it does. insisted on a reunion dinner and everybody would Paul Harvey News, to the sometimes dismay of our whisper to everybody that this might be Dad's farewell talented, long- suffering ABC salespeople, will not dinner. Well he ended up outliving almost everybody at accept for sponsorship any product which we cannot that table. And this is fair warning to you pitch men recommend with left -brain logic. warming up in the bullpen that longevity runs in the This is not to criticize any other approach to adver- family. Thank you very much. R -MA

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old Award -Humor with sales haying increased nearly 20 percent Gold Award (Tie)- in the New York region alone. Music & Sound Design Cliff Freeman & Partners, New York for Little Ceasars Gold Award -Radio Station Produced Martin Williams, er " -/an Reichenthal and Wayne Minneapolis for Target ers; Maresa Wickham and Arlene WHUD -FM Peekskill, N.Y., Stores , producers; Arthur Bijur, president for Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival "Hit The Target "- executive and creative director "Your Life is Not... " -Dick Terhune, Brian Tierney, copy- A three -foot copywriter, producer writer; Becky Anderson, long pizza and Shakespeare was a man of the people, yet producer; Lyle Wede- a foot Tierney of crazy too few of them turned out each summer for meyer, creative director bread meal -a the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Target Stores wanted a radio spot to com- so big it might Then, WHUD -FM Peekskill created a spot plement its successful TV campaign featuring complicate a that connected listeners' everyday lives to Stomp, a British percussion group known for family's dinner Shakespeare's style: " Decaf or not decaf-is making music with everyday items like conversation. that the question? Is this a garbage cans. To copywriter and former was "So how donut I see before me? drummer Brian Tierney, of Minneapolis ad your day, Quick let me clutch agency Martin Williams, the answer was sim- ?... Jimmy Best, Adoremos. Reichenthal thee." ple: a sound -track of music made with items "What, Dad? The 60- second spot from Target, such as cans, bowls, cups and Dad, is that Mom sitting next to you ?" boosted both attendance even a pair of jeans. "We got a lot of weird The spot helped introduce Little Caesars' and subscription rates, looks at the Target store, banging on different new Family Dinner by using word pictures to reported Dick Terhune, items to get just the right sound before we paint a humorous scene. copywriter and produc- took them back to the studio," Tierney said. A related TV spot "was very visual and er at WHUD. This sum- Target won't reveal results of the campaign, we just didn't have that advantage, so we had mer, Terhune is trying to but it reported record earnings for the year. to figure a Terbnue out different way of showing it," draw listeners to a season Although it has no long -term contract with explained co- writers Ian Reichenthal and of Shakespeare and Moliere. "Clients come to Target, Martin Williams tends to get a lot of Wayne Best. "The shouting and passing us for our creativity," he said. "That trust the retailer's advertising work, Tierney said. sound effects worked really well." allows us to give the audience what they want "We've had a lot of TV success with Target, "Family Dinner" isn't the first award -win- to hear." but this is one of the first radio successes." ning spot Cliff Freeman & Partners has produced for Little Caesars. "We've been togeth- Silver Award-Radio Station Produced Gold Award (Tiel- er since they were very small," said Reichen- Music & Sound Design thal. "They've quadrupled in size and we've WEZE Boston for Gardner Mattress doubled." Makers of Salem \\'urld Wide Wadio, Hollywood, Calif., for "Three Bears" -Mark Stevick, copywriter Twentieth Television's Gordon Elliot Show Silver Award -Humor and producer; Matt Hillas, copywriter; Carol "Hidden Message /Moving "-Paul Fey, copy- Smith Austin, creative director writer; Brent Hahn, producer DDB Needham, New York As a small station in a large market, WEZE When the Gordon Elliott Show was getting for Anheuser Busch /Bud Light Boston can't compete dollar for dollar with its ready to move from one station to another in "Bookstore" Brennan, copywriter; John larger rivals, but it created a fairy talc ending, many markets across the U.S., World Wide Mike Doran, producer; Mike Rogers, for itself and its client, Gardner.Mattress Mak- Wadio took on the task of letting viewers creative director ers, with its spot, the "Three Bears." Mimicking know. "There's a hidden When Anheuser Busch wanted a bigger a National Public Radio documentary in style, message in this com- market share for its Bud Light brand in the the spot describes investigators inspecting the mercial. Sec if you can Northeast, DDB Needham created a series well -known bears' habitat. As may be imag- find it," the spot starts of spots lending the beer the right "attitude" ined, each mattress they find is "just right." out, and then proceeds for the region. In "Bookstore," a pushy guy The "Three Bears" has been so well to repeat the phrase with a New York accent tries to talk a received that it has led to fairy tale spots for "Gordon's moving" bookstore into letting him sign autographs other advertisers around town, said Matt over and over, each in his new book, which, by the way he Hillas, copywriter for WEZE. Those spots air time to the tune of a hasn't yet written, on beer. on lots of different stations, and each time classic piece of music. 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www.americanradiohistory.com we carefully arranged the message as inoffen- awareness both went up," Howe said. what you could sell in the classified ad, but sively as possible," said copywriter Paul Fey. how many more words you could say for less Gordon Elliott moved to the new stations Silver Award -Non Humor money." without losing any ratings ground -a big suc- The "Perrita" campaign permitted the Star cess for Twentieth Television and the World TraverRohrback, Kalamazoo, Mich. for to target a larger audience by giving Spanish - Wide Wadio team. Community Hospitals, Indianapolis only readers a reason to buy the paper. Its "Bud Revived"-Bill Hahn, copywriter; ultimate compliment came, however, when Silver Award-Musk & Sound Design Tracey Ellenberg and Margo Montaguila, the competing newspaper launched a similar producers; Joe Clipner, creative director radio campaign. Cliff Freeman & Partners, New York, for Cherry Coke Silver Award -Hispanic "Beautiful Okinawa"-Michelle Roufa, copywriter; Tom Meloth, producer; Arthur Bijur, Bromley, Aguilar & Associates, Austin, president and executive creative director Tex., for Procter & Gamble The unusual sound of Japanese reggae "Tango " -Alma Duran, senior producer; helped Cherry Coke break through the clut- Federico Traeger, vice president, creative ter in a spot created by Cliff Freeman & Part- director; Mauricio Castro, senior copywriter ners to compliment a TV campaign. As listen- Girl meets boy. Girl loses boy because of ers search for something familiar in the music, bad breath. Will girl get boy back? Yes, after the spot delivers, several times, with the Colberg, Grajales, Soroeta she uses Scope mouthwash to the passionate words, "Cherry Coke." strains of a tango. "People don't listen to most of the words In an age of high -tech medicine, a small The spot, created for Procter & Gamble by in a radio message anyway so we had our hospital proved it can still compete, by empha- Bromley, Aguilar & Associates, uses music and audience searching for words rather than sizing what Joe Clipner, creative director at clever writing to build Scope's image with His- ignoring them," explained Michelle Roufa, TraverRohrback, calls "patient -focused medi- panic listeners. Passionate background music copywriter. cine." His ad campaign for Community Hos- surrounds the spot's stars, Raul and Regina, pitals of Indianapolis captures this concept by while wordplay on the "mintality" of Scope Gold Award -Non Humor letting patients tell their own stories. "Bud spices things up even further. (Mente means Revived" features a heart patient who regains mind and mince means mint). Happily, Regina Radioland, Portland, Ore., consciousness to find his bed "lined with nurs- loves Scope's minty taste and has the smarts to for Full Sail Brewing es and one was crying, 'thank you God' for chose the clinically proven, germ killing rinse. "Don't Drink Our IPA"-Austin Howe, bringing me around and I'll never forget that creative director and copywriter; Cathy little gal for that." "Nobody could write these Gold Award -PSA Boyle, producer words and if you did, nobody would believe Full Sail Brewing knew its products had you," Clipner said. Name awareness for Com- WUSL Philadelphia loyal followings, but the company itself had no munity Hospitals doubled following the cam- "Stop The Violence " -Loraine Ballard - solid identity, even paign, which is now entering its second season. Morrill, copywriter; Mike Koste, producer among its customers. In A gun's crackling fire, a dead youth, all for an era in which image Gold Award -Hispanic a jacket. The senseless killing of yet another can be as important as young man led Power 99 WUSL -FM to cre- sales, Austin Howe, Badillo Nazoa S & S, San Juan, ate "Stop The Violence," a public service creative director at Puerto Rico, for San Juan Star announcement that uses raw human emo- Portland, Ore. -based "Perrita "- Marcus Grajales, copywriter; tions to communicate its point. Radioland, wanted a Margarita Soroeta, producer; Norma Jean "In the hospital, we thought the doctors spot as unique as his Colberg, creative director were fixing Dean up, but they were cleaning client, which closes up As the largest English -language newspaper him up. He was dead." So the spot, using Howe shop every Friday so in Puerto Rico's capital, the San Juan Star excerpts from chilling interviews conducted employees can go fishing. wanted people to use its classified advertising with the victim's family over a period of two Howe and his associates came up with a section, printed in both Spanish and English, days, drives its message home. spot that talks about the kinds of people who more often. Badillo Nazoa Saatchi & Saatchi WUSL produced the spot "to challenge shouldn't drink Full Sail Brewing's India Pale created a campaign that capitalized on the our community to raise its stakes to increase Ale. "What I really liked about the spot was Star's bilingual readership and the fact that its the peace," explained copywriter Loraine the way it defined our audience," Howe said. classified rates are cheaper than competitors'. Ballard- Morrill. The spot ran for a limited "They're individuals but not pretentious." In the commercial, a lady wants to sell her time, to spare the victim's family undue pain. The spot also reflected this in its straightfor- dog "Perrita," but has only a few coins to pay "The rest," Ballard -Morril said, "is up to the ward approach, using just a woman's voice for an ad. At competing papers, all she can community." R -MA and no jingles, music or special effects. afford is a bunch of abbreviations plus a Testing has shown the image campaign, phone number. "That really struck a bell," This supplement was edited by Kathy which also includes other spots, has had the said Norma Jean Colberg, creative director at Haley, with writing by Richard Churchill desired effect. "Share of mind and brand Badillo Nazoa. "We really didn't get into and Bob Sel w itz.

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By con- ney last week, releasing surveys Among the mothers interviewed by trast, the percentage of national spot that place audience response to the 24- SRI, 85% listened to the radio "yester- buying for adults 25 -54 has declined hour children's format on a par with day," says ABC. Of that number, 2.4% from 58% in 1994 to 55.4% in 1995 two of ABC's adult and young said they listened to Radio Disney to 53.3% in 1996. adult targeted networks. "yesterday." By comparison, SRI's Interep also found that advertisers Citing results from phone surveys con- recent RADAR surveys note that 72% are spending more to reach adults 35 ducted by Statistical Research Inc. over of women 18 -plus listen to the radio at and older. Since 1994, the percent- three months. ABC Radio Networks least once daily. age of national spot buying targeted President David Kantor says Radio Dis- Based on these results and favorable to this demo has increased from ney earned an average 1.3 rating for responses to questions ABC asked chil- Sunday, 6 a.m. -p.m. for 3.9% to 5.9% in 1995 and to 7.3% Monday Janu- dren and mothers about Radio Disney ary- March. For the total week programing, Kantor says "the next step is in 1996. Interep also reports that -Mon- day- Sunday, 6 a.m. midnight -Radio a nationwide roll -out of Radio Disney." national spot buying aimed at adults Disney earned an average 1.5 rating. ABC says it wants to sign 150 mar- 25 -49 dipped from 8.6% in 1995 to By comparison, ABC's "Prime" net- kets by adding 25 -30 stations annually. 8(4 in 1996. work, targeted at adults ages 25 -54, Radio Disney will be offered on a United Stations goes earned an average 2.0 rating for 6 barter basis as a full- service format, but a.m -7 p.m., Kantor says. Between 6 not as an hour -by -hour service, says psychedelic on July 4 a.m. and midnight, Prime earned a 1.7 Kantor. United Stations Radio Networks' rating in SRI's latest network radio sur- syndicated retrospective series, / vey. ABC's "Genesis" network, aimed Want to Take You Higher: The Psy- at young adults. earned an average 1.1 Talking talk chedelic Era /965 -1969, debuts rating for 6 a.m. -7 p.m.. says Kantor. July 4 on 52 classic rock and album ABC introduced Radio Disney in a rock stations. The nine -week series trial last November on KDtz(AM) Min- examines the music, politics and neapolis, WKHX(AM) Atlanta: KCNR(AM) Salt Lake City. KKDZ(AM) Seattle and culture of the late 1960s in weekly WYDF(AM) Birmingham, Ala. one -hour segments and daily short In January, ABC hired SRI to survey features. The program was devel- radio listening among 1,500 children 5- oped in conjunction with the Rock 9 and their mothers. While ABC is tar- and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland geting Radio Disney programing at to coincide with a similarly -themed children 2-11, Kantor says the core museum exhibit opening this sum- audience is 5 -9 year olds. Westwood One Inc. founder and mer. SRI ratings cited for Radio Disney chairman Norm Pattiz (I) was the were compiled in a special report for keynote speaker at the National WFAN(AM) rings in its 10th ABC: those cited for other networks Association of Radio Talk Show WFAN(AM) New York celebrated its were included in SRI's latest ratings Hosts (NARTSH) annual convention 10th year on the air as a sports /talk survey compiled for all 14 full -service June 19 -21 at the Century Plaza station. As part of the festivities, radio networks. Hotel in Los Angeles. Discussing the WFAN gave away more than 15,000 SRI's survey of children in the test state of radio programing, Pattiz tickets to local sporting events. The markets also revealed significant radio called talk radio 'the most exciting station also hosted a party for sta- listening by children. In its report. ABC format in radio today." Greeting Cali- tion staff, clients and guests at New notes an average 15.5 rating for radio lis- fornia Governor Pete Wilson (r), who York City's All -Star Cafe. WFAN tening in general by children 5 -9, Mon- also addressed the convention, is went on the air with sports talk on day- Sunday, 6 a.m.- midnight, January talk show host and NARTSH Presi- March. July 1. 1987. -DP dent Blanquita Cullum. -DP Of that 15.5 rating, the average rat-

