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WASHINGTON With a smile being drafted, according to John Sias, company's only . source, and HBO "expects to executive vice president and Many in cable industry have have flexibility to proceed." only one with direct felt development of customer Broker Suit was filed to prevent HBO operating responsibility for break service standards is from using BMI-protected major revenue source, ABC National Association of prerequisite to polishing of songs without music license. television network, is, however, Media Brokers (NAMB) is cable's tarnished image - at 63, two years older than planning to rent its own hotel National Cable Television Dan Burke, so his appointment for Radio '90 convention in Association board is slated Help wanted would not solve succession Boston this September. to adopt standards at Feb. 14 Cabletelevision Advertising problem. Theoretically, NAMB has been upset with board meeting, day after Bureau is creating post of however, Sias, who has had National Association of executive seminar on topic. executive vice president experience on both TV and Broadcasters hospitality suite While sister committee to and has hired New York print side, could be named surcharge, which ranges NCTA's customer service executive search firm to fill interim COO. Other operating from $650 to $1,200, group is working on ways for it. Growth of organization, and group heads, such as 55- depending on size. NAB cable to better communicate its cable advertising in general, year -old Michael Mallardi, who President Eddie Fritts said he message, cable programers has placed more demands came up ABC side of wanted to have meeting with have received letter from three on both President Robert Alter company, and 50- year -old Phil NAMB to discuss matter but cable MSO chief and department heads, thus Meek, who has led was rebuffed by NAMB executives -Charles Dolan, creating need for executive company's struggling President James Gammon, who Cablevision Systems; Gus vice president. CAB hopes to publishing operations, are told NAB's senior VP, radio, Hauser, Hauser have post filled by its annual possible candidates. List of Lynn Christian, that there was Communications, and Marc conference (April 1 -3) in New younger candidates would no need for meeting Nathanson, Falcon Cable - York. include two of Sias's former because decision had already asking them to consider number -two executives, 38- been made. Fritts told carrying general messages on year -old ABC Entertainment BROADCASTING that he their systems about benefits Next in line President Robert Iger and wondered why "people who of cable. Fact no new that proposed 40 -year old ESPN President take millions out of the industry chief operating officer for Roger Werner. Another feel that for some reason YORK Capital Cities /ABC was NEW intriguing possibility is that suite fees should be charged to announced concurrently with Murphy and Burke realize everyone except them." He that of Daniel Burke for chief that change in financial interest added that executive Suit settled? executive officer (see "Top of and syndication rules would committee has indicated in Although official BMI line the Week ") does not mean open up merger possibilities strong terms that if NAMB goes remains that companies are that choice to replace Burke with Hollywood or foreign through with this action, hasn't negotiating "in good faith," been made. It would entity and that such merger "they may not be welcome at very in according to HBO source, they be much character for would be facilitated by not convention." Gammon could have "reached agreement in company to delay having executive structure not be reached for response, announcement principle" regarding suit music so as to be locked in place. but NAMB Vice President licensing organization filed appropriately respectful to Dick Kozacko said that 30 firms against pay cable service on CEO transition, and so that The write -down stuff are considering working out page Burke could make Dec. 28 (see story, Expanding programing of another hotel. 32). Agreements are currently announcement in new capacity. markets in cable, Europe and elsewhere are benefiting Making it official programing bottom lines even FCC appears to be ready to beyond sales that have so name new chief of its Policy Markey: House ready to move on cable far been signed. Rules that and Rules Division. Douglas previously required MCA Week W. Webbink, acting chief since after House Energy and Commerce Chairman and other studios to take write October, when Bradley John Dingell (D- Mich.) blasted cable industry and de- downs when domestic Holmes moved over to State clared it was time to "revisit" 1984 Cable Act, Edward syndication marketplace was Department, is expected to Markey (D- Mass.), chairman of Energy and Com- having problems now permit be given job on permanent merce's Telecommunications Subcommittee, an- studios to increase revenue basis. Webbink, 47, has nounced "aggressive schedule" of hearings to consider estimates for future years, been assistant chief in division legislation aimed at reregulating cable. into which matching costs, that would otherwise have since joining commission "1 am calling these hearings because I believe that we been over two years ago. And he must begin serious consideration of cable legislation expensed in near future, will be extended as well. Deferral signed on after four years at this year," Markey said in prepared of statement released costs thus increases current Federal Trade Commission, late last Friday (Feb. 2). "There is increasing public profits. So far only one where he served in bureau concern by local subscribers, local officials and mem- studio, Orion, appears to have of economics. Promotion bers of Congress about the effects of the Cable Act of man publicly acknowledged makes him staff's point 1984, which effectively deregulated the industry" in most such revaluations but industry dealing with one of Markeys announcement puts House controversial issues on same track expert at one Big Eight commission will confront this as Senate, where cable legislation has been gathering accounting firm said he knows year-Fox Broadcasting momentum. of other studios that are Co.'s petition for waiver of First of House hearings, which will address customer doing same. financial interest/syndication service and rates, has been set for Feb. 28. Dates for Foreign subsequent hearings on cable sports and competition of rules and for reopening docket entanglements aimed at relaxing or video marketplace will be announced soon, subcommit- eliminating those rules (see tee said. Just as Time Warner used page 27). patriotism and threat from r

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BLAIRTELEVISION A subsidiary of John Blair Communications Inc : Closed Circuit 2 Closed Circuit 2 Closed Circuit 2 Closed Circuit 2 Closed Circuit 2 foreign competition to help downplayed seriousness of On the move? LOS ANGELES smooth way for recent merger, suit, with one saying that Evers Recently scrapped CBS at least one network lobbyist sought similar injunction hour series, Beauty and the has raised foreign spectre in Jan. 8 to prevent GTG from (Republic L.A. lineup fin -syn imbroglio, labeling taking show to last month's Beast Pictures), may be moving to cable, Fox Broadcasting Co. foreign NATPE convention, only to List of witnesses for first according to Chuck Larsen, corporation. By one have judge dismiss motion cable field hearing, Feb. 12 at Republic Pictures important legal definition because there was "not senior vice city hall in Los Angeles, president, domestic sales. network is foreign company enough recognition of a includes Mel Harris, president, Beast, which started its network since FBC is wholly owned cable show that has not been Paramount TV; Hal run in 1987 -88 season, has subsidiary of News Corp., on for two years" for GTG to Richardson, senior vice 56 episodes in can (last three which is incorporated in cause any "significant president, pay TV, Disney; episodes never aired on Adelaide, Australia. For that damage" to title. That Leonard Hill, television CBS), and Larsen says there is reason ownership of Fox TV evidence notwithstanding, producer; Representative possibility that stations was set up Evers's attorney, Jerry Esrig, additional Carlos Moorhead (D- Calif.); episodes will be produced for differently, with 76% held is pressing for undetermined James Gabbert, president potential basic individually by News Corp. damages and hearing of cable of the California Broadcasters carriage. Word from sources Chief Executive (and U.S. case, possibly in May. Association; William Cullen, has it that USA Network, citizen) Rupert Murdoch and president of United Cable; Lifetime, The Family Fox Chairman Barry Diller. Channel, William Rosendahl, vice Turtle scoop? TNT and Arts & However, substance of president, government affairs, Entertainment are talking with company, some would say, Industry source indicates Century Communications; Republic. suggests News Corp., and that CBS has bought network Michael Pandzik, executive broadcast rights for Group director, National Cable thus FBC, are corporate ABC exploration citizens. For most recently W Productions' syndicated Television Coop; California completed fiscal year, majority cartoon strip Teenage Plymouth, two -hour made - assemblywomen Gwen (55 %) of assets and Mutant Ninja Turtles as for- television movie about first Moore; Susan Herman, general preponderance of revenue possible Saturday morning colony on moon and manager of Los Angeles (48 %) and operating profits 1990 -91 series. CBS officials produced by Walt Disney telecommunications (42 %) come from U.S. Also, declined comment, as did Television for ABC, will have department; Max Salter, ownership of company has distributor Group W and life after initial airing of movie mayor, Beverly Hills; Alex Fiore, U.S. profile, since just under production company during May sweeps. mayor, Thousand Oaks; half of shares are controlled Murakami Wolf Swenson Inc. Apparently, ABC is close to Jerry Leider, independent by Murdoch, through family Judy Price, vice president, deal with Disney for studio to producer; Tom Wertheimer, trust, while another 15% are children's programing, CBS, is provide four one -hour episodes executive VR MCA. said to be held by U.S. said to be close to deciding based on movie. investors. News Corp.'s where Ninja Turtles will be Performance of those additional corporate headquarters inserted in Saturday episodes will determine ATLANTA continue to be based in New schedule. Half -hour syndicated whether project will get picked York. strip is currently ranked third up as series. The movie, Squeeze play nationally among early fringe according to sources close to kids programing with 3.5 production, has theatrical Some equipment exhibitors HOLLYWOOD for in Nielsen rating (week ending motion picture budget, utilizing making plans NAB show Atlanta are worried that Jan. 21), behind Buena several sound stages on exhibit floor will be more What's in a name? Vista Television's top- ranked Disney lot. Project is co- strips Ducktales (4.8) and production of Walt Disney claustrophobic than usual quarters GTG Entertainment's Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers Television, RAI -UNO due to more cramped proposed fall 1990 talk strip (5.3). Radiotelevisione Italiana at Georgia World Congress Atlanta facility Just Between Us is and Lee David Zlotoff. Center. Because apparently involved in legal Colorful gang is smaller than NAB's most tangle. Chicago -based The plane's thing common site, Las Vegas Evers Productions filed lawsuit Spanky and Alfalfa fans take the Convention Center, aisles in U.S. District Court in note: King World Productions Use of high -tech vehicles in will be smaller on exhibit floor. Chicago last week, seeking may add color to Little television series -made However, Rick Dobson, damages and injunction for Rascals, syndication property popular by NBC's Knight NAB vice president, exhibits use of title identical to that of that King World founder Rider and more recently in and associate membership, regional cable show Evers Charlie King used to launch NBC's True Blue, which said that fears are once produced. Although cable company in 1964. Company features state -of -art crime - exaggerated. Most aisles in show has been out of has held discussions with at fighting truck-is being Las Vegas are 10 feet, which production for more than two least one company about revolutionized on pilot being will be standard aisle width years, President and Senior colorizing Rascals, source produced at Warner in Atlanta. Narrowest aisle in Producer Bob Evers says Just said. If King World does Brothers for ABC. Entitled The Atlanta will be eight feet. Between Us is under colorize series, it would enable Human Target, series What will be missed will be 20- "regional trademark protection" company to pitch franchise makes use of version of stealth foot center aisle in exhibit in three states (Illinois, as "new" series, as Qintex did bomber called "Black area in Las Vegas, critical to Wisconsin and Indiana), and is with colorized McHale's Wing." Main character uses organization of floor seeking "injunctive relief" to Navy and Dennis the Menace. equipment in plane to because it is where largest prevent GTG from presenting KWP has also talked about assume identities of crime exhibitors, such as Sony, and distributing Diahann producing new first -run New victims, for whom he exacts Ampex and Panasonic, are Carroll talk show version in tri- Little Rascals television revenge. Shooting of pilot placed, Dobson said. NAB state area. series. In 1988, KWP licensed begins in February and will hopes to alleviate congestion Officials at GTG, who theatrical film remake rights be delivered to ABC by middle by staggering placement of wished to remain nameless, of Rascals to MCA. of April. those large companies.

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Last week's telecast of Super Bowl XXIV, cording to ABC, Super Bowl XXIV was the lowest which averaged a 39/63, helped CBS win rated prime time Super Bowl and the lowest rated Sunday night (Jan. 28), and, not surpris- Super Bowl overall since 1969. Nevertheless, CBS ingly, leap to first place from third for the week said it was "pleased with the results," and said that among male viewers 18 -49. But the game didn't despite the lopsided score (San Francisco 55, help the network's plight on the other six nights of Denver 10), 109 million viewers saw some part of the week, where it continued in third place or a the game. distant second. The game did provide a solid lead -in audience The network prime time household averages for for the 90- minute premiere of the new CBS series Super Bowl week, the 19th week of the season: Grand Slam, which won its time period with a NBC, 15/24; ABC, 13.2/21, and CBS, 12.8/21. Ac- "Ry the Numbers" continues on page 1R RATINGS ROUNDUP Week 19 Jan. 22 -Jan. 28 r Rank rating Network Show - ' Rank /rating Network Show N .

1 39.0/63 C Super Bowl XXIV 52 10.2/18 N Baywatch

2 25.3/39 c Super Bowl Postgame 53 10.1)18 A Peter Jennings Report

3 25.0/39 N Bill Cosby Show Rank/rating 2 Network Show 54 9.7/15 c Monday Movie

3 25.0/37 N Cheers 54 9.7115 A Young Riders

5 24.5i36 A Roseanne 56 9.4/14 N Sunday Movie

6 22.4134 N A Different World 29 14 .7/24 e Hallmark Hall of Fame 57 9.1/14 c 48 Hours

7 21.7/37 N Golden Girls 29 14.7/25 N Midnight Caller 58 8.9/14 C Beauty it the Beast

8 20.5/36 N Empty Nest 31 14.5/25 A Perfect Strangers 59 8 7/16 A Mystery Movie

9 20.4'30 A Wonder Years 32 14.1/24 c Knots Landing 60 8.6/13 c Dave Thomas Comedy Show

10 20.0/30 A American Music Awards 33 A 13.9/25 N 227 61 8.4/14 A Primetime Live

11 19.7/31 N Unsolved Mysteries 34 13.7/21 A Doogie Hawser, M.D. 62 8.3/13 F America's Most Wanted

12 19.5/30 N Grand 34 13.7/25 e Super Bowl Wrap Up 63 A 7.9'14 c Max Monroe

13 19.3/29 A Coach 36 13.4/23 A Just the Ten of Us 64 7.8/12 F Open House

13 19.310 A Who's the Boss' 37 13.2/20 F Married...With Children 65 7.6/11 A Love With a Twist

15 18.6.'30 c Sunday Movie 38 12.7,'21 N Sunday Night Movie 66 7.5/12 e Tuesday Movie

16 18.4/28 N Matlock 39 A ' 2.5/19 N Monday Night Movie 67 7 3/13 A Mission: Impossible

17 18.2/27 N In the Heat of the Night 40 12.4/18 N Hogan Family 68 ' ' '.2 F Totally Hidden Video

18 17.9/30 N L.A. Law 41 12.3/19 N ALF 69 A 7.0'13 F Cops

19 17.5'30 A Full House 42 12.2/22 N Quantum Leap 70 6.3/11 C Paradise

20 16 .7/26 N Night Court 43 12.1/21 N True Blue 71 6.0/9 A Life Goes On

21 16.5/31 N Hunter 44 11.9/18 A Father Dowling Mysteries 72 5.3/9 F Reporters

22 16.4/26 A Growing Pains 45 11.2/20 N Mancuso, FBI 73 A 5.2/8 F Booker

23 16.0.'28 N Amen 45 11.2/17 c Plays of the Decade 74 5.1/9 F Tracey Ullman Show

24 15.6/25 N Dear John 45 11.2'17 F The Sbnpsons 75 4.9/9 c Super Bowl Saturday Night

24 A 15.6/26 A thirtvsornething 48 11.1/17 c Rescue: 911 76 4.5/7 F Alien Nation

26 15.4/27 A Family Matters 49 10.7/18 A Sunday Night Movie 77 4.2/6 F 21 Jlunp Street

26 15.424 A Head of the Class 49 10.7/17 A Anything But Love 78 3.5/5 F TV Hall of Fame

28 15.027 A 20/20 51 10.4/18 c Friday Movie 78 3.516 F It's Garn Shandling's Show

Guide to symbols Source: Nielsen and Broadcasting% own research. --Down from last week ast week Premiere broadcast

FREEZE FRAMES: Syndication Scorecard* % ek ended Jan. 21 Star Search (TPE) 6.6 154 95 Rank Program (Syndicator) Rtg Stns Covg 12 Orion Galaxy Network 6.4 136 90 1 Wheel of Fortune. syn. (King World) 15.8 228 99 13 Inside Edition (King World) 5.6 100 79 2 Jeopardy! (King World) 14.1 215 98 14 People's Court (Warner Bros. Domestic TV) 5.4 167 88 3 Star Trek: Next Generation (Paramount) 10.6 233 97 15 Chip 'N Dale (Buena Vista Television) 5.3 170 96 4 Wheel of Fortune. wknd. (King World) 10.3 205 92 15 Family Feud 1 (LBS) 5.3 129 85 5 Cosby Show (Viacom) 9.9 202 97 15 Mama's Family syn. (Lorimar) 5.3 174 90 6 Current Affair (20th Century Fox TV) 9.5 187 95 15 Superboy (Viacom) 5.3 176 91 7 Entertainment Tonight (Paramount) 8.7 169 95 The following shows were rated. but not ranked 8 Oprah Winfrey Show (King World) 8.6 203 97 9 Donahue (Multimedia) 6.9 225 99 Wrestling Network 9.7 173 92 10 Geraldo (Paramount) 6.6 192 95 World Wrestling Federation (WWF) 9.9 237 97 ' Nielsen weekly pocketpiece Source: Nielsen and Broadcasting's own research.

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1 2 33 5/6 - 02.43 834 A (HTG) Heritage Media 58 3 58 - 1/2 -12.90 -2 150 N (CCN) Chris -Craft :'-'"Y/i1' - 9 29 3i4 01.65 30 259 O 11COR) lacer Commun. 14 5 - 1/8 -02.17 -3 55 0 (DUCO) Durham Corp..... 34 j4, N ;. 1 40 - -04.66 16 6.596 O (LINB) LIN 5 12 105 12 - 2 1,2 -02.17 60 5.805 (CCU Gannett Co. AlEallt

( 7 02.94 -2 289 O IOBCCCI Olympia Broadcast 14 5116 00.00 0 GACC) Great Amer Comm. 14 . 12 10 1/4 14 - 02.08 -55 81 N (IP) 1efierson -Pilot a 38 IIIIIIIIIMP - 01.22 1,513 O (OSBN) Osborn Commun. 34 - . N IKRII 2 1 2 51 1i2 - 04.50 12 2,746 0 (OCOMA) Outlet Commun. 9 12 19 1i2 - 2 1/2 - 10.00 14 147 Knight -Ridder :- 28 1 -03.23 17 729 A (PR) Price Commun. 18 5 l'8 - 112 -08.16 -4 51 N ILEE) Lee Enterprises 8 12 -

4 44 1 4 12 01.13 23 377 0 (SAGB) Sage Broadcasting 3/4 2 3'4 00.00 -2 10 N ILCI Liberty N IMHPI McGraw Hill 6 58 59 1,4 2 314 04.86 14 2,882 o ISCRP) Scripps Howard 7 63 - 1 - 01.56 31 650 0 (SUNNC) SunGroup Inc. 2 2 18 06.66 -2 4 A (MEGA) Media General 9 14 28 1 '2 - 1 7i8 - 05.95 -155 764

1 19 604 0 ITLMO) Telemundo 318 5 1/2 38 -06.52 -2 122 N (MDP) Meredith Corp. 1 12 31 12 - 5B -04.77 6 114 - 06.79 29 964 0 (TVXGC) TVX Broadcast 7/8 4 118 03.12 30 0 IMMEDCI Multimedia 5 80 - A (NYTA) New York Times 5 25 - 12 -01.89 14 2.01E O IUTVII United Television 3 35 - 1 14 -03.54 5 370

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N (TMCI Times Mirror 4 78 33 7!8 2 3'8 - 06.41 13 4,474 ." O (TMCI) TM Communications 7 32 732 00.00 -1 .1 N (TRB) Tribune 1 1 2 42 118 2 1/8 - 04.70 14 3,037 CABLll.1 A (TBSA) Turner Bcstg. 'A' 4 12 43 3/8 5 3/8 - 10.53 -59 2,261 A IATN) Acton Corp. 3 114 11.11111r05.88 3 22 A (TBSB) Turner 3 3 4 42 1/8 5 7/8 11.89 -56 1.165 0 (ATCMA) Amer. TV & Comm. 5 1'8 39 49 4.333 Bcstg. 'B' - 3/4 :ring&01.85 3,608 O (CTEX) C-Tec Corp. a 34 21 06.86 31 405 A (CVC) Cablevision Sys. 'A' 2 30 ,41111111V12.66 -5 725 A (CTY) Century Comm. 10 12 10 11111111111; 11.11 -14 717 O (CMCSA) Comcast 4 34 14,,iffiatarit 08.52 -12 1,655 A (FAL) Falcon Cable Systems 8 fH `07.94 -30 111 O (JOIN) iones Intercable 2 34 184 RAM'Ñ 0403 -6 T (RCI.A) Rogers Commun. 'A' 110 121,` - - 9.1 -40 626

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2 1 8 A (CLR) Color Systems 11111M1212 00.00 -2 13 1 O (TCAT) TCA Cable TV 3 12 14 },. 3'4 -10.60 30 356 clark ``ax, 6 1 2 00.00 25 55 O (DCPI) dick prods," O (TCOMA) Tele-Commun. 5 12 15 ''- 07.57 -31 5.381 N (DIS) Disney 12 6;. SJ--, .7 05.67 21 14,817 N ITWX) Time Warner 105 98 :ü4 -3,1.iiiiiiragib.1.1,Q 01.81 255 7,381 O (FNNU Financial News 11111111111rt ;2 6 7/8 41111111IV 03.44 31 126 O (UAECA) United Art. En141111.1111111111111111r 1" -10.20 -8 2,298 A (FE) Fries Entertain. 1111111111 2 1/8 ;;-05.26 -1 10 O (UAECB) United Art. Enl -`,08.84 1,118

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O (SP) Spoiling Entertainment 1 1 4 - 02.10 31 384 N (GRL) Gen. Instrument 8 14 39 12 1,089 s ' 111111111111111k00.31 Video Jukebox Net. 10.14 -24 72 N (GEI General Elec 2 14 15 56,844 O (JUKE) trirwidit °.3441.11111111111111ï02.51 O (WONE) Westwood One 44 6 111111111F8 -20.83 -5 103 N 1HRS) Harris Corps -. 7 78 limmur,;,02.61 47 1,266 N (MAI) M A Com. Inc. 18 1.1111111.1111§95.12 462 110 N (IV) Mark IV Indus. 1 114ININEMEW05.26 3 198 O (MATT) Matthews Studió 19 16 1 618 liar. 00.00 84 10 o (MCDY) Microdyne 1 a 4 -~1i8 -02.85 '.. o (MCOM) Midwest Commun. 1 2 4 18 - 5/8 -12441111111111111 N (MOTI Motorola 4 58 55 3!4 - 2 1/2 - 04.03" N (OAK) Oak Industries 18 1 14 00.00 -41 t SERVICE A (PPI) Pico Produc de i - 1'8 -09.09 4

N )SFA) Sci- Atlanta 21 112 2 13 492 11(AGRP)°Ä iiiiWi ` 3 58 3 56 - 03.33 ligurz 1'4 - 08.51 - 33 N Sony Corp. 7 12 58 1!2 3;8 -00.63 26 16,602, 1BSIM) Burnup & Sim!'`. 7 14 17 14 - 3 8 - 02.09 23 220 Mal - N (TEK) Tektronix 6 17 1/8 00.69 201 N (CQ) Comsat S 35 114 - 34 -01.98 10 616 58

N (VAR) Varian AssC. 1 34 20 56 1 14 -05.68 13 N (DNB) Dun & Bradstreet 4 3.8 42 3!4 - 2 5 8 - 05.83 13 7,922 O (WGNR) Wegener 2 ? 38 - 18 -04.54 13 19 N (FCB) Foote Cone & B. 7 7 8 28 1/8 - 5'8 - 02.10 19 248

O N )WX) Westinghou , 2 14 72 16 - 1 58 -02.21 12 (GREY) Grey Advertising 56 165 00.00 14 188 1{ N IZE) Zenith 12 10 3B .4 -02.00 -12 O (IDBX) 108 Communications, 3.8 9 1/6 - 1,2 - 05.00 475 47 11111Pr AMI

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;no'wate.s new listing or changed item. Games local ad sales /marketing seminar. Shera- tel at O'Hare, Chicago. Information: (202) 429- ton Meadowlands, New York. Information: (404) 5420. 827 -2269. This week Feb. 11 -16 -12th International Film, Televisior Feb. 7- "Negotiating Agency Compensation: and Video Market. Loews hotel, Monte Carlo, Mo- Feb. 5- 7- Michigan Association of Broadcasters Agency Needs, Client Sensitivities," professional naco. telecommunications expo and conference, pre- development seminar sponsored by American sented in cooperation with Society of Broadcast Association of Advertising Agencies. Colony r I Engineers and International Television Associa- Square hotel, Atlanta. Information: (212) 682-2500. Also in February tion. Radisson hotel Center, Lansing, and Lansing Feb. Turner Cable Network Sales Goodwill Mich. 8- Feb. 12- Deadline for entries in The Livingston Games local ad sales/marketing seminar. Westin Awards for Young Journalists, sponsored by Mol- Feb. 6 Cable Network Sales Goodwill William Penn, Pittsburgh. Information: (404) 827- -Turner lie Penis Livingston Foundation of University of local /marketing seminar. J.W. 2269. Games ad sales Michigan for "best 1989 print or broadcast cover- Marriott Houston. Information: (404) 827- Galleria, Feb. 8-Turner Cable Network Sales Goodwill age of local, national and international news by 2269. Games local ad sales /marketing seminar. Ritz journalists aged 34 and younger in any U.S. medi- Feb. 6 -Turner Cable Network Sales Goodwill Carlton -Camelback, Phoenix. Information: (404) um." Information: (313) 764 -2424. Games local ad sales /marketing seminar. Marriott 827 -2269. Feb. 12- "Olympics in Atlanta ?" meeting of At- -2269. Newton, Boston. Information: (404) 827 Feb. 8- 10- Louisiana Association of Broadcast- lanta Broadcast Advertising Club. Atlanta. Infor- Feb. 6- "Avoiding EEO Decertification: A Hands - ers annual convention. Lafayette Hilton, Lafayette, mation: (404) 231 -4320. Workshop," sponsored by Anten- La. Information: (504) 383-7486. on Community Feb. 12- 13- National Academy of Television na Television Association, Cable Television Asso- Feb. Arts and trustees meeting. Marriott-Mar- of 9- International Radio and Television Soci- Sciences ciation of Maryland, Delaware and the District ety newsmaker luncheon. Topic: television pro- quis hotel, New York. Columbia and Pennsylvania Cable Television As- graming. Panelists: Brandon Tartikoff, president, hotel, Philadelphia. Informa- Feb. Federal Associo- sociation. Warwick NBC Entertainment; Robert Iger, president, ABC 13- Communications Bar tion: Blitz, (202) 371 -5700. tion luncheon. Speaker: FCC Commissioner Sher- James Entertainment; Peter Tortorici, senior VP, program rie Marshall. Washington Marriott, Washington. Feb. 6- 7-Arizona Cable Television Association planning, CBS Entertainment; Peter Chemin, pres- annual meeting. Hyatt Regency, Phoenix. ident, Fox Entertainment Group, and Frank Biondi Feb. 13-Southern California Cable Associa- Jr., president -CEO, Viacom International. Wadorf- tion dinner meeting. Panelists include William - Feb. National Academy of Television Arts Cu 7- Astoria, New York. Information: (212) 867-6650. len, United Artists Cablesystems; David and Sciences, New York chapter. luncheon. Keefe, Continental Cablevision; Jim Bequette, Comcast Speaker: Reese Schonfeld, president, Opt in Feb. Turner Cable Network Sales Goodwill 9- Cable; John Bickham, Paragon Cable; Bob America, and executive producer. People Maga- Games local ad sales /marketing seminar. Hyatt Owen, Cencom, and Bill Rosendahl, Century Commun - zine on TV. Topic: "Video on Demand -Fiber Op- Tech Center, Denver. Information: (404) 827-2269. cations. Marina del Rey Marriott, Marina Rey, tics." Copacabana, New York. del Feb. 9-11 --Oklahoma Association of Broadcast- Calif. Information: (213) 398 -2553. Feb. Network Goodwill ers winter meeting. Waterford hotel, Oklahoma 7- Turner Cable Sales Feb. 13- 14- "Television: The Dynamics of City. Information: (405) 528-2475. Games local ad sales /marketing seminar. Hyatt Change," television advertising workshop spor- Information: (404) 827 -2269. Regency, Dallas. Feb. 11- 12- National Association of Broadcast- sored by Association of National Advertisers. Feb. 7- Turner Cable Network Sales Goodwill ers radio group -head "fly -in." Embassy Suites ho- Panelists include Thomas Murphy, Capcities/ Major Meetings

Feb. 11- 16 --12th International Film, Television May 20- 23- National Cable Television Associa- Oct. 2- 4-- Atlantic Cable Show. Atlantic City Con- and Video Market. Loews hotel, Monte Carlo, Mo- tion annual convention. Convention Center, Atlan- vention Center, Atlantic City, N.J Information: naco. ta. (609) 848 -1000. Feb. 21 -23 -Texas Cable Show, sponsored by June 3-6-NBC-TV annual affiliates meeting. Oct. 4- 7- -Society of Broadcast Engineers fifth an- Texas Cable TV Association. San Antonio Con- Washington. nual national convention. St. Louis. Future meet- Antonio, Tex. ing: Oct. 3-6, 1991, Houston. Information: 1-800- vention Center, San June 9- American Advertising Federation 12- 225 -8183. Feb. 28 -March 3 -21st annual Country Radio national conference, featuring presentation of Seminar, sponsored by Country Radio Broad- Addy Awards. Marriott Pavilion, St. Louis. Oct. 11- 15-- MIPCOM, international film and pro- (615) gram market for TV, video, cable and satellite. casters. Opryland, Nashville. Information: June 10-13-Broadcast Promotion and Market- Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France. Information: 327 -4487. ing Executives and Broadcast Designers Associa- (212) 750 -8899. March 14 -18-- American Association of Advertis- tion, annual conference. Bally's, Las Vegas. ing Agencies annual meeting. Marriott Desert Oct. 13-17----Society of Motion Picture and Televi- June 11 ABC-TV annual affiliates meeting. -14- 132nd technical conference and Springs, Palm Springs, Calif. Los Angeles. sion Engineers equipment exhibit. Jacob Javits Convention Cen- March 31 -April 3- Association of National June 19- 22-National Association of Broadcast- ter, New York. Future conferences: Oct. 26 -30, Broadcasters 68th annual Convention. Atlanta. Fu- ers summer board meeting. NAB, Washington. 1991, Los Angeles; Oct. 3 -7, 1992, Jacob Javits ture conventions: Las Vegas, April 13-16, 1991; Convention Center, New York. Las Vegas, Aprii 11 -14, 1992, and Las Vegas, July 15 -18-Cable Television Administration May 1 -4 (tentative), 1993. and Marketing Society annual conference. San Oct. 21- 24-Association of National Advertisers Diego Marriott, San Diego. annual convention. Ritz-Carlton, Naples, Fla. April 1-3- Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau ninth annual conference. Marriott Marquis, New Sept. 12- 15- -Radio '90 convention, sponsored by Nov. 14-16-Television Bureau of Advertising York. National Association of Broadcasters. Hynes annual meeting. Dallas. Convention Center, Boston. Future meeting: Sept. April 18- Broadcast Financial Management Nov. 28-30- Western Cable Show, sponsored by 20- 11 -14 (tentative), 1991, San Francisco. Association 30th annual meeting. Hyatt Regency, California Cable Television Association. Ana- San Francisco. Sept. 16- 18- Eastern Cable Show, sponsored by heim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif. Television Association. Washing- April 20- 25--M/P -TV, international television Southern Cable Jan. 7 -10, 1991 Association of Independent ton Convention Center, Washington. program market. Palais des Festivals, Cannes, Television Stations annual convention. Century France. Information: (212) 750-8899. Sept. 21-25- International Broadcasting Conven- Plaza, Los Angeles. May 17- American Women in Radio and tion. Brighton Convention Center, Brighton, En- 20- 1 -2, 1991 gland. Information: London, 44 (1) 240 -1871. Feb. -Society of Motion Picture and Television 39th annual convention. Capital Hilton, Television Engineers 25th annual television con- Washington. Sept. 24- 27- Radio-Television News Directors ference. Westin Detroit, Detroit. Future confer- May 19-22- CBS -TV annual affiliates meeting. Association international conference and exhibi- ence: Jan. 31 -Feb. 1, 1992, Westin St. Francis, Century Plaza, Los Angeles. tion. Convention Center, San Jose, Calif. San Francisco.

Broadcasting Fen 5 1990 22 ABC; Laurence Tisch, CBS, and Robert Wright, phy, chairman and chief executive officer, Capital NBC. Luncheon speaker: Connie Chung, CBS Cities/ABC. Waldorf- Astoria, New York. Informa - News. New York Hilton. New York. Information: Erlieass lion: (212) 867 -6650. (212) 697-5950. March 1 -Broadcast Capital Foul minority Feb. 13-14--Broadcast Credit Association 23rd Jan. 22 "For the Record" item in- own - orsnip forum and annual dinner, commemorating credit and collection seminar. Westin Lenox hotel, correctly listed KGMC(TV) Oklahoma 10th anniversary of nonprofit venture capital corn - Atlanta. Information: Mark Matz, (708) 827 -9330. City as being sold from Oklahoma pany established by National Association of Feb. 14- National Academy of Television Arts Broadcasting to Maddox Broad- Broadcasters. Mayflower hotel, Washington. Infor- and Sciences, New York chapter. luncheon. casting for $3.6 million. That appli- mation: Zora Brown (202) 429 -5393. Speaker: Michael B. Alexander, executive VP -gen- cation was dismissed on Aug. 3, March Deadline for entries in seventh annual eral manager, WWOR -TV New York. Copacabana, 1989. On Jan. 5, 1990, FCC granted 1- New York. Cable Television Administration and Marketing transfer of 85% voting share from Ser- SocietylCable Marketing Awards for Excellence Feb. 14-Society of Broadcast Engineers, chapter aphim Corp. to Ted Baze for $425. in Cable Marketing and Advertising. Information: 15, meeting, "Satellite Use and the Broadcaster" Baze holds other 15 %. Oklahoma (703) 549 -4200. and "Questions and Answers with the FCC." Broadcasting is debtor in possession Speakers: Jack Crutchfield and Bill Wormington of March 1- Deadline for U.S. entrants in New York CSC Satellite Communications and Judah Mans - of NCNB Texas National Bank, which Festivals, radio and print advertising competition. bach of the FCC. New York Times building, New consented to transfer. Seraphim is Information: (914) 238 -4481. York. Information: Dave (212) 752 -3322. Bialik, headed by Seema Boesky, trustee, March 1 -3 -First U.S. Hispanic Media Confer- Feb. 14- Turner Cable Network Sales Goodwill and is subsidiary of Beverly Hills Hotel ence, sponsored by National Hispanic Academy Games local ad sales /marketing seminar. Omni Corp., which is headed by her hus- of Media Arts and Sciences. Sheraton Universal hotel at CNN Center, Atlanta. Information: (404) band, Ivan Boesky. hotel, Universal City, Calif. Information: (818) 848- 827 -2269. 4148. o Feb- 15 -- "An Anchorman Looks at the World," March 2-Southern California Broadcasters As- In Net- speech by NBC's Tom Brokaw to Philadelphia Ad story on National Supervisory sociation Sunny Creative Radio Awards luncheon. Club. Franklin Plaza hotel, Philadelphia. Informa- work (BROADCASTING, Jan. 22), Regent Beverly Wilshire hotel, Los Angeles. Infor- tion: (215) 874 -8990. monthly rate for service should have mation: (213) 466 -4481. Feb. 15-16-C-SPAN "Capitol Experience" semi- been $800. March 2- 4-Intercollegiate Broadcasting System nar "to provide cable operators with insight into o national convention. New York Penta hotel, New the network's programing philosophy, reasons to York. Information: Jeff Tellis, (914) 565-6710. Jeff Wald is president of Guber -Pe- carry C -SPAN and ways to promote it among their ters Television, not senior vice presi- March 6-American. Advertising Federation general audience." C -SPAN headquarters, Wash- spring government affairs conference. Speakers dent, as reported in 22 issue. ington. Information: (202) 737 -3220. Jan. include Leon Panetta, chairman, House Budget Feb. 16-Academy of Television Arts and Sci- o Committee; Billy Tauzin (D -La.), House Energy ences forum luncheon. Speaker: Kay Koplovitz, McKinney, of Ad- and Commerce Committee; William Diefenderfer, Jim chairman deputy director, Office of Management and Bud- president -CEO, USA Network. Regent Beverly Wil- vanced Television Systems Com- shire hotel, Los Angeles. Information: (818) 763- get, and Thomas Miller, attorney general, State of 2975. mittee, was incorrectly identified as Iowa, and president, National Association of Attor- head of Advanced Television Test neys General. Willard hotel, Washington. Informa- Feb. 19-23- Technology seminar for educators, in 29 issue. tion: (202) 898 -0089, sponsored by Gannett Center for Media Studies. Center Jan. Columbia University journalism building, New o March 7- Federal Communications Bar Associa York. Information: (212) 280-8392. Jan. 22 issue incorrectly reported Par- Feb. 20-Nebraska Broadcasters Association hall amount placed Hard Copy on Gan- of fame awards /winter legislative dinner spon- nett stations in Minneapolis and Den- sored by Nebraska Broadcasters Association. NBC Center, Lincoln, Neb. Information: Richard ver. Paramount actually placed Palmquist, (402) 333 -3034. Entertainment Tonight on stations, in place of departing USA Today. In Feb. 20-"The Role of the Press in a Changing Eastern Europe," one in American Forum series same issue, TPE was incorrectly listed sponsored by American University School of as distributor of ET, which is distribut- Communication. Kay Spiritual Life Center, AU ed by Paramount. campus, Washington. Information: (202) 885- 2058. Feb. 20- Goodwill Games local ad sales/mar- Registration deadline is Feb. 14. Information: NAB Listen to keting seminar sponsored by Turner Cable Net- Radio Office, (202) 429-5420. work Sales. Airport Hilton & Marina, Miami. Infor- Feb. Arbitran Television Advisory Coun- mation: (404) -2269. 25.28- AIM'S 827 cil meeting. Phoenix. Feb. 20- Goodwill Games local ad sales /mar- Feb. 26 -Third annual "Best of the Boroughs" "MEDIA MONITOR" keting seminar sponsored by Net- Turner Cable cable feud, sponsored by New York Women in work Sales. Hyatt O'Hare, Chicago. Information: Cable. Time -Life building, New York. Information: radio commentary (404) 827-2269. Audrey Fontaine, (212) 916-1040. now available to Feb. Academy Television Arts 21-National of Feb. 28 -March Michigan Cable Television and Sciences, New York chapter, luncheon. 1- Association annual winter meeting. Amway Grand all National Public Radio Speaker: Robert Friedman, president, Entertain- hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich. Information: (517) 351- ment Group, Playboy Enterprises. Copacabana, 5800. Stations New York. Feb. 28-March 2 -Cable Television Public Af- via satellite. Feb. 21 -23 Cable Show, sponsored by -Texas fairs Association Forum '90, "annual skills and Texas Cable TV Association. San Antonio Con- strategies seminar that provides cable system op- vention Center, San Antonio. Information: (512) erators and cable network programers the oppor- To find out how you can get 474 -2082. tunity to sharpen their public relations skills." Port- Feb. 22 -Deadline for entries in International Mon- man hotel. San Francisco. Information: (703) 276- "Media Monitor" on your itor Awards competition, sponsored by Interna- 0881. NPR station, contact tional Teleproduction Society, honoring excel- Feb. 28-March 3 -21st annual Country Radio lence in electronic production and post - Seminar, sponsored by Country Radio Broadcast- production. Information: (212) 629-3266. ers. Opryland, Nashville. Information: (615) 327- Deborah Lambert Feb. 23-25 -"The U.S. and Latin America" confer- 4487. ence for journalists sponsored by Foundation for ACCURACY IN MEDIA American Communications. Westin Paso del 1275 K Street, NW Norte, El Paso, Tex. Information: (213) 851 -7372. 0 Washington, DC 20005 Feb. 24-National Association of Broadcasters March Small /Medium Market Managers Roundtable March 1- International Radio & Television Soci- (202) 371-6710 meeting. Sheraton Music City Hotel, Nashville. ety Gold Medal banquet, honoring Thomas Mur-

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Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 24 Vo - day Ve-moo . A cable sports commentary by Ed Durso, senior VP-general counsel, ESPN, New York n his Dec. 25, 1989, "Monday casts throughout the 1980's. The result is Memo," Jim Hedlund, the presi- the same -a certain time period for local dent of the Association of Indepen- telecasting is blocked but the inventory of dent Television Stations, presented the case games is so large that all the competing for increased cooperation between cable interests can be fully accommodated. The and broadcasting in an effort to identify second baseball change Jim seeks is for acceptable solutions to the many issues that local market blackouts on weekdays. The confront these industries. We applaud Jim's fact is that for all of ESPN's weekday effort toward negotiation rather than con- prime time games (i.e., Tuesday, Wednes- frontation. However, we take strong excep- day and Friday), if the clubs participating in tion to INTV's action agenda calling for the ESPN telecast have sold local rights, pressure to be brought to bear on cable the home markets of these participating sports program suppliers and especially clubs are blacked out (and a backup game ESPN in an effort to forge a new cable/ substituted) to protect the local rights sale. broadcaster alliance. The sports fan has Jim next advocates a forced sale of half never been better served than he or she is the games of the New York Yankees to today by both the cable and broadcast in- broadcasters. This is not ESPN's fight al- dustries, and the amount, distribution and though we would not like to see legislation quality of sports programing in America or regulations that would cause this result today has only been improved by the pres- for any rights seller. The better course is to ence of ESPN in the marketplace. The fan let the market sort the issue out. It is entire- We do not doubt for a single moment the sports ly premature to conclude that Yankee importance of access to sports programing has never been games won't be on broadcast television in to the viewing public. We are confident, 1991 or that other factors might not emerge however, that if rhetoric and pure economic better served than demonstrating that the parties may want to self- interest are set aside for the sake of a change course having misjudged the local review of the facts and discussion, it will he or she is market's ability to digest a rights sale of immediately become apparent that the mar- today by both the that magnitude. For those who think this ket has already established the cable /broad- not a valid suggestion, let me point to the cast balance which INTV seeks and that the cable and recent decision of the St. Louis Cardinals to public is being well served. sell its local telecast rights solely to a broad- The rhetoric of sports siphoning implies broadcast caster to the total exclusion of cable. It can that one industry loses and the other gains cut both ways, and the parties in the process to the detriment of the public. But this industries. P should be free to choose the course to be alleged migration is not reflected in national followed. trends -notwithstanding the tremendous fact, baseball's new contracts with CBS and The third proposed INTV change would growth of cable television over the last 10 ESPN will actually provide more local tele- be to prohibit time period exclusivity for years. The fact is that the decade of the cast opportunities than its clubs had at any college conference games on cable. Exclu- 1980's found the national broadcast net- time in the 1980's. A recent National Cable sivity is the lifeblood of the television in- works increasing their hours of sports pro- Television Association study has shown dustry, and it is vitally important to the graming and telecasting more sports events that local National Basketball Association economic viability of what we do. It's good than ever before. According to A.C. Niel- broadcasts have also grown in recent years. business and is a practice common to sen Co. data, the three national broadcast The underlying weakness of the siphon- broadcasters and cable alike. INTV mem- networks presented 1 ,457 hours of sports ing argument is readily apparent. It is based bers certainly understand the value of syn- programing in 1988 (excluding the Olym- not on fact but on false or misleading state- dicated exclusivity protection against cable. pics) compared to 1,288 in 1979. Cable ments by INTV and others and on unsup- The inventory of college games is large networks, including ESPN, have also added ported cries of impending doom. enough to accommodate multiple distribu- more and more sports programing to their I can think of no better way to demon- tion outlets despite exclusivity, and the col- schedules, with the end result being more strate my point further than by responding leges have taken advantage of that fact to sports for more fans everywhere. to INTV's suggested course of action. their financial benefit and the delight of As the nation's largest cable sports net- Jim advocates two specific changes in the alumni and fans everywhere who, thanks to work, we do not see any dramatic changes ESPN /Major League Baseball contract. He ESPN and other cable programers, see col- in this landscape in the years ahead. The ignores known facts in both cases and cre- legiate events never seen before. broadcast networks continue to demonstrate ates issues where none exist. The first Jim strives hard to find a villain for his interest in maintaining strong sports pro- change is the proposed elimination of piece. The targets are clearly sports rights graming schedules. They are even bidding ESPN's "generic" exclusivity on any night holders and ESPN. The truth is, there are for and obtaining rights to events which it carries Major League Baseball. On no villains, only the affected parties seeking heretofore have only been seen on cable. Wednesday night local cable distribution is to secure their future who happen at the On the local level, the facts again do not permitted. It is true that no over - the -air same time to be giving sports fans every- support the argument that cable's growth has game may be shown on a Wednesday night, where a bonanza of programing options. meant that broadcasters or the public are the but this will cause no result other than the There are certainly very serious issues fac- losers. (I'll get to the Yankees in a moment.) need for coordination of schedules between ing the broadcasting and cable industries, Major League Baseball has quite force- local broadcast and cable rights holders. and ESPN welcomes the opportunity to par- fully demonstrated in its testimony before This kind of local scheduling cooperation ticipate in the discussions. But sports pro- the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee that the has always been required by the exclusivity graming is not the bellwether issue it has number of local broadcasts of its games has provisions for NBC Saturday afternoon and been made out to be and should not take increased in each of the last five years. In ABC weeknight prime time baseball tele- center stage in the debate. II

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`I'd like to see a world in television -and by television I mean all the things that come through a television set, whether by wire or air-where there would be linkages between all of the distribution parties. Meaning that cable relates to broadcast which relates to DBS which relates to et cetera. Basically, one set of linked rules would govern all, and the major issue of regulation would be access. And by that I mean that if you have an idea and the necessary capital to create it, that you are in no way foreclosed from the ability to have it come through that television set. I see this petition as the beginning of the process to accomplish that. And after that, we'll take our chances."

