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TOP OF THE WEEK / G Network -affil war over DTV looms Turf war could be Xtreme developing over digital datacasting. / 6 bedfellows Execs desert old media for new ABC's Pat Fili- NBC buys stake Krushel goes to consumer unit of Healtheon/WebMD. 10 in WWF's new / football league, Cable ekes out small gain Ratings for 1Q 2000 rise but TV rights to 2% despite the popularity of 'ilillionaire. / 14 wrestling are AT&T takes control Gf Excite @Home Questions still up for remain about the future of the cable broadband service. / 20 grabs. / 14 WWF Chairman Low-power FM takes hit on Hill House Commerce Vince McMahon Committee scales back FCC plan. / 22 For more late -breaking news, see "ln Brief" on pages 104 -105

TV/Internet/retail packages to ad buyers. / 32 VI-11's upfront, by extension Five series, annual No one will awards show and a movie anthology are unveiled. 34 forget the / horror of Not just cubic zironium Home Shopping Network Columbine, campaign but it also hypes merchandise quality. / 36 was... The TECHNOLOGY / 54 Innovations on tap A selection day TV news of the wares that will be on display at NAB in Las Vegas. / 56 grew Lucent launches fiber net GeoVideo will utilize local PBS Q' stations as production and distribu- up tion hubs. / 62 Grass Valley swallows Vibrint Acquisition moves manufacturer into low -cost digital edit- ing systems. / 68 PanAmSat takes Nef plunge But the company's BROADCASTING / 38 stock dives on lower projected earnings. / ? Making good on diversity pledge Nets cast more minorities, but minority groups are skeptical. / 38 Posting pilots on the Web New sites seek to News crew Freelancers KTTV- turns rescuer pull generate TV concepts with short-form videos online. / 80 TV chopper crew from crash. / 40 These games won't stream, but others do CBS TV news pioneer dies at 86 Sig Mickel - Olympic video highlights won't hit PC screens, but other son established gavel -to -gavel convention coverage, hired events score big with U.S. Web surfers. / 82 C Walter Cronkite. / 50 CABLE. / 32 Changing Hands 85 Editorials 106 Get w /the Program 44 Classifieds 93 Fates & Fortunes 90 Nielsen Ratings 34, 47 Discovery exec sees $5B upfront McGowan Closed Circuit 12 Fifth Estater 88 Station Break 52 says cable will beat broadcast by 2005; network offers Datebook 86 Financial Wrap Up 15 Washington Watch 24

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By Ken Kerschbaumer preference is to partner with CBS affili- ates to establish a national digital foot- Look out: Those data - print that, in addition to the television net- casting deals signed work, can exploit [ancillary] profitable by station groups opportunities for affiliates and CBS with- could be the first shots in in our available digital spectrum." a technological turf war A CBS source says, "There's absolute- between networks and ly no question we intend to be in the dig- affiliates in the next round ital- spectrum business "; Mel Karmazin, of affiliate negotiations. CBS Inc. president, has the network The networks, which studying various multicasting scenarios. have still not announced "Nothing they [affiliates] do should their plans for datacast- preclude them from joining us in per- ing, are nonetheless mak- petuity," said the source. The source ing it clear that they view said iBlast was of particular concern carriage of their data because its model uses more spectrum services as important as than others and may conflict with CBS' carriage of video servic- future multiplexing plans and possibly es. 27 sA even its HDTV plans. But at least major Karpowicz: We need to know if the stations...are going broadcast groups already to go off on their own.' "We want them to work with us and we locked into their own dat- don't want them to go off the reservation." acasting arrangements with Geocast, them from carrying HDTV," he says. CBS will also try to negotiate specific iBlast and the Broadcaster's Digital "The deals require anywhere from 3.7 rights with regard to affiliate spectrum Cooperative, sidestepping the networks to 7 Mb/s for data and you just can't do space in affiliate contracts as they come with which most are affiliated. decent HDTV in the remaining spec- up for renewal. "There's no single for- As affiliates renew their network trum. If you have rapid moving sports mula," says a network source familiar deals, many believe that someday you just can't do it." with the situation. "It's definitely a point they'll essentially get an offer they The upshot? "They may have locked of negotiation," the source continues, might not be able to refuse: Carry our themselves out likening it to the data services, or else. of doing major way its position "As an FCC matter, the primary signal events like the on network com- has the right to the digital spectrum," Super Bowl in pensation pay- says Brandon Burgess, NBC chief finan- HDTV," Seidel ments evolved cial officer. "The way we view it is that adds. But others over the years. there's an understanding that the primary dismiss that pos- "A couple of signal plus any content -related enhance- sibility. years ago, all the ments will be carried and will, frankly, "We've all got networks said benefit both affiliates and viewers." a lot to do to make comp wouldn't go Bob Seidel, CBS vice president of sure that in a mul- up. Then they said engineering, offers a similar view. "In Moonves: (The tichannel universe Frank: `Our goal is it would go down. the past there has been a partnership networks] 'natural our channels are to broadcast the Then we said we preference is to main signal and the didn't believe in it between the network and the stations, partner with CBS chosen," notes enhancements that and that same partnership will carry affiliates.' Alan Bell, presi- come with that.' and they might over to data services," he explains. dent of Freedom even pay us." But a possible complication could be Broadcasting. "A priority for me is not NBC's plans are also being sharpened, the datacasting agreements signed by having a civil war with the networks, and according to Burgess. "We're trying to group owners with third -party datacast- I hope it's a priority for them." take as comprehensive a view of datacast- ers. By committing as much as 7 Mbps Partnership does appear to be the ing as possible, and we've been moving of their digital spectrum to third -party goal. In what looked like a soft volley, slowly, deliberately. But in the next couple datacasting services, station groups may Leslie Moonves, CBS Television presi- of months, we'll develop our vision. We're find themselves bandwidth- challenged dent and CEO, last week sent a letter to wrestling with a fair bit of complexity." to carry network HDTV content and dat- CBS affiliates explaining that the net- One question is how much spectrum acasting services, according to Seidel. work wants to talk about digital plans at datacasters can use without harming "Some of these agreements that sta- its May affiliate meeting in Las Vegas. enhanced television programming. tion groups have signed will preclude Moonves said the network's "natural Mike McCarthy, executive vice presi-

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There hasn't been a show like this in decades! TIP IF TIE WEEK dent and general counsel of A.H. Belo, an investor in Geocast, feels comfort- able that the Belo stations have reserved enough spectrum to pass HDTV con- Execs desert old tent onto viewers. "We haven't commit- ted such a large portion of our spectrum that we won't have flexibility," he says. Adds Bob Marbut, Hearst -Argyle chairman and co -CEO, "There will be media for new certain times when the bandwidth required by Geocast will be very small By Steve McClellan where parent Disney is based, by Sept. and we could do HD. All of us want to 30. Of the 100 executives, 45 have said protect core product lines, and HDTV pat Fili- Krushel admits, a month they will relocate and 55 have decided is part of that mix." ago she hadn't even heard of to leave the company. But the network, Claims by both sides will be part of Healtheon/WebMD. Now, she's and most of its employees, will remain what could be an interesting new chapter running its consumer division of Web based in New York. to affiliate negotiations. "I think it's fair sites, TV programs and a cable network. Fili- Krushel is the most senior of to say that the complexity level of DTV "With traditional media, it's ready, those opting out. Last year Alan is an order of magnitude greater than it aim, fire," CBS Inc. President Mel Kar- Wurtzel, the company's senior research was before and, by definition, things get mazin observed recently. "With new and business development executive, trickier in terms of negotiations," says media, it's fire." Indeed, Fili- Krushel's jumped to NBC. Earlier this year, Marbut. "The question will be: Are there resignation last week from the presiden- David Downs, a senior administrator good business reasons for both sides to cy of the ABC Television Net- on Fili- Krushel's staff, left for a talk and work something out?" work to join those charting New York -based job at Uni- John Greene, Capitol Broadcasting the frontiers of cyberspace, vision. Valerie Schaer, a vice president, says his company has is one indication of just daytime senior vice investigated a number of datacasting how fast -moving the president, left for USA options, and also has its own datacasting new -media world is. Networks. venture, DTVPIus. One thing is certain: But Fili- Krushel's Disney president the station groups will have tight control departure also spot- Robert Iger named over their digital spectrum. "The sta- lights the growing exo- Alex Wallau as acting tions are going to guard their data dus of old -media exec- head of the network stream carefully," he says. "We would utives looking for new until a permanent like to retain at least some of the band- challenges and rewards in replacement is found. width for local data, because we think the world of new media. Sources say Iger will proba- there will be some opportunities there It's a trend that experts see bly name someone to the and we'll be reluctant to give that up" growing as the potential of ABC's Pat Fili- post of ABC Inc. first and let Krushel left the Some affiliate agreements have already new media is spelled out in network to head the that executive deal with fill- involved datacasting, albeit vaguely. specific business plans. consumer unit of ing the network vacancy. Burgess adds that recent agreements have Scores of former traditional Healtheon/WebMD. Iger may also rethink the been firm in terms of network carriage but media executives have current structure at ABC, include language of good -faith partnering already made the leap. Why all the sources say. A reorganization is possi- for future business models. defectors? According to executive ble, but that has not been decided yet. It's this impact on today's affiliate recruiter Brad Marks, it's not for the Robert Callahan is said to be high on negotiations that makes Paul Karpow- perks. "They're trading in the company the list of candidates for the ABC Inc. icz, head of the CBS TV affiliate board cars and the first -class travel for a job, sources say. Another possibility is of governors, urge groups to open a chance to buy the airplane," he says. the return of Steven Bornstein to that dialogue with networks on the issue. But it's more than just greed, he adds. post. Bornstein held the post briefly "It's going to be important for all the "Many of them have been doing the before being named to head Go.com, affiliate organizations to get with their same old thing for so long, and they've Disney's Internet portal company. But networks to try and figure out exactly reached a certain level of success and others say it would take some strong what plans are being made and to start are looking for a new challenge. They convincing on Iger's part for Disney negotiations," he says. "We need to get turned on to a new business and head Michael Eisner to bless a return of know if the stations and networks are develop a real passion for it." Bornstein to his old post. going to be together on this, or are the In Fili- Krushel's case, a new opportu- "What they said to me was they need stations going to go off on their own." nity was part of the reason for her move. some grown -ups over here to run a busi- Alan Frank, Post-Newsweek presi- But she also decided that moving to the ness," says Fili- Krushel of those dent and chairman of the NBC affiliate West Coast -per a plan to move most of approached her. "They've been so busy board of governors, is confident of a ABC's senior executives there by year's so quickly putting together things. solution. "I don't know why we couldn't end -was not in the best interests of her They've been making one deal after work something out," he says. "We or her family. another for the past 18 months, and they haven't seen network plans, but our goal ABC has targeted some 200 posi- really need someone that can run it and is to broadcast the main signal and the tions -half of them executive slots -to execute." Thus, she said, "I decided to enhancements that come with that." relocate from New York to Burbank, bet on myself. I'm excited."

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Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC sports, hopes CLOSED CIRCUIT the XFL will bring in hordes BEHIND THE SCENES, BEFORE THE FACT of male viewers. LOS ANGELES Upping the ante on the other net- works, Fox executives say they are Minority groups going to make the post a senior vice target WB, UPN president and site the magnitude of The minority coalition that pushed the position and the size of Fox's the Big Four networks into ground- studio and network. Fox has hired breaking diversity agreements is East Coast executive search firm focusing on UPN and The WB, as Berkhemer /Clayton to fill the post. well as on filling new diversity posts Minority leaders are concerned at ABC, CBS and Fox. Leaders from that ABC is not appointing a person Latino, African- American and Asian- at the vice -president level to over- American organizations say that, over see diversity. ABC is the only net- Xtreme the next few months, they will focus work that already had an executive on getting the netlets to sign pacts overseeing diversity initiatives, a similar to those of the Big Four. director of diversity, who has been Alex Nogales, president of Los in place for five years. That person bedfellows Angeles -based National Hispanic is currently Cheeneah Armstrong, Media Coalition, says they might who has been in the post two years. NBC takes a stake in have to take a different tack with WWF's XFL; TV rights for Viacom's UPN and Time Warner's WASHINGTON wrestling are up for grabs The WB. "These are diversified Please stand by companies that have a lot of net- TV stations will not be required to works, cable and broadcast, so we By Deborah D. McAdams provide live captioning of emer- are likely going to look at them as gency broadcasts but will have to a whole and not just at UPN and Grappling over wrestling rights provide on- screen descriptions of The WB," Nogales says. "It is our reached a fever pitch last week. essential information so that the expectation that we will be able to First NBC took a 50% stake in the hearing- impaired will stay ade- meet with the chairs at both corpo- World Wrestling Federation's embryon- quately informed during storms rations. They know that having a ic Xtreme Football League. And as the and other disasters, under a rule the diversified workforce creates diver- week ended, television rights to the FCC is expected to approve at its sified products, and that in the WWF's Raw Is War and Sunday Night April 13 meeting. long-term, it's just good business." HEAT remained up for bids, with specu- Broadcasters have lobbied Spokesmen for The WB, UPN and lation at least as rabid as the fans. against live- captioning mandates their parent companies say they One source at the Viacom -CBS con- during emergency coverage, arguing have not been contacted by any of glomeration said the company offered to that stations would shy away from the minority organizations. take a $100 million equity stake in the comprehensive disaster coverage if Karen Narasaki, of the Washing- WWF in exchange for a chance to take they were required to provide ton-based National Asian- Pacific Raw and HEAT from USA Network, closed captioning of everything American Legal Consortium, says where they have become the highest broadcast. Instead, the FCC will lay her organization is looking closely rated shows on basic cable. CBS would out specific information that must at The WB and UPN. "I think both run both on TNN, along with XFL games be provided on- screen, such as of these networks are slightly differ- not picked up by NBC, the source said. evacuation routes, shelter locations ent cases, and I think UPN has been But another industry source familiar with and other critical information. the negotiations said Viacom -CBS by no a little better than some of the other means has a lock on the properties. networks," she says. "The WB has NEW YORK CBS had no comment, but sources obviously gone after African-Amer- stressed that no formal offer had been ican viewers, but not much else." Diamond diversity made as of last Friday. WWF Chairman Coalition members say they are NBC is taking its programming Vince McMahon said last Wednesday still waiting on three of the Big diversity mandate to the ballpark that CBS was still very much in the Four to assign positions of at least this week with a special on Latino running, and that a deal would be final vice-president level to oversee the Americans' contributions to base- within 30 days. diversity initiatives. NBC early on ball. The hour show, from Major USA had the exclusive lease on that appointed wNnc -TV executive Paula League Baseball Productions, will property for the last 14 years, but WWF Madison as vice president, diversi- air April 8 at 2:30 p.m. Baseball Chairman Vince McMahon let it be ty. CBS executives say a vice presi- fan Hector Elizondo (Chicago known in January that he would consider dent will likely be named within Hope), who is narrating, will dub shifting the rights to a new equity partner. the next several weeks. English and Spanish versions. 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NEWS, SPORTS, BUSINESS, WEATHER, POLITICS, ENTERTAINMENT, TECHNOLOGY TOP OF THE WEEK right of refusal. Losing wrestling knocks the XFL, the stock had fallen steadily uct on the field and give it the kind of at least two -tenths of a rating point from since the WWF went public last Octo- promotion that's been successful for USA's average prime time rating. ber. After opening at $34, the price hit the WWF," he said. NBC passed on wrestling because it $9.75 in February, partly due to McMa- Pilson was at CBS when it consid- wasn't right for the network, said Scott hon's comment at the time that if Wall ered starting its own league after losing Sassa, NBC's West Coast president. Streeters didn't like the XFL play, they the NFL in 1994. The XFL, billed as "smash- mouth" could "kiss my ass." The stock has "I fully understand what Dick [Eber- football, is a different story. NBC is since recovered some ground. sol] and Ken [Schanzer] are doing at looking to drag in legions of young The XFL will initially consist of NBC," he said, "risking money on a males to its lonely Saturday night eight teams in major cities throughout property in which they have a 50% schedule. If anyone knows how to do the U.S. NBC intends to run the first equity position, instead of losing that, it's McMahon, Sassa said. XFL game April 21, 2001. money on something they have no NBC took a 3 %, $30 million stake in Neal Pilson, president of Pilson equity in, which is their assessment of the WWF to cement the deal, paying Communications and former president the NFL television deal." $13 each for 2.3 million shares. WWF of CBS Sports, said the challenge for Ebersol said NBC would have lost stock was trading at $16.75 Friday NBC is reconciling the theatrics of the about $100 million a year on the current afternoon. Until February, when WWF with legitimate football. NFL contract, which is the estimated McMahon announced the formation of "They'll have to put a quality prod- amount it will take to start up the XFL. Cable ekes out small gain Ratings for I Q 2000 up slightly despite `Millionaire' affair

By Deborah D. McAdams from a 0.7 to a 0.6. ESPN's day actually while the basic cable juggernauts were went from a .65 to a .64, Bulgrin said. down. Both TBS and TNT suffered, but Basic cable whittled out a 2% Bravo, MTV, Sci -Fi and FX were TNT took it on the nose with a 27% slip increase in prime time ratings in winners in the quarterly ratings race, from 1Q '99. Basketball and wrestling first quarter, 2000 compared to were the culprits. NBA ratings were the same period last year, All six broad- about half what they were last year. cast networks dropped by the same Turner's World Championship Wrestling amount, despite the wild popularity of Chutes and ladders was off by around 35 %. TNT still man- ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Prime time (Mon. -Sun., 8- 11p.m.) average aged to come in fifth among basic cable Cable squeaked out a collective 23.7 total audience ratings for 10 '00. Biggest per- networks for prime time, with a 1.6 rat- rating /38 share for the quarter, corn- centage increases and losses. Ratings reflect ing on the strength of theatricals. pared to a 23.2 rating /38 share last network's universe. USA still held the No. 1 position with Avg. IQ % change all but 27 top-rated shows for the year, according to Nielsen Media Network rating from 1Q'99 one of Research data. The six broadcast net- quarter. USA's WWF programs held 24 works did a 38.6/62 this year, com- of those spots. Two USA movies, The pared to a 39.3/63 last year. Mary Kay Letourneau Story and Cabin Court TV was once again the big by the Lake came in 25th and 27th. Only winner, posting a 200% gain with a 0.6 a prehistoric beast beat out the cult of in prime time, compared to a 0.2 last the WWF. Discovery's Raising the year. Court's fortunes are the master- Mammoth was the highest -rated pro- work of Henry Schleiff, the president gram of the quarter on basic cable. and CEO, who glamorized the network Even with USA's ubiquity among with acquired dramas and new enter- top -rated programs, the network slid tainment series. Schleiff often points Mon. -Sun., total day average rating for 10 '00. 8% in prime, from a 2.6 to a 2.4. "Five out it's not difficult to improve ratings Avg. 1Q % change of our 21 prime time hours are Walker "when you start out with hash marks." Network rating from 1Q'98 Texas Ranger... it's still averaging a 2.3, ESPN's peripheral coverage of NBA which is great for cable, but last year it highlights pulled down its total day rat- was a 2.8. It's still a great number, but ing, according to Artie Bulgrin, vice TV Guide Channel 0.3 50% it's just not exceptional," said Ray Gia- Food Network 0.3 50% president of research and sales develop- copelli, vice president of research for ment for ESPN. Women left, but men Histor Channel 0.6 20% USA Cable. Walker gets replaced by 18 -34 actually increased by 21 %. Bul- Nash Bridges later this year, he said. grin also pointed out a fundamental CNBC registered the biggest per- qualm many networks have with centage loss in prime time with a 43% Nielsen's data, particularly when it does- drop, from a 0.7 to a 0.4. Other news by n't work in their favor. Because Nielsen CNN 0.4 -33% networks were bolstered presiden- rounds to the nearest one -tenth of a rat- tial debates. CNBC's business day Source: Nielsen Media Research ing point, ESPN's daytime fell 14 %, remained constant at a 0.4.

