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Keeping an eye on CBS Sifting through the meaning of the must -carry NOI's ROCKING THE ROCK 0 Laurence Tisch his ups 20- MINUTE PUSH KCBS -TV Los Angeles restructures holdings in CBS to 24.9%, prompting speculation two -hour evening newscast into six separate 20- about network's future control. PAGE 35. minute segments. PAGE 56.

IN THE PAPER O In FCC's passage of must -carry rule LATE -NIGHT DILEMMA O Fox Broadcasting's Joan were raft of notice of inquiry's looking at Rivers and King World's David Brenner are two competition in general and syndicated exclusivity, late -night shows hampering efforts by networks compulsory license and telco crossownership in to clear their own offerings in that time period. particular. PAGE 36. Although telco issue is a PAGE 57. concern to cable, top industry officials say mountains would have to be moved before telco DOTTED LINE O Emmis Broadcasting closes on its crossownership prohibitions could be removed. deal to buy three Doubleday stations. PAGE 62. PAGE 37.

NEWCITY GETTING A JUMP NBC and CBS jockey for fall FORMATION O Management buyout of Katz Broadcasting starting positions in announcing dates for new has been completed. New name will be NewCity season premieres. PAGE 39. Communications. PAGE 63.

SPOT ACTIVITY o Barometer of spot advertising DRUG TALK 0 Network representatives meet with marketplace is healthier than network advertiser congressmen to discuss drug abuse issues. PAGE counterpart. PAGE 38. 64.

PUBLIC BETWEEN THE LINES D Senate passes funding REORGANIZATION 0 New Jersey senate measure that includes action on VHF -UHF swaps, examining proposal to make public broadcasting in fairness inquiry. PAGE ao. that state more independent. PAGE 66.

STATION SQUAWK O Losing bidder for Spanish RADIO DBS O Houston entrepreneur planning International Communications Corp. stations files direct broadcast radio service. PAGE 69. suit in Los Angeles district court to block sale. PAGE 46. TRANSMITTER BUY O Thomson -CSF purchases Massachusetts -based Comark Communications. STAY REQUEST 0 Copyright owners seek stay of PAGE 72. cable copyright decision on royalty fees. PAGE 52. WASHINGTON WATCHER O Time Inc.'s chief DEBATE FLAP Early jockeying for position for 1988 Washington lobbyist, Brian Conboy, has his puts League of Women Voters at odds with hands full protecting the interests of leading cable Republican and Democratic National Committees. programing services, cable systems and PAGE 54. publishing interests. PAGE 95.

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Business Briefly 18 Fates & Fortunes 91 Journalism 54 Programing 57 Cablecastings 10 Fifth Estater 95 Law & Regulation 46 Riding Gain 62 Changing Hands 68 For the Record 75 The Media 64 Stock Index 61 Closed Circuit 7 In Brief 96 Monday Memo 26 Syndication Marketplace ... 59 Datebook 28 In Sync 72 Open Mike 31 Telecastings 70 Editorials 98 Broadcasting (ISSN 0007 -2028) is published 52 Mondays a year by Broadcasting Publications Inc.. 1735 DeSales Street, N. W Washington. D.C. 20036. Second -class postage paid at Washington. D.C.. and additional offices. issue Single $2 except special issues $3.50 (50th Anniversary issue $10). Subscriptions. U.S. and possessions: one year $65. two years $125. three years $175. Canadian and international other subscribers add $20 per year. U.S. and possessions $170 yearly for special delivery. $100 for first -class. Subscriber's occupation required. Annually: D Broadcasting Cablecasting Yearbook $90. Across the Dial $6 95. Microfilm of Broadcasting is available from University Microfilms, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48106 full (35mm, year $55). Microfiche of Broadcasting is available from Bell & Howell. Micro Photo Division. Old Mansfield Road, Wooster, Ohio 44691 ($37/yr). Postmaster please send address corrections to Broadcasting, 1735 DeSales St_ N W Washington, D.0 20036.

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Volunteerism sales university program started by hybrid urban /contemporary hit format National Radio Broadcasters Association. making strong showing in new spring House Energy and Commerce Committee which recently merged with National Arbitron report. Company will now try Chairman John Dingell (D- Mich.) is being Association of Broadcasters. RAB will set format in New York over recently acquired given credit for warding off attempts by up task force chaired by Metroplex WAPP(FM) (now wQHT). Format was some House members to require PSA time Communications president. Norman Wain. scheduled to debut Aug. 15 (see "Riding for antidrug -abuse campaign by television creative force behind "sales university' Gain," page 62). networks. House is urging ABC, CBS. concept, to oversee implementation. NBC and Cable News Network to launch Association is tentatively planning one Talk is cheap? national public service campaign to combat sales university- two -day course for new drug abuse. Last week broadcasters met radio account executives-every other Network radio's top -rated personality. with key congressmen to discuss voluntary month, beginning in fourth quarter of Paul Harvey, is on verge of signing new effort (see story. page 64). During 1986. deal with Capital Cities /ABC that would meeting Majority Leader Jim Wright (D- extend present 10 -year contract. which Tex.) told broadcasters that Dingell was Next 15 expires at end of 1988, for seven more instrumental in persuading others to drop years. Deal could be sealed as early as this idea of mandatory time and support System of gathering revenue figures for week. Harvey. whose news and voluntary approach. top 10 television markets may soon be commentary programs have been mainstay extended to markets I I -25. Getting on ABC Radio for over 35 years. is said consent of stations in those markets is said to be earning more than $1.2 million Airborne to be goal of Broadcast Financial annually. Management Association. which has Summertime has become bonanza for arrangement with accounting firm of network radio business, with July sales Arthur Young & Co. to gather individual Mail call climbing 32% over July 1985 to stations' data confidentially and compile $36.950,434, medium's highest billings Senate Commerce Committee has market totals. BFM has so far reported I0- month of year. According to data being received more than 250 letters opposing market revenue figures for 1980 -1984 released by Radio Network Association, renomination of FCC Chairman Mark (BROADCASTING. May 19) and will soon network sales year -to -date (January Fowler. Letters. which criticize chairman have 1985 results. It also reports three - through July) are up 18% over same period for being soft on smut. appear to have be television- network quarterly revenue. last year to $231,725.039. Figures are generated by National Decency Forum. based on financial information collected which wants Fowler to police programing each month from eight network Out of town on broadcasting and cable. Group has companies by accounting firm of Ernst & hounded Fowler for some time Organizers Women Whinney. of In Cable's roast of (BROADCASTING. June 9). Ted Turner in Washington Sept. 18 were disappointed when Motion Picture Earfuls Spots in stereo Association of America President Jack Valenti turned down invitation to be one Key House members have been hearing NBC -TV, stepping up its TV stereo of roasters after indicating he would from both sides on controversial issue of campaign in preparation for 1986 -1987 accept. Cable scuttlebutt was that Valenti U.S. -Peru coordination of PanAmerican season, has completed upgrade of begged off because relations between Satellite Corp. system with Intelsat. playback facilities and will begin accepting motion picture and cable industries have Intelsat Director General Richard Colino stereo TV commercials for regular become increasingly strained in wake of and Deputy Director Luis Alegrett met last schedule beginning Sept. 22. Network federal court ruling three weeks ago Monday with Representative Dante plans over 24 hours of weekly stereo slashing cable copyright fees. Valenti Fascell (D- Fla.), chairman of House programs in fall and with 79 at least NBC couldn't be reached for comment last Foreign Affairs Committee; affiliates and live O &O's broadcasting Friday, but his secretary said her boss had Representative Don Bonker (D- Wash.). multichannel sound service. NBC now to pass because of prior out -of-town chairman of International Economic covers 68.03% of U.S. TV households in commitment. Policy and Trade Subcommittee. and aides stereo. of Representative Dan Mica (D- Fla.), But to what extent advertisers will take chairman of International Operations advantage of stereo capacity remains to be Research entry Subcommittee. who was unable to attend. seen. Although stereo commercials have Look for Emmis Broadcasting, Meeting- requested by Colino, according reportedly already been aired sporadically Indianapolis -based group operator of seven to Hill sources. and by House members. over network, at least one top advertising radio stations. to establish new market according to Intelsat officials-was executive knows of no great demand as yet research subsidiary, Emmis Research. that unusual for officials of international for stereo time and said network sales will eventually offer research services to organization to hold with members of staff had made no special effort to sell new other media companies. New unit, to be Congress. It was sequel to meetings those service. headed by Jim Riggs, vice president of three members had several weeks earlier personnel, administration and research, for with Rene Anselmo, chairman of Carrying on Emmis, is to be operational by mid - PanAmSat, and Joel Alper, who as vice September. Emmis's in -house market chairman and general manager of Comsat Radio Advertising Bureau is expected to studies have proved successful in Los World Systems Division, is principal U.S. announce this week that it is taking over Angeles, with company's KPWRCFM) and its contact with Intelsat.

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ry out the terms of the sales contract when it Scrambling report scrambled services (HBO and Cinemax) and recruited dish dealers as sales agents, offer- offset note payments against claims of ex- ing them sales commissions; home Video - cessive construction costs prior to the costs House Telecommunications Subcommittee by arbitration. The tried cipher II descramblers are widely available being finally determined Chairman Timothy Wirth (D- Colo.) has held that the Times must open its his House col- (the M/A -Com Videocipher II system has court also to mitigate concerns among financial records pertaining to the cable sys- of cable pro- emerged as a de facto standard), and copy- leagues about the scrambling tems for inspection and to pay Kahn his feeds by sending them a right legislation has been introduced that gramers' satellite to the satel- withheld consulting fees, which Kahn put at comprehensive, four -page status report on would give dish owners access lite feeds of cable superstations. about $1 million. "the progress we have made in reaching Times spokesman Leonard Harris said goal of assuring "The subcommittee will continue to keep the... subcommittee's focused on the last week that the Appellate Division deci- backyard dish owners access to ¡scrambled) the congressional spotlight scrambling issue to facilitate the rapid reso- sion "in no way affects our rights under our satellite programing at competitive rates." to recover the costs of completing Wirth lution of this issue, and to insure that the contracts As chairman of the subcommittee, of the systems. We will go federal interven- goal of providing dish owner access to pro- the construction has opposed bills calling for back to the Appellate Division and seek home satellite marketplace. The gram packages at competitive rates is met," tion in the been deeply in- leave to appeal," he said, adding that the bills have attracted the attention and, in the report said. "Having volved with these issues from the begin- Times had notified Kahn of its "readiness to some cases, the support of members of the and had made its dish owners, ning, the subcommittee is completely corn - proceed to arbitration" House. The nation's 1.5 million available to him. home satellite industry lead- mitted to helping develop a solution that will files spurred on by backyard Said Kahn in a press release Aug. 12: ers and trade associations, have proved an adequately address the needs of dish owners." "The Times had the idea that its general effective grass -roots lobby. prestige and its reputation for journalistic The report's implicit message was that Kahn award integrity would enable it to get away with legislation is not necessary at this timo. claims and litigation tactics re- in terms of the baseless "While problems clearly remain vealed by the Appellate Division's deci- dish consumer can be The Appellate Division of the New York how the backyard the New sion." insured access to scrambled signals at a State Supreme Court has ruled that price, at the same time it York Times Co. must pay long -time cable competitive million be served should be recognized that some progress entrepreneur Irving Kahn about $41 Hash to said. "Certain companies plus $10 million in interest on notes due has been made," it two Networks will begin testing scram- made genuine attempts to help bring from its $126 -million 1981 purchase of MTV have from Kahn and bling of all its network feeds-VH- lNideo about a marketplace that is responsive to New Jersey cable systems his associates. The Court ruled 5 -0 in Kahn's Hits One, MTV, Nick at Nite and Nickelode- the needs of dish owners, and through con- oc- favor on all claims, and rejected the Times on -next Dec. 31, with full scrambling gressional pressure, some of the problems said Barry this issue have counterclaims. Kahn held a press confer- curring "shortly thereafter," that initially surrounded MTV Networks vice president, press or resolved so that ence in New York last week to announce the Kluger, been either addressed was doubtful and public affairs. MTV Networks will use dish owners can enjoy continued access to court's decision because he the Times would find the ruling to be among the M/A -Com Videocipher II system for the the wealth of programing available by satel- re- "all the news that's fit to print." encryption. Nothing has been firmed lite." to dish owners positive de- The contract to purchase the systems in garding selling the services The report listed a number of said. National Rural Electric Co- the Cherry Hill and Camden areas of New as of yet, Kluger velopments: the on a said it would try to put together a Jersey had called for annual payments operative and nonnegotiable package of scrambled cable services to sell series of negotiable BET beefs up the Department of Jus- notes and called for reducing the purchase to rural dish owners; $36.5 tice is continuing to probe the cable indus- price if construction costs exceeded Washington -based Black Entertainment practices for pos- million. An arbitrator would be called in to Television announced its 1986 -87 schedule try's program distribution the violations; the pay cable settle on the amount owed. (Kahn said last Wednesday (Aug. 13), a lineup that in- sible antitrust using have set themselves up as corn - Times was to construct the system cludes a black -oriented national news pro- programers already built, petitors to cable operators in the distribu- the standards of the part gram; a new, daily, music video program programing to dish own- which was "state of the art" in 1980.) featuring a female VJ; expansion of four re- tion of scrambled did not car- ers; Home Box Office cut the rates for its two The court held that the Times turning series, and the debut of two off -net- work dramatic series. BET will sign with Nielsen in October, and will begin receiving quarterly Nielsen meter reports in the first quarter of 1987, when the cable service's REMOTE POSSIBILITIES audience is expected to surpass 13.5 million homes, the minimum that Nielsen requires TELEPRODUCTIONS for monitoring. Robert L. Johnson, president and part owner of the 24 -hour, 13 million - Quality production for subscriber, basic cable service, said BET has been profitable since July 1985, with sporting events, concerts business increasing 20% over the last year & special programming. and the number of employes increasing Truck features include: Digital from 39 to 55. mild dissatisfaction effects, 2 slo -mo Johnson expressed video with the FCC's recent ruling on the must - & more! recorders, stereo audio carry issue (BROADCASTING, Aug. 11), but said he hoped the new rules would spur ca- they don't Toll Free: 437 -4757 (Ext. 434) ble operators to drop stations Call 1-800. and open up channels for pro- 32nd Avenue South want to carry 1532 gramers like BET, which cannot reach view- REMOTE POSSIBILITIES Fargo, ND 58103 ers over the air. He estimated that BET could

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© 1986 UN Toys Inc. All rights reserved. © 1986 Universal City Studios. All rights reserved. MCATV Station clearances: (212) 605 -2786. Advertiser sales: (212) 605 -2720/(312) 337 -1100 uplink -downlink and more switch from a half hour to an hour weekly, lite earth station could reach as many as three million peripheral equipment for the Ohio Educa- at three cents per subscriber with two new freelance reporters in New households, Video Vibrations, tional Broadcasting Network Commission. if the FCC did not regulate cable York and Los Angeles; per month, -long love ballad seg- BET would join Turner Broadcast- which will add an hour carriage. Love," Fridays and Satur- ing if it chose to pursue further litigation, ment, "Midnight In -store Nickelodeon would have to study the days at midnight, and Video Soul, which will Johnson said, but "News and financial aspects of pursuing litigation introduce two new segments, MTV Networks's Nickelodeon will begin a He called the must-carry decision "a Views" and "Soul Search." special promotional program next fall for six alone. off- network dra- basic financial loss" for BET. BET has acquired two department store chains. "Nickelodeon's half-hour digest, will matic series featuring black male leads - Video Service" will be set in the children's BET News, a weekly, starring James premiere in October, the weekend of the Paris, an action /adventure departments of the Jordan Marsh Co. of Black Caucus. The issues Earl Jones as a detective, and The Lazarus Hess's Department Stores Congressional Lou Massachusetts; confront black Americans do not re- Syndrome, a medical series featuring of Pennsylvania; McCurdy and Co. of Roch- that in an urban hospital. ceive the full coverage on current television Gossett Jr. as a doctor ester and upstate New York; Elder Beerman that many of us feel they should receive. We Stores of Dayton and Toledo, Ohio; Pizitz of want to address that," Johnson said. BET Summer sales Alabama, and Joslins of Denver. The service News will provide interviews, special reports is available in two hour -long tape formats on major policy issues Scientific -Atlanta has sold over $2 million in (one for pre- school and early grade school - and commentaries Rite affecting black Americans, rather than spot addressable cable equipment to Com- aged children, and another targeting those 8 coverage. Freelance crews will be munications for the MSO's new systems in years of age and older). In addition to Nickel- news Valdese, in six urban markets -New York, Los Naperville, Ill.; Buffalo, Minn., and odeon's programs, the stores can add "op- hired 8500 set -top Angeles, Chicago, Washington, Atlanta and N.C. Shipments of the series tions" to the in -store presentations such as the program may expand to terminals, remote control units and trans- guest appearances by characters from Nick- Houston -and are to con- more markets and go daily in the next few mitters have already begun and elodeon's shows, sweepstakes for cable years. tinue through November. subscription giveaways and tie -ins with lo- currently programs music The Atlanta -based equipment manufac- cal cable system contests, Nickelodeon BET, which order 53% of its broadcast day, will in- turer has also announced a $1- million said. videos for Corp.'s Ev- troduce a new 30- minute video show, Video from United Artists Cablesystem videos, in- studio inter- ansville, Ind., cable TV system. The Evans- LP, featuring music service views and profiles of black artists. The show ville operation is expanding its basic Sports scrambling be hosted by Donnie Simpson, air per- from 12 to 23 channels and will use model will the expanded tier, as sonality and program director of wxrs(FM) 6780 converters on will begin partial scrambling of its sig- and model 8520 set -top ESPN Washington, and a female VJ who has not well as model 8525 nal in one daypart-probably morning- chosen. terminals. It will gradually increase yet been by the next November. Returning programs that will expand in Additional orders recently received becoming fully scrambled in a $360,000 purchase scrambling, the fall include On the Line With, an hour- manufacturer include the first quarter of 1987, an ESPN spokes- weekly public affairs call -in program of the model 8525 terminals by Comcast Ca- that prime time would be long subscriber Balti- man said, adding that will become a daily, half -hour show; blevision for its 120,000- the last daypart scrambled. He said ESPN and a 11 -meter satellite This Week in Black Entertainment, which will more county system will distribute its programing to private earth stations on "an a la carte and package basis." ESPN executive vice president, Rog- er Werner, said ESPN "will be offered at a suggested retail price which will be very competitive with DBS prices previously an- nounced by other basic cable services." It will use M/A -Com's Videocipher II equip- ment for scrambling. ESPN has also reached agreements with HBO Inc. and Showtime/The Movie Chan- nel Inc. to market ESPN as part of their di- rect broadcast offerings, ESPN said. In other news, the cable network also said it has sold all eight major advertising sponsorship packages for its coverage of the 1987 Ameri- ca's Cup and "all related programing." The eight sponsors are: Anheuser -Busch (Mi- chelob), Atlantic Financial, Bell Atlantic, Cadillac, Crum & Forster, Domaine Chan - don, Hilton and Qantas. ESPN will carry more than 70 hours of race coverage, includ- ing documentaries, preview programs and race highlights.

PPV plan Orion Pictures Corp. and RME Productions (a division of Reiss Media Enterprises Inc.) have agreed to a "multipicture" licensing arrangement for exhibition through Request Television, the satellite- delivered, pay -per- view service. Included in the licensing package are "FIX" and "Back to School." Bruce Karpas, senior vice president and general counsel of Reiss Media Enterprises, said: "We're delighted to be able to offer these titles to Request Television affiliates. This deal underscores RME Productions' long term commitment to offering strong motion pictures in pay-per -view."

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The inherent impatience of is a factor changing the forms Weekend activities aboard the USS John F. life style also speed of life has in- Kennedy for the presidential party, the ship's of television. As the programers, in order crew and the press. When my associates and creased in recent years, the viewer's attention, I presented the ship's captain and officers to attract and hold news and information with the list of accredited press people who have had to package different from those wanted to be on board, they reeled. The list in forms sometimes far in shorter incre- was very, very long. IO or even five years ago: from one segment to the We can't possibly have all these people ments, with hooks the viewer and hold his on board," they said. Dozens of television George A. Heinemann, president of next that involve night. stations around the country had applied for Showmakers Inc., a New York -based television attention until tomorrow recently ran an arti- access to the ship, and the captain and offi- production and consulting firm, is also The New York Times traditional television cers had probably expected only the net- chairman of the television program judging cle that said that the watches works. committee of the International Film & TV documentary is dying; that no one any more; that people are in- It's a new world, we told them. For the Festival of New York. During a 33 -year- career documentaries information, present- bicentennial celebration in 1976, perhaps with NBC he held positions as vice terested only in instant ways. This need for 1,000 accredited press people had descend- president, general program executive and ed in breezy, exciting however, does not signal ed on New York harbor. For Liberty Week- director of public affairs for NBC News and speed and brevity, documentary format; rath- end, the number was closer to 5,000. vice president of children's programing. He the demise of the renaissance. Programers The captain skimmed the list of names has won numerous broadcasting awards er, it inaugurates its ways to structure the same kinds and saw the call letters of a TV station in including seven Peabodys. are finding in attractive, more compelling Fresno, Calif. of materials station that in the past pro- "Wow," he exclaimed. "My hometown program judging committee of the Interna- packages. The hour-long documentary station is coming all the way here for this ?" tional Film & TV Festival of New York has duced a straight, that creating five- or Thus, the captain and officers of the USS shown me that the work coming out of local now serializes material, -minute inserts to air over a week on its John F. Kennedy were struck by the inescap- stations is often as good as, or better than, six newscast, or on its mag- able reality of television in the 1980's. much of the network or syndicated product. regularly scheduled one. New creative and production talent in pro- Last year, for example, the judges awarded azine show, if it has claim that this serialization graming are shifting from the large commu- the Grand Award (best of show) for public Traditionalists to select "sensational" to- nication centers, such as Los Angeles and service programs to Rape: An Act of Hate, a forces programers better to New York, to cities and towns that were pre- thoroughly striking and timely program cre- pics that might lend themselves -ins and lead -outs, and to avoid viously inactive or inconsequential. ated and produced by WBZ -TV Boston and teasers, lead weight that might not be as Because of this, local news shows and starring Veronica Hamel. Most of us felt it matters of equal as the effects of this serialized documentaries, for example, are was one of the best programs of any kind we visually gripping, such trade deficit on the station's commu- emerging as highly creative and effective had seen anywhere in a long time. It is just nation's traditionalists point to programing segments, competing vigorous- one example of the outstanding work sub- nity. As proof, these sheet, because ly with their network counterparts. Local mitted to the festival by local stations in re- the local station's balance which were once stations today, both affiliates and indepen- cent years. Of the 837 television programs news and information, prestigious loss- leaders for programing, are dents, are sending their crews around the submitted in 1985, I would guess that more profit- center activity world on newsgathering assignments, cov- than half of the gold, silver, and bronze med- now in the forefront of and independents. erage that has long been the province of the al winners were of local and regional origin. for most affiliates fears simply aren't networks almost exclusively. Lower -cost, One of the reasons for stations' success is But the traditionalists' producers and editors more portable newsgathering equipment is that the festival provides more opportunities justified. Programers, of creating involv- certainly one factor contributing to the local for local broadcasters to win recognition on are meeting the challenge packages for information of importance. stations' newly found access to the rest of a national or international level than most ing in last year's International Film the world. But more important, a great many other competitions. But this does not dimin- We saw this New York judging, and young people who have studied concept ish the significant impact local programing & TV Festival of a lot more of it this year. communications, film or journalism are opt- has had on the festival competition. we'll see ing to pack up their talents and establish their The second part of the revolution in tele- The bottom line is that television, in its careers away from the traditional city cen- vision programing is a contextual one. more immediate and telegraphic forms, will ters. The opportunity to do creative and News, documentary and investigative re- increasingly encourage more viewers to meaningful work presents itself faster and porting is resurging, if in evolving forms. watch news and information programs with more fully in these smaller communications The hour -long straight news or documentary greater interest and involvement. Because centers. Local stations now have the luxury programs are no longer predominant. Their television reflects conditions, and viewer change, the result of choosing from a greater pool of talent than offspring are shorter and more compelling. awareness can bring about ever before. One popular form at the moment is the seri- could some day be a more enlightened and My experiences as chairman of the TV alized 10- minute program insert in straight informed citizenry. Not bad. U

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1 TOP OF THE WEEK High anxiety at CBS

Tisch just shy of 25% limit but few with the CBS board, which has sought a meeting that might have been the forum for think that's end of his ambition; stand -still agreement from Tisch holding the such a maneuver. Sources felt that it could alliance with Paley to solidify line at 25 %, and which has said it will insti- yet take place at the Sept. 10 board meeting management control may be next; tute defensive measures against a takeover or almost certainly by the Oct. 8 meeting. top executives seen as vulnerable; should he exceed that limit. As part of such At least some observers thought a major heavy trading pushes stock near $150 an expansion, he also would have to file for corporate change was already taking place permission with the Federal Trade Commis - last Thursday, when the price of CBS stock The string of Bad Days at Black Rock grew sion-an administrative detail that could rose more than $10 per share on heavier- still longer last week. Laurence Tisch in- open up other troublesome areas. than -usual volume of 417,000 shares. After creased his Loews stockholdings in CBS to Thus Tisch is more likely to favor accom- hitting a mid -day peak of $148 per share, the under the 24.9%--just magic 25% that is modation rather that confrontation with the stock then retreated to close at $143, six seen as the line of demarcation between his incumbent board. He would not himself seek points above the previous day's price. The continuing as a white knight or turning into to run the company, but presumably would following day was the close of certain op- Vader. Darth The betting was growing on the want his own candidate to succeed Thomas tions on CBS stock and some speculated that latter. the trading was reflective of a "squeeze" on What Tisch has in mind next he's not shar- certain options in addition to reflecting any ing with the world at large, but knowledge- possible takeover rumors. By mid -day Fri- able sources in and around CBS see a pattern day the stock was at $146% on moderate emerging. The scenario envisions Tisch volume. freezing his forward motion on the stock Whatever the timing of Tisch's next man- front while solidifying his control of the agement moves, and while the entire organi- company itself. It rejects the idea of his sell- zation remains in suspense about the future, ing out the stockholdings he has accumulat- at least three executive careers are believed ed to date -for example, to a John Kluge, to be conspicuously at risk: those of Chair- the cash -rich (estimated $4.7 billion) broad- man Wyman; Van Gordon Sauter, president casting /cellular entrepreneur who has fig- of CBS News and executive vice president ured in much of the recent speculation about of the broadcast group, and William Lilley CBS. Tisch is interested in CBS's asset val- III, CBS Inc. senior vice president for cor- ues over the long haul. these sources be- porate affairs. lieve, and short-term profit- taking has little While Wyman is believed to have the sup- appeal to him. port of a substantial majority of the existing Moreover, going beyond 25% -which is board, there were reports last week that not the de dividing on jure line assumption Tisch had put out feelers to Robert Daly, a of control but appears to be the de facto stan- former senior CBS executive now chairman dard -causes Tisch more problems than it of Warner Brothers, as a possible replace- solves. In the first place, it triggers a number Tisch ment for the chief executive. of so- called "golden parachute" contracts Sauter is believed particularly vulnerable with top executives that would be expensive Wyman, the embattled chief executive offi- because of the chaotic condition of the news to the company an if outside party passed the cer who is not believed to have established a division, which led one of its own-60 Min- one -quarter ownership level. Assuming personal compatibility with Tisch. Should utes newsman Andy Rooney -to go public Tisch wanted those executives out, it would the board prove reluctant, Tisch could al- with a newspaper column decrying severing be less costly to force their resignations ways threaten a proxy battle. And in such an the morning news period from CBS News through existing board control, this scenario event, he might have an ace in the hole: the control (BROADCASTING, Aug. 11); a Vil- holds. 8% stockholdings of William S. Paley. lage Voice article widened the damage last In the second place, going past 25% The legendary CBS founder, now 84, has week. would almost surely trigger petitions to the been increasingly frustrated and anguished Rumors of Lilley's departure have circu- FCC asserting that control of CBS had as he's watched the fiscal and leadership de- lated for months and were especially insis- passed to a new generation -and one not terioration of the company he launched al- tent last week. protected by the grandfather clauses on mul- most 60 years ago. Opposing the Tisch in- For the CBS organization overall, it all tiple ownership that permit holding radio cursion would be fruitless, but throwing in adds up to as troubled a time as there's ever and television stations in the same markets. with it could secure for Paley a renewed po- been," in the words of one senior executive. Likely petitioners in such an action would be sition of leverage and influence at CBS. The general view is that the company won't minority groups that profited from a similar And, from Tisch's point of view, having that be whole again until there's been a resolution transfer of control at ABC (and may yet second- largest stockholding in his corner of the current uncertainties over ownership again when NBC stations are spun off as part would virtually guarantee control without and senior management. And even then CBS of the GE -RCA merger, which must occur the necessity for further investment at this will have to make its way back through a within 18 months). time. sodden advertising marketplace. For a com- And in the place, third any further acqui- There were rumors last week -eventually pany that was Camelot, the future may never sitions would put him in direct confrontation denied publicly by CBS-of a special board again be as bright as the past.

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 7S J TOP OF THE WEEK : The unpredictable inquiries triggered by must carry FCC action on cable rule (BROADCASTING, June 9). The case is gener- were no surprises. In any case, there is no brought with it desires by ally described as one involving cable opera- certainty the NOI's will lead to the adoption commissioners to investigate tors' First Amendment rights. But most of rules. the competitive video world with communications lawyers, including those at For instance, the Common Carrier Bureau inquiries ranging from syndicated the commission, see it also as an access was directed to draft a notice aimed at elicit- exclusivity to compulsory license case. Can local authorities grant exclusive ing views on the existing ban on telephone to telephone company competition franchises to cable systems and thereby pro- company ownership of cable systems in tect them from competition? Preferred Com- areas the telcos serve. Lifting the ban, as When the balloon went up at the FCC two munications says that, given the First various commissioners have suggested, weeks ago and the new must -carry rule-on Amendment, they cannot-and the commis- would confront existing cable systems with which so many people with so many dispa- sion, which supported Preferred in the Su- potentially formidable competition. But lift- rate hopes and fears had invested so much preme Court, will support it in the district ing it would be no easy matter. Commission energy-was finally adopted, the action court. rules that have long prohibited such cross - turned out to be more of a beginning than an The NCTA's ambivalence about the case ownership have been incorporated in the Ca- ending. Not only did a five -year clock on the was indicated at the time by NCTA President ble Act. Not only that, Judge Harold H. new rule begin to run, but, perhaps more James Mooney. The decision pleased Moo- Greene's modified final judgment (MFJ) in important, the commission indicated it was ney for its assertion that cable operators are the breakup of AT &T contains a similar ban about to attempt to develop what one staffer engaged in activities protected by the First (applying to information services general -. described as "a grand vision" of what cable Amendment. But in looking ahead to the ly). That situation could change. The Senate television's role would be "in a perfect ultimate decision in the case that could well has begun considering legislation that would world." Not a modest goal. end up before the Supreme Court a second transfer the court's jurisdiction over the op- Forced by congressional pressures to con- time, Mooney made it clear he did not ex- erating companies to the FCC -which centrate on must carry, a proposal most com- pect a ruling barring franchise authorities would then be free to act on the restrictions missioners regard as an unwelcome depar- from issuing exclusive licenses. Even the Greene has imposed. Apart from possible ture from their preference for marketplace classic First Amendment protection afforded congressional action, the Department of Jus- regulation, some found themselves thinking print media is qualified when confronted by tice is scheduled to submit recommendations of other matters affecting competition in the other interests, Mooney said in a meeting to the court in January as to whether the video marketplace. The result was the an- with reporters after the Preferred decision various restrictions in the MFJ should be nouncement of a series of initiatives aimed was issued. As he read the Supreme Court's retained or dropped. But those recommenda- at reviewing, if not actually rejiggering, the opinion, he said, cities might regulate con- tions are likely to spark a new round of competitive equities among broadcasters, struction of cable systems as long as the aim drawn -out proceedings before Greene. With. copyright owners and cable television opera- is not "to control speech per se." Cities will all of that as background, the commission, tors- indeed, even among cable operators. argue there are other reasons for regulating as it said in the fact sheet it issued in connec- To representatives of the broadcasting in- such construction. tion with the adoption of its must -carry rule, dustry and copyright owners who still feel Then there is the commission's interest in will be seeking comments on which "to de- the wounds of battles lost to cable on legisla- reconsidering cross -media competition velop possible legislative proposals, if ap- tive and regulatory fronts, the announce- through notices of inquiry. As NCTA's Fox propriate." ment was welcome. "I read the commis- suggested, if it weren't for the flattering at- But it was the NOI the commission plans sion's actions as a sign the commission feels tention, the cable industry would just as to issue in connection with cable copyright cable has too many advantages," said John soon the commission had not issued the matters that has generated. the most interest, Summers, National Association of Broad- NOI's. But as she also indicated, the com- for cable copyright has long been a matter of casters' senior executive vice president for mission-or at least individual commission- contention among the parties involved-ca - government relations. And Richard Hed- ers, including Chairman Mark Fowler - ble operators, broadcasters and copyright lund, who holds a similar position in the have already made clear their position on owners. The commission wants to study the Association of Independent Television Sta- most of the issues to be explored. So there effect of the compulsory licensing scheme tions, said the commission's initiatives "are incorporated in the Copyright Act on compe- not inconsistent with the position we have tition between cable operators and broad- taken in various forums." As for the cable casters. Chairman Fowler, among other television industry, Brenda Fox, general Afternoon delete commissioners, has made clear his prefer- counsel of the National Cable Television As- ence for repeal of the compulsory license. sociation, professed to see little that was CBS -TV has decided to return the 4- So have the Department of Justice,. the new in the package of proposals. And as for 4:30 p.m. half -hour to affiliates, begin- Copyright Office and the National Telecom- what was new -the notice of inquiry regard- ning in September when the low -rated munications and Information Administra- ing a possible restoration of the syndicated and poorly cleared Press Your Luck tion, to say nothing of the Motion Picture exclusivity rule-she appeared optimistic ends its run. Luck averaged a 2.3 rating Association of America. Elimination of the that the rule would not be given a new life. and a 10 share during the second quar- compulsory license, they say, would strike a The theme running through the initiatives ter and the programs live clearances powerful blow in behalf of true marketplace that were announced was competition and have dwindled to 9 %. The network pro- competition. how it could be abetted. That is a theme the jected that the total clearance level (live Securing repeal of the compulsory li- cable industry sounded successfully time and delayed broadcasts) would drop cense, however, would not be easy. The ca- and again as it fought for a prominent posi- from the current 47% to 43% next sea- ble industry has always done well in legisla- tion in the galaxy of video services. But now son, and decided to give the time peri- tive battles. And now, under the compromise that cable has won that position -Congress od to the affiliates. agreement the NAB and NCTA reached in recognized that fact with its Cable Commu- CBS is the last network to surrender resolving their dispute over the must -carry nications Policy Act of 1984 -the theme has that time period. The action has been rule, the NAB is pledged not to seek that a different sound for the cable industry gen- advocated for some time by a number repeal. So, assuming the agreement holds, erally, even for individual operators. of affiliates. CBS will now supply five - broadcasters' guns are spiked. MPAA, how- Take the commission's order directing the and -a -half hours of daytime program- ever, is under no such restraint. And Fritz general counsel's office to participate in the ing, while ABC continues to carry five Attaway, the association's vice president and Preferred CommunicationsInc. case, which hours and NBC six. All three will now counsel, made it clear last week that elimi- the Supreme Court has sent back to the U.S. end their daytime schedules at 4 p.m. nation of cable's compulsory license remains District Court in Los Angeles for trial a high priority for the association: "We'd

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 OQ like a free marketplace." gaining to the video marketplace. Broad- changed dramatically since 1980, when the The NOI dealing with copyright will not casters would have to pay more for exclusive commission decided that elimination of the run out of questions with its discussion of the contracts, for they would truly be exclusive. rule would not adversely affect broadcasters. compulsory license. It will also seek infor- But that does not seem tc worry broadcast- Hedlund said: "One of the most damaging mation on possible restoration of the syndi- ers. "If we got syndicated exclusivity," said factors is that the local guys are having their cited exclusivity rule, which the commis- INTV's Hedlund, "that would mitigate our whole day duplicated." That is the kind of sion repealed in July 1980, and elimination biggest problem; the compulsory license assertion that will probably be made, and of the rule enabling network affiliates to re- would be less important as an issue." tested, in the inquiry. quire local cable systems to refrain from the But efforts to revive the rule would face For all the discussion generated by the simultaneous duplication of their network serious obstacles. NCTAs Fox noted that commission's apparent effort to restore com- programing. The network nonduplication when it repealed the syndicated exclusivity petition to the video marketplace at the same rule could be in trouble; eliminating it would rule and, at the same time, a rule limiting the time it is reinstating, if only temporarily, the be in keeping with the commission's deregu- number of distant signals a cable system regulation requiring cable systems to carry latory philosophy, and the NAB, under its could import, the commission acted on the the signals of local stations, there are some agreement with NCTA, agreed to its repeal basis of a study the staff had conducted over skeptics. For instance, Henry Geller, former (BROADCASTING, March 3). However, a a four-year period beginning in 1972, when FCC general counsel and head of NTIA dur- commission staffer said the commission is the rules were adopted. The study- attacked ing the Carter administration and now direc- concerned principally with gathering infor- by broadcasters as biased-showed little au- tor of the Washington Center for Public Poli- mation it now lacks. "The NOI," he said, dience diversion from broadcasting to cable cy Research, calls the commission's "will give us the grounds either for keeping and no loss of broadcast service. To bring announcements "window dressing." He said the rule or getting rid of it." back the rule, Fox said, "the commission the commission, instead of issuing NOI's, It is the question of restoring the syndicat- would have to overcome that record." And could have acted on petitions he has filed to ed exclusivity rule-which protected sta- William Johnson, deputy chief for policy of adopt distant signal and syndicated exclusiv- tions with exclusive contracts for syndicated the commission's Mass Media Bureau, re- ity rules. The FCC's Johnson says the corn- programing against cable systems' importa- called that the report "went on for 20 pages" mission cannot act on such petitions until it tion of that programing from distant sta- explaining why the commission lacks juris- decides whether it has the necessary jurisdic- tions- that seems likely to be the most con- diction to adopt such rules. "Those rules tion. But Geller, noting Fowler's reputation troversial. Unlike the compulsory license, protect property rights," Johnson said, "and for deregulation, offered a rhetorical ques- restoring the rule does not depend on con- we're not a property rights organization." tion: "What regulation has Fowler ever gressional action. And if eliminating the The commission would need evidence that adopted, except under great pressure?" compulsory license proves impossible, the the lack of a rule is the cause of a station's Still, the initiatives the commission has syndicated exclusivity rifle would introduce inability to serve its community. taken may unleash forces that, as sometimes an additional element of competitive bar- But INTV's Hedlund argues things have happens, will take on a life of their own. O

Telco ownership NOI revives old cable nightmare

FCC inquiry, coupled with sympathetic the seven Bell operating companies (under Television Association President James positions of Dole and Danforth, could terms of the modified final judgment that Mooney. mean telco ban is in trouble, but resulted in the breakup of AT &T) from a If the local telephone company began those in industry believe federal court to the FCC. Because of the competing with the local cable operator, chances of repeal are unlikely FCC's laissez -faire approach to regulation, Mooney said, the cable operator wouldn't such a move is seen as eventually facilitating have a chance. "Telephone companies are The FCC's decision to launch an inquiry into the BOC's' entry into all types of informa- statutory monopolies," he said. "They whether its telephone -cable crossownership tion services, including cable television. would use their monopoly power and mo- prohibition needs to be retained has raised (The BOC's are currently barred from enter- nopoly revenues to drive us under just as the the specter of telephone competition the ca- ing information services by the MFJ as well railroad barons at the turn of the century ble industry thought it had laid to rest 16 as the crossownership statute.) drove their competitors under." years ago. "I regard the telco crossownership issue as And that would not be good public policy, But although the cable industry is deeply one of the principal long -range issues facing Mooney said. "Purely on diversity of infor- concerned, it has not sounded the general the cable industry," said National Cable mation principles they should be kept out," alarm -at least not yet. As the cable indus- he said. "We believe the concept of one wire try sees it, the crossownership prohibitions into the home is fundamentally contrary to are etched deeply into federal law as part of the freedom of information needs of a demo- the Cable Communications Policy Act of cratic society." 1984, far beyond the reach of any FCC pro- Chuck Walsh, a Washington communica- ceeding. tions attorney who represents multiple cable The cable industry's concern is that the system operators, said the telephone com- FCC proceeding might revive some long - panies are currently in a "feeding frenzy," dormant desire within the telephone industry trying to get into a host of new businesses. to get into the cable television business and Although he has seen no evidence of the trigger a campaign to eliminate the statutory telephone companies lobbying for elimina- ban. tion of the crossownership provision of the Its uneasiness is heightened by the know- Cable Act, he said, he believes that "given ledge that the statutory ban is not considered the opportunity, they may take a significant sacrosanct on Capitol Hill, at least not in the run at it." office of Senator John Danforth (R -Mo.), The telephone companies always say they the chairman of the Commerce Committee, have no interest in cable television, Walsh which oversees cable and telephone matters. said. But when they say it, it's always un- Danforth has suggested that lifting the ban clear whether "it is meant to last more than should be considered to inject competition 24 hours," he said. into the cable industry. In 1970, the FCC adopted rules barring Danforth is also working with Senate Ma- telephone companies from owning and oper- jority Leader Robert Dole (R -Kan.) on legis- ating cable systems within their telephone- lation that would transfer the regulation of Mooney service areas, except in rural areas with