That's how Barry Diller, the chair- figure out what to do next. Comments are Sikes also said he hopes putting the peti- man and chief executive of Fox due March 4; replies on March 19. tion out for comments will have a "con- Inc., described his vision of the In a interview with BROADCASTING, structive effect" on the long- standing nego- world that might exist in television if his Sikes gave no indications of where he stood tiations between Hollywood and the three company is successful in persuading the with respect to the Fox requests, except that broadcast networks in reaching a compro- FCC to reopen the bidding on financial he feels somewhat obliged to encourage the mise on new financial interest and syndica- interest and syndication. He was speaking development of networks like Fox. "I'm tion rules. He continues to believe that the to BROADCASTING in Hollywood, while his excited by the prospect of a fourth net- parties "should work out their differences" lawyers were filing the petition in Washing- work," he said, noting that it would add and bring a revamped set of rules to the ton. "significantly to diversity," a fundamental FCC for their review in light of the public Not only does Fox want to reexamine the goal of the agency. interest, he said. "The FCC would not just rules, it is asking the FCC to exempt Fox rubber stamp them," Sikes said. from them until it approaches economic Just as getting a waiver is critical to parity with the "big three" networks. Fox Fox's growth this year, getting an exemp- also asked for an immediate waiver of the tion by redefining "network" under the fin - rules while the FCC considers its relaxation Now playing syn rules is critical to its long -term growth. and exemption request so that it can expand As things now stand, the fin -syn rules its weekly program schedule from today's effectively cap Fox's weekly program nine to 181/2 hours by this fall. schedule at 15 hours. For networks above All in all, the petition was received well at the FCC: that limit (and with at least 25 affiliates in in Washington -due, in no small part, to an 10 states) they prohibit obtaining financial intensive lobbying effort on Capitol Hill interest in programs they license and bar and at the FCC the week before by Diller them from the program syndication busi- and by Jamie Kellner, president of the net- ness. work. "Fox VS. Since Fox long ago crossed the thresh- FCC Chairman Alfred Sikes ordered the olds for affiliates and states and since it has Mass Media Bureau to put the petition out no intention of spinning off its lucrative for public comment last week, giving him- syndication business, its network cannot self and the other three commissioners two Fin -Syn" now exceed the 15 -hour limit on weekly months to weigh the pros and cons and programing without running afoul of the

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 27 i TOP OF THE WEEK I can roll out its fall schedule as planned. The networks and their affiliates, on the However, he said, he would like to see the other hand, agree that the FCC should waiver "fine tuned in several respects." He move to relax the fin -syn rules, but they declined to elaborate. argue against exempting Fox. George Vra- Congress was not supporting Fox but, denberg, CBS Inc. general counsel, said the significantly, was not opposing it either. network agrees with Fox that the rules are Through back channels, the Hill let the out of date and need to be reexamined, but FCC know that it was O.K. to take up fin - "we see no reason why Fox should be syn and the question of an exemption or treated differently than the rest of us. waiver for Fox. "The irony is that [the Motion Picture After Diller and Kellner had made their Association of America] is violently op- rounds on the Hill two weeks ago, Sikes posed to any modification of the rule except hosted a continental breakfast for Senate when it affects one of its members," he staffers involved in communications mat- added. ters. "The impression I got [from talking to MPAA President Jack Valenti, in meet- the staffers] was that there is an interest, a ings late last week on Capitol Hill and at the willingness for the FCC to take a look at FCC, was promoting a plan to break the these rules," Sikes said. "It is unlikely that Hollywood- network stalemate. He asked Congress would attempt to preclude a reex- the FCC to take an active role in overseeing amination of the rules," he said. the talks by setting a deadline -say June 1 Senate Commerce Committee Chairman or July 1 -by requiring weekly reports Ernest Hollings (D -S.C.) told BROADCAST- from the parties and, if need be, by putting ING last week that he is content to allow the an FCC observer in the room. FCC to consider the Fox petition, but did In any event, he told BROADCASTING, the not want to comment on its merits. He said FCC should not give the networks any sign he refused Diller's and Kellner's request to that it may take up the fin -syn rules at this phone or write the FCC. time. If it does, the networks "will drag Fox Broadcasting's Kellner Fox's effort to win support on Capitol their feet and not make a deal," he said. rules. Hill did not end when Diller and Kellner The FCC should not allow the Fox petition Thus, Fox is asking the FCC to drop returned to California. Executives from to be used "as a knife -like wedge to pry what it considers the arbitrary hour standard about 20 Fox affiliates were in Washington open" the rules, he said. and replace it with one tied to some objec- last Tuesday visiting lawmakers from their The Fox chairman noted that his position tive economic criteria so that it will become states. on fin -syn was nothing knew, and that Hol- subject to fin -syn when it approaches eco- The Fox petition had apparently been lywood had long known of it. "Five years nomic parity with the big three. devised to win broad support from the af- ago, before we ever started a broadcast "We are going to try to keep the debate fected industries. If so, it was only partially company, we said that the sand was moving down to what's in the public interest and successful. Diller was rueful about one neg- toward the other side [of the financial inter- keep pressing on the key issues," said ative comment from his hometown: est and syndication argument] and that we Kellner, who was meeting with reporters in "Someone [Sid Sheinberg of MCA Inc.] should be thoughtful about this process. Washington last Monday. "We believe that commented that I'm like the guy who went Given the changing market, you could not is to provide more free TV to the American from pro- choice to pro -life. It's not true. assume that the sand was going to be on our public. Our request for rulemaking says a series of side, and you could not simply operate out According to Kellner, Fox's immediate very clear things, number one of which is of this piece of political luck that we'd been plans call for expanding its current nine - that the rules should be looked at in the given. hour -a-week schedule by offering five and a light of a 20 -years changing world, and by "I keep saying to the producers that their half hours of children's programing -a the agency that created the rule in the first arguments are not so bad that they won't weekday afternoon half-hour strip and a place. We do not say that the rules should bear the scrutiny of daylight, of process. three -hour block on Saturday morning. be abolished. We have never said they Producers have very good arguments to On top of that, Fox is expected to add a should be abolished. There is scarcity, make in terms of access to market. And the two -hour block of series programing on Fri- therefore public policy dictates there be reg- networks have arguments to make. Fox has day night and a two -hour movie- of-the- ulation in broadcasting. And in cable, an argument to make as well. I believe that week on Wednesday. which has a single wire into the home. All I the mix of those arguments in a public Kellner also said that Fox is looking at say is that it's wrong after six and a half forum will be a very healthy thing, whatev- offering a 10 o'clock newscast each week- years, or 20, to have this settled in a closet. er happens. I keep saying to the producers, day, which would swell the weekly pro- This deserves to be scrutinized. and all the unless you believe that the world is going to graming schedule by another five hours. parties represented in the clear light of day, remain exactly as it has been, and exactly Fox is also likely to bid for a National and resolved not by private negotiations as it is today, amid all of these changes - Football League package, Kellner said. Just among vested interests, but resolved by the well, if you believe that, then maintain your one game a week would add four hours to agency that created the rules in the first position. But that can't be so. I believe the the weekly total. place. rules will be modified, but I'm not sure Of the four commissioners, only FCC The Hollywood community supported an they'll be modified as much as the produc- Commissioner James Quello offered sub- exemption for Fox, but remained adamantly ers have offered in the closet to modify stantive comment, and he seemed inclined opposed to any changes in the rules. Ralph them." to give Fox what it wanted. Baruch, chairman of the Program Producers While admitting to Fox's vested interest "It seems like our definition [of network] and Distributors Committee, which repre- in the proceedings it was suggesting, Diller is antiquated," Quello said. "It seems al- sents 30 program producers and syndica- insisted that the historical perspective most calculated to stop new [network] en- tors, said the group "appreciate[s]" Fox's would, in the end, be more important. "We tries." need for a waiver. "We agree that the pre- have our own private agenda for growth," There is "quite a disparity" between Fox mature application of the FCC's network he said. "We want to compete and we want and the other networks, Quello said, noting rules to a developing network like Fox to grow and we've got a problem with these that Fox now provides just nine hours of could work an undue hardship and have rules in terms of their definition. We think programing and accounts for just 4% of counterproductive results," he said. "The we've got a rightful cause here. But not- network revenues. PPDC, however, sees no connection be- withstanding that, how we got to this place Quello also said he may be able to sup- tween a possible Fox waiver and the integ- may be less important than that we've got- port a temporary waiver for Fox so that it rity of the basic fin -syn rules." ten to this place." -Had

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 28 _ TOP OF THE WEEK Super Bowl XXIV: low ratings, but few complaints Advertisers, network and affiliates audience" and gained from the event's spe- hams. The synergies there between network are pleased with performance of cialness. and affiliate are perhaps greatest. With CBS most lopsided championship game "I would like to have [the Super Bowl] coverage of the 49ers, its own regular sea- every year," said wJBK -TV General Sales son local rights to the World Champion Accentuating the negative ruled the media's Manager Spenser Koch, a I5 -year veteran Oakland Athletics and a competitive Gold- analysis of CBS's coverage of Super Bowl at CBS affiliates. "It's an event, not rat- en State Warrior's team, the station, said XXIV: it had the lowest national ratings ings. You're not selling a spot in a show, Williams, "has a complete strategic plan ever for a prime time Super Bowl and CBS but packaging an event" -and an entire centered on the 'Championship Season' " lost the overall network ratings race for the year of Detroit's major sports franchises in matching local and national football, bas- week with a 12.8/21, having gained virtual- professional football and baseball -"to a ketball and baseball schedules the year ly no ground over the previous week's whole new universe of people. It also helps round. 12.8/20, according to A.C. Nielsen. us in the weak prime time situation we're By CBS's figuring, Super Bowl XXIV The three hour and 25 minute broadcast experiencing." was the ninth most watched national TV earned the top spot for the week with a 39.0 national rating and 63 share, but it was the Left: Pat Summerall (I) and John Madden, CBS's lowest rated Super Bowl since 1969, falling Super Bowl anchor team. Below: Anheuser -Busch as low as 35.2/52 in the last half hour. Last invested S4.5 million in its 'Bud Bowl' spots. year's game, by comparison, averaged a 43.5 /68 rating. Nevertheless, CBS affiliates, the net- work and several of the 20 advertisers that combined to run 41 spots during the game were buying nothing but the upside: very little in the way of unofficial make -goods owed to advertisers on the local level, a "dream season" of major sports to come on CBS and a special event in the Super Bowl that is good -and lucrative -even when the game (San Francisco 49ers 55, Denver Broncos 10) is bad. On the upside for the network, CBS took in nearly $30 million in ad revenue, while gaining solid lead -in value from the game, which paid off in a 16.6 rating /30 share for the hour -and -a -half premiere of its new se- ries Grand Slam (see By the Numbers," page 14). And for affiliates, CBS's overall sports program of all time, bringing in only two strategy for 1990 puts even a ratings failure " It's an event, not million fewer viewers than last season. in a better light. KMGv(Tv) St. Louis, for ratings. You're not "We haven't had a single complaint from example, experienced the second to lowest advertisers yet," CBS Sports spokesman a a rating-32.2 /51 -among the 23 metered selling spot in Tony Fox said four days after the game. markets (the low was Miami's 30.7/49), show, but packaging Indeed, advertisers expressed nothing but and it will owe some advertisers future con- satisfaction with reaching more than 100 siderations. Like fellow affiliates in Den- an event. " million viewers in 36 million homes with ver, Detroit and San Francisco, its 14 avails -Spenser Koch, clearly expensive ads featuring major celeb- rities and top production. knew sold at the highest 30- second unit rate, and W.1BK.TV Detroit -notch They all those stations reported holding, in the the investment was somewhat dangerous words of KMOV General Sales Manager when they took it, most of them by the end Robert Grissom, "an understanding with The affiliates also appeared relatively un- of last summer. Usually promised make - advertisers that we will help them get back concerned that CBS did not win the week. good spots if such a special event fails to their [ratings] points" lost in the Super "It has no effect on our next week's sales," attain a certain audience level, the advertis- Bowl. said Sales Manager Jim Birschbach of ers paid $700,000 per 30 seconds this time Nevertheless, KMOV was not hurt badly KMGH -TV, where Super Bowl ratings esti- without such a promise from CBS (BROAD- and expects to fare well in a network sched- mates "were very close" to the outcome as CASTING, Aug. 14, 1989). ule that includes NFL playoffs, the Super die -hard fans of their home town team hung So lopsided was the score that USA To- Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament in through most of the game. "We will day polled viewers on the entertainment and a Major League Baseball season with have our own [Denver market] ratings story value and effectiveness, not of the game, three St. Louis Cardinals games. "We're a to tell" to advertisers. but of the spots themselves. By its count, baseball town," he said. "We're very hap- Some advertisers will get help making up the mix of 60 -, 45 -, 30- and 15- second ads py with CBS's sports situation. Very hap - points, but overall, he said, "CBS sports totaled 24 minutes and 15 seconds. At the PY" helps us sell to upscale demos. Rather than $700,000 per 30- second rate, advertisers Grissom and his counterparts at WJBK -TV selling costs per point, it helps us also sell paid CBS $29.85 million. Going by the 4 -1 Detroit (where the game earned a 34.2/54), the whole dream season." In Denver, that ratio networks generally invest in rights KMGH -TV Denver (51.8/81) and San Fran- will include CBS carriage of the NCAA fees and production, CBS may have invest- cisco (54.3/86) all complained that analysts basketball tournament final at the city's al- ed more than $4.5 million in production of had overstressed ratings. "Advertisers pay ready sold -out (meaning no local blackout) the game, on top of its $18 million rights for ratings points, but they also pay for that McNichol Arena. fee. So even if the game cost $22.5 million particular environment," said Grissom. In San Francisco, where KPIX -TV topped to produce, national ads brought in as much "The Super Bowl is still characterized as the 23 metered markets, "we don't need to as $7.35 million profit. event television," meaning that, despite make up a thing" in points to advertisers, "We weren't on the Super Bowl because low ratings, the ads still reached "a lot of said General Sales Manager Kennen Wil- it reaches the largest audience so much as

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Praise for the President. In the palm of President George Bush's hand for about a half hour last Monday (Jan. 29), approximately 1,400 National Religious Broadcasting convention attendees stood for nearly a full minute to applaud the President before he spoke a word and reserved yet stronger ovations for Bush's reaffirmed support of "the sanctity of life," voluntary prayer in schools and religious -based child care. Although NRB President Jerry Rose balanced praise of the current administration with a call for "more evangelical participation" in the federal government, the association and the President were of one mind on a theme that came to dominate the five -day convention. "In a season of miracles," Bush said, "the times are on the side of peace because the world increasingly is on the side of God Story, page 72. because it is sports," said Liz Dolan, pub- lic relations director for Nike, whose 60- second spot featuring top athletes and CBS Capra says `Today' needs tinkering Sports announcers won the highest ratings in USA Today's poll. Like the CBS affili- Look for changes on NBC's Today Show under the leadership of newly installed ates, Nike views the Super Bowl as just the Executive Producer Tom Capra. The program's slide in the ratings, which began beginning of a long campaign through an last year, has intensified with the departure of long -time co -host Jane Pauley. eventful year, said Dolan, adding that Nike Capra, son of Hollywood film director and producer Frank Capra, took the reins indulges in almost no research into the rela- of Today last Monday (Jan. 29) from Marty Ryan. Ryan had served as executive tionship between ratings and sales. "Sports producer of the program since June 1987, when he succeeded Steve Friedman, fans respond to sports ads." who left to develop USA Today on TV for GTG Entertainment. A series of less than ideally competitive NBC News spokeswoman Mary Negroy said Ryan started a one -month vaca- Super Bowls was actually one reason for tion last week and, upon his return, would resume talks with NBC News manage- creating "Bud Bowl II," said Jack Taylor, ment about his future at the network. vice president publicity for Ma- of D'Arcy ABC's Good Morning America started gaining momentum last year, particular- sius Benton & Bowles in St. Louis, which ly in key demographic ratings. And since Pauley's departure from Today, starting created "one of the most watched and re- Jan. 1, GMA has beaten Today in the household race as well. For the first three membered ads in the Bowl," he said, a football game between bottles of Bud and weeks in January, GMA averaged a 4.4/21 compared to Today's 3.8/18. Last Bud Light beers. Anheuser -Busch's invest- September, Today was ahead with a 4.1/21 to GMA's 3.9/19. ment in six "Bud Bowl II" spots totaling 3 "I think the program will come back without any problems," said Capra, minutes, 15 seconds -adding up to $4.55 referring to Today. Capra said he thinks he can revive the show without major million at the $700,000 rate -was "worth- changes. "lt needs some tinkering, not major surgery," he said. while," he said. Changes may include the addition of an entertainment news reporter, expand- Even with the record low prime time ed coverage of daily news events and changes in the show's graphics. ratings, even though the ads were aired The expanded entertainment reporting would be supplemental to the current once each and will never air again and even feature interviews done by Jim Brown, as well as critic Gene Shalit. "We don't do though the USA Today poll ranked four of much entertainment reporting right now," said Capra. There is currently no the six spots near the bottom, Anheuser timetable for getting an entertainment reporter in place. Capra also has to decide Busch is committed to producing "Bud who will replace Deborah Norville as Today news anchor. Bowl III" for Super Bowl XXV. -PDL

Broadcasing Feb 5 1990 30 TOP OF THE WEEK Avianca crash coverage exclusivity in dispute After footage shot by News 12 is used by other organizations, news executives debate nature of journalistic scoops

When does the public interest take priority over a news organization's exclusive foot- age? That is just one of the questions aris- ing in the aftermath of the Jan. 25 Avianca plane crash on Long Island, N.Y. Another question: In this world of advanced mobile satellite technology that allows newsgath- erers to televise from remote sites, how does one keep exclusive footage from end- ing up on stations all over the country? The Avianca coverage is just the latest incident in what seems to be a growing problem. On July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 crash- landed at Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa, and NBC affil- iate KTIV(TV), due to a series of unusual circumstances, found its exclusive footage of the crash being circulated on a Conus Communications uplink to stations all over Shot from crash coverage of 24-hour cable news service, News 12 Long Island the country (BROADCASTING, Aug. 7, to study the issue and try to develop an footage which should automatically become 1989). industry standard. public domain, what are the perimeters? Do And last spring, a CNN spokesman said Bartlett agreed that it is a growing prob- we throw good reporting out because any NBC used 20 seconds of a CNN feed from lem because "with all the material on the time you get a picture or footage of a major Tiananmen Square without permission satellites and with as many different organi- event just because you are smarter and (BROADCASTING, May 22, 1989). zations having legitimate access to some of quicker -it's still not yours exclusively? The above events were marked by confu- these satellite systems and satellite pools, it That does not make sense in the competi- sion, and the Avianca crash was no excep- is very difficult to keep material exclusive tive world we live in." tion. News 12 Long Island, a 24 -hour cable even though that is the intention and is The RTNDA's Bartlett said that "a le- news service, had the edge in coverage of legitimately justified." gitimate news organization that has a legiti- the crash because of its proximity to the On the issue of a policy on satellite foot- mate beat and a legitimate reason for want- crash site. However, CBS, ABC and Fox age, Ed Turner, CNN executive vice presi- ing to preserve its exclusivity because that's all aired News 12 footage, which did not sit dent, said that he "cannot see any kind of the reason people watch it instead of its well with either News 12 or Conus Corn - policy that is going to work in the field. competition should be protected." As for munications, the nationwide newsgathering You get out in the field," Turner said, the News 12 situation, while not being to- service that includes News 12 among its "and you're scrambling to be first and an- tally familiar with the details, Bartlett said members. swer to those producers. It's not a gentle- that it sounded like News 12 probably has a News 12 News Director Norm Fein said manly game." "legitimate beef." -JF that permission to use the footage was giv- The bigger issue to emerge from the di- en to NBC, which owns 50% of News 12's saster coverage is whether exclusive foot- parent company. Permission also was given age should take precedence over "serving VOA cuts services, to Conus and Worldwide TV News. the public interest." Don Dunphy, vice Through Conus, CNN also received per- president, affiliate news services, ABC lays off employes mission to use the footage. Fein told News, feels that "in cases of natural disas- BROADCASTING that he gave instructions ters, the originating entities should make to meet budget not to provide anybody else with footage. that material available to everybody." The However, both CBS and ABC claim that ABC vice president added that "in being The $10.3 million budget squeeze being they were given permission. As it turns out, restrictive we're not doing our jobs." experienced by the U.S. Information Agen- someone at News 12 did give CBS permis- Dunphy stressed that appropriate credit cy (see page 74) went from the abstract to sion without authorization from Fein, but should always be given to the source pro- the concrete on Thursday (Feb. 1) at an Fein said he later rescinded that permission. viding the footage. assembly of several hundred Voice of Tom Goodman, CBS spokesperson, said Fein disagreed: ''In terms of covering .a America personnel. VOA Director Richard that the network was twice told that it could news story, I think there is a proprietary Carlson had called the meeting to announce use footage. As for Fox, a spokesperson for right for people to judge news operations a shutdown of six language services and the the network said that they received their based on the job they do and therefore it's elimination of 57 jobs. "This decision will footage from CNN, with whom they have the right of the news organization to show inhibit our mission. It will cripple our ef- an agreement. its own material and not make it available fectiveness at a time of unprecedented Confusion over who said what to whom to other news organizations." He did say change -and unprecedented opportunity in seems to be the main problem in this partic- that if he had an exclusive about something the world," said Carlson. ular incident. However, since it is very concerning public safety he would share it But he said he could see no alternative, expensive for news organizations to scram- with other stations. given the budget conditions. Carlson said ble their satellite signals, the question re- Former KTIV News Director Van Carter the agency is currently operating under a mains as to what can be done in the future wondered whether it made competitive budget of about $170 million, "about $7 to avoid the either accidental or blatant as- sense to start making hot exclusives the million less than we asked for and need." sumption of someone else's video footage. public's domain. "Does something consti- And under the budget Pesident Bush sent to Fein has written a letter to David Bartlett, tute such an overriding public interest that Congress last week, VOA would receive president of the Radio -Television News Di- the whole idea of exclusive is, perhaps, $175 million. But instead of providing a $5 rectors Association. asking the association untenable? If we agree that there may be million increase, officials say inflation and

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 31 I TOP OF THE WEEK [ J built -in costs, including pay raises, mean language services, good ones, strong ones, programing by 75 hours weekly, cutting that the Voice will require program cuts of rather than 43 poor ones with no audi- back airtime in 15 language services, elimi- more than $3 million- hence, the elimina- ence." nating direct broadcasts in Thai and Portu- tion of the language services. The language services to be cut are Lao, guese, eliminating more than 30 newsroom Carlson said the problem is not new. Greek, Turkish, Slovene (spoken in Yugo- jobs and five correspondent positions and During the four years he has been at the slavia), Uzbek (the language of the Soviet closing five news bureaus. All told, he Voice, he said, he has cut $36 million from Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as of areas said, "we eliminated a total of 22 real the budget. "There has never been a choice of Afghanistan and China) and Swahili jobs." Advertising, promotion and travel in the matter," he said. And while the (spoken in four African countries). have also been slashed. agency in the past would trim costs, Carl- Those amputations, Carlson noted, have "At the very time that other international son said "piecemeal slicing" will no longer come on top of a number of substantial broadcasters are expanding, we will con- suffice. Eliminating six language services, cutbacks since the beginning of 1987. tract," Carlson said. "We will do to our- he said, is essential. If the cuts must be These have included eliminating 113 lan- selves what 30 years of Soviet jamming made, he said, "then we must have 37 solid guage program hours, reducing English was never able to do." Cable goes to court over BMI's blanket licenses NCTA, CATA and Disney file suit emergence of a competitive market. The suits, it has sought to double or triple li- alleging music license scheme suit filed in Washington says that in mar- cense fees, increasing them to 1% of gross violates antitrust laws kets not dominated by BMI "copyright revenues. Another major factor leading to owners deal directly with their customers the suits is BMI's determination to require For 50 years, Broadcast Music Inc. has and compete vigorously." As an example, licenses of cable operators as well as the been granting, for a price, blanket licenses it cites the synchronization licenses, which, networks that serve them. The suit de- for the public performance of the works of it says, "are typically conferred on a per scribes the process as placing "the cable the composers and publishers it repre- composition basis at a fee agreed upon in system operators directly in BMI's licens- sents-at present, 100,000 of them. Last face -to -face negotiations between the copy- ing noose." ASCAP's effort to adopt a week, the cable industry filed two suits right owner and the program producer." similar split- licensing approach is being seeking rulings that the practice violates the The suit also notes that other artists -in- tested in a rate court. antitrust laws. The suits also seek court cluding those with performing rights analo- The effect of such a split -license ap- orders barring BMI from bringing copyright gous to those enjoyed by BMI's affiliates- proach, the Washington suit contends, is to infringement suits against those cable tele- license their works to the producers "at the require every cable operator in the country vision networks and systems refusing to source." Those artists, the suit adds, "have to negotiate license fees with BMI "as a accept BMI's license terms. The cable in- condition of carrying 15, 20 or more pro- dustry says a competitive market for the BMI's strategy gram services -none of which the system licensing of copyright music performing operators have the remotest control over as rights to its members could exist in the involves a take- it -or- to programing, let alone music use." And absence of BMI's blanket licensing prac- leave-it blanket as now constituted, the suit says, cable in- tices. terests must purchase access to the entire The National Cable Television Associa- license priced at supra - BMI repertory, paying a fee that "does not tion, Community Antenna Television Asso- competitive levels and vary in relation to the cost, quality or quan- ciation and the Disney Channel, in a suit tity of the music needed or actually used.' filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, offered to entities with The suit says the BMI strategy is to sup- say the cable industry and its members con- no economic choice plant competition in the music business for front "a cartelized industry in which non- cable television music performing rights negotiable demands for license fees and but to accept it. " "with BMI's take- it -or- leave -it blanket li- terms have been made by the cartel" and cense priced at supra -competitive levels and are "enforced through punitive copyright -from suit offered to entities with no economic choice infringement litigation." The suit alleges filed by cable associations but to accept it." Faced with choosing be- that BMI has violated the consent decree and Disney Channel tween "the fee demands of a cartelized terminating an antitrust suit brought by the industry" and "being sued for copyright government in setting a fee schedule for no BMI -type organization to shield them infringement," the suit says, the plaintiffs cable networks and systems that is "many from the rigors of competition." seek the aid of the court. times higher" than that set for broadcast BMI is the smaller-in terms of its reper- In its class -action suit, ATC and its fel- networks and their stations. The decree pro- tory-of the two organizations that license low plaintiffs say the licensing system BMI hibits discriminatory treatment. the music of virtually all significant corn- has imposed on cable programers and now The other litigation-a class- action posers and publishers in the country. The hopes to impose on cable operators is "a suit-was filed in U.S. District Court in American Society of Composers, Authors classic case of horizontal price -fixing in Los Angeles by American Television & and Publishers is the other. And while violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act." Communications and 16 other cable compa- ASCAP, with a repertory about twice the They say the price fix is horizontal in that nies against not only BMI but nine affiliates size of BMI's 1.5 million works, licenses all of the suppliers to the market for perfor- that have granted BMI the nonexclusive music for cable, it would not necessarily be mance rights are BMI members. And those right to license performance rights to their adversely affected by a court decision going members, the suit adds, "have coercively copyrighted material. That suit also claims against BMI. Lawyers in the Washington removed all alternatives to the blanket li- that BMI violated the Sherman Antitrust case note differences between the two orga- censing method of marketing the right to Act, and says the alleged misuse of copy- nizations -among them, the rate court that perform these copyrighted musical compo- right bars the defendants from filing copy- a consent decree forced ASCAP to incorpo- sitions." right infringement suits. It says that BMI rate as a means of meeting complaints NCTA President James Mooney said the and its members are succeeding "in their about fees. NCTA suit was filed only after years of anticompetitive scheme because of the mo- The suits filed last week are only the failure to "achieve fair and reasonable mu- nopolistic and illegal stranglehold" that latest salvos in a continuing battle between sic licensing fees." But BMI, in a state- they have on the performance rights to mu- the cable industry and the music licensing ment by its vice president and general coun- sic. organization. BMI has brought infringe- sel, Edward W. Chapin, offered a different The suits contend that blanket licenses ment suits against five different cable net- perspective. are unnecessary and serve only to block the works, four in the last six months. In those He said cable operators "have had essen-

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 32 I TOP OF THE WEEK [i - ] tially free use of the works of BMI songwrit- ers, composers and publishers over the past 20 years while the industry grew from infan- Burke in for Murphy at Capcities /ABC cy to a powerful mainstream medium." He called the complaints "groundless," assert- ing that the antitrust issue has been litigated over the years "and in every case found to be without merit." And, he said, "the federal courts have acknowledged that the blanket license is one of the most efficient methods of collecting and distributing royalties" to copy- right holders. As for the split -license ap- proach, he said BMI believes fees must be paid by both the programer and the operator since "each receives revenues from the use of BMI music." As attention was captured by the two suits, BMI and HBO were continuing talks aimed at resolving their music licensing differences, although one HBO source sug- gested the talks had already been resolved (see "Closed Circuit," page 8). BMI in December sued HBO when it balked at the Thomas Murphy Daniel Burke license terms it had set -substantially high- er fees and a license that would not apply to Capital Cities /ABC's board of directors is expected to approve the transfer of the its affiliated distributors; they would have chief executive officer title from Thomas S. Murphy, who would remain the to obtain their own licenses. The suit, filed company's chairman, to Daniel B. Burke, currently its president and chief operat- in New York City, claimed copyright in- ing officer. Murphy announced his plans to recommend the change at the fringement and sought an injunction that company's annual management meeting last week in Phoenix. If the board would prohibit HBO from carrying pro- approves the changes at its meeting next month, Murphy would relinquish the job grams, including movies, containing BMI on June 1, the day after his 65th birthday. music. HBO's license expired on Dec. 31, The company suggested, and observers agreed, the transfer would indicate but was extended until Jan. 31. And last little change in direction for Capital Cities/ABC, where the Murphy -Burke roles week, a BMI spokesman said BMI would have been the same since 1972. a He let that deadline "slip for few days." Said Murphy last week: "I would continue to be involved, but Dan would be the said, are continuing to negotiate in "We final decisionmaker." Burke turned 61 on Feb. 4. good faith." -u Zaleski out in Viacom shift

In major restructuring, syndication division is split under Dennis Gillespie and Michael Gerber In a move that took the industry by sur- prise, Viacom announced last week a re- structuring of its syndication division that saw the resignation of Joe Zaleski, who had been president, domestic syndication, Via- com Enterprises, since 1983. In the restructuring, Viacom Enterprises is being split into two divisions. Dennis Gillespie, 57, who had been the number two executive under Zaleski, becomes pres- Joe Zaleski resigns as presi- Dennis Gillespie, president, Michael Gerber, new presi ident, worldwide marketing, domestic fea- dent of Viacom Enterprises worldwide marketing, domestic dent, first -run, international tures and off-network sales. domestic syndication arm features and off -network sales distribution and acquisitions Michael Gerber, who has had responsi- bility for acquiring the syndication rights to signed, effective within the next 60 to 90 vision, replaces Flanagan in Atlanta. existing product, as well as developing and days. Gerber said he would be looking for a According to Gillespie, Paul Kalvin will producing first -run product, becomes presi- new first -run sales chief both inside and continue as executive vice president, sales, dent, first -run, international distribution outside the company. on the off -network and film sales side, but and acquisitions. On the off-network side, several recent will no longer oversee first-run sales activity. In recent months the company has been moves have occurred. Two regional sales Zaleski's resignation last Lek was the adding to and reorganizing its sales staff in vice presidents have been promoted. Frank denouement of an internal debate that inten- anticipation of last week's major announce- Flanagan moves up to senior vice president, sified in January over the shape of the corn - ments. "They've almost doubled their sales sales, based in New York. He agan had pany's restructuring, as well as the new staff over the past year," said a source with been in charge of the Atlanta office. Dennis roles to be played by the various executives knowledge of the situation. The selling staff Emerson moves from Chicago sales manag- involved. "The result you see is the formal- will also be split along off -network features er to senior vice president, sales, based in ized expression of what Henry Schleiff and first -run lines. Los Angeles. [Viacom Entertainment and Broadcast Gerber, 45, confirmed last week that An- Ken Doyle, a program sales manager Group chief executive] sees as the best way drew Spitzer, who has been vice president, with MTM, replaces Emerson in Chicago to do business," said a company source. first -run sales, reporting to Zaleski, has re- and John Attebery, from Buena Vista Tele- "This has been a stressful situation,"

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 33 TOP OF THE WEEK - 1 Zaleski told BROADCASTING last week. While he declined to discuss the debate in detail, other sources said it was pretty clear FEC investigating Westwood One that Schleiff envisioned a smaller role for Zaleski in the reshaping of the syndication Westwood One Inc. has confirmed reports that the Federal Election Commission division, a role Zaleski would not accept. is looking into allegations of a former employe that the company made $14,000 in "The company and I mutually agreed illegal political contributions to the presidential campaign of Senator Joseph that I resign," Zaleski said. Zaleski, 56, Biden (D -Del.) in 1987. A copy of the complaint, which has circulated among the who joined Viacom Enterprises as general media, says Westwood Chairman Norman J. Pattiz, "secretly financed" cam- sales manager in 1982, said he was taking paign contributions in the names of eight company employes and wives or family some time off to think about his future. He members of six of them. The company said in a news release devoted principally has agreed to consult Viacom Enterprises to its financial condition that it has been advised of the complaint filed by a for a time. whom the company has a dispute." But despite the parting of the ways, Za- "former employe, with Los Angeles, who leski said that "both Viacom and myself The complaint was filed in May 1989 by Mark H. Kress of May 1984 September 1988 as a have had a marvelous relationship for al- had been employed by Westwood from through his by Westwood, is said to most 11 years. We've reached highs never marketing specialist and who, before employment reached before that probably will never be have been a personal friend of Pattiz's. The complaint alleges that 14 personal reached again." contributions, each in the amount of the legal maximum of $1,000, were reim- Zaleski and Gillespie were the main ar- bursed by Westwood One. (Kress may have revised the complaint to allege a chitects of the marketing and sales plan that total of 13 $1,000 checks. Westwood's response refers to an allegation of enabled Viacom to generate over $700 mil- $13,000 in improper contributions.) lion in license fees and barter advertising The company not only owns NBC Radio Network and Mutual Broadcasting from the initial syndication cycle of The System but three radio stations as well- KOLz(FM) Los Angeles and WNEW(AM)- Cosby Show. The plan took a first -run sales WYNY(FM) New York. approach, where the show was sold on a weekly basis (and fed by satellite on a daily basis), and included an unprecedented one - Current first -run shows include Super tions. "We have so much on our plate that minute of barter time in an off-network Mario Brothers Super S)ww, Super Boy, we really needed to decentralize our process comedy. Remote Control and This Morning's Busi- and give each group total focus of their But the company came under criticism ness. Proposed new first -run shows include respective areas." for "overselling" the show, which debuted Entertainment Coast to Coast, America's Gerber also now has responsibility for in syndication in October of 1988. "The Hit List, Super Cop and the Ross Shafer- international distribution. Last week, ratings have been, on average, pretty sol- hosted For Love and War. Gerber said Raul Lefcovich, senior vice id," said one program analyst. "But they "Strategically we're better off with all president, international, would continue to haven't been as high as Zaleski said they the first -run activity under one roof," said oversee day -to -day activity on the interna- would be, and it hasn't lifted entire day - Gerber, the newly named president, first - tional front. Lefcovich had been reporting parts, like he said it would," said the run, international distribution and acquisi- directly to Schleiff. -sM source. That has made the Cosby renewal effort, and the associated launch of A Different Rochester cable channel siphons newsman World, all the more difficult. The two -pro- gram, off-network package that was pro- Rochester cable TV channel WGRC, which Orr said the launch of the station's ex- posed last fall has been picked up, so far, has been stirring up the Rochester television panded newscast is designed to fill a viewer by a very small percentage of the country. market since its launch last September, need, according to SRI and Gallup market Nevertheless, both company officials and scored a major coup last week. The chan- research, for a 10 p.m. local newscast. observers outside the company say that this nel's general manager, John Orr, signed a The newscast will also boost the station's particular problem should not be read as a popular newscaster from the station with sales revenues, projected to be more than factor in Zaleski's departure. "While the market's top- ranked late newscast, $2 million in local and national spot dollars they're announcing it now, the planning on WHEC -TV, to supervise a nightly newscast over the next year, split about evenly be- this has been going on for a long time," on WGRC. tween the two categories. It is estimated said one source, who asked not to be identi- Pete Dobrovitz has signed a two -year that roughly 35% of the market's $47 mil- fied. Indeed, the source said, last week's contract to be WGRC news director, and will lion in annual television advertising dollars news could be read as a move by Schleiff, oversee the launch of the first local nightly is placed in news programing. who joined Viacom in 1987, to finally put 10 p.m. newscast in the Rochester market. The news operation itself will have about "his people in place." (The Fox affiliate there, WUHFITV), has no two dozen staffers, but will be supported by Commenting last week, Schleiff said: local news but does import some stories an operations staff at the Rochester Cab - "To me the essence of [the reorganization] from Fox's WNYWITVI New York.) levision headend of more than 300 people. is the growth in Viacom over the past three Dobrovitz, 36, is a 15 -year television Last year WHEC -TV switched affiliations years. We've been a leading syndicator of news veteran who has worked at all three from CBS to NBC and became the number off -network shows, with a library of 4,000 Rochester network affiliates. Most recent- one newscast at 11 p.m. last November, half hours and some 1,400 hours, as well as ly, Dobrovitz has served as consumer re- and the number two newscast at 6 p.m. 1,500 hours of feature films. That has been porter and director of a consumer investiga- WGRC received some good news from our calling card. tive news team at NBC affiliate WHEC -TV. the FCC last week. The commission de- "But in the last two years we've had He made headlines in Rochester when he nied a request from the CBS affiliate in somewhat surprising success in the area of jumped to that station from ABC affiliate Rochester, WROC -TV. to stop the cable first -run. We are sitting here with eight or WOKR(TV) five years ago. channel from further use of broadcast - nine shows either on the air or being The Dobrovitz appointment is the latest type call letters. The commission told launched. I saw this as an opportunity to raid Orr has carried out against wHEC -Tv. WROC -TV no rules currently exist prevent- structure the company consistent with the His chief engineer, Harry Goldberg, and ing the cable service from using the call product we have." production manager, Phil Smith, also came letters, but noted that currently pending is In addition to A Different World, the from that station. WGRC's top two sales a petition from the Association of Inde- company is formulating plans for the off - executives, Ed Glasgow, general sales pendent Television Stations seeking such network marketing of Roseanne, Matlock manager, and Patty Dollinger, local sales a rule. The INTV petition is still under and Jake and the Fatman. manager, came from WUHF. review, the commission said. -SM

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WYNG(FM), Evansville, IN KZTR(AM/FM), Oxnard- Ventura, CA $5,200,000 WFTC(AM) -WRNS(FM), Kinston, NC $18,600,000 WSOM(AM) -WQXK(FM), Salem- Youngstown, OH $5,500,000 WYAV(FM), Conway -Myrtle Beach, SC WSIX(AM/FM), Nashville, TN $16,000,000 WFBR(AM)- WL1F(FM), Baltimore, MD $32,000,000 KMPZ(FM), Memphis, TN $6,000,000 WFOG(FM), Norfolk, VA $8,000,000 KKBB(FM), Bakersfield, CA $3,300,000 WFTQ(AM) - WAAF(FM), Worcester, MA $15,000,000 WDAN(AM)- WDNL(FM), Danville, IL $2,350,000 WNEW(FM), New York, NY WKMI(AM)- WKFR(FM), Kalamazoo, MI $11,000,000 KTWV(FM), Los Angeles, CA WMMR(FM), Philadelphia, PA KJOI(FM), Los Angeles, CA } $101,500,000 $370,000,000 KHOW(AM)- KSYY(FM), Denver, CO WCPT(AM)- WCXR(FM), Washington, DC 111 $19,000,000 KILT(AM/FM), Houston, TX KJQY(FM), San Diego, CA (to Westwood One)

WLLZ(FM), Detroit, MI KTRH(AM)- KLOL(FM), Houston, DC $70,600,000 KODA(FM), Houston, TX (to Command Comm.) $22,000,000 KSMG(FM), San Antonio, TX i KJQY(FM), San Diego, CA (to Command Comm.) $15,000,000 WMYU(FM), Knoxville, TN $11,600,000 WGKT(AM)-WPHD(FM), Buffalo, NY $6,400,000 WSOK(AM)-WAGU(FM), Savannah, GA

KVKI(AM/FM), Shreveport, LA KNAN(FM), Monroe, IA $11,000,000 $7,000,000 KBFM(FM), McAllen- Brownsville, TX WKXI(AM)-WTYX(FM), Jackson, MS i

KQLH(FM), San Bernardino, CA KRLD(AM) -TSN, Dallas, TX $7,700,000 $86,500,000 KODA(FM), Houston, TX (to Evergreen Media) I Call us today to discuss your growth plansfor the 90's.

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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Television Station WPGH -TV (subsidiary of Lorimar Telepictures Corporation) McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. acquired by pending acquisition of Renaissance Communications Corporation LIN Broadcasting Corporation $32,000,000 $6,900,000,000 Michigan Cable Associates Rogers U.S. Holdings Limited Limited Partnership acquired by acquired by Kl3L Cable, Inc. DF Cablevision Limited Partnership $1,365,000,000 Price not disclosed The Thomson Corporation Rifkiacksonville Associates, Ltd. acquired acquired by The Lawyers Co- operative Publishing Continental Cablevision, Inc. Company Price not disclosed $810,000,000 Rifkiichigan City Associates, Ltd. Investor Group led by Marvin Davis acquired by acquired US Cable of Northern Indiana Spectradyne Inc. Price not disclosed (controlled by SPI Holding Inc.) Cineplex Odeon Corporation $635,000,000 representation of the Special Committee Continental Cablevision, Inc. The Field Corporation recapitalization acquisition of a minority interest in $493,000,000 Heritage Media Corporation R.R. Donnelly & Sons Company Price not disclosed pending acquisition of McGraw -Hill, Inc. The Meredith /Burda Companies acquired $487,500,000 MMS International, Inc. Management Science America, Inc. Price not disclosed pending acquisition by McGraw -Hill, Inc. The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and $393,000,000 Macmillan Inc. The Illinois Operating Group (subsidiary of Maxwell Communication Corporation plc) of Centel Cable Television Company have formed a joint venture called (subsidiary of Centel Corporation) Macmillan /McGraw -Hill School acquired by Publishing Company Jones Intercable Inc. Price not disclosed $340,000,000 Grolier Incorporated The Southeastern Florida sale of Operating Group of Mystic Color Lab, Inc. Centel Cable Television Company to (subsidiary of Centel Corporation) Fotolabo Club S.A. acquired by Price not disclosed Adelphia Communications Corporation Prentice Hall Information Services $310,000,000 and Prentice Hall Information Network The Central Florida Operating Group (subsidiaries of Paramount Communications Inc.) of Centel Cable Television Company acquired by (subsidiary of Centel Corporation) Macmillan Inc. acquired by (subsidiary of Maxwell Communication Corporation plc) American Television and Price not disclosed Communications Corporation Seattle Baseball, L.P. $251,000,000 acquired Independent Television Publications The Seattle Mariners Professional (owned by the Independent Television Companies) Baseball Team acquired by Price not disclosed Reed International P.L.C. $235,000,000 The Ohio Operating Group of Centel Cable Television Company FINANCINGS (subsidiary of Centel Corporation) acquired by Polygram N.V. Warner Cable Communications Inc. 14,000,000 Shares $211,000,000 Common Stock The Michigan Operating Group Continental Cablevision, Inc. of Centel Cable Television Company 12}4% Senior Subordinated Debentures due 2004 (subsidiary of Centel Corporation) $350,000,000 acquired by Senior Subordinated Floating lisle Debentures due 2004 C-TEC Corporation $100,000,000 $210,000,000 Rifkin Acquisition Partners, L.P. Omnicom Group Inc. financing for the acquisitions of cable television systems in acquired Georgia, Illinois, Michigan and Tennessee Bosse Massimi Pollitt PLC $211,451,200 $202,000,000 Omnicom Group Inc. The Kentucky Operating Group 6y4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2004 of Centel Cable Television Company $100,000,000 (subsidiary of Centel Corporation) acquired by The Times Mirror Company 10.20% Notes due 1991 r Simmons Communications $100,000,000 $110,000,000 ¡.,

a 4 MORGAN STANLEY A x x,ä Rr Bold face denotes Morgan Stanley client í $ " - - . ` : ° > t .. properties, cable deals once again surpassed the $10 billion mark in 1989 and prices crept upward. Other megadeals included Jack Kent Cooke's sale of his cable holdings to six cable operators for $1.4 billion and Centel's $1.4 billion sale of its cable division to another cable consortium. The dollar value of radio deals (264 AM's, 204 FM's and 195 AM -FM combinations) totaled $1,148,524,765; televi- sion deals (84 stations), $1,541,055,033, and radio group deals (40 stations), $533,599,078. The bottom line: $3,235,436,376. BROADCASTING'S tabulation include only those deals ap- proved by the FCC in 1989. A list of approved sales of more than $1 million appears on pages 47 -56. Cable deals of more than $100 million are listed on page 45. Sales and transactions by regions

$189,622,600 total sales 32 stations

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$209,343,188 total sa ` 104 stations

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Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 40 36 years of station transactions

Dollar volume of transactions approved by FCC (Number of stations changing hands) YEAR RADIO ONLY GROUPS* TV ONLY TOTAL

1954 $10,224,047 (187) $26,213,323 (18) $23,906,760 (27) $60,344,130

1955 27,333,104 (242) 22,351,602 (11) 23,394,660 (29) 73,079,366 1956 32,563,378 (316) 65,212,055 (24) 17,830,395 (21) 115,605,828 1957 48,207,470 (357) 47,490,884 (28) 28,489,206 (38) 124,187,660 1958 49,868,123 (407) 60,872,618 (17) 16,796,285 (23) 127,537,026 1959 65,544,653 (436) 42,724,727 (15) 15,227,201 (21) 123,496,581

1960 51,763,285 (345) 24,648,400 (10) 22,930,225 (21) 99,341,910 1961 55,532,516 (282) 42,103,708 (13) 31,167,943(24) 128,804,167 1962 59,912,520 (306) 18,822,745 (8) 23,007,638 (16) 101,742,903 1963 43,457,584 (305) 25,045,726 (3) 36,799,768 (16) 105,303,078 1964 52,296,480 (430) 67,185,762 (20) 86,274,494 (36) 205,756,736

1965 55,933,300 (389) 49,756,993 (15) 29,433,473 (32) 135,123,766 1966 76,633,762 (367) 28,510,500 (11) 30,574,054 (31) 135,718,316 1967 59,670,053 (316) 32,086,297 (9) 80,316,223 (30) 172,072,573 1968 71,310,709 (316) 47,556,634 (9) 33,588,069 (20) 152,455,412 1969 108,866,538 (343) 35,037,000 (5) 87,794,032 (32) 231,697,570

1970 86,292,899 (268) 1,038,465 (3) 87,454,078 (19) 174,785,442 1971 125,501,514 (270) 750,000 (2) 267,296,410 (27) 393,547,924 1972 114,424,673 (239) 0 (0) 156,905,864 (37) 271,330,537 1973 160,933,557 (352) 2,812,444 (4) 66,635,144 (25) 230,381,145 1974 168,998,012 (369) 19,800,000 (5) 118,983,462 (24) 307,781,474

1975 131,065,860 (363) 0 (0) 128,420,101 (22) 259,485,961 1976 180,663,820 (413) 1,800,000 (3) 108,459,657 (32) 290,923,477 1977 161,236,169 (344) 0 (0) 128,635,435 (25) 289,871,604 1978 331,557,239 (586) 30,450,000 (5) 289,721,159 (51) 651,728,398 1979 335,597,000 (546) 463,500,000 (52) 317,581,000 (47) 1,116,648,000

1980 339,634,000 (424) 27,000,000 (3) 534,150,000 (35) 876,084,000 1981 447,838,06 (625) 78,400,000 (6) 227,950,000 (24) 754,188,067 1982 470,722,833 (597) 0 (0) 527,675,411 (30) 998,398,244 1983 621,077,876 (669) 332,000,000 (10) 1,902,701,830 (61) 2,854,895,356 1984 977,024,266 (782) 234,500,000 (2) 1,252,023,787 (82) 2,118,056,053

1985 1,414,816,073 (1,558) 962,450,000 (218) 3,290,995,000 (99) 5,668,261,073 1986 1,490,131,426 (959) 1,993,021,955 (192) 2,709,516,490 (128) 6,192,669,871 1987 1,236,355,748 (775) 4,610,965,000 (132) 1,661,832,724 (59) 7,509,154,473 1988 1,841,630,156 (845) 1,326,250,000 (106) 1,779,958,042 (70) 4,947,838,198 1989 1,148,524,765 (663) 533,599,078 (40) 1,541,055,033 (84) 3,235,436,376 (787)

TOTAL $12,653,143,475 $11,253,955,916 $17,685,481,053 $41,604,837,944

Note: Dollar volume figures represent total considerations reported for all transactions with 'Prior to 1971. figures represent total number of deals involving both radio and television exception of minority interest transfers in which control of stations did not change hands and stations. With the 1971 FCC one -to- customer rule, prohibiting sale of co- located N and radio stations sold as part of larger company transactions. Although all sales have been approved by stations. figures represent total of separately located TV and radio stations sold in packages. In FCC. they may not necessarily have reached final closing. Prior to 1978. combined AM -FM 1985, mergers of large groups with collateral interests could not be evaluated. since individual facility was counted as one station in computing total number of stations traded. Now AM -FM stations were not broken out of larger sales. Group sales are now limited to compilations of pure combinations are counted by their individual stations. stations sales -those concerning only television and radio stations.

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 41 Brokers brace for tighter broadcast market

The 36% drop in the total dollar volume of broadcast station assets with which to collateralize." sales last year-from $5 billion to $3.2 billion-confirms Also, banks have begun to take a second look, said Serafin. what station brokers and other close observers of the "Some numbers that were projected in these deals were never met. market have known for a while: the station -trading boom, spurred As a result, the lenders are saying: 'We were relying on these kinds in the 1980's by deregulation, optimistic cash flow and market - of growths to produce X amount of cash flow which never material- growth projections, lenders' infatuation with the medium and the ized.' " advent of new investors, has come to an end. In some cases, the skittishness of lenders has nothing to do with According to a survey of station brokers, 1989 was not a good the broadcasting business, said Jeffery. "Primary lenders have year by any measure. Demand fell as lenders and new investors been concentrated in New England, and many of those banks have retreated from the market and supply rose as owners of highly portfolios that are in some sort of disarray due to real estate loans leveraged stations attempted to cash in or, in some cases, bail out. and the slowdown of the New England economy." And for the market to reach equilibrium, the brokers said, prices Susan Ness, vice president, American Security Bank, Washing- are going to have to come down. The high multiples, leveraged ton, also sees a difficult time for trading. "From the banking buyouts and willing lenders of the 1980's are going to have to give standpoint, you have a sudden shift in economics in the Northeast way to conservative pricing and sellers offering to "take back area where a lot of communications banks reside." Banks, she paper," they said. said, are feeling the pinch from the downturn in real estate and the A "market correction" is coming, said Americom President Dan regulatory industry taking a harder look at HLT's (highly leveraged Gammon. The late 1980's saw "too many dollars chasing too few transactions), which account for 80% of communications deals. deals," he said. On top of all that, Ness said, deals made three or four years ago Bill Cate, president of Chapman Associates, concurred. Prices now have payments due. "A lot of those deals have not performed "exceeded the value of the property and now it's going to catch up as expected...so you'll find that a lot of banks are now facing some the other way," he said. trouble situations in the communications area which will put a The downturn began in the third quarter of 1989, said Randall damper on their ability to lend at significant levels." Jeffery, partner, Media Venture Partners. "We saw banks tighten- Ness looks for a 1990 where the seller will be more willing to ing, we saw many broadcasters not meeting pro formas, and the take a conservative price and be prepared to provide some financ- result and effect was new credit policies which...began the process ing to fill the gap between what the deals are costing and what the of driving station values down." banks are prepared to lend. Jeffery anticipates the market hitting bottom this July. "At that Markets hit hardest from the downturn are in the Northeast and point, owners of radio stations will be clearly aware of the market Southwest, according to Richard Kozacko, of Kozacko -Horton conditions which are, in effect, existing right now." After July, he Co., and Norm Fisher, of Norm Fisher & Associates. said, prices should level off. Kozacko, who is based in Elmira, N.Y., said he has some "In the end of 1989 and at the beginning of 1990 there were concerns about New England banks, which seem to be shying away numerous companies that put both turnaround and mature proper- from broadcasting. Particular problem areas include Massachu- ties on the market," said Glenn Serafin, vice president, radio, setts, Portsmouth, N.H., and Portland, Me. Communications Equity Associates. For Fisher, Austin, Tex., exemplifies the problem. The soft "Many of these offerings are coming from companies that have economy in that area is due to falling real estate values and the drop stated quite clearly that their intent is to bring down the debt load in in oil prices. Fisher looks for overleveraged properties to return to the company or to divest and make acquisitions in larger markets," the market at possibly lower prices because the stations did not Serafin said. As a result, he said, there is "a lot of inventory" in meet cash flow expectations. the 26th to 100th markets. Bob Mahlman Jr., vice president, The Mahlman Co., agreed that The prevailing wisdom, said Gary Stevens of Gary Stevens & the Northeast has "the hiccups as far as the economy is con- Co., is that the multiples used in determining sales prices will go cerned." But he does not think that there is any need for an down "as the result of a 'perceived reduction' in available capi- industry-wide panic. "Any industry has a certain percentage of tal.' entrepreneurs who fail. If five or six big groups go belly up in Some things will not change, Stevens said. "If you have a radio, that is still a very small percentage of what's happening in property in a desirable situation where more than one person is the industry." interested, the selling number will be every bit as strong as it's According to some brokers, new competition has adversely been in the prior years." affected prices. As a result of its 1984 Docket 80 -90 proceeding, Stevens said that this year will see the decline of the "marginal" the FCC has authorized hundreds of new FM stations over the past buyer-"someone who presently doesn't own anything or does not several years. have ready access to investment capital or does not have other The 80 -90 rulemaking has had a "tremendous impact" on small-

Randall Jeffery Glenn Serafin Gary Stevens

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 42 er and medium-sized markets, according to Cate. An average like Chapman's Cate, wonder how to attract a whole demographic medium -sized market that might have had six or eight competitive group that has never listened to AM radio. FM stations before 80 -90 now winds up facing 12 to 15, and, Bob Mahlman is a little more optimistic. "I disagree with the simply speaking, the market has not grown up fast enough to allow idea that whole generations who left AM would not come back if it all of them to be money makers," said Blackburn. could sound just like FM and give the listener five more choices." Not everyone believes the new stations are hurting. "They're not The top 25 markets seem somewhat immune to the negative an issue, and it is very difficult for that type of station to be a factor trends. Americom partner Bill Stedding describes those markets as in major markets," said Stevens. "Every buyer that's trying to "very insulated from the downward pressure on prices that is being negotiate with you has his 80 -90 list, and as soon as you [the experienced in medium and smaller markets." The demand is still sellers] get to a number they don't like, they reach into the 80 -90 high, and generally the things that affect other people in the bag and tell you how the market's going to hell." financing area are not as significant to the larger operator purchas- Stevens thinks that the 80 -90's will be "staggered over a long ing larger market stations, he said. period of time, and in 1990, just as it has been in the 80's, the Class A FM facility in a top -40 market will be a separate trading The TV market did not have one of its better years. And TV broker item with a separate constituency." Ted Hepburn, head of the Ted Hepburn Co., said the stations Broker Ray Rosenblum, who handles small market deals in currently on the market are, for the most part, not good properties. Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, New York and Ohio, said Looking back on years past, Hepburn said people were paying that values in his areas are holding up and new stations have helped "insane prices" for futures that were not there. But, unlike others, make his regions more competitive. he does not blame cable. "When you have a heavily cabled area- Markets getting increased attention, according to Rosenblum, say 70% penetration, 30 channels and premium channels -TV still are Columbus, Ohio, and Harrisburg- Lancaster, Pa. The south gets a 65% share." central Pennsylvania markets are growing, says the regional bro- Hepburn points to former President Reagan's ability to keep ker, in part because of their proximity to Baltimore. inflation down as one of the key factors in stagnant station trading. Despite the uniform concerns of the brokers about trading and "When you bring the inflation rate down to 4% or 5%, that brings prices in 1990, all are adamant about the health of the industry retail sales growth down 4% or 5% and that brings TV marketing overall. Stations will trade for what they are really worth, said revenue down." Jeffery, who, like others, feels that stations have been selling for Veteran TV broker Howard Stark is more optimistic about this artificially high prices. year than he has been for the last few years. In his opinion, the Cate feels the same way, adding that an industry shift toward networks are spending more money to develop better programing. operators (as opposed to entrepreneurs) is "more in tune with the Currently though, Stark feels there aren't many "sellable proper- intent of public service for broadcasters and their community." ties" on the market. However, with what Stark calls "the fear of The other good news, according to Gammon, is that he antici- fragmentation" removed, he looks for 1990 to be "business as pates a decline in interest rates. There is also, according to the usual." Americom broker, a lot of equity looking for good investment Derek Goodman, vice president, Henry Ansbacher Inc., said TV deals: "Radio is a safe harbor for investments.... They're still station values should no longer be based on cash flow, but rather on selling spots and getting more this year than they did last." the future of network television. And he does see that future as AM radio does not receive that same adamant support. Jim particularly bright. Like the railroads, the networks fought against Blackburn thinks that the best thing that could happen to AM is to each other instead of worrying about outside competition, he said. let the large AM stations buy small AM's outside their markets. For the railroads, he said, it was airplanes and trucks; for the That would permit them to expand their signals and have fewer networks, it was cable and the videocassette recorder. strong AM stations, he said. "It gives the person with an otherwise As for brokers, 1990, according to Gary Stevens, will be a possibly valueless AM a way out." telling year. "This is the year that the smart broker will get the job As for the public interest and diversity, Blackburn feels that done, because it's not going to be just 'throwing it up against the since very few people are listening to the smaller AM stations wall'; you're going to have to be very clever in finding your anyway, on balance the public will be better served. Other brokers, buyer." -JF