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The George Foster Peabody Award will go to 36 recipients this year-the highest number of win- ners in its 59 -year history. But commercial radio was no prize. "It's very disappointing," said Neil L. Aronstam, chairman of the National Advisory Board, last week. "We did not award a single radio Peabody to a commercial station." The University of Georgia's Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications, which admin- isters the award, has doubled its efforts to reach out to the commercial radio stations and kept nomination fees at The lineup (l -r): Barry Sherman, Peabody Awards director; Vincent Pastore, of the $150, instead of $250, which it charges 1999 award winner The Sopranos'; Matt Lauer, emcee of the awards show: 'Soprano' TV entrants. Dominic Chianese; and Neil Aronstam. chairman of the awards. Among the winners were NBC's new drama series, The West Wing and Edwards; CBS News; Bob Simon for Century of African- American Arts; HBO's The Sopranos. In addition, International reporting for CBS News, BBC, London in association with PBS ABC News won for its 24 -hour cover- New York; WAGA -TV Atlanta for Singled for The Life of Birds by David Attenbor- age of the millennial New Year's Eve Out; Manila, Philippines, for Investiga- ough; Home Box Office, New York for from around the world, titled ABC tive reporting by GMA Network; ABC Good Night Moon & Other Sleepytime 2000. ESPN's SportsCentury retro- News, New York for ABC News 20/20: Tales; ABC, Storyline Entertainment, spective on major athletic endeavors Those Were Our Children. Columbia TriStar Television Inc. and and personalities of the 20th century MTV Networks, New York for BIO- Chris Montan Productions in associa- was honored as well. rhythm; Brook Lapping Productions tion with Walt Disney Television for WcPO -Tv Cincinnati was lauded for for Channel 4 London for Playing the Annie; VH1 Public Affairs for VHI its investigation into the construction China Card; Public Affairs Television Save the Music Campaign; Home Box of two new stadiums in the city. WAGA- for Facing the Truth with Bill Moyers; Office and Brillstein -Grey Entertain- Tv Atlanta got a Peabody for its reports A TWI/Carlton co- production for ITV, ment for The Sopranos. on racial profiling. London, for The Second World War in CBS, Televest, Columbia TriStar This year 1,234 entries were judged Colour; ESPN, Bristol, Conn., for Television in association with Drey- by a National Advisory board made up ESPN SportsCentury; Florentine full/James Productions for Having Our of 15 members from academic, jour- Films in association with WETA -TV Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 nalistic and communications back- Washington D.C. for Not For Our- Years; Showtime and Haft Entertain- grounds. Video and radio productions selves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth ment for Strange Justice; A Yorkshire can be entered in seven categories: Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony; A Television Production for ExxonMobil news, documentary, entertainment, Frontline co- production with 10/20 Masterpiece Theatre: Lost for Words; education, programming for children, Productions Presented on PBS for Home Box Office, a Spanky Pictures public service and an individual/insti - Frontline: The Lost Children of Rock- Production in association with Ellen tutional/organizational category. Win- dale County; Home Box Office Sports, M. Krass Productions for A Lesson ners are chosen solely on merit. New York for Dare to Compete: The Before Dying; Thirteen/WNET New The awards will be emceed by Matt Struggle of Women in Sports; River- York for City Life; Wall to Wall Televi- Lauer, co -anchor of NBC's Today Show, side Films, New York for Arguing the sion, Ltd., BBC, Carlton Television May 22, at the Waldorf-Astoria in New World; a Mentorn Barraclough Carey presented on PBS by WGBH -TV Boston York. The awards program is co -spon- Production for Channel 4, London for for ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre: sored by BROADCASTING & CABLE. The Valley. A Rather English Marriage; NBC, Below is a list of winners: Home Box Office Sports, New York John Wells Productions in association National Public Radio and The for Fists of Freedom: The Story of the with Warner Bros. Television for The Kitchen Sisters for Lost & Found; '68 Summer Games; BBC News, Lon- West Wing; C -SPAN Washington D.C. Smithsonian Productions for The Mis- don for Murder in Purdah; Blackside for American Presidents: Life Por- sissippi: River of Song; National Public Inc., in association with Thirteen/ traits; and Sheila Nevins, Home Box Radio for Morning Edition with Bob WNET for I'll Make Me A World: A Office for personal award.

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'..TU DI'L15 USA---` A DRAMATIC NEW REALITY FOR ACCESS ^JlOCb SNCIos UlP.. w421ptrnl8saveC TOP OF THE WEEK Comcast and Cox will preserve Excite @Home customers as of 2002, agreeing not to "re- market" them to AT&T takes control competing ISPs, according to George Bell, Excite @Home president and CEO. "Through 2008, Excite @Home is going to be there," he said. "But at Excite @Home AT &T has freedom to put other portals up in that environment." Restated MSO support still leaves questions about future Bruce Leichtman, analyst for the Yankee Group, viewed the restructur- By Richard Tedesco "There's very little downside to Cox ing as bald -faced strategy to prop up and Comcast. If AT &T doesn't use this Excite @Home's sagging stock price, The MSO partners of Excite@ to build a stronger service, they do have which slumped in the last six months Home presented a unified front a lucrative way out." from about $100 to about $30. It closed with the cable broadband service The MSO executives emphasized above $30 last week. "They threw a life last week, masking months of tensions their united approach. "It's really a preserver out to their investment," said as AT &T took charge. renewed commitment by AT &T, Cox Leichtman. And observers saw plenty of room and Comcast to both our broadband With the restructuring, Excite@ for rifts to develop in the revamped business and technology as well as Home has abandoned plans for a track- relationship between the companies. Excite @Home," said C. Michael ing stock. It was a complex turn of events: AT &T Armstrong, AT &T chairman and Major strategic issues loom, includ- upped its share of Excite @Home stock to CEO. ing AT &T skepticism about the Excite 74% from 58 %, while Cox Communica- "It really streamlines the decision - portal- acquired by @Home for $6.7 tions and Comcast Corp. gave up their making for the company," said David billion -to @Home's broadband serv- board seats and veto control. But if they Woodrow, Cox senior vice president of ice. "The question is whether owning don't like AT &T's tack, they can opt to business development. "It allows us to the Excite piece is still important," said cash in the 30 million shares they each be very focused in growing [Excite@ Jupiter's Laszlo. "I do think there's own in Excite@ Home]." potential for tension" Home at a mini- mum of $48 per share between January 2001 and June 2002 or `Forgive or Forget' trade for AT &T stock. All three of the MSOs extended about it, it's going their relationships Armstrong: 'It's with Excite@ By Melissa Grego hosted by Mother Love, who was really a renewed Home, with AT&T replaced midway through this season commitment by AT &T, Cox and agreeing to dis- Twentieth Television's syndicated by Robin Givens in an attempt to inject Comcast.' tribute the service relationship strip, Forgive or For- some life into the ratings and to draw a through 2008 and get, became the first major younger demographic. Forgive or Cox and Comcast committing to follow strip to be canceled for the fall Forget has earned a 1.6 nation- suit through 2006. But Cox and Comcast when it ceased production al household average rating can opt to end their exclusivity agreements Friday. season -to -date. In the with Excite @Home in June 2002. The studio says that recently concluded Febru- Some analysts view the restructuring episodes will continue to be ary sweeps, the show as the opposite of a ringing endorse- provided to stations earned a 1.4 rating, a 26% ment for Excite @Home. through the end of the cur- drop from last year's 1.9 Tom Wolzien, media analyst for San- rent broadcast season, with February sweeps rating. ford Bernstein & Co., sees the deal as originals lasting through the The cancellation opens an opportunity for America Online as May sweeps rating period. up shelf space for the fall on the exclusivity options come up. "It "The economics of such a many UPN affiliates across really is a trade of @Home's exclusivi- major enterprise make it the country. For example, ty for some sort of long -term agreement impossible to continue Robin Givens, who the show currently airs on that will give it an opportunity to sur- beyond its current commit- was brought in to UPN affiliates wwoR -Tv vive with AT &T and others," he said. ment without gaining high- succeed Mother Love, New York, at 4 p.m.; "But it opens up the door for AOL at a er ratings in a very short did not draw the RcoP(TV) Los Angeles, at 10 desired ratings. point when cable's modems will be at period of time. It was a dif- a.m.; wPwR -Tv Chicago, at their maximum growth" ficult decision to make," 1 p.m.; wPSG-TV Philadel- Joe Laszlo, broadband analyst for said Twentieth in a statement . phia, at noon; and ICPHK -TV San Francis - Jupiter Communications, said, The sophomore show was originally co, also at noon.

20 BROADCASTING & CABLE / APRIL 3, 2000 ertalnrrient, Inc. All rights ressrved. TOP OF THE WEEK reluctant to tramp on the turf of other government branches. Though the Sen- ate bill is backed by powerful lawmak- ers, such as Banking Chairman Phil Gramm and Budget Chairman Pete Domenici, FCC officials hope the Sen- Group Five ate as a whole will be less likely to go along with a plan that would strip the FCC's traditional authority to set inter- ( ,Iunthiz: ference standards. Indiana Clinton administration officials and

Lou i sana Vice President Al Gore say they sup- Maine port the FCC's plan, but have not said Mariana I>,anú. whether the president would veto the \lam !and current bill. flkïah( oma xlc Nand With the bill's fate far from decided, ttal the FCC is moving forward with plans to get stations on the air. Last week, Kennard and Commissioner Gloria Tris- tan led the FCC lottery to decide which of five state groups would be the first to receive low -power outlets. The winners: a Alaska, California, the District of Uncertainty about the fate of the low -power FM service didn't stop FCC Chairman Bill Columbia, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Kennard and Commissioner Gloria Tristani from kicking off the LPFM lottery last Islands, Maryland, week to determine which states would get first crack at the new stations. Maine, Mariana Oklahoma, Rhode Island and Utah. Applications for those markets will be accepted in May, and licenses granted by early September. Applications for Low -power FM four other market groups will be accept- ed in staggered dates. Under the revised bill, new low - power stations could be created but only under the FCC's long- standing takes hit on Hill channel separation requirements. The FCC, to make sure that a substantial House Commerce Committee scales back FCC plan number of low-power stations were cre- ated in top markets, voted in January to By Bill McConnell merce Committee's plan could cut that let them locate on third- adjacent chan- number by 75 %, the agency said. nels to existing full -power stations. Rather than shoot the FCC's low - FCC Chairman William Kennard The relaxed standards angered many power radio initiative out of the said the compromise will do little more GOP lawmakers, who accused the FCC air, Capitol Hill opponents chose than hurt community groups, schools, of rushing the initiative without ade- to clip its wings. churches and other noncommercial quate testing. Kennard counters that the A late -hour compromise, brokered outfits that would have been permitted agency has conducted extensive tests shortly before the House Commerce to launch the stations. "The only real and has received a battery of data from Committee's March 29 vote on legisla- interference to low -power FM radio is industry and low -power proponents. tion intended to kill the agency's new from high -priced Washington lobby- But more real -world testing is need- FM radio service, will instead drasti- ists," he said in a written statement. ed, said Rep. Heather Wilson (R- cally cut the number of low -power sta- Though the bill falls short of the N.M.), who brokered the compromise tions the FCC could license. That's broadcast industry's drive to kill low with Rep. John Dingell (D- Mich.), the because it would reverse the FCC's power, the compromise still gives the panel's ranking Democrat. "What mat- decision to relax channel separation National Association of Broadcasters ters is what happens to a car radio in a requirements. much of what it wants. "I think we 1975 Chevy pickup," she said. What's more, the panel voted to should be very happy," said NAB coun- The Commerce Committee's bill restrict the commission's authority to sel Jack Goodman. also would allow the FCC to conduct a alter interference safeguards in the future. Enactment is still a long way off. nine -city trial using the agency's If enacted, the bill would bar the FCC Supporters of the bill, including spon- relaxed interference standards and to from relaxing existing safeguards requir- sor Rep. Michael Oxley (R- Ohio), con- report results by Feb. 1, 2001. ing the second and third channels adja- cede that a bruising floor fight would But the FCC's supporters said low - cent to existing stations to remain clear. have resulted if the panel voted to kill power stations will have insufficient The FCC's plan would have created low power outright. But their effort to lobbying clout to convince Congress to up to 400 low -power outlets in the dodge a floor fight may not pay off in relax standards permanently, no matter country's top 60 markets, but the Com- the Senate, which is generally more what the FCC's results show.

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choose between clear requirements for FCC gets digital earful noncommercial public affairs and chil- dren's programming, or to be absolved Public interest wish lists presented; broadcasters balk of public interest obligations by paying into a fund that would support inde- By Bill McConnell est,' in many cases they are little more pendent noncommercial programming. than recycled versions of the regulatory Media Access Project (MAP) also Broadcasters are still trying to fig- policies of another era," wrote CBS. said the FCC should set minimum stan- ure out how to use their digital "Nothing inherent in digital technolo- dards for currently existing obligations spectrum's vast potential, and gy requires a different or more expansive that will be transferred to digital sta- interest groups seeking greater civic public- interest analysis than currently tions and called for stations to face duties for TV stations in the computer applied to analog television," said the expanded requirements for video - age have plenty of suggestions. National Association of Broadcasters. description services and stronger equal After a half decade of congressional Supporters of new obligations say employment opportunity obligations. debates and inconclusive haggling with- the potential for multiple channels and To protect children from online TV in a government- appointed advisory lucrative new business gives stations shopping services, the Center for panel, the industry and public advocates more flexibility and a duty to beef up Media Education asked the FCC to last week finally made their cases to the their public- service offerings. prohibit links to advertising or sales on regulators who actually will decide what "Broadcasters' abysmal perform- Web sites during children's program- new public interest obligations, if any, ance providing coverage of issues of ming and to prevent broadcasters from will be imposed on digital TV stations. local concern exemplifies the need for collecting information from children. Public advocacy groups proffered a a rulemaking to clearly define their The State Broadcasters Associations litany of requirements for the FCC's con- obligations," said the Benton Founda- noted that stations would be discour- sideration, including free airtime for tion. Benton noted that a five -year-old aged from developing new products if political candidates, improved closed study of newscasts in 19 cities showed ancillary channels were saddled with captioning and other services for the dis- that local newscasts are increasingly their own obligations, as MAP wants. abled, and specific local programming relying on breaking news, planned CBS added that any justification for quotas. Broadcasters oppose any expan- events and out -of -town feeds rather imposing duties on pay -per -view and sion of their public- service obligations. than conducting investigations and spe- subscription products is negated by the "Although these proposals are cial series. The groups urged the FCC 5% fee on revenue established by the advanced in the name of the `public inter- to require digital broadcasters to FCC under congressional order.

Lawmakers eye pending merger The pending merger of WASHINGTON WATCH Gemstar and TV Guide has the potential to damp- By Bill McConnell & John Eggerton en competition among on- screen TV program Hill to examine DTV Broadcasting, NBC and hardship, in that radio sta- guides, leaders of the Sen- standards fight others. Sinclair says the tions may incur consider- ate Antitrust Subcommit- European COFDM stan- able copyright liability," tee warned last week. House Telecommunications dard should be an option for the trade association said Sens. Mike DeWine (R- Subcommittee Chairman U.S. broadcasters. Uncer- in a suit filed with the fed- Ohio) and Herb Kohl (D- Billy Tauzin (R-La.) plans Kohl), the panel's chairman tainty over 8 -VSB intensi- eral court in Manhattan. to hold hearings "sometime and ranking Democrat, fied two weeks ago when The NAB 's legal action this spring" on digital tele- urged regulators to "careful- the industry's standards -set- was meant to head off two vision standards. Tauzin ly scrutinize" the deal. federal Copyright Office has said the current debate ting committee grudgingly Mowing Gemstar, which at over the DTV modulation conceded the standard may proceedings launched holds key program -guide standard reminds him of have to be re- examined. the request of the Record- patents, to acquire TV DTV ing Industry of America. disputes over the dis- Double dipping Guide, a licensor of pro- play format. "Clearly, Billy The Copyright Office is gram-guide services, could has some concerns about a The National Association considering an RIAA peti- diminish Gemstar's willing- hodgepodge of standards," of Broadcasters last week tion asking the agency to ness to license technology to said Tauzin's spokesman filed suit to stop the rule that copyright liability rival program -guide Ken Johnson. recording industry from applies to Webcasts as providers, the lawmakers The FCC - approved 8- seeking extra royalties well as traditional radio said in letters to Joel Klein, VSB DTV transmission from radio stations' Web broadcasts. Comments to the Justice Department's standard has been called simulcasting. "NAB mem- the Copyright Office are antitrust chief, and FCC into question by Sinclair bers may face substantial due by April 17. Chairman William Kennard.