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www.americanradiohistory.com Thomson latest to exit TCI Leo's policies seem very More are likely to follow under Hindery remake field- friendly and very By Price Colman thing for an executive in supportive of their pos- my position to do is to ture. He's to be com- With Bob Thomson the latest acknowledge it, urge the mended for that. They high- ranking executive to other party to acknowl- should have optimism." depart Tele- Communications edge it and leave grace- Thomson says he's Inc.. the question of who's next fully." Thomson says. mulling business oppor- remains. Thomson, who char- tunities and hopes to Thomson, 53, a 10 -year TCI veteran acterizes his departure as "stay generally in the set who was part of the management team amicable, says the thing of industries I've become during its most challenging era. last he'll miss most is work- familiar with." In the week joined the ranks of former or ing with the field organi- interim, he'll take some repositioned management personnel. zation and other people time off to spend with his Since becoming ICI Chairman John in ICI. Bob Thomson family. ICI General Malone's number -two man in Febru- "They've had it very rough over the Counsel Stephen Brett will assume ary, Leo Hindery has moved quickly to last five to six years." he says. "One Thomson's government affairs respon- realign his team. consolation they should have is that sibilities. Gone are former Liberty Media president Peter Barton, cable boss Gary Marshall and customer satisfaction vice president Barbara Mowry. Former ICI Magness widow contests will Communications president Brendan Clouston, once considered a possible Decision could hinge on prenuptial agreement heir -apparent to Malone, is now chief financial officer for ICI and soon to be By Price Colman The couple married in 1986. Mag- head of a new company that will ness's first wife, Betsy. with whom he include everything but domestic cable Sbaron Magness. widow of Tele- had two sons, died in 1985. and programing operations. Communications Inc. founder When Magness died Nov. 15. 1996, Among those rumored to be on the Bob Magness, has filed suit con- he left a will bequeathing Sharon bubble are Barney Schotters. senior testing her husband's will and seeking about $35 million in two trusts: Mag- vice president of finance for TCIC: a larger portion of his estimated $1 bil- ness Arabians Inc.: the home they Camille Jayne, who heads TCI's digital lion estate. shared in a posh Denver suburb: an cable deployment, and SummiTrak But in what could be a weak point extensive art collection. and personal head Sadie Decker. Thomson's depar- in her case. Sharon Magness signed effects. Magness also left about $14.9 ture was hardly a surprise. When ICI a prenuptial agreement that essen- million to Denver charities. The rehired Lela Cocoros to head corporate tially requires her to abide by terms remainder of the estate went. in trusts, communications and media relations of the will. to sons Kim and Gary. (B &C May 19), Thomson's responsi- In a filing last week in Arapahoe Sources said that under the prenup- bilities were essentially halved. County, Colo., District Court, Sharon tial agreement, Sharon Magness agreed "From a policy standpoint, Leo Magness asked for a jury trial to deter- to abide by terms of the will. But the [Hinder)] and I are almost precisely on mine how much of the estate she prenuptial agreement could be subject the same page," Thomson says. But he should get. to attack because Bob Magness altered acknowledges that they disagreed on Under Colorado law, the surviving his will in late March 1996 after learn- certain issues. "Leo made some mis- spouse may be entitled to up to 50% of ing he had lymphatic cancer. Should takes with respect to me: and quite an estate, depending on how long the the case come to trial, it could hinge on frankly, I made some mistakes with couple had been married, experts in whether that alteration invalidates the respect to Leo. Our operating styles did probate law said. Colorado law permits prenuptial agreement. not mesh. the surviving spouse to receive 5% per It's unclear what, if any. impact "Those things happen. This is the big year for up to 10 years, or a maximum Sharon Magness's suit might have on leagues. When they happen, the proper of 50 %. ICI. In mid -June, ICI, the estate and

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www.americanradiohistory.com Cable investment banking houses Lehman keep control of TCI shares in friendly the estate's tax bill. The IRS does not Bros. and Merrill Lynch forged a deal hands. tax bequests to surviving spouses. under which Lehman and Merrill TCI spokeswoman Lela Cocoros It's unclear what Sharon Magness's Lynch bought $528.6 million of TCI said Sharon Magness's suit would have motivation was in contesting the will. shares in the estate. After two years, no impact on the deal, which has been "It's not so much about the money, but TCI is to buy back the shares, many of completed. Attorneys for Sharon Mag- she feels slighted," says one Magness them 10-to -1 supervoting B shares, and ness, Kim and Gary Magness and the family friend. Also, in an interview take them out of circulation. The deal estate did not return phone calls re- with the Denver Post, Sharon Magness allows the estate to pay taxes estimated questing comment. said that she hopes to use any addition- to be as much as $500 million. It also If Sharon Magness is successful, it al portion of the estate she might re- allows ICI Chairman John Malone to could mean a substantial reduction in ceive to give more money to charity. National net keys regional deal By John M. Higgins

News Corp. and Liberty Media Corp.'s dream of challenging ESPN's dominance of cable sports by buying 40% of Cablevision Systems Corp.'s sports operation hinges on their ability to create a strong national network shared by their 18 combined regional channels. News Corp.'s Fox unit and Tele- Communications Inc.'s Liberty division narrowly beat out The Walt Dis- ney Co.'s ESPN unit in bidding for the $850 million deal. Top executives at News Corp., ICI and Cablevision say that the key to the deal is attracting sports fans to programing other than the local pro basketball and baseball games that already gener- Fox/Liberty will be bidding against ESPN for sports rights. ate huge ratings in their home markets. "This represents what will be a new is fixing an old one. Rainbow Sports uct filling in the regionals -catch as TV sports model that will marry home and the current Fox/Liberty regionals catch can," says Cablevision Chairman teams with a real strong national com- have shared a national service -Prime Marc Lustgarten. ponent," says Josh Sapan, president of Network -since 1991, when Rainbow What crystallized the deal after Cablevision's Rainbow Programming folded its SportsChannel America. years of stumbling was Cablevision's unit. "We have become quite a behe- That 50 -50 venture combined the need for cash. Last year, Cablevision moth," says Fox Sports President "backdrop" services both groups used bought half of Madison Square Gar- David Hill. to fill the dozens of hours each week den, then last week bought out partner Eventually, the companies hope to between popular local games, using far ITT Corp., spending a total $1.3 bil- start a separate national service and bid less popular-and less expensive - lion. At the same time, News Corp. and aggressively for rights now held by programs like bodybuilding and boat TCI -which teamed in the Liberty net- ESPN and TNT. racing. works a year ago -agreed to cough up The deal calls for Fox/Liberty to get The two companies are already part- serious money. a piece of Cablevision's eight sports ners in three of the SportsChannel nets "I'd say we were willing to pay up," services, two in New York and one and failing news service NewSport, says Liberty President Roben Bennett. apiece in New England, Chicago, which goes dark next month. "They tell us that Disney was in there Florida, Philadelphia, San Francisco What's different now? willing to do the same or a better deal." and Ohio. Cablevision will run its First is programing and promotion. Combined with TCI's agreement to channels and Fox/Liberty will manage Fox/Liberty is spending heavily to cre- merge $2 billion worth of cash -pump- its 10 channels. But the SportsChan- ate stronger, more appealing news ing systems into Cablevision for a third nels will switch to the Fox Sports name shows and to improve the look of the of the MSG's stock, the deal will pare and agree to an unusual amount of co- backdrop. Second is clearing commer- Cablevision's debt from a huge 9 times operation in promoting the services, cials. Currently, national advertisers cash flow to a moderate 6.4 times cash scheduling national ads to run across can't buy a spot that will appear on all flow. all the services. the regional channels at the same ESPN executives contend they are While the executives wax about a moment. unfazed by the deal. "We've always new channel, what they're really doing "It really was a hodgepodge of prod- faced competition," one says.

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By John M. Higgins MSG Network was valued at another $250 million. One analyst, who asked When the home team is playing. not to be named, predicted that the SportsChannel or Fox's local SportsChannel Rainbow Sports' services will generate sports networks regularly less than $55 million in cash this year score double and up to five times the and priced the deal at more than 23 average ratings of the strongest nation- times cash flow. al cable network, TNT. Basic networks are generally valued Sports programing draws the highest Everyone involved agrees around 13 -15 times yearly cash flow. dollars from advertisers hungry for that the only way the Cablevision doesn't detail Rainbow's adult male demos. Monthly license financial results, but Vice Chairman fees levied on operators can exceed $1 deal makes sense is if Marc Lustgarten said Street estimates per subscriber versus the 10 -20 cents the companies can were too low and "on a cumulative many other services collect. basis there is substantial cash flow So why are the regional sports net- radically change the from the regionals." works making so little money? That's The Fox/Liberty side doesn't look one of the questions raised by News economics of the any better. First- quarter revenues Corp. and Liberty Media's agreement regional sports business increased 20% to $180 million. Cash to pay $850 million for a 40% stake in flow totalled just $2 million. Cablevision System Corp.'s Rainbow This year should improve in some Sports unit, which owns seven Sports- TNT sign w ith the leagues. ways. One industry executive familiar Channel regional networks plus Madi- "Rights fees are going up faster than with Fox/Liberty's operations estimated son Square Garden. advertising," says Morgan Stanley & that the regional networks alone could Everyone involved agrees that the Co. media analyst Richard Bilotti. San- produce $150 million in cash flow this only way the deal makes sense is if the ford Bernstein & Co. media analyst year. But the national Fox Sports net- companies can radically change the eco- Tom Wolzien agrees, saying, "In the nomics of the regional sports business end it all goes to the teams." But the so the networks gush the kind of cash players in the Rainbow Sports deal NEW PRODUCT/ BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT national sports network ESPN generates insist that the deal will dramatically Were OVC. the world's preeminent electronic re- rather than the relative trickle Rainbow change the revenue equation by tightly tailer. We have an interesting problem -we have and Fox Sports currently generate. aligning all the regional networks, more opportunities than we have people to pursue "It's really the most powerful pro- guaranteeing national advertisers them. graming in television," says Peter Bar- simultaneous clearance across all the That's why were looking for a tew good people to loin our team in the New Product/Business Devel- ton, the former president of Tele -Com- channels and a 55 million subscriber opment area. munications Inc. subsidiary Liberty base that approaches ESPN's reach. Your role in this loosely defined position would be who spent years trying to engineer some "There has really been an untapped to pursue new ideas and opportunities. analyze busi- sort of combination with Rainbow resource in the power of the viewer," ness opportunities. develop business plans. sell your plans and bring the new opportunities home. Sports. "now that it's wall -to -wall says Cablevision President James across the country it will be able to start Dolan. "We've never really been able We believe that in order to be successful in this position, you will need a strong educational back- demanding the kinds of revenue that to sustain that viewership throughout ground and a successful career that includes sig- ESPN is getting." the day." nificant experience in business analysis. new product development, retailing. marketing and /or other Media executives and analysts say The deal puts a huge valuation on related areas. the reason Rainbow and Liberty don't the sports networks. The Fox/Liberty If you meet these requirements. thrive in a truly chal- generate much cash is simple. Past deal prices Rainbow Sports at $2.1 bil- lenging environment and can effectively deal with stumbles in stitching together national lion. That excludes Rainbow's enter- uncertainty and risk. we want to talk with you

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www.americanradiohistory.com Cable work "backdrop" network filling the Can the two regional groups make it Next came the easing of competition time between the big local games with work? The economics of the business in some markets, like San Francisco, news, rodeo, bowling, etc. could lose have radically evolved before. In the which had TCl/Liberty and Cablevision $100 million. 1980s, regional sports were largely pay bidding up cable rights. But suspicious Bilotti said that a mature, successful networks with operators charging $5- of each other and coveting control, ICI regional network operation would spend $10 monthly per subscriber. But that not Chairman John Malone and Cablevision 20% of its revenue on production of the only limited the potential advertising Chairman Charles Dolan could never actual games, 20% on ad sales and 35 %- audience, it caused huge seasonal chum. engineer a merger. 40% on rights fees. That would leave a Rabid Mets fans canceled their Sports - The greatest vote of confidence healthy 25% cash -flow margin. So far Channel New York subscriptions once comes from ESPN. The network has that optimal cash hasn't been achieved the season was over -or often in mid - considered starting regional networks of many places. season if they were bigger losers than its own. Disney was the losing bidder in By comparison ESPN -which The usual. The nets then turned to an adver- the contest for Rainbow Sports. And in Walt Disney Co. considers the single tising -based model, converting to basic the Los Angeles market, where Disney most valuable asset it got by taking over networks for maximum reach. owns the Anaheim Angels baseball and Capital Cities /ABC Inc. -generated ICI then started to rationalize the Anaheim Mighty Ducks hockey teams, more than $600 million in cash flow on fragmented ownership structure, buying the company it suing to break its rights $1.5 billion in revenues, according to up networks from team owners and deal with Fox Sports West aiming, Lehman Bros. analyst Larry Petrella. local entrepreneurs who launched the industry executives believe, to start a That leaves a 40% margin. local channels. competing regional network. Wait 'til next year, WCA says Wireless cable hopes its promise and its investors will return

By Joe Schlosser city or neighborhood near you. The wireless community attracted the atten- The close proximity of the Wire- tion of Wall Street and telephone com- less Cable Association's 10th panies alike. Both jumped on board, annual convention to Disney- putting money behind individual sys- land's Tomorrowland in Anaheim, tems and sending stock prices soaring. Calif., was appropriate, as the fledgling But once the Baby Bells and in- association tried to put the past year vestors saw that wireless could deliver behind it and look to the next. only 30 channels of video, almost noth- In less than 12 months, the once - ing to cable's 70 -80 channels, they promising industry has seen the stock abandoned ship. Suddenly direct -to- prices of its top companies plummet, home satellite systems were the hot investors flee and the once flowing commodity and wireless was nothing cash well dry up. more than a 30- channel -short industry. Wireless was once billed as the cable So last week the WCA limped into its alternative in the out -reach market- convention in California, looking to -of WCA President Andrew Kreig place -cheap and easy to bring to a gather steam. Wireless leaders attending The Dawn of Digital: WCA 1997" arrived no longer promising the moon - Olbermann goes to MSNBC rather they talked of taking small steps Former ESPN SportsCenter co -host Keith Olbermann is joining NBC back to viability. And in an effort to get News to anchor an hour -long, weeknight news show for MSNBC to launch back on Wall Street's radar screens, dig- this fall. Olbermann, who announced he was leaving ESPN last week after ital compression and high -speed data being suspended by the channel last month, says he met with NBC News delivery were sold in Anaheim as the President Andrew Lack less than two weeks ago. Olbermann says Lack solutions to the industry's problems. suggested he join NBC News as an anchor for MSNBC. Olbermann called "It has been a very tough year for the the opportunity "perfect" and says his background covering general news industry," said Arthur Newman, an with a variety of broadcast, cable and radio outlets and his ongoing inter- analyst with Gerard, Klauer and Matti- est in history qualify him to move into the news anchor slot: "General news son. "The real challenge for the wire- coverage doesn't replace what I'm doing for ESPN, it will just expand it," less companies now is to have a clear Olbermann says. While specifics of the MSNBC show remain to be business plan and to start rolling it out worked out, editorial content will be "95% news and 5% sports," he says. and adding customers. ESPN suspended Olbermann in May after his unapproved appearance on "That has to be their fundamental mis- Comedy Central's The Daily Show, hosted by former ESPN anchor Craig sion. And I think when they start doing Kilborn. Olbermann says his parting with ESPN is amicable -DP that and earning revenues, they will clearly show Wall Street and the rest of

