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Ihope you find this week's cover inviting and attractive, and not just because of Howie Mandel's smile. It carries our new logo, which we expect will carry this magazine well into the next millennium. Sleeker and more dramatic, the logo preserves our trademark lightning bolt (67 years strong) and gives us a bigger can- vas on which to tell the stories of our expanding constituencies. (It bothered us that cover subjects often would obscure part of " &CABLE" in the previous design.) That smaller logo in the cover's upper right -hand comer is that of our parent company, Cahners Busi- ness Information. A subsidiary of the multinational publisher, Reed Elsevier Inc., Cahners publishes 130 business magazines in the U.S. In addition to BROADCASTING & CABLE, its titles include several Boadcastg&CabIe others with which you might be familiar: Cahlevi- siun, Multichannel News. Variety. Weekly Variety. TWICE and Digital Television. These books cover some of the same ground, but they operate independently and compete vigorous- ly. The logo's little orange twister, by the way, is meant to signify the company's mission -distilling vital news and information from the oceans of raw data and funneling it to targeted business readers. That we do, guided as always by the journalistic mission of providing an untinted window on the TV and radio busi- nesses for their champions and detractors alike. But don't judge this book just by its cover. That new face is the mirror of other changes inside. Our art director, Dave Borucki, who created the new logo, has also redesigned the departments to provide more continuity and uniformity. Some of the news has been consolidated into a series of columns, each with its own identifying name and icon. Be sure to check out Station Break in the Broadcast- ing department. There you'll finds news exclusively about TV stations and an invitation from reporter Dan Trigoboff for tips and story ideas. The Trigoboff maxim: All news is local. The Telemedia Week department has been rechristened Internet, an acknowl- edgment of what Telemedia Week had become and a recognition that the com- puter- driven Web of text, lively graphics-and, increasingly, audio and video - has earned a place alongside broadcasting and cable as an important new mass medium. Most of the old -line media companies we follow are now deep into the Internet and related multimedia ventures. Nobody, it seems, wants to be counted with the newspaper publishers that failed to get into broadcasting or the radio broadcasters that failed to get into TV. For the Record, our weekly compendium of FCC filings for new stations, facil- ities changes and call letters, has been moved to our Website (www.broadcast- ingcable.com) and redubbed FCC Actions. It's now part of a tier of services that costs $39 a year. Changing Hands, the weekly accounting of TV and radio station sales, now occupies FTR's position in the book. We're not done. The magazine will continue to evolve as we look for better ways to serve you. For instance, we've made a pact with Bloomberg to provide weekly stock-market information. Look for it in the next few weeks. And please let me know what you think of these latest changes (202- 463 -3702: jessell @cah - ners.com). You're the critics we care about.

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www.americanradiohistory.com II iIroadcastg&CabIe 15,19981998 wtvw.broadcastingcablo.com Volume 123 humhjr 25 TOP OF THE WEEK / 6 TCI buys more than a magazine TCI's $2 billion acquisition of News Corp.'s TV Guide business last week marks the end of the era when broadcast was king of the television universe -and an equally dramatic transition from print to electronic formats. / 6 Differing views on cable upfront Advertising agency pundits say cable should finish its upfront saps season next month on a high note but not as well as cable networks anticipate. / 7 Diller recreates USA With old executives out and new ones in, Barry Diller has created in his own inimitable image a vertically integrated TV company. / 7 Sinclair tests multichannel DTV Sinclair put on its long- delayed multichannel digital television demonstration, stressing its strong belief that multichannel applications-not enhanced pictures -will drive demand for digital TV. / 16 Do they believe `n 'Magic'? The promise and promises of Billy Tauzin House Telecom Subcommittee Chairman TV critics seem mostly Billy Tauzin often shoots from the hip first and asks questions later. As a result, his rhetoric is negative about Magic o 'ten ahead of his legislation. 22 Johnson's synd'cated talk / snow, which debuted last McCain VOWS to overhaul FCC Claiming that the FCC "needs to have its priorities Monday night. / 5 adjusted, its excess management trimmed and its functions realigned," Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain says that he wants to revamp the commission during the next session of Congress. /.32 For late- breaking news, see In Brief" on pages 88-89

BROADCASTING / 44 CABLE / 52 `Suddenly' syndicated Suddenly Susan sells in syn- Vogel takes the helm Carl dication for a reported Vogel, new head of Primestar, says he $600,000 per episode to Tri- plans to quickly address government bune and for $250,000 to Life- concerns about cable ownership of time Television. / 44 direct broadcast satellite services. / 52 `Vibe' canceled Colum- Study finds pay inequity A bia TriStar canceled Vibe, 10 study released by Women in Cable Tele- -Cl is working or a months after its debut and vision says that women in cable pro- plan for tiered Inter- seven months after Sinbad took gramming earn nearly 20% less than net access, chair- man John Malone cver hosting duties. Now the their male counterparts. / 57 said last week. / 53 syndicator is looking to quickly Cable news hitting broadcasters With up to fill its time periods. / 44 Fox will fight the summer 60°/% of viewers now regularly turning to cable networks for Valentine vows doldrums with an ambitious news, America's reliance on the broadcast networks' even- slate of original program- improvement UPN Presi- ming, including new epi- ing newscasts has dramatically eroded, according to a new dent Dean Valentine tells affili- sodes of 'Melrose Place.' / 46 Pew Research Center study. / 55 tes the network's shows will get better and assures them that TECHNOLOGY ; 62 there will be more people watching a year from now. / 45 EABC taps Leitch digital gear Ethnic -American Syndicators Put Broadcasting Co. (EABC), the Fort Lee, N.J. =based satel- Sizzle in Summer lite distributor of foreign- language programming, has Rosie O'Donnell's success- ordered more than $3 million of digital equipment from ful launch has put a premium Leitch Technology Corp. / 62 on summer launches. Syndi- cators are putting forth a NBC moves deeper into the Inter- number of shows this sum- NBC Snap!s it up net business with investments in and its Snap! inter- mer, hoping to get out in CNet national portal service. 66 front of the fall season. / 34 / Cover photo by Craig Mathew Changing Hands 68 Datebook 82 Fifth Estater 83 Howie Mandel wants to sell himself to viewers. / 34 Classified 70 Editorials 90 In Brief 72 Closed Circuit 18 Fates & Fortunes 84 Washington Watch...72

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By Price Colman million shares of common stock and will go to debt markets for the cash T('l's $2 billion acquisition portion. of News Corp.'s TV Guide Terms of the deal call for United business last week marks Video to be the exclusive provider the end of the era when broadcast of programming guides to TCI- was king of the television uni- now ranked as the nation's second-

verse and TV Guide magazine I argest MSO, with about 10 mil- was a high -profile icon of that lion subscribers. It will also be the universe. exclusive provider of guides to But if the transaction is one News Corp.'s far -flung interna- more sign of the continuing shift tional satellite services. Those of power from broadcast to cable, include BSkyB in the United it also represents an equally dra- Kingdom, JSkyB in Japan, Star in matic transition from print to elec- Asia, Latin American direct -to- tronic formats. home services and a pending ser- "TV Guide is no longer just a $2 vice in India. billion branded magazine; it's a Analysts see the transaction as multiplatform juggernaut," says an opportunity to recast and rein- Anthea Disney, chairman of News vigorate the venerable TV Guide America Publishing. Disney name. The magazine has 13 mil- acknowledges that TV Guide maga- lion subscribers -the largest zine -which has had flat subscriber circulation of any U.S. week- growth and declining ad revenue ly -but it has been a lackluster growth since News Corp. acquired it performer in Murdoch's U.S. from founder Walter Annenberg in publishing business. 1998 -may eventually move away Ilïñilili'mow "As a stand -alone print busi- from printed television listings alto- ness, it's not exciting," says Mark gether. " I his siure is about creating a Riely of Media Group Research. "But Strategically, the deal further new media company like the world has if you fold it into an electronic guide, cements the ties between two of the never seen before, with a global reach then it starts to get much more interest- world's leading media moguls, Tele- for advertisers that has never been pos- ing. There certainly are significant cost Communications Inc. Chairman John sible before," says Peter Boylan III, savings." Malone and News Corp. Chairman president of United Video. The TV By consolidating data collection Rupert Murdoch, welding tighter links Guide franchise will become United operations and sales staffs of TV for their domestic media businesses Video's "crown jewel," Boylan says. Guide, TVSM and Prevue, Boylan fig- and paving the way for broader global United Video, currently 93 % -con- ures that United Video can save as collaboration. TCI subsidiary United trolled by TCI subsidiaries Liberty much as $40 million over the next three Video Satellite Group is acquiring the Media and TCI Ventures, is paying to four years. TV Guide properties and will become a News Corp. $1.2 billion in stock and Boylan expects run -rate cash flow to TCl/News Corp. joint venture. In addi- $800 million in cash to acquire TV more than double, from $150 million to tion- through Liberty Media -TCI Guide properties that include the week- $325 million, as a result of the acquisi- and News Corp. are partners in Fox ly television listings magazine, the tion. United Video will take on a siz- Sports and FX. TVGEN Web site and cable -satellite able debt load -about $650 million- The deal offers pluses for both sides: guide publisher TVSM. compared to essentially no debt now. Murdoch sheds a flat- growth, low -mar- Once the deal is done, News Corp. But that's likely to have little impact on gin business for about the same price and the ICI companies each will have United Video's debt ratings, because he paid for it; United Video gets the 48% voting control of United Video. its leverage ratio will move to only two most- recognized TV listings brand ICI will own 44% of United Video's times cash flow. name in the U.S. United Video intends equity, News Corp. will hold 40% and Bringing the TV Guide properties to rebrand its Prevue products line with public shareholders will account for into the TCI fold also may be a power- the TV Guide name and leverage that the remaining 16 %. ful accelerant for the distribution of connection across print, on- screen and To pay for the acquisition, United digital cable set -top boxes. While the online platforms. Video plans to issue an additional 30 Prevue Channel has been successful-

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www.americanradiohistory.com TOP OF THE WEEK it's now in about 50 million cable homes -Boylan acknowledges that EchoStar, Loral form joint DBS venture "it's still known as the scrolly thing to EchoStar Communications Corp. and Loral Skynet are allying to deliver a lot of people." Rebranding the on- niche programming, including ethnic and business services, from Loral's screen guide as the TV Guide Channel Telstar 5 bird at 97 degrees west longitude. and consolidating what are now three The alliance is intended to provide a dstribution vehicle for smaller, less TV programming guide Websites into established niche services that can't afford running from Echostar slots at 61.5 one are intended to help cable opera- degrees and 148 degrees. One potential side effect is that Echostar could gain tors grow digital cable product lines. capacity for delivering more local- into -local programming from those two slots. "The electronic programming guide In addition, by delivering the service from the 97 degree slot, EchoStar is one of the most important drivers of gains reach into the Caribbean, Alaska and Hawaii that it does not have on [digital] upgrades for cable cus- its full -CONUS bird at 119 degrees. tomers," Boylan says. "Bringing the Loral will be the distributor; EchoStar, through its terrestrial infrastruc- TV Guide brand to that service only ture, will handle uplinking, billing and customer service for the new ser- helps." vices. The niche programming will be packaged separately from Boylan dismissed as "silly" specula- EchoStar's Dish Network and will include the option to add 20 basic cable tion that Murdoch might use cash pro- channels and three premium channels. ceeds from the sale to pay $8 per share The service will require a 90- centimeter -slightly under three -foot-dish of his proposed Primestar stake to and receiver. A future -generation EchoStar receiver will permit reception of change his ownership from nonvoting Dish Network and the niche services through a single receiver with a sin- to voting status. Murdoch has access to gle conditional- access smart card. The separate larger dish antenna would plenty of cash without the TV Guide still be required for the niche services. -Price Colman sale. he says. Cable upfront headed upward But not as high as networks had hoped; rate increases topping off at 4 % -7%

By Donna Petrozzello 1996 to 1997, according to research by down in cable because we just came the Cabletelevision Advertising out of a selling season in broadcast that Advertising agency pundits say Bureau. CAB's Don Stump expects at had moderate increases -and, in some cable should finish its upfront least an equivalent increase this year. cases, decreases," Friedlander says. sales season next month on a McGowan predicts higher -than- "I think the agencies and clients are high note, but still not as well as cable average rate hikes for Discovery's net- saying, if there are low single -digit networks anticipate. works- Animal Planet and The Learn- increases for broadcast, why should we A number of agency sources peg ing Channel, specifically -"because pay more than that for cablé?" Lazarus cable's overall ad rate increases at 4% the audience share for those channels is says. to 7 %, or about half of what many net- growing faster than for cable overall." Despite that drawback, agencies works are asking up front. And agen- However, skeptical ad agencies say agree that dollars are flowing to cable cies don't expect cable to gain the same that cable may suffer a backlash from a because network ratings are up-14% $500 -$600 million in shifted revenue flat broadcast network upfront. Agency in first quarter 1998 over last year, from broadcast networks this year, sources contend that clients who avoid- according to Nielsen -and broadcast contrary to cable's early predictions. ed rate increases for broadcast invento- ratings are eroding. "We can't identify how the cable ry are reluctant to pay rate hikes higher One agency source says that "cable industry is talking about $500 million than midrange single -digit numbers for will enjoy a rate of growth this year in revenue moving their way," says cable. that's higher than any other element of John Lazarus, senior partner of broad- Yet agencies are quick to note that national TV, because its share of view- cast operations at TN Media. "We're some cable networks with hit series ers continues to grow." having a real problem with their posi- and top ratings are enjoying much That contention leaves cable net- tion that it's a bullish market." greater volume upfront this year than in works and industry leaders optimistic Another agency official says that years past. Comedy Central expects its that they may reap the coveted $500 although "cable spending is up, and up sales volume to be 60% above last million. a lot" with some of his clients, he year's -a third of that attributed to Steven Heyer, president of Turner expects the industry's increases to be spots within South Park. Broadcast System Inc., is optimistic "nowhere near a half billion dollars." Julie Friedlander, senior vice presi- that cable will add $400 million $600 Meanwhile, Bill McGowan, Discov- dent and director of national broadcast million to its revenue pool this year. ery Communications vice president of negotiations at Ogilvy & Mather, says But for networks whose 1998 first - ad sales, expects the 1998 upfront season that cable revenue will grow again this quarter ratings are down from last year, to close with cable taking in $2.8 billion year, in part from dollars shifted from some agency sources predict smaller overall, up from $2.2 billion last year, a broadcast networks, but "there may be than normal rate increases. More than 27% increase in total dollar volume. less of a shift this year than in the past. one source suggests that ESPN will not Cable revenue increased 22.3% from "I think there will be some slowing get the rate hikes it seeks.

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www.americanradiohistory.com TOP OF THE WEEK Tauzin launches public Sony reorders U.S. video broadcasting remake operations Bill sees panel to recommend changes, improve funding In a move to more efficiently mar- ket and sell its digital video prod- Electronics has reor- By Paige Albiniak According to the bill, the commis- ucts, Sony sion should consider reducing the ganized its U.S. -based Business and Professional Products Group Rcp. Billy Tauzin (R -La.) last Fri- amount of funds needed by abolishing into newly named day unveiled long- awaited leg- the Corporation for Public Broadcast- (BPPG) the Professional islation intended to start public ing, by funding only one public broad- Sony Broadcast and The move inte- broadcasting down the road to caster per market and by selling or Group (BPG). reform. leasing stations that serve overlapping grates Sony's broadcast, produc- and businesses The bill, which is co- sponsored by markets. tion professional into one organization and follows Rep. Ed Markey (D- Mass.), would cre- It also should look into creating a a similar reorganization of Sony's ate a nine -member bipartisan congres- so- called pay -or -play model, in which in Janu- sional commission that will recom- commercial broadcasters would trans- Japan -based operation ary (B&C, Nov. 17, 1997). mend the way to reform public broad- fer their public service requirements had casting. to public broadcasters by paying into The old BPPG two divi- sions that sold such core broad- "Our goal is to preserve and protect the pool. as and PBS's distinct identity in the next mil- The Tauzin /Markey bill also would cast products cameras VTRs broadcast and pro- lennium while providing a new source fund CPB through fiscal 2002 at an -the and the of long -term funding," says House amount not to exceed $475 million duction systems division industrial systems Telecommunications Subcommittee and would appropriate $95 million business and Chairman Tauzin. annually for the next five years to division. For example, Sony's SX format was sold by The legislation calls for the commis- facilitate public broadcasting's transi- Betacam and production sion to spend six months considering a tion to digital. the broadcast while DVCAM format variety of ways to fund public broad- Vice President Gore on Friday said division, the was and casting. One way is replacing public the administration is sending legisla- sold by the business new broadcasting's federal appropriations tion to Congress that would provide industrial division. But the BPG has one division, communi- with a permanent trust fund, an idea public broadcasting with $450 mil- cations systems, that covers all Tauzin has been talking about for the lion over five years to help its transi- tion to digital. Sony cameras, VTRs, editing past year. systems, professional audio gear, automation and transmis- sion products and systems inte- Do they believe in `Magic'? gration services. -Glen Dickson By Kristine Lamm Despite relatively strong ratings in some major markets, beating Letter- Many TV critics were less than man in New York with a 4.4 rating/11 enchanted with Magic John- share, Magic takes the stage against a son's syndicated talk show, backdrop of the recent cancellations of which debuted last Monday night (June Vibe (see page 44) and The Keenen Ivo, -ç 8). "Truth be told, and sometimes it is, Wayans Show. we don't really need another late -night Ratings for each of the first four talk show even if it were great, which nights of The Magic Hour. in metered The Magic Hour definitely isn't," wrote markets, according to Nielsen Media Tom Shales of the Washington Post. Research, were: Monday (June 8)- "Like [Johnson] said, he's no comedi- the guy." such as Rick Kushman of the 3.0/8: Tuesday (June 9)- 2.1/6; an. No entertainer, either." Sacramento Bee. "While Magic has Wednesday (June 10)- 2.1/5, and Johnson, who is not a seasoned some work to do to polish his new role Thursday (June 11)- 2.3/6. The show's I interviewer, also encountered harsh as talk show host," Kushman wrote, four -day average was 2.3/6. Magic criticism from Howard Rosenberg of "he handled his opening the way he's delivered an average of 3,506,000 view- the Los Angeles Times: "Even after handled so many events, with dignity ers per show last week, compared to months of speech and interviewing and charm." Vibe's 2,592,000. Letterman attracted lessons, this is just not what he does Keith Marder of The Daily News of Los 5,183,000 viewers per show, on average. well. Incompetence comes to mind Angeles also seemed to hope for the best: Last week's broadcasts of the NBA and when describing the first three "If the audience has half as much fun as NHL finals, which pulled in sports fans episodes of this week's debut." Johnson seems to be having, his show and potential Magic viewers, may have Still, some critics are "rooting for could be the rookie that makes the cut." negatively affected the show's ratings.

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www.americanradiohistory.com TOP OF THE WEEK Diller has his way at USA Former Fox, QVC chief assembles vertically integrated Chairman John Malone. TV company with broadcast and cable outlets That gave him a string of weak UHF stations that had been spun off from By John M. Higgins But Diller counters that he's only try- Home Shopping Network Inc. but still ing to get his new properties oriented in carried that network's sales pitches 24 Ies all coming together for Barry the right direction with executives he hours a day. Diller. believes in. A few months later he took over With the old executives out and the "You have to get down on the ground HSN itself. aiming to reverse a sharp new executives in. the chairman of USA to get the architecture the way you want three -year sales and earnings slide. His Networks Inc. has created in his own it to be," Diller says. "Once they get the goal was to wean HSN from depen- inimitable image a vertically integrated baby at least into pants, so I don't have dence on the stations and then turn the TV company that not only can produce to change him -which means slightly stations into "real" TV stations and use top -quality shows but also can deliver better than messy-I'll get out of the them as the springboard for a new them to broadcast or cable homes. process." broadcast network. "I would say that we're getting it USA Networks is Diller's second With HSN back on track by early organized," Diller says. "We have five attempt at a comeback after leaving the 1997, he acquired half of TicketMaster entities that have their own little enti- Fox Network in 1992. His first came in from Microsoft Corp. co- founder Paul ties and a lot of little initiatives across December 1992, when Comcast Corp. Allen in a stock swap that gave Allen a five different businesses" (see chart). brought him in to invigorate the QVC 16% stake in USAI. "Structurally we've gone through shopping service. But after Comcast And the big move came last October. everything but a little on the e-com- scuttled his deal to buy CBS. Diller when Diller rocked the entertainment merce side." he says. (USAI doesn't left. In September 1995 he took control industry by buying a majority stake in get full control of the TicketMaster of Silver King Broadcasting Inc. at the Seagram Corp.'s cable network and TV Group. the concert- ticket telemarketer behest of Tele- Communications Inc. show production operations. with the e-mail potential, until the end The dealing leaves Diller with five of this month.) only slightly overlapping businesses to The latest casualty of Diller's reorga- sort out, each with its own challenges. nization was USA Network program- One major project -the reinvention ming chief Rod Perth, who last week of the station group -got under way last resigned after four years at the network. week. WHYS -TV Miami (changing to That followed the previous week's wAMI) began airing its new program- departure of Greg Meidel. group chair- ming, heavily laden with local shows. man of the Studios USA production With Miami secluded a bit from the operations (formerly Universal Televi- glare of national media. Diller and sion). USA Networks Chairman Kay USA Broadcasting President Jon Koplovitz is set to formally depart at a Miller will get to tinker with the pro- send -off party tonight (June 15). USA NETWORKS INC. gramming before launching in New The exiting executives grouse about Barry Diller, chairman York. Chicago and Los Angeles. Diller demanding too much control. But the next station is not expected

USA NETWORKS STUDIOS USA USA BROADCASTING HOME SHOPPING NETWORK TICKETMASTER GROUP Cable channels Domestic TV pro- Owns 12 TV sta- Broadcast network Nationwide event USA Network and duction and distrib- tions reaching 31% offering retail prod- ticket outlet Sci -Fi Channel Top ution, including dra- of U.S. TV house- ucts; revenue of Top executive: executives: mas, movies; first - holds; noncontrol- $1.1 billion; reach- Terry Barnes, CEO Stephen Brenner, run syndication ling interest in five es some 70 million Outlook: Least cer- president /opera- Top executive: other stations homes tain fit; Diller envi- tions; Stephen Bob Fleming, Top executive: Top executive: sions it as corner- Chao, president/ group president Jon Miller, presi- Jim Held, presi- stone of online com- programs/marketing Outlook: In great- dent/CEO dent /CEO merce unit Outlook: Tops in est need of major Outlook: Diller's Outlook: Revival ratings, but despite surgery; slipping in biggest challenges: suddenly hit speed the "TV not as sales of programs converting underper- bump as sales usual" ad slogan, to broadcast net- forming HSN affils snagged; may be Diller sees program- works into performers; back on track, but ming as "TV as establishing CityVi- easiest part of turn- usual" sion network around is over

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www.americanradiohistory.com TOP OF THE WEER to convert until January at the earliest, and just two more will follow later in 1999. Bear. Stearns & Co. media ana- Perth exiting USA Network lyst Victor Miller expects the station After keeping a game face on for a couple of months, effort to lose $28 million this year and USA Network Inc. programming chief Rod Perth has $65 million -$70 million annually in become the latest casualty of Barry Diller's takeover 1999 and 2(K)0. of Seagram Corp.'s TV operations. Perth, president While acknowledging that the pro - of USA Entertainment, turned in his resignation gramming is a bit creaky. Diller says effective July 10. Perth was pretty much without port- he's impressed that Miller got the folio after USA Networks Inc. Chairman Diller named shows on the air on time. "The idea that Steven Chao president-programming for the cable anyone would put on 12 hours of origi- side of Seagram's operation. Chao has said he nal programming on a date certain. asked Perth to stay, but USA executives say Perth with a studio that didn't exist a few was biding his time and working out a severance months ago. is a miracle." Diller says. package. Perth has been in charge of developing Studios USA is Diller's biggest turn- original series and movies, plus program acquisitions, since 1994, after leav- around situation. Ranked 11th among ing a slot as CBS's head of late -night programming. His primary accom- major Hollywood TV production enti- plishment was weaning USA off its heavy dependence on "women -in- peril" ties, the former Universal Television movies and expanding development of original series like La Femme Nikita had just three shows on the broadcast and Pacific Blue. -John M. Higgins networks' fall schedule, compared with 15 for number one -ranked Warner have to get on the ground with that." he Nielsens, and analyst Miller sees it Bros. and 20th Century Fox Television. says. A revival will take "a matter of generating $231 million in cash flow After pushing Meidel out in favor of months, not years." on $830 million in revenue this year. Bob Fleming. now elevated to group But some skeptics think Diller would Cable programming chief Stephen president. Diller is expected to be most rather switch than fight. "I think he's Chao has given no hints about what he heavily involved at Studios USA in an going to be deemphasizing network wants to do with USA Network and its effort to generate some hits and sales programming." says one source. companion Sci -Fi Channel. "We've again. The cable networks hardly look bro- gotten no signs." says one USA Net "That's on the way toward getting it ken. The core channel, USA Network. executive. "For now, he's stuck with the managed properly," Diller says. "I has regained its top ranking in the fall schedule already in the works." New order at Buena Vista Lloyd Bruhn cleans out executive suite, brings in Stephen McPherson By Michael Stroud company Brillstein -Grey. Braun. 39, executive over McPherson. who ulti- has surprised observers by moving mately could be appointed president, ARC's fall schedule features just rapidly to reshape Buena Vista in his sources say. However, Braun likely one new show-.SportsNi,i'ht- own image. Disney Chairman Michael will hire two or three other executives made by Walt Disney Co.'s Eisner has given him a free hand so far. to work under him. Buena Vista Television Productions. according to people close to him. To make way. Braun eased out three Not exactly the synergy that Disney Braun "realized that there were prob- top executives at the Walt Disney Net- was looking for when it paid $16 bil- lems at the studio that needed to be fixed work Television and Touchstone Tele- lion for Capital Cities /ABC Inc. quickly. and that's what he's doing." vision divisions, sources say: David Those facts help to explain why says an executive at a rival studio. Neuman. president of the two divisions; Buena Vista Television Productions The 33- year -old McPherson, who David Himelfarb, senior vice president Chairman Lloyd Braun conducted a helped develop NBC's hit Just Shoot Iür creative affairs, and Peter Aronson. housecleaning last week, helping three Me. fits the bill. The two got to know executive vice president. who had pre- top executives to the door, juggling each other when Braun was overseeing viously hinted he might be leaving. others' responsibilities and hiring production of Just Shoot Me. The Naked Aronson will have a development Stephen McPherson. former NBC Truth and NewsRadio for NBC in his deal at Disney, while Himelfarb will be prime time series vice president. as his previous position as president of Brill - a producer, sources say. Neuman's right -hand man. stein -Grey. McPherson begins July 7. plans are unclear. A Disney official Sources close to Braun say he is At Disney. McPherson's job will be said that Neuman is on vacation. Aron- frustrated by Disney Television's overseeing production and develop- son and Himelfarb couldn't be reached. slowness in dreaming up new hits to ment of prime time comedies. dramas. In other reshufflings. Alan Duke, match its aging Home Improvement. miniseries and specials. senior vice president for business and He wants more edgy, unusual fare like McPherson is "a gilled. well- round- legal affairs, will take on unspecified SportsNight (picked up by ABC) and ed executive with outstanding taste and new responsibilities and Howard Felicity (airing on The WB). great passion," Braun says. Davine will take over many of Duke's Hired in March from production Braun is unlikely to hire another responsibilities. sources say.