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 t TOP OF THE WEEK I I 1

widely scattered populations. According to years ago doesn't make it inviolate as far as cable. "Telco entry into the provision of vid- Bill Johnson, deputy chief of the FCC's the telephone companies are concerned, eo services, on a tariffed basis, at this point Mass Media Bureau, the rules were promul- Mooney said. "Historically, it has been the in time would be desirable as a means of gated because some telephone companies practice of the telephone industry to regard providing competition to a cable industry had unfairly used their control over tele- disagreeable regulatory policies as merely which currently operates as a natural monop- phone poles, which are needed to build cable temporary, whether they are expressed in oly," INTV said. systems, to beat out cable operators for cable statutes or the rules of the FCC," he said. Danforth apparently has not made a deci- franchises. The FCC also felt the rules The BOC's are the largest and most pow- sion on the statutory crossownership issue. would serve its public -policy goal of insur- erful of the telcos and, as such, are potential- But he appears to favor some review of the ing that there would "an alternative gateway ly the most threatening to cable operators. matter. In his letter to the FCC airing his to the home" -a second wire -for the provi- Today, they have two obstacles to their entry views of must -carry rules last month, Dan- sion of cable services and, possibly, interac- into cable television -the crossownership forth said the Senate may take a look at the tive services, he said. ban of the Cable Act and the MFJ. Under the ban (BROADCASTING, July 28). And he as- At the urging of the cable industry and MFJ, they are restricted from offering infor- serted that more competition is needed in the over the objections of the telephone industry, mation services, which are defined as in- cable marketplace. Congress codified the crossownership ban as cluding cable television. Despite the intentions of Dole and Dan- a provision of the Cable Act, which went In an effort to break free of the MFJ, the forth to move forward, the prospects for pas- into effect in December 1984. BOC's are backing Senator Dole's bill (S. sage of the bill this year are slim. Congress is According to industry sources, the notice 2565) that would transfer regulation of the slated to adjourn by Oct. 3, and it is highly of inquiry into crossownership, which is still BOC's from the court to FCC. The BOC's unlikely that the measure, which has already being written, is principally the handiwork believe that, under FCC jurisdiction, they encountered stiff resistance, could make of Commissioner Mimi Dawson. But it has will have much greater freedom to get into much progress in such short time. (A coali- the full support of the other commissioners, new businesses, including, possibly, those tion comprising consumer groups, the including, significantly, Chairman Mark classified as "information services." American Newspaper Publishers Associ- Fowler. In an interview with BROADCASTING The Senate Commerce Committee is slat- ation, telephone equipment manufacturers, last month, Fowler said there is no reason ed to move on the measure in September. In long- distance telephone companies such as cable operators shouldn't face direct compe- a colloquy with Dole last week, Commerce AT &T, MCI and Sprint, as well as some of tition, and telcos were "the most likely im- Committee Chairman Danforth announced the local non -Bell telephone companies are mediate potential competitors." his support of the measure and said he may opposing the legislation.) The telephone companies are taking no introduce his own version of it. "My staff In the House, there appears to be less in- credit for instigating the inquiry. Indeed, and I have had the opportunity to review the terest in moving on the matter although simi- Ward White, vice president, government re- comments, and the conclusion I have lar legislation was introduced by Represen- lation, of the United States Telephone Asso- reached is that a change of forum as advocat- tatives Al Swift (D- Wash.) and Tom Tauke ciation, which represents more than 1,100 ed by Senator Dole is both necessary and (R- Iowa). Another bill was offered by Con- local telephone companies including the appropriate," Danforth said. gressman Ron Wyden (D- Ore.). The Swift - BOC's, said USTA had nothing to do with it However, Danforth indicated that the leg- Tauke measure (H.R. 3800) would continue and that he wasn't aware of any of USTA's islation needs some modification. Danforth the ban on the BOC's involvement in elec- members pushing for it. The FCC's Johnson did not discuss specifics, but said the pro- tronic publishing. backs up White's claims, saying he knew of posed changes would be ready for review The FCC's inquiry and Dole's bill may not no telephone companies hot on the issue. when committee members return from the free telephone companies to enter the cable "Most of the telcos saw it as a lost cause," he three -week August recess. "This would business in their telephone -service areas any said. "They figured they had more important leave sufficient time on the calendar for time soon, but they are certain to generate a battles to fight." committee action and floor consideration be- lot of discussion about the possibility. "It's But, make no mistake, USTA supports the fore adjournment. I know that it is the major- jawboning time," said Steve Effros, presi- inquiry. "One possible result [of the inquiry] ity leader's hope to pass a bill this year. I dent of the Community Antenna Television for local telephone companies is greater op- share that goal," Danforth said. Association. "If jawboning could kill, we portunity to offer a full range of communica- Danforth's decision to support the Dole have been issued a death threat." D tions services including cable television to bill was based on a "paper hearing" in which their customers," it said in a prepared state- he solicited comments from interested par - ment. "USTA continues to support policies ties in writing. In its comments, the NCTA that will allow local telephone companies to opposed the Dole bill, arguing that Con- TV's better half: maximize the efficient use of all available gress, not the FCC, should decide whether technologies. The cable television area is the BOC's should be allowed to enter unre- National spot one that can benefit from telephone com- gulated markets. "This decision should only pany expertise and efficiencies." be reached as a result of careful and exhaus- looking up NCTA's Mooney is anything but surprised tive deliberations by the committee and by by the inquiry. "It has been well known for a the Congress. The price of rushed judgment After disappointing second quarter, number of years that this commission is may simply be too high for consumers to July and August sales are showing skeptical of the telco -crossownership ban," bear," the NCTA said. strong increases in many markets he said. "There has been a drift at the corn - Furthermore, NCTA claimed that if the mission toward allowing telco entry into the local telcos are allowed to provide informa- Recent developments in television advertis- video businesses ... [and an inquiry] is the tion services, "they would have both the op- ing indicate that observers may have looked way a regulatory agency expresses a point of portunity and incentive to engage in predato- excessively to the television networks' up- view." ry practices that could severely impede, or front season as a bellwether of national tele- Despite their protestations to the contrary, even eliminate, competition." The associ- vision advertising. While much of the three - Mooney believes the telephone companies ation additionally emphasized that the policy network inventory was widely reported to have been agitating for elimination of a barring the BOC's entry into electronic pub- have been sold at prices no higher and some crossownership ban. "I don't regard the NOI lishing must be retained (BROADCASTING, lower than in the previous year, the $6-bil- as a singularly alarming event," he said. "I July 7). lion national/regional spot market has been regard it as an incident in a pattern ... The Association of Independent Televi- showing improvement in July and August. They've wanted to knock out the ban for sion Stations, on the other hand, urged Dan- The gains in spot so far in the third quarter years. That's why we worked so hard to have forth to broaden the legislation so that the are welcome news to many of the 950 com- it enacted in the Cable Act." BOC's can circumvent not only the MFJ bar, mercial TV stations that depend on national/ That the ban was codified less than two but also the statutory bar to their entry into regional advertising for 40% to 55% of their

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revenue. said spot was being fueled in part by such strength: "Suddenly national spot has com- The benefits vary by market: generaliza- categories as regional telephone operating pletely reversed the trend and the station is a tions about regions are hard to make. But it companies, automotive dealership associ- little over budget." seems clear that the three -network pricing ations and specialized health care centers. The recent turn of events bears promise of for the recent upfront season did not hint at Among those markets that have not neces- a turnaround, but most of those commenting what now looks like high single- digit, or sarily participated in the recent spot im- were waiting for more evidence. McCann - perhaps even a double -digit. spot increases provement are those in energy and farming Erickson's Coen said: "It is very tough to for the quarter ending Sept. 30. states. Byron Elton, national sales manager read the indicators and easy to panic in any Harry Steker, a senior vice president at for KUSA -TV Denver, said that while parent direction. That is why I am not changing Petry Television, said national spot was up company Gannett Broadcasting is doing anything." Coen had issued a midyear cor- 7% to 8% in the first quarter, followed by a very well, the station "...does not forecast rection in which he downgraded network 4% to 6 % second quarter: "July was well the rest of this year to be a particularly revenue increases but held his 1986 national into double digit, and August was a whop- healthy one." Nonetheless, Elton said the spot increase estimate steady at 8 %. per... It is not a question of will it be double third quarter compared to the first six H &C's Crump, likewise, was reading the digit, more of how high will it be." months is "not too bad." good news cautiously: "We are thinkir.g for Marketplace analysis has relied often on Another energy- oriented market, Hous- 1987 we are going to budget very conserva- the "spillover theory"-which basically says ton, continues to underperform for KPRC -TV, tive figures in all of our markets with the there will be lackluster advertising demand said Harold Crump, president of parent com- exception of Daytona -Orlando [WESH -TV]. for national spot unless network coffers are pany, H &C Broadcasting. But despite prob- Still adhering to our policy of trying to run already filled to the brim. With current lems in the agricultural belt. he said, the the best station in the market, we are going events seemingly contradicting that theory, company was surprised that its CBS affiliate to tighten our belts and have minimum in- there is some puzzlement among broadcast- in Des Moines. lowa. KCCI -TV, is showing creases in operational expenditures." ing executives. Bob Sommerville, executive vice presi- dent, Independent Television Sales, said: "I Networks jockey for fall position am absent a solid. concrete explanation for the improvement we see and know exists in a Premieres will begin before with two hour -long episodes airing the next number of markets." official season start for two Fridays, Sept. 19 and 26, at IO p.m. It Lincoln Bumba, vice president and media NBC, CBS; ABC says it has then moves to its regular slot the following director for the Chicago -based Leo Burnett no pre- season plans Tuesday. agency, said the strength of local advertising On Wednesdays, the first new episode of in many markets may have created its own Although the official 1986 -87 season is NBC's Highway to Heaven will be Sept. 24 "spillover" effect. allowing stations to raise scheduled to begin Sept. 22. and will con- at 8 p.m., to be followed by a special one - their rates. Petry's Steker said: "I am saying tain its share of premieres, all three broad- hour episode of the sitcom Gimme a Break. that this is the first time in the history of cast networks will serve up premiere epi- You Again, which follows Break in the networks that the networks have been so sodes of new and returning programs before schedule, will have its first new episode on weak that even the advertisers were sur- that date. Some entries will reside in their Oct. I at 8:30. St. Elsewhere airs its first new prised. As a result the advertisers now have regular- season time slots. while others will episode Sept. 24 at 10 p.m. extra money and can put additional weight be temporarily paired with proved winners, On Thursdays, Cosby, Family Ties and into spot television." in hopes that strong lead -ins will generate Cheers all debut new episodes Thursday, There is another theory. Networks have viewership that can be carried over into that Sept. 25. followed by a special 90- minute been selling a higher proportion of their in- show's regular time period. Tonight Show anniversary broadcast. Night ventory at the level or reduced rates (and in On NBC, the new ALF will premiere Court and Hill Street Blues will have their some cases using it to make good previous Monday, Sept. 15. at 8 p.m., and the return- first new episodes of the season Oct. 2. On underdelivery of audience). Robert Black - ing Amazing Stories will follow at 8:30 p.m. Fridays, A -Team and Miami Vice have their more, senior vice president, sales, NBC The new Matlock will bow Saturday, Sept. first new episodes Sept. 26 at 8 p.m. and 9 Television Network, said that in the third 20, at IO p.m.. and then slip into its regular- p.m., respectively (where they are sched- quarter it is generally accepted there have ly scheduled time period the following Tues- uled for the season). L.A. Law will bow a been few network prime time availabilities. day at 8 p.m. The new Crime Story, which week later on Oct. 3 at 10 p.m. Amen, the Therefore, he said, many traditional summer will follow Matlock at 9 p.m. once the sea- one new show on the Saturday schedule, advertisers, such as soft drinks and auto- son gets under way, will have three special will bow Sept. 27 at 9:30. Also that night, mobiles, and new accounts such as wine broadcasts beforehand- starting with a two - there will be a one -hour premiere of Facts of coolers may have gone to spot television out hour premiere at 9 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 18, Life, starting at 8 p.m. 27. will debut on of necessity. Robert Coen, senior vice president at McCann Erickson, also noted the relatively new wine cooler category and said the Statue of Liberty centennial and increased domestic tourism advertising had also contributed to third -quarter activity. Jim Dowdle, president of Tribune Broadcasting, suggested both ad- vertisers and agencies have had time to settle into recent mergers that may have earlier caused some money to "fall through the cracks." He said that while the third quarter looked better, national spot would probably not hit double digits for the Tribune stations. One of those commenting said the spill- over theory has never proved valid. Jerry Dominus, vice president of sales, CBS Tele- vision Network, said, "If the theory were true, it would be possible to pull money out of spot and put it into network, and we haven't seen that happen much." Dominus .r House CBS's The Wizard

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Saturday, Oct. 4, at 8:30. Our House, which is scheduled to air Sun- AM bandwidth limitations recommended days at 8 p.m. throughout the season, will premiere Thursday, Sept. ti, at 8:30 p.m. Broadcaster -receiver manufacturer creasing their high frequency response. By The network hopes to give it a sampling group calls for 10 khz standard standardizing broadcast pre- emphasis at rea- boost by putting it behind lead -in Cosby. to reduce interference and advance sonable levels and providing the receiver in- House will then move to its regular slot the production of higher quality receivers dustry with a more uniform medium for following Sunday, Sept. 14. The new Easy which to design new, wider -band sets, the Street, which is scheduled to follow House, AM stations should voluntarily limit their NRSC hopes to reverse the cycle. will debut Saturday, Sept. 13, at 9:30 p.m., broadcast bandwidth to 10 khz as part of an Some broadcasters may continue to see between last year's hit, Golden Girls, and the effort to reduce AM interference and foster wider bandwidth itself as an important po- Miss America Beauty Pageant. It will air the use of wideband receivers of higher fi- tential path to higher fidelity AM and resist again in that time period on Sept. 20, before delity, concluded a industrywide technical the idea of giving it up, but receiver manu- assuming its assigned time slot on Sunday group meeting in Washington last Thursday facturers at the meeting argued that without Sept. 28. Valerie will also bow that Sunday, (Aug. 14). The proposal would also bring the broadcast bandwidth limits, fully wide - in its scheduled 8:30 p.m. -9 p.m. slot. into line industry practices on occupied band receivers could not be made without At CBS, the first new show to make its bandwidth -15 khz transmissions are cur- running the risk of increased interference. premiere will be The Wizard, in its sched- rently allowed by the FCC -with FCC rules Broadcasters agreed that voluntary limits uled Tuesday 8 p.m. -9 p.m. slot on Sept. 9. on 10 khz AM channel spacing. were probably necessary to help reduce sta- Following that will be the first new CBS The group's finding, which still leaves un- tion-to- station interference caused by pre- Tuesday Movie, "Moscow on the Hudson," decided the precise method of implementing emphasis. with Robin Williams. On Wednesday, Sept. the bandwidth limit, will be subject to the The recommendation's voluntary nature 10, a special two -hour Magnum, P.I. will be review of the National Radio Systems Com- was stressed repeatedly by broadcasters. broadcast from 9 p.m. to li p.m., the first mittee, a joint broadcaster-receiver manu- Some concern was expressed that the volun- hour of which will be Magnum's new time facturer committee formed last fall by the tary bandwidth limits might be transformed period in the 1986-87 season. The following National Association of Broadcasters and into formal FCC regulations, permanently Wednesday, Sept. 17, a one -hour special Electronics Industries Association. If ap- preventing 15 khz AM broadcasts. Others hosted by Martin Mull will air from 8 p.m. proved by the committee, the recommenda- argued, however, FCC rules would actually to 9 p.m., entitled, Clue: Motives, Murder tion would be submitted for a 90 -day indus- be necessary if the recommendations were to and Mystery, a parody of America's fascina- try comment period, and once accepted be widely implemented. especially among tion with the mystery genre. The new sit- would include a five -to- seven -year sunset budget- conscious, smaller- market broad- com, Together We Stand, will have two provision. casters not receptive to arguments about the "preview" screenings on Monday, Sept. 22, NRSC will next meet Sept. 10 at the long -term improvement of the medium. or and 29, at 8:30 p.m., to take advantage of NAB's Radio '86 Convention in New Or- among those hoping to maintain some ad- the strong lead-in audience that Kate & Allie leans. The group will consider both the vantage from wider bandwidth transmis- should provide. Together will assume its reg- bandwidth proposal and the subgroup's rec- sions. ularly scheduled slot on Wednesdays at 8 ommendations on standardized pre- empha- p.m. beginning Oct. I. sis (station boosting of high frequencies) and On Thursday, Sept. 18, the last prime time de- emphasis (the complementary roll -off at episode of The Price is Right will air at 8 the receiver for flat frequency response). Senate money bill p.m., followed by a two -hour season pre- Proposed pre -emphasis/de- emphasis speci- miere of Knots Landing. On Friday, Sept. fications similar to those used for FM broad - loaded with policy 12, the network will broadcast the first net- casting-a modified 75 microsecond work run of the theatrical film, "Deathtrap," curve -were tentatively approved by the Committee adopts legislation on with Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve. group in July (BROADCASTING, July 28) and VHF -UHF swaps, fairness doctrine, On Friday, Sept. 19, Scarecrow and Mrs. reaffirmed at last week's meeting. international telecommunications King will premiere its fourth season in its "If the package of proposals is successful policy committee in executive branch new time period at 8 p.m. and supported by the majority of broadcast- On Saturday, Sept. 13, CBS will air the ers and receiver manufacturers," said NRSC The Senate Appropriations Committee last network premiere of "Raging Bull," with Chairman Charles Morgan of Susquehanna week adopted appropriations legislation that Robert DeNiro. so Minutes launches its 19th Broadcasting, "this could be the biggest would prohibit swaps of commercial and season on Sunday, Sept. 14, followed by a thing that has happened to AM since before noncommercial VHF and UHF stations, di- made -for-TV movie, The Last Days of Pat- FM, from a technical or any aspect." rect the FCC to reconsider its inquiry into the ton, in which George C. Scott reprises his On the 10 khz bandwidth limit, Morgan fairness doctrine and establish an interna- Oscar- winning role as the famed World War explained that while most AM broadcasters tional telecommunications policy committee II general. attempt to transmit the full 15 khz bandwidth in the executive branch. The bill's primary CBS will also broadcast two new short allowed by FCC rules, limiting technical purpose is to appropriate funds for the FCC mini -series (four hours each) between Sept. factors in their systems probably prevent it, for fiscal 1987. The measure must still gain 21 and Oct.7. On Sunday, Sept. 21, part one and few broadcasters put out more than 10 full Senate approval and be reconciled with of George Washington: The Forging of a Na- khz bandwidth to AM receivers anyway. He the House version, which contains none of tion will air from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. The also said that interference between stations the policy issues. program is being sponsored entirely by Gen- on second adjacent channels (stations locat- The provisions are the handiwork of Sena- eral Motors. Part II is scheduled for Monday, ed 20 khz apart on the AM band) was direct- tor Ernest Hollings (D- S.C.), ranking mi- Sept. 22, at 9 -I l p.m. Part I of the second ly proportional to broadcast bandwidth ener- nority member on the appropriations sub- mini -series, The Last Frontier, with Linda gy above 10 khz. committee with jurisdiction over the Evans, will bow Sunday, Oct. 5, from 9 Committee studies have shown that inter- commission. Under the bill, the FCC would any funds to "di- p.m. to 11 p.m. Part II is scheduled for Tues- ference between AM stations often occurs be prohibited from using channel assign- day, Oct. 7, from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. when pre-emphasis, which is widely applied minish the number of VHF ABC says it does not yet know what it will by broadcasters to brighten the high ranges ments reserved for noncommercial educa- do in prime time for the two weeks leading of their signals, is used excessively. AM re- tional television stations in the television into the new season. But a spokesman said it ceiver makers respond by making sets with table of assignments." was "quite likely" that the network would do increasingly narrow bandwidth to limit the Report language accompanying the legis- some program stunting as well. audible interference, at the same time de- lation noted that the FCC has been consider-

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ing allowing VHF public stations to swap their channel with a UHF commmercial Doctor's prescription. The Senate Appropriations Committee has taken the lead in broadcasting station for money. Some public attempting to remedy what some in Congress see as inadequate machinery for develop- stations, most notably, WEDU(TV) Tampa, ing and implementing international telecommunications policy. Included in the report Fla., advocate the swaps as a means of alter- accompanying an appropriations bill reported out on Thursday was a provision calling for native financing for public television. But the creation of a committee of four executive branch officials involved in that policy - the majority of noncommercial broadcasters making effort-the head of the State Departments Bureau of International Communica- oppose the idea. (FCC Chairman Mark tions and Information Policy, the assistant secretary of Commerce for Communications Fowler was reported to have been calling and Information (who is head of the National Telecommunications and Information Admin- members to persuade them to strike the Holl- istration), an assistant U.S. Trade Representative, and the chairman of the FCC. ings language.) The report provision at issue was inserted at the request of Senator Ernest Hollings (D- Hollings has stated several times for dis- S.C.), who is not only ranking minority member on the appropriations subcommittee with like for the concept of interband switching. the jurisdiction but also ranking minority member on the Senate Commerce Committee In arguing against swaps, the report noted and its Communications Subcommittee. He is known to feel that the U.S. must strengthen that the fate of government funding would the coordination of government agencies responsible for establishing international tele- be called into question once "a few stations communications policy. The report notes policy is made in various places in government, swap and receive huge sums of money." Fur- and talks of the need to link all areas concerned with the subject "in all aspects - thermore, it argued: "The risks of grave con- economic, technical and political -to advance a strategy for the U.S." sequences to the public broadcasting system The Hollings initiative comes in the wake of reports indicating that such linkage is not from interband swaps are too great to permit always evident. There have been stories in the press -though not recently -of Com- a short-term gain for only a few." merce and State battles over jurisdictional turf, and of the problems the conflicting Senators Dale Bumpers (D -Ark.) and obligations and responsibilities of those two departments and of the FCC have posed for Frank Lautenberg (D -N.J.) were said to be the U.S. in dealing with the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization. considering offering an amendment that The report would have the committee -that is, the principals themselves -meet month- would require the FCC to report on the im- ly to coordinate and develop strategy in connection with such matters as conferences pact its new must-carry rules would have on sponsored by the International Telecommunication Union. A Hollings aide said the com- public television. They were apparently dis- mittee would be expected to assign priorities to policy initiatives and "sell them -to get suaded from that effort. the job done as effectively as possible." Nominally, at least, the job of coordinating The bill also directs the FCC to reexamine international telecommunications policy is the responsibility of a senior interagency group its inquiry into the fairness doctrine "with a that includes representatives of a large number of agencies, including the Department of complete examination of possible alterna- Defense. But the SIG has met only twice in the past year and a half. tive ways of administering and enforcing the A Hollings aide has spoken to officials of the four agencies involved about the proposed fairness doctrine." The FCC concluded in a committee. While they did not actually "sign off" on the project, the aide said, "they statement closing its inquiry that the doctrine consider it a constructive step." Report language does not have the force of law But report is unconstitutional, but it left it to Congress language accompanying an appropriations bill carries considerable weight. to take action. According to the report: "In examining this inquiry decision, the corn- mittee finds that it contains no discussion of CBS's morning sickness: how affiliates feel possible alternatives to the present scheme of implementing the fairness doctrine so as Most appear willing to give network here?' The network had to have been think- to maintain its benefits and lower any bur- benefit of the doubt and time enough ing what if [Winston's plan was rejected]. dens. The committee considers this a serious to effect needed changes; criticism But there wasn't even a plan B.." weakness in aiding congressional review of of management decisions is muted Barth said WFSB(TV) would stay with the fairness doctrine." The FCC is to submit Morning News for the time being, but that he a report to Congress by Sept. 30, 1987. Most of the 15 representatives of CBS affili- is open to alternatives, such as. perhaps, a This section is particularly disturbing to ates in the top 50 markets contacted by consortium of CBS affiliates collaborating the broadcasting industry which is attempt- BROADCASTING last week said they were on a new program. Part of the network's ing to challenge the fairness doctrine in adopting a wait- and -see attitude before tak- problem, suggests Barth, is the host of dis- court. Broadcasters feel the language was ing any action regarding the CBS Morning tractions that have confronted it in the past specifically put in to undercut the appeal. News. While virtually all of those stations couple of years. "Management has spent too They are basing their appeal on the conclu- said they were not dropping the morning much time on the distractions rather than sions of the FCC's inquiry. If the commis- news program- WBNS -TV Columbus, Ohio, getting the job done," he said. sion reviews its action, the court is likely to had not yet decided whether to preempt it or Another who is exploring other program- throw out the appeal. "We'll do whatever we carry it- several stations expressed concern ing options is William Flynn, vice president can to get the language out," said John Sum- over CBS management's handling of the sit- and general manager of w1BK -TV Detroit. He mers, chief lobbyist for NAB. uation in recent months. said the station would continue to carry Also mandated in the legislation is the (Only one CBS affiliate, WAGA-TVAtlanta, Morning News, but that "a multitude" of establishment of a four -member committee has informed the network that it will not program alternatives were being explored. that would coordinate U.S. international carry the CBS Morning News for the remain- Among other things. the station is consider- telecommunications policy (see box). der of the year [ "In Brief," Aug. I1]). ing the alternative of a local morning talk As for FY 1987 funding, the FCC would Barry Barth, vice president and general show. "I can't speak for other affiliates," said receive $95 million, an increase of $4.7 mil- manager of WFSB(TV) Hartford, Conn., said Flynn, "but I am not happy" with the recent lion over the agency's FY 1986 appropri- he was "certainly dissatisfied with the deci- turmoil at CBS News, or the network's per- ation. Also funded in the measure were the sion- making process [at the network] over formance generally. "I don't like the prime Federal Trade Commission at $66.5 million; the past few months." He believes that time performance particularly," he said, but the NTIA, $13 million, and $18 million for CBS's handling of the Morning News situa- the news problems are also worrisome. (The NTIA's public telecommunications facilities tion since its earlier announcement that Su- station is third among affiliates in the Detroit program; U.S. Information Agency, $506 san Winston was coming aboard to turn the market in both prime time and the evening million (no new funding was appropriated show around, and its subsequent rejection of news.) for the Voice of America's construction of her proposals with no alternative, was dam- Some CBS affiliates, like Virgil Domin- new facilities; Radio Marti received $11.5 aging to the network management's credibil- ick, news director for wow-TV Cleveland, million), and $125 million for the Board for ity. "We were [pretty much] all in a wait and think the network is dealing with some tough International Broadcasting, which BIB said see on Winston," said Barth. "When that fell but temporary problems. Dominick said that was a "stunning setback." apart there was a feeling of 'what is going on his station has "every intention" of support-

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 41 1 1 TOP OF THE WEEK 1 ing the Morning News broadcast, adding that was willing to wait for CBS to unveil its new how it will respond to the Intelsat executive the affiliates and the network are like a fam- concept before making "any hard deci- staff's insistence that economic data related to ily. When one member gets sick, you don't sions." Said CBS affiliate Terry Connelly, all 24 transponders be submitted, even though shoot them. and I'm not going to turn my general manager of WCPO -TV Cincinnati, the hard data are available only on the five that are back on them in their hour of need," he said. "whole industry is watching" what CBS is earmarked for service between the U.S. and Malcolm Potter. vice president and gener- going through. Peru. The U.S., which maintains it is virtually al manager of WBAL-TV Baltimore, said that One affiliate, Leslie Arries Jr., president impossible to provide sound economic data on station was also "behind the network" and and general manager of WIVB -TV Buffalo, the remaining 19, since PanAmSat does not that he is "very hopeful and optimistic" N.Y., also said he would stay with the show yet have customers for them, expects to have a about the upcoming new morning broadcast. through January. He voiced some dissatis- better basis for a decision on attempting to "1 am very patient," he said. faction with CBS's management for moving develop economic data after the State Depart- While the network is "going through a the morning news broadcast into a newly ment and Comsat representatives conclude very difficult time," said Philip Jones, vice created unit, calling the latter "neither fish talks now under way with a number of go- president and general manager of KCTV(TV) nor fowl." vernmments and signatories. Kansas City. Mo.. and chairman of the CBS James Snyder, vice president of news for The problems the two sides have run into in affiliates advisory board, he feels CBS is the Post -Newsweek stations, which has two their technical discussions involves the valid- "basically sound. If they have a couple of CBS affiliates, said that CBS News "obvi- ity of the assumptions used in evaluating the victories the network will come back on bal- ously has had problems" with its morning potential interference between the PanAmSat ance. If they have a few more losses, there show, but that he saw no reason why it can't and Intelsat systems. Intelsat has developed 15 will be some real problems." He said Kcry solve them. "I don't indulge in network examples of the methodology it is proposing. will stick with the Morning News. "We all go news bashing in general, and CBS in par- But after they were put on the table at the through [tough times] in varying degrees." ticular," he said. "These things tend to go in second meeting, on Tuesday, Luiz Perrone, he said. adding that "only the network goes cycles," he said. Intelsat's deputy direct for external relations, through it with more zeroes." In the meantime, Charlie Rose, CBS wrote to the FCC's Thomas Tycz, who is Said Stan Mouse, president of wHlo -Tv Nightwatch host, will co- anchor the CBS spokesman for the U.S. in the talks, reflecting Dayton, Ohio, while there is obviously Morning News through the rest of the year, impatience and exasperation with the U.S. po- cause for concern among affiliates. "I don't CBS said last week. Fred Graham, sition. think the network is in trouble [with the af- Nightwatch law correspondent, will substi- Petrone said the calculations were based on filiates] in the short term. I think some will tute for Rose on Nightwatch for at least the "well- known, internationally accepted meth- defect out of [the morning show] in the fall. next two weeks. odology." As a result, he said, "your request But I think most will wait and see what the that a different interference calculation meth- new production is like and see how it per- odology be used in this particular consultation forms." (Mouse said WHIO -TV would contin- Technical talks comes as a complete surprise, and constitutes ue to carry Morning News.) a total departure from the current universally Despite reports to the contrary. Alan Per- on PanAmSat stuck accepted methodology." vice president and general manager of ris, Things did not improve at the second meet- WTVJ(TV) Miami. said his station will contin- on ing last Thursday. After the U.S. continued to ue carry CBS's morning news program to complain about the methodology Intelsat was and has not considered preempting the net- The U.S., Peru and the International Tele- proposing, the Intelsat spokesman, according work with another program. As for the new communications Satellite Organization last to a summary of the meeting that had been morning entity the network is planning, he week were as far apart as ever on the techni- prepared by Intelsat, noted that the U.S. repre- said, take it as it comes." Perris said he cal issues involved in their consultation on "I'll sentative on the board of governors "had ac- the problems facing the news division the PanAmerican Satellite Corp.'s planned thinks cepted the methodology and critera (and in- at this point are basically "a function separate system that would link the two shows deed was the key to developing them) and that of prime time," and the ability (or lack there- countries. Maybe farther. After three meet- they ... had not been questioned by other par- to large audiences. ings on the issue, not only are the two sides of) to promote programs ties, signatories, and [International Telecom- WNEV-TV Bos- in sharp disagreement on the assumptions to Other affiliates, such as munication Union] administrations in all other Yanoff, also ex- be used in analyzing the degree of interfer- ton's president, Seymour coordinations." pressed dissatisfaction with the network's ence that would result from the new system, handling of recent events surrounding Morn- tempers are shorter and feelings hotter. However, a member of the U.S. team saw ing News, but were giving the network "the As a result, U.S. and Intelsat sources say, things differently. "Their [Intelsat's] assump- opportunity to show me [the new broadcast] both sides have virtually given up hope of tions do not exist in the real world," he said. will work." If it doesn't. Yanoff said, the seeing the technical data processed by the "They cite satellites that don't exist, that are station will "seriously consider taking other Intelsat staff in time for review by the Board not even registered [with the International Fre- steps." of Governors' technical committee at its quency Registration Board]." There was one in One who was pleased with CBS's han- meeting beginning on Wednesday (Aug. possible sign of give in the Intelsat position, dling of the Morning Netes was Roy Park, 20). The U.S. aim had been to have that the summary. It was an observation that the what president of Park Communications Inc., committee submit its findings to the Board U.S. appears to be laboring under Intel- which owns seven television stations, five of of Governors at its Sept. II -17 meeting, sat says is a "misperception" on the extent of step them CBS affiliates. Park said he "applaud - then to have the board call an Extraordinary analysis needed. "This is just the first - led]" CBS "for what they're doing." He said Assembly of Parties by the end of October to that many of [the U.S.'s] concerns regarding to the ne- the networks plans will "be an improve- conclude the PanAmSat consultation. correction factors will be applicable ment"; the current program hasn't worked, Now, that schedule is being moved back gotiation of solutions." he said, adding that "at least [the network] several months, at least until the technical As matters were left on Thursday, each side decided to change it." committee meeting that will precede the De- was to do an evaluation of potential interfer- Cullie Tarleton, senior vice president and cember meeting of the board. However, the ence problems based on its methodology, then general manager of wBTVtTV) Charlotte, U.S. is expected to bring the matter up at the exchange the data, set a meeting to discuss the also expressed confidence in CBS, but add- board meeting in September, to report on results and, the summary said, "start the solu- ed that his "biggest regret" is waiting until developments, including the information tion process." Since both sides agree that the January. which means "going through the thus far supplied, and to seek a consensus on analysis will require eight to IO days -and fourth quarter and November sweeps with a what if any other information the board feels that resolving resulting conflicts may require lame -duck program." Robert White, vice necessary to complete the PanAmSat consul- "considerable negotiations"-completing the president and general manager of KMGH -TV tation. So that meeting could still be a criti- work in time for the Board of Governors Tech- Denver, agreed that Morning News was cur- cal one in the continuing controversy. nical Committee meeting beginning on rently "pretty lame- duckish," adding that he One question the U.S. has yet to resolve is Wednesday "looks impossible."

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At RTNDA, visit us in exhibit #659. 1986 Lorimar Te %pictures SICC sale opposed Equal -time provision dropped. The threat that Congress might expand the political advertising responsibilities of the Fifth Estate was lifted last week when the Senate dropped a controversial provision from campaign financing reform legislation that would Loser in deal for TV stations asks have required broadcasters and cable operators to give free response time to federal Los Angeles court to block transfer candidates attacked in advertisements sponsored by a political action committee. The bill deals primarily with campaign financing and would limit campaign contributions by A disappointed bidder in the competition to political action committees. The Senate was voting on amendments last week; final vote purchase Spanish International Communica- on the PAC measure is still pending. tions Corp.'s five television stations and five The National Association of Broadcasters staunchly opposed the provision and devot- low -power TV outlets has gone into U.S. ed considerable effort to persuade the bill's author, Senator David Boren (D- Okla.), to drop district court in Los Angeles to block the sale the language. Boren indicated in June at the NABS joint board of directors meeting that he of the stations to Hallmark Cards and First was not wedded to the equal -time references in his bill (BROADCASTING, June 23). During Chicago Venture Capital (BROADCASTING, debate on the measure, Boren raised no objection to removal of the equal -time require- July 28). TVL Corp., which describes itself ment. Initially the Senate adopted the Boren bill 69 to 30, but later it approved an as Hispanic- owned, claims SICC officials amended version of the bill 58 to 42 without the political advertising language. had commited "gross irregularities" in the During debate on the measure Boren said he did not think the proposal was "absolutely bidding process and that TVL was not given necessary." Still, he indicated he'd like to see "some kind of monitoring device, either at a fair opportunity to compete for the SICC the Federal Election Commission or elsewhere so that if we tried to rely upon voluntary

properties. restraint as I think perhaps we can on the part of the industry we would have at least a TVL had offered $320 million in cash monitoring device to have determined the amount of so- called negative independent and, because the properties would be sold to advertising that was taking place, and being utilized through paid advertising on the a minority group, a tax certificate that TVL airwaves." said "could be worth approximately $80 mil- lion." Hallmark and First Chicago agreed to pay SICC $301 million. SICC's counsel, seeks only permission to intervene in the detriment of SICC. Conclusion of the sale of Norman Leventhal, said the TVL offer was proceeding. If that is granted, it says it will the SICC properties would settle the stock- rejected because of what was considered in- petition the court to reconsider its approval holders' suit. adequate financing arrangements. of the SICC -Hallmark agreement. TVL says Pfaelzer ordered the sale to Hallmark and TVL President Raul R. Tapia, a partner in it will claim that it was the successful bidder First Chicago in accordance with the agree- the Washington law firm of Tapia & Buffing- and that "the integrity of the bidding process ment reached by SICC stockholders that the ton and chairman of the licensee of KRRT-TV was substantially compromised, and that the judge would be given discretion for making San Antonio -Kerrville, Tex., said in a state- sale to Hallmark must be voided and set the sale if a three -person sales committee ment that keeping the five stations in the aside...." The sale is subject to FCC ap- charged with finding a purchaser could not Spanish -language format "best serves the proval and is not expected to be concluded reach a unanimous agreement. The commit- public interest." The five stations are until late this year or early 1987. tee could not reach such an agreement. But KFTV(TV) Hanford, Calif.; KMEX -TV Los An- SICC is selling the stations as a result of the petition filed with the court last week geles; WLTV(TV) Miami; wxTV(TV) Paterson, an agreement reached with the FCC to deal said SICC's legal and financial advisers had N.J., and KWEX -TV San Antonio. The low - with the decision of an administrative law applied for an order authorizing the sale un- power stations are in Bakersfield, Calif.; judge that SICC is controlled by a Mexican der conditions that disfavored TVL. Denver; Hartford, Conn.; Philadelphia, and national, Emilio Azcarraga, head of a family As a result, the petition said, the advisers' Austin, Tex. Besides Tapia, TVL's principals with vast broadcasting interests in Mexico, decision was "arbitrary and capricious and include David C. Lizarraga, chairman, and and is thus in violation of the commission's substantially affected TVL's rights in having president and chief executive officer of TE- alien ownership rule. Judge Mariana R. the bidding process ...conducted in a fair LACU; Alfred R. Villalobos, vice chairman, Pfaelzer has jurisdiction in the case in view and impartial manner...." and president of a management company, of her role as presiding judge in another pro- TVL alleges that Hallmark and First Chi- and Diego C. Ascencio, former ambassador ceeding brought by SICC stockholders who cago succeeded with their bid only because to Brazil and assistant secretary of state for allege that programing decisions made by of their "last- minute demand" that their bid consular affairs. SICC management were benefiting Azcarra- be considered on July 18, "a scant two busi- TVL, in the petition it filed last week, ga's Spanish International Network to the ness days before TVL obtained a commit- ment letter for senior financing for which TVL already had a 'highly confident' letter." Product warning. Senate legislation that would require detailed safety warnings in the "Senior financing" is the final step in the advertising of all- terrain vehicles is drawing strong protests from the advertising industry process of financing the purchase. "No ra- and broadcasters. Under the bill (S.2689), introduced by Senator Edward Kennedy (D- tional observer can conclude that Hallmark's Mass.) and Albert Gore (D- Tenn.), AN manufacturers would have to display one or more demand was a mere coincidence," TVL of the proposed warnings (one of the warnings is 22 words) in all ads for the vehicles. The says. Leventhal, however, contends that Association of National Advertisers in a letter to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman TVL had failed on several previous occa- John Danforth (R -Mo.) stated its objections to the bill now pending in the committee. sions to make good on promises to produce "These requirements are extremely onerous and could make advertising for these pro- adequate financing arrangements. ducts on the broadcast and outdoor media virtually impossible," ANA wrote. Moreover, TVL also alleged that, in advance of the ANA argued that in instances where safety warnings "have been found necessary...such court order approving the memorandum labels were required to be placed in the vehicle itself -not the advertising." The National agreement providing for the sale of SICC, Association of Broadcasters is also poised to fight the legislation. No companion bill has the managers of SICC's stations had ap- been offered in the House. Nevertheless, a report by the House Committee on Govern- proached Hallmark and solicited a leveraged ment Operations on the "hazards of three-wheel all-terrain vehicles," recommends the buyout "with the obvious intention of feath- use of warning labels in all AN advertising. ering their own nests." Leventhal denied that charge, specifically including the collateral

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In supplemental initial decision, FCC Administrative Law Judge Joseph sales committee's work and favored Hall- has reaffirmed grant of application of Cascade Video of Oregon for new Won mark and First Chicago in their bid. But Gonzalez 40 in Portland, Ore., and denial of competing application of Portland Television Leventhal said TVL was given "every con- channel Associates. In initial decision, Gonzalez had declined to explore some allegations sideration" and that Hallmark and First Chi- against Portland Television on grounds that he was granting Cascade's application cago "bent over backwards to give TVL ev- anyway. Review Board, however, directed Gonzalez to determine whether Portland ery break given everyone else." Television had misrepresented facts or lacked candor about its integration proposal, since board noted that its "preliminary analysis" otherwise indicated that Portland Television might be comparatively superior (BROADCASTING, July 9, 1984). This time around, Gonzalez Stay sought for cable held Portland Television disqualified for alleged misrepresentations and lack of candor. Parent of Cascade, General American Theaters, owns 74 theaters in Oregon. It is owned copyright decision by Thomas Moyer and family. Copyright owners have asked U.S. Judge O June Green to stay her order declaring that Relief rejected. FCC has refused to permit Catoctin Broadcasting Corp. of New York to cable owners have been overpaying their sell its WBUZ(AM) Fredonia, N.Y., under distress sale policy. FCC noted that under policy, copyright royalty fees (BROADCASTING licensees whose renewal applications have been designated for hearing on basic Aug. 4). The motion, filed by the Motion qualification issues may sell to minorities at no more than 75% of fair market value, but Picture Association of America and eight sale must be proposed before hearings begin. In this case, FCC noted that proposed motion picture companies, says that, with findings of fact and conclusions of law had already been submitted by all parties, so some 6,000 cable operators due to pay copy- Catoctin's request was "unquestionably" late. Catoctin had sought waiver on grounds right royalty fees by Aug. 29, the copyright that pending proceeding is considering whether distress sales should be permitted after owners will suffer irreparable harm if the commencement of hearing but before filing of proposed findings of fact and conclusions decision is not stayed pending their appeal to of law. But FCC said that until policy has been modified or changed, "it should be applied the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington. according to its terms." WBuz's renewal application was designated for hearing on Green held that the overpayment resulted misrepresentation and employment discrimination issues raised in petition to deny by from an erroneous interpretation by the Dunkirk- Fredonia chapter of League of Women alters, Chautauqua County Rural Ministry Copyright Office of "gross receipts," as used Inc. and Dunkirk branch of National Association for Advancement of Colored People. in the copyright law, and she directed the O office to amend the definition. The new defi- Court action. U.S. bankruptcy court in Houston took unusual step of ordering FCC to stay nition would reduce the pool of royalty pay- comparative renewal proceeding in which Marr Broadcasting Co., licensee of KOOK(FM) ments by excluding fees received in connec- Galveston, Tex., faces loss of its license. Court acted at request of Marr-which earlier tion with nonbroadcast programing. But, the had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy -but without commission or applicant seeking copyright owners said, the court upset the Marrs license, San Jacinto Broadcasting Corp., having opportunity to object. Marrs present method of calculating royalty fee petition for stay of commission proceeding came following conclusion of comparative/ payments without providing "a concrete renewal hearing, in which commission's Mass Media Bureau had recommended denial of substitute for that method." The motion not- renewal of Marrs license, because of pattern of misrepresentations, and grant of San ed that Green said that providing such a sub- Jacinto's application. Administrative law judges initial decision has not yet been issued. stitute was beyond her province. And as a practical matter, the motion add- ed, "it is impossible for the Copyright Office Reversal. Reversing initial decision, FCC Review Board has granted application of to promulgate before Aug. 29, 1986, rules to daytimer WA (AM) West Allis, Wis., to upgrade to 1200 khz and offer full -time service to govern the the calculation of gross receipts West Allis and Milwaukee. FCC Administrative Law Judge John Frysiak had granted application of CID Broadcasting for new station on 1200 khz in Chicago, finding it preferred on diversification and integration grounds (BROADCASTING, March 24). But board said wawis application should have been preferred because it would provide for first full - International assembly. The National time service for Nest Allis, "albeit hyphenated." Association of Broadcasters executive committee is holding its annual meeting LaRouche fined. Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. has been fined $2,000 in federal court for this week (Aug. 17 -19) with Mexican failing to respond to questions NBC put to him about his finances. NBC is attempting to and Canadian broadcasters in Pebble collect $202,000 award it won in suit claiming political extremist interfered with its efforts Beach, Calif. Each year the executive to do story on him. It was counter to libel suit LaRouche had filed and lost. LaRouche committee confers with members of the maintains he does not know who has paid for his food, rent, lawyers and other expenses Canadian Association of Broadcasters since 1973. Federal Magistrate W. Curtis Sewell imposed fine after NBC lawyer called and La Camera Nacional de la Industria LaRouche's contention "inherently unbelievable." de Radio y Television to exchange infor- mation on matters of mutual concern. O Specific items slated for discussion: TV Light bulb interference. National Association of Broadcasters and AM stereo, FM interference to aero- has called on FCC to protect AM broadcast band from interference from new radio nautical communications and the FCC's frequency- emitting light bulbs. In comments filed with commission, NAB sought plans to reduce interference protection adoption of interim protection standard five times more stringent than that suggested FCC, of UHF stations. Broadcasters also will by with radiated emission limits at 4.5/f(mhz) uV/M in 0.45 mhz 1.705 discuss the regulatory and legislative to mhz frequency band out to 30 meters or adjusted for closer distances. Association cited technical climate on advertising and copyright is- complexity of issue and uncertainty over interference effect lights sues. of RF as justification for additional studies before permanent standard is established.

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 52 Some people think the American press is too powerful.

Ferdinand Marcos. for one. San Jose Mercury News reporters Pete The rest. really, is history. For 20 years. rumors circulated that the Carey and Katherine Ellison took over.They Corazon Aquino is the new Philippine Marcoses and their friends were stashing sifted through thousands of pages of legal president. away a fortune overseas. documents from California to New York. Pète Carey. Katherine Ellison and Lewis But the public had no proof On July 23. 1985 they broke the story. It Simons won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Inter- Reporter Lewis Simons of the San Jose documented how the Marcoses and eight national Reporting. Mercury News had made several trips to the associates were "systematically draining vast The whole project was a gigantic effort. country dominated by Ferdinand and Imelda amounts of wealth from their nation and A year of research. reporting and writing. Of Marcos. Conversations, he recalled. "often led hiding it overseas: They owned banks. con- probing élusive off-shore holding companies to comments like - you know she owns dominiums, office buildings. mansions and and dummy corporations. Then. staying such -and -such. And he owns so- and -so:' other properties in the US and Europe.They with the follow -up. Simons wanted to find out how much of had spent $10 billion since 1979. Most papers. regardless of size. wouldn't this was fact, and how much was fiction. The stories created a political have invested that kind of effort on a He plugged into every rumor pipeline in tidal wave. story 7.200 miles away. the Philippines. Weeks turned into months. There were calls for impeachment. But the San Jose Mercury News is Eventually, he sent back a massive file. Marcos promised early elections. a Knight -Ridder newspaper. KNIGHT-RIDDER We never underestimate the American people.