Did somebody say deal? Ragan Henry may have set a new record for station trading Angeles for $101.5 million and its purchase of Pacific FM's last year when he went on an unprecedented buying spree KOFY -AM -FM San Francisco for $20 million. Another busy group that saw him sign letters of intent to purchase 10 AM's and 13 was Jacor Communications, which purchased KTRH(AM)- FM's. Deals announced included WAKR(AM)- WONE(FM) Akron, KLoL(FM) Houston and KSMG(FM) Seguin, Tex. (San Antonio), Ohio, for $13 million; WRAW(AM) -WRFY(FM) Reading, Pa., for from Rusk Corp. for $70.6 million. In addition, Jacor sold $18.5 million; WCOS -AM -FM Columbia, S.C., for $12.5 million; WMYU(FM) Knoxville, Tenn., to The Dalton Group for $11.2 KJOJ(FM) Conroe, Tex., for $9 million; WOWI(FM) Norfolk, Va., for million. $8.3 million; WAYV -FM Atlantic City, N.J., for $13 million; Groups selling stations also included Emmis Broadcasting WRXJ(AM)- WCRJ -FM Jacksonville, Fla., for $8.6 million; WOWI(FM) and the Noble Broadcast Group. Emmis head Jeff Smulyan Norfolk, Va., for $8.3 million; WQOK(FM) South Boston, Va., for purchased the Seattle Mariners baseball team last year for a $7.475 million, and WRAP(AM) Norfolk, Va., for $400,000. Not all reported $75 million ( "In Brief," Aug. 28, 1989). To finance the of those deals have closed. deal, he announced that he would sell some of his radio Other busy buyers in 1989 included Jerry Lyman. The properties, including KNRJ(FM) Houston, to group owner Na- former RKO General radio group president bought WWNC(AM)- tionwide Communications for $30 million. Noble sold its WBA- WKSF-FM Asheville, N.C., for $25.5 million. Lyman also signed B(AM) Freeport and WBAB -FM Babylon, both New York, for $26 letters of intent for two of Henry's stations, WMXB(FM) Rich- million to BAB Broadcasting Corp., headed by Eddie Simon mond, Va., for $23.5 million, and WXTR(FM) La Plata, Md. and Tony Michaels, the stations' current vice president and (Washington), for $33 million. general manager, respectively. Active among the group owners was Group W with its 10- On the TV front there were two new big name buyers. station acquisition of the Legacy and Metropolitan Broadcast- Quincy Jones headed a group that purchased WNOL(TV) New ing groups worth between $370 million and $385 million. Orleans from TVX Inc., and TV producer Stephen J. Cannell Other big deals include Viacom's purchase of Command entered the station trading world with his $21 million purchase Communications' KHOW(AM) -KSYY(FM) Denver and KJOI(FM) Los of WHNS -TV Asheville, N.C., from Papas Telecasting. -JF

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 43 Brokers see slow but steady cable sales for 1990

Intimations of reregulation have The repercussions of the Federal Reserve combined with market factors to Board's new definition of highly leveraged create slowdown in cable market: transactions for commercial banks is also brokers see trend continuing, but likely to affect cable's ability to borrow, are still bullish on sales said Deevy. "Unfortunately, because of the way the number is being calculated, the IFcars of reregulation and its fallout majority of cable loans are being classified on Wall Street, in concert with un- as highly leveraged transactions," said related concerns in the financial Deevy. The result is that "banks are taking markets, have caused cable system sales a closer look at what exactly their cable activity to slow in recent months. Although exposure is," he said. The HLT question, those factors are unlikely to change soon, concern over reregulation and problems in brokers feel 1990 will still be a healthy the debt market "have caused some short- year. term concerns over cable and cable val- "There is a difference in systems' val- ues," he said. ues," said Jay Dugan, senior vice presi- According to Andy Armstrong, president dent, cable, Communications Equity Asso- of Waller Capital Corp.: "The capital mar- ciates, with some geographic regions, kets are not where they were six months especially the oil states, seeing a slow- ago or nine months ago.... There's been a down. "The market in general probably is whole layer of financing that's been taken attractive from a purchaser's point of view out of the game, meaning the real junk," he because the prices have come down," he said. The Cablevision -Adams Russell deal, said. for instance, he said, "couldn't be done Brian Deevy, president and chief operat- today.... There is no question some deals ing officer of Daniels & Associates, said: are tougher to do than others in today's "There is concern on Wall Street over reg- Jay Dugan market," he said. ulation issues, and it has affected prices." To Dugan, financing has "slowed up Most cable operators want to get the reregu- nated debt and junk bond markets. "Cam- considerably. Banks are repositioning lation issues settled, he said, and it's possi- peau doesn't help any of us," he said, a themselves to really analyze their projec- ble they won't this year. Even if they are reference to the leveraged debt problems of tions. I think they have pulled their horns in settled, there are problems in the financial the owner of Bloomingdale's department a little bit." markets, said Deevy, including the subordi- stores. Armstrong added that "senior lenders have become tougher," which means "ob- taining cable deals will become pricier." He thinks nonbank cable lenders- insur- ance, pension funds-"are going to be- SPECIALIZATION come very important in 1990," he said. The debt is pricier than the banks', he ac- knowledges, but said "I think they are go- ing to play a larger role in '90 than they have in the past couple of years." One effect of the slowdown is that the

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Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 44 1989's major cable sales

I1. r Buyer Price Sub count

Time- Warner merger $11.14 billion 5,569,000 Cooke six M SO's $1.4 billion 660,000 Centel six MSO's $1.4 billion 575,000 NYT Lenfest Group $420 million 162,000 Choice TV Cencom /Gaylord $377 million 138,000 WestMarc TCI* $196 million 550,000 Hearst Intermedia $ 160 -170 million 60,000 Cablevision Sys. -Times Mirror swap $142.5 million 98,000 Hauser King Videocable $131 million 46,000 Gilbert Cablevision Sys. $102.5 million 40,000 First Carolina Falcon $100 million 54,000

'Represents purchase by TCI of 25% of WestMarc it did not already own.

money flow. Over the next several months, ble reregulation or Wall Street concerns to Andy Armstrong he believes, the market will hit its equilibri- work a better deal. "Basically I think you um. "When the pendulum swings, it al- have a lot of people jawboning right now, using pure financial players are fading from the ways swings too far," he said. some of these things as ammunition scene. The slowdown "has stopped the None of the deals on the market are dis- to bring the price down," Armstrong said, tress sales, he out. which turns into speculators a little bit," said Dugan. Adds points "If people don't a self -fulfilling prophecy. Daniels Deevy: "We really have lost the specula- hit their hurdle, they are not going to sell," said it closed $1.9 billion in ca- ble tive buyers and financial buyers who buy to he said. "It's a real paradox because the deals in 1989, $422 million in cable flip." business has never been better, and busi- investment banking and $3 billion in cable financial And it has also hurt some smaller compa- ness prospects, even in the face of reregula- advisory engagements. Waller said nies trying to raise money, said Dugan, or tion, are very, very good. That's the para- it closed $1.4 billion in 1989. CEA said it not raising as much as they'd hoped. The dox," he said. closed $638.8 million in cable deals bigger companies, like ICI and Comcast, Another paradox is that a seller's prob- last year, $44.7 million in cable financings can go abroad, he points out. lem is a buyer's gain, such as using possi- and $102.4 million in broadcast deals. -Ms He thinks buyers "will concentrate on the growth properties" and also on "quality of plant more than they have before." Arm- strong agreed, saying there is "a flight to quality" in both systems and financing. EAGLEWOOD Dugan sees two other factors affecting the system market this year. One is the FCC's new CLI regulations on signal leak- COMMUNICATIONS age, which take effect in July. "They are Car1J. Bernhardt, President going to be pretty tough," said Dugan. Serving approximately 550 subscribers in "The potential seller really has to warrant that he will pass CLI, and the buyer's going Eagle River, Alaska to require that," he said, which will add to the expense of selling systems. "That has has been sold to caused a bit of stir and expense," he said. The other is potential action on the capi- tal gains tax. A relaxation move could cause some owners to sell to take advantage PRIME CABLE of the change, said Dugan. Overall, brokers are optimistic about OF ALASKA, L.P. 1990. Deevy said Daniels has 117 deals D. ($16 billion) in the pipeline, including Jerry Lindauer, Senior Vice President parts of the Cooke transaction (Falcon, Adelphia, Chambers and Intermedia) still to Jim Boyle initiated this transaction, acted as financial close. "We expect our cable brokerage business to remain strong," said Deevy. advisor to, and represented the seller. Armstrong is "still optimistic about where things are going." He said that Wal- ler has negotiated several deals over the past few months, including one last week Frank Boyle Co. "at a very good number.... Despite the MEDIA BROKERS problems with some deals...we're finding it to be a good market." 55 Old Field Point Road, Greenwich, CT 06830 Armstrong believes the capital market is Your lt inning Number is (203) 869 -4433 NAMB having a greater impact on system sales J than reregulatory talk. The financial mar- ISN'T CREEN YOUR FAVORITE COLOR, TOO? kets swing like a pendulum, he said, and they're now swinging too far in restricting

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 45 FCC to applicants: Hurry up and wait

Understaffing in FCC's fee section delay is no big deal. It will take months, if days to stamp something and move it for- is causing delays in processing not years, for them to wend their way ward," said Vince Curtis, of Fletcher, station sale applications through the bureaucracy. Heald & Hildreth. "I think even a week is But for sale applications, any kind of a ridiculous." or some communications attor- delay can be a problem. As parties await A month's delay is "really outrageous," neys, it's "ridiculous" or "outra- FCC approval, financing can fall through, said Robert Jacobi, of Cohn & Marks. F geous"; for others, it's simply tax advantages can disappear and buyers "Nobody should have to wait that long to ironic. can have second thoughts. get a procedure started," he said. "It's an The FCC office charged with collecting According to communications attorneys, offensive situation and nobody seems to and depositing application fees has become the fee section of the Office of Managing have any control over it." a bottleneck, causing what many feel are Director, which records fee payments and "It's horrible," said John Feore, of unreasonable delays in the processing of all deposits checks before sending them on to Dow, Lohnes & Albertson. "It's very diffi- sorts of applications. the appropriate bureau, has been holding up cult to explain to a client that you filed his For most types of applications -those for applications for as much as 20 or 30 days application on Feb. 1, but it doesn't show new broadcast stations, for instance -the over the past few months. ''It was taking 30 up on public notice until Feb. 15. They want to know why it took so long." Lawrence Roberts, of Mullin, Rhyne, Emmons & Topel, sensed the irony of a fee that is supposed to go toward offsetting the cost of processing causing considerable de- lay in the processing. "That seems like an unfair bargain for broadcasters." Under FCC procedures, transfer and as- signment-of- license applications are placed GORDON SHERMAN on public notice for 30 days to give the public an opportunity to petition the FCC to deny. After the 30 -day period, the Mass ASSOCIATES Media Bureau takes up the applications and, if it finds no problems and if the deal raises no new policy issues, grants it within a week or so. Parties can then go to closing, BROKERS MEDIA although the FCC grant is not considered final for an additional 40 days. The attorneys have no complaints about the bureau's efficiency in handling applica- LIKE NOBODY tions after they come off public notice. In- deed, most praise its work on acting promptly on them. ELSE. However, they have little tolerance for any delays of more than a few days caused by what they call the "fee cage" in pro- cessing their applications and getting them up to the bureau so they can be put on Television stations. Radio stations. Cable public notice. T.V. systems. The next time your company Mickey Williams, chief of the fee sec- tion, acknowledged that her office had is of or investor group looking for one the "quite a bad" backlog of about 15 working above, look to Gordon Sherman Associates, days last December and in early January. But, after working two weekends, she said, Broadcast Pioneers. she and her staff have managed to whittle it down to between five and seven days. Her The Industry Moves With Us. hope, she said, is to soon get it back to three days as specified in the office's oper- ating guidelines. Williams said critics would have to look elsewhere -the mailroom or the bureau - for what turned her office's I5 -day backlog into a 30 -day delay in getting applications on public notice. As Williams explained, after applications leave they are sent by the 2000 West Glades Road agency's inter -office mail to the Mass Me- Suite 206, Boca Raton.. dia Bureau. Once there, clerks put them on Florida 33431 public notice by keying certain information Gordon Sherman into a computer. (407) I 395 -7003 A S S O C A T E S Williams said the backlog developed Broadcast Pioneerssm when the office's chronic understaffing was exacerbated by year -end leavetaking. The seven -person office limped along with just three during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, she said. Even if the fee cage gets completely caught up, it may be difficult for it to stay caught up. One of the office's three clerks

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 46 who code and enter each application into a are going to be in a backlog situation for The FCC has used lock box banks on computer resigned two weeks ago, Wil- some time," he said. "There are no quick occasion -in the receipt of rural cellular liams said. And under the FCC's partial fixes." applications, for one -with great success, hiring freeze imposed due to the agency's Holleran also acknowledged that the situ- Holleran said. They may be "the most ef- budgetary restraints, she said, the clerk can- ation may get worse on May 21 when, by fective way to process this type of thing," not be replaced immediately. She can hire act of Congress last year, the types of appli- he said. just one person to fill every two vacancies. cations requiring fees increase dramatical- One such bank is in Pittsburgh, Holleran Tom Holleran, deputy associate manag- ly. That will mean a lot more work for the said. If the FCC chooses to pass all of its ing director for operations, Office of Man- already overworked fee section, he said. incoming applications through this bank, he aging Director, which oversees the fee sec- Holleran said the managing director's of- said, the FCC will use its own courier to tion, concurred with Williams's analysis, fice is looking at a number of solutions. move the applications from Pittsburgh to adding that the office is also plagued by One is to bring in some temporary help. Washington for processing. So as not to "spikes" in the volume of fee -attached ap- "It's a possibility, but how close we are to inconvenience parties or increase the cost of plications, which can cause backlogs. that, I don't know," he said. filing, he said, the FCC will consider con- "The staffing situation has deteriorated Another that has gained some support at tinuing to accept applications in Washing- over the past couple of years," he said. the agency is to turn over the receipt and ton and ship them to Pittsburgh. And the clerks that the office needs are depositing of fees to a third party-a "lock Another solution may come from Capitol difficult to find at the salaries the FCC is box" bank that is already acting as a U.S. Hill, Holleran said. Pending in the House able to pay-between $13,000 and $17,000 Treasury depository, Holleran said. and Senate are proposals that would allow to start. "Processors are on the low end of According to Holleran, the lock box idea the FCC to retain 2% or 4% of the filing the pay scale," he said. "Burnout is high; will be proposed in a rulemaking the FCC fees for processing applications, he said. turnover is high." has to get under way in a few weeks to Such a measure would give the agency the Holleran did not share Williams's opti- implement the new fees mandated by Con- money it needs to continue processing the mism about clearing up the backlogs. "We gress. applications in- house, he said. -HAJ The 1989 $1 million and up club Following are station sales of at least $1 Buyer: Pacific Telecom Colorado million that were approved by the FCC Price: $7,799,078 Den re r during 1989. Properties: WUNO(AM) San Juan and WFID(AM) KDVR(TV) Rio Piedras, both Puerto Rico Seller: BMA Corporation Seller: Acosta Broadcasting Corp. of San Juan, Buyer: Chase Communications Inc. Groups Puerto Rico, Price: $12 million Buyer: Win Communications Price: $6.8 million Price: $385 Florida million Properties: KBFM -FM Edinburg and KVKI -AM -FM Jacksonville Properties: WMMR(FM) Philadelphia, Shreveport, both Louisiana PA; WAWS(TV) KTWV(FM) Los Angeles; WNEW(FM) New York; Seller: Encore Communications Associates LP Seller: Malrite of New York KYW AM -FM Philadelphia; KILT-AM -FM Houston; Buyer: Waldron Partners Clear Channel Television Inc. WLLZ -FM Detroit Buyer: Price: $8.1 million Seller: Sillerman -Magee Communications Man- agement Corp. Georgia Buyer: Group W Radio Inc. TV's Atlanta Price: $65 million WVEU(TV) Broadcasting Corp. of Georgia Properties: WEST(AM) -WLEV(FM) Easton, Alabama Seller: Silver King Broadcasting Co. WQWK -FM University Park, WRSC(AM) State Montgomery Buyer: HSN College and WRKZ-FM Hershey, all Pennsylvania; WMCF(TV) Price: $13 million WTAD(AM)- WQCY-FM Quincy, Ill.; WWAZ(AM)- Seller: Word of God Fellowship Inc. Columbus WWLI(FM) Providence, R.I. Buyer: League of Prayer Inc. WTVM(TV) Seller: Eastern Broadcasting Corp. Price: $2.395 million Seller: Pegasus Broadcasting of Columbus Buyer: TMZ Broadcasting Co. Tuscaloosa Buyer: WTVM Television Inc. Price: $45 million Price: $34 million WCFTTV Beam Broadcasters Ltd. WXTX(TV) Properties: WHJJ(AM) -WHJY(FM) Providence, Seller: Buyer: Heritage Broadcasting Co. of Alabama Seller: Columbus Family TV R.I.; WVEZ -AM -FM Louisville, Ky. Price: $1 million Buyer: Columbus Family Broadcasting Inc. Seller: Robert Fish and Janet R. Karger Price: $2,832,522 Buyer: Griffin Group Arizona Price: $25 million Phoen i.r Hawaii Properties: WPTX(AM) -WMDM -FM Lexington KTVW(TV) Honolulu Park, WBMD(AM) Baltimore and WQSR -FM Ca- Seller: The Seven Hills Television Co. KHAI(TV) tonsville, all Maryland Buyer: Hallmark Acquisition Inc. Seller: Honolulu Family Television Ltd. Seller: Key Broadcasting Corp. Price: $23 million Buyer: KHAI Inc. Buyer: Sconnix Broadcasting Co. Price: $1.5 million Price: $11.75 million California KMGT(TV) Properties: KKAM(AM) -KBOS -FM Fresno and El Centro Seller: Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters Inc KIST(AM)- KMGQ(FM) Santa Barbara, both Cali- KECY(TV) Buyer: Oceania Broadcasting Network Inc. fornia Seller: John Smart Price: $4.3 million Seller: Radio Fresno Inc. Buyer: Katherine R. Everett, Robinson O. Everett Buyer: Jayveeco LP Price: $1.565 million Illinois Price $10 million Sacramento Rockford Properties: KIZN(AM) Boise, Idaho; KQLO(AM) KTXL(TV) WQRF(TV) Reno; KDUK(AM) Eugene, Ore.; KWNZ -FM Car- Seller: Camellia City Telecasters Inc. Seller: Family Group Ltd. son City, Nev.; KLCX -FM Florence, Ore. Buyer: Channel 40 Licensee Inc. Buyer: Petracom Inc. Seller: Constant Communications Inc. Price: $56 million Price: $2 million

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 47 Indiana Grand Rapids New )brk Fort Wayne WZZM -TV Albany WPTA -TV Seller: Western Michigan Broadcasting Corp. WTEN(TV) Seller: Pulitzer Broadcasting Co. Buyer: NTG Inc. Seller: Knight -Ridder Broadcasting Inc. Buyer: Granite Broadcasting Corp. Price: $120 million Buyer: Young Broadcasting Inc. Price: $25.15 million Sault Ste. Marie Price: $32 million WWUP(TV)- WWTV(TV) Cadillac Buffalo Iowa Seller: Wilson Communications Inc. WNYB(TV) Davenport Buyer: Heritage Broadcasting Co. of Michigan Seller: Niagara Frontier Broadcasting Partners KWQC(TV) Price: $10.4 million Buyer: Tri -State Christian TV Seller: Palmer Communications Inc. Price: $2.5 million Buyer: Broad Street Television Corp Rochester Price: $45.82 million Mississippi Gulfport WUHF-TV Rochester Sioux City York WXXV TV Seller: Mainte TV of New KTIV(TV) Buyer: ACT Ill Broadcasting of Rochester Inc. Seller: Four -O Inc., debtor in possession KTIV Television Co. Price: $12 million Seller: Buyer: AM South Bank Buyer: Quincy Newspapers Inc. Price: $2,436,355 Price: $20.75 million Jackson Ohio WTAT(TV) Cincinnati Louisiana Seller: Magnolia Broadcasting Corp. New Wlll(TV) Orleans Buyer: NTG Inc. WNOL(TV) Seller: Channel 64 Acquisition Inc. Price: $120 million Buyer: Abry Communications Seller: TVX of New Orleans Inc. Price: $8 million Buyer: Quincy Jones Broadcasting Inc. Jackson Price: $7.1 million WDBD -TV Dayton Seller: C. Kenneth Still, Trustee WKEF -TV WDSU(TV) Buyer: D &K Broadcast Properties Ltd. Seller: Adams TV of Dayton Inc. Seller: Cosmos Broadcasting Corp. Price: $9 million Buyer: KT Communications L.P. Buyer: Pulitzer Broadcasting Co. Price: $71.5 million Price: $46.8 million Missouri Kentucky St. Louis KDNL(TV) Pennsylvania Erie WDKY(TV) Seller: KDNL Inc. WSEE-TV Seller: WDKY License Co. Buyer: Atlantic Broadcasting Co. Seller: Keystone Broadcasting Corp. Buyer: MMC Television Corp. Price: $21.5 million Buyer: NTG Inc. Price: $9.5 million Price: $120 million Maryland Nevada Wilkes -Barre Baltimore WBRE(TV) KCRL(TV) Seller: WBRE Associates WNUV(TV) Seller: The Cord Foundation Buyer: Adams TV of Wilkes -Barre Inc. Seller: New Vision Associates Ltd. Buyer: Sunbelt Broadcasting Co. Price: $40 million Buyer: Baltco Price: $24.45 million Price: $20 million Altoona WATM-TV Seller: Evergreen Broadcasting Corp. Michigan New Mexico Buyer: Auburn Television Group Inc. Ann Arbor Roswell Price: $2.4 million WIHT(TV) KBIM(TV) Seller: Fab Communications Inc. Seller: Holsum Inc. Buyer: Blackstar Communications Inc. Buyer: New Mexico Broadcasting Co. Price: $4.35 million Price: $5 million Rhode Island Flint Albuquerqu e WNAC-TV WJRFTV KNAT(TV) Seller: Rhode Island Broadcasting Corp. Seller: Knight Ridder Broadcasting Inc. Seller: Trinity Broadcasting of Arizona Inc. Buyer: NTG Inc. Buyer: SJL of Kansas Corp. Buyer: All American TV Inc. Price: $120 million Price: $39 million Price: $2.5 million

South Carolina Charleston CONFIDENTIAL BROKERAGE WTAT(TV) Seller: Charleston Television Ltd. AND INVESTMENT SERVICES TO THE Buyer: ACTV of Charleston SC Inc. Price: $5 million COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY.

Cincinnati, OH: (513) 381 -7775. Richard C. Cnslet Clyde G. Haehnle, John D. Chapman, Tennessee Gloria Bushelman. Ithaca, NY: (607) 257-6283 John B. Babcock New York, NY (718) 544 -2519 Donald E. Clancy. G reeneville (402) 475 -5285 W. Tampa, FL (813) 264-2346 Mark W. Jorgenson. Lincoln, NE: Richard Chapin. WETO -TV Special Consultant Ward L Quaal Company, Chicago, IL: (312) 644 -6066 and Los Angeles, CA (714)644-5503. Seller: East Tennessee's Own Inc. Buyer: East Tennessee Broadcasting Corp. Price: $1.85 million CIZISLEIZ Memphis RC. CRISLER & CO, INC WMKW(TV) Seller: TVX Inc. Buyer: Newtel Inc. Price: $10.75 million

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 48 Nashville Prattville Los Osos- Baywood Park WSV(TV) WQIM(FM) KLZZ(FM) Seller: Gillett Broadcasting of Tennessee Inc. Seller: Downs Broadcasting Inc. Seller: Diaz Broadcasting Co. Buyer: Cook Inlet Communications LP Buyer: Central Life Broadcasting of Alabama Inc. Buyer: Stratosphere Broadcasting Price: $125 miNion Price: $3 million Price: $1.3 million WKRN(TV) Ojai' Seller: Knight -Ridder Broadcasting Inc. Arkansas KMYX -FM Buyer: Young Broadcasting of Nashville Inc. Osceola Seller: Michael R. Thomas Price: $42 million KMPZ -FM Buyer: Eric Chandler Ltd. Inc. Seller: The Dittman Group Inc. Price: $1.8 million Texas Buyer: Diamond Broadcasting Inc. Pismo Beach Harker Heights Price: $6 million KPGA -FM KIXS- FM-KIIZ(AM) Killeen Seller: from U.S. Media Co. Seller: Mid -Texas Radio Communications Inc. California Buyer: James H. Elison Buyer: Centroplex Radio Corp. of Texas Grocer Cit y Price: $1.05 million Price: $2.7 million KOSZ(FM) Sa n Bernardino Jackonville Seller: R&L Broadcasters KQLH(FM) P -B Broadcasting Inc. KETK(TV) Buyer: Seller: Major Market Stations, debtor in posses- million Seller: Texas American Broadcasting Ltd. Price: $1.225 sion Buyer: Region 56 Network Inc. Hollister Bayer: Keymarket of California Price: $7,452,323 KHIP(FM) Price: $7.7 million Lufkin and Tyler Seller: Benedek Broadcasting Corp. South Lake Tahoe KTRE -TV and KLTV(TV) Buyer: KHIP Partners KRLT FM Seller: Buford TV Inc. Price: $1,860,284 Seller: Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting Corp. Buyer: Civic Communications Corp. Il Los Angeles Buyer: Regency Communications Ltd. Price: $42 million KFAC -FM Price: $1.25 million San Antonio Seller: Classic Communications of Los Angeles KABB(TV) LP Seller: Alamo Broadcasting Corp. Buyer: Evergreen Media Corp. $55 million Buyer: River City Television Partners L.P. Price: Connecticut Price: $11.5 million Los Gatos Ha r(ford -FM Wichita Falls KATD(FM) WLVH Seller: Sage Broadcasting Corp. KJTL(TV) Seller: Joe C. Rosa Broadcasting Co. Buyer: Daytona Group of Connecticut Inc. Seller: Wichita Falls Television Ltd. Buyer: Crown million Price $7.618 million Buyer: 1st BSP Broadcasting Inc. Price: $5 Price: $1.587 million

Virginia Norfolk WTVZ -TV Seller: TVX of Nashville Inc. Buyer: WTVZ Inc. Price: $10.75 million Portsmouth WYAH -TV \WOwuA Seller: CBN Continental Broadcasting Network Buyer: Centennial Communications Inc. Price: $8.2 million Co'wthm SELECTION Wisconsin Chippawa Falls and Green Bay WEUX -TV and WGBA(TV) OF MoNEy Seller: Family Group Ltd. III Buyer: Krypton Broadcasting Corp. Price: $7 million Crisler Capital has the resources and investment banking expertise to help you arrange senior debt, mezzanine debt and Puerto Rico a media acquisitions, including San Juan equity financing for variety of WKAQ -TV television and radio stations and newspapers. Seller: Telemundo of Puerto Rico Inc. Buyer: TPR Television Inc. If you're considering a purchase of a property, Price: $160 million or looking to refinance, call Dean Meiszer, Pres- ident of Crisler Capital Company at (513) 241 -1844.

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Alabama Fayette WHKW(FM) Seller: Radio WHKW Inc. Buyer: Tuscaloosa Broadcasting Co. Price: $1.25 million

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 49 Florida Buyer: New City Broadcasting Inc. Hutchinson Bradenton Price: $15 million KHUT-FM WJIS -FM Seller: Fred Conger Seller: Evangel Christian School Inc. Illinois Buyer: Nuco TV Inc. Radio Training Network Inc. Price: $1.4 million Buyer: Dundee Price: $1.1 million WCRM(FM) Ottawa Leesburg Seller: CLW Communications Group KHUM(FM) WHLY(FM) Buyer: Atlantic Morris Broadcasting Inc. Seller: Arrow Communications Inc. Seller: General Broadcasting of Florida Inc. Price: $1.5 million Buyer: Shaffer Broadcasting Systems Inc. Buyer: J.J. Taylor Companies Inc. Price: $1.5 million Price: $12 million Lehigh Acres Indiana Indianapolis Kentucky WOOJ(FM) WTPI -FM Russell i.i/I e Seller: Robert Dwyer WBVR -FM Buyer: Sandab Comm. of Fort Myers Ltd. Seller: Somerset Broadcasting Inc. Seller: Target Communications of Kentucky Inc. Price: $3 million Bayer: Pinnacle Broadcasting Corp. Price: $12 million Buyer: Keymarket Communications Pensacola Price: $5.25 million WOWW(FM) Seller: Colonial Broadcasting Co. Inc. Iowa Buyer: Sunmedia Inc. Atlantic Massachusetts Price: $5 million KOMJ(FM) Brookline WBOS(FM) l''ero Beach Seller: Valley Broadcasting Inc. Seller: Channel Broadcasting Inc. WAVW FM Buyer: Ovation Broadcasting Inc. Buyer: Ackerley Communications of Massachu- Seller: Treasure Coast Radio Inc. Price: $5.575 million setts Inc. Buyer: Treasure Coast Media Inc. Price: $19.3 million Price: $2.1 million Kansas Waltham Arkansas City WDLW(FM) Georgia KWKL-FM Seller: Acton Communications of Massachusetts Kingsland Kelsey Broadcasting Seller: Corp. Buyer: The Boston Radio Group Inc. WKBX -FM Buyer: Harris Broadcasting System Inc. Price: $1.15 million Seller: Kings Bay Area Broadcasting Co. Price: $2.3 million Buyer: Radio Kings Bay Inc. Leavenworth Price: $1 million KCWV(FM) Mississippi Moss Point La Grange Seller: Wodlinger Broadcasting Co. WEKS(FM) Buyer: WTMJ Inc. WKKY-FM Seller: Zapis Communications Corp. Price: $6 million Seller: Jackson County Broadcasting Co. Buyer: Waldron Partners, LP Price: $1.5 million

Missouri St. Genevieve KSTZ(FM) Seller: Channel One Communications Inc. Buyer: Adams Communications Corp. Price: $6.5 million

Texas Network Affiliates Nevada Carson City Excellent near term growth potential. KNIS(FM) Priced attractively, Seller: Western Inspirational Broadcasters Inc. Buyer: Sapphire Broadcasting Inc. Stations are #1 and #2 in their respective markets. Price: $1.5 million Strong management, Positive cash flow. Las ['egos KMZQ -FM No capital improvements necessary. Seller: Olympia Broadcasting Buyer: Commonwealth Broadcasting of Northern For a complete offering circular contact California Price: $6.7 million Ted or Todd Hepburn. KRLV(FM) Seller: A&A Broadcasting Corp. Buyer: Wescom of Nevada Inc. Price: $3.5 million Pahruwp THE KUDA -FM Seller: Professional Broadcasting Inc. Gl"E>C Buyer: Americom Las Vegas LP CoOP Price: $4 million Ted Hepburn, President Todd Hepburn, Vice -President New Hampshire 325 Garden Rd., Palm Beach, Florida 33480 P.O. Box 42401, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 (407) 863 -8995 (513) 791 .8730 Newport WXXK(FM) Seller: The Radioactive Group Inc. Buyer: Mountain View Broadcasting Inc. Price: $2 million

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 50 New Jersey Buyer: S & P Broadcasting Cape May Court House Price: $1 million WBNJ(FM) Boyertown Seller: Canruss Inc. WBYO(FM) Buyer: Gateway Broadcasting Corp. Seller: David G. Hendricks Price: $1.47 million Buyer: Legend Communication of Pa. Price: $3.3 million New York Briarcliff Manor WZFM -FM South Carolina Seller: Sage Broadcasting Corp. of Briarcliff Columbia Buyer: West -Land Communicators Inc. WSCQ(FM) Price: $5 million Seller: Congaree Broadcasters Inc. WSCQ Inc. New York Buyer: Price: $4.2 million WRKS(FM) Seller: S/C Communications Greenville Buyer: Summit -New York Broadcasting Corp. WLFJ(FM) Price: $50 million Seller: Evangel Christian School Inc. Buffalo Buyer: Radio Training Network Inc. Price: $1.1 million WJYE-FM Seller: Speed -O -Print Business Machine Corp. Orangeburg Buyer: LWB Allentown Corp. WTCB(FM) Price: $6 million Seller: Keymarket Communications of Columbia Rotterdam Buyer: Radio South Carolina Inc. Price: $4.345 million WNYJ -FM James A. Gammon, President Seller: WNYQ Inc. Buyer: Radioactive Group Inc. Texas Price: $2.32 million Corpus Christi KSTE -FM North Carolina Seller: American Wireless Co. COMPETENCE Dunn Buyer: Thom E. Smith WDKS -FM Price: $2.313 million AND Seller: Landsman -Webster Comm. of N.C. Conroe Buyer: Metropolitan Broadcasting NC Inc. of KJOJ(FM) Price: $2 million INTEGRITY Seller: Jimmy Swaggart Ministries Inc. Moyock Buyer: Six Chiefs Company Inc. WOFM -FM Price: $8 million Seller: Joseph J. Kennedy, Michael Kromirs, Monahans Identifying James R. Reese, F. Hunt James KGEE-FM Buyer: John Broomfield Seller: KGEE -FM Communications Inc. the Objective Price: $3.075 million Buyer: Michael L. Owens and Tommy R. Vascocu Statesville Price: $1,013,870 WLVK -FM Negotiating Seller: Capitol Broadcasting Corp. Buyer: Trumper Communications Inc. Utah the Transaction Price: $7 million Ogden KDAB(FM) Ohio Seller: Albimar Utah LP Beavercreek Buyer: Devine Media Inc. WYMJ(FM) Price: $1,838,750 Seller: Ohio Broadcast Associates Spanish Fork Buyer: Daytona Radio Inc. KBER -FM Price: $3 million Seller: KBER Inc. Buyer: Ironclad Radio Inc. Price: $1 million c Oklahoma Bethany KJIL(FM) GAMMON Seller: Jimmy Swaggart Ministries Inc. Vermont Buyer: Broadcast Equities Inc. South Burlington M E D I A Price: $1 million WXXX -FM Seller: Metro- NetVermont Inc. BROKERS, INC,. Oklahoma City Buyer: Atlantic Ventures of N.Y. KKNG -FM Price: $2.975 million Radio & Television Brokerage Seller: NewCity Broadcasting Co. Buyer: Allentown FM Inc. 1925 K Street, NW, Suite 304 Price: $3.5 million Virginia Washington, DC 20006 Okmulgee Norfolk 202 -862 -2020 KOKL(FM) WNVZ -FM Seller: Brewer Communications Inc. Seller: WWMX Inc. Member: National Association of Media Broken Buyer: Integrated Broadcasting Co. Buyer: Michael E. Schwartz & Donald L. Wilks (NAMB), NAB Price: $1.4 million Price: $5.47 million Norfolk Pennsylvania WOWI(FM) Bellwood Seller: Willis Broadcasting Corp. WALY FM Buyer: Ten Chiefs Co. Seller: Mid -Atlantic Radio Inc. Price: $8.3 million

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 51 Spotsylvania Buyer: KZOZ Radio Inc. WYND(FM) AM-FM's Price: $2 million Seller: Richard J. Hayes & Associates Inc. Camarillo Paco -Jon Broadcasting Corp. Buyer: KZTR(AM) Santa Paula and !MR-FM Price: million $1.2 Alabama Seller: Golden Bear Broadcasting Inc. Suffolk Anniston Buyer: Mar -Corn Communications Inc. WFOG -FM WHMA(AM)-FM Price: $3.7 million Seller: JAG Communications Inc. Seller: Anniston Radio Inc. Carmel and Monterey Buyer: Emerald Broadcasting of the South Inc. Buyer: Sunshine Wireless Co. KXDC-FM and KXDC(AM) million Price: $7.5 million Price: $8 Seller: Carmel Broadcast Associates Inc. Williamsburg Tuscaloosa Buyer: Western Media Group Corp. WQSF(FM) WACT(AM) -FM Price: $2.65 million Seller: Richmond Radio Ltd. Partnership Seller: New South Radio Inc. George and Victorrille Buyer: Taylor Broadcasting Buyer: Keymarket of Virginia Inc. KATJ(FM) and KCIN(AM) million Price: $2.25 million Price: $3 Seller: Sid King and Crown Broadcasting Buyer: Victor Valley Broadcasting Arkansas Price: $1.36 million Fort Smith Lake Arrowhead and San Bernardino Wisconsin KWHN(AM) -KMAG -FM KBON -FM and KCKC(AM) Racine Seller: Johnson Communications Inc. Seller: Riverdino Broadcasting Corp. WBZN(AM) -FM Buyer: Fort Smith FM Inc. Buyer: Inland Empire Broadcasting Corp. Seller: Stephen Adams Price: million $1.2 Price: $4.6 million Buyer: Channel One Communications Inc. Texarkana Price: $3 million Lancaster KOSY(AM)-FM KHJJ(AM)- KKZZ -FM Ripon Seller: Gateway Broadcasting Co. Seller: Valley Wide Broadcasting Inc. WCWC(AM) -WYUR -FM Broadcasters Buyer: Unlimited Inc. Buyer: Eric Chandler Ltd. Inc. Seller: Denovocom Inc. Price: $1.1 million Price: million Buyer: Wisconsin Radio LP $3 Price: $1.41 million Merced California KYOS(AM) -KMYT(FM) Anaheim Seller: Radio One Inc. KORG(AM) -KEZY FM Buyer: Merced Radio Partners L.P. Puerto Rico Seller: Anaheim Broadcasting Corp. Price: $1.755 million San Juan Buyer: ML Media Partners Price: $15.125 million San Diego WZNT(FM) KCBQ(AM) -FM Seller: Huella Communications Inc. Arroyo Grande and San Luis Obispo Seller: EricChandler Ltd. Inc. Buyer: Rafael 011er KKAL(AM) and KZOZ-FM Buyer: Adams Radio of San Diego Inc. Price: $1.2 million Seller: David Y. Farmer, Receiver Price: $23.5 million San Luis Obispo KKAL(AM) Arroyo Grande and KZOZ -FM Seller: David Y. Farmer, receiver Buyer: KZOZ Radio Inc. Price: $2 million Salinas- Monterey KNZS(AM) -KMBY FM OUR C.DSELECTIONS Seller: Cypress Communications Inc. Buyer: KMBY Inc. Price: $3.55 million EMERGING MARKETS Santa Barbara and Goleta (Transactions From $5 to $20 Million) KIST(AM) and KMGQ -FM Seller: Radio Fresno Inc. MAJOR MARKET RADIO Buyer: Jayveeco LP Price: $11.75 million Susanville INDEPENDENT TELEVISION KSUE -AM -FM Seller: Radio Lassen CABLE PROGRAMMING Buyer: Sierra Broadcasting Corp. Price: $950,000 Ventura NETWORK AFFILIATES KOGO(AM) -KBBY FM Seller: Ventura Broadcast Associates Buyer: Buena Ventura Inc. Price: $6.7 million

FOR EQUITY CAPITAL Colorado CONTACT Deuce). and Aurora KOSI -FM and KEZW(AM) Seller: D & D Broadcasting Inc. The THE MOST HIGHLY TUNED Buyer: Shepard Communications of Grand Rapids I rmañ C.D. PLAYER Price: $2,000,100 les IN THE INDUSTRY Grand Junction 15o FASI 58TH S FREE I. NEW YORK NEW YORK 10155 (212)980 -4455 KQIL(AM)- KQIX(FM) Seller: Mesa Broadcasting Co. Communication Deals Buyer: Airwaves Communications Inc. Price: $1.3 million

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 52 Connecticut Rockford oicenshoro New London WRRR(AM)- WYBR -FM WOMI(AM)- WBKR(FM) WNLC(AM)-WTYD(FM) Seller: North Star Broadcasting Inc. Seller: Lawrence W. Hager Jr. Seller: Drubner Broadcasting Buyer: Robert E. Rhea Jr. Buyer: John S. Hager Buyer: Andross Communications Price: $1.35 million Price: $3.3 million Price: $5.2 million Springfieldd Norwalk WTAX(AM)- WDBR -FM WNLK(AM) -WGMX-FM Seller: Sage Broadcasting Corp. Louisiana Seller: Hanson Communications Inc. Buyer: Lake Shore Communications Corp. Baton Rouge Price: $4 million Buyer: CRB of Norwalk Inc. WJBO(AM)- WFMF(FM) Price: $5 million Seller: Baton Rouge Broadcasting Stamford Indiana Buyer: Noland-Jenne Broadcasting Inc. WSTC(AM)- WJAZ -FM Bedford Price: $9,091,194 Seller: Chase Broadcasting of Stamford Inc. WBIW(AM)- WQRK(FM) New Orleans Buyer: Forrest Broadcasting Co. Inc. Seller: Mid-America Radio Group Inc. WNOE(AM) -FM Buyer: Ad-Venture Media Inc. Price: $9 million Seller: WNOE Inc. million Price: $1 Buyer: Newmarket Media Corp. Price: $7.24 million Florida Kansas Arcadia WWLAM)-WLMG(FM) El Dorado Seller: Loyola University WAPG(AM)- WOKD(FM) KSPG(AM)- KBUZ -FM Buyer: Keymarket of New Orleans Inc. Seller: Dakos Broadcasting Inc. Seller: Gary L. Violet Price: $12.85 million Buyer: Gulf Dunes Broadcasting Inc. Buyer: El Dorado Broadcasting Inc. Price: $2 million Price: $1.1 million Shrereport Jacksonville KVKI(AM) -FM Seller: Encore Comm. Associates WRXJ(AM)- WCRI -FM Kentucky Buyer: Waldron Partners Seller: WRXJ Inc. Geouyetou'n Price: $6.8 million Buyer: Nine Chiefs Inc. WBBE(AM)- WMGB-FM Price: $8.6 million Seller: Maycourt Co. Key West Buyer: Kentucky Radio Ltd. Partners WKWF(A)- WAIL -FM Price: $1.75 million Maine Seller: Family Radio Ltd. Partnership Nicholas rifle Brunswick Buyer: Key West Radio Inc. WNVL(AM)- WCKU -FM WCLZ(AM) -FM Price: $1.135 million Seller: Jessamine County Communications Seller: Hawthorne Communications LP Quincy Buyer: High Communications Partnership Buyer: Eastern Radio Co. LP WWSD(A)- WIQI(FM) Price: $1.05 million Price: $2,175,000 Seller: Capital Broadcasting Inc. Buyer: Broad Based Communications Inc. Price: $2 million St. Augustine WFOY(AM)- WUVU -FM Seller: Shull Broadcasting Co. Inc. Buyer: Sage Broadcasting YOUR SUCCESS Price: $3.5 million

Georgia IS OUR BUSINESS. Bainbridge WMGR(AM)- WJAD -FM Middle market The Greyhound Guardian Communications Inc. Seller: communication Corporation, we Buyer: Waldron Partners LP companies often offer competitive Price: $3 million find that when it rates and flexible Brunswick comes to borrow- lending guidelines WYNR(AM)- WPIQ -FM ing money for which allow us to Seller: Southcoast Broadcasting Inc. acquisition or structure loans to Buyer: Eagle Broadcasting Inc. recapitalization, accommodate your Price: $4.8 million financial institu- special situation. If tions simply aren't your financial Macon in tune with their institution says "no" WIBB(AM)- WFXM(FM) special situation. when you need to Seller: Davis Broadcasting Inc. But at Greyhound hear "yes,' call Buyer: Woodfin and Associates Financial, you're Price: $1.65 million MATT BREYNE assured of serious (602) 248 -2808 Toccoa consideration from specialists SO TONS wo know and CHRIS WEBSTER WLET(AM)-WZLI -FM (602) 248 -6955 Seller: Faver Broadcasting Group Ltd. cabu pp ove the financing THROUGH SERVICE need succeed. Buyer: Sonic Broadcasting Bu or JEFF KILREA Price: $2.05 million Backed by the multi -billion Vb--r1 (312) 855 -1900 dollar resources of Chicago Office.

Illinois Morris Greyhound Financial corporation WCSJ(AM)- WUEZ(FM) A Greyhound Company Seller: Midwest Broadcasting Inc. Buyer: M.M. Group Inc. Greyhound Tower -1160 Phoenix, Arizona 85077 Price: $3.2 million

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 53 York Center and Portsmouth, N.H. Lansing Buyer: D &F Broadcasting Inc. WQMI -FM and WQMI(AM) WILS(AM) -FM Price: $12.5 million Seller: Richard Walsh Seller: Northstar Broadcasting Inc. Trenton Buyer: George Silverman Buyer: MacDonald Broadcasting Co. WBUD(AM)- WKXW(FM) $1 million Price: million Price: $2.15 Seller: Fidelity Communications Corp. Buyer: Press Broadcasting Co. Minnesota Price: $8 million Maryland lluorhe) Baltimore KVOX(AM) -FM WFBR(AM) -WLIF -FM Seller: KVOX Radio Inc. Seller: JAG Communications Inc. Buyer: KVOX Inc. New York Buyer: Infinity Broadcast Corp. Price: $1.6 million Attica and Batavia Price: $32 million Owatonna WBTF-FM and WBTA(AM) Salisbury KRFO(AM) -FM Seller: Stockholders Liquidation Corp. WSBY(AM) -WQHQ -FM Seller: Owatonna Broadcasting Co. Buyer: Pembroke Pines Elmira Ltd. Seller: Woolfson Broadcasting Corp. Buyer: James Ingstad Broadcasting Inc. Price: $1.48 million Buyer: HVS Partners Price: $1,054,551 Buffalo Price: $9.44 million St. Paul WGKT(AM)-WiPHD -FM KDWB(AM) -FM Seller: Howard Communications Inc. Seller: Legacy Broadcasting Inc. Buyer: MetroplexRobinson Broadcasting Co. Michigan Buyer: Midcontinent Radio Inc. Price: $4.445 million Benton Harbor Price: $17.95 million Olean WHFB -AM -FM WHDL(AM)- WOLN(FM) Seller: WHFB Broadcast Associates Mississippi Seller: WHDL Inc. Buyer: Independence Broadcasting Michigan Gulfport acid Biloxi Buyer: Arrow Communications Inc. Price: $4,564,350 $1 million WXLS -FM and WMTX(AM) Price: Detroit Seller: Contemporary Communications Corp. Riverhead WWI(AM)- W101(FM) Buyer: KZ Communications Inc. WRHD(AM) -WRCN -FM Seller: Federal Broadcasting Co. Price: $1,231,800 Seller: Richard I. Adrian Buyer: CBS Inc. Gulfport Buyer: East Shore Acquisition Corp. million Price: $58 WGCM(AM)- WTKI -FM Price: $5.2 million Greenville Seller: Holt Communications Corp. Saratoga Springs WPLB(AM) -FM Buyer: EJM Broadcasting (partnership) WKAJ(AM)- WQQY(FM) Seller: Flat River Broadcasting Co. Price: $1,625,000 Seller: Saratoga Broadcasting Co. Buyer: Goodrich Theatres Inc. Laurel Buyer: Saratoga Radio Corp. Price: $2.3 million WQIS(AM)- WNSL -FM Price: $1.991 million Seller: Voice of the New South Buyer: Design Media Inc. C O A S T T O C O A S T Price: $2.95 million T tt,c1, North Carolina WELO(AM)- WZLQ(FM) Asheville Seller: Big Thicket Broadcasting Co. WWNC(AM)- WKSF -FM Buyer: Phoenix of Tupelo Inc. Seller: Pine Trails Broadcasting Co. Inc. RESULTS Price: $1.1 million Buyer: Radio Ventures I LP Price: $25.5 million 1 9 S 9 S A L E S Missouri Charlotte KJET AM/KZOK FM Columbia WAES(AM)- WROQ(FM) Seattle, Washington $19.25M KTGR(AM)- KCMQ(FM) Seller: Adams Radio of Charlotte Inc. Seller: Donald W. Boyles, receiver Buyer: Tenore Broadcasting Co. KDKO AM /KHIH FM Buyer: Desnick Broadcasting Co. Price: $8.5 million Denver, Colorado Price: $2.15 million Eden WHBT AM Springfield WLOE(AM)- WWMY -FM /FM KWTO(AM)-FM Seller: WWMY -FM Broadcasting Inc. Racine- Milwaukee, Wisconsin Seller: Summit-Springfield Broadcasting Corp. Buyer: Seven Chiefs Inc. Sterling Recreation SRO to Buyer: Cole Media Inc. Price: $3.5 million Adams Communications Price: $4.25 million Fuquay -Varina WMFX WAKS(AM) -WAZZ -FM Columbia, South Carolina Montana Seller: Meca Broadcasting Inc. $5M Signature Broadcasting to East Missoula Buyer: Ceder Raleigh LP WMFX Associates /Baum Broadcasting KLCY(AM)- KYSS -FM Price: $1.43 million Seller: USA Broadcasting Co. Goldsboro KMKC Buyer: Western Broadcasting Co. WFBR(AM)- WEQR(FM) Fayetteville, Arkansas Price: $1.25 million Seller: Eastern Carolina Broadcasting $1.5M Tate Communications, Inc. Buyer: New Age Communications LP to Apple Broadcasting, Inc. Nebraska Price: $2.2 million Quiet but Effective Lincoln Raleigh KFOO(AM)- KFRX -FM WKIX(AM) -WYLT(FM) Seller: Summit-Lincoln Broadcasting Corp. Seller: Metroplex Communications Inc. Buyer: Arrow Communications Inc. Buyer: Alchemy Communications Price: $6.6 million Price: $7.7 million NF Statesville Norman Fischer & Associates, Inc. New Jersey WSIC(AM) -WFMX(FM) Media Brokerage Appraisals Management Consultants Asbury Park Seller: High Country Communications Inc. 1209 Parkway Austin. Texas 78703 1512) 476 -9457 WJLK(AM) -FM Buyer: Adventure Communications Inc. Seller: Presidents Broadcasting Co. Price: $2.5 million

