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EVERYBODY'S TALKING ON CABLE NEWS CHANNELS The battle between CNN's newsy Connie Chung, MSNBC's liberal Phil Donahue and Fox's right -wing Bill O'Reilly begins this week Mayor » PAGE 20 Bloomberg RADIO'S says New York ROYAL PAIN broadcasters The feds name the final price radio will have to won't get site pay to stream songs off the air on Websites, and they need to broadcasters aren't happy about it replace tower » PAGE 7 lost on 9/11 THOSE » PAGE 34 AUCTIONS? NOT NOW After seven delays, Congress finally halts the controversial auction process indefinitely » PAGE 10 Outta WHEN DIGITAL INTERFERES 41: DIGIT 591 NbI c I1'5 1 REr+D I 6.7 As stations power up their 111,IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII digital signals, :here's a JOHN ,IftHNt30N new fear they'll block KlVCI-TV" 21+5 WA rc T CIrJ WAY other signals BILL ! Nt::!,, Ml ;`.9t 02-775° » PAGE 30 r

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BANNER UPFRONT Syndication ad sales are up 18% from last year, the sectors worst ever, to a total near $2 billion. » 6

FEES FOR STREAMING Nobody's happy about royalty rates radio stations and Webcasters will have to pay. » 7

FOOT IN MOUTH Broadcasting maverick Ted Turner has to apologize for remarks about Israel and Palestine. » 7

GOING, GOING, STOP Congress passes bill postponing indefinitely the auction of 700 MHz TV spectrum. » 10

MORE VIEWERS Arbitron's test of George Stephanopoulus promises to be impartial and hard -hitting on This Week. Portable People Meters suggests that TV viewership is higher than was thought. » 12

ON THIS WEEK Ex- Clinton aide George Stephanopoulus is named anchor of ABC News Sunday- morning program. » 14 COVER STORY LIFE LESSONS Nickelodeon show on same -sex parents draws 100,000 complaints and a 1.4 rating. » 14 TOWER HONORED 9/11 coverage takes lion's TROUBLE share of RTNDA'S Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in electronic journalism. » 17 Not on my island Mayor Bloomberg opposes New York broadcasters' site for a transmission DISCOVERED Proctor & Gamble signs tower to replace the one lost on 9/11. » 34 $50M deal to advertise on Discovery's cable Rosie O'Donnell participated in controversial nets, BBC America, and HD Theater. » 17 My Family Is Different on Nickelodeon.

B &C Eye 4 Broadcast Ratings 22 Changing Hands 28 Not reserved Federal appeals court upholds Programming Classifieds 43 rules requiring utilities to lease unused pole News war CNN's Connie Chung takes on space to cable companies. » 27 Editorials 46 Fox News' Bill O'Reilly and, soon, MSNBC's Faceti me 38 Phil Donahue weeknights at 8. » 20 Technology Fates & Fortunes 40 Syndication Watch Paramount devises a Fifth Estater 42 Interference issues As stations move creative marketing plan for off -network to full -power digital transmission, problems Station Break 24 sitcom Becker. » 23 are expected to increase. » 30 The Week That Was 16 Focus Local broadcasters see abundant Complementary Set -top -chip maker ATI opportunity in the Austin, Texas, market. » 25 buys chip manufacturer NxtWave. » 32 Washington New head at Pinnacle Server manufacturer names J. Kim Finnell president and CEO. » 32 Industry split Big media companies are happy with the FCC's timetable for revising ownership rules; smaller owners aren't. » 26

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ADVERTISING JOURNALISM Super Bowl Miffed over diss runneth over Fox News Channel anchor Neil Cavuto (below) went on a bit of a Spots in next January's Super tear last Thursday after failing to get an interview with Microsoft Bowl are selling out at a record and Verizon brass (the two are teaming on Internet access via pace, and for record dollars. there wasn't time for Roughly three -quarters of the DSL). Cavuto says a Microsoft rep claimed ads in the ABC game are the interview, although time was found for CNBC and CNN. REGULATION spoken for. Sources say it will Twice during his show, Cavuto flashed numbers and e-mail be 80% sold by July 4, leaving addresses for Microsoft on the screen, telling viewers to protest the 15 units for the scatter market. No NASA liftoff diss. "If you don't like me, you hate the show or Fox, just tell me," The average price? About snub. In top -rated Fox's FCC Chairman Michael Powell $2.25 million per 30- second he told B &C, referring to the perceived weeks ago received a spot, or about 15°/" more than newsroom, some staffers were shaking their heads. "It's Neil being several the $1.95 million Fox got last Neil," said one, "but people here feel it's unprofessional."-A.R. staff recommendation on year. There are several reasons resolving affiliates' complaints for the quick sales this year, in- against the networks. cluding a general economic up- He hasn't acted on the guid- turn. In addition, ABC Sports ance, however, to the and ESPN are sold together, so the Super Bowl is packaged with frustration of some fellow com- two other hot commodities: missioners. The Network Affili- Monday Night Football and ated Stations Alliance in March ESPN's Sunday -night game, one 2001 asked the FCC to declare of the highest -rated offerings on nets in cable. MNF is close to 80% sold, the Big Four violation at CPM rates 10% higher than of a litany of rules protecting last year's. Ed Erhardt, head of stations' rights, including the sales for ESPN /ABC Sports, right to reject network wouldn't comment on the num- programming and tct deny bers but said the networks' abil- reserve ity to leverage their top product network requests to "is having a very strong positive airtime without committing impact. " -S.M. specific programs. Media Bureau Chief Ken Ferree confirmed the power HOPE FOR ADELSTEIN recommendation's submission Star reveal The logjam may be breaking on but did not details. Kevin Costner, NYPD Blue's Den- FCC nominee Jonathan Industry sources believe that nis Franz and Will Smith are Democratic Majority among stars narrating pieces for Adelstein. Last week, Senate the staff called for dismissal the pilot of Universal Domestic Leader Tom Daschle (D- S.D.), for whom and that opposition to that dis- Adelstein works, said that his staff is in Television proposed magazine missal by Commissioners Kevin talks with the staff of Senate Minority series Good News (for fall 2003). Martin (above) and Michael Smith is also one of the show's Leader Trent Lott (R- Miss.) and that Copps is preventing Powell from executive producers. Charity work Daschle hopes an agreement can be by supermodel Tyra Banks (left) reached "before the end of next week." acting. A Martin aide confirmed will be highlighted in the seg- Upset with Democrats for voting down his he wants Powell to bring the ment narrated by Smith. Produc- choice for a federal judgeship, Charles matter before the commission Pickering, Lott has been blocking ers say the strip will tell up- quickly but wouldn't address lifting stories about the unique Adelstein's confirmation. Sources say his stand on the petition. A struggles and triumphs of inspi- Adelstein recently has seemed more confi- rational individuals, including dent about getting the fifth commissioner Copps aide did not return a call and slot but it all depends on whether Daschle by deadline. a. celebrities, public figures -B.M. everyday heroes. -S.M. and Lott can cut a deal. -P.A.

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Upfront take nears $2 Columbia TriStar, That billion, a mighty recovery '70s Show and Dharma from year ago & Greg from Twentieth, and Providence and She By Steve McClellan and Spies from MGM/NBC Allison Romano Media Sales. TV syndication ad sales are up sharply DeWitt said SNTA from a year ago, much to the relief of members indicated that sales executives, who endured their "the real strength in the worst season ever last year when the mar- market came from adver- ket tanked because of the recession. tisers who had been Gene DeWitt, president of the Syndi- strong in syndication in cated Network Television Association, esti- the past but had cut back last last year. So was mated week that the syndication up- Roger King (l), it kind of front market is up 18% in total dollar of King World, has a a return of the big guys, hot property with volume to approximately $2 billion, up Dr. Phil McGraw's the packaged goods and from $1.7 billion last year. new talk show. the pharmaceuticals." Sellers say that, on average, they sold Chris Kager, presi- probably 75% of their inventory in the dent of MGM/NBC upfront, leaving 25% for potential make - in the 6 % -7% range, more for top -tier Media Sales, the start -up representing 15 good situations and the scatter market. product like Seinfeld and Everybody Loves syndication programs, was pleased but said

That's a dramatic change from last year, Raymond, which reportedly saw double - daytime is not as robust as it once was. when most distributors sold no more than digit price hikes. Mosko agreed: "Day- 45% of their available inventory in the "The market improved 'The real strength time is one area that still upfront. But the haul from this year's tremendously," said Bob concerns me. As an upfront still puts syndicators back to around Cesa, president, syndica- in the market was industry, we have to do the level they achieved in 2000, when syndi- tion/cable sales, for Twen- kind of a return a better job selling it." cation's upfront took in $2.4 billion. tieth Television. "We're But he stressed that, of the big guys, "I would say the syndication guys have back to normal condi- improved market aside, to be pretty happy," says Tom DeCabia, tions." The past two years, the packaged goods Columbia TriStar will executive vice president of New York - he noted, were "way out and the continue its "Syndica- based ad- buying firm PHD. "The whole, of whack " -first because tion Works!" campaign. entire broadcast market is up from last of the dotcom explosion pharmaceuticals: On the cable front, year, and, hopefully, it continues or stays (and subsequent implo- -Gene DeWitt, SNTA business slowed for right where it is, because that's good for the sion), then because of the many nets. Large ones, business and good for the economy." recession. such as Lifetime, MTV, TBS, TNT and Steve Rosenberg, president of Universal Others agree. "It felt like nobody really USA have closed the bulk of upfront deals. Television Enterprises, called this upfront wanted to kill each other this year," said For everyone else, "it's the difference "great, especially compared to last year." Steve Mosko, president of Columbia Tri- between a few and a handful of deals," said This year, he said, "I think both the adver- Star Domestic Television. "It was more col- Fox Cable ad sales chief Bruce Lefkowitz. tisers and the distributors found a comfort- laborative, and people wanted to do their Smaller and specialty nets are just getting able place for everybody to exist." business and move on." down to business; Food, HGTV, E! and Nat Pricing was up across the board in the Hot with buyers were new talk show Dr. Geo closed deals last week. Several execs market, with the average increase said to be Phil from King World, Pyramid from think cable's upfront will dose by July 4.

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AOL Time Warner tem is secure. Turner wrote in a letter to the Vice Chairman Ted Anti -Defamation League, "I do not morally Turner has caused corporate brass to equate Israel's right to defend itself with the cringe before. intentional killing of innocent civilians." A beneficiary in the conflict was the Fox News Channel, which sealed a distribution deal with the 300,000 -subscriber YES. Fox had been in negotiations with YES, but the deal was inked last Thursday, the day Turner apologized. Turner has been a corporate outlaw before, causing AOL Time Warner brass Ted says he's sorry (and Time Warner before it) to cringe over his outbursts. He was shunned by former Suggestion Israelis are terrorists causes international ruckus CEO Gerald Levin but, since new chief Richard Parsons took the helm in May, has By Allison Romano Israelis, and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon been more welcomed. Once again, Ted Turner is making called Turner's remarks "stupid." Some The thaw may be short -lived. After his headlines-and creating headaches lobbied Israeli satellite operator YES, along comments, AOL Time Warner quickly put for AOL Time Warner. The CNN with the country's three cable operators, to him back to pasture, saying in a statement: founder drew fire after telling London's drop CNN International. "Mr. Turner has no operational or editorial Guardian newspaper that Israelis and By last Thursday, though, Turner, an involvement at CNN. Mr. Turner's com- Palestinians are "terrorizing each other." AOL Time Warner vice chairman, apolo- ments are his own and do not reflect the His stinging comments drew ire from gized; CNN said its place on the YES sys- views of our company in any way."

Board had decided to chal- exceed Webcasters' revenues. Fees set, fight certain lenge the rule, written by the Many parties are pursuing a U.S. Copyright Office, that legislative fix for the problem. Broadcasters get no relief on streaming levy; requires radio broadcasters to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D -Vt.), decision irks Webcasters, record industry, too pay record companies royalties and Rep. Howard Coble (R- to stream copyrighted music. N.C.), have indicated interest By Paige Albiniak and Internet -only Webcasters Billington did reduce by in reducing the rate. And, in The Librarian of Congress warned for four months that 0.2% the fees broadcasters pay April, House Judiciary Com- gave radio broadcasters leaving the rate as -is would for what is known as an mittee Chairman James Sensen- no relief last week, leav- likely kill the Webcasting busi- "ephemeral license," bringing brenner (R-Wis.) collected coming unchanged the royalty fees ness, but Billington ruled that the fee down to 8.8% from ments to help write a new bill they must pay record compa- radio broadcasters must pay 9 %. That license covers the on digital copyrights. nies for streaming their signals 0.07 cents per song per listener automatic copies computers The Recording Industry As- over the Internet. Pure -play when simultaneously streaming and other digital devices make sociation of America, whose Webcasters, by contrast, had their radio signal online. of streamed material. record-company members will their fees cut in half. Still, "The Librarian's decision Pure Webcasters- Internet- receive less money from Web - nobody seemed pleased with places a prohibitive financial only music services -fared bet- casters as a result of the ruling, the decision; broadcasters said burden on radio-station stream- ter, seeing their fees halved to blasted it: "The import of this it spells doom for streaming. ing and will likely result in the 0.07 cents per song per lis- decision," said President Cary After rejecting the recom- termination of this fledgling ser- tener, from 0.14 cents. Sherman, "is that artists and mendation of a panel of arbi- vice to listeners," said Eddie Still, Webcasters weren't record labels will subsidize the tration judges last February, Fritts, president of the National happy, calling any fee a tax Webcasting businesses of Librarian James Billington was Association of Broadcasters. they'll pay to transmit a song, multibillion -dollar companies required to set up his own fees Even before the Librarian's said RealNetworks VP Alex like Yahoo, AOL, RealNet- last week. Radio broadcasters decision, the NAB Radio Alben. Those fees, some say, works and Viacom."

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MSTV, wireless companies chs. 2 -51 TV core for analog operation. deals had been hampered. notch victory over MSTV has argued that allowing TV sta- Auction of a sliver of the chs. 52 -59 Spectrum Clearing Alliance tions to use digital allotments for analog band known as the C and D blocks was broadcasts would create interference havoc permitted to go forward between Aug. 19 By Bill McConnell because coverage footprints for the two and Sept. 19. The C block contains chs. 54 The wireless industry and top lawmak- services differ substantially. "They can still and 59 and will be sold as two -way ers last week scored a win over a make the switch, but not if they produce licenses, each covering one of 734 metro or handful of broadcasters by pushing interference for their neighbors," said rural areas. The D block contains ch. 55 through legislation that postpones indefi- MSTV President David Donovan. and will be sold as six licenses, each cover- nitely a government auction of TV spectrum. "This sends a clear message," added ing one large region of the country. The sale, part of which was scheduled to LIN Television lobbyist Greg Schmidt, The FCC must say within a year when it begin last Wednesday, was highly contro- "that new interference won't be tolerated will reschedule bidding for A, B and E blocks. versial. In fact, this was the seventh delay. Working against it was the wireless industry, which doesn't want to pony up the big bucks broadcasters may demand to exit early from the spectrum. Likewise, many in Congress aren't too keen for broadcasters to reap potentially huge profits for relin- quishing spectrum they got for free. In addition, there were broadcaster concerns about interference from dislodged stations relocating in the lower band. After a down -to- the -wire battle, both houses of Congress voted on June 18 to Bud Paxson's hopes for cashing in on postpone the June 19 bidding for spectrum early- buyout deals currently used for chs. 52 -59 as well as the for spectrum appear to have been planned Jan. 14 sale of frequencies now dimmed. used for chs. 60 -69. President Bush signed the measure the next morning. The vote was also a lobbying coup for digital -TV trade group Association for Max- as a way to clear spectrum." FCC Chairman Michael Powell had been imum Service Television because the statute The interference restriction also may dim reluctant to stop the entire sale without also bars the FCC from easing interference the hopes of Bud Paxson and other broad- explicit orders from Congress. The sale of protections for broadcasters that, vacating casters in the Spectrum Clearing Alliance for the 60-69 block had already been delayed six analog channels early, wanted to use their winning lucrative early buyouts to clear the times from its original May 10, 2000, date. digital allotments for analog broadcasting. 60-69 band. Although the delay already gave Rep. John Dingell (D- Mich.), the Com- Broadcasters operating on chs. 52-69 are the cellular industry more time to work with merce Committee's ranking Democrat, not required to exit until the transition to Congress to eliminate the early -buyout rules, offered surprising honesty about Congress's digital television is complete, which could the interference protections appear to 1997 role in setting "asinine" auction dead- be years after the 2006 target date. To clear greatly reduce Paxson's opportunities to lines based on eagerness to raise government the spectrum quickly, the FCC allows auc- squeeze his 19 analog operations in the funds. "The budget committees comman- tion winners to pay for early- buyout deals upper TV band into lower channels. deered management of the nation's airwaves," worth perhaps billions to roughly a dozen Paxson officials said that they were dis- Dingell said. "Today, we take back the reins station groups. Stations that give up their appointed by the postponement but that and restore rationality to the process. I look analog channel in a buyout are permitted they did not have time to determine forward to the FCC establishing an intelligent to use a remaining digital allotment in the whether their ability to strike band -clearing spectrum management policy."

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Arbitron test of its PPM data to percentages could be mis- suggests higher The Philadelphia story leading. The early results were in broadcast and cable A snapshot of the difference between Arbitron PPM and fact unsurprising, they said, and viewership Nielsen ratings data in the test period Feb. 28 -March 27 that was their strength. Average quarter -hour ratings, total persons age 18 -49 "The differences look huge," By Dan Trigoboff said Jeff Finken, research director Mon. -Sun. Arbitron PPM Nielsen Meter /diary Arbitron Inc.'s release of early 6 a.m. -12 mid. Rating Share` Rating Share' for Tribune -owned WB affiliate Portable People Meter BROADCAST WPHL -TV Philadelphia, "but KYW (CBS) 2.40 9.4 1.78 11.5 (PPM) broadcast and cable they're not really that far from WCAU (NBC) 3.30 12.9 2.58 16.7 measurements from its ongoing trial WHYY (PBS) 0.40 1.6 0.19 1.2 Nielsen's." In some cases, he noted, WPHL (WB) 1.90 7.4 1.17 ;j16:7.5 in Philadelphia suggest that viewing ¡ the huge percentage increases apply WPPX (Pax) 0.20 0.6 0.11 0.7 is significantly higher than recorded WPSG (UPN) 1.40 5.4 0.77 111113.o,S7 to a very small cable audience. WPVI (ABC) 3.90 15.2 3.12 20.1 by Nielsen Media Research's meter - Cable net CNN, for instance, got 10 WTXF (Fox)" 2.60 9.9 1.77 diary estimates. 16.10 62.3 11.49 74.2 times the rating it got from Nielsen as by Arbitron, rising from "Encoded broadcast TV stations Mon.-Sun. Arbitron PPM Nielsen Meter /diary reported are 41% higher in the Portable 6 a.m.-12 mid. Rating Share' Rating Share' a 0.01 to a 0.1. The Weather Chan- People Meter system," said Arbi- CABLE nel similarly more than tripled its A &E 0.30 1.3 0.20 1.3 tron in a statement, and "encoded BET 0.60 2.4 0.18 1.2 '11 rating: from a 0.03 to a 0.1. cable networks are 118% higher." CN8 0.10 0.3 0.01 0.1 Clearly, said Joan Erle, research CNN 0.20 0.8 0.12 0.8 The biggest differences are in the CSN 0.60 2.2 0.22 1.4 director for NBC's WCAU(TV), younger demographics, particularly Discovery 0.40 11.1111111111114 0.9 "the Portable People Meter is cap- ESPN 0.50 2.0 0.27 1.8 turing more viewing. It's fairer. And under age 35, and for smaller and ESPN2 0.20 0.8 0.03 0.2 :ll] newer broadcast and cable outlets. ETV 0.30 1.0 0.13 0.8 Philadelphia hasn't had a change in FX 0.40 0.16 1.1 11 MEL methodology since 1981." All of Philly's eight measured Headline 0.00 0.2 0.01 0.1 broadcast stations' ratings increased I fistory 0.30 1I l 0.12 Jim Gallagher, general manager Lifetime 1.20 4.5 0.49 3.2 with the PPM, and several of the 20 for Comcast MarketLink in Phila- MTV 0.70 2.9 . 111101 cable networks' rose significantly Nickelodeon 1.50 5.8 0.42 2.7 delphia, which sells 32 cable net- from Nielsen measures. Radio lis- TBS 0.80 3.1 -47 3.0 works across the No. 4 DMA, said, TNN 0.40 1.7 0.18 1.1 we're delighted that tenership also rose. TNT 0.70 2.9 111145 2.9 1 "Obviously, The Philadelphia experiment has VH1 0.20 0.9 0.05 0.3 there seems to be a new research Weather 0.10 0.5 0.03 0.2 provoked considerable interest 9.50 37.7 4.00 25.8 methodology that better captures among both broadcasting and cable 25.60 100.0 15.50 100.0 cable viewing. We're very hopeful outlets, while Nielsen's Local People that Nielsen will embrace the For purposes of this report, Arbitron has adopted the Nielsen format Meters, deployed in Boston, are of presenting results to two decimal points. The current Arbitron PPM Portable People Meter project." being used by some cable outlets application produces values only to one decimal point. Said Bernie Shimkus, of Phila- but 'Share among encoded outlets only; shares calculated on the basis of have been almost universally rejected average quarter -hour persons projections. delphia -based buyer Harmelin "WTXF did not encode all broadcast hours on 2/28/02 and 3/1/02; by the broadcast community there. data may be slightly understated as a result. Media, "We're cautiously opti- Nielsen has maintained its com- Note: WGTW (Ind.), WUVP (Univision), WWSI (Telemundo) and Court mistic about the PPM numbers. TV were not encoded in time to be included in the March release of mitment to Local People Meters data. We're supportive of a technology Arbitron Inc. and has said the two technologies Source: that can gamer both television and can coexist even if the two compa- radio audiences. The numbers nies partner in PPM deployment-a deci- tron technology and believe Nielsen will seem to confirm our suspicions that view- sion supposed to have been made this eventually have to choose. ing is higher for younger demographics - month but put back to later this year. Researchers contacted by BROADCAST- which are less likely to comply with filling But researchers among Phi lly's broad- ING & CABLE did not fmd the early Phila- out diaries. The technology allows us to see cast, cable and advertising communities so delphia numbers to be all that dramatic the interaction of media better than we far suggest more enthusiasm for the Arbi- and, in fact, cautioned that reducing the ever have."