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Last September, Sinclair Communi- cations Chairman David Smith promised to make his stations HDTV -ready -but only if and when Mitt.L.1.13 there was clear consumer demand for such high -quality TV pictures. Last week in put Baltimore, Sinclair .SSI,IF on its long -delayed multichannel digital ., i television demonstration. The compa- ny's chief technologist, Nat Ostroff, stressed Sinclair's strong belief that mul- tichannel applications enhanced -not Sinclair s Nat Ostroff shows off the broadcaster's pictures-will drive demand for digital side -by -side comparison of picture formats. TV. The multichannel DTV model also gives broadcasters a chance at a decent return on the billions of dollars they are the key question in the digital TV African -American audience with BET putting up to switch to digital, he said. debate, said Ostroff. is whether the dif- and that's it," said Edwards. Multichan- The demonstration attracted little ference in picture quality between nel DTV, he said, "is an opportunity to interest from the key political players in HDTV and standard- definition digital put on over -the-air networks for African Washington. From the FCC, two mem- TV "is so compelling" that broadcast- Americans, Hispanics and other minori- bers of Commissioner Susan Ness's ers ought to forfeit multichannel busi- ties -and even schools or hospitals." office attended the demonstration last ness opportunities. "The multichannel The demonstration was not flawless. Friday. No one from the House or Senate opportunity creates business models One of the set -top receivers broke during Commerce Committees, or their staffs, where you can begin to see a return on the presentation. Several times the attended the demonstration. your investment," he said. screens just blacked out because of prob- Of the 100 or so people at the three - Eddie Edwards, president of WNUV -TV lems with the prototype editing day demonstration last week, close to owner Glencaim, said that multichannel machines. Ostoff described as "frighten- 50% were from the financial communi- DTV may be key in developing greater ing" the state of DTV equipment avail- ty, estimates Mark Hyman, director of program diversity for minority audi- ability just five months from the com- government relations for Sinclair. The ences. "Basically, cable serves the mercial launch of digital in November. remainder included producers. broad- casters, technicians and the press. The demo came together at the last minute, when Sinclair got word 10 days ago from Panasonic that it could borrow Boxes on the shelves four prototype set-top boxes capable of receiving and remotely tuning com- l >IIl i colators eve DTVlcable compatibility pressed over -the -air digital signals. They are the only such boxes in exis- By Chris McConnell that they plan to keep an eye on the tence, and Sinclair was allowed to bor- planned retail boxes to make sure they row them for one week, Ostroff said. FC'C officials last week set rules work with digital television sets. The last- minute notice and a busy week they hope will spur development "The commission's action ... ensures at the FCC and on Capitol Hill sup- of a retail market for cable set -top that consumers will be able to purchase pressed attendance from Washington, boxes within the next few years. their television set -top boxes and other Hyman said. Implementing provisions of the equipment from retail stores starting in The demonstration included live 1996 Telecommunications Act, the July 2000," said FCC Chairman Bill digital transmissions from Sinclair's commissioners ordered cable engineers Kennard, referring to the date by which flagship Baltimore station wBFF(TV). to split up the channel- surfing and sig- operators must begin offering security The station aired four simultaneous nal- scrambling functions of set -top smart cards or add -ons to customers program streams, including a 480 -line boxes in the next two years. purchasing their own set -top gear. progressive -scan signal and three 480 - The anticipated result will allow Engineers have been working to split line interlace signals. WNUV -TV, Sin - customers to buy a cable box from con- up the set -top box security and naviga- clair's LMA station in the market, sumer electronics stores and then plug tion functions through a CableLabs pro- aired a live feed of pre -encoded 1080 - in a smart card or add -on provided by ject called OpenCable. The commission line interlace HDTV footage. the cable operator to descramble pro- said that it will call on companies partic- The point of the demonstration and gramming. Regulators said, however. ipating in the effort to file progress

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reports every six months until July 20x10. The companies earlier had told the Broadcastiog&Cable commission they could have the secu- rity modules ready by September, 2000. Regulators, however, decided to CLOSED CIRCUIT push the companies to make the mod- WASHINGTON Capitol Broadcasting CEO Jim ules available in July of that year. "To Goodmon. "He was just trying to some, this date may seem unduly far Special delivery show that if we give free program off, but we believe it is as aggressive as roadcasters have come to an time, it's not going to reduce the we can reasonably make it," said FCC agreement on so- called white commercial time the candidates Commissioner Susan Ness. areas with satellite TV companies buy." The NAB says that Fritts was Rejecting a cable industry request, the Primestar and Netlink, according to just trying to prove a point. "That is FCC also said that it will ban the sale or an industry source. The NAB not an official NAB policy," says lease of set -top equipment that incorpo- required 75% of Big Four affiliates NAB spokesman Dennis Wharton. rates both signal- security and channel - to sign off on the deal, which goes surfing functions. As of Jan. I, 2005. into effect July 1. Primestar and BALTIMORE cable operators will no longer be able to Netlink had already okayed it. The offer such boxes to their subscribers. agreement sets guidelines for satel- Digital viewpoint The National Cable Television lite TV distributors who import net- raphics design house Viewpoint Association (NCTA) had asked com- work signals into white areas - IA Studios is getting a jump on the missioners not to impose such a prohi- places where 50% of viewers don't digital future. The company is work- bition, arguing that integrated boxes get clear over -the -air signals 50% ing with Sinclair Broadcast Group could spur development of advanced of the time. All the parties have on a new digital identity for Sin - services. consented to a "red light /green clair's WB- affiliated stations. The "We will...urge the FCC to revisit its light" system in which viewers' eli- new graphics got an early unveiling arbitrary decision," NCTA President gibility for imported signals is in Baltimore last week as part of a Decker Anstrom said of the planned determined by zip code. demonstration of digital multicast- phase -out of integrated boxes. ing -the signal originated at Sin - Consumer equipment makers ap- Mayor Pressler? clair's flagship wBFF(TV), ch. 54 (see plauded the actions. "Consumer elec- Broadcast and cable sources story, page 16). With broadcasters tronics manufacturers can now move seemed-well, bemused -at required by the FCC to go digital by forward to develop a wide range of last week's suggestion that former May 1999, Glenn Robbins, creative products and features," said Consumer Senate Commerce Committee director/visual effects for View- Electronics Manufacturers Association chairman Larry Pressler (R -S.D.) point, predicts a surge in broadcast President Gary Shapiro. might run for mayor of D.C. Two design business, particularly station The set -top box rules leave open the burst out laughing. "I'm glad I live and network branding. possibility that regulators will revisit in Maryland," said one. "I have to the issue to address compatibility give him credit for being a creative - DENVER between cable boxes and digital TV thinking politician," said another. Primestar C -Band deal sets. Washington's worries about Pressler, the only Republican cable/TV compatibility heated up last incumbent voted out of office in on shelf week as Senate Commerce Committee 1996, works as a consultant for i imestar's $480 million acquisi- Chairman John McCain (R- Ariz.) O'Connor & Hannan. He has no tion of UVSG's Superstar/ chastised regulators over concerns paying clients but says that he earns Netlink C -band business is on that early HDTV adopters will not be about $10,000 per speech talking hold-perhaps permanently - able to receive high -definition pic- once or twice a month about the unless Primestar can get Justice tures via cable. 1996 Telco Act he authored. One Department approval for taking The compatibility woes stem from lobbyist thinks that Pressler should over the 110 degree west longitude the lack of an industry standard for a get a chance. "He deserves the high -power slot. Executives at device that would deliver high- defini- same crack at it that Marion Barry Primestar and UVSG (United tion pictures in a digital TV set even if had." said ABC's Billy Pitts. Video Satellite Group) last week the cable set -top box cannot deliver all publicly acknowledged that the of the possible HDTV picture formats. Just kidding deal had been shelved. Although "It may not be sufficient to rely on wring last week's Gore commis- United Video executives say that the open -ended time frame for adop- sion meeting, Co -Chair Norm there's little point in going ahead tion of the ... 'firewire' standard," Ornstein suggested that free airtime with the transaction if Primestar Ness said in her statement on the set - advocates might want to take NAB doesn't get the 110 slot, incoming top box rules. "If it becomes apparent President Eddie Fritts up on his Primestar Chairman Carl Vogel that the goals of [the Telecommunica- offer of two hours of free broadcast says that he sees potential for con- tions Act] are not being fulfilled time per election in exchange for verting the C -band customers to because of consumer confusion over no additional paid time (B &C, April Primestar medium -power sub- DTV compatibility, I would hope and 6). Broadcasters quickly balked. scribers even if the approval for expect the commission would revisit "Eddie didn't mean that," says 110 fails to come. the matter."

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By Paige Albiniak of satellite TV and somehow induce "Time and time again Billy has cable operators to keep rates down. staked out a position that has achieved BIlly Tauzin stands, again, before a None of the bills has appeared. the results we would have wanted if we throng of Washington reporters. although Tauzin is expected today to had been forced to resort to legisla- The chairman of the House Tele- unveil a watered -down version of the tion." he says, citing Tauzin's quick communications Subcommittee is an- promised public broadcasting legisla- and decisive comments when broad- nouncing a bill aimed at improving 911 tion-a full year behind schedule (see casters seemed to be waffling about emergency telephone services, but he story, "Top of the Week "). offering high-definition television and also holds forth on a slew of other "When Tauzin was a member of the again when ICI said it would not carry telecommunications issues. committee and doing things like pro- certain HDTV formats because they Among other things, he says he has gram access," says one lawyer, "he was hogged too much spectrum. "graciously accepted" an invitation from an extremely firm and decisive legisla- The usually accessible and voluble Senate Commerce Committee Chairman tor. As chairman, he seems to be buf- Tauzin declined to be interviewed for John McCain (R- Ariz.) to be the lead feted by different competing interests this story. witness at a hearing on cable TV. more. It doesn't seem like he is as cer- As a subcommittee chairman, Tau - With a laugh, a McCain press secre- tain [about] what to do." zin tries to balance the often competing tary says after Tauzin's briefing that no Not so, says Tauzin spokesman Ken interests of several powerful industries, hearing date has been scheduled, and Johnson, pointing to the 29 public including broadcasting, cable, satellite no invitations have been issued. hearings that the chairman has held TV. telephone companies and pro- That's Billy. since his term began. "Legislation is grammers. Tauzin so far has spent his year and often overrated," he says. It may be that Tauzin promises more a half as chairman out front on broad- "When it comes to someone like than he delivers because of his tendency cast and cable issues -way out front. Billy who is conservative and antiregu- to announce legislation before he runs it His style has led some lobbyists to dub latory, the position of subcommittee past the interest groups. When a propos- him "the press release chairman." chairman can be far more effective by al is greeted with stiff opposition by one Tauzin has said he would introduce what he says and not necessarily by favorite or another, Tauzin is left stalling legislation to improve funding of public what he introduces in the way of legis- the press and reassuring the lobbyists. broadcasting, boost the competitiveness lation," Johnson says. The best example of this came early

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His efforts had lit- rates, which are set to be largely tle effect other than to confirm deregulated in March 1999. publicly that he and Bliley were But after broadcasters and the not in concert. Bliley's bill cable industry voiced their oppo- passed the House 403-16 - sition, Tauzin stopped talking Tauzin's aye vote included - about a bill. while a Tauzin- sponsored "The unfortunate fact of the amendment failed, gaining only matter is- because the issue is so 80 votes. unsettled and because there is such "If you try to set yourself up opposition to a local- into -local bill as the guy who really under- right now -that while I support the stands technology, you don't notion of providing some access to satel- into -local issue. throw yourself so far out front on a pro- lite companies to distribute kcal signals Moving that piece of legislation, how- posal that is resoundingly defeated," in the market, getting that done before ever, was not a difficult task. Republi- says one source. March is very tenuous." Tauzin cans have agreed from the beginning But Tauzin knew ahead of time he explained at a May press conference. that satellite carriers' fees should not would lose the vote, Johnson says, and increase while cable's tees remain sig- there were no hard feelings. "It was a A mystery cable bill nificantly lower, even as cable's sub- Quixote -type adventure. But on the day In place of the local-into-local bill, scription rates have increased at four of the debate, Billy and Bliley played Johnson began telling reporters that times the rate of inflation. tennis in the morning, and then that Tauzin will unveil a cable bill some- A mark -up on that legislation is afternoon they squared off on the floor. time this month that would help cable planned for Wednesday (June 17); the At the end of the afternoon, when I asked subscribers hold down their monthly bill is expected to pass the House [Tauzin] who won, he just smiled." payments and provide choice in before the end of this session. Compan- monopoly markets. But exactly how ion legislation is having an even easier Johnson out in front the bill would accomplish that consid- time in the Senate, where it awaits a Johnson himself is the other factor in erable feat is a mystery. vote on the Senate floor after unani- Tauzin's press -forward style. Never at a Lobbyists say that with a little focus mous approval by the Senate Com- loss for words, Johnson takes every and elbow grease -both of which Tauzin merce Committee. opportunity to get Tauzin in the news. seems hesitant to apply, they say -Con - Sometimes, he puts his foot -and gress could finish a local-into-local bill Butting heads with Bliley Tauzin's-in his mouth. this year. "I think this is a case where Washington observers blame two other Johnson is effective in getting his boss Billy is trapped among his favorite con- forces -one exerting pressure from ink. The first words in a front -page story stituencies." says one cable source. above and one from below -for in the Wall Street Journal about Tauzin's delay on local- into -local Tauzin's tendency to go further in the Microsoft were not "Microsoft Chair- also is causing disarray within the press than with legislation. man Bill Gates" but "Representative satellite industry -an industry that The first is Rep. Toni Bliley (R -Va.). Billy Tauzin" -and Tauzin isn't even Tauzin is credited with helping to cre- As chairman of the House Commerce involved in the software company's ate -and keeping satellite TV compa- Committee. Bliley has considerable antitrust woes. Tauzin also appeared nies from competing directly with the control over the Telecommunications prominently, along with Rep. John Din - cable companies. says one observer. Subcommittee, and telecommunica- gell(D- Mich.), in a Time Magazine arti- "The satellite industry thinks ITauzinf tions issues are not on Bliley's front cle in which the two lawmakers criti- is their ace in the hole. So, there is no burner. With the Telecommunications cized Vice President Gore's plan to wire incentive for the satellite industry to Act of 1996 finally passed after a all schools and libraries to the Internet. negotiate with the copyright holders or decade of work, Bliley is looking at But when Tauzin has announced a the broadcasters because they think that energy deregulation, electronic com- bill that doesn't appear, it has been Tauzin is going to fix it." merce and Medicare and Medicaid. Johnson who promised the bill to the But Tauzin is having success mov- Bliley keeps a low media profile and press months before. Johnson's open- ing a bill that would stay rate increases prefers to know the agendas of his sub - ness makes him a reporter's best in satellite TV companies' copyright committe chairmen ahead of time. His friend, but lobbyists say he publicly fees. Tauzin plans to avoid a political patrician, traditional style clashes presells proposals that Tauzin's staff battle by keeping that bill- introduced somewhat with the free- wheeling. fun - have only barely considered. And his in November -apart from the local - loving, off- the -cuff Tauzin. quickness on the verbal draw often

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www.americanradiohistory.com TIP IF TIE WEEK leaves Tauzin's office scrambling to the Senate Commerce Committee, first lawmakers to sharply criticize put some action behind his words. where Tauzin got himself invited as the FCC Chairman Bill Kennard on his A broadcast source says that "what lead -off witness and reannounced his plan to launch a rulemaking that people forget is that Ken is working for public broadcasting bill. would require broadcasters to offer Billy. He's out there promoting Billy's Broadcasters at that hearing were free airtime for political candidates. agenda. In the scheme of things, if you quick to assure Committee Chairman Tauzin said Kennard was "off to the look at 435 members of Congress and John McCain (R- Ariz.) that they all worst start in FCC history." Kennard their press secretaries. I'd say he stacks up would air some HDTV during prime eventually backed down, directing there with the very best of them. His job is time. And when it came time to announce FCC commissioners only to conduct to get the member some ink. Sure, he format selections, all the major networks an inquiry into the matter. screws up from time to time. He speaks included some HDTV programming. Tauzin also has joined other Republi- before he thinks or says things that don't cans who want the FCC to end what accurately reflect his boss's position." Taking on John Malone they are calling "the Gore tax," a sub- Tauzin showed his effectiveness again sidy for wiring schools and libraries to `Guilty as charged' at the National Cable Show in Atlanta the Internet that telephone companies Johnson's response is "guilty as charged. in early May, when TCI Chairman are passing on to customers. But with so many people looking to John Malone told eager reporters at an Billy for leadership on telecom Touring on taxes issues, it's important for me to Besides watching over commu- respond to breaking events nications issues, Tauzin has quickly and decisively. spent much of what many have "At times I give Billy plausi- labeled a "do- nothing" session ble deniability," Johnson says. of Congress traveling the coun- "If we float a trial balloon and it try, handpicked by House sinks like a lead balloon, he can Speaker Newt Gingrich (R -Ga.) say 'that's my damn press sec- to debate House Majority Leader retary.- Dick Armey (R- Texas) on the Johnson is trained to think national income tax. fast and act faster. He spent 20 Tauzin's participation in the years as a broadcast journalist, tour shows the confidence that working as an anchor at WBRZ the House Republican leadership (Tv) in Baton Rouge, La., be- has in him. Tauzin is not typical- fore taking the job as Tauzin's ly involved in tax issues. is not a press spokesman. He also was member of the Republican lead- the news director at Louisiana In a symbolic gesture, Tauzin (far left) and friends hurl the ership and has been a Republi- Public Broadcasting and did national income tax code into Boston Harbor. Tauzin is can only since 1994. anchor/ reporter stints at wwt,- touring the country promoting a Republican plan to scrap Tauzin says he wants to be in Tv New Orleans, WCPO -TV the income tax favor of a national sales tax. chairman of the full Commerce Cincinnati, WQAD -TV Moline, Committee when Bliley's terni 111., and WUBF-TV Rock Island, Ill. From impromptu noon gathering that "if is up in 2000, but Johnson says a shot at Galesburg. Ill., he started as a newspaper CBS and NBC do 10801, they are not House Majority Leader is also a possi- reporter when he was 15. getting on my systems.... No way." bility. Some also suggest that Tauzin As much as people accuse John - Johnson immediately tracked down could make a run at House Speaker. but son-or all of Tauzin's staff -of traveling Washington beat reporters to Johnson says that Tauzin would not shooting from the hip. the bottom line tell them Malone's statement was noth- want to run against House Appropria- is Tauzin himself, says a cable source. ing short of "tiring on Fort Sumter. If tions Committee Chairman Bob Liv- "I hold elected officials accountable John Malone wants a war, he'll get one." ingston, a longtime friend and fellow for what goes on in their orbit. If his By 5 p.m. that day, in a manner most Louisianan and Republican. staff is misleading him, then he needs unlike the maverick company, ICI "I would not be surprised to see to do something about his staff. But issued a statement to try and soothe Speaker Tauzin someday." says Kent that is his responsibility. He probably angry congressmen and frantic cable Lassman, an analyst at Citizens for a could bring in a few more first -rate industry officials. Sound Economy. Lassman has traveled people. To the extent that there's a Tauzin did succeed in passing with Tauzin on the tax tour because his shortcoming in legislative skills, it's almost unanimously through the House organization is a sponsor. his to fix," says that source. a bill that would secure the privacy of "He has all the potential to be a great But Johnson is right: sometimes words cellular telephone users. He also is legislator, but I think the jury is still are enough. Tauzin has proven that he pushing through legislation that would out," says Billy Pitts. ABC's vice pres- can use his position to keep the unruly make illegal "slamming," the practice ident in Washington and the former leg- broadcast and cable industries in line. of long- distance carriers switching cus- islative director of former House major- Last August, Tauzin quickly shot tomers without their consent. ity leader Bob Michel (R- III.). "There's down ABC Television President Pre- Tauzin-along with Bliley, Demo- more to be seen from Billy Tauzin. l ston Padden when he said that ABC crat Dingell and McCain -also has hold out hopes that he is going to end up was considering a future without helped force the new FCC to toe the being one of the finer legislators that we HDTV. The flap led to a hearing before Republican line. He was among the are going to see in this area."

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MediaOne cable systems fall within the broadcast sig- nal of the three stations, FCC rules bar the systems WASHINGTON WATCH from carrying those signals unless Hostetter resigns By Ckris McConnell ant Paige Alóiniak from the foundation. Hostet- ter said the FCC should Ergen strays too far 40 House and Senate mem- am concerned by the lack waive the rule because he is egulators have hit Char- bers wrote Kennard last of successors for these a passive investor in lie Ergen's EchoStar week. "We urge you to management stars," Ness MediaOne and the stations with a $40,000 parking move ahead expeditiously said. "There are so few are noncommercial. ticket. Tempo Satellite, a with a notice of inquiry." women at the top, these ICI Satellite Entertainment The commissioners have announcements appear to DC Truman screening been reviewing drafts for deplete the ranks." orne of Washington's such an inquiry and hope to But maybe the good TV news celebs turned launch the fact -gathering news is that the women out at the Motion Picture effort this summer. Ken- are opting to build their Association of American nard earlier had planned to own enterprises, Ness headquarters last week for propose a requirement that added. She hopes that the a chance to watch their broadcasters provide free medium take it on the chin political airtime but has in "The Truman Show." since agreed to merely The movie features Jim gather information on the Carrey as a man trapped issue for now. inside a giant studio where Ergen his entire life is observed subsidiary, had charged Thanks but and broadcast as a hit TV that EchoStar was not no thanks show. On hand for the din- keeping two of its satellites Tempo and UirecTV, ner and screening: ABC's in their assigned orbital meanwhile, have sent Cokie Roberts, NBC's Tim parking lots. Regulators permits for a batch of Russert and PBS pundit looked into the complaint unused DBS channels back Ness Mark Shields. Also attend- and found that, indeed, the to the FCC. DirecTV ing was McLaughlin Group

EchoStar 1 and 2 satellites secured 27 channels at the FCC will prevail in its host John McLaughlin, were hovering more than 157 degree west orbital slot effort to overturn a court who pressed MPAA Presi- 0.2 degrees away from in 1991, while Tempo was decision that held the dent Jack Valenti on how their assigned spots. The given 11 channels at the agency's equal employ- the movie's opening week- result: a $20,000 "notice of 166 degree west slot in ment opportunity rules end gross stacked up apparent liability" for each 1992. Neither orbital loca- unconstitutional. against the industry's violation. Loral Skynet tion allows a satellite to record (held by "Titanic "). handled the satellite sta- broadcast to the entire con- Hostetter wins waiver tion- keeping, but EchoStar tinental U.S., and neither flownown the street from the But it's still WCA gets the fines because it has since been used by the offices, And finally, one of the holds the satellite licenses. two companies. regulators in the Cable Ser- Washington telecom vices Bureau have decided uhby's favorite contradic- Free airtime Ness talks to give former Continental tions in terms is no more. supporters TV diversity Cablevision chief Amos The Wireless Cable Asso- Now that he has backed lsewhere in the FCC, Hostetter a waiver of FCC ciation is changing its down from legislative E Commissioner Susan restrictions on common name to the Wireless Com- threats to hold his agency' Ness this month lamented ownership of local cable munications Association. budget hostage over the the departures by high - systems and TV stations. The group hopes that the issue, FCC Chairman Bill ranking female media Hostetter is a trustee of the new name will more close- Kennard is getting a little executives. Speaking to a WGBH Educational Foun- ly identify its members as congressional support for Louisville, Ky., gathering dation, which holds licenses providers of two -way ser- an initiative on free politi- of American Women in for three noncommercial vices, such as Internet cal airtime. "The Federal Radio and Television, Massachusetts TV stations. access and local telephony. Communications Commis- Ness cited Geraldine Lay - Hostetter also will hold an Attorneys for the associa- sion has the responsibility boume's departure from 8.5% stake in MediaOne tion are petitioning the under law to determine the ABC as well as Lucie Sal - (formerly Continental FCC to let WCA members nature of broadcasters' hany's exit from UPN and Cablevision) once US West offer such services and are obligations to serve the Kay Koplovitz's departure spins off the cable unit this hoping for a thumbs -up public interest." more than from USA Networks. "1 summer. Because this summer.

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The Big Dogs, AT &T and MCI, are still assigned over 8,000 employees to make sure howling that they can't compete in local competition works. They've built customized telephone markets. It's just too difficult. network elements; offered on -site network It requires TOO nttrch effort. training and customer service 2-I hours a day. 7 days a week. All to connect MCI, AT &T Just because they don't want to and other competitors to local markets. compete, doesn't mean there isn't competition. You know those big dogs. They lie around all day. Recently, the Federal Communications Commission held hearings in which smaller. \K:1 and AT&T have given up on local local competitors described their success in residential service. Why? The markets are competing against the Bell companies. open. Smaller companies are competing. Competition is here. These smaller companies don't have the tens of thousands of employees that the big MCI and AT&T are stalling competition. They long distance giants do. They don't have only want competition on their own terms. billions of investment dollars. But they are On their own timetable. That's whatat their competing. executives conceded (lining recent merger discussions. While the big dogs are sleeping, Regional Bells are working to make Wake up big dogs. And stop all that competition work. lying around.

How? Local phone companies have devoted more than Si billion and /i( We'll connect all Americans Úllil if we're allowed to compete. UNITED STATES TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION \ Il l'lim( Umtl):uiic, \\ .callthcnumit.( ni www.americanradiohistory.com TOP Of THE WEEK $5 billion windfall for public broadcasting? Gore commission recommends creation of trust fund

By Paige Albiniak broadcasters, has come to the consen- vice. Corporation for Public Broadcast- sus that public broadcasting should be ing and the Association of Public Tele- public broadcasting should have the beneficiary of a trust fund and that vision Stations -proposed at the Gore no complaints with the Gore it should keep a fully funded second commission's meeting last Monday in commission. channel for educational program- Minneapolis that Congress authorize Vice President Gore's namesake ming. creation of a fund of at least $5 billion. committee, assembled to recommend A public broadcasting coalition - That funding could come from ana- public interest obligations for digital including the Public Broadcasting Ser- log spectrum auctions; compensation from commercial broadcasters who pay public broadcasters to fulfill their 4 ) "411/' r V. public interest obligations: fees from commercial broadcasters' digital sub- scription services. or transfer fees from the sale of commercial licenses. I.;at?4,404,01 "I think the members of the commis- sion are sensitive to the needs of public broadcasting," says Frank Cruz. a "Pt member both of CPB's board and the Gore commission. Jim Goodmon, president of Capitol Broadcasting. proposed mandatory minimum public service obligations and a voluntary code of conduct for digital broadcasters. Broadcasters who multicast should be subject to those `Ifi5 TIME 100E! minimums, Goodmon wrote in the pro- posal. and if they multicast 12 hours a day they would have to meet 50% of THE CTAM the minimums. The panel agreed -with William MARKETING SUM Duhamel of Duhamel Broadcasting FROM CHAOS TO CONTROL dissenting -that multicasting stations will be subject to requirements for each channel they choose to air. Goodmon also suggested that broad- casters run 150 public service announcements per week, with 40 of the spots airing between 4 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. He also said that each sta- tion should be required to air two hours of public affairs programming each week, not counting news. with one KEYNOTE SPEAKER hour of that programming running PETER CHERNIN between 6 p.m. and midnight. With regard to free airtime for feder- al political candidates -which has remained the most contentious issue Register online by visiting for the commission -Goodmon pro- the Conference Corner at posed that eight weeks before a federal www.ctam.com or contact election each station air one half -hour CTAM: ph: 703. 549.4200 per week of programming dedicated to fax: 703-684-1167 the candidates and their platforms. Goodmon also wrote that there must CHICAGO UNE 28 be a digital must -carry requirement to ensure that public service program- WY I O F T H I T R A D E ming is available to the 65% of the f public that receives television via cable.

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www.americanradiohistory.com TOP OF THE WEEK McCain vows to overhaul FCC Tells commissioners that agency 'needs to hare its priorities adjusted'

By Chris McConnell McCain on the FCC ing the FCC's work. He complained that Senate Commerce Committee "Never have the FCC has issued Chairman John McCain (R- only 22 Mass Media Ariz.) says he wants to revamp so many Bureau decisions dur- the FCC during the next session of ing its first six Congress. worked months. down from Addressing all five commissioners 51 such decisions during a Communications Subcommit- so hard to during the first six tee hearing last week, McCain blasted months of the previ- the agency's performance on several produce ous FCC. Another fronts and asserted that the commission target was the Cable "needs to have its priorities adjusted, so little for Services Bureau, its excess tonnage trimmed and its which McCain chas- functions realigned. so few." tised as he recounted "To paraphrase Winston concerns over incom- Churchill -as things stand now, never patibility between have so many worked so hard to pro- Department and $58.00( at the Securi- digital TV sets and cable systems: duce so little for so few," McCain ties and Exchange Commission. "Where, one might ask, has the Cable added. He called the number of senior A committee staffer said that the Services Bureau been all this time? Not FCC staffers excessive and said that planned restructuring effort might working overtime constraining cable the average commission employee include mandates to cut back on the rate increases, that's for sure." earns more than $74,000 per year, agency's work force: "We'll be look- The commissioners spent most of compared with $46,000 at the Justice ing into every nook and cranny." the hearing fielding queries about their At last week's hearing, McCain and universal service program rather than other senators focused most of their responding to McCain's criticism of attention on the commission's imple- the FCC's broadcast cable oversight. mentation of portions of the 1996 Kennard. however, said that the "Toto, we're not in Kansas Telecommunications Act aimed at pro- commission is trying to consolidate anymore." viding telecommunications service to some functions and to implement elec- high -cost areas as well as to schools tronic filing systems. He also suggest- and libraries. ed that the agency could offer some FCC Chairman William Kennard in employees early retirement if Congress the past week has come under increas- gives it the authority to do so. ing pressure to put the schools and Kennard and the other commission- libraries program on hold. McCain and ers also faced more cable rate questions other lawmakers insisted that the previ- from Sen. Ron Wyden (D- Ore.), who ous commission erred in attempting to predicted that lawmakers will debate implement the schools and libraries the issue this fall as the cable industry program without addressing the issue approaches the March 1999 sunset for of providing service to high -cost areas rate regulation. at the same time. Wyden asked commissioners But McCain went further, criticizing whether they have considered impos- regulators for looking to launch initia- ing an à la carte pricing scheme on tives on free political airtime and digital cable programming. Regulators, how- TV public interest obligations. McCain ever. voiced little enthusiasm for the also blasted the FCC for looking to idea. Kennard said such a scheme like- * rs "duplicate the work of the Justice ly would lead to rate increases, and accu'-_:E MN% Department" on radio station deals. Ness added that new programming The World's Weatheri Leader Commissioners are holding talks to channels need to attract a critical mass the FCC should treat radio to get off the ground. Call 800 -566 -6606 decide how deals that would give one company a Kennard also asserted that there is dominant share of local radio revenue. too little time before next year's cable 385 Science Park Road State College, PA 16803 Commissioners Susan Ness and Gloria rate regulation sunset to impose new E -mail [email protected] Tristani have criticized earlier FCC deci- rate rules on the industry. But he said http: www.accuweather.com sions to approve such deals without first that the commission will be able to pro- examining their competitive impact. vide information to lawmakers next McCain said such efforts are impeci- fall when they debate the issue.

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www.americanradiohistory.com Broadcastrag &Cable COVER STORY SPECIAL TO PROMAX Climate is right for Summer Shows After the successful summer launch of 'Rosie,' some syndicators are following suit

By Joe Schlosser when TV viewers are scarce, they said. an uncluttered field. Instead of going up Others wondered how Warner Bros. against 10 or 15 new shows in the fall, Two years ago, was going to sell advertising long after we went in against almost all reruns, Warner Bros. the selling season was closed. and it let the spotlight shine on us." Domestic Televi- Today, the summer launch of the Following in the footsteps of sion launched The now highly successful Rosie is com- O'Donnell two years later, syndicators Rosie O'Donnell Show pared with such TV coups as Fox's are launching a number of first -run in syndication. winning billion- dollar bid for the NFL programs this summer. Twentieth More than one Holly- in 1994. Television last week debuted two daily wood executive scoffed at "It was perhaps one of the most shows, The Magic Hour and Forgive the decision to debut the show in important catalysts for the show," says or Forget. Paramount Domestic Tele- June, three to four months ahead of Warner Bros. Domestic Television vision will unveil its daytime talker most other TV premieres. It's a waste Executive Vice President Scott Carlin. with Howie Mandel next week -the of costly original programming to air "Besides having a good show and a first daytime talker to follow O'Don- new shows between June and August great talent, we got out of the blocks in nell's summer lead. Howie Mandel: Ready for his day in the sun Comic turns daytime talk show host; 'I get to be Howie'

Howie Mandel is trying to sell something different with his new daytime talk show debuting in syndication next week (June 22). Mandel, a former carpet salesman from Toronto and a current big -time Hollywood comedian, is no longer trying to convince customers to buy a piece of nylon -or a joke, for that matter. His talk show from Paramount Domestic Television will feature some of his trademark comedic antics, but not a lot. The 42- year -old father of three is taking seriously his chance at a talk show on daytime TV. After a co- starring role on hit NBC series St. Elsewhere in the mid- 1980s, and after filling in as a co -host on Regis and Kathie Lee in recent years, Mandel thought it was time for talk, as did some Hollywood executives.