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the world that what they have works." Internet access in a very limited fash- Cliches and analogies were common- "We are an industry that ion," Newman said. "I think there is a place among the top wireless players. very good opportunity to go into a mar- "We can be the phoenix that rises has been undervalued ket and offer both digital and Internet from the ashes," said WCA founding and misperceived. and have a compelling product." president Robert Schmidt. "I think there Besides regulatory approval and dig- is a feeling of what do we do next Digital is just a great ital compression, the industry is still around here. The good news is there is opportunity to turn missing one other thing -cash. Wire- nowhere to go but up. and the key is to less officials said they are all right for get up and out there in the marketplace." things around." the short run. but it is a different story Bob Hostetter of American Telecast- WCA's Andrew Kreig when talking two and three years out. ing Inc. challenged the WCA members Many of the companies are looking for to stop talking and start working. partners who can help finance digital "We need to just do it," Hostetter Street is going to come back quickly rollout and provide some technical said emphatically. "We need to put on and invest once again." skills, say analysts. 100 customers. then worry about The industry is also counting on "We don't have enough cash on our 1,000, instead of just talking about it." Washington and regulatory relief when balance sheets to satisfy all the busi- When compared with the top U.S. the FCC approves two -way capability. ness plans we hope to launch," said cable companies in number of sub- More than 100 wireless cable system Matthew Oristano of People's Choice scribers, the WCA members combined operators filed a petition with the FCC TV. "Ultimately we need to have would rank as only the I Ith- largest in March, hoping for access to multi - strategic partners, even though we can MSO. The WCA just conducted the first point distribution services. Wireless get started today by ourselves." hard count of wireless cable subscribers operators with such FCC compliance Whether a wireless operator needs a both domestically and internationally. could then enter the high -speed data partner or not comes down to how they On 252 systems in the U.S., wireless has and digital voice businesses. spend their money, Newman said. 1.1 million subscribers. The WCA esti- "There is a substantial demand for "They can last a couple of years if mates 5.5 million wireless subs in more such high -speed Internet services, and they do very little. But the minute you than 90 nations worldwide. we think we are in a very good situation start to launch one of these new sys- New WCA President Andrew Kreig to deliver it," Hostetter said. "Wireless. tems, you start to use cash very rapid- didn't want to talk about potential since it offers such low upfront and ly." Newman said. "How long will numbers, but he hopes that new tech- infrastructure casts, is ideally situated $100 million last? If you go and launch nology- especially digital compres- to get in front of cable on this." in a major market with digital and sion and data delivery -will dramati- Newman said such high -speed Inter- Internet services, you'll use the money cally raise sub levels. net access might be just what the wireless very quickly. Or you could do nothing, Last month Pacific Bell video ser- operators need. in which case you'll really use your vices launched a digital wireless plat- "The cable industry is deploying the money slowly." form in the Los Angeles basin. The rollout of digital by Pacific Bell was the first of its kind for the wireless industry Urban initiative in a major market. The digital service David Falk, agent of such basket- can provide up to 140 video, audio and ball stars as Michael Jordan and data channels. Analysts and WCA Patrick Ewing, is teaming up with members say the ability to compete with entrepreneurs Dennis Brownlee the cable industry may finally have and Robert Townsend to develop arrived with the introduction of digital. "urban programing for TV and "That's what we are looking at as other media." Townsend, a for- our future," Krieg said. "We are an mer telephone and cable execu- industry that has been undervalued and tive, says the programing will misperceived. Digital is just a great have broad appeal. "We're not opportunity to turn things around, going to focus on the [African - which a lot of us think we can do." American] market, we are going Glenn D. Altchek, General Instru- to broadcast from it...It's the Falk, Townsend and Brownlee ment's marketing manager for digital place where all trends start." wireless, said Pacific Bell's rollout is New Urban Entertainment, as the venture is known, hopes to raise $50 exactly what the industry needed. Pacif- million, Townsend says. Combined with corporate sponsors that Falk will ic Bell's move came after major deals bring in, he says, NUE will produce or co- produce films and TV series for with Nynex/Bell Atlantic in CAI Wire- broadcasting and cable. And if all goes well, he says, it will eventually cre- less and PacTel's acquisition of ate its own channel. Townsend says NUE will soon name a senior pro- VideoTron and Transworld fell through. graming executive with well -known credits. "The industry players that are here Townsend is the former president of Stargazer, Bell Atlantic's experimen- [in Anaheim] have the product and can tal video -on- demand company. Brownlee was among the original applicants make digital a reality now," Altchek for direct broadcast satellite license, and was involved in the successful said. "In six months, when the industry launch of the United States Satellite Broadcasting's DBS service. -HAI shows that it can make money, Wall

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By Price Colman 74,000 homes in Florida and about 55,000 homes in Ventura County. With SBC dropping out of eritec "The take rate exceed s our the wired cable competi- expectations," says GTE spokes - tion, Ameritech remain'. nan Brian Blevins. "In California, the only major RBOC player. A lo. __ e're at about 40 percent of homes people are wondering how much Communications Authority. The passed in active nodes." GTE's plans longer it will gut it out. authority encompasses an I I -city con- call for it to be in 66 markets, passing 7 "There's no question that in this sortium in suburban Detroit, where million homes, by 2004. industry you don't have one company Ameritech is focusing much of its effort. SNET is overbuilding also, replac- break ranks in an area like this and con- Other key battlegrounds include ing its copper -wire network in Con- fidently plow ahead when every other Columbus and Cleveland, both Ohio; necticut with HFC. But there's a differ- large telephone company has slowed and Ameritech's headquarters city, ence: "We would have built the HFC down," says Bill Deatherage of Bear Chicago. So far, Ameritech New network, even if not for cable," says Stearns. "They clearly are alone in the Media has 39 cable franchises, winning Beverly Levy, SNET spokeswoman. overbuild strategy." them at the rate of roughly one a "It is not an overbuild strategy." Ameritech's justification for its per- month. But the faster it gains franchis- BellSouth also is doing HFC over- sistence is long on generalities and es, the more expensive the ante builds, but they're part of a larger strate- short on specifics. becomes. The estimate from one cable gy that incorporates MMDS, perhaps to "What we see is that consumers want company competing with the telco in a greater degree. The company has won choice in cable TV providers, and they suburban Detroit is that it's costing 17 cable franchise agreements in Flori- want Ameritech New Media to offer Ameritech about $15,000 per sub- da, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama, them that choice," says Geoff Potter, scriber to build its network. and "in those areas where it makes spokesman for Ameritech New Media. "When you have pockets as deep as sense, we will build," says Chris Ander- Economics notwithstanding, Ameri- Ameritech's, perhaps you do things son, BellSouth spokesman. "In certain tech insists it's in the wired cable busi- sometimes that don't make a lot of new subdivisions we have begun." ness for the long haul. But economics sense, just to be in the marketplace, be- In contrast, Ameritech has 39 cable has a way of changing the definition of cause it clearly does not pay to over- franchises -the latest, in Detroit sub- "long haul." build," says Bill Black, MediaOne's urb Warren awarded just last week - Current estimates put the cost of (formerly Continental Cablevision) and is offering service in 25 communi- building a hybrid fiber /coax, 750 mhz director of public affairs for the Mid- ties. If nothing else, the telco's pres- network, such as Ameritech is build- west region. ence is changing the rules of the fran- ing, at roughly $300 per home passed. The Baby Bells, Ameritech except- chising game. Current estimates are that Ameritech ed, apparently agree with that conclu- "Ameritech's basic strategy...as a has passed about 700,000 homes, sion. US West decided it made more cookie -cutter franchise has been very translating into roughly $210 million in sense to buy a cable operator than to consistent," says Neil Lehto, who spe- capital expenditures thus far. That overbuild. SBC subsidiary PacTel test- cializes in cable and telecommunica- amounts to about 8.4% of an estimated ed the wired -cable waters and got out. tions for the suburban Detroit law firm $2.5 billion that Ameritech will make Nynex and Bell Atlantic are pursuing O'Reilly, Rancilio, Nitz, Andrews & in capital expenditures this year. other approaches to the video market. Tumbull. Ameritech comes in as com- In other words, the telco's invest- Although Ameritech is not the only petition for the cable incumbent, builds ment in cable overbuilds is a relatively telco overbuilding cable systems, it an HFC network and dedicates 0.5 %- small part of the whole. But penetra- stands alone as by far the most aggres- 1% of gross revenue for PEG require- tion rates are where the rubber meets sive. Indeed, all the telephone partners ments. But Ameritech is not interested the road, and that's where things get a in the Americast consortium-whose in building or running PEG facilities. bit hazy. Ameritech has told analysts members include The Walt Disney Predictably, incumbent cable players that it has about a 28% penetration rate Co., Ameritech, GTE, BellSouth and facing franchise renewals are changing in those franchises where its plant is SNET -are overbuilding to varying their approach as a result. In effect, operational. Anecdotal information degrees. communities' willingness to grant from competitors and observers shows GTE has overbuilt TCI, Jones and Ameritech franchises has "lowered the penetration rates ranging from 7% to Falcon Cable in Ventura County, bar" for cable operators, Lehto says. nearly 50% in isolated areas. As for Calif., just north of Los Angeles. It has "Our expectation is that we would get Ameritech, it's closely guarding virtu- a wired cable system up and running, franchises similar to the Ameritech fran- ally all hard numbers. with 8,000 customers, in Cerritos, chise," says Madie Gustafson, senior "They say they're satisfied with south of Los Angeles. GTE is also counsel in charge of franchising at TCI. what's going on but won't tell num- overbuilding Time Warner in the If Ameritech has lowered the bar on bers," says Gail Whitty, executive direc- Clearwater St. Petersburg, Fla., mar- franchising, it has clearly raised the bar tor of the Intergovernmental Cable ket. The overbuilds have passed about on competition. And in those commu-

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www.americanradiohistory.com Cable nities where cable operators are ag- In addition to the formidable finan- who can't get its cable service. gressively fighting back. Ameritech cial challenge of overbuilding cable Ameritech's deep pockets will allow has encountered a tougher time gaining operators. Ameritech is encountering it to stay on the overbuild offensive for a foothold. legal challenges as well. Cable organi- the foreseeable future, says Bear In Fraser (Michigan), the competi- zations in Ohio and Michigan have Stearns' Deatherage. How long is the tion Comcast has put up has been vocif- filed complaints against an Ameritech riddle everyone is trying to solve. erous," says Lehto. In Fraser, my un- promotions program that gives new "It's hard to justify an overbuild on derstanding is that on a percentage basis cable customers "Americhecks "- economics," he says. "The only expla-

[Ameritech ] is doing poorly." Its biggest coupons good for discounts on phone nation is that Ameritech sees some in- gains apparently have come in Lincoln or cable service. The complaints say. cremental economies of scale and Park and Garden City. Mich., where the essentially. that the program discrimi- scope that perhaps other overbuilders incumbent. TCI, was slow to respond. nates against Ameritech customers don't see."

TNT, NICKELODEON 2nd-quarter ratings: 1997 vs. 1996 FULL DAY (MON -SUN. 24 HOURS) PRIME TIME (MON. -SUN. 8 -11PM) TOP 2ND QUARTER 2Q 1997 2Q 1996 2Q 1997 2Q 1996 Sports, movies and cartoons dominated HHs HHs HHs HHs basic cable ratings in second quarter Network Rtg (000) Rtg (000) Network Rtg (000) Rtg (000) 1997, with ratings increasing 13% over NICK 1.6 1,105 1.5 986 TNT 2.4 1,709 2.1 1,423 last year. TBS 1.0 750 1.1 742 NICK 1.9 1,312 1.7 1,126 Turner Network Television continued its TNT 1.0 737 1.0 681 TBS 1.8 1,322 1.9 1,269 first -place showing among cable channels USA 0.8 587 0.9 618 USA 1.8 1,273 1.9 1,281 in 2.4 a 14% prime time with a rating, Lifetime 0.8 565 0.8 512 Lifetime 1.5 1,043 1.4 912 increase over last year's 2.1 rating for the A &E 0.8 563 0.8 510 ESPN 1.4 997 1.5 1.026 same quarter. TNT's strong second quarter was helped by coverage of NBA bas- Cartoon 0.8 342 0.8 222 A&E 1.3 912 1.3 815 ketball in May and by its cable premiere of ESPN 0.7 516 0.6 548 Discovery 1.3 898 1.1 747 the feature The Shawshank Redemption" Discovery 0.6 454 0.6 372 Cartoon 1.3 528 1.2 317 in early June. WGN 0.6 217 0.6 244 Family 1.0 668 1.1 700 Nickelodeon ranked first in total -day TNN 0.5 350 0.6 342 WGN 1.0 369 1.0 394 viewing. Its slate of programing children's CNN 0.4 294 0.4 276 TNN 0.9 624 0.9 586 earned a 1.6 rating for the quarter, up 7% Family 0.4 288 0.4 281 CNN 0.8 554 0.7 509 from its 1.5 rating for the same quarter last TLC 0.7 411 0.5 253 year. In prime time, Nick at Nite earned a MTV 0.4 272 0.5 302 1.9 rating, a 12% increase over last year. TLC 0.4 208 0.3 137 Sci -Fi 0.7 288 0.6 167 Turner Broadcasting Systems' TBS FX 0.4 118 0.4 113 MTV 0.6 405 0.6 404 Superstation ranked third in prime time TV Land 0.4 58 NA NA FX 0.6 180 0.6 163 ratings, earning a 1.8 in the latest quarter, Weather 0.3 196 0.3 214 ESPN2 0.5 235 0.5 151 from its 1.9 rating last year. down slightly Headline 0.3 163 0.3 181 History 0.5 182 NA NA TBS ranked second overall in total -day Sci -Fi 0.3 147 0.3 100 TV Land 0.5 69 NA NA viewing, earning a 1.0 rating in the latest 223 0.5 289 quarter compared with a 1.1 for the same ESPN2 0.3 128 0.2 80 CNBC 0.4 quarter last year. Comedy 0.3 126 0.2 93 BET 0.4 199 0.5 210 Ratings dipped in both prime time and History 0.3 111 NA NA Comedy 0.4 194 0.5 183 total -day viewing for USA Networks, which CNBC 0.2 131 0.2 129 Prevue 0.4 193 0.5 196 earned a 1.8 in prime time, second quar- BET 0.2 120 0.3 115 Weather 0.3 219 0.4 247 ter, compared with last year's 1.9. USA VH1 0.2 116 0.2 88 Headline 0.3 186 0.3 186 earned a 0.8 rating for total -day viewing Prevue 0.2 107 0.3 103 VH1 0.3 183 0.2 122 for the quarter, compared with 0.9 last year. USA ranked fourth in total -day rat- E! 0.2 97 0.2 90 E! 0.3 143 0.3 110 ings and tied with TBS for third place in CMT 0.2 91 0.2 78 CMT 0.3 104 0.3 90 prime time. Food 0.2 40 0.2 NA Food 0.2 57 0.2 NA Despite solid ratings gains for its Biog- Court TV 0.1 28 0.1 15 Court TV 0.1 38 0.1 17 raphy series, ratings for the Arts & Enter- Travel 0.1 17 0.1 NA Travel 0.1 23 0.1 NA Network remained flat at 1.3 for tainment Fox News 0.1 15 NA NA Fox News 0.1 21 NA NA prime time and at 0.8 for total -day view- Notes: All ratings based on coverage homes for each network. Prime time is Mon. -Sun. 8 -11 ing for the quarter. A &E says Biography p.m. Total day is Mon. -Sun. 6 a.m. -6 a.m. for household and demographic performance. A8E, scored its highest quarterly ratings in the Comedy Central, CNBC, Discovery, FX, Lifetime, TLC and TNN total day performance based on past quarter, earning an average 2.7, and the network's total definitions as reported by Nielsen. All others Mon. -Sun. 6 a.m. -6 a.m. Non - report weeks excluded from averages. Source: TBS Research from Nielsen Media Research its with a 2.9 in best monthly ratings, data. NA-not available June. -DP