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Former Clinton aide defends over 3 million. his partisan roots,. ABC looks "In his more than five years at ABC News covering national and international for a Sunday- morning boost stories," ABC News President David Westin said in a statement, "George has By Dan Trigoboff demonstrated a keen understanding of the ack in his White House days, issues and superb ability to communicate George Stephanopoulos recalls, to an audience." Criticism of Stephanopou- B Clinton aides would start thinking los has centered on his career in Democra- about the Sunday talk -show circuit around tic politics, not journalism. George Stephanopoulos promises to ask Wednesday. Now, he says, he'll be thinking Stephanopoulos acknowledged that "I tough questions, regardless of the subject's political affiliation. about it all week. haven't spent a lifetime in journalism, but I

ABC News last week made its long - have spent my professional life dealing with expected appointment of former Clinton the issues and policies that the Sunday tor, with George Will. aide George Stephanopoulos as anchor of shows are all about. And I think I've built Veteran producer Jon Banner, most the ABC News Sunday -morning program a pretty solid body of work in an, admit- recently senior producer for World News This Week, replacing co- anchors Sam Don- tedly, short time as a journalist." Tonight, was named executive producer of aldson and Cokie Roberts in September. Moreover, he said he has proved that he This Week. Banner said the shift in person- The political- roundtable show needs a has the ability and the will to ask tough nel "gives us an opportunity to make some boost. Once competitive with NBC's questions, regardless of the subject's poli- changes, to experiment and make the Meet the Press, This Week has settled in tics. But some conservative commentators broadcast a little bit different." at a pretty distant second place, occasion- jabbed at the ABC announcement. Roundtable discussions will continue, ally ceding that spot to CBS's Face the Donaldson will now report and substi- with an added permanent panelist and a Nation. Meet the Press averages more tute as Nightline anchor, as well as host his rotating one. Banner would like to take the than 45 million viewers, This Week daily radio and Internet shows. Roberts show on location in the future, depending about 3.2 million and Face the Nation just continues with ABC News as a commenta- on where the news is.

show, although Falwell later came out against it. A little nicked on diversity The network did proceed cautiously, airing the special Nickelodeon special on same -sex parents nets 100,000 complaints commercial -free at 9 p.m. (Nick News usually airs at 8:30 By Allison Romano Family Is Different to teach toler- p.m. on Sundays) and includ- rckelodeon weathered a ance, according to producer ing a disclaimer and TV-PG firestorm of a protests to Linda Ellerbee. "We've done rating. The reaction from view- N air a June 18 Nick News shows about racism and AIDS ... ers was strong, with 1.2 million special on kids with same -sex kids being bullied for all kinds of households tuning in for a 1.4 parents. The Viacom net logged reasons," she added. "This was rating.

100,000 complaints in a cam- one of those shows. It's a golden - Future My Family Is Different paign led by the conservative rule show." specials will focus on multi- Rosie O'Donnell appeared on My Traditional Values Coalition. Rosie O'Donnell and Rev. cultural and single- parent fami- Family Is Different, which garnered a 1.4 Nielsen rating. Nick soldiered on with My Jerry Falwell appeared in the lies, Ellerbee added.

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PROMAX TO HONOR judges said Friday. The court CNN's chief news KELLNER AT L.A. CONFAB upheld its decision to vacate executive, Eason Jordan, Turner Broadcasting the ban on crossownership of issued a memo last week urg- Chairman Jamie Kellner and cable and broadcast ing the network to resist N Fox Television Entertainment properties. The FCC appealed airing statements from suicide Chairman Sandy Grushow are a ruling by the federal appeals bombers or their families just some of the luminaries court in Washington that unless there is a very who will be on hand at the appeared to set a nearly compelling reason. He visited annual Promax Conference in impossible standard for com- Israel last week to meet with Los Angeles this week (June plying with a congressional terror victims and others to 26 -29) to discuss the state of order to review all ownership show how seriously he meant the TV business, while others rules every two years and re- the pledge.... there get down to the business peal or modify those no longer When Barbara Fisher of promoting what's on it. necessary. The court said it joined Lifetime as EVP of Kellner will be the keynoter would leave open whether Entertainment last month, it and the recipient of Promax's Hiles must be "indispensable" became clear that Lifetime third annual BROADCASTING to protect the public interest chief Carole Black was staying & CABLE Innovator Award. or simply "useful." ... put. Now the network says Black has signed a new con- Promax chief Glynn If you watch Doc, you might The Federal Election Com- Brailsford says he believes remember the commercials. mission last week agreed to tract said to be a three -year attendance at this year's show leave intact the portion of the pact like her last. Financial will be down, though only commercials in neutral shows new campaign-financereform terms were not disclosed.... slightly, from last year's 4,500. more than in sexy or violent law that bans "issue" ads in the Mike Kincaid, who has ones. The "neutral" shows 60 days leading up to elections. been senior vice president and HALLMARK FOR SALE? were all Pax TV programs, The NAB is part of a coalition general sales manager for Hallmark Cards could dispose including Doc, It's a Miracle challenging the constitutional- KCAL(TV) Los Angeles, will of all or part of its two- thirds and Miracle Pets. "Violence ity of the law. NAB's challenge add the same title and duties stake in Crown Media and sex impaired memory for focuses on issue ads.... for new co -owned KCBS -TV. Holdings, which operates the males and females of all ages," Broadcasters reacted Hallmark Channel, said a the study concluded. The par- strongly last week to a new bill DANDY DEBUTS newspaper report Friday. The ticipants were paid $25 apiece, that would charge radio and Dominick Dunne's Court TV Wall Street Journal said News plus cookies. Not surprisingly, TV broadcasters spectrum -use show debuted June 19 to a Corp, Discovery and MGM Pax paid for the study. fees and turn the money over strong 1.5 rating, the best -ever are among potential suitors. to politicians for campaign showing for a Court TV origi- Hallmark denies it's looking to HOT TOPICS ads. The bill, unveiled but not nal. Six -part Dominick sell but says it has been Adelphia Communications last yet introduced by its co -spon- Dunne's Power, Privilege and approached to develop a week reported an additional sors Sens. John McCain (R- Justice investigates crimes of partnership. $40.5 million in missed interest Ariz.), Russell Feingold (D- the rich and famous.... and dividend payments, boost- Wis.) and Robert Torricelli USA's new psychic drama, TAKE THE TEST AT HOME ing the total to $96 million. (D -NJ.) and Rep. Marty Mee- Dead Zone, may be the In apparently the first study to Also, the NHL took over the han (D- Mass.) -requires radio lifesaver the network needs. correlate TV sex and violence Buffalo Sabres hockey team and TV broadcasters to pay The series premiere scored a with commercial recall, 324 operated by the Adelphia about 1% of their gross 4.7 Nielsen rating June 16, participants were shown a vio- Rigas family; the league will revenues, or about $640 making it the highest -rated lent show, a sexual show and a probably force its sale.... million, into a fund, which basic -cable show for the week "neutral" show, each contain- How high a hurdle the would then be dispersed to of June 10 -16. It helped lift ing nine ads. In a next -day FCC must clear to retain the political parties to be USA to a 2.0 prime time telephone follow up, the study media -ownership rules will be doled out in the form of weekly average, second only to found respondents recalled decided at a later date, federal vouchers.... Lifetime.

16 Broadcasting & Cable /6 -24 -02 TOP OF THE WEEK 9/11 dominates RTNDA's Murrows In a first, all NY entries win for best spot-news coverage

By Dan Trigoboff women. ABC News, which had been sin- Coverage of the Sept. 11 attacks domi- gled out among TV networks for a Pea- nated the Radio- Television News body Award for its Sept. 11 coverage, did Tom Brokaw broadcasts from the roof of Directors Association's Edward R. not win a Murrow for that coverage. ABC 30 Rockefeller Plaza after the WTC attacks. Murrow Awards this year. News Radio, however, got the award for In an unprecedented move, RTNDA best newscast. TV Denver and KKTV(TV) Colorado gave awards to all the New York City TV- CBS Radio News, AP Broadcast and Springs, Colo. KOMO -TV Seattle and station submissions for their spot -news WMAL(AM) Washington were each hon- WNDU -TV South Bend, Ind., were named coverage of the attacks on the World Trade ored for their Sept. 11 coverage. best local newscast. Seventy -five awards Center: O &Os WABC -TV, WNBC(TV) Overall-excellence awards went to KCNC- were given to 54 news organizations. and WCBS -TV and Tribune's WPIX(TV). RTNDA said of the effort: `All stations demonstrated courageous efforts to provide coverage about the disaster itself, emergency efforts and the ongoing human P &G makes a Discovery drama of living in a city under siege." $50M deal will put its WWOR -TV New York, which won a that the breadth and depth of our assets blurbs, product regional Murrow for a Sept. 11- related placement bring to large -scale clients," said Discovery newscast, did not submit in the spot -news on eight Discovery networks Executive VP of Ad Sales Bill McGowan. category, RTNDA said, nor did its Fox The Discovery deal, being only for cable duopoly partner WNYW(TV). By Allison Romano and not broadcast, commanded less money NBC had the strongest performance on Ihe cable upfront may be slow -mov- than P &G's $300 million cross -platform the network side. NBC newscasts dealing ing, but Discovery Communications deal last year with Viacom Plus, which

with Sept. 11 won for overall excellence, last week secured a generous chunk includes CBS and billboards. The two corn - "amazing execution under stressful cir- of advertising change. It panies have renewed their cumstances," and best network newscast, inked a $50 million cross - partnership for a second while Dateline NBC earned three Murrows platform advertising deal year, keeping P &G's wares for spot news, news series and videography with Procter & Gamble, the on Viacom's TV outlets, on stories about Sept. 11. consumer-products giant, including CBS, UPN, and CBS's 60 Minutes II received an award which will advertise on Dis- cable nets MTV, Comedy for investigative reporting for "Merchants covery's eight cable proper- Central and Nickelodeon. of Mass Destruction," about the availabil- ties, in Discovery stores, on Ad agency Media Vest ity of weapons of mass destruction. Im- close- cousin BBC America brokered both the Viacom Discovery's a d chief Bill pressed judges commented, "Bob Simon and on Discovery's new McGowan la nded P &G. and Discovery deals on and his courageous team risked their per- high -definition channel. behalf of P &G. sonal safety along a lawless Pakistani bor- One key component is product tie -ins The biggest cross-platform deal this up- der to demonstrate the ability to acquire on Discovery Networks' programs. P &G's front season, though, is Omnicom Group's weapons of mass destruction." Swiffer sweeper, for example, will be fea- $1 billion Walt Disney Co. spending spree. CNN's continuing coverage of the at- tured on The Learning Channel's cult -hit The ad agency plans to buy time across tacks won an award, as did the news net's redecorating show, Trading Spaces. Do Disney properties, including ABC, ESPN much honored documentary Behind the sharks use Tide? and other cable nets, for clients like Pepsi Veil, about the Taliban's treatment of The big deal "epitomizes the benefits and Apple Computer.

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Her latest big "get" was Gary Condit Connie Chung has live interviews, real people last summer, but Chung is confident she with takes on headlines can snare blockbuster interviews for CNN. to offer at CNN. So confident, in fact, she sang an entire song about the "get," set to "Get Me to the Church on Time," at her June 17 launch party in Manhattan. (Fox News' chief Roger Ailes and star Bill O'Reilly and CBS News chief Andrew Heyward were among partygoers.) CNN already has one marquee interviewer in Larry King at 9 p.m. ET, but Chung, airing an hour earlier, doesn't seem concerned about competition or infighting. "He mostly interviews names," she said. "Our program is leaning more toward ordinary people." Adds CNN /US Executive VP Teya Ryan: "We should only have such problems. It didn't hurt ABC, and it won't hurt us." Chung's entrance is helping heat up the cable news scene yet again. She already battles Fox's O'Reilly, who hosts cable news' highest -rated show, in the 8 p.m. r.. hour. And MSNBC's new star, talk -show vet Phil Donahue, joins the mix July 15. Donahue was supposed to bow in June, but MSNBC execs decided to hold off a few weeks to let Connie Chung make her initial splash. The new news Her Connie Chung Tonight aims to be battle a an interview -based show, working off major headline and some smaller back - CNN's Chung vs. Fox's O'Reilly and, soon, MSNBC's Donahue burner stories. Chung shuns the notion that she needs a political bent or a talk - By Allison Romano live, I couldn't offer them that. It was only radio format to draw viewers. t a breakfast meeting last week tape and certain nights." "We're not on the right, we're not on where she was wooing a prospec- Chung, who makes her CNN debut the left. We're on the story," she says. A tive plum interview subject, Connie tonight, is already proffering the advan- Guests will be people involved in the story, Chung eagerly brandished her new CNN tages of 24/7 cable news. A broadcast she says, rather than pundits. And, save for arsenal. She could offer a live interview or journeywoman whose résumé also in- taped packages from correspondents, live -to -tape. And the subject had five cludes stints at CBS and NBC, she joined Chung promises to almost always be live. nights a week to choose from. CNN six months ago, and her Connie As for the critics who say she can't han- "I used to have a problem at 20/20," Chung Tonight is housed in CNN's dle the rigors of live, nightly TV? Chung said last week, referring to the ABC sparkling new midtown Manhattan stu- "I don't understand where that comes News show where she spent part of her dios (Paula Zahn's morning show moves from. I did the CBS Evening News live five career. "If a person had a preference for in soon). nights a week," she said. "I was live on

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NBC News at Sunrise, and I did local news in Donahue, you may get appointment viewing." INBRIEF L.A. for seven years." Donahue's July 15 debut is the crown Chung is latest CNN's latest big gun in its jewel of MSNBC's makeover. Like Chung, ratings war with Fox News. She joins a stable of he'll interview newsmakers and work off the SYNDICATION REPORT highly promoted talent including Paula Zahn, day's headlines. He is eager to spur debate, For the week ended June 9, one of the big stories was the 14% Aaron Brown, Lou Dobbs and Larry King-a much as he did in his syndication days. "I drop for Martha Stewart Living, CNN strategy that appears to have become want to ensure robust debates and lots of the second biggest drop of any more talent- driven since the cable pioneer views," he said. "Let's not stifle dissent." talk show (or talk/lifestyle show). began getting bested by Fox News Channel. Arguably the biggest name on the MSNBC Living dropped to a 1.2, equaling

"News was the star for a long time. Now roster, Donahue has been peggec as the front - a season low and down 20% from stars make the news, they get press, they get man for the new, "fiercely independent" strat- a year ago. The drop, coinciden- tally or not, came just as reports the perks," said one CNN insider. egy. He shies away from a leadership role, surfaced that Stewart had sold Despite all that firepower, CNN still faces an pointing to the network's overhauled sched- ImClone shares in advance of a uphill battle. Since January, Fox News has ruled ule. "Say what you want about MSNBC, but negative FDA decision that ham- the ratings. MSNBC is revamping and claims it they don't tinker; they really go for it." mered the biotech's stock. will push CNN aside to grab second place. New faces (as of July 15) include conserv- Stewart defends the sale as CNN execs are satisfied with their net- ative commentator Pat Buchanan and liberal based on public information, not insider info. The ratings work's style. "We're not all opinion or people analyst Bill Press (both CNN Crossfire slide began before her screaming," said Ryan. "With CNN, you'll alums), who will face off in an afternoon connection to ImClone made actually get the news, some real analysis and show, and editor -in -chief Jerry Nachman headlines. personality, and good writing." hosting a news analysis show at 7 p.m. Hard- To be fair, all talk shows were Fox News officials (no surprise) prickle at ball With Chris Matthews, no longer being soft. Out of the dozen talkers, none was up for the week. her assertion. "It's a blend of news and opin- shared with CNBC, will follow Donahue at 9 On the upside, all three late - ion. We think it's pithy commentary," said p.m. ET. New York talk -radio hosts Curtis night rookie dating shows were Fox VP of Newsgathering John Stack. Sliwa and Ron Kuby kicked off an afternoon up: Elimidate 6% to a 1.7, match- Don't expect any major Fox changes. Its show June 17. ing its season high: Fifth Wheel prime time lineup -with O'Reilly, Hannity & Ashleigh Banfield is still there at 10 p.m., 8% to a 1.4; Shipmates 11% to 1.0. Columbia TriStar Domestic Colmes and former CNN host Greta Van Sus - although former presidential hopeful Alan Television last week renewed Ship- teren-is cemented, and each show con- Keyes' prime time show didn't make the cut. mates for a second season. tributes in ratings. "We're in a David -and- Goliath situation," Now MSNBC and CNN are testing the MSNBC President Erik Sorenson says. After NBC 'OPENS' BIG Fox formula, says Horizon Media research popping a 1.1 prime time rating last Septem- NBC's coverage of the U.S. Open golf tournament was the most - chief Brad Adgate. "Fox found [that] a per - ber and October in the aftermath of the ter- watched ever, with 55 million sonality- driven show rorist attacks, his network has slumped to a viewers tuning in some portion can drive ratings 0.4 average much of this year. "We don't of the weekend (June 15 -16) when there isn't expect to explode in the ratings right away," coverage. An Open- record 38 major news. With Sorenson added, "but we'll have steady, delib- million viewers tuned in Sunday personalities like erate growth." night to watch Tiger Woods seal his victory. Connie Chung MSNBC is backing its changes with a or Phil multi- million -dollar marketing campaign. LIFE AS A SITCOM Donahue alone is said to be getting $1 million MN made a sitcom out of rocker in promotion. Ozzy Osbourne's real home life. Phil Donahue's The reaction from the competition is Now ABC Family wants to make debut on MSNBC lukewarm, at best. Fox News repre- a reality show out of turning an has been pushed average family into a sitcom. back to July 15. sentatives have dismissed MSNBC's ABC is hatching My Life Is a Sit- changes, calling the net "irrele- com, a 13- episode series launch- vant." And CNN's Ryan almost ing in January. ABC will search welcomes the overhaul. "It for the "right" family, then have makes our moves easier. Now them help cast actors to play there really is only one news them in the sitcom. The series network." ends with an airing of the pilot.

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B roadcastWatch COMPILED BY KENNETH RAY JUNE 10 -16 Broadcast network prime time ratings according to Nielsen Media Research is

38 NBC 0 I A TV 3.5/6 8.2/14 5.8/10 3.1/5 0.8/1 1.9/3(.. 1.8/3 8:00 11. King of Queens ó. . The Simpson 3.6/7 84. The Hughleys 1.7/3 120. Miracle Pets 0.5/1 75. 7th Heaven 2.5/4 8:30 56. NHL Stanley Cup 10. Yes, Dear 7.0/12 30. Fear Factor 55, 10 oo. Malcolm /Middle 3.1/5 81. One on One 1.9/3 Finals Game 4- 900 3. Ev Lvs Raymnd 9.9/16 68. That '70s Show 3.0/5 112. Touched by an Angel 79. The Parkers 2.0/3 Detroit Red Wings vs. 98. Angel 1.2/2 4. 0.8/1 9:30 Carolina Hurricanes Becker 8.7/14 20. Spy TV 6.1/10 71. Grounded /Life 2.8/4 Girlfriends 2.1/3

10:00 3.5 6 28. Crossing Jordan 106. Diagnosis Murder 5.48 Hours 8.2/14 10:30 5.9/10. 1.0/2 4.2/7 6.2/11 5.3/9 5.7/10 1.0/2 1.2/2 2.4/4

8 :00 34. Spy TV 5.0/10 43. That '70s Show 4.2/8 Buffy the Vampire 49. Spin City 4.0/8 120. Mysterious Ways 0.5/1 98. 77. Gilmore Girls 2.1/4 c 38. Spy TV 4.7/9 Slayer 1.2/2 V' 9:00 42. The Mole II: The Next 19. AFI 100 Years, 100 31. Frasier 5.4/9 20. American Idol* 6.1/11 105. Girlfriends 1.1/2 109. Doc 0.9/2 74. SmaUville 2.6/4 9:30 Betrayal 4.3/7 Passions 6.2/11 38. Scrubs 4.7 /8 98. The Hughleys 1.2/2

T- 10:00 90. Diagnosis Murder 43. Boston 24/7 4.2/7 20. Dateline NBC 6.1/11 1030 1.5 / 3 4.3/7 5.0/9 8.1/14 5.2/8 1.1/2 1.3/2 1.2/2

8:00 :.. My Wife 8 Kids 6.0/9 37. The West Wing C: 15.60 Minutes II 6.6/12 59. Malcolm /Middle 3.4/6 116. Candid Camera 0.6/1 90. Enterprise 1.5/3 95. Dawson 's Creek 1.3/2 g V' 8:30 38. According9 to Jim 4.7 /

LI 9:0 41. Drew Carey 4.5/8 :J6. Touched by an Angel American Idol :2 Wolf Lake 1.2/2 98 Dawson's Creek 1.2 2 43. CBS Wednesday 2. NBA Finals Game 4- c / 9.30 59. Adventures in IV 3.4/6 1. C Movie -Joan of Arc, L.A. Lakers vs. New 2 Li- 1000 Part 2 4.2'7 Jersey Nets 10.8 19 83. Diagnosis Murder ° 48. Boston 24/7 4.1/7 y 1030 1.8 3 4.2/8 7.9/14 6.0/11 2.9/5 0.9/2 3.6/6 1.6/3

8:0 ::. The Price Is Right: 14. Friends 6.8/13 84. Jamie Kennedy 1.7/3 . 116. Its a Miracle 0.6/1 U.S. Army 6.9/13/13 10. Fox ThursdayY Night C 8:30 43. NHL Stanley Cup 20. Will & Grace 6.1 /11 53. WWE Smackdown! 88. Jamie Kennedy 1.6/3 Movie in Space 1. Finals Game -Lost 9:00 5- Will 3.6,/6 24. & Grace 6.0/10 2.9/5 106. Touched by an Angel CL Detroit Red Wings vs. 1. CSI 10.9/18 1.0/2 90. Charmed 1.5/3 ;: 9:30 Carolina Hurricanes 32. Just Shoot Me 5.2/9

4 " 98. Diagnosis Murder 24. The Agency 6.0/10 24. ER 6.0/11 lá30 1.2/2 4.5/9 3.5/7 5.9,'12 1.7/3 0.9/1 1.7/3 1.3/3

8:0 50. America's Funniest 94. Sabrina /Witch 1.4/3 >- 62. JAG 3.3/7 81. Dark Angel 1.9/4 116. Weakest Link 0.6/1 Home Videos 3.9/8 8:30 84. UPN's Movie Friday- 109. Maybe its Me 0.9/2 24. Dateline NBC 6.0/12 The Wood 1.7/3 9410 68. John Stossel Special 114. Encounters With the 88. Reba 1.6/3 56. The Guardian 3.5/7 90. The X -Files 1.5/3 3.0/6 0.7 1 Q 9:30 UnexplainedP 95. Raising Dad 1.3/3 4 10:00 29. Law & Order. Special 95. Diagnosis Murder 17.20/20 6.5/12 56.48 Hours 3.5/7 10:30 Victims Unit 5.8/11 1.3/2 .z

