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"At WTVD we strive to be a high "With one of our competitors "The People's Court" has been a quality news and information sta- running 'Cosby' as their early consistent winner for WRGB since tion. So when we needed a strong news lead -in and the other using it debuted on our station eight news lead -in to bridge the gap 'Donahue; we looked for the years ago. We were one of the first between 'Oprah' and our 5:30 strongest possible genre to stations to carry it, and are news, we turned to the highest counter -program talk and comedy. proud that this informative, enter- quality court show in syndication, Without a doubt, the national taining and dependable performer 'The People's Court. With its picture shows that the best is on WRGB -TV." entertaining format, usable infor- format against this tough David Lynch mation and proven compatibility competition is court shows and Vice President & General Manager with news, we have the highest the best court show for us is WRGB -TV, Albany possible audience flow from 'The People's Court:" 'Oprah' right into our early news. Reynard A. Corley Alan Nesbitt Vice President & General Manager Vice President & General Manager WXII -TV, Greensboro WTVD -TV, Raleigh- Durham

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(Jan. 24 -27). If show devotes episode to exhibition, which was held at Las Vegas Peace proposal convention, it will be in good company: Convention Center and nearby Las registered journalists also include West Vegas Hilton, covered 383,400 square feet. National Cable Television Association 57th, 20/20, Nightline and The "The demand is higher too," said Rick President James P. Mooney is expected to MacNeillLehrerNewsHour. About 600 Dobson, NAB exhibits director. "Our extend olive branch to broadcasters in members of press are expected to attend. waiting list is longer than it's ever speech this Tuesday (Jan. 10) to been." Extensive coverage is NAB will also use Washington Metropolitan Cable Club. partly attributable convention center's to recent publicity in general press rotunda for first in 1989. Subject: must carry. exhibits for time surrounding syndicated "reality" show genre. Not out Good radio FCC staffer Bradley Holmes should not Spectradyne speculation Dr. Ruth Westheimer, sex therapist whose radio -in be counted out as candidate for one of two Next big media deal appears to involve call show was canceled by Westwood last FCC vacancies. Transition team Spectradyne, Richardson, Tex. -based One August, may return with Sunday night show on Talkline Radio member who is processing applications for distributor of cable programing and Network, new -hour various jobs in Bush administration pay -per -view movies to hotels. Rumor had 24 satellite -delivered service set to launch Jan. 23. Live radio described Holmes as "impressive' and it that owners in Spectradyne will unload talk service may said he had backers on transition team. their interests, which were acquired at time also feature program with colleague Dr. Michael President Reagan had nominated Holmes of management leveraged buyout just Broder. On television side, Dr. Ruth is heading (who was strongly backed by FCC over year ago for roughly $500 million. to Los Angeles to negotiate new Chairman Dennis Patrick) and Principal owners are Acadia Partners series with Lifetime. communications attorney Susan Wing in L.P. -primary owners of which include April 1987, but nominations died with 100th Robert M. Bass Group and Shearson Congress. And while Wing is regarded Lehman Hutton -and Hicks & Haas Inc., Saved by the bridge as certain to be President Bush's choice for Dallas -based investment firm. For first commission -possibly chairmanship at nine months of 1988, Spectradyne had Anticipation of year -end defection by some point- Holmes's chances were revenue of $83.4 million, up 16% from NBC executives trying to protect their pre - generally regarded as having dimmed prior year's period, and operating income merger pension benefits has proven to vanishing point. Was it reasonable to plus depreciation and amortization of exaggerated. General Electric said it had consider Holmes out of contention? $31.1 million, up 9 %. structured "bridge" that would allow "No," said transition team source. Team executives and other employes to switch has resumes from growing list of from existing NBC plan to General individuals interested in becoming FCC Ahead of game Electric plan without either them or commissioners. While it is not known company suffering adverse tax whether they are on that list, two new Those standing to gain from ESPN consequences. GE took corrective action names have surfaced as among those contract for Major League Baseball (see because still -to -come interpretation of "mentioned" for FCC: Ira Goldman, on staff page 43) may, surprisingly, include 1986 tax reform act might have of Senator Pete Wilson (R- Calif.), and local broadcasters and superstations, endangered NBC plan. Those with James M. Smith, attorney, Pierson, Ball & barred by contract from carrying any gross wages over $52,000 might have Dowd. Major League Baseball games on been required to include benefits in their Wednesday nights beginning in 1990. 1989 gross income, and NBC itself could Although those broadcasters lose have been prohibited from deducting Preemptive strike Wednesday, they regain Monday night, future Contributions. which had been ABC's exclusively, and Television Association of Independent large portion of weekend window that is of its annual Stations considering move had been blacked out by NBC. CBS, convention, now usually first week in Out and about whose $1 billion bid beat out NBC for week in December, January, to first MLB rights, will carry only 12 regular Sonia Landau, given recess in 1990. would mean two effective (That season games on Saturday and appointment in November as State INTV's that year.) Association is Sunday, blacking out local coverage of far Department's Coordinator for to what it responding considers fewer games than did NBC. International Communications and pressure from NATPE International, which Superstation wres(rv) said that it will Information Policy, is getting some travel is moving its convention up to mid - come out even, and perhaps ahead, by time. She was in London for several days in effort, to force January INN believes, making up for Wednesday loss on last month attending Financial Times merger of two meetings, each of which Monday night and on weekends. WGNry seminar on telecommunications. Officials now features exhibition. With programing Chicago, another superstation, will be say she may travel to Geneva later this ever earlier, INN buying season even less affected, since most of its home month for International Telecommunication believes early December date would be games are played in afternoon. Union's administrative council for and - strong attraction both exhibitors scheduled to run from Jan. 30 to Feb.3- delegates. then engage in bilateral meetings with Sellout number of European governments. Like High profile most others given recess appointments Booth space sold for equipment by Reagan White House, Landau was Word has it that CBS prime time news exibition at this year's National Association asked to submit letter of resignation, program, 48 Hours, will decide later this of Broadcasters Convention in Las effective Jan. 20, to give new Bush team week whether or not to send crews to Vegas will set new record, surpassing opportunity to fill positions with its NATPE International convention in Houston 400,000 square feet. Last year's record choices.

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Solid box denotes items that have changed During last Congress House Telecommuni- cations member since last issue. AM -FM Allocations 14 Subcommittee John Bryant (D -Tex.) offered bill (BROADCASTING, April 4, By the Numbers 18 1988) to condition compulsory license on Cable Regulation 14 whether cable operator is carrying local Television 14 Children's broadcast signals. Senate Copyright Sub- 14 Compulsory License committee Chairman Dennis DeConcini (D- Cross 14 Despite opposition of NAB, FCC voted Dec. ownership Ariz.) offered similar measure in June 1988. 18 12, 1988, to give FM broadcasters greater Direct Broadcast Satellites 18 flexibility in choosing antenna sites and plot- High- Definition Television ting coverage by permitting limited "short Home Satellite 18 spacing" of FM stations. NAB believes move Indecency 20 will lead to "AM- ization" of FM band. International 20 Comments on FCC proposal for mandatory Land Mobile 26 Telco -cable-FCC tentatively concluded last observance of National Radio Systems Com- Mergers 26 July to recommend that Congress lift cros- mittee standards for AM radio favored adop- Wireless Cable 26 sownership ban on telephone companies pro- tion of NRSC -1 audio standard rather than viding cable television service in their tele- commission's preference, NRSC -2 emission phone service areas, and proposed loosening standard. Broadcasters asked for immediate rules allow some telcos to own minority held by House Telecommunications Subcom- its to adoption of NRSC -1 with NRSC -2 adoption to in finance cable systems in their mittee and Senate Antitrust Subcommittee. interest or follow after further refinement. service areas. FCC Commissioner Patricia FM broadcasters commenting on proposed Diaz Dennis dissented from actions. increases in maximum Class A station power In comments filed with FCC, telco industry from 3 kw to 6 kw were split over two pro- along with National League of Cities and six posed plans. Most Class As support New major motion picture studios supported FCC Jersey Class A Broadcasters Association's initiatives, but cable operators led by National plan for blanket upgrades. Most Class B and Proponents of children's television legislation Cable Television Association strongly op- C stations support NAB plan for upgrade of suffered blow at hands of President Reagan, posed them. about two- thirds of Class A's, excluding many who issued pocket veto of bill on Nov. 5, FCC move follows National Telecommuni- in northeast U.S. 1988. Measure was passed by Congress just cations and Information Administration report NAB and other broadcast groups oppose before adjournment Oct. 24, on cable TV regulation FCC's proposed expansion of service to allow 1988). Chief executive's rejection of bill will phone companies be allowed to serve as for local origination by translators, asking that make it priority in 101st Congress. Television transporters of others' programing, although rules establish translators as secondary ser- networks and National Association of Broad- not as programers themselves, in telcos' own vices to fill in underserved areas of full -power casters let White House know they backed service areas (BROADCASTING, June 20, 1988). stations and not as "low -power FM" stations. legislation, but President found measure At present, not only FCC regulations and Western Hemisphere countries on June 2, "counterproductive" and at odds with broad- 1984 Cable Act but also modified final judg- 1988, concluded second and final session of casters' First Amendment rights. Measure ment issued by U.S. Judge Harold Greene in conference to plan use of 100 khz of spectrum would have put commercial limits on chil- his supervision of breakup of AT&T are seen added to AM band that had ended at 1605 dren's programs of 10.5 minutes per hour on as barriers to such crossownership by BOC's. khz. FCC is in midst of inquiry to determine weekends and 12 minutes on weekdays. It NTIA has petitioned FCC to preempt Greene's how to use 10 new channels; it has indicated also required broadcasters to serve "special regulation of BOC's, arguing that Greene is some channels will be reserved for national needs" of children, which FCC would have to hampering their entry into information ser- licensees. take into account at renewal. vices, including cable. Department of Education has released Resolution now pending in House calls on study concluding, among other things, that Congress to wrest jurisdiction from Greene "research literature provides little support for and eliminate barriers. Measure has backing most of the common beliefs about the influ- of House Energy and Commerce Committee ence of television." Chairman John Dingell (D- Mich.) and, at last Cable television industry is under fire from count, 112 co- sponsors. allegations it is "unregulated monopoly." Cit- Duopoly, one -to -a- market -FCC voted Oct. ies approved new policy week of Dec. 5, 27, 1988, to relax duopoly rules to allow closer 1988, in Boston calling for overhaul of Cable spacing of commonly owned AM and FM sta- Communications Policy Act next year to tions, arguing that impact on diversity would strengthen their regulatory grip on cable and FCC voted in October 1988 to recommend be negligible and that it would allow some to provide entry for telephone companies to that Congress abolish 12- year -old compul- broadcasters to reap certain economies of offer competitive services. Motion picture in- sory copyright license, at least for distant sig- scale. dustry and independent broadcasters have nals, saying it would benefit consumers, Using same justification, FCC relaxed poli- also been pushing for stricter regulation of broadcasters and cable programing services cy for waivers to one -to- market rules Dec. 12, cable until there is more competition in deliv- (BROADCASTING, Oct. 31, 1988). Recommenda- 1988, saying it would look favorably on waiver ering cable programing to homes. Top motion tion will be expanded to cover local signals if requests involving top 25 markets with at least picture and cable executives are holding se- FCC Commissioner Patricia Diaz Dennis 30 broadcast "voices." ries of talks to discuss their relationship and comes through with vote which she is with- Broadcast -newspaper -Appropriations bill possible regulatory changes. House Corn - holding until "editorial changes" are made. (H.R. 4782), which was signed into law, in- merce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D- What Congress will do is anybody's guess. cludes provision that prevents FCC from reex- Mich.) has warned cable to be on best behav- At very least, if it decides to pass law requir- amining its broadcast- newspaper crossown- ior or Congress may reevaluate regulatory ing local signal carriage, it will probably also ership rules, environment. Oversight hearings have been preserve copyright license for signals. Rupert Murdoch won victory in U.S. Court of

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Court nation can be served), leaving four western will provide funding to organizations research- did not rule on constitutionality of substance slots (reaching only western half of nation) ing and developing new, low -cost methods of of provision that bars commission from re- underused. Replies to comments filed by displaying and processing HOW pictures. pealing or modifying television-newspaper Dec. 12, 1988, were due Dec. 30, 1988. While Pentagon expects to use technology in crossownership ban. "True" high -power Ku -band DBS delivery of defense applications, main goal is to insure TV programing directly to homes will become that U.S. secures strong share of semicon- reality in U.S. in "1992 time frame," says ductor and HDTV equipment industries. Hughes Communications, whose plan to National Telecommunications and Informa- launch 200 -watt DBS will go to parent, Gener- tion Administration has asked for comments GE Americom and HBO (Crimson Satellite al Motors, for approval early this year. Higher on whether U.S. government should continue Associates) last week filed petitions to recon- power -10 times higher than current fixed to support worldwide adoption of 1,125/60 sider Nov. 8, 1988, FCC decision to deny satellite service birds-says Hughes, will en- HDTV production standard. Inquiry asks request to modify their medium -power direct - able reception of video programing by afford- whether any production format should be sup- to-home TV (DBS) satellite, Satcom K-3, pow- able one -foot downlinks, thereby expanding ported and, if so, what criteria should be used er from 45 to 60 watts. Denial of power boost, current consumer home satellite market well to decide which is superior. Comments are which has been considered necessary to beyond current two million. due March 1, 1989. reach mass-marketable three -foot receiving Hughes says GE service would only be "in- Deadline for "action memos" to Telecom- dishes, could be death blow to Crimson plans terim" step toward its 200 watt service. munications Subcommittee has been post- to start first Ku -band DBS service in U.S., Hughes and GE agree on need to bring to- poned from Jan. 4, 1989, to Feb. 1. Subcom- and /or to bring cable programers to Ku -band gether "business system," including program- mittee Chairman Ed Markey (D- Mass.) has delivery via already built K -3 (scheduled for ers and cable operators. asked Electronic Industries Association, launch in January 1990). FCC extension granted late last year gave American Electronics Association and Semi- Number of applications to operate high - Dominion Video Satellite and Hubbard Broad- conductor Industry Association to submit re- power Ku -band direct -to -home television ser- casting's United States Satellite Broadcast- ports recommending policies that would en- vice satellites has now outstripped available ing -among those granted permits with six - courage U.S. activity in HDTV manufacturing. orbital assignments in separate DBS orbital year expirations in December 1982 -four FCC's HDTV advisory task force and NTIA arc, says FCC, which could assign new round more years -until Dec. 4, 1992. also were asked to prepare reports on subject. Analysis subgroup of ATS committee's systems subcommittee has received submis- sions for 15 proposed HDTV or EDN trans- BY THE NUMBERS mission systems. Thirteen of 15 systems were studied in -depth by analysis group during Summary of broadcasting and cable meeting held Nov. 14 -18, 1988, in Washing- ton. Report based on finding of week -long will to B R O A D C A S T I N G meeting be submitted systems subcommittee in February. SERVICE ON AIR CP's' TOTAL On Sept. 1, 1988, FCC tentatively decided Commercial AM 4,929 288 5,197 to eliminate from standardization consider- Commercial FM 4,141 639 4,780 ation transmission systems with continuous 9 mhz channel, incompatible with NTSC sets. Educational FM 1,369 260 1,629 Move eliminates possibility of terrestrial stan- 10,439 1,187 11,626 Total Radio dardization of NHK's MUSE -E system. Corn- FM translators 1,650 428 2,078 mission also decided to restrict any possible Commercial VHF TV 545 21 566 additional spectrum for advanced television broadcasting to currently allotted VHF and Commercial UHF TV 508 228 736 UHF television spectrum. Use of band above Educational VHF TV 119 7 126 1 ghz for augmentation channels was ruled Educational UHF TV 216 31 247 Out. Total TV 1,388 287 1,675 VHF LPTV 126 163 289 Home Satellite., UHF LPTV 329 1,196 1,525 Total LPTV 455 1,359 1,814 Giving shot in arm to struggling home satellite VHF translators 2,722 102 2,829 industry, 100th Congress passed copyright UHF translators 2,110 356 2,456 legislation authorizing transmission of broadcast television signals via satellite to backyard dish owners. (President Reagan signed bill on Nov. 16, 1988.) Under its terms, independent C A B L E1 television signals can be beamed to any of Total subscribers 48,637,000 more than two million dish owners, but network affiliate signals can only be delivered to Homes passed 73,900,000 those in "white areas" -those not able to re- Total systems 8,000 ceive network programing off air and not Household penetratlont 53.8% choosing to receive it via cable. Pay cable penetration 32% Other legislation designed to help home satellite industry did not fare as well. S.889 died in Senate after lawmakers voted 43 to 36 to table measure. ' Includes off-air licenses. t Penetration percentages are of TV household universe of 90 4 million. ' Construction permit. Momentum behind S.889 was believed to have weakened because of announcement

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IZZE ril4qh ririlalriril WITH REED IRVINE AND CLIFF KINCAID Soviet territory on a spy mission, risking conspiracy theory. He also told us that the WILL WRIGHT the lives of the 269 passengers and crew. radicalNationmagazine, one of the biggest Broadcast Standards engaged three promoters of that theory, is middle of the RIGHT WRONG? expert consultants who told them that the road. In a recent meeting we had with script was loaded with serious factual Robert Wright and Gerson, the new guard- Robert Wright, the chairman of the misstatements. Broadcast Standards told ian of broadcast standards was evasive board of NBC, gets indignant when it is the producers these inaccurate statements when we asked if he thought the facts in a said that NBC has abolished its Broadcast had to be taken out and facts supporting the docudrama should be accurate to the extent Standards Department. Mr. Wright insists view that the overflight was an accident possible. Wright cut him short, saying, that Broadcast Standards is alive and well would have to be included. That didn't sit "The answer to your question is yes." even though there is no longer a depart- well with the producers and writers. They We came away from that meeting with ment bearing that name and most of its had to keep in the false and misleading considerable doubt that Alan Gerson is personnel, including those at the top, have statements and keep out the truth if they deeply dedicated to accuracy and truth. He been fired or transferred. What was once a were to put across their political, blame - abandoned the fight to make the KAL film well- staffed department with a mandate to America message. as accurate as possible. He adds insult to maintain standards of taste and truthful- While this battle was raging, NBC injury by claiming that all the old broadcast ness in programs and advertising is now an lowered the boom onBroadcast Standards, standards staff concurred in this ignomini- anemic "function" within Program Mar- benching those who were fighting to keep ous capitulation. NBC has taken a wrong keting and Administration. the KAL 007 story from being avehicle for turn, one that should be righted by putting The emphasis now seems to be on a crazy conspiracy theory that would the guard back on the chicken coop and marketing more than on maintaining stan- blacken America's image throughout the evicting the fox. dards of taste, accuracy and decency. Last world. NBC threw in the towel, and the year, the Broadcast Standards Department producers were able to ignore many impor- /1Ì fought a bitter battle with a production tant changes that Broadcast Standards had I0 company that was making a movie for demanded. Alan Gerson, the new man in A three -minute radio convnentary NBC about the Soviet shootdown of Ko- charge of Program Marketing, dropped the available five days a week as a rean Air Line flight 007 in 1983. The expert consultants, refusing even to show public service. For a sample tape, producers submitted a script promoting the them the script to see if their recommended please call Deborah Lamben ridiculous claim made by the Soviets and a changes had been made. ACCURACY IN MEDIA few dubious Western conspiracy theorists Gerson told us last September that he 1275 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. that the airliner had been ordered to overfly neither believed nor disbelieved the KAL (202)371 -6710

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1919 OA. (ommumiohnne,lrr RIIRi9bl. Rever red. Terence, considered reasonable success, share apiece of A and B stock in UAE, with completed plan for use of expansion bands right to put that stock to Tele- Communications Tile Fifth Estate associated with 6/4 ghz and 14/11 -12 ghz, Inc. ICI has expanded UCT ownership to which assures all countries guaranteed "equi- 41% share as of July 29. ICI owns roughly Broadcastingoe table access" to geostationary orbit. two- thirds of UACI and would own a majority Incorporatog Jose L. Alegrett, former deputy director of newly formed UAE. Setup of class A and general of International Telecommunications class B stocks is designed to preserve TCI's TELEVISION Satellite Organization, was sentenced last De- majority vote in UAE while permitting convert- Founder and Editor cember to 16 months to four years in prison ible -bond financing. UCT and UACI await Sol Taishoff (19041982) 1705 DeSales Street. N.W., Washington, D.C. 200136 for his part in kickback scheme that defraud- SEC approval of new securities, not expected Phone: 202ó59-2340 ed global organization of $4.8 million. Judge until 1989. Merger is also subject to share- Editorial department fax. 202- 429-0651 Administrative department 202-331-1732 Gerhard A. Gesell, in imposing sentence, said holder approvals. Alegrett would be credited with five months he Lorimar Telepictures stockholders ap- Lawrence B. Talshoff, publisher served since his arrest in Aruba last summer. proved company's acquisition by Warner Editorial He also said he would recommend Alegrett Communications Inc. at shareholder meeting Donald V. West, managing editor Mark K. Miller, Harry JesseII, be paroled after 11 months in view of help he Dec. 8. Under terms of tax -free stock swap. assistant managing editors has given U.S. government in its continuing Lorimar shareholders will exchange roughly Leonard Zeidenberg, chief correspor Kira Greene, senior news editor investigation of kickback and other schemes. 2.7 shares for each common share of Warner Matt Stump, Kim McAvoy, John S. Eggerton. Alegrett in September had pleaded to Original definitive agreement for merger had associate editors guilty Susan Dillon, Adam Glenn (internationail interstate transportation of money obtained by set ratio of about 2.4 Lorimar shares per assistant editors. Randall M. Sukow (technology). Peter D. Lambert, fraud, same charge to which Richard Colino, Warner share, but was revised Oct. 21. New Lucia Cobo, staff writers. former director general of Intelsat, had plead- agreement also provides for "substantial" in- Kristine I. Hoyt, editorial assistant. manager in financing Anthony T. Sanders, systems ed guilty connection with kickback scheme terim of Lorimar's operations by Todd F. Bowle. Ed Kautz, production. in 1987. He is -year Warner. Transaction has by July serving six term in been delayed Broadcasting :: Cablecasting minimum security prison in Virginia. Sept. 27 New York state court ruling, upheld Yearbook by appeals court Dec. 8. Court ruled that David Seyler, manager. Joseph A. Esser, associate editor. Warner's acquisition of Lorimar's TV stations, Deborah Segal, Tracy Turner, Paul Muller, along with rest of company, would violate Francesca Tedesco, editorial assistants. Land Mobii 1984 shareholder agreement by which Chris - Book Division ..»:.-::.:.R-. Craft, group owner, became Warner's largest David Dietz, manager shareholder. On Dec. 29, Lorimar announced Advertising Last fall, FCC delayed decision on petition to Washington closing of sale of two of three stations it still Robert (Skip) Tash, Southern sales manager reallocate UHF channels in eight markets to held: company sold beneficial interest in trust Doris Kelly, sales service manager. land mobile radio until completion of report on Debra DeZarn, classified advertising manager. holding two Puerto Rico stations to Orlando New York in will be whether UHF channels question broadcaster Timothy Brumlik, for price be- David Berlyn, senior sales manager. needed for broadcasting high- definition sys- Charles Mohr, Stacey Kibel, tween $20 and $30 million. Warner and Lori- sales managers. But in 1988 tems. report released June by mar are hoping to complete transaction by Hollywood FCC's advisory committee on advanced TV Tim Thometz, sales manager end of January. Since May. Warner has taken Schiff a Associates (Western equipment service advised FCC not to act because it is over Lorimar's domestic theatrical distribution and engineering): 213393 -9285 too early to know how much spectrum broad- operations, along with distribution of Lorimar's Circulation casters will need. During special meeting on home video library. Kwentin K. Keenan, circulation manager issues, follow report's Patricia Waldron, data entry manager. HDTV FCC decided to Keith Brody, subscription service manager. advice (BROADCASTING, Sept. 5, 1988). Joseph Kolthoft, VerdeII McPhatter Production Harry Stevens, production manager. Rick Higgs, production assistant. Administration Wireless cable is up and running in several David N. Whitcombe, vice presidentoperations. Philippe E. Boucher, controller. Sale of Metropolitan Broadcasting to Robert markets and may be in several more within Tracy Henry, assistant controller. In Albert Anderson, office manager. F.X. Sillerman was closed on Dec. 19. relat- next year to complement and challenge cable Nancy Miller, personnel administrator ed transaction, Metropolitan's president and operators. Shaun Gehan chief executive officer, Carl Brazell Jr., formed Microband Companies Inc., New York, is Shellene Scott, receptionist. Relations new company, Command Communications, industry leader. with systems in Washington, Corporate Patricia A. Vance, director. which purchased KJOI(FM) Los Angeles; Detroit and New York. Metropolitan Cablevi- Bureaus in KHOW(AM) -KSYY(FM) Denver; KRLD(AM) Dallas, sion has 25,000 subscribers Cleveland, New York: 630 Third Avenue, 10017 and Texas State Networks for $145 million. and claims to be holding its own in head -to- Phone: 212-599-2830 FaX 212-599-2837 Sillerman will hold non -voting equity interest in head competition with Viacom -managed Geoff Folsie, chief correspondent. Command, while Brazell will hold all voting North Coast Cable, conventional cable sys- Rich Brown, George Mannes, staff writers June Butler, advertising assistant. stock. Legacy Broadcasting, of which Siller- tem operator. People's Choice TV has target- Cecelia Tyson man is shareholder, acquired 49% of Metro- ed Sacramento, Calif. Hollywood: 1680 North Vine Street, 90028 Phone: 213 -463 -3148 politan and will operate Metropolitan stations Wireless cable's principal problem remains Far: 213-463 -3159 WNEW -FM New York; WMMR(FM) Philadelphia, inability to secure right to cable programing at Tim Thometz, Western sales manager. Sandra Klausner, editorial- advertising assistant. and KTwV(FM) Los Angeles. Westwood One, what operators feel are equitable rates. Wire- Stephen McClellan, chief correspondent. expected to acquire half interest in Metropoli- less pioneers charge that programers' recalci- Steve Coe, staff writer. International Advertising Representatives tan's WNEW -AM, will operate that station. trance is due to pressure from conventional Europe and United Kingdom: Lucassen International MSO's United Cable (UCT) and United Art- operators, the programers' principal custom- John J. Lucassen, Kamerlingh Onneslann 67, 1171 AC Badhoevedorp Amsterdam. Netherlands. Phone: ists Communications Inc. (UACI) signed de- ers and, in some cases, their owners. Pro- 31(2968)9 6226. Telefax: 31 (2968)9 3617. Japan finitive March 8 to merge into new Masayuki Harihara, Yukari Media Inc., 9-4-302. Miyakop- agreement gramers say any discrimination against wire- makitadori. 2 chome, Miyakojima. Osaka, 534 Japan company, United Artists Entertainment Co. less cable is result of concern about financial Phone. (06) 925-4452. Telex: 02423928. (UAE). Under terms of agreement amendment stability of operators and signal security. c announced Sept. 19, UACI stockholders To keep cable programing flowing to wire- Broadcasting Publications Inc. A Times Mirror Business Publication would exchange each share for one share less, WCA plans to keep heat on cable indus- Lawrence B. Talshoff, president. each of class A and class B common stocks - try in Washington with charges of anticompeti- Donald V. Went, vice president. class B stock convertible into class A and tive behavior. WCA has three champions on David N. Whitcomb', vice president. Founded 1931. Broadcasting -Telecasting* introduced carrying 10 votes per share compared to Capitol Hill: Senators Howard Metzenbaum in 1946. Television' acquired in 1961. Cab(eeaating class A stock's single vote. 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indicates new listing Jan. 10-13- "The Timex All -Star Jazz Show," Jan. 12-"The Power of Television and its Impact screening at Museum of Broadcasting, New York. on the Political Campaign," annual TV Day spon- Information: (212) 752 -4690. sored by Advertising Club of Metropolitan Wash- ington. Featured speaker: Jeff Greenfield, corre- January Jan. "Superbowl XXIII,' newsmaker luncheon 11- spondent, ABC's Nightline. Sheraton Washington Jan. Program sec- sponsored by Radio and Television 8- 13-Annenberg Washington International hotel, Washington. Information: (301) 656 -2582. ond annual winter faculty workshop, on "communi- Society. Waldorf- Astoria, New York. Information: cations issues, policy issues expected to confront (212) 867 -6650. Jan. 13- Deadline for entries in Achievement in the new administration." Washington Program, Jan. 11 Association of Broadcasters copy- Children's Television Awards, sponsored by Ac- Washington. Information: (202) 393 -7100. -Ohio writers' workshop. Parke University hotel, Colum- tion for Children's Television. Information: Sue Jan. 9- Deadline for entries in 37th annual news bus, Ohio. Edelman, (617) 876 -6620. competition sponsored by Associated Press Tele- Jan. Deadline for entries in eighth Northern in vision -Radio Aaaociation of California-Nevada. 11- Jan. 13-Deadline for entries third annual Ra- California chapter of Radio- Television News Di- by Information: (213) 746 -1200. dioBest Awards competition, sponsored Twin rectors Association awards. Information: Darryl Cities Radio Broadcasters Association, recogniz- Jan. 9- Deadline for entries in Associated Press Compton, (415) 561 -8760. ing "creative excellence in radio advertising from Television -Radio Association Clete Roberts Me- national and Minnesota sources." Information: Jan. 11 -12 Insights '89, "Taking the morial Journalism Scholarship Awards, for "stu- -Cable Mystery Out of Cable Technology," course on ca- Jeanne Nelson, (612) 544-8575. dents with a broadcast journalism career objective ble fundamentals for professionals in nontechnical who are studying in California or Nevada." Infor- Jan. 13- 19-National Association of Broadcast- positions, sponsored by Jerrold and Cable Televi- mation: Rachel Ambrose, AP, (213) 746 -1200. ers winter board meeting. Scottsdale Princess, sion Marketing Society. Hy- Administration and Scottsdale, Ariz. Jan. 10-Deadline for entries in Sigma Delta att Regency Ravinia, Atlanta. Information: (215) Chi's Distinguished Service Awards honoring best 674 -4800 or (800) 523-6678. Jan. 15 -10th annual televised ACE Awards in journalism. Information: (312) 922 -7424. Jan. 12-New York Television Academy drop -in (Awards for Cable Excellence), sponsored by Na- Jan. 10 -Ohio Association of Broadcasters Co- luncheon. Speaker: Roger Werner. president -chief tional Academy of Cable Programing. Wiltern lumbus managers' luncheon. Holiday Inn, Ohio executive officer, ESPN. Copacabana, New York. Theater, Los Angeles. Center, Columbus Ohio. Information: (212) 765 :2450. Jan. 15- Deadline for entries in Anson Jones Jan. 10 -Iowa Association of Broadcasters legis- Jan. 12-Ohio Association of Broadcasters Cin- Award honoring Texas media for excellence in lative day and license renewal seminar. Des cinnati managers meeting. Hyatt Regency, Cincin- health communication to the public, sponsored by Moines, Iowa. nati. Texas Medical Association. Information: (512) 477 -6704. Jan. 10- Society of Cable Television Engineers, Jan. 12- Caucus for Producers, Writers and Di- Chattahoochee chapter, meeting and tour of AT &T rectors meeting. Speaker: James Quello, FCC Jan. 15- Deadline for entries in national awards fiber optic manufacturing facilities in Norcross, commissioner. Los Angeles. Information: (213) competition sponsored by Asian American Jour- Ga. Information: Dick Amell, (404) 394 -8837. 652 -0222. nalists Association, recognizing "excellence INfiNondeetonga

Jan. 13- 19- National Association of Broadcast- April 21 -26 -25th annual MIP -TV, Marches dea ott, Chicago. ers winter board meeting. Scottsdale Princess, International dea Television, inter- Programmes Aug. 27 Eastern Show, sponsored by Scottsdale, Ariz. national television program market. -29- Cable Cannes, Southern Cable Television Association. Merchan- France. Jan. 24-27 -NATPE International 26th annual dise Mart, Atlanta. convention. George Brown Convention Center, April 29 -May National Association of Broad- 2- Sept. 13.16 --Radio -Television News Directors Houston. casters 67th annual convention. Las Vegas Con- Association annual convention. Kansas City Con- vention Center, Las Vegas. Future conventions: Jan. 28 -Feb. 1-National Religious Broadcasters vention Center, Kansas City, Mo. Atlanta, March 31 -April 3, 1990; Las Vegas, April 46th annual convention. Sheraton Washington 13 -16, 1991: Las Vegas, April 11 -14, 1992, and Sept. 13-16-Radio '89 convention, sponsored by and Omni Shoreham hotels, Washington. Future Las Vegas, May 1 -4 (tentative), 1993. National Association of Broadcasters. New Or- meeting: Jan. 27 -31, 1990, Sheraton Washington leans. Future meetings: Sept. 12 -15, 1990, Bos- and Omni Shoreham, Washington. May 11 -15- American Women in Radio and ton, and Sept. 11 -14 (tentative), 1991, San Fran- Television 38th annual convention. Waldorf-As- Feb. 2-4-Radio Advertising Bureau's Managing cisco. toria, New York. Information: (202) 429 -5102. Sales Conference. Loews Anatole, Dallas. Oct. Atlantic City May 17- 20--American Association of Advertis- 3-5-Atlantic Cable Show. Con- Feb. 3- Society of Motion Picture and Televi- vention Center, Atlantic City, N.J. Information: 4- ing Agencies 71st annual convention. White Sul- sion Engineers 23rd annual television conference. (609) 848-1000. phur Springs, W. Va. St. Francis hotel, San Francisco. Oct. 5-8-Society of Broadcast Engineers fourth May 17 -21-Annual Public Radio Conference, co- Feb. 13.18 -11th International Film, Television annual national convention. Kansas City, Mo. In- ordinated by National Public Radio. St. Francis and Video Market. Loews hotel, Monte Carlo, Mo- formation: John Battison, (614) 888 -3364. Future hotel, San Francisco. naco. Information: (33) 93 -30 -8701. convention: Oct. 11 -14, 1990, St. Louis. May 21-24-National Cable Television Associa- Feb. 22-24 -Texas Cable Show, sponsored by tion annual convention. Dallas Convention Center, Oct 12- 16-MIPCOM, international film and pro- Texas Cable TV Association. San Antonio, Tex. Dallas. gram market for TV, video, cable and satellite. March 1- 4-20th annual Country Radio Seminar, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France. Information: June 10-13-American Advertising Federation sponsored by Country Radio Broadcasters. Perard Associates, (212) 967 -7600. annual national conference. J.W. Marriott, Wash- Opryland, Nashville. Information: (615) 327 -4488. ington. Oct. 21-25-Society of Motion Picture and Televi- April 9.11- Public television annual meeting, 131st technical June 17 -23 -16th International Television Sympo- sion Engineers conference and jointly sponsored by Public Broadcasting Service equipment exhibit. Los Angeles Convention Cen- and National Association of Public Television sium. Montreux, Switzerland. Information: 41 -21- 963 -3220. ter. Stations. Sheraton Harbor Island Inn East, San Diego. Information: (703) 739 -5082. June 20-23- National Association of Broadcast- Nov. 13-15-Television Bureau of Advertising ers summer board meeting. Washington. annual meeting. Century Plaza, Los Angeles. April 9- 11 -Cabtetelevision Advertising Bureau eighth annual conference. Waldorf- Astoria, New June 21.25-Broadcast Promotion and Market- Dec. 13-15- Western Cable Show, sponsored by York. ing Executives Broadcast Designers Association California Cable Television Association. Ana- April 9-12-Broadcast Financial Management 33rd annual seminar. Renaissance Center, De- heim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif. troit. Association 29th annual meeting. Loews Anatole, Jan. 3-6, 1990- Association of Independent Tele- Dallas. Future meeting: April 18 -20, 1990, Hyatt Aug. 20-23-Cable Television Administration vision Stations annual convention. Century Plaza, Regency, San Francisco. and Marketing Society annual conference. Marri- Los Angeles.

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 28 STAN &OLLIE. Perfect Lunatics. among Asian American journalists" and "out- Scripps Howard Foundation. Information: (513) Foundation, for "outstanding films, videotapes standing coverage of Asian American issues." In- 977 -3035 and television programs that address issues relat- formation: (415) 346 -2051. ed to aging, capturing authentic images of older Jan. 24 -25-- Seminar on signal leakage and cu- persons and illuminating the challenge and the Jan. 15-Deadline for entries in annual Broadcast mulative leakage index compliance, sponsored by promise of an aging society." Information: Joyce Media Awards for "outstanding radio and televi- National Cable Television Association. Albuquer- Bolinger, Center for New Television, Chicago reading Albuquerque, sion broadcasting on education, literacy que Airport Hilton, N.M. Information: 60605; (312) 427 -5446. and promotion of the lifetime reading habit," spon- (202) 775 -3637. sored by International Reading Association. In- Feb. 1 -New York Television Academy drop -in Jan. 24-27 International 26th annual formation: (302) 731 -1600. -NATPE luncheon. Speaker: Nicholas Davatzes, president, convention. Keynote address: Michael Eisner, chief executive officer, Arts & Entertainment. Co- Jan. 15- Deadline for entries in Jack R. Howard chairman -CEO, The Disney Co. George Brown pacabana, New York. Information: (212) 765- Award for broadcast journalism, sponsored by Convention Center, Houston. 2450. Scripps Howard Foundation. Information: (513) Jan. 24-27 -"Jazz Casual," screening spon- 977 -3035. Feb. 1- Deadline for entries in Radio-Television sored by Museum of Broadcasting, New York. News Directors Association regional awards. In- Jan. 15.16- Minnesota Broadcasters Association Information: (212) 752 -7684. formation: (202) 659 -6510. winter conference. Sheraton Midway hotel, St. Jan. 25 York Television Academy lun- Paul, Minn. Information: Laura Niemi, (612) 926- -Neu Feb. 2-4 -Radio Advertising Bureau's ninth an- cheon. Speakers: Jim Ryan, Gordon Elliott and 8123. nual Managing Sales Conference. Loews Anatole, Glenn (Hurricane) Schwartz, Good Day New York, Dallas. Information: (212) 254 -4800. Jan. 17-South Dakota Association of Broadcast- WNYW -TV New York. Copacabana, New York. ers annual legislative day luncheon. Pierre. S.D. Feb. 3.4-Society of Motion Picture and Televi- Jan. 25 -Texas Cable TV Association legislative sion Engineers 23rd annual television conference. Austin, Tex. Infor- Jan. 17 -Southern California Cable Association/ meeting. First State Bank Tower, Guest speaker: Julius Barnathan, president, ABC TV mation: 474 Southern California Cable Marketing Council (512) -2082. Broadcast Operations and Engineering. St. Fran- dinner meeting to announce "Cable Up," 1989 Jan. 26-47th annual Alfred I. duPont- Columbia cis hotel, San Francisco. subscriber acquisition campaign. Speaker: Fred University Awards in Broadcast Journalism. Prior Vierra, president/COO, United Cable TV Corp., Feb. 5-7-Michigan Association of Broadcasters to ceremony, seminar will be held: "Broadcast and co-chair, National Cable Month. Pacifica ho- midwinter conference and exhibits with engineer- News in the 1990's" featuring network news presi- tel, Culver City, Calif. Information: (213) 684 -7024. ing seminars. Lansing, Mich. Information: (517) dents David Burke, CBS; Michael Gartner, NBC, 484 -7444. Jan. 17 -Deadline for synopses of technical pa- and Roone Arledge, ABC. Low Memorial Library, pers for National Cable Television Association Columbia University, New York. Information: (212) Feb. 6-7- National Association of Broadcasters convention in May in Dallas. Information: (202) 854 -5573. managers roundtable, meeting "designed to give 775-3637. small and medium market general managers the Jan. 27-Deadline for entries in 21st annual chance to exchange ideas." Ramada Renais- F. for Jan. 17- Illinois Broadcasters Association "Ra- Robert Kennedy Journalism Awards Out- sance, Atlanta. Information: (202) 429 -5420. dio Great Idea Exchange." Bloomington, Ill. standing Coverage of the Problems of the Disad- vantaged, sponsored by Robert F. Kennedy Me- Feb. 7- Arizona Cable Television Association Jan. 17 -19 -44th annual Georgia Radio -TV Insti- 8- morial. Information: Linda Semans, (202) 333- annual meeting. Sheraton Phoenix. Information: tute, sponsored by Georgia Association of Broad- 1880. (602) 257 -9338. casters. University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. Jan. 27-28--North American National Broad- Feb. 8 -New York Television Academy drop -in Jan. 17.20 -"A Salute to Duke," screening at casters Association annual meeting. Sheraton ho- luncheon. Speaker: John Gault, executive VP, Museum of Broadcasting, New York. Information: tel, Mexico City. Information: (613) 738 -6553. ATC, and chief executive officer, Manhattan Cable (212) 752 -7684. TV. Copacabana, New York. Information: (212) Jan. 27 Colorado Association of Broadcast- Jan. 18-New York Television Academy lun- -28- 765 -2450. ers winter meeting and awards banquet. Aurora, cheon. Speaker: Reese Schonfeld, executive pro- Colo. Feb. 8-9- National Association of Broadcasters ducer, People Magazine on W. Copacabana, managers roundtable, meeting "designed to give New York. Information: (212) 765 -2450. Jan. 27- 28-Minnesota Association of Cable Tele- small and medium market general managers the vision Administrators sixth annual conference. Jan. 18- "The Presidency, the Press and the First chance to exchange ideas." Sheraton Plaza La Scanticon conference center and hotel, Plymouth, Hundred Days," sponsored by Gannett Center for Reina hotel, Los Angeles. Information: (202) 429- Minn. Media Studies, featuring former Presidents Gerald 5420. Ford and Jimmy Carter. Columbia University, New Jan. 28 National Broadcasters -Feb. l- Religions Feb. 10- Deadline for entries in Corporation for York. Information: (212) 280 -8392. 46th annual convention and exposition. Sheraton Public Broadcasting's Public Television Local Pro- Washington and Shoreham, Washington. In- Jan. 20 -Utah Association of Broadcasters annu- Omni gram Awards, "recognizing outstanding local pro- formation: (201) 428 -5400. al meeting and sales seminar. Salt Lake City. graming in public television." Information: (202) Jan. 30-31 -South Carolina Cable TV Associa- 955 -5211. Jan. 20- Deadline for entries in All Media Van- tion winter meeting. Radisson guard Awards, sponsored by Women in Commu- Columbia hotel, Co- Feb. 10-12- Oklahoma Association of Broadcast- lumbia, S.C. Information: (404) 252 -2454. nications, for "positive portrayal of women." Infor- ers winter meeting. Tulsa Marriott hotel, Tulsa, mation: (703) 528 -4200. Jan. 31- Deadline for entries in 14th annual Com- Okla. Information: (405) 528 -2475. mendation Awards, sponsored by American Jan. 20- Deadline for entries in 11th annual BDA Feb. 11- Presentation of 21st annual Addy recognizing international design competition, sponsored by Women in Radio and Television, Awards, sponsored by Advertising Club of Metro- "genuine and positive depictions of today's wom- Broadcast Designers' Association. Information: politan Washington. Sheraton Washington hotel, (415) 543 -3030 en in broadcast programing and advertising." In- Washington. Information: (301) 656 -2582. formation: (202) 429 -5102. Jan. 20-22- Alabama Association of Bmadcast- Feb. 13- Deadline for entries in Livingston Jan. Deadline for entries in Associa- ers annual winter meeting. Auburn, Ala. 31- National Awards for Young Journalists (34 years old and tion of Broadcasters' '"Best of the Best" campaign, younger), sponsored by Mollie Parris Livingston Jan. 21-Associated Press Television -Radio As- honoring radio promotions. Information: (202) 429- Foundation of University of Michigan. Informa- sociation of California- Nevada regional seminar. 5420. tion: (313) 764 -2424. Long Beach Ramada Renaissance, Long Beach, Jan. Deadline for applications for Feb. Deadline for entries in E.W. Scripps Calif. Information: (213) 746 -1200. 31- Harvard 13- University's Nieman Fellowships for Journalists. Award for service to the First Amendment, spon- Jan. 21 -Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Information: Program officer, Nieman Foundation, sored by Scripps Howard Foundation. Informa- seminar on covering the legislature, Texas bank- Walter Lippman House, One Francis Ave., Cam- tion: (513) 977 -3035. bridge, Mass. 02138. ing and a Texan in the White House. Holiday Inn - Feb. 13-14- Georgia Cable Television Associa- North Park Plaza, Dallas. Information: (214) 220- Jan. 31- Deadline for entries in awards contest tion annual convention. Omni International Atlan- 2022. sponsored by Investigative Reporters and Edi- ta. Information: (404) 252 -4371. tors. Information: (314) 882 -2042. Jan. 23-Telecast of Television Academy Hall of Feb. 13.18 -11th International Film, Television Fame ceremony, sponsored by Academy of Tele- Jan. 31 -Feb. 2 -South Carolina Broadcasters As- and Video Market. Loews hotel, Monte Carlo, Mo- vision Arts and Sciences, honoring 1988 induct- sociation 41st annual winter convention. Colum- naco. Information: (33) 93 -30 -8701. ees Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, bia, S.C. Feb. Credit Association credit Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, Red Skelton, David 14-15-Broadcast seminar. Orlando Airport Marriott. Orlando, Fla. Susskind and David Wolper. Fox Broadcasting. Jan. 31 -Feb. 3- "Swing into Spring with Benny Information: (312) 827 -9330. Information: (818) 763 -2975. Goodman," screening at Museum of Broadcast- ing. New York. Information: (212) 752 -7684. Feb. 14- 15-Seminar on signal leakage and cu- Jan. 23- "Syndication 101," NATPE Education- mulative leakage index compliance, sponsored by al Foundation seminar. George Brown Conven National Cable Television Association. Atlanta fion Center, Houston. Information: (215) 664 -4400. February Airport Hilton, Atlanta. Information: (202) 775- in 3637. Jan. 23-Deadline for entries Ernie Pyle Award Feb. 1 Deadline for entries in National Media for human interest reporting, sponsored by Ow. Awards, sponsored by Retirement Research Feb. 15-New York Television Academy drop -in