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H E A D E N D I N G S Roberts ponders ExpressVu for roughly $40 million Microsoft windfall and there is persistent speculation that a larger deal is pending. The Comcast Corp. President Brian Rob- EchoStar-Bell Canada strategic part- erts will take his time deciding how to nership deal probably isn't immi- spend Bill Gates' money. Speaking at nent. Two weeks ago, EchoStar sold a Montgomery Securities' media and $375 million in debt, giving Echo - communications conference in New Star Chairman Charlie Ergen time York, Roberts told investors that the and money to launch a third satellite $1 billion Microsoft Corp. is paying in September. "If the right person for 11% of the MSO comes with no shows up, [Ergen] will talk to strings attached and that the company them," said a source familiar with hasn't figured out how to allocate it. the company. "He's not in hot pur- Roberts held out the possibility of suit right now." buying back stock-always a crowd pleaser in a room full of money man- Rock slogan honored `Sliders' agers- although other Comcast exec- MTV's rock video battle cry will be utives said that was unlikely given the the first campaign to enter CTAM's ongoing strength of the company's Marketing Hall of Fame. The soci- share price. Comcast could use cash ety developed the Hall of Fame this slides over to rebuild systems more quickly, par- year and "I Want my MTV" won its ticularly smaller markets that have first honor by unanimous vote of the been low on the list of priorities. The six -member selection committee. to Sci -Fi company may also focus on doing The slogan emerged 16 years ago more in its "A" and "B" markets that and could be heard shouted through Cable network picks up have highest prospects for new ser- the screen by rock music icons in- new and library episodes vices like digital cable or cable mo- cluding Mick Jagger. CTAM Chair- offormer Fox hour dems. "Do you use the money to man Josh Sapan says the campaign rebuild Tupelo, Miss ?" Roberts did not just sell the network, but asked, or "do you use the money to went By Lynette Rice as far as to "alter the course of develop business applications for popular culture." The Universal Television drama cable modems" that would have taken five or 10 years if were Researchers predict Sliders -which Fox opted to let cash tight? set -top growth slide for fall -has found a new Echostar boosts lease on life at the Sci -Fi Channel. The Researchers at In -Stat say they cable network picked up 22 new Canadian presence expect Cable TV set top box ship- episodes of the series for debut in Jan- EchoStar Communications Corp. ments to grow through 2001 at about uary and bought the exclusive rights to has strengthened its Canadian ties in 20% each year-in both number of 48 old episodes. a deal that could be the precursor to units and dollar amount. This will "The commitment to continue pro- even larger Canadian connections impact semiconductor manufactur- duction of original episodes of Sliders for EchoStar. The agreement be- ers targeting the set -top box market. represents a very bold and significant tween programing distributor Ex- set -top box manufacturers and statement by the Sci -Fi Channel," says pressVu and Beamscope Canada broadcast networks and cable ser- Rod Perth, president of Sci -Fi owner Inc., one of that nation's larger con- vice providers, according to the USA Networks. "This series, as well as sumer electronics wholesalers, calls report Worldwide Markets for Cable our development of major long -form for Beamscope to distribute Ex- TV Set Top Boxes: Not Conver- projects such as Dune and Invasion press Vu's DISH Network, which is gence, but Migration. "While digital Earth, is emblematic of the next plateau licensed from EchoStar, to retailers cable TV systems have been over - in the Sci -Fi Channel's evolution." and satellite service sellers when the hyped for the past decade, the good Sliders averaged a 5.5 Nielsen rat - service launches later this summer. news is that they are finally being ing/10 share in households and a 3.9/13 Superficially, it's a straightforward rolled out by selected cable TV in adults 18 -49 during the 1996 -97 sea- distribution agreement, but it offers companies," says Gerry Kaufhold, son -its third on Fox before entertain- potential pluses for EchoStar: The senior analyst for In- Stat's Multime- ment president Peter Roth decided to Canadian direct -to -home satellite dia Service. "Microsoft's recent pass on the Universal drama for next market is wide open as a result of investment in ComCast will only year. The drama, starring Jerry O'Con- AlphaStar's failure earlier this year, speed up activity. However, tradi- nell ( "Jerry Maguire "), follows the and EchoStar bolsters ties to poten- tional analog set -top boxes are not adventures of a young team of explor- tial strategic partner Bell Canada going away any time soon," Kauf- ers who "slide" through parallel dimen- Enterprises, one of Express Vu's hold added. In -Stat is part of Cahn - sions of earth. owners. Earlier this year, EchoStar ers Publishing Co., which also pub- The Sci -Fi Channel reaches more sold 62,000 converter boxes to lishes BROADCASTING & CABLE. than 42 million homes.

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tions on the Today show, an application that holds out the possibility of local ad tie -ins with restaurants. Viewers will be alerted to NBC goes interactive accessible interactive elements in a given show by an on- screen icon. In sports programing information will be with fall lineup accessible at any point during Network to use Wink technology for enhanced prime time a broadcast. Wink's ITV technology $y Zzeie.a Tekuo will have a presence in some narrative exten- three million analog and dig- NBC will become the sion on the NBC ital cable set -top boxes being first major broadcast Website, is a shipped by General Instru- network to get serious likely candidate. ment, Scientific -Atlanta and about interactive program- NBC used the Pioneer this year. By next ing this fall, when it builds show in its demo year, Wink hopes to have its interactive elements into of interactive technology in 2 million TV . prime time and weekend programing fea- sets in the U.S. retail content. tures last week pipeline from Japanese set Sports coverage will be The demo in- makers. iaaocent7 a focal point of the ,,_1:Zs M cluded an oppor- The initiative keeps NBC enhanced on- screen con- 'Homicide' continues its Web of intrigue. tunity for view- in the forefront of the broad- tent, offered in the form of ers to purchase a cast networks in the interac- text via technology from says Peg Murphy, manager of CD containing the songs fea- tive arena, where the peacock Wink Communications. business development for tured on the drama series network has already firmly Cable viewers with set -top NBC Interactive Media. each week. established a lead position boxes equipped with Wink's Murphy declines to say In another part of ITV technology will be able which prime time shows will the demo, recipes to call up team or player sta- be used. But NBC's Homi- were offered during tistics during a game. Wink cide. which has an online cooking demonstra- expects that systems in the 20 top major urban markets will have a substantial num- Jordan playing for CBS SportsLine ber of boxes in place when the interactive initiative CBS SportsLine has signed Chicago Bulls superstar Michael kicks off in the fall. Jordan to a 10 -year deal that could add $10 million to Jor- Several hours of prime time dan's coffers. That's programing will also be CBS SportsLine President Michael Levy's estimate of the value of advertising revenue and merchandising tied to a Jor- pumped with data about a par- dan site on SportsLine's site. Levy says Jordan's deal includes a ticular show or its cast mem- guarantee of a role as spokesperson for SportsLine in TV and bers, accessible on screen radio promotion. Golf phenom Tiger Woods is next on Sport- with a single click of the sLine's list of desirable athletes. Fifteen athletes, including Los remote. And viewers also will / Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal and Baltimore Orioles .yF be f able to respond to advertis- third baseman Cal Ripken, already have areas on the Website. ing in the same manner. Levy figures there's a long -term payoff in deals with inter- . 1. 1s "We're going to explore a lot nationally known jocks as the Internet becomes a significant Michael Jo-dan scores again, of different options here. We worldwide medium. -RT this time with CBS. want to draw the audience in,"

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www.americanradiohistory.com Telemedia with its Intercast project with The Wink technology issue is to maintain NBC's gy in the cable boxes will Intel Corp. Intercast broadcast offers a more widespread leadership position vis -à -vis enable transmission of the signals are ported to PCs window, although an experi- other prospective players." transactional information. along with data signals mental one. "The issue is As part of their programing Advertisers will be able to embedded in the vertical how this is going to be partnership, Wink will aggre- track every click of the remote blanking interval to enable brought to the fore," says gate all the transactional that couch potatoes make to users to access data while they Tom Rogers, president of information that is recorded get more information about a view a TV broadcast in a PC NBC Cable and business when viewers click on ads. product or to react to coupon screen window. development. "Our whole Store -and- forward technolo- offers.

MSN offers 'Net version of 40- something Despite the possibly patroniz- Online music delivery will ing title, Microsoft Network is hoping that aging baby boomers will find the content happen, eventually of its new biweekly Forever Cool series compelling. Industry looks at alternative system as a long play The recurrent theme of the 40- minute show will be cou- gy f::J44 Tutcuo. ples over 40 who are contem- plating a major change in life. The Internet seems certain to rad- The show, conveyed in still ically change the manner in pictures coordinated with which recorded music is distrib- audio streamed via uted -but not anytime soon. Microsoft's NetShow software. That was the consensus among will tell the tale of two couples industry executives addressing distri- in four segments separated by bution issues at a symposium on jazz interactive elements. and new technology sponsored by PC users can view the N2K, the online music marketer, in entire narrative in sequence, lower Manhattan last week. N2K skipping over the breaks, or produces the Jazz Central Station jan xc, they can participate in surveys Website, which is both a music about the issues examined in Panelists at N2K symposiun-: (l -r) Chris Bell; Denise resource and a sales site. each episode. Last Wednes- lncorvaia; Bret Primack, moderator, Jazz Central day's Forever Cool debut fea- The concept of downloading Station; Mitch Satalol; Joe Pignato; Jim McDermot' tured a financial adviser who, music directly to a storage device with his wife, decided to go without the interim step of producing a CD or music," said Chris Bell, N2K vice president back to work on the family some other medium to convey the content of creative technologies and its co- founder. farm. holds unquestionable appeal. "We look at it Bell thinks direct distribution by some means "The show is really a as a way to have now, finally, a one -on -one is a "viable" business now. cross -examination of where relationship with our consumer," said Jim McDermott cited several factors that need- you are with your life and your McDermott, vice president of new technolo- ed to be in place to make direct distribution age," says Renee Russak, gy for PolyGram Records. "At some point, practical including increased bandwidth, senior producer for the show it's a lot easier to send a digitized file across reliable encryption and transactional capabil- and MSN's lifestyle channel. twisted pair or satellite, or whatever it is, into ities and portability. Increased bandwidth is a "It involves an examination of somebody's home directly." must to improve the level of sound quality the personal path for the McDermott expects that "cottage indus- that can be transmitted. Bell conceded that viewer." tries" will spring up to attempt to make the the industry is only on the verge of "turning In addition to surveys, transition to direct delivery systems before some of those skunkworks [streaming] tech- users can use resource areas major record labels move on the idea. The one nologies into entertainment experiences." in each show -for example, instance, he said, in which direct online distri- Joe Pignato, jazz marketing manager for an area about geographic bution might make sense for PolyGram would RCA Records, said one more ingredient was "hot spots" for appropriate be if a technically imperfect recording of a necessary: "You need a consumer base that's lifestyles. Issues to be such as surfaced. ready for a change in hardware: ready to addressed include "reinvent- great artist Charlie Parker N2K, the that they listen to ing oneself," health concerns, From the perspective of the advan- switch primary means I cashing out and community tages of direct distribution are already there and receive their music. And think people are activism. A musical theme, for both the artist and the recording compa- a little uneasy now." with variations accompanying ny. "There are great efficiencies to be gained The technology transition would not foretell each area, will lend the pro- for the recording artist, for the producer who an analogous leap in the structure of the busi- ductions continuity. -RT wants to have control over the mastering ness, according to Mitch Satalof, president of process and for the ultimate reception of Hired Gun Marketing: "You're going to own

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www.americanradiohistory.com Telemedia the rights to the record, you're PES , +tk W.4 going to hear it whenever you want. You're going to need the label for a delivery sys- online content tem." POV' As recording rights stand now, the respective labels retain control over any digital connects to air distribution of recorded mate- Three Websites aim to extend PBS programs' shelf lives rial, according to Denise lncorvaia, a lawyer with the $ y IZcfwlst Tine.. . president of POV Inter- Record Industry Association active. of America. OV Interactive The second site, Fear Both McDermott and Bell hopes to strengthen ; t - and Learning (www.pbs. 1 agreed that a basic change the relationship If org /pov /learning), goes will have to take place in the between online and on- up this week, tied to Fear relationship between artist air content. and Learning at Hoover and label to enable the intro- Its latest efforts in that Elementary. a documen- duction of a direct -and more vein are manifested in a [ tary about the impact of occasional -online distribu- three Websites the POV is California's Proposition tion of recorded material. And putting up this summer. 187 on the Los Angeles McDermott suggested the The first, Ready to Live: school system. Prop 187 precedent for groups that Art and Life Beyond prohibits extension of want to break the current Street Violence (www such state services as edu- POV Interacti ve is offering mold in favor of a more fluid pbs.org /pov /jesse) went to illegal multimedia documentaries. cation immi- arrangement is already here. up last week with the PBS grants. The film, set in left by a supergroup that has airing of Jesse's Gone, a Los Angeles's largest ele- not left the scene. film about the drive -by shooting of a young East mentary school, won the Freedom of Expres- "Every couple of months in Oakland, Calif., rap artist. sion Award at this year's Sundance Festival. the '60s. the Beatles put out a The film explored the circumstances of The Fear and Learning site is creating a single and people bought it." Jesse Rahim Hall's death, as well as the effect moderated dialogue between high school stu- he said. "This [online] model of his life on those around him. The site dents in Pasadena, Calif.. and Cambridge, supports that. It's going to attempts to build on the subject of senseless Mass., both embracing and going beyond the change the dynamic between urban violence with content that includes com- Prop 187 debate. "What we're trying to the recording companies and munity artwork, photos and poetry collected explore is how people see themselves [both] as the artists. If recording compa- for several months from schools and grass- part of a larger American culture and as a par- nies want to continue to pro- roots antiviolence groups before the documen- ticular ethnic group," said Weiss. vide value to artists, they're tary's POV debut. "We're trying to find ways The third site further documents the lives of going to have to change the for people's voices to be heard on our Web- four working -class girls from South Philadel- way they do things." nlr sites," says Marc Weiss, POV creator and phia who are featured in Girls Like Us. It will be a partner site to People Online (www.people.com). PC tower records All of the sites contain some video content Music is =1 i=1 =1 ItIYIeL_] Global Outlet testing a Web - from the respective documentary. In each site that will permit PC users to case, Weiss is hoping that POV creates download songs at 99 cents a pop. 1,17.1. forums that take on lives of their own, as did Users can download five tunes p Vietnam the War free at the site (www.global- -Stories Since (www.pbs. /stories), which music.com), until GMO starts charg- org /pov launched to accom- ing in the next week or so. A $10 pany POV's airing last fall of a film about Maya Lin, architect of the national Vietnam membership fee will entitle the user .'_... to 10 free downloads. War Memorial. That site has opened dia- PC users need a Pentium comput- logue online about the Vietnam War between er to enable GMO's Electric Record disparate communities. Player (which uses AT &T compres- POV recently launched a Hong Kong '97 sion technology) to download and Website for PBS (www.pbs.org/hongkong) store the tunes to a hard drive. to track the transition to Chinese rule there. Content sources are independent recording labels and individual musicians who do not Weiss say that POV has other PBS projects have recording contracts, according to Hilton Rosenthal, GMO president. "We believe that in mind and is talking to other broadcast enti- this is an avenue not just for labels but for artists who have no other way of [distribution]," ties, about creating sites that would integrat- says Rosenthal. ed online and on -air content. It also is creat- Although GMO is also pursuing licensing deals labels, it the with major sees current as ing a fund to set up independent sites for an aggregate of independent musical content.-RT which it would serve as facilitator and executive producer. at

