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Independents tackle tough issues in L.A ...page 35.

Hollywood wins copyright victory over cable...page 40.

Fox proposes $40 million prime time remedy.. .page 41.

Kennedy, Hollings crossownership controversy...page 42.

INDEPENDENTS' DAY 1988 D INTVofficials cheer gains William Lord. PAGE 48. independents have made in increasing their audiences and warn of battles still ahead. PAGE 35. D HIT PARADED According to Fall Arbitron report, CHR- Business outlook for independents: some good formatted stations are first in New York and Los news and a litte bad. PAGE 36. D Dennis Patrick tells Angeles. PAGE 57. independents to avoid government quick fixes for its problems. PAGE 37. D Representatives from NBC CROSSOVER D NBC Productions says it is close broadcasting, production, cable and satellite to finalizing deal to supply Disney Channel with program service industries discuss independents - children's series that will return to network's cable relationship, among other issues. PAGE 38. D schedule at later time. PAGE 58. Program suppliers say next two years will be tough ones. PAGE 39. WHEEL WATCHERS D November Cassandra report shows King World's Wheel of Fortune still rolling ONE FOR HOLLYWOOD n Movie industry wins victory in over competition. PAGE 59. battle over amount of cable copyright fees. PAGE 40. CABLE INSPECTION D Concerned about some cable systems' refusal to carry local broadcast signals,

STANDARD APPROVAL D HDTV standard IS approved channel repositioning and lack of responsiveness by Advanced Television Systems Committee and to subscribers, group of congressmen call for FCC's advanced television advisory steering hearings on cable medium. PAGE 62. committee meets for first time. PAGE 46. MAKING IT HAPPEN D Although he has found himself operating within soft national spot advertising CHANGE OF COMMAND D ABC names news veteran, market of late, Christal Radio's Bill Fortenbaugh Paul Friedman, executive producer of ABC World believes in long -term future of radio advertising. News Tonight with Peter Jennings, replacing PAGE 95.

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Business 76 Fates & Fortunes 91 Masthead 29 Satellite Footprints 69 Cablecastings 73 Fifth Estater 95 The Media 46 Stock Index 77 Changing Hands 72 For the Record 78 Monday Memo 30 Technology 67 Closed Circuit 10 In Brief 96 On Radio 57 Telecastings 71 Datebook 28 In Sync 70 Programing 58 Where Things Stand 12 Editorials 98 Law & Regulation 62 Riding Gain 58

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS: AdVentures International, Inc. 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 710 American Chiropractic Assn. 790 Ampex 53, 54 -550 Blackburn & Co.. Inc. 72 _ Blair Television 43 0 Buena Vista Television 50 -51 0 Chapman Associates 78 0 Chicago, the University of 52 o Classified Ads 83 -90 0 Columbia Pictures Television 13, 14 -15, 16-17 0 Cycle -Sat Satellite Couriers 34 0 Norman Fischer & Associates, Inc. 740 Four Star International, Inc. 19 0 General Electric 22 o GE American Communications 28 o Health NewsFeed 56 o H.B. La Rue 75 o Logo Watches 82 o Lorimar Syndication Front Cover, 4- 5, 4445 0 Lutheran Laymen's League, The International 29 0 R.A. Marshall & Co. 760 Media Venture Partners 700 MGM /UATelecommunications, Inc. 31. 32 -33 0 Missouri_Columbia, University of 66 o Multimedia Entertainment 47,49 o New World Television Group Second Cover /3 0 Orbis Communications 7,8 -9 0 Orion Television Syndication 23, 24 -25 0 Otani 21 o Pennsylvania State University, the 20 o Petry Fourth Cover o Professional Cards 81 o Cecil L. Richards, Inc. 73 0 Satellite Music Network 26 -27 0 Services Directory 80 0 SONY Professional Videotape Third Cover 0 Sun Radio Network Corp. 18 0 WRGB -TV 11

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Strategy session 1988-89 budget. In effort to hold down advertising is evident in early media buys in costs, NAB is reviewing contributions it Iowa and New Hampshire. Although Representatives of various broadcasting and makes each year to outside organizations. broadcast television remains principal citizen groups opposed to FCC's get -tough Complete breakout of those expenses will medium, Simon, Gephardt, Jackson, broadcast indecency stand are scheduled to be studied prior to board's deliberations; Babbitt and Dole campaigns have bought meet in Washington law office of Timothy among candidates for cutback may be cable spots on CNN and ESPN in Iowa. One Dyk today (Jan. 11) to discuss whether to NAB's $25,000 contribution to Museum of national cable rep said Dukakis, Bush and appeal policy, which was reaffirmed by FCC Broadcasting. Kemp campaigns are also considering cable at its November meeting. Groups were buys. Dukakis reportedly used cable unappeased by FCC setting of midnight as extensively in re- election campaign for "safe harbor" hour after which broadcasters Changing seats Massachusetts governorship. Final buys for may air "indecent," but not obscene, both states-Iowa caucus and New programing with impunity. Stage was set for CBS President Emeritus Frank Stanton has Hampshire primary are Feb. 8 and 15, meeting by issuance two weeks ago of FCC given up his emeritus board seat at CBS and respectively -are expected to be completed indecency order. ended consulting contract he had there since within next two weeks. retirement in 1973. At same time, Stanton has been named to five -man board of Cable complaints directors for Sony's CBS Records Inc. According to Stanton, events were Talked out coincidental. Length of post- retirement Cable industry can apparently thank M.L. Worries that broadcast network given inch in from consulting contract that ended Dec. 31 had Media Partners for letter cable programing might take mile appear to Representative Doug Bosco (D- Calif.) and been fixed since 1950's. Stanton did say giving up CBS board post cleared way for have gotten better of talks between fledgling 14 other members of California cable program service Movietime and NBC congressional delegation to House his CBS Records seat, since he could not have held both in complex separation of ( "Closed Circuit," Nov. 16, 1987). lèlecommunications Subcommittee According to source, NBC, which was for division from former parent. Stanton is Chairman Ed Markey (D-Mass.) calling hoping to enhance cable program preview early hearings on cable. According to Bosco joined on Records board, which met for first time last Thursday, by Sony Chairman Akio service in part by tapping flow of movie and aide, congressman has received thousands TV stars through its West Coast studios, has of complaints from subscribers to M.L. Morita, Sony President Norio Ohga, CBS Records President Walter Yetnikoff and apparently ended discussions after Media's system Movietime owners, mix of investment firms Sebastopol and Rohnert Park. Complaints Sony Corp. of America Vice Chairman Michael Schulhof. and employes, sought to limit NBC involve rate increases, channel ownership percentage to point where repositioning and service. Bosco also had network felt investment would not be some prodding from constituent - fruitful. independent television operator Jim Spark Johnson of KFFY(TV) Santa Rosa, Calif. Complaints about cable have also been Early catalyst for talks between NBC and increasing at FCC. Edythe Wise, chief of Turner Broadcasting about NBC's equity Wrap up? FCC's complaints and investigations participation in TBS appears to have been branch, said number of cable complaints, NBC's now -stalled plan to deliver TV news Ambassador Diana Lady Dougan last week which totaled fewer than 500 in 1986, service to European hotel rooms. Early last did not sound like administration official averaged around 100 a month in 1987. year, network approached TBS about who expects to remain in office through end Wise, who reviews each complaint, cooperation between NBC's Anglovision of Reagan term, or even close to that. "A lot attributed last year's overall increase to overseas venture and cable programer's of administration people leave before the in European "substantial" rise in complaints about rates CNN International, already term ends. I may do so," said Dougan, who then and services. homes and hotels since late 1985. Talks is first person to serve as head of State backed into possibility of domestic news Department's new Bureau of International cooperation. According to one source, if Communications and Information Policy."I go Birch's dozen NBC equity deal with TBS were to have accomplished a lot in my five forward, international collaboration in both years....I am a builder, not a maintenance newsgathering and news delivery would be Birch Radio Research is expected to person." its focal points. announce this week signing of multiyear among Dougan, who has been at center of agreement with CBS to supply quantitative number of controversies in her tour at State, and qualitative services to 12 of network's Reprieve was responding to questions about her plans owned radio stations, 10 of which are FM in context of insistent rumors over past to Radio was being forced out. properties, as well as CBS Word from Group W Productions at INTV several weeks that she Representatives. Agreement is largest last week was that fate of low -rated, one- According to one rumor, her immediate 10 -year broadcast group contract in Birch's The Will Shriner Show, will superior, Under Secretary of State Edward hour talk show, of history. be determined until after Feb sweeps. Derwinski, was critical of her handling not GTE Group W officials cited show's improved announcement of appointment of head of U.S. performance in several November ratings Corp.'s Theodore Brophy as Drawing the line books. delegation to second session of Space WARC. Dougan says that characterization is handled As National Association of Broadcasters inaccurate, that announcment was was joint board of directors gathers for its annual Cable stump in routine manner and that Derwinski meeting next week in Hawaii, one of its "supportive" of her in Brophy primary tasks will be to approve fiscal Growing role of cable in political campaign matter.

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advertising similar to those in 1984 Copyright 1988 Broadcasting Publications Inc. May be quoted in general in AM marketplace. dropped with credit. and are children's programs based on toys nc more than so- called program -length commer Solid box denotes items that have changed if Antitrafficking. Broadcasters last year suc- cials and, so, should they be somehotn since last issue. restricted? ceeded in beating back congressional efforts U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington se AM -FM allocations. FCC amended its rules to crack down on perceived trafficking in last November to allow approximately 800 AM broadcast licenses. Industry gained enough stage for inquiry when it remanded to FCC it limits stations on regional channels and 940 khz support to sink Senate Commerce Committee 1984 elimination of time on children': ground FCC had failed tc and 1540 khz to operate at night with 500 Chairman Ernest Hollings's (D -S.C.) proposal advertising on that with either facts or analysis. watts. Earlier, commission had authorized 21 to impose 4% transfer fee on broadcast li- justify action impetus behind FCC inquiry came of 41 AM's on foreign clear channel 1540 khz censes transfered within three years of last Some of from Capitol Hill, where likelihood of Congress to operate at night. Actions are part of series sale (BROADCASTING, Dec. 14, 1987). Congres- issue this year is of steps commission is taking to allow night- sional interest in reinstating FCC's antitraffick- bringing up good, especially where Telecommunications time or service near lowest post- sunset power ing rule has been building, with other legisla- in House, Sub committee Chairman Ed Markey (D- Mass.: for 1,600-1,800 of country's 1,900 daytime - tion offered earlier last year in House and Representative Terry Bruce have only AM stations. According to commission, Senate that would resurrect rules requiring and (D -III.) limit more actions will follow to clear several hun- broadcast stations to be owned three years introduced bill to children's advertisinc (BROADCASTING, Dec. 28, 1987). dred more AM's to operate at night. National before sale. Association of Broadcasters filed comments at FCC in July supporting authorizations, but saying FCC should authorize new nighttime Cable regulation. National Cable Television Compulsory license. FCC is conducting in- service on interim basis until comprehensive Association has unveiled survey that shows quiry into cable compulsory license; if views review of AM interference standards in sepa- cable rates rose 6.7% in first six months of of FCC Chairman Dennis Patrick- on subject rate proceeding is completed. Others said 1987. Results from 598 cable systems found are any guide, inquiry could lead to recom- FCC should defer action until review is com- that basic rates rose, on average, 10.6 %, mendation that Congress abolish license. Pa- pleted and new interference standards are while pay rates declined 2.5 %. trick's latest public comment on license came adopted. On Capitol Hill, survey may crop up when last November when he said FCC's proposal In response to inquiry, NAB told FCC Aug. House Telecommunications Subcommittee to reimpose syndicated exclusivity rules are 31, 1987, not to permit FM stations to use convenes oversight hearings this year (ex- based on assumption that license is flawed. directional antennas, claiming it would lead to pected to commence in February) on status of Reexamination of license on Capitol Hill could AM- ization of FM band. However, several FM cable industry three years after deregula- occur in context of broadcasters' effort to res- broadcasters commenting in proceeding took tion- passage of Cable Communications Poli- urrect must-carry requirements there opposite position, contending directional an- cy Act of 1984. Subcommittee postponed ( "Closed Circuit," Dec. 21, 1987). tennas would benefit FM radio and public. hearing scheduled for Oct. 29, 1987, as result In comments on license inquiry, cable sup- of Wall Street slide and to take time for private ported retention of license, while program pro- briefings on matter. ducers opposed it. National Association o AM Stereo. Principals in issue have been As for cable's standing in courts, two feder- Broadcasters softened its long- standing op- waiting for FCC action on recommendation of al judges in northern district of California in position, arguing that license should be lef report released last August by National Tele- decisions issued one week apart in Septem- alone for time being. communications and Information Administra- ber 1987, ruled that cities' cable franchise O tion that C -Quam AM stereo system's pilot provisions requiring cable operators to pro- tone be protected from possible interference. vide access channels and universal service Crossownership. Should telephone com- Commission is expected to reject proposal and to build and maintain state -of- the -art ca- panies be allowed to offer cable service withir during next meeting on Jan. 14. ble systems are unconstitutional violation of their telephone service areas? That's centra Multisystem radios receive signals generat- First Amendment rights of cable operators. question in FCC proceeding that could lead tc ed by two incompatible systems battling to be FCC has received comments in rulemaking dropping of FCC rules barring such crossow- de facto standard -C -Quam and Kahn Com- to define more narrowly those television mar- nership and recommendation to Congress munications' single -sideband. NTIA report kets where, in accordance with Cable Act, that it eliminate redundant prohibition in Cable stated that while there is no inherent degrada- rates of cable systems cannot be regulated Communications Policy Act of 1984. tion of sound quality in multisystem compared because systems are subject to effective com- Not waiting for FCC, Representative How to single- system radios, implementation of petition. FCC opened rulemaking in response and Nielson (R -Utah) is preparing to introduce multisystem technology is not feasible be- to U.S. Court of Appeals, which upheld FCC's bill this year to eliminate statutory ban. cause of lack of support among radio manu- basic ruling that effective competition exists Prohibitions have been in place for nearlt facturers and dominance of single- system, C- where three broadcast signals are available, two decades. FCC's telco -cable crossowner Quam system in international marketplace. but it said that definition of available was too ship rules were adopted in 1970 and codifiec In filing with FCC in December, Kahn Com- broad. Upshot of rulemaking is that fewer by Congress in 1984. munications charged that, in 1985, Motorola cable systems are likely to escape rate In initial round of comments at FCC, telcot improperly blocked Sony from selling multi - regulation. said competition between telcos and cable system radios by asserting two AM stereo would spur technological developments anc patents. Kahn further alleged that patents in reduce cable subscriber fees. Cable groups question were improperly obtained by Children's television. In response to U.S. opposed to letting telcos into their markets Motorola. Court of Appeals in Washington and petitions said that telcos would be unfair competitor: Motorola dismissed Kahn's charges and as- from Action for Children's Television, FCC has because of their control of poles and under serts that standards battle is over and that launched broad inquiry into children's adver- ground conduits and their ability to cross new integrated circuits in radios to be re- tising. 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Columbia Pictures Television A unit of Columbia Pictures Entertainment. Inc. O Fairness doctrine update Equal employment opportunity. FCC has amended its broadcast equal employment opportunity rules and reporting requirements. Congressional attempts to reinstate the fairness doctrine were soundly defeated on Dec. 21, Every station's EEO program will be subject to 1987 when proponents, faced with the threat of a presidential veto, failed to muster enough review at renewal time regardless of employ- support to keep a fairness provision in a catch -all spending bill (the continuing resolution) ment profile, but FCC said review will focus during a House-Senate conference on the measure (BROADCASTING, Dec. 28, 1987). The more on EEO efforts than numbers. Stations House had added fairness to the bill in the belief that the Senate would accept it and that with five more are required to file President Reagan would hesitate to veto the measure, which keeps the government or employes detailed reports. operating (BROADCASTING, Dec. 7, 1987). Another congressional effort to revive fairness is FCC has adopted rules implementing EEO anticipated sometime this year. aspects of Cable Communications Policy Act Fairness was also addressed in a revenue -raising proposal included in a Senate of 1984. Under broadcast license renewal budget bill aimed at reducing the federal deficit. But during the floor debate, fairness was legislation offered last year by Congressman stripped from the bill and the proposal, which also would have imposed a tax on the Al Swift (D- Wash.), EEO formula applicable in transfer of broadcast properties, was killed (BROADCASTING, Dec. 7, 1987). Cable Act would also apply to broadcasting. The fairness doctrine was repealed by the FCC on Aug. 4. President Reagan had earlier vetoed a bill codifying fairness and the doctrine's proponents had lacked the votes to override the veto in the Senate. Federal Trade Commission. Ongoing anti- BROADCASTING'S the Fairness which comprises a full text of Editor's note: Copies of The Decline and Fall of Doctrine, trust investigation of National Football League including footnotes, plus blow -by -blow coverage of the historic decision and industry reaction, are the decision, television rights contracts has included testi- available for $5 from the BROADCASTING Book Division. 1705 DeSales Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. mony last fall from top network executives, including ABC President Daniel Burke, CBS President Neil Pilson, NBC Sports ions, seven Bell operating companies would na, if uncorrected, means no operations at all Sports Fox President still be prevented from entering cable busi- Engine burns to try and correct problems are President Arthur Watson and ness by Judge Harold Greene's modified final planned for February. Jamie Kellner, as well as NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle. about ne- judgment in consent decree that led to brea- Despite troubles, GE Astro- Space, co -bid- Contradictory claims gotiation process for Monday night games kup of AT &T and creation of seven operating ders with TV-Sat manufacturers MBB -ERNO Val Pinchbeck, NFL companies. National Telecommunications and Aerospatiale to build Intelsat VII and Aus- from Kellner and broad- and Information Administration has petitioned sat-B satellites, expressed confidence in part- casting director, are among central issues. with ESPN for package of FCC to preempt Greene's regulation of BOC's, ners' product. League's contract -night games was also subject of hear- arguing that Greene is hampering BOC's entry Low power variety of satellite broadcasting Sunday ing in request that into information services, which include cable. resulting from scrambling of cable program- Senate and Senate Justice Department impact of NFCs antitrust And President's Cabinet -level Economic Poli- ing on C -band satellites has emerged from examine as it applies to cable and to look at cy Council is considering legislation that home satellite market. It got start in January exemption ABC's ownership of ESPN and possible anti- would take shackles off BOC's. 1986, when Home Box Office scrambled feeds of HBO and Cinemax and began selling trust implications (BROADCASTING, Dec. 7, subscriptions to owners of backyard earth 1987). has requested reopening of Direct broadcast satellites. High -power stations (TVRO's), which now number more Ogilvy Group 1983 FTC in which company was or- DBS, which would use Ku -band spectrum set than 1.7 million. Number of NRO homes sub- case dered to discontinue employment of Asper - aside for it, has foundered in U.S. because of scribing to cable programing has grown as high start-up costs and programing dearth. more cable programers have scrambled creme or any other trade name for any drug But European governments have gone ahead feeds and begun selling subscriptions direct- that implies presence of active ingredient not with system launchings. Arianespace launch ly or through cable operators and other third actually present. of TV-Sat 1, first in French -West German DBS parties. O series, took place Nov 20, 1987 (BROADCAST- HBO now wants other major cable pro- High -definition television. Advanced Tele- ING, Nov 30, 1987), but four -channel bird may gramers to join it in stepping up from C -band vision Systems Committee's mail- return voting now be beyond help. German Information Of- to medium -power Ku -band satellites that can ended last week with formal document outlin- fice in New York said latest reports from Ger- beam signals to one -meter dishes. ing standard devised by working group of many include problems in addition to still un- Despite costly failure of Comsat high -pow- SMPTE on high- definition electronic produc- deployed solar array. That problem had er DBS plans, Hubbard Broadcasting's United tion appproved by a vote of 26 for, 11 against postal and telecommunications ser- States Satellite Broadcasting and Hughes German and eight abstained. Standard sets param- vice, administrators of bird, resigned to oper- Communications are still trying to launch sys- eters for HDTV production at 1,125 scanning ating only two of four transponders. Now it tems in U.S. Hughes is trying to rally support lines, 60 hertz field and 16:9 aspect ratio. appears that incomplete deployment of anten- of cable programers around concept. Proposal was sent to full ATSC membership following vote of approval by its T3 subcommittee on Sept. 30. SMPTE's full membership must also approve standard after which it will * BULLETIN * be submitted to American National Standards NEW 'Round -The -Clock TALK radio network now delivered via Institute. FCC involvement in future of HDTV grew I, RATED PROGRAMS! Satcom Westar 4 and Galaxy 2. PROVEN TOP with first meeting of blue ribbon advisory pan- TOTAL BARTER - NO FEES OF ANY TYPE! el on Nov 17, 1987. Panel of top executives of 7 days except as noted. Sun Radio Network shows are "LIVE" call-in (USA Toll-Free) Advanced Weeknights start at 6PM EST overnight to 9AM EST. See schedule for weekends! TV industry is upper tier of FCC's All Times Eastern. 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Hosted by Eric Boardman JOIN THE CLUB FOR FALL '88. standard should be adopted and that system fraud and conspiracy charges growing out of to buy programing that individual stations compatible with NTSC receivers is preferable. what prosecutors said was siphoning $4.8 could not afford. So far, more than 50 stations Executive committee of National Associ- million from Intelsat during construction of ad- have indicated interest in co-op. ation of Broadcasters has approved formation dition to its headquarters building. Colino and FCC's freeze on LPTV applications and ma- of Broadcast Technology Center dedicated to Deputy Director General Jose L. Alegrett were jor changes -in effect since 1983-thawed HDTV research Center will be under control of fired by Board of Governors in December with opening of filing window, June 22 -July 2, NAB Technologies Inc., for-profit subsidiary. 1986 after outside lawyers,and auditors sub- 1987. Some 1,350 applications were received, far fewer than FCC officials had ex- O mitted report indicating their possible involvement in financial irregularities. And in Septem- pected. FCC has proposed granting 483 ap- Indecency. At open meeting last November, ber, 1987, U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. plications, and has so far granted about third FCC reaffirmed its get -tough broadcast inde- Gesell, saying loss to Intelsat had been $4.5 of that number. cency policy, but, in doing so, created mid - million, sentenced Colino to six years in mini- night-to-6 a.m. safe harbor during which inde- mum security prison and ordered him to make cent programing can be broadcast because restitution of $865,000. Colino began serving Mergers. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.'s of perceived minimal risk of children in audi- his sentence on Oct. 31 in Petersburg, Va., SCI Holdings, which began to explore divesti- ence. FCC is now examining several indecen- prison camp. One associate was sentenced ture of its 1.45 million- subscriber cable sys- cy complaints substantiated by either tapes or to three years and fined $100,000; other was tems last summer, will sell its assets to cable transcripts and is expected to send inquiry sentenced to two years. Intelsat in May filed consortium of ATC, Comcast and Taft Cable letters to stations in question asking them to civil suit against Colino in U.S.district court in (Tele- Communications Inc. and Bass Group answer complaints. Once responses are eval- Maryland, claiming his activities resulted in joint venture) for total consideration of $2.8 uated, FCC could impose sanctions. damage to organization of $11.5 million billion (see BROADCASTING, Jan. 4). KKR's FCC decided last April to apply broader (BROADCASTING, May 25, 1987). Colino at Storer Television has also closed on $1.3 bil- definition of indecency than seven dirty words about same time filed for bankruptcy to pro- lion transfer of six TV stations to company of 1978 Pacifica Supreme Court decision, giv- tect his assets. Both cases are pending. managed and 55% held by George Gillett Jr. ing it far greater latitude in determining what is Intelsat members in April confirmed Board Cablevision Systems closed on $473.5 mil- indecent. At same time, FCC sent out warning of Governors selection of Dean Burch as suc- lion purchase of Adams -Russell. General letters to three stations. FCC reaffirmation and cessor to Colino as director general. Electric Credit Corp. will finance deal, Cab - creation of safe harbor came in response to levision will invest $40 million in buy and Kid- O petition for reconsideration from broadcasters der, Peabody & Co. will provide $125 million in seeking clarification of April policy International telecommunications satellite senior subordinated notes. o U.S. Cable Tele- headed O systems. President Reagan in November vision Group, new limited partnership 1984 determined that separate U.S. systems by ML Media principals Martin Pompadur and International Telecommunications Satellite providing international communications satel- Elton Rule, has set $225 million as price for investiga- Organization. In dramatic end to lite service are in public interest, provided 135,000- subscriber cable systems of Essex tion by U.S. attorney for District of Columbia, restrictions are imposed to protect economic Communications Corp. Amount was down $8 former Intelsat director general, Richard Co- health of International Telecommunications million from initial offer and is subject to further 1987 lino, and business associates in July of Satellite Organization. Thus far, eight systems change at closing in 1988. Early 1988 close pleaded guilty in U.S district court to criminal have received conditional authorization from expected for following deals: Continental Cab - FCC, but proposal of only one, Pan American levision acquisition of American Cablesys- WHO? Satellite Corp., which has secured Peru as tems for $481.7 million; radio group Summit You. You or your organization foreign correspondent, has been consulted Communications $200 million purchase of in radio- could be among those who with Intelsat. Assembly of Parties, acting on DKM Broadcasting second -largest only sale, and Adams Communications pur- have been honored by the recommendation of Board of Governors, ap- its extraordinary meet- chase of Forward Communications' five TV Mcllett Award for Improving proved consultation at ing in April 1986. PAS satellite is scheduled for stations for $126.5 million from VVesray Capital Journalism through Critical launch in March 1988 aboard Arianespace Corp. Evaluation, including: rocket. O - KPIX -TV, San Francisco, O for "Second Look" Must -carry. U.S. Court of Appeals has - ABC News for Land-mobile. In response to petition from struck down latest incarnation of FCC's must - "Viewpoint" Association of Maximum Service Telecasters, carry rules, holding that they are unconstitu- National Association of Broadcasters and oth- tional-violation of First Amendment rights of Ned Schnurman, for PBS' - er broadcast groups, FCC has agreed to de- cable operators. series, "Inside Story" lay decision on reallocation of UHF channels Ruling on Dec. 11, 1987, was replay of court in markets in land mobile radio until two years ago when it eliminated HOW? eight decision completion of its study on advanced television FCC's original must -carry rules on same the Deadline for $1,000 prize systems (ATV) (see High- definition television, ground. for work done in 1987 is above). FCC wants to ascertain whether UHF Broadcasters who have fought hard to pre- March 1, 1988. For details: channels in question will be needed for broad- serve some form of must carry rules were casting AN systems. upset and disappointed at ruling. They are In related proceeding, FCC has proposed now planning legal and legislative strategy for MELLETT minimum mileage separations between new bringing back rules through appeals or act of UHF television stations on channels 14 and 69 Congress. and existing mobile radio operations on adja- FCC has asked court to clarify whether its AWARD cent channels. If new station cannot meet action deleted NB switch rules as well as the School of Communications spacing requirements, FCC also proposed, carriage requirements. The NB switch rules 201 Carnegie Building station may try to negotiate settlement with require cable operators to educate subscrib- mobile radio ers about switches and to offer to install them The Pennsylvania State University operator. or supply them to do- it- yourselfers. Cost of University Park, PA 16802 O switches and installation would be borne by Low -power television. Community Broad- subscribers. PENNSTATE casters Association, which represents bud- ding LPTV industry, has hired Joseph Laugh- lin, former general manager of WGN -TV Public Broadcasting. With death last month 1 a 5 5 Chicago, to head CBA Programing Cooperat- of legislation that would have provided esti- \./ ive. Under Laughlin's direction, co -op will try mated $300- million -per-year public broad-

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Same conferees Replacement of satellite interconnection On other front, House legislation (H.R.2848) settled on 1988 figure of $19.59 million (down system is major item on agendas at both PBS that would permit satellite distribution of from current $20.5 million) for NTIA- adminis- and NPR, with current Western Union satellite broadcast signals-superstations -to back- tered Public Telecommunications Facilities space due to expire in 1991. Requests for yard dish owners was focus of hearing late Program, annual equipment grants. proposals were issued by PBS Nov 25, 1987 last year (BROADCASTING, Nov. 30, 1987) and Many public broadcasters feel they suf- and are due Jan. 25. will generate further debate as more hearings fered another serious blow last year when With new CPB chairman, Howard Gutin, are convened this year. Broad coalition of U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington threw out and president, Donald Ledwig, in place -as industry groups is backing bill (although FCC's must -carry rules, which require cable well as new board members William Lee Han- broadcast industry is opposing measure), but systems to carry local broadcast signals. ley, Purvis, Archie Marshall Turner and Sheila modifications suggested by motion picture Court did not rule out possibility of constitu- Tate openings remain -two on CPB board; industry (mainly idea that compulsory copy- tional must -carry rule. Although National Ca- still under consideration are former Tennessee right license for carriers be limited to C -band ble Television Association President Jim Moo- First Lady Honey Alexander (not yet official retransmissions) did not go over well at hear- ney said most cable systems are unlikely to nominee) and Charles Lichenstein, latter con- ing and could splinter support. drop any local broadcast signals they are now troversial for reportedly advocating cuts in carrying, some members of noncommercial CPB funding. CPB is also reviewing propriety broadcasters community fear rise in number of PBS bonus awarded PBS President Bruce Syndex. In comments to FCC, cable opera- of stations dropped. Christensen in 1986 (BROADCASTING, Nov 30, tors opposed, and broadcasters and program National Public Radio board last month 1987) for efforts since 1984 fire that destroyed producers supported, FCC proposal to reim- adopted unbundling Option II resolution pre- former headquarters. pose rules requiring cable systems to black sented in written ballot to member stations for O out syndicated programing on distant signals advisory vote. Ballots are due at NPR Jan. 12. if it appears on local stations. FCC action is Final decision rests with board, which plans Scrambling. Last November, Senate Corn - expected within next few months. adoption of policy in February. Option II would merce Committee passed legislation that Cable industry argued that FCC lacks juris- split NPR programing into morning news, would regulate home satellite marketplace diction to reimpose syndex, that absence of evening news and performance segments, (BROADCASTING, Nov. 23, 1987). 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A commentary on financial due diligence from Kevin Reymond, Price Waterhouse, New York

Playing it for the purchase. The projected cash pay- safe before ments for broadcast rights should include: buying a radio or TV station (a) cash payments for those programs for which there is a liability recorded on the In the past few years, no industry and no balance sheet; (b) cash payments required company has been immune from the acqui- for those programs for which there is a sition fever. As we all know, activity in the signed contract with the syndicator/distribu- broadcast industry has been particularly tor but for which a liability has not been acute as the market recognized the hidden recorded because all the conditions required value of television and radio stations. by paragraph 3 of Statement of Financial The increase in value has escalated the Accounting Standards No. 63 have not been prices buyers are willing to pay for televi- met; (c) cash payments required for those sion and radio stations, and in the process programs for which there is no signed con- these transactions have become highly le- tract, but their acquisition is required to veraged. High debt service obligations, the replace current program inventory which is rising cost of programing combined with the due to expire over the next five years. Care- normal increases in talent and other operat- ful analysis of the programing schedule is ing costs all contribute to the risk involved Kevin Reymond is a senior audit manager required to derive the best estimate of future in acquiring a television or radio station in serving broadcaster and entertainment program acquisitions and their related cost today's environment. This risk is accentuat- clients in the New York office of Price and cash requirements. ed by the proliferation, since the demise of Waterhouse which he joined in 1977. Review trade agreements of the target not the FCC's three -year holding rule, of non- Reymond is writing a book on broadcasting broadcaster to determine that they have is broadcasters or portfolio owners who pur- accounting and financial reporting, expired. In many instances, there an "un- the chase stations and immediately start posi- scheduled to be published next fall. derstanding" between the station and tioning them for resale at the expense of advertiser that an expired agreement is still long -term financial health vis -a-vis pro- information, determine whether the key as- valid. In an acquisition situation, such un- graming, community sumptions used in the projections are consis- derstandings, if significant, should be con- Consequently, the station buyer has a lot tent or reasonable based upon the past ex- firmed in writing. to think about when entering the market- perience of the station. Assumptions not Review prior tax returns and revenue place. Sufficient financial due diligence is consistent with past performance could lead agent reports for open years, exposures and essential in any acquisition process. The to erroneous decisions about cash flow, debt deductions disallowed by the IRS. Clearly review should be adequately planned and service and the ability to comply with debt address responsibility for exposures related coordinated with an independent accountant covenants. to prior years' taxes in the sale agreement. so as to expose matters that could affect the Compare the accounting practices used Typically, most contracts for the purchase purchase price, working capital adjustment, by the seller with the accounting practices of of broadcast properties contain clauses pro- cash flow and related debt service capability the prospective buyer to identify the differ- viding for a certain level of working capital and the stations' future earnings perfor- ent effects, if any, between the methods to be provided by the seller at the date of mance. It is critical that these reviews be (e.g., broadcast rights amortization poli- closing. performed at the outset of a deal so that the cies). This step will highlight differences The accounts that make up the working findings can be incorporated in the negotia- that may result in significant adjustments to capital adjustment should be clearly defined tion process. bring one broadcaster into conformity with in the acquisition agreement. If they are not, An acquisition review can range from a the other, and more important, may affect definitions should be added while the con- complete audit of the acquiror to performing earnings prospectively. tract is in the draft stage. For example, if selected procedures. The scope should be Critically evaluate the reasonableness film rights are to be included in the working tailored to the particular circumstances at of the allowance for bad debts at a recent capital formula, will they be gross or net of hand. We have found the following to be balance -sheet date. The aging of accounts any realizable value adjustments? particularly effective. receivable and the write -off history should A final significant point needs to be made Conduct an analytical review of the be reviewed as part of this process. Low when stations or station groups that were station's financial statements for the most write -offs, minimal provisions and many once part of much larger organizations have recent year-end and compare with the year accounts over 120 days past due may signal been sold. To consider the entire financial or two years prior to identify any unusual or the need for a large write -off by the seller picture, buyers should consider the "hid- nonrecurring transactions that may have had prior to closing, poor credit approval proce- den" costs that may not be reflected in the a significant effect on financial statements. dures, or poor management oversight of the financial information provided them. The thrust here is to perform sufficient vari- collections process. Improvements in the These procedures, which I have outlined, ation analysis on an overall basis to deter- collection and approval processes would in- are not all -inclusive, and should be consid- mine the quality of earnings by identifying crease cash flow and earnings prospectively. ered as only part of an overall due diligence items that may have had a "one -time" posi- Also, to assure that the recorded receivable process to minimize post- acquisition sur- tive or negative impact on the financial is bona fide, consider confirming directly prises, to search for further purchase price statements. with customers their receivable balance as reduction and to provide comfort with cash Develop an understanding of the key of a particular date. and earning projections as well as with the assumptions underlying the budgeted rev- To determine the station's cash require- historical financial performance of the sta- enue and expense data to compare with the ments, review the station's compilation of tion. Most important, a timely and well financial projection data prepared by the projected cash payments for broadcast rights planned acquisition review can bring many seller. Using the data obtained from the for the next five years. This information will tangible benefits as well as peace of mind to analytical review of the historical financial be critical to any outside financing required a buyer.

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I. EnE 114 No 2

TOP OF THE WEEK L `Cautious optimism' the watchwords at INTV 88

Independent television says its an industry on the rebound. That was the game plan. FCC Chairman Dennis Patrick, a luncheon speaker (see page overriding sentiment expressed throughout last week's 15th annual Asso- 37), gave the broadcasters hope on the syndex front. "A world in which ciation of Independent Television Stations convention at the Century Plaza cable can refuse to carry your signal while at the same time enjoying a hotel in Los Angeles. right to carry any signal it pleases is, quite simply, intolerable," he said. That doesn't mean spirits were soaring as nearly 1,350 independents Still, as Dick Kurlander of Petry Television said going into the conven- gathered to take stock of their industry following a troublesome year. tion: "Everything pales next to must carry in the minds of the indepen- Many stations were plagued with financial woes in 1987. (Advertising dents." And Kurlander's assessment proved on the mark. revenues fell and some independents filed for bankruptcy) To make Even though the anti -cable rhetoric was toned down from last year's matters worse, they have been operating in an unstable regulatory gathering where much of the convention program resulted in a frontal environment -for the greater part of two years they have functioned assualt on cable (BROADCASTING, Jan. 12, 1987), the animosity was still without mandatory cable television carriage rules, and just last December there. It was most evident as a contentious audience of independents the U.S. Court of Appeals struck down the latest version of the FCC's went after cable industry leaders during one session (see page 38). A must -carry rules. But despite those developments, there was an over- call for peace by cable's Gerry Lenfest, president of The Lenfest whelming sense last week that the worst is behind us." Group, elicited little if no response. "Instead of rattling your saber to get The mood of the independents, however, was cautious. There was a the FCC and Congress to act against cable, why don't you first try to general feeling that it would be another two or three years before many get along with us," Lenfest asked. independents would pay off the debt incurred by overextending them- Later, Edwards at another INTV session, dismissed Lenfest's plea selves in programing purchases. And as INN Chairman Charles Ed- and said independents would be foolish to "trust" cable. If stations wards of Gaylord Broadcasting pointed out: "The message should be don't get must carry, he said, "one day we'll have to pay to be on a clear: Our stations simply cannot continue to pay the kinds of prices we system." have been paying in the last few years." INN unlike the National Association of Broadcasters, has not As for the political side of the meeting, INN seemed more determined backed industry opposition to congressional efforts to codify the than ever to correct what it feels are the current inequities in the market- fairness doctrine. The association's directors voted unanimously to place. Specifically, independents want to see cable's so- called role as a keep it a "low priority" In other legislative action, INN'S board said it gatekeeper permanetly diminished. will seek an antitrust exemption to permit broadcasters to establish INTV's board, for example, ordered the staff to press "even more voluntary standards for the amount of commercial material in children's aggressively" on the whole range of cable copyright issues. INN also programing. It's an idea bound to make headway on Capitol Hill. House announced it was petitioning the Supreme Court to review the latest must- Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Ed Markey (D- Mass.), carry decision. who has introduced legislation aimed at advertising on children's An end to cable's compulsory copyright license, reimposition of syndi- television, "would be delighted to work with INN on a standard," said a cated exclusivity and permanent must -carry rules are all part of the INTV Markey aide at the meeting.