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3:90 66. Touched by an Angel 59. Cops 3.4/8 120. Diagnosis Murder TOP TEN SHOWS OF THE WEEK ARE NUMBERED IN RED Tv UNIVERSE ESTIMATED AT 05.5 MILUON HOUSEHOLDS; C: 8:30 3.1/7 43. Cops 4.2/9 0.5/1 ONE RATINGS POINT IS EQUAL TO 1,055,000 TV HONES CI' 72. ABC Bond Picture 900 62. NBC Saturday Night 34. AMW: America Fights YELLOW TINT IS WINNER OF TIME SLOT (NR)NOT f Show -From Russia 52. The District 3.7/7 Movie -Sphere 3.3/7 Back 5.0/10 120. PAX Big Event -The RANKED; RATING/SHARE ESTIMATED FOR PERIOD SHOWN H 9 :30 With Love 2.7/6 Man Who Wouldn't PREMIERE PROGRAMS LESS THAN 15 MINUTES IN 100 Die 0.5/1 LENGTH NOT SHOWN S-T -D SEASON TO DATE L/ 32. The District 5.2/10 NIELSEN MEDIA CBS 10:30 SOURCES: RESEARCH, RESEARCH 2.7/5 6.7/12 9.6/18 2.9/5 0.7/1 1.1/2

7:0 84. Futurama 1.7;4 8.60 Minutes 7.5/16 (nr) 120. Candid Camera 0.5/1 7:30 72. Wonderful World of PGA Golf -U.S. Open 79. Futurama 2.0/4 -. WB Sunday Movie - Disney -Toy Story 8 9/22 The Big Hit 8:00 2.7/5 53. The Simpsons 3.6/7 C 112. Doc 0.8/2 2 8:30 9. Dateline NBC 7.2/13 51. King of the Hill 3.8/7 - 9:0 17. CBS Sunday Movie- 6. Law & Order. Criminal 65. Bachelorettes in 76. Alias 2.2/4 116. Ponderosa 0.6/1 Angel V- 9:30 The Negotiator 6.5/11 Intent 6.0/14 Alaska 3.2/5

7. Crime and 114. Touched by an Angel 62. The Practice 3.3/6 Punishment 7.6/13 0.7/1 r 3.7/7 6.0/11 6.4/12 3.6/7 0.8/2 1.9/3 1.5/3

S-T-0 6.1/10 7.9/13 8.6/14 5.5/9 0.9/1 2.6/4 2.4/4

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HH HH Rank /Program AA GAA Creative deals for Becker 1 Wheel of Fortune 7.7 NA 2 Jeopardy 6.8 NA Paramount Domestic Television has cleared its latest of- 3 Friends 6.4 7.5 network entry, Becker, in close to 50% of the U.S. the 4 Seinfeld 5.7 6.1

5 Judge Juoy 5.6 8.1 series will debut in fall 2003. 6 Everybody Loves Raymond 5.5 6.2 Sources confirm that Paramount has done group deals 6 Winfrey Oprah Show 5.5 5.6 with both the Sinclair Broadcast Group and the co -ownec 8 Entertainment Tonight 4.9 5.0 Paramount stations that are now part of the CBS -owned 9 Seinfeld (wknd) 4.2 4.7 TV 10 Wheel of Fortune (wknd) 3.3 NA stations division. Paramount also has reportedly sold 10 Live With Regis and Lelly 3.3 NA the show to Borne Gannett stations. Post -Newsweek's 12 Home Improvement 3.2 3.7 WJXT(TV) Jacksonville, Fla., the CBS affiliate 13 Judge Joe Brown 4.2 3.1 that is going independent, has also cleared 13 King of the Hill 3.1 3.4 the show. 13 Maury 3.1 3.3 13 Frasier 3.1 3.3 Paramount executives declined to talk 13 Entertain Dent Tonight (wknd) 3.1 3.2 about their progress in selling the show, 18 Inside Edition 2.9 2.9 citing ongoing negotiations. 19 Everybody Loves Raymond (wknd) 2.7 NA But station sources say Paramount has 20 Jerry Springer 2.6 2.8 20 Cops 2.6 3.5 a marketing plan that makes the 20 Friends (wknd) 2.6 2.7 program easier to buy in still uncertain Marketing plan 23 Divorce Court 2.5 3.1 economic times for many broadcasters. for Becker is 23 Stargate SG -1 2.5 2.6 designed to appeal First, there's a four -year cap on the 24 Just Shoot Me 2.4 2.6 in still uncertain first off -net cycle, unlike a Lot of 24 Montel Williams Show 2.4 2.5 economic times. 24 Access Hollywood 2.4 2.4 sitcom deals that go five years or longer, adding a year to the off - TOP OFF -NET DRAMAS network package for each additional year the show continues its uetwoik run.

HH HH Station executives say that planning is a lot easier when they know ahead ut time ex- AA GAA actly how long they're committed to off -network shows.

1 The Practice 2.2 2.4 In addition, the barter split on the show gives Paramount two minutes ut national 1 ER 2.2 2.5 time per episode to sell, with five minutes of local time tui the stations. Must ut the 3 The X -Files 2.1 2.2 newer off-network packages have no more than 90 seconds of national time. But 4 Seventh Heaven 1.7 NA 5 Nash Bridges 1° 1.6 Paramount is also accepting smaller weekly license fees as a quid plu quo tui the extra barter time, which is appealing to stations. "Both the cap and the financial teens make According to Nielsen Media Research Syndicat-on Service for an easier deal in times that are still a little shaky," said one station wince. Ranking Report June 3 -9, 2002 HH /AA - Average Audience Rating (households) Becker is heading into its fifth year on CBS. During its first tour seasons, it was part HH /GAA - Gross Aggregate Average of the network's popular 8 -10 p.m. ET comedy block on Monday nights. Next season, the One Nielsen rating 1,008,000 households, which rep- - show moves to Sundays at 8:30 p.m., where it will serve as the lead -out for the new sit- resents 1% of the 100.8 million N households in the United States com Bram and Alice. --Steve McClellan NA - not available Programming StationBreak

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EYE ON WGFL(TV) Virginia media network. The WGFL(TV) Gainesville, Fla., Channe longtime anchors of Good has picked up the CBS affilia- O Morning West Virginia will tion in that market, filling the now anchor the news at gap created when WJXT(TV) WBOY-TV Clarksburg. Jacksonville, Fla., which had The budding statewide net- provided Gainesville with work, which indudes WBOY- CBS programming via Cox TV and WTRF-TV Wheeling, Cable, couldn't reach has made several key personnel agreement with the network moves recently. Last month, on a new affiliation deal. TV veteran and former State Terms were not announced, Journal owner Bill White was but the deal is long -term. The named general manager at CBS-WJXT pact halted largely WOWK -TV Huntington over CBS's proposed reduction shortly after the station was in network compensation. Witnessed purchased from SJL Northeast. WGFL has been a WB- When a firefighting plane crashed near Yosemite National Former KMTV(TV) Omaha, Park, KOLO -TV Reno, Nev., reporter Terri Russell and chief UPN affiliate (both UPN and Neb., General Manager photographer Tim Ill were nearby, covering the raging CBS are Viacom -owned). The Yosemite fires and interviewing a man at a trailer park peer- Christopher Leister was switch to CBS affiliation will ing through his own viewfinder. The KOLO -TV crew captured recently named senior vice the spectacular crash as the wings broke off the plane and take place July 15, when president and national sales the fuselage struck the ground. Russell reported that the WJXT becomes an indepen- plane circled before falling. The remarkable footage was manager for the company. dent station. The WB will be picked up by all the broadcast and cable news nets. The ama- dropped, but for now, WGFL teur video being shot at the time also ran widely, first over KNOTT LANDS AT DUOP KTVN(TV) Reno. owner Harvey Budd said, Fox Television Stations has UPN will still be carried on named Stan Knott, who has the station in the late We do have a studio in the on NBC's short list for been vice president and afternoons after CBS soaps. complex, and that will help." advancement and was the general manager of WDAF- Budd said he hopes to spin early favorite for the Washing- TV Kansas City, Mo., to run the UPN programming off to JACK HIGH AT WRC -TV ton job (B &C, May 13) and Fox's new Orlando, Fla., a stand -alone low-power Michael Jack, general manager was also a candidate for GM duopoly: WOFL(TV) and station or directly to cable. of NBC O &O WCMH -TV jobs at KNTV and KNBC. WRBW(TV). He has been The station had carried The Columbus, Ohio, has been "Michael was hugely with the group in Kansas City WB via broadcast in a rare named president and general successful in guiding WCMH- since 1998. At WOFL, Knott small- market agreement. WB manager of NBC's WRC -TV TV to first place in prime time replaces Mark Higgins, who stations are typically carried Washington, D.C. and late local news," said left late last week to become only over cable in smaller mar- He replaces Linda Sullivan, NBC Station Group President vice president and station kets; if The WB returns to the who last month took over at Jay Ireland. "I am confident manager at Belo's KTVK(TV) market, it will be by cable. NBC's newly acquired he has what it takes to and KASW(TV) Phoenix. Budd is enthusiastic over KNTV(TV) San Jose, Calif. maintain WRC -TV's Karen Adams, general the CBS deal and said local Jack also will take over as leadership in Washington." manager at Fox's WGHP(TV) news could be in the long -term NBC's chief diversity officer High Point, N.C., had been picture. The market has only from KNBC(TV) General ANCHORS AWAY running WRBW. one other local affiliate, ABC - Manager Paula Madison, who, Married WCHS -TV programmed WJCB-TV. the station group said, has a Charleston, W.Va., anchors All news is local. Contaa Dan Budd plans to add local full plate with the melding of Natalie Tennant and Erik Trigoboff at (301) 260 -0923, news, "but we first need to Telemundo and NBC stations Wells are leaving the station to e -mail [email protected] or make the transition to CBS. in Los Angeles. Jack has been join Bray Cary's fledgling West fax (413) 254 -4133.

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DMA rank 17 Population 1,404,000 TV homes 556,000 Income per capita 521,085 TV revenue rank 41 TV revenue S104,600,000 COMMERCIAL TV STATIONS A youthful viewership and a lot of Rank* Ch. Affil. Owner creativity and capital help make 1 KXAN -TV 36 NBC UN Austin, Texas, a thriving market.

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3 KVUE -TV 24 ABC Belo 4 KEYE -TV 42 CBS CBS Rich in. opportunity 5 KNVA(TV) 54 WB LIN There are some big players in the No. 54 DMA. Austin, Texas, television includes two May 2002. total households. 6 a.m. -2 a.m.. Sun. -Sat. owned -and -operated stations -Fox's KTBC(TV) and CBS's KEYE -TV -and the other affiliate owners aren't little guys either: Market leader and NBC affiliate KXAN -TV is CABLE /DBS owned by LIN Television, and ABC affiliate KVUE -TV is a Belo station. Cable subscribers (HH) 361,400 But numbers as well as names tell quite a story in Austin. The market is 41st in Cable penetration 65% revenue. Per capita income is high at more than $21,000, and household income is The NBC, Fox ADS subscribers (HH) ** 77,560 similarly strong. local and ABC affiliates all take in household viewership within a few percentage points of each other and revenue within a few million ADS penetration 14% dollars, according to BIA Financial. DBS carriage of local W? Yes Even the 13 °/D drop in market revenue in 2000 -01 doesn't detract from the previ- "Alternative Delivery Systems, includes DBS and other non -cable services. according to Nielsen Media Research ous 10 years of growth. From 1996 to 2000 alone, according to BIA, market revenue grew nearly $40 million, to a peak of $120 million in 2000. BIA projects nearly WHAT'S NO. 1 $110 million for this year. But in a heavily high -tech economy, thousands of jobs were lost in the past couple years. Manufacturing employment is also down. Syndicated show Rating /Share* * * Some of Austin's key underlying components protect it from real disaster when the The Simpsons (KTBC) 8/16 high -tech sector goes south. Austi't has several colleges, including the massive Network show University of Texas, a youthful viewership, and a lot of creativity and capital -and is Friends (KXAN -TV) 20/32 the state capital. There are still high -tech deals to be made, says KXAN -TV and Evening newscast KNVA(TV) GM Gail Brekke, "but business plans have never been more scrutinized." The market will benefit from several statewide political races, as well as some con- KXAN -TV 6/12 gressional ones, notes Danny Baker, GM at the strong Fox -owned KTBC -which traces Late newscast its roots back to LBJ. There are growing film -making and music businesses, Brekke KXAN -TV 10/17 points out. KVUE -TV GM Patti Smith believes there's abundant opportunity for local "'May 2002, total households TV. "This is a strong market with an excellent quality of life." -Dan Trigoboff Sources: Nielsen Media Rese.uch. BIA Research

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Big owners approve of slow But the station groups' network rivals and steady approach; say the attempt at consistency is a phony smaller ones are frustrated veneer and notes that the NAB supports loosening restrictions on TV duopolies and By Bill McConnell newspaper crossownership. ig media companies and activists "You can't cut the salami of public pol- fighting consolidation may be in icy thinly just to meet your narrow business B rare accord in endorsing the FCC's interests," Padden said. NAB officials timetable for revising all broadcast- owner- declined to comment on the FC timetable. ship rules in one fell swoop next spring, Alan Frank, president of Post - but the idea doesn't sit so well with smaller Newsweek Stations and head of an affiliate TV -group owners. coalition opposing an increase in the

Those smaller owners are seeking FCC FCC Media Bureau Chief Ken Ferree says any national ownership cap, said local markets help in only two areas: making it easier to merger that doesn't comply with current rules deserve deregulation because audiences would likely be viewed as an attempt to force own two stations in a market and increasing the FCC's hand: "I don't think it would be have many outlets to choose from. But opportunities to own broadcast outlets and warmly received." nationally, he says, the market that counts is a newspaper in the same market. Many the tightly controlled business for network believe both can be tackled easily this year. Public advocates opposing increased programming. "That's a crucial difference." "It's pretty frustrating to have newspaper concentration are glad for the extra time to But Ferree says the FCC has little choice ownership put into this hopper," says Shaun draw up evidence of consolidation's harm- after the federal appeals court in Washing- Sheehan, lobbyist for Tribune Co., which ful effects. "There will be considerable ton ordered the FCC to rewrite nearly all owns 23 TV stations and 13 major newspa- delay before the commission can act," said its media -ownership rules in the past year pers and wants more in- market combos. Jeff Chester, president of the Center for on grounds that the FCC failed to ade- Although the big conglomerates also Digital Democracy. quately justify them. "The court seems to would be happy if the FCC moved sooner On the other side, Padden predicts the be putting a premium on consistency than 2003, they are more concerned that FCC's studies will prove consumer choice between the rules." the commission take whatever time it will be helped, not hurt, by allowing big- Besides the national TV- ownership cap needs to write rules that will withstand ger, more efficient companies to use more and limits on newspaper crossownership court scrutiny and give them clear direc- resources in creating new services and con- and TV duopolies, four other rules are up tion on what they can buy and where. tent. Padden says the station groups and for review: FCC Chairman Michael Powell decided NAB are getting their just deserts for fight- Concentration in local radio markets to tackle all broadcast -ownership rules at ing the networks' effort to remove limits Local TV /radio crossownership once because he believes they share the on national audience reach. It's inconsis- Dual -network ownership same goal: ensuring diversity and competi- tent to argue that competition is sufficient Local cable/broadcast crossownership. tion in radio and television. "These rules to relax some rules but not others, he says. Legg Mason analyst Blair Levin said the are all kissing cousins in some sense," FCC Tribune has not opposed the networks' FCC's longer timetable gives big media Media Bureau Chief Ken Ferree told bid to raise audience limits, but Post - corporations only a "marginal" edge and reporters last week. Newsweek has, though it has not taken an predicts that station groups that want to Disney/ABC lobbyist Preston Padden official position on relaxing the ban on buy newspapers in their markets can do so calls the FCC's plan "eminently sensible." newspaper/broadcast crossownership. now, betting that the ban will be elimi- Fox Network officials also like the roadmap. Both companies say they staked out differ- nated before they have to sell. "We support the FCC's plan to conduct ent positions on the ownership issues to But a merger that doesn't comply with comprehensive studies to ensure rules are avoid making inconsistent arguments to current rules would likely be viewed as an defensible in court," said a Fox spokesman. the FCC. attempt to force the FCC's hand, Ferree

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,U1.1111,1 J. "I don't think it would be warmly áonship between ownership and public- hiwrc73e INBRIEF received." values such as diversity and competition, and a Separately, the FCC plans to issue by year- historical survey of the changes in type and end new limits on cable conglomerates' number of media available in different markets. SATELLITE MUST -CARRY OK national subscribership share and restrictions When the studies are completed, the FCC The Supreme Court last week on the number of channels their local fran- plans to use the data to craft an economic declined to hear arguments on the satellite industrJs appeal of the chises may give to programming networks model that would be used to judge whether a "carry one, carry all" must -carry they own. particular merger would harm diversity and rule, which requires DBS To comply with the judges' orders, the competition. The model would be akin to the companies to carry all local Pi sig- FCC has embarked on a series of economic Herfindahl- Hirschman Index, which is used nals in any market to which they studies to back up future revisions. by antitrust regulators to estimate how want to deliver any such signals. The studies will examine the extent to which changes in market share affect concentration The satellite industry was disap- audiences substitute one medium for another, in an industry. "We will develop a kind of pointed by the decision. "Today's how advertisers view different outlets, the rela- HHI for diversity," Ferree said. action will reduce competition ... millions of consumers in smaller and mid -sized markets will not receive local channels via satellite and will be forced to rely on frequently unreliable over- the -air Cable keeps pole position broadcast signals," said Andy Wright, president of the Satellite Court ruling prevents utilities from withholding 'reserved' space Broadcasting & Communications Association. EchoStar had an uncharacteristically moderate By Bill McConnell ducts, conduits or rights -of-way when those response: "EchoStar is he cable industry won another round in facilities are used in part for wire communica- disappointed in the Supreme the pole wars when federal judges tions services. Court's decision today to deny a T upheld FCC rules requiring utility com- Officials for the National Cable & writ of certiorari to allow our panies to lease unused pole space to cable Telecommunications Association praised the appeal of satellite must -carry, but companies. ruling. "The court rejected the utilities' it is clear that Congress, the FCC The rules, issued in 1996, bar utilities from numerous schemes to obstruct cable opera- and the courts are in agreement the must -carry law is holding capacity in reserve for future use. tors' access to utility poles," said NCTA law constitutional," said EchoStar Instead, reserved space and regulatory policy chief spokesman Marc Lumpkin. must be offered to cable Daniel Brenner. The court also said Broadcasters celebrated. "This companies until utilities Utilities did get some of decision represents a major need to use the space. utilities are not what they asked. The court victory for viewers by enhancing "There are no sugges- obligated to expand struck down an FCC man- the diversity of local television tions in the act that station choices on satellite," said utilities pole capacity when date for access to switching enjoy the right to reserve stations, substations and NAB President Eddie Fritts. as much space as they wish there is no room for other transmission systems AMAZON BACKS ACCESS for as long as they deem used for carrying large quan- third -party Amazon.com, seeking to preclude necessary," wrote judges tities of energy over long dis- attachments. cable companies from cornering for the federal district tances. "The act's coverage," the book-selling business, last appeals court in Atlanta the court said, "was limited week joined ISPs and activists June 14. to the utilities' local distribution facilities and was calling for open-access rules The court also refused utilities' bid for not to extend to the general regulation of inter- requiring cable broadband nets to carry competing Internet authority to (1) allow only their own employees state transmission towers and plant." providers. Without an access man- and contractors to make attachments and (2) to The court also ruled that utilities are not date, Amazon.com predicted in be absolved of FCC: guidelines regarding notifi- obligated to expand pole capacity when there comments filed last week, cable cation of cable companies and other third-party is no room for third-party attachments. companies would steer traffic to attachers when poles need modification. Predicting the rate caps' demise, some utili- their own affiliated retail sites The court also upheld a requirement that ties attempted to raise monthly per -pole charges and away from rivals'. utilities grant third -party access to all poles, from roughly $7 to more than $30.