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 30 BUD &LOU. Perfect Buffoons. luncheon. Speaker: Michael Alexander, executive jointly sponsored by Public Broadcasting Service vice president, MCA Broadcasting. Copacabana, and National Association of Public Television New York. Information: (212) 765 -2450. E[PfPMeUJ Stations. Sheraton Harbor Island East, San Diego. Information: (703) 739 -5082. Feb. 15- Deadline for entries in 17th annual Clari- on Awards "recognizing excellence and outstand- Box in Jan. 2 issue on salaries of asso- April 9-12-Broadcast Financial Management/ ing achievement in 57 areas of journalism and ciation presidents incorrectly report- Broadcast Credit Association 29th annual confer- communications," sponsored by Women in Com- ence. Loews Anatole, Dallas. Information: (312) munications. Information: (703) 528 -4200. ed that Community Antenna Televi- 296 -0200. sion Association's 990 IRS form was Feb. 16-Federal Communications Bar Associa- April 10.12-Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau unavailable for Form is on tion monthly luncheon. Speaker: Robert Allen, inspection. eighth annual conference. Waldorf- Astoria, New chairman, AT&T. Marriott hotel, Washington. file at CATA headquarters, but salary of York. Information: (212) 751 -7770. association's president, Steve Effros, Feb. 16- National Academy of Television Arts April 12- Electromagnetic Energy Policy Al- not 14- and Sciences presentation of Trustees Award to does appear on it. liance annual meeting and symposium. Radisson Peggy Charren, founder and president of Action Mark Plaza hotel, Alexandria, Va. Information: for Children's Television. Marriott Marquis hotel, Richard Ekfelt, (202) 452 -1070. March 7 -10 -Audio Engineering Society conven New York. Information: (212) 586 -8424. tion. Congress Centrum, Hamburg, West Germa April 19- Federal Communications Bar Associa- Feb. 16-19- American Women in Radio and ny. Information: (030) 831-28 -10. tion monthly luncheon. Robert Johnson, presi- Television national annual Commendation Awards March 8-9--Ohio Association of Broadcasters dent- publisher, Newsday. Marriott hotel, Washing- judging. Embassy Suites hotel, Washington. Infor- ton. congressional salute. Sheraton Grande, Washing- mation: (202) 429 -5102. ton. April 19-23-National Broadcasting Society, Al- Feb. Deadline for entries in Charles E. pha Epsilon 47th national convention. Rivi- 20- March 12 -14 -West Virginia Broadcasters Asso- Rho, Scripps Award recognizing "outstanding efforts in era hotel, Las Vegas. Information: David ciation spring meeting. Ramada Inn, Beckley, W. Guerra, the battle against illiteracy," sponsored by Scripps (501) 569 -3254. Va. Information: (304) 344 -3798. Howard Foundation. Information: (513) 977 -3035. April March 12-16-Sixth world conference of broad- 21-22- Kentucky Cable Television Associa- Feb. awards din- general membership meeting. 22-National Press Foundation casting unions, organized and hosted by North tion Drawbridge ner, featuring presentation of Sol Taishoff Award American National Broadcasters Association. Inn, Covington, Ky. Information: Randa Wright, for excellence in broadcast journalism to Brian (502) 864 -5352. Willard hotel, Washington. Information: (613) 738- Lamb, chairman and chief executive officer, C- 6553. April 21 -26 annual -TV, des SPAN. Sheraton Washington hotel, Washington. -25th MIP Marches March 13- 14- National Association of Broad- International Programes des Television, interna- Feb. Illinois Broadcasters Association col- television program Palais 22- casters group head fly -in, "where heads of radio tional market. des Festi- lege seminar. Normal, Ill. vals, Cannes, France. station groups will meet to discuss common is- Feb. 22 -24 -Texas Cable Show, sponsored by sues and concerns of the broadcast industry." April 27 -29- Broadcast Education Association's Texas Cable TV Association. San Antonio, Tex. DFW Hyatt Regency hotel, Dallas. Information: 34th annual convention. Las Vegas Convention Information: (512) 474 -2082. (202) 429 -5420. Center, Las Vegas. Information: (202) 429 -5355. Feb. 23 -"The Future of Network News and the March 16 -45th annual dinner of Radio & Televi- April 28.29 -Texas Associated Press Broad- Changing Relationship Between Network and Lo- sion Correspondents Association. Grand Hyatt ho- casters annual convention and awards banquet. cal News," meeting of Society of Professional tel, Washington. Information: (202) 828 -7016. Marriott, Austin, Tex. Information: Diana Jensen, Panelists: Barbara Matuso, author, Journalists. March 21-American Advertising Federation (214) 220 -2022. The Evening Stars: "The Making of the Network spring government affairs conference. Willard ho- News Anchor"; George Watson, Washington bu- April 29 -May 2-National Association of Broad- tel, Washington. Information: (202) 898 -0089. reau chief, ABC News: Bob Richbloom, news di- casters 67th annual convention. Las Vegas Con- vention Information: rector, WJLA -TV Washington, and Bret Marcus, March 22 -Radio station acquisition seminar, Center, Las Vegas. (202) 429- news director WRC -TV Washington. NBC, 4001 sponsored by National Association of Broadcast- 5300. Massachusetts Avenue, Washington. ers. New York Hilton and Towers at Rockefeller Center, New York. Information: (202) 429 -5420. Feb. 27- 28-Illinois Broadcasters Association May congressional visit. Washington. March Broadcast Pioneers Mike Award din- 22- May ner. Plaza hotel, New York. Information: (212) 586- 2- Broadcast Pioneers annual breakfast, during National Association of Broadcasters con- 2000. vention (see listing above). Las Vegas Hilton. March 23- National Association of Black Owned (212) 586-2000. Broadcasters fifth annual Communications Awards O May 11-Presentation of National Media Owl dinner. Sheraton Washington hotel, Washington. Awards by for March Information: Ava Sanders, (202) 463 -8970. Retirement Research Foundation "outstanding film. videotapes and television pro- March Deadline for receipt of applications for 1- March 24-25 annual Black College Radio grams that address issues related to aging, cap- Harvard Journalism Fellowship for Advanced -11th convention, sponsored by Collegiate Broadcast- turing authentic images of older persons and illu- Studies in Public Health. Information: Margaret ing Group. Paschal's hotel, Atlanta. Information: minating the challenge and promise of an aging Gerteis, deputy director, Center for Health Com- (404) 523 -6136. society." Chicago. Information: Joyce Bolinger, munication, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Center for New Television, 912 S. Wabash, Huntington Avenue, Boston 02115. March 29-30--Illinois Broadcasters Association Chica- go 60605; (312) 427 -5446. spring convention. Ramada Springfield, Va. March 1- "What's Ahead for the 1990's ?" 2- May 11- American Women in Radio and Tele- public affairs seminar sponsored by Women in March Federal Communications Bar Associ- 15- 30- vision 38th annual convention. Waldorf-Astoria, Communications, Key Bridge Marriott, Arlington, ation monthly luncheon, featuring international New York. Information: (202) 429 -5102. Va. Information: (703) 528 -4200. telecommunications panel, including Seth Blu- menfeld, president, MCI International. Marriott, May Annual presentation of Commendation March 1- 3-West Virginia Broadcasters Associa- 15- Washington. Awards, sponsored by American Women Ra- tion annual "Call on Congress." Washington. In- in dio Waldorf- Astoria, New York. formation: (304) 344 -3798. and Television. Information: (202) 429-5102. March 1- 4-20th annual Country Radio Seminar, May 17.18 sponsored by Country Radio Broadcasters. Opry- -Ohio Association of Broadcasters April New Market Hilton, land hotel, Nashville. Information: (615) 327 -4488. spring convention. Canton, April 3.5- Central Educational Network annual Ohio. March International Radio and Television conference. Radisson hotel, Toledo, Ohio. Infor- 2- May 17- American Association of Advertising Society annual presentation of Gold Medal Award, mation: S.J. Peters, (312) 390 -8700. 20- Agencies 71st annual meeting. Greenbrier, White this year to five recipients, in honor of 50th anni- April 4-- Caucus for Producers, Writers and Di- Sulphur Springs, W. Va. versary of IRTS: For news, Walter Cronkite; radio, rectors general membership meeting, featuring Paul Harvey; TV, Bob Hope; advertising, Edward May 17-21-Annual Public Radio Conference, co- members of New York Business Roundtable. Los Ney, and cable, Ted Turner. Waldorf- Astoria, New ordinated by Francis Angeles. Information: (213) 652 -0222. National Public Radio. St. York. Information: (212) 867 -6650. hotel, San Francisco. April 5-8 -Asian American Journalists Associa- March 3-4- Eighth convention of Northern Cali - May 21 -27 '89, international public televi- tion national convention. San Francisco. Informa- -Input ,Amnia chapter of Radio Television News Directors sion screening conference, "annual forum for the tion: (415) 346 -2051. Association. Concord Hilton, Concord, Calif. Infor- exchange of program ideas among producers, mation: (415) 451 -8760. April 6-53rd annual presentation of Ohio State programers and others interested in improving the Press March 5.6-Cable Television Public Affairs Asso- Awards banquet/ceremony. National Club, quality of public television around the world." Washington. Information: (614) 292 -0185. ciation Cable Forum '89. Vista International hotel, Stockholm, Sweden. Information: (803) 737 -3434. Washington. Information: (202) 639 -8844. April 9-11-Public television annual meeting, May 22-George Foster Peabody Awards lun-

Broaocastng Jan 9 1989 32 BOB &BING. Perfect Charmers. cheon, sponsored by Broadcast Pioneers. Plaza 0 telecast (on Fox television stations), sponsored by hotel, New York. Information: (212) 586 -2000. Academy of Television Arta and Sciences. Pasa- July dena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, Informa- May Federal Communications Bar Associa- Calif. 24- 9-12 tion: (818) 763 -2975. tion monthly luncheon. Speaker: Robert Kahn, July -New York State Broadcasters Associa- tion 28th executive conference. Putnam/ president, Corporation for National Research Ini- Gideon Sept. 20-22 -Great Lakes Cable Expo, sponsored Ramada Renaissance, Saratoga tiatives. Washington Marriott. Springs, N.Y. In- by Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio cable formation: (518) 434-6100. television associations. Columbus, Ohio. Informa- May 31- Deadline for entries in National Associa- July Caucus Producers, tion: Dixie Russell, (614) 272 -0860. tion of Broadcasters Crystal Radio Awards for ex- 12- for Writers and Di- rectors general membership meeting, cellence in local achievement, honoring stations Speaker: Sept. 22-27- Cinetex '89, international film mar- Michael King, president-chief operating that represent "best ideals of community involve- officer, ket, exposition, conference and film festival, pro- King World. Los Angeles. Information: (213) ment and service," open to all U.S. radio stations, 652- duced in cooperation with American 0222. Film Insti- regardless of membership in NAB. Information: tute. Bally's hotel, Las Vegas. Information: (818) (202) 429 -5420. 907 -7788. August Aug. 20-23-Cable Television Administration October June and Marketing Society annual conference. Marri- June 10.13- American Advertising Federation ott, Chicago. Oct. 1 -3- Illinois Broadcaster Association annual convention. The Abbey, Fontenac, Wis. annual national conference. J.W. Marriott, Wash- Aug. 27 -29- Eastern Cable Show, sponsored by ington. Information: (202) 898 -0089. Southern Cable Television Association. Merchan- Oct. 3- 5-Atlantic Cable Show. Atlantic City Con- vention Center, Atlantic City, N.J. Information: June 15.18- "The Use of Microcomputers in Sta- dise Mart, Atlanta. (609) 848 -1000. tion Management," NATPE management semi- Aug. 17-20-West Virginia Broadcasters Associa- nar. Princess Resort on Mission Bay, San Diego. tion 43rd annual meeting. Greenbrier, White Sul- Oct. 3-8 -World Summit for Electronic Media, or- Information: (215) 664 -4400. phur Springs. W. Va. ganized by International Telecommunication June 15-18- Investigative Reporters and Editors Union. Theme: "Towards Global Information: The r i national conference. Philadelphia. Information: Electronic Media Explosion." Geneva Exhibition Information: (314) 882 -2042. September and Congress Center, Geneva. 31 (2968) 6226. June 17 -22-16th International Television Sympo- Sept. 13 -16 -Radio '89 convention, sponsored by Oct. international film and pro- sium. Montreux, Switzerland. Information, in Mon- National Association of Broadcasters. New Or- 12- 16-MIPCOM, market treux: (41) (21) 963-32-20. leans. gram for TV, video, cable and satellite. Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France. Information: June 20-23-National Association of Broadcast- Sept. 13- 16-Radio- Television News Directors Perard Associates, (212) 967 -7600. ers summer board meeting. Washington. Association annual convention. Kansas City Con- vention Center, Kansas City, Mo. Oct. 19-22- National Religious Broadcasters, June 21-Federal Communications Bar Associa- Eastern chapter, meeting. Sandy Cove confer- tion monthly luncheon. Speaker: Ralph Oman, Sept. 16-Academy of Television Arts and Sci- ence center, North East, Md. Information: Sue Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress. Marri- ences presentation of nontelevised portion of 41st Bahner, (716) 461 -9212. ott, Washington. annual prime time Emmy Awards, primarily for creative arts categories. Pasadena exhibition hall, Oct. 21-25-Society of Motion Picture and Televi- June 21-25- Broadcast Promotion and Market- Pasadena, Calif. Information: (818) 763 -2975. sion Engineers 131st technical conference and ing Executives /Broadcast Designers Association equipment exhibit. Los Angeles Convention Cen- 33rd annual seminar. Renaissance Center, Detroit. Sept. 17 -41st annual prime time Emmy awards ter. Los Angeles. Oct. 25-28- Broadcast '89, trade fair for film, radio and television. Frankfurt Fair Ground, Frank- furt, West Germany. Information: (069) 7575-6452. Broadcasting ii (Open Ike) The News Magazine of the Fifth Estate 1705 DeSales St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 -4480

box) Trash or news? Please send . _ . (Check appropriate Broadcasting M Magazine EDITOR: On page 43 of the Dec. 19, 1988, issue, Geraldo Rivera answers to charges of 3 years $190 2 years $135 1 year $70 6 mos. $35 "trash TV." Page 65 highlights the "rivet- $20 per year) (International subscribers add ing testimony" of the live TV coverage of the Steinberg trial as "exposing the prob- Cablecasting Yearbook 1988 Broadcasting lems to the public." The complete guide to radio, TV, cable and satellite facts and figures -$110 (if WCBS -TV New York wins "editorial payment with order $95.) Billable orders must be accompanied by company praise" for its "public spiritedness," but purchase order. Off press March 1988. Please give street address for UPS Geraldo Rivera is called to task to defend a delivery. 21.9 rating for his show on Satanism. Nev- 1 -SUBS To order by MASTERCARD or VISA credit cards, phone loll free -800- 638 er mind that the networks enjoyed "a substantial increase in ratings" with their Name Payment enclosed Nussbaum testimony coverage; nothing in- tentional here! Bill me Company It just appears so obvious that the very Home? Yes No same mechanics that bring us "trash TV" Address must be at work in the decision to broadcast State Zip the itifully disfigured Hedda Nussbaum City testifying, in sordid detail, on her side of Type of Business Title /Position this bizarre story. "Newsworthiness "? "Trash TV "? TV operations Yes Signature Are you in cable Our collective attitude about what we do, (required) No and what we call what we do in this indus-

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In virtually every decade, 100 half-hours available fall there's been a dominant male '90291, you'll get the same PERFECT comedy team that helped big laughs and strong per- define humor in their era. formance that have been Now, "Perfect Strangers" proven in prime time on time has come. three different nights, Starring Bronson Pinchot for the past three years. and Mark Linn -Baker, the "Perfect Strangers:' MIB network comedy hit is now The perfect addition to your MillerBoyett ready to strip. And with access comedy block. P R O D U C T I O N S o= day e

A corporate advertising commentary by John McNulty, VP, public relations, General Motors Corp., Detroit

ike all consumer -oriented compa- tions" over a period of years that advance nies, General Motors relies on tele- American classical music. These include: vision as one of the prime carriers The annual Seventeen Magazine /Gen- of its commercial message. The conceptual- eral Motors National Concerto Competition ization and production of television spots for high school performers; promoting our new models is a major prior- Weekly nationwide radio broadcasts of ity, both for the corporation and for the the Detroit Symphony Orchestra; several advertising agencies it retains. Top Ongoing support for the New York talent is hired, and budgets are lavish. Then String Orchestra Seminar. the finished commercials are deployed in We have attempted to complement these the time slots we believe are most likely to programs with the highest quality advertis- reach the prospective buyers of our automo- ing- image-oriented, not product- oriented. biles. Our divisions advertise their products ag- There is nothing in the paragraph above gressively. And they do it on programs that would provoke a raised eyebrow if it carefully chosen to reach particular seg- were read aloud in an Advertising 101 ments of the market. class. Of course General Motors advertises, With its "Mark of Excellence" presenta- the average freshman would say, and the tions, corporate advertising takes a different objective of its advertising is to move prod- approach. As an example, for the rust uct. So what else is new? We have George Washington mini- series, we pro- In terms of the product advertising story, duced a highly educational film tracing the not much. But General Motors, like many attempted to building of a car from design through pro- other large corporations, also expends a duction. Of the 1,000 letters GM received considerable amount of time and effort each complement our lauding the program, more than 400 also year on broadcast advertising that probably programs praised the commercials. doesn't sell a single car. Our corporate ad- with The initial campaign had the tag line vertising doesn't promote products; rather, the highest quality "GM Odyssey: Science Not Fiction." It it promotes philosophy. tried to spark a new confidence in Ameri- The key to success in today's competitive advertising - can technology by projecting some of GM's business world is to aspire to excellence in present research into the future. This in- every aspect of what we do and say. John image- oriented, cluded: night vision, where infrared sensors Gardner wrote: not product - would alert drivers to unseen objects; elec- "The society which scorns excellence in tronic navigation systems to tell motorists plumbing because plumbing is a humble oriented. 9 exactly where they are and how to get activity and tolerates shoddiness in philoso- where they're going, and Magnequench, a phy because it is an exalted activity will Washington: The Forging of a Nation, a new material for manufacturing smaller, have neither good plumbing nor good phi- sequel, aired in 1987, taking him through lighter, more powerful magnets, revolu- losophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories the presidential years. The programs won tionizing motor -driven parts. will hold water." many honors, including a George Peabody The next campaign featured the tag line The search for excellence at General Mo- Award. "The Vision is Paying Off." Here we tried tors includes both our philosophy and our Bill Moyers in Search of the Constitu- to show actual results of our emphasis on "pipes," and our corporate advertising tion. Moyers presented a series of 11 dis- technology, such as the new Quad 4, "the campaigns have reflected this stress on ex- cussions with historians and experts includ- most powerful efficient engine ever built or cellence. We wanted to communicate our ing Supreme Court Justices William sold in America," and the "Sunracer," faith in America-our people and products, Brennan, Sandra Day O'Connor, Harry which defeated 23 other competitors in a our heritage and our history. We did this in Blackman and Lewis Powell. 1,950-mile race of solar- powered vehicles two ways: first, by sponsoring the finest The Civil War. This five -part docu- in Australia. television programs on American culture- mentary will be aired on PBS early in 1990. Now, the latest campaign has a theme our heritage and our history; second, by It was produced by Ken Burns, who has line "All of GM going all out for you." It creating the highest quality advertising that won many awards for this type of program. puts GM employes into the picture with stresses the excellence of our processes, As part of the "Mark of Excellence" quotes about their jobs and their feelings products and -most especially -our peo- presentations, General Motors was also a about excellence. Then it presents a fact, a ple. A look at some of the programs-each sponsor for Election '88, the CBS News statistic that indicates the effect on the mar- produced as a "General Motors Mark of coverage of the national electoral process ketplace. For example, a test driver talks Excellence Presentation " -tells part of the from the primaries and caucuses through about the importance of her job, then the story. In the past few years, they have the election on Nov. 8. fact is presented: Three GM makes were included: For this program and the two George rated as the best -built 1988 American cars The Kennedy Center Honors. Each Washington mini -series, we created and by an outside survey. year this program has paid tribute to five distributed free teaching materials to social Like the "Mark of Excellence Presenta- individuals for their lifetime contribution to studies teachers in secondary schools na- tions," this advertising is not product ad- the performing arts- music, theater and tionwide. More than 200,000 packages- vertising; it deals with image. It goes be- dance. In December, the program honored containing posters, film strips, paperback yond product to a philosophy: the stress on Alvin Ailey, George Burns, Myrna Loy, books, teacher's manuals and handouts excellence in our people and our products - Alexander Schneider and Roger Stevens. such as maps and posters of students -were and the support of excellence in our heri- George Washington, a mini- series aired sent out. tage and our culture. in 1984, which followed Washington from At the same time, we have sponsored a We believe both our philosophy and our boyhood through the revolution; and George number of "Mark of Excellence Presenta- "pipes" hold water.

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TOP OF THE WEEK ESPN gets to `play ball' for $400 million

Network scores with key sports coverage of 12 regular- season games, the Along with a fourth night of programing package: four -year deal for league championships series and World Se- on Sunday, the package allows for a num- 175 Major League Baseball games ries for 1990 through 1993 (BROADCAST- ber of exhibition and opening day games over four nights beginning in 1990 ING, Dec. 19, 1988). and telecasts on the major holidays during With the CBS and ESPN deals set, MLB the baseball season. In addition, ESPN will Peter Ueberroth put the finishing touches on team owners are looking at a 47% increase telecast a half -hour weekday highlight his tenure as Major League Baseball corn - in national television rights fees starting in show, a season preview and specials built missioner last week, striking a $400 -mil- 1990. ABC and NBC are paying nearly around the All -Star Game and the World lion, four -year cable television rights deal $200 million a year under their current six - Series. with ESPN that will bring an additional 175 year deal, which expires at the end of the Calling the set -up the "first time that our baseball games to cable subscribers. 1989 season. whole season will be presented," Ueber- The deal, the first national cable baseball The ESPN contract, for the 1990 through roth and others at a New York press confer- package since USA Network's Thursday - 1993 seasons, calls for single games on ence announcing the deal emphasized how night doubleheaders ended in 1983, puts Sunday and Wednesday nights, plus dou- ESPN would serve as a baseball showcase. cable squarely as the leader in distribution bleheaders on Tuesday and Friday nights - Each team will appear on ESPN over the of regular- season baseball starting with the 175 regular- season games in all. course of the season, including at least one first pitch of the 1990 season. The arrangement includes varying de- team, the Seattle Mariners, which has never ESPN will reach more than 50 million grees of exclusivity for ESPN. On Wednes- appeared on national television. The Sun- homes with its six -game -a -week lineup, day, the agreement imposes a blackout on day -night schedule will be specifically de- and most of those can already tune in to over- the -air and superstation broadcasts, signed so games will originate from each hundreds of games carried on such national but not on local cable coverage. In the set- major league ballpark. No team will appear superstations as WTBS(TV) Atlanta and up's scheduled Tuesday and Friday double- more than four times on Sunday night, and WGN(TV) Chicago and scores more telecast headers, no local broadcast or cable restric- there will be a limitation on the number of by regional cable networks and television tions are imposed. The doubleheaders will times a team can be televised overall. stations. be carried at roughly 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. The losing bidders for the cable package But broadcasting will retain a solid posi- on the East Coast, meaning roughly 4:30 were the USA Network, SportsChannel tion in the sport. CBS paid $1.1 billion for and 7:30 p.m. on the West Coast. America and Turner Broadcasting. The top

L -r: John Martin. RJR Nabisco: Steven Bornstein, ESPN; Werner; Bryan Burns, MLB: Ueberroth, and Ed Durso, MLB

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Network in Boston could still carry the game in their local markets. ESPN would MIN St. have to substitute another game, such as Louis versus Pittsburgh, for the cable operators in the Detroit and Boston markets. If there is no local carriage, ESPN can carry that game in that market. Otherwise there are no restrictions on what local stations, ==srrI regional cable networks and superstations THE TOTAL SPORTS NETWORK can carry and the local media outlets are protected in their own markets. On Wednesday nights, the ESPN -MLB three bidders, which were not disclose, had season, will be used as a rain backup for the agreement forbids local broadcast or super - a "tiny, single -digit percentage difference Sunday games. Local Sunday Ranger station carriage of any league game, but between the three of them," Ueberroth games can be shown in the Rangers market permits local cable telecasts. But, in a said. After looking at the proposals, he only on Home Sports Entertainment, the Wednesday -night Detroit vs. Boston exam- said, two bidders -ESPN and TNT-were area's regional cable network. Broadcast ple, if there is no local cable carriage, a invited back for further negotiations. A rights holder KTVT(TV) Dallas, who carries Detroit- Boston ESPN game will be carried source at Turner said it was simply a matter mostly away games anyway, would not be in those markets. of money. MLB crafted the package, and permitted to carry any Sunday -night Ranger In Los Angeles, at the Association of both parties accepted it, he said. Although home games. Local rightsholders, either Independent Television Stations, news of ESPN was the highest bidder, Ueberroth broadcast or cable, are free to mn any addi- the ESPN deal fueled the fires on the free said MLB was not bound to accept the tional games scheduled on Sunday night, television, sports siphoning debate. Edward highest bid. although few games are normally scheduled Koplar, president of Cardinals broadcast ESPN is not contemplating increasing its that night. ESPN and MLB will determine rightsholder KPLR -TV St. Louis, said: "I fees to affiliates to defray the cost of the which game normally scheduled for Sunday can't believe its happening. Its very un- contract, said ESPN President Roger Wer- afternoon will be switched to Sunday night healthy for everybody." With the ESPN ner. And, he said, it will continue to make for the ESPN cablecast. deal, "local broadcasters are going to feel available to affiliates some time for local On Tuesday and Friday, if ESPN wishes it." The free versus pay debate, he said, advertising. to carry the Detroit at Boston game, "is an issue that Congress has to deal In the wake of the reported $500-million WDIV(TV) Detroit and New England Sports with." paid by Madison Square Garden Network - for the local television contract of the New York Yankees, cable operators have been concerned about the effect esclating sports Dingell reintroduces fairness doctrine bill rights costs will have on affiliate fees and basic cable rates (BROADCASTING, Jan. 2). Measure is essentially same as acted on the assumption that the FCC was Werner declined to make any announce- that vetoed by President in 1987 preparing to repeal the doctrine it had ments regarding production of the games adopted almost 40 years earlier. The U.S. and on -air talent, but he did say that it was It came as no surprise, but the suddenness Court of Appeals in Washington in Septem- likely that ESPN would produce all of its of it helped reinforce the view that Repre- ber 1986 had held that the doctrine had not Sunday night games and many of the sentative John Dingell (D- Mich.), chairman been statutorily mandated, and was subject Wednesday games. Since ABC, which of the House Energy and Commerce Com- to repeal by the agency. And Congress was owns 80% of ESPN, will have no baseball mittee, is determined to see the House pass prescient: The commission repealed the coverage beginning in 1990, there was legislation codifying the fairness doctrine. doctrine some six weeks after the veto speculating that some of ABC's announcers Dingell, on Jan. 3, the first day of the 101st (BROADCASTING, Aug. 10, 1987). would do some ESPN games. Congress, introduced a bill (H.R. 315) to Dingell's introduction of his bill is the Feeds for Tuesday and Thursday games require broadcast licensees to "afford rea- first step toward what is likely to be one of would probably be picked up from other sonable opportunity for the discussion of the major battles in which both the nation's producers, Werner said. Typically, sports conflicting views." broadcasters and the new Bush administra- rightsholders make available two feeds of The measure is virtually identical to the tion will find themselves in the new Con- the games they are carrying, one with their bill that won congressional approval in the gress. Dingell and Senator Ernest Hollings own annoucers and commercials, another last Congress but was vetoed by President (D- S.C.), chairman of the Senate Com- with video only. It is the latter feed ESPN Reagan on June 23, 1987. Congress had merce Committee, have made it clear they would likely pickup, then use its own an- will block legislation broadcasters seek un- nouncers and insert its own commercials. til a fairness doctrine bill is enacted. An The agreement allows for ESPN to drop a aide to Hollings said the issue remains "a game in progress and switch to another top priority" with the senator. However, no game, said baseball spokesman Jim Small. legislation will be introduced in the Senate The Sunday-night game, envisioned as a until Jan. 25. tour of the major leagues, will ideally be In confronting the Hobson's choice pre- broadcast from 24 different statiums over sented by the two chairmen, the National the first 24 weeks of the season. The fol- Association of Broadcasters has said it lowing two Sunday night games will be would oppose codification of the doctrine. chosen to capitalize on division champion- However, a spokesman said the matter will ship races. In each Sunday -night game, nei- be reviewed by the NAB board at its meet- ther the local broadcaster nor cablecaster of ing later this month. Then, if the measure is either team will be permitted to air the passed, President Bush will face the ques- game, with one exception: if the visiting tion of whether to veto it. He has left no team has already played two Sunday -night doubt he regards the fairness doctrine as a away games, a third game can be carried on violation of broadcasters' freedom of the local broadcast station or regional cable speech. But the new president will also be network. Texas Rangers Sunday home attempting to establish a comfortable work- games, played at night over much of the Dingell ing relationship with the Democratically

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 44 TOP OF THE WEEK I controlled Senate and House. Dingell, in a statement announcing the introduction of the fairness doctrine bill, Contemporary hit a hit not only made clear his belief that Congress is duty bound to "guarantee that conflicting Radio stations with contemporary hit formats once again ranked high in the coun- points of view be heard, thereby enhancing try's top five markets, according to the just -released fall 1988 Arbitron ratings, with the public's right to be informed." He also the wide spectrum of adult contemporary formats also continuing to make a strong excoriated the commission. He said that in showing. In New York, where three contemporary hit stations placed in the top 10, repealing the doctrine, the commission contemporary hit WHTZ(FM) New York maintained its number -one spot. Contemporary "overextended its mandate...by presuming hit WWPR(FM) New York, entering a period of transition with the reinstitution of call to create policy in defiance of clearly ex- letters WPw(FM) and a new program director in place, dropped several notches from pressed congressional adding, intent," the third -place position it had held in both the fall 1987 and summer 1988 surveys. "This inexcusable disregard for congressio- Contemporary hit WDHT(FM), which switched frequencies last September, increased nal intent makes it incumbent upon the its share over the same period last year from 3.7 to 4.0, but dropped from a fourth - Congress to ensure that broadcasters pro- place position in the summer 1988 survey to its current seventh -place position. vide balanced coverage of controversial is- hit in Los Angeles saw KPWR(FM) once again the victor in sues." That, he said, does not impose "an The contemporary battle while KIIS -FM (which has lost its simulcast points) onerous" burden on broadcasters. that market, with a 7.2 share, added into -two with a 5.8 share. New adult contemporary KTWV -FM Dingell, in a reference to the appeals settled the number spot court's holding that the doctrine had not jumped onto the top 10 list with a 3.3 share, up from a 3.0 in the summer 1988 book. been incorporated into the law, said his bill Chicago saw MOR /talk WGN(AM) maintain its lead in the market; in the contempo- "unambiguously makes the doctrine a part rary hit race, WYTZ(FM) topped WBBM -FM for the second straight quarter. Country of the Communications Act of 1934." He WUSN(FM) climbed into the Windy City's top 10 with a 3.0 share, up from 2.4 during also said it is "necessary only to restore the summer 1988. status quo which existed before an out -of- In San Francisco, news /talk KGO(AM) remained the number -one station. Making control regulatory agency arrogated to itself significant gains were classical combinations KKHI -AM -FM and KDFC- AM -FM, which both the right to make broadcasting policy." moved into the top 10 from respective 1.7 and 2.0 summer 1988 shares. Also And he contended that, contrary to the moving on to San Francisco's top -10 list was contemporary hit KITS(FM) with a 3.0 view of fairness doctrine critics, the "scarci- share, up from its 2.4 summer 1988 rating. ty" argument long used to justify the doctrine The big news in Philadelphia was the rise of contemporary hit WEGX(FM) to the remains a fact of life. He noted that the number -one spot, with a 7.9 share, up from its 6.7 summer 1988 number. Since the Supreme Court, in upholding the constitu- last quarter, the market found room for adult contemporary WMGK(FM) on the top -10 tionality of the doctrine in 1969, said that as list with a 4.7 share, but country WXTU(FM) with its 4.1 was knocked off the list. long as there were substantially more people Arbitron said its new seven -day radio diary, introduced during the fall 1988 who wanted to broadcast than there were survey, showed increases in midday listening and "away from home /other place frequencies to allocate, the doctrine advanced listening" reported by respondents. All results are based on the Arbitron fall 1988 First Amendment values. "The fundamental radio local market report for the period Sept. 22 -Dec. 14 (total persons, age 12-plus, scarcity" which led the court to that conclu- -hour Monday- 6 a.m.- midnight). Ratings sion, Dingell said, "has not been remedied." average quarter shares, Sunday, data used it may not in To support that assertion, he said that the is supplied by Arbitron and is copyrighted; be reprinted or used any number of comparative renewal applications form by nonsubscribers to the company's radio ratings service. pending at the commission is at an all -time Format Fall 87 Fall 88 SIolio), Format Fall 87 Fall 88 high -there are eight cases in hearing, 12 New York WJMK(FMi oldies 2.7 4.2 counting the remaining RKO General pro- WVAZIFM)' urban cntmp. 4.5 4.2 ceedings on their way to settlement -and that WHTZIFMI ontmp hit 6.0 5.6 WKQX(FM) adult cntmp. 2.5 4.1 the prices of broadcast properties -which WPAT-AMFM easy listening 6.0 4.9 WYTZ(FM) cntmp. hit 3.9 4.0 greatly exceed the value of the assets in- WLTWIFM) soft cntmp. 4.7 4.7 WBBM FM cntmp. hit 3.9 3.2 WORIAMI talk 4.5 4.7 WLAK(FM) soft cntmp. 3.7 3.2 volved-have soared astronomically." WINSIAM) news 5.0 4.4 the WCLR -FM adult cntmp. 3.0 3.0 Dingell also recalled broad spectrum WCBSFM oldies 3.6 43 WUSN(FM) country 2.6 3.0 of support the fairness doctrine bill attracted WRKSIFM) urban cntmp. 4.6 4.2 'Formerly WBMX in the last Congress-General Motors and WQHTIFM) cntmp. hit 3.7 4.0 WBLS(FM) the United Auto Workers, Mobil Oil and urban cntmp. 4.1 3.6 San Francisco the AFL -CIO, Phyllis Schlafly and Ralph WCBS-AM news 3.2 3.6 WWPRIFM) cntmp. hit 4.7 3.6 KGOIAMI news /talk 6.0 8.3 a Nader. They were among long list of WXRNIFM) classic rock 2.8 3.4 KMELIFMI cntmp. hit 4.9 5.6 witnesses testifying in favor of the bill. WABCIAM) talk 2.4 3.3 KCBSIAMI news/talk 5.4 5.0 The congressional "findings" listed in the KABL-AM-FM easy listening 4.8 4.7 bill reflect the arguments Dingell made in his Los Angeles KOIT-AM-FM soft cntmp. 3.8 4.2 KIOIIFMI adult cntmp. 2.7 3.9 statement. One is that "there is a substantial KPWR(FM) cntmp. hit 7.5 7.2 KFRCIAMI classic MOR 3.3 3.4 governmental in the KITS FM cntmp. hit 6.9 5.8 interest conditioning KITSIFM) cntmp. hit 3.0 3.0 KOSTIFM) soft cntmp. 4.5 5.4 award or renewal of a broadcast license on classical 1.3 3.0 KABC)AM) talk 5.5 5.3 KKHIAMFM the requirement that the licensee assure the KBLX-AM-FM new adult cntmp. 2.9 2.9 KJOII FMI easy listening 4.3 4.6 KOFCAM-FM classical 1.9 2.9 widest possible dissemination of information KLOSI FMI AOR 3.8 3.6 KRQRIFM) AOR 1.7 2.9 from diverse and antagonistic sources by pre- KNXIAMI news 3.2 3.5 KSOLIFMI urban cntmp. 4.7 2.8 senting a reasonable opportunity for the dis- KBIGI FMI soft cntmp. 4.0 3 3 cussion of conflicting views on issues of pub- KTWV -FM new AC 2.3 3.3 KROQ FM AOR 3.7 3.2 Philadelphia lic importance." Another is that the doctrine KRTH -FM adult cntmp. 3.7 3.2 WEGX(FM) cntmp. hit 4.8 7.9 "(A) fairly reflects the statutory obligation of KFWBIAMI news 4.2 3.1 broadcasters under the Act to operate in the WMMR(FMI AOR 8.1 7.7 ap- WUSL(FM) urban cntmp. 7.8 7.5 public interest, (B) was given statutory Chicago KYWIAMI news 8.0 6.5 proval by Congress in making certain amend- WGNIAMI MOR/talk 8.0 86 WEAZIFMI easy listening 7.4 5.7 ments to that Act in 1959, and (C) strikes a WGCI-FM urban cntmp. 8.0 6.7 WPENIAMI nostalgia 4.6 5.1 reasonable balance among the First Amend- WXEZAMFM easy listening 6.1 6.1 WYSPIFMI classic rock 4.6 4.9 ment rights of the public, broadcast licensees, WBBM(AM) news 6.3 6.0 WKSZIFM) soft cntmp. 5.8 4.8 WCKGIFMI rock 4.3 WMGNIFM) adult cntmp. 4.7 4.7 and other than the owners of broad- classic 3.4 sers WLUP-FM aduli rock 4.5 4.3 WWDB(FM) talk 5.2 4.6 cast acilities." O

9 1989 45 i TOP OF THE WEEK INTV CONVENTION Independents: upbeat and giving no ground

Broadcasters feel while some continues to lose money. Said Padden: It is clear INTV is worried about the advertising and regulatory "We've got the audience; now we need to networks and their intentions to seek repeal problems remain, business turn it into money." And at last week's of the FCC's financial interest and syndica- generally has turned around; convention, INTV went on the assault and tion rules. vigilance still needed against cable launched a major initiative to help its mem- "We wish the networks no ill," said bers compete for the same slice of the ad- Padden. "In fact, we want them to continue Independent television executives are bull- vertising pie (some $11 billion) that the to prosper. However, we will use every ish about the future of their business and cable and broadcast networks now enjoy. It resource at our disposal to prevent the net- they were making no bones about it when formed a national sales co -op called the works from gaining the syndication rights, they assembled for last week's 16th annual INTV Network. Some 75 independent sta- or the financial interests, that would enable Association of Independent Television Sta- tions have joined the co -op (see page 47). them to choke off our supply of vital pro- tions convention at the Century Plaza Hotel Independents have 25% of the audience gram product," the INTV president prom- in Los Angeles. but only 1% of the revenue, said Padden. ised. The some 1,500 independent broadcast- "As a result, the networks end up with a lot As for cable, Padden was not as vitriolic ers arrived, as INTV President Preston Pad- of money not justified by their audience as he has been at past conventions. There den put it, "with a justified sense of accom- shares," he said. "They [the networks] seemed to be less anti -cable rhetoric es- plishment and confidence for the future." capture 80% of the dollars with only 59% poused; nevertheless, there remains an For the industry, according to Padden, is of the viewing. The cable guys get their overwhelming sense among the indepen- well on the road to recovery from the past piece with 12% of both audience and reve- dents that cable has the upper hand in the three years of financial turbulence when nue. And we end up underselling our audi- marketplace. some 23 stations filed for bankruptcy and ence position by a whopping 96%." Padden did tell his members that he advertising revenue was off while program Besides INTV's battle in the advertising thinks INTV's "long struggle against this costs soared. And many stations had also arena, independent stations are still func- unregulated monopoly may be nearing an overextended themselves with programing tioning in an unstable regulatory environ- end." He is encouraged by the comments acquisitions. ment without mandatory cable television of House Energy and Commerce Commit- But now it appears that independent sta- carriage rules (must carry). And as Serrao tee Chairman John Dingell (D- Mich.), tions are making some headway. "Indepen- stressed: "Our continued growth is abso- which were presented in a brief video clip dent audience ratings and shares are up, lutely dependent upon free and unfettered to the convention audience. way up. Syndex has been restored. Program access to both the audiences we seek to Dingell expressed concern about cable as costs are heading south. Nielsen and Arbi- serve and the program product that we need a "growing and increasingly powerful mo- tron have agreed to disclose to the world the to be competitive. We simply cannot permit nopoly." That monopoly, Dingell contin- meter -diary gap that has unfairly penalized vertically integrated conduits, either cable ued, "functions without regulation." But the independents for so long. And an order- or telco, to choke off our access to consum- how is the public best served by such a ly and healthy consolidation appears to be ers. Nor can we permit the networks to monopoly? asked Dingell. "One or two under way in those few markets over -satu- manipulate the syndication marketplace and things occur -either regulation takes place rated with local stations," Padden told his interrupt the supply of programing that we or competition is installed," said Dingell, membership. need." adding that he could move in "either direc- INTV Chairman John Serrao of WATL -TV tion." But he said that "both appear to be Atlanta was equally enthusiastic in his necessary alternatives to the current situa- opening remarks. By the end of the centu- tion." ry, he predicted, independents will find Some of the steam was later taken out of their "licenses will be alive and well and those remarks. During an INTV breakfast far more valuable than you ever dreamed." session, Dingell's chief aide on communi- Still, their optimism was tempered by the cations matters, David Leach, told the fact that the average independent station broadcasters that the chairman has not

INTV Chairman Serrao Preston Padden Vice Chairman Maltz

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"made a decision" about what is the "appropriate course" to pursue concerning telephone entry into the video business as a means of creating competition for cable. Leach said it was not a front burner issue and is not likely to be resolved for another five or six years (see page 49). There was a call for cooperation by cable executive Marc Nathanson of Falcon Cable TV, who appeared on an INTV panel. But his plea was ignored. To Nathanson, cable and independents are "natural allies." The independents are important to Falcon, he said, noting that 70% of the company's business is local television. "We have a lot more in common with the network shares Was going down," said Nathanson. Century Plaza hotel and tower in Los Angeles There were no signs that the independents' distrust and animosity toward cable was weakening. As INTV Convention INTV develops ad hoc ad network Chairman William Frank of KCOP -TV Los Angeles opened the meeting, his remarks Group wants part of $11 billion ed that the INTV plan would, in effect, captured the industry's sentimeats. "When upfront market; rep firms oppose offer national spot avails to advertisers at cable, the major enemy of free TV, has a idea, say it will hurt national spot between a 20% and 30% discount. "The compulsory license to carry our signals value of the pie would get smaller," he even though there are no must -carry rules in The Association of Independent Television said, "and each piece within the pie would effect to protect our stations...don't take it Stations announced last week that its mem- get smaller as well." personally, 'it's a business.' When cable ber stations signed an "agreement in princi- Al Masini, president, TeleRep, agreed buys the rights to all the New York Yan- ple" to participate in the association's pro- the proposal would devalue independent kees games and takes them off free TV and posed ad hoc network for selling national commercial time. "It's not practical," he the courts protect them...don't take it per- advertising time. The proposal last week said. "It would also violate every contract sonally, 'it's a business.' " drew sharp criticism from rep firms, who we have with stations to be the exclusive And there was plenty of corridor conver- contended they have the exclusive contrac- sales agent" of their national advertising sation concerning the ESPN baseball deal tual rights to sell their clients' national time. Masini declined to say whether he which independents see as a threat to the availabilities. Reps also said the plan, if thought reps would take legal action if survival of free over- the -air TV (see story, implemented, would devalue national spot INTV proceeds with the plan. page (43). time. The INTV network is one more variation "The American people, unified by free Stations in well over half of the top 50 on the ad hoc network concept that has broadcast television, must not be divided markets have indicated they would like to become popular in recent years in both ra- between the information rich and poor," participate in the INTV sales network. And dio and television. The INTV plan stems, said INTV Vice Chairman Milton Maltz of despite objections from a number of rep in part, from a desire by member stations to Malrite Communications. Maltz made a firms, INTV said it was "encouraging the control the terms and conditions upon special presentation to advance the "Free participation" of rep firms, and had re- which time in such networks will be of- TV" advertising campaign that industry ceived "unsolicited letters expressing inter- fered. D groups are launching to promote the over - est" from Viacom, LBS, and unwired net- the -air TV versus cable. The campaign, works International Television Network which Maltz is spearheading, will debut at (ITN) and America's Leading Independent the National Association of Broadcasters Network (ALIN). Three from Hill annual convention in Las Vegas, April 29- Details of the plan still have to be worked May 2. It included a videotape with com- out, and INTV said stations agreeing to champion free TV ments from television celebrities and public participate would reaffirm their commit- officials, including Dingell, on free TV ment, with the option of pulling out, once Swift, Rinaldo and Tauke agree ( "Closed Circuit," Dec. 26, 1988). Free all the details were complete. on importance of localism, diverge television, Maltz said, has been taken for The network is designed to capture a on codifying public interest standard granted by viewers, public officials, adver- piece of the $11 billion upfront network tisers and broadcasters. "Today, free ad- market by having independents contribute Free TV found three defenders from Capi- vertising- supported television is in dan- time from various dayparts that would be tol Hill last week, recruited to advise the ger," warned Maltz. "Increasingly, cable sold to advertisers on a "one order -one INTV convention about politics and pub- and VCR's are siphoning programing away invoice basis." Independents are shut out lic policy. Congressmen Al Swift (D- from free TV. Other technologies, whether of that upfront market, said INTV, even Wash.), Matthew Rinaldo (R -N.J.) and DBS, optical fiber or MDS, are likely to though "collectively [independents] enjoy Tom Tauke (R -Iowa) all thought the me- accelerate the trend. The ultimate result is a total day share of 23 % -25% of the nation- dium was threatened, but not yet to so not more choice or variety for the American al television audience, more than any of the great a degree as to warrant congressional people. Instead, they will be expected to broadcast or cable networks." intervention. pay for what they once got for free." INTV said it was targeting advertiser net- "I feel strongly that free TV, as you like In closing, Padden urged his members to work dollars without diminishing revenue to call it, will survive into the 21st centu- maintain a strong offensive posture. "It is generated in the national spot market. But ry," Rinaldo said. "Desirable, highly rated the broadcasters who command more than rep executives suggested that advertisers programs are not likely to leave broadcast- 80% of the television viewing in this coun- simply see networks and independents as ing" for cable, which he said would have try. And on issues ranging from HDTV two different animals, regardless of how difficulty increasing penetration above the compatibility to must carry and the compul- independents band together. "If they seri- present 53% level. Tauke said "there is a sory license, it is the broadcasters who ously believe this [plan] would not drain trend and we should be concerned about should set the agenda-not with belliger- dollars from national spot, then they must it," noting that it is important to maintain ence or arrogance -but with confidence believe in the tooth fairy as well," said Ray the national dialogue [through networks] and strength." D Johns, president, Seltel Inc. Johns predict- and local service. He added: "When Amer-

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 47 I TOP OF THE WEEK icans find out they have to pay for their sizing its commitment to the public interest ing for a reason to keep its members send- favorite programs, Congress will take no- standard but was skeptical that it could be ing in money." Moreover, he said, "I tice." Swift said the country must not lose traded for a wish list of legislation favor- don't know of anybody on our subcommit- what TV does in "reflecting your commu- able to broadcasters (free use of the spec- tee [the House Telecommunications and Fi- nity back to you." trum, license renewal and must carry nance Subcommittee] or in the Congress A discussion of codifying the public in- among them). The industry can make a who is championing telco entry." terest standard found no such harmony. "It good case for such issues on their own, he Rinaldo went further: "There would be is an extremely dangerous thing for the said. no support for legislation if there were broadcasting industry to do," said Tauke. Rinaldo, author of the children's TV bill any." "I think it's a death knell for the industry in that passed the last Congress but was ve- Swift noted that "if we knew where ca- the long run...it's not a futuristic toed by President Reagan, predicted a suc- ble wants to end up, it would be relatively thing....The government should not edit the cessful reintroduction this year, again with- easy" to draft such a course, legislatively, local news nor be the chief programer." out broadcaster opposition. Tauke believes adding that "I don't believe cable meets in Swift was sanguine -although he did re- a better approach is to let the industry set Denver every Monday deciding how to mark that broadcasters are always ambiva- voluntary guidelines, and has introduced an screw broadcasting that week." lent, wanting both "wriggle room" and antitrust exemption to make that possible. Rinaldo closed with the observation that certainty. "They can't have it both ways," A surprise to many in the audience was the subcommittee's time would be largely he said, while explaining that his approach the assertion by the congressmen that they devoted to finance issues this session, ex- to quantification "looks complicated but is had not been approached by telephone com- cept for his children's TV bill and the fair- really simple" (it would award points for panies seeking to enter the television business doctrine recodification. Of the latter, various types of programing). ness. Indeed, Tauke said that "the National he said: "The sooner we get rid of that the Rinaldo commended INTV for empha- Cable Television Association must he look- better off we'll all be." Patrick tells independents to oppose content regulation

FCC Chairman Dennis Patrick urged inde- more problems for broadcasters who hope erty rights. But I do think it is extraordinari- pendent broadcasters not to trade their First to reform the renewal process. Patrick feels ly important to create a market structure Amendment rights; the industry should op- such a standard is ambiguous and hard to and environment in which all of the players pose reimposition of the fairness doctrine interpret. have an equal opportunity to compete for and other forms of content regulation, Pat- INTV is making a "mistake" by not product." rick told the INTV board prior to the start of "moderating" its view, he said. "It is a By that he means restoring syndicated the association's annual convention in Los mistake not only from a First Amendment exclusivity rules (syndex), which the FCC Angeles last week. He spoke to the direc- perspective but I think it is a mistake from a did last year, and by eliminating cable's tors the same day that John Dingell (D- very pragmatic business perspective." compulsory copyright license. Mich.), chairman of the House Energy and If broadcasters choose the public trustee The INTV directors also heard from Commerce Committee, and others intro- approach over the print model, Patrick said, FCC Commissioner James Quello. He duced H.R. 315, which would codify the they are "positioning themselves to be al- told BROADCASTING that he applauded the doctrine (see page 44). most uniquely the repository of all of the group for maintining its support of the His advice was not heeded, however, regulatory desires or instincts of future public trustee concept of broadcast regula- according to INTV President Preston Pad- FCC's and Congresses." tion. He upheld the concept as essential to den. The association is sticking to its ear- Moreover, he pointed out that their com- the survival of free over- the -air televi- lier position and will not fight efforts to petitors in the mass media marketplace will sion. revive the doctrine. And INTV will con- not be "so constrained." Consequently, the Without it, he said, he feels the industry tinue backing a legislative initiative to FCC chairman said, they will have more would be vulnerable. The public service regulate advertising on children's televi- flexibility to respond to changes in the mar- obligation, he said, gives broadcasters a sion, said Padden. ket. "regulatory leg up" in asserting their claim The chairman believes broadcasters But how does the industry deal with Con- for mandatory cable television carriage leg- should become more "vigorous" propo- gress and its demands for a tradeoff? "I islation (must carry). nents of the print model. Patrick told think the broadcasters should stand up and Quello is an opponent of the fairness BROADCASTING in an interview that he say that we oppose transfer fees because it doctrine, but he recognizes INTV's reluc- warned the INTV directors that accepting is a tax and it has a distorting affect on the tance to fight congressional efforts to codify content regulation would be a "mistake." market, which hurts consumers. With re- the doctrine. INTV has made it clear that it Industry goals, such as avoiding spec- spect to HDTV, broadcasters should argue would accept fairness in exchange for some trum fees, securing spectrum for HDTV, that we need additional spectrum for HDTV form of must carry. To most broadcasters, gaining must carry and creating more stabil- because it better serves consumers. I think he said, must carry is a "more important ity in the license renewal process, can be Congress should evaluate those sorts of bottom line" issue than the fairness doc- achieved without accepting content regula- questions on the merits. They are absolutely trine. tion, argued the chairman. Those issues can unrelated to the question of whether or not The FCC commissioner also stressed be "fought out" on their own merits, Pat- broadcasters should suffer more in the way that he is dedicated to "free TV." Quello rick said, adding that "in fact, accepting of content regulation." conveyed his views in a videotape that more content regulation would be antitheti- Furthermore, he believes that a strong, aired during the opening session of the cal to their [broadcasters'] desire to stabi- free over -the -air broadcasting system can- INTV convention. "While pay and sub- lize the renewal process. not thrive unless broadcasters have the scription services play an important role "Most of the issues like spectrum fees ability to "adapt and to deal with in our society, they are not adequate sub- and HDTV are independent of this whole changes." stitutes for free over -the -air television. question of the print model versus the pub- As for the growing debate over the si- Free local over -the -air television reaches lic trustee model. So they do not need to phoning of sports programing (New York 98% of all American households. It is give up one to get the other." Yankee baseball games, for example) from impossible to achieve this level of pene- The passage of a children's bill that free over-the -air TV to cable, Patrick said tration through wired delivered services," would require the FCC at renewal time to the FCC does not have the ability to tell the Quello said, adding later that "we should take into consideration whether a station Yankees how to sell their product and that not become a nation of information has served the "educational and informa- his "philosophical instincts are ones which 'haves' and 'have hots' based solely on tional needs of children" would create only are grounded in notions of intellectual prop- the ability to pay."

