Surrey Buys Charter for $32 Million
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ISSUE NUMBER 412 THE INDUSTRY'S NEWSPAPER DECEMBER 11, 1981 INSIDE R&M Sharell Heads Surrey Buys Charter For $32 Million E/A Promotion Tucson -based Surrey Broad- Sunbelt Communications, which ing R&R, "Needless to say, we had earlier agreed to purchase have a very strong belief, and now Jerry Sharell has assumed casting has agreed in principle to WOKY & WMIL (R&R 6-12), a strong commitment in radio responsibility for Elektra/Asy- purchase six of Charter Broad- casting's radio properties for reportedly offered $30 million for broadcasting. We think its future lum's promotion activities with $32 million. Surrey, which currently the same package of Charter pro- is an excellent one. We're very his new appointment this week as owns KAIR & KJYX/Tucson and perties late last week. However happy to have been able to put the Sr. VP/Promotion. He had been Surrey Communications Re- Surrey's bid of $32 million, $26 Charter deal together, and I would Page 13 Sr. VP/Creative Services for the will now acquire KCBQ- million in cash and $6 million over like to thank Frank Kalil of label. VP/Promotion Burt Stein search, AM & FM/San Diego, KSLQ/ five years, was accepted over the Richter-Kalil & Co., who acted as now take over album pro- will all Francisco, Sunbelt offer. the broker in this transaction. He Bob Fish, Ron Thompson motion duties, with additional St. Louis. KIOI/San and WOKY & WMIL/Milwaukee. Surrey VP Kent Nichols com- really did a brilliant job. New VP's At RKO: responsibilities in artist develop- Charter will sell WDRQ/Detroit mented on his company's becom- "We have high hopes of keeping WRKO/Boston and ment and special projects. separately. ing a major chain overnight, tell - all the Charter personnel intact, WHBQ/Memphis GM's E/A Chairman Joe Smith com- but obviously we have not had the promoted 3 COURT UPHOLDS ONE TV DENIAL, OVERTURNS TWO mented, "Sharell's long ex- opportunity to discuss the future perience with Elektra/Asylum in with any current Charter many departments uniquely Still On Hold employees yet," Nichols con- To RKO tinued. However, he indicated that Gary Kines Elevated The FCC has been ordered to RKO attorney Harold David VP Plough: WQXM/Tampa discussions were underway to re- At devise a plan for deciding the Cohen of the law firm Pierson, GM adds new title 3 tain Charter Broadcasting Presi- renewal fate of 15 RKO properties, Ball & Dowd told R&R, "I think dent John Bayliss as President of including 12 radio stations. The we're going to pursue whatever Surrey's new radio group. Commission must report its plans judicial remedies are available to A restructuring of Surrey to the U.S. Court of Appeals within us. But it hasn't yet been decided John Moen National PD Broadcasting is now in progress in 30 days. just how or when." For United: Moves up from order to accommodate the com- The order came as the court OK1 00/Washington to supervise Is RKO Fit To Keep pany's rapid growth. Current Sur- nine -station group 3 upheld the FCC's denial of WNAC- Its 15 Stations? rey President Howard Duncan TV/Boston's license, finding that and VP Nichols will be promoted was guilty of blatantly In the first crucial test for FCC RKO within the new Surrey structure by holding back General Counsel Steve Sharp, the KOST's Jerry Sharell "stonewalling" with Bayliss earmarked as head Fred Seiden New damaging facts about its parent Commission now has just 30 days qualifies him to take over the com- of the radio division. Operations Manager: General Tire and Rubber. to decide how it will determine plex area of record promotion firm, SURREY/See Page 4 Consultant and former R&R Editor sent RKO/See Page 4 with an eye to the future. Video, But the court rejected and joins Cox's L.A. Beautiful Music its denials souring, artist development are all back to the Commission outlet 3 York and areas that belong rightfully in the of RKO's WOR-TV/New Sweatte Shifts To KVI As VP/GM KHJ-TV/Los Angeles. promotion category, and are part J. Shannon Sweatte has been ap- and I'm real excited about it. My of the overall marketing scheme. Severely criticizing the FCC's pointed VP/GM of Golden West's plans are to go in there and main- Louise Heifetz Appointed Jerry will coordinate all such ac- handling of the case and rejecting KVI/Seattle, coming to the posi- tain the direction they're in, work KERE/Denver GM: Station to tivities." most of the agency's grounds for tion from VP/GM at KJR in the with the same people, and try to go News/Talk 3 Smith continued. "With the action in the Boston case, the same city. He had been at KJR help them out." Noting that he's greater diversification of music at court ruled that a single viola- since 1969, the last seven years as never worked in a News/Talk for- E/A, we will require Burt Stein's tion - RKG's "egregious lack of manager. Sweatte replaces mat before, Sweatte continued, SHARELUSee Page 4 candor" - justified the drastic James Johnson, who is resigning "It's still people, and that's what Jerry McKenna Takes step of license denial. to pursue ownership oppor- our business is all about. It's very WOKY & WMIL GM Post: However, the justices said since tunities. difficult to leave KJR. But you Former KZAP/Sacramento GSM Osterhout Upped that misconduct happened only in Sweatte told R&R, "It's a new reach a point where new comes to Surrey's the Boston renewal proceeding, challenge; it's something I didn't challenges are very important." newly -purchased Milwaukee To Q105 GM the Los Angeles and New York anticipate, but now the decision's He added that no replacement has stations 3 licenses could not also be denied. been made, I'm going over there, been chosen at KJR yet. Johnson commented on his SWEATTE/See Page 4 Arbitron Advisory Council Nominees Listed: Serxner Takes Final elections due shortly 4 WCAU VP/GM Position Irwin Steinberg Rejoins Allan Serxner has been named Polygram As Consultant: VP/GM at CBS's WCAU/Phil- Company also expands country adelphia, replacing Sher- efforts 4 man Wildman at the News/Talk facility. Serxner had been Direc- Mike Osterhout tor/Finance & Administration for Mike Osterhout has been pro- WCAU-AM & FM for the past six Michael Picozzi Promoted moted from General Sales years, previously holding a To PD At WYSP: Manager to GM at Q105 number of financial positions at Continues as morning man at (WRBQ)/Tampa. Osterhout has CBS-TV. Philadelphia AOR 3 been with the CHR station for four CBS VP/AM Stations Gene years, after working in sales at Lothery, in making the announce- WYZE/Atlanta and WDAE/Tam- KIMN's Kelley Cleans Up ment, stated, "Allan's depth of ex- pa. in our Philadelphia sta- After 25 gruelling days spent on a scaffolding, braving high winds, low perience Harte -Hanks Radio VP/South- Bill McGlamery Named temperatures, and his own fear of heights, KIMN/Denver air personality tions' operations and marketplace VPIGM At east Peter Schulte, who had been will him well in meeting the Steve Kelley is shown coming back to earth. As part of a fund-raising stunt serve WK OS/Nashville: GM the station, commented, of at for the American Cancer Society, Steve washed all the windows of the challenges this demanding Former KFMK/Houston GSM also "Mike is one of the most qualified 29 -story twin Great West Towers in downtown Denver, the equivalent of assignment." acquires interest in radio managers in the country, A the com- station 3 14 football fields of glass! Steve's successful venture raised over $30,500 CBS spokesman said and I'm sure he will carry on the hoped would as well as calling attention to the goals and objectives of Denver's Cancer pany Wildman be winning tradition of Q105." Society chapter. reassigned. Wildman could not be OSTERHOUT/See Page 4 reached by press time. www.americanradiohistory.com `:..dramatically impacted our sales.:: We brought the Research Group in to help us determine what format direction to take with the station, instead of us just coming down here and guessing. The Research Group team came back with a strategic plan based on the research that was right on target - we've gone overall from 2.0 to 8.4 since July, when we put the strategic plan in effect. The demographics are beautiful and we are still growing. Everything from the Research Group has been very specific -a real plan for success not only in Arbitron but also our income statement - it's helped our sales both locally and nationally. The work that the Research Group has done for us in the areas of programming and promotion has dramatically impacted our sales endeavors. John Winkel, Vice President and General Manager 97 WAIVFM In almost every field there is a company that has earned a reputation as the leader. The Research Group Radio's Strategic Research Team 1422 MONTEREY PROFESSIONAL PLAZA SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA 93401 805/541-2838 www.americanradiohistory.com Kines New Plough VP Fish, Thompson Given N Gary Kines, General Manager of Plough's RKO VP Titles o t PAGE 3 WQXM/Clearwater-Tampa, has been named a ,,,, Plough VP at the company's recent board meeting. RKO Radio conferred vice presidential appoint- i . The former programmer has been GM of the AOR ments on two GM's last week, WRKO/Boston's Bob Fish and WHBQ/Memphis's Ron Thompson.