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 54 Ohio Tennessee Ripon Akron Cookeville WCWC(AM) -WYUR -FM WAKR(AM) -WONE(FM) WPTN(AM) -WGSQ(FM) Seller: Denovocom Inc. Buyer: Wisconsin Radio LP Seller: Summit Broadcasting Corp. Seller: Gallaher & Huffines Price: $1.41 million Buyer: B &B Radio Inc. Buyer: American Network Group of Cookeville Price: $13 million Price: $2.3 million Chillicothe Nash ville WBEX(AM)- WKKJ(FM) WSIX(AM) -FM AM's Seller: Mid -America Radio Group Inc. Seller: Hicks Broadcasting Partners of Tenn. Buyer: Guaranty Broadcasting Corp. Buyer: Capstar Communications Inc. Price: $3.25 million Price: $16 million Arizona Meson Soddy Daisy and Chattanooga Salem KJMM(AM) WSOM(AM) -WQXK(FM) WYVY FM and WNOO(AM) Seller: Elliott- Phelps Broadcasting The Lincoln Group Ltd. Pye -Watts Communications Inc. Seller: Seller: Buyer: Owl Broadcasting & Development Buyer: Legend Communications of Ohio Buyer: Tennessee Communications Ltd. Price: $1.05 million Price: $5.5 million Price: $2 million Denver KBPI(AM) Texas Seller: Rocky Mountain Two Inc. Oregon Beaumont Bend Buyer: Boulder Broadcasting Corp. KZZB -AM -FM Price: $1.5 million KGRL(AM)- KXIQ(FM) Seller: Triplex Communications Inc. Seller: Bruce L. and Ten E. Engel Buyer: Design Media Inc. Englewood Buyer: Cascade Communications Corp. Price: $2.1 million KRZN(AM) Price: $1.625 million Seller: Genesis Broadcasting Inc. Beaumont Buyer: Sudbrink Broadcasting Co. of Arkansas KAYC(AM) -KAYD -FM Price: $1.475 million Seller: Family Radio Ltd. Partnership Pennsylvania Thornton Carlisle Buyer: Petracom Inc. Price: $1.2 million KJIM(AM) WHYL -AM -FM Seller: Sudbrink Broadcasting Co. Seller: Mid -Atlantic Network Inc. Buyer: Genesis Broadcasting Inc. Buyer: Zeve Broadcasting Co. Virginia Price: $1.475 million Price: $1.7 million Crozet AM Harrisbu ry WJLT -FM Connecticut Elting Enterprises Inc. Bridgeport WCMB(AM) -WIMX -FM Seller: Buyer: High Communications Partnership Seller: Hudson Group Ltd. Partnership WICC(AM) Price: $1.1 million Buyer: Gemini Broadcasting Corp. Seller: Connecticut Broadcasting Co. Price: $4.9 million Buyer: WICC Associates Price: $6.25 million Indiana Washington Kennewick, Richland, Yakima WDAD(AM)-WQMU -FM Selah and Seller: Indiana Broadcasters Inc. KTCR(AM), KOTY(FM), KUTI(AM) and District of Columbia Buyer: RMS Media Management Inc. KXDD -FM WYCB(AM) Price: $2.5 million Seller: KUTIKXDD LP, debtor in possession Seller: shareholder of Howard Sanders, debtor in Buyer: I-82 Acquisition Corp. Reading possession, Price: $2 million Buyer: Columbia Community Broadcasting Inc. WRAW(AM) -WRFY-FM Spokane Price: $3.54 million Seller: City Broadcasting Co. Buyer: Eight Chiefs Inc. KJRB(AM)- KEZE -FM WUST(AM) Price: $18.250 million Seller: Alexander Broadcasting Co. Seller: District Group Communications Inc. Buyer: Apollo Radio Ltd. Buyer: Wgel- Israel Communications Inc. Price: $2.5 million Price: $1.4 milion South Carolina Anderson Wisconsin Florida Racine NAIM(AM)- WCKN(FM) Tampa WBZN(AM) -FM Seller: Carolina Broadcasting Inc. WTIS(AM) Stephen Adams Buyer: ABS Greenville Partners Seller: Seller: Forus Communication Inc. Price: $5.97 million Buyer: Channel One Communications Inc. Buyer: WTIS -AM Inc. Price: $3 million Price: $1.7 million Beaufort WBEU(AM) -WYKZ(FM) Seller: Specter Broadcast Corp. Buyer: Tri -City Broadcasting Co. Price: $4.4 million Columbia w John Grandy WCOS(AM) -FM Seller: WCOS Inc. Buyer: Bancora Broadcasting Corp. BROADCASTING BROKERS Price: $12.5 million Darlington WDAR(AM) -WMWG(FM) 1150 Osos Street, Suite 206 Seller: MEG Associates Limited Partnership Buyer: Radio Carolina Limited Partnership San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Price: $1.3 million Grey Court WSSL(AM) -FM Phone: (805) 541 -1900 Seller: Sterling Communications Corp. Buyer: Capstar Communications Inc. FAX: (805) 543 -7885 Price: $24 million

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 55 Buyer: Atlantic Coast Radio Inc. Price: $1.55 miNion New York Sales breakdowns 1'e e York WOR(AM) Seller: S/G Communications t',rny Number sold Number sold Average price Average price Percent Buyer: Buckley Broadcasting 1989 1988 1989 1988 change Price: $25.5 million WNYM(AM) AM 264 251 $745,394 $894,294 -16.7 Seiler: Salem Communications Corp. Buyer: Radio Vision Christiana Management FM 204 195 1,671,661 4,147,014 -59.7 Corp. Price: $13 million AM -FM 195 231 3,131,908 3,842,030 -18.5 WWRL(AM) Seller: Eugene D. Jackson and Sydney L. Small, TV 83 70 18,325,964 25,796,493 -29.0 Buyer: Sydney L. Small Price: $1,985,600 Groups 8 18 N/A N/A N/A Oklahoma Georgia Illinois Bartlesville KWON(AM) Atlanta Wood River Seller: Moran Broadcasting Co. WAFS(AM) WKLL(AM) Buyer: James Crystal Broadcasting Co. Seller: Family Broadcasting Network Seller: Adams Radio of St. Louis, Price: $2.225 million Buyer: Moody Bible Institute of Chicago Buyer: Channel One Communications Inc. Price: $2.3 million Price: $14.7 million Pennsylvania Philadelphia WPBD(AM) Maryland WHAT(AM) Phoenix City Broadcasting Ltd. of Atlanta Annapolis Seller: Seller: Main Line Communications Inc. Jacor Broadcasting of Atlanta Inc. WNAV(AM) Buyer: Buyer: KBT Communications Inc. Price: $4.3 million Seller: Duchossois Communications Co. Price: $1.65 million Buyer: Encore Broadcasting WGST(AM) Price: $1.65 million Seller: Jacor Broadcasting of Atlanta Inc. Rhode Island Baltimore Providence Buyer: Family Broadcasting Network WITH(AM) WEAN(AM) Price: $2.3 million Seller: WITH of Baltimore Inc. Seller: Appleton Broadcasting Co. LP Buyer: North American Broadcasting Co. Denial battle in Wyoming Price: $1.05 million The owner and the prospective buyer of a Wyoming AM radio station have denied South Carolina allegations of extortion made in a $17 million lawsuit filed earlier this month in New Greenville York County Supreme Court. The complaint, filed by KHOw(AM) Denver licensee, New WSSL(AM) York -based Command Communications, alleges violation of the Racketeer Influenced Seller: Sterling Communications Corp. and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, naming as defendants KUUY -AM Orchard Buyer: Capstar Cmmunications Inc. Valley, Wyo., owner, Kwv Inc. (based in Cheyenne, Wyo.) and its sole shareholder, Price: $24 million ,John Hough, and prospective KUUY buyer, Windsor Communications' principal Paul Lowrey. Command and Kwy Inc. each filed a petition last year to dismiss or deny the Texas sale of the other's station. Both petitions remain pending at the FCC. In a telephone Corpus Christi interview with BROADCASTING, Hough and Lowrey denied allegations made in Com- KUNO(AM) mand's complaint, including the charge that they had "sought by extortionate means Seller: KUNO Radio Inc. to compel the payment of money [$2.6 million] to Kw and Windsor and the withdrawal Buyer: KDOS Inc. of KHOW'S June 1989 petition" to deny the sale of KUUY to Windsor. Hough also denied Price: $1.2 million the charge that his petition to deny the sale of KHOW to Viacom Broadcasting was Ferris "specious" or filed "in retribution" for Command's filing a petition to the deny sale of KDFT(AM) KUUY. Seller: Lois B. Crain Buyer: Willis Broadcasting Corp. Price: $1.65 miNion Rollingwood KOKE(AM) Seller: Jimmy L. Ray Buyer: Iva Lea Worley Barton (West Bank B Broadcasting) PPRÁISÁLS Buyer: $1.5 million Over $10 Billion television, radio, cable, cellular and paging - Washington appraisals, purchase price allocations and due diligence reviews Auburn performed in the past 24 months. Contact Anthony P. Kern, KBSG(AM) Vice President, Financial Services at (202) 835 -7800. Seller: Auburn Broadcasters Inc. Buyer: KBSG Inc. MALARKEY-TAYLOR ASSOCIATES Price: $1.5 million TELECOMMUNICATIONS FINANCIAL, MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS Vancouver KVAN(AM) Seller: Engel Communications Buyer: Fairmount Communications Corp. Price: $7.4 million -PS

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 56 In Memoriam

Jim Weathers 1919 -1989 With loving memories

Tony Brown Charlie Keys Don Bryan Herb Lazarus John Bryan Monte Lounsbury Sid Cohen Jack Matranga Rob Corona Joe Middleburg Dick DeAngelis Michael Newsom Tony Fasola Barbara & Norris Reichel Gary Gannaway Jim & Peggy Ricks Bruce Genter Jim Ricks Jr. Dorothy Hamilton Toby Rogers Joe Indelli Alan Silverbach Progariii)

Night by night by network

Big three -and -a -half look to working at a Washington, D.C., newspa- so [with the new series], which has been the complement strengths and per. average of the Monday night movie." shore up weaknesses Although some critics have given rave On Tuesday, the night still belongs to reviews to the dramas, their debut doesn't ABC, based on the strength of their come- The network television ratings race, now in have the other networks conceding the dies, most notably Roseanne. While ABC's the second half of the season, stands much night. "We look forward to it [their debuts] demographics get older as the night goes as it did when it began, with NBC first, and we can do well because of it. They on, finishing with thirtysomething at 10-11, ABC second, CBS third and Fox fighting seem to be the type of programs that critics NBC's demos get younger, starting with for territory on its three -night schedule. could be excited about, but audiences might Matlock at 8, and ending the night with However, with schedule adjustments, some have trouble coming to," said Warren Litt- Midnight Caller at 10 -11. surprise performances from new entries and lefield, executive vice president, prime The changes in the Tuesday night sched- the X factor of series on the shelf that will time programs, NBC Entertainment. ule from the start of the season include be brought out sometime in the spring, the Harbert also recognizes the need for the ABC replacing Chicken Soup with Coach at final leg of the network race could bring dramas to have commercial as well as criti- 9:30 -10, and CBS scrapping its 9 -11 sched- some surprises. cal success. "We need to do a 25 share or ule of Wolf and Island Son to put a movie On Monday night, with Monday Night Football having finished its run, both ABC and NBC are scheduling movies against CBS's comedy lineup, while Fox counters DJ Dees hopes to break hit for ABC -TV with its two dramas from 8 -10. ABC "We're delighted now with the [Mon- has chosen radio personality day] lineup even though we've had some Rick Dees and his new series, Into the Dees, to drop -off at 8:30 p.m. We feel we're one Night Starring Rick do something the network has show away from having a break -out night," said Peter Tortorici, senior vice president, been unable to do- succeed in program planning, CBS Entertainment. The the post- Nightline time period of midnight to 1 a.m. The show wit problem with the drop -off at 8:30 is one make its debut on Monday, that the network has been trying to solve July 16. since the season started, when it scheduled The People Next Door there. The Famous Into the Night will rely on recur- ring in Teddy Z, which started the season at 9:30. characters revolving was dropping off three to four rating points sketches plus musical and come- from its Major Dad lead -in. However, the dy guests. The musical group Billy network hopes the improved numbers of Vera and the Beaters has been City (see box, opposite page), which re- signed as the show's house band. placed the on- hiatus Teddy beginning Jan. Dees told BROADCASTING that he has a 13 29, are a sign of things to come. -week commitment from Ted Harbert, executive vice president, ABC. "There's no network for ABC prime time programs, ABC Entertainment, after Nightline, so we're building a little said he is pleased with the performance of at a time. I'm just trying to stay on and have fun," he said. MacGyver at 8 -9, which "has strong, broad appeal," and he isn't worried about the Michael Brockman, the net- addition of City to CBS's lineup. "We work's president of daytime, chil- think it will pull in an entirely different dren's and late night, said the net- audience," he said. work is expecting some preemptions or delayed airings of the new show, and is Fox's performance on Monday night has offering affiliates favorable advertising splits, as much as half the available inventory. remained constant throughout the season. He said it's too early to tell what kind of clearance the network will get. "We've got a Peter Chemin, president, Fox Entertain- good deal of work left to do. They [the affiliates] have suffered through a number of ment, said the network is pleased with the half- hearted projects in the past so we have to convince them. We'll have to be somewhat flexible; we're in no position to demand live clearance or nothing," he said. night's lineup and the move of 21 Jump - street from Sunday night. " MacGyver has The show has been described as more performance oriented than talk. "This is not been surprisingly strong, football has been a talk show," said Brockman. "There's no desk and there's no couch." Brockman said very tough, and Murphy Brown has turned the show will be carried by Dees and "a number of individuals representing a support out to be a formidable show, but we're very family, who will play continuing characters in oft-occurring skits." pleased with our numbers," he said. Dees, who hosts the morning show on KIIS-FM Los Angeles, also has a nationally Who will wind up winning Monday night syndicated radio countdown show, and was once host of the syndicated Solid Gold Tv at the end of the season will depend greatly series. Dees said ABC first came to him about a late -night project two years ago. The on the performance of two of the several network wanted him to test a pilot which was budgeted for about $30,000, a figure impressive "I dramatic series ABC will test in the 9 -1I Dees thought to be too small to produce an project. thought this might be my one and only chance, so I told them I would produce and pay for a pilot myself. time slot, possibly as early as the end of Dees said he spent in excess of $100,000 for the pilot and that the ABC executives February. Among the shows available to who saw it were impressed, but nothing ever came of it. "When Brockman came over the network are Twin Peaks, a prime time ABC from he look at and me a soap produced by David Lynch, Equal Jus- to CBS, took a the tape gave call." Another pilot was made, and it was that tape that ABC executives chose over the two other projects. tice, about a group of district attorneys, and Capital News, featuring an ensemble cast

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 58 time period by about five share points. 'City' debut does well "Mission: Impossible was averaging about a 13 share, and Father Dowling is doing ratings for the new Monday CBS officials were buoyant last week over the premiere about an 18 share," he said. Harbert said half-hour comedy, City, starring Valerie Harper as a harried city manager coping with Thursday is also a night that the network problems at home and office. Last Monday (Jan. 29) the show collected a 13.9/21, might program one of its back-up dramas. same rating and holding its lead -in audience from Major Dad, which yielded the Friday continues to be ABC's domain, share. The show edged out The Hogan Family on NBC (a program that once featured with the network routinely winning every Harper, before her departure over a contract dispute), which did a 13.8/20. Taking half hour of the night. Upcoming changes with 14.2/21. City performed well first place in the time period was ABC's MacGyver, in the night include CBS's putting Max the show it replaced, The Famous Teddy Z, which generated only a 9.5/14 in above Monroe: Loose Cannon in the 8 -9 slot and is venture of Paul Haggis Inc. and Valerie Harper's its final outing Jan. 15. City a co- NBC giving the Nasty Boys series a tryout Productions and MTM Studios. AV Productions, in association with CBS Entertainment at 9 p.m. The CBS change takes place Feb. 16, night in its place. latest comedy from Carsey -Werner Produc- when the network airs The Bradys, one Coach, which premiered on Nov. 21, has tions. The series debuted on Jan. 18, and week after the series' preview movie which runs at 8 improved the drop -off from Roseanne in lost four share points from its Cheers lead - -10 on Feb. 9. Max Monroe: Loose terms of rating and share and has also im- in, which is better than the "about a five Cannon had its last broadcast on Friday, proved the network's demographics, espe- share drop -off" Dear John had been aver- Jan. 26. Tortorici thinks The Bradys "is the cially among younger women. Chicken aging," said Littlefield. best match for Friday night" that the net- Soup averaged a 7.3 rating fall -off from Either NBC's Wednesday or Thursday work has had. "We're competitive at 9 Roseanne, while Coach has stemmed the night schedule could change with the addi- p.m. but we're having our troubles at 8," loss- recording a 4.9 rating drop -off last tion of Wings, a comedy from the former he said. week. writers of Cheers. "It's a post-9 p.m. "I'm anxious to get Nasty Boys in there For CBS, Tortorici says the Tuesday show, which we'll probably use on at 9 p.m.," said Littlefield. (NBC said late movie should get stronger as the season Wednesday or Thursday night, maybe as a last week that the show will debut at 9 goes on. "I think the numbers will improve companion to Cheers," said Littlefield. p.m., Friday, Feb. 23.) The show replaces in February, when the depth of our inven- CBS's Island Son, which moved from True Blue, which Littlefield says will be tory improves. On a week -to -week basis, Wednesday night to Thursday at 9 p.m. to joined by Hardball, Baywatch and Man- when viewers see that we're going to be replace Top of the Hill, experiences regular cuso, FBI, as series that will be fighting for there, it'll improve," he said. drop -off from its 48 Hours lead -in, before a Friday night time slot. He said Shannon's Wednesday is a tug -of-war between ABC giving way to Knots Landing at 10 p.m., Deal, another drama on the shelf, will make and NBC, but could change if CBS man- which improves on the Island Son num- its debut "sometime in the spring," and ages to get solid numbers from Grand bers. The show has undergone some cre- that it could go on "at 10 p.m. after Nasty Slam, which did well in its post -Super ative changes, and Tortorici says its future Boys or on Wednesday night." Bowl special airing (see "By the Num- depends on how it performs in February. Although NBC clearly wins Saturday, bers") and premiered in the 8 -9 time slot ABC moved Mission: Impossible, which the network might make some changes to Jan. 31. CBS remains competitive with the had been in the 8 -9 slot, to Saturday at the keep the night fresh. "Saturday continues other two networks at 9 -11, regularly win- same time and put Father Dowling in its to be dominant for us, but it is showing ning at least one of the half -hours, but starts place. In three airings on Thursday night, signs of aging, so that will be a goal for the night off well behind due to its perfor- Harbert says the show has improved the us," said Littlefield. One such change mance at 8 p.m. might be the use of Carol & Co. , a new series Grand Slam, a action series starring John from Carol Burnett, which "seems Schneider and Paul Rodriguez, replaces the like a Saturday night show," he said. (Bur - briefly revived Beauty and the Beast, which nett's long -running CBS show was on Sat- replaced A Peaceable Kingdom. urday night for the last five years of its The only other change in the night is run.) NBC's moving Dear John to 9:30 from its At ABC, the lone change in the schedule Thursday night 9:30 slot following Cheers. has Mission: Impossible at 8 p.m., replac- In the past two Wednesdays in its new time ing Mr. Belvedere and Living Dolls. "The period, Dear John has shown only a slight performance of Mission: Impossible repre- drop -off from its Night Court lead -in. sents an improvement in the time period "What's happened is exactly what we an- and, more importantly, a better lead -in to ticipated, and what our research showed, the movie [ABC Saturday Mystery Mov- and that's that Dear John is a perfect fit ie]," said Harbert. with Night Court," said Littlefield. Fox has improved its Saturday night per- Thursday remains firmly in NBC's hip formance by putting Totally Hidden Video pocket, almost doubling the competition in in the 8:30 -9 time slot to replace Beyond rating and share. NBC's one change of the 2000. Fox averaged a 7/12 on Jan. 20, but night was in moving Dear John out of the averaged an 8.5/15 at 8 -9 with the duo of 9:30 time slot and putting in Grand, the 'The Simpsons' on Fox Cops and Totally Hidden Video. The net-

CBS's 'Murphy Brown' 'Roseanne' on ABC NBC's 'Cosby'

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 59 work is losing its lead -in, however, with have a preview airing Tuesday, Feb. 6, at The Reporters at 9 -10 p.m.. According to 8:30 p.m. before launching in its regular Chemin, although the show is undergoing time period on Sunday, Feb. 11, at 8:30 Testing television some changes and "we're watching it," he p.m. Paul Loewenwarter, Bob thinks it will take some time for the pro- Fox's The Simpson, an animated fam- Chandler and Roberta of gram to grow. "These types of shows take ily with a Married...with Children attitude, London, producers The time to find an audience," he said, pointing has turned out to be a perfect match with National Cholesterol Test for ABC News last May, have formed to the slow growth of both 60 Minutes and the 9 p.m. comedy. The Simpsons aver- Multiple Choice Productions 20/20. aged a 20 share in its first two weeks, and to "spe- cialize in 'national Although CBS continues to dominate together with Married, is trouncing NBC the production of test' television programs." Loewen- the landscape on Sunday night, the two in the 8 -9 p.m. time period. "I don't biggest surprises have been mid -season think anyone inside the company or out- warter, a former 60 Minutes producer, now replacements, one on ABC and the other side the company thought we could have heads his own production com- pany, Paul Loewenwarter Associates on Fox. launched a 20 share show," said Cher - Inc. Chandler is a former senior vice The 18.4/27 average of America's Fun - n in. president of CBS News and London niest Videos at 8 p.m. for ABC, represents NBC's Littlefield recognizes the need was creator and producer of the Pub- a massive improvement in the time period for the network to make some changes on lic Broadcasting series from Free Spirit, which it replaced. Ac- Sunday night. "It's where we have seri- Service The cording to Harbert, the household rating ous problems. We're neck and neck with Sporting Life. Currently in the works are four new test programs, has improved 124 %, while the audience ABC at 7 -8, but now, with America's Fun- The Na- tional The share has improved 108 %. niest Videos, they've moved away from Environment Test, Na- The network can further improve its lot us." He said the network will have to use tional Baseball Test, The National Drug Addiction on that night if the half-hour drama Elvis either "a major comedy, a first -round and Test and The Na- tional Money can hold most of that lead -in. The series, draft pick or a very good drama" to keep Test. which traces the singer's early life, will pace. -SC SyndcsdoElmNapkeV0SC8

Buena Vista Television's Siskel & Ebert: If We Picked The Barter sales for both projects will be handled by Action Media Winners hour Academy Awards preview will go before a live Group. The World's Greatest Stunts, hosted by Christopher audience for the first time in a taping at the Disney -MGM Studios Reeve and Chuck Norris, will have a broadcast window from April Theme Park in Orlando, Fla., March 1. The program, which is for 2 -29. Goldeneye will make its debut in April 1990. airing March 12 -26, is to be seen on 186 stations representing 92% coverage of the U.S. The special marks only the second time the movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert have taped in Bob Jacobs, president, GTG Marketing, says that half -hour front of a live audience, the other occasion being the 500th game show strip, Love Thy Neighbor, is close to being firm go for episode celebration last season at Walt Disney World. In addi- fall 1990, with 41 stations signed up representing 45% coverage tion, both critics will host a half-hour special Feb. 16-17, with of U.S. He also indicated that major market clearance announce- reaction of the award nominees announced by the Academy two ment in Los Angeles or Chicago is close, and that cash -plus- days earlier. barter (one minute national) offering has already received nod r, from WNBC -TV New York. Paul Ryan hosts program, which will be American Gladiators, Samuel Goldwyn Televisions weekly shot in L.A., New York, Chicago and Atlanta. Jacobs also indicat- hour athletic competition, has been cleared in 125 markets repre- ed that daytime talk show, Just Between Us, featuring Diahann senting 90% of the U.S., with 10 new clearances coming out of Carroll, has received offers from 13 -14 stations at NAIPE con- last month's NAIPE convention. Among the new clearances slat- vention, but program's future "hinges on two major station group ed for the second season are wolo -Tv Cleveland, KTKA -TV Topeka, deals being negotiated at this time." Kan., and KTPM -TV Omaha. The show is set to air in all of top 40 o markets, and 48 of top 50. Gladiators is being offered on barter GGP Sports has added 36 CBS affiliates to station lineup for basis (seven minutes local, six minutes national). College Basketball Championship Special, half -hour previewing o NCAA Final Four Championship pairings. Stations added include Warner Bros. Television Distribution's weekly hour talk show KPIX -Tv San Francisco, WGBK -TV Detroit, wusA -TV Washington, wvr- Voices Of America With Jesse Jackson has cleared Disney - Tv Tampa and KDKA -Tv Pittsburgh. Program was announced at owned independent KCAL-Tv Los Angeles. New sales since week- NATPE convention and now has 41 stations, including eight of end early fringe and access offering received green light at top 10 markets. GGP has signed deal with CBS O &O stations, NAIPE convention include KING -N Seattle; WDAF -TV Kansas City; as complement to CBS Sports coverage of NCAA tournament. WKBW-TV Buffalo, N.Y.; WHO -N Des Moines, Iowa, and WBRZ -Tv Program is being offered on barter basis (3 minutes national, 31/2 Baton Rouge. Voices Of America has cleared 82 stations, cover- minutes local), and avail dates are March 31 -April 1. ing 61% of country. New York, Chicago and Philadelphia have yet to be cleared. o Koch Communications, New York, headed by former Syndicast co- founder and chief executive, Leonard Koch, is offering a World Events and Paradigm Entertainment have joined to barter package of four films (12 minutes national, 12 minutes produce The $1,000,000 Video Challenge, a weekly half -hour local per film) this year under the banner A Window for All series set for launch next fall. The series will be sold on a Seasons. Package includes The Man in the Santa Claus Suit barter basis, with a three -minute national and three-and -a -half- (scheduled for November -December release), produced by Dick minute local split. In addition to 39 half hours and 13 Clark Productions, which featured Fred Astaire in his last tele- repackaged half hours, two live one -hour specials will be vised role. Koch said package has been picked up in 60% of the The will award included for May and November airings. show country so far, including the Hearst station group, the O'Connor best amateur film and video makers. cash and prizes to the stations in Chicago and Philadelphia, wPIx -Tv New York, wxvz -N o Detroit and wJt.A -N Washington. Koch is also distributing Woman Blair Entertainment has announced it will distribute two spe- who Willed a Miracle, with Cloris Leachman, an off -ABC Afters- cials: The World's Greatest Stunts and a made -for -TV movie, chool Special, and a package of six half -hours that will preview Goldeneye, portraying the life of James Bond creator Ian Fleming. the upcoming college football and basketball seasons.

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 60 Slow start for PBS same -night carriage Last fall, for the first time, the Public Broadcasting Service designated 11 prime time programs for same -night, across -the -nation viewing. According to PBS there was `House Party' higher than 90% same -night carriage of 10 of 11 designated programs in 90% of all New daytime program produced markets. The aim, said PBS spokesman Stuart Kantor, is to raise program visibility by NBC and Group W turns in with viewers, as well as with reviewers on the national level, who have, in the past, conservative ratings in often been unable to specify program air dates for all markets. first two weeks on the air With increased press coverage and viewership of PBS prime time likely, current and potential corporate underwriters may be encouraged by the average results for House Party, the new NBC -Group W day- episodes aired in October and November: Masterpiece Theatre, 97 %; Wall Street time magazine strip, has gotten off to a Week, 96 %; Washington Week, 95 %; Nova, 95 %; Discover: The World of Science, slow start in the ratings, although the pro- 94 %; One Plus One, 94 %; American Experience, 93%; Mystery!, 92 %; Moyers: The ducers of the program and the stations car- Public Mind, 91%; Infinite Voyage, 91%, and, in its first season, Travels, 88 %. rying it say they expected as much. Generally, the new one -hour program, In Detroit the show is carried by Gillette - Arts and Sciences, the animated anti -drug owned WJBK -TV. The station's vice presi- Cartoon All -Stars to the Rescue (BROAD- dent of broadcasting, Steve Antoniotti, CASTING, Sept. 18) will be carried by said: "It could be doing better in the rat- CBS, ABC and NBC, at least three basic ings. The ratings haven't been good." But cable networks -The Disney Channel, he also said w1BK-TV is prepared to let the Nickelodeon and The Black Entertain- program grow, "provided the Westing- ment Network -two Spanish -language house and NBC stations hang in there as broadcasters -Telemundo and Univi- well." The initial commitment for the show sion-and 200 independent stations, in- is about 26 weeks. cluding approximately 110 Fox Broad- House Party is still a work in progress. casting Co. affiliates. The half hour is "We knew it would take some time to scheduled to be simulcast Saturday, April grow," said NBC Productions spokesman 21 (10:30 a.m. ET and 9:30 a.m. PT). An Gene Walsh, who said research is being ATAS spokesman said that the indepen- done to determine which segments are more dent stations may air the program on dif- appealing to viewers. Those segments may ferent dates. be expanded and others scrapped, he said. The unprecedented industry effort to "I think some segments are working bet- warn children of the growing problem of ter than others," Antoniotti said. "I also substance abuse is being produced coop- think there are too many segments. They eratively by Walt Disney Studios, Warner should settle down and focus on a smaller Bros. Pictures, Marvel Productions, Hen- group of contributors. If that's their inten- son Associates, Hanna -Barbera Produc- Party' Doocy of 'House tion, I think we're in sync." tions, Murakami-Wolf- Swenson, DIC En- hosted by former television feature reporter terprises, Film Roman and Bagdasarian. Steve Doocy, has turned in ratings well Cast members for the special will feature below those of the shows it replaced. such internationally known characters as In Washington, for example, where Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, Daffy Duck, Doocy reported for WRC -TV, the show aver- Animated anti -drug The Muppet Babies, ALF, The Chip- aged a 10 share its first week on the air munks, Garfield and The Smurfs. The (Jan. 22 -26). In the four weeks prior to its special gains producer of Cartoon AU -Stars is Buzz Po- debut, WRC -TV averaged about a 16 share in tamkin, a Peabody Award- winner for the 9 -10 a.m. time period. Last Monday, industry support NBC Weekend. Writing the story are the show averaged a 12 share. Duane Poole and Tom Swale, veteran ani- In Los Angeles, where the show also airs ABC, CBS, NBC. cable services, mation writers. at 9 a.m. on KNBC -TV, the show has aver- 200 independents sign up to ATAS estimates that at least 20 million aged an 8 share, about half the rating the carry animated anti -drug special children will watch the special in the station had in the time period the month featuring cartoon characters U.S., Canada and Mexico. Thirty -eight prior to its debut. The numbers have been from number of studios Canadian Broadcasting Company stations down to some extent in most of the metered and 12 Canadian Public Television sta- markets. According to the Academy of Television tions have committed to the special, with Telemundo and Univision airing dubbed versions in Mexico. Republic package clearances ATAS believes this to be the first time an entertainment program will be simul- Republic Pictures Domestic TV Cliffhanger Serial package of science fiction B cast by all three broadcast networks (on movies featuring "Zombies of the Stratosphere" and "The Crimson Ghost" has 640 affiliate stations). The nonprofit orga- cleared 76% of the U.S. The latest clearances include wPGH -TV Pittsburgh, KPHO -Tv nization says it also marks the first time Phoenix, KOVR -TV Sacramento and wrry -Tv Indianapolis. "Zombies" will premiere next that the major studios have allowed their October, while "Crimson Ghost" will trigger in January 1991. Other feature film copyrighted characters to appear in one packages, Premiere One (12 titles) and All Nite Movie, have chalked up coverages of program together. 82% and 41%, respectively. In addition, 250,000 videocassettes of In related news, Republic says its "Two Great Comedies Package" (featuring half - the program will be distributed free to hour sitcoms My World and Welcome To It and Get Smart) has been picked up by schools, libraries and video stores by Dis- KNBC -Tv Los Angeles, wxvz -Tv Detroit, WXIA -TV Atlanta and WUSA-TV Washington. The ney and funded through the Academy Foun- package has cleared in six of the top 10 markets, and will begin next January. Also dation by a grant from Ronald McDonald's announced was a 78% clearance of the hour -long Swimsuit Edition as part of four Children's Charities. Eastman Kodak will quarterly "Fashion Report" specials. Swimsuit Edition is already airing on some donate 200,000 blank tapes to the cause. stations, with Republic reporting KOMO -Tv Seattle earning a 7.9 rating /21 share, while The program's production and subsequent KSDK -TV St. Louis posted a 7/20 as of Jan. 24. air time are being donated by all parties involved in the project.

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High definition gets high visibility at SMPTE Debate over progressive versus interlaced scanning is heated: ATSC meets with international broadcasters in series of meetings

Engineers landed in Florida for the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) 24th Television Conference, with high -definition television the principal topic of discussion. For several years it has been as much a political debate as a technologi- cal one. Even as many of the attendees were arriving at the conference, NBC, North American Philips, Thomson Con- sumer Electronics and the David Sarnoff Research Center were raising both the polit- ical and technological stakes with an an- nouncement in New York about the trans- mission side of the HDTV equation, a move that affects American, European and Japanese interests in the television industry of the future (BROADCASTING, Jan. 29). But the SMPTE conference, held Jan. 26 -27 at Disney World, was more preoccu- Equipment is readied for technical demonstrations at SMPTE TV conference pied with production standards. Almost all have lost hope for a world production stan- 1,125/60 system. Immediate standardiza- 1,125/60 system than you find today in dard. The three electronics powers are now tion of progressive was actively supported 525. The baseline of my story is that pick- battling over what kind of compromise by NBC and the David Sarnoff Research up tubes [today] are not six times better. might be worked out through the Interna- Center, Princeton, N.J., American organi- They're not even close," Thorpe said. tional Radio Consultative Committee zations with close ties to European compa- "And there's not too much hope for im- (CCIR) at its scheduled plenipotentiary in nies Thomson and Philips, which have in- provement in the sensitivity of pick -up Düsseldorf, West Germany, in May. vested in progressive -scan research through tubes," which have probably been devel- The hottest argument at SMPTE was the Eureka consortium. oped to near the limit of their potential whether that compromise should mandate There are two basic points of agreement sensitivity in 525 -line cameras. The hope progressive scanning or adopt interlace as in the scanning debate: Both sides agree for the future of progressive HDTV imag- an interim step. Also of great interest was that progressive video pictures are superior ing is the CCD (charge- coupled device) whether the world can agree on a common and eventually should become the standard, chip. But the performance of HDTV CCD's number of active lines and whether the and both agree that implementation of pro- today is worse than tubes. "We've got a shape of pixels in future HDTV systems gressive technology in high-definition cam- long, hard battle," Thorpe said. "Band- will be rectangular or square. eras is still several years away. width is dollars," he said, pointing out that At the same time, development continues The disagreement is over what to do in progress systems will need more bandwidth on the equipment itself. New gear in the the interim. Progressive supporters are in and that the wider the bandwidth, the high- 1,125/60 system, the most highly devel- favor of writing progressive requirements er the cost of equipment. oped of the proposals, included a new half - into currently negotiated HDTV production In a paper delivered by Kerns Powers, inch high -definition VCR, a digital high - standard agreements. In the years leading to consultant to the Sarnoff Research Center, definition VCR, a real time graphic full progressive-scanning , broadcasters however, a method for dealing with the production system and other equipment. could use bandwidth -narrowing techniques wider bandwidth was described: "A very Some thought is also being given to what that result in pictures approximating the attractive alternative is to be found in the kind of equipment will be produced if the quality of progressive. The other side says work of the Eureka Project 95, which is CCIR establishes common image or corn - that the current interlace HDTV pictures are amalgamating the diagonally filtered quin- mon data rate compromises rather than a perfectly adequate for the near term. cunx subsampled proscan system," Powers world production standard. Leading the debate for interlace was said. Quincunx is a method of reducing the A lively debate was held during the con- Larry Thorpe, vice president, production bandwidth of a progressive picture by filter- ference over whether the international corn - technology, Sony Advanced Systems, Tea- ing out the diagonal resolution. However, munity should push for HDTV acquisition neck, N.J. He gave three principal reasons engineers have found very noticeable arti- with progressive or interlaced scanning. for continuing short-term interlace produc- facts due to this technique. Powers de- (Interlaced pictures divide the picture reso- tion: the CCD and tube technology needed scribed a Sarnoff- developed technique lution in each frame into two fields, while for high- sensitivity progressive HDTV called QDA (quincunx with digital assist). field and frame rates are the same number camera production is not yet available; the The quincunx signal's digital subsampling in progressive scanning.) The most vocal bandwidth needed to produce progressive technique is altered in order to reduce the advocates of interlaced scanning for near- cameras and videotape recorders would resolution artifacts. Powers provided pic- term HDTV taping were from Sony Corp., make them unaffordable, and the quality of tures to demonstrate the progress that has the Japanese company that has the most current interlaced pictures is adequate. been made in QDA so far. time and money invested in the interlace "There are six times more pixels in our "In the production arena the time has

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Broadcasting . Over 115,000 readers every week. come to give interlace a decent burial and between American broadcasters and broad- ode ray tubes based on NTSC, which have start fresh in high -definition with a better casters from other NTSC countries (mainly neither the resolution nor color quality that alternative," Powers said. But Thorpe pro- Canada and Mexico). The other was with will be needed in the computers of the vided a mathematical analysis of interlaced representatives of the European Broadcast- future. The 1,125/60 production system of- resolution and various progressive schemes ing Union (EBU). The NTSC meeting re- fers double the resolution and specific col- (not including QDA). He found that quin- vealed that there is consensus in those orimetry parameters. It will also allow for cunx provides a 26% improvement over countries in favor of a square pixel, com- easier interface with video equipment, wid- interlace, "not trivial, but not tremendous mon image system, according to Jim Mc- ening the motion available from graphics either," he said. Kinney, chairman of the ATSC. The only and animation workstations. "In the long The overall interlace /progressive argu- point of disagreement was on what should term, HDTV technology will give us access ment at the SMPTE conference was crystal- be the number of active lines. "There you to image record, transmission and display ized in an exchange between Thorpe and get answers like: 'If there is a magic num- equipment that has been denied in the Merril Weiss, director, advanced television ber that could get world agreement, let's go past.... Only by adopting a standard which systems, NBC. Weiss rose from the audi- with it," McKinney said. The ATSC and is driven by the television industry will the ence "to put some of what Larry said in the State Department positions both favor computer industry get access to real -time context." HDTV cameras will eventually 1,920 x I ,080 active lines. capabilities," Poynton said. be progressive, and now is the time to be At the meeting with the Europeans, the "It is also true that the computer industry considering the transition to them, he said. U.S. broadcasters learned that there will is important to HDTV. I think computer "If we have built an infrastructure in our soon be a vote among the European CCIR applications of business, science and indus- facilities that can only accommodate inter- members on the acceptance of the colorime- try can create an initial demand for equip- lace, then we will have a very difficult try and transfer parameters. McKinney said ment," he said. Consumer electronics is a transition to progressive because it will in- that the outcome of that vote is not yet small portion of the electronics world corn - volve rebuilding facilities." certain, but that he is optimistic that there pared to computer electronics, and is less "I agree with 90% of what you say," will be a consensus in favor of the earlier profitable, Poynton said, adding that a Thorpe replied. Sony strongly believes that agreed -upon numbers. healthy market for high-resolution screens the world should not "write the standard The EBU also presented a new document could be sustained by the computer indus- today around progressive scan and make proposing a scheme with numbers for both try. interlace equipment. We think that was common image and common data rate. The But some alterations to 1,125/60 would really just putting aside reality.... The numbers, however, are based on the Euro- make interface with computers easier. The move to progressive will come, but it's not pean standard, which would create square first step would be changing the active ver- two or three years; it's probably 10 years." pixels with 1,152 active vertical lines rather tical line number from 1,035 to 1,080, a "It's probably a decade before any of us than 1,080. "Within the ATSC, we'll need step that is already being seriously dis- will be implementing these systems," to look at that. But I thought it was forward cussed within SMPTE. The second step is Weiss said. progress in view of the fact that they actual- more controversial. Poynton suggested that o ly submitted something regarding common - the U.S. give way to the Europeans and image format," McKinney said. accept a production standard of 24 frames Away from the sessions, the Advanced However, because there are still divi- per second. He pointed out that 80% of all Television Systems Committee (ATSC), sions in both Europe and the U.S. over U.S. prime time programing is produced in the industry group formed in the early common image and because new proposals film at 24 fps and that almost all of the 1980's to develop high -definition standards are still being brought to the table, "I think early HDTV programing is going to be in for the United States, hosted separate meet- the likelihood would be slim that we would the form of film transferred to tape. The ings with international broadcasters. The reach a decision on scanning parameters" only noticeable drawback will be in the U.S. State Department requested the meet- at the Düsseldorf meeting in May, McKin- production of programing that demands ings in Orlando as a prelude to the Düssel- ney said. The U.S. and Europe will have constant motion, such as sports, he said. dorf CCIR conference. two more opportunities to discuss their dif- The argument over frame and field rates As of today, most agree that the possibil- ferences before May. A special meeting of has led many within SMPTE to favor ity of a single world production standard is Study Group 11 (the CCIR group that con- changing the world standard frame rate of past. Instead, the CCIR will try to choose centrates on HDTV standards) has been set film from 24 fps to 30 fps rather than trying among two proposed compromises in May. for March in Atlanta, just before the open- to change the U.S. video field rate. In re- The U.S., Japan, Canada and several others ing of the National Association of Broad- cent years, a SMPTE group has been study- favor a "common image" standard, in casters convention there. In April, Ameri- ing the feasibility of such a change, and the which all of the attributes of the production cans have been invited to attend meetings general findings are that film shot at the system are standardized except for the field during a regular gathering of the EBU current 24 fps with 4 perforations per frame rate. European broadcasting systems are membership in Stockholm. (pert) is of inferior quality and more waste- based on a 50 -hertz rate, while NTSC, used o ful of film stock than shooting 3 -perf, 30 in North America and Japan, has a 60 -hertz fps. But there has been no international rate. World broadcasters have been unable Amid all of the discussion of compromise, agreement, in large part because of the ex- to settle on a common field rate. Some one speaker during the sessions asked world pense that would be created by forcing the- European broadcasters have also been un- engineers not to give up the ideal of a single aters to replace their projectors. able to settle for the common image corn - world system. "People talk a lot about A solution was offered by Donald C. promise. They suggest an alternative common image format and common data McLendon of the Bunch -McLendon Studio "common data rate," in which the world rate.... The worst thing is frame -rate differ- in Houston. He demonstrated a device his agrees to a single sampling frequency. ences," said Charles A. Poynton, staff en- company has recently patented that could Also to be discussed is whether there can gineer in the graphics products division of be retrofitted to current projectors and be world agreement on active lines at 1,920 computer firm Sun Microsystems Inc. In an would allow for operation at 30 fps or 24 horizontal, 1,080 vertical, which would re- era when the communication barriers be- fps and either 3 pert or 4 perf. sult in square- shaped pixels on a 16:9 video tween the East and West are being torn Film production in the future will "not screen. The CCIR meeting will also resume down, HDTV is providing a golden oppor- be abandoned by any means," McLendon discussion on HDTV colorimetry and trans- tunity to increase that communication said. His invention "will benefit HDTV as fer issues. Study Group 11 came to a tenta- through a single world television system, he much as it will the movie theater" because tive agreement on colorimetry and transfer, said. of the smoother transcoding onto 1,125/60 with some European representatives dis- The computer industry has a lot to gain video, he said. Although McLendon was senting. All members must agree to those from the implementation of HDTV and the unable to give a full demonstration of the standards in Düsseldorf or the agreements HDTV industry could gain a great deal machine due to a problem with the electri- on them will fall through. through cooperation with the computer in- cal system in the hotel, the limited demon- The ATSC- hosted meetings at the dustry, Poynton said. Displays on current stration presented to the conference was SMPTE conference included one meeting computer workstations are generally cath- well received. -RMS

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 64 ON THE ROAD To In preparation for the annual National Association of Broadcasters convention, BROADCASTING is presenting a weekly feature looking ahead to the various technological offerings that will occupy the NAB equipment exhibit. This week: radio. RADIO & AUDIO PROCESSING

A11 along the aisles of the radio and Center in Atlanta (March 31 -April 3). For would set a standard. Leonard Kahn, Kahn audio portion of the National Asso- AM broadcasters, the coming June 30 dead- Communications Inc., continues to lead the ciation of Broadcasters exhibition line set by the FCC for implementation of fight against C -Quam with his rival single- in 1990 the word "digital" will be most the National Radio Systems Committee sideband system, even though no consumer prominent. That is nothing new. For years (NRSC) audio standard should mean that radios are made to receive it. Slow sales there has been a steadily increasing amount NRSC processors should be hot items, with prove that C -Quam is a marketplace failure of digital audio tape (DAT) recorders, com- more than 3,000 of the approximately and that after current antitrust suits are set- pact disks and digital audio post-production 5,000 U.S. AM stations not yet converted. tled, receivers for both systems will be and sound-effect equipment demonstrated. But all manufacturers of NRSC filters re- available. But this year, for the first time, NAB at- port that sales so far are slower than expect- For FM broadcasters, the controversy tendees will have a demonstration of digital ed and that several stations are not likely to continues over modulation techniques. Dif- audio transmission, a European technology meet the deadline. ferences of opinion exist among modulation that could be entering the U.S. in great The continuing saga of AM stereo also monitor manufacturers over which measur- force by the end of this decade. will be a decision for some broadcasters to ing techniques are adequate and whether the Audio processing issues for both AM and make this year. Implementation of the C- FCC should take a greater interest in the FM stations will be the other hot topic on Quam system developed by Motorola con- issue. the NAB exhibit floor when radio engineers tinues, but at an extremely slow pace, leav- NAB invited the European consortium, come to the Georgia World Conference ing Motorola now wishing that the FCC Eureka Project No. 147, to show its Digital

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Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 65 Audio Broadcasting (DAB) system in a you will hear more and more about this At the Harris Corp. /Allied Equipment baseband form in Atlanta. Since last technology as we move into the mid- booth (this is the first year the two compa- month's NAB board meeting in Rancho 1990's." nies will exhibit together at a spring NAB Mirage, Calif. (BROADCASTING, Jan. 22), o show), the DSE -7000 digital audio work- the association has been releasing details of In the meantime, there is plenty of digital station introduced by AKG Acoustics last the system based on its own initial analysis. studio equipment on the market. Audio year will be on sale for the first time. Al- This will be the first U.S. demonstration of post- production units (that can also be inte- lied's national sales manager, Dave Burns, DAB, which has been shown in Europe grated into video productions) will be avail- said that a great deal of interest in the AKG since 1988. The technology is co -owned by able from several suppliers. One of the old- device is expected. At the AKG display, Eureka (a consortium of European govern- est companies in that field is New England the company will have a new booth mate of ments and private manufacturing compa- Digital, White River Junction, Vt., which its own, dbx Professional Products, which nies) and the European Broadcasting Union has been in the business for 13 years with AKG acquired last year. The wide and es- (EBU). By 1991, they expect that they will its well- established Synclavier system. tablished lines of the AKG line of micro- have invested about $43 million in DAB. "We're coming to the end of a purchase phones and headsets and dbx audio "Many of us," said John Abel, NAB cycle. A generation of analog technology is compressor /limiter and noise reduction sys- executive vice president, operations, at last coming to the end of its useful life and tems will be featured there. month's board meeting, "have asked our- digital audio has captured a lot of attention. DAT recorders have been almost as hard selves how long we can expect to remain Now people are getting to the point where to sell to the U.S. professional community competitive with an analog signal when the they're really looking at it as their next as they have been to introduce to the U.S. consumer expects ever- increasing quality purchase," said Ted Pine, New England consumer market. One supplier, Harris/Al- sound that is equivalent to compact disk Digital marketing manager. lied has discontinued selling them. Harris digital quality." The company's main introduction will be introduced recorders manufactured by Aiwa CD's, DAT, cable and satellite audio Post -Pro, an eight -track hard disk editor Corp. of Japan at NAB 1988. "DAT has delivery are already competing with music and software package. "There are times not caught on in broadcasting the way we programing on AM and FM stations, he when you need to tweak a sound during a all hoped that it would. Sales have been said. DAB will provide quality equal to mix. What you can do with this system is good, but nothing to brag about," Burns them all and may be a way for radio broad- not only edit sounds, but flip them into said. casting to survive in the future. RAM and do quite a lot of different types of In contrast, Sony is expanding its line of The DAB signal is superior to the best manipulation," Pine said. New England DAT products with the introduction of its analog FM signal for several reasons. The Digital is also featuring a new $2,000 soft- new PRO R -DAT editor to go along with a frequency response for a DAB receiver ware package which allows for interface wide line of DAT recorders. "Prior to this, would be about 22 khz compared to FM's between CMX floppy disk editors to the we have not been able to show editing," 15 khz. Also, a DAB signal is not only hard disk editors. Dare said. "We recognize that R -DAT is immune to the artifacts caused by multipath "I think the story from Sony's point of expensive for an AM station. But for an FM interference, but the echoes actually tend to view is `The Digital Era,' " said Peter station, R -DAT is an area where we can strengthen the system. "Time delays do not Dare, vice president, product management, enter that business." become a problem in the coding of the Sony Broadcast Products Co., Teaneck, o signal.... In digital audio broadcasting, the N.J. "We're going to have a real massive portion of signal that's received as an echo amount of digital product there." This On the FM processing side, "I think we're just gets integrated into the data stream," year, 50% of the Sony booth (the biggest of going to have an interesting debate over FM said Michael Rau, NAB vice president, sci- the show for the last several NAB conven- bandwidth and modulation measurement," ence and technology. tions), will be devoted to digital equipment, Circuit Research Labs's Bill Ammons said. There will also be some drawbacks to including several new audio devices de- In recent months, much of the controversy DAB. The system is four times more spec- signed to interface with video machines. has been stirred up by Modulation Sciences trum efficient than FM, with 12 to 16 stereo The introductions will include the VSP- Inc. and its ModMinder, which uses a dif- channels per market fitting in 4 mhz to 6 8000 digital audio mixer and a 32x32 rout- ferent technique for measuring FM modula- mhz. But there is little bandwidth available ing switcher. tion than the competitors (BROADCASTING, for such a service. Spectrum in the UHF TV Prices have not yet been set for any of the Oct. 23, 1989). However, Eric Small, vice band, for example, is now being reserved for products. The first test site for all of these president, engineering for Modulation Sci- the introduction of HDTV. Other bands are introductions will be an all- digital edit suite ences, claims that the ModMinder adheres similarly full. Also, current receivers, tuned being built in Chicago. The equipment for to the techical requirements the FCC used to pick up the conventional AM and FM that suite is to be delivered by the end of to impose on modulation monitors before it bands, will not receive DAB. this month. General shipments after the ceased type- approving them in 1983. Small Depending on how you look at it, anoth- NAB are expected to begin in May. has been distributing a copy of a letter er feature of DAB is a plus or a drawback. The most important of several introduc- written by FCC chief engineer Tom Stan- If the service is implemented, the number tions by the British company Solid State ley, who wrote: "If the equipment does of stations assigned to each market will be Logic will be ScreenSound, an off-line vid- indeed meet the pre -1983 technical require- decided in advance. "In the digital audio eo and audio -for -video editing system. It is ments, I expect it would produce valid broadcasting system, there is only one a multi -track, hard disk system with 16 readings of FM modulation. Equipment 'splotch' of RF energy on the band and all audio tracks that can be operated simulta- meeting the pre -1983 requirements is satis- the stereo channels are within that splotch neously. It includes write once, read many factory for determining compliance with the of RF energy," Rau said. Licenses will (WORM) disk capability for sound effect current FM modulation requirement." have to be issued in blocks in each market. archiving. ScreenSound is also built with In the area of general AM and FM stereo This will mean less flexibility in station interface capability with Quantel's Harry- processing, Gentner Electronics Corp., Salt assignments. But at the same time, the Sound system. Lake City, is introducing its Lazer digital power upgrade and facility change process- Another British audio workstation com- stereo generator. "This product is going to es, which have gradually led to increased pany, Digital Audio Research (DAR) of be a big story. Optimod [built by Orban] interference on the AM and FM bands, will Surrey, England, will be demonstrating has had an analog limiter stereo generator not be possible. three new features to its SoundStation II. for about 15 years, and nobody's come out It cannot be accurately predicted when a Upgrades to 16 channels of simultaneous with an improvement since," said Kelli DAB service could be available in the U.S. output will be offered as well as its new Maag, marketing coordinator. "They have While the technology could be ready within WordFit software, which automatically an excellent product, but this is a whole the next five years, legal, regulatory and synchronizes two different sets of dialog new generation of stereo generators. " -RMS political influences could push implementa- over two different tracks. WordFit would tion farther into the future. But as Abel told be especially handy for lip sync applica- the NAB board: "You should be aware that tions, according to DAR. Next week: satellite gear.