INTV's Edwards and Padden urge independents to protect their interests in such issues as costs of programing, must carry and syndex

INTV leaders were crowing last week about the gains independent television has made in capturing a greater share of the network audience. But no matter how ebullient association officials were on that subject they were not so ecstatic about what they consider current inequities in the marketplace -the loss of must carry and the lack of syndicated exclusivity. Also of concern, the high cost of programing. "The independent stations of America have come a long way," said INTV Chair- man Charles Edwards of Gaylord Broad- Padden Edwards casting during the opening session of the half of its revenues on programing. "If that he foresee any reason for that to change. INTV convention, "but the dangers persist is the average, simple logic tells us that Nevertheless, he felt their dealings had been and absolutely no signs exist to indicate that some stations are spending 60% and 70%. "marred" last year by what he referred to as we will be able to let up, or to take it easy in And common sense tells all of us that it "the distributor who depends on indepen- the near future." cannot continue at that rate. Our advertisers dents for his regular programing sales... For starters, he said, stations "simply can- will not-indeed, cannot -be expected to [but runs] in search of network affiliates not continue to pay the kinds we of prices bear the burden of increased advertising each time he has the possibility of a block have been paying the last in few years." costs needed to support such prices." buster." The new ratings figures, he added, Edwards cited a study by the National Asso- INTV's chairman acknowleged what he "leave no doubt that we can do a job as well ciation of Broadcasters which showed that called the "symbiotic relationship" between as our affiliate competitors." the average independent spends more than program suppliers and broadcasters. Nor did Edwards also was troubled about the lack

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 35 I TOP OF THE WEEK I I of syndex and must -carry rules. He said incentive to seek to choke off your access to he added. INTV's stand on those issues has not always the popular off-network program product He also noted that the independent TV sat well with the rest of the broadcast which has been the foundation of your com- audience share has been remarkably stable community. petitive success. This means that the syndi- "probably because viewers of the leading "Allow me to pause for a moment and cation and financial interest rules are more indie stations cannot kick their habit of reflect on the warnings, and even mild important today than they have ever been." watching certain channels and programs." threats, that were made against INTV, indi- On issues like syndex and must carry, Kagan also said that the encroachment vidually and as a group, to stop making so Padden, like Edwards, indicated INTV still from new cable TV networks has been en- much noise about the compulsory license, has troubles with cable. "I have the highest tirely at the expense of the broadcast net- must carry, and the other issues we were regard for the integrity and competence of works. Noting that problems for indepen- convinced that we had to address. They the leadership of the cable industry," said dents in the past two years focused on [Edwards is believed to be referring to the Padden. But, he added, "there is no escap- overspending on programing and promotion Television Operators Caucus and National ing the fact that it was a group of major to fend off competition from new indies, old Association of Broadcasters] said we were cable MSO's -not INTV -who succeeded networks and cable TV, he still predicted committing political suicide and they told in overturning the congressionally sanc- that independent revenue would grow at an us, `go away and sit in a corner and be tioned compromise must -carry package." annual rate of 9.3 %, putting the industry quiet. " He pledged that INTV would not "rest over the $6- billion level by 1996, up from That reaction, said Edwards, indicated until consumers are assured of effective and about $2.6 billion now. INTV "had gotten their attention, and we meaningful access to your program offer- Looking ahead, Kagan said that while the didn't back away; which means that now is ings-and we're not talking about A/B independents may not burn down their corn - the moment when we must make a new vow switches." petition, the industry "is well insulated to to continue to have a voice in commanding In closing his remarks, Padden empha- withstand the firestorms generated by the our destiny, by protecting the future of local sized the need for independents not to lose competition. If general economic conditions television." sight of the public trustee concept of broad- falter, so will many TV stations...of all As for the compulsory license, the INTV casting. "If and when otherwise desirable types. But if independent station business official said, it is "inextricably inter-woven" deregulation appears to undermine your spe- drops, it will likely be because many busin- with cable's "must -carry obligation." If the cial public interest status, you should care- esses drop, not because people aren't watch- court has struck down must carry, he said, fully weigh the likely costs and likely bene- ing as much, or because indie time is less then "why should anyone be obligated to fits before deciding on a position. Given the valuable," Kagan said provide the other half of that bargain? They battles which lie ahead, we simply cannot If Kagan lent some optimism to the indus- shouldn't. And that ought to be obvious to afford the luxury of one -issue politics." try's outlook, Fred Seegal, director, media all," he said. group, Shearson Lehman Brothers, felt dif- Highlighting independent television's ferently. "I can't be terribly optimistic...that achievements in the ratings area, was INTV Encouraging words (and a few there is going to be much support from Wall President Preston Padden. "For certain, the discouraging ones) on the Street over the next two years. cable networks have attracted some in- business outlook for independents Seegal said that last year's Oct. 19 Wall creased viewership and it would be a mis- Street crash did not affect the evaluation of take for us to denigrate their achievements The business of independent television was independent stations because the markdown or to understate their competitive potential," the focus of INTV's opening session. evaluation in the private and public market- said Padden. Nevertheless, the hard num- Financial consultant Paul Kagan, presi- place had taken place well before the crash. bers reported by the ratings services, he dent of Paul Kagan Associates, predicted "It will take a long time before the financial added, "demonstrate that you -the indepen- 1988 would be a better year for independent community recognizes properly the turna- dents-are the real superstations in this television than 1987. round that is likely to take place in indepen- business. And if I could accomplish one "There are fewer stations selling spots - dent stations," he said. goal this morning, it is to try to insure that ...more conservative shopping for program According to Seegal, one of the major all future press accounts properly credit your inventory...stable to rising audience shar- problems is the "tremendous inconsistency leading role in changing the habits and alle- es...a rising TV advertising market in gener- in the way various companies report their giances of America's television viewers." al...and some price inflation," he said. cash flow." Padden wanted to insure that his members "That's a prescription for a cure, not an Such inconsistency, he said, has made it were aware of their accomplishments. He illness." difficult for many people to evaluate the true presented several charts illustrating those Kagan said the bankruptcies of late 1986 cash flow for independent stations. "It's achievements. For example, in prime time actually strengthened the independent busi- clearly a lot easier to make that judgment for last November, independents achieved a ness by reducing competition for the market network affiliate stations," he said. 20% share of viewing. "The drop in network leaders. "You measure an industry by the "I don't see an awful lot of people with viewing this past November culminated a strength of its leaders, not by the weakness new sources of capital coming into the inde- five -year prime time decline totaling nine of its fringe players," Kagan said. pendent television industry," he said. "The share points. Over the same period, your He added that "kicking the habit of over- cable industry particularly has benefited prime time performance advanced a full six buying programing" was the most signifi- from a number of new financial sources." share points. In short, the independent sta- cant thing that happened to the independents His advice to the independents was to tions can lay claim to two thirds of the in the past year. Weekly programing hours focus on accruing profit, managing ex- erosion in prime time network viewing," purchased fell for the first time in memory, penses and not counting on any support Padden said. Despite the good news, Padden admitted that the independent television community faces some serious challenges. Attracting audiences is one thing, but keeping them is equally important, he said, indicating that without access to programing and to consumers, that goal could not be met. The "absence of competition in some sectors of our industry, and the presence of certain destabilizing government intrusions, pose continuing threats," he warned. "The net-

works for example, have an ever increasing L to r: Kagan, Maltz, Thurston, Seegal, Freschi

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 oc TOP OF THE WEEK from the financial community. Patrick warns broadcasters of dangers But if the chairman held out little solace Milton Maltz, chairman and chief execu- in relying on government to solve on must carry, he positioned himself sympa- tive officer, Malrite Communications problems, especially must carry thetically on syndicated exclusivity and Group, said the fact that there are about 60 compulsory copyright. While noting that he independent stations on the market reflects a FCC Chairman Dennis Patrick took his text would not prejudge the outcomes of the twin lack of management. "Some of us have from "Marketplace 101" last week in advis- FCC inquiries on those subjects, he said that forgotten what it is to manage assets," he ing the Association of Independent Televi- "a world in which cable can refuse to carry said, adding that management involves not sion Stations to rely on its own competitive your signal while at the same time enjoying only the plant and facilities, but people, abilities and avoid govenmental quick fixes a right to carry any signal it pleases is, quite programing and financial resources. for its problems. simply, intolerable. Adding insult to that Some independent stations today, he said, In a speech entitled "This Elephant Don't injury, cable can import broadcast signals - have lost sight of cash management. "Some Dance" the chairman likened the govern- including syndicated product you've pur- operators are living in a false world of ment to a pachyderm that is "big, clumsy chased for market value-only cable pays a security by looking at the amortization of and not too bright. If you're patient and rate set by government." film product and syndication product and offer the right incentives you can get it to do Patrick did make room for some govern- didn't really get a handle and reconcile the generally what you want. The problem is ment intervention in the marketplace: spe- differences between the cash expenditures that once you get the beast headed in one cifically, to insure that "no single player be and the amortization." To be on top of the direction, it's hard to get it to turn. If you permitted to exercise market power in the situation, Maltz said independent stations know the direction you want the beast head- program production, acquisition or distribu- must have access to quick, fast and current ed in most of the time, it's far better not to tion markets." And, he added: "No one financial information. try to get cute and see if you can get it to thinks the government should take a hands - Barry Thurston, president, syndication, pirouette around a couple of glass ornaments off approach to theft." Columbia Pictures Television, noted that that are in its way. Better to move the Nevertheless, he repeatedly returned to only one of the top 30 markets has not been ornaments yourself or pay up your his theme of self -reliance. "If you want to touched by a bankruptcy, leveraged buyout insurance." live in a world in which you're free to figure or the sale of at least one television station. The chairman's moral seems specifically out how to make things better, how to make Out of the top 30 markets, 10 had chapter 11 directed toward the independents in their people happier and free to go ahead and do it independent television stations. desire to win back some sort of must carry, a without asking Big Brother 'May I ?,' Programers and distributors have also had policy struck down most recently by the you've got to start with a bias in favor of less to deal with other issues, including the U.S. Court of Appeals. "Obtaining new government control." availability of more off -network hours coin- must-carry protection in the near term is Chairman Patrick ennumerated a number ciding with a decline in their usage, the unlikely, no matter who tries to give it to of changes in the marketplace as demon- demise of the checkerboard and the difficul- you," he said. Patrick saw little chance of strating that independents have shown they ty of the first -run business. "The good news meeting the test imposed by the court and can compete, beginning with the expansion is that there are a lot of first -run programs great danger in seeking a Congressional of over the -air television outlets from 881 in out there that have been on the air for a solution. 1970 to more than 1,200 today. With cable number of years and are working very "Certainly, you could turn to Congress in in more than 50% of all homes and satellite well." your quest," he said. "But you know from relay of signals available to another 1.7 Despite these problems, a soft advertising previous experience that must carry will not million homes, the average viewer now has market and the fact that independents have a come without cost. If you claim that you a choice of more than 22 signals, up from lot of programing on hand, Thurston be- require this kind of protection in order to be only three or four 15 years ago. lieves that 1987 was a good year for distrib- competitive or that you 'deserve' must carry As for the competition among the three utors. "You're seeing an expanding market- because you are special, you will not be able networks: "It's not that the networks didn't place," he said, with distribution companies to control what 'specialness' means, or the worry about competition," Patrick said. "It's turning to affiliates and cable. regulatory restraints on your ability to com- just that they tended to think of competition Thurston said the last few years have seen pete with media not subject to the same the way that Pepsi and Coke do for colas - a deal- driven business. "Everybody had a constraints." for them, competition was a family feud." program idea and thought they could just go The Congressional approach could prove Those networks have been "triple- teamed," out and produce it and put it on the air and doubly damaging, Patrick said, in that it too, he said, by independents, cable and satel- that it would work," he said, adding that "I would would have to pass constitutional lites with their lives complicated further by think what we are going to find now is that muster in the courts. And, assuming broad- VCR's. As a result, the three networks' the business will get back to what it has casters had paid dearly in the trade -off, "you share of prime time viewing has fallen by always been, and that is product driven. The would then have the worst of all worlds - one fifth over the last decade, the chairman good programs will always survive." increased regulation without must -carry noted. Looking back, Sandy Freschi, vice presi- protection" if the court found a Congres- Patrick suggested that independents con- dent, marketing and business development. sional solution unconstitutional. centrate on such questions as program avail- Frazier, Gross & Kadlec, said that mane ability and cost -"finding new avenues for new owners took on enormous debt in the development of good product, not to finding purchase price of stations and were simply regulatory answers to business problems. unable to make the payments. You didn't get where you are by having She said that one key factor in man} regulators in Washington protect you against bankruptcies was the exhorbitant cost of the facts of hard, competitive business life," programing. Freschi said that the program he said. "If you think that is what has been amortization expense created a "tremendous critical to getting to where you are today, financial burden for stations, some of which you're giving regulators too much credit and were not able to stay afloat." yourselves too little." On the revenue side, she said some sta- o tions lacked management, specifically sales management. Avoiding future bankruptcies. Chairman Patrick delivered a similar mes- Freschi said, will depend on the market- sage to the Academy of Television Arts and place. "You have to have sufficient revenue Sciences 24 hours earlier. To an audience base in the marketplace to support additional that included many of the top executives of television stations." The rule of thumb, she the production community, he declared: said, is $30 million for one station and $50 "With a multiplicity of pipelines into the million -$60 million for two stations. Patrick home, we stand on the threshold of a world

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 37 TOP OF THE WEEK I 1 in which programing may well be king." continue to expand and such new media as On the other hand, the chaiman warned: "A world in which direct broadcast satellites and mega- capac- "Not so fast." First, "you must discern the cable can refuse to ity fiber threaten to join the ranks of viable broad outlines, at least, of the industry video options. structure likely to emerge from the rapidly carry your signal Patrick offered these principles for his changing marketplace. And then you must while the audience's consideration: (1) maintain a choose the general principles by which you at sane healthy sense of skepticism about the utility propose to compete within that new world." time enjoying a right of federal government regulation; (2) identi- The good news, according to Patrick, is fy the basic ground rules necessary to insure that the "really big winners from growth and to carry any signal it that you will enjoy a fair opportunity to competition in the TV industry will be those pleases is, quite compete in this new world, and be consis- who promote and create programs," as op- tent and vigorus in defense of those rules posed to those who operate the distribution simply, intolerable." (among them, intellectual property rights facilities. The bad news, the chairman said, and freedom of contract), and (3) question is that least -common -denominator program- doesn't make the general viewer more at- old assumptions in light of the myriad mar- ing won't work as it did, and that, moreover, tractive to the advertisers." ket changes to date. (Patrick reminded his the narrowcast options "raise the level of And the evolution hasn't stopped, the Hollywood audience of the lack of enthusi- interest it takes to attract the marginal view chairman noted. The picture will only get asm with which the produciton community to a standard broadcast show. But that more complicated as existing technologies first welcomed television itself.)

Luncheoners. First row, I to r: Jack Valenti, Motion Picture Association of ation of Broadcasters, and FCC Commissioner James H. Quello.

America; Rupert Murdoch, 20th Century Fox; Robert Daly, blamer Bros. Second row, I to r: Michael Garin, Lorimar Telepictures; Tom Herwitz, Inc.; Doug Duitsman, ATAS president and Warner Bros. Television; FCC Fox Television Stations; Ward L. Quaal, Ward L. Quaal Co.; Lucie Salhany, Chairman Dennis Patrick; Charles Fries, Fries Distribution Co.; Sid Shein- Paramount; Derk Zimmerman, Fox Television Stations; Larry Grossman, berg, MCA; Barry Diller, Fox Broadcasting; Merv Adelson Lorimar NBC; Mel Harris, Paramount; Richard Frank, Disney; Cynthia Wick, 20th Telepictures; Michael Eisner, Disney; Edward O. Fritts, National Associ- Century Fox, and David Salzman, Lorimar Telepictures.

ndependents and cable industry cable operators will be beating down your advertising time and derives revenue, is square off on must carry door to carry your programing." acting with anticompetitive incentive and Cole also said that the recent appeals motive. "Broadcasters cannot just sit back Tensions between independents and the ca- court ruling that overturned the FCC must - and accept noncarriage," he said, saying ble TV industry flared Thursday with the carry rules was inevitable: "It was a case that there are limits on First Amendment mention of two words: must carry. that would have been very difficult to lose." rights. "And one of those limits is anti- USA Network President Kay Koplovitz, FCC Commissioner James H. Quello, competitive behavior," he said. saying that cable had to scrap in an unequal one of the questioners (and a staunch propo- Gerry Lenfest, president, The Lenfest playing field, told independent stations: nent of must carry who disagreed with the Group, with cable systems in Philadelphia "You don't have a birthright to be on a A/B switch portion of the FCC rule), chal- and San Francisco, said fears of broadcast- channel." lenged Cole on the court ruling. "As a ers over must carry are more imaginary than "Welcome to the competition," she said. former broadcaster, I don't agree with the real because cable operators realize that Koplovitz also said that "cable operators decision," Quello said, adding that he con- such changes are disruptive to viewers. would like to see some of the cable networks sidered the FCC rationale "flawed, but sin- He urged the NAB, NCTA and INTV to succeed as well as the stations." cere. I didn't agree with it from the start. I'm develop guidelines for cable systems, and Koplovitz was one of the panelists at a still disagreeing with it. Had they taken my suggested that cable systems and local convention session entitled "The Grand In- rationale, you would have had a little closer broadcasters work more closely. quisition" in which three government offi- fight." Dick Robertson, office of the president, cials quizzed five representatives of the John Siegel, president, KBHK -TV San Lorimar Telepictures, got a round of ap- broadcasting, production, cable and satellite Francisco, urged broadcasters to consider plause when he turned to another sensitive program service industries. challenging on anticompetitive grounds subject and said that "it's high time that John P. Cole, of Washington -based Cole, those cable operators who indiscriminantly syndex gets passed." Asked Robertson: Raywid & Braverman, agreed with Koplo- take stations off their systems. "Those theor- "Where is cable's birthright to take the sig- witz, and termed that "birthright" illusive. ies have never been used by broadcasters nal that we give to broadcast clients ?" Said Cole: "You've been conditioned to ac- and they should start to look at them," he But Cole minced few words about what cept it but you've been misled." said. he thinks will happen. "Syndex," he said, Cole told the independents to follow USA Siegel maintained that a cable company "is d-e-a-d." Network's approach. "Make your program- that takes a broadcaster off its cable system Lenfest said reimposition of syndex could ing attractive; make it desirable and the and then puts on a channel for which it sells work against independents because it will

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 38 I TOP OF THE WEEK

force cable companies to develop even more Alfred Sikes, assistant secretary of tele- ing opinions on rating must carry, compul- of their own programing. communications and information at the De- sory license, syndex and telco entry into Lenfest suggested that the industries try to partment of Commerce and head of the cable. work together, and he sought to dispell fears National Telecommunications and Informa- Lex Felker, head of the FCC's Mass Me- among independents that cable systems tion Administration, asked the panelists to dia Bureau, who substituted for ailing FCC would change their channel assignments or assess the value of cable, independents, general counsel, Diane Killory, also found eliminate established broadcast stations network affiliates and movie theaters in to- some differing opinions about an FCC ex- from cable systems: "I don't think you day's marketplace. They rated cable high- amination of whether to reimpose the 35 should put out a fire until there is a fire." est, followed by network affiliates and the- mile territorial exclusivity. As for issues like syndex, he told the aters, and then independents. While Siegel supported the right to nego- independents that "being a [Jack] Valenti As for issues that could lead to creating a tiate without any limits on territorial exclu- [president of the Motion Picture Association more level playing field, the panels all gave sivity, Robertson defended the need for of America] clone is not in your best high ratings to the controversial financial some kind of territorial limit. "It's just fair interest." interest and syndication rules, but had vary- value for our product," he said.

L to r: Felker, Sikes, Quello, Fritts L to r: Cole, Lentest, Koplovitz, Robertson, Siegel Suppliers say they face adopting new marketing strategies. Price were three and five years ago. They may tough couple of years ahead "stability" is the phrase some suppliers are never be achieved again." now using to indicate their efforts to keep Why? "Because station owners realize it's Program syndicators at last week's INTV program prices flat and to suggest they are ok to be number two." Brown said that convention said they believe prices for their sensitive to complaints from stations that many independents will be free to build up products have peaked. Nevertheless, the prices are too high. new inventory by the end of 1989. "Thank soft independent program marketplace is Some suppliers are also selling programs goodness we have movie packages" to get likely to continue as stations amortize the more aggressively to network affiliates to through the lean years, he said. (New World costs of previously purchased products over fill the void left by independents. introduced at INTV a new package of 18 the next several years. Among those is Columbia Pictures Tele- recent releases which include films such as Syndicators seemed reasonably satisfied vision (CPT). "We are broadening our "Wanted Dead or Alive," "Death before with the traffic at their suites, located on base," said Barry Thurston, CPT president, Dishonor" and "Soul Man. ") three floors of the Century Plaza hotel in domestic syndication. "Afiliates have taken Brown said New World was also aggres- Los Angeles. But they also reported coming a major step into the independent [program] sively marketing its one new off -network to the show with low expectations, as the business," he said, noting that about 75% of program, Highway to Heaven to affiliates to soft marketplace that began in earnest last the stations acquiring CPT's Who's the Boss? compensate for the lack of independent sta- year continues. And those expectations ap- are affiliates, while more than 90% of the tion buyers. He noted that affiliates in such peared to be fulfilled. stations picking up The Cosby Show from markets as Minneapolis; Spokane, Wash.; As a group, independent stations have Viacom are affiliates. Albuquerque, N.M., and Phoenix, Ariz., been paying the steepest program prices in Thurston added that he expects that affili- have picked up the program now cleared in television history in recent years. Those ates will continue to acquire off -network about 25 markets. costs, coupled in many cases with heavy comedies coming down the pipeline, includ- Without question, said Brown, program debt loads for station acquisitions, have de- ing the next two that CPT will offer: 227 and syndication is currently a "buyers' market. pleted the cash reserves of independents. Designing Women. They need us and we need them. But in The money needed to invest in new pro- Thurston insisted that CPT had not "for- 1988 we need them a little more." graming simply is not there, station execu- saken" independents with its efforts to sell to Dick Cignarelli, executive vice president, tives and syndicators both reported last affiliates. Independents, he said, are "still MGM Television Distribution, cited further week. the lifeblood of syndicators." But when in- evidence of the current buyers' market. He According to Charles Edwards, INTV dependents reach saturation point, in a pro- said that stations were demanding and re- chairman and executive vice president and graming sense, said Thurston, "We will look ceiving more flexible and shorter length general manager, KTVT(TV) Fort Worth, sta- to affiliates and cable networks... We have contract terms for weekly first -run shows. tions will continue to amortize the costs of to recognize we have pressures on us to Typically, he said, syndicators would re- pricy programs bought two years ago or maximize revenues at the same time inde- quire stations to commit to a full year's longer, over the next two years before they pendents say they don't have money" to worth of episodes, running barter spots for are able to afford much that is new from spend on new programs. the full term, even if they pulled the show distributors. Thurston and other distribution execu- early. Now, said Cignarelli, stations are fre- "It is up to the stations to try to help [the tives said last week prices are now starting quently asking for the right to pull out of program suppliers] survive," said Edwards to come down for all but the hottest so- first -run programs after 26 weeks without last week. "We have to help them see the called "must- have" programs such as a the obligation to run future barter spots. world as it is today," he said, adding that Cosby. Barter programs may be one syndicated programers must realize stations cannot According to Tony Brown, senior vice form that makes sizeable gains next year, continue to pay huge increases for product president, New World Television Syndica- according to Larry Gebhardt, an analyst that suppliers were getting a few years ago. tion, stations will have a much better adver- with Paul Kagan Associates. Gebhardt said "Those days are over," he said. tising sales year in 1988 than they had last that the national spot market should benefit Syndicators, acutely aware of the fact that year. "But we in distribution won't feel the from spill -over demand for Olympics and many independent stations simply do not effects until 1989. It's up to us to survive. election -year advertisers this year, and may have the money to buy new programs, are You won't see the pricing levels that there climb 14% or 15%. D

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 39 TOP OF THE WEEK f Court tells cable to up copyright ante

District court is reversed nais, regardless of the tier of service in- revenues had increased and that nonbroad- and Copyright Office upheld in volved (BROADCASTING, Aug. 4, 1986). cast tiers had been collapsed into broadcast interpretation of `gross receipts' But NCTA's position, said the appeals tiers following rate deregulation in January as fees for all services court panel, in the opinion written by Judge 1987. Both of those developments, she said, Laurence H. Silberman, "would allow cable would boost royalty payments. So the total The motion picture industry last week won a companies to assign monetary values to to be paid, she said, would probably be significant victory in its ongoing battle with nonbroadcast programing that is combined "more than $100 million." Other sources cable television interests over the amount of with broadcast programing in a mixed tier estimate the total will be about $120 copyright fees cable systems pay for the and to exclude those amounts from gross million. programing they carry. A three -judge panel receipts." That approach, he said, "reads Still, the appeals court decision is not of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington 'basic service' out of the statute." And by likely to shake the foundations of the cable held that the Copyright Office had been "emphasizing only the delivery of discrete industry. The Copyright Office is expected correct-and a U.S. district court in error - stations," he added, "this reading ignores to order cable systems to pay the higher in interpreting the term "gross receipts" as the clear implication of the phrase 'basic rates now validated by the appeals court used in the 1976 Copyright Act. The deci- service' that cable services are typically pro- retroactively to the time of the district court sion, say cable industry sources, could mean vided in packages." decision. But most cable systems have been a doubling of the $60 million cable systems The panel, on which Judges Spottswood setting aside funds in escrow accounts paid in 1986 into the royalty pool adminis- Robinson III and Ruth B. Ginsburg sat with against such a possibility. "We had expected tered by the Copyright Office. Silberman, also rejected the interpretation that this case would not prevail, "said Robert The reaction of spokesmen for the two put forward by Cablevision, one contrary to Clasen, president of Comcast Cable. "We're industries reflect their antagonism over the NCTA's view. Cablevision said "`basic ser- fully accrued for whatever our obligation issue. James Mooney, president of the Na- vice' is a well- defined term of art meaning is." tional Cable Television Association, said the the first or lowest tier." But a necessary And, despite Mooney's assertion that the decision "will cause cable copyright fees to consequence of that interpretation, said Sil- decision would put "upward pressure on increase by 100% and that can't help but put berman, is that all the language that follows subscriber rates," it was not clear last week upward pressure on subscriber rates. Holly- is "superfluous." Indeed, he wrote, since such would be the case. Robert S. Lemle, wood's victory is really at the expense of the Cablevision would include in "basic ser- general counsel of Cablevision, said the consumer." Jack Valenti, president of the vice" anything the systems choose, the company had no immediate plans to in- Motion Picture Association of America, phrase "of providing secondary transmis- crease rates- although he noted that recalled that statement "fatuous, laughable sions of primary broadcast transmitters" mained an option. Clasen said Comcast and terribly wrong." He quoted a report "could actually contradict 'basic servi- would not increase rates. Sam Attolico, gen- saying that subscriber fees had risen 22.3% ce,' "even though it would seem to serve the eral manager of Post -Newsweek's Sioux "in the face of decreased copyright royalty purpose of explaining that term. City, Iowa, system, said the company fees, huge discounts gouged out of pro- "The Copyright Office's regulation is thus "would take the hit" and not pass it along to gramers and tremendous cash flow increases the interpretation before us that best ac- subscribers. in cable systems." The fee restoration or- counts for the statutory language," said Sil- But the appeals court decision will not go dered by the court, Valenti added, "repre- berman. At another point, looking at the unnoticed. Attolico said the 18,000 -sub- sents less than one half of one percent of regulation more positively, he said that "in- scriber systems's payments will jump from [cable's] total revenues." Those revenues in cluding all revenues from any separately between $10,000 and $12,000 a year to 1986 totaled $10.4 billion. priced tier that contains one or more broad- between $20,000 and $30,000. And he said However, Valenti's expression of satisfac- cast stations is a convenient, indeed perhaps the higher rates would put out of reach the tion with the appeals court decision -"It's a the only reasonable, way of computing two signals the system had hoped to add. good feeling to know that reasonable regula- gross receipts that ensures a revenue base Attolico, for one, believes, or hopes, the tions of the Copyright Office have been large enough to perform the function Con- decision will be appealed. confirmed" -may be premature. Mooney gress intended - reimbursing copyright The decision leaves open the possibility said the NCTA board will decide at its meet- owners." that operators could retier systems and place ing on Jan. 25 whether to take an appeal to Silberman also said "the reasonableness the broadcast signals on a single tier. That the Supreme Court. The MPAA and its eight of the regulation" is supported by the ability would reduce the overall revenue figure on member production companies were defen- it affords cable systems "to control their own which the copyright payments are made. dants in the suit. destiny." He said a company could "segre- But since deregulation, most operators have The case grows out of complaints of Cab - gate all its secondary transmissions into a been combining tiers and simplifying their levision Systems Development Co. and the single tier and thus avoid including in gross program lineups. Cable operators have NCTA regarding the Copyright Office's de- receipts any revenues from cable- originated spent the last two years educating subscrib- termination that the term "gross receipts," as programing." ers on the tier and channel realignments on used in the Copyright Act, includes fees for Besides reversing the lower court on the their systems and it is unlikely they would all services, including nonbroadcast, if they "gross receipts" issue, the appeals court undertake further, sometimes confusing are provided on a tier with broadcast sig- reversed and sent back to the district court changes, in order to lower copyright pay- nals. The interpretation is crucial because its dismissal of the motion picture compan- ments. Comcast's Clasen and Cablevision's the cable systems' fees are based on a per- ies' counterclaims for copyright infringe- Lemle said neither company planned any centage of "gross receipts from subscribers ment against Cablevision. Silberman said tier realignment in order to reduce ...for the basic service of providing secon- the appeals court was unsure of the basis for payments. dary transmissions of primary broadcast the dismissal and was unwilling to consider In theory, however, with the FCC's must - transmitters." the issue of liability without a full record. carry rules overturned by the courts a second The district court in August 1986 rejected An NCTA spokesperson said estimating time, higher payments for distant signals the Copyright Office's interpretation as in- with precision the effect of the decision on and the possible reinstatement of syndicated consistent with congressional intent. The the royalty payments cable systems would exclusivity, operators may review the distant court, endorsing NCTAs position, directed make was difficult. She said that payments broadcasts signals they carry. "I don't know the Copyright Office to limit its definition of had dropped from $100 million to $60 mil- what our plans would be," said Lemle, the term to revenues received for the retrans- lion following the district court's decision 18 about dropping signals, but "it is certainly a mission of local and distant broadcast sig- months ago. But she also noted that cable possibility."

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 M TOP OF THE WEEK Fox, affiliates look for answers in L.A. FBC executives tell affiliates of $40 million prime time programing revamp; cancel 'Wilton North Report'; Planned expansion into 10 p.m. time slot draws criticism, some promises of preemptions from stations protective of local news

Jamie Kellner, president of Fox Broadcast- ing Co., wanted to start his speech to more than 100 affiliates with a joke. But looking around the room, he could see that no one at the second annual FBC affiliates meeting was much in the mood for laughter. The affiliate body, which met last Tuesday (Jan. 5) at the Century Plaza hotel in Los Angeles, was concerned that the incipient network had failed to make a dent over the Kellner Ancier Diller past few months with its new Saturday night executive officer of the TVX Broadcast cern about FBC's chances of becoming lineup. And FBC's latest late night endeav- Group, called the program "terrible televi- true fourth network, with three prime timt or, a four -week -old hybird known as The sion." When asked his recommendation, hours to fill each night. Many of the samt Wilton North Report, was both a critical and McDonald said, "Let's take it off the air." stations that are complaining also have new: ratings disaster. Pre- emptions were the talk McDonald stressed, however, that affili- at 10 p.m. weeknights. of the breakfast meeting; Kellner and other ates definitely want a late night program. He Diller acknowledged that Fox is likely tt Fox executives there, including studio own- said Fox has proved that late night is viable, encounter preemptions "for a period o er Rupert Murdoch and Chairman Barry adding, "I made money with The Late Show" time," but he insisted that will change if tilt Diller, knew that straight talk was the order both during Joan Rivers time and later with entertainment fare delivers sizeable ratings of the day. Hall." "It's going to work, those places will con Kellner outlined the problems, and then The future of producer Barry Sand, whom form," he said. "It's an evolutionary process Garth Ancier, FBC's president of program- Fox hired away from NBC's Late Night with (that is) going to take time." ming, discussed the proposed remedy: the David Letterman last summer to revamp the Despite the problems Fox has exper investment of more than $40 million ($24 program, remained unclear late last week. ienced on Saturday nights -and less that million for Saturday alone) on prime time FBC officials would only say matters re- universal enthusiasm over the prospects fo programming improvements, including the mained to be worked out, although some the new programs designed for that night- addition of the critically acclaimed It's affiliate members speculated that Sand, who McDonald said the affiliate board passec Garry Shandling's Show to the schedule at 9 reportedly has a three -year contract with another resolution ensuring the board wil p.m. on Sunday, March 6; a spinoff of 21 Fox, would produce another late night pro- do eveyrthing in its power to persuade affili Jump Street; and a Charlie's Angels remake gram for FBC with Hall likely to serve as ates to hang tough in the daypart. "It's one o titled Angels '88 from Aaron Spelling. host. my contributions to the investment of Fox FBC executives decided the Shandling Although some affiliates viewed the Fox but news is different," he said. show, which will continue to appear on moves as positive steps, others had their Prior to the affiliate meeting, eight sta Showtime first for an exclusive 30 -day win- doubts. KPTV(TV) Portland, Ore., , one of tions threatened to boycott the Saturda; dow, would be the ideal vehicle for Fox to two Chris -Craft -owned affiliates of Fox that night lineup. One affiliate, woFL(TV) Orlan expand to three hours of prime time pro- are negotiating new contracts, is consider- do, Fla, was the only station to boycott tht graming on Sundays. The Tracey Ullman ing dropping its affiliation with the program- daypart so far. But WAYK(TV) Orlando ha: Show would be pushed to 10 p.m., with a ming service entirely, according to Martin expressed an interest in taking over the Ft)) second half -hour series in development slat- Brantley, general manager. lineup, with the short- spaced station hopinf ed to begin this fall or in January 1989. The threat of defections from Fox was to merge with another short- spaced statiot Fox programers hope to counter the mov- addressed by Kellner, who urged stations, and cover the market with two signals. ies on the three networks at 9 p.m. Sundays, especially the weaker UHFs, to consider Ancier, along with other Fox officials although NBC Entertainment President affiliation as insurance against being called Saturday a "disappointing" night.' Brandon Tartikoff has expressed a desire dropped from a cable system under the The programs, he said, "simply are not gooc eventually to launch series programming in lapsed must -carry rules. enough." Fox needs to differentiate itsel the time period because of the success of Most of the dissention, however, involves from the other networks to succeed, he said Family Ties at 8 p.m. Fox's plan to cut into the 10 p.m. hour, when The new Saturday schedule moves Boy. Later in the day, in an acrimonious about 20% of the 123 Fox affiliates in major will be Boys (formerly Second Chance) fron closed -door session during which several markets run local news. 9:30 p.m to 8 p.m. on Jan. 16; with affiliates hurled insults at FBC program- Commenting on the possible expansion of revised version of Women in Prison at 8:30 ming chief Garth Ancier, Fox cancelled Wil- prime time programming on Sundays, Jim and a run of 13 new hour episodes of Tht ton North, effective Jan. 8. It will be re- Boaz, vice president and general manager of Dirty Dozen at 9 p.m. beginning in April. placed with reruns beginning tonight (Jan. TVX station WTAF -TV Philadelphia, said any Angels 88 will be ready for fall, where i 11) of its predecessor in the time slot, The attempt by Fox to preempt the news will be can be used as a backup program for Satur Late Show, with Arsenio Hall. Wilton North rejected out -of-hand by the affiliates. "We days or anchor a new night of programing had garnered less than a one rating since it will fight, fight, fight, and then we'll pre- Ancier said. FBC officials have said the debuted after a two -week delay in Decem- empt," he said. "We have established that delayed their ambitious plans for launchinf ber, faring even worse than its low rated franchise." a third night of prime time programing unti predecessor. McDonald stressed that the news is effec- they can shore up Saturdays. In a meeting a day earlier, the affiliate tive counter programing and said Fox should The new Sunday schedule will include 2. board of governors had voted to recommend not interfere with it. He called the FBC Jump Street at 7 p.m.; Werewolf, 8 p.m. to the general affiliate body that Wilton move "myopic at best." Married with Children, 8:30 p.m.; Shan North be cancelled. Affiliate board chari- The opposition over an expansion of pro- dung, 9 p.m.; Duet, 9:30 p.m. and Ullman man Tim McDonald, president and chief graming into news periods has raised con- at 10 p.m..