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Power breakfast. A sneak preview of where the 101st Congress INN aired a video clip of Dingell during the opening session which and the FCC are headed was revealed by Hill and FCC staffers gave the impression that there would be quick action on the telco- appearing at an INN breakfast. Pictured, l -r, on the dais: modera- cable debate. tor Shaun Sheehan of Tribune Broadcasting; FCC General Counsel To Haring, telco delivery of video services "would be a reality Diane Killory; Terry Haines, Republican counsel, House Energy and before the turn of the century." Commerce Committee; John Haring of FCC Office of Plans and Haines predicted Congress would take a "serious look" at must Policy; David Donovan, aide to FCC Commissioner Jim Quello; carry, but not until it moves bills that would enact the fairness David Leach, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman doctrine and regulate children's television. John Dingell's (D- Mich.) chief communications policy advisor; Regi- Keeney warned broadcasters that Congress may try to tax their na Keeney, Republican staffer, Senate Commerce Committee, and use of the spectrum. "Congress is looking everywhere for revenue," moderator Tom Herwitz, Fox television Stations. she said. The way they look at it, she said, is that "broadcasters are Sponsored by BROADCASTING, the breakfast featured others from getting something for free." Broadcasters "can hide and say we do the Hill and FCC who spoke during roundtable discussions with the not want this. Or they can take charge and decide how they are independents. going to pay," said Keeney. Leach told the INN audience that Chairman Dingell has not Donovan expounded on the need for free N to be a major decided what is the "appropriate course' to pursue concerning element of public policy formulation in Washington. telco entry into video. It is "something to be resolved in the future Killory tried to dispel) the rumors that FCC Chairman Dennis ...in five or six years." It is not something, said Leach, "which is on Patrick was being forced out of the commission. She said the the front burner" for this Congress. He noted that there is a percep- chairman would be around for the "foreseeable future." Killory also tion among some members that cable's behavior is "arrogant." If referred to a statement by one of President -elect Bush's principal cable continues behaving in that manner, he warned that Congress aides, Chase Untermeyer, who told BROADCASTING that "we have no may want to "take a look" at the issue problem with Dennis Patrick, and he will remain chairman of the Leach was clarifying the chairman's position on the matter after FCC for the foreseeable future," ( "Closed Circuit," Jan. 2). New animated children's shows unveiled at INTV

Buena Vista will introduce two over the first two -year cycle (65 episodes). Tale Spica is based on two "primary" half- hours, Warner Bros. one with That will make it perhaps the most expen- Disney characters (meaning they are fea- Spielberg: projects said to use sive half -hour of animation in syndication. tured prominently in the company's theme close to 'theatrical' quality Coupled with the three other Disney ani- parks and merchandising efforts) from the animation and debut in 1990 mated afternoon programs, the company theatrical classic "The Jungle Book." To will be investing more than $100 million in help promote the new television program, As many independent stations are reevalu- first -run animated syndication product by Disney will re- release "The Jungle Book" ating their commitment to children's pro- 1990. to theaters in the summer of 1990. And graming, particularly barter programs, two In addition to Tale Spin and Gummi Disney is also planning two new theatricals, major syndicators last week announced Bears, the Disney afternoon block will in- based on two of the programs in the chil- plans to bring new animated barter strips clude Duck Tales, now in its second season dren's block -"Duck Tales," scheduled into the market in the fall of 1990. Buena and rated number one among first -run ani- for release in December 1989, and "Chip Vista Television, in fact, will introduce two mated children's shows, and Chip 'N' Dale's 'N' Dale," scheduled for release in 1990. new half-hours in 1990 -Tale Spin and a Rescue Rangers, which debuts in 1989. Buena Vista is banking on the success of first -run version of the popular NBC Satur- Duck Tales to draw stations to consider an day morning cartoon Gummi Bears -that it expanded block of Disney animated televi- will market as part of a two -hour children's sion programs, said Jacquemin. He also afternoon programing block to be packaged said stations will be pitched on the en- as "The Disney Afternoon." hanced efficiencies of promoting and sell- Executives from Warner Bros. and Lori- ing an entire block of related programs. mar Telepictures announced what will ap- Duck Tales averaged a 4.6 rating in No- parently be the first new first -mn television vember. The next highest rated animated program to be produced after Warner's ac- shows in November were The Real Ghost - quisition of Lorimar, a deal expected to busters and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, close later this month. That program is which tied with a 2.9. called Tiny Tunes, which will be a joint Tale Spin, said Jacquemin, will offer sta- production venture of Steven Spielberg and tions some of the "most sophisticated and Warner Bros. elaborate animation ever done for televi- Bob Jacquemin, president, Buena Vista sion." A typical half -hour of television ani- Television, Disney's television syndication mation, he said, contains perhaps 8,000 and production unit, said Tale Spin will "cells," or individual drawings that are cost $30 million to produce and distribute Steven Spielberg combined to create the program. By corn-

Broaocaslnc _.,r 9 1989 49 TOP OF THE WEEK I i parison, theatrical animation uses about countered that the top children's programs must carry legislation and its interest in 21,000 cells per half hour, providing much are profitable for stations and said that, in cooperating with broadcasters. But his greater detail and more fluid character essence, Warner was banking on Spiel - overtures seemed to fall on deaf ears. movement and expressions. Tale Spin will berg's ability to produce a program that will Thomson told the INTV audience that contain up to 20,000 cells, said Jacquemin, be a top ratings draw. Buena Vista's Jac - telco entry into television poses a serious close to full theatrical animation. quemin added that he saw the problem with threat to the future of "free TV." A fiber Buena Vista will ask for two -year com- the children's program market as a lack of broadband network, he continued, could mitments for both Tale Spin and Gummi quality programs. If stations televise quality spell an end to broadcasting as it operates Bears, and will ask stations to commit to children's programs, he said, kids will today. "Why would Mel's studio (Para- placing Tale Spin between 4 and 6 p.m., watch. mount) do business with you when they can and Gummi Bears between 3 and 6 p.m. For the past several years, Jacquemin go directly to the telephone companies? It is Duck Tales and Rescue Rangers were also said, much of the new children's program- a classic bypass technology," Thomson sold in two-year cycles. ing has been created for the sole purpose of said. "By 1990, Disney will be up to full marketing toys based on characters in the Harris was quick to respond: "I am all capacity" in first -run animation, said Jac - programs. Those programs, he said, were choked up by the warmth of this cable quemin. On the drawing board, he added, made on the cheap in Japan and turned industry that is so afraid of a single wire is a plan to develop a first-mn version of around for a quick profit. The devaluation into the home." His remarks drew applause Disney's Winnie the Pooh, a first season of the dollar against the yen largely prohib- from the independents. "I believe we ought Saturday morning cartoon on ABC that is its that approach now, he said. "Our moti- to have competition," said Hams, but he leading its time period. Pooh would serve vation is decidedly different," Jacquemin qualified his invitation by saying, " We as a backup program for "The Disney Af- said. "We're focusing on the program, not would not welcome trading one 600-pound ternoon" time block. the toy." gorilla for a 900 -pound gorilla." Meanwhile, the Spielberg -Warner pro- Meanwhile, other distributors at the con- O'Brien believes the specter of telco en- ject, Tiny Tunes, was also billed last week vention last week focused on talking up try has made cable more responsive to as a project that will come very close to full previously announced projects or renewing broadcaster complaints about channel shift- theatrical animation. Tunes will also be a existing programs. However, two other ing and carriage. Moreover, he emphasized half -hour series designed as an afternoon new programs, proposed for a fall 1989 that bringing the telcos in to compete with children's strip in syndication (65 episodes, debut, were launched by Genesis Entertain- cable is something to explore. However, available fall 1990) with a possible simulta- ment and Harmony Gold. the phone companies must guarantee broad- neous network run on Saturday mornings. The Harmony Gold project is a new casters free carriage and delivery of a quali- Stations picking up the program in syndica- game show strip called Perception, hosted ty signal, he said. tion will be asked to sign on for two years. by David Sparks and described as a high - A broadcaster whose independent sta- The program is a joint production effort tech visual puzzle game combining ele- tion, WFLX-TV West Palm Beach, Fla., was of Spielberg and Warner Bros., and will be ments of Jeopardy! and Concentration. A shifted from channel 9 to its over -the -air offered to stations on a barter basis, accord- co- production of Harmony Gold, ReteEur- assignment, channel 29, on a TCI system, ing to Dick Robertson, the executive in opa and Blumenthal -Waldo Productions, rose from the audience to convey that "all charge of all Lorimar program syndication the show is being offered for cash plus one is not peace and love." Although he was activity, who presided over a press confer- minute of barter. Harmony Gold earlier an- shifted, two other UHF stations were not, ence to announce the show at last week's nounced another new project, AU in a he said. Thomson said TCI's policy is that INTV convention, along with Warner Bros. Day's Work, a weekly reality show focusing must -carry stations should be carried on President Terry Semel and Spielberg. on the offbeat ways some people make a channel and that he was "happy to look (Warner is expected to announce shortly living. into it." that Robertson will head all of the Warner The Genesis program, a weekly talk The ESPN baseball deal (see page 43) and Lorimar domestic program syndication, show entitled The Byron Allen Show, is was another area of debate. O'Brien felt the once the acquisition is complete.) targeted for clearance on Saturdays in late agreement is "just the beginning" of what Executives at the press conference fringe (see story, page 54). may led to the disappearance of sports pro- stressed repeatedly that the program would graming from free over -the -air TV. be one of the most expensive in its genre to But Thomson argued that cable is not produce, with Spielberg adding that the "searching" for ways to divert programing quality would come close to the "full ani- from free TV to cable. "We did not seek to mation" seen in recent theatricals such as Panelists spar over take Monday night football. They [NFL] "Roger Rabbit" and "Land Before Time," came to us and said: 'We need more mon- both of which he had a hand in producing. cable, telco issues ey. Can you do Sunday night ?'," said the But the executives refused to offer even a TCI spokesman in reference to the ESPN- ballpark estimate on the cost of the show. Sparks flew during one INTV session fea- NFL deal. Tiny Tunes will feature new, pint -sized turing representatives from the cable, In between the squabbling, the USTA's versions of characters from Warner's Loo- broadcast, motion picture and telephone in- Sodolski emphasized his industry's desire ney Tunes library of cartoons from the dustries. Cable came under repeated fire to work with broadcasters. Quello asked 1940's and 1950's, including Bugs Bunny, from all sides, as both Hollywood and Sodolski whether telcos want to be compet- Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leg- broadcaster interests seemed willing to dis- itive to cable or a replacement. "All we horn and others. "I have known and loved cuss the possibility of allowing telephone want is the ability to compete. We want to the Warner Bros. characters," said Spiel - companies to enter the video business under provide the same CATV service. We can berg, adding, "With these characters, our certain conditions. do it better and cheaper than they [cable] goal will be to produce stories that can The panel was moderated by National can," he responded. He also predicted that capture the imagination of the family televi- Association of Broadcasters President Ed- if public policy affecting the telcos was sion audience." die Fritts, and FCC Commissioner James altered today, 50% of American homes The new program announcements last Quello served as the "inquisitor." Quello would be served by an interactive two-way, week took some at the INTV show by sur- posed a number of questions to panelists: switched fiber network by the year 2000. prise, since many independents are reevalu- Mel Hams of Paramount; Kevin O'Brien Because broadcasters and telephone in- ating their commitment to children's ani- with KTVU -TV Oakland; John Sodolski of dustry executives know so little about each mated programing. In fact, the closing the United States Telephone Association, other's business, Sodolski suggested form- session at the convention was entitled, and Robert Thomson, Tele- Communica- ing a "small industry-to- industry commit- "Can We Afford to Stay in the Kids Busi- tions Inc. tee." Fritts said he welcomed that "oppor- ness?" Thomson extended an olive branch to the tunity" as well as establishing a similar Responding to that concern, Robertson independents, expressing TCI's support for arrangement with the cable industry.

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Hall Sajak Paramount and CBS look for a the time period and also attract existing late live coverage." piece of the late night action night viewers who aren't locked in on Agency executives report that CBS is with Arsenio Hall and Pat something." selling Sajak based on a projected pe for - Sajak, respectively The Sajak show has been cleared by CBS mance of between a 3.5 rating and a 4 affiliates covering "about 90%" of the rating for its first 52 weeks. Paramount is Paramount's syndicated The Arsenio Hall country, said Jerry Dominus, vice presi- projecting a 3.5 national rating for Arsenio Show, which premiered Jan. 3, and CBS's dent, sales, CBS -TV. However, only about Hall. However, Kelly of Paramount sug- The Pat Sajak Show, which was to premiere half of that coverage represents live clear- gested that in Hall's case, as a syndication Jan. 9. are the two latest contenders for ance, with the other affiliates delaying the project, time period improvement, particu- post-prime time viewers. While both pro- program by at least a half -hour. Hall has larly in the top markets, will be the key to grams will go up against late night king been cleared by between 93% and 94% of success, and not the national rating. Johnny Carson on NBC, neither CBS nor the country, on a mix of affiliate and inde- Sajak, for which CBS spent more than $4 Paramount are suggesting their shows will pendent stations, mostly at 11 p.m. or million to build a new sound stage at the dethrone Carson. "That's not going to hap- 11:30 p.m., with some exceptions. network's Television City in Los Angeles, pen," Frank Kelly, senior vice president, Paramount is quite pleased with the re- is averaging between $16,000 and $17,000 programing, Paramount Domestic Televi- ception of the program by stations. "I think per 30- second spot, according to agency sion, acknowledged last week. it reflects station demand for talent," said sources. The asking price for Hall is Instead, executives associated with both Kelly. But CBS is also pleased with the $14,000 for the national spot time being new programs suggest there is room for all reception by affiliates to Sajak. For one sold, although agencies report paying a three of the talk strips in late night. Michael thing, the network's late night checker- couple thousand dollars less than that. By Brockman, the CBS Entertainment vice board schedule was cleared by only about comparison, The Tonight Show on NBC av- president in charge of daytime, children's 75% of the affiliate base, and many of those erages around $45,000 per :30, a network and late night programing, said that the clearances were delayed by a week, said executive said last week. success of The Oprah Winfrey Show and Dominus, making it more difficult to sell According to Mel Conner, senior vice Geraldo in daytime, where at one time Don- advertising. president, director, network operations, ahue was the only game in town, demon- "You've got to be realistic," said CBS's Saatchi & Saatchi/DFS- Dorland, both CBS strates "that you can provide a similar vehi- Brockman. "We didn't expect to come in and Paramount, have taken, "a very realis- cle distinguished by the personality and do and turn around [the network's late night tic approach" toward selling their shows. fairly well." problems] overnight." When stations can "They know and acknowledge it's going to Kelly agreed, noting that Paramount be- pick up an off-network syndication show be a slow build," said Conner. In fact, lieves that Hall, who is 30, will attract a and control all the inventory, said Brock- Conner believes that regardless of what the younger skewing audience than either Sa- man, "it's not easy for them to give the two new shows do, "two years from now, jak, 42, or Carson, 63. "From a pure rat- network back that time. Our expectation is Carson will still be the number one late ings standpoint, we hope to do two that if we do a good job with [Sajak], down night show," if he wants to be. But the things," said Kelly. "Bring new viewers to the road there will be significant growth in newcomers, added Conner, "have an op-

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10 1111 10 10 40 portunity. In time they can make in -roads. said, have to add a No one stays number one forever." Sajak "only little drop in the revenue bucket to make a viable contribu- is 90% sold for the first quarter, including tion." sales to charter advertisers that have agreed A pilot for to commit at least $2 million each to the The Byron Allen Show was recently completed program through next September, includ- and featured guests Ro- seanne Barr, ing, Bristol- Myers, Burger King, Suburu, R &B artist Jeffrey Osborne, Ralston -Purina, Hershey, Disney, Kodak, pop artist Nia Peeples, and actor Robert Englund, who plays Freddy Nabisco and Quaker Oats. Kruger in the "Nightmare on Elm film National sales for Arsenio are being han- Street" series and syndicated television series. dled by International Advertising Sales, Since leaving Real People in 1984, Allen New York. Company president Brian has been touring the country as the opening Byrne said last week the program was 75% act at music concerts. sold for the first quarter, with advertisers For Genesis, The Byron including Kraft, American Express, Burger Allen Show represents the second distribution deal it has King and Jimmy Dean sausage. signed in recent weeks. Last month, the As to format, Sajak will be 90 minutes company acquired the off-network syndica- long (as Carson used to be before paring tion rights to Highway to Heaven from the back to one hour), will be backed up by a show's producer, Michael Landon. band (led by Tom Scott), will average four Last year, New World had those rights, guests nightly and will feature a desk a la but struggled in trying to sell the program Carson. Guests on the first show (Jan. 9) on a cash basis, managing to clear just 30 are to include Chevy Chase, Michael markets, covering only 12% of the Gross, Joan Van Ark, and country singing country. Allen In a novel approach, Genesis plans to offer group, the Judds. episodes (repeated once) offered on a barter the show on a barter basis, retaining five Arsenio Hall lasts one hour, is backed by basis (seven minutes of local time and six national minutes, with stations keeping sev- a band (led by Michael Wolff), will average minutes of national). King World's barter en local minutes. and three guests per night and uses a couch sales division, Camelot Entertainment, will The risk, said Gannaway, is that while a chair but no desk. The first episode's guests sell the barter time, Moore said. cash sale keeps the show in circulation for Leslie Nielsen, Brooke (Jan. 3) included Genesis will unveil the program at the several seasons, when sold on a barter ba- Shields and singer Luther Vandross. NATPE International convention later this sis, the program must generate significant CBS is banking on Pat Sajak's "comfor- month in Houston. Each week, the program ratings in year one or stations will pull it. tability," both with viewers and guests, will feature four guests, including two mu- The barter distribution effort has just be- a some- while Paramount is trying to create sical guests (one pop artist and one R &B gun, said Gannaway, with clearances so far festive, atmosphere what more "party" artist), as well as a comedian and a film in Detroit; Reno; Evansville, Ind., and Pa- with Hall as the life of the party. star. ducah, Ky. Gary Gannaway, chairman and chief ex- In Los Angeles, independent KTLA(TV) ecutive officer, Genesis, said the company bought the show on a cash basis. With the Genesis tests signed on as distributor of the program be- station accounting for a sizable 5% of the cause, "I really believe in (Allen] as a country, Genesis will have to find another waters with talent and I think there is a glaring hole in program and station there to clear barter the Saturday late night marketplace." Not time on for advertisers buying into Highway weekend, late only may some viewers be tiring of SNL's to Heaven. Genesis hopes to come out of brand of satirical skit humor, said NATPE with the top 30 markets cleared for night talk Gannaway, but all stations are now looking the show, Gannaway said. show a little harder at fringe time periods in an The company also distributes two first- Company targets counterprogramers effort to maximize revenue. run properties, The Great Escape travel to NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' "Some stations are missing their yearend weekly, and the strip, The Judge. as well as [revenue projections] by 2% to 5 %," said The Best of National Geographic. Banking on the continued success of new Gannaway. "As a result, the incremental Gannaway said it was likely The Judge talk shows in syndication, Genesis Enter- time periods are now being looked with a would be renewed, while the jury is still out tainment is looking to launch its seventh little more scrutiny." Such time periods, he on Great Escape. first -run syndicated program in its six -year history. The new show is a once -a -week Saturday late night talk/variety show star- Tammy ring Byron Allen (Real People), designed Jim and for CBS and ABC affiliates looking for counterprograming to NBC's Saturday try comeback Night Live. Television preacher and his wife The program is also news because it is are back on the air via unidentified being financed by Allbritton Television angel's of television time Productions with Allen's BYCA Produc- purchase tions producing in association with Allbrit- Televangelists Jim and Tammy Bakker ton. The venture represents that group own- were back on the air Jan. 2 for the first time er- publisher's entry into television program in almost two years, thanks mostly to an production. unidentified backer who financed satellite According to Mike Moore, president of time, and to Chico, Calif. -based Video Pro- Allbritton flagship station, WJLA -TV Wash- gram Network, which purchased over -the- ington, the company's television produc- air and cable system time in 13 markets last tion unit is sort of a "corporate R and D week for the defrocked former Assemblies venture," with The Byron Allen Show as of God minister, indicted on federal wire the first test. The five Allbritton stations are fraud charges late last year (BROADCAST- expected to carry the show, including w1LA- ING, Dec. 12, 1988). TV, at 11:30 p.m. Saturdays, said Moore. In addition to buying time for the Jim The new one -hour show is targeted for and Tammy Bakker show on broadcast TV launch in the fall of 1989, with 26 original Gannaway stations, said Video Program Network sales

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TM 1988 Warner 8roi. Inc. HEW YORK (212) 418 -3000 ;.T ;fir fill Rights Reserved CHICF+GO (312) 943 -0707 ? F I f k. F 1988 LBS CO n,nk¢ncm inc. LOS (ANGELES (213) 859 -1055 . d * * , 10 . 40 ` s manager, Ron Sorensen, VPN is buying "slack time" on cable systems -windows created by incidents of program duplication NFL on ESPN: lower ratings, triggering syndicated exclusivity blackouts. Broadcast network news and CNN aired but still profitable excerpts of the one -hour daily program last Tuesday. Network expects 'modest profit' ESPN saw its cable -only ratings drop Video Program Network had distributed from 1988 NFL package; local ad from a 10.6 in 1987 to a preliminary esti- the Bakker's programing to broadcasters sales boosted in many regions mate of 9.3 in 1988, a 12% drop. But "before their troubles happened," said Sor- because ESPN continued to grow over all, ensen, "so naturally we were approached." Despite a drop in ratings, ESPN President the number of cable households watching The Bakkers could not be reached for com- and Chief Executive Officer Roger Werner fell only 8%, said Werner. The combined ment on the show, which was originating said last week the sports service will make a broadcast -cable ratings dropped from a from a friend's home south of Charlotte, N.C. VPN has purchased time and arranged regular airtimes for the show on cable systems in San Diego, Atlanta and Chico and on broadcast stations in Los Angeles, Phila- delphia and Albany where VPN has bought 100% of the airtime on woCD(TV), licensed to Amsterdam Broadcasting Inc, which could not be reached for comment. Sorensen described VPN, which he said has no broadcast or cable interests itself, as a "humanitarian" and "religious" network and a member of the National Religious Broadcasters association. It distributes other religious programing, he said, but also sports, travel and "financial seminar" programs, some of which he said could be described as "program- length commercials." The Bakkers "would have to be on a lot of networks other than ours" to reach their reported goal of 900- station distribution, he 'modest profit" on its eight -game NFL 12.4 in 1987 to a 10.4 in 1988. said. D Sunday night package. What hurt ESPN were a number of games with lopsided scores. "We had a bunch of runaway games, and the ratings What's news reflected that," Werner said. Indeed, the winning margin in four of the eight games The presidential election dominated the three major N networks' newscasts in was 22 points or more, including one 44 -3 terms of the number of stories devoted to it during 1988. The Center for Media and blowout, and several other games were Public Affairs' annual survey of those newscasts turned up 2,201 stories on that low- scoring affairs, which also hurt the subject. Only about one -third as many -645 -were devoted to the second- ranked numbers. news topic, the Soviet Union and its leader, Mikhail Gorbachev. The other eight top Still, Werner expressed satisfaction. news topics were Israel (603), U.S. economy (585), Persian Gulf (375), Panama's "This year we don't feel was a bad one," he said. it wasn't a Manuel Noriega (359), health (319), defense (249), Nicaragua and the contras (238) "Financially, problem. After the first couple of games, we antici- and drug abuse (220). pated there might be shortfall [and] planned The survey broke down the presidential election stories in terms of the good and for that, so we don't have big makegood bad press accorded the various candidates during the year, and found that the problems," he said. Any makegoods that Democrats' vice presidential candidate, Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen, and Demo- are left, he said, are "a very small num- cratic presidential hopeful the Rev. Jesse Jackson had received the best press. The ber." Like last year, Werner said, ESPN report said 77% of the evaluations regarding Bentsen and 74% of those dealing with will make a modest profit, although "a Jackson were positive. The Republican vice presidential candidate, Indiana Senator little bit less" than in 1987. And, Werner Dan Quayle, received the worst press among the major candidates -with only 34% points out, "The NFL still represents, by positive evaluations. The presidential candidates -George Bush and Michael Duka- far, the highest rated programing series on kis -tied, each with 41% positive ratings. cable television." In another year -end review of news stories, a survey of Associated Press member Next year will be the final year of editors and broadcasters produced a list of 10 considered the most important. The ESPN's three -year deal with the NFL. presidential election and the earthquake that devastated Soviet Armenia were "We're optimistic about it," said Werner, considered the top two stories of 1988. The others produced by the survey that was in that the parity in the league will produce taken before the Pan Am airliner crash in Scotland last month: the drought that a good schedule for ESPN. (Expanding on parched American farms last summer: the downing of the Iranian airliner by a U.S. its international series of games, one of warship in the Persian Gulf; America's reentry into space with the successful launch ESPN's four pre- season games this year of the shuttle Discovery on Sept. 29; President Reagan's decision to reopen talks [Aug. 5] will be live from Japan, giving it a with the Palestine Liberation Organization; the end of the Iran-Iraq war; the damage 10 p.m. ET start time.) being done to the environment; Gorbachev's announcement of Soviet troop reduc- Even though ESPN's national ratings were down, some cable operators did very tions, and the forest fires that devastated national parks. well with ESPN's local advertising avails. A separate AP survey, of foreign newspaper editors, revealed a difference in For many systems, having NFL games to journalistic perception. The top story, in their view, was U.S.- in the Soviet summit sell put their sales forces on the map. Moscow first and the steps in implementing the Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty. "From what I'm hearing, [local sales] had a That story was not even on the U.S. list. The end of the Iran -Iraq war ranked second very good year," said Werner. Indeed, Te- in the foreign editors' view, not seventh, as in the U.S. survey. lecable nearly doubled the amount of revenue it received from a sports advertising

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THE EVENT COMPANY A WABASH VALLEY BROADCASTING COMPANY package it sold that included ESPN spots. Jerry Machovina, corporate director of ad 'Affair' advancing. Fox's A Current Affair is claiming improved clearances and place- sales, said Telecable took in $1.25 million ment for 1989. Jeff Erdel, spokesman for the series, said that as of today, Jan. 9, the in 1987 and $2.1 million in 1988 in the show will be cleared in five new markets, including Denver (xcNc -rv), the last top -20 packages (priced roughly at $40,000), in market to sign up. The four other stations now introducing the show are WESH -TV Orlando, which NFL spots are sold with ESPN col- Fla.; wxll -r/ Greensboro, N.C.; WIFR -TV Rockford, Ill., and wicv -ry Erie, Pa. Erdel said A lege football and other spots. Current Affair will have improved clearance in San Francisco where the show is moving Machovina said that since local ratings from midnight on KGO-TV to 4 p.m. on KRON -TV. Last Monday, Jan. 2, the show moved from are not available, Telecable sells on the midnight on WPLG -TV Miami to 7 p.m. on wrvJ -rv. Erdel said that in the 134 markets where association with a premium property. Al- A Current Affair is carried, 50 stations run it in prime time access, while "most of the though Telecable lost 50 of its 160 clients, others carry it in early fringe." it picked up 130 new ones, giving it 240 More captioning. According to the National Captioning Institute, captioned prime time sponsors over all in 1988 for the ESPN programing on the three major TV networks will increase 20% for the 1988-89 television package. That pushed up revenue, said Ma- season. The increase brings the total captioned prime time schedule to 95 %. For the chovina, as did limiting the number of spots fourth consecutive season ABC and its producers will provide funding for the network's within the NFL games from three to two per entire prime time schedule. Both CBS and NBC currently underwrite funding for one -third advertiser. The boost from ESPN is helping of their prime time schedules. Also, due to a grant from the U.S. Department of Education local advertising in general at Telecable, he to NCI, hearing- impaired sports fans will be able to enjoy closed- captioned broadcasts of said. Local ad revenue jumped from $5.2 events including the Super Bowl, NCAA, NBA and NFL championships. The grant, million in 1987 to $7.5 million in 1988, and coupled with monies contributed by the three networks and ESPN, enables to NCI to Machovina projects it to hit $11 million in close caption several hundred hours of sporting events in 1989. 1989.

Week 15: Three -net slump continues

The three networks delivered a combined 38.t rating for week 15 a 13.6 rating and a 23.2 share-the network's lowest winning num- (ended Jan. 1), or 34.4 million households, considerably lower than bers this season. CBS edged into second place with a 12.3/21.2, last season's week 15 delivery of 37 million households. Historically, narrowly beating ABC's 12.2/20.8. CBS's average was up 1.9 rating week 14 is a mid -season low point for network prime time ratings, points over its week 14 rating average of 10.9. with ratings numbers beginning to bounce back during weeks 15 CBS managed to take the top three slots in the weekly rankings and 16. (see chart), with its Sunday lineup. The CBS Sunday Movie, The This season's upward trend seems to have been delayed some- Karen Carpenter Story took the top slot with a 26.3/41. Second what: Week 14 registered a combined 36.3 rating, the lowest num- place went to Murder, She Wrote's 22.9/36. 60 Minutès came in ber for all three networks so far this season. Week 15's 38.1 rating third (21.9/36). Fourth place went to ABC's Roseanne, registering a brought with it a very small increase -only 1.8 rating points -from 21.2/33, according to Nielsen. (An ABC ranking of week 15's pro- -88 a of 36.8 to graming lists CBS's NFC playoff post -game show as registering a a week 15 rating of 41.8; a move up of five rating points. The 1986- 21.4/38, and thereby taking fourth place, ahead of Roseanne.) 87 increase was from a 41.2 for week 14 to a 46.1 for week 15; a 4.9 CBS also won the evening news race, posting a 12.1/22 over point increase. ABC's 11.4/21 and NBC's 11.2/21. At press time last week, prime time ratings averages were avail- CBS won Monday and Sunday nights. NBC took Tuesday, Thurs- able for the first three nights of week 16 (Monday, Jan. 2, through day and Saturday. ABC won Wednesday and Friday. Wednesday, Jan. 4), with each night showing an increase over the In the Arbitron metered markets, the CBS Sunday Movie ranked previous week's evening averages. first in seven out of the 14 total markets. ABC's Roseanne ranked The combined ratings for the Big Three on Monday (Jan. 2) was first in two markets, Chicago and Houston. CBS's Murder, She up only 0.3 rating points from week 15's 38.2, to a 38.5. Tuesday's Wrote took first place in Boston. while that network's 60 Minutes evening average was up 8.1 rating points, from week 15's 40.6, ranked first in Washington, D.C. (followed by the CBS Sunday Wednesdays 41.9 average showed an increase over week 15's Movie). NBC's Cosby ranked first in Detroit. ABC's Who's the Boss? 36.3. won in New York. In Miami, CBS's NFC post -game show ranked Turning back to the specifics of week 15, NBC won the week with first, followed by 60 Minutes.

Nielsen Net Show Nielsen Net Show Nielsen Net Show

1 25. 13.7/24 N Midnight 26.3/41 C CBS Sunday Movie Caller 49. 8.8/15 N Magical World of Disney 13.6/23 A 2 22.9/36 C Murder, She Wrote 26. Growing Pains Special 50. 8.6/15 C Kennedy Center Honors 3. 21.9/36 C 60 Minutes 27. 13.5/23 A Mr. Belvedere 51. 8.4/14 C 48 Hours 4. 28. 13.3/22 A 21.2/33 A Roseanne Moonlighting 52. 8.1/14 A Burning Questions: Kids 5. 29. 13.2/21 A Ice 20.9/34 N Cosby Show Capades 53. 8.0/14 C Beauty and the Beast 6. 18.7/30 30. 13.0/23 N NBC Friday N Cheers Movie 54. 8.0/13 C Happy New Year, C. Brown 7, 18.6/30 A Who's the Boss? 31. 12.8/21 C Newhart 55. 7.9/13 A Mission: Impossible 8. 18.0/29 N Different World 32. 12.8/20 N Family Ties 56. 7.7/14 A Koppel Report 9. 17.8/29 33. 12.8/27 N Hunter N Unsolved Mysteries 57. 7.2/11 F Married...With Children 10. 12.8/20 N 17.5/28 N In the Heat of the Night 34. NBC Sunday Movie 58. 6.7/11 F America's Most Wanted 12.7/23 11. 16.8/27 N Matlock 35. A China Beach 59. 6.5/13 C Dirty Dancing 12. 15.2/24 36. 12.7/23 A N Dear John 20/20 60. 6.2/12 C Simon and Simon 13. 15.2/25 N Night Court 37. 12.7/26 N Empty Nest 61. 6.1/10 C Annie McGuire 14. 15.0/25 A Growing Pains 38. 12.6/20 A ABC Sunday Movie 62. 6.0/10 C Dirty Dancing Special 15. 15.0/25 N ALF's Christmas Special 39. 12.3/21 N NBC Monday Movie 63. 5.7/10 N Sarafinal 40. 16. 15.0/30 N Golden Girls 12.1/20 A ABC Monday Movie 64. 5.6/11 C Raising Miranda 17. 41. 11.9/20 14.9/25 C CBS Monday Movie A Hooperman 65. 4.7/10 C West 57th 18. 14.7/26 42. 11.3/20 C Equalizer N L.A. Law 66. 4.4/7 F 21 Jump Street 19. 43. 11.0/17 N 14.6/24 A Head of the Class Day By Day 67. 3.6/7 F Reporters 20. 14.3/25 44. 10.9/22 A A Full House ABC Saturday Movie 68. 3.5/5 F Garry Shandling Show 21. 14.3/25 45. 10.8/21 N C Knots Landing Orange Bowl Parade 69. 3.1/5 F Tracey Ullman Show 14 46. 10.6/18 C 22. 2/23 A Wonder Years CBS Tuesday Movie 70. 2.6/4 F Duet 23. 13.7/24 47. 10.1/16 C Paradise A Perfect Strangers 71. 2.2/4 F Beyond Tomorrow 24. 13.7/22 C Kate and Allie 48. 9.5/16 A Incredible Sunday O 1988 Nielsen Media Research, Arbitro,

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April 29 - May 2, 1989 in Las Vegas, Nevada (Engineering Conference starts April 28) vM i ricAiatri Proud Tradition Dynamic Future For information, call NAB at (202) 429 -5333 Harnessing radio's strengths for television Some say that TV industry, faced Holdings Inc., which controls the largest with audience fragmentation and soft nonnetwork -owned television affiliate ad growth, is looking to radio for group in the country. He said that he ex- examples of overcoming difficult times pects radio operators to become "increasingly aggressive" in buying television The line between managing radio and tele- properties, adding: "It's a perfect situation vision properties appears to be blurring. At for people in the radio business, because least four radio -television group owners po- with all of the [media] beating up that's sitioned radio executives in charge of all occurred toward television, they're now broadcast properties in 1988, while some able to buy TV cheaper as a multiple than radio -only groups are becoming increasing- radio and it's a better business." ly aggressive in their acquisition of televi- Gillett is quick to praise the broadcast sion properties. management skills of radio executives, par- Some observers contend that the televi- ticularly in the areas of audience niching, sion industry, faced with audience fragmen- creative promotion, creative selling, event tation and soft advertising growth, may be Berger selling, market research and, especially, looking to the radio industry to tap into its market positioning. "The things that they ability to overcome difficult phases. Perse- are so good at, television has historically verance, after all, is a word that comes up not been particularly good at," he said. often when discussing the history of radio. "The television business for years has been During the early 1950's, with the advent of a relatively easy business," he added, "and television eating away at its audience, radio radio's been a very tough business." endured. Some say that the radio industry, Radio Advertising Bureau's Daniel well equipped to overcome adversity, is Flamberg, senior vice president for market- now taking the ball and running with it. ing and communications, points to several "They're just having a helluva time," factors as having changed the nature of the said George Gillett, chairman of Gillett television business: independents playing a much bigger role; audience erosion by cable and other alternative media, and changes in audience lifestyles and demographics. "It's like a watershed for television," he said, "in the same way that the advent of televi- Clark sion was a watershed period in the development of radio sales strategies and management strategies." Long -time radio executives who last year rose to head major radio- television broadcast groups include Steve Berger, president, Nationwide Communications Inc.; Bill Clark, president, Shamrock Broadcast- ing Inc.; John G. (Gil) Rosenwald, president and chief operating officer, Malrite Communications Group Inc., and Carl J. Wagner, president of the broadcast group of Great American Broadcasting Co. Wagner was named president of the broadcast group of Great American when the company combined its radio and televi- Rosenwald sion operations in February 1988. His 29- year career with Great American had in- ?iSEidâ81s4. !6l1t cluded several radio titles, including that of radio group president since 1974. CALL COLLECT "Television, I think, has been a little (904) 254 -6760 slow to react to the competition," said TURN Wagner. "We have to get better at it," he SUNDAY added, "particularly in borrowing from the INTO MONEY radio industry's ability to promote itself." DAY WITH NASCAR "The kinds of skills required in radio in the 1960's and 70's are the kinds of skills necessary in television in the 1980's and 90's," said Charles Mechem, chairman, Great American, discussing Wagner's new AA RN position. Radio executives, he said, are par- R A D I O ticularly attuned to the importance of pro- VO. 00X DRAWER. s DAYTONA PEACH. FIOWDA 32075 motion, local business and local program- Wagner ing, hands -on management and around -the-

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 60 ATTENTION: WOMEN WHO SOUGHT EMPLOYMENT WITH THE VOICE OF AMERICA (VOA), THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY (USIA), OR THE UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION AGENCY (USICA) BETWEEN OCTOBER 8, 1974 AND NOVEMBER 16, 1984. YOU MAY BE A VICTIM OF SEX DISCRIMINATION ENTITLED TO A MONETARY AWARD AND A POSITION WITH THE AGENCY. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

CAROLEE BRADY HARTMAN, et al., ) Plaintiffs, ) Civil Action No. 77 -2019

v. ) Judge Charles R. Richey

CHARLES Z. WICK, ) Defendant ) PUBLIC NOTICE On November 16, 1984, the United States District Court br the District of Columbia found in this dass action lawsuit that the United States InformationAgency (USIA

or theAgency , including the Voice of America ( VOA), is liable for sex discrimination against female applicants for the following positions at theAgency. The USIA was also formerly known as the United States International Communication Agency (USICA). OnJanuary 19, 1988, the Court issued its opinion ordering relief in a variety of horns to potential dass members. Accordingly, this case is now in the remedial phase. JOBS COVERED Specifically, the Court has found that the Agency has discriminated against women in hiring in the following jobs:

-Electronic Technician (Ocapatbnal Series 856) -Foreign Language Broadcaster (Occupational Series 1048) International Radio Broadcaster (Other) (Occupational Series 1001) International Radb Broadcaster (English) (Occupational Series 1001) Production Spedalst (Occupational Series 1071) Writer /Editor (Occupational Series 1082) -Foreign Information SpecialistiForeign Affairs Specialist/Foreign Service Information Officer/Foreign Service Officer (Occupational Series 1085 and 130) Radio Broadcast Technician (Oarpatbnal Series 3940)

WHO IS INCLUDED All women who sought errpbynent with the Agency in any of the jobs listed above between October 8, 1974 and November 16, 1984 and were not hired maybe Wig Sole for relief. Also included are those women who were discouraged from applying fa these positions during That time period. Even thosewomen subsequently hired by the Agency in some capacity may beenteled to participate in the remedial phase of this case.

Women who sought employment with the Agency as Foreign Service Officers or Foreign Service Information Officers maybe eligible for different kinds of relief depending Won the dare of application and whether they sought employment at the entry level or mid -level. Women who sought errpbyment with the Agency as entry level Foreign Service Officers or Foreign Service Information Officers in the years 1974-1977 must use the procedure outlined below. Woman who sought empbymers with to Agency as mid -level Foreign Service Officers or Foreign Service Information Officers a the years 1974 -1984 must also use the procedure outlined below. However, women who sought employment with the Agency as en.gy level Foreign Service Officers or Foreign Service Information Officers in the years 1978 -1984 cannot use the procedure outlined below, since the Court has ordered an alternative form of relief for them and selected women in this group will be ratified individually as to their rights. RELIEF AVAILABLE AND HOW TO OBTAIN IT Relief available to class mernbers may Include a monetary award and/or priority consideration for a current position with the Agency. If you think you maybe entitled to relief, you muet obtain a daim form, complete h fully, and return it to counsel forth° plaintiff dass, Bruce A. Fredrickson, Esq., Webster b Fredrickson, 1819 H Street, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20006 (202/ 6598515), postmarked no later than July 15. 1989

You may obtain adaimform in person and/or in writing f rom several sources: counsel lor the plainlhlclass, whose add ress is listed above; In person from USIA Front Lobby, 301 -4th Street, S. W., Washington, D.C. (8:15am .5 :00pm), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Federal Job Information Center (First Floor. Room 1425). 1900 E Street, N.W.. Washington. D.C. (830arry 2:30pm), orf rom area OPM offices throughout the country; in writing. VOA- Hartman, P.O. Box 4CO. Washington. D.C.20044. You should carefully consider all questions on the claim loan, elan h, and return it to counsel torthe plaintiffs. Do nolunder env dreu etencee return thedaimfornto the Judge, the Cart or the Clerk of the Court. The Judge, the Court and the Clerk of the Court wlll not accept the daim forms and will not forward claim torrs to plaintiffs' counsel PROCESSING OF CLAIMS The process for handling claims has not been finally decided. Thus far, the Court has ordered that responding dass merrbers demonstrate their potential entitlement to relief at an individual hearing to be scheduled ar a later date. However, the Court has reserved the right to reconsider this procedure in the event the number of claims filed makes this approach unmanageable.

Should Individual hearings be used. you will be fully informed as to the date and timed your hearing. Moreover, you will be entitled to legal representation by counsellor the plaintiff dass or his designee at no cost to you. Legal counsel will discuss your daim with you prior to your hearing. help you prepare your case and represent you at your hearing. You may, of course, resin your own anomey to represent you, it you so desire.

At the individual hearing, you will be asked to demonstrate your potential entitlement to reibet by shoving that you applied for one or more of the covered positions during the period October 8, 1974 and November 16, 1984 and that you were rejected, or that you were discouraged from applying. Evidence may be required in the form of testimony, documents, or both. Once you have demonstrated these facts, USIA e required to prove, by dear and convincing evidence, that you were nit hired (for each position for which you applied) for a legitimate, non -discriminatory reason, such as failure to possess requisite qualifications. Should USIA make such a showing, you would then be entitled to demonstrate that the Agency's reason is merely a cover for sex discrimination or unworthy of belief.

Following the hearing. the Presiding Official will decide whether you are entitled to relief and, if so, what relief is eopropriate. You maybe entitled to wages and benefits you would have earned if you had been hired (back pay) from the dated your rejection until the date relief is approved. Under the law, back pay is offset by earnings you may have had during the period. In addition. you maybe found to be entitled tofront pay (that s. compensation Into the future until an appropriate position is afforded you). Similarly, you maybe found to be entitled to priority consideration for employment with the Agency. If hired, you may further be entitled to retroactive seniority with the associated benefits and the value of any promotions you would likely have had if you had not suffered discrimination.