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Eyemark Entertainment also will programming, Petry TV. "You have no run fare helps the stations, the broad- have two shows debuting this summer, competition, and you get to promote to casters, compete. You are going to see a weekend late -night show with radio people who are actually paying atten- more and more midseason, summer - personality Howard Stern and a slow tion to you." type launches than you have ever seen rollout of Jackie Collins' Hollywood. Ed Wilson, president of Eyemark in the past, because broadcasters need Rysher Entertainment moved up its Entertainment, says that "all the sta- to do that to compete for viewers." debut of Judge Mills Lane from Sep- tions are saying they would like to see PolyGram Television's Matt Coop - tember to an early- August start to get in more deals structured like these, erstein says that his studio has consid- on the summer press. And other syndi- because they've got the time periods - ered summer syndication launches and cators already are starting to talk about and, most important, they've got spots understands how it can be viable if summer launches for next year. Indus- available to promote new shows during done properly. try analysts say that there could be more the summer months." But Cooperstein says that summer than IO first -run programs debuting The departure from the traditional syndication may not be for every stu- goes well this year. fall rollout has come with the increased dio, particularly studios short on cash. "From a pure sampling standpoint, competition from cable channels and "It does take a certain amount of debuting a show in the summer makes such new broadcast networks as The wherewithal to premiere early, because a lot of sense," says Frank Kelly. co- WB, UPN and the soon -to- launch Pax you are looking at potentially more president of Paramount Domestic Tele- Net. Even the broadcast networks, weeks of originals, and you are going vision. "Having the ability to get a especially Fox, have begun to launch into nontraditional time periods," Coop - show out there when it isn't competing new shows or air original shows in the erstein says. "Hopefully, there is a scat- with a bunch of other new shows, and summer. ter marketplace that you can benefit all of the other advertising that runs for "I think our whole business -not from. In that sense you need a little deep- the launch of new shows, is a real plus. just syndication, but network and er pockets to try something like that." The fall is a blizzard of new shows and everybody -is starting to look at this The downside to summer debuts, as promotion." as a 52 -week business. They've got to almost every syndicator says, is the "It is a continuing trend and one that combat cable with original program- absence of viewers, which makes it I think makes a lot of sense," says Dick ming," says Rick Jacobson, Twentieth tough to attract advertisers. Kurlander, vice president /director of Television president. "Original, first- "It is tricky," says Warner Bros.'

Mandel will tape his show at the NBC lot in Burbank, Calif., on the same set used by Johnny Carson for decades. Except for Jay Leno and Joan Rivers, Mandel -who appeared on The Tonight Show numerous times with his stand -up routine -is the first person to host a show from the legendary set since Carson. Leno recently built his own set next door to what is now Mandel's home. BROADCASTING & CABLE'S Joe Schlosser sat down with a can- did Mandel on the famed Burbank set a few weeks ago.

This is a big change for you.

For me, it's a big life experience. It's different from St. Elsewhere. It's different from anything I've ever done. This is a life change. I've been traveling and doing 200 dates a year for the past 15 years. This is the first time I've given up everything, absolutely everything. I'll do a few dates a year, because I think it's important to go out into America. I'll have a chance to touch base with affiliates and also have a real sense of who I'm speaking to out there. You don't have a sense of America being here in Los Angeles.

Working on the old Carson stage must be something special. Have you asked him to be on the show?

I haven't, but I want to. He would be my dream guest. I'm sure he knows that I would be incredibly honored. I don't take it lightly that I'm on his turf, and it still feels like his turf. Where I sit on the stage is almost the exact place where he did his monologue each day.

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Carlin. "If it's part of your strategy have to concentrate it to a few spots." uncluttered environment and the ability going in, and you know far enough in The summer approach also may not to promote in such an environment is advance, you can sell the inventory in be the most lucrative for syndicators worth five times more than the risk of a the upfront market and do pretty well. with expensive weekly syndicated demise. If a show is a dog, it goes away Otherwise, you are at the mercy of a shows. Weekend series such as Colum- earlier anyway. If it's good, it will scatter market, which may or may not bia TriStar's upcoming action -hour more than likely find an audience." be as good. Third -quarter CPMs [cost - V. /.P., with Pamela Lee, and Gene Rod - Paramount Domestic Television Co- per- thousand] are the lowest, so rev- denberry' s Earth: Final Conflict. may president Joel Berman, whose studio is enue potential from a barter standpoint cost upwards of $1 million an episode. launching Howie Mandel's talk show in the summer is lower." Most syndicators agree that it does not next Monday (June 22), admits that The promotion and marketing of the take a Phi Beta Kappa to decide summer syndication may not be the earliest summer shows also can be a whether to distribute those shows in the answer for everyone trying to escape problem. Some marketing executives say summer when viewing levels are lower. standard fall launches. that programs like The Howie Mandel "I think shows like Rosie and other "You can't really come out and say Show and The Magic Hour. debuting this strips are in a better position to do you want to start in the summer. It month, are forced to start promotion dur- this," says Henry Urick, Tribune vice depends on the project," Berman says. ing the competitive May sweeps, a tough president of marketing. "But if you are "There may be a project that lends buy for any show and very expensive. in the once -a -week business and you itself to the summer, and we think "Normally, shows start with six- to have between 22 and 24 episodes, you Howie does just that, but a lot of the eight -week advertising windows before are burning some pretty expensive development projects we have on the they debut, but in the case of something first -run episodes during low HUT board for next year are geared for fall like The Magic Hour, you are only get- time periods. Then it becomes prob- [ 1999]. I think summer syndication is ting heavy advertising concentration lematic going into the May book." going to remain the occasional thing." two weeks in advance because of the Some in the syndication business Twentieth Television's Jacobson May sweeps," says one marketing say the problems are not great. says that summer debuts will "be a executive. "If you can't get stations to "It is a risk, but the upside is much trend if we are successful with Magic start rolling it [promotional spots] out greater than the risk," Kurlander says. and Forgive or Forget-and if we are the last few weeks of the book, then you "The ability to get samples in an not, it won't be."

Were you a big Carson fan growing up? BDA draws on branding A huge, huge fan. Just being in this room is beyond belief. The Broadcasters Designers Association will continue There is such a vibe here. This was the epicenter for our gen- to take care of the creative side" of the Promax, BDA eration. This was our Ed Sullivan. What Carson did for comics conference in Toronto this week. says BDA Executive and other people is what Ed Sullivan did for Elvis Presley and Director Robert Nachman. with a series of panels The Beatles. In the '70s, when I came here from Canada, I aimed at the business side of broadcast design. The came to California and saw Disneyland and the Carson show. conference also will commemorate the 20th anniver- In the '80s, when Joan Rivers brought me on the show, I sary of the BDA awards. offering a retrospective of past thought that was the pinnacle of my career. I ended up doing winners and announcing a series of BDA initiatives for the show 22 times. To hear Doc Severinsen strike up the band, the 21st century. you thought you were at the center of the universe. This was Design keynote speaker Greg Moyer. president and the room, and now here I am. It's 1998, and it's my room. It's chief editorial and creative officer of Discovery Communi- beyond words. cations, will deliver a speech on' Expanding Your Brand," outline the branding effort that Discovery Channel is Joan Rivers, In 1984, found you in Hollywood while she was undertaking in retail stores. BDA also will feature a num- working as Carson's guest host? ber of sessions on integrated media and new media. and One night, I heard she was going to be at The Comedy Store, and several sessions on international design. I was there that same night. I thought, 'Maybe if she sees me, that The question when designing for different markets is will be my shot.' The night she was there, I had 102 degrees of whether you take the same creative globally or cus- fever, and I could barely walk. But I did my act and waited at the tomize for specific geographic markets." Nachman says. bottom of the stairs at The Comedy Store for her to come out, The more than 130 combined Promax1BDA fishing for a compliment or whatever. She saw me and said I exhibitors include post and design houses such as was very funny and asked if I had ever been on The Tonight Deep Blue Sea, Post Edge and Viewpoint Studios and Show. I said no, but that next week was my birthday. She told me graphics effects companies like Adobe. Discreet Logic to call a number. I called, and the next week I was on The and Quantel. Nachman says that since most of the Tonight Show. I remember walking out there and thinking: If I technology was introduced at NAB '98. the focus of the never do anything else in life, I had made it. It also gave me a BDA exhibition will be on demonstrations and one -on- sense of legitimacy- because at that time, if somebody asked one seminars. Dickson -Glen you what you did, and you said you were a comedian, they'd ask

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Johnson says. "I don't The Shows think we ever envisioned me doing comedy. I'll do some comedy bits, [but] of Summer I'm not going to do a monologue. He'll do that." Johnson will open each show with a "personal The Magic Hour moment," a one- to two - minute segment during which he stands on a plat- Twentieth Televi- form near the studio audi- sion got the ence and talks about the summer going Arnold Schwarzenegger was the first guest on day's events and anything on June 8 when The Magic's premiere show, which earned a 3.0/8 Nielsen topical. metered -market rating. Magic Hour and For- Rick Jacobson, presi- give or Forget debuted his friend and former late -night host dent of Twentieth Television, says that in national syndication. Arsenio Hall. The remodeled set seats bringing Magic to late night in the The Magic Hour, the latest 225 guests in seats with speakers. summer made a lot of sense, and he late -night entry via syndication, is Johnson is accompanied by comedian hopes it will make a lot of dollars too. hosted by former NBA star Earvin Paul Shoemaker; his band is fronted by "Late -night HUT levels are the high- "Magic" Johnson. He kicked off the Sheila E. Shoemaker, named comedian est in the summertime," Jacobson says. show w ith big guests last week, includ- of the year at the 1997 American Com- "You're going to get an audience that ing Whitney Houston, Harrison Ford edy Awards, was added to the mix in is going to-at the very least -sample and Arnold Schwarzenegger. the final weeks to ease the comedy the show. Kids don't have to go to bed Johnson is taping the show from the pressure on the former basketball star. so early, because they don't have set on the Paramount Studios lot in "Craig's job is to make me, the audi- school the next morning, and college Hollywood used in the early '90s by ence and the people at home laugh," kids are home too."

if you had been on Carson. That was always the litmus test of No. I don't have a term for it, but I'll find one. How about host credibility for a comedian. She brought me on, and obviously chat, like the beginning of Regis and Kathie Lee. That works Carson was watching that night, because I went on again six great, and that's really what Jack Paar did. He didn't do a weeks later and then continued to go back and monologue as much as an overview of the back. day's events. I won't do stand -up comedy. I "These shows don't think daytime is the place for it, and I Now you're next door to Jay Leno, who does don't think I could do it justice every single his show on his newly built stage. How is that work by virtue day. But I can sit down and talk about being working out? married for 20 years and raising children and We are going to tape our shows an hour apart of who's sitting about the events of the day. That is organic, eact day. We share dressing rooms. He has been and it's real. I can involve the audience and incredibly helpful to me. I've known him for behind the desk or have discussions with them. years. He was the first comedian who was nice to on me. Before I had a car, he would pick me up and who's sitting Do you feel pressure being on Carson's old take me to the Ice House and other comedy stage and having your own talk show every places. He's been really warm to me since I've the couch. day? come here. He is the good guy in Hollywood. I I'll make it or Absolutely. This is probably the most pressure can :ell you Jay is one of the nicest guys around. I've ever had in my life. It's probably the most break it." stress I've ever had. But at the same time, it's What kind of show is yours going to be? Are you also the most fun and [the biggest] thrill I've had attempting to reinvent the wheel with the show? in my whole life. I've never had to deal with so many people in my life. We have 102 people working on this Absolutely not. 1 loved Jack Paar, and he invented the medi- um. I don't think anybody could reinvent this thing. I don't show here every day. I have to answer to myself first and fore- know how I could better it. I don't know how I could change most. But there's my audience, the viewers. There is Paramount, it. These shows work by virtue of who's sitting behind the desk which is spending the money to get viewers, and there are affil- or who's sitting on the couch. I'll make it or break it, and that iates who are paying each week to give me an hour on their air. is the uniqueness I have to offer. I could give you a short list of people, but there are thousands of people counting on me. Every week I'm flown to New York to Will there be a monologue? talk to advertisers who say, "We're counting on you. We're

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Forgive or Forget don't see someone. It's a lump -in- your- throat moment." Mother Love, whose no- nonsense While shows such style on KFI(AM) won thousands of fans as Jerry in Los Angeles, says she is tired of Springer have being compared with Jerry Springer. been grabbing head- "Why do people constantly compare lines and most of the this show to his ?" she asks. "It doesn't ratings recently, Twenti- put you in that frame of mind. There is eth decided to try in day- no violence or screaming or kicking. I time a show with a more pos- have nothing in common with Jerry itive approach. Forgive or Forget, a Springer other than we are both very daily one -hour program hosted by radio cute and charming." personality Mother Love, features guests seeking forgiveness from those Mother Love's daily show, which they have wronged. premiered last week, is cleared in more Stern on Saturday night "We deal with extremely raw and than 80% of the country. real situations," says executive produc- ships. The recipient of the apology is in Eyemark Enter- er Russ Krasnow. "These people come the studio; if he or she finds the apolo- tainment, the out, they haven't spoken in years, and gy acceptable, a large wooden door is syndication they just start spilling. Mother Love is opened and the two sides reunite. If arm of CBS, is dis- thrown into the thick of it, and she does the apology is not accepted, the door tributing shows this an incredible job of extending herself does not open and both sides go their summer that fea- to the guests." separate ways. There are many tears ture radio personal- Guests tell Mother Love and the stu- but no violence, the producers say. ity Howard Stern and dio audience what they have done to "The door segment works. It pays author Jackie Collins. alienate another person. Many stories off every time," Krasnoff says. "It is so Stern's TV project, a Sat- involve broken romances and friend- real when these people see someone or urday night show that will take on NBC's

putting our product with you." You are talking about a huge amount of money and amount of people who are counting on me. It's not like when I did a comedy date-when, if I had a bad night, I would just go home and do another city the next day.

Did you want to do a late -night show or were you content in daytime? I'd rather be in daytime. That's my background, my little background from Regis and Kathie Lee. I like daytime. That's where my sensibility is right now. I'm a guy in his 40s who has been married for 20 years. I'm raising three children. That's what I talk about. That's my point of reference, and that's who is watching daytime television.

The competition is fierce in the talk show industry these days. Are you ready for it, and do you watch any of what now will be your competitors? I watch Rosie O'Donnell. I'm a big fan, and I told her so on her talk show. Number one, I want to thank Regis and Kathy Lee for giving me the opportunity to showcase myself. But I thank Rosie as well for having brought entertainment talk back to the afternoon. Because that worked and it was so explosive is the reason that not only Paramount, but every stu- dio in Hollywood, is looking for the next entertainer. If she had flopped, I'm sure I wouldn't be talking to you right now.

Why did you go with Paramount?

I niet with other companies. but I thought Paramount knew

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going to be a skit -dri- Zurrier says that Quivers' daily ven show. It will be news coverage, with Stern's reaction, similar to his show on will be featured in the syndicated E!, in that the comedy series. And CBS crews will go into the will fall out of the radio field to get funny video to go along show." with Stern's discussions. Animation Zurrier says that the will be used frequently. show will feature the Stern's late -night series has been usual characters from cleared on all CBS owned -and- operated Stern's radio team, stations with the exception of Green Bay, including Robin Quiv- Wis., and Salt Lake City. Eyemark exec- ers, Jackie "The Joke utives would not comment on clearances Man" Martling and outside the CBS stations but say they are Gary Dell'Abate. One having success in other markets. A few or two correspondents activist groups, such as The American Stern's Saturday night show. which debuts Aug. 22, will may be added in the next Family Association, are protesting go head to head with 'Saturday Night Live.' few months, he says. CBS's involvement in what some are long -standing franchise, Saturday Night The subjects on the radio shows in the calling a potentially controversial show. Live. will debut in national syndication week leading up to each Saturday will "The show has generated a tremen- on Aug. 22. drive the TV show, CBS executives say. dous amount of interest," says Eyemark Stern's Saturday show will be simi- "We are going to be topical, which Entertainment's Wilson. "There is usu- lar to his daily syndicated morning the E! show is not." Zurrier says. "The ally one station in every market - radio program, CBS executives say. E! show is sort of a documentary of the sometimes two and sometimes three- "It is going to be a really good TV radio show. I don't know exactly what that wants the show. And there proba- presentation of the comedy show on our shooting week will be, but we will bly are a few cities that don't want it. the radio five days a week," says Ben be able to transfer things from the radio We are taking our time and only selling Zurrier, CBS vice president of pro- show and keep them fresh and relevant it for Saturday night. Unlike most gramming and research. "It is not on the late -night show." weekend shows, this is a cash deal."

er actly what they were doing. I told them I had a vision, and to either go to Chicago or New York. Here in Los Angeles, they were in line with the way I had seen the show. I also had I'm going to be the only one doing this, at least for a while. experience with them in the past. Besides Carson, the show I probably did the most was Arsenio Hall on the Paramount lot. Having done everything from selling carpet to comedy to prime I was allowed to do certain things on Arsenio's show because time television, how will you handle it if your show is not a hit? of the executives at Paramount. I'm not talking about artistic I'd like to talk to you about a Berber. freedom, and I'm not talking about going crazy, because my show is going to be tradi- Seriously. do you think about what you will do tional. They [Paramount executives] are If things don't work out here? "I'm a guy in his h:.nds -on, but they are hands -on in a good Yes, I do. That is part of the stress and pres- way, and I think we see eye to eye creatively. 40s who has been sure. I hope it works. I don't know what I'll do if it doesn't work out. I've never wanted to where did tie idea for the show come from? do anything more than this. If it doesn't work Y,u and yoi.r agent were shopping the idea married for 20 out, it is going to be real tough. A lot them around and that's how you got to this point? of years. I'm raising don't, but I just can't think that way. I say to N). When I did Regis and Kathie Lee, there everybody every day, all 102 people on the wasn't a force in the business that didn't call three children. show, let's enjoy this while we have it. Ulti- me. I had my choice of where to go. They all mately, the most important thing in my life is wanted me, and I chose Paramount, and I think That's what my family, but professionally it would be I Bade the best decision. After doing a one - devastating if this doesn't work. This is the week stand filling in for Regis, my manager talk about." first time that I get to be Howie. I've played said, `You are not going to believe this, but the different characters, been a comedian, but phone has been ringing off the hook, and they this is the first time America gets to see who all want you do to do your own show.' So he said, `Let's go Howie really is. I've never been myself on camera. I'm a talk with the studios and see what they want to do.' Certain real person, a married guy with three kids. I'm the guy who people had ideas [to do it] one way and others, another way. is sitting here and talking to you right now. It is up to the One studio wanted me to host a talk show from Las Vegas. I audience whether they want to tune me in and spend an hour told them the place to be is Los Angeles- because if a with me. That's why it would be so hurtful if it doesn't work cc lebrity wants to promote something in daytime, they have out. It's just me this time.

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periods, but he more than 90% of the country for its acknowledged that Aug. 17 debut. the studio is develop- Lane, who says he will continue to ing a number of new officiate at boxing matches for a few half -hour shows for years, says he has seen the competition syndication. from the Judge Judys and People's Collins already has Courts of the world. interviewed nearly 50 "I used to watch Judge Wapner, and celebrities, including I thought he was pretty good," Lane actor George says. "Judge Judy is good as well. Clooney and model She's awfully tough. She doesn't slack Anna Nicole Smith. off a bit. [Ed] Koch, we can do better Collins says that the than him." show has come a long How is the 61- year -old judge going way in the past two Collins' interviews with celebrities, such as rap artist months since Eye - Montel Jordan (above), will be the cornerstone of the show. mark gave it the Jackie Collins' Hollywood green light. "When you consider that Howie Mandel has had a year of start-up time, Jackie Collins' and we've had six or seven weeks, I'd Hollywood will be say we've done an incredible job of a flashy magazine getting this thing together for a five - show featuring celebri- day -a -week go," Collins says. "I think ty interviews and we will obviously learn as we go what reports on the latest direction we will take the show and fashion shows and Holly- who will be regular contributors." wood premieres. Eyemark Collins has a team of correspondents is rolling out Collins for a trial run on who will file reports for each show on three CBS owned -and -operated stations fashion, movies and other glamorous (in New York, Los Angeles and Philadel- Collins -type events. phia)- and possibly on one non -CBS sta- The show will be taped from the tion- starting June 22. The half -hour infamous Lucky Luciano mansion in show will run daily for 10 weeks. A deci- Beverly Hills, where Collins says she is sion about a full rollout in syndication will "more than comfortable." A segment Here comes another judge: boxing referee Judge Mills Lane. be made at the end of the summer. will feature questions for Collins from "Jackie is a test in the truest sense," celebrities and from people on the street to run his courtroom? says Eyemark's Wilson. "At the end on everything from fashion to the latest "The job of the judge is to protect the of the test, we are going to know if we Hollywood gossip. But the cornerstone integrity of the truth -finding process," want to go forward or not. We are of each episode, Eyemark executives he says. "That means that the litigants probably going to say at the end of the say, will be Collins' interviews with don't run the show. There is a certain 10 weeks that Jackie Collins is a great celebrities. There likely will be two per order in the production of evidence and talent -but maybe we have the wrong show. how a decision is made." show, or maybe we got lucky and did Lane will hear only one case per the right show. We'll also see if peo- half -hour episode, and there will be ple want a show like this in the after- Judge Mills Lane outside video from the litigants to noon and if people like Jackie's explain the case as it unfolds in the style." n other judge is going into syndi- courtroom. Rysher President Ira Bern- The show could wind up as a mid - cation.. This time it's boxing refer - stein says that there also will be a season syndication replacement show, e and Reno, Nev., Judge Mills "behind- the -chambers" interview with Wilson says. Eyemark, which recently Lane. He is famous for breaking up the the judge after each case. A yet -to -be- canceled half -hour strip The Gayle Mike Tyson -Evander Holyfield "bite named legal analyst will join Lane in King Show, is planning to run a full fight" last year, but his chambers for the postmortem. hour of Martha Stewart's series in day- Rysher Entertain- "Everyone wants to know what goes time to fill the gap left by King. ment executives on in the chambers," Bernstein says. "Right now Martha is Martha's own hope to bring "We thought it would be an interesting best lead -in, but we haven't ruled out him new fame in element to the show that is not done on another show going with her at the syndication. other court series. The chambers is midseason point," Wilson says. He Rysher has where the personality of the judge is would not say whether Collins' show cleared the half - allowed to come out, and he can give would run in Gayle King's former time hour court series in his insight into the decision."

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By Joe Schlosser debut this fall. The result of that hard Meryl Cohen, Paramount president of work is more than 200 spots that will be marketing, says she likes to give the The syndication industry is getting sent to stations for the fall season rollout. station community something unique 'erious about Promax this year. The "This is the largest campaign we have for Promax and has a number of work- workshops are geared less to show ever done," says Jim Moloshok, senior shops planned: Howie Happy Hour for stars and more to the marketing and pro- vice president of marketing and adver- Howie Mandel's new talk show, an motion executives who have to make tising for Warner Bros. "lt Entertainment Tonight workshop at the those stars shine in their local markets. involves a whole Princess of Wales Theater in Toronto No more making cookies. No bunch of cam- and a Montel Williams luncheon in one more comedy clubs. No more fool- paigns that have of the city's museums. Hard Copy and ing around. It is business and been targeted Real TV also will have separate func- more business this week in [for] specific tions. Williams will be on hand for the Toronto as the Promax and BDA luncheon, while Mandel will make conference get under way. an appearance by satellite for the The theme is "It's About happy -hour celebration for his new Time." and after talking to top talk show. Hollywood executives heading Cohen says the workshops will north for the conference, it not be spoon -fed lectures to the sta- appears that couldn't be tions on how to market Paramount more true. There will be a products. smattering of stars, but exec- "It is hard to take the stand that utives say to bring a pen and we know everything," she says. pad for promotion and mar- "There is always a new idea to be keting notes -and not nec- had from someone else, and we essarily for autographs. work with the station community Increased competition, and listen to their suggestions." say syndication executives, is forcing everyone from the COLUMBIA broadcast /station side and TRISTAR the studios to take this con- Columbia TriS- ference seriously. Almost every tar Television syndicator is planning one -on -one Distribution is meetings with station executives. bringing a pair "Promax has really evolved," says demographics. It is not enough in of off -network sitcoms and new first - Pearson All American's Joe Scotti. "It today's environment to do a promotion run series to Promax. CUD executives used to be just a gathering. Now it's a and send it out as one size fits all. You will hold workshops for The Nanny, place that you want to bring your best have to use TV the way people buy Party of Five, upcoming action -hour goods and top executives. We organize radio and divide it by daypan." V.I.P., with Pamela Lee, and its new like it's NAIPE." Warner Bros. is having its Friends talk show with Donnv and Marie. Here is an overview of some major workshop on Thursday; it will have a Barry Thurston, CTTD president, syndicators' plans for the four -day event, marketing session with stations on Friday says the distributor will sit down with which kicks off Wednesday (June 17) at for weekend syndication runs of hit series stations individually to discuss promo- the Toronto Convention Centre. ER. The campaign for ER, Moloshok tion and marketing strategies. The advi- says, will be: "Starting this fall, life and sory board set up for Donnv and Marie WARNER BROS. death don't take the weekend off." will meet again in Toronto to discuss Warner Bros. executives will come to Rosie O'Donnell will be in Toronto plans for the show's launch this fall. Promax armed with Friends marketing for a Thursday night cocktail party for and promotion plans -but this time, sta- her stations, while the new first -run EYEMARK ENTERTAINMENT tions signed on for off -network runs of block of Love Connection and Change The topic on the table for CBS's syndi- the sitcom can implement their promo- of Heart will be presented at a Wednes- cation unit is Martha Stewart Living. tional strategies right away. Warner day event. which is returning for its second season Bros. executives held a workshop last in syndication. Bob Cook, Eyemark year in Chicago and set up an advisory PARAMOUNT executive vice president, says Stewart board with station executives to create a Paramount's syndicated shows will hit will not design cookies with the station media blitz for the show's syndication Toronto with a number of workshops. folk this year. Instead, the workshop will

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be more "nuts and bolts." Stewart will be going to publicize it and everything else keters and promoters. King World will on hand for a Thursday workshop. that comes with a new show. We are hold workshops at the convention for its "This is really going to be about the treating it just like a new show." new syndicated series, Roseanne and things we have learned this year with all Studios USA is having a remeet and Hollywood Squares. news magazine of our research," Cook says. "We are greet with Maury for stations at an event Inside Edition and game shows Wheel of changing the program a bit, and we want Tuesday night at The Hockey Hall of Fortune and Jeopardy! King World also to inform our audience of those changes." Fame. Povich, the show's producers and is co- sponsoring the opening night con- Stewart's show is going to include Studios USA President Steve Rosenberg cert with Aretha Franklin and throwing a more field trips and more non gender- will be there. number of private parties. specific topics and activities that every- The studio will not have workshops Roseanne and Hollywood Squares one in the audience can afford. The spots for its other talk or action shows, prefer - host Tom Bergeron will be on hand for and the show itself in 1998 -99, Cook ing to hold one -on -one meetings with the workshops, and other dignitaries says, "will be a little hipper, the music stations. are expected to show up at the King will be more upbeat and every- World meetings. thing will be a little faster - "Michael and Roger will be there par- paced." Meetl' ticipating in the workshops the this year," Prijatel says. WORLDVISION "Everybody loves to talk Court will be in session for tars with them and ask them Worldvision at Promax, with the of questions. and they will be syndicators' two court series. !J]8vggrt-A` on hand to do that. Judge Judy and Judge Joe Cl0 Brown, making their way to PEARSON Canada. Judge Judy. whose ALL AMERICAN show has taken off in the ratings, Pearson All American exec- and Judge Joe will be on hand utives will give station exec- for functions and workshops. utives a taste of their two "For Judy, we will address . new syndicated series for some of the issues, like being the fall. Both Lorenzo moved to new stations and Lamas. star of the dis- upgrades from daytime to early CiN) tributor's new action - fringe in a number of markets," hour Air America, and

says Gary Montanus, Worldvision Chan ,e Heart Michael Burger. host of senior vice president of marketing. wóaa trt the revamped Match "With Joe Brown it is a matter of Game. will be at Promax introducing him to the public, and Wah Our for workshops. Burger c,; arq Poc.ohr.,I Pram' we are going to do that in a number will run a mock Match of ways. We are going to use Game, while Lamas will everything from outdoor to radio to print TWENTIETH TELEVISION help roll out new clips of Air America. and TV." Twentieth Television is having a work- As for the type of spots that will be shop for its new daytime series, For- RYSHER ENTERTAINMENT used for both series, don't look for jokes give or Forget. Forgive or Forget host Rysher Entertainment is bringing Judge or humor. "We want them recognized as Mother Love will be there to talk to sta- Mills Lane and the stars of Highlander: judges. People want to believe they are tions about her show. The Raven to meet the executives who dealing with judges and not think of "We want people to experience who will make or break their new syndicated them as buffoons," Montanus says. she is in person," says Twentieth's series. The two shows will be presented Matthew Pugliese, vice president of at separate events with station heads, and STUDIOS USA advertising and promotion. "We're the stars will talk about their shows. As The push for Studios USA (formerly going to show a few outtakes of her for the promotion push from Rysher. it's Universal) in Toronto this summer is show and let the station community get back to basics. the relaunch of Maury Povich in syndi- a feel for her warmth and affection." "This year, Rysher believes advertis- cation. Povich's show joins the Studios There will also be a workshop for ing is king," says Rysher's Paul Eagle - USA fold next fall with a new studio, Access Hollywood, co- produced by ton. "In previous years. we were able to new look and new name, The New NBC and Twentieth Television. Both put together promotions as good as Maury Show. Povich's longtime talker workshops will be Wednesday. anybody else with different advertisers. has been distributed by Paramount for Now we believe that -in terms of basic the past seven years. KING WORLD advertising -on -air, Ti' Guide and "Basically we are looking to make the King World senior vice president of radio spots move numbers. We're show over," says a Studios USA execu- advertising and promotion, Don Prijatel. telling our stations that the most valu- tive. "We are going to address how we along with Michael and Roger King, are able thing is on your own air. That's are going to promote it. how we are picking up awards as Promax's top mar- where we're putting our emphasis."