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 41 TOP OF THE WEEK Hollings, Kennedy stir up hornet's nest over crossownership Inclusion in bill of prohibition Herald and Post in leading the verbal assault in Murdoch's $2.2- billion purchase of Me- against waiver that would force against Hollings and Kennedy. At Moyni- tromedia in 1986. He bought WFXT-TV from Murdoch to sell stations or papers han's hearing, he said: "The Kennedy -Holl- CBN for $28 million, also in 1986. in New York and Boston has media, ings bill has defamed our legislative process As the critics suggested, the insertion of other congressmen up in arms and undermined our freedom of the press.... the language into the spending bill was done The overriding issue is not whether you like with the knowledge of only a handful of key By quietly inserting a few sentences into a the Post and Boston Herald. The issue is members of the Senate and House appropri- massive spending bill just prior to its pas- whether or not we are going to stand by and ation committees. Moynihan and D'Amato sage, Senators Ernest Hollings (D -S.C.) and allow our freedom of the press to be were not among them. Ted Kennedy (D- Mass.) precluded Rupert abridged and abrogated by veiled manipula- At an open forum in Lexington, Mass., Murdoch (or anyone else) from acquiring tions in the back rooms of Congress." last Tuesday, Kennedy acknowledged that permanent ownership of a television station Much of the political rhetoric was echoed he had the language inserted into the bill and newspaper in the same market. on the editorial pages of such newspapers as quietly so that Murdoch would not have a But the senators are now having to cope The Washington Post, The New York Times, chance "to block the legislation with a fili- with efforts to knock the sentences out as The Wall Street Journal and Murdoch's New buster." Hollings told the Times the New well as with protests from fellow lawmak- York Post and Boston Herald. Like Moyni- York Senators were left in the dark because ers, major newspapers and supporters of han and D'Amato, The Washington Post, the measure only affected Murdoch's Boston Murdoch's New York Post and Boston Her- Times and Journal objected to Kennedy's crossownership situation. ald -the two papers directly and immediate- and Hollings's tactics as much as anything. Kennedy, at the Lexington forum, and ly affected by the measure. Hollings, in the Times story, also acknowl- Upset by Hollings' and Kennedy's tactics edged that Murdoch was the target of the in winning passage of the measure prevent- measure. Kennedy said a front -page editori- ing the FCC from loosening its 12- year-old al in the Herald condemning his action television -newspaper crossownership re- missed the "fundamental question -whether strictions (BROADCASTING, Dec. 28, 1987) the owner of the Herald is entitled to be the and fearing it may lead to the closing of only newspaper publisher in America who Murdoch's financially troubled Post, New can buy a television station and obtain an York Senators Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) exemption to keep his newspaper under the and Alfonse D'Amato (R) vowed last week antitrust laws." to seek new legislation to strike down the The Herald's complaint "about us slip- Hollings- Kennedy initiative as soon as Con- ping a last- minute amendment through Con- gress reconvenes. D'Amato said he would gress" is only half the story, Kennedy said. attach a countermeasure to the first "appro- "Rupert Murdoch was doing something very priate" piece of legislation that moves. similar at the FCC -his lawyers have been At a "public hearing" in New York last hard at work using his own special week arranged by Moynihan to air the cross - influence to get an exemption he doesn't ownership issue, Moynihan said he would deserve, so he can keep both his newspapers do what he could on Capitol Hill to restore and his broadcasting stations in Boston and the FCC power to grant waivers to the New York. And he might well have got his crossownership ban. But he later told report- way-if Senator Hollings and I hadn't done ers that a quick legislative fix is a long shot. Koch with reporters something about it." "If one person in the Senate really does not Said the Journal on Jan. 2: "This furtive During his Crossfire interview, Murdoch want this to be repealed, it will not be operation stinks to Ouagadougou of a ty- denied that he was seeking an extension of a repealed," he said. rant's way of shutting down critical waiver or a permanent waiver. "Legal and In the wake of Hollings- Kennedy, Mur- newspapers." political advice in Washington was that we doch's News America Corp., which holds Hollings, at the suggestion of Kennedy, were going to get no joy from the FCC at the affected papers, is gearing up to win attached the anti- crossownership language all...that they were not going to lift a finger crossownership waivers it needs to hang on to a catch -all spending bill late on Monday, to help me or anybody else or do anything to stations and newspapers in Boston and Dec. 21, just before it was passed and sent further." New York. Lawrence Kessler, vice presi- to the White House for President Reagan's Murdoch also told his Crossfire hosts that dent, general counsel, News America, said signature. The language prevents the FCC he would not sell the profitable Herald. If he last Friday it will ask the FCC for the waiv- from taking any steps to modify or repeal its had to, he said, he would sell the Boston ers. If the FCC rejects the request because of 12- year-old ban against the formation of any television station "for about what we paid Hollings- Kennedy, he said, News America new television -newspaper crossownership for it.... "We're keeping the Boston Herald will go to court seeking to overturn Holl- situations or to grant waivers or extension of in spite of Senator Kennedy." ings-Kennedy on constitutional grounds and waivers to the ban. Because WNYw-TV New York is a key asking for a stay of the measure while the For the most part, the Hollings -Kenneday affiliate of Murdoch's fledgling Fox iblevi- suit is pending. measure is consistent with Hollings' past sion Network, Murdoch said he plans to sell Appearing on CNN's Crossfire last Thur- efforts. Indeed, he and Senate Communica- the New York Post instead of the station. day, Murdoch agreed with co -host Buchan- tions Subcommittee Daniel Inouye (D -Ha- Murdoch stopped short of agreeing with an that the the Hollings- Kennedy effort waii) introduced codifying legislation last Buchanan's suggestion that if the FCC could backfire, that because of the outcry he year, but it never got out of the subcommit- forced Murdoch to sell the station, he would might have a better shot at getting additional tee. What is new are the prohibitions against be forced to close the paper because it is waivers. "We hope so very much and we waivers and extension of waivers. As Ken- losing money [more than $1 million a month certainly are going to try to move in that nedy and Hollings have now acknowledged, by most estimates] and "nobody is going to way," he said. "We will now be applying to the extra language was aimed at forcing buy a losing proposition. I'm not optimistic the FCC, we will be going through the Murdoch to sell either the Boston Herald or it can be sold, and, of course, this whole courts, and we will, of course, be support- wFXT--Tv Boston. process has greatly damaged the Post and ing the legislation efforts to return, to over- Under current waivers, Murdoch has until our ability to sell it," Murdoch said. "But turn the...Kennedy -Hollings amendment." March 6 to sell either the Post or WNYW -TV I'm not going to say it's going to close. I'm New York Mayor Ed Koch, who is a New York and until June 30 to sell either the trying very hard today to sell the Post and to favorite of the New York Post, joined the Herald or WFXT-TV. WNYw -TV was included comply." o

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SOURCE: NSS/SON IGAA RATING I ftAflAS FAMILY A JOE HAMILTON PRODUCTION 620/ HDTV production standard approved FCC committee holds inaugural With the production standard work be- AMST's Greg DePriest, who attended the meeting: discusses funding, hind it, the ATSC's technology group on Dec. 16 meeting, told the steering commit- personnel and voting procedures HDTV will now focus on transmission is- tee that among the matters discussed there sues. "I really believe that we are perfectly was a proposal to invite representatives from There was progress toward future high -defi- free and unfettered now in our choice of a the governments of Canada and Mexico to nition television production and transmis- transmission system," Henry said. "This take part in the ATV process. DePriest sion in Washington last week. The long - vote on the production standard does not in serves as co- chairman of the planning sub- awaited results of a vote by the Advanced any way limit us." committee with the National Cable Televi- Television Systems Committee on the pro- The ATV steering committee "will not sion Association's Wendell Bailey. posed 1,125 -line, 60 -hertz HDTV produc- make the substantive decisions. That's for Working party meetings, which are run tion system were released with the standard the advisory committee," said Richard Wi- more informally than subcommittee meet- being approved by a vote of 26 for, 11 ley, former FCC chairman and partner in the ings, are not required to be announced in the against and eight abstaining. Meanwhile, Washington law firm, Wiley, Rein & Field- Federal Register. Wiley said that anyone the steering committee of the FCC's ad- ing. Wiley, who chairs the overall ATV interested in attending them should contact vanced television (ATV) advisory commit- committee, said the steering committee will the Mass Media Bureau's Bill Hassinger for tee met for the first time to work out organi- instead serve to coordinate the activities of time and place. Smaller task forces and zational details and clear the way for the the three ATV subcommittees which will other informal groups within the working three ATV subcommittees to begin work on send reports and recommendations to the parties will also operate on an informal technical reports to the commission. "blue ribbon" advisory committee. Sitting basis. The newly approved ATSC production with Wiley for the first meeting of the steer- Wiley stressed to the committee and the standard sets the specifications for HDTV ing committee last Tuesday, Jan. 5, in the audience that there is still time for interested video equipment, including the scanning FCC meeting room were the chairmen and experts "to come, get involved and be ac- parameters of 1,125 lines, 60 hertz field rate vice chairmen of the three subcommittees as tive." Said Flaherty: "It's neither too early and 16:9 aspect ratio, based on the system well as FCC representatives including Mass nor too late ...we do need a broadly based developed by Japan's NHK. It was docu- Media Bureau Chief Alex Felker. group of experts." Organizations from the mented by the Society of Motion Picture and The meeting dealt solely with orgainza- advertising industry and other sectors of the Television Engineers at the request of ATSC tional details involving personnel, funding economy had contacted him in recent and others and is identical to a document and voting procedures. In the future, Wiley weeks, Wiley said, to complain they were approved last summer by ATSC's Japanese said, the steering committee will address unrepresented or underrepresented on the counterpart, the Broadcasting Technology fewer organizational issues and deal more ATV committee. The best way for them to Association. with the substantive issues of HDTV. Al- have an impact on "the decisions that are The standard will now be submitted to the though a date was not set, he said that a going to be made is to show up and partici- American National Standards Institute. meeting should be set for the end of this pate in the working groups," Wiley said. Since 1985 it has been the basis for the U.S. month to make decisions on questions raised Information on how to join a group, he said, State Department's position before the Con- at last Tueday's meeting. could be obtained through Hassinger or the sultative Comminttee on International Ra- Reporting the progress of the planning individual working party chairmen. dio, the organization presently considering a subcommittee was its chairman, Joseph Fla- An idea proposed by Wiley to broaden the worldwide production standard. herty, vice president and general manager, representation was to add another vice chair- ATSC Chairman E. William Henry had CBS operations and engineering, who said man to each working party. Among several extended the deadline for the mail -in ballot- his group is "still in the organizational names proposed for the positions include ing on the production standard vote by one stage." He said it was slowed somewhat by Bob Niles of ABC, consultant Jules Cohen week to accommodate the Association of schedule conflicts during the holiday sea- and NBC's Merrill Weiss. "We have tended Maximum Service Telecasters. AMST son. The planning committee is responsible to stay away from proponents [of particular failed to gather a quorum at a meeting of its for developing the first set of recommenda- HDTV transmission systems, such as NBC] executive committee before the original tions to the blue ribbon committee which for titled positions," Wiley said, but indicat- Dec. 31 deadline, prompting Henry to move will send them to the FCC by May 17. That ed they would not necessarily be excluded. it to Jan. 6. With AMST's ballot received, report will deal with possible actions the Weiss, managing director, systems engi- all 45 companies polled responded. FCC should take to reserve spectrum for neering for NBC, New York, was proposed ATSC last week had not yet decided terrestrial broadcasters to air in HDTV. for the position of vice chairman of the whether to release the votes made by each The full planning committee met for the implementation subcommittee's working organization. AMST and the National Asso- first time last month in Washington where party on transaction scenarios by implemen- ciation of Broadcasters, however, an- the chairmen of the six working parties were tation Chairman James J. Tietjen of the nounced that they had voted against the new announced (BROADCASTING, Dec. 14, David Sarnoff Research Center. standard. 1987). At the steering committee meeting, Irwin Dorros of Bell Communications "I think there were two positive results Flaherty announced the dates for the first Research, chairman of the systems subcom- from this vote," Henry said. "First it shows working party meetings which will be held mittee, said his group "is a month or two that there is widespread support for the throughout January. About 90 individuals behind the planning subcommittee by de- 1,125/60 parameters as a bona fide HDTV had signed up to participate in the working sign since so much of their output is our production standard." And second, he said, groups by last week, with the group study- input." He announced that the first meeting companies worried that the new standard ing spectrum utilization and alternatives of the subcommitee would be Monday after- would not be friendly with the National chaired by Dale Hatfield of Dale Hatfield & noon, Jan. 25, at the FCC meeting room. A Television Systems Committee standards Associates, Boulder, Colo., having the second meeting is tentatively set for April now in use, have, by their no votes and highest total so far at 20. The next meeting 16 in Las Vegas, to coincide with the end of abstentions, demonstrated that concern to of the planning committee is set for Jan. 26. the National Association of Broadcasters foreign manufactures. "That may also have The Hatfield group was the only one of convention there. Dorros also announced a positive benefit," he said. the six that had already met, Flaherty said. the chairmen of the four systems working

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Among the most watched the diary methodology." type of after -school program, 45% percent "While all viewing is somewhat misre- activity for of children polled named sitcoms with ported in diaries, the viewing of indepen- young stars; 42% named unisex animation dent stations is significantly underreported children with human stars; 37% named unisex ani- relative to affiliate stations," said Dr. Jay mation with animal stars; 24% named boy - Magidson of Statistical Innovations, Inc., in Traditional afternoon television broadcast- oriented action animation; 21% named girl - Belmont, Mass., who was commissioned to ing faces growing competition from other oriented animation. Among girls, animated do the study. activities (including VCR and cable view- program numbers drop significantly among Magidson analyzed more than two mil- ing); young viewers may be maturing away the 9- to 11- year-olds, a group that appears lion viewing records provided by A.C. Niel- from animation faster than in the past, and to favor soap operas, court shows, talk sen for all affiliate and independent stations the look -alike qualities of afternoon shows, shows, game shows and sitcoms. Nine -to- in five metered markets over four sweep as well as poor production quality and too 11- year-old boys, although maintaining periods from May 1985 through February many repeats, may be hurting viewership, their loyalty to boy -oriented dramatic ani- 1986. The results were then validated according to "The Dynamics of Children's mation and unisex animation, also reported against May 1987 data from all Nielsen After-School Television Viewing," an MIE increased viewing (over their younger coun- metered markets. Marketing presentation to the 15th annual terparts) of the more adult programs, espe- INTV President Preston Padden said the INTV convention in Los Angeles last week. cially court shows and sitcoms with and study shows clearly that "improvement in Although the research indicates viewer without young stars. (Six- to 8 -year-old this seriously flawed and outdated method- slippage as well as competition for chil- boys reported the lowest adult program ology, is, therefore, essential to independent dren's after -school time from such activities viewing and the highest animated program stations." as playing outside and at home, doing viewing.) INTV said the study was commissioned homework and reading, watching TV still In any case, the study concludes, "adult to identify the variables associated with dia- falls into the number-one slot as the most programing is impinging on child viewing in ry misreporting and to develop a calibration frequently mentioned after-school activity the afternoon, especially among older method that adjusts diary ratings to remove (80 %), with playing outside second (63 %). girls." Children's responses to questions systematic differences between diary and And among the good news for broadcasters: concerning the appropriateness of program- meter ratings at the household level. Even a majority (74 %) of children with ing to their age group also point to the Magidson, who termed the results consis- cable television in their homes reported growing sophistication-or at least self -content and significant, found that since diary watching "regular TV" on the previous sciousness-of young viewers. Although misreporting "is constant across markets afternoon. over 85% of child respondents found all the and can be predicted from program, station The study, aimed at answering questions adult program categories "appropriate for and household characteristics, it is possible about the position of TV in children's week- their age or older," fewer than 50% of them to calibrate diary ratings to adjust for day activities and the possible causes of found any of the animated types of programs misreporting." slippage in after- school viewing, was con- appropriate to their age or older. Magidson concluded that increasing the ducted in 12 major markets in the East, The second half of the study focused on percent of total dairy ratings that are within Midwest, South and West. Included in the responses by mothers. Among them, over one rating point of the meter level to 64% report were 502 mother -and -child pairs. half "somewhat agreed" that: many action from 52% is both "substantial and statisti- Afternoon television viewing remains cartoons are poorly made; too many after- cally significant." popular, but the data suggest growing defec- noon shows for children look alike, and For example, the study found that in both tion from traditional programing. Children 2 older children are burned out on repeat daytime and prime time the diary ratings to 8 years old remain a basically homogen- shows. Also, the mothers interviewed said, cluster well below the meter level. Howev- ous group, but children aged 9 to 11 exhibit afternoon programs exhibit a disproportion- er, once the adjustments are made, the bias increasing breakdown into segments, each ate skew toward boys. "There is still a large of the diary is reduced with ratings cluster- with its own specific programing tastes. The segment [of mothers]," the study said, "that ing more evenly around the meter level. programers and program directors, suggests tends to look down on TV...or who are INTV said that Magidson's study indi- the study, are faced with contradictory op- positive toward TV [but] express some con- cates "that using meter /diary comparisons tions if they are to continue drawing a wide cerns about the adequacy of afternoon pro- from existing metered markets is an effec- and varied audience: either to further seg- graming." But most mothers "approve of tive way to estimate viewing better in diary- ment programing, targeting age and gender afternoon television viewing and believe only markets." groups, or to go with broader appeal shows, that their children learn from TV" The report offered other findings: Viewing of independent stations is significantly underreported relative to affiliate HEALTH stations. 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Fall Arbitron report finds WHTZ had a 0.3; when combined, the stations post KTwv(FM), which premiered "The Wave" number one in New York; KPWR on top a 7.2.). (new age /light jazz and soft rock) last year, a in Los Angeles, and WGCI -FM and Rounding out the top five spots were talk format that turned out to be the talk of the WGN(AM) sharing lead in Chicago KABC(AM), 5.5; light contemporary industry, also lost ground in the 12 -plus KOST(FM), 4.5 and easy listening KJOI(FM), category this past fall, slipping from 2.7 to Hit music is the order of the day in both New 4.3. 2.3. York and Los Angeles, according to the just - Showing a marked increase from the sum- For Chicago, both urban contemporary released fall 1987 Arbitron market reports. mer book was all -news KFWB(AM), which WGCI -FM and MOR WGN(AM) tied for top Meanwhile, in Chicago, urban contempo- rose from 2.6 to 4.2. The market's other all - honors in 12 -plus metro share with 8.0. rary WGCI -FM has tied long -time MOR pow- news operation, KNX(AM), also climbed in WON fell from a 9.7 reading in the summer erhouse WGN(AM) for the top spot in 12 -plus overall share from 2.8 to 3.2. while wGCI dipped from 8.2. metro share. Arbitron's fall reports reflect Also on the rise were two of the market's The two leading stations were followed local listener surveys from Sept. 24 through rock outlets: KLOS(FM), up from 3.0 in sum- by all -news WBBM(AM) with 6.3 (the same Dec. 16, 1987. mer 1987 to 3.8 and KLSX(FM), which pro- share it had in the summer), easy listening Contemporary hit WQHT(FM) remained grams classic rock, from 3.0 to 3.6. Howev- WLOO(FM), 5.4 and urban contemporary the single most popular radio station in New er, progressive rocker KROQ(FM) dropped WBMX(FM) and album- rocker WLIJP(FM), York this past fall with a 6.0 12 -plus share, from 4.3 to 3.7. both 4.5. Monday- Sunday, 6 a.m.- midnight. Second Other stations that went up from the sum- Adult contemporary WFYR(FM) fell in place went to all -news WINS(AM) at 5.0, mer survey period include oldies KRTH -FM, overall metro share from the previous re- which inched up from 4.3 and fifth place in from 3.3 to 3.7; Spanish -language port, going from 2.9 to 2.0 while light the summer report. There was a tie for third KTNQ(AM), 2.3 to 3.0, and light contempo- contemporary WLAK(FM) rebounded from between light contemporary WLTW-FM and rary KIQQ(FM), 2.7 to 2.8. Among those on 3.3 to 3.7. The station had a 4.2 in the contemporary hit wwPR(FM) (formerly the down side were light contemporary spring. The same was true of light contem- WPU[FMI), with each outlet registering 4.7. KBIG(FM), 4.3 to 4.0; MOR KMPC(AM), 2.8 porary WCLR -FM, which moved from 2.7 to Other top market rankings include urban to 2.5; country KZLA(AM), 2.5 to 2.1, and 3.0. contemporary WRKS -FM at 4.6, talk contemporary black K)LH(FM), 2.2 to 1.8. Among the market's top 40 rockers, WOR(AM) with 4.5 , and easy listening WPAT- FM at 4.4. However, when the easy listening simul- cast of WPAT(AM), which posted a 1.6, and WPAT-FM are combined, the stations tie WHTz for first place at 6.0. All -sports WFAN(AM) dipped considerably Bullish on in the new report, going from 2.3 in the summer when it was airing New York Mets baseball -its first book since the station switched from country to sports -to 1.2. COUNTRY! Other stations that dropped from the summer book include talk WABC(AM), from 2.9 6 6 In 25 years it's the best investment to 2.4; urban contemporary WBLS(FM), 4.8 I've made. The Retail Radio Sales to 4.1; oldies WCBS -FM, 3.8 to 3.6, and Program makes all format prejudices contemporary hit/dance WQHT(FM), 4.3 to disappear. On our AM we've just signed 3.7. five new auto dealers, three on annual In the battle for the FM album rock audi- contracts. We're getting buys for which ence, both AOR WNEw -FM and its cross- we weren't before. FM town rival, classic rocker WXRK(FM), have considered Our is lost overall audience share from the pre- coming in 40 -50% over goal each vious report. WNEW went from 4.0 to 3.3 Paul Robinson month...you bet it's the best in the G country. 5 9 while WXRK fell from 3.7 to 2.8. KLZ/KKAZ\ Among the stations registering overall Denver metro share gains were all -news WCBS(AM). Already 103 of the nation's most successful C &W stations are up slightly from 3.1 to 3.2; WYNY(FM), 1.9 using the Retail Radio Sales Training Program to train their to 2.7 under its new country format; Span- new their retail ish- language WADO(AM), 1.8 to 2.4, and salespeople and dramatically increase direct light contemporary WNSR(FM), 2.8 to 2.9. revenues. Find out how they got their competitive edge! Adult contemporary WNBC(AM) held steady For your free 30- minute videotape call: from the last book with a 1.3 12 -plus metro 1- 800 -541-0505; in CA 1- 800 -548 -5511; in Canada 1- 415- 864 -2244 share. The Retail Radio Sales System In Los Angeles, the top five stations in the summer report repeated their rankings in the fall. Contemporary hit/dance KPWR(FM) Ad\/e It wiltomorrobel on yo ur maintained its number-one status from the r es v Internanono ntcUor rpo oo e 'z^ - . desk w! summer with a 7.5 overall share-up from 6.6. Landing second was contemporary hit MIS -FM at 6.9. (Contemporary hit KIIS[AMI

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 57 WYTz(FM) has gone up steadily since the in the summer to 1.8. broadcasters and consumer food product companies. spring 1987 report when it finished with a New age music pushed WNUA(FM) to a 2.7 12 -plus share. Last summer, it had a 3.5 higher overall share. WNUA went from a 1.2 y flap and in the new fall report it pulled a 3.9. in the summer (it programed classic hits as Phill dipped WBBM(FM), on the other hand, wRxR), to a 1.8. After announcing that it will cite album - slightly from the summer (4.1) to the fall All data is copyright © 1988 by the Arbi- rocker WMMR(FM) Philadelphia for "rating (3.9). Also dropping was adult contempo- tron Ratings Co. It may not be quoted or bias" during the fall 1987 rating sweeps rary wts(AM), which is co -owned with reproduced without the prior written permis- because of the station's promotion cam- wyTz. It went from 2.5 in the spring to 2.2 sion of Arbitron. D paign ( "Riding Gain," Dec. 21, 1987), Arbi- tron last week said it is issuing a similar o citation for soft contemporary wxsz(FM) there. The major difference, however, is _FL that all audience estimates for WMMR have ragmUE°a been listed "below the line" (following all other metro station results) in the Philadel- Pyramid architecture phia fall report while wxsz received only a notation on page 5B of the new Philadelphia Pyramid Broadcasting, the Medford, Mass. - market book. (WMMR also received a nota- based radio group that operates 11 stations tion on page 5B.) in six markets, has acquired Leach Re- According to Arbitron, wxsz sent out a search, a 15 year -old Princeton, N.J., market promotional mailer in October as part of its and opinion research firm headed by Owen "Frequent Listener Club" contest, which Leach, through a stock transaction. Both also requested that listeners list times when companies are privately held. Concurrent they normally listen to the station on a with the move, Frank Cody, vice president, special entry form. "The form bore certain programing, for Metropolitan Broadcast- resemblances to the format of the Arbitron ing's KTwv(FM) Los Angeles, which pro- radio listening diary," said Arbitron. "Radio station promotional materials which resem- grams "The Wave" new age/light jazz /soft Leach Cody rock format, and The Wave Network, which ble the Arbitron listening diary have the is distributed by the Satellite Music Net- quickly, revitalize national spot business potential to interfere with the objectivity of work, left both posts to join Leach ano and develop new formatic approaches that the survey process, although there is no Pyramid in forming a new unit, Cody/Leach will help us as we pursue station acquisi- clear evidence that such interference oc- Broadcast Architecture. Leach Research tions," he said. curred in this case," Arbitron said. and the new Cody/Leach Broadcast Archi- Aside from Pyramid, Leach told BROAD- "The wxsz promotion was not the same tecture will be divisions of Pyramid Broad- CASTING that Cody /Leach Broadcast Archi- kind of stringent resemblance to the Arbi- casting and will be headquartered in tecture will also solicit business from other tron diary as wMMR's promotion," said Princeton. radio stations and groups. "We will go be- Rhody Bosley, vice president of radio sales Cody/Leach Broadcast Architecture will yond consulting," he said. "We will develop and marketing for Arbitron. "The WMMR pro- be structured as a "think tank," according to creative new ideas and products [formats or motion was so close to the Arbitron diary Richard Balsbaugh, Pyramid Broadcasting answers to format problems] and provide that it could sensitize the diarykeeper," he chief executive officer. "We will deal with the specifications for implementing them," said. major questions that confront radio, includ- Leach said. Leach Research, meanwhile, The fall survey period ran from Sept. 24 ing new ways to maximize audience size will continue to provide research services to through Dec. 16, 1987.

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NBC readying for cable production

Plans are for network to provide that three "minor points" stood in the way of NBC's primary commitment to Disney Channel with children's an agreement, details of which will be re- broadcasting. program, which will return to vealed once final details of the production "If we can figure out a way to deal and to network for airing at later time deal are ironed out. grow ourselves so that we have more shows The concept of a network -produced series for the network ...then that's the ultimate NBC Productions last week was close to for cable, which has been in the works for test of success," he said. concluding a deal to supply the Disney the past several months ( "Closed Circuit," Wright, who last year proclaimed his in- Channel with a children's series that will Dec. 7, 1987), is attractive "because it terest in cable, said a number of cable net- later appear on the network schedule. The brings in an infusion of talent to NBC Pro- works and services have approached NBC program, according to Brandon Tartikoff, ductions," Tartikoff said. The programing "asking about what it would cost to develop president of the NBC Entertainment and venture, in addition to being a "sound eco- certain programing ideas." production divisions, would have a limited nomic investment," will provide first -time Wright, however, is not expecting the window on the Disney Channel, then return writers and producers the opportunity to flex preliminary discussions to produce any im- to the network either on Saturday mornings their muscles and learn the business, he mediate results. "One of the difficulties is or as a 10 a.m. weekday strip this summer. said. that the cable networks don't pay very much Tartikoff had hoped to announce the pro- Elaborating on the network's decision to for their programing. And the kind of programing venture-which could be the first venture into new programing territory, NBC graming that we would be able to develop of many such arrangements between the President Robert Wright, speaking during a for them would be much more expensive network and outside cable networks -dur- separate two-way satellite session with re- than the majority of the programing that ing NBC's portion of the Television Critics porters, said NBC's entrance into the cable they already have on the air." Association press tour last week in Los programing business is encouraging. Wright With NBC intent on boosting in -house Angeles. But he said Wednesday (Jan. 6) insisted it would help -not diminish- production for cable, Wright acknowledged

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 5A affiliates are going to be apprehensive. Responding to charges from Democratic "But, on the other hand, they all recognize Development details. NBC revealed presidential hopeful Gary Hart that the press that it's important for us to develop our own last week that Emmy Award- winner Jim has gone too far in covering the private lives talent and to make sure that we're as active Hensen will produce and star in Jim of the candidates, Grossman said that part of in the creative comunity as possible," he Hensen Presents, a one -hour series NBC's obligation to viewers is to "identify said. If NBC creates programs for other tentatively scheduled for January 1989. the character and personality of the candi- entities, he said, it "allows us to be stronger Hensen will develop new "Muppet- like" date." He said the "test" every NBC News in terms of our contacts, relationships and characters for the family show, which presidential campaign story must pass to air production capabilities" for programs in- will contain a variety of short stories, is: "Does that add to the question of what tended for the network. entertainment features, guest appear- kind of President he will make ?" Despite the network's interest in stepping ances and information. Grossman also released the topics of a up in -house production, Wright said, NBC Addressing reporters at last week's number of upcoming prime time news spe- also desires to improve its relations with the television critics press tour in Los Ange- cials and documentaries. They include: Hollywood production community. The net- les, Brandon Tartikoff, president of NBC "Homeless in America," "Women Behind work's agreement to cover the deficit financ- Entertainment, also said: the network Bars," "Stress," "Asian American Kids," ing for the new midseason series, Sonny will introduce two new prime time seri- "Islam," "The Pension Game," "American Spoon, a co- venture between Stephen J. als this summer, probably in late June, Men in the 80's" and "The Aging of Cannell Productions and NBC Productions, as part of its effort to put more original America." is one example of how the network intends programing on the air in the summer to achieve its goal, according to Wright. months; NBC Productions has as many Although the concept of a network cover- as six pilots in development, an in- `Wheel of Fortune' ing deficit financing is not new- Tartikoff crease over last season, and that of all pointed to similar arrangements for Little the shows in development for the net- still on top House on the Prairie and Punky Brewster- work next fall, 90% have demographics Wright expects to see an increase in such equivalent to ALF and L.A. Law. It's in first place again in November financing deals. He also expressed the network's Cassandra resport; 'PM Magazine' "I think there's a pattern there of ... work- commitment to The Bronx Zoo and Be- takes second place from 'Jeopardy' ing through these issues which I hope will verly Hills Buntz, two "designated hit- involve a number of other producers or ters" that will find a permanent place on The results of the November Cassandra re- number of other companies," he said. the schedule in March. port are in, with King World's Wheel of Wright called the Cannell pact "ground Fortune grabbing its 16th consecutive first - breaking," and said it shows the "sort of place finish with a 19 household rating creativity and flexibility that we want to rigorous equal time standard, but we wil (BROADCASTING, Jan. 4). That finish was demonstrate." have a sense of balance and fairness," said off slightly compared to November 1986, The day could come, Wright noted, that Grossman. "If we give 30 hours of coverage when the show had a 19.3 rating. It was seen NBC may entirely bypass studios and deal to one, we won't necessarily give 30 hours in 199 markets covering 99.3% of the coun- directly with young writers, producers, to the other. But it would get more than two try both in November 1987 and November thereby avoiding many of the costs associat- hours." 1986. ed with a major production entity.

