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PAGE 19. 63/ ALL -AMERICOM Arsenio Hall with Americom's Dan Gammon singer Whitney Houston enjoys playing Monopoly with his children, driving his as by some as perhaps final Panama press...Although, Chevy Nova and, since 1984, frontier among dayparts. one news executive said, "it was better than helping company he co- There are number of founded become leading contenders ready to stake station broker. their claim. 32/ NEW DEPARTMENTS FOR TURNER Turner Broadcasting will bring possibly three new Advertisers Index 62 weekly first -run barter series Business 40 to NATPE, available for next fall. By the Numbers 10 Cablecastings 39 Changing Hands 44 33/ COUNTING Closed Circuit 4 THE HOURS Datebook 15 U Despite general flatness of Editorials 66 broadcast market for Fates & Fortunes 59 syndicated hours, some still Fifth Estater 63 Grenada" in terms of press access, journalists see potential and are having For the Record 48 some success with long - have rough time reporting initial of U.S. military In Brief 64 stages form shows. invasion of Panama. PAGE 25. Masthead 15 The Media 36 Monday Memo 17 35/ ENOUGH On Radio 42 17/ DELICATE new series, including new FOR ALL BALANCE projects from writer- Programing 30 producer-director Jim Brooks, Latest FCC study predicts Satellite Footprints 38 In this week's "Monday when for Oprah Winfrey's Harpo that time comes Stock Index 11 Memo," INTV President Jim broadcasters to use Productions, and L.A. Law co- Technology 35 Hedlund says it is time for additional spectrum for creator, Stephen Bochco. Where Things Stand 45 broadcasting and cable to find terrestrial transmission of common ground for TV HDTV there will be enough sports. 22/ SMALL spectrum to go around. STRENGTH Broadcasting (ISSN 0007 -2028) is pub- Nielsen's November sweeps lished 52 Mondays a year by Broadcasting 20/ TAKING results for syndication shows Publications Inc.. 1705 DeSales Street. N. W 36/ NLC MOVE Washington. D.C. 20036 Second -class post- HIS CHANCE children's programs doing National League of Cities age paid at Washington. D.C., and additional Tri -Star Pictures President particularly well. offices. Single issue $2 except special issues executive director, Alan Beals, $3.50 (50th Anniversary issue $10). Sub- Jeff Sagansky, just named CBS resigns after 22 years. scriptions. U.S. and possessions: one year Entertainment president, 24/ TEAM PLAYERS $70. two years $135, three years $190. 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Washingoor D C 20036 Closed Circuit 1 Closed Circuit 1 Closed Circuit 1 Closed Circuit i Closed Circuit 1 tampering with producers' NEW YORK copyright revenues. Clearing decks Percent here, percent there FCC Mass Media Bureau's Whether network revenues Roy Stewart has begun implementation of plan to are up half percent for year or clear backlog of some 2,400 down half percent may not applications for new FM seem like major issue, but final stations that has clogged FM tally will say much about branch and slowed ballyhooed upfront selling processing of all types of FM season ( "Top of the Week," applications. To give branch July 3) and more recent more "scatter" advertising time to concentrate on new -station applications, marketplace. If ABC, CBS and Stewart has already transferred NBC posted increase of half processing FM to percent, that would suggest of sales video services division. And fourth quarter gain of just come early January, branch under 10 %, in line with unit will begin periodically releasing price increases that network Secretarial sendoff list of pending applications sales executives were reporting for FM facilities changes so that at time of upfront sales Secretary of State James A. Baker III (right) sought to make clear applicants can check on marketplace -which last week the importance the Bush administration attaches to com- status -where they are in determines roughly 75% of munications and information policy. He presided at the formal processing line and what, if fourth -quarter revenue. If, swearing -in of Bradley P. Holmes (left) as U.S. coordinator and director, anything, is holding them up. instead, three networks are Bureau of International Communications and Information Policy-whose mother, Sadako (center), held the Bible during the down half percent, as one of ceremony. Baker later said that "the information revolution is a Triple threat them is now predicting, major force that is shaping the changing international environ- fourth -quarter gain over prior Post -Newsweek ment." Baker said the U.S. should "strengthen freedom in Commu- Broadcasting chief Joel year's period would be nist countries through expanded communications and information," Chaseman-who assumes roughly 5 %. Among factors that while being "attentive to our national security concerns." Baker former could moderate expected cited the need to "bolster" such organizations as the International chairman status at year fourth -quarter revenue growth Telecommunication Union and Intelsat in confronting "the profound end, when G. William Ryan are shorter than expected changes taking place in international communications and informa- takes over group -will air views World Series; Panama crisis, tion.' from three lofty pulpits in Then he which reduced advertising said: "As the world's largest provider and user of tele- January. First he delivers video communications equipment and services, the U.S. has a vital stake inventory, and disappointing keynote at Consumer in the outcome of these issues." Electronics Show in Las Vegas, ratings performance, at For his part, Holmes promised to take "an open and collegial then appears on future of least for CBS. Even slight approach' to his new duties. "The to ability draw common goals programing panel at NAIPE in decline in 1989 would still from among many different points of view is one of the great New Orleans, and up be improvement over previous strengths of the American process." He also said he will "seek winds post -Olympic year-1985- close cooperation...from key public officials and private sector rep- addressing broadcast when three -network revenue resentatives concerned with international communications." And he journalism at Alfred I. du Pont forum in with was off almost 4 %. said he will "support wholeheartedly the department's dialogue with connection Congress." annual du Pont-Columbia awards in New York. Redealing the debt Chaseman, who's setting up are running behind Broadcasters, such as earlier own entrepreneurial company projections. Olympia and SCI Television, WASHINGTON for broadcast investment, is have received much head of Advanced Television attention for their restructuring Mizlou, TCI talking Test Center, charged with Sauce for the goose proving of debt, but others may soon turkey about sports out high- definition be doing same.