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When Littleton, Colo., played out in real time before local and officials held a Newspeople, national network cameras created an "Take Back Our indelible image for television. School" rally to recalling the commemorate those A new sensitivity? who were killed at the Columbine High Today, neither Littleton nor the media School, they decided not to name the horrors of are the same. The massacre prompted a victims new level of debate over the influence But at least one grieving mother, of television on such tragedies. But, Phyllis Velasquez, whose son, Kyle, Littleton, are that day, no one could argue the power was among the victims, wanted to hear of television to bring the tragedy of her son's name again, KUSA -TV Denver learning to put Columbine into living rooms across the anchor Kim Christiansen recalled. country. "We ran their names and their pic- "At the beginning, we were focused tures that night, on TV," Christiansen saving lives first on our community," said KCNC -TV Den- said. Later, Velasquez called Chris- ver News Director Angie Kucharski. tiansen with a message that left the "It wasn't until a bit later that we real- anchor in tears. Around Christmas By Dan Trigoboff ized the magnitude of the story and its time, the Velasquez family brought significance around the country and gifts to the station. The murders of a teacher and 12 stu- around the world." Not everyone connected with the dents by two other Columbine students Bob Longo remembers watching the tragedy has such kind regard for the who eventually killed themselves a year Littleton coverage live, while working news media. But given the scope of the ago this month held a national televi- in Buffalo, and saying to himself, "I event, television news coverage of sion audience transfixed and somber. can't believe this is actually happen- Columbine was more careful than Clearly, it was not the first tragedy cov- ing." Now the news director at wTAE- crazed. And in live coverage of other ered live, nor was it the first school Tv Pittsburgh, he had the same feeling outbreaks of mayhem since, TV news shooting. But the combination of chil- six weeks ago, when his own station seems to be behaving responsibly, mak- dren in the crossfire, a comfortable sub- went live to cover a racially charged ing the lives of the threatened, not beats urban venue, vivid and memorable rampage and police standoff. or the sensational story, its top priority. images, and an unpredictable drama "A lot of communities have been

26 BROADCASTING & CAELE / APRIL 3, 2000 COVER STORY through something like this," he said. "Littleton was the one that crystallized across the country that news directors had better prepare for something like this." Similarly, news directors and gener- Assessing responsibility al managers in Baltimore said that How decide on coverage of school threats: Columbine was on their minds when a journalists gunman held three people hostage for Advice and warnings four days last month. Local news there was both criticized and praised for fol- Smce the shootings at Columbine Be careful about the tone of coverage. lowing police recommendations in High School in Littleton, Colo., a Avoid words like "chaos," "terror," and ... both reporting and not reporting certain rash of bomb threats at schools has "mayhem." They are subjective words. parts of the lengthy crisis for fear of led to early dismissals, dog- sniffing Play it straight. Tone down your teases and agitating a man believed to have searches and a debate on the role of local leads and graphics. The tone of what you already killed four people. media in covering such events. The Poyn- report should not contradict the careful Clearly, too, Columbine was on the ter Institute's Al Tompkins offers these reporting of facts you include in your sto- minds of newspeople in San Antonio coverage guidelines: ries. Think carefully before "going live" in when fired a last November, shots at What is my journalistic duty in report- covering these stories. You have less edito- school custodian's truck in an apparent ing this story? rial control in live situations. The empha- episode of road rage was initially What do our viewers need to know? What sis on live coverage may deflect the atten- reported as another school shooting. is the threat to life or property? What are tion these stories deserve. A lead story car- "We cover school shootings more ries different weight from a story that is than we ever did, maybe more than we the consequences of the event itself? How deeper in the newscast. How can you justi- should," said Dennis Murray, executive significant is the evacuation and the inter- fy the positioning of your coverage? producer for Fox News Channel day- ruption of normal life in your communi- time programming. "There were school ty? What is the impact this event has on Cover the process more than the events. shootings before Littleton, but this was the ability of law enforcement or emer- What thought are you giving to the bigger the peak. Without Columbine, there gency crews to respond to other calls? issues involved in this story? How easy is it would have been a lot of stories in the What else is this story about? What is the for schools, the phone company or cops to past year that would only have been story behind the story? (In some cases, track down a threatening caller? How seri- covered locally." racial slurs and threats have been sprayed ously are violators treated? Have you ever Added Barbara Cochran, president on school walls.) followed one of these cases through the News Direc- of the Radio -Television What are the possible consequences of legal system to find out what happens? How tors Association, "It was a signal to my actions and decisions? many bomb threats did police handle last everybody that this kind of story could Reporting a false threat could lead to year? How many resulted in prosecution? happen anywhere, that there were some How many of those prosecuted went to jail would have to copycat threats, or reporting arrests might things news people or were actually punished? What was the decide instantaneously. It naturally set discourage such threats by showing the extent of the punishment? Do your schools off a discussion in newsrooms about consequences of threatening others. Other or what to do. It's led to modifications in consequences might include raising the have caller ID systems in place? Do they the way stations have covered subse- public's level of insecurity when it is not should they record incoming phone calls? quent events. Many stations have used warranted. Repeated broadcasting of Minimize harm. our guidelines [sent out by RTNDA bomb hoaxes can have the effect of "cry- We sometimes cause harm in the process previously and again following Colum- ing wolf," and the public becomes less of performing our journalistic duty, but it bine] and have developed their own responsive when actual danger arises. But should be only the harm we can justify. written plans." the reporting on the volume and range of Special care should be taken when cover- threats could inform viewers and listeners The danger of live TV ing juveniles. You should carefully consid- about the pressures under which police er whether placing a prank phone call war- Bob Steele, who specializes in media and school officials labor. It could be rants naming a juvenile. In one instance in ethics as well as crisis coverage for important for the public to understand upstate New York, a TV station could not broadcasters at the Poynter Institute, why officials react as they do. talk with the juvenile suspected of placing notes the grim lessons of the tragedy. inter- "We learn from each of these situa- How do you explain your decisions to the prank phone call, so the station tions," he pointed out. "We learn about your staff and to your viewers? viewed the suspect's teen -age brother. high quality and vigorous coverage, and How could you justify your decisions What harm do we cause by sending a news we learn about the danger of missteps. about where and how you play stories photographer to a school that has been In Columbine, we confronted the danger about bomb threats in your newscasts? threatened by a caller? of putting on the air live the voices of How much discussion have you had in Thoughtful stations hold these conver- those trapped within the crisis. your newsroom about your coverage? sations about coverage before they are "The story reaffirmed for us the great Which experts or persons outside your faced with a crisis. Front -end decision - danger of certain elements of live cov- newsroom could you contact to get their making that includes many voices in the erage of a breaking crisis. When [stu- perspectives about how you should treat conversation results in fuller and more dent] Patrick Ireland was seen falling this story? thoughtful coverage. out of that window, my concern was not

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Calls were taken from students and sensitive reporting, the coverage For the few mistakes they made, which equipped with cell phones, sometimes also came to symbolize some of the they have admitted, they did a lot of revealing their locations within the problems that accompany technological things really well." school and potentially exposing them advances in both newsgathering and While stations were careful not to to additional danger. (At least one call was a hoax.) RTNDA's crisis -coverage guide- lines, written by Steele, begin, "Always assume that the hostage taker, gunman Media violence off the hook or terrorist has access to the reporting." "More important than having guide- In the weeks following the violence in Lieberman and other congressional lines," said KCNC -TV's Kucharski, "is Littleton, it was the media in the media watchdogs had proposed amend- living them. You can have a great plan, crosshairs of Congress, the White ments to last year's Juvenile Justice bill. but executing that plan is a challenge. House and various interest groups con- They would have authorized the Federal Each journalist in this newsroom is a necting staged violence to the real vio- Trade Commission to investigate the better and stronger journalist for hav- lence that unnerved a nation. marketing of violence to children, direct- ing gone through this past year." Among the would -be fast fixes were ed the National Institutes of Health to legislation, demands from the Rose Gar- study the effects of media violence on Covering the anniversary den, calls for boycotts, and a few network children and exempted TV networks Based on the turnout for a first- anniver- schedule changes aimed at reducing the from antitrust law so they could collabo- sary observance in Oklahoma City for on -air mayhem and the political heat. rate on codes of conduct. the 1995 federal building bombing there, CBS pitched in, shelving its behind -the- "The media violence provisions passed Jefferson County School District offi- scenes Mafia drama Falcone. overwhelmingly [in the Senate], and they cials have said they expect as many as A year later, the rhetoric has quieted, would pass again," said Gerstein. "The 100,000 people in Littleton on April 20. the threatened laws have been tabled, the problem is that the bill got stuck in confer- Local events will include an assembly at boycotts are forgotten, and the networks ence because of its gun- control provisions." the school, a dedication at the state Capi- are back to their old ways. CBS will intro- Nonetheless, Gerstein said, the patience tol in Denver, a moment of silence and a duce Falcone this week, less than three of Lieberman and like -minded lawmakers candlelight vigil in Clement Park, near weeks shy of the Columbine anniversary, is running thin. Although there has been Columbine High School. airing nine episodes over eight nights. some "quiet progress" -some directors Local stations say they will be doing "Some of the sense of urgency has dis- and producers have sworn off gratuitous some special programming recogniz- sipated," said Dan Gerstein, an aide to violence -Lieberman continues to believe ing the anniversary, mostly following longtime media violence critic Sen. regulation is necessary and may try to res- the local events. Joseph Lieberman (D- Conn.). "Much of urrect the amendments as stand -alone leg- But in fact, it is apparent that most the momentum has been lost." islation this spring. -D. T. stations are handling the anniversary delicately. KMGH -TV will air several Immediately after pieces beginning the Sunday before the the killings. Thursday anniversary date, but telling- lawmakers lined up to blame the ly, the stories will run late in the news- media ft-r): Rep. cast, after the weather, "in case viewers Edward Markey. choose not to watch," said Diane Mul- Sen. John ligan, the news director. McCain. Sen. Joe Lieberman and Network plans range from undeter- Rep. Dan Burton. mined as of last week to simple to a story or two to significant efforts from NBC and Fox. NBC was planning to bring crews from several news shows to the area, and Tom Brokaw plans to host a town meeting in nearby Denver on gun violence, to which leaders on all sides of the gun -control wars have been invited. Fox plans to air Terror in the Rock- ies: One Year Later shortly before the anniversary. It also plans a live show from Columbine High focusing on issues raised by the violence there on the anniversary date itself. That assem- bly of news packages and interviews

30 BROADCASTING & CABLE ! APRIL 3, 2000 COVEN ¡TEST will be hosted by Fox's Shepard Smith, or someone tells them things they may who reported from Columbine last not be ready for and capable of manag- year. ing, the reporter becomes in charge of Local newspeople say many of the our coping mechanisms. The victims 8 survivors and the families of victims lose control again. will leave town for the anniversary. "I recognize the needs of the media," said Finegan, a frequent interview sub- Wary of media ject herself. "I'm not saying there is The phenomenal attention given the some evil going on or the intent to hurt community in its time of deepest tragedy. people. And when it goes right, a victim local broadcasters noted, has made resi- can feel that they've taken control back; dents wary of the media, particularly the For NBC's 'Today.' Katie Couric they've had that opportunity to tell their national media. "Network reporters interviewed Craig Scott (I). who lost a story, or talk about a loved one." cover a story, and then they leave," said sister. and Michael Shoels, who lost a son. Many Littleton stories told of those one local reporter. "We're the people who anxious families, waiting to be reunited cover their stories every day." ries," said Steele. "Coverage of these with their loved ones. In one KMC;I-L -Tv Mass tragedies like Columbine are stories can certainly be legitimate. But report, a young man was waiting for his now huge media events, said victims we should not take advantage of these younger sister when he heard of the counselor Robin Finegan, but she people. What vulnerable people need shootings, and headed toward Colum- doubts that the media retained the les- most is the care and sympathy of peo- bine. At the nearby drop -off location, he sons they supposedly "learned" from ple who are close to them. When the waited, calling his sister's name with their mistakes covering events like journalists leave, the pain and problems more and more desperation as more and Columbine. will continue. The national press, the more students were brought there -and Finegan had just finished a project networks have a role to play, but jour- as the story cut between his waiting and involving Oklahoma City bombing vic- nalists who come from faraway must the other families. tims and was home in Denver when she bring with them a heightened sense of KMGH -TV reporter Paul Reinertson was called in the early moments of the compassion and responsibility." knew the outcome when he put the Columbine crisis. "Immediately after trauma, our cop- piece together, but Erin Krolnicki's fate In the hours and days following the ing mechanisms -how we deal with wasn't told until the story ended. "She shootings, according to Finegan and trauma -help us manage the flow of was the last student out of the school," local reporters, the town was flooded the trauma we experience cognitively explained Mulligan, the news chief at with reporters, and students and their and emotionally," Finegan explained. the station. "[The piece] told the story family were inundated with flowers, "That's why some victims forget what of Columbine, the desperation and the fruit baskets and good wishes on behalf they've been through. So when you get fact that there were a lot of kids that of famous journalists seeking "the get." someone at the height of their trauma made it out. It summed up what every- "I saw the media use an assumption and their coping mechanisms are work- one was feeling. But," he added, "it of a reciprocal relationship, a friend- ing, when someone asks them to recall haunts me to this day." ship" with a network booker or net- work celebrity, said Finegan. "And there were bookers who hounded kids on dates, went to people's homes, to funerals." Networks and network reporters note that all such interviews are con- ducted with the consent of adults and that people are often eager to talk to reporters. Talking about a loved one and about their loss can be cathartic. Perhaps the best known of the Columbine interviews, Katie Couric's emotional talk with Craig Scott, who lost a sister, and Michael Shoels, who lost a son, was acclaimed locally despite the obvious pain of its partici- pants. "For millions of viewers," wrote Rocky Mountain News TV columnist Dusty Saunders, "it was a compelling interview that thrust into focus both the horrific events and the necessity for a healing process" To others, such inter- views seemed too intrusive. "Any Images of the killers at work became public after tapes from a surveillance camera television network has to were incorporated into a public safety film and shown to a crew from KRQE-TV accept that there is a possibility of Abuquerque. N.M. The crew shot the images off a screen and released then' to CBS exploitation of coverage of these sto- and CNN.

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ifH1 announced coming attrac- tions at its upfront advertising presentation last Wednesday in New York City's Hammerstein Ball- room. One special event, an original movie and five series made the list, but much of the new product seems to be brand extensions of existing pop pro- grams. The Fan is a twist on MTV's FANat- 'The Monkees: Daydream Believers,' an original movie based on the '60s band, and ic, in which rabid rock -star fans get to Vs Only Rock & Roll,' a documentary, are two of the network's new offerings. meet their heroes. (MTV and VH1 are both Viacom networks.) In Fan, film The series premiere features fans of foundly inspired or affected by songs. director Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost, Metallica and members of the death It shows up in June. Brother's Keeper, Blair Witch Project metal band. Fan premieres in May. VH1 Confidential is the music 2) uncovers those die -hard fans whose Sound Effects is a weekly half -hour genre's Unexplained Mysteries. The lives are shaped by their obsessions. series about people who have been pro- one -hour series explores hidden mes- sages in recordings, "shock rock" deaths, missing musicians and "bizarre coincidences," according to VH1. It CABLE'S TOP 25 begins this summer. Don't Quote Me is yet another take on Pop Up Video, except that actual PEOPLE'S quotes from the artists are used. The half-hour show dishes the goods on Joan Rivers and daughter Melissa won big with Cher's plastic surgery and Jennifer their 'Academy Awards Pre -Show' on E! last Sunday. The two hours of stargazing ranked Lopez's bottom, among other earth - fourth for the week with a 3.7 rating/6.6 share. shattering curiosities. Debut date is to be determined. Following are the top 25 basic cable programs for the week of March 20 -26, ranked by rating. Cable rating is coverage area rating within each basic cable network's universe; U.S. rating is of 100.8 mil- 100 Greatest is an expansion of the lion TV households. Sources: Nielsen Media Research, Turner Entertainment. franchise that now features 100 Great- Rating HHs Cable est Artists of Rock & Roll and 100 Rank Program Network Day Time Duration Cable U.S. (000) Share Greatest Songs. The quarterly five - 1 WWF Entertainment USA Mon 10:00P 69 6.4 5.0 4938 10.8 hour specials will apply the countdown 2 WWF Entertainment USA Mon 9:00P 60 6.0 4.7 4646 8.7 3 NASCAR /Food City 500 ESPN Sun 1:00P 210 4.9 3.8 3741 12.4 to every category of the music business 4 Academy Awards Pre -Show EN Sun 6:00P 120 3.7 2.3 2247 6.6 known to man -albums, dance songs, 5 Rugrats NICK Sun 9:OOA 30 3.4 2.7 2644 10.5 hard rock and rhythm & blues among 5 Rugrats NICK Sun 9:30A 30 3.4 2.6 2627 10.4 them. 7 Rugrats NICK Wed 7:30P 30 3.2 2.5 2471 5.5 VH1's new special event follows in 8 Rugrats NICK Sat 9:30A 30 3.1 2.4 2364 10.0 the footsteps of MTV's Video Music 8 Caitlin's Way NICK Sun 8:00P 30 3.1 2.4 2345 4.4 10 Hey Arnold NICK Wed 7:00P 30 3.0 2.3 2285 5.4 Awards, which pulled in that network's 11 WCW Monday Nitro Live! TNT Mon 8:OOP 60 2.9 2.3 2264 4.4 highest rating last year. VH1 Music of 11 Rugrats NICK Sat 11:30A 30 2.9 2.3 2244 9.7 the Year Awards, a two -hour concert 11 Walker, Texas Ranger USA Mon 8:00P 60 2.9 2.2 2228 4.3 and awards show lauding the network's 11 Rugrats NICK Sat 12:00P 30 2.9 2.2 2228 9.3 best, will be live from Los Angeles in 11 Rugrats NICK Sat 8:30A 30 2.9 2.2 2223 9.9 December. 11 Rugrats NICK Mon 7:30P 30 2.9 2.2 2217 4.6 17 Rugrats NICK Sat 11:OOA 30 2.8 2.2 2144 9.3 The original movie added to the mix 17 Spongebob NICK Sun 10:OOA 30 2.8 2.2 2141 8.3 is Back in Black, a two -hour anthology 17 WWF Sunday Night Heat USA Sun 7:OOP 60 2.8 2.1 2132 4.3 in the tradition of Twilight Zone. In 17 Rugrats NICK Sat 9:OOA 30 2.8 2.1 2116 9.0 Ballroom Blitz, for example, a callow 17 Rugrats NICK Thu 7:30P 30 2.8 2.1 2114 4.7 rock star gets his karmic due for trash- 17 Spongebob NICK Wed 8:00P 30 2.8 2.1 2113 4.4 ing a hotel room; in Disco Inferno, 23 Rugrats NICK Sat 10:30A 30 2.7 2.1 2102 9.1 23 Rugrats NICK Sat 12:30P 30 2.7 2.1 2077 8.5 aging rockers find themselves trapped 23 Rugrats NICK Sat 10:OOA 30 2.7 2.1 2073 9.0 eternally in a disco. BinB shows up in the fourth quarter.

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By Deborah D. McAdams behind that statement: HSN raked in an nium channel of old. Electronic equip- average of $2,500 a minute, 24 hours a ment, much of it made exclusively for For the first time ever, the jugger- day, seven days a week in 1999. Pro- HSN by manufacturers like Sony or naut Home Shopping Network gramming involves a host, a simple stu- JVC, makes up the largest piece of the will be cross -promoted on cable dio, a product and some phone lines, and network's business. Less than 1% is networks, including sister cable nets costs less than $1,000 an hour. Its view- cubic zirconium. Bozek is particularly USA and Sci-Fi, in a multimedia cam- ers are very loyal: Hosts get e-mail when hot to get products exclusive to HSN, paign valued at $30 million, said Mark they have bad -hair days. like Adrienne Arpel cosmetics. Bozek, president and chief executive For the new campaign, there will be A window of exclusivity can mean officer of the network. no major overhauls other than the a cash avalanche. HSN made $6 mil- The blitz will begin in the third minor name change, Bozek said. lion selling the video of Titanic three quarter of this year, when the network The marketing campaign is about months before it came out in stores. will officially become known as bringing in new users (rather than Even without cross -promotion, HSN "HSN," he said. viewers, because these people buy stuff pulled in 127,000 new customers in Home Shopping is the cash cow on TV). Bozek wants people to know January, the most in the network's behind USA Networks Inc. The dollars that HSN is no longer the cubic zirco- history.

