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No.1 more than in the , aies!. . The news ratings are news is better than ever. Because Eyewitness News at 10 p.m. swep e major demographics -winning or tieing 44 out of 45 categories in Arbitron and 41 out of 42 in Nielsen.' Wider margins and greater percentages than ever before. Which just proves that when you're good you get watched. So put more punch than ever into your media stra tegy. Choose KSTP -TV... No. 1 more than ever. EYEWITNESS NEWS KSTP -TV MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL For complete information contact your local Petry 01 ice. or call KSTP -TV's Jim Blake or Dave Garvin at (612) 645 -2724. 'Source: Arbitron, Minneapolis-St. Paul. Nov. 1975: Nielsen, Minneapolis -St. Paul. Nov. 1975. 7-day program audience averages. TSA. Estimates subject to limitations of said reports. Insurance is too good a bargain. Insurers cant afford it. For 225 years, the property /liability financial institutions won't lend insurance business has been providing money for cars or houses without financial protection to the American pub- insurance protection on the prop- lic. Today, that system is in jeopardy. erty. Without insurance, people have Inflationary claims costs and inade- no financial protection against a quate rates resulted in nearly $7 billion catastrophic loss. in underwriting losses in the last two The crisis in insurance availability is years. No business can suffer continuing caused by rates that are just too low to losses like that and remain around for cover costs. For example, property insur- long. Thirty insurance companies didn't. ance premiums for homes have increased They were declared insolvent or placed only 35% since 1967, according to the in conservatorship in the first 11 months Consumer Price Index. The costs of re- of 1975. Without adequate rates, more painting a living room and dining room companies are threatened. are up 117 %; residing a house, 92 %; re- The effect on the public is to make shingling a roof, 125 %. Residential con- insurance more difficult to obtain. struction costs overall are up 75 %. Resi- Today, some people are having dential fire losses now cost more than $1.2 trouble purchasing the protection billion a year, a 100% increase since 1967. they need. Businesses can't operate To cover rising losses and to insure without liability protection. Doctors insurance availability for tomorrow's can't afford to practice without mal- needs, adequate rates must be allowed practice coverage. Banks and other by the regulatory authorities.

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NEW DEBATE ON CABLE POLICY House subcommittee for incorporating identification material into TV pictures. staff's report renews confrontation between conventional Testing was expected to pave way for regular commercial - broadcasters and CATV; starts one between Congress monitoring service for advertisers. PAGE 37. and the FCC. Recommended: lifting of most federal controls, let marketplace decide. FCC's role would be RADIO CO -OP BOOM Radio Advertising Bureau's lessened, state and local authorities would have more say. Walthius predicts that by yearend all "significant" PAGE 19. retailers in U.S. will take advantage of manufacturer's advertising allowances. PAGE 38. STATION TRADING BROADCASTING'S annual report on buying and selling of broadcast properties finds business TWO IN A ROW ABC -TV for second week takes top on upswing after decline in 1974 that carried over to rating numbers. NBC -TV engineers first second -season 1975. Brokers consider 1976 outlook good. 7bp cuts with announcement The Cop and the Kid and Grady transactions of past year are summarized. PAGE 25. will end March 11. PAGE 38.

NO PRECEDENT FCC disposes of first of nine petitions THE PLAINTIFFS' DEFENSE Family -viewing court to deny that had been filed by Justice Department on action continues as Hollywood people oppose motions to grounds of media control. But in renewing Cowles dismiss filed by the major commercial networks, NAB Communications' KCCI(TV) Des Moines, commission and FCC. PAGE 39. warns others facing challenge not to routinely expect same treatment. PAGE 28. NOT FAR FROM THE MAINSTREAM CPB- commissioned Roper report concludes that composition of public -TV WMCA FILE CLOSED FCC elects not to take any further viewers parallels total population `fairly closely" PAGE 40. action on personal -attack case that was remanded to it by appeals court. Still undetermined is how order should be PROBLEMS BACK HOME State and regional cable interpreted in similar proceedings in future. PAGE 30. association presidents come to Washington with much on their minds. One sore spot: local regulation. PAGE 41. MORE NEWS STRENGTH Group W signs with AP Radio and ABC Radio for its AM outlets. Move also will permit Group W's Washington bureau to provide more VIACOM'S NEW ARM In -house unit is formed to acquire specialized news coverage there. PAGE 31. pay-cable programing and eventually offer it to West Coast customers. PAGE 42. WESTIN, ABC PART Policy disagreement believed behind resignation. Skinner now in charge of Reasoner GOOD NEWS FROM MERRILL LYNCH Television nightly show; Sanders heads Closeup unit. PAGE 32. apparently is one reason why this brokerage firm is bullish on America. PAGE 43. FORD -REAGAN. DEBATE White House counselor Hartmann sends up idea to UPI, but Mead and others RECORD GAINS IN '75 Cox Broadcasting begins 1976 shoot it down. PAGE 32. on an optimistic note after reporting new highs in net income and operating revenues. PAGE 43. CIA HELPERS Jaffe's tale ofjournalists' link is generally discredited, but House committee was to come CLIMBING THE LADDER R. Ross Garrett joined 3M in up with report on news organizations that cooperated 1947 as PR representative and has risen through ranks to with intelligence agency. PAGE 33. become executive director of staff marketing services. New ANA chairman and all -out company man tells how PLUG PULLED FCC and IDC Services give up on idea he got there and where he's headed now. PAGE 85.

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Broadcasting Fab 2 1976 3 KTWO Radio, Wyoming's pioneer radio station, is in its 45th year of broadcasting. Already the state's most powerful signal with more Wyo- ming adult listeners than any other station, K -2 now increases day and night to the maximum power allowed any AM radio station in the United States.* KTWO provides Wyoming with a clear channel radio service all across the state.

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220 preregistered delegates so far. Exhibit (see page 31), will feature series of events. Uncommitted area, about same size as last year, is 75% Next will be high -level reception in President Ford is still keeping options sold with expectation of more than 100 Washington March 10. Eight days later open on future speaking engagements of manufacturers and suppliers attending. International Radio Television Society will major interest to broadcasters and allied Big interest this year is in satellite receive present company with Gold Medal Award groups. National Association of equipment, which 10 companies plan to at banquet in New York (BROADCASTING, Broadcasters is keeping its Monday display. Jan. 26). Biggest event will be joint schedule flexible for March 21 -24 national convention of radio and TV affiliates in convention in Chicago. And Electronic New York, June Hangup 20-22. On June 27 Industries Association presumably is network will give reception in Los Angeles doing same for its March 24 annual FCC staff is split on ways to enforce part of for creative and production community. Washington dinner. New procedure at fairness doctrine that says broadcasters White House is to withhold decision until must deal with controversial issues of about two weeks before events. public importance (kind of programing Breather that triggers fairness disputes). General counsel says over -all performance should Inactivity of Justice Department on such Birthright be reviewed at license renewal time, matters for past year should not be taken though broadcasters would be notified of as sign it won't proceed with more Spinoffs of TV series hits continue to petitions to deny license renewals to prosper. Premiere of Laverne and Shirley, complaints when received. Broadcast Bureau wants to deal with complaints as stations that it considers part of undue Happy Days spinoff, last Tuesday (ABC, concentrations of media ownership, Jan. 27, they arise. Staff division of opinion is one 8:30 -9 p.m., NYT) drew 35.1 officials there say. It's waiting to see what rating and 49 share, among highest -rated reason FCC has been delayed in disposing of petitions for reconsideration of June happens to nine petitions it has on file at series premieres in years. Next night, FCC. "We don't have enough people to ABC's new second -season 1974 fairness report. Bionic Woman run an FCC practice on a daily basis," one (8 -9 p.m.), spinoff of The Six Million When it finally acts on petitions for reconsideration, in week or two, official said, though he added that case Dollar Man, had third smash week in row with unusual characteristics would with 26.9 rating, 41 share (see page 38). commission is expected to take up, and bury, Chairman Richard E. Wiley's probably lead to action. Highest -rated new show from last fall FCC last week rejected one of continues to be Phyllis, spinoff suggestion that fairness doctrine be of The department's petitions, against KCCI -TV Mary Tyler Moore Show, and other suspended for radio in several large markets. U.S. Court of Appeals in Des Moines, Iowa, but not in any way to consistent spinoff winners (with set precedent (see page 28). progenitors in parenthesis) are: Rhoda Washington is regarded as having raised (The Mary Tyler Moore Show), Maude and serious if not insurmountable obstacle to The Jeffersons (All in the Family), Good implementation of plan when, in opinion Times (Maude), S. W.A.T. (The Rookies) last month, it expressed view that Fading red carpet and Barnaby Jones (Cannon). Upcoming Congress "enacted" doctrine into law in Whether it's backwash of Watergate and is Superstar (Streets of San Francisco). its 1959 amendment to Section 315 political clean -ups or simply lower political Only recent spinoff failure is NBC's (BROADCASTING, Jan. 26). sensitivities of new generation in Grady (Sanford and Son), and industry broadcasting, government officials, sources attribute that fizzle to fact that Hot prospect including those at FCC, are complaining Norman Lear was not involved (having of disappearance of amenities they used to split with Bud Yorkin after Sanford had Up- and -coming is term increasingly get when traveling. Recent complaint established itself as big hit). applied by colleagues to 40- year -old Bob came from commissioner who wasn't met Wussler, vice president, CBS Sports. at airport by car from station on which he Installed as sports chief in July 1974, he's had agreed to do interview, wasn't fed Scrubbed brought innovations, new events and dinner he expected. Going it alone on better ratings to CBS sports Electronic Industries Association is generally government travel allowances could keep coverage. He already had strong track forgoing presentation of its 1976 Medal of officials home. as vice -general manager Honor Award, which had been scheduled record president of CBS -owned WBBM -TV Chicago and, for presentation at annual government - before that, as CBS News director of industry dinner in Washington March 24. special events, executive producer of Experience counts Robert W. Sarnoff had been selected but convention, and - with his retirement from chairmanship of political election space Stations are not making as many January shot coverage. RCA Corp. at year's end he notified EIA changes in their prime-time access periods There are those in CBS who say Mr. he felt it would be inappropriate to accept. as in previous years, according to Wussler is qualified for almost any bigger syndication sources. Main reason, says job that becomes available, presidency of one veteran syndicator, is that it's pretty Cable count CBS News, for example, or CBS much race among network affiliates in Television Network. National Cable Television Association is access time. There are fewer failures projecting 4,500 in attendance at April 4 -7 among access -time shows this season Dallas convention. Same goal was targeted Party time because stations have learned how to for last year's event, which attracted only Celebration of NBC's 50th anniversay program those periods. "They're not 3,482 -29% drop from 1974. Initial year, opening with 50th birthday banquet making the mistakes they make in the first preregistration mailing that went out in for WNBC(AM) New York last week under years of the rule," says another December, earliest ever, has brought in auspices of Broadcast Pioneers Foundation syndication official.

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 5 BusinessEBriefly

Procter & Gamble O Camay soap by March, Women, 18 to 49 and 25 to 49, P &G, Cincinnati, will be advertised in 60 are target of agency, Lewis & Gilman, markets in TV campaign March 1 to April Philadelphia. 11. Fringe 30's geared to women, 25 to 54, are handled by Leo Burnett, Chicago. Sperry & Hutchinson S & H Green Stamps will be spotlighted in spring spot - TV campaign to begin March 24 and General Motors Annual push on continue until end of May. SSC &B, behalf of company's trucks will be New York, is in process of lining up launched in late February on spot TV in extensive list of markets to reach women, 203 markets for three or four weeks, 18 to 34 and 18 to 49. depending on market. Campbell -Ewald, Detroit, is in process of making buys to Plochman Inc. Company's mustard reach men, 18 to 49 and 25 to 54. will be advertised in 15 -week spot -radio campaign to begin in mid -February in six Melville Shoes Variety of shoes and Midwestern and Southern markets. In Alpo Dog -food company will join with sandals by Thom McAn (Melville Shoes, early May spot TV effort will be launched S.C. Johnson Co., maker of Johnson's Worcester, Mass.) will be advertised in 27 in same markets for six weeks. Scott & Wax, to partially sponsor new 26 -week markets beginning March 22 for three Scott Advertising, Chicago, will slant cycle of 90- minute late -night talk- variety weeks. Flight of fringe and prime -time TV commercials toward viewers and Sammy & Company, with Sammy Davis 30's features men's and women's styles. listeners 12 and over. Jr. as host. Alpo's agency is Weightman, Ted Bates & Co., New York, will handle Philadelphia, and Johnson's is Foote, Castle & Cooke Foods Dole division creative; Independent Media, New York, is Cone & Belding, Chicago. Weekly series, of C &C, San Francisco, will begin network buyer. which starts its third 26 -week cycle in TV campaign for pineapple products April, has signed up 83 stations, for 76% March 8 to run through April 15. Prime - Xerox Company's 800 ETS automatic coverage. Key stations include wNBC -Tv time 30's are handled by Foote, Cone & typewriter will be advertised on spot TV in New York, KNBC -TV Los Angeles, WGN -TV Belding, San Francisco. extended list of markets for four weeks, Chicago, wRc -Tv Washington, wwJ -Tv starting in early March. Needham, Harper Detroit, KGO -Tv San Francisco and wEws- Sealy Inc. Earl Ludgin & Co., Chicago, & Steers, New York, is seeking to reach Tv Cleveland. There are seven national is together its first national spot - men, 25 to 54. putting minutes with each 90 minutes. Stations TV campaign for Sealy mattress, get Sammy & Company free with those beginning in mid -February Monarch Wine Manischewitz and and seven commercial minutes factored in, continuing for five weeks. Sealy had been various other wines by Monarch Wine Co., and are accorded 11 minutes to sell network its licensees Brooklyn, N.Y., are featured in spring -TV advertiser and locally. Syndicast Services Inc., New York, local TV. National spot -TV effort campaign beginning end of February and have used is bartering series. be year. running through early April in two -week expected to enlarged during is women, 18 flights. TV 30's in network and spot, and Agency seeking to 49, via John H. Breck Inc. O Breck Clean spots in daytime and fringe periods. radio 60's in network and spot are Rinse will be supported by spot radio scheduled to include upwards of 50 spot effort to 19 major markets for four weeks, markets. Budget is in range of $750,000 Ditto of California Van Nuys, Calif., starting March 22. Richard K. Manoff Inc., to S1 million. Savitt Tobias Balk, New York, maker of jeans has bought partial New York, is slanting commercials toward is agency; R.D.R. Associates/Time Buying sponsorship of CBS -TV Grammy Awards women, 12 to 24. Services, New York, handles placement. show, 10 -11:30 p.m., Feb. 28. Bachman Foods Potato chips and Commercials will dramatize theme, "Feel Texas Instruments O Consumer pretzel products will be advertised via the Fit :' and subsequently will be major retailers. Products Division of Texas Instru- spot radio in substantial list of markets in available to ments, Dallas, will run campaign for Northeast for two weeks, starting in mid- calculators March 1 -28. Fringe and prime Descind Manufacturer of wide -brim 30's are targeted to men, 25 to 54, in hats, through Leo Baron, New York, begins substantial number of mostly major eight -week campaign in mid -March for Rep appointments Avery - markets. Tracy- Locke, Dallas, is agency. in run Knodel, New York, has been named spot -radio, starting Chicago, to through Easter. Message is at national representative for WJCL(FM) aimed Company's Ajax Colgate cleanser, Savannah, Ga. Bolton /Burchill black men, 18 to 34. through Norman, Craig & Kummel, will be International, New York, has been accorded major nationwide seven -week appointed national rep for WWBA -AM- radio campaign, both network and spot, Van Heusen Division of Phillips -Van FM St. Petersburg and WCGL(FM) beginning later this month. Ajax's buy Heusen Corp., New York, has on Jacksonville, both Florida. J.A. appointed ABC, CBS, NBC and Mutual will be Scali, McCabe, Sloves, New York, as Lucas Co., Los Angeles, has been supplemented by spot buys, in still agency. Grey had handled account for 34 named national rep for KuoE -AM -FM undetermined number of markets, years; termination was by mutual Oceanside and Kels(AM) through stations consent. serviced by Katz, John Bakersfield, both California. SMS initial campaign for fall Blair,' Eastman and other radio rep firms. includes TV.

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(See you at NATPE! Fairmont Hotel, Suite 210.) WRANGLER Associates, White Plains, N.Y., created copy for campaign and Western `NO-FAULT' International Media Corp., New York, is 100% COTTON DENIM placing advertising on news and sports JEANS AND JACKETS DP -2 shows to reach male business executives, WITH SANFOR-SET 35 and older. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. all new Spot radio effort pointing up low cost of Mutual policies will go into first flight of 1976 later this week on 28 stations in automation New York, Philadelphia, Seattle, Denver, Providence, R.I., and Phoenix. This initial three -week flight will be followed by system another three -week buy in late March and four -week splurge next fall. Warwick, ' Wrangler "No- fault" jacket and jeans Welsh & Miller Inc., New York, which by Blue Bell Ines Wrangler ( "Wrangler created catch -phrase, "See the low cost from thinks Americans should get what they Phoenix Mutual policies other insurance pay for ") will be advertised in network TV companies may not want you to see :' is and spot radio for eight weeks beginning buying 60- second spots in time periods March 15. Radio spots in 46 markets on designed to reach men and women, 30 to contemporary format stations are 49. budgeted at $500,000. TV 30's in mostly prime time cost an estimated $2.1 million. Duff -Gordon Company's dry sherry, Altman, Stoller, Weiss, New York, is through Grey Advertising, kicks off nine - agency. week spot -radio campaign Feb. 16 in Chicago, Washington and Philadelphia. International Harvester n Chicago - Spot is aimed at black adults, 25 to 49, so based company's '76 Scout II, Traveler black stations will be emphasized in buys and Terra sports utility vehicles are made by GC! Sales. featured in spot -TV /print campaign aimed It's here! The all -new DP -2. Micro- at outdoorsmen. Early fringe and prime - Avon Various products will be processor controlled, it offers more advertised in heavy spot -TV push to begin standard yet custom features than time 30's are being used. Ketchum, MacLeod & Grove, Pittsburgh, is agency. on Feb. 9 and continue for eight weeks in any other unit available today . , . features such as 8,000 event capac- long list of markets. Ogilvy & Mather, New In its first ity; built -in external function con- Sevin Business Machines York, is aiming for women, 18 to 49, via trol; automatic record of network; use of television, Sevin is spending spots on daytime and fringe periods. extended job routines; special estimated $100,000 on four -week codes such as "link," "repeat campaign to begin this week in New York, Fiat Two TV spots for Fiat (Montvale, blocks," "voice track"; interfacing Los Angeles and Boston on behalf of its N.J.) begin six -week run this week in 52 to other computers; video readouts 750 Plain Paper Copier. Sevin will return markets. Prime, fringe and sports 30's are and up to 40 audio channels! to spot -TV during April, May, June, August, in two varieties: "School is Closed" Available in a low -boy console September and October for six to seven - snowbelt commercial and "Live with lt," with desk or standard racks, it's week flights each within those periods in continuing a familiar theme. Carl Ally, versatile and inexpensive and it's approximately 10 markets. Sklar New York, is agency. from the people who invented computer assisted broadcasting -SMC. Get all the facts on this new profit - maker today. Return the coupon below for more information. BAR reports television- network sales as of Jan. 11 ABC $22.309,100 (27.4 %) CBS $29,801500 (36.6 %) NBC $29,365,600 (36.0 %) Total Total minutes dollars week week 1976 total 1975 total change ended ended 1976 total dollars dollars from Systems Marketing Corporation Day parts Jan. 11 Jan. 11 minutes year to date year to date 1975 1005 W. Washington Street Monday- Friday Bloomington, Illinois 61701. 309 -829 -6373 Sign-on 10 a.m. 111 $ 617.500 148 $ 790,500 $ 742,400 + 6.5 -ota.o t Bwatadtau7Arwttiot. Monday- Friday 1 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 1,011 10,787,900 1,357 18,076,100 18,311,900 1.3

I want to know more about DP -2. Saturday- Sunday YES Send complete information and Sign -on -6 p.m. 310 5,551,500 518 12.135,500 11,000,300 +10.3 have your Representative call me. Monday- Saturday 6 4.872,600 Name p.m.-7:30 p.m. 102 2,693,500 154 4,942,100 + 1.4 Sunday Station 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. 13 622,700 33 1,916,800 1,057,000 +81.3

Address Monday -Sunday Zip 7:30 p.m.-11 p.m. 407 23,833,900 646 38,877,200 40,368,900 3.7 Monday- Sunday Phone (area code) 11 p.m.-Sign-off 179 3,230,000 260 4,738,000 4,014,200 +18.0

76 -100 WIN Total 2,133 347,337,000 3,116 $81,476,200 $80.367,300 + 1.4

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City Location FM Radio AM RaRo Talavision New York, N.Y. WRFM Stereo Loa Angeles /Avalon. Calif MG Stereo KBRT IOA00 Watts Skokie/Chicago, III. Stereo Seattle. Washington ÑCLRBSA Stereo KIRO 50.000 Watte KIRO Kansas City. Mo. KMBR Stereo KURZ 5,000 WMIs Sall Lake City. Utah KSL Stereo KSL 50,000 Walls K5L crimakie and Bonneville Broadcast Consultants, Tonally, N J. WRFM is represented by Torbt- Lanier, Inc. 'Source'. New York Alb,tron survey emanate. Ost/Nov '75, TSA. Average Quarter Bout. B AM -Mid.. Mon. -Son., adults 18+ NM sublet, to oustihcalions of report quoted. The stations built on service Monday&Memo® A broadcast advertising commentary by Aiv.n Bennett, vice president- marketing. Dunkin' Donuts, Randolph, Mass.

Spot television: a staple tions- except for those keyed to a special on Dunkin' Donuts' menu occasion such as Halloween -can be timed according to local preferences. And the added impact of TV exposure can be put to Spot TV has emerged in the past two years work as needed in such smaller markets as as a key promotional tool for Dunkin' Bangor, Me., as well as in large Donuts, the nation's largest donut and metropolitan areas such as New York or coffee chain. Chicago. While newspaper advertising remains an Generally, these TV commitments are important part of our media mix, more coordinated at the district level in each than half of our media budget of approx- zone. At an early date, the area marketing imately $2 million now goes into televi- manager meets to discuss upcoming cor- sion. TV is being used for our shops in poration promotional plans and presents about 75 markets for both premium and recommendations on TV advertising, price-off advertising. which are generally accepted by the group A major factor in the effectiveness of of stores involved. In addition, some areas our approach to spot TV is that commer- plan their own individual price promotions cials are geared to a dual purpose- build- and can request that TV commercial tags ing an over -all image for our product and be supplied for this purpose. service concept, and at the same time We know that these TV spots bring a offering a specific value that is appealing Alvin Bennett joined Dunkin' Donuts high level of direct consumer response. enough to create immediate consumer seven years ago as director of marketing and is now For example, before we introduced buying. vice president of marketing. He previously Munchkins nationally in 1974, we tested Local television advertising has made an was associated with advertising agencies for the in 10 important product and our advertising contribution to the sales of the 15 years, five of them as owner of his own markets. We found that while print adver- more than 800 Dunkin' Donuts outlets, agency in Buffalo, N.Y. His New York agency tising created 20% more incremental with average sales an gain of 20% over the past experience includes five years with West Weir than no advertising, the use of TV jumped two years. In fiscal 1975 total chain & Bartel and three years with Benton & Bowles. incremental sales by 35 %. In subsequent volume rose to a record high of more than promotions, TV have $185 million. spots jumped response by as much as 100% in some Results closely tied to our products. In 1974, we have not been achieved by areas, depending on the promotion. guesswork. Much time and effort have sold almost one million quart Thermos been devoted by the company and bottles filled with coffee, at $1.99. And last All Dunkin' Donuts franchise owners franchise owners to developing promo- year we introduced Munchkin Punch, a use print advertising, and some employ tions for greatest impact on volume and non -carbonated fruit drink, in a half - radio, but well over half of them today are testing them out in selected markets. gallon picnic jug for $1.99. The premiums also buying television time on a consistent The fall 1975 campaign carried out by generally yield a fair profit to the shop basis. The advertising fund provides an Dunkin' Donuts is a good illustration of operator, and they have been valuable in allowance of $1 for each $2 spent by a this approach. We created three 30- second building volume and attracting new franchise owner on TV and other approved singing commercials on the theme, customers. advertising, and many operators have "Something's Always Cooking Down at There are, of course, special considera- found that combining print with TV has a Dunkin' Donuts," to emphasize the fact tions involved with advertising in the synergistic effect on their sales. that our products are constantly fresh. But franchise field. In the case of Dunkin' The ability to advertise on TV also car- each was aimed at a separate merchandis- Donuts, all shops contribute 2% of gross ries important internal benefits for the ing target. One featured a special price sales to an advertising fund, with the local franchise owner, who is basically a offer on our Big Bunch Bucket of guarantee that at least half of this will be small businessman. With TV, the store be- Munchkins, which are bite -size donut used for advertising directly to their comes a major local advertiser, and this treats made in five flavors. Another pro- geographic area. The remainder is devoted brings prestige and better employe morale. moted 15 donuts for the price of 12, and to the development of new products and Workers feel a sense of pride and partici- the third was built on a premium offer of a promotions. This arrangement encourages pation, and they become more excited decanter filled with Munchkins. The com- franchise owner interest and participation about the company and involved in serv- mercials were integrated with 10- second in promotions, from initial concept ing customers and carrying out promo- tags applying to each market area. through testing and execution. As a mat- tions. Each promotion was backed up by point - ter of practice, many promotions for Since the great majority of Dunkin' of- purchase materials in the stores and, in chain -wide participation are reviewed with Donuts outlets are franchise -operated, the addition, we ran sales contests for a marketing advisory committee that in- success of the corporation is closely tied to employes that gave them a chance to win cludes five franchise owners from each of the volume and profits achieved by each prizes based on their individual efforts. the company's five marketing zones. location. With rising costs and increasing On the decanter offer, a $2 value Dunkin' Donuts operators have options competition, progress demands more designed to sell at 99 cents, Dunkin' on how their advertising allowances are ap- sophisticated techniques in all areas of Donuts shops moved more than 1.5 plied, and many make supplemental in- management. One of the most crucial is in million units in a five -week period. Adver- vestments from their own funds. By plac- how the chain deals with its public, and tising during the initial two weeks was con- ing major emphasis on local TV spots, here spot TV is proving to be a powerful centrated heavily in spot TV, followed by rather than network participation, we are weapon, both for promoting immediate print ads. able to provide them maximum flexibility sales in a given target area, and for build- Our most successful promotions have and efficiency for their TV expenditures. ing long -term appeal of our product and been through offers of premiums that are With this approach, corporate promo- service concept.

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 10 BROADCASTING PUBLICATIONS INC. Sol Taisho ff. chairman. Lawrence B. Taishoff, president. Maury Long, vice president. Edwin H. James, vice president. Joanne T. Cowan, secretary. Irving C. Miller. treasurer Thanks for Helping Lee Taishoff, assistant treasurer Broadcasting a Good Product newsweekly of broadcasting and allied arts TELEVISIUNo Keep a Good Name Executive and publication headquarters Broadcasting-Telecasting building 1735 DeSales Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20038. Phone: 202 -838 -1022.

Sol Taishoff, editor Lawrence B. Taishoff, publisher eRa PfIT EDITORIAL Edwin H. James, executive editor Donald West, managing editor Rufus Crater (New York). chief correspondent. SLOW COOKER Leonard Zeidenberg, senior correspondent. J. Daniel Rudy, assistant to the managing editor Frederick M. Fitzgerald. senior editor Joseph A. Esser, Randall Moskop, Jonathan Tourtellot, assistant editors. Mark Herrad, Mark Miller, Jay Rubin, staff writers. Prominence in the news and advertising media, along Ian C. Bowen, Barbara Chase, Linda Gimourginas with tremendous sales and consumer acceptance, has (editor's office), Kira Greene, editorial assistants. made Crock -Pot, a household word fast. BUSINESS our name, Maury Long, vice president. It has become part of the language of many marketing David N. Whllcombe, director of marketing. Doris Kelly, secretary. and advertising people, along with that of store buyers, ADVERTISING sales clerks and consumers. Winfield R. Levi, general sales manager (New York). John Andre, sales manager -equipment and Unfortunately, knowledgeable people sometimes forget engineering (Washington). David Berlyn, Eastern sales manager (New York). that our brand name, Crock -Pot, is a registered mark. Ruth Lindstrom, account supervisor (New York). they use it in reference to slow cookers Bill Merritt. Western sales manager (Hollywood). Sometimes and Lynda Dorman, classified advertising manager so- called slow cookers by other manufacturers. This is CIRCULATION wrong. Bill Criger, circulation manager Kwentin Keenan, subscription manager There is only one Crock -Pot Slow Cooker. Rival makes Lucille Paulus, (Mall Jackson, Patricia Johnson, Gregg Karpicky, Joanna Mieao. it. No one else. So when a slow cooker is mentioned or PRODUCTION advertised, it is important that the name,Crock -Pot, be Harry Stevens, production manager used only to identify the slow cooker made by Rival ADMINISTRATION and only by Rival. Please remember that Crock -Pot is Irving C. Miller, business manager an exclusive trademark* of Rival and its use in con- Lynda Dorman, secretary to the publisher Philippe E. Boucher, Gloria Nelson. nection with the slow cooker of any other manufacturer BUREAUS is a direct infringement and improper. New York: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, 10019 Phone: 212- 757 -3280. Rufus Crater, chief correspondent. Rocco Famighettl, senior editor John M. Dempsey, assistant editor Thanks again Joanne Ostrow, staff writer for helping a good product Winfield R. Levi, general sales manager David Berlyn, Eastern sales manager Ruth Lindstrom, account supervisor keep a good name. Harriette Weinberg, advertising assistant.

Hollywood: 1680 North Vine Street, 90028. Phone: 213- 483 -3148. Bill Merritt, Western sales manager Sandra Klausner, editorial- advertising assistant.

Broadcasting' magazine was founded in 1931 by Broadcasting Publications Inc, using the title Broadcasting' -The News Magazine of the Fifth Estate. Broadcast Advertising' was acquired in 1932, Broadcast Reporter in 'Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. 1933, Telecast' in 1953 and Television in 1961. No. 928 614 Broadcasting -Telecasting was introduced in 1946.

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Airport, Atlanta. indicates new or revised listing FCC. Holiday Inn, City -Line, Philadelphia. Registration: clinic. Sheraton James Herman, Jerrold Electronics. 200 Witmer Road, Feb. 10 -11- Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Horsham, Pa. 19044. winter meeting. Featured speakers will be astronaut This week Feb. 8.7- Northwest Broadcasters News Associ- Donald K. Slayton and Frank Reynolds, ABC News. ation annual meeting. Stephan' Shelton, CBS Radio. There also will be a panel discussion on license Feb. 1.3- California Broadcasters Association will be banquet speaker. Sheraton Ritz, Milwaukee. renewal. The Concourse, Madison. Terry Schockley, winter convention. Elton Rule, ABC -TV president, and WKOW -W, Madison, is chairman. John Scali, senior correspondent, ABC News, will Feb. 6- 8- Oklahoma Broadcasters Association speak. Newporter Inn, Newport Beach. winter meeting. University of Tulsa and Camelot Inn, Feb. 10 -11 -South Carolina Cable Television Asso- Tulsa. ciation annual convention. Wade -Hampton hotel, Col- 2 new deadline for filing comments on Feb. -FCC's umbia. Contact: Bud Tibshrany, 2130 Carlisle Street. proposed amendment of parts O and 1 of adjudicatory Columbia 29205; (803) 252 -6595. re- regulation rules (Docket 20626). FCC, Washington. Also in February Feb. 11 Association Broadcasters sales Feb. 2- National Cable Television Association Feb. 8-11-National Friends of Public Broadcasting -Ohio of 4- workshop. Bowling Green State University Union, board meeting. Beverly Wilshire hotel, Los Angeles. fifth annual conference. concurrent with Public Broad- Bowling Green. casting Service annual membership meeting. Century Feb. 3- Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Plaza hotel. Los Angeles. annual congressional -Gold Medal presentation recep- Feb. 12- Southern Baptists Radio and Television tion- dinner. Washington Hilton. Washington. Feb. 8- 12- Public Broadcasting Service annual Commission seventh annual Abe Lincoln Awards. membership meeting. Century Plaza hotel. Los Arthur R. Taylor. president of CBS, will be featured Feb. 3- Television Bureau of Advertising regional Angeles. speaker. Distinguished Communications Medal will be co -op sales workshop. Hyatt Regency, San Francisco. conferred on late Edward R. Murrow, Distinguished Feb. 9-Radio Advertising Bureau co -op sales clinic. Communications Recognition Awards will be given Mr. Fla. Feb. 5- UPI Minnesota Broadcasters meeting and Sheraton Jetport, Orlando, Taylor and Sol Taisholf, editor of BROADCASTING. Tar- presentation of first awards for reporting. Sheraton Feb. 10- Connecticut Broadcasters Association rant County Convention Center, Fort Worth. Ritz, Milwaukee. engineering conference. Meeting will feature Vincent Feb. 12 Advertising Bureau co -op sales Kajunski, chief field inspector of FCC's Boston office -Radio Feb. 5- Television Bureau of Advertising regional clinic. Holiday Inn. Airport, New Orleans. and Donald Aines, emergency communications divi- co -op sales workshop. Wilshire Hyatt House, Los Angeles. sion, FCC, Washington. Hawthorne Inn on Wilbur Feb. 12 -14- Colorado Broadcasters Association Cross Highway, Berlin. winter convention. Stouffer's Denver Inn, Denver. Feb. 5 -8- Society of Cable Television Engineers and Feb. 10- 7Mevision Bureau of Advertising regional Philadelphia Feb. chapter of Institute of Electrical and co -op sales workshop. Royal Sheraton, Kansas City, 12.14 -South Carolina Broadcasters Associ- South Electronics Engineers conference on CATV reliability Mo. ation winter convention. Carolina Governor Luncheon speakers will include Delmer C. Ports, James B. Edwards will be speaker at the Friday ban- NCTA, and Dr. Robert Powers, Cable Television Bureau. Feb. 10 -Radio Advertising Bureau co -op sales quet. Holiday Inn, Florence.

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Broadcasting Feb 2 1978 12 Feb. 13 -Radio Advertising Bureau co -op sales clinic. Inn of the Six Flags, Dallas. Feb. 13 -18- Warnen in Canmunications Inc. career conference and faculty adviser session. Sheraton Chicago, Chicago. Feb. 18 -Idaho Cable Communications Association annual meeting. Downtowner motel, Boise, Idaho. Feb. 18 -17 -North Central Cable Television Associ- ation annual spring meeting. Madison Hilton, Madison, Wis. Feb. 18- Washington State Cable Communications Association annual meeting. Tyree Motor Inn, Olympia. Feb. 19-FCC's deadline for comments on commission's inquiry as to its role in format changes at radio stations (Docket 20682). Reply comments are due March 3. FCC, Washington. Feb. 20 -North Carolina Farm Press, Radio and TV Institute of N.C. Farm Writers and Broadcasters Asso- ciation. Sheraton- Crabtree, Raleigh. Feb. 20- 21- Georgia Cable Television Association annual convention. Senator Sam Nunn (D -Ga.) will be featured speaker. Stouffer's Atlanta hotel, Atlanta. Con- tact: Mary Barnette, P.O. Box 785, Carterville; (404) 382 -4444. Feb. 21 -28- National Association of Television Pro- 01 gram Executives 13th annual conference. Lew Klein, AO% Gateway Communications, is convention chairman; Derk Zimmerman, KBHK -TV San Francisco, is facilities chairman. Fairmont and Mark Hopkins hotels, San Francisco. Wiat,tsokS Feb. 22-25-Bicentennial combined conventions of the National Association of Evangelicals and the Na- tional Religious Broadcasters. Among speakers: FCC Chairman Richard E. Wiley; Dr. Billy Graham, Repre- sentative John B. Conlan (R -Ariz) and Dr. David McKenna, Seattle Pacific College. Shoreham Ameri- cana hotel, Washington. Feb. 23- Deadline for entries in 12th annual ate Armstrong Awards program for excellence and origi- nality in FM broadcasting. Entry forms: Executive director, Armstrong Awards, 510 Mudd building, Col- umbia University New York 10027. Feb. 23 -Radio Advertising Bureau co -op sales clinic. Sheraton LaGuardia, New York. Feb. 24 -Radio Advertising Bureau co -op sales clinic. Colonnade, Boston. Feb, 24-25-Association of National Advertisers TV óKhN workshop. Program chairmen: Harry Way, Colgate - Palmolive, and Peter Spengler, Bristol- Myers. Plaza hotel, New York. wNe.s r Feb. 28 -Radio Advertising Bureau co -op sales eWe clinic. Hilton Inn. Greensboro, N.C. Feb. 28- Community Antenna Television Associ- ation board meeting. CATA offices, 4209 N.W. 23rd Street, Oklahoma City. Fab. 27 -Radio Advertising Bureau co -op sales clinic. Marriott, Key Bridge, Washington. Feb. 27 -29 -Board of trustees meeting, Educational Foundation ofAmerican Women in Radio and 7}levision. Watergate hotel, Washington. Feb. 27- 29- Arkansas Broadcasters Association winter convention. Mount Aire motel, Eureka Springs. Feb. 27- 29- Special seminar on the courts and criminal justice for members of the news media, co- sponsored by the American Bar Association's Section of Criminal Justice and the ABA's National College of the State Judiciary. University of Nevada in Reno. OCAS go,

Ptlaaaa5 Óet1 h` ' March 0 Mer`p. Go March 1- Deadline for entries in Radio Television os Pt\98Ss News Directors Association annual competition. aòts Awards will be given in four categories each for radio and television, including on -spot news, investigative reporting, editorials and the Edward R. Murrow awards for outstanding enterprise and social awareness in the reporting of a significant community problem or issue. Awards will be for four U.S. regions and one encom- passing Canada. Dave Partridge, WFBC -TV Green- ville, S.C., is awards committee chairman. March 1- Deadline for radio and television entries in 19th annual competition for Gavel Awards of the American Bar Association for programing "increasing public understanding of the American system of law and justice" Same deadline prevails for entries In April 4- 7- National Cable TElevision Association an- magazine- newspaper categories and other media nual convention. Convention Center, Dallas. System 90... categories (including wire services and news syndi- cates). Deadlines for books will be Feb. 1. Entry form April 4- 7- Association of National Advertisers sales and information: Gavel Awards, ABA, 1155 East 60th promotion conference, Hyatt hotel, Winston- Salem, the first Street, Chicago 60637. N.C. March 1 -Radio Advertising Bureau co -op sales 9 in clinic. Duality Ims Tower, Cincinnati. April -10- Women Communications Inc. South- micro -computer west region meeting. Holiday Inn, Denton, Tex. March 2 -New York State Broadcasters Association annual meeting and legislative reception. Turf Inn, Alb- April 9-10-Region 2 conference, The Society of Pro- program any. fessional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, for members March 3 -Radio Advertising Bureau co -op sales in Maryland, District of Columbia, North Carolina, Virginia. automation clinic. Hyatt O'Hare- Regency, Chicago. I University of Maryland. College Park. March 5 -Radio Advertising Bureau co -op sales April 9-10-Region 4 conference, The Society of Pro- clinic. Hyatt Regency, Dearborn, Mich. (Detroit). controller! fessional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, for members March 5 -7 -Board of directors meeting, American in Michigan, Ohio, western Pennsylvania and West Women in Radio and nlevision. Sheraton, Scottsdale, Virginia. Ramada Inn, Morgantown, W Va. Ariz. April 9 -10- Region 5 conference. The Society ofPro- March 7 -9 -Ohio Cable T ierision Association an- fessional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, for members nual convention. Marriott Inc, Columbus. in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. Ball State University, March 7 -10 -Data Communications Corp., BIAS Muncie, Ind. seminar. Hyatt Regency hotel, Memphis. April 9-10-Region 6 conference, The Society of Pro- March Public Radio Conference for noncom- 15- fessional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, for members mercial public radio professionals. sponsored by the in North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. University Association of Public Radio Stations, Corporation for of Wisconsin- Madison. Public Broadcasting and National Public Radio. Statler Hilton hotel, Washington. March 17 -20 -Alpha Epsilon Rho The National Major meetings Honorary Broadcasting Society 34th annual conven- Feb. National Association 7klevi- tion. Sheraton -Blackstone hotel, Chicago. Information: 21- 25- of sion 13th annual con- Andy Orgel, AER president, clo CBS Radio, 524 West Program Executives ference. Fairmont and Mark Hopkins hotels, 57th Street, New York 10019; (212) 765-4321, ext Francisco. 1977 conference will be Feb. 2021. San Now, Harris micro -computer 12 -16, Fontainebleu hotel, Miami. technology offers you: March 18-FCC's deadline for comments on AM March 21- 24- National Association of clear channel proceedings to allow I -A clears to oper- Broadcasters annual convention. Chicago. April 19. 15 exclusive features ate with greater than 50 kw. Replies are due 1977 convention will be March 27 -30, Wash- Extremely versatile format FCC, Washington. ington. Future conventions: in 1978, Las control March 18- Women in Communications Inc.'s Jacob Vegas, April 9 -12; in 1979, Dallas, March Scher Awards dinner. Ritz -Carlton hotel, Chicago. 25 -28; in 1980, New Orleans, March 30 -April Easiest operation 2. More "brain power" per March 19- 20- American Forces Radio and Tklevision Service annual worldwide conference. Con- April 4- 7- National Cable T6levision Associ- dollar rad Hilton, Chicago. ation annual convention, Convention Center, much more, and Dallas. 1977 convention will be April 17 -20, There's March 21- 24- National Association of Broad. McCormick Place, Chicago. we'd like to tell you all about it. casters annual convention. Chicago. May 5- 9- American Warnen in Radio and Write Harris Corporation, March 24- Electronic Industries Association Tilevision 25th annual national convention. Broadcast Products Division, government-industry dinner. Mayflower hotel, Wash- Marriott hotel, Philadelphia 1977 convention 123 Hampshire Street, ington. will be April 26 -May 1, Radisson Downtown hotel, Minneapolis. Quincy, III. 62301. March 28 -29- Eighth annual international conference of the International Industrial T levision As- May 12- 15- Annual meeting, American As- sociation. Sheraton- Anaheim hotel, Anaheim, Calif. sociation of Advertising Agencies. Greenbriar hotel, White Sulphur Springs, W Va. March 29- Kickoff banquet for The Personal Com- Broadcasters munications Tito-Way Radio Show (March 30 -April 1). June 3- 5- Associated Press annual meeting. Marquette Inn, Minneapolis. FCC Commissioner Robert E. Lee will be keynote speaker. Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas. June 13- 17- National Association of Broadcasters board meeting. Washington. March 31 -Sixth annual Communications Day of Grahm Junior College. Boston. June 15 -20- Broadcasters Promotion Asso- ciation 21st annual seminar, Statler- Hilton, March 31 -Council cf Churches of the City of New Washington. 1977 seminar will be June 12.16, 12th luncheon. York annual broadcast awards Ameri- Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles. cana hotel, New York. Sept. 12- 18- Institute of Broadcasting Fi- nancial Management annual conference. April Sheraton -Boston hotel, Boston. 1977 con- v-1á ference in mid -September in Regency - I 1:1 April 1 - Deadline for applications tor fellowships in Chicago hotel, Chicago. the humanities for journalists for the 1976 -77 aca- Sept. 19- 22- National Radio Broadcasters demic year, sponsored by the National Endowment Association 1976 Conference & Exposition. for the Humanities. Twelve will be at the University of Hyatt Regency Embarcadero, San Francisco. Ewa , Michigan, 12 at Stanford University. For applications or Chicago will be 1977 site. information: Director, Fellowships in the Humanities for Journalists, 3564 LSA building, University of Oct, 13 -16- Annual meeting, Association of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, or C -3, Cypress Hall. National Advertisers. Broadmoor hotel, Col- Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. 94305. orado Springs. Oct. 24- 27- National Association of Educa- April 2- 3- Region 7 conference, The Society of Pro- fessional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, for members tional Broadcasters 52d annual convention. in South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas. Iowa, Missouri Conrad Hilton hotel, Chicago. and at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. Nov. 9 -11- TElevision Bureau of Advertising Wichita, Kan. annual meeting. Shoreham Americana hotel, Washington eirl HARRIS April Region 10 conference, The of Pro- 2.3- Society COMMUNICATIONS AND fessional Sigma Delta Chi, for members Dec. 11 -16 -Radio 7ikrrision News Direc- INFORMATION HANDLING Journalists, in Washington, Oregon. Idaho, Montana and Alaska. tors Association international conference. Alderbrook. Wash. Americana hotel, Miami Beach, Fla. 1977 conference will be Sept. 14 -18 at Hyatt Regency April 2-4-Region 11 conference, The Society of Pro- hotel, San Francisco; 1978 conference at fessional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, for members Atlanta Hilton hotel, Atlanta; 1979 conference in and California, Nevada, Arizona Hawaii. Nugget at site to be designated in Chicago. J hotel, Reno.