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 66 IGM automation system Including (3) 48 tray ATC PB -150 tube mdl. seems complete, gd Ampex AG5002 stereo 2 trk, in case, built Ev EVT 521212 in, stereo out & mono & mon- Instacarts, mono, will sell separately, (3) Scully for parts. etc, $100180. J Sigmon, WBZK. in midline mixing wlplugs, mio preamps, vgc, CONSOLES itor, mint cond, $500. D Bailey, 3422 Beech, 280 stereo decks, (2) SCM stereo decks, (2) POB 398. York SC 29745. 803-684-4241. 7.5.375 ips, $300 plus shpg. M Saady, First Rowlett TX 75088. 214-475-9796 UMC lire announce decks, Techtran disc City Recd, 141-60 84 Rd 3E, Briarwood NY ITC Omega Serles desks. pro- Want to Sell drive, Extel logger, Brain w11OK event & key- (2) playback 11735. 718. 846.2062. RCA BC5A (2), modified to 7 inputs, complete gram need minor repair, otherwise ex- board, new CRT in carton, spare pans kit, (5) cards a,dnnvern ecanc -wn cnaro narrs, lamps, wlspare parts & manuals, gd cond, BO; Kel- cel cond. racks, $6000 ea/Instacarls, $17,500/system. K $8 xmers,BO. don KD20A remote broadcast console wl(2) POB 740. Ci BO. Stone, 512-345 -9300. In Diego CA Us, (2) waterproof speakers, gd cond, J Keller, WKOK, P08 1070, Sunbury PA 17801. w/(4) Revox PR99s, time BG Engines BE 16X complete ad- 717- 286-5838. vance. delay record, we assist 8 much more, irai up timer removed from service 2/89, excel cond, cart decks, I excel cond, Gates Stereo 80 complete wlpwr supply, $27,500. D Remy. KKLI, 2808 International, lamps. motor Ampex 440 most rotary faders new, works fine, 3 mio in Colorado Springs CO 80910. 719. 636-1000. ries for PDII W Kremer, put 4 line input, includes book, $800. C Ben- 99 cad deck 33315. 305- ner, WUSL, 440 Domino Ln. Philadelphia PA Into -Cart 48 PBM, like new, all heads per- The dova, San D 19128. 215-483-8900. fect. mono, $5000 or trade w/extra control Irk proces- chassis. D Kohn, KESM, 200 Radio La, El- Telex MC-PF GRK Omega 10 chnl, all plug -in amps, digi- 500lf rm. B dorado MO 64744. L Chatman, tal switches, complete set of spare PC boards, )ranada CA Berlin NJ OE $4500. B Brown , WPRS, POB 367, Paris IL Control Design CD -28, including racks. hardest place 61944. 217465.6336. Carousels, R -R, time announce controller, gd New STL N/ achines (2), working cond, spare parts. sell seperately or stereo & cor '78-5192. Ramko DC8M5 8 chni stereo, excel cond, all as one. E Histed, WDNH, 350 Erie. Hones- Anstocart sh manuals 8 extras, $5500. R Trumbo, KNLF, dale PA 18431. 717 -253-1616. reo & (2) star < letters, ex- to find P08 117. Quincy CA 95971. 916. 2834144. 4chnl 12" Automated Bmadcast Controls tone gener- kit, rack moi relays & he axcel cond, ator (2), $150; Caner CS.25 Sensor, $150: BE Automgram AC-6 6 chnl 23 input stereo, in excel cond, dual tone generator, $50. C Green, Century Royster, KQF excel cond, includes ESE built-in timer, 92107. 619 -2 eke assem- 21 Programming. 800-937-2100. $4200/80 pis shpg. D Kelley, KISZ. P08 740, our products. )0 ea; Scul- Cortez CO 81321. 303. 565.1212.

Sparta 25-08C 25 Hz oschiher for automa- Hams Crite 1 coral, $75. cond, PB ste tion production, 2 chnls, $150/80. J Tascam M-50 12x8 x8, lots of extra features, M McDonald. 303-669-3442, Enter, 331 Any time you care to scan the broadcast low I processor, hrs, mint cond, $2900. K Flory, The 215.264 -529: Sono-Meg 252RS Carousel stereo. BO; IGM equipment classifieds, you can find most of lar to PCM- Production Co, Box 1027, Siloam Spring AR 78 tray go-cart stereo bidirectional, BO; (2) i00. B Ford, 72761. 501-524-4626. Gates 25 Hz tone controller, BO: Sparta a CA 94016 the major names in our industry -with one McCurdy SS -7500 stereo console parts. P &G 25SEN 25 Hz tone decoder, BO; Gates FA25 CASSE faders. plug in preamps. etc. J.C. Aegerter, 25 Hz stereo notch filter, BO. KDKB, POB notable exception. Products manufactured REE arate speak - Satcom, 5431 W Center, Milwaukee WI 53210 6184, Kingman AZ 86402. 602-753-KDKB. by Pacific Recorders & Engineering seldom tad has de- 414445 -2300, IGM automation system, includes Basic A k Smith, 25 BE 50 wl4 pots; (2) Ramko CPU, keyboard, CRT, hard drive, (3) In- if ever show up in these pages. 3. 508 -841- 4BEM solid state: F -2 w/6 ATI stacarts, (4) ITC reel decks, Sparta Carousel, Tandberg 71 Collins 212 tube type pots; 8 chnl IGM time announce, new IGM encoder wlopt plastic two stereo w /pwr supply. call for details. Adolph, That should tell you important things $600 ea or w/Televideo terminal, all cards, interlaces. mica, mint, 915.949 -2112. PO8 549, maint kit & manuals, $9500. J Katz, KJUG. 1950's cons about our equipment. One, it has a very long 52 -2263. Interface 104L 16x8 monitor mix console, 9 717 N Mooney, Tulare CA 93274. 209486- S Delahoyde life. Two, it's in such demand, even after freq, 3 band EQ pads, solos. etc, B 2866. 602. 937-908 Telex 1422, $950. ,peels, BO: Petruzzi, Rouse St Prod, 804 E Old Hickory, Revox PR -99 4 deck, original boxes; P -3A Sony TC-75! years of use, that it's almost never adver- and, BO. J Madison TN 37115. 615-868-8516. controller, BO. J Phillips, WZOM, 409.12 Clin- er, $550hrac tised. Instead, the engineer who's replacing -y PA 17801. ton, Defiance OH 43512. 419 -784 -1059. Tascam 38 Tascam M -520 20 chnls, mint cond, 6 mos $1875; Tasca his BMX consoles (usually because his sta- old, $4250. D Miller, Airborne Audio, 11647 W ardly used. Terr, KS K Flory, The 83rd Lenexa 66214. 913492.8822. SW 112 Ave, Springs AR tion or network is building new facilities CART MACHINES Sunn Magna 5000, 24 inputs, 4 outputs, 3 IBM Syster with new PR &E equipment) simply calls a pro 4-trk, 4 aux sends, 3 band, 5 frequency EQ. Duncan Want to Sell faders & (2) spare modules & case, $2300. drive, 6 yrs few friends. Once word gets around that 2 trk, Teat bine traffic s B Petruzzi, Rouse St Prod, 804 E Old Hick- UMC Beaucart RP stereo recond wlspare never used, WJKL, 3342 ory, Madison TN 37115. 615 -868-8516 parts, manual, 3 tones, $1125. B Carr, WRED, some of our gear is available used, it's ates, Lakes 51301. 712. 1201 Fremont Pk, Toledo OH 43469.419.837- Otari 8 SD quickly sold. Midas Pro Custom Recording, 16x6 Remix 9696. tremely Ilea switch -over, (8) Pro 5, (8) Pro 3 modules, peak lions, $2500 meter, clock/imer, flight case. H Al- ATC Criterion Series mono RIP, gd cond, Pacific Recorders & Engineering consoles cond,$250; $10500. 15 Perkins. rich, Box 869, Greenville CA 95947.916-284- $300. B McKittnck, 331 Mulberry, Catashu- I cond, $50; 1844, qua PA 18032. 215- 264-5295 and cart machines are never hard to find. d. BO; CBS 6929. Technics It $200; CBS SMC 510 single cart player (2), $150 ea/BO. Try any major market station, network studio Hams Micromac 16 input mainframe, manu- lai $200 J Tho- J McDonald, 303-669 -3442. control rn als, spare supply. V Killion, 69.9931. per $10,0001130. POB 83111, I or smaller facility where professionals KRVN, POB 880, Lexington NE 68850. 308- Telex MC -PRIII RIP, like new, $950. L Chat- 27C m$around 324 -6717 man, IVA, 424 Commerce Ste 1, Berlin NJ Scully demand tools that work as hard, as well, and arec scan 08009. reproducers Hycor passive EQ; Lang PEO -2. A Aa- capstan mm do. 4 $1000 pis Old as long as they But please, don't waste Hattie, Rapid-0 ROM -2 R/P mono, lair coral, $200 only wiSchal 12 ron, Gannett Outdoor Co, 1695 Eastshore or trade. D Kohn, KESM, 200 Radio La, El- heads, part: your time looking in the classifieds. -5849. Hwy, Berkeley CA 94710. 415-527.3350. dorado Springs MO 64744. BO :PR&EI. system. M tole speed an Fldelipac Zenith & height gages for head Of course, the enduring worth of PR &E I MN 56302. B Royster, K( alignment, never used, $50. D Bailey, 3422 AR 50.6 for 92107. 619-2 is Beech, Rowlett TX 75088. 214.475 -9796. equipment another excellent reason most MICROPHONES L BO; Tape - Telefunken BE 53028 mono, triple decker, gd cond, people buy it new, direct from the source. Ipe Players, 8 varispd, Want to Sell $1300. E Trevino, KBOR, Box 3407, Browns- br details & $4K, Tascar ville TX 78523 512-541-6348. Just call us at (619) 438 -3911 for complete Springfield Neumann TLM -170, new, blk hnreh. Nakamichi t $1250/trade; AKG D- 1000E, vgc, $75. J Pines, 3M /ITC Delta I stereo, gd cond. presently NYNY 1010' information on BMX Series III consoles or 217-367-3530. working. E Trevino, KBOR, Box 3407, Browns- factory roll - Pioneer CT of llt- ville TX 78523 512 -541-6348. any our other products and services. lave very RCA 44, $750; Sony AC148A 2 mit pwr sup- need minor r lics & other SMC 792 mono, E Trevino, ply, BO. R Rhodes, POB 1550, NYNY 10101. gd cond, $900. mon, WBZK ). 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Birch and Arbitron: different numbers, same trends While the two ratings services' 4.7 share and second place overall. Buck- Birch 3.6. fall books put different stations ley Broadcasting's talk WOR(AM) in- The adult contemporary format appears in different ranks in L.A. and creased its share to a 4.6 rating. In Los at number five in the Los Angeles Birch New York, they both show urban Angeles, Capital Cities /ABC Inc.'s talk survey, with Cox Communications' soft and news outlets doing well KABC(AM) also increased its share to a 4.6. contemporary outlet KOST -FM showing a In the Birch survey, WINS(AM) posted a 4.9 share. Westwood One's KQLZ -FM with Fall 1989 Arbitron and Birch Radio ratings 4.1 share, and WOR(AM) a lower 3.4. In its "rock hit radio format" slid from its books disagreed on format strengths in the Birch, KABC(AM) showed up in fourth summer rating to sixth place and a 4.8 New York and Los Angeles markets. But place with a 5.2. rating. while the shares for stations with similar Birch numbers differ markedly with Ar- All Arbitran results are based on the Ar- formats varied between the two services' bitron when it comes to Park Communica- bitron fall 1989 radio local market reports numbers, the upward or downward trends tions' simulcast easy listening stations for Sept. 21 -Dec. 13, 1989 (total persons, did correlate. Urban contemporary did well WPAT-AM -FM New York. Arbitron lists the age 12 -plus, average quarter -hour shares, in both books, contemporary hit faltered stations as overall leaders with a 5.0 share, Monday- Sunday, 6 a.m. -midnight). Rat- somewhat and news and information -driven but Birch only gives them a 3.7. The old- ings data used is supplied by Arbitron and formats posted gains in both surveys. ies- formatted CBS station wcBS -FM re- is copyrighted; it may not be reprinted or Urban contemporary stations in New mained constant in the Birch book with a used in any form by nonsubscribers to the York had strong showings in both surveys. 3.6 share, as well as in Arbitron, where it company's ratings service. In the Birch book, urban radio captured the posted a 4.1 rating. All Birch results are based on Birch Ra- number -one spot in the nation's top radio Viacom's soft contemporary WLTW(FM) dio Quarterly Summary Reports for the sur- market. Summit Broadcasting's WRKS(FM) posted a 4.7 share and tied WINS for second vey period Sept. 1 -Nov. 29, 1989 (the time scored a 6.3 to lead the city (all numbers overall in the Arbitron survey. In Birch, period includes three survey periods, Sept. used are age 12-plus, average quarter -hour Group W's new AOR WNEw -FM pulled in a l -30, Oct. 1 -31, and Nov. 1 -29). The data share, Monday- Sunday, 6 a.m.- midnight). 5.0 share and fourth place. WLTw -FM got a used is supplied by Birch/Scarborough Re- Inner City Broadcasting's WBLS -FM scored 3.7 share, slightly up from its summer search and is copyrighted. -LC a 4.6 share for fifth place. Arbitron num- bers showed solid gains as well, with WRKS(FM) climbing to a 4.1, but tied for sixth place, and WBLS(FM) with a 3.8 share Counting down with Westwood One and eighth place. Contemporary hit radio drew weak num- Magazine article about radio Culver City, Calif. -based radio programer bers in the New York Arbitron survey, with programer again raises controversy was understating its current expenses by Malrite's WHTZ(FM) dropping 1.4 to a 4.3 over "revenue forecasting "; improperly classifying them as "capital" share (a fall from the first to fifth spot). more accurate, or more misleading? costs. Instead of reporting all the expenses Emmis Broadcasting's wQHT(FM) posted a as they occurred, "capitalizing" them - 4.0 share and seventh place. The Birch The Securities and Exchange Commission which Forbes alleged was an exception to survey numbers position WHTZ(FM) in sec- (SEC) is looking at Westwood One regard- general industry practice -let Westwood ond place, down from the lead in the sum- ing "financial and accounting issues," the One report the costs in smaller amounts mer, with a rating of 6.0. WQHT(FM) posted company said. The precise "issues" sub- over a period of subsequent years. a slight increase to settle in Birch's third ject to inquiry are unknown but a magazine The general principle raised in the article place with a 5.6 share. article criticized the company's method of about Westwood One has in fact long been Contemporary hit radio fared better in reporting financial results to shareholders a matter of controversy for entertainment the Arbitron book for the Los Angeles and the public. companies, particularly in the theatrical market, with Emmis Broadcasting's In its Feb. 5 issue, Forbes suggested the film business. Such companies have large KPWR(FM) earning a 6.2 rating and the upfront costs while revenue is spread out number -one spot and Gannett's KIIS -FM over subsequent years, so the SEC allows winning third place with a 5.4 (although such companies to try to "match" those KIIS -FM was listed below the line due to upfront costs with future revenue, using a comments made on the air by morning method called "revenue forecasting." Es- personality Rick Dees). sentially, the method involves estimating The Birch numbers showed contempo- total revenue over subsequent years, and rary hit stations as the Los Angeles leaders. then apportioning costs to each of those Consistent with the summer Birch survey, years in the same proportions as revenue. Emmis Broadcasting's KPWR -FM topped the Problems with revenue forecasting have market with a 7.7 share (unchanged from occasionally arisen when management is its summer number) and Gannett Broad- consistently overly optimistic about future casting's KIIS -AM -FM came in second with a revenue, thereby apportioning too great a 7.2 (improving its summer share slightly). percentage of costs to the future. Compa- Third place went to Capital Cities/ABC nies are supposed to regularly reevaluate AOR KLOS(FM), up to a 6.5 share from a their initial forecasts and write down any summer share of 4.2. that have since proved optimistic. News and information formats did well Bill Battison, Westwood One president during the fall 1989 Arbitron ratings peri- and chief financial officer, explained to od in both New York and Los Angeles. BROADCASTING the company's methods, Group W's WINS(AM) New York posted a Bill Battlson which he said affect roughly one -quarter of

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 68 CBS Radio sportscasters Jack Buck (r) and Hank Stram (c) were paired together for the 10th year to call the action for Super Bowl XXIV from the Louisiana Superdome in New Or- leans Jan. 28. Sportscaster Brent Musberger (I) was on hand to anchor the network's pre -game and halftime broadcasts with analyst Will McDon- ough (not pictured).

the company's business and do not include its news programing. For shows that will have repeat broadcasts, such as concerts and interviews (but not including any "countdown" shows), Westwood One "capitalizes" a percentage of the costs. Battison said the percentage capitalized var- ies but that two- thirds might be a typical CBS amount -with the remainder being ex- RADIO pensed in the current period. The amount capitalized is then expensed or "amor- SPORTS tized" in equal amounts over a period of between one and five years, with three years being the most typical period. Costs capitalized, said Battison, include rights and venue fees, mobile recording fees and certain duplication and editing costs. The general method has long been explained in the company's annual financial statements which are approved by its audi- tors, Price Waterhouse. Battison said that "revenue forecasting" for radio, based on projected advertising pricing, was less risky than in the movie business where one has to guess whether a movie will be popular or not. He also said that initially the effect of "capitalizing" a portion of costs was to improve earnings but that in the year just ended, the effect was roughly $100,000 on costs exceeding $100 million. That is because previously "capitalized" costs being amortized were almost equal to new costs being "capital- ized." Comparisons with other major radio net- works are difficult since few are publicly held companies and fewer, if any, produce programing in the same manner as Westwood One. One privately held compa- ny, Unistar, also capitalizes a portion of its costs, said Charles Persing, Unistar chief financial officer. "We capitalize program- ing expenses incurred while starting up the HE ONLY GAME IN TOWN show, until it gets well enough to stand on CBS RADIO SPORTS /Major League Baseball its own. We then take that amount and write it off over three to five years. The 1990 It's a new decade and a new deal for CBS RADIO longest period of costs capitalized I think - would be nine months' worth; the shortest SPORTS and Major League Baseball. Together, we're offer- could be three or four months." ing more action than ever before, including the All -Star ABC Radio Networks typically expensed all of its programing costs, said former se- Game, League Championships and the World Series. nior vice president Phil Giordano, now head of April Broadcasting. Battison, who Find out if the rights to broadcast CBS RADIO'S until 1985 was vice president of planning, finance and development at ABC Radio Major League Baseball package are available in Networks, said the situation was different your market. For information, call John Martin, from Westwood One's: "We [ABC] did not Vice Sales, Radio own the rights to our concerts, but instead President, Affiliate CBS bought them from DIR Broadcasting, who Networks, at 212/975-6085. MIMI LEAGUE IISr11LL' would sell us repeats for which we would also pay." -GF

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`Newscall' launched management structure of the announce the purchase of two radio company. The equity will be used to stations within 60 days. Washington -based National purchase radio stations and further Telecommunications Services Inc. and The develop and implement RADAR - RNA revenue report Berns Bureau have joined to launch measured programing, according to "Newscall," a telephone service to provide Premiere. The Radio Network Association has newsfeeds to radio stations and networks As a result of the deal, Premiere released 1989 yearend figures for network as well as to monitor how and when the feed Executive Vice President Tim Kelly and radio revenue. The total for 1989 was was used. Vice President of Sales Kraig T. Kitchin $427,187,728, according to unaudited According to the Berns Bureau, in the will take on additional duties with the radio numbers provided by the RNA. The 1989 past, usage of feeds was monitored using acquisition division of Premiere. Kelly total was up 11.9% over 1988's figure of interpolated usage reports based on will focus on programing and promotion, $381,911,715. For the month of random sampling. "Newscall" can provide while Kitchin will focus on sales and December 1989, the RNA reported revenue information on how each station uses an marketing. The company hopes to of $35.9 million, an increase of 2.4% over audio feed. The service also offers the the same period in 1988. option of targeting audio feeds by region, Spot up in December According to Peter Moore, president of format, audience and market size. the RNA, January of 1990 softened, but The Berns Bureau has been providing National spot radio billings were February and March are showing signs news coverage since 1976, and National $101,658,800 for December 1989, an of strengthening. Telecommunications has been providing increase of 40% over December audio feeds to radio stations since 1985. 1988's unadjusted figure of MTV News on the radio $72,628,200 and 12% ahead of the Premiere interest adjusted number of $90,785,300. The MTV: Music Television and Westwood 1989 total was $1,097,779,200, a One have entered into an exclusive The New York -based investment 10.2% change over the $995,924,600 agreement to distribute a new two - banking firm, The Argentum Group, has unadjusted figure for 1988, and 8.1% and -a -half minute radio program entitled signed a letter of intent to purchase a over the adjusted total of MTV News. The program will air twice minority interest in the Los Angeles -based $1,015,077,000. All figures are based daily, Monday through Firday, and will be Premiere Radio Networks. The on information provided by Radio Ex- written and hosted by Kurt Loder, host transaction is outlined by Premiere penditure Reports Inc., which collects of MN's Week in Rock and News at Night. President Steve Lehman as an equity information from the top 15 reps. MTV News will begin airing on package that will not alter the corporate or Westwood affiliate stations in March.

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Wide array of shows set for screening in Monte Carlo World's key TV company executives Warner Bros., Columbia Pictures, Orion movies also include David Wolper Produc- expected at annual TV Market in Pictures, Worldvision, New World, Har- tion's The Plot to Kill Hitler as well as A Monaco; mini -series, TV movies are mony Gold, CBS, ITC, Germany's Beta - Matter of Trust, An Eight is Enough Wed- among U.S. studio offerings for sale film, Nelson Entertainment, MCEG, HIT ding, China Nights, House of Dies Drear, Communications, Palladium, International Konrad, Murder in Mississippi, Necessary High -level media executives from around Broadcast Systems, Public Television Inter- Parties, RIP, the Company and Words by the world will meet on the French Riviera national and DSL Entertainment. Heart. later this week at an international gathering Studio offerings this year include Para - Series from Warner Bros. are the one- that, despite its relatively small size, re- mount's mini -series Not a Penny More, Not hour Island Son and Life Goes On, the half - mains one of the most prestigious of its a Penny Lessfa four -hour co- production hours College Mad House, Family Matters, kind. with the BBC and Revcom of Paris, based Molloy, Normal Life and The People Next The Monte Carlo Television Market, on the Jeffrey Archer novel and bound for Door. Animated offerings include half - held Sunday, Feb. 11, through Friday, Feb. U.S. cable service USA Network this hours Beetlejuice, Police Academy -The Se- 16, generally draws fewer than 2,000 peo- spring. ries and Tiny Toon Adventures. ple, far less than the MIPCOM and MIP- Warner Bros. will have a wide range of Columbia Pictures offerings center on se- TV program markets held each fall and new products, including mini -series, TV ries, with the one -hour Hardball and Peace- spring in Cannes, France. But packed into movies, specials and series. The four -hour able Kingdom. Half-hours include The Ann suites at the Monte Carlo Loews hotel and mini -series Common Group, based on a Pu- Jillian Show, Doctor, Doctor, The Famous the city's adjacent conference center are the litzer Prize- winning novel, will be Teddy Z, Free Spirit, Homeroom, Living top executives of the world's key TV com- screened, along with made - for -TV movies Dolls, New Attitude, The Seinfeld Chroni- panies. Montana, from a book by Larry McMurtry, cles, Sugar and Spice and the animated Ka- Among the leading Hollywood studios Fellow Traveller, Hometown Boy Makes rate Kid. The studio will also have several and independent producers and distributors Good, Perfect Witness, Traveling Man, two -hour dramas, including Cast The First using this year's market to screen and sell Vietnam War Stories: The Last Days, and Stone, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer: new programs are Paramount Pictures, The Image, starring Albert Finney. TV Murder Takes All and Murder in Paradise.

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 70 Orion Pictures will have Equal Justice, a the cooperation of Unesco, entitled "Heri- offering a new TV series along with its two -hour pilot with a commitment from tage." library of animation programing, and Pub- ABC -TV for 12 one -hour episodes. The Also on hand at the market will be Palla- lic Television International, the newly mini -series And the Violins Stopped Play- dium, now developing a motion picture formed central program sales organization ing is being offered in a four-hour and a based on "The Lone Ranger" character; representing 21 noncommercial U.S. two -hour version, and the producer also has International Broadcast Systems, with an broadcasters and a library of more than 200 two -hour TV movies No Place Like Home action film package from producer Hong hours, including Wall Street Week, Nature, and Passport to Terror (Dark Holiday). Kong TVB; former Jim Henson distribution South Africa Now, National Geographic Worldvision will have three Aaron Spell- arm HIT Communications, which will be Specials and Newton's Apple. -AAG ing- produced TV movies for both interna- tional TV and home video distribution: the CBS -TV movies Love Boat: A Valentine NeRantIOgnMo Voyage and Murder in Black and White, and ABC -TV's Rich Men, Single Women. The law firm of Loeb & Loeb has opened European headquarters in Rome. The firm, TV movies from New World are False which said it has the largest entertainment group in the U.S. at offices in Los Angeles Witness and Little White Lies, and the com- and New York, named as partners in the new office the formerly L.A. -based executive pany is also offering half-hour series Bag- John Dellaverson, along with Lorenzo De Sanctis and Guendalina Ponti (daughter of dad Cafe and Elvis and the one -hour Grand Italian producer Carlo Ponti). Lee Steiner, the Loeb & Loeb senior partner who Slam. announced the expansion, said the firm's 34 entertainment attorneys already conduct Harmony Gold is offering its mini -series 15 % -25% of their work for clients outside the U.S., most notably from Italy, France, the Paris /Dakar: A Great Adventure, a co-pro- UK and West Germany, and expects to increase that percentage, as well as cut down duction with Italy's Silvio Berlusconi and on the previously existing lag time in servicing overseas clients. Germany's Taurus Film in association with o King World, and mini -series Shaka Zulu: A cable company owned by telco U.S. West and Montvale, N.J. -based MSO US The Missing Chapter, along with other new Cable Corp. has won a UK cable franchise with 340,000 homes. The Tyneside, UK, programs. franchise, the third largest so far awarded by the UK Cable authority, will cost an CBS is distributing internationally the estimated $160 million to construct, with building to begin in March and continue until MTM comedy half -hour City, and its week- 1994. The franchise, which also serves 13,000 businesses, carries a telecommunica- ly public affairs program Saturday Night tions license. U.S. West is already a partner in seven other UK cable franchises, with Connie Chung. The network also has a representing nearly 1.5 million households. movie package with Wolf, Gunsmoke II; Miracle Landing; Money; Power and Mur- American Top 40 with Shadoe Stevens will be broadcast nationally in the U.S.S.R. by der; Night Walk; An American Christmas; Gostelradio, the official broadcasting agency of the Soviet Union. Radio Express, the So Proudly We Hail, and Single Women, Los Angeles-based syndicator that distributes the program overseas, and Gostelradio Married Men. have announced that the program will be translated into Russian and distributed via ITC will be offering a range of TV mov- two networks: Mayak (Lighthouse) and Yunost (Youth). ies and mini -series. Now in production for NBC is People Like Us, and filming has already been completed ón the Jack Hig- gins novel Night of the Fox, a co- produc- tion with partners including Tribune Co. and France's TFI , Canal Plus and SFP. Also offered are the police drama Settle the "Advertisers, who Score, CBS TV movie Fear Stalk and True Betrayal. The mini -series co- production Phantom once ignored us, of the Opera, which will receive its world premiere screening at Monte Carlo, is being offered by Germany's Betafilm, which are now anxious partnered with Silvio Berlusconi and France's TF1 to produce the four-hour mini -series. Also from Betafilm are six 90- to see us." minute thrillers based on stories by Freder- ick Forsyth, a 90- minute romance A Ghost When WXCT joined Business Radio in Monte Carlo, and the co- production Voy- -Marty Wilson, owner Network, suddenly their telephone calls were age of Terror-The Achille Lauro Affair. lta'CT-Ah1 answered. Sales appointments were scheduled. The four-hour mini -series Heiress, based New Haven, CT on a biography of Christina Onassis, is be- Marty Wilson knows why:' With Business ing offered by Nelson Television, along Radio Network, we've developed a great amount with a Steven Spielberg- produced two -hour of prestige in New Haven." TV movie pilot, Capitol Hill. The company will also have the mini- series 1968, The 1(800)321 -2349 1(719)528.7046 Russian Doll, Dead Heat and a series of I Listen Line) two -hour TV movie pilots, The Street, MP, and Thief, along with comedy series pilots Making Waves, Five Star Casting and Knowledge Mama Mia. You Can Live With' Theatrical releases available from distrib- utor MCEG will include "Sex, Lies and Videotape," "Drugstore Cowboy." "Chains of Gold," "Boris and Natasha," "Convicts" and "Cold Heaven." The company, which recently purchased Virgin Vision, will offer that company's film li- brary, including "Mystic Pizza," along Business Radio Network with a documentary series produced with

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 71 NV%dia

Religious broadcasters clean house, eye perestroika

Opportunities abroad and struggles kets, free elections and free expression, rized to open a news bureau in Moscow at home define NRB's 47th convention propelled by many things, not the least of Robertson said he will travel to the Soviet which was faith." Union in late May to tape an edition of The Ethics standards remained near the top of Describing "a season of miracles," the 700 Club with Pat Robertson. the agenda for a third year in a row for the President told a series of anecdotes, includ- "Atheism is dead," said Robertson. National Religious Broadcasters, as associ- ing the story of a Romanian minister saved "When you look at this, along with what ation leadership found itself still wrestling from execution after more than 20 years' has happened in Eastern Europe recently. with by -laws that require nonprofit mem- imprisonment by his government. Bush you have to believe that God's spirit is bers of a certain size to submit budget, beckoned that minister to rise from a front sweeping the earth in these days to enable fundraising and other information to meet row convention seat for another standing masses of people to come into His king- the Ethics and Financial Integrity Commis- ovation. Eleven months after his inaugura- dom." Although religious people, many of sion (EFICOM) standards adopted at last tion proclamation that "the day of the dic- them Catholics, had played a major role in year's convention in the spirit of self -regu- tator is over," he reminded the audience, destroying communism, he said, "it is a lation, following the highly publicized fall queskion of how many" people remain reli- of former member Jim Bakker. gious after 40 years of repression of the The Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart scan- church. dals are still having a negative affect on Despite CBN's success, such free fundraising for the average television or speech opportunities remain carefully radio ministry, but many members have controlled and limited by the Soviet com- seen a turnaround in the past year, said munist party, warned Viktor Aksiout- NRB President Jerry Rose, who, neverthe- chits, a Russian Orthodox Christian and less, devoted much time to explaining why candidate for the Soviet Congress of Peo- a large number of members have yet to ple's Deputies. Aksioutchits, who said he submit information on EFICOM. has published a spiritual literature journal But beginning with President George not distributable within the Soviet Union, Bush's Jan. 29 address, exactly halfway said, "It's true that we do get more infor- through the Jan. 27 -31 agenda, NRB's 47th mation from the West, but it is nowhere annual meeting's theme -"Looking Unto near the demand among the people." Al- Jesus for a Decade of Opportunity " -be- though he welcomed more movement like gan to take on specific meaning and to CBN's, he cautioned that Soviet President balloon into the show's major topic: poten- Mikhail "Gorbachev must do something tial evangelical programing opportunities in to satisfy the NRB President Jerry Rose (standing) and Pat West. The government can eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Robertson do that" in limited fashion, he said, Romanians had heard the first Christmas "while at the same time blocking any East bloc frontier song broadcast since 1946. such initiatives from within the Soviet During the initial moments of his fourth The emphasis on opportunities abroad Union." address to NRB, President Bush assured had already been well ensconced in an Calling eastern Europe "a new frontier," 1,400 attendees (about 125 fewer than last agenda that included five workshops on in- Rose also cautioned, "I hope that big and year) gathered at the Sheraton Washington ternational issues, an international banquet small ministries will not go in with the Hotel last week that he will work to protect featuring a satellite feed from London and a attitude that we have all the answers. We their interests by working to protect free- congressional breakfast in honor of Israel. have to know the language [and] work with dom of expression and action for the indi- "We have to pray about what to do about the people who have already begun work vidual in the United States. these people in eastern Europe," said one there." The President drew several standing ova- minister to a radio interviewer stationed in Washington tions from one of his key 1988 election the hotel. And NRB President Rose, mo- clout constituencies, aligning himself with "the ments after the President and First Lady If ethics issues still occupied the periphery sanctity of life; policies that encourage Barbara Bush departed to another standing of the convention, they did not appear to adoption, not abortion" and support for "a ovation, encouraged members to "witness hinder NRB's record of displaying power- Constitutional amendment restoring volun- across the world." ful Washington friends. In addition to the tary prayer in our schools." Of his budget Over the next two days, the focus on the President's visit, Senators Al Gore (D- proposal for federally supported childcare, Soviet Union and its former satellites in- Tenn.), Jessie Helms (R -N.C.) and Don the President said, "I will not see religious - creased. Just as NRB nonmember Robert Nickles (R- Okla.) and Representatives Bob based child care restricted." Schuller, host of the weekly Hour of Power, McEwen (R- Ohio), Marilyn Lloyd (D- But nondomestic issues dominated the announced elsewhere in Washington that Tenn.) and Bob Clement (D- Tenn.) attend- majority of Bush's approximately 20 -min- more than 200 million Soviets had viewed ed a Jan. 31 congressional prayer breakfast ute speech, as he recounted events that have his 1989 Christmas night sermon, Christian in honor of Israel. Later that day, three taken place outside the U.S. during his first Broadcasting Network founder Pat Robert- FCC commissioners -Andrew Barrett, year in office, attributing the demise of son announced at NRB that a CBN Ministry James Quello and Chairman Al Sikes - communist governments in eastern Europe, Center will open in Moscow. Already ac- joined the association leadership for a lun- at least in part, to the perseverance and faith cepted by Soyuz Video for distribution in cheon in their honor. of religious individuals and groups there. the Soviet Union, he said, CBN's animated In an equivocal appraisal of Bush's first The people of Romania, Czechoslovakia, biblical studies show, Superbook, began year performance, Rose said the President East Germany, Hungary and Poland had airing weekly on Leningrad television last "has done a good job," but he emphasized persevered, he said, to attain "free mar- month, and CBN, he said, had been autho- that "there needs to be more evangelical

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 72 participation across the board." The NRB (BROADCASTING, Oct. 30, 1989), won ing down, he said, to approximately 290 president said that a form of discrimina- more unqualified praise. "You can imagine out of 880 members remaining uncertified tion has played a part in the evangelicals' the pressure that has come to bear [on or proven exempt from EFICOM. The or- reduced Washington clout. "The separa- Sikes] to take a different position [from] the ginal May 1989 deadline for response to tion of church and state issue," he very serious position he has taken on ob- EFICOM has been extended until May claimed, "has been used against...known scenity and indecency," said Robert Ball, 1990. evangelicals" who have proved them- vice president of Salem Communications. Approximately 50 members have selves qualified to hold government posi- And, like Bush, Sikes also won ovations. dropped out of NRB "over time," appar- tions. "Content regulation is, and should be, con- ently since the creation of EFICOM two Although Robertson specifically identi- troversial," he said. "We have a Constitu- years ago. That is just about the normal fied White House Chief of Staff John Sun- tion that assures the rights of free speech," attrition rate, said Rose, who had conceded unu as a friend and devout Catholic, he also he said, adding, however, "I am absolutely before the convention, however, that a ma- appeared to criticize with faint praise Presi- convinced that this nation can provide adult jor member, Trinity Broadcasting Network, dent Bush as "receptive...saying the right programing that does not put our nation's had left NRB over requirements that boards things, but we are concerned with what children at risk." of directors not be dominated by ministry they do, not what they say." So far, he family or staff; other similar defections may said, he is satisfied that the President is come, he had said (BROADCASTING, Jan. Ethics deadline fulfilling "what I would call the family 29). agenda." Rose struggled to clarify for the press a The results of any by-law changes will be Sikes, under whose young tenure the complex set of numbers representing mem- made public -along with a list of EFICOM FCC has levied a series of fines to stations bers that have, have not, need to and need certified members -in March or April, said charged with airing indecency violations not file for NRB ethics certification -boil- the association. -PDL

KQED takes expensive stand on `Monitor Radio'

Noncommercial KQED Inc. is in a stand -off week said the church's teachings do not KQED'S Tiano said the board has been with San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos over require discrimination against gays and les- attempting to resolve the issue in talks that the corporation's hopes for issuing $15 mil- bians. Asked why, then, the Monitor does began last June. And last week, he said the lion in tax -exempt bonds. At issue is the not state clearly that it would not discrimi- talks would resume. Actually, the two sides fact that the producer of one of the pro- nate on the basis of sexual orientation, he seemed close to an agreement two weeks grams aired on KQED(FM) -the Christian said the company would operate on "a lev- ago when premature publicity caused a Science Monitor -has an employment poli- el playing field," in its broadcasting opera- breakdown. cy that permits it to discriminate against tions, and follow FCC guidelines regarding Tiano had faxed the mayor a letter on gays and lesbians. Persuade the Monitor to employment. The commission's policies do Jan. 24, dated Jan. 25, indicating that the change that policy, the mayor has told not prohibit such discrimination. board, at the meeting scheduled for that KQED, or drop Monitor Radio. Otherwise, Agnos says, he will not approve the bond issue, which would finance the renovation of a new building as a facility for KQED's "Responses to two television outlets and one FM station in the city. And if the state fails to serve as a backup to the mayor, KQED could find itself taking on another $41/2 million in interest our clients' ad payments over the next 15 years. Still, the KQED board two weeks ago voted, 12-4, with three abstentions, to re- campaigns have ject the mayor's demand. The board sees the issue as one involving the First Amend- ment. "We believe the question is one of been sfrong...with 'Who's in charge of programing'-it's at the heart of what we do," said KQED presi- dent Anthony Tiano. "The board," he add- no exceptions." ed, "will not allow an outsider to control content." The mayor's press secretary, With the help of Business Radio Network, Scott Shafer, disputed the argument that the -lì-ed lkudson KBNP quickly became the financial broadcast First Amendment was involved. Rather, he /'resident, h7,Nl'-A111 medium for the city. said that the city -long a magnet for gays Portland, nl"' and lesbians-has a law banning discrimi- Fred Hudson knows why "The non- nation on the basis of sexual orientation. traditional radio advertiser has found a forum The mayor, he said, is saying "the station to reach an upscale audience." can't continue to do business with a compa- 1(800)321 -2349 ny that discriminates against people who 1(719)528-7046 Ilnyui') I.UÌ make up a large part of our population." Il.istrn The Christian Science Monitor -the par- Knowledge ent of the company that produces Monitor Radio-fired a newspaper reporter in 1981 You Can Live With' because she was a lesbian. And the Massa- chusetts Supreme Court, four years later, affirmed the publishing company's action. It said that since the Monitor is a part of the First Church of Christ Scientist, the firing was protected by the First Amendment guarantee of separation of church and state. Business Radio Network John Selovar, chairman of the board, last

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 73 day, would direct the KQED staff to attempt bond issue," Tiano said. "If the board tiating with officials in Sacramento, 80 to persuade the publishing company to made that decision, that would be OK. But miles away, a prospect Tiano indicated he abandon its discriminatory policy. And if it wasn't going to yield to the mayor." did not welcome. He saw it requiring an- that effort failed after three years, the letter If the resumed talks fail to yield a com- other six months to explain KQED's needs added, KQED would drop Monitor Radio. promise, KQED would have two options re- and to comply with the processes of the However, the letter was leaked to the press, garding financing. Tiano said the board state government. Another option would be causing Tiano to scrap his plans for submit- could seek approval of the bond issue from to obtain conventional bank financing and ting the plan to the board. "The story made either the governor or the state legislature. pay what KQED estimates as an additional it appear we were going to give up Monitor That would substitute for the approval Ag- $41/2 million in interest over the next 15 in three years in return for approval of the nos is withholding. But that involves nego- years. -Il

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THE 1991 BUDGET FCC, USIA feel pinch

Commission says service will four mhz for bid in 1992 and two in 1992. needed to monitor new technologies, identi- be slower, with possible The budget estimates the auctions would fy and eliminate interference and respond to consequences for Treasury; yield $3.4 billion. And although Congress complaints, and continued deterioration of auction proposal will get in the past has turned a deaf ear to the physical plant due to lack of funding for sympathetic hearing in Congress proposal, things may be different this year. repairs and maintenance." The commission Representative John Dingell (D- Mich.), said the enhanced funding available in fis- Tucked away in the $1.23 .trillion budget chairman of the House Commerce Commit- cal year 1990 will address some of those President Bush sent to Congress last week tee, last week was talking of giving the issues. But, it added, "the remaining areas is a provision for the FCC for $118 million. proposal a sympathetic hearing. will continue to diminish the commission's That would be some $10.5 million more A White House -Congressional disagree- total effectiveness." Part of the problem is than Congress appropriated for the commis- ment over spectrum auctions is not the only in the size of the commission's payroll. The sion for the, current fiscal year (after $1.45 rerun likely in matters dealing with the 1,778 full -time equivalents expected to be million was sequestered to meet Gramm - communications side of the budget. There on board in 1991 are 28 more than the Rudman- Hollings limits). But considering is also the matter of funding for the Corpo- 1,750 FTE's in 1990-but they are still 352 the built -in increased costs it says it must ration for Public Broadcasting. The Presi- less than those on the payroll in 1981. shoulder and the impact of reductions over dent has proposed that Congress provide What's more, the deterioration of service the past four years, the commission is mak- $259,565,000 for public broadcasting in is not only a problem for the public. The ing no promises about offering top- of-the- 1993 -CPB is funded two years ahead- commission said the reduced funding it re- line services in fiscal 1991. Slower service and $46,940,000 as a final contribution to ceived in 1989 cost the government an esti- to the public and delays in the introduction meeting the cost of a new satellite. Con- mated $52 million in tax receipts because of of equipment needed to monitor new tech- gress has already authorized $285 million the delays in processing television, FM and nologies are in prospect. And one conse- for general system support two years hence cellular radio licenses. The delays ranged quence could be substantial tax -revenue and $66,940,000 for satellite replacement. from 30 days for the cellular systems to one loss to the Treasury. Public broadcasting officials -those from year for the TV and FM outlets. The corn - It is not only the FCC that is feeling the the National Association of Public Televi- mission based the revenue loss on the pre- budget pinch. The U.S. Information Agen- sion Stations as well as CPB -say they will sent value of the profit stream resulting cy is also hurting. The budget seeks take their $45 million difference with the from the radio systems' operations, and the $991,298,000 for the agency in the new President to Congress. profit stream on the market price of the fiscal year, some $56,432,000 more than The FCC and other government agencies systems minus tangible assets. "The tax Congress granted in 1990 (provided it lifts do not enjoy the independence that enables revenue loss will be substantially higher if the even lower 1989 ceiling it imposed CPB to urge the Congress to override the the application backlog increases in FY when it adjourned last fall without approv- President's budget recommendations -at 1990 or FY 1991 due to insufficient fund- ing a 1990 authorization bill for the State least vigorously. Commission officials, for ing," the commission said, adding: Department and USIA. The first step in instance, decline to reveal how much the "Therefore, consideration should be given undoing that was taken last week when the Office of Management and Budget was to the long -range economic assumptions as- Senate passed the authorization measure, asked to request for it in the budget. They sociated with the commission's potential to 98 -0. Now Congress must act to remove the say they must defend the President's re- affect tax receipts for the U.S. Treasury." 1989 ceiling). But USIA officials say built - quest. But, as a routine matter, they will Officials at USIA say inflation and the in costs, inflation and increases in some include that figure in the backup budget costs of absorbing pay raises have cut into areas are requiring cuts in some others - material sent to Congress. And its report to the agency's programing funds -that and about $10.3 million overall. Congress says that, despite the proposed increases for some of the agency's opera- Squeezing agencies is only one technique $10.5 million increase in its budget, the tions (the National Endowment for Democ- the President is employing to reduce the commission will pay a price, in services, racy, for instance, would receive $25 mil- deficit without new taxes. Increasing re- for the pay increases and other costs it has lion next year, some $8 million more than ceipts other than taxes is another. And in been required to absorb over the past four in 1990). Officials say that although the that connection, the President is trying years. budget indicates the Voice of America again to win congressional approval of a The report mentions these specific ef- would receive $175.6 million, almost $5 scheme to auction a portion of the spec- fects: "Increased application processing million more than was provided in the 1990 trum-the budget refers to six mhz of unas- times and slowed service to the public; de- budget, built -in costs would result in a $3 signed nonbroadcast spectrum. As was the ferred staff productivity improvement ini- million program cut. The television and case last year, the President would offer tiatives; delayed technical improvements film service would suffer an absolute reduc-

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 74 tion, with the administration seeking only needs of American telecommunications." dent's principal adviser on telecommunica- $30.8 million for it. compared to the $31.5 Not so, said CPB President Donald Ledwig, tions matters, it would receive $15.3 mil- million provided for television and film in in a statement released in response to the lion under the budget, some $1.3 million the current fiscal year. budget. "The president has proposed that more than was appropriated for it in 1990. Among the elements of USIA that would Congress appropriate $45 million less than Officials said the funds would be sufficient receive more generous funding in 1991 is the amount authorized for public broadcast- to enable the agency to do its job. One of Radio Marti, which broadcasts news and ing in FY 1993. The proposed funding levels NT1A's major projects in the new fiscal entertainment programing to Cuba. It is in would not even allow CPB to keep up with year will involve high -definition television. the new budget for $15 million, an increase inflation. We will take our case to Congress NTIA will work with the FCC in develop- of $2.5 million. Some of the increase for full funding of the amount authorized by ing an HDTV transmission and production would be used if the Castro government Congress." NAPTS President David Brugger standard. attempted to jam Radio Marti programs, echoed those remarks. The Federal Trade Commission is an now aired on 1180 khz. The budget says the Brugger also made clear the perennial agency that for the past several years new estimate includes funds to acquire a battle over funding for the Public Telecom- seemed of little concern to broadcasters, or backup frequency and the land on which to munications Facilities Program will be many other elements of American business build a transmitting station. fought again. As was the case throughout life. But recently, under its new chairman, Funding for the first year's operation of a the Reagan years, the administration is pro- Janet Steiger, it has shown signs of bestir- television version of the station -TV posing to eliminate the program, which pro- ring itself (see page 76). Among other Marti -was in the 1990 budget. Congress vides funds for the planning and construc- things, it is checking out allegations that approved $16 million-minus a $109,000 tion of noncommercial radio and television acquisitions in the cable industry are having sequestration -on the condition that testing stations in unserved areas. As in past years, an anticompetitive effect. One investiga- of the facility proves its feasibility. Plans the budget says that since more than 95% of tion- which, because of its size, is mandat- call for the installation of a transmitter and the U.S. is served by public broadcasting, ed by statute -involves the $200 million antenna in a windscreen hanging beneath an funding for the program is not requested. Tele- Communications Inc. merger with aerostat tethered 10,000 feet above one of Congress, which regularly ignores the Pres- Viacom providing for joint control of Via - the Florida Keys. The President's request ident's wishes in that regard, last year pro- com's Showtime. for 1991 seeks $18.1 million for the second vided $20 million. Brugger said the lack of With the FTC now operating under a year's operation. In both cases, the funds PTFP funding -which was authorized at statute allowing it to keep up to $20 million would be taken from VOA's radio modern- $39 million for the new fiscal year-"will of the premerger filing fees it collects, the ization account-leaving that account with hinder public television stations in main- agency is expected to operate on funds to- $68 million in the 1990 budget and $107 taining their equipment and upgrading their taling $73.6 million in 1990 and $77.9 mil- million in the new one. Most of the mod- services with new technologies." lion in the new fiscal year. Federal funding ernization funds would be spent on two He noted that the funding program has would account for $53.8 million and $56.9 shortwave projects under construction in been a fact of public broadcasting life for million in those two years. Staffing is being Morocco and Thailand. 38 years. increased substantially, from 894 wor- o As for the National Telecommunications kyears in 1989 to 970 workyears in As for the proposal to auction 6 mhz of and Information Administration, the Presi- 1991. -u unassigned nonbroadcast spectrum, the bud- get says the commission would be responsi- ble for conducting the competitive allocation. And legislation to authorize the bidding pro- cess, it adds, will be proposed. President BRN, we're Reagan's similar proposals over the years With foundered in Congress on members' concern that disposing of the spectrum in that mat - ter-or by leasing, another proposal in a Rea- a one -of -a -kind gan budget -would undermine the public in- terest principle embodied in the Communications Act. And an aide to Senator station in a very Ernest F. Hollings (D -S.C.) said senators have not changed their view on the matter - although, he added, "we're always looking crowded market:' for ways to balance the budget." But Dingell was showing a change of Phoenix is jammed with over 40 radio heart. He still does not like auctions, he said. Sunfi)rd Cohen stations. In a city like that, how do you stand 200 mhz And his bill (H.R. 2965) to transfer l'rc;rdrnl, hT.AN-.I)l apart and make money? of government spectrum to private- sector use '110,7 111 bans the use of auctions with respect to that Sanford Cohen knows the answer: "You lock reallocation. But he said his committee "will on to BRN -a bottom -line oriented, cost - look at spectrum changes probably with more effective format." sympathy than in previous years." He gave two reasons: "our budget constraints" and 1(800)321.2349 1(719)528.7046 "the dwindling obligations of broadcasters to (Inquiry) (Listen Line) serve the public " -a reference, among other things, to the FCC's repeal of the fairness doctrine. Knowledge The CPB was in its familiar role last week You Can Live With of battling the White House over funding. The budget says the administration's pro- posed funding level -$260 million for gener- al programing and system support and $47 million "to conclude" the federal contribu- tion to the replacement of the Westar V satel- lite, now nearing exhaustion, "will allow the Corporation to maintain and improve quality Business Radio Network public service programing and to meet the

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 75 WOMAN IN THE NEWS Janet Steiger: The FTC's vigilant enforcer New chairwoman seeks agreement Competition in cable bring such acquisitions to FTC attention. on more uniform national ad and she said. antitrust standards; will provide For the television industry, one vigilance "In a general sense," she said, "we car, economic analysis to FCC cable message has already come in the form of a say we are looking at allegations that acqui- inquiry; TCI merger with federal investigation into the $225 million sitions in the cable industry could eliminate Viacom under review Tele- Communications Inc. merger with direct competition between cable systems. Viacom for joint control of Viacom's We are also looking into allegations that Showtime cable programing service such acquisitions may set up entry barriers Demonstrating that the Federal (BROADCASTING, Oct. 23, 1989). Although into the programing systems which support Trade Commission is anything but that inquiry is, under the Hart- Scott -Rodino the cable programing networks." out of business as an enforcer of Act, mandated because of the size of the Although the commission by law cannot antitrust and truth -in- advertising laws is proposed merger, Steiger provided rough comment on the TCI- Viacom merger, even high on the current commission agenda, outlines of a broader FTC review of compe- to confirm that it is under investigation. new FTC Chairwoman Janet Steiger told tition in the cable industry, spurred, she evidence of the FTC's current expertise in BROADCASTING in an interview late last cable will become public record in the form month. of extensive economic analysis to be sub- "Whether the perception was fair or mitted by March 1 as part of the broad right, there was," when she entered office inquiry by the FCC into cable issues. "We last August, "a widespread perception that are uniquely qualified here," said Steiger. the federal antitrust agencies had not been "to do the kind of in -depth economic anal- vigorous in their enforcement of the stat- ysis of the industry that is at the base of utes," said Steiger. "I think you have some of the questions that [FCC] Chairman heard from both the Department of Justice [Alfred] Sikes is asking. and this agency that we consider that per- "Is our interest because of congressional ception to be unhealthy. We do need the interest? Is our interest because of public public to have faith that our agency is vig- interest? We are interested in major indus- orous. For whatever reason, the perception tries in this country, have always been and was there...and we need to change it." always will be. We are going to be particu- In her first six months in office, she said, larly vigilant in areas of high concentration "both the public statements and the evalua- across the industrial hoard." tions that have gone on here have sent the message that we do intend to be very vigi- lant and vigorous wherever we find anti- Advertising: children, health claims, competitive behavior. At the same time, we alcohol to teens and `infommercials' do not intend to be anything but judicious." So far, evidence of FTC's heightened Steiger said she is not aware of any backlog vigor has included an inquiry into a pending of complaints at the FTC that would be cable operator -programer merger and analogous to the flurry of indecency com- broader investigations into competition in plaints at the FCC cleared out by its new cable and advertising to children. Chairman Alfred Sikes late last year (BROADCASTING, Oct. 30, 1989). A Fulbright and Woodrow Wilson schol- Steiger ar, Steiger entered the FTC chairmanship But her office has, according to some from her chairmanship of the Postal Rate observers, already been made more open to Commission, which, like the FTC, she hinted, by more than a narrow legislative input by industry watchdogs than it had said, concerned itself with "extremely mandate. been under her predecessor, Daniel Oliver complex economic analysis [and] the regu- "In particular, due to the Hart- Scott-Ro- (who remains one of three Republican corn - lation of a partial monopoly, which raises dino filing and the questions of mergers in missioners as he awaits appointment of a many of the questions we see here." Before this industry- whether horizontal or verti- replacement; one Democrat and one inde- her nine years at the PRC, she co- founded cal -with programers, such mergers are pendent fill out the five commission seats). and operated with two other women The bound to come to our attention. We have Last fall Steiger invited a broad group of WorkPlace Inc., which provided space and more and more Americans choosing cable, public interest groups in for discussions of services in Washington to women research- wanting to take advantage of a panoply of their concerns -the first such invitation in ing and writing "in a variety of public broadcast options, and it has become a na- eight years, according to Action for Chil- policy fields" and where she researched tional issue." dren's Television President Peggy Charren. public policy issues ranging from nuclear According to Steiger and Rowe, under "We were very concerned about adver- energy and safety to GI Bill benefits. Last the H -S -R Act, the Justice Department and tising to children before this [Charren's month, she concluded part-time work as the FTC decide together which agency will complaint on allegedly deceptive toy ads] chairman of another congressional commis- undertake each inquiry, according to levels was filed with us," said Steiger, adding sion study of the latter. Her current FTC of "current expertise in the industry." that Charren's filing has been added to "the term will run into 1996. That, and a desire not to duplicate efforts, general review of this matter" at the FTC. Joined in this Jan. 26 interview by three Rowe intimated, has this time left the in- "TV character questions have been other high -ranking FTC officials -Ron vestigation up to the FTC. raised, as have a variety of presentations of Rowe, assistant director of litigation for the Most FTC antitrust investigations come toys," and other areas of "particular con- bureau of competition and antitrust; Mi- from that bill's requirements, said Steiger, cern," she said, include advertising of alco- chael Vita, deputy assistant director of the "although we are not limited to review hol directed at under -age populations, bureau of economics, and Jim Hamill, ex- based only on Hart- Scott -Rodino; we can health claims, environmental claims, in- ecutive assistant to the chairman-Steiger look at acquisitions that are not covered, cluding product biodegradability, and "in- responded to questions about how the com- and we have done so in the past and no fommercials-30- minute programing that is mission intends to demonstrate its vigilance doubt will do so in the future." Concerns in fact advertising. We try to target the in relation to advertising and competition in expressed by competitors or awareness be- areas that have the largest potential for con- TV delivery and programing. cause of a broader industry review could sumer harm."