Grossman again asks for removal of equal time rule for coverage of presidential and VP campaigns NEWS NBC News President Lawrence Grossman Flash... renewed his plea to the U.S. Congress to suspend the "equal opportunities" provision of the Communications Act for broadcast Money TALKS! coverage of the presidential and vice presidential election campaigns. Grossman said the suspension would enable the networks to 'One of our experienced retail sales produce documentaries and election specials representatives broke the monthly direct that are not now produceable because the sales record within 60 days of starting to law requires that all candidates be given use the Retail Radio Sales Training comparable access to the airwaves outside Program. For the first time in nearly 10 of hard -news broadcasts. years of broadcast sales management in Grossman made the suggestion at the Detroit, I finally feel I am giving new NBC press tour in Los Angeles last week. retail sales reps a good, solid As to the election coverage itself, he grounding said, it Jock Fritz before sending them out on the streets. was likely NBC would have more hours of General Sales Manager It's amazing coverage than in previous years. However, WXYT Radio how pumped up they are south field, after estimating the amount of coverage at this Michigan completing the course. 9 point is difficult, he said, because of the Already more than 32 of the nation's most successful Talk possibility that the Democratic convention, Radio stations are using the Retail Radio Sales Training may, "for the first time in decades," be a Program to train brokered convention. their new salespeople and dramatically If the Democrats actually determine who increase their retail direct revenues. Find out how! their nominee will be at the convention For your free 30- minute videotape call: (both Republican and Democratic conven- 1- 800 -541 -0505; in CA 1- 800 -548 -5511; in Canada 1- 415- 864 -2244 tions in recent history have been "cheerlead- The Retail Radio Sales System ing sessions" for the front -runner, Grossman / said), the networks will likely provide a lot more coverage, said Grossman. The ques- _/ It will be on our tion then becomes, he said, how much cov- Inrernotionol Incorporated desk tomorrow! erage to give the other convention, even if it is a cheerleading session. "We won't use a '

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 ee try both in November 1987 and November 89.3% of the country. prices paid for Cosby and Who's the Boss). 1986. Among access shows, Paramount's Enter- Among animated shows, the November Wheel remained in first place in the major tainment Tonight fell from a 7.5 household 1987 numbers easily demonstrated the adult demographic categories, as it was last rating in November 1986 (when it was in dominance in that programing genre of year, but was down slightly. Among all 140 markets covering 87.6% of the country) softer forms of animation. Buena Vista's women, the show was down from a 16.3 last to a 6.6 household rating in November 1987 Duck Tails was first among children, aged 2 year to a 16.1; among men, the show was (when it was in 134 markets covering 86.9% through 11, with a 12.5, followed by Co- down from a 11.7 to an 11.5, and among all of the country). lumbia Pictures Television's Real Ghostbus- adults, it was down from a 14.2 to a 13.9. Buena Vista Television's Win, Lose or ters (9.1), and DFS Program Exchange's Second place in the November 1987 Cas- Draw, syndication's highest ranking debut Dennis the Menace (8.1). sandra's belonged to Group W Television this fall, had a ninth- placed 7 household Sales' P.M. Magazine (26 markets covering ranking in the November 1987 book. Win, 24.7% of the country), with a 12.3 rating, Lose or Draw is making a move on many breaking a streak of eight consecutive sec- stations' schedules into access. ond -place finishes for King World's Jeopar- Among off-network premieres this No- Viewers to get cable dy. P.M. finished in third place last year vember, Paramount's Family Ties (172 mar- when it was in 45 markets covering 36.6% kets, covering 94% of the country) finished preview via KDNL -TV the country. At that time it was syndicated fifth with an 8 rating. Paramount's Cheers of Cable co -op buys time on independent by Group W Productions (Group W Televi- (144 markets covering 85% of the country) St. Louis station for promotional division) before it was had a 6.8. sion's syndication campaign slated for later this month moved to Television Sales (the Group W Rep executives said that despite the posi- Zèlevision division responsible for syndica- tive household and demographic numbers Six cable operators in the St. Louis area tion specials produced by the Group W for Family Ties, the show has posted disap- of have bought two three -hour prime time pro- stations, and for barter sales). pointing ratings in a number of markets. graming blocks on independent (ch. 30) With P.M.'s climb in the ratings, The Dick Kurlander, vice president of program- KDNL -TV St. Louis and will air cable pro- Show (190 markets covering ing for Petry Television, said the numbers Oprah Winfrey graming in a subscriber acquisition cam- country) fell to fourth place for Family Ties in access (outside the top 50 98.7% of the paign slated for late January. The six cable with a 10.5, but was up almost 28% in markets where off-network programing can companies putting together the effort are ratings cpmpared to last year. In November be carried in access) also have been "disap- Cencom Cable Associates, Continental had an eighth -placed 7.7, pointing," and could force a new evaluation 1986, that show Cablevision, TCI Cablevision, American when it in 131 markets covering of half -hours (especially, he said, given the appeared Cablevision, STL Cablevision and City Cable. program scoreboard The cost of "Cablevision '88" will exceed Cassandra syndicated $80,000, according John Clark Jr., vice No. of Percent president of marketing and programing for mkta Rating Share coverage Cencom Cable and president of the Cable Wheel of Fortune 199 19.0 32 99.3 Association of Greater St. Louis, formed by PM Magazine 26 12.3 21 24.7 the six companies. The co -op members and Jeopardy 189 12.1 26 98.7 cable programers will share the cost of the Oprah Winfrey Show 190 10.5 31 98.8 promotion effort. Family Ties 172 8.0 15 94.0 "What we're trying to accomplish is to People's Court 187 7.9 20 97.5 not only give viewers a cross -section sam- M *A'S *H 161 7.5 17 89.1 pling of the quality of cable programing," Donahue 186 7.4 29 98.1 said Clark, "but we've also tried to tailor the Win, Lose or Draw 128 7.0 18 74.9 cable programing to the St. Louis market." Southwest Conference Football 20 6.9 23 7.5 Indeed, parts of the preview, which runs Cheers 144 6.8 15 85.0 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 26, Entertainment Tonight 134 6.6 14 86.9 and Wednesday, Jan. 27, have a direct St. Hollywood Squares 129 6.4 15 83.5 Louis connection. Three's Company 122 6.3 14 77.9 It will be hosted by former Jeopardy host A -Team 26 6.0 13 25.0 and St. Louis native, Art Fleming, and Ca- Hee Haw 159 6.0 15 79.8 ble News Network correspondent Lynn Star Trek Next Generation 181 6.0 14 95.4 Vaughn. Tuesday's lineup begins with a two- Facts of Life 113 5.9 13 81.1 part HBO concert by Tina Turner (a native 21 Jump Street 113 5.9 9 86.0 of East St. Louis), and will be followed by New Newlywed Game 143 5.5 13 83.4 CNN's Larry King Live at 8:30 p.m. At 9 Diff'rent Strokes 91 5.3 13 65.8 p.m. the preview picks up the Financial Small Vlbnder 114 5.3 13 79.6 News Network's Fans Speak Out, which is Out Of This Vlbrld 94 5.2 11 77.0 hosted by former University of Missouri Mama's Family 148 5.1 12 87.6 graduate, Todd Donaho. It will be followed National Geographic 124 5.1 11 74.1 by the Missouri installment from wTBS(TV) Magnum, P.I. 127 5.0 14 84.0 Atlanta's Portrait of America series, hosted Married...with Children 113 5.0 7 86.0 by Hal Holbrook. Featured guests through- Judge 93 4.9 17 71.6 out that evening will include HBO's Les Big 10 Football 42 4.8 18 25.3 Read, an on -air talent; former Kansas City Gimme A Break 92 4.7 10 63.2 Chief Len Dawson; boxer Joe Frazier, and She's The Sheriff 156 4.7 10 91.7 musical performers Lesley Gore and the Divorce Court 111 4.6 16 79.2 Oak Ridge Boys. Punky Brewster 20 4.6 9 24.3 On Wednesday, a two -part Herbie Han- Superior Court 115 4.5 15 75.8 cock special will open the evening, followed Silver Spoons 63 4.4 9 56.0 by Arts & Entertainment's Slatkin: A Sym- Webster 59 4.4 10 47.0 phony, featuring the St. Louis symphony. Barnaby Jones 25 4.3 14 33.1 The preview will switch live to CNN at 9 p.m. and then switch live again to the Dis- ©Copyright 1987 by A.C. Nielsen Co. May not be quoted or reproduced without prior written permission of A.C. Nielsen Co. ney Channel at 9:15. Showtime will be featured prominently in the interstitial ele-

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 cri NBC stands 15 -0 at midseason

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1. 25.4/42 N Golden Girls 1. 26.7/42 36. 13.7/29 N Night Court 28. 16.1/31 2. 25.2/35 C Murder, She Wrote 2. 25.9/36 37. 13.5/23 A Dynasty 47. 12.3/21 3. 22132 C 60 Minutes 4. 23.6/34 38. 13.2/22 C CBS Special Movie 34. 15.2/24 4. 21.2/32 C CBS Sunday Movie 3. 24.4/36 39. 12.8/20 A Mr. Belvedere 41. 13.8/21 5. 20.8/35 N Orange Bowl 9. 19.7/32 40. 12.8/20 C Beauty and the Beast 36. 14.9/23 6. 19.8/32 N Cosby Show 5. 21.5/37 41. 12.7/21 C High Mountain Rangers' 27. 16.4/26 7. 19.6/34 N Amen 7. 21.4/35 42. 12.6/20 A Slap Maxwell Story 49. 12./19 8. 19.5/28 N My Two Dads 12. 19.2/26 43. 12./19 A I Married Dora 42. 13.1/20 9. 19.4/27 N Family Ties 6. 21.5/29 44. 12./21 C Cagney and Lacey 46. 12.3/20 10. 18.8/31 N 227 10. 19.7/31 45. 12./21 N Crime Story 54. 11.5/20 11. 18.5/29 A Growing Pains 14. 19.2/29 46. 11.8/20 A 20/20 52. 11.9/19 12. 18.4/29 A Who the Boss? 15. 18.6/29 47. 11.8/19 C Frank's Place 32. 15.4/23 13. 18.3/32 N NBC Sunday Movie 16. 18.2/32 48. 11.4/18 C Jake and the Fatman 56. 11.5/18 14. 17.5/28 N Unsolved Mysteries 13. 19.2/31 49. 11./15 A Spenser: For Hire 51. 11.9/16 15. 17.5/38 N NBC News Special 25. 16.5/28 50. 11./20 A Thirtysomething 50. 11.9/21 16. 17.5/34 N Different World 17. 18.2/33 51. 11./18 A Pursuit of Happiness 58. 11.2/17 17. 17.5/28 N Matlock 26. 16.5/25 52. 11./16 A Dolly 45. 12.8/18 18. 17128 N NBC Monday Movie 18. 17.9/28 53. 11./25 N King Orange Jamboree 43. 13./26 19. 16.9/27 N Valerie's Family 8. 19.8/30 54. 10.9/19 C Law and Harry McGraw 55. 11.5/20 20. 16.4/26 N ALF 11. 19.4/29 55. 10.5/16 A Full House 48. 12.2/18 21. 16.4/26 N Hunter 35. 15.1/23 56. 10.4/17 C Houston Knights 44. 12.9/21 22. 16.4/28 N Facts of Lite 22. 17.1/28 57. 10.2/18 A Hotel 59. 10.9/19 23. 16.3/27 A Head of the Class 37. 14.8/23 58. 10.2/16 A Buck James 60. 10.8/17 24. 15.9/29 N J.J. Starbuck 31. 15.8/27 59. 10.2/17 C Kennedy Center Honors 57. 11.3/19 25. 15.9/32 N Cheers 23. 17./32 60. 9.1/16 C West 57th 53. 11.6/20 26. 15.4/26 A Perfect Strangers 40. 13.8/22 61. 8.5/14 C China Odyssey: Empire 62. 9.3/15 27. 15.4/24 A Moonlighting 29. 16.1/25 62. 8.3/14 A Ohara 66. 8.8/14 28. 14.7/24 A Hooperman 39. 14.2/23 63. 8./15 A Sledge Hammer! 69. 7.4/13 29. 14.7/25 A Monday Night Football 38. 14.6/24 64. 7.8/12 C Houston Knights 65. 8.9/14 30. 14.4/23 C Kate and Allie 19. 17.6/27 65. 7.8/15 C Bugs Bunny's Mad World 61. 10.2/18 31. 14.4/22 C Newhart 24. 16.8/25 66. 7.4/16 A ABC Thursday Movie 63. 9.2/18 32. 14.1/22 C Designing Women 33. 15.4/24 67. 6.9/11 A ABC News Special 70. 7.1/11 33. 14./20 N Our House 20. 17.2/24 68. 6.7/11 A Sable 67. 8.2/13 34. 13.8/23 N Highway to Heaven 21. 17.2/27 69. 6.5/13 C Betty Boop Special 64. 9.2/16 35. 13.7/30 A Disney Sunday Movie 30. 16./23 70. 6./13 C CBS Special Movie 34. 15.2/24 ments on Wednesday .tight, with comedians Garry Shandling and Gallagher appearing, along with local comedians from a St. Louis club, which is part of Showtime's local comedy club programing. The St. Louis angle of the broadcast preview, said Clark, is designed both to increase viewership and showcase cable's programing variety. Clark said a similar preview in December 1986, with Cencom Heavenly! only, added over 700 subscribers to its rolls and co -op members hope to more than double that this time around. "We recognize that 6 6 I used the Retail Radio Sales to take cable from 50% to 60%, Training we will Program right away and need to add additional marketing immediately layers." brought in an said Clark. Cencom order from a private school alone counts 145,000 that was five subscribers in its four area systems, said times the size of our average Clark, and has a 50% penetration rate, simi- order. From a reluctant prospect to a lar to the co -op wide average. In addition to grateful client we got the credit for a the programing, the co -op plans to heavily 33% increase in their business. As you promote the event with local print and tune - promised, on day twelve my new AE in advertising. David Koon came in with an order for $1840.00 (21/2 William Viands Jr., vice president and General times the average). We attribute a general manager KDNL -TV, a Fox Radio 30% increase to of affiliate, Shreveport, Louisiana your program.,, said he was "enthusiastic" about the joint effort. In addition to the revenue, $6,000 per Already more than 42 of the nation's most successful Religious hour, the station enhances its public rela- and Contemporary Christian stations are using the Retail tions with the cable operators. Although the Radio Sales Training Program to train their new salespeople latter aren't selling advertising within the and dramatically increase their schedule, the preview, unlike the earlier retail direct revenues. one, will be rated. The station has sub- For your free 30- minute videotape call: 1- 800 -541 -0505; scribed to a January book and will get a in CA 1- 800 -548 -5511; in Canada 1- 415- 864 -2244 better idea of how much viewing takes The Retail Radio Sales System place. "We're a cable friendly station," Vi- said AhW-A ands. "Being a UHF station, the cable sys- Ul roc It will be on our tems have been very good to us in extending ernotionol Incorpoóted I. desk tomorrow! our reach and giving everyone a quality picture," he said. "We don't see any reason

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 R1 to be adversaries. They are not going to go plans. (Clark said the co -op will spend over become an annual event, Clark said, "Those away," Viands said. $500,000 in marketing efforts this year, with things that work we will repeat." And there Clark said the preview is an example of National Cable Month being a major push.) is a willing taker at ICDNL -TV. Said Viands: "I the "new and innovative things" the co -op Asked whether the broadcast preview will suggested they do it a couple times a year. "

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Congressmen call for critical look at cable Concern that cable may not be cated that it will hold hearings to review the The congressmen said fear that rate dere- responsive to subscribers impact of the Cable Act shortly after Con- gulation would result in "dramatic and un- prompts call for hearings gress gets back to business next month after justifiable rate increases ... appear to have the Christmas recess. Indeed, it had origin- been well- founded. Since January last year, Expressing serious concerns about the way ally scheduled hearings for last October, but many cities have experienced significant cable operators have been conducting them- they were called off because of the stock rate increases (often without appropriate pri- selves of late, 15 California congressmen market crash on Oct. 19. Markey's subcom- or notice) that have gone well beyond ac- led by Representative Douglas H. Bosco (D- mittee also has jurisdiction over financial ceptable market or inflationary adjust- Calif.) have called on the House Telecom- law and regulations. ments." munications Subcommittee to hold hearings The voicing of such concerns by such a As cable companies grow and merge, "as quickly as possible" on the medium. large group of congressmen is considered programing and other decisions that were Among the, congressmen's concerns: significant. once made locally are being made at "far some cable system's refusal to carry local In outlining their concerns, the congress- away corporate headquarters," they said. broadcast signals, channel repositioning, in- men said channel assignment has serious Decisions are often based upon "national creasing subscriber fees, absentee manage- implications for independent and public market interests and stockholder priorities ment and lack of responsiveness to broadcasters. "All too often, we have seen rather than local concerns." subscribers. cable companies shift channel assignments In addition, they said, the larger operators "Since the implementation of the final on their systems without providing appro- seem to "have intentionally insulated them- provision of the Communications Policy Act priate notice to either the public or the selves from the viewers they serve ... We of 1984, we have seen a dramatic increase in respective stations," they said. "In many have repeatedly heard from citizens and city complaints from independents and public instances, cable operators have refused to officials alike about the exhausting and frus- television stations, municipalities and con- carry new stations on their systems, claim- trating experience of communicating with sumers," they said in a two-page letter to ing the new must-carry compromise rules cable companies. Subcommittee Chairman Edward Markey which they helped formulate are unconstitu- Bosco aide Jason Liles said the letter was staff- (D -Mass. ). tional. These decisions often represent ma- sent in December, but a subcommittee The congressmen's call for hearings may neuvers to accommodate services owned by er said it wasn't received until last week by be rhetorical. The subcommittee has indi- the cable companies themselves." facsimile.

NCTA urges FCC to stand by competition test low, rate increases following deregulation It argues three air signals are not in the county of the community as ori- enough to justify cable escape ginally required. can hardly be viewed either as unexpected from city rate regulation But in comments on the FCC proposal, or as evidence that cable systems are not the NLC and INTV felt the three -signal subject to effective competition," NCTA that National Cable Television Association standard itself should be reconsidered, argu- said. "Nor is it reasonable to assert The instances the FCC last week not to reconsider its ing, in part, that changes in the marketplace because the increases may in some urged they basic three -signal "effective competition" since 1984 warranted such a review. NLC exceed the general rate of inflation, power. standard as the National League of Cities suggested a much tougher standard: five must indicate market three-signal standard and the Association of Independent Televi- television signals, including three broadcast "Revisiting the the proper scope of this sion Stations had asked it to do last month affiliates, an independent and a noncommer- would go beyond the trade association said. ( "In Brief," Dec. 7, 1987). cial station or a viable wireless cable proceeding," implementing the Cable Communica- service. "What are at issue are tests of signal avail- In definition of tions Act of 1984, the FCC ruled that cable In its reply comments submitted last ability -the only aspect of the the court systems in communities where three broad- week, the NCTA reaffirmed with some 'effective competition' that signals are "available" are subject to qualifications its acceptance of the FCC rejected." cast standing competition" and, hence, under proposal while criticizing the cities and NCTA also questioned INTV's "effective "It turns the act, cannot be subjected to rate regula- INTV for trying to broaden the scope of the in the proceeding in a footnote. has nothing to do tion by the local franchising authority. proceeding. NCTA dismissed most argu- out...that INTV's interest the rate regula- On appeal, the U.S. Court of Appeals in ments for a new standard as a rehash of with the implementation of the Cable Act," NCTA Washington last summer upheld the three - arguments rejected by the FCC three years tion provisions of only concern is that signal standard, but told the FCC to narrow ago in its original proceeding and by the said, adding "INTV's "available." In response to court in the appeal. the commission's determination of what its definition of for pur- court, the FCC proposed last September "The only new evidence" is that basic constitutes 'effective competition' the affect 'more that the three signals had to be available to cable rates have increased in many commu- poses of rate regulation may in the affected communi- nities since rate deregulation took effect in recent debate over the effectiveness of com- 75% of the homes of just "any portion" of it as originally January 1986. "Since one objective of the petition to cable systems in the context ty, not regulation in required, or that they would have to be Cable Act was to free cable operators from other forms of government vital "significantly viewed" in the community, regulation that kept their rates artificially which INTV has a interest."

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 62 Appeals court questions FCC lotteries

Judges find fault with commission microwave frequencies in the ITFS portion mission, Wald wrote, "has failed to provide practice of using luck of draw of the spectrum. The commission in 1983 a reasoned basis for either position." in ties for ITFS frequencies reallocated eight ITFS channels per market The classification portion of the opinion for use by MDS and allowed licensees on was puzzling to FCC lawyers. They said the FCC efforts to make more efficient use of the remaining ITFS frequencies to transmit FCC had sought to make clear it had never the spectrum allocated to Instructional Tele- noneducational programing in addition to taken a position on the classification of vision Fixed Services were found defective their regular educational programing. The excess capacity. "I guess we didn't make it last week by a unanimous three -member ITFS licensees and their lessees were al- clear enough," said one. panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Wash- lowed to disseminate commercial program- The problem with the first rationale, Wald ington. The panel reversed the commis- ing to the general public. The tie-breaking said, is that the commission has already sion's decision to employ tie -breaking lot- lottery procedure was adopted two years made a decision on the broadcast classifica- teries without incorporating in them the later. tion of nonsubscription ITFS. "By making preferences for media diversity and minority TRAC and Youth News, an intervenor in such services permissible," Wald added, the ownership called for in a 1982 statute autho- the case, appealed the FCC's order, chal- commission "has enabled them to operate rizing the use of lotteries. And it sent the lenging the FCC's new scheme on two within the nonbroadcast classification of tra- case back to the commission either to ex- grounds: the failure to regulate the ITFS ditional ITFS but without prior FCC approv- plain its classification of excess ITFS capac- programing that would be aimed at the pub- al." Nor was the panel impressed with the ity-which may be leased for use in the lic as "broadcasting" and the failure to pro- second rationale. "What the commission is multipoint distribution service-as non - vide for preferences in the tie -breaking lot- doing by its inaction," Wald said, "is silent- broadcasting or to state why an examination teries it would hold in comparative hearings. ly authorizing possible statutory violations of that issue could be deferred. As for the classification issue, the court but refusing to decide the issue until a pri- That portion of the opinion dealing with noted that the commission initially claimed vate challenge arises. It is an administrative- the classification of excess ITFS capacity is that alternative uses of ITFS frequencies are ly awkward posture, at best." not seen by commission officials as a major not broadcasting because they are "typical- In disposing of the lottery issue, Wald problem. But unless the commission ap- ly" provided on a subscription basis. Then, noted that the commission had abandoned peals the decision, it will no longer be the court added, the commission conceded an early position that its authority to conduct allowed to hold tie -breaking lotteries in that its new regulations allow ITFS to be tie -breaking lotteries derived from the 1982 ITFS proceedings without applying the pref- used for nonsubscription commercial pro- statute authorizing lotteries. It finally deter- erences Congress prescribed in authorizing graming but claimed it was merely deferring mined the necessary authority was "inher- the use of lotteries to substitute for compara- the classification issue until it was informed ent" in the Communications Act of 1934. tive hearings. The commission, which em- of a licensee who was actually performing The panel rejected that argument. Wald said ploys a limited comparative hearing proce- such nonsubscription service. But the com- that the ITFS selection procedure "consti- dure in ITFS cases, had interpreted the law as not applying to its proposed tie-breaker lottery; as a result, it argued, preferences were not required. One major question on which lawyers are differing is whether the decision means that duplicated preferences must be given in pro- Not just TALK... ceedings where broadcast properties are involved. The commission already gives preferences for minority ownership and media diversity in the comparative hearings held to Big Dollars! determine winners in broadcast cases. Does the ruling, then, require the commission to give a broadcast applicant a preference 4 C WJNO is a winning radio station with twice -once in a comparative hearing, and a strong direct sales team. Our newest once if a tie-breaking lottery is held? account executive gained an immediate A commission attorney pointed to lan- r working knowledge of radio through the guage in the opinion indicating the court AVI series. It gave him the confidence was not ruling on that issue. "It may be that and knowledge to approach large direct a valid lottery...could be held without dupli- accounts and to get the order. Within his cating preferences already incorporated into first 45 days he sold a national steak- the comparative rating scheme, but that case Warren Chiavaroli house a $1,000 per week schedule. News is not before us," the court said, in the General Sales Manager Radio, WJNO and the Retail Radio Sales opinion written by Chief Judge Patricia Ge West't Palm Beach, FI Training System are big news in Florida. > > Wald. But Andrew Schwartzman, project Pa director for Media Access Project and coun- Already more than 26 of the nation's most successful News sel for the Telecommunications Research Radio stations are using the Retail Radio Sales Training and Action Center, which appealed the case, Program to train their new salespeople and dramatically offered a contrary view. "The nature of the increase their retail direct revenues. Find out how! preferences would be different," he said. The preferences required by the lottery stat- For your free 30- minute videotape call: ute deal only with ownership, he said. In 1- 800 -541 -0505; in CA 1- 800 -548 -5511; in Canada 1- 415- 864 -2244 comparative hearings involving broadcast The Retail Radio Sales System properties, the preferences are assigned in the context of ownership and management. The case arose out of a It will be on your rulemaking the 1Ut commission initiated when it found itself 'AdVenInternodonol Incorporated r ted . desk tomorrow! confronted with an increasing demand for radio frequencies and an excess capacity of

Broadcasting Jan u 1988 R:i tutes a 'system of random selection' " within the meaning of the 1982 law. According- ly, that aspect of the ITFS regulatory scheme Cable operators ask court to reject A/B was also overturned. The "plain language" of the lottery statute "supports the view that switch requirements as unconstitutional a selective system that relies on a tie -breaker lottery but is conducted without media di- Group whose complaint prompted cable operators to offer A/B switches to their versity and minority preferences is imper- striking down cf must -carry opposes subscribers. Wald missible," said. commission effort to preserve In a three -page filing, the cable operators Wald, in a also took a lengthy footnote, A B portion of rules; it is said the court, in its Dec. 11, 1987, deci- quizzical look at the commission's "inherent only commenter on FCC motion sion, found the must -carry rules in their authority" argument. She said the commis- entirety-including the A/B switch require- sion offered no indication of why it expects ments-to be unconstitutional. "true ties" to arise more often today than The group of cable operators whose com- The operators quoted the court's opinion: in they did before the second report and order plaint led the U.S. Court of Appeals "Because we invalidate the entire new must - must - in the proceeding was issued in 1985. Nor, Washington to strike down the FCC's carry regime as unjustified and as unduly she said, did it offer an explanation of why it carry rules as unconstitutional last month sweeping, we do not reach -and therefore waited until after specific lottery legislation (BROADCASTING, Dec. 16, 1987) has asked express no opinion on-the subsidiary First had been sought and enacted to contend it the same court to reject the FCC's effort to Amendment challenges to particular facets had had tie breaker authority for 40 years. preserve that portion of the rules requiring of the rules." Following the court's Dec. 11 ruling, the FCC asked the court whether it meant to throw out the A/B switch rules along with the carriage rules requiring operators to carry some local broadcast signals, which were the focus of the cable operators' complaint. Arguing that the rules should be preserved, the FCC also asked for permission to "make necessary conforming changes" to the rules (BROADCASTING, Dec. 28, 1987). The A/B switch rules require cable operator to "educate" subscribers about the use of switches and to offer to install them or to supply them to do- it- yourselfers. The cost of installation and the switches is to be borne by the subscribers. Cable operators had until Feb. 29 to offer the switches, but the FCC stayed the deadline until the fate of the requirement is resolved. But, in response to the FCC's motion, the cable operators said the FCC believed the A/B switch requirement was an integral part of the "must -carry package" when it was adopted in 1986. "The commission must now not be heard to suggest that each of these various 'elements' stands separately." NCTA recruits from the Hill. Katherine L. Meier, familiar in Washington communications Citing an earlier court decision, the oper- circles as the chief minority (Republican) counsel on the Senate Communications Subcom- ators said it is not the courts' role to "fine- mittee, will join the National Cable Television Association in the newly created post of deputy tune" regulations. "What the FCC seeks vice president for government relations. The appointment takes effect next Friday (Jan. 15). here is an advisory opinion counseling on The NCTAS eight -person government relations department has been without a head since those particular aspects of the regulations Nov 30 when Edward Merlis, the vice president of the department, left to become president which, in the court's view, may pass consti- of Telaction Corp.'s cable affiliate division. Telaction, a subsidiary of J.C. Penney, is a home tutional muster and those which must fail." shopping and information service. Although the court found the must -carry Meier will only partially fill the vacuum created by Merliss departure. According to an rules unconstitutional, the operators said, it NCTA spokeswoman, the association plans to hire "soon" a vice president to head the passed on what it called the more "vexing" department, which is charged with pursuing NCTAs ambitions on Capitol Hill. Meier will question of the "precise level of First report to whoever is hired for the slot. Amendment protection" that is due cable In announcing the hiring of Meier, NCTA said she will have primary responsibility for NCTAs operators. "While such a holding was con- legislative liaison program with the Congress, and will supervise the day -to-day activities of textually sound, any grant of that relief the association's in -house lobbying staff. sought by the FCC would obligate the court NCTA President James P. Mooney, in a prepared statement, said Meier "knows both the Hill to tackle this question," the court said. and cable issues inside out. She's a first -team professional, and we're very glad to have her "Any further 'incarnation' of these rules coming to cable." must, as a function of due process, be sub- Meier was out of her office last week, and could not be reached for comment. ject de novo to administrative rulemaking NCTA will be Meier's second stop in her still -young career. According to the Senate and potential judicial review. 'Clarification' Commerce Committee, which is the parent of the Senate Communications Subcommittee, is therefore neither necessary nor appropri- Meier was hired by Senator Robert Packwood (R -Ore.) and placed with Commerce's Surface ate," the operators said. Transportation Subcommittee where she served until 1982. After a stint with the Aviation The cable operators, represented by Cole, Subcommittee, she joined the Communications Subcommittee in 1983. She became chief Raywid & Braverman, were the only group majority counsel in 1985 and chief minority counsel in 1987 after the Republicans lost control to submit comments to the court opposing of the Senate. the FCC's motion. Others with an interest in Meier graduated from Stanford Unversity, Palo Alto, Calif., in 1974 (with a BA in psycholo- the must -carry rules, notably the National gy) and from the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Ore., in Cable Television Association and the Na- 1979. tional Association of Broadcasters, chose to sit this one out.

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 CA FCC wants to make new orbital slot for high power satellites The 1-CC (Jan. 6) proposed last Wednesday dishes, Natoli said, are most susceptible to 18 months.- setting aside a segment of the orbital arc for interference: "Placing the satellites closer Also at issue, Natoli said, is whether K -3 high -power fixed Ku -band satellites. together exacerbates that problem." and K-4 belong in the fixed satellite service After GE Americom in July 1986, pro- (Natoli said that the more powerful satel- (FSS)band, when GE Americom's plans in- posed redesigning its K -3 and K -4 satellites lites authorized to operate in the direct clude a high -power direct -to -home ser- to operate together at 85 degrees west longi- broadcast satellite band will be spaced nine vice-a description GTE has argued makes tude (WL) at 60 watts each, GTE Spacenet degrees.) That being Spacenet's broader K-3 and K-4 direct broadcast satellites and Contel ASC said the high -power video - concern, Natoli said, "it would take an aw- (DBS), to be authorized DBS, not FSS, only transmissions would cause unaccepta- ful lot of effort to see that no satellite is frequency. FCC common carrier bureau staff ble interference with transmissions by satel- placed at 88.5 [one- and -a -half degrees away attorney, Wilbert Nixon, last week would lites they planned to operate in adjacent from Spacenet lII's 87 degree placement] say only that the K -3-4 applications were for orbital slots. during the life of Spacenet III, after expend- FSS operations. After a long series of cross -filings at the ing great effort trying to keep one from The commission has not yet announced FCC, satellite operators, at the invitation of being placed two degrees away over the past deadline for comments. O GE Americom, held a series of meetings a year ago to seek a solution. They failed to find a clear consensus, and the ball was Erie system attacks city fees on lobbed back into the FCC's court. The commission last week lobbed it back, issuing a First and Fourteenth Amendment grounds tentative decision to create a "discreet segment of the orbital arc," from 87 degrees Cable system, which sees itself as guarantee of free press. The cable system (the authorized slot for Spacenet Ill, to be constitutional equivalent of newspaper, also claims a violation of its constitutional launched in March) to 93 degrees west lon- claims city fees violate its guarantees of guarantee of equal protection under law. But gitude (WL), to accommodate GE Ameri- free speech and equal protection the U.S. District Court for the Western Dis- com's redesign plans, as well as accommo- trict of Pennsylvania ruled for the city in a dating other operators authorized to build summary judgment. high -power birds. The commission has en- The conflict between the First Amendment ETI was driven by more than concern couraged "comments on all aspects of the rights claimed by cable systems and the over its free speech rights in the suit it filed proposal." right that cities claim to regulate cable sys- against Erie. ETI had begun prepaying a 5% K -3 and K-4 are now owned by Crimson tems is at issue in the appeal Erie Telecom- franchise fee in 1980, three years before Satellite Associates, a joint venture of HBO munications Inc. has taken from a decision completing construction of the system, and and GE Americom, which will market ser- of a U.S. district court. ET1 claims the fees four years before enactment of the Cable vices not only to cable programers for distri- demanded of it by the city of Erie, Pa., Communications Policy Act of 1984. That bution of services to cable systems and di- constitute a violation of its constitutional act incorporated the existing FCC require- rectly to the home. "On the face of it, it's a favorable attempt to accommodate our request [for redesign]," said a GE Americom spokesman, Mike Sweeney. "It will help focus comments from everyone in the industry. But we have to study the proposal" before making further comment, he said. The full text of the proposal had not reached either GTE or GE last EASY it! week. does Creation of the segment will require some satellite moves, although not of Spacenet Ill, remaining at 87 degrees. Americom's K- We recently I would move from 85 to 67 degrees to 66 purchased the Jason make room for (IBM subsidiary) Satellite Jennings' Retail Radio Sales Training Transponder Leasing Corp.'s SBS -4 bird, Program. The sales staff has completed which would move from 91. K -3-4 would the training. It's an excellent program be launched into the 91.5 degree slot. And and well worth the investment. One of although shunting the new breed of satellites our new salespeople nailed a $5,400.00 into an orbital parking lot of their own was per month contract upon completing the applauded by GTE Spacenet last week, the course. It's the biggest thing on the air. other half of the commission's proposal - Bud Kurtz The bottom line is that Jason gives the one- and -a- half-degree spacing between the and Manager sales staff marketing know -how. Easy to satellites within the segment meet & -may Lakeland, Florida use and beautiful to work with. 9 with wide opposition. Two degree spacing is the present FCC standard. Already more than 47 of the nation's most successful Easy and The commission "is to be highly corn- Beautiful Music stations are using the Retail Radio Sales Train- mended for introducing the concept of a ing Program to train their new salespeople and dramatically discreet segment," said Tom Natoli, GTE increase their retail direct revenues. Find out how! Spacenet vice president of corporate affairs. who added that the segment solution-one For your free 30- minute videotape call: GTE had pushed all along- recognizes the 1- 800 -541-0505; in CA 1- 800 -548 -5511; in Canada 1- 415- 864 -2244 interference concerns. The bad news, he The Retail Radio Sales System said, is that the one -and -a -half- degree spacing, if the segment were to become filled. would cancel out the major benefit of "rat - rAdVentures FE It will be on your cheting up the power" of the satellites in- Intern ,onol Incorporoted I, desk tomorrow! volved. That higher power allows users to operate smaller dishes, but those smaller

Broadcasting Jar 11 1988 RR ment that the interest -bearing value of pre- the State and Commerce Departments in an payments be included in the calculation of effort to secure landing rights for the sepa- the 5% ceiling that was also contained in the rate satellite system in Great Britain. Now law. And when ETI determined that on the he has appealed to President Reagan. He has basis of prepayments already made, the city written the President asking that he seek the would owe it a substantial sum at the con- cooperation of British Prime Minister Mar- clusion of the 10 -year franchise, it suspend- garet Thatcher. "My experience is that it will ed its $25,000 quarterly franchise fee pay- take this kind of pressure, coming from the ments and its $10,000 monthly access top, to gain our entry into Great Britain," installment. Efforts at resolving the matter Anselmo said in his letter to the President. had failed -and the city threatened fran- He said, in effect, that Thatcher owes Rea- chise revocation and litigation. gan a favor for his help in aiding a British In the appeal it has taken to the U.S. company, Cable & Wireless, which is now Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in the source of some of PAS's problems. Philadelphia, ETI leaves no doubt that it PAS, the first separate system to gain sees itself as the constitutional equivalent of FCC authorization to operate in competition a newspaper. with the International Telecommunications And, in arguing that the city's franchise Satellite Organization, has established a link fee "is an unconstitutional money-based pri- with Peru. It has now found what its repre- Aik or restraint," ETI maintains that "the city sentatives say "are a number" of potential JCPenney -University may not 'sell' or 'rent' the right to engage in customers in Great Britain. And its RCA constitutionally protected activity." Erie Astro 3000 spacecraft is scheduled for of Missouri does not claim the principle bars govern- launch in March. But, PAS notes, it cannot ments from charging fees necessary to regu- do business in Britain unless it obtains land- Television Awards late conduct "associated with the exercise of ing rights from British Telecom, Great Brit- constitutional freedoms." But it says mu- ain's PTT, or Mercury, the recently created for Community nicipally imposed license fees burdening affiliate of C &W, the PTT for a number of First Amendment rights have received strict Great Britain's overseas possessions. BTand Leadership judicial scrutiny and that the burden of prov- Mercury are the only parties authorized to ing the fees' legitimacy is placed on the provide earth station facilities in the United government imposing them. Kingdom. The appeal also attacks as a violation of Thus far, PAS says, it has been unable to the First Amendment the city's access -fee obtain that cooperation. PAS maintains that If you've done plan, which requires the cable system to Mercury and BT are reluctant to break ranks provide special funds, channels, training, with PT B on the continent; they do not want something for services, and equipment for government and to see their markets opened to competition. public access programing as condition of Anselmo, in his letter to the President-a your community, ETI's rights regarding the remaining nonac- shortened version of which was published as cess channels. ETI contends that the city has an advertisement on Wednesday in The we'd like to do stripped it of all editorial control over the 13 Washington Post and The Financial Times access channels "and assigned a censorship of London -also sought to tie PAS's prob- role" to the city's governing council. lems to the International Telecommunica- something for you. As for the Fourteenth Amendment issue, tions Satellite Organization. He described it ETI says that the Equal Protection clause as "the monopoly owned by the rest of the The JCPenney -University of Missou- requires any state or local government ac- world's Postal Telephone and Telegraph mo- ri Television Awards for Community tion that classifies persons as to "their exer- nopolies," which, he said, "has never rel- rights to be narrowly ished" the prospect of even "limited compe- Leadership honor excellence in corn - cise of fundamental tailored and employ the least drastic means tition" for the global system. He noted that munity affairs broadcasting. Then necessary to achieve its purpose." The dis- BT and C &W are Intelsat signatories and, the awards program brings together trict court held that the city had not violated hence, "part and parcel" of an Intelsat reso- the Equal Protection clause because it had a lution that called on its members not to deal the best in community affairs broad- "fiduciary duty" to charge a fee and because with U.S. alternative satellite systems. casting for a workshop designed to there was no intent to censor speech. It also Anselmo, in his letter to the President, help stations throughout the United said the city's duty to extract fees from ETI recalled that U.S. policy declaring separate was "compelling" because the public streets satellite systems to be required in the nation- States profit literally as well as fig- are essential to the cable system's oper- al interest was set by Reagan in November uratively from such efforts. ations. But the rights -of-way are an impor- 1984. He also recalled that Reagan and tant resource to many businesses and com- Thatcher recently intervened with the Japa- munications media, ETI says. The fact that nese government on behalf of Pacific Telesis * Contest deadline: Feb. 1, 1988 they are "essential" to one medium, it adds, and C &W in their effort to become part of "does not entitle the city to require only that the consortium that will build an underseas fiber optic cable link to Japan. The interven- May 22 -25, 1988 medium to pay for usage rights." * Workshop: tion was successful. Now, Anselmo says in his letter, he is asking that the President For details, call or write: remind Thatcher of his help in opening the Japanese market for C &W, "then point out Leigh Shallenberger, Coordinator PanAmSat asks to her that one of your U.S. companies is Penney -Missouri Awards Programs having a problem getting into her country." Reagan for help what will School of Journalism That kind of pressure is PAS require to gain access to Great Britain, he University of Missouri -Columbia Satellite system needs landing rights; said. That, along with an FCC refusal to act P.O. Box 838 appeals to President, reminding him on the C &W application until PAS's landing - Reagan favor is resolved, Anselmo added, MO 65205 that Thatcher owes rights problem Columbia, "ought to get the message out that the Unit- 314- 882 -7771 Rene Anselmo, chairman of the Pan Ameri- ed States is serious about trade can Satellite Corp., has tried the FCC and reciprocity."