Knight-Ridder. winner of an unprecedented seven Pulitzer Prizes in 1986. is a nationwide communications company with eight television stations. cable systems. business information services and 28 daily newspapers. consistent with the order." It also said that, in the absence of a new, Privacy on hold. Action on legislation that would protect television networks against the authoritative method applicable to all cable use of their satellite feeds (specifically news and sports backhauls) for "commercial or systems, the validity of methods adopted by private financial gain" stalled in the Senate last week. The Senate Copyright Subcommit- individual cable systems would have to be tee adopted bill (S. 2575) early last week, but a final vote by the parent Judiciary Commit- settled in the courts through copyright in- tee was delayed until Congress returns from its three -week August recess. Committee fringement suits. members are at an impasse over provisions that would establish criminal and civil penali- ties for "A considerable sum is at stake as of Aug. "intentional" interception of unscrambled network news and sports backhauls. Some members 29," the motion for stay said, noting that (Senators Charles Grassley ER-Iowa], Paul Laxalt [R -Nev), Dennis De- Concini ED-Ariz.], Alan [R- "royalty fee payments in 1985 amounted to and Simpson Wyo.]) have expressed concern that backyard more than $100 million (without interest)." dish owners who pickup those feeds would be criminally liable. The legislation, the Excluding revenues from the gross receipts Electronic Communications Privacy Act, is a major rewrite of the "Wiretap Statute" of 1968. calculation, "particularly if cable systems Interest in the issue is being stimulated by the Satellite Television Industry Association (SPACE), which opposed the when it moved are, in effect, free to choose any possible bill through the House (BROADCASTING, May method, would reduce 1986 payments sub- 19). SPACE argues that the penalities are too tough and is asking for their removal. feels its stantially, to the detriment of all copyright "SPACE the responsibility of the sender to secure their signals," said Chuck Hewitt, owners," the motion said. And it noted that SPACE executive vice president. As part of a compromise worked out in the House version, the penalty for interception most of the owners are not parties to the was reduced from a five -year felony to a misdemean- proceeding. or. The maximum fine under the House bill is $10,000. The legislation asserts that commu- nications not "readily accessible to the public" are protected from interception. However, which can expected The cable industry, be the House bill also states that "reception by home earth station owners of certain unscram- the for stay, is also said to to oppose request bled satellite transmission, as long as such reception is not for commercial advantage or be considering strategy for obtaining refunds private gain," are exempt from criminal liability. royalty pool and of fees already paid into the The Senate Copyright Subcommittee made further changes to accommodate the con- not yet disbursed. The first step, said Steve cerns expressed by SPACE. Under the Senate bill, the standard for judging "inadvertent" Effros, president of the Community Antenna interception was changed from "willfully" to "intentionally" Furthermore, the subcommit- Television Association, would be a request tee modified the penalities for the "first offense of noncommercial interception of a private to freeze payments from the pool until the video transmission via satellite to a $500 fine and no imprisonment." is question of refunds settled. Industry law- Also the Senate bill was amended to increase the penalities for "deliberate or mali- yers, he said, "are working out the best ap- cious" interference with communications or weather satellite transmission. proach."

Presidential debate debate heats up League of Women Voters accuses had reached in November pledging the par- er." And she sought to use the incident as national Democratic and Republican ties to sponsor presidential debates in 1988 proof of the kind of politics the league says parties of putting pressure on (BROADCASTING, Dec. 2, 1985). would be involved in the parties' sponsor- congressmen to back out of That agreement has been a source of con- ship of presidential debates: "power brokers commitments because parties cern for the league since it emerged as the in smoke -filled back rooms making deci- want to sponsor 1988 debates result of one of the recommendations in a sions based on private interests with no re- report written by the Commission on Nation- gard for the voters." And she said the par- The League of Women Voters' conflict with al Elections, established in February 1985 to ties' behavior demonstrates "their fear of the the Republican and Democratic National study how to improve the presidential elec- league. They know the league is the only Committees, relatively subdued over the last tion process. The agreement was an affront organization standing between them and free several months, erupted last week at a to the league, which has been sponsoring reign to manipulate these major campaign league news conference on Capitol Hill. At political debates at all levels for 66 years and events to their candidates' advantage." issue is the competition for sponsorship of has been sponsoring televised presidential Neuman was supported at the news con- presidential debates in 1988. And league debates since 1976. The league maintains ference by Representative Charles E. President Nancy Neuman said plans to intro- that it, and not the two major political par- Schumer (D -N. Y. ), a member of the league's duce House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. ties, can be counted on to produce debates advisory committee. "If the parties run the (D- Mass.) and Senator Charles McC. Math- that are fair to all candidates, including mi- debates," he said, "you'll have a situation ias Jr. (R -Md.) as honorary co-chairmen of nority party candidates, and that fully serve where the front runner will tone down the the league's 1988 Presidential Debates Advi- the public. debates and the less articulate candidate will sory Committee had to be scrapped after the Neuman said the league remains deter- want a [structured] debate .... If you want two national committees pressured them to mined to sponsor the next round of presiden- open and fair and free -wheeling debates, the withdraw. Neuman said the committees' ac- tial debates. What she called the parties' ef- parties alone can't do them. The league or tions smacked of "power brokers in smoke - fort to pressure O'Neill and Mathias to some other independent organization filled back rooms" and indicated "fear of the withdraw has made "our resolve even firm should." Schumer spoke with the experience league." he says he gained as chairman of the corn - O'Neill withdrew from the 21- member mittee established by the House Democratic committee. Mathias did not, but neither did Caucus to establish a format for a joint ap- he appear at the news conference. And pearance of Democratic presidential hope- spokesmen for O'Neill and Mathias, as well fuls at Dartmouth College in January 1984. as the committees, denied pressure had been The conflict between the league and the applied. ( "It's ludicrous to think we could major parties' political committees clearly pressure the Speaker of the House," said the placed O'Neill and Mathias in an uncomfort- DNC spokesman). What was involved, all able position. Neuman said both had been said, was an explanation of the agreement selected at least in part because both are re- the chairmen of the two national committees Schumer and Neuman tiring from the Congress, and both, she said,

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Moyers returned two weeks change its evening news broadcast into what had taken in November, not pressure. ago to his commentator role on CBS it believes "represents the next generation of O'Neill's spokesman, Chris Matthews, Evening News with Dan Rather local news." On Sept. 15, the station will air said the speaker also heard from the league. (BROADCASTING, Aug. 11), his first even- six 20- minute broadcasts emphasizing And, Matthews said, the speaker was torn ing news broadcast since Feb. 5. In the breaking news and special sections on fo- between loyalty to the party and a wish to past six months, Moyers has completed cused topics from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., followed serve as co- chairman. But Matthews said the several CBS documentaries, including by KCBS -TV's The Southern California Even- league made it clear on Monday that it feels Big Gamble in Atlantic City, which ing News at 6 -6:30 p.m. the parties should be excluded from sponsor- aired Aug. 13, and one on U.S. -Mexi- Under six "umbrella headings" - ranging ship of debates. The speaker, Matthews said, can relations, which will air later this from "California Family" to "California could not even appear to endorse that posi- year. Health," the station will offer "hard news" tion by appearing at the league's news con- and not "useless features," a KCBS -TV ference. Mathias's press secretary, Ann Pin- spokeswoman said. Each 20- minute section cus, indicated Mathias felt a conflict over spring of 1988 and general election debates from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. will have its own the issue also. She said the senator decided in the late summer and fall of that year. She production and anchor teams. Two broad - to remain because he felt he had made a said that the primary season presents a casts-at the start of each hour-will "be commitment and knew the league could "do "unique challenge," since 1988 will mark entirely breaking local, national and world things the parties can't," such as sponsoring the first time in 20 years that an incumbent is stories, with sports and weather," with three debates between primary candidates. Why, not seeking reelection. So 1988 will mark other broadcasts providing "hard news and Pincus was asked, didn't Mathias appear at the first time that the league-or anyone information" on southern California com- the news conference? She said the senator else -has sponsored parallel sets of primary munities, issues facing the modern family was "very busy" with hearings all morning. debates for the two parties. and health, medicine and fitness, the station She also said that "until this can be worked Neuman said the league plans Democratic said, adding that those topics were chosen out, he'll lay low." and Republican primary debates in four following meetings with residents of Los Although the competition between the sites, beginning in New Hampshire within a Angeles about what they wanted to see as league and the parties obviously poses prob- week of its primary. Subsequent debates will viewers. Included in the mix will be a 20- lems for some practicing politicians-other be held in the South, Midwest and West. minute segment of interviews conducted by than Representative Schumer-the league's Once the parties have selected their nomi- KABC(AM) Los Angeles talk -show host Mi- advisory committee contains the names of nees, she said, the league will begin negotia- chael Jackson. He will continue his work in persons who have been prominently associ- tions with the candidates, with a view to radio as well as assuming his duties at the ated with both parties. Charles D. Ferris, holding three presidential debates and one CBS television station, KCBS -TV said. former FCC chairman who for a number of between the vice presidential candidates. According to Frank Gardner, KCBS -TV years was a top aide to then -Democratic What's more, Neuman said that in those vice president and general manager, when leader in the Senate, Mike Mansfield, and negotiations the league will propose a major the station decided to move its news pro- who counts the DNC among his law clients, change in the debate format. "It's time for gram from 4:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., "we were is on the committee. So is Robert Squier, the general election debates to be more en- faced with a challenge. We could have dupli- political media consultant who has worked gaging-to give the voters a chance to see cated the standard, tired two-hour blur of for a number of Democratic candidates. the candidates open up and address each oth- features and 20 minutes or so of scattered Prominent Republicans include Carla Hills, er directly," she said. Neuman noted that the news. We chose instead to recognize the who was secretary of Housing and Urban primary debates in 1984 featured a modera- concerns, interests and maturity of the pub- Development under President Ford, and tor without the panel of questioners known lic." The new strategy, Gardner said, doesn't Robert K. Gray, head of the Gray & Co. to viewers of debates during the general "force viewers to wade through that blur to public relations and lobbying firm, who was election. "We think that kind of format for find what's important to them." director of communications for the Reagan- the general election debates will be a wel- Erik Sorenson, news director of the sta- Bush campaign in 1980. come change," she said. tion, said KCBS -TV "found that television has Beyond her criticism of the Republican However, as the league's problem with the to catch up with its audience. That means and Democratic national committees on the RNC and DNC suggests, the league may putting news into logical sections, like a sponsorship issue, Neuman used the news not-in negotiating formats with presiden- newspaper does, so viewers know where to conference to lay out the plans for the tial candidates -have the leverage of being find what they want." league's debates project. She said it will in- the only game in town when it comes to The station has expanded from five to 10 clude primary debates in the winter and presidential debates. anchors to cover the following six broad- casts: The Channel 2 News First Edition (4- 4:20 p.m.), focusing on breaking world, na- More support for Supreme Court TV. Judge Antonin Scalia, who is expected to join the tional and local news; California Health Supreme Court as an associate justice in October, has indicated he would support a (4:20 -4:40 p.m.), targeting health, medicine proposal to allow television coverage of that court's proceedings. Three weeks ago, and fitness information; California Living during Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on his nomination as chief justice, Associate (4:40 -5 p.m.), highlighting geographical, Justice William Rehnquist said if he were convinced television coverage would not distort ethnic and cultural .topics of the region; the manner in which the court works, "I would certainly give it sympathetic consideration" Channel 2 News Live at Five (5 -5:20 p.m.), (BROADCASTING, Aug. 4). offering more breaking news; California At Scalia's confirmation hearing the following week, Senator Strom Thurmond (R -S.C.) People (5:20 -5:40 p.m.) an interview broad- asked him to submit his views in writing on the same question. Scalia supplied his cast with Michael Jackson, and California response on Aug. 8. He said that, if confirmed, he would consult his colleagues on the Family (5:40-6 p.m.), focusing on issues matter but that he "would be inclined to agree with Justice Rehnqust." He added that in his faced by families, including the elderly, edu- role as chairman of the Administrative Conference, he recommended televising of "impor- cation, child care, consumer information tant open agency proceedings to the extent there was an audience for them." Brian and personal finance. Lamb, chief executive officer of C -SPAN, which provides gavel -to -gavel coverage of KCBS -TV will air a half-hour of local news Senate and House proceedings, has committed the cable television network to televising at 6 p.m., moving The CBS Evening News all 150 hours of the oral arguments the court hears each year. with Dan Rather to 6:30 p.m. from its pre- sent 7 p.m.

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 cc Rivers, Brenner shows causing late -night headaches

Talk offerings present problems for networks trying to clear their own post 11:30 offerings

The upcoming battle among late -night talk shows, which will pit NBC's Johnny Carson against two new rivals, Fox Broadcasting's Joan Rivers and King World's David Bren- ner, may spell clearance and rating troubles for all three television networks. Particularly vulnerable will be the two new talk shows scheduled to make their debut in September on ABC -The Dick Cavett Show and Jimmy Breslin's People. Each of those two shows will air twice weekly while the other three will air each weeknight. ABC's slow pace in putting its late-night plans together for the fall enabled King World to sign about 30 ABC affiliates for a one -year commitment to Fox's Rivers King Nbrld's Brenner Brenner. Roughly one -third of the 108 -sta- tion lineup for the Brenner show is com- neither Cavett nor Breslin. WVEC-TV plans approach it is now taking. posed of ABC affiliates. to continue to run public affairs programing Another problem confronting ABC in its Even network insiders acknowledged last after Nighttime to fulfill its obligation as a effort to clear the two new shows is Night - week that Cavett and Breslin may start out station licensee, an executive at the station line. Overall, its clearance rate is 98%, but with a nationwide clearance level 50% or of said. At WJRT-TV, the station's program direc- more than 80 stations air it on a delayed less. "At the start, it could be true," said one tor, Sara Jo Gallock, said the network's late basis, because they can generate more rev- ABC executive, admitting that the late sign- announcement of its two new programs was enue with a local or syndicated program in ings of Cavett and Breslin were at the root of a factor in the decision not to consider them its live time period. The Brenner commit- the problem. Several ABC- owned -and-op- for carriage. The station long ago made a ments only compound the problem. erated stations, WABC -TV including New decision not to carry ABC's poorly rated Eye At NBC, the threat is not just to Carson, York and wt.s -TV Chicago, are committed to On Hollywood, which had been in the mid - but also to Late Night with David Letterman, carry King World's Nightlife with David night-1 a.m. slot for some time. Had the which may suffer some clearance losses or although talks continue as to when Brenner, station known earlier about the two new an increase in the number of stations that the half-hour air. program will Rupert Mur- shows, she said, "we would have some sec- delay the program beyond its scheduled doch's New York Post reported that WABC -TV ond thoughts" about whether to go with 12:30 a.m. start. WDIV -TV Detroit, one of 20 would air the program from I to 1:30 a.m., them or Brenner. NBC affiliates airing Nightlife with David after Mur- Nightline and Cavett or Breslin. Another ABC affiliate, WTNH -TV New Brenner, intends to schedule it behind Carson doch's WNYW -TV New York carry Rivers will Haven, Conn., has committed to Brenner, at 12:30 a.m., pushing Letterman back half as part of the Fox network, which he also but has not yet decided whether to carry the an hour to 1 a.m. Carson will be challenged owns. William Fyffe, vice president and late entries from ABC. "Whenever you get directly by Rivers on Fox affiliate WKBD -TV general manager, WABC -TV, said no decision into the game this late, you've got to know Detroit. Currently, Letterman has a clear- had yet been made on when would Brenner that some affiliates have made some [outside ance rate of I00% (25 stations delaying the air. Sources close to the situation said the program] commitments," said Larry Manne, show), while Carson's clearance rate stands station bought the show the -to- for midnight program director at WTNH -TV. "ABC has at 97.5% (three stations delaying it). 1 a.m. slot and hoped to keep it there, delay- tried a lot of late -night shows. They might be In some cases, Carson will find competi- ing and a half hour. Cavett Breslin by better advised," he added, to come up with tion coming from two directions at the same Fyffe confirmed that he and ex- network one good program" that could be stripped in time. That will certainly be the case in Balti- ecutives have been discussing when the after Nig/ r 1 i rre, rather than the checkerboard more-that is, if Carson is even on a Balti- show ought to run. "We are still working on more station next fall. WBFF -TV, an indepen- it," he said. He said there had been no con- Sweeps results. NBC won the July dent there, will carry Rivers. The NBC sideration of putting Brenner ahead of sweeps, giving the network its sixth affiliate in the market, WMAR-TV, which Nightline, as some ABC affiliates plan to do. consecutive sweeps victory. In the Niel- dropped Carson several years ago, has "We are the network flagship. There was sen sweep (July 10 -Aug. 6) NBC won signed on with Brenner. So far, NBC has not never a question" of delaying the Nightline with an average 12.4/24. CBS aver- found a station to pick up Carson there. broadcast, said Fyffe. With the lateness of aged an 11.2/21 and ABC had a Close to 30 CBS affiliates have made an the network's post -Nightline plans, said 10.5/20. A year ago, the standings initial one -year commitment to the Brenner Fyffe, "we find ourself in a little bit of sched- were: NBC 12.7/24, CBS 11.7/22 and show, which King World is selling for cash uling bind; that's all. We will work it out." ABC 10.6/20. In the Arbitron sweep and one minute of advertising time. That Other ABC affiliates have agreed to carry (July 9 -Aug. 5). NBC averaged a could affect the reach of CBS's fall late -night Brenner at 11:30 p.m. or midnight and won't 12.4/24, while CBS had 11.2/21 and slate, which will contain three first -run dra- carry the new ABC shows at all. WJLA -TV ABC 10.6/20. A year ago, NBC had ma series, Crime World, Night Heat and Ad- Washington, WVEC -TV Norfolk, Va., and 12.6, CBS 11.7 and ABC 10.6 (no derly, mixed with off-network reruns and WJtrr-TV Flint; are among the stations Mich., shares available). movies. Currently CBS's late -night clear- committed to carry Brenner at and midnight ances are hovering around 92 %.

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 57 tioar^ ^ris Baldwi n EVENING AIM 610 °EYE Taking o Qyq on PBS bird Group buys satellite time to feed Vietnam show to stations after being turned down by PBS; 50 stations have aired or will air program Television's Vietnam: The Impact of the Me- dia, a one -hour documentary produced by the conservative, Washington-based media watchdog organization, Accuracy in Media, rin ©Aec that the Public Broadcasting Service refused aq to air, will be offered to PBS stations via satellite by AIM on Aug. 24, along with a . . 30- minute panel discussion produced by AIM and another produced by PBS affiliate KDBI -TV Broomfield, Colo. (Denver). The documentary, which has been avail- able from AIM, is the second of two pro- duced by AIM in response to a 13 -part series PBS first aired in September 1983, Vietnam: A Television History. Both programs were produced to correct what AIM perceived as "serious errors and distortions" in the PBS series. In June 1985, PBS aired the first AIM documentary, Vietnam: The Real Story, de- spite much internal opposition. In January 1986 it refused the second documentary on the grounds that it did not meet PBS journal- Brave istic standards. The rejection led AIM Chair- talk man Reed Irvine to call for "a thorough in- the fact a little vestigation of PBS programing practices and t is ad . policies" and said that AIM would try to ads because pack b distribute the program without the help of á they PBS (BROADCASTING, Jan. 27). listings. aper newspapers' in As of last week, 50 public television sta- ment is o editorial TV tions had aired or agreed to air Television's Vietnam: The Impact of the Media, accord- who they re all s ing to an AIM spokeswoman. (Stations re- were influencedbáácef asayd portedly set to air it in the coming months include WGBH-TV and WGBX -TV Boston, the WNYC -TV New York, WETA -TV Washington, 70% wTTW(TV] Chicago, WMVS[TV) Milwaukee choice their all and all of the stations in the Oklahoma, Ar- cast.h day pool kansas, Maryland and Mississippi services. e It has already been shown by the South You TVThats when broad- th Carolina Education Television Commission So don't EXTRA message. read stations.) Our be afraid little ad to AIM paid $809 for 90 minutes of uplink isn't. be bold time on PBS's Westar IV, transponder 8, at 2:30 -4 p.m. NYT on Aug. 24 to feed the the completeAD/ 212-692.3952. Your buy documentary and a 30- minute panel discus- .lrrn sion it will produce. The program will be free to PBS affiliates but is consid- Nielsen Nagle of available Nome Market ered a non-PBS program feed, which means V eo Research, 984 1984 PBS "makes no assurances as to editorial content," according to a service spokeswo- man. AIM has raised $5,030 in the past few weeks to pay for advertisements in local newspapers and in TV Guide. It has spent about $2,800 so far on ads. The budget for the film was $200,000. TV The 30- minute discussion will feature Ir- vine; host Barry Farber, New York radio talk EXTRA show host, now with WMCA(AM) there; Ned 200 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK. NEW YORK 10166 Schnurman, a producer of PBS's Inside Sto- A SCRIPPS NOWMO COMPANY ry, and up to two more panelists, still to be announced. Originally, Irvine was to appear as a pan- elist in one of two 30- minute discussions to

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 58 be produced by KeDI -TV Broomfield, Colo. Vietnam panel will feature Charles Mohr, the issue of media accuracy could not ade- The station plans to air Television's Vietnam Washington correspondent for the New York quately be discussed in a half-hour, and Co- tomorrow (Aug. 19) as part of three- and -a- Times, who spent four-and -a -half years in hen lacked the background for a discussion half-hour local theme night, along with an- Vietnam covering the war for Time and the of the Vietnam war. Another panelist, PBS's other program PBS rejected, Dark Circle, Times, and Jeff Cohen, director of New vice president for public affairs programing, which deals with nuclear weapons and nu- York -based Fairness and Accuracy in Re- Barry Chase, withdrew several weeks ago clear power. It will follow each documentary porting, a new organization that claims the when he learned that the panel discussion with a live discussion examining "the accu- media are becoming too conservative. The would not be confined to the issue of contro- racy of each documentary and the role of host will be Jeff Schwartz, a telecommunica- versial programing. Chase felt it was inap- advocacy journalism on television," and has tions consultant and a founder of KBDI-TV. propriate for a PBS representative to partici- paid for satellite time to feed the 30- minute According to an AIM spokeswoman, Ir- pate in discussion of a program PBS had panel discussion on AIM's documentary. Its vine withdrew from the panel because he felt declined to air, a spokeswoman said. D

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GGP Sports, in conjunction with John Maddens Gaolline Produc- search, clearances have remained stable, however, with 195 sta- tions, is selling a one -hour pre -Super Bowl special that will be fed to tions covering 97% of the U.S. television households. Solid Gold is a stations on Friday, Jan. 23, two days before the game. It's the one Paramount production in association with Brad Lachman Produc- nonnetwork special that CBS is allowing Madden to do, according tions. to GGP Sports President Robert Horowitz. The one condition the Kids are People Too, the information /entertainment program that network imposed was that the show be offered to CBS affiliates first. aired on ABC from 1979 to 1982, is returning to production for fall CBS has the network rights to the 1987 Super Bowl and Madden will syndication. The new version will have the original host, Michae be the analyst. So far 71% of the country has been cleared. CBS Young. and will be directed by Barry Glazer. It's a co- venture of JM stations had until last Friday (Aug. 15) to decide whether they would Entertainment, New York, which will syndicate the program (barter, three -and -a -half minutes for stations, three minutes for the syndica- tor), and EJ Ill, Los Angeles, which will produce it. It is designed as a half -hour weekly show for weekend morning or afternoon. Accord- ing to JM senior vice president, Brian Molfese, the show has been cleared by stations covering just over 70% of the country. The new !'ids is scheduled to premiere Sept. 20. Group W Productions has cleared 80% of the country for its new Filmation animated series, BraveStarr, (barter, keeping two minutes and giving four-and -a -half to stations in the fourth quarter: keeping two -and-a -half and giving three-and -a -half the rest of the year). It is being promoted as a "space -age Western fantasy" designed for weekday 3 -5 p.m. is Madden afternoon, Group W asking for an initial two - year commitment from stations. Mattel Toys has joined Group W /Fit- take the program, Horowitz said. It is being offered on a barter basis, mation as a co- venturer in the strip series and will develop a line of with 12 minutes split equally between station and distributor. Sta- toys based on the program's characters. The show is scheduled to tions may run the show twice and GGP is guaranteeing a 10 rating, premiere in September 1987. Among those clearing the program and will sell its time at $75,000 per 30- second spot. Last year, the include the Tribune station group: wPix -TV New York. KTLA(TV) Los special averaged an 8 rating. So far, said Horowitz, only a handful of Angeles, WGN -TV Chicago, wGNX(TV) Atlanta. KWGN(TV) Denver and CBS affiliates have declined to pick up the show, including WNEV-TV WGNO -TV New Orleans. Boston. Instead, wcve -Tv the ABC affiliate, is picking it up, and WJBK- All American Television has signed an agreement to distribute TV Detroit, where ABC affiliate wxvz -Tv will carry the show. This will be Group W's The Entertainment Relxnf, which is being produced by the second year that GGP and Madden have collaborated on a Group W's Newsfeed Network. The Super Bowl special. program will be a daily wrapup of the entertainment business which will be fed so that stations can Paramount is giving its seven -year-old first -run syndicated music use the whole package or customize it to fit as a segment within program, Solid Gold, a substantial makeover prior to the 1986 -87 local news. It will be available in January 1987 and is being offered season. The program is getting a new line producer (George as a straight barter deal with All American getting two :30's within a Bloom), director (Bill Davis), choreographer (Motown's Lester Wil- news broadcast. All American said it has cleared 65% of the coun- son), set and dancers. Also, the show is bringing back former hos- try. All American also reported signing stations in the top two mar- tess Marilyn McCoo, who replaces Dionne Warwick. McCoo was on kets for its previously announced Beyond 2000. They are NBC's the show in 1981 -84. In addition, former MTV VJ Nina Blackwood is wNBC -Tv New York and KNBC -Tv Los Angles. A third NBC 080, WMAO. joining the program as an interviewer and music news reporter. Tv Chicago, has also agreed to carry the show. So has KXTV(TV) Solid Gold's ratings have been and dropping Frank Kelly, Paramount Sacramento, Calif. (not wxîvlrvl Paterson, N.J., as reported in Aug. senior vice president, said the changes represent an effort to "bring 11 issue). The clearance level for Beyond now stands at 52 %, a it more up to speed in 1987." The changes are designed to give it spokesman said last week. more of a "live" feel and more spontaneity. The program's ratings Access Syndication has added six new stations, all NBC affili- have suffered, said Kelly, because there is so much more competi- ates, to its lineup clearing a new, weekly, half -hour series, Heroes: tion in the music program marketplace, not the least of which is MTV Made in the USA. The program will profile various Americans. fam- "WO've had a very competitive last few years." he said. and "the ous and obscure. It is scheduled for an October premiere. The new audience has been fragmented." Paramount declined to talk specifi- stations: WNBC-TV New York, WMAO -TV Chicago, KxAS cially about the program's recent -TV Dallas -Fort ratings declines, but did acknowl- Worth, WKYC edge -TV Cleveland, KGW.TV Portland, Ore., and WLwr-ry Cincin- that in the past year, Solid Gold fell from second to third in nati. The program is now cleared in 50 markets covering 57% of the household rating among weekend one -hour, first -run syndicated country. Access also announced the availability of 48 features from series. Viewing levels were off in 21 of the top 30 markets in the May Crown International. They will be offered for cash 1986 sweeps. According to and are wrapped May Nielsen data, viewing was off 60% in two separate packages in New -"Crown Jewels I," with 15 first -run titles York, 30% in Los Angeles. 42% in Philadelphia and 18% in with no network exposures and "Crown Classics," offered as "en- San Francisco. The program did not have an affiliate in Chicago core" presentations. Among the titles in the first package: "Liar's during the period, but in 6th -ranked Boston, viewing was up 15 %. It Moon," with Matt Dillon, and "Sextette," with Mae West. The "Clas- also fell from first to second in men and women, 18 -49. Nielsen said sics" include "Blood of Dracula's Castle," with John Carradine, the show has averaged a 4.4 lately. According and to Paramount re- "Single Room Furnished," with Jayne Mansfield.

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 co NBC takes the week; CBS first in news

NBC won the prime time race for the week ending Aug. 10 with an regular lineup (13/24) as well as ABC's Monday Night Baseball, which average 12.8/25, followed by CBS, which averaged a 10.3/20, and consistently finishes third (9.6/18). ABC took Tuesday with its regular ABC with a 9.9/19. Ayear ago, the networks finished in the same order: lineup (13.9/26), beating the regular competition on NBC (9.9/18) and NBC, 12.6/23, CBS, 11.3/21 and ABC, 11.2/21. In the evening news CBS (9.7/18). NBC won Wednesday (13.1 /24) beating ABC's Perfect race for the week, CBS took the honors, with an average 9.8/21, fol- Strangers, MacGyver, and Hotel (10.9/24) and a repeat broadcast of lowed by NBC with a 9.4/21 and ABC with a 9.1/20. A year ago the Part I of the CBS mini -series, Christopher Columbus. NBC won handily numbers were: CBS, 10.4/23, ABC, 9.1/20 and NBC, 9.0/20. on Thursday with Cosby and company (19.7/37), beating ABC's regu- For the first 16 weeks of the summer season, NBC leads with an lar fare (8.5/16) and Part ll of Christopher Columbus on CBS (7.2/13). average 13.4/25, followed by ABC with an 11.7/22, with CBS a close Friday went to NBC as well (12.8/26), led by Miami Vice and Stingray third at 11.6/21. After 16 weeks in the rerun season in 1985 the stand- at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. respectively, beating a rejected pilot on ABC at 9 ings were: NBC, 13.4/24, CBS, 12.5/23 and ABC, 11.1/20. That means p.m., Roadies, and Love Boat at 10 p.m. (7.8/16), and a first -run NBC is about flat in the post- season race to date, while ABC is up made -for on CBS, Fish Hawk (7.3/15). NBC took Saturday (11.7/25) about 5% and CBS is down about 7 %. against regularly scheduled fare on CBS (8.2/17) and ABC (6.1/13). The level of homes using television in prime time for the week was CBS won Sunday (16.5/32) beating movies on ABC (11/21) and re- 51.9 %, compared to 53.7% a year ago. peats on NBC, except for the limited -run series, Dalton's Code of CBS took Monday with its regular lineup (14.3/26), beating NBC's Vengeance, (8.3/16).

Rank Show Network Rating /Share Rank Show Network o Rating /Share Rank Show Network Rating/Share

1. Cosby Show NBC 25.8/50 23. Stingray NBC 12.7/26 Love Boat ABC 8.9/18 2. Family Ties NBC 24.0/45 24. Amazing Stories NBC 12.7/24 Mommle Dearest CBS 8.7/18 3. Cheers NBC 21.6/39 25. This Is Elvis NBC 12.7/23 A -Team NBC 8.7/17 Night Court NBC 20.4/37 26. Scarecrow & Mrs.King CBS 12.3/24 Dalton: Code of Vengeance NBC 8.3/16 . Murder, She Wrote CBS 18.0/35 27. North Star ABC 12.2/22 Twilight Zone CBS 8.0/17 Kate & Ailie CBS 16.9/29 28. Spenser: For Hire ABC 12.0/23 ounlgî Brewster NBC 7.4/16

4. Miami Vice NBC 16.7/33 29. Equalizer CBS 11.7/22 Two and One Half Dad ABC 7.4/16 8. 60 Minutes CBS 16.536 30. St. Elsewhere NBC 11.6/22 Simon & Simon CBS 7.4/14 9. Newham CBS 16.228 31. Perfect Strangers ABC 11.3/23 Fish Hawk CBS 7.3/15 10. Who's the Boss ABC 16.9/32 32. 227 NBC 11.2/25 Columbus, pt. 2 CBS 7.2/13 11. Golden Girls NBC 15.8/32 33. G. Brown & Midnite BrewsterNBC 11.3/23 Columbus, pt. 1 CBS 6.8/13 12. He's Fired, She's Hired CBS 15.7/28 34. Hotel ABC 11.0/21 Rowdies ABC 6.7/13 13. You Again NBC 15.4/27 35. Mr. Belvedere ABC 10.9/23 Silver Spoons NBC 6.5/15 14. Perfect Strangers ABC 15.3/29 36. Hunter NBC 10.9/19 Amazons ABC 6.4/13 15. Gimme A Break NBC 14.4/26 37. MacGyver ABC 10.8/19 Benson ABC 62/14 16. 20/20 ABC 142127 38. Webster ABC 10.6/23 Ripley's Believe It or Not ABC 5.8/11 17. Moonlighting ABC 14.2/25 39. Mr. Sunshine ABC 10.5/20 Melba CBS 5.4/13 18. Cagney & Lacey CBS 14.1/26 40. Facts of Life NBC 10.1/2,4 'l'he Colbys ABC 5.4/10 19. Elephant Man NBC 13.3/24 41. Magnum Pl. CBS 10.1/18 Dift'rent Strokes ABC 5.0/12 20. Hill Street Blues NBC 13.2/25 42. 1986 NBC 10.0/19 21. Valerie NBC 12.9/26 43. Monday Night Baseb ABC 9.6/18 22. Highway w Heaven NBC 12.9/25 44. Knight Rider NBC 9.1/19 'indicates premiere episode

The second prime time edition of NBC -TV's Today is scheduled for will star as Jenny Lind in the Robert Halmi production. Thursday, Sept. 11, at 10 -11 p.m. Today at Night will be broadcast live A professional's guide to the intermedia week (Aug. 18-24) from the back lot of Universal Studios in Los Angeles for the show's (original episode features Nation- examination of the past, present and future of television. Anchor Bryant Network television ABC: Webster "), Wednesday, 8:30 -9 Gumbel and weatherman Willard Scott will be on location; news an- al Crime Prevention Council mascot, "McGruff Cowboys host Pittsburgh Steelers. chor John Palmer and critic Gene Shalit will be in New York. NBC's p.m. NFL pre- season game, Dallas to ABC's Wide World Sports, (live broad- Search for Tomorrow celebrates its 35th anniversary on Sept. 3. For Friday, 8 p.m. conclusion. of 4- the week preceding the anniversary, a series of one- minute spots will cast of 1986 Little League Baseball World Championship), Saturday, TV premiere in CBS special air at the end of each episode featuring a celebrity from the show's 6 p.m. CBS: Sophie's Choice, (network Wednesday, 8 -11 p.m. NBC: ABC's Monday past, including Don Knotts, Ken Kercheval, Joel Higgins, Robert Man- movie presentation), vs. L.A. Dodgers, at Dodger stadium, dan and Hal Linden. The programs Sept. 3 broadcast will be a retro- Night Baseball, New York Mets The Wilder- spective, focusing on Mary Stuart, who has been with the show since Monday, 8 p.m. to conclusion. PBS: Winston Churchill: the first episode, and Larry Haines, who joined several months later. ness Years, (first of eight installments on Masterpiece Theatre), Sun- day, 9 p.m. Gordon Liddy will return to Miami Vice in a new episode currently in o production for NBC. The convicted Watergate conspirator will again Network radio CBS: In Touch/ West 57th-(Jane Wallace covers play the part of Colonel Maynard, a "diabolical" former military officer. the dangers of synthetic drugs, Bob Sirott examines sport parachut- This time Maynard's paramilitary troops will be "wreaking havoc" in Ferrugia reports on a team of surgeons who go airborne Nicaragua. ing, and John to help patients in Third World countries.), Friday, 30 minutes (check o local listings). Newsmark -"The Cost of Equality" (correspondent Daytime serial actor Peter Simon is returning to his role as Dr. Ed Bauer Judy Muller looks at the gains and losses made by women over the last on CBS's The Guilding Light after a two -year absence. Simon, who 20 years), Friday, 2:30 -3 p.m. first joined the program in 1981, returns today (Aug. 18). o Museum of Broadcasting (1 East 53d Street, New York) The Cage In production: Filming began today (Aug. 18) in Paris on Murder on original 1964 pilot for Star Trek, through Sept. 18. Also: Rocky and the Rue Morgue. George C. Scott will star in this production for Robert Bullwinkle and Friends: A Tribute to Jay Ward, featuring all 40 Halmi. The classic mystery tale will be broadcast as a CBS Movie of installments of "Jet Fuel Formula," the first Rocky and Bullwinkle epic, the Week. Barnum will star Burt Lancaster in this CBS biography of .through Sept. 18. Vision of Ernie Kovacs, exhibit featuring screenings Phineas T. Barnum currently shooting in Montreal. Hanna Schygulla of 50 comedy programs, through Sept. 4. Information: (212) 752-7684.

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 60 OlaDiellZNMarket Market Market Closing Closing Capitali- Closing Closing Capitali- Wed Wed Net Percent PIE :arion Wed Wed Net Percent PIE zation Aug 13 Aug 6 Change Change Ratio (000,0001 Aug /3 Aug 6 Change Change Ratio (000.000) BROADCASTING PROGRAMING

N Capital Cities/ABC 257 1/4 246 1 2 10 3/4 436 29 4.125 N United Artists 12 78 '2 18 657 N CBS 137 133 5/8 3 3/8 N 1 2.52 26 3.212 Warner Communications . 48 2 46 1.8 2 38 5 14 16 2.992 O Clear Channel 14 14 1/2 12 3.57 21 42 O Westwood One 32 58 30 1/4 23/8 785 50 266 O Infinity Broadcasting , 12 12 63 125 O Jacor Commun 7 5/8 7 3/4 - 1/8 - 1.61 43 O LIN 54 50 38 3 58 7.19 41 1.429 SERVICE O Mainte 12 3/4 13 1/4 - 1/2 - 3.77 15 106 O Ally 8 0 Malrate 'A' 12 7/8 13 - 1/8 - 0.96 18 54 Gargano 11 3/4 11 7/8 - 1/8 - 1.05 10 26 A O BBDO Inc. 25 1/2 Price Commun. 12 3/4 11 3/8 1 3/8 12.08 125 26 - 1/2 - 1.92 16 328 O Scripps Howard 80 80 29 826 O Burnup & Sims 3 7/8 4 1/8 - 1/4 - 6.06 193 34 O Compact O SunGroup Inc 3 1/4 3 1/4 32 5 Video 6 5 1/2 1/2 9.09 60 25 N N Comsat 33 1/4 1/4 1 Taft 115 1/2 113 3/4 1 3.4 1.53 54 1,046 32 3.10 602 O Doyle O TVx Broadcast Group 10 1/4 10 1/4 42 60 Dane B 20 3/8 21 1/4 - 7/8 - 4.11 18 116 N Foote & B. O United Television 33 1/2 31 318 2 118 6.77 31 366 Cone 54 1/4 53 5/8 5/8 1.16 13 206 O Grey Advertising 102 99 BROADCASTING WITH OTHER MAJOR INTERESTS 3 3.03 13 123 N Interpublic Group 26 5/8 25 1/8 1 1/2 5.97 15 580 N A.H. Belo 55 5/8 54 1/4 1 N 3/8 2.53 28 643 JWT Group 30 1/2 32 1/8 - 1 5/8 - 5.05 13 276 A Adams Russell 20 19 1/8 7/8 4.57 12 124 A Movielab 6 3/4 6 3/8 3/8 5.88 11 A Affiliated Pubs 63 58 5/8 4 3/8 7.46 36 1,112 O Ogilvy Group 28 3/4 28 3/4 2.67 13 393 O American . . Comm. & TV 1/8 5/32 - 1/32 -20.00 9 O Saatchi & Saatchi 32 3/8 28 5/8 3 3/4 13.10 15 1.674 N American Family 34 3/8 31 1/2 2 7/8 9.12 23 1,374 0 Telemation 10 10 3/8 - 3/8 - 3.61 10 11 O Assoc. Commun. 27 26 3/4 1/4 93 257 A TEMPO Enterprises . 12 3/8 13 - 5/8 - 4.80 31 71 O Business Men's . . Assur. 27 26 3/4 1/4 .93 16 285 A Unitel Video 10 5/8 10 3/8 1/4 2.40 23 N Chris -Craft 68 1/4 65 3 1/4 5.00 30 446 N Dun 6 Bradstreet 112 1/4 107 5 1/4 4.90 27 8.533 O Durham Corp. 44 12 44 1/2 1.13 11 253 CABLE N Gannett Co. 79 1/8 76 1/2 2 5/8 3.43 24 6,353 A Acton Corp. 1 7/8 1 7/8 N GenCorp 70 12 66 1/4 4 1/4 6.41 16 1,575 -1 11 N A Cablevision Sys. 'A' . 19 12 18 1/2 1 5.40 -6 409 General Cinema 46 47 3/4 - 1 3/4 - 166 19 1.674 O Cardin Commun 115/16 1 7/8 1/16 5 4 O Gray Commun. 143 143 24 71 3.33 N N Centel Corp 59 5/8 57 7/8 1 3/4 3.02 12 1.649 Jefferson-Pilot 36 1/4 35 1 1/4 3.57 12 1,516 O Century Commun 13 1/4 13 1/4 N John Blair 28 28 3/8 - 3/8 - 1.32 226 1.92 265 256 O Comcast 27 1/4 24 7/8 O Josephson Intl. 10 1/2 10 1/2 5.00 49 2 3/8 9.54 36 580 N Knight N Heritage Commun. 24 22 1/2 1 1/2 666 55 417 -Ridder 50 3/4 48 7/8 1 7/8 3.83 22 2.849 N O Jones Intercable 14 3/8 13 1/4 1 1/8 8.49 35 186 Lee Enterprises 26 1/8 25 1/4 763 3.46 21 661 N Liberty T Maclean Hunter 'X' 19 18 3/4 1/4 1.33 26 700 40 3/4 39 1 3/4 4.48 17 411 O Rogers Cable of Amer. 12 7/8 13 1/8 N McGraw -Hill 57 1/8 56 3/8 3/4 1.33 19 2.880 - - 0.96 66 T Rogers Cable Systems 18 7/8 17 1 7/8 11.02 A Media General 91 7/8 89 1/4 2 5/8 2.94 19 646 442 O TCA Cable TV 20 3/4 N Meredith Corp. 73 5/8 69 1/2 4 1/B 5.93 14 697 20 1/2 1/4 1.21 35 223 Tele- O Multimedia 42 1/2 40 1/4 2 1/4 5.59 94 466 O Commun 26 1/2 25 1/4 1 1/4 4.95 203 2.546 N lime Inc 1/8 A New York limes 76 73 7/8 2 1/8 2.87 25 3.074 83 80 3/4 2 3/8 2.94 25 5.218 United O Park Commun. 29 1/4 30 - 3/4 - 2.50 27 403 0 Artists Commun 17 3/4 17 3/4 52 726 N United 1 N Rollins Commun. 39 3/8 39 3/8 43 575 Cable TV 26 5/8 25 5/8 6.50 66 618 N Viacom 28 1/2 1/8 1 T Selkirk 24 3/8 24 1/4 1/8 .51 52 197 27 3/8 5.06 27 976 N Western O Stauffer Commun 140 140 23 140 Union 3 7/8 3 7/8 94 A Tech Ops Inc. 25 1/2 27 5/8 - 2 1/8 - 7.69 4 55 N Times Mirror 68 I/8 65 3 1/8 4.80 20 4,391 O TM Communications 2 7/8 2 3/4 1/8 4.54 287 21 ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING O TPC Commun 3/8 3/8 4 N 3M 112 N Tribune 66 1/2 67 3/8 - 7/8 - 1.29 21 2.700 109 3/4 2 1/4 2.05 19 12,884 A Turner N Allied -Signal 40 1/2 40 1/2 Bcstg. 18 16 3/8 1 5/8 992 40 392 -11 7,140 A O AM Cable TV 1 1/8 1 5/16 3/16 14.28 Washington Post 158 1,2 160 - 1 1/2 - 093 20 2060 - - 4 N Anixter Brothers 10 3/4 10 1/4 1/2 4.87 19 PROGRAMING 391 N Arvin Industries 29 1/4 26 3/8 2 7/8 10.90 12 472 O Birdview Satellite 1/2 1/2 All American TV 8 3/4 9 1/2 - 3/4 - 7.89 -1 4 O C -Cor Electronics 5 3/4 5 3/4 -3 17 American Nat. Ent 2 7/16 2 3/16 1/4 11.42 12 5 O Cable TV Indus 2 1/2 2 1/2 -12 Barris Indus 20 1/8 20 5/8 - 1/2 - 2.42 33 178 7 A Cetec 6 1/4 6 1/8 1/8 -10 12 Birdlinder Corp 1 1/8 3/4 3/8 50.00 -5 4 2.04 A Chyron 5 1/4 4 7/8 3/8 7.69 25 C.O.M.B. 27 12 22 3/4 4 3/4 20.87 46 317 53 A CMX Corp 1 1/4 1 1/8 1/8 11.11 Coca -Cola 39 3/4 38 1/8 1 5/8 4.26 21 15.342 6 A Cohu 6 3/8 5 7/8 1/2 Disney 47 3/4 45 1/8 2 5/8 5.81 33 6,177 8.51 13 11 N Conrac 15 1/4 14 1/2 3/4 13 Dow Jones & Co. 33 5/8 34 1/8 - 1/2 - 1.46 23 3253 5.17 101 N Eastman Kodak 56 7/8 55 1/4 1 5/8 Financial News 13 3/8 12 7/8 12 3.88 167 144 2.94 48 12,848 O Elec Mis & Comm. 2 1/2 3 - 1/2 1666 10 Four Star 4 1/2 4 1/2 4 3 - N Gen. Instrument 20 1/2 19 5/8 7/8 4.45 Fries Entertain. 6 3/8 6 3/8 12 33 664 N General Electric 76 7/8 73 1/2 Gull + Western 65 1/4 63 2 1/4 3.57 19 4,034 3 3/8 4.59 14 35,053 O Geotel Inc 2 1/8 2 Hal Roach 13 1/2 12 3/4 3/4 5.88 75 1/8 6.25 8 7 N Harris Corp. 27 7/8 27 3/4 1/8 Heritage Entertain. 9 3/8 9 1/2 - 1/8 - 1.31 10 26 .45 19 1,121 N M,A Com, Inc. 14 3/4 16 1/8 - 1 3/8 - 8.52 King World 44 1/4 43 1 1/4 2.90 27 453 642 O Microdyne 4 4 Laurel Entertainment 6 5/8 6 1/8 1/2 8.16 25 16 36 18 N Motorola 38 7/8 37 1 Lorimar- Telepictures 25 1/8 22 7/8 2 1/4 9.83 25 852 7/8 5.06 61 4,964 N N.A. Philips 39 3/4 36 1/8 3 5/8 10.03 16 MCA 45 44 1/4 3/4 1.69 20 3.513 1,150 N Oak Industries 1 15/16 1 /16 6.66 New World Pictures 14 1/4 13 3/4 1/2 3.63 27 151 33 A Pico Products 2 1/4 2 1/8 1/8 Orion Pictures 14 3/4 12 5/8 2 1/8 16.83 140 5.88 7 Peregrine N Sci- Atlanta 8 5/8 8 5/8 15 202 Entertain 17 7/8 16 1/2 1 3/8 8.33 32 N Sony Corp 18 5/8 19 - 3/8 1.97 11 Playboy Ent 6 7/8 6 3/4 1/8 1.85 64 - 4.305 N Tektronix 58 7/8 55 3/4 1/8 19 Reeves Commun. 9 5/8 8 3/4 7/8 10.00 120 3 5.60 1,151 N Varian Assoc. 26 1/8 25 1/8 1 3.98 37 Republic Pictures 'A' . . . 13 5/8 13 1/4 3/8 2.83 97 39 556 N Westinghouse 57 54 3/8 2 5/8 4.82 15 Republic Pictures 'B' , , 13 1/4 13 1/4 1.92 94 10 8,757 N Zenith 24 1/4 23 1/8 1 1/8 Robert Halmi 4 4 36 75 4.86 560 Sat. Music Net. 9 3/6 8 3/4 5/8 7.14 63 Standard & Poor's400 . . . 271.29 261.79 9.50 3.62

Toronto, A- American, N -N.Y., Bid 0 -OTC. prices and common A stock used unless for the previous 12 months as published by Standard 8 Poor's or as obtained by noted. therwise "O" in P/E ratio is deficit. P/E ratios are based on earnings per share BROAOCASTiNGS own research.