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 76 Although resolute in her determination to practices operations have been "very effec- mount." toughen the commission's image, Steiger is tive" in weeding out deceptive advertising. Working toward national consensus is quick to delineate the limits of FTC author- However, she said, other national adver- also a goal in the areas of mergers and ity. "Advertising is critically important to a tising delivered to independent broadcasters acquisitions, said Steiger. FTC "partner- free economy. It provides the consumer remains less well self-regulated, particular- ships" with the states "are being revital- with the information that he sorely needs to ly in the area of infommercials, "probably ized. We have a joint task force going in make choices; it allows manufacturers and because the whole network of review and the area of merger review," established marketers to bring forth a panoply of new preview of ads and the requirements for last fall by the FTC, Justice and the states products and improved products, and it en- substantiation has not yet coalesced in this shortly after Steiger entered office. "In- courages a range of choice in the market- area. It may be an economic issue. It may stead of reading about it in columns in the place. Our job is to make sure that such be that this is an expensive thing for non - newspaper," said Rowe, "we talk about advertising is not deceptive." network stations and programers to it more." -POL Seeking uniform national standards

According to Rowe, "Tied to the percep- tion that the FTC was not doing the job that Violence bill debated in Washington at least states it should some thought be argued against Newton Minow -who was doing," those states' attorneys general have Most panelists FCC Chairman legislation; Simon, with support not a member of the panel defend the told Steiger's FTC that they "have felt the -to from member Newton with some collateral support from need to move against advertisements be- audience measure, Minow, provided defense; FCC's FCC Commissioner Andrew Barrett. cause the FTC has in the past not taken bili is good one would exempt the net- action." Barrett said Simon's proposal works, station owners, producers, cable Steiger believes that the solution will in- Senator Paul Simon's legislative proposal television interests and trade associations volve a push toward uniform standards. "I to deal with what he regards as the harm from the antitrust laws to the extent of have said that there should be a national televised violence does to children never permitting them to agree on guidelines gov- policy on national advertising. I think it just fails to stir debate. Is it needed? Would it be erning programs containing violence. His makes sense. I have also said that there constitutional? Can television compete bill (S.593), which was amended to apply ought to be national merger enforcement. without offering heavy doses of violence? to scenes depicting sexual activities and That too makes sense." But at a Roundtable on Televised Violence drug abuse as well as violence, has passed Although "very clear guidelines" on ad sponsored by the Annenberg Washington the Senate. A measure (H.R. 1391) similar substantiation and deception already exist at Program of Northwestern University, the to the original Simon bill has passed the the FTC, she said, so long as they differ debate seemed stacked against the bill. House. The two must be reconciled in a from guidelines adopted by individual Most of the 13 members, in varying de- conference committee, but Simon is opti- states, national advertisers will face the po- grees, suggested the bill was a bad idea. It mistic the differences can be ironed out. tential action, centralized re- of state and was left largely to the senator and former Although the measure is permissive, a view will remain problematic. "I think it would be preferable to have national advertising review at the federal level. It is an interstate matter in most in- stances. Certainly broadcast advertising is often national, and it is difficult for national advertisers to deal with 50 separate sets of standards. So we would like to work as best (4°0 we can with the industry and the states to establish clearcut standards for national ad- vertising that would be acceptable to all. LÖ3v1 "As a practical matter, the states are going to remain interested. So one would Lc need a cooperative effort to see if we can't Production move forward to more uniform standards." Satellite Uplink and Service The solution, she suggested, will also News Sports Video Conferences involve tangible FTC action, beyond dis- cussions with states attorneys general. "We need, by the cases we bring, and by what Fully Redundant Ku Uplink and Production Truck we say about those cases, to just make it clear again that these standards are here and Editing Facilities ; ' i On Call 24 Hours we are active in the field," she said. "If it is perceived that we are doing our job, there will be less need for individual action" on the state level. Although the large majority of advertis- ing enforcement activity at the FTC contin- ues to focus on the print media, nonnetwork national television advertising probably comes in second, and network advertising, third, she said. Steiger noted that two recent FTC charges- against Black & Decker last month for misrepresenting endorsement of an automatic shut -off clothes iron, and against Schering Corp. last September for unsubstantiated claims about its Fiber Trim MLC Uplink and Production Services weight loss product -have involved net- RO, Box 380 Nashville, Tennessee 37202 (615) 386 -6464 work advertising. But over the years, she said, the networks' internal standards and

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 77 number of the panelists seemed to regard it who has long maintained that television is as one that would inevitably involve gov- overloaded with violence. But the study on ernment action. Zev Braun, president of televised violence that he co- authored with Zev Braun Pictures, which produces Tour Nancy Signorelli, of the University of Dela- of Duty on CBS, said: We live in a violent ware's department of communications, and society. Art imitates the modes of life, not that was released by Simon at a news con- the other way around. It would be better for ference two weeks ago (BROADCASTING, Congress to clean up that society than to try Jan.29), was a presence, a criticized one. to clean up the reflection of that society." The authors of a 1982 study for NBC that Charles E. Sherman, senior vice president found little evidence that televised violence of Television for the National Association was harmful to children-a study that has of Broadcasters, said the NAB is concerned been criticized by various psyhiatric and about the possible impact on broadcasters' medical associations-were on hand to take First Amendment rights. He said a code issue with the latest Gerbner work. adopted by the industry could be taken over Horst H. Stipp, director of Social and and enforced by the FCC. That, he re- Development Research for NBC Televi- called, had happened with the commercial sion, said, " Gerbner has a theoretical inter- guidelines that had been part of the NAB est in who is a victim." As a result, he code. That code was dropped in 1982 after said, Gerbner counts the acts of violence being attacked by the Justice Department on encountered, for example, by the Roadrun- antitrust grounds. ner in the Saturday morning cartoons direct- Then there were those who saw no need ed at children. Considering Saturday morn- for special effort, that mechanisms and self- ing violence, Stipp said, "is total interest were doing the job. Beth Waxman nonsense....We have to take a closer look Bressan, vice president and assistant to the at what these people count." His conclu- president, CBS/Broadcast Group, said "the sion: Network television is the least violent free - market system" is working to screen form of entertainment we have today." out objectionably violent material. She said Stipp's co- author, J. Ronald Milaysky, pro- that out of 600,000 pieces of mail last year, fessor of Communications Sciences at the 92 complained of violence in programs. University of Connecticut and an associate And never, she added, has an affiliate re- director of the Roper Center, said the prob- fused to carry a program because of vio- lem of televised violence may be exagger- lence. "TV looks like it does because we ated." Indeed, he said, "It is difficult to try to respond to the wants of viewers," she get violent programs on the air." said. And John Sisk, senior vice president Simon's voice was almost a lone one. and director of Network Broadcast for J. "The evidence is overwhelming that we Walter Thompson, said, We try to avoid have a problem [regarding the harm that situations that could have a deleterious ef- televised violence causes]," he said, in fect on the commercials." Besides. he said, opening the discussion. "I don't favor cen- it is "a matter of definition -who does the sorship. We had an NAB code prior to defining" as to what constitutes violence? 1982. We could have another with this bill. Lawrence W. Lichty, a professor of ra- There ought to be a way to solve the prob- dio- television -film at Northwestern Univer- lem without censorship." Later, he said, NO MEDIA COLLECTION sity, Evanston, Ill., suggested it is too late "Violence on television is changing our in the day for the Simon proposal."An society, and not for the better -it is creat- JOB IS FOREIGN TO US enormous amount on television has already ing fears that affect conduct." been on television," he said. referring to Unqualified endorsement came from reruns. Furthermore, he said. there is "a Minow, a champion of children's program- International media collection tremendous amount of foreign produ- ing while chairman of the FCC in the early is no job for an ordinary collec- cers...We are on the edge of everyone be- 1960's, who practices law in Chicago and ing able to do their own movies. There is serves as director of the Annenberg Wash- tion firm. It takes specialists. more violence on television. but also more ington Program. Speaking from the audi- At Szabo Associates, Inc., we've news and documentaries on the ills of soci- ence, he said of the legislation, This is an recovered past -due receivables ety." He cited programs ranging from those effort to deregulate." It would free the in- dealing with battered wives to the public dustry from the antitrust law provisions that from advertisers the world over. broadcasting series on racial problems in now prevent it from setting its own stan- That takes a special knowledge the U.S., Eyes on the Prize. "Gratuitous dards, he said. Those who say it is regula- violence," he said, is the price we pay for tory, he added, "are making a fundamental of each country's media cus- all the other programing." mistake." (Minow noted that while he sup- toms and procedures, language, And Mary Ann Zimmer, vice president, ports the bill, CBS Inc., on whose board he Legal and Business Affairs. for Arts & En- sits, does not. It does not oppose it, as rates of exchange, banking tertainment Network, pointed out the prob- such, either, regarding it, as do the other practices and government regu- lems in attempting to apply the legislation networks, as flawed.) lations. So whether your past - just within the cable industry. "It's mis- The bill also received a measure of sup- leading to look at cable as monolithic," she port from Commissioner Barrett. He de- due receivables are domestic said, citing the various kinds of service- scribed it as "a good" one and said that, as or foreign, call Szabo at basic, pay, pay per view, access channels. "a matter of public policy, it's probably a She said A &E has a standards and practices good idea." He also rejected the NAB con- (404) 266 to turn -2464 office that operates like such offices em- cern, as voiced by Sherman, that industry- them into cash. - ployed by the networks. And in most of developed guidelines would be adopted by basic cable, she said, "the standards are are the commission as policy it would adopt. close to those in broadcast television." As "This commission," he said, "would not SZ á00 for the pay services, she said. the viewer continue to make such use of [an industry] Media Collection Specialist. makes the choice." code." But he said that since the bill does 3355 Lenox Road, Suite 945 Among those not present was George not affect the FCC or the Communications Atlanta, Ga. 30326 (404) 266 -2464 Gerbner, of the Annenberg School of Com- Act, the commission "does not have a posi- munication, University of Pennsylvania. tion on it." -U

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What Hollywood makes, the world takes Programers' financial results HBO. Due to increased revenue from cable reflect foreign demand; cable and foreign sources, the company decided 1989 also helps replace slowdown to increase "estimates of future revenues on in domestic station syndication most product," which added $7.5 million to Orion's gross profit for quarter. Sales The changing sources of programing reve- At Fries Entertainment, Charles Fries, nue, including a partial slowdown in do- chairman, president and chief executive of- mestic syndication revenue growth, were ficer, said: "Overall home video and for- already reflected in recent financial results eign sales continue to grow, while domestic $224,370,000! being reported by entertainment companies. syndication returns remain flat." The pro- Taking the place of the domestic syndica- duction and syndication company cited sev- tion market to television stations were for- eral television projects, two for ABC and eign and cable buyers, although first -run one for Showtime, as the reason for a jump syndication boosted results for companies in revenue for its second quarter ended No- such as King World Productions and Para- vember 30, 1989. mount. As of last week, most major public- According to a recent report by securities ly held programing companies had reported analyst, Dennis McAlpine, of Oppenheimer financial results. & Co. Oprah Winfrey was just shy of re- For its third quarter, ending November placing Wheel of Fortune as King World 30, 1989, Orion Pictures said "free televi- Production's top breadwinner, producing sion" revenue was down 8% to $24.3 mil- an estimated $55.6 million in revenue for lion, due to a "decrease in revenue from the first quarter ending November 30, Providing the Broadcast Indus- domestic syndication activities from quarter 1989, versus $57.2 million for Wheel. try with Brokerage Services to quarter," partially offset by a "number KWP's operating cash flow -operating in- Based Strictly on Integrity, of foreign free television contracts...." Pay come from operations plus depreciation and cable revenue jumped four -fold to $34.1 amortization jumped 28% to $62 million Discretion and Results million, primarily due to availability of var- on revenue of $168 million. ious films for airing on Showtime and Paramount Chairman Martin Davis said ELLIOT B. EVERS 415 -391 -4877 BRIAN E. COBB Fifth Estate Earnings Reports CHARLES E. GIDDENS 703-827-2727 Company Period Revenue % Earnings % EPS (000) change (000) change RANDALL E. JEFFERY 407- 295 -2572 Disney First $1,288,151 23 $174,431 18 $1.25 Fries Entertainment Second $21,326 129 $1,425 NM $0.30 King World Prods First $168,352 23 $33,520 7 $1.33 MCA Fourth $956,320 3 $71,536 -5 $0.95 RADIO and TELEVISION BROKERAGE Year $3,382,344 17 $191,773 16 $2.62 FINANCING APPRAISALS MGM/UA Comm. First $211,524 24 ($2,019) NM ($0.04) Orion Pictures Third $104,372 13 $1,762 46 $0.08 Qintex Entertainment Year $85,714 NM ($33,168) NM ($1.55) Paramount Comm. Fourth $968,800 3 $1,234,300 757 $10.28 V 1 Year $3,392,600 11 $1,465,400 281 $12.21

Fries had net loss in prior year's second quarter of $426,000. King World noted positive impact on net income from adoption of FASB accounting standard number 96 and negative impact from depreciation and amortization of prior year's acquisition of WIVB-TV Buffalo, N.Y. MCA results for fourth quarter and full year included $63 million net gain from sale of Discovision Associates. Results also saw $53 million after -tax loss from planned sale of LJN Toys. Company's television results suffered from MEDIA VENTURE revised agreement with Qintex, which suffered negative results from same (see below). MGM/UA recorded $1.6 million gain on purchase of $7 million, face amount PARTNERS of subordinate debentures. Net results for Paramount Communications in both WASHINGTON, DC fourth quarter and full year included several special items, including sale of finance ORLANDO division, Associates First Capital Corp.; $84.3 million after -tax negative "reevaluation" SAN FRANCISCO of company's publishing division, and $48.3 million after -tax charge as result of Paramount's unsuccessful bid for Time Inc. Just-released Qintex results are for year Some subject to F.C.C. approval ending July 31, 1989, and are not comparable to prior years. Company is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy registration. Results were negatively affected by write -down of distribu- tion agreement with MCA Television and reduced income due to "di §continuance of direct domestic broadcast syndication distribution activities."

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 79 TVB on auto ads. The Television Bu- reau of Advertising responded to member concerns about auto ads with a half -hour "special" satellite feed to stations. Pictured discussing the subject is Ron Tonkin, president, National Automobile Dealers Associa- tion. Others featured in the feed in- cluded Paine Webber securities ana- lysts Alan Gottesman and Steven Girsky, NB's Richard O'Donnell, VP- national automotive marketing man- ager, and Jim Joyella, TVB president.

strong syndication results, especially from USA Network. The other USA Network first -run shows such as The Arsenio Hall owner, MCA, also cited higher earnings. Show, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Part of Paramount's income came from the Entertainment Tonight, help moderate sale of MacGyver to USA. "...an expected decline of $50 million in At MGM /UA, Twilight Zone's syndica- syndication income and came close to tion helped boost television revenue 124% AFTER equaling the substantial year -earlier contri- to $24.4 million for the first quarter ending bution," which had been boosted by the Nov. 30, 1989. Other factors include addi- DEAliNG results of Webster. The company also noted tional production for network television, al- that motion picture results for the year end- though the company did not break out oper- ing Oct. 31, 1989, were boosted by ating income for the television division. WITH "...higher domestic and foreign feature Reviewing the results, Merrill Lynch se- syndication revenue and increased licensing curities analyst Harold Vogel said: "I don't fees from network and pay cable televi- think syndication had a really good year BLACKBURN sion." The company also cited a "slight and the outlook for many of these compa- gain" at Madison Square Garden Network nies' television divisions is flattish. I don't OTHER and "higher results" from its 50% -owned expect great movement either way." -GF BROKERAGE B oNomm =o3Q Extended Reuters deal. Reuters Holdings has extended by three years, effective next month, its two -year -old agreement to contribute information services and FIRMS JUST financial and editorial support to noncommercial WPBT(TV) Miami for the continued production of Nightly Business Report, now carried by more than 270 noncommercial DON'T television stations in the U.S. WPBT will maintain access to news video and satellite transmission from Reuters subsidiary Visnews, the assistance of a Reuter coordinating editor in Miami and a full -time Reuter reporter in London, and access STACK UP to the Reuter Business Report, the Reuter Financial Report data service, as well as Reuter's market quotation services in equities, commodities, bonds and foreign wpm exhange. The program may also see its Far East bureau expand in cooperation with Visnews, said the Reuter Financial Report. imas=a0 Fin -syn: still a rulemaking after all these years

The FCC does not want to take the lead in reforming its highly controversial financial interest and syndication rules, but it has let it be known that it is more than willing to modify the rules along the lines of any compromise the warring parties-the broadcast networks and Hollywood producers and syndicators -can come up with. If presented with a compromise, the FCC would not have to launch a new rulemak- ing. Still open is a rulemaking in which a four -member FCC led by then -Chairman Mark Fowler voted tentatively in August 1983 to eliminate the prohibition against the networks acquiring financial interest in independently produced programing and to relax significantly the ban against them syndicating programing (BROADCASTING, Aug. 15, 1983). The FCC never affirmed the vote, caving in to intense pressure from Congress and the White House. The big blow to the FCC's deregulatory initiative came in November 1983 when President Reagan announced that he would support a legislatively mandated two -year moratorium on fin -syn reform (BROADCASTING, Nov. 7, BIACKBUwNOCoMPAvy 1983). I N C O R P O R A T E D fin Meáe Bd,mOAppesen5n

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Kicu -Tv San Jose, Calif. Sold by Ralph C. WWHB(FM) is on 107.1 mhz with 3 kw and anten- is licensee of WIMG(AM) Ewing, N.Y.; WBOK(AM Wilson Industries Inc. to KICU Inc. for $34 mil- na 280 feet above average terrain. New Orleans; KFTH(FM) Marion and KSNE(FM) Mar lion. Seller is headed by Ralph C. Wilson and shall, both Arkansas, WGsP(AM) Charlotte, WBXB(FM KKFN(AM) -KKRC -FM Sioux Falls, S.D. Sold by has interests in KCIT(TV) Amarillo, Tex., and Edenton. WKWO(FM) Batesburg, WSRC(AM) Durham, Vaughn Broadcasting Group to XMT Group WEVV(TV) Evansville, Ind. Buyer is owned by Wil- WVRS(FM) Warrenton, WKJA(FM) Belhaven and Inc. for $1.5 million. Seller is headed by Duane liam R. Hirshey, James H. Evers, William S. WGTM(AM) Wilson, all North Carolina; WAYE(AM) Bir- Cariveau and owns WLFN -AM -FM La Crosse, Wis. Beeman and John W. DuBois. Hirshey is VP of mingham, Ala.; WWPD(FM) Marion, S.C.; wSFU-FM Buyer is headed by Barry Schloss, Richard Ralph C. Wilson Industries. Evers and DuBois Union Springs, Ala; WPZZ(FM) Franklin, Ind.; wuR- Stastny and Larry Edwards. Edwards has inter- are station manager and sales manager, re- D(AM) Philadelphia; WGNJ(FM) Alberta, WPCE(AM) est in KOAO(AM) Austin, Minn., and WMT -AM -FM spectively, of KICU-TV. Beeman is KICU-TV engi- Portsmouth and WFTH(AM) Richmond, all Virginia; Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Stastny also has interest neering director. Kicu -ry is on ch. 36 with 2,735 WIMV(FM) Madison, Fla.; wWCA(AM) Gary, Ind.; WES- in WMT -AM -FM Cedar Rapids, Iowa. KKFN is on kw visual, 273.5 kw aural and antenna 2,000 L(AM) East St. Louis, Ill. and WTJH(AM) East Point, 1230 khz with 500 w day, 250 w night. KKRC-FM feet above average terrain. Ga. WKSO -AM is on 1150 khz with 5 kw day and is on 93.5 mhz with 3 kw and antenna 120 feet. 500 w night. WKSO-FM is 103.9 mhz with 3 kw WBSM(AM.WFHN(FM) New Bedford, Mass., and on and antenna 330 feet. WDOV(AM)- WDSD(FM) Dover, Del. WBSM(AM)- WJNL -AM -FM Johnstown, Pa. Sold by The WFHN(FM) sold by Sage Broadcasting Co. for United Federal Credit Union to Pennsylvania KEIN(AM) and KLFM(FM) Great Falls, Minn. $5.5 million and swapped to H &D Broadcast Broadcasting Associates II for $1.35 million. Sold by LITL Radio Enterprises to Adcomm of Group for wOOv(AM)- WDSD(FM) and $750,000 (see Seller is headed by Gerald Toland and Jerry Great Falls Inc. for $650,000. Seller is headed "In Brief," Jan. 22). H &D is headed by Joel Elliott and has no other broadcast interests. by Andris Baltins and has no other broadcast Hartson and Barry Dickstein. They own six Buyer is headed by J. Albert Dame and son interests. Buyer is headed by Stephen M. Ad- AM's and seven FM's. Benchmark is headed John Dame. J. Albert Dame owns WRAK(AM)- ams, who is licensee of KLAU(AM) Capitola and by Phillip Rainwater and owns cable systems in WKSB(FM) Williamsport and WKBO(AM) Harrisburg, KMBY(FM) Seaside, both California, and WGTO(TV) Washington, D.C., and Ridgecrest, Calif., ar- both Pennsylvania. WJNL -AM is fulltimer on 1490 Sault St. Marie and WGTU(TV) Traverse City, both eas. Sage is headed by Leonard Fassler and khz with 1 kw. WJNL -FM is on 96.5 mhz with 50 Michigan. He is son of Stephen. Adams (see Gerald Poch, and has eight AM's and eight kw and antenna 100 feet. WBZN -AM -FM above). KEIN(AM) is 1310 khz with 5 FM's. Americom for H &D. kw days and 1 kw nights. KLFM(FM) is on 92.9 Brokers: WORG(AM )- WKSO(FM) Orangeburg, S.C. Sold mhz with 100 kw and antenna 450 feet. WBZN -AM -FM Racine, Wis. Sold by Adams by Wilkes-Posey Broadcasting Inc. to Willis Radio of Milwaukee to Three Chiefs Co. for $3.5 Broadcasting Corp. for $1.075 million. Seller is KLFF(AM) Glendale and KONC(FM) SUR City, million. Seller is headed by Stephen Adams, headed by George Wilkes Ill and C.A. Posey Ariz. Sold by Arthur Tifford to Resource Me- who owns 14 radio and 11 TV stations. Buyer is and has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is dia Inc. for $625,000. Seller is transferring his headed by Ragan A. Henry, who through vari- headed by L.E. Willis Sr. and Hortense Willis, and 50% share in Resource Media and has no other ous companies is licensee of WDIA(AM)-WHRK(FM) Columbus, Ohio; WKSG(FM) Mt. Clements and WGER -FM Saginaw, both Michigan; WOOK(FM) South Boston, WMXB(FM) Richmond, WOWI(FM) NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR 1990 Norfolk and WRAP(AM) Portsmouth, all Virginia; WWIN -AM -FM Baltimore; WXTR(FM) Marlow Heights, Mid Atlantic South Md.; KDIA(AM) Oakland, Calif.; WCOS -AM -FM Co- lumbia, S.C.; KCCV(AM) Independence, Mo.; Class B FM Class C FM WCMC(AM)- WZXL(FM) Wildwood, N.J.; KJOJ(FM) Conroe, Tex.; WHYY -FM Philadelphia, and WHYY- 50,000 watts 100,000 watts TV Wilmington, Del. WBZN-AM is on 1460 khz with Exclusive format Dominant facility 500 w day and 65 w night. WBZN -FM is on 100.7 mhz with 50 kw and antenna 500 feet. Top rating Dominant ratings KYEA -FM West Monroe, La. Sold by Phoenix Excellent cash flow Priced at 81/2 times cash flow Broadcasting Corp. to Broad Based Communi- cations Inc. for $3 million. Seller is headed by $4,500,000 cash $6,240,000 cash Frank Stimley, Jackson, Miss., attorney. Buyer is headed by Vincent Henry, who is Rochester AMIFM combo Class C -2 attorney and son of Ragan Henry (see WBZN -AM- FM Racine, Wis., above). KYEA(FM) is on 98.3 Small market 50,000 watts mhz with 3 kw and antenna 300 feet above Needs owner/operator Exclusive format average terrain. Broker: H.B. LaRue $1,500,000 terms Excellent potential KATE(AM )-KCPI -FM Albert Lea, Minn. Sold by Communications Properties Inc. to Broadcast $3,500,000 cash Properties Inc. for $3 million. Seller is headed by Phillip T. Kelley and has interests in KLXV(AM)- WDBQ(FM) Dubuque, Iowa. Buyer is headed by E3BR R0 Charles J. Burns, Philip T. Kelly and John Morri- son and has no other broadcast interests. KATE - AM is on 1450 khz with 1 kw days and 250 watts RICHARDS INC. nights. KCPI -FM is on 95.3 mhz with 3 kw and antenna 300 feet above average terrain. A Cont,dentai Service to Owners & Qualified Buyers WWHB(FM) Hampton Bays, N.Y. Sold by South Fork Broadcasting Corp to South Fork NEGOTIATIONS FINANCING APPRAISALS TV CATV RADIO NEWSPAPERS Acquisition Corp. for $1.8 million. Deal is a reorganization within parent company. Seller is 7700 LEESBURG PIKE 540 FRONTAGE ROAD P.O. BOX 892 headed by brothers Edward and Paul Simon FALLS CHURCH, VA 22043 NORTHFIELD, IL 60093 HOT SPRINGS, VA 24445 and Lome Michaels. Buyer is headed by Ed- (703) 821-2552 (708) 441-7200 (703) 839 -3196 ward Simon, who is head of BAB Broadcasting Corp., licensee of WBAB -FM Babylon, N.Y.

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 81 broadcast interests. Buyers are group of Re- Corp. for $365,000. Seller is headed by Court- source Media stockholders headed by Steven ney Flatau and has no other broadcast inter- Taslitz with no other broadcast interests. ests. Buyer is headed by Richard and Pearl KLFF(AM) is on 1360 khz with 5 kw day and 1 kw Blum and has no other broadcast interests night. KoNC(FM) is on 106.3 mhz with 3.5 kw and KSES(AM) is daytimer on 1420 khz with 1 kw antenna 400 feet above average terrain. WGEN -AM-FM Geneseo, Ill. o Sold by Geneseo KTDO -AM -FM Toledo, Ohio O Sold by Charles Broadcasting Co. to Coleman Broadcasting Farmer to Agpal Broadcasting Inc. for Co. for $481,900. Seller is headed by Joseph $600,000. Seller has no other broadcast inter- and Mary Lobaito and has no other broadcas*. ests. Buyer is headed by Andrew and Cheryl interests. Buyer is headed by Roger and Mari- Harle and has no other broadcast interests. lyn Coleman and has no other broadcast inter- Here's KTDO -AM is on 1230 khz with 1 kw. KTDO -FM is on ests. WGEN -AM is daytimer on 1500 khz with 250 107.1 mhz with 1.29 kw and antenna 430 feet w. WGEN -FM is on 104.9 mhz with 3 kw anc above average terrain. antenna 300 feet above average terrain. WDON(FM) Geneva, Ohio o Sold by Ray -Mar WKGN(AM) Knoxville, Tenn. WBC of Tennes- a word Broadcasting Co. to Warren Jones for see Inc. to Allied Companies Inc. for $250,000. $441,965. Seller is headed by Donald Martin Seller is headed by Terrell L. Williams and has family and has no other broadcast interests. no other broadcast interests. Buyer is headed Buyer also owns WCDN(AM) Chardon, Ohio. by Richard Heagy and Harry Thompson and WDON(FM) is on 104.9 mhz with 3 kw and anten- has no other broadcast interests. WKGN is full - for all the na 370 feet above average terrain. timer on 1340 khz with 1 kw. KSES(AM) Yucca Valley, Calif. o Sold by Craig For other proposed and approved sales secs wonderful Broadcasting Corp. to Lambda Broadcasting "For the Record," page 87. clients who C O helped us Canadian C -SPAN in the works Cable service would be called main, by the House Committee on Elec- to a great CPaC, Canadian Parliamentary tions, Privileges, Procedure and Private Channel. and would be modeled Members' Business. The committee would after C -SPAN in the U.S.; make only one modification: That the 11- coverage of Canada's House of member board of directors that would gov- year in Commons would be centerpiece em CPaC-five members each from the CBC and the cable industry and one nomi- Canadian viewers later this year may get a nated jointly by the two bodies -be in- Canadian version of C -SPAN coverage that creased by four public members. 1989: includes committee hearings, public discus- But the fate of the committee's recom- sions and participation "and other public mendations remains uncertain until the events of national significance." Coverage House returns this week from its yearend of the proceedings on the House floor- break. The House could simply concur in which has been authorized since 1977 - the recommendations and implement them. would continue as the centerpiece of the However, the government or the opposition expanded service. But there is no guarantee could also persuade the House to send the flanks the idea of a Canadian C -SPAN will be matter back to the committee to consider implemented. changes. Or the matter could simply be The CPaC (Canadian Parliamentary allowed to die. With lawmakers away from Channel) proposal was advanced last year Ottawa last week, there was an absence of by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and speculation, let alone hard knowledge, as to the Canadian cable television industry. And which option was the most likely. C9 late last December it was endorsed, in the What's more, the House action would COMMUNICATIONS A popular president President Bush, after his first year in office, is seen as far more popular than was EQUITY President Ronald Reagan. Bush's popularity comes despite-or perhaps because ASSOCIATES of -the lack of attention the public has paid to news about the President, according to a recent Times Mirror Survey. 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Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 82 not be sufficient to implement the proposal. The committee, in a reference to the fact model for many other jurisdictions. Many The CPaC application to provide the pro- Canadians have been able to watch the of them, however, have moved beyond us. posed service must be licensed by the Cana- House of Commons in action since 1977, They have learned from our mistakes. The dian Radio -Television and Telecommunica- said, "The House of Commons was one of time has now come for us to reevaluate our tions Commission. And a license would be the first legislatures to allow gavel -to -gavel own broadcasting policies, and to learn subject to any conditions imposed by the broadcasting. As such, it has served as the from the experiences of others.' ` -U commission, as well as to requirements of the Broadcasting Act. However, the CRTC is not seen as an obstacle. News in the North The committee, in its report to the House, cites a three -pronged programing The Bush administration granted Turner Broadcasting System's request for licenses to commitment by CPaC "to support active provide its CNN service -and a satellite dish to receive it-to Vietnam Television of and informed citizenship in Canada: to pro- North Vietnam. The Treasury and Commerce Departments granted the licenses after vide Canadians with direct, unedited access TBS sued them for permission to implement an agreement reached earlier with VT. to the proceedings of the House of Com- The Commerce Department declined to discuss the matter, but a Treasury spokes- mons and other democratic institutions in man said the licenses had not been denied, but that the matter had been "under Canada; to extend that coverage, to put it in consideration." wider context, and to make it more under- The suit said the administration had failed to act on the TBS application, filed on standable by providing direct access to the May 5, 1989, within the statutory deadline. At issue was whether the TBS proposal - views and activities of those individuals and under which VT would supply programing to CNN World Report in return for the CNN organizations who have the greatest impact service -violated regulations governing exports under the Trading with the Enemy on our national life, and to increase the Act. Treasury's announcement on the matter said the license prohibits the transfer of opportunities available for Canadians to any funds to Vietnam or a national of that country in connection with its agreement with participate actively in and to contribute to VT. It also said that the decision to grant the licenses was "influenced largely by the the national public policy debate." importance of having U.S. news programing available in Vietnam under an agreement But the CPaC proposal provides for the that maintains the embargo on payments to Vietnam." Vietnam becomes the 86th creation of an independent nonprofit joint country to receive CNN International. Bert Carp, TBS's vice president, government venture between the CBC and the cable affairs, said TBS would deliver the earth station and begin providing the service in "a industry that would offer a satellite -to -cable couple of months." specialty service. It would transmit the pro- ceedings of the House, as well as any other proceedings -such as committee hear- ings -that are made available to it. Any time not required by such coverage would be used for wrap -around, public affairs - type programing. Roundtable discussions and call -in shows have been mentioned. "The CPaC proposal," the committee notes in its report, ''is modeled upon the C- SPAN operations in the United States." C- SPAN President Brian Lamb -with his re- marks relayed from Washington by satellite -testified before the committee in November. CPaC would not have complete freedom journalism. Paul Wynne, reporter for KGO -TV San Francisco, hosts a and access, however. The report says the Personalized Thursday night during the station's 6 p.m. news. House of Commons would determine which two- to three -minute segment every is not unique. But Wynne (above) has AIDS, and his Paul Wynne's of its proceedings would be covered, "gav- In that he surely which began airing Jan. 11, and which producer David Sampson says will el to gavel." It also says that "each com- Journal, a will chronicle life with the deadly virus. "It is by no means a mittee...shall determine whether any meet- continue for about year, watch," says Sampson, but a journal of how people can continue to live with the ing will be open to the electronic media" death first two installments generated 300 and that each committee may impose what- disease. According to Sampson, the series' letters of support and two of complaint, as well as a "pile" of letters from interested ever restrictions it regards as necessary "to news organizations including 60 Minutes, Good Morning insure the decorum of the meeting." national and international and USA Today. Lome Morrison is co- producer and cameraman on the Those conditions would not pose the dan- America ger of the most serious restriction, howev- reports. er. For unlike the situation in Washington, where microphones and cameras can be lo- cated in virtually every Senate and House committee room, the report on the CPaC "25 YEARS EXPERIENCE INTO EVERY SALE" proposal recommends that only two com- EAST GOES mittee rooms be equipped for broadcasting. 500 East 77th Street Disputes as to which committee could occu- Suite 1909 py the rooms would be resolved by the New York NY 10021 committee chairmen, according to the re- (212) 288-0737 port. But proceedings in the two rooms WEST would be part of the televised proceedings of the House supplied to CPaC "and must 9454 Wilshire Boulevard be broadcast." Suite 600 Like C-SPAN, CPaC would add to sub- Beverly Hills CA 90212 Jlea_qk.64a, scribers' costs. The committee suggested a (213) 275-9266 monthly fee of 8 cents in each of the first two years of the service, 9 cents in each of the TV RADIO CABLE APPRAISALS next two and 10 cents in the fifth. The funds will cover the cost of programing over and above the parliamentary proceedings.

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TCI opts out of Movietime Discovery plans to produce 100 two - include Spreading the Word: The sided videodisks over the next five years for Technology of Communications, Lift Tele- Communications Inc. has withdrawn the Discovery Interactive Library, Off: The Story of Space Adventure, The from its option to investor in become an including 12 to be released this year. Those Discoverers: The World's Greatest Movietime, in Washington in in citing concern first videodisks will premiere July, Scientists, Songs of the Page: The Art of There over vertical integration. was an time for the 1990 -91 school year, Discovery Poetry, The Blue Frontier: State of the announcement last year that TCI and said. World's Oceans, The Life & Times of Comcast would be joining the service, but The library will be composed of two Mankind: The History of the Human ICI has since decided not to exercise of types products: those that support Race, and Earth Map: Geography of the that option. teaching of primary curriculum areas and Planet. Lee Masters, Movietime's new those that demonstrate the application of president and chief exceutive officer, said science, technology, natural science, Looking for room the move does not mean TCI is not social studies, commerce and the interested in carrying the service. Indeed, humanities. Another battle for channel space is he said, he is due to meet with TCI There will be two components in the shaping up between two competing cable officials this weekend about a carriage Discovery package: the documentaries services. Rainbow Progaming intends to agreement and said there is great themselves edited for the videodisk, plus launch In Court, focusing on judicial and support for the service within TCI. In some video, stills and graphics and other legal issues, in September, ways carriage is even more important curriculum support materials, and (BROADCASTING, Jan. 29). American Lawyer than the financial support, Masters said. computer software allowing the videodisk Media Limited Partnership, a limited Masters said Comcast still intends to material to be controlled via computer. partner with Time Warner Inc., is also join the service. TCI will still have a say in the The software package is compatible with reportedly gearing up to launch The service, as United Artists Entertainment, Apple and IBM computer products, American Lawyer Media Channel in which is 54% owned by TCI, remains an which covers about 90% of the personal October. equal owner and board member with computers on the market. Discovery said Steven Brill, president, American HBO, ATC, Warner Cable, Warner about 20% of schools have laserdisk players Lawyer Media, and a Time Warner Communications, Cox, Newhouse and and that figure is expected to double in spokesman, refused to comment on Continental. Movietime founders and some the next three to five years. plans for the service, but reports indicate employes own a small portion of the The working titles of the videodisks that the enterprise has signed former company. The other nine entities will each CBS News and New York Times law own between 10% and 11% of the reporter Fred Graham as chief anchor service. and program director. Sources also suggest that American Lawyer will make use of ESPN -Cablevision contract Time Warner's programing resources as well extension as Brill's staff of legal editors and reporters. ESPN and Cablevision Systems have Robert Thomson, senior vice agreed to a 15 -day extension in the contract president, Telecommunications Inc., told talks between the two sides. The existing BROADCASTING that both prospective carriage agreement expired on Jan. 31. services had been in touch with ICI Cablevision moved ESPN into a cluster of regarding possible carriage, although other sports services, which included the cable operator has not made regional sports pay services, in its commitments to either one. Brooklyn and Bronx systems last year. ESPN "The American Lawyer presentation objected and eventually filed suit, saying was somewhat more detailed," he said, the configuration violated its contract. Later, "while Rainbow's approach was more ESPN withdrew its suit as negotiations on conceptual." American Lawyer had an a new carriage agreement began. ESPN "interesting concept, one that deserves said last week progress was being made evaluation," said Thomson. "All cable and it was still optimistic an agreement Education executive. Bobbi Kamil, companies are faced with two problems could be reached, thus the contract special assistant for academic utiliza- [with regard to the adding of programing extension. tion, The Annenberg/CPB Project, services]," according to Thomson. The Washington, has been named execu- first is the limited amount of channel Discovery to produce disks tive director of Washington -based Ca- capacity. "Number two," he said, "given ble Alliance for Education. The Alli- the uncertainties in the regulatory The Discovery Channel announced last ance was formed in September 1989 environment, I doubt many cable week it was entering the interactive video to match resources of the cable televi- companies will be adding many channels." market by producing documentary sion industry with the needs of videodisks, initially for teachers and Schools (BROADCASTING, OCt. 2, 1989). Cuomo says no educators, and eventually for consumers, Kamil has been with the Annen- beginning later this year. berg /CPB Project for five years and New York Governor Mario Cuomo vetoed John Hendricks, Discovery chairman, prior to that served as director of tele- a cable TV companies Bill of Rights bill last said the goal to is make available to every vision marketing for Films Inc., Wil- week, which its sponsors said was teacher interactive programs that can be mette, III. She was also assistant dean designed to prohibit "bait and switch" used in their curriculums. Discovery already of Empire State College, a part of the tactics, spell out certain consumer rights is producing a one -hour programing State University of New York. She will and require that subscribers be notified in block, weekdays from 9 to 10 a.m. and begin as head of the Alliance on writing of all significant programing entitled Assignment: Discovery, March 19. changes. The legislation, pushed by designed for classroom use. Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, grew out

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 85 of the MSG -Cablevision dispute. Brodsky Foretich, on Friday, April 6. Titled Hilary of pay services said last week that despite the defeat he is in Hiding, it will include footage of Bruskin found that the long -term cable would be back with legislation in a matter of "Hilary's therapy sessions where she subscriber tended to be married and without days." describes her father's alleged abuses" as children, while those who had cable less well as Morgan's recent wedding and than three years were more likely to be RASCO to handle new Foretich's travels to London in search of his younger, married or single, and with regionals daughter. children. The longer a person subscribes to cable, "the better network programing Rainbow Advertising Sales will handle How To help looks," said Bruskin. the sales of the two newest sister regional The study found that nearly 90% of sports services, SportsChannel Bay Area Communications Equity Associates subscribers said there are many channels and SportsChannel Cincinnati. RASCO Chairman J. Patrick Michaels has joined they hardly ever watch, yet 70% said they represents the other SportsChannel forces with the creators of the How -To can always find something to watch on regional services, giving it outlets in the top Channel, a new service consisting of half - cable. About 60% said cable is better six markets and seven of the top 10. The hour programs dealing with home repair, than ever and that they would not be content services serve a combined six million beauty care, first aid, household and water without cable. Yet 60% said there were subscribers. safety and nutritional and medical too many reruns. advice. The programing will have offshoots Of the 25% of respondents who were More sponsors for SNN that will include the sale of tapes and former cable subscribers, excessive cost books. Operators will share in that revenue was the primary reason for not Mizlou, which launched its Sports News as well as advertising revenue in the subscribing today. Network last week, has announced that two service. The survey was conducted among more sponsors have signed multimillion The service was created by Michael 1,059 subscribers and 730 nonsubscribers, dollar, multiyear agreements - Hale and veteran programing executive Que and the full cost of the study is $2,500. Chesebrough -Pond, for Power Stick, and Spaulding, who will be chief executive Cotler, maker of young men's apparel. They officer and persident. CEA is providing join Jeep Eagle as major sponsors of investment banking services. SNN. Nashville's new additions Service showing Nashville Network plans to launch four Foreign financing A Bruskin Associates 1989 survey on new series in March, which will add 16 new cable television finds subscribers hours of music video programing to the TCI has arranged a $400 million "increasingly critical of cable network's schedule. revolving credit facility for TCI West, its programing and cable operator The move is partially in response to the largest wholly owned subsidiary serving service." One key finding that the cable industry success of VideoMorning, a three -hour 1.2 million subscribers. Societe Generale is might find troublesome is that weekday morning block launched in the lead bank, along with Credit 57% of current subscribers say their cable rates January, Nashville Network spokesman Lyonnais. TCI said it expects 20 have increased over the past year, with said. Viewers want to see more music international banks to participate in the the average increase 13 videos, said C. Paul Corbin, director of eight -year revolving credit facility. cited being %. The NCTA said cable prices for 1989, based on programing, Nashville, and record Request charts more subs a GAO survey, lagged behind the companies plan to increase their production inflation of under 5 %. More than half of cable of them. Request Television said it recorded subscribers consider what they pay is a The new programs are Music Row subscriber growth of 49% for Request and a bargain, according to Bruskin. Video, VideoGold, Country Beat and 267% growth for Request 2 in 1989. The Among the findings: Country Standard Time. The weekday former ended the year with 5.7 million A majority of cable subscribers believe one -hour Music Row Video features addressable subscribers, gaining 1.9 that broadcast network programing has contemporary hits and will premiere million homes, while the latter increased improved, relative to cable programing. March 26 at 7 p.m. from 500,000 to 1.8 million. In all, 116 Subscribers rate WON -N Chicago, VideoGold is a live, one -hour new affiliates came on board, giving Discovery, ESPN, TNT, USA and Nashville countdown program of the most popular Request distribution on 324 cable Network as the most improved over the songs, according to an independent systems. which serve 8.8 million basic past year. research study of country stations across homes. Although nearly 50% of pay the nation and will be carried weekdays subscribers have either cancelled or at 4 p.m., starting March 26. Lifetime announces first switched subscriptions in the past, 25% Country Beat will be a one -hour original film projects report that pay cable programing has program featuring cutting -edge artists and improved and only 17% said they containing elements of rock, blues and Lifetime has announced its first two intended to switch this year. jazz. It will be carried Saturdays, beginning original film productions, which will premiere Operator service is more likely to affect March 31, at 5 p.m. this summer. Stop at Nothing will subscriber attitudes about the value of cable Country Standard Time will be a premiere in July and follows a female private rather than the rates themselves. "Good weekday, one -hour program of classic detective caught up in a child custody service equates with good value, poor songs and hits of recent years and will case. It will be produced by ABC service equates with poor value, premiere weekdays at 3 p.m. on March 26. Productions; executive producer is Ilene regardless of the rates charged," Bruskin When the new shows air, Nashville will Amy Berg. concluded. be devoting 31 original hours a week to Sadie and Simpson is based on the One out of four subscribers had music videos, which until recently was novel "Sudie" by Sara Flanigan and follows viewed a PPV event in the past month, a only three -and -a -half hours per week. the relationship between a poor Southern good sign, Bruskin concluded. Sports Other new programing includes The girl and a middle -aged black man in rural are slightly more popular than movies, users Texas Connection, a weekly half -hour of Georgia in the 1940's. Sudie will be say, but they are also becoming "sharply artists from that state premiering produced by King Phoenix Entertainment, a critical" of the costs associated with it. Saturday, March 31, at 10:30 p.m. subsidiary of Hearst Corp.; Donald VCR's are increasingly an impediment American Music Shop will be a weekly March is executive producer. to subscribers taking a pay service, with concert series premiering in March. Lifetime also will carry a one -hour nearly half thinking the VCR is a better Nashville also announced it will renew documentary on the child custody battle value than subscribing to cable. Most cable its A Conversation with Dinah for 26 more surrounding Dr. Elizabeth Morgan, her households with VCR's do not subscribe episodes. The second season begins daughter, Hilary, and Hilary's father, Dr. Eric to pay services and are buying VCR's in lieu March 31 with actor Jimmy Stewart joining

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 86 host Dinah Shore. Other guests will Monday begins with C.W. Metcalf, a Dennis McAlpine, senior vice president, include Robert Wagner, Bea Arthur, Roger humorist, as the featured speaker. There will Oppenheimer & Co.; Michael Drexler, Miller, Glen Campbell, Patrick Duffy and be two tracks of three sessions each on executive vice president, Bozell, and Carl Reiner. Monday. Track one includes growth Marvin Koslow, senior vice president, strategies, business plans and sales and Bristol -Myers Squibb. marketing CNBC tactics. The other includes spot Tuesday's luncheon speaker will be additions advertising, budgets and integration in Louis Hagopian, chairman Emeritus, N W According to CNBC, Post -Newsweek the market. At Monday's luncheon, CAB's Ayer, who is vice chairman of the Cable has launched the service on 29 annual awards will be presented. Partnership for a Drug -Free America. systems serving 320,000 subscribers. Tuesday will open with the keynote Tuesday sessions include That, combined with a 350,000- subscriber session, "Understanding The Forces geodemographics, administration and the launch from TeleCable and 500,000 Shaping Cable in the 1990's," with television marketplace. The cable subscribers from a TCI launch in Buffalo, Stewart Blair, chairman United Artists network programing fair, featuring 31 N.Y., and Heritage in Wilmington, Del., Entertainment; Tom Burchill, president, companies, will be held Monday and gives CNBC a subscriber count of 14.3 Lifetime; James Mooney, president, NCTA; Tuesday afternoons. million, according to the cable service's tally. CNBC that it was replacing FCC in the Post -Newsweek systems. Converter buy nor toe Recoc?c Pioneer Communications said Times Mirror Cable and Prime Cable have purchased more than $6.5 million in As compiled by BROADCASTING from Jan. khz: 1 kw -U) -Seeks assignment of license from Howard Sanders to Broadcast Holdings Inc. addressable converters, primarily Pioneer's 25 through Jan. 31 and based on filings, Communication Corp. authorizations and FCC for 5150.000. Seller is headed by Howard Sanders. Station BA -6000 model. TM will install the units in other actions. is held by Washington Community Broadcasting Co.. debt- its Providence and Vista, Calif., systems. or in possession. Buyer is headed by G. Cabell Williams Ill Prime will install the units in its Las Vegas Abbreviations: AFC-Antenna For Communications: ALJ- and has no other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 13. 1989. system. Administrative Law Judge: alt.- altemate: ann.- announced: WDFL -AM -FM Cross City, FL (AM: BTC8912I2HA: ant.-antenna: aural: auxiliary: ch. -channel: aur.- aux.- 1240 khz: I kw-U; FM: BTCH8912I2HB; 106.3 mhz: 5 CH- critical hours.: chg. -change: CP-construction permit: kw -D: I kw-N. DA-2)--Seeks assignment of license from DA antenna: Docket: D-day: -directional Doc.- ERP-ef- Women in Florida Broadcasting Inc. to Women in Florida fective radiated power: frequency: above Goodwill mall tour Freq- HAAT-height Broadcasting Inc. for S245,677. Deal is transfer of stock average terrain: H horizontal and vertical: khz &V- -kilohertz: among principals of company. Seller is headed by Sharon kilowatts: license: meters: mhz -megahertz: Turner Broadcasting System is launching kw- lic.- m- Seifert. Buyers are Sharon Seifert (124 shares), James M. miles: modification permit: mod. a 26 -week Goodwill Games mall tour mi.- MP- -modification: Johnson (248 shares) and Duane F. McConnell Revocable N- night: pet. for recon. -petition for reconsideration: PSA- designed to heighten for the Living Trust (248 shares). Buyers have interests in awareness presunrise service authority: power: RC con- pwr.- -remote WLPFIAM) Lake Placid, FL. Johnson has interest in games July 20 -Aug. 5 in Seattle. TBS trol: S- Scientific -Atlanta: specified hours: studio A- SH- SL- WWOJ(FM) Avon Park, FL and is partner in WAFC -AM- trans. expects to reach 2.5 million consumers location: TL- transmitter location: -transmitter: TPO- FM Clewiston, FL. Dec. 12. 1989. during the 30,000 -mile tour, which will transmitter power output: U or unl.- unlimited hours: vis.- visual: w- watts: .-noncommercial. Six groups of numbers al KATE(AM)- KCPI -FM Albert Lea. MN (AM: BA- include six interactive Included elements. end of facilities changes items refer to map coordinates. One L891221EA; 1450 khz: I kw -D. 250 w -N; FM: BAL- will be a Pepsi- sponsored free throw meter equals 3.28 feet. H891221EB: 95.3 mhz: 3 kw: HAAT: 300 ft.) -Seeks contest, highlights from the 1986 games assignment of license from Communications Properties Inc. to Broadcast and contests and prizes for consumers. A Properties Inc. for $3 million. Seller is headed by Philip T. Kelly and is licensee of WMVY(FM) Tisbury. has booth been set aside in the 100 -foot Ownership Changes Mass. Kelly is principal in buyer. Buyer is headed by exhibit for local cable operators to man. In Charles J. Burns, Philip T. Kelly and John Morrison and some cities, a Goodwill Games athlete has interests in WLFN(AM) -WLXR(FM) La Crosse, WI. Filed Dec. 21. 1989. will be on hand to sign autographs. Applications The first stop on the tour is the KICU -TV San Jose, CA (BALCT89I222KG: CH. 36; KHOB(AM) Hobbs, NM (BAL891220EA; 1390 khz: 5 kw -D) -Seeks Aventura Mall in Miami, Feb 9 -11. The next 2735 kw -V; ant, 2,000 ft.) -Seeks assignment of license assignment of license from Smith Corp. to from Ralph C. Wilson Industries Inc. to KICU Inc. $34 American Asset Management Inc. for $55.500. Seller is stops are Tampa, Feb. for 16 -18 (West million. Seller is headed by Ralph C. Wilson and has headed by Neil Gittleman, trustee. Buyer is headed by Shore Place Mall), and Atlanta, Feb. 23 -25 interests in KCIT(TV) Amarillo, TX. and WEVV(TV) Rosemary Houston and has no other broadcast interests. (Gwinnett Place Mall). Evansville, IN. Buyer is owned by William R. Hirshey, Filed Dec. 20, 1989. James H. William S. W. In March the tour will hit Washington, Evers, Beeman and John DuBois. WWHB(FM) Hampton Bays, NY (BALH891222HZ; Hirshey is VP in Ralph C. Wilson Industries. Evers and New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and 107.1 mhz; 3 kw; ant.: 280 ft.) -Seeks assignment of DuBois are station manager and sales manager, respective- license from South Fork Broadcasting Corp. to South Fork ly, Boston. In April, stops are Pittsburgh; of KICU -TV. Beeman is KICU -TV engineering direc- Acquisition Corp. for $1.8 million. Sale is reorganization Columbus, Ohio; Rhode Island, and Long tor. Filed Dec. 22. 1989. within parent company. Seller is headed by singer Paul Island. May stops are Toledo, Ohio; WYCB(AM) Washington. DC (BAPL891213EC: 1340 Simon and his brother, Edward, and Saturday Night Live Chicago; Cleveland, and Milwaukee. In June, cities are Minneapolis, St. Louis, Dallas, Houston and Denver. The July leg includes Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Francisco before finishing in Seattle. EDWIN TORNBERG

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Action Jan. 11. cation for Mod of CP (BP860827AA) to correct coordinates KATY San Luis Obispo. CA (BAL890322EB; 1340 khz; to: 29 35 48N 98 09 58W. 1 kw- U)- Dismissed app. of assignment of license from Actions Elgin, TX KELG(AM) 1440 khz -Dec. 20, 1989, appli- Wischnia Communications Corp. to Great Electric Com- Reidsville, GA (BPH871223MN)- Granted app. of cation for CP to change city of license to Manor. TX; munications Inc. for $160,000. Seller is headed by Jay W. Reidsville Broadcasting Corp. for 104.1 mhz; 1.35 kw; 465 increase daytime power to 800 w; change TL: on Blake Stream, Abraham H. Wischnia and Raymond D. Genette ft. Address: 114 Church St., Reidsville, GA 30453. Princi- Manor Rd. 1 mile SE of Manor, TX; and make changes in and has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is headed by pal is headed Robert E Ritchie, who is licensee of ant. system; 30 19 36N 97 32 35W. Andrew Whatley. Michael Reichen, Fred and Dorothy WTNL(AM) Reidsville, GA. Action Jan. 10. Blencowe, Mark Blencowe, Paul Blencowe and Nathan FM's Roth and is licensee of KUHL(AM) -KXFM(FM) Santa Rozel. KS (BPH8902I7MP)-Granted app. of Lee E. Colusa, CA KKLU(FM) 96.5 mhz -Dec. 13, 1989, ap- Maria and KLIT -FM Carpinteria, both California. Fred Scott for 98.7 mhz; .5 kw. Address: Box 125 Rozel, KS plication for Mod of CP (BPH851115MC as Mod) to Blencowe is president and 51.5% owner of FAB Communi- 67574. Principal has no other broadcast interests. Action change freq: 103.1 mhz; ERP: .134 kw H &V; ant.: 1,964 cations Inc., licensee of WTPO(AM) Conyers. GA. and Dec. 28. 1989. ft. H&V, TL: S. Butte, Approximately 8 km at 315 degrees WIHT(TV) Jan. 8. Ann Arbor, MI. Action McConnelsville, OH (BPH88060200)- Granted app. of relative to Sutter, CA; change to ch. 276 (per docket #89- KTHO -AM South Lake Tahoe, CA (AM: BA- Trell Broadcasting Co. for 100.9 mhz : .928 kw; 577 ft. 314). L891117EA; 590 khz; 2.5 kw -D. 500W -N, DA; FM: BAL- Address: 323 E. Main St.. Lancaster. OH 43130. Principal Minneapolis, WCTS -FM 100.3 mhz -Dec. 29, 1989. H891I17EB; 102.9 mhz; I kw: ant. 2.795 ft.)- Granted is headed by Donna J. Landefeld. David L. Landefeld. application for CP to change ERP: 97 kw H &V; ant.: .905 app. of assignment of license from Emerald Broadcasting Douglas E. Triplett. Kenneth E. Eyerman, Joel K. Riley ft. H &V. and Ronald A. Action Jan. 10. Co. to Emerald Communications Corp. for 81,682.666 Landefeld. TV's ( "Changing Hands." Dec. 4. 1989). Seller is headed by Zanesville. OH (BPED880718MF )-Returned app. of Donald and Sarah and has no ch. 12 1 application for C. McBain K. Breckner other Ohio University for 90.1 mhz: 4 kw -V. Address: 9 South Moscow, ID KUID -TV -Jan. broadcast interests. Buyer is headed by Christian Chase CP to change ERP: 300 kw (vis); ant.: 2.059 ft.: TL: 14.66 College St.. Athens. OH 45701. Principal is headed by Larson and also owns KTMS(AM) -KHTY(FM) Santa Bar- km NNE of Moscow. ID; ant.: Dielectric TW- 12Al2: 46 Charles J. Ping. Richard R. Campbell. Priscilla S. D'An- 48 bara. CA. Action Jan. 10. gelo. Jeannette G. Grasselli. Dennis B. Heffernan and. I6N 116 50 18W. and has no broadcast interests. 35 I I application KTLF(FM) Colorado Springs (BAPED890629GQ: 89.70 Alan H. Geiger. other Claremore, OK KXON -TV ch. -Jan. Action Jan. 5. for CP to change ERP: 1340 kw (vis); HAAT: 1.046 ft.; 36 mhz; .1 kw; ant. 2.052 ft.)- Granted app. of assignment of license from Educational Communications of Colorado 19 06N 95 38 18W. Springs Inc. to Pikes Peak Community College for no Charleston, SC WITV(TV) ch. 7 -Jan. 9 application for financial consideration. Deal is swap of station for Mod of CP (BPET800521KT) to change ERP: 316 kw KEPC(FM) Colorado Springs. CO. Seller is headed by Ron (vis); ant.: 1,849 ft.: TL: 3.4 miles NE of Ten Mile, Johnson. Loren Libby and Greg Nyquist. who have no Charleston, SC. E. of route 17 -701 SE of intersection with other broadcast interests. Buyer is headed by Dale Traylor. Facilities Changes Sewee Rd; ant.: RCATCP- S901- 9(7)(DA)(BT); 32 55 28N Action Jan 10. 79 41 58W. KEPC(FM) Colorado Springs (BALED890629GP; 90.5 Provo, UT KZAR -TV ch. 16-Dec. 19, 1989, applica- mhz; 3.75 kw; ant. -273 ft.) -- Granted app. of assignment Applications tion for Mod of CP (BPCT8406I8KE) to change ERP: of license from Pikes Peak Community College to Educa- AM's 4.000 kw (vis); ant.: 2,307 ft.; ant.: Dielectric TRI -23 tional Communications of Colorado Springs Inc. for no JDS(DA)(BT) TL: ant farm near Mt. Nebo 20 miles NNE financial consideration. Sale is swap of station for Overland Park. KS KCCV(AM) 760 khz. -Dec. I I. of Neph, UT; 39 51 14N 111-42-22W. Amended Jan. 10 to KTLF(FM) Colorado Springs. Seller is headed by Dale 1989. application for Mod of CP (BP841231AJ) to make change ERP: 3890 kw (vis); ant.: 2,307 ft.: change TL: Traylor and has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is changes in ant. system. existing Microwave Tower of US West Telephone Co.. headed by Ron Johnson, Loren Libby and Greg Nyquist, Southbridge. MA WESO(AM) 970 khz -Dec. 21. 1989. near Mt. Nebo 20 miles NNE of Neph, UT; ant.: Dielec- who have no other broadcast interests. Action Jan. 10. application for CP to add night service with 500 w; increase tricTFU-23JDS (DA)(BT); 39 51 14N I11 42 17W. WSUA(AM) Miami (BAL890825EF: 1260 khz: 5 kw -U. DA- 2)- Granted app. of assignment of license from S R Associates Inc. to Red Top Broadcasting Corp. for S160.000. Seller is headed by Herbert M. Levin. Edward Caballero. Enrique Landin and I. Edward London and has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is headed by Howard Mid Atlantic Class B FM; unrated Mich. Class A Upgradable Combo Premer. who is president and stockholder of Howard market - 51.5 million, terms (9x CF) Profitable, asking $1.5 mill., terms Broadcasting Corp., licensee of WKAT(AM) North Mi- BOB MACCINI 617/330 -7880 BILL LYTLE 816/932 -5314 ami, FL. Filed Jan. 9.

WCEH -AM -FM Hawkinsville. GA (AM: BTC891127EB: 610 khz: 500 w -D; FM: BTCH891 I27EC; Florida Combo with cash flow SW Class C2 FM; S20 million mkt. 103.9 mhz: 3 kw; ant. 255 ft.)-- Granted app. of assign- S700K with 5200K down Asking S3.3 million ment of license from D. Rivers Jackson Jr. and Alice M. Jackson to James Popwell Sr. for S130.056. Seller has no GEORGE REED 904/730-2522 RICH MARSCHNER 312/642 -0948 other broadcast interests. Buyer is 509E stockholder, presi- dent and director of Tri- County Broadcasting Co., licensee of WCEH -AM -FM Hawkinsville, GA. Action Jan. 11. SW Combo: 200,000 metro pop. CA Standalone AM, only local station Incl. real estate, asking S1.7 million serving 150K mkt. S3.0 million WYCH Utica, MS (BAPH89I I I7HQ; 92.9 mhz; 3 kw; - HAAT: ant. l00 ft.)-Granted app. of assignment of li- BILL WHITLEY 214/788 -2525 JIM MERGEN 818/893 -3199 cense from Hollingsworth Broadcasting Co. to Edward St. Pe' for 88,450. Seller is headed by Joseph and Mary Hollingsworth. husband and wife. and has interest in Louisiana AM /FM with cash flow Coastal California Class B Combo WCSP(AM) Crystal Springs. MS. Buyer is licensee of WJNS(FM) Yazoo City and WJXN(AM) Jackson. both Asking 56.4 million Asking S2.5 million; terms avail. Mississippi. Action Jan. 11. ERNIE PEARCE 404 /998 -1100 RAY STANFIELD 818 /893 -3199

KBWH Blair. NE (BALH891122GY: 106.3 mhz: 3 kw: ant. 469 ft.)- Granted app. of assignment of license from LDH Communications Inc. to Sunrise Broadcasting Corp. Mid Atlantic Class B FM; college town Premier Rocky Mt. Combo, positive for no financial consideration. Seller is headed by Jack Real estate /cash flow - S2.25 million cash flow - S2.8 million cash Harris and has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is headed by Joerg G. Klebe. Sole shareholder of Sunrise, CVC ED SHAFFER 404/998 -1100 GREG MERRILL 801/753-8090 Capital Corp.. currently holds 215E stock interest in assign- or. LDH Communications Inc.. licensee of KBWH(FM) Blair. NE, and 209E stock interest in Advance Broadcasting Corp., full licensee of WGNY -AM -FM Newburgh, NY. CVC holds limited partnership interest in each of following Nationwide Media Brokers licensees: Morgan Broadcasting Limited Partnership, li- censee of WFSF(AM) - WNER -FM Ozark, AL, and WCKX Enterprises, licensee of WCKX(FM) London. OH. Action Jan. 12. auman WMRE -AM Knoxville, TN (BAL891207EA; 1580 khz; 5 kw- D)- Dismissed assignment of license from Hunter Associates Broadcasting Co. to Tri -Star Communications for $135,000. Seller is headed by Edwin B. Hunter and has no Atlanta, GA 404/998 -1100 other broadcast interests, Buyer is headed by Jody Ritchie. Corporate Offices Shawn Hicks and Brian McKinley and has no other broad- cast interests. Action Jan. 9.

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Radio pro needed. Class operation looking for an assis- AGM GSM: ;;reative. professional, resourceful and bot- RADIO tant program director. morning announcer for WQMZ tom line oriented seeks GM/GSM small or medium AM or Charlottesville. Send your tape and resume to Box 498. FM. Prefer Mid -Atlantic or Southern. 215 -687 -2814. HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT Charlottesville. VA 22902 804- 977 -3030. EOE. SITUATIONS WANTED ANNOUNCERS A Suburban, full- service AM needs a growing, Chicago Announcer interested in working in small market. Con- manager recruit, lead Communicator: 20 on air. Master's People sales to train and our sales organi- genial working conditions. Must have one year experi- years degree. zation. Must have and organization- person. Heavy community involvement. Loyal. depend- good communication ence. Send resume and tape to WTTF. 185 South Wash- al skills. Send resume, salary history require- able good company. 217 -528-3119. and salary ington St., Tiffin. OH 44883. EOE. professional seeking ments to PO Box 907, Elburn. IL 60119. EOE. Baseball PBP. Solid broadcasting pro available. Only Talk host: Rush Limbaugh has our liberal college com- Major in top fifteen of interested in organization with serious commitment to pro- public broadcasting company munity up in arms. Need well read. educated and verbally group radio for general manager viding the most professional presentation. Tom, broadcasters searching spectacular entertainer to debate the issues of the day 316- for Southeastern AM /FM Combo. Successful candidates 231 -6875. from the left to balance our programing. Ample prep time. will have stable employment history. good sales experi- beautiful town. good pay T &R: Roger Manning. KFRU. We're looking for radio hevan and tired of radio hell. ence and solid budget and expense control. Must be able 1911 Business Loop 70 East. Columbia, MO 65201_ EOE. Doug and Key. a fun -fresh morning team. are seeking a to set example to proven sales staff by personal selling. great station. in a good location, and some good bucks. Submit a letter giving complete career. salary history and Let's talk. 717-473 -3767. references to Box A -55. FOE. HELP WANTED PROGRAMING PRODUCTION & OTHERS Easy Listening, Big Band only. 28 years experience. General sales manager: KOKO /KKAR. Omaha. To man- Deep pipes. Final career move. 717.675 -6982. PA. age experienced sales staff of 13. Minimum 3 years sales WUFT-FM: Program director to establish programing management experience necessary. Strong people skills. goals. policies and schedules. Liaison with local arts com- SITUATIONS WANTED TECHNICAL leadership. motivational training skills required. Applicant munity. work in cooperation with joint licensee. WUFT -TV. must have outstanding track record. Send resume /history in scheduling simulcasts and other combined efforts. Re- Technical whiz! Station design and construction. equip- to Marty Riemenschneider. 1001 Farnam, Omaha. NE sponsible for the on -air quality of WUFT -FM. Requires a ment installation. troubleshooting, RF 8. audio. automation, 68102. EOE. Bachelor's degree. Master's degree preferred. 4 years Former Harris field service engineer. Available by the day. public radio experience with two in middle management. week or project. Please contact Bill Elliott. 413-442-1283 Station manager for small market Ohio AM/FM Combo Ability to incorporate research in decision -making pro- Looking for chief engineer position at medium or major Looking for successful sales manager ready for total re- cess. Remote recording with the -art equip- skills state -of- market radio station(s). Have experience with high sponsibility. Send resume. salary history references. Box ment. Ability motivate to develop and a diverse broadcast powered (50KW/100KW) major market Combo stations. A -62. EOE. team. Salary: -$27.000. Send current resume and $25.000 Worked closely with PD to improve ratings and air quality. 3 reference letters to: Program Director's Search Commit- Sales manager wanted for Connecticut AM. If you like to Have good engineering standards with references to tee. WUFT -FM. 2000 Weimer Hall. University of Florida, sell and lead. here is a tremendous opportunity Write Box prove it. Have extensive computer experience (8088. 286 Gainesville. FL 32611 by February 28. 1990. An EEO/AA A -66 EOE. & 386). Can Fax a resume. Call: 815- 933.7090. then dial employer (during recorded message). Call anytime. General sales manager: AM /FM Combo in Southeast. 2340# strong station in competitive market. Must be able to train. SITUATIONS WANTED MANAGEMENT MISCELLANEOUS motivate, and manage staff. Goal oriented, proven track mar- record. Box B -4. EOE. Top -notch manager- 10+ years. Excellent credentials - Make money in voiceovers. Cassette course offers Sales & programing Top producer. Bottom line oriented. keting and technique for success in commercials and Sales manager: Top 20 market. East Coast radio station Southeast US. Prefer Florida. Call Bill James. 804.232- induslirals. Money -back guarantee. Call for info: Susan Combo seeking general sales manager to manage staff of 5197 Berkley. 1- 800 -333 -8108. 12 -15 AE's and managers. Must have minimum 3 -4 years local or general sales management experience. good Only if you want the best: GM looking for a new chal- Freelance audio people for 1 day meetings. Some expe- rience recorders/microphones necessary. Resu- communication and teaching skills. plus strong computer lenge. Strong in all phases of operation. sales & profits my with me ITI. 24 St., 1225. skills - Columbine and other research. Knowledge of in- speciality. Small/medium markets. Box A -58. /info to Commerce Suite Newark. NJ ventory, sales planning and budgeting a must. Stations 07102. in market are part of major broadcasting chain Send resumes to Sales manager: Top station top 60 seeks posi- tion in medium market. 804 -744- Box B-10. EOE. M/F /HN. as GM or GSM Southeast 1046. Search reopened. Station manager, WNMU -FM. 100,000 GM with excellent references can put to- watt stereo public radio station on south shore of beautiful Experienced a winning /sales team at your station. Box A -59. Lake Superior in Upper Michigan seeks creative, energet- gether air ic, motivated, people- oriented station manager. Reports to Powerful sales and marketing specialist with 26 years of the general manager. Works closely with sister N station solid broadcast experience can lead your station to suc- manager for joint projects. Responsible for management cessful new heights! Winning combinations in all areas of TELEVISION and overall daily operation, programing, fundraising, pro- station operations. Sales team recruiter and trainer. Possi- HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT motion and staff development. Management experience. ble fulltime or consultant basis. Please contact Bill Elliott. 3-5 years public broadcasting experience and Bachelor's 413-442-1283. GSM position available in Southeast Independent - degree required. Master's preferred. Salary $29.000 - progressive TV group. Applicant must be successful Profit driven GM with 23 years experience seeks quality 34,000. Send resume postmarked by February 15 to Per- trainer and motivator. EO employer Send resume to Box Small -mid size market opportunity. Sales, promotion. and sonnel Office, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, A-35 MI 49855. EOE/AA. programing leader. CRMC offering documented success. Results desired? Results delivered. Absolute top creden- Production manager: KOKH /Studio 25 is seeking appli- tials 301 -426 -5344. cants to direct Oklahoma's #1 production facility with all the whistles and bells. (2 studios 40 X 80 & 40 X 50, AVAB WANTED Attorneys call 'em "rainmakers ": I'm a broadcast rain- HELP SALES 2002 lighting. CMX editing, DVE. Lexicon, etc ) Call or maker of revenue. ratings and programing. Seeking a write James L. Harmeyer. President & General Manager. Take a step into one of the fastest growing markets in the success oriented station requiring a top middle -level man- KOKH -TV 25. 405 -843 -2525, 1228 E. Wilshire Blvd.. nation. Lake Co.. IL. If you are a highly motivated profes- ager. Inquire with Scott Simon. 815- 634 -4289 to arrange Oklahoma City. OK 73113. EOE. sional sales person with a proven track record, HOT interview 102.3 /NEWS 1220 has an opportunity for you. Send re- Local sales manager. WDEF -TV, Chattanooga's CBS af- General manager available. Successful in medium and sume to WKRS/WXLC Radio, 3250 Belvidere Rd.. Wauke- filiate, applications for the position of local major markets. Love turnarounds and rebuilds. Group is accepting gan. IL 60085. Attn: Brian Winner EOE, M /F. sales manager. Local sales management experience is management and acquisitions experience. Excellent preferred. however, would consider account executive Sales /marketing rep: Corporation seeking energetic. background and references. Relocate for quality opportu- looking to move into management position. Applicants dedicated person- oriented individual willing and able to nity in top 75 markets, Deane Johnson. 503 -472 -1221. should be aggressive, organized. motivated. creative. and work hard. Knowledge of radio and /or TV operations a Station owners: You have the radio station but need eager to lead local sales team in one of America's most must. Moderate travel. Salary commensurate with experi- someone with very strong sales ability and "people" talent competitive markets. If you are ready for the challenge. ence. Send resume and salary history to Box A -57. EOE to run it. I have extensive experience and a very strong contact Chris Aldridge, General Sales Manager, WDEF-

broadcast and sales background. I am looking for an TV. 3300 Broad St., Chattanooga. TN 37408. An equal equity position in an operation such as yours and an opportunity employer. HELP WANTED ANNOUNCERS opportunity to expand my equity if I turn out to be as good GSM: WTVH in Syracuse seeks bright, creative, innova- as I think I am. Can we talk? Write Box B -3. 5000 AM News/Talk station in a growing market is looking tive GSM who is an excellent people manager/motivator. for: Humorous. friendly. capable drivetime host /anchor. Success oriented general manager will share 26 years Send resume to: GM, WTVH. 980 James St.. Syracuse. NY Must be able to "make our listeners laugh and be happy - of broadcast experience to lead your station or group. 13202. EOE to -be -alive everyday." Writing, editing and board work Plenty of proven sales and promotion strategies that work! Rampart Broadcasting Company, New Orleans, is seek- essential. Teams considered. Great area and living condi- Looking for turnarounds. start -ups or anyone who needs ing a chief financial officer Experience required: Comput- tions. Mail resume and tape to Ctry., Club Communica- help. Possible fulltime or consultant basis. Please contact erized financial reporting, internal controls. hands -on ap- tions Inc.. PO Box 1270. Palm Desert. CA 92261. EOE. Bill Elliott. 413-442 -1283. proach in all accounting functions. and tax reporting. Country 105, WOXK is looking for morning talent. Individ- General manager. Currently selling GSM in 17- station Public accounting background. CPA, and computer skills ual should be warm & friendly with a sense of humor. market for FM start-up. Billing is up. up. up to $28.541.00 required. Prior experience in broadcasting a plus. An enjoy personal appearances. and be a team player. in six months! And. it was done with an inexperienced equal opportunity employer. Send resumes to D. Youngstown -Canton markets. T & R to: Chuck Stevens. staff. In 1990. the station will do over $500.000.00! Call Barnewold. WWL -TV. 1024 North Rampart St . New Or- PO Box 530. Salem. OH 44460. FOE. Don. 717-321-9035 Relocation possible leans. LA 70116

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 91 Local sales manager: KRIV -TV Fox Television. Houston's Electronic technician: Montgomery College, Rockville News director: Qualified candidates will have 2-3 years number one Independent, is seeking a local sales manag- Campus, has need for an electronic technician to work for television news management experience. either as a small er. Candidates must have 3 -5 years television sales back- the VCT Department. The position will be responsible for or medium market news director or medium market exec- ground with prior management experience a strong plus. the routine maintenance repair of radio, television, and A- utive news producer. Must have excellent production Candidates must have ability to develop new business, V electronic and mechanical equipment, as well as plan- skills, sense of journalistic integrity. interpersonal and direct and manage an aggressive sales force as well as ning for and installing components, designing systems, management skills. BA/Journalism degree or degree in design and execute sales plans. Candidates should also budgeting for material and providing safety and security related field preferred. Send resume to General Manager, be familiar with vendor. co -op, co- promotions as well as a oversight. Position requires an AA degree in Electronic WAND -TV. 904 Southside Dr., Decatur, IL 62521. EOE. working knowledge of marketing and research tools. Send Technology or a related field and considerable radio and resume and references to: Craig H Bland. Vice Presi- television electronic engineering maintenance and repair Aggressive Midwestern NBC affiliate looking for assis- news dent/GSM, KRIV, PO Box 22810. Houston TX 77227. No experience. Broadcast experience desirable. Starting sal- tant director, assignment editor, and general assign- phone calls, please. EOE ary range $25.688- 31,470/yr. plus excellent fringe bene- ment reporters to work in a fully computerized state-of -the- fits. To apply call 301- 279 -5373 for an application for art newsroom. No beginners, please. Send resumes to General sales manager: Medium -sized Southeast market vacancy #3227. Application screening will begin after WHO Television Newsroom. 1801 Grand Ave.. Des single Independent (Fox office) seeks spiritea individual February 16. 1990. An EO /AA/Title IX employer. Moines, IA 50308. EOE. with Indy experience in all facets of local and national sales. Inspire our bright young sales staff! Salary com- Chief engineer: Seeking an experienced engineer to su- Investigative news producer with a solid record of mensurate with experience. Box B -8. EOE. pervise and evaluate MC operators. maintenance engi- achievement and experience for award -winning top ten neers, and oversee all phases of broadcast systems main- market station. Send resume to Box B -2. EOE/AA. No HELP WANTED SALES tenance. Minimum 2 -year degree in electronics and 8 tapes. Accounting representative for NBC affiliate in New Or- years experience required. Must hold FCC General Class News director: Top 50 UHF seeks energetic executive leans. 3 -5 years experience in broadcast sales, vendor or license or SBE equivalent. Salary: $20K minimum plus producer or news director from smaller market eager for marketing required. Compensation commensurate with benefits package. Send resume to: KSMO -TV. 1900 8th major challenge. UHF verses two V's means innovation. experience. Position open January 1990. Salary histpory Ave. NW. Austin. MN 55912. EOE. execution, and people skills a must. EOE. Contact: Hoyle and resume to Mike Kibbey. GSM. 520 Royal St., New Assistant chief engineer: UHF TV station looking for Broome. WBMG -TV. 2075 Golden Crest Dr.. Birmingham. Orleans. LA 70130. EOE. M/F. hands -on type with transmitter experience. 3-5 years in AL 35209. 205 -322 -4200. Research/co-op director: Excellent opportunity for TV general television maintenance. satellite and computer News director: KTVN -TV. Reno. has an opening for an research systems. STL, and required. Also to /co -op director. Working knowledge of ARB. NSI studio operations aggressive news director with a burning desire to be a repairs re- ratings and research tools necessary to support local perform and preventitive maintenance. Send news leader. Must be a good producer and writer. Must -TV 2522 sales staff. Vendor experience helpful in top ten Sunbelt sume to Glen Dingley, Chief Engineer, KHSH 67, possess equipment knowledge, ability to train and moti- Highland market. Send resume to: KTXA -TV. 1712 E. Randol Mill Square Mali. Alvin. TX 77511. EOE. vate, plus have good work habits and organizational skills. Rd., Arlington. TX 76011. Attn: Mike Dunlop. EOE. Maintenance engineer: State -of- the -art UHF Indepen- Two years previous management experience in journal- FLORIDA TV + FM sales managers and reps. Group dent TV station with active post -production business ism. with at least one year as producer and reporter in operator seeks dynamic. experienced, qualified street- seeks person with 3 years minimum experience in video desired. Candidate should have Bachelor's degree selling managers and sales reps for FM and Independent maintenance. Excellent work environment: Our recently Journalism. Send resume and references to Dennis TV operations Box B -6. EOE constructed facility won 1988 BME Excellence in Engi- Siewert, President and General Manager, KTVN -TV, PO neering award Applicant should be familiar with sophisti- Box 7220. Reno. NV 89510. No telephone calls, please. HELP WANTED TECHNICAL is cated post- production techniques and demands. and be KTVN -TV an equal opportunity employer. capable of troubleshooting complex system- and compo- Honolulu, Hawaii chief engineer needed for eae ng net- Assistant news director /managing editor. Supervise nent-level problems. Ampex ACE. ADO. ESS and AVA work affiliate. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience newsroom staff and coordinate daily newsgathering at maintenance experience desirable Studio-production required. Send letter and resume to T. Arthur Bone. Bone WUFT -TV (PBS) with daily half-hour news plus updates. and audio background also helpful. Some nights and 8 Associates. Inc.. 197 Taunton Ave.. Suite 202. East Requires: Master's degree in Broadcast Journalism or weekends. Send resume and salary history to Ms Thorn- Providence. RI 02914. EOE. related field and one year broadcast news experience or ton, WATL. One Monroe Place. Atlanta. GA 30324. No Bachelor's degree and two years of professional experi- Engineer sought for New York City facility. Experience phone calls. please! EOE. with digital television, tape machine, telecine, editing sys- ence. Minimum salary. $21.030. Send resume for position tems, and system design is desirable. EOE. All inquiries Maintenance engineer. Strong electronic background. #959320 by February 15 to: Joe Wnuk, 446 Stadium West. will be kept strictly confidential. Box A -29. minimum 2 years studio and ENG experience. NBC affili- University of Florida. Gainesville, FL 32611. It is University ate is #1 in market with outstanding facility. Resume to policy to conduct all searches in the open, subject to the Transmitter /studio maintenance engineer: 3 -5 years Ron Patterson, WCMH -TV. PO Box 4. Columbus. OH provisions of existing law. Equal employment opportuni- experience required on transmitter and studio equipment 43216. Equal opportunity. M /F. ty /affirmative action employer. repair and maintenance: UHF and FM transmitter back ground a plus. Send resume to WXEL. Personnel Dept.. Chief engineer, WVN -Y-TV Burlington. Vermont. We are General assignment reporter: We're looking for a night - PO Drawer 6607. West Palm Beach. FL 33405. EOE. seeking a qualified individual with a solid background in side communicator who's versatile. aggressive, and can M/F /HN all phases of studio and transmitter maintenance to run package for the 90's. Minimum two years experience. Art our Engineering Department. Great opportunity for super- Jordan. News Director. WFMJ -TV. 101 W. Boardman St.. ENG maintenance engineer: Number one CBS affiliate visor or ACE to move into management. Resumes to Mark Youngstown, OH 44503. No phone calls. EOE. has an opportunity for an ENG maintenance engineer with LeValley. WVNY-TV. Box 22. Burlington. VT 05401. EOE. two years experience with 314 ". ENG cameras. micro- KTVY -TV is seeking a weekend news anchor. Applicant wave. and two live trucks. Looking for a thinker and self must have street reporting and anchor experience. Send starter, a General Class or SBE certificate preferred. Sub- tape and resume to Stuart Kellogg. News Director, KTVY. mit resume and salary requirements to Ken Miller, Chief 500 E. Britton Rd., Oklahoma City, OK 73114. EOE. Engineer. WTVR-TV. 3301 West Broad St., Richmond, VA 23230. No phone calls. please! EOE. M /F. HELP WANTED NEWS KTVY -TV News department has an opening for a quali- Must have Chief photographer: Dominant NBC affiliate in Sunbelt fied photographer a minimum of 2 years com- Maintenance engineer wanted with strong 3/4" and ENG mercial news or sports photography experience and be needs a leader At least five years experience on the experience. Resume and salary history to Chief Engineer. in street. Station has SNG. Beta format. Must be street shoot- skilled editing Good driving record and the ability to KEYT -TV. PO Drawer X, Santa Barbara. CA 93102. EOE. get along well with other personnel in light deadline situa- er, teacher and good equipment manager. Send non- tions is required. News is in the middle Beta Industry leading company in long form TV advertising returnable videotape and resume to Scott Parks. News dept. of resume to Photographer. KTVY, seeks video engineer experienced in installation, mainte- Director, WIS -TV. PO Box 367. Columbia. SC 29202. EOE. conversion. Send Chief nance. and repair of complete studio and post production 500 E. Britton Rd.. Oklahoma City, OK 73114. EUE. for facility with 3/4" Beta -SP, and 1" equipment. Immediate Meteorologist Midwest station with major commitment News director: Highly livable medium market: Strong opening. Salary dependent on experience. Call or write to weather. Must have meteorology degree. on -air experi- management. creativity and leadership combined with Terry Prechtel, Hawthorne Communications, Inc.. PO Box ence AMS seal preferred. EOE. Box A -61. No tapes. traditional skills and ethics plus a vision for television of 1366, Fairfield. IA 52556. 515-472 -3800. EOE. Mid- market Maine ABC affiliate seeks sharp. smooth, the 90's. This team player and excellent teacher will join a immedi- Maintenance engineer: NBC affiliate in NW Arkansas personable meteorologist. preferably AMS seal, group of collegial managers at a challenging affiliated needs a self- starter skilled in 3/4" tape. microwave and all ate vacancy. Also shopping for newscast producer who station. Include salary requirements. EUE. Box B -7. studio equipment. FCC General Class. SB Engineer certi- can make shows sing. and anchorperson with charisma impeccable record. future fication, minimum 2 years strong hands -on experience and track both for possible One person band: Shoot and report in Danville. Illinois Apply to: Engineering Manager. KPOM /KFAA -TV. PO Box openings. No beginners. no prima donnas. and absolutely and environs. High visibility job with NBC affiliate. Non- 4610, Fort Smith, AR 72914. EOE, M /F. no phone calls! Send non -returnable tape and resume returnable tape and resume to Jack Keefe. WICD -TV. 250 (producers also send detailed statement of producing Country Fair Dr.. Champaign, IL 61821. EOE. M /F. Operations /engineering director: For cable TV station in philosphy) to Dennis Tompkins. News Operations Manag- suburban Washington. DC. Responsible for operation - er. WMTW -TV. 99 Danville Corner Rd.. PO Box 8. Auburn. News photographer: Sony and Panasonic gear. 3/4 inch s/engineering department (30 -35 employes) including all ME 04210. EOE. and M-2 formats. Experience preferred. good driving re- video equipment. crews. budget development. Qualified cord a must. Non -returnable tape to Jack Keefe, WICD- individual should have college degree and at least five Upscale top 60's market expanding news commitment. TV. 250 Country Fair Dr., Champaign. IL 61821. EUE. M /F. years television technical /engineering experience. Knowl- Seeking weekend anchor with strong reporting skills. edge of production essential. Salary: High 30's. Excellent Weekend weathercaster who can also do environmental WRCB -TV is looking for an early evening newscast pro- company benefits. Send resume Attn: Director. PO Box reporting weekdays Field reporters who work quickly and ducer who can generate a live and lively program. In 7065. Gaithersburg. MD 20898. EOE. can turn complex issues into easily understood packages. addition to producing, we want someone who can contrib- News producers with creativity. good news sense. and ute as a journalist. No phone calls. Send videotapes and Engineering: Top 50 NBC affiliate has opening for ENG good writing skills. No beginners. no phone calls, please. resumes to: Lee Meredith. WRCB -TV. 900 Whitehall Rd.. maintenance. Must have experience in repair and mainte- Send 3/4" tape and resume to Rich Klos, News Director, Chattanooga, TN 37405. EOE. nance of all ENG equipment. Two-year degree in electron- WROC -TV. 201 Humboldt St.. Rochester. NY 14610. EUE. ics preferred. Live remote and SNG experience helpful. Sports anchor /reporter. Produce and anchor visual, up- Bureau TV news rptr /mgr for Send resume to John Krauser. WVTM -TV. PO Box 10502. chief. Seasoned Saipan. beat sportscast. People oriented sports stories. Tapes Northern Marianas Islands. needs aggres- Birmingham. AL 35202. An equal opportunity employer. 5- person staff and resumes to: News Director, WYOU -TV. 415 Lacka- sive leader with solid credentials Outstanding co. bene- wanna Ave Scranton. PA 18503. No phone calls. EOE. Assistant chief engineer: KTKA -TV seeks experienced fits, US Commonwealth tropical isle abounds with hard technician with solid 3/4" ENG. 1" VTR. and studio equip- news. No social hr. stuff. Resumes and references 1st Wanted: MeteorologisVanchor for 6PM and 11 PM news- ment maintenance background. Computer and superviso- time along with non-ret. tape to: Ken Booth, ND, Guam casts. Station in Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. No phone ry experience helpful. Send resume to: KTKA -TV 49, Attn: Cable TV. 530 West O'Brien Dr.. Agana, Guam 96910. calls. please. Tape and resumes to: Gary Smith, News Jerry Madsen, 101 SE Monroe. Topeka. KS 66603. EOE. EOE. Director. PO Box TV -3, Harrisonburg. VA 22801. EOE.

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 92 HELP WANTED PROGRAMING Attorney broadcasting in #1 market seeks full -time TV Radio -television production: Assistant Professor, Tele- PRODUCTION & OTHERS reporter position. Let me boost your legal. consumer. communications, College of Journalism and Mass Corn- political coverage. Gall Gary during day at 201-261 -7676. munication, University of Georgia, Fall 1990. Qualifica- Copywriter/producer: WTVR -TV has immediate opening tions: PhD or near completion. Candidates with a Master's Person must have proven good copywriting skills. Job Black woman: Intelligent, attractive, experienced. team degree and significant experience in the media industries includes writing and producing station's commercials. player. Looking for anchoring and reporting. Prefer Flori- will be considered. Salary: Competitive. Primary responsi- Previous television production experience a definite plus. da -but will travel. Stefany 407 -689 -0164. bilities: Teach undergraduate courses in media produc- Send resume to Don LaCombe. Program Director. WTVR- Tired of dull weathercasters? Buck the trend! if tion from among the following: Introduction to Telecom- TV. 3301 West Broad St.. Richmond. VA 23230. No phone Call you're ready for the next generation Willard. Call munications, Writing for Radio-TV-Film, Basic /Advanced calls, please! EOE, M/F. 612- 935 -9293. Audio and Video Production, Announcing and Perfor- Director: Minimum 2 years experience directing newscast mance. or Corporate /Institutional Telecommunications. Sports anchor: Knowledgeable, dedicated communica- & other studio productions. Strong emphasis also in com- Additional teaching at the graduate level based on inter- tor. Strong features. solid interviews and live shots, play mercial production! Computer editing experience a plus est and abilities. The Department of Telecommunications by play, too Kevin, - 780 Send resume to PO Box 4029. Azalea Station. Wilmington. 201 -3427. includes 12 faculty plus adjunct and doctoral teaching NC 28403. EOE. SITUATIONS WANTED PROGRAMING associates and roughly 225 upper division majors. It is PRODUCTION 8 OTHERS one of four departments in the Grady College. The depart- Director: Experienced commercial and newscast director ment is home of the George Foster Peabody Awards and with Grass Valley switching experience preferred. Must Energetic minority producer/director/technical director. the Peabody Archives of Radio and Television which offer work well with both clients and employes and must pos- 9 years experience. I know DVE. ADO. Quantel. Grass opportunities in teaching, research and service. Send vita, work habits. Individual be responsi- sess good must also Valley and Ampex switchers. Comfortable with news and including tour letters of reference by March 1. 1990 to: ble and flexible. Send letter and resume to Pat Peters. studio/field production. Major market experienc. College Search Committee, Department of Telecommunications, Production Manager. WAND -TV. 904 Southside Dr.. Deca- degree. I seek challenging directing or technical position College of Journalism, University of Georgia, Athens, GA IL tur. 62521. EOE. with station or production facility. Long or short term. Call 30602. The University of Georgia is an affirmative action, 407 -894 -4727. We need you to reoganize and run a news graphics equal opportunity employer. and invites and encourages applications from women and all minorities. library! We're looking for an individual with a solid under- Writer /producer: Substantial background in all aspects of standing of the wants and needs of a television graphic television. production. and marketing. 13 years experi- Assistant/Associate Professor of Journalism. Positions operation. Must have excellent organizational skills. and a ence in top 30 market. willing to relocate. References, number 84115 and 84792. Subject to availability of funds, working knowledge of PC's. Experience in dealing with the demo tape. print available upon request. Laura Spivey. University of Hawaii expects to fill two tenure track posi- technical aspects of graphic production a plus. Must be 2104 Scott Ave.. Charlotte, NC 28203. 704- 372 -7352. tions in small accredited professionally- oriented under- able to work early morning hours. Send resume to Box A- graduate Master control operator for major national cable network department beginning August 1, 1990. Duties: 67. EOE. Need one person qualified to seeks opportunity in large market area. Two years experi- teach sections of basic in Assistant promotion director position available at top 50 ence. Box A-51 course News Editing, other to supervise sequence of NBC affiliate. Excellent creative writing. editing and pro- three courses in broadcast journalism and teach at least MISCELLANEOUS two. Desirable if also to jour- ducing skills necessary. College degree in Advertising - applicants able leach other nalism courses particularly public relations or introduction /Communications or related field and minimum five years 1:30 Productions: Want to be the best reporter no- but to mass media when needed. Teaching load three experience required. Send resume and tape to. Robin one has the time to help? We do. Writing. production. courses a semester but faculty also expected to share in Cooper. WVTM -TV, PO Box 10502. Birmingham. AL delivery. References available. 607- 272 -3718. 35202. An equal opportunity employer. student advising, supervision of internships and commit- Attention Vidifont users: Graphics V specialist will train tee work and to take part in occasional special projects. CMX editor: Commercial production house /2nd shift. Ex- your staff in all phases of usage or work with you to design Minimum qualifications for Assistant Professor: PhD and perience required. Film/video cameraperson for TV com- and compose new graphics. Call 203 -271 -3401 and professional experience or Master's in Journalism and mercials: Directorial & lighting exp. helpful. Excellent ben- leave message. professional experience equivalent to doctorate. Demon- efit packages. salaries negotiable. Send resume to: strated ability as a teacher and interests in research de- Southern Productions. Chuck Koehler. 255 French Land- Primo People is seeking news anchors for all size mar- sired. Minimum qualifications for Associate Professor: All ing Dr.. Nashville. TN 37228. 615 -248 -1978. EOE. kets! Call Steve Porricelli or Fred Landau at 203 -637- minimum requirements for Assistant level plus four years 3653. or send resume and 3/4" tape to Box 116, Old as an assistant professor or equivalent; proven ability as a Production manager: For cable N station in suburban Greenwich. CT 06870-0116. teacher: proven ability to conduct research Women and Washington. DC. Motivated self- starter with extensive TV minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. Salary: Ne- production and three years administative/management Bill Slatter's Talent Agent Directory. New low price- - gotiable within range. 9 -month assistant professor mini- experience. Knowledge of industrial and broadcast pro- $9.95. 514 S Union St Natchez. MS 39120. mum $25,368, maximum $37,560; associate professor duction equipment. Salary mid -30's. Excellent benefits. minimum $32,088, maximum $47,520. Both subject to Send resume to Attn: Production. PO Box 7065. Gaithers- collective bargining increases. Some summer teaching burg. MD 20898. EOE. available. Send resume to Search Committee, Journalism Producer /director: 3 -5 years experience directing major Department, 2550 Campus Road --CR 208. Honolulu, HI market newscasts and public affairs programing. Highly 96822. Closing date.: February 28, 1990. EOE. motivated and creative. Strong organizational and leader- Associate Professor of Radio-Television -Film available ship skills. Producing background a plus. No calls. ALLIED FIELDS August 15, 1990. Teach courses in mass communications please. Send resume to Jim Esser. KDKA -TV. One Gate- HELP WANTED INSTRUCTION theory and quantitative research methods. PhD strong way Center. Pittsburgh. PA 15222. EOE. record of research productivity, and experience in teach- TV interns. 12 Promotion writer /producer: See the big lake. And pro- Graduate assistantships: production posi- ing graduate courses required. Specialization in some duce some great promos. Discover the Calder. And work tions. 20 hours /week. Serve as teaching assistants, crew; area of mass media processes and effects preferred. work support in research. electronic graphics, traffic, sta- with people who thrive on success Find out where the Competitive salary. Send letter of application , vita, tran- ging /lighting; /directing: work con- tulips grow. And become a writer'producer for a top -rated some producing IN, scripts and three letters of reference by March 1, 1990 to: air productions. Requires affiliate. Must have a Bachelor's degree and two years tract. and BA and acceptance Dr. Srinivas Melkote, Search Committee Chair, Dept. of into Master of Fine Arts +. experience Please forward a tape and resume to Jim program. 56600 September Radio -Television -Film, Bowling Green State University, Thomas. Promotion Manager, WON, 120 College Ave. 1990. Dr Robert C. Williams. Chairman. Department of Bowling Green, OH 43403. EOE/AA NY 11210. An SE. Grand Rapids MI 49503. WON is an EOE TV/Radio. Brooklyn College. Brooklyn. AA/EC employer, M/F. HELP WANTED SALES SITUATIONS WANTED MANAGEMENT Assistant professor (tenure- track) available. September Sales champion wanted: Utah Scientific. a Dynatech 1990. Salary range competitive. MFA or PhD required for General manager-plus during past 23 years' Outstand- Broadcast leading manufacturer tenure and promotion. Professional experience and col- Group company and a of ing record of achievements! Turned-around group of 3 switching and control systems for the broadcast and tele- lege teaching preferred. Responsibilities include teaching television stations: another group of 2 within first year! production industry is seeking a top notch sales engineer studio and field video production and classes in a special- Also major market Independent and medium market affili- for the California region. This is an opportunity ization such as film. news, and documentary. Minorities excellent ate! Thoroughly experienced all aspects! Expertise in ar- for an ambitious, bright, tenacious, and resourceful sales and women are encouraged to apply. Submit a letter of eas of administration. sales. programing. news: promo- person to excel with one of the fastest growing and most application indicating interest, training and experience. a tion! Producer of spectacular sales. profits. prestige. successful companies in the industry. We are looking for a complete set of graduate transcripts and at least three market -values! Also. CEO of consultancy. Can become champion, not just a winner. Please send your resumes to letters of recommendation no later than March 19. 1990 to available as general manager/president of station and /or the Director of Sales, Utah Scientific, Inc., 4750 Wiley Post Dr. Howard P. Holliday. Department of Communication group; also as outside director of 3 boards! Nationally Way. Salt Lake City, UT. 84116 or call 1-800 -453-8782 for Studies, California State University, Los Angeles. 5151 prominent as administrator and as network/major market more information. EOE. Dr.. Angeles. EOE. newsman /talk -show /after- dinner speaker /FCC consultant. State University Los CA 90032. Possess the experience, know -how. skills and contacts to Broadcast and Mass Comm faculty position. The Com- EMPLOYMENT SERVICES get the job done well and fast. Box B-1. munication and Journalism Department at Shippensburg University is seeking applicants for a tenure track faculty Government jobs $16,040 - $59,230/yr. Now hiring. Call Start-up expert can build your facility from ground up. 8 position to begin August, 1990. Teach radio/television 1-805-687-6000 ext. R -7833 for current federal list. years experience. Degree in radio /television and film. production, programing and management courses to un- Proven track record. 904- 234-8777 Attention - hiring! Government jobs - your area. $17,840 dergraduate and graduate students. MA and agreement - $69.485. Call 1 -602- 838 -8885. Ext R8435. SITUATIONS WANTED TECHNICAL to complete doctorate required. Degree in broadcasting, teaching experience, and a minimum of three years Technical director with 12 years experience in news. broadcast experience required. Salary: $25K to $34K, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES sports and large productions. indoors and out. At home in depending on qualifications. Academic rank negotiable a control room or a remote truck. Travel not a problem. Excellent benefit package. Shippensburg University of On-camera coaching: For TV reporters. Polish anchoring.

Danny Skarka. 4 -B Cazneau Ave.. Sausalito. CA 94965. Pennsylvania is located off I -81 about a two-hour drive standups, interviewing, writing. Teleprompter. Learn from 415-332 -6759. from Baltimore and Washington. Send vita, covering letter, former ABC Network News Correspondent; New York Io- transcripts and three letters of recommendation to: Rich- cal reporter. Demo tapes. Critiquing. Private lessons. 212- SITUATIONS WANTED NEWS ard Warner, Search Chair, Department of Communication 921 -0774. Eckhert Special Productions (ESP). and Journalism. Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, Excellent, experienced sportscaster oon ng for a good PA 17257. Applications received after April 2, 1990 not station in which to work. 216 -929 -0131. MISCELLANEOUS considered. Shippensburg University is an equal oppor- News/sports anchor. Mature. Experienced. Personable. tunity/affirmative action employer and encourages quali- Attention:Earn money reading books! $32,000 /year in- Caucasian. Now in N. Texas. 214- 270 -1114 mornings. fied women and racial minorities to apply. come potential. Details: 1- 602 -838 -8885. Ext.BK8435.

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Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 94 Help Wanted Technical Help Wanted Programing Production & Others Continued VIDEOTAPE EDITOR The Christian Broadcasting Network. Inc. DIRECTOR, has an immediate opening for an experienced VIDEOTAPE EDITOR. PROGRAM ACQUISITIONS LEADING NYC PAY PER VIEW TV Must professionally operate a Grass Valley switcher and Abekas A53D. CO. IS EXPANDING ITS PROGRAMING DEPT. CMX editing experience preferred: TO INCLUDE AN INDIVIDUAL WITH 5 Familiarity with BetaCam SP & D2 helpful. YEARS PAY -TV ACQUISITION EXPERIENCE. A STRONG KNOWLEDGE OF If you have at least 5 years editing experience FOREIGN FILM MARKETS. at a major production or broadcast facility CREATIVE, HIGH ENERGY LEVEL and would like to be a part of this national Christian ministry, FOR FAST-PACED ENVIRONMENT. DEGREE IN COMMUNICATIONS please send resume to: OR FILM REQUIRED. The Network, NON -SMOKING ENVIRONMENT. Christian Broadcasting Inc. EXCELLENT BENEFITS. Employment Department - Box V SALARY COMMENSURATE WITH EXPERIENCE. CBN Center PLEASE SEND RESUME Virginia Beach, VA 23463 & SALARY REQUIREMENTS TO: CI3N$ BOX B -9 EOE

BROADCAST ENGINEER An outstanding opportunity to work with an innovative 7- member team in a new state -of- the -art S8.1 million facility designed to current broadcast STORY standards. Immediate opening to provide technical support for Ball State media facilities and assistance to higher level engineers. Attractive i PRODUCER benefits package, generous paid vacation and sick leave. Salary Seeking an agressive producer for commensurate with experience. Reimbursement provided for school and national and local stories for opportunity for advancement. Requirements include Associate Degree or syndicated magazine show. Must equivalent in broadcast electronics or related area and 1 -3 years have excellent story telling abilities. broadcast electronics or related experience. Experience is preferred on 3 -5 years experience required. Dubner 5K, 10K; Abekas A -42, GVG 200. GVG IPS 100, Cubicomp, Ampex Send tapes and resumes to Vista and GVG - VPE 141 equipment. Ability to diagnose and repair this Tom Smith equipment at the component level. Familiarity with MII, three quarter inch, Evening Magazine VHS and S -VHS tape formats. Application deadline 2 28 90. To apply, One Gateway Center send copy of college transcripts, resume and letter of application to: Pittsburgh. PA 15222 Human Resources Department (No Phone Calls, Please) BALL STATE UNIVERSITY Muncie, IN 47306 Group W Television An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer An Equal Opportunity Employer

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PRODUCER/DIRECTOR PROMOTION An outstanding opportunity to become part of an innovative 10- member production staff in a new state -of- the -art S8.1 million facility designed to current broadcast production standards. WRITER/PRODUCER Ball State University has an immediate opening for an aggressive self- starter to write. produce, direct and edit instructional promotional media programs for university's media services which processes and directs over 40 hours of live interactive television courses each week PHILADELPHIA and develop a variety of high quality programs for on and oft campus use. Attractive benefits package which includes generous pay. vacation and sick leave. Were looking for someone Salary commensurate with experience. Requirements include Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications to promote our news series, or related field plus 1 -3 years related experience. Send copy of college transcripts, resume and letter of application to: local programs, and public Human Resources Department service. If your reel is full BALL STATE UNIVERSITY Muncie, IN 47306 of great copy, good music, Applications accepted through March 15, 1990. An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer and strong graphics, send a resume and your greatest hits to:

KELLY DONNELL America's Competitive Edge. PROMOTION MANAGER, KYW -TV American Workers. To find out how your company can tap Independence Mall East this valuable resource, write: Philadelphia, PA 19106 Across the U.S., companies and unions Elizabeth Dole have dramatically improved Secretary of Labor productivity, quality, and employment / U.S. Department of Labor security by tapping the ideas of some Room N -5419 831 willing and able partners- American workers. Washington, DC 20210 KYW -TV An Equal Opportunity Employer

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The Board of Directors CASH FLOW FINANCING of National Public Radio Ó We purchase Accounts Receivable will meet in open session on Wednesday, f February 7, 1990, beginning at 9:30 a.m. National and Local G^ Investments in Media in the Board Room of National Public Radio, 2025 M Street, N.W., Washington, PHILADELPHIA DENVER MFR FINANCIAL (714) 544 -7131 DC. Subject to amendment, the agenda (215) 668-1168 (303) 239 -6670 includes Chair's Report, President's ' Report, and committee reports. The Committees will begin meeting on Tuesday, February 6, 1990, in the same location. VENTURE CAPITAL TEXAS AM /FM DEBT FINANCING Small Market Powerhouse Business Opportunity For broadcasters Good C.F., FM Upgrade, Terms Sanders & Co. Call Gene Ashcraft 1900 Emery St., Ste. 206 Richard C. Parrish TOWER SPACE Atlanta, GA 30318 & Associates Available for lease 404 -355 -6800 817-921-2151 on 1,865 -foot tower to UHF -TV, LPTV, FM and auxilary services in Des Moines, Iowa. REPLY TO BOX B -5 BEST BUY - $199,500 Sell Your Radio Station AM FM CLASS A COMBO PAY NO COMMISSION FLOW HISTORY For Sale Stations POSITIVE CASH Save Thousands of Dollars MTN. RESORT AREA. S.W. dixoadcaal ,ItaVeeling 99e/2eice INCLUDE FINANCIAL QUALIFICATIONS W INQUIRY East: (205) 734-4888 West: (805) 523-7312 CONFIDENTIAL, BOX A -52 CUSTOMIZED SERVICE FLORIDA SOUTH CENTRAL COASTAL GEORGIA SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE 1955 ONE KILOWATT FULLTIME AM. MEDIUM MARKET EXCLUSIVE FORMAT, FM CLASS C CONSTRUCTION PERMIT VALUABLE REAL ESTATE -714' - i02G FOR SALE OR JOINT VENTURE iDIA r/`éI{ EMU CONS «..Kr. S250,000 CASH PO Bo=146 407 -639 -1176 BOX A -27 Encino. California 91426 Aree L oáe (8181 980-3201

1 NORTHERN NEVADA 1 N. OHIO "A" FM Reno Carson City Lake Tahoe 1 PROFITABLE AM /FM Combo BOB KIMEL'S I $950,000 Terms Double Digit Share NEW ENGLAND MEDIA, INC. Growing Market $3.2 Million I Phone: Ray Rosenblum P.O. Box No. 5445 Reno. Nevada í;95I L 412- 963 -6311 CENTRAL MAINE FM $135,000 down plus $90.000 seller note buys new FM in growing market. You will make money with this station. Call Dennis Jackson or any office of N.E. Media for Business Plan 203-762-9425.