Burke, who ran the stake in Primedia's just - Superstation for nearly five formed broadband video years, became head of Time unit "at fair market value," Warner Digital Media last for cash or stock. HOOKED October and left the compa- ny altogether Jan. 4. Cablevision partners By Deborah D. McAdams Sources close to Burke say with Primedia he had tired of the corporate Cablevision and Primedia dent of the TBS Supersta- Disney extends Time mentality and wanted to are teaming up for a con- tion with nearly 80 million Warner deadline return to an entrepreneurial tent partnership in the New subscribers, has signed on company. He is also a native Disney -owned ABC grant- York market. MetroChan- as president and CEO of of Portland, Maine, where ed Time Warner Cable a 30- nels, which belong to Resort Sports Network, a RSN is headquartered. day extension, while Cablevision's Rainbow the television service devoted two companies continue Media, and New York mag- to to ski resort conditions Liberty takes negotiate a carnage agree- azine, Primedia's flagship and activities, with 30 ment. April 30 is the new stakes, all over property, will be trading broadcast outlets and a cutoff date Liberty Media Corp. content and promotions and for Time Warner million cable subscribers. to carry ABC's program- aggressively picked off creating converged material Burke received an undis- ming should the two parties properties last week, tak- for broadband delivery. closed equity stake in the not come to an agreement. ing stakes in Primedia and The resulting Web site, company, which owns sev- Unlike other MSOs that voice and data company focusing on all things New eral low -power stations and have buckled under the IDT and closing its cash York, such as where to eat, a group of Internet e-com- pressure of retransmission tender on hotel video -on- will be launched this fall. merce properties related to leverage, Time demand provider Ascent. The venture will be equal- Warner has skiing. Founded in the mid refused ABC's Liberty's Internet divi- ly owned by Primedia and demand that '80s by Rory Strunk, Resort Disney Channel and Toon sion, Liberty Digital Rainbow. Sports Net embarked on an (LDIG) a MetroChannels Disney be added to its basic also took piece The three aggressive growth strategy electronic lineups in return for permis- of convenience -METRO, Metro Learning last year with a $5 million store Kozmo.com. and Metro Traffic &Weather sion to carry the signals of investment from cable pio- Liberty Media agreed to 3.8 million sub- ABC affiliates. The standoff -reach neer Amos Hostetter. That invest $200 million in print scribers in the New York started late last year. Talks money was used to upgrade and Internet publisher Pri- City area. Primedia's maga- will resume next week, the broadcast plants with media in exchange for 800 zine properties include Sev- Time Warner said. digital hardware and acquire million newly issued shares enteen, Horticulture, Mod- two more ski-related Inter- totaling a 5% stake in the Former TBS ern Bride, American Baby chief net companies. A second company. In addition, Lib- and others. The company joins ski network round of funding for $25 erty Digital will receive an also owns and operates Bill Burke, former presi- million is in the works. option to take a 12.5% more than 215 Web sites.

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Now, that's diversity. networks are not taking serious- Only a few months after sign- ly any obligation to include ing historic agreements with the Asian- Americans. Clearly, they NAACP and other minority have done a lot to try to be more groups, the major broadcast net- inclusive, but there are still a lot works appear to be making of big shows being developed good on their promise to make that are pretty monochromatic. the small screen more diverse, When they are still fielding although some minority ac- shows based in San Francisco tivists say they will have to see that have no Asian- Americans in the changes to believe them. them, it's very troubling." With the development process NAACP spokesman John wrapping up, the Big Four net- Damon White says his organization works and weblets WB and UPN Wayans talks with network executives are casting more minorities for stars in ABC weekly to keep tabs comedy on devel- roles in potential 2000 -01 series. pilot 'Wife opment but it's too early to CBS' pilot American Family, and Kids.' make any judgments. from Latino producer Gregory CBS has been heralded by Nava (Mi Familia) features a pre- some minority groups as the dominantly Latino cast; NBC's The he and other casting executives there leader among broadcast networks in Thing About Family is predominantly have been trying for years to get writers terms of diverse casting in recent years, African- American; and UPN has a hand- and producers to accept more minorities. with shows like Cosby, Touched by an ful of minority-led series in the works, He believes this year's development slate Angel and City of Angels featuring including Girlfriends, with four female at Fox will look a lot different. "We are minority actors in lead roles. Cosby was African -American characters. Asian - trying to make this open to everybody, just canceled, though, and City ofAngels Americans have picked up some co -star- not just make it a black -and -white issue might not make it back next season. Still, ring roles, although the degree to which but to make it Hispanic and Asian and CBS is stocking up on series with promi- they are sharing in the new inclusiveness everything in between." nent minority cast members. is a sore spot with some activists. Jordan Levin, The WB's executive vice Nava's American Family, for exam- Behind the camera, CBS is giving president of programming, agrees it is a ple, features Latino actors, including Nava a shot at series television, and different landscape. "I do think, in gener- Edward James Olmos, Esai Morales UPN is working with African-Ameri- al, we saw more of a variety of choices in and Maria Canals. Drama The District can producers Mara Brock Akil (The the casting area. I think everyone in town offers Latino and African -American Jamie Foxx Show) and Eunetta Boone has a heightened sense of awareness that actors, although it stars Craig T. Nelson. (The Hughleys). this is the right thing to do " NBC, which has 30 series in develop- Marc Herschfeld, executive vice Minority groups aren't ready to hand ment for 2000-01 consideration, has at president of casting at NBC, says he out the laurels just yet. least one minority cast member in almost has seen a "big change" in casting. "I Alex Nogales, president and CEO of every pilot green -lighted. Among them: think producers have made a concerted the National Hispanic Media Coalition, The Thing About Family with a predomi- effort to cast color -blind this season. says he'll believe true progress is being nantly African- American cast; comedy One of the things I'm most proud of is made at the networks when he sees it. DAG, starring David Alan Grier (In Liv- that our casts are truly diverse and don't "What is important to understand is that ing Color); and Good Guys/Bad Guys feel they have been cobbled together it wasn't just about signing these agree- from Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson with ethnic actors just for the sake of ments. Unless you monitor to make sure (Homicide), with Jon Seda (Homicide). having diverse casts." your partners are following what you UPN is developing sitcom Born in At Fox, casting chief Bob Harbin says agreed on, it means absolutely nothing." the U.S.A. around Latino comic Freddy

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Young Broadcasting Inc. Los Angeles photographer /reporter Aaron Fitzgerald became part of (Vincent J. Young, Chairman) the story last week when he res- cued his colleagues from a fiery crash. has sold Fitzgerald, covering Oscar activities from a helicopter hovering above the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, res- cued a pilot and a cameraman from anoth- WKBT(TV) er news helicopter that crashed at a near- by airport. La Crosse -Eau Claire, Wisconsin "It was a really traumatic thing to see, especially because these guys are our (a CBS Network affiliate) friends," says Fitzgerald. Pilot Kris Kelley, an employee of to leasing company Helinet, was flying KTry -Tv Los Angeles' SkyFox2 with KTTV photographer Phil Arno above the Shrine when she reported a problem QueenB Television, LLC with the hydraulic system. Fitzgerald, a (Elizabeth KCBS -TV Los Angeles employee, and Murphy Burns, President) KCAL -TV Los Angeles pilot Larry Welk were in KCAL'S helicopter doing free- lance work for Entertainment Tonight. Welk and Fitzgerald escorted Kelley We are pleased to have served as and Arno about 10 air miles back to exclusive broker in this transaction. their home base at Van Nuys Airport, where the helicopter crashed. Welk landed nearby, dropping off Fitzgerald, who dodged burning jet fuel to WOOD help Kelley to safety. Then Welk took the KCAL. chopper back up in the air to shine light on the fiery scene, so that Fitzgerald COMPANY, INC. could find and rescue Arno from where he was pinned under rubble in the dark. Fitzgerald says he and Welk did what anyone in the close -knit broadcast heli- 431 Ohio Pike Cincinnati, Ohio 45255 (513) 528 -7373 copter community would have done. Jeff Wald, news director of KTLA -TV Los Angeles, whose news helicopter also followed to the airport, concurs that the camaraderie among news

40 BROADCASTING 8 CABLE APRIL 3, 2000 Welcome to the age of the personal newscast. See us at NAB in Sands booth #x17773. BROADCASTING crews in the sky is particularly evident. Wald says he authorized his crew to also escort SkyFox2 to Van Nuys after Chopper safety had been challenged hearing Kelley's report of trouble. Two weeks before Krrv(rv) Los Angeles' SkyFox2 helicopter crashed last Ironically, by authorizing his news week, the bargaining organization representing on -air KTTV staff notfied crew to leave the Oscar venue, Wald the station that employees were concerned with its safety. ended up winning the exclusive cover- The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists filed a grievance age of the crash, a story covered wide- March 9 saying Krry reporters were being sent to work in possibly unsafe air- ly on local evening news reports. He craft. Phil Arno, the photographer injured in the crash, is an AFTRA member. chose, though, to share the footage Krry released a statement last week saying, "Krry agrees with AFTRA with the other stations in the market. and the people it represents on the recognition and enforcement of all hel- "Although it's a dog- eat -dog, com- icopter safety procedures. To that end, KUV requested earlier this month petitive business, when something that Helinet thoroughly evaluate its ongoing safety policies, while the sta- takes on emergency proportions, there tion also commissioned its own independent review." is no hesitation to help," he says. "We Helinet leases two news helicopters to Krrv. According to Vice President weren't concerned about credit." Dave Corsello, maintenance is contracted out to Rotor Craft Support. Coincidentally, Wald's crew was "Safety is first and foremost to us," he says. "Anybody who knows us, connected to the KTTV crew on another knows we don't cut corners when it comes to safety." level: The chopper that went down Rotor Craft did not return calls by press time. used to be KTLA's news aircraft. About AFTRA filed the grievance, says AFTRA Los Angeles Local's Broadcast two years ago, Wald upgraded to a craft Department Director Gerry Daley. "to ensure that the ultimate decision of with more power. "It really hit us hard when to fly is not made by news management or helicopter companies when we saw that tail number." with a financial stake in the situation but by those people doing the work." Both Kelley and Arno were in stable At KCBS -TV Los Angeles, which employs Aaron Fitzgerald, the photogra- condition and recuperating from sur- pher /reporter who helped rescue the crash victims, News Director Roger gery at Northridge Hospital Medical Bell says he relies on the people who fly to determine when it is safe to go Center, according to a hospital spokes- up. "Aaron is a pilot himself. If he ever came to me and said I think it's not woman at press time. Each is expected a good idea to go up, he wouldn't go up " -M.G. to make a full recovery.

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light to all of its new and returning series for fall 2000 and determined that King World Media Sales will handle all domestic ad sales for the series. The By Joe Schlosser & Melissa Grego returning series: Rebecca's Garden, cleared in 85% of Nielsen adds Dayton production and in the sta- ing, the auction has been the country; Living Better, Nielsen Media Research is tion and syndication com- indefinitely postponed, and cleared in 70%; and SOS adding Dayton, Ohio, as munities indicate Columbia creditors will be paid in America, cleared at its 52nd metered market is shopping for a new host. according to the direction 75 %. The new animal -ori- starting in October 2001. and determination of the ented half-hour weekly Nielsen had already court. According to David Wild Moments is cleared in announced that it is Tumaroff, one of the show's 73 %. adding Buffalo, N.Y.; executive producers, SAG Albuquerque -Santa Fe, members are owed approxi- Finding Geena Davis N.M.; Austin, Texas; and mately $1.5 million, and Geena Davis has been cast Fort Myers -Naples, Ha., Tumaroff and two other in the lead of the ABC to its list of metered mar- producers, Steve Parry and comedy pilot Lost and kets. Nielsen's metered Bob James, are owed about Found. Davis, who won an market coverage will now $1 million, collectively. The Oscar for 1988's The Acci- represent 67% of the U.S. show's distributor, BKS, is dental Tourist, will play a Separately, Nielsen has set also a creditor. Five epi- New York City party plan- the start date for the fall sodes aired this season in ner who falls in love with a TV season on Oct. 2, fol- addition to the two-hour suburban widower with lowing the conclusion of premiere. About $18 mil- two children. The pilot, Sitcom set for 17 top the 2000 Summer lion was spent on produc- from co-owned Touchstone markets and 48% of U.S. tion of seven hours of pro- Olympics, which NBC Not bad for a sophomore. Television, has been given will broadcast. gramming, the show's pro- a 22-episode commitment Those '70s ducers say. for the 2000 -01 season. Mondale watch clearances Oscar goes to ABC Davis will also serve as an According to industry executive producer sources, Eleanor Mondale Casey -Werner Domestic The Academy Awards may be leaving as host of Television Distribution has helped ABC dominate the Personal best for cleared sitcom That '70s Columbia TriStar Televi- ratings for March 20 -26. Kids WB sion Distribution's upcom- Show in 48% of the coun- ABC won its 13th consec- Kids WB beat all of the ing syndicated strip, try. The second -year Fox utive week in total view- Men Saturday -morning compe- Are From Mars, Women Are sitcom has been sold in ers -the first time ABC tition again and also scored From Venus. Both Colum- syndication in 17 of the has accomplished such a its highest ratings ever on bia and Mondale's rep top 20 markets for its fall feat since the 1978 -79 sea- March 18. Kids WB aver- maintain that Mondale is 2002 syndication debut. son-and fifth straight in aged a 6.7 rating/27 share the show's host and under Clearances include WwOEt- adults 18-49, according to in kids 2 -11 and an 8.1/32 contract at this time. How- Tv New York, KCOP -TV Nielsen Media Research. in kids 6-11 -both WB's ever, sources close to the Los Angeles and wPwR -Tv ABC averaged 17.7 mil- Chicago. lion viewers and a 6.8 rat- highest ratings for chil- ing/19 share in adults 18- dren's programming ever. Wake -up call for 49 for the week. ABC's Pokémon was again the Dream Team coverage of the 72nd leader of the chil- Annual Academy Awards dren's pack, averag- Dream Team Inc., the com- ing a record-high pany that teamed with Dean drew an average audience of 46.3 million viewers 8.1/29 in kids 2 -11 for Hamilton Entertainment on both its 9:30 the syndicated action hour and a 19.1 /47 among adults 18 -49. a.m. and Dream Team, has filed for 10:30 a.m. Chapter 11 bankruptcy pro- Hearst -Argyle gives ET/PT tection in Los Angeles. Pre- episodes. viously, the Screen Actors a green light Guild had scheduled an Hearst -Argyle auction of the show's assets Television Pro- Eleanor Mondale: Is she in order to pay off debts ductions has leaving 'Venus'? owed to SAG members. given the Due to the bankruptcy fil- green _-",

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By Dan Trigohoff John Dahlia, who added that the new arrangement New York anchor ist who worked to the last Earlier last week, was grounded in contacts he made while working as remembered minute on a story for the NABET workers over- latest and most accurate whelmingly rejected a reporter and in public WwoR -TV News Director information. another contract offer relations in the area. In Will Wright recalls telling Harns was also active from Univision manage- exchange, the station will Reggie Harris that the day outside of work, mentor- ment. Where the workers provide a few regular that WCBS -TV New York let ing and motivating at-risk had rejected the previous columns for the paper, Harris go was "a blessed youths. "He was a person- offer unanimously a week dealing with news, weath- day for me. Harris replied: al role model for me, even before, this time there was er and sports. The arrange- `Well, maybe it is for you, though he was a few years one vote for ratification. ment was the first in the but it's not so hot for me.' younger," Wright said. The vote followed three state, according to Dahlia, I told him it was blessed "He was, for me, the quin- days of negotiations, and and possibly the first such because `Now you can tessential African-Ameri- NABET acknowledged cooperative agreement in a come and work for me.' I can professional, a that the offer, which promised him we would smaller market. tremendous talent with an includes $1,000 signing make him happy here. uncanny sense of giving bonuses, was an improve- News dropping And, just last week, he told back. We'll miss him very ment over previous offers. me he was happier than he in Orlando much." NABET said job security had ever been in his life." WESH(TV) Orlando, Fla., remains an issue, as well Harris, the 46 -year old will drop its 4:30 Labor pains, as overall compensation. p.m. anchor and reporter who hunger pangs Meanwhile, the hunger news this week in favor of had been with WWOR -TV strike nears its 40th day, another run of Judge Joe since 1997, died of a heart Univision Television with reporter Reina Carde- Brown to compete against attack last week while Group filed two legal nas and master control Oprah and Rosie. In the exercising on a treadmill actions against the Nation- operator Martin Castellano fall, the station will be air- in his home. Wright said al Association of Broad- joined since the beginning ing Judge Judy and decid- his friends knew that an cast Employees and Tech- by union negotiator Carrie ed to commit to the full irregular heartbeat had nicians (NABET) Local Biggs-Adams. Two more hour of court-based pro- been found a few years 51 last week, contending activists, one from the gramming before the May ago but knew of no other that the union was negoti- local hotel employees sweeps ratings period. The heart trouble. "He could ating in bad faith and had union and another from move will not lead to lay- have been a role model for unlawfully interfered with the Committee of the offs, according to General fitness. He was a role the broadcasting activities Poor, have begun fasting Manager model for his sense of of Univision's Kvrv(TV) Bill Bauman. in sympathy, according to fairness and balance, and Fresno. In a complaint "This is simply a ques- NABET. Fermin Chavez, for his work ethic." Wright filed with the National tion of audience flow," he who dropped out on med- said he will remember Labor Relations Board, said. "We've had 14 pro- ical advice after three Hams as a gifted journal- Univision accuses the gramming changes in the union of being "dilatory weeks, took a medical past five years between 4 [intentionally delaying] leave from the station late and 6 o'clock. I've spent and unprepared for sched- last month, the union said. most of my career in uled bargaining sessions," More negotiations were news, and I've learned that and said it "left scheduled scheduled for week's end. you can do too much bargaining sessions in News sharing in news. We reached the order to conduct media point of critical mass. We interviews, and made West Virginia did a very good 4:30 numerous misrepresenta- WuTv(Tv) Weston, W.Va., newscast; now we'll do tions." Univision also joined the ranks of stations four newscasts instead of asked the Fresno County sharing reporting with five." Superior Court for an local newspapers last injunction against week. The station will All news is local. NABET's alleged harass- devote a nightly segment Contact Dan Trigoboff at ing and stalking KFry to Marion County news (301) 260 -0923, e-mail WWOR -TV New York anchor - reporter Reggie Harris died employees and becoming featuring reporters and dtrig @erols.com, or fax suddenly last week. a "public nuisance." headlines from that coun- (202) 463 -3742.