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Emmis closes on Doubleday ceable' top 40 sound," he said. "It's a coali- share in the spring report-up from 2.2 in tion format appealing to white, black and the winter book. Emmis Broadcasting closed on its $53.5- Hispanic listeners." The station's playlist At WAVA, which consistently does well in million deal for Doubleday Broadcasting's will contain songs from rhythm and blues the ratings, Alan Goodman remains as sta- WAVA(FM) Washington and WHN(AM)- WAPP(FM) and top 40 music charts. tion vice president and general manager New York (BROADCASTING, March 3) last Meanwhile, programing at both contem- while Gary Rozynek, general sales manager Wednesday (Aug. 13). There are plans to porary hit WAVA and country -formatted wHN at Emmis -owned WENS(FM) Indianapolis, switch the format of rocker wAPP(FM), which will remain intact. Rick Dames, former gen- moves to the new Washington outlet in the has been languishing in the ratings for some eral sales manager for Emmis's KSHE(FM) St. same capacity. time, to an urban/contemporary hit format Louis, has taken over as vice president -gen- under the new call letters, NIGHT. The move, eral manager of wHN, and Stuart Layne, for- City simulcasting which ends weeks of speculation in the mer vice president -general manager of Em- New York radio community, was slated to mis's wLOL(FM) Minneapolis, now holds the Morning radio listeners in Philadelphia and occur Friday (Aug. 15) at 6 p.m. same position at wOHT. Pat McNally, vice New York will have something in common WORT will be modeled after Emmis's president-general manager for wHN/WAPP, beginning today (Aug. 18): Howard Stern. highly successful ia'wR(FM) Los Angeles and Ruth Meyer, station manager, have left The popular personality on Infinity Broad- which finished with a 6.0 12 -plus metro their respective posts. casting's album -rocker wxm n.4) New York share in the spring 1986 Arbitron report. There will be more of an emphasis on re- is now being aired simultaneously over co- "We think there is a void in New York for search and promotion at wt-tN, especially for owned album -rocker WYSP(FM) Philadelphia such a format," said Emmis Broadcasting New York Mets baseball, said Smulyan. (As each weekday from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. ( "In President Jeff Smulyan, who said his com- part of the Doubleday transaction, Emmis Brief," Aug. 11). pany did as many as seven research and has secured wiN's broadcast rights for Mets According to Infinity Broadcasting Presi- market studies of New York radio. "There baseball for another five years beginning dent Mel Karmazin, the move is designed to are a couple of true top 40 stations and true with the 1987 season.) WHN, with its car- make WYSP more competitive in morning urban contemporary stations, but no 'dan- riage of the Mets, scored a 3.0 12-plus metro drive, especially with its main competitor and market leader, WMMR(FM). "The person- alities we wanted ]for WYSP morning drive] were not contractually available, so we de- cided that Howard's kind of show could also work in Philadelphia," Karmazin said. Stern, Sound alike formats, high who is known for his outrageous over -the- air comedic antics, is one of the highest - rated morning personalities in New York, operating costs, expensive talent, particularly among his core audience of 18- to-34 year -old men. fickle audiences, and low bottom "Stern is a unique talent; that is, not unique to New York. Just like Joan Rivers line performance got you and Johnny Carson are not unique to Los Angeles," said Karmazin. "We are providing FRUSTRATED? entertainment ....If it works, we might ex- pand the concept ]of simulcasting Stern's morning show] to other markets." Then, call Bonneville. Our Scruff Connors, currently hosting the morning show for WYSP, Will be shifted to Easy Listening format gives you afternoon drive -time, said station general manager Ken Stevens. the exclusive difference designed Stem's show will have four three -minute breaks per hour allowing WYSP to cut away research sixteen years for commercials and local information. Ad- with and vertising for Stern's show will be handled by each station on a local basis, said Karmazin. of experience to make listeners "We are not combining rates or offering dis- counts." and station owners relax! The signal for The Howard Stern Show is being transmitted from wxRK to WYSP by sat- ellite. ABONNEVILLE No to NPR Noncommercial KLON(FM) Long Beach, Ca- BROADCASTING SYSTEM lif., will drop its National Public Radio affili- ation Oct. 1. It is citing duplication in the 4080 COMMERCIAL AVENUE NORTHBROOK. ILLINOIS 60062 1- 800-631 -1600 market, lack of listener interest and prohibi- tive costs accruing from NPR's new busi- ness plan (BROADCASTING, July 21). (The sta- tion has been receiving only two NPR

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 62 programs-Morning Edition and All Things gan Stanley & Co. and includes as partici- adult hits from the late 1930's until the pie - Considered -but the cost of receiving them pants: Bank of New England, Boston; Fleet sent with an emphasis on the big band would increase to era roughly $195,000 per year National Bank, Providence, R.I.; Union of the 1940's. Smith said KFRC when NPR's will rely most- plan goes into effect, said KLON Trust, Bridgeport, Conn., and CIGNA, Hart- ly on vocal selections of the late 1940's and News Director Michelle Petersen.) A survey ford, Conn. NewCity Communications, 1950's. of the station's listeners showed they don't which plans to make stock available to its KFRC is affiliated with both United Sta- want a news block, KLON so will be piloting 350 employes in the near future, also issued tions Radio Network Two and Mutual new programs to fill the NPR void. subordinated debt through Stanley Morgan. Broadcasting System The station is computerizing its news- The company's headquarters will remain in room and will add two more full -time em- Bridgeport. Computer talk ployes to its nine -person news staff, made up of four full -time and three part -time em- Top 40 requiem A live, one -hour, call -in show about personal ployes and stringers in the state capital and computers, PC RKO's KFRC(AM) San Francisco, one of the Talk Radio, is being syndi- Washington. few remaining major- market cated by Bob Korngold, Scarsdale, N.Y. - The station is also in the AM stations final stages of programing top 40, abandoned the based author and lecturer on computers negotiating a deal with a major private cor- format who last Monday (Aug. 11) for what station vice also serves as the series' host. The pro- poration to help finance a state public radio president and gram, which began locally over WFAS(AM) network in general manager Jim Smith California. (California Governor describes as "classic MOR." The station White Plains, N.Y., a year ago, is transmit- George Deukmejian dismantled California had ted via been programing top 40 for all or part of the satellite (Satcom I -R) to subscribing Public Radio and the California Public day-it ran a six -hour weekday game stations at 9 p.m. NYT Sunday through a Broadcasting in 1983, show Commission cutting block in 1985-since February 1966. leasing arrangement with ABC Radio. The off all state funds to public broadcasting The format switch was due to declining show was launched nationally on July 13 [BROADCASTING, April 29, 19851.) KLON would and now airs 24 ratings of KFRC's contemporary hit radio for- on stations. be responsible for editorial control of the mat, said Smith. "We couldn't stop the new network. It has been aided in raising cume corporate support erosion in spite of a heavy promotion On the market by noncommercial campaign," he said, adding that the Kusc(FM) Los Angeles. station spent roughly $500,000 on its promotional Lake Huron Broadcasting, North Palm New name: NewCity campaign in the spring. (The campaign in- Beach, Fla., has retained a New York invest- cluded television spots, outdoor billboards ment banking firm, Wertheim & Co., to sell The $68.3 -million management buyout of and live remote broadcasts.) the company's three radio properties: KRBE- Katz Broadcasting Co., led by Dick Fergu- The KFRC executive noted that the sta- AM-FM Houston and WOYK -FM Tampa, Fia. son, former president of Katz Broadcasting, tion's core target audience during the past The three are expected to sell for more than was completed last Monday (Aug. 11). The year had been 22- to -40- year -old adults. $50 million group, comprising 11 radio properties and After the game -zone format ended (Novem- the American Comedy Network, syndicator ber 1985), the station's sound was reposi- British export of comedy material to some 150 radio sta- tioned to attract some "upper demogra- tions, has been renamed NewCity Commu- phics" After three years of negotiations, KalaMu- because there are very few teen- sic, nications. The 11 radio properties are: agers listening to the AM band, the Kalamazoo, Mich. -based radio pro- said Smith. gram supplier, WYAY(FM) Gainesville /Atlanta; WZZK -AM -FM "We integrated more oldies into the playlist has reached an agreement with the BBC Birmingham, Ala.; WEZN(FM) Bridgeport, than other contemporary hit radio stations Transcription Service to air Conn.; WDBO(AM) -WWKA(FM) Orlando, Fla.; in the market," he said. But, said Smith, AM WSYR(AM)- WYYY(FM) Syracuse, N.Y.; KWEN(FM) radio in San Francisco "has been attracting Tulsa, Okla.; WFTO(AM) Worcester, Mass., primarily a 45 -plus audience." (In the spring and WAAF(FM) New Class A Worcester /Boston. NewCity 1986 Arbitron report, KFRC had a '1.6 overall plans to sell wFTO. Other principals in the 12 -plus share, down from the winter book Katz buyout include four former Katz execu- when it posted a 1.7.) Winner tives: James T. Morley, senior vice presi- KFRC derives its new sound from artists dent; Michael R. Weinstein, vice president - such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and chief financial operator, and two group vice Nat King Cole. Smith said the station's new presidents, Richard Reis and Bob Longwell, format fills a current programing void in the all of whom will hold similar positions in the market. KLIV(AM), in nearby San Jose, airs new firm. Financing was arranged by Mor- the "Music of Your Life," MOR and coop-

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Broaocast.ng Aug 18 1986 co the BBC's easy listening tapes in the U.S. "We have received a telegram confirming Closing time. John Sebastian, the Scottsdale, Ariz., radio program consultant who cre- our agreement," said Kalamazoo President ated a new format sound three years ago called "eclectic-oriented-rock" (EOR), is closing Stephen C. Trivers. up shop at the end of the month and hopes to return to day -to-day station programing. In addition to providing the music to our EOR, which Sebastian now calls "the New AC," combines soft rock album selections subscribers, KalaMusic will also be the sole with some "lite" jazz or "new age" artists designed for the 25-44-year-old baby -boom resale agent for this material in the U.S. and generation. It currently airs on six stations: KESI(FM) San Antonio, Tex.; WBGK(FM) Milwaukee; we plan to offer it to other syndicators," he KGRQ(FM) Casper, Wyo.; WCLZ(FM) Portland, Me., and KKGR(FM) Anchorage and KRKOFM) said. Fairbanks, both Alaska. "I'm frustrated because the [basic programing] idea is being émulated by other stations around the country, but I can't convince major stations with a lot Further comment of resources to work on launching the format with me," said Sebastian. Sebastian, after a successful stint as program director at album -rocker WCOZ(FM) Boston Andrea Mitchell, NBC News White House (now wzou) in 1980 when the station posted a 12.6 12 -plus metro share, formed a correspondent, has been added to the roster consultancy along with former radio executive Steve Casey. (Casey is now an executive at of regular contributors for NBC Radio Net- MTV and VFI1.) The company, then known as Sebastian, Casey & Associates, had 25 work's three -minute weekday feature, Com- album -oriented -rock client stations. But two years later Sebastian felt so strongly about ment on the News. developing his EOR format that he gave all of his clients five months notice to devote his Other contributors include NBC News full attention to the project. correspondents Tom Brokaw, John Chan- "I need to get back control of my own destiny," said Sebastian. "And I miss the 'hands - cellor, John Palmer, John Dancey and Irving on' operation of a station." R. Levine.

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Hill, networks meet to talk about drug abuse ranking minority member on the Select works are involved in that effort along with Although groups represented at Committee members other factions of the advertising industry meeting feel they have already Committee, and Select Frank (D -N.J), Duncan Hunter (R- (BROADCASTING, July 14). To help get their done much to fight problem, Guarini Calif.), and Lawrence Coughlin (R-Pa.), message across, both CBS and NBC distrib- they all agree to do more and Subcommittee on Crime members Dan- uted packages outlining some of the anti- The broadcast and advertising industries iel Lungren (R- Calif.), E. Clay Shaw (R- drug -abuse activities they have sponsored. reaffirmed their commitment to fight drug Fla.), and Lawrence Smith (D- Fla.). Among some of the newer initiatives un- abuse at a meeting with House leaders last The tenor of the gathering was described der way, Capcities/ABC is producing six30- week. Network representatives as well as as "very pleasant." The broadcasters say second drug abuse spots featuring the stars officials from the National Association of they are already doing their part to educate of several ABC series: Bruce Willis of Moon- Broadcasters, the American Association of the public on the seriousness of drug abuse, lighting, Tony Danza of Who's the Boss and Advertising Agencies, Turner Broadcasting and they stated that view again. The net- Susan Lucci of All My Children. CBS will System and the Motion Picture Association works were represented by Robert Hynes, air a prime time special in September on the of America joined key congressmen at a NBC Washington vice president; Eugene subject. (Originally the program was sched- Capitol Hill luncheon' to disscuss the lower Cowen, Capital Cities/ABC Washington uled as the network's "School Break Spe- chamber's call for a national antidrug cam- vice president, and Robert McConnell, CBS cial.") CBS plans to produce several PSA's paign on television. Washington vice president. Also attending featuring stars from CBS programs. The net- Two weeks ago, more than 300 congress- the meeting were John Summers, NAB sen- work reported it has donated $200 million in men wrote ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN urg- ior executive vice president for government advertising time for public service an- ing them to launch an "unprecedented" pub- relations; Linda Maher, TBS director of con- nouncements on substance abuse. lic service campaign to "combat the growing gressional relations; the AAAAs John All reports indicated that the members tragedy of drug abuse." The House is pre- O'Toole, and John Giles, MPAA's vice presi- were pleased with what they heard and that a paring a comprehensive legislative package dent for congressional relations. second meeting might follow. Still, one to fight drug abuse, and the media campaign Details of what the various industries have source noted that while the congressmen are would be considered a complement to its bi- done to fight drug abuse as well as future impressed by the broadcasting industry's partisan initiative. As part of the package, proposals were presented. The overall mes- campaign to inform the public about the dan- the House Energy and Commerce Commit- sage from the industries, said one partici- gers of drinking and driving, they want to tee adopted legislation that would establish a pant, was: "We have been doing things and make sure the same "money and time" will media advisory board to work with the gov- we'll do more." It also seems likely that the be devoted to the issue of drug abuse. More- ernment in implementing antidrug -abuse NAB, which has acted as the umbrella orga- over, the lawmakers are said to be asking for campaigns to educate the public (BROAD- nization in the broadcasting industry's cam- specific figures from the networks on the CASTING, Aug. 11). paign against alcohol abuse, would launch a time and money spent on the productions Presiding over the luncheon was House similar effort on drug abuse. NAB is con- and public service announcements on drug Majority Leader Jim Wright (D -Tex.) and ducting a new public service campaign abuse that have already aired. And some Minority Leader Robert Michel (R- III.). aimed at combating alcohol and drug abuse members have stated an interest in seeing Also attending were: Representatives on the job. The campaign, called "Project more graphic depictions of the dangers of Charles Schumer (D-N. Y.) and Lynn Martin Workplace," is a joint effort with the U.S. illegal drug use. (R- III.), the letter's co- authors; House Ener- Chamber of Commerce, AFL -CIO, Depart- In related action, the Entertainment In- gy and Commerce Committee Chairman ment of Health and Human Services and the dustries Council sent a letter to President John Dingell (D- Mich.); Richard Gephardt Broadcasting Industry Council to Improve Reagan outlining its plans to become part of (D -Mo.), chairman of the Democratic Cau- American Productivity. the "national crusade against drugs." The cus; Charles Rangel (D- N.Y.), chairman of Also in the works is the Media- Advertis- letter cites four areas of concern on which the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse ing Partnership for Drug -Free America, a the council will focus: "creating a drug -free and Control; Benjamin A. Gilman (R- N.Y.), project coordinated by the AAAA. The net- workplace; creating drug -free schools; en-

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 fid abling the treatment of drug abusers, and expand public awareness." The council's let- As TV goes international, can advertising be far behind? The growth of global advertis- ter was in response to Reagan's remarks ing, viewed as a major financial force behind the expansion of international television, has about the glamorization of drugs and alcohol also been cited as one reason for mergers that have created billion -dollar, worldwide on movies and television. advertising agencies. These mergers and their connection to global advertising were the subject of a recent episode of Adam Smith's Money World, a half -hour weekly business program carried by about 200 public television stations. The report, "Going Global-The Ad Business " produced at wNEr(rv) New York, ex- World TV market: plored the potential benefits and drawbacks of the international advertising conglomer- ates, using as a primary example Saatchi & Saatchi, which has become the world's largest a promising but agency through a series of mergers climaxing last May with the $400- million purchase of The Ted Bates Agency. unpredictable The push for larger and larger agencies, according to Smith, is a result of growth in worldwide marketing. "As clients become bigger, they need agencies that can represent future them around the world," he said. As an example of a successful international campaign, he cited a series of ads produced for Coca -Cola by McCann -Erickson. The U.S. version NAB tutorial on international showed former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle, (Mean) Joe Green, flipping his jersey broadcasting discusses opportunities to a young fan, and the identical concept was used for the Coke campaign in countries in programing and marketing such as Argentina, Thailand and Brazil by substituting prominant sports figures from each of those nations. Television may be developing into a global Robert James, chairman of McCann -Erickson lbrldwide, who was interviewed on the medium with broadened opportunities for Smith program, explained his company's interest in the global approach: "It is a shrinking international program sales and commercial world, and we tend to have [similar] attitudes about products, and therefore we can be marketing, but those venturing into the po- approached the same way And you can sell ...the same shirts all around the world, the tentially lucrative world airwaves may find same shoes, the same toothpaste and the same soft drink. Those are the things that we all themselves burdened by regulatory uncer- have in common and, sure as rain, they're growing, there's more of them. So there's going tainties, with profits in the embryonic enter- to be more global advertising as well." prises a decade or more away, according to panelists at a National Association of Broad- Keegan suggested. Substantial market dif- exposure to American television was unreal- casters forum in Washington. ferences, historical factors and national con- istic. "I don't think a healthy culture can be The NAB's first tutorial on the topic, ac- trols and barriers to entry can stymie interna- wiped out by Leave it to Beaver or Kojak," cording to Eddie Fritts, association presi- tional strategies, as can internal problems he said. dent, who welcomed the some 40 in atten- such as organizational adjustments, he ex- Speaking from personal experience on the dance, featured speakers including John plained. difficulties of developing an international Eger, formerly of CBS Worldwide Enter- Eger also pointed to potential roadblocks, television medium was Koltai, who re- prises, marketing consultant Warren Keegan including copyright laws and import quotas, viewed his former presidency of Coronet, a and Kenji Kitatani of Indiana University, but argued that some nations' fear of being $200- million Luxembourg DBS project. Es- who each advised the group on the expand- homogenized, or "Coca -Colaized," by over- tablished in mid -1984 and planned as the ing opportunities in the global market. More cautionary words on entering the field came from Council on Foreign Relations Fellow Steven Koltai, who at one time headed a project for European direct broadcast satel- lite broadcasting. Opening the session, Eger commented: "The business we're in of commercial broadcasting is no longer a local, regional or national business. It is a global business. Production, distribution and those who sup- port it [advertisers) are global." Soon to leave his post at CBS to form a New York -based international communica- tions consulting firm, Global Media Group, Eger described himself as a "zealous believ- er" in global marketing and touted the trend as potentially providing consumers with more product information through competi- tive commercials, increasing funds available for growth of news services, helping develop "world class" programing and stimulating "interdependent" national economies. Consultant Keegan, professor at Pace University and director of its Center for In- ternational Business, also made note of the push toward the globalization markets of Stand of appreciation. Thirteen hundred citizens of Greenville -Spartanburg, S.C., turned during his brief presentation, which he in out Aug. 2 to record their thanks to the people around the country who furnished their identified several of the driving forces in the farmers with hay during the recent drought. WSPA -TV and wESC -AM -FM Greenville- Spartan- transformation. These include a basic com- burg, S.C., organized the filming of a music video and commissioned a local country music monality of needs which marketeers can use group, Dixiana, to write a new song, "Spirit of the Land." A helicopter was used to videotape to cross national boundaries with their pro- aerial shots of the residents singing the song, and those shots were edited in with scenes of ducts, cost savings in product research and area farmers. The project was completed in only two weeks, with a local recording studio, development gained by access to the larger Sandcastle, contributing studio time. The music video debuted Aug. 11 on wsPA-TV's evening number of markets and the cross -cultural na- news, and was simulcast on WESC- AM -FM. The recording session was also covered by the CBS ture of advancing technology. Evening News and CNN. The music video will soon be made available to stations across the But restraining forces are also at work and country. cannot be ignored by those going global

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 ec first private pan- European TV satellite, with of competition for audience and advertising gramers could supply. its 16 transponders leased to European dollars. It is fear motivating the govern- For U.S. television interests, including in- broadcast companies to transmit their pro- ments to open up. And because they have no dividual stations, wishing to test the interna- grams nationally and regionally over 85% of money to fund growth, they are increasingly tional markets before putting down major Europe, Coronet became mired in a series of turning to commercial, ad- supported TV." stakes, Kitatani also suggested the possibil- complex political battles, as well as com- Other markets may present fertile ground ity of establishing sister-city, sister-station mercial struggles with competing French for U.S. entrepeneurs as well, according to relationships that could finance the ex- DBS satellites, according to Koltai. Kenji Kitatani, associate director, interna- change of programs. The Coronet project was later national- tional programs, Telecommunications Man- ized by the Luxembourg government, which agement Institute, Indiana University. The is continuing to develop it along similar lines majority of Asian nations, for instance, are Reorganization and hopes to launch the satellite in 1987, likely to deregulate TV services and satellite depending on the resolution of space launch- channels, Kitatani said. of N.J. public ing difficulties of Arianespace ( "Satellite Even socialist nations in the region would Footprints," July 28). be willing to accept barter arrangements, One lesson gained from the Coronet ex- and in an example pointed to earlier in the broadcasting perience, said the former Salomon Brothers meeting by Eger, CBS has been quite suc- vice president, is that `opportunities are real cessful in its agreement with China to supply proposed from an investment -business perspective. an hour each week of prime time programing Suggestion to be considered by You can argue about forecasts, but there is no annually, as well as one special a month, all state Senate aims to give question it is a significant new business." A paid for by sponsors advertising at the begin- new entity more independence cautionary word from Koltai, however: ning and end of each program. "The future is still very unclear. It's clear that Presenting a particularly attractive oppor- The New Jersey Senate Legislative Over- between now and the year 2000 we will have tunity in Asia is Japan, with its $7- billion sight Committee has sent a bill to the Senate x number of channels and x number of dol- commercial media market already the recommending the dissolution of the New lars from revenue. But how it will be struc- world's second largest, Kitatani said. The Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority, estab- tured and who can participate is very un- growth of satellite services there, for in- lished in 1969, and its reconstitution as the clear." stance, is expected to be financed by Japa- New Jersey Public Broadcasting Corp., an Concurring was Keegan, who said the nese nonbroadcasters looking for adequate organization that would be more indepen- consensus of experts he had encountered supplies of quality TV shows that U.S. pro- dent of the state government. The move was that in a five -year time frame, investors looking at global markets "might as well pan for gold." He added: "There is money to be TM@ made 10 or 20 years from now. We're at the edge of something, but the uncertainty is Price production. Price Communications (ASE: PR) purchased 56% of stock of very, very real." Telemation for $6.5 million. Price, New York -based group owner and publisher, said that One of the strongest possibilities for U.S. selling Telemation shareholders included founding directors and officers. An additional companies in the rapidly developing Euro- 9% of company will be purchased and offer other shareholders pean media scene may be in programing, opportunity to sell for "...at least $10 per share in cash," or perhaps will allow them to argued Eger, who cited projections that if all continue to hold stock in what would continue to be separate publicly traded company. potential satellite channels were fully uti- Selling stockholders include Kearns -Tribune Publishing Co. and group owner and lized, Europeans would need as much as publisher Standard Communications. Price said that selling shareholders will "take all 200,000 to 500,000 hours of programing an- actions that may be necessary for Price to replace the current board of directors of nually, 400% more than the U.S. currently Telemation with Price designees." Telemation is Salt Lake City-based video production, produces for its own market. An expanding post- production and duplication company that is also involved in "interactive video disk European television industry would present programing." Company had 1985 revenue of $12.5 million and net income of $713,000. additional markets to help recapture U.S. Chairman of board was George C. Hatch, group owner and publisher. Price president, programing costs, which Eger described as Robert Price, said, "lt is our intention to assist Telemation in expanding beyond its present "going off the map...Costs can't be recov- locations in Chicago, Phoenix, Seattle and Denver and to assist it in raising public ered with one run, maybe not even with two and /or private funds for expansion and growth in all market areas." runs." O As an example of the potential for new television services and program outlets in Borrowing time. Comcast recently sold $110 million of 113% senior subordinated fiifzd with and Europe, Eger pointed to the relative success debentures due 2006. Bala Cynwyd, Pa-based MSO has also -Securities of Rupert Murdoch's Sky Channel, beamed Exchange Commission to offer three million shares of class A common stock, and $75 1, Proceeds. would be by satellite into as many as seven million million in convertible debentures due Aug. 2011. company said, cabled European homes. According to re- used to help pay for Comcast's share of recently completed Group W cable acquisition. group cent AGB and Nielsen research, Eger said, Tempo Enterprises said it arranged for $33 million revolving credit line with of replaced $13 million of debt, chiefly Sky Channel is now watched by more 18 -to- banks led by Chemical Bank. New arrangement system purchases. Tulsa, Okla. -based Tempo said additional 39- year-olds than any other European over- incurred through cable $335 the -air channel, except in West Germany. available funds would be used to buy additional systems. All but $20 million of were Data Corp. to Helping to finance this growth in the Eu- million in net proceeds from public debt offering used by Control ropean program market would be global retire bank debt. In June, Minneapolis-based computer company and parent of Arbitron marketers, Eger added. Television ad expen- Ratings reached agreement with bank consortium requiring repayment of bank debt certain ditures, now approximately $5 billion a year before end of year. Arbitron continues to remain "pledged as collateral for MCA has filed shelf in Western Europe, are estimated by adver- contingent obligations and public debt," company said. tising agency McCann- Erickson to be head- registration with Securities and Exchange Commission for "a proposed public offering -term notes from nine months to 15 ed for as much as a 100% increase to $10 from time to time of up to $250 million of medium billion by the end of the decade, he said. years from date of issue." Company said any potential offering, through Salomon Brothers, help finance purchase of Change in Europe's state-dominated TV would be used for general corporate purposes or to proposed industry is not coming easily, however, Eger won -Tv Secaucus, N.J. pointed out. Developments, such as Sky Channel and the possibility of other pan- For naught Securities and Exchange Commission said four individuals who profitted on European satellite TV services have "shaken trading of RCA stock and options just prior to announced merger with General Electric Europe more than anything else... [European last December, have agreed to pay fines and repay profits. Fines alone reportedly totaled nations are] scared out of their wits because

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 RA would affect the state's $2.1 million, largest ever in civil insider trading case. One of those reported as having noncommercial televi- sion system. the New Jersey which reached agreement with SEC, without having either admitted or denied charges of Network, operates stations on channels 23. 50. wrongdoing, was former analyst at Lazard Freres, New York -based investment banking 52 and 58. It also would serve as the first test the firm which helped negotiate transaction. In three days preceding announcement of of "Principles of Editorial Integrity in Public merger on Dec. 11, RCA stock rose 16 points, to 631/2, before excess of buy order's Broadcasting," a code caused New York Stock Exchange to halt trading. developed in 1985 by public broadcasting chief executive officers O and board chairmen from 25 states, endorsed Titles and terminations. Shareholders of Western -Vbrld Television have voted to rename by PBS and NAPTS and adopted by more than company WesternWorld- Samuel Communications. Change. company said, is to "reflect a one -third of the U.S. public TV stations. July 18 merger between Western -World Television and Samuel Broadcasting Corp." Momentum for reorganization of the au- Ogilvy & Mather said New York -based subsidiary unit, Ogilvy & Mather Partners, will be thority began building in mid -December consolidated into co- located main office. Some employes in Partners unit will be 1985, when the agency's executive director, "terminated" as result of consolidation. Spun off in 1977. Partners unit had grown to Hendrix Niemann, announced his resigna- approximately $70 million in billings, but company said reconsolidation would "reduce the tion. (Niemann and the other two directors expense of operating two agencies in New York." Needham Harper Worldwide who had served since 1969 had all been in- shareholders last week approved plan to merge agency with BBDO International. and volved in a controversy over whether poli- Doyle Dane Bernbach Group. Shareholders of latter two agencies are scheduled to vote tics were interfering with the running of the Aug. 28 on proposed merger. organization.) Public attention was focused on the agency, and a legislative committee Stock split. Home Shopping Network announced record date of Aug. 22, for proposed comprising five New Jersey state senators - three- for -one stock split payable Sept. 5. Directors of King World Productions Gerald Stockman (D), Christopher Jackman approved three -for -one stock split in form of 200% stock dividend, subject to increase in ( D). Wynona Lipman (D). S. Thomas Gag- number of authorized shares. Special shareholders meeting set for Aug. 25 will decide liano (R) and Lee Laskin (R) -began study- on authorization. ing the authority's role in January. holding four public hearings between January and March. The committee attempted to Joint video venture. Production and distribution agreement, creating Grolier Home answer three questions: "Is there a continued need Video, was announced by Robert Halmi, Hal Roach Studios and Grolier Inc. Letter of for state -funded television coverage New intent calls for material from Grolier library to serve as basis for programing to be of Jersey news and public affairs ?" Is the au- produced by Robert Halmi and to be distributed initially through direct marketing. Roach thority structured to operate a would have rights for "nondirect marketing distribution," including broadcast and cable TV network under recognized standards of journalistic syndication and sale to home video retailers. Announcement also said, "lt is anticipated independence and editorial that Grolier will distribute the Roach catalogue of video titles." integrity? Can measures be taken to provide the authority with protection against interference from Borrowing and lending. Tribune Co. has offered $100 million of notes due July 1. 1996. public officials. Notes were priced at 99.155% of par to yield 8.125 %. Company said proceeds would be The committee determined that New Jer- used to reduce short-term debt and for general corporate purposes. Time Inc. said it sey needs a state broadcasting entity that sold 2.4- million -share holding in Temple- Inland, forest product company, at $45% per "identifies service to the citizens of New Jer- share. Allied -Signal Chairman Edward Hennessy Jr. said company would probably sey as its primary mission."' rather than plac- announce plans to reduce 176.1 million shares outstanding by between 15% to 25 %. ing an emphasis on the affairs of New York Among possible strategies reportedly being considered by parent company of or Philadelphia. Currently, the committee broadcast equipment supplier, Ampex Corp., are long -term stock buyback or debt -for- said, among "all television outlets with a equity swap. Hennessy reportedly did not rule out sale of some operations to finance broadcast presence in New Jersey, only the stock reduction. Public Broadcasting Authority is devoted to meeting those needs." (When the FCC set up its table of allocations, it assigned commer- Caution flag. California Amplifier said it received qualified opinion from auditors, Arthur cial VHF stations to New York and Philadel- Andersen & Co. Firm's report noted that company had negative working capital of $3.5 phia rather than New Jersey. Today, New million for year ending Feb. 28 and questioned whether it could continue as "going Jersey residents constitute between one - concern." Until March, California Amplifier manufactured equipment used in home quarter and one -third of those stations' audi- satellite receivers, but discontinued line because of recent problems in business ences, the committee said. But New York (BROADCASTING, April 21). Camarillo, Calif. -based company, which several months ago stations broadcasting to New Jersey devote reached stand -still agreement with creditors, continues to make equipment for only 1%-2% of their local news time to sto- commercial and military markets. ries about New Jersey, while Philadelphia O stations devote 6% -7 %, according to testi- Supply -side reduction. Varian Associates said it began implementing cost -reduction mony by Dr. Roger N. Johnson, professor of measures, including cutting 5% of 13,000- employe work force, and reducing psychology, Center for Public Policy Re- compensation of top eight company officials by 10 %. Palo Alto, Calif. -based electronics search. Ramapo College, Mahwah. N.J. equipment manufacturer said moves, which also include limits on employe overtime and The committee noted that the commercial restructuring of some operations, would save $20 million to $30 million annually Among woR -TV on channel 9 had been moved from Varian products are microwave amplifiers and conductors, signal filters, high -power New York to Secaucus, N.J., but said that it transmitters and electron tubes. Company had sales of $972 million for fiscal year still broadcasts from a New York tower and ending last September. programs for a superstation audience.) Because it found no evidence that a non- profit organization would be willing to oper- Hardware and software. Dun & Bradstreet has acquired Market Data Retrieval, Shelton, ate the authority. the committee concluded Conn. -based database covering educational institutions, educators and business that the government should continue in that executives. Terms of'purchase were not disclosed: Market Data had 1985 revenue of role. But there are "obvious tensions and $22 million. Tribune Co. has signed definitive agreement to purchase, for $200 million, dangers inherent in the establishment of a The Daily Press Inc.. which publishes Newport News, Va., Daily Press and Times - government service for the provision of Herald and owns co- located cable system serving 38,000 subscribers, and cable system news and public affairs and the discussion of in Danville, Va., serving 22,000 subscribers. Chicago -based Tribune, which recently sold public issues," the committee said, among off its cable holdings, has indicated it will sell to -be- acquired systems. Disputes between them that news can become propaganda, that two founding families of The Daily Press Inc. led to sale of company (BROADCASTING, March 17). funding or appointments may be held "hos- tage to the coverage [a station] provides for

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 casting entity. ") the legislature of the governor," that "jour- be restructured, eliminating the positions of the executive director must have nalistic integrity" can become "political ex- attorney general, commissioner of commu- That or experience in public broadcast- pediency," and that management decisions nity affairs, state treasurer and one governor training he serve a four-year term, and that can become "bureaucratic entanglements." appointee, and adding four members of the ing; that removal the decision of the In the case of the New Jersey Public Friends of New Jersey, a private, nonprofit his early be the governor. Broadcasting Authority, said the committee, corporation organized to advise, promote board of directors, not the board directors the relationship between stations and gov- and raise funds for the state's public televi- That members of of be in state or local govern- ernment "is so structured as to invite unten- sion network. The chancellor of higher edu- not office holders able intrusion of the executive and legisla- cation and the commissioner of education ment. tive branches into the decision -making would remain on the board, as would nine That the board of directors be provided role process of the authority ... [which] labors residents of the state appointed by the gover- with $95,000 in state funds to study "the broadcasting and to under an organizational structure that fails to nor. But qualifications would be established and financing of public mechanisms for promoting sources adequately insulate it from potential political for six of the appointees: "At least one is propose and funding." interference or to imbue it with a strong required to have a background in public or of public private The Senate has recessed until September, sense of institutional independence." commercial broadcasting, one in journalism a spokesman for the legislative commit- Of the Broadcasting Authority's 15 -mem- or communications, one in business or fi- but said the bill's ber board of directors five are government nance, one in communications law, one in tee studying the authority in the Senate are probably pretty officials, while the other 10 are private citi- education and one in the arts." (The commit- "prospects It will most likely be referred to the zens appointed by the governor. The gover- tee found fault with the current statute's good." government committee, he said, which nor also has the power to remove the authori- "lack of any requirement for the appoint- state Lipman and co- chaired ty's executive director. The authority relies ment of board members with training or ex- is chaired by Senator Senator Stockman. In addition, it has bi- on an annual line item in the state budget for perience in disciplines or trades that would by support, he said. approximately $7 million of its $11- million be relevant to the management of a broad- partisan total budget each year. And the authority "labors under the labyrinth of personnel and procurement laws and regulations applicable to routine administrative agencies," the ng ongoNinM@ committee said.