REQUIRED STEPS TO FILE YOUR CLAIM To participate in the remedial phase. you must fully compete the claim form and return h, POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN July 15, 1989, to counselor the plaintiff dass. Your failure to do so will result in your losing all rights you may have in this lawsuit. If you have questions about your rights or procedures available to you, you may contact counsellor the plaintiff class:

Bruce A Fredrickson Websteril Fredrickson 1819 H Street, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20006 (202/659-8515) October4, 1988 /s /Judge Charles R. Richey Date United States District Court Judge Charles R. Richey clock dynamic programing. "You can't simply rely on programing in television to be automatically effective because of the "Initial increasing competition," he said. Malrite chairman and chief executive officer Milton Maltz selected Gil Rosenwald advertiser as radio- television broadcast group president after the executive's years of experience in various radio station management support capacities. Rosenwald's positions included stints as account executive at WHK(AM) Cleveland; general sales manager of WHK(AM) -WMMS(FM) and eventually vice has been president and general manager of both stations. "We kind of favored a lot of our radio guys over the decade," said Maltz; the phenomenal... company expanded to include television 1976. Nevertheless, he said, the company looks for people- oriented, aggressive mar- nothing but keters regardless of broadcasting orientation. "I don't like to label them as radio or television; if they're good, they'll make it in our organization," he said. At Shamrock Broadcasting, President RAVE Bill Clark spent seven years as president of the company's radio division prior to his Benjamin Hill November 1988 appointment as the compa- General Manager ny's overall president. hi his new position, WPGC he oversees 15 radio stations and three tele- Washington, D.C. REVIEWS!" vision stations. "People are offering up some fairly woe- After two weeks on the air with Business Radio ful predictions about what's going to hap- Network, WPGC added seven charter advertisers. pen to certain aspects of the television business," said Clark. When radio was backed The New York Times. Egghead Software. Donelly into a similar corner, he said, operators Directories, Eastern Airlines, JC Penney, The became more aggressive marketers and better salespeople. I think we learned how to Bank of Baltimore, and the U.S. Postal Service. operate in an extremely competitive It's great news. But not surprising. BRN is radio's world," he said. Steve Berger, named president of Na- business solution. We deliver hard -hitting business tionwide Communications in September news and talk. 24 hours a day. 1988, had served as the company's radio vice president since 1982. Prior to that, his Our affiliates are finding dozens of ways to sell work with several radio stations in various the format to advertisers seeking the lucrative capacities included positions as account executive, KQV(AM) Pittsburgh and vice presi- market of business decision makers. dent and general manager, WDVE(FM) Pitts- burgh. Billboard Magazine said it this way: "Among the Pete Frenzer, executive vice president, full -time (all- business) services, Business Radio investments, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Nationwide Network has the most momentum" To us, Co. (parent company of Com- munications), said Berger's appointment "momentum" means dollars and cents for the

managers of our rapidly growing network of Don't touch that dial. In an attempt to affiliates. adapt a radio drama format to "the way people use radio today -with a lot of The bottom line? dial twisting," Fort Edward, N.Y. -based producer, ZBS Foundation has created Business Radio Network delivers results. 90 episodes of Saratoga Springs, with Call us to get the facts: each self- contained episode running three -to -four minutes. With a launch in March over a projected 500 noncom- 1 (800) 321-2349 mercial stations in the U.S., Canada and Australia and over Armed Forces Listen Line: Radio, said ZBS. The drama will air daily for 18 weeks, then will be re- edited 1 (719) 528-7046 as 13 half -hours aired weekly. Pro- duced in association with noncommercial KCRw(FM) Santa Monica, Calif., the series is funded by that station, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Business Radio Network Arts.

62 was intended to develop creative ways to deal with what he described as a "mature" television market. "It's kind of the way AM improvement generates people thought about radio, when we switched from AM to FM and when televi- more suggestions sion was really starting to take away the radio market," he said. "To make those Comments on FCC's planned changes "M3 map" which charts the conductivity kinds of businesses turn around and go in groundwave calculation are in favor of soil throughout the U.S. In its order for again, it takes a different way of looking at of proposal, urge commission to find the groundwave propagation rulemaking, things and a lot of imagination and a lot of money necessary for implementation however, the FCC said that "there are no creativity." funds available for such a project and, in Berger is proud to point out such creativ- The FCC has again received support for its view of budget restrictions, it is not antici- ity at the company's WBAY -TV Green Bay, efforts to improve AM radio transmission. pated that such funding would be available Wis., where the station last month celebrat- Comments in response to the commission's any time in the near future." ed the holidays by piling gifts from its proposed new curves to calculate AM ABES responded that "given the impor- "Toys for Tots" campaign onto its news groundwave propagation were unanimously tance of the matter, however, we urge the set. "In television, it's time to break the supportive. That support matched the favor- commission to place the issue of such fund- rules," said Berger. able comments received late last month for ing high among its priorities." CBS, owner "Television is fragmenting, and they proposals to adopt new methods of calculat- of seven AM stations, was among those to really need people who deal with fragmen- ing field strength and nighttime protection write in favor of the ABES position. tation," said Berger. "Lord knows, radio's ratios and to enhance the nighttime opera- The National Association of Broadcast- been dealing with fragmentation for tion of daytime AM stations (BROADCAST- ers wrote in rebuttal that "the first commis- years." ING, Jan. 2). sion priority should be to improve accuracy Radio executives moving up to head ex- But unlike the earlier round of com- in its groundwave propagation curves." isting radio -television groups are just one ments, there was a point of disagreement While an improved M3 map would reduce side of the coin; on the other side, radio - over implementation. Most of those re- research costs for new AM station appli- only groups can be found looking toward sponding to the first batch of comments cants, it pointed out that there are not cur- acquiring television properties. The move requested that all AM improvement provi- rently many applicants for new AM sta- to buy television properties is a "natural" sions be adopted together rather than in a tions. area of growth for existing radio groups, "piecemeal" fashion. Some commentors Those who picked up their earlier argu- said Gillett, since they appear to have the on the groundwave proposal claimed that ments for simultaneous adoption of the sev- know -how to operate television stations and adopting each proposal separately will do eral AM improvement items included can now buy such properties at less expen- no harm. NAB, Clear Channel Broadcasting Service, sive multiples than radio stations. The Washington consulting engineering Cox Enterprises and du Treil, Lundin & "They're chuckling, and they're going to firm of du Treil, Lundin & Rackerley Rackerley. Clear Channel called for imple- chuckle all the way to the bank with these praised the proposed propagation curves mentation "in a coherent and parallel fash- opportunities," said Gillett, adding that he and the new computer program devised by ion with other AM improvements. By so anticipates radio groups will become in- the FCC's Office of Engineering and Tech- doing, the commission will avoid creating creasingly aggressive negotiators this year. nology. "This program represents the most situations in which protection limits may Clear Channel Communications, for ex- advanced method of calculating ground - change once modifications have been ample, last year established a subsidiary, wave field strengths available at this time," sought or granted." Clear Channel Television, with the goal of it said. The firm recommended use of the Others argued that separate adoption of acquiring television properties. Indianapo- program itself over the proposed curve for the groundwave propagation curves would lis-based Emmis Broadcasting has also individual stations' calculations as a way to be preferable. Because the various AM im- made no secret of its plans to expand its more accurately predict field strength, but provement rulemakings have been released radio -only base to include television prop- said that both the curve and program are simultaneously "it is to be anticipated erties. improvements over the current curve. that...the new rules could become effective "Maybe the skills that we've had to live "In some cases, the standards proposed at approximately the same time," ABES with and know to survive in radio are now to be modified have been in use for almost wrote. "The use of more accurate methods more apropos for television," said Emmis 50 years," wrote the Association for of groundwave field strength calculation President Jeff Smulyan. Specifically, he Broadcast Engineering Standards (ABES). should not be delayed indefinitely," said said, the increasingly competitive television "In other respects...changes have been consulting engineer Karl D. Lahm. industry may be looking now toward radio made over the intervening years in a less "Should enough controversy develop in re- executives for expertise in marketing, re- than systematic manner." In supporting the lated proceedings...the use of the proposed search, programing and local sales. FCC's proposal, ABES also praised the method for allocations purposes could be Smulyan hopes those crossover skills commission's stated desire to revise its delayed for years." D will guide Emmis through its own planned entry to television station ownership. He 'Evening' tryouts. Minnesota Public Radio will provide a second -season preview of its said the company, which attempted to ac- weekly variety show Good Evening, Jan. 10, at 1 p.m. (ET), offering 160 American Public quire Indianapolis independent wTrVtTvI Radio affiliates an opportunity to sample the work of upcoming guest hosts. Following last year, aims to have its first television host Noah Adams's decisions to leave the show and to rejoin National Public Radio's AU property by 1990 at the latest. Things Considered (BROADCASTING, Jan. 2), MPR began lining up guest hosts, one of "For a company like ours, where 10 of whom could become the permanent host beginning next fall. They are storyteller its 12 FM slots are filled, there's not much Donald Davis, Jan. 14; singer Maura O'Connell, Jan. 21; actor -storyteller Dan more to do in radio. So, by definition, Bowles, Jan. 28; humorist Gamble Rogers, Feb. 7; storyteller Susan Klein, Feb. 11; we're forced into TV," said Smulyan. "It's radio comic actor (and Duck's Breath Mystery Theater's 'Dr. Science') Dan Coffey, certainly the closest allied industry." Feb. 18, and singer- songwriter Claudia Schmidt, Feb. 25. "Television and radio are not all that Coordination. Following a precedent established over the past several years, the FCC different," added Berger. "The bottom line has temporarily suspended Section 74.24 of its rules in the Washington area from Jan. 16 is that TV, like radio, is entertainment." to 21 to accomodate those using auxiliary spectrum space during the presidential For many in the radio industry, the cur- inauguration of George Bush. With the suspension of the rule, auxiliary spectrum use will rent wave of attention is a positive one. be coordinated by a local broadcaster, Richard Harvey of the Washington Executive "Radio people have had a kind of self - Broadcast Engineers (202 -975 -3187). The rule has been suspended a number of times in imposed inferiority complex," said Ham- recent years when heavy use of ENG equipment was expected, most recently at the berg, "and these kinds of moves go a long Republican and Democratic National Conventions last year. way to reversing that." D

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 63 TCI: Transforming Corporate Image In effort to disarm cable critics and FCC's last set of must -carry rules requiring with major motion picture studios to ame- preserve current regulatory climate, cable systems to carry local broadcast sig- liorate studios' concerns about cable opera- country's preeminent MSO works to nals, reflecting a compromise between tors' growing power in the programing mar- change negative attitudes about broadcasters and cable operators, even ketplace. company by taking moderate positions though a federal appeals court struck them In the wake of the PTL sex -and -money on issues. improving relations with down as a violation of the First Amendment scandal, TCI helped create last year the broadcasters. courting city regulators rights of operators. Vision Interfaith Satellite Network, repre- TCI has said it would agree to phase- senting around 20 "mainstream" religious Tcle- Communications Inc. is cleaning up out of the compulsory copyright license, denominations, some of which had little its act. except for systems in underserved markets previous television exposure. Over the past two or three years, the and for the carriage of local signals. The In early 1987, TCI made a complete nation's largest cable operator has been at- license facilitates cable systems' carriage of commitment to C -SPAN, the cable indus- tempting to shed its "Darth Vader" image distant broadcast signals. try's public affairs network. Since then, by courting city cable regulators, taking moderate positions on regulatory issues, improving relations with broadcasters and programers and becoming an all -around good corporate citizen. /L! TELE-COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Times are good for the cable industry and, like other major cable operators, TCI wants nothing more than to preserve the current regulatory and legal climates that After the FCC reimposed its syndicated carriage of C -SPAN by TCI systems has give operators considerable freedom in exclusivity rules last year, TCI said it could risen from 22% to 100%. marketing and pricing, puts few restrictions live with them if the way they are imple- After TCI decided to distribute net- on the buying and selling of cable systems mented were modified. The so- called syn- work- affiliated television stations in Denver and protects them from head -to -head com- dex rules require cable systems to delete via satellite to cable systems and backyard petition. programs on distant signals that duplicate dish owners, it headed off trouble with net- TCI's good behavior and improved pub- programs on local signals. works by agreeing to deal only with dish lic relations are intended, in part, to disarm TCI reached agreement last year with owners unable to receive signals off air. cable's critics who use TCI's past ex- the National Association of Public Televi- (Agreement was subsequently codified last cesses -some real, some imagined -to sion Stations to carry some noncommercial year in federal law.) paint cable as an uncontrolled monopoly stations on more desirable channels, and Through the affiliated Netlink USA, and in need of new regulatory constraints or dropped the plan to reassign channels of TCI systems are actively marketing cable some serious competition. And to a certain many broadcast signals as part of its mar- programing to backyard dish owners, win- extent, TCI has achieved its goal. keting strategy. ning friends in the home satellite industry- "TCI has been working very hard to TCI President John Malone is among those that make and sell the dishes. change its image from pretty heavy handed several cable executives now negotiating TCI has discouraged cable networks to one that is More sensitive to others in the from acquiring rights to Major League field," said Al Swift (D- Wash.), a senior Baseball playoffs, not only because it be- member of the House Telecommunications lieves they were overpriced, but also be- Subcommittee and a frequent critic of cable cause it fears it would cause an anti- siphon- last year. "The degree to which they are ing backlash. successful will play a large part in whether TCI has worked to establish strong ties or not we legislate [to reregulate cable]," with such groups as the National Associa- the lawmaker said. "If TCI continued to act tion of Telecommunications Officers and as it used to, you'd be in a headlong rush Advisers and the National Federation of for legislation." Local Cable Programers, sending execu- Washington observers anticipate no tives to their conferences and sponsoring "headlong rush" to tamper with the status parts of them. quo of cable during the 101st Congress, Like other establishment cable opera- and, as Swift suggested, that is at least tors, TCI has ceased challenging municipal partially attributable to TCI's effort. "With franchising authority (and specific regula- Congress, TCI is in much, much better tions) on First Amendment and antitrust shape than it was two or three years ago," grounds. said Bert Carp, vice president for govern- Since the beginning of rate deregula- ment affairs, Turner Broadcasting System, tion at the start of 1987, TCI has been less and the former executive vice president of aggressive than most in raising rates. Its the National Cable Television Association. revenues -per -subscriber ranks among the "They have been responsive, and you get lowest in the industry. credit for that," he said. "It's been one of And, just last month, it agreed to sub- the big reasons the industry hasn't suffered mit to limited rate regulation in Dubuque, any serious setbacks [in Congress] in the Iowa, settling a lengthy dispute with the last couple of years." city. The evidence of a "new" TCI is mount- When ICI began the buying binge in the ing: early 1980's that eventually transformed it President TCI has promised to adhere to the John Malone from just another cable multiple system op-

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 64 erator into the preeminent one, it already Carter White House and recommended him had a well- established reputation for pro- to TCI, also praises the job he has done. viding second -rate service and for taking a "But anybody who is successful in this hard line with municipalities in franchise kind of a role is only successful because negotiations. ICI's adversarial approach senior management has a commitment to toward cities made for few friends among make it work," he said. "You can advise city officials. someone all day, but if they aren't listen- (TCI was, indeed, quicker than most to ing, it doesn't help." take a city to court. When the city of Boul- TCI officials said they really have not der, Colo., tried to stop ICI from wiring changed much, that their basic policies and the entire city, ICI sued, alleging that the operating philosophies are the same as they city's moratorium of cable construction vio- always were. But, they also said, they are lated antitrust law. The case led to a 1982 taking into consideration the impact of busi- Supreme Court ruling that exposed cities to ness decisions on broadcasters, municipal- antitrust suits from any kind of city contrac- ities and others and trying to explain their tors.) positions more clearly. As it grew and became more powerful, "We run a lean company at the top," TCI clashed not only with municipalities, explained TCI Executive Vice President but also with broadcasters, Hollywood pro- J.C. Sparkman. "We were so busy building ducers, the upstart entrepreneurs of the a company...that we didn't realize that home satellite industry and even with others some people didn't understand us," he within the cable industry, particularly cable said. "If you are doing a good job, you programers. have to tell people about it." "There were some people in the organi- With TCI the subject of much negative who were very arrogant...and tough - it zation rhetoric in Washington, Thomson said, is VP, Government Relations, Robert Thompson nosed in their dealings with everyone," important for TCI to define itself. "If you said Steve Effros, president, Community don't paint your own picture, someone else that would unduly or inadvertently antago- Antenna Television Association, who has paints it for you." nize others, Thomson said, his job is to followed TCI since his days at the FCC in According to Sparkman, TCI has long "accentuate the positive" and carry the the early 1970's. "So anywhere you went held moderate views on such cable- broad- ICI story to its various "constituencies" as these guys were not loved in any way, casting issues as must carry and the com- well as to its potential allies and enemies. shape or form. The lack of concern about pulsory license. Indeed, ICI was not NCTA President James Mooney said contacting city officials before you did so- among those cable operators pushing the TCI's new attitude toward public relations mething...the simple PR stuff, the simple courts to strike down must carry, and it was is a sign of a maturing company. "It simply courtesies were just totally ignored. It got a supporter of the compromise with the reflects a realization by the company and by worse and worse until they were considered broadcasters that led to the FCC's adoption John Malone in particular that, given the Peck's bad boy." of a new set of must -carry rules in 1986. nature of the industry and the opportunities Because of its prominence, TCI has been (The courts later found the new set of rules for controversies to arise, the company has the principal target of an anti -cable cam- to be in the business...of ex- paign waged intermittently over the past The National Cable Television Associa- plaining its goals and intentions," he said. three years by the motion picture industry tion, in which ICI is an important force, is "It is characteristic of major communica- and elements of the broadcasting industry. prepared to support the National Associa- tions companies...that they have to be in After Congress enacted the Cable Commu- tion of Broadcasters' effort to persuade the business of trying to create an image nications Policy Act of 1984, which freed Congress to adopt a constitutionally sound that accurately reflects what they are about cable from rate regulation and otherwise must -carry law. In the meantime, TCI is and what their aspirations are." limited municipal regulation, and after a behaving as if the last set of FCC must - According to some industry sources, TCI federal appeals court the following year carry rules are in effect. grew up faster than it really wanted to. The struck down the must -carry rules as uncon- Sparkman and Thomson said stories of $36 million loss in Jefferson City provided stitutional, the producers and broadcasters TCI excesses in its dealings with the cities the internal impetus, they said, while other became concerned that cable, in general, are yesterday's news. Sparkman said TCI cable operators, fearing they were being and TCI, in particular, were becoming too "has never been abusive" and dismisses tarred by the same brush, provided the out- powerful. They continue to demand new the 1986 Jefferson City antitrust case (in side pressure. They said Mooney was in- restraints on TCI and the rest of the cable which an appeals court upheld a $36 mil- strumental in persuading Malone to hire industry. In particular, they want caps on lion verdict against ICI. TCI had contend- Thomson and making sure he was put in a the number of subscribers one company can ed that the First Amendment entitled it to position to influence the company's policy - control and on the interest cable operators continue operating in the Missouri city after making. can have in programing. the city revoked its franchise) as a "situa- Mooney would not comment on any role TCI's PR push involves the company's tion in which an employe quite frankly got he might have had in the hiring of Thom- top executives, starting with President John out of hand....l, frankly, did not know son. And Carp, who was executive vice Malone, but, for nearly two years, it has what happened until it was too late." president of the trade association at the been directed on a day -to -day basis by Rob- In addition to helping formulate policies time, said he did no more than add Thom- ert Thomson, vice president, government lobbyist has been relations. A former congressional Getting ready for Census '90. The National Association of Broadcasters Thomson was Census in for the Carter White House, recruited by Commerce Secretary C. William Verity to assist the Bureau of 1987 only to improve Director hired in February not conducting 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing. And Census in Washington, but also in head a Broadcasters Census TCI's standing John G. Keane has invited a triumvirate leadership to municipalities where ICI B. president, broad- the thousands of Committee. They are NAB President Eddie Fritts; Thomas Cookerly, stations), and does business. cast division, Allbritton Communications Co., Washington (for television Preston Padden, president of the Associ- radio stations). Station Robert Hyland, senior vice president, CBS, KMOx(AM) St. Louis (for of Independent Television Stations, will urge stations in ation managers in each of the country's 282 metropolitan statistical areas of TCI's toughest critics, but a four -week period has been one those areas to air messages promoting support for Census '90 during that Thomson has done the to respond to a census acknowledges around April 1, 1990, when members of the public are asked is exactly what that corn - with helping job for TCI. "He questionnaire. Verity said a similar broadcasting effort in 1980 was credited pany needed," said Padden. "He has done 1% improvement over project- boost an anticipated mail -back count by almost 3 %. Each a job. TCI is one hell of a lot better terrific ed mail return translates into a $10 million saving in census costs. off since they hired him." Carp, who worked with Thomson at the

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 65 a company committed to being a quality much more cooperative in trying to make cable company, not a conglomerate that things work across the board," he said, dabbles in cable." noting that TCI was instrumental in forging TCI's involvement with NATOA and a compromise on the Home Satellite Act of NFLCP is a good idea, -said Emenecker. 1988, which created a mechanism for dis- "It's a recognition that they are meaningful tributing broadcast signals via satellite to players in the cable business," he said. home dish owners. "You can't ignore two organizations that Not everyone is convinced there is a new are influential locally and nationally. They ICI. aren't going to go away," "About three years ago, TCI became the Richard Maulsby, the cable administrator biggest company, and therefore the most in Washington who oversees TCI- backed visible company, and it had to remove District Cablevision's wiring of the nation's some of the more obvious political vulnera- capital, gives TCI a passing grade for its bilities and it has done that fairly effective- performance so far. When TO moved into ly," said an attorney who represents cities the "more sophisticated, urban markets, it in their battles with cable and who asked had to change its ways," he said. "It cer- not to be identified. "But in a real sense a tainly is in their self- interest to be a good lot of that is cosmetic. They are no longer citizen." overly aggressive or unnecessarily confron- Maulsby said TCI has been "quite so- tational. But when there is real money in- licitous" of city officials lately, and that volved in an issue, they remain very tough the attitude has been "helpful" and to deal with." "healthy." But, he added, the company "It's hard to hide the tiger behind the still has a way to go in convincing cable pussycat," said Tom Herwitz, vice presi- administrators of its good intent. "I think dent, corporate and legal affairs, Fox Tele- Executive VP J. C. Sparkman a lot of people are still suspicious of their vision Stations Inc. Fox Broadcasting. son's name to the list of candidates ICI was motives," he said. "I'm not sure their basic practices have considering. A few years ago, TCI was anathema in changed. They have become very enlight- TCI's new approach seems to be paying the home satellite industry. which conclud- ened in terms of public policy in realizing off. Its positions on broadcasting issues has ed that TCI was using its considerable le- that a lot of the things cable had traditional- quieted most broadcasters. Its greater em- verage to prevent programers from dealing ly fought for weren't worth fighting for with phasis on running cable systems, its policy home dish owners on terms that would anymore . " of keeping rate increases below the industry enable the backyard dish industry to chal- "There are clear, continuing, unresolved average, and Thomson's courting of city lenge seriously cable operators for subscrib- problems that result from the fact that there cable officials has helped TCI strengthen ers. is one entity market by market that controls relations with many of the cities it serves. But Chuck Hewitt. president, Satellite access to wired homes," Herwitz said. Its active marketing of programing services Broadcasting and Communications Associ- "Until that problem is solved, a benevolent to backyard dish owners and its support of ation, the industry's principal trade associa- dictator is still a dictator, and fundamental- industry organizations and some of its goals tion, said TCI is now becoming a part of the ly that is an unacceptable situation, no mat- has helped smooth relations with the home industry. "They are, instead of resisting the ter how benevolent he is." satellite industry. growth, at least on the surface, helping its Barbara Dixon, vice president, public af- At the same time, Malone has been a growth." He cited TCI's Netlink USA, fairs, Motion Picture Association of Ameri- central figure in the cable -Hollywood talks which offers dish owners a package of ca, said she shares the others' skepticism, aimed at settling their differences. Because broadcast signals, and its marketing of ca- but concedes TCI has learned to behave of the talks, the producers put a halt to their ble programing to dish owners through its itself-at least in the districts of key con- high -volume campaign to put the reins on cable systems. gressmen. "They figured out that it does cable. Hewitt speculated that TCI is motivated not behoove you to tick off the chairman of "I think this is something you accom- by not wanting to alienate congressmen the judiciary subcommittee with jurisdic- plish through a lot of small acts, and prob- interested in seeing the home satellite tion over copyright matters." ably the most significant thing is the set of business flourish and by a recognition that But TCI watchers within the cable indus- arguments they haven't had with broad- the business is a natural adjunct to its try believe TCI's metamorphosis is real. casters and individual communities," said cable business. TCI wants to be a part of Said Effros: "They have turned around Carp. "They are still as willing to fight as the alternative distribution medium, he their image substantially, and it's because anybody I know, but my sense is they are said. of their actions, not just because of their just having the really important fights." TCI's actions are "less heavy handed, words." TCI is getting good marks from some city administrators. Richard Emenecker, Presidential payroll. Former National Association of Public Television Stations President who oversees TCI's system in Pittsburgh, Peter Fannon was paid $61,190 in fiscal 1988, although his last day as president of the said that when ICI bought the system from nonprofit organization was Aug. 31, 1987, two months after the fiscal year-July 1, 1987, Warner in 1984, he was skeptical about through June 30, 1988- began, according to the Internal Revenue Service form 990 filed TCI's willingness to agree to the city's by NAPTS. Fannon was paid $85,000 for the entire previous fiscal year. Reports that the franchising requirements and stick to them. board had forced his departure remained unconfirmed at the time of his resignation TCI made a bad first impression when it (BROADCASTING, June 29, 1987). His successor, David Brugger, who became president in applied for the franchise in the late 1970's mid -January 1988, was paid $44,092 in the same year ending June 30, 1988. it a and had poor reputation in the city's Richard Ottinger, chairman of the NAPTS board of directors, told BROADCASTING last suburbs, he said. But TCI has proved itself week that "the board entered into a contract with" Fannon, upon his departure, "to to be a conscientious, responsive operator, complete certain responsibilities over the next several months -I believe through De- he said. cember." Other sources described Fannon's role at NAPTS after Aug. 31, 1987, as After four years of first -hand experience, "consultant." One of those sources said that the board and Fannon had agreed not to Emenecker praises TCI for its customer ser- discuss the consulting agreement, but that Ottinger had revealed its existence at a public vice and relatively low rates, although he board meeting in 1987. NAPTS declined comment on all aspects of the IRS filings. faults them for dragging their feet on local Other association presidents' salaries gathered last week from 990 forms included programing. Over all, he said, TCI comes $135,000 earned by Margita White, president of the Association of Maximum Service across as a company in for the long haul, Telecasters, and $70,562.45 by outgoing Radio-Television News Directors President dedicated to remaining the largest and be- Ernie Schultz. coming the best. "That's what a city wants

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 66 Cable operators considering Ku MSG's ponder developing programing though one operator said syndex was not keters. package including distant signals the primary motivation behind the discus- Such a marketing package would also sions. (On the syndex front, the bill man- help the TVRO industry. "It would be a Several top cable MSO's have had high - dates the FCC launch an inquiry into ex- tremendous boost for our industry," said level discussions about creating a Ku -band tending syndicated exclusivity to DBS. Part SBCA's Ellison, for manufacturers and programing package -that would include of the rationale for a DBS superstation tier programers. The bill sunsets in six years so national distant signals heretofore a part of could be removed if the FCC extends syn- there exists "a window of opportunity," basic cable lineup -and marketing it to ex- dex to TVRO.) said Ellison. isting cable subscribers. The discussions, Mark Ellison, general counsel of the Sat- Cable executives say such a package which have been ongoing throughout the ellite Broadcasting & Communications As- would give the consumer more choice. It fall, are the result of operator's reactions to sociation, said it is technically infeasible to would also be designed not to compete with increasing copyright costs for imported sta- black out signals in all the country's regions existing C -band packages, but help the Ku- tions and favorable elements of H.R. 2848, at present. Videocipher II scrambling band industry get off the ground, and give the TVRO superstation bill passed last year. equipment can black out signals in 35 to 36 cable operators a firm foothold. If the discussions ever lead to a deal, it regions, said Ellison, far below what would GE, which has only signed HBO for its would move the cable industry into position be required to extend syndex to TVRO. Satcom K -1 bird, declined comment on the as a major player in the small -dish, Ku- One other benefit to the tiering, said one discussions last week, but given that it has band DBS industry. cable operator, is that as more cable ser- the most powerful Ku -band bird in orbit Although the idea intrigues operators, vices vie for fewer channels on systems, a with K -1, and has need to fill that capacity, one source close to the talks said chances, DBS package would allow an outlet for it would be a likely distributor. GE and at the moment, were less than even that a those new services to be tested. HBO are partners in another Ku -band bird, deal will ever happen. Indeed, Bob Thom- The TVRO package is seen as augment- Crimson's K -3, scheduled for launch in son, vice president, government relations, ing, not replacing, existing cable service. January 1990, but K -1 serves as Crimson's TCI, said it was "easy to make too much of Subscribers would have to ante up about early entry for any Ku -band plans. what few preliminary and highly specula- $1,000 for a one -meter Ku -band dish to The idea, however, faces a number of tive discussions that have taken place." receive such a package, although if several problems that may prevent it from ever Two separate contingents that have been MSO's guaranteed large orders from manu- seeing the light of day. One is whether discussing such a project -ICI and ATC facturers, that figure could drop to $500- there are enough homes that would be inter- being one, and Comcast, Continental, Cox $600. Mel Woolf, National Rural Telecom- ested to buying the dish to get the extra and Newhouse, the other -and have talked munications Cooperative operations programing, especially some of the pro- with each other, one source said. Another director, said most C -band dishes could be graming that had been on basic before. A source said the discussions only two of refitted to receive Ku signals for around second hurdle is marketing the concept to many occuring among satellite and cable $350 -$400, and $100 less than that by next consumers, a concept may be more difficult players looking towards giving Ku -band year. And among small Ku antennas -re- to understand than basic, pay or pay -per- DBS a boost or taking advantage of oppor- ceivers, the Matsushita flat antenna, for view. A third stumbling block may be inte- tunities presented by H.R. 2848. example, will be ready for mass manufac- grating the all the consumer hardware, giv- H.R. 2848 mandates that each program ture in the U.S. by next September, said en the problems subscribers face in distributor pay copyright holders 12 cents Daniel Wells, vice president, Comsat Vid- integrating VCR's, cable and their televi- per subscriber per month for each indepen- eo Enterprises, which co- developed the an- sion sets. Additionally, there is syndex, dent distant signal, and three cents for each - tenna. Operators also would be careful not signal piracy and satellite cost issues. network affiliate they beam to C -band and to jeopardize their existing cable revenue Those problems, among others, contrib- Ku -band dish owners. There are further re- stream, thus the idea that the package ute to the assessment that the preliminary strictions on network affiliates, pertaining would be in addition to cable service for discussions held to date may not go much to homes being able to receive the signal those homes passed by cable. But a pack- further. But, as top cable operators gather off -air or through cable. But there are no age of distant signals, representing news in Los Angeles this weekend for the ACE restrictions on independents. programing from major markets, plus other award ceremonies on Sunday, Jan. 15, and What the cable operators have been look- movie and professional sports programing the NCTA board meeting the next day, the ing at is distributing a number of indepen- could be an inviting package of cable mar- Ku question figures to be on the agenda. dent distant signals in a package, including the distant signals they now carry on basic, to cable subscribers in their service area. Creating a DBS superstation tier, as it were, would allow cable operators to save on programing costs by moving existing _e encas iqs superstations from their basic package to L the TVRO tier. A cable .operator with a basic rate of $16 pays as much as 60 cents Northern network flagship, KTMA, will apply for a new call per subscriber per month in copyright fees sign. Kxu's tower and transmitter will be for some distant signal, and as basic rates KTMA Acquisition Corp., Halcomm Inc. moved near Sauk Center, and the rise, so too does the cost of those supersta- and Red River Broadcast Group have station will move from ch. 41 to ch. 19. The tions. Moving such signals to a TVRO tier formed an independent UHF network to deal is subject to FCC approval. Donald dramatically reduces the cost of the pro- serve Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin O'Connor, president/general manager of graming, and is considered a prime reason The new company, Minnesota KTMA, is the president and general behind the discussions. The Senate bill im- Independent Network Inc., will rebroadcast manager of the new company. poses stiffer penalties on pirates and makes the signal of KTMA(TV) Minneapolis over Adding news it easier to report illegal activities, increas- Kxu(TV) St. Cloud and KxLT(TV) Rochester, ing the bill's appeal to cable operators. and low -power television stations in Univision, the Spanish language And, at present, the FCC's new syndicat- Brainerd, Bemidji and Grand Rapids. television network based in New York, ed exclusivity rules do not apply to DBS. Eventually, low -power TV stations in began broadcasting national So cable operators could solve the blackout Alexandria and Donnely- Herman will be newsbreaks the week of Nov. 14, 1988. The problem on distant signals by switching leased, and two low -power stations will breaks are scheduled three times a day, them to the TVRO superstation tier, al- be built in Park Rapids and Austin. The at 3:57 p.m., 4:57 p.m. and 5:57 p.m. ET.

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 67 Commission approves outside party buyout in new station comparative proceedings

2 -1 decision involving Marco, Fla., FM called private spectrum auction by dissenter Quello; majority says move serves public interest

The FCC has liberalized its policy govern- ing settlements among mutually exclusive applicants in comparative proceedings for new television and radio channels, approving a $1 million settlement in which the contested FM channel -92.7 mhz in Mar- co, Fla. is to go to an outside party or "white knight" not among the original eight applicants. The action -taken by a 2 -1 vote by the commissioners on circulation two clays before Christmas, but not announced until three days after (Dec. 28) -was controversial in its making and was generating even more controversy as word of it spread last week. Critics of the action, led by FCC Com- missioner James Quello, who cast the dis- Commissoners Dennis and Quello and Chairman Patrick senting vote, said it constituted or came close to constituting a private auction of for the substitution of Rowland Gulf Radio public in an éxpeditious manner is an im- broadcast spectrum and undercut the entire Inc., the outsider, for Affirmative Broad- portant public interest objective. comparative process that is intended to put casting Corp., one of the original appli- "By entering into settlement agreements new channels in the hands of those Con- cants, and the dismissal of the other six with Rowland, the original applicants have gress and the FCC deem will best serve the applicants. (Although there were originally ...effectively declared that they are no long- ever elusive "public interest." eight applicants, one dropped out prior to er interested in litigating the right to serve "It begins to look and smell a lot like a the settlement negotiations.) Marco. When faced with a qualified appli- de facto auction," said David Donovan, an Rowland, which will be left as the sole cant like Rowland, to proceed with compar- aide to Quello who, like his boss, was in applicant, has agreed to pay $1,055,000 to ative hearings would be a waste of time and Los Angeles last week for the Association the seven applicants. The applicants (and resources and needlessly delay the start of a of Independent Television Stations conven- their portions): Emerald Sea Broadcasting new service to Marco." tion. "You are running against the under- ($250,000); Affirmative ($230,000); Show- "It will change the dynamics of compar- pinnings of the [Communications] Act, case Communications Inc. ($200,000); ative proceedings by allowing johnny- which says you can't buy and sell spec- William and Susan Gaston ($200,000); Re- come- latelys to come in and make a deal trum." becca Radio of Marco ($70,000); Marco with all of them [original applicants]," said Donovan's comments echoed those of Minority Associates ($70,000), and Marco John Kamp, director of the FCC office of Administrative Law Judge Joseph Chach- Skywave Inc. ($35,000). public affairs. "It introduces new addition- kin, who presided over the comparative "It's the 'white knight' approach where- al money into the comparative process. It proceeding. In a prehearing conference by they [the FCC] allow an outsider when should speed up settlements." with the applicants in April that foreshad- these hearings are so complicated none of When two or more entities apply for the owed his rejection of the settlement in May, the parties has the ability or desire to buy same channel in the same market, they go Chachkin said the deal was, in effect, a out the rest of them," said longtime broad- into a hearing at the FCC before an admin- private auction. If allowed, he said, "the caster Marshall Rowland, who along with istrative law judge, who compares the attri- whole comparative process makes no his wife, Carol, are the principals of Row- butes of the applicants and decides which sense." land Gulf. "We are coming in as white one would best operate the station in the Others who were threatening to challenge knights and everybody is going to go away public interest. In making the comparisons, the policy in court delivered even harsher happy." the ALT is guided by various criteria that assessments. Henry Geller, a former FCC The Rowlands also own WAYX(AM)- have evolved over the years. For instance, general counsel and former head of Nation- WBGA(FM) Waycross, Ga., and WAIA(AM)- the AU must give more weight to appli- al Telecommunications and Information WSOS(FM) St. Augustine, Fla., and are fi- cants that propose "integration" of owner- Administration who is now director of nancing the Marco deal with proceeds from ship and management than those who do Duke University's Washington Center for the sale of WQIK -AM -FM Jacksonville, Fla., not. Public Policy Research, said Congress and for nearly $5 million (BROADCASTING, Because of the complexity and cost (for the FCC look like "jackasses" for allowing April 9, 1984). the applicants and the agency) of the com- auctions in which the proceeds go to appli- In the FCC's Dec. 28 release announcing parative proceedings, the FCC has for years cants rather than into the federal treasury. the action, the FCC said it served the public actively encouraged settlements of the com- And Andrew Schwartzman, of the Media interest. "The law generally favors settle- parative proceedings, which usually in- Access Project, called it "an astounding act ments as a way of reducing the time, cost volve one applicant buying out the others. of self abuse." and uncertainty of protracted litigation; fur- If there are no solid precedents for last As approved by the FCC, the deal calls ther, providing new broadcast service to the week's action, there were some clear fore-

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 68 shadowings. Other ALJ's have approved nor there; neither would have all but one of tic charade. The only logical explanation I similar settlements in which an outsider them." can think of is that it is a conscious effort to ended up with the frequency, but they have Pepper said the FCC Mass Media Bureau expose the comparative hearing process to no precedential weight. The Review Board, supported Rowland "all the way." In par- ridicule and force its abolition." whose decisions do carry such weight, in ticular, he said, Charles Dziedzic, head of Geller, who believes the government Tequesta Television in December 1987 ap- the bureau's hearing division, and Deputy should auction off spectrum if it continues proved a deal in which an outsider acquired Bureau Chief Rod Porter, went to bat for to remove public interest obligations from 49% of one applicant's voting stock and his client with the judge, the review board those who use it, said he is "astonished" bought out the others. (After the television and the full commission. (Linda Bocchi, a that the FCC would permit individuals to station went on the air, the outsider pur- former bureau attorney now in private prac- reap money from the auctioning of spec- chased controlling interest in the station.) tice, represented the bureau in prehearing trum, but not the deficit -ridden federal gov- Finally, because of the length (23 years) conferences with Chachkin.) ernment. "Congress looks like a jackass of the proceeding, the FCC last year began Dziedzic said the primary distinction be- along with the FCC," he said. approving settlements of the comparative tween the original applicants and Rowland "All the agency is saying is that a bunch renewal cases involving RKO General's 14 is that the latter did not file a competing of people, once they apply, can go around stations and various outside parties. In the application prior to the closing of the filing and auction it to the highest bidder," Geller lead settlement, the FCC allowed Walt Dis- window. Rowland remedied that failing to said. "They haven't done a damn thing for ney Co. to acquire KHl -TV Los Angeles, the satisfaction of the FM by publishing the public interest and the government paying $321 million to RKO and Fidelity notices of their intention with regard to the doesn't get any money at al1....It's as Television, the group that had challenged FM in local papers, he said. though... [the government] took a million RKO's renewal for the station's license in Quello voted for the RKO settlement, dollars, set it down in front of 1919 M 1965. but, according to Donovan, that case pre- Street and burned it. Nonetheless, the latest FCC action con- sented a "unique set of facts," he said. It "This is the greatest advertisement for stitutes new policy. Unlike Tequesta, the involved more than 20 years of litigation government auctioning spectrum," said Rowland case involves an outsider taking and parties committed "to follow the legal Geller, who said he would make sure Con- immediate and full control of an applicant. course through to the bitter end." gress is fully aware of the Rowland deci- And although the FCC has approved settle- The FCC's policy concerning the sale of sion and its implications. ments involving third parties in the RKO construction permits limits payments to the Roy Russo, co- chairman of the mass me- case, said Kamp, to his knowledge, the "out -of- pocket" expenses of the permitee, dia committee of the Federal Communica- Marco case is the first time the full commis- Donovan said. "The legal justification for tions Bar Association, had no comment on sion has approved an outside settlement in a that is that nobody has property rights to the propriety of the FCC action, but he said "comparative new" case. spectrum. You can't buy and sell it." it is clearly a step toward spectrum auction- Vincent Pepper, the Washington attorney What's more, he said, "if you are going ing by the FCC. If parties to the proceeding for Rowland, who was instrumental in put- to change policy, it should be done through can now auction off spectrum to the highest ting the deal together and getting it through a rulemaking." bidder that comes along, he said, it is not the FCC, said, "The commission has al- In his May 24, 1988, order rejecting the outside the realm of possibility that the ways authorized, in the instances when it's settlement, Chachkin said, "They [the ap- FCC itself might do so. With the decision, been faced with it, an outsider moving into plicants]...seek to utilize a settlement ar- the FCC is "changing the landscape" of a proceeding and ending up with the con- rangement to circumvent the commission's new station proceedings. By contrast, he struction permit....But until now we have established processes for qualifying appli- said, the ongoing proceeding to revamp never had a decision of the full commis- cants and awarding construction per - the application form to discourage unqual- sion." mits....The Marco applicants have chosen, ified applicants is "dealing with a few According to Pepper, the Rowland case instead to privately auction the construction trees." has allowed the FCC to correct the policy permit to the highest available bidder, Row- Marshall Rowland Jr., now managing the the Review Board established in Tequesta, land. Unlike public auctions, which have Georgia stations for his father, said he and which did "violence" to its other policy of not been sanctioned, the treasury is not his father are eager to get the Marco station not authorizing the sale of construction per- enriched." on the air. Marco is about nine miles south mits. Despite the no -sale policy, the Re- To the attorneys at the April prehearing of Naples, Fla., in a rapidly growing sec- view Board approved the deal even though conference, Chachkin's decision came as tion of a rapidly growing state, he said. The it was clear the outsider was going to ac- no surprise. "Frankly, I think what you're 33- year-old Rowland knows the market quire control of the station. "So what trying to do here is conduct a private auc- well, having worked as general manger of we've done is clean it up," Pepper said. tion to the highest available bidder," wSGL(FM) Naples. Indeed, he said, it was "We've said, 'Hey, if you're going to ac- Chachkin said at the conference. "The while at the station that he became accept an outsider, put him in the applica- commission has no authority to conduct quainted with Bill Gaston, the station's en- tions. Let him be the one who is granted public auctions. Congress has not given gineer. Gaston was the Marco applicant because he intends to build it." them approval...I don't think the public who interested Rowland and his father in Tequesta also fails as sound policy in a interest is served by that, and I don't think pursuing the Marco FM, he said. practical sense, he said. It requires the out- there's precedent permitting that....The It will cost another $300,000 to $400,000 sider to buy 49% now and 51% later with- whole comparative process makes no sense to put the station on the air, Rowland said. out any assurance that the FCC will ap- if you could do that -if you could auction "The stick value of the station is $3 mil- prove the later buy, he said. "How many off to the highest bidder...." lion," he said. But his family has no inten- people are going to buy in on that basis? Schwartzman said the public interest tion of selling and quickly doubling its in- Nobody." groups he represents is "giving serious vestment, he said. It plans to operate the Pepper took issue with Chachkin's asser- thought to taking this policy on" in federal station, he said. "It's definitely coming tion that the settlement undermined the appeals court. "The policy is profoundly together," he said. Everybody's happy. comparative process. "We have people disturbing," he said. "For a commission This is one of the best things the commis- who file in a number of selected proceeding that professes to be concerned about too sion has ever done." and always try to buy the proceedings many sham applications in the comparative "I think it's going to be good for the out....The only difference between that sit- hearing process, this is an astounding act of industry," the elder Rowland said. "I real- uation and my situation is that I'm on the self abuse. This is going to undercut minor- ly do. There are several hundred hearings outside." ity ownership, this is going to scare away over there at the FCC and they just don't "There is nothing phony here," Pepper legitimate minority applicants in favor of have the dollars and the manpower to de- said. "My client is a qualified broadcaster. minority applicants who are fronts for un- cide all these things. If you can come in He probably would not have won the com- disclosed parties, it is going to stimulate from the outside and and get these stations parative hearing, had he been an applicant evasion of character and other policies and on the air, it's just one less worry for the in the proceeding. But that's neither here it is going to turn [the] process into a gigan- commission."

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 69 Swift reintroduces poll closing bill Measure calls for uniform end to Swift's Campaign Cost Reduction and dates advertising discounts without violat- voting in continental U.S. Reform Act, which was co- sponsored by ing limits on corporate political contribu- Annunzio and 15 other House members, is tions. (Each house restricts such legislation Representative Al Swift (D- Wash.) lost no identical to legislation Swift introduced in to its own members. The Senate considered time last week in picking up where he left the last Congress but which died in commit- a similar bill, introduced by Senator David off in the last Congress in his effort to tee. The aim is to reduce the cost of cam- L. Boren [D- Okla.].) reform political campaign laws, including paigns by reducing the need to raise large The National Association of Broadcast- those affecting broadcasting. The lead item amounts of money. It would replace the ers sought to persuade Congress at hearings in a package of measures introduced on lowest unit charge provision now in the law in July 1987 that the proposal was not nec- Jan. 3, the first day of the new Congress, with a 30% discount off a station's "normal essary, at least as it involved broadcast calls for uniform poll closing throughout and usual unit charge " -a term that would costs. NAB President Eddie Fritts, at hear- the continental U.S. Another would entitle be left to the FCC to define -for House ings of Swift's subcommittee on elections, House members who accept caps on spend- members who accept limits of $200,000 on presented a study on campaign expenditures ing in primary and general election cam- the amount they spend in primary and in that NAB said showed that candidates' ex- paigns to a 30% discount in their purchase general election campaigns, for a total of penditures for radio and television advertis- of broadcast time. $400,000. ing time were not as burdensome as nor- The uniform poll-closing bill, introduced Reductions in broadcast commercial time mally assumed. The study was compiled by Representative Frank Annunzio (D- Ill.), would not be the only benefit gained from from records filed with the Federal Election chairman of the House Administration accepting the spending caps. The bill would Commission. But Swift was not impressed. Committee, and Representative Bill Thom- also assure such candidates of discounts on He found "serious" inconsistencies in the as (R- Calif.), ranking minority member of postage on campaign materials. It would study, and said it "raises some questions the Elections Subcommittee, along with also permit print media to give those candi- about the quality of the data." Swift, is identical to measures that twice pissed the House only to die in the Senate. Its aim is to insure that networks and other media organizations do not project a winner FCC indecency ban goes to court in presidential elections based on exit poll- If court does not stay order, which indecent material may be broadcast" ing before all polls in the country close. it becomes effective Jan. 27 (BROADCASTING, Aug. 1, 1988). But it also The bill would mandate that all polls in said the establishment of a "safe harbor" the continental U.S. close at the same The battle over the 24 -hour ban that the was essential to "allow scope for the First time -9 p.m. ET. That would mean polls FCC -under congressional mandate -im- Amendment -shielded freedom and choice in the central time zone would close at 8 posed last month on allegedly indecent pro- of broadcasters and their audiences." p.m. local time and in the mountain time graming on radio and television has escalat- The petitioners note in their motion for zone, at 7 p.m. local time. Polls would also ed, as promised, to another confrontation in stay that the FCC, in accord with the Su- close at 7 p.m. local time in the Pacific time the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington. preme Court's landmark FCC vs. Pacifica zone, where daylight saving time would be The 17 petitioners, who have battled the Foundation decision, in 1979, has prohibit- extended for two weeks (7 p.m. daylight commission for several years on the indeed "obscene" broadcasts but regulated time on the West Coast is the same as 9 cency issue, appealed the order and request- "indecent" material only by channeling it p.m. EST). ed a stay pending review. They also asked to times of day when children were not To achieve the purpose of the bill, how- the court to expedite consideration of the likely to be in the audience. The petitioners ever, the networks would have to agree not case on the merits. Unless stayed, the corn- also note that the commission, in adopting to project a winner before the polls close in mission's order takes effect Jan. 27. its Dec. 29, 1987, order, rejected a request a state. They agreed to exercise that kind of The petitioners, including such diverse by Morality in Media for a total ban on restraint in the presidential election last fall. groups as the Radio -Television News Di- broadcast indecency on the ground that the Still, CBS, basing its projection on the ba- rectors Association, the three major net- antiindecency statute permits it to do only sis of exit polling in states where polls had works, Action for Children's Television that "which is necessary to restrict chil- closed, was able to call the election for and People for the American Way, contend dren's access to indecent broadcasts." Vice President George Bush at 9:27 p.m. the 24 -hour ban violates the First Amend- The petitioners say the premise of the As a result, Swift said in a statement last ment, running contrary to rulings not only Helms amendment -that indecent broad- week, "millions of voters were left frustrat- of the appeals court in Washington but of casts have not been held to have First ed and feeling disenfranchised since their the Supreme Court as well. Indeed, they Amendment protection -is incorrect. They polls had not yet closed." He said that even note that the FCC itself has held that a say that "indecent, nonobscene speech in- "enactment of the uniform poll closing bill, 24 -hour ban on indecent programing would cludes serious drama, motion pictures, in conjunction with the network agree- be unconstitutional. news and informational programs of great ment," Swift said in a statement last week, The congressional mandate -the so- value to the adult audience," and add, "would put an end to this early projection called "Helms amendment" -came in the "The Supreme Court has long made clear problem." form of an appropriations measure directing that it is unconstitutional 'to reduce the Swift has been assured of support for the the commission by Jan. 31 to adopt a rule adult population' to seeing or hearing 'only bill from a number of state governors. prohibiting the broadcast of indecent mate- what is fit for children. "' Michigan Governor James H. Blanchard, rial "on a 24- hour -per-day basis." The leg- In requesting a stay, the petitioners say chair of the Democratic Governors Associa- islation was signed into law on Oct. 1, that neither the commission nor the public tion, announced that the DGA, representing 1988, as the commission was considering, would be harmed if status quo is maintained the 28 Democratic governors, will make on a remand from the appeals court, the and broadcasters continued to operate under uniform poll closing a top priority on its rule it had adopted on Dec. 29, 1987, ban- the "safe harbor" in effect for years, On federal agenda this year. He also said the ning indecency on the air between the hours the other hand, they say, the broadcasters DGA will urge the National Governors' of midnight and 6 a.m. and representatives of the public included Association, at its February meeting to en- The court had held that the commission among them "would suffer irreparable inju- dorse the proposal. He said the issue is had failed adequately to explain its reason ry if a stay were not granted because broad- neither a partisan or regional issue. "It is," for reducing the "safe harbor" it had previ- casters would be unable to present, and the he said, "an American issue, and one that ously allowed, one that began at 10 p.m. public would be unable to receive, pro- ultimately comes down to a question of The court directed the commission to hold a grams that are unquestionably protected by fairness." proceeding to determine the times at the First Amendment."