8 DRISCOLL DR., ST. ALBANS, VT. 05478 802 -524 -5963 EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY Los Angeles Metro OKLAHOMA $3,000,000 - Terms AM "C" FM with Contact Jim Mergen or Ray Stanfield C.P. Full 100 KW Well Equipped. Nationwide Media Brokers Price Reduced for Quick Sale $450,000 auman Associates MEDIA BROKERS P.O. BOX 36 818/893 LEXINGTON, MO 64067 Los Angeles Office -3199 816.259.2544

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Due to the Monday holiday EARLY on February 19, / 1990 OPPORTUNITY Deadline for VIRGINIA. Class A FM. Tidewater N DEADLINE MSA. $850,000. Terms. Classified Advertising COASTAL CAROLINA. Single NOTICE in the issue of February 26 station market. 5kw AM. Class A is Friday, February 16. FM. $350,000. Terms. COLORADO. Class A FM with pending 25,000 watts upgrade to serve large market. $450,000. BROADCASTING'S CLASSIFIED RATES Terms. All orders to place classdfieo aas & all correspondence one word each pertaining to this section should be sent to: BROADCAST- VIRGINIA. AM/FM combo. Single Rates: Classified display (minimum 1 inch, upward in half 1705 N.W., station market. FM serves major ING. Classified Department, DeSales St.. inch increments). Per issue: Help Wanted: $90 per inch. city. $525,000. Terms. Washington. DC 20036. Situations Wanted: $50 per inch. All other classifications: Payable In advance. Check or money order only. Full & $120 per inch. For Sale Stations. Wanted To Buy Stations. TENNESSEE. Class A FM with correct payment MUST accompany ALL orders. All orders Public Notice & Business Opportunities advertising require CP for 50kw Upgrade. Mid -State must be in writing display space. Agency commission only on display space. rural. Bargain at $300,000. Terms. Deadline is Monday at noon Eastern Time for the fallowing Blind Box Service: (In addition to basic advertising costs) Hurry. Mondays issue. Earlier deadlines apply for issues pub- Situations wanted: $5 per ad per issue. All other classifica- lished during a week containing a legal holiday. A special tions: $10 per ad per issue. The charge for the blind box GEORGIA. Class A FM. Day AM. notice announcing the earlier deadline will be published service applies to advertisers running listings and display Serving prosperous city of above this racecard. Orders, changes. and /or cancella- ads. Each advertisement must have a seperate box num- 85,000 -plus. $800,000. Terms. tions must be submitted in writing. NO TELEPHONE OR- ber. BROADCASTING will not forward tapes. transcripts. DERS, CHANGES, AND /OR CANCELLATIONS WILL BE portfolios. writing samples. or other oversized materials: FLORIDA. AM/FM combo. Full ACCEPTED. such materials are returned to sender. Do not use folders. AM. 50kw pending for FM. Southern When placing an ad. indicate the EXACT category de- binders or the like. area. $1.0 million. sired: Television. Radio. Cable or Allied Fields: Help V nt- Replies to ads with Blind Box numbers should be ed or Situations Wanted: Management, Sales. News, etc. If addressed to: Box (letter & number). c/o BROADCASTING. ALABAMA. AM/FM combo. Small. this information is omitted. we will determine the appropri- 1705 DeSales St.. NW. Washington. DC 20036. $350,000. Terms. ate category according to the copy. NO make goods will The publisher is not responsible for errors in printing due be run if all information is not included. No personal ads. to illegible copy -all copy must be clearly typed or print- BNOWDEN c2 ssocia test Rates: Classified listings (non -display). Per issue: Help ed. Any and all errors must be reported to the Classified Wanted: $1.20 per word. $22 weekly minimum. Situations Advertising Department within 7 days of publication Wanted: 600 per word, $11 weekly minimum. All other date. No credits or make goods will be made on errors MEDIA BROKERS classifications: $1.30 per word. $24 weekly minimum. which do not materially affect the advertisement. Tom Snowden Dick Paul Word count: Count each abbreviation. initial. single figure Publisher reserves the right to alter classified copy to or group of figures or letters as one word each. Symbols conform with the provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights N 919 -355 -0327 such as 35mm. COD, PD.etc.. count as one word each. A Act of 1964, as amended. Publisher reserves the right to phone number with area code and the zip code count as abbreviate. alter. or retect any copy

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er, WNDU -AM -FM South Bend, Ind., retires Steve Feldman, retail sales manager, Media after 35 years. Jack Swarth, station manag- WROR(FM) Boston, joins WHDH(AM) there as er, WJFM(FM) Grand Rapids, Mich., suc- account executive. ceeds Nowicki. John Dorkin, VP and general manager, Stuart M. Krane, account executive, Te- WDRB -TV Louisville, Ky., named president leRep, New York, joins WCix(Tv) Miami in and general manager. same capacity. John Madison, general manager, WXKS -FM Sales and Marketing Medford, Mass. (Boston), named senior Sheila Blank, account VP of radio at parent company, Pyramid executive, KFYI(AM) Broadcasting there. Lisa Fell, general sales Joanne Adduct, na- Phoenix, joins manager, WXKS -FM, named VP and general tional sales manager, KKLT(FM) there in manager, succeeding Madison. WODS(FM) Boston, same capacity. named general sales Kathy Mohn, senior Anthony R. Twibell, VP and general manag- manager. er, WSPA -TV Spartanburg, S.C., joins account executive, wsYx(TV) Columbus, Ohio, in same capaci- Cheryl Kerns, general Gannett Outdoor, ty. manager, Dallas -Fort Kansas City, Mo., Worth Interconnect, joins WDAF-TV there Dick deButts, general manager, WRMX(FM) Irving, Tex., joins as local account exec- Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Knoxville), joins WDAF-TV Kansas utive. wzzu(FM) Burlington- Graham, N.C. (Ra- Blank City, Mo., as general Shirlene Mitchell, ac- leigh), in same capacity. sales manager. Adduci count executive, WDBL -AM -FM Springfield, Jack West, general Cynthia R. Franke, ac- Tenn., joins WCOA(AM) Pensacola, Fla., in manager, WBTW(TV) count executive, KZAP(FM) Sacramento, same capacity. Jeff Wayne, account execu- Florence, S.C., joins Calif., joins KSCH -TV there in same capaci- tive, WFXP(AM) Gulf Breeze, Fla. (Pensaco- WSPA -TV Spartan- ty. la), joins WCOA there in same capacity. burg, S.C., in same capacity. Steven G. Viehmeyer, account executive. KGIL(AM) San Fernando, Calif.- KMGX(FM) Programing John I. Flynn, general Hanford, Calif., joins KOGO(AM) -KBBY(FM) manager, WTAG(AM)- Ventura, Calif., in same capacity. Dennis Hammer, producer, Aaron Spelling WSRS(FM) Worcester, Mass., resigns to pur- sue other interests. He has entered con- west sulting agreement with Norman Knight, owner of Knight Broadcasting ii Quality Stations, to work with WTAG -WSRS The News Magazine of the Fifth Estate and corporate projects. 1705 DeSales St., N.W, Washington, D.C. 20036 -4480 Lem Lewis, VP, general manager, KLAS -TV Las Vegas, named VP, director of manage- Please send . . (Check appropriate box) ment information, at parent company, Broadcasting BMagazine Landmark Communications, Norfolk, Va. 3 years $190 Li 2 years $135 1 year $70 6 mos. S35 Dick Fraim, VP of television and radio, (6 mOs term must be prepaid) Landmark Broadcasting, succeeds Lewis. (International subscribers add $20 per year) Appointments at Tele -Media Corp., State Yearbook '89 (SAVE $50 off cover price) College, Pa. -based multiple system opera- tor: Jon A. Allegretti, VP of legal affairs, to The complete guide to radio. television. cable and satellite facts and figures --$65 executive VP; Ralph E. Steffan, VP of ac- (prepaid orders only) while supplies last. Please give street address for delivery. quisitions, to senior VP of operations; Rus- To sell G. Bambarger, VP and general manag- order by MASTERCARD or VISA, phone toll free 1- 800 -638 -7827 er, Tele -Media Constructors Co., to president; Frank R. Vicente, VP and director of training, to executive VP, Tele -Media Name Constructors Co., and senior VP, Tele -Me- Payment enclosed dia Corp.; Robert R. Shepherd, VP and gen- Company Bill me eral sales manager, to executive VP, Tele- Media TVRO Sales, and senior VP, Tele- Address Home? Yes No Media Corp.; Bill Benner, assistant to VP of marketing, to assistant VP and general City State Zip manager, Tele- Media, TVRO Sales; Tony Type of Business Title /Position S. Swaim, VP and general manager, to se- nior VP and general manager; Gerald P. Signature Are you in cable TV operations Yes Corman, VP and general manager, to senior (required) No VP and general manager; Ronald A. Dotts, VP of corporate development, adds duties _ of treasurer; James J. Mundy, assistant VP For renewal or address change of management information systems, adds place most recent label here duties of director of training. Robert J. Nowicki, station and sales manag-

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 99 sports. Leadership changes at NATPE Chad Hartman, director of broadcasting, La- Crosse Catbirds, Hudson, Wisconsin, joins The baton was officially passed from Lon Lee to Vicky Gregorian as NATPE Interna- WDGY(AM) Minneapolis as sports director. tional chairperson and CEO, and a new slate of Board of Directors voting members and Executive Committee officers were named at the end of the 27th Annual NATPE Rob Michaels, 5:30 p.m. co- anchor, KEZI Program Conference in New Orleans. Gregorian, who will serve a one-year term as (TV) Eugene, Ore., resigns to become docu- top executive in charge of planning for the 1991 Program Conference, is manager of mentary producer. Rick Dancer, reporter, KEZI, succeeds Michaels. programing and operations at wsvrr-TV Miami. Lee, who is vice president and pro- gram manager, KCNC -TV Denver, will serve as immediate past president. During the Kevin McCabe, sports director, KOLD -TV previous year, Gregorian had served as first vice chairman/treasurer, reporting Tucson, Ariz., joins KTSP -TV Phoenix as directly to Lee. weekend sports anchor. Newly elected to three -year terms as voting members of the Board of Directors are Carolyn Worford, director of programing, warx -TV Detroit; Ruas Myerson, director of Bob Vernon, 6 p.m. program operations, Media Broadcast Group, Tampa; Joe Garbarino, assistant sta- and 10 p.m. anchor, tion manager, xsTP -Tv St. Paul, Minn.; Affiliate Member Bill Castleman, executive vice Kansas State Net- president and COO, Act III Broadcasting, Atlanta; Jay Isabella, vice president/direc - work, Wichita, joins tor of programing, lèlerep, New York, and Associate Member Shelly Schwab, presi- WRAL -TV Raleigh, as and dent, MCA TV, Universal City, Calif. N.C., morning noon anchor re- In addition to Gregorian, the following individuals will comprise NATPE Interna- and porter. tional's 1990 -91 Executive Committee: Rick Reeves, director of broadcast operations, wcro -Tv Cincinnati, is the new first vice chairman/treasurer; Pat Patton, program Jim Condelles, an- director, u isc -Tv Kansas City, is second vice chairman/secretary, and Joe Zaleski, chor- reporter, president, domestic syndication, Viacom Enterprises, New York, begins his second WPBF(TV) Tequesta. Fla. (West Palm term as associate member representative. Vernon The Board of Directors is formally charged with the responsibility for fiscal and Beach), joins administrative planning and supervision of the association's activities and services. WTHR(TV) Indianapolis as reporter. Michael McClellan, chief meteorologist. WICS(TV) Springfield, Ill., joins wxll(TVi Productions, Los Angeles, joins recently Winston- Salem, N.C., in same capacity. formed Douglas S. Cramer Productions News and Public Affairs there as executive VP. Douglas Cramer is former executive VP and vice chairman of Arthur Bloom, director/producer, 60 Min- Aaron Spelling Productions, and served as Technology CBS News, New co- producer, with Spelling, of company's utes, York, adds duties of special assistant to CBS series, television movies and pilots. News president for program production. Appointments in en- Barbara gineering depart- Y.E. Pyle, environmental editor, Patti Rising, afternoon news anchor, CNN, Atlanta, adds duties of VP of envi- ment, ABC Radio Klol(FM) San Francisco, named news direc- Networks, New ronmental policy, superstation WTBS there. tor. Nancy Segerdahl, executive producer, York: Richard Marti- WNTR(AM) Silver Spring, Md. (Washing- Tom Hauff, news director, KJRH(TV) Tulsa, nez, general manager, ton), joins CNN, Washington, as associate Okla., joins WBAL -TV Baltimore in same engineering and pro- producer, Crossfire. capacity. gram operations, to VP, engineering; Mike McDonald, news director, KXAS -TV Robert Donnelly, di- Jonathan Axelrod, Fort Worth, joins WDAF-TV Kansas City, rector, satellite sys- partner /co -owner of Mo., in same capacity. Camden Artists Ltd., tems, to general man- Los Angeles, joins Paul Daffinee, assignment editor, WBNG -TV Martinez ager, satellite systems; Mark Kalman, director, technical Ventura Motion Pic- Binghamton, N.Y., named news director. operations, succeeds Martinez; Brenda Mor- ture Group Ltd. there Greg Catlin, senior correspondent, WBNG- gan, manager, broadcast services, to direc- as president and TV, named managing editor. tor, broadcast CEO. services. Scott Cohn, correspondent, CNBC, Fort Appointments in engineering department, Robert C. Peters, in- Lee, N.J., named chief correspondent of WMTW -TV Poland Spring, Me. (Portland): dependent producer newly formed Chicago bureau. Michelle Rome Thibeault, service manager, Maine through his own com- Avny, news associate, CNBC, Fort Lee, Video Systems, Portland, to maintenance pany, Advanced N.J., named associate producer, Chicago Axelrod supervisor; William Cox, maintenance tech- American Communi- bureau. nician, Johnson Space Center, Houston, cations, Los Angeles, joins New World En- Carmine Cincotta, producer for sportscaster Tex., to same capacity; Russ Heald, utility tertainment there as executive VP. Warner Wolf, WCBS -TV New York, joins engineer, to maintenance technician; Wil- WNBC -TV there as executive producer for liam Wortelboer, master control operator Appointments at Fi- nancial News Net- work, New York: Top -level changes at Intelsat Robert J. Regan, VP of long -form pro- International Telecommunications Satellite Organization has undergone top -level graming and promo- organizational changes. Director General Dean Burch last week announced the tion, to senior VP of resignation of Pedro Castelo-Branco, deputy director general, service development programing and oper- and external relations, effective Feb. 15. He plans to pursue career interests in his ations; Mickey Sam - home country of Brazil. Castelo-Branco's post will not be filled. But senior director, bor, director of sales, services and marketing, and other divisions that reported to him, will now report to Western and Central David T. Tudge, who is deputy director general, finance and staff support services. To regions, to VP, sales, reflect his new responsibilities , Tudge will assume the title of deputy director gener- Regan Western and Central al, service and administration. Luiz Perrone, deputy director, external relations, will regions; Kyle Weterlund, beauty, fashion become director, operations plans, and will continue to have responsibility for the and art assistant, Seventeen magazine, New intersystems coordination office, which will become part of the operations division. York, to program marketing assistant.

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 100 1960's and programed company's first two Cox leadership changes. Stanley G. Mouse, president of the stations, KWIZ-AM -FM Santa Ana, Calif. By broadcasting division of Cox Enterprises, Atlanta, will retire 1980's, Davis -Weaver had acquired four Feb. 28, after 45 years with Cox. Mouse joined Cox in July 1945 additional stations, KFIG -AM -FM Fresno and as announcer with wxro(AM) Dayton, Ohio. He then moved into KLOK -AM -FM San Francisco, both Califor- sales, eventually becoming general sales manager of wiito -AM- nia, serving as chief operating officer and FMTV in 1981. He was named general manager of the stations programer of all stations. At time of his after five years and later became president. Mouse will contin- death, Davis -Weaver had sold all but two ue with Cox as a consultant. He is succeeded by Nicholas D. stations, KFIG- AM -FM, which Weaver still T igony, executive VP, broadcasting division. programed. He is survived by three daugh- "Cox has been privileged to have Stan's talents for 45 years. ters, Michelle, Patrice and Karin, and son, The respect and affection we have for him is shared through- Brian. out the broadcasting industry, which has also benefited signifi- James H. Ferguson, cantly from his leadership," said James C. Kennedy, chairman Mouse 68, former program and CEO, Cox Enterprises. director, WAGA -TV Atlanta, and one of and assistant director, WWLP(TV) Spring- wife, Annice, two sons, Frederick and founding members of field, Mass., to utility engineer. Richard, two stepdaughters, Barbara and NATPE, died of heart Virginia, and stepson, Robert. failure Jan. 29 at Lee Memorial Hospital, Bill Weaver, 71, part- Fort Myers, Fla. Fer- Promotion and PR ner, Davis -Weaver guson began his Broadcasting, San broadcasting career in Barry Kluger, VP, corporate communica- Jose, Calif. -based 1946 as engineer and tions, MTV Networks, New York, named group owner, died of Ferguson announcer, WZIP(AM) VP, public relations, HA! The TV Comedy cancer Jan. 14 at his Covington, Ky. He was producer at Network and VH -1. home in Saratoga, WLWT(TV) Cincinnati before joining wsAZ- Anthony A. Macias, VP for university rela- Calif. Weaver began TV Huntington, W.Va., in 1949. He was tions and development, California State his broadcasting ca- with WSAZ-TV for 10 years, serving as sales University, Fullerton, joins noncommercial reer in late 1940's and program manager. He moved to Mem- KCET(TV) Los Angeles as VP of develop- with stations in Texas phis in 1959 as program manager for ment. Jean Runzo, associate VP for devel- and New Mexico. In WMCT(TV). He then joined WAGA -TV in opment, Chapman College, Orange, Calif., Weaver late 1950's he was 1962 as program manager, and served in joins noncommercial KCET as director of general sales manager of KxOA(AM) Sacra- this capacity until his retirement in 1980. "The Campaign for KCET," the station's mento, Calif., and then joined KROY(AM) He was part of original group of 10 pro- $50 million fundraising drive. there as general manager. He became part- gram executives who gathered in Chicago ner of Davis -Weaver Broadcasting in early in 1964 to organize NATPE and later Darlene Fiscus, publicity /promotion coordi- nator, woR(AM) New York, named director of advertising and promotion. SUBSCRIPTION ORDER CARD Fill in, sign and mail to: Broadcasting Circulation Department Allied Fields iCable Broadcasting /Cable 1705 DeSales St, NW FCC Commissioner Sherrie Marshall and Washington, DC 20036 Francis S. Urbany, director, international and agency relations, Bell South Corp.,

named co- chairmen of FCC's Advisory YES, I want to receive an introductory subscription to Committee for World Administrative Radio Broadcasting /Cable at no charge. Conference for dealing with frequency allo- cations in certain parts of spectrum. Name James L Gattuso, policy analyst, Heritage Foundation, Washington, named deputy Title chief, Office of Plans and Policy. Company Paul Harvey, ABC Radio news commenta- tor, will be inducted into Chicago Journal- Address ism Hall of Fame Feb. 16. City State Zip Phone No.( Deaths Date Signature PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE Elmer A. Knopf, 76, former president and general manager, WFDF(AM) Flint, Mich., BUSINESS CLASSIFICATION: died Jan. 18 after surgery for an aneurism in his aorta at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich. Knopf began his 52 -year Please check the category that best describes 6. Microwave or Telephone Company your firm's primary business (please check 7. Commercial Television Broadcaster broadcasting career with WFDF in 1933. He only one). 8. Cable TV Component Manufacturer was announcer, writer and production man- 1. Cable TV systems Operations 9. Cable TV Investor ager until 1946 when he was named pro- a. Independent Cable TV System 10. Financial Institution, Broker or Consultant gram manager. From 1957 to 1959 he o b. MSO (two or more Systems) 11. Law Firm or Government Agency served as acting general manager and was 2. Cable TV Contractor 12. Program Producer or Distributor president and general manager from 1959 to 3. Cable TV Program Network 13. Advertising Agency 1985. He was member of Michigan Associ- 4. SMATV or DBS Operator 14. Educational TV Station, School or Library 5. MOS. SW, or LPTV Operator 15. Other ation of Broadcasters, Lansing, and served (Please describe) as president in 1960. He is survived by his

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 101 laser technologies and laser optical link de- of Fame broadcast signs. He retired in 1988. He is survived by Rock 'n Roll Hall his wife, Frances. Cliff Hoehns, 50, part-time air personality, KMLE(FM) Chandler, Ariz. (Phoenix), died Jan. 10 of heart attack at his vacation home in Strawberry, Ariz. Hoehns served as man- ager of television news at KPHO -TV Phoenix from 1966 to 1968. He was operations manager for KJJJ(FM) Clifton, Ariz. (Phoe- nix), from 1972 to 1975 and served in same capacity for KNEW(AM) Oakland, Calif. (San Francisco), from 1975 to 1978. He was play -by-play announcer for Oakland A's in 1978. He later left broadcasting in- dustry and became involved in real estate. He joined KMLE one year ago. He is sur- vived by his wife, Sharon, and daughter, Sonda. James L. Wiggins, 61, chairman and chief executive officer, Southland Radio Inc., Brunswick, Ga., died of cancer Jan. 12 at his home in Brunswick. In 1970 Wiggins founded Southland Radio, which previous- ly owned WQDI(AM) Homestead, Fla., and WYNR(AM)- WPIQ(FM) Brunswick and WQDE(AM) Albany, both Georgia. Those stations were later sold. He served as presi- CBS Radio veteran on location in New of Fame inductees. until when he was Bruce "Cousin Brucie" York at The Fifth Annual Pictured (1 -r): Sebastian; dent of Southland 1986, Morrow, host of Rock 'n Roll Hall of Cousin Brucie; Nancy named chairman and CEO. Before forming Southland Radio he served as vice president Cruisin'America, and Fame Induction C. Widmann, president, Waycross, He is singer /songwriter Ceremonies. The CBS Radio Division, of Dixie Broadcasting, Ga. John Sebastian hosted three -hour broadcast and Frank Murphy, VP survived by his wife, Lorraine, two daugh- ters, Lori and Sandy, and son, Jimmy. CBS Radio'sRock 'n featured interviews programing, CBS Roll Hall of Fame Special with all of the 1990 Hall Radio Networks. Rusty Hamer, 42, former child actor, died Jan. 18 of apparently self -inflicted gunshot at his home in Deridder, La. Ham- In early cer Jan. 10 at Rancho Mirage Health Care wound served as president of organization. Danny Thomas's son, Rusty 1980's he served for two years as country Center, Rancho Mirage, Calif. Howard be- mer played director for Southeast Asia with Interna- gan his career in late 1950's as national Williams, on The Danny Thomas Show, tional Executive Service Corp., organiza- sales manager for Muntz Stereo, Van Nuys, which premiered in 1953 and ran for 11 Thom- tion in which retired executives volunteer Calif. In early 1960's he was part of broad- years. NBC ran reruns of The Danny their services in their areas of expertise. He casting division of TelePrompter Inc., New as Show from 1960 to 1964 under title Make is survived by his wife, Ann, daughter, York. He founded Telescript in 1983 and Room for Daddy. In 1970 he recreated his Mary. and son, Charles. headed team of designers and engineers in role of Rusty on Danny Thomas in Make development and marketing of low cost ca- Room for Grandaddy, which aired one sea- Keith Tilkens, 46, general manager, KCTR- ble transmission system utilizing infrared son. AM-FM Billings, Mont., died Jan. 20 in automobile accident in Belle Fourche, S.D. Tilkens was in sales from 1971 to 1975 as INDEX TO ADVERTISERS account executive and later sales manager with WOBT(AM)- WRHN(FM) Rhinelander, Accuracy in Media 23 Americom 36 Blackburn & Co. 80 Blair Wis. He became general manager of KKLS(AM) Rapid City, S.D., in 1975 and Television 9 Frank Boyle Co. 45 Buena Vista Television 12 -13 served in that capacity for 13 years. He Business Radio Network 71, 73, 75 CBS Radio Sports 69 Chap- bjoined KCTR -AM-FM in 1988. He is survived y his wife, Linda, daughter, Stephanie, man Associates 90, Cover 4 Classified Ads 91 -98 Communica- son, Bryan, and stepdaughter, Trista. tions Equity Associates 82 Crisler Capital Co. 49 R.C. Crisler & Co. Terry "Buck" Evans, 52, former chief engi- 48 Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. 26 Norman neer, KcAL(TV) (formerly KHJ -TV) Los An- Fischer & Associates 54 Gammon Media Brokers 51 W. John geles, died Jan. 20 of apparent heart attack while visiting Las Vegas. Evans began his Grandy 55 Greyhound Financial Corp. 53 Guber- Peters Co. 15, broadcasting career in 1957 as operating 16-17 Harrison Bond & Pecaro 44 Ted Hepburn Co. 50 ITC technician with KFDA -TV Amarillo, Tex. He served in various technical capacities for Domestic Television 6 -7 King World 57 H.B. La Rue 83 Mahlman stations and companies including chief en- Co. 35 Malarkey -Taylor Associates 56 Media Venture Partners 79 KCST-TV of gineer of San Diego; director MLC 77 engineering for broadcast division of Don- Uplink and Production Services Morgan Stanley 38 -39 rey Media Group, Las Vegas, and director Orban Associates 65 Pacific Recorders & Engineering Corp. 67 of engineering, group operations, for KLBK- Professional Cards 89 Questcom 5 Cecil L. Richards, Inc. 81 TV Lubbock, Tex. He served as chief engi- neer of KHJ -TV for 10 years before leaving Services Directory 88 Gordon Sherman Associates 46 Sillerman in November 1989. He is survived by his Companies 52 Szabo 78 Television Program Enterprises 11 wife, Sandra, daughter, Michelle, and three sons, Mark, Matt and Joey. Edwin Tornberg & Co. 87 Turner Broadcasting 20 -21 UPI /Cover 3 Warner Bros. Domestic Television /Front Cover, Cover 2 -3 Wood & Curtis R. Howard, 67, former president and chief executive officer, Telescript Indus- Co. 84 tries Corp., Van Nuys, Calif., died of can

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Hugh Downs: TV's show co- hosted by Arlene Francis. "1 quit marathon man the staff in Chicago," he says, "and decid- ed I really had to take the plunge. Radio Hugh Downs -reporter, interviewer, an- was beginning to dwindle comparatively, chor, host-is indeed a man for all broad- although I always got homesick for it when casting seasons. Veteran of myriad series, I was away from it." specials, and information programs, Downs In 1956, Downs embarked on his own last year celebrated his 50th anniversary as personal Golden Age of television: He was a radio and television professional. He also the announcer for NBC's Caesar's Hour in has been certified by the Guinness Book of 1956 -57; helped launch The Tonight Show, World Records for his unprecedented, still with Jack Paar, on July 1, 1957, and stayed unsurpassed, 10,000 hours -and count - for five years; became the host, in 1958, of ing-on commercial television. Currently the daytime game show Concentration, a the co -host of 20/20, ABC's weekly news- role he held for 10 years, and in September magazine, Downs has proved himself a sur- 1962 began a nine -year stint as host of To- vivor and an innovator. day, serving as newscaster and interviewer. Downs was born in Akron, Ohio, in During this period, Downs was not only 1921. His family moved to Lima, Ohio, serving multiple duties in various capacities when he was 2, and it was there that he on several shows, but was arguably the began his broadcast career in 1939. "Those most visible member of NBC's on -air staff. were Depression was in times," he says, "and my HUGH MALCOLM DOWNS -Co -host, 20/20, "I doing The Tonight Show, which father pointedly suggested I get a job be- New York; b. Feb. 14, 1921, Akron, Ohio; the first years was live," says Downs, cause I was eating as much as an adult." A U.S. Army, 1942 -43; post -graduate "and I'd sign off at 1 a.m. Frequently, high school graduate, with a year at Bluff- degree, gerontology, Hunter College, New when Dave Garroway [then host of Today] ton (Ohio) College "and no prospect for York; announcer, program director, was absent, before I joined the show, getting more higher education at that mo- WLOK(AM), Lima, Ohio, 1939-40; announcer, they'd ask me to substitute. More than once I ment," Downs began pounding the Ohio newscaster, WWJ(AM) Detroit, 1940 -41; signed on NBC with Today, hosted Con- pavement. announcer, newscaster, NBC, Chicago, centration, then signed off the network with "In 1939, looking for a job was a joke," 1943 -54; co -host, The Home Show, NBC, Tonight. I'm probably the only person who says Downs. "I was getting real discour- New York, 1954 -57; announcer, Caesar's did that." aged. One day I was on my way home from Hour, NBC, New York, 1956 -57; By 1972, Downs was firmly established as the milk depot and passed a bank building announcer, guest host, The Tonight Show, one of television's most recognizable, and where I'd seen a man -on- the -street broad- NBC, New York, 1957 -62; host, popular, personalities. In October of that cast by a local radio station, with the new Concentration, NBC, New York, 1958 -68; year, he decided to take a leave of absence call letters of WLOK(AM)." host, The Today Show, NBC, New York, from the daily grind of regular broadcasting Interested in the potential glamour of 1962 -71; host, Over Easy, PBS, San to do some other things, including writing (he working in radio, Downs stopped by, "on a Franciso, 1977 -80; present position since is the author of seven books) and teaching. whim." Auditions were not being held that June 1978; m. Ruth Shaheen, Feb. 20, 1944; Asked why he left, Downs says: "I didn't day, and Downs decided to keep looking. children -Hugh Raymond, 44; Diedre need to do it anymore, and it really was "Just then the program director appeared in Lynn, 40. frustrating getting up every morning at 4:15 the doorway," he says. "He had overheard [to do Today]. There were so many things I me, and what I didn't know was that the wanted to do." only announcer they had was leaving." vision, then in its infancy. "The first TV Downs's "hiatus" lasted six years, dur- Downs auditioned by reading a commer- program I did was on WBKV -TV, in 1945. At ing which time he did various specials and cial for a paint store. "The program direc- that time they tell me there were fewer than occasional programing. Beginning in 1977, tor came in, and actually said: 'That was 400 TV sets in all of greater Chicago. They he served as host of PBS's Over Easy, a very bad, but great oaks from little acorns were all in bars, so I was broadcasting to a series on aging for which he won an Emmy grow,' " Downs remembers. The future bunch of drunks," he jokes. in 1981. Emmy- winner was offered a four -week, Downs's first TV outing was actually a One program Downs had always wanted part-time position that became full time, at televised radio newscast. "The thing I re- to do was a multi- subject hour. In 1978, $12.50 a week. member about it," he says, "is that in when he'd virtually given up on the idea, he Although Downs's father suggested he those days we required many more times received a call from Roone Arledge, "and keep looking for work, Downs had found the amount of light than we do now. I was it fell out of the sky." Arledge was calling his calling. Within four months, the pro- wearing a seersucker jacket, which soaked to ask Downs to host 20/20, a new magazine gram director was moved to an Atlanta sta- through, and I always thought it was good show that had just had a disastrous pre- tion, and at the age of 19, Downs found that it did, because that kept it from catch- miere. Downs was enticed back into the himself program director, making double ing fire." world of full -time broadcasting by "an of- his former salary. Although Downs initially regarded televi- fer I couldn't refuse." After military service-Downs received sion as "a gimmick, like 3 -D movies, that Assured of total access to the ABC News a disability discharge in 1943 after an acci- would go away," it was in 1948 that he machinery, Downs went to work for 20/20, dent at Fort Lewis, Washington, that "for- began to "roll" on the new medium, appear- a job he continues in to this day. (He also tunately didn't have any lasting effects" - ing on a number of local programs. "I did the provides commentaries for ABC Radio's he joined NBC at its central division head- only two network feeds NBC had out of Perspectives). "It's the best thing that ever quarters in Chicago, where he stayed on [Chicago]," he says, "Kukla, Fran and Ol- happened to me in the business," he says. staff for 11 years. lie and a soap opera called Hawkins Falls." "I'd hate myself as a coward if I'd turned it It was during his years in Chicago, then a Downs left Chicago for New York in down. Real regrets in life are the things you television production center, that Downs 1954, summoned East by the network to don't do." began his long -term relationship with tele- host The Home Show, a home improvement Downs must have few regrets. M

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CBS has merged CBS Radio and CBS RadioRadio Networks with Justice Department, opposed allowing Pacific Telesis to into CBS Spectrum Radio Network ( "In Brief," Jan. 15). CBS buy controlling interest in Chicago cable system. Pactel and said networks were combined "to compete more effectively other regional Bell operating companies are prohibited from for adult advertising dollars." Company said that RadioRa- providing cable and other "information services" under dio's audience had evolved from 18 -34 demographic to 25- 1982 modified final judgment that spun off RBOC's from 49 over last few years, and CBS Radio strength was in AT &T and ended Justice's antitrust suit against AT&T. U.S. persons aged 25 and older. District Court Judge Harold Greene will decide whether to o waive prohibition after considering recommendation from Justice. Pactel, in partnership with Prime Cable, Austin, In first ballot for NAB Radio -TV board, 10 radio executives Tex. -based MSO, plans to purchase Group W system serv- have been elected and four others will be in run-off elections ing two of Chicago's five franchise areas. Grant of waiver for seats in districts 18 and 20. Twelve candidates have would retard continued growth of "independent" cable in- to run for 6 seats in final TV election. Radio been certified dustry, NCTA contended. "As a regulated utility...Pactel board results: district 2: Richard Novik, WKIP(AM)-WRNQ(FM) already has the incentive to use its control over the local Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; district 4: William L. Eure, WKEZ -FM exchange bottleneck in its region [the West Coast] to subsi- Yorktown, Va.; district 6: William L. McElveen, WTCB(FM) dize its entry into cable and thwart the development of a Columbia, S.C.; district 8: Art Suberbielle, KANE(AM) New potential competitor." Pactel has failed to justify waiver, Iberia, La.; district 10: Charles A. Blake, WIKY -AM -FM Evans- CCTA said. "Particularly given its past efforts to circumvent ville, Ind.; district 12: Gene Millard, KFEQ(AM) St. Joseph, regulatory controls and its fierce protection of its local [tele- 14, Steven A. Downes, WISN(AM)- WLTQ(FM) Mil- Mo.; district phone] monopoly, Pacific Telesis is a totally inappropriate waukee; district 16: Rusty Shaffer, KBOL(AM) Boulder, Colo.; candidate for the further MFJ information content relief it 22: F. Russell Wood, KSL(AM) Salt Lake City, and district seeks in order to accomplish its goal of eventual domination district 24, Robert L. Fox, KVEN(AM) -KHAY(FM) Ventura, Calif. of video, as well as voice and data, markets," it said. Run -off candidates: district 18: John D. Hiatt, KCHL(AM)- KMMX -FM San Antonio, Tex., and Dick Oppenheimer, Signa- ture Broadcasting Co., Austin, Tex.; district 20: R.G. (Dick) NAB President Eddie Fritts last Friday (Feb. 2) took issue Elliott, KGHL(AM)- KIDX(FM) Billings, Mont., and Alan W. Harris, with Representative John Dingell's assertion that broadcast- KUGR(AM)- KYCS(FM) Green River, Wyo. ers' obligations "are dwindling." Dingell, chairman of House Energy and Commerce Committee, made remark in explain- Broadcasting and cable industries have their differences, ing readiness to change his position on spectrum auctions. but not when it comes to question of whether to allow He said last week he would look at "spectrum changes telephone companies into cable business. As NAB and probably with more sympathy than in previous years." Corn - INTV did four weeks ago (BROADCASTING, Jan. 15), NCTA and ment was response to President Bush's proposal for auction- California Cable Television Association, in separate filings ing 6 mhz of unassigned nonbroadcast spectrum as means

SCI Television and Univision debt update NCTA blasts USTA cable study Legal status of SCI Television was to be determined by 4:30 Hoping to set the record straight, the National Cable Tele- p.m. today, Feb. 5, the deadline a U.S. bankruptcy court vision Association last week attacked a survey on cable judge in Delaware gave SCI to conclude a proposed recapi- rates saying it was "riddled with errors, omissions and talization. A bankruptcy filing was said to be a likely alterna- inconsistencies." NCTA President Jim Mooney, in a nine - tive if the company had not completed issuance of new debt page letter (with charts included) to Senate Communica- securities and the signing of a bank agreement by that time. tions Subcommittee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D- Hawaii), The difficulty in completing the offer stemmed from the complained about a rates survey distributed last Novem- reluctance of certain bondholders to exchange cash - paying ber to Commerce Committee members by the United notes for securities not paying cash. SCI was just a few States Telephone Association. The USTA survey, similar percent short for much of last week. to one released two weeks ago (BROADCASTING, Jan. 29), Univision Holdings Inc., the country's largest Hispanic showed increases in basic cable rates from 1986 through broadcasting company, failed to make $10 million cash inter- 1989 in the 20 states represented by the committee mem- est payments last Thursday due to "insufficient cash flow. " bers. Mooney's letter also went to all the Commerce mem- The company's majority stockholder, Hallmark Cards, said it bers and key House policymakers. asked Goldman Sachs & Co. to come up with a recapitaliza- NCTA tore apart the USTA survey. "Our review of the tion plan for the debt, $315 million of which is owed to banks USTA's cable service fee summaries for the 20 states has and $240 million to noteholders. Additionally, Hallmark and found that the USTA's rate information is simply wrong for 21 % owner First Chicago Venture Capital Corp. have invest- 169, or 88 %, of the total 192 selected systems in the states, ed more than $100 million in the company. The announce- resulting in a substantial overstatement of the.post- dereg- ment was not unexpected ( "Closed Circuit," Dec. 25, 1989) ulation price increases for almost every system listed. For and the company's debt securities had been under review 11 of these states, the USTA presented inaccurate data for for a possible downgrade, which occurred last Friday when every system listed," wrote Mooney. NCTA challenged the Moody's changed its rating from B1 to Caa. USTA survey state by state. "According to the USTA's Other recent bad news for the Hispanic broadcaster in- data, the 192 systems combined raised their rates on cludes a U.S. Court of Appeals decision reversing the FCC's average 67% from 1986 to 1989, from $10.10 to $16.83. In approval, three years ago, of a station transfer to Hallmark fact, the average rate increase for these systems was 29 %, (BROADCASTING, Jan. 15) and the announcement by the net- from $12.65 in 1986 to $16.36 in 1989. We emphasize that work's former operator that it intends to start a competing this 29% increase almost exactly corresponds to the GAO network. Moody's analyst, Craig Fitt, said it was noteworthy survey released in August 1989, which found that from that Hallmark decided not to put in additional money to 1986 to 1988 basic cable rates had risen by 29% for the make the interest payment: "The assumption was that Hall- lowest priced basic tier and by 26% for the most popular mark would step in to protect its name." basic service tier," wrote NCTA.

Broadcasting Feb 5 1990 104 (see page 74). Fritts said NAB of raising funds for Treasury Use hidden by Scalia shares Dingell's dislike for auctions but also shares his of camera allowed recognition that budget constraints will make it difficult for King World Productions' Inside Edition won a significant his committee to meet its budget targets. Then he said: First Amendment victory last week when Supreme Court We must respectfully disagree" with chairman's view re- Justice Antonin Scalia refused to bar the syndicated pro- garding broadcasters' public interest responsibilities. We gram from airing scenes taped with a hidden camera in a see no change over the past year to indicate any decrease in doctor's office. Scalia on Tuesday (Jan. 30), without com- our obligations. In fact, we have gone out of our way to try to ment, rejected the emergency request of lawyers for Dr. work out a compromise on children's TV, which would Stuart M. Berger for a ban on the use of the material. Earlier, increase our public interest responsibilities." a US. district judge in Detroit had issued a temporary re- o straining order requested by the doctor's lawyers. But on Heritage Media Corp. (six AM's, five FM's and seven TV's) Monday (Jan. 29) the US. Court of Appeals for the Sixth has retained Gary Stevens to sell KDAY(AM) Santa Monica (Los Circuit overturned that order, declaring it constituted an Angeles). Heritage Radio group is headed by Paul Fiddick. unconstitutional "prior restraint" of free speech. Stevens said station should sell for $7 million -$10 million. Inside Edition was looking into charges that were already KDAY is fulltimer on 1580 khz with 50 kw. the subject of an investigation by the New York State De- o partment of Health's Office of Professional Medical Conduct regarding At open meeting this Thursday (Feb. 8), FCC is expected to alleged unethical and fraudulent conduct by Berger, the launch rulemaking aimed at tweaking procedural and technical author of several diet books. As part of its rules for multipoint distribution service, operational fixed ser- research, the show sent a producer, Amy Wasserstrom, to vice and instructional television fixed service on behalf of the doctor's office as a patient. On each of three occasions, fledgling wireless cable industry. Wireless cable operators Wasserstrom videotaped her meetings with the doctor as, use combination of MDS, OFS and ITFS microwave chan- she said, he diagnosed her as suffering from an allergy to nels to broadcast pay TV service. And as part of its effort to yeast and from chronic fatigue. She said another doctor told clear backlog of applications for new FM stations, FCC is her she was perfectly healthy. also expected to adopt new processing guidelines designed Berger's lawyers said airing the tapes would do "irrepara- to encourage settlements among mutually exclusive appli- ble harm" to the doctor's reputation and to "the sanctity of cants. At subsequent closed meeting, FCC plans to take up his office." U.S. District Judge Barbara K Hackett in Detroit on Jan. 18 license renewal case of WBBY(FM) Westerville, Ohio. Review granted the temporary restraining order, after Board ruled in July 1986 that renewal should be denied for finding that the tapes were made in violation of federal and misrepresentations in connection with comparative renewal state anti- wiretap laws. In overturning Hackett's ruling, the proceedings, which ended in settlement. Case has been on appeals court in Cincinnati said that Berger "has not shown appeal before FCC ever since. FCC is also scheduled to the type of irreparable harm that can justify a prior re- consider license renewals of KQED Inc. for KQED -TV, KQED -FM straint." That was the decision Scalia declined to disturb. and KQEC -TV, all San Francisco. KQED has appealed May 1988 Inside Edition on Jan. 22 aired a piece on Berger without Review Board decision denying renewal for KQEC for misrep- the videotape made by Wasserstrom. But Av Westin, senior resentation. Based on that decision, California Public Broad- VP in charge of reality programing at KWP, said the video casting Forum petitioned FCC to deny all KQED's licenses. would be used in a second report now in preparation. No air Finally, FCC will reconsider 1988 decision permitting settle- date had been set as of last week. And Westin said talks ment among applicants for new FM in Marco, Fla., in which were under way with Berger to obtain his participation in station ended up in hands of "white knight" not among the second report. "That's what we wanted in the first original applicants for station. Critics charged that decision place," he said. -LZ amounted to spectrum auction. Steve Berger, president of Columbus, Ohio -based Nation- Negotiating committee of Writers Guild of America, East Inc. wide Communications, resigned as vice chairman of Radio reached tentative agreement with Capital Cities /ABC for new Advertising Bureau board. Berger cited increased responsi- three -year contract for news employes. Current contract bilities at Nationwide as reason for resignation. Rick Buck- expired Feb. 1. About 150 employes are covered at ABC ley, president of Greenwich, Conn. -based Buckley Broad- network and TV and radio stations in New York and Wash- casting, was elected to succeed Berger and becomes next in ington and graphic artists in Washington. Agreement, line for chairman position when current term of Chairman which provides for 5% wage increases for all covered em- Carl Wagner, of Great American Broadcasting, ends this ployes and another 5% increase on Aug. 1, 1991, is subject year. Buckley has been RAB's finance chairman. to membership approval at meetings held in New York today o (Feb. 5). Union's bargaining committee recommended offer Cuba has restated readiness to negotiate with U.S. on medí- be accepted. Contract, if approved, will be retroactive to um wave interference problems that have plagued both Feb. 2. Negotiations between Writers Guild and CBS for new countries. Offer is in letter Cuba's minister of external rela- contract will begin Feb. 6. Current contract expires March 1. tions, Isidoro Malmierca, sent to president of United Nations o Security Council complaining bitterly about U.S. plans to Talks are under way between Family Channel and unlaunched establish television station -TV Marti -that would beam cable network, Cowboy Network, that would bring in Family signals to Havana. Channel as 50% owner of proposed service. Source said deal is at contract stage and joint venture could be completed in The Pat Sajak Show unveils its new look tonight, Monday, next several weeks. Cowboy Network has backing of coun- Feb. 5, sans couch and desk and with new music and try singer Willie Nelson. Nelson has purchased 2,400 hours graphics, as struggling show continues to seek its own of Nashville- related programing, including Porter Waggoner identity. "Those are cosmetic changes and I'm not kidding Show. Cowboy Network, which plans to launch in May, will myself into thinking that the ratings are going to jump up in carry western series and movies, some of which it has February because of them. We're just trying to change the already obtained. It also plans to produce original program- perception of the show," said Michael Weisman, co- execu- ing. Nelson is to host a program entitled Songwriter. tive producer.

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Fasten your seat belts. On the other hand, there was FCC Chairman Al Sikes ex- It's going to be a bumpy ride. pressing his preference for competition over government inter- vention (although he believes some rate reregulation might be You've got to hand it to Barry Diller. Not only has he success- needed until such competition bears fruit), and suggesting that fully planted a fourth network where none had taken root the awarding of multiple franchises by cities could address the before, but he has now put in play a policy initiative that could perceived pricing and customer service problems that Dingell change many of the major rules in television. would use as the excuse to make cable toe a government line. Whether it will succeed, of course, no one can now know. On general principle, given a choice between heavy- handed But Diller and Rupert Murdoch, his corporate champion and federal reregulation, increased power to local politicians and benefactor, are no strangers to risk taking. It's just that this marketplace competition, most Fifth Estaters -and this page - particular venture carries other major players along for the ride. would opt for the last as the best means to a leveled playing What Diller and Fox Broadcasting are asking is that the FCC field. reopen consideration of the financial interest and syndication rules, which have been locked up in a closet at 1919 M Street for more than six years, consigned to oblivion by President Correction Reagan and the Congress, propelled by the skill of Jack Valenti and the entreaties of the Hollywood production and distribution As this week's station /cable system trading special report makes community. clear, what has gone up and up and up-namely station prices over the past several years come with 1989 Diller is part and parcel of that same community, and his bid -has down, aver- ages showing fewer deals at to reexamine fin -syn has not endeared him to his colleagues in lower prices (see story, page 42). In a way, that may not be such a bad thing for the Fifth The puttees. That's no surprise. What is more surprising is that the Estate. Fox proposal has engendered such opposition from the three staggering sums commanded by broadcast properties have been television networks that would appear to have the most to gain heavily fueled by Wall Street speculation -flattering as an ex- from bringing fin -syn out of the closet. pression of confidence in the strength of the medium (and a The networks are reacting to companion elements of the Fox bonus to those retiring broadcasters ready to cash in on their in when petition, which (1) seek an 18 -month waiver of the rules while equity the business), but troubling it was funded b the reexamination proceeds, during which Fox could grow be- highly leveraged deals for which that confidence was collateral. To the extent that such an inviting climate has to yond the present 15 -hour plateau at which networks become contributed subject to the financial interest/syndication limitations, and (2) financial instability in the medium, seducing some into buying ask a redefinition of networks that would exempt Fox from the beyond their means, the payoff may have proved more mirage rules until it reaches economic parity with the senior networks. than oasis. Those three fear that Fox might get the waiver -which might be But if the chase of dollars for deals has exhausted the pack, difficult to rescind after 18 months-and the redefinition, while and perhaps moved the emphasis from entrepreneurs to opera- they might fail to win the rule changes they desire, a situation tors, what remains is the search for value, and that will continue that for the big three would presumably be worse even than to pay dividends for the Fifth Estate. As broker Gary Stevens now. put it: "If you have a property in a desirable situation, where Hollywood presumably will support Fox on changing the more than one person is interested, the selling number will be definition of a network enough to make it immune to the rules, every bit as strong as it's been." That's the kind of financial but will oppose reexamination of fin -syn by the FCC. statement the Fifth Estate can endorse. It's too soon to say who's right and who's wrong; we'll know more on March 19, when the comment process initiated by the FCC runs its course. In the meantime we commend to all parties the ancient wisdom that it's hard to make an omelette without breaking an egg.

Two roads ?RESIDENT The U.S. Conference of Mayors heard from two very different government camps last week regarding the cities' sometimes rocky relationship with the cable industry. On the one hand, there was Representative John Dingell (D-Mich.), veteran broadcast basher, getting his licks in on the wired medium as well. In his contribution to the acrimonious rhetoric that has characterized Fifth Estate debate recently, he gave notice that the House was preparing to follow the Senate's lead in turning its attention to some form of cable reregulation legislation to "rein in" what he characterized as a "rapacious... unregulated monopoly." (It remains to be seen how much of that is bile, and how much bill.) The cities themselves would like nothing better Drawn far BROADCASTING by Jack Schmidt than to strengthen a regulatory position weakened by the Cable "Now I know what they meant by limited partnership. They Act and a series of court decisions. don't let me do anything around here."

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