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TVs (Houston- Galveston), KDXX -FM FM: 99.1 MHz, 100 kW, ant. 1,726 ft.; KSBY -TV San Luis Obispo and K59CD Lewisvillle (Dallas -Ft. Worth), KBAE- KAJZ(AM): 920 kHz, 1 kW day /360 W Santa Barbara, Calif. FM Llano, KGBT -FM McAllen (McAllen - night; KAMA(AM): 750 kHz, 10 kW Price: $39.5 million Brownsville- Harlingen), KPTY -FM day/1 kW night; KBNA -FM: 97.5 MHz, Buyer. New Vision Group Inc. (Jason Missouri City and KOBU -FM Port Arthur 100 kW, ant. 1,089 ft.; KLNO-FM: 94.1 Elkin, president) (Houston- Galveston), KDOS -FM MHz, 98 kW, ant. 1,591 ft.; KESS(AM): Seller: SJL Communications LP (George Robinson (Waco), KRTX(AM) 1270 kHz, 5 kW; KOVE -FM: 106.5 MHz, Lilly, president) Rosenberg (Houston- Galveston), 100 kW, ant. 1,322 ft.; KDXT-FM: 106.7 Facilities: KSBY -TV: ch. 6, 100 kW, ant. KCOR(AM), KXTN -FM, KXTN(AM) and MHz, 100 kW, ant. 1,339 ft.; KGBT(AM): 1,782 ft.; K59CD: ch. 59, 1.18 kW KROM -FM San Antonio and KBBT -FM 1530 kHz, 50 kW day /10 kW night; Affiliation: KSBY-TV: NBC; K59CD: Schertz (San Antonio), KLAT -FM KIWW-FM: %.1 MHz, 100 kW, ant. 988 NBC Winnie (Houston -Galveston), Texas ft.; KLAT(AM): 1010 kHz, 5 kW; KLTN- WSEE -TV Erie, Pa. Price: $3.5 billion FM: 102.9 MHz, 100 kW, ant. 984 ft.; Price: $10 million Buyer: Univision Communications Inc. KDXX -FM: 107.9 MHz, 100 kW, ant. 981 Buyer: Initial Broadcasting of (A. Jerrold Perenchio, chairman/CEO); ft.; KBAE -FM: 96.3 MHz, 3 kW, ant. 459 Pennsylvania License, (Kevin Lilly, presi- No. 1 Spanish -language TV group pur- ft; KGBT-FM: 98.5 MHz, 100 kW, ant. dent) chases No. 1 Spanish -language radio 997 ft.; KPTY -FM: 104.9 MHz, 3 kW, ant. Seller. WSEE Television Inc. (William group 981 ft.; KQBU -FM: 93.3 MHz, 100 kW, Mustard, trustee) Seller: Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. ant. 1,952 ft.; KDOS -FM: 107.9 MHz, 6 Facilities: ch. 35, 1,170 kW, ant. 955 ft. (McHenry Tichenor Jr., president/CEO) kW, ant. 328 ft.; KRTX(AM): 980 kHz, 5 Affiliation: CBS Facilities: KKMR -FM: 106.5 MHz, 6 kW, kW day/4 kW night; KCOR(AM): 1350 ant. 292 ft.; KMRR -FM: 100.3 MHz, 90 kHz, 5 kW; KXTN -FM: 107.5 MHz, 97 Combos kW, ant. 2,047 ft.; KHOT-FM: 105.9 kW, ant. 1,470 ft.; KXTN(AM): 1310 kHz, icisMR -FM Arizona City, KMRR -FM MHz, 36 kW, ant. 577 ft.; KOMR -FM: 5 kW day /280 W night; KROM -FM: 92.9 Globe, KHOT -FM Paradise Valley, KOMR- 106.3 MHz, 23 kW, ant. 725 ft.; KHOV- MHz, 45 kW, ant. 1,352 ft.; KBBT-FM: FM Sun City and KHOV -FM Wickenburg FM: 105.3 MHz, 6 kW, ant. 1,365 ft.; 98.5 MHz, 98 kW, ant. 991 ft.; KLAT-FM: (Phoenix), Ariz.; KSCA -FM Glendale, KSCA- FM: 101.9 MHz, 5 kW, ant. 2,832 100.7 MHz, 100 kW, ant. 1,952 ft. KRCD -FM Inglewood, KTNQ(AM) and ft.; KRCD-FM: 103.9 MHz, 4 kW, ant. 387 KLVE -FM Los Angeles, KZOL -FM North ft.; KTNQ(AM): 1020 kHz, 50 kW day; FMs Fork (Merced), KLNV -FM and KLQV -FM KLVE -FM: 1075 MHz, 30 kW, ant. 2,999 KXDC -FM Estes Park (Denver- Boulder), San Diego, KEMR -FM San Francisco, ft.; KZOL -FM: 107.9 MHz, 2 kW, ant. Colo. KSOL -FM Santa Clara (San Jose), 1,227 ft.; KLNV-FM: 106.5 MHz, 50 kW, Price: $30 million KZMR -FM Santa Cruz (San Francisco), ant. 440 ft.; KLQV -FM: 102.9 MHz, 32 Buyer: Superior Broadcasting (Chris KRCV -FM West Covina (Los Angeles), kW, ant. 617 ft.; KEMR -FM: 98.9 MHz, 6 Devine, president); no other broadcast Calif.; WRTO -FM Goulds, WAQI(AM), kW, ant. 1,342 ft.; KSOL-FM: 105.7 MHz, interests WQBA(AM) and WAMR -FM Miami 50 kW, ant. 499 ft.; KZMR-FM: 99.1 Seller: High Peak Broadcasting (Chris (Miami -Ft. Lauderdale -Hollywood), MHz,1 kW, ant. 2,612 ft.; KRCV-FM: Devine, president) Fla.; WIND(AM) and WLXX(AM) 98.3 MHz, 600 W, ant. 1,004 ft.; WRTO- Facilities: 102.1 MHz, 25 kW, ant. 171 ft. Chicago and WOJO -FM Evanston FM: 98.3 MHz, 100 kW, ant. 1,408 ft.; Format Dance (Chicago); WCAA -FM Newark (New WAQI(AM): 710 kHz, 50 kW; Broker: Peter Handy of Star Media Group York), N.J.; KQMR -FM Indian Springs, WQBA(AM): 1140 kHz, 50 kW day/10 Inc. KISF -FM Las Vegas and KLSQ(AM) kW night; WAMR -FM: 107.5 MHz, 95 KWOD -FM Sacramento, Calif. Laughlin (Las Vegas), Nev.; WADO(AM) kW, ant. 1,007 ft.; WIND(AM): 560 kHz, Price: $25 million New York; KCOR -FM Comfort (San 5 kW; WLXX(AM): 1200 kHz, 10 kW /1 Buyer: Entercom (David J. Field, presi- Antonio), KLTO -FM Crystal Beach kW night; WOJO -FM: 105.1 MHz, 8 kW, dent/CEO); owns 102 other stations, (Houston- Galveston), KVCQ -FM Cuero, ant. 1,175 ft.; WCAA-FM: 105.9 MHz, including KCTC(AM), KDND -FM, KDXX(AM) Dallas and KHCK -FM Denton 610 W, ant. 1,362 ft.; KQMR -FM: 99.3 KRXQ -FM, KSEG -FM and KSSJ -FM (Dallas -Ft. Worth), KAJZ(AM), MHz, 31 kW, ant. 2,264 ft.; KISF -FM: Sacramento. KAMA(AM) and KBNA -FM El Paso, 103.5 MHz, 100 kW, ant. 1,158 ft.; Seller: Royce International Broadcasting KLNO -FM Fort Worth and KESS(AM) Ft. KLSQ(AM): 870 kHz, 10 kW day/1 kW Co. (Royce Stolz II., president/CEO) Worth (Dallas -Ft. Worth), KOVE -FM night; WADO(AM): 1280 kHz. 50 kW Facilities: 106.5 MHz, 50 kW, ant. 411 ft. Galveston (Houston- Galveston), KDXT- day/7 kW night; KCOR -FM: 95.1 MHz, Format: Alternative FM Granbury (Dallas -Ft. Worth), 100 kW, ant. 925 ft.; KLTO -FM: 105.3 KGBT(AM) and KIWW -FM Harlingen MHz, 6 kW, ant. 180 ft.; KVCQ-FM: 97.7 -Information provided by BM Financial ( McAllen -Brownsville- Harlingen), MHz, 25 kW, ant. 302 ft.; KDXX(AM): Networks' Media Access Pro KLAT(AM) and KLTN -FM Houston 1480 kHz, 5 kW day/2 kW night; KHCK- Chantilly, Va. www.bia.com

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By Ken Kerschbaumer Industry experts warn that, when broadcasters get on -air with full- power DTV signals, interference issues like that being experienced by WBOC -TV Salisbury, Md., may be the norm rather than the exception. "I think it's inevitable that there are WBOC -TV Salisbury, Md., experienced interference from the 950 -kW DTV signal of WHRO -DT Hampton Roads, Va., located nearly 120 miles away. going to be a lot of these problems, and a lot of it was predicted," says William Mein - tel, president of Chantilly, Va. -based Tech - Ware, which was hired by the FCC to cre- WBOC -TV began receiving consumer FCC's DTV interference modeling. ate the software used to make the DTV complaints (even from cable subscribers) WHRO -DT's tests showed interference of propagation tables. "We just haven't seen it not only from the area of its viewing audi- only 0.9 %, well within acceptable limits, because there aren't a lot of stations on the ence closest to Hampton Roads but also but they do not take into account the duct- air and an even smaller number on -air at from Dover, Del., which is about 150 miles ing interference. their full power. And I think that, once away from Hampton Roads. "I wish that 0.9% was all that we were these stations start firing up with their full- The cause of the interference in the case receiving, but I have cable systems as far power signals, we'll see a lot of interference of WBOC -TV is "duct skipping," a phe- north as Dover, Del., receiving an unbe- to NTSC, and it may be worse than what nomenon in which the signal skips across a lievable amount of interference," he says, was originally predicted." body of water, causing interference where it adding, "It's also unbelievable that propa- Two weeks ago, WBOC -TV filed an usually wouldn't occur. It is not just a DTV gation can have that much impact" from emergency request asking the FCC for phenomenon. Analog stations, typically in so far away. relief from interference that its signal is get- Florida or Louisiana, have been subject to The concern is obvious, Jordan says: The ting from the 950 -kW DTV signal of duct -skipping interference for years. analog signal is the station's livelihood, and WHRO -DT Hampton Roads, Va., located WBOC -TV General Manager Rick Jor- there are only a handful of DTV viewers. nearly 120 miles away. In April, when dan says the situation is unique because "I'm hoping that this will be resolved WHRO -DT made the move to full power, ducting was not taken into account in the with a gentlemen's agreement," he adds.

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"And I hope everyone sits down at the signal spectrum is very concentrated table and says this is a real -world issue and around the visual and aural carrier, causing not that the computer model says this interference that is much more distracting doesn't exist so we're done." to viewers. WHRO -DT plans to file a reply to the Meintel concurs. "Digital is different FCC concerning WBOC -TV's complaint, than analog, and the interference charac- according to spokeswoman Donna Hud- teristics are different. The FCC knew there gins. "Everything that we've built and con- was going to be interference, but it was the structed has complied with the FCC's reg- only way to assign the digital channels." ulations," she adds. "And our engineers So what is the solution? Meintel says don't see that the facts presented really lower power levels may be the only way to WBOC -TV's Rick Jordan says, "I hope everyone a solve interference troubles because chang- demonstrate reception problem that sits down at the table and says this is a real - needs extraordinary action by the FCC." world issue and not that the computer model ing channel assignments is not easy and may says this doesn't exist so we're done." The situation is similar to one experi- just move the problem elsewhere. "You can enced in 2000 on Lake Michigan. WMVS- play with the statistics all you want, but it's DT Milwaukee's signal was interfering headend is serving 40,000 households." not going to solve the problem." with that of WOOD -TV Grand Rapids, The potential number of complaints The problem with lowering the power is Mich. The solution then was for WMVS- about DTV interference seems destined to that digital broadcasters then lose service DT to voluntarily cut its transmission rise to flood levels when it comes zo sta- in some areas. power by 75%. tions on or near large bodies of water. Meintel says that the extent of interfer- That was a temporary solution, because "Anytime there's a large body of water ence problems from DTV signals remains the FCC told WOOD -TV that the inter- with an unobstructed path," says Laemers, to be seen. But everyone seems to agree ference from WMVS -DT was acceptable "interference is going to happen a lot, not that it could become a fairly large number. within the Grade B contours. only when temperature inversions occur." The question is, what can the FCC do? Today, WMVS -DT is back on at full Complaints may spread to land- locked "If the interference is a temporary thing, power, and WOOD -TV has spent about stations as more stations increase DTV then the commission is not likely to do $200,000 putting in an LPTV translator power levels, although just how large of a anything," says Meintel. "If the station transmitting its signal on ch. 46 to serve problem it will become remains to be seen. causing the interference is complying with cable headends and viewers within that "The root problem is that some people all of the commission's regulations, I don't Grade B contour. think that the DTV spectrum was spec- know if there is anything the commission "The rules provide up to 10% interfer- trum that wasn't being used," says one can do about it." ence within a Grade B signal," explains industry source. "For all practical pur- Gurley says that, if the digital station is Mike Laemers, director of engineering for poses, there was no available spectrum on operating at a power it was licensed for WOOD -TV, WOTV(TV) Battle Creek, the East and West Coasts." and the allotment table says it can operate Mich., and WXSB(TV) Grand Rapids. MSTV Vice President, Technology, Tom at, what the FCC can actually do remains "That doesn't sound like a lot of people, Gurley points out that the spectrum of a to be seen. "If the FCC does something for but, if you have a cable headend that is digital station is noise -like: Any interfer- a station that is getting interference from considered one of those 10% being af- ence raises the noise level and creates snow that signal, then they almost have to start fected, that equals a lot of people. That and sparkles in the signal. Analog- station looking at the whole table again."

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By Ken Kerschbaumer end system to our customers that they can Set- top -box chip maker ATI has ac- offer today," says Eiref. "We can also offer quired chip manufacturer NxtWave a fully working hardware and software for for $20 million cash in a move that the unified platform." NxtWave technology comp ent Trs will round out ATI's offerings. NxtWave has about 50 employees Xilleon set -top -box technology to provide a unified hardware /software platform. Dan Eiref, ATI director of marketing located in Langhorne, Pa. They and All for the set -top -box division, says All will employees in a nearby office will be moved now have a front -end, modulation tech- into a new facility in the area (All's world- committed to continuing our NXT 2000 nology to complement its Xilleon set -top- wide count is approximately 2,000 employ- chip line, and we'll be working with the box backend, which can be found in ees). Operationally, NxtWave will be ATSC on our enhanced VSB efforts. The cable, satellite and DSL digital set -top merged into All's set -top division as the work we started on the smart antennas and boxes from such companies as Scientific - technology provider for the front-end. cable compatibility will continue as well." Atlanta and Pace. "Our engineering team is fully intact, Eiref points out that there is not a lot of "NxtWave has excellent VSB and QAM and our customer support and applications overlap, meaning that NxtWave's technol- technology that we can do a number of departments are still together," says Nxt- ogy will complement All's chip -set devel- things with, including offering an end -to- Wave spokesman Mike Gittings. "We're opment.

In 2000, Fennell was on the Fennell management team of Lucent to head Pinnacle spin -off Avaya but decided he wanted to head back to Silicon Sanders becomes chairman of the board as of July 1 Valley, which led to a stint at StorageWay, a company that felt By Ken Kerschbaumer which dealt with customer - its own pinch during the col- qfter spending 12 years relationship- management ap- lapse of the dotcom economy. as president and CEO plications, Internet -protocol "We're back to good, solid of video -server manu- applications and messaging. business basics after a few years facturer Pinnacle Systems, "That group had about that were pretty wild," says Fen- Mark Sanders is taking on the 3,000 people and $2 billion in nell. "My management style is a role of chairman of the board, revenue. It was mostly technol- very open, participatory style. and J. Kim Fennell, most re- ogy oriented with engineers I'm a big believer in team build- cently president and CEO of and product management," ing with strong management StorageWay, will take over Fennell says, "so that was a teams with strong opinions. I J. Kim Fennell, incoming Sanders's former duties. president and CEO of Pinnacle shift for me after growing up in love to leverage the best out of Systems, describes himself as "a "We felt we needed a senior- sales and marketing." people as opposed to being the big believer in team building with level marketing and sales talent strong management teams with Sanders will stay with the guy on the mountaintop who strong opinions." who has experience in running company full time and partici- tries to figure it out on his own." a billion -dollar company," says pate on strategy and in other Murray Arenson, analyst with Sanders. "We're projecting rev- 1986, where he ran several divi- areas. He says Fennell was the Morgan Keegan & Co., expects enues to the level where no one sions, including International ideal candidate for the search Pinnacle is positioning itself for in the company has experience Operations. Octel was acquired team's criteria. long -term growth without sacri- running an operation that big." by Lucent in 1997, where he "It's not so much that I'm ficing near -term performance Fennell's executive track be- was in charge of the Communi- going away," he adds, "but that and that Fennell's background gan at Octel Communications in cations Applications Group, we need new ideas, fresh blood." should be an asset.

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When it comes to working the federal government, few players maneuver more deftly than the broadcasting industry. The likes of NBC, CBS, Fox and Tribune have loosened FCC ownership rules. They've prompted Congress to guarantee Mayor carriage of their TV stations' signals on cable Bloomberg and satellite TV. New spectrum that would says NY have cost cellular -phone companies billions broadcasters' of dollars has been handed to them for free. planned But those victories were all in Washing- ton. In New York City, in their quest to 2,000 -foot replace the broadcast tower lost in the tower is not attack on the World Trade Center, broad- welcome on casters are striking out. Forget the inevitable community oppo- Governor sition that springs up anywhere a broadcast Island tower does. The most important TV stations of America's most powerful media companies can't get past Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It's not just that Bloomberg opposes the stations' central plan to put a tower on a government -owned island near downtown Manhattan. Broadcasters are flummoxed at how dismissive he has been -in public-of both the tower proposal and of the broadcasters themselves. If the broadcasters had their way, they would build a new tower on Governors Island, a sliver of federal land off the southern tip of Manhattan, accessible only by By John M. Higgins and Ken Kerschbaumer boat, that for years served as little more than a Coast Guard station. It's not too far from the World Trade Center site, has enough space to carve out a tower site and tower. The counter- argument is that, in this acknowledge misste ?ping in their lobbying, leave room for other uses. And there are day and age, if you can see the sky, you can particularly for allowing Bloomberg's opposi- no litigious owners of million -dollar apart- see a satellite. Or we have cable systems, and tion to harden without having talked to him. ments in the neighborhood. so having broadcast facilities is less impor- "I think the people in our group are Byt Bloomberg -who is about to get the tant than it used to be still important but politically savvy in terms of understanding island back after 200 years of federal own- less important. There are other solutions: politics and covering it," said Bill Baker, ership -sees the island as a site for a new You could have smaller towers located in president of local PBS station WNET(TV), campus of City University of New York different directions from the central city." whom his peers chose to be chairman of (CUNY), the city-run college determined to Bloomberg even suggested that college their tower alliance. "They are not politi- revive some of its former glory. His vision students on the island would be at risk. cally savvy in trying to get things from the does not include a broadcast tower. "There's an issue if you're going to have government, because they aren't out asking "There are a few people who wanted to schools right at the base of it: radiation." for things from the government." put a big TV antenna [on the island]," This from a man who is himself a broad- Albert Butzel, who, as president of the Bloomberg told John Gambling's audience caster and cable programmer. His business - Governors Island Alliance, opposes the on WABC(AM) three weeks ago. "I don't news company owns WBBR(AM) New York tower, is surprised that broadcasters haven't think the president, when he talked about and Bloomberg Television, a cable network. made a better case. ' It's not been very well giving us the island, thought about trading Local TV executives are disturbed and presented to begin with," he said. "I think in education for Beavis & Butt -head." perplexed by Bloomberg's opposition and there's always a certain lack of credibility In May, Bloomberg, on the same show, privately critical of his apparent ignorance of that accompanies something like this. said: "There is an argument that you need a their business and problems. But they also There's always a wringing of hands. But

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well and they are not reaching as many viewers as they used to. And, in broadcasting, fewer viewers mean less revenue. To restore full power and coverage and to accommo- date planned digital -TV facilities, the TV stations quickly realized that they would need a new tower. (They would maintain facilities at Empire as backup.) The MTVA comprises all the city's major TV broadcasters: ABC (WABC -TV); CBS (WCBS -TV); Tribune (WPIX[TV]); Fox (WWOR-TV and WNYW[TV]); NBC (WNBC[TV] and WNJU[TV]); Paxson (WPXN-TV); Univision (WXTV[TVD; and WNET. They have agreed to share the cost equally and, according to Baker, have already spent "millions" on engineering studies and lobbying. A new tower is, well, a tall feat. At 2,000 feet, even the simplest, ugly, Erector -set mast would run $30 million, plus $60 million for a building housing transmission equipment. A more elegant freestanding tower-sans guy wires -would require less land but cost $200 million to $300 million, particularly if it had any kind of observa- tion deck or restaurant as some local developers have suggested.

A U.S. Coast Guard base from 1966 to 1997, the 173 -acre Finding a site in New York has not been Governors Island comes with a fort, apartments, officers' easy. One big restriction is that a new tower quarters, ball fields, nine -hole golf course, theater and even a has an 3.2 Burger King. Once the federal government completes its to be within FCC -mandated transfer to New York, state and city officials hope to transform miles of the World Trade Center site to it into a campus of the City University of New York. avoid interfering with signals in other markets. Another is the city's three major air- ports: Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark. they're all on the air. The industry isn't going bled, following its twin, which had col- The new tower cannot be anywhere near to crash; it hasn't crashed so far." lapsed half an hour earlier. Since the towers their flight paths. Butzel said the alliance he heads believes a were built in 1973, they had housed the The group considered many sites in the 2,000 -foot tower on the island would destroy central facility for most local TV and radio outer boroughs, New Jersey and even Man- the view of New York Harbor, particularly by stations. (Six engineers manning the trans- hattan. According to Baker, two developers competing with the Statue of Liberty. He said mission equipment died in the attack.) said they would incorporate a tower into the group would like much of the island set The loss of the tower did not devastate planned high -rise buildings in lower Man- aside for parks and recreation. the TV stations because about 80% of the hattan. For various reasons, though, all but Stung by Bloomberg's comments, TV 7.9 million TV homes in the New York mar- two sites have been ruled out. executives are now overhauling their ket receive their broadcast signals via cable Some hold out hope for the Liberty Sci- efforts. They axed a long -time broadcast or satellite TV, not off the air. Nonetheless, ence Center, a museum along the New Jer- lawyer whom they had chosen to lead their the stations scrambled to reach the remain- sey shore. Unfortunately, it's close to joint tower group, the Metropolitan Televi- ing 20 %, cutting deals for temporary use of Newark International Airport. While a sion Alliance. A new, more recognizable various transmission facilities around the city. tower would not be in regular flight paths, face should be appointed within two Today, most have relocated to the Empire it might be in the path designated for weeks. His first job will be to line up sup- State Building. But with the exception of aborted landings and takeoffs. There are port and hone the arguments. WCBS -TV, which had its backup transmit- also concerns about the soil and about the The struggle for a new tower started on ter located there, the stations are operating at proximity to the Statue of Liberty. Sept. 11 at 10:29 a.m., when the north reduced power and at lower antenna heights. Most broadcasters now believe Gover- tower of the World Trade Center crum- That means their signals don't propagate as nors Island is the only answer. "Everybody

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Washington last month, gathered charge seriously, and the council's This is not a test at his request to launch an indus- membership is a who's who of try council to draw up disaster - the most powerful names in the FCC Chairman Michael Powell judgments after the collapse of response plans. "lt is imperative business, including Disney Chair- was quick to praise New York the World Trade Center and the to capture lessons from that man Michael Eisner, News Corp. broadcasters and cable operators loss of 13 broadcast signals trans- experience and aggregate them Chairman Rupert Murdoch, who managed through unprece- mitted from there also and have a more formal set of Viacom President Mel Karmazin, dented cooperation, instant deci- highlighted the media's vulnera- procedures." Time Warner Cable Chairman sions and, seemingly, baling wire, bility to breakdown should To prepare, Powell has called Glenn Britt and EchoStar to keep news reports coming another catastrophe occur. on the industry to formally plan a Chairman Charlie Ergen. immediately after the 9/11 "lt could have just as easily response for disasters that could Chairing the council is Tribune attacks. gone another way," Powell told strike anytime, anywhere. The Co. President Dennis FitzSimons. But the need for ad hoc more than 40 media executives in industry has taken Powell's "We have no time to waste, and

assumes that there are alternatives," said one broadcaster deeply involved in the process. "If there were, we would be there already." Community Even before the broadcasters' interest emerged, Governors Island had been getting a lot of attention. When the Bush Broadcasters administration announced its intention to transfer the island to the state and city in Association April, Bloomberg and Governor George Pataki said they would transform it into a CUNY campus. Broadcasters are trying to work with 2002 nroention CUNY. They are prepared to pay for the use of the tower site -money that could be funneled to the school, which says it will need $20 million to $30 million a year to operate the island. And they would also support the teaching of broadcast engineering and journalism.

Even with the incentives, Jay Her - shenon, CUNY vice chancellor for university relations, makes it dear that the college is not yet on board with the broadcasters. September 30 - October 2 "Our energy is not focused on ancillary Sheraton Gunter Hotel; San Antonio, TX activities and proposals for the island that don't have academic programs as the The Class A & LP Television worlds come together in the"Shadow of essential dement." the Alamo" at the 2002 CBA Convention. Don't miss out on this In making their case, broadcasters feel opportunity to share ideas with others in the industry or catch up on the latest in products and services available to the broadcast industry. their best argument is the underserved viewers. They say 1.6 million area homes Register to attend by August 1 and take rely on their now -impaired over -the -air advantage of Early Bird Registration. $249. reception and that many are poor, elderly Vendor Packages start at $425 if registered by the and minorities. The claim may be true, but, Early Bird Registration Deadline, August 1. For more so far, there have been no grassroots com- information contact salesá communitybroadcasters.com plaints that might influence the mayor. Broadcasters will also argue that the tower is needed for public safety. The tower can also support the communications of police and emergency agencies - communications that were disrupted on Sept. 11 by the loss of the World Trade Center towers. Thus, broadcasters are now www.communitybroadcasters.com seeking support from police and fire departments -and their unions.