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 70 Market Market Closing Closing Capitali- Closing Closing Capitali- Wed Tue Net Percent PIE zation Wed Tue Net Percent PIE zation Jan 4 Der 27 Change Change Ratio (000.000) Jan 4 Dec 27 Change Change Ratio (000,000) BROADCASTING PROGRAMING

(CCB) Capital Cities/ABC 363 3/4 358 1/2 5 1/4 01.46 22 5,884 (NWE) New World Enter 2 3/8 2 1/2 1/8 -05.00 6 25 (CBS) CBS 170 7/8 170 3/8 1/2 00.29 9 4,037 (NNET) Nostalgia Network 11/16 11/16 00.00 3 (CCU) Clear Channel 13 7/8 12 3/4 1 1/8 08.82 25 53 (OPC) Orion Pictures 14 1/2 14 1/2 03.57 12 250

(HTG) Heritage Media 4 5/8 4 3/8 1/4 05.71 -5 52 (MOVE) Peregrine Entertain. 1 1/8 1 1/16 1/16 05.88 -37 2 (JCOR) Jacor Commun 6 5/8 6 1/2 1/8 01.92 -15 65 (PLA) Playboy Ent. 12 1/8 11 3/4 3/8 03.19 13 114 (LINB) LIN 71 7/8 67 38 4 1/2 06.67 46 3.713 (OVCN) OVC Network 8 5/8 8 3/8 1/4 02.98 -17 87 (MALR) Matrite 10 5/8 10 1/2 1/8 01.19 -23 144 (RVCC) Reeves Commun 5 7/8 5 3/8 1/2 09.30 29 74 (MALRA) Matrite 'A' 10 3/8 10 1/4 1/8 01.21 -14 141 ( RPICA) Republic Pic. 'A' 8 6 1/4 - 1/4 -04.00 66 25 (OBCCC) Olympia Broad 3 1 3/4 1 1/4 71.42 7 (RPICB) Republic Pic. 'B' 5 3/4 5 1/2 1/4 04.54 41 4

(OSBN) Osborn Commun 7 1/2 7 1/4 1/4 03.44 O 38 (SMNI) Sat. Music Net 5 3/18 5 1/4 - 1/16 -01.19 47 46 (OCOAC) Outlet Commun 23 1/4 23 1/4 01.08 -8 152 (WCI) Warner 36 5/8 35 3/4 7/8 02.44 19 4,620 (PR) Price Commun 6 5/8 6 1/4 3/8 06.00 -5 64 (WONE) Westwood One 9 1/4 8 3/4 1/2 05.71 12 133 (SAGB) Sage Broadcasting 3 1/2 3 1/2 00.00 -5 13 SERVICE (SCRP) Scripps Howard 71 3/4 70 1 3/4 02.50 57 741

(SUNNC) SunGroup Inc 1 3/4 1 7/8 1/8 -06.66 -2 4 (TLMD) Telemundo 7 3/4 7 1/2 1/4 03.33 -1 59 O (AMEA) A.M.E. Inc. 12 3/4 12 1/2 1/4 02.00 13 62 -1 (TVXGC) TVX Broadcast 1 5/8 1 3/4 1/8 -07.14 9 O (AGRP) Andrews Group 3 5/8 3 3/8 1/4 07.40 23 (UTVI) United Television 26 3/4 27 1/4 -00.92 43 293 O (BSIM) Burnup 8 Sims 18 1/2 18 1/8 3/8 02.06 40 295 N (CO) Comsat 27 1/8 26 7/8 1/4 00.93 -10 497 BROADCASTING WITH OTHER MAJOR INTERESTS N (FCB) Foote Cone 8 B. 22 7/8 23 1/8 -00.54 Ii 190 O (GREY) Grey Advertising 112 111 15 136 N (BLC) A.H. Belo 23 22 7/8 1/8 00.54 9 242 0090 O (IDBX) IDB Communications 9 1/4 8 1/4 12.12 O (ASTV) Amer. Comm. 8 TV 1/32 1/32 00.00 2 37 37 N (IPG) Interpublic Group 38 3/4 36 1/8 5/8 01.73 16 824 N (AFL) American Family 13 7/8 13 3/4 1/8 00.90 11 1,123 O (OGIL) Ogilvy Group 27 26 3/4 1/4 00.93 13 384 O (ACCMA) Assoc. Commun. 38 35 1 02.85 343 0 (OMCM) Omnicom Group 19 3/8 19 3/8 00.00 13 476 O (BMAC) BMA Corp 32 1/2 32 1/4 1/4 00.77 87 340 N (SAA) Saatchi 8 Saatchi 18 1/2 18 1/2 02.77 8 N (CCN) Chris -Craft 21 3/4 21 1/8 5/8 02.95 48 473 2,695 0 (TLMT) Telemation 1 3/8 1 3/8 00.00 5 N (DNB) Dun 8 Bradstreet 53 5/8 52 7/8 3/4 01.41 20 8.151 6 A (UNV) Unite! Video 12 1/2 12 1/8 3/8 03 09 18 O (DUCO) Durham Corp 32 1/2 32 1/2 01.56 27 273 27 N (GC!) Gannett Co 35 5/8 34 7/8 3/4 02.15 17 5.768 N (GY) GenCorp 18 5/8 16 3/4 1/8 -00.74 1 527 CABLE O (GMXC) GMX Commun 1/16 1/16 00.00 1 527 A (ATN) Acton Corp. 12 1/8 11 3/4 3/8 03.19 2 14 O (GACC) Great Amer. Comm. 9 1/4 9 1/8 1/8 01.36 9 243 O (ATCMA) Amer. TV 8 Comm. 31 1/8 31 1/8 00.00 69 3.385 N (JP) Jefferson -Pilot 31 3/8 29 7/8 1 1/2 05.02 13 1,238 O (CTEX) C Tee Corp 47 1/2 46 1/2 1 02.15 21 N (KRI) Knight- Ridder 45 3/4 45 5/8 1/8 00.27 17 2,602 261 A (CVC) Cablevision Sys. 'A' 32 31 7/8 1/8 00.39 .11 672 N (LEE) Lee Enterprises 26 5/8 26 1/8 1/2 01.91 19 661 O (CNCAA) Centel Cable 38 1/2 39 1/2 -01.28 124 962 N (LC) Liberty 36 3/8 35 1 3/8 03.92 13 337 N (CNT) Centel Corp. 50 50 1/2 1/2 -00.99 13 2,174 N (MHP) McGraw -Hill 66 18 62 7/8 3 1/4 05.16 20 3,188 O (CMCSA) Comcast 17 1/8 16 1/4 A (MEGA) Media General 35 34 3/4 1/4 00.71 23 987 7/8 A (FAL) Falcon Cable Systems 19 3/8 19 5/8 1/4 -01.27 -60 123 N (MDP) Meredith Corp 30 1/8 30 1/8 00.41 12 578 O (JOIN) Jones Intercable 12 7/8 12 5/8 1/4 01.98 40 164 N (MCG) Mich. Energy 29 1/2 27 7/8 1 5/8 05.82 19 79 T (MHP.0) Maclean Hunter 'X' 13 3/8 13 1/8 1/4 01.90 37 985 O (MMEDC) Multimedia 75 1/2 74 3/4 3/4 01.00 73 830 T ( RCI.A) Rogers Commun. 'A' 73 1/4 74 3/4 -01.01 -112 906 A (NYTA) New York Times 27 7/8 27 3/8 1/2 01.82 14 2,285 T (RCI.B) Rogers Commun. 'B' 64 64 1/4 1/4 -00.38 -98 791 N (NWS) News Corp. 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Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 71 Astra adds MTV Europe Programing service to shift from in southern European countries such as Astra, MTV Europe's carriage can dra- Intelsat V to new bird expected Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece (where it matically increase." to be operational Jan. 31 just signed a deal with state broadcasting Rapid cable growth for the channel is channels to reach one million homes via anticipated in West Germany, where both Astra, the just -launched Luxembourg satel- UHF frequencies). Astra and MTV have arrangements with the lite bidding for status as Europe's hot bird, Terrestrial retransmission will double German Bundespost to install and direct has added another feather to its nest with MTV Europe's current subscriber count, dishes toward Astra, giving the channel the addition of MTV Europe to its program- said Callaghan. But to target Mediterranean 100% penetration of the country's three to- ing lineup. markets, the channel either needed to up- four million cable homes by the end of The music channel, a joint venture of grade its Intelsat signal from its current 1989. Scandinavian viewership should also American media conglomerate Viacom and half-power transponder to full power, or be boosted by the tie -in with Astra's Scan- international publishing magnate Robert switch to the more powerful Astra signal. sat and Filmnet channels. Maxwell, was launched in Europe in sum- Coupled with Astra's powerful coverage, MTV Europe's switch to Astra also mer 1987 on the Intelsat V satellite but will the presence on the satellite of other major opens direct -to -home potential in the UK, switch to Astra next month and phase out programers is likely to attract Europe's ca- France and parts of Scandinavia, Callaghan its Intelsat telecasts during the first half of ble operators to the bird, further enhancing argued. Astra will face competition, how- this year. MTV Europe's reach among the region's 13 ever, in the UK from the British Satellite According to MTV Europe executive million cable households. Callaghan said he Broadcasting service, to launch this year, Phil Callaghan, the shift should increase expects that as cable operators tune in to and in France from its still- unprogramed cable viewership throughout the continent TDF-1 direct broadcast bird. from its current six million homes, as well The service, aimed at 16 -to -34 -year- as open new markets in British direct olds, is expected to remain unprofitable for broadcasting and southern European terres- another three years, largely because it must trial retransmission. rely mainly on advertising revenue rather The Astra satellite is nearing operation than on the mix of ad revenue and subscrib- following a successful Dec. 10 launch and er fees that support its U.S. MTV counter- subsequent positioning in permanent orbit. part. Currently, subscriber fees are charged The first tests of its TV signals are sched- only by British cable systems. uled for Jan. 23 -25, with an operational Callaghan said the seven -year business date Jan. 31. ,,_ of ,. plan for the 80- person operation foresees Other programers broadcasting from the break -even in year four and an overall posi- bird (see chart) will be Rupert Murdoch's tive cash flow after the seventh year of six -channel Sky Television package, which operation on Astra. includes news, sports, arts and general en- The channel has not yet determined how tertainment channels and a two -channel pay long the double illumination with both As- package with Sky Movies and the Disney tra and Intelsat V would continue, but it Channel. would be a maximum of six months, since Also on Astra are a sports channel and a MTV Europe's Intelsat contract expires in women's/children's channel from British July, Callaghan said. retailer W.H. Smith (also switching from The channel will broadcast using an un- Intelsat V), and three pay Scandinavian Astra launch on Ariane rocket scrambled PAL signal, the same as Mur- channels. Four transponders have been re served for German programers, which are expected to be announced after the satellite Astra's programing lineup is operational. Callaghan, MTV Europe's chief finan- Channe: Owner cial officer and head of its four - member management steering committee, said the 'MTV Europe music, adsupported Viacom -Robert Maxwell deal was ratified by the MTV Europe board 'Sky Channel general entertainment, adsupported Rupert Murdoch on Dec. 15, 1988, following months of 'Sky Television News news, adsupported Murdoch negotiations, primarily over the price of the Sky Arts cultural, adsupported Murdoch Astra transponder. 'Sky Movies pay film Murdoch MTV Europe will pay approximately Disney Channel pay family Disney- Murdoch $6.7 million (3.7 million pounds) each year ' Eurosport all- sports, adsupported EBUMurdoch the of multi -year deal, down from what *Screensport all- sports, adsupported W.H. Smith was Callaghan said Astra's initial asking Lifestyle- Kindernet women'sichildreñ s, adsupported W.H. Smith price of approximately $9 million (4.95 'Scansat TV3 general entertainment Kinnivik (Sweden) million pounds). The transponder costs are Sca n sat general entertainment Kinnivik (Sweden) slightly higher than MTV Europe would 'Filmnet pay film Esselte (Sweden) have a on paid for full transponder Intelsat 'Reserved German program NA V, but Astra Callaghan said provides im- Reserved German program NA advantages. portant Reserved German program NA The channel, instance, had for initially Reserved German program NA targeted northern European cable homes, but has since discovered an important po- 'Channel available in February tential market for terrestrial retransmission

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 72 doch will use for his adsupported channels. spend an estimated $130 million, including Scansat and the competing BSB satellite construction and launch. "I can think of no system expect to use the European MAC better service to inaugurate our Latin Amer- satellite transmission standard. ican video offerings than CNN," said Pan - amsat President Fred Landman. MVP. Panamsat's new uplinking and tape play- CNN goes Latin back center in Homestead, Fla., will be operational by the end of January, she said. Until then, CNN is being uplinked out of via PanAmSat Contel -ASC's telemetry and tracking center PAS woos others toward in Atlanta. South and Central America

Continuing Ted Turner's "mandate to IManf;S0ana[la make CNN the world's television news service," said spokesman Alex Swan, Turner New World International has signed Broadcasting System has made CNN the an $8 million licensing deal with Rupert Elliot B. Evers Randall E. Jeffery first full -time video service delivered from Murdoch's British pay film channel Sky 415-391-4877 407-295-2572 the U.S. to South and Central American Movies. The 80 -film package includes aboard Pan American Satellite's PAS I sat- several first -run titles and others in pro- ellite. duction, as well as library product and Both companies declined comment on made -for-television movies. Sky Movies the value of the seven -year deal, but the has also purchased satellite TV rights Washington Post said various options could to 16 features from independent add up to $20 million. Braveworld Limited, including "Hal- With regulatory clearances established in loween IV." Another recent Sky pro- Peru and Costa Rica, Turner is pursuing gram signing is a $4.5 million game agreements with cable operators, broadcast- show production deal between Sky and ers, direct broadcast satellite operators, ho- Charles E. Giddens Brian E. Cobb Talbot Television for a version of The 202.785.4333 202-785-4333 tels and embassies in those countries to Price is Right. Talbot, a subsidiary of receive what will, within a few months, be Fremantle International, will produce a "hybrid English- Spanish" combination five half -hour episodes per week of the of CNN, CNN Headline News, Larry King program, which had aired on Britain's Live and other Turner news productions. commercial Central TV from 1984 to No agreements have yet been reached, nor 1987 and became the only game show has a rate card been established, said Swan, ever to reach number one in AGB's adding: "We will go together with PanAm- weekly listing in the UK. Talbot will also Sat seeking clearances" in other Latin produce a version of The Price is Right American countries. in West Germany for the satellite ser- Luli Saralegui, in charge of PAS market- vice RTL Plus. Raymond J. Schonbak ing in Latin America, said PanAmSat is o 415-391-4877 negotiating with other U.S. programers, including the networks and cable programers, BBC veteran John Reynolds has left interested in joining CNN on the satellite. his post as head of the company's While six of PAS 1's 24 transponders are North American acitivities after a re- dedicated to traffic between the U.S. and structuring removed a substantial por- Done Deal. functions, Europe, she said, 18 are available to pan - tion of his which had includ- American traffic. ed corporate, commercial and program In the future, said Swan, Turner may matters, as well as coproduction activi- consider following CNN into Latin Ameri- ties. The executive, who joined the BBC A discreet, intelligent brokerage ca with an entertainment programing net- in 1964 as a producer, declined to be with over interviewed, but a written statement by service $475,000,000 work that would draw from the MGM film in radio /television mergers and library, much of which has already been BBC Enterprises head James Arnold dubbed into Spanish. Turner Cable Net- Baker said Reynolds' departure was by acquisitions. work Sales President Terence McGuirk, "mutual agreement" and came after the who executed the PAS agreement, could splitting of responsibilities for North American operations and the BBC's in- RADIO and TELEVISION BROKERAGE not be reached before press time for further FINANCING APPRAISALS comment on that proposal. ternational commercial operations "cre- The two companies began test transmis- at[ed] a situation which we both agreed did not use his talents and experience sions via PAS 1 on election day, Nov. 8, 1988, and established 24 -hour delivery of as he had hoped." The change will not the U.S. version of CNN last month. The affect Reynold's recent naming of 34- ITO service, like CNN satellite feeds in 75 year -old American Jack Masters as countries elsewhere, will not be encrypted. president and chief executive officer of Turner is now "looking at a satellite BBC /Lionheart Television, BBC Enter- 14A46 transponder that reaches the Middle East," prises' North American subsidiary. Swan said, noting that central and north- Masters, who joined BBC from The western Africa, the area including India, Samuel Goldwyn Co., will also be in- Pakistan and Afghanistan and much of the volved in coproduction, product acqui- MEDIA VENTURE Soviet Union will soon be the only regions sition and strategic planning. PARTNERS not able to access some form of CNN. PAS 1 was launched last June, the first Westwood One's Norm Pattiz will be the WASHINGTON, DC non -Intelsat satellite authorized to provide keynote speaker at the opening pro- ORLANDO international service (BROADCASTING, gram of the Midem Radio Conference, SAN FRANCISCO April 6, 1987). Over the 10 -13 year life of held in Cannes, France, Jan. 21 -25. PAS 1. said Saraleeui. PanAmSat will

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KLTV -TV Tyler and KTRE -TV Lufkin, both Tex- WxRI operates on 105.3 mhz with 50 kw and 1988). It also owns WMLA -AM-FM Bloomington, as o Sold by Buford Television Inc. to Civic antenna 500 feet above average terrain. Bro- III.; WCBI(FM) Lebanon, WBAT(AM) Marion, Communications for approximately $40 mil- ker: Cecil L. Richards. wxBV(AM)- wFMG(FM) Richmond, and a new FM in lion. Seller is Tyler, Tex. -based group of three Van Buren, all Indiana; WABJ(AM)- WOTE(FM) Adri- WKCY-AM -FM Harrisonburg, Va. o Sold by Ra- TV's owned by Robert P., Gerald and Geoffrey an, Mich., and WBEX(AM )-WKKJ(FM) Chillicothe, dio Blue Ridge Inc. to Mid Atlantic Network R. Buford. It had an interest in buyer when Ohio. Buyer is owned by L. Dean Spencer, Inc. for $2 million. Seller is headed by Donald company was initially formed. It also owns 65 %; Lora Holdman, 15 %; Brent Steele, 10 %, W. Miller, president. It has no other broadcast cable systems serving subscribers in Arkan- and George W. Sorrells, 10 %. It has no other interests. Buyer is principally owned by broth- sas, Florida and Texas. Buyer is headed by broadcast interests. Welty operates fulltime on ers John, David and Howard Lewis. It also Frank Melton, president and chief executive 1340 khz with 1 kw and WORK is on 105.5 mhz owns WINC -AMFM Winchester, and WFVA-AM -FM officer. Melton worked for Buford pryor to join- with 2 kw and antenna 400 feet above aver- Fredericksburg, both Virginia, and WHYL -AM -FM ing Civic as general manager of two stations age terrain. Carlisle, Pa. WKLY operates on 1300 khz with and president of broadcasting division. KLrv- 5 kw day, and WKCY -FM is on 104.3 mhz with 50 WQMI(AM) Portsmouth, N.H., and woMIFM ry is ABC affiliate on 7 with 316 kw visual, ch. kw and antenna 359 feet above average ter- York Center, Me. ¿ Sold by Richard Walsh to 31.6 kw aural and antenna 520 feet above rain. Broker: Blackburn & Co. George Silverman for $1 million. Seller has no average terrain. KTRE -TV is ABC affiliate on ch. other broadcast interests. Buyer owns Sun- KUNO(AM) Corpus Christi, Tex. D Eighty per- 9 with 27.5 kw visual, 5.4 kw aural and anten- shine Group Broadcasting Inc., licensee of cent of station sold by Tichenor Media Sys- na 650 feet above average terrain. Broker: WGAN(AM) -WMGX(FM) Portland, Me.; WFEA(AM)- tems to new company formed by Luis Munoz Sandler Capital Management. WZID(FM) Manchester, N.H.; WAOY(FM) Spring- and Al Herrera. Seller is Harlingen, Tex. - Wxnu(FM) Norfolk, Va. D Sold by CBN Conti- field, and WIxY(AM) East Longmeadow, both based group of five AM's and three FM's prin- nental to ML Media Partners LP for $5 million. Massachusetts. Silverman also owns 49% of cipally owned by the Tichenor family. Buyers Seller is subsidiary of Christian Broadcasting Mayjay Broadcasting Inc., permitee of are general manager and general sales man- Network, Virginia Beach, Va. -based communi- WFxR(FM) Harwichport, Mass. WoMi operates ager, respectively. of KUNO(AM). KUNO operates cations company headed by Thomas Roge- on 1380 khz with 1 kw. WOMI -FM operates on on 1400 khz with 1 kw -D and 250 w -N. berg. It also owns wYAH(rv) Norfolk, Va., and 95.3 mhz with 3 kw and antenna 467 feet KxTX(rv) Dallas. Buyer is public limited part- WBIW(AM)-WORK(FM) Bedford, Ind. D Sold by above average terrain. nership formed by Elton H. Rule, I. Martin Mid -America Radio Group Inc. to Ad- Venture Wolx(AMFwoRG -ni Orangeburg, S.C. o Sold Pompadur and Merrill Lynch & Co. It also Media Inc. for $1 million plus $200,000 non - by Garden City Broadcasting Co. to Wilkes - owns woAL(FM) Cleveland; WIRE(AM).WKTZ(FM) In- compete agreement. Seller is owned by Da- Posey Broadcasting Inc. for $750,000. Seller KBEZ(FM) C. It last dianapolis; WEJZ(FM) Jacksonville, Fla.; vid Keister. purchased station year is owned by Robert R. Hilker and William Rol- Tulsa, Okla., and WEBE(FM) Westport, Conn. as part of group ( "Changing Hands," Sept. 5, lins. Principals have interest in WJJJ(AM) Chris - tianburg, and WWV(FM) Blacksburg, both Vir- ginia; WYNR(AM }wP10(FM) Brunswick, Ga.; wsTx- AM-FM Christainsted, V.I.; WEGO(AM) Concord, N.H., and WCGC(AM) Belmont, N.C. Hilker has interest in cable systems serving Mooresville, PREMIER BROADCAST GROUP, INC. Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, and North (William J. Selwood, Jr., President) Mecklenburg and South Iredell counties, all North Carolina. Buyer is owned by George B. has acquired Wilkes Ill, 70 %, and C.A. Posey, 30 %. It has no other broadcast interests. Wow operates on 1150 khz with 5 kw day and 500 w night. WHRS /WFMI (FM) WORG -FM operates on 103.9 mhz with 3 kw Lexington, Kentucky and antenna 330 feet above average terrain. WKOT(FM) Century, Fla. o Sold by Southern for Breeze Communications Inc. to Ziffle Broad- casting Co. for $625,000. Seller is owned by Jerry Spencer and his wife, Jeanette. They $3,500,000 also own 20% of WRBK(AM) Flomaton, Ala. Buy- er is owned by Richard I. Lott, 60 %; Gordon from Towne, 20 %, and Jerry W. Spencer, 20 %. Spencer owns 20% of stock of Gulf Communi- cations of Northwest Florida Inc., and Gulf of WRDJ, INC. Florida is licensee of WRBK(AM) Flomaton, Ala. (Bayard H. Walters, President) Lott owns 30% of Gulf of Florida; his wife, Patricia D. Lott, owns 30% of Gulf of Florida. Towne owns 20% Florida. WKGT We are pleased to have served as of Gulf of operates on 105.1 mhz with 3 kw and antenna broker in this transaction. 442 feet above average terrain. KTMC(AM)-KZax(FM) McAlester, Okla. o Sold by Montray Broadcasting Inc. and Megacom RN esCoMI'ANy Broadcasting Inc., respectively, to Trayne BcBu Communications Inc. for $400,000. Seller of I N C O R P O R A T E D AM is principally owned by Ed and Jean Mon - tray, who have no other broadcast interests. Media Brokers & Appraisers Since 1947 Seller of FM is owned by Randy Dunn, Mark Emmons and Anthony Ashmore. It has no oth- WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 ATLANTA, GA 30361 CHICAGO, IL 60601 BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 1100 Connecticut Ave., NW 400 Colony Square 333 N. Michigan Ave. 9465 Wilshire Blvd. er broadcast interests. Buyer is owned by (202) 331 -9270 (404) 692 -4655 (312)346.6460 (213) 274-8151 Thomas Payne, 75%, and James Asa Hag- gard III, 25 %. They are McAlester -based busi- nessmen with no other broadcast interests.

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 74 KTMC is fulltime on 1400 khz with 1 kw. Kzax is Woodland Hills, Calif. -based MSO serving ap- Broker: Daniels & Associates. on 104.9 mhz with 145 kw and antenna 454 proximately 500,000 subscribers in nine feet above average terrain. states. System serves 700 subscribers with For other proposed and approved sales, see homes passed and 19 miles of plant. "Foi' the Record," page 80. KOKE(AM) ROIIIngWOOd, Tex. Sold by West 900 Bank Broadcasting Corp. to Keymarket of Austin Inc. for $400,000 which includes a $200,000 noncompete agreement. Seller is Summit buys RKO's Chicago FM principally owned by Iva Lea Worley Barton. It also owns KLEA-AM -FM Lovington, N.M.; Of S21 million deal, four competing The only remaining TV station on the KLTO(FM) El Paso, Tex.; KGNB(AM)- KNBT(FM) New applicants will split $7.3 million block is WHBQ-TV Memphis. Still in the Braunfels, Tex. Buyer is principally owned by negotiation stage are transfers for KRTH -AM- Kerby Confer who also owns Keymarket Com- Summit Communications has bought its FM Los Angeles to Beasley Broadcast munications of Columbia Inc., licensee of second RKO radio station in five weeks, Group for approximately $86 million WTCB(FM) Orangeburg, S.C.; Keymarket Com- reaching a $21 million settlement with com- (BROADCASTING. Aug. 29, 1988); WOR(AM) munications of Pennsylvania Inc., licensee of peting applicants for RKO's WFYR -FM Chi- New York to Buckley Broadcasting for ap- WNNK(FM) Harrisburg, Pa.; Keymarket of Austin cago. Summit, an Atlanta -based media proximately $24 million; WAXY -FM Fort Inc., licensee of KKMJ(FM) Austin, Tex. KOKE is 5 group, acquired RKO's WRKS -FM New Lauderdale, Fla., to Evergreen Media kw daytimer on 1370 khz. York last year for $50 million (BROADCAST- Corp. for $24 million ( "In Brief," Oct. 3, KMOO -AM-FM Mineola, Tex. Sold by L.H. ING, Dec. 12, 1988). 1988), and KFRC(AM) San Francisco to Day- Bobo and Virgil Peacock to Sam Curry and Of the $21 million, RKO will receive tona Group for $8 million ( "Closed Cir- Joyce Curry for $340,000. Seller has no other approximately $13.7 million, and four cuit," May 2, 1988). broadcast interests. Buyer is broadcast exec- competing applicants will be paid approxi- WFYR -FM operates on 103.5 mhz with utive who has no other broadcast interests. mately $7.3 million, subject to FCC ap- 4.3 kw and antenna 1,548 feet above aver- Khoo is 500 w daytimer on 1510 khz. KMOO -FM proval. The applicants are Windy City age terrain. It carries an adult contemporary operates on 96.7 mhz with 3 kw and antenna Broadcasting Ltd., Cozzin Communica- format. feet 300 above average terrain. tions Corp., South Jersey Radio Inc. and Summit is principally owned by trusts for

CABLE I I East Lake Communications Inc. No closing the Gordon Gray family (Summit Chairman White House 66% of system serving Milwaukee Sold by date has been scheduled for the transaction. C. Boyden Gray will become [ TA Associates to Warner Cable (BROADCASTING RKO is selling its stations in the wake of chief counsel later this month "Closed Cir- Jan, 2). Terms of transaction were not dis- a 24- year-old comparative renewal case. cuit," Dec. 5, 1988]). closed but seller values system at $195 mil- The FCC ruled RKO an unfit licensee in Summit Communications Group Inc. lion. Seller is Boston -based financial firm 1987, but has been approving station settle- owns WAKR(AM) -WONE(FM) Akron and headed by David Croll. Buyer is Dublin, Ohio - ments on a case -by -case basis (BROADCAST- WONE(AM)- WTUE(FM) Dayton, both Ohio; based MSO serving approximately 1.2 million ING, Nov. 18, 1988). WAOK(AM) -WVEE(FM) Atlanta; WCAO(AM)- subscribers in 20 states, headed by James An RKO spokesman said that a deal was WXYV(FM) Baltimore; KMEZ -AM -FM Dallas; Gray. Purchase gives Warner 95% interest in nearing completion for one of the remaining KLZ(AM) -KAZY(FM) Denver; KFOR(AM)- system. System serves 84,000 subscribers RKO stations, but declined to identify KFRX(FM) Lincoln, Neb., and KWTO -AM -FM with 240,000 homes passed. which one. Springfield. Mo. System serving Saratoga, Hanna, Riverside and Encampment, all Wyoming. Sold by San Juan Cable TV of Wyoming Inc. to James Cable Partners L.P. Seller is principally owned by James Harper, George Mcllvaine ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. and James Brown. It has no other cable holdings. Buyer is Bloomfield Hills, Mich. -based group MSO serving approximately 95,000 has completed its purchase of subscribers in seven states, headed by Wil- liam James. System serves 1,200 subscribers KLTE.FM with 1,625 homes passed and 20 miles of plant. Broker: Daniels & Associates. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma System serving Weston, Athena, Adams and Helix, all Oregon o Sold by Weston & from Athena Cable (v to Cooke Cablevision Inc. Seller is principally owned by Gerald Fetterly, MEL WHEELER, INC. who has no other cable holdings. Buyer is for $4,150,000 D-2 delivery. Ampex Corp., Redwood The undersigned is pleased have served as exclusive broker in this transaction City, Calif., has begun to deliver its VPR -300 composite digital (D -2) videotape recorders. It is the second company to begin deliveries of D -2 machines, following Sony, which has installed T1(11--_, _Da more than 100 worldwide since last June. Ampex began taking orders on VPR -300's at the 1988 National Associ- RICHARDS INC. ation of Broadcasters Exhibition last April, where it took orders for about A Confidential Service to Owners & Qualified Buyers 300. Since then, Ampex officials say that the D -2 decks have been selling NEGOTIATIONS FINANCING APPRAISALS steadily. However, they decline to give TV CAN RADIO NEWSPAPERS numbers on how many have been sold in total, how many have been delivered and how long it will take to eliminate the 7700 LEESBURG PIKE 540 FRONTAGE ROAD backlog of orders. Hitachi Denshi will FALLS CHURCH. VA 22043 NORTHFIELD. IL 60093 enter the D -2 market this spring at the (703) 821 -2552 (312) 441 -7200 NAB convention in Las Vegas.

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 75 Ku-band DBS plan still kicking at FCC

Crimson says commission Both petitions charge that the power ings.' failed to rule on merits modification denial renders K -3 "unsuit- In processing the denial, said HBO, the of K-3 power increase able for its intended purposes " -Ku -band commission failed to decide the merits of delivery of cable programing to 14 million claims and counterclaims concerning the GE Americom and HBO last week filed potential home dish owners, as well as to interference issue when it set aside two separate petitions at the FCC that could lead cable operators in the full continental U.S. segments of the orbital arc for high -power to changes in the 19- satellite orbital assign- and Hawaii. According to Americom, birds such as K -3. The commission order ment scheme settled on by the commission "consumer tests have shown that direct -to- establishing those 'discrete segments' at 75- last fall (BROADCASTING, Nov. 21, 1988) - home service becomes practical on a signif- 79 degrees and 132 -136 degrees west longi- or possibly to comparative hearings or ap- icant scale only when a receive antenna of tude said: "Because GE Americom asserted peal outside the commission. no more than 1.2 meters can be used." At that it would not operate [K -3] outside of Partners in Crimson Satellite Associates' least 60 watts are needed, says Crimson, to the 85 -106 degrees WL orbital arc, the FCC two -year-old venture to provide the first reach dishes that small. denied [ Americom's] modifications re- Ku -band direct -to-home television broad- FCC reconsideration, said the petitions, quest" (BROADCASTING, Nov. 14, 1988). casting (DBS) service in the U.S., Ameri- might have to include some reconfiguration The FCC skirted the interference ques- com and HBO asked the commission to of the common carrier bureau's domestic tion, said HBO, by denying the modifica- reconsider its November 1988 order deny- fixed satellite service (FSS) orbital scheme tion based only on the discrete segment ing Americom's request to modify the pow- for the next generation of domestic broad- issue, and it also failed to follow estab- er of K -3 upward from 45 to 60 watts - cast satellites. Already assigned an orbital lished policy that "all licensees must en- higher than the 10 -watt average power of position at 85 degrees, K -3 was not among gage in reasonable coordination efforts." satellites now sharing the fixed satellite ser- those 19 assignments approved by the full GE, it said, had documented in its initial vice (FSS) orbital arc, a discrepancy other commission on Nov. 16, 1988. One "illus- application that such coordination would satellite operators have claimed would es- trative" proposal by GE included the possi- eliminate interference concerns. sentially drown out adjacent satellite sig- bility of trading slots between K -3 at 85 Indeed, said both petitions, at 60 watts, nals. degrees and a new Hughes 60 -watt Ku -band K -3 represents the new state -of-the -art sat- "By failing either to resolve whether GE bird assigned to 99 degrees. Another pro- ellite. The commission itself, said Ameri- Americom's proposal would indeed cause posal would see Contelsat 1, GTE Spacenet com, authorized the construction and objectionable interference [to adjacent FSS 3R, ASC 2 and K -3 trading places. launch of more than eight new Ku -band satellites' signals] or to designate the issue Such changes in the overall scheme satellites in the same power range, includ- for hearing," said Americom, "the corn- would undercut what FCC Chairman Den- ing two birds each proposed by AT &T, mission has avoided its duty under Section nis Patrick had called "a significant Contel ASC, GTE Spacenet and Hughes 309" of the Communications Act. The achievement [the November mass authori- Communications. Four of those, it noted, FCC, it said, "cannot deny GE Ameri- zations] where we accommodate all quali- were assigned orbital slots falling within com's application without a hearing." fied applicants...without comparative hear- Americom's requested 85 -106 degree range.

Tax certificate OK'd. The FCC expanded its tax certificate policy by BROADCASTING granting St. Louis City Communications SAGE CORP. Inc. (SLCC) a certificate for the sale of its assets. SLCC is a minority controlled cable operator serving the city of St. has acquired Louis. It is owned 100% by William T. Johnson and sold the St. Louis system to Tele- Communications Inc. for ap- WAMT -AM & WSCF -FM proximately $35 million. The aim of the tax certificate policy is Titusville, Florida to promote minority ownership of broadcast and cable facilities. The FCC From grants two types of certificates. One for entities selling stations or cable sys- FRAZER BROADCASTING CORP. tems to minority- controlled companies, For the other for investors who provide start-up capital to minority controlled companies. $3,000,000.00 The FCC granted the tax certificate to SLCC on the grounds that it would fur- The undersigned acted as broker in this transaction and ther promote the commission's aims by enabling the company to "retain the net assisted in the negotiations proceeds of the sale of its assets for the purchase of broadcast properties or cable television systems ". Commis- DOYLLJ sioners James Quello and Patricia Diaz Dennis voted in favor of the grant, and Chairman Dennis Patrick dissented. (Patrick and his statement of dissent ASSOCIATES were not available at press time last 'THE POWER BROKER" week.) The St. Louis system serves approxi- 17304 N. Preston Road, Suite 800 Dallas, TX 75252 (214) 733 -6847 mately 8,000 subscribers and passes 53.000 homes.

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 76 Pentagon takes first step in HDTV effort Defense Department sets Feb. 13 screens and about $15 million for compa- level of understanding of the problems that deadline for proposals on nies proposing processors. must be solved to develop it; the ease and new HDTV screens and video displays; A second major question answered last cost -effectiveness with which the technol- it will spend $30 million on project week was that foreign comopanies will be ogy could be mass produced, and the expe- eligible for the DARPA grants. DARPA rience the company or lab has had with The U.S. Defense Department announced said last month that a goal of the project is industrial manufacturing and marketing and last week that it will grant up to $30 million to bolster domestic consumer electronics what its business strategies are in relation to to companies now developing high- defini- and semiconductor industries. But at the the proposal. DARPA also asks for the tion television screens and video display time, it refused to comment directly to qualifications of the key research personnel processors. The Pentagon's Defense Ad- questions concerning eligibility for the of the proposed projects and is requiring vanced Research Projects Agency grants based on national origin of the pro- that their resumes be included with the pro- (DARPA) published a Broad Agency An- posing companies. posals. nouncement (BAA) asking for systems pro- it is a full and open competition and all System proposals are to be sent in two posals aimed at the Pentagon's goal to valid responses will be considered," Bo- "volumes." The first, which should be 40- maintain or improve the capability of cur- danyi said. "By law the Department of 50 pages, will summarize the potential rent available high -definition display tech- Defense must hold full and open competi- benefits of the proposed technologies and nology while significantly reducing cost." tions unless there is a legal or regulatory the scope of the work that will be required At the same time, the Pentagon an- justification not to." to develop them and give technical argu- nounced that the availability of the funds An "important evaluation criteria" for ments supporting the proponents' claims. will not be limited to American -owned re- winning of the grants will be the cost -shar- The second volume will include a summary search facilities. Eligibility is also being ing capabilities of each of the companies. It of less than 10 pages describing each com- extended to research labs controlled by for- is probable that no high -definition video pany's organization, management style, use eign -owned subsidiaries. technology could be brought to fruition of personnel and relationships with subcon- The Defense Department now uses video funded by a DARPA grant alone. One of tractors. displays for a number of different applica- the companies known to be working on an Proposals are due Feb. 13 and should be tions, including computer graphics in tank advanced TV screen, for example, is Zenith sent to Dr. David Patterson, BAA #89 -06, training simulators and mobile command Corp., which estimates that it will take $58 1400 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Va. centers and displays in fighter cockpits. million over three to four years to develop 22209. The proposals will not be available Through the DARPA funds, it hopes to its "high- tension" flat screen CRT display for public inspection. "We consider pro- advance screen technologies such as cath- to the point of manufacturing and mass posals from companies to contain propri- ode ray tubes, video projection and solid marketing. etary information. They may provide us state flat panel displays. Display processing Other considerations will include: the with information they do not want their advances will include methods for creating technical quality of the proposal and the competitors to have," Bodanyi said. E higher -resolution digital or analog comput er graphics through current personal com- NTIA likes NRSC-2. The FCC's plan to mandate implementation of the National Radio puter or workstation techniques or through Systems Committees RF emission standard designed to improve quality on the AM band "development of a fundamentally new (NRSC -2) rather than the earlier audio input standard (NRSC -1) has been endorsed by product and architecture of either special the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. In a letter to FCC purpose or general purpose nature," such Chairman Dennis Patrick, NTIA head Alfred Sikes wrote: "NTIA agrees with the commis- as open architecture receivers, the BAA sion's conclusion that adoption of the emission limitation standard is the most effective says. DARPA is working with private corn- method of reducing adjacent channel interference." panies to reach these goals "so as to realize The NTIA and FCC positions conflict with those of the National Association of Broad- economies of scale through high volume casters, Society of Broadcast Engineers and others who commented on the FCC's NRSC manufacturing." proposal released last fall. NRSC -1 should be adopted first, they said, because it will be Other component HDTV technologies, less expensive to implement than NRSC -2 and because NRSC -2 is still an intermediate such as videocassette recorders, are also standard, not yet fully approved by the NRSC (BROADCASTING, Dec. 5, 1988). important areas that will need to be advanced further, the BAA says. Those technologies will be considered in the future "by means other than this BAA," DARPA "25 YEARS EXPERIENCE GOES INTO EVERY SALE" said. EAST When word of DARPA's intention to 500 East 77th Street fund HDTV display development got out Suite 1909 New York NY 10021 late last month (BROADCASTING, Dec. 26, (212) 288-0737 1988), one major unanswered question was WEST how much the Pentagon would be willing to 9454 Wilshire Boulevard sYfq invest. In the BAA, DARPA estimates Suite 600 "that the cost to the government of the Beverly Hills CA 90212 development of one display technology will (213)275.9266 total $15 million during the term of the SOUTH si/eaz/A_AcLa 11285 Elkins Road project. It is estimated that there will be Suite J-8 comparable cost for the display processor." Roswell GA 30076 DARPA spokeswoman Jan Bodanyi clari- (404)442-5711 TV RADIO CABLE APPRAISALS fied the matter further by saying that ap- HAL GORE, Vice-pres. proximately $15 million will be available to one or more companies developing HDTV

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 77 meeting was its first, and was largely organizational, said Cable Labs President Dick TCI pitches Faroudja ATV system Green. The labs, charged with examining HDTV, fiber and other hardware- related as- Five top MSO's are shown system; as a parallel path," but he did not see it as a pects of cable, has yet to develop any TCI solicits funding for project substitute for full HDTV. "There is some- HDTV position, said Green. thing to be said for a wider aspect ratio," But Green said TCI was not getting Tele- Communications Inc., which is back- he said. Whether consumers need full ahead of what is to be Cable Labs' game. ing the Faroudja Industries advanced televi- HDTV to get the perceived benefits of "My feeling is that they are looking [at sion system, has been quietly pitching cable HDTV at an economical cost is at the core Faroudja] as part of an evolutionary ap- operators on the system's benefits, and ask- of the present HDTV debate. proach," he said. "They want to do some- ing them to help fund its development. Ragone said Cable Labs, whose technical thing immediately to produce better pic- Faroudja has estimated it would take $3 advisory committee (TAC) was meeting in tures," he said, and there "really is not a million to complete development of an ad- Denver that week, had not yet discussed conflict in our structure. We are organized vanced television system. It has a contract TCI's Faroudja push. Indeed, the TAC and united." with ABC whereby the network will help fund the project, contingent on Faroudja gaining another partner, such as TCI. TCI, for its part, took advantage of two cable industry committee meetings of engi neers in Denver last month, one by Cable I - Sy C Labs, the other by NCTA, to show engineers with Comcast, Continental, Cox, Me- trovision (owned by Newhouse) and Tele- cable the Faroudja system. One source said Video unveiling eventually adopted, Cairo said. Besides a contribution of $200,000 was suggested regular TV applications, the DK 8000 has for cable operators interested in helping to Hitachi Denshi America is introducing been designed to attatch to fund the project. three new television products, a video microscopes for medical imaging when in The main advantage of the Faroudja sys- display, camera and still -store system, the 525/60 progressive mode. The tem is that it is an enhancement, rather than this week during a three -day demonstration system will sell for between $40,000 and an alternative, to the existing NTSC stan- at the St. Moritz hotel in New York. The $50,000. dard. The Faroudja system cleans up the video display is a self- contained rear No price has been set yet for the third existing NTSC signal using comb filters, projection system, built to support either product, the HF 3200 digital frame -store creating a better picture than now available. a 1,050 -line enhanced -definition television unit. The system will hold up to 140 And by using improved definition televi- (EDTV) or 1,125 -line high- definition randomly accessed video frames. It has sion sets, which double the number of scan- (HDTV) image. Among its chief also been built to support 1,049 ning lines, picture quality is further en- applications will be as monitors for interlace or 525 progressive systems. hanced. Plans call for expanding its aspect computer graphics applications. The Hitachi will begin taking orders for all ratio from NTSC's 4:3 to 4.83:3. Because it screens will be offered in eight different three products at the demonstration. lacks additional picture information and the sizes. Hitachi's Mark Cairo said that resultant higher resolution, critics say it is although the system will be expensive, not true high -definition TV. $50,000, it will be the first video projection Frank Ragone, vice president, engineer- system to combine high -resolution with Import concern ing with Comcast, who viewed the presen- acceptable brightness. A similar projection tation, said he was "very impressed with system, produced by Hughes Aircraft Zenith Electronics Corp., Glenview, Ill., large the reproduction," but was noncommittal for military applications, sells for $180,000, the last U.S. -owned manufacturer on whether Comcast would support TCI's he said. and marketer of television receivers, has filed a 378 formal request to the efforts financially. Like other MSG's, Ra- Also to be introduced is the DK 8000 -page gone said Comcast was studying closely all camera, which will record 1,049 -line Department of Commerce to monitor HDTV developments. "We are very care- pictures at 60 frame interlace frame rate possible flooding of the U.S. consumer marketplace with fully monitoring what's going on," he said. or 525/60 interlace or progressive. It is electronics color "We favor something that has minimal im- similar but not matching the parameters television sets from seven countries: pact" on subscribers, Ragone said, but if of the 1,050/59.94 HDTV recording system Mexico, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong measures were "half- hearted or stop -gap, proposed to the Society of Motion Kong, the People's Republic of China, we'd be concerned." Picture and Television Engineers last fall by Thailand and the Philippines. 1984 law, Another participant said the Faroudja NBC (BROADCASTING, Oct. 17, 1988), but Under a trade the Department is to system has promise "if we want to do that could be modified to fit the standard if it is Commerce empowered monitor imports to determine if a pattern of product dumping exists. Under that law, Commerce currently monitors color TV R.A. Marshall & Co. imports from Korea and Taiwan, color picture tubes from Japan, Korea, Brokerage & Media Investment Analysis Canada and Singapore, and black and white TV's from Japan. In the request, the history of TV set Southwest Top 35 Market. New Class C FM. $6 million dumping over the last 20 years and its injurious effect on Zenith and the rest of Western Small Market TV. Network Affiliate. $2 million the domestic industry is reviewed. It East Tennessee AM -FM. Only Stations in County, $850.000 concludes that since antidumping actions have been taken against Japan, Arkansas Combo. TurnAround. Good Facilities, $750,000 Korea and Taiwan, companies from those countries have set up manufacturing for the U.S. market in Mexico, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and the People's 800 Main Street Suite 210 r Republic of China, and are preparing to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 29928, 803 -681 -5252 set up manufacturing in Thailand and the Philippines.