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CA ing agencies' buyers on makegoods as well as eral Sales Manager. KPRC -TV2. PO Box 2222. 92211. Rusty Kirkland 760 - 773 -0342. EOE. billing discrepancies. Responsible for giving out Houston, Texas 77252 -2222. airtime to clients and double checking all sales con - contracts and orders. Compile competitive in- Local Sales Manager. The #1 WB affiliate in the formation when requested. Other duties as Advertising Sales. FOX /44 WFFF -TV is coming country WNOL -TV in New Orleans is seeking a assigned. Computer skills (Microsoft Word. Ex- to Vermont New York (91st DMA). Energetic. Local Sales Manager with a passion to win and Mail resume to Timo enthusiastic. self- motivated account executives cel. Powerpoint). the ability to lead and inspire. Candidate must Saarelainen. WCCO -TV. 90 S. 11th Street. Min- to market television advertising to local and re- have strong leadership and negotiating skills. in- neapolis. MN 55403 or Fax 612- 330 -2682. ventory management, knowledge of gional clients. Previous broadcast sales experience preferred. Send resume to John Nichols, Scarborough. BMP. and CMR. Independent General Sales Manager. FOX 44/WFFF Televi- sales background is a must. If you possess what sion. 5 Television Drive. Plattsburgh. New York National Sales Manager: KPRC. the Post - it takes to lead this team to the next level. then 12901. Position offers competitive /benefits Newsweek Station in Houston. Texas seeks we want to hear from you. Send resume to A. package and great quality of life. FOX 44/WFFF- energetic. enthusiastic. aggressive individual with Oliva. WNOL -TV. 1661 Canal Street. New Or- TV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women a minimum of 3 -5 years national TV sales experi- leans. LA 70112 -2862. Deadline: July 11, 1997. and minorities strongly encouraged to apply. No ence. Candidate for NSM at the hottest station in No phone cells. EOE. phone calls. please. Houston. should have strong presentation skills. negotiating skills. motivational skills. leadership Local Account Executive - KYW -TV3 is looking ability and computer knowledge. Extensive travel for an account executive with strong negotiating required. Send resume to Kathleen Keefe. Gen- and good communication skills. a working knowl- Account Executive. WSB -TV Atlanta. the eral Sales Manager. KPRC-TV. PO Box 2222. edge of computers and a proven track record of Southeast's premiere television station is looking Houston. Texas 77252. developing new business. Individual must be de- for an experienced account executive to join the tail oriented. highly motivated and aggressive. A most innovative and aggressive sales team in minimum of three years broadcast sales experi- Atlanta. Minimum of five years broadcast sales ence is required. Send resume to Human Re- WFLD, FOX O &O TV station in Chicago is look- experience. Must have significant track record in sources Department, KYW -TV3. 101 South In- ing for an experienced Traffic Manager to assist agency, developmental and non -traditional sell- dependence Mall East. Philadelphia. PA 19106. the Traffic Director with daily management ing. Send resume to: Deborah Denechaud, WSB Attn: LAE. EOE. M /F. ADA. administration of the department. To provide TV. 1601 W. Peachtree Street. Atlanta. GA supervision and cross -training, assembly/ 30309. No phone calls. finalization of daily FCC log: and placement and General Sales Manager. WIFR. the Benedek clearance of inventory. 2 -3 years experience and Broadcasting station in Rockford. Illinois. has an im- prior supervisor experience required. Working mediate opening for a GSM. Candidate must knowledge of Enterprise system software pre- possess strong new business development and Account Executive. Local Sales. Sell television ferred. Must demonstrate strong communication management skills. Prefer local sales back- time in order to maximize revenue of established and organizational skills. For immediate con- ground with in research and inventory experience accounts and generate additional revenue with sideration. send resume and letter of interest to control. Send resume to Bob Smith. Vice Presi- new accounts. Directly responsible for the sale of Mary Talley. VPHuman Resources. WFLD FOX dent General Manager. PO Box 123. Rockford. IL television commercial time to a specific list of 32. 205 North Michigan Avenue. Chicago. IL EOE. 61101. advertising agencies within the Minneapolis 60601. No phone calls, no faxes, please. EOE M Metropolitan area. Develop opportunities for new F D V. General Sales Manager - WWMT -TV, the business and expansion of television station's Granite Broadcasting television station serv- client billing base. Achieve monthly /quarterly ing Grand Rapids -Kalamazoo -Battle Creek, sales goals. Develop and maintain strong work- National Sales Manager. A solid understanding the 37th DMA, is seeking a proven manager to ing relationships with all agency personnel and of ratings. qualitative data and the ability to ef- bring our sales organization into the next cen- direct clients throughout the Minneapolis media fectively negotiate are necessary. The ability to tury. GSM candidates must have a sales community. Develop sales tools to effectively lead and communicate both verbally and in writ- management background and a proven track present and position the television station during ing is expected. A successful track record in record in local and national sales. He or she the sales process. Handle all paperwork in a time- sales management is highly preferred. Two to must be an exceptionally skilled and highly ly manner. Other duties as assigned. Minimum five years of television sales management re- motivated leader. The successful candidate education and experience requirements: 3 -5 quired. An Equal Opportunity Employer. Send re- will manage all aspects of the sales depart- years sales experience: preferably in television sume to: KDAF -TV WB 33, 8001 John Carpenter ment including personnel, local and national sales. Understanding of Sales. Marketing and TV Freeway. Dallas. TX 75247. Attn: General Sales revenue budgets, sales strategies and pric- research information. Excellent communication Manager. ing, sales marketing, and management of traf- and presentation skills. Computer proficiency. fic and inventory. Computer skills and un- Bachelors degree preferred. Send resumes to derstanding of the internet and Its potential Timo Saarelainen. WCCO -TV, 90 S. 11th Street. marketability is a strong plus. College degree Local Sales Manager. WAGA a FOX 080 in Minneapolis. MN 55403 or Fax 612-330-2682. In business, marketing or management pre- Atlanta. GA is seeking a Local Sales Manager to No phone calls please. ferred. Send cover letter and resume to lead local sales effort to maximize revenue and Margie Candela, Human Resources, WWMT- attain financial goals. Responsible for training TV, 590 West Maple Street, Kalamazoo, Ml and motivating local account executives. Col- 49008. No phone calls please. EEOC. laborate with GSM to develop new business, HELP WANTED TECHNICAL manage inventory. create rate cards. ratings information and develop profitable sales promotions. College degree: minimum 5 years local General Sales Manager. Do you want to work and /or national sales experience. Excellent writ- for one of the highest rated stations in the coun- Studio Engineer: Position requires experience ten and oral communication skills. Prior man- try? A station that has been #1 for over 20 years! as an audio operator and/or Infinit operator in a agement experience preferred. Thorough knowl- WNEP -TV is seeking an individual with a proven live production environment. A thorough knowledge of event marketing required. Working track record to lead their sales team. Candidate edge of TV studio operations and standards re- knowledge of Scarborough research information, must have previous management experience. be quired. Completion of accredited college or NSI. Enterprise. TVScan, and Qualitap is essen- a strong leader. sharp negotiator and have great technical school desirable. Professional experi- tial. Solid organizational skills and attention to de- people skills. Send or fax resume to: René ence required. Please send resume to: Bill tail a must. EOE. Send resume and cover letter LaSpina. President and GM. WNEP -TV. 16 Mon- Kirkpatrick. WABC -TV, 7 Lincoln Square. New PA 18507. to Human Resources. WAGA FOX 5, 1551 tage Mountain Road. Moosic. Fax York, NY 10023. No phone calls or faxes please. Briarcliff Road. Atlanta. GA 30306. No phone 717- 347 -0359, EOE. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. calls.

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Senior Remote Operator (Engineer -in- Manager, Technical Operations. Responsible Chief Engineer. WPVI -TV, Philadelphia. We Charge). Client- oriented EIC needed for the op- for the management of a large technical opera- need someone with an in -depth knowledge of eration and maintenance of a 35 -foot TV productions staff. Participates in developing. interpreting digital video and audio technology as we begin tion truck. Qualified applicant should have expe- and implementing policies and procedures of the our conversion to ATV, as well as complete un- rience with GVG switchers. Ikegami and BTS organization. Prepares related reports and audits derstanding of broadcast and microwave RF cameras. Chyron graphics. Sony tape machines, current procedures to monitor efficiency of opera- technology. Candidates should have experience Yamaha audio consoles. etc. On -site duties in- tions. Actively contributes input to the capital. in TV broadcast engineering management includ- clude supervision of production crews and main- business and operating plans and is accountable ing studio and transmitter facility maintenance, tenance of equipment to highest broadcast stan- for operational performance. Participates in transi- capital project planning and implementation. pro- dards. Moderate travel involved. Requires two tion to Digital TV. Experience scheduling duction and on -air operations, scheduling of years college or technical training in electronics technical operational staffs and facilities. technical personnel, preparation of operating or a related field and two years experience in com- Bachelors degree in a technical or business area budgets, knowledge of all building systems and mercial broadcast television. preferably in remote or equivalent experience. Significant experience compliance with all government and industry re- work. Equivalent combinations may substitute. in a major market production /operations /technical gulations and standards. We want a team player SBE certification preferred. Apply with University management. Computer proficiency (Microsoft who has a proven ability to work well with em- Personnel Services. 405 Whitehurst Hall, OSU, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint). Excellent ployees and fellow department heads. Degree in Stillwater, OK 74078. OSU is an AA/EEO leadership. team building, communications and technically -related field or equivalent experience employer committed to multicultural diversity. general management skills. Solid broadcast required. Send resume and cover letter (no calls/ technical knowledge. Experience working with un- laxes) to Dave Davis. President and General ions is preferred. EOE. If interested, please send Manager, WPVI -TV, Suite 400, 4100 City Ave- resume to: NBC 10 - Employee Relations. City nue, Philadelphia, PA 19131. EOE. Senior Maintenance Engineer. Responsible for Avenue and Monument Road, Philadelphia. PA maintenance. troubleshooting and repair of on- 19131 or fax 610- 668 -7073. air, studio and post -production equipment. One - inch, Betacam. switcher and audio experience re- Broadcast Maintenance Engineer. WAGA a quired. Betacart and digital experience helpful. FOX O &O in Atlanta, GA is seeking a Broadcast maintenance engineer to maintain FCC and /or SBE certification a plus. Must have broadcast tel- ENG Personnel. ENG field operations with valid driver's license. No phone calls. please. evision equipment to the component level. camera (and microwave) experience. Videotape Send resume to KDVR, Attn: Human Resources/ Equipment installation and system design. Com- Editors, and ENG Maintenance. Employment for SME. 501 Wazee Street. Denver, CO 80204. puter network knowledge. Equipment main- West Coast. Would commence spring /summer EOE. tenance to include videotape, switchers, 1997. Out -of -town applicants accepted for these character generators. robotics, electronic graph- positions will be reimbursed for airfare, hotel, and ic, cameras and other related equipment. Mini- per diem expenses. Send resumes to: MMS, mum 3 years experience working in television or Suite 345. 847A Second Avenue. New York, NY production facility maintaining above equipment. SNG Engineer: Washington area teleport has an 10017 or Fax: 212- 338 -0360. This employment Experience in computer and digital technology opening for an experienced SNG truck engineer. would occur in the event of a work stoppage and preferred. College degree or 2 year technical Working knowledge of TV production procedures would be of a temporary nature to replace strik- training. EOE. Send resume and cover letter to required, with equipment maintenance a plus. ing personnel. This is not an ad for permanent Human Resources WAGA FOX 5. 1551 Briarcliff Applicant needs to be self motivated, organized, employment. An Equal Opportunity Employer. Road. Atlanta. GA 30306. No phone calls. and have good communication and interpersonal skills. Please fax resume to Diversified Commu- nications Inc. at (202)775 -4363, Attention Gener- al Manager. HELP WANTED NEWS

Master Control Operators. FOX /44 WFFF -TV is coming to VermontlNew York (91st DMA). Com- puter literacy. familiarity with broadcast equipment, and flexible scheduling essential. Odetics automated system. Send resume to Joe Cum- REPORTERS/ mings. Chief Engineer, FOX 44/WFFF Television. 5 Television Drive, Plattsburgh, New York 12901. PRODUCERS ON -AIR Position offers competitive compensation/ :1 benefits package and great quality of life. FOX 44iWFFF -TV is an Equal Opportunity employer. Reuters News and Television is boking for experienced business television Reuters is information. Women and minorities strongly encouraged to app- journalists to On our staff. The positions require a minimum of five years teevision ly. No phone calls. please. journalism experience. All applicants should have experience writing, reporting and 24 hours a day in 197 producing business, economic and market news packages. Anchoring duties will also be assigned commensurate with on -air experience. Fluency in Spanish and offices around the experience with the Latin American market would be a plus. These positions will Director of Engineering needed for statewide be based in New York and Washington D.C. Kansas television operation consisting of four world, more than CBS affiliate stations. Successful candidate must Reuters Financial Television is a 24 -hour information service that broadcasts have 3 -5 years experience as Chief Engineer 15,000 employees market moving events directly to subscribers' desktop terminals. RF1VS live with proven track record. Applications are being coverage, features and in -depth reports are broadcast to subscribers' desktop accepted for immediate opening. Write Bone & work together to computers worldwide. 24 -hour information Associates Inc.. Six Blackstone Valley Place. Our service provides news packages and features to subscribers throughout the world. Suite 109. Lincoln. RI 02865. or FAX 401 -334- collect, edit and 0261. EOE /M -F. All applicants should submit a resume, cover letter with salary distribute information expectations and a sample tape of work to the attention of: Megan Jones, Manager Human Resources, Reuters News & Television, 1333 H Street NW, to 154 countries. Assistant Chief Engineer. WCFC TV38 Chica- Washington D.C. 20005. We are an equal opportunity employer go. Highly motivated individual to coordinate all committed to workforce diversity. M/F/DN. aspects of system design. installation, modifica- tions, and maintenance of production facility and transmitter. Digital technology familiarity a must. Excellent opportunity to build team for 21st century. Mail or fax to Human Resources. WCFC TV38. 38 South Peoria. Chicago, IL 60607. 312- 433 -3839. The Business of Information