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everyone's participation is nications; the other on communi- casters' biggest vulnerabilities is weaknesses of each company," critical," he said at the first meet- cating emergency and public - co-location of transmitters. Shar- said Barbara Kreisman, the FCC's ing May 17. The council is safety information, chaired by ing of transmitter towers is com- point person for the media - starting from scratch. "There is John Eck, president of NBC mon because of savings in tower - security council. no blueprint, no history on this Broadcast Network Operations. construction costs and Allan's group also will plan for side of business." Both groups are still recruiting minimizing community restoring damaged facilities and To draw up the blueprint, members. "Once we get the opposition. But the industry now develop best practices for FitzSimons and the FCC are members finalized, the subject must add transmission improving security. recruiting council members for areas will become clearer," said redundancy to prevent an entire Eck's group will study ways to two working groups: one on Mike Riksen, director of govern- market from going dark, perhaps improve communication of emer- communications infrastructure ment relations for Harris. through new fiber links among gency information to the public, and chaired by Bruce Allan, presi- Some tasks of Allan's group are stations and various transmitters. including the Emergency Alert dent of Harris Broadcast Commu- already apparent. One of broad- "We also want to identify the System. -Bill McConnell

Lastly, there is the DTV transition. The broadcasters will argue that they need the tower so that they can build their digital Connecting You stations and offer new services like high- From Anywhere definition television. The FCC is also pres- You Want to Go. suring stations to build DTV stations so that it can recover their analog spectrum. "CBS has an enormous stake in the success of the [digital] transition," says CBS's Marty Franks. "And it's hard to see how that transition will go terribly well if the digital stations in the No. 1 market are not on the air." Broadcasters are looking for support wherever they can. They have had productive talks with Gov. Pataki and State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno. And, two weeks ago, broadcast lobbyists met in Washington with officials of the General Services Administration, the federal agency that still controls the property. They asked the GSA not to put any condition on the transfer of the island that would prevent a tower's being built on it. Portable & Fixed Video But the meeting the broadcasters need Transmission Solutions the most is with Mayor Bloomberg. "I think that he's got some had information in front Narrow to Wide -Band of him," said one broadcaster. "We've got to Satellite Networks & Services get him some better information. We could VideoPhone/VTC, MPEG Transmission, get a meeting with him if we were willing to Streaming Systems give up on Governors Island before the meeting. We'd rather have the meeting Customized Turnkey Video & Communications Solutions when it could be more productive." Cost - Effective Air Time Plans WNET's Baker thinks broadcasters deserve a fair hearing. "Television is so important to our community, and it was GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS, Inc. especially proven after Sept. 11, in which every single television broadcaster here 7640 Omnitech Place, Victor, NY 14564 USA proved the worth of the broadcasting pro- 1.716.924.4840 Fax: 1.716.924.8332 www.globalcoms.com fession," he says. "But yet, when it comes inmarsat to building a tower to serve all of the peo- E -mail: [email protected] ple in the community, everybody wants one and thinks it is a good idea, but nobody . wants it in their backyard."

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Jack Buck, games; and 16 grandchildren. eight years later to general director of legendary announcer operations. Over the past year, he was for the St. Louis Car- Leslie Midgley, former CBS News pro- instrumental in establishing Univision's dinals, died June 18 ducer, died of pneumonia in New York on new network, TeleFutura. after a long illness. June 19. He was 87. He is survived by his wife, Teresa, and He was 77. Originally a newspaperman, Midgley two sons, Victor and Julian. Buck started joined CBS in 1954, where he was paired broadcasting for the with Andy Rooney to write the pilot for John Raymond Hope, The Weather Cardinals on the morning show, F.Y.I. Most notably, Channel's hurricane specialist, died June KMOX(AM) in 1954 Midgley was the executive producer of 13 of complications following heart after calling minor -league baseball games The CBS Evening News with Walter surgery. for WCOL(AM) Columbus, Ohio. He was Cronkite from 1967 -72, when, becaLse of After forging his career at the United partnered with Harry Caray, whose the war in Vietnam, the newscast was States Weather Bureau and the Spacelift boisterous style was countered by Buck's especially influential on public opinion. Meteorology Group, Hope joined the low -key but exciting, smoky delivery. He He also is credited with producing the Weather Channel in 1982. He semi -retired spent the last 30 years teamed with Mike coverage of Kennedy assassination and in 1997 when heart problems arose, but Shannon. its aftermath in 1963. rejoined the network in 1998. He fully Though best -known as "the voice of Midgley was the recipient of several retired in 2001. the Cardinals," Buck also worked in Emmy and Peabody awards. After a orief Hope is survived by his wife, Bernice; national radio. He served as a baseball appointment as NBC News VP for special daughter, Camille; and sons James, and football announcer for CBS Radio and programs in 1980, Midgley became a Thomas and Joseph. briefly left the Cardinals' booth to host teacher and consultant. NBC Studios' Grandstand in 1975. He is survived by two daughters; a Pierre Weis, former president of He was inducted into the Baseball Hall son; and two sisters and a brother. United Artists Domestic Television Sales, of Fame's broadcasters wing in 1987 and died of pneumonia on June 3. He was 92. was awarded the Pete Rozelle Award by Tony Oquendo, senior VP and Weis was president of United Artists the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996. operations manager for Univision's Tele- Domestic Television sales from 1968 to He is survived by his second wife, Car- Futura Network, died suddenly following a 1972. He also worked for Metromedia ole; eight children, including Joe Buck, heart attack on June 6. He was 54. Producers Corp. as a special -projects sales Fox Sports' top baseball and football Oquendo joined Univision in 1980 as executive. He was also executive VP of announcer, who also calls Cardinals an operations director and was promoted ITC Entertainment. He retired in 1985.

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NEWS REPORTER BILINGUAL ANCHOR KTRK -TV is looking for an outstanding News Send non -returnable VHS tape with anchoring ASSOCIATE Reporter. Applicants should have significant samples in Spanish and English to Job # experience in general assignment reporting, PRODUCER CC045, WFMZ -TV, 300 East Rock Rd., including Live ENG and satellite work. You must Allentown. PA 18103. WFMZ is located in the be able to develop your own contacts, enterprise Ohio University Communications and Marketing is beautiful Lehigh Valley, a short drive from good, hard news stories. and respond well to seeking a creative and artistically motivated Manhattan, Philadelphia, and the Poconos. breaking and spot news. The ability to do fea- Assodate Producer who can work independently tures is important as well, although this is pri- and as pan of a creative team to produce dynamic videos script screen marily a hard news position. Outstanding writing from to for university clients. PHOTOGRAPHER The venues for these videos may include videotape. skills are required as well as the ability to ENG PHOTOGRAPHER Should be experienced broadcast television. CD -ROMs. and the weh. make good use of graphics and production in news photography. Responsibilities also equipment. This position includes mornings The Associate Producer will direct and oversee day include editing and microwave set -up. to day coordination of field and studio production and/or weekend mornings. KTRK -TV prefers to Experience with ENG microwave, and proficien- and will work closely with the Executive Director of deal only with the applicants, and not third par- cy with SX portable editing systems are pluses. UCM and Senior Producer to create videos that ties. Interested applicants rush should a The shift may include nights, overnights and/or support the mission and goals of the institution. This resume, references, cover letter and non- return- weekends. Send resume and non -returnable VT position requires previous producing experience and able Beta or VHS resume tape to: a proficient knowledge of video production with examples of your work (no calls/faxes) to tools Dave Strickland and techniques. The successful candidate must have Brian C. Smith, Director of News Engineering News Director experience shooting and editing on a non -linear and Technology, WPVI -TV, Suite 400, 4100 City KTRK-TV system. Experience compressing video for the weh Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19131 EOE and working in a higher education setting a plus. 3310 Bissonnet St. Bachelor's degree in Communications and three Houston, TX 77005 years commercial production and/or broadcasting No telephone calls. GENERAL MANAGER experience necessary. Equal Opportunity Employer M /FN /D Major market Spanish television staticn with We offer outstanding benefits and a great working $3 -5 million annual revenues seeks a general environment. Salary: $35.000.00. Deadline for manager with expertise in sales, operations and applications is July 5. If you are a creative. conceptual thinker with outstanding energy. please marketing. Candidate must be bilingual. Please PROGRAM SERVICES COORDINATOR send a letter of application. resume. demo tape. and email all resumes along with salary history to REQUIREMENTS: WOOD TV8 seeks a Pro- three references to: Attn: Paul Ladwig, Executive TVjobsrecruiter@ yahoo.com. Director. Ohio university Communications and gram Services Coordinator. This person Ntarketing,102 Scott Quad, Athens. Ohio 45701. will aid the Programming Department with the organization of satellite feeds, recordings and Ohio University is an . t /l ìrnuuire Action/ REPORTER: EqualOp(rrnnmit l:ìupluver playbacks; labeling and recycling of videotape; WYFF -TV, a Hearst -Argyle NBC affiliate, is record keeping and additional administrative searching for a reporter - a digger and storyteller duties. Computer skills a must. 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suitable site other than the site for which the mayor has prejudged them unworthy. DESIGN/NEW YORK Todd J. Gast /An Dncaa/212.337 -7017 Mayor Bloomberg has taken a let -eat -them -cable approach that insults the entire broad- Miguel Romero/Asthma Au Dletaa /212- 337 -7144 casting industry. "In this day and age," the mayor said on his radio show, broadcast on EDITORIAL /WASHINGTON Donald V. West /EOlrot At LelaI/202 -463 -3701 WABC(AM), "if you can see the sky, you can see a satellite. Or we have cable systems, and John S. Eggerton /DErun Eolroe /202 -463 -3712 so having broadcast facilities is less it used to be." Tell that Rudy Dan Trigoboff /SEXTON EDtloe/301- 260 -0923 important than to Paige Albiniak /AsslstANt Eoitou /202 -463 -3708 Giuliani, who two weeks ago talked of the critical role NY broadcasters played during and Bill McConnell /AssistM Eomtoa /202 -463 -3706 Kim McAVOy /CouflleotlNG EDnox/540- 341 -4234 after Sept. 11 (B &C, June 17). Doris Kelly /OrTHE MARBGN/202 -463 -3711 Bloomberg has his heart set on opening a campus of the City New INTERNET/NEW YORK University of York Dave Levin /DINEUoe or Wit Oe(Mnoes /212 -463 -6736 on the island-a great idea that would not preclude placing a tower there. We're not say- AovERnsiNG /NEw YORK Paul Audino/PaaseiNG Duccio./212- 337 -7111 ing that the environment, flight plans and aesthetics shouldn't be part of deciding Rob Payne 'NAnoent Snits MANAGER/SPECIAL PROJECTS/212-337-7022 whether to put a tower on the island. We're just saying that the first thing that needs Yvonne Pettus /REGIONAL SALES MANAGER /212- 337 -6945 Cheryl Mahon /REGIONAL SALES MANAGER /212 -463 -6528 opening in regards to the island's future isn't a college administration building, it's the Dana Levitt/MANXEtING SERVICES Dncctot /212- 463 -6546 Georgina Sculco /An DutaoR,CNEAtnE SEmas /212- 337 -7154

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Gemstar- SCORE! Sports upfront follows TV Guide's broadcast's lead, promising quick end and Henry Yuen price hikes in mid to high single digits. » 6

ANCILLARY ACTION Dotcast Inc. is certified to provide system to stations looking to offer data services. » 8

CHALLENGE EchoStar disputes FCC ruling revoking its license to use Ka -band satellite spectrum for data service. » 8

For networks, the sports upfront market last week was quite a rush.

UNMUSSED Flap over stock trades doesn't affect ratings for Martha Stewart's syndicated and cable shows. » 9 SPECIAL REPORT: ITV

WALL STREET JITTERS Scandals and other media -company messes contribute HANGING to bearishness on cable stocks. » 12

FEEL THE MUSCLE For the first time TOUGH cable a ever, claimed greater- than -50 share; Patent power Gemstar remains staunch in its in June, broadcast took a 38.4 share. » 12 defense of intellectual- property rights in face of After Martha Stewart (I) was grilled by CBS competition for on- screen program guide. » 22 anchor Jane Clayson about her stock woes POISON PILL House drops two weeks ago, Stewart stayed away from The prescription -drug advertising from health Two on the aisle New Hollywood Media Early Show last week. bill, fearing it would prevent passage. » 13 channels enable viewers to buy theater and movie tickets through their televisions. » 26

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Broadcasting & Cable /7 -8-02 3 ADVERTISING Cable's ups CABLE PROGRAMMING and downs Talk write Morgan Stanley media analyst Sports, ESPN executives contend, is the perfect fodder for lively Richard Bilotti estimates that, debate and a little shouting. So, come Sept. 30, ESPN is launching altogether, networks cable will its second talk -radio -style show, Around the Horn. The daily, halt ring up 7 %-10% more in ad hour show features five sports writers from across the country CABLE OPERATIONS sales in the current upfront than weighing in on the top sports news. An in- studio host (the search they did in last year's. But not RCN all the networks are prospering, is still on) will referee. price break and some have had to cut their "We're turning the 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. hour into a place for lively, Cable executives are dying for a cost -per- thousand -viewer rates hot -topic debate," says ESPN SVP of Programming Mark Shapiro. nice system sale at a fat price. Not (CPM). Here's his take on CPMs "We'll let the newspaper guys go at it." likely the $5,000 -plus per sub of compared with 2001: Around the Horn will air at 5 p.m. ET, leading into ESPN's two years ago, but the something

NETWORK CPM % CHG. popular Pardon the Interruption (below), a face -off between Wash- north of $4,000 that would calm Fox News +15 ington Post columnists Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon at 5:40 cable investors' anxieties that Nickelodeon +8 p.m. ET. -A.R. Adelphiá s collapse has taken MTV +8 private market values with it. Well, ESPN +7 bad news is coming. The next big ESPN2 +7 sale looks to be RCN Corp .'s proper- Comedy +7 ties, and bids are coming in low.

E! +7 Though it's a cable overbuilder, ail- Toon +6 ing RCN also owns conventional, BET +5 monopoly cable systems in New Court +5 Jersey and Pennsylvania, including CMT +5 the wealthy Princeton area. Bidding HGTV +3 is around $3,500 per sub. (That's Food +3 8283 million for the 81,000 -sub TBS +1 Princeton system alone.) Bidders TNT +1 include Cablevision and three vet- MSNBC 0 eran cable executives: Steve fX 0 Simmons, Bill Bresnan (above) and TNN 0 Dave Unger. -J.H. TV Land 0 History 0 VH1 -2 CNBC -5 COMSAT FOES SEE BLUE NEWS STILL A GO AT GOCOM Litigants in a long- running fight over Lockheed Mar- Contrary to local rumor and some Web reports, CNN -5 tin's purchase of Comsat are hoping the increasing WJCL(TV) Savannah, Ga., will not be pulling the Headline News -5 profile of indecent -programming decisions (Eminem, plug on its local news anytime soon, says Gocom A &E -5 Sarah Jones) will help their cause. Last week, the President Paul Brissette. He acknowledged ratings Discovery -5 Litigation Recovery Trust, which wants what it says difficulties at the station but said that, overall, it is TLC -5 are Comsat monopoly profits for the public, asked doing well and that news is not in danger. Gocom is ABC Family -5 FCC Chairman Michael Powell to dust off the 1995 hoping for some gains in news ratings at Fox affili- Animal Planet -5 petition accusing Comsat of violating indecency pro- ate WTGS(TV) there, which is owned by members of Travel -5 hibitions through its in -hotel movie service. Children Brissetté s family and run, under a joint sales agree- Lifetime -10 have been improperly exposed to pornography, LRT ment, by WJCL. WTGS's newscast, also produced by Sci Fi -10 said, because parents have no control over program- WJCL, is at the less competitive 10 p.m. time slot USA -12 ming provided via hotel closed -circuit TV. -B.M. and recently expanded to an hour. -D.T.

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Networks see strong advertising demand for football and NASCAR, good early returns on NBA

going in the right direction. According to Nielsen Media Research's ad- tracking service, Nielsen Monitor -Plus, NFL advertisers spent $1.9 billion on televised games in 2000. Spending dropped about 21% in 2001 to $15 billion. Both sellers and buyers agree that, if prime time demand remains strong, the sports market will benefit from advertisers that have more money to spend than the prime time daypart can handle. ABC and ESPN, sold in packages to advertisers, are leading the NFL market this year. There's a reason: ABC has the Super Bowl in January and has already sold roughly 80% of the available ads for an average price of $2.25 million per 30- second spot. That's a new high, about 15% Spending on the NFL is expected to top last year's $1.5 billion by as much as 5200 million. But that would not exceed 2000's record take of 51.9 billion, according to Nielsen Monitor -Plus. higher than the $1.95 million that Fox got last year. By Steve McClellan But the good news for the sellers is their Monday Night Football is also 80% sold, The rising tide that boosted the broad- "flexibility" is translating into price hikes at average price increases of 10 %. Ed cast advertising upfront market is because the traditional sports advertisers- Erhardt, head of sales for ESPN /ABC spilling over into sports. Sales execu- beers, autos, wireless phone companies and Sports, wouldn't comment on the numbers tives last week said the market for the even financial services -are showing but did say the networks' ability to leverage National Football League ad time is well renewed interest in the market and have its top product "is having a very strong under way and should wrap by mid July, more money to spend this year than last. positive impact on the marketplace." with price increases averaging in the mid to There's no question the market is Last year, Fox was selling units in the high single digits. stronger than last year, but will it get back Super Bowl almost up until game time. The That's a big difference from last year, to 2000 levels? fact that ABC has sold 80% of the time in when the market was delayed until August That's a little harder to answer at this the game by July 4 (said to be a record and prices were down 10% from the previ- point. The buyers say no, and the sellers pace) shows how much demand there is ous year. That also meant there were lots of say it's "up in the air and could happen," as this year, both buyers and sellers say. opportunities to buy spots in many games one network executive put it. "Football is probably the best buy in all at the last minute. But worst case, the sellers believe, is that of television when you compare price to "The sales side is more in a mode to do sports advertisers will get close to-if not average rating for it versus any other day - business versus waiting like they did last quite back to -2000 spending levels. part," says one senior-level sports buyer at year," says the head of sports buying at one In the NFL alone, it was estimated a big agency. major ad agency. "It's a clear indication there's between $150 million and $200 mil- "That's driven by competition and all that they want to keep up the momentum, lion more in the marketplace this year than the sports rating points in the fourth quar- move inventory and be a little flexible on in 2001. ter. But, in one week, football generates pricing." That wouldn't be record setting, but it's gross rating points equivalent to a four-

6 Broadcasting & Cable /7 -8 -02 TOP OF THE WEEK

'Football is probably the best buy in all of television when you compare price to average rating for it versus any other daypart:

-A senior media buyer game championship series in the NBA. returning advertisers as well as a couple of dent for sports sales, reports NASCAR sales And there's 17 weeks of it." pieces of decent new business." (total dollars) are up between 15% and CBS has sold about 65% of its NFL Fox's Nesvig also reports that Major 20 %, with price hikes in the high- single- inventory and reached that level about six League Baseball's All-Star Game sold out. digit range. Those results are indicative of weeks earlier than it took to do it last year, He won't talk specifics, but buyers say the what's going on in the overall sports market; says Joe Abruzzese, CBS president of ad game, which airs this week, commanded she says: "It's definitely improving." sales. He also said the network has gener- about $325,000 per spot. Turner's biggest sports property is the ated $50 million in new NFL business this Of all the major sports, NASCAR prob- NBA, which starts a new six -year cycle on year vs. 2001. Breweries, autos and wireless ably weathered the recession better than TNT later this year. The package should are particularly strong categories. any. In 2001, total ad expenditures on the prove more lucrative, given that it consists Jon Nesvig, president of Fox ad sales, race -car circuit were up 30% to $272 mil- of 60% playoff games, vs. 40% in the pre- says the network has already sold roughly lion. And Fox and Turner and NBC (the vious cycle. The selling effort there is in the 50% of its NFL inventory. latter two in a joint venture) all capitalized early stages, but TNT is getting mid- single- He doesn't quibble with buyer reports on it. Fox sold out at record levels for its digit price hikes on returning business, says that NFL prices on average are probably season, which ended last weekend, and Frohman. "We'll be chasing a lot of NBA in the mid to high single -digit range. "In Turner and NBC are sold out for its money freed up by NBC," she said, "and, general, we're encouraged with what we're NASCAR cycle, which starts this month. with a greatly improved package, we think seeing, which is increased spending from Trish Frohman, Turner's senior vice presi- we'll be writing a lot more business."