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 78 (Co olemcasti-gs)

ACE's all over they gathered from C -SPAN, and 26% CNN, MN, Classic Movie Channel (an said C -SPAN coverage effected their area movie service), USA, Nashville The National Academy of Cable choice for president in 1988. Network, Lifetime and BET. Programing has issued its call for entries The interconnect, operated by San for the 11th annual System ACE Francisco area operators Heritage, Lenfest 10. More on MSG's carriage competition, giving a deadline of Feb. and Viacom, reaches 960,589 homes in The is for eligibility period the calendar There were more fireworks in the the greater San Francisco area. It extended year 1988 in the competition's 35 carriage dispute between Cablevision and its reach last year after merging with categories. The awards will be the Madison Square Garden Network Cable AdNet. presented during the National Cable over Cablevision's noncarriage of MSG. Television Association convention in Cablevision has been running ads on New for Nashville Dallas on May 23. SportsChannel New York presenting its Meanwhile, more than 40 cable side of the dispute, including one Former Tic Tac Dough host Jim networks have begun running what will total quoting Richard Kessel, executive director Caldwell will host a new game show, Top 3,000 promotions for the ACE awards of New York State Consumer Protection Card, that will premiere on the Nashville cablecast, coming up on Sunday, Jan. 15, Board, apparently backing Cablevision's Network in April. Production by Reid/ Land in Los Angeles at 9 p.m. ET. The position. But Kessel has written Productions begins this month at ceremony will be carried simultaneously by Cablevision asking it to stop using the Opryland USA Inc. in Nashville. BET, CBN Family Channel, Discovery, quote and to give him equal time to fully Caldwell will be assisted by Blake FNN, Lifetime, Movietime, Nick at Nite, explain his position. Pickett, co -host of Nashville's Fandango. wrestrv) Atlanta, TNT and USA. "Cablevision has misrepresented my Top Card is based on the card game 21. The academy also announced the position...and is wrongly showing this ceremony will be closed captioned for the commercial," he wrote. "I am not Made -fors hearing impaired. endorsing either side in the dispute." In the quote, Kessel states that Cablevision HBO has announced three new made - Growing influence may be philosophically correct in wanting for projects for 1989. Tailspin: The consumers to pay for only the services Tragedy of Korean Airlines Flight 007, C -SPAN released the results of a poll they want. But Kessel said in a letter that he about the Soviet downing of the civilian last have week showing that subscribers believes the standard should apply airliner, stars Chris Sarandon, Michael increased their viewing of both its across the board to all services. Murphy, Harris Yulin and Michael Moriarty. services, and that the typical C -SPAN Time Flies When You're Alive, a screen viewer is becoming more reflective of Record passage adaptation of Paul Linke's autobiography the average American. that stars Linke, and A Month of The poll, a random sample of nearly ESPN said it became the first cable Sundays, a comedy set in a retirement 2,400 households, found that average network to pass 50 million homes, as home starring Hume Cronyn, Vincent viewing to C -SPAN was 9.9 hours per recorded by Nielsen data tabulated as Gardenia and Tandy Cronyn. month in 1988, up from 9.5 in 1987. For C- of Dec. 26. 1988. SPAN I I the increase was even greater, New Jersey Choice from 6.5 hours to 7.7. Rep growth The study also showed the typical C- Choice Cable Corp. said it has received SPAN demographic of the older, male Cable Networks Inc., purchased by franchise approval from nine municipalities viewer was changing. In 1987, 42% of Rainbow Advertising Sales in late 1987, in southern New Jersey totaling over C- SPAN's audience was 45 or older. That has signed an agreement to be the local 77,000 homes in 1988, and will begin figure dropped to 32% in 1988. The sale representative for the Bay Area building its hybrid fiber and coaxial majority was the 25 -44 demographic, Interconnect, which reaches nearly one plant in the first quarter of this year. accounting for 54% of C-SPAN's million cable homes. Choice Chairman Irving Kahn said the audience. Those between 18 and 24 CNI, based in New York, will franchises represent about one -third of the represent 14% of the audience. Those represent the interconnect for local avails area Choice plans to serve, which is over 65 represent 8 %. to regional and national advertisers. roughly the area now served by NYT Cable. C -SPAN also found a shift in sex, with CNI's seven offices will sell time in ESPN, NYT has put its system up for sale. 51% of 1988 viewers female. In 1987, only 46% of viewers were female. Household income and education 3OOAOO were also more closely mirroring the [tmLOnG population, C -SPAN said. Forty - general No go. Continental Cablevision has declined to exercise its right to repurchase 17% two percent of viewers have household stake in company held by Dow Jones & Co. Amos Hostetter, Continental chairman and incomes above $30,000, and 14% have chief executive officer, agreed last November to purchase Dow Jones's holdings for incomes above $50,000. In education, the $299.8 million, but under 1981 agreement Continental had right to purchase shares at survey found 82% of viewers were high same terms offered to its chairman, Robert Sachs, Continental's senior vice president school graduates in 1988, versus 95% in for corporate and legal affairs, said Continental's board, which discussed issue at Dec. 1987. Those with some college 19, 1988. meeting, did not disclose reason for its decision. Hostetter's purchase was went from 67% in 1987 to 49% background scheduled to close last Thursday (Jan. 5). last year. o And the typical C -SPAN viewer ranked high among voters, with 84% Jones offering. Jones Intercable initiated $400 million limited partnership offering saying they were registered to vote and Dec. 15, 1988. Cable N Fund 15 is series of limited partnerships to be formed to engage 95% they voted in the 1988 election. Of primarily in acquisition, construction, development and operation of U.S. cable respondents, 23% said they changed systems. opinions on issues based in information

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 79 As compiled by BROADCASTING from Dec. KKRE(AM) Monument. CO (BAL881208EE: 1040 khz; WKXK(FM) Pana. IL (BALH881214HY: 100.9 mhz: 3 28 through Jan. 4 and based on filings, 5 kw -D. DA) -Seeks assignment of license from Trip - kw: ant 290 ft.) -Seeks assignment of license from Dudle authorizations and other FCC actions. Lakes Broadcasting of Colorado Inc. to Business Broadcast Broadcasting Inc. to Southeastern Video Inc. for $150.000 Group Inc. for $665.000. (buyer will assume notes totalling Seller is headed by Scott McAda. Buyer is equally owned $605,000 not to compete -consultant agreement, $40.000, Abbreviations: AFC -Antenna For Communications: AU -Ad- by Owen L. Studstill Jr.. Lamar O. Studstill, and Cole C. and quarterly installment for cash for $20.000). Seller is ministrative Law Judge: alt. -alternate; ann.- announced; Studstill. Principals also have interest in WXRS -AM -FM principally owned by Dan R. Hubbard. Richard Brame. ant-antenna: aur-aural: aux.- auxiliary; ch. -channel: Swainsboro. GA. and WGLC -AM -FM Mendota. IL. Filed Carolyn Dell Hubbard. It has no other broadcast interests. CH- critical hours.: chg.- change: CP-construction permit: Dec. 14. 1988. Buyer is owned by Michael S. Lowery. Lowery owns D-day: DA- directional antenna: Doc.- Docket: ERP-cOec- WHDG -FM Havre de KRMH -AM -FM Leadville. CO. Filed Dec. 8, 1988. Grace. MD (BPH881207HW: live radiated power: Freq- frequency: HAAT-height above 103.7 mhz; 17.5 kw; ant 340 ft.)-Seeks assignment of average terrain: H &V- horizontal and vertical: khz-kilohertz: WKGT(FM) Century, FL (BAPH8812I5GP; 105.1 mhz: license from The Chesapeake Broadcasting Corp. to Pretty- kw- kilowatts; lic.- license: m- meters: mhz-megahertz: 3 kw; Ant 344 ft.) -Seeks assignment of license from man Broadcasting Co. Seller is principally owned by Vir- mi.-miles: MP-modification permit: mod.- modification: Southern Breeze Communications Inc. to Ziffle Broadcast- ginia Wetter, Jason David Pate, Kennon Pate McKee. and N- night: pet. for re,on.-petition for reconsideration: PSA- ing Co. for $625.000. Seller is owned by Jerry Spencer and Barbara Pate Glacel. It also owns WASA(AM) Havre de presunrise service authority: pwr.- power: RC- remote control: Jeanette Spencer. They own 20% of WRBK(AM) Floma- Grace. MD. Buyer is principally owned by William E. S- A- Scientific -Atlanta: SH-specified hours: SL- studio loca- ton. AL. Buyer is owned by Richard I. Lott. 60 %: Gordon Prettyman Jr. It also owns W ICO -AM -FM Salisbury. MD: tion: TL- transmitter location: trans. -transmitter: TPO-- trans- Towne, 20% and Jerry W. Spencer. 20 %. Spencer owns WYUS(AM)- WAFL(FM) Milford. DE: WEPM(AM)- mitter power output: U or unl.- unlimited hours: vis -visual: 20 %, of stock of Gulf Communications of Northwest. WKMZ(FM) Martinsburg. WV. Filed Dec. 7. 1988. w- watts: -noncommercial. Six groups of numbers at end of Florida Inc., and Gulf of Florida is licensee for KGBX(AM) Springfield. MO (BAL881130EB: 1400 facilities changes items refer to map coordinates. One meter WRBK(AM) Flomaton, AL. Lott owns 30% of stock of khz; I kw-U)--Seeks assignment of license from equals 3.28 feet. Gulf of Florida. Patricia D. Lott owns 30% of stock of Gulf KGBX Communications Inc. to Sunburst 11 Inc. for $155.000. of Florida. Towne owns 20% of stock of Gulf of Florida. Seller is headed by Allan Thompson. Buyer is owned Filed Dec. 15. 1988. by John M. Borders. It has no other broadcast interests. Filed Ownership Changes CP FM Port St. Joe. FL (BAPH881216GS: 93.5 mhz; 2 Nov. 30. kw; 120 ft.) -Seeks assignment of license from Dee Wet - WQMI(AM) Portsmouth. NH. and WQMI -FM more to Maryann Wetmore- Kodish and Scott Wetmore for York Center. ME (AM: BTC881219GW; 1380 khz; I -U. no consideration. Seller has no other broadcast interests. kw DA -N; FM: BTCH881219GX: 95.3 mhz; 3 467 Applications Buyers have no other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 16. kw; ANT ft.) -Seeks transfer of control from Richard Walsh to WDNG(AMI Anniston. AL (BAL881128ED; 1450 khz: 1988. George Silverman for SI million. Seller has no other broad- i kw -U) -Seeks assignment of license from Francis J. WASA(AM) St. Augustine Beach. FL (BAL88I215EE; cast interests. Buyer owns 100% of issued and outstanding Dipietro, William J. Davis and Vondracek Benjamin F. to 1 170 khz: I kw -D )-Seeks assignment of license from First shares of stock in Sunshine Group Broadcasting Inc., li- WDNG Inc. for $500.000. Seller has no other broadcast City Broadcasting Inc. to Interstate Broadcasting for censee of WGAN(AMI- WMGX(FM) Portland, ME: interests. Buyer is owned by Charles R. Fuller and Ilene 5155.000. Seller is headed by Marshall Rowland. Buyer is WFEA(AM) -WZID(FM) Manchester. NH; WAQY(FM1 Fuller, joint owners; Betty Vondracek. and Francis J. Di- owned by Lockwood Smith. 50 %. and Cochran Keating, Springfield and WIXY(AM) East Longmeadow. both Mas- pietro and Melissa Dipietro, joint owners. It has no other 50%. It has no other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 15. sachusetts. Silverman also owns 49% of issued and out- broadcast interests. Filed Nov. 28. 1988. 1988. standing shares of stock in Mayjay Broadcasting Inc. May - jay is permittee of WFXR(FM) Harwichport. MA. Filed Dec. 19, 1988.

WUSS(AM) Atlantic City. NJ (BAL88I2I6EC: 1490 khz; I kw -D. 250 w-N)--Seeks assignment of license from Thomas J. Subranni Esq., trustee to Jim Cuffeep for $350,000. Seller is trustee for Atlantic Business and Com- Indiana: Small mkt. Class A FM SW FM, Real estate included munity Development Corp. and has no other broadcast Owner /Op., strong CF - $500,000 $850,000 interests. Buyer has no other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. BILL 16. 1988. KENT REPLOGLE 202/822 -1700 WHITLEY 214/788-2525 WRKS(FM) New York. NY (BALH881212GI; 98.7 mhz; 7.8 kw H, 5.5 kw V.: Ant 1.220 ft.) -Saks assign- Gulf coast Clagq C combo Midwest AM/FM combo, small ment of license from S/C Communications to Summit -New York Broadcasting Corp. for $50 million (BROADCAST- $3,200,000 market - $600,000, terms ING Dec. 12. 1988). Seller is owned by RKO General, GEORGE REED 904/730 -2522 BILL LYTLE 816/932 -5314 subsidiary of GenCorp. Buyer is owned by trusts for the Gordon Gray family. Summit Communications Group Inc.. ultimate parent of assignee. owns WAKR(AMI -WON- California B -1 FM, attractive SE Class A, real estate included E(FM) Akron, OH: WAOK(AM) -WVEE(FM) Atlanta, terms - $2,500,000 $500,000 with terms. GA; WCAO(AM)-WXYV(FM) Baltimore. MD; KME- JIM MERGEN 818/893 -3199 ED SHAFFER 404698 -9100 Z(AM)-KMEZ(FM) Dallas. TX: WONE(AM)-WTUE(FM) Dayton, OH: KLZ(AM) -KAZY(FM) Denver. CO; KFOR(AM)-KFRX(FM) Lincoln. NE. and KWTO -AM- AM/FM Gulf Coast combo Southern California Spanish AM FM Springfield, MO. Filed Dec. 12. 1988. 300,000« mkt. - $1,700,000 Profitable - $4,000,000 KZBX(FM) McAlester. OK (BALH881215GR; 104.9 BILL WHITLEY 214/788 mhz; 145 kw; Ant 454 ft.) -Seeks assignment of license -2525 RAY STANFIELD 818/893 -3199 from Megacom Broadcasting Inc. to Trayne Communica- tions Inc. for $400,000. Seller is owned by Randy Dunn, FL Resort Area: AM/FM with Arizona: C -2 FM, big signal in Mark Emmons and Anthony Ashmore. It has no other pos. CF growth mkt. broadcast interests. Buyer is owned by Thomas Payne, - $750,000 - $975,000, terms 75 %, and James Asa Haggard Ill, 25 %. Filed Dec. 15, GEORGE REED 904/730 -2522 DAVID LaFRANCE 818/893 -3199 1988. KCLI(FM) Oklahoma City. OK (BALH881220HE; 95.3 mhz: 3 kw; Ant 296 ft.)-Seeks assignment of license from Media Max Broadcasting Inc. to Clinton Broadcasting Co. for $63.293. Seller is owned by James Maxey Sr., lames Maxey Jr. and Patricia Maxey. It has no other broadcast Nationwide Media Brokers interests. Buyer is owned by Ray David. 40 %: Shirley David, 40 %; Vivain Knodel, 5 %; Rod Knodel, 5 %; Debo- rah Schultz, 5 %, and Charles Schultz, 5 %. Ray David is president and director of Clinton Broadcasting Co. and has 24.8% ownership interest in Western Media Corp., KLTC(AM) Dickinson, ND,and Roughrider Broadcasting aman Co., KRRB(FM) Dickinson, ND. Fled Dec. 20, 1988. Associates WRIE(AM) Waterford, PA (BAL881219EH; 1330 khz: 5 kw -D)-Seeks assignment of license from WRIE Inc. to Burbach Broadcasting Company for $230,000. Seller is Corporate Offices Washington, DC 202/822 1700 owned by J.N. Communications. Its principals are Norman Slemenda and James Harpel. J.N. Communications owns WHJB(AM) -WSSZ(FM) Greensburg. PA. Buyer is princi-

Broaocasnng Jan 9 1989 80 of li- pally owned by John L. Laubach Jr. and Robert H. Bur- mhz: 3 kw; HAAT: 300 ft.)-Granted assignment stein. It also owns WEYZ(AM) -WCCK(FM) Erie. PA: cense from North County Communications to Galaxy 994 of common stock of PBBC Inc.. licensee of Broadcasting Group for $850.000 ("Changing Hands." New Stations WXIL(FM) Parkersburg. WV. It is managing general part- Nov. 14. 1988). Seller is headed by Wally Reid and has no by ner of Marion Radio Co.. licensee of WMRN -AM -FM other broadcast interests. Buyer is principally owned Marion. OH. It owns Garrett Communications Inc.. gener- Robert I. Jacobson. It has no other broadcast interests. Applications al parer of Marion Radio Co.. and Wheeling Radio Co.. Action Dec. 16. 1988. Homewood, AL (BPH880816BQ)- Homewood Com- licensee of WZMM -AM -FM Wheeling. WV.: general part- Los Angeles. CA IBALH881 I IOHJ: 100.3 KIQQ(FM) munity Broadcasters Ltd. seeks 97.3 mhz: 1.6 kw; 153 m. ner of Nittany Broadcasting Co. licensee of WMAJ(AM)- kw: HAAT: 3005 Granted assignment of mhz: 5.3 ft.)- Address: 1259 North Rio Vista Blvd.. Fort Lauderdale, FL WXLR(FM) State College. PA. Filed Dec. 19. 1988. license from Outlet Broadcasting Inc. to Westwood One 33316. Principal is headed by Myrland Clarke. Filed Aug. Stations - Los Angeles Inc. for S56 million. Seller is WPU(AM)- WKRZIFM) Wilkes- Barre. PA (AM: 16. 1988. headed by Bruce Sundlun and BAL86I2I5HK; 1340 khz: I kw: FM: BAPLH881215HL: Providence. RI -based group IL Broadcast- 98.5 mhz; 50 kw: ant 1180 ft.) -Seeks assignment of David Henderson. It purchased KIQQ in 1978 from Cosmic Carlinville. IBPH881222MA)-Carlinville ing Corp. seeks 95.9 mhz; 3 kw: 82 m. Address: 815 West license from Beatrice Broadcasting Corp. to Keymarket of Communications for $4.5 million ("Changing Hands." WTOP(AMI- WASH(FM) Dean, Box 68. Virden, IL 62690. Principal is owned by NEPA Inc. for $12 million ( "In Brief' Nov. 21. 1988). Jan. 9. 1978). It also owns Randal J. Miller. Lawrence Travis. Cathaleen R. Miller Seller is New York -based group of five AM's. eight FM's Washington: WCMH -TV Columbus. Ohio: WJAR(TV) is and Russell G. Massinelli. It has no other broadcast inter- and one TV. headed by Frank D. Osborn. Buyer is princi- Providence. RI. and WIOQ(FM) Philadelphia. WIOQ ests. Filed Dec. 22. 1988. pally owned by Kerby Confer. Confer also owns Keymar- being sold. subject to FCC approval. to Professional Broad- ket Communications of Columbia Inc.. licensee of casters Inc. (see "Changing Hands." Oct. 17. 1988). Buy- Elmwood. IL (BPH881216NP)-Knight Communica- radio WTCB(FM) Orangeburg. SC.: Keymarket Communica- er is publicly held. Culver City. CA -based network tions Corp. seeks 97.3 mhz; 25 kw: 100 m. Address: 63 tions of Pennsylvania Inc.. licensee of WNNK(FM) Harris- group headed by Norm Pattiz. chairman. Earlier last year, Bay State Rd.. Boston. MA 02215. Principal is owned by burg. PA: Keymarket of Austin Inc.. licensee of it purchased WYNY(FM) New York ("Changing Hands." Norman Knight. Knight Communications Corp. owns KKMJ(FM) Austin. TX. Filed Dec. 15. 1988. April 25. 19881. and acquired 50% interest in WNEW(AM) WTAG(AM)- WSRS(FM) Worcester, MA. Knight owns New York ("Changing Hands. July II. 19881. Action 1005( of issued and outstanding stock of Knight Radio Inc., WORI(AM) Oak Ridge. TN (BAL881209: 1550 khz: I Dec. 20. 1988. WGIR -AM -FM Manchester. NH; WEZF(FM) kw -D) -Seeks assignment of license from FM 94 Limited licensee of CA IBALH881 I08HN: 96.9 Burlington. VT. Knight owns 1005E of issued and outstand- to J. Frederic Stair 11 for $25.000. Seller is owned by KROY(FM) Sacramento. ing stock of Knight Broadcasting of New Hampshire Inc., Leonard M. McCoig and Dorothy McCoig. It has no other mhz: 50 kw: HAAT: 500 ft.)- Granted assignment of WHEB -AM -FM Portsmouth, NH. Knight owns broadcast interests. Buyer has no other broadcast interests. license from Commonwealth Broadcasting of Northern Cal- licensee of 100% issued and outstanding stock of Quality Radio Filed Dec. 9. 1988. ifornia to Great American Television and Radio Co. for of S11.725.000 rill Brief' Nov. 7). Seller is owned by San Inc.. licensee of WSAR(AM) Fall River. MA. Filed Dec. WGTGIAM) Wartburg. TN 101.3 (BAPLH881213HZ: Diego -based group principally owned by Des Allen and 16, 1988. mhz: .5 kw; Ant 770 ft.) -Seeks assignment of license partners of Thorsnes, Bartolotta. McGuire and Padilla. San (BPH881215NG) --RDH Communications from Group Three Broadcasters to Morgan County Broad- Baker. LA Diego law firm. It also has interest in KYXI(FM) Yuma. 107.3 mhz: 3 kw: 100 m. Address: 13925 casting Co. for SI. In consideration for assignment of L.P. seeks AZ. Buyer is Cincinnati -based group of six AM's. nine Intrepid St., New Orleans, LA 70129. Principal is owned foregoing assets. assignee will pay assignor sum of one FM's and five TV's. headed by Carlyle J. Wagner. Action by Renette Dejoie Hall. Lawrence Weinberg and Philip M. dollar (SI.00) and will assume all outstanding obligations Nov. 20. 1988. Filed Dec. 15. 1988. of assignor and indemnify assignor and its principals from Greenberg. any liability thereunder. Seller is owned by Carl Stump. WRGI -FM Naples. FL and WSYBIAM)- WRUTIFMI Baker. LA (BPH881215NE)- Bebe -F Broadcasting Sandra Lavender and James Edwards Knight. Stump and Rutland. VT (WRGI: BAPLH881 I14HT: 93.5 mhz: 3 kw: Corp. seeks 107.3 mhz: 3 kw: 100 m. Address: 2714 Lavender have interest in WECO(AM) Wartburg. TN. HAAT: 300 ft.: WSYB: BAL881 114HR: 1380 khz: 5 kw- McConnell. Baton Rouge. LA 70809. Principal is owned Buyer is owned by Carl Stump. 304: Sandra Lavender. D I kw -N DA -N: WRUT: BALH881114HS: 97.1 mhz: by Beatriz E. B. Facundas. It has no other broadcast 15%. and James Edward Knight, 104. Filed Dec. 13. 1.15 kw: HAAT: 2997 ft.)- Granted assignment of license interests. Filed Dec. 15. 1988. 1988. Naples Inc. to H &D Commu- from All Communications of Baker. LA (BPH881215MH)-Oasis Radio Affiliates L.P. for $9.500.000 156.7 million cash and $2.8 KWKIIFM) Big Spring. TX (BALH8812I6GQ: 95.3 nications Inc. seeks 107.3 mhz: 3. kw: 100 m. Address: 15251 N.E. by seller). Seller is owned by Allan W. mhz; 1.8 kw; Ant 300 ft.) -Seeks assignment of license million financed 18th Ave., Suite 9. North Miami Beach. FL 33162. Princi- Roberts and Family. Buyer is member of H &D Broadcast from Big Spring Broadcasting Co. to David W. Wrinkle for pal is owned by Russell Oasis. Alan H. Potamkin. Daniel owned Joel M. Hailstone. and Barry J. 5325.000. Seller is owned by Bell -Rey Broadcasting. head- Group. principally D. Williams. Oasis is 25% shareholder of New Age Broad- Dickstein. Group also owns WDOV(AM)-WDSD(FM) Do- ed by David Ziebell. It has no other broadcast interests. casting permittee FL WFPG -FM Atlantic City. NJ: WSUBIAMI- Buyer is licensee KBSTIAMI Big Spring. TX. Filed Dec. ver. DE: -AM Filed Dec. 15. 1988. CT: WBBWIAM)- WBBG(FM) 16. 1988. WQGNIFMI Groton. Youngstown. OH: WTLB(AMI- WRCKIFMI Utica. NY. Baker. LA (BPH881215MI )-AB Partners Ltd. seeks Baton KMOO -AM -FM Mineola, TX (AM: BTC881219EC: and WKRS(AM)- WXLC(FM) Waukegon. IL. Dickstein 107.3 mhz: 3 kw: 100 m. Address: P.O. Box 16234. Alexan- 1510 khz: 500 w -D. DA: FM: BTCH88I2I9ED: 96.7 mhz: and Hartstone are principal owners of Hartstone & Dick- Rouge. LA 70893. Principal is owned by Charles It has no other 3 kw: Ant 300 ft. )-Seeks transfer of control from L.H. stein Inc.. specialized investment banking firm. concentrat- der. Michael J. Barnes and Henry Harris. Bobo and Virgil Peacock to Sam Curry and Joyce Curry for ing on acquisition and financing of radio and TV. Action broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 15. 1988. Seller has no other broadcast interests broadcast 5340000. Dec. 20. 1988. Baker- LA (BPH881215ML) -Kathleen D. Walker seeks interests. Buyer has no other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 107.3 mhz: 3 kw: 100 m. Address: 1920 NW 56th Street. AM) Chicago Heights. IL ( BAL881028EC: 1470 19. 1988. W MPP( owns 40% interest in Rebecca license Jana Miami. FL 33143. Principal khz: I kw -U) -Seeks assignment of from KOFR(FM) Odessa. TX (BAPHED881213HX: 90.5 Radio. Rebecca Radio. d/b)a Rebecca Radio of Lafayette. Broadcasting Co.. debtor-in- possession to Liberty Temple mhz: 2.4 kw: HAAT: 287 ft. )-Seeks assignment of li- holds 494 interest in Lafayette FM Joint Venture. permit - Full Gospel Church Inc.. for 54(10.000. Buyer is headed by cense from Family Stations Inc. to Southwest Educational tee of New FM Lafayette. LA. Filed Dec. 15. 1988. Rev. Clifford E. Turner. and has no other broadcast inter- Media Foundation of Texas for no consideration. Assign- ests. Action Dec. 15. 1988. Walpole. NH IBPH881215NBI -Gary P. Savoie seeks ment is charitable gift of assets. Seller is Oakland. CA- 96.3 mhz: 1.193 kw: 155 m. Address: 50 Park Ave.. based of eight AM's. 41 FM's and one TV. Buyer is group WWCK -AM -FM Flint. MI (AM: BAL881114HP: 1570 Claremont. NH 03743. Principal has no other broadcast headed by T. Kent Atkins. It also owns KENT(AM) Odes- khz: I kw -D 238.8 w -N: FM: BALH8R1114HQ: 105.5 interests. Filed Dec. 15. 1988. sa. TX. Atkins owns KRGN -FM Amarillo. TX. Filed Dec. mhz: 3 kw: HAAT: 330 ft.) -Granted assignment of li- G. 13. 1988. Walpole. NH (BPH881215MB) -Bruce Danziger cense from Reams Broadcasting Corp to Majar of Michi- seeks 96.3 mhz: 1.3 kw: 152 m. Address: R.D. I . Box 53. Rollingwood. TX IBTC881216EF: 1370 million. Seller purchased station in 1975 KOKEIAM) gan Inc. for S2.4 Clayton. NY 13625. Principal has no other broadcast inter- 5 -Dl transfer of control from Jimmy L. ("Changing Hands." June 16. 1975). Seller khz: kw -Seeks for 5650.000 ests. Filed Dec. 15. 1988. Ray to Iva Lea Worley Barton. Jimmy L. Ray et al. is is Toledo. Ohio-based group principally owned by Frazier Delaware County transfering shares to secure repayment of two promissory Reams Jr. It owns WBVE(FM) Hamilton. and Deposit- NY (BPH8612I5MK)- 1.2 kw: 159 m. Ad- notes to order of Iva Lea Worley Barton totalling SI.5 WCWAIAMI- WIOTIFM) Toledo. both Ohio. Buyer is Broadcasting Corp. seeks 94.7 mhz; is million. Buyer owns West Bank Broadcasting Corp.. li- principally owned by Jack T. Steenbarger. It also owns dress: Route 206. Box 58. Walton. NY 13856. Principal Finch. It also owns censee of station KOKE(AM) Rollingwood. TX: and Lea WDAN(AM)- WDNLIFM) Danville. Ill. Action Dec. 20. owned by Myra Youmans and Amos 1988. County Broadcasting Co.. licensee of KLEA -AM -FM Lov- 1988. WDLA -AM -FM Walton. NY. Filed Dec. 15. ington. NM: Rio Bravo Broadcasting Corp.. licensee of Chillicothe. OH (BPED8SI2I4MN) -The Cedarville KLTO(FM) El Paso. TX: New Braunfels Broadcasting WRXOIAMI- WKRX(FM) Roxboro. NC (AM: College seeks 91.9 mhz: .100 kw: 193 m. Address: 251 Corp.. licensee of KGNBIAMI -KNBTIFM) New Braun- BTC880926GO: 1.430 khz: I kw -D: FM: North Main St.. Cedarville. OH 45314. Principal is owned fels. TX. Filed Dec. 16. 1988. BTCH880926GP: 96.7 mhz: 3 kw: HAAT: 300 B.1- by Dr. Clifford W. Johnson. Kenneth H. St. Clair. Harold H. Wharton Winstead Jr. KOKE(AM) Rollingwood. TX (BAL881216EG: 1370 Granted transfer of control from R. Green. Martin E. Clark and Donald W. Rickard. Filed to Harry Myers for no consideration. Seller has no other khz; 5 kw -D)- -Seeks assignment of license from West Dec. 14. 1988. broadcast interests. Buyer has no other broadcast interests. Bank Broadcasting Corp. to Keymarket of Austin Inc. for Jackson. TN (BPED88 12 14M0)- Memphis Community Action Dec. 15. 1988. $400.000 which includes a 5200.000 non-compete agree- TV Foundation seeks 90.1 mhz: 17 kw: 161 m. Address: ment. Seller is principally owned by Iva Lea Worley Bar- WCEDIAM)- WOWQ(FM) Dubois. PA IBTC881114HB: 900 Getwell Rd.. Box 241880. Memphis, TN 38124. Prin- NM: ton. It also owns KLEA -AM -FM Lovington. 1420 khz: 5 kw -D 500 w-N DA -N: FM: BTCH88I I I4HC: cipal is headed by Robert J. Schroeder. It has no other KLTO(FM) El Paso. TX: KGNBIAMI -KNBT(FM) New 102.1 mhz: 11.5 kw: HAAT: 640 ft.)- Granted transfer of broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 14. 1988. Braunfels. TX. Buyer is principally owned by Kerby Con- control from Tri- County Broadcasting Co. to Tri- County Houston, TX (BPH881212IB)- Entertainment Commu- fer. Confer also owns Keymarket Communications of Co- Broadcasting Acquisition Corp. for SI.6 million. Seller is nications Inc. (FLA.) seeks 94.5 mhz: 100 kw: 164 m. lumbia Inc., licensee of WTCB(FM) Orangeburg. SC.: owned by Jason Gray Jr. Buyer is owned by E. Michael Address: 100 Presidential Blvd.. Ste. 10. Bala Cynwyd. Keymarket Communications of Pennsylvania Inc.. licensee Boyle. 16.66%: Patrick C. Boyle. 16.664: Mig Boyle. PA 19004. Principal is headed by Joseph M. Field. It has of WNNK(FM) Harrisburg. PA: Keymarket of Austin Inc.. 16.66%: John E. Boyle. 16.664: Peter T. Boyle. 16.664: no other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 12, 1988. licensee of KKMJIFM) Austin. TX. Filed Dec. 16. 1988. Mary H. Boyle. 16.664. Officers and directors of buyer are stockholders of Derrick Publishing Co.. licensee of Kelso. WA IBPH881215ME)- Washington Interstate Actions WKSNIAM)- WHUGIFM) Jamestown. NY. Action Nov. Broadcasting Co. seeks 94.5 mhz; 3.0 kw: 100 m. Address: Principal is owned by KMLO(FM) Fallbrook. CA (BALH881102GG: 107.1 20. 1988. P.O. Box 90. Kelso. WA 98626.

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 81 Stephen Hanson and Annabelle Hanson. Filed Dec. 15, 1988. Barrackville. WV (BPH88I208MH)- Marion Radio Corporation seeks 93.1 mhz; 3 kw; 100 m. Address: P.O. Box 1746. Charleston. WV 25326. Principal is owned by Frank Lee, Paul M. Friedberg. Robert Levine, Jack Gold- farb. Robert B. Harvit and Robert B. Mitchell. It has no Services other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 8. 1988. Verona. WI (BPH881215MC) -Verona Parque Broad- casting, Co. seeks 105.5 mhz; 3 kw; 100 m. Address: 619 South 20th Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55454. Principal is owned by Michelle K. Moore. It has no other broadcast FCC ON -LINE DATABASE interests. Filed Dec. 15, 1988. BROADCAST DATA SERVICES Computerized Broadcast Service Verona, WI (BPH881215NF)-- Skywave Communica- datawoPldá Including tions Corp. seeks 105.5 mhz; 3 kw; 100 m. Address: P.O. Allocation Terrain Studies Data Base Allocation Studies Box 4366. Madison. WI 53711. Principal is owned by Dan FM TV ITFS AM LPTV Terrain Profiles Dobrowolski. Dobrowolski owns Weather Center Interna- 4827 Rugoy Ave Surie 200 A Di,. of Hoffer Junon & Inc. Juhunon. tional Inc. which owns LPTV WO5BD Madison, WI, and Bethesda MD 20814 703 824 -5666 LPTV CP's for WO8CM Rockford. IL, and W69BD Ven- (301) 652 -8822 1.800- 368 -5754 ice and W58BK Naples, both Florida. Filed Dec. 15. 1988. Verona, WI (BPH881215MG)-Cynthia K. Waldbillig 1aYSSSlla19111r NC. seeks 105.5 mhz; 3 kw; MOO m. Address: 692 Tamarack UNUSED Way, Verona, 53593. has no other broadcast Connector Supplier WI Principal CALL interests. Filed Dec. 15, 1988. to the Broadcast Industry LETTERS Verona, WI (BPH881214MK)-Janice and Ronald Kings /ITT Cannon Fedler GP seek 105.5 mhz; 3 kw; 100 m. Address: 7842 67 Jetryn Blvd. E. datawoPIt Big Timber Trail. Middleton, WI 53562. Principals have Deer Park, N.V. 11729 no other broadcast interest. Filed Dec. 14, 1988. (516) 242-4700 1 -800 -368 -5754 Waunakee. WI (BPH8812I4ML) -WIBU Inc. seeks 105.1 mhz; 2.45 kw; 1111 m. Address: 175 Spring Lane. Winnetka. IL 60093. Principal is owned by Harry D. Stephen Raleigh tilblateclanc. Jacobs Jr., Lyle Dean Lebsack. David H. Bornstein. Filed Broadcast Services Dec. 14. 1988. BROADCAST CONSULTANTS AND ENGINEERS Full Service Technical Consulting FCC 4po Caron ace f Waunakee. WI (BPH881215MD1-Waunakee Parque Specialists in Audio L RF Systems F.eguenC, Serces ace Cca,aa,a.m, Broadcasting Co. seeks 105.1 mhz; 3 kw: 100 m. Address: Tome. E,eCLgn ana Mnrenlce Facility Design a Installation Fumy Daagn Np Conarucion 14600 40th Place North, Plymouth. MN 55446. Principal is P.O. Bos 3403, Princeton, N.J. 05540 Conran owned by Robert H. Moore and Terrance W. Moore. Filed (609) 799 -4357 KENNET.. W ,OEM. 21400 MKT Ate e (3131 562-6873 Dearborn MI 8124 Dec. 15, 1988. Waunakee. WI (BPH881215MF)-Betty Lynn Whim seeks 105.1 mhz; 3 kw; 100 m. Address: 5709 Hempstead MAILING LABELS Rd.. Madison, WI 53711. Principal has no other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 15. 1988. AM, FM & TV Radio and Television System Design Verona, WI (BPH881215ND)- Soncomm Inc. seeks CALL Transmitter and Studio Installation 105.5 mhz; 3 kw; 100 m. Address: P.O. Box 8788. Madi- Microwave and Satellite son, WI 53708. Principal is owned by Terry Guy Peters. Engineering and Installation Stanley L. Scharch. Thomas C. Weeden, James R. Berg datawoild® 12 North Willow St. and David J. Smith. Filed Dec. 15. 1988. 1- 800 -368 -5754 201.746-9307 Montclair. NJ 07042 Verona, WI (BPH881215NC)- Heller Broadcasting Group L.P. seeks 105.5 mhz; 3 kw; 100 m. Address: P.O. PROFESSIONAL VIDEO SERVICES- Box 59. Mishicot, WI 54228. Principally owned by Mark Complete Vdeo Tape Production FULL TIME Heller. It has no other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 15. 40' r 40' Acoustic Studio -Light Gnd 1988. Satellite 8 Local Teleconferencing, UPLINK SERVICES Downtown Pi. to Pt Transmission Actions AMERICAN $9988 /month CABIEVI51014 AM from Dallas Miami, FL (BP780906AH) -- Granted app. of Communi- zoo RaaNM am ManMras a 46211 pn16v -22M Call 1 -800- 328 Broadcasters Inc. for 990 khz. Address: P.O. Box. 815 M Minim Tpn ym 6 Canmmumns Corp Ca, S, -2546 ty SW 13th St., Miami. FL 33135. It has no other broadcast interests. Action Dec. 22. 1988. Franklyn R. Beemish & Co. FM's Engineering for Television 6 Radio Broadcast ntelligence Inc. Malvem. AR (BPH880407MW)- Granted app. of Har- FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS DESIGN & IMPLEMENTATION bour Enterprises for 101.5 mhz; 3 kw H &V: 97 m. Ad- ANALOG 6 O13-AL VIDEO AUDIO HDTV COMI'rTanc ArnacAnr PROFILE dress: 317 South Main St., Malvern. AR 72104. Principal ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING ...know the players, is owned by Donald C. Harbour, Alene O. Harbour. Mi- 1CTR CAL. MVAC..ICOJSTICAL before they know you. chael H. Harbour, Julie H. Williams and William C. Har- 574 Sunrise Highway, Baldwin, NY 11510 516867-8510 (602) 293 -6818 bour. Action Dec. 21. 1988. Sharon, CT (BPH880504MC)- Granted app. of Radio South Burlington Inc. for 103.3 mhz: 0.771 kw H &V; 192 m. Address: 19 Boas Lane. Wilton. CT 06897. Principal is Av Ann Vogt DON'T BE A STRANGER owned by Dennis Jackson and Maureen Jackson. Dennis Jackson is 46.6% owner To Broadcasting's 116.427 Readers of Ridgefield Broadcasting Corp., 1200 18th St., N.W. Display your Professional licensee of WREF(AM) Ridgefield, CT. Mr. Jackson is Suite 706 or Service Card here. It will be seen by station and cable TV Valley D.C. 20036 also 94.9% owner of River Broadcasting Co., 15% Washington, system owners and (202) 457 -0994 deC15lon makers. limited partner in WNYQ Associates, licensee of WNY1- 1986 Readership Survey showing 3.5 FM Rotterdam, NY. Action Dec. 20. 1988. FCC Research readers per copy Valdosta. GA (BPED861I I2MG)- Granted app. of Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission for 91.7 mhz; 0.5 kw; 72 m. Address: 1540 Stewart Ave. SW. Atlanta, GA 30310. Principal is headed by Richard E. Ottinger, executive director. Action Dec. 20, 1988. contact Bruce, MS (BPH851204MA)- Granted app. of Kerry BROADCASTING MAGAZINE W. Hill for 94.5 mhz; 3 kw H &V; 328 m. Address: 107 1705 DeSales St., N.W. Spring Street, Ripley, MS 38663. Principal is officer, Washington, D.C. 20036 director and stockholder of Country- Politan Broadcasting for availabllilbs Co.. licensee of WTXI(FM) Ripley. MS. Action Dec. 21. Phone: (202) 659 -2340 1988. Abbeville, SC (BPH871109MM)- Granted app. of Shel- ley Reid for 92.9 mhz: 3 kw H &V; 100 m. Address: P.O. Box 669, Abbeville, SC 29620. Principal has no other broadcast interests. Action Dec. 21. 1988.