After reviewing the authority's purpose I J PROPOSED based group of three AM's and three FM's and organization, the committee made sev- KAMA(AM) -KAMZ(FM) EI Paso and KEND- headed by Bruce E. Singleton, president. eral recommendations, among them: (AM)-KLLL(FM) Lubbock, both Texas Sold KAMA is on 750 khz with IO kw day and 1 That the new corporation "subscribe to by El Paso County Broadcasting Co. to kw night. KAMZ is on 93.1 mhz with 30 kw and comport with the code of conduct Holder Communications Corp. for $10.5 and antenna 1,080 feet above average ter- known as the 'Principles of Editorial Integri- million. Seller is principally owned by rain. KEND is on 1590 khz full time with 1 ty in Public Broadcasting,' as developed by James Thrash, president. Thrash also has kw. KLLL is on 96.3 mhz with 100 kw and the Editorial Integrity Project." interest in WGGP -TV Greensboro, N.C. Buy- antenna 580 feet above average terrain. That the 15- member board of directors er is publicly owned, Thomasville, Ga.- Broker: Blackburn & Co. WTIP(AM)- WVSR(FM) Charleston, W.Va. Sold by Beasley Broadcasting Group to Ard- man Broadcasting Corp. for $3,250,000. Seller is owned by Goldsboro, N.C. -based group of six AM's and 10 FM's headed by George Beasley. Buyer is owned by Myer VAN WAGNER BROADCASTING, OKC Feldman, who also owns KBCQ(AM)- (Robert C. Fauser, President) KCKN(FM) Roswell, N.M., and has interest in WLLH(AM) Lowell, Mass.; WSSH(FM) Bos- has acquired ton, and WLAM(AM)- WZKS(FM) Lewiston, Me. WTIP is on 1240 khz full time with I kw. WVSR is on 102.7 mhz with 50 kw and an- KEBC-FM tenna 420 feet above average terrain. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Broker: Cecil L. Richards Inc. from KNGS(AM) -KTLK(FM) Hanford, Calif. Sold by Sunrise Communications of Central Cali- fornia to KLTK Inc. for $2.8 million cash. Electronic Broadcasting Corporation, Inc. Seller is principally owned by Al Lobek, sta- (Ralph H. Tyler, President) tions' general manager, who has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is Williamston, Mich. -based group of one AM and four FM's owned by Robert G. Liggett Jr. KNGS We are pleased to have served is on 620 khz full time with 1 kw. KTLK is on as broker in this transaction. 107.5 mhz with 16.4 kw and antenna 860 feet above average terrain. Broker for seller: William A. Exline Inc. Broker for buyer: American Radio Brokers Inc.ISFO. WRIP(AM) -WOWE(FM) Rossville, Ga. Sold by WOWE Inc. to Chattanooga Radio Limit- BucKBuRN EbMP ed Partnership for $1,150,000, comprising $700,000 cash and $250,000 note, plus ft T [- L) I N C O R l'U A $200,000 noncompete agreement. Seller is principally owned by David King, Anita Media Brokers e Appraisers Since 1947 Pan nello, Ron Gillenardo and Ross Fleisch- WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 ATLANTA, CA 30361 CHICAGO, IL 60601 BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 man. It is buying, subject to FCC approval, Wilshire Blvd. 1100 Connecticut Ave., NW 400 Colony Square 333 N. Michigan Ave. 9465 KITE -FM Portland, Tex. ( "Changing Hands," 346 -6460 (2131274.8151 12021 331 -9270 1404) 892 -4655 (312) 8/18/86 June 16). Buyer is owned by USA Develop-

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 ment Inc. (50 %) and The Zitelman Group New contender. International Television Inc. (50 %). USA is owned by Norman Un- Network, Salt Lake City, is supplying television stations with four-hour block of international derstein. Zitelman Group is owned by Rich- programing that will be transmitted nightly and repeated once from 12:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., NYT. Programing ard Zitelman. Understein is Bethesda, Md.- will come from France, Germany, Mexico, Australia, Canada and Poland and will include based investor. Zitelman is Chevy Chase. comedies, documentaries, movies and mini- series. Although some programing will be dubbed, most of it will Md. -based broadcast consultant. They have be subtitled. At outset ITN will be supported by direct -response advertising carried on per - no other broadcast interests. WRIP is day - inquiry basis. Advertising Sales Network, New York, has been signed as exclusive - timer on 980 khz with 500 w. WOWE is on direct response sales representative for ITN. Seventeen TV stations have signed as affiliates of ITN, 105.5 mhz with 3 kw and antenna 270 feet. including four small- market network ITN Broker: The Holt Copp. affiliates. affiliates have option of carrying all or only part of programing block. ASN said last week it has obtained more than 40 sponsors for ITN, KMFO(AM) Capitola, Calif. Sold by KMFO including clients of such direct- response agencies as Grey Direct, BBDO Direct, Lawrence Broadcasting Co. to KMFO Radio Inc. for Butner Advertising and A. Eicoff & Co. ASN is making available eight minutes of national $500.000, comprising $135.000 cash and commercial time per hour and four minutes of local time per hour. International Television $365.000 note at 12% for IO years. Seller is Network began operations on Westar IV transponder 10D on July 24. Advertising Sales principally owned by Grant R. Wrathall Jr. It Network has been in business tor several years, according to company spokesperson. has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is owned by Norman Stone and Chester R. Tart (37.5ck). Christopher L. Murray (37.5%) puter school sponsored by the Popotech In- subscribe to both AP and UPI news services. stitute, and George H. Gregory Jr. (25 %). It has another division of LARR Computer According to Herbst, a LARR Computer interest in KMBY(FM) Seaside. Calif. KMFO Corp. (listeners will need a LARR decoder Corp. subsidiary is manufacturing small sat- box is on 1540 khz full time with IO kw. for the computer); 11 a.m. to noon, a ellite dishes for the home, portable dishes variety music show including rock, country and specially designed antenna's for the car WALY(AM) Gray, Ky. o Sold by Patricia L. and nostalgia; noon to I p.m., international to receive the K-LARR network. All the Powell to Crown Communications Inc. for news, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. variety music pro- dishes are expected to be on the market by $470,000 comprising $250,000 cash and graming, and 6 p.m. to midnight, special Christmas time. Satellite dishes for the home two notes, one for $170,000 at 7% for Il events music programing and old-time radio will retail at $1,195, with portable dishes at years and one for $50,000 at 7% for five shows. Part of the programing day is to be $199.95 and the car antenna at $99.95. years. Seller has no other broadcast inter- repeated between midnight and 6 a.m. Initial investment for the launching of the ests. Buyer is owned equally by Larry A. K -LARR, said Herbst, will air material K -LARR Broadcasting Network is estimat- Burdette, president; David Camer, and Jo- from a number of radio programing compan- ed at $20 million. Revenue for the undertak- seph B. Kesler III (3314% each). Burdette is ies including Westwood One, Culver City, ing will be derived from several sources, WALY station manager. Carrier is account ex- Calif., and Alternative Programing, Dal- including the sale of advertising time and the ecutive and Kesler is promotion and cable las -the last supplying 500 reels of music marketing of both LARR Computer's equip- coordinator with WYMT(TV) Hazard, Ky. - and will produce some of its own program- ment and some of its other services. WALY is daytimer on 1590 khz with 500 w. ing. "We will eventually have our own K -LARR is an unlicensed radio station, For other proposed and approved sales, see uplink trucks around the world for news and but Herbst said he has received the White the "For Record." page 75. specials." he said. adding that K -LARR will House's stamp of approval for its operation. Satellite radio station readying for fall start -up Station, based in Houston, and UIT owned by LARR Computer Corp., will broadcast mostly entertainment but some educational programing Radio '86 Convention A new direct broadcast satellite radio station originating from this country is now being New Orleans readied by Dr. Lawrence Herbst, president of the K -LARR Broadcasting Network. Houston, a division of the LARR Computer While you're attending the Convention, Corp. Herbst is looking to launch the sta- call us for a confidential discussion tion, which can only be received by satellite dish and special antenna owners, some time in our suite at the Soniat House during the fall. Hotel, Chartres Street. K -LARR, as the station is called, will pri- Phone 522 -0570 from Sept. 11 -13. marily air entertainment programing, 24 hours a day. The station, said Herbst, will Todd and Ted Hepburn. also offer computer programing courses (voice and data) through which listeners will be able to earn an accredited college degree. 71'HE K- LARR's satellite -delivered signal will be transmitted from studios in Houston to most of North America primarily by way of 00 TZEPo Satcom IV and to Europe via Comsat. Herbst also hopes to serve the Soviet Union, the OOOMF'AllVY Middle East and the Orient in the "foresee- able" future. P.O. Box 42401, Cincinnati. Ohio 45242 (513) 791 -8730 The worldwide station will have a block programing schedule as follows (all times are central): 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., call -in talk and music show; 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. satellite coin-

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 ea American Academy of Pediatrics, "Art for mm film to be used in movie theaters during Signing on Kids' Sake" features eight 30- second spots G -rated films. Profits from the sale of the and two four- ID's will Nielsen announced two more metered second station that use items be split equally among CWLA and mar- such cartoon strips and characters as its local agencies, which are listed in spots kets to go on line in 1987. Seattle (all six "Doonesbury," "Garfield," "Spiderman," for All stations have committed to the produced by stations local use. ser- service, said "Dennis the Menace," "Little Orphan Annie" vices were donated and syndication rights Nielsen: xsW -TV, KCPO -TV, KTZZ -TV, KING -TV, and "Hagar the Horrible" to deal with issues to the characters were waived so that more KOMO -TV and Klto -TV) will go on the meter in such as child care, child abuse and neglect, than 80 cartoonists could contribute their May. The Hartford -New Haven, Conn., mar- runaway children and teen -age pregnancy. characters to the campaign. "These cartoon ket will go on -line in July, said Nielsen. Sta- airing on six Taft - characters know no generational bounds," tions signing up in the latter market so far The spots are presently owned television stations and have been said campaign organizer Philip Lemer, ex- include WHCT -TV Hartford, WTIC -TV Hartford syndicated to 33 stations by Group W Tele- ternal affairs consultant with CWLA. "When and WT)OC(TV) Waterbury, all independents. you have an all-star cast, each one of them Seattle -Tacoma is the 13th largest market vision Sales, which distributes the cam- in Kids' Sake" has a following." the U.S., and Hartford -New Haven is the paign as a part of its "For public programing package, developed in 24th. Nielsen now has 12 metered markets, affairs with Atlanta scheduled to be metered next September 1985. That campaign debuted First Lady support October. over Taft's wcncfTV) Miami, and will air on most Group W stations next January. Each Nancy Reagan will be the keynote speaker station makes a commitment to address the at an Academy of Television Arts & Sci- Comic relief issue for 12 months. ences luncheon in Los Angeles on Friday, The cartoon spots use dialogue along Oct. 31, kicking off a two -day, antidrug Comic strip characters are making appear- with cartoon scenes created especially for symposium. ATAS President Richard ances on television in campaign designed to the campaign. Art for Kids' Sake also in- Frank, also president of Walt Disney Produc- "establish the health and well-being of chil- cludes posters, greeting cards, jigsaw puz- tions, said that with children watching 27 dren as a top priority in the United States." zles and a mural decorated by 70 cartoon- hours of TV per week, the television indus- Developed for the Child Welfare League of ists, to be auctioned at Christie's Auction try had to do something about the often gla- America (CWLA) and co- sponsored by the Gallery in New York. and a three -minute, 35 mourized portrayal of the drug world.

Family affair KEYCOM CORPORATION The importance, issues and values of the family will be explored by WSB -TV Atlanta in has acquired a local programing campaign to begin Sat- urday (Aug. 23). "Family 2 Family" will be a theme in prime time programs, news sto- ries, series, public service announcements and community events. The campaign will KO-AM IFM off with "Bring Your Family to Meet Our Kl kick Phoenix (Globe), Arizona Family," an all-day open house Saturday at the studios of WSB- AM- FM -TV. On Sunday, WSB -TV will air The Family Today, a program from WILLARD SHOECRAFT examining television families and featuring interviews with the cast of ABC's Growing Pains and with Danny Thomas, star of One Big Family, which will debut in the fall. In For $1,750,000.00 addition, WSB-TV will "criss -cross north The unders gned represented the Buyer Georgia, examining families as they live to- in this transaction and assisted in the negotiations. day." Shows sold Television South of Great Britain has ac- quired the Midem Organization, sponsor of MIP -TV, MIPCOM and other international television festivals. TVS paid $7.5 million for the organization which will continue to be headed by Bernard Chevry. TVS will finance the purchase with the sale of $30 million of nonvoting shares at $1.50 per share.

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Kalil & Co , Inc. Television Information Office has signed 3438 North Country Club Tucson, Arizona 85716 (602) 795 -1050 Post -Newsweek's wDIV(TV) Detroit as a member of the organization. All four Post - Newsweek station are now TIO members.

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 -.n "Between the one -man office and the Wall Street monolith. That's CEA's niche'.'

"Knowing the qualified buyers has a great deal to do with being successful in the brokerage business today. The rush to buy and sell brought on by favorable interest rates and price escalation has created a volatile market for television station sales. The 1987 tax law change proposals and increased pressures in Congress to reevaluate the three -year rule may bring even more sellers to the table sooner. Communications Equity Associates' DIANE HEALEY UNEN professional team of brokers, CPAs, lawyers Senior Vice President Broadcast Services and consultants is qualified to handle even the After graduating from Harvard Busi- most complicated transactions involving equity ness School, Diane and debt placements. In the fast Healey Linen con- -paced, com- tinued her career in plex television industry, that's important. With broadcasting for ten years with NBC in a the expertise of CEA, you won't have to pay number of upper management posi- mega -fees for bankers whose only knowl- tions before joining edge of your CEA to head the business is a crash course Broadcast Services in broadcasting. Division. The ability to arrange financing and advise on a myriad of broadcast- related situ- ations is what sets CEA apart from the rest. Between the limited one -man operation and the huge banking firms of Wall Street, there's CEA - an entrepreneurial organization willing to work harder, travel farther and respond faster. Getting the best price is critical. But equally important to our industry is the continuance of a broadcasting system committed to the highest standards. To help maintain this system through work with responsible, professional broadcasters is CEA's goal. Energy, specialization and teamwork are CEA's mark. We all talk about being in the people business. Put our people to the test :'

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-LGT's line survey of radio frequency radiation (RFR) Thomson buys Comark mitters complements Thomson of low -power UHF transmitters, VHF trans- levels. Co- According to the FCC's Robert Cleveland, billion -a -year French mitters and FM transmitters. Together, Thomson -CSF, the $8- well-posi- the commission hopes to begin the study in electronics manufacturer, last week an- mark and Thomson -LGT will be to fill-at least partially-the vacuum late September, possibly the week of Sept. nounced its purchase of privately owned tioned at Lookout in the UHF and VHF transmitter markets 22. Transmission facilities Comark Communications Inc., Southwick, Mountain, 15 miles west of Denver's center, Comark created when RCA announced its with- Mass., for an undisclosed amount. include NBC -owned KCNC -TV, Gannett's claims a 20% share of the U.S. UHF trans- drawal last year. made KUSA -TV, Tribune's KwGN -TV, McGraw -Hill's mitter market and around $10 million in an- Both Comark and Thomson -LGT news at the National Association of Broad- IGroH -TV and public station KRMA -Tv. The nual sales. in- eight FM's are KAZY, KBPI, KCFR. KOAO, KOS!, Comark President Nat Ostroff declined to casters convention last spring. Comark deal beyond saying troduced a 60 kw UHF transmitter with a KPKE, KUVO and KYGO. discuss details of the Similar surveys in Seattle in 1985 and will be affected klystrode (in the final amplifier stage), which Comark's management in 1984 led broadcasters there to he will remain it says is more electrically efficient than any Honolulu slightly by the deal. Although modify their facilities, usually in relatively president, he said, Serge Le Camus, chair- klystron in use today. Thomson -LGT intro- VHF transmitter, minor ways such as new fencing or warning man of Thomson -LGT, Thomson -CSF's duced a 30 kw solid -state first tubeless VHF transmitter with that signs, to limit public and occupational expo- transmitter subsidiary, has replaced Rich- the working much power. sure to the emissions. The FCC, ard E. Fiore as chairman of Comark. Fiore with levels recommended by the American will stay on as a consultant and a member of In related news, another Thomson -CSF subsidiary, Thomson-CSF Broadcast, maker National Standards Institute (ANSI), estab- Comark's board, he said. for of video graphics and animations products, lished RFR exposure limits broadcasters In announcing the deal, Thomson -CSF of 1986. commit- has sold $300,000 in Vidifont systems to at the beginning said it "demonstrates Thomson's The two federal agencies also just corn - ment to the U.S. broadcast market." Despite Harte Hanks Television. The three two - Vidifont V systems will go to Harte pleted a five -day RFR study at an antenna Thomson -LGT's success internationally -it channel May Hanks stations in Springfield, Mo.; Greens- site in Portland, Ore. (BROADCASTING, claims to have installed 20,000 transmitters and the EPA's lead spokes- has never been able to boro, N.C., and San Antonio, Tex. 26). Cleveland in 110 countries -it man, Richard Tell, of the agency's Las Ve- in the U.S. transmit- make a significant dent RFR in the Rockies gas Office of Radiation Programs, declined ter market. An attempt to build its U.S. pres- findings of the work, was when largest broadcast antenna farm, to reveal preliminary ence earlier this year frustrated Denver's July 28 -Aug. 1, but said final re- to purchase five of its seven TV's and another conducted RCA rejected Thomson's offer housing sults will be made public in two to four its broadcast transmitter-antenna divisions. eight FM's, will be the subject of a joint Agency site months. Comark's line of high -power UHF trans- FCC -Environmental Protection Approximately two -thirds of the five -man Portland study was concentrated on a west side antenna farm, Healy Heights, where two towers carry antennas of six FM broad - casters-xGON. KJIB. KKRZ, KXL-FM, KPDO -FM close proxim- MI _J1 II AM- -NMI _JON _ 1....'u . `JBII JO _ln J. and noncommercial Kaoo -in MI _1 . ' 1111 I -NMNMI /U ' ' AMI IMO.-IO -JIBJIB ity to several hundred city residents. EPA NI I iIMO NMI IMO I. VB Mir* !O I measurements made there in the mid - 1970's showed RFR levels exceeding cur- Systems Group, Inc. rent FCC -ANSI limits. Measurements were made going out sev- announces its acquisition of eral hundred yards from the Healy Heights site in most directions, said Cleveland, and Kaman Broadcasting Systems and levels were taken inside and outside some its premiere product line local homes. Also checked for excessive RFR were other sites in and near the city, including a Sylvan Hills antenna farm with THE BROADCAST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM six TV's and five FM's, and Mount Scott, where two FM's share facilities with two - FILMS DEMOGRAPHICS AUTOSWITCH FINANCIALS way radio and microwave transmitters. An antenna site in the city's Council Crest Park, which contains only two -way and micro- For more information contact: wave operations, was also studied by the two agencies. Corporate Headquarters Local officials, reacting to concern in Port- land about RFR levels, have a city moratori- 1115 Elkton Drive um in effect on building new communica- Colorado Springs, CO 80919 tions structures. The week the, FCC -EPA 303/599 -1452 team was conducting its survey, the city council extended the moratorium to early 1987. New York Atlanta Similar moratoriums have affected local broadcasters in other markets, including Se- 212 /605 -0377 404/851 -9325 attle, where Fisher Broadcasting of Seattle told the FCC in comments filed Aug. 1 in a related proceeding (BROADCASTING, Aug. 11) Memphis Indianapolis London that it had spent approximately $100,000 in 901/763 -1078 317/843 -5508 01/398 -8511 an effort to fully operate xoMO -TV facilities despite restrictive county and city RFR ordi- nances. Another Seattle station, KONG -TV, has

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 Narragansett Television Company of California, Inc. has acquired the assets of KOVR -TV, Inc. owner and operator of

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July 29, 1986 fought local jurisdictions for three years and converter boxes with high failure rate. The the process along and have formed an has spent a reported $2 million trying to con- biggest payoff is to customers in the cable NCTA engineering subcommittee to urge struct a channel 16 transmitter at the Cou- industry [who] can have simpler cable con- MSO's to push for interfacable converters. gar Mountain antenna farm outside Seattle, verters." The newly formed group, chaired by Joe where the FCC -EPA study was conducted National Cable Television Association's Van Loan of Viacom, will meet in Washing- last May. On Aug. 1, a county superior court Wendell Bailey, vice president of science ton for the first time this Wednesday, Aug. judge dismissed an appeal by local residents and technology, called the work "very im- 20. of a county government decision to allow portant," and added. "It was not easy to A 23 -page document describing the stan- the construction, and the broadcaster is cur- achieve consensus between cable TV oper- dard (IS -15) is also available from EIA in rently awaiting a Washington State Court of ators, and converter and receiver manufac- Washington for $12. Appeals review confirming another county turers. There was great wrangling and tus- superior court's approval of the construc- sling on what was to be on each pin. It was a tion. great victory to persevere and agree on a The FCC -EPA environmental studies are standard. [It will] greatly uncomplicate the Computer prompting conducted under an interagency arrange- interface between the cable and the set." ment recently extended through the next The decision to use a baseband interface A Washing-ton-based firm is offering com- fiscal year, according to the FCC's Cleve- was made early in the work, according to puter software that allows television news land. The agencies' budgets account for two participants, although receiver manufactur- directors to turn a personal computer into a site studies (each costs approximately ers initially suggested using a signal form teleprompter and generate real -time closed $4,000- $5,000 in travel and shipping ex- intermediate between baseband and full RF. captions of newscasts for reception by the penses, not including team member sala- But a lengthier development time frame, hearing impaired. The firm is Computer ries), or other interagency consultation on plus the desire to avoid the possibility of Prompting Corp., and the software is the RFR issues. No further sites are scheduled multiple interface standards, led the group CPC -1000. after the Denver survey, Cleveland added. away from the intermediate frequency inter- With the CPC -1000, an IBM or IBM -com- face to the baseband approach by 1985, patible PC becomes a word processor/ EIA releases TV interface when testing began. prompter. In the prompting mode, it dis- Three field tests were conducted on the plays six lines of script at a time in any of A standardized interface between television baseband interface last year, using a "mini - three fonts (see photo). The speed at which receivers and peripheral devices has been cable system" provided by ATC in Denver the teleprompter scrolls is controlled by a developed by TV set manufacturers, cable and modified receivers from six participat- knob on a hand -held unit that comes with converter makers and cable operators work- ing manufacturers, according to EIA staff the software and plugs into the computer. ing together in an Electronic Industries As- engineer Tom Mock. Four scrambling sys- The software generates closed captions of sociation technical committee. The 20 -pin tems were used: a Zenith baseband system, the script while it is being scrolled on the baseband interface, developed after nearly a Jerrold modified digital audio satellite sys- prompter. The captions are sent by the PC four years of work, is to be built into TV tem, Oak's Sigma digital audio baseband through an encoder to the transmitter where receivers and interfacing devices including system and a Scientific -Atlanta RF system they are broadcast in digital form over line set -top cable converters, videocassette re- modified to be decoded at baseband. 21 of the vertical blanking interval. Because corders and other products. Three of the four converter manufacturers the creation of the captions is tied to the According to Eugene Lemke of RCA, who participating have since indicated there scrolling, the captions of any given segment serves as chairman of the EIA committee on would be little difficulty in also inexpensive- of the script are broadcast and received in television receivers, which oversaw the ly adopting the large number of existing RF the homes of persons with closed-caption work, the standard provides mechanical decoders to the baseband interface, and decoders at about the same time the seg- and electrical specifications so manufactur- one Zenith, which manufactures a line of ment is being read by the anchors or report- ers of devices used with TV sets can rely on its own baseband products, is currently ers. a standardized interface. The primary appli- working to see if a new RF -based conver- According to CPC President Sidney Hoff- cation for the standard, Lemke added, will sion system can also be accommodated at man, the software provides news directors be with cable converters. The cable industry baseband. with an opportunity to closed -caption their has been burdened by consumer confusion Some receiver manufacturers have indi- newscasts relatively inexpensively. The resulting from set -top converter-decoders cated they would move to place the new software without the captioning capability taking over tuning functions from receivers, interface plug inside the set within months, sells for $4,000. With the capability, it goes according to EIA, but the interface will ulti- Lemke said, although most commentators for $6,000. mately eliminate set -top tuning, helping to believe there will probably be a several -year According to the National Captioning In- simplify and lower the cost of the converters delay before either the simplified decoders stitute, which promotes line 21 captioning and returning full subscriber access to re- and the interface -equipped receivers are and which has been working with CPC, ceiver remote control and other tuning fea- widely available. some 130,000 homes are now equipped with tures. "There is a long -term turnover and prolif- captioning decoders. TeleCaption II set -top "The need for an interface was driven by eration problem" acknowledged NCTA's decoders, which are attached to a set's an- eal life problems," Lemke said. "The cable Bailey, but he said the association and sev- tenna terminals, are available for $199.99 industry is in a mess having complicated eral cable operator members hope to help from around 160 sources, including the NCI, the Sears catalogue, associations for the deaf and consumer electronics retailers. The effective link between buyer and seller. Satellite stereo Confidential, ethical, professional and experienced. Group W/TVSC will offer a stereo audio ser- The effective link between buyer and seller for vice for satellite -delivered syndicated televi- Sept. 15. Wegener successful broadcast and cable transactions. sion programing starting Communications' Panda II stereo audio equipment will be used for the stereo deliv- ery and is now being installed at Group W satellite distribution facilities in Pittsburgh. NF&A Among the stereo programs Group W/ Norman Fischer & Associates, Inc. TVSC will distribute next fall are Hee Haw, Soul Train, Hit City, Billy Graham specials Media Brokerage Appraisals Management Consultants and several other shows now under consid- 1209 Parkway Austin, Texas 78703 (512) 476 -9457 eration with program suppliers. Those sta- tions taking delivery of the stereo versions

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 will not be charged any extra fee, and mon- had already won Kudelski an Emmy citation. Miralite has developed a new 3.7 meter C- aural audio feeds will continue for all pro- The second award will go to CBS, Sony band earth station antenna that reduces ter- grams, according to Group W /TVSC spokes- and Cinedco for the design of an electronic restrial interference an average 150% by us- man Jack Muck. editing system used for film programs. Cin- ing an absorbant- material shroud mounted Wegener's Panda II is also used by Wold edco's Adrian Ettlinger worked with all on the reflector edge. The Santa Ana, Calif. - Communications for stereo television satel- three companies in design of product, mar- based manufacturer began shipping the lite delivery, and the system is in place for keted by Cinedco as Ediflex system. $4,500 Miralite TI last month. satellite feeds at some 300 radio stations. Gearing up Conference call An new on- frequency Engineering excellence microwave repeater The National Association of Broadcasters is in the CARS 12.7 -13.25 band has been de- calling for technical papers to be presented The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences veloped for cable television operators by at its annual broadcast engineering confer- has awarded Emmys for outstanding Hughes Aircraft's Microwave Products ence during the 1987 NAB convention in achievement in engineering development Division. The MWB -122, available in four Dallas March 28 -31. Broadcasters and man- to Stefan Kudelski for stereo recording and outdoor models from $18,000 to $22,000, can ufacturers with new developments in equip- to CBS, Sony and Cinedco for electronic be used to amplify signals received from pri- ment, systems and techniques should sub- editing. The awards are to be presented mary microwave transmitters and retrans- mit one -page abstracts of proposed papers Sept. 6 during the nontelevised portion of mit them to secondary cable hub sites. The to the NAB engineering conference corn - the 38th Emmy awards ceremony. Torrance, Calif., manufacturer has a broad mittee in Washington by Oct. 10. Switzerland -based Kudelski was cited for line of CARS band systems, including other The NAB committee will meet later that the development of Nagra portable produc- kinds of repeaters, although the technology month to select papers for presentation. All tion and post- production quarter -inch au- to repeat on the transmitted frequency has accepted papers must be completed and re- diotape recorders which use time code tc previously been used only for common carri- ceived by NAB by Feb. 13, 1987 to be in- synchronize stereo audio with videotape re- er applications. cluded in the volume of conference proceed- corders. An earlier Nagra recorder design o ings. drt e Recorda

As compiled by BROADCASTING, Aug. 7 of Central California to KLTK Inc. for 32.8 million cash. WQSAIAM) Sarasota. Fla. 11220 khz: I kw-D) -Seek. Seller through Aug. 13, and based on filings, au- is principally owned by Al Lobek. stations' general assignment of license from Horizon Communications to manager. who has no other thorizations and other FCC actions. broadcast interests. Buyer is Multi Media Communications Corp. for 5650.110(1 cash. Williamston. Mich. -based group of one AM and four FM's Seller is owned equally by James Scemiller. E.E Schwarze Abbreviations: AFC For owned by Robert G. Liggett Jr. -Antenna Communications. Filed Aug. 6. and Anita Anesi (33 %% each). Buyer is owned by Philip J. AU- Administrative Law Judge. alt. -alternate. ann. announced. ant. -antenna. aur.- aural. aux.- auxiliary. CH -critical hours. CP- construction permit. D-day. DA- directional antenna. Doc -Docket. ERP-effective radiated power. HAAT-height above average terrain. khz -kilohertz. kw- kilowatts. m-meters. MEOC- maximum expected operation value. mhz- megahertz. Professionalism, Integrity, Confidence mod.-modification. N- night. PSA- presunrise service authority. RCL -rcmotc control location. S-A- Scientific- "The Ingredients For Successful Results (quietly)" Atlanta. SH- specified hours. SL -studio location. TL- transmitter location. trans. -transmitter. TPO- transmitter power output. U- unlimited hours. vis.- visual. w- watts. -noncommercial.

Ownership Changes Ronald J. Ninowski James A. Gammon Donald R. Bussell Carl 1. Ficlstra

KXEGIAM) Phoenix; KSHY(AM) Cheyenne. Wyo.: KBBXIAM)- KCGLIFM) Centerville. Utah: KXEN(AM Fcstus -St. Louis. Mo.: KQXIIAM) Arvada. Colo., and KXAK(AM) Corrales. N.M. s (KXEG: 1010 khz; I kw -D: 1 51 250 w -N; KSITY:1370 khz: I kw -D; KBBX: 1600 khz; 5 kw- Richard T. Wand' Marc O. Hand Al Perry Jack F. Satterfield D: I kw -N: KCGL: 105.5 mhz: 500 w; HAAT: 650 ft.: KXEN: 1010 khz.: 50 kw -D: KQXI: 1550 khz: 10 kw -D; KXAK: 1310 khz: 5 kw -D: 500 w -N) -Seeks assignment of license from Mid -America Gospel Radio Network Inc. to BDG Enterprises Inc. for $9.115.000. Seller is wholly owned subsidiary of Harold S. Schwartz & Associates Inc. It m has interest in WTHEIAM) Minneola. N.Y. Buyer is princi- pally owned by Burt W. Kaufman. president. and Geer Gammon fS Ninowfki Spicer. Kaufman vice is president and Spicer is general rn:u. Media Investment.M, Inc. ager of KXEG(AM) Phoenix. Filed Aug. I. KMFO(AM) Capitola. Calif. (1540 khz: 10 kw-U)- Providing confidential brokerage, investment, corporate financial and broadcast consulting Seeks assignment of license from KMFO Broadcasting Co. services exclusively to the communications industry. To obtain a prospectus of the services to KMFO Radio Inc. for S500.000. comprising 5135.000 provided by Gammon & contact one our cash and $365.000 note at 12% for 10 years. Seller is princi- Ninowski, of regional offices. pally owned by Grant P. Wrathall Jr. 4t has no other broad- cast interests. Buyer is owned by Norman Stone 149 %1 and Washington, DC' Ronald 1. Ninowski 1202) 862.2020 Denver, CO Marc O. Hand (:031534.3513 C &C Communications Inc. (51%). C &C is owned by Ches- Washington. DC lames A. Gammon (202) 862 -2020 Denver. CO Al Perry (303) 239 -6670 Washington. DC Donald R. Basset) 862 ter R. Tart (37.5 %), Christopher L. Murray (37.5 %) and (202) -2020 Kansas City Richard T. Wane!! (913)6x1 -22901 Philadelphia. PA lack F. Satterfield 525 George H. Gregory Jr. (25 %). It has interest in KMBY(FM) (2151 -8767 Los Angeles, CA Carl 1. Ficlstra (7141 837 -9800 Seaside. Calif. Filed July 31. Member: National Association of Media Brokers (NAME). NAB. INTV KNGS(AMI- KTLK(FM) Hanford, Calif. (AM: 620 khz; I kw-U: FM: 107.5 mhz: 16.4 kw: HAAT: 860 ft.)- Seeks assignment of license from Sunrise Communications

Broadcashng Aug 18 1986 75 Carlton. Sarasota. Fla. -based investor with no other broad- Bedford. N.H.- Airwave Communications Inc. seeks 1.45 kw. HAAT: 465 ft. Address: P.O. Box 2883, Woburn. cast interests. Filed Aug. 4. 96.5 mhz. 3 kw. HAAT: 328 ft. Address: 105 Chestnut Hill Mass. 01888. Applicant is owned by Philip J. Shea and his Lane. Stamford. Conn. 06903. Applicant is owned by Jo- wife, Patrice. Shea is senior broadcast technician at WRIPIAMI- WOWE(FMI Roseville. Ga. (AM: 980 khz: seph G. Feintuck. who has no other broadcast interests. Filed WRKO(AM) -WROR -FM Boston and chief engineer at 500 w -D: FM: FM: 105.5 mhz: 3 kw: HAAT: 270 ft.) -- Aug. 4. WROL(AM) Boston. Filed Aug. 4. Seeks assignment of license from WOWE Inc. to Chattan- ooga Radio Limited Partnership for SI.150.000. comprising Bedford, N.H. -Satellite Systems Engineering Inc. Bedford. N.H. -Interstate Communications seeks 96.5 S700.(100 cash and S250.000 note. plus $200.000 noncom - seeks 96.5 mhz. 1.35 kw. HAAT: 492 ft. Address: 7315 mhz, 1.8 kw, HAAT: 420 ft. Address: 17 Scotland Rd.. pete agreement. Seller is principally owned by David King, Wisconsin Ave.. Suite 521 E. Bethesda. Md. 20814. Appli- Kingston, N.H. 03848. Applicant is owned by Richard A. Anita Parinello. Ron Gillenardo and Ross Fleischman. It is cant is Maryland corporation owned by Wilbur L. Pritchard, DeFabio (13.3 %): his wife. Laura (20%): Sheila Steele buying. subject to FCC approval. KITE -FM Portland. Tex. president (55.29 %); Rheinhard Stamminger (12.06 %), and (33.3 %). and Susan Tucker (33.3%). Richard DeFabio is ("Changing Hands." June I. Buyer is owned by USA 16 others at less than 5% each. Pritchard's wife. Kathleen, local sales manager at WNDS(TV) Deny- Manchester. Development Inc. (50 %) and The Zitelman Group Inc. owns 3.62% of stock. and his daughter. Ruth. owns 1.91 %. N.H.. and has interest with Steele and Tucker in WYRY -FM (50 %). USA is owned by Norman Understein. Zitelman They have no other broadcast interests. Filed Aug. 4. Hinsdale. N.H. Filed Aug. 4. Group is owned by Richard Zitelman. Understein is Bethes- Bedford. N.H.- Benjamin Macwan seeks 96.5 mhz. 3 Belpre. Ohio -Lower Ohio Valley Educational Corp. da. Md. -based investor. Zitelman is Chevy Chase. Md.- kw. HAAT: 327 ft. Address: 47 -01 Newton Rd.. Long Is- seeks 91.7 mhz. 0.110 kw. HAAT: 428 ft. Address: P.O. Box based broadcast consultant. They have no other broadcast land. N.Y. 11103. Applicant is former radio host and produc- 473. Belpre. Ohio 45714. Applicant is owned equally by interests. Filed Aug. 4. er with interest in app.'s for one new TV and five new FM's. Anthony L. Atkinson. Glenn Newman. William White. WALYIAM) Gray. Ky. (1590 khz: 500 w -D) -Seeks as- His son, David. has interest in app. for new TV at Hardee - John Homer and Britt Jones (20% each). It is app. for new signment of license from Patricia L. Powell to Crown Com- ville. S.C. Filed Aug. 4. noncommercial FM at Vienna. W. Va. Filed Aug. 5. munications Inc. for 5470.000 comprising 5250.000 cash Bedford. N.H. -Colonial Communications seeks 96.5 Sturtevant. Wis.- R.A.D. Broadcasting Corp. seeks 11 years and and two notes. one for $ 170.000 at 7% for one mhz. 3 kw. HAAT: 328 ft. Address: 154 Joppa Hill Rd.. 104.7 mhz. 1.55 kw. HAAT: 442 ft. Address: 4325 Wood- for 550.000 at 7% for 5 years. Seller has no other broadcast Bedford. N.H. 03102. Applicant is owned by James Gold. land Trail. Sturtevant. Wis. 53177. Applicant is owned by interests. Buyer is owned equally by Larry A. Burdette. who is acting station manager and sales manager of Norris F. Richardson. president (50 %): David B. Daniels president: David Carrier. and Joseph B. Kesler III (33MW WFEA(AM) Manchester. N.H. His father. Robert. has inter- (25 %). and Michael H. Andreasen (25 %). They have no each). Burdette is station manager at station. Carrier is ac- est in WPOR -AM-FM Portland. Me.. and WFEA. Filed other broadcast interests. Filed Aug. 5. count executive and Kesler is promotion and cable coordina- Aug. I. tor with WYMT(TV) Hazard. Ky. Filed Aug. I. New TV's Bedford, N.H. -Kirkley Paige Beal seeks 96.5 mhz, 3 Charlotte Amalie. V.I. -Franklin D. Graham seeks eh. WQBC(AM) Vicksburg. Miss. (1420 khz: 5 kw -D: 500 HAAT: 328 ft. Address: 1829 Chantilly Ct.. Virginia kw, 43: ERP: 8.7096 kw vis.. 0.87096 kw aur.: HAAT: 423 ft.: w -N) -Seeks assignment of license from Hol -Co Inc. to V-C Beach. Va. 23451. Applicant is general sales manager at ant. height above ground: 130 ft. Address: 301 Guinea Rd., Enterprises Inc. for $22.500 cash and assumption of liabili- WMYK(AM)- WZAM(FM) Elizabeth City, N.C. She is app. Stamford. Conn. 06903. Principal is applicant for new FM's ties. Seller is principally owned by Frank J. Holifield. who for new TV's at Bridgewater. Va.. and Topsham. Me. Filed in Montecito. Calif.. and Orlando. Fla.. and for new TV in has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is owned by Richard Aug. I. A. Vork. president (50%). and Elizabeth T. Cooper (50%). Christiansted. V.I. Filed Aug. 5. Bedford, N.H. -Michael J. Hughes seeks 96.5 mhz. Cooper's father. Owen Cooper. has interest in WLBT-TV Marion. Ind.-Gerald J. Robinson seeks ch. 23: ERP: 1.53 kw, HAAT: 459 ft. Address: III Lake Shore Rd.. Sa- Jackson. Miss. Filed Aug. 4. 5.000 kw vis.. 600 kw aur.; HAAT: 968 ft.: ant. height above lem. N.H. 03079. Applicant is operations manager for ground: 967 ft. Address: 2250 Seymour Ave.. Cincinnati WILS -AM -FM Lansing. Mich. (1320 khz; 5 kw -D: I WVNH(AM) Salem. N.H. He has no other broadcast inter- 45212. Applicant has no other broadcast interests. Filed kw -N: FM: 101.7 mhz: 3 kw: HAAT: 180 ft.)-- -Seeks as- ests. Filed Aug. 4. signment of license from Sentry Broadcasting Inc. to North Aug. I. Bedford. N.H. -Bedford Broadcasting Service seeks Star Broadcasting Inc. for 52.820.000 cash. including Crockett. Tex.-William Sanders seeks ch. 40: ERP: 96.5 mhz. 3 kw. HAAT: 328 ft. Address: c/o 9235 N.E. $970.000 noncompete agreement. Seller is owned by Sentry 1,000 kw vis., 100 kw aur.: HAAT: 344.1 ft.: ant. height 175th. Bothell. Wash. 98011. Applicant is owned by Berna- Insurance. Buyer is owned by R. Charles McLravy (20%); above ground: 447.5 ft. Address: 3928 River Rd.. Atlanta dette Boozer (51%) and Duane J. Polich (49 %). Boozer has InterFirst Venture Corp. (75 %) and Communications Part- 30049. Applicant has no other broadcast interests. Filed July interest in app. for new FM at Oswego. N.Y. Polich has ners Ltd. 15 %1. InterFirst has interest in American Cablesys- for 28. tems Corp. and in WLBT-TV Jackson and WLBM -TV Me- interest in KLCK(AM) Goldendale. Wash.. and in app.'s and Aug. ridian. both Mississippi. CPL has interest in Universal Cable new FM's at Pullman, Wash., Oswego. N.Y. Filed Communications and in KCFX -FM Harrisonville. Ohio. It 4. is buying. subject to FCC approval. -FM Jackson- Bedford. N.H. -Susan R. Beauchamp seeks 96.5 mhz. Changes ville. Fla.. and WLLT-FM Fairfield. Ohio. McLravy has 2 kw. HAAT: 395 ft. Address: 1640 Worcester Rd.. Apt. interest in WLAJ-TV Lansing. Mich. Filed Aug. 1. 303D. Framingham, Mass. 01701. Principal has no other broadcast interests. Filed Aug. 4. KMOB Moab. Utah (1450 khz: I kw -D: 250 w -N)- Applications Seeks assignment of license from Long Lines Broadcasting Bedford. N.N.- Bedford Concepts seeks 96.5 mhz. Inc. to Moab Broadcasting and Television Corp. for S IO and AM's forgiveness of debt. Seller is owned by Joe D. Kingsley, Royce Henningson. Linda Ottersbach and Country Invest- Tendered ments (25% each). They have no other broadcast interests. Summary of broadcasting WBHY khz) Mobile, Ala. -Seeks CP to increase Buyer is owned by principally owned by Dixie L. Barksdale. as of May 31, 1986 (840 president. Craig V. Wirth. and Randall J. Taylor. It has no power to IO kw and install DA -D. App. Aug. 5. other broadcast interests. Filed July 30. St. Petersburg. Fla. -Seeks CP to add Service On Air CP's Total WLFF (680 khz) night service with 7 kw and install DA -N. App. Aug. 6. Commercial AM 4.838 170 4.958 WKDX (1250 khz) Hamlet, N.C.-Seeks CP to change Commercial FM 3.917 418 4.335 freq. to 1240 khz. App. Aug. 8. New Stations Educational FM 1,247 173 1,420 Total Radio 10002 761 10.763 Accepted FM translators 789 444 1,233 KRDZ (900 khz) Del Norte, Colo. -Seeks MP to change FM's TL. App. Aug. 7. Bedford. N.H. -Donna M. MacNeil seeks 96.5 mhz, 3 Commercial VHF TV 547 23 570 KPPL (1390 khz) Denver -Seeks CP to change TL and kw. HAAT: 171 ft. Address: 24 Wendover Way. Bedford. Commercial UHF N 415 222 637 make changes in ant. sys. App. Aug. 7. N.H. 03102. Applicant has no other broadcast interests. Educational VHF TV 113 3 116 khz) Waipahu. Hawaii -Seeks CP to make Filed Aug. 4. KDEO (940 Educational UHF TV 187 25 212 changes in ant. sys. App. Aug. 7. Bedford. N.H. -Vernon C. Floyd seeks 96.5 mhz. 3 kw. Total TV 1,262 273 1,535 WSGH (1040 khz) Lewisville. N.C. -Seeks MP to oper- HAAT: 328 ft. Address: Route 11, Box 2712, Hattiesburg. by remote control. App. Aug. 7. Miss. 39401. Principal has interest in WORV(AM)- ate transmitter 74 322 WJMG(FM) Hattiesburg. Miss. Filed Aug. 4. VHF LPTV 248 WNOW (1030 khz) Mint Hill. N.C.-Seeks MP to oper- UHF LPN 160 136 296 by remote control. App. Aug. 7. Bedford. N.H. -Gladys E. and Roben R. Powell seek ate transmitter Total LPTV 408 210 618 96.5 mhz. 3 kw. HAAT: 328 ft. Address: Pinkham Notch KRAD (1040 khz) Perry, Okla.-Seeks MP to operate Rd., Box 326. Jackson. N.H. 03846. Gladys Powell is man- transmitter by remote control. App. Aug. 7. aging general partner and 80% owner of applicant. She is VHF translators 2.869 186 3 055 N.H. Robert Powell general manager of WMOU -FM Berlin. UHF translators 1.921 295 2.216 FM's is general partner and 20% owner of applicant. and is em- ployed as sales representative at WMOU -FM. Their son and Tendered 250 114 364 daughter. Stephen E. Powell and Deborah P. Stever, also ITFS have interest in WMOU -FM. Filed Aug. 4. Low -power auxiliary 824 0 824 WDJC (93.7 mhz) Birmingham, Ala-Seeks CP to in- stall aux. sys. App. Aug. 6. Bedford. N.H. -Appledore Communications seeks TV auxiliaries 7.430 205 7.635 96.5 mhz. 1.4 kw. HAAT: 460 ft. Address: 116 -D South UHF translator /boosters 6 0 6 WYFB (90.5 mhz) Gainesville. Fla. -Seeks CP to App. Aug. 8. River Rd., Bedford. N.H. 03102. Applicant is wholly Experimental TV 3 5 8 change TL and make changes in ant. sys. owned by Steven A. Silberburg. who also has interest in Remote pickup 12.338 53 12.391 WUWF (88.I mhz) Pensacola. Fla. -Seeks CP to WHAVIAM)- WLYT(FM) Haverhill. Mass. Filed Aug. 4. and change TL. App. Aug. 5. Aural STL 6 intercity relay 2.836 166 3 002 change HAAT to 616.97 ft. Bedford. N.H. -Bedford Radio Broadcasting Co. seeks KHOM (104.1 mhz) Houma. La.-Seeks mod. of CP to 96.5 mhz. 3 kw. HAAT: 90 ft. Address: 12 Great Brook Dr., ft. App. Aug. 6. Includes oft -air licenses. change TL and change HAAT to 1.943.73 Milford. N.H. 03055. Applicant is owned by Gail G. Gunn. (88.7 mhz) Joplin, Mo.-Seeks CP to change who is employed by WNDS(TV) Derry, N.H. Filed Aug. 4. KXMS