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 66 TV Answer to test interactive video McLean, Va. -based company says have been worked out yet for distributing comments on the proposal which are due system can be universally available units to noncable homes. Jan. 27. Symonds claims that TV Answer Although, the first tests are being done can co -exist in the band currently reserved Testing will soon begin on TV Answer, an with a cable system, because it does not for land -mobile and maritime -mobile radio interactive video system that will provide involve the use of two -way cable links, the services. The other two services, he said, communication between broadcast and ca- technology will also be of use to terrestrial have plenty of room and TV Answer could ble TV viewers and program sources broadcasters. "We are starting out with cable operate without interfering with them. "We through radio frequency impulse transmit- because it is easier to control the testing," want a half mhz in there somewhere," he ters rather than two -way cable links. Olmsted said. said. The tests are expected to last three to six Among the possible applications are tele- According to Bob Dattner, senior engi- months, according to Steven J. Symonds, vision surveys, home shopping and pay -per- neering consultant to TVAnswer, the system executive vice president and chief operating view services. George Mason University in is designed to save spectrum space. "The officer of TV Answer Inc. of McLean, Va. Fairfax, Va., is cooperating in the testing to whole key to this system is that we've got a According to Symonds, "We need enough explore the home education possibilities of device that will give us over 900,000 re- data to convince the [FCC] that the device the system. "Everybody that we talk to has sponses per minute using a half mhz," he does not produce television interference, another good idea on how it can be used," said. More than one survey on different that the device performs as expected and Olmsted said. stations could be performed if timed correct- that there's a need and interest in the market- But the problem facing TV Answer is the ly, he said. "If there is more than one station place." same one facing several new broadcasting asking questions during the same period of TV Answer claims that the emergence of technologies -spectrum space. The com- time, the computer coordinates those ques- cable television was expected to provide pany has petitioned the FCC for permanent tions so that only one question is being consumers with interactive viewing capa- allotment of one -half mhz in the band be- asked at a given instant." Therefore, Dattner bilities not possible in over-the -air broad- tween 216 mhz and 222 mhz for the system. said, several stations in a given TV market casting. "As a number of experiments of so- Three slots in that space which the company could program TV Answer surveys at the called 'two -way' cable demonstrated, claims are presently underutilized are same time within the same spectrum. "As however, the absence of a reliable cost - 216.25 mhz, 218.25 mhz and 220.25 mhz. long as the questions are coordinated by the effective technology for the interactivity of The FCC has responded with a call for computer, we can tell which question the cable subscribers and cable programing sources continues to frustrate fulfillment of one of the cable industry's early goals," the company claimed in comments to the FCC. "Moreover, even if the cable industry found such a means, that technology would still not be available to the 50% of TV households that are not cable subscribers." TV Answer claims that it can be universally available. AC plugs in! The FCC has cleared the company to test the system in up to 1,000 homes in the Washington area. The testing is expected to begin in February after installation of equip- 4 Our stations have added two grocery ment in 500 to 1,000 Fairfax county, Va., stores as clients, one spending more with homes on the Media General Cable TV us on radio than with the newspaper. system there. About 1,000 homes per month Unheard -of! We've done more business will then be added after an expected testing with a brand new staff than with seasoned authority increase to 6,000 homes is re- veterans. In fact two new salespeople have ceived from the commission. The "TV Ans- tripled their billing by using the program. werBox" will be placed on TV sets, with It's made a profound impact on our sta- viewers given a chance to respond to survey Larry Blatz tions. We had to fight to get it. It's the most questions using a hand -held remote control General Sales Mana,ger worthy expense we've ever made.... if you device. KDTH Radio don't have it at your station you are at a As described by Sallie Olmsted, public Dubuque, Iowa decided disadvantage. 99 relations director and customer liaison, the system works with a series of questions Already 156 of the nation's most successful Adult Contempo- appearing on viewers' television screens rary stations are using the Retail Radio Sales Training Program while a program is in progress. "While the to train their new salespeople and dramatically increase their question is on the screen they respond then retail direct revenues. Find out how! and there," Olmsted said. "When they respond with their remote control, it triggers For your free 30- minute videotape call: the unit to send a radio signal back to the 1- 800 -541 -0505; in CA 1- 800 -548 -5511; in Canada 1- 415- 864 -2244 computer at the cable headend." The current The Retail Radio Sales System implementation plan, after testing is complete, is for units to be distributed to cable systems and placed in homes at no charge. It will be on your Revenues will be gained through consumer rMInternationale Incorporated . desk tomorrow! user fees charged each time an impulse is received from the TVAntwerBox. No plans

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Staying on. Another major cable programer-basic cable service, networks. USA Network -has converted from monthly lease agreements to a Last mile. Having established Teleport Communications, a 150 - contract for the life of GE Americom's Satcom III -R. That satellite, mile regional communications network in New York and northern launched in mid -November 1981, is due to expire near the end of New Jersey, headquartered at the Staten Island teleport, 1992. USA Network joins other III -R customers now contracted for the Merrill Lynch wants to begin teleport ventures in other major cities life of the satellite including Arts & Entertainment Network, Christian and has launched a new subsidiary to fund such development. Merrill Broadcasting Network, ESPN, Lifetime, Trinity Broadcasting Network, Lynch Teleport Technologies Inc. is Home Shopping Network and TEMPO Television. (MLTTI) close to the end of negotiations in at least one city, to begin building a local network, USA also announced that, effective Feb. 1, its Pacific time zone said Merrill Lynch spokesman, Robert Atkinson. Stressing that MLTTI is transmissions will be permanently moved from Satcom III -R transpon- not going into the long distance telephone business major der nine to transponder 10, a move requiring a transition period, -many users of Teleport Communications in New York long beginning today (Jan. 11), when it will feed its programing on both currently are distance companies said there is no intention of provid- transponders until the changeover is complete. Transmissions to other -Atkinson ing intercity services and that each company in the Teleport Corn - time zones remain on Hughes Communications' Galaxy I satellite. munications Group will operate as a stand -alone company with its According to GE Americom spokesman, Mike Sweeney, the series own general manager and staff. Development the group, he of new deals is a result of Americom's "efforts to give programers room of said, is in response to requests from users who like to grow without worrying about renewing contracts." But Americom's current would to see networks in other cities match up with efforts also represent lasting tremors resulting from Viacom Interna- technologically the New York system. The presence of stadiums, arenas and tional's move last spring to Hughes Communications' Galaxy III, which production studios- potential sites from which special event or regular program- was launched in September 1984 and should operate through 1994 ing can originate -are among considerations in MLTTI's plans. In (BROADCASTING, March 2, 1987). The ensuing year since Viacom's respect to broadcast users, he said, there is always the need for original, and eventually abandoned, plan to make AT &T's Telstar high quality, alternate transmission routes when things go wrong. 303 a major cable satellite (BROADCASTING, Nov 3, 1986) has seen a shakeup among operators in their competition for cable pro- Even more diverse. Midcontinent Broadcasting (Midco), a pri- gramers, including Viacom's abandonment of three of six Satcom vate company that owns two AM and four FM stations, three TV III -R transponders last fall when Tempo Enterprises became the stations (all in South Dakota and Wisconsin), cable systems serving latest defector to Galaxy Ill (BRoADcAsTING, Sept. 14, 1987). Accord- nearly 60 communities in Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dako- ing to the latest figures from the National Cable Television Associ- ta, mobile phone systems, paging systems, long distance commu- ation (August- September, 1987), Galaxy leads the way in cable, nications systems, movie theaters and video stores, now has pur- serving 36 operating networks. Satcom III -R serves 29 operating chased a "significant interest" in Washington International Teleport networks. The next closest competitor is Satcom IV serving 16. Communications, which owns Washington International Teleport According to those NCTA numbers, Galaxy III serves 2 operating (WIT), WIT announced last week. box is responding to and share the same half mhz citywide," he said. "It is only through the use of radio spectrum that immediate access to TV response technology can be achieved by all U.S. television households, " the company stated in its filing at the FCC to request spectrum. It claimed that with one -half mhz "in the CHR pops VHF range, a low -cost, compact Answer - Box can be manufactured consistent with the goal of establishing a universally avail- a big one! able response -radio service." The filing also addresses the issue of licensing eligibility saying that "all existing commission licens- 4 4 The bottom line on the Retail Radio ees engaged in trasmitting video services to Sales System is just that: Your Bottom the public should be eligible in the new Line. This is one of the few true invest- radio service, with the only condition being ments that you will find in radio. An that they coordinate their use of the system investment that will pay for itself over in each geographic area." and over again; I know because it's The Fairfax county tests will be coordi- helped us more than double our direct nated out of TV Answer's McLean head- business in just over 90 days. Here's quarters. An antenna will be placed on the Dan Charleston your one chance to prepare for sales in roof of that building to receive the impulses. Vice Pres. & Gen. Mgr. the 1990's...today! Eventually everyone The engineers there will be able to monitor KHAT Lincoln, NE will sell radio this way: THE RIGHT WAY! > which boxes are operating. The boxes will be scattered throughout the Metrocable ser- Already 96 of the nation's most successful CHR stations are vice area, and later in homes in other parts using the Retail Radio Sales Training Program to train their of the Washington area, to test propagation new salespeople and dramatically increase their retail direct of the system. revenues. Find out how they got There is no estimate as to when the ser- their competitive edge! vice could go into general use. "I'm talking For your free 30- minute videotape call: to major manufacturers now," Symonds 1- 800 -541 -0505; in CA 1- 800 -548 -5511; in Canada 1- 415- 864 -2244 said, declining to name which electronics The Retail Radio Sales System companies are involved. "We don't want to begin manufacturing until we've addressed the major concerns that the commission AllkWiV Utt .18 It will be on your would have and the potential users of the , notion Incorpoó ted ¡tx^4 I. desk tomorrow! devises might have...Manufacturing is no problem -we need the frequency," he said.

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Helping hand the station will be able to broadcast at about 25% of licensed power later this week when SANDY WHEELER When an ice storm on Christmas day further temporary measures are taken. Chairman knocked Springfield, Mo., television sta- Insurance investigators at the KTUL -Tv es- the collapse was due to the Family Group tions off the air, the local cable system came timated that Broadcasting to the rescue. Two network affiliates were pressure of about a million pounds of ice able to continue serving cable subscribers that accumulated on the top of the 2,000 - "We appreciate integrity, by arranging to provide taped satellite -de- foot tower, about 5,000 pounds more than it livered network feeds to the headend and was designed to bear, Hlohowskyj said. discretion and tenacity in a doing live cut -ins at the cable system's Construction on a new one was expected to studios. begin by the end of last week. Hlohowskyj broker. We've purchased According to Joyce Reed, news director was not sure how long the construction seven stations from Randy for Springfield's NBC affiliate, xrrv(TV), the would last. five Springfield stations went dark at the Another hardship facing KTUL -TV was re- Jeffery, who has exempli- same time in a power outage due to the vealed last week. Soon after the tower col- storm. The outage began at about 11:30 lapsed, the transmitter building, previously fied these traits in each a.m. on Dec. 25 with power not returning to reported to have been unharmed, sustained Insulation transaction. some of the stations until about 7 p.m., some damage from falling debris. Monday, Dec. 28. containing hazardous asbestos was scat- After power went out, xrry began pro- tered throughout the building. The station Randy has worked diligently graming on Saturday morning, Dec. 26, on was able to operate the transmitter by re- for us and we look forward to the Springfield cable system owned by mul- mote control from the studio until the build- tiple system owner TeleCable Corp. The ing was decontaminated late last week. our relationship with MVP." system penetrates approximately 50% of the Springfield market. About half of Tele- Cable's subscribers had uninterrupted pow- Takeaway er during the two -day period and were able Coverage of the Orange Bowl game be- to pick up the station's programing. By tween the Miami Hurricanes and the Okla- 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, xrry was able to homa Sooners in Miami turned out to be 50% return to the air with power when more expensive than planned for KTVY(TV) electricity returned at its transmitter. Dur- Oklahoma City. About $80,000 worth of ing the two -day period, the station had equipment was stolen from remote broad- been taping the satellite network feed at its cast sites outside a Miami hotel. Km sent a by one hour. Its LV6 studio and delaying airing crew of 26 to Miami to cover the game and anchors read the regular newscasts and originate the station's newscasts there on cut -ins live from TeleCable. days before the game. During the first re- KsPRçrv), the ABC affiliate, was dark until mote, "as one of the engineers was register- MEDIA VENTURE Sunday morning when it also began shut- ing the camera he watched the monitor go PARTNERS tling tapes to TeleCable and broadcasting black," said Randy Pyburn, news operations news live from the cable system. That night manager. The reason, he found, was that KSPR broadcast a live basketball game from and Integrity and the station's Ikegami HL79 camera, Discretion Tulsa, Okla., which was received directly by some other equipment had been stolen. . the difference! satellite at TeleCable, according to KSPR Later in the week, several typewriters and a general manager John Orr who praised the telecopier were also taken. RADIO and TELEVISION BROKERAGE cable system for its efforts. KSPR was not FINANCING APPRAISALS able to return to the air until 6 p.m. Sunday evening. Coming together As for other stations in the market, CBS CHARLES E. GIDDENS BRIAN E.COBB affiliate KOLR(TV) remained dark until power North American Philips Corp., New York, stock buy- 1255 23rd St., N.W., Suite 890 was restored to its transmitter on Sunday has been reorganized following Ko[.R(rv) left the back by parent N.V. Philips Industries of the Washington, D.C. 20037 afternoon. Noncommercial -1125 air briefly while power was out at its studio. Netherlands. The move was completed last 202-785-4333 But it was able to return to service for cable November, after the original offer of $50 per viewers because its studio is hardwired to share was raised to $56 in October. The RANDALL E. JEFFERY the cable headend. KDEB -TV, an indepen- European company began its bid last sum- 7479 Conroy Rd., Suite C dent, remained dark during the entire three- mer to acquire the 42% of the company in Orlando, FL 32811 -3409 day period. public shares that it didn't already own 305-295-2572 Meanwhile, another station that was left (BROADCASTING, Aug. 24, 1987). dark due to a holiday weekend ice storm, Subsidiaries of N.A. Philips, which had RAYMOND]. SCHONBAK KTUL -TV Tulsa, Okla. ( "In Brief," Jan. 4), was operated as separate corporate entities, to return to air on Saturday, Jan. 2 were reclassified as N.A. Philips divisions N. able the 6311 O'Connor Rd. with temporary facilities at about 13% of effective Jan. 1. Among the 12 companies L.B. 97, Irving, TX 75039-3510 licenced power. KTUL-Tv was dark for one affected are Amperex Electronic Corp., 214- 869 -7643 day after its tower collapsed on Dec. 26 and Magnavox CATV Systems Inc. and Philips transmitted by satellite with an ENG truck Electronic Instruments. In addition, the ELLIOT B. EVERS and later by microwave to the local cable names of five existing N.A. Philips divisions 1700 Montgomery St., Suite 322 system. KTU[. -Tv maintained the microwave have been changed, including N.A.P. Con- San Francisco, CA 94111 -1024 link with the system, United Cable Televi- sumer Electronics Corp., which has been Consumer Electronics Co. 415-391-4877 sion's Tulsa Cable TV, after returning to renamed Philips partially power, making the station avail- U.S. Philips, which was previously a wholly able to about 50% of the Tulsa market last owned subsidiary of N.V. Philips, has week, according to the stations chief engi- merged with N.A. Philips as part of the neer, Roman Hlohowskyj. He estimated that reorganization.

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 is also a full-time TLC affiliate. The program to anybody who approaches us." Potential Another notch director there, said traffic manager, Jennifer cable carriage is a consideration, he said. "If Rardin, plucks approximately 25 hours per we're already carried on an outlet in the WNHTITV) Concord, N.H., will become the week of TLC courses, airing some on a tape - area, we'd suggest they look elsewhere for first CBS -TV affiliate Feb. 1, Granite State's delayed basis. The station, carried on "a programing, for the benefit of themselves following the an agreement between net- number of local cable systems," said Rardin, and the other carrier." KXON, said Baum, work the four -year -old UHF (ch. 21) and also airs about 25 hours of FNN feed per has gained carriage on the 3,000 -subscriber last week. Con- independent announced week, while filling the rest of its 115 weekly United Cable system serving Claremore. No cord, the state capital, is part of the sixth - hours with its own entertainment and news money is involved in that system's agree- largest market, Boston, 80 miles to almost programing. Rardin could not infor- ment to carry the university station, said the It had provide south. previously been served by mation on the station's agreements with Mark Savage, general manager of United Boston CBS affiliate, WNEV -TV. program providers. Cable's 150,000 -subscriber Tulsa system, With approximately one -third of noncom- which also serves Claremore. United's Tul- Iron curtain opening mercial stations licensed to universities, ac- sa system does not itself carry TLC, he said, cording to PBS, a move by a significant and none of its subscribers outside Clare- European satellite service Sky Channel, number of university broadcast stations more receives KXON. "We carry the station which last spring became one of the first away from PBS affiliation to TLC "could regardless of its programing," he said. The Western television networks to begin airing become an issue in the future," said station, said Baum, is also negotiating carin Hungary after it was given access to McLaurin, but for now, sources at both riage on Wometco's nearby Pryor, Okla., Budapest hotels and to Hungarian state programing distributors said no one is los- system. television through a co- produced pop music ing sleep over the idea. TLC offers between Although conflicts could naturally arise show, is now also reaching at least 52,000 12 and 15 telecourses per semester. PBS's with a noncommercial station airing com- cabled homes in the Eastern Bloc nation, Adult Learning Service catalogue currently mercially distributed programing, said following approvals by the Hungarian post lists over 30 telecourses, PBS said last week. Baum, KXON -TV deletes all commercial ele- and telecommunications agency and its na- Although only eight to 12 of them might ments before airing the video courses. tional copyright agency. appear on a program schedule, a station could obtain all of them, as well as programs Hispanic habits Raising the `Learning' associated with Project Literacy U.S. and curve other educational projects. PBS and TLC Hispanics view one -third more television both acquire programs from independent, than non -Hispanics, according to a re- Noncommercial KXON -TV Claremore, Okla., often the same, sources. search study by AGB Informa- (population 17,000) has become a subsidiary Learning "Our policy," said McLaurin, "is to tion and Analysis Inc. study, Channel affiliate, airing 60 hours of TLC listen The which programing via direct satellite feeds each week. In lieu of competing with mainstream Public Broadcasting Service programing aired by PBS affiliate KoED(TV) Tulsa, 20 miles away, 70 kw KXON -TV airs educational programing almost exclusively, including TLC's telecourses. During this past fall se- CLASSICS mester at licensee Rogers State College, the station aired 19 telecourses three times daily. "Our signal covers a good portion of the mine gold! Tulsa ADI," said station president, James Baum, last week. The station also airs 17 hours a week of < 6 It gives our people a sense of retail other instructional programs (for college knowledge and sales power they've credit), as well as a few entertainment pro- never had before...it's grams, produced made a tremen- at the station's own stu- dous amount of money for us. Finally my dio. The station, he said, is under a man- stations date from the National Telecommunications have a formal in -house training and Information Agency's Public Telecom- program that doesn't tie up my biggest munications Facilities Program (KXON-TV re- producers and managers. You bet there's ceived a $355,000 NTIA grant in 1985) to gold in Classic Rock and there's also lots carry nonduplicated programing. "That is Lew Latto. President of gold in the classic Retail Radio Sales also part our CPB [Corporation for Public Northland Group Training Program., 9 Broadcasting) commitment," Baum of Radio Stations said. Duluth, Minnesota KXON -TV qualified last month for a CPB annual station grant of $267,000. Already 59 of the nation's most successful Classic Rock stations Money is also a consideration. PBS affili- are using the Retail Radio Sales Training Program to train ation would have cost $50,000 annually, their new salespeople said Baum, adding that TLC affiliation costs and dramatically increase their retail the station between $12,000 and $15,000 direct revenues. Find out how they got their competitive edge! annually. That equals three cents to five For your free 30- minute videotape call: cents per household. (The number of homes 1- 800 -541-0505; in CA 1- 800 -548 -5511; in Canada 1- 415 - 864 -2244 is difficult to determine with a broadcast The Retail Radio Sales System station, according to TLC marketing director, John McLaurin, who said the rate is comparable to rates TLC charges its cable system customers. The standard contract, It will be on your rernotional trxorr ted ¡4 I. desk said McLaurin, is for two years.) AAAdVentures °'" tomorrow! A 46 kw noncommercial station, Eastern r Illinois University's wstu -Tv Charleston, Ill.,

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 interviewed 1,571 Hispanics during No- vember and December 1986, showed Hi- spanics watch an average of 41 hours per Chanrc gmHanda person per week of television, two- thirds of it Spanish language television. Hispanics aged 18 -34 spend 58% of their total viewing time watching Spanish -language TV as WMYK(FM) Elizabeth City, N.C. Sold by lion. Seller is owned by Richard I. Adrian, well, the study added. Love Broadcasting to Edge Broadcasting who has no other broadcast interests. Buyer Co. for $6 million. Seller is owned by broth- is owned by Robert L. Williams and Elton Trade show duo ers, Robert, Michael and William Benns. It L. Spitzer. Williams has interest in WKAP- also owns WMYK(FM) Braddock, Pa. Buyer (AM) Allentown, Pa. Spitzer has interest in Commu- The British media company,Telso is owned by Paul T. Lucci and Wayne G. WXXP(FM) New Kensington, Pa., and which runs two of the largest nications, Souza, who also own WRFK(FM) Richmond, WLIR(AM) Spring Valley and wYtrr-AM -FM intemtional TV program trade shows, MIP- Va. WMYK is on 93.7 mhz with 100 kw and Herkimer, both New York. WRHD is day - TV and MIPCOM, through its Midem Orga- terrain. timer on 1570 khz with 1 kw. WRCN(FM) is two new joint man- antenna 940 feet above average nization, has appointed on 103.9 mhz with 3 kw and antenna 466 for the trade show Broker: Communications Equity aging directors feet above average terrain. Broker: Black- subsidiary. The two are Xavier Roy, who Associates. has worked with MIDEM founder Bernard burn & Co. WSPT(FM) Stevens Point and Chevry for 18 years, most recently as inter- WXYQ(AM)- WXJY(FM) Nantucket, Mass. Sold by national sales director, and Robert WJJK(AM)- WBIZ(FM) Eau Claire, both Wis. C.C.N.B. Corp. to Quality Broadcasting to Ameri- Bingham, currently managing director of Sold by Sage Broadcasting Corp. Inc. for $2.8 million plus tax certificate. for $5 The Button Group, the exhibition firm he cus Communications Partnership mil- Seller is principally owned by Bruce N. formed in 1975. lion. Seller is publicly owned, Stamford, Harris, his wife, Pamela, and Michael Conn. -based group of eight AM's, nine O'Neill. It has no other broadcast interests. Gerald A. Lowell Award FM's and one TV, headed by Buyer is principally owned by Wilson Wong Poch. Buyer is headed by Richard Muzzy, and Lawrence DeHaan, who also own former general manager of KATM(FM) Colo- Public Broadcasting WCFR -AM -FM Springfield, Vt., and The Corporation for rado Springs. WXYQ is daytimer on 1010 has begun accepting nominations for its WINQ(FM) Winchendon, Mass. WXIY is on 1 with honoring an indi- khz with kw. WSPr is on 97.9 mhz 50 96.3 mhz with 50 kw and antenna 394 feet 1988 Ralph Lowell Award feet average vidual's extraordinary efforts in public tele- kw and antenna 340 above above average terrain. Broker: Kozacko- with 1 vision programing, legislation for public terrain. W))K is 1400 khz full time Horton Co. national lev- kw. WBIZ is on 100.7 mhz with 100 kw and broadcasting, leadership at the WLVA(AM) Lynchburg, Va. Sold by Laur- el education and professional devel- antenna 740 feet above average terrain. and/or ence P. Morin, trustee in bankruptcy, to was a WGBH -TV Boston co- opment. Lowell Stereo 59 Inc. for $345,000. Seller is trustee founder and was instrumental in the on WRHD(AM) -WRCN(FM) Riverhead, N.Y. in bankruptcy for Inland Broadcasting formation of the Carnegie Commission broadcast inter- Television, leading the Public Sold by East Shore Broadcasting Corp. to Corp., which has no other Educational Louis D. Kessler, Broadcasting Act of 1967. Williams -Spitzer Media Corp. for $4.5 mil- ests. Buyer is owned by and his son, Paul M. Kessler, who have no other broadcast interests. Paul Kessler is Richmond, Va. -based accountant. WLVA is on 590 khz full time with 1 kw. KPAG(AM) -KROS(FM) Pagosa Springs, Colo. SELECTIVE D Sold by Rod -Mar Inc. to Roger Morphew for $250,000. Seller is owned by Wayne Marcy and Rob Roddy, who have no other broadcast interests. Buyer is Colorado DISCREET Springs-based real estate developer with no other broadcast interests. KPAG is on 1450 is khz with 1 kw day and 250 w night. KRQS on 106.3 mhz with 3 kw and antenna 300 feet above average terrain. Broker: Chap- EFFICIENT man Associates. CABLE Systems serving Marmaduke, Rector and EFFECTIVE Reyno, all Arkansas and Doniphan, Moun- tain View and Piedmont, all Missouri Sold by Dr. Jack G. Hunt to Cable Systems USA Associates for approximately $10 -$12 mil- The Blackburn & Company difference lion. Seller has no other cable interests. Buyer is Tionesta, Pa. -based MSO with sys- will deliver results for you. tems in six states serving 48,000 subscribers. It is headed by Jack Fuelhart, general partner. Systems pass 12,718 homes with 9,400 subscribers. Broker: Hardesty, Puckett, Queen & Co. BU\CKBUPSNEÖMPANy Systems serving Ulysses and Johnson, both Kansas Sold by Golden Southwest Inc. to I N C O R P O R ED AT Universal Cable Communications for ap- Media Brokers (s Appraisers Since 1947 proximately $2 -$3 million. Seller is principally owned by Samuel Elliot and Lloyd Hartley, who also own KULY(AM) Ulysses, GA 30361 CHICAGO, IL 60601 BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 ATLANTA, Buyer is Crested Butte, Colo. -based 1100 Connecticut Ave., NW 400 Colony square 333 N. Michigan Ave. 9465 Wilshire Blvd. Kans. (213) 274 -8151 (202) 331 -9270 (404) 892-4655 (312) 3464460 MSO with systems in four states serving 12,000 subscribers. It is owned by Jay

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 O'Neal. Systems pass 2,600 homes with Seller is Littleton, Colo. -based MSO headed with 1,258 subscribers and 26 miles of 2,075 subscribers. Broker: Hardesty, by David Bradford, president. It owns sys- plant. Broker: Hardesty, Puckett, Queen Puckett, Queen & Co. tems in nine states with 28,000 subscribers. & Co. Buyer is owned by David D. Kinley and System serving Goldendale, Wash. Sold Lynette Simpson. It owns systems in Mis- by Goldendalc Cablevision Inc. to Sun souri and Washington serving about 7,000 For other proposed and approved sales see Country Cable Inc. for $1.5 -$2 million. subscribers. System passes 1,450 homes "For the Record," page 78.

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CBN rumors of two other programs, Thursday Night Live the joint venture are features on the shoot- (music and entertainment) and Sunday's ing down of Korean Airlines Flight 700 by Recent notices of the imminent death of the Best (700 Club highlights) and the expansion the Soviet Union and on the late Dean Reed, Christian Broadcasting Network have been of the ON film unit, which has produced an American pop singer who defected to greatly exaggerated, CBN said last week, as two after- school specials to be aired on the Eastern Bloc in the 1960's it denieda Jan. 5 USA Today story that said secular television this month: Never Say Ben Kinchlow, long -time co -host and now Goodbye, Jan. 11, at 4 p.m., on CBS, and Up front host of CBN's 700 Club, would jump ship to Terrible Things My Mother Told Me, Jan. 20, The QVC Network has added a new twist to join the PTL Club as host early this year. at 4 p.m., on ABC. Syndication affiliates its home shopping service is disclosing Kinchlow, executive vice president of min- -it receiving the 700 Club, he said, stand at 158 on air the exact shipping and handling istry, and Bob Slosser, CBN chairman and in U.S. the and Canada, (totalling 71 million charge for each item it presents. Usually, chief executive officer, announced jointly households), "a pretty static number." Janu- home shopping networks inform customers Jan. 5 that the story "was not true," and ary 1987 CBN Cable Network numbers of those charges after they call to purchase Kinchlow repeated the denial during the stood at 7,387 systems, 34 million subscrib- a product. Jan. 5 broadcast of the 700 Kinchlow, Club. ers; last month those numbers had in- "There were very few complaints about who took over the on -air driver's seat for creased to 7,868 systems and 37.2 million the old system," said QVC Chairman Joseph departed presidential candidate Pat Robert- subscribers, he said. Segel, but customers "were always in the son last April, visited new PTL head, David dark about exactly how much the charge Clark, and PTL ministry vice president, Neil Showcase deal would be until after they actually placed an Eskelin, during an end -of- the -year vacation Home Box Office has signed a co- produc- order." Segel explained that at QVC, opera- in South and North Carolina, said CBN me- tion deal with Granada TV International, tors would inform customers of the extra dia relations manager, Benton Miller. (Clark one of the U.K.'s largest television produc- charges before the transaction was corn - had worked with Kinchlow for years at CBN, ers, for two feature-length dramas to air on pleted. "While we had been following Miller said.) But no offers were made, and the HBO Showcase. The first two projects for practice of the older home shopping pro- the only house inspection Kinchlow made, Miller quoted him as saying, was of the Baker house about which so much has been I said over the past year. The newspaper story quoted Clark as saying: "It would be a tremendous thing for us if [Kinchlow] accepts," and quoted other PTL sources as saying Kinchlow had initiat- MIDATLANTIC MIDWEST ed talks about the job. Last week PTL said Clark would be the only source who could Class B FM and Fulltime AM Class C FM and Fulltime AM answer questions about Kinchlow, but he was involved in extensive meetings to se- lect a new board of directors for the belea- Top Rated Top Ratings guered cable service. Exclusive Format Excellent Potential Miller confirmed a 32.5% drop in contributions to CBN since last April as cited in Good Cash Flow State-of- the -art Equipment the newspaper story. But the implication that the losses were directly attributed to Real Estate Owned Real Estate Owned Robertson's - departure, he said, are ill Price: $4,000,000 Price: $6,000,000 founded. That number was announced last November in conjunction with the layoffs of 145 CBN employes (500 had been laid off last summer). Highest on the list of causes, he said, was the Jim and Tammy Bakker scandal, a "dramatic influence on every V 1 television ministry in the country," which ] ] also coincided with the beginning of CBN's fiscal year last April. A worldwide 1987 RICHARDS INC. slump in oil prices reduced oil industry contributors to the network, and the stock mar- A Confidential Service to Owners 8 Qualified Buyers ket crash affected other contributors. Despite the losses in contributions -the category of funding that constitutes 74% of NEGOTIATIONS FINANCING APPRAISALS CBN money said, -Miller the network has TV CAN RADIO NEWSPAPERS responded to difficult times with creative efforts: the launch last summer of CBN Ra- dio (which operates via a sideband on CBN 7700 LEESBURG PIKE 540 FRONTAGE ROAD Cable Network's satellite signal and is now FALLS CHURCH, VA 22043 NORTHFIELD, IL 60093 on nearly 100 affiliates); the spin -off of a 70o (703) 821 -2552 (312) 441 -7200 Club "companion show," Straight Talk (using a Donahue -Winfrey format); the launch

Broadcasting Jar 11 1988 7e grams, we were never comfortable with that have skills in marketing, sales, advertising, school of business administration study. practice," said Segel, "so we decided to finance, accounting or engineering. The Researcher Henrianne Sanft's study of 140 now take the lead in phanging the way Walter Kaitz Foundation is located at 4341 Pittsburgh area children found that groups shipping and handling charges are dis- Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, Calif. 94611; of 4 -to -6 -year -olds and 8-to -10 -year -olds, closed. We are confident that cable sub- (415) 653 -3310. when given knowledge about the persua- scribers and the cable companies will ap- sive intent of advertising, displayed differ- preciate this consumer -oriented approach," A little knowledge ent reactions to previously unaired board Segel said. game and breakfast cereal commercials. Segel inaugurated the new approach "Knowledge is a powerful defense against Knowledge about the intent of advertising himself, on Dec. 29, when he presented a the persuasive power commercials exercise "seems to make children focus on the infor- new product, Arval skin cream, on the air. on impressionable youngsters, particularly mation about the product," the report said. The network said it received 1,500 phone those between the ages of 4 and 6," accord - The result of such knowledge: increased orders after the presentation -a record for mg to a University of Southern California product memory and less brand preference. that product category. Woodruff to moderate

The League of Women Voters has announced that Judy Woodruff, chief Wash- ington correspondent for The MacNeil/ Lehrer NewsHour and anchor of public television's Frontline with Judy Woodruff series, will moderate LWV's second set of presidential primary debates. Scheduled just pri- or to Super Tuesday, they will air on the Cable News Network on March 5 (Republi- can) and March 6 (Democratic). Minority help The Oakland, Calif. -based nonprofit Walter Kaitz Foundation has launched an employment service designed to increase cable television's minority work force. The foundation's Direct Hire service will recruit and screen applicants and present to cable com- Heart to Haft. Cable News Network talk show host Larry King (I) returned to work last panies a quarterly list of qualified personnel. Monday (Jan. 4), four weeks after undergoing quintuple bypass surgery. His guest, Demo- The applicants must be college graduates cratic presidential candidate, Gary Hart, joined CNN staffers in celebrating King's return. with three years of work experience and Challenge time

Time Inc. has made a $50,000 challenge First Sierra Communications grant to C -SPAN that could bring in another (Jack McSorely, president) $150,000 for the cable public affairs network. Time said it pledged $50,000 for the has contracted to purchase network's operations and will donate another $50,000 if C -SPAN can raise an addi- KQIZ -FM Amarillo, Texas tional $100,000. Money from the latter challenge would go toward the C -SPAN which seeks to increase -FM Colorado Springs, Colorado Education Project, KIKX the use of C -SPAN among students. To date, the network has raised $41,000, with from pledges from Centel, Douglas Communica- tions, General Instrument and Jones Inter - Wiskes l Abaris cable. Gary Bryson, executive vice presi- (Jack Higgins and Don Wiskes, general partners). dent of Time Inc. subsidiary, American Television & Communications, and a C- Bill Prikryl and Terrill Fischer served as brokers SPAN board member, said the network transaction. would have no difficulty raising the in the $100,000. This is the third consecutive year Time has made a donation to C -SPAN; it previously contributed $75,000 to the network. Most (95 %) of C- SPAN's budget is supplied by cable operators, the rest comes from corporate contributors, including IBM, Gen- eral Foods, duPont, the Gannett Founda- tion, Bell Atlantic, United Auto Workers, NYNEX and the National Education Foundation. TBS two-step

NF&A TBS has changed the name Norman Fischer & Associates, Inc. Superstation and format of its Night Tracks Power Play. Media Brokerage Appraisals Management Consultants The new title, Power Play Dancin', pre- 1209 Parkway Austin, Texas 78703 (512) 476 -9457 miered Jan. 1 in the old Night Tracks time slot Fridays, from 11:05 p.m. to 12:05 a.m. The show is now a countdown of the top 10

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 dance videos, and is designed to appeal to a cross section of musical styles. "Power Play Dancin' fulfills that ideal by including pop, Fifth Estate Earnings R&B and rock videos," said producer Tom Lynch. Company Period Revenue % Earnings % EPS Cashing in (000) change (000) change Aaron Spelling First $29,494 (2) $7,037 20 $0.38 Advertising sales on cable's sports pro- CVN Companies First $144,922 275 $6,415 NM $0.30 graming networks is expected to jump 19% General Instrument Third $298,094 33 $19,891 243 $0.56 in 1988, reaching $248.6 million, according Gulf + Western Year $4,681,100 24 to Paul Kagan Associates. Kagan said 1987 $356,000 33 $5.76 sales were expected to hit $209.3 million, Fourth $1,453,400 44 $131,500 25 $2.13 nearly double the 1984 figure of $115.4 Home Shopping Network First $186,000 80 $3,100 (67) $0.04 million. King World Year $241,306 66 $33,981 71 $1.11 Fourth $65,947 41 $12,060 54 $0.40 Mecham's message Malrite Comm. Third $29,034 7 ($196) NM ($0.01) News Corp. Ltd. First $981,333 19 $104,152 212 $0.63 The Arizona Cable Television Association Pulitzer Publishing Third $89,746 8 $3,134 1 $0.30 plans to provide a live feed of Governor Rogers Communications First $124,600 10 $48,415 13 $0.12 Evan Mecham's state of the state address, Saatchi & Saatchi Year $1,206,500 74 $73,300 97 $2.15 scheduled for today (Jan. 11) at 12:30 p.m. United Artists Comm. Year $657,445 22 $4,851 (40) $0.12 Cable systems may air the feed live or on a tape delayed basis. Aaron Spelling Productions net income includes nonrecurring income of $3.5 million from ABC as part of new, nonexclusive agreement with network. Revenues were "impacted by a Movies by Disney decline in network programing production," despite 54% rise in domestic syndication income from distribution of 97 episodes of Hotel, company said. Prior to first fiscal quarter The Disney Channel has announced it will 1988, CVN's financial results included only 50% equity interest of cable home shopping premiere its Save the Dog, made -for -cable service, Cable Value Network, now a wholly -owned unit of CVN. Net loss in year -ago quarter movie on March 19. Cindy Williams, Tony was $6.4 million. Gulf + Western reported after-tax operating cash flow up 23% over Randall, Katherine Helmond, Charlotte Rae 1986 to $473 million. Company's Entertainment operation, Paramount, had income growth in and Tom Poston star in the comedy about television, home video and theater exhibition, with TV syndication income from Cheers and the misadventures of an aspiring actress Family Ties, along with pay TV licensing fees for features "Witness" and "Ferris Bueller's who is trying to save her dog. Day Off." King World's barter syndication arm, Camelot Entertainment Sales, had high of The full- length animated The Brave Little $74.3 million in revenues this year, representing approximately 31% of King World's total Toaster, featuring the voice of Saturday revenues. On program basis, Wheel of Fortune accounted for 46% of revenues, Jeopardy accounted for 29% and The Oprah Winfrey Show for 13 %. Malrite quarterly results include $2.2_million pretax gain from $10.7_million sale of company's Denver AM and FM radio stations. Nine -month net loss was $4.9 million. Company said losses reflect "the anticipated pressure of higher interest and development costs associated with our substantial investments in new stations." News Corp. operating profit for quarter was $134.6 million, 33% above same period in 1986. Company said operating earnings increase was "offset somewhat by a decline in the United States, where filmed entertainment operations faced a diffucult prior year comparison and the [Fox] television stations faced a less buoyant than expected advertising economy" Pulitzer reported broadcasting net operating revenue flat at $22.8 million, with operating cash flow from broadcasting down 3% for period, operating profit down 4% to $5.6 million and operating expenses up 5% to $8.6 million. Rogers figures are expressed in Canadian dollars. Company reported two million basic cable subscribers, including 936,000 pay subscribers, as of Nov. 30, 1987. Before -tax profit for Saatchi was up 77% to $193.5 million. Profits at newly merged ad agency Backer Spielvogel Bates are 25% higher than previous year, company said. UA reported operating income up 39% to $109.3 million from previous year. Revenue from cable systems was up 13% to $208.9 million from previous year. Cable operating income before depreci- ation and amorization was up 21% $78.9 million.