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By Joe Schlosser [with the show] and WGN -TV cannot sell local ad time." Suddenly Susan has sold to the Many Tribune stations are set to Tribune stations in syndica- debut Warner Bros.' next big off-net- tion for what sources say was work program, Friends, in the fall. $600,000 an episode. The sitcom is Warner Bros. Executive Vice Presi- also headed to Lifetime Television dent Scott Carlin says the two sit- after its first three years in syndica- coms should work well together tion for a reported $250,000 a show. come 2000. The Warner Bros. series is now "A few years from now, when cleared on 16 of the Tribune Broad- Friends is really cranking in syndi- casting stations, representing 35% of cation and Suddenly Susan joins it, it all U.S. households. Clearances will be a very nice marriage," Carlin include wPix(Tv) New York, KTLA says. "Suddenly Susan ran very well (Tv) Los Angeles and WGN -TV Chi- next to Friends and even with Sein- cago. The Brooke Shields sitcom will feld on NBC. I imagine they will run get cable play in its first three years well together in syndication." via Tribune'superstation WGN -TV. Warner Bros. executives will now Suddenly Susan premieres in syn- he in the marketplace selling Sud- dication in fall 2000 and on Lifetime denly Susan to stations outside the beginning in 2003. wGN -Tv's super - Tribune deal. Robertson says the station carriage of the show will end Tribune is paying an estimated $600,000 per distributor should be announcing episode for 'Suddenly Susan.' in 2003, says Warner Bros. Domestic shortly the first syndication deals for Television President Dick Robertson. WGN -TV, for those first three years," other off -network product, such as "It is important for everybody to Robertson says. "The WGN -TV signal is Jamie Forr. Veronica's Closet is also know that the show still has full syndi- the only distant signal we will be preparing to hit the off -syndication cated exclusivity, with the exception of allowing to come into their market market.

unable to capture a large enough share of the audience to really sustain the CTTD cancels `Vibe' kind of investment that we felt was necessary to put into the show." Thurston says show hit target. hut target was too small Vibe, which debuted last August and By Joe Schlosser was produced by Quincy Jones and David Salzman, was cleared for a sec- Just a few hours be- ond season in more than 90% of the fore Twentieth Tele- country. Thurston says that Columbia vision's The Magic TriStar is now aiming to quickly fill Hour hit the airwaves those time periods with another syndi- last week, Columbia Tri- cated show. Star Television Distribu- "We have talked to our core group of tion executives canceled stations, Chris Craft, Paramount and their freshman late night others, and have a couple of ideas in series, Vihe. development," Thurston says. "We The move to cancel The May ratings stepped up our first -run production Vihe came 10 months closed the book some six months ago, and we've got a after its debut and seven on 'Vibe. few things that we have developed that months after CTTD we are going to share with those station executives named comedian Sinbad to according to Nielsen Media Research. groups over the next three to four be the show's second host. "We really believe that we were suc- weeks." CTTD President Barry Thurston says cessful in reaching who we thought we Thurston says that if stations are he didn't want to pull the plug on the wanted to reach -that young adult enthusiastic about the projects, CTTD series, which cost nearly $800,000 a demographic," Thurston says. "But the executives could greenlight a project for week to produce, but the May book marketplace is so competitive in the as early as Sept. 11, the date of Vibe's results didn't justify the costs. Vihe aver- late night time period that on a consis- final airing. Thurston says their talk aged a 1.4 rating nationally for May, tent day -to -day basis, we were just show project in New York with former

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www.americanradiohistory.com BROADCASTING MTV personality Karen Duffy is not Vihe, which outlasted Buena Vista's year and is said to be working on a one of the possible late night candidates. late -night series The Keenen Ivory number of projects for the studio. "Anything that we would go with Wayans Show by three months, will "We are going to sit down with Sin - would be young -adult oriented," continue airing on stations until Sep- bad in the next couple of weeks. I know Thurston says. "The hope would be that tember 11 with a combination of origi- he has something he may want to do," we could capture a similar audience to nal and previously aired shows. Both Thurston says. "I've got to say, he was what we did with Vibe and expand upon Keenen and Vihe debuted Aug. 4, 1997. terrific. He came on board at a time it and probably at a lower budget. I don't Sinbad, who replaced Vibe's first when we needed him, and I think he think it was any secret that we what we host Christopher Spencer last October, did a very good job. I know he feels were doing was certainly the most signed an overall film and television strongly that he did some good work on expensive show we had ever mounted." deal with Columbia TriStar earlier this the show."

Besides the new shows, Valentine is Valentine vows improvement counting on the net- work's expansion from Says UPN's shows last year weren't very good; three nights to five nights promises new season will draw more viewers in October to drive new audiences to his shows. By Michael Stroud vertising CPMs, which "The more clays you're will be flat to slightly up off the air, the harder it is PN's annual affiliates meeting for the fall. to get people's minds didn't have NBC's indoor fire- Affiliates emerged wrapped around what U works or CBS's Leslie Moonves from the meeting last shows you've got." Valen- doubling as an NFL coach to wow week ready to give Valen- tine said. "They can't be attendees. The relatively low -key event tine, the former Disney airing five or six days from at the Ritz Carlton in Dana Point, television chief who was now because people don't Calif., focused on one theme: convinc- named head of UPN last make their viewing deci- ing affiliates that LPN President Dean year, a chance to try his sions that way." Valentine's quadrupling of program- more inclusive strategy. Valentine says UPN's The risk is that UPN's to "It was a tough year last new schedule will target programming will get ming investments and expansion middle -class viewers. five days a week will pay off in big rat- year, but there was a good spread too thin on those ings improvements. feeling coming out of screenings [at five nights. That's one reason Valentine The network has lost ground to rival Dana Point]," said Carol Meyers-Martz, chose to expand the network starting in WB over the past year, due in part to program director for KcoP(rv) Los October, rather than August- shrink- affiliate defections and to shows that Angeles, a wholly owned unit of UPN ing the number of days in the season either were lacking in quality, Valen- partner Chris Craft. "For us, the Imosti- left to fill. One of the new nights. tine conceded, or were targeted at too requested demographic [from advertis- Wednesday, will be devoted entirely to narrow an audience. ers] is 25 -54. UPN's broadening its base made - for -TV sci fi movies, many of "We underperformed last year has got to be advantageous to us." which Valentine already has in hand. numerically; the shows weren't very While Valentine not unexpectedly For 1998 -99, Valentine's aims are good," Valentine said in an interview. predicted UPN's ratings will rise over modest. "My goal is to see any im- "There will be a lot more people the next year, he refused to over- provement in ratings," he said. "We've watching UPN by this time next year promise, declining to predict how lost viewers over the past year, and we than there are today." much UPN will improve or how the think the programming has been on too The keys to Valentine's strategy are a network will perform compared with narrow a base. We want to see the trend host of new shows, such as drama Lega- The WB. line reverse." cy, about a post -Civil War family, sci -fi dramas Seven Days and Mercy Point and comedies that include DiResta. We're all a- quiver Along with returning shows like The New Adventures of Robin Hood is Love Boat: The Next Wave and Star back in production for a second sea- Trek: Voyager, the shows are aimed at son from Warner Bros. International reclaiming the middle -class viewers Television Production and distributor the network feels it sacrificed in its zeal Sachs Entertainment, with John to attract urban audiences over the past Bradley donning the green tights for few years. the title role. Bradley's credits include The strategy appeared to backfire, as guest roles on ER and Melrose Place rival WB overtook UPN and established and recurring roles on LA Firefighters its own niche among viewers aged 18- and In Living Color. The show is 34 with hits such as Dawson's Creek cleared on 148 stations representing and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The poor 88% of the country. showing will be reflected in UPN's ad- JUNE 15, 1998 / BROADCASTING & CABLE 45

www.americanradiohistory.com BROADCASTING TIM Fox won't roll over in dog days Looks to boost viewership with largest original slate ever nals last year, to mixed results. The 40% -new schedule helped to boost the By Michael Stroud network's Nielsen ratings 11% among adults 18 -49 over the previous sum- Fox is hitting the books this mer, while the other networks were flat summer. The ratings books. or declined over the same period. But that is. those ratings represented a 43% falloff Fox Entertainment chief Peter from Fox's regular -season average. Roth said last week that his net- "They got taken to the cleaners," work is rolling out its most ambi- says an executive at a rival network. tious slate of original summer fare "They spent a fortune on program- ever, a 42 %- original lineup that ming, and the ratings still weren't that includes seven new episodes of great." Among the disappointing sum- Melrose Place. a news magazine mer releases for Fox was Roar. an called Fox Files and a reality -based action drama set in medieval Scotland. show, Guinness Book of World Still, ABC, at least, plans to take a Records: Primetime. page from the summer debut book with "Summer is traditionally a time the introduction of two new series, com- when the networks are asleep at the edy Maximum Bob, starring Beau wheel." said Roth. "It is a great plat- Bridges, and Whose Line Is It. Anyway ?. form to improve our [ratings] num- an adaptation of a British variety show bers and promote our fall shows." starring Drew Carey and Ryan Stiles. If Fox has ordered nine install- Fox will fight the summer doldrums with ori- the shows are successful in their sum- Place.' ments of the news magazine, pro- ginal episodes of 'Melrose mer run, they could be brought back duced by the co -owned Fox News Also planned for the summer: Fox's mid -season, an ABC official says. Channel, and six of the Guinness pro- move of King of the Hill from Sunday "Last summer, we did nothing and grams. If the network likes their perfor- to Tuesday and original movie and saw our audience erode," he says. mance, they may be reintroduced for miniseries fare. "You can't just close shop over the midseason, Roth said. Fox also boosted its summer origi- summer."

stations acquired earlier this year. Petry Sinclair signs with Seltel has repped most of the Max Media sta- tions up to now. Blair repped most of Rep will create new sales team to haladle stations the Heritage stations. Also joining the Sinclair cluster at By Steve McClellan Cox -owned rep firms (Telerep, HRP Seltel will be two stations that the and MMT), where Sinclair consolidat- broadcaster operates in San Antonio - In an apparent strategy reversal, Sin- ed all its business after merging with KABB(TV) and LMA KRRT(TV) -and clair Communications is diversify- River City Broadcasting two years ago. two in Syracuse. WSYT(TV) and WNYS- ing its rep portfolio. Sinclair said Seltel was the big loser in that consoli- TV. Those stations had been represent- last week it had signed a new long -term dation-it had handled most of the Sin- ed by Telerep. KLGT -TV Minneapolis deal with Katz Media's Seltel to repre- clair station rep business up to then. will also be folded into the new Sin- sent 19 stations that the broadcaster has Sinclair is now spreading its nation- clair team at Seltel. recently acquired or is about to acquire. al spot business between what will be Seltel President Jack Higgins says That's one -third of its 57- station group. the two remaining major rep compa- that he's been talking to Sinclair about Estimated national spot billings for nies -Cox and Katz. The latter, owned retaining the Sullivan business since the those 19 stations are said to be about by Chancellor Media, is set to merge purchase agreement was announced $100 million. with Petry, pending U.S. Justice three months ago. "The big part of this Seltel will create a new sales/man- Department antitrust scrutiny, later this is that a client that left us is now coming agement team that will focus solely on year. That merger would put reps back," says Higgins. the Sinclair stations repped by the com- Petry, Blair. Katz and Seltel under The Sinclair group and Clear Channel pany. The new deal covers Sullivan Chancellor's control. Communications are roughly equal as Broadcasting (11 stations, including The Sinclair /Seltel agreement also Seltel's second -largest clients, says Hig- wzTv(Tv) Nashville and two LMAs), covers Max Media (six stations, gins. The Paramount station group is the which Seltel currently reps. including wKEF(Tv) Dayton, Ohio, and rep's biggest client. Scott Silverstein When Sinclair agreed to buy Sullivan three LMAs). Both the Sullivan and will serve as the director of sales for the earlier this year. the speculation was Max Media acquisitions are expected Sinclair team. He will report to Craig that Sinclair would move that group's to close this month, Sinclair said. Brotman, who heads Seltel's Republic rep business from Seltel to one of the Seltel will also rep the five Heritage division.

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In force. Positions vacated agree that the biggest im- mio by station manager Steve pact will be from the exit Fisher and assistant news of Chris Kapostasy, who STATION director Peter Bour are not left wr Friday after 17 expected to be filled, years. She departs for NBC although another news to become an anchor and By Oat Mph!' director will be hired to correspondent, having been Towers going down Kimatian was on his way replace Kevin Roach. The spotted by NBC News to the ABC affiliates meet- news department is cur- President Andy Lack while An ill wind may have ing in Orlando when he got rently being run by assign- he was vacationing at near- blown some good, word of the disaster. Only ment manager Steve Diorio by Lake George. People in bringing two TV stations a his luggage got there. "Our and executive news pro- the business say that for bit closer together. With satellite dishes looked like ducer Tina Rezach. No on- years Kapostasy has been some help from Bingham- crushed beer cans," Kimat- air personnel were fired. the franchise. Owens said ton PBS station WSKG -TV, ian says. "But no one was WDTN recently won competitors are "salivat- wtvr(Trv) came back with a hurt even though there were Edward R. Murrow awards ing" over the prospect of two people in the from RTNDA in five of 10 her departure. building." For regional categories. As She leaves her station days, he said, winner of the award for on top in local news rat- everyone work- overall excellence, Roach ings, and her longtime col- ing for wtvr was asked to share his league, former news direc- helped move. news philosophy in the tor and current general "We rented some current issue of RTNDA's manager Steve Baboulis, a trucks, and Communicator. Official bit wistful. "She's been an everyone sources called it a "restruc- incredibly hard worker and grabbed a chair," turing" but one remaining she's gotten better and bet- he says. "There's staffer concluded that "they ter through the years. She A tornado brought down the house - a silver lining in want us to do more with really has meant a lot to and 'he tower-at wivr. every tomado." less. [The departed assis- us, and she's been deeply tant news director and pho- involved in the communi- local newscast last week tographers] weren't extra ty." Apparently under con- after tornadoes brought Cleaning house to us." Larry Ryan, who sideration to replace her at wtvT 's 500-foot broadcast T he boom, not the boom served as acting general 5:30, 6, and 11 p.m. are tower down on its studios mike, was lowered at manager during the transi- noon anchor Benita Zahn and offices. Mike Ziegler, Dayton, Ohio's WDTN -TV tion, is expected to return and weekend anchor president and CEO of as an estimated 13 em- to his old position as VP, Elaine Houston, but the WSKG -TV offered help to ployees- including the sales, when a Sunrise GM station will also look out- Steve Kimatian, VP and station manager, news takes over. Ryan said he side. GM of the Central New director and assistant news was comfortable with Kapostasy downplayed York Station Group -part director-were fired. The assurances that the firings the laudatory columns, par- of the Seattle -based - Acker station would not confirm were over. Another staffer ties, letters, calls, e-mails ley Group as a result -and the number of dismissals. was less sure. "You never and general gushing that wtvt began moving into The moves were made know," the newsperson has accompanied not only WSKG -TV 's Vestal building. as Sunrise Television takes said. "This is TV." her departure, but much of wSKG -TV had lost a just the station over from her time in Albany. "One tenant, and Ziegler hopes spreading Hearst -Argyle. The Hearst - Start of the things I learned WWI 'S tenancy will be per- Argyle merger forced the the news very early in this busi- manent. WSKG's facilities sale due to overlapping sig- T he TV pic- ness is that nobody weathered the storm, but nals with Cincinatti station ture in the operates in a vacuum. the loss area power lines of wt.wr. Although the firings Albany, N.Y., A lot of people have kept it exclusively on cable were implemented by exit- area is chang- the ability to make you and delayed its pledge ing owner Hearst, they ing radically. look good and a lot of drive. Having transmitted clearly came at the direc- JoAnne Purtan the people have the from WIXT, its sister station tion of Sunrise. Staffers left WRGB, and ability to make you in Syracuse, Kimatian- said they expected changes WXXA -TV 'S Chris Kapos tasY look bad. And that's himself a former Maryland leaves AlbanAlba with new ownership, but Allison Sey- one of the reasons I've Public Television execu- for New York were surprised nonetheless. mour is leav- stayed so long." tive- said "it was good to The mood was grim at ing. Even Rob Owen , who All news is local. Con- get back and do a whole first, but quickly returned covered TV for the Times tact Dan Trigoboff at news presentation a week to business- though not Union, is moving to a big- (202) 463 -3710, fax (202) after getting knocked out quite business as usual, ger market, Pittsburgh. 429 -0651, or e-mail to the box." of considering the reductions But local observers [email protected].

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www.americanradiohistory.com BROADCASTING Cityvision launches in Miami Local TV with talking lips and plenty of attitude debuts on WYHS -TV

By Steve McClellan says Ware. "He's controversial, but it's Speaking of crazy, another off -the hard to label him," he says. Rodgers' wall show is RadioVision. "It's basical- CityVision in Miami, the new local TV talk show is an edited tape of his ly about people- watching; Miami is a television format from USA daytime radio show, which airs on big people- watching town," Ware says. Broadcasting, debuted last Mon- WQAM(AM) Miami. The show is edited video of a camera day (June 8). If nothing else, the station "Technically, [the first day] wasn't mounted in one place to capture people revealed its off-the -wall personality- great," says Ware, noting some mis- going about their business. The video demonstrated by such segments as a pair placed promos and the occasional brief is blended with audio from radio pro- of lips (à la the "Rocky Horror Picture period of dead air. But that's what the grams of the 1940s. Show ") that reads news updates and a month of debugging is designed to For June, the station has sold 40 %- gay- bashing, anti -Semitic talk show address, he says. 50% of its available ad inventory to car host who happens to be gay and Jewish. "New shows aren't what you want dealers, restaurants, direct response mar- The launch strategy calls for four them to be on day one, so why over - keters and others, says Ware. Some of weeks of debugging and fine tuning. hype and mislead the audience ?" he the ads were given away. "But remem- Next month, USA will spend hundreds says. "We're just going to switch, do ber, we're focused on July and beyond." of thousands of off -air promotion dol- some adjustments as we go along and The lips that do news belong to lars and will formally launch the sta- let people find it." But come July, Stephanie Lydecker, who also produces tion-wYHS-Tv (ch. 69)- during the when viewers have had a chance to the local kids show, Wan,i on Miami. July ratings sweep period, says Adam find and sample the format, he says, "We like to utilize all the talents pos- Ware, executive vice president, USA "we'll promote like crazy." sessed by our staff," Ware quips. Broadcasting. Ware says the debut last week went as expected, "with a few surprises." The most pleasant surprise, he says, Undercover cameras: was the 1.1 rating that the 9 p.m. news program drew, double the rating of the Home Shopping Network fare that it No size fits all replaced. By comparison, at 10 p.m. WB affiliate WBZL -TV scored a 2.7 rat- In the face of limitless technology, broadcasters must set ing for its newscast. their own limits, `Dateline' producer tells IRE conference The CityVision newscast clearly has an attitude. One news clip had a By Bill Kirtz, B &C correspondent policy. There's no one -size- fits -all." reporter telling her audience, "stop me He's seen "absurd" use of hidden if you've heard this one before," in a Dute/ine NBC's rule on undercov- cameras, such as showing fertilizer ille- story about local political corruption. er cameras is that there is no rule. gally being loaded -an activity that Politically Incorrect, the ABC show Allan Maraynes, senior inves- could have been narrated as easily as that kicks off prime time each night on tigative producer on the team that won shown. On the other hand, ABC News the CityVision station, didn't pull much this year's IRE award for uncovering hidden cameras provided proof that of a rating. "But we really didn't expect abusive police seizures in Louisiana, China has sold organs from executed it to," says Ware. "Once we promote it, told the Investigative Reporters and Edi- criminals. David Rummel, who oversees we'll do a number." ABC agreed to tors' national conference in New Or- a 10- person investigative unit, noted that license the show to WYHS -TV because its leans last week that with virtually limit- since China is still denying the story, it own Miami affiliate, WPLG(TV), had less technology, broadcasters have to ask was vital to document criminal activity. been airing the show in the middle of the themselves hard questions about why, Similarly, Dateline NBC's Patrick night. The show did a .2 rating. Ware not how, they use concealed cameras. Weiland said that the five hidden cam- says he was encouraged that the sta- With advances in technology, he eras documenting illegal police stops tion's audience built from a .2 at 8 p.m. said, "You only have to get a person in along Louisiana's Interstate 10 were to the 1.1 rating for the 9 p.m. news. to get a picture-of someone redating "critical to authenticate" the abuses. He Ware also was pleased that a kids eggs, for example. Technology is way was part of the six -person team whose show built around Fox children's pro- ahead of what we can do legally. We work won an IRE award. gramming drew 81 e-mail responses its can't use wireless transmission." His Although ABC undercover reporters first day. top concerns: "Is there any other way were found guilty of trespass and mis- The station has signed popular but to do this ?" and "Do we need to do representation for getting jobs to expose controversial radio talk show host Neil this ?" Maraynes said that although unsanitary conditions at the Food Lion Rodgers to do a half -hour nightly talk "you may try to come up with a system, grocery chain (BROADCASTING & CABLE, show at 8:30 p.m. Rodgers is gay and all stories are on a case -by -case basis. April 6), three television reporters told Jewish but frequently expresses anti - The questions and issues are always IRE how they probed similar stories gay and anti- Semitic views on the air, different, so there's no comprehensive without legal headaches.

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Toronto this week; at least three promotional partners are preparing to use it to GET WITH THE PROGRAM help brand their own prod- ucts. J.C. Penney Co. could launch its own cam- By Joe Schlosser and Michael Stroud paign employing a "Must `X' marks studio home. The See" tie -in as soon as the fall, NBC officials say. Carter's spot Roseanne Show will origi- nate from CBS Television He may not be out there Heart host City in Hollywood, where just yet. X -Files creator Telepictures Productions King World's other new Chris Carter will likely has pinned its hopes on fall series, Hollywood sign a contract to stay in radio personality Chris Squares (there's that X the Fox camp for two Jagger as host of its new theme again), will also be more seasons of the hit relationship series, Change taped. Joining executive show, now entering its of Heart. Jagger is current- producers Jeff Wald and sixth season. "His inten- ly a weekday morning host Eddie October will be tion right now is that he'd 'Lateline' lives. on KDGE(FM) Dallas. supervising producer Judy like to stay," a Fox offi- Pastore and director Ken Lucky 13 for cial said. "All signs are Fuchs. Pastore was for- pointing toward it." The `Lateline' a senior program- official, who declined to merly elsewhere on the Satur- discuss financial terms, mer at Showtime, and clay Night Live alumnus Fuchs last predicted that a contract directed NBC's front (see above), NBC has would be worked out over Later with Greg Kinnear. ordered 13 episodes of the next week or so. In the Other staff additions Lateline for midseason meantime, Carter was include producer Allan pickup, co- producer John concentrating last week Stephan, who was co- Markus says. "The net- As `The Crow' flies executive producer on on the premiere of "X- work has asked us to be olyGram Television has Files: The Movie," which Roseanne's ABC sitcom, ready," says Markus, who cleared its new action he wrote and produced. In and coordinating producer is producing the comedy hour -The Crow: Stairway Pam Burke who other news, Carter will be recently about a news show mod- to Heaven -on 142 stations joined at the helm of served as Inside Edition's eled on ABC's Nightline representing 91% of the Fox's Millennium for a Los Angeles bureau chief. and featuring SNL alumnus country. The Crow debuts Al Franken. The show's third season next fall by Wright does the on Sept. 21. PolyGram's producers Michael Dug- renewal comes amid uncer- other new syndicated gan and Chip Johan- `Dirty Work' tainty about the fate of series, Motown Live, has nessen. NBC Chairman Bob another NBC news spoof, been sold on 121 stations Wright stepped into NewsRadio, that also fea- covering 86% of the U.S. X and star mark the feud between NBC tured a SNL alumnus, the Fox Kids spot West Coast Chief Don late Phil Hartman. Some Woridvision tends industry executives believe Fox Kids Network has Ohlmeyer and ex-Satur- to `Gardens' that the show won't last tapped creative agency day Night Live comic Worldvision has taken beyond mid -season, when Pittard Sullivan to, well, Norm MacDonald last over distribution of the network and producer create. Fox wants a whole week, saying the network Meredith Broadcasting's Brillstein -Grey will have new look and brand identi- would air commercials series, Better Homes and enough shows to syndicate. ty for its block of kids pro- from MacDonald's new Gardens Television. The movie Work," gramming for the fall. Fox "Dirty NBC 'Must See' weekly half -hour series has also added new charac- officials said. Ohlmeyer, buying spree? based on the 76- year-old ters, a yellow X and a red upset by MacDonald com- magazine will start its sec- star-like figure, which will ments to Howard Stem NBC is hoping it can ond season in September. entertain in interstitials and David Letterman, had turn its "Must See In related news, Larry between programs and banned the Saturday Night TV" slogan for hit shows Emsweller has been commercial breaks. Live alum's movie ads. like Seinfeld and Frasier named director of program Ohlmeyer had earlier into must viewing on other development at Iowa - Daytime digs canned MacDonald from nights and must buying for based Meredith Broadcast- mg World has round- SNL, saying he wasn't consumers. The network is ing. Emsweller will lead ed out the production funny. So far, the network set to begin promoting the the magazine -rich compa- staff for its upcoming day- has agreed to carry just recently trademarked slo- ny as it looks to develop time talker with Roseanne one MacDonald ad, an gan with renewed vigor at future television projects and has named its new NBC spokesperson said. the Promax convention in for syndication.

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www.americanradiohistory.com BROADCASTING JUNE 1 -7 Broadcast network prime time Swisshhh! The first three games of the NBA finals scored ratings according lo Nielsen big for NBC, netting the top three spots for the week.

NBC 7.1/12 6.1/11 7.2/13 4.9/9 1.8/3 3.2/6 46. America's Funniest 28 Cosby 7.2/14 62 Suddenly Susan 5 2 10 Damon Love Boat: The Next 95 7th Heaven 3.1/6 Home Videos 6.0n 1 26. Ev Loves Raymd 7.4/14 84. House Rules 40 7 87 Getting Personal 3.7.7 Wave 224

36. Cybill 6.6/11 74. Caroline in /City 4.7/8 112. Clueless 1.4/2 13.20/20 9.6/16 43. Ally McBeal 6.1/10 94 7th Heaven 3.2/5 62. George & Leo 5.2/9 61. Caroline in /City 5.3'9 114. Clueless 1.3/2

55. The Practice 5.6/10 66. Michael Hayes 5.1/9 4. Dateline NBC 12.1/21 6.0/11 9.1/16 4.1/7 2.0/4 3.2/6 62. Soul Man 5.2'10 31. Mad About You 7114 107.Moesha 1.9/4 96. Buffy the Vampire 34. JAG 7.0/13 80. Fox Tuesday Night 71. Smthng So Right 4.8/9 31. NewsRadio 13 105. In the House 2.1/4 Slayer 3.0/6 Movie -Johnny 26. Home Imprvmnt 7.4/13 19. Frasier 106. Malcolm 8 Eddie 2.0/3 8.7/15 Mnemonic 4.1/7 93. Bully the Vampire 54. CBS Tuesday Movie 49. Two Guys, a Girl 5.9/10 - 18. Just Shoot Me 9.0/15 103. Good News 22'4 Slayer 3.3/6 Gone in a Heartbeat

38 NYPD Blue 6.5/11 5.7/10 8. Dateline NBC 11.3/20 } 7.6/13 6.4/11 12.3/21 6.1/10 2.0/3 2.6/4 5 4 10 Q ' . 43. Spin City 6.1/11 51 The Nanny 5 311 59 3rd Rock fr /Sun 99. The Smart Guy 2.5/5 1 ' 1 The 43. Fox Summer Movie Sentinel 5/3 diG 30 31. Dharma & Greg 7.1/12 46. The Simple Life* 6 0/10 69. Working 5.0/10 97. The Smart Guy 2.8/5 Special-The Net W400 23. Drew Carey 7.7/13 98. The Wayans Bros. 2.6/4 28. Public Eye with Bryant 6 110 99 Star Trek: Voyager Z30 1 NBA Finals Game 62. Ellen 5.2/8 Gumbel 7.2/12 1- 2.5/4 99. Steve Harvey 2.5/4 Chicago Bulls vs. 0:00 Utah Jazz 18.0'32 SS 12. PrimeTime Live 9.7/16 42. Chicago Hope 62/10 0:30 3.5/6 7.0/12 10.8/19 5.2/9 KEY: RANKING /SHOW (PROGRAM RATING /SHAREI 14, Friends 9.518 40 World's Wildest Police TOP TEN SHOWS OF THE WEEK ARE NUMBERED IN RED 86. C-16 3.8/7 71. Promised Land 4.8/9 17. Veronica's CIst 9.1/16 Videos 6.312 TELEVISION UNIVERSE ESTIMATED AT 98.0 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS: ONE RATINGS POINT IS EQUAL TO 980.000 TV 21. Diagnosis Murder 5. Seinfeld 11.9/20 80. New York Undercover HOMES YELLOW TINT IS WINNER OF TIME SLOT 8.6/15 4 17 9. Just Shoot Me 11.1/19 (NW-NOT RANKED: RATING /SHARE ESTIMATED FOR PERI- 92 ALMA Awards 3.4/6 OD SHOWN 'PREMIERE SOURCES: NIELSEN MEDIA 24. People of the Century 6 E 11.6/21 RESEARCH, CBS RESEARCH GRAPHfC BY KENNETH RAY 7.5/14 6.4/12 5.7/11 13.3/25 3.6/7 800 69. Sabrina /Witch 5.0/10 38. Kids /Oarndest 6.5/13 90. Beyond Belief: Fact or 35. Dateline NBC 6.8/14 Q 30 69. You Wish 4.8/9 36. Candid Camera 6.6/13 Fiction?

C 00 55. Boy Meets World5.6 /10 74. Family Matters 4.7/9 90. Millennium 2. NBA Finals Game 2- E 9 :30 59. Teen Angel 5.4/10 78. Step by Step 4.6/8 Chicago Bulls vs. vnn Utah Jazz 16.6 31 19 20/20 8.7/16 51 Nash Bridges 5 8 11 4.9/10 5.7/12 4.4/9 5.0/11 74 Dr. Quinn, Medicine 80. Cops 79 ABC Saturday Night 74. NBC Saturday Night Woman 4.7/10 66. Cops 5.1,11 Movie -Mr. and Mrs. Movie -The Lottery 58. AMW: America Fights Loving 4.3/9 66. Early Edition 5.1/10 4.7/10 Back 5/11

46 ABC News Saturday 28. Walker, Texas Ranger 85. Profiler 3.9/8 Night 6.0/12 7214 7.4/13 9.4/16 12.1/22 5.4/9 1.7/3 24. NBA Showtime 7.5/16 108 The Parent 'Hood 1./ 11.6/23 Funniest! : 55. Wonderful World of 6.60 Minutes 80. World's 30 114. Kelly, Kelly 1.3 2 Disney- Monkey 49. The Simpsons 112. Sister, Sister 1.4/3 Q 5:00 Trouble 5.6/10 15. Touched by an Angel NBA Finals Game 3- 9.2/16 Z590 Utah Jazz vs. Chicago 40. King of the Hill 6 3, I O 108. Jamie Foxx Show 1.7/3 Bulls 16.2/28 ?0C 102. Unhap Ever After 2.3/4 15 ABC Sunday Night 51. The X -Files 5.8 9 22.52nd Annual Tony 110. Alright Already 1.6/3 Movie -Fighting for Awards 8.4/14 My Daughter 9.2/15 87. AFI Salute to Robert Wise 3.7/6

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www.americanradiohistory.com BRIIADCASTIN6 BIA debuts market -revenue measure Action follows meetings with FCC, Justice Department Toni Buono, president of the Chan- derived inside the Arbitron- defined tilly. Va.-based firm, says that BIA's market and outside it. By John Merli, B &C correspondent new standard -Market- Generated BIA contends that the new standard Revenues (MGR) -was devised aller is more comprehensive and "provides Broadcast Investment Analysts the developers met with Department of better insight into market revenues, (BIA) says it has devised a new Justice and FCC officials and industry especially in embedded markets." market -revenue standard after executives. Buono says that the new BIA also provides station and market consulting with federal government methodology for determining a sta- scan data that profile individual sta- agencies. The standard is focused on tion's revenue shares, which could tion performances as well as the 276 determining "a more accurate picture affect future consolidations, involves Arb'tron -rated markets overall. Data of revenue shares" generated by indi- two factors: estimates of revenue for categories include demo trends. eco- vidual radio stations or groups in a all stations competing in the same mar- nomic factors, revenue and competing market. ket and an allocation between revenue media.

bia plus Internet broadcast- ing, Americans can hear news from Radio Budapest & SCAN to Channel Africa. In addi- SEARCH tion, U.S. programming. including A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, is being broadcast Radio -Mercurys Music and Sound Design: to speakers of English honor advertising "Classic Lines" for Brew worldwide. Your Own Beer by Outer WRN is expanding its excellence Planet /Clatter & Din- U.S. presence through nativity it radio adver- gold; "Stackhouse" for satellite distribution tising was celebrated Fila by McHale Barone - arrangements and through with the preseitation of silver an agreement with in prizes in the $225.000 Hispanic: "A Woman National Public Radio. Radio- Mercury annual That's Me" for California The NPR nighttime affili- Awards. The honors, hand- Family Health Council by ations are scheduled to ed out at ceremonies in Bryant Marcum, writerfprodr,er Muse Cordero Chen & launch Aug. 1. New York, carne in the of the Grand Prize-winning snot Partners -gold; "Radio following categories: Stations" fcr Honda by La tions to radio as an advet- Bartlett goes DAB Grand Prize ($190.000): Agencia de Orci & Asso- tising medium." Former RTNDA presi- "Lip Ring" for UTA Sum- ciates- silver Ken Brook Friedman of dent David Bartlett has mer Youth Pass by Ithaca College was named Radio Station- Produced: gone to work for direct FJCN/W &R prize the 1998 Dick Cla-k Fellow. -grand "Nutty Buddy" for Clutch audio satellite company ($100,000) The Radio -Merury Worldspace Corp. The Doctor by KUPL -AM -FM Awards, founded n 1992. Humor: "Personal Miller Portland, Ore.-gold; longtime radio and TV are funded by son- e 50 who left Time" for Mi=ler Lite by "Pissed" fo- Clutch Doc- newsman, radio broadcasting compa- RTNDA in late 1996 after Fallon McElligott -gold tor by KUPL -AM -FM Port- nies in an effort to stimulate with award ($20,000); "Home land, Ore. -silver a dispute the board, better radio adverising. worked For the Holidays" for says he has on several projects as a con- Cider Jack Hard Cider by PSA: "Blood & Guts/Will was for Gallucci Advertising -sil- Sexton" for Texas Depart- International sultant but looking ver award ($5,000) ment of Transportation by offerings something in new media. GSDM Advertising. Digital audio direct satel- Non- humor: ' Standing World Radio Network lite broadcasting, he says, Between You" for Grey- In addition, Keith Rein- (WRN) is bringing "is absolutely unique." As hound by The Richards hard, chairman of DDB international Eng ish -lan- director of global news for Group -gold: "Every- Needham Worldwide, was guage radio to the U.S. Via Worldspace, Bartlett will thing You Are" for BMW given the Lifetime seven affiliates and sate: - be in charge of developing by Mendelsohn/Zien Achievement Award "for lite distribution it 27 states news and information pro- Advertising- silver his extraorcinary contribu- and the District o' Colur- grams.

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www.americanradiohistory.com Broadcashog&Cable CABLE Vogel takes helm at Primestar Job one is addressing Justice Department concerns about cable ownership of DBS service

By Price Colman "Since the [chairman -CEO] Carl Vogel took over as chairman announcement came out ... and CEO of Primestar last week, saying he plans to move quickly I've had as many calls from to address U.S. Justice Department concerns about Primestar's merger investment hankers as I with ASkyB. "It's a little bit premature to talk have from press." which departing customers are called about what we can do with Justice -Carl Vogel within two days of disconnecting in an because it's not an A -to -Z checklist," "Primestar has a Very strong busi- effort to identify and correct problems says Vogel. "We have a mandate to do ness irrespective of high power," that prompted them to leave. After one what we can to get the transaction Vogel says. week, the program helped Primestar to approved by Justice. We don't need to If Vogel's selection to lead Prime- lure back about 20% of disconnecting let a lot of grass grow beneath our feet." star reinvigorated interest from invest- customers, O'Brien says. Vogel and Primestar President Dan ment bankers seeking a stake in the Beginning July I, Primestar will O'Brien declined to discuss specific DBS company, there was a different standardize its pricing and decrease its options they're considering to gain Jus- impact in public markets. Shares of rate to $22.99 a month for 51 channels tice Department approval for a merger TCI Satellite Entertainment, which in an unbundled programming package. that would give Primestar ownership of owns 37% of Primestar and whose That's about $2 lower than the current the 110 degree west longitude orbital equity most closely reflects Prime - rate. As an adjunct, the company will slot -the last U.S. full CONUS high - star's performance, fell 25 cents, to give customers various options for ser- power location. But they will focus on $5.56. One explanation: Vogel's selec- vice: the standard lease program, which addressing antitrust attorney Joel tion likely already had figured into the incorporates a $10 monthly lease fee on Klein's concern about cable industry stock's price, and Primestar reported top of the $22.99; a lease program with ownership of Primestar. disappointing May subscriber growth. an up -front $99 payment and a monthly O'Brien says "There's no shortage Pressing as the antitrust issues are, lease fee of $3, or outright purchase of of interested parties" willing and finan- there's an equally immediate chal- the equipment for $149. cially able to invest in Primestar to lenge: Reducing churn. Although "There's about a 20% portion of the reduce cable's equity and control Primestar added 70,000 new customers churn universe that left for either stakes in the DBS company to a point in May, it netted only 5,000 new subs, affordability or value issues," says that might satisfy Klein. "It's safe to losing 65,000 existing customers to O'Brien. The new programs, "provide say those interested parties come in churn. That translates into a staggering an opportunity to go back to former two categories- strategic and finan- monthly churn rate of roughly 3.2 %, or [customers] who loved us but also cial," O'Brien adds. "Within that, about 38.4% on an annual basis. bring in incrementally more customers. there's a wide range of permutations. Primestar already has begun imple- They can decide how to play this." "Since the [chairman -CEO] menting a multipronged plan to get that Existing customers will also have announcement came out ... I've had as churn rate down, O'Brien says. First, the option of switching subscriber many calls from investment bankers as the company has started stringent cred- plans. I have from press," Vogel notes. it checks designed to weed out poor - While Vogel acknowledges there Although Vogel is stepping down as risk customers. Second, Primestar has are significant challenges ahead for CEO at Star Choice, a Canadian DBS started what O'Brien calls a "customer Primestar, he's bullish about its medi- company majority -owned by Shaw first" program. The program includes um -power business and enthusiastic Communications, he'll keep a seat on the calling new subs within 100 days of about the high -power prospects. "We Star Choice board. As part of his incen- signing up to gauge product satisfac- have a business today that generates tive to take Primestar's helm, Vogel was tion and offering such stay -aboard about $1.3 billion to $1.5 billion [in given what he describes as a big equity incentives as free pay per view and free revenue] on an annualized basis," he stake. He says he did not request, nor was service upgrades. says. "Yeah, we've got challenges he given, an escape clause if Primestar In addition, Primestar recently start- ahead, but we've got a plan to deal with fails to win the 110 decree slot. ed a customer win -back program in them."

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www.americanradiohistory.com CAM Malone proposes In- tier -net TCI to tier Internet access to help modem penetration

By Price Colman Internet access from TCI at $10 a month, about half the typical cost of Tiered cable service may be noth- other Internet service providers. That's ing new, but tiered Internet fine for most situations but might be access? Why not, asks TCI Chair- too slow for downloading a video clip. man John Malone. "There'd be a little thing that would ICI already is working on a plan to come on the screen that says, 'Tired of do just that, Malone said during the waiting? Click, - Malone said. "For Society of Cable Telecommunications another 10 bucks, you can go up to 128 Engineers annual Cable -Tec Expo [thousand bits per second]. And if you engineering conference. want really fabulous service, for another

Keep basic prices for Internet access 10 or 15 bucks you can have 1 megabit. "This is a wonder fully slice -and-dice low but let those with a need for speed And if you want it on both your PC and option that we have.- says TCI's John Malone of tiered Internet access. pay for it, Malone told a packed ballroom TV set, that's another 10 bucks." at the Colorado Convention Center. The point? "This is a wonderfully Malone's comments came in slice -and -dice service option that we modems available in retail outlets - response to a question about what cable have," Malone said. perhaps by fall, Malone said -and operators can do to drive faster, deeper On another front, the cable industry modems included as a standard feature penetration of cable modems and gain is pushing to have PC manufacturers in advanced digital set -top boxes by an edge over competitors. include internal cable modems as an next year, and a barrier to consumers' His example: A customer buys stan- option on future -generation computers. entry to :nternet over cable virtually dard- speed, 64,000 bits -per- second Couple that with standardized cable disappears. Malone said. Small systems get connected With /prices going down, fiberlcoax isn't just for the metro -MSOs anymore By Price Colman For Thomas Gleason "At that point, we had Jr., President of Sike- deployed 200 to 300 T. nations biggest cable MSOs ston, Mo. -based miles of fiber that just aren't the only ones who have Galaxy Cablevision, happened to cover most adopted a high -fiber diet. Medi- which has some schools that wanted on um and small operators also are build- 200,000 subscribers in the system," Gleason ing hybrid fiber /coax networks, several states, the initial says. "We like to say it although the financial hurdles they face rationale for turning to was good and careful in doing so are greater than those of fiber was different. planning, but it was luck. their bigger brethren. "What we've been For about the same For MSOs like Fanch Communica- doing for a long time is money they were going tions, Galaxy Cablevision and Cablevi- buying small -town sys- to pay the phone compa- sion of Lake Travis, Tex. , fiber net- tems that are pretty well ny, we were able to offer Jess King, J.R. King works are as as they are to a just crucial clustered, tying them Enterprises, began much more robust sys- larger operators. together and eliminating installing fiber three tem: 80 channels instead "The entire thrust of my philosophy headends," says Glea- years ago. of two, and full- motion is service," says Jess King. He is chair- son. "When fiber got less video." man and president of J.R. King Enter- expensive, we started using it. The Twenty -four schools participated prises, parent company of the small original reason was to eliminate head - during the past school year. another 38 Texas system, which serves 7,000 sub- ends and make systems larger so we are under contract beginning in the fall scribers. "I think that prices are only could offer more product." term and another 130 are scheduled to objectionable to people when service Then, last year, Gleason discovered join in January. quali:y is poor.' a consortium of schools in Nebraska "We were just eliminating headends That philosophy drove King to begin that had been negotiating with a local initially." says Gleason. "The econom- installing fiber three years ago. He's about phone company for a videoconferenc- ic model was based solely on what we 80% done installing 350 miles of fiber to ing system to provide distance learn- could do in the cable business. Then 300-subscriber nodes, and he's seen ser- ing. But the technology, says Gleason, this other business came along. Now vice calls drop by 50 % -75% as a result. was expensive and limited. that the network is in place. we have

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They have the miles of fiber from mid - and others that have emerged seeming- potential of generat- 1997 through early 1999," ly overnight as strong competitors for ing revenue that When fiber got less ex- says Jack Pottle, Presi- the entrenched Baby Bell monopolies. doesn't require rais- pensive. we started using it," says Thomas Gleason of dent -COO of Fanch. "Vir- In the late '80s and early '90s, larg- ing monthly fees." Galaxy Cablevision. tually all of our systems er, deep -pocketed MSOs began turning over 5,000 customers will to fiber to exploit the bandwidth and have fiber in them. Fiber does a couple potential for providing new services. Affordable fiber of things. Where we're building an The idea was to begin replacing aging In the early '9Os, the economics of advanced infrastructure of 550 -750 coax networks with fiber as part of a fiber deployment began changing. megahertz, fiber facilitates that plat- long -term capital expenditure program. Costs began declining as more fiber form. It's the easiest and least expen- That way, by the time phone compa- networks were constructed, and MSOs sive way to provide a high- capacity nies and others had geared up for com- outside the top 10 started finding new platform. It also facilitates system petition, cable would be so far out front ways to create their own economies of interconnects. that the war would be all but won. scale through organizations such as the "For us, it was not an issue of fiber As much sense as that strategy National Cable Television Coopera- or not fiber. It was an issue of what's made, it was tougher for midsize and tive. the most cost- effective way to upgrade smaller operators to adopt, primarily But fiber still isn't cheap, running cable systems. Fiber is simply a tool to because they didn't have the buying about $10,000- $15,000 per mile to do that." power of the big guns. At the same install -often higher in more urban Gleason contends that rural cable sys- time, they realized that they faced the areas where underground deployment tems are more susceptible to competi- same competitive threat as the big requires tearing up and repairing streets. tion because it's tougher for them to MSOs. Size is an issue when it comes to offer the same breadth of services as "My universe is basically a group of fiber. The larger the MSO and the better larger metropolitan systems. Nonethe- less, he discovered one hidden plus to deploying fiber in largely rural south- Cable news hitting broadcasters eastern Nebraska - officials were far more amenable to Galaxy digging up Up -o 60% of Americans now regularly turn to a cable network for news, dirt roads than their urban counterparts a trend that is dramatically eroding reliance on the broadcast networks' would have been to digging up city cornerstone evening newscasts, according to a new Pew Research streets. Center study. The survey found that 40% of TV viewers said they reg- Gleason's approach: Use a D -9 bull- ularly tune in such cable news networks as CNN, MSNBC or Fox News. dozer to dig a trench 48 inches deep Including The Weather Channel and ESPN's SportsCenterboosts that smack in the middle of the road. That percentage to 60 %. substantially reduces the likelihood of a About 57% of those surveyed said they regularly watched the major fiber trunk cut and also dramatically broadcast networks' morning, evening or prime time news programs. In a reduces the potential for weather- related telephone survey of 3,002 adults conducted April 24 to May 11, Pew outages. found that just 15% rely solely on the network evening news and local At a recent data conference in Den- news, down f-om 30% in 1993. Only 38% described themselves as regu- ver, Tele- Communications Inc. Chair- lar viewers o- the ABC, CBS or NBC evening news broadcasts, versus man John Malone stressed the impor- 60°% five years ago. tance of cable operators installing fiber At the san-e time, about 20% of the respondents get news from the so they can connect to various Internet Internet at least once a week, more than triple the 6% found two years backbone networks. He was really ago. Internet sews users are disproportionately younger, better -educated preaching to the choir. and more afflJent, the survey said. "All the telephone systems in this The bad news for everyone is how little Gen -Xers pay attention to the country are interconnected," says Glea- news. Only 33% of Americans 18 -29 say they enjoy keeping up with the son. "There's no reason why all cable news, but 77% say they like having so many information sources. In systems in this country shouldn't be contrast, 68% of seniors like following the news, but only 52% like all interconnected. If we're going to offer the television news shows, magazines and computer information ser- digital cable and high -speed modems, vices at their disposal. -John M. Higgins we've got to connect that to some- thing."

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By Elizabeth A. Rathbun tion, age and job tenure. positions in the programming business Among the largest group of respon- rather than the operating or hardware The Women in Cable & Telecom- dents- middle managers -the pay gap side [of cable]," Carlsen says. munications Foundation was was 21.9 %, while newly hired women The 1997 gap is an improvement shocked" to learn that women in with undergraduate degrees made less over the 21.5% gap that the foundation cable programming earned an average than 70% of the salaries paid to men in found in 1996. And between 1996 -97, of 18.2% less than their male counter- similar circumstances. women in senior officer, officer, direc- parts last year. WICT was "shocked by the results," tor and middle manager positions In a study released last Tuesday, says Ann Carlsen, foundation spokes- reported base salary increases of 15% WICT says that the average reported woman and president of executive compared with men's 9.7 %. "Howev- base salary in 1997 for women in search firm Carlsen Resources Inc. "We er, this represents only one year of data cable programming was $59,531, all went into this thing expecting parity, and could be an anomaly, not a trend," compared with $72,808 for men. The and much to our chagrin, here's a gap of the report says. gap grows to 25% if 1996 bonuses 18 %r and higher." "Women [also] are advancing with are taken into account. WICT says. Parity was expected because "it's promotions" at a higher rate than men, The disparities exist even though the always been our perception that there says human resources consultant Lynne men and women are similar in educa- are a lot more women in influential Revo- Cohen, who helped to analyze the survey. Nearly 70% of women who responded said they have been promot- ed by their present employer, while CABLE'S TOP 25 63.2% of men said the same thing. While women senior officers report- ed earning 18.7% more than men, Revo- PEOPLE'S Cohen says that only 8% of the survey's respondents were in that group. All the Comedy Central's 'South Park' continued its women in that group worked for compa- run as the hottest show on basic cable as nies with 60 million or more sub- Kenny and company killed the competition with another first -place finish. scribers, while none of the men did, and some of the men in that group reported Following are the top 25 basic cable programs for the week of June 1 -7, ranked by rating. Cable rating is coverage area rating within each basic cable network's universe; U.S. rating is of 98 million TV earning less than $47,000. "That pretty households. much explains that [pay disparity] more Rating HH: Cable Rank Program Network Day Time Duration Cable U.S. f000) Share than anything else," she says.

1 South Park COM Wed 10:OOP 30 5.2 2.6 2,572 7.9 The surveys were sent to 5,000 cable 2 WWF Wrestling USA Mon 10:OOP 63 4.4 3.3 3,253 7.4 company executives. of whom 311 3 WWF Wrestling USA Mon 8:57P 63 4.3 3.2 3.164 6.8 women and 170 men responded. The 4 Movie: 'Ghost' TBS Sun 9:03P 165 4.0 3.1 3,009 6.9 survey is not considered scientific, but 4 WCW Monday Nitro TNT Mon 8:00P 60 4.0 3.0 2.937 7.5 WICT said it is statistically 4 1998 Movie Awards MTV Thu 9:00P 120 4.0 2.8 2,773 6.6 significant 7 Thunder TBS Thu 9:03P 69 3.9 3.0 2.926 6.6 because of the 9.6% response rate. 8 WCW Monday Nitro TNT Mon 10:OOP 60 3.8 2.8 2,765 6.1 "That the disparity despite promo- 9 NASCAR: Pontiac Excitement 400 ESPN Sat 7:30P 213 3.4 2.7 2,626 7.1 tions still exists requires further action," 9 Rugrats NICK Sun 10:OOA 30 3.4 2.6 2,508 11.3 the report says. WICT recommends that 9 WCW Monday Nitro TNT Mon 9:OOP 60 3.4 2.5 2,482 5.5 managers and employees become more 9 Rugrats NICK Mon 7:30P 30 3.4 2.5 2,461 6.4 gender 13 Rugrats NICK Tue 7:30P 30 3.3 2.4 2,393 6.4 aware of how differences are 14 Movie: 'Meteorites!' USA Wed 8:59P 121 3.2 2.4 2,362 5.0 handled in the workplace, perhaps 14 Rugrats NICK Thu 7:30P 30 3.2 2.4 2,329 6.2 through "gender dynamics coaching" 14 Brady Bunch Marathon NICK Tue 9:30P 30 3.2 2.4 2,322 5.1 and formal mentoring and by taking a 17 Rugrats NICK Wed 7:30P 30 3.1 2.3 2,245 5.9 hard look at promotion processes. "We 17 Hey Arnold NICK Wed 8:OOP 30 3.1 2.3 2,240 5.5 are unconscious offenders," Carlsen 17 Movie: 'Cowboy and the Movie Star' FAM Sun 7:00P 120 3.1 2.3 2,233 5.4 says. "We the least 17 Brady Bunch Marathon NICK Wed 9:OOP 30 3.1 2.3 2,227 4.8 take path of resis- 17 Rugrats NICK Sat 10:OOA 30 3.1 2.3 2,224 10.9 tance.... It's so powerful to look at sta- 22 Thunder TBS Thu 8:05P 58 3.0 2.3 2,268 5.6 tistics like this because [they say] we all 22 Brady Bunch Marathon NICK Wed 9:30P 30 3.0 2.3 2.211 4.6 have our heads buried in the sand." 22 Brady Bunch Marathon NICK Tue 10:00P 30 3.0 2.2 2,164 4.9 The report is WICT's second in a 25 Brady Bunch Marathon NICK Thu 9:30P 30 2.9 2.2 2,145 4.7 series on pay equity. The first, published 25 Brady Bunch Marathon NICK Wed 8:30P 30 2.9 2.2 2,123 4.8 in 1997, a 25 Brady Bunch Marathon NICK Thu 8:30A 30 2.9 2.2 2,121 5.0 October found similar gap at 25 Angry Beavers NICK Sat 10:30A 30 2.9 2.1 2,092 10.2 multiple video distribution service 25 Movie: Final JLstice' LIFE Mon 9:OOP 120 2.9 2.1 2,077 4.7 companies. The next survey will look at equipment suppliers.

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www.americanradiohistory.com fund Blackstone Capital Jones Intercable from using . instead of by the Keystone Jones Internet Channel as partnership of Robert M. its high -speed Internet Bass. TCI Communica- access service. The next HOOKED UP tions will hold a 50% inter- step is for Matsch to set a est in the new company, hearing date, when Jones Ad By D000a Patrotnlle Blackstone will hold about Intercable will have to EchoStar VP fined Award for Media Access. 40% and Bresnan-which declare its intentions. already is partly owned by LhoStar Communica- Turner received the award TCI hold the MegaBit bites into tions Corp. VP Brent for Turner Classic Movies' -will remaining 10 %. Along Gale and his wife have work to give the visually 20 more cities with properties being con- agreed to pay more than impaired access to classic US West is launching its tributed by Bresnan, the $13,000 in fines for insider films. In 1996, TCM part- ADSL integrated Inter- stock trading. The agree- net and voice service, ment with the Securities & called US West MegaBit Exchange Commission is Services, in 20 more cities, filed in U.S. District Court bringing to 40 the number in Cheyenne, Wyo., where of cities in US West's 14- Gale lives. The SEC said state territory where the Gale made $7,782 by buy- service will be available by ing EchoStar stock before the end of July. US West its alliance with News launched the service, which Corp. was announced in permits simultaneous voice early 1997 and then selling and high -speed Internet the stock after the connections on a single announcement. Without line, earlier this spring in admitting guilt, Gale markets in Colorado, agreed to give back the Idaho, Arizona, Minnesota, Cox VP Dave Andersen, Girl Scouts Director of Program profit and to pay a civil Nebraska and Utah. The Development Harriet Mosatche, Rep. Jim Greenwood (R -Pa.), latest launch includes mar- penalty of $7,782; his wife Girl Scout Tiffany Donaldson, National PTA President Lois agreed to a fine of $5,550 Jean White, Sen. Kent Conrad (D -N.D.) and NCTA President kets in Washington, Ore- for allegedly passing on Decker Anstrom unveil "TV Smarts for Kids, " a new set of TV gon, New Mexico, Iowa, information to relatives, for literacy tools. South Dakota and whom fines and penalties Wyoming. venture will control sys- were waived. An EchoStar nered with Descriptive tems serving 615,000 sub- spokesman said that the Video Services to provide Cox chooses Antec scribers in Michigan, Min- company had no plans to narrated descriptions of key ox Communications nesota, Nebraska and Wis- discipline Gale. visual sequences -such as VAI has tapped Antec Corp. actions, settings and body consin. TCI unloaded $910 to be the exclusive supplier TV Smarts language- without inter- million in debt on the ven- of cable telephony systems The NCTA is partnering rupting the audio or dia- ture. in eight key Cox markets. with the Girl Scouts of logue of a movie or pro- The five -year contract is America to produce a new gram. More than 50 films Jones undecided worth more than $100 mil- media literacy campaign in TCM's library offer the on appeal lion, Antec says. Antec for kids and teens. The two descriptions, including "An Jlies Intercable hasn't already is supplying the organizations last week American in Paris." \ et decided whether to Cornerstone cable telepho- released "TV Smarts for "Casablanca," "Citizen appeal BC' Telecom Hold- ny equipment for Cox in Kids." a set of three age- Kane" and "On the Town." ing's (BTH) victory in the Orange County, Calif., sev- specific videos that teach Jones Internet Channel eral New England markets kids how to watch televi- TCI, Bresnan case, but the MSO is keep- and Omaha, one of Cox's sion critically. The NCTA, make it official ing its options open. Attor- earliest telephony launch local cable operators and Tele- Communications neys for the cable operator sites. The new agreement the Girl Scouts are distrib- Inc. completed its sys- late last week filed a notice adds San Diego; Phoenix; uting the videos free to tem partnership with Bres- of appeal with U.S. District Hampton Roads, Va.; New interested parties. nan Communications Court Judge Richard Orleans, and Oklahoma Matsch. The notice protects City to the lineup. Antec Turner honored Corp., shedding another 400,000 subscribers in the Jones's right to appeal - says that the Cornerstone T he American Founda- Midwest. The deal was but doesn't necessarily equipment, made by the tion for the Blind has announced last fall but indicate that the MSO will Antec -Nortel joint venture presented TBS Chairman since has been restruc- appeal -Matsch's ruling Arris Interactive, is the and founder Ted Turner tured. Equity is being con- granting BTH a permanent most widely deployed such with the Helen Keller tributed by leverage buyout injunction prohibiting equipment in the world.

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By Glen Dickson Ethnic- American died by the ASC servers. The third vari- Broadcasting Co. is ety of EABC programming. a straight Ethnic- American purchasing ASC VR300 servers for commercial feed from the satellite with a one -hour Broadcasting Co. insertion and time delay and commercial insertion. also (EABC), the Fort delay. will be handled by the ASC servers. Lee. N.J. based satel- EABC has purchased both Tekniche lite distributor of for- U.S. distribution. and Leitch infrastructure gear for the eign- language pro- While EABC's exist- new facility, including standards con- gramming. has ing distribution is verters, digital encoders/decoder, dis- ordered more than $3 through C -band satel- tribution amplifiers and digital inter- million of digital lite to multiple face and control systems. equipment from dwelling units and While EABC doesn't yet use Leitch Technology backyard dish sub- automation software, Roche says that Corp. The Leitch scribers. the ethnic the new facility will use an automation equipment, which programming system from Sundance Digital. The encompasses ASC provider is launching company also is evaluating several dif- servers and infrastruc- Ku -band distribution ferent traffic systems. ture gear from the next month on the Leitch and Tekniche DirecTV platform (off product lines, will be the Galaxy IIIR satel- New interface for Dave installed in EABC's lite). The expansion CBS is using a new server/ switch - new $20 million all- digital facility due has made the new facility necessary. er interface from DNF Industries to for completion in March 1999. "We'll have 20 television channels make production tasks easier for EABCs order includes about 25 going out of there." says Dennis Roche. The Late Show with David Letter- ASC VR300 video servers with more EABC director of engineering and man. The product, DNF's Peripher- than2.3 terabytes on online Fibre Chan- operations. Roche says about 10 chan- al Bus Interface (FBI), allows The nel RAID storage. The ASC servers will nels will use a combination of cart Late Show studio's Grass Valley be used to handle both commercial machine playback for long -form pro- 3000 switcher to directly control its insertion and time delay of EABC pro- gramming and server playback for Tektronix Profile video server, elim- gramming. which is sent either in tape commercial insertion. Other programs inating the need for production per- form or via satellite from Europe and that need to be downlinked and delayed sonnel to call up prepackaged seg- Asia to Fort Lee and then with assimilated for commercial insertion will be han- ments off the Profile by hand. Instead, Late Show personnel now can store preprogrammed GWNS aids CBS digital conversion sequences that can be loaded and ready to play by pushing one button CBS has renewed its agreement cations that can handle a data rate up on the switcher. with Group W Network Services to 3.1 Gb /s. "We use the Profile quite a bit to provide the network's feed "Six of the will also be con- uplinks on the show -mainly for playing distribution from its 57th Street verted to accept digital feeds, although pieces back, such as animated Broadcast Center in New York to the there will be some flexibility on the graphics, places where we need a GWNS Glenbrook earth station in uplinks to retain some analog capabili- key or a fill, and the top 10 list Stamford, Conn., where CBS feeds are ty." says GWNS President Altan Stalk- openings," says Tim Kennedy, the uplinked to the Galaxy VI satellite for er. "The final time frame is not settled show's technical manager. national distribution. yet, but we expect to have the digital The new DNF unit, which sells Under the multiyear, multimillion - transport complete capability this year." for about $2,800, also has dollar transmission services contract, GWNS also operates a two -channel enabled the Letterman production GWNS will convert six of CBS's redundant microwave system between team to free up other equipment eight duplex channels from analog to the CBS Broadcast Center and Glen - that used to be allocated for par- digital. The new 45 Mb /s (DS -3) digi- brook (the microwave signals bounce ticular effects, such as a character tal channels will allow CBS to support off a GWNS repeater at a midtown generator and a VTR. The materi- both SDTV and HDTV program dis- Manhattan location). will be GWNS al previously played off those tribution to its O &Os and affiliates. converting that transmission path to devices is now stored in advance To support the move. GWNS has digital too, using California Microwave on the Profile. -Glen Dickson installed new fiber -optic transport DAR -45 systems to create two 45 Mb /s equipment from ADC Telecommuni- microwave paths. -Glen Dickson

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By Prue Colman "We're really launching a new prod- nology enables cable operators to uct category targeting the broadband enhance advertising revenue by pro- Onlinc System Services, in a move operator." says Steve Adams, OSS viding advertisers with quick copy to strengthen its position as a president. "With this type of product changes locally and delivering high ad vendor of Internet access service with a broadband pipe. we're raising run completion rates. By combining to cable companies. is buying digital ad the bar on quality of video on the Inter- with i2u. SkyConnect's technology insertion firm SkyConnect for $20 mil- net. It adds a new level of enrichment to will permit delivery of full- stream dig- lion in stock and cash. content you can use. You can deliver ital video over the Web, thus giving As a result of the deal. OSS will he not only the ad, but also information the broadband operators the ability to equipped to deliver digital ad insertion, end user is really interested in. TV lis a stream advertising as well as regular near- video -on- demand (NVOD) and bombardments of ads 90(4 of the peo- programming to home PCs. TVs and video -on- demand (VOD) on the Internet. ple are not interested in. It's very pow- business networks. OSS, through its i2u division, offers erful to give the advertiser the ability to "SkyConnect today is focused on turnkey high -speed Internet access to deliver a half-hour video on demand." digital video applications." says Presi- broadband operators such as cable. By Adams also sees potential for using dent Michael Pohl. "Digital ad inser- adding SkyConnect's capabilities to VOD over the Internet as a distance tion is paying the light bill, but we're the mix. i2u can emphasize local con- learning tool for individuals, educa- out aggressively selling NVOD and tent and enable speedy updating of tional institutions and corporations. VOD products. Today, it's through streamed video. including ads. SkyConnect's software applications cable. Tomorrow, it's a telephone com- working on a file server in a cable pany and Internet play." headend allow operators to schedule, SkyConnect will retain its name and store, deliver and play hack video con- Pohl will keep his titles as the company Recast WNBA site tent. In addition. SkyConnect's tech- becomes a subsidiary of OSS. debuts with league's Government needs to relax second season encryption policy, software execs say By Richard Tedesco Software executives, including Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, say that a more relaxed U.S. encryp- As the WNBA tips off its second tion export policy -not charges of antitrust viola - season of competition. its Web- tions-is the most important regulatory issue site (WNBA.com) offers new facing the software industry. game coverage features, including a The executives were in Washington last week pay audio package of local radio game - for a meeting with the industry's lobbying arm, casts. the Business Software Alliance. "People are get- WNBA fans now will be able to pur- ting used to the fact that they can't get strong chase an $8 Audio League Pass, which encryption from the U.S.," said Novell CEO Eric offers play -by -play audiocasts of each Schmidt. league game this season. A free week- Computer users worldwide can easily down- long trial started with the season's first load encryption that is stronger than what is legal Bill Gates is among those WNBA games on June I I. in the U.S., so the government's ban on export- urging a change in the A GameStats Live feature on the site ing certain encryption algorithms puts U.S. soft- U.S. ban on exporting lets fans see real -time box scores of ware companies at a disadvantage without fur- some algorithms. games in progress, tapping in to the ther protecting national security, they said. league's courtside scoring system. A The executives met with Attorney General Janet Reno and FBI Director live scoreboard on the site refreshes Louis Freeh as well as with lawmakers to discuss relaxing the policy. scores around the league every 60 sec- In addition, the BSA also released the results of a study that predicted onds. Video replays and audio clips electronic commerce would amount to a $300 billion industry by 2002. To get also are available. The site was there, besides loosening regulations on encryption exports, Congress needs redesigned by ESPN Internet Group. to pass legislation this year that would protect copyrighted works online and which also produces NBA.com. needs to avoid overtaxing or overregulating the Internet, they said. NBA Entertainment will provide a The Business Software Alliance also gave Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R -Va.) top I O video highlights collection from its first Cyber Champion award, which the BSA plans to give annually to each week's action in WNBA Court - a policy maker who promotes policies that "strengthen the high -tech side Countdown, along with chat ses- industry." -Paige Albiniak sions with players and coaches.

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TV Tex. (Kenneth R. Reynolds, presi- Proposed station trades dent): owns three FMs and has By dollar volume and number of sales: WNAB(TV) Nashville does not include mergers or acquisitions applied to build three new FMs Price: $30 million involving substantial non -station assets Facilities: 96.1 mhz. 50 kw, ant. 500 ft. Buyer. Lambert Broadcasting of THIS WEEK: Format: Country TVs 2 Nashville LLC, Los Angeles (Michael $30,500,000 WNFQ(FM) Gainsville -Ocala, Fla. Lambert, managing member): no Combos $1,720,000 2 Price: $1.15 million other broadcast interests FMs $5,665,000 5 Buyer: Asterick Inc., Gainesville, Fla. Seller- Speer Communications Hold- AMs $14,057,000 3 (Fred Ingham, president); owns ings I LP, Nashville (Roy Speer, prin- Total $51,942,000 12 WTRS -FM, WMFO(FM) and WYGC(FM) all cipal); no other broadcast interests SO FAR IN 1998: Gainesville -Ocala. Fla. Facilities: Ch. 58, 5,000 kw visual, TVs $4,740,597,000 47 Seller: Newberry Broadcasting Co.. 500 kw aural, ant. 1,250 ft. Gainesville, Fla. (Willie Martin, Affiliation: WB Combos $1,056,900,107 146 FMs $458,640,837 174 principal): no other broadcast inter- ests WOLF -TV Scranton, Pa. AMs $338,004,599 115 Facilities: 100.5 mhz, 25 kw, ant. Price: $500,000 Total $6,594,142,543 482 Buyer: KB 492 ft. Prime Media LLC, Villano- SAME PERIOD IN 1997: va, Pa. (W.W. Keen Butcher, chair - Formats: Urban TVs $2,867,918,000 54 man/75% owner); has interest in Broker. Stan Raymond & Associates Combos $4,717,841,764 153 CPs for four new TVs FMs $1,334,791,298 188 KXOR -FM Thibodaux, La. Seller: WOLF License Corp, Radnor, Price: $875,000 Pa. AMs $102,246,345 96 (Ted S. Lodge, senior VP); owns Buyer: Guaranty Broadcasting Co. of Total $9,023,197,407 493 six TVs Houma LLC, Baton Rouge, La. Facilities: Source: BROADCASTING & CABLE Ch. 38, 1,290 kw visual, (George A. Foster Jr.. president); 234 kw aural, ant. 1,263 ft. owns /is buying eight FMs and three Affiliation: Fox Theodore H. Mahn, Sioux City. Iowa: AMs own 25% of three FMs and two AMs COMBOS Seller: Succession of Joseph M. Seller: Estate of Samuel A. McMaster Costello III, Metairie. La. (Ashton R. Jr., Sioux City Iowa (Joan E. Robi- Harrodsburg, Ky. Hardy, co- executor): no other broad- WHBNIAM)-WHBNIFM) nette and The Security National Price: $1.2 million cast interests Bank of Sioux City. Executors) Buyer. Mortenson Broadcasting Com- Facilities: 106.3 mhz, 6 kw. ant. 302 Facilities: AM: 1550 khz, 5 kw: FM: pany, Lexington, Ky. (Jack M. ft. 105.1 mhz, 100 kw. ant. 581 ft. Mortenson, president): owns 13 AMs Format: Country Formats: AM: big band. MOR, oldies: and three FMs FM: AC WKZU -FM Ripley, Miss. Seller: Rodney A. Burbridge. Price: $400.000 Louisville, Ky.; owns WMST- AM -FM, RADIO: FM Buyer. Kudzu Communications, Hen- Mount Sterling, Ky. dersonville. Tenn. (Scott and Joan Facilities: AM: 1420 khz. 1 kw day, 46 KAGGIFM) Madisonville, Tex. Peters, principals); no other broad- kw night; FM: 99.3 mhz, 3 kw. ant. Price: $3 million cast interests 265 ft. Buyer: Sunburst Media LP, Dallas Seller: Holliday Creations Inc., Rip- Formats: Both: C &W, variety (John M. Borders. president); ley. Miss. (Harry Holliday. principal): KSFTIAMI- KKJOIFM) St. Joseph, Mo. owns /is buying 29 FMs, 10 AMs and no other broadcast interests Price: $520,000 one TV Facilities: 102.3 mhz. 6 kw. ant. 84 m. Buyers: John D. Daniels and Seller: OARA Inc., College Station, Format: Coutnry Broker: Media Services Group Inc. Pilgrim Communications, Inc. FM CP Gregory, Tex. has acquired KLMO -AM Amplification Longmont, CO WPW Broadcasting Inc.'s pur- from chase of wAIK(AM) Galesburg, III. W. G. and L. J. Stewart from Northern Broadcast Group Inc. (B &C, June 1) was brokered We are pleased to have initiated this transaction by R.E. Meador & Associates. In and assisted in the negotiations. addition to the $325,000 cash payment for purchase, WPW has entered into a $114,500 consulting agreement with ar% Northern, making the total pur- Media Brokers Appraisers Consultants chase price $439,500. Philadelphia Denver Tampa Bay Kansas City St. Louis Portland

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www.americanradiohistory.com CHAN6IAC HANDS Price: $290,000 wKNR: 1220 khz, 50 kw Buyer. Pacific Broadcasting of Mis- Formats: WTAE: news, talk; WKNR: Capstar bails of suri LLC, Clayton, Mo. (P. Stephen sports Bunyard, James G. Withers, Richard KxMx buy KCCF(AM) Cave Creek, Ariz/Phoenix Dames, principals); owns/is buying Capstar Eroedcesting Part Price: $5.5 million nine FMs apandoned Buyer. North American Broadcasting is announced Seller. BK Radio, Austin, Tex. (Bryan million purchase KxMxIF41) Co. Inc., Providence, R.I. (Francis of Cenar King, principal); has applications to F;vapids. Iowa. last Monday (Jure build five new FMs Battaglia, president); owns wALE(AM) Providence 8 in order to quell Justice Depart- Facilities: 104.5 mhz, 3 kw, ant. 91 m. ment antit-usi cp.-cams. ,usice Forma-: Dark Seller: Broadcast Development LLC, Phoenix (David C. Lincoln, con - RADIO: AM president); no other broadcast agEgmwasce-ned -iat interests the acqu si- Swap of WTAE(AMI Pittsburgh for Facilities: 1100 khz, 50 kw day, 1 =2> tion .vcJId WKNRIAM) Cleveland kw night have gi..en Value: At least $8.4 million (price paid Format: Mature AC Capstar ive by Jacor for WKNR last August) Broker. Gary Stevens Co. of the ma-- Swapper. WTAE: CapStar Broadcast- WPESIAM) Ashland, Va. ket's '2 sta- ing Partners LP; Austin, Tex. tions, accounting for more Wan (Thomas O. Hicks, owner); owns /is Price: $157,000 49Y0 of the maKeVs radio -3 erne. buying 243 FMs and 101 AMs Buyer. Fifth Estate Communications Tie action will allow Capstar to Swapper: WKNR: Jacor Communica- LLC, Ashland, Va. (William Lee close on its $7 mil ion purcl-ase of tions Inc., Cincinnati (Samuel Zell, Roberts, managing member); no KRNA(FM) Iowa City'Cadar chairman; Randy Michaels, CEO; other broadcast interests Rads without Zell /Chilmark Fund LP, 30% owner; Seller: Calvary Communications Inc., Justice o' regulatory irrer- David H. Crowl, president, Radio Divi- Manakin -Sabot, Va. (Michael W. ference. In addition to KR \P. Cap - sion); owns one TV station; owns /is Heflin, administrator); no other s-ar owns /is buy ng KTO= (A,1)- buying 129 FMs and 68 AMs. broadcast interests KHAK(FM) and ImATIFM), all in Cedar Facilities: 1 Facilities: WTAE: 1250 khz. 5 kw; 1430 khz, kw Rapids. -Sara Br_wn Format: Children -Compiled by Kristine Lamm BY THE NUMBERS i. Service Total Commercial AM 4,724 PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS Commercial FM 5,591 has acqu red Educational FM 1,961 Total Radio 12,276 W F H L-T'V VHF LPTV 559 Champaign /Decatur, Illinois UHF LPTV 1,515 from Total LPTV 2,074 FM translators & boosters 2,928 FOURSQUARE BROADCASTING VHF translators 2,248 for UHF translators 2,752 Total Translators 7,928 $9,250,000 Commercial VHF TV 558 Commercial UHF TV 651 The undersigned represented the buyer in this transaction. Educational VHF TV 125 Educational UHF TV 242 Total TV 1,576

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Candidates must A management position is available for reli- National Sales Manager. WALB -TV in Albany. have a track record of outperforming the competi- gious broadcaster with track record. Run your GA is seeking an experienced leader and man- tion and an aggressive pursuit of non -traditional own show at 3KW FM station in Cape May Coun- ager to become part of our sales management revenue opportunities. Three plus years of televi- ty NJ. PO Box 1545. Fairplay, CO 80440. 719- team. Must be a good motivator with the ability to sion sales experience desired. Previous sales 836-0839. grow national dollars. Should be familiar with management and sophisticated computer skills a Donovan, Columbine and TAPSCAN. Minimum plus. KOCO -TV is a Hearst -Argyle Television Sta- HELP WANTED NEWS of 3 years television sales experience. Previous tion and an Equal Opportunity Employer. M /F. No management desirable. Send resume to: Bob telephone calls. Send resume to: Jim Williston, Radio News Producer. World leader in broad- Campbell, GSM, PO Box 3130. Albany. GA General Sales Manager. KOCO -TV. PO Box cast public relations, is seeking a full -time radio 31706 -3130. An EOE Employer. 14555, Oklahoma City. OK 73113. news producer. Candidate must have at least five years major market experience, strong organiza- Local Sales Manager. Generate station revenue tional and writing skills, familiarity with ISDN HELP WANTED TECHNICAL transmission, and the ability to deliver creative by maximizing current advertiser budgets. devel- copy under deadline pressure. Knowledge of ops new business clients. effective presentation. word processing programs and digital audio edit- negotiation. and service follow- through. Know His- TV Maintenance Engineer /Remotes. WPBT2 Facts, station's ing systems highly desirable. Salary in low to mid panic Markets and programming. seeks individual to repair and maintain equip- Provides motivation to the sales 30's plus bonuses. Send tape and resume to direction and ment relating to our remote production unit, and Medialink Radio, 708 3rd Ave.. New York. NY team. Please come to the Univision Center and to assist with other duties as needed. Minimum 3 10017. apply in person: Kuvn -23 2323 Bryan Street. to 5 years experience in TV equipment main- 1900. Suite Dallas. texas. 75201 (214) 758 -2304. tenance and 2 years experience in TV remote activity required. Must be flexible regarding days SITUATIONS WANTED MANAGEMENT Account Executive. The following position is and hours worked. Send resume with salary re- open with Spartan Communications, Inc. In- quirements to: Human Resources. WPBT. P.O. Seeking GM or GSM position in small to me- terested persons should respond in writing to the Box 2. Miami. FL 33261 -0002. An Equal Op- dium market. Available immediately. Willing to re- address listed below. Account Executive for portunity Employer. M /F /H /V. locate. Top biller. Experienced. Excellent re- WKRG -TV. Location: Mobile. AL and Pensacola. ferences. Top trainer of salespeople. Aggressive. FL offices. Qualifications: A minimum of three to Maintenance Engineer. KUSI -TV in San Diego Teddy 212 -421 -7699 or 212 -888 -7347 or 212- five years experience required. Computer skills re- is seeking an experienced engineer to service 737 -2997. quired. Valid drivers license and good driving re- and repair analog and digital electronic equip- cord required. No phone calls. Please respond in ment including computer systems. UHF transmit- writing to: Spartan Communications, Inc.. 2859 ter experience is desirable. Minimum of tour Can do combo guy! Need any of these? Sales Paces Ferry Road, Suite 2150. Atlanta, GA years hands -on maintenance experience re- and marketing, programming, on -air and produc- 30339. WKRG -TV is an Equal Opportunity quired. Excellent career opportunity with one of tion, engineering! GM experience. Available im- Employer. M/F/D V. WKRG -TV is a drug -tree the finest technical facilities in the country. Send mediately. permanent or temporary. Bill Elliott workplace. Offer of employment is contingent resumes to: KUSI -TV. Human Resources. P.O. 813 -920 -7102. upon you passing a substance abuse test. Box 719051. San Diego. CA 92123. EOE

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Assistant Chief Engineer. We are a Great AccuStaff Incorporated, the fourth largest staffing agency in partnership with Discovery Television Lakes station located in one of the most beautiful places in the country. Our Chief Engineer is retiring Center- Miami, is seeking the following dedicated professionals to join us...a new, state -of-art digital soon. We are looking for an Assistant Chief Engineer broadcast facility located in Miami, Florida. who can eventually take over as Chief and build our new digital infrastructure. Ideal candidate has at least three years of broadcast engineering and managing Broadcast Operations Careers experience. Extensive knowledge of FCC. FAA, and EAS standards are essential. Skills in electronic broadcast maintenance, as well as analog and digital TRAINER technology are a must. Must be SBE certified. Knowledge of computer networking systems is also Calling All Tech Heads: Like To teach & Play? important. Most importantly. we are looking for a self - starter who can motivate our staff of engineers. Provide on -going training, generate procedures, test new technology and 'play' with some of Please send resume to Box 01385. EOE. the industrys hottest new toys. Extensive knowledge of digital theory, video servers and automations systems is required, as is the ability to effectively communicate one -on -one or within a Video /Satellite Network Manager: Hospitality group. Strong writing skills and solid organizational skills required. Familiarity with Spanish and Television, a Louisville, KY based company, has Portuguese a plus. an immediate opening for a Network Manager. This position coordinates technical support for HTV maintained private networks and AdHoc SCHEDULING COORDINATOR events. It is responsible for managing satellite help Support Core Duplication Services for multiple network services including creating and prioritizing transmissions, network databases. the desk, service calls /installations, vendor /technician work orders, coordinating equipment scheduling, tape master retrievaVarchival, and interfacing with network and serve as LAN administrator. Ideal clients. At least two years of experience in a broadcast and cable environment coupled with candidate will possess good communication technical literacy and the ability to read scopes and monitoring equipment are essential. Strong skills, be organized and have strong computer with various formats computer. communication and organizational skills and experience equipment skills. Bachelor's degree and five plus years of are required. Familiarity/fluency in Spanish and/or Portuguese is a plus. experience in the technical field required. Send resume and salary requirements to HTV, 500 CORE OPERATOR West Main Street. Suite 2600, Louisville, KY 40202. Support the master control for multiple network services including providing technical and tape Assistant Chief Engineer Assist the Chief Engineer operations support, audio production, tape duplication and technical quality control. At least two in managing the engineering operations of WDCN; years of experience in a broadcast master control environment coupled with technical literacy and Assist in maintaining engineering services for the ability to read scopes and monitoring equipment are essential. Strong computer, production and distribution of programs, and in communication, organizational and prioritizing skills and experience with switches, automation managing the administrative duties of engineering systems and routers are required. Familiarity/fluency in Spanish or Portuguese is also essential. department. Education /experience equivalent to Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering Technology. Five years increasingly responsible experience in TV broadcast and/or production Engineering Careers engineering. including three years experience in maintenance. design /system planning. Computer literate and strong organizational/managerial abilities. TRANSMISSION ENGINEER $40.799 - $44,892/yr., plus benefits. depending upon qualifications /experience. Lett erresumepostmarked Minimum of 3 years engineering experience with satellite transmission provider, TV transmission to WDCN, P.O. Box 120609. Nashville, TN 37212- facility, or network control /operations center. Knowledge of video, audio and RF signal parameters 0609 or Fax to (615) 248 -6120 by July 6. AA/EOE and quality control standards required, including maintenance of Satellite Uplink Systems. PC literacy required, experience with digital compression systems (Scientific Atlanta Power Vu and/or Manager - Data Processing. Responsible for General Instrument Digicipher preferred). Knowledge of Phillips/BTS master control/routing and design, implementation, and maintenance of the Louth Automation systems a plus. Spanish and/or Portuguese a plus. 24/7. KPLR LAN. Oversees daily operations of the LAN, including hardware and software installation SYSTEMS ENGINEER and support of the LAN. A working knowledge of DOS, Windows NT. 95. UNIX and 052. Should Successful candidates will have a primary expertise in either systems, RF, video or audio. Minimum have 2 years experience in the design, installa- 3 years systems experience including significant experience in ITU -R 601 digital environment. tion, management, tuning, and support of the Ability to diagnose to component level, familiarity with test signals and equipment, analytical network (Novell). Responsible for maintaining our software, and computer programming. M degree in electronics or computer systems required. Internet connections. Minimum 2 years experi- Military or other significant experience/training can be substituted for degree requirements. SBE ence with LAN hardware, including severs. routers, network hubs, certification and FCC general class license strongly preferred. Spanish and/or Portuguese a plus. switches. adapters, and wiring. Individual should have the ability to pro- gram and maintain telephone and voice mail Send resumes to: Freddy Carbonell systems. Responsible for overseeing news electronic information systems, including the Discovery Television Center -Miami DI'1ouerv. Newstar II computer network. Also responsible 6505 Blue Lagoon Drive Suite 100 for the maintenance and operation of newsroom Miami, Florida 33126 PC workstations, and computer wire services. An TELEVISION understanding of television broadcasting and Equal Opportunity Employer CENTER MIAMI how it relates to computing preferred. Send your resume to: Dept. 114E, KPLR -TV, 4935 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108. EOE. No telephone Kelly Broadcasting Co. has two Senior Main- calls please. Assistant Chief Engineer. WDWB -TV. WB20. tenance Engineer positions. The successful can- Granite Broadcasting is seeking a strong second didate must have a minimum of 3 -5 yrs. of exp. ability for its WB affiliate in Detroit. Requires solid main- Chief Engineer: Progressive VHF network af- to troubleshoot and repair to the component level, tenance and RF background. minimum 5 -7 years filiate in Lafayette. Louisiana has an immediate switchers, CG's, still stores, audio consoles, tape experience. Must be able to work for and lead a opening for a Chief Engineer. Successful candi- machines. cameras and all support equipment. A team. Previous supervisory experience a plus. date will have strong people skills and combined background in News maintenance is pref erable. This No phone calls please. Send resume to: Assis- experience in current technology Studio and RF is an IBEW Ur ion position. An offer of employment tant Chief Engineer, WDWB -TV, HR Dept. - BC, systems. FCC General class license or SBE certi- is continent upon passing a drug and alcohol test. 27777 Franklin Road, #1220, Southfield, MI fication desired. Send resume to: General Man- Please send your resume to, Kelly Broadcasting Co.. 48034. WDWB. Granite Broadcasting is an Equal ager, KATC Television. 1103 Eraste Landry Rd.. Attn: Human Resources, 3 Television Circle, Opportunity Employer. Lafayette. Louisiana 70506. EOE. Sacramento. CA 95814. EOE M /F /ADA JUNE 15,1998 / BROADCASTING & CABLE 71

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HELP WANTED NEWS Reporter. Traverse City /Cadillac, Michigan ( #117). Northern Michigan's #1 rated news sta- tion is looking for a general assignment reponer. The leading Spanish language neycstc,i n in iI We want a passionate story teller who can do a Texas is expanding its oper.Ii I1 '' live lead story and a feature in the same day. Any candidate with less than 1 year experience will Bra nicmbcr of Ihr, award winning tram. If you arc energetic. talented. self-directed, we have the following positions to till. not be considered. We have digital satellite and microwave live trucks. If working with a quality PRODUCER (HYRON -MAX OPERAT'(>R photojournalist and living in one of the best REPORTERS AUDIO OPERATOR places in the country is important to you, send PHOTOJOT I RNALIS I S STUDI() CAMERA OPERATOR VHS tape and resume to Jon Michial Carter, SPORTS REPORTER P/I' STUDIO ENGINEER P /l' TAPE EDITOR P/P DIRECPOR /l'ECIINI(:AL DIRECTOR Director of News and Operations, WWTV, Box WEATHER ANCHOR 627, Cadillac, MI 49601. Callers eliminated from consideration. KXLN -TV 45 in Houston, Texas, An Univision Owned & Operated station. Has a great opportunity for you to join our team. UNIVISION Reporter. Creative, self -starter who knows how We offer competitive pay and great benefits. to generate news stories needed for general Mail your resume (including salary requirements) assignment at KETV, Omaha, Nebraska. Good With non -returnable tape (if applicable) to: live and investigative work a must. Three years I luman Resources Director (List Job Title) ..45 experience preferred. Send resume and non- KXIN -1V 45.9440 Kirby Drive Houston. TX '705 4 Equal Opportunity Employer 10(1N TV HOUSTON returnable tape to Rose Ann Shannon, News Director. KETV, 2665 Douglas Street. Omaha. Richmond's Nebraska 68131. Weekend Meteorologist: Middle market affiliate TV Sports Photojournalist. premier Department is a in the south -east is in search of a weekend Sports seeking talented photo- story weather anchor. At least one year of on -air expe- journalist to join our team. Good telling skills and a can -do are a must for this position. Producer: This position demands a creative rience, at a commercial TV station, along with a attitude letter, resume non -returnable person. The Producer must be able to conceive degree is required (AMS seal is preferred). Ex- Send cover and VHS demo tape to Nancy Kent, News Director, and develop a news program, direct. and cellent computer skills will be mandatory. This is NBC12, PO Box 12. Richmond. VA 23218. No supervise staff. We are looking for innovative, re- a full -time staff position with a full benefits calls. EOE. MFD. sults- oriented leader with two years experience. package included. Please send a non -returnable Candidates should send a non -returnable tape VHS tape, resume, and a brief cover letter to Box and resume to: PD1 -BM. Box 44227, Shreveport, 01382 EOE. LA 71134 -4227. EOE TV Assistant News Director Assignment Man- leader ager: Need seasoned, newsroom with Photojournalist. Traverse City /Cadillac, Weekday Anchor. After three years our main strong writing and management skills to guide Michigan ( #117). Northern Michigan's #1 rated anchor has made a 130+ market jump so we are young reporters in aggressive weekday coverage news station is looking for a photojournalist. We looking for his replacement. This is not an entry from story selection through final product place a high value on our photojournalists as level position. If you are a weekend or morning oversight. Substantial broadcast news experi- story tellers and members of our news staff. We required. No No fax- anchor with solid reporting and anchoring skills ence beginners. phone calls, enthusiastically embrace the values and this may be your opportunity to step up and co- es or email. Send letter, resume and non- teachings of N.P.P.A. One year experience pre- anchor our 11:00pm newscasts. returnable videotape to: News Director, WVIR- 6:00pm and ferred, will consider entry level. Responsibilities Strong live and /or producing background a plus. TV, 503 East Market Street, Charlottesville, VA also include live -truck operation. If you want to Please rush tape, resume and short list of re- 22902. EOE. work and play in one of the country's best places ferences to Steven D. Kalb, News Director, to live send VHS tape and resume to Jon Michial WMDT -TV, 202 Downtown Plaza, Salisbury, MD. Carter, Director of News and Operations, WWTV, 21801. EOE. No phone calls please. Sports Producer. WAVY Broadcasting including Box 627, Cadillac. MI 49601. Calls accepted for WAVY (NBC) and it's LMA WVBT (FOX) is look- photojournalist position only at 616 -775 -3478 ext. Weather Anchor Reporter: #1 station in south- ing for an experienced producer for their award 3300. eastern market looking for a Weather Anchor/ winning sportscasts. You will be responsible for Reporter to cover weekend 6:00 pm and 11:00 producing sportscasts for all newscasts, as well pm shows and report three days a week. Cover as occasional special programming. Duties in- News Director. KPVI -TV, an NBC affiliate owned letter, resume and non -returnable tape to Box clude knowledge of computers (Newstar an ad- by Sunbelt Communications Company and de- 01384 EOE. vantage). experience in generating story ideas dicated to being number one is looking for a writing scripts. shooting and editing video tape News Director. Creativity. a passion for being the (especially packages). Pre -production talent a best and the ability to motivate a team are all a must. No beginners. Send tape and resume WIFR, CBS in Rock ford, is looking for an Assis- must. Competitive small market station in the tant News Director /Assignment Manager. We Bruce Rader, Sports Director, WAVY Broadcast- beautiful Rocky Mountain region. Great compa- ing Inc.. Portsmouth, VA need an experienced hands -on, take -charge 300 Wavy Street. ny. great growth potential and great benefits. 23704. No phone calls or faxes please. Equal Op- person to run the daily newsroom operations. If Send resume to: Tonia Ellis, Vice President Gov- Employer. you're aggressive about assignments, story se- portunity ernment Relations, 902 E. Sherman Street, lection, enterprise reporting, production values, Pocatello. ID 83201. EOE. journalism, and leadership, you may be our person, no phone calls, no beginners. T&R's to Reporter: NBC33 in Fort Wayne, Indiana is MeteorologistWeather Forecaster: Top -rated Ray Wilck, News Director, WIFR -TV, 2523 N. looking for someone with a passion for storytell- CBS affiliate in Augusta, Georgia, is looking for Meridian Rd.. Rockford, IL 61101. EOE. ing. Excellent writing a must. Looking for a highly Morning /Noon Weather Anchor. Meteorologist motivated, high energy individual who will fight to preferred. Will consider forecasters. Must have go live every day. Send VHS tape and resume to: TV Photojournalist: WESH -TV, the NBC affiliate lots of on -air energy, winning attitude, and work- Personnel, WKJG -TV, 2633 W. State Blvd., Fort in Orlando, is seeking a top -notch photo- ing knowledge of AccuWeather Ultragraphix, WSI Wayne, IN 46808. E.O.E. No phone calls please. journalist. Thorough technical knowledge of ENG First Alert and community weather stations. Send is just the beginning. You must be able to com- non -returnable tape, cover letter and resume to bine your personal style, excellent lighting and com- Human Resource Officer, WRDW -TV, PO Box position, and high NPPA standards to tell a com- Producer. We are looking for a Producer who 1212. August, GA 30903 -1212. EOE. pelling story. You will also be expected to can lead, write, and win the big story everyday. operate a microwave truck on a regular basis. Com- Storytellers, not stackers should apply. If you mitment to teamwork is a must. Five years expe- have great passion for local TV news, can make Photojournalist: Immediate opening for an ex- rience required. college degree preferred. Rush great visuals sing, and coax reporters and cellent story teller with the ability to shoot, edit, tape and resume to Pat Gribbin, Chief Photo- anchors into really selling their stories, then and gather information. Candidate the only SNG journalist. WESH -TV, PO Box 547697, Orlando, please contact us. Send tape and resume to: truck in the market. Two years of experience re- FL 32854. No phone calls. An Equal Opportunity Michael Goldrick, Executive Producer. Dept. 95, quired. Send non -returnable VHS tape and re- Employer. WSOC -TV. 1901 N. Tyron Street, Charlotte. NC sume to: P2 -BM. Box 44227. Shreveport, LA 28206. No phone calls please. EOE M/F 71134 -4227. EOE

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Newscasters, Sportscasters, Weathercasters, Executive Producer: WTVH -5. Syracuse's CBS HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT interested In representation? Need help mov- affiliate, is looking for an Executive Producer with ing up to your next opportunity? Send VHS tape proven success, to be responsible for line pro- WDCN Nashville has an opening for a Director and resume or call Steve Porricelli, SP Manage- duction of PM news show. Must have ability to of Broadcasting and Operations. This position is ment, 6 Shamrock Lane, Newtown, CT 06470. clarify and strengthen copy with impeccable gram- responsible for program development, oversee 203 -758 -9394. mar, have a strong sense of news, be a good com- special projects. broadcasting. production, and municator. writer, planner, have a never -ending engineering operations. Develop local programs News Director /WHIO -TV: Dayton's dominant flow of creative ideas, and a passion to win. Must consistent with the station's mission and evaluate number one station is looking for an experienced, have at least 3 years experience as a broadcast their effectiveness. Graduate degree in Mass hands -on leader with the professional skills to producer or associate producer. Degree in com- Comm or equivalent with emphasis on television, assume total responsibility for this powerful CBS munications or allied field (or) equivalent experi- radio, and video /film production; eight years suc- affiliate's news product and news people. You ence in broadcast journalism. Producer: (3 posi- cessful experience in broadcast television pro- must know how to identify and recruit good tions available): WTVH -5 is looking for the right gramming, production, administration, and talent, organize resources and develop and lead person to join a skilled producing team and craft engineering. $56,101- $61,721/yr., plus benefits; effective teamwork. You must understand how to a locally driven, highly produced newscast. Must starting; starting salary negotiable depending balance gocd news judgement with research - have excellent writing skills, good news judge- upon qualifications/experience. Resume /cover let- based decis on- making. Knowledge of strategic ment. intelligence, energy and leadership. Must ter faxed to WDCN 615- 248 -6120 no later than and tactical marketing is necessary. You must have 2 years experience as a broadcast pro- July 6, 1998. AA/EOE. have a st-on3 track record with minimum 3 years ducer or associate producer. Degree in commu- experience as a news director, assistant news nications or allied field (or) equivalent experience HELP WANTED RESEARCH director, executive producer or managing editor in broadcast journalism. No phone calls. Send re- with exceptional leadership and administrative sume to: Human Resources Dept., WTVH, 980 Research Direcotr. WHNS TV FOX 21 is currently skills. If you want to come to work for a top-rated James Street. Syracuse, New York 13203. Re- accepting applications for Research Director. Cox station that intends to keep getting better, sumes accepted through June 26, 1998. EEOE. Candidate will be literate in both computer hardware send your resume (no phone calls please) to: and software use of desktop publishing and Lee Armstrong, Vice President & General Man- spreadsheets. Quanitative and qualitative market ager, WHIO -TV, 1414 Wilmington Ave., Dayton, Anchor. Traverse City /Cadillac. Michigan ( #117). research experience required. TV Scan. OH, 45420. We are an Equal Opportunity Northern Michigan's #1 rated news station is look- Scarborough and 2 -3 yrs prior TV experience Employer. ing for an anchor for a one hour. 5pm newscast. preferred. Send resume to: WHNS -TV, Affn:

1 year KXLN -TV Channel 45 is expanding its News Minimum experience as anchor, with solid Personnel -RD, 21 Interstate Court, Greenville, S.C., Operations. We are looking for qualified candi- reporting background. We want a leader in our 29615 E/O /E M /F /H or fax to (864)297 -0728 dates to fill the following positions: Weather newsroom who sets an example as a conversa- Anchor, Producer, Director, Reporters, Photo- tional writer and story teller. We prefer a mature HELP WANTED female graphers, Tape Editor, Chyron -Max OP. Audio anchor to compliment our experienced FINANCIAL & ACCOUNTING OP, Studio Camera, and Studio ENG. Please app- anchor. If lifestyle is important to you, Northern Michigan is one of most beautiful places to ly at KXLN -TV 45. 9440 Kirby, Houston, TX the Business Manager. WRDW -TV, Augusta's #1 live in America. VHS cover letter, re- 77054. M F 9 -6. EOE. Send tape, station, looking for Business Manager to oversee references Michial Carter, sume and to Jon administration of all financial facets of TV station: Director of News and Operations. WWTV, Box including monthly closings, budgets, audits. Must MI 49601. KMBT -P. has an opening for a Sports Director. 627, Cadillac. be proficient with AP/AR and general ledger. Com- Duties are primary sports anchor, plan and puter literate. Accounting degree preferred. coordinate local sports coverage, and special Broadcast experience a must. Resume and cover events, schedule and supervise sports person- DirectorNacation Relief. WCSC Television sta- letter to: Human Resource Officer, WRDW -TV, nel. Must have several years broadcast sports tion in beautiful Charleston, SC is seeking a PO Box 1212. Augusta, GA 30903 -1212. EEO. experience, strong knowledge of all sports, Weekend DirectorNacation Relief. To fill in as possess pleasing and appealing on -air personali- needed for Production. Newscast Directing and ty. Women and minorities are encouraged to app- Be a part of the fastest growing Broadcast depth of production experience desired. TV ly. Send resume and ron- returnable VHS tape to: group in the country-- Paramount Stations Group! Audio and other related operations including: EEOC Officer, KBMT -TV. P.O. Box 1550. Beau- WNDY UPN 23. Indianapolis, has an immediate Videotape, On -Air Switching, Camera Audio, and mont, TX 77704. EOE opening for a Business Manager. Position offers Character Generator. Please send resume. a challenging opportunity for a go -getter in a fast - WCSC provides Equal Employment Opportunity paced, state -of- the -art facility located in a pre- KBMT -TV has an opening for a Meteorologist. qualified without regard race, to all persons to miere midwest city. Strong financial background, Duties are present on -air weather segments of creed, color, sex, age, sexual orientation, nation- newscast, accurately 'orecast local weather. minimum 5 years broadcast experience required. al origin, disability or veteran status. Send to: Candidate should have Bachelor's degree in ac- Must possess college degree with emphasis on Hall Blvd., WCSC -TV, 2126 Charlie Charleston, preferred, be proficient in Excel meteorology, knowledge of tropical weather, abili- counting, CPA SC 29414. Attn: Human Resources. with working knowledge of BIAS. Send resume ty to use all available weather data to formulate a 4555 16th forecasts. possess pleasing and appealing on -air to: Placement Office, WNDY, W. personality. Women and minorities are en- Anchor /Reporter. Creative, self- starter who Street, Indianapolis, IN 46222 or fax to: (317) 227 -3716. couraged to apply. Send resume and non- knows how to generate news stories wanted for returnable VHS tape to: EEOC Officer, KBMT- weekend anchor /reporter position at KETV, TV, P.O. 3ox 1550, Beaumont, TX 77704. EOE Omaha, Nebraska. Good live and investigative HELP WANTED PROGRAMMING work a must. Three years experience preferred. Director: NBC O &O in Miami is looking for a Send resume and non -returnable tape to Rose Art Director WFSB, a Meredith Broadcasting motivatec team player to Direct fast paced News Ann Shannon, News Director, KETV, 2665 Group Station, is seeking experienced, hands -on show. Must have extensive production experi- Douglas Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68131. director to manage department and oversee on- ence wilt- a minimum of 5 years Directing experi- air and print design. Ideal candidate will be ence. Seed tape with Directors track to Employee creative, have previous management experience Relations Manager, N3C 6, 316 North Miami Av- and a working knowledge of Quantel Bravo, Ma- / Team - Producer. enue, Miami, Fl 33128 Consumer Investigative cintosh, SGI, Liberty Paint and Flint systems. Are you doing stories that make a difference? Send resume and reel to Tim Coffey, Promotion Assignment Manager - This is no place to get NBC 6, the A.H. Belo station in Charlotte. NC, is Manager, 3 Constitution Plaza, Hartford. CT stuck in a rut! If you're looking for a leadership searching for a consumer and investigative pro- 06103. EOE role in a growing newsroom, this is your big ducer specialist to join our growing news opera- chance. We're committed to news, with 6 -1/2 tion. Strong writing and production skills are a hours of daily news. We're looking for a person must. Hidden camera and computer -assisted re- with two years exper ence and the commitment porting experience are a big plus. Experience as Fax your classified ad to to lead a 55- member news team. With your de- a segment producer or reporter is strongly pre- Broadcasting & Cable. dication, you'll receive management training and ferred. Send your tape, resume and salary his- excellent benefits and competitive salary. Send tory to: (No Phone Calls, Please) NBC 6, Human resume and your vision of news leadership to: Resources Department, re: 97 -26, 1001 Wood (212)206 -8327 Julie Buehler, News Director, WLUK -TV, 787 Ridge Center Drive, Charlotte, NC 28217. EOE / Lombardi Avenue. Green Bay, WI 54301. EOE M /F /V /H.

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HELP WANTED PROMOTION Promotion Manager - KDFI 27. Do you love tel- evision? Can you hum the theme songs of your favorite '70's and 80's shows? This is the job for you. KDFI -27, a rapidly growing independent television station in the 8th market needs a creative. organized manager to make great sports and entertainment promos. You'll help de- velop strategy. write. produce. run station events. work with FOX Kids, The Dallas Stars NHL team. PROMOTION WRITER /PRODUCERS Sales and Community Affairs. And you'll do it with great production equipment and top -notch support staff. If you're responsible, aggressive THE WB TELEVISION NETWORK - PRIME TIME and have both production and management ex- Join the creative team that launched Dawson's Creek and Bully The Vampire Slayer! perience. look me up at PROMAX or rush your re- The WB Television Network is looking for exceptional wnter/producers with the vision sume and reel to: Gary Ledbetter, Vice President to launch a new fall season and five break-out new shows. You must have at least Creative Services. KDFW FOX4 /KDFI 27, 400 N. 3 years experience, be able to handle tight deadlines and possess an insatiable Griffin Street, Dallas, TX 75202. No calls please! desire report The Frog. If like to to this sounds the professional challenge you've EOE/M/F /D /V. been waiting for let us know. Send a resumé and nonreturnable tape to:

Jody Horwitz Writer /Producer. Philly's #1 station, WPVI -TV, Job# S63905 an ABC owned station, has a spot for a promo- The WB Television Network tion writer /producer who can generate new ideas 4000 Warner Blvd. Bldg. 34R and create compelling copy. If you've got the af- Burbank, CA 91522 ternoon /evening shift. Experience writing news pro- motion a must; experience using an Avid and/or digital on -line edit suite a plus. Send cover letter. THE WeB resume and non- returnable VHS or broadcast The WeB division of The WB Television Network is looking for talented writer/ beta tape (no calls.faxes) to Caroline Welch, producers to join our growing On-Air Promotion Department. You'll be writing Director of Creative Services, WPVI -TV, Suite and producing from concept to completion on-air TV and radio promos as well 400. 4100 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131 as print ads, outdoor & transit ads and sales presentations. B you have at least EOE 3 years experience, excellent writing and producing skills, Avid edit experience/ knowledge and a creative flair...Send a resumé, current reel on VHS and Promotion Manager: Aggressive NBC affiliate references to: serving FIintlSaginaw (63rd DMA) seeks creative leader Jody Horwitz to take a growing station even higher. Job# C63241 Must have extensive experience writing and pro- ducing on -air promos (particularly topical news pro- The WB Television Network - WeB 4000 Warner Blvd. Bldg. 34R dUbbAba mos) and understanding efficient targeting of Burbank, CA 91522 on -air inventory. Also involves managing all sta- tion events. publicity, public service, sales promo- (Sorry, no phone calls.) tion and external advertising. Great opportunity to EOE grow with fast growing major television group. Send resume and non -returnable tape to: Ron Pulera, President and General Manager. WEYI -TV NBC25. 2225 W. Willard Road. Clio, MI 48420. An Equal Opportunity Employer. Call 810- 687 -1000 to set up an interview at PROMAX. What if 70 Million Homes Saw Your Next Promo? Wouldn't Your Mother Be Proud? HELP WANTED CREATIVE SERVICES

Your chance to work for the nation's'th network is here. Pax Net will launch on WLS -TVG (ABC, Inc.) is looking for an experi- 8/31/98 and you can he part of this television revolution. ,rnced graphic designer to join our award -winning team. Must have strong typography and commu- Send us your reel. We need you. Now! nication skills! We're looking for a team player who is willing to work a flexible schedule. News Senior Producers come first at the #1 television station in Chicago but on -air and print promotion. programming and Associate Producers special projects will keep you challenged. Profi- Writer /Producers ciency with Quantel systems (Paintbox. Hal. Picturebox) and Mac software (Photoshop. Avid Media Composer 9000 Editors Quark. Illustrator) an Equal Opportunity Pro Tools Audio Specialists Employer. Send reel and resume to: Abel Avid /Macintosh Broadcast Graphics Designer Sanchez. WLS -TV. 190 N. State St., Chicago. IL 60601. Send your reel and resume to: Senior Designer. Make a splash in the San Fran- Paxson Communications Corporation cisco market! KNTV, the ABC affiliate in Silicon J On -Air Promotions Valley, is looking for a creative and Bold De- Attn: signer to provide leadership in daily news design. Human Resources 1M *c Will oversee two different and distinctive graphic x- 601 Clearwater Park Road !¡ yr driven newscasts. Must be a Mac wiz with West Palm Beach, FL Photoshop and AfterEffects. Lightwave experi- 33401 ' ence a plus. Requires 2 -3 years television news pla Fa x: (561) 655 -7343 Paxson design experience. Qualified applicants please iaimT Email: [email protected] send resume. salary requirements and a non- returnable tape to: Personnel Dept., KNTV, Inc. Equal Opportunity Employer 645 Park Avenue. San Jose. CA 95110. Absolute- ly no phone calls. KNTV is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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REATIVE Bek/ owns C' television stations reaching 14% of t country including: 4 ABC affiliates. 6 CBS afli- ates. 5 NBC affiliates. 2 FOX affiliates. and operate: (via I.MAs): 3 I PN affiliates and one unaffiliated. ERVICES Wu is an Equal 01 pun unir, limil t'er. Ile [(Mowing jobs are presently open at the stations listed below. When sending your ASSISTANT resume. please indicate (by job number) in which position you have interest. Tolus, OK, KOTV CBS News Producer (ne, ear pnduo mg rxp'nente and a u,ur, ear s leg.' degree required 114 hull -1 Tucson, AX, KMSB FOX ABC7 Los Angeles has an excellent Studio Engine Minimum 3 ,ran raperit'm e and ,er.aull, In all n lira ,.1 studio equipmentent .114 11312.1 opportunity for an individual with San Antonio, TX, KENS CBS Graphic Artist strong organizational skills who will Responsible tor new graphics and anllnanon prom. mo s. prim and on clm.n,n pones is. 2 -S Mart experience in similar mh.u.d design degree a plus. lul he alit' In work 11e sage hour as needed. tut luJmn u rekcnos and hniktl s. l'rofa'icna, w nh %Iaoh.Ixd assist the department director & staff sp sans l l'hulnshup and Illustrator) a musa .nul Quantal Anou ledge a plus .114 .11413.1 San Antonio, TX KENS CBS Research Director Our ideal candidate will have a %tumulm 2, V:Irs I V howls as rxlxnentr as Resara h Duet fies[ s ,nkmg know lodge soh It scan. 1jual nap wart. ,n nigh and metered met h,nlologl Mua he deuil :newest and hat e strong %ti m,g skills .applicable lu research presentations and une gooc working knowledge of local sheet, 114 1114132.1 Spokane, WA, KREM CBS televsicln advertis_ng and promotion. Massaging I Mr Ii' has lust hero promo ed to Nett. Director and et! [.domed Managing Iidoor to uxe1vr (Ink edit oval In acdition to handling administrative aununl and super, Ix au ardu Inning reporting stall t (sled m lhr lxaunlul Pat dìa \, .n Its est .11.11311.1 Boise, ID, KTVB NBC duties, this person will be responsible Broadcast Engin Shinning, tus o l can clic rems e ul hr, ud..I.rnglnrenng .114 I I U,S -1 for scheduling cn -air promotion, Hampton -Norfolk, VA, WVEC ABC Producer production quaky control and assist- \Imimunl I.2 )c.ns line prinks ing exlxen..e tandklait needed for the Murata, and xunata, nitrating new vans on hxal leu on fable channel Journalism or equivalent degree preferred. held pr uiur ing espenent e a pins 11l'Icas. send nomrelumablc ing with special projects. Candidate tape s resume IM IMM.I Sacramento, CA, KXTV ABC shot d have the ability to work inde- Photographer/Editorset %holmun, rev pears experience. (old understanding hat( cgxnencr In using sen, 11\'tt editing st lams 11114 litant pendently in a fast -paced environment. Honolulu, HI, KHNL NBC Computer skills are essential. Weather Anchor Minimum 2 years on air and p0Nu.mg eslx-rien. - sit är(4 Meteon;Lltia pn1cm d 111 1140.1 St. Louis, MO, KMOV CBS Qualified candidates, please send Assistant News Director 1 treat u 011 daub and 1111 ore new,. n,rragr 51,1101 lxoplr and Communication skills sand news pinhw,phl. tape :m.I n.uu u your cover letter and resume to .114 II410-I Houston, TX, KHOU CBS K. Castillo, ABC7, Human Morning Show Executive Producer 1 )eels morning show nulm Ihrer ,ears in o 1 in market I slrn.nc lad.g I in pndurmg ncu.sa.ts . 1 34 li I Resources, Dept. CSA/BC, 4151 Charlotte, NC, WCNC NBC Executive Producer Prospect Ave., Los Angeles, Minimum 5.5 .ran nest . ass pre dus mg r Mwnrnaa. Ina nmalunnu IOW sin- market .IN 111- 1 I - I Seattle, WA, KONG NBC CA 90027. Equal Writer/Producer Minimulls, 1.S,can Prom. of u /l'\ expo ants 111 In -121 Opportunity Seattle, WA, NWCN Director of' Marketing and Creative Services Department Employer. trslw rille Mr a'eating and implementing anmprehrnsitc marketing program and ,...seeing t "mmerrial pn,Jnamn 114 1,1 111

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Send resume in confidence to: Art Director. The Pikes Peak Broadcasting Company (KJCT -TV), it Grand Junction, Col- orado, is seeking a full -time Art Director. Re- sponsible for the creation of computer graphics BELO for commercial, promotional and news production Belo TV Group, Attn: Job ae and design, and the production of all print 14th Floor materials for in -house and out -of -house use. Ex- A.H. Belo Corporation perience preferred. EEO. Please reply to: EEO Officer, KJCT - V, 8 Foresight Circle. Grand PO Box 655237 Junction. CO 81502. Dallas, TX 75265 -5237

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Telemundo Network, Inc., an aggressive Spanish language television network based in Miami. FI. has immediate openings for the following positions:

DIRECTOR: Must be comfortable with Talk. Game. News and Entertainment formats. Must be fully bilingual (Spanish and English) and have a good creative eye. Candidate must be committed to lead and maintain quality in production. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

POST PRODUCTION EDITOR: Must he experienced and talented. Candidate should be proficient on Grass Valley switcher. plus Grass Valley Editor. DPM 700. and the Chyron Max. Excellent creative and people skills a must.

TAPE OPERATOR /EDITOR: Candidate must be proficient in the operations and editing the Beta format and Sony I" machines. Experience in "Live' and Live to tape sports. news and entertainment shows a must.

PHOTOGRAPHER /EDITOR: Applicant will work on special projects and a variety of different shows. Must have 3 to 5 years experience in ENG operations. including lighting. and must edit. This position requires extensive traveling and all documentation must be in order.

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Miminum of 2 years experience in live swithching of News and Magazine type shows. Must have a full working knowlege of Grass Valley and Sony swithchers. Operational knowledge of peripheral equipment such as ADO. Quantel picture box. various tape formats and Chyron Max. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

MAINTENANCE ENGINEER: Experienced Broadcast Maintenance Engineer qualified to troubleshoot to component level. Sony. GVG. Chyron. Quantel and HP experience needed.

NEW MEDIA ENGINEER: Broadcast Engineer with strong Computer background in Windows NT networking and applications as well as programming skills, particularly ASP. Experience in Broadcast Servers. Automation. and Non -linear editing systems required.

OPERATIONS ENGINEER: Experienced Broadcast Engineer capable with Uplink. Downlink and Camera Shading operations. Systems troubleshooting a plus.

MASTER CONTROL OPERATOR: To air Telemundo programming and commercial content. 2 years minimum experience required. Must he capable of functioning as a Video Tape Operator and Switcher. Must be able to work in an action packed environment with the ability to solve problems. Personal Computer skills and Master Control Automation experience a positive. Bilingual (English /Spanish) a plus but NOT necessary. Full time with various shifts available with highly competitive pay for those who have what it takes.

Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and offer a competitive compensation and benefits package in an exciting entertainment environment. For consideration, please forward your resume. non -returnable tape (if applicable) and salary requirements to:

I elemundo Network, Inc. Human Resources 2290 W. 8th Avenue Hialeah, FL 33010 Fax: 305 -889 -7079 Please indicate the position which you are applying for.

HELP WANTED PUBLIC RELATIONS Capitol Broadcasting Company is a diversified communications company headquartered in Raleigh, NC. The company owns or operates Pub, ty WRAL -TV, WRAI: HD TV, WRAL -FM, Capitol Networks, Microspace Communications Corporation, Capitol AgriBusiness and Money Mailer in Senior Publicist Raleigh; the Durham Bulls Baseball Club and WRAZ -TV in Durham; and THIRTEEN/WNET is seeking WFVT-TV and WJZY -TV in Charlotte. The following opportunities are a media professional with 5 -7 yrs now available: exp for a career oppty in our Commu- nications Group. Qualified candidate will oversee planning and implementation of We Have You r nat'Ulocal publicity campaigns for programs a enterprises produced by WNET. Resp's incl consulting w /prog producers to develop cY campaigns; supervise creation/distrib of press Ere kits; maintain media ten contacts; monitor campaign q budgets; and evaluate campaign effectiveness. Television Maintenance Engineer BA/BS in PR or related field req'd. Must have Job #98 -098 broadcast media exp and strong entertainment media contacts, exc writing skills and prof in l'r on to he responsible for maintenance and unrallauon of all studio equipment. A MS Word. For consideration, please send resume minimum of 5 years of TV maintenance experience and a 2 -year degree n Electronics or equivalent training is required. Must have a complete understanding of TV studio sys- and salary req's to: tems and be able to troubleshoot equipment to the component level. SSE certification Thirteen/WNET, and digital serial component experience is helpful. Attn: Mgr, Compensation 8 Staffing 356 W. 58th St., New York, NY 10019

News Photographers - FAX: 212- 582.3297 Job #98 -089 Three positions available. Person to shoot and edit news for Fox affiliate in Raleigh- Durham-Fayetteville television market. Individual should display strong visual story- telling abilities with an emphasis on solid mechanics and an eye for the shot that tells the EOE iliittin wnet story. At least 2 years of television news photography experience required. Four year college degree preferred. llere, you'll receive an excellent compensation package FOR DAILY CLASSIFIED UPDATES... as well as professional development. Please send resume I indicating lob number to: Corporate Human Resources. WRAZ, P.O. Box 12800, Raleigh, NC 27605; Fax (919) 890-6011. FOE'. VISIT BROADCASTING & CABLE ONLINE www.cbc-raleigh.com t.yttud Ito cimyrnrt: Inc www.broadcastingcable.com

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Post Production Editor. WAGA -TV. FOX 080 is seeking a Post Production Editor to handle the operation of a one -person post editing facility. Pre- pares, assembles and directs commercial. promo- EXECUTIVE PRODUCER tion, news, local and special programming pro- inn ductions. Working knowledge of Abekas A83 KM digital switcher, Ampex Accom 2010 and 2020 editors, as well as knowledge of Chyron lrfinit Dallas/Fort CBS Worth Affiliate is looking for an aggressive, highly motivated team Maxine. Maximum 3 years experierce in a televi- leader to executive produce Positively Texas! KTVT -TV's live hour-long afternoon sion station, network, production facility talk/variety program or cable is seeking an EP with proven success in producing entertainment and network studio operation, of which 2 years as a information driven programming. Candidates should possess strong management skills post editor. EOE. Send resume to Human Re- along with excellent organizational and people skills. 5 years experience as an executive sources/WAGA, 1551 Briarcliff Rd.. Atlanta, GA producer, senior producer /writer in a top 20 market(s). D/FW market knowledge a plus. 30306. No phone calls. Duties wï l include supervising co- hosts, reporters, producer /writers, talent coordinator and staff. SITUATIONS WANTED NEWS

No phone calls. Send resume and tape to: Mature, reliable veteran broadcaster, copywriter seeks job in small or medium maket. Human Resources Coordinator John 602 -840 -3276 or email: KTVT-TV jleinf [email protected] m PO Box 2495 Fort Worth, Texas 76113 TV RESUME TAPE GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT Career Videos prepares your personalized KTVF is an Equal Opportunity Employer demo. Unique format. excellent rates. coaching. lob search assistance, tape critiques. Great track TV SALES TRAINING record. 847-272 -2917. LEARN TO SELL CABLE TV TIME HELP WANTED ALL POSITIONS The program works. Former students now sell tor NBC, ABC, ESPN, MTV, Katz, Turner, Petry, and dozens of TV stations across the country. (Over 25 years in the TV industry) Has Immediate Openings Call for free information packet. for the following positions: ANTONELLI MEDIA PROGRAMMING MANAGER Must have experience in programming acquisitions and scheduling. Able to negotiate TRAINING CENTER license fees and maintain relationships with all distributors. Position requires mini- (212) 206 -8063 mum of two years network experience. MANAGER, ON -AIR PROMOTIONS SUOMI= Highly creative individual must be able to conceive, write and produce quality on -air CABLE promotions that enhance look and feel of network. Strong production and oost-pro- duction skills a must. Experience with non -linear editing is helpful. Applicant must be HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT deadline- oriented. Position requires a minimum of two years experience. MENAMMI Group cable operator seeking an experienced PRODUCER, ON -AIR PROMOTIONS write for all areas of promotions, ranging from spots cable marager to head a cluster of systems. Ability to and produce product interstitials and sales tapes. Must have strong writing, production Must have strong leadership qualities and have and bumpers to production experience. Able to handle multiple tasks while producing for a proven marketing and people skills. Must un- and post- variety program genres. Position requires a minimum of two years experience. derstand at phases of the cable laws and require- of ments, inclJding technical Must have a vision for I 1 cable growth oeing active in the industry desira- TRAFFIC COORDINATOR Extremely detail -oriented individual should have knowledge of programming logs, ble. An equal opportunity employer. Please send base maintenance and videotape formats. Able to ensure timely arrival and resumes to Bcx 01386. EOE. data delivery of programming and marketing materials. Minimum one year related expen- ence required. HELP WANTED TECHNICAL PRODUCTION COORDINATOR, Maintenance Engineer- The Weather Channel, ON -AIR PROMOTIONS onammissonms Atlanta. GA is looking for a motivated and reliable Deadline- oriented applicant must have knowledge of the production process individual to join our team. This is an excellent from conception to delivery, with specific emphasis of post -production. Ability opportunity for someone who wants to expand their to schedule work flow and maintain databases, as well as knowledge of graph- knowledge. The selected candidate. for maintenance ics, voice -overs and other production related elements. Strong computer skills a Engineer. must have two years experience repairing must. Minimum one year related experience required. and maintaining Broadcas: related equipment. You will ALL positions will be MOVING to the Washington, D.C. area. be part of the Engineering team dedicated to offered for all positions. maintaining a brand new. State -of- the- artdigital facility, Excellent benefits package Computer proficiency preferred. Please fax resumes Fax cover letter (indicating desired position) & resume to: to The Weather Channel. Director of Engineering FAX: (818) 566 -4989 (770)226 -2943 or send them: 300 Interstate North An EOE-M/F Parkway. Atlanta. GA 30339. EOE/M /F.

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As an Affiliate Operations Analyst, company and largest cable network. At We offer a competitive salary and a great For consideration, please fax you will identify, build and implement ESPN, there are no dull days. You'll step benefits package. resume with salary req;,;,:ments program blackouts for ESPN networks; into a fast -paced arena dedicated to team and references to: assist in determining blackout accomplishment and career achievement. Human Resources Manager Fax (310)447.7346 territories and communicate with ESPN You'll be an integral part of the everyday Only resumes with insure and networks' distributors to proper action and key player in our future references salary will blackout implementation; coordinate requirements success. ESPN - stretch out and get into considered. the modifications and enhancements EqualEQUaI Oppalunay Employer the game today. to the Affiliate Information System; and provide comprehensive and easily accessible reports. The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Sci- ence or equivalent; a minimum

1 -3 years of experience in business CableRep administration, database management Advertising or computer -aided analysis; and Com- CABLEREP PHOENIX puter literacy. Knowledge of ADVERTISING SALES Oracle database preferred. ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE The worldwide leader in sports. CableRep Phoenix, the advertising sales division of Cox Communications, is seeking an aggressive professional who enjoys a fast - If you are ready to work with our team, send your resume to: Ad Code TT /0l, ESPN, Inc, ESPN Plaza, paced, rapidly growing environment. The ideal Bristol, Cl' 06010-7454. E -mail: taylort @espn.com ESPN is an equal opportunity employer. candidate should possess a minimum of 3 years media sales background, a proven track record of exceeding revenue goals, excellent HELP WANTED SALES organizational and interaction skills. Computer Senior Assistant, Affiliate Sales. Office Account Executives. 21st Century proficiency on Microsoft Word, Excel and SALES: Administrator and liaison for affiliate requests. Process voice, data) PowerPoint and a College degree in Telecom, a broadband (video. affiliate agreements. new system launches. andchanges in Chicago. has im- is preferred. Cox communications company of ownership. Coordinate and track system marketing Advertising or equivalent mediate for results- oriented account ex- openings activities. Occasional travel required to regional trade Communications offers a motivating ecs. 3 -5 years of outside sales exp.; PC profi- shows. product training sessions. and community competitive wage, outstanding benefits and an Internet ciency: cable, telephony. or background events. Excellentadministrative skills. people skills.detail preferred. excellent environment to succeed. Salary & Great compensation and benefits oriented, computer proficient. organized. creative, able package. FAX (312)470 -2130 or call (312)470- Commission. Competitive only need apply to to work well with little supervision. Must have 1 -3 years' 2100. EOE. HR -AE, 2020 N. cable industry experience in a marketing or training CableRep Phoenix, Attn: position. College degree preferred. Cover letter and Central Ave., #400 Phoenix, AZ 85004 or FAX Fax your cla..ifred ad it) Broadcasting & Cable. resume to Human Resources. Fox Family Channel, (602)379 -2459. No phone calls please. (212)206-8327 1133 Avenue of the Americas, 37th Floor, NY, NY 10036. Fox Family Channel is an EEO employer.

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Human Resources Manager for mid -town Ent. and production company. Benefits. 401 (k) and re- LOOKING TO HAVE AN cruiting skills a must! TV and HR background in ent. industry plus 3 -4 yrs. solid exp. with ex- cellent references. Fax resume with cover letter TERNATIONAL AFFAIR" to (732)727 -7181.