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 76 ERP to 10 kw and change HAAT to 184.53 ft. App. Aug. 5. crease day power to 10 kw. Action Aug. 4. linger and Nathan L. Goetz) FM proceeding. Granted joint request for settlement agreement and dismissed Accepted FM's Goetz's ap- plication: granted Wodlinger's app. for new FM station at Naples Park. and terminated proceeding. By order. July 18. KHIH (94.7 mhz) Boulder. Colo. -Seeks mod. of CP to KECA (98.1 mhz) Fairbanks. Alaska- Returned app. to change DA pattern. App. Aug. 5. change change TL: ERP to 25 kw: change HAAT to minus Review board made following 4.53 decisions: KQID -FM 193.1 mhz) Alexandria. La. -Seeks mod. of ft.. and make changes in ant. sys. Action Aug. 5. Ventura. Calif. (California Broadcasting Corp. and Chan- CP to change HAAT to 1.432.05 0. App. Aug. 5. KVMA -FM 1107.9 mhz) Magnolia. Ark.- Dismissed nel Islands Television Corp.) TV proceeding. Scheduled oral app. to make changes in ant. sys. Action July 28. WDTX (99.5 mhz) Detroit-Seeks mod. of lic. to move argument for Sept. 19 on exceptions to supplemental initial 306 SL to South Washington Ave.. Royal Oak. Mich. App. KFTZ 1103.3 mhz) Idaho Falls, Idaho-Granted app. to decision of AU Byron E. Harrison granting app. of Channel Aug. 11. change ERP to 50 kw and change HAAT to 590.4 ft. Action Islands for new TV station at Ventura. and denying compet- WFUR -FM (102.9 mhz) Grand Rapids. Mich. -Seeks July 31. ing app. of California Broadcasting. Each party has 20 min- utes for argument. California Broadcasting may mod. of CP to change ERP to 48 kw and change HAAT to KFXD -FM (94.9 mhz) Nampa. Idaho- Returned app. to reserve pan of its time for rebuttal. By letter. July 16. 510 ft. App. Aug. 8. change ERP to 48.6 kw and change HAAT to 2.694.19 ft. Action Aug. I. East Hampton. N.Y. (Chester KXLP 198. I mhz I New Ulm. Minn. -Seeks CP to change Associates and John F. Shea III) FM proceeding. Remanded proceeding to TL and change HAAT to 655.02 ft. App. Aug. 8. WSTQ (97.7 mhz) Streator. 111.- Granted app. to change presiding AU for further hearing and preparation of such supplemental WJYY (105.5 mhz) Concord. N.H. -Seeks to change TL. Action Aug. 4. CP initial decision as may be warranted by supplemental record. ERP to 1.55 kw and change 456.25 HAAT to ft. App. Aug. KEZT (104. I mhz) Ames. Iowa -Granted app. to change By MO&O. July 29. 8. TL and change HAAT to 1.008.93 ft. Action July 30. WKLX ALJ 198.9 mhz) Rochester. N.Y. -Seeks mod. of CP to KTOF -FM 1104.5 mhz) Cedar Rapids. lowa-Granted Joseph Chachkm made following deosion change TL and change HAAT to 492 ft. App. Aug. 8. app. to change HAAT to 1.038.82 ft. Action Aug. I. Fort Worth (Alden Television Inc.. et al) TV proceeding. WQSM (98.1 mhz) Fayetteville, N.C.-Seeks CP to KGCI (97.7 mhz) Grundy Center. Iowa -Returned app. to Granted motion for summary decision by Fort Worth Televi- change HAAT to 829.84 ft. App. Aug. 8. change TL and change HAAT to 358 ft. Action Aug. I. sion Inc.. and resolved air hazard issue in its favor. By order. July 17. WRCM (98.7 mhz) Jacksonville. N.C. -Seeks CP to WKQZ (93.5 mhz) Midland. Mich. -Granted app. to change freq. to 98.7 mhz: change TL: change ERP to 12. I change ERP to 1.372 kw and change HAAT to 486.1 ft. ALJ John M Frystak made following decisions kw. App. Aug. 8. Action Aug. 4. Orlando. Fla. (Marlin Broadcasting of Central Florida KAFM (97.5 mhz) Durant. Okla. -Seeks CP to change WBKJ (105.1 mhz) Kosciusko. Miss. -Granted app. to Inc.. et al) TV proceeding. Granted Orlando 27 Inc.'s peti- freq. to 97.5 mhz: change TL: change ERP to 45 kw. and change ERP to 100 kw. Action July 30. tion to enlarge issues against change HAAT to 513.8 ft. App. Aug. 5. U.S. Communications Inc. to KVRO (105.5 mhz) Stillwater. Okla.- Granted app. to determine whether its failure to timely repon filing lawsuit KOOS -FM (94.9 mhz) North Bend. Ore. -Seeks CP to change ERP to 30 kw and change HAAT to 15.1 ft. Action against Carmen Moms and Pluria Marshall Jr. constituted change freq. to 94.9 mhz and change ERP to 15 kw. App. Aug. 4. violation of rules. By MO &O. July 31. Aug. 5. KSDN -FM (94.1 mhz) Aberdeen. S.D. -Granted app. to El Paso (UN2JC Communications and Salcido Broadcast- WRIO (101.1 mhz) Ponce. P.R. -Seeks mod. of CP to change ERP to 100 kw and change HAAT to 438 ft. Action ing Co.) TV proceeding. Granted Salcido's petition to en- change TL: change ERP to 39.81 kw. and change HAAT to Aug. 4. large issues against UN2JC to determine real party-in- inter- 1.644 ft. App. Aug. 8. est behind its app. By MO &O. July 24. *KAZI (88.7 mhz) Austin. Tex. -Dismissed app. to WMXQ (105.5 mhz) Moneks Comer, S.C. -Seeks mod. change TL: change ERP to 1.05 kw: change HAAT to 471 Jasper. Tex. (Jasper County Broadcasting Co.) FM pro- of CP to change TL: change ERP to 2.04 kw. and change ft.. and make changes in ant. sys. Action July 28. ceeding. Granted Jasper's motion for summary decision and to HAAT 383.76 ft. App. Aug. 8. granted its app. for new FM at Jasper and KHCS -FM (88.1 mhz) Round Rock. Tex. -Granted app. terminated pro- ceeding. By MO &O. July 31. to change ERP to 3.000 w. Action July 28. TV's KCGL (105.5 mhz) Centerville. Utah -Granted app. to ALJ Joseph P Gonzalez made following decision: change ERP to .339 kw. Action July 30. Accepted Shepherd and Hemlock. Mich. (Great Lakes Radio Corp. WSEY (96.7 mhz) Sauk City. Wis.- Retumed app. to and Christian Media Inc.) AM proceeding. Granted Great KTGF (ch. change ERP to 1.78 kw and to change change HAAT to 429.35 ft. Lakes motion and with ERP to vis. 2.030 kw. aur. 203 kw and change HAAT to Action Aug. I. for failure to prosecute: conditionally granted app. of Great 1.046 ft. App. Aug. 5. *KYDZ(90.I mhz) Cody. Wyo.- Granted app. to change Lakes for authority to change location of AM station WMMI * W NED-TV (ch. 17) Buffalo. N.Y. -Seeks MP to change ERP to 10 kw and change HAAT to minus 459.2 0. Action from Marshall. Mich.. to Shepherd. and terminated pro- HAAT to 1.082.4 fi. App. Aug. 7. July 31. ceeding. By MO&O. July 25. TV's Actions ALJ Edward J. Kuhlmann made following decision *WAIQ (ch. 26) Montgomery. Ala.- Granted app. to Des Moines. Iowa (Des Moines Educational Broadcasting AM's change ERP to vis. 1.420 kw and change HAAT to 600 ft. Foundation and Family Stations Inc.) educational FM pro- Action Aug. 4. ceeding. Granted joint request for settlement agreement and KCHU (770 khz) Valdez. Alaska -- Granted app. to change dismissed Des Moines' app. with WHO) (ch. 19) Peoria, III. -Grunted app. to change ERP prejudice: granted Fam- TL and make changes in ant. sys. Action July 30. ily's app. for new FM at to .224 kw. aur. 224 kw. Action July 29. education Des Moines. and termi- nated proceeding. By KGER 11390 khz) Long Beach. Calif. -Granted app. to MO &O, July 30. KHFT (ch. 29) Hobbs. N.M. -Granted app. to change make changes in ant. sys. Action Aug. I. ERP to vis. 8 kw. aur. .8 kw and change HAAT to 522 ft. ALJ Edward Luton made following decision. KGFJ ( I230 khz) Los Angeles -Granted app. to increase Action July 29. night power to 400 w. Action Aug. I. Guadalupe. Calif. (Dellar-Davis Broadcasting Co.. et al) WETG (ch. 66) Erie. Pa. -Granted app. to change ERP to FM proceeding. By separate orders: granted joint request for KPPC (1240 khz) Pasadena. Calif. -Granted app. to vis. 35.81 kw. aur. 3.58 kw: change HAAT to 884.6 ft.: settlement agreement by Reimer Broadcasting. Dellar -Davis change nighttime power to 400 w. Action Aug. I. replace ant.. and change TL. Action Aug. 4. Broadcasting and Karen L. Nichols and dismissed Nichols' WREF (850 khz) Ridgefield. Center. Conn. -Granted WOLF -TV (ch. 38) Scranton. Pa. -Granted app. to app. with prejudice: granted joint request for settlement app. to increase power to I kw. Action Aug. I . change ERP to vis. 1.280 kw. aur. 128 kw. Action July 31. agreement between Reimer and Dollar-Davis and dismissed Davis' app. WAWB (810 khz) Hahira. Ga. -Granted app. to change *WQTO (ch. 26) Ponce. P.R.-Granted app. to change Dellar- with prejudice. By order and MO &O. TL. Action July 31. ERP to vis. 434 kw: change HAAT to 990.56 ft.: replace July 18. ant., and WBML (900 khz) Macon. Ga.- Returned app. to increase change TL. Action July 31. Walter C. Miller made power to 2 kw. Action Aug. 4. KWTV )ch. 9) Oklahoma City-Granted app. to change AL following decisions HAAT to 1.524.54 WTMT (620 khz) Louisville. Ky -Granted app. to make ft. Action July 29. Shepherdsville. Newburg and Okolona. Ky. (Kinwix al) changes in ant. sys. Action Aug. I. *KETA -TV (ch. 13) Oklahoma City -Granted app. to Communications. et AM proceeding. Granted joint mo- change HAAT to 1.524.54 ft. and install tion for settlement agreement between Minority Broadcast- WSBS (860 khz) Great Barrington. Mass. -Granted app. new ant. Action July 29. ing Co. and Joanna Glinter and dismissed Glinter's app. with to increase power to 2.2 kw. Action Aug. 4. prejudice: granted joint request for settlement agreement WCTE (ch. 22) WACM (1490 khz) West Springfield. Mass. -Granted Cookeville. Tenn. -Granted app. to between Minority and Kinwix Communications and dis- change ERP to vis. app. to change TL. Action July 30. 1.314 kw and change HAAT to 1.395 ft. missed Kinwix's app. with prejudice: conditionally granted Action July 29. Minority's app. for new AM station at Newburg. KAAN 1870 khz) Bethany, Mo. -Granted app. to increase and termi- KCKU 14) nated proceeding. By MO &O. July 21. power to I kw. Action Aug. I. (ch. Tyler. Tex. -Granted app. to change ERP to vis. 4,594, aur. 459 kw and change HAAT to 3.234.08 ft. Destin. Fla.. and Metairie, La. (Louise M. and Harold R. KCHS (1400 khz) Truth or Consequences. N.M.-Grant- Action July 29. Harding. et al) AM proceeding. Granted Louisiana Broad- ed app. to increase power to I kw. Action Aug. I. casters' motion and dismissed its app. with prejudice. By WZBO (1260 khz) Edenton. N.C. -Granted app. to make order, Aug. 4. changes in ant. sys. Action July 31. Ann Arbor and Jackson. Mich. (Michigan Bell Telephone KRKX (1010 khz) Milwaukee. Ore.-Dismissed app. to In Contest Co. and Century Teleview of Michigan) PLMS proceeding. change TL and make changes in ant. sys. Action July i0 Granted joint request for settlement agreement: granted KTUN (I 180 khz) Humble. Tex. -Granted app. to make Michigan Bell's amended app. for new one-way station to operate on 158. I mhz in Public Land Mobile Service. Ann changes in DA pattern. Action Aug. I. General counsel made following decision: Arbor: granted Century's amended app. for new one -way KMAS khz) (1030 Shelton. Wash. -Granted app. to in- Naples Park and Golden Gate City. Fla. (Mark L. Wod- station to operate on 158.1 mhz in same service at Jackson.

Broadcasting.Aug 18 1986 77 and terminated proceeding. By MO &O, Aug. 4. lo. and terminated proceeding. By MO &O, July 16. Letters ALJ Richard L. Sippe! made following decisions: ALJ Joseph Starner made following decision: Call Anchorage (Aloha Broadcasting Co. and Comco Broad- Novato. Calif. (Magdalene Gunden Partnership. et al) TV casting Inc.) FM proceeding. Granted joint request for set- proceeding. Granted motion by Novato Television and dis- tlement agreement and dismissed Aloha's app. with preju- missed its app. with prejudice. By order, July 23. Applications dice; conditionally granted Comco's app. for new FM station Call Sought by at Anchorage. and terminated proceeding. By MO &O. July ALJ James F Kerney made following decisions: 17. Juneau, Alaska (Locher Development Corp.. et al) FM New FM Brawley. Calif. (Adrienne Richardson and Brawley proceeding. Granted joint request for settlement agreement Broadcasting Co.) FM proceeding. Granted joint request for and dismissed apps. of Empire Communications Inc. and WMLX-FM Mark L. Nbdlinger. Naples Park, Fla. settlement agreement and dismissed Richardson's app. with Advancom Inc.: granted app. of Locher Broadcasting Inc. prejudice: granted Brawley's app. for new FM station at (successor to Locher Development) for new FM station at Existing AM's Brawley and terminated proceeding. By MO &O. July 17. Juneau. and terminated proceeding. By MO &O, July 28. KZON Leo Kesseluran, Santa Maria, Calif. Los Angeles (RKO General. et al) FM proceeding. Grant- Thoreau. N.M. (Michael J. Berms and California Media) KTAP FM proceeding. Granted Benns' app. for new FM station at ed Los Angeles Broadcasting Co.'s voluntary request and WSTN WJED Fayette County Broadcasting Service, dismissed its app. with prejudice. By order, July 30. Thoreau and terminated proceeding. By MO&O, July 31. Somerville. Tenn. Amarillo, Tex. (New North Broadcasters. et al) FM pro- Bellevue. Wash. (C.R. Pasquier Associates of Bellevue ceeding. Granted joint request for settlement agreement by Inc.. et al) TV proceeding. Granted motions for summary Existing FM New North. Atkins Broadcasting and Lewellyn Broadcast- decisions by Bellevue Broadcasting Co. and C.R. Pasquier issues in their favor. By ing. and dismissed New North's and Lewellyn's apps. with Associates and resolved air hazard KHFX KGOL Shamrock Broadcasting Co . Lake 17. prejudice: granted Atkins app. for new FM station at Amaril- order. July Jackson, Tex Grants Call Assigned to Services New AM WNJO Sandpiper Communications Park Inc.. Sea- side Park. N J AERONAUTICAL CONSULTANTS FCC ON -LINE DATABASE TOwE R LOCH I ION HE IG,n:StUDIE S FAA NEGOTIATIONS New FM's CHEVALIER. JR. d819WOPId® JOHN AllocatlonTerram Studies WKBX Kmgsbay Area Broadcasting Co.. Kings - AM FM ITFS AVIATION SYSTEMS, INC. N LPN land. Ga.

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Sales manager: Looking for a leader. Able to carry an KPBS radio, San Diego's public radio station. is seek- RADIO existing list. create new business and motivate a four ing two full -time hosts for its classical music program- person sales department. Proven radio sales track re- ing. Broadcast experience and familiarity with classical HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT cord a must. Send resume, salary history. Tell us why music required. Excellent communication and pronun- the one for the job. WRRO Box 1440 Warren OH ciation skills are a must. Relaxed and friendly on -air sales manager KENS -II, Cable Ch. 24has im- you're General Manager. presence required. Salary in the low to mid 20's with for a General Sales Manager. Pro- 44482 c/o General mediate opening excellent benefits. Obtain employment application di- independent television station, KENS -Il gramed as an HELP WANTED SALES rectly from: San Diego State University Employment in combo with KENS -TV, San is sold separately and Office, 3rd floor Administration Building, San Diego, television station. We are looking for Sales manager wanted for MAGIC 105 in San Antonio. Antonio's top -rated CA 92182. Submit resume and 5- minute audition tape is a general or local sales man- Must have proven ability to build and lead a winning someone who currently of classical music announcing along with application provide training and leadership local sales effort. A minimum of three years' sales man- ager in radio that can no later than Monday, August 25, 1986. EEO /AATitle IX five. A strong background in new busi- agement experience required. Excellent financial and for our staff of employer. ness development and promotions is a must. This is a company opportunity. Send resume and references to one of a kind opportunity with compensation at a mini- Jack Collins, KSMG -FM, 8930 Four Winds, Suite 500, Easy listening leader, looking for mature voices. mum of $55.000 annually Send a complete resume San Antonio, TX 78239. News and commercial production mandatory. Premier with references to David Sankovich, VP General Sales south Jersey station. Tape and resume to Larry Keene, Texas Panhandle City of 30,000 seeking account ex- Manger, KENS -N PO. Box TV 5, San Antonio. TX, Box 94, Avalon, NJ 08202. Don't call us. we'll call you. ecutive with production ability. Must be aggressive and 78299 -0500. KENS -TV/Kens -II is a division of Harte- EEO M /F. -starter with at least one year radio sales exper- Hanks Comunications, an E.O.E. No phone calls self Reusme and tape and photo to Dannell Sehonn, please. ience. Fine Arts Radio WFMT, Chicago, seeks experienced Box 1779, Tampa, TX 79065. KGRO -KOMX 806 -669- classical music announcers for the new Beethoven Sat- Wanted: clerically skilled, organized, dedicated and 6809 ellite Network. Candidates must have experience in animated individual with broadcast savvy. Send re- classical radio announcing., accurate pronunciation of Our salespeople will earn an average of $35,000 sume to Penny Conklin. 5858 Hollywood Blvd., 4th four foreign languages, and solid production skills. Salary in 1986. Group owned, dominant FM in southeast medi- floor. Hollywood. CA. 90028. range is open. Send resume with three references and um market is looking for creative self-starter. $18 -24,00 a non -refundable cassette voice demo to: Torey Mala- AM/FM medium market in Ala- guaranteed in first year. Send work personal history in General sales manager tia, Beethoven Satellite Network, WFMT, Three Illinois Salary/override, $42,000. confidence to Box G -102. bama. Established stations. Center, 303 East Wacker Drive, Chicago IL 60601. Ap- Send resume to Box H -9. We need aggressive, enthusiastic and experienced plications accepted immediately No phone calls, Director of radio. Northwest public radio, a growing account executive who would like to live in one of the please. AA/EOE. major por- right people will have an three -station public radio network serving great cities of America. The prestigious dominant station medium man- income while living in a Morning man. . Idaho Oregon seeks to make significant tions of Washington and opportunity market near major eastern markets, MOR AC, top support and locale. Re- marvelous climate and great place to raise a family The ager, Great staff. audience. news, sports, features, heavy commercial load, warm management is bright. Contact Margaret Fort, General Sales quires appropriate degree, significant future personality. Benefits. Resume to: Box H -48. experience and strong programing sills. Public radio Manager, WIS Radio, Columbia, South Carolina, at experience and advanced degree preferred. Letter 803 -772 -5600. An equal employment opportunity em- Classy Midwest station needs classy PD.100kw Con- and resume by Sept. 8. 1986. Dennis Haarsager, GM ployer. temporary Need music and promotion experience. In- Radio-Television Services, Pullman. W. 99164 -2530. cludes air show Send qualifications to Box H -55. Southern New Jersey Premier small market station, Washington State University is an AA/EEO employer. looking for eventual sales manager. Excellent billings, General sales manager needed for an aggressive fast but its time to expand our three- member sales team to in Sales manage- four. References a must. Call 609-465 -9400. EEO /M/F. growing radio group the Carolinas. HELP WANTED TECHNICAL ment experience a must. Send detailed resume and Katz Broadcasting is looking for an account executive salary history to: P.O. Box FM 106X, Florence. SC AM /FM Texas station seeks an exper- who makes things happen. Is the customer number Progressive 29501 ienced engineer to maintain well equipped station in one with you? Do you strive to be the best? Do you market of 60,000. Experience is essential. Both sta- Eastern PA full time AM station is enjoy taking challenges? Are you able to set priorities General manager: tions on the air 24 hours. No rush, we seek competant seeking a sales. promotion, and people oriented man- and develop strategies for your activities? If so, radio We and stable person for this position. Box H -10. ager. If you're the right person, this could be the oppor- station K95FM can offer you an exciting opportunity tunity you've been looking fr. Send resume to: Box H- are a rapidly growing, Tulsa, Oklahoma radio station, Experienced chief for market's top combo. Directional 20. offering the newest and most comprehensive sales fulltime AM, Class C FM. Salary, insurance, profit shar- training and technology We offer unlimited income po- ing with growing company WEBCML /C 218-728- stations in Midwest looking for Group owner of AM/FM tential, an innovative environment focused on excel- 4484. experienced motivated G.M., with strong sales and lence, incentives and recognition based upon your in- marketing background. Must have 3 years G.M. exper- dividual success. and a chance to join a company with Chief engineer. For medium market station in the Mid - ience. CRMC, college degree or equilivelent exper- a record of success and a sense of purpose. If you feel South. Experienced with AM -DA, FM transmitter sys- You'll like or ience. Salary & bonus on performance. you have the talent... act now! Call Larry Liebowitz at tems, program automation essential. Box H -54. style. Send full details of your background and earn- -9500. Katz Broadcasting is an equal oppor 918 -587 Director of engineering. Must be familiar with studio ings to Box H -46. tunity employer construction and 2 -way aircraft installation. Extensive Sales manager for 100,000 watt west Texas station. Colorado ski resort looking for sales manager for travel required for national network operation. Looking Tell us about your successes: how you motivate peo- AM /FM. Must be experienced, organized, aggressive, for a motivated self- starter. Send resume to Jack Va- with ple; how you establish rates. A top rated station creative, and able to motivate. Send resume and salary linski, Metro Traffic Control, 4828 Loop Central Drive backup staff. copy writer and excellent production requirements to Box H -18. 800, Houston TX 77081. EOE. team. Send resume to Box H -47. Account executive: WALK FM /AM. Long Island's pre- Expanding radio group is looking for management miere AC station, is expanding its sales staff. Minimum market stations. people for major. medium and small of three years radio experience required, Send resume HELP WANTED NEWS Plenty of advancement opportunities. We need general to Barbara Ravinett, Local Sales Manager, WALK -reporter for morning shift in three managers, sales managers and account executives. FM /AM. PO. Box 230, Patchogue. NY 11772 E.O.E. Experienced anchor Excellent compensation and plenty of opportunity to person news department. Experience only. Personality grow quickly with us. Send resume and broadcasting Life's a beach in Charleston, South Carolina. If you're welcomed. Tape & resume to Ed Huot, WTRC Box 699, history to David Weird eled VP, Vanguard Communi- experienced, hard working and desire management Elkhart, IN 46515 EOE. Box 213. Geneva, NY 14456 EOE. with a fast growing company, you may be my local cations. a personable anchor sales manager. Excellent compensation and future for Co-anchor /reporter: looking for market's number General manager. Small market AM /FM combo. West- the right producer. Send your information to: Steve to join our male co- anchor on the /motivator. and 11:00 ern Pennsylvania. Aggressive sales leader Newcombe, GSM. WFXR-FM, 60 Markfield Drive, Suite number one rated, award winning 6:00 history to: have prior television ex- Super opportunity. Send resume and salary #4. Charleston. SC 29407. newscasts. Candidates should John Kelly, 1054 Troy -Schenectady Road. Latham NY perience as anchor or reporter. Send tape, resume and 12110. EOE. Account executive for aggressive. highly promotional salary requirements to: E.O.E. M/F. Stew Kasloff, News combo. Two years minimum experience Please send Director, WVV1-TV PO. Box 1930, Bluefield, WV 24701. letter of introduction, resume to Thomas R. Hunt for WOR radio in For Fast Action Use WSSXM/TMA. P.O. Box 31089. Charleston, SC 29417. Authoritative morning -drive anchor New York. Must have five years major market or net- work experience. Excellent writing , reporting and con- BROADCASTING'S ANNOUNCERS HELP WANTED versational on -air style. Send tape, resume and a brief to Bernard Gershon, Evening position open. good A/C communicator, PBP description of your qualifications Classified Radio, 1440 Broadway, New helpful not necessary T &R to WLBR Box 1270. Leba- Managing Editor, WOR 10018. No calls will be accepted. EOE. Advertising non, PA 17042. York, NY

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 an Morning edition host/producer- Sacramento, Califor- GM or GSM. Aggressive, creative, professional, sales - Sportscaster available make the "free agent acquisi- nia. Top rated NPR affiliate seeks host for local seg- oriented, talented. 27 years experience, agency, radio, tion of the year" Sophisticated, exciting POP and solid ments of KXPR's morning edition including writing and TV Employed. Any size market. Box H -19. anchoring skills. A winner. Bob, 201- 546 -5546. voicing newscast/feature segments, cover local and stale governmental affairs to produce actualities, If you have the signal... I have the strategy, Aggres- Currently living in N.Y.C. and employed with manage- voicers and features for use on Morning Edition. Mini- sive general manager seeks the opportunity to turn ment co. Eager to break into radio news. Some exper- mum 3 years full -time experience as on -air talent and your station around. Good track record and excellent ience, hard worker, have car, money no object. Call for reporter /producer for news program. Bachelors de- business background, Reply to Box H -43 to receive my tape and resume including, street work, and writing gree in journalism, communications or related field. resume. samples with cover letter Robert Brown business num- Daily board shift, 4:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., Monday ber 212-867-7020. Interim management. Over fifty years radio through Friday. Operation for all broadcast related exper- ience, definitely not required. For temporary manage- #1 -rated equipment. KXPR is licensed to California State Univer- anchor, top 30's market, seeks to relocate. ment anywhere - call Charles E. Seebeck, "always sity, Sacramento and serves Sacramento and eight sur- Excellent track record. Stable. Box H -70. working" - Staunton, Virginia. 24 hour phone rounding counties. Above national average salary 703-885- and 4850. Someone you know knows me! Has your major or large market news department lost excellent employer paid benefits plan. Deadline Sep- its punch? Demographic, people -oriented ND avail- tember 15th or until position is filled. KXPR is an Working broadcast manager. Successful in sales, able. Innovator, motivator, winner. 901 -794 -4695. EOE/AA employer. Women and minorities are encour- promotion. programing, news and most of all -- profit. aged to apply Send non -returnable cassette sample of Recently sold FM in South Florida. Now available. Fam- Sportscaster: eleven years experience multi -award newscast and feature production (no more than 5 min- ily man, community involved. References on request. winner. PBP, reporting, newswriting. Looking for a new utes each), or live ME aircheck, cover letter, resume Box H -63. challenge in sports or news. 303 -241 -6452. and 3 references with phone numbers to: Morning Edi- tion Search, KXPR/Hornet Foundation, California State Attention Virginia, Maryland, Delaware owners pro- Sportscaster in Southwest looking for new climate. Four years in University, Sacramento. 6000J Street, Sacramento, CA motional and sales- minded, aggressive. bottom line medium market. Strong PBP, reporting, 95819. oriented, former owner, now available. A superb track hosting skills. Available immediately 713 -522 -6048. record. Last station with a 44 share of 9 station market. SITUATIONS WANTED PROGRAMING, Statewide radio news network: anchor/reporter with References availabe upon request. Box H -62. writing. tape editing skills; must have metro-quality PRODUCTION 8 OTHERS sound; background in covering politics GM or GSM available due to management change at and govern- Major programer /personality: AC -CHR- Urban. De- ment helpful. T&R, writing samples to Priddy, Birmingham, Alabama Class C. Nine years GSM at Bob Mis- veloped the power format. Successful track record top sourinet. 216 E. McCarty, Jefferson City, MO highly profitable medium and top 50 market stations. 65101. ratings all formats. Former national P.D. for immediate Ten years sales and programing, College grad. Strong increase in ratings and revenues call 305 News director. Small market in upstate New York. Ex- management skills. Stan Reed, 404-323.4540, 7423 -225 -0761. cellent news reputation. Convenient to Buffalo and Standing Boy Road, Columbus, GA 31904. AC- oriented PD Creative interests include music spe- Rochester. Must be college graduate, assertive leader, cials, spec spots SCA. market, 15 years Small Jim 615 -896- have good air delivery, minimum two years. exper- experience broadcasting and sales. All fac- 4271. ience. Resume and tape to Whittingham, WBTA/WBTF, ets including management. Call Barry 906 -786 -7790 Batavia, NY 14020 EOE Program director with top ratings record available SITUATIONS WANTED SALES now Top 10 market experience. 14 years total. Quality production, promotions. public service. CHR /AC HELP WANTED Broadcast professional seeks /AOR PROGRAMING September or October formats. Mark Hill 503 476 -4839 PRODUCTION 8 OTHERS opportunity in Mid -west or South -west! Sales/announc- ing combination my forte! I'm affordable! Box H -58. MISCELLANEOUS Program director /morning personality wanted for the #1 rated AM news /sports information and music Nobody works harder, dedicated and reliable, sales, We buy records -45s and LPs- No quantity too station in Columbia, South Carolina. Outstanding op- news, announcer. Will relocate. Call Ray after 4: 309- large. Immediate payment; all sounds and vintage; for portunity for an individual who is willing to work hard 343 -5429. export; can travel. Florida-Rock Distributors, 7315 NW and has the ability to direct others. Send cassette. 79 Terrace, Miami, FL 33166. Radio-TV-Cable sales manager, employed, major mar- resume and salary requirements directly to Charles T. ket, seeks upward move. Well qualified. Jones, Jr.. General Manager, WIS Radio, PO 415 -731- Box 0395. 21567, Columbia, SC 29221. An equal employment opportunity employer SITUATIONS WANTED ANNOUNCERS On program air director. Major southeast market. Tar- Attention eastern small markets: Experienced an- get TELEVISION Black adults with Gospel music and community nouncer with production skills seeks air shift (A/C, format. affairs Send resume to Box H -64. EOE. Country/AOR). Hardworking and dedicated with 24 HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT Urban contemporary hour work habits. Call Larry after 7pm, EDST 301- program director position 475 -3186. National sales manager. Leading Seattle- Tacoma in- open at WPEG in Charlotte, NC includes 10am -2pm air dependent seeks perienced national sales man- shift. Send tape and resume to WPEG. P.O. Box 128, TWO years commercial experience in small market. ager. Successful candidate will have five years' broad- Concord. NC 28025. Prior experience required. No Want to move up. Adult, top 40, MOR. Want to be cre- cast sales and two years' national rep experience. phone calls, please! EOE. ative, not just push buttons. Call Dave anytime. 201- Send resume to General Sales Manager, KSTW -N, P.O. 777 -0749. Box 11411. Tacoma, WA 98411. EOE.

SITUATIONS WANTED MANAGEMENT AC, AOR, CHR, Talk. 17 years experience. NYC. Phila- Local sales manager- Wé are a Southwest NBC affili- delphia, Boston. Straight or personality Call John ate in the top 100 looking for the right person to run our Top radio sales manager trainer motivator, etc. with 22 617-255 -9149. local sales effort. As part of a large broadcast group, years in unrelated field as business owner seeks simi- we offer excellent benefits and opportunities to grow in lar radio position in "California Only". No market Have ability... too will travel! Get multiple talents for the one of Americas nicest cities. Candidates should have small of loo large. Box G -93. pace of one by calling 214 -539 -0877. two years' experience in sales management or exten- sive sales background. Top broadcaster: 25 year pro sales, national sales, Talented Black male announcer with print news ex- Candidates should be well versed in research, use, major market programmer, corporate management, perience seeks immediate entry level position. Karl computer and sales training. Please send resumes to Box H -29. engineering, First FCC. I will increase your revenues. Gayle 212 -325 -5451. lower overhead. raise ratings I will and increase your General sales manager. CBS affiliate in ADI line. Dedicated female rock and roller good delivery, tired 54th is bottom Call now 305 -225 -0761. seeking creative, of nostalgia, looking for career move. Ruth 315 -253- competitive sales leader. Excellent Well rounded military and college trained mass com- 4243. opportunity for a person with ability and the desire to grow municator desires management position with new op- with an established broadcast company Send TWo resume letter eration or as a traveling trouble shooter. Strong points years commercial experience in small market. and stating your sales philosophy to Ray Want move J. Chumley, Vice President include maturity, management skills, community in- to up. Adult, top 40, MOR. Want to be cre- and General Manager, volvement and training methods. Available after Au- ative, not just push buttons, Call Dave anytime, 201- WEYI -TV Box 250, Clio, MI 48420. EOE. gust 15th. Reply Box H -11. 777 -0749. Chief engineer needed for NBC affiliate in attractive Western New York OM, looking for GM position with SITUATIONS WANTED TECHNICAL Northeast market. Must be strong, aggressive man- ager with small market station. Can motivate, lead train. Nine talent for supervising people and working Looking for employment as a chief engineer at a with years experience in sales, promotion, on air, public effectively department heads. Transmitter exper- medium or major market radio station(s). I have relations. College grad. looking for long term exper- ience plus latest satellite and state -of- the -an produc- commit- ience with high powered transmitters ment. Box H -27. (50kw /25kw) at a tion facilities knowledge a must. Reply to General Man- major market I combo facility have worked closely with ager, WBRE -TV, 62 South Franklin St., Wilkes- Barre. PA Ambitious, 16 -year, full- service /news -talk programer the PD. to improve ratings by increasing the reliability 18773. EOE. seeks first general manager /station manager position, and the air quality of the stations. I believe in and prac- Local small -to-medium markets. Understands the relation- tice good engineering standards with references to sales manager: NBC affiliate in small mid- Atlan- tic market ship of winning sales, programing and promotion ef- prove it. Contact Robert King. telephone' 503 -222- seeks achievement motivated local sales forts to produce positive long -term bottom line results. 7440. manager. Experience with direct and agency television sales is required I've worked with the best in both turnaround situations Please send resume and cover letter SITUATIONS WANTED NEWS and at legendary radio stations. Disciplined, goal -on outlining sales philosophy. EOE. Box H -52. ented and a win -win leader. Let me work some Radio magic news pro. award winner. Strong delivery, writ- Local/regional sales manager for top 15 Indy need- for you. Currently successfully employed, but its time to ing, gathering, Newstalk experienced Seeking chal- ed. Excellent track record needed - send resume advance! Please respond and to Box H -20. lenging opportunity 305- 923 -5167. track record to Box H-60.

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 81 Sky Channel of the Pacific is seeking a project direc- Local account executive needed for top 15 market. HELP WANTED NEWS tor to design and administer activities for the planning Aggressive exec. with agency, co -op, vendor, and di- Producer. Quality station looking for quality producer. of public telecommunications systems to serve the US rect experience needed. Also additional research ex- The rest of the team is in place. Now it needs a leader. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Qualifications in- perience. Box H -61. Send resume and salary requirements to Box G -97. clude knowledge of broadcasting, education, satellite Top independent station KPHO -TV, Phoenix seeks ex- EOE, M/F and related technology; previous experience in tele- perienced account executive with 3 years' in TV sales communications planning and work with Pacific or oth- Top station in market is seeking an preferred. Send resume to Local Sales Manager. EOE. Photojournalist. er regions of the developing world. Application dead- experienced photojournalist. Successful applicant will line September 5. For further information contact either: Local sales manager: for sales committed affiliate in have shooting experience as well as knowledge of John Gilliam, Sky Channel of the Pacific, 251 Martyr St., top 75 market. We need a tough pro to take us to our state -of- the -art equipment. Send tape & resume to Bil- Suite 105, Agana, Guam 96910, (Country Code 671) goals. Position available now Send resume and salary lye Gavitt. News Business Manager, KWTV P.O. Box 653 -1270. William Cooperman. PTFP/NTIA, Room requirements to Box H -56. An equal opportunity em- 14159, Oklahoma City, OK 73113. No phone calls. 4625, Department of Commerce, Washington. DC ployer. please. EOE, M/E 20230. 202- 377 -5802. Midwest affiliate seeks a general assignment reporter WNYC -TV: Manager -TV maintenance. Manager -TV and an AM cut -in/noon anchor. College degree and maintenance wanted to supervise a maintenance staff HELP WANTED TECHNICAL experience required for both positions. Please send of five, assist in design and installation of new facilities, resume and tape by August 22, 1986, to Personnel Minimum 5 years' experience perform appropriate administrative duties and oversee Asst. chief opportunity. Director, WHOI -TV, 500 N. Stewart St., Creve Coeur, IL Ampex with station. the upkeep of equipment. Must have at least three Sony ENG, Grass Valley, DVE, #1 61611. EOE. years of supervisory experience in a management lev- Excellent salary benefits. Contact Cecil Cope, KIFI -TV, el engineering position at a TV station or video facility; Box 2148, Idaho Falls, ID 83401. 208-523-1171. Producer: Eastern Seaboard medium market, NBC af- television maintenance background with an ability to filiate #1 in news. Experienced show producer. Salary Chief engineer: KFYR -TV in Bismarck, North Dakota is troubleshoot to the component level; ability to work well in low 20 's. We are an affirmative action, equal opportu- seeking a chief engineer. Should have RCA transmitter under pressure; thorough knowledge of state- of -the- nity employer, WE Box H -14. - Harris microwave and ACR experience. Applicants art video equipment. Salary commensurate with exper- with chief or assistant chief status and minimum 5 Meteorologist/reporter. Anchor weekend weather, re- ience. If interested, send resume with salary histon to years TVexperience preferred. Associate degree help- port weekdays. Must be AMS qualified. Broadcast ex- Personnel -WNYC, 1 Centre St., 32nd Floor, New York, ful. Reply to: General Manager, KFYR -TV, Box 1738, perience required. Tape, resume to Bob Allen, News NY 10007. EOE/AA. Bismarck, ND 58502. Salary negotiable. Resume re- Director, KCRG -TV, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401. EUE. General sales manager for leading television station quired. KFYR -TV is an equal opportunity employer. News producer: Want a people- person to help guide a group in top 15 market. Must have proven manage- Maintenance engineer. Top ten market, PBS station: 26 person news staff. Multiple live. Graphics. Chyron. ment skills. EOE. Box H -59. Excellent opportunity Applicant should have minimum ABC affiliate. Minimum 18 months' experience. Reply Experienced general manager for growing Flint, three years' maintenance experience. SBE Certifica- Box H -30. EEO. independent TV station. Call owner in confi- tion, FCC General Class, college degree preferred. Michigan medium market. We just Good benefits, competitive salary. Resumes to: Gilda News director for competitive dence, G.J. Robinson, 513-351 -9110. EEO. resume and letter of Jones, KERA- TV /FM, 3000 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, lost ours to a major market. Send requirements explaining General sales manager For aggressive group -owned TX 75201. particulars including salary midwest NBC affiliate. Require strong background in why you should be his replacement to Operations Man- local, regional, and national sales with emphasis on Remote truck supervisor/maintenance engineer: 3- ager, KCEN -TV, Box 6103, Temple, TX 76503 -6103. local business development and effective use of TvB. 5 years broadcast and digital solid state maintenance EUE. No phone calls, please. Leadership and organizational skills are essential to experience.. Two years previous remote truck supervi Weathercaster: Net affiliate, Sunbelt, looking for ex- a sales effort and train a professional sales sor experience, network level or equivalent. Excellent build solid perienced professionals for morning and noon weath- team. Rochester is a progressive, growing market that managerial skills and client relations. Must be a motiva- ercasts. Meteorologists preferred. Send resume /salary has great potential for substantial growth. Ownership tor. Send resumes to: Bill McKechney, F & F Produc- requirements to Box H -15. Equal opportunity employer, provides opportunity for advancement and excellent tions, Inc., 10393 Gandy Blvd., St. Petersburg, FL M/F. fringe benefits package. Send resume to Clark L. Wide- 33702. EOE, M/F. man, Vice President - General Manager, KTTC Televi- reporter meeded for morning Chief engineer. Once -in -a- lifetime opportunity to be- Anchor /reporter. News sion, Inc., 601 1st Ave. SW, Rochester, MN 55902. EOE. reporting skills and some come chief at the world's most powerful television sta- and noon newscasts. Strong anchoring experience required. Send resume /salary Development manager WXXI TV- AM -FM, an out- tion in America's hottest growth market! All new 24- requirements to Box H -16. EUE, M/F. standing public broadcasting center in Upstate New hour full stereo station with 5,000.000 watts at 2,000 dual York, seeks an experienced development professional feet with DVE, 1° tape, remote production truck, Sportscaster to produce and anchor daily sportscasts Harris TVE240 transmitter, to lead and direct all development activities. This per- city studios, microwave. at 6 & 10. Send tape and resume to News Director, and much, much more son will supervise and coordinate membership, corpo- backup emergency generators WSMV, Box 4. Nashville, TN 37202. rate underwriting, auction, volunteer services, and spe- needs people- oriented team player to head up state - cial events. Must have record of at least five years' solid of- the -art facility. Strong management skills, budgeting Assignment editor -WDIV/Post -Newsweek in Detroit, achievement in sales/marketing /development. PTVex- ability and demonstrated ability at design of facilities has an opening for an assignment editor in the news perience desired, master's degree preferred. Salary and maintenance of state -of- the -art broadcasting department. Responsible for daily operations of the commensurate with experience. Send resume and sal- equipment a must. BSEE desirable. Attractive compen- assignment desk. Three years experience in commer- ary history to: WXXI Personnel Department, P.O. Box sation and solid benefit and fringe package to right cial, local or network television news. Must demon- 21, Rochester, NY 14601. EOE. person. Detailed resume, letter and references to Tom strate basic journalistic judgement and skills including Scanlan, PresidenVGM, WKFT Television. 230 Donald- ability to write news copy College degree preferred. son St., Fayetteville, NC 28301. EOE, WE No phone Send resume to WDIV, Personnel Department, 550 W calls. All replies answered. Lafayette. Detroit, MI 48231. EUE. HELP WANTED SALES Chief engineer. UHF Miami, Florida, market. Exper- Live truck coordinator. WTAF -TV Philadelphia, has an ience in all phases of broadcast engineering and good immediate opening for a live truck coordinator with a Vendor support marketing consultant: Seeking high- management background required. Send resume to: minimum of 3 years experience in live operations and ly motivated individual for marketing division of corn - Box H -42. EOE. news gathering. Responsibilities include shooting live munications corporation. Must have at least three shots, truck operation, and assignment planning. Tech- years' experience conducting vendor meetings with TV broadcast transmitter engineer: Must have exten- nical and editorial background preferred; valid drivers proven track record. Salary commensurate with qualifi- sive experience with broadcast transmitters and hold license required. Forward letter of application to: RCA cations. Send resume to P.O. Box 5787, Virginia Beach, valid FCC operators license. Live Truck Coordinator, P.O. Box 1647, Philadelphia, PA Must have to trouble- \A 23455. °F° line experience a plus. ability 19105. We are an equal opportunity employer. shoot and maintain terminal gear, STL, ENG/EFP micro- Account executive. Solid, top 35 Sunbelt CBS affiliate wave, digital systems and earth station hardware. Ex- Reporter with anchor potential for market news lead- who wants to seeking experienced account executive perienced only, please. EOE. Contact: William Seaman, er. Minimum of 1 year experience. Tapes & resumes to: move up. Bright, highly motivated individual. Should Manager of Engineering, WTVN -TV, 1261 Dublin Rd., News Director, WEAU -TV, P.O. Box 47, Eau Claire, WI have a minimum of two successful years of television Col., OH 43216. 614-481 6663. 54702. No later than August 29. 1986. No calls. please. sales experience. Consideration will be given to per- An equal opportunity employer. son with knowledge of major retail, co-op and vendor Maintenance engineer for state of the art video broad- development. Knowledge of television production is cast equipment. FCC license helpful. Resume to WBRE Dominant CBS affiliate is searching for a 6 & 10 an- desirable. Strong understanding of ratings a must. Box TV 28, PO. Box 28, Wilkes- Barre, PA 18773. EOE. chor. Salary commensurate with experience. If you H -33. have at least one year anchoring experience. send on mobile unit. Must Remote engineer position open your resume & tape to Peggy Quinn, News Director, tech background, Ampex Account executive: Nbrking at deadend street? Feel have strong maintenance KAUZ -TV, P0. Box 2130, Wichita Falls, TX 76307. No you're not moving up as fast as you desire? We've just VPR -2Bs, Grass Valley switching, Chyron 4100, Ike - phone calls, please. purchased our fifth station in four years and need an garni cameras, salary commensurate with experience. energetic pro to grow with us. Handle a top local list Call Ken Gardner, 317-463-1800, WLFI-TV, Inc., Box Producer. Midwest CBS affiliate seeking experienced and prove your ability to us and opportunities will 7018, Lafayette, IN 47903. TV producer. If you are creative and know how to use live, send your tape and resume to News Director, abound. Brad Worthen, WVNY-TV, 100 Market Square, maintenance abili- Assistant chief engineer. Proven KOLR -N, Box 1716, Springfield. MO 65805. Smokers So. Burlington. VT 05401. Pro- ties required. Minimum three years' experience. need not apply. EOE. Growing television group is looking for motivated, gressive coastal independent seeks individual skilled success oriented sales personnel. Television and/or in all facets of television engineering. Reply to Mark Meteorologist: Vt ekend weathercasts. meteorology radio sales experience preferred. Send resume to Dan Beck, WPXT-N, 2320 Congress St., Portland, ME degree. Top 20 network affiliate. EUE. Resumes to Box Robbins, P.O. Box 2997, Abilene, TX 79604. EOE. 04102. 207 -774-0051. H -68.