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 14 April 9-10-Region 9 conference, The April 25- 27- Chamber of Commerce of the United Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, for members States 64th annual meeting. Theme will be "200 Years June in Wyoming. Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. Little of Prologue" 1615 H Street, N.W., Washington. America motel Cheyenne. Wyo. June 3- 5- Associated Press Broadcasters annual April 25 -27- Canadian Association of Broadcasters meeting. Marquette Inn, Minneapolis. April 12- Presentation of Janus Awards, designed annual meeting. Chateau Laurier, Ottawa. June 4 -5 -North Dakota Broadcasters Association to recognize excellence in financial news programing, spring meeting. Artclare motel, Devils Lake. at Mortgage Bankers Association of America national April 29- 30- Minnesota Broadcasters Association conference. Washington. spring meeting. Lhotel Sofitel, Minneapolis. June 10- 12- Florida Cable Tèlevision Association annual convention. Don- Ce -Sar Hotel, St. Petersburg April 12- Florida Association of Broadcasters and Beach. University of Florida College of Journalism & Com- June 10- Mississippi Broadcasters Association munications 18th annual Broadcasting Day J. Wayne May 13- 35th annual convention. Reitz Union, campus of UF. Gainesville. Sheraton hotel, Biloxi. May 3-5-National Association of Broadcasters an- June 11 -13 -South nual conference for state broadcast association presi- Dakota Broadcasters Associ- AprIl 18- 17- Region 12 conference, The Society of ation annual meeting. Downtown Holiday Inn, Sioux dents and executive directors. Mayflower hotel, Wash- Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, for mem- Falls. bers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and western ington. Tennessee. University of Arkansas, Little Rock. June 13 -18 -1976 Summer Consumer Electronics May 5- 9- American Women in Radio and Tèlevision Show, sponsored by Consumer Electronics Group, April 18-17- Georgia UPI Broadcasters conference. 25th annual national convention. Marriott hotel, Phila- Electronic Industries Association- McCormick Place, Royal Coach Inn, Atlanta. delphia. Chicago. April 21- 23- Indiana Broadcasters Association May 12.15- Annual meeting, American Association June 13 -18- Video Systems Exposition and Con- of Advertising Greenbriar hotel. White spring meeting. Rodeway Inn Airport. Indianapolis. Agencies. ference, third annual video hardware exhibit, held con- Sulphur Springs, W Va. currently with summer Consumer Electronics Show. April 22- 23- Institute of Broadcasting Financial McCormick Place, Chicago. Mey of Management-Broadcast Credit Association quarterly 12- 14- Washington State Association spring meeting. Red Lyon Motor Inn, June board of directors meeting. Sheraton -Boston hotel. Broadcasters 13 -18- Florida Association of Broadcasters Pasco. 41st annual convention. Breakers hotel, Palm Beach. Boston. May Pennsylvania June 13- 17- National Association of Broad- April 23- 24 -SDX Distinguished Service in Journal- 12- 18- Association of Broad- casters annual convention. Brittania Beach hotel. casters board meeting. Washington. ism Awards and Region 1 conference, The Society of Paradise Island, Nassau. Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, for mem- June 14- 18- Broad /Comm '76, exhibition of broad- bers in New York, central and eastern Pennsylvania, May 13 -14 -Ohio Association of Broadcasters casting and communications equipment. Participation New Jersey, Delaware and all of New England. spring convention. Sawmill Creek, Huron is limited to U.S. manufacturers. U.S. Trade Center, Rochester, N.Y Mexico City. Information: Mary R. Wiening, project of- May 20 -22 -Iowa Broadcasters Association man- ficer, Office of International Marketing, Domestic and April 23-24--Region 8 conference, The Society of agement conference. Des Moines. International Business Administration, Dept. of Com- Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, for mem- merce, Washington 20230. bers in Oklahoma and Texas. Austin, Tex. May 27- 30- Missouri Broadcasters Association spring meeting. Rock Lane Lodge, Table Rock Lake, June 15- 20- Broadcasters Promotion Association April 23-24 -New Mexico Broadcasters Association Branson. 21st annual seminar. Statler Hilton, Washington. annual meeting. Hilton Inn, Albuquerque. June 20- 23- IVBC'50th anniversary meeting of TV May -June 5 Jeunesse International, bian- April 23-25- %men in Communications Inc. North- 27 -Prix and radio affiliates. Waldorf -Astoria, New York. east region meeting. Chatham Center, Pittsburgh. nual television competition for children's programs, co- sponsored by European Broadcasting Union and June 24 -27 -Rocky Mountain Broadcasters Associ- April 24 -Sigma Delta Chi annual Distinguished Ser- UNESCO. Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, West Germ- ation annual convention. Jackson Lake Lodge, vice Awards banquet. Rochester, N.Y any. Jackson Hole, Wyo.

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Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 15 July 23- Motion Picture Laboratories- Memphis Convention Center. Arkadelphia. July State University film seminar. University Center, MSU, Aug. 18- 30- National Association of Broad- Memphis. casters 10th management developmental seminar. July 14- 17- Colorado Broadcasters Association Harvard University Graduate School of Business Ad- summer meeting. Wildwood Inn, Snowmass. August ministration, Boston. July 19 -20- Institute of Broadcasting Financial Sept. 12- 14- Southern Cable television Associ- Management -Broadcast Credit Association quarterly Aug. 1 2 -13- Arkansas Broadcasters Association ation convention. Fairmont Colony Square hotel, Atlan- board of directors meeting. Washington Plaza, Seattle. summer convention. DeGray State Park Lodge and ta. OpenEMikeR

Poor prescription bership over 10,000, is the oldest and perience than you get sent up the river. I largest organization of broadcast students, am thankful that the FCC has seen fit to EDITOR: I really cannot understand the big educators and professionals. Established establish some EEO guidelines. -David debate between the American Medical As- 35 years ago as the "National Honorary R. Anderson, instructor, radio -TV, State sociation and the Federal Trade Commis- Radio and Television Fraternity," it set out University of New York, New Paltz. sion regarding the right of doctors to ad- to encourage and reward scholarship and vertise. Anyone who has attempted to accomplishments among broadcast stu- schedule an emergency appointment with dents and to establish meaningful com- NPR not afraid to fly a family doctor or, of a more critical munication between student and profes- nature, attempted to find a doctor who was sional broadcasters, working individually EDITOR: In reference to your Jan. 19 article accepting "new patients" in the past five on campuses. In 1974 it became the Na- concerning the public broadcasting in- or 10 years, would have to question who it tional Honorary Broadcasting Society and terest in satellite communications, I would is that's pushing so hard for the "right to took a new and exciting direction. like to correct a misimpression concerning advertise." This year, our national convention will National Public Radio plans. Opening the way to advertising for pur- take place March 17 -20 in Chicago and is The article suggests that NPR prospects poses of encouraging competition would open to all members of the industry and are not good due to failures in technical only compound the problem, confuse the academia as well as the society's member- tests. In fact, the potential for radio is very public and open the door to hucksterism. ship. A E Rho will also be represented at bright for interconnection services includ- It's all well and good for the AMA and its booth on the floor of the National Asso- ing multiple circuits, high quality and FTC to debate the right to advertise, but it ciation of Broadcasters convention and at a stereo. The "failure" reference in the arti- might be nice to include members of the session of the Broadcast Education As- cle refers to one unique alternative that broadcast industry in those debates. sociation's national conference. I was explored that would have permitted a Should the ban be lifted, where would we challenge you to become a part of it all. If reduction in over -all cost by implanting stand? -Dale Z. Dawson, vice president, there is genuine concern by educators for radio carriers in the satellite transponders general manager, WLTH(AM) Gary, Ind. industry input, and if there is genuine con- being used for public television. Those cern by the industry about its future tests were only partially successful and broadcasters, it's time to show it. Let's have caused us to seek other alternatives Common ground work together. Our membership is open, including the leasing of part of a separate and we welcome your support. -Andrew transponder for the NPR services. -Lee C. EDITOR: At various times in BROADCAST- K Orgel, (CBS Radio, New York), na- Frischknech4 president National Public ING, members of the industry, broadcast tional president Alpha Epsilon Rho. Radio, Washington. students and educators have voiced their concern over the relationship between academia and the industry. The comments The Bahakel proposal usually center on student uncertainties No excuse about their personal futures, and on EDITOR: This is in response to the Jan. 12 broadcasters' uncertainties about the EDITOR: This is in reply to Joseph W. "Open Mike" letter from Cy N. Bahakel. value of a college education in broadcast- Heston ( "Open Mike," Jan. 12). Mr. No need to expand the federal budget, ing. Heston stated that he has had difficulty in Mr. Bahakel. Get your facts from the Last year's national radio survey by finding employment due to discrimination source -call us. Seems there has been a Michigan State's Fred Jacobs created quite by the FCC and its equal employment op- communications breakdown, for we have a stir among students and educators. More portunity guidelines. I too am a white always worked for you, not for some col- recently, Stanley Hubbard's letter (Jan. male and have had various degrees of suc- lection of marble buildings known as "the 12) mentioned the "information gap" be- cess in finding employment, but I would government" I strongly suggest that the tween the broadcast schools and the indus- be foolish to say that I could not find any next time you have a question, pick up the try. This information gap is real, and it has one job because of minority hiring. phone. You may be surprised at the been ignored, On page 25 of the same issue, there was response you receive. Incidentally, the TV For too long, a great number of faculty a report that just in Florida there may be branch can be reached at 202 -632 -6495. - members, riding high on their egos and 100 or so stations that have hired people Jim Audet TV engineer, FCC, Washing- their emphasis on book -knowledge, have like Mr. Heston -and not minorities. As a ton. kept professionals out of the classroom. teacher I constantly have blacks, women And for too long, a great number of pro- and other minorities coming to me and EDITOR: Mr. Bahakel wants the FCC to es- fessionals, who complain about the lack of saying that they cannot get a job because tablish an office of broadcast relations to preparation of graduates entering the field, their skin is black or their sex is female. give information to broadcasters on the have done nothing to help the members of Those jobs they want are handed out to various rules and regulations to which the the academic community shape more the Hestons of the nation. broadcast industry is subject. valuable curricula. Mr. Heston, I've seen many minority The FCC already has numerous experts Alpha Epsilon Rho, now with a mem- students with a heck of a lot more ex- who can be reached by telephone to give

Broadcasting Feb 2 197E 1e information concerning their specialties. journalism. It not only sparked many of the first satellite transmission. They are However, the FCC staff is so specialized memories of important events from the so taken for granted, and are slowly help- that it is necessary to talk to a great many past but gave me additional insight into ing to bring us closer to the rest of our different people on the staff, in order to perhaps the most significant conveyers of planet. -Frank Gottlieb, 11 p.m. news get information concerning any particular news and information, the broadcast producer, wLWC(TV) Columbus, Ohio, subject. media. -Jake Garn, U.S. senator (R- (soon to be WCMH). If the FCC were Utah). to establish an office of (Among first voice transmissions from space was broadcast relations, it would have to train President Eisenhower's 1958 Christmas message, or hire people with a broad knowledge of EDITOR: Congratulations. I have finally which was prerecorded for ground -triggered replay the entire field of communications law. had the time to sit down and read "The from the U.S. Signal Corps Score satellite. First extensive use of satellite for international TV, including net- These people would be giving what First Amendment and the Fifth Estate: work newscasts, was in July 1962 with AT &T's Telstar amounts to legal advice, balancing various Broadcast Journalism at the Bicentennial." sending programs between the U.S. and Europe. How- rules and regulations against other rules To say, "I like it," would be an understate- ever, high -altitude relays in TV news reporting dates and regulations, making interpretations ment. 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guiding principle is that shackles should be ing that he does not necessarily agree with Top of the Week placed on the "struggling new service" every recommendation. But he also said only after the need for such hobbles has that the commission "has overregulated been clearly demonstrated, not before. cable to the extent that it has suppressed Battle joined The immediate reactions were predicta- the promise of this new technology," and ble. The National Association of Broad- added: "I believe that the regulatory pro- in new debate casters, ABC and NBC warned of the cess must concern itself more with the serious adverse impact not only on the public interest and less with the private in- broadcasting industry but on the public, terests of competing industries." on national with viewers ultimately being forced to pay Representative John Murphy (D- N.Y.), for programing they now receive free. Ca- second in seniority on the subcommittee cable policy ble television industry spokesmen gen- only to the chairman, also issued a generally expressed delight. Jack Valenti, of erally moderate statement: The advan- House subcommittee staff's report the Motion Picture Association of tages cable television can bring can be signals renewed confrontation America, was happy about the proposals realized only if Congress provides the FCC between conventional broadcasting to lift restrictions on pay cable operations, with guidance on how the balance between but critical its on and broadcast protec- and CATV; most federal controls of recommendations cable development as inadequate to meet the legiti- tion be maintained. on cable would be lifted, with copyright should mate interests of copyright owners. But issue can generate marketplace to decide; FCC scored the emotions the The chairman of the House Com- were in a statement the for siding with broadcasters in evident second maintaining artificial scarcity munications Subcommittee, Torbert H. congressman issued, one in response to a nettle of competition; new equilibrium Macdonald (D- Mass.), seized NAB's. That statement, Representative members Congress have tried to the between services could emerge; most of Murphy said, "is simply sound of the when the report in the arena for future policy planning avoid he called for nation's broadcasters stewing in their own first place. What's more, he will provide a juices. They created a situation where may shift from FCC to Congress have forum for the debate in hearings on cable a small cabal of network PR men and ad- legislation he has scheduled in March. His vertising flacks decide what is marketa- It's been a long time coming, but a na- comment on the report was generally low ble-at $60,000 a commercial minute - tional debate over the role cable television key, and preserved his options, in assert- and, with few exceptions, place such should play in the nation's complex of telecommunications services is now un derway. It was triggered by a report issued last week by the staff of the House Com- munications Subcommittee, a report that provided an agenda for action that would result in a complete overhaul of the regulatory structure the FCC has created for cable. What's more, the report signals a shift in the locus for the debate, and for major decisions on cable regulation, from the FCC to Congress. And the degree of change recommended is vast: Virtually all limits on the importation r a of distant signals would be eliminated, as I would those on pay cable operations. Even operations involving sports, a source of r programing for conventional television that has almost always been regarded as !Willi arvir sacrosanct, would be subject to cable acquisition without advance hindrance. Ca- ble operators would be barred from program origination; in time, they would become common carriers. And the FCC, de- scribed in the report as an agency that its cable with fashioned policies the best Point of departure. This is how the nation's television coverage looks to those who pre- interests of broadcasting in mind, would pared last week's explosive report on cable regulation. The shaded areas are those coun- see its role in the regulation of cable ties in which at least three network affiliates, one independent and one educational station diminished. Concurrently, the role of state are received "significantly" off the air (in conventional ratings terms). The white areas, and local authorities would increase. presumably, would be the target for cable expansion, making up for what the staff report At the report bottom, recommends sees as a failure of the present allocations system to produce more than 900 of the 2,000 abandoning reliance "on any particular television stations originally contemplated. The data is from a 1972 FCC report, and Is technology as the chosen instrument of based on Arbitron research. national communications policy." And its

Broadcasting Feb 2 1978 19 violence, dementia, triviality and plain poor taste programing before 200 million 10 key recommendations for cable policy Americans on the most powerful and pervasive influence on the mind of man ... The House Communications Subcommittee's development would result in overall diminution all in the name of `the public interest."' staff report on cable regulation provided its own of service it should adopt the narrowest possi- Such rhetoric aside, some observers see checklist of actions it felt should be taken to ble restrictions on cable that would prevent the report as evidence that a "consensus" carry out the principles set down in its report. this result. is developing around a new approach to ca- 4. The commission is appropriately con- ble television regulation, one that would 1. The Communications Act of 1934 should cerned about pay cable's ability to siphon films substantially deregulate cable, but impose be amended specifically to encompass cable and sports telecasts from over- the -air broad- television, for its It has the jurisdiction to act in the on it marketplace burdens it has been and call promotion and casting. regulation as an important facet of the "rapid, public interest when such a situation arises spared - specifically, copyright liability. efficient, nationwide" communications system. and should be alert to do so. However, the The members of White House regulato- 2. The Congress should enact a Rural FCC's present pay cable rules exceed the pre- ry reform group, charged with the respon- Telecommunications Act to promote service by vention of potential siphoning, are overly pro- sibility for spearheading President Ford's cable and translators in rural areas. tective of the broadcast industry, and should policy of peeling off the layers of regula- 3. Copyright legislation now being con- be rescinded. The commission should not tion that have accumulated on American sidered by the Congress should provide for a adopt any rules in their place, but rather should business, were among those particularly shift from the current statutory fee schedule to monitor to insure that no siphoning occurs. We interested in the subcommittee staff re- a per -channel charge for distant signals only. believe that the commission (or the Congress) This will ensure that the copyright owner is can act promptly enough should the danger port. The group is drafting an administra- fairly compensated for the use of his product. present itself. tion bill on cable television, and Lynn With regard to restricting the growth of cable 5. The market structure concept (i.e., the May, a member, indicated the report would to protect local over- the-air television stations, government policy should foster an industry not cause the regulatory group any prob- we recommend the abolition of all general structure which increases reliance on market lems. "The report looks good," he said. limitations on cable's carriage of distant sig- forces and reduces the need for close govern- "The issues are the same ones we looked at, nals. Where the commission finds after an evi- ment supervision to ferret out abuse) requires and the conclusions are among the options dentiary hearing that unrestricted cable the earliest feasible adoption of the separa- we discussed. We are going in the same direction [as the subcommittee staff], but we have not had a final call on this." mally on the report. Chairman Richard E. the staff report is important A number of the issues raised and con- subcommittee Wiley would say only that there are some not only for what it says but for the fact it clusions reached are not new. Henry points with which he agrees said he that a Goldberg, who as general counsel of the -he indicates congressional subcommit- has been moving "toward de- regula- tee with legislative jurisdiction in the area Office of Telecommunications Policy had a tion" -and some with which he does is interested in developing cable legis- drafting role in the report of the Cabinet not in the proposed removal of all lation. Committee on Cable Television issued two -as restrictions on pay cable. He also rejects Some commission officials feel the sub- years ago, noted a number of similarities the charge that the commission is "protec- committee staff's criticism of the commis- between the two reports. Among others, tionist." "We look to see whether the actions in attempting to deal with they include the requirement that cable sion's public interest is served" in adopting cable cable come with ill grace. Congress has operators be separated from program origination and that the regulations, he said. avoided the cable issue since 1958, when commission be One member commission for the FCC to regulate prohibited from regulating the of the legislation authorizing programing whom the report may not go far was on leased channels. The Cabinet Commit- enough is the infant industry considered and re- Commissioner Glen O. Robinson. He a the commission has felt tee, too, offered the basic recommenda- said jected. As result, that, although he had not had time to constrained by events to assert jurisdiction tion that detailed federal regulation be sharply reduced. study the report closely, "its general drift over cable and to provide its own guidance is what a long The Cabinet Committee report was I've been saying for time." in regulating the industry. "Where was He noted he opposed the antisiphoning 1972, things, at Congress in 1966 and when the aimed, among other stimulating rules the commission adopted, has ob- was basic cable debate. It did generate a spate of com- commission establishing jected to its certification requirements and ments, and OTP prepared draft legislation policy ?" Commissioner Robinson asked feels it does too much dictating to local rhetorically last week. (Some commission based on elements in it. Nothing came of authorities. the statements, and OTP's bill was officials noted that a principal actor in the sidetracked. However, the commission's views on ca- creation and development of commission ble regulation are now of less moment. For cable policy was an re- But Mr. Goldberg, who is now in pri- author of the staff practice, recalled that the Committee for Economic Development, an establish- mentarian organization of business and professional people, issued a report last year calling for diversity and change in broadcasting and cable television -a report that urged a change in policy from one of scarcity to one of `abundance of electronic channels and voices" (BROAD - CASTING, April 7, 1975). "There is a developing consensus on the issues on which the future of cable is to be debated," Mr. Goldberg said. And OTP was quick to note that the subcommittee staff report was similar in many respects to legislative and policy recommendations it had made to the administration. It expressed the hope that the report "is indicative of the development of a national consensus on cable which will facili- tate the integration of the cable industry into the nation's telecommunications system." The FCC has not yet commented for-

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 20 Lions principle -that cable operation should cess channel capacity access channels pro - supervise how a state/local authority dis- provide channel facilities but not itself be in- senting television programing of a nature akin charges its regulatory functions (e.g., the volved in programing or other operations over to broadcasting (e.g., local access, leased ac- public process to afford due process; the con- these channels. Such a policy should be set cess (pay); origination), and minimum techni- struction schedule; the rates charged subscri- forth in legislation directing the FCC to imple- cal requirements so as to assure interconnec- bers and the rate procedure; the process to ment it at the earliest feasible time consistent tion. Further, with some exceptions, the FCC handle complaints; the franchise fees). This with the public interest (taking into account has correctly opted for a period of maximum entire FCC regulatory scheme should be aban- the programing efforts by others than the cable experimentation for the access channels free doned. While the federal government is not an entrepreneurs; the extent of penetration, etc.) of unnecessary regulation; therefore, it has appropriate substitute for effective state /local and requiring cessation of programing opera- soundly preempted this area from local regula- regulation and should not attempt to back -stop tions by the cable entrepreneurs at a date no tion. The state /local entity should, however, or control that regulatory process, a limited later than 10 years after enactment of the leg- also retain authority to act as to technical re- federal role may be necessary to deal with the islation. quirements. Privacy is a further area calling for pole attachment impasse. We recommend that 6. The same market structure concept sup- federal action; the FCC should be required to the regulation of charges for pole attachment ports the FCC's policy barring network owner- submit a report on its study of the problem and or conduit space be left to state regulation. The ship of cable systems or co- located cable - suggested legislation, if any. FCC is incapable of properly taking into ac- broadcast television or cable -telephone comp- 8. Unless crossing state lines, the other ser- count local or regional aspects of this problem. any ownership. The commission should, how- vices offered by cable (e.g., non -video ser- The FCC should be empowered to act, however, require divestiture in the cable- broadcast vices) should be left solely to state /local ever, if a state declines jurisdiction. television situation as it did in the case of co- regulation. These are interstate functions, and 10. The FCC is engaging in unnecessary located cable -telephone company no more should be regulated by the FCC than and duplicative regulation. The Commission crossownership. And, to further the same the similar intrastate functions of a carrier like has imposed a certificating (licensing) process market structure policy, the commission should AT &T. for cable that serves no useful purpose. It can ban co- located newspaper -cable crossowner- 9. While the federal government should not and should be replaced by rules, enforced by ship rules under certain circumstances. dictate the form of the state regulatory cease -and -desist orders and forfeitures. Con- 7. The federal government (FCC) should mechanism, significant advantages are offered gress should therefore enact legislation giving regulate national or interstate matters such as by the creation of state cable commissions. the commission appropriate authority to im- carriage of broadcast signals, provision of ac- However, the FCC should not act to specify or pose such forfeitures.

port, Henry Geller, who in 1966 was FCC flitting demands of the broadcasting and Robert Stengel, vice president for public general counsel and in 1972 was a special cable industries. The statements issued affairs for the National Cable Television assistant to Chairman Dean Burch.) last week were a foretaste of what the Association, said, "Over -all, we're very (Chairman Wiley last week said Mr. House Communications Subcommittee pleased with it. Clearly, we agree with [the Geller is "the very same fellow who was can expect. report's] recommendations concerning the primary architect not only of that The NAB said it saw the report "as an the easing of signal carriage restrictions tough blackout rule and the 1968 cable effort by three members of the House and arbitrary pay cable restrictions." The `freeze' but, indeed, of the commission's Communications Subcommittee staff to important thing about the report is its view entire 1972 cable rules. ") replace the great system of over- the -air that cable should be treated as a unique The commission's jurisdiction over ca- broadcasting in the United States with a medium, not as a supplemental service, he ble, as upheld by the Supreme Court, is wired nation which would cost over $200 added. Mr. Stengel said there were certain limited, theoretically, at least, to the de- billion in construction costs alone." recommendations which the industry gree such regulation is "ancillary" to the The report should be recognized for would not agree with, but generally the re- commission's responsibility for regulating what it is, NAB added - "the first report port is regarded as a "strong positive state- broadcasting in the public interest. There emanating from Congress to propose ment about the need for CATV de- regula- are those who feel the commission has removing sports and movies from over - tion." stretched the meaning of "ancillary." the -air television, and requiring direct pay- (Reporters seeking NCTA's comment ment by the public for this very same pro- At a minimum, legislation would be ex- in Wednesday were referred to Mr. graming. To argue that this is in the best Stengel pected to provide the FCC with a clear by NCTA President Robert is ridiculous." It also charter for regulating cable television. But interest of the public Schmidt. He said he had not yet read the that the FCC "protectionist" is 110 -page had it would also be a fit subject for examina- said calling document that been issued relaxation cable rules" in tion as to whether Congress, in its turn, to ignore "the of on Monday afternoon.) kept the public inte:,;st uppermost in recent years. Monroe M. Rifkin, president of Ameri- statements, mind, or tried to accommodate the con- ABC and NBC, in separate can Television & Communications Corp., also stressed the danger they feel the pro- said he was "obviously delighted" that the posals contained in the report pose for the subcommittee staff had concluded that existing system of television. That system "the needs of the American television au- Behind It all. The authors of the cable study (I "should not be undercut by a subsidized dience are more important than protecting to r): Karen Possner, Harry M. (Chip) Shooshan, wire service at tremendous additional cost entrenched interests in the broadcasting Andrew Margeson and Henry Geller. Miss which would serve only the small minority industry." But he also said that more than Possner and Mr. Geller are outside consultants who can afford it and will have access to simply additional programing is' at stake. to the subcommittee; their contracts ended it," ABC said. "The staff report reflects es- For if cable industry is allowed to grow to with the publication of the report, but Miss sentially an elitist approach to broadcast its full potential, he said, "its particular Possner has now been hired as a member of service," the NBC statement said, adding, ability to provide two -way communica- the subcommittee staff. She has a PhD in com- "It departs from the basic philosophy on tions services into the home could open munications from the University of Iowa, is a communications in this country which has up a completely new medium of com- former research associate for the Rand Corp. fostered the development of a free broad- munications in this country." and assistant to former FCC Commissioner cast system without equal and which And Russell Karp, president of Nicholas Johnson. Mr. Geller, now with the would add cable as a supplement to that Teleprompter Corp. "emphatically en- Aspen Institute on Communications and service" dorsed" positions taken by the subcom- Society, in Washington, is former FCC general CBS was more cautious in its reaction: mittee staff on copyright. "The recom- counsel and special assistant to then -FCC "On the surface the report would seem to mendations [on copyright] of the subcom- Chairman Dean Burch. Mr. Shooshan is chief be a one -sided view of a complicated ques- mittee staff exactly parallel Teleprompter's counsel of the subcommittee and former ad- tion. We will of course study it closely and own proposals," he said. (Teleprompter ministrative assistant to Chairman Torbert conscientiously." had, advanced a copyright formula that Macdonald (D- Mass.). Mr. Margeson is a staff For the cable television industry, the re- would exclude local signals and assess economist for the subcommittee. He also port contained a different, more hearten- liability on distant signals to approximate served under Mr. Johnson at the FCC. ing message. marketplace factors.) Teleprompter is "en-

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 21 couraged" and will continue to advance its owners should be paid) or that the pro- unlimited distant -signal importation by ca- copyright scheme, he said. posed copyright royalty tribunal establish a ble systems. Nevertheless the likely effect Not everybody was as pleased. Richard per -channel rather than an over-all of cable on UHF is small, "compared with Brown, general counsel for the Com- copyright scheme (he feels per-channel the revenue increase that will result from munity Antenna Television Association - charges can be rigged to disadvantage complete UHF penetration, elimination of a group ardently opposed to copyright pay- copyright owners). the UHF handicap and other long -run ment -found cause for dissatisfaction with Basically, he said, "We're fearful of a growth factors," the report said. The FCC the report. Although it would permit cable constant diminishing of the copyright fee. should not place the burden of proof on systems to carry an unlimited number of He noted that the Senate Judiciary Corn - the developing cable industry to demon- distant signals, the "clinker," he said, is mit. ee approved a copyright bill containing strate it will not threaten established that operators would be required to pay fees half as large as originally proposed; broadcasters, the report stated. Cable copyright. and copyright owners had considered should be unrestricted except where a CATA has written a letter to Represent- those original fees too small. clear threat to the public interest can be ative Robert Kastenmeier (D- Wis.), And, indicating the frustration the proved. chairman of the subcommittee that is copyright issue has caused him, he said, On pay cable, the report suggested that marking up the copyright bill, requesting "Cable interests have never kept their film producers and sports entrepreneurs - that markup on cable issues be delayed for word about anything. We think that's un- both of which have stated they would not 30 days to give the CATV industry time to fair." withdraw their product from conventional digest the Communications Subcommit- But, in subcommittee hearings, he will TV -be taken on faith. "There is every- tee's cable report. support the cable's industry's position in thing to gain and nothing to lose by testing MPAA's Jack Valenti did not like the favor of lifting restrictions on pay cable. these assurances," stated the report, and section of the report dealing with For that would be in the interests of the the present pay cable rules should be "res- copyright either, but for different reasons. motion picture film producers. cinded" and nothing adopted in their He sees no merit, for instance, in the As will also be true of the other points place. The FCC should instead "monitor" recommendation that cable systems pay to be argued by the various industries in- to insure no siphoning occurs, said the re- copyright only for distant signals volved, the subcommittee, and ultimately port. If pay cable rules are adopted, the re- (copyrighted material carried on local sig- Congress, will have the job of deciding port recommended, they should be nals is also property, he said, and its whether it is also in the public's interest. limited strictly to prevent siphoning and formed to constitute the "least govern- mental intrusion in the marketplace." The report also recommended that Con- And, as for the report itself ... gress enact a Rural Telecommunications Act to promote cable and translator service Highlights of the study released nais, said the report, as it would be to to rural areas. "One of the more last week by the staff of House assess antenna manufacturers or makers troublesome aspects of the growth of cable Communications Subcommittee of TV sets a copyright fee. television," noted the report, "is the Specifically, the report recommended possibility that cable will destroy the The House Subcommittee on Com- that the Communications Act be amended viability of broadcast services in markets munications staff released its report on ca- to encompass cable television. Copyright below the top 100 without providing an ble television last week, charging the FCC legislation, now pending before Congress, adequate replacement." To correct such a with following a "protectionist policy" should provide for a shift from the current "dilemma," the report urged adoption of favoring broadcasters and recommending statutory fee schedule to a per- channel a program similar to the Rural Electrifica- legislation that would regulate cable on its charge for distant signals only, stated the tion Act of 1934 enabling the federal own right and not as an ancillary to the report. In that way copyright owners would government to make low -cost loans availa- development of over-the -air television. be compensated for use of their product, ble to cable and translator companies will- The staff's 110 -page report recom- and there would be no need to maintain ing to provide service to unserved areas. mended giving almost carte blanche to ca- the present FCC exclusivity rules, the re- Translators are included in the program's ble for carrying signals and programing - port added. The exception would be scheme, explained the report, because ca- the abolition of all general limitations on simultaneous nonduplication restrictions, ble operators cannot economically serve distant -signal carriage, the elimination of since duplication does not increase the sparsely populated areas (fewer than 30 to the present pay -cable antisiphoning rules diversity of programing and it is "not 40 households per cable mile). The Office and, except for simultaneous nonduplica- unreasonable to protect local broadcasters of Telecommunications in the Department tion, the end of program exclusivity provi- to that extent." of Health, Education and Welfare should sions. Since the cable operator would be paying administer the program, said the report. Although the report generally favored copyright fees on distant signals, the re- In the staff's view, private cable com- positions consistent with the cable indus- port recommended, CATV operators panies would be eligible for the rural cable try's views -and in direct conflict with should have the option to substitute their subsidies and could repay the government those of broadcasters -there were some own commercials, to carry imported com- out of subscriber fees. Translators, how- important exceptions. The report recom- mercials or delete commercials entirely. ever, present "the problem of how a pri- mended a confined federal role in regula- The report charged that present FCC vate entrepreneuer would be compensated tion. State or local governments would re- rules restricting distant -signal carriage for providing the service," the report con- tain jurisdiction over rates and franchises, "create an explicit policy restraining com- ceded. It is suggested that local govern- for example -a suggestion running merce in every television market on behalf ments pay the cost of translators. counter to the views of many in the cable of all broadcasters, not just the marginal Not all of the report's recommendations industry. Furthermore, the report recom- stations." The FCC should be prohibited are in line with cable industry views, how- mended the "earliest feasible adoption" from adopting such across the board ever. The report said the FCC should of the "separations principle" giving cable restrictions, said the report. Where a regulate national or interstate matters such operators a common -carrier status to pro- "clear threat to basic service can be dem- as the carriage of broadcast signals, the vide channels that others would use. onstrated," stated the report, "then the provisions for access- channel capacity (in- The report also recommended cable be FCC should act with flexibility to protect cluding local access, leased channels and left free from paying copyright payments the local broadcaster." program origination) and minimum tech- on local signals and that a copyright tri- The report said independent television nical requirements to assure interconnec- bunal establish a per- channel copyright stations in the larger markets and affiliated tion. Otherwise, unless a service crosses payment for distant signals that "approxi- and independent stations in smaller state lines, regulation should come from mates a marketplace resolution." It is hard markets - particularly UHF stations in local and state agencies. And while the re- to justify copyright payments for local sig- both cases -are most likely to suffer from port did not suggest the FCC dictate the

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 22 form of nonfederal regulatory mechan- policies that require limited capacity for to protect the private interests of commer- isms, it favored the creation of state cable origination, as long as the cable system cial television, rather than the public in- commissions. has the financial base to support it, until terest. The commission's 1972 cable rules, Cable construction schedules, franchise common- carrier status is achieved. it says, are based on an industry com- arrangements, subscriber rates, complaint The report also supported the FCC's promise, the 1971 consensus agreement, procedures and certification should be left policy of barring network ownership of ca- rather than the commission's evaluation entirely to local and state review. Similarly, ble systems or co- located cable and televi- of the public interest, and it says the same pole- attachment problems should be sion broadcast ownerships. The FCC about the FCC's pay cable rules adopted dealt with at the state level, urged the re- should also require divestiture of all com- last year. port, unless a state refuses jurisdiction in mon ownerships of cable and television (In another part of the report, the staff which case the FCC should act. The broadcast stations, said the report, as it did charges that OTP's role as broker of the federal government "cannot and should in cable -telephone crossownerships. 1971 consensus agreement resulted in "il- not" be a substitute or appeals court for Furthermore, the commission should ban legal government action.") ineffective state and local regulation, co- located newspaper-cable crossowner- The study also suggests that Congress stated the report, any more than it can ships. should consider whether the commercial back up regulation of intrastate or local TV part of the electromagnetic spectrum is common carriers. being used efficiently, and announces that The report suggested that state public the subcommittee plans to contract an utility commissions -which currently One on one: engineering study to examine the FCC's regulate cable in eight states -are inclined frequency allocations. to be overly protective of existing indus- Cable report The staff report levels more charges at tries as telephone and power com- (such pits Congress the FCC in a bluntly worded letter of panies) that might conflict with cable's in- transmittal from Chief Counsel Harry M. terest. States should be encouraged to against FCC (Chip) Shooshan to Subcommi -tee Chair- create statewide cable commissions that man Torbert Macdonald (D- Mass.). The would allow cable to be treated as a distinct in contest over letter says, for example, that the Broadcast type of service, said the report. cable regulation and Cable Bureaus at the FCC are "shills" The report also recommended that cable for the industries whose names they bear, operators be separated from programing Communications Subcommittee and deliberately so. It says the FCC's functions as soon as "feasible ?' A market staff study makes it clear who assumption is that a partisan clash be- structure with a reduced need for close the combatants as shoutout tween bureaus will draw out the strongest government supervision the report will be -as over CATV heads for high noon possible positions on controversial issues. envisions for cable- requires the "earliest "We reject that suggestion," the letter feasible adoption of the separations princi- The House Communications Subcommit- says. "The results of the present arrange- ple," noted the report, which would allow tee staff's cable study sets the stage for ment have been inadequate coordination to provide channel cable operators what surely will become a battle of wits and poor policy formulation." facilities but not get involved in program- and wills between Congress and the FCC. The letter asserted that FCC Chairman what goes over the channels. ing or The history of cable TV regulation, the Richard Wiley encourages the bureaus to Legislation should be passed to direct study says, is riddled with errors in judg- compete so that he may "virtually con- the FCC to this course, said the re- pursue ment, philosophy and procedure- nearly trol" FCC policymaking. port, or require the "cessation" of pro- all of them committed by the FCC. The Chairman Wiley replied to those graming by cable operators no later than commission will be given time to reply charges in a letter to Representative Mac- 10 of such legis- years after enactment when the holds hearings donald last week. Of the Broadcast and Ca- lation. subcommittee time in March. At that time, the Of- ble Bureaus, he said, "I believe that they The report, the product of six months some fice of Telecommunications, also criticized are dedicated to serving the public interest work by the subcommittee's staff and two will be heard too. and not some narrow industry interest." Geller and Karen in the report, consultants (Henry report says the chain of To the second charge, he said, "I do not Possner) also dealt with fairness require- The 110 -page origi- think I need dignify the transmittal letter's ments, local cable origination and errors began with the commission's for television, devised in allegations that I have exploited the weak- crossownership. It recommended the nal blueprint plan the FCC set a nesses of our staff to control all policy for- elimination of fairness and equal time re- 1952. In that allocation goal 2,000 television stations to serve mulation at the FCC?' quirements for all nonbroadcast cable of 1,300 communities with primarily local Chairman Wiley also denied the operations. now fewer transmittal letter's accusation that the The report supported present FCC programing. In fact, there are than 900 television stations offering pri- commission was "unwilling" to provide marily national programing. The commis- the subcommittee staff with information Next. Members of the National Cable sion made two errors here, the study says: from its own files. Television Association board at their it underestimated the size of the size of The letter has strong criticism, too, for meeting in Los Angeles this week will the population base necessary to support a OTP, although it tends to excuse OTP as get a first -hand account of the House station (which brought hardship especially being the victim of an ambivalent admin- Communications Subcommittee staff to rural areas that cannot support multiple istration that has allowed the office to go report on cable television. Harry M. broadcast outlets) and it "erroneously" without a permanent director for more (Chip) Shooshan Ill, the subcommittee's intermixed UHF and VHF channels in the than a year. chief counsel and one of the authors of same market. "The consequence," it says, The letter complains that neither the the report, will be on hand to discuss it. "has been an artificial scarcity even in ma- FCC nor OTP has complied with the sub- The report is bound to figure also in the jor markets, which have an adequate base committee's request for legislative pro- en banc meeting the commission has to support additional television signals." posals on cable regulation. It recognizes scheduled for Feb. 17. National Assoca- Cable television could correct both that the task of drafting a proposal has tion of Broadcasters representatives - flaws, the report said -by carrying signals passed from OTP (which has already writ- as many as 100 television station ex- to sparsely populated areas and increasing ten a draft) to a White House Domestic ecutives are expected to attend -will the choices in major markets -yet the Council group dealing with deregulation. have one hour with the commission. And FCC held cable down until 1972 under the But still, the letter says, it has been two Jack Valenti, president of the Motion guise of protecting struggling major years since a Cabinet Committee on Cable Picture Association of America, which market UHF stations, the report asserts. Communications has submitted a report has its own concerns about cable The pattern that emerges, the report to the President. "Even with the shift in television, will have a half hour. charges, is of the FCC acting continuously administrations, we feel that this repre-

Broadcasting Feb 2 1978 23 sents an inordinate delay," the letter says. Chairman Wiley, in his reply to the ac- cusations made against the commission, In Brief said he wants to cooperate with the subcommittee on improving cable regulation. Supreme Court has struck down statutory ceilings on political campaign "My only regret is that the chief counsel spending as violation of First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech. At [Mr. Shooshan] deemed it necessary to in- same time, it held -in 227 -page opinion issued Friday (Jan. 30) -that limitations itiate this important dialogue with a letter of contributions and requirement that they be disclosed are proper. Repres- of such negative and, in my opinion, inac- entative Robert Kastenmeier (D- Wis.), chairman of House Judiciary subcommit- curate import." tee now considering copyright legislation, has signed on as co- sponsor of resolution opposing siphoning of over -air TV programs by pay cable. Mea- sure (H.Res. 998) was introduced by Charles Thone (R -Neb.) last year (BROAD- CASTING, Oct. 20, 1975). President Ford visited with 186 rfiembers of Radio Television News Directors Association at White House Friday, talked to them in- Three other cable formally and answered their questions, climaxing five -hour briefing. (Last year, issues occupy similar event was attended by 161 broadcasters, perhaps one -fourth executives official attention rather than newsmen.) Preceding East Room conference -reception, news editors were briefed by James T. Lynn, assistant to President for management and The FCC's new rule requiring cable televi- budget; Alan Greenspan,chairman, Council of Economic Advisers; Eric Zausner, sion systems with more than 3,500 deputy director of Federal Energy Administration; William P. Clements Jr., subscribers to have the capability to origi- deputy secretary of defense; James Cavanaugh, deputy assistant to President nate programing, in the eyes of some for domestic affairs, and Charles Robinson, under secretary of state for econom- government agencies, is turning affected ic affairs. AT &T charges borne by radio stations and networks would rise 3% systems into broadcasters. And that could under tariffs filed with FCC last week. Rates, effective Feb. 12, mean increase of cost the systems financial assistance. between $600,000 and $700,000 for audio service customers, with about third The Commerce Department's Econom- of that charged to four major networks. On similar subject, news organizations ic Development Administration issued a that cover Republican National Convention in Kansas City in August will pay bulletin last week declaring that it con- 300% more in telephone charges than they did in Miami four years ago, accord- siders systems affected by the rule to be ing to Southwestern Bell, company providing service. Senate Commerce "broadcasting firms," and therefore bar- Committee has scheduled vote this week on bill to extend daylight savings red by law from obtaining assistance. from present six months to eight, from first Sunday in March to second Sunday in That ruling may not disturb the cable in- November. During year-round DST experiment two years ago, FCC granted dustry, since EDA officials cannot recall presunrise authority to some daytime radio stations that stood to lose revenue. any assistance to cable EDA providing FCC would have same authority under new bill. Fred Silverman, president of systems. However, the Small Business Ad- ABC Entertainment, told Georgia broadcasters that two- hour- and -longer made - ministration, which is also barred by law for-TV movies are attracting important talents who would have from aiding broadcasters, has made loans creative not been to cable systems that were exclusively interested in medium in years past. At Athens, Ga., radio -TV institute, he reiter- passive operations. ated new -faces theme, claiming that of "45 pilot projects in development [at EDA's announcement, and concern that ABC], only half a dozen involve 'recycled' talent." At same event, Elmer Lower, SBA would issue a similar one, prompted ABC vice president for corporate affairs, talked about News Election Service, the FCC's Cable Bureau chief, David calling it "greatest advance in election tabulations in the 20th century." CBS Kinley, to attempt to head off implementa- O &O's have renewed Sandy Frank Syndication's Treasure Hunt for fourth year, tion of EDA's policy statement. He wrote NBC O &O's Frank's Name That Tune for fourth year. House voted 246 -to -24 EDA, saying its ruling "raises certain in- last week to bar public release of Intelligence Committee's report on Central consistencies with the commission's Intelligence Agency activities unless it first receives presidential approval. policies regarding the development of ca- Report contains section on CIA use of press in foreign operations (story page ble television." He asked that the ruling be 33). Committee Chairman Otis Pike (D -N.Y.) would rather kill report altogether rescinded or its effectiveness deferred than allow it to be censored by administration. He will put that question to vote of until commission and EDA representa- committee this week. Author Martin Mayer has been commissioned by CBS tives could "resolve the apparent con - Inc. to research and "do a piece of writing" on growth and development of CBS fliFts" News. Sources deny his job is to produce "answer" to recent books and articles last week dealt with The commission on company (Robert Metz book, David Halberstam series in Atlantic magazine). two other matters affecting cable, but FCC has asked U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to enjoin Gray Com- resolved neither. munications from prosecuting crossownership suit it brought against commis- Action on a draft notice of inquiry into sion in U.S. Court for Middle cable subscriber rates was deferred for one District of Georgia. Unusual action followed district week after some members expressed con- court's denial of FCC motion to dismiss suit. Gray, which owns WALB -TV Albany, cern that the notice might be regarded as a Ga., and newspaper there, sued FCC after being named in rulemaking as among first step into commission regulation of those required to break up crossownership holdings by 1980. FCC contends subscriber rates. The Cable Television Washington court has exclusive jurisdiction in such matters. ABC -TV, which Bureau will rewrite the item in an attempt took over Kentucky Derby coverage from CBS -TV last May, has acquired to make it clear the commission is not in- rights to Preakness as well, under five -year contract that will terminate 20- terested in that kind of activity. year Preakness -CBS association in May 1977. Sources at CBS -TV, left with only The other item involved a proposed Belmont stakes in horse -racing's Triple Crown, said network had been losing order permitting cable television systems money on Preakness rights payments exceeding $250,000 per year, upped offer to carry so- called specialty stations without by almost 25% this time but said ABC more than doubled CBS's bid -which their counting against the systems' would put ABC's in $600,000 range. John J. Manion Jr., CBS Inc. VP and allowed quota of imports. The item was controller, named to new post of VP, development, with responsibilities for ac- withdrawn after the commissioners were quisitions, personnel and planning departments. John W. Kiermaler, VP, cor- unable to agree on whether WGPR -TV porate responsibility, to whom personnel and planning formerly reported, will (ch. the -owned Detroit 62), first black sta- concentrate full time on responsibility and philanthropic activities. Gene F. tion in the continental U.S., should be ad- Jankowski, finance and planning VP for CBS TV Stations Division, succeeds ded to the list of 13 considered specialty stations. Mr. Manion as CBS Inc. VP and controller.