HELP WANTED VIDEO College Television Network, Inc., the Fastest growing DBS Network in America, is looking for an Video Editor Linear/Non Linear: Creative video editor with expertise on AVID 9000 systems and fully International Sales Manager digital on -line suites needed by major producer of television and corporate communications to handle our affairs overseas. This talented individual's job requirements would include, but programming. Production department fully equipped certainly not limited to, the following: with four edit suites. Avids. Abekas. two SGIs with Softimage. Photoshop Inscriber. Establish a corporate strategy for international launch and and oigital betas. Employer is the Muscular Dystrophy *Build and manage an international sales team Association. Tucson. Arizona, in house producer of Handle all international inquiries the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. broadcast promotion. public service announcements, corporate training This a position is top management position and the individual will report directly to the CEO. and communications programs - all at its Compensation and benefit packages are top dollar (equity may be included for right individual). headquarters. with its own stage. digital cameras. We require a minimum of five years experience in international management, preferably with a etc. Write to Robert Ross, Executive Director. MDA. top syndication company. 3300 E. Sunrise Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85718, including a ree,. resume of editing credits and salary If you know the in's and out's of the requirements. An equal opportunity employer. MDA international television and cable industry, provides a full range of employee benefits. please send resume, references and salary roquirernevs to: Director of Human Resources:, College Television Network HELP WANTED PROGRAMMING Inc., 5784 Lake Forest Drive, Suite 275, Atlanta, GA 30328. ROE. Winning Walk Family, a Christian organization No timid people or phone calls please. that produces national radio and television broad- casts. is seeking qualified applicants in the follow- ing positions: Television Producer (programs and ALLIED FIELDS features). Graphic Artist. Linear & Non -linear Editor. A minimum 3 -5 years experience is re- HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT quired. To apply, send resume. demo reel and salary requirenents to: Director of Programming. Winning Walk Family. 6400 Woodway. Houston. MANAGER, MEDIA SOLUTIONS TX 77057. No phone calls please.

This position reports to the General Manager of KUED. The department of Media Solutions provides video and multimedia production services which support the University of Utah and related educational. government and non -profit organizations. Although Media Solutions is a functional department within KUED, it operates as a largely self -sustaining business unit. The Manager of Media Solutions is responsible for assessing and meeting the needs of its clients, for promoting departmental services, and for operating the department in a fiscally sound manner. QUALIFICATIONS, A Bachelor's degree in Business. Marketing, Communication. Instructional Design. Educational Media or related field or equivalency. plus five years experience with WANT TO RESPOND TO A budgeting. marketing, personnel administration, television production. educational media or multimedia production and two years experience in a supervisory or management position required. Demonstrated communication, organization and human relations skills required. BROADCASTING & CABLE Experience with educational /instructional media production strongly preferred. DUTIES: Prepares and administers departmental budget and expenditures. Reviews and approves project midgets and expenditures. Performs need and cost assessments to determine the most BLIND BOX ? effective use of personnel and resources. Promotes production services to the University and local community and meets with clients to determine their needs. Ensures compliance with federal, state and University regulations, policies and guidelines. Maintains records of produc- tion /activities /expenses. Oversees the activities of staff members with other departments and agencies. Establishes and maintains standards of production quality and timeliness. Ensures Send resume /tape to: that the department utilizes state -of- the -art technical and production techniques. May provide instructional design for clients. Applicants must submit a University of Utah Application for Employment (available on our Box Web Site at www.personnel.utah.edu). 245 West 17th St., UNIVERSITY OF UTAH THE W) HUMAN RESOURCES New York, New York 10011 101 Annex Building BP-1887 UNIVERSITY Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 °UTAH TDD Accessible 581 -6787 Fax: 801-581-5571

KUED. the Utah Education Network and the Universityy, of Utah are Equal Opportunity Employers und will provide reasonable accommodation for the known disabilities of applicants and potential employees.

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www.americanradiohistory.com FIFTH ESTATER "91MII Cohen's ads make it so In 1982, Meryl Cohen wanted to con- the slogan. It a night thing." vey to advertisers attending WNEV -TV There's no commonality to these cam- Boston's fall program rollout how sorry paigns, except that they all aim to be dif- the station was for a lackluster year. So the ferent from anything the viewer's seen new creative director staged a musical before. revue of the year past -complete with tap - "You know what I fear most? Medioc- dancing salesmen. a 24 -piece orchestra and rity," Cohen says. "Mediocrity is looking at a song she penned: something and saying. 'That's fine,' instead We could have SOId that show, of saying, 'That's great.' There's always a But little did we know, way to improve on existing ideas." That it was off the air. More than once, Cohen has had to We gave it all we had improvise ad campaigns for shows she But what is really sad hasn't seen. She dreamed up Star Trek: Is no one seemed to care. The Nest Generation's campaign before That's Cohen: funny, risk- taking and she'd even seen a frame of the show, irreverent. incorporating special effects from "Star Those are qualities that have helped the Trek" movies and a countdown to the executive rise in a 20 -year broadcasting series launch that folded in footage as it career from advertising copywriter to "You know what became available. president of marketing for Paramount I fear most? Star Trek: The Next Generation's suc- Domestic Television. At Paramount, cess led to a campaign for spinoff Deep she's overseen the studio's biggest TV Mediocrity.... Space 9. Here, she needed to dream up a show promotions of the last decade, different motif, since the action takes place including those for Star Trek: The Next There's always a on a space station, not star ships. The cam- Generation, Entertainment Tonight, Hard way paign's slogan: "It waits." Promos featured Copy. Frasier and the latest, The Howie to improve on shots of the station with the faces of the Mandel Show. existing ideas." captain and his crew superimposed on the "Meryl has an eye for the unique," says nebulas of space. Steve Goldman, Paramount Domestic Tele- Such is Cohen's identification with Star vision's chief operating officer and execu- Trek that she gives her birthday the Trek tive vice president, who hired Cohen 12 Meryl Sue way. Born on Star Date 5101.29 (Jan 29, years ago. "Syndication advertising all used 1951) in Whitestone, N.Y., Cohen graduat- to be facts and figures. She raised the bar." Cohen ed from the State University of New York President, marketing, Para- Promax will recognize her achievements at Buffalo and then took a job as a teacher mount Domestic Television, Los this week by inducting her into its Hall of in upstate New York. Angeles; b. Jan. 29, 1951, Fame, after honoring her with more than Laid off after a year, she moved with her Whitestone, N.Y.; BAs, English 75 awards over the course of her career. then -husband to Washington, where she literature and art history, State Cohen is a throwback to another era. In took the first of a succession of radio and University of New York -Buffalo, a jobs Washington, Detroit Boston. Hollywood increasingly staffed by 1972; promotion director, wroP TV in and 1 she taste even -speaking lawyers and MBAs, she's (ant) Washington, 1978 -80; From Boston, got her first of passionate, loud and disdainful of stu- director of advertising and the West Coast with an offer from Jacobs dios' growing tendency to run "clip-job- promotion, wxvzlAM) Detroit, & Gerber, a Los Angeles based advertis- ad campaigns -spots that try to grab 1980 -82; director of creative ing firm specializing in broadcast clients viewers with colorful shots from movies services, WNEV -TV (now WHDH -TV) that offered her a position as vice president or TV shows but that are devoid of a Boston, 1982 -84; VP /creative and creative director. guiding theme. director, Jacobs & Gerber, Los "I had visions of people sitting around "In order to be different, you have to Angeles, 1984 -86; Paramount: pools conducting business over three -hour take risks, say something totally different VP, advertising and promotion, lunches with their cellular phones," she about your product." she says. "Nike never 1986 -88; senior VP, adver- recalls. "I never worked so hard in my life." sold you a shoelace, a heel or a support. tising and promotion, 1988 -92; The job gave her a chance to work They sold you an attitude. They made you executive VP, marketing, 1992- closely with CBS News and local TV sta- want to be a winner." 94; current position since tions around the country -giving her Whatever the campaign, Cohen searchc' 1994 valuable national exposure that would for the edge. Recent Howie Mandel spot, come in handy once she landed at Para- feature babies making wisecracks voiced h mount in 1986. Mandel; Frasier's five -day -a -week syndica- If she's learned anything after all these tion launch urged viewers to "Get psyched." years, it's that "you have to keep laughing For Arsenio Hall's now- defunct talk show, along the way. Otherwise," she says, she borrowed African -American slang for "nothing's worth it." -Michael Stroud

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CBS Radio Network. Dallas, joins as named senior VP. marketing and com- York, named VP. senior VP/Eastem sales manager; Roby munications; Chris Haws, VP, commis- Appointments at Studios USA. Uni- Wiener, formerly with Warner-Lam- sions, co- productions and production, versal City, Calif.: Scottye Hedstrom, hen. joins as VP, marketing services. Discovery Networks Europe, London, VP, network television business Marcy Cyburt, general sales manager, named senior VP/executive producer. affairs, Walt Disney Television, joins wow(Fro) Detroit, named director. Martin Pucher, VP, network operations as VP, business affairs; David Karnes, integrated marketing, Chancellor and engineering. DMX Inc., Los lawyer, named VP /department head, Media. Detroit. Angeles, named senior VP in charge legal affairs: Kerry Samovar, director, legal affairs. named VP. business and Margaret Bustell, account executive. of technology, including network Allison Brightman, senior Arhitron. Chicago, named Midwestern operations, information communica- legal affairs; partner. Brightman Levin, and Patti - manager, Arbitron's advertiser/agency tion services and DMX engineering. & cia Cannon, deputy alternate public services there. Appointments at The Golf Channel, defender, Los Angeles County, join as Orlando, Fla.: Charles Breeding joins as Joan Gerberding, attorneys. executive VP, director, engineering; Peter Walters Mark De Vitre, director, business and Nassau Broad- joins as regional manager. affiliate legal affairs, WamerVision Entertain- casting Partners sales and marketing; Christy Leinheiser, Warner Video, LP, Princeton, payroll and benefits administrator. ment Inc. and Home FX Networks, Los Angeles. as N.J., named pres- named general accounting manager; joins VP, business and legal affairs. ident, Jersey Gregory Pruitt, videotape editor, named marketing manager. Radio Network. ADVERTISING/MARKETING/ Eric Neuman, PUBLIC RELATIONS senior VP, Hicks, Gerberding Muse, Tate & Phil Delbourgo, VP /creative director, Furst Inc., joins Comedy Central, New York, joins Pit- Chancellor Media Corp., Irving. Tex., tard Sullivan. New York, as creative as senior VP, strategic development. director. Roberto Hugo Gonzalez, GM, Radio Robed Rose, media director. Waring & Unica KvJY(AM) Pharr, Tex.. assumes LaRosa, joins Western International additional responsibilities as regional Media, New York, as senior VP /direc- director of sales, KvJY(AM) and tor of planning, Eastern region. Icr i.t FitzGerald sit Austin, Tex. Howard Courte - Judy Schaffer, account executive, Appointments at manche, senior WINS(AM) New York, joins WNEW(FM) CBS C'ahle. New VP, Bates USA, New York as local sales manager. York: Kristin New York, FitzGerald, named executive David Saxe, director, sales. Journal V P. Broadcast Group -Tucson (Ariz.) oper- manager, and Neil ations, named VP /GM. Knoxville. Holt, group sale, Joanne Evans, `l'. Tenn., operations. manager, named planning/client VPs, advertising services, Kelly, Ron Rogers, regional VP. GulfStar sales; Ken Kagen, Scott Madi- Communications Inc., named execu- and director, research. son Inc., Chicago, tive director, community service pro- Courtemanche named VP. named senior gram. Capstar Broadcasting Corp., Kagen Michael Teicher, VP, VP /director, strategic planning. Austin: Michael Black, regional VP, brand sales. Turner Broadcasting Sales Southwest, SFX Broadcasting, Dennis Reese, GM. Mid -Atlantic region, Inc., New York. named senior VP. replaces Rogers at GulfStar Commu- Next Generation Network. Minneapo- nications. Appointments at USA Networks, New lis, named VP, sales, Eastern region. York: Peter Ruben, VP, national Jeff Scott, interim program director, accounts, expands his responsibilities ALLIED FIELDS wßix(FM) New York. named program to include the Western region; Tom director. Todd Kavemeier, director, client services, Smith, VP, Eastern region. heads the JDTV, Glendale, Wis., named VP, pub- lie \\ Is expanded Eastern division: Dan CABLE lishing operations. Casciato, director. Central region. Appointments at Time Warner Cable: named VP; Cara Conte, senior manag- Ewa Martinoff, international director, Tony Maldonado, marketing manager, er, named director, special markets; marketing. preschool toys. Mattel, joins named director, marketing. Houston; Carla Lewis, manager. Eastern region; Sony Signatures Film & Television, Darnell Reed, sales manager, named and Susan Lewis and Lynn Johnson, Culver City, Calif., as VP. marketing director, sales, Houston. managers. Western region. named and brand planning. Appointments at Discovery Networks senior managers. Appointments at Broadcast Video Inc., International, Bethesda, Md.: Jim Boyle, Gary Garfinkel, director, film acquisi- Miami: Rick Cordero, GM, named VP, senior VP, corporate communications. tions. Showtime Networks Inc., New sales: Randy Mihalchik, senior editor, and

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Lisa Allan, operations manager, Coconut office of engineering and technology; Grove facility, named GMs for the Dale Hatfield, chief technologist, named DEATHS company's four South Florida facilities. chief, office of engineering and tech- Martin Stone, 83, radio executive and Kathryn Brown, Fred Views, vice chairman /CEO, Tele- nology; associate admin- producer, died June 7 of a heart Communications International, joins istrator, office of policy analysis and attack in Washington. He was in Daniels & Associates, Denver, as development, National Telecommuni- Washington attending his grand- managing director, international. cations and Information Administra- child's graduation. Stone owned tion, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, joins as wvlP(AM) Mount Kisco, N.Y., which Bryan Crino, VP/CFO, InStep Software, chief, Common Camer Bureau. joins Communications Equity Associ- he founded in 1957 and shut down in 1997 a ates, Tampa, Fla., as senior associate, after fire. In the late 1940s entertainment and new media group. INTERNET and early '50s. Stone produced the children's program The Howdy Margie Tortoriello, director, administra- Gregg Kilday, senior writer, Entertain- Doody Show at NBC and Author tion and planning, King World Pro- ment Weekly, joins Mr. Showbiz Meets the Critics, a book discussion ductions, joins National Video Center, (www.mrshowbiz.com), Los Angeles, program. He later helped to establish New York, as director, human as entertainment columnist. the Herald Tribune Radio Network, resources. Appointments at Guidance Solutions. which included wv1P(AM), wvox(AM) Neil Marcus, financial consultant, Unitel Marina del Rey, Calif.: Alexander Lee, and other suburban New York sta- Video Inc., New York, joins as CFO. VP, business development, Comspan tions. Stone also was an entertain- Timothy Taylor, director, engineering, Communications Inc., joins as VP, ment lawyer who advised such Soft Touch Inc., joins VITAC, Pitts- strategic planning; Robin Heinz, editor. celebrities as Howard Cosell, Mery burgh, as chief engineer. Shape magazine, joins as editorial man- Griffin, Jackie Robinson, and George ager. "Gabby" Hayes. He is survived by Mark Miller, president, Unitel Holly- his wife, Antje; two children; a Appointments at America's Health wood, joins Digital Magic Co., Santa brother. and four grandchildren. Monica, Calif., as executive VP /man- Network's interactive AHN.COM, aging director. Nashville: Robert Dreussi, manager, clin- Steve Snyder, 49, news director, died ical systems development, Columbia/ Tonie Derrell, VP, Kids' WB! Music/ on May 9 in a car accident. Snyder HCA, joins as director, technology; Kid Rhino, joins PolyGram Filmed had been news director at KOLR-TV Robert Hubel, director, business devel- Entertainment. Los Angeles, as VP, Springfield, Mo., for the past six opment, The Medstat Group, joins as licensing. years. Before working at KOLR, he director, operations; Steve Parker, direc- held the same position at KTKA -TV tor, Southeast business development, Topeka, Kan., KDLT(TV) Sioux Falls, TECHNOLOGY Healthway Interactive, joins as sales S.D., and KAMR -TV Amarillo, Tex. manager; John Timble, senior multime- Snyder served as lames Withers, VP, engineering and also executive news dia developer, NewOrder Media, joins producer at KDBC -TV El Paso, Tex. operations, KPLR -TV St. Louis, joins as director, new media. Koplar Communications International He is survived by his wife. Deborah, and four children. Inc., St. Louis, as director, engineering. Victonia Johnson, talent agent, Gersh Agency, joins ComedyNet, New York Katherine Becker, production manager, as GM. Robert W. Morgan, 60, radio broadcast- operations and engineering, CBS Tele- er, died of lung cancer May 22 at vision Network, joins Symah Vision, Encino -Tarzana Regional Medical New York, as director, production. SATELLITE/WIRELESS Center in California. Morgan had Joe Sbetesky, director, sales and market- Sharlene McDuffie, manager, content been on -air host at KRTH(FM) Los ing, StarSight Telecast Inc., joins Wink development and marketing. Bell Angeles since 1992. His illness Communications, Alameda, Calif., as Atlantic Video Services, Reston, Va., prompted his retirement in January. director, set -top sales. joins US West Communications, Morgan was known to a generation Denver, as director, content acquisi- of Southern Californians as the origi- tion. video content and programming. nal morning man on the Boss Radio ASSOCIATIONS/LAW FIRMS program that began in the mid -1960s Patricia lzzo, direct marketing manager, Appointments at FCC, Washington: on KHJ(AM) Los Angeles. His career United Parcel Services, Atlanta, joins Deborah Lather, director, national spanned many phases and station for- con- Hardin & Associates, Virginia Beach. sumer affairs, Nissan Motor Corp. mats since then, from rock 'n' roll to Va., as manager, marketing. USA, Carson, Calif., joins as chief. all- sports. Among his many honors, Cable Services Bureau; Richard Welch, Rolla Huff, president, AT &T Wireless, Morgan was awarded a star on the deputy bureau chief, Common Carrier Central U.S., joins Frontier Corp., Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993 Bureau, named senior counsel to the Rochester, N.Y., as executive and in 1994 became a charter general counsel: William Rogerson, pro- VP/CFO. inductee into the National Broadcast- fessor and chair of economics, North- James Head, marketing administrator, ers Hall of Fame. He is survived by western University, joins as chief econ- Comcast Cable, joins Teleport Com- his wife. Shelley; a daughter, and a omist; Rebecca Desch, deputy chief of munications Group, Baltimore, as brother. the competition division, office of the field marketing manager, Maryland, -Compiled by Denise Smith general counsel, named deputy chief, Washington and Virginia operations. e -mail: dsmithCeahners.com

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One multichannel digital year contract, according McCain (R- Ariz.) has additional duties as CFO, TV business plan being to MSO sources. Several scheduled a hearing for and Manan Spitzberg considered by Sinclair, MSOs that currently pay July 8 on cable's plans VP, deputy general counsel, which tested multichannel some 54 cents per sub for to pass through high - to additional duties as cor- DTV last week (see story, TNT have balked at the definition TV signals. porate secretary. page 16) is an over -the- offer, claiming that Turner is McCain, who has spent FCC commissioners last air service with the trying to shuffle the millions much of the spring concen- Friday granted Commu- most popular cable net- it spent on rights to NBA trating on tobacco legisla- nity Communications a works coupled with the games and for ER repeats tion, also plans a hearing rare permanent waiver broadcaster's own local on weeknights. on cable rates later this of its prohibition on offerings -at a much CBS agreed to pay at summer, according to a common ownership of lower cost than local cable least $25 million for spokesperson. local TV or radio sta- systems. In Baltimore, "we broadcast rights to Belo is doing some man- tions and newspapers. could put up 12 channels "Deep Impact," the agement restructuring, The newspaper /broadcast ourselves," says Nat DreamWorks SKG -Para- including naming a new crossownership waiver- Ostroff, vice president, new mount Pictures story of an TV group head, in the only the third granted by the technology, Sinclair. "At that asteroid that crashes into wake of the announcement FCC -will allow the compa- point we are a multichannel Earth, sources said last Fri- that senior VP and CFO ny to own wCNR(AM) provider, and under the day. The agreement con- Michael Perry is leaving the Bloomsburg, Pa., and the The FCC Cable Act we are entitled to tains a clause that will boost company June 30. Michael Press -Enterprise. buy that programming," he the price if the film grosses McCarthy, senior VP, gen- granted the waiver after that the station says. "We would like to be more than $150 million. So eral counsel and secretary, determining is facing financial trouble able to do a condensed far, it has taken in about and James Moroney, and that the combination is over -the -air cable -like ser- $125 million at the box president of Belo's Televi- unlikely to adversely affect vice as an option to view- office. The bid was at the sion Group, will become media competition in the ers, at a fraction of the cost upper range of industry esti- executive VPs of the parent market. of cable." Ostroff says Sin- mates. "Godzilla" also company, with McCarthy clair is still in talks with recently sold for $25 million, handling public policy and Tim Johnson has been other Baltimore stations a disappointment for pro- Moroney overseeing finan- named senior VP of pro- about partnering in that kind ducer Sony Pictures Enter- cial matters. Succeeding gramming at Paxson Corn - of service to compete with tainment, which had hoped Moroney will be Jack munications soon -to-debut local cable systems. to draw $35 million. "Deep Sander, Television Group Pax Net. Johnson co- Turner's renewal con- Impact" already is slated to executive VP since 1997 developed and produced run Showtime, also of Dr. tract for TNT includes on and before that the first five seasons incremental license fee owned by Paramount par- president/GM of WAGA -TV Quinn, Medicine Woman hikes that raise the fee ent Viacom Inc. Atlanta. Also promoted were on CBS. Johnson will be to 90 cents per sub over Senate Commerce Com- Dunla Shiva, from senior based in Los Angeles, where he will oversee the length of a seven- mittee Chairman John VP. corporate operations, to acquisition and devlop- ment for Pax Net. Winners' circle When it begins demonstrat- ing its high- definition televi- King World's Michael and Roger King sion sets in retail stores this (chairman and vice chairman, respective- fall, Panasonic Consumer ly), and Donald Prijatel, senior vice presi- Electronics won't be relying dent, advertising and promotion (pictured on the uncertain digital pro- l -r), will share the victory stand in Toronto gramming plans of broad- this week as Promax's Marketers of the casters to get its digital Year. Also sharing the spotlight during the Pinnacle Award message across. Instead, annual convention will be retailers will winners Meryl Cohen, president of Para- Panasonic in demos that mount Domestic Television's marketing run -store Panasonic's new D- division (see "Fifth Estater," page 83); use VHS videocas- Bruce Dunlop, former director of promo- digital play tion and creative services, BSkyB, and sette player to George Schweitzer, executive vice presi- back a 10801 HDTV dent, marketing and communications, movie on Panasonic's new CBS TV network. B &C Editor at Large 56 -inch widescreen HDTV Don West will be honored with the Pro - projection set. "The broad- max Lifetime Achievement Award. cast options in some mar- kets may be limited," says

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www.americanradiohistory.com IN BRIEF Jeff Cove, vice president of Panascnic's television divi- AHN to stream birth live sion. The American Health Network brings new meaning to FCC rl 1=I tJsl>ItlàlaU commissioners last "push channel" this week when it streams a childbirth in .e..1 ..r..I rrr.Ir,wi ewer urf week proposed revising real time on its Website (www.ahn.com). a series of radio rules The birth mother, Elizabeth, is a 40- year -old mother of to allow stations new three whose labor will be induced at 6 a.m. ET tomorrow flexibility in striking (June 16). Some two to 10 hours later, AHN expects to agreements to accept deliver the first live childbirth streamed in cyberspace. interference in order to - -- AHN's Ask the Family Doctor host Dr. Walt Larimore will reach more listeners. r^.- provide commentary and conduct interviews during the The FCC proposal would --o ° birthing process. allow such negotiated inter- The live childbirth is a prelude to a weekly operating ference deals on two condi- room series that AHN plans to launch this summer, OR: tions: i total service gains Behind the Mask. AHN will stream highlights from that series online, according to Tod exceed service losses by 5 Fetherling, president of AHN Interactive. to 1 and no station loses AHN will use RealNetworks' RealVideo streaming technology for the birth. more than 5% of its service In streaming the childbirth live, Dr. Larimore will "explain the miracle of birth," says area and population. Cast- Fetherling, who adds that the birth mother agreed to the project because she wants ing her vote last week, FCC to help demystify the birth process for prospective mothers. -Richard Tedesco Commissioner Gloria Tris- tani said that the proposal Baseball and hits like X- study by the National characters are over age 50, would represent a depar- Files, NYPD Blue-and, in Partnership for Women compared with 38% of the ture from the commission's 2001, Buffy the Vampire & Families. The study, nation's adult population; past zero -tolerance Slayer-to convince opera- released last week, looked just 26 of 820 adult TV approach to interference. tors that their 28 cent at two weeks of prime time characters had children "The item ... proposes fun- license fee, which some on all six commercial over age 6, and 42% of the damental changes in the operators say is slightly broadcast networks. The time it was impossible to technical regulation of FM high for a general entertain- study found that of 150 tell who was looking after services," added FCC ment network. is worth it. episodes screened, only 13 the kids. The nonprofit, Chairman William Kennard. Ziff Davis's ZDTV has dealt with work/family con- nonpartisan partnership Fox Broadcasting Chair- signed a carriage agree- flict. Other findings: 34% of was formerly the Women's man Chase Carey told ment with DirecTV and is the TV moms work for pay, Legal Defense Fund. The Fox that Fox affiliates expected to launch on the while 67% of real -life moth- study was conducted at the not would negotiate DirecTV Total Choice ers do; 14% of adult TV University of Washington. retransmission pro- consent gram lineup (on ch. 273) renewals on behalf their starting Aug. 1. The launch as it did five years ago. At will add about 3.6 million that time, Fox's backing subscribers to ZDTV's helped Fox's new FX cable base, ZDTV officials say. gain channel carriage ZDTV has set a goal of with a number quickly of reaching 6 million subs by MSOs who picked up FX as the end of the second quar- part of retransmission r their ter and claims to have car- negotiations for Fox's sig- riage agreements with 14 nals. Carey's latest decision 4 other MSOs. The company places FX in the position of would not discuss how having to negotiate its car- many subscribers those riage deals without the deals have provided. retransmission mandate in place. FX is banking on a Broadcast television host of new original series offers a skewed depic- Drawn Irre It. n GABI I by Jack Schmidt and planned spec als, cov- tion of Americans' .1,rrry I'm late, hut 11ras in our GM's office. Ile just saw the .first erage of Major League lives, according to a 'northers on the price of digital conversion.'.

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Representing only one year. some of the findings could be an Wired anomaly. the study concedes, rather than a trend. We certain- ly hope so. Cable's roll should include everyone. Cable was on a roll last week, with the momentum coming on several fronts. In Washington, the FCC adopted rules meant to spur Where there's a will... consumer sales of those much -vaunted set -top boxes. That part of the equation was all to the good, but we share with In a May 1997 interview with this magazine. House Telecom- NCTA and Commissioner Michael Powell concerns about munications Subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin promised the decision to prohibit cable companies from leasing boxes soon to unveil legislation allowing commercial broadcasters that combine navigation and scrambling functions. Letting to shed their public interest obligations by paying into a trust consumers buy their own box and fit it with a card is one fund for noncommercial broadcasters. What we got a year thing. but not giving them even the option of a one -stop later is a shadow of that radical idea: a bill that would create a shop through the cable company seems unduly restrictive commission to look at better ways to fund public broadcast- and possibly counterproductive. ing. As our story elsewhere in these pages documents, this is Elsewhere on the "much- vaunted" front. John Malone not the only time the gregarious Louisiana congressman has was talking up a strategy for spurring rollouts of cable promised more than he delivers in matters of broadcasting modems via a tiering approach to Internet access services. and cable. Like many lobbyists. we are puzzled by Tauzin's The strategy would be to flag customers suffering through a infatuation with trial balloons that never seem to go any- snail -like download that extra speed could be gained for a where. But for the most part we don't see that as a bad thing. few extra bucks. Having sat through some Heinz given most of the legislation we've seen. If it were up to us, Ketchup like downloads ourselves, we think a variable Tauzin's "mystery" legislation for holding down monthly speed approach could play well in Peoria. cable bills would forever remain a mystery. On the news front, a new Pew Research study found that There is, however. one measure Tauzin has been toying 60% of respondents regularly watched a cable news net- with that we would like to see on the books. sooner rather than work, while 57% said they regularly tuned to news on a later. It would authorize satellite TV companies to offer local major broadcast network. Cable and the Internet are TV signals within their markets. Such a law would spur com- increasingly worthy competitors for the news audience. petition, obviate new cable regulations. extend the reach of TV Then there was the news that TV Guide would be yet stations and mitigate the problems stemming from satellite another feather in Malone's cap. which already has more importation of TV signals from distant markets. Passing such quills than a Sioux ceremonial headdress. It may be just legislation will not be easy, even for the capable Tauzin. another -ho- hum -billion -dollar deal, but it felt like a Tough issues need to be resolved. most notably whether satel- metaphor for the shifting balance of power that the publica- lite TV companies that carry some local TV signals would tion would now be partly in cable's camp. have to carry all signals. Broadcasting. cable, copyright and At least one bump in the road was a study released last satellite interests are pulling in different directions. We know week that showed that women in cable programming jobs from watching Tauzin for 18 years that he can find ways to made considerably less last year than their male counterparts. pass this bill. The question is, can he lind the will?

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www.americanradiohistory.com "At family dinners, I was the ii' started fixing radios when I was 12 years old. I would fix the odd man out only neighbors' radios and if it was -the something beyond what I could fix, I conservative in town, I think." would take the insides out, put them in my wagon and drag them down to a local radio shop where I learned about fixing radios. Then I'd take the radio back and make a couple of bucks that way."

"I started in the business as a cable supplier in

Mankato, Minnesota in 1956. When I heard that there was going to be a cable system in Mankato, l

sold the system its cable. Because I became, by default, Minnesota's cable expert, I designed and built the Rochester system in '58 and then stayed on. When Jack Kent Cooke bought that system in 1965, he moved me out to Beverly Hills to be his vice president of engineering. Six months later I became his executive vice president. He was very misunderstood by most people. I think I understood him. I didn't always agree with him, but I understood him. He was a real mentor."

"When I was five, my father died after a long illness and left my mom with four kids. She worked at home on our dining room table, making custom drapes. She often would say, 'You can do whatever you want to do; just because you find yourself in a difficult situation doesn't mean you have to stay there,' and she proved it."

"My interest in politics started with a high school debate my senior year. The proposition was 'Resolved: that the American society should abandon the welfare state.' It was a very pivotal

point for me. I got interested in conservative politics which was unusual because my family were Democrats. At family dinners, I was the odd man out-the only conservative in town, I think."

"I look at the whole Bresnan Communications team as part of our extended family. If you look at different cable companies -and it's true of any business, for that matter -it's really the people that make the difference. They are the most important part of the business and we never lose sight of that."

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