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Confect AFCCE of BROADCASTING MAGAZINE Association Federal 1705 DeSales St., N.W. Communications Washington, D.C. 20036 Consulting Engineers for availabillMs P.O. Box 19333 20th Street Station Phone: (202) 659 -2340 Washington. DC 20036 12021659 -3707 Bridgeport, TX (BPED831115AK)- Granted app. of Pekin, IL, WGLO 95.3 mhz -Dec. 08, 1988- Applica- 94 43 36W. Family Stations Inc. for 90.5 mhz; 20 kw; 110 m. Address: tion for CP to change ERP: 7 kw H &V; HAAT: 189 m Schnecksville, - 3108 Fulton Ave., Sacramento CA 95821. Principal is H &V: FREQ: 95.5; class: BI. PA. WXLV 90.3 mhz -Dec. 12. 1988 headed by Harold Camping. It owns eight AM's. 42 FM's Application for CP to change ERP: .67 kw H &V; HAAT: Portage, MI. WRKR 107.7 mhz-Dec. 28, 1988- Appli- and one TV. Action Dec. 20. 1988. 54 m H &V. cation for Mod of CP (BPH10239) to change HAAT: 148 Superior, Caldwell, TX (BPH871113MD)- Dismissed app. of m H &V. WI, KUWS 91.3 mhz -Dec. 05. 1988- Appli- cation for to Burleson County Broadcasting Inc. for 95.1 mhz; 3 kw CP change ERP: 83 kw H &V; HAAT: 197.2 Whitehouse, TX, KISX 99.3 mhz-Dec. 01. 1988 -Ap- H &V; 100 m. Address: 820 North Gray, Caldwell, TX m H &V: TL: 410 W. 10th St.. Duluth. St. Louis, MN. plication for Mod of CP (BPH870818IB) to change from 77836. Principal is owned by Joe D. Smith, James C. Hill. Quincy, FL. 101.7 mhz 13. 1988- directional to non -directional on existing CP. WIQI -Dec. Applica- H.E. Pflughaupt, James R. Jones. Michael A. Kuhn, don for CP to change HAAT: 100 m H &V; TL: on Kittrell Chuck W. Machemehl and William J. Nutt. Action Dec. Valdosta. GA, WVGA ch. 44 -Dec. 13, 1988- Applica- Rd, .7 mi E of County Rd 268, 4.5 mi SE of Quincy. FL. 12. 1988. lion for CP to change ERP: 1365 kw V; HAAT: 281 m; TL: Jenkins, KY, WIFX-FM 94.3 mhz-Dec. 01, 1988-Ap- 7.2 km E of Sparks, GA; ANT: BASO/ SC -28M; 31 10 Caldwell. TX (BPH87I113MK) -- Granted app. of Roy plication for CP 455 18N 83 21 57W. to change ERP: 2.8 kw H &V; HAAT: E. Henderson for 95.1 mhz; 3 kw H &V; 100 m. Address: m H &V; TL: Mayking Mtn. SW of Jenkin, KY; class: C2 17000 El Camino Real. Bldg B. Ste 205. Houston. TX Paradise, NV, CP ch. 39 -Dec. 12- Applicaation for (per Docket 87-613). 77058. Principal owns KGLF(FM) Freeport. TX. Action Mod of CP to change ERP: 1330 kw V; HAAT: 367 m: Manchester. KY, WWXL-FM 103.1 mhz -Dec. 06, Dec. 16. 1988. ANT: Jampro JSL-16/ 39 -L -100 -H (DA); TL: Black Mtn 1988- Application for CP to change ERP: 2.64 kw H &V; Communications Site, near Henderson. NV; 36 00 3I N 115 New Boston, TX (BPH871110MW)- Granted app. of HAAT: 103 m H 00 22W. &V; Antenna supporting structure height; Radio New Boston Inc. for 103.5 mhz; 3 kw H &V; 100 m. Coordinates: 37 09 13N 83 46 26W. Address: P.O. Box 332. Conway. AR 72032. Principal is Vineland, NJ, WFHM 1270 khz -Dec. 28, 1988- Appli- Rochester, NY, WCMF 96.5 mhz -Dec. 9, 1988- Appli- owned by Lloyd V. Stone. Ronald G. Marable and Richard cation to change antenna system: reduce power from .5 kw cation for CP to change ERP: 46 kw H &V; HAAT: 156 m H. Reynolds. Action Dec. 16, 1988. to .36 kw daytime; increase height of tower #2; make H &V; TL: 281 Colfax St., Rochester. NY. TV's changes in augmentation; reduce power from .3 kw to .21 kw nighttime; 39 29 53N 75 04 31W. Amarillo. TX. KDJW -FM 94.1 mhz -Dec. 12. 1988 - Laurel. MS (BPCf870331QE)- Dismissed app. of Application for Mod (BPH870302OC) to change Hilton Head Island. SC. WHHR -FM 106.3 mhz-Dec. of CP WPSX -TV Wagner Annex for ch. 18; 20 kw -v 2 kw -a: 305 HAAT: 336 m H &V; TL: N. of Amarillo on Hwy 87. 2.3 23. 1988- Application for CP to change FREQ: 106.1 mhz m. Address: University Park. PA 16802. Principal is km NNE of junction of Hwy 87 and Givens Ave. (per Docket 86 -469): ERP: 50 kw H &V; HAAT: 93 m owned by Carl M. Fisher and has no other broadcast H&V; class: C2. Tampa. FL. WEDU ch. 3-Dec. 20. 1988 -Application interests. Action Nov. 30. 1988. for CP to change HAAT to 1551'; TL: 4 mi SE of River- South Hill. VA. WJWS 1370 khz -Dec. 29. 1988-Ap- Carlsbad. NM Granted app. of view, FFL (BPCT861119KR)- plication for CP to change antenna system (by increasing Dean C. Engstrom for ch 25: 1400 kw -v 140 kw -a; 184 m. tower height) and radiation efficiency. Standish, MI, WSTD 96.9 mhz -Dec. 14, 1988- Appli- Address: 101 Little Oak Lane. Altamonte Springs. FL cation for Mod of CP (BPH861230NQ) to change HAAT: 32714. Principal is owned by Dean C. Engstrom and Les New Port Richey, FL, WLPJ 91.5 mhz -Dec. 30. 1988 - 100 m H &V; TL: 1.2 km at 70 degrees T from intersection White. Action Dec. 21. 1988. Application for CP to change ERP: 25 kw H &V: HAAT: of St. Rte 76 and Sterling Rd, Sterling. MI. 1 19.3 m H &V: TL: 1/2 mi E of WE Road and 7th Avenue West Point. VA (BPET881128KE)- Retumed app. of near Spring Hill. FL: class: C2. Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Associa- Actions tion Inc. for ch. 46; 2626 kw; 1014 m. Address: 5200 Montgomery. AL, WVAS 90.7 mhz -Dec. 08. 1988 - Copperopolis. CA. KZDO, 105.5 mhz -Dec. 21 -CP for Hampton Blvd., Norfolk. VA 23508. Principal is owned by Application for CP to change ERP: 80 kw H &V; HAAT: BPH821012AH is forfeited and call sign (KZDO) deleted. W. Kelly Scott. Mackenzie Jenkins. John R. Morison. 106 m H &V; TL: East of Tuscaloosa St and 300 feet N of Wenatchee, WA, KKRT 900 khz Oct. 28. 1988- Applica- Kenneth B. Krell. Lawrence E. Crum and Robin E. Deal. University Drive. tion (BP880906AC) granted CP to change antenna system; Action Dec. 5. 1988. Farmington. NM. KSJE 90.9 mhz -Dec. 08. 1988 -Ap- TL: Horse Lake Rd., I mi W of end of asphalt, Wenatchee. plication for Mod of CP (BPED870202MD) to change WA: 47 27 44N 120 21 28W HAAT: 118 m H &V; TL: .2 km E of Hwy #371 and US Facilities #550 intersection. Riverside. CA. KSLD ch. 62 -Dec. 16. 1988- Applica- Changes tion (BMPC1881201KU) granted for MP Grand Rapids, MI. WCSG 91.3 mhz-Dec. 30. 1988 - (BPCT810720KL) to change ERP: 2340 kw (V): HAAT: Applications Application for CP to change ERP: 35.7 kw H &V; HAAT: 711 m; ANT: Bogner BU132 (DA); TL: Sunset Ridge 174 m H &V. Electronics site. Los Angeles County. CA. 5.5 km at N 137 Waynesboro. PA. WEEO. 1130 khz-Dec. 9. 1988 - Granville. OH. WDUB 90.9 mhz -Dec. 30. 1988- Appli- degree E to San Antonio Heights. CA: 34 1116N 117 41 Application for CP to change city of license to Greencastle. cation for Mod of CP (BPED791227AP) to correct antenna 55W. PA; in increase power to 5 kw: change TL to Greencastle, center of radiation to 34 m: correct overall height of struc- Madisonville, KY. WLCN ch. 19 -Dec. 20. 1988 -Ap- PA: and make changes in antenna system: 39 47 31 N 77 40 ture to to 37 m. plication (BPCI181114KK) granted for CP to change ERP: 27W. Alcoa. TN, WYLV 89.1 mhz -Dec. 30. 1988- Applica- 2676 kw (V): HAAT: 241 m: TL: on N side of County Rd Trumann. AR. KXRQ 1530 khz-Dec. 8. 1988- Applica- tion for Mod of CP (BPED8409111A) to change HAAT:.31 260, Hopkins County. KY. about 3.8 km W of Hanson. lion for CP to correct coordinates to: On US Hwy 63. 1.9 m H& V; TL: 2.2 mi E of Center of Alcoa..44 mi E of Hwy KY; ANT: Hams TAZ -31U: 27 24 46N 87 31 32W. kw SE of Trumann. AR: 35 39 37N 90 30 07W. 129. Cochran. GA, WDCO(TV) ch. 15 -Dec. 21. 1988 -Ap- Thousand Palms, CA. KPSL 1010 khz-Dec. 29. 1988 - Menomonie. WI, WHWC 88.3 mhz -Dec. 15. 1988 - plication (BPEf860115KH) granted for CP to change max Application (BMP881129AF) for MP (BP880602AC) to Application for CP to change ERP: 25 kw H &V. ERP to 5000 kw: HAAT: 331.5 m: TL: 7.5 m NW of modify day and night standard pattern. Cochran on Hwy 26; 32 28 I IN 85 15 17W. Amended Hialeah. FL. WCMQ -FM 92.3 mhz -Dec. 15. 1988 - 881013 to specify operation on Ch. 29 rather than on Ch. Natick. MA. WBIV 1060 khz -Dec. 30. 1988- Applica- Application for Mod of CP (BPH8807121A) to change 15 on which the station now operates. tion for CP to make changes in Day and Night antenna ERP: 31 kw H &V; HAAT: 188 m H &V. system. Wailuku, HI, KOGG 15 khz-Dec. 21. 1988- Applica- Rexburg. ID. KKQT 98.3 mhz-Dec. 15. 1988- Applica- tion (BMPCI880826KJ) granted for MP Waterbury. CT. WQQW 1590 khz-Dec. 30. 1988 -Ap- tion for CP to change FREQ: 98.1 mhz; ERP: 25 kw H &V; (BPCT871029KG) to change HAAT: 1723 m: TL: Mt. plication for CP to change Day directional pattern and HAAT: 84 m 1-1&V: class: C2 (per Docket 87 -606). Haleakala. approx. 32 SE Wailuku. - change TL to: 2.94 km within city limits of Waterbury. CT: km of HI; ANT: Bog ner2XBU16U MODT -M: 20 42 34N 156 15 41 33 59N 73 03 23W. Roscommon, MI. WLAI 101.1 mhz -Dec. 14. 1988 - 54W. Application for Mod of CP (BPH871008MI) to change Fort Worth, 52 khz Piqua. OH. WPTW 1030 khz -Dec. 5, 1988- Application TX, KFWD, -Dec. 21. 1988- Appli- ERP: 1.51 kw H&V; HAAT: 135 m H &V: TL: I mi E of cation (BPCT881117KF) for MP (BP8210I4AA) to correct coordinates to: 1625 granted for CP to change ERP: Old US 27 and CR 76 intersection. 5000 kw (V): ANT: Bogner BUH -32 Pattern C. Covington Ave.. Piqua. OH: 40 08 25N 84 16 07W. Ontonagon, MI. WONT 98.3 mhz-Dec. 14. 1988 -Ap- Burbank, CA, KRCK 1500 khz-Dec. 20. 1988- Appli- Huron, SD, KOKK 1210 khz -Dec. 6 -Mod of CP plication for CP to change FREQ: 101.1 mhz: ERP: 4.8 kw cation (BP820305BA) to augment night directional standard pat- (BMP880705AD) granted for MP (BP20111) to in- H &V; HAAT: 164 m H &V; class: C2: (per Docket 88 -50). crease power to 14 tern. kw (N)50 kw (D): TL: Tujunga Wash. 2.3 mi W of Sunland near Cottonwood Ave. and Litchfield. MN, KLFD -FM 95.3 mhz-Dec. 05. 1988 - Falmouth. VA, WL1D. 890 khz-Dec. 28, 1988- Appli- Wentwood St.. Los Angeles County. make Application for Mod of CP (BPH8803301E) to change TL: CA: changes in cation for Mod of CP (BP850729ACI to make changes in antenna system: 34 16 09N 118 20 31W. 3.03 km from Saint Nicholas. MN. at a bearing 122.8 antenna system and change from DA to Non -DA. of degrees. Fort Walton Beach, FL. WFTW 1260 khz-Dec. 15. Blennerhassen. WV. WRRD, 940 khz-Dec. 1. 1988 - 1988 -Application (BP880721AD) granted for CP to change Gainesville, MO. KMAC 99.7 mhz -Dec. 15. 1988 - Application for Mod of CP (BP860407AC) to change TL Antenna system; reduce power and change to 225 Application for Mod of CP (BPH870601 MD) to change TL N. to: .1 km N of Eastern Ramp to Ohio River Memorial Toll Hollywood Blvd. Fort Walton Beach, FL; 24 ERP: 34.7 kw H &V; HAAT: 180 m H &V; TL: State Rte 5, 30 SIN 86 37 Bridge. Parkersburg. WV: 39 17 OIN 81 33 18W. 40W. .7 km N of State Line. Gainesville. MO. Asheville, NC. WCQS 88.1 mhz 14. 1988- -Dec. Appli- La Grange. TX. KBUK 104.9 mhz -Dec. 15. 1988 - Trenton. NJ, WBUD 1260 khz -Dec. 16. 1988- Applica- cation for CP to make changes: ERP: 1.6 kw H &V; HAAT: Application (BPH8712151D) granted for CP to change tion for CP to increase night power to 1.7 kw. 356 m H&V; TL: High Top Mtn at end of Starnes Cove HAAT: 100 m H&V. Road. Allentown, PA. WAEB 790 khz-Dec. 15. 1988- Appli- Laramie, WY, KLWG 105.5 mhz -Dec. 15. 1988 -Ap- cation for CP to increase day power to 3.8 kw and change Yreka. CA. KYRE, 97.7 mhz -Dec. 8, 1988- Applica- plication (BMPH880518IG) granted for Mod of CP to change ERP: 1.39 kw 721 m ant. syst. tion for CP H &V; HAAT: (BPH850710NM) to change ERP: .350 kw H &V; HAAT: H &V; class: C2; TL: 14 km SE of Yreka at 174 degrees Newberry, MI, WNBY 1450 khz -Dec. 19. 1988- Appli- 295 m H &V; TL: Approx 12 km I 10 degrees T from Tree. cation for CP to correct coordinates of tower and height: 46 Center of Laramie, WY. Vero Beach, FL, 93.5 18 48N 85 30 38W. WGYL, mhz -Dec. 06. 1988 - Dardanelle. AR. KZAO 1490 khz-Dec. 21. 1988 -Ap- change Application for CP to ERP: 50 kw H&V; Freq: Longview, TX. KLGV 1280 khz -Dec. 16- Applicataion plication (BP880810AF) granted for CP to increase night 93.7: class: C2. for CP to correct coordinates and site elevation; 32 26 58N power to 1 kw.

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General manager: KWMU-FM, SI. Louis. MO: Seeking Graduate assistants (4), Miami University, 1989 -90, RADIO 'a manager for National Public Radio member sta- WMUB -FM. Full time 30 KW NPR affiliate, Big Band -jazz- kur providing news, classical, and jazz programing from news format Need: 2 news reponers/writers, 1 develop- HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT campus of the University of Missouri -St. Loua to metropol- ment/information and 1 programing /operations assistant. Local salesmanager for Orlando's leading Rock radio itan area of 2.5 million, to provide leadership for a full -time Work toward Masters Degree, Mass Communications. Re- station. Strong retail sales background, ability to train. professional staff of 20 and 20 qualified students. Respon- quired: 3.0 GPA. Bachelor's degree. Current stipend lead experienced sales team. maintain local account list sibilities include budget and financial management. fun- $6.142 plus fee waiver. Additional $500 summer 1990 and maximize revenue. Send resume, salary history to: draising and developmemt, primary liaison to campus and probable. Qualified only. No phone calls. Immediate ap- Ralph Saliemo, Station Manager, WDIZ Radio. 2180 San - community. Reports to Dean of College of Ans and Sci- plication necessary, deadline: March 1. 11989. Contact lando Center, State Road 434, Suite 2150, Longwood. FL. ences. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree required. Mas- GA Search Committe, WMUB, Miami University, Oxford, 32779. EOE. M/F. ter's degree preferred. Proven senior management and Ohio 45056. AA/EOE. development experience. Ability to work with students California coast: Immediate opportunity for experienced friends board, and community advisory board. Salary: North Jersey's hottest station seeks full and part-time GSM at small market combo. Top money for top person. Negotiable and competitive. Deadline' February 15. 1989. news anchor /reporter to deliver fast and accurate. T & R: Equal Opportunity Employer. Send letter and resume to: Send cover letter. resume and three letters of references News Director, Power 103/WNNJ. Box 40. Newton, NJ 3195 -G McMillan Road, San Luis Obispo. CA 93401. EOE. to Prof. Lance T. LeLoup, Chair. Search Committee. c/o 07860. EOE. Human Resources, of Missouri -St. Louis. 8001 Sales manager for growing cable advertising depart- University Anchor /producer for public radio station serving Rock- Natural Bridge Rd.. St. Louis. MO 63121. Equal opportuni- ment. Looking for coach, motivator, with at least 3 years ford market. UPI national winner with strong news commit- experience in advertising sales. Please no calls! Please ty employer. ment. Anchors local segments of NPR's "Morning Edition," send resume and salary history to: Wayne Hindmarsh, produces in -depth reports/features. beat reporting. Re- HELP WANTED SALES Continental Cablevision Advertising, 21900 Melrose, Suite quires B.A. or equivalent plus one year experience, dem- 6. Southfield. MI 48075. Continental Cablevision is an Florida opportunity. Wonderful living in beautiful Naples onstrated journalism, announcing, production skills. $16- Affirmative Action/equal Opportunity Employer. selling for top station that offers salary plus commission. 18K, excellent benefits. Non -smoking workplace. Letter, excellent opportunities. Send resume, references, transcripts, audition tape received by Sales Manager: Northern Alabama stations want aggres- Good benefits and growth resume Friedman, WRGI -FM. 950 Manatee Road. January 23rd. Applications without all the above not con- sive, experienced, radio sales executive. Sell. train. and to E. FL sidered. Michael Lazar, G.M., WNIU, Northern Illinois Uni- reap good benefits for one of the market's top combos. Naples, 33961. EOE. versity, DeKalb, IL 60115. EOE. Send resume and track record to Box A -12. EOE. Two AE positions open at Classic Rocker, Midwest college metro. If you believe that you are a "Radio is War" Morning anchor /editor. Experienced. active, local news- General sales manager - needed for Boston - Highly professional, have experience, rush resume, references. room. Moderate pay: unlimited growth FOE. M /F. T & R. rated CHR - WZOU, Ardman Broadcasting Corp. Mass. income requirement Howard Gherman, WMAD, WRKL. Pomona, NY 10970 Looking for strong retail sales background, and strong or call Box 7727, Madison. WI 53707. 608 -249 -9277 FOE. sales training skills. Send resume to General Manager. HELP WANTED PROGRAMING 313 Congress St., Boston, MA 02210 or call - 617 -267- Equity position: For experienced New England salesper- PRODUCTION & OTHERS 9090. EOE. Proven track record a must. New FM station in major son. Possible opening for detail oriented traffic director. Col- growth market with magnificent lifestyle. Help us make up for major market umbine experience a must. Send resume to Lee Zapis. General sales manager New England your account list. EOE. Box A -23, 50.000 watt AM. Strong radio sales background needed. WEKS -FM, 1447 Peachtree Street, Atlanta. GA 30309. Must hire. train and motivate sales staff. Great opportunity HELP WANTED ANNOUNCERS EOE. for right person. Let's talk. 516-294 -1400. Aggressive, growing group is searching for top -notch Operations manager-program director: Winners News telephone talk personalities. We are an organization dedi- Network, growing organization seeks experienced pro- Management: Booming regional FM. beautiful central cated to Talk radio, and are interested in only the best. If gramer with superior people skills to manage program New England market seeks sales pro for experienced you are looking for a growth opportunity in the top 20 department, implement new program concepts. Liason local sales manager. Call 800 -242 -WYRY, 603-336- markets, with people who know the Talk business, we are with affiliated stations, and functions. 5000, WYRY, 130 Martell Keene. NH, 03431. Court, looking for you. E.O.E. Send tape, resume, photo, to: Send resume, programming philosophy, goals. on -air EOE/MF. Atlantic Coast Radio, 5108 Belair Rd., Baltimore, MD tape, and salary history to: Joseph Nuckols. WNN, 6462 General manager: New FM in small mid Michigan market. 21206. N.W. 5th Way, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309 E.O.E. A great opportunity to from ground up. a new develop, Once in s lifetime radio opportunity. Need that special Crown Broadcasting, a young, dynamic radio group with property in a market that desires its station. The own person who can do it all. Experience, educ. & talent stations in California and Colorado is expanding. Want to successful applicant will have background a strong sales required. Ft Myers-Naples. FL area. New youth oriented interview experienced people for programing. sales, ad- he with a proven record and small market experience: or station with excellent working environment. 813 -597- ministrative and management positions. We offer great she will receive good compensation. and work with a 2675 FOE benefits and opportunity for advancement Needed imme- financially strong and capable owner. AVCI, Box 650 diately. an experienced sales manager for medium market Pigeon, MI 48755. EOE. HELP WANTED TECHNICAL AM /FM. Send to Crown Broadcasting. 5721 Magazine Hudson AM /FM needs a CE to maintain a Street, Suite 143, New Orleans, LA 70115. EUE. EZ Communications, a major radio station operator. NY's Valley: first facility. in DA a must. SBE certifica- seeks co -op manager at WHOT -FM, Miami to develop class Experience Assistant program director. Top -25 market, News/Talk. local co-op vendor program. Immediate opening for an tion helpful. Competitive salary and benefits. Contact Wal- Excellent growth potential. Energetic young company. Kingston, NY experienced. motivated professional to maximize his/her ter Maxwell, WGHO/wbpm. 82 John St., Your enthusiasm, innovation, competence will thrust you career potential. Salary Structure neg. and comprehensive 12401. EOE. into the PD position within one year. EOE. Box A -21. benefit plan upon eligibility. For confidential consideration. Corporate engineer for Florida group. Must have hands - Program director for Top 50 Newstalk station in the contact. Chuck Goldmark, GM, WHOT -FM. Miami, 3200 on experience with both FM and directional AM. Call Ron Southeast. Must have experience and be able to host a Ponce De Leon, Miami, FL 33134 -7297; or call 305-445- Kight 904 -785 -9549. EOE/ME. talk segment. News background desired. Send resume. 5411. EOE M/F. Experienced broadcast technician needed for small EUE. Box A -22. market group -2AM, 2FM. Excellent opportunity in highly Sales manager. Small market northern California coast. Massachusetts markets. Send full de- SITUATIONS WANTED MANAGEMENT Will consider account executive with minimum three years desirable Western tails to: Donald A. Thurston, Berkshire Broadcasting, Box experience. ready to move up. Growing group. Contact sales manager with lull time experience. 707. No. Adams, MA 01247. EOE. Hire a part-time Jack Maley, Box 759, Lakeport, CA 96453. 707 -263- Help for the small to medium absentee or owner operator. m0 6113. EOE. Let's talk! East Coast. Al Wunder 201-538-1250. Beasley Broadcast Group, one of the fastest growing Sunshine Group Broadcasting, one of the fastest grow- Professional with 18 years experience in management, radio groups in America. is currently accepting resumes ing broadcast groups in New England, requires a general sales, station construction, ownership available immedi- for current and future engineering positions. We are look- sales manager for WFEA/WZID in Manchester. New ately due to sale of station, Call 817-865-5215. ing for people experienced in high power FM. AM direc- Hampshire to bring its well -seasoned and professional and systems. If you are maintenance mind- searching for a new chal- combo sales staff to new heights. An excellent compensa- tional. studio Currently employed manager ed. have the ability to design and construct state of the art includes all facets of management from tion package is offered for your achievements. Send your lenge. Experience facilities, and possess good communication skills, send involvement, programing, resume and tell me why you should be considered to. sales. promotion. community your resume ín confidence to: Kevin McNamara, Director and new station construction. General Manager. Box A -19. EOE, M/F. personnel, to engineering of Engineering, Beasley Broadcast Group, Box 2097, Na- Over twelve years with present employer, twenty years in Operations manager: Responsibilities: Assist the pro- ples, FL 33940. EOE M/F. broadcast, overall. Prefer small to medium size market in gram director and chief engineer in quality control of the Minnesota. Wisconsin or Michigan. Reply to Box P -74. HELP WANTED NEWS air signal for programing and technical quality; supervise manager. Comprehensive experience. the production/programing staff; training of production - Experienced news anchor with strong delivery wanted General/sales Young, aggressive with integrity. Impeccable references. /programing staff; technical director of station remotes - for top news station in New York's Hudson Valley. Excel- Indiana, Kentucky. West Virginia, Pennsylvania. Vir- /field recordings; liason with NPR distribution, satellite op- lent pay and benefits, Mail tape, resume and salary re- Ohio, ginia only. 962 -0854. erations and technical staff: purchase production quirements to Hank Silverberg, News Director, 317- supplies; mix and produce programing as needed. Quali- WGHQ/WBPM, PO Box 1880, Kingston. NY 12401. EUE. If you need a pro to manage your small or medium radio experience fications: College degree. Substantial market station. consider me. I have an enviable record as A M needs experi- with familiarity of radio operations. Technical background Number one F.M. & new, News/Talk a GM...a strong background in sales...and a knack for and production skills necessary. Position availability: Im- enced co- anchor and street reporter for number one news motivating the people around me. Box A -1. mediately. Salary: Commensurate with experience. Send department in the market. Minorities and women encour- resume to: Program Director, WBGO /Newark Public Ra- aged to apply. Minimum 3 years experience. Call Ashley Highly qualified management team seeks management investor. Box P -28. dio, Inc., 54 Park Place, Newark. NJ 07102. EOE. Anderson, 1- 205 -232 -3911. EOE. conlracttequity position with quality

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 85 SITUATIONS WANTED ANNOUNCERS Promotion and marketing director. Gannett -owned NBC Chief engineer: Hands -on chief for cable satellite net- affiliate on Florida's coast Please hire me! General announcing and music. First seeks talented, highly motivated work. Must be familiar with Varian transmitters. Sony Beta - individual to lead rapidly growing station to M1! If you're a cam. 1" and blind graduate from Columbia School of Broadcasting, 3/4" machines. Previous supervisory experi- hands -on manager /producer with a flair for creative ad- ence and good Chicago. Harold Bocock. 3502 Ted Ave.. Waukegan. IL people and communication skills vertising. a passion for news and community involvement. required. Must have 60085. 312-623-6997. 2nd Class or General Class FCC and a skill for strategic thinking; this is the opportunity that license. SBE certification a plus. Resumes and salary Protesaional attitude and sound. Experienced announc- could make your career. Minimum three years promotion history should be sent to: Personnel Dept., NuStar, 1332 er available: immediately. Midwest. South, anytime. Bill experience. Tape and resumes to Linda Brook, General Enterprise Dr., West Chester. PA 19380. No phone calls. 308 -534 -1211. Manager. WTLV -12. 1070 E. Adams St., Jacksonville, FL please. EOE. 32202. Women and minorities encouraged to apply. EOE. Tools...Talent...Desire: Dynamic announcer /production to AM -FM animal. Experienced morning host 8 news man. Seeking General sales manager: Midwest 50's market, seeks ex- Rigger wanted work on TV. tower and antenna systems. If you have Northeast gig with room to grow. Chris Dowd, 305 -296- perienced GSM. Total sales manager experience 2+ the experience and can manage your 3574. years. Skilled in budgeting. pricing. negotiations. comput- own crew. we should talk. Major dollars! Call Jim liner, -0555. ers. interpersonal communications, leadership and detail 214 -891 EOE. Midwest and Southwest. Over twenty years allround air organization. Rep firm and local sales experience a must. Chyron experience. with solid references. Finest of backgrounds. graphic artist needed to operate state-of-the-art Submit resume and salary history to Attn: Robert A. Ep- graphic Very strong news...writing. covering beat system. Must have 2 -3 years keyboard and palate and airwork. stein, VP/GM. WEYI -TV (CBS), 2225 W. Willard Rd., Clio, Professional production. Box A -16. experience with Chyron 4200. Will be working with Chyron MI 48420. EOE. Super Scribe. and 4. Send resumes and demo tape to: MISCELLANEOUS General manager wanted for major market Northeast te- Morris Cerullo World Evangelism, Attn: Ossie Mills, P.O. Box 700, San Diego. CA 92138. EOE. Job fair: Indiana Associated Press Broadcasters spon- leproduction operation. Facility is largest in region with soring job fair for those seeking employment or intern production. post, audio, computer graphics and anima- WCSH -TV has an immediate opening for an engineering positions in Indiana radio and television stations. Sessions tion. Seeking individual to provide business and creative supervisor. The position is responsible for the mainte- management. requires five will be 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 -4 p.m.. Saturday. Jan. 21 Job minimum of years produc- nance, supervision and marketing of a remote production in IUPUI Natatorium Greathall, IUPUI campus in Indianap- tion company experience, three years management. Ex- vehicle. Maintenance of studio and RF equipment will also olis. For further details, call Mari Brown 317 -639 -5501. cellent growth potential and benefits. EOE, M/F. Send be required. The successful applicant should possess an salary requirements and resume t4 Box A -18. Associates degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent Look out, Jack and Vanna. Here is radio's letter guess- education and /or experience. Experience in remote pro- ing game. Word For Word. 4743 South 575 West, River- HELP WANTED SALES duction truck maintenance and operations are also re- dale, UT 84405. Sr. AE needed to handle big $ loc /reg list at strong Fox quired. Supervisory experience helpful. Qualified appli- Troubled AM? Need programing to generate sales? affiliate. Big directs and nat. agencies. Must be killer toe to cants should submit their resumes to Jim Boutin, Director Need sales to make bucks? Call Ray Mineo 800-321- toe closer and a numbers magician. Only veteran broad- of Engineering, WCSH -TV, One Congress Sq.. Portland, 2349. cast street warriors used to earning $50K + need apply. ME 04101 This station is an eoua' opportunity employer. FAX or mail resume or call R. Mark Conner. GSM, KOKI- CONSULTANTS TV, 7422 E. 46th PI., Tulsa. OK 74145, (phone) 918 -622- (FAX) AM in the red? Get into the black. Tried and true meth- 231X7 918 -864 -5504. EOE. HELP WANTED NEWS ods. Knock on doors - make sales. Call Karen Trenchard. Account executive wanted- Midwestern ABC affiliate is News photographer: NBC affiliate, Charleston. SC, 303- 781 -6618. seeking aggressive person for an established list with needs news photographer experienced in shooting and both local and regional references Is your AM down and out? snake $ with great program- accounts. Good verbal and written editing 3/4" tape. Send tape, resume, to Foster skills. Send resumes to A -3. 703. Mt. Pleas- ing and good street wise .ç programs. Call Crawford Box EOE. Morgan, News Director, WCIV, 1558 Hwy 741 -3622. ant, SC 29464. WCIV is an equal opportunity employer. Clark 816- Local sales manager. Northeast medium market. group - owned affiliate. Management experience, excellent peo- News producer Industry leader in top thirty market needs ple skills necessary State compensation requirements a take -charge hard news expert to produce fast -paced, with resume. EOE. Box A -2. well- written newscast. BA/BS and three years experience needed handling all the tools: live, uplink, graphics. Send General sales manager to organize and lead sales effort tape and resume to Blllye Gavitt, KWTV. P.O. Box 14159, of major Northeast teleproduction company. Position re- Oklahoma City. OK 73113. EOE/MF. quires minimum of three years experience in both selling TELEVISION and management with a teleproduction facility. Excellent We want reporters who can write. Blonde hair and blue benefits. EOE. M /F. Send resume and salary requirements eyes not required. We want reporters who can think. Blue HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT to Box A -17. blazers and penny loafers not required. If you are a jour- Director of broadcast operations and engineering. Se- nalist please send your resume and tape to: Robert Stol- Account executive: Looking for growth in a comapny on nior management position reporting to Pres/CEO of rapid- dal, KLAS -TV. P.O. Box 15047. Las Vegas, NV 89114. We the move? WMGC -TV has experienced incredible growth ly growing, dynamic top 25 market public station with broadcast two and a half hours of news a day so we also in viewership over the past year-upwards of 200%. We major programing and production services division. Re- want reporters who can work. EOE. need an experienced salesperson to turn that growth into sponsibilities include overseeing engineering. operations. dollars. Expect to make over $40,000 in 1989? I want to Reporter, We're in a top thirty market. and we have all the production, program traffic /library and art departments. talk to you. Fax or mail resume to Greg O'Connor. tools; live, helicopter, SNG, and a go-for-it attitude. If you Strong management skills with at least 5 years broadcast GM /GSM, P.O. Box 813. Ingraham Hill Rd., Binghamton. are experienced. a strong writer. organized, aggressive, management experience in top 75 market required. Expe- NY 13902 Phone: 607- 723 -7464. Fax: 607- 723 -1034. motivated. and streetwise, we'd like to hear from you. Box rience building or re- equipping major facility a must. Addi- EOE. A -7. EOE/M -F. tional experience in a production -oriented facility a plus PBS and radio experience also pluses. Please send re- WLIG- TV-55, Long Island, New York's only commercial News producer: WSB -TV is looking for a producer with sume. references and salary history to Office of the Presi- television station seeks experienced local sales rep with strong organizational and people skills. must possess dent. Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc.. P.O. Box successful broadcast background. Outstanding growth strong writing skills and have experience with live. SNG 6240, Hartford, CT 06106-0240. CPB is an EEO employer. opportunity and full benefits. Resume to Kevin Dunn, and ENG. If you have at least Iwo full years of producing M /F. WLIG -TV. 300 Crossways Park Dr.. Woodbury, NY 11797. experience send tape and resume to Mark Pimental, EOE. WSB -TV, 1601 W. Peachtree St., NE, Atlanta, 30309. GM: KPOM -TV NBC affiliate Ft. Smith-Fayetteville, Arkan- GA EOE. sas. Experience needed. Send resume to Duane Harm, Account executive: #1 CBS affiliate in Richmond. VA is KWTV, P 0 Box 14159. Oklahoma City, OK 73113. looking for a sales pro! If you can develop new business, Meteorologist wanted. AMS Seal preferred. Knowledge EOE/MF. create new opportunities while servicing a great list. of Liveline, Astro Graphics and on -site radar helpful. Send WTVR -TV 6 has a golden opportunity for your television tapes, resumes and salary requirements to Steve Hun - Local sales manager. San Antonio Independent seeking career! Excellent growth opportunities if you're serious sicker. WCJB -TV, 6220 NW 43rd St.. Gainesville, FL aggressive sales leader. Must have 3 -5 years experience. about future management at WTVR -TV! Send resume to 32606. Applications must be received by February 1st. Performance is everything. Call Paris Schindler. 713- Wanda Lewis, VP/Sales, WTVR-TV. 3301 W. Broad St., EOE. 871 -0995. EOE. Richmond. VA 23230. No phone calls, please. EOE, M/F. Satellite truck operator: NBC affiliate has immediate Local sales manager wanted for aggressive. growing SE opening for a satellite truck operator. Applicants should CBS -affiliate. Working knowledge and demonstrated suc- HELP WANTED TECHNICAL have SNG experience and be able to work closely with cess in research, co-op, vendor support, and event mar news department. Send resume and references to News keting a must. Send resume to GSM, Box A -5. Replies Maintenance engineer: Florence /Myrtle Beach, South Director, WSAV -TV, P.O. Box held in strict confidence. EOE. Carolina, Progressive company. excellent benefits. Three 2429. Savannah. GA 31402. years minimum N studio maintenance experience re- EOE. Sales Manager for growing cable advertising department. quired. Extensive in background RCA Quads (especially NIWS graphics artist: Graphics department looking for Looking for coach, motivator, with at least 3 years experi- TCR -100), Sony ENG systems and general digital systems news illustrtor /Paintbox artist. Responsibilities include: ence in advertising sales. Please no calls! Please send servicing a necessity. Send resume Person- to: WPDE -1V, Conceptualization and illustration of inputs, Paintbox oper- resume and salary history to: Wayne Hindmarsh, Conti- nel P.O. F -15, Department, Box Florence, SC 29501. EOE, ation, execution of motion graphics, interface with art di- nental Cablevision Advertising, 21900 Melrose, Suite 6, M/F. rector, news producers. Must meet deadlines, function Southfield. MI 48075, Continental Cablevision is an Affir- well under pressure. Local station experience in news. mative ActiorVEqual Opportunity Employer. Maintenance technician - California network affiliate. Knowledge of Sony 3/4" and 1" VTR's, TCR- 100's, Ampex electronic graphics required. College degree, art back- Promotion director job opportunity: The South's leading ADO and Grass Valley switchers essential. UHF transmit- ground preferred. Submit letter and resume to: Attn: Judy Independent is seeking a creative, highly motivated NIWS, 102nd per- ter experience a plus. Send resume to Robert Banks, Solomon. 5432 W. St., Los Angeles, CA son with experience in all phases of image, on -air, sales Chief Engineer. KBAK -N, P.O. Box 2929, Bakersfield, CA 90045. EOE. and advertising. Must have good writing and production 93303. EOE. Work and play In Tampa Bay! premium profes- skills and the ability to handle a lour person staff and the Seeking sionals who can provide the competitive edge in news, budget. Willingness to work on community affairs and On-air operator for master control at new satellite cable weather, and sports. Send non -returnable VHS demo. sales/station promotion projects a must. College graduate network. Applicant should have some master control ex- P.O. Box 22607, Tampa, FL 33622 -2607. EOE. with minimum Of two years management experience. perience and be familiar with r and 3/4" Sony machines Come join the winning team in the 44th market. Send tape Familiarity with IBM compatibles and MS -DOS operating Consumer affairs/family life reporter. New position. Will- and resume to WTTO -TV, Attn: General Manager, 2021 systems a plus. Send resume to: Personnel Dept., NuStar, ing workers only. Tape and resume to Al Aamodt, ND. Golden Crest Dr., Birmingham, AL 35209. EOE. M/F. 1332 Enterprise Dr., West Chester. PA 19380 EOE. WDAY Television. 301 S. 8th St.. Fargo, ND 58103. EOE.

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 86 Weekend anchor /reporter. Individual should have out- Videcgrapher: Experienced, creative, quality minded MISCELLANEOUS standing reporting abilities as well as professional on -air person needed to shoot and direct film style Belacam Job Fair: Indiana Associated Press Broadcasters are look. Three years television experience a must. Non-re- productions, including commercials and industrial videos sponsoring job fair for those seeking employment or intern turnable tape to Craig Alexander, News Director, WTVQ- and multi -camera remotes for a Midwest production hou- positions in Indiana radio and television stations. Sessions TV, 2940 Bryant Rd., Lexington. KY 40509. EOE. se /commercial station. Send resume and salary require- will be to noon 1 -4 p.m., ments to Box A -25. EOE. 9:30 a.m. and Saturday. Jan. 21 Anchor /producer for daytime Headline News breaks at in IUPUI Natatorium Greathall, IUPUI campus in Indianap- Dallas/Ft. Worth's leading Independent, KTVT- Channel Public television station KVIE in Sacramento seeks ex- olis. For further details, call Mari Brown 317-639 -5501. 11. Send resumes and tapes immediately to: Penny Pres- perienced production services manager. Currently in the Broadcasting's best job openings are listed week- ton, News Director, 5233 Bridge St., Fort Worth, TX 76103. process of building a new television facility, KVIE is twice ly in The Hot Sheet- -the industry's leading for EOE. searching for a manager with 5 years demonstrated expe- source exciting employment rience in the following areas: technical staff supervision, opportunities! Free placement of for availabilities for Assistant news director sought growing, dynamic expense and revenue budget development and control; employers. Media Marketing, PO Box news Person should have management experi- 1476 -PD, Palm Harbor, FL 34682 operation. operation, evaluation and acquisition of broadcast/pro- -1476. 813 -786 -3603. ence. Responsibilities will include satellite operations. duction equipment; marketing of production /client ser- Executive search: TV, radio scheduling, assignments and others. Reply with resume and cable. General manag- vices; staff/facility scheduling; long range planning. Must ers, sales managers recruited confidentially. and statements on news and management philosophies Corporate have customer service orientation and possess excellent and individual inquiries invited. Ponte, to Bob Richardson, News Director, KOB Television, 4 George VP, Execu- oral and written communication skills. Salary based on tive Recruiter, Bomholdt Shivas & Friends, Broadcast Plaza. SW, Albuquerque, NM 87104. 505- 295 Madison $32.000- $36.000/yr. plus benefits. Send letter and resume Ave., Suite 1206, New York, NY 10017. Tel: 243 -4411. EOE, M/F. 212 -5557- to: Human Resources, KVIE. P.O. Box 6. Sacramento, CA 5252. Fax: 212 -557 -5704. Photojournalist: Top station in top thirties market is seek- 95812 -0006 by 5:00 pm January 27, 1989. EOE. Wanted: Environmental and "outdoors" stories to air on ing an experienced ENG shooter /editor to join our award - KDAF has the following positions available in the Dal- ESPN fishing show. Compensation based on quality. Send winning staff. If you can tell stories using pictures, if you las area. All applicants must have 3 -5 years major market Beta or 3/4" tape to Sportsman's Challenge, strive for excellence, write Box A -20. EOE, M/F. 501 E. Cer- experience in entertainment, news, or magazine formats. vantes, Pensacola, FL 32501. Videotape editor: KWTV is seeking an experienced 3/4" (1) PRODUCER/DIRECTOR - Must have supervisory expe- videotape editor. Requires 1 year TV news editing experi- rience in communications industry. Responsible for entire ence. complete proficiency in telling stories on tape, production and supervision of crew. (2) PHOTOGRA- speed, and accuracy. Successful candidate will also take PHER/EDITOR - Individuals experienced with Belacam microwave and SNG feeds and maintain videotape filing format. Must be able to do remote lighting. (3) PRODUC- system. Contact Billye GavilL KWTV, P.O. Box 14159, TION ASSISTANT - On- camera experience. Send tapes ALLIED FIELDS Oklahoma City, OK 73113. EOE, MrF. and resumes to: Michael Bell, Production Manager, HELP WANTED INSTRUCTION KDAF -TV, 8001 Carpenter Fwy., Dallas, TX 75247. No phone calls, please. EOE. M/F. Mass Media-TV: North Central College, designated as one of America's best colleges by U.S. News and World HELP WANTED PROGRAMING Wanted: promotion producer /director /editor to ignite the Report, annouces a tenure -track position in the Speech PRODUCTION & OTHERS excitement in top 15 West Coast expanding promotion Communication Department starting in September 1989. department...to create, write, and edit promo spots. Mini- M.A. plus teaching (on the college level) or professional Promotion writer /producer: ABC affiliate, top 20 market. mum 2 years production experience. Must be creative, experience; or Ph.D. Rank and salary negotiable. Empha- We're looking for someone who wants to do breakthrough quick & organized. Resume & demo tape to P.O. Box sis on television production and fund- raising for develop- work. If you have excellent creative writing skills, at least 2022, Seattle, WA 98111. No calls, please. EOE. ment of TV production facilities, Mass Media, Writing for two yews experience in advertising or broadcast promo- Radio -TV-Film, Communication Law, as well as the devel- tion and want to work for an innovative station where Associate producer /director: Produce and direct pro- opment of college programing for the local cable TV facili- advertising and promotion really count, send us a reel. Big grams highlighting Nebraska, its people and resources for ty. NCC is a church -related (United Methodist) compre- budget, competitive market with a great lifestyle. Send statewide public television network. Bachelor's in Broad- hensive college of the liberal arts and sciences located in tape and resume to Creative Services Manager, KTVK- cast Journalism or related field and one year experience a fast growing high -tech area 30 miles west of Chicago, ITV, 3435 N. 16th St.. Phoenix, AZ 85016. Tapes will not be in television production required. Equivalency considered. with 2400 students in day. evening, and weekend pro- returned. $21.538 minimum. Apply with cover letter and resume by EOE. let- January 27 to Personnel Coordinator, University Televi- grams. Send letter of application, resume. and three 1989, Magazine feature/commsrclal reporter opening in sion, Box 83111, Lincoln, NE 68501. AA/EOE. ters of recommendation by February 20, to Meredith "Money" magazine's #1 area -- scenic western Connecti Russell, Secretary to the Media Search Committee, North cut. Cable TV production department w/award -winning Production manager - Supervise news, commercial pro- Central College, 30 North Brainard Street. Naperville, IL magazine format seeks seasoned shooter/editor w/2 -3 duction in sunny Southeast. Minimum one year news and 60566. EOE. commercial directing experience. Resume and tapes to years hands -on creative skills. Announcing helpful. A/B Dean, College of Arts and Architecture: Montana State roll Jim Baker, WGXA -TV, Box 340, Macon, GA 31297. EOE. 3/4" w/DVE& Chyron. Resume/tapes/salary require- University invites nominations and applications for an in- ments Tower, to Bill Mid -Connecticut Cable Vision. 2 East Associate producer: Write proposals for upcoming pro- novative administrator capable of providing dynamic lead- St., New Milford, 203 CT 06776. -355 -3143. EOE. jects for Public Television. Research of the existing pro - ership to its College of Arts and Architecture. Through its Camera crews: Production company looking for best gramings at the international level and the close analysis constituent departments of Music, and Media and Theatre freelance crews in country. Minimum five years profes- of trends and issues currently affecting the world media. Arts and Schools of Architecture and Art, the College sional experience. Send resume, VHS tape, references. Examine international issues, and trends and issues in employs sixty-five faculty members and offers its 1,000 rates and equipment into to PO Box 14783. Chicago, IL each of the countries where the news originates. Review students a strong, insightful education in an exciting and 60614 -0783. EOE. of current affairs as well as the analytical skills to have a diverse range of programs. The programs are accredited clear view of the world situation. 40 hrs., 5 days per wk., by NAAB, NASAD, and NASM. The College houses Promotion producer: Top 25 Southeast NBC affiliate $375/wk, BA in Journalism & MA in Int'nal Affairs req'd. 6 KUSM. Montana's only public television station. Montana seeks experienced promotion producer. Must demon- mos. exp. or 6 mos. exp. as assist. to producer req'd. State University has an enrollment of over 10,000 and is strate marketing sense for news and programing with Send resume or letter in duplicate to: CJ #100, Room 501, located in the northern Rocky Mountains, 90 miles north of proven in writing, abilities videotape editing and audience 1 Main St., Brooklyn, NY 11201. EOE. Yellowstone Park. The area's lively and unique community production. as well as on -air, print and radio marketing. of artists and art supporters enlivens and encourages the Experienced on -air promo- Experience in studio production is preferred. Send re- Promotion writer -producer: College's mission. For more application information. con- tion professional sought by WGAL -TV. central PA's news sume to Box A -10. EOE. tact Mrs. Carol Barclay, 406-994 -4405. Montana State leader. Hands heavy news topical background -on editing, is Em- Asst. program/research mgr. Are you a whiz with rat- University an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity required, Send resume to Personnel Director, WGAL -TV, ployer. ings? Insightful at research analysis and interpretation? PO Box 7127, Lancaster. PA 17604 -7127. EOE. Computer literate? Gannett-owned NBC affiliate seeks Assistant professor, position #1. RADIO BROADCAST- bright, motivated individual with minimum 2 -3 years expe- SITUATIONS WANTED NEWS ING: Tenure -track position in the Department of Speech rience in station, syndication or rep firm research. Position Experienced ND with fresh ideas for making newscasts and Mass Communication. Available August. 1989. Ph.D. places heavy emphasis on program, sales and audience look alive. Good enough is never good enough. Looking preferred; ABD required. University teaching experience re- - research; programing administrative assistance. Send for challenge in small or medium market. 701 -235 -2597, and professional radio experience required. Serious corn sume and references to Pamela Gardner, Program Man- mitment to scholarly creative activity expected. Teaching ager, WTLV -12, 1070 E. Adams St., Jacksonville, FL 15 yrs. radio and TV know -how. Available January. Seek responsibilities include courses in radio production and 32202. Women and minorities encouraged to apply. EOE. anchor position with station Southwest. Tape available. introduction to broadcasting with additional opportunities But prefer interview and live audition. Mature, authoritative to teach broadcast journalism, broadcast performance, Grip:Expenenced, creative, quality minded person need- credibility on air. Sincere. White male. Willing to double as broadcast management, and /or multi -track recording. Re- ed to assist videographer /director in the execution of loca- salesperson if needed. Will consider part time anchor to sponsibilities will include integrating the operation of the tion production videos. Duties include handling lighting start. AM call, 214 -270-1114, Ray. university's 10,000 watt non- commerical FM station with equipment, audio, Betacams, dolly. boom, and props for a the department's academic program. Application dead- Great Lakes network affiliate /production company. Send Network desk assistant seeks production assistant posi- line: January 31. 1989. To apply, submit (a) letter of intent resume and salary history to Box A -24. EOE. tion in small to medium market. Strong writing and people indicating the number of the position for which you are skills! Flexible and fervent. 313 -647-4591. Agricultural TV producer: Seek creative producer to applying, (b) curriculum vitae, (c) three letters of recom- host and produce a weekly lawn and garden program for Medium market sportscaster - solid track record -seeks mendation, and (d) official transcripts to: Ronald J. Mat - Nebraska ETV Network, prepare TV and radio news clips new opportunity. Strong reporting- writing -PBP -not just a Ion, Chairperson, Department of Speech and Mass Corn - and other broadcast assignments. Requires Bachelor's in "reader." Creative sell starter for top -notch shop. Call munication, Towson State University, Towson, MD 21204- Broadcast Journalism or related field plus two years expe- Dave. 417-725-5553 7097. Rank will depend upon qualifications. Salary range rience in radio and television production. Equivalency Is competitive and commensurate with rank. Opportunities Assignment reporter. with over ten years experience in considered. Must have on- camera news, editing and pro- exist to teach in the summer and minimester and to super- the military public information field, seeks job in market duction experience. Live on-air directing experience de- vise interns for additional stipends. Minorities and women near military installation to cover your military beat like it's sirable. $19,000. Submit resume, arrange for three letters are encouraged to apply. Towson State University is part never been covered before. Box A-14. of reference. and video audition tape showing on- camera of the University of Maryland System. Towson State Uni- abilities and production experience. by January 20. to: versity, located just north of Baltimore, enrolls 15,000 stu- Rosanna Johnson, Department of Agricultural Communi- For fast dents, more than 1.000 of whom are undergraduate ma- cations. University of Nebraska -Lincoln, Lincoln, NE Use jors and nearly 100 of whom are graduate majors in the 68543; 402 -472 -2991. Affirmative action/equal opportu- Action Department of Speech and Mass Communication. An Af- nity employer. BROADCASTING'S firmative Action. Equal Opportunity Employer. Classified Advertising

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Sunshine Group Broadcasting, New England's fastest growing Radio Group Owner, is seeking an individual who is a strong leader, excellent at retail and national sales, and has bottom line experience to manage an AIV /FIV combo in one of the fastest growing markets in the country. If interested, contact John R. Laton, 207 774 -5900, One Portland Sq., Portland, Maine 04101. An Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 90 named VP, sales and marketing. al, entertainment group, Los Angeles, as se- Media nior associate. Glen Friedman, director, marketing, Manhat- tan Cable TV, New York, named VP, mar- Thomas S. Nieman, VP sales, TotalCom Roland Radack, acting treasurer, Bonneville keting and advertiser sales. Inc., telecommunications company, Chica- International Corp., Salt Lake City, named go, joins Mediatech Inc. there as corporate Jeffrey Manoff, presi- corporate treasurer. VP and sales director. dent, Montage Com- Albers J. "Jody" Jaeger, VP, Washington - munications, advertis- Adene Walters, director, contracts and ad- based media productions company, Capitol ing sales ministration, MTM Distribution Group, Los Video Communications Inc., joins Mississip- representative compa- Angeles, joins Imagine Films Entertainment pi Authority for Educational Television, ny, New City, N.Y., there as VP, controller. Jackson, as executive director, public broad- joins MCA TV, New casting network. Jaeger succeeds Forrest Lee Jerry Pelletier, senior sales director, Raycom York, as director, ad- Inc., Charlotte, N.C., named VP, sales ad- Morris, who retired as executive director after vertiser sales, East. 20 years. ministration, Raycom Sports & Entertain- Frank H. Hosea, VP ment. Paul Pope, operations sales, Central region, Kitty Hutchens, account executive, MMT and weekend station Storer Cable, Louis- Manoff Sales, Detroit, joins Petry Television there as manager, WRAL -TV ville, Ky., joins account executive. Raleigh, N.C., joins Warner Cable Communications Inc., Dublin, wizv(TV) Charlotte, Ohio, as director, sales and marketing, divi- Joseph B. Munsch, director, print resources, VP, DDB Needham N.C., as station man- sion one. DDB, Chicago, elected ager. Worldwide; Robert Freeman, executive VP Hank J. Ratner, VP, business affairs, Rain- and business unit head, DDB, New York, Steve Meuche, direc- bow Program Enterprises, Woodbury, N.Y., named president, DDB, New York; Brett tor and general man- named VP, legal and business affairs. Edwards, media planner, DDB, New York, ager, noncommercial Candace J. Krauss, marketing and communi- named media supervisor; Ruth Ziff, executive WKAR -AM -FM East ty affairs, KKTV(TV) Colorado Springs, joins VP, research and market services, DDB Lansing, Mich., Television Bureau of Advertising, New Worldwide, will retire from full -time em- Pope named director, York, as director, retail marketing. ployment and will become consultant for broadcasting services, there. Meuche adds agency; Helmut Krone, executive VP, cre- duties of director and general manager, non- Appointments at MTV Networks, New York: ative director, DDB, New York, will take commercial WKAR -TV. Laura Calamari, administrative manager, cre- early retirement to pursue his interest in ative services, named director, administra- Bob Curcuruto, director, finance and ac- painting. tion, creative services; Harold F. Wolf, direc- counting, satellite cable programing, Group tor, affiliate market development, named Jeremy Birkbeck, Adele Finely, Gary Steele, W Satellite Communications, Stamford, regional director, Eastern region. affiliate and Marty Susz, account directors, J. Walter Conn., joins WJZ -TV Baltimore as controller. sales and marketing; Wendy Watson - Thompson Co., New York, named senior David V. Leonard, general manager, WING Hallowell, senior analyst and manager, affili- VP's. (AM)- WGTZ(FM) Dayton, Ohio, named VP and ate sales planning group, named director, Frank Stoltmann, account executive, Blair general manager. affiliate sales, sales planning; Loretta SI- television, Chicago, joins Seltel there in clare, regional supervisor, sales planning Steve McCormick, regional sales manager, same capacity. group, named manager, affiliate sales, sales WtiQT(FM) Miami, named new business de- Karla Barton -Segale, local sales manager, planning. velopment manager. KCPQ(TV) Tacoma, Wash., joins TeleRep Will, Jack Maley, regional manager, Drake -Chen- Tom Central region sales manager, Inc., Seattle, as account executive. Tom Mor- Group W Television, Chicago, joins Harmo- ault, Albuquerque, N.M., joins Keffco Inc. ita, district sales manager, Pepsi -Cola Bot- ny Gold there as regional sales manager, tling Boston, joins TeleRep Inc., Atlan- as regional manager, KWTR(AM)- KXBX(FM) Co., domestic television .division. Lakeport and KOZT(FM) Fort Bragg, all Cali- ta. as account executive. fornia. Thomas J. Pernice, staff assistant, office of Georgia Schweitzer, group publisher, Bank presidential advance staff to President of Meadows, John R. Laton, executive VP, Sunshine Administration Institute, Rolling United States, joins Korn/Ferry Internation- Ill., joins Standard Rate and Data Service Group Broadcasting, Portland, Me. , adds duties of chief operating officer. Sunshine Group Broadcasting owns eight radio stations in New England. Ken Kohl, station manager, KFI(AM) Los An- geles, resigned. Kohl will become consultant The Most Experienced to station and form his own company, Kohl Executive Search Firm In Broadcasting. Communications, radio holdings group.

Appointments at WRVR -AM -FM Memphis: Debby Nichols, general sales manager, named general manager; Mark Hamlin, direc- Joe Sullivan & Associates, Inc. tor, WTCB(FM) Columbia, S.C., joins WRVR- Executive Search and Recruitment AM-FM in same capacity. 44210 North Road Southold, New York 11971 Marketing (516) 765 -5050 The person you describe is the person we'll deliver. Rand Stoll, senior VP, sales and marketing, LBS Communications Inc., Los Angeles,

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 91 Inc., Wilmette, III., as advertising sales di- Ann Davis, medical reporter, anchor and pro- rector. Programing ducer, wts -TV Columbia, N.C., joins Med- Peter Weber, manager, trade relations, Philip star Communications Inc., Allentown, Pa.- based producer and distributor of medical Moms U.S.A, New York, joins Capital Alan Perris, former programing, as medical reporter /producer, Sports Inc., Stamford, Conn., sports market- president and general ing and public relations as Health Matters. firm, account su- manager, WTVI(TV) pervisor Miami, joins newly Cathy Chermol, associate producer, WTAE -TV Appointments at Cranford Johnson Robinson formed Scripps How- Pittsburgh's Pittsburgh's Talking, named se- Associates, Little Rock, Ark.: Harold ard Productions Inc., nior associate producer of program. Ceaser, broadcast producer, named associate subsidiary of E.W. Dave Rotterman, director, noncommercial creative director/senior broadcast producer; Scripps Company, WSWP -TV Grandville, W.Va., joins noncom- Debbie Wilson, assistant broadcast producer, Cincinnati, as presi- mercial KYNE -TV Omaha as producer /direc- named broadcast producer. dent, programing. tor. Perris resigned from Dale Hopkins, director, sales, Western re- Dave Marash, co-anchor 6 11 wrVJ(rV) in May 1988 p.m. and p.m. gion, Financial News Network, Los Angeles, news, WRC -TV Washington, named Perris and was replaced by host, Sci- named VP, Western sales manager. ence Richard Lobo (BROADCASTING, June 6, Journal, weekly science series on noncommercial WETA Kathy Wiekert- Figgis, traffic specialist, sales 1988). Richard J. Janssen, president and -TV Washington. department, Group W Satellite Communica- CEO, Scripps- Howard Broadcasting, adds Randy Wlltgen, producer, PM Magazine, tions, Stamford, Conn., named affiliate rep- duties of chairman and CEO, Scripps How- KGW -TV Portland, Ore., named executive resentative. ard Production. Scripps -Howard Productions producer, local programs. Inc., will develop, produce and market pro- Appointments at Katz Communications Inc.: John Stott, morning anchor/general assign- graming for all segments of television indus- Nancy Giltner, account executive, Republic ment reporter WKOW -TV Madison, Wis., try, including station syndications, over -the- Radio West Coast stations, Los Angeles, joins KING -Tv Seattle as contributing host, air and cable networks, pay -TV, cable named sales manager; llene Matz, client ser- Tracey and Company talk show. vices representative, Arbitron Ratings, Los systems operators and home videocassettes. Operations Clayton weekend Angeles, joins Katz Continental Television, began Jan. I. Taylor, news and special projects producer, WISH -TV Indianapolis, Los Angeles, as sales executive; Gene Bry- Appointments at Imagine Films Entertain- named director, public affairs program. an, national sales manager, Katz Hispanic ment Inc., Los Angeles: Marjorie Gross, sto- Radio Sales, New York, named VP; Christy ry editor, Newhart, MTM Enterprises, Los Appointments at American Public Radio -Pa- Flynn, sales manager, Katz Hispanic Radio Angeles, joins Imagine as developer, writer, cific Public Radio's Los Angeles -based mag- Sales, Los Angeles, named VP, Katz His- producer, television projects; Terry Spazek, azine program, Marketplace: Michael Creed - panic Radio Sales; Elizabeth J. Rutherford, independent producer, named senior VP, man, former reporter, The Wall Street account executive, WKOX(AM) Framingham, physical production. Journal, New York, named anchor; George Mass., joins Katz's Christal radio, Boston, Lewinskl, foreign editor, Andrew Hill, producer, ABC Circle Films, Canadian Broad- in same capacity; Dan Harker, sales represen- casting Corporation's radio news depart- Los Angeles, joins Davis Entertainment there tative, Howell Electronic Cash Register, Dal- ment, Toronto, named foreign editor; John as executive VP, movies of the week and las, and Marcia Harris, local salesperson, Barth, news mini- series. director, WHYY -FM Philadelphia, KrxA(TV) Dallas, join Christal Radio and Hal Plotkin, associate editor, Inc. Maga- Katz Continental, respectively, as account Lynn M. Condon, program policy manager, zine's recent special international edition, and sales executives. NBC, New York, named director, standards and J.J. Yore, editor, Current, Washington, policy, program marketing and administra- to Monte Saunders, chief financial officer, Em- segment producers/editors; Doug Myrland, tion. Condon will be involved in network's program pire Broadcasting Company, Wichita, Kan., director, noncommercial KJZZ(FM) broadcast administration, program review Phoenix, joins Marathon Communications Inc., in named director, marketing, St. and broadcast policy development. Paul. same capacity. Chris Myers, sports reporter, WW1. -TV New Chuck Janet Sorrells, account executive, WMYI(FM) Camlic, former air personality, Orleans, joins ESPN, Los Angeles, as West WHLI(FM) Hendersonville, N.C., joins WLOSfrv) Ashe- Hempstead, N.Y., returns to sta- Coast correspondent. tion after ville, N.C., in same capacity. six month hiatus. Elliott Abrams, senior executive VP, ITC En- Chole Aaron, director, cultural and children's Jack Church, meteorologist, WEVU(TV) Fort tertainment, New York, joins Worldvision programing, noncommercial KQED(TV) San Myers /Naples, Fla., named account execu- Enterprises there as senior VP, acquisitions. Francisco, joins noncommercial WNYC -Tv tive. New as Howard Berk, director, licensing and mer- York VP, television. Aaron will di- chandising, Viacom Enterprises, New York, rect programing activities for station. Lowell Sollenberger, marketing coordinator, named VP, licensing and merchandising. Michael Boylan, director, production, non- WTAJ -TV Altoona, Pa., named marketing di- commercial WPBT(TV) Miami, named VP, rector. production.

Boyce Hart, general sales manager, KYEL -TV Mel Granick, assistant news director, Yuma, Ariz., joins wJSU -Tv Anniston, Ala., WCBS(AM) New York, joins Empire State in same capacity. Network Inc., regional radio network, Alba- ny, N.Y., as VP- programing. Appointments at CBS Radio Network News: Perry Van Houten, program director, Sue Swenson, VP, West Coast sales, United KIEZ(FM) Santa Paula, Calif., joins KOGO(AM) States Radio Network, Los Angeles, joins Ventura, Calif., in same capacity. CBS Radio there as Northwest sales manag- John Bodnar, air personality, WASH(FM) er; Nancy L. Postrel, manager, traffic and Washington, named program director. continuity, WCBS -FM New York, joins CBS Anne Williams, producer and air personality, Radio there as director, affiliate administration. Levin Glaser WCOD -FM Hyannis, Mass., joins WJIB(FM) Boston as air personality Julian Levin, VP David Perlmutter, account supervisor, Wald- and general manager, worldwide sales, Vestron Turi Ryder, weekend air personality, KITS -FM man & Associates, Chicago -based advertis- Television, Los Angeles, named senior VP. Los Angeles, joins KIGI(FM) San Francisco as ing agency, joins WKQX(FM) there as market- evening air personality. ing director. Garrett Glaser, entertainment correspondent, Dave Dugan, parttime WABC -TV New York, joins Entertainment anchor, KMOX(AM) St. Louis, named program Howard Schultz, account executive, KFSD -FM Tonight, Paramount, Los Angeles, as enter- director. San Diego, named national sales manager. tainment correspondent. J.D. Fort, programing assistant, KEX(AM)

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 92 Portland, Ore., named assistant program di- town, Pa., named photographer; Eileen Ken- Marcia J. Rodney, editorial researcher and rector. nedy, KBMT(TV) Beaumont, Tex., named producer, wcBS(AM) New York, joins Empire producer and general assignment reporter; State Network, regional radio network, Alba- Appointments at WNYJ(FM) Albany, N.Y.: Joann Pileggi, anchor/reporter, WMGM -TV ny, N.Y., as reporter, capitol reporter. Waft Fritz, announcer, WRGB(TV) Schenecta- Wildwood, N.J., named morning reporter. dy, N.Y., named host, Saturday midday Rich Kirkland, operations director and traffic show; Skye McKenzie, recent graduate, Appointments at KOLR(TV) Springfield, Mo.: reporter, Metro Traffic Control, Boston, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., Scott Opfer, weekend sports anchor /reporter, which provides syndicated traffic reports for named air personality. named sports director; Dan Lucy, sports di- local stations, joins wJIB(FM) there as news rector, KOMU -TV Columbia, Mo., named director. weekend sports anchor /reporter. Dennis Mitchell, news and public affairs di- Anne Holm, weekend producer, wsYx(TV) rector, KISQ(FM) Las Vegas, joins KRLV(FM) News and Public Affairs Columbus, Ohio, joins WBNS -TV there in there in same capacity. same capacity. Daryl Johnson, reporter, KWKH -AM -FM Appointments at Satellite Network Systems Appointments at wrvM(TV) Columbus, Ga.: Shreveport, La., joins WHUR-FM Washington Inc., Minneapolis-based news cooperative: Dee Armstrong, weekend anchor /producer as general assignment reporter. Edwin S. Van Hamm, group VP, operations, and general assignment reporter, named 6 Christian Broadcasting Network, Virginia Larry Scott, news director, wSPY(FM) Plano, and II p.m. news co- anchor; Chuck Leon- Beach, Va., named VP, operations and mar- Ill., joins WFXW(AM) Geneva, Ill., in same ard, co -host, Good Day, named weeknight keting; project manager, capacity. Phillip Lucachick, weather anchor. named director, operations. Amanda Forbes Ober, reporter, WFTN(AM) Bill Groody, presidential election correspon- Paul A. Gluck, executive producer, Franklin, N.H., joins WTSN(AM) Dover, Channel dent, Westwood One Radio Networks, Ar- 10 News wcAU -TV Philadelphia, N.H., in same capacity. Update, lington, Va., named State Department/na- named news director. tional security correspondent. Ginny Kosola, Midwest bureau manager, Appointments at WNEV-TV Boston: Deryl Bor- UPI radio, Chicago, joins WBBM(AM) there as Jim Corbin, meteorologist, WSCH -TV Port- den, writer and fill -in producer, named pro- staff newswriter and anchor. land, Me., joins WLVI -TV Cambridge, Mass., ducer, 6 a.m. newscast; Elaine Withrow, unit as weekend weather forecaster. Liane Wong, weekend air personality, KXxx- manager, noncommercial WGBH -TV Boston, FM San Francisco, named news and public named news unit manager; Gina Powers, as- Mark Patrick, chief photographer, wroc -Tv affairs director. sociate producer, named news writer. Savannah, Ga., joins %m rrrv) Jacksonville, Fla., as news photographer. Glenn Bar, production assistant, wXYZ-Tv Detroit, named news writer. Tom Joyner, air personality, KKDA(FM) Dal- las and WGCI -AM -FM Chicago, adds duties of Appointments at WYOU(TV) Scranton, Pa.: Technology weekly music reporter, wMAQ -TV Chicago. Tina Lorson, morning news anchor, WWPA(AM) Williamsport and WYRS(FM) Jer- John McMurray, meteorologist, wJR(AM) De- Appointments at Quantel Inc.: George sey Shore, both Pa., named reporter; Ron troit, joins WJRT -TV Flint, Mich., in same Grasso, chairman of board, named executive Messina, photojournalist, WJAC -TV Johns- capacity. chairman, Stamford, Conn.; Jeff Meadows,

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Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 93 managing director, Sony Broadcast, London, CBS, New York, named president, CBS /Fox York in 1950 to join Donohue & Coe Adver- Quante) as managing corpo- joins director, Video International. tising as radio copywriter. He broke into rep rate headquarters, Newbury, Berkshire, En- Appointments at field year later with McGillvra Co., then gland. Cable Television Associa- tion of greater St. Louis: Robert S. Krahman, joined Burke -Stuart when it was founded in 1953, becoming executive VP and sales Robert G. Cunning- district marketing manager, Continental Cab- manager for company that was later merged ham, national ac- levision, St. Louis, named president; David into what is now McGavren Guild. Follow- counts manager, Ze- Niswonger, director, marketing, Cencom Ca- ing merger, Masla left to start his own com- nith Cable Products, ble Television, St. Louis, named VP; Bill pany. At time of sale to Katz, Masla Radio Glenview, Ill., named Rouggly, marketing manager, American had nine stations, and at its peak had record- VP, sales. Cablevision, St. Louis, secretary, adds duties of liaison with Shelley Gabert Marketing and ed billings of approximately $26 million an- Thomas C. DeFazio, Public Relations, St. Louis; Greg Schacher, nually. Masla was on board of Chemothera- VP and controller, general manager, STL Cablevision, named py Foundation of New York. Survivors General Instrument, treasurer. include three sons, Douglas, Richard and New York, named Robert, one sister and three grandchildren. VP, finance. Peter Giddings, certified consulting meteorologist, KGO -Tv San Francisco, appointed to Cunningham Appointments at Boston -based American Meteorological So- Bob Osborne, 57, vet- Acrian Inc., San Jose, ciety's Board on School and Popular Meteo- eran broadcaster and Calif.: Moni G. Mathew, staff engineer, rological and Oceanographic Education. program director, named director of engineering, amplifier di- Board works to educate public about atmo- KMOX(AM) St. Louis, vision; Walt Dorsey, manager, quality assur- spheric sciences. died Dec. 23, 1988, at ance, named director of manufacturing, am- Jewish Hospital, St. plifier division; Dale W. Matteson, general Michael R. Klipper, formerly governmental Louis. Osborn had manager, solar division, named general man- affairs counsel, Motion Picture Association been hospitalized for ager, silicon semiconductor division. Acrian of America, and counsel for Committee on inflammation of pan- is independent supplier of application- specif- the Judiciary, United States Senate, Wash- creas. Osborne came ington, ic power amplifiers and semiconductor de- joins Leventhal, Senter & Lerman, to St. Louis in 1956 as vices for broadcast communications. law firm there, as counsel. air personality and Graham Simmons, director, engineering, James A. Bitonti, former VP and assistant Osborne program director for WIL(AM). He later became station noncommercial WPBT(TV) Miami, named VP, group executive, Asia/Pacific group, Pough- manager. engineering. keepsie, N.Y., elected to board of directors, Osborne joined KMOX(AM) as operations di- E- Systems, Dallas. rector in 1968. He is survivied by his wife, Karen Bohley, recent graduate, Southwest Judith, and four children. Missouri State University, joins KOLR(TV) Gregory Schermer, junior partner, Hanson, Springfield, Mo., as part-time studio techni- O'Brien, Birney & Butler, Washington, joins cian. Lee Enterprises Inc., Davenport, Iowa, as Robert C. Groves, 29, producer, ABC News, corporate attorney. Lee owns five television Washington, died Dec. 8, 1988, from inju- stations. ries sustained in automobile accident in Washington. Groves had joined ABC from Promotion and PR WPLG(TV) Miami where he had won six local Emmys for reporting. From 1981 to 1986 Groves was talk -show host and assistant pro- Tim Braine, VP, on -air promotion, HBO, Deaths with WNWS(AM) Miami. New York, named VP, program promotion. gram director Groves is survived by his parents, Asa Jr. A. Allen, Gayle assistant promotion manager, Jack Masla, 64, and Una, one brother and one sister. WFAA -TV Dallas, named promotion manager. founder, Masla Radio Sherri Armet, independent news writer, di- (formerly Jack Masla Leon Bush, 65, chief engineer, WPBN -TV rector and producer, joins WNYW(TV) New & Co.), independent Traverse City and WTOM -TV Cheboygan, York as special events producer. radio representation both Michigan, died Dec. 25, 1988, at Mun- firm, died of pulmo- Donna Lolla, community affairs producer, son Medical Center in Traverse City after nary edema combined WISH -TV Indianapolis, named service MI! suffering heart attack at his Traverse City public with director. congestive heart home. Bush had been with station for 33 failure Jan. 1 at New years and was serving term with Michigan Rosalee Roberts, director, public relations, Rochelle (New York) Association of Broadcasters. Bush was also Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt, Omaha, Hospital. Masla had active member of National Association of named VP. sold his station con- Broadcasters and Society of Broadcast Engi- Masla tracts in October 1987 neers. Survivors include Bush's wife, Mari- (BROADCASTING, Oct. 19, 1987) to Katz Ra- lyn, four daughters, one son and ten grand- dio Group, New York. Masla, who started children. Allied Fields his own firm in 1957, pioneered FM sales, representing national advertisers Shell, Tex- Elizabeth S. Fornshell, 50, human resources aco, American Airlines and Chevrolet in Ellen Shaw, VP, corporate planning and officer, Ohio Educational Broadcasting Net- their first use of that advertising medium. business development, NBC, New York, work, Columbus, Ohio, died Dec. 28, 1988, Masla began in broadcasting in 1948 as disk named VP, legal policy and planning. at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, from in- jockey and later news director in Coral Ga- juries sustained in automobile accident. Rafael Pastor, associate general counsel. bles, Fla. He returned to his native New Fornshell had been on OEB staff for 14 years. Fomshell is survived by her husband, Dave, who is OEB executive director, three INDEX sons, stepson and one daughter. TO ADVERTISERS: Accuracy in Media 20 o Americom 6 0 Associated Press Broadcast Services 22 -23 o Blackburn & Co.. Inc. 74 0 Buena Vista Television 40-41 0 Business Radio Network o Chapman Associates 62 80 o Chicago, The University of 93 o Classified Ads 85 -90 0 Closter Television. Inc. 8 -9, 15 0 KHJ 0 -TV Cover 3 H. B. La Rue 77 0 LBS Communications. Inc. 51, 53, 55 0 Lorimar John Rydgren, 56, air personality, KRTH -AM- Syndication Front Cover, 4 -5, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 36-37 0 R. A. Marshall & Co. 78 0 MCA TV Second FM Los Angeles, died at his home there Dec. Cover /3, 19, 21 0 Media Venture Partners 73 0 MRN Radio 60 o Multimedia Entertainment 11, 12 -13 o NAB 59 o Orbis 26, 1988, after suffering heart attack. Ryd- Communications 24 -25 o Pan American Satellite Cover 4 0 Doyle Peterson & Associates 76 0 Professional 0 hosted mid- Cards 83 Cecil L. Richards, Inc. 75 o Services Directory 82 0 SONY Broadcast gren, known as "Brother John," Products 16 o -17 Joe Sullivan & Associates, Inc. 91 0 Talkline Radio Network 39 0 TeIX Entertainment 57 day show and Sunday evening show, Heaven o Tribune Entertainment Co. 42 0 USIA 61 is in Your Mind. Rydgren is survived by his wife and three children.

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 94 Carl Butrum: Eastman any company forgets who pays the bills, the Radio's 'people' man beginning of the end is in sight." Coincidentally, parent company Jacor Publicly held Jacor Communications has Communications was founded eight years reason to be happy with its year-old pur- ago by Terry Jacobs, a former executive chase of Eastman Radio. Boasting 180 sta- with American Financial Insurance Corp. tions in 110 markets, the radio rep firm is Jacobs was reluctant to cite a job in the expecting to show a pre-tax profit of just insurance business as a prerequisite to suc- over $1 million for 1988. That figure is on cess in the radio business, but he was quick target with Jacor's projections and bodes to praise Butrum's career path. well for Eastman President Carl Butrum, "He's a good 'people' man," said Ja- who got his start in the radio rep business cobs. He says he particularly admires his about 15 years ago by, literally, fighting to sales skills, which he attributes to Butrum's get the job. careful climb through the ranks of Eastman. "I was playing what we call 'broken - Beginning in Eastman's Detroit office in down -jock' football in a league in Royal 1973, Butrum moved to the Chicago office Oak, Michigan," says Butrum, who at the in 1974, then to management positions at time was working for an insurance firm. St. Louis (1975 -76), Los Angeles (1976- During a tryout, Butrum was pitted against 81) and then the Western region (1981 -84). another executive vying for the same posi- By 1984, Butrum was executive vice tion. Not one to be replaced easily, Butrum CARL ALBERT BUTRUM- President, Eastman president of sales, based in Eastman's New Radio, York; 17, 1945; decided to teach the challenger a lesson and New b. Dec. San York office. He stayed in that position until Francisco; specification writer, changed the rules of the game from two - early 1988, when Jacor bought the rep firm hand touch to forearm -to- the -forehead tack- engineering staff, administrative services, and he was named president. le. A fight ensued; a few weeks later Bu- General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Butrum today oversees a 90- person staff trum got a call from a man named Bill Mich., 1965 -68; senior account underwriter, that includes 42 salespeople. "There is not Burton. Allstate Insurance Management Training much fat in the organization, and we like it Burton explained that he worked with Program, Southfield, Mich., 1968 -70; that way," he says. Central to his manage- Dave Gneiser, the recipient of the forearm. policyholder supervisor, Allstate, 1971; ment philosophy is understanding the indi- He then told Butrum that he thought such director of policyholder service, League vidual career goals of his staff. "Compa- an aggressive player might make a good General Insurance Co., Southfield, 1971- nies can hire hundreds of people and salesman, and invited him to try out for a 73; positions with Eastman Radio: account stumble ahead having no idea what it is that position at Eastman Radio's Detroit office. executive, Detroit office, 1973; account those people are trying to achieve," he In a way, Gneiser had his revenge: Butrum, executive, Chicago office, 1974; manager, St. says, "and having turnover problems that with no experience in radio sales, was put Louis office, 1975 -76; manager, Los are decimating the company because they through a strenuous interview process. He Angeles office, 1976 -81; Western region don't take an interest." manager, Los Angeles, 1981 -84; executive lost plenty of sleep while memorizing min- In a competitive business where double - vice 1984 -88, New York; ute details of markets around the country president of sales, digit advertising growth is a thing of the and had to endure seven interviews. present position since February 1988; past, Butrum says Eastman has chosen to Butrum's sales experience prior to East- married Sharen Reeves, March 4, 1978; four specialize in one or two value -added sta- man consisted primarily of selling encyclo- children: Chad, 22; Curt, 21; Collin, 18 tions within each market. Industry esti- (from previous Nicholas, 14 (from pedias while a student at Wayne State Uni- marriage); mates place the company's current share of versity in Detroit and a brief stint selling wife's previous marriage). the rep business at about 7%. beef door -to -door for a nickel per pound, "The real orientation of Eastman sales- trying to talk families into buying massive Butrum's father started work at the Gen- people is to get the money out of the way quantities of meat. "They would eat all the eral Motors Technical Center in the I940's; before the buy, reach some agreement steaks the first month," he said of his cus- he got his son a job there in 1965. "It was about the added value of the radio station, tomers, "and then have 200 pounds of like a candy store for a person my age to be and then' in the final step in the process hamburger left." able to see this huge corporation," he says, bring that money back in," says Butrum. What Butrum lacked in sales experience recalling the wonder of watching cars in "If a buyer wants you, she'll find a way to he made up for in management experience. various stages of development. After three pay the price; if she doesn't want you and He had completed the three -year Allstate years, however, he realized that not having doesn't think she needs you, no price is Insurance management training program in a background in engineering could impede cheap enough." 1971, eventually heading a department of his career there. Butrum says Eastman's primary goal is nine underwriters at the company, then He moved into the insurance field. That to convince advertisers that radio stations moved to a higher management position at business taught him to make fast decisions, that invest heavily in programing and com- League General Insurance Co. By 1973, he says, forcing him to review files and munity service demand higher rates. Butrum was director of League General's make choices every 10 to 15 minutes. The "Agencies would like to see everyone 25- person policyholder service department. insurance and radio businesses are similar, come in at $25 or $100 a rating point," he "Bill Burton took the management back- says Butrum, in that both apply the same says, "but the fact of the matter is that the ground and the customer orientation and principles of product development, sales top tier of radio stations can't survive at $25 plugged me into sales," says Butrum. Hav- and service. or $100 a point." ing been with the company for 15 years, he During his tenure at League General, Bu- "If (those stations) go away in the sense laughs off what he says some might de- trum said he stressed to the staff the impor- that they have to cut back on what they scribe as "treehugging." Building tenure tance of developing a "common goal." Em- bring to America," says Butrum, "if we comes naturally, he says, "when you're ployes were encouraged to shift their focus don't fund them and those great stations go raised in Detroit and your old man works from company to customer, a philosophy Bu- away, the person who will suffer is the for General Motors for 50 years." trum applies at Eastman. "I think that when American listener."

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In what is believed to be first ruling of its kind, U.S. District khz with 5 kw, and KRTH -FM operates on 101.1 mhz with 58 kw average terrain. Court judge in Boston has held that cable systems involved in rate - and antenna 2,880 feet above regulation dispute with franchise authority are entitled to assert their rights in federal court. Judge Andrew A. Caffrey, in case NBC was cheered by judge's latest ruling in entertainer Wayne involving effort of Town of Danvers, Mass., to block Nashoba Newton's libel case. U.S. District Judge Myron Crocker said in Cable's plan to raise rates, also held that cable systems may not Los Angeles on Dec. 30, 1988, that Newton has until Feb. 1 to waive protections given them under Cable Communications state his acceptance of $5,275,000 he was awarded following Policy Act of 1984, such as that exempting them from rate jury trial in Las Vegas two years ago. If he does not accept, he regulation. Nashoba began serving Danvers subscribers in July faces new trial on all issues. Newton had originally rejected 1986 after agreeing to freeze rates for two years. And in June award because Crocker had reduced jury's verdict of $19.2 1988, Nashoba announced plans to increase rates. Danvers said million. Newton's lawyers asked for new trial on question of it considered proposed increase violation of pledge to freeze damages entertainer allegedly suffered as result of three investi- rates -there is dispute as to when two -year period began-and gative pieces on NBC News broadcasts aired in 1980 and 1981, threatened legal action. Nashoba filed suit first, seeking order linking him to reputed organized crime figure. Newton's attor- barring action by Town. Danvers, for its part, claimed court ney, Morton Galane, said his client was on vacation in Hawaii lacked jurisdiction, that issue involved common -law contract and would not decide on his answer to court until his return on dispute, governed by state law. But Caffrey ruled that Cable Act Jan. 14. governed, that "Congress apparently intended to prevent crazy-quilt patchwork of local rate regulation and instead intended week, affirmed Mass to subject cable television rates to the competition of the mar- FCC, in unanimous decision released last of FM for violation of anti - ketplace." Danvers rate freeze, he said, "is precisely the sort of Media Bureau's fining Wisconsin levied against wat.s.FM Hay- rate regulation the Act prohibits." That was one of two hold- lottery rules. Bureau $7,500 penalty ings Nashoba's attorney, Stephen Berry, said was "important." ward, Wis., for broadcasting advertisements for bingo on behalf of Lac Courte Orielle Tribal Government. Spots allegedly aired Second was Caffrey's assertion that "public policy concerns - ...militate against permitting a cable services provider to waive regularly between September 1986 and March 1987. key provisions in the statute." However, issue may not be o finally resolved. Danvers Town Counsel Paul Kenny said "likeli- FCC approved Bell Atlantic's plan to build experimental, integrated hood is great" that Danvers will appeal decision. fiber optic system in Perryopolis, Pa. As proposed, Bell Atlantic would build system capable of carrying telephone signals and video services and passing 100 homes. Helicon Corp., city's Beasley Broadcast Group and RKO reached settlement with com- cable operator, would provide programing for one -year test. peting applicants for KRrR -AM-FM Los Angeles for $86.6 million. Deal has been in works since last August (BROADCASTING, Aug. 29, 1988). It comes on heels of settlement for WFYR-FM Chicago Satellite Music Network's board of directors last week approved (see page 75). RKO will receive approximately $56.2 million, and Capital Cities/ABC's proposal to acquire all of its outstanding com- competing applicants $30.4 million. KRTH(AM) is fulltimer on 930 mon stock for $5.50 per share, cash ( "In Brief," Dec. 26, 1988).

Cable network numbers on the rise Combined prime time ratings for seven top cable networks for Murder, She Wrote and, at 9p.m., movies and sporting events. the fourth quarter of 1988 rose 7% over 1987, increasing from an Lifetime attributed its ratings jump to Cagney & Lacey, 11.0 to an 11.8. The increase was tied to USA, CBN Family which has scored between a 1.0 and a 1.2 in its 8 p.m. time slot. Channel and Lifetime, whose new fall prime time lineups helped The jump for CBN came from its new prime time lineup of Our boost those services' fourth- quarter ratings from a combined 3.2 House and family movie programing (BROADCASTING, Dec. 26. in 1987 to a 4.3 in 1988. 1988). USA's rose from a 1.7 to a 2.1, with a lineup of Miami Vice, Although it does not have full fourth- quarter ratings, Turner Broadcasting System has numbers .Network Prime Time Day Full for TNT for the six-week period from 1988 Rating (HH) 1987 Rating (HH) 1988 Rating (HH) 1987 Rating (HH) Nov. 7 to Dec. 18. From 7 a.m. to 1 WTBS 2.6 (1,218,000) 2.6 (1,128,000) 1.6 (754,000) 1.6 (684,000) a.m., where it had forecast a 0.7, it ESPN 2.5 (1,245,000) 2.6 (1,176,000) 0.9 (448,000) 0.9 (391,000) has scored a 0.9. Its prime time rat- USA 2.1 (955,000) 1.7 (700,000) 1.0 (454,000) 0.9 (368,000) ing of 1.1 is also 0.2 higher than its CNN Headline 1.3 (623,000) 1.3 (564,000) 0.9 (424,000) 0.9 (392,000) forecast of 0.9. Its 24 -hour rating CBN 1.2 (540,000) 0.8 (303,000) 0.9 (375,000) 0.6 (238,000) was a 0.7, 17% ahead of its project- Nashville 1.1 (449,000) 1.3 (470,000) 0.5 (204,000) 0.6 (213,000) ed 0.6. Lifetime 1.0 0.7 (266,000) (425,000) 0.6 (243,000) 0.4 (157,000) The most successful block has Nickelodeon 1.0 (443,900) 0.9 (333,900) been the Muppet Show, Bugs Bun- A &E 0.8 (290,000) 0.6 (199,000) ny, Fraggle Rock MTV 0.6 (269,600) 0.6 (231,600) children's fare between 6 Nick at Nite 0.6 (246,800) 0.4 (127,600) and 8 p.m., which has averaged a 1.8 rating, 50% higher than Weather Channel 0.2 0.2 (78,000) (65,000) the 1.2 Turner had forecast. TN7' FNN 0.2 (62,888) 0.2 (51,388) has signed a contract for Nielsen VH -1 0.2 (61,300) 0.3 (72,000) measurements and expects to begin receiving overnight data this USA's prime time runs from 7 to 11 p.m. while CBN's runs from 7 p.m. to midnight. Lifetime's full day is month. Turner estimated TNT was 7:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. Monday through Saturday, Nickelodeon's from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Nick at Nite's from 8 in 19.7 million homes in December, p.m. to 7 a.m., FNN's from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., Discovery's from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m., Weather Channel's 6 a.m. and expected that to jump to 23 to midnight and Nashville's from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. Figures for Arts 8, Entertainment are the sum of its two million after a number of Jan. 1 four -hour programing blocks, from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. launches by systems.

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 96 SMN said it expected to execute definitive merger agreement with Capcities /ABC within few days of board's Jan. 5 announcement, adding that price will rise to $5.60 per share if Mass EEO petitions in Florida deal is not consummated within 120 days. Even if deal falls through, SMN said it agreed to grant option to Capcities /ABC Thirty -four Florida radio stations or AM -FM combinations have to acquire 2,500,000 additional shares of its common stock at had petitions to deny filed against them by the Florida State $5.50 per share. Conference of Branches of the NAACP and the National Black Media Coalition. The filings are a result of a study, conducted by the petitioners, of the 1982-1988 equal employment opportu- House Majority Whip Tony Coelho (D- Calif.) gave independent nity performance all stations in Florida. The filing cites broadcasters something to cheer about at last week's INTV con- of radio the study, claiming the stations subject to this petition "had no vention (see pages 46 -50). Coelho was keynote luncheon speaker and made commitment to work with broadcasters in obtain- more than token employment of blacks and other minorities ing "rights to a stable and predictable license renewal during the license teen. These stations do not appear to be process." He also promised to help them gain, "rights that operating under meaningful EEO programs." The petition asks stand as tall as those granted cable operators and other pro- the FCC to conduct bilingual investigations and designate for spective entrants to your business." However Coelho indicated hearing the renewal applications of the 34 stations: wRCCtnM) that those acccomplishments will not be achieved until fairness Cape Coral, Radio Cape Coral Inc.; WLMF(AMI Lakeland, weZY -IM doctrine and children's programing legislation is adopted. Cocoa, MNDB(AM)- WWLV(FM) Daytona Beach, all Chapman S. Root o Revocable Trust; WWMK(FM) Destin, Gulfcaast Broadcasting Inc.; WLVU('M) Dunedin and wLvu -n i Holiday, both Pasco Pinel- White Plains, N.Y. -based Michael Krauss Productions is syndi- las Broadcasting Co.; WrRS -AM -FM Dunellon and wawa* cating new episodes of Mother's Day with Joan Lunden, talk show WCTO(FM) Venice, all Asterisk Communications Inc.; WOEZ(FM) that had five -year run on Lifetime cable network. Prime target, Fort Myers Beach, Justice Broadcasting L.P.; WRxJ(AM)- WcRJ -FM said Krauss spokesman, is half -hour of daytime NBC is giving Hoker Broadcasting Inc.; WONN(AM) Lakeland and W)CV(FMr) back to local stations. Show will be offered in two versions: 30- Winter Haven, Hall Communications Inc.; WCAT-FM Leesburg, minute strip on barter basis (41/2 minutes local/2 national) and General Broadcasting of Florida Inc.; WOOJ(AM) Lehigh and 60- minute version on cash -plus -barter basis (11 minutes local/2 WOW-FM Lehigh Acres, both Dwyer Broadcasting Inc.; w,t s- national). Show's producer-and Lunden's husband -Michael r(AM) Melbourne, Elyria -Lorain Broadcasting Co.; wMMmtaM)- Krauss, is former producer with Today and Good Morning, Ameri- ,NMMY-FM Melbourne, City Broadcasting Co. Inc.; WINZ(MM) Mi- ca. ami and wzrA(FM) Miami Beach, Guy Gannett Publishing Co.; WGAM(AM) Miami and wcssFM) Boca Raton, Sunshine Wireless Terry Goddard, mayor of Phoenix and newly installed president Co.; WXBM-FM Milton, WXBM -FM Inc.; WNOG(AM)-WCVU(FM) Naples of National League of Cities, ran down priorities of cities in and wrNT-AM -FM Tallahassee, Palmer Communications Inc.; speech before National Press Club in Washington last week and WRGrtFMr1 Naples, of Naples Inc.; wcurputo talco-cable crossownership and cable reregulation were not Dunedin and WGUL -FM New Port Richey, Carl and Betty Mar- among them. At winter meeting in Boston last month, NLC cocci; wMMZ(FM) Ocala, Ocala Broadcasting Corp.; wHOO(AM)- adopted new policy calling for elimination of statutory ban WHTO(FMt) Orlando, TK Communications Inc.; WPAP -FM Panama against telephone companies and increasing regulatory author- City Beach and WCOA(AM)- WJLO(FM) Pensacola, Norman S. ity of cities over cable systems. Whether issues will be on Drubner; wPFM(FM) Panama City, Culpepper Communications legislative agenda will not be determined until NLC's Congress Inc.; wo1W(FM) Pensacola, Colonial Broadcasting Co.; WNJY(FM) of Cities in Washington, March 11 -14. Goddard's speech was Riviera Beach, Lappin Communications -Florida Inc.; WBPB(AM)- aid in cities' efforts devoted to eliciting Bush Administration's 'wsRZ(FMr) Sarasota, Sarasota AM Inc. and Sarasota FM Inc.; and solving such chronic prob- in rebuilding "infrastructure" NNWS(AM) South Nh'ami and WLTF(FM) Miami, Jefferson -Pilot people and education. lems as pollution, drug abuse, homeless Communications Co.; Stuart, CRB of Florida Inc.; were not mentioned. Following speech, Goddard n'ZZR(FM) Cable issues WFSU -FM Tallahassee, Florida State University; WTSWM) Dolcom BROADCASTING they were "not a major priority" of NLC in told Broadcasting Inc., and vNGS(FM) Pearl Broadcasting Co. light of other pressing concerns. And he suggested they would not be on cities' legislation agenda for year, saying association had "fairly limited resources" and had to be selective in what it chose to pursue in Washington. today (Jan. 9). "Money" anchor Kenneth Walker has been dropped, and "Life "anchor Robin Young will be based out of n New York and Los Angeles rather than show's Arlington, Va French network TF1's New York bureau chief and TF1 producer studio. Show will also have new opening and music. face federal charges for trying to plant fake bombs on three airliner at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport. In similar incident last Nielsen said VCR penetration reached 62.2% in November 1988, Tuesday, Dutch television reporter Gert Berg of Veronica net- while pay cable penetration hit 29.1 %, highest figures for each work successfully smuggled phony explosive onto KLM flight in Nielsen history. Only Laredo, Tex., had higher pay penetra- from Amsterdam to London. TF1's Alain Chail lou, bureau chief tion (51.1 %) than VCR (44.2 %). for France's number one TV network, and producer Bruce Frankel, released on own recognizance one after both their day between Wod- arrest last Wednesday, were reportedly trying to demonstrate FCC has approved settlement agreement reached Hit Video USA had lax But one fake bomb linger Broadcasting and Viacom. Wodlinger's security among airlines. was discovered later Wod- TWA and airport alerted two other airlines, Pan filed $250 -million antitrust suit against MTV, and by security later two Viacom stations. Am and Air France. Jan. 25 hearing in Chaillou- Frankel case linger filed against renewal applications of Viacom were not disclosed, has been set at U.S. District Court in Brooklyn. Defense attorney Terms of monetary settlement paid Viacom's KMOV -TV St. Lou- of Gotshal Manges - although renewal challenges against John Wing New York firm Weil, and main Viacom, in turn, tajned neither journalist had intended to break law and neither is and WMZO(FM) Washington were dropped. it had brought against believed they had done anything illegal. Frankel, in initial state- agreed not to pursue any counterclaims ment, said "news experiment" had approval of TF1's Paris Wodlinger. news chief chief and news anchor. J.C. Penney has retained Kidder Peabody to provide financial alter- n natives for its Telaction interactive cable shopping service. Brin- in USA Today: The Television Show was scheduled for "re- launch" ing partners or selling service are among alternatives.

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L.A. laud confident that the mediageneity of a misnomer like "fairness" would propel the bandwagon -turned- steamroller past an unwill- The Association of Independent Television Stations got 1989 off ing President. Opting for principle over expedience, President to a rousing start in Los Angeles last week. Indeed, it seemed to Reagan just said 'no.' In the wake of that decision, however, the have gotten the industry off to a rousing year. Considering the pro -codification elements in Congress have been brandishing a lacklusterness of 1988, all portents were welcome. big stick, threatening to put on hold any action on must carry or We were struck particularly by the bullishness of the opening much needed license renewal reform until broadcasters acqui- session, at which a number of expert observers joined in the esce to content regulation. Broadcasters, looking over their view that the future bodes well for broadcast media, not only shoulders at cable giants with which they must now compete because of their own value and resilience but also because of an and telco behemoths with which they soon may, have been economy continuing to grow and to deposit more TV house- reluctant to face down the First Amendment challenge. Fortu- holds within reach of all those broadcast towers. As was noted nately, the departure of President Reagan will not mean the loss again and again, it is possible for a smaller percentage of a of their champion. larger market to be better than a larger percentage of a smaller The last legislative line of defense on "fairness doctrine, the market. sequel" will again be the President, this time George Bush, who There continued to be at INTV an undercurrent of alarm has exhibited an opposition to the doctrine the equal of his about cable, characterized in virtually all public forums and predecessor. particularly in a new campaign -spearheaded by Milton Maltz How fitting that the "education" President have the opportu- of Malrite-to champion free TV. It is a theme that will appeal nity to deliver this valuable lesson on constitutional safeguards. to many broadcasters and will be heard much of as the year progresses. Head count The fact is, of course, that much of TV hasn't been free for a long time. The inevitability of a paid TV universe became clear Broadcasters are being enlisted once again to help get the word when cable passed 50% in its national penetration of TV homes, out on the Census department's decennial survey of population meaning that more than half the nation chose to pay some price and housing, to be conducted in 1990. For the 1980 census, to receive its over-the -air (and thus nominally "free ") signals. broadcasters contributed $30 million worth of air time for PSA It will be difficult to put that genie back in the bottle, along with campaigns -including spots in Arabic, Spanish and other for- all the other forms of more specifically paid -for TV varieties, as eign languages-announcing the census and explaining its im- in pay TV over the air, pay TV by cable and home video. portance: the information is used for, among other things, the A more challenging way to deal with changing times may be allocation of federal funds and the apportionment of seats in that adopted by NBC, which -not having been able to beat Congress. Broadcasters also conducted workshops, bought print cable-has elected to join it. Or by ABC, whose ESPN made space and otherwise donated their time and talents to the cause. history of a sort in its negotiating rights from Major League The 1980 effort was credited by Commerce Secretary William Baseball for over $400 million. However one finds his way into Verity with boosting the mail -return rate by 3%, with each the future, it's unlikely to be through the past. percentage point representing a $10 million saving in census At the least, it can be said that INTV President Preston costs. Said then -census bureau director Vincent Barabba about Padden and his compatriots stirred 'em up in Los Angeles last the Fifth Estate's contribution: "[They] produced, at their own week. Among other things, their plan to create a cooperative of expense, a staggering array of ingenious and effective local independents to compete for dollars in the network pool is both appeals, and persuaded their colleagues and competitors to do inspired and controversial -which is to say, vintage Padden. the same." Indeed, vintage independent. If past is prologue, broadcasters, can be expected, and are encouraged, to lend their support to the 1990 census. By doing Ringing in the old so, they will be helping themselves as well. The more accurate the census, the more accurate the demographic and ratings Congress officially reconvened last week. It was the first day of information available. We feel confident the census bureau can the new session and hardly had the incoming class of 1989 been again count on broadcasters. officially shown their seats when John Dingell (D- Mich.) rein- troduced a fairness doctrine codification bill the spitting image of one appropriately vetoed by President Reagan in 1987; the doctrine was soon thereafter held unconstitutional by the FCC. That should have been the end of that, but wasn't. The new bill was one of several ghosts of Congress past that are expected to be revived within the first 100 days (BROAD- CASTING, Jan. 2). Another was a uniform poll closing bill,' courtesy of Al Swift (D- Wash.), who, true to his name, made it the lead item on the first day's order of business. It was identical to a measure whose death not once but twice in the Senate is clear precedent. A third, the lingering children's TV bill - pocket vetoed following the last Congress -has been targeted for reintroduction. So far, the 101st gets a C- for originality. Of the three, the rearing of the "fairness" doctrine's ugly Drawn for BROADCASTING by lack Schnúdt head is the most disturbing. The 1987 veto of that particular "Bill Mitchell reporting from the WAS mobile truck on assault on Fifth Estate freedoms came as a surprise to those another record -breaking snowfall."

Broadcasting Jan 9 1989 no CONGRATULATIONS To these award -winners of the International Film & TV Festival of New York

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SILVER MEDAL "Prisoners of Violence" ANGELA ESTEN., Reporter FRANK FELDINGER, Producer BILL NORTHUP, Executive Producer STEPHANIE BRADY, Executive Producer BRONZE MEDAL "Lakers'88: Back to Back" ROY FIRESTONE, Nast SUSAN STRATI ON, Director TED GREEN, Producer DAVID BROWNFIELD, Associate Producer BILL NORTHUP, Executive Producer STEPHANIE BRADY, Executive Producer NORWALX I IDS ANGELES