Gene Kelly

Night Live star Jon Lovitz, will premiere on Feb. 27. It tells the story of a "group of aging "25 YEARS EXPERIENCE GOES INTO EVERY SALE" appliances in an abandoned summer EAST cottage." 500 East 77th Street The pay channel Suite 1909 premiered last Monday New York NY 10021 The Best of Hollywood, in which actor Gene (212) 288-0737 Kelly introduces Disney's 9 p.m. movie with WEST behind -the -scences anecdotes about that 9454 Wilshire Boulevard s5r_q night's film. Disney plans to have Kelly in- Suite 600 troduce most of the musicals and classic Beverly Hills CA 90212 motion pictures that air in the film block. (213) 275-9266 The series, which kicked off last week SOUTH Jleid_qto/ce9a. with "State Fair," also includes "Top Hat," 11285 Elkins Road "Fiddler on the Roof," "Yankee Doodle Dan- Suite ) -8 Roswell GA 30076 dy," "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," "An (404)442 -5711 TV RADIO CABLE APPRAISALS American in Paris," "My Fair Lady," "Kis- HAL GORE, Vice -pres. met," "Summer Stock," "Topper," "True Grit," "All About Eve"and "In the Good Old Summertime."

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 7C TVX gets more time to repay Salomon loan

Lender stretches deadline Done deal. Sony Corp. last Tuesday (Jan. 5) completed $2- billion acquisition of CBS on $247 million used to buy Record Group. Company, to be named CBS Records Inc., will be operated as independent, Taft stations; it says it's wholly owned subsidiary of Sony. Blackstone Group acted as adviser to Sony in transaction. protecting its piece of borrower Sweet price. King world Production has completed purchase of 3.5 million shares of its has received a The TVX Broadcast Group common stock at $28 per share from members of founding King family, one member of one -month reprieve on repayment of a $247 - current management and former executive vice president, Stuart Hersch. Although stock is million bridge loan from New York invest- now trading in $18 range, stock buyback was agreed to last June in connection with tender ment banking firm, Salomon Bros. offer by King World for up to 4.1 million shares when stock price was in mid- Company million of which was $20's. The money, $200 eventually purchased 878,578 shares at $28 per share. King family members still own 1, to originally due Jan. was used last spring approximately 39 %, or 10 million shares of King World's 25.4 million common shares help purchase five major -market TV stations outstanding. from Taft Broadcasting. The Virginia Beach, Va. -based TVX, with 11 indepen- be. carry Buena Vista's Win, Lose or Draw in dent television stations, now has until Feb. 1 to make the payment. TVX also will likely have to sell one or syndication and promote sales of P&G's Salomon also agreed to defer interest pay- more of its smaller stations to meet $20 Pampers. (P &G is the largest national adver- ments originally due Dec. 31, 1987, until million in debt amortization payments in tiser in Win, Lose or Draw.) Feb. 1, and declined its option to raise the 1988 and another $10 million in the first half In the "Win, Lose or Draw/Pampers interest rate on the revolving credit agree- of 1989, McDonald said last month Sketch in Time Sweepstakes," viewers at ment, currently at prime rate plus 5%. An- (BROADCASTING, Dec. 14, 1987). home will be asked to guess the answer to a other $7 million has also been loaned sepa- It has already sold its smallest station, puzzle that will appear during a commercial rately to TVX at the same rate, payable on KJTM -TV Pine Bluff, Ark., for $6 million to break. (Win, Lose or Draw is a charades - demand after Jan. 31. Detroit -based cable operator, Don H. Bar- type of parlor game in which competing Salomon's Nancy Peretsman said the in- den (BROADCASTING, Dec. 7, 1987). The teams attempt to guess the answer to a vestment bank has "no intention of pulling group has top -20 -market independents in puzzle as clues are drawn on a large sketch the rug out from under them [TVX]." Al- Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Washington, pad.) Viewers will acquire entry blanks for though Salomon may be anxious for repay- Houston and Miami, and UHF independents the contest on Pampers packages and at ment of the bridge loan, it must also protect in Nashville; Memphis; New Orleans; Ra- point -of- purchase displays. its equity interest in TVX. The investment leigh, N.C.: Kerrville, Tex., and Norfolk, A winner will be chosen from correct bank has some $52 million in convertible Va. entries for prizes including "Disneyland- preferred TVX stock, along with equity /Hollywood dream vacations" and animated warrants and other holdings which, if fully "cels" (the original celluloid frames) from exercised, would give it 52 -53% ownership Pampers promo classic Disney animated movies such as in the broadcast company. "Cinderella" and "Lady and the Tramp." TVX had originally planned a public debt Contest to appear The contest will air on Thursdays be- offering to help it raise the funds, but put during commercial tween Jan. 28 and April 21. During that that plan on hold after the stock market breaks of Buena time, Buena Vista will keep an extra 30- second spot for itself on Thursdays to run crashed in mid -October. As recently as mid - Vista's game show December, TVX President Tim McDonald the contest, and will give that spot back to taking one fewer on Fridays. told BROADCASTING the company was close Buena Vista Television, The Walt Disney stations by Win, Lose is cleared on a cash -plus- to bringing the debt offering to market, but Co.'s syndication division, and Procter & or Draw basis with five -and -a -half minutes for Peretsman said that the planned $165 -mil- Gamble, will implement a promotional - barter tie Buena Vista. lion bond offering had not yet been priced in contest at the end of January designed to stations and one minute for 1987, the sweep- and she could not project how soon it would channel advertising dollars to stations that Developed at NATPE stakes will channel the P &G co -op dollars to stations through the local supermarkets in which the point -of- purchase displays are located. P &G will give retailers promotional R.A. Marshall el Co. materials and advertising dollars as part of retailers are expected Brokerage & Media Investment Analysis the campaign. Those to advertise on local stations. Mark Zoradi, vice president and general manager, Buena Vista Television, said the campaign will benefit Win, Lose or Draw Profitable, well- established combo located in small and the stations that carry it through more southeastern market with exceptional growth potential. exposure, which in turn is expected to improve the ratings of what is already the $1.6 million number-one rated show to debut in syndication last fall. Zoradi said plans are now in the works for similar promotional campaigns of Buena 800 Main Street Vista's Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, a r1; ; strip aimed at a fall 1988 Carolina 29928, 803 -681 -5252 talk/entertainment Hilton Head Island, South debut.

roadcast,ng Jan 11 1988 76 Baockm Market Market Closing Closing Capitali- Closing Closing Capitali. Wed Wed Net Percent PIE zation Wed Wed Net Percent PIE zation Jan 6 Dec 19 Change Change Ratio (000.000) Jan 6 Dec 29 Change Change Ratio (000.000) BROADCASTING PROGRAMING

(CCB) Capital Cities/ABC 353 1/2 339 14 1/2 04.27 24 5.715 O (NNET) Nostalgia Network 1 1/8 1 1/2 - 3/8 -25.00 -1 6 (CBS) CBS 163 3/4 156 1/4 7 1/2 04.80 10 3.864 N (OPC) Orion Pictures 11 1/8 10 5/8 1/2 04.70 17 191 (CCU) Clear Channel 13 7/8 12 1/8 1 3/4 14.43 26 44 0 (MOVE) Peregrine Entertain. 1 7/8 1 3/8 12 36.36 -62 4 (INFTA) Infinity Broad. 19 3/4 17 16.17 -151 166 23/4 N (PLA) Playboy Ent 13 13 00.00 -8 122 (JCOR) Jacor Commun. 5 1/2 4 1/2 1 22.22 31 O (OVCN) OVC Network 5 7/8 5 7/8 17.50 38 (LINB) LIN 44 5/8 43 1/8 1 1/2 03.47 23 2,392 0 (RVCC) Reeves Commun 7 1/8 6 5/8 1/2 07.54 712 89 (MALR) Mainte 7 1/2 5 7/8 1 5/8 27.65 -10 102 0 (RPICA) Republic Pic. 'A' -. 4 5/8 4 1/4 3/8 08.82 51 19 (MALRA) Malrhe 'A' 7 5 2 40.00 -10 95 O (RPICB) Republic Pic. 'B' 5 12 5 1/2 00.00 39 4 (OBCCC) Olympic Broad 4 3 1/4 3/4 23.07 10 A (RHI) Robed Halml 1 5re 1 1/2 1/8 08.33 6 as (OSBN) Osborn Commun 6 4 3/4 1 1/4 26.31 -5 24 0 (SMNI) Sat. Music Net 3 1/8 3 1/8 04.16 -78 28 (OCOMA) Outlet Commun 11 10 1 10.00 72 0 (TRSP) hi -Star Pictures B 8 1/8 - 1/8 - 01.53 14 246 (PR) Price Commun 11 1/2 10 5/8 7/8 08.23 -5 98 N (WCI) Warner 29 3/4 27 3/4 2 07.20 18 3,721 (SAGB) Sage Broadcasting 5 1/4 5 1/4 17 05.00 -7 O (WWTV) Western World TV. 3/8 3/8 00.00 2 (SCRP) Scripps Howard 78 78 26 805 00.00 O (WONE) Westwood One 20 1/4 18 2 1/4 12.50 27 251 (SUNN) SunGroup Inc 7/8 7/8 00.00 -1 2 (TLMD) Telemundo 8 8 00.00 -1 45 SERVICE (TVXG) TVX Broadcast 3 1/4 2 1/4 1 44.44 -2 19 United (UNI) Television 22 22 00.00 36 241 O (BSIM) Burnup & Sims 8 5/8 7 3/4 7/8 11.29 17 137 O (CVSI) Compact Video 3 2 1/8 7/8 41.17 -2 BROADCASTING WITH OTHER MAJOR INTERESTS 19 N (CO) Comsat 28 1/2 27 1/2 1 03.63 -11 522 (BLC) A.M. Belo 50 48 2 04.16 16 538 N (FCB) Foote Cone & B. 44 1/2 44 1/2 00.00 13 185 (AAR) Adams Russell 42 5/8 2 04.69 16 538 O (GREY) Grey Advertising 103 99 4 04.04 15 124 (ASTV) Amer. Comm. á TV 1/8 1/8 00.00 9 O (IDBX) IDB Communications 8 1/4 7 1/4 1 13.79 33 33 (AFL) American Family 14 3/8 14 3/8 02.67 14 1,158 N (IPG) Interpublic Group 31 1/2 30 3/8 1 1/8 03.70 15 699 (ACCMA) Assoc. 26 Commun. 23 3 13.04 247 A (MOV) Movielab 6 3/4 6 3/4 00.00 11 (BMAC) Bus. Men's 1 Assur 27 1/2 26 1/2 0576 -11 287 0 (OGIL) Ogilvy Group 26 1/8 23 1/4 2 7/8 12.36 13 360 (CCN) Chris -Craft 19 18 1 22 383 05.55 0 (OMCM) Omnicom Group 19 20 - 1 -05.00 -86 465 (DNB) Dun á Bradstreet 55 1/2 52 1/2 3 N (SAA) 05.71 23 8.439 Saatchi & Saatchi 24 1/8 22 5/8 1 1/2 06.62 12 3.515 (DUCO) Durham Corp '22 3/4 22 1/2 1/4 194 01.11 13 O (TLMT) Telematlon 1 1/2 2 - 1/2 -25.00 6 6 (GO) Gannett Co 38 1/2 37 1 1/2 04.05 21 6,221 A (TP0) TEMPO Enterprises 7 1/2 6 7/8 5/8 09.09 25 43 (GY) 22 1 GenCorp 3/8 21 3/8 06.54 11 1,499 A (UNV) Unite! Video 8 1/4 8 1/4 03.12 12 17 (GACC) Great Amer. 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As compiled by BROADCASTING, Dec. 29, KB1X(AM) Muskogee, OK (BAL871214EC; 1490 his wife, Bonnie. It has no other broadcast interests. Filed 1987, through Jan. 6 and based on filings, KHZ; I kw -U, DA -I) -Seeks assignment of license from Dec. II, 1987. Muskogee Broadcasting Corp. to Embody Broadcasting Co. WRHD(AM)- WRCN(FM) Riverhead, NY (AM: authorizations and other FCC actions. for $200,000. Seller is owned by Michael J. McKee. His BAL871221GU; 1570 khz; 1 kw-D, FM: BALH87122IGV; wife, Teresa, has CP for new FM in Taft, OK. Buyer is Abbreviations: AFC-Antenna For Communications. 103.9 mhz; 3 kw; HAAT: 466 ft.) -Seeks assignment of owned by Richard S. Embody, and his wife, Patricia. Administrative Law Judge. alt. -alternate. ann.- license from East Shore Broadcasting Corp. to Williams - AU- Embody was former owner of station. Filed Dec. 14, 1987. announced. ant.- antenna. aur.- aural. aux. -auxiliary. Spitzer Media Corp. for $4.5 million. Seller is owned by ch. -channel. CH -critical hours. chg- change. CP -con- WJCO(AM) Jackson, MI (BAL8712I4EB; 1510 Khz; Richard I. Adrian, who has no other broadcast interests. struction permit. D-day. DA -directional antenna. Doc - 5.4 kw-D)--Seeks assignment of license from James J. Buyer is owned by Robert L. Williams and Elton L. Spitzer. Docket. ERP-effective radiated power. HAAT-height McCluskey to Russell L. Mumaw for $150,000. Seller and Williams has interest in WKAP(AM) Allentown, PA. Kensington, PA above average terrain. H &V- horizontal and vertical. buyer have no other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 14, Spitzer has interest in WXXP(FM) New khz- kilohertz. kw- kilowatts. lie. license. m or M-me - 1987. and WLIR(AM) Spring Valley and WYUT-AM -FM Herki- value. mhz mer, both New York. Filed Dec. 21, 1987. tees. MEOC -maximum expected operation - WAMX(AM) Huntington, WV and WAMX -FM Ash- night. pet megahertz. mi.- miles. mod-modification. N- land, KY (AM: BAL871214ED; 930 khz; 5 kw -D; FM: WQXY-AM -FM Baton Rouge, LA (AM: presunrise for recon- petition for reconsideration. PSA- BALH871214EE; 93.7 mhz; 50 kw; HAAT: 463 ft.) -Seeks BAL871218GO; 910 khz; I kw -U; FM: BALH871218GP; control. S service authority. pwr- power. RC -remote -A- assignment of license from Stoner Broadcasting System Inc. 100.7 mhz; 100 kw; HAAT: 690 ft.)-Seeks assignment of Scientific- Atlanta. SH- specified hours. SL- studio loca- Associates, L.P. to TPO- to Fifth Ave. Broadcasting Co. for $1.9 million. Seller is license from Encore Communications tion. TL- transmitter location. trans.-transmitter. Annapolis, MD -based group of six AM's and nine FM's Vetter Communications Co. for $5 million. Buyer is owned hours. vis.- transmitter power output. U or unl- unlimited principally owned by Tom Stoner. Buyer is owned by Tom by Cyril E. Vetter, who also owns WV LA(TV) Baton Rouge groups of num- visual. w -watts. "-noncommercial. Six Wolf, Huntington -based operator of McDonald's franchises. and KFXZ(FM) Maurice, both Louisiana. Filed Dec. 18, to map coordi- bers at end of facilities changes items refer He has no other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 14, 1987. 1987. nates. 1 meter -3.28 feet. WLVA(AM) Lynchburg, VA (BAPL871208ED; 590 KBIT(AM)- KOOK -FM Billings, MT (AM: BA- khz; l kw -U)-Seeks assignment of license from Laurence L871211EA; 970 KHZ; 5 kw -U; FM: BALH871211EB; P. Morin, trustee in bankruptcy to Stereo 59 Inc. for 102.9 mhz; 100 kw; HAAT: 500 ft.) -Seeks assignment of $345,000. Seller is trustee in bankruptcy for Inland Broad- license from KOOK Associates Ltd. to Citadel Associates Ownership Changes casting Corp., which has no other broadcast interests. Buyer Limited Partnership for $500,000. Seller is headed by John is owned by Louis D. Kessler, and his son, Paul M. Kessler, Hough, president. Buyer is owned by Lawrence Wilson and who have no other broadcast interests. Paul Kessler is Fritz Beesemyer. It also owns KKFM -FM Colorado Springs Richmond, VA -based accountant. Filed Dec. 8, 1987. and KBOZ -AM -FM Bozeman, MT Filed Dec. 11, 1987. KRAR(AM) Waite Park -St. Cloud, MN (BA a L871215EA; 1390 Khz; 2.5 kw -D, 1 kw -N) --Saks assign PA 1130 ment of license from Kleven Broadcasting Co. to Genesis WEEO(AM) Waynesboro. (BAL871211EC; 1 of license from Cumber- Broadcast Professionals Inc. for $175,000. Seller is Sturgis, 'khz; kw -D)-Seeks assignment Valley to Homes By Keystone Inc. New Stations SD -based group of three AM's and one FM, owned by land Broadcasting Co. for 5150,000. Seller is principally owned by Robert E Leslie J. Kleven. Buyer is owned by Ronald J. Linder, who interests. Buyer is owned also has interest in KWLM(AM) -KQIC(FM) Willmar, MN. Fister and has no other broadcast W. and his wife, Mary; Paul E. Dunlap and Filed Dec. 15, 1987. by Guy Miller Applications Atwater, CA (BPH87I216MK)-Atwater Broadcasting Co. seeks 92.5 mhz; 3 kw H &V; 100 m. Address: 1038 Neilson St., Albany, CA 94706. Principal is owned by edia Brokers Nicholas Henderson and Raveesh Kumra. It has no other NM broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 16, 1987. Thousand Oaks, CA (BPED871218MB)- Califomia Lutheran University seeks 88.3 mhz; 3 kw H &V; 73 m. Address: 60 West Olsen Rd., Thousand Oaks, CA 91360. Principal is educational institution headed by Jerry H. Mill- man er. It has no other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 18, 1987. Alachua, FL (BPH871216ML)- Minority Media, Inc. Associates seeks 92.5 mhz; 3 kw H &V; 100 m. Address: 102 NE 10th Ave, Ste 10, Gainesville, FL 32601. Principal is owned by William Johnson, who has no other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 16, 1987. Rockford, IL (BPED87I209MA)- Northern Illinois University and Rockford Educational Broadcasting Founda- KWOC-AM/FM tion seeks 90.5 mhz; 50 kw H &V; 112 m. Address: 544 College Ave., Dekalb, IL 60115. Principal is educational Poplar Bluff, Missouri joint venture. Northern Illinois University is headed by John Latourette. Filed Dec. 9, 1987. IO Pleasant Hope, MO (BPH871210MA)-Williams Part- ners seeks 95.5 mhz; 50 kw (H &V); 146 m. Address: 3467 W. Tracey Ct., Springfield, MO 65807. Principal is owned Inc. by Roy Williams, and his wife, Elizabeth. It has no other Zimmer Broadcasting Company, broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 10, 1987. Pleasant Hope, MO (BPH87I210MH)-FR Broadcast- from ing Inc. seeks 95.5 mhz; 50 kw (H &V); 150 m. Address: 5315 W 7th, Topeka, KS 66606. Principal is owned by Frederick Reynolds, and has no other broadcast interests. Three Rivers Broadcasting Filed Dec. 12, 1987. Pleasant Hope, MO (BPH871210MD)-Koyle Broad- casting Corp. seeks 95.5 mhz; 50 kw H &V; 150 m. Address: for 605 Miller Rd., Willard, MO 65781. Principal is owned by Karleen Koyle, who has no other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 10, 1987. Pleasant Hope, MO (BPH871210MG)-Trifecta Com- $642,000 munications seeks 95.5 mhz; 50 kw H &V; 150 m. Address: 2003 Brewster Rd., Bellevue, NE 68005. Principal is owned by Jean Marie Cates, Forrest D. Windham, and Chapman Associates is pleased to Donald E. Nistle. Nistle also has interest in KGMT(AM)- KUTT(FM) Fairbury, NE. Filed Dec. 10, 1987. have assisted in this transaction. Pleasant Hope, MO (BPH871210)- Missouri Broadcast Partners seeks 95.5 mhz; 50 kw H &V; 150 m. Address: 3114 W. Countryside Dr., Springfield, MO 65807. Principal is

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 headed by Cedric Randle. managing general partner. It has Filed Dec. 15, 1987. Silver Springs, FL (BPH870629N1)-- Granted app. of no other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 10, 1987. Clay E. Holladay for 95.5 mhz; 3 kw H &V; 100 m. Voorheesville, NY (BPED87I2I4MC) -Sound of Life Address: 3491 Grandview Ave., Meridian, MS 39305. Pleasant Hope, MO (BPH871209MB)-Pleasant Hope. Inc. seeks 96.3 mhz; .417 kw H &V; 263 m. Address: Box Principal has interest in WQIS(AM)-WNSL(FM) Laurel, Broadcasting Co. seeks 95.5 mhz: 50 kw H&V; 150 m. 380A, Lake Rd., Kingston, NY 12401. Principal is non- MS and owns WYZB(FM) Mary Esther, FL. Address: P.O. Box 44, Pleasant Hope. MO 65725. Principal Action Dec. profit corporation headed by Bruce Winchell. It has no other 21, 1987. is owned by Larry Mitchell, Noel Boyd and Paula Landers. broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 14, 1987. It has no other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 9, 1987. Casey, IL (BPH8603I7NS)- Granted app. of Casey Claremore, OK (BPH871216MH)- Pamela Kay War- Broadcast Group, Inc. for 104.3 mhz; 11.2 kw H &V; 151 Pleasant Hope. MO (BPH871210FI)- Charles T. Wil- ren seeks 94.5 mhz; 3 kw H &V; 100 m. Address: P.O. Box m. Address: 2704 Hulman St., Terre Haute, IN 47803. liams seeks 95.5 mhz; 50 kw H &V; 150 m. Address: 2478 1642, 340 Country Club Dr., Ruidoso, NM 88345. Princi- Principal is owned by Vangie Sison -Day, Dean A. Phelps Wendover Dr., Naperville, IL 60565. Principal has no other pal has no other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 16, 1987. and M.N. Sholar, who have no other broadcast broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 10, 1987. interests. Claremore, OK (BPH871216MJ) -Fred M. Weinberg Action Dec. 17, 1987. Voorheesville, NY (BPH871215MA)-Family Broad- seeks 94.5 mhz; 3 kw H &V; 100 m. Address: 3210 S Duluth, MN (851224MÁ)- Dismissed app. of Peoria casting, Inc. seeks 96.3 mhz; .25 kw H &V; 319 m. Address: Norwood, Ste B, Tulsa. OK 74135. Principal has no other Satellite Radio Corp. for 101.7 mhz; 1.0 kw (H &V); 525 m. P.O. Box 150, RR#I Box 1040, Waterbury, VT 05676. broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 16, 1987. Address: 1104 N. 2nd St., P.O. Box 299, Principal is owned by Alexander D. McEwing and his wife, Chillicothe, IL Claremore, OK (BPED8712I6MB)- Educational 61523. Principal is principally owned by William P. Susan; Arthur McEwing and his wife. Jennie: Robert hake Bro and Broadcasting Corp. seeks 94.5 mhz; 3 kw H &V; 100 m. family. It has no other broadcast and his wife, Pamela; Dennis Fennell and Timothy Dodge. interests. Action Dec. 16. Address: 1835 South 129 East Ave., Tulsa, OK 74108. 1987. who also own WGLY-FM Waterbury. VT. Filed Dec. 15, Principal is nonprofit corporation headed by David W. 1987. Bedford, NH (BPH860804MC)- Dismissed app. of Hardy, John H. Egbert and Francis C. Krebs. It has no other Bedford Broadcasting Service for 96.5 mhz: 3 kw H &V; 100 Voorheesville, NY (BPED87I2I6MA) -WAMC seeks broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 16, 1987. m. Address: 9235 Ne 175th, Bothell, WA 98011. 96.3 mhz; 0.36 kw H &V; 287 m. Address: 318 Central Principal Locust Grove, OK (BPH8712I6MF)-Murry Broad- is owned by Duane J. Polich, who also has Ave., Albany, NY 12206. Principal is owned by Alan S. interest in casting, Inc. seeks 100.7 mhz; 3 kw H &V; 100 m. Address: KLCK -AM Goldendale, WA. Action Dec. 21, 1987. Chartock, Alan D. Miller, Ruth Klemperer. Peter Vukasin, 711 -b Garrison Ave., Fort Smith, AR 72901. Principal is David Roberts, Warren Weiss, and Aaron Mitrani. It has no Farmington. NM (BPET870218KF)- Dismissed app. owned by Johnnie M. Hemreich. It has no other broadcast other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 16, 1987. of San Juan College for ch. 15; 20 kw-V; HAAT: 345 m. interests. Filed Dec. 16, 1987. Address: 4601 College Blvd., Farmington, NM Voorheesville, NY (BPH871216ME) -R. Bryan Jack- 87401. Harlingen, TX (BPED871217MA)-RGV Educational Principal is educational institution headed by James C. son seeks 96.30; 0.2KW H &V ; 341 m. Address: 17 Broadcasting Inc. seeks 88.9 mhz; 2.58 kw H &V; 98 m. Henderson, president. It has no other broadcast interests. Imperial Drive. Niskayuna, NY 12309. Principal has no Address: 1701 E. Tennessee Ave., Harlingen, TX 78550. Action Dec. 23, 1987. other broadcast interests. Filed Dec. 16, 1987. Principal is nonprofit corporation headed by Ruben Car- Tonopah, NV (BPED860514MG)- Granted app. of Ne- Voorheesville, NY (BPH871216MG) -Tri- Cities FM denas, Rev. Leo J. Ferreira, Angela Villarreal, Randall vada Public Radio Corp. seeks 91.7 mhz; .10 kw (H &V); Partnership seeks 96.3 mhz; 3 kw H &V; 100 m. Address: Feldman, Dora L. Rodriguez, Bishop John J. Fitzpatrick 437 m. Address: 5151 Boulder Highway, Las Vegas 89122. 446 Yates St., Albany, NY 12208. Principal is owned by and Rev. Gustavo Barrera. It has has no other broadcast Principal is nonprofit corporation headed by John F. Harvey. Bernard L. Kennedy, who has no other broadcast interests. interests. Filed Dec. 17, 1987. Filed Dec. 23, 1987. Filed Dec. 16, 1987. Mirando City, TX (BPH871216MI)- Alderete Commu- Milton -Freewater, OR (BPH860918MT)-Granted app. Voorheesville. NY (BPH8712I6MD)-Francis W. Bell nications seeks 100.9 mhz; 1.48 kw H &V; 142 m. Address: of Nanette Markunas for 97.9 mhz; 500 w; 731 m. Address: seeks 96.3 mhz; 3 kw H &V; 100 m. Address: 1805 Woodhill P.O. Box 326. Laredo. TX 78040. Principal is owned by P.O. Box 2576. Montauk, NY 11954. Principal has no other Trail, Augusta, GA 30909. Principal has interest in KSEK- Cynthia Alderete Earle, who has no other broadcast inter- broadcast interests. Action Dec. 14, 1987. (AM) Pittsburgh, KS and KFRB(FM) Girrard, KS. Filed ests. Filed Dec. 16, 1987. Dec. 16, 1987. Milton -Freewater, OR (BPH860918NK)- Dismissed app. of Mrs. Blanca Gaukroger Voorheesville. NY (BPH87I215MC)- Mid -Atlantic Actions for 97.9 mhz; 3 kw; 273 m. Address: Rt. I, Box 26. Couse Creek Rd., Milton - Broadcasting Co. seeks 96.3 mhz; .3 kw H &V; 307 m. Oakhurst, CA (BP8606I6AD)- Granted app. of Larry Freewater, OR 97862. Principal has no other broadcast Address: 27 Stone Rd., West Millbury. MA 01527. Princi- Ward Gamble for 1090 khz; w -D. 500 Address: P.O. Box interests. Action Dec. 14, 1987. pal is owned by George M. Ragsdale. Daniel F. Viles and 1791, Oakhurst. CA 93644. Principal has no other broad- Gregory T. Lano. who have no other broadcast interests. cast interests. Action Dec. 16, 1987. Sioux Falls, SD (BPH8703IIML)- Returned app. of

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Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 Verna Joy Spriggs for 101.9 mhz; 50 kw H &V; 500 m. Peoria, IL, WWCT, 105.7 mhz- 871217-Application CP to change ERP vis.: 674.5 kw; HAAT: 1447 ft.; ANT: 2 mi. Address: 953 S. Blaine #1, Sioux Falls, SD 57103. Princi- for CP to change TL: approx 400 meters SE of the intersec- Bogner B24UH (DA); TL: Near Orange City SW of I6N 81 19 09. pal has no other broadcast interests. Action Dec. 21. 1987. tion of School St and Highview Rd, near Washington in Orange City, Volusia, FL. 28 55 Tazewell Co, IL. 40 42 08N 89 28 14W. Dublin, VA (860509MA)- Returned app. of Golden Ponce, PR, WTIN, ch. 14- 871208 -Application for CP Rule Organizational Workshop Inc. for 91.5 mhz; 64 w -H Armijo, NM, KLQS, 107.1 mhz- 871215 -Application to change ERP vis.: 1513.6 kw; ANT: Bogner BU(l)24N 18 m. 58 kw -V; HAAT: 367 m. Address: 201 Progress St., Blacks- for CP to change TL: 1-66, 6 km W of the intersection of 1 -66 09 OON 66 52 50W; HART: 559 burg, VA 24060. Principal is headed by Virginia Baker, and and U.S. 40, Bemalillo Co, Atrisco, NM; change ERP: 17.7 has no other broadcast interests. Action Dec. 21, 1987. kw H &V; change HAAT: 215 m. H &V; change to Class C2 35 03 15N 106 51 31W. Actions Florence, OR, KLCX, 104.7 mhz- 871218 -Mod of CP AM's (BPH861216IH) to change TL: atop Prairie Peak, 10.92 km Atlanta, GA, WPBD, 640 khz- 871218 -Application Facilities Changes SSE of Alsea, OR; change ERP: 62.5 kw H &V; change (BMP871030AB) granted for Mod of CP to make changes HAAT: 721 m. H &V 44 17 35N 123 32 15W. in ant sys for new station. La Grange, TX, KMUZ, 104.9 mhz- 871215 -Applica- Richmond, KY, WCBR, 1110 khz- 871228 -Applica- tion for CP to change HAAT: 100 meters H &V. tion (BP870717AA) granted for CP to make changes in ant Applications North San Antonio. TX. KYRT, 29- 871221 -Mod of CP to sys (incl. incr. in tower height) and change TL to: FM's 37 45 84 17 36W. change geographic coordinates: 29 17 27N 98 16 I2W and Third St (Rt 388) Richmond, KY 30N Montgomery, AL, WHHY-FM. 101.9 mhz- 871218- change HAAT: 443 m. Luveme, MN, KQAD, 800 khz- 871223 -Application to make changes TL: 2.4 krn N Mod of CP (BPH8612121B) Yakima, WA, KRSE, 98.3 mhz -871221- Application (BP870317AB) dismissed for CP to make changes in pa- Dr. and U.S. Rte 80, Montgom- of intersection of Burbank for CP to change FREQ: 105.7 MHZ; change ERP: 100 kw rameters of directional antenna sys. ery County, AL; change HAAT: 334 m. H &V. 32 24 11N 86 H &V; change HAAT: 237 m. H &V; change Class to CI; Del Valle, TX, KIXL, 970 khz- 871223 -Application 11 48W. modify license main facility; change antenna location to: 2 (BP870603AK) granted for CP to make changes in ant sys; Ocala, FL, WMFQ, 92.7 mhz- 871211 -Application for km E of Old Naches Valley Rd, 5.3 km SE of Naches. change TL to: Daffin Gin Rd, 4 km E of Austin City Limits, CP to make changes: FREQ: 92.9 MHZ (Per Docket #86- TV TX301913N973725W. 138); change TL: 4 km NW of Belleview, 0.8 krn SE of SR 467 & Redding Lane intersection, Marion Co, FL; change Panama City, FL, WDGH, 28- 871214 -Mod of CP ERP: 50 kw H &V; change HAAT: 145 m. H &V; change to (BPCF820122KE) to change ERP vis.: 1936 kw (32.87 FM's Class C2. 29 04 45N 82 05 35W. dbk); ANT: BASC, Inc./SW- 30-DA; HAAT: 149.97 meters; Red Bluff, CA, KDJQ, 102.3 mhz- 871218-Applica- TL: approx 400' W of Florida State Rd 2301, 1/4 mi. N of Starke. FL, WTLG, 88.3 mhz- 871221 -Application for tion (BPH870205IH) granted for CP to change TL: approx. intersection with Florida Hwy 388; 30 23 42N 85 32 02W; change ERP: CP to change ERP to: 7 kw H &V; change HAAT: 87 m. 9.5 mi. NE of Red Bluff, Nscan Buttes, CA; location of main studio: Panama City Bay, FL. H &V; change TL: 1100' NW of intersection of 24th Ave. 3.24 kw H &V; change HAAT: 532 m. H &V. 4015 31N 122 Feb. 1987. and Forsythe Rd. New Smyrna Beach, FL, WCEU, 15- 871216 -Mod of 05 20W. Application resubmitted 5, Frisco, CO, KYSL, 92.1 mhz -871221- Application (BMPH870213IN) granted for Mod of CP (BPH831027AG) to change TL: peak 1/2, 2 km SW of Frisco, at existing electronics site, Frisco, CO; change HAAT: 320.63 m. H &V; and make changes in antenna sys. 39 33 22N 10606 Services 53W. Leesville, LA, KVVP, 105.5 mhz---- 871218- Applica- tion (BMPH861205IA) granted for Mod of CP FCC ON-LINE DATABASE 301-731-5677 ci1e' (BPH8605221C) to change TL: 1 /10 mi. W of US 171, .o....., ns.,., Coopers, LA; relocation of main studio outside community ...n uu.uunn of license to: 6.2 mi. S of city limits of Leesville, LA. 31 03 datawopld 93 16 35W. A oca:10 Ter,a.r St O.es OIN AM FM TV LPTV ITFS systems Ltd. Camden, ME, WMFT, 102.5 mhz- 871217 -Applica- 4827 Rugoy Ave Suite 200 tion (BMPH8606271B) granted for Mod of CP MD 20814 .s . n.00k . Bethesda .e s (BPH810218AE, as mod) to change TL to: Ragged Moun- 368 -5754 .un.t .. ..una 70 13011 6528822 1.800- tain, Camden, ME; change ERP: 7.9 kw H &V; change HAAT: 366 METERS H &V and make changes in antenna sys. 44 12 40N 69 09 06W. RAM'EONIX, INC. BROADCAST DATA SERVICES Rumford, ME, WWMR, 96.3 mhz-871221 -Applica- Computerized Broadcast Service Connector Supplier tion (BPH8703021U) granted for CP to change ERP: 100 kw Including to the Broadcast Industry H& V. Allocation Studies Data Base Kings /ITT Cannon Alexandria, MN, KXRA -FM, 92.7 mhz-871221 -Ap- Terrain Profiles 67 Jefryn Blvd. E. returned for CP to change ERP: A Div. of.Hoffes. Larson & Johnson. Inc. plication (BPH870323MC) Deer Park, N.Y. 11729 100 kw H &V; change HAAT: 216 m. H &V; change TL: 703 824 -5666 (516) 242-4700 County Rd 56, 0.95 mi. W of State Rte 114, Garfield, MN 45 56 04N 95 30 49W. Lincoln, NE, KHAT-FM, 106.3 mhz- 871221 -Applica- UNUSED Stephen Raleigh tion (BPH8606091E) dismissed for CP to change TL: Vine Broadcast Services and Grape Streets, Lincoln, NE; change ERP: 1.48 kw CALL LETTERS H &V; HAAT: 143.32 m. H &V. 40 49 12N 96 39 29W. Full Service Technical Consulting CALL New Brunswick, NJ, WRSU 88.7 mhz- 871228- Specialists in Audio & RF Systems -FM, Facility Design & Installation Application (BPED870105IF) granted for CP to change dataworI5 P.O. Box 3403, Princeton, N.J. 08540 ERP: 1 kw H &V; change HAAT: 45.72 m. H &V. 1- 800 -368 -5754 (609) 799 -4357 Raleigh, NC, WQDR, 94.7 mhz- 871221 -Application (BPH8707221C) dismissed for CP to change TL: 2.9 km SW of Auburn, NC; change HAAT: 374 m. H &V; change ERP: ®BROADCAST 99 kw H &V. 35 40 29N 78 31 38W. SERVICES SIVISIONDIVISION *rialidechanc. BROADCAST CONSULTANTS AND ENGINEERS Woonsocket, RI, WNCK, 106.3 mhz- 871229 -Appli- granted for Mod of CP Spanatinng m Finanmal cation (BPH8701281) INTEMp Conwlung5.mcntncwmnQ (BPH850828IC) to change TL: Beacon Pole Hill near Epu:ry Doti Ficancmg Woonsocket, RI; change ERP: 1.15 kw H &V; change .cca 3e..:nc NcePnf,ant Debt R.aruouring HAM': 158 m. H &V. 41 59 43N 71 26 54W. ,:: r' 0:6-054. Cntcmvsea Pre»ninnon I 13p1 -' Rutland, VT, WRVT, 88.7 mhz- 871217-Application (BMPED870302NH) granted for Mod of CP to change ERP: 2.774 kw H &V TV -6 Amendment Oct. 28, 1987. MAILING LABELS FM & TV C O M M U N C A t N S N C AM, Radio and Television System Design TV's CALL Transmitter and Studio Installation Madisonville, KY, WLCN, ch. 19- 871218 -Applica- Microwave and Satellite tion (BMPCT870623KF) Granted for Mod of CP to change Engineering and Installation ERP vis.: 215 kw; HAAT: 87 meters; ANT: GE TY-25 -B; datawct k1' 12 North Willow St. 721 Princeton Pk, Hopkins Co, KY. 37 19 IIN 87 30 1- 800 -368 -5754 201- 746-9307 Montclair. NJ 07642 TL: 58W. Johnstown, PA, WJAC -TV, ch. 6-871218 -Application (BPCT871016KE) granted for CP to change TL to: top of Laurel Hill. 4.5 mi. (7.2K m.) NW of Johnstown, PA 40 22