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 24 Messrs. Hamilton, Moore and Richard A. three AM's, two FM's, and three TV's Media Shaheen, who is based in Chicago, agreed and part owner of another TV. that they were mostly broadcasters, enlarg- WWDC-AM -FM Washington became the ing their station portfolios or trading up in first broadcast holdings for Capitol Broad- Seller's market properties or markets. casting which bought the two for $3.6 As 1975 ended, the FCC waived its million. Its principals, brothers Morton, rules to approve the $28.5- million Stanley and Howard Bender, are members now in sight purchase of Washington Star Communica- of family that controls Blake Construction, tions Inc. by Texas banker Joe L. Allbrit- one of Washington's largest building con- for stations? ton. Mr. Allbritton winds up with the cerns. Washington Star (the financially troubled Clear Channel Communications Inc. Cheaper money, better revenues paper he is seeking to save) and six broad- bought woAt(AM) San Antonio for $1.5 seen as biggest stimulators cast properties. In granting the purchase, million. Clear Channel's principals are San as more stations change hands however, the commission gave Mr. Allbrit- Antonio businessmen L. Lowry Mays and ton three years to sell those stations that B.J. McCombs who also own KEEZ(FM) Station trading is picking up, with the im- come into conflict with the commission's San Antonio and KXXO(AM)- KMOD(FM) provement in the general economy, after a crossownership rules. Stations to be sold Tulsa, Okla. decline that started in 1974 and ran well are WMAL- AM -FM -TV Washington and All that trading leaves Avco still looking into 1975. The outlook for 1976 is con- either wlvA(AM) or WLVA -TV Lynchburg, for buyers for wLw(AM) Cincinnati, and sidered good by brokers. Va. WSCI also owns wcrv(rv) Charleston, WRTH(AM) Wood River, Ill., and waiting Just about the same number of stations S.C. for FCC approval of the sale of wLwD(TV) changed hands in 1975 as in 1974, but at a The largest amount of money generated Dayton, Ohio, to Grinnell College for gross dollar value nearly $50 million under in trades approved by the FCC last year $12.9 million. (Avco's sale of wLwr(Tv) to that of the year before. Still, the $259 - was the $47,350,000 Avco Broadcasting Multimedia for $16.3 million was ap- million trading made 1975 the fourth big- Corp. realized from the sale of five of its proved by the FCC two weeks ago gest dollar- volume year in station trading holdings: BROADCASTING, Jan. 261.) history. (For details see tables, page 26). WLWJ(TV) Indianapolis was sold for The largest single -station deal of the Expensive financing was the principal $17,650,000 to Videolndiana Inc., a year saw the Oklahoma Publishing Comp- reason given for the slowdown. "The high wholly owned subsidiary of Dispatch any's WKY -TV Oklahoma City go to the money rate kept buyers away in the early Printing of Columbus, Ohio (Edgar T. Evening News Association, Detroit, for part of the year," said Howard E. Stark, Wolfe family), which publishes the Col- $22,697,000. Oklahoma has two AM's, New York broker. Most stations that were umbus Dispatch and owns WBNS- AM -FM- five TV's and two newspapers and is sold in 1975, he said, could have fetched TV there. owned by the Edward L. Gaylord family. bigger prices if kept off the market until WLWC(TV) Columbus, Ohio, went to The acquisition is the fourth TV for Eve- money supplies loosened. the Outlet Co. for $16.1 million. The sale ning News which is controlled by the des- "The banks dried up in mid -1974," Ted gave Outlet its fourth VHF station in a cendants of the late James E. Scripps and Hepburn of R.C. Crisler & Co., Cincin- top -50 market -a situation that required OWES WW1- AM -FM -TV Detroit; WALA -TV nati, observed, "or they offered money at Outlet to make a "compelling public in- Mobile, Ala.; and KOLD -TV Tucson, Ariz., absurd rates of up to 15% to 17%." terest showing" to the FCC of benefits in addition to publishing the Detroit News "A lot of deals fell apart for lack of fi- that would offset any loss of diversity of and the Palm Springs (Calif.) Desert Sun. nancing," said Jack Feldman of Hogan- ownership. Outlet, based in Providence, Another newspaper publisher to Feldman, Encino, Calif. "The ones that R.I., owns WDBO- AM -FM -TV Orlando, Fla.; purchase a broadcast property was the did go through were soft. Prices were low." WJAR -AM -TV Providence; KSAT-TV San An- Hobby family of Houston (Houston Post) One that fell through was Starr Broadcast- tonio, Tex., and 80% of wNYS -Tv Syracuse, which bought WLAC -TV Nashville from the ing Group's announced purchase of Col- N.Y. American General Insurance Co. (50%) umbia Pictures' wvUE(rv) New Orleans United Television Inc. paid $9.3 and Thomas B. Baker Jr. and A.G. Bea- for $12.5 million. Starr blamed economic million for KMOL -TV (formerly woAt -Tv) man (25% each) for $18,750,000. The uncertainties. San Antonio, Tex. United is a subsidiary Hobbys own KPRC -TV Houston. American Not all brokers dealt in lower figures last of Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. General, traded on the New York Stock year, James W. Blackburn Sr., of the Wash- whichownsKMsP- TvMinneapolis -St.Paul. Exchange, retains 100% ownership of ington -based Blackburn & Co., said trades In another deal United paid $11 million WLAC -AM -FM Nashville. were made at "real good prices." Inflation, for KCPX -TV Salt Lake City, sold by Screen Harte -Hanks Newspapers Inc., he said, sent figures up. Gems Stations Inc., a subsidiary of Col- publicly traded owner of 46 newspapers The increasing demand for FM stations umbia Pictures Industries, licensee of (including 21 dailies), and KENS -TV San was said to be a factor in keeping prices up. Antonio, Tex., paid $11,041,217 for FM's took an upsurge three years ago, ac- WTLV(rv) Jacksonville, Fla., from Televi- cording to Ray Hamilton of Hamilton - sion 12. The seller was composed of 74 Landis & Associates, Washington, and are stockholders including Wometco En- holding at high levels. terprises, group owner, Frank Pellegrin, "FM's are achieving full competition former partner in H -R Representatives, with AM's in many markets," said John and former Florida Governor Farris Grandy of Western Business Brokers, San Bryant. Luis Obispo, Calif. `And the prices for Another multistation transaction in- them are fully competitive too." volved KEEL(AM) -KMBQ(FM) Shreveport, George Moore of Dallas said all radio La.; KAAY(AM) Little Rock, Ark., and prices strengthened in 1975 over those of waxy(AM) Louisville, Ky. Publically held 1974, probably because Texas radio, where LIN Broadcasting sold the stations for $9.3 he does large parts of his business, im- New owner. Shown at closing of the million to Multimedia Inc., the Green- proved its revenues last year. S1,465,000 deal for WAAB(AM)- WAARFM) in ville, S.C. -based group owner that is the Richard Kozacko of the Keith W. Hor- Worcester, Mass. (see "Changing licensee of WFBC- AM -FM -TV Greenville; ton Co., Elmira, N.Y., said buyers in 1975 Hands ") are (I to r) Robert L. Williams, WBIR- AM -FM -TV Knoxville, Tenn.; WMAZ- were discriminating, "more concerned president of WEZN(FM) Bridgeport, Conn., AM-FM-TV Macon, Ga.; WWNC(AM) with station performance" than with and the buyer; Richard A. Ferguson, Asheville, N.C.; WXII(TV) Winston -Salem, future possibilities. He detected a lessen- WEZN vice president and general man- N.C., is acquiring wLwr(rv) Cincinnati ing of interest in metropolitan daytimers. ager; George Gray, owner of the sta- (see above) and publishes daily newspa- Who are the buyers in today's market? tions, and Steven A. Marx of WEZN. pers in Greenville, Montgomery, Ala.,

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 25 A 22 -year record of station trading Dollar volume of transactions approved by FCC Number of stations changing hands

Total Radio only Combined TV Radio Combined TV Radio -TVf only only Radio -TVf only 1954 $ 60,344,130 $ 10,224,047 S 26,213,323 S 23,906,760 1954 187 18 27 1955 73,079,366 27,333,104 22,351,602 23,394,660 1955 242 11 29 1956 115,605,828 32,563,378 65,212,055 17,830,395 1956 316 24 21 1957 124,187,660 48,207,470 47,490,884 28,489,206 1957 357 28 38 1958 127,537,026 49,868,123 60,872,618 16,796,285 1958 407 17 23 1959 123,496,581 65,544,653 42,724,727 15,227,201 1959 436 15 21 1960 99,341,910 51,763,285 24,648,400 22,930,225 1960 345 10 21 1961 128,804,167 55,532,516 42,103,708 31,167,943 1981 282 13 24 1962 101,742,903 59,912,520 18,822,745 23,007,638 1962 306 8 16 1963 105,303,078 43,457,584 25,045,726 36,799,768 1963 305 3 16 1984 205,756,736 52,296,480 67,185,762 86,274,494 1964 430 20 36 1985 135,123,766 55,933,300 49,756,993 29,433,473 1965 389 15 32 1986 135,718,316 76,633,762 28,510,500 30,574,054 1966 367 11 31 1987 172,072,573 59,670,053 32,086,297 80,316,223 1967 316 9 30 1968 152,455,412 71,310,709 47,556,634 33,588,069 1968 316 9 20 1989 231,697,570 108,866,538 35,037,000 87,794,032 1969 343 5 32 1970 203,785,442 86,292,899 1,038,465 87,454,078 1970 268 3 19 1971 393,547,924 125.501,514 750,000 267,296,410 1971 270 1 27 1972 268,330,537 114,424,673 0 156,905,864 1972 239 0 37 1973 227.568,701 160,933,557 2,812,444' 66,635,144 1973 352 2* 25 1974 307,781,474 168,998,012 19,800,000*** 118,983,462 1974 369 5*** 24 1975 259,485,961 131,065,860 0 128,420,101 1975 363 0 22 Total $3,753,088,981 $1,642,834,037 5880,019,883 31,413,325,485 Total 8,205 238 591

Note: Dollar volume figures represent total considerations reported to all transactions, with the exception of minority-interest "Note: In computing the number of stations traded, an AM- transfers in which control of the licensee did not change hands. NI sales have been approved by the FCC. FM facility, or an AM-only or FM -only was courted as one radio 'Two acquisitions of radio-TV combinations were approved in 1973 on waiver of FCC one -to -a- customer rule that became unit. effective in 1971. tlncludes single properties consisting of radio and TV sta- "Figure represents merger of Pacific & Southem's combination of four radio and one television stations into Combined tions. Communications Corp.

Asheville, N.C., and Clarksville, Tenn. Development Corp. for $4,650,000. The Tex., was sold by Inter -American Radio The price tag on WOW-Tv in Omaha was seller of the channel 2 NBC affiliate owns Inc. to Tichenor Media System for $2.4 $9,158,500. The Meredith Corp. sold it to six AM's, six FM's and cable systems in million. Tichenor is owned by McHenry Chronicle Broadcasting Co. which changed Michigan and Virginia. The buyer is Tichenor, J.C. Looney and Rodgers Kelley its call to wowT(TV). Chronicle (N.H. owned by Malcolm Glazer, a Rochester, who have various interests in KGBT AM -TV deYoung family trust) owns KRON -TV San N.Y., businessman with interests in bank- and KELT(FM) Harlingen, KUNO(AM) Francisco and is a subsidiary of the ing, shopping centers and mobile -home Corpus Christi and WACO(AM)- KHOO(FM) Chronicle Publishing Co. which parks. Waco, all Texas; KIFM(AM) Phoenix and owns the San Francisco Chronicle. The A $3.6- million transaction transferred WGMA(AM) Hollywood, Fla. sale leaves publicly traded Meredith with wcKV(AM) Cincinnati from Post - PSA Broadcasting Inc. (principally WOW(AM)- KEZO(FM) Omaha; KCMO -AM -TV Newsweek Stations to Truth Publishing owned by the airline of the same name) and KCEL(FM) Kansas City, Mo.; WNEM -Tv Co. Post -Newsweek, a subsidiary of the has sold all of its broadcast properties. The Bay City -Flint- Saginaw, Mich.; KPHO -TV Washington Post Co., is licensee of four largest deal was the $2- million sale of Phoenix; WGST(AM) Atlanta, and WHEN - TV's, and an AM. The parent company KLVE(FM) Los Angeles to K-LOVE Radio AM-Tv Syracuse, N.Y., in addition to Better owns the Washington Post, Newsweek Broadcasting Inc. The buyer is owned by Homes and Gardens, Successful Farming magazine, Art News, a 50% interest in the Adolfo Liberman and sons Julio, Elias and and consumer book publishing and print- Los Angeles Times -Washington Post Jose. Jose Liberman also owns 65% of ing plants. News Service and a 30% interest in the xEGM(AM) Tijuana, Mexico, and Adolfo Other million -dollar -plus sales that were Paris -based International Herald Tribune. and Elias Liberman are partners in a corn - approved by the commission in 1975 The buyer is owned by John F. Dille Jr. and pany that transmits programing across the follow. Walter R. Beardsley who own the Elkhart border to that station. PSA also sold Combined Communications Corp. (Ind.) Truth, have interests in radio pro- KEZR(FM) San Jose, Calif., to Olen Hayes purchased KIIS(AM) Los Angeles from For- perties in Indiana and Michigan and in and Ines Castillo for $750,000; KEZL(FM) ty Six Beacon Corp. (John E. Palmer, ma- 1975 sold wsrv(Tv) Elkhart to Quincy San Diego to Combined Communications jority stockholder) for $4,809,996 cash Newspapers Inc. for $3.2 million. F.M. Corp. for $850,000, and KEZL(FM) plus $294,400 in notes and liabilities and Lindsay Jr. is chairman and Thomas A. Sacramento, Calif., to a subsidiary of ASI 15,000 shares of CCC common stock Oakley, president of Quincy Newspapers, Communications Inc. for $700,000. worth approximately $138,750 for a total which publishes daily Quincy (Ill.) Southern Broadcasting Co. added to its of about $5,240,000. Phoenix -based CCC Herald -Whig, has 88% interest in WGEM- portfolio of five AM's, six FM's and one had a busy year, also buying KEZL(FM) San AM-TV Quincy and owns 100% of WGEM- TV with the purchase of KFwo(FM) Fort Diego from PSA Broadcasting for FM. Worth from KFWD Texas General Partner- $850,000 in addition to its $55- million Alexander M. Tanger sold KRBE(FM) ship for $1.8 million. Principals in the purchase of the Cincinnati Enquirer. Houston for $2.5 million to Lake Huron seller were John S. Tyler, Estelle Marsh Illiana Telecasting Corp., owned by a Broadcasting Corp., owned by William J. Watlinton and her sons, Tom, Stanley and voting trust of Booth Newspapers Inc., Edwards and Howard H. Wolfe who also Michael Marsh. The Marsh brothers and publisher of eight Michigan daily and Sun- own KENR(AM) Houston and WKNX(AM) their sister, Estelle Marsh, own KVII -TV day newspapers and Parade magazine, Saginaw, Mich. Amarillo, Tex., and recently bought, sub- sold wrwo(Tv) Terre Haute, Ind., to Fabri KCOR(AM)- KQXT(FM) San Antonio, ject to FCC approval, KELP -TV El Paso and

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 28 its satellite, KAVE -TV Carlsbad, N.M., for are more enthusiastic about the economy; $3,075,000 from John B. Walton Jr. they have more confidence," said Richard WFUN(AM) South Miami, Fla., was sold Shaheen. The interest in trading is helped Radio group splits as by Robert Rounsaville to Sudbrink Broad- along by the lower interest rates and marriage is dissolved casting Inc. for $1.3 million. Mr. Roun- greater availability of money. saville owns five AM's and three FM's in "1976 might show sales returning to the Mery Griffin, TV talk show host, program Ohio, Tennessee and Florida. Principal in level of 1973 -74 ", said William L. Walker producer and station owner, has transfer- the buyer is Robert (Woody) Sudbrink, of Larson /Walker & Co., Washington. red four of his seven radio stations to his who with his wife controls WLYF(FM) "The year should bring higher prices, wife, Mrs. Julann Griffin, as part of a Miami, WLAK(FM) Chicago, WLIF(FM) especially for TV," predicts Howard Stark. pending divorce settlement. The transfers Baltimore, WPCH(FM) Atlanta, wEzw(FM) John Grandy says the improvement in the Wauwatosa (Wis.)- Milwaukee and are subject to FCC approval. economy is giving stations more business The stations are WENE(AM) and WWEZ(FM) Cincinnati. Sudbrinks have to rise. which, in turn, will cause the prices wMRV(FM) Endicott, N.Y., WMID(AM) purchased WIIN(AM) Atlanta from Georgia cash deals George Moore expects "more Atlantic City, N.J., and WGRF(FM) Network Inc. for about $600,000 in sale this year, especially in larger deals, since Pleasantville, N.J. week (see approved last "Changing the interest rate is down." W. Donald Roberts Jr., owner of two Hands "). Here are some major trades already radio stations in Michigan and two in In San Francisco, KEST(AM) was negotiated but which are awaiting FCC ap- Wisconsin, who is Mrs. Griffin's brother - purchased for $1,187,252 by Marvin proval. in -law, will become president and chief Kosofsky, his sister and brother-in -law, Columbia Pictures International has executive officer of Mrs. Griffin's stations. Miriam and Howard Warshaw, and Law- sold WAPA -TV San Juan, P.R., to Dale She will be board chairman. Mr. Roberts rence and Carol Brandon. Messrs. Moore, Montana -based group owner, and said he contemplated no personnel Kosofsky, Warshaw and Brandon own John Price, Utah builder and real estate changes at any of her stations. WYLO(AM) Jackson, Wis.; WARO(AM) developer, for $11 million. Mr. Roberts's stations are WJMS(AM) Canonsburg, Pa.; KuxL(AM) Golden Pulitzer Publishing has purchased and WIMI(FM) Ironwood, Mich., and WJMT- Valley, Minn.; Universal Broadcasting KETV(TV) Omaha for $9,453,000 from AM-FM Merrill, Wis. Corp., a New York -based station rep and Peter Kiewit Sons Inc., publisher of Stephen B. Labunski, executive vice consulting firm, and have in- management Omaha World Herald. The sale will give president of Mery Griffin Group Radio, WTHE(AM) Mineola, N.Y. The terests in St. Louis-based Pulitzer its third TV. and Mr. Roberts, who is president of sellers, Mr. and Mrs. John Malloy, Delmor Bartell Media's wADO(AM) New York Heath Communications, announced the A. Courtney and Alan P. Schultz, have no transfers in a joint announcement. interests. has been sold to three Bartell executives, other broadcast and Mr. Labunski will continue as head of Fifty -two stockholders of Mid -America George Wilson, Nelson Lavergne Robert Smith. the remaining Mery Griffin stations: Broadcasting Inc. sold 99.3% of KUHI -TV wlcF(FM) Gerock H. Swanson's Swanco Broad- WPOP(AM) Hartford, Conn.; Joplin, Mo., to the Kansas State Network Waterbury, WBAx(AM) - casting paid $4,107,500 for KFJZ(AM)- Conn., and Wilkes Inc. for $1,111,732. KSN is owned by Barre, Pa. Mr. Labunski said the Mery Kwxt(FM) Fort Worth and the Texas State G.M. Brown and Charles L. Brown Griffin Group would undertake an expan- families and also Owns KARD -FM -TV Network. Communications Properties Tex. -based group owner, is sion program in the near future. Wichita, KCKT -TV Great Bend and Inc., Austin, KGLD(TV) Garden City, all Kansas; and the seller. KoMC(rv) McCook, Neb.- Oberlin, Kan., WAPT(Tv) Jackson, Miss., was sold bÿ Changing Hands and has interests in nine cable systems in the American Public Life Insurance Co. to Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. a group of business and professional men Announced for $3.5 million. A $1.1- million price plus an option to The following broadcast station sales were buy real estate for $150,000 were the Buckley Broadcasting sold its wiBG(AM) reported last week, subject to FCC ap- for terms for KCOH(AM) Houston, sold by the Philadelphia to Fairbanks Broadcasting proval: Robert C. Meeker estate to Dr. John B. approximately $3 million. Coleman and Michael P. Petrizzo. Dr. Col- WRBT(Tv) Baton Rouge (Rush Broad- WAAB(AM)- WAAF(FM) Worcester, eman directs and has an interest in Greater casting Corp.) went for $2.95 million to Mass.: Sold by George Gray to Robert L. Houston CATV while Mr. Petrizzo is Baton Rouge attorneys, Jules B. LeBlanc Williams Broadcasting Co. for $1,465,000. general manager of KCOH. and Cyril E. Vetter. Principals in buyer are Robert L. Williams With the $1- million sale of WBAY -AM -FM Chronicle Broadcasting's KRON -FM San and Richard A. Ferguson who also own Green Bay, Wis., the Norbertine Fathers Francisco went to Bonneville Broadcasting wEZN(FM) Bridgeport, Conn. Mr. Gray has of the Roman Catholic Church (which for $2.8 million. sold, subject to FCC approval, WAAL(FM) operates St. Norbert College) finished the The Boston Globe is buying WFAS(AM)- Binghamton, N.Y., to Alastair B. Martin its broadcast properties. divestiture of WwYD(FM) White Plains, N.Y., from for $231,039 and WGCY(FM) New Bedford, Midwest Communications bought the Courtland Broadcasting for $2.4 million. Mass., to Edmund Dinis for $418,000. AM -FM operation. Midwest's principal is Miami -based Sonderling Broadcasting WAAB is full time on 1440 khz with 5 kw. wRiG(AM)- Duey E. Wright who also owns bought wRVR(FM) New York from River- WAAF is on 107.3 mhz with 16.5 kw and Wausau, Wis. The Norbertine WDEZ(FM) side Church for $2.3 million. antenna 780 feet above average terrain. Fathers also sold wBAY -Tv Green Bay to has purchased Broker: Cecil L. Richards Inc. Nationwide Communications Inc. in 1974 Cox Broadcasting KOST(FM) Los Angeles for $2.2 million for $5,737,121 and WHBY(AM) Appleton, WLVN(AM)- WSEI(FM) Olney, Ill.: Sold by McLendon Pacific Corp. Wis., to Dubuque, Iowa -based newspaper from PBS Inc. to Eugene McPherson for publisher and group owner, Telegraph KoAx(FM) Dallas was sold by Able $352,000. Principals in seller are Donald Herald Inc., for $655,000 in April 1975. Communications to Penton Broadcasting G. Jones, Harold Hoefker, George Ferry Charles Shuffett and C.H. Hulse Jr. sold for $1.7 million. and Ken Cordon. PBS is also licensee of their only broadcast properties, wNBs(AM)- WCTW(AM)- WMDH(FM) New Castle, Ind.; wAAw(FM) Murray, Ky., for $1 million to WTIM(AM)- WEEE(FM) Taylorville, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Tipton C. Wilcox, Bir- Moore for Hastings. Representative KROS(AM) -KSAT(FM) Clinton, Iowa; KWEB- mingham, Mich., real estate owners; their W. Henson Moore, a first -term Repub- AM-FM Rochester, Minn., and KFIZ(AM) son, Glenn C. Wilcox, associate professor lican from Baton Rouge, joined the Fond du Lac, Wis. Mr. McPherson was of communications at Murray State Uni- House Commerce Committee last formerly vice president and general man- versity and real estate broker, and their week. He replaces James F. Hastings (R- ager of WLwl(TV) Indianapolis. WLVN(AM) daughter, Fransuelle Wilcox Cole. N.Y.), who resigned his seat in the House is 250 w daytimer on 740 khz. WSEI is on Optimism is in the air for 1976. "People Jan. 20. 92.9 mhz with SO kw and antenna 290 feet

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 27 above average terrain. Broker: Richard A. seller are Donald C. Kennedy, who has in- N.Y.; WFRC(AM) Reidsville, N.C.; Shaheen Inc. terest in permittee of WATL -Tv Atlanta, woHN(AM) Herndon, Va.; KVAC(AM) WADS(AM) Ansonia, Conn.: Sold by and Lawrence Melear who has no other Forks, Wash. (see page 50). Valley Broadcasting co. (Arthur Schpero) broadcast interests. Seller was granted to Jerome Dawson for $160,000. Mr. waiver of FCC's three -year -holding rule Schpero has no other broadcast interests. due to financial problems. Principals in Mr. Dawson has interests, with his son, buyer are Robert (Woody) Sudbrink and FCC says Kenneth, in WKND(AM) Windsor and wife, Margareta. In effort to upgrade its WXLS(FM) Willimantic, both Connecticut. AM service in area, Sudbrink is acquiring Cowles renewal WADS is 500 w daytimer on 690 khz. WIIN and disposing of nearby wavo(AM) Broker: Chapman Associates. Decatur, Ga. (see below). Mr. Sudbrink is no precedent and his wife control WLYF(FM) Miami, KCIN(AM) Victorville, Calif.: Sold by WLAK(FM) Chicago, wLIF(FM) Baltimore, Top Dial Broadcasters to Roger P. Brandt WFUN(AM) South Miami, Fla., WPCH(FM) Commission rejects Justice's for Principal in seller is Clif Pax- $130,000. Atlanta, WEZW(FM) -Mil- petition against KCCI(TV) son who has no other broadcast interests. Wauwatosa waukee and wwEZ(FM) Cincinnati. WIIN is but warns other licensees Buyer has sold, subject to FCC approval, 5 kw daytimer on 970 khz. facing challenge not to KDZA -AM -FM Pueblo, Colo., to Michael routinely expect the same Galer for $410,000 (BROADCASTING, June WAVO(AM) Decatur, Ga.: Donated by 30, 1975). Kart is 500 w daytimer on Sudbrink Broadcasting Inc. of Georgia (Robert Sudbrink) to Bible Broadcasting. The FCC has disposed of the first of nine 1590 khz. Broker: John Grandy /Western petitions to deny that the Department of Business Brokers. Gift is subject to appraisal of station at value in excess of $500,000 and assump- Justice has filed against renewal applica- Other sales reported at the FCC last tion of up to $225,000 in liabilities. Mr. tions of companies it feels exercise a con- week include: WHAN(AM) Haines City, Sudbrink is principal in corporation that centration of control of media in a market. Fla.; KDRG(AM) Deer Lodge, Mont.; purchased wIN(AM) Atlanta (see above). The commission's decision was to dismiss WCGR(AM)- WFLC(FM) Canandaigua, N.Y Bible is nonstock, charitable organization the petition and renew the license. But the (see page 49). directed by brothers Keith and Lowell action was not one that other licensees fac- Davey and wives. It also owns WHPE -AM- ing Justice challengers can look to as pre- Approved FM High Point, N.C., and WYFI(FM) cedent. The station involved is Cowles Com- The following transfers of station owner- Norfolk, Va. WAVO is 1 kw daytimer on munications Inc.'s KCCI(rV) Des Moines, ship were approved last week by FCC: 1420 khz. Other sales approved by the FCC last Iowa. The commission renewed the license Wt1N(AM) Atlanta: Sold by Georgia week include: wrxM(FM) Leesburg, Fla.; after noting that Justice had not opposed a Network Inc. to Sudbrink Broadcasting WKGA(AM) Atlanta; WGAF(AM) Valdosta, Cowles motion to dismiss its petition. What's more, the Inc. of Georgia for $25,000 plus assump- Ga.; WAYX -AM -FM Waycross, Ga.; commission said the department tion of $575,000 in liabilities. Principals in KGMQ(FM) Honolulu; WEHH -FM Elmira, had failed to show how voting trusts set up to avoid the concentration problem had failed to do so. The department's petition, filed on Jan. 2, 1974, was directed against Cowles's FEATURED BY then -owned KRNT-AM-FM Des Moines, as well as the television station. It contended AMERICA'S OUTSTANDING that Gardner Cowles had a concentration of control of media through his role as MEDIA BROKER shareholder, director and officer ih both GC the Des Moines Register and Tribune Co., publisher of the only two daily newspapers in the city, and CCI, licensee of the three broadcasting stations. Since the filing of the petition, Cowles holdings have diminished. The FCC in MIDWEST FM July 1974 approved the transfer of the radio stations to Stauffer Publications Inc. And since the department had said its $250,000 petition concerning those stations should be dismissed if the assignment were con- Profitable Class A FM in populous single summated, the commission ordered the station three -county market. Excellent real agreed dismissal. estate; station will pay for itself out of pre- The commission's action regarding the television station resulted from steps Mr. sent cash flow. Cowles and the companies involved had taken to insulate themselves from concentration of control charges. On July 11, 1973, Mr. Cowles resigned as director and officer of the newspaper company, and placed his shares and those of his immediate family in that company in a voting &COMPANY,INC. trust. At the same time, all CCI shares BLACKBURN held by the newspaper company -9% -were also in a voting RADIO TV CATV NEWSPAPER BROKERS ( NEGOTIATIONS FINANCING APPRAISALS placed trust. CCI said the trusts prevented Mr. Cowles's WASHINGTON, D.C. CHICAGO 60601 ATLANTA 30361 BEVERLY HILLS 90212 control of the newspaper company, as well 20006 333 N. Michigan Ave. 400 Colony Square 9465 Wilshire Blvd. as the newspaper company's control of 1725 K Street, N.W. (312) 346 -6460 Suite 510 (213) 274 -8151 76-5 CCI. 1202) -9270 331 (404) 873-5626 2-2) Justice had contended that the trusts were an inadequate defense against the

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 28 possibility of concentration of control of qualifications and attacking race, sex, objection against all of the stations, since the media, since the voting trustees are re- religion or ethnic background, was found it identified only 137 in any manner and lated by blood or marriage. But the com- to violate freedom of speech. submitted employment profiles in connec- mission said that was not a sufficient basis tion with only 99 of them. The 99 were sta- on which to attack the trusts. To do that, it tions whose EEO records the petitioner said, the department "must show with contended fell below a "zone of specificity how these particular relation- 99 in Florida reasonableness." ships negate the voting trusts' customary Accordingly, the commission said it purpose." And the department, it added, to be checked out would treat the petition as an informal ob- "has not met this burden." jection against the 99, and it will conduct Commission officials last week pointed on EEO practices an examination of their EEO programs. out that the presence of the voting trust For some stations, commission officials issue distinguishes the CCI case from the FCC cuts back to that number said, that would mean only a review of others brought by Justice. In those, the on heels of NAACP petition material already filed. "We can resolve antitrust issues raised by the department that had sought action some of the basis of the statistics availa- will have to be met. against all stations in state ble," one staffer said. But some stations The commission, in its CCI decision, will find themselves receiving letters from indicated the order was not to be con- The Florida branch of the National Assoc - the staff requesting further information. sidered precedent in connection with its ciation for the Advancement of Colored Ultimately, renewal hearings or condi- implementation of the crossownership People failed to trigger an FCC inquiry tioned renewals in some cases are possi- rules it adopted last January. Since the pro- into the equal employment opportunity ble. ceeding does not involve those rules, the programs of all 334 stations in that state. What is possible, also, is the kind of commission said, "We need not reach the But the "petition to deny" it directed statewide inquiry the state branch of the question of whether a voting trust would" against all of those stations (BROADCAST- NAACP requested. The commission, in be of use to a licensee in an egregiously ING, Jan. 12) has resulted in special dismissing the petition against all stations concentrated" market who now faces an scrutiny of 99. except the 99, said that action was without order to break up its holdings by 1980. The The FCC last week said the petition, prejudice to any statewide investigation commission said it had not contemplated which requested a full investigation to pre- that might be ordered in the future. And a the use of voting trusts to satisfy those vent "continuing employment discrimina- staff member said the examination now divestiture requirements. tion" by stations in the state and hearings under way could indicate such a wide - The commission's action does not in "egregious" cases, was procedurally ranging inquiry was needed. remove all doubts concerning Cowles' defective as a petition to deny. For one The commission acted on a vote of 6- hold on the station's license. The renewal thing, it was neither signed nor supported to-1, with Commissioner Benjamin L. was made conditional on the outcome of by affidavit by a Florida resident. Hooks the lone dissenter. He felt the com- the comparative hearing case in which The commission also said the petition mission gave "too cursory" a look at the Cowles' license for WESH -TV Daytona was unspecific when viewed as an informal petition. Beach, Fla., is at stake. Among the issues in that proceeding, in which a local group, Central Florida Enterprises Inc., is challenging Cowles for its license, is one involving an alleged unauthorized studio move by the Cowles station. Northwest Indiana Media Briefs METRO MARKET Challenge denied. FCC has renewed license of Southern Broadcasting Co.'s WGHP -Tv High Point, N.C., and denied Profitable, full time AM - Strong format. competing application Furniture City of Excellent coverage - eleven acre transmitter site. Television Inc. Commission upheld 1974 ruling by judge which found Furniture Equipment in top shape. City's ascertainment and community leader and general public surveys defective. Realistically Terris Money back. Christian Broadcasting Co. priced at $1,000,000 available. request for refund of $40,000 grant fee paid in conjunction with transfer of con- Contact: Howard J. Stasen, Chicago Office. trol of KDTV(TV) Dallas has been granted by FCC. Christian contended transfer involved no consideration on which to base fee. Fair warning. Centrum Corp., licensee of KAWA(AM) Waco, Tex., (now KWI() has INC. been admonished by FCC for inadequate supervision of program staff who ignored America's most dynamic and experienced media brokers. complaints of contest winners who did not receive prizes. Since action did not appear WASHINGTON, D.C. : 1730 K Street, N.W., 20006 (202) 393 3456 to be deliberate, commission would not CHICAGO: 1429 Tribune Tower 60611 (312) 337 2754 deny pending application for assignment of license to Jamar Media Inc. DALLAS: 6060 No. Central Expressway, 75206 (214) 691 -2345 code struck down. Supreme Court has SAN FRANCISCO: 111 Sutter Street, 94104 (415) 392 5671 declared unconstitutional New York State's fair -campaign code. Code, which Brokers of Newspaper, Radio, CATV & TV Properties prohibited misrepresenting candidates'

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 29 The gang's all here. The board of the National Radio Broadcasters Baton Rouge, La.; George Kravis, KFMJ(AM)- KRAV(FM) Tulsa, Okla.; Loring Association, meeting in New York, decided to continue as its top priority Fisher, Bonneville Broadcast Consultants, Tenafly, N.J.; Jack Gennaro, the radio -only license renewal bill in Congress. It also voted to increase WEHR(AM)- WWRW(FM) Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.; Thomas Schattenfield of the the number of its regions from nine to 15, to conduct eight regional and Washington law firm, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, NRBA general 20 local workshops for sales, promotion and management and to have counsel; James Connor, wwsH(FM) Philadelphia; Abe Voran, NRBA ex- special membership dues for radio station groups. It chose the Palmer ecutive director; Robert Herpe, WPLR(FM) New Haven, Conn., NRBA chair- House, Chicago, as the site for its 1977 convention and Boston for 1978. man; James Gabbert, KIOI(AM)- Klol(FM) San Francisco, NRBA president; This year's convention will be Sept. 19 -20 in San Francisco. Elena Saldan, NRBA administrative director and secretary to the board; The members of the board (clockwise from left foreground): Thurman Bernard Mann, WGLD -FM High Point, N.C.; Steven 'Myers, wQLR(FM) Worthington, WKEZ(FM) Norfolk, Va. (with hand on table); Robert Ardrey, Kalamazoo, Mich., vice president East; Ted Dorf, WGAY -AM -FM Silver WIOF(FM) Waterbury, Conn.; Lew Latto, WAKX -AM -FM Duluth, Minn.; Eric Spring, Md.; Carl Venters, WPTF(AM)- WODR(FM) Raleigh, N.C.; Kenneth Hauenstein, KDKB -AM -FM Mesa, Ariz.; Roger Davison, WJBO(AM)- WFMF(FM) Mellgren, wJIB(FM) Boston.

progress -had occurred. staffers called it, should be given in con- FCC The station argued that it had not vio- nection with the WMCA case. closes file lated the rule in failing to notify the Dem- The issue is expected to be debated on WMCA -Rosenthal ocratic congressman of the attack and before the commission when the Broad- offering him time to respond since the rule cast Bureau's draft order disposing of the Commission elects not to pursue applies to attacks made "during" the dis- case is presented for consideration. personal- attack case that was cussion of such issues. Furthermore, it bounced back by appeals court; noted that the attack was made in connec- question now is how order tion with the congressman's refusal to dis- should be treated in future cuss the meat boycott with Mr. Grant on the air, not with the congressman's posi- Eger says the TV set The FCC has decided to put behind it the tion on the issue. effort to pin a personal- attack rule vio- The court said that the station's argu- can do so much more lation on WMCA(AM) New York, and go on ments were not insubstantial. And the to other things. The commission last week commission, it added, violated its own Today's television set lives up to only a accepted the recommendation of its rule in making its judgment as to whether fraction of its potential. And if broad- General Counsel's office not to appeal an attack occurred instead of judging "the casters, manufacturers and suppliers make the case, which had been remanded by objective reasonableness of the licensee's a concerted effort, multichannel sound, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Wash- determination" captioning for the hearing impaired and ington (BROADCASTING, Jan. 19). In- In sending the case back to the commis- other related services via TV wouldn't be stead, the Broadcast Bureau will prepare an sion to consider the matter under "the far off. That message came last week from item disclosing the commission's atten- proper standard," the court made it clear it John Eger, acting director of the Office of tion to drop the case and to rescind the let- doubted that, because of the "novel" Telecommunications Policy, as he released ter of admonition the commission had time -lapse aspect, the commission could a Denver Research Institute (University written to the station. find the station had been unreasonable. of Denver) study on unused signal However, still to be decided is whether The commission last week took the hint. capacity. the commission will use the order dispos- However, the final footnote in the opin- The report, "Ancillary Signals for ing of the case as a means for announcing ion indicates to some commission lawyers Television: Innovations and Implications" a decision to apply the personal -attack rule that the commission could apply the rule was prepared at DTP's request and carries in the future as it attempted to do in the in the future as it attempted to do in the the claim of "the first comprehensive WMCA case. The staff was not prepared to WMCA case if it issues appropriate notice. study of the state of the art of ancillary agree on a recommendation in the matter. The footnote declares that the court does television signals .. ." The report, along There is general agreement within the not say the commission is prohibited from with a letter from Mr. Eger, was sent to V.J. commission that the court's decision interpreting the rule as it did, only that it is Adduci, president of the Electronic Indus- leaves the rule, and the fairness doctrine, on "shaky ground" if it finds the station's tries Association, and to FCC Chairman from which it grew, intact. The facts, offi- actions unreasonable before it has an- Richard E. Wiley, who was encouraged to cials said, set the case apart from the nounced the new interpretation. consider an inquiry into such signal alloca- general run of personal- attack cases. Accordingly, the General Counsel's of- tions as well as continued action on such Bob Grant, a call -in show host, had re- fice said the commission, if it decided it services. ferred to Representative Benjamin S. Ro- was "appropriate," could announce that, The report cites substantial marketplace senthal in March 1973 as a "coward ". in the future, an attack "related to" as well demand for ancillary services- estimating However, the charge was aired about two as "during" a controversial issue of public that 10% to 25% of television -set buyers hours after the discussion of the con- importance would come under the rule. would pay an additional $50 to $100 for troversial issue of public importance in- The Broadcast Bureau, however, was un- stereo sound, and anticipating sizable au- volved -the meat boycott then in certain whether such a `clarification," as diences for captioning and multilingual

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 30 capacities with costs of perhaps $100 or pioneer station "for distinguished con- less per service. tributions to the art of broadcasting and in Broadcast Journalisme The report envisions within the next recognition of dedicated adherence to five to 10 years, commercial application of quality, integrity and responsibility in pro- program -related services such as stock graming and management." The presenta- Group W settles market quotations. tion to WNBC also coincided with NBC's It also estimates the additional equip- 50th anniversary year. on AP Radio ment costs broadcast stations would pay FCC Chairman Richard E. Wiley pre- to provide such services: $10,000 to sented copies of the original licenses for and ABC Radio $20,000 for multichannel sound; a wNBC's predecessor, WEAF New York, minimum of $3,000 to caption transmis- issued to AT &T as founder of the station News services will step in where sion, and $60,000 to $120,000 for ancill- and dated May 12, 1923, and for WNBC reduced Washington bureau left off ary information service. itself as issued to NBC on Nov. 13, 1926, upon NBC's acquisition of the station Group W has signed up with AP Radio from AT&T. and ABC Radio for news service for the Mr. Wiley said broadcasters could take seven Group W radio stations. The an- RKO counters charges justifiable pride in the story of broadcast- nouncement last week of the affiliation of bribery, misconduct ing, as exemplified by the development of followed months of jockeying among the network radio in general and NBC in par- major radio news services to land the Licensee of WNAC -TV Boston says ticular. Taking note of the 50th- annivers- Group W outlets, that began when Group challengers for frequency made ary timing, he wished broadcasters at least W cut back severely on its Washington allegations, but gave no facts another 50 years of "good health and good news bureau operations (BROADCASTING, service." Oct. 20, 1975). Claiming that the charges of bribery and Tributes also came from Robert W. While dollar figures in the transaction corruption leveled against its parent, Ferguson of wrRF -Tv Wheeling, W. Va., are not being disclosed (one source said General Tire & Rubber, are unfounded president of Broadcasters Foundation and the amounts are "not overwhelming "), and not backed up with facts, RKO chairman of the NBC -TV Affiliates Board the long -range benefits to be derived from General (licensee of wxnc-Tv Boston) has of Delegates, who presented the Mike serving Group W's major stations in major requested that the FCC deny a request by Award to Herbert S. Schlosser, NBC presi- markets -most particularly including New Community Broadcasting of Boston to dent, and from New Jersey Governor York and Los Angeles -are substantial. reopen the record in the station's renewal Brandan Byrne and New York Mayor AP Radio said the only concession to proceedings (BROADCASTING, Dec. 15, Abraham D. Beame. Harold R. Krelstein, Group W was the standard group dis- 1975; Jan. 19, 26). chairman of the Plough stations and presi- count; otherwise the cooperative deals in Community, one of two applicants seek- dent of Broadcast Pioneers, presided. "equitables." ing RKO's channel 7 spot, accused GT &E Roy Steinfort, AP assistant general of siphoning profits from a Chilean sub- manager in charge of broadcast activities, sidiary, Industria Nacional de Neumaticos said "We are pleased that such a (INSA), as well as taking rebates from prestigious news -oriented group as suppliers and overcharging subsidiaries for Westinghouse, after an intensive survey material and equipment. of all alternative news sources, selected In its request for denial, RKO countered AP Radio, on the basis of quality, to serve Community's claims by saying that Com- five of its stations ?' munity "has not supported the allegations Donald H. McGannon, chairman and with affidavits of persons with personal president of Group W, said, "In adding the knowledge of the facts" The GT &E over- Celebrants. Perry Bascomb (c), vice world -wide news capabilities and com- seas payments, RKO said, were not shown president and general manager of WNBC. munications facilities of ABC and AP by "any factual or legal foundation" to be with Herbert Schlosser (I) NBC presi- Radio to our Group W News operations, bribes. It added that "there is no indica- dent and chief operating officer, and we believe we have taken a significant and tion that any foreign authority has brought New York Mayor Abe Beame. essential step in broadcast news. This step charges of any kind against GT &E." In ad- expands the number of news sources and dition it said, there are "no U.S. laws materials we can bring to the diverse au- prohibiting the activities alleged to be il- Eger's Pacific plan diences we serve, while enabling Group legal or improper." W's news operation to focus more heavily The alleged misconduct by GT &E, The U.S. is calling on the nations of the on the meaning of the news to the corn - RKO claimed, does not automatically Pacific to join with it in creating a Pacific munities in which Group W radio stations make RKO unfit to continue as a licensee. Telecommunications Conference to deal serve ?' The matter should be judged on the basis with a wide range of issues. The proposal President of the Group W Radio Station of "the actual performance of RKO and was announced by John Eger, acting direc- Group, Richard Harris, said "The Group WNAC -TV over a period of years," it said. tor of the Office of Telecommunications W news bureau (in Washington) will con- Policy, in a speech to the Electronic Indus- tinue under the excellent direction of Sid tries Association in Boca Raton, Fla. Davis. The new affiliations with AP Radio The proposal, he said, is for a and ABC Radio will not enable the bureau NBC and its WNBC multilateral, multilevel conference that to provide specialized coverage of the sig- get a tip of the hat would consider matters ranging from nificant news events in the capitol, and the facilities -planning questions to "com- corps of Group W news specialists, Wiley, broadcasters, other puter communications and privacy, direct analysts, and commentators will continue dignitaries laud pioneer station, broadcast by satellite, trade, technology to provide the perspective that is so network at annual Mike award. and other issues of mutual and joint con- necessary in understanding the complex- cern." ities of today's news" NBC's wmic(AM) New York received the He said the forum he was proposing was AP Radio will provide coverage for all - Broadcast Pioneers, Golden Mike Award needed, since existing international in- news WINS(AM) New York; all -news and the station, NBC and broadcasters in stitutions were not designed to deal with KFWB(AM) Los Angeles; waz(AM) Boston; general received verbal bouquets at the the full range of telecommunications KDKA(AM) Pittsburgh and wowo(AM) Fort award presentation dinner in New York issues and provide little opportunity for in- Wayne, Ind. last Tuesday (Jan. 27). dustry leaders to talk to their foreign coun- The new affiliates of ABC's American The award is presented annually to a terparts. 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Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 31 KYw(AM) Philadelphia, effective in 60 Closeup documentary unit in 1973. He Westin. He was named executive producer days. WRCP(AM), owned by Rust Craft again became executive in charge of the last week, after the latter's resignation. At Broadcasting of Pennsylvania, is currently evening news last February, although Mr. the same time, Robert E. Frye, producer the ABC Information station there. The Skinner has exercised increasing respon- for the ABC News segments of Good new affiliate of ABC's Entertainment sibility for day-to -day operations. Morning, America, out of Washington, Radio Network is WIND(AM) Chicago, It was "a professional disagreement was named producer of the evening news, effective in 90 days, succeeding WArr(AM) with Bill," according to Mr. Westin, that and Robert R. Roy, a writer- editor in New as the ABC Entertainment outlet in resulted in his being asked to resign. He York, was named editorial producer on the Chicago. and Mr. Sheehan agreed not to discuss Reasoner news staff. specifics "in a public match," but Mr. The other half of Mr. Westin's respon- Sheehan said there was a "difference over sibilities will be taken over by Marlene operating procedures," not ideology. Mr. Sanders, a staff producer now named vice Av Westin Westin emphasized there is "no acrimony; president-director of documentaries. She we'll probably have lunch together." becomes the company's third woman of- and ABC go Privately, Mr. Westin was known to be ficer (with Pam Dickson, vice president - critical of Mr. Skinner's relative inex- talent for comedy and drama, ABC Enter- separate ways perience and for a pattern of "tabloid" tainment, Hollywood, and Grace Johnsen, journalism he saw increasingly in evidence vice president -broadcast standards and Evening news, documentary chief on that broadcast. He was also critical of practices, New York). Mr. Westin had sur- departs, apparently over policy; budget cutbacks in the Closeup area, and rendered his own vice president's stripes Skinner in charge of nightly show, made his "great regret" known publicly at when he assumed his most recent posi- Sanders will head 'Closeup' unit the time (BROADCASTING, Nov. 10). Ob- tion, a move that was said to be voluntary servers noted a similarity between Mr. and accompanied by a salary hike to an A seven -year ascendancy in the ranks of Westin's departure and that 10 years estimated $100,000. ABC News came to an abrupt halt last earlier - almost to the day -of Fred Mr. Westin's future plans are undeter- week when Av Westin, 46, executive pro- Friendly from the presidency of CBS mined. "I have a lot of friends throughout ducer of the ABC News with Harry News. The difference, of course, was that the industry and in the academic world as Reasoner, was asked to resign. The parties Mr. Westin was not yet la news division well," he said, and feels he has "a few to that decision were reluctant to speak for president, although many expected him to years left before going off to teach" in the record, but an editorial policy struggle reach that level, and that the decision to some distant future. Meanwhile, he appeared at work, with Mr. Westin the end it all was the company's, not the news- means to continue using his skills in the loser to Steve Skinner, 35, who has been man's. news, public affairs and broadcasting senior producer of ABC's evening news Mr. Sheehan told BROADCASTING he fields. since June 1975. The decision to part com- considers it unfortunate that Mr. Skinner, pany was made by William Sheehan, presi- just getting started at the network news dent of ABC News, and announced in a level, was caught in the crossfire of the Ford advisers consider, one -sentence press release after a meeting Westin departure. He was part of the with Mr. Westin last Monday (Jan. 26). reason for the final disagreement, but not then reject possibility Mr. Westin has been a rising star in all of it, Mr. Sheehan said. "It was in some of Ford - Reagan debate broadcast journalism since 1957, when he ways like the MacArthur- Truman confron- was the first recipient of the CBS Founda- tation," he said. "The collision course Hartmann floats it to UPI, Mead tion Fellowship and subsequently became developed over a long time." and others shoot the idea down a principal news executive of that network. Mr. Skinner began his broadcast news He joined the ill-fated Public Broadcasting career in 1966 at KTLA -TV Los Angeles, For a while last week, it seemed that a Laboratory in1967 -an assignmenthe later moving subsequently to wFIL -TV televised debate between President Ford called the one dark period in his career Philadelphia and WABC -TV New York. It and Ronald Reagan was in the offing. But ( "The network evening news: showcase of was there that he achieved national recog- before the idea was fleshed out, White electronic journalism," BROADCASTING nition for the "eyewitness news" concept House aides were knocking it down. Jan. 5) -and then went to ABC in 1969. which many come to call "happy talk." He The idea originated in the White House, Mr. Westin was credited with building that moved to ABC's KGO -TV San Francisco as with Presidential Counselor Robert Hart- half-hour into both a critical and audience news director in 1973, and from there was mann. He told UPI that he might recom- contender with its rivals on CBS and NBC chosen to take over the senior producer mend to the President that he debate his before he was promoted to head the role on the Reasoner news under Mr. chief opponent for the Republican presi-