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 82 Assignment editor: WTEN -N Albany, NY seeks cre- Producer /director. Philadelphia independent TV sta- Weathercaster. Fill -in experienced seeking fulltime ative, energetic person to run assignment desk. Famil- tion with active in -house production unit seeking cre- start. Solid meteorological background, personable, iarity with Capital District of NY State preferred. Appli- ative producer /director -min. 3 -5 yrs. exp. directing professional. Also interested in reporting, community cants should have two years TV experience and good commercials, live sports and live music programs. Fa- affairs. Charles 804 -323 -2852. people skills. Send resume and cover letter explaining miliarity with time code editing systems and digital ef- why you're the person for us to: John Turell, News Di- fects essential. Send resume, salary requirements and Help me back into sports. Award- winning one man rector, WTEN -TV, 341 Northern Blvd., Albany, NY videotape to Leila Brenner, WPHL -TV 5001 Wynnefield band. Small markets welcome. Will move anywhere. 12204. EOE. Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19131. EOE, M/F. No phone Box H -67. calls. Meteorologist: ABC affiliate has immediate opening to SITUATIONS WANTED PROGRAMING anchor weekday early and late newscasts. Please Production supervisor. Production supervisor for top PRODUCTION & OTHERS send resume and tapes to: Ron Wildman, WGXA, Box 50 PBS station. Hands -on position requiring BA in Hardworking, ambitious, dedicated, and creative. 340. Macon. GA 31297. broadcasting or related field. light, set construction Fresh on the lob market with a BS in telecommunica- and supervision. Duties include supervising and in- Co- anchor /reporter. Public television station in 43rd tions from Ohio Univ. Looking for a job as a videogra- structing student production crew, lighting design. re- market serving Pennsylvania state capital, is seeking pher /photographer, grip or in entry level production. 3 mote set -up, production. strike, part of production cre- co- anchor /reporter to team up with female co- anchor yrs.' experience al PBS affiliate. Opportunity for ad- ative team. Application deadline August 29. 1986. To for daily news program. Must have vancement desired. I love to work with minimum of 3 years apply mail resume, cover letter and three references talented and experience and a demonstrated innovative people who lake pride in their work. Willing ability to interview to: David Fant, Production Manager /Executive Produc- public officials. Send resume and to move anywhere for the right job. Contact: Philip tape to: Personnel, er. WGVC/WGVK -TV 201 Manitou Hall, WITF Allendale, MI Drechsler, 128 -N Box 2954, Harrisonburg. PA 17105. EEO. 49401. Lones Dr., Perrysburg. OH 43551. 419 -874 -8069. Producer. Pubilc television station in 43rd market seek- Promotion manager. Good growth opportunities. Mid - ing producer for weekly Pennsylvania statewide pro- Seeking production opportunity can write, creative, 90's market, Eastern Coastal region. Send resume and gram with "Nightline" format. Must have a minimum of humorous. good skills. experienced. Call Jeff after 7 tape to: Dale Stafford, Operations Manager, WITN-TV. three years experience with ability to deal with public PM. 315 --451 -3599. Highway 17 South, P.O. Box 468. Washington. NC officials and produce news packages. Send resume 27889. An equal opportunity employer. I'm looking for a place where and tape to: Personnel, WITF -N Box 2954, Harrisburg, my ideas will be heard. PA 17105. EEO. Nbrking for production company in New York as writer - /researcher, production assistant. Have written and di- SITUATIONS WANTED SALES Central Florida's leading news station needs an ex- rected ads. Would like a production or promotion posi- perienced anchor to work weekends with existing male Radio-TV-cable sales manager, employed. major mar- tion. Christopher 717 -824 -0759. co- anchor. Rush non- returnable air check to: Bob Jor- ket. seeks upward move. Well qualified. 415 -731- Had my first taste of experience, now ready for dan. WFTV Box 999, Orlando, FL 32802. No agents, 0395. full time postion. Working knowledge video. beginners, or phone calls. please. is an equal of Willing to WEN relocate. Alan opportunity employer. Miller, 615 -832 -8022. SITUATIONS WANTED TECHNICAL MISCELLANEOUS Weather anchor sought for 6 and 11 newscasts in small market network affiliate. AMS seal preferred. Audio engineer, music producer experienced in major Primo People now seeking outstanding sportscasters. Tape and resume to ND, WVIR -N, 769, Box Charlottes- TV market , state -of- the -art electronic music studios. Must appeal to non -sports fans too! Send lape and ville. 1A 22902. EOE. and recording techniques (field and in- house). Young, resume to Steve Porrcelli or Jackie Roe. Box 116, Old motivated, dedicated. Brian Hewitt. 313 -569 -7404. Greenwich, CT 06870 -0116. 203 -3653. Consumer reporter: Top 20 network affiliate looking -637 for hard -hitting experienced reporter. Strong on -cam- Over 30 years experience in all phases of broadcast- era and writing skills essential. EOE. Resumes to Box ing. Down link, studio stl., transmitter. FCC licensed. H -69 Contact Wm. Taylor 601 -366 -7526. Available now, day, week, or contract. CABLE HELP WANTED PROGRAMING Employed technical operations manager looking PRODUCTION & OTHERS for HELP WANTED SALES opportunity to move up and take on bigger challenges. Cable TV manager: To plan, coordinate, develop, pro- Empathic, can do approach to the most stressful of Emerging conservative Christian television network gram, schedule and operate university cable /ITFS /sa- environments. Major network experience. Box H -44. featuring diversified entertainment. educational, and tellite delivery systems, and to increase the utilization spots programing seeks aggressive individual with of these systems. Requires appropriate B.A., and 3 minimum 5 years' cable and /or broadcast manage- years similar experience. Approximate starting salary SITUATIONS WANTED NEWS ment and sales experience to become Director of Mar- $23,500- $26.500. Send letter and detailed resume keting and Sales Operations. Send resume and refer- Television newswriter seeks fulltime or freelance postmarked by August 22, 1986 to Educational Com- po- ences to BBCM/Position L, 6445 Powers Ferry Rd., sition in New York City Four years' writing. reporting munications Division, Attention: Dolores Baran/6457, #180. Atlanta. GA 30339 EOE. experience. Columbia. MA University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee. PO. Box 413, Mil- 404-892-8817. waukee, WI 53201. Women and minorities are urged to Male anchor/reporter for early and late newscasts, apply An equal opportunity (M/F) affirmative action em- strong reporting skills. 6 years' anchoring experience, ployer. helicopter pilot, 44, ready to move in September. now co- anchoring in medium market. Box H -7. ALLIED FIELDS Executive producer /production manager,: Gaines- HELP WANTED INSTRUCTION ville, Florida. Organizational and management skills News director, medium market. or ER larger. 18 years' combined with strong studio and remote production anchor, reporter, producer. 2 1/2 as ND. Good with Broadcast production: instructor assitant professor. experience. Responsible for local all programing pro- people. strong budget manager. East of Mississippi. Full time tenure track. MA and professional experience duction, budgeting and development of programs. Box H -6. required, Ph.D. preferred. Teach undergraduate BA/BS in communications or related field and 4 years classes in radio and television production. Appoint- television production Sportscaster with huge ratings and acclaim in 100+ experience required. MA pre- a ment begins January, 1987. Send resume. Placement ferred. Minimum $20.000. Apply WUFT-TV ADI. Looking for new audience to conquer. Mike Search 305- file or transcript and three letters of recommendation to Committee. 2000 VVeimer, University of Florida, Gaines- 473 -4325 : Dr. Vivian Dicks, Chairperson, Communications ville, Stud- FL 32611. Deadline August 28. 1986. An EEO /AA ies Department, University of Detroit, 4001 W McNi- employer. Meteorologist: creditable. professional and ready with strong, personable delivery. Education: MS. BS. chols. Detroit. MI 48221. AA/EOE Call 618 John. Producer /director: WDIV/Post- Newsweek in Detroit, -549 -6571, HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT has an opening for a producer/director in the program- High quality news vet. Anchors. reports. produces. ing department. This position will include producer /dir- Broadcast lender. Firstmark Financial Corporation, a Management potential Wants return totop50. 1 -502- ector assignments in news and commercial production major provider of funds lo both the broadcast and ca- 827 -2530. with emphasis on local program production. Writing ble industries, is looking for an addition to its Communi- skills and both studio and remote production exper- Award- winning Hispanic reponer: Hard- hitting ur- cations Finance Division. The successful candidate will ience preferred. A minimum of 3 -5 years experience as ban reporter seeks bigger challenge in top market. market and qualify potential broadcast borrowers. Es- a producer/director is required. Send resume to WDIV, Can do investigative, feature and spot reporting. Sev- tablished contacts with individuals in the radio industry Personnel a must. Department. 550 W Lafayette, Detroit, MI en years' news experience. Francisco - 203-261- Some prior lending experience to communica- 48231. EOE. 9658. ASAP tion firms is desirable. Send resume and salary history in confidence to: Personnel Director, Firstmark Finan- Production manager for Midwest independent station Sportscaster with 4 years on -air radio experience plus cial Corporation, 110 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, needed to start immediately. Must enjoy writing com- 2 in TV production seeking a sports anchor /reporter IN 46204. mercial copy and working closely with clients. Could position. Recent college graduate. Credible, capable, also involve handling station promotion. EOE. Box H- dedicated. 713-522 -6048. HELP WANTED PROGRAMING, 57. PRODUCTION AND OTHERS Award -winning broadcast journalist with 4 years' ex Producer /director: Talented and versatile production perience seeks position. Strong writing /technical skills. Vendor support marketing consultant: seeking high- director to switch and direct news. public affairs and Can do it all. Willing to learn the rest. Tracy Thibeau, ly motivated individual for marketing division of com- entertainment programs. Must have three to five years' AFN Bremerhaven. APO, NY 09069. munications corporation. Must have at least three directing experience with heavy emphasis on news years experience conducting vendor meetings with a Letter, resume and current tape to Aaron Coleman, Writer /producer: 12 yrs. international experience, in- proven track record. Salary commensurate with qualifi- Film Director /Production Supervisor, WPVI -N 4100 cludes network and national publications! Both sides cations.Send resume to PO. Box 5787. Virginia Beach, City Line Ave. /, Philadelphia. PA 19131. EOF. of the camera. Box H -49. 1A 23455.

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 Videographer The University of Tennessee Center for Silverline 30kw UHF TV transmitter, new, $195,000. Everything... from towers to cart machinces. New or Educational Video and Photography seeks an exper- Immediate delivery. Bill Kitchen, Quality Media, 404- used. Call for your specific equipment needs. Dale ienced, creative craftperson to shoot and edit video 324 -1271. Hendrix, Holt Technical Services, 215-866-2131. A tape. Responsible for ENG/EFP recording of educa division of The Holt Corporation. tional materials, documentaries, and sporting events: FM transmitters: 25 KW -sparta 625" "Skw -Bauer 605b, RCA BET 5E1, AEL 5KE, RCA BTF 5 B " "3.5kw- McMar- Multi- camera video truck for sale: 1985 32 Ford must be skilled with portable cameras, 3/4 and 1 inch F600 with 10.000 miles, recorders; lighting, and audio recording. as well and tin 3.5K -1KW- Syntronics 1.5KW, Gates FM 1C, Tras- two outside entrance doors, with editing systems; must have the strength and agility corn Corp. 215-884 -0888. Ikegami Cameras, Grass Valley switcher, Chyron CG, isolated for hand -held work. Applicants with a Bachelor's de- audio booth with Yamaha mixing console. AM transmitters: 25KW- CSI(1985) " "10KW-RCA BTA $325.000.00 Call 512-458 -4343 or 512 -453 -5122. gree and 5 years experience are sought; preference 10U- 5KW -ITA 5000A 1KW- Harris SX1, RCA with in a variety of work given to persons background 1N "250W -Gates 25GY. Transcom Corp. 215 --884- Gates 5G 5000 watt FM transmitter in good condition, news, settings including advertising, entertainment, 0888. with exciter. Make offer. Mims Boswell, Jr., WBKJ, Kos- and sports; must have valid driver's license and be ciusko, MS 601- 289 -1340. willing to work flexible hours, including nights and New TV startups. Quality Media can save you money weekends. Send sample videocassette, letter stating Top quality equipment at lowest prices. Business Used broadcast TV equipment. Hundreds of pieces salary requirements and resume by August 22, 1986. Plans, financing available. Quality Media 404 -324- wanted and for sale. Please call Systems Associates to to: Karl Hill, CEVP, The University of Tennessee, Suite 1271. receive our free flyer of equipement listing. 213 -641- 91 Communications Building, Knoxville, TN 37996- 2042. Silverline UHF transmitters new, best price, latest 0312. An equal opportunity/affirmative action employer technology, totally redundant. Bill Kitchen, Quality Me- Everything... from towers to cart machines. New or dia, 404-324 -1271. used. Call for your specific equipment needs Dale Experienced videotape editor. Growing Boston 1" fa- Hendrix, Holt Technical Services, 215 -866 -2131. A New RCA 110kw UHF transmitter. RCA closeout. Fast cility seeks talented editor. Minimum 3 years exper- division of the Holt Corporation. delivery Price: $550,000 - includes tubes. Bill Kitchen ience; Paltex/ Datatron and DVE experience preferred. Quality Media, 404 -324 -1271. BE FM 5A transmitter, BE exciter, 393 Andrew coax Must work well with wide variety of clients. Send re- cable and BE rec. Spare semi conductor kit plus all sume to Bob Hurvitz, Audvid Productions, 1380 Sol- New RCA TTG-30H Hi -band VHF transmitter. RCA other necessary equipment. All new Nothing un- diers Field Road. Boston. MA 02135. closeout. Fast delivery. Price: $185,000. Bill Kitchen, wrapped. Tubes still in packing. Call Dick Jones: 512- Quality Media, 404 -324 -1271. Experienced videotape editor. Growing Boston 1 "fa- 895 -1230. cility seeks talented editor. Minimum 3 years exper- CCA 10Kw FM transmitter: Completely rebuilt, new For Sale: Sony BVP -330A video camera, $20,000. ience: Paltex/Dalton and DVE experience preferred. tubes. new exciter, tuned to your channel. $14,000. Bill Sony BVH -500A portable 1" recorder. $20,000. Pack- Must work well with wide variety of clients. Send re- Kitchen, Quality Media, 404 -324 -1271. sume to Bob Hurvitz. Audvid Productions, 1380 Sol- age price $35,000. Excellent condition. Southern Pro- diers Field Road, Boston, MA 02135. Townsend UHF TV transmitter: 110KW, immediate ductions: 615 -248 -1978. availability. Possible financing. Call Bill Kitchen, Quality FM starter equipment: Almost complete package in- Media specialist in audiovisual center. Responsible for Media, 404-324 -1271. producing. directing, shooting, editing 3/4" video tape cludes: Harris FML -3E antenna, Harris Micro Mac -16 productions, multi -image production assistance and Quality broadcast equipment AM -FM -TV new and console. Audicord R/P carts, Instacart 48, Otani 50508, distribution and maintenance of audiovisual equip- used, buy and sell. Antennas, transmitters, VTRs, Otani ARS -1000, Rusalang studio furniture, Technics ment. Reports to the Director of Audiovisual Center. switchers; film chains, audio, etc. Trade with honest, cassettes, Comrex phone system and more. All used Qualification: Undergraduate degree in Radio-N Com- reliable people; Call Ray LaRue, Custom Electronics less than one year! Call Stan Bivin 405 -363-4567 munications, and at least one year professional exper- Corp. 813 -2938. -685 RCATK 47 Prisms, new factory surplus, $1500 each. ience preferred. Training and experience in one or TK28/29 prisms, field lenses, relay lenses. Limited more of the following areas: mircocomputer program- Good condition. RCA UHF TTU -50C Transmitter on quality, order spares now 609 -435 6778. ing. graphic production, electronics, audio engineer- channel 19 for sale. Includes Townsend solid state ex- citer and four Klystrons, good heat exchange, ect. Call ing, visual equipment repair and maintenance, Salary: New surplus equipment: Optimod -TV optimod SAG R.T. Laughridge, 803 -3600. $14,000 plus excellent fringe benefits, twelve months -776 Thomson EBS System. BE audio carts. Panasonic 8816 appointment. Available September 1, 1986. Send re- AM transmitters: 50,10,5,2.5,1.5, and .25 Kw. Conti- audio. TEK 1485K, Ampex TBC 80. 609-435 -6778. sume and three names of references to Dr. Myra Ma- nental Communications, Box 78219, St. Louis, MO Schaffer 9,000 automation system. Everything work- con. P.O. Box 3282, Delta State University, Cleveland, 63178. 314 -664 -4497. MS 38733 by August 22, 1986. EOE, M/F. ing when it was shut off. No longer need system. Con- Used Emcee TU -1000 channel 39 1kw $18,500. Har- tact Mike 405 -255 -1350 for information. HELP WANTED RESEARCH lan Jacobsen 602- 945 -6746. Collins 22.5 KW FM transmitter, 945' 3 1/8" coax, ERI Director: research & planning. Responsiblities in- For Sale: Sony BVP -330A video camera, $20,000. 12 bay antenna: package or separately Phone 318- clude developing books and other media for sale to Sony BVH -500A portable 1" recorder, $20,000. Pack- 445 -1234. broadcasting industry. Qualifications: Ph.D. or equiv- age price $35,000. Excellent condition. Southern Pro- TP -66s TK -27s, TP -7s. RCA TR -70B alent. direct experience in publishing industry substan- Fp-40S camera, ductions: 615 -248 -1978. VR- 1200B, Grass Valley switcher, BVH- 1100s, ial knowledge of broadcasting. Send resumes and sal- VTR, VPR -2s, and 2Bs. Tektrononics 1485R, 1420s, 528, ary history to Ann Miller, Natioanl Association of FM starter equipment: Almost complete package in- BVU -820, TCR -100, HL -77A, 5800, ADDA DVE, Broadcasters, 1771 N St.. NW, Washington. DC 20036. cludes: Harris FML -3E antenna, Harris Micro Mac -16 520, 400 420 video tape, 2850s, and ECS -1 EOE. console. Audicord R/P carts, Instacart 48, Otani 5050B, new 3M and TEK 1485Rs and much, Otani ARS -1000, Rusalang studio furniture, Technics editors, TK -29C film island, list Lyn- RADIO AND TV PROGRAMING cassettes, Comrex phone system and more. All used much, more. Call for a complete of equipment. -3600. less than one year! Call Stan Bivin 405-363 -4567 wood Taylor or Marvin Luke 919 -977 Radio & TV Bingo. Oldest promotion in the industry. Copyright 1962. 1Abrld Wide Bingo, PO. Box 2311, RCATK 47 Prisms, new factory surplus, $1500 each. Littleton, CO 80122. 303 -795 -3288. TK28/29 prisms, field lenses, relay lenses. Limited quality, order spares now 609 -435 -6778. Increase morning ratings with proven comedy mate- rial. 11 scripts /$10. Free samples. Ghostwriters, 2301 FM transmitters: 25,20,15,10,5,1, and .25 Kw. Conti- CLASSIFIED Unity Ave. North, Dept BR. Minneapolis, MN 55422. nental Communications, Box 78219, St. Louis, MO 63178 -- 664 -4497. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES New surplus equipment: Optimod-N optimod SAG ADVERTISING Media Marketing finds opportunites for career -mind- Thomson EBS System, BE audio carts, Panasonic 8816 ed individuals who thrive on professionalism. Televi- audio. TEK 1485K, Ampex TBC 80. 609-435-6778. sion and radio. P.O. Box 1476, Palm Harbor, FL 34273- 1476. 813 -786 -3603. Collins 22.5 KW FM transmitter, 945' 3 1/8" coax, ERI IS YOUR 12 bay antenna; package or separately Phone 318- WANTED TO BUY EQUIPMENT 445 -1234. BEST BUY... Wanting 250, 500. 1.000 and 5.000 watt AM -FM trans- RCA- TTIO -AL N transmitter = TCR -100 cart machine mitters. Guarantee Radio Supply Corp., 1314 Iturbide w /SPU -1500 cartridges for TCR-100. Make offer all or Street, Laredo, TX 78040. Manuel Flores 512 -723- one. Call Raymond Britton 817-859 -5481. 3331. Satellite news gathering: Iveco 220 microlink 2.3 me- Instant cash-highest prices. We buy TV transmitters ter Andrew antenna with motorized polarization, 28' This space could be and studio equipment. $1,000 reward for information microwave mast, 12.5 KW Onan deiesel, 600 watt MCL leading to our purchase of a good UHF transmitter. TWT, Harris exciter, TEK waveform monitor, spectrum working for you for a Quality Media, 404 324 -1271. analyzer monitoring and much more. $169,000. 301- 977 -3822. very low cost ... and it FOR SALE EQUIPMENT Blank tape half price! Perfect for editing. dubbing or reaches a most AM and FM transmitters -used. excellent condition. studio recording commercials, resumes, student pro- Guaranteed. Financing available. Transcom, 215- jects, training, copying, etc. Field mini KCS -20 minute responsive audience. 884 -0888. cassettes. $6.99 ELCON evaluated 3/4 videocassettes guaranteed broadcast quality To order call Carpel Vid- Harris SX -1, 1 KW AM, 1985. mint, going up in power, eo, Inc. 301 -845 -8888 or call toll free. 800 -238- Transcom Corp. 215 -884 -0888 4300.

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 DA Help RADIO Wanted Sales Help Wanted News

SALES MANAGER IMMEDIATE OPENING Class C FM (maximum facility) and Radio Sports Sales NEWS PERSON 5,000 watt fulltime AM in South Cen- Top rated A/C station needs experienced morn- Katz Radio Group Sports, a ing handle tral U.S. Both stations dominant pow- drive anchor to news and public unit of the Katz Radio Group, affairs department. Conversational style a er in fast growing dominant city with America's largest station repre- must. Send cassette demo and resume to Ray metro area of 200,000 +. Super sentative, is seeking an Schilens, Program Director. WJOY Radio, Box growth potential and great opportu- aggressive salesperson. This 5333, Fort Lauderdale FL 33310. EOE, MIE nity for innovative and aggressive self- starter will have the sales manager with sales training responsibility of selling spon- and promotional abilities. All re- sorships for the Katz Radio sponses confidential. Our staff Group, which represents the Help Wanted Programing, knows of this ad. Send complete re- largest number of professional Production, Others sume and experience history to Box and collegiate radio sports H -45. EOE. properties in the country. If you have the initiative, desire JOYNER BROADCASTING COMPANY and drive to canvass and close is expanding to 3 more top 100 mar- regional and national accounts, kets by 1 -87. We're seeking top man- and you are to work for a eager per- company that recognizes the agement pros; engineers, & air RADIO CENTRO potential for growth, please sonnel. Successful track record is including NATIONAL SPANISH NETWORK send your resume in confi- required. Formats vary Ur- dence to: ban Rock. Resume with references Wants stable sales professionals to Dave Halberstam to: Tom Joyner, Pres., P.O. Box 1125, fill positions of GENERAL and RE- Vice President. Manager Katz Radio Cary, NC 27511. EOE. GIONAL SALES MANAGERS to be Group Sports One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza located in New York, Los Angeles, New York, NY 10017 212 -572 -5508 and Dallas. With a minimum of 3 KATZ COMMUNICATIONS INC years of experience in national An Employee -Owned Company THIS PUBLICATION AVAILABLE sales, and deep knowledge of the IN MICROFORM Hispanic market and ad- agencies. ` University Microfilms International Rush resume to: Radio Centro, r 10670 Nth. Central Expwy, Suite Katz. The best. 300 North Zeeb Road, 401, Dallas, TX 75231. Dept. P.R., Ann Arbor, MI 48106

Help Wanted Technical

RADIO SHORTWAVE 1030W WBZ AM STEREO is seeking an individual experienced in all ENGINEERING phases of broadcast engineering. A thorough knowledge of RF systems is desired. Contact Norm Avery, Engineering Manager. WBZ Radio, 1170 Soldiers Field Rd.. Boston, MA 02134. MANAGER 617 -787 -7000. VVestinghouse Broadcasting and Cable is an equal opportunity employer.

Herald Broadcasting, a subsidiary of The Christian Science Monitor Syndicate, has Situations Wanted Technical an immediate need for a qualified in- dividual to oversee the installation and operation of our new 500 kilowatt short- DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING wave broadcasting station. The station, Rare opportunity. 15+ years experienced. peo- ple- oriented, administrator of major market which will begin testing in September and AM/ FM's. Looking for new challenge with es- commence full -scale operation in January tablished or growing group. If you believe that quality audio and maintenance are essential 1987, is located near Bangor, Maine. for getting and keeping top ratings. let's talk. Box G -71. Qualified applicants should hold an FCC license, have an engineering degree (or equivalent in hands -on experience), and have a solid broadcast engineering ATTENTION background with a strong emphasis on BLIND BOX RESPONDENTS managing high powered transmission facilities. Advertisers using Blind Box Num- bers cannot request tapes or tran- Please call or send your resume to Peggy scripts to be forwarded to BROAD- Heeg, The Christian Science Publishing CASTING Blind Box Numbers. Society, P818, One Norway Street, Such materials are not forwardable Boston, MA 02115. Tel. 800 -225 -7090. and are returned to the sender.

Broadcastingsr Aug 18 1986 Situations Wanted Management Help Wanted News

This AM or FM OWNERS Like 17 GM, experienced, developed system to in- Opportunityppp Years... it to you. Home: 1- An Every crease profits. Will bring Around 904-6642 -8277. Bus: 1-904--743-3336. Onlyl Comes award -winning Peabody for number one, co- anchor Nashville's an exceptional is seeking popular, seventeen operation Our journalist news newscast. a strong work a 60 minute on -we need you GROUP VICE PRESIDENT 1s movingm shoes. If y war veteran to fill these scenes, send Major group general manager now ready personality behind the with a warm P camera as to put 28 years of complete experience to front of the work directing your group operation. Past as well in successes in programing, sales staff de- resume and tape velopment, and bottom line manage- News Director-WSV ment. Great people skills and organiza- P.O, Box tional abilities. Understands centralized TN 31202 and decentralized environments. Reply Nashville, in full confidence to Box H -65. WSM V LOOKING FOR A GM? NASHVILLE Total Broadcast Background. Don J. Weir 503-343 -5602 WANTED TELEVISION Major Broadcast Group seeks enthusiastic new blood for Help Wanted Programing, exciting News venture, based in Los Angeles. Production, Others We are looking for: Executive Producer Correspondents Senior Producer Associate Producers PROGRAMMING Producers Be part of a successful show in If you're looking for a challenge, are a glutton for long hours, America's #1 city. Seasoned. creative. won't be intimidated by the most aggressive news hardworking field producer needed and for senior position on Evening operation in town, send a resume with cover letter before Magazine. Responsible for August 21st to: development through post - production of weekly segments. Broadcasting Must have three years experience in field feature production. EOE Box H -50 Employer M/F MUST SUBMIT RESUME. WRITING An Equal Opportunity SAMPLES AND VIDEO CASSETTE OF 3 -5 FEATURE SEGMENTS TO: QapQ.111 Help Wanted Management LMAGAZ IN E

KDKA -TV ONE GATEWAY CENTER PITTSBURGH, PA 15222 MANAGER, e GENERAL MANAGER ON -AIR PROMOTION New public TV station (56) in north- i west Indiana seeks strong leader to /jfor station in Philadelphia. MIDWEST MAJOR CBS -owned put station on -air in 1987. Prefer experience in epi- per- MARKET STATION Must have 3 -5 years' son sodic and topical news promotion. that has started station previous- tape, resume and salary ly. Must work well with staff & commu- Looking for director with solid background in / Please send news. We have state of the art equipment -- requirements to: nity with abilities in fundraising. BA BLUM Your creativity will get the most out of it. Main BRIAN required. Send resume & references responsibility is directing news. This job re- / WCAU -TV to Lawrence Ventura, NIPB Search, Avenue & quires an energetic. proven leader. Minimum 3 City 1800 Road E. 35th Ave., Gary, IN 46409. yrs. experience directing news. Good salary & Monument Philadelphia. PA 19131 Close August 31. EEO. benefits. Equal opportunity employer. Box H- / CBS 51. Eoual 0000rtuney emo'oyer

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 oc Help Wanted Technical Help Wanted Sales

MAINTENANCE ENGINEER WMAO -TV an NBC 080. seeks engineer to supervise BROADCAST EQUIPMENT SALES transmitter operations. Candidates must have supervi- sory experience, substantial experience in mainte- Circuit Research Labs, Inc. seeks an energetic individual to join its sales nance and operation of VHF television transmitters, mi- crowave systems and other equipment, Proficiency in team in Tempe, Arizona. record keeping maintenance of current drawings, and general class FCC license. Knowledge of station facili- Applicants should be well versed in all phases of radio and televison ties design and helpful. drafting skills broadcast operations, have and Send resume with salary requirements to Constance excellent communication skills previous Holmberg. NBC Personnel. Suite ME. Merchandise experience selling to broadcasters. Mart Plaza. Chicago, IL 60654. NBC is an equal oppor- tunity employer. MT If you are interested in employment with our dynamic company, please send your resume in confidence to: Ray Updike, rák Director of Marketing and Sales, Circuit Research Labs, Inc. 2522 West Geneva Drive, IMIN _ Tempe, Arizona 85282. GENERAL SALES MANGER LOCAL /REGIONAL SALES MANAGER ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Help Wanted Technical Employment Services Expanding television group has need for sales management and sales people. If you are well REGIONAL SALES MANAGER motivated , seeking career growth with a dy- namic company, this could be your opportunity, Comark Communications, Inc., a leading NEW LOW SUBSCRIPTION RATES! For Excellent incentives, top benefits. EOE manufacturer and distributor of television $30 you get six weeks of MediaLine broadcast transmitters and RF systems, Write in full job leads in NEWS, PRODUCTION, confidence to: Director of Sales. Box G- is 120 expanding its marketing efforts and ENGINEERING, PROGRAMMING, now has an immediate opening for an PROMOTION, SALES AND ON -AIR experienced, RF man- professional sales TALENT. Learn more. 312- 855 -6779. ager in the Southwest. Sound technical ALLIED background and proven experience in FIELDS RF system sales a must. This is a fulltime, salary- plus -bonus position Resumes Radio & TV Programing only to: Director of Marketing I \NE Lum and Abner Comark Communications, Inc. 01411* JOBS Are Back P.O. Box 506 Colmar, PA 18915 13:S1 ...piling up profits I for sponsors and stations. 15minute programs from For Sale Stations the golden age of radio. PROGRAM DISTRIBUTORS PO. Drawer 1737 Jonesboro. Arkansas 72403 501 972 -5884 BROADCAST MEDIA ASSOCIATES STARROCK Media Investment Analysts & Brokers A revolutionary, live, classic rock format for adults 25 -49, Developed 702 -789 -2700 by Jack Starr Broadcast consul- CALIFORNIA -OREGON -WASHINGTON tants. Free demo and more info., call FM'S AND COMBOS -$350,000 TO $10 MILLION. 512 -448-1873. DETAILS TO QUALIFIED BUYERS ONLY. 316 California Avenue, Suite 700, Reno, Nevada 89509 I f NOSTALGIA/ADULT PROGRAMING Program director retiring after 30 years in Mid- west radio. Offering 30- minute "Memory Time" programs with intro, close. comments. Music from 30§. 40's and 50's. 71/2 IPS. r reels. Fine adult programing. Broadcast on 10 midwest staions. $5.00/program. Bob Einhaus, 1822 Bryn Mawr Circle. Atlantic, IA 50022. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Miscellaneous mrnm, r. IS vl.Oln nnONY.R!, CONSULTANTS YOUR 1.16 VENTURE CAPITAL -P 0. liox DEBT FINANCING Encino.Calirornie 91,126 Aeea (-ade n11e) 9811-3201 For broadcasters BEST BUY... Sanders & Co. 1900 Emery St., Ste. 206 This space could be Atlanta, GA 30318 404 -355-6800 working for you

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 A7 For Sale Stations Continued

"25 YEARS EXPERIENCE 6\ R.AMarshall &Co. GOES INTO EVERY SALE" < Investment Analysts & Brokers \./MediaV Bob Marshall, President g Class C FM station with companion fulltime AM serving top 50 Southeastern market. $3.0 million. TV RADIO CABLE APPRAISALS

508A Pineland Mall Office Center. Hilton Head Island. South Carolina 29928 803.681-5252 EAST WEST 500 East 77th Street 9701 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1909 Suite 700 New York NY 10021 Beverly Hills CA 90212 (212) 288-0737 (213) 275 -9266 SOUTH The 11285 Elkins Road Holt Corporation Suite J-8 Roswell GA 30076 NORTHERN FLORIDA METRO (404)442-5711 Vice -pres. This market's credentials are impressive, and our Class A FM has the best potential in town. HAL GORE, Available for $650.000 with one -third down, and balance negotiable. Call Gary Kirtley in Falls Church, VA at 703 -698 -8824 today, for more information!

Suite 205 Washington Office: Box 2869 The Westgate Mall 7809 Freehollow Drive One Tower Park Bethlehem, PA 18017 Falls Church, VA 22042 Winchester, VA 22601 BOB KIMEL'S NEW ENGLAND MEDIA, INC.

STATIONS FOR SALE BUYERS AND SELLERS Georgia AM -FM - Exp. 1986 Gross - $1 mil. Western resort market FM's for sale. Price There's never any obligation when talk- Excellent facilities - one million down - owner range -2.5 million. financing. $2.3 ing to any of our professional staff. Texas medium market class C FMS for 8 Driscoll Dr.. St. Albans, V 1 05478 Georgia AM - small town, fulltimer - small down -5963 - payment- assume obligations. sale. $675,000 -$1.5 million. 802- 524

Georgia AM - filltimer - possibility 80 -90 FM - growing market - can increase power - owner financing.

Southeast - AM -FM combo - near major metro - owner financing. Norman Fischer & Associates, Inc. Other AMs - combos available - call 704 669- Media Brokerage Appraisals 7935 404 RURAL REGIONAL CLASS C mountain or -998 -1080 or Box 1134, Montreal, Management Consultants NC 28757 or Suite 410 Sandalwood Drive, At- resort area $650K. lanta, GA 30338. 1209 Parkway Austin.Texas 78703 (512) 476 -9457 NETWORK TV $6.5M. COMBO S.W. med. small negotiable. $1 to $2M. PLUS Cs, As, AM 's, COMBOs. Mao' ILLINOIS CLASS A FM MITCHELL & ASSOCIATES MEDIA BROKER`eado, 350,00 SMSA population AM- FM- TV- Appraisals good equipment, real estate John Mitchell or Joe Miot P.O. Box 36 $488,000 terms Box 1065 Shreveport, LA 71163 Lexington, MO 64067 Box H -4 318 -868 -5409 816 -259 -2544 318 -869 -1301

Hill country Texas Combo ONLY $95,000 DOWN S1.2 million cash Colorado AM/FM combo. Positive cash flow Contact David LaFrance 303-234 -0405 512/327.9570 TV STATION JAMAD RICE CQ CHAPMAN ASSOCIATES FOR SALE nationwide media brokers 110 Wild Basin Rd. # 245 Austin. TX 78746 4 Single station market in Sunbelt resort area. Inde- pendent UHF in isolated, growth city. Inexpensive, balanced programming in place. Modern facility with state -of- the -art equipment. Excellent upside poten- FM near large university city in Illinois. tial for experienced broadcaster. Priced at $4.5 mil- lion with good terms for qualified buyer. Exclusive SOUTH TEXAS CLASS A FM $240,000. Terms. listing. Contact Only station in country Ant. site (á highest point be- Powerful FM plus fulltimer in Maryland. $1.7 tween Rio Grande & Gulf. Capable of upgrading to million. try favorable terms. MILTON Q. FORD class C. Ant. Gr 1000 ft. ASL.terrain tapers down to 50 1.9 million. ft. ASL C 60 miles. Operated in the black since Sign -on Class C on coastal California. & ASSOCIATES in 3/85. City of 3500 with stable billing & could be Terms 5050 Poplar Ave. Suite 1135 tripped with sales effort. Automated country, serseral networks available. Installing ABC. $76000 cash. Business Broker Associates Memphis,TN 38157.901/767-7980 512-394--6896 after 5 pm CST. 615 -756 -7635, 24 hours

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 88 For Sale Stations Continued

Price WIS.- U.P. MICH. TOP BUYS Location Size Type Terms Contact Phone Full financial disclosure, first call. SW Met FM $4000K Terms Jim Mergen (818) 366 -2554 MO Sm AM/FM $1400K Terms Bill Lochman (816) 941 -3733 U P Class C -twice gross nice profit & cash flow 500 Al Cass - 550 M terms MW Med AM/FM $975K $230K Bill Lytle (816) 941 -3733 CA Med AM $850K $200K Jim Mergen (818) 366 -2554 N E Wis. -Class A - 500 M cash - 600M terms. Appx AZ Sm $700K twice gross. AM/FM $300K Peter Slromquist (818) 366 -2554 CO Sm AM/FM $650K $95K David LaFrance (303) 234 -0405 S W (Ms - Class A 400 M cash only $105.000.00 cash CO Sm AM/FM $650K $75K flow Greg Merrill (801) 753 -8090 MW Sm AM/FM $565L $165K Bill Lytle (816) 941 -3733 PACKERLAND SE Mel AM CP $500K Terms Mitt Mounts (202) 822 -8913 CONSULTANTS & SALES SW Med AM $450K $100K Bill Whitley (214) 680 -2807 414 -235 -2625 For information on these properties. please contact the Associate shown. For information on other avaliabilities, or to discuss selling your property. contact Janice Blake, Marketing Director, Chapman Associates Inc.. 8425 Dunwoodv Place. Atlanta. GA 30338 404 998 -1100 FOR SALE CHAPMAN ASSOCIATES' Radio group. $25 million cash. Fi- nancial qualifications required for in- nationwide media brokers formation. Box H -66.

EARLY DEADLINE NOTICE SUNBELT Cash flow $940,000 + regional full class Due to holiday, Monday, September 1, 1986, the deadline C, 5,000 Watt /AM. Real Estate included. Cash sale only, $8,950,000 firm. Finan- for classified advertising for the September 8 issue will cials required with Serious inquires only be noon, EDST, Thursday, August 28, 1986. By owner. Box H -53.

BROADCASTING'S CLASSIFIED RATES

All orders to place classified ads & all correspondence dressed to: (Box number), c/o BROADCASTING, 1735 pertaining to this section should be sent to: BROAD- DeSales St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036. CASTING, Classified Department, 1735 DeSales St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036. Advertisers using Blind Box numbers cannot request audio tapes, video tapes, transcriptions, films, or VTR's Payable in advance. Cash, check, or money order. Full to be forwarded to BROADCASTING Blind Box num- & correct payment MUST accompany ALL orders. bers. Audio tapes, video tapes, transcriptions, films & VTR's are not forwardable, & are returned to the sender. When placing an ad, indicate the EXACT category de- sired: Television, Radio, Cable or Allied Fields; Help Publisher reserves the right to alter classified copy to Wanted or Situations Wanted; Management, Sales, conform with the provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights News, etc. If this information is omitted, we will deter- Act of 1964, as amended. Publisher reserves the right to mine the appropriate category according to the copy abbreviate, alter, or reject any copy. NO make goods will be run if all information is not includ- ed. Rates: Classified listings (non -display). Per issue: Help Wanted: $1.00 per word, $18.00 weekly minimum. Situations The publisher is not responsible for errors in printing due Wanted: 6011 per word, $9.00 weekly minimum. No person- to illegible copy -all copy must be clearly typed or print- al ads. All other classifications: $1.10 per word, $18.00 ed. Any and all errors must be reported to the classified weekly minimum. Blind Box numbers: $4.00 per issue. advertising department within 7 days of publication date. No credits or make goods will be made on errors Rates: Classified display (minimum 1 inch, upward in which do not materially affect the advertisement. half inch increments), per issue: Help Wanted: $80.00 per inch, Situations wanted: $50.00 per inch. All other Deadline is Monday at noon Eastern Time for the follow- classifications: $100.00 per inch. For Sale Stations, ing Monday's issue. Earlier deadlines apply for issues Wanted To Buy Stations, Public Notice & Business Op- published during a week containing a legal holiday, & a portunities advertising require display space, Agency special notice announcing the earlier deadline will be commission only on display space. published above this ratecard. Orders, changes, and /or cancellations must be submitted in writing. (NO tele- Word count: Count each abbreviation, initial, single fig- phone orders, changes, and /or cancellations will be ac- ure or group of figures or letters as one word each. cepted.) Symbols such as 35mm, COD, PD,etc., count as one word each. Phone number with area code or zip code Replies to ads with Blind Box numbers should be ad- counts as one word each.