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By Richard Tedesco Its site launches this week with 500 videos in such categories as adventure, The Internet is becoming a feeder extreme sports, travel and documen- line in the TV production con- tary. Creators will be paid a five -cent duit. Two Web start-ups, AntEye royalty for each click on their content. and Eveo, are looking to spawn pilot The content that attracts the most hits shows by collecting short-form videos will be put on other sites as well. "We by novice directors, exhibiting them see a very simple model to syndicate to online and mining them for TV gems in other portals or more vertical sites," the rough. says Zitoun. Over the next year, AntEye plans to But the ultimate goal, as in AntEye's fund 32 pilots at $100,000 apiece and model, is to push this fresh -form video two feature -length digital films for into the TV production pipeline. $250,000 each, according to CEO It's a strategy that's already being Matti Leshem. In its first wave, AntEye explored by independent -film sites, this week is sending engineers in vans most notably AtomFilms, which equipped as mobile digital studios to licenses rights to the films it aggregates cruise college campuses and other like- on its site for offline after-markets. ly locales in Austin, Texas; Atlanta; AtomFilms has already sold some Kansas City, Kan.; Madison, Wis.; video content to HBO for interstitial Seattle; and Toronto. airing on The Movie Channel. That's intended to help encourage Gary Arlen, principal analyst for video Have video, will travel. Web start -up submissions in each market, with AntEye sends out mobile digital studios Bethesda, Md. -based Arlen Communi- one winner selected from each to to find the next great TV concept. cations, believes Web programmers receive AntEye backing for either a can play a role in the TV production pilot effort or a digital movie. The com- has already expressed interest in co- picture. pany is staging an event in Seattle to locating the best of AntEye's video He believes the concept of gauging announce the winners on April 15; par- submissions on its own Web site. audience reaction to short-form content ticipants in the six cities will be linked Although he expects 85% of the sub- online could assume an increasingly by satellite. "You've got to go to where missions to be "crap," he's banking on significant place in future television the people are and get real traction," the remaining 15% to yield something formats. "I do think there's an opportu- says Leshem, whose most recent media that will spark the interest of TV pro- nity," he says. "It does occupy a partic- project was programming USA Broad- grammers "dying for someone to walk ular niche. But then, I don't know that casting's wAr n -'ry Miami. through the door with something the next generation of viewers is ready In its second year, Leshem says, Ant - unique." to watch 30- minute or 60- minute shows eye will fund 40 TV plots and four fea- Leshem expects AntEye to start pro- as we have for the past 50 years." ture- length projects. duction on pilots next fall. AntEye may take the strategy to "There's a whole new form, which is Eveo's approach is similar, but with- another level, with plans to eventually short-form, and long -form ideas can out the pilot funding. It has been solic- establish its own production studio, come out of it," he says, adding that he iting short -form videos for its site according to Leshem. "It's Internet intends to accept any kind of video (www.eveo.com) since January and speed," he says. "It's a different way of content five to 20 minutes long, "as plans to offer would -be directors 55% programming." long as it's not illegal." of any profit on any content that it Eveo has no such ambitious plans. It's an ultimately egalitarian licenses and, in turn, sells to television But it does plan to make video software approach, with winners winnowed out outlets, according to founder and CEO available on its site, along with tutori- according to which videos draw the most Olivier Zitoun. als on video production, according to action on the AntEye site (www.ant- "There's the possibility to turn one Zitoun. He says the company also will eye.com). Leshem expects comedy, real- of these short videos into a series or a create an e- commerce component for ity-based videos and extreme sports to feature film," he says. sales of video production equipment, be the most watched. AntEye will estab- Eveo is already talking to HBO, including digital cameras. lish a 50/50 partnership with the creators Showtime, NBC and Fox about use of Both AntEye and Eveo are privately of the concepts it successfully floats to its short-form content for interstitials. funded. Leshem declines to elaborate cable or broadcast networks. More immediately, it will syndicate its on his company's financing. Eveo is in He sees a likely market among cable content to @Home and Road Runner, its second round of financing, aiming programmers and says a major studio according to Zitoun. to raise $10 million to $15 million.

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Telecommunications. control of all multimedia, commerce and advertising. The initiative is intended to spawn new strategic rela- Excite @Home expands TV horizon tionships with Internet and broadcast It's not quite ready for prime companies, according to NFL Interac- time, but @Home TV is tive Senior Vice President Chris Russo. debuting in field tests and will Audiocasts the "vast majority" of of home < have a commercial launch NFL games will be available on the news later this year. NFL site (www.nfl.com) each week. sports The interactive TV format weather The games would probably be avail- that Excite @Home is demon- for free, Russo says, depending on horoscope able portfolio strating opens with a video whether local radio rights deals permit games window dominating the upper it. Some team sites had previously right corner of the TV screen, audiocast their own games. NFL.A San Francisco 7 r St. I o.r:, 23 F OT with a menu of options on the The National Basketball Association settings 10:42a 10.21 left. Options include the TV currently sells a season package of all Guide electronic program game audiocasts on its Web site. Excite TV is one of the options available to users of @Home's interactive TV format, guide, shopping and mail, The audiocasting, based on local which is now being readied for field testing. and Excite TV. Final versions radio coverage, will be handled by the of the service will likely ESPN Internet Group, which currently employ a variety of program guides. produces the NFL site. Historic audio E -mail, chat, weather and e- commerce functions appear in a window and archived replays also will be acces- directly below the video window on the TV screen. Alternately, these inter- sible on the league and team sites. active functions can be overlaid in a full- screen translucent display with The NFL will also be distributing video channels appearing behind it. more video features from NFL Films to Internet sites can either share the screen with the video channels in a individual team sites as part of an online window or overlay the video. consolidation of content and assets. NFL "It looks and acts and feels like TV, not like the Internet on the TV medi- Films will double its production of fea- um," said Excite @Home Vice President of Engineering Jeff Huber. "We tures for exclusive Internet distribution - want to keep TV as the primary experience" player and team profiles -to 80 pieces The format certainly presents a TV environment, but the overlay cre- weekly, according to Russo. "A lot of the ates a murky TV picture under whatever alternate function is in use. It is video will reside on the club sites." hard to discern what is on the screen, but the idea, according to Huber, is Some revenues from the NFL site to let the audio track cue the user to refocusing on the TV image at cru- and team sites will be pooled, exclud- cial points during a sports event, for example. ing e- commerce revenues that the indi- A set of basic interactive services, including e-mail and e- commerce, vidual teams realize. will be marketed in digital TV packages for $10 a month, according to The NFL is actively seeking strategic Huber, with a full -blown service including Internet access for $14.95. Tri- partnerships with technology providers als are tentatively slated to start following deployment of digital set -tops and other partners, Russo says. "We're by Excite @ Home's MSO partners, sometime this summer. taking all the content and assets we have Last week's extension of the relationship between AT &T and Excite@ Home online to be positioned for strategic rela- included a commitment to deliver advanced TV services. Field testing of inter- tionships with third parties in the Inter- active TV service will probably start within six months, according to Executive net or broadcasting world." Vice President of Business Development Mark Stevens. That could translate into redistribu- A spokeswoman for Cox Communications said Cox still intends to tion of video or audio content or the begin trials on interactive TV, probably including the Excite@ Home offer- creation of new Web sites. ing, during the second half of the year. -R.T. The amount of video content on the

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COMBOS bethtown, Ky. Ross Becker is presi- PROPOSED STATION TRADES dent and principal owner. He has no WICC(AM) Bridgeport, WINE(AMI- By dollar volume and number of sales; other broadcast interests. mergers or acquisitions WRKIIFM) Brookfield, WEBEIFM) West- does not include Facilities: WIEL: 1400 kHz, 1 kW; involving substantial non -station assets port, all Conn.; WPUTIAM)-WAXBIFM) WRZI: 101.5 MHz, 6 kW, ant. 328 ft.; Patterson, WFAS -AM -FM White Plains, .TNS WEEK WKMO: 106.3 MHz, 3 kW, ant. 400 ft. Formats: WIEL: oldies; WRZI: Hot AC; WFAFIFM) Mount Kisco, all N.Y. TV /Radio $0 0 Price: $185 million;$150 million cash WKMO: country. TVs $0 0 plus $35 million stock. Broker. Media Services Group. Combos o 3 Buyer: Nassau Broadcasting Partners, $196,800,000 FMs : $5,000,000 1 L.P., Princeton, N.J. Lou Mercatanti, FMS president and CEO; Spectrum Equity AMs $0 0 Investors, Palo Alto /Boston, 45.4 %; Total $201,800,000 4 WBTUIFM) Fort Wayne, Ind. Grotech Partners IV LP, 12.3 %; Price: $5 million 80 FARN 2000 Toronto Dominion Capital 12.3 %; Buyer. Artistic Media Partners, Indi- Mercatanti 25 %; various employees, TV /Radio $2,133,450 o 1 anapolis. Arthur Angotti is president 5 %; Nassau also owns 11 FMs and TVs $556,180,139 n 16 and principal owner. Artistic also owns 10 AMs and is purchasing WEEx(AM)- Combos $848,309,816 o 51 nine other radio stations in Indiana. wooE(FM) Allentown, Pa., from Clear FMs $322,567,768 o 85 Seller: 62nd Street Broadcasting, Channel Communications. AMs $78,824,585 o 59 Troy, Mich. Jock Fritz is managing Seller: Aurora Communications, Total $1,808,015,758 o 212 partner. 62nd Street is principally Bridgeport, Conn.; Bank of America owned by Bain Capital, Boston. owns 86 %(nonattributable) interest; Facilities: 93.3 MHz; 50 kW; ant. 482 Buyer: Commonwealth Broadcasting, Aurora co- founders Frank Osborn ft. Glasgow, Ky. Steven Newberry is (president and CEO), 7% , and Format: Country president and principal owner. He Frank Washington, 2 %; Heller Finan- Broker. Richard A. Foreman Associ- also owns 27 other radio stations, cial, 2 %; Union Bank, 2 %; and Auro- ates. primarily in Kentucky. ra executive Vince Cremona, 1%. Seller: Basix Communications, Eliza- -Compiled by John Eggerton Facilities: Wicc: 600 kHz, 1 kW; WINE: 940 kHz, .68 kW; WRKI: 95.1 MHz, 50 kW, ant. 500 ft.; WEBE: 107.9 MHz, 50 kW, 383 ft.; wPUT: 1510 kHz, 1 kW; www.patcomm.com WAXB: 105.5 MHz, 1.5 kW, ant. 460 ft.; wFAS: 1230 kHz, 1 kW; WFAS: 103.9 MHz, 60 kW, ant. 669 ft.; WFAF: 106.3 MHz, 1.4 kW, ant. 305 ft. Formats: Wicc: news /talk; WINE: coun- try; WRKI: AOR; WEBE: AC; WPUT: coun- NAB 2000 try; WAXB: oldies; wFAS(AM): news /talk; WFAS(FM): AC; WFAF: AC. LAS VEGAS HILTON Broker: Merrill Lynch. SUITE 28110 KALIS -AM -FM Austin, and KEEZ -FM Man - Today to Discuss Your Station's cato, both Minn. Call Price: $10 million Brokerage and Financing Needs Buyer: Three Eagles Broadcasting, Lincoln, Neb. Three Eagles is princi- pally owned by Rolland Johnson and Larry Patrick Terry Greenwood also owns 24 radio stations in Iowa, Vice President Illinois, Nebraska, South Dakota, President Colorado and Minnesota. Seiler. Nolan Broadcast Group, Susan Patrick Greg Guy Austin, Minn. (Mike Nolan, president). Executive Vice President Vice President It has no other broadcast interests. Facilities: KAUS -AM: 1480 kHz, 1 kW; KALIS -FM: 99.9 MHz, 100 kW; KEEZ: 99.1, 100 kW, ant. 864 ft. Formats: KALIS -AM: oldies /AC/news- PATRICK fi COMMUNICATIONS talk; KALIS -FM: country; KEEZ: hot AC 4 Broker. Donald K. Clark Inc.

WIELIAM) Elizabethtown; WRZI -FM Vine Grove; WKMO -FM Hodgenville, all Kentucky (410) 740 -0250 Price: $1.8 million

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April 8 -13- National Association of Broadcasters Annual Seth Morrison (703) 837 -6546. Convention. Las Vegas Convention Center, Sands Expo, Venetian Sept. 13.16- Radio- Television News Directors Association Hotel Center. Las Vegas Hilton. Contact: (800) 342 -2460. Televi- International Conference and Exhibition. Convention Center. Min- sion Bureau of Advertising Annual Marketing Conference. Las neapolis. Contact: Rick Osmanski (202) 467 -5200. Vegas Hilton Hotel. Las Vegas. Contact: (212) 486 -1111. Sept. 20 -23- National Association of Broadcasters Radio May 7.10-Cable 2000, 49th annual National Cable Television Show. Moscone Center, San Francisco. Contact: Gene Sanders Association Convention and Exhibition. Ernest N. Morial Conven- (202) 429-4194. tion Center, New Orleans. Contact: Bobbie Boyd (202) 775 -3669. Nov. 28- Dec. -1- California Cable Television Association May 22- George Foster Peabody Awards, 59th annual pres- Western Show. Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles. entation and luncheon, Waldorf- Astoria. New York. Contact: Dr. Contact: Paul Fadelli (510) 428 -2225. Barry Sherman (706) 542 -3787. Jan. 22-25, 2001- National Association of TV Program July 16-19 -Cable & Telecommunications Association for Executives 37th annual Conference and Exhibition. Las Vegas. Marketing Summit. Hynes Convention Center, Boston. Contact: Contact: Lana Westermeier (310) 453 -4440.

THIS WEEK Plaza Hotel. Springfield, III. Contact: (217) 793 -2636. Astoria. New York. Contact: Dr. Barry Sherman April 18-The James H. and Mary B. Quello (706) 542-3787. April 2- 4- Association of America's Public Center for Telecommunication Management and Television Stations Capitol Hill Day. Wyndham Law, Michigan State University and MSU -DCL JUNE Hotel. Washington. D.C. Contact: David Brugger Telecommunication Policy and Law Symposium. June Foundation World (202) 887-1700. 1-4- Television Forum Hilton Washington and Towers. Washington. Con- Montreux World TV Forum. Montreux, Switzerland. April 5 -Cable Positive Fourth Annual [AIDS] tact: Russ White (517) 432 -0923. Contact: George Waters 011- 353 -1- 668 -0058 (Ireland). Benefit Dinner, Marriott Marquis Hotel. New York. April 21.22- Collegiate Broadcasting Group 22nd June 3 -6-CAB presents its 7th annual Local Contact: James Griffin (973) 331 -1070. Annual Black College Radio Convention. The Renais- Sales Management Conference, Denver. Con- April 5 -7 Inc. -1CM Conferences Cable Teleph- sance Hotel. Atlanta. Contact: Lo Jelks (404) 523 -6136. tact: Nancy Lagos (212) 508 -1229. ony. Hyatt Regency Hotel, Denver. Colo. Contact: April 26- Hollywood Radio and Television June 5- 6- NJBA/MDCD.Mid Atlantic States Arlene Soumillac (415) 817 -0400. Society Newsmaker Luncheon: Syndication. Expo. Caesars Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City. N.J. April 7 -8 -Texas Associated Press Broad- Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, Calif. Contact: Phil Roberts (888) 6522 -3663. (extra digit casters Annual Convention. Marriott Quorum, Contact: Gene Herd (818) 789 -1182. on phone number correct) Dallas. Contact: Diana Heidgerd (972) 991 -2100. April 28-29-Hawaiian Association of Broad- June 5.8 -SCTE Cable -Tec Expo 2000. Las April 7 -8 -Radio and Television News Directors casters Annual Convention. Hilton Hawaiian Vil- Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas. Contact: Foundation Newsroom Decision- Making Work- lage, Oahu. Hawaii. Contact: (808) 599 -1455. Marci Dodd (610) 363 -6888, ext. 217. shop. Hotel Nikko. San Francisco. Contact: Kathleen April 29- Television News Center Anchor Train - June 6- 8- eMarketWorld @d:tech.Hamburg. The Graham (202) 467 -5216. ing.1510 H St.. NW. Washington. Contact: Herb Kempinski, Hamburg. Germany. Contact: Lee Hall April 7-9-Radio and Television News Directors Brubaker (301) 6160. (800) 535 -1812. Foundation Covering the 2000 - Elections Work June 9.11 -Radio and Television News Directors shop.Union Station Hotel. Nashville, Tenn. Contact: MAT Foundation and Pew Center Workshop Civic Jour- Avni Patel (202) 467 -5215. May 3- Connecticut Foundation for Open Gov - nalism 2000 Elections Workshop. Union Station Hotel, April 7- 10- Broadcast Education Association ernment Walter Cronkite Award to be given to PBS' Nashville. Tenn. Contact: Avni Patel (202) 467 -5215. 45th Annual Convention & Exhibition, Las Vegas Con- Jim Lehrer. New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney June 14.17- Promax/BDA annual conference. vention Center. Las Vegas Contact: (202) 429 -5354. Ave., New Haven. Conn. Contact: Michael Collins Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. April 8- Television News Center Anchor Train- (203) 281 -8984. Contact: (310) 788 -7600. ing. 1510 H St.. NW. Washington. Herb Contact: May 7 -10 -Cable 2000. 49th annual National June 16.17- Nevada Broadcasters Association Brubaker (301) 340 -6160. Cable Television Association Convention and Golf and Tennis Tournament and Awards Luncheon, April Exhibition. Ernest N. Morial 8.13- National Association of Broadcast- Convention Center, New annual Hall of Fame dinner- dance. Desert Inn Country ers Annual Convention. Las Vegas Convention Orleans. Contact: Bobbie Boyd (202) 775 -3669. Club. Las Vegas. Contact. Bob Fisher (702) 794 -4994. Center. Sands Expo, Venetian Hotel Center. Las May 7.11-CMP Media Inc. 3D Conference & June 19 -22 -New York State Broadcasters Vegas Hilton. Contact: (800) 342 -2460 Expo. Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great Association 39th annual Executive Conference. America Parkway. April 9- Association of Maximum Service Tele- Santa Clara. Calif. Contact: Kath- Sagamore Resort Hotel, Lake George. N.Y Con- leen Sachs vision annual spring board meeting. Desert Inn, (415) 278 -5343. tact: Mary Anne Jacon (518) 456 -8888. Las Vegas. Contact: April Lee (202) 861 -0344. May 8- 10- eMarketWorld @d:tech.San Francis- June 21.23- International Association of co. Francisco Hilton April 9.11 -Cable Television Public Affairs San & Towers, San Francisco. Broadcasting (AIR/IAB) General Assembly. Contact: Lee Hall (800) 535- 1812. Association Forum 2000. Hyatt Regency on the Madrid. Spain. Contact: Dr. Hector Oscar Amegual Riverwalk. San Antonio. Contact: Nancy L. Burdett May 10- Ouinnipiac College Fred Friendly First 5982- 488129 (Montevideo. Uruguay). (301) 206-5393. Amendment Award presentation. Metropolitan Club, June 22 -23 -Radio and Television News Direc- New York City. Contact: Lou Adler (203) 288 -5251. ALSO IN APRIL tors Foundation Newsroom Decision -Making May 13- Television News Center. Reporter train- Workshop. Kansas City. Mo. Contact: Kathleen Gra- April 10- Association of Maximum Service Tele- ing. Ventana Productions. 1825 K Street, NW. Wash- ham (202) 467 -5216. vision 44th annual membership meeting. Las Vegas ington. Contact: Herb Brubaker (301) 340 -6160. June 25- 27- SkyLight Satellite Network Inspo Hilton, Las Vegas. Contact: April Lee (202) 861 -0344. May 13.17- American Center for Children and 2000 conference. Northwestern College.. St. Paul, April Television 10.11- Bureau of Advertising Media Summit 2000. Toronto. Contact: Joe Pereira Minn. Contact: Dale Davis (651) 631 -5032. Annual Marketing Conference. Vegas Hilton (416) 515 -0466. Las June 27-28-University of Nevada, Las Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas. Contact: (212) 486 -1111 May 15.17 -DBS Digest 7th annual Denver DBS and Television News Center World Journalism April 11- Association of Maximum Service Tele- Summit. Denver Hilton/Tech Center, Denver. Con- Conference. Tropicana Hotel and Resorts, Las tact: Jay Rogers (719) 586 -9761. vision annual engineering breakfast. Las Vegas Vegas. Contact: Herb Brubaker (301) 340 -6160 or Hilton, Las Vegas. Contact: April Lee (202) 861 -0344. May 17 -18 -CES Business Solutions 2000.Hyatt Chris Schearer (702) 895 -3598. April 12- National Association of Media Brokers Regency Hotel, Los Angeles. Contact: Lisa Fasold June 28- International Festival of Arts and presents The (703) 907 -7600. Broadcasters' Foundation's 2000 Ideas of New Haven The Commercial Closet. New American Broadcast Pioneer Awards. Las Vegas May 17 -20- Broadcast Cable Financial Man- Haven Gay and Lesbian Community Center, 50 Hilton. Las Vegas. Tenn. Contact: (203) 862 -8577. agement Association 40th Annual Conference. Fitch Street. New Haven, Conn. Contact: Michael April 16- National Academy of Television Arts Sheraton Harbor Island. San Diego. Contact: Mary Collins (203) 281 -8984. & Sciences/New York Chapter New York Emmy Taster (847) 296 -0200. June 28- 30- eMediatainmentWorld Los Ange- Awards Gala. The Plaza. New York City. Contact: May 19.24- National Association of Black les Convergence Marketplace for Media and Enter- Lisa Benson (212) 768 -7050. Owned Broadcasters annual spring conference. tainment Internet Content and Technology. Westin April American Women in Radio & Televi- Renaissance 17- Grand Beach Resort, St. Thomas. Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles. Contact: Rebecca sion 2000 Gracie Allen Awards. Hudson Theatre U.S. Virgin Islands. Contact: Petreinnah Acosta - Williams (800) 535 -1812, ext. 181. on Broadway, New York. Contact: (703) 506 -3290. Pelle (212) 370 -5483. April 18- Illinois Broadcasters Association May 22- George Foster Peabody Awards, -Compiled by Beatrice Williams -Rude annual Silver Dome Conference and Awards. Crown 59th annual presentation and luncheon. Waldorf- (bwilliams @cahners.com)

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During a casual conversation, Abbe er for Daytime and Arts, a second partial - Raven tells a male peer she runs the day cable network owned by Hearst and History Channel. Did she say the His- Capital Cities /ABC. A year later, on Feb. tory Channel? The channel of America's 1, 1984, Daytime and Arts were simulta- fighting men? The Suicide Missions chan- neously launched as the 24 -hour cable nel? The most manly channel on cable? networks now known as Lifetime and " `A chick runs that channel ?'" Raven A &E. Raven went with A &E as director recalls the response, giggling. of production. Ten years later, History was Actually, Raven was put in charge of the made, and Raven was handed the pro- channel as executive vice president and gramming reins. general manager only three weeks ago, but The schoolteacher who broke into televi- she has programmed History from day one. sion answering phones now has an Emmy Raven and her former boss, Dan Davids, Award on her office coffee table. There are were on the same wavelength about pro- also the two Peabody Awards, a Governor's gramming, she says. They wanted what Award from the Television Academy of was accurate, original and real. "Documen- Arts & Sciences, and several other prizes taries are the purest form of storytelling," scattered around her workspace. she says. "We can't make these stories up." "Documentaries History does have its detractors. One Raven rose to the top of History by a are the purest form astute cable observer calls it the "Nazi convoluted path that started at the John she -wolf channel" for what seems a pre- Drew Theater in East Hampton, N.Y. She of storytelling. We ponderance of programming about Hitler landed a summer job as a stagehand there at can't make these and World War II. Raven, whose father the age of 16. Afterward, she studied the- was wounded in WWII, calls that a mis- ater in college and became the youngest stories up." conception. Great American History Quiz Equity stage manager in New York. Raven asked questions about everything from actually made a living on theater work advertising to zeitgeist, she points out. alone, but she eventually yearned to Modern Marvels is a showcase for techno- reclaim her evenings and weekends. Earn- logical wonders of the age. Robin Hood, ing a master's degree from Hunter College Amazon women and cave men were sub- in theater and film in 1977, Raven took a Abbe L. Raven jects of History's Mysteries. The History hiatus from entertainment and taught high of Sex was exactly that. Military-related school. Five years later, she was craving the Executive vice president and programming accounts for less than 20% bright lights. Cable television was just get- general manager, The History of the schedule, she maintains. ting its legs, and she set her sights on two Channel; b. New York, Nov. 1, "Look, World War II was a huge part of targets: CBS Cable and a budding women's 1952; University of Buffalo, our history," she notes. For History to network venture called Daytime. N.Y., B.A., theater, 1974; ignore World War II would be like "ESPN It so happened that Daytime was throwing Hunter College, New York, not doing baseball in the summertime." a party at Macy's to recruit new employees. M.A., theater and film, 1977; Nielsen numbers testify that History's Armed with her résumé, Raven marched production stage manager, mix of storytelling appeals to a growing down to the merchandise mecca to become a various off -Broadway segment of the TV audience. History's producer for Daytime. She encountered productions, New York, 1974- total -day cable rating increased 25% from about 100 other women with the same idea. 76; high school teacher, 1998 to 1999, from a 0.4/190,000 to a Here she was, a high school teacher with a English and drama, New York, 0.5/275,000. Its prime time rating jumped little theater under her belt, looking to break 1977 -81; production manager, 33 %, from a 0.6/319,000 to a 0.8/450,000. into TV. Get real, she told herself, and turned Daytime, 1982; production History's total distribution grew roughly to leave. Then the voice that knew best said, manager, Daytime /Arts, 1983; 10% in the same period. director of production, A &E, "This is your one chance," she recalls. Raven History's appeal is the stuff of quietly 1984 -88; VP, production, A &E, waited for the throngs to leave, then formed trends. It's the favorite channel of 1988-94; VP, programming and approached the Daytime executive. production, The History Tony Soprano, the lead character in the "I asked if they were doing any arts pro- Channel, VP, production, A &E, wildly popular HBO series. Raven's gramming for women" Contact this pro- 1994; senior VP in 1995; whole body smiles when she relates that ducer, she was told. The producer took senior VP, programming, little marketing bonanza. Marketing and one look at Raven's résumé and told her History and History distribution form the core of her first she could answer phones. International, 1998; present objective as general manager. She will That was enough. She was in. She position since March 2000; m., eventually be replacing herself as head of answered phones for two weeks before Martin Tackel, June 28, 1981; programming, the job that was once per- she wormed her way into production. son, David, 15. fectly suited to an ex- schoolteacher. Within a year, she was production manag- - Deborah D. McAdams ß8 BROADCASTING 8 CABLE / APRIL 3, 2000 Broadcasting & Cable SPECIAL REPORT

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marketing. Hope Wintner, director, pro- Princeton, N.J., stepped BROADCAST down but TV motion marketing, named executive remains a consultant. Diane Ztpursky, senior counsel, NBC, VP, brand management; David Watson, Washington, D.C., named VP, Wash- senior producer, online, named direc- CABLE tor; Todd Hatley, senior manager, pro- ington law and policy, there. Monica Azare, motions, named director. promotions. chief counsel to Rep. Jay Switzer, senior VP, programming, W.J. Tauzin (R -La.), Washington, CHUM Television, Toronto, has added Nina T. Henderson, D.C., named VP, government affairs, senior VP and GM of ChumCity to his VP, marketing and Insight Communications, New York. distribution, BET duties, there. Appointments Pictures, Washing- at Cox Communi- Randall Smith, VP and GM, WPHL -TV cations ton, D.C., named Systems, Atlanta: Thomas Phil ulcIphia, resigned. Forst, GM, advertising sales, Man- interim COO, BET chester, Conn., named director, affili- Michael Zucker, senior VP, creative Pictures II there. services, television, MCA, Los Ange- ate relations and advertising sales; Martha Martin, les, joins KCOP -TV as director, market- Jacqui Vines, VP, human resources, VP, Internet sales, ing, there. San Diego, named VP and GM. She Playboy Enterpris- will be based in Baton Rouge, La; Tina Appointments at wwMT(TV) Kalama- Henderson es Inc., New York, Denicole, director, business operations, zoo, Mich.: Julie Lee, account execu- named VP, interac- Phoenix, named director, finance, tive, woTv(Tv) Battle Creek, named tive advertising, TV Guide Inc., there. advertising sales, Atlanta. account executive; Juli Agacinski, Alan Browdy, VP and associate director of community relations and Appointments at Cablevision Systems research director, Foote, Cone and promotions, West Michigan Grand Prix Corp., Bethpage, N.Y.: Rick Belden, Belding, New York, named VP, pri- Association, named account executive. director, call center operations, Oak- mary research, Lifetime, there. land, N.J., named area director, there; Appointments at KXJB -TV Valley City Sarah Goldstein, Howard Witt, director, call center oper- (Fargo), N.D.: Darin Unterseher, VP, media rela- ations, Bridgeport, Conn., named area graphic designer, named director, tions, 20th Centu- director, there; product services; Lynette L ry Fox Television, Samuelson, accounting/office manag- Peter Eliason, VP, operations, Charter Los Angeles, er, Elder's Radio Communications, Communications, Long Beach, Calif., named VP, public- there, named business manager. named VP, operations, Southern Cali- ity and media fornia group, Alhambra, Calif. relations, E! George Barnard, PROGRAMMING Entertainment director, advertising sales, Time Warner Cable, Boston, Television, there. Randy Freer, executive VP, advertising named regional sales manager, Adel - sales, Fox Sports Net, New York, Goldstein Darlene Chapman, phia Media Services, Northeast region, named executive VP, Los Angeles. account director/ Plymouth, Mass. Eastern region, MTV, New York, joins Scott Levy, director, international tele- Appointments at vision, NBA Entertainment, New Nickelodeon, there, as VP, promotions marketing. Intertainer, Culver York, named senior director, interna- City, Calif.: Amy tional television, there. JOURNALISM Friedlander, direc- Appointments at tor, legal and busi- Disney Channel. Neil Cavuto, VP and managing editor, ness affairs, Burbank, Calif.: Fox News, New York, re- signed his named VP, busi- Gary Marsh, senior contract. ness affairs; Lily VP, original pro- John Dougherty, anchor, WMTw -Tv Yee, controller, gramming, named Poland Spring (Portland), Maine, named VP, con- executive VP, orig- troller. named managing editor, there. Yee inal programming, Appointments at Hollywood.com, Doreen Napolibno, there; Tina Tread - Santa Monica, Calif.: John Forgetta, executive director, information sys- well, executive editor -in- chief, editorial and video tems, In Demand, New York, named director, talent Marsh operations, LA Times.com, VP, information systems. relations and Los Ange- les, named editor -in- chief, there; music specials, named VP, talent and Sandy Kenyon, entertainment ADVERTISING/MARKETING / alternative programming; Claire reporter, WINS(AM) New York, named PUBLIC RELATIONS McCabe, manager, original program- entertain- ment reporter, based in New ming, named director, alternative pro- York. Wade Lott, managing director, Chancel- lor Marketing Group, Orlando, Fla., gramming; Adam Sanderson. VP. mar- RADIO keting, named senior VP: John Rood, named managing director, Philadelphia. director, promotions and branded Tom Webster, VP, eastern region, New Appointments at Cable Television foods. Warner Bros., there, named VP, York U r0a(lcast Architecture Inc., Laboratories Inc., Louisville, Colo.:

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He joined PBS in named senior VP, wireless distribu- with his cousin Sandy Gallin, ran a 1977 as director of operations. tion, PacketVideo, Rochelle Park, There he supervised the transition N.J. production and management busi- ness that produced the NBC mini- from terrestrial to satellite program James McCallum, national spot sales series Mussolini: The Untold Story, distribution. Prior to being named manager, Harrington, Righter & Par- which starred George C. Scott. Katz senior vice president in the mid sons, New York, named VP, national began his career as the stage manag- '80s, he oversaw such departments sales, Video Networks Inc., there. er of the Capitol Theater on Broad- as development, program schedul- Terri Swartz, VP, product marketing, way in New York. In the early ing, research, advertising and public MoreCom Inc., Philadelphia, joins 1940s, he became program director information. Toward the end of his Navic Systems, Needham, Mass., as with MGM's New York radio station career there, he oversaw the man- VP, marketing. WHN. Some of his later television agement of contracting with pro- hits include Donny and Marie, and gram producers, underwriting guide- David R. Baker, sales manager, Sold Out; the latter starred Lily lines, licensing and distribution. KARE(TV) Minneapolis, named senior Tomlin and Kate Smith and won VP, sales, Digital Cyclone Inc., Min- an -Compiled by Nancy Catmull netonka, Minn. David Jaworski, CEO, Provident Ven- tures Inc., Seattle, named VP, site OPEN MINE operations and development, Gaylord Digital, Nashville, Tenn. ATG gets to heart of matter EDI IOR: Just a kw clarifications relative to your story of 3/17/00 titled "Itel- INTERNET co brings COFDM unit to U.S. market." Jonathan Leess, The scarcity of equipment for COFDM testing in the U.S. has been limit- VP, enhanced tele- ed to the lack of available commercial receivers. Rohde & Schwarz (note vision, Go.com, the correct spelling) has, since last year, been marketing and selling global- New York, named ly an exciter /modulator product line that supports all DVB -T COFDM senior VP and modes of operation for 6, 7 and 8MHz markets. Furthermore, Rohde & GM. Schwarz has sold (commercially) this product series (including its SFQ modulator product line) to almost every major chip and receiver manufac- Dennis Buckman, turer. This "SFQ" modulator product has been available since last year as a anchor, ESPN "selectable" DVB -T and/or ATSC unit, allowing "automatic switching" Radio, Bristol, between formats and different modes within those formats. We have been Conn., named using one or another of these "SFQ" products since the NAB of last year. communications Leess Acrodyne has an exclusive agreement for the supply of Rohde & Schwarz manager, transmission products in the U.S. SiteShell Corp., Shelton, Conn. You may have noted that Sinclair has recently licensed its newly devel- oped IOT product (the "Quantum" line) to Acrodyne. The exciter "heart" of ASSOCIATIONS/LAW FIRMS this product is the Rohde & Schwarz exciter for both (or either) ATSC Bruce Cowie, special advisor to the 8VSB and/or DVB -T COFDM. Once again, it is a fully compliant exciter president, CTV, Toronto, named complying with all aspects of the latest ETSI "ETS 300 744" specifications president, NABA, there. which supports 6, 7 and 8 MHz varieties of 2k (1705 carriers) or 8k (6817 carriers) DVB -T systems with all documented requirements for COFDM, Don Byer, senior VP and deputy in addition to ATSC. All the technology has been proven for ATSC and director, operations, Partnership for a DVB. Drug -Free America, New York, named Just some clarification of the issues. -Mark A. Aitken, Advanced Tech- director, national media cause -related nology Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group. marketing, there.

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MANAGEMENT CAREERS GENERAL SALES MANAGER Dominant, #1 MEDIAONE GROUP (NYSE: UMG) is one of the GENERAL MANAGER Pappas Telecasting Com- NBC affiliate has an immediate opening for an world's largest broadband communications com- for the panies is currently accepting applications experienced GSM. KYTV has more local news panies, bringing the power of broadband and the position of General Manager for Omaha, viewers than the competition combined and when Internet to more than seven million customers in Nebraska, KPTM -TV (FOX), Channel 42 and you see our award -winning product, you'll un- the United States, Europe and Asia. MANAGER, LMA KXVO -TV (WB), Channel 15. The Station derstand why. Candidate must possess strong MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS: This position position requires keen leadership and communi- business development and leadership skills. Pre- produces the regional internal communications cation skills, superior sales management experi- fer local and national background with experi- material in support of the campaigns in Product and analytical expertise ence, strategic planning ence in qualitative research, inventory control Marketing and Sales Departments of MediaOne and team building capabilities. Please mail or fax and relationship building. Please submit resume Television Service, High Speed Data and Local KPTM FOX 42/KXVO WB 15, At- your resume to: by 4/14/00 to HR Coordinator, KYTV, 999 W. Sun- Telephone Service. The internal communication tention: Personnel, 4625 Farnam Street, Omaha, shine, Springfield, MO 65807. EOE. materials produced will provide the internal in- Nebraska 68132. Applications will be accepted un- formation for product promotions, events, til the position is filled. No Phone Calls Please. E/ launches, product upgrades and monthly training O /E. materials. In addition, this person oversees the LOCAL SALES MANAGER FOX affiliate in top development of monthly training materials and 50 market has an immediate opening for a will further develop the existing internal commu- dynamic Local Sales Manager. Former sales nications, intemet -based web site to support the management as well as a successful track record growing need for Instant" communication. In addi- in Non Traditional Revenue and sales promotions SALES CAREERS tion, this person develops and produces effective required. Must have the ability to lead, plan and ex- sales collateral material in support of sales orga- ecute sales strategies. Strong computer skills nization initiatives. This is a highly visible position DIRECTOR OF SALES Tucson's KMSB, FOX -11 with knowledge of TV Scan, Qualitative Software and this person will be required to work with with LMA responsibilities for KTTU, UPN -18, has and PowerPoint a MUST. If you are up to the many areas of MediaOne to communicate the an immediate opening for dynamic sales leader. challenge of a tough market and an exciting numerous projects of Marketing and Sales in all rush If you're highly motivated, action oriented with career change with a dynamic company, operational areas. Qualifications include a BA or strong management skills and knowledge of in- your resume' and salary history to: Broadcasting BS in Communications, Marketing, Business or ventory and pricing give us a call! Your re- and Cable, Box #01661, 245 West 17th Street, related area. Five years minimum internal com- sponsibilities are national sales, leading an estab- 7th Floor, New York, NY 10011, EOE. munications experience is required. De- lished local sales team, traffic and new business monstrated written and verbal skills and profi- development. Solid computer and software skills ciency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint with excellent sales training program are a must. a must. Cable industry experience is highly pre- LOCAL SALES MANAGER Experienced, KMSB -TV, a BELO subsidiary is an Equal Op- ferred. MediaOne offers a highly competitive com- aggressive leader with strong people skills to train, portunity Employer. Phone # (520)770-1123 and pensation package, along with bonuses and in- manage inventory, and develop new business. Fax # (520)770 -5461 Send resumes to: KMSB- centives, and a generous package including Strong sales background required. Resume: Station TV, Inc., Attn: H.R. Department -DS1, 1855 N. 6th medical, dental, vision and 401(k). Please Relations, WLEX -TV, PO Box 1457, Lexington, KY Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85705. forward your resume, indicating Job Code: 40588. EOE MCBRDCABL, to: MediaOne, Attn: C.W., 550 N. Continental Blvd., Ste. 250A, El Segundo, CA NATIONAL SALES MANAGER Media General 90245; or Fax: (310) 606-5632. EOE. PERSON FACILITY SALES Top NYC video pro- Broadcast Group www.mgbg.com, WJTV -TV, Na- duction /post production facility seeks highly tional Sales Manager with a proven track record motivated, experienced salesperson to help grow Two to for #1 rated CBS affiliate in Jackson, MS. TECHNICAL CAREERS our business. Great opportunity to take charge. Three years prior NSM or Rep experience and with ex- Salary and commission commensurate BS degree preferred. Self- starter, organized, goal Fax resume and perience. Full benefit package. oriented and interested in growth oriented Broad- BROADCAST MAINTENANCE ENGINEER -1092. salary history/requirements to (212)564 cast Company. Some travel required. EOE M/F WOTV is looking for a Broadcast Maintenance Drug Screen. Send resume to HR Dept. 1820 TV Engineer. Candidates must have a minimum of 5 Road, Jackson, MS 39204 -4148. years experience in broadcasting or related in- dustries. This position requires a working knowl- GENERAL SALES MANAGER CBS affiliate edge of equipment installation, maintenance to KTVA Alaska's 11 is looking for a creative and the component level, and IP networks. Engineer- dynamic person to lead our sales efforts. SALES Television sales, Top 25 Market, East ing and technical degrees, FCC license and SBE Qualified individuals will have a proven track re- Coast location, unique opportunity for right indi- certification will all be considered. Please send cord of combining enthusiasm, leadership and ex- vidual. Looking for a leader who can become part your resume to: Dave Morse, Chief Engineer, ceptional people skills resulting in creating a suc- of management team. Reply to Box 01658 EOE. WOTV 41, 5200 West Dickman Road, Battle cessful sales team. Knowledge of all aspects of Creek, MI 49016. WOTV is an Equal Opportunity broadcast media sales a must. Interested indi- Employer. viduals should send resume to: General Man- ager, KTVA -TV, 1007 W. 32nd Ave., Anchorage, MARKETING CAREERS Alaska 99503. KTVA is an EEO Employer. CHIEF ENGINEER NBC in Mid- Michigan! WEYI- TV in Flint/Saginaw and Bay City, MI seeks an ex- ceptional manager and hands -on leader to grow with this station into the new millennium. Capable GENERAL SALES MANAGER KTVD -TV UP- MARKETING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Are you of troubleshooting studio and ENG systems, de- N20, Denver, has a great opportunity available an experienced marketing /promotion sales veloping and supervising our technical staff, for the position of General Sales Manager. Suc- person with qualified experience in new business overseeing vendor relationships and depart- cessful candidate will be responsible for increas- development? An organized self- starter and mental budget. Experience in maintenance of ing local and national sales, managing a 15- creative thinker with good client contacts, good UHF Transmitters, Audio, Video, Videotape, person team, set pricing and inventory control. prospecting and presentation skills? (Television Microwave and Satellite equipment a must. Plus Minimum 5 years television sales experience and/or Radio experience a plus.) WABC -TV, New knowledge of computer systems and digital necessary. Come to Colorado ready to work York is looking for a Marketing Account Execu- technologies. The qualified individual will have hard, but play hard too. Excellent benefits. Mail tive that fits this description. If interested, please five years experience in broadcast facility. Send resume to: Personnel, 11203 E. Peakview Ave., send resume to Nancy Jordan, WABC -TV, 7 Lin- resume to: EEO Officer, Reference Chief ENG P.O. Box 6522, Englewood, CO 80115 -6522, fax coln Square, New York NY 10023, or email re- job WEYI -TV NBC25, 2225 West Willard Road, to (303)790 -4633, or e -mail to sume to Nancy.C.Jordan @abc.com (No phone Clio, MI, 48420. Fax 810 -687 -8989 EOE. M /F. personnel @ ktvd.com. No phone calls. EOE M /F. calls or faxes please) We are an equal opportuni- Women and minorities encouraged to apply. ty employer.