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F_D 32 dential nomination; he noted that Mr. pact" The report did not, however, name Ford had always debated opponents in run- either individuals or organizations. ning for re- election to his House seat in Tinker, tailor, William E. Colby, who stepped down Michigan. last week as head of the CIA, admitted The Reagan camp was quick to pick up newsman, spy? that he had been the unnamed source of a on the idea. Former New Hampshire November 1973 story in the Washington Governor Hugh Gregg, chief of Mr. Although Jaffe tale of link Star reporting that about three dozen Reagan's campaign in the New Hampshire between CIA and journalists is American journalists abroad, including presidential primary Feb. 24, said his can- generally discredited, House unit five full -time correspondents, were on the didate would debate the President releases report saying there was CIA payroll. In November 1975, he told "anytime, anywhere -in the White House some cooperation with intelligence the House Intelligence Committee in open if necessary." agency by some news organizations, session that there remains a "small num- But about the time Mr. Gregg was mak- and Colby has a similar story to tell ber" of American freelance reporters and ing those remarks, the President's televi- stringers abroad (both print and broad- sion adviser, Bob Mead, was saying, "I The pot continued to boil last week -albeit cast) who are paid by the CIA. He said the don't think you'll see debates." He at a slower and less certain rate -over ac- CIA does not employ any staff members said that he and other White House ad- cusations that U.S. journalists have coop- of regular U.S. general circulation journals visers had discussed the matter that morn- erated with the country's intelligence (he included broadcast media), and added ing -after reading the UPI dispatch quot- agencies. But the previous week's star wit- that the agency tries to be careful not to in- ing Mr. Hartmann -and that the consen- ness, former CBS and ABC newsman Sam fluence any stories that reach the domestic sus was that Mr. Ford should not debate. Jaffe, who had caused suspicions to be audience. Mr. Colby, however, also will not Mr. Mead said he and others opposed to raised about prominent colleagues name names. Mr. Ford's participation in a debate cited (BROADCASTING, Jan. 26), was himself Senator Frank Church (D- Idaho) said two reasons. discredited by at least one official spokes- he would press for the naming of names One is that it is not necessary for Mr. man, and there was a growing sentiment wherever his committee finds that news Ford to engage in a debate to make his among those who knew anything on the organizations infiltrated by the CIA had views known. A debate "is really a test of subject that they would not tell. disseminated news to this country. A staff who is the best showman," Mr. Mead said, On Friday (Jan. 30), the House In- spokesman for the Senate committee said "and in that connection, it's degrading to telligence Committee was to release its of- last week, however, that Mr. Church would the office of the Presidency." ficial report saying that 15 news organiza- first have to have the approval of the other The second, Mr. Mead says, is that a tions (radio and television among them) members of the committee before doing debate would confront Mr. Ford with a had cooperated with the Central In- that. The Senate committee will issue a dilemma in matters affecting national se- telligence Agency in providing cover for written report the end of February. CIA resisted curity. For although he is well informed on CIA agents. Further, the report said that The has providing names, would such matters, Mr. Mead said, the Presi- five agents in that group were posing for arguing that to do so endanger the dent would have to "pick and choose his organizations "of major general news im- lives of the individuals, hold them up to words carefully," to avoid discussing sensi- tive matters. Mr. Mead feels the same kind of dilemma could have led to the "downfall" of Richard Nixon when, as Vice President, F he debated Senator John Kennedy. Whether it did nor not, Presidents seeking re- election since then have not been interested in debating their opponents. Westmoreland critical of TV role in Vietnam SERIES 5000 General William C. Westmoreland, who was Vietnam field commander from 1964 s to 1968, finds time in his newly published book, "A Soldier Reports" (Doubleday), -,ai:trg,241-ae_e-*_i to comment on the media coverage of the first "television war." 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He said, for example, that and make them useless as information when he went to Moscow for CBS to cover Broadcast Advertising® sources if they are still in intelligence. the trial of Francis Gary Powers, the House sources say privately that if the American U -2 pilot whose airplane was committee were to publish names, in- shot down over the Soviet Union in 1959, FCC officially dividuals' careers could be destroyed. he found he alone among American cor- Mr. Jaffee's naming of names two weeks respondents was seated on the first floor of pulls the plug ago was greeted with a storm of denials the courtroom near the defendant's dock. and angry counterattacks. Among the He said, too, that he alone was given a on IDC experiment names he aired were some of the most room on the same floor of the hotel where Mr. Powers's wife stayed. Commission says firm no longer powerful in broadcast journalism: CBS's is While in Moscow for ABC, attempting to perfect system Walter Cronkite, NBC's John Chancellor Mr. Jaffe for encoding said he was paid from an account commercials and it and ABC's William Sheehan. According to in his failed to meet deadline own name in New York. On returning, last year Mr. Jaffe, their names were on a Nixon he for compliance with agency rules White House list of journalists who had said he was told ABC had no record of ever having placed money in that account. cooperated with the CIA. The CIA was The FCC and IDC Services Inc. have ABC said last week there was no such ac- supposed to have compiled the list, but a given up on IDC's idea for incorporating CIA said last week count. spokesman that no identification material in a television pic- What these last two events signify is not such thing ever existed, and neither the ture. The commission last week deleted House nor Senate Intelligence Commit- known, although Mr. Jaffe has his own suspicions about secretive the rule that made such use of the televi- tees has been able to locate one. acts by U.S. in- sion telligence agencies and possible involve- screen possible, an action that came Mr. Chancellor and Mr. Cronkite ment by the networks. after the company failed to meet a Nov. delivered 20, 1975, their denials of collusion with Mr. Jaffe has told this and more to deadline for bringing its pro- the CIA on staff their own news shows on Fri- members of the Senate and House In- gram- identification system into corn - day, Jan. 23. And last week CBS cir- telligence Committees. Without being pliance with the rule. In fact, IDC no culated a quote given it by A. Searle Field, specific, one House source said Mr. longer operates a program -identification staff director of the House Intelligence Jaffe's recitation has not been found to service. Committee. It said: "Jaffe's allegations be a gross misstatement. And Representa- The commission adopted the rule in about 1970, in to a newsmen have been made in inter- tive Ronald Dellums (D- Calif.), a mem- response petition by IDC views with our staff. We have carefully ber of the House committee, was expected (then International Digisonics Corp.). It checked them -including going over CIA to issue his own statement last week sup- permitted the insertion of material in each files -and have concluded they are with- plemental to the committee's report sug- corner of a television picture, at the beginning a out foundation ... We have also con- gesting that Mr. Jaffe's case be given and end of program segment, that cluded that Jaffe is not a credible witness." further scrutiny. would identify the program. The rule was designed to control the placement The expansiveness of Mr. Jaffee's of the material in such a manner that it would not allegations involving others cast doubt in the minds of many on the credibility be visible to the viewer. of his IDC own story. He has personally been con- used the rule as a basis for attempting to sell an electronic nected with the Federal Bureau of In- monitoring service vestigation, CBS News programing to advertisers who wanted an independent the CIA and the Russian in- to be micropublished telligence agency, the KGB. The first verification of the times their commericals two were broadcast particular connections were made by Mr. Jaffee him- over stations. CBS News and Microfilming Corp. of IDC, however, was self. He said that he was an unpaid in- never able to iron America, a subsidiary of The New York the bugs which former for the FBI during the years he out of the system, in- worked for CBS, 1955 -61, Times, together will make available to the volved the use of unattended monitors in and to a lesser public microfilm /microfiche transcripts of extent while he worked for ABC, 1961 -69. major television markets and central com- all CBS News daily television news broad- He said he told the FBI about his conver- puters. And the commission last week said casts and documentaries, beginning in late sations with Russians (he covered the six years of experience has proven little U.N. for CBS and was for a while Moscow spring. A quarterly CBS News index and but the fruitlessness of continuing to rely correspondent for ABC), but that his re- annual compilations in book form of the on the system as a means of providing au- porting had not been influenced or network's news coverage by subject will tomatic identification of television pro- also be by Microfilming. affected. No one has disputed that ac- published grams. The commission said that the IDC count. Richard Salant, CBS News president, system frequently transmitted patterns said the records will "serve as an ex- that occupied more of the picture area than The CIA connection was brief. He said tremely useful complement to the Na- that after he the rule permitted. applied but before he actually tional Archives video -tape service, which Five years received his first ago, IDC asked the commis- job on the overnight shift permits users at 16 locations and members at CBS in sion to amend the rule to permit an in- 1955, he was approached at his of the Inter-Library Loan System to view home in crease in the area of the picture used for California by a CIA agent and CBS News broadcasts." Material to be told that he was the identification system. But on Oct. 31, going to be given a job in with 1975 and in- CBS's micropublished begins 1973, the commission not only refused to Moscow office if he would agree to cludes excerpts from the Evening do some assignments CBS amend the rule; it gave IDC two years to for the CIA. He News with Walter Cronkite; weekend edi- refused, he make the equipment modifications necess- said, and that was the extent of tions anchored by Dan Rather and Bob his contact with the ary to bring the system into compliance CIA. He got the night Schieffer; CBS Morning News with with shift job stateside. the rule. The commission said it Hughes Rudd and Bruce Morton; CBS would delete the rule if the deadline was It was a Russian, Yuri Nosenki, who ac- Midday News with Douglas Edwards; not met. cused Mr. Jaffe of being an agent for the CBS Sunday Night News with Morton The commission last week observed that KGB. Mr. Nosenko, a member of the Dean; CBS Reports; 60 Minutes and CBS the deadline had passed without IDC Soviet disarmament delegation in Geneva, News specials. bringing its system into compliance; in- defected to the United States in 1964 and CBS's suit against Vanderbilt Universi- deed, it noted that the Chicago -based made that statement to both the FBI and ty, Nashville, filed in December 1973 for company, whose major occupation CIA, Mr. Jaffe said the agencies told him. allegedly unauthorized taping, collecting (through a subsidiary, Talents and Re- Mr. Jaffe said the charge is not true and and distributing CBS News broadcasts, is siduals) serves, in effect as advertising that he has a letter from Mr. Colby saying still pending in Nashville with no trial date agencies' paymaster for actors and the CIA agrees with him. Mr. Jaffe has set. actresses who appear in commercials, no

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 37 longer operates a program -identification Programing service. Mutual on tour. C. Edward Little, presi- In deleting the rule, the commission dent, and Gary J. Worth, executive vice sought to limit any inconvenience that ac- president, Mutual Broadcasting ABC makes it tion would cause those still using recorded systems, Washington, begin seven commercial announcements containing weeks of luncheon advertising presen- two in a row the identification signal. It said it would tations in 22 major cities today (Feb. 2). permit the use of such material until Jan. They will be joined in each city by It tops CBS and NBC again with 31, 1978. Mutual's regional vice presidents and big numbers from 'Bionic Woman,' sales executives who service agencies old shows in new time periods, and clients in their respective markets. name movies and 'Donnie & Marie' law WCVB -TV says new ABC -TV, bolstered by good sampling for forces it to sell more of its second -season shows, beat out cost -efficiency and reach among con- CBS for the second prime -time week in a read what it prefers sumers who don't or remember row and closed its season -to -date gap on to give away free newspaper ads." NBC. Mr. Walthius said stations are selling co- For the 20th week alone (Jan. 19 -25), Boston station changes policy op harder than ever, using sales tools and ABC harvested a 21.0 rating to slip past after Ronald Reagan campaigners incentives provided by RAB in its current CBS (20.9 rating), with NBC limping in a insist on buying election spots drive to build radio co -op to a magnitude distant third (16.8 rating). The season -to- representing 30% of radio's total volume date figures read CBS, 19.7 rating; NBC, Boston Broadcasters Inc., licensee of by 1980. 18.2 rating; and ABC, 18.0 rating. WCVB -TV Boston, has abandoned its policy He made his observations in a speech ABC may have stumbled onto the big against accepting paid political advertising prepared for delivery Jan. 31 to the 1976 hit of the second season in The Bionic in the face of the new federal election law Retail Advertising Conference in Chicago. Woman (Wednesday, 8 -9 p.m., NYT), and the campaign plans of Ronald Reagan. which chalked up more huge numbers in The new law requires the FCC to take its second week on the air (29.7 rating, 44 punitive action against broadcasters who TVB adds seven seminars share on Jan. 21). Other good omens of fail to "allow reasonable access to or to ABC's second -season: the Welcome Back, permit purchase of reasonable amounts of Demand has been so heavy that the Kotter sitcom, in its new time period time for the use of a broadcasting station Television Bureau of Advertising has (Thursday, 8 -8:30 p.m.), racked up a 23.3 by a legally qualified candidate for federal scheduled seven new sales training semi- rating and 35 share on Jan. 22; and the office on behalf of his candidacy." BBI felt nars in addition to the five originally premiere of Donnie and Marie (Friday, its policy of making free time available for planned. The schedule: 8 -9 p.m.), a variety series, frontloaded a political campaigns it considered of signifi- Feb. 10 -12, junior sales personnel, star -checked guest roster on Jan. 23 and was responsive to that cance to the area Washington; Feb. 17 -19, sales managers, ended up with a 23.2 rating and 36 share. organization provision. But the Reagan Washington; March 8 -10, general man- Not so promising omens of ABC's sec- to its own, and cited the law in wanted buy agers, Washington; April 5 -7, sales man- ond- season: The Barney Miller sitcom, in support of its demand. agers, San Francisco; May 17 -19, senior its new time period (Thursday, 8:30 -9 in re- BBI's attorney, Benito Gaguine, sales personnel, Washington; June 7 -9, p.m.), squandered six share points of the porting the change in policy to the FCC sales managers, Washington; July 12 -14, Kotter lead -in on Jan. 22 to finish with a last week, said discussions with the com- junior sales personnel, San Francisco; shaky 20.3 rating and 29 share; the On the mission's staff led him to conclude that Aug. 16 -18, junior sales personnel, Wash- Rocks comedy, in its new time period Mr. Reagan's representative's interpreta- ington; Aug. 23 -25, sales managers, (Monday, 8 -8:30 p.m.), declined pre- tion of the law would be adopted by the Washington; Sept. 27 -29, sales managers, cipitously for the third week in a row, commission. Furthermore, he said, since San Francisco; Oct. 18 -20, general man- plummeting to a well- below -par 14.4 rat- the equal -time law would require the sta- agers, Washington, and Oct. 25 -27, senior ing and 21 share on Jan. 26; and Almost tion to afford equal access to approx- sales personnel, Washington. Anything Goes, which made its debut on imately 14 candidates entered in the New Saturday, Jan. 24 (8 -9 p.m.), got a 16.6 rat- Hampshire and Massachusetts primaries, ing and 27 share, better than the show it plus an unknown additional number of replaced (Saturday Night Live With write -in candidates, BBI decided it could Initial response strong Howard Cosell) but, according to industry meet its obligations under the law only by for IBFM liability proviso sources, not good enough to insure its sur- permitting the use of spot announcements vival beyond the summer. by candidates. A total of 57 TV and radio stations have NBC engineered the first cancellations of thus far adopted the new contract clause the second season when it announced last proposed by the Institute of Broadcasting week that The Cop and the Kid (Thurs- Co -op comes out Financial Management to resolve the day, 8 -8:30 p.m.) and Grady (Thursday, of the closet question of liability for payment for broad- 8:30 -9 p.m.) would bow out as of March cast advertising, according to IBFM. 11 to make way for The Mac Davis Show, a RAB executive tells retailers The announcement said the stations in- variety hour that failed its initial test that half of all blg companies cluded those of Metromedia -the first to against The Waltons last year. Gary Smith will spend shared funds on radio adopt the clause -and also group owners and Sandy Gallin are Mr. Davis's new ex- Corinthian, Cox, Kaiser and Meredith, as ecutive producers. George Walthius, Midwest vice president well as individually owned KPLR -TV St. NBC programers were cheered by Ellery of the Radio Advertising Bureau, pre- Louis, WTIC -AM -FM Hartford, Conn., and Queen's 23.4 rating and 35 share on Jan. dicted that by the end of this year at least wwwE(AM)- wwwM(FM) Cleveland. 25, but industry sources pointed out that half of all "significant" retailers in the The clause, is outlined and explained in ABC's high -rated The Six Million Dollar U.S. will be taking advantage of the radio a 28 -page booklet (BROADCASTING, Jan. Man was on hiatus that night for a sluggish co -op advertising allowances offered by 5). In essence, it makes the agency liable Bicentennial special, and CBS's Sonny and manufacturers. for payment, assigning liability to the ad- Cher were also a week away from their He said more and more retailers are try- vertiser only for bills not yet paid or if the return to series duty as a reunited team, ing radio co -op and learning that it advertiser knew that its agency was their place being taken on Jan. 25 by an

"greatly extends the life and impact of seriously delinquent in its accounts . but equally sluggish family- oriented drama. newspaper advertising because of relative paid the agency anyway. The discouraging news for NBC in the

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 38 20th week was the continued anemic performance of two of its holdover dramas, Movin' On (a 17.0 rating and 24 share on Jan. 20) and Petrocelli (a 13.0 rating and 23 share on Jan. 21). CBS's new Popi sitcom (Tuesday, 8:30 -9 p.m.) managed only a 14.8 rating and 21 share in its second- season debut on Jan. 20. But three other second -season stratagems of CBS's continued to pay divi- dends: M *A *S *H (Tuesday, 9 -9:30 p.m.), which scored a 26.4 rating and 38 share on Jan. 20; the new One Day at a Time sitcom (Tuesday, 9:30 -10 p.m.), which hit a 23.6 rating and 34 share on Jan. 20; and 60 Minutes (Sunday, 7 -8 p.m.), which pulled down a 19.2 rating and 31 share on Jan. 25. Meanwhile, ABC's gains during the last two weeks were helped no end by the big numbers racked up by theatrical movies. Robert Redford's "Jeremiah Johnson" piled up the points on Jan. 18 (BROAD - Baker's dozen. Thirteen who made "a significant contribution towards upgrading CASTING, 26) on Jan. 23, Barbra Jan. and, children's televisions' were honored last Wednesday (Jan. 28) in Boston by Action for Streisand in and Ryan O'Neal "What's Children's Television. Peggy Charren, ACT president, presented the fourth annual awards. (9 Up, Doc" -11 p.m.) rolled to a 27.5 rat- At the ceremony: ing and 44 share, making it the third high- Front row (l -r)- Andrew Ferguson, Children's Television Workshop; Peggy Charren; est -rated theatrical movie of the year, Donald McGannon, Westinghouse Broadcasting; Robert Keeshan, Robert Keeshan and behind "Jeremiah Johnson" and ABC's Associates. telecast last September of "Serpico," with Back row (I -r)- Martin Tahse, Martin Tahse Productions; Jerry Golod, CBS; George Al Pacino. Heinemann, NBC; Marshall Efron and Betty Olsen, CBS; Aaron Cohen, NBC; Cheryl Bibbs, WGBH -TV Boston; Edwin Cohen, Agency for Instructional Television; Gus Bailey, Taft Broadcasting; Kenneth Kaminski, Post-Newsweek Stations; Aida Barrera, KLRN -Tv Austin, Tex.; Ray Hubbard, Post- Newsweek; Vivian Homer, CTW; Jim Osborne, wxvz -Tv Detroit; George Moynihan, Westinghouse; Jeanne Findletter and Barry Hurd, wxrz -Tv. Plaintiffs dispute Awards were for CBS -TV's The CBS Children's Film Festival; CBS News's Marshall efforts to have Efron's Illustrated Simplified and Painless Sunday School; CTW's The Electric Company; Robert Keeshan Associates' Captain Kangaroo; KRLN -TV'S Carrascolendas; NBC -TV's Go- family viewing suit U.S.A.; Post -Newsweek's The Reading Show; Taft Broadcasting's Max B. Nimble; Martin Tahse Productions, Kukla, Fran & 011ie; Westinghouse's Call It Macaroni; wGBH -TV's The thrown out of court Spider's WWfeb; wxvz -TV's Hot Fudge, and a special award to the Agency for Instructional Television for development of informative programs. Hollywood people challenging programing concept defend basis ment of the government and private de- pation as a friend of the court should not for their case; FCC, NAB, networks fendants in actions taken behind closed be granted a party that has played a role in object to ACT, NCCB effort to join in doors - without any regular agency pro - the underlying controversy and wishes "to ceedings-to conceive, promote, foster vindicate rights" which it claims are its The Hollywood writers, producers and ac- and induce the adoption and implementa- own. And the commission notes that the tors who have gone to court in an effort to tion" of the ban on certain "constitu- motion says NCCB's efforts to "include block implementation of the family view- tionally protected ideas." the public in this policy were rebuffed" ing concept had their turn in court last And, the response says, the complaints and that groups like ACT and NCCB week to oppose the motions to dismiss need not exhaust normal remedies in "were deliberately excluded from the for- their suits filed by the defendants -the cases of government action "that never mulation of the family viewing hour three major networks, the National Asso- received a jurisdictionally proper con- policy." ciation of Broadcasters and the FCC. It sideration by the FCC in the first in- was the broadcasters' and the commis- stance." "Such extra -legal activities of sion's contention that the suit was pro- government," the response adds, "may be cedurally defective -that if there was a challenged in the District Court." Family viewing no sop cause of action against them, which they The networks and the NAB, in one disputed, it should be brought in the U.S. pleading, and the FCC, in another, also to Senator Allen; he Court of Appeals in the form of an appeal had something to say to the court last wants tough FCC policy from a commission action (BROADCAST - week. They opposed the joint motion of ING, Jan. 19). the National Citizens Comdtittee for While the FCC is pressured on one side to But the Hollywood artists saw it Broadcasting and Action for Children's keep its hands off television programing, it differently. Their response, in U.S. District Television to participate in the case as continues to suffer attacks from another Court in Los Angeles, says that "the friends of the court on the side of the com- side on its reluctance to take forthright unprecedented joint venture" involving plainants. NCCB and ACT said that steps to clean up TV violence. Senator the FCC, individual commissioners, the although they are concerned about some James Allen (D -Ala.) sided with the latter networks and the NAB to develop and im- of the same issues as those raised by the group in a speech in the Senate in which plement a ban on broadcasting during the plaintiffs -they say the family viewing he scored the commission for retreating first two hours of prime time of "enter- concept "has resulted in a form of nega- "into the security of its laissez -faire tainment programing inappropriate for tive content regulation that has long been posture." viewing by a general family audience" deplored by both organizations" -they "Clearly," Senator Allen said, "the does not involve a specific agency action will also "bring a unique 'consumer' FCC, which has the general authority to from which an appeal can be taken. perspective to the proceeding" that will be direct broadcasting as the public conve- Rather, it says, the case concerns "the helpful to the court. nience, interest and necessity requires, is continuing, pervasive, extra -legal involve- The FCC, in its opposition, said partici- unwilling to recognize the dimensions and

Broedcasting Feb 2 1976 39 Jonesboro, Ark. and xETV(TV) Tijuana, Mexico -San Diego.

Westward ho. Corporation for Public Broadcasting has granted research and program development grant to David Dortort for future public television series on American West. Mr. Dortort was creator and executive producer of Bonanza and High Chaparral, two commercial network series set in old West.

AIM's other case. Accuracy in Media, con- servatively oriented media watchdog, has asked U.S. Supreme Court to overrule FCC in case involving statutory requirement that public broadcasting programs meeting achieve `objectivity and balance." Commission, according to complaint brought by AIM, said that it lacked authority to enforce provision.

Unexpected gues . First Lady Betty Ford (center) surprised Pearl Bailey and the wac -Tv Washington studio audience when she appeared on a special hour -long tribute to Miss Award winners. Public Broadcasting Ser- Bailey, who had retired from show business to join the U.S. delegation to the United Nations. vice has acquired 17 television specials in- Others joining Mrs. Ford on Jim Peck's (I) extended Thke It From Here program included cluding two 1975 International Emmy NBC Today host Barbara Walters and Washington Mayor Walter Washington. Award winning programs - The Evacuees and Marek -for total of $270,000. Pro- grams will be televised March 7 impact of television violence, and thus, is match the total population rather closely. between and March 21, during PBS's an- unlikely to institute reasonable guidelines Blue- collar workers, however, make up a second or controls." He called the FCC's attempts lesser percentage of the audience than nual fund -raising campaign. Show titles to persuade the networks to reduce their respective numbers in the over -all include 1 Regret Nothing, Keep America violence to date, "timid." population. Singing; The Magnificent Adventure; A And he called the industry's self-im- PTV viewers are "slightly more liberal" Tribute to Johann Strauss; Benito posed family viewing period "a feeble in their political persuasion than the total response." "Instead of attacking the real population, the report pointed out. problem by showing less violence and less Females constitute a substantial majority A raise. ABC -TV and NBC -TV busi- sex on the nation's television screens, the of the PTV audience, larger than their pro- ness- affairs sources confirmed last networks are simply juggling their portional share of the total population. week that their networks would be schedules to delay scenes of violence or The report attributed that finding to the boosting payments to the producers of sex until 9 p.m." possibility that large numbers of mothers their prime -time series for next fall by Mr. Allen concluded that unless the watch public television with their children. about 10% across the board. CBS -TV FCC and the industry take positive steps The proportion of PTV viewers is "sig- sources said that it would be misleading will be forced to take ac- nificantly lower" in the South than any soon, Congress for the network to point to a specific tion. other region, the report noted. While 90% blanket percentage figure. But they ad- is of the U.S. population white, 93% ded that CBS has completed all its of the PTV audience is white. Conversely, negotiations with producers of projects who Roper PTV blacks represent 8% of the popula- aimed at the 1976 -77 season and "we says 6% tion, are reported as making up only of met each financial problem as it came A viewers don't differ the public television audience. majority up and reached what we think are viewers %) a high much from the norm of PTV (59 have school equitable adjustments" Coming on top education or less. of the networks' monetary increase to CPB- commissioned study producers last year, one NBC source sees similar traits; said that "we're now paying a fair price main difference concerns Program Briefs to our suppliers -we realize how impor- interests in current events tant it is to keep them viable and heal- Greening the screen. Ninety- minute Irish thy." With inflation driving up prices, A Roper Report survey commissioned by Bicentennial special, featuring Peter some industry sources say the average the Corporation for Public Broadcasting O'Toole, is being distributed by The Syn- 60- minute filmed episode for the claims that the demographic charac- dication Works, which reports negotiations 1976 -77 season will cost about S300,- teristics of the public television viewer with more than 100 stations in 75 markets. 000, compared to the $260,000 or so it "parallel" those of the total population TV program was taped last month at Car- cost last year. "fairly closely." The strongest distinguish- negie Hall and also includes such names as ing characteristic of PTV viewers found in The Clancy Brothers, Siobhan McKenna, Just right. Worldvision Enterprises Inc. the November 1975 study was the degree Donal McCann and Eamon Kelly. The has placed The Doris Day Show into of their interest and involvement in cur- Syndication Works, 645 North Michigan domestic syndication for showing on TV rent events. Avenue, Chicago 60611; (312) 266 -8774. stations in the fall of this year. The series Although the age distribution of those consists of 128 half -hour episodes. It watching public television does not differ Six in three. Get Smart, half-hour, color, was carried on CBS -TV from 1968 from the total population, the report noted comedy- adventure series distributed by through 1973. Kevin O'Sullivan, presi- that there was a tendency among PTV National Telefilm Associates, Los dent of Worldvision, noted that "with the viewers to have a "somewhat higher pro- Angeles, was sold in three new markets advent of the National Association of portion of families with young children, and renewed in three markets in three Broadcasters code changes affecting college education and incomes over weeks. New stations are KPLR -TV St. Louis, family viewing, The Doris Day Show is $15,000." WTCG -TV Atlanta and WGPR -TV Detroit. the perfect series for early evening and Along occupational lines, PTV viewers Renewing are wsNS(TV) Chicago; KAIT -TV family -hour time periods"

Broadcasting Fob 2 1976 40 Mussolini, My Husband; It's Hard Tb Be a cedents. In Minnesota and New York, ca- Penguin; The Good Old Days of Radio; Cablecastinr ble operators face the possibility of a five - The Ragtime Years; Dear Loue; Birth year franchise renewal. (The FCC grants a Without Violence; Pygmies; Mel Tbrme in certificate of compliance for a 15 -year Concert with Woody Herman; TVTV at Cable's perils, period.) Cable operators feel that their in- the Superbowl; 84 Charring Road, and vestment for reconstruction and replace- one Laurel and Hardy silent series. frustrations ment requires the stability of a longer renewal period. The New England and New York associ- New In Sarasota. Production House, all back home cited ations have on a year trial service film company, has opened at 1900 embarked one merger that, if successful, will lead to the Main Street' Suite 215, Sarasota, Fla. by state groups creation of a Northeastern association 33577. Firm offers film service covering Mindful that regulatory problems (BROADCASTING, Jan. 26). documentary, sales and training, TV com- the mercials and audio visual programs. respect no borders, associations Pennsylvania has most CATV exchange views on present rules systems. There is no statewide authority that contradict and proposals over cable TV, however. There are some Keystone history. Co -owned WLYH -TV that could be contagious in future half dozen bills in the state legislature that Lancaster, Pa., and WTAJ -TV Altoona, Pa., would put CATV under the public utility are using vignettes to usher in Bicenten- Regulation at the state level was a prime commission -as it is in many states -but nial. WLYII -TV offers 30- second commer- concern of presidents of state and regional Robert Stout Jr., Pennsylvania Com- cially sponsored spots highlighting historic cable associations as they met Jan. 28 -30 munity Television Association president, locations in central Pennsylvania. Series at the three -day National Cable Television claimed the industry could not live with featuring more than 100 locations was pro- Association session in Crystal City, Va., that system. The rate base applied to duced by electronic news gathering. WTAJ- adjacent to Washington. utilities is impractical for cable operations, TV airs its own Bicentennial Minutes Wally Briscoe, NCTA senior vice presi- he said, where the capital depreciation of thrice weekly. Several hundred Minutes dent, said the meeting of cable leaders was equipment by utilities is much higher. were researched, written and recorded by not a policymaking forum. However, he Two key issues facing California cable local citizens. viewed it as an opportunity to review prob- operators are pole rates and a new formula lems in individual states that often be- for property tax assessment. Pole prob- Two for one. Merger in which Visualscope come precedents for action in surrounding lems beset almost all cable systems across Inc., New York, film producer, program states. the country. The tax issue (BROADCAST- buyer and consultant, would acquire 65% According to Anthony Cerrache, presi- ING, Dec. 1, 1975) could have a broad of stock of Teletape Corp., New York pro- dent of the New York State Cable Televi- effect on the industry if other states follow duction and production services company, sion Association, that state "is just look- California's example and opt for an in- has been approved by companies' boards, ing for requirements to make the cable come -based property tax for CATV subject to additional approvals and condi- business difficult." New York is one of systems. tions. Sources said no money would three states with an independent cable TV Not all issues are local or regional how- change hands in transaction, and that commission. Mr. Cerrache claimed the ever. Copyright discussions have been pre- Teletape would be surviving corporation. commission's technical standards for pole sent at almost every cable gathering for Teletape is headed by Chairman Hazard E. line clearances and construction are years and it drew some attention last week. Reeves Sr., Visualscope by President Mar- "unreasonable" since the telephone and Especially from Mr. Stout, who is emphatic vin H. Green Jr. utility companies have standards of their that operators in Pennsylvania will main- own. tain "right down the line" their position Lutheran listening. Joy, 30- minute radio The New York State Commission on which excludes all local signals from program featuring choral music, scripture Cable Television is also studying a plan to royalty payments. Mr. Stout does not see a readings and comment, is offered free require CATV systems to be grounded at workable alternative in the Teleprompter by International Lutheran Laymen's each home's connection point. However, copyright proposal (BROADCASTING, Nov. League, St. Louis, for use by easy listen- Mr. Cerrache pointed out that cable lines 3, 1975 et seq.), which would eliminate ing and good music stations. Twenty sta- are grounded at the pole tap and that copyright payments for local and all net- tions have agreed to carry program on systems have been operating for 20 work signals. public service basis. years without evidence of any hazard. The net result of so much state interference, Mr. Cerrache said, may cause multiple system operators to avoid New York as a Wiley's quid (fines) place for opening new systems. Struck out by Angola Similar sentiments were voiced by pro quo (re- regulation) Chuck Trautner, president of the Min- for cable industry ABC -TV's planned telecasts of March nesota Cable Television Association - 20 -21 baseball games between U.S. and which also must contend with an indepen- Ile says if commission can weed out Cuban stars games has been victimized by dent state regulatory body. The FCC re- few 'rotten apples' in CATV with the Angolan situation. The State Depart- quires CATV operators to provide public power of forfeiture it seeks, ment canceled the exhibition series set for access channels if systems have more than then it could also move ahead with Havana because of Cuba's military in- 3,500 subscribers, he explained, but Min- plans to simplify certification volvement in Angola opposing pro - nesota requires access channels regardless. Western forces. The small independent operator is caught Cable television operators may not like the ABC Sports had agreed to pay $165,000 in the middle, Mr. Trautner said. idea of the FCC being given authority to to televise the games, which were planned Many regional cable associations were fine them, as it does broadcasters. But by two independent producers, Barry formed initially to combat problems that such authority would actually be in their Jagoda, New York, formerly with CBS cross state boundaries. Pole- attachment best interest -or so said FCC Chairman News, and Richard Cohen, Dallas. The problems are a prime example. They gave Richard E. Wiley last week in remarks to producers are standing by, as are the rise to the Rocky Mountain Regional Ca- the state and regional presidents' meeting Cuban and American ball players; ABC is ble TV Association and an ad hoc south- of the National Cable Television Associ- reportedly still holding the date and, accor- western states association that has since ation (see story, this page). He said a din to Mr. Jagoda, everyone hopes that disbanded. mechanism for enforcing cable rules more "an early political resolution will lead to a Regulatory actions in one state often ineffective than cease-and -desist proceed- successful game." fluence other areas, at least in offering pre- ings is a necessary prerequisite to a cable

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 41 "re- regulation" step he said he would like films at the outset, according to Lawrence caused by multiple levels of regulation in to take -one involving the certification B. Hilton', executive vice president of the states and local government. process. Viacom International. The company has Chairman Wiley has said privately that been negotiating with all major film pro- he would like to simplify the task of corn - duction firms, he said, and has made an A leash for MATV pleting applications for certificates of com- agreement with United Artists. He would pliance-to require "only name, rank and not reveal details at this time. New York leans toward serial number." But before any changes Subscribers will pay a flat monthly fee in enfranchising requirement; can be made, he said last week, the com- the area of $9 to $10, according to Mr. Dit- lack of ancillary services, mission needs forfeiture authority -the trick. They will be supplied with a device loss of fees are main concerns kind it has in the broadcasting, common to decode a scrambled pay signal. carrier, and safety and special radio fields. Viacom's pay cable service in Suffolk Master antenna systems in New York may The commission has asked for legis- County on Long Island has a contract with be headed for franchise trouble. In the New York State lation that would authorize it to impose Home Box Office that has "a few more eyes of the Commission on Cable Television, MATV systems fines of up to $2,000 for a single violation years to run," Mr. Dittrick said. He indi- that available of its cable rules and up to $20,000 for cated Viacom's service also will be made bring in signals other than those -air (like pay movies) are cable TV multiple offenses (BROADCASTING, Jan. available to West Coast cable systems not off 26). "I urge you to support this legis- owned by Viacom. He reported that an systems and, accordingly, must seek lation," the chairman said last week - "or agreement has been made to provide the franchises. At present, such systems do at least not to actively oppose it." pay cable service to the systems owned by not hold franchises. He noted that in his address to the Na- The Times Mirror Co. in southern Califor- The issue is "heating up," according to tional Cable Television Association con- nia, which serve approximately 45,000 state officials, but neither they nor New vention in New Orleans last year, he called families. York City officials -where most MATV are operating an answer. for "a new ethic in cable," as he had in To help implement its new pay TV ser- systems -have from issuing broadcasting. A principal ingredient of that vice, Viacom has appointed Jeffrey C. Alternatives range temporary new ethic, he said, "is compliance with Reiss as vice president of the unit, respon- franchises to closing down MATV systems commission regulations ?' And while most sible for the acquisition of programing, that do not have franchises. It is estimated cable television operators do comply, he and scheduling, and providing marketing that 60,000-to- 70,000 dwelling units in New York City have MATV service, but said, "there are a few bad apples in every and promotional support. Mr. Reiss comes barrel -and to the extent that we can sepa- to Viacom from ABC Entertainment in probably not more than 4,000 are getting rate them out through forfeiture, we will New York, where he was director of pay movies or other services that are not available off -air. benefit not only the barrel but all the other feature films. The good apples in it." chief concern of state and city offi- is operations, with He said there was a "trade -off" in- cials that MATV pre- volved-"a significant re- regulatory step mium movie packages, are taking the edge for the entire industry" and "expanded Schmidt restates off a potential market for the development of broadband communications systems sanctions against the relatively few cable cable's problems systems who willfully or repeatedly violate that could offer a full array of ancillary ser- the commission's regulations." He called NCTA president denounces tactics vices. Then too, New York City is not getting fees from MATV the trade -off "right, fair and very much in of broadcasters, restates position franchise operators the public interest." on copyright, deregulation as it would if cable television systems were Chairman Wiley aired the forfeiture operating in those areas. issue in the context of a broader discus- Robert Schmidt, president of the National sion of the re- regulatory actions the com- Cable Television Association, charged mission has taken in cable since he broadcasters with creating a "public out- Cable Briefs became chairman two years ago. He ticked rage" with "heavy- handed and blatant at- Urban support. National League of Cities off 17 actions, either taken or pending, in tempts to throttle" cable television legis- adopted resolution, at annual meeting in seeking to refute a cable industry trade lation and prevent competition from pay Miami, urging Congress to enact legis- publication's statement that he is a cable. lation encouraging cable -television "stand -pat" chairman. Mr. Schmidt's strong words, delivered to development in cities. Pending cable legis- a Federal Communications Bar Associ- lation, league urged FCC to adopt rules Viacom sets up ation luncheon in Washington last week, and regulations "more conducive" to apparently referred to the controversy over development of cable in urban areas. Paul MacAvoy's letter dealing with the im- Mike co- in -house unit pact of unlimited distant signal importa- Keynoter. Wallace, editor of tion on broadcast stations' viability CBS's news program 60 Minutes, will be for pay programs keynote speaker at opening of National (BROADCASTING, Dec. 15 and Dec. 22, Cable Television Association's 25th an- will start this summer on 1975). Service nual convention in Dallas, April 4 -7. in The remainder of Mr. Schmidt's ad- company's systems California; Other featured speakers include Repre- dress, which he characterized as a deal is made with United Artists Macdonald (D- Mass.), "maiden voyage," was more to underline sentative Torbert Representative John Moss (D- Calif.) and Viacom International Inc. has established the chief regulatory concerns the cable in- FCC Chairman Richard Wiley. a new unit to acquire programing for pay dustry has repeatedly expressed. On cable subscribers, including motion pic- copyright, Mr. Schmidt re- emphasized Sold upstate. Classic Cable Systems tures, special events and sports. NCTA s fears over the "sweeping and ar- Corp., newly formed enterprise by Jerry Douglas Dittrick, president of the Com- bitrary powers of the copyright tribunal" Greene, former vice president and treas- munications Division of Viacom, said the provided for in the present legislation. The urer at Teleprompter Corp. (BROADCAST- new pay cable service will begin around NCTA has not opposed the creation of a ING, Oct. 20, 1975), has bought cable July in California on Viacom systems in tribunal per se, but has consistently op- systems serving six upstate New York Dublin, Pleasonton, and Livermore, posed allowing such a tribunal to review communities from Sullivan Production covering 22,000 subscribers. Eventually the copyright fee schedule that automat- Inc. for undisclosed price. Involved are Viacom plans to offer the service to vir- ically increases CATV payments each year. communities of Glens Falls, South Glens tually all of the company's West Coast While acknowledging FCC actions to Falls, Lake George, Whitehall, Ticon- customers in the San Francisco Bay Area deregulate cable, Mr. Schmidt claimed any deroga and Warrensburg with total of and in Seattle. benefits of deregulation cannot be realized 6,500 subscribers and 12,000 homes The programing will be primarily feature until the commission resolves the conflicts passed.