NBA ready to go it alone

National Basketball Association about 90%," Stern said, "and The problem is, only DireclV Commissioner David Stern's next we won't have any additional subs and digital -cable TV play: transforming thinly drib- programming costs." customers with the NBA's In bled -out diginet NBA TV into a AOL Time Warner is still Demand package currently powerhouse basketball channel. involved, infusing $45 million receive the channel. Under the NBA's new $4.6 bil- into NBA TV fo- an 11% stake. Stern doesn't seem worried lion TV deal, the league and The company is surely more about gaining subs. " We're in a AOL Time Warner had the option comfortable with this position to drive digital penetra-

to partner on a new channel, arrangement. The company is a tion and prevent digital churn," which would have carried 100 little ragged on Wall Street, and he said. Plus, NBA TV will offer games. (ABC/ESPN and Turner's it shuttered its own sports out- games in high definition, he TNT also share rights.) fit, CNNSI, in May. added. In exchange, he wants But, after mulling over a new Stern had been having trouble NBA TV carried on basic digital,

multi- sports service, which persuading operators to pay 50 not outcast to a sports tier.

would have been dubbed the All cents per subscriber for yet In the off -season, NBA TV

Sports Network and co -owned another sports service; they'll would air WNBA games as well as 50 -50 with AOL Time Warner, probably pay two bits. (And four vintage and classic NBA footage. Commissioner David Stern says the league NBA TV's high- definition offering will likely elect to team owners also are cable The league also could fill time will drive digital penetration, keep the games for itself. operators: AOL Time Warner, with other basketball action, making economic sense of NBA's retaining about 90% ownership "We're getting more comfort- Charter Chairman Paul Allen, such as international leagues. of its basketball games. able with this route. We'll own Comcast and Cablevision.) -Allison Romano

Broadcasting 8, Cable/ 7 -8 -02 7 TOP OF THE WEEK

FCC OK's Dotcast -At a glance CAPITAL: $100 million

Two hundred stations signed up for ancillary data service INVESTORS: Angel Investors, GE Equity, Intel, Investcorp, Pacific Century Cyber-

By Bill McConnell Dotcast's service by adding a radio -fre- Works, Quantum Corp., Tribune Ventures, Broadcasters looking for that quency -based data subcarrier at the output World View Technology

vaunted additional revenue stream of a transmitter's exciter. Dotcast says its TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS: Harris Corp., sec- from ancillary services can now try system can transmit 4.7 million bits per SONICBIue to cash in without having to wait for the ond when added to analog signals, well digital conversion. above the FCC's definition for broadband Mountain View, Calif. -based Dotcast data service. Added to digital, the transmis- and Fisher Broadcasting's KOMO -TV, Inc. says it is gearing up to take datacasting sion rate more than doubles to 10 Mb/s. both in Seattle. from the drawing board to the TV screen Under conditions of Dotcast's approval, To pay for the build -out, Dotcast has after winning FCC certification for its ser- TV stations employing Dotcast's services $100 million in cash from eight investment vice last week. Broadcasters are free to add may not suffer degradation of program - partners. Additionally, Harris Corp. will Dotcast's service without seeking additional related signals, increase the width of a install Dotcast's system at participating sta- government approval. channel beyond the standard 6 MHz, tions. To distribute the large amounts of More than 200 ABC, Paxson and PBS exceed emission limits or create interfer- digital content, Dotcast has an agreement stations have signed on to use the Dotcast ence to adjacent or co- channel stations to use SONICBIue's ReplayTV digital system to transmit movie trailers, music, beyond the amount created by transmis- video recording technology. games and other information to viewers sion of standard video programming. Chief Operating Officer Jack Lawrence with decoder boxes. The system is also Interference and other technical tests have said additional plans for the rollout will be designed to work with personal computers been conducted at PBS station KCTS -TV unveiled mid -August. and mobile communications devices outfitted with the company's receivers. Last week's approval was based on a 1996 rule allowing broadcasters to add Echo ruling FCC-certified ancillary transmission ser- Star challenges vices without each station's having to indi- FCC vidually petition the commission. Microsoft Loses satellite slot because, says, it missed deadline is the only other company to obtain similar certification, but the PC operating- system By Bill McConnell satellite's Ka -band transponders will be giant never implemented the approved Saying the government misread com- operational. EchoStar plans to generate gaming technology. pany plans, EchoStar last week said Ka- and Ku -band transmissions from The digital technology can be added to it will appeal the FCC's revocation EchoStar IX, which will operate at 121 broadcasters' analog as well as digital trans- of its license to use Ka -band satellite spec- degrees west. "No one is using the Ka- missions, giving the company the advan- trum for data service. band," spokesman Marc Lumpkin said. tage of rolling out the cutting -edge service The FCC ruled July 1 that EchoStar "We want to be a pioneer." long before most consumers switch to failed to meet its January The satellite's designer DTV sets. 2002 deadline to begin con- 'No one is using and builder insisted that the Datacasters with digital-only services struction of the necessary FCC was wrong about Ka- the Ka -band. have faced doubts about their viability satellite. The company said, band. "I can say unequivo- because their markets aren't likely to ripen though, that not only has it We wan t to be cally that the satellite has for years. Of Dotcast's two other rivals, begun building the bird but a pio neer. ample power and thermal only Los Angeles -based broadcast consor- construction is complete resources to operate the en- -Marc Lump kin, EchoStar tium iBlast remains. Menlo Park, Calif.'s and launch scheduled for tire Ka -band payload for Geocast Network Systems shut its doors in the fourth quarter. more than the 15 -year de- March 2001. The FCC based its ruling on company sign life," said Patrick DeWitt, president of An analog signal can be outfitted with contracts that do not guarantee that the Space Systems/Loral Inc.

8 Broadcasting & Cable /7-8 -02 TOP OF THE WEEK Martha still at home on TV

Insider- trading speculation bedevils her but doesn't muss her show ratings

By Allison Romano Media sharks may be circling,

Wc know, embattled but Stewart is actually a small fish domestic diva Martha in the syndication market. Her Stewart just wants to show has averaged a 1.4 rating so keep on chopping. Despite alle- far this year, compared with a 1.5 gations of insider trading on for the first half of 2001. Her biotech firm ImClone Systems marks dipped only slightly when stock and a media thrashing, the scandal broke last month, Stewart's TV distributors are hardly enough to make her syndi- sticking by her -for now. But if cation soufflé fall. advertisers start squawking -or "It's not a hit," said media walking -that could change buyer Tom DeCabia, executive quickly. vice president of media buying "The program's content is firm AdvanswersNY, "so there's fine, especially if you want to not a lot of advertisers out there reach women," said veteran who are demanding it." media buyer Howard Nass. "But Smaller ratings, of course, advertisers don't want to go translate to cheaper pricing. down with her." Oprah, which typically gets a 5.5 Stewart currently hosts a syn- rating, commands about $66,000 Not all is well in Martha's TV world. After a tense exchange with dicated show, programs on 30- Jane Clayson during her Early Show segment two weeks ago, per second spot; Stewart takes cable's HGTV and Food Net- Stewart canceled her July 3 appearance. in a more modest $4,900. work, and, until last week, regu- On cable, Stewart hosts one lar spots on CBS's The Early Show. her lifestyle `how -to' segment." The com- show for the Scripps Networks' Food Net- Since a tense segment on the Early pany last week retained The Brunswick work, From Martha's Kitchen, and two, Show June 28, Stewart's appearances on Group, a crisis management PR firm. From Martha's Garden and From Martha's the show may be on hold. On that morn- In syndication, stations covering about Home, for its sister net HGTV. Each is ing, host Jane Clayson gamely tried to 90% of the nation carry Martha Stewart Liv- culled from footage from her syndicated wrestle an explanation, but Stewart bluntly ing, and 87% of the market has picked up series and licensed by the nets. Neither waved her off, saying, "I want to focus on the next season, according to King World, reported complaints from advertisers or my salad," and continued resolutely chop- which distributes her show. But it was just viewers. Scripps wouldn't release ratings ping her cabbage. coincidence, they say, that, just as Rep. Billy information but said Stewart's Nielsen Last week, media wags speculated on Tauzin's (R -La.) Energy and Commerce marks have stayed consistent. whether she'd show up again, but, a day Committee began poring over her ImClone In fact, some of Stewart's cable devotees before her scheduled appearance July 3, records, the syndicated version of the show have complaints of a different sort. On the Stewart abruptly canceled. CBS likely reran a year -old segment in which he pro- Food Network's Web site, many viewers planned to resume the questioning, and moted his Louisiana cookbook. lament that Stewart won't let Food post her that kind of grilling apparently isn't to Mel Stebbins, general manager of recipes. They say that's just not a good Stewart's liking. CBS says it will continue to Columbia, S.C., NBC affiliate WIS -TV, thing. monitor and report on the situation. says he hasn't registered any complaints Another viewer demands that Food A Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia over Stewart. "She doesn't have a real large scrap her show, but not because of any spokesperson said that, while CBS News is audience, but she reaches a very loyal fol- scandal: "Most of the time, it's Martha's compelled to question about the ImClone lowing." He says he would reconsider air- Home or Martha's Backyard that's fea- matter, "this inherent conflict unfortunately ing Stewart's show if the rumors turn into tured, not her kitchen. It's a cooking chan- prevents Martha from appearing [July 3] in more substantive charges. nel, not How Martha Lives."

Broadcasting & Cable/7 -8 -02 9 TOP OF THE WEEK

T H E W E E K T H A T W A S

THE VIVENDI MESS(IER) tic media accounts changed THE HIRER AUTHORITY Jean Marie Messier was hands in first half 2002, According to a tracking study finally ousted as chairman and according to Cable Audit by outplacement firm chief executive of Vivendi Associates' MediaAnalysis- Challenger, Gray & Universal last week, and the Plus. Last month alone, MAP Christmas, media companies move unspooled lots of CEO Jim Surmanek axed 1,045 people in June. spooky scenarios and some estimated, nine clients shifted That's up from 829 in May new disasters for the French a total $387 million in media but a blissful 83% below the media once- giant. billings -"a major slowdown 6,309 fired in June 2001. Chal- For example, the from the $1.4 billion awarded lenger Gray compiles compa- Bronfmans of Seagrams for- in May" and the second-slow- nies' announcements and tune, who sold Universal to est month this year (behind Connie Chung's debut week on filings with regulators CNN was behind her chief track- Vivendi, has seen the $3 billion March) in terms of account competition but well ahead of concerning layoffs. The value from its stock proceeds activity. her predecessor in the time slot. ing study's media category decline by two- thirds. The biggest account switch includes broadcast, cable, Then later last week, a of June came toward the mid- and to provide commentary radio, advertising, French newspaper reported dle of last month, when and analysis on the SEC and entertainment and print but that Vivendi's accounting Hewlett- Packard, in the wake the financial markets. She'll excludes Internet - related cuts. practices are being called into of its merger with Compaq appear on CNBC programs question, making the collaps- Computer, moved $135 including Squawk Box, WHAT'S ON TV? ing company's woes even million in media billings from Business Center and Capital Deborah Norville sits in worse. Foote, Cone & Belding and with Jane Clayson this week One wild card in the mess Initiative Media North Amer- In her debut week on on The Early Show. It's is that the person to end up ica to Publicis Groupe and CNN, Connie Chung attracted temporary, but wags think with an even bigger role at Zenith Optimedia. an average 649,000 two women fronting a Vivendi is Barry Diller, who Communications households, about half the morning news show might earlier bought USA Networks Group's Bates North America draw of her chief competition, give CBS enough of an edge and other assets from the is folding its media operations Fox News Channel's Bill to dent the competition.... Bronfmans and then sold into Zenith Optimedia O'Reilly. Connie Chung USA Network's' Dad them to Vivendi. He still runs Group's Optimedia, part of Tonight averaged a 0.8 rating Zone, has returned to form. Vivendi's U.S. television and Publicis Groupe. Bates parent from June 24 -28, while The The series was back up to a film divisions and now may be Cordiant also owns 25% of O'Reilly Factor posted an aver- 4.7 overnight rating for its in a position to snap up parts Zenith Optimedia. age 1.7 rating. MSNBC's The third episode June 30. That's of the company, which almost Bates and Optimedia had News With Brian Williams (in after earning a 4.7 for its June certainly will be carved up and been negotiating deals its final weeks before moving 16 debut, then falling off to a sold. together during the recent TV to CNBC July 15) mustered a 3.4 in week two. What happened with upfront. Bates lost 0.4 with 331,000 households. Vivendi reverberated, as some considerable bargaining clout Chung's highest rating last THE ADELPHIA STORY observers saw it as a sure sign with its recent loss of the esti- week was a 0.9 on her Adelphia Communications' big, big media entities have mated $500 million Hyundai premiere night. But her ratings ex- auditor, Deloitte & Touche big, big problems. Stock in Motor America account. are a 33% improvement over LLP, blasted the company's AOL Time Warner, already CNN's previous offering Live new managers, claiming that suffering, fell last week as NAME DROPPER From in June.... they withheld information. Vivendi unraveled. Stay tuned, With financial and accounting Fox News Channel anchor Deloitte says its auditors had however you say that in scandals aplenty, CNBC has Neil Cavuto re-upped in a difficulty securing information French. recruited a former SEC acting new five -year deal. Your even after a special committee chairman to help sort out the World With Neil Cavuto at 4 of the board was set up to AD IT UP news. Laura Unger is joining p.m. ET averages a 0.7 rating examine irregularities at the Roughly $4.9 billion in domes- CNBC as a regulatory expert and 573,000 households. cable operator.

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By John M. Higgins Katz said it could take a istorically, when Paul Allen talks Looking for the bottom while -and a round of with his money, people listen. And, solid earnings reports -to H naturally, the folks at Charter 1/2/02 7/3/02 Change control the fires. Communications were understandably Cablevision $48.01 $8.50 -82% "It's trust and it's ac- excited as the Microsoft multibillionaire Charter $16.60 $3.91 -76% counting," he said. Last was getting ready to disclose that he had AOL $31.60 $12.52 -60% week, investors were saying, scooped up 5 million Charter shares in the Comcast $36.02 $22.16 -38% "'I'm not going into a long open market. weekend holding this. For Now, $20 million isn't a big check to all I know, a stock I own is Allen, who has invested $7.2 billion in going to be in The New Charter. But he wanted to cast a vote of vestor paranoia about cable companies' York Times Sunday over some scandal.'" confidence in Charter and the cable indus- management, along comes the accounting Cable stocks have taken the worst hits, try, which recently has been tarred and scandal at high -flying Worldcom, a telco with closely held Cablevision and Charter feathered by investors. Nine other Charter with debt and deal addictions, which taking the worst assaults (of course, except executives and directors joined Chairman seems to have overstated its earnings by for Adelphia, now under Chapter 11 Allen, including CEO Carl Vogel and $3.8 billion or so. bankruptcy protection). Cox and Comcast Allen adviser Bill Savoy. Then last week, Vivendi's board ousted have done better, off a mere 40% since So what kind of effect did Allen's ges- Chairman Jean -Marie Messier for making January. Even a rebounding ad market ture have on Wall Street? Charter's stock a mess of his media- acquisition campaign hasn't been able to lift non -MSO media traded down the morning after Allen's (see The Week That Was, page 10). To sectors. Disney shares are off 33 %, and it's securities filing hit last week and only rat- some investors, that's raising questions of almost something to brag about. tled around the next couple of days. whether media mega -conglomerates like Brace yourself for media companies' Media stocks are pretty much poison to AOL Time Warner make sense. (Some- quarterly conference calls to discuss earn- the market right now, and no antidote is in how, doubters never seem to focus on Via - ings. They're going to get a lot longer, and sight. As if the scandal at Adelphia Com- com's success at this strategy.) the executives are going to talk a lot more munications weren't enough to feed in- Bear Stearns & Co. media analyst Ray about accounting issues.

Cable breaks 50 -share mark in prime In June, wired medium captures majority of viewers for first time 18- to 49- year -olds and 1 million viewers ages 25 -54. By Allison Romano surpassed a 50 share in prime. about 9 %. Lifetime Television, the quar- Cable outmuscled broad- Compared with the same The second quarter is history, ter's top -rated network in cast networks to claim month last year, cable share and general -entertainment nets households, came in third for the bulk of TV viewer- jumped 12 %, while broadcast delivered the largest prime time adults 25 -54 and fourth among ship in June. Cable networks slipped about 11%. audiences in two key demo- adults 18 -49. registered a 54.0 prime time The same pattern held for graphic groups. TNT ranked No surprise here, MTV was share for the month, compared delivery, with cable nets attract- first in reaching both adults 18- tops among younger viewers, with a 38.4 share for the seven ing 30.8 million homes, up 49 (1.1 million viewers) and delivering 517,000 18- to 34- major broadcast networks. June 16 %, and broadcasters harvest- adults 25 -54 (1.1 million). USA year -olds. TNT was second, with marks the first month cable has ing 21.9 million homes, down was second, attracting 978,000 452,000 viewers in that group. J 12 Broadcasting & Cable /7 -8 -02 TOP OF THE WEEK

Meanwhile, there still is a chance that a provision regarding prescription -drug advertising could find its way into the bill Senate Democrats plan to introduce. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D- Mich.) wants to include language that would keep phar- maceutical companies from taking a tax deduction on any advertising and marketing costs that exceed their research and development budgets. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D -S.D.) has said that he would like to Sen. Tom Daschle (l) wants debate on TV advertising of prescription drugs. A compromise by hold a floor debate on prescription drugs Rep. Billy Tauzin had included the study in earlier versions of the House legislation. beginning in mid July. Sen. John J. Rockefeller (D -W.V.) also has introduced a bill that would convene a TV panel to consider, among other things, how from advertising on television dropped prescription drugs affects their cost to consumers. Both the Stabenow and Rockefeller bills could Medicare drug bill become amendments attached to a larger bill co- authored by Sens. Bob Graham (D- Fla.) and Zell Miller (D -Ga.). Study of ads was considered 'poison pill' jeopardizing passage Graham is considered an expert on health care, having made such issues a pri- By Paige Albiniak provisions-what are known as "poison ority because of the number of older con- The final version of the House bill pills " -might keep it from passing. As a stituents he represents. Miller, as a former

establishing a Medicare prescription - result, all portions not related directly to governor, also has a great deal of experi- drug benefit did not include lan- Medicare and Medicaid were removed. ence with health -care issues. guage regarding advertising prescription drugs on television. House leadership deemed it a "poison pill" and dropped it. But a dose of ad- related language still Comparing gripes about work could make it into a Senate version. Once, ABC was trying to hire David Earlier versions of the House bill being considered by the House Energy and Com- Letterman to replace Ted Koppel, and, when the public got hold of that, the merce Committee included a study requiring the General Accounting Office (GAO) network worked itself into a knotty pub- to look at whether advertising prescription lic- relations problem. Letterman, as it drugs on television increases the cost of the turned out, stayed at CBS, where he had been privately complaining that the net- drugs to consumers. The study was in- work was ignoring him and delivering a cluded as part of a compromise between House Energy and Commerce Committee too -old demographic to his Late Night. And, although Koppel and Nightline also Chairman Billy Tauzin (R -La.) and House CBS's David Letterman (r) is interviewed by stayed put, ABC irked the veteran ABC's Ted Koppel. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill newsman when an anonymous executive Thomas (R- Calif.), who share jurisdiction at the network his news interview Now with over the prescription -drug issue. called show "irrelevant." Koppel talks Letter- man for the inaugural ABC News' Monday, Night - The provision with the GAO study was broadcast of Up Close airing July 8, after removed after House Republican leader- line. The new half -hour Up Close follows Nightline until January, when comedian Jimmy Kimmel's ship was warned by the House parliamen- talk show debuts there. tarian that any controversial or extraneous

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million, 10 -part Taken, tracing three genera- tions of alien encounters, on Sci Fi Channel. From the broad -based heavyweights come mega -productions viewers have come to expect. A &E bows two -part epic The Lost World, a 1911 search for dinosaurs in the Amazon, in October and futuristic classic Lathe of Heaven in September. TNT travels back in time to Manhattan in 1948, when the TV industry was blos- soming, with The Big Time, slated for Octo- ber. The queen of made -for-TV movies, Lifetime, debuts fact -based Obsessed in Sep- tember, starring Jenna Elfuran as a medical writer suffering from erotomania, a psycho- logical disorder in which people are con- vinced they are in very sexual relationships TNT's October miniseries, The Big Time, time-travels to 1948 Manhattan to witness with people who, in fact, barely know them. the emerging television industry's boom. But movies aren't just for the big guys anymore. Comedy Central's first original Flick, Porn N Chicken, about a Yale secret Cable's society that watches porn while eating fried fall in revisits line chicken, bows TV October. Court the case of the 14-year-old questioned in the Shy on pricey nets scripted series, turn to made fors, miniseries murder of his sister in The Interrogation of Michael Crowe, its second original project. By Allison Romano "Basic cable has been looked at as a B- ESPN is prepping its second original, a col- fter an 18 -month hiatus, Tony player," said USA President Doug Herzog. lege- football- themed movie, for December. Soprano and his New Jersey fami- "We're proving we can go pound -for- Fall is chock full of cheaper, non -scripted A lies are finally coming back. The pound with pay and broadcast networks." originals. Discovery Channel is building HBO mob drama, returning for its fourth But Herzog and other execs, who meet popular Monster Garage summer special season Sept. 15, headlines cable premieres with TV critics on their annual press tour in into a fourth- quarter series. Rapper and Law this fall. Pasadena starting this week, admit that & Order: SVU star Ice -T will stun TLC For new scripted series, though, cable cable's not ready to wage war against broad- viewers with tales of hazardous professions, viewers will have to wait 'til next year. cast's new fall season. With an original like oil-fire fighting, in Beyond Tough, begin- Cable nets are used to saving their best drama upwards of $1 million per episode, ning Sept. 18. Hallmark celebrates new -baby for summer, when broadcasters turn to running a drama in the fall is just too risky. and wedding stories with syndicated replays repeats and cheaper reality stunts (some of With Dead Zone and a second series, of Life Moments debuting Sept. 16. which, like Fox's American Idol and CBS's Monk (premiering July 17), this summer, Like The Sopranos, cable's other favorite Survivor, turn into great big hits). USA is keeping its fall commitments light. family, The Osbournes, will return to MTV Still, for cable, summer is where the Made -for-TV movie Murder in Greenwich, this fall with 20 episodes. The celeb -reality action is, and, despite broadcast's attempts slated for fourth quarter, is based on Mark craze it helped start is spilling over to other to grab viewers, cable viewership climbed Furhman's book on the murder of Martha channels, among them E! with its Anna to a 54 share for the week of June 17 -23, Moxley and investigation of recently con- Nicole Smith Show. ESPN is said to be compared with a 37 share for broadcast victed Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel. talking with Baltimore Ravens star Ray nets. Cable's triumph is fueled by strong Original movies and miniseries will be Lewis; VH1 is talking to Liza Minelli and ratings for original series like Dead Zone on the main cable attraction this fall. Probably David Gest about their star -studded dinner USA and Witchblade on TNT. the biggest event is Steven Spielberg's $40 parties.

14 Broadcasting & Cable /7 -8 -02 Programming Syndication Watch 2001 -02 SEASON Syndicated programming ratings according to Nielsen Media Research

TOP 25 SHOWS HH HH Rank /Program AA GAA A meeting about magazines? 1 Wheel of Fortune 9.4 NA 2 Jeopardy 8.0 NA 3 Friends 6.9 8.0 One of our Hollywood spies reports seeing Warner 4 Seinfeld 6.3 6.9 Bros. Domestic Television Distribution President Dick 5 Entertainment Tonight 6.1 6.2 Robertson lunching with former Entertainment Tonight 6 Judge Judy 5.8 8.4 weekend co -host Julie Moran at the posh eatery Pinot 6 Oprah Winfrey Show 5.8 5.8 Hollywood last Tuesday. Moran is said to be making 8 Everybody Loves Raymond 5.6 6.3 9 Seinfeld (wknd) 5.0 5.7 the rounds of the studios in search of a new gig; her 10 Wheel of Fortune (wknd) 4.2 NA stint with ET ended almost a year ago. 11 Live Regis Kelly With and 3.8 NA So tongues were wagging last week as to what the 12 Entertainment Tonight (wknd) 3.6 3.7 meeting could be all about. Apparently, it went rather 13 Frasier 3.4 3.6 14 Judge Joe Brown 3.3 4.3 well: The spy reports that Robertson invited Moran 14 Friends (wknd) 3.3 3.4 and her family (she's married to actor Bob Moran, 16 Everybody Loves Raymond (wknd) 3.2 NA whose credits include Dumb and Dumber) for a day of 16 King of the Hill 3.2 3.8 fun in the sun at his Malibu beach house. 16 Maury 3.2 3.3 The speculation is Robertson is considering 16 Inside Edition 3.2 3.2 that 20 Hollywood Squares 2.8 NA Moran for a role in a new magazine show that Warner 20 Jerry Springer 2.8 3.1 is trying to develop for prime time access. Warner has 20 The X-Files 2.8 3.1 been very hush -hush about the details, but it could 20 Extra 2.8 2.8 clearly serve as a companion for the syndicator's 24 Divorce Court 2.7 3.5 24 Stargate SG -1 2.7 2.9 existing magazine, Extra. And there's also speculation Speculation is that former ET 24 Andromeda 2.7 2.9 that Moran is being considered for some role in Extra. weekend host Julie Moran is 24 Access Hollywood 2.7 2.8 Sources familiar with the project hint that the new being for a 24 Montel Williams Show 2.7 2.7 considered new Warner show. magazine would be "lifestyle " -oriented and not a pure entertainment -news magazine like Paramount's ET, al- TOP OFF -NET SITCOMS though it would clearly compete Nith ET to the extent that Warner is able to clear it in HH HH access. In fact, Extra initially started as a straight entertainment -news magazine before AA GAA being re- launched as a "celebrity- lifestyle" show to keep top- market NBC owned -and- 1 Friends 6.9 8.0 operated stations in the fold after NBC took control of Access Hollywood. 2 Seinfeld 6.3 6.9 Warner's new magazine project is just one of several magazines currently in the devel- 3 Everybody Loves Raymond 5.6 6.3 4 Seinfeld (wknd) 5.0 5.7 opment pipeline. King World is said to be cooking one up for daytime while Universal's 5 Frasier 3.4 3.6 TV syndication division is producing a pilot for a magazine called Good News, from actor Will Smith's Overlook Entertainment. No comment from Warner at deadline. According to Nielsen Media Research Syndication Service Moran Ranking Report Aug. 27, 2001 -May 26, 2002 co- hosted ET Weekend fcr four seasons. Previously, she co- hosted NBA's Inside HH /AA - Average Audience Rating (households) Stuff, an NBC Sports program that aired on NBC's Saturday- morning lineup when the HH /GAA - Gross Aggregate Average network had the broadcast -N rights to NBA games. -Steve McClellan One Nielsen rating - 1,008,000 households, which represents 1% of the 100.8 million TV households in the United States NA - not available broadcastiii cable coilJGet with the programs. Programrrinç; Station Break

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ALMOST LOCAL NEWS "We currently do an hour anchor shortly after. A fan of The code is distributed WOLO -TV is the "Eyewitness and a half a day, and we'd like political reporting, for years throughout Viacom's expan- News" station in Columbia, to keep as much as we can," he anchored a local show, sive corporate structure - S.C., but, in October, that wit- said Bailey. The Charlotte Fox Issues and Answers...The although a spokesperson for ness may have an unusual van- affiliate does news at 10 p.m. Mountain Edition, which, the 60 Minutes correspondent tage point: another state. The and will add at least 6 p.m. station said, featured guests Steve Kroft told Star- Tribune ratings- challenged Bahakel and 11 p.m. newscasts, with ranging from local mayors to columnist C.J. that he was Communications Group dedicated WOLO -TV former presidents. unfamiliar with the require- station will have its news anchors, for WOLO -TV. Assistant News Director ment. Nor are such restric- "centralcast" from its About a dozen positions may Carole Butcher has been run- tions limited to Viacom. Still, WCCB(TV) Charlotte, N.C., open up in Charlotte, Bailey ning the station's news depart- she noted, "WCCO reporters station. It will mean lost jobs said, and could be filled by ment. General Manager Emes- couldn't break news without for many of the approximately WOLO -TV staff. Many Char- tine Cornett said she had not the help of sources disclosing 70 Columbia -based staffers. lotte -based newspeople, he begun planning for Turner's information in some of the About 30 newsroom personnel said, will be moving between replacement. The station has ways that are now verboten have already been given notice. the cities, taking advantage of established a scholarship fund around the newsroom." General Manager Chris Bai- the promixity to raise their in Turner's name for aspiring Dana McClintock, a spokes- ley said the move is intended profile in Columbia. Kentucky broadcasters. man for the CBS Station to avoid costs of digital con- Turner is survived by a wife Group, commented: "Journal- version by using the already WYMT -TV NEWS and two children. ists have a right to do what converted co -owned facility DIRECTOR DIES they do. Businesses have a less than 100 miles away (see WYMT -TV Hazard, Ky., news CODE OF SILENCE right to manage their press story, page 20). The station will director, anchor and station A Minneapolis gossip colum- efforts independent of that maintain a small news staff, manager Tony Turner, 40, died nist couldn't help com- process." which will send reports to the Sunday, June 30, of injuries menting on the irony of the Charlotte station for a sustained in an automobile information surfacing locally MAINE MOVE newscast produced there and accident last month. about CBS O &O WCCO -TV Maine Public Broadcasting sent back over fiber-optic Turner began his career in news staff's being asked to has tapped veteran broad- lines. Similar economic condi- radio in 1970 and moved to adopt a Viacom business -con- caster Mary Anne Alhadeff as tions have led to combinations television in the mid 1980s duct code that includes its next president. She has with stations inside and after having been general restrictions on comments on been president and chief exec- outside group -ownership lines, manager of WFSR(AM) Har- or off the record and on pro- utive officer at Prairie Public and several stations have lan, Ky. He began at WYMT- viding internal documents to Broadcasting, Fargo, N.D., ended news outright in the TV as a reporter in 1986 and the news media unless and succeeds Rob Gardiner, past year and a half. was named news director and designated to do so. who announced last year he was leaving but agreed to stay on while a replacement was läticiiiq politics chosen.

WCVB -TV Boston anchor Natalie A former Emmy- winning MYLL ci- Jacobson interviews Massachusetts producer and one -time New Democrat and Sen. John Kerry for the Hampshire Public Television political program Commitment 2002, executive, Alhadeff begins her which is part of station owner new job in Bangor next month.

Hearst-Argyle's group effort on political coverage. Kerry discussed the ongoing All news is local. Contact Dan threat of terrorism and the Supreme Trigoboff at (301) 260 -0923,

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Combos Sellen Deep Delta Radio Inc. (headed WRDD(AM): Oldies KRQX(AM) and KYCX -FM Mexia, Texas by Rev. Max Latham) WROX(AM) Clarksdale, Miss. Price: $121,000 Facilities: 91.9 MI-h, 3kW, ant 164 ft. Price: $246,000 Buyer. MJ Communications Inc. (Susan Format: Inspirational/Gospel Buyer. Jason Konarz; owns one other M. Cholopisa, president/director); no station, not in this market other broadcast interests Sellen Delta Radio Inc. (MS) (Larry G. Sellen Groveton Broadcasting Group AMs Fuss, president) Inc. (Susan Cholopisa, station manager) KIVA(AM) Albuquerque, N.M. Facilities: 1450 kHz, 1 kW Facilities: KRQX(AM): 1590 kHz, 500 Price: $500,000 Format: R&B W day /128 W night; KYCX -FM: 104.9 Buyer. Aragon Broadcasting Co. LLC WGAM(AM) Greenfield, Mass. MHz, 2 kW, ant. 351 ft. (John J. Aragon, member); no other Price: $150,000 Format: KRQX(AM): Country; KYCX- broadcast interests Buyer. P&M Radio LLC (Phillip G. FM: Country Sellen Simmons Media Group Inc. Drumheller, president); no other stations (Craig Hanson, president) broadcast interests Facilities: 1600 kHz, 10 kW day /128 W Seller. Edward Skutnik FMs night Facilities: 1520 kHz, 10 kW WRVX -FM Eufaula, Ala. Format: News/Talk Format: Easy Price: $425,000 WIBQ(AM) Sarasota (Sarasota - WBIB(AM) Centreville, Ala. Buyer. Small Town Radio Inc. (Don Bradenton), Fla. Price: $146,397 Boyd, president); owns six other stations, Price: $450,000 Buyer: Bibb Broadcasting Corp. (Dennis none in this market Buyer. Nova Broadcasting Co.; no other W. Littleton, president); no other broad- Sellen Renegade Broadcasting (Clyde broadcast interests cast interests Earnest, president) Seller. Alliance Broadcasting Group Inc. Sellen Sides -Robinson Broadcasting Inc. Facilities: 97.9 MHz, 3 kW, ant. 328 ft. (Joseph E. Newman, president/director) (John H. Sides, president) Format: Country Facilities: 1220 kHz, 1 kW day /41 W Facilities: 1110 kHz, 1 kW day WSKT -FM Spencer, Ind. night Format: Country Price: $321,100 Format News/Talk WPJX(AM) Zion (Chicago), Ill. Buyer. Mid -America Radio Group WNCC(AM) Barnesboro and WRDD(AM) Price: $70,000 (David Keister, president); owns 13 other Ebensburg (Johnstown), Pa. Buyer. Multicultura Broadcasting of stations, none in this market Price: $320,000 Chicago (Edward K. Rim, president); no Sellen The Original Company Inc. Buyer. Cambria Radiowerks Inc. other broadcast interests (Mark Lange, president) (Michael McKendree, president); no Seller. ABC Radio Inc. (John Hare, Facilities: 92.7 MHz, 1kW, ant. 479 ft other broadcast interests president) Format: Country Sellen Vernal Enterprises (Larry L. Facilities: 1500 kHz, 250 W day KMRL -FM Buras, La. Schrengocost, president) Format Dark Price: $25,000 Facilities: WNCC(AM): 950 kHz, 500 Buyer. White Dove Fellowship Church W; WRDD(AM): 1580 kHz, 1 kW day /4 -Information provided by BM Financial (Michael P. Mille, president); no other W night Networks' Media Access Pro broadcast interests Format: WNCC(AM): Oldies; Chantilly, Va. www.bia.com

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Seven provisionally dirty words? Damn!

FCC's new indecency decision is shocking. Or not. Or maybe?

By Bill McConnell "Over the years, stations could get in gorge Carlin was wrong. Turns out trouble over double entendre that could be you can say piss on the air, or, it interpreted to have a sexual or excretory Commissioner Michael Copps derided the decision, saying, "Some terms are in G would seem by extension, any other meaning," said Robert Corn- Revere, a First themselves indecent." "dirty" word so long you're mad or just try- Amendment attorney with Washington ing to insult someone. firm Hogan & Hartson. "Here, they ap- Copps derided the WGNO decision, What will get you in trouble with the pear to be bending over backwards the also issued by the agency's Enforcement feds is shocking or pandering sex or bath- other way," exonerating programming that Bureau as a concession that almost any room humor. Well, maybe not even that. at least on its face could refer to an excre- word is permissible as long as it is not First Amendment advocates and conser- tory activity. Corn-Revere often complains used in a very specific context. "I disagree. vative parents groups, generally antagonists that federal efforts to punish indecent pro- Some terms are in themselves indecent. in the debate over raunchy broadcasts, have gramming violate free -speech rights. Not so many years ago, the commission long agreed that the FCC's efforts at polic- On the other side, the FCC's conservative thought so, too." ing indecency and profanity are inconsistent critics are fuming. "This is going to open Corn- Revere conceded, "This does ap- and confusing. floodgates to more vulgar language on radio pear to be a shift," The FCC appears to have created more and television," said Martha Kleder, policy Punishing indecent broadcasts is part of confusion in dismissing an indecency com- analyst for the Culture and Family Institute. the FCC's statutory mandate, but carrying plaint filed against Entercom's WGR(AM) "I don't know what it means for the fall out the obligation in a manner that gives Buffalo, N.Y. At issue is a June 28 decision broadcast season, but it doesn't look good." leeway for ever-shifting community stan- denying Michael Palko's appeal of a 2001 Tougher -enforcement backers say other dards has left the agency open for attack dismissal of his complaint against its morn- reasoning in the decision adds insult to from both free -speech and family -values ing show, hosted by Tom Bauerle. injury. Bauerle's use of the expression purists. "Because the touchstone of inde- A five -page decision signed by Enforce- sawed-off little prick was acceptable in the cency determinations-contemporary stan- ment Bureau Chief David Solomon explains context, the FCC said, because the phrase dards-is subjective, the distinctions that that a long -running Bauerle gag, in which merely referred to a "vulgar insult." Since arise from that standard are arbitrary and callers were asked to name National 1993, the FCC has decreed that use of a seem more arbitrary the more they are Hockey League players and officials they specific word, in and of itself, does not explained," said John Crigler, a Washing- would like to "piss on," did not violate fed- necessarily warrant sanction, but until now ton attorney fighting a fine levied against a eral prohibitions on indecent broadcasts. insults were not among the specified station that aired an anti -misogynist rap by That's because Bauerle's use of the phrase, acceptable uses. poet Sarah Jones. the bureau said, was akin to the slang terms An aide to FCC Commissioner Michael In 1978, the FCC ruled that piss and six for anger, pissed at and pissed off, not the Copps said letting WGR off is akin to last other words were indecent and forbidden kind of raunchy talk about sex organs and week's decision absolving ABC affiliate when children are likely among a broadcast excretory activities the FCC restricts these WGNO(TV) New Orleans from a com- station's audience. The ruling prompted days. But the gag arguably did refer to plaint filed for a Philly episode in which a comic George Carlin's famous "Seven Dirty excretory activities, since it coincided with district attorney refuses to stand "with my Words" routine. Subsequent FCC rulings WGR's distribution of urinal splash guards dick in my hand" while a defendant is set have chipped away at the blanket prohibi- with the letters NHL. free. tion on the basis of context.

18 Broadcasting & Cable /7 -8 -02 I Technology Satellite radio gets Sirius

Competition heats up as different technologies compete for same ears

By Paige Albiniak XM has an exclusive arrange- Moming -drive talk on WMAL(AM) ment with GM, one of its Washington, D.C., was inter- investors, and lists Saab as an rupted last Monday by an ad automotive partner; Sirius has touting XM Satellite Radio's largely com- exclusive deals with BMW, mercial -free, nationwide radio service. DaimlerChrysler and Ford. More talk followed, and then came a corn - Volkswagen/Audi and Nissan mercial for Sirius Satellite Radio, which plan to offer a choice. launched across the country that day. Although the services are With Sirius's nationwide launch on July similar, much about them is 1, the satellite -radio battle is joined. The different. two companies, authorized by the FCC in Sirius operates three satel- Sirius CEO Joe Clayton rallies the troops at the Sirius 1997, will now see if Americans are ready Satellite Radio 400, where the company gave a concert lites that orbit the earth in fig- to pay for the radio they listen to on their for 25,000 people as part of a special promotion. ure- eights. At any given time, way to and from work. two are beaming down pro- So far, Washington -based XM is ahead DirecTV's rollout when he worked for gramming at 60 or 90 degrees over the of New York -based Sirius. XM started its Thomson Multimedia. U.S. In contrast, XM has two satellites in

roll -out last September after a brief post- At $12.95 per month, Sirius costs $3 fixed orbits so they always are hovering in Sept. 11 delay. XM was offering its service more than XM. Collins attributes the the same place. XM's technology requires to the entire country by November and last higher price to the fact that all 60 of Sir - it to use terrestrial repeaters -some 800 - week said it is serving more than 136,500 ius's music channels run without commer- to fill in broadcast gaps, such as urban customers, ahead of Wall Street's expecta- cials, although commercials do air on its 40 canyons and tunnels. Sirius uses repeaters, tions. Initially, Sirius was ahead, but prob- talk, news and sports channels. too, but has only 92 around the country. lems with Lucent -built chipsets for re- Collins says market studies done prior Topping says both companies are using ceivers delayed the launch until now. to launch showed that access to commer- fewer repeaters than planned. But XM's Since Sirius began offering its service cial -free music channels is "a big differen- placement of its powerful repeaters, along Feb. 14, though, there have been no tech- tiator. We've found that that's what people with its filing for a patent that would allow nical glitches to speak of, says Julia Top- want, so that justifies the added cost." it to insert local programming into its satel- ping, analyst for The Carmel [Calif.] Group. Maybe so, says Topping, but Sirius is lite feed, has the NAB worried that XM "When you are launching a consumer going to have to work hard to make sure plans to go local. Sirius's low number of electronics product that is technology - consumers understand the difference. "If repeaters deflects such accusations. based, you have to make sure your systems they can't convey that message to the con - "For us, local programming is a non - are functioning at the level of performance sumer, then they are going to need to take issue," Collins says. "It's never been our you want, particularly for a premium prod- a close look at their business model. The intention." uct," says Jim Collins, vice president, cor- higher price could be a big deterrent." XM, too, says it has no intention of porate communications, for Sirius. Both services will be offered in new cars offering local programming. Things began moving more quickly for this fall, and the industry will be watching So far, Topping says, she and other ana- Sirius after it brought in CEO Joseph Clay- to see whether consumers opt for satellite lysts have been pleasantly surprised by the ton last November. Formerly with be- radio when they are buying new vehicles. warm reception for both services. "Word leagured Global Crossing, he also had sat- Some 16 million new cars are sold in the of mouth is going to be a huge part of this. ellite experience, having helped develop U.S. each year. Both XM and Sirius are Once people hear the service, they want to and launch consumer equipment for shooting to have 3 million subs by 2005. have it."

Broadcasting & Cable/ 7 -8 -02 19 Technology

newscast; WOLO -TV has newscasts at 6 Bahakel p.m. and 11 p.m. Around 10:50 each night, tackles operations will get interesting. "We have some built -in packages and elements to give 5 to 7 minutes conversion the doublecast time," says Davis. There will be "substantial savings" that will allow WOLO -TV to maintain and Carolina stations 90 miles apart to be served from tech facility improve local news service for Columbia viewers, Hutchinson says. "The pooled By Ken Kerschbaumer conversion. And that was so expensive for resources will also strengthen the Charlotte t takes only two to centralcast. what we needed to do, so we're going to newsroom. For example, WCCB will ex-

Granted, it's not as exciting as central - use the DTV transmission system to feed pand its ten o'clock newscast to a full hour casting with four or six stations, but the analog transmitter." later this summer." Bahakel Communications is looking to Hutchinson, along with Bahakel Chief There will also be the issue of maintain- prove that it can be just as effective. The Technology Officer Bill Napier and Davis, ing a local presence. Ninety miles is a long two stations, WCCB(TV) Charlotte, N.C., studied the potential of centralcasting in way for local news crews to travel, so a and WOLO -TV Columbia, S.C., will be recent months. "Reliable servers, fiber and staff will be maintained in Columbia. operated out of one hub at WCCB this fall. other infrastructure needed to pull it off WCCB uses a BCM newsroom system, "We simply believe local television sta- are finally available," he says. and several terminals will be installed in tions must adapt to the new economic The cost savings available from Time Columbia and connected via T1 circuits. realities that demand new ways of operat- Warner Telecom, which provides the fiber "The hybrid news -operations structure ing," says WCCB GM John Hutchinson. connectivity, sealed the deal. "We found under the new plan maintains editorial "We can either whine about how good the out that, with the economics of fiber and control where the local news happens," old days were or just get on with it and do the facility we had here," says Davis, "it says Hutchinson. "But it adds the ad- something. We decided to stop waiting on was much more cost -effective to merge the vanced production resources to package the cavalry and accept the creative chal- two and provide everything out of here." the broadcast in Charlotte, where we have lenge of making this plan work at a practi- There will be cuts in head counts as the newer digital equipment at corporate cal cost the business can now afford." well. Davis says that figure isn't known yet headquarters." WCCB Technical Operations Manager because some employees may move up to WOLO -TV will maintain local, live Bob Davis is heading up the technical effort Charlotte and work out of WCCB (see capability at its newsroom, he points out, at the station and will attempt to keep Station Break, page 16). but the control room and studio for pack- WCCB on -air while also constructing a Both the analog and digital signals for aging that content will be in Charlotte. new TV station in the same area. the two stations will originate from "The only real difference between this plan Necessary capital improvements drove WCCB, with a 45 -Mb /s two -way fiber and having the control room on a different the decision to fold in operations. "WOLO- connection sending signals the 90 miles floor than a station's newsroom is that the TV's facility is analog and a very tired that lies between the stations. WCCB has `wires' are a little longer." plant," says Davis. "And it was difficult to already used the fiber connection for Vyvx Viewers won't notice a difference from do even a partial digital conversion, so that and CNN services, so there is already a an editorial standpoint, Davis says. "What meant we would have to do a full digital comfort level with fiber delivery. they'll notice is a difference in the quality The tricky part of the signal." will be handling That's in part because of equipment like the news opera- the Thomson Grass Valley 4000 production tions. With two switcher that is used in master control at y. .. a. - ...... TV stations shar- WCCB. When the facility was originally ;V!" 11:111 ing the same stu- built in 1999, some room was left for an IIH dio, the news- expansion similar to the one taking place. room will be a That gives room for a mirrored master-con- busy place. trol operation. Says Davis, "It will provide WCCB has a for a much higher-grade, fast -paced news- The Thomson Grass Valley Model 4000 production switcher used in master control at WCCB(TV) will boost the quality of signal for WOLO -TV, too. 10 p.m. local cast than we would have otherwise."

