CPB topper Carlson: • "Nick N....." a WMIdy half­ tery-ad~pt"GIl'Ul. hOlIrmagahow from "'-'inti. Grove Is now dearin& stItJons Save RFE, Radio Liberty that'. already nlIUIinI on forlid time on theststion's1dIed­ will seD VllICOIII's N"Jcke1odeClll.lt'.aIl bez-. We, whieh Grow to a Corp. for Public Broadcast­ ter, for September '9S. Each epI­ media-buying service. inc topper Richard TH [ ! ! t,' " aode will run in Iyndicadan and .Two DIlII'lPna1ly reted ­ CaNoa urged Congreaa to on Nickelodeon, with........ sbcrn alreIdy on the air, 10th. COIIIider placing Voiee of f'""" ting itlOme 32hOlIra In1dvInce. TY's "Not JUilt the N.ws" ud Ameriea, Rsdio Free Eu­ TPS'MReaI Neftfw1Gda," ha'le • "Kids ofCoureae," whidI dia­ rapeandotbergovernment-backedbroadcastingserviceaunder tnll CIuterTV aaya II a eombi­ pIckecI up new station -.... thearmofCPB. lIlItion of "8eIaIM Street" and menta. 'Ibouch relatively..,... CarIaon lllIde his pitch before the House international opera­ "ReseIle91L"Thehalf-hourweek­ live to produce - bet_ tlonI aubcommittee. a panel chaired by Rep. H--.l8erm& \y goes on-air fall 'IlIlI fw buter $40,000 and $IiO,OOO an ..... (D.CaIIf.). Berman recently olfered legislation that wou1d con­ and fixed caah li_f_nne­ - their diatrlbl say their eMh IIOtidate U.s. government-backed broadcasting dON and cre­ ing from $300 to $IiO a week \ieenIe fees make them stroIII ate a new radio service to A!ian COI1lItri... depending on IlIU'ketme. possibilities to retum next _­ son. Carlson told lawmakers it's redundant to have VOA, Radio Uberty and Radio Free Europe broadeaating to the I&me • "Piek Your Bre/n,"a_ahow Hot ornot, these braiIly pr0p­ hoeted by Mare "Double DIre" lIICIienoea In Asia and Europe. He &lao criticized the Clinton erties &WI faee III uphiU beWe. administretion plan toconaolidate all broadcastingunderUSIA, Summera. DiItribSummit I4edIa ~ aaya atations illmore then 'IO'JI> of "Advertisers want to and to eliminate Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. their spots in III environlllellt fIl the ClOIIlItry are taJdnc the all­ barter weekly half-hour. animated aeriee," sayc !)avid Goodman, aenior VP ofd-.de Diagel sends 'cablegram' • "Mad Seientlata T_ Club­ cllstrlbution for Saban J:nterUIIn­ In a letter to the Federal CommWJications Commission, toon of the Week," a wack,y 1Iei­ ment, who flopped In the 1"1-82 nee ahow that will mix Dve ac­ __with "Wade WorIdolXida" HOllIe Energy and Commerce Committee ehairman Jolin DfDeeU (D-Mich.) urged it "to refrain from IIlceumbing to tion and animation ill a weekly and "K-TV." neither of wbIch barter half-hour. Saban Enter­ political pressures ." from any party interested in these waaaeartoon. proeeedings" when it votes this week to implement k.y pr0­ tainment laya about liO marketa Animated series are in vogue have already cleared It. visions ofthe cable rereg bill. not only with advertiaers, but The mIasive Is seen IIan sttemptto counter a Ilew of letters • An untitled 26-haJ(-ho\lredu­ with International ~ from cable-bashing lawmakers In the last week. which urged ationallentertalnment pfOl!'lllll and with homevideo compenlee the FCC to take a hard against the eabIe industzy. from Disney's nne In the U.S. and abroad. aaya Privately. FCC employees have complained that lOme Capi. Goodman. toI Hill stalfers are pressuring the agene)' to draft more So why are only three of the draconisn rules. One FCCsourcelaid congresaionalatalfersare nine thows eartoons1 trying to "reinvent legislative history." Varioua lIOUl'Ilee lIyanimation can COlt 10 timee II mueh II Iive-eetion. The prieieet ~ Bel A1Wic gets tims-by1!hone1lOd from Disney and Wamer Broa. The FCC approved Bell Atlantic Corp.', bid to become the TV, can cost UP to $425,000 • first regional Bell telephone company todeliver ftIms and other haIf-hour, lIOUl'Ilee say, lIlWinc video programming overphone 1ines. that Hanna·BIl'bera's 10 for The approval stems from an FCC decieioIllut year to a110w I2liO,OOO to $2'16,000 a haIf-hour. te1eos to deliver programmilIg over a "rideo diaItone," an The av.... ha1f-hour aartoon unbitiouaplan that permitaeuatornersto"dial up" TV ahows ar COlt is som.where III'OWId ft1m& overthe phone line and be billed on a pel'-JIl"CIIr&IlI baaia. S260,OOO, persourc:es. Bell Atlantic, which is the 1oca1 phone service provider in the C!Ieap .....1Hu1iIIg Ilid-Atlantic region, plans to teat video diaItone In the homes of 400 ofits employees In the D.C. suburbs. But even th. much ehMper live«tionkida shows find Ithard to keep afloat in a competitiw TIO IIIIdI TV violence? environment where a 1 rating The Boston-based Foundation to Improve 'Thlevislon aaked may be all they can aspire to. th. FCC to limit excessive TV violence during prime viewing In a typical ~, a 1 hours. retingmayfetch on1y a1Iout a,oao The foundation gave the FCC seven "ru1ema1dng options." for a 3O-seeond spot, aaya one such II the requirement that stations carry "appropriate audio 1IClIII-ee. With the IIlItiona1syndi­ and visual advisories for programs containing excessive vio­ ator holding baek live :lIOs in lence." moat half-hours, the ,.