Broadcaatin9 Feb 2 1976 42 be the fastest among the three compo- to reduce holdings of WPC common stock Finance nents. Because local spot revenues are to comply with federal income tax law. growing more rapidly than other revenue Total of 291,150 shares of WPC class B sources, the revenue mix of Inonnetwork- common stock have been repurchased by Merrill Lynch owned stations] is also changing and be- company, which in April 1975, announced coming more stable." intention to reacquire up to 300,000 is also bullish The study said that "earnings growth for shares. individual networks, stations and group on television broadcasters will obviously be affected by Money- maker. Baton Broadcasting Inc., these industry trends." Potential investors Toronto, has reported net income of Growth rate of industry's earnings were also advised that "each broadcasting $4,753,948 or 69 cents per share for year may double in next 10 years over company must be assessed on the basis of ended August 31, 1975, compared to previous 10, despite rising costs, the markets in which it operates and the $3,610,719 or 52 cents per share for 1974. says analysis by William Suter ability of its management to maintain or Revenues rose to $37,870,177 from increase its market share and to control $36,209,322 reported in 1974. BBI owns Television's pretax profits can grow at a costs." CKLW -AM -FM Windsor, CFGO(AM) Ottawa, compound rate of 10% to 12% a year over The study concludes that on the whole both Ontario, and cFQc -AM -TV Saskatoon, the next five years, according to an "broadcasting companies should be con- Sask. Glen- Warren Productions Ltd., is analysis being circulated by Merrill sidered as investment opportunities, both also BBI subsidiary. Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith. because of the outlook for greater earnings That outlook, up from 5.9% annually stability and growth and because of their over the past 10 years, is based on an anti- inherent ability to produce substantial cipated revenue growth of 8.5% to 9.5% a amounts of excess cash flow." year and expense increases of 8.3% to Mr. Suter, like most forecasters, sees Cox ends 1975 8.8% a year. 1976 as a year of special promise for on a strong note The analysis also envisions an expan- broadcasting. He notes that presidential sion in the television industry pretax profit election years are traditionally broadcast- TV, radio, rep divisions and margin from 19.5% in 1974 and an esti- ing's strongest and the years immediately Cox Cable all showed gains for mated 18.6% in 1975 to more than 20% preceding presidential elections the year, with good fourth quarter during the next five years, but does not softest. Despite that precedent and last expect it to reach "the peak margins of year's lagging economy, he estimates that Cox Broadcasting Corp. reported record 22%- to -23% earned in the mid- 1960's." the industry as a whole was able to in- net income of $14,304,000 for the year The analysis was prepared by William P. crease its pretax earnings "slightly" in ended Dec. 31, 1975, up 12% from 1974's Suter, well -known specialist in broadcast- 1975 -about 2 %, as compared with a $12,736,000. Operating revenues also ing securities, who moved to Merrill - 12.9% increase in 1974 and 18.3% in 1973. reached a new high at $110,246,000 on a Lynch as a vice president late last year "Now it is in a position to put together 10% rise from $100,407,000 in 1974. from a similar post at Shaw & Co. an impressive five -year record," the Earnings per share were $2.45 in 1975 ver- The projected increases in both analysis continues, "because earnings, sus $2.18 in 1974. revenues and expenses are somewhat especially for television stations -and Cox President Clifford M. Kirtland Jr. higher than in the past five years, Mr. therefore for group broadcasters -should said broadcasting, which accounts for the Suter points out. But he also points out be up in the presidential election year majority of Cox revenues and earnings, that TV absorbed the loss of cigarette ad- 1976. The earnings consistency of 1975 finished 1975 with surprising strength and vertising in 1971, which slowed its growth has started to erase the industry's cyclical showed a gain of 8% in revenues for the rate for the period. In addition he antici- image and to be reflected in higher relative year. TV revenues were up 6%, radio pates a "better environment" for national multiples for the broadcasting stocks. We revenues up 5 %. The broadcasting division spot -TV prices, with increases stronger believe this trend will continue in 1976 also includes TV and radio rep firms. than in the 1969 -74 period, when he esti- and later." "The upturn in broadcast ad volume in mates spot's cost -per- thousand gains the 1975 fourth quarter, benefiting both amounted to "only some 2% a year." TV and radio, has continued into 1976," He expresses the view, too, that broad- Financial Briefs Mr. Kirtland said. cast managements have become more Cox Cable Communications, a 56.2% - sophisticated and cost -conscious in the Purchases by Post. Washington Post Co. owned affiliate, had "impressive gains" in last five years and "will be able to keep has bought 177,500 shares of its previ- both revenues and earnings in 1975, he their costs increasing at a slower rate than ously outstanding class B common stock at said. Cox's business publishing activities growth of revenues and to cut back on ex- $26 per share from Philip L. Graham experienced declines, but auto auction pense increases in years when revenue Fund, private charity. Fund sold its shares operations were up 12% in revenues and growth slows with the economy." It is on that basis that he anticipates an accelerated growth in pretax profits and an expansion in profit margins. For the period 1964 -69 and also More than a decade of Confrucfive Service 1969 -74, the compound growth rate for pretax profits is put at 5.9% a year. The analysis projects annual increases fo eroad//casfere and the aroacicaefing industr y of 10% to 14% in profits of nonnetwork- owned stations over the next five years as compared with 5% to 6% for those of net- Ig work O &O's and 10% to 12% for networks Jt7l ® V d A D E. STARKARK themselves. "Because the O &O's are operating in more mature and competitive markets," Brokers -Consultants the analysis says, "their revenue growth will be slower than that of the rest of the 445 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, N. Y. 10022 (212) 355-0405 country. The other stations [as a whole] are operating in more rapidly growing markets, and their revenue growth should

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 43 showed a substantial gain in pre -tax earn- tors being the recovery of the economy, a share in 1974. Revenues were up 26% to ings. Cox Data Services achieved higher presently under way, the presidential elec- $29,307,442 from $23,233,468 the pre- revenues but a larger operating loss than tion, Bicentennial events and the Olympic ceding year. in 1974, primarily because of costs in con- games. We expect to complete the Cox Cable President Henry W. Harris verting Cox Data's software to the new purchase of KOST(FM) Los Angeles in said the company also made significant minicomputer system for TV that is cur- 1976. Prospects for most other divisions progress in developing its subscription rently being marketed and installed. Both are bright for the new year, with publish- movie service as a new source of revenue revenues and pre -tax earnings of the pro- ing being the only anticipated weak spot." and profit in 1975. "The company's major gram production division increased, pri- In the KOST transaction, Cox is buying system operations and pay TV will make marily because of two successful theatrical the station from McLendon Pacific Corp. even greater contributions to operating releases. "Walking Tall -Part II" and for $2.5 million, subject to FCC approval results during the coming year," Mr. Har- "The Reincarnation of Peter Proud." (BROADCASTING, Sept. 22, 1975). ris said. "The positive trend of 1975 "We enter 1976 with an optimism much Record revenues and earnings were re- should continue into 1976." greater than we felt a year ago," Mr. Kirt- ported by Cox Cable Communications for As of Dec. 31, Cox Cable owned and land said. "Broadcasting ad volume is ex- 1975. Net income rose 34% to $2,849,801, operated 36 CATV systems serving over pected to increase, with contributing fac- or $0.80 a share, from $2,121,324 or $0.60 386,000 subscribers.

Week's worth of earnings reports from stocks on Broadcasting's index

CURRENT AND CHANGE YEAR EARLIER Ner Per Net Per Company PeriodlEnded Revenues Change income Change Share Revenues Income Share

American TV A Comm. 6 mo. 12/31/75 19.739.296 +23.3% 1.734,519 +58.4% .45 15.930,044 1.094,413 .26 Cabrebom- General Year 11/30/75 23.570.309 + 7% 2.717,002 +149.9% 1.06 22.017,960 1,087.521 .42 Dun & Bradstreet Year 12/31175 552.069.000 + 9.5% 41.850.000 + 5.9% 1.58 504,201.000 39,507.000 1.50 Harris Corp- 6 no. 12/31775 243.974.000 + 6.7% 12.416,000 2.05 228.625.000 (8.490.000) (1.37) Marvin Josephson 6 mo. 12/31175 13.815.7001 +80% 2.070.7001 +140% 1.06 7,656.000 860.300 .48 3M Year 12131/75 3.127.000.000 + 65% 261.600.000 -13.3% 2.29 2.936.000.000 301,700.000 2.66 Media General Year 12/31175 171,462,000 +18.2% 13.760.000 +60.5% 1.95 144,945,000 8,570.000 1.24 Scientific- Atlanta 6 no. 12/31175 20.375.000 +26.8% 809,000 +57% .54 16,058.000 515,000 .38 Scripps- Howard Broadcasting Year 12/31/75 36.954.489 +13.8% 8.369.161 +22% 3.23 32,476.968 6,860,010 2.65 Technical Operations 3 mo. 12/27175 22,795.000 -21.9% 46.000 -85.6% .03 29,215,000 320,000 .24 Tektronix 6 mo. 11/15175 157.068.000 + 4.7% 11,920.000 +13.6% 1.36 149.993,000 10.492,000 1.22 Tocom 6 mo. 1213105 1.386,716 -18.9% 169,651 +114.7% .28 1.708.000 79.000 .12 United Cable TV 6 mo. 11130175 7,295,000 +32.5% (2,922.000) (1.56) 5.503,000 (425.000) (.23)

'Change too great to be meaningful.

',Includes cost sarongs resulting from merger with Creative Management Associates Inc. in Dec. 1974.

Fates & Fortu nes

Media relations office, NBC, Washington, named ad- Dennis R. Israel, ministrator, government relations, new posi- director of administra- Richard L. Beesemyer, VP, affiliate relations, tion. tion and planning for ABC -TV, named to new post of VP, affiliate RCA International, development. Robert F Fountain, VP /direc- Ronnie Eldridge, executive producer of named managing director of affiliate relations, appointed VP, affiliate Woman Alive series on Public Broadcasting Ser- tor of Straus Com- relations. Donal L. Flynn, VP, business affairs, vice and one of original founders of Forum munications Inc., Communications, contender for channel oc- ABC Television, New York, given additional operator of WMCA(AM) responsibilities and named VP, business affairs cupied by WPlx(TV) New York, elected president New York, effective of Forum, Lawrence K. Gross- and contracts. succeeding March 8. President R. man, who following as resigned election presi- Peter Straus said he'll PBS (BROADCASTING, 19). dent of Jan. Succeed- give impetus to comp- ing Mr. Grossman as treasurer /board member, Israel any's expansion 'plans. is Robert Rosencranz, VP, Oppenheimer & Mr. Israel was general Co., New York. manager of wNUS -AM -FM Chicago 1967 -69, VP Dick McKee, general manager, KOB -AM -FM and general manager of Westinghouse Broad- Albuquerque, N.M., becomes president /part casting's Radio Advertising Representatives owner, Aloha Broadcasting, Hilo, Hawaii. 1969 -70 and of NBC's WMAQ -AM -FM Chicago Lloyd Barhan, KOB -AM -FM sales manager, 1970 -72 before joining RCA's Hertz Rent -a -Car named VP /general manager, Aloha's KPUA(AM) division in 1972.. Hilo.

Beesenryer Forman Rick Dees, air personality, WMPS(AM) Stan Cohen, national sales manager, ABC Memphis, given additional duties as national Radio FM Spot Sales, New York, named station promotions director for licensee, Plough Broad- manager /general sales manager, NBC -owned Sallie H. Forman, coordinator, government casting there. WNWS -FM there.

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 44 Joseph Provenzano, sales manager, H. Dunmar, account supervisor, appointed VP's Programing WAMM(AM) Flint, Mich., named station man- of !WT. ager, KODE(AM) Joplin, Mo. Richard D. O'Connor, Joseph Fusco Jr., VP, Pat Shaughnessy, executive VP, Drake - VP /chief operating of- advertising/ promotion/ Chenault Enterprises, and station manager, ficer, Campbell -Ewald, publicity, Independent KIQQ(FM) Los Angeles, promoted to VP /general Detroit, named presi- Television Corp., New manager, KIQQ. dent, succeeding Hugh York, named executive M. Redhead, who died VP, advertising -public Elizabeth W. community services direc- Stilz, in plane crash Sept. 12, relations, motion pic- tor, WLW(AM)- wLWT(TV) Cincinnati, com- named 1975 (BROADCASTING, ture and television divi- munications wLwr director, Sept. 22, 1975). sion of ITC. Sharon R. Craig, promotion /publicity direc- Richard B. White, Harold Coe, produc- tor, KING -AM -FM Seattle, named publicity direc- senior VP and manage- tion manager, LBJ Pro- tor, KTVU(TV) Oakland, Calif. ment supervisor, BBDO ductions, Chattanooga, Ronald Kempff, general manager, WHIO -AM -FM Inc., New York, named named VP. O'Connor VP. Fusco Dayton, Ohio, and Jack R. McCarthy, general executive manager, wHtO -TV there, named VP's of licensee, Miami Valley Broadcasting Corp. Gregg E. Brumm, corporate assistant treas- Frank Beazley, owner, Newtel Syndication, there, subsidiary of Cox Broadcasting. Gail R. urer /financial services manager, D'Arcy -Mac- Bala- Cynwyd, Pa., and former VP, Levin, Dayton city commissioner, named to Manus & Masius, St. Louis, named VP TVN, New York, named marketing director, Alcare Com- newly created post of community relations Jerry C. Roach, art supervisor, Needham, munications, Philadelphia. Mr. Beazley served director, WHIO -TV. Harper & Steers, Chicago, named creative as sales director, wcAu -Tv Philadelphia, for 17 Bob Eolln, commercial photography director, supervisor, Benton & Bowles there. years before joining TVN. WBNG -Tv Binghamton, N.Y., named promotion Robert P. Donohue, account executive, director. KTrv(TV) Los Angeles, named national sales WNEW -TV Bill Heyman, sales manager, KGBT -TV manager, New York. Both are Harlingen, Tex., named station manager. Metromedia stations. Paul Mansfield, air personality, noncommer- David T. Butts, broadcast media buying direc- cial KUMN(FM) Albuquerque, N.M., named tor, Lindsey, Bradley & Johnston advertising, general manager. Chattanooga, named VP, broadcast media.

Robert E. Miss, associate director, UNC -TV JoAnne Adams, salesperson, Katz Radio, San Network (network of University of North Francisco, named manager, Detroit office. Carolina, noncommercial TV's), Chapel Hill, Peter Triolo, chief administrative officer, named network director. Lance W. Ozier, ad- Rosenfeld, Sirowitz & Lawson, New York, ministrative assistant, named planning /admin- named VP, marketing, Allscope Services Inc., istrative services director. Mary F. Leaver, com- media services there. Beaziey Polk munications relations associate, named audience services director. Rob Fisher, research director, WCBS -AM -FM New York, named associate research director, Lee Polk, director of children's programing New committee chairpersons, Broadcast Pro- Major Market Radio, station representatives (East Coast), ABC -TV, New York, named motion Association for 1976: Gord Hume, there. director of film /television, King Features Syn- CHYM(AM) Kitchener, Ont., awards; Lee dicate, subsidiary of Hearst Corp., New York. Pocock, KsL(AM) Salt Lake City, by -laws and David Lykes, sales manager, KGBT(AM)istation parliamentary; Mickey Wellman, WWL -AM- manager, KGBr -TV Harlingen, Tex., named VP Sandra E. Landau, attorney, Viacom Interna- tional, FM-Tv New Orleans, college liaison; Roger Ot- of corporate sales for parent, Tichenor Media New York, appointed associate general counsel. tenbach, WEEK -TV Peoria, Ill., education and System there. Wllc research; Al Gordon, -ry Pittsburgh, em- Patricia Corrado, with Fern -Hanaway adver- Don King, director, wcas-Tv New York, named Storer Broadcasting, . ployment; Bob Edell, tising, Providence, R.I., named assistant media director of The Mike Douglas Show for Group Miami Beach, Fla., finance and audit; Gail buyer, Media Services Inc., media buying/con- W Productions, Philadelphia. Morrell, CFCF -TV Montreal, industry relations, sulting firm there. Canada; Harry Honig, KSD(AM) St. Louis, in- Herbert Miller, Kansas City (Kan.) regional dustry relations, radio; Roy Lang, wTLv(rv) Lucille Gionet, senior buyer, McCann - manager, Cinema Centre Films, Bend, Ore. - Jacksonville, Fla., industry relations, television; Erickson, New York, named media director, based film distributor, named executive VP, Grace McElveen, WAFB -TV Baton Rouge, La., David Singer Associates there. Kansas City. KOLN -TV member services; Lynne Grasz, Dave Dodds, account executive, WHEN -TV Gigi Yellen, air personality, KLEF(FM) Houston, Lincoln, Neb. /KGIN -TV Grand Island, Neb., Syracuse, N.Y., named sales manager, WBNG -ry named program director. membership; Ron Klayman, WQAD -TV Moline, Binghamton, N.Y. Ill., nominating; Tom Dawson, CBS Radio, Steven L. Fisher, promotion /publicity direc- Page general WLwr(TV) New York, public and trade . relations, and John Otting, sales manager, tor, Cincinnati, named program man- Clarence Martin, KYTv(rv) Springfield, Mn., WEBN(FM) Cincinnati, named VP of licensee, ager, WIRT-Tv Flint, Mich. publications. Circe Communications there. Dan Jackson, with WWLA(FM) La Crosse, Len Tronick, West Coast regional sales man- Wis., named program director, WIZM(AM) there, ager, Top Market TV representatives, Los succeeding Paul Kavanaugh, named music Broadcast Advertising Angeles, named local sales manager, KT-rv(Tv) director. there. Marc W. Morgan, account executive, ABC -FM Robert W. Knight, program director, Spot Sales Inc., Chicago, appointed Midwest Danelle L. Durden, research /program plan- WROC(AM)- WPxY(FM) Rochester, N.Y., named to manager, succeeding James F. Smith, earlier ning specialist, Petry Television Inc., New York, same position, wwvA-AM -FM Wheeling, W. Va. appointed national sales manager for company named research /sales promotion director, Larry Brook, operations manager, WGBT-TV in New York. WMAL -TV Washington. Harlingen, Tex., promoted to program director. William Spell, account executive, Storer Dennis P. Collins, national sales manager, Hugh R. Fisher, program services director, Television Sales, New York, named national WHIO -AM -FM Dayton, Ohio, promoted to radio noncommercial UNC -TV Network (University sales manager of commonly owned WSPD -TV sales manager. of North Carolina), Chapel Hill, named pro- Toledo, Ohio. Ronald G. Carter, local account executive, gram development director. Bob D. Royster, Bella D. Manalo, associate research director of KIRO -AM -FM Seattle, promoted to assistant sales operations manager, named program operations J. Walter Thompson, New York, and John manager. director.

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 45 Broadcast Journalism Wallace D. Miller, John R Malcom, assistant speech /radio/ Northwest district man- television professor, North Carolina State Uni- Joseph Assenheim, acting broadcast execu- ager, Teleprompter, versity, Raleigh, named associate director, tive, Associated Press, New York, named na- New York, named Telecommunications Center, Ohio State Uni- tional broadcast executive for Western states. general manager, Theta versity, Columbus. Jim Wessel, AP broadcast executive, named Cable, Los Angeles national broadcast executive for Eastern states. system jointly owned by John W. Lytle, assistant news director, John Bennitt, AP broadcast executive, named Teleprompter and KTIV(TV) Sioux City, Iowa, named assistant pro- director of special projects. In other AP person- Hughes Aircraft. fessor of journalism -mass communications, nel changes, Steve Loeper, desk supervisor, South Dakota State University, Brookings. Los Angeles, named California broadcast Donald'M.Andersson, supervisor there. Tom Fenton, reporter /editor, VP, planning and Nancy K. Dockrey, television department, Albuquerque, named New Mexico broadcast statistical services, Na- William Morris Agency, New York, with editor, succeeding Ruth Ann Ragland, named MiHer tional Cable Television responsibility for daytime network /syndication, desk editor, Columbus, Ohio. Gil Broyles, Association, Washing- named member of New York regional panel of Oklahoma reporter /editor, named broadcast ton, named VP, cable relations, Turner Com- President's Commission on White House editor there. munications Corp., Atlanta. Fellowships. John Bacevicius Jr., news editor /legislative Louis J. Kalb, account executive, Cox Broad- correspondent, noncommercial wssR(FM) Equipment & Engineering casting's wuc -TV Pittsburgh, named salesman, Springfield, Ill., joins UPI, national broadcast Cox Data Services, Atlanta. Harry B. Proudman, assistant VP, video pro- division, Chicago, as writer. ducts division, Sony Corp. of America, New Morton H. Wllner, Washington communica- York, named national account manager, J. Alan Saitta, assistant news director, tions lawyer, will receive Alumni Award of Cramer Electronics, North Haven, Conn. KNXT(TV) Los Angeles, promoted to newly cre- Merit of University of Pennsylvania on Foun- ated post of news operations director. Richard Putman, with General Electric, New ders Day Feb. 17. James Thistle, executive producer, news and York, named instrumentation optics manager, public affairs, WCVB -TV Boston, promoted to Angenieux Corp. of America, Ronkonkoma, news director. N.Y. Deaths

Fred Caesar, assistant executive news coor- Donald F. Smith, broadcast products sales Wilbur K. Miller, 83, retired judge, U.S. Court dinator, KMOX -TV St. Louis, named assistant manager, Telemation, Salt Lake City, named of Appeals, Washington, died Jan. 24 of heart news director /producer, KSD -TV there. national sales manager, Commercial Electronics ailment in Pompano Beach, Fla. He wrote 1955 Inc., Mountain View, Calif. opinion overturning FCC multiple ownership Arthur Kent Jr., news director, KCPX -TV Salt rules in Storer Broadcasting case, only to have Lake City, named news manager, wiic -Tv Robert Way, technical operations supervisor, Supreme Court reverse court and affirm com- Pittsburgh. KTVU(TV) Oakland, Calif, named assistant chief mission. He also dissented from 1968 opinion engineer. ruling that cigarette ad- Iry Cuevas, reporter /anchor, wsB -Tv Atlanta, affirming commission's was to fairness He named producer. vertising subject doctrine. Pete Comandini, assistant director, Image was considered conservative in his term on Steve Geimann, news director, WKOP(AM) Transform Inc., North Hollywood, Calif., bench, which included 19 years of full -time ser- Binghamton, N.Y., named reporter /anchor/ named technical sales director. vice and nine of limited service as senior circuit WNBF(AM>- wQYT(FM) producer, there. Charles F. Riley, president, Tele -Color Pro- judge. He is survived by his wife, Marie. Alfred Warlick, senior editor /executive news ductions, Alexandria, Va., named first chair- Frank J. Morris, 56, West Coast manager of producer, WGHP -TV High Point, N.C., named re- man, Society of Broadcast Engineers, Alex- the National Association of Broadcasters's andria chapter. porter /anchor, WRCB-TV Chattanooga. Code Authority died Jan. 26 following heart attack in Los Angeles. On NAB code staff since David L. Hipkins, radio communications Ann Anderson, producer /anchor /action re- July 1959, Mr. Morris previously was senior edi- system design /development manager, Telcom porter, WCIA(TV) Champaign, Ill., given addi- tor with CBS Television, 1958-59, and producer Inc., Vienna, Va., named deputy manager, tional duties as assignment editor, succeeded as and program executive with ABC, 1947-57, engineering /technical operations, Voice of action reporter by John Slattery, general both in Hollywood. He is survived by his wife, Washington. assignment reporter. America, Mildred, and one son.

Ben W. Agee, general manager, operations, George F. Bissell Sr., 71, president, Platts- Doug White, news director, WHEB(AM) Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., Min- burgh Broadcasting Corp., Plattsburgh, N.Y., Portsmouth, N.H., named news editor /anchor, neapolis, named president /director, RCA died Jan, 9 at Plattsburgh medical center after WHLO(AM) Akron, Ohio. Alaska, Anchorage. brief illness. He formed company, licensee of Pat Weinstein, general assignment reporter, WEAV(AM)- wtFB(FM), there in 1934. He is survived by his wife, Marie, and son, George KOCO -TV Oklahoma City, named to same position, wt.wr(TV) Cincinnati. Allied Fields Bissell Jr., general manager, WEAV.WGFB. VP Judith C. Fertig, reporter, WKNE(AM) Keene, Gerald H. Matti -son, executive VP /principal, Paul H. Willis, 65, retired of advertising, died in Los Angeles Jan. 17. He N.H., named to same position, WKXL -AM -FM Transcable Inc., West Havershaw, N.Y., named Carnation Co., Concord, N.H. president, Microwave Entertainment Network joined Carnation in 1945 and was named VP in and subsidiary, Marquee Entertainment Net- 1955. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, two Jessie Graham, cameraman /reporter, WKRC- work, Washington. He is former VP of market- daughters and one son. Tv Cincinnati, named to same position, WALA- ing and manufacturing, Coral Inc., P.R., and VP, Miodrag M. Vukovich, 66, staff expert on Tv Mobile, Ala. Vikoa Inc., New York. eastern European affairs, Voice of America, Virginia Bachelor, co- anchor, WSYR -TV James M. Ritter, executive producer, wces -Tv Washington, died after heart attack Jan. 16 at Syracuse, N.Y., named reporter /public affairs New York, named senior news analyst, TelCom Arlington (Va.) hospital. He joined VOA in 1954. He is by wife, staffer, noncommercial wxxl -Fm -Tv Rochester, Associates there. survived his Yvonne. N.Y. Ronald B. Wilkes, involved with development Richard Vasquez, 45, of Broadcast Industry Automation System manager, production art, Chiat /Day advertising, Los Angeles, (BIAS) for Data Communications Corp., died after heart attack Jan. 10 in Santa Monica, Memphis, named manager, DCC systems and Calif., hospital. He had headed production Cable programing. art department since agency's founding in 1968. Peter Hanson, marketing director, Cannon - Frank A. Astroioges, president, Oak Indus- dale Corp., Stamford, Conn. sports-equipment tries, Crystal Lake, Ill., named chairman /chief Elizabeth Wright Evans, 66, host, Com- manufacturer, named treasurer, Home Box Of- financial officer, World Pay Television, Los munity Workshop, KING -Tv Seattle, died Jan. 8. fice, New York. Angeles, newly formed subsidiary of Oak. She is survived by two sons and one daughter.

Broadcaeting Feb 2 1976 46 The Broadcasting PIayIist' Feb2

These are the top songs in air -play popularity in two categories on U.S. radio, as Over-all-rank Rank by day pals reported to Broadcasting by a nationwide sample of stations. Each song has Last This Title (length) 6- 10a- 3- 7- week week Artist -label been "weighted" in terms of The Pulse Inc. audience ratings for the reporting sta- 10a 3p 7p 12p tion on which it is played and for the part of the day in which it appears. A (N) in- 34 dicates an upward movement of 10 or more chart positions over the previous 38 Paloma Blanca (3:27) 30 34 36 44 George Baker Selection -Warner Bros. Playlist week. -N 39 Sweet Thing (3:18) 40 45 40 48 Contemporary Rufus featuring Chaka Khan -ABC 44 40 Grow Some Funk of Your Own (4:45) 42 39 42 41 Elton John -MCA Over-aN -tank Rank by day parts 42 41 Tracks of My Tears (3:12) 43 46 Last This Title (length) 6- 10a- 3- 7- 36 45 week week Artist -label 10a 3p 7p 12p Linda Ronstadt -Asylum 41 42 Wake Up Everybody (3:39) 44 44 39 47 Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes -Phil. Intl. 1 1 I Write the Songs (3:39) 1 1 1 1 - 43 Somewhere In the Night (40) 40 45 40 48 Barry Manilow- Arista Helen Reddy -Capitol 2 2 Love Roller Coaster (2:52) 2 6 3 2 50 44 White Knight (3:57) 41 Ohio Players- Mercury 46 45 43 Cledus Maggard & the Citizens Band - 7 3 Fox on the Run (3:24) 5 5 2 4 Mercury Sweet Capitol - 32 45 Island Girl (3:48) 33 49 39 13 4 Ways Your (3:29) 3 5 5 50 to Leave Lover 3 Elton John -MCA Paul Simon Columbia - 36 46 Rights ion Broadway (2:52) 35 ' 38 9 to You Baby 7 2 7 3 5 Love Love (3:12) Bee Gees -RSO Donna Summer -Oasis 22 47 Feelings (3:27) 46 42 47 46 6 6 Convoy (3:48) 6 4 4 7 Morris'Albert -ABC C.W. McCall -MGM 35 48 The Way 1 Want to Touch You (2:35) 37 ' 41 4 7 Theme from 'Mahogany' (3:19) 4 8 8 9 Captain & Tennille -A &M Ross Motown Diana - 48 49 Bad Blood (3:12) 43 44 3 8 (2:56) 10 9 10 Saturday Night 8 Neil Sedaka- Rocket Bay City Rollers- Arista - 50 S.O.S. (3:22) 41 42 5 9 I Love Music (3:37) 11 9 6 8 Abba Atlantic O'Jays- Philadelphia Intl. - 8 10 Sing a Song (3:26) 9 7 10 6 Earth, Wind & Fire -Columbia Country 12 11 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (2:53) 10 11 11 11 Neil Rocket Sedaka- 5 1 Sometimes (2:52) 3 1 1 5 14 12 Evil Woman (3:15) 15 12 15 13 Bill Anderson & Marylou Turner

Electric Light Orchestra- United Artists 21 N 2 Good Hearted Woman (2:57) 4 3 2 1 19 13 Theme from S.W.A.T. (4:07) 12 15 14 14 Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson -RCA Rhythm Heritage -ABC 3 3 This Time I've Hurt Her 15 14 Rock & Roll All Night (3:20) 19 14 12 12 More Than She Loves Me (2:27) 1 9 4 2 Kiss - Casablanca Conway Twitty -MCA 16 15 Love Machine, Part 1 (2:55) 14 13 17 15 19 N 4 The White Knight (3:57) 2 10 5 4 Miracles -Tamla Cledus Maggard & the Citizens Band- Mercury 10 18 Walk Away from Love (3:18) 17 16 13 16 8 5 Amazing Grace (3:17) 5 5 3 6 David Ruffin - Motown Amazing Rhythm Aces -ABC 21 17 You Sexy Thing (3:30) 13 17 16 18 4 8 Let H Shine (2:26) 8 8 6 9 Hot Chocolate -Big Tree Olivia Newton-John -MGA 24 18 Fly Away (2:59) 16 19 18 19 1 7 Convoy (3:48) 10 2 8 7 John Denver -RCA C.W. McCall -MGM 11 19 That's the Way I Like It (3:06) 22 18 20 17 23 N 8 Since I Fell For You (3:02) 6 6 11 8 K.C. & Sunshine Band -TK Records Charlie Rich -Epic 25 20 All By Myself (4:22) 20 22 21 22 6 9 Don't Believe My Heart Eric Carmen- Arista Can Stand Another You (2:48) 11 4 9 3 23 21 Love Hurts (3:03) 21 20 23 21 Tanya Tucker -MCA Nazareth -A &M 2 10 Happiness of Having You (2:16) 7 11 7 11 49 N 22 Take It to the Limit (3:48) 18 25 22 25 Charlie Pride -RCA Eagles - Asylum 9 11 When the Tingle Becomes a Chill (2:59) 13 7 14 10 38 N 23 Fanny (Be Tender with My Love) (3:26) 27 37 19 20 Loretta Lynn -MCA Bee Gees -RSO 10 12 Hank Williams You Wrote My Life (3:06) 12 14 10 13 33 24 Dream Weaver (3:15) 23 23 26 28 Moe Bandy- Columbia Gary Wright -Warner Bros. 22 13 Somebody Hold Me (2:52) 9 16 15 14 17 25 Fly Robin Fly (3:06) 25 21 29 29 Narvel Felts - ABC /Dot Silver Convention -Midland Inl'l. 20 14 Somebody Loves You (2:17) 14 12 16 15 26 28 Times of Your Life (3:19) 28 24 31 27 Crystal Gayle -United Artists Paul Anka- United Artists 11 15 Fly Away (2:59) 18 13 12 16 31 27 I Feel Like a Bullet (5:30) 29 31 30 30 John Denver -RCA Elton John -MCA 25 18 Motels and Memories (3:10) 17 15 13 18 45 N 28 Lonely Night (Angel Face) (3:17) 26 29 28 36 T.G. Shephard - Melodyland Captain & Tennille -A &M - 17 Love Lifted Me (3:38) 19 18 18 17 28 29 Squeeze Box (2:39) 31 36 27 33 Kenny Rogers- United Artists Who -MCA 15 18 Juat In Case (2:57) 21 21 17 12 27 30 Over My Head (3:17) 39 47 24 23 Ronnie Milsap -RCA Fleetwood Mac - Reprise 16 19 Last Game of the Season 30 31 Winners & Losers (3:13) 24 32 33 37 (Blind Man in the Bleachers) (3:30) 20 17 21 19 Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds -Playboy Kenny Starr -Big Tree -N 32 December 1963 (3:21) 38 48 25 24 18 20 Me & Old C.B. (2:47) 19 19 22 Four Seasons -Warner Bros. Dave Dudley -RCA 40 33 Dream On (3:25) 33 27 34 34 - 21 Feel Again (2:38) 15 ' 20 Aerosmith- Columbia Faron Young- Mercury 18 34 Sky Nigh (2:53) 32 30 35 31 12 22 Country Boy (3:05) 24 20 25 Jigsaw - Chelsea Glen Campbell -Capitol 29 35 My Little Town (3:52) 51 26 37 26 - 23 Don't Stop in My World (2:43) 16 ' 22 Simon & Garfunkel - Columbia Billy Walker -RCA 37 38 Junk Food Junkie (3:03) 34 28 38 32 7 24 Overnight Sensation (2:45) 22 22 24 23 Larry Groce -Warner Bros. Mickey Gilley -Playboy 39 37 Slow Ride (3:45) 35 40 32 35 14 25 Easy as Ple (2:58) 23 23 21 Foghat - Bearsville Billy "Crash" Craddock - ABC /Dot

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 47 Where Things Standh Status report on major issues in electronic communications

Copyright 1976 Broadcasting Publications Inc. May be quoted Sisk (D- Calif.) is optimistic about resolution's Senate's term for agency); but two bills differ in with credit. chances for passage; if all goes according to one respect significant to broadcasters: Indicates new or revised listing. plan, system could be in operation by July 4, Senate bill (S. 200) has exemption that 1976. Resolution by Senator Lee Metcalf (D- prohibits agency from becoming involved in Antitrust /networks. Justice Department an- Mont.) to do sable thing in Senate is pending in FCC license renewal proceedings, but House titrust suits charging networks with illegally Senate Rules Committee, but has received no bill (H.R. 7575) does not. However, committee monopolizing prime time was filed in U.S. Court attention. report that accompanies House bill says agen- in Los Angeles in April 1972. Suits were dis- cy's "active participation should be dis- Cable rebuild deadline. FCC has canceled missed on ground that networks were denied couraged" in renewal proceedings. Agency 1977 deadline for cable systems to comply access to White House tapes and documents would have no regulatory powers; its function with 1972 rules (BROADCASTING, July 14, 1975). they said they needed to support their charge is to represent consumer interest in agency National Black Media Coalition and Philadel- that Nixon administration was politically moti- and court proceedings. Bill will go to con- phia Community Cable Coalition have ap- vated in bringing suits. However, Judge Robert ference between houses to resolve pealed that action in U.S. Court of Appeals in J. Kelleher permitted Justice to refile suits after differences, but veto by President is expected. Washington. Commission also has outstanding President Ford moved into White House, and it rulemaking (Docket 20508) that is considering Copyright legislation. Omnibus copyright did (Cases 74 -3599 et al.). Network appeals possible alternatives to 1977 deadline. Com- revision bills are pending in both houses of contending Judge Kelleher should not have ments on 20508 have been filed (BROADcASrING. Congress, both establishing copyright liability permitted refiling of suits were dismissed by Oct. 13, 1975). for cable operators and public broadcasters. Supreme Court. Networks have made new Senate Judiciary Committee has completed effort to have suits thrown out by filing motions Canadian policies. Canadian policy that ca- markup on its bill (S. 22), which is substantially for summary judgment and dismissal with pre- ble systems there delete commercials from same as bill that passed full Senate last year. judice (BROADCASTING. Dec. 1, 1975). signals of U.S. stations and proposed law deny- House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, ing Canadian advertisers tax deduction for Broadcasting In Congress. New resolution Civil Liberties and Administration of Justice, time purchased on American stations are to permit daily live broadcasts from House meantime, has concluded hearings on House's being fought by U.S. broadcasters assisted by floor continues to move along without incident measure, H.R. 223, and will begin markup early FCC and State Department. Latest meeting in special House Rules subcommittee on this session. with Canadians on matter resulted in some op- broadcasting. Subcommittee Chairman B.F. timism on commercial -deletion matter, but not Crossownership (newspaper-broadcast). on tax law (BROADCASTING, Jan. 19). Next meet- FCC order banning newspaper- broadcasting ing will be in Washington, before end of Febru- crossownerships prospectively and requiring ary. breakup of 16 crossownerships has been appealed by various parties to three different cir- Children's TV. FCC's policy statement on QUALITY TALKS cuit courts of appeals. Suits have been children's television programing, adopted in transferred from Fourth and Eighth Circuits to FOR 1974 (BROADCASTING, Oct. 28, 1974), has been one in Washington, where they have been con- appealed to U.S. Court of Appeals in Washing- solidated (Cases 75 -1064 et al.). However, (Case ton by Action for Children's Television court has yet to designate circuit in which they 74- 2006). House Subcom- WNEW Communications will be argued. Number of parties had peti- mittee has held four days of hearings on broad- tioned commission to reconsider its order, but New York, New York cast advertising and children, and one member commission denied them. of that subcommittee, Timothy Wirth (D- Colo.), has introduced bill (H.R. 8613) to establish na- Crossownershlp (television -cable televi- tional council to study effects of advertising on sion). FCC has amended its rules so that children and recommend regulatory reforms if divestiture is required for CAN system co- needed (BROADCASTING. July 21, 1975). owned with TV station that is only commercial station to place city -grade contour over cable contract. Negotiators for Joint Commercials community (BROADCASTING, Sept. 29, 1975). Policy Committee of Association of National Affected are eight crossownerships in small Advertisers and American Association of Ad- markets, which have two years to divest. Ac- vertising Agencies have reached téntative quisitions of cable systems by TV stations are agreement with American Federation of Televi- still banned withih grade B contour of station. sion and Radio Artists and Screen Actors Guild National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting perfor- on new three -year contract covering is seeking appeals court review. mers appearing in television commercials (BROADCASTING, Dec. 22, 1975). Proposal has EEO guidelines. FCC has issued proposed Continental's 317C is the best been approved by governing board of unions rulemaking on equal employment opportunity measure for any 50 kW AM transmitter purchase. Performance, and is to be submitted to membership for guidelines. Comments have been filed (BROAD- ratification by end of this month. CASTING, Oct. 27, 1975). Commission is also 125% positive modulation and considering EEO policy for cable ( "Closed Cir- reserve power capabilities are FCC has issued Community ascertainment. cuit;' Oct. 6, 1975). unbeatable. Today's best sound new rules designed to modify procedures com- in 50 kW AM is Continental. mercial stations follow in ascertaining com- Emergency Broadcast System. FCC has munity problems (BROADCASTING. Dec. 22, declared itself firm on April 15 deadline for im- 1975). Rulemaking (Docket 19816) for non- plementation of new two -tone EBS set -up. It C-a-)n_Li-rmtt.a..L commercial stations has also been issued; has rejected petitions by the Louisiana Associ- 7 comments have been filed (BROADCASTING, Oct. ation of Broadcasters for a one-year extension 20, 1975). of effective date and by the National Associ- ation of Broadcasters for a six -month extension Consumer agency. Both houses of Congress CONTINENTAL ELECTRONICS MFG. CO. (BROADCASTING. Jan. 19). BOX 17040 DALLAS. TEXAS 75217 have passed bills to create new agency for consumer protection (consumer advocacy is Fairness doctrine bills. Senate Communica-

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 48 tions Subcommittee conducted five days of Washington (Case 75 -1391) by object of rul- of Appeals in Washington. Briefs have been hearings on two bills intended to eliminate fair- ing, Pacifica Foundation's WBAI(FM) New York. filed (BROADCASTING, Nov. 10, 1975). Commis- ness doctrine. S. 2 by Senator William Proxmire Ruling involves airing of George Carlin album sion has to remove restrictions on the use of (D -Wis.) would delete Section 315 from Com- cut. Commission is considering proposed leg- series -type programs by pay cable (BROADCAST- munications Act, and in fact would prohibit islation to include television and cable in ING, Nov. 10). Meanwhile Senator Philip Hart (D- FCC from influencing broadcast programing in federal statute banning obscenity on radio Mich.) and his Senate Antitrust Subcommittee any way. S. 1178 by Senator Roman Hruska (R- (BROADCASTING, Sept. 15, 1975). Commission are looking into charges that broadcasters are Neb.) would do that and address other prac- also fined WXPN(FM) Philadelphia S2,000 for "throttling" pay cable. Two days of hearings tices which "discriminate" against broad- obscene and indecent broadcast, may set sta- were held in May (BROADCASTING, May 26, 1975); casters (lowest unit rate, cigarette ad ban, tion's license for hearing on ground of license more were held in July (BROADCASTING, July 14, postal service and armed forces advertising). abdication of responsibility (BROADCASTING, Dec. 21, 1975) and last month (BROADCASTING, Dec. No further hearings have been scheduled on 8, 1975). 15, 1975). two Senate bills. Proxmire bill has twin in House, H.R.2189 by Robert Drinan (D- Mass.), KRLA(AM). FCC has affirmed earlier decision Payola. Grand juries in three cities have in- Pasadena, 16 and Mr. Hruska'e bill is duplicated in H.R. 4928 awarding Calif., frequency to dicted individuals and six firms on charges Western Broadcasting Corp. (Bob Hope and to grand in- by Charles Thone (R- Neb.). There is no sign of relating payola, and another jury movement on two House bills. others) following remand of that decision to dicted Clive Davis, former CBS Records head, commission by U.S. Court of Appeals in Wash- for income -tax evasion (BROADCASTING, June 30, Family viewing suit. Writers Guild of ington for "clarification:' Commission reiter- 1975). Group of Brunswick Record officials are America, West and Tandem Productions have ated its position that it could award license on scheduled for trial before District Judge Fre- filed suit in U.S. Court for Central District of basis of engineering efficiency alone (BROAD- derick D. Lacey in Newark, N.J. Several others California (Los Angeles) aimed at blocking im- CASTING, Jan. 5). Case now goes back to court. under investigation have pleaded guilty plementation of family viewing concept (BROADCASTING, Jan. 26). adopted by networks and National Association Leapfrogging. FCC has repealed rules that require cable systems to FCC decision holding that of Broadcasters (BROADCASTING, Nov. 3, 1975). select closest sta- 'Pensions' case. tions (BROADCAST- NBC program, the Pro- FCC is defendant along with networks and in importing distant signals -TV Pensions: Broken ING. was ordered NAB in both suits, which are based on antitrust Dec. 22, 1975). mise, violated fairness doctrine vacated by three -judge panel of U.S. Court of and First Amendment grounds. Tandem Pro- License renewal More 150 legislation. than Appeals which- acting at request of full nine - ductions, besides seeking injunction, wants representatives and 20 senators have spon- $10 million damages. Defendants have filed judge circuit -vacated its own earlier decision sored or co- sponsored license renewal bills so 14, 1975). Petitioner, Ac- motions to dismiss in both Suits (BROADCASTING. (BROADCASTING, July far in 94th Congress. Nearly all provide for in full -court Jan. 19), with hearing on motions scheduled curacy Media, had requested lengthening renewal period from three to four rehearing of panel's order, but was turned for Feb. 9. Trial date in Writers Guild case is set or five years and give renewal applicant AIM has for review for April 6. down. asked Supreme Court preference over challenger for substantially liv- of that decision (BROADCASTING, Nov. 10, 1975). ing up to his commitments. None, how- FCC and falmess doctrine. FCC Chairman license ever, is yet on agenda of communications Performers' royalty. Copyright subcommit- Richard Wiley has proposed experiment in subcommittee in house. Torbert tees in both houses have held hearings on which radio stations in larger markets would be either Macdonald (D- Mass.), chairman of House Communica- measures to create performers' royalty to be exempt from doctrine (BROADCASTING, Sept. 22, tions Subcommittee, has promised hearings in paid by broadcasters and other users of 1975); Office of Telecommunications Policy is 1976. recorded (BROADCASTING. 1975). preparing draft legislation that would permit Meanwhile, National Radio Broadcasters works July 28, Association (formerly National Association of Bill on Senate side is S. 1111 by Senator Hugh commission to do that in top -10 radio markets FM Broadcasters) has as first priority drafting Scott (R -Pa.), who has been trying for some 30 (BROADCASTING. Oct. 13, 1975). Also, Commis- of radio -only renewal legislation (BROADCASTING. years to push measure through. S. 1111 is sion's fairness statement exempting product Sept. 22, 1975). being considered separately from pending commercials from application of fairness copyright bill, S. 22. Subcommittee on House doctrine, rejecting concept of reasonable ac- Network exclusivity on cable. FCC order side is scrutinizing duplicate of Scott bill, H.R. cess to broadcast media and otherwise substituting 35- and 55 -mile zones for signal 5345 by Representative George Danielson (D- modifying fairness doctrine (BROADCASTING, July contours as basis of protecting television sta- Calif.), for possible insertion in copyright revi- 1, 1974), is subject of petitions for reconsidera- tions has been appealed to U.S. Court of Ap- sion bill pending, there (H.R. 2223). tion filed with commission as well as appeal peals in Washington by CBS, NBC and ABC filed with U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington television affiliates associations. National As- Personal attack rules. U.S. Court of Appeals by National Citizens Committee for Broadcast- sociation of Broadcasters and number of in- has overturned FCC order asserting that ing and Friends of the Earth. dividual broadcasters. Commission has denied WMCA(AM) New York violated personal attack petitions for reconsideration of order. rules. Court said commission substituted its FCC fees. Sixteen parties have appealed judgment for that of licensee, Straus Com- Pay cable; pay TV. FCC's modification of its (Cases 75 -1053 et al.) FCC's order modifying munications (BROADCASTING, Jan. 19). pay cable and pay television rules (BROADCAST- its fee schedule (BROADCASTING, Jan. 20, 1975). ING, March 24, 1975) is being opposed by Public broadcasting funding. First -ever Oral arguments have been held (BROADCASTING, broadcasters and cable operators in U.S. Court long -range funding bill for Corporation for Jan. 26). More than 70 appeals have been filed by broadcasters and others from commission's refusal to refund fees paid under previous schedule which was held by Supreme Court to be illegal (Cases 75 -1087 et al.). Briefs have Programmed by the Pros been filed in that case (BROADCASTING. Sept. 15, 1975). Over 90 parties seeking refunds have filed in U.S. Court of Claims (Cases 82 -74 et "COUNTRY LOVINr "- Modern country al.) (BROADCASTING. Nov. 3, 1975). FCC has sus- "THE GREAT ONES" -Adult MDR pended collection of 1973, 1974 and 1975 cable fees pending final court decision on "THE LOVE ROCK " -An Instant winner legality of commission order requiring payment "MUSIC.. JUST FOR THE TWO OF US" of those fees (BROADCASTING, Aug. 4, 1975). -5 beautiful formats Format changes. FCC has instituted inquiry (Docket 20682) to determine if it can or should ALL FULL CONCEPT, 24 HOUR be involved in regulating program formats MUSIC SERVICES. (BROADCASTING, Jan. 5). Comments are due Feb. 15, replies March 1. ALSO CUSTOM JINGLES. Indecency. FCC's declaratory ruling on inde- ETERS PRODUCTIONS, INC. cent broadcasts (BROADCASTING. Feb. 17, 1975) Mercury Court, San Diego, Ca. 92111 Telephone (714) 565 -8511 is being appealed to U.S. Court of Appeals in 8228