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TELEVISION REPORTERS & EDITORS Sports Director. Western New York's 24 hour Photographer. WDAF -TV in Kansas City seeks news channel seeks a sports leader. Take an accomplished and aggressive news photo- Outstanding opportunity for national exposure charge candidate will anchor 5 and 11 pm grapher. Individual will shoot news, sports and it with BreakThrough. a new public television newscasts and must be able to lead a staff of 7 in features, both solo and as part of a reporter/ magazine series on medical advances. Excellent a market where sports dominance is up for photographer team. Applicants should have three benefits, congenial atmosphere. Resume & reel grabs. Rush letter detailing vision for department. years of commercial TV experience with Sony to: BreakThrough. 415 Highway 54, Durham. resume and tape to Chris Musial, News Director, Beta camera and editing equipment. Journalism NC 27713. WIVB -TV, 2077 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo. NY degree preferred. Send resume tape with exam- 11 14207. WIVB is an EOE. ples of spot news, sports, creative lighting and editing along with references to: Mike Lewis, WDAF -TV. 3030 Summit. Kansas City, MO 641081. EOE. Weekend Meteorologist Weekday Environ- mental Reporter and Fill -In Meteorologist. Southern ABC UHF affiliate seeks energetic Qualified and competent weather anchor /reporter News Director with strong journalistic background and ability to lead and teach a multi -cultural news able to present factual, timely, accurate and re- Night Executive Producer: Job #7620. WSYX- room. Generous compensation package. Station sponsible weather information needed. Must TV is looking for a Night Executive Producer. to be part of merged Hearst -Argyle Company. have previous experience and expertise as Qualified person will supervise editorial staffs for Send resume, news philosophy and VHS news weather anchor reporter. meteorologist in a 10pm and 11pm broadcasts. Large market pro- check to Stuart Kellogg, WAPT -TV. PO Box broadcast environment. Must have an excep- ducing and /or management experience required. 10297. Jackson, MS 39289. WAPT is an EOE. tional knowledge of weather. Prefer meteorology This is a "hands -on" position which will stress or related science degree. AMS /NWA seal holder your ability to execute and teach aggressive tele- strongly preferred. Working knowledge of the vision coverage and production. Qualified appli-

Kavouris 1 -7 system preferred. Ability to partici- cants should send resume and cover letter to: pate in ad -lib conditions. including but not limited Producer: NBC 080 is seeking a creative and WSYX -TV, PO Box 718, Columbus, Ohio 43216, to "live' newscast conditions. Basic journalistic re- aggressive producer. Must be a good writer and Attn: Human Resources. Please state referral porting and presentation skills. including tact able to produce an interesting and informative source and job number on resume. No phone gathering, story research and electronic news newscast. Send resume and non -returnable tape calls please. Women and minorities are en- gathering story production. Must be willing to be to: Human Resources Department. NBC 13, couraged to apply. Pre -employment drug testing. committed to severe weather coverage and 1732 Valley View Drive. Birmingham. AL 35209. EOE. M /F /D. events. To apply. send resume and tape by 7/7/ No phone calls. EOE. 97 to: Troy Kimmel, Chief Meteorologist. KTBC- TV. 119 E. 10th Street. Austin. TX 78701. Ret: Wknd WX. No phone calls. please. EEO News Topical Writer /Producer. Write and edit Employer. Producer: Can you make a newscast sing with topical news promos for Iowa's News Leader. graphics and copy? Do you have great news AVID or other non-linear experience a plus. Send judgement, vision. and people management resume and tape to: Mike Cunningham. Promo- skills? Do you want to work in one of the North- tion Director. KCCI -TV. 888 9th Street, Des Moines. IA 50309. EOE. No phone calls. please. Weathercaster: NBC 080 is seeking experi- east's most progressive and liveable cities? If so, enced weathercaster to prepare weather forecast then you want to be our next producer. Send a for the Birmingham area. Produce and perform non -returnable tape and resume to Holly Steuart. weathercasts for various dayparts. Participate in News Director. WROC -TV. 201 Humboldt Street. News Reporter. Great opportunity with a leading severe weather converge both on and off air. Vis- Rochester. New York 14610. No phone calls. midwest station. Report for one of the premiere, it area schools and civic groups. Send resume EOE. M /F. award winning small market stations in the coun- and non-returnable tape to: Human Resources try. Must also be versatile on air. Experience pre- Department. NBC 13. 1732 Valley View Drive. ferred. Applications will be accepted through July Birmingham, AL 35209. No phone calls. EOE. 15. 1997. Send resume and tape to Box 01171 WSOC is looking for main show Producer. -TV a EOE. M /F. producer who can lead. write. and win the big story everyday. Storytellers. not stackers should apply. If you have great passion for local TV The NBC affiliate in Green Bay, WI is currently news. can make great visuals sing. and coax Re- searching for a News Director. Terrific family News Operations Manager. This is a key news porters and Anchors into really selling their environment and terrific working environment. management job at WISP -TV, the Gannett- stories, then please contact us. Send tape and re- Station possesses the best in technical support. owned CBS affiliate in Tampa/St. Petersburg. sume to: Deb Halpern. Executive Producer. Dept. and is striving to become the significant news The successful applicant will have overall re- 95. WSOC -TV. 1901 North Tryon Street, force in the market. We need a nuts and bolts sponsibility for managing all technical systems in Charlotte. NC 28206. No phone calls please. person, as well as one who can think outside the the news department. The person will be a box. Send resume and current sample news tape member of the senior news management team to: ND- Search. WGBA -TV. 1391 North Road. and will work closely with other departments in- Green Bay, WI 54313. EOE. cluding Engineering and Production. Among the Producer. WHOI -TV, the ABC affiliate in Peoria. areas of responsibility: computer system man- IL, has an immediate opening for a producer. agement. ENG and SNG vehicles and equip- We're looking for a creative journalist who knows ment, cameras and related gear and vehicle how to find and showcase lead stories, loves fleet. Prior experience on the assignment desk or TV News Minimum 2 years Photographer. expe- spot news, and knows how to deliver a hard - as a news photographer is desirable, but other rience in broadcast news. live remotes. Betacam hitting, fast -paced newscast. Rush tape and re- newsroom experience is also acceptable. Hiring editing. Non -linear editing a plus. Send resume sume to: Human Resources. WHOI -TV. 500 is contingent on applicant's ability to pass a pre- and audition tape to: Nancy Sanders. Assistant North Stewart Street. Creve Coeur. IL 61610. employment drug screening test. References are News Director. Channel 7/WKBW -TV, 7 Broad- EOE. required: all will be checked. Please send re- cast Plaza. Buffalo, NY 14202. Channel 7/ sume, references and salary requirements to WKBW -TV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No Mike Cavender. Vice President/News. WTSP -TV, phone calls please. 11450 Gandy Boulevard. St. Petersburg. FL Photojournalist. Three years experience in tele- 33733. vision news photography. Must be able and willing to be creative even in the most difficult of Sports Reporter. Western New York's 24 hour situations. Previous experience in operating live KLAS Is looking for an experienced in- news channel seeks a sports reporter /anchor. microwave equipment a plus. Valid Oklahoma vestigative reporter to join our award winning (- Candidate will cover day to day sports events driver's license required. Send resume and non- Team. Send tape to Mike Workman. Asst. News and features and fill -in anchor when needed. returnable tape to: K. Ashley. KFOR -TV, PO Box Director. KLAS -TV Channel 8. 3228 Channel 8 Rush tape and resume to Chris Musial. News 14065. Oklahoma City. OK 73113. EOE. No Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89109. No phone calls. Director. WIVB -TV. 2077 Elmwood Avenue. Buf- phone calls please. EOE. falo. NY 14207. WIVB is an EOE.

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News Director. A midwest, small market NBC af- KPLR -TV, St. Louis 11 is looking for an inde- HELP WANTED PROMOTION filiate is looking for a strong leader to run its news pendent. news -savvy photographer. You'll shoot department. You must be an energetic leader. a and edit news packages, run and ENG live truck, team -builder. and an idea person. This is a and work with sports (we're the flagship station hands -on management position directing a hun- for the Cardinals.) We need an excellent photo- TV Promotion Producer. Channel/WKBW -TV. gry. aggressive team of journalists. Looking for a grapher who can make sound news decisions on leading ABC affiliate in Buffalo. NY looking for pro- chance in to be charge. and an opportunity to their own, when necessary. Please send tape motion pro who understands news, pro- a newscast? Rush resume. build dominant tape. and resume to: KPLR -TV Photog. Dept. 114G. gramming. and marketing...and can do it all at references, and news philosophy to: Paul Wise. 4935 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63108. once! Opportunity for creative and organized tel- General Manager. KSNF -TV. PO Box 1393. EEO Employer. evision professional to join the #1 Eyewitness Joplin, Missouri 64802. News team. You would work for Granite Broad- casting. Must have television and /or production experience. Send non -returnable tape, resume, Good job for a qualified News Photographer: and the reason why you want to join our team by Join the number one team...committed to news. News Director. KCEN -TV NBC for Waco. Tem- July 3. 1997 to: John Di Sciullo. Promotion and ENG SNG. News background and clean driving ple, Killeen. Bryan. Texas fastest growing Marketing Manager, Channel 7 WKBW -TV. 7 record a must. Send non -returnable tape and re- market. We believe in news. KCEN broadcasts Broadcast Plaza. Buffalo, NY 14202. Channel 7/ sume to: Al Aamodt. News Director. WDAY Tele- over 3 1/2 hours a day more than any of our com- WKBW -TV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No vision. 301 Fargo, North Dakota petitors. We are searching for a leader to take us 8th Street South, Immediate calls, please! from a competitive #2 to #1. Experience in televi- 58103. EOE. Reporter: opening. sion newsroom management required. Must be Some anchoring and producing background computer literate. Applications accepted thru July helpful. Join the number one team committed to 10. 1997. Send cover letter and resume to: Gayle news. ENG /SNG /Computers. Send non- Promotion Writer /Producer: Do your promos Kiger. VP and GM. KCEN -TV, P.O. Box 6103, returnable tape and resume to: Al Aamodt. News reach through the screen and captivate viewers? Temple. TX 76503. Equal Opportunity Employer. Director. WDAY Television. 301 8th Street South. Fargo. North Dakota 58103. EOE. Do you love winning more than the news department? WMBD TV is looking for an aggressive producer to join our award winning promotion team. Broadcasting degree. AVID editing and News Anchor /Reporter. Looking for a creative, CBS. KYW -TV3 is seeking a writer/producer to prior promotion experience preferred. Send re- motivated. self- starter to join an established news handle news and program promotions. including sume and VHS reel to Clay Hagedorn. Promotion team in Austin. Texas. Must have a positive atti- topical promotion for the station's 6pm and 11pm Manager, WMBD TV, 3131 N. University, Peoria. tude, a desire to learn and grow and a deep com- newscasts. In addition to previous television IL 61604. No calls please. EOE. mitment to quality and the overall news product. news promotion and /or television news writing We are looking for a news anchor who can de- credentials, candidates should have experience liver the news in a conversational but credible in: Location production, post- production, graphic style. As a reporter. you should be able to tell com- direction and design. Senior Writer/Producer - Ma- pelling stories and have excellent live shot jor market station with digital post- production On -Air Promotions Manager. WTVZ -TV, the abilities. Must have at least 3 years prior experi- facilities and state of art graphic department is FOX affiliate in Norfolk. Virginia, is looking for a ence as a news reporter and anchor at affiliated searching for a senior writer /producer to oversee creative individual with at least 3 years broadcast broadcast station. Must have strong command of on -air promotion and manage day to day re- experience to maintain the station's on -air look. the English language. working knowledge of libel sponsibilities of writer /producer staff. Candidates Requirements include: strong copywriting skills. laws and generally accepted journalistic ethics. should have experience in: Writing /producing and an ability to organize and implement cam- Must have a good driving record. Send resume/ news promotion (image, series and topical). loca- paigns for station image, topical and contest pro- tape by 7/7/97 to: News Department Human Re- tion production (tape and film) including directing. motion. Knowledge of media buying helpful. sources. KTBC -TV, 119 E. 10th Street. Austin, graphic design. Previous television station and or Send resumes to WTVZ Promotions. 900 Granby TX 78701. Ref: Anchor /Rep. No phone calls. ad agency experience is essential. Send resume Street. Norfolk. VA 23510. No phone calls. EOE. please. EEO Employer. (and reel for the senior writer/producer) to: Dick Goggin. KYW -TV. Independence Mall East. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106. EOE. M /F. ADA. HELP WANTED ADMINISTRATION News Anchor /Producer for an award winning midwest station. Anchor, report and produce in one of the nation's leading small market stations. 6 and 11 pm Producer. The NBC affiliate in West Virginia needs Our station is number one in the ratings. We are beautiful southern a suc- Secretary for News Director /Office Manager: cessful candidate with strong writing skills for our a community leader with committed ownership WABC -TV Eyewitness News seeks highly or- 6 and 11 pm producer opening. Candidate must and a great reputation. Join a winner. Previous ganized individual with excellent oral and written understand the difference between "stacking" on -air and news reporting experience necessary. communication skills. Individual must be comforta- and producing. must have strong people skills Send letter and resume to News Director. Quincy ble in high pressure rapidly changing operation. and previous experience. Excellent salary and Broadcasting Company. 513 Hampshire. Quincy. Will oversee office supplies. travel and other sec- benefits. Females and minorities are encouraged IL 62301. No phone calls will be accepted. EOE. retary. Please send resume to: Bart Feder, to apply. Send VHS or 3/4 dub of newscasts and M /F. WABC -TV. 7 Lincoln Square. New York. NY writing samples to: Producer. PO Box 1930. 10023. No phone calls or faxes please. We are Bluefield, WV 24701. EOE/MF. an Equal Opportunity Employer. Media General's NBC station in beautiful HELP WANTED PROGRAMMING Charleston. SC seeks an Executive Producer to oversee daily newscast quality control and a Local Program Executive Producer. Who says talented producer team. The ideal candidate is a HELP WANTED RESEARCH Local Programming Departments are dead? Not creative line or special projects producer who has only is ours alive and well...wé re seeking a leader strong story telling, leadership, and special pro- to help it grow! If you know how to write. produce. ject skills. Send tape of your news product. re- tell stories with words and pictures, and manage sume. and philosophy to HR Dept.. WCBD -TV. Research Analyst. WVIT. Connecticut's NBC people. you may be the person we seek to fill the 210 West Coleman Blvd.. Mount Pleasant. SC Station. is seeking a highly motivated. strategic position of Executive Producer. We are a powerful 29464. M /F. EOE. Final applicants drug thinker. Must possess strong oral and written NBC affiliate in a major market where housing costs screened. communication skills, working knowledge of are low and lifestyle is great! Come help WPXI -TV Nielsen ratings and other related research soft- in Pittsburgh make wonderful production out of the ware. Responsibilities: creating and presenting Steelers, Prime Time Specials. PSA Campaigns. one -sheeters. model presentations/packages, rat- You must be experienced and have a wonderful Assignment Editor/5pm Producer: Experi- ings assessmenVanalysis. Proficient computer flair for this business. If you are not a hands on enced news professional to manage daily opera- skills a must. such as PowerPoint. Excel and writing producer- this job is not for you. Send tapes tion of assignment desk and produce 5pm Word. College degree. Resumes to Ron Pulera. of long and short format programs and spots and newscast. Send resume to: Andy Gannon, WIFR- GSM. WVIT. 1422 New Britain Avenue, West resumes to: Mark W. Barash, WPXI -TV. 11 TV Hill. TV, PO Box 123. Rockford. Illinois 61105. EOE. Hartford. CT 06110. EOE. Pittsburgh- PA 15214. EOE.