20 Broadcasting & Cable /7 -8 -02 Technotog; Comcast picks up phone INBRIEF SHOWTIME GOES VIRTUAL Voice -over -IP telephony to be launched in Philadelphia Showtime Networks today is launching SHOinfo.com, a vir- By Ken Kerschbatmer Financial terms of the deal were not available. tual business office for use by Comcast will otter a portion of its Arris Broadband VP of Marketing Stan affiliates and MSOs. Among

Philadelphia subscribers telephony ser- Brovont sees two advantages of voice- over -IP the features are a marketing-

vice over Internet Protocol beginning vs. circuit -switched. The first is lower capital support area (with down - in second quarter 2003, the company's first cost per subscriber. "The main reason is, you loadable radio spots, among foray into telephony over IP. can combine the cable modem and the tele- other items), an engineering Comcast currently has 40,000 telephony phony port in one box. The second key section (with online activation customers in Michigan and Virginia, but they advantage is operational savings. Today, tele- of headend devices and other were inherited from other providers. When it phony and data must be operated as fairly services) and access to comes to its own build -out, Comcast views IP independent networks from a maintenance programming schedules and technology as something that has matured and provisioning standpoint. When you go to guides for upcoming months. enough to be ready for deployment. IP, that collapses into one network, which Cable telecommunications equipment sup- simplifies the maintenance and administration HARRIS HITS plier Arris will provide the DOCSIS 1.1 carrier of the network." NEW MEXICO class cable -modem termination system to be Brovont says savings can be as much as Two public -TV stations in installed at a mid -size headend in Philadelphia. 50% of the capital costs per subscriber. New Mexico have purchased Harris DTV transmitters for $1.5 million. KNME -DT Albu- include U.S. and international headlines, state querque purchased a 20.5 -kW Tick...tick... news, business, sports, entertainment, tech, Diamond CD UHF solid -state politics, health and strange news. A Spanish - transmitter, and KENW-DT language ticker is available. Groce says typical Portales chose a 5.5 -kW tick...AP item length is 60 -90 characters. version of the same model. The ticker is delivered via AP's network KNME -DT is serving as New service provides news news transfer protocol in the XML news- indus- program manager for the tickers to local stations try text format over the Internet. AP worked $15.4 million transition to digi- with character -generator manufacturers Chyron tal by New Mexico's three By Ken Kerschbaumer and Pinnacle Systems to make the information public -TV stations (the third is t your station sutlers from ticker envy, easy to get on -air. Content can be pulled from KRWG -TV Las Cruces). Associated Press has a service for you. It's or pushed by AP; local stations can add local designed to help stations offer the same items. Cost ranges from a few hundred dollars EVERTZ INTROS fast -moving, constant tickers found on the cable a month to more than $1,000, depending on UPCONVERTER news networks. AP says the market size. Groce says the The HD9510UC upconverter response shows stations are 'It's a good marriage, ticker can run 24/7, opening from Evertz can convert interested in getting ticked. a number of advertising standard -definition 525i signals and we've actually "We've been surprised opportunities. to 1080i, 1035i or 720p HD with the response we've heard from viewers WAFB(TV) Baton Rouge, formats while supporting 4:3- gotten already," says Greg that they like it: La., deploys it. GM Nick to -16:9 aspect -ratio conversion. Groce, AP Television direc- Simontette says: "People are Full anamorphic stretch, 4:3 -Nick Simontette, WAFB tor of business operations so busy, they can't watch the side panels and letterboxing to and development. "Stations newscast. So the rebroadcast full -size 16:9 are all available. are looking for an automated, flexible solution allows them to watch later; the ticker helps by Composite video decoder and to display the latest headlines. We've tried to offering the most up -to -date information. It's a audio D -to -A converter develop this in a flexible way so they can select good marriage, and we've actually heard from module are optional. from a broad category of items." Categories viewers that they like it."

Broadcasting & Cable /7 -8-02 21 SPECIAL REPORT: ITV

"The power of Gemstar has always been in their claims on patents," said a senior executive at one top -five cable operator. "There's a fear factor, an intimidation factor that always accrued to Henry personally." But lately Yuen hasn't seemed so scary. The first big dent in Gemstar's armor appeared two weeks ago when an administrative judge at the International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that competing guides had not violated two Gemstar patents. Worse, the judge ruled that Yuen had misused another one of his key guide patents, one that lets a viewer "click" on the guide and record, say, all the baseball or game shows on a given afternoon. News of the patent ruling sliced Gem - star's stock 40% in a day, just the latest blow to a company whose stock traded at $50 a year ago and $100 two years ago, but just $5 these days. Yuen, whose stock and option portfolio was once worth more than $2 billion, has watched it sink to around $50 million (though he moved to dump $63 million worth of stock in April). Yuen believes the market overreacted to the ruling. As he tensely pointed out, his wider fight with rival guide providers Life beyond the involves seven patents not in the ITC case. But the ruling is not his only problem. Henry Yuen's challenge Two big operators, AOL Time Warner and Cox, have balked at signing broad guide is proving that he can royalties deals, especially at the demands Yuen has run a media company made on their digital "real estate." (They use guides developed by set -top manufac- rather than a mutual turers Pioneer and Scientific-Atlanta.) And By John M. Higgins fund of patents TV Guide Interactive's hugely favorable contract with AT&T Broadband will fade when Comcast takes over and folds AT &T Wbile n..A% to his job, the thing to inlringe on our patents, I'll sue systems under its own, less favorable and CEO of one of the many you!" He got up and exited the room, leav- non -exclusive Gemstar deal. splinters of the interac- ing it to Gemstar staff to say goodbye. At the same time, Yuen's aggressive tive-TV business sought That CEO, who prefers not to be iden- accounting move has scared investors. And an audience with Henry tified, got a taste of how important intellec- Gemstar's largest shareholder, Rupert Mur- Yuen. As chairman of Gemstar -TV Guide, tual property is to Gemstar and how ag- doch, is angry over the $2 billion write -off Yuen is the dominant player in on- screen gressively Yuen will protect it. (A Gemstar News Corp. had to take on its 43% stake in program guides. Since part of the CEO's spokeswoman denies any such encounter.) Gemstar. Murdoch has just installed a cable new job would be making sure his software For years, investors, competitors and- lieutenant, Jeff Shell, as Gemstar's COO to gets along with Gemstar's inside cable set - so important- potential customers of exercise more control over operations. top boxes, the CEO figured he should get those competitors have seen Gemstar as a Yuen's real challenge is proving that he along with Yuen as well. nearly impenetrable portfolio of patents can operate a coherent media business The CEO set up an introductory video - covering various aspects of interactive rather than a sort of mutual fund of TV- conference. Just a friendly chat. After guides. And they have been aware that, if related patents. Gemstar owns not just the introductions and a few minutes of casual they go anywhere near those patents, they 9 million -circulation TV Guide print mag- conversation, Yuen got tense. He looked in are likely to end up on the receiving end of azine, but the 50 million -subscriber TV the camera and shouted, "If you do any- a Gemstar suit. Guide Channel, a passive, on- screen guide

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-JI SPECIAL REPORT: ITV that has a lock on the cable industry. He ware in VCRs. But he started acquiring also has the fledgling TV Games interactive DIM, b,I B 7:01PM [Al* other guide startups, notably StarSight, CABLE betting operation. Critics says that, even which had a couple of particularly power- PARENTAL CONTROL though TV Guide and the passive, scrolling Press 0 10 lock or unlock. ful patents. That gave Yuen two avenues: on- screen cable guide account for 80% of Tale sEZ_- license his processes to others to "make - Gemstar's revenues and 50% of operating TV rating row and -sell" and, separately, sell a service to Movie rating R cash flow, Yuen has been riveted largely on Channel 14 Hip cable or DBS operators for a monthly fee. the 8 million- subscriber interactive and o Adult titles HMIs It also cowed rivals, including the likes WNW balm No nascent e-book businesses with which he is of Murdoch and sidekick Liberty Media more comfortable. Chairman John Malone. They were part- The biggest surprise is that Shell says his ners in TV Guide -owner United Video top priority is the base business. Blaylock when they realized in 1998 that they were & Co. analyst John Tinker sees Gemstar's probably going to lose a patent dispute sales dropping 10 %, to $1.2 billion, and with Gemstar. In a maneuver to extinguish operating cash flow falling 12 %, to $400.9 the claim, United Video made a hostile million, this year. Shell wants to stop that, takeover bid for Gemstar, securing support reversing the decline of TV Guide maga- ¡TV A..... 1,.0.,ta of a major shareholder. Yuen repelled the zine and improving core relationships with L,. d Mbmha nnl.e Mu,,, bid and, in 1999, ultimately persuaded ga.". Me..nus+ cable operators. ow du I xt a Aenndsl Click Holy Malone and Murdoch to sell rather than Bank of America Securities analyst Doug try to acquire. Shapiro agrees that investors have unfairly Gemstar considers TV Guide Interactive The patent cases will hang over the as the center of television viewing. judged Gemstar. At Gemstar's recent stock company for months. Four other compa- prices, investors are putting a fairly low val- nies are involved: S -A, Pioneer, EchoStar uation on the print TV Guide and the pas- co -exist with inside the set -top but interact and a company that makes DBS receivers sive on- screen guide that's in around 70 mil- with. For example, one cable executive for EchoStar, Sanmina -SCI Systems. Even lion homes and essentially a zero value on complains that any application seeking to though they are involved in a separate the interactive program guide. Though he use the "channel up" command from a patent fight in federal court in Atlanta, sees problems, Shapiro has faith, citing elec- remote control must first turn to TV Guide Gemstar jumped last year to get the ITC to tronic program guides as the one clear Interactive's software: "That's one reason block import of set -top equipment that interactive -TV product that subscribers everything's slow." Yuen contended violated its patents. covet. "The critical, critical assumption is Gemstar didn't start out with great lever- The move backfired. Though the full that people really want their guide." age. A Shanghai -born engineer and lawyer, decision is not yet public, the judge appar- Deutsche Bank's Karim Zia agrees. Yuen teamed up with an old California ently agrees with S -A and Pioneer that "Unlike the cable business, there's no cap- Institute of Technology classmate to develop Gemstar used the patent to "tie -out" rivals, ital intensity here. Unless you really assume a system to ease the process of setting a keeping their guides off cable systems catastrophic loss of their licensing, it's hard VCR timer to record, called VCR Plus. Get owned by operators wanting to divide their to see any scenario where they're not net manufacturers to include the software in business between two suppliers. That cash generating." their machines. Get newspapers and other patent covers methods of using the guide Yuen shows no signs of doubt. "I am print guides to include codes in their list- to display, say, all Clint Eastwood movies committed to running this company," He ings. Collect money from both sides. and record them. The judge also ruled that declared in a conference call with investors. The electronic -guide business wasn't a the guides don't infringe on two other "I think this company needs me to govern dramatic stretch. In the early 1990s, the Gemstar patents covering the user inter- it to a vision that I have." cable -guide business was divided between face. Yuen and Shell declined interview re- United Video's Prevue Network and New- Yuen has a fistful of ways of minimizing quests. house Broadcasting's Teleguide. Those the ruling. He'll appeal to the full ITC; Program listings are a small part of were simple text scrolls using data fed into he'll appeal in court; the patents will be Yuen's grand vision. He sees TV Guide a PC at each cable headend. The prospect upheld in the Atlanta litigation. The broad- Interactive "at the center of television view- of interactive TV, however, raised the idea est one is that the patents aren't as critical ing." More than just a sophisticated pro- of interactive guides. Display only the as outsiders contend. He licenses technol- gram listing, to Yuen, the guide is a central sports channels or only the movies on any ogy smoothly to 180 different companies. platform for all sorts of interaction between channel or delete the shopping channels. However, he still sounds defensive. "If subscribers and their TV sets. One click of the remote control to set your left unchallenged and unchanged, the rul- In Motorola set -tops, at the least, TV VCR to record today's soap operas. ing could deliver a blow to intellectual - Guide Interactive is essentially an addi- Yuen started out with the model he al- property rights holders everywhere," Yuen tional operating system that developers of ready knew: develop some technology and warned. That presumably includes Gem - other applications are forced not to merely get manufacturers to incorporate his soft- star's headquarters in Pasadena, Calif.

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SENIOR PRODUCER/ VIDEOGRAPHER WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream is looking Executiue Uice President, Teleuision: for an experienced, creative, and organized individual to be a Senior ProducerNideographer. You must be able to run camera (field and stu- national Hssociation of Broadcasters dio) as well as serve as a producer and director for various public affairs productions. This position is with Ohio Government Television located in Columbus, Ohio. Minimum 3 to 5 years experience a must. Send resume with cover letter, A unique career opportunity for an communication skills, plus absolute salary requirements and reel (VHS, DVcam or excellent executive with television integrity. Beta), and contact information to: OGT, Statehouse, Columbus, Ohio 43215. station general management The Executive Vice President, NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. experience, who has a "big picture" Television, will report to NAB President Response deadline is July 19th, 2002. EOE perspective and a passion for the and CEO Eddie Fritts, and interface with television industry. the television industry, including the In addition to solid leadership and NAB Television Board. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: management credentials, the person Fora confidential discussion of your WTNH is looking for someone to join our news selected for this highly visible position qualifications, call Joe or Shane Sullivan department who can help develop stories from concept to finished product. We need someone will have outstanding interpersonal and at (631) 76S -50SO. NAB is an EOE. with impeccable people skills, the ability to think creatively and the ability to work independently. You must be proficient in newswriting and field producing skills. A college degree or equivalent Joe Sullivan & professional experience in required. Send resume, to Jon Rosen, Senior Producer, Associates, Inc. 8 Elm St., New Haven, CT 06510. No phone calls. EOE. Executive Search & Recruitment

v i e.uhci I Ill! AM NEWSCAST PRODUCER: P.O. Box 612 WTNH is looking for a person to be responsible Southold, NY 11971 for overall creation and production of a morning JOSEPH J. SHANE P. newscast. Ability to be creative, handle breaking SULLIVAN, JR. (631) 765SOSO SULLIVAN news and write solid news copy is a must. College degree and solid experience working as a producer in a television newsroom is required. TECHNICAL WEATHERCASTER ,....,,, Knowledge of Newstar or INews newsroom computer system would be a plus. ASSISTANT ENGINEERING MANAGER, WEATHERCASTER Rush resume to Jon Rosen, Senior Producer, WANE -TV. FORT WAYNE. IN: News Channel 8, 8 Elm Street, New Haven, KTRK -TV is looking for a Weathercaster. The television station is seeking an applicant with CT 06510. No phone calls please. EEO. Applicants should be familiar with weather com- an in -depth knowledge of broadcast and puter systems including WSI Weather Producer, microwave RF technologies. This position will Doppler Radar with Vipir, Baron Storm Tracker oversee the installation & maintenance of all and other modern weather tools. Candidates NEWS PRODUCER television equipment components and station have a knowledge of weather fore- must good WANE -TV has an immediate opening for a computers or systems. This will call for actual casting, weather patterns and storm coverage. Television News Producer. Must have hands -on work. This position will maintain a Also, must be able to present comprehensive, excellent writing skills, good news judgment and technical staff that will be well trained and knowl- easy to understand weather forecasts and storm be creative. Ideal candidate will have edgeable of applicable technology. The applicant coverage on the air in a professional manner. at least one year's experience at a commercial must show the aptitude to manage people and Prior weather experience is preferred. A college television station or recent college projects, and be a team player. Five years of tel- degree in meteorology or similar field and an graduate with quality news internships. evision technical maintenance experience and a AMS seal are preferred. No phone calls please. Send resume and complete understanding of broadcast and KTRK prefers to deal only with the applicants, references before July 12th to: microwave RF technologies is required. Must and not third parties. Interested applicants Rick Moll, News Director be willing to work flexible hours. No phone calls should rush a resume, references, cover letter WANE -TV to to: please. Send resume Operations Manager, and non -returnable Beta or VHS resume tape 2915 W. State Blvd. WANE -TV, 2915 West State Blvd., Fort Wayne, Dave Strickland Fort Wayne, IN 46808 IN 46808. EOE. News Director WANE TV is an Equal Opportunity Employer KTRK-TV M/F 3310 Bissonnet MARKETING ,'EERS Houston, TX 77005 No phone calls please. PRODUCER Equal Opportunity Employer M /FN /D 1"5,_ New Evening Newscast. Creative producer to Radio & TV Jobs in the Beautiful Northwest! craft a high energy, informative and entertaining Washington State Association of Broadcasters half -hour. Minimum 2 years experience. Rush Job Bank. non -returnable tape and resume to Terri Foley Executive Producer, KLAS -TV. 3228 Channel 8 Phone: 360-705-0774 Fax: 360-705-0873 Visit us ON LINE! www.wsab.org Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89109. EOE.

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METEOROLOGIST / REPORTER NEWS DIRECTOR, JOB CODE #2002- F0027(REVISED POSTING) A rare chance to join a terrific staff committed to INLAND CALIFORNIA TELEVISION NETWORK (ICTN): THIS IS NOT A STATE POSITION - A FOUNDA- delivering the best coverage of severe weather in TION APPLICATION IS REQUIRED: Full -time temporary 'exempt' position, through June 30, 2003 West Michigan. We're losing our weekend mete- (renewable annually). Salary: $4,166.00 per month. Benefits will be provided. Work Schedule:To be arranged. Duties: The incumbent will design, implement and maintain news gathering practices for a start-up regional orologist to a new weekday challenge in another cable television news operation that will serve an initial of nearly million viewers. The large market. News 3's WeatherFirst team has audience one (1) incumbent will serve as liaison with print news operations that will feed content daily to the network. The just been honored with a Michigan Emmy for a incumbent will develop news "budget" and run down in concert with print partners and network news staff: newscast featuring coverage of a major storm. oversee assignments of camera team in concert with print partners and network news staff; oversee We're looking for a meteorologist (AMS seal pre- assignments of camera team in concert with print partners and as needed for "banked" stories. The incumbent ferred) who also excels in reporting and in mak- will edit and prepare copy, rundown for nightly news cast Monday- Friday. The incumbent will coordinate ing frequent appearances at schools and public half -hour program with second anchor, sports anchor and potential live guests. The incumbent will serve events. 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Lawrence Oliver/VP and GROUP PususeLR /212 -463 -6544 Marianne Paskowskl /Geour EDItORIAr Dnlcton /212- 463 -6581 Carol Jordan 'Group OMB EDITORIAL Di(CtOI /212- 463-6582 Curiouser and curiouser William Knight/Goo DESIGN Dlrcctoe /212 -463 -6512 Racle Moon/Dlelctoo of FINANCE /646- 746 -6445 hi dismissing a complaint against WGR(AM) Buffalo, N.Y., the FCC once again has IDnouAL/NEw You demonstrated how inconsistent, and thus indefensible, its indecency -enforcement policy Harry A. Jessell /Epson IN CHlcr /212- 337 -6964 P.J, Bednarski /Emme /212- 337 -6965 is. Indecency calls are in the eye of the beholder and change with the political winds. Stephen McClellan/DEPUTe EDtrot/212- 337 -7023 John M. Higgins /DEPurr Eoltoe/212- 337 -7024 These winds appeared to be blowing from Wonderland. Susan Oualtrough /MaeubuG Eoltoe /212- 463 -6432 Ken Kersch baumer /Assistaet MANAGING Fmroe/212.337.7O1I The FCC has ruled that piss on in reference to promoting urinal guards with NHL Allison Romano /Star Weltre/212. 337.7027 emblazoned on them and inviting listeners to vote for the player they would most like to Linda Moss /CONIAIIuTING Emtoa /212 -463 -6592 P. Llanor Atleyne /EmtomAS ASSISIAel /212- 337 -7141 urinate on were simply a variant of pissed off, and thus not excretory, and thus not DESIGN /NEw YORK Todd J. Gast /Ant DIeECros/212.337 -7017 indecent. Sawed -off little prick also passed muster because, the enforcement bureau said, Miguel Romero/ASSISIANI An Dimwit/212-337.71U

"the word prick was not used to 'describe or depict' a sexual activity or organ but was EDITORIAL /WASHINGTON Donald V. West /ED:toe At IAmGE/202 -463.3701 instead used as a vulgar insult." John S. Eggerton /DEPury Eoltoe /202 -463 -3712 Dan Trigoboff /Ssetoe Eonoe/301 -260.0923 Applying that standard, you can say any of the seven dirty words as long as you are Paige Alhiniak /ASSlstaet EDnoe /202.463 -3708 using them angrily and not descriptively. But hasn't George Carlin's M -word always been Bill McConnell /Assistant Eonoa /202.463.3706 Kim McAeny /CoNreleunNG EDIIOR/540- 341 -4234 an epithet rather than an accusation of incest? Doris Kelly /OBICE MueuGlI /202 -463 -3711 as INTERNET /NEW YORK So, if you say, he is pissed, no problem. Even if you used pissed on an excretory Dave Levin /DIti(TOe Or WEB OPner :one /212- 463 -6736 variant of pissed off (angry), you're still OK. But say pissed on and mean it literally, and it's AoVERnsING /NEw You Paul Audino /PaausweG DuelCroe /212- 337 -7111 forfeiture time. Of course, you don't have to say the word at all, as the FCC has pointed Rob Payne /NAnoinr SALES MANAGER /SPECIAL Peoacts /212- 337 -7022 meaning of Yvonne Pettus /REGIONAL SAID MANAbu/212- 337.6945 out in past indecency rulings: "Innuendo may be patently offensive within the Cheryl Mahon /RtGmxac SALES Manauua /212 -463.6528 our indecency definition if it is understandable and clearly capable of a specific sexual or Dana Levitt /MAntu N6 SERVICES DnECION /212 -463 -6546 Georgina Scutto /ART DIRE(to,,CRIAIIVE SERVICES /212- 337-7154 excretory meaning, which, in context, is inescapable." ADVERTISING /LOS ANGELES Marcia Orcutt/AOviensING Omicron/323-549-4114 Confused? Who wouldn't be? It begins to sound like a Carlin routine itself. For most Eric Low/Stirs CoOnommon /323549 -4113 of our readers, however, it is serious business. In effect, the FCC's doctrine appears to be: Chuck Bolkcom /DIRE(roR Or TECHNOLOGY ADVERTISING 775 -852 -1290; Fax 775. 852 -1291; email: [email protected] "If you say it but don't mean it (piss on, but really mean pissed off ), it's OK, but if you AOYIRTISIN6/ASIA Yukari Media Inc. /Masayuki Harihara mean it and don't say it explicitly, you're in trouble. (Let's pork, for instance, "is a lewd, 81.66956 -1125; Fax 81- 66956 -5015 inescapable reference to sexual intercourse," the FCC told WQAM[AM] Miami in 2000 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING /NEWTON. MASS Kristin Parker /Atrouer UELOnvE /866- 258 -1075 in fining the station for a song parody.) Neil Andrews /Account EstmnvE /866 -258 -1075 St., Newton, Mass. 02458; Fax 617 -630 -3955 So you can be "vulgar" for the sake of being angry, while "vulgarity" for the sake of art 275 Washington EYINTS or social change (think Sarah Jones's "Your Revolution "), can be indecent. What if a Sandy Friedman /Maroon, SPECIAL PeoJccrs /212 -463 -6740 Carolyn Gibson /CONVENTION SERVICES MaNA4n/303-470-4832 groundswell of listeners rose up en masse to defend "Revolution "? Doesn't matter. Steve Labunski /SPEUAI EVENTS SaLCs /212- 889 -6716 "Neither the statute nor our case law permits a broadcaster to air indecent material merely PRODUCTION /NEW YORK David Rice /PRODUCTION MaNAGII/212 -463 -6524 because it is popular," the commission told KBOO -FM, Portland, Ore., which was fined Farrah Aponte/Pa050Cr:on AssIS1aNt /212 -463.6571 CUCukAnoN/NEw Taos for playing the song. But what does that say about community standards? John LaMarca/GRCuunoN Dulnoe /646- 746.7080 The FCC's indecency standard is a joke, but one nobody gets to laugh at since its capri- $UPSCRIPTIONS/DILIYIRY BROADCASTING 8 CARE: 800-554 -5729 ciousness makes it a threat to every broadcaster. The head of the enforcement bureau Online Customer Service: www.pubservice.com/Ch.htm indecency BROADCASTING R CARE YEAnoon: 800 -521.8110 signed off on this decision. It should have been the commissioners, since every TV FAR: 800 -554 -5729, MULTICHANNEL NEeSDAV: 800 -563 -9056 case is precedent for what the industry can and can't say or show. In this case, though, it LISTS/REPRINTS ANNEMalIE LIGRAND /LIST RENIAI/800- 323 -4958 111.2251 might as well have been The Mad Hatter or March Hare. Ton Miains/liteenos/651.582-3800/[email protected]

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