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TECHNICAL CAREERS

NEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL TELECOM- MUNICATIONS Chief Engineer Network Opera- Maintenance Technician tions. Manages Network Engineering, Scheduling Operations, broadcast and non -broadcast master WORLDNET Television and Film Service seeks a technician to perform preventative main- control operations and Satellite Transmission tenance and emergency and routine repair of television broadcast and production equip- Center staff. Responsible for operations of broad- cast and non -broadcast technical systems and re- ment to the component level. Must have good working knowledge of current state of the art lated planning and budgets. Bachelor's in related digital electronics. Must be able to perform the following duties: install and maintain studio technical field, BSEE preferred and five years and transmission equipment including video switchers, audio consoles, DVE, CG, SS cam- television engineering experience three years of eras and robotics. Familiarity with automation systems and master control environment. which must be in technical management in broad- cast television industry required. Equivalency con- Possess a general computer /networking background. sidered. Experience with satellite transmission systems necessary. FCC General First Class Interested applicants MUST CALL for copy of vacancy announcement #PA -00 -39 in order Radio Telephone License preferred. Computer to address special rating factors. Application must be received or postmarked by 4 -21 -2000. experience and knowledge of computer networks Submit application AND special rating factors to: IBB, Personnel Office, PA/PO, Room desired. Review of applications will begin April 17, position will remain open until filled. Must corn - 1543, 330 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, D.C. 20237. For information contact plete a State application. You may apply Susan King, 202 -619 -3117. electronically at www.wrk4neb.org. Apply to NE State Personnel, 301 Centennial Mall South, Lin- coln, NE 68509 (402) 471 -2075. AA/EOE

DIRECTOR, VIDEO ENGINEERING Utilicom Networks is a growing pre -IPO inte- grated communications provider (IPC) that man- ages and operates facilities -based networks. Our facilities are state -of-the -art fiber optic networks that provide voice, video and data services. We partner with progressive utilities that wish to enter deregulated market areas. Responsible for engineering and technical operations related to the video headend equipment and support systems, the IDOC transmission system, cable CBS has an excellent opportunity for an experienced Systems Engineer to join our New modem systems and other systems that may be York team. transported over the IDOC network. Duties in- clude determining the hardware and supporting systems required The selected candidate must have at least 3 years' project engineering experience. At for field operations in video -on- demand (VOD), digital ad insertion and TV pro- least 1 year of broadcast equipment design development or broadcasting operating expe- duction studios. Will also serve as liaison to rience preferred. Computer proficiency and AutoCad essential. BS degree in Electrical equipment vendors and as corporate subject mat- ter expert for field technical support in the above or Electronics Engineering or related field required; advanced degree preferred. areas and on special projects. Will also assist in determining capital and operating budget require- We offer a competitive compensation package. Please forward your confidential resume ments. Successful candidates will have a mini- mum of ten years experience in broadcasting or and cover letter with salary requirements to: CBS Corporation, Human Resources, related field with a progressive background in Attn: SJ/Eng, 51 West 52nd Street, NY, NY 10019. engineering and studio operations. Must also possess expertise in digital video and commercial An Equal Opportunity Employer. ad insertion techniques. Position requires good in- terpersonal skills with excellent verbal and writing abilities. BSEE or equivalent preferred. Excellent compensation package with base salary, stock CBS options and benefits including 401(k) plan. Re- location assistance provided. Position is based in Franklin, MA with travel required. Please send re- sume and salary history to: Dan Donohue, CHIEF ENGINEER Paramount Station Group is UtiliCom Networks, 124 Grove Street, Suite 220, NEWS TECHNICAL MANAGER WDIV -TV has looking for an experienced Director of Engineer- Franklin, MA 02038; Fax: 508 -553-7100; E -Mail: an opening for a News Technical Manager in the ing to lead the engineering team in Washington, ddonohue© utilicom.net. EOE. Engineering Department. Responsible for DC. This individual should have experience in supervising the technical operation of all UHF transmitter, audio, video, videotape and newsroom operations, news programs, satellite equipment maintenance; plus a knowl- ENGINEERING MANAGER WETA TV 26 & 90.9 newsroom computer systems including non -linear edge of computer systems and digital FM, a publishing broadcasting station serving the editing, satellite feeds, ENG, SNG, transportation technology, as well as familiarization with master DC Metropolitan area, seeks an Engineering fleet, and the maintenance of all related equip- control operations. Also important are good in- Manager to manage the division's television pro- ment. Must also participate in establishing terpersonal and communications skills and the duction staff and technical facility on a project - technical facility and crew requirements, recom- ability to effectively plan and execute projects. Ad- specific basis. Will supervise production of na- mending various technological and operating ditionally, this individual must be able to manage tionally broadcast shows like Washington Week methods to production units. Must act as liaison the technical affairs of the station consistent with in Review and The NewsHour with Jim between News and Engineering, troubleshooting FCC rules and regulations and other applicable Lehrer.Requires a bachelor's degree in a rele- and solving problems prior to air. Associate De- policies and laws. We are seeking an individual vant field and minimum 7 years experience in a gree or equivalent experience in Engineering or who has five years of management experience, national, network -level TV production operation, in- Communications. Significant television technical has a technical school or college degree, is FCC cluding 5 years at management level. Send re- operations experience and three to five years of or SBE certified and possesses a successful sume and cover letter with salary requirements to management background. Mail resume to track record. Send resume to: John Long, Gen- HR Dept, 2775 S. Quincy St., Arlington, VA Marcus Williams, Chief Engineer, WDIV -TV, 550 eral Manager, WDCA -TV, 5202 River Road, 22206 or fax to 703- 998 -2034. Http: // W. Lafayette Blvd., Detroit, MI 48226 -3140. Bethesda, Maryland, 20816. WDCA -TV is an www.weta.org, for jobs specifications. EOE/M/F/ Equal Opportunity Employer. equal opportunity employer. V.

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TECHNICAL CAREERS NEWS CAREERS

ANCHOR REPORTER WYFF -TV, the Hearst - ENGINEERS Argyle station in Greenville, SC, is searching for Turner Broadcasting System has career opportunities for experienced television an accomplished anchor/reporter. The successful candidate will have significant experience on the engineers. These career positions demand an extensive background in equipment desk and in the field. College degree required. maintenance, digital video and audio, and knowledge of computer systems and net- Send tapes/resumes to: Andy Still, News works. Please mail or fax your resume and cover letter to: Director, WYFF -TV, 505 Rutherford Street, Greenville, SC 29609. We ask your cooperation Jim Brown and assistance in our efforts to recruit, hire and Assistant Vice President of Engineering Services promote qualified women and minorities. In this who might Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. regard, if you know of any individual be interested in and qualified for this position we One CNN Center encourage you to refer them to us. WYFF is an P.O. Box 105366 Equal Opportunity Employer. Atlanta, GA 30348 -5366

Fax: 404 -827 -1835 Phone: 404 -827-1638 TBS is an equal opportunity employer WCCO 4 News The Hometown Team

The Twin Cities #1 News Station offers rare and exciting positions. Minorities are strong- Ckflki ly encouraged to apply as we reflect our 111E WORI.I)'S NEWS LEADER growing minority population.

1 Executive Producer - Special Projects SCRIPPS NETWORK recognized for Home & Gar- Lead nation's top long -form reporting fran- den Television, The Food Network and Do It Your- WE PLACE ENGINEERS ". Oversee 10 self Television, has an immediate opening for a chise, "DIMENSION reporters, Employer Paid Fees. Maintenance Engineer in our West Knoxville office photojournalists & producers. Innovator of 20 Years personalized & location. This is an opportunity for the right person storytelling techniques, resource juggler, confidential service. to enjoy a superior quality of life in Knoxville, TN, strategizer. Proven Special Project EPs pre- All USA States & Canada while working for a world class company in a state ferred. MAIL & FAX: of the art facility. The qualified candidate will have at least 5 years of television maintenance experi- Executive Producer - Nightside KEYSTONE INT'L., INC. ence. Will posses superior troubleshooting and Help shape winning 10pm newscast by craft- repair skills on the following equipment: Sony digi- Dime Bank , 49 S. Main St., Pittston, PA 18640 USA ing the copy, directing reporters, elevating tal tape machines and editing systems, Avid and Phone (570) 655-7143 Fax (570) 654 -5765 production, emphasize storytelling, balancing Quantel nonlinear edit systems, Quantel and Chy- website: keystoneinl.com anchor interaction. ron graphics systems, as well as video servers and We respond to all broadcast automation systems. Exceptional com- Sports Producer Employee & Employer inquiries puter and networking skills are a must as is a strong background in digital video and audio sys- Lead the two highest rated half -hour sports ALAN CORNISH / MARK KELLY a tems. NAB interviews are available.We offer chal- programs. We need an innovator with great lenging work, a desirable working environment and production instincts who can interact with TRANSMITTER TECHNICIAN WXII, a Hearst - competitive salary/benefits. To apply, please send major sports franchises. Some weeknight Argyle NBC affiliate in Winston -Salem, NC, has a resume and cover -letter to: Scripps Networks, sports producing also required. an opening for a Transmitter Technician. We are Attn: HR Department, P.O. Box 50970, Knoxville, looking for an ambitious, highly motivated indi- TN 37950 or email your qualifications to engi- vidual to maintain our VHF transmitter. Re- Reporter neer @hgtv.com. Scripps Networks is wholly - sponsibilities include maintenance of transmitter Enterprize hard news, work with great pho- owned and operated by The E.W. Scripps Compa- and associated equipment as well as transmitter tojournalists, creative techniques to stand ny and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. facilities. Assisting in maintaining FCC com- our from the pack. Also contribute to Lead pliance and providing technical services to studio Story Team and some long -form stories. and news operation. RF experience needed. Mail resumes to: WXII Human Resources, PO Box NEWS CAREERS Photojournalists (2) 11847, Winston -Salem, NC 27116. Fax to: reporters, state -of -the -art (336)773 -0702. Work with great WE'RE EXPANDING! Mort Meisner Associates pro- equipment, committment to blend YOUR udly announces that John Sprugel has joined the OWN STYLE with NPPA techniques. CHIEF ENGINEER WHTV Lansing MI, is seeking organization as an agent. John, a long time news Engineer. knowl- a Chief Must have extensive executive will represent talent, producers & man- Editor edge of FCC requirements, UHF transmitters, agers. Because every one of our producers have alive. Make suggestions audio, video, microwave, and satellite systems. placed at stations like WPVI, KTRK & WDIV & Make raw tape come Project management and strong computer skills networks like CNN we need more people who are to producers and reporters. along with education equivalent of AA degree in ready to put our expertise to work for them. Send electronics required. Please send resumes Attn: your tapes & resumes to MMA at 26711 Send non -returnable tape, resume, Bill Chen (323) 965 -5411 (fax), or email at Woodward Ave. #309, Huntington Woods, MI references to: News Director, Ted bchen @loop.com, EOE. 48070 or call 248 -545 -2222 or to John Sprugel at Canova, WCCO -TV, 90 S. I Ith Street, 10304 NE 97th Terrace, K.C. MO 64157 or call Minneapolis, MN 55403. 816- 781 -8888. TELEVISION ENGINEER Min 2 years experi- ence. General FCC or SBE Certificate preferred. Excellent salary and benefits including 401K. news stories broad- Only qualified applicants will be considered. NEWSWRITER Write /edit for Send resume' to Personnel Director, WVIR -TV, cast. Bach. Deg. Journalism. 1yr. exp. Mail ad/ WCCO ,News P.O. Box 769, Charlottesville, VA 22902 No resume H.R. KDLH -TV, 425 W Superior St., The Hometown Team phone calls or faxes. Duluth, MN 55802 (no phone calls).

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Progressive leader in information and technology is advancing newsgathering division with immediate openings in the following positions:

Correspondents: Openings in Northwest, Mountain and Northeast regions. Responsible for live reporting, writ- ing & operations. Heavy travel. Business Correspondents (New York): Responsible for daily live reports. Business Production Assistants (New York): Assist in production of live reports. Producers: Openings in Northwest, Mountain and East Coast regions. Responsible for live remotes, SNG coordi- nation. Heavy travel.

Photographers : Openings in Northwest, Mountain and East Coast regions. Shoot live remotes, stand -up and light- ing. Heavy travel. Editor /Directors: Openings in Northwest, Mountain and East Coast regions. Responsible for directing and editing live remotes. Heavy travel. Ku- Engineers: Openings based in Northwest and Mountain regions. Responsible for KU truck remote operations. Senior/Advanced Writers: Write and edit scripts. Supervising Producer: Opening in Southeast. National Assignment Editors: Focus on all aspects of newsgathering in United States. Satellite Coordinators: Responsible for coordinating SNG and fiber feeds. Futures Editors: Responsible for futures planning. Photographer /Editor: Edit and shoot on live remotes. Logistics Manager: Oversee travel and coordination of field crews. Technology Developer: Develop and maintain web site and other software systems. Technology Support Specialist: Support and maintain new and existing computer technologies.

Please forward resume and tape (if appropriate) to Box 01660, Broadcasting and Cable, 245 W. 17th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10011. E. O. E.

NEWS DIRECTOR Network affiliate in Mid Atlan- NEWS PRODUCER For weekend and special PROMOTIONS CAREERS tic Region seeks News Director to take local projects. We produce six hours of news daily. news to a new level. Candidate should have 3 -5 Supportive and creative environment, plus great PROMOTIONS ASSISTANT yrs. in television journalism, college degree, and benefits. Excellent writing skills with drive to win. Available May be willing and able to lead, direct, and teach College degree and one year newsroom experi- 2000 - Do you want to be part of the fastest grow talented local news operation. Send resume, ence. Resume and VHS tape to: Juli Buehler, ing station in the market? We need a team tape and news philosophy to: Box 01659 Fe- News Director, WLUK -TV, 787 Lombardi Avenue, player who is extremely organized, proactive and hard males and minorities are encouraged to apply. GreenBay, WI 54304. EOE. working. Writing skills, computer expertise and a broadcasting degree, a plus! Submit re- sume to: Julie Snell, WMBD -TV, 3131 N. Univer- DIRECTOR/EDITOR 3 -5 years experience in NEWS DIRECTOR CBS affiliate KTVA Alaska's sity, Peoria, IL 61604. EOE M /F. Avid and on -line editing, knowledge of Sony 11 is looking for a creative and motivated leader editor, DME & switcher preferred, Experience in for our news department. Candidate must Photoshop & After Effects. Ability to switch a live possess strong organizational skills, sound PRODUCER CAREERS newscast is desirable. Send resume to: Director editorial judgement and the ability to manage and of Production, WNYT -TV, PO Box 4035, Albany, motivate people. Responsibilities will include for- NY 12204. EOE. GOLF NUT - GREAT PROJECT! If you love golf mulating style, content, personnel and budget for and want the opportunity to work with some of our news efforts. Interested individuals should Chicago's greatest sports legends, then ABC7 send resume to: General Manager, KTVA -TV, Chicago has the job for you. FREELANCE 1007 W. 32nd Ave., Anchorage, Alaska 99503. PRODUCER wanted for a 3 -month project KTVA is an EEO Employer. producing a 10 -part golf series for broadcast. Job PROMOTIONS CAREERS entails all pre -and post -production; setting up the crews and logistics for the All Star shootout and post - producing ten half -hour programs on AVID. You NEWS DIRECTOR NBC affiliate in Sunny South WRITER/PRODUCER Interviewing Immediately will be responsible for the entire project from be- is seeking an experienced, people- oriented News - If you write great copy, enjoy news promotion, ginning to end, using the resources of the Director to take us to the next level. If you have are pro- active and don't mind hard work, WMBD number one station in the Chicago market. Must 2 -3 years experience as a News Director, love a wants you! We are searching for a promotion be available June, July and August. Send a re- challenging situation and like to work for a great guru with innovative ideas and excellent writing sume and tape of your sports production experi- company with first rate resources, this job may be skills, so bring your degree, experience and Avid ence to Fran Preston, Director of Programming & for you. Your ability to manage and motivate will expertise to us! Submit resume to: Julie Snell, Special Projects, ABC7 Chicago, 190 N. State be key. Send tape and resume to:Box 01663 WMBD -TV, 3131 N. University, Peoria, IL 61604. St., Chicago, IL 60601. EOE No phone calls, EOE. EOE M /F. please.

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GENERAL MANAGER of Indianan Public Radio, FOX 6 in San Diego is expanding Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. Pro- their news to mornings and noon! fessional position available July 3, 2000. Re- ADMINISTRATOR, sponsibilities: provide leadership and vision for overall station direction; meld the missions of the t RESEARCH We are looking for Executive Producers, Producers, university and IPR into the on -air operation; main- "If You Are Committed Anchors /Reporters, Assignment tain compliance with all FCC and other legal re- To Being The Best... quirements for IPR; prepare long-term plans for CABLE Editors, Directors, Technical Then TIME WARNER station technology and oversee marketing, de- is the Place to Be" Directors, Photojournalists, velopment, fund-raising, and membership for Graphic Artists, Promo IPR. Minimum qualifications: bachelor's degree in We have a position for an aggressive and broadcasting or related field; at least five years of motivated individual. You will be responsible Producers, High -end Video experience in public radio broadcasting and for producing rating schedules for account Effects Editors and Support management; excellent written and oral commu- executives on a daily basis or as requested, Personnel. NO PRIMA DONNAS. nication abilities. Preferred qualifications: tracking overnight ratings and analyzing marketing research and master's degree; experience in major donor de- (Scarborough) Only pleasant, computer literate, monitoring (competitive velopment. Send letter of application, curriculum commercial services media). Must be computes literate in the use of highly intelligent broadcasters need vitae, official transcripts, and the names and tel- the MS Office Package, specifically apply. If you're motivated, ethical, ephone numbers of three references to: William PowerPoint. A college degree is strongly B. Cahoe; Attn: IPR General Manager Search; and aren't afraid to push the preferred as well as minimum of two years Ball University; Muncie, IN 47306. Review envelope this could be the challenge State related experience. of applications will begin immediately and will con- for. salary and compre- you've been waiting tinue until the position is filled (www.bsu.edu) Ball We offer a competitive hensive benefits package. Please fax /mail your State University is an equal opportunity, affirma- Please send resume and non- resume/ salary history to HR Dept. We will tive action employer and is strongly and actively reel only respond to qualified candidates. returnable demo along with committed to diversity within its community. history to: salary f? Time Warner City Cable Alberto Pando 120 E. 23rd ST News Director CREATIVE SERVICES CAREERS . NewYork, NY 10010 - FAX XETV FOX 6 FOX 6 We Are Committed To NEWS 8253 Ronson Road Creative Services Director A Free Environment Diego CA 92111 &Are San WISN TV, the Hearst- Argyle station in Milwau- kee, is looking for a Creative Services Director ©TIME WARNER who can lead our promotion and branding CITYCAB Li efforts. As a key member of our management RESEARCH CAREERS team, you will oversee the station positioning, image development, on -air promotion, brand- ing and station packaging. You will work very & SALES MARKETING RESEARCH closely with the news department and play a MARKET RESEARCH ANALYST DIRECTOR WKYC -TV, the Gannett-owned NBC critical role in developing outside media affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio, is seeking a hands -on strategies, community relations and special LLC Research Director to coordinate research and Telemundo Network Group a events. If you're interested in joining one of the marketing projects within the sales department. 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Additional responsibilities include products and identify new technologies that must be developed to meet customer and competitive advising students and managing weekly student demands. You should have experience in developing and maintaining alliances with external broadcast. MA and significant broadcast industry companies as well as a proven ability to handle diverse responsibilities and work effectively in a experience required. Ph.D. in mass communica- high -tech environment. tion or related field preferred. Effective teaching, scholarship, and service are required for promo- tion and tenure. Review of applications will begin SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER immediately and will continue until position is This position will report to the General Manager of the Automation Transmission Marketing filled. GC &SU (approx. 5000 students), Georgia's Group and will be responsible for establishing the marketing strategy for the full product line Public Liberal Arts University, is an Equal Op- within the Automation and Transmission business group. Product lines include muting switchers, portunity /Affirmative Action institution digital signal processors, MPEG 2 codes, and MPEG 2 video file servers. You will work with the (www.gcsu.edu). Send letter of application, three respective product marketing managers to create a synergistic marketing strategy to integrate the letters of reference, and vita to Dr. M.J. Land, introduction of new products into the market. Specific responsibilities include managing the GC &SU, CBX 44, Milledgeville, GA 31061. alignment of product advertising, public relations and marketing communication associated with the full range of products, and applications in this business. 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Syndi- did on the show and disap- and abrogated the public single- camera comedy cated television was up pointed that God wasn't trust by abandoning mini- "M.Y.O.B. [Mind Your 11%, to $3 billion. Newspa- able to garner a larger mum standards for con- Own Business]," on per advertising increased audience. In its three regu- tent," says PTC Chairman Tuesday, June 6. The 9.4 %, to $17.7 billion. lar Tuesday night episodes, Brent Bozell. "It also shows series follows a street - God averaged a 2.8 rat- that there are precious few smart teen in search of her NBC has cancelled con- birth mother. Don Roos troversial new animat- ing/7 share in adults 18 -49 shows a parent can turn to if he or she wants to (Single White Female) and ed sitcom "God, The and 6.0 million viewers, change the channel." Ann Donahue (High Inci- Devil and Bob" after according to Nielsen Media Research. dent) are the show's pro- only four airings. The Who wants to win ducers. Carsey- Werner comedy A study released by some lunch money? that featured James the Parents Television Dick Clark is asking the Hollywood -based Inter- Garner as the voice of Council found that sex- questions now. He will host net company Creative God, will be replaced by ual content, coarse lan- a two -hour children's aca- Planet Inc. (www.cre- repeats of "Frasier" for guage and violence had demic tournament special ativeplanet.com) has the next few weeks, tripled on prime time for the Fox network, which acquired TV advertising Why provide free TV? Just what can broadcasters do with their digital spectrum? To Hubbard Broadcasting Chairman and President That issue was raised last week, prompted by the Stanley Hubbard, that is a loophole that needs closing. push of a pioneer broadcaster to insure that free TV was He has been pushing hard in Washington for an guaranteed a place at the table. amendment to the communications act that would spell Most broadcasters have been operating on the out in no uncertain terms that the delivery of terrestrial assumption that with their new digital spectrum they are digital television service is conditional on the provision required to provide free TV service and are allowed to of "at least one over -the -air video program signal at no charge for ancillary data or video services that could give direct charge to viewers." them a crack at the vaunted second revenue stream. Among those Hubbard has lobbied is House That line of reasoning flows from the Telecommunica- Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Billy tions Act revision of 1996, which presupposes the possi- Tauzin (R -La.). Although the telco act and the FCC rules bility of such pay services when it says that, if the FCC seem clear on the point of allowing ancillary pay servic- approves them, it must levy a fee on them. In laying down es, says Tauzin spokesman Ken Johnson, "some the rules of the road for digital conversion in its 1997 lawyers claim there is a gray area in the law that raises order, the FCC was clear on both the primacy of free TV questions about what broadcasters can and cannot do and the possibility of pay services. It made the provision with the spectrum that has been given to them by the of free, over-the -air TV a first principle of DTV. It also federal government." Not surprisingly, the news (report- approved ancillary services for which consumers would ed on B &C's TV Fax) that the subcommittee was even have to pay. Broadcasters would pay a 5% fee to the gov- reviewing-though not advocating -such a reading of ernment which the FCC hoped would help drive accept- the law got some broadcasters exercised, according to ance of digital, as well as technological innovation. Johnson. "We are simply researching the law to try to Sounds clear enough. The sticking point is that the determine if those assertions are true," says Johnson, telco act of '96 assumes, but never expressly guaran- who did not identify the scholars beyond saying one is a tees, free TV as a baseline of DTV service. law professor. -John Eggerton

104 BROADCASTING & CABLE / APRIL 3, 2000 IN BRIEF Web site The Source offer," said Jim Penhune, Maythenyl Inc. analyst for the Boston - (www.sourcetv.com). The based Yankee Group. House axes local quota Source Maythenyl tracks William J. Lansing, for- House lawmakers gave broadcasters a victory last and logs national and mer chairman and CEO week by killing a plan to impose local programming regional commercials for of Fingerhut Compa- quotas on stations that want carriage on satellite sys- more than 1,000 clients. nies Inc., based in Min- tems serving rural areas. Under terms of the agree- netonka, Minn., has At the urging of Rep. Billy Tauzin (R -La.), the ment, company President voted 38 -8 to eliminate the been appointed CEO of Commerce committee Pam Maythenyl will contin- a that would provide NBC Internet Inc. in programming mandate from bill ue running The Source $1 in federal loan guarantees intended San Francisco. He will up to billion under the new ownership available via satellite succeed Chris Kitze, who to make local TV service structure. in rural areas. has been appointed vice providers The provision would have allowed companies using chairman there. NBCi is a Longtime ABC News the loan guarantees, such as EchoStar and DirecTV, year- and -a -half old compa- executive Neil Patter- to deny carriage to local stations that did not provide at ny. Its companies include son died of complica- least 21 hours weekly of local programming. Snap.com, videoseeker. tions from a stroke last The provision would have severely weakened local corn and NBCi.com. week at St. Vincent's stations' carriage rights because many independent Hospital in New York Arthur Dwyer, chief stations and Fox, UPN, WB, and Paxson affiliates City. He was 50. Patterson operating officer, Com- would not meet the local programming threshold. is survived by his wife, Kris munication Trends Inc., Tauzin, who chairs the Telecommunications sub- Sebastian, and three chil- Atlanta, has been committee that approved the content requirement dren, Schuyler, 20, Devon, named chairman of the over his objection last week, said the measure also 16, and Liza, 2. Patterson Cable TV Hall Of Fame would have been too difficult to enforce. was a 22 -year veteran of Committee, Denver. "Quantifying a certain amount of hours left us with ABC News, most recently The committee plans an a lot of subjective questions, such as which programs serving as senior vice annual dinner to honor count toward the local requirement and which sta- president for operations cable TV pioneers and tions would be in or out," Tauzin said. and the executive -in- induct them into the Hall of Instead, the panel approved Tauzin's amendment, charge of ABC's Millenni- Fame. Dwyer previously which would force a satellite provider to carry no more um program. served as senior vice than the largest number of local broadcast signals of president of Cox Commu- the biggest cable system in that market. The race to deliver nications and was formerly House leaders, who say they want a full House vote interactive TV services vice president of Turner in April, must now work out differences between the on set-tops intensified Broadcasting, where he Commerce Committee's bill, which covers 80 percent last week as OpenTV was in the of a loan, and a similar one approved by the Agriculture and instrumental grabbed Spyglass TNT Committee, which guarantees 100 percent. Liberate Technologies development of the cable network. The full Senate last week also approved its own took over Morecom. loan guarantee plan sponsored by Banking Commit- OpenTV is acquiring Web Correction tee Chairman Phil Gramm (R- Texas). The Gramm bill browser maker SpyGlass in The NAB Seller's Guide in would provide $1.25 billion and would back up 80 per- a $2.5 billion stock swap to the March 13 issue had cent of a loan. add Internet software capa- three references to the Also approved by the Commerce Committee was bilities to its portfolio. Liber- Harris line of encoders in an amendment offered by Rep. Barbara Cubin (R- ate is picking up Morecom, which the encoders were Wy.) that would prevent local broadcasters from ruling another interactive TV described as Lucent that satellite subscribers are not eligible for broadcast developer, in a $561 million encoders. The encoders, network signals imported from distant markets just stock transaction as a way which are manufactured because they receive service from Pegasus and other of boosting its profile on by Lucent Digital Video, National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative -affil- satellite TV systems." In are marketed by Harris iated providers. (To receive distant network signals, each case, the company Broadcast Communica- households must be unable to receive an acceptable being acquired rounds out tions Division as the Har- or "grade B" signal from the local network affiliate.) the technology that the ris FlexiCoder and Uni- -Bill McConnell acquiring company can Coder.

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Donald V. West /Group EDITOR IN CHIEF/202- 463-3701 Three chairs for the XFL! Harry A. Jessell /EoiToR /212- 337 -6964 Denise O'Connor /AssocIATE PueusHER/212- 337 -6961 When the NFL was young, players forged in steel -mill towns played both ways EDITORIAL /NEW YORK Harry A. Jessell /EDITOR /212- 337 -6964 on bum legs, because missing a game meant missing a paycheck. They were P.J. Bednarski/ EXECUTIVE EolroR /212-337 -6965 guys with names like Bronco and noses that zig- zagged down their mugs like a Stephen McClellan /DEPUTY EDITOR /212 -337-7023 drunk failing a sobriety test. Today, if a John M. Higgins /DEPUrt EDITOR /212 -337 -7024 player's not on his cell phone, he's in his Susan Qualtrough /MANAGING EonoR /212- 4636432 cellblock. And everybody is measured by the size of his contract instead of his Evette Porter /ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR/212- 337 -7148 heart. And yet, the game has also gotten suddenly fuddy -duddy, with rules stipu- Glen Dickson /AssocIATE EDITOR /212-337 -6952 Richard Tedesco /AssocIATE EDITOR /212 -337-7025 lating how players can celebrate and hit each other. Soon, defensive linemen Ken Kerschbaumer /ASSOCIATE EDnoR /212 -337 -7011 will be forced to ask the quarterback: "One lump or two ?" before pounding him Deborah McAdams/STAFF WRITER /212 -337-7027 into the carpet. Patricia A. Carter /SENIOR COPY EDITOR /212-337.7143 Beatrice Williams-Rude /Copy EoIToR /212- 337 -7140 Enter Vince McMahon and the XFL, whose profile was raised last week by Nancy Catmull /EOnoRIAL ASSISTANT/212- 337.7141 NBC's decision to join the tag team. McMahon is promising some rules changes DFSlON /NEW YORK that will return the game to its grittier roots and distinguish it from its NFL rival. Todd J. Gast /ART DIRECTOR /212-337 -7017 Adam Woods /ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR /212-337 -7144 it. We're all for It's about time someone really lowered his head and hit the line EDITORIAL/WASHINGTON (although McMahon's wrestlers are more adept at hitting their marks and learn- Donald V. West / GRoup EDITOR IN CHIEF /202 -463.3701 ing their lines). Here are our suggestions: John S. Eggerton /DEPUTY EolroR /202- 463-3712 Dan Trigoboff /SENIOR EDITOR /301 -260-0923 Redefine out -of- bounds: Right now, it's exciting to see a defensive back Elizabeth A. Rathbun /AssociATE EDITOR /202- 463-3709 scamper with an interception 80 yards down the sideline for a TD. Imagine if, as Paige Albiniak /AssisTANr EDITOR /202- 4633708 in wrestling, players on the Bill McConnell /STAFF WRITER /202- 463-3706 opposing team's bench could storm onto the field Kim McAvoy/CONTRIBUTING EDITOR /540. 341 -4234 and body slam the guy into next Tuesday. Teams always brag about the depth of Kira Greene /CONTRIBUTING Eoiron/7036835567 their benches; now they'll have to prove it. Dave Boruckl /GROUP ART DIRECTOR/202- 4633721 Rick Higgs /SYSTEMS MANAGER /202-4633718 Loosen those drug rules: Wrestling has a proud tradition of athletes who bulk Alisa Holmes/WEB PRODUCTION MANAGER /202-463 -3703 up chemically. New rules could allow players to experiment not only with Doris Kelly/OFFICE MANAGER /202-4633711 steroids but with chloroform. EDITORIAL/LOS ANGELES Joe Schlosser /BUREAU CHIEF/323-549.4111 Eliminate the face mask: Of course, masks may take on a whole new mean- Melissa GregO /STAFF WRITER /323965-5361 ing in the XFL. But putting aside the leather and studs, the NFL's 15 -yard ADVERTISING /NEW YORK penalty for intentionally grabbing a player's face mask and snapping him to the Denise O'Connor /AssocIATE PueusHER /212-337 -6961 Yvonne Pettus /SENIOR Accourir EXECUTIVE /212-337.6945 ground will have to go. Hey, if a player is afraid of a little neck injury, he Michael Farina /Accourir EXECUTIVE /212 -337-6941 should take up bridge. Rob Payne /Accourir EXECUTIVE /212- 337 -7022 Allow folding chairs: In the NFL, if an offensive tackle is getting beaten like a John Snyder /SALES COORDINATOR /212-3376940 Dana Levitt/MARKETING SERVICES DIRECTOR /212-463.6546 drum, there isn't much he can do about it. But on the XFL gridiron, he'll be able Georgina Sculco /ART DIR.,CREATIVE SERVICES/212- 337 -7154 to run to the sideline, grab a chair and bludgeon the offending defensive end. Nikki Kraus /MARKETING SERVICES COORDINATOR/212 -463.6483 Bring back nicknames: It's a whole new ball game when your team is led by CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING /NEW YORK Brent Newmoyer /MANAGER, INSIDE SALES /212- 337 -6962 Stone Cold Steve McNair. The right nickname could spell the difference Vahan Atsumi /INSIDE SALES REPRESENTATIVE /212-337-6960 between a Super Bowl ring and your wide receiver sucking sod a yard short of Tamika Brown /ADVERTISING SALES COORDINATOR/212-337-7073 Disney World. ADVERTISING /Los ANGELES Marcia OFCutt /ADVERTISING DIRECTOR, SYNDICATION/323-549.4114 Move over, Lombardi (and take care, NBC); a new Vince is in town. Eric Low /SALES COORDINATOR /323549.4113

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a headache that lasted weeks for the TV station that taped it, WPLG Miami. What CIRcuLATION/NEw YORK Elián said became a matter of interpretation, or maybe a matter of interpreter. Cheryl Miller /CIRCULATION DIRECTOR /212-463-6651 No one could agree on what the boy actually said, and it didn't take too long for SUBSCRIPTIONS BROADCASTING & CABLE: 800 -554-5729 warring factions to line up behind the interpretation that favored their political BROADCASTING & CABLE YEARBOOK: 800-521-8110 position on Elián's return. CABLEO0Y: 800 -5639056, TV FAX: 800-554-5729 Now ABC News' Diane Sawyer is taking some heat for her interview with the OFF New York: 245 W. 17th St., 10011 boy, and rightly so. TV journalists generally don't and shouldn't interview 212 -645-0067; Edit Fax 212- 337 -7028; Ad Fax 212 -337 6948 young children without the consent, even the presence, of a parent or guardian. Washington: 1627 K Street NW, 20006 But who is Elián's rightful parent or guardian? Isn't that the question? For all of 202 -463-3711; Edit Fax 202 -463-3742 Los Angeles: 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 120, 90036 ABC's care to put context to the boy's words and to avoid politicizing the so- 323-54 9-4100; Edit Fax 323-937-4240; Ad Fax 323937 -5272 called visit, the interview has itself been cited by the battling factions- includ- ing Fidel Castro himself. So, even if one accepts the notion that the interview #Cahners® was not itself exploitative, it has nonetheless fueled additional exploitation. If CANNERS BUSINESS INFORMATION this 6- year -old boy has come to symbolize the quest for freedom or the impor- Marc Teren /CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER tance of the nuclear family, he also symbolizes exploitation -by zealots, by Brian Nairn /CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Glenn Rogers /EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT ENTERTAINMENT,

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