- fw Other options proposed Included: each weekly run ave.....eatto •A requirement that stations carry IIlperimposed M viaua1 on1y $16,000. Even with tile _ warning slgnaJ&" during programs with ~ve violence. repeat most IY1Idleatore buDd •Arequirement thatbroadcasters not airpromos thatcontain Into ltetion contracts, the distri­ excessive violence. bution company will break .ven •A request that the FCC provide pfOl!'llllll designed to only Ifit keeps procIuetlon coati educate kids on the hannful elfects ofTV violence. atabOllt $26,000 a half-hour. All ofthe above barter shows cost more than $26.000 an epi­ N11A II study hate crines sode, with Bob BrIenIa, eenIar The Commerce Dept.'s National 'ThIecommunications and producerfor Lueky Duck PrucIa., lnfonnatlonAdminiatratlon wanta toknowwhetber~ni­ claimingthat"Niek Newa"_ cations plays a meaningful role In so-called "crime& ofhite"and in at more than $100,000 a half­ violent acts sgainst people. hour. The oftice hal Invited civil rights grouPS. media orgs, gov­ But ratings sbouldn't be the ernment agencies. Individuals and other interested grouPs to aole detenninut of _ or comment on the subject. failure, aaya P4I8IY Charren,'-! Specifically, NTIA was ordered by Congreaa to prepare a of Action for Children's Televl­ reportanalyzing ''infonnationon theuseoftelecommunieations, Ilion. including broadcast TV and radio, cable TV, public __TV. "Any stationgenerallJllUll&'lr computer bulletin boards IIId other electronic media to advo­ who invokes retings IIthe be-aI1 cate and encourage violent acts and the commission ofcrime& of and end-all should havehis mouth hate." Wllhed OlIt with soaP." she8&)'lI. Comments are due by April 26 and replies one month later. "And the FCC should IIlpply Dennis Wharton contributed to this report. the 1OlIp, and do the washing." ELECTRONIC MEDIA JVlarcn ~~. l~~o tu......... 11I1'- t«I21 110M• lU124 I ..lU124 11.1128 211.1133 , 1"~5....... I 10N15 12.311• ..UIIIIc.IIr ... ...... llMl7 U114 11.111. Programing scenarios 'Beakman' exiting for network prime time first-run for CBS .,THOMAS TYltER neptive commenta from Ita­ .,THOMAS TYJlER saturday II prime for a _jor revamp, with a Stairreporter tiona. SlIIfreporter two-hour bloc:k of magutne...like elementa in the ''Th.Ia happeaa to be oae of worb, and "Tbe Commish" prone for a move. Los ANGELA-Columbia thole very unique lituationa. Loe AIlaaa--Over the next tw9 days, the four NBC Pic:tureI Televiaion DiatrlbIl­ When you have an educa­ -..a wW nMIIl their prime CMdldat8s for tion la.t week pulled Ita tional PrograDl of thla tort. heW bU ..... bertha, with JDIII1y deIiped Ipe­ TIIeIlb.Y II fertile ground for major chaDp, and weekly ellucational cbil­ it'. an lnc:redible advantage dIIcUl1 for e.rlaiD U-period ueedI. the by 011 W~ 11 whether NBC hu any­ dren'. serle. "Bealunan's to have a national promo­ CBS .... to 1leCIIl tile ....taUoaa tomorrow thiIIIln the hopper better than "HomiI:lde." The World" out of fint-rUn ayn­ tional platform." ........ foIlowecl by ABC ill tile Iftc'Doon. NBC network abo haa to decide on which of thOle clication and moved it to In the weeki aince the Fed­ W......,-UW...J'BC later ill tile day. two IIIChta-« both-it will switch ,ean to non­ CBS'. Saturday morning eral Communlcationa Com­ drama JI'OII'8IIlInI. alate lnatead. minion began publicly de­ '1'bunday wlll get a new anchor, and the middle Tha expected action re­ c:I7iDI the quality of kida TV, of that ....te looks ready to abaorb the new moves the firlt-year "Dealt­ "Beakman" hal become a hot ifere ve _ of the _jor prime-t1me trouble ..Chftra" IpJDoff. "L.A. Law·... ability to hold JDIII1" World" from W Ita­ property because of ita blend apotI and poaible lChedulinc moves: down Ita uaual 10 p.m. slot II In doubt. Canc:ella­ tiona covering 88 perceIlt of of entertaiJlment and infor­ CBS tion iIn't out of the queation. but a .hUt to a the c:ountry when the show matiOJl. lower-rated llight II more likely. mov. to CBS next fall. CBS'.1I.c:eDalng of the show IIon4a.lrI may look a bit diffeADt next fall, with On Frldaya, NBC II playing with the idea of a Following the March 17 will allow ita affillat8s an im­ a CIlIIledy IWap from ~a poutbiJity. two-hour "PerryMason"-driven movie wMel. CBS Ileal. The Learning portant propam with which WedDeIday'•• p.m. (ET) bouf II lUre to be In And the network probably wlll, for 0D01, get a Channel, which e:urreDtly tel­ to _t any FCC acrutilly; plq, and a _jor chanp there could mean re­ reprieve from ita annual Sunday night revamp, evIIa "Beakman'.