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"For the Record" compiles applications filed 100.9 mhz. June 10 m.. 101 E. Bush St. June 2 with and actions taken by the FCC. Applica- Bettendorf, Iowa (BPED- (BPH- 9706) tions and actions are listed by state: the date 970312MC)- Montrose, Calif. -Public Augustana College for noncommercial FM Broadcasting of Colorado (Bob Hensler, the application was filed or the action was at 91.1 mhz. June 18 director of engineering, 2249 S. Josephine taken, when available, appears in italic. Eagle Bridge, N.Y. (BPED- 961217MB)- St.. Denver, Colo. 80210) for noncommer- Abbreviations: AOL-- assignmcm of license: ant. - cial FM at 88.3 mhz, 5 kw, ant. 468 m., Buck - antenna: ch.- channel: UP-construction permit: Northeast Gospel Broadcasting Inc. for non- horn Communications Site, 24 km SW of D.I.P. - debtor in possession: ERP-- effectise radiated commercial FM at 88.1 mhz. June 10 power: khi -kilohertz: km- kilometers: kw -kilowatts: Montrose County Courthouse. June 6 m.- meters: mhz -megahertz: mi- miles: TI.- trans- Filed mitter location: TOC -transfer of control: w watts. Soledad, Calif. (BPED- 970508MF)- Family One meter equals 3. 2tl feet. Greensboro, Ala. (BPH- 970515MG) -Pine Stations Inc. (Harold Camping, president, Belt Broadcasting LLC (John C. Nettles, 4135 Northgate Blvd., Suite 1, Sacramento, manager /5% PO Arlington, OWNERSHIP CHANGES owner, Box 279, Calif. 95834) for noncommercial FM at 89.9 Ala. 36722) for FM at 99.1 mhz, 6 kw, ant. mhz, .25 kw, ant. 93 m., 2.8 km S of CR Granted 100 m., 1.100 ft. SW of intersection of Rte 79 G16. 5 km SW of Greenfield, Calif. May 8 and Prisoc Rd. May 15 Desert Center, Calif. (BTCH- 970523GH)- Geneseo, Ill.; Marion, Iowa; Great Bend, Desert Broadcasting Corp. for KzAL(AM): Chicot, Ark. (BPH- 970520MH) -Delta Kan.; DeQuincy, La.; Plaquemine, La.; involuntary TOC from Wolfram J. Dochter- Radio Inc. (Larry G. Fuss, president /51% Jacksonville, N.C., and Paris, Tex. (BPED- owner. PO Box 1438, Cleveland, Miss. mann, deceased, to Kathleen Dochtermann, 970522MD: unreadable: BPED -970521 MA: h executor. June 18 38732) for FM at 105.7 mhz, 3 kw. ant. 100 unreadable; BPED- 970519MA; BPED- m.. W side of SH 165, 6 km NE of Dermott, Accepted for filing 970612ME; BPED- 970515MH)- American Ark. May 20 Family Association (Donald E. Wildmon, pres- Laredo, Tex. (BTCCT-9706041A)- Panora- Barstow, Calif. (BPED- 970609MG)- Living ident. PO Drawer 2440. Tupelo, Miss. 38803) ma Broadcasting Co. for KLDO -TV: involun- Proof Inc. (Daniel McClenaghan. president, for noncommercial FMs at 88.1 mhz, 2 kw, tary TOC from Reynaldo S. Gonzalez to PO Box 637, Bishop. Calif. 93515) for FM at ant. 102 m., 3.3 mi. on CR 13 at Wolf Road, i James Whitworth. administrator of the 91.3 mhz, 1.54 kw, ant. 698 m., atop Rod- Colona, III.: 89.9 mhz, 1.25 kw, ant. 100 m, estate of Reynaldo S. Gonzalez. June 13 man 'Target Peak near Newberry Springs. 4100 Nelson Creek Rd., Center Point, Iowa; June 9 89.7 mhz, .25 kw. ant. 34 m., on US 281 1 mi. S of Great Bend: 89.1 mhz, .25 kw, ant. 92 m., NEW STATIONS Huron, Calif. (BPH- 970522ME) -Point on Miller Rd. 1 mi. from Hwy 27, DeQuincy; Broadcasting Co. (John Q. Hearne. presi- 8.1 mhz. 4.5 kw. ant. 90 m., end of Hwy 386, Dismissed dent/owner, 100 Wilshire Blvd.. Suite 1000. Grosse Tete. La.: 90.1 mhz, 20 kw, ant. 93 m., Santa Monica, Calif. 90401) for FM at 98.3 Newberry Springs, Calif. (BPH - 2802 Hwy 50, Holly Ridge, N.C., and 89.3 Meadowlark Inc. for FM mhz, 6 kw, ant. 22 m., .2 km E of SH 269 960312MB)- Group mhz, 6 kw. ant. 108 m.. on CFR 3298, 6.4 km at 103.7 mhz. 18 between 4th and 5th sts. May22 June NE of Powderly, Tex. May 22, 5, 21, unread- Corinth, Miss. (BPED -960821 MA)- Ameri- Huron, Calif. (BPH- 970522MF) -Todd able. 19. June 12, May 15 Robinson (17717 Nathans Dr., Tampa, Fla. can Family Association for FM at 91.9 mhz. Greenup, Ill. (BPED-970606MA)-Word 33647) for FM at 98.3 mhz, 4 kw, ant. 100 June 18 Power Inc. (Paul Dean Ford, presi- m., 2 km SW of intersection of rtes. 198 and Brooklyn, N.Y. (BPED-970508MB)- dent/33.3% owner, 6 E. Colorado Ave., PO Salva- 269. May 22 tion Radio Corp. for noncommercial FM at Box 8, Casey, Ill. 62420) for noncommercial 91.9 mhz. June 16 Lemoore, Calif. (BPED- 970602MC)- FM at 89.3 mhz, .185 kw. ant. 112 m., 2.5 Lemoore Union High School District (William Returned km E of Jewett, Ill. June 16 T. Black, district superintendent, 101 E. Goshen, Ind. (BPED-970521MD)-Pen- Johannesburg, Calif. (BPH- 961218MA)- Bush St.. Lemoore, Calif. 93245) for non- sacola Christian College (Bill Rice Ill, chair- Shepherd Communications Inc. for FM at commercial FM at 88.5 mhz, .1 kw. ant. 30.4 man, Board of Directors, 250 Brent Lane, Pensacola, Fla. 32503) for FM at 89.9 mhz, BY THE NUMBERS 1.75 kw, ant. 100 m., 71225 CR 123, New Paris, Ind. May 21 BROADCAST STATIONS Service Total Galena, Kan. (unreadable)-Emerald City Broadcasting (Todd P. Robinson, 2321 Service Total Commercial VHF TV 558 Devonshire Rd., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104) for Commercial AM 4,814 Commercial UHF TV 635 FM at 104.3 mhz, 3.5 kw, ant. 130.5 m., 6 km SW of intersection of rtes. 166 and 66, .5 Commercial FM 5,468 Educational VHF TV 124 km NW of Hockerville, Okla. May 1 Educational FM 1,874 Educational UHF TV 241 Galena. Kan. (unreadable)- Saturn Com- Total Radio 12,156 Total TV 1,558 munications Inc. (Andrew S. Wolfson, presi- VHF LPTV 546 dent/owner, 3001 W. 13th St., Joplin, Mo. CABLE 64801) for FM at 104.3 mhz, 6 kw, ant. 100 UHF LPTV 1,405 m., E of Rte 66, 3.1 km N of Baxter Springs,

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http://www.broadcastingcable.com Doctor in the house network dramas -are often the high- of Dallas continue to be in TNN's top est- rated strip series for each network. IO programs with women 18 -49. EDITOR: I was pleased that BROADCAST- (This doesn't even include Nick at Rescue 911, Highway to Heaven ING & CABLE had decided to cover syn- Nile and TV Land, two networks and The Wallons have been Family dicated radio stars (Cover Story, June devoted entirely to reruns of classic Channel's first -, second- and third - 9). Pleased, that is, until I read the body off -network series and specials.) highest -rated weekday strips all the article. You wrote: of "As proof of And while MSOs might argue that year-topped only by Hawaii Five -O, syndication's enduring success, the what their subscribers want is more which has been first for Family since heavyweights of the industry continue original programing, the fact is, other it premiered last month. to be Rush Limbaugh, carried by 660 than sports, the occasional highly tout- And yes, even E! Entertainment, the stations; Don Imus (I00 stations); ed made -for and specials -all of which inspiration for your editorial, has stations); Howard Stem (39 Dr. Laura receive tremendous promotional weight achieved strong success with its morn- Schlessinger (389 stations); Tom Joyner and resources -the bread and butter of ing double run of Alice, frequently the (82 stations), and the Fabulous Sports basic cable's top -rated programing is network's top -rated programs after The Babe stations)." But there is no (187 established off-network favorites. Howard .Stern .Show's prime time runs. one mention of another of radio's These easily promotable series offer The trend will no doubt continue this heavyweights, The Edel! Dr. Dean familiar characters. well -written stories August when FX delivers the off-net- Show, which is heard on 323 stations and TV favorites from past and pre- work premieres of the third and fourth land isI the number -three syndicated sent. In effect: once good, always highest -rated network dramas from the show in the country.-Daphne Brog- good. Some current examples: '96 -'97 season, NY PD Blue and The X- don, producer. The Dr. Dean Edell Law & Order's I I p.m. Monday - Files, and USA delivers Walker, Texas Show, Sun Francisco Friday run has been A &E's number - Ranger, followed in September by one weekday strip virtually all year. A TNT's launch of Lois & Clark: The Familiar faces new 7 p.m. run has been second or New Adventures ofSuperman -and EDImR: We applaud your excellent third for months. (It's even possible next year's launch of powerhouse ER. editorial ( "Appointment TV," June 9) that the A &E exposure has helped the Fans of ()Id favorites (and who for bringing attention to the consis- series become a top -30 hit for NBC isn't) have always embraced televi- tently strong ratings record of off -net- the past two seasons.) sion's rich history. If anything, now work series on cable networks. How- The Dukes of Ha : :aai has dramati- there's just more to choose from and ever, as the industry's leading pro- cally increased TNN's adult 18 -34 rat- more places to Lind them. graming supplier to the market, we ings and has been the networks first - And of course, by definition, off - have observed a ratings track record or second- highest -rated series since network series are "advertiser- friend- that far overshadows the Beverly Hi!!- joining the lineup in February '96. ly ": thus, also presold where it matters billies example you cited. ( TNN's success in introducing the most -on the bottom line.-Greg A week-by -week study of 10 promi- Dukes to a whole new generation of Brodsky, director. advertising. public- nent basic cable networks shows that fans even led to a hugely successful ity and promotion. Warner Bros. presold, off -network series -from CBS -TV made -for during the recent Domestic Pay-TV. Cable & Network classic sitcoms to current broadcast May sweeps.) And all three daily runs Features. New York

RADIO: AM Seller: WXGI Inc., Richmond; no other broadcast interests Changing Hands WZRCIAM) New York Facilities: 950 khz, 5 kw day, 64 w Continued from page 56 million Price: $13 night Seller: Peninsula Broadcasting Corp., Buyer. Douglas Broadcasting Inc. /Par Format: C &W Erie (Roger Richards, president); no Holdings Inc., Palo Alto, Calif. (N. other broadcast interests John Douglas, chairman; Duane E. WRENIAM) Topeka, Kan. Facilities: 94.7 mhz, 1.1 kw, ant. Hill and Cleveland A. Christophe, Price: $500,000 538 ft. principals); owns/is buying two FMs Buyer. Mortenson Broadcasting Co.; Format~ Oldies and 22 AMs is buying KINF(AM) Denton, Tex. (see KZZBIFM) Poteau, Okla. Seller. Westinghouse Electric Co./ item above) Price: $1.5 million CBS Corp., New York (Mel Karma- Seller. Michael B. Glinter, Pensacola, Buyer: CapStar Broadcasting Part- zin, CEO, CBS Station Group); owns/ Fla.; owns wASC(AM) Atmore and ners LP (see FM item, above) is buying 73 radios wzEw(FM) Brewton, Ala.; wzNo(AM) Seller Arklahoma Communications Facilities: 1480 khz, 5 kw Pensacola, Fla., and wBAJ(AM) Blythe - wood, is wNvv(AM) Co., Fort Smith, Ark. (Eldon F. Coff- Format: Korean S.C.; buying Can- man, L.E. Tate and L.J. Tate, princi- Broker: H.B. La Rue Media Brokers tonment, Fla.; has applied to build FM in Tucson, Ariz.; 50% of pals). Coffman owns 50% of KEZU(FM) (buyer) South owns has FMs Booneville and KBRs(FM) Springdale, WXGIIAM) Richmond, Va. company that applied to build Ark. Price: $650,000 in Thomasville, Ala., and Flint, Mich. Facilities: 97.9 mhz, 100 kw, ant. Buyer. Gee Communications Inc., Facilities: 1250 khz, 5 kw 2,000 ft. Chesterfield, Va. (David Gee, presi- Format: Gospel Format: Rock/AOR dent/owner) -Compiled by Elizabeth A. Rathbun

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Crrol Melton. Viacom's new lead lob- panics: Time Warner. from 1987 until this byist and senior vice president, prob- past May, and now Viacom. ably was destined to trade the "The hardest thing 'about this job] is swamps of her native Florida for the when you are advocating a position that, swamps of Washington. even though it's for a private company. Coming from a family of lawyers. Melton you truly believe is in the public interest." arrived in Washington in 1977 and immedi- she says. "Policynlakers may have their ately felt like she had found her place. own agenda unrelated to how this business And she seems to have found quite a really works." prominent place. List Meltons admirers But Melton is no stranger to overcoming and you get a roster of media power play- such challenges: she seems to leap every ers. NCTA head Decker Anstrom calls her hurdle life presents. one of my favorite people." Her former After graduating as valedictorian from boss at Time Warner, senior vice president St. Augustine High School in Florida. she of public policy Tim Boggs. says she went on to North Carolina's Wake Forest "helped build Time Warner into the com- University. where she earned a bachelor's pany it is." And Time Warner chief Gerald "The hardest thing degree with honors in psychology. Melton Levin wrote to her that Time Warner is a ¡about this job] is followed that with a master's in journalism stronger company today because of you." and communications from the University Melton has had an effect not only on Time when you are advo- of Florida. Warner but on the entire telecommunica- Perhaps a genetic predisposition attracted tions industry. She helped to steer Warner cating a position her to a city that has more lawyers per capi- Communications through regulation when it even though ta than any other. Melton arrived in Wash- merged with Time inc. in 1990. She played a that, ington in 1977 knowing she wanted to he a role in constructing the Telecommunications it's for a private part of the city's unique political world. Act of 1996. And she assisted with the Time "I was committed to being in Washing- Warner/Futter merger last October. company, you truly ton." she says. Now she is one of the few women in Although Melton had decided not to fol- Washington heading a lobbying organiza- believe it is in the low in her father's and brother's footsteps. tion that represents millions of dollars in public interest." it took about a month for lawyer -laden corporate interests. Viacom's deputy chair- Washington to have its effect on her. man. Philippe Dauman, feels confident her "[ Being a lawyer] was the last thing I was experience will ease the transition. Carol Melton going to do." she says. "As fate would have "I talked to a lot of people about this job, Senior VP, public policy, Viacom it, that's precisely what I ended up doing." and to me she was really a perfect fit." Inc., Washington; b. Aug. 2, She applied to law school at American Dauman says. 1954, St. Augustine, Fla.; BA, University and began in 1978. Melton says she works from 8:3(1 a.m. to psychology, Wake Forest Uni- In 1981, Melton emerged from AU with 7 or 7:30 p.m.. but she makes a point of not versity, 1976; MA, journalism honors and began working as a communica- taking work home at nights or on weekends. and communications, University tions law associate at Hogan & Hartson. "You can't represent a company whose of Florida, 1977; 1D, American where she met her husband, Joseph Hassett. bedrock is entertainment and serving University, 1981; associate, From there. she went to the National Cable consumers without having a life yourself." Hogan & Hartson, Washington, Television Association as assistant general she says. 1981 -83; assistant general counsel from 1983 to 1986. National Cable Tele- It helps that her children. Matthew. 11. counsel, She worked as FCC Chairman Mark vision Association, Washington, and Meredith. 8. relate to what she does. Fowler's chief legal advisor for cable and 1983 -86; chief legal adviser to "My daughter is thrilled about Nickelodeon mass media issues from 1986 until he FCC Chairman Mark Fowler on and my son is thrilled about MTV." retired in 1987. Melton joined Warner cable and mass media issues, Melton's kids understand that Viacom Communications in 1987. Washington, 1986 -87; Wash- networks: Today. alter 20 years of work in Washing- owns two of their favorite cable ington counsel, Warner Com- ton on issues, has now she needs to make Washington aware. munications, 1987 -90; Time communications Melton She says her initial challenge at the compa- Warner Inc.: Washington coun- built a reputation as well- rounded, know- ny. whose acquisitions over the past few sel, 1990 -92; VP for law and ledgeable. intelligent and good with people. years have made it a much bigger media public policy, Washington, "There are various people in Washing- player, is to "increase Viacom's visibility in 1992 -97; current position since ton who have one or two of those traits,"

Washington...and to give people a better un- May 27; m. Joseph M. Hassett , s:ns Diane Hinson. a partner at the Wash- derstanding of what this company is about." June 23, 1984; children: ington law firm of Morrison and Foerster Melton'. specific skill is serving as advo- Matthew, 11; Meredith, 8 and a former general counsel at the FCC. cate for large. diverse, powerful media cony "Carol has strengths on all sides." -PA

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www.americanradiohistory.com The White House over the weekend was VHF Commercial FEE expected to name the New FCC TV fees leadership of its digital The FCC last week adopted its schedule of Markets 1 -10 $35 025 regulatory fees for fiscal 1997. The Markets 11 -25 $28 450 TV public interest com- plan calls for VHF stations to pay higher fees than last Markets 26 -50 $18 600 mittee. The White House $9 850 year and UHF stations to pay lower fees. U s Markets 51 -100 is assembling the group to Remainin Markets $2 725 in the top 10 markets, for instance. will see advise the FCC on the pub- Construction Permits $4,800 their fees drop to $16.850 from $25,000 in lic interest obligations of 1996. The commission also has altered its fee UHF Commercial FEE digital broadcasters. plan for radio stations. grouping the stations Markets 1 -10 516,850 Sources expected the Pres- into 10 classifications based on population Markets 11 -25 $13 575 ident to name CBS's Les reach. The radio fees range from $200 to Markets 26 -50 $8 750 Moonves as co- chairman. Markets 51 -100 $4 725 $2,000. Overall. the commission is collecting The full membership of the Remainin Markets $1,350 $152.5 million in fees for FY 1997. The fees advisory committee, howev- Construction Permits $2,975 are due between Sept. 15 and 19. er, is not expected to be Satellite TV stations all markets S950 named until later. spectrum auctions, passed with the yet -to -air network. Rainbow had asked the The WB Network's unoffi- in both houses of Congress "We need to take a look at FCC to deny the transfer of cial buying arm. Acme Television Holdings, will Wednesday (see "Top of it," says Fox Sports' Vince four stations from Viacom to Evergreen, as well as the pay $13.2 million plus the Week "). Wladika. "The launch is going to be delayed, of transfer of two stations from liabilities for its second After a lot of pomp and cir- course, and we are going to Evergreen to Chancellor, TV station, WINT -TV cumstance. the launch of on the basis that Viacom Crossville Knoxville, Tenn. Rainbow Sports' Ameri- take a look at it with the Rainbow people." Michael had not made good on a Acme, a group of WB Net- can Sports Classics has Bair, Rainbow exec- pledge to seek a minority work supporters led by net- been put on hold and its Sports vice says buyer for two of the sta- work chief Jamie Kellner, is future could be in jeopardy. utive president, tions. The group has since for WB American Sports Classics is shopping affiliates The vintage sports and reached an agreement with or would -be affiliates in movie network was sched- alive and will surface shortly: "We are stopping for a the three companies that markets 20 -80. Knoxville is uled to launch July 9, but moment so they can get a calls for the firms to devote in the nation's 60th -largest the network is in limbo peak under the hood," Bair $400,000 to three research market. FCC documents list because of the Fox/Liberty says. studies on minority broad- the seller of WINT -Tv as CW and Cablevision deal of two cast ownership and another TV Inc. of Tallahassee, Fla. weeks ago. Fox/Liberty's Viacom, Chancellor $600,000 to a public educa- Acme closed on its first sta- agreement includes acquir- Media and Evergreen tion and advocacy effort on tion, KwBP(Tv) Salem /Port- ing 40% of Rainbow Sports, Media have agree to the subject of minority land. Ore.. on June 19. a programing arm of Cable - pay $2 million to settle media entrepreneurship. Broadcasters won a vision Systems Corp. Fox a dispute with the Rain- Additionally, the companies quick victory on the Sports now has managing bow -PUSH coalition will provide $880,000 to Senate floor last week control over the venture and over six Washington - finance conferences on when the Senate defeated, is still deciding what to do area radio stations. minority media entrepre- 86 -12, an amendment neurship and will provide offered by Robert Byrd (D- $80,000 in scholarship Nielsen and Lucent form alliance assistance to the African W.V.) that would forbid Nielsen Media Research and Lucent Technologies from American Media Incubator. alcohol advertisers are working together to develop a variety of media deducting all alcohol ads as information technologies. The first rift in that old a business expense. Byrd's Nielsen will use Lucent's expertise in advanced video gang at Continental spokesperson said the sen- and audio for work that might lead to new metering tech- Cablevision is appear- ator was not sure whether nology for analog and digital TV and the Internet. John ing, with the first resig- he would try to reintroduce Dimling, Nielsen Media Research president, declined to nation of a senior exec- M the legislation. Byrd sug- specify what projects are under way between the two utive since last year's gested the change would companies. 'The first iteration is to see what combina- takeover by US West have raised approximately tions we can develop out of this," Dimling says. Media Group Inc. Long- $2.9 billion over five years Lucent's interest in working with Nielsen was sparked time financial executive for federal coffers. 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www.americanradiohistory.com executive VP of "enterprise reality series, which is set to materialize' and certain York. said last week it has transformation," a slot crea -- begin its ninth season with creditors had "commenced agreed to acquire rival ed six months ago to help the network. A network actions detrimental to pre- sports marketing and integrate Continental's ope- spokesperson declined serving the value of the television producer ations into US West comment. company's assets." Those ProSery for $15 million Media's, creating the Media - Don't expect to see one assets include KcNs(Tv) San in cash and stock. Marquee One cable unit. Before that. hit comedy of 1996 -97 Francisco and wRAv -ry said that Donald Dell, who she spent 15 years at the among the field of nomi- Raleigh- Durham. N.C. founded ProSery 26 years company, ultimately will remain becom- nees for best comedy King World reported a ago, chairman/ ing CFO. Hawthorne can CEO of both ProSery and series at the Prime Time 5 % drop in third-quarter afford to leave: Securities fil- ProSery Television under a Emmy Awards in Septem- operating income, to ings show she received new multiyear employment ber. Learning its lesson $46.6 million, on revenue $7.2 million in the sale contract. Dell also will join of from The Simpsons, 20th of $166.8 million, which was Continental. Marquee's board of direc- Century Fox opted to sub- basically flat compared with tors. With the ProSery KABC-TV Los Angeles mit the freshman hit King of third quarter 1996 revenue acquisition, publicly traded anchor Lisa McRee is the Hill in the outstanding of $165.8 million. The com- Marquee will produce sports expected to be named, animated program category pany reported a 1% gain in events for ABC, CBS, NBC, as early as this week, to rather than sweat it out for net income, to $35.7 million. ESPN, Lifetime and others. fill the Good Morning outstanding comedy. The For the first nine months of The company provides America anchor slot Simpsons, which has KWP's fiscal year, it posted other services, including being vacated by Joan Lun- unsuccessfully competed in operating income of $143.8 events management, con- den in September. Sources the outstanding comedy million, flat with last year's sulting and personal repre- say McRee and ABC are category in the past, has nine -month total of $143.7 sentation of professional finalizing language in a new won 10 Emmys, including million, on revenue of athletes. Former Madison contract. McRee surfaced two for outstanding animat- $506.2 million, slightly Square Garden President as a candidate after audi- ed program. Ballots for above last year's $504.7 Robert Gutkowski is Mar- ence research on Elizabeth nominations were due at million. For the nine -month quee president. Vargas, the GMA news the Academy of Television period, net income was anchor who had been the Arts & Sciences on Friday; down 6 %, to $107.3 million. NBC will use digital front -runner to replace Lur- nominations will be KWP said that drop was Errata: Robert Pittman is den, was not overwhelm- announced July 24 due, in part, to a onetime president of America gain in 1996 of $10.3 million ingly positive. Yesterday, Global Shopping Net- Online Networks, not from the sale of TV Vargas was named fea- work filed for bankrupt- a sta- America Online, as report- tion in Buffalo, N.Y. tured correspondent for the cy protection last week, ed in the June 23 edition ABC News magazines almost three weeks after Marquee Group, New Of BROADCASTING & CABLE. 20/20 and PrimeTime Live. pulling the plug on its In addition, Vargas will broadcasting and cable anchor World News Satur- home shopping service. day and host occasional The company reported total prime time specials. Further liabilities of $81 million and changes are expected on about $35 million in unse- GMA, including the depar- cured debt (for its 20 largest tures of co-anchor Charles creditors) including more Gibson, weatherman than $24 million owed to Spencer Christian and various investors; more executive producer Marc than $818,000 to GE Burstein. Americom; more than ABC is reportedly on the $400,000 to Chelsea Stu- lookout for a new face dios, and $315,000 in to host its successful employe wages. In its bank- franchise America's ruptcy petition, filed June

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FV. The industry has already been made to run the ratings Help wanted bigger and longer. Next it will be required to run them more and more often. There's an opening for a new champion of the First If this seems a mangling of artistic and other freedoms. it Amendment. Broadcasting has left the ring. (Cable. of is. The idea. of course, was to set up an electronic code that course. doesn't yet count in this context. It quit before it would be read by a so- called V -chip, which we suspect will ever got started as a First Amendment medium.) never he developed or if so rarely used. For all its Big Broth - erish connotations. we are less concerned with the chip than Applicants must believe in the Constitution. freedom of the the ratings. they're here and it isn't. Two. it's those rat- press, freedom of speech. the legitimacy of the Fifth Estate. One. ings that will be used by the government to take over TV. artistic freedom and the right to know. They must he pre- This page rates no exemption from the failure to secure pared to put principle before profit and/or the latest leg - First Amendment protection for the Fifth Estate. Indeed. islative benefit they mu winnow from Capitol Hill. They our lapse may be the greatest all. Having published more must believe the First Amendment is to he used as a sword. of words on that subject more often other we not just a shield. They must have the courage to fare down than any entity. appear to have to persuade even the broadcasting and all the powers that he. including the President and the Con- failed cable industries. A sorry showing indeed. gress. They must stake their all on the proposition that the electronic press. which has come to be the country's most pervasive. must be accorded the same protections due the printed press. the movies and the Internet. Net gain The job came open when -in what may prove the last act Amid our relief at the Supreme Court's proper holding that of a dying First Amendment medium/ -the handful of lob- the so- called indecency provisions of the 1996 Communi- byists negotiating Act II of the broadcast ratings debacle cations Decency Act failed under the Constitution was gave away all our futures. Having failed to resist Congress acute pain from the court's reminder that broadcasting when it set up the first "voluntary" ratings system last year. remains a second -class citizen under the First Amendment. it again capitulated when Congress-inevitably -said the The court noted that. although it has not done so with the system wasn't good enough and demanded content ratings Internet. it has "recognized special justifications for regula- to gild the age -based ratings lily. Having said it would go to tion of the broadcast media." including broadcasting's "histo- court "in a nanosecond" it' the government interfered with ry of extensive government regulation...the scarcity of avail- the industry system, it did nothing of the sort. It cut and ran. able frequencies...and [broadcasting's] 'invasive' nature." Act Ill of this drama will occur when -inevitably -the What the court is really saying is that even an emerging Congress and citizen groups decide that the new system and immature medium has greater constitutional rights than isn't accomplishing their aim, which is to rid the airways of does broadcasting. And. interestingly, that all that past gov- programing they abhor. for good reasons or ill. That's when ernment intrusion into content justifies further intrusion. the move for Congress to effect its own system will begin. This 50- page -plus decision demonstrates the court's com- In the meantime, every television broadcast (except pulsion to justify itself when it finds regulation unneces- news, for the moment) will be branded with TV -Y, TV -Y7. sary. Broadcasters could easily do without the explanation, TV -G. TV -PG. TV -14. TV -M and possibly S. V. L. D or and the regulation.

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