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 89 Books for B roadcaste rs/Ca bi ecaste rs

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Bala Cynwyd; Diane Christie, former acting petitive Edge, Detroit advertising agency Media system manager, Citizens Cable Communica- joins TeleRep there as account executive. tions. Fort Wayne. Ind.. to general manager, Kathleen Smith, research manager. Petry Paul W. Fiddick, president. radio division. Comcast's newly acquired Fort Wayne sys- Television, New York. named senior group Multimedia Inc.. joins Heritage tem; Ronnie G. Colvin, technical and installa- Communica- research manager. tions Inc.. Des Moines. Iowa. in same capac- tion engineer. Meridian. Miss.. system, to ity. Heritage, multiple cable systems operator general manager. Christine Tsitouris, account executive. Torbet and owner of three TV stations, is Radio. Atlanta, joins Durpetti & Associates acquiring Barbara Miller Mauk, assistant VP and direc- Rollins Communications Inc., Atlanta there as regional manager. -based tor, human resources. KIRO -AM -TV and owner of five AM. one FM and four TV sta- KSEA(FM). all Seattle, named VP. human re- Appointments at Siddall, Matus & Coughter tions. sources. Inc.. McLean. Va. -based advertising agency: Garry H. Ritchie, VP Bob Shire, associate creative and general manager. William L. Watson, general counsel. Malrite director. Burton Diversified Campbell. Atlanta. to senior Communications' WCJBITV) Communications Inc., Cleveland, joins art director; Gainesville, Fla., WDAU Tommy Thompson, joins -TV Scranton. Beasley Broadcast Group, Goldsboro, N.C.. creative group supervi- Pa.. which sor. Diversified is buying. Carolyn B. in same capacity. Cole Henderson Drake. Atlanta, and Catlin, general sales manager. wciu. replaces Jeanette Tyson, from Tracy Locke Inc.. Los Ritchie. Appointments at Pennsylvania State Univer- Angeles. to senior copywriters. sity's noncommercial WPSX-TV Clearfield. Kelly Pa.: Anna H. Dorman, assistant coordinator. McCarthy, account executive. Barkley & Evergreen contracts and business services, Pennsylvania Advertising. Shawnee Mission, Kan.. named State, to head of development: Sherry Mack- account supervisor. lin, editorial assistant, wPsX -TV, to member- Andrew Bolt, marketing manager. cable/ ship coordinator; Jill M. Caravan, editor. wPSX- home video department. Four Star Interna- TV program guide. to promotion specialist. tional, Hollywood. joins Blair Television. Los Angeles, as account executive. Jett Basler, account executive. KLZI AM )- KAZY(FM) Marketing Denver. and Anna Chinappi, team supervisor, Blair TV. named account executives, Blair Television. Dallas. Fred D. Kitch, execu- tive VP, client service. Jonathan Stimes, account executive. Cen- Joe Heslet, general manager, KMJIAMI- Keller -Crescent Co.. tury Broadcasting. Chicago. joins Republic KNA \II \I) Fresno. Calif., joins KHIHIFM) Evansville, Ind.. Radio there as account executive. Denver as general manager. named executive VR Karl Middelburg, account executive, Blair marketing and sales. Jack R. Donahue, VP and general manager of Television, Los Angeles. joins Worldvision Burke Broadcasting Co.'s TV stations, KYCU- Gary E. Burandt, ex- Enterprises Inc. as account executive, South- TV Cheyenne, Wyo., KSTFITV) Scottsbluff. ecutive VP and direc- ern division. based in Atlanta. Neb., and KTVS(TV) Sterling, Colo., joins tor. international oper- KDLTITV) Mitchell. S.D., as general manager. ations, HCM, Paris, Christopher C. Roman, marketing director, Research Resource Survey Research Center, Robert Browning, VP and general manager. joins Young & Rubi- cam, New York, as Los Angeles. joins Independent Television KFSM -TV Fort Smith. Ark.. joins WHNT -TV Kelch Sales Inc. there as account executive. Huntsville. Ala., as executive VP and general senior VP and man- manager. agement supervisor. William D. Lockhart, former sales and market- Bob Garrison, VP Steven E. Decker, business manager and con- senior and media director. ing manager. Group W Cable. Fresno. Calif.. BBDO, named troller. WHO(AM)- KLYFIFM) Des Moines. Chicago. senior VP and ex- joins Viacom Cablevision, Pleasanton. Ca- ecutive media director. Iowa, adds duties as controller. radio divi- lif., as northern California marketing direc- sion. of stations' licensee, Palmer Communi- Randall G. Emond, senior VP and director. tor. cations Inc.. group owner of four AM. four marketing sciences, BBDO Worldwide, New Bruce Lumpkin, general manager. KSTWITVI FM and two TV stations. York. joins FCB /Leber Katz Partners there as Tacoma. Wash.. joins wDCA -Tv Washington senior VP. marketing Jan M. Harris, business manager. WLPMIAM)- planning department. as general sales manager. WFOGIFM) Va., Hampton Roads. named sta- Lavada Heath, sales manager, Seltel, Los An- Steven Marks, national sales manager, tion manager. geles office. named VP and office manager. WFLX(TVI West Palm Beach, Fla.. joins Ralph Galen Hassinger, chief engineer. WCBD -TV Claussen, account executive, Los An- wTTEITV) Columbus. Ohio. as general sales geles, and Charleston. S.C., joins WINK -TV Fort Myers. Dave Ware, office manager. Hous- manager. Fla.. as ton. named sales managers. Los Angeles. operations manager. Joseph Austin Koff, national sales manager. Jeffrey W. Singer, Dave McKay, operations manager. KQYT(FM) associate media director, WTOG(TVI St. Petersburg. Fla.. joins Saatchi & Saatchi Phoenix, joins WZEZIFM) Nashville in same Compton Inc.. Detroit. WFLx(TV) West Palm Beach, Fla., as general capacity. named VP and associate media director. sales manager. Jayne Joseph Coscia, executive news editor. WNBC- Lipman, finance director. Manhattan Mark De Boskey, general manager. KKNU(FM) Records, N.Y., joins 'ry New York. joins ABC -TV there as district MJI Broadcasting there Fresno. Calif.. joins KYXYt1 Mt San Diego as manager, affiliate relations. as VP, marketing. general sales manager. Dave Appointments at Comcast Cable Communi- Lyon, account supervisor. Saunders, Michael Schiefer, account executive. Lubinski cations Inc.: Paul Gillert, VP. labor relations, & White Inc., Dallas. named VP WDTX(FM) Detroit. named local sales man- Group W Cable Inc., New York. to VP. hu- and account supervisor. ager. man resources, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.: David M. Susii Hearst, account executive, TeleRep, Mary Noel, former account executive, D'Ottavio, manager, North coastal district. San Francisco. named sales manager. Mau- WHRO(FM) Norfolk. Va.. joins WLPMLAM)- Group W Cable. to VR Northeast region, reen McDonald, buyer and planner. The Com- WFOGIFM) Hampton Roads, Va., as local sales

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 91 manager. ness sector. He will be responsible for Halmi Inc. there as VP, development. financial reporting, accounting, budgeting account executive, KCRG -AM- Martin A. Glenday, freelance producer, joins Jim Johnson, and forecasting for Coca -Cola's Columbia Iowa, named regional sales Moxie Media Inc., newly formed New Or- Tv Cedar Rapids. Pictures Television Group, Columbia Pic- Diane Yetmar -Miller, from KHAK- leans video production firm, as VP and ex- manager. tures International, Embassy Communica- Rapids, joins KCRG as account ecutive producer. AM-FM Cedar tions and Merv Griffin Enterprises. executive. Fred Cohen, former president, HBO Interna- Ted Harbert, VP, program planning and Cheryl Holbeck, senior account executive, tional, New York, joins Sunbow Productions scheduling, ABC Entertainment, Los Ange- KRZN(AM) -KMJI -FM Denver, named business Inc. there as executive VP. les, named VP, motion pictures. Judd Parkin, director. Madison director, mini -series and novels for televi- Marty Brooks, program director, re- Risa Schneder, account executive, WJXT(TV) sion, named executive producer, motion pic- Square Garden Network, New York -based Jacksonville. Fla.. named retail development tures for television. gional sports cable network, named VP, pro- manager. Gary Hiatt, general sales manager graming. KOPA(AMI- KSLX(FM) Phoenix, joins WJXT as Glenn Whitehead, director, business affairs, account executive. HBO Inc., Los Angeles, named VP, business Janet L. Henry, from KTVI(TV) St. Louis, joins affairs, West Coast. KMOV -TV there as account executive. Dave Wilson, director, NBC's Saturday Night Kathy Borcia, account executive, KNTS(AM) Live, joins Nightlife, as director. Nightlife, Mesa. Ariz., John Browning, local sales syndicated late -night show starring David manager, KNIX -AM -FM Phoenix, and Scott Brenner, is produced by Moto.wn Productions Stuart, account executive, KSLX(FM) Phoenix, in association with King World, Beverly to premiere Sept. join KMEO -AM -FM Phoenix as account execu- Hills, Calif., and scheduled tives. 8. Suzanne Stevens, production executive, The Joseph Fitzgerald, from KGNR(AM) Sacra- Harbert Klingensmith Disney Channel, Burbank, Calif., named as- mento, Calif., joins WDZL(TV) Miami as ac- VP, Robert Klingensmith, executive senior sociate director, production. Nancy Gal- count executive. Paramount Pictures Corp., video division, lagher, manager, night -time program re- Los Angeles, named president, video divi- Susan H. Cope, telemarketing manager. Utah search, NBC -TV, New York, joins The Salt Lake City, joins KMGR- sion. County Journal, Disney Channel as program research man- as executive. AM-FM there sales Ann Daniel, former VP, prime time series de- ager. velopment, ABC Entertainment, Los Ange- Gwen Ozaki, media director, Kobasic, Harris les, joins Henry Winkler /John Rich Produc- Steve Gordon, producer, Viacom Enterprises, & Savage, Portland, Ore., joins KATU(TV) tions, there as president. Winkler /Rich is Los Angeles, named director, development, there as account executive. two-year-old company that currently pro- East Coast, Viacom Productions. director, Diane Sciandra, associate media duces ABC's McGyver. Richard Shae, national sales manager, WISH - Healy, Schutte & Comstock Advertising, Marvin Katz, VP, business affairs, Hanna - Tv Indianapolis, joins Group W Productions, Buffalo, N.Y., joins WKBW -TV there as ac- Barbara Productions Inc., Hollywood, joins Chicago, as central division manager. count executive. Phoenix Entertainment Group, Studio Doreen Ambrosio, assistant director, San Jose Michael H. Barnes, sales manager, Morgan Calif., as senior VP, business affairs and ad- (Calif.) Film & Video Commision, joins Star- Building Systems, Austin, Tex., joins ministration. rion Productions, San Francisco -based TV KTFM(FM) San Antonio. Tex.. as account ex- Mike Tanner, director, marketing and promo- commercial and music video production ecutive. tion. WJLA -TV Washington, joins Buena Vista company, as associate producer. Thomas J. Boland, account executive, KFSN- Television, Burbank, Calif., as VP, creative Marlene Dann, development and acquisitions TV Fresno. Calif.. and Richard SanVincente, services. manager, Lifetime, New York, joins Saatchi district manager, northern California and Andy Siegel, former VP, comedy develop- & Saatchi Compton Inc.'s programing de- Washington. American Multi -Cinema, Los ment, ABC -TV, Los Angeles, joins Robert partment there as assistant to programing di- Angeles, join KICU -TV San Jose. Calif., as rector. David Collins, program analysis super- account executives. visor, CBS -TV, Los Angeles, joins Saatchi & Brian Marsh, operations manager, WFTS(TV) Saatchi there as manager, West Coast pro- Tampa, Fla., joins WFMY-TV Greensboro, graming development. N.C., as account executive. Station clearance representatives appointed at United Stations Programing Network, Washington: Kerry L. Ward, marketing as- Programing sistant; Karen L. Akerstrom, community services /technical operations coordinator, sales Appointments at CBS Entertainment, Los KNX(AM) Los Angeles; Mark Madderly, Angeles: Maddy Desmoni- Horne, associate and marketing intern, WCHL(AM) Chapel director, motion pictures for television, to di- Hill, N.C. rector, dramatic program development; Car- John Cannelli, director, business operations, ole M. Kirschner, manager, comedy program MTV Networks Inc., New York, named di- development, to director, comedy program rector, talent and artist relations. Harvey Sports Emmy. George Michael, sports- development; Larry Strichman, program ex- Ganot, account manager, named director, ad- caster, wac -TV Washington, and host ecutive, motion pictures for television, to di- vertising sales. rector, motion pictures for television. and executive producer of NBC's week- ly, half -hour sports update show, Sports Michelle Thomas, personnel administrator, VP Joseph Ceslik, executive and general Machine, won the national Emmy for Turner Broadcasting System Inc., Atlanta, New sales manager, ITC Entertainment, "outstanding sports personality/host." named personnel manager. Taffner /Ltd. there as VP and York, joins D.L. Michael received the award Aug. 12 general sales manager, syndication. James John Nuck internal auditor, Taft Broadcast- during a National Academy of Televi- VP, Eastern division sales, ITC Enter- ing, Cincinnati, named manager, financial re- Stern, sion Arts and Sciences ceremony at the tainment, replaces Ceslik. porting, Taft Entertainment Co., Los Ange- Essex House hotel, New York. Also les. Edward R. Sause, VP and controller, motion nominated for the award were veteran pictures and filmed entertainment, Coca - sportscaster Curt Gowdy and ABC's Steven Saltman, assistant counsel, legal and Cola Co., New York, named VP and control- Kathleen Sullivan. business affairs department, MCA TV, New ler, television operations, entertainment busi- York, named sales executive, Midwest area,

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 92 Chicago. Pat Brown, news director, KTXS -TV to general assignment reporter. Sweetwater, Tex., joins WAFF(TV) Huntsville, Michael Russo, from Bearden. Smith & Per- Jim Lyons, investigative producer, KTUL -TV Ala., as news director. kins, Los Angeles -based accountancy, joins Tulsa, Okla., joins Wow -TV Cleveland in same Hal Roach Studios Inc. there as nationwide Elliot Eki, assistant news director. KGw-Tv capasity. account executive. Portland, Ore., joins WLOS(TV) Asheville, Tim Holderby, former managing editor, N.C., as news director. Terry Dolan, program manager, KSTP -TV St. KMBZ(AM) Kansas City, Mo., joins KMBC -TV Paul. Minn., joins WISN -TV Milwaukee as Quentin Johnson, morning anchor, there as news assignments manager. program director. WRKL(AM) New City, N.Y., joins WREF(AM) Dan Miller, anchor, wsMV(TV) Nashville, joins Russell H. Myerson, former program director, Ridgefield, Conn.. as news director. KCBS -TV Los Angeles as anchor. WJKS.TV Jacksonville, Fla., joins wxFL(TV) Appointments in news department, WMAQ -TV Mary Jane Bear, from Neighborhood Net- Tampa. Fla.. in same capacity. Chicago: Mike Ward, executive producer, IO work News, Boston, joins KCRG -TV Cedar p.m. news. to assistant news director; Danice Theresa Binon, program director. KGHL(AM) Rapids, Iowa. as associate producer. Kern, producer, 4:30 news, to executive Billings. Mont., joins KGEM(AM) Boisie, Ida- p.m. producer, 4:30 and 6 p.m. news; Scott Hook- Pam Kassner, anchor and reporter, KVEO(TV) ho. as program director. er, news producer, replaces Kern; Debbie Brownsville, Tex., joins Colony Communi- Diana Lambdin, news director and anchor, O'Malley, producer, 6 p.m. news. to producer, cations Inc.'s Dynamic Cablevision of Flor- KMIZ(TV) Columbia, Mo., joins KMBC -TV 10 p.m. news; Vickie Burns, producer, 5 p.m. ida, Coral Gables, as director, Local Cable Kansas City, Mo., as program producer. news, WBBM-TV Chicago, replaces O'Malley. News, nightly news program. Ira Mellman, news and WINS Robert Ballantyne, ENG news unit manager, Appointments at KRON -TV San Francisco: sports anchor, KPTK(TV) Portland, Ore., named production Scott Lewis, assignment manager, to chief, (AM) New York, joins WCAU(AM) Philadelphia as morning manager. KPDx(TV) Vancouver. Wash. South Bay, Calif., bureau; Diane Masciale, anchor. Gary Cox, production assistant, Copley/ producer. I I p.m. news, to executive produc- Trudi Strain, producer and weather anchor, Colony Harbor Cablevision Inc., Los Ange- er; Gerd Lutes, co- producer, 6 p.m. news, to KAPP(TV) Yakima, Wash., joins KREM -TV les, named public access coordinator, Co- producer. Spokane, Wash., as weather anchor and gen- eral assignment reporter. pley /Colony Cablevision of Lomita (Calif.) Ronald Biome, executive producer, KTHV(TV) Inc. Little Rock, Ark., joins KARK -TV there as Gary E. Apple, weekend sports anchor, Gary Owens, from KKGO(FM) Los Angeles, news producer. WNYT(TV) Albany, N.Y., joins KMOV -TV St. Louis as sportscaster. joins KFI(AM) there as morning personality. Dick Byrd, executive producer, CNN, Atlan- Steve Ruxton, part-time announcer, ta, joins wesH -TV Daytona Beach, Fla., in Katherine Bliss, anchor and reporter, KTUL- WASH(FM) Washington, named afternoon per- same capacity. TV Tulsa, Okla., joins KTVKTV) St. Louis as weekend anchor. sonality. Appointments at KNBC -TV Los Angeles: Sol Steinberg, sports producer, KABC-TV New Appointments at KTVK(TV) Phoenix: June York, to senior sports producer; Linda AI- Thompson, anchor, KTTV(TV) Salt Lake City, News and Public Affairs varez, weekend anchor, to weekday anchor; to weekend anchor; David Sparks, host, syn- Conan Nolan, from KSBW -TV Salinas, Calif.. dicated game show, Cross -Wits, to sports an- Lou Adler, vice president and news director, woR(AM) New York, and former Radio -Tele- vision News Directors Association president, will resign his post, effective Nov 15, to en- ter radio program syndication business. First Broadcasting project for Adler will be distribution of his The Newsweekly of the Fifth Estate i Medical Journal series now airing over WOR. 1735 DeSales Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 -4480 Please send ... (Check appropriate box) Broadcasting Magazine

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Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 93 chor. Green Bay shooting, Mark Schnese, Allied Fields Mary McCombs, from WIXT(TV) Syracuse, 31, general manager, American Televi- N.Y., joins WKBW-TV Buffalo, N.Y., as an- Corp.'s Green Winston S. Moore, as- chor and reporter. sion & Communications Bay (Wis.) N.E.W. Media Cablevision, sistant director, plan- Peter Ross, news director, WNNE-TV Hart- was shot and killed at the system's of- ning, Bureau of Com- ford, Vt.. joins WZZM -TV Grand Rapids, fices on Aug. 6. The gunman, identified petition. Federal Trade Mich., as reporter. by police as Victor Charles Navratil of Commission, Wash- Pierre Kimsey, entertainment critic and fea- Green Bay, entered the offices and ran- ington, named FTC's ture reporter. WTVx(TV) Fort Pierce, Fla., domly fired at the system's employes, executive director. He will supervise agen- joins WPCQ -TV Charlotte, N.C., as feature re- killing Schnese and wounding two oth- porter. Amy Shaw, anchor and producer, ers, Charles Hook, programing director, cy's bugetary, person- WMBD -TV Peoria, III., joins WPCQ -TV as health and James Last, supervisor of install- nel and administrative reporter. ers. As police pursued Navratil, he shot functions. himself to death. Both wounded men Mark Mathis, from KOB -TV Albuquerque, Allan B. Bowdach, for- remained hospitalized last week, Hook Moore N.M.. and Eric Spillman, from KNEW(AM) mer senior account ex- in serious but stable condition and Last Oakland, Calif., join KSBY-TV San Luis Obi- ecutive, KCNC -TV Denver, joins Cable Invest- According to Jim spo, Calif., as general assignment reporters. in fair condition. ments Inc., Englewood, Colo. -based Carter, VP, marketing, of N.E.W. Cablevi- brokerage as VP, mergers and acquisitions. Cheri Fritch, recent graduate, Ohio Universi- sion, there is no known motive for the Robert S. Paine, manager, regional broadcast- ty, Athens, Ohio, joins WVVA(TV) Bluefield, is survived by his shootings. Schnese er service, Nielsen Media Research, New W. Va., as reporter and photographer. wife, Diane, and two sons. York office, named VP and manager, regional broadcaster service. Patricia I. Dingam, ac- television distribution, Columbia Pictures count executive, Nielsen Station Index, New Technology Television, Burbank, Calif., named VP ad- York, named VP, Nielsen Media Research. vertising. publicity and promotion. Rob Frieden, from Hogan & Hanson, Wash- Roy Savoy, production administrator, West special ington law firm. joins National Telecom- Coast, ABC Entertainment, Los Angeles, Cynthia Vanden Heuvel, manager, direc- munications and Information Administration named director, tape production and facility projects, ABC -TV, New York, named communications, Capci- of U.S. Commerce Department as program sales. West Coast. tor, special projects, ties/ABC Inc. She will administrate "Ameri- manager, international satellite policy. Rich- David W. Walker, director, program develop- can Television and You" and other ABC ard Swanson, alternate U.S. representative to ment engineering, Pacific Telecom Inc., Van- public service campaigns. International Maritime Organization's sub- couver, Wash., joins National Gateway Tele- committee on radio communications, joins Robinson, publicist, program public- com Inc., New York, as VP, engineering. Carole NTIA as communications management spe- Inc., New York, named ity, MTV Networks cialist. David I. Rosenthal, controller, CAE systems manager, program publicity. Ellen Morgen- division, Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Ore., stem, publicist, program publicity, named Joseph Widoff, director, contract and budget joins Aurora Systems, San Francisco-based manager, program publicity for MTV Net- management, Corporation for Public Broad- manufacturer of digital videographics sys- -1. casting, Washington, tems, as VP and chief financial officer. communications manager, Capital Cities/ ness affairs. Fred A. Barbaria, product support manager, ABC, New York, joins MTV Networks as Peter Marshall, general manager and acting Moseley Associates Inc.. Goleta, Calif., editorial director, press and public affairs. CEO, Visnews Ltd., London -based televi- named operations manager. Lawrence McCracken, retired military assis- sion news agency, joins Intelsat, Washington, as deputy director, broadcast services, busi- loud speaker design engi- tant to assistant secretary of defense for pub- Jeffrey N. White, ness planning and services development divi- Ohio, named as- lic affairs, Washington, joins Raytheon Co., neer, Audio -Technica, Stow, sion. sistant sales manager, professional products. Lexington, Mass. -based diversified electron- Jacquelynn Hebrock, recent graduate, Uni- ics firm, as media relations manager. versity of Akron (Ohio), joins Audio-Tech- Louise Moyer, account executive, Fineberg Deaths nice, as product manager. Publicity Inc., New York, joins Creamer Steve Ostrow, account executive, National Dickson Basford Inc. there as account execu- Carl L. Kowalski, 65, telecommunications en- Video Center/Recording Studios Inc., New tive. gineering consultant, died Aug. 9 of heart York, named sales director. Susan Bridgers, special events coordinator, attack at his Atlanta home. Kowalski was for- merly partner in consulting firm of Silliman, Emerson Ray, former chief engineer, WBBH- Circle /Showcase Theaters, Washington, joins Moffet & Kowalski, Silver Spring, Md. He is TV Fort Myers, Fla., joins Odetics Inc., Ana- Abramson Associates Inc. there as account survived by his wife, Sara, and two sons. heim, Calif. -based manufacturer of televi- executive, public relations division. sion playback and record systems, as Richard Goggin, VP, director of broadcasting Peter Weinberg, 38, director of music pro- Southeastern regional sales manager. and associate creative director, Richardson, graming, WNEf(TV) New York, died Aug. 9 at Roosevelt hospital there. Since 1979 Wein- Richard C. Taylor, Eastern zone manager, Myers & Donofrio, Baltimore, joins WRC -TV wNET music and dramatic Salt Lake City, joins C -Cor Washington as advertising and promotion di- berg had produced Texscan Corp., nationally by Pub- Electronics Inc., State College, Pa., as ac- rector. programs, some broadcast lic Broadcasting System. Among them were count executive, north central region. Drotrnan, recent graduate, Guil- Douglas G. Gala of the Stars, annually since 1979, and all N.C., joins Alan Victor Burgess, engineer, WIFM -FM Elkin, ford College, Greensboro, Richard Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen in New York, as ac- N.C., joins WVOT(AM)- WRDU(FM) Wilson, Taylor Communications, 1983. N.C., as chief engineer. count coordinator. Hugh O. Potter Sr., 81, former general man- Douglas Dunham, maintenance engineer, KDAF joins NBC Alice Hall, freelance photographer, ager, WOMI -AM -FM Owensboro, Ky., died (TV) Dallas. named assistant chief engineer. Press and Publicity, Los Angeles, as portrait June 9 of cancer of pancreas at Doctors hospi- Tim Derstine, maintenance engineer, photographer. tal, Sarasota, Fla. After working as reporter WJXT(TV) Fla., named assistant Jacksonville, Raymond J. Antonelli, promotion writer and and editor at Owensboro newspaper, Potter engineer. chief producer, WGAL -TV Lancaster, Pa., joins joined WOMI(AM) as general manager and WJAC -TV Johnstown, Pa., as promotion direc- managed WOMI -FM when it was established in tor. Todd A. Galloway, program director, Ca- 1948. He remained there until his retirement Promotion and PR blevision of Greater Johnstown, joins W1AC- in 1972. In 1945 he served as first president, TV as promotion and community affairs Kentucky Broadcasters Association. He is son. Steve Astor, VP advertising and promotion, assistant. survived by his wife, Cliffordean, and

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Time's federal connection Corps obligation. Conboy believes it was his good fortune that the Army put him to work In cable television's never-ending battles on as a legal assistant to the director of the Na- Capitol Hill, at the FCC and in other federal tional Security Agency, General Marshall agencies, Brian Conboy has proved to be Carter. "That job was important for two rea- one of the industry's most effective front -line sons," he says. "Number one, it introduced strategists and tacticians. me to my wife -to -be and, number two, it But that's as it should be. Conboy is the introduced me to the fascinating world of chief Washington lobbyist for Time Inc., communications intelligence and the U.S. whose interest in cable television is substan- intelligence community." tial. Time is the sole owner of Home Box After the Army and the NSA, Conboy Office Inc., the nation's largest pay cable went to work in President Johnson's Justice programer, and American Television & Department. During his three years there he Communications, the nation's second -larg- served as an assistant to Nicholas Katzen- est cable operator. back in the latter's capacities as U.S. attor- National Cable Television Association ney general and chairman of the National President Jim Mooney counts Conboy Crime Commission. In addition, he was a among his most able allies. "Brian is ex- special prosecutor, tackling white- collar tremely bright and possessed of enormous criminal cases. diplomatic skills," Mooney said. What's In 1969, Conboy went to Capitol Hill to more, Conboy is not one to press the paro- serve as an aide to Senator Charles Goodell chial interest to the detriment of the industry, (R- N.Y.), who had been appointed to fill the Mooney says. "Trade associations frequent- unexpired term of Robert Kennedy. When ly have an edgy relationship with the Wash- Goodell lost the 1970 election, Conboy ington offices of [member -corporations), joined the staff of another New York Repub- I regard [ but... Conboy] as a colleague and BRIAN CoNeov-vice president for lican senator, Jacob Javits. Conboy consid- a major asset for the industry rather than as a government affairs, Time Inc., Washington; b. ers Javits, who was defeated for reelection in competitor." June 3, 1938, New York; BA, English, 1980 and who died early this year after a Representing cable's interests in general Fordham University, 1960; LLB, Fordham, long crippling illness, as a mentor. "Javits and HBO's and ATC's in particular is just 1963; legal adviser to director of National was brilliant, intellectually demanding and a part of Conboy's job. As vice president for Security Agency as first lieutenant and later potent political force in the Senate," Conboy government affairs, he's also responsible for captain, U.S. Army, 1963 -65; special says. protecting the regulatory and legislative assistant to U.S. attorney general and special In the mid- I970's, Conboy came to know flanks of Time's other businesses, principal- prosecutor, U.S. Department of Justice, Jim Shepley, then president of lime Inc., ly the one for which it is best known -pub- 1965 -69; administrative assistant, Senator who called on Congress to eliminate the lishing. In addition to the Time, company Charles E. Goodell (R- N.Y..), 1969 -1971; FCC's pay cable rules. In 1978, Shepley publishes such weekly and monthly maga- special counsel, Senator Jacob K. Javits (R- hired Conboy as Time's Washington coun- zines as People, Sports Illustrated, Life, For- N.Y.), 1971 -78; minority counsel, Senate sel. tune and Money and books through such enti- Governmental Affairs Committee. 1975 -78; Looking back on his 23 years in Washing- ties as Time -Life Books, Book- of-the- Washington counsel. Time Inc.. 1978 -82; ton, Conboy acknowleges that his career fol- Month Club and Little, Brown. present position since April 1982; m. Lucy M. lowed no master plan. But, he says, there is We manage Time Inc.'s business rela- Sweeney, July 22, 1967. at least one common thread running through tionship with the federal government," says all the jobs. Each exposed him to the two Conboy, seated in his spacious Washington most powerful institutions in America -the office in the high -priced Washington Square The 48- year-old Conboy is tall, lean and government and the media-and how they building eight floors above Connecticut and affable. The hard edge one would expect on try to balance their often conflicting inter- L and seven floors above Duke Zeibert's res- a former federal criminal prosecutor and lob- ests. "I saw that at Justice in terms of pres- taurant. "We try to promote the best bottom byist reputedly adept at throwing his weight sure to disclose grand jury transcripts and line impact in any given threat or opportuni- around is lacking. But Conboy can sidestep issues of reporters... in the courtroom. I ty posed by federal action." a reporter's question as well as any politician clearly saw it at the NSA, where the same In the "video area," which means HBO in Washington. During his career in govern- battles were being fought then as they are and ATC, managing Time's relationship with ment, Conboy worked for Democratic ad- today involving disclosure and activities of the government means dealing with such is- ministrations and liberal Republican sena- the intelligence agencies that bordered on sues as the expansion or contraction of the tors. That raises the question of his party the illegal. Unquestionably, it was the case First Amendment rights of cable programers affiliation. Conboy's answer: "I'd rather not when I was with Javits and Watergate. And it and operators, the FCC's newly adopted say whether I'm a Democrat or Republican. certainly is true in my present job where we must -carry rules and the repercussions of ca- Let's just say I'm a pragmatic centrist." seek to balance the interests of the govern- ble programers' decision to scramble their Conboy has had an interest in public af- ment with the interest of the media in creat- satellite feeds. On the publishing side, pro- fairs journalism and politics- stretching ing to the greatest extent possible a regula- moting the best bottom line means, among back to his undergraduate days at Fordham tion -free environment." other things, keeping an eye on the postal in the late 1950's when he was editor-in- By all accounts, Conboy has been good rates (Time's annual postal bill is one of the chief of the Fordham Ram and contemplated for Time, and, by Conboy's reckoning, Time nation's largest), opposing extension of a a career as a journalist. But figuring that his has been good for him. "Being part of Time "protectionist" provision denying U.S. interest in politics would be better served as Inc. gives one resources, support and psy- copyright protection to any author whose a lawyer, he went on to attend law school at chic return on investment which I think work is printed outside the U.S. and loosen- Fordham and received his degree in 1963. would be very hard to find elsewhere," he ing restrictions on reporters' access to gov- Conboy went into the Army upon gradu- says. "I think its reputation as a very fine ernment information. ation, fulfilling his Reserve Officer Training place to work is well deserved." N

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 95 f OEi3c114 Unless decision late Friday afternoon by Secondt Circuit Court of Home Shopping Network Inc. announced it would buy fourth T3 Appeals is appealed to Supreme Court. Reliance Capital Corp. will station to go with three it purchased two weeks ago ( "Changinç be new owners of John Blair & Co. at cost of over $300 million. Hands," Aug. 11). It will buy WKJL -TV Baltimore from Family Medit Three -panel appeals court overturned previous ruling by Judge Inc. for about $15 million. HSN said purchase will increase pro Shirley Kram, which had ordered Reliance to return tendered stock graming network to about 11 million homes. It also announced i to Blair shareholders. Last Friday's ruling effectively prevents had signed letters of intent to purchase two more major market UHF shareholders from tendering to competing offer by Macfadden stations, but refused to identify them until contracts are signed Holdings and it was expected that Reliance would soon begin WKJL -Tv is on channel 24 with 1,320 kw visual, 132 kw aural anc paying for shares. Trusteeship arrangement to hold Reliance antenna 570 feet above average terrain. Communications Equit} shares, pending long -form approval by FCC was previously ap- Associates was broker. Also, publicly owned HSN, headed by Ro} -for stock proved by commission ( "Top of the Week," Aug. 4). Macfadden Speer, chairman, announced three -one spilt, increasirn Publications President Mike Boylan said: "We started our first common stock from 30 million shares to 100 million shares anc tender, offer on April 22 and it has been a long tough battle. But we class B stock from just over four million shares to about 12.1 millior have already called Henry Silverman (president and chief execu- shares. Speer is sole class B stockholder. As result of increase tive officer of Reliance Capital Group) to congratulate him. Now HSN declared 200% stock dividend payable to shareholders o we are going to take a little time off and consider a list of potential record Aug. 22. HSN closed Thursday (Aug. 14) at $98.625, ur acquisitions that we have already compiled." $2.50. on American Stock Exchange. o o Osborne Communications, New York, has contracted to purchase signed order last Wednesday U.S. Magistrate Michael H. Dolinger WBGA(AM)- WGIG(FM) Brunswick, Ga., and wDS(AM)- WKIR(FMI Jackson radio ( "In Brief," (Aug. 13) approving new ASCAP agreement for Tenn., from Jim Kirk Broadcasting, Moultrie, Ga., for $4 million. Kirl July 28). Move officially dismisses "rate court" proceeding be- Broadcasting, wholly owned by Jim Kirk, will continue to own am License Committee and music tween All- Industry Radio Music operate KVOL(AM) Lafayette, La. Osborne is station group compris licensing agreement, which licensing firm. New ASCAP music ing wxRZ -AM -FM Wilkes Barre, Pa., and WMHE(FM) Toledo, Ohio, an will raise annual blanket license rates by approximately 7.5 %, will headed by president and principal owner, Frank Osborne. Star be mailed to stations in September. Raymond & Associates was broker for sale. o New York City Board of Estimate approved CablevIsion's plan fo Positive sign. Late last Friday (Aug. 15) afternoon, House and five -phase construction of its systems in Brooklyn and Bronx. Pear Senate leaders were working down to the wire to settle their still must be approved by state cable commission. Company pro differences over tax reform legislation before embarking on a posed phase -in plan so that it could raise money for build as it goe. three -week recess. Reports at BROADCASTING's deadline indicat- along. First phase, covering construction in sections of both bon ed that an agreement might be reached before the members oughs, would begin after state approval and will take 22 months ti break began last Saturday (Aug. 16). Details of the proposed complete at cost of $35 million. Company will kick in $15- million legislation were unavailable, but the measure would make cash and expects to borrow remaining $20 million, although loan sweeping revisions in the current tax code (BROADCASTING, June remain to be set up. 30). The Senate and House versions of the tax reform legislation differ in many respects and it is unclear what will emerge from In letter to House Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairma: the conference committee. Timothy Wirth (D- Colo.), FCC Chairman Mark Fowler said FC$ 'All we really know is what is in the House bill and what is in procedures in dealing with takeovers by tender offer of corporation nc the Senate bill, "said Bert Carp, executive vice president for the holding FCC licenses are Intended to be "neutral." Procedures are National Cable Television Association. Cable remains con- designed to "negate advantages that one side may legitimatel advantage of prose cerned about several areas including capital gains treatment, gain because it acts more promptly or takes other laws," he said. "We seek to perm: depreciation, the fate of the General Utilities doctrine and tran- dures available to it under such transactions to proceed as free from regulatory interferenc (BROADCASTING, June 30). "We continue to be at risk sition rules as possible, consistent with our responsibilities under the Corr on all those things, "Carp noted. But he also emphasized there's munications Act." no reason to believe any of those issues have been decided. The Senate bill is advantageous to cable operators in several Hispanic Caucus are at odds over legisla areas. Most importantly, it includes the current hive -year recov- Members of Congressional Caucus Chairman Martin Martinez (D- Calif.). Bi ery period and a somewhat improved 200% declining balance tion introduced by (H.R. 5253) would prevent sale of Spanish International Communi for depreciation, while a 10 -year depreciation provision method cations Corp.'s five television stations and five low -power T1 the House measure. In an apparent effort to improve exists in outlets to Hallmark Cards and First Chicago Venture Capital. Cau their own depreciation, telephone interests have been arguing cus members E. (Kika) de la Garza (D- Tex.), Henry Gonzalez (D that telephone depreciation and cable depreciation should be Tex.), Bill Richardson (D- N.M.), and Albert Bustamante, in "dea linked. Since cable would have a five -year depreciation in the colleague" letter circulated last week, asserted that measure is no Senate bill and 10 years in the House measure, as compared to "necessary or appropriate." They said legislation may be "counter the 15 years telephone companies have in the Senate bill and productive." It will "prevent the transfer of important broadcas the 25 years it gets from the House, these efforts could have a stations to those with financial resources and incentive to en serious impact on cable depreciation. But there was some indi- hance service to the Hispanic population of this country," lette cation late last week that those efforts would not be successful. said. Also last week, one of rejected bidders for SICC filed suit i The phone companies' chief objective, said Ward White, vice U.S. district court to block sale (see story, page 46). president for government and public affairs for the United O States Telephone Association, is to obtain "comparability" with Three public interest groups have begun campaign to restore FCC) its competitors. White said USTA was not specifically "after antitrafficking policy, and to see it implemented with five -year rule cable." But he argued that if cable can offer data transmission Groups- Office of Communication of United Church of Christ services that compete with the phone companies, then the Action for Children's Television and Legal Defense Fund of Na phone companies should be treated the same whether it's for tional Organization for Women -initiated effort with petition fc tax purposes or regulatory and legislative purposes. USTA feels rulemaking filed with FCC. It says commission's decision in 198 it has been "generally successful" in making that case, White to repeal what was then three -year rule has produced trafficking i: said, adding that it looks like the depreciation for telco's will be licenses that is inconsistent with commands of Communication "the trafficker, b 15 years. Act for serving public interest. Petition says definition, is not seeking to act as a public trustee; he is in broad

Broadcasting Aug 18 1986 96 casting for the money-period." Question of restoring antitraffick- Thursdays opposite NBC's top -rated Cosby Show and Family Ties. ing rule is before Congress in bill (H.R. 5068) introduced by Repre- will offer "an informative and nostalgic look at the special mo- sentative Al Swift (D- Wash.). And it is likely to be argued in U.S. ments in America's past," blending "the scenes from the country's Court of Appeals in Washington. Henry Geller, director of Wash- recent history with firsthand recollections of 'witnesses' who par- ington Center for Public Policy Research and one of lawyers on ticipated in the events to bring to life the challenges, the texture brief for three groups, predicted: "The commission will throw us and life styles of times gone by," ABC said. out -and we'll go to court " o

National Association of Broadcasters last week sent letter to Mexi- WABC-TV New York has launched public service campaign against can President Miguel de la Madrid calling on him to sign U.S. -Mexico addictive cocaine derivative known as crack. As part of campaign, AM bilateral agreement on daytime radio station operations. Con- station will host one -hour prime time special, Friday, Sept. 5, from cerned that Mexicans have yet to act on agreement that was 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., titled Crack: Fight Back. Program will pre -empt reached last year, NAB President Eddie Fritts also met last week ABC network shows Benson and Webster, and will be hosted by with Manuel Alonso, senior advisor to de la Madrid. (Broadcasters news anchor Bill Beutel. In addition to background report on drug had hoped that Mexican president would sign agreement before and its impact on society, special will feature live panel discussion his trip to Washington last week.) Alonso apparently told Fritts with studio audience and viewer phone -ins. Panelists will include that de la Madrid plans to sign agreement "as soon as it emerges community and government leaders most involved in dealing with from Mexican government bureaucracy," NAB reported. problem. Special is being produced by WABC-TV'S Delia Fine. o o Leonard Kahn, inventor and chief proponent of Kahn single -side- band AM stereo system, asked FCC's five commissioners last Broadcasting industry was recognized last week by Drug Enforce- week for oral hearing to review FCC staff's rejection of his com- ment Agency for its efforts toward educating public about dangers plaint against manufacturers of C -Quam AM stereo exciters. Kahn of drug abuse. DEA Administrator John Lawn presented award to and proponents of C -Quam system led by Motorola are locked in NAB President Eddie Fritts at ceremony at FBI building in Wash- battle to establish de facto standard for AM stereo. In his com- ington. NAB, member of DEA's Sports Drug Awareness Program. plaint, Kahn charged that C -Quam exciters were not properly type is producing one -hour special satellite feed for its own "Team Up accepted by FCC and that, as result, they were causing stations Against Drugs" campaign. Feed features film, "Say No to Drugs - using them to generate excessive out -of -band emissions. FCC It's Your Decision," with New York Yankee Dave Winfield as narra- rejected complaint last month after extensive field tests (BROAD- tor. CASTING, July 28). In making appeal to full commission, Kahn said o field tests were "irrelevant." "FCC rules governing type accep- National Association of Broadcasters and Association of Indepen- tance call for strict laboratory tests and, until and unless the rules dent Television Stations filed motion with FCC last week asking it are changed, the staff is not authorized to substitute field tests for to strike motion by Turner Broadcasting System to stay commis- laboratory tests," he said. "The staff cannot pick and choose which sion's new must -carry rules (BROADCASTING, Aug. 11). Broadcasters rules it will enforce. The staff must require compliance with all the argue that motion is "untimely because the FCC's will not be final commission's rules." until after publication in the Federal Register." o NBC put out release last week comparing average household rat- ings over four Nielsen sweeps periods (May 1985- February 1986) of National Association of Broadcasters and Radio Advertising Bureau independent stations in Fox Broadcasting. Co.'s station lineup for will jointly publish radio market revenues through agreement with program service, with those of NBC affiliates in same 79 markets. two CPA firms presently tracking such information: Miller, Kaplan, NBC said Fox stations averaged 3.2 household rating across four Arase & Co., Los Angeles, and Hungerford, Aldrin, Nichols & sweeps periods in prime time, while NBC affiliates averaged 15.9 Carter, Grand Rapids, Mich. Data from RAB's own market "billings rating. NBC said Fox stations averaged 1.3 rating in Monday - pool" will also be included. Report, which will encompass financial Friday late -night period, 11:30 p.m. -1 a.m., compared to 5.3 for figures for some 60 markets (BROADCASTING, June 9), will be pub- NBC affiliates. Saturday- Sunday, 7 -1 a.m., Fox stations averaged lished in time for NAB's Radio '86 convention in New Orleans. 2.5, compared to 7.5 for NBC affiliates. Sept. 10 -13. Titled "1986 Radio Market Trends," report will be first o compilation of local advertising levels for number of radio markets since FCC financial Fox Broadcasting Co. said last week it pushed back date of debut discontinued data collection six years ago. of Late Night with Joan Rivers from Monday, Oct. 6, to Thursday, Oct. 10. Maxwell McCrohon, executive VP and edi- tor-in- chief, United Press Internationn! WBBm -ry Chicago said last week it is expanding its evening news Washington, was named president and chief coverage by half hour. Currently, it has 90 minutes of local news, at operating officer on Aug. 19. McCrohon, 58. 5 -5:30 p.m., followed by CBS Evening News at 5:30 -6 p.m., and joined UPI in 1983 after serving as managing another hour of locally produced news. Plan is to add half hour at editor, Chicago Tribune, and VP of its par- 1:30 p.m so there will be two one -hour local newscasts, sandwich - ent company, Tribune Co. Announcement .ng network newscast. First hour will be anchored by station vet - was made by UPI chairman and CEO, Mario arans Walter Jacobson and Don Craig and second hour will pair Vazquez -Rana, who credited McCrohon rerteran Bill Kurtis and newcomer Lestor Holt. with taking major role in keeping news ser- vice alive during its 1985 -1986 bankruptcy: ABC Correspondent Ray Gandolf will join Linda Ellerbee as co -host "Max McCrohon's strong contributions to all and writer for ABC's new prime time ABC News program, Our McCrohon areas of UPI during the last three years con- vinced me World, ABC said last week. Gandolf joined ABC News in 1982 as that he is the person to be my second in command " New York -based correspondent contributing reports to World Replacing McCrohon as editor -in -chief is 30 -year UPI veteran Mal- News Tonight, Nightline and ABC Sports programing. His most colm Hughes. He moves from post of executive editor and '. recent position has been as sports anchor for ABC's World News international divisions. Saturday and World News Sunday. In announcing new World host, o .BC News President Roane Arledge called Gandolf "an exper- FCC Commissioner Mimi Weyforth Dawson underwent surgery to .enced journalist and one of the most gifted writers in television reconnect ligaments in her right ankle last Thursday (Aug. 19) after 'Jews. His extraordinary writing and on- camera skills are perfectly twisting her foot during tennis game over week before. She is suited to Our World. I know Ray will help assure the quality and expected to be on crutches for four weeks and to wear walking ntegrity of this new and exciting broadcast." World, which will air cast for two weeks after that.

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One way or another ber, have proposed. Not to worry, Wirth added: The government is not staying Fritz Hollings slipped a time bomb into an FCC appropriations totally out of the marketplace. The FCC and National Telecom- bill last week. He got the Senate Appropriations Committee to munications and Information Administration have begun an in- include a provision requiring the FCC to reopen its study of the quiry with the dish owners' interests in mind, Wirth pointed out. fairness doctrine. The Department of Justice is watching for anticompetitive con- The purpose, as any first -year student of duplicity would rec- duct among distributors of scrambled programing to avoid price ognize, is to blow up an appellate court test of the constitutional- inflation by artificial means. ity of the fairness doctrine. This puts Senator Hollings in a league But aside from the action in Washington, the marketplace gives with a little clique of "public interest" lawyers who, fearing an signs of adjusting to the novelty of scrambling and just may on its impairment of their livelihood, have resorted to another device to own develop ways to sell scrambled signals to backyard dishes at abort the court test. The lawyers have argued that the FCC state- reasonable rates. Wirth cited several developments (see page 10). ment closing its fairness inquiry in August 1985 was not a final Now if the Hill just follows Wirth's advice.. action and that the broadcasters' constitutional challenge of that statement therefore lacks standing. Do it now If the pro- fairness provision inserted in the appropriations bill last week turned into law, and the FCC, following instructions, The 1960's counterculture claim that drugs raised consciousness reopened a study with results to be reported as late as Sept. 30, has been confirmed. The growing realization of the extent of 1987, Hollings's date, the appeal would be, as lawyers say, moot. substance abuse has prompted nationwide concern, from the Back to the beating of bushes for fairness cases by the "public President's symbolic submission to drug testing to the attorney interest" lawyers. general's call for a sweeping crackdowrron drug smuggling from public It isn't quite as clear what the Hollings amendment would do to Mexico, to the Congress's call for an "unprecedented" another congressional test of the fairness doctrine that is also service campaign on television. The nation's attention has been before the appellate court. Meredith's appeal of a fairness viola- caught. It's up to the media to hold it. tion charged to its WTVH(TV) Syracuse, N.Y., is to some extent Congress's consciousness was itself raised last week, in a based on the FCC's own finding in its 1985 statement that the meeting with network and association representatives that includ- doctrine offends the First Amendment. Whether a reopening of ed an explanation of the American Association of Advertising the fairness inquiry would deprive Meredith of that argument will Agencies' Media -Advertising Partnership for a Drug Free Amer- be left to the lawyers to decide. The Meredith case is already ica, of which the congressmen were seemingly unaware. complicated by the FCC's recent petition asking the court to The revelation highlights the importance of coordination and dismiss the case on the grounds that no fairness violation had communication. The AAAA had been in contact with Justice and been charged to WTVH, a pleading that contained news for Mer- the White House, but not Congress, on the project. A third ballot edith. The last word that Meredith had heard from the FCC was a should be cast for expedience. The targeted September launch of denial of its petition for reconsideration of an FCC decision the AAAA's campaign has been pushed back at least to Novem- when holding WTVH in violation of the doctrine. ber. The opportunity to shape public opinion is greatest It is the view of experts in First Amendment law that either the public awareness is high, as it is now. Having taken the initiative, case against the FCC's fairness statement of 1985 or the appeal of the Fifth Estate should strike before the iron begins to cool. not its finding in the WTVH matter, or both, present rare opportunities. That is not to say that AAAA's promising campaign should Not since the regrettable Red Lion decision of the Supreme Court go forward. As described at the association's annual conference perva- in 1969 has there been a better chance to obtain a reversal of that (BROADCASTING, July 7), the campaign is intended to be affirmation of the fairness doctrine's constitutionality. sive, long- range, encompassing all media. It deserves unremit- That chance may very well be lost if the Hollings measure ting support. It's just possible that, given steady and imaginative survives both the Senate and House. Is the bomb squad en route to exposure in all media, the abuse of drugs can be made unfashion- Capitol Hill? able over time. That would be the final cure of a disorder that the arrest of smugglers and dealers can only treat. Clear picture But radio and television, the media of immediacy, needn't wait. They can be the curtain raisers. Until last week, Washington's understanding of the present state of scrambling in the delivery of television programing by satellite was, well, scrambled. It was in no way clarified by the alarms of backyard dish owners and dish sellers in volume hugely dispro- J R portionate to their presence in society. A clear picture of the scrambling situation is at last at hand, from a source that has been more often abused than compliment- ed on this page. Tim Wirth, chairman of the House Telecommuni- cations Subcommittee, has distributed to members of the House a comprehensive survey of what is being scrambled, what is to be, how it is being sold, how it is likely to be and what the prospects are for dish owners to obtain descrambled pictures at affordable cost. The plain implication of Wirth's message is that there is no need for emergency legislation on the scale that some legislators, Drawn for BROADCASTING by Jack Schmidt fearing an uprising of dish interests in the elections next Novem- "Does he know something we don't ?"

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