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Commercial AM 4,893 170 5,063 for hearing mutu- South Padre Island, TX- Designated Commercial FM 3,999 418 4,417 Commission Actions ally exclusive applications of Susan Lundborg and Rio Educational FM 1,283 173 1,456 Indecency -Responding to petitions for clarification Bravo Ltd. for new FM station on channel 237A (95.3 10,175 761 10,936 and reconsideration. FCC generally reaffirmed its April MHz): dismissed applications of Tony A. Cranford, Texas Total Radio 1987 findings of indecency against WYSP(FM), Philadel- Media Group Inc., and South Padre FM Group. (MM FM translators 1,115 766 1,881 phia: KPFK -FM, Los Angeles, and KCSB -FM, Santa Bar- Docket 87 -561, by Order [DA 87 -1802] adopted Dec. 8, adopted Nov. 24, 1987 Mass Media bara, CA. (By MO &O (FCC 87 -365] 1987 by chief, audio services division, Commercial VHF N 543 23 566 by commission.) Bureau.) Commercial UHF N 463 222 685 assignment license of for hearing mutually ex- Aguadilla, PR- Consented to of Woodstock, VT-Designated Educational VHF TV 115 3 118 W V EO -TV at Aguadilla from Seglares Iglesia Catolica Inc., clusive applications of Robert and Shirley Wolf, Devine Educational UHF TV 203 25 228 to James C. Leake, on condition that licensee construct main Providence Broadcasting Inc., Katherine T. McCann and 1,324 1,597 studio at Aguadilla and originate some local programing Jerry Young for new FM station on channel 230A (93.9 Total N 273 within 18 months. (By MO &O [FCC 87 -377] adopted Dec. MHz) at Woodstock. (MM Docket 87 -562 [DA 87 -1803] 3, 1987 by commission.) adopted Dec. 8. 1987 by chief, audio services division, VHF LPN 247 74 321 Bureau.) Licensing Procedures- Declined to relax operational Mass Media UHF LPN 162 136 298 and licensing requirements for broadcast auxiliary services. Review Board Actions Total LPN 409 210 619 (MM Docket 86 -405 by MO &O [FCC 87 -390] adopted Eureka, CA-Granted application of James and Sharon Dec. 15, 1987 by commission.) Deon Sepulveda for new TV station at Eureka. (By decision VHF translators 2,981 145 3,126 Villas. Reaffirmed grant of new FM 21, 1987 by review board.) Fort Myers FL- [FCC 87R -69] adopted Dec. UHF translators 1,998 293 2,291 station to Sunshine Broadcasting Inc. at Fort Myers Villas. Buffalo and Mineola. both New York -Partially granted thus denying competing applicant, L.B.C. Inc., reconsider- motion by Empire State Broadcasting Corp.. licensee of ation. (MM dockets 83 -1332, 83 -1334 by MO &O [FCC 87- ITFS 250 114 364 WWKB(AM) at Buffalo. for waiver of section I.301(b) so it 392) adopted Dec. 21. 1987 by commission.) Low -power auxiliary 824 0 824 can appeal presiding AU's denial of its motion for summary 7,430 205 7,635 Staff Actions decision; dismissed Empire State's motion for immediate N auxiliaries hearing proceedings: and denied motion to strike UHF translator/boosters 6 0 6 Los Angeles- Extended to Jan. 25 date for filing com- stay of by Bursam Communications Corp.. licensee of TV 3 5 8 ments on complaint of National Association for Better filed Experimental Mineola. Docket 87 -110 by MO &O Broadcasting against KCOP(TV) Los Angeles. (By Order WTHE(AM) (MM Remote pickup 12,338 53 12,391 [FCC 87R -68) adopted Dec. 14, 1987 by review board.) [DA 87 -1693) adopted Dec. 23, 1987 by chief, Mass Media Aural STL & intercity relay 2,836 166 3,002 Bureau.) AU Actions Rayne, LA- Designated for hearing seven applications Bluefield, WV- Granted application of Living Faith Includes off -air licenses. for FM station on channel 294A (106.7 MHz) at Rayne. Ministries Inc. for commercial TV station on channel 40 at (MM Docket 87 -560 by Order [DA 87 -1801) adopted Dec. Bluefield. (MM Docket 86 -345 by summary decision [FCC 8, 1987 by chief, audio services division, Mass Media 87D -47] issued Dec. 16. 1987 by AU John M. Frysiak.) Bureau.) WBBO WHCH Rutherford County Radio Co. Lawton, OK -Correction to order designating for hear- Inc., Forest City, NC ing mutually exclusive applications of Day Broadcasting Call Letters WPLJ WKRZ Beatrice Broadcasting Corp., Wilkes- Barre, PA KKFN KYKC Vaughn Broadcasting Group, Applications Sioux Falls, SD Call Sought by WWHY WXKY Cory Communications Inc., Mi- YOUR RILL lan, TN New FM's COLOR KMMX KCHLMsion Communications Inc., San LOGO, KRKQ Michael Robert Birdsill, Chester, CA Antonio, TX WJLF Central Florida Educational Network, KZQQ KRGO Group Communications Inc., \ PHOTO AND /OR / Gainesville, FL West Valley City, UT \ AD COPY HERE / KHHI Irving A. Uram, Hilo, HI Existing WBBS Berkshire Broadcasting -South Inc., FM's Great Barrington. MA KIPR KFXE Cornerstone Broadasting Corp., KCHK -FM H. Murphy Jr., Kingsley New Prague, Pine Bluff, AR MN WCGY WCGY-FM Gowdy Family Limited Part- Send for FREE INFORMATION WOXD Lafayette County Broadcasting Corp., nership, Lawrence, MA Oxford, MS reguarding our full color custom WMNB WMNB -FM Berkshire Broadcasting WAYC -FM Cessna Communications Inc., Bed- designed LOGO WATCHES for Co. Inc.. North Adams, MA ford, PA Inc., your firm, club, school, organ- KDAM KLCQ Twain Lake Broadcasting Monroe MO izations, etc. City, Grants WCKZ-FM WLIT-FM Beasley Broadcasting of logo, photo, ad copy. etc., is Your Call Awarded to Charlotte Inc.. Gastonia, NC for the dial of this handsome watch KKRX -FM KRLG KCCO -KRLG Inc., Lawton, OK New FM's men and /or women. 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Potential sales managers and goal oriented individuals. Assistant news directors (2 positions) for WSFP -FM in RADIO Excellent hnanciai and professional opponunity Forget Fort Myers and WUSF -FM in Tampa, Florida. Will assist the HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT about snow chains for your car or boots for your feet. Come news director of each station in the daily news operation; join us in Charlotte. North Carolina. Newest station in this produce and host the local component of "Morning Edi- We need a strong sales oriented, successful manager to growth oriented major market group. If you have stopped tion': supervise reporters and assignments in the news help build our new corpora: on We're looking for our 4th growing where you are at now, call me today Patrick Foy. directors absence. Minimum qualfications: Appropriate station with 8 more to come. Leadership abilities and 704- 335 -1029. Confidential. EOE. bachelor's degree and two years of directly related profes- decisiveness, a must. Send resume to P.O. Box 66601, sional work experience, or appropriate master's We want professional account executives for leading degree. Macon. GA 31201. Salary: $16,160 negotiable to $20,000 DOE. Send resume. edge marketing team. Should have experience selling references, and non -returnable cassette audition contain- Rare opportunity for sales manager: Sales people with easy listening and light AC formats. We are 100,000 watt ing a newscast and two produced features demonstrating successful radio group. Good people are hard to find, as regional Gull coast FM with same ownership for 20+ production ability to the station you wish to apply to. Submit are good companies! Join the best with sales - not ex- years, and 1,001 watt state -of- the -art light AC AM. Send two separate applications if you wish to be for cuses. Resume, salary history, references to Harry Dyer, resume to Box C -15. EOE. considered both positions. Apply by January 29, 1988 to: KCII AM/FM, Box 524, Washington, IA 52353. EOE. Assistant Top rated, class C. regional CHR FM stand alone in News Director Search (Specialist, Radio/TV), WSFP -FM, Manager for exciting, rapidly growing shopping service 100,000+ Midwest market needs a GSM who can make a 8111 College Parkway. Fort Myers, FL 33919, or WUSF -FM, and A.M. station located in midwest college town. If you good sales department great. Must have proven track SVC -116, 4202 Fowler Avenue, Tampa. FL 33620. The have success record and make it here. this opportunity record and excellent references. If you can build a team University of South Florida is an EEO /AA employer. could lead to ownership in future. Send resumes to Box C- that starts producing to this station's outstanding potential. NYC suburb. Active local news 27. An EOE. we'll reward you generously Send complete resume. refer- station seeks evening editor /reporter/anchor Witing samples. T&R: WRKL, Po- ences and salary requirements to: Box C -33. We want a professional sales manager with a proven mona. NY 10970. EOE. M /F. track record in easy listening and light AC formats. W@ are Suburban Cleveland Country AM is looking for a sales News director. Great company. Full- service AM. 100,000 watts regional Gulf coast FM with same ownership representative with on air ability Our morning personality is Aggres- sive leader of moderate -sized staff. You'll probably for 20+ years. and 1.000 watt state -of- the -art light AC AM. moving on after four years. Send tape and resume to C. anchor mornings. Comfortable team member to interact Send resume to Box C -14. EOE, Bucaro, WBKC. One Radio Place. Painesville, OH 44077. with other morning personalities. Know the legals. Tell us how you ge: Controller: Top billing major market southern California WJBC -AM is seeking an assistant sales manager to help it done. Resume to: Box C -35. EOE. station seeking top financial person. Duties include man- lead and coach our five person sales team. If your ap- Family Life Broadcasting- Seeks announcer aging the finance and administrative functions of the sta- proach is customer-focused using a system selling strate- with experience with non -commercial Christian tion. Direct supervision of accounts receivable, accounts gy, your talent can help us grow WJBC has a record of broadcasting with minimum 2 years news and PA experience to direct news payable, payroll. billing and personnel department. Pre- success with exciting opportunities for the future. If you're department at station opening in pare monthly /quarterly financial statements. Prepare var- driven to achieve send resume to Rex Hansen, WJBC. Box Detroit market April, 1988. Excellent benefits. Qualified persons with ious budgets and supporting schedules. Four years gener- 8. Bloomington. IL 61702. EOE. desire to be part of ministry oriented radio station al ledger and related accounting. Accounting degree. should send HELP WANTED ANNOUNCERS resume to Steve Wright, Family Life Radio, P.O. Lotus & IBM #36 preferred. The person we seek is prob- Box 35300. Tucson, AZ Respond ably the top financial person in their current 85740. before January 22. 1988. organization. Top ten market classical music station seeks announcers EOE. An equal opportunity employer. Resumes and salary histo- for future openings. Substantial previous experience in ry in confidence to Box C -23. classical music radio essential. Applicants must have in- HELP WANTED PROGRAMING depth knowledge of music and recordings. well PRODUCTION 8 General manager wanted: Attention sales managers. We as as OTHERS facility with foreign pronunciations and a personable. con- trained young man as general manager at our small market Program director. Emmis Broadcasting New York is versational style. Send resumes to Box C -17. An EOE AM station; today he's GM of a major market station. If you searching for employer. a fresh and dynamic program director to lead can make decisions. take overall responsibility, are promo- the nation's only 24 -hour all sports radio station, WFAN. tional minded, and can supervise station's monthly throw - Suburban Cleveland country AM is looking for an air This pro must have extensive programing knowledge and a -way newspaper, well teach you the rest. particularly personality with sales experience. Our morning personality sports interest. Contemporary or full service experience financial management. This is not a sit down job. as it is moving on aber four years. Send tape and resume to C. preferred. Salary is negotiable. Contact Scott Meier requires you to spend most of your time on the street, Bucaro. WBKC, One Radio Place. Painesville. OH 44077. VP /GM. WFAN. 718-706-7690 or send resume to 34 -12 selling. This profitable, heavily-promotional north Alabama 36th Street. Astoria. NY 1t106. Emmis is A new Broadcasting an station (WXXR, Cullman) is in unique market -- wonderful News/announcers: FM means expanded staff. equal opportunity employer. place to live and raise children. Send resume detailing Great opportunity for the right talent. Tapes and resumes to your sales experience to Helen Millar, 2011 South 25th PD, WCBA, Corning, NY 14830. How good at production are you? Creative? Imagina- Street, Suite 101, Ft. Pierce, FL tive? Inquisitive? Multi -track production facility Some air 34947. EOE. Classy FM - eastern seacoast resort: Needs AM drive work, too. No expert; just a hard worker with a talented personality Resume to Box C -35. G.S.M. with career path to G.M. $13M top 100 market. voice. EEO. KQIP, 1011 Texas Commerce Bldg.. Odessa. Class C. high rated RAB resume CHR. See at /Send to: K/E New ownership prefers announcers Southwest or MM. TX 79761. Stephens, KTUX, Shreveport. LA 71109. 1343 Hancock Road. Bullhead City, AZ 86442. 4 Fulltime seasons-Mich. AM solid gold, easy listening FM Announcer -salesperson. Air shift plus some sales duties. SITUATIONS WANTED MANAGEMENT needs with GSM talent, ideas, ambition. Earn equity with No phone calls please. Mail resume. WMJS. Box 547. right line. Major market sales manager seeks GSM position. Strong bottom Out of rat race near resorts. Fantastic Prince Frederick. MD 20678. opportunity for right person. Box C -32. trainer, motivator, innovator. Excellent track record includes HELP WANTED TECHNICAL everything from retail to national sales. Outstanding refer- General manager for KKRC /KKFN in Sioux Falls. South ences. Box B -63. Dakota. Both stations are well programed and very promo- N.C. FRAM seeks aggressive C.E. for new state of the tional, so the first assignment is to build the sales staff. The art facility. Automation experience needed. Salary $500 I know what it takes to be #1 at the bank. #1 in the market is nearly 150,000 population with a strong econom- weekly Send resume to Michael Thomas Whalen, WWMY, community and even with the staff. Meet me (p MSC '88. ic base of over $1.5 billion in retail sales. If you are currently 7819 National Service Road. Greensboro. NC 27409. Call 516- 331 -6383. a sales manager. it's important that you have a solid track Chief engineer wanted for AM/FM combo in Newark. The general manager no one wants to loose. Team record for growth. If you are currently a general manager, Ohio. Should be experienced in all aspects of broadcast builder /motivator. My success speaks for itself. Consistent you'll need proven performance in delivering operating increases engineering with strong maintenance background. Send sale while costs remain steady Be quick. I won't profit. You'll receive a compensation package with a good resume to WCLT Radio, Inc.. be available for long! Box C -28. base salary and generous incentives Box 880, Newark, Ohio, based upon results. 43055, Attn: Doug Pricer. tbu'Il be part of a young group anxious to teach, learn and General manager. Successful in both country and CHR. grow If you are ready for the challenge and you like the Chief engineer wanted for radio stations in Oklahoma City. Proven track record in management, sales. programing upper Midwest. give me a call 701- 775 -0575 and/or send Candidate should have FM and AM experience. Xmtr. and and news. Believe in selecting. training, motivating and a resume telling me about your accomplishments. Duane current audio processing experience imperative. building the best staff, deeply dedicated to both the station P Cariveau, President, Vaughn Broadcasting Group. Box $30.000 Box C -30 and involvement in the community. Prefer central Texas 997. Grand Forks, ND 58201. area. References on request. Box C -16. HELP WANTED NEWS We're #1 - 12±, 18-34, 24-54 Extremely active country Just finishing start -up set -up for new station. Several news anchor with strong station in highly competitive top 40 market has need for a Experienced delivery wanted for years ownership/management experience have taught the top news in New bright. energetic. experienced promotion/marketing man- station Yorks Hudson Valley. Excellent pay sates/expense /profit formula Sales oriented medium mar- and Mail ager to assume a key position on our management team. benefits. tape. resume and salary requirements to ket station preferred. Turnarounds welcome. Call Mike Hank News MI be responsible for creating and executing station and Silverberg. Director. WGHQ/WBPM, PO Box Hassan, 505- 296-8112. 1880, Kingston, NY 12401. sales promotions, designing materials, buying media, ad- EOE. ministering budget. EOE. Reply Box C -31. NPR affiliate looking for experienced talent to host week- SITUATIONS WANTED ANNOUNCERS day program. Must be able to cover diverse topics and Spanish announcer: Radio 8 television IDs. issues -- local, state. national, politics, social concerns. arts. commercials, documentaries, training videos. Demo tape HELP WANTED SALES sports, etc. Looking for experience, four year degree. available. P Espinoza 619 8589. creativity smooth sound. Send tape and resume to WXXI -945 Leading radio station In exploding Greenville/Spartan- Personnel Office. PO Box 21, Rochester, NY 14601. burg, SC market seeks experienced salesperson exuding EOE. Professional attitude, solid on air with production. copyw- riting. For consistency call Bill 308 -1211. confidence, drive, creativity and customer focus. Only the News director for award winning department. Large staff, -534 best need in apply writing, in full confidence to: Tom Potts, state of art equipment, one of Ohio's top news stations. Versatile disc jockey with 4 years experience. Experience WFBC, P.O. 1330, Box Greenville. SC 29602. Tape and resume to GM, WHBC, Canton, OH 44711. EOE. in news and production. Dave 303 -278-0106.

Broadcasting Jan 1 t 1988 medium market affili- Over two years experience in radio announcing, writing, Television sales. Aggressive, rapidly expanding televi- Move Into management! Dominant needs producer. Must be able to handle day and production. Ten hour days are too short. Wiling to work sion company with stations located in the East and Mid- ate executive projects. any market, any shift. T & R. Toby 503- 726 -1663. west is looking for 2 energetic, bright salespeople. If you to day operations and many special People skills like hard work and the rewards that come from it you can and ability to direct and motivate producers and reporters SITUATIONS WANTED NEWS expect to earn $40 to $60,000 annually. Citadel Communi- essential. Perfect opportunity for major market producer who wants to move into management. Send resumes to Bill News and sports director with PBP, sportstark; news and cations, WVNY-TV 100 Market Square. Burlington. VT Payer. KTUL. P.O. Box 8. Tulsa. OK 74101. EOE. sports anchoring /reporting. Call Tom 915 -658 -6130. 05401. Attention Brad Worthen iliate. least two SITUATIONS WANTED PROGRAMING Reporter needed for top rated ABC aff At HELP WANTED TECHNICAL of stories as well as PRODUCTION & OTHERS years experience doing wide variety Maintenance engineer. WJKS-TV has an immediate open- live" shots. Send tape and resume (no phone calls) to Bill Internship Wants return to radio: desires programing. in ing for an experienced studio maintenance engineer. We Payer, KTUL. P.O. Box 8, Tulsa, OK 74101. EOE. then #1 station in Wash.. DC market. Supported DJs, are equipped with Sony Betacart and BVU, Panasonic MII, Weather anchor/news reporter. KOLR -N needs some- collected demographics on audience and music. Robert routing, RCA and Grass Valley switchers, Utah Scientific one as weekend weather anchor and news reporter three Ware 703 -256 -3223. 1' VTRs. graphics Ikegami studio cameras and Hitachi Our days a week. College degree and two years Nexperience 10, MISCELLANEOUS are done with Chyron 4100, IRIS -C, NEC System required. Send tape /resume to News Director, KOLR -N If specialty, we need your Aurora and Artstar. ENG is your Box 1716, Springfield. MO 65801 -1716. Smokers need not Hot Spots - Volume I You can hear dozens of actual as HL HL -95 and Sony maintenance skills on Ikegami -79E, apply No calls. EOE. broadcast" air- checks of the finest and most creative radio BVP -300 cameras, BVU and MII field recorders, 2 micro- commercials. Guaranteed to give you solid. saleable wave trucks. a helicopter and a Hubcom uplink truck. Send Fox Television Stations, Inc., KRIV -N Houston. is seek- to ideas. Send $20 to People Centered Programs. Box your resume to: Personnel. WJKS -TV, P.O. Box 17000, ing a Monday - Friday weathercaster. Must have three 612686, Dallas, TX 75261 or write for free details. Jacksonville. FL 32216. EOE, MIF. five years experience as a television weathercaster. Knowl- edge of color graphics desirable. Please send salary re- is seeking Transmitter maintenance engineer. WJKS -TV quirements, along with tape and resume to: KRIV-TV P.O. with experience on the a qualified transmitter engineer Box 22810, Houston, TX 77027, Attn: News Director. No TT -59A. Né have a TELEVISION Harris BT-110U and General Electric phone calls. EOE. well maintained facility and an excellent staff to help you. HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT Some night hours are required. Send resume to: Person- Media Marketing -- -the leader in job- hunting assistance - -- need these General sales manager, ocal sales manager and national nel, WJKS -TV P.O. Box 17000, Jacksonville. FL 32216. is expanding! V* await our new facility and CONSUL- sales manager. The Gillett Group seeks aggressive, inno- EOE, M /F. professionals to join our growing staff: SENIOR TANT ($92.000) to advise news /programing with subscrib- vative leaders to become part of our team. If you have record and play SwItcher/tape operator. On -air switching, ing companies; PROMOTION MANAGER ($75,000) to cre- exceptional people skills, a superior track record and are production work. Dubbing back shows off satellite. Light ate image- awareness campaigns; COMMUNICATIONS motivated by challenge. send resume to: Judy Somers, required. EOE. Reply to Tammy on -air Q.C. Experience COORDINATOR ($85,000) to coach on -air talent; STAFF 2242 North Great Neck Rd., Virginia Beach. iA 23451. 1007 Anchorage, AK 99503. Schmoll. KT\A, W 32nd Ave., ANNOUNCER ($68,000) for on- camera/voice -over presen- leading. group -owned televi- with General manager for market Transmitter supervisor: PBS affiliate seeking fulltime TV tations; VIDEOGRAPHER/EDITOR ($75,000) to work Midwest. skills and RELA- sion/radio combo in the Leadership transmitter supervisor. Must be hands -on with 3 -5 years client material and in -house productions; PUBLIC a must. Excel- corre- senior broadcast management experience experience. UHF, RCA -TTU -110, or similar background TIONS DIRECTOR ($56,000) to handle corporate to lead a lent salary and benefits. A career opportunity useful. Position available in March 1988. Send letter of spondence. Looking for leadership. credibility, sparkle, resume C -10. EOE. vehi- winning team. Please send to Box interest, salary requirements and resume to Personnel, pizazz! Full benefits/relocation expenses/company /profit sharing options/year -round sunshine. Applica- General manager opportunity available with a 100+ net- WETA -N PO. Box 2626. Washington, DC 20013. EOE. cle tions must include cover letter, resume, non -returnable work affiliate in the beautiful upper Midwest. Experience in Maintenance person with BVU experience. Nbrk will in- demo tape. writing samples, philosophical brief, refer- all phases of station operation and general management clude general studio and RF maintenance with emphasis ences and salary history. ATTN: Dave Sanders, President, required. We're a group -owned company with outstanding on ENG & EFP Send resume to: Al Scheer, WLEX-TV. P.O. PO. Box 1476 --PD, Palm Harbor, FL 34682 -1476. 813- salary and benefit plans. Please send resume to Box C -11. Box 1457, Lexington, KY 40591 or call 606 -255 -4404. 786-3603. EOE. EOE. Work and play In Tampa Bay! We're looking for profes- KMPH -TV, the nation's number 1 independent television Television broadcast maintenance engineer. Top 20 VHF sionals committed to excellence. News, weather, sports, station is seeking an experienced national marketing man- network affiliate is seeking a studio /ENG maintenance en- production. and promotion. Send resume /references.sa- Applicants should have extensive experience in na- ager. gineer Applicant must have had at least five years exper- returnable demo tape. P.O. Box 22607. independent) or national rep lary history/non- tional marketing (preferably ience in studio equipment maintenance. Qualified appli- with ex- N Tampa, FL 33622 -2607. firm experience. Salary/commission comensurate cants should send complete resume to: Jimmy Gamble will be taken tal- perience. Please send resume. Applications Asst. Engineering Manager, WISP -N P0. Box 10.000, St. Top rated news operation seeks an aggressive and resumes Personnel Depart- and through January 15th. Send to: Petersburg. FL 33733. EOE. ented photojournalist. If you're the one. send a tape ment, KMPH -TV 26, 5111 E. McKinley Ave., Fresno, CA resume to John Breedlove, Chief Photographer, KFSN -TV, 93727. No phone calls. please. An EOE, M /F /H. Manager: engineering and technical services. Manages Fresno. CA 93706. No phone calls please. KFSN -N is an engineering support for Purdue University public radio employer. Women and minorities encour- independent is equal opportunity General sales manager: Established station and instructional television facility B.S. in electrical, manager. aged to apply seeking a dynamic, aggressive general sales electronics, or communications engineering or electronics leader, sell will The successful candidate will be a strong engineering technology with telecommunications special- News director. Wé are looking for an achiever...who track record Locke; motivated, and possess a proven professional ization. Must have knowledge of and be fully qualified to lead a news department to achieve. Contact: Don in independent television sales. This group owned station operate broadcast and industrial television production sys- GM: KGBT-TV Harlingen, Texas. 512 -423 -3910. is located in very attractive area of Sunbelt. Send resumes fiber tems; closed- circuit distribution systems, including Assignment editor. Southwest CBS affiliate, immediate and information to: Box C -5. transmitter equipment; and optics: AM and FM studio and opening. Aggressive motivated individual to lead staff of Minimum five years exper- General sales manager: WDRB -N, Louisville. KY has satellite uplink and downlinks. 20. Resume, salary needs to News Director. KFDA, Box mainte- opening for experienced independent station GSM. Strong ience in the design, construction, operation. and 1400, Amarillo, TX 79189. EOE. leadership qualities to direct an aggressive local and nance of radio and television broadcast systems. Two required. network news show seeks national sales effort required. If you feel you qualify, contact years administrative or supervisory experience Reporter /producer. Syndicated /producer for Los Angeles bureau. Pro- Elmer Jaspan. General Manager. WDRB -N, Indepen- Excellent benefits. Salary commensurate with qualifica- qualified reporter and feature packages. Experience a dence Square, Louisville. KY 40203. Equal opportunity tions. Position available until filled. Send resume and refer- duce and report news 7033 W Sunset Blvd. employer. ences for full position description to: Thomas L. Haworth, must. Send resume and tape to BNS, Personnel Officer, Stewart Center, Room 265, Purdue Uni- #322. Hollywood, CA 90028. 213-460 -4575. General manager to direct staff of major east coast pro- versity, Nest Lafayette, IN 47907. An equal opportunity/ duction. satellite and videotape facility Must have knowl- affirmative action employer. Weather anchor: VVe still haven't found a weather anchor edge of industry with proven track record. Send resume to do our noon and 5 p.m. weather. Must be good with live with full details to Box C -20. EOE. Master control operator: KRIV-TV Fox Television is seek- field reporting. Send tape and resume to: Jon Janes. News in- ing a qualified master control operator Requirements Director. WHO -N 1801 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA HELP WANTED SALES FCC clude a minimum of 3 years television experience. 50308. Previous applicants need not apply license or SBE 5 year certification required. Knowledge of The Gillett Group is seeking aggressive, highly motivated, looking for ag- and Ampex 2A & B 1 inch Hard -charging, #2 -rated NBC affiliate experienced account executives with exceptional track GV1600 beta cart machines, send resume to KRIV -TV gressive news leader. Market and station ripe for new records. Also seeking trainee for challenging career oppor- machines. Qualified applicants Houston, TX 77227, Attn: Engineering ideas. Be part of our success story Send resume to James tunity Send resume to: Judy Somers. 2242 North Great P.O. Box 22810. No calls. E.O.E. DeSchepper, VP /GM. WSLS -TV PO. Box 2161. Roanoke, Neck Rd., Virginia Beach. \A 23451. Dept. phone Va 24009. M -F EOE. NEWS Vendor support consultant. The Gillett Group is seeking a HELP WANTED network affiliate needs experienced, highly motivated individual for a major market affiliate. Must News producer. Experienced producer for 6 & 11 pm news Top 50 Midwest news director with excellent management have at least three years experience conducting vendor shows at southern CBS station. Send resume & tape to aggressive resume and salary requirements to Box C -29. programs with strong presentation skills. Send resume to: News Director. WNCT-N P.O. Box 898. Greenville. NC skills. Send Judy Somers. 2242 North Great Neck Road. Virginia 27835 -0898. EOE. EOE. Beach. V4 23451. /editor: Should have (1) year or the equiv- Sports anchor /reporter: We are looking for someone to Photographer news photography and editing exper- Duplication, satellite sales representative for estab- carry our sports coverage beyond traditional highlights alent of electronic Must available to work weekends and a valid, lished house. Experienced only Excellent package for and scores. Must be an enthusiastic and personable an- ience. be license in state of residence is re- right person. Send resume to Box C -21. EOE. chor as well as an excellent feature reporter. Should dem- penalty -free drivers resume by January 22, 1988 to Personnel onstrate ability to reach non -fans as well as the hard-core quired. Send Cable exec. STN. fast growing Shop Television Network, 96 16th St.. Wheeling, WV 26003. EOE. nuts. tape, resume and references to Michael Director, WTRF -N seeks executive director of affiliate sales. Strong cable sports Send News Director, WCBD-TV P.O. Box 879, Charles- experience required. Excellent salary and benefits. Send Sullivan, Senior director. National cable network is looking for a ton, 29464. No phone calls, please. EOE, M /F. letter and resume to STN. Suite 52.8033 Sunset Blvd., Los SC creative studio director in their Hollywood studio. Exper- lighting. Angeles, CA 90046. Weekend weathercaster needed. Prefer meteorologist ience required includes directing /switching. DVE. is entertainment news. but strong on -air presentation a must. Science /environ- management of crews. Programing WAYK -TV Melbourne, FL, is seeking a sales account and nonreturnable mental reporting three days /week. Send tape and resume Call 213-460 -6975 or send resume executive. Previous experience in broadcast sales is re- Movietime, 1034 (no phone calls) to Bill Payer, KTUL. P.O. Box 8. Tulsa. OK tape to Rick Portin, Director of Production, quired. Send resumes to Debbie Varecha. WAYK, 6525 74101. EOE. Seward Street, Hollywood, CA 90038. Babcock St. S.E.. Palm Bay, FL 32909.