Broadcasting Feb 2 1978 49 Public Broadcasting has been signed by Presi- hearings before Senator John Pastore's (D -R.1.1 Star stations. FCC order stripping Star dent Ford (BROADCASTING. Jan. 5). Bill authorizes Communications Subcommittee (BROADCAST. Broadcasting of KISN(AM) Vancouver, Wash., expenditure of federal funds for CPB for next ING, Nov. 10, 17, 1975). Also, Senator Pastore KOIL -AM -FM Omaha, and WIFE -AM -FM In- five years in amounts increasing from $88 has bill (S. 608) that would exempt presidential dianapolis has been upheld by U.S. Court of million in 1976 to $160 million by 1980. Funds and vice -presidential candidates from equal - Appeals in Washington (BROADCASTING, Dec. 22, would be matched with private money CPB time requirements which has been considered 1975). Star had asked court to remand case to raises on its own: one federal dollar for every in hearings on fairness -doctrine bills (BROAD- commission but was turned down (BROADCAST- $2.50 in private contributions. Parallel ap- CASTING. May 5, 1975). Mr. Macdonald has in- ING. Jan. 26). propriations were stricken from bill due to ob- troduced bill (H.R. 5600) that echoes Mr. UHF. FCC issued notice of inquiry in May 1975 jections of House Appropriations Committee, Pastores but it would also provide that pro- on UHF taboos to determine if restrictions on and will be provided for in separate legislation grams like Meet the Press be exempted from proximity of stations could be reduced (BROAD- later. Appropriations Committee has said, how- Section 315 and that spokesman from oppos- CASTING, June 2, 1975). In July, Council for UHF ever, it will appropriate funds for no more than ing party be given opportunity to reply to any filed Action Plan for UHF three years. partisan broadcast address by President. There Broadcasting to FCC will be more hearings on Pastore measure Development and in August submitted to reduce noise levels Ratings. Nielsen prime-time averages before action is taken; no hearings have been petitions for rulemaking indoor anten- season -to -date (first 20 weeks): CBS 19.7, scheduled yet on Macdonald bill. of receivers and to require UHF NBC 18.2, ABC 18.0. Twentieth week alone: nas to be attached to sets permanently, as with ABC 21.0, CBS 20.9, NBC 16.8. VHF (BROADCASTING, Aug. 18, 1975). Both peti- Sports antiblackout. Legislation to renew tions are under study by chief engineer. Section 315. FCC has voted to change its ad- sports antiblackout law, which expired Dec. 31, ministration of equal -time law. Political debates 1975, was stalled when House -Senate con- VHF drop -Ins. In April, FCC adopted inquiry and press conferences by presidential and ferees failed to agree on compromise (BROD- (Docket 20418) into feasibility of dropping as other candidates will be treated as "on -the- CASTING. Dec. 22, 1975). Conference committee many as 83 VHF channels into top 100 spot coverage of bona fide news events" ex- will try again when Congress reconvenes late markets. Comments have been filed (BROAD- empt from equal -time requirements (BROAD- this month. Experimental law provided that pro- CASTING, Dec. 15, 22, 1975). CASTING. Sept. 29, 1975). Decision is being ap- fessional baseball, football, basketball and pealed to U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington hockey games sold out 72 hours in advance WP1X(TV). FCC Administrative Law Judge and oral arguments have been held (BROAD- cannot be blacked out on home TV. Bill passed James Tierney has issued initial decision CASTING. Dec. 1). House Communications Sub- by House (H.R. 9566) would make law perma- recommending renewal of New York station committee Chairman Torbert Macdonald (D- nent. Senate -passed bill (S. 2554), on other and denying competing application of Forum Mass.) has obtained all FCC documents in- hand, would extend law experimentally another Communications Inc., a decision contested by volved with commission's order; hearings may three years. Both bills would reduce 72 -hour commission's Broadcast Bureau (BROADCAST- result (BROADCASTING, Nov. 3, 1975). Commis- cutoff to 24 hours for postseason games in ING, Sept. 22, 1975). Case is moving toward oral sion's action was also dealt with in oversight baseball, basketball and hockey. argument stage. For the Record5 él

As compiled by BROADCASTING, Jan. 19 New stations TV licenses through Jan. 23 and based on filings, Broadcast Bureau granted following license covering authorizations and other FCC actions. TV applications new station: KMUV -TV Sacramento, Calif. (BLCT-2453). Ac- Topeka, Kan. -Amaturo Group seeks ch. 43 tion Jan. 9. (644.650 mhz); ERP 1 150 kw vis., 115 kw auc, HAAT 1118 ft.; ant. height above ground 1118 ft. P.O. address: AM applications do Joseph C. Amaturo, Box 5333, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Benton, Ill.- Benton Broadcasting Co. seeks 1530 Abbreviations: ALJ- Administrative Law Judge. 33302. Estimated construction cost $816,679; first -year khz, 2.5 kw -D, DA. P.O. address: Suite 508, Wood alt.- alternate. ann.- announced. ant.- antenna. operating cost S150,000; revenue none. Legal counsel: Bldg., Benton, Ill. 62812. Estimated construction cost aur.-aural. aux.- auxiliary. CH- critical hours. CP- Koteen & Burt. Consulting engineer: Steel, Andrus & S17,525; first -year operating cost $43,400; revenue construction permit, D -day. DA- directional anten- Adair. Principals: Amaturo Group is owned by Law- $85,000. Format: Top 50 pops. Principals: Carroll L. na. Doc. -Docket. ERP- effective radiated power. rence Enterprises Inc. which is, in turn owned by Owens (49.6 %) and Gerald D. Owens (49.6 %), two HAAT- height of antenna above average terrain. Douglas Enterprises. Joseph Amaturo, president, others. Both Owens are attorneys and partners in title khz -kilohertz. kw- kilowatts. MEOV- maximum owns 20%, et al. Amaturo group is licensee of company. They also own WQRX(FM) Benton. Ann. expected operation value. mhz- megahertz. mod. KQTV(TV) St. Joseph, Mo., KLYX(FM) Clear Lake - Jan. 19. modification. N- night. PSA- presunrise service City, Tex. and KKSS(FM) St. Louis. Joseph Amaturo authority. SH- specified hours. trans. -transmitter. also has interests in WFTL(AM) Fort Lauderdale, AM start TPO- transmitter power output. U- unlimited hours. Fla., WESO -AM -FM Southbridge, Mass., KOKK Huron, S.D. Authorized program opera- vis.- visual. w- watts. '- noncommercial. WIRE(AM) Indianapolis. Ann. Jan. 16. - tion on 1190 khz, 500 w -D. Action Jan. 9. FM applications SUBSCRIBER Please send Walnut Ridge, Ark.- Lawrence County Broadcast- SERVICE ing seeks 106.3 mhz, 3 kw, HAAT 201 ft. P.O. address: 3 years $60 do Danny J. Coker, Box 30, Walnut Ridge, Ark. o 2 years $45 72476. Estimated construction cost $18,147; first -year Broadcastingo operating cost $15,355; revenue 518,500. Format: 1 he newsweekly of broadcasting and allied arts 1 year $25 C &W, standard pops. Principals: William H. Cate Add Canada $4 Per Year (40%), William N. Cate (15 %), R.O. Norris (20%) and Foreign Add $6 Per Year Nora M. Norris (20%), Danny J. Coker (5 %). Both Name Position 1976 Cable Cates (father and son) are part owners of KRLW(AM) Sourcebook $10.00 Walnut Ridge. Son (William N. Cate) is also majority Of payment Company with owner of Arkansas Aero Inc. and KFTW(AM) Fm- order: $8.50) dericktown, Md. Mr. Coker has interests in both sta- Business Address 1976 Yearbook $23.00 tions. Ann. Jan. 21. Home Address I] Of payment with Lamar, Colo. -KLMR Inc. seeks 93.3 mhz, 100 kw, order: $20.00) HAAT 229 ft. P.O. address: do Gordon Stafford, Box City State zip 0 Payment enclosed 890, Lamar, Colo. 81052. Estimated construction cost O Bill nie S86,611; first -year operating cost $36,020; revenue $60,000. Format: easy listening. Principal: KLMR Inc. BROADCASTING, 1735 DeSales Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 owns KLMR(AM) Lamar; Dennis Behan is president, Gordon Stafford is general manager. Ann. Jan. 21. ADDRESS CHANGE: Print new address above and attach label from a recent issue, or print old address including zip code. Please allow two weeks for processing. Ft. Pierce, Fla. -Henry M. Lesher Jr. seeks 95.5

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 50 mhz, 100 kw, HAAT 443 ft. P.O. address: Box 4, Lex- ington Court, Whippany, N.J. Estimated construction Summary of broadcasting cost $19,900 (equipment only). Format: Concert music, inspirational. Principal: Henry M. Lesher is realtor and Florida representative for family interests FCC tabulations as of Dec. 30, 1975 in orange grove. Mr. Lesher has application pending for CP's CP's On air on Total not Total AM, also in Ft. Pierce. Ann. Jan. 16. Licensed STA air on air on air authorized"

Monett, Mo.- Monett Broadcasting Co. seeks 95.9 Commercial AM 4,432 3 28 4,463 50 4,513 mhz, 3 kw, HAAT 270 ft. P.O. address: 1410 River St., Commercial FM 22,704 o 63 2,767 123 2,890 Box 503, Carthage, Mo. 64836. Estimated construction Educational FM 764 o 40 804 58 882 cost $27,000; first -year operating cost $27,000; Total Radio 7,900 3 131 8,034 231 8.265 variety. revenue $30,000. Format: MOR Principal: Commercial TV 700 9 710 52 762 Lloyd C. McKenney is sole owner of Monett which VHF 509 3 513 9 522 owns KRMO(AM) Monett. Mr. McKenny also has UHF 191 o 6 197 43 240 partial interests in KMDO(AM) (25 %) Ft. Scott, Kan- Educational TV 229 9 14 252 16 268 Mo. VHF 90 3 4 97 7 104 sas, KBHM(AM) (50%) Branson, and two UHF 139 6 10 155 9 164 cablevision companies. Ann. Jan. 21. Total TV 929 10 23 962 68 1,030 Tarkio, Mo.- Ashdown Broadcasters seeks 93.5 ' mhz, 3 kw, HAAT 233 ft. P.O. address: Rte. 1, Hwy. 32, Special temporary authorization -Includes oft-air licenses Ashdown, Ark. 71822. Estimated construction cost $22,808; first -year operating cost $37,050; revenue operation on 98.3 mhz, ERP 1.1 kw, HAAT 460 ft. Ac- Consideration: $140,000. Principals: Seller wishes to $50,000. C Principals: Format: &W, contemporary. Jim- tion Jan. 9. devote more time to majority interest in WOKB(AM) my N. McCollum (30%), Norman W. Peacock (25%), WGLY Goulds, Ha.- Authorized program opera- Winter Garden, Fla. Mr. Shadburne is former officer of C.N. McCollum (20%), and four others. Jimmy Mc- WHAS(AM) Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Shadburne is house- tion on 98.3 mhz, ERP 1.1 kw, HAAT 460 ft. Action - Collum is VP, general manager with minor interests in wife. Ann. Jan. 20. KOKO(AM) Warrensburg, Mo. Mr. Peacock is physi- Jan. 9. cian. Steve Pearce (5 %) is general manager and part 'WBCL Fort Wayne, Ind.- Authorized program WOCN(AM) Miami (1450 khz, 1 kw -D, 250 w- N) -Seeks owner of KMLA(FM) Ashdown, Ark. Ann. Jan. 19. operation on 90.3 mhz, ERP 50 kw, HAAT 265 ft. Ac- assignment of license from WOCN Broad- casters to Minority Broadcasters for about $1.1 'Albany, N.Y. -State University of New York seeks tion Jan. 8. million. Principals in seller are Ed Winton and Myer Feldman 90.9 mhz, 10 w, HAAT III ft. P.O. address: 99 Wash- KCII -FM Washington, Iowa- Authorized program who own WWBA -AM -FM St. Petersburg and ington Ave., Albany, N.Y. 12210. Estimated construc- operation on 95.3 mhz, ERP 3 kw, HAAT 300 ft. Ac- WCGI.(AM) Jacksonville, both Fla. Buying group is tion cost $30,000; first -year operating cost $25,445; tion Jan. 5. headed by Manolo Reboso, Miami city commissioner revenue none. Format: Progressive music. Principal: 'KQAL Winona, Minn. - Authorized program and contracting firm owner, and Carlos Fernandez, SUNY is a public educational institution. Ann. Jan. 21. operation on 89.5 mhz, ERP 10 w. Action Jan. 8. Miami attorney and former municipal judge. Other New York -City College of New York seeks 88.3 WWLM Canton, Miss.- Authorized program stockholders are Tomas Garcia Fuste who manages mhz, 2 kw (H), 1.285 kw (V), HAAT 270 ft. P.O. ad- Spanish programing at WKID(TV) operation on 101.7 mhz, ERP 2.85 kw, HAAT 30 ft. Fort Lauderdale, dress: Clive Enos, Speech Department, 137th St. Fla., and Eduardo Cantera, Miami attorney. do Action Jan. 7. Ann. Jan. and Convent Ave., New York 10031. Estimated con- 20. struction cost $60,000; first year operating cost $72,- WONA-FM Winona, Miss.- Authorized program WMLT(AM) Dublin, Ga. (1330 khz, 5 kw -D, 500 700; revenue none. Format: Educational, music operation on 96.7 mhz, ERP 2.5 kw, HAAT 185 ft. Ac- w -N) -Seeks transfer of control of Dublin Broadcast- variety. Principal: CCNY is four year public college tion Jan. 5. ing Co. from W. Newton Morris (65% before; 0 after) operated by Board of Higher Education of the City of 'WDPS Dayton, Ohio- Authorized program opera- and Mrs. George T. Morris (20% before, 0% after) to New York. Ann. Jan. 21. tion on 90.1 mhz, TPO IO w. Action Jan. 5. State Broadcasting Corporation (0% before; 10096 Patterson, N.Y. -Patterson Communications seeks KAMA -FM El Paso- Authorized program opera- after). Consideration: $300,000. Principals in seller are 105.5 mhz, 3 kw. P.O. address: Prospect Hill Rd., tion on 93.1 mhz, ERP 30 kw, TPO 10 kw, HAAT 1190 W. Newton Morris and his mother, Mrs. George T. Brewster, N.Y. 10509. Estimated construction cost ft. Action Dec. 30. Morris who have no other broadcast interests. Buyer is $106,578; first year operating cost $118,568; revenue principally held by Charles Dowdy and sons Wayne none. Format: Beautiful music. Principals: Richard and J. Morgan. Senior Dowdy also owns WROA -AM- Novik (68.75 %) and Kenneth Steinberg (31.25 %). Mr. FM Gulfport and 70% of WVIM(AM) Vicksburg, both Novik is president and 76.2% owner of WPUT(AM) Ownership changes Mississippi. J. Morgan Dowdy owns 10% of WVIM, Brewster, N.Y. Mr. Steinberg is program director of and Wayne Dowdy owns one -third of WAKK(AM) WPUT. Ann. Dec. 12. Applications McComb, Miss. Ann. Jan. 20. Amarillo, Tex. -Tascosa Broadcasting seeks 93.1 KALO(AM) Little Rock, Ark. (1250 khz) -Seeks KGU(AM) Honolulu (760 khz, 10 kw-U) -Seeks mhz, 30.5 kw, HAAT 161 ft. P.O. address: Box 9024, assignment of license from Mann Media to Ronald transfer of control of Communications Hawaii from Amarillo, Tex. 79105. Estimated construction cost Curtis for $300,000. Principals in seller are Bemard Copley Press (10096 before; 0 after) to Sacramento- $45,270; first -year operating cost $20,000; revenue Mann and Gilbert Gans who also own WGLD -AM- Hawaii Inc. (0 before; 10096- after). Consideration: $50,000. Format: Modern C &W. Principals: D. lames FM High Point, N.C., and recently sold, subject to $400,000. Principals: Copley Press is selling to con - Shelton (35 %), Keith Adams (35 %), Ted Y. Lokey FCC approval, KEZQ(FM) Little Rock (BROAD- centrate "on other business entities." Buyers include (15 %), and George Lokey (15 %). Mr. Adams is former CASTING, Nov. 24). Mr. The Sacramento Union Corp. (87.5 %) and Donald -AM Gans has interests in employee of KGNC- TV -FM Amarillo. Two KQAM(AM) -KSAQ(FM) San Antonio, Tex.; Metzger (12.5%). Mr. Metzger is presently president Lokeys have automotive and interests. Mr. land KVFM(FM) San Fernando, Calif., and KITT(FM) and general manager of KGU. Sacramento Union is company. Jan. Shelton works for oil Ann. 22. San Diego. Buyer is principal in KLAZ(FM) Little owned by Global Communications Corp. which is 'Huntington, W.Va. -W.Va. Educational Broadcast- Rock and owns Ron Curtis and Co., communications 10099 owned by John P. McGoff. Global also owns ing Authority seeks 89.9 mhz, 8.1 kw, HAAT 1200 ft. executive search firm. Ann. 20. Sacramento Suburban Newspapers, a television P.O. address: State Bldg., Six, Suite B -424, Charleston, newsgathering company and a printing and publishing WHAN(AM) Haines City, Fla. (930 khz, 500 w- W.Va. company. Ann. Jan. 20. 25305. Estimated construction cost $94,355; D) -Seeks transfer of control of Radio Central Inc. first -year operating cost $4,600; revenue none. Format: from John H. Everbach (100% before; 0 after) to Ed- KESM -AM -FM El Dorado Springs, Mo. (AM: 1580 Variety. Principal: Authority is specially created by ward F. and Bettie S. Shadburne (0 before; 100% after). khz, 500 w-D; FM: 107.1 mhz, 3 kw) -Seeks assign- state legislature. Proposed FM would serve as satellite station to 'WVPB(FM) Beckley, W.Va. with possible supplemental programing. Ann. Jan. 22. FM actions NEED A TOWER? 'Ketchikan, Alaska - Rainbird Community Broad- casting Corp. Broadcast Bureau granted 105.9 mhz, 10 NEED MAINTENANCE w. P.O. address: Box 17, Ketchikan Alaska 99901. Estimated construction cost $18,890; First -year operating cost $18,200. Principal: Rainbird Community ON EXISTING TOWER? Broadcasting Corp., Thomas M. Shackle, president, is non -profit corporation under Alaska Educational CALL Broadcasting Commission (SPED- 2027). Action Jan. 13. 'St. Thomas. V.I. -Radio Workshop, St. Thomas Tower Virgin Islands Council, Boy Scouts of District, Design STEVENS Tower & America. Broadcast Bureau granted 88.9 mhz, 10 w, Fabrication HAAT 30 P.O. 2175, Vet. St. Cable ft. address: Box Drive, TOWER COMPANY, INC. Thomas, V.1. 00801. Estimated construction cost Erection Painting $3,679; first -year operating cost $1,495. Principal: He- Maintenance P. 0. BOX 281 Ground nry Richardson, exploring director (BPED -2080). Ac- LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI 39440 tion Jan. 15. Systems

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Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 51 ment of license from Daryl L. Fredine to Cedar County Heard Broadcasting to Magic Box Media for assump- from Security Broadcasting Inc. to Security Broadcast- Broadcasting for $150,000. Seller is purchasing, subject tion of liabilities up to $271,000. Seller: Donald G. ing of New Orleans Inc. (BAL -8576, BALH -2224, to FCC approval, WVLR(FM) Sauk City, Wis. Buyer is Manuel, president. Assignor has recently sold BALST-290). Action Jan. 19. chief engineer at KCMO(AM) Kansas City, Mo. Ann. WLBE(AM) Leesburg. Buyers: Edward W. Englander, WEHT(TV) Bangor, Me.- Broadcast Bureau Jan. 20. Norma Kaplan and James J. Shipley (33 -1/3% each). granted assignment of license from Downeast Televi- KDRG(AM) Deer Lodge, Mont. (1400 khz) - Mr. Englander is auto dealer, Ms. Kaplan has interest sion Inc., Debtor -In- Possession to Eastern Maine Seeks assignment of license from David R. Fransen, in retail furniture stores and Mr. Shipley is marketing Broadcasting System Inc. for $530,000. Seller: Herbert consultant receiver to Deer Lodge Broadcasting for $65,000. (BALH- 2170). Action Jan. 14. S. Hoffman (28 %) owns WUNR (AM) and Buyer: David Randle Fransen is sole owner of Deer WGKA(AM) Atlanta (1190 khz, 1 kw-D) - Broad- WBOS(FM) Brookline, Mass. Other principals have Lodge and current manager of KDRG and receiver - cast Bureau granted assignment of license from GCC no broadcast interests. Buyer: John J. and Gerard R. manager of WMBH(AM) Joplin, Mo. Ann. Jan. 20. Communications of Atlanta Inc. to WGKA Inc. for Pineau (each 50%) own WPNO(AM) Auburn, Me. $250,000. Sellers: Tanger (100% and WSKW(AM), WTOS -FM, both Skowhegan, Me. WEBR(AM)- WREZ(FM) Buffalo, N.Y. (AM: 970 Alexander M. common stock) and General Cinema Corp. (100% prefer- Action Jan. 20. khz, 5 kw -D; FM: 94.5 mhz, 105 kw) -Seeks assignment of license from Queen City Radio Corp. to red stock) own WIFI(FM) Philadelphia, KRBE(FM) WWTC (AM) Minneapolis- Broadcast Bureau Houston, Western N.Y. Educational Television Association for WGCL(FM) Cleveland, WEFM(FM) granted transfer of control of licensee corp. from Chicago and $1,950,000. Seller: Queen City, also owner of WCBE WGZC(FM) Atlanta. General Cinema Richard D. Buckley Jr., Bankers Trust Co., and Martha also has 85% interest in WCIX -TV Miami. Inc., licensee of WREZ, is selling because of losses. Buyer: Ann Buckley Fahnoe, executors of estate of Richard Eathel Holley (100%) owns WNEA(AM) Newnan, Western is non -stock educational corporation, and is D. Buckley, to Buckley Enterprises Inc. (BIC- 7922). Ga. (BAL- 8325). Action Jan. 15. licensee of 'WNED-TV Buffalo, N.Y. Ann. Jan. 20. Action Jan. 12. WIIN(AM) Atlanta (970 khz, 5 kw -D, DA WCGR(AM)- WFLC(FM) Canandaigua, N.Y. -D)- WEHH -FM Elmira, N.Y. (94.3 mhz, 950 w)- Broadcast Bureau granted assignment of license from (AM: 1550 khz, 250 w -D; FM: 102.3 mhz, 3 kw)- Broadcast Bureau granted assignment of license from Seeks transfer of control of Canandaigua Broadcasting Georgia Network to Sudbrink Broadcasting of Georgia Elmira Heights -Horseheads Broadcasting Co. to Con- for $25,000 and $575,000. Co. from Estate of Westley Kimble (100% before; 0 assumption of liabilities of dit Communications Corp. for $210,000. Seller: Frank Seller: Donald C. Kennedy, president, has interest in after) to George, Russell, Williiam, Katherine Kimble P., Emmagene Swezey and Anthony P. Saia own permittee Atlanta. Buyers: (0 before; 100% after). Consideration: $64,657. Prin- of WAIL -TV Robert W. WEHH(AM) Elmira. Buyer: Robert D.S. Condit owns Sudbrink (55 %), Margareta Sudbrink, trustee (37 %). cipals: George (43- 1/3%), Russell (43- 1/3%), William WELM(AM) Elmira (BALH- 2204). Action Jan. 15. The Sudbrinks have controlling interest in (6 -2/3 %) and Katherine (6 -2/3 %) are children of WJNC(AM)- WRCM(FM) Jacksonville, N.C. deceased. George and Russell Kimble are president WLYF(FM) Miami, WLIF(FM) Baltimore, (AM: 1240 khz, I kw -D, 250 w -N; FM: 92.1 mhz, 3 and director, respectively, of Canandaigua Video -Cable WWEZ(FM) Cincinnati, WEZW(FM) Wauwatosa, Wis., WLAK(FM) Chicago, and WPCH(FM) Atlan- kw) -FCC approved transfer of control of Onslow TV and employees of WCGR. William Kimble is ta, both Georgia (BAL- 8514). Action Jan. 16. Broadcasting Corp. from Robert P Mendelson and restaurant manager. Katherine Kimble is student. Eileen E. Shuebruk (100% before; none after) to Marion Kimble Douglas, mother of proposed tion Jan. 16. Beasley Broadcast Group of Jacksonville (none before; transferees, sold her 50% ownership of stations, estate WAVO(AM) Decatur, Ga. (1420 khz, 1 -DA- kw 100% after). Consideration: $500,000. Principals: Mr. transferred remaining 50%. Ann. Jan. 20. D) Broadcast Bureau granted assignment - of license Mendelson wishes to retire. George G. Beasley (100%) from Sudbrink Broadcasting KMFM(FM) San Antonio, Tex. (96.1 mhz, 60 of Greater Atlanta to Bible has major interests in WFMC(AM) -WOKN(FM) Broadcasting Network. kw) -Seeks assignment of license from Harry Pen- No consideration; charitable Goldsboro, N.C.; WMOO(AM)-WBLX (FM) Mobile, contribution. Seller: Robert W Sudbrink nington Jr., deceased, to Rosa Lee Pennington for no (see above Ala.; WFAI(AM) Fayetteville, N.C.; WGAC(AM) consideration. Ms. Pennington was wife of licensee. listing). Buyer: Bible Broadcasting is nonstock, charita- Augusta, Ga. and minor interests in WHNC(AM)- ble organization, Lowell Davey, Ann. Jan. 20. executive director WXNC(FM) Henderson; WKGX(AM) Lenoir, both (BAL- 8521). Action Jan. 16. Actions North Carolina; WDMT -FM Cleveland and WGAF(AM) Valdosta, Ga. (910 khz, 5 kw-U, DA- WASC(AM) Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Beasley has applied WDGM(FM) Leesburg, Fla. (106.7 mhz, 50 kw)- N)- Broadcast Bureau granted transfer of control of for approval to sell interest in WASC(AM) and obtain Broadcast Bureau granted assignment of license from Valdosta Broadcasting Co. from Estate of George B. full ownership in WDMT-FM. Action Jan. 15. Cook Sr. (64% before; none after) to William Orson WFRC(AM) Reidsville, N.C. (1600 khz, i kw -DA- Woodall (36% before; 100% after). Consideration: N) - Broadcast Bureau granted assignment of license $170,000. Principal: Mr. Woodall owns 25% of from WFRC Inc. to Travis Broadcasting for $350,000. WGRA(AM) Cairo, Ga. Action Jan. 15. Seller: Eugene F Smith, president, has no other broad-

WAYX -AM -FM Waycross, Ga. (AM: 1230 khz, 1 cast interests. Buyers: Charles C. (45 %) and Jessica kw -D, 250 w -N; FM: 102.5 mhz, 100 kw) - Broadcast Travis (55 %). Mr. Travis is salesman for WFRC(AM). Bureau granted assignment of license from Radio Sta- Mrs. Travis has interest in restaurant and apartment tion WAYX to Radio Waycross for $350,000. Seller: buildings (BAL- 8539). Action Jan. 12. Omnibus Inc., parent of WAYX, Harry W. Farmer, WLWT(TV) Cincinnati (ch. 5)- Broadcast Bureau president, is also selling WBLU(AM) Salem, Va. granted assignment of license from Avco Broadcasting Buyers: William G. Brown, Clinton G. Moor (47% Corp. to Channel 5 of Cincinnati Inc. for $16,300,000. each) et al. Mr. Brown is manager and stockholder and Seller: Avco is in process of selling WLWC(TV) Col- Mr. Moor is operations manager of WACX(AM) Aut- umbus, WLWD(TV) Dayton, both Ohio and KMOL- sell, Ga. They also own engineering firm and 1/3 in- TV San Antonio, Tex. Buyer: Multimedia Broadcast- terest each in WMOG(AM) Brunswick and ing, subsidiary, is licensee of WFBC- AM -FM -TV WTIF(AM) Tifton, both Georgia. While two Radio Greenville, S.C., WBIR- AM -FM -TV Knoxville, Waycross principals own majority of stock of two other Tenn., WMAZ- AM -FM -TV Macon, Ga. and is Georgia AM stations, one of which located 68 miles WWNC(AM) Asheville and WXII(TV) Winston - from Waycross and the other 52 miles, FCC found each Salem, both North Carolina and has recently bought community involved had small population and that KAAY(AM) Little Rock, Ark., WAKY(AM) diversity of media voices was available in each service Louisville, Ky. and KEEL(AM) -KMBQ(FM) area. Action Jan. 20. Shreveport, La. Corporation is publicly traded KGMQ(FM) Honolulu (93.1 mhz, 100 kw)- (BALCT -575, BALRE -2928, BALTP -47I, Broadcast Bureau granted assignment of license from BALTS -398). Action Jan. 16. Heftel Broadcasting -Radio to Aloha Broadcasting Co. WVFC(AM) McConnelsburg, Pa.- Broadcast The for $490,000. Buyers: Dick McKee, general manager of Bureau granted assignment of CP from Town Radio to best beautiful KOB -AM -FM Albuquerque, N.M., and Thomas K. Fulton County Radio. Principals remain the same Reed, investor, also bought KPAU(AM) Hilo, Hawaii (BAP -838). Action Jan. 12. music sound in from Cecil Heftel of Heftel Broadcasting (BALH -2218). Action Jan. 15. WPAM(AM) Pottsville, Pa. (1450 khz, 1 kw -D, 250 Columbia, SC is put out w-N) -Broadcast Bureau granted assignment of WCFL -TV Chicago- Broadcast Bureau granted license from Miners Broadcasting Service to Curran by an AEL FM -2.5KD assignment of permit from Chicago Federation of Communications for $550,000. Seller: Executors of Labor and Industrial Union Council to Christian Com- Kenneth F Maguire estate (63.2%), and John W. munications of Chicagoland for $850,000. Seller, Stereo Transmitter Angst (36.8 %), own WLSH(AM) Lansford, Pa. Buyer: federation of about 90 labor organizations, also owns John J. (50%) and James J. (50%) Curran, both attor- WCFL(AM) Buyer is Chicago. nonprofit, nonstock neys (BAL- 8561). Action Jan. 16. Just ask WXRY corporation with no other broadcast interests WWPA(AM) Williamsport, Pa.- Broadcast Bureau AEL stereo transmitters always (BAPCT-516). Action Jan. 16. granted involuntary transfer of control send the very best. of licensee cor- WFMW-AM -FM Madisonville, Ky. (AM: 730 khz, poration from Woodrow W. Ott to W. FM: 2,500, 15,000, 25,000, 40,000, William Ott and 500 w -D; FM: 93.9 mhz, 27.1 kw) Broadcast Bureau North Central Bank, administrators 50,000 watts. - of estate of granted transfer of control of Sound Broadcasters from Woodrow W AM: 5000, 10,000, 50,000 watts. Ott (BIC- 7924). Action Jan. 12. Gladys Kelley, executrix of estate of Elmer L. Kelley WSVA -TV Harrisonburg, Va. (ch. 3) Jr. (100% before; none after) to Gladys Kelley (none -Broadcast Bureau granted assignment before; 100% after). No consideration. Transfer of con- of license from Gilmore Broadcasting Corp. to Shenandoah Valley Television Call or Write: trol to Mrs. Kelley, president of Sound Broadcasters, is to complete execution of will of Mr. Kelley Systems for $3,150,000 plus $100,000 covenant not to compete. Seller: James S. Gilmore Jr., licensee of AMERICAN ELECTRONIC LABORATORIES, (BTC- 7872). Action Jan. 15. INC. WREX -TV Rockford, III., KODE -AM -TV Joplin, P.O. Box 552, Lansdale, PA 19446 WNNR(AM) New Orleans -WXEL(FM) Slidell, Mo., WSVA(AM)- WQPO(FM) Harrisonburg, and Tel: 215/822 -2929 TWX: 510/661 -4976 La.- Broadcast Bureau granted assignment of licenses WEHT(TV) Evansville, Ind. Buyer: Wholly owned

Broadcasting Fab 2 1978 52 subsidiary of Worrell Newspapers, has no other broadcast interests (BALCT -577, BALRE -2934, BALTS -401, BALTI -163). Action Jan. 15. radio television catv public relations/ contacts

WOHN(AM) Herndon, Va. (1440 khz, 1 kw -D- Broadcast Bureau granted assignment of license DA)- Public Relations /Contacts Is a regular feature of BROADCASTING, the neweweekiy from My Staff Inc. to United Communications Corp. of broadcasting and allied arts, appearing the first Issue of each month. If you mall for $180,000 plus assumption of $130,000 in liabilities releases or broadcast material to Stations, your advertisement belongs on this page. and $35,000 covenant not to compete. Seller: James F. Beattie owns half of WSSA(AM) Morrow, Ga. and is in process of buying WEXY(FM) Oakland Park, Fla. Buyers: Michael S. Hollis is attorney and Ronald flags programing (cont'd) Loewenthal is partner in advertising agency (BAL- 8533). Action Jan. 13.

KVAC(AM) Forks, Wash. (1490 khz, I kw -D, 250 w-N) -Broadcast Bureau granted assignment of * OVER (,000, 000 AMC * license from Forks Broadcasting Co. to Ben E. and Maybe ours should Marjorie C. Howard for $25,000 plus assumption of * SOLD BY TAT MED/A * When you select $25,000 in liabilities. Seller: Gordon E Otos, president, be yours. x Stitched Flag KalaJ4usic, you'll has no other broadcast interests. Buyers: Mr. Howard is 3' 5' Double- * Ft. Pole & Accessories be employe of KVAC and owns music store and apart- W/6 Jointed Metal able to reach your most affluent Made in U.S.A. * market with beautiful music ments. Action Jan. 15. pro- Ideal for grammed towards adults 18 to 49. Bicentennial Promotion * That's the market buying the bulk your Facilities Write or Call Today of clients' products & services, changes For Catalog Sheet We know. Kalatl /usic is the of Bicentennial Items same Immediate Delivery. music we use ourselves with a proven TV application track record. Music that has been WITF -TV Hershey, Pa. -Seeks CP to change ERP FLAG OF AMERICA remarkably effective for us. And it's to 438 kw vis., 43.8 kw aur.; change type trans.; in- ATLAS CORPORATION Eldorado, III. 62930 618/273.3376 been successful for other stations crease ant. height; HAAT 1419 ft. Ann. Jan. 12. in major, medium and small markets. TV action Write for a free demo tape or call KENI -TV Anchorage - Broadcast Bureau granted free film Stephen Trivers or Bill Wertz; mod. of CP to decrease aur. ERP to 3.44 kw collect at 616- 345 -7121. (BMPCT- 7608). Action Jan. 16. FREE LOAN 16mm FILMS AM applications All topics entertaining, informative, lop quality. Book WHVL Hendersonville, N.C. -Seeks CP to in- singly, in packages or serles ... you name it. Call us collect for Suite 334 crease daytime power to 5 kw; change type trans. Ann. programming assistance. Industrial State Bank Bldg. Jan. 19. Kalamazoo, Mich. 49006 KOKL Okmulgee, Okla. -Seeks CP to make FILMS, RidgNel4 changes in ant. system for addition of FM ant. Ann. ASSOCIATION- STERLING Jan. 20. NJ (2011 9433855. LaGrange. III. (3121 354.7422 Galla 12141 4566251 Sun Valley. Ca. 12131 767.0200 AM starts 638.6799, manta (4041 Following stations were authorized program operating authority for changed facilities on date shown: programing KART Jerome, Idaho (BP- 19,934), Jan. 2; KZNG Hot Springs, Ark. (BP- 19,720), Jan. 9; WHLS Fort Huron, Mich. (BP- 19,538), Jan. 7; WLUX Baton Rouge, La. (BP- 19,976), Jan. 2; WPED Crozet, Va. (BP- 19,921), ONE SET Jan. 5. MOOD AND TEMPO MOMENT AM -FM -TV FM applications f Add the final touch to your sound image WCUM -FM Cumberland, Md. -Seeks CP to install PLEASE Use a custom electronic music package new trans. and ant.; decrease ant. height; change TPO, created for you by: ERP to 4 kw horiz., 4.095 kw -V; HAAT 1401 ft. H, with 1391 ft. V. Ann. Jan. 19. MORT CRIM DAVID SMITH MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS WRUC Schenectady, N.Y. -Seeks CP to change award winning -money making 27 Colonial Hls Pkwy., St. Louis, Mo. 63141 frequency to 89.5 mhz; install new trans.; install new syndicated TV and radio feature Logos and beds stylized to suit all formats. ant.; increase ant. height; change TPO, ERP to 10 kw; Free sample tape. (314) 569 -0767 collect HAAT 840 ft. Ann. Jan. 10. FREE AUDITION 'KTCU -FM Fort Worth, Tex. -Seeks CP to install new trans.; install new ant.; change ERP to 3 kw Alcare Communications (H &V) and HAAT 124 ft. (H &V). Ann. Jan. 21. collect (215) 687.5767 FM actions WRQN Westbrook, Me.- Broadcast Bureau r-- granted mod. of CP to change main studio location and remote control point to 779 Warren St., Portland To: BROADCASTING, 1735 DeSales St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 838.1022 (BMPH -14716). Action Jan. 15. Vt. fre- 'WNUB -FM Northfield, -CP to change Please Insert the following copy for us beginning next month on the Public Relations /Contacte quency to 89.5 mhz dismissed at request of applicant. page and Invoice al the lx, 6x, 12e rate. Ann. Jan. 19. FM starts Following stations were authorized program operating authority for changed facilities on date shown: WTOS -FM Skowhegan, Me. (BPH- 9601), Jan. 9; WHRM Wausau, Wis. (BPED -2102 & Doc. 20178), Jan. 5; WICB Ithaca, N.Y. (BPED -1544), Jan. 8.

In contest Name Designated for hearing Company WAIR(AM) Winston -Salem, N.C., renewal proceeding: Holiday Broadcasting Corporation (Doc. 20688) -FCC designated for hearing Jan. 22. Issues Address specified against Holiday included a determination whether and to what extent licensee engaged in

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 53 fraudulent billing practices or failed to exercise to log appropriate notation that indirect method of Multi- County Cablevision, for Shreve, Ohio (CAC - reasonable diligence to see that its agents and /or determining operating power was being used and daily 05958): WLWC, WTVN -TV, WBNS -TV, Columbus, employees did not engage in such practices, to deter- entries of efficiency factor F with notation as to its Ohio; WTOL -TV Toledo, Ohio; WSTV -TV Steuben- mine all the facts and circumstances surrounding the derivation. Action Jan. 19. ville, Ohio; WTRF -TV Wheeling, W. Va. conduct, in the spring of 1974, of a "Key Club Bicycle Tele -View, for Roma, Tex. 05959): Promotion" and whether this promotion was con- (CAC- KGNS- TV Laredo, Tex. ducted in full compliance with FCC policy. Action Jan. 20. Other actions Utah Cable Television, for Brigham City, Utah (CAC- 05960); KWGN -TV Denver; KTXL Sacramen- WSEZ -FM Winston -Salem, N.C., renewal pro- KCCI(TV) D3s Moines, Iowa -FCC renewed to, Calif.; KTVU Oakland, Calif. ceeding: Triad Broadcasting Co. (Doc. 20689) -FCC license of KCCI(TV), licensed to Cowles Communica- designated for hearing Jan. 22. Issues specified against Empire State Cable TV Co., for Binghamton, N.Y. tions Inc. (CCI). Grant was made subject to final out- Triad included a determination whether and to what (CAC- 05961): Requests certification of existing opera- come in case involving license renewal application for extent the licensee engaged in fraudulent billing prac- tions. WESH -TV Daytona Beach, Fla., licensed to Cowles tices or failed to exercise reasonable diligence to see Florida Broadcasting Inc., a CCI subsidiary. Commis- Warner Cable of Erwin and Warner Cable of Green- that its agents and/or employees did not engage in sion also dismissed petition to deny filed by Depart- ville for Unicoi county, (unincorporated areas) Tenn., such practices. Action Jan. 20. ment of Justice, contending that Gardner Cowles, Greenville, (town of) Tenn. and Greene County, Procedural ruling chairman of the board of CCI, controlled concentration (unincorporated areas) Tenn. (CAC -05962 -4): WRET- of broadcast and daily newspaper facilities. Action Jan. TVV Charlotte, N.C. Fort Valley, Ga., FM proceeding: Rocket Radio 21. Deerfield Cable Systems, Box 15, 128 Mountain and Apostolic Council of Churches, competing for Rd., Greenfield, Mass. 01301 for Deerfield, (town of) 106.3 mhz (Dots. 20181 -2) -FCC vacated December WPTR(AM) Albany, N.Y -FCC renewed license by Mass. (CAC- 05990): WRLP Greenfield, Mass.; 11 order by its chief AU and granted request of of WPTR, owned WPTR Inc., for remainder of license term. WCDC Adams, Mass.; WWLP, WHYN -TV, WGBY- Apostolic Council of Churches Inc. for change in hear- FCC rejected petition by Tri -City Broad- cast Coalition to TV, Springfield, Mass.; WGBH -TV, WBZ -TV, WSBK- ing site. Hearings will be held in Macon, Ga., instead deny renewal on grounds that WPTR failed to ascertain needs and interests TV, WCVB -TV Boston; WEKW -TV Keene, N.H.; of Washington. Action Jan. 21. of black and poor people in the community and failed to broadcast matter WFSB -TV Hartford, Conn. Joint agreement to meet problems relating to needs of those persons. Bagley City Cable TV, Box M, Bagley, Minn. 56621 Tri -City Bennington, Vt., FM proceeding: Catamount contended failure to broadcast such matter for Bagley, Minn. (CAC -05991): KDAL -TV Duluth, would Broadcasters, Equinox Wireless Co. and Bennington continue during subsequent license period, and Minn.; KXJB -TV Valley City, N.D.; WDAY -TV, that WPTR also failed to provide equal employment Radio, competing for 94.3 mhz (Doc. 20391 -3) -AU KTHI-TV, KFME Fargo, N.Dak.; KBJR -TV Superior, blacks. Commission it Reuben Lozner granted joint requests by applicants opportunities for said found no Wise.; KNMT Walker, Minn. merit toTri- City's contentions with respect to WPTR's and approved settlement agreement that application of Roanoke Rapids Telecable for Weldon, Gaston, ascertainment efforts. Tri-City also failed to raise a sub- Catamount is granted; applications of Equinox Wire- (town of) and Roanoke Rapids, N.C. (CAC -05982 -4): stantial and material question of fact concerning less Co. and Bennington Radio Inc., are dismissed with Requests certification of existing operations. prejudice; and determination of reimbursement of WPTR's employment policies and practices, commission concluded. Action Jan. 14. Telaco, for Front Royal, Va. (CAC- 05985): Re- Equinox and Bennington Radio is held in abeyance quests certification existing operations. pending hearing and resolution of certain issues added WMCA(AM) New York -Commission rescinded of

by the Review Board's action of November 20, 1975, its October 1 action granting WMCA short -term Warner Cable of Island Falls /Patten for Island Falls, which issues are retained in hearing status (Dots. license renewal and renewed station's license for regu- Me. (CAC- 05986): CKCW -TV New Brunswick, 20391 -3). Action Jan. 21. lar three -year term expiring June 1, 1978. Straus Com- Canada. munications Inc., licensee of WMCA, Initial decision requested Tower Cable, Newark, Ohio (CAC -05987): WTTV reconsideration of the October 1 action, which had Bloomington, Ind. KSWR(AM) Rifle, Colo., renewal proceeeding: granted renewal to October 1, 1976. Commission said Oil Shale Broadcasting Co. (Doc. 20231) -AU Walter while it found Straus Communications' arguments for Berkshire Cable Television Co., for Lenox, Mass. C. Miller denied the application for renewal. Judge reconsideration unpersuasive, it believed an ad- (CAC- 05988): WOR -TV, WPIX, New York. ruled Shale willfully violated Miller Oil and repeatedly monishment, rather than short -term renewal, is ap- Forest Cable TV Co. for Forest, Miss, (CAC - rules and regulations and terms of its license and had propriate sanction. Ann. Jan. 23. 05989): WHTV Meridian, Miss. broadcast no meritorious programing that would mitig- ate against such violations. The licensee prearranged, Warner Cable of Kingsport for Weber City, (town Va. in part, a purportedly bona fide contest of chance with of) (CAC- 05979): WRET-TV Charlotte, N.C. intent to deceive listening public, judge said. He also Rulemaking Jerrold Polinsky c/o Spectrum Communications, found Oil Shale deliberately made false entries in its 131 W. First St., Duluth, Minn. 55802 for St. Louis operating log and made "numerous significant Action Park. Minn. (CAC -05980): WCCO -TV, WTCN -TV, misrepresentations to the commission." Action Jan. KTMA -TV Minneapolis; KSTP-TV, KMSP -TV, FCC acted on modifications its small- 22. of market KTCA -TV, KTCI -TV St. Paul; WGN -TV, WGN which -TV policy, limits each network company to a single Chicago; WBWT Winnipeg, Canada; WHA -TV station in a market with four or fewer AM stations, and Madison, Wis. Review board decisions to two affiliations in a five- station market. Licensees of Glenwood Springs, Colo., FM proceeding: Colo- AM statons KNIE Cheyenne, Wyo. and KEYY Provo, Grayson TV Cable Company, 125 E. Main St., rado West Broadcasting and Glenwood Broadcasting Utah, requested waivers to permit them to affiliate with Grayson, Ky. for Grayson, Ky. (CAC-05981): WSAZ- ( KGLN(AM]), competing for 92.7 mhz (Does. ABC despite one other ABC AM affiliation in the TV, WOWK -TV, Huntington, W.Va.; WCHS -TV 19588 -9)- Review board granted application of Col- market. Third request was from Texas State Network Charleston, W.Va.; WCPO -TV, WLWT, Cincinnati; orado West Broadcasting Inc. It denied application of (TSN), which sought relief from application of small WXIX -TV Newport, Ky.; WLEX -TV, WKYT-TV, Glenwood Broadcasting Inc. for same facilities. Board market policy to its operations. FCC granted permis- WTVQ -TV, Lexington, Ky. said it agreed with Judge Harrison's initial decision sion for one additional AM in Provo and Cheyenne to Warner Cable of Abingdon, Saltville and Kingsport, that Glenwood should be awarded comparative be affiliated with one of the ABC radio networks, in ad- for Abingdon, (town of), Washington county, (unin- preference for integration of ownership and manage- dition to one AM station in those cities already so affili- corporated, areas), Saltville, (town of), Smyth county; ment, that Colorado West rated a slight comparative ated. Commission also modified its July 1975 order (unincorporated areas), all Va.; Sullivan county (unin- demerit for violating Section 1.514 of the rules, and that imposed a condition on multiple AM affiliations corporated areas), Hawkins county, (unincorporated that Glenwood should be assigned a comparative by TSN with AM stations in the same market. TSN areas), Kingsport, Lynn Gardens, Colonial Heights, demerit for broadcasting code tone signals in now may have, with its TSN and CNS networks, affilia- Sullivan Gardens, Church Hill, (town of), all Tenn.; unauthorized point -to-point communications (not d- tion with more than one AM and FM station in a Scott county, (unincorporated areas) Va. Gate City, signed for reception by the general public) over its sta- market, provided that in any market where TSN is (town of) Va., and Mount Carmel, (town of) Tenn. tion KGLN(AM) Glenwood Springs. Board said to affiliated with more than one AM station, at least one (CAC- 05965 -78): WRET-TV Charlotte, N.C. these determinations however, it had added its own AM or FM station must remain that does not present conclusion that Colorado West must be awarded a TSN or CNS programing. Action Jan. 22. Certification actions substantial diversification preference. Action Jan. 13. CATV Bureau granted following operators of cable TV systems certificates of compliance: Tele -Media Co. High Point, N.C., TV renewal proceeding: Translators of Addii, Foxburg borough, Perry township, and Southern Broadcasting Co. (WGHP -TV High Point) Hovey township, Pa. (CAC -04242 -4); Eastern Telecom and Furniture City Television Company, competing for Applications Corp. /Upper St. Clair Cable TV, Upper St. Clair town- ch. 8 (Doc. 18906.7)- Commission renewed license of ship, Pa. (CAC -05529); Cable Vision, Alma, Mich. WGHP -TV and denied competing application of Fur- White Pine Television District No.1, Lund & (CAC- 05685); TCI Pacifica Corp. Pacifica, Calif. niture City Television Company for new station on Preston, Nev. -Seeks ch. 3 rebroadcasting KLAS -TV (CAC- 05719); Midwest Metro, (town of) Chappell, Channel 8. Grant of renewal is without prejudice to Las Vegas and ch. 6 KLVX Las Vegas (BPT- Neb. (CAC- 05763); Fremont Cable Television, Fre- whatever action is deemed appropriate on disposition TV- 5480 -1). Ann. Jan. 19. mont, Calif. (CAC -05790); Community Tele -Com- of several anti -trust proceedings against companies in munications, Thermopolis, Wyo. (CAC- 05796); which certain Southern stockholders and directors Warner Cable of Fort Walton Beach, Cinco Bayou, Fla. have decision -making positions. Action Jan. 21. (CAC- 05808); Cablecom -General, Sherman, Tex. Cable (CAC- 05820); Glasgow Cablevision, Glasgow, Mont. and Glasgow Air Force Base, Mont. (CAC- 05825 -6); Applications Petit Jean CTV Co., Danville, Ark. (CAC =05828); Fine Tele -Media Company of Addii, specified unincorpor- Following operators of cable TV systems requested cer- ated areas of Hancock county, W. Va. (CAC- 05829); WTSB(AM) Lumberton, N.C.- Broadcast Bureau tificates of compliance, FCC announced (Stations Cable TV, Dugger, Ind. (CAC- 05830); Grenada Video, ordered to forfeit $250 for violation of rules by failing listed are TV signals proposed for carriage): Grenada, Miss. (CAC- 05833).

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RADIO HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT HELP WANTED SALES CONTINUED CONTINUED HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT Resident Midwest sales manager. Full -time travel Great Scott Stations looking for Salesperson-an- Gospel radio station in growing Southwest market (Mon- Fri.). Salary /sales- override provide opportunity nouncer. Apply at headquarters station, WPAZ. needs aggressive sales oriented sales manager. unlimited earnings. Availability background. 215. 326.4003. Ownership opportunities offered. Guaranteed salary references, first letter. Community Club awards, PO plus bonus. Reply Box A -64. BROADCASTING. Box 151. Westport, CT 06880. AM Sales M r. New position with strong central Illinois station Strong radio sales background Radio Station Manager. Full time AM radio in small Experienced sales or station managers needed due and leadership ability essential. Excellent salary and market desires quality manager interested in long to future Split of AM /FM plus new FM. Salary, sales benefits. Send resume to Ory Graham, WSOY, PO Box range career and excellent pay. Must have extensive bonus, other benefits. Chain has stations in Illinois, 2250, Decatur, IL 62526. sales experience with management experience also Tennessee, West Virginia. Send resume to Jim Glass- preferable. Good salary with fringe benefits. Location man, VP, Community Service Broadcasting, Box 1209, Young expanding company needs experienced in southeastern U.S. Please send resume to Box A -94. Mt. Vernon, IL 62864. Please don't phone. salespeople All formats, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Col- BROADCASTING. orado. Bob Freeman, President, American Media. Program Director wanted with experience in Black 7397 W. Central, Wichita, KS 67212. Operations Manager for Texas 50 kw AM. Strong formats. Position leads to General Manager oppor- engineering background and first class license re- tunity with group broadcasters. Must now be Program Virginia 5,000 watt looking for broadcasters with quired. Send complete resume and salary require- Director at black -oriented station with at least one program experience ready to move into sales. Good ments to Box A -117. BROADCASTING. year total Program Director experience. Exceptional opportunity with fast growing small group. Call Tom growth opportunity for right person. Equal Opportunity Manley at 703- 434 -1777. Need General Manager long established low dial Employer. Send tape and resume to Ron Curtis & Co., Top commissions, leading position Missouri AM. Must be aggressive. Sales and Suite 285 -A. O'Hare Plaza, 5725 East River Road, Jingle salespersons, sales job, still moonlite administration ability a must. Would consider present Chicago, IL 60631. producer. Keep your broadcast salesmanager who is ready for management. Send for us. Box 49, Altamonte Springs, (Metro Orlando), FL qulifications and references to Box A -207, BROAD- General Manager and instructor to supervise univer- 32701. CASTING. sity noncommercial FM radio station, full -time faculty status, teaching basic radio-television courses and III. AM /FM (near Chicago Metro) currently interview- Area station in Midwest has management oppor- supervising student -operated station, starting Sep- ing craetive salespersons with management potential. tunity for well rounded individual, must have strong tember '76. Experience in commercial or public sta- Must demonstrate good track record. Work estab- sales background with experience in all phases of tion essential. Ph.D. required. First-class license lished retail plus new territory. Base + commission, radio. Must be able to motivate personnel and execute preferred. Departmental promotion can be expected. benefits, grow with new company purchasing stations. An De company policies. Write, giving qualifications, back- Send resume, comments, etc. to Rev. L.J. Flynn, Xavier Equal Opportunity Employer. Call John Witt, ground and references to Box A -208. BROADCAST- University. Cincinnati, OH 45207. President, Grundy Communications. 815.942 -5220. ING. HELP WANTED ANNOUNCERS America's fastest growing major market 14 station HELP WANTED SALES owner, is offering an excellent opportunity to an ex- Live in sunny Florida and help us create an exciting MOR- Contemporary format. Need creative announ- ceptional salesmanager to be the general manager of $10,000 guarantee is what we are offering to a cers; combo -announcer copy writer plus a person to one of their metro market stations. The station is well great salesperson. We are a professional station in a head up our news department. Minorities urged to rated in a very competitive top 100 market, and is an small market in southern Wisconsin. If you want to reply. An Equal Opportunity Employer. Send complete all new physical facility. You must be a heavy hitter on kiss off the rat race, or become established in a com- resume along with salary requirement to Box A -188, the street, and be presently winning as a munity surrounded by lakes and green forests, we've salesmanager of another top rated station in an ARB got your position open. Write Box A -210, BROAD- BROADCASTING. market, with an understanding of modern programing CASTING. Morning person) 5 K Country/pop; 1 hr. daily talk; techniques. If you're career dedicated, goal oriented, AM & FM. Write Box A -240, BROADCASTING. and can make things move, you'll grow with us. E.O.E. Soles executive for newest station of group aqui ring Box P -5, BROADCASTING. properties in growth markets. Excellent opportunity for Top 50 market, northeast morning person for a strong producer. Salary, commissions, many extras modern, progressive format must be experienced. Box General manager, midwest AM -FM. Must be honest, for the right person. E.O.E. Box P -36. BROADCAST- A -251, BROADCASTING. have sales experience. Send resume and letter outlin- ING. ing your view of small market radio. Box P -34, Northeast Country Music giant needs one ex- BROADCASTING. Excellent sales position open for experienced perienced country personality for bright friendly salesperson, must be proven salesperson, salary, in- daytime show. In confidence, send resume, income California daytimer, seeking an experienced centives and benefits. Box P-47, BROADCASTING. history. EOE. M /F. Box A -252, BROADCASTING. salesmanager, who can sell, lead and direct sales staff. Salary, incentives and benefits. Box P -46, Sales persons, KOSM AM /FM. Ontario, California, Wanted: Bright sounding Midwest Top Forty per- BROADCASTING. Top draw- commissions, excellent fringe benefits, con- sonality. Box P -8, BROADCASTING. tact Ross Adkines, PO Box 1510. Ontario, CA 91762 Move up to management. Young, aggressive group Hartford /Springfield /New Haven. Beautiful music of broadcasters have turned the market on with pro- Here's the right opportunity for the right salesper- station accepting resumes for staff announcing posi- duct, promotion and ratings. Now we need a hard nose son! Put your sales experience to work in southeastern tion. Minimum 3 years experience. Five day week. street seller /manager whose efforts will be rewarded New Mexico selling AM (Country & Rock) and FM Good salary and fringe benefits. Box P -31, BROAD- with management, stock and income as the corpora- (Beautiful music) in compact three city area. Mild cli- CASTING. tion expands. Call William Payne or William Bundy, mate. Ski and summer resort areas 90 minutes away KLEU, Waterloo, IA. EOE. Live the good life in this clean, friendly, sportsminded Midwest college town- Experienced jocks with wholesome community of twelve thousand. Send good voices for Contemp. MOR AM and non- screamer Care Arctic? KOTZ -AM, to try the a 5 kw educational complete sales track record to Dave Button, mgr., rock FM. EOE. Box P -32, BROADCASTING. station in Kotzebue, Alaska needs a station manager. KSVP AM /FM, 317 West Quay, Artesia, NM 88210. Anticipate adding a tv facility during the coming year. 505- 746 -2751. Mature voice, self motivator for Connecticut Would look with special favor on a manager also beautiful music. News studio, top consultant, excellent qualified as chief engineer. Salary DOE; liberal vaca- Combo account executive/announcer position at benefits. No beginners. EOE Box P -37, BROADCAST- tion, sick leave, and holiday benefits. Send detailed No. 1 contemporary country station. Excellent growth ING. resume and letter of application to: Stan Jones, opportunities. Send resume, tape, to Betty Mastick, Kotzebue Broadcasting, Inc., Box 78, Kotzebue, AK WDXI, Jackson, TN 38301. Play by Play /Announcer combination needed for 99752. 907 -442 -3229. Let the Arctic surprise you. leading contemporary station. If you can jock and do Madison, WI. Excellent career opportunity for bright, PBP football and basketball send tape and resume to Station Manager, expanding group owner seeks ex- problem -solving salesperson on the way up, strong on KBIM, Box 910, Roswell, NM 88201. ceptional person with general management goals. creativity and campaign building. Six station group Will consider both programing and sales managers seeks person with management potential. Job open- We are growing and will need experienced person- with strong administrative ability. Starting salary: ing result of promotion. Our people earn far more, city nel. Any combination announcers, sales, news, MOR $30,000. Send resume to Dave Boylan, Ron Curtis & offers superior living. You'll have opportunity for man- and country music formats. Send resume, full details Company, O'Hare Plaza, 5725 East River Road, agement and equity. WISM, Madison, WI 53701. A first letter to KHOM /KTIB, 2306 West Main Street, Chicago, IL 60631. Confidentiality assured. Midwest Family Station. EOE. Houma, LA 70360. Equal Opportunity Employer.

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 56 HELP WANTED ANNOUNCERS HELP WANTED NEWS HELP WANTED PROGRAMING, CONTINUED PRODUCTION, OTHERS, CONTINUED Medium market station is looking for a full or part - time news person, male or female, experience necess- Wanted, a one to one communicator for morning ary. Please send resume. We are an Equal Opportunity Morning announcer /Program Director opening drive, an entertaining personality, but one who knows Employer. Box P-6, BROADCASTING. March 1. CBS affiliate. Attractive New England com- when enough is enough. Good voice and delivery a munity, Duties include hosting morning talk show and must. Stable professionals only. Send tape and Reporter with broadcasting and sales experience production. Liberal benefits. Experience required. resume to: KRAV, PO Box 746, Tulsa. OK 74101. An wanted at small market station in Western Ski resort. Send resume, tape. Station Manager, Box 466, Keene, EOE. Must be able to dig for and deliver news. Box P-18, NH 03431. BROADCASTING. Inspired, creative, professional Top 40 morning SITUATIONS WANTED MANAGEMENT for news person. Top flight FM /AM in growing university city. Solid Midwest AM /FM looking corn voice. Good bucks. Tapes and resumes to Bob Sherman, municator. Must have 3rd endorsed, mature SSSSSSS That's the name of the game! FM WCLG, Morgantown, WV 26505. Work with professionals. Excellent fringe benefits, General Manager seeks opportunity to turn AM /FM profit sharing etc. E.O.E. Resume, salary requirements operation into real money maker, 18 years all phase Combo announcer /account executive position at to Box P -50, BROADCASTING. radio. Presently showing 26 percent increase over '75. Box A -205, BROADCASTING. No. 1 contemporary country station. Excellent growth a news director who believes that news can opportunities. Send resume, tape to Betty Mastick, Wanted, entertain as well as inform, not just hard news, but Experienced broadcaster. Sales oriented with WDXI, Jackson, TN 38301. news of human interest and off beat stories. Good knowledge and dedication to broadcast management voice, delivery and writing ability a must. Stable pro- responsibilities. Self generating, will lead and moti- Announcer who has good commercial delivery and only. and resume to: KRAV, PO vate references. production ability. Must be experienced and have 3rd. fessionals Send tape staff. Excellent Will invest substantial Box Tulsa, OK 74101. An EOE. cash. A Prefer someone from southeast. Send tape and 746, Box -206, BROADCASTING. Powell, WFBC, Greenville, SC. resume or call Billy Opening for second newsperson at top rated sta- GM, GSM. Shirt sleeved mountain climber. Creative! 803-233-4601. tion in SE Texas. Join operation committed to ex- Experienced large and medium stations, markets. in news and public affairs. Tapes to Kevin personal manager, leader, Announcer /Sales /Production person wanted. cellence Strong salesman, execu- Brennan, News Director, KTRM, PO Box 5425, Beau- tive. Box P -1, BROADCASTING. Possible promotion to P.D. Contemporary/Top 40 sta- mont, TX 77702. An Equal Opportunity Employer. tion with emphasis on personality, not time & temp. Goals oriented management professional. Superb between Savannah & Jackson- We're on the ocean, No. 1 contemporary station needs aggressive, in- track record at one of the Nation's major, full- service ville. Send a short aircheck, picture and resume to novative newsperson. Send tape, resume: Operations broadcast properties. Same suit, but bigger size. Stric- G.M., WGIG & WSBI FM, 801 Mansfield Street, Manager, WKWK, Wheeling, WV 26003. test confidence. Box P -4, BROADCASTING. Brunswick, GA 31520. 912 -265 -3870. No.1 area station needs top newsperson due to va- Experienced Top 100 GM. GSM. MBA, young Experienced and knowledgeable announcer with cancy created by promotion of our man to another sta- proven performer. Southeast preferred. Write for good MOR music knowledge. The more extras, the tion in chain. Send resume, tape to Frank Kelley, details. Box P -9, BROADCASTING. better. WICY, Malone, NY. WMCL, McLeansboro, IL 62859. SITUATIONS WANTED SALES Immediate opening for mature Combo Country- Aggressive, competent newsperson to gather, Western DJ and local news. Call 904 -732 -2010, C.T. write and deliver the news. Send resume and tape, Salesman: lia years experience. Small market Pen- Catalano. Equal Opportunity Employer. Tad Diesel, WNNJ, Newton, NJ 07860. na-Delaware-N.J., local radio. Sell, copy. service, 22 & single. Box P-25, BROADCASTING. Major New York station has an opportunity for a Opening for a good news person. Must gather, write creative entertaining personality. This is a once -in -a- and deliver with authority. Excellent salary and Announcer: Major market sales /production ex- career chance for the right person. Send tape and benefits. Send tape, resume to News Director, WSOY, perience. B.S. Communications, college sales director, resume to: Consultant, PO Box 205, Washington PO Box 2250, Decatur, IL 62526. references, 3rd endorsed. Seek promotional small or Depot, CT 06794. E.O.E. All replies will be kept confi- medium market station to grow at as full time an- dential. Leading East Texas broadcast organization has an nouncer or combo anncr /production/sales. N.E., but opening for a news director, experienced professional will relocate. Part time considered. Alan Mandel: to head news stet f. Strong voice. Good delivery. 617-787-1091. HELP WANTED TECHNICAL 3 -man Five figure salary. Texas background desired. Phone SITUATIONS WANTED ANNOUNCERS Wanted, experienced C.E. with D.A. background, will- Dudley Waller, 214- 586 -2211. ing to do approximately twenty hours weekly board Only Bieck programed radio station in Connecticut DJ, 3rd phone, tight board, good news and commer- shift. Wonderful area in Northern California to work enlarging news team, experience a necessity, salary cials, ready now! Anywhere. Box H -5, BROADCAST- and live in. Reply Box P-7, BROADCASTING. negotiable, liberal benefits, send tape and resume to ING. Lou Brown, PO Box 1480, Windsor, CT 06095. Transmitter Sales Mgr. Small expanidng mfg. of Basketball play -by -play. One of the best Radio or TV. broadcast transmitters seeks person with tech. back- Box N -223, BROADCASTING. ground and sales exp. in broadcast field. Excellent HELP WANTED PROGRAMING, salary plus incentives. All benefits. Box P -26, BROAD- PRODUCTION, OTHERS Two years experience. Hard worker. Have to move CASTING. now. Write for tapes, resume. Box A -132, BROAD- Announcer -Production Whiz: Good voice, bright, CASTING. Chief Engineer for group owned Midwest AM -FM, creative spot production ability. Some news, informa- two tower directional AM. No combo but need some- tion sense. Professionalism and quality a must. New Young, experienced announcer- engineer with 1st one who is production oriented and understands facilities, best staff around. Excellent salary, superior phone. Willing to go anywhere. Box A-191, BROAD- sound. State tech qualifications with resume. Box benefits. EOE. Box A -214, BROADCASTING. CASTING. P -42, BROADCASTING. Wanted, production ace, good voice and delivery, Two Major Market (Top 10) air personalities wish to Wanted experienced chief engineer for top rated with a superb ear for good production and a sharp form a morning team in a small or medium East Coast stereo FM station in Dallas, Texas. Must have ex- razor blade. Stable professionals only. Send tape and market. MOR, Top 40, or Progressive Rock. So you perience in high power FM transmitters and mainte- resume to: KRAV, PO Box 746, Tulsa, OK 74101. An don't forget, reply before midnite tonight to Box A -223, nance of Ampex reel to reel tape machines used in EOE. BROADCASTING. music service operation. Contact Bart McLendon, KNUS, AC 214- 651 -1010. Need is immediate! Production /Swing announcer, WBT, Charlotte. Young ambitious broadcaster seeking first job on air North Carolina. has an opening for an experienced, news, sales. Third endorsed. Box A -233, BROAD- We are an FM /AM facility that prides itself on tech- creative production person -swing announcer. Send CASTING. nical excellence. We are looking for an aggressive tape and resume to Andy Bickel, 1 Julian Price Place, chief engineer with extensive experience in audio and Charlotte, NC 28208. Personality oriented, T /40, big voice, programing FM /AM transmitter maintenance. Call KRAV Radio, experience, looking for good med. mkt with growth po- Tulsa. 918- 585 -5555. Program Director wanted with experience in Black tential. Any format. Box P-11, BROADCASTING. formats. Position leads to General Manager oppor Chief Engineer for WBVP/WWKS Beaver Falls, Pa. tunity with group broadcaster. Must now be program Experienced, reliable P.D., morning man, plus Class IV AM, 50 KW Stereo FM. Must have experience director at black- oriented station with at least one copy, production, news and FCC 1st. Seeking immedi- in all phases of maintenance, R.F., audio and automa- year total program director experience. Exceptional ate opening with Northeast medium or better market. tion. EOE. Contact Keith Leach, V.P., Engineering, Hall growth opportunity for right person. Equal Opportunity Best suited with relaxed "Good/easy" music format, Communications, PO Box 551, Norwich, CT 06360. Employer. Send tape and resume to Ron Curtis & Co., but can work others. Be specific about salary and 203 -887 -1613. Suite 285 -A, O'Hare Plaza, 5725 East River Road, opening. No small markets, please. Box P -14, BROAD- Chicago, IL 60631. CASTING. Chief Engineer, experienced in AM /FM Stereo, automation, directional, FCC rules, proofs, strong in A Great Spot Cutter that gets off on winning can First phone looking for first break. Prefer rock. Will preventative maintenance. Excellent benefits includ- find stimulation with us. No hassle station in a no has- relocate anywhere. Box P -16, BROADCASTING. ing pension plan. Ideal family living and recreation sle market. All we do is research like mad and go for announcer with copy and area. Send, resume, call or write immediately. Jack R. the book. We're a Top Fifty ADI, and Top 100 Metro. Experienced first phone is for you Northeast opera- Gennaro, General Manager, WFHR/WWRW, 220 First Stay for a few months or a few years. The bread is fair, production ability available Ave. South, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494. but the cost of living is lowest. E.O.E. Call tion now. Phone Bob Madie at 717-264-9692 or Box 715- 424 -1300. 304 -525 -9827 for Dan. P -23, BROADCASTING.

Broadcasting Feb 2 197e 57 SITUATIONS WANTED ANNOUNCERS SITUATIONS WANTED ANNOUNCERS SITUATIONS WANTED NEWS CONTINUED CONTINUED CONTINUED

Denver, Dallas, Albuquerque, Toledo, want more? 1st phone, CIE Diploma. 5 yrs exp. Soul. Need help? Newswoman, experienced in all news duties, 3 yrs. Can you pay 512,000 for right man? Then you're good I need a job. 4907 Challendon Rd., B -1, Baltimore, major & medium, Sue McNett, 14306 Lowe Riverdale. enough for me. Personality, first, country, rock. Box 21207. Dial 1-301-448-1822. "Mosquito," IL 312- 849 -2303. P -24, BROADCASTING. Super jock, rockin 110% for 5 yrs, only 22, 3rd, mar- Capable meteorologist desires experience radio Experienced, 3 year serious professional seeking ried, want to go to top, help me middle market. You TV. Available now for low salary. Contact S.G. Davis, contemp. New England /New York State. I'm ready won't be sorry. 217-342-4391 Bill after 7 PM. 401-464-3666 or 401- 828 -0157 weekday mornings now. Box P -33, BROADCASTING. or afternoons. Any small town station in peaceful setting in need of PhIlly's top telephone talker available now. Don't a mature, dependable announcer. I'm your man. Top sportscaster PBP and reporting background. wait!!! Consider all offers over S12,000. Box P -45, Young, reliable, knowledgeable in sports, you name it that have it together, call 1- 717 -733- BROADCASTING. Only stations that's me. Mike Rathier 401- 231 -7978. 0531. Dependable, experienced, 1st phone D.J. seeking Eager, stable air personality. Good voice. Excellent fulltime employment. in Southwest. Willing to learn delivery. 3rd ticket. Dennis Pasquier, 1802 Trail, Reporter, BA, MS Broadcast Journalism, one year experience major market network engineering and /or sells. Call Gary 505- 327 -9476. Missoula, MT 59801. l- 406. 721.1416. affilite, Third phone endorsed. Fast worker, good writer. Not a jock or a Communicator. Innovative, college grad, first phone. news reader. Rich Peacock, 33 Cogswell Ave., I want to work because I love radio. It's my life. I'd 23, in contemporary, MOR, progressive, Cambridge, MA 02140. 617.547 -2788. experienced like to go to work for you and your station. All you have and free -form. Will relocate. Bryan St. Peters, 2148 to do is say yes. People tell me I have a good voice. I Anchor, Anaheim, CA 92802. 714- 634.9127. I can run your news department. 15 years experience can produce saleable spots. I have a 1st ticket. Call Al at 612- 756-5361. news /sports, radio and television. Bob Daniels Charley Donovan, ABC O &O Houston. Seeks Maja/ 608 -271 -3397. Lg. Med. Contemporary. T13.789 -1532. SITUATIONS WANTED TECHNICAL Experienced "J" grad seeks position in West Paul Top 40 jock seeks work within 150 mile radius of FCC 1st, 2 yrs technical training, ham license will Heagen, 1039 Obispo Ave., Long Beach, CA 90804. Hartford, Ct. Call Pete 1- 203 -223 -4323. work around Carbondale, Ill. or western U.S. Ready to start 6/1/76. Box A -249, Verseule, experienced announcer. Available now. BROADCASTING. Multi-talented newsman, Top investigative, write, Music, sports, talk. Neil Rogers 305 -961 -1398. 351 produce, air. Lively interviews and documentaries a Broadcast engineer years Cambridge Road, Hollywood, FL 33024. eight experience, first specialty. Can produce or host talk show. Not a phone wants to relocate to Los Angeles. Presently powerhouse voice but a top digger with 5 years ex- Young D,J.- Announcer. 3rd endorsed. Know music. employed at New York AM/FM /N operation Summer perience. Dedicated, dependable, 3rd endorsed. Will Some experience. Call Ken Ditty Collect relief position accepted. Box P -3, BROADCASTING. relocate. Ed Isenberg, 4915 Tyrone Ave., Sherman 415- 6973845.483 Lincoln Circle. Apt. 7, Millbrae, CA Oaks, CA 213 -788 -2094. 94030. Experienced chief. Directionals, renewals, construction, audio processing. Degree, young, married. DJ- Production. Creative. Do many voices. Year ex- University town NE, Canada. Box P -22. BROADCAST- SITUATIONS WANTED PROGRAMING, perience. Top 40 or progressive preferred. Tapes. ING. PRODUCTION, OTHERS 402 -843 -5662. Chief Engineer experienced in areas of engineering Iam currently employed as a morning man in a ma- Resourceful jor (Top 10) communicator, broadcasting BA, looking for new position. Box P -51, BROADCASTING. market and now seek the opportunity to needs any position available. 714 -466 -7367. 568 employ major market tactics and practices in a small Sears, San Diego, CA 92114. or medium market programing situation. My ex- 1st phone engineer, 5 yrs experience with AM, FM perience encompasses MOR, Top 40, and progressive transmitters and studio equipment. Prefer studio work. Attention. Let's talk, from news to rock, with first and rock and country. I prefer the Atlantic Coast but will 24 yrs old, single. Ted Levin, 5331 Bryant St., Erie. PA three years exp. In suburbs of major market, call Steve, consider all offers. Available in time for the 16509. 814 -668 -2308. spring 412-322-3254, or write 502 Chester Ave., Pgh, PA ARB. Reply to Box A -122, BROADCASTING. 15214, SITUATIONS WANTED NEWS News Production background in 4 New York FM 3rd. DJ, news, experienced, want small market. stations in the past 5 years. Also, 1st phone. Box Nelson Brown, 9660 Becker, Allen Park, MI 48101. Talking now in Top 25 market. News oriented who is A -129, BROADCASTING. 313- 386 -8899. "red. -hot" but made more dollars in 1966! Inflation forces me to relocate. Am own producer. Give me a Increase sales 300%? I've done it before and ready Rock jock first, witty, handsome, love to boogie, talk show and forget "ascertainment" problems. Your to do it again! This time possibly for you with my coun- going to be famous, no bull, I work, love radio as much confidential reply gets yesterday's aircheck etc. Box try programing and promotion ideas. Contact A.S.A.P. as sex, don't want a vacation. Just you and some of A -74, BROADCASTING. as I'm ready to move, Box A -161, BROADCASTING. your money. P.J. Marx, 2155 Union Ave., Havre de Grace, MD 21078. 1 -301- 939 -5008. Radio network editor in charge with network air ex- Experienced, creative production/air talent seeking perience seek major market ND slot. Management challenge with Major Market contemporary or MOR DJ experienced tight show good personality. Third. committment to news and editorial freedom a must. station. Employed. Opportunity first, money second. Contemporary format. Call Mike 904- 255 -6950. Box A -154, BROADCASTING. Box A -239, BROADCASTING.

Creative, humorous personality desires contempor- Seeking all sports job. College grad, medium Top 15 major market jock now seeking programing ary MOR or Top 40, Eastern area. Fantastic produc- market experience. Major college basketball, base- position in midwest /west medium or secondary. Con- tion. 609 -429 -2316. ball, high school football pbp. Box P -20, BROAD- temporary or MOR only. Strong desire to make a sta- CASTING. tion win. 3rd endorsed. Currently working. Box P -13, Strong personality DJ 3rd phone. 1 V2 experience on BROADCASTING. 2 major bay area stations, smooth delivery, can write, Professional Radlo -TV journalist, degree, (RTNDA), produce, competent interviewer, blues & jazz oriented, (Anchorman /Reporter /Sports Director /Documentary Experienced PD and afternoon drive -time per- looking for position in northern Calif, excellent Credits). Outstanding credentials, references, sonality seeking challenging position, medium and references. George Allen. 2563 Divisadevo, S.F., CA portfolio. All offers, radio, and or/TV, considered. New major markets. Prefer south -southeast. Box P -19, 94115. 415- 563 -5326. England preferably. Box P -27, BROADCASTING. BROADCASTING.

Above average rock personality seeking solid op- Midwest sportscaster seeks free -lance baseball Adult contemporary programar, developer of an portunity. 2 years experience. Extraordinary produc- for summer, football for fall. Experienced BB, FB, BKB, exciting new approach which has been a phenomenal tion. 216- 7294592. hockey, college and pro. Have own equipment. Very success story in both ratings and sales. Composite reasonable talent fee plus expenses. Box P -35, format tape available. Box P -40, BROADCASTING. You've heard all the superlatives, now hear my BROADCASTING. tapes, talk or up MOR and a first phone. Call Experienced music director available for contem- 217- 442 -7450 evenings or write: Adrian Collier, 814 Woman, highly experienced top major markets in porary easy listening station. Excellent knowledge all South Street, Danville, IL 61832. all phases of broadcast journalism, including morning types of MOR music, write Box P -48, BROADCAST- anchor, field reporting, talk show host, documentaries, ING. Experienced First Phone wants job in Southern and public affairs, seeks major market position. Box Michigan. Contact: Patrick Wyllis, 1320 Floyd, P -41, BROADCASTING. Talk show producer/host. Absolutely top jour- Jackson, MI. nalistic credentials. Will relocate. Ed Isenberg, 4915 Experienced radio news reporter seeking immedi- Tyrone Ave., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423. Announcer. Newscaster, production, 3rd tight com- ate position in major market, either on the West Coast, 213 -788 -2094. bo. Craig, 428 W. 26 St., NYC. 924 -6181. or in the Southwest, as far as New Orleans. Am thoroughly seasoned in all aspects of news reporting Looking to program Top 40 small to medium 3rd endorsed DJ 1 yr experience. Looking for new and directing. Am 30 years old, black, with a special market station. Write: Dean Mionske, 590 SW 27 Ave., home preferably in Pa. Will do anything. Call Ray interest in documentaries. Box P -53, BROADCAST- No. 12, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312. 717- 698 -6557. ING.

Broadcasting Feb 21076 58 HELP WANTED NEWS SITUATIONS WANTED PROGRAMING, SITUATIONS WANTED NEWS PRODUCTION, OTHERS CONTINUED Equal Opportunity Employer Southeast Number Meteorologist. AMS seal holder with strong One wants SOF cameraperson /editor who works hard meteorology background that is able to communicate. Public Affairs Director /production whiz with 4 yrs and fast with reporter or by self. Five years experience. Knows the value of public relations and community in- at group owned metro New York City station seeks to Strong on preventive maintenance and repair. Box volvement. Able to produce educational weather relocate. Money is secondary to an exciting oppor- A -195, BROADCASTING features. Box A -t05, BROADCASTING. tunity at the right station. All markets considered. The development of a positive approach toward com- Managing Editor. Medium market. Second in com- Young, ambitious female wishes to grow. Three munity affairs will build the station's identity, and mand, staff of twelve. Make assignments and produce years experience. Willing to relocate and work. boost ratings! I've got excellent production skills and 6 PM News. Must be progressive, creative, take Box A -200, BROADCASTING. can work closely with your announcers and salesmen charge person, familiar with ENG. Send resume, tape, to produce creative psots for current and potential ac- salary requirements to Lee Denney -, ND, WNW, 477 Dynamic young ass't ND /anchor /producer with counts. College degree: B.S. Marketing /Management. Carpenter Street, Evansville, IN 47736. Equal Oppor- heavyweight ratings seeks serious, progressive news Tape & resume will be mailed same day. Ed Solomon, tunity Employer. operation dedicated to being or becoming number PO Box 3. Woodbury, NY 11797. 516- 367 -4968. HELP WANTED PROGAMING, PRODUCTION, one. 30s market or better. Box A -242, BROADCAST- OTHERS ING. Creative, innovative writing by experienced pro., in news, publicity production, and public affairs. Willing Responsible, creative 16mm photographer needed Weatherman doing number one show in 28th market to do free -lance. N.Y. metropolitan & New England desires a move up to larger, progressive immediately for Rocky Mtn VHF station. 1 to 3 years station. Ex- areas only. Contact Stan. 212- 526 -1831 Call day or experience in TV commercial photography a must! ceptional presentation, appearance and delivery. evening. Also should be capable of SCR /MRCNTR operations Filmed reports, graphics, and charts will brighten your to complete productions. Send resume, references weather outlook. Box A -250, BROADCASTING, and salary requirements first letter. Box A -75, BROAD- TELEVISION CASTING. Reporter /Weekend Anchor /Mini Documentary Producer. All that and more HELP WANTED TECHNICAL in one package. Solid ex- Wanted: Creative Production minded promotion perience in radio, CATV and now NBC affiliate. Young, manager for medium married, BA. Box P -12, Broadcast Engineer for southwest PTV station. midwest market. Must have BROADCASTING. Operation and maintenance of broadcast equipment. ability to conduct campaigns in all media. An Equal Second Class FCC license required and several years Opportunity Employer. Box A -131, BROADCASTING. Meteorologist seeks position as television experience with color equipment. Box A -203, BROAD- meteorologist. B.S. in Meteorology. Successful televi- Director. Busy midwest ad agency needs director. CASTING. sion experience. Cassette available. Box P -52, Must have solid VTR production experience, commer- BROADCASTING. cial credits and a talented eye for color, graphics, Supervising Engineer for Southwest PTV station. lighting. etc. Top salary and bright future for the right Reporter, four years in top forty, creative. Box 7023, Responsible for operation and maintenance of remote person. Rush resume and letter to Box A -224, BROAD- facilities. Three to five years experience in videotape, CASTING. West Trenton, NJ 08628. and in operating and maintaining color broadcast equipment. Box A -204, BROADCASTING. Children's personality for Top 10 market. Creative Sports Director, experienced, production back- & experienced. Ability to play musical instrument, ground. Box 177, Yardley, PA 19067. Chief Engineer for southeastern PBS UHF. Need write & work with puppets preferred. Equal Oppor- good administrator who can plan growth, train and tunity Employer. Send resume, salary reds. to Box motivate staff, and demonstrate current hands -on ex- P -28, BROADCASTING. Top 50 anchorman /reporter, 10 years news expertise. Send resume with salary requirement. Box perience. 31, degree, family. 305- 295 -3024. A -236. BROADCASTING. Puppeteer tor major market children's pgm in East. Creative & experienced with strong talent for Top Australian reporter /assignment editor. Seven Expanding PTV in southeast needs maintenance character voices and writing ability. Equal Oppor- years experience investigative and hard news. Young, engineer February 1st. Experienced with UHF, ENG, tunity Employer. Send resume, salary reds, to Box family man looking for career position anywhere in RCA VTRs and cameras. Competitive salary and P -29, BROADCASTING. U.S. References and videotape audition on request. benefits. Include salary requirement with resume. Box 516 -735 -8652. A -237, BROADCASTING. PROMOTION MANAGER needed for Midwest Net- work V, top 50 market. Required heavy on air promo- Meteorologist, graduate wants your weather! Some South Florida VHF station needs master control tion with knowledge of other media and sales promo- experience (Avco), some ideas, much desire! Paul switcher. No experience necessary. Will train right tion. A great opportunity for agressive individual. An Hagar, 12 Langdon, Madison, WI 53703. person. First phone required. Send resume. Equal Op- Equal Opportunity Employer. Write Box P-55, BROAD- 608 -256 -4762. portunity Employer. Box A -246, BROADCASTING. CASTING. Wanted Experienced TV film program booker for SITUATIONS WANTED PROGRAMING, Opening for first class phone. Excellent opportunity PRO- top ranked national free -loan film distributor. Free - DUCTION, OTHERS for person wishing to continue college or learn televi- loan and PSA booking experience is desirable but will sion broadcasting. Contact J.R. Middleton, KTVO -2, not eliminate otherwise qualified applicants. Salary Three years experience media field. Interested in Billings, MT. open. Contact Ms. Partridge, NYC 212- 541 -9695. learning the production end of the business. Willing to relocate and work for you. Box A -200, BROADCAST- Transmitter Maintenance /operating engineer. Im- SITUATIONS WANTED MANAGEMENT ING. mediate opening. Experience with RCA TT50 -AH manager, preferred. Call Larry Young, Chief Engineer, WDTB -TV, General Manager, sales program director, PTV /Education, 20 years experience includes TV, etc. Thoroughly experienced 232 Harrison Avenue, Panama City, FL 32401. and successful all film, radio, recording, in industry and education, both phases, including -ownership; group- 904 -769 -2313. station adminis- production and management; PhD; seeks production tration. Special expertise in: Management, sales man. and /or teaching position in PTV or Univeristy facility. agement -sales (local, regional, national), programing, First Class FCC radio/ Major markets or large universities only. Box P -30, TV broadcast technician: film- buying, production, promotion, community in- telephone license required. Previous experience BROADCASTING. volvement. Outstanding credentials! Television 19 desirable. An Equal Opportunity Employer; Male/ years: radio 10. 46. Degreed. Programing and sales Producer Director wants new creative challenges. Female. Contact W.C. Hunter, Director of Engineering, specialist! Management troubleshooter. Since 1953, Two years experience newscasts, commercials. Mini - WHAS -TV, PO Box 1084, Louisville, KY 40201. have achieved rapid turn-around and profitable, cam productions. Plus two years experience in control prestigious development for five stations. Ac- room operations and camera. Also Scenic /Lighting for entry level Staff Engineer for Immediate opening customed to formidable challenges and much respon- design. Box P -38, BROADCASTING. public TV station WNMU, Marquette, Michigan. Main- sibility. Aggressive, quality competitor. Can increase, film tenance experience on VTR, studio cameras and substantially, your profits and prestige. Confidential, Female media grad. seeks first break. Interested in Prefer AAS in Refer ap- chains. degree electronics. weekend interview anywhere. Box P -15, BROAD- writing, producing, directing, editing. All secretarial plications to Employment Supervisor, Personnel and CASTING. skills. Will relocate. Call 313. 627.2587 or Box P -43, Staff Benefits Office, Northern Michigan University, BROADCASTING. Marquette, MI 49855. Telephone 906 -227 -2330. Ex- Presently employed, 34 years young. BS, MA, 10 cellent fringe benefits. An Equal Opportunity years experience in major market radio, TV combo. Employer. Film editing, production, directing, traffic & operations. Looking for solid opportunity to move up. Box P -21. BUY- SELL-TRADE BROADCASTING. T.V. Studio maintenance engineer. First phone re- WANTED TO BUY EQUIPMENT quired. Experienced in tape and video. Excellent SITUATIONS WANTED TECHNICAL benefits. Send resume to Personnel Dept., WPEC, Fair- Need: used remote truck. Self- contained unit, no field Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33407. Chief Engineer, 19 years experience in TV and semi's or trailers. With or without equipment. Unite CATV. Age 36. BSEE, knowledgeable in state of the should be able to hold 4 cams & VTR. Write Box P -44, Video design engineers wanted by leading art, including ENG. Box P -17, BROADCASTING. BROADCASTING. switcher company Experience in video systems fields, 16mm optical with reverse. 520 preferred. Contact Mr. Buzan, Vital Industries Inc., First phone. Age 23 desires first job. Will relocate Projector, 30 Vectorscope. Phone Jay or Wright, WTCG Atlanta 3700 NE 53 Ave., Gainesville, FL 32601. Phone anywhere providing opportunity to learn. Good educa- 804- 378 -1581. tion. Willing to work very hard. Mike. 516- 599 -3375. 404 -873-2242.

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 59 RADIO FOR SALE EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS CONTINUED CONTINUED Help Wanted Sales Air checks of the top personalities in the nation! Cur- WANTED Used 250 watt FM transmitter for educational FM rent and collectors tapes available! Send for free station, 90.1 mhz. Tax deductable. Donation or low catalogue: Air Checks. 1516 Hinman, Suite 505, Sales Persons ... Top Draw /Commissions price. Contact Mr. Ed Bell, Jones 011ege, 5353 Evanston, IL 60201. Excellent fringe benefits Arlington Expressway, Jacksonvil10;FL 32211. Send resume to Ross Adkins library. Over hours 904-743-2400. Instant automation music 420 KSOM AM /FM MOR music. Christmas music, 150 14 -inch reels. PO Box 1510 tones. $3000 tape value. Gates FM -2500 transmitter, must be in good shape. Switching Over $1500. Ontario, California 91762 714 KBUR, Burlington, IA. 319- 752 -2701. -873 -5861. (Equal opportunity employer) Wanted: 20-25 KW recent vintage FM transmitter in You can train your salesmen to sell like pros. Free in- good shape. Also need IGM 500 stereo automation formation. Tiger Tapes, Box 4713, Nashville, TN brain. Call Fred Moore, 217- 423 -9745 right away! 37216. MAJOR MARKET Success digest, exciting, motivational, 3 -min. SALES -NEWS PERSONS FOR SALE EQUIPMENT scripts. Ideal editorials, 5-min. programs, newscast features. Some stations 5th year. 20 scripts, $5.00 Northwest Michigan's top AM is going CCA 10KW transmitter, good condition, spare tubes. month. Tucker, 151 East 550 North Springville, UT full time. WVOY is looking for two heavy- $9000.00. KTAC, Tacoma, WA. 206 -473 -0085. 84663. weight news persons who can sell con- Complete Gates automation system 3.Scully decks. PLACEMENT SERVICE temporary radio, or two super sales per- 2 carousels with random select, time announce, 3 sons who can deliver network quality Many Top 40, MOR, and country & western openings cartridge machines and digital logger. All sources news. Compensation can total $15,000. stereo. System is now on the air and in mint condition. available now! Rush tapes and resumes to: Air Talent Send news tape and sales track, no Call KRAV, Tulsa 918-585-5555. Placement, 1516 Hinman, Suite 505, Evanston, IL 60201. phone calls. WVOY, P.O. Box 237, IVC 1 Inch recorders, 870C, 700C, possible trade for Charlevoix, MI 49720. 3/4 inch editing set -up. Call or write Box 40, Matherly INSTRUCTION Hall University of Florida 32611. 904-392-1426. Institute of Broadcast Arts, 75 East Wacker Drive, Help Wanted Automate for just $8.500. Complete Gates SP -10 Chicago, 4730 West Fond Du Lac, Milwaukee. Current Announcers system. 2 Scully playbacks, network join, logging. 55, FCC license updates. Approved for Veterans Benefits, extras, mint condition, now available. KBUR, financing available. Lowest prices in the Midwest. We want a great adult entertainer Burlington, IA. 319-752-2701. 312- 236 -8105 or 414-445-3090. Results guaranteed. We're a 50Kw giant in California.... No FCC license? Tried every way but the right way? RCA BTA -1 -M 1 kw AM transmitter in excellent con- If you're a real communicator. Its time for Genn Tech, Home Study. Free catalog. dition. Tuned and tested to your frequency. $3,200.00. If you know music.... 805 -642 -2300. 5540 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028. If you can work within a format Last chance. New CBS 4500 Dynamic presence First Class. FCC license in 6 weeks. Veterans ap- and still sound tree... equalizer $725. 710 automatic loudness controller proved. Day and evening classes. Ervin Institute (for - If you love having fun on the air.... $612. Call 219 -874 now. merly Elkins Institute), 8010 Blue Ash Road, Cincin- -3333 If you know how to get involved with nati, OH 45236. Telephone 513-791-1770. 3 RCA high band TR -22 video tape machines. Make your audience -and how to get your offer. Contact Bill Brister, WGNO -TV, Ne* Orleans, LA No: tuition, rent! Memorize, study - Command's audience involved with you "Tests- 70130. 504-522 -6211. Answers" for FCC first class license-plus If you need to be part of "Self -Study Ability Test" Proven! $9.95. Moneyback an air "Family".... Brand new Memorex 2" videotape, still in original guarantee. Command Productions, Box 26348, San plastic shipping seals. All one -hour reels. $70.00 per Francisco 94126. (Since 1967.) Send us a tape reel, less shipping. David Castellano, 3232 McNutt P.O. Box 1008 Ave., Walnut Creek, CA 94596. 415 -937 -9566. 1st Class FCC, 6 wks, $450.00 or money back New York, New York 10019. guarantee. VA appvd. Nat'l. Inst. Communications, An Equal Opportunity Employer Gates cart machine remote starts, RCRA8 $50, 11488 Oxnard St., N. Hollywood, CA 91606. RCT8 with digital timer $100, compatible with ITC machines. Remote AM deviation monitor, $80. All new. REI teaches electronics for the FCC First Class Brad Hildebrand, POB 13405, St. Louis 63138. Radio Telephone license. Over 90% of our students pass their exams. Classes begin Feb. 16, March 29, ATLANTA FALCONS SMC 3060 Automation 2 RS Carousels with memo- May 10. ry, 4 Mk IV revox's like new. Collins 830 exciter w/ PLAY -BY-PLAY stereo generator, Collins 26U2 stereo limiter, Collins REI. 61 N. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota, FL, 33577. 9000 -1 stereo modulation monitor, Gates Criterion 813-955-6922. Analyst Also Needed cart machine RIP with 150Hz EOM and CCA exciter wISCA generator. Must sell all items fast. REI, 2402 Tidewater Trail, Fredericksburg, VA 22401. WGST Radio has secured broadcasting 703- 714- 873 -5861. 373 -1441. rights to Atlanta Falcons Football. We need Omega State Institute, your best choice for FCC an experienced play -by -play an- Ampex 440 4 track wlselsync. 70 hours use. $4000/ license training. Learn to work tests right. FCC nouncer with heavy college and pro ex- offer. Jeff, WFBL, Syracuse, NY. 315- 463 -8631. Survive updates. Veterans approved. Financing. Out of state perience. students welcome. Free booklet. Call or write today. Available approximately April 1, 1976. Gates We also are seeking an experienced FM -5H, 5 KW FM transmitter; Gates FMA -10A, 312-321-9400. 237 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL analyst with an excellent technical horizontal FM antenna; Andrew FH-7, 1 5/8" Coax 240' 60611. in length; Gates remote meter & control panel. All in knowledge of football. Grantham's FCC License Study Guide. New. use approximately 6 years and in excellent condition. Both positions Covers second, first radiotelephone available during the We are increasing power. Price for the package third, and class exams. 377 pages. postpaid. Grantham, 2002 Falcon season on a part-time basis. $15,000 F.O.B. Sioux Center, IA 58.95 Stoner Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025. An Equal Opportunity Employer Send tape and resume to Job -d.j FCC opportunities and announcer -1st class Bill Sherard COMEDY license training at Announcer Training Studios, 152 W. Operations Manager 42nd St, 3rd floor, N.Y.C., Licensed and V.A. benefits. WGST Radio Deetays: New, sure -fire comedy! 11,000 classified RO. Box 7888 one -liners, $10. Catalog free! Edmund Orrin, 2786 -B Get your first to get there first! Don Martin School of West Roberts, Fresno, CA 93711. Communications! Since 1937, training broadcasters Atlanta, Ga. 30309 for Broadcasting! 1st phone training using latest You belong on top! Obits can help! ree sample: methods and completely equipped transmitter studio. Obits. 366 -C West Bullard Avenue, FresS, CA 93704. Call or write for details and start dates. Don Martin Help Wanted News School, 7080 Hollywood Blvd., 5th floor, Hollywood, CA 90028. Call 213-462-3281 or 213 -657 -5886. MISCELLANEOUS MORNING NEWS Cassette recorded first phone preparation at home Full time morning news plus Big Ten plus one week personal instruction in Boston, Atlanta, Prizes Prizes) Prizes! National brands for promo- Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles. football play -by -play. Send news and lions, contests, programing. No barter or trade ... bet- Bob Johnson, Radio License Training, 1201 Ninth play -by -play air checks and resume to ter! For fantastic deal, write or phone: Television & Manhattan Beach, CA 90266. Telephone Jerry Reid, KSTT, Inc., PO. Box 3788, Radio Features, Inc., 166 E. Superior St., Chicago. IL 213-379-4461. Davenport, Iowa 52808. 60611, call collect 312-944-3700.

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 60 Help Wanted Programing, TELEVISION Employment Service Production, Others

Help Wanted Sales WE HAVE THE JOBS I ' I Subscribe To: PROGRAM DIRECTOR WBNO in Bloomington, Illinois, programs IMPORTANT Drake -Chenault's Solid Gold automated, and were looking for a program director to make TV SALES sure we remain the number one FM in the Bbx 81, uncolndate, N.Y. 10540 market. Strong production, promotion, music MANAGEMENT Number "One" in Weekly Nationwide senses mandatory:. Send a production tape Employment Listings for Radio, and some into on yourself to Don Munson. TV, DJ's, PO's, OPPORTUNITY News. Announcers, Sales 8 Engineers. 515.00 3 mo. (12 1uues), S30.00 12 mo. Situations Wanted Management With Group -Owned (50 Issues) No C D' Please RADIO GENERAL MANAGER Network Affiliate Financing is an important sales management have operated successful powerhouse sta- This tions in the top live markets. P&L oriented. opportunity within a major group. IMMEDIATE Available at once. No employment agencies It will be filled by a first -rate television AVAILABLE Will answer all replies in confidence. sales professional who can document a CASH WE WILL PURCHASE Box A -59. BROADCASTING. record of steadily growing achievement and responsibility. YOUR Someone who has a firm grasp of both - Situations Wanted Announcers local and national sales operations. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE a nonrecourse And who has the administrative skills Money Is provided to you on ITS NOT THANKSGIVING out let's talk bests- therefore. your Financial Statement Is not turkey. Bright, off -key, kinda strange W ready and personal leadership ability this needed. Our funding does not require long term to be gobbled up. Creative copy. Good sports position demands. commitment or contract that will tie you down

background ... PBP. 1 Yr. exp. as afternoon JUSTIN INC. Please submit a detailed resume, in- -BRADLEY ASSOCIATES, drive DJ, music dir., asst. news director. Good cluding a history of your earnings. Tower 1 -Four Ambassadors talk show potential. I can put more 'stuffing' in B99 South Bayshore Drive your ratings. Management considered. Stan All contacts will be held in strictest con- Miami, Florida 33131 215- 376 -9147. Prefer Pa., Md., or N.J.... re- fidence. 305- 374 -3222. quest northeast only. Excellent references. BOX P -39, BROADCASTING. Situations Wanted Programing, An Equal Opportunity Employer. Business Opportunity Production, Others Established, nationwide, media brokerage firm Help Wanted Programing, has opening for additional Associate Broker. We Your Next PD Production, Others work on a commission basis In handling the purchase, sale and merger of radio and televi- After spending recent years as air talent for sion stations. Applicant must have good ABC and Metromedia, I'm looking to return to TOP charactera successful sales and /or manage- programing. Willing to consider PD and a4- ment record, and be financially responsible. Chapman Associates, 5 Dunwoody Park, Atlan- talent combination. Future growth and stabilay PROFESSIONALS ta, Georgia 30341. more important than market size. Jarrett Day WANTED (713)- 371 -7814. World's leading producers of Public Notice electronic animation (tape and film) Program Advisor proven results in major seeking knowledgeable, tasteful ORLEANS, MASSACHUSETTS markets. track record. Now Excellent representatives plus graphic Applications for Community Antenna specializing in recovery of medium and small thinkers and engineers. Enjoy market stations top references in top 40, con- Television Licenses will be received on temporary RB. Call collect now to Chris Bailey working with top agency creative or before May 10, 1976. 216 -1009 or write Chris Bailey 11406 require thorough -961 types. Jobs Herbert F. Wilcox Robert R. Peno, Jr Clifton Blvd., Suite 804 Cleveland, Ohio knowledge of television, Gaston L. Norgeot 44102. storyboards, & video production Orleans Board of Selectmen techniques. Patience and Licensing Authority summer and It's been I LEFT RADIO for the sensitivity to the needs of busy murder getting back in. Looking for position es Miscellaneous PD, Med -Large Mkt. or AirTalent, Large -Major agency people essential. Excellent Mkt, A/C or Uptempo MOR. I have the creden- opportunity for top professional ATTENTION BROADCASTERS PD at two successful Top -50 sta- tials Including Your clients deserve the best quality Jingle at an yrs. old, 8 years full -time in the busi- seeking growth within a creative tions. 30 affordable price. We also have custom station write: John Kramer, 1557 ness. Call or production group of fine, dedicated 1.0:s both starting as low as 5595.00 created Dr., N.E, Atlanta, 0e., 30329. 404- Beechcllff Please write and recorded In our own 16 -track MCI Studio. 834 -1449. people. Salary open. giving full details. Send for your free demo tape today) SeaBird Recording Studio Tower Service 415 N. Ridgewood Avenue Edgewater, Florida 32032 SWAGER TOWER CORPORATION CABLES PRESTRESSED FOR TALL D hin Productions Inc TOWERS SOCKETS ATTACHED Wanted To Buy Stations All work supervised by Certified 140 East 80th Street Engineer New York. N.Y. 10021 Oualifled buyer Interested In majority In medium market Box 658, Fremont, Indiana 48738 ownership profitable 219- 495 -5185. AM or AM /FM operation. Can pay all cash If required. Send complete market end fi- Situations Wanted Announcers nancial Information with response. All Placement Service replies hlild In confidence. RADIO- TELEVISION CATV I'm not Robert Redford, but then Marty Feld- Box A -119, BROADCASTING. Looking For A Job? man didn't make it on his looks either. I'm a Mail Us Your Resume Now! young man with the gift of gab, who is very in- William J. Elliott, Jr. terested In the tube. Exp. as co- anchor cable Inc. & Company, TV news, sports commentary and PBF and as YOU BELONG IN Hill Blvd. 6198 Forest weatherman. Great talk show potential. TV BROADCASTING! Suite 104 news, sports or weather preferred. Stan 215- 1735 DeSales West Palm Beach, Florida 33406 Street, N.W. 376 -9147. Prefer PA, MD, or NJ ... northeastonlv.. Washington, 305 -967 -8838 D.C. 20036

Broadcasting Feb 2 1976 81 For Sale Stations For Sale Stations For Sale Stations Continued Continued Brokers & Consultants TOP TEN MARKET to the CLASS II FULLTIME FIRST TIME Communications Industry AM STATION OFFERED $3,700,000 CASH THE KEITH W. HORTON COMPANY, INC. Principals only reply to: 200 William Street Elmira. New York.14902 P.O. Box 948 (607) 733 -7138 Box A -197, BROADCASTING. Top major market full -time AM with FM. Good audience LARSON /WALKER COMPANY Midwest Class B -FM. Priced 2-1/2 times acceptance with established i revenues. Outstanding opportunity for format. Stations currently Brokers, Consultants & Appraisers medium -market group owner. Price firm at Los Angeles Washington S500,000 cash. Please reply on company let- profitable. Excellent physi- Contact: Wildoral L Walkir terhead to: plant and facilities. Suits 501, 1725 Milli SL, M.M. cal Waahis9toa, D.C. 20131 Box A -198. BROADCASTING. Sizeable real estate in- 202 -223.1553 cluded. Substantial cash required. No brokers. Qualified MEDIA BROKERS Come South where the living Is easy. This Florida lulltiem AM with FM companion has the principals please respond APPRAISERS best signal in the market and luabis real to: RICHARD A. estate. The asking price of $750,000 Is approx- imtely three times th gro ... Grow with Florida Box P -54, BROADCASTING. by owning this AM /FM combination. No brokers mawl please. Please write Box A -199, BROADCAST- , n,a,xN CHICAG0606i1 ING. 312.467.0040

Southeastern Coast T.V. JOHN DENVER COUNTRY FOR SALE Number one facility in robust market. On Medium market 5000 watt AM fulltimer. air twenty (20) years. Network affiliation. SUBURBAN Best physical facility. A billings under- New equipment. Gross revenue - achiever. Tons of potential for appreci- NEW YORK CITY $1,300,00 and growing. Cash or terms to ated valuation. $350,000. Liberal terms. FM qualified buyer. Signal Reaches Southeastern Coast AM New York City Price -$750,000. Fulltime in booming SOVRAN resort market. Excellent signal. New ASSOCIATES, INC. equipment. Station on air over 35 years. Box P -49, BROKERS 5 CONSULTANTS Cash or terms to qualified buyer. SUITE 217 BROADCASTING. Contact: Edward E Murrey, Ill 11300 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY A/C 615 748 -9438 DALLAS, TEXAS 75231 (214) 369 -9545 J.C. BRADFORD & COMPANY Investment Bankers, Nashville, TN

Gulf Coast: BROADCASTING'S CLASSIFIED Rates, classified listings ads: Fulltime AM, profitable, -Help Wanted 50c per word -$10.00 weekly minimum. top ratings, excellent RATES (Billing charge to stations and firms: Sr 00). - Situations Wanted 401, per word -$5.00 terms. Weekly markets. $650,000 Payable in advance. Check or money order only minimum. John Grandy - All nlher classifcabons. 60c per word -510.00 weekly When placing an ad Indicate the EXACT category desired minimum. Western Business Brokers Television or Radio. Help Wanted or Situations Wanted. Man -Add 52,00 for Box Number per Issue. 773 Foothill Boulevard agemenl. Sales. Etc II this mlormahon is omitted we will deter Rates, classified display sits: San Luis Obispo, California mine. according to the copy enclosed. where the ad should be -Situations Wanted (Personal ads) 52500 per inch. placed No make goods will be run d all inhumation is not in -All other S4500 per inch. 805 -541 -1900. chided - More than 4" billed at run-of-book tale. - Stations for Sale. Wanted to Buy Stations. Employment Ag, The Publisher is not responsible for errors In printing due to i6 cies and Business Opportunity advertising requites legible copy Type or print clearly all copy' space

$85,000, WITH TERMS Copy: Deadline is MONDAY WI the tollowing Mondays issue. Publisher reserves the right to alter Classified copy to for established Pennsylvania Daytimer still Copy must be subm,lled in writing conform with the provisions of Title VII of the Civil original ownership. Rights Act of 1984, as emended. under No telephone copy accepted. 80,000 population within signal area. Agency Commission only on display space. Replies lo ads with a box number should be addressed to Box Number. cro BROADCASTING. 1735 DeSales St. N W. Wash Word Count: Include name and address. Name of city Ii W.B. GRIMES 8 CO. melon. DC 20036 Moines) or of stale (New York) counts as two words. Zip Code National Press Building or phone number including area code counts as one word. Since January 1. 1974. BROADCASTING no longer for- (Publisher reserves the right to Omit Zip code and /or abbreviate Washington, D.C. 20045 wards audio tapes, transcriptions, films or VTR's. words if space does not peimit.l Count each abbreviation. in BROADCASTING cannot accept copy requesting audio dual, single figure or group of figures or letters as a word. Sym tapes, transcriptions, films or tapes to be to a bois as 35mm. COD. PD. GM. etc count as one word Hy S.E. Metro Fulltime $500K $240 sent box such number phenated words words ns. Small Fulltlme 5200K 29% count as Iwo East Sub Daytime 2.25K Nego Mid. Small FM $210K Pert Cash Phone West Metro Fulltime 3750K Nego Atlan a- Boston -Chicago- Dallas New York -San Francisco

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Broadcasting Feb 2 1978 82 Broadcasting JL Stock Index

Approx. Total market Closing Closing shares capitali- Stock Wed. Wed. Net change % change 1975 -76 PIE but zatlon symbol Exch. Jan. 2$ Jan. 21 in week in week High Low ratio (000) (000)

Broadcasting

ABC ABC N 21 1/4 22 1/2 - 1 1/4 - 5.55 27 3/8 13 1/8 8 17.187 365,223

CAPITAL CITIES GCB N 49 1/4 50 3/4 - 1 1/2 - 2.95 50 3/4 22 17 7.208 354,994 CBS CBS N 55 1/2 56 3/8 - 7/8 - 1.55 56 3/8 20 1/2 14 28,313 1,571,371 COX COX N 36 1/8 32 3/4 + 3 3/8 + 10.30 36 1/8 10 1/4 19 5,812 209,958 GROSS TELECASTING GGG A 11 1/2 11 1/8 3/8 + 3.37 11 1/2 6 7/8 8 800 9,200 LIN LING 0 12 3/4 12 + 3/4 + 6.25 12 3/4 2 5/8 13 2.382 30,370 MOONEY MOON 0 3 7/8 3 7/8 .00 3 7/8 1 1/4 10 385 1,491 RAHALL RAHE 0 4 5/8 4 5/8 .00 6 1/4 2 1/4 10 1,297 5,998 SCRIPPS -HOWARD SCRP 0 23 1/2 21 3/4 + 1 3/4 + B.04 23 1/2 14 1/4 8 2,589 60,841 STARR * SBG M 3 1/2 3 1/2 .00 7 2 3/4 3 1,091 3,818 STÖRER SBK N 18 1/4 18 1/4 .00 21 1/4 12 1/8 9 4,571 83,420 TAFT TFB N 26 7/8 26 3/8 + 1/2 + 1.89 28 1/2 11 5/8 9 4,042 108,628 TOTAL 75,677 2,805,312

Broadcasting with other major interests

ADAMS -RUSSELL AAR A 3 1/4 2 5/8 + 5/8 + 23.80 3 1/4 3/4 19 1,248 4,056 AVCO AV N 7 1/8 6 1/2 + 5/8 + 9.61 7 5/8 2 3/8 2 11.481 81,802 BARTELL MEDIA BMC A 1/2 5/8 - 1/8 - 20.00 1 5/8 1/2 1 2,257 1.128 JOHN BLAIR BJ N 7 6 3/4 + 1/4 + 3.70 7 3 7/8 33 2,403 16,821 CHRIS -CRAFT CCN N 5 3/8 5 3/8 .00 6 3/4 2 1/8 20 4,164 22.381 COMBINED COMM, CCA N 15 1/4 13 3/4 + 1 1/2 + 10.90 16 7/8 5 9 4,673 71,263 COWLES CUL N 7 1/8 7 1/8 .00 9 4 1/8 6 3.969 28.279 DUN L BRADSTREET DNB N 29 3/4 31 7/8 - 2 1/8 - 6.66 33 18 3/4 20 26.527 789.178 FAIRCHILD IND. FEN N 7 1/2 7 3/8 + 1/8 + 1.69 9 1/2 3 3/4 7 4,550 34,125 FUQUA F04 N 6 1/4 5 3/4 + 1/2 + 8.69 7 1/4 3 1/4 11 8,689 54,306 GANNETT CO. CCI N 37 5/8 36 3/4 + 7/8 2.38 38 5/8 23 23 21.108 794,188 GENERAL TIRE GY N 22 21 3/8 + 5/8 + 2.92 22 10 5/8 7 21.523 473,506 GLOBETROTTER GLBTA 0 1 3/4 1 3/4 .00 3 5/8 7/8 8 2.783 4,870 GRAY COMMUN. 0 6 1/2 6 1/2 .00 7 6 5 475 3.087 HARTE -HANKS HHN N 20 20 1/4 - 1/4 - 1.23 20 1/4 6 1/4 13 4,369 87,380 JEFFERSON -PILOT JP N 29 1/2 30 - 1/2 - 1.66 38 3/4 26 1/4 12 24,066 709,947 KAISER INDUSTRIES KI A 9 5/8 9 3/4 - 1/8 - 1.28 11 5/8 4 5/8 6 27,575 265,409 KANSAS STATE NET. KSN 0 3 5/R 3 1/2 + 1/8 + 3.57 4 1/8 2 7/8 6 1.815 6,579

KINGSTIP KTP A 6 3/8 6 1/2 - 1/8 - 1.92 7 3/8 1 7/8 12 1,154 7,356 KNIGHT- RIDDER KRN N 33 1/2 34 5/8 - 1 1/e - 3.24 34 5/8 14 1/4 22 8.305 278.217 LEE ENTERPRISES LNT A 23 1/8 21 7/8 + 1 1/4 + 5.71 23 1/8 12 13 3,352 77,515 LIBERTY LC N 12 3/4 12 + 3/4 + 6.25 13 7 1/8 6 6,762 86,215 MCGRAW -HILL MHP N 14 5/8 15 1/4 - 5/8 - 4.09 15 1/4 6 12 24.569 359,321 MEDIA GENERAL*** MEG A 9 3/8 17 1/4 - 7 7/8 - 45.65 17 1/4 9 3/8 3 7.221 67,696 MEREDITH MDP N 14 3/8 13 1/4 + 1 1/8 + 8.49 14 3/8 8 3/8 6 3,041 43,714 METROMEDIA MET N 19 17 7/8 + 1 1/8 + 6.29 19 5 1/4 15 6,553 124,507 MULTIMEDIA MMED 0 15 1/2 14 3/4 + 3/4 + 5.08 15 1/2 8 3/4 10 4,389 68,029

NEW YORK TIMES CO. - NYKA A 13 1/2 13 3/4 - 1/4 - 1.81 15 5/8 7 1/2 8 10,938 147.663 OUTLET CO. OTU N 16 3/4 16 1/8 + 5/8 + 3.87 16 3/4 8 6 1,387 23,232 POST CORP. POST 0 8 3/4 8 3/4 .00 8 3/4 3 1/4 35 871 7.621 PSA PSA N 6 5/8 7 3/8 - 5.35 7 3 3/4 13 3,181 21.074 REEVES TELECOM RBT A 1 1/2 1 1/2 .00 2 1/4 3/4 6 2,376 3.564 ROLLINS ROL N 25 1/2 25 1/4 + 1/4 .99 25 1/2 11 1/4 18 13,404 341.802 RUST CRAFT RUS A 7 6 1/2 + 1/2 + 7,69 9 3/4 4 3/4 5 2.328 16,296 SAN JUAN RACING SJR N 8 1/2 7 3/4 + 3/4 9.67 14 1/4 5 3/4 6 2,509 21,326 SCHERING-PLOUGH SGP N 53 3/8 49 + 4 3/8 8.92 67 1/4 44 1/2 23 53.938 2,878,940 SONDERLING SOB A 9 1/4 8 1/2 + 3/4 + 8.82 9 1/4 4 7 727 6,724 TECHNICAL OPERATIONS TO A 3 3/4 4 - 1/4 - 6.25 6 1/4 2 3/8 4 1.344 5,040 TIMES MIRROR CO. TMC N 21 1/2 21 1/2 .00 21 1/2 10 1/4 13 33.814 727.001 WASHINGTON POST CO. WPO A 27 1/8 26 1/8 + 1 + 3.82 30 16 T/8 9 4.751 128,870 WOMETCO WOM N 15 14 7/8 + 1/8 + ,84 17 1/4 6 5/8 10 5,775 86,625 TOTAL 376,364 8,976,653

Cablecasting

AMECO ** ACO 0 1/2 3/8 + 1/8 + 33.33 1 7/8 1/8 1.200 600

AMER. ELECT. LABS AELBA 0 1 1/4 1 1/8 + 1/8 + 11.11 2 3/8 1/2 10 1,672 2.090 AMERICAN TV L COMM. AMTV 0 18 1/4 16 3/4 + 1 1/2 + 8.95 18 1/4 6 33 3,322 60,626 ATHENA COMM.** e 0 1/8 1/8 .00 2 1/4 1/8 2.125 265 BURNUP L SIMS BSIM 0 5 1/8 5 5/8 - 1/2 - 8.88 7 3/4 3 10 8.361 42,850 CABLECOM- GENERAL CCG A 7 1/8 6 5/8 + 1/2 + 7.54 7 3/4 1 5/8 13 2.560 18,240 CABLE FUNDING CFUN 0 7 6 3/4 + 1/4 + 3.70 7 3/4 4 1/4 175 1,121 7,847 CABLE INFO. 0 1/2 1/2 .00 1 1/4 1/4 1 663 331 COMCAST 0 2 3/8 2 1/2 - 1/8 5.00 3 3/4 10 1.708 4,056 COMMUNICATIONS PROP. COMU 0 2 1/8 2 1/8 .00 3 1/2 1 1/4 13 4.761 10.117 COX CABLE CXC A 17 3/8 16 + 1 3/8 + 8.59 17 3/8 4 3/8 28 3,560 61.855 ENTRON ENT 0 1 5/8 1 3/4 - 1/8 - 7.14 1 3/4 5/8 12 1.358 2,206 GENERAL INSTRUMENT GRL N 10 3/4 10 + 3/4 + 7.50 31 1/2 7 1/2 8 7.201 77.410 GENERAL TV 3/4 3/4 .00 3/4 1/4 38 1,000 750 SCIENTIFIC -ATLANTA SFA A 14 1/2 13 1/4 1 1/4 + 9.43 14 1/2 11 1/8 12 1.374 19,923 TELE- COMMUNICATION TCOM 0 4 3/8 4 + 3/8 + 9.37 4 3/8 1 3 5.181 22.666 TELEPROMPTER TP N 7 1/4 6 7/8 + 3/8 + 5.45 9 1/2 1 1/2 16 16,604 120.379 TIME INC. TL N 67 66 1/2 + 1/2 .75 67 1/2 24 3/4 14 9,960 667.320 TOC OM TOCM 0 3 1/8 2 3/4 + 3/8 + 13.63 3 1/8 1 5/8 7 617 1.928

Broadcasting Feb 2 1978 83 Approx. Total market Closing Closing shares capitali- zation Stock Wed. Wed. Net change % change 1975 -76 PIE out symbol Exch. Jan.28 Jan. 21 in week in week High Low ratio (000) (000)

UA- COLUMBIA CABLE UACC 0 11 1/4 10 3/4 + 1/2 + 4.65 13 4 5/8 16 1,714 19,282 4 3,992 UNITED CABLE TV UCTV 0 2 1/8 1 3/4 + 3/8 + 21.42 4 1/8 1 1/4 1,879 VIACOM VIA N 10 1/2 9 1/4 + 1 1/4 + 13.51 10 1/2 2 3/4 14 3,665 38,482 + 4.751 VIKOAaS VIK A 1 7/8 1 1/4 + 5/8 50.00 2 3/4 5/8 1 2,534 TOTAL 84,140 1.187,966

Programing 41,331 COLUMBIA PICTURES CPS N 6 1/8 5 3/8 + 3/4 + 13.95 9 5/8 2 3/8 24 6,748 DISNEY DIS N 56 3/4 57 - 1/4 - .43 57 21 1/4 31 30,977 1,757,944 FILMWAYS FWY A 6 3/8 5 7/8 + 1/2 + 8.51 6 3/8 2 3/4 8 1,792 11,424 FOUR STAR 3/8 1/2 - 1/8 - 25.00 1/2 1/4 1 666 249 GULF + WESTERN GW N 23 7/8 24 5/8 - 3/4 - 3.04 24 5/8 18 1/4 3 30,058 717,634 MCA MCA N 72 1/4 72 1/2 - 1/4 - .34 89 1/8 27 3/4 10 8,478 612,535 MGM MGM N 13 7/8 14 3/4 - 7/8 - 5.93 18 3/4 12 1/4 6 12,247 169,927 4.479 TELETRONICS INTL. 0 4 3/4 4 1/2 + 1/4 + 5.55 5 3/4 1 3/8 10 943 TRANSAMERICA TA N 30 1/4 10 1/2 - 1/4 - 2.38 10 1/2 6 16 64,945 665,686 + 5 12 7,547 93,394 20TM CENTURY -FOX TF N 12 3/8 11 1/4 + 1 1/8 10.00 15 1/2 1/8 WALTER READF** WALT 0 3/8 3/8 .00 3/8 1/4 4,296 1,611 WARNER WCI N 19 3/4 18 7/8 + 7/8 + 4.63 22 7/8 8 1/4 8 16,718 330,180 WRATHER WCO A 4 1/2 4 1/4 + 1/4 + 5.88 5 7/8 1 1/2 8 2.229 10.030 TOTAL 187.644 4,416,424

Service BBDO INC. BBDO 0 19 1/2 19 1/4 + 1/4 + 1.29 19 1/2 11 1/8 8 2,513 49,003 COMSAT CO N 25 3/8 25 + 3/8 + 1.50 46 1/2 24 1/2 5 10,000 253,750 DOYLE DANE BERNBACH DOYL 0 10 5/8 10 5/8 .00 12 3/8 6 1/4 6 1.816 19.295 FOOTE CONE E BELDING FCB N 12 7/8 12 5/8 + 1/4 + 1.98 12 7/8 5 1/2 8 2,121 27,307 GREY ADVERTISING GREY 0 8 3/8 8 1/4 + 1/8 + 1.51 8 3/8 5 1/2 5 1,213 10,158 INTERPUBLIC GROUP IPG N 19 1/4 17 3/8 + 1 7/8 + 10.79 19 1/4 8 5/8 6 2,290 44,082 MARVIN JOSEPHSON MRVN 0 8 3/4 8 1/4 + 1/2 * 6.06 10 1/4 2 6 1,962 17,167 MCI COMMUNICATIONS MCIC 0 1 5/8 1 3/4 - 1/8 - 7.14 3 7/8 1 3/8 13,339 21,675 MOV IELAB MOV A 1 3/8 1 1/8 + 1/4 + 22.22 1 7/8 5/8 7 1.407 1.934 MPO VIDEOTRONICS MPO A 2 3/4 2 1/2 + 1/4 + 10.00 4 1/8 1 15 537 1.476 NEEDHAM, HARPER NDHMA 0 5 7/8 6 - 1/8 - 2.08 6 3/4 3 7/8 9 853 5.011 A. C. NIELSEN NIELB 0 22 3/8 23 1/8 - 3/4 - 3.24 24 1/4 10 5/8 21 10.598 237,130 OGILVY E MATHER OGIL 0 22 1/2 22 + 1/2 + 2.27 23 1/2 11 1/2 7 1,805 40,612 J. WALTER THOMPSON JWT N 8 7/8 8 5/8 + 1/4 + 2.89 9 1/2 4 1/8 12 2,649 23.509 TOTAL 53.103 752,109

Electronics/Manufacturing AMPEX APX N 5 3/4 5 3/4 .00 7 3/8 2 5/8 6 10,885 62.588

CETEC CEC A 1 1/2 1 1/2 .00 2 1/8 1 7 2,319 3,478 COHU, INC. COH A 2 3/8 2 1/4 + 1/8 * 5.55 3 5/8 1 1/4 26 1,617 3,840 C ONRAC CAX N 21 5/B 23 1/4 - 1 5/8 - 6.98 30 1/4 10 7/8 9 1.278 27.636 EASTMAN KODAK EASKD N 110 3/8 115 - 4 5/8 - 4.02 115 63 28 161,347 17,808.675 FARINON ELECTRIC FARN 0 8 1/2 9 1/4 - 3/4 - 8.10 14 3/4 6 1/4 16 3,925 33.362 GENERAL ELECTRIC GE N 53 7/8 53 1/2 * 3/8 + .70 54 3/4 32 3/8 17 182,885 9,852.929 HARRIS CORP. HRS N 39 1/4 36 + 3 1/4 + 9.02 39 1/4 14 1/2 26 6,066 238.090 MARVEL INDUSTRIES HARV 0 6 6 .00 9 3 38 480 2.880 INTERNATIONAL VIDEO IVCP 0 2 2 1/8 - 1/8 - 5.88 3 3/4 3/4 4 2,730 5.460

MICROWAVE ASSOC. INC MAI N 15 3/4 16 3/4 - 1 - 5.97 26 7/8 9 3/4 8 1.320 20.790 3M MMM N 59 3/8 60 - 5/8 - 1.04 66 7/8 46 1/8 30 114,240 6.783.000 MOTOROLA MOT N 46 3/4 47 - 1/4 - .53 57 7/8 33 3/4 21 28,198 1.318,256 N. AMERICAN PHILIPS NPH N 24 3/8 24 1/4 + 1/8 + .51 24 3/8 12 3/8 12 12,033 293.304 OAK INDUSTRIES OEN N 8 7/8 8 1/2 + 3/8 4.41 11 1/2 5 1/2 3 1,639 14.546 RCA RCA N 24 3/8 24 1/8 1/4 1.03 25 1/8 10 3/8 19 74.547 1.817,083 ROCKWELL INTL. ROK N 28 1/4 25 1/4 * 3 + 11.88 28 1/4 18 7/8 9 30.913 873.292 RSC INDUSTRIES RSC A 2 3/8 2 1/2 - 1/8 - 5.00 2 1/2 1 1/4 8 3,440 8.170 SONY CORP. SNE N 10 1/4 10 3/8 - 1/8 - 1.20 13 1/4 5 27 172,500 1,768,125 TEKTRONIX TEK N 51 1/4 50 3/4 + 1/2 + .98 51 1/4 18 1/8 18 8,671 444.388 TELEMAT ION TIMT 0 1 1 .00 1 1/2 3/4 6 1.050 1,050 VARIAN ASSOCIATES VAR N 14 3/4 14 + 3/4 + 5.35 18 1/2 6 1/2 14 6,838 100,860 WESTINGHOUSE WX N 17 1/2 16 + 1 1/2 + 9.37 20 9 3/4 49 87,091 1.524,092 ZENITH ZE N 27 7/8 27 1/2 + 3/8 + 1.36 28 5/8 10 116 18,797 523.966 TOTAL 934,809 43,529.860

GRAND TOTAL 1,711,737 61,668.324

Standard 8 Poor's Industrial Average 110.3 110.0 +.3

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118.. . 10/2/74 P- Pacilic Stock Exchange "'Stock split. Camplown Industries

CCA Electronics ',18. . 11120174 Concert Network 114 ...... 8/4/75 Elkins Institute 118 11/20/74 Over- the -Counter bd prices supplied by PIE ratios are based on earnings per -share Lamb Communications 1 1/4 3/6174 Hornblower & Weeks. Hemphill -Noyes Inc.. figures for the last 12 months as published Tele-Tape im .. 2ß175 Washington. by Standard & Poor's Corp. or as obtained Universal Communications 114 412175 Yearly high -lows are drawn from trading days through Broadcasting's own research. Earn- Woods Communications 112 .. 1129/75 reported by Broadcasting. Actual figures ings ligures are exclusive of extraordinary may vary slightly gains or losses.

Bmadcasting Feb 21E178 84 Prof ileE

ANA Chairman Garrett: grams on ABC -TV. A few years ago the a 3M man, all the way company moved into sponsorship of evening news programs on the three networks and in selected spot markets, and more re- R. Ross Garrett once dreamed of becom- cently has been involved also with public ing a dashing foreign correspondent, television. decked out in battered hat and trench coat, "We felt that we ought to do something crisscrossing the globe on challenging that would help people," he explains. assignments. "For example, one year we supported a As it turned out, Mr. Garrett stuck pret- program called The V.D. Blues and we ty close to his adopted Twin Cities home; alerted hospitals throughout the country joined the 3M Co. in St. Paul 29 years ago; to the telecast. Some clinics stayed up all climbed steadily up the ladder to the post night and had people phoning and coming of executive director, staff marketing, for in. Again, with two other PBS telecasts - 3M, and last December was elected chair- one on the aging process and another on man of the influential Association of Na- alcoholism -we worked together with tional Advertisers. social service agencies and felt we helped "But I did become a newspaperman in making a small dent in these social briefly," Mr. Garrett says. "Right in St. Russell Ross Garrett -executive director, staff problems. A third successful program we Paul, I worked as a reporter for the marketing services, 3M Co., St. Paul, and were involved in centered on breast chairman, Association of National Advertisers; Pioneer -Press and the AP while I was still cancer." b. June 2, 1922, Des Moines, Iowa; U.S. Air in college." Mr. says 3M intends to continue Force cadet, 1943-45; BA in Garrett R. Ross Garrett was born in Des communications, this alliance with public broadcasting, and Macalester College, St. Paul, 1946; assistant Moines, Iowa, but moved around is a the instructor in communications, Macalester on the agenda one -hour program deal- country as a youngster. His father had College, 1946 -47; joined 3M in 1947 and has ing with the learning disabilities of been a music teacher but the Depression served since that time as public relations children. He believes that 3M's association forced him into sales work. The elder Mr. representative, 1947-50; advertising group with such programing benefits the com- Garrett rose to sales manager of a firm that head, 1950 -55; advertising plans manager, pany, but emphasizes that the reason for published self-improvement courses and 1955 -57; advertising and merchandising financing such telecasts is basically a he was transferred frequently. The family manager, Reinforced Plastics Division, Los desire to make a contribution to the lived for stretches of time in such places as Angeles, 1957-58; merchandising & sales public. Enid, Tulsa and Okmulgee in Oklahoma; promotion manager, National Advertising Co. Mr. Garrett has been active in the ANA Sioux City, Iowa; Buffalo, N.Y.; Cincin- (3M subsidiary), Chicago, 1958 -60; marketing for 13 years and has found its seminars nati, Milwaukee and Minneapolis. manager, manager of retail merchandising and meetings valuable forums for the ac- Mr. Garrett has lived and worked pri- services and new products manager, National quisition of information on all facets of ad- marily in the Twin Cities area since his late Advertising Co., 1960 -63; director, staff vertising. He was named vice chairman in teens, except for a five -year period when advertising, 3M, St. Paul, 1963 -70; director, 1975 and succeeded to the post of chair- 3M assigned him to Los Angeles and staff marketing services, 1970-73; executive man last December. Chicago. He is a tall, huskily built man of director, staff marketing services, since 1973; "We have about 400 major companies 53. He has a friendly manner and quiet elected ANA chairman, December 1975; m. belonging to the association;" he says, Joyce M. Wheeler, 1947; children -Tracy Lynn sense of humor, and laughs at himself "and our main objective is to advance the (Mrs. Kenneth Gyarmathy) and Casey Randall easily. cause of advertising. For a number of (Mrs. Gordon L. Alexander Jr.). "Even when I was in the Air Force I years, our main problem has been the never got out of the U.S.," he says. "In r encroachment or the threat of encroach- fact, I never got around to flying. I spent aimed at communicating the firm's credo: ment by regulatory agencies on the adver- two years in pre-flight training." "It's a good climate to grow good pro- tising field. Following his discharge from the Air ducts." 3M has 45 product lines, into "It's an important part of our work at Force in 1945, he resumed his education at which are incorporated several thousand the ANA to maintain an educational pro- Macalester College in St. Paul. In 1946 he different products, including video- tapes, gram directed at government agencies. We received a BA degree in communications, adhesives and coatings, magnetic record- find it is necessary to inform these agen- which, he says, "consisted mainly of jour- ing tapes, copying machine paper, photo- cies over and over again on what advertsi- nalism." From 1946 to 1947 he was an graphic paper and chemicals, and duplicat- ing is and is not." assistant instructor in communications ing machines. Mr. Garrett says another method of and the modern novel and worked on a Mr. Garrett acknowledges that 3M is not keeping members informed on develop- part -time basis for the 3M Co. He joined a heavy broadcast advertiser (about $6 ments in the various aspects of advertising 3M fulltime in 1947. million annually) because of the industrial is the system of ANA policy committees, He began as a public relations represent- nature of its business. Its main advertising including one on broadcast. Through com- ative and in 1948 moved into the advertis- thrust is directed to business firms, and mittee reports, the total membership ing sector of 3M. He has remained in that specialized publications are a logical out- keeps abreast of new trends. general area ever since, expanding his let. But Mr. Garrett considers television a Mr. Garrett and his wife enjoy horizon into related activities, including valuable mechanism for the delivery of symphony music, the theater and art gal- marketing, merchandising and sales corporate advertising messages and to pro- leries. He relaxes by boating, skiing and development. As executive director of mote those products that are sold directly playing the guitar (he earned money in staff marketing services, Mr. Garrett over- to the consumer. high school and college by playing in sees corporate advertising for 3M. Mr. Garrett says that 3M started as a cor- dance bands). Perhaps his most unusual For the mammoth ($3 billion in annual porate advertiser on TV in 1965, placing hobby is collecting and repairing antique sales) 3M Co., corporate advertising is substantial funds in documentary pro- clocks.

Broadcasting Feb 2 197e 65 Editorials5

Everybody's target tions on the Hill. Meanwhile, it becomes increasingly apparent that the advocates of cable and disparagers of broadcasting are that Both broadcasters and cable operators will find plenty to criticize making headway in high places. They have a grand design in the cable -regulation recommendations that emerged last week they are executing skillfully. from the House Communications Subcommittee staff. In the introduction of the subcommittee staff report appears a will see the prospects of extinction in the pro- paragraph taken from a message from President Ford that ap- Broadcasters the posed rescission of present restrictions on pay -cable siphoning peared in the Jan. 5 issue of BROADCASTING. As was noted at and distant -signal importation. They will be appalled by the sug- time and reported again last week in this publication, the state- gestion that the nation be wired to its most rural outpost by ment was a disappointing response to a request for the Presi- government- subsidized loans. dent's views on broadcasting and the First Amendment. Cable operators, however, will take small comfort in the staff's The paragraph reproduced in the new staff report contains this assertion that the FCC clearly has the power to impose anti - passage: "Technological advances promise to expand our ability siphoning rules and should do so if the phenomenon develops. to communicate with each other still further. They promise, and for, in- They will disagree that local jurisdictions ought to have free rein in some cases already do, increase access to, and choices in regulating cable rates and establishing franchise conditions. formation and entertainment services and invite our direct partic- is ob- They will object to their ultimate consignment to common- carrier ipation in the use of media." Its publication in this report status, as proposed by the subcommittee staff. And the copyright viously intended to link the President with the cable future that proposals in the report are at basic odds with the deals the cable the subcommittee staff desires. interests are negotiating elsewhere on the Hill. The President's message was drafted in the Office of Telecom- Nor has the subcommittee staff curried much favor with other munications Policy, which, under the acting directorship of John agencies of government. The FCC is mercilessly criticized for Eger, is developing a record that broadcasters find uncongenial. It cruelly disadvantaging cable for the protection of broadcast prof- was OTP that originated the drop -in idea, now an FCC inqui- its. The White House is accused of abetting the protectionist ry, to add 88 VHF stations in key markets. That development cause by its prolonged inaction on the cabinet- committee report would inevitably devalue UHF service, which is broadcast in on cable legislation. spectrum space where OTP has advised the FCC more frequen- Whatever else it may achieve, the staff report has established cies will be needed for government use. (Nor will broadcasters be the Capitol as the scene of the definitive showdown on future ca- pleased to learn from a footnote in last week's report that the ble regulation. Assuming that the subcommittee chairman, Tor- Communications Subcommittee staff intends to make spectrum bert H. Macdonald (D- Mass.), adheres to his announced plan for allocations its next major study.) extensive hearings, we may expect the first confrontation to be There is at least an assumption to be made that OTP has been played out in the House this spring. conferring with members of the White House Domestic Council At this point it is impossible to predict what kind of legislation who have been engaged in studies of cable deregulation. The in- will eventually emerge, or when. It's improbable, however, that it sensitivity of one member, Paul MacAvoy, to the fallout on will bear more than traces of the document delivered by the staff broadcasting has become a matter of public dispute. last week. It has to be something more than luck that delivered a presidential message appearing to endorse cable development into the Wired nation hands of the Communications Subcommittee staff just as it was sending its wired- nation program off to press. One has to wonder Although distasteful to cable operators in some of its details, the whether Mr. Ford knew what he was signing and knows now scheme of cable deregulation that came from the House Com- where his message has appeared. munications Subcommittee staff last week is openly fashioned to The television system in this country is a major resource and its expand the cable industry at the expense of television broadcast- future a matter of profound public interest. The subcommittee ing. The staff report is contemptuous of broadcast programing staff has produced one view of where the future lies. It remains to and critical of broadcast profits. It accepts the cable promise of a be seen whether that will also be the view of the people's repre- dazzling array of services to be offered if only the government sentatives. lifts controls. And it questions television broadcast occupancy of spectrum space that might be put to other uses. Those are the standard ingredients in the ideal of the wired nation that cable enthusiasts, including a cadre in government, have been assiduously promoting. The wired -nation advocates have influential confederates in other fields, land- mobile radio, to name one, that would find commercial profit in a reallocation of television frequencies. Jtiqt The subcommittee staff's report is conspicuously deficient in projections of the economic cost or public disruption that the con- version of the U.S. television distribution system to cable would entail. Indeed its few ventures into economics betray either ig- norance or intentional deception. In suggesting, for example, that there could be a similarity in the costs of rural electrification that was begun in the 1930's and the costs of subsidizing the building X« .nr of an infinitely more sophisticated cable system for the hinter- lands of the U.S. the staff must be putting us on. The hard questions remain to be addressed in future presenta- Drawn for BROADCASTING by Jack Schmidt

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