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 Vice- president of news. Start-up UHF -TV network regd Experienced radio engineer is looking for his BIG break HELP WANTED TECHNICAL VP of news prgrms. Candidate must have created news into television. WiII relocate. Stan Amster 818 -507 -6860. dept. where none existed before. 70% time for producing Telemation Productions/Denver seeks highly experienced with and administration, & 30% time for directing. Manage all SITUATIONS WANTED NEWS audio engineer advanced technical and creative skills in audio production and post production. Back- aspects of the operation of news dept. & prgms including Award host, with 15 winning sportscaster Show years ground should include multi -track mixing. videotape and budgets & determining technical equip. Edit news material experience. PBP & intyerviewer. Great Sports director or film recording, and editing support. Salary commensurate & direct live /tape prgms. create news prgm. plan & devel- The weekends. personality for your newscast. 415- with op script outlines & studio sets. Train journalists & TV experience. Please send resume and salary history to 8780716. Manager, TMP Iliff production personnel. Coordinate prgrms to suit mkt. 3 yrs Production /Denver, 7700 East /venue. exp in above areas req'd & diploma or degree in TV Reporter: Former ND and 70s weather anchor wants to Denver, CO 80231. report news. Award- winning writer. Talented and articulate. broadcasting. $1000 /wk. Place of employment & inter- Maintenance engineer wanted: Television production fa- Hard to beat as weekend anchor /weekday reporter. Al views: Pasadena. CA. Send this ad and a resume stating cility is seeking a maintenance engineer. If you are exper- Peterson 206 -824 -6918. your qualifications to: Job #NOF 924. PO Box 9560. Sacra- ienced with Sony & Ampex 1" videotape machines, CMX mento. CA 95823 -0560. not later 26th. 1988. than January You want met Experienced female reporter looking for a editing systems. Ampex & Abekus digital effects send Anchor /reporter. National cable entertainment network move to a higher market, seeking 100s or higher. More resume to Jerry Ebbers, Telemation Productions. 7700 East needs experienced journalist to cover Hollywood as part of than willing to take a newsroom position. BS in communica- Iliff, Suite H, Denver, CO 80231. tions. Internship in #1 market. Hardworking and very dedi- expanding news operation. Must have knowledge of film HELP WANTED PROGRAMING cated to the business. Please call 201-543 -6030. industry and on -air experience. Call 213-460-6975 or PRODUCTION & OTHERS send resume and nonreturnable Bieber, tape to John News Sports reporter /anchor. Black male with college television Director, Movietime, 1034 Hollywood, Premier Colorado post production facility seeks highly Seward Street. CA experience. Unlimited potential. Good reporter /writer with 90038. experienced video tape editor with aa,anced technical good interview skills. Great on camera and has lengthy and creative skills in computer editing. u,gdal effects, and sports background. BA. Tape available. Can pay for reloca- Promotion producer. National cable entertainment net- animation systems. Excellent client skii.s and references is tion. Ernie 919-483 -2828. work needs experienced producer to create promotional a necessity. Experience on CMX 3400. ADO, Abekas desir- campaigns in conjunction with major studios. Must have SITUATIONS WANTED PROGRAMING able. Salary commensurate with experience. Major bene- strong writing skills, ability to follow projects to completion, PRODUCTION & OTHERS fits and unique creative environment. Send resume and and promotion/producing background. Call 213 -460- demo tape to Personnel Director, 24769. Denver, CO 6975 or send resume and non -returnable tape to Debbie Production/operations manager. Exemplary organiza- 80224. Adler. Director of Program Development. Movietime, 1034 tional skills. plenty of experience in video and a proven Seward Street. Hollywood, CA 90038. track record in start-up operations. Looking to stay in Director of distribution for a NYC based production Dallas area. Jim 214- 231 -0736. company specializing in syndicated features and fashion HELP WANTED PROGRAMING news stories. Newsroom experience required. Job entails PRODUCTION & OTHERS TV production ace seeks a creative position with a dynam- heavy phone contact with N news producers nationwide. ic company Experienced in lighting, set directing. editing, Send resumes to Box C -26. The Gillett Group is seeking production directors, editors design, and equipment operations. Energetic and enthusi- and innovative copywriters to staff expanding sales service astic about using my talents in a Spanish or English mar- SITUATIONS WANTED PROGRAMING departments. Must have two years minimum experience. ket. PO. Box 161103. San Diego, CA 92116. PRODUCTION & OTHERS Send demo tape 1/2" with resume to: Judy Somers, 2242 North Great Neck Rd., Virginia Beach. \A 23451. MISCELLANEOUS Video production. Looking for entry position in an agency or production house. Have been independent Post production The Hot Sheet -- -the most editor: Experienced with computer edit- comprehensive composite of producer during college. Video experience includes pro- ing system, DVE, formats. job listings nationwide! Television, radio, corporate corn- Chyron, GVG300, all tape Send ducing director. budgeting and live formats. Will relocated. reusme to Miami Video Post. 16550 N.W. Ave.. munications. All fields/levels/regions. Media Marketing. & 52nd Contact Mark Yerduin, 616-429 -5358 1574 Oak Terrace, Miami, FL 33014. EOE. P.O. Box 1476 --PD, Palm Harbor, FL 34682 -1476. 813- St. Joseph, MI 49085. 786 -3603. TV production manager: Top 50 network affiliate seeking PROGRAMING aggressive production manager. Position requires hands - Primo People has the answers to your questions. News on experience. good organizational skills, strong technical directors and talent...find out what we can do for you. Call Radio & TV Bingo. Oldest promotion in the industry. background and ability to manage production and oper- Steve Porricelli at 203 -637 -3653, or send a tape and Copyright 1962. World Wide Bingo. P.O. Box 2311. Little- ational personnel. Commercial production a plus. Send resume to Box 116. Old Greenwich, CT 06870-0116. ton, CO 80122. 303- 795 -3288. resume and salary requirements to Bill Logan, WA/Y-TV- Career videos. Make an impact on employers with your EMPLOYMENT 801 Wavy St.. Portsmouth, \A 23704. No phone calls. SERVICES please. EEO. personalized video resume tape prepared by our major market broadcast team. 312- 272 -2917. Government jobs. $16.040 $59,230 yr. Now hiring. Ybur area. 805 -6000 ext. R for Federal list. Creative services director. ABC affiliate serving newly -687 -7833 current TV reporter who want to improve. Award- winning major expanded coverage area needs a hands -en creative ser- market reporter will help your writing. style. presence, vices director to oversee production -promotion and sales EDUCATIONAL SERVICES Production voice. Send 7 stories. $35 to Feedback, 2766 NE 15 St., Ft. service. experience a must. Send resume. re- On -air training: For TV reporters (beginners. veterans. ferences Lauderdale, FL 33304. and salary requirements to: Jerry Heilman, Gen- cross -overs from print). Polish your delivery, appearance, Manager. eral KTVO -N Box 949. Kirksville, MO 63501. writing. Practice with teleprompter. Learn from former ABC Director. Station in number one market seeks television Network News correspondent and New York local reporter. director. to direct live news show and special events. Make demo tape. Call 212 -921 -0774. Eckhert Special Minimum of five years experience and working knowledge Productions, Inc. (ESP). on Spanish. Position available immediately Experience ALLIED FIELDS necessary, no beginners, please. We are an EOE. Box C- WANTED TO BUY EQUIPMENT HELP WANTED INSTRUCTION 24. , Wanting 250, 500. 1,000 and 5A000 watt AM -FM transmit- Photographer/editor. Creative eye with instincts. Editing Broadcast engineer: instructor position. Teach some ters. Guarantee Radio Supply Corp., 1314 Iturbide Street, touch that finds new ways to tell stories. Desire to develop broadcast classes. repair and maintain broadcast equip- Laredo. TX 78040. Manuel Flores 512 -723 -3331. producing skills. The local programing department at the ment. Salary: competitive nationally, twelve month appoint highest prices. We TV South's premier television station needs that person to ment. Qualifications: Masters degree and professional Instant cash- buy transmitters and work on documentaries and entertainment specials. Exper- experience. Knowledge of the theory. techniques and studio equipment. $1.000 reward for information leading to a ience required: long -form preferred. Tape /resume to: Mark methods associated with the operation and maintenance our purchase of good UHF transmitter. Quality Media. S. Engel, WSB -TV 1601 W Peachtree Street. Atlanta. GA of modern audio and video television broadcast and non- 303 -665-3767. broadcast equipment. must know FCC rules and regula- 30309. Equal opportunity employer. 1" videotape. Looking for large quantities. 30 minutes or tions, must have 1st class radiotelephone operator's li- longer Will pay shipping. Call 301 -845.8888. Pacific Northwest CBS affiliate station seeks talented cense or SBE broadcast technologist certificate or SBE and experienced promotional writer /producer. Conceives. engineering certificate or NARTE certification. Employment FOR and writes creative entertainment and news promos for on- date: July 1. 1988. For initial screening send letter vita SALE EQUIPMENT air and radio. Writes copy for all print advertising. Super- three letters of recommendation and official transcript to: AM and FM transmitter, used excellent condition. Guaran- vises post production of all promos and oversees daily Dr. E. Joseph Broussard, Head. Department of Communi- teed. Financing available. Transcom. 215-8840888. Telex scheduling of promotional inventory. 1 -2 years experience cation, University of Southwestern Louisiana, P.O. Box 910 -240 -3856. as a television writer /producer. Knowledge of television 43650 USL, Lafayette, LA 70504. EEO, Affirmative action production techniques. College degree preferred. EEO/ employer. FM transmitters -Harris FM 25K(1986) -AEL 25KG" RCA AA, M /F/H. BTF -100' Harris FM- 10H3(10KW)" RCA 5B -RCA Assistant professor, Department of Communication. 3BCCA3000D(3KW)" Syntronics 3.5 FM" Transcom Promotion manager: New Mexico's number one indepen- The University of Akron seeks an individual to teach gra- Corp. 215-884 -0888, Telex 910- 240 -3856. dent station is seeking a knowledgeable professional pro- duate and undergraduate classes in print and electronic motion manager Will be responsible for all areas of station journalism. advise graduate and undergraduate students, AM transmitters "'Transmitters'" Harris BC- 10H(10KW)" promotion - writing. producing and strategy. Programing participate in program and curriculum development and 5KW- Collins Power Rock (1978y 1KW- Harris MW1AHarris experience helpful as position will include program involve- carry out individual line of scholarship and departmental BC1H" Collins 20V2 Gates BC500 " Transcom Corp. ment. We are an aggressive independent station ready to service activities. This is a tenure -track position which 215 -884 -0888, Telex 910 -240 -3856 put your ideas to work. Send resume and tape or portfolio begins August 29, 1988. Qualifications: A Ph.D. is re- 50KW AM -'Gates BC -50C (1966) on air w /many spares. in to Erick Steffens. General Manager. KGSW-TV P.O. Box quired. In exceptional cases, substantial experience in 25200. Albuqueroue. NM 87125 EOE STEREO. Transcom Corp. 215 -884 -0888. Telex 910- professional journalism positions combined with a masters 240 -3856. SITUATIONS WANTED MANAGEMENT degree in journalism may be considered in lieu of the Ph.D. One advanced degree with journalism emphasis is re- New TV startups. Quality Media can save you money. Top Are you looking for a winner? am a well experienced quired. Full -time professional experience in journalism and quality equipment at lowest prices. Business Plans, f inanc- manager of operations and engineering (major market). college level teaching experience are highly desirable. ing available. Quality Media 303-665 -3767. Prefer Northeast corridor. Box C -41. Individual should have record or show promise of scholarly 1000' Kline tower Good condition. Standing in productivity. Send letter of application, vita and names of central SITUATIONS WANTED TECHNICAL U.S. Call Bill Kitchen 303 -465 -4141. three references to Dr. Nancy Somerick, Search Commit- Hands -on chief with right experience wants to move. If tee Chair, Department of Communication, Box BR. The Sllverline UHF transmitters new, best price, latest tech- you are a TV station or production company, let's talk. Box University of Akron. Akron, OH 44325. The University of nology 30kw, 60kw, 120kw 240kw Bill Kitchen or Dirk C -17. Akron is an equal education and employment institution. Freeman. Television Technology 303 -465-4141.

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 Sales Continued Help Wanted Management FM antennas. CP antennas, excellent price quick delivery, Help Wanted from recognized leader in antenna design. Jampro Anten- Continued nas, Inc. 916-383 -1177. TV antennas. Custom design 60KW peak input power Now that we have our 50,000 watt transmitter Quick delivery. Excellent coverage. Recognized in design in St. Louis County; now that we have one of and circular polar- GENERAL MANAGER adn manufacturing. Horizontal, elliptical St. Louis' highest rated and most expensive Antennas, Inc. 916 --383-1177. ized. Jampro air personalities; now that we have a WOAI 39 AM trans. 65 FM trans. in stock. World leader in $1,000,000.00 promotion budget, we need broadcast trans. Besco Internacional. 5946 Club Oaks Dr . additional sales people and a sales manager. ANTONIO, TEXAS TX 75248.214- 226 -8967/214 -630 -3600. Telex # SAN Dallas. If you are interested in unlimited income po- 510 -1 011 -588. tential, the opportunity to build yourself a Clear Channel Communications, AM transmitters: 50, 10, 5, 2.5, 1, .5 and .25kw. Continen- "team "; send your resume and letter of inter- MO 63178. America's fastest growing radio tal Communications, Box 78219, St. Louis, est that demonstrates your ability to develop 664 -4497. General 314- sales and people, to: group (Duncan #29), seeks FM transmitters: 25, 20. 15, 5, 1, and .25kw. Continental ) Manager for its San Antonio Flag- Mr. Davis MO 63178. 314- Communications. Box 78219, St. Louis. KIX 104FM iX ship, WOAI. Tough shoes to fill, as 664 -4497. 111 West Port Plaza station has led market in sales and video equipment. V buy, sell, con- Suite 1000 Used broadcast & 104FM 10 years. Exper- sign, service. Over 1200 units in stock. BCS-Broadcast St. Louis, Mo. 63146 Resurt50rierrted Radio profitability straight Store 818 ---845 -1999. iencéd professional with leadership If you wish to meet at this month's RAB Confer- Evaluated tape. broadcast savvy required. 3/4" and 1" blank videotape. ence, call for an appointment: 314- 878 -1040 skills and business quality guaranteed. Sample prices UCA/KCA -5 minutes. Overnight mail brief resume to $4.99 each; KCS -20 minutes $6.49; KCA -60. $10.99; 1" - Confidentiality will be assured. EOE 60 minutes, $37.99aElcon evaluated, shrink wrapped, your Lowry Mays, CEO, Clear Channel choice of album or shipper and delivered free. Almost one Communications, 6222 NW IH 10, to For more info, call 1 -800- million sold professionals. For ques- 238 -4300; in Maryland, call 301 -845 -8888. San Antonio, Texas 78201. Help Wanted Management call John Barger, Kline tower: overall height is 645 feet with two platforms. tions and details, Tower will be dismantled after completion of new tower. 512 -734 -7301. EEO /MF RCATT25FL transmitter operating on channel 6 -very good CONTROLLER condition. WBRC-TV 205-322-6666. San Francisco, California Opportunity Extol printers, Models AF & AL. as is. $25.00 each. plus is c. tax, shipping R. handling. Call John Gibbons at 201 -238- A unique and challenging opportunity 2130. or send purchase order to the Associated Press, 16 rently available for an experienced Contro,,er One of the nation's larger radio group Elkins Road. East Brunswick, NJ 08816. to join our team of professionals as the Radio operators seeks promotion- minded Controller, San Francisco, California, area. Du- 25mm Plumbicons, sales and marketing manager with Four Philips LDK -25 studio cameras ties will include functioning as Business Man- now. Available Fe- proven track record to hire, train and 10:1 zooms, misc. items. Operational as well as supervising accounts payable IL ager personnel braury. 25K each. Jerry Hanna, WTTW-TV Chicago, functions, preparing financial motivate local radio sales and receivable pay 60625. 312 -509 -5459 statements, budgeting, and supervising the throughout the chain. Attractive accounting staff. Requirements: a degree in incentives. Send resume, including re- Accounting with CPA or MBA preferred, 4 -6 ferences, to: Box C -36. EOE. years accounting supervisory experience. RADIO broadcast experience is also perferred. Send resume and salary history to: Box C-40 Help Wanted Announcers Help Wanted Sales An Equal Opportunity Employer

WOC NEWSTALK 14 AFTERNOON DRIVE PERSONALITY Afternoon drive talk show host for Num- ber One AM Station in the highly com- Broadcasting Company petitive Quad Cities market. This is an excitng opportunity to join a team that Seeks VP of Sales has been broadcasting in the community for 65 years. We are an established firm in brand new state of the art facilities. in one resume to: An established national broadcasting company is looking for a key person Please send tape and of our industry's most vital markets, Detroit. We're reshaping the way the industry Bob Shomper, Program Director thinks of radio and we represent a truly unique opportunity for the right person. 3535 E. Kimberly Road Davenport, Iowa 52807 This special individual will build and manage our sales team, charging it with energy t and innovation.

To qualify, you must have detailed knowledge of radio station operation, extensive relations experience in selling broadcast advertising, and well -developed human PALM BEACH, FLORIDA as well as literacy skills. Knowledge of the Detroit market is a strong plus, computer Talk show rias:'or esiauIisried news falir srafor. beck Topical, in- and strong communications skills. We prefer a college degree and 3 -5 years ons quality talent for explosive market. volved, entertaining. able to touch listeners, and su- in a market. successful sales management experience top-I0 perb controversial conversationalist. EOE. Tape /resume to: Broadcasting c/o WPBR. 3000 South This position commands excellent salary and benefits. If you have the ability and Ocea^ 9'cd Pa'- Beach FL 33480 qualifications, we encourage you to send your current resume promptly to: Help Wanted Technical RICHARDSON -WILTON & ASSOCIATES LOOKING FOR ENGINEERS P.O. Box 3502 Church Street Station FMMiS Broaocas :pry Corpora :on oor

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 Help Wanted Programing Situations Wanted Announcers Help Wanted Programing Production and Others Production, Others Continued

Program Director /Morning Person VOICE -OVERS. for WCTO Long Island. Manager- HOST /HOSTESS administrator type with good Do you need an intelligent, voice. Disciplined beautiful -music unique, morning person. Intelligent con- authoritative voice for cerned, meticulous, ability to your commercials, television, WNEV -TV, Boston, is manage people. Computer knowl- cable, movies, etc. Preferably looking for a creative, edge helpful. Minorities and wom- energetic host en urged to apply. Send full infor- within driving distance of /hostess for mation and tape first letter to New York city. Call John H. at a daily morning Richard J. Scholem, WCTO, Box program. Program will 914 54 -5207 or leave 697, Long Island, NY 11747. a be a multi- segmented message at 914 -297 -4259. talk /variety hour. Candidates should have prior talent experience TELEVISION with studio and remote Situations Wanted Management live television. Help Wanted Sales Send resume and RADIO MANAGEMENT demo tape to: I am seeking a position as a general manager TV SALES MANAGER Cathy Perron or station manager with GM future. Growth opportunities more important than market size. Expanding television group WN EV-TV 27 years experience includes all aspects of seeking aggressive sales radio station operations from on -air to manage- 7 Bulfinch Place ment. Major and medium markets from New manager for independent sta- Boston, MA 02114 Bern to LA including KMET-4 years, KOME- 5 tion in the Northeast. Candi- years, WIP- 3 years, KNEW, KRLA, KLAC, NO PHONE CALLS KELP, WPLO. AOR, CHR, Country, A/C. date should have proven ra- Thorough knowledge of the industry in- PLEASE cludes an understanding of why you are in dio or TV sales leadership business and what it takes to build and main- experience with emphasis on tain dominance and foster growth. Excellent references, solid personal background and local. Plenty of room for ad- strong work ethic. vancement. Send resume to: Mike! Hunter (Herrington) Box C -6. EOE. 215- 667 -5972

Help Wanted Programing :'e are a,' -mpioye. Production and Others VERSATILE PROBLEM SOLVER Seasoned 20 year broadcast professional, 13 years in network radio, 22 major awards, seeks position with growing, resourceful, imagina- tive, financially secure station or radio group, as Operations Manager, or equivalent. Previous management positions include P.D. (AM 8 FM), News Director, Production Man- ager, Chief Engineer (TV FM), TV booth an- 4BROADCASTIN G COORDINATOR nouncer, air personality (oldies, Top 40, AOR, MOR). Heavy sales research, marketing, promotions. The Nation's largest non -profit conservation education organization is seeking a Age 38. Masters Degree in Broadcast Broadcasting Coordinator to work in its Public Affairs Department. Communications. Responsibilities include producing syndicated daily -weekly All medium and major markets considered. radio feature /interview Box C -22. programs and assisting with production of video news features and broadcast media relations.

Qualified candidates will possess a Bachelor's degree with specialization in broad- DALE ANDREWS cast journalism, or Bachelor's degree in a related field with a minimum of two years experience in broadcast writing and production. Experience with audio tape editing Professional radio manager now is a must. A knowledge of persuasion principles and / or public relations and video seeking a new challenge. Major and experience is preferred. medium market success in Balti- more, Houston, and Mobile /Pensa- National Wildlife Federation offers an excellent benefits package including cola. Taking calls now 205 -928- medical /dental and life insurance and is proud to promote a smoke -free work en- 1182. vironment. Interested applicants should send resume, work samples and salary requirements to:

National Wildlife Federation THIS PUBLICATION AVAILABLE Attn: Employment /EEO Coordinator IN MICROFORM Dept. PE-102 University Microfilms International 1412 Sixteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 300 North Zeeb Road, Dept. P.R., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 An Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities and Females are Encouraged to Apply.

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 Help Wanted Programing Production, Others Continued America's Market TV Show Quality Strategy Hosts and Cable Shopping Analyst Hostesses Network ENTERTAINMENT Viacom International represents QVC- America's quality cable shopping network -is looking for the best in television, film and sparkling TV personalities who can present quality products and conduct cable entertainment -and we entertaining conversations with our viewers. actively recruit people who The nationally -televised QVC home shopping program is a share our dynamic vision. combination of game show, talk show and shopping show all rolled up for into one exciting program. It can be seen on many cable systems in the As a Market Strategy Analyst Philadelphia area, as well as on more than 900 local cable systems in the Viacom team, you will be 47 states, reaching more than 10 million homes. responsible for tracking and evaluating the performance of QVC is LIVE television, so we need great communicators- bright, personable men and women who can think on their feet and our first run series and specials. present products in an enthusiastic and interesting way, while main- This will include the daily anal- taining a high standard of accuracy and honesty. If you have the ability, ysis of metered market ratings this could be the opportunity of a lifetime. and weekly NTIs. You will also called upon to recommend TV experience is preferred and sales experience is a plus. If you be think you have the qualities that we are looking for, please submit a strategies for clearing and recent headshot, videotape and resume immediately to: scheduling Viacom's programs on local stations. John Eastman QVC Network Inc. To qualify, you should have 2 -4 Goshen Corporate Park years of research or program- West Chester, PA 19380 ming experience with a syndica- No'Felephone Calls tor, local station, network or An equal opportunity employer rn/f rep. Strong writing and micro- computer skills are essential. Our benefits include medical, dental and full tuition reimburse- ment. Please send your resume and salary history to the Quality Value Convenience Department of Human Resources, Viacom International, Inc., 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036. An equal opportunity employer M /F.

CATHOLIC MAGAZINE Viacom New international Catholic magazine program needs story producers. tape editor. video - International, grapher, P. Top professionals sought with understanding of the the people and traditions Inc. of the Church. Resumes only, no calls or tapes MAGAZINE yet. JOURNEY P.O. Box 131, Mount Vernon, VA 22121. Help Wanted News WRAPS PRODUCER Situations Wanted Management

Our high energy PM team needs a GENERAL MANAGER ATTENTION TALENTED PEOPLE wraps producer. tf you're creative, Mature, self- motivated individual with take aggressive and looking to produce charge leadership qualities. Proven sales re- The NEWSFEED Network, Group W Televi- a first class program at a station cord. Programming and Promotion skills. Peo- sion's syndicated News and Sports Service committed to PM, we want to talk ple oriented. Major market experience as GM is looking for bright and ambitious news and GSM. Excellent references. Reply to Box to you. Send tape, resume and salary interested in joining C -37. and sports producers requirements to: us in 1988. We anticipate several additions Pat Weaver, Producer to our staff this year. Please send resumes WISP -TV THIS PUBLICATION AVAILABLE (no phone calls please) to: P.O. Box 10,000 IN MICROFORM GROUP Managing Editor St. Petersburg, Florida 33733 Network University Microfilms International The NEWSFEED No telephone calls. Independence Mall East North Zeeb Road, TELEVISION Philadelphia, Pa. 19106 We are an equal opportunity employer. 300 Dept. P.R., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 The NEWSFEED Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer MR

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 Help Wanted News Continued Programing Continued Employment Services Continued

MORE WEATHER!!! JOB HUNTING? Medium market Sunbelt affiliate needs an ex- If you need a job, you need MediaLine. perienced SYNDICATORS weathercaster to assume weekday MediaLine gives you instant access to on -air duties for morning and noon newscasts. SUPER - SUPER jobs in news, weather, sports, produc- Nkather is a priority in our aggressive news tion, promotion, programming, radio market and we have the high -tech gear to OUR news and announcing. Access a daily prove it! Send resume and salary history to HALF -HOUR FAMILY Box C -25 EOE. M /F. report by phone or computer for less SPORTS TV SHOW than 90 cents a day. To get the first NEEDS YOUR "HELP" word on the best jobs, call Help Wanted Management Distribution - Sells 1. 800 -237.8073 415- 878 -0716 WE HAVE THE $ TO S OO6 GENERAL MANAGER PRODUCE HázóE EE E "HELP" Áumbla. MAJOR MARKET NORTHEAST SHE Bo,; UHF Independent is looking for an exper- o ienced General Manager or Station Man- ager who is a sales- oriented people per- Miscellaneous son. Not a start -up but some of the same ATTENTION TV challenges. Growing company Excellent salary & benefits. Reply in confidence. STATION Box C -39. CHANNEL YOUR P.D.s & SALES MGR'S PROBLEM COLLECTIONS "THE FASTEST HALF -HOUR INTO PRIME PROFITS! IN TV IS READY" Our collection services are tailored to BUSINESS MANAGER SUPER - SUPER your industry's requirements. A group owned number one network television affiliate and number one AM /FM combo is FAMILY SPORTS SHOW Personalized /Professional Service seeking a hands -on self starter as business AVAILABLE Nationwide representation manager. VVB prefer someone with an account- Competitive rates ing degree and at least two years experience BARTER OR CASH & in a broadcast stations business office. Please RESULTS send resume to: MINUTES General Manager CALL NOW 415 -878 -0716 ALLEN FINANCIAL SERVICES WTHI 7100 Hayvenhurst Ave. 918 Ohio Street Van Nuys, CA 91406. Terre Haute, IN 47808 AFs 818- 785 -5500 Equal Opportunity Employer

Help Wanted Technical 10DAY SATELLITE ENGINEER or aggressive young company building fixed uplink in EUROPE TODAY. l5 rnr.ule rodio program New Orleans. Must have teleport startup experience. :JOShington with overseas good at leading a team, installation of equipment, knowl- ores edge of C and Ku -Band technology: data. computers. from the 12 nations of the SCPC, transponders. Creative, intelligent individual _uropeon Community debuts the first week sought. Former transportable engineers welcome. De- in February. FCC PROBLEMS? sign experience a must. also hands -on experience with Satellite feeds will be via NPR and audio and video TV/Radio technology Resume and sala- Mutl Thursdays Contact ry history to New Orleans Teleport Inc.. 1047 World Trade comm systems on and on cosse "e by Center, New Orleans. LA 70130. 504 -529 -2650. BROADCAST MEDIA LEGAL SERVICES

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MINNESOTA Natlonwlde Medro Brokers AVAILABLE Upgraded Class C apeman COMBO with Fulltime AM in MN OREGON COAST Excellent regional FM with positive cash flow PROFITABLE COMBO / Priced at $985,000 AM /FM located in Great Plains - rc--%Ì7,Q'/ILIi/, r1'irtc region. Asking price is MEDI.OEiDY CONSULTANTS $1.4 P(). B.. 140 R.Sfr,2...,,,&Jaffa, million with terms available. MEDIA BROKERS EmEo, Cliror, 91428 Are. Cads (MO)0145-3201 P.O. BOX 36 BILL LYTLE LEXINGTON, MO 64067 KANSAS CITY, MO 816/932 -5314 816259.2544 816 -455-0001 Wanted to Buy Stations

EXCLUSIVES AM -FM New broadcasting group seeks to pur- Midwest Combo Powerhouses chase its first property. Prefer FM or WASHINGTON, DC in long FM AM combination in New England profitable AM only TWO owners the history of these stations! Region with a good retail base. Please respond to: Profile Publications, Box FLORIDA AM Medium Size 43, Dunkirk, New York 14048. Atten- Fast growing, upscale, sports -minded Multiple -State Market tion: Radio Division. community. Excellent terms. AM- $2,000,000 10kw FM- $1,750,000 100kw Strong Properties For DM Barry Sherman Group Owner & Associates, Inc. with management prepared BROADCASTING'S 1828 L ST., NW SUITE 300 to continue if desired. CLASSIFIED RATES \1 ASH INGTON, DC 20036 (202) 429 -0658 Reply Box B -36 All orders to place classified ads & all correspondence penaining to this section should be sent to BROAD- CASTING. Classified Department. 1705 DeSales St.. FM UPGRADE N W, Washington. DC 20036. Payable In advance. Check, or money order only Full 50,000 watts. With MUST accompany ALL orders. All Currently CLIENTS WELCOME! & correct payment new tower upgrade to Class C. orders must be in writing. Prosperous Carolina rural area. James Martin & Associates Deadline is Monday at noon Eastern Time for the fol- 65 E. St. lowing Monday's issue. Earlier deadlines apply for is- Suite 1000, State legal holi- Includes 1 kw AM. $950,000 4,4 sues published during a week containing a Columbus, Ohio 43215 day. and a special notice announcing the earlier iióïiilái Call Jim Martin (614) 889-9747 deadline will be published above this racecard. Orders. SNOWDEN [Associates] changes, and/or cancellations must be submitted in writing. NO TELEPHONE ORDERS. CHANGES, AND/ 919 -355 -0327 OR CANCELLATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. When placing an ad, indicale the EXACT category desired: Television. Radio or Allied Fields, Help Wanted or News, If Wanted- Management. Sales etc. I MEDIA BROKERS APPRAISERS Situations information is omitted. we will determine the appro- - DAVID service this BILL Put my over 30 years of priale category according to the copy NO make goods ASSOCIATES to work for you will be run if all information is not Included. No personal BROKERS -CONSULTANTS ads.

listings (non -display). Per issue -- Help 303 636 -1584 INC' Rates: Classified "'SHERWOOD Wanted- SI 00 per word. $18.00 weekly minimum. Situ- 3125 Maple Leaf Dr Glenview. IL 60025 2508 Fair Mount St ations Wanted 602 per word. $9.00 weekly minimum Colorado Springs, CO 80909 All other classifications. $1 10 per word. $18 00 weekly 312 272 4970, minimum.

Rates: Classified display (minimum 1 inch. upward in half inch increments), per issue' Help Wanted $80 per inch. Situations Wanted: $50 per inch. All other cla5sifi- cations- $100 per inch. For Sale Stations, Wanted To 50.000 watt daytimer in large east TN city. Exclusivf Buy Stations. Public Notice & Business Opportunities sing. Strong Class A FM. advertising require display space. Agency commis- AM/FM within 50 miles of Memphis. $180.000. Terms market. sion only on display space Cable system 1.800 subscribers. Western NC. Southeast major minority property. Blind Box Sinks: (In addition to basic advertising Perfect costs) Situations Wanted'. $4 00 per issue. All other !roaùrast QIommunirations Iìibision Box C -19. classifications. $7 00 per issue The charge for the BUSINESS BROKER ASSOCIATES blind box service applies to advertisers running listings 756 24 Hours and display ads. Each advertisement must have a sep- 615- -7635 - will not forward arate box number BROADCASTING tapes. transcripts. writing samples, or other oversized materials. such materials are returned to sender. Replies to ads with Blind Box numbers should be ad- Class A with C2 to be built. near Yel- dressed to (Box number). c/o BROADCASTING. 1705 Class IV AM lowstone National Park. Also possible DeSales St., N.W. Washington. DC 20036. C2's near Phoenix, AZ, and Ft. Smith, Word count: Count each abbreviation. initial, single letters as one word each. Sunbelt. $130,000. 60K down AR. figure or group of figures or Real estate included. Symbols such as 35mm. COD. PD. etc. count as one do FCC Apps and Upgrades. 501- word each. Phone number with area code or zip code Box C -38. We 996 -2254 or 501- 444 -9544. count as one word each

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Don Carmichael, general sales manager, Holding Group Inc., Los Angeles -based Media WJXT(TV) Jacksonville, Fla., and Ann Pace, general partner of four cable television com- program and promotion manager, WJXT(TV), panies, as divisional VP. Jeffrey Hatch, treasurer, KUTV(TV) Salt named VP's of parent, Post- Newsweek Sta- Gary Chetkof, associate, law Skad- Lake City, named president. He succeeds his tions, Florida, Inc. firm of den, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wash- father, George Hatch, elected chairman of Appointments, The Hudson -Westchester board. ington, joins Metropolitan Broadcasting Radio Corp., New Rochelle, N.Y. -based op- Corp., New York -based group owner of erator of wvox(AM) and WRTN(FM) New Ro- seven radio stations, as general counsel. chelle: Cindy Hall Gallagher, office manager and controller, to vice chairman; Jami Frances Lowry, conference -program coor- Sherwood, senior VP, to president, dinator in community bankers division, American wvox(AM); B. Speed Johnson, VP and sen- Bankers Association, Washing- ton, ior account manager, to president WRTN(FM). joins Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Alexandria, Va., as manager of con- E.C. (Barney) Oldfield, VP, Landmark ference services. Communications, Norfolk, Va. -based owner of The Weather Channel, one AM, one FM and two TV stations, and VP, TeleCable Corp., Norfolk -based multisystem operator Marketing and former subsidiary of Landmark, retires. J G Hatch Cary Lemkowitz and Robed Cox, senior Frederick Weinhaus, Corporate responsibility reassignments at VP's and group creative directors, Young & president and general Times Mirror, Los Angeles: Stender Rubicam, New York, named executive manager. Capital Sweeney becomes VP, finance with contin- VP's. Appointed VP's: Maryanne Fisher, Cities /ABC's WMAL ued responsibility for treasury and added creative supervisor; Denise Weimann and (AM) Washington, oversight for corporate communications and Gertrude Smith, group supervisors of net- named to same capac- investor relations. He takes over for Donald work TV, and Mary Wyman, group ity at co -owned WAB- Kellermann, VP, public affairs, who begins supervisor. C(AM) New York. direction of "The People, the Press & Poli- tics" program and national election projects. Bruce Kelley, senior VP, account group Elliott Troshinsky, Edward Johnson, VP of planning and de- head, Wells, Rich, Greene, Inc., New York, VP-general manager, velopment, becomes secretary to manage- joins Ingalls, Quinn & Johnson, Boston, as WCIX(TV) Miami, ment committee and assumes responsibility executive VP, director of account service. Weinhaus joins KRBK -TV Sacra- for corporate oversight of Jeppesen Sander- A. Bill Comeau, senior VP, marketing -cre- mento, Calif., in son Inc., in Denver, producer of flight infor- ative services, now defunct SQN Corp., same capacity. mation and training programs. In Jeppesen Chicago -based classical record distributor, Sanderson role, he succeeds Charles Richard (Dick) Williams, general manager, Schneider, group VP, who retires. joins FitzGerald & Co., Cranston, R.I., as KPDX(TV) Vancouver. Wash., joins WCAY-TV VP, creative director. Nashville as VP and general manager. Herb Schulte, VP corporate-planning, Mer- Eugene senior VP, edith Corp., Des Moines, Iowa-based diver- Sutorius, sales, James WVOX(AM)- WRTN(FM) New Rochelle, N.Y., Kizer, marketing director, Federal sified media company, retires. He is suc- named Broadcasting Co., Detroit-based group ceeded by Rosemary Perschau, former president, marketing division, par- owner one ent, The Hudson -Westchester Radio Corp., of two AM's, FM and two TV's, director of corporate budgets and financial joins WLUC -TV New Rochelle. Marquette, Mich., as general analysis, who assumes title of staff VP, manager. corporate planning. Stuart Fenston, sales manager, WNBC(AM) New York, named Dan Robbins, general manager, KPEJ(TV) Rebecca Sims, VP, finance, Malarkey -Tay- general sales manager. Odessa, Tex., joins KTPX(TV) Odessa and lor Associates, Washington -based telecom- Ron Jones, local sales manager, KPRC -Tv KWAB(TV) Big both Spring, Texas, in same munications consulting and appraisal firm Houston, joins WVUE(TV) New capacity. Orleans as specializing in cable television, joins Falcon general sales manager. David Daigle, general manager, Wax(FM) Sanford, Me., joins WLKZ(FM) Wolfeboro, N.H., as station manager. SALES MANAGER Rod West, account executive, Premiere BROADCASTING has an Radio Network, Los Magazine opening for an exper- Angeles, joins ABC ienced advertising space salesperson to sell and ser- Radio Networks, New York, as oper- vice accounts in New York City and the Midwest. Head- ations manager, ex- quartered in New York, the successful candidate will be ecutive in charge of ABC Watermark. required to travel an average of one week a month. Robert Mallery, VP Challenging opportunity for the right person. Send re- and general manager, sume and salary requirements to David Whitcombe, West WSOM(AM) -WQXK(FM) Salem, Ohio, and VP. Broadcasting Magazine, 1705 DeSales St., NW, Wash- operations, of parent, The Lincoln Group. Syracuse, N.Y. -based group owner of two ington, DC 20036. AM's and three FM's, resigns.

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 Alan Wurtzel, VP, standards and practices, KJJY(FM) Ankeny, Iowa, as local sales Calif., retires. ABC Television Network Group, New York, manager. Gary Montanus, VP, director of program named senior VP, marketing and research Appointments, WKRN -TV Nashville: John marketing, SFM Entertainment, New York, services. Dawson, general and local sales manager, joins Worldvision Enterprises, New York- WKRC -TV Cincinnati, to national sales man- based program distributor, as VP, advertiser ager; Gary Shipley, local sales manager, to sales. Lynda Miller, broad- regional sales manager; Janet Scholl, VP, sales, Act III Broadcast- cast consultant, to local sales manager. ing, Los Angeles, adds duties as VP, corpo- Appointments at Cable Networks Inc. rate development. (CNI), New York: Stacey Reiss, director of advertising sales, TKR Cable Co., Warren, N.J., to New York -New Jersey sales manager; John Collins, account executive. to national sales manager. Barb King, local sales executive, KRZN(AM) NUrtzel Heinen Englewood, Colo., and KMJI(FM) Denver, John Heinen, director, marketing and cre- named national sales manager. ative services, WXIA -TV Atlanta, named VP, Walz, manager, Petry Tele- marketing and creative services. Sharon research vision, New York, named senior group re- John Hayes, local sales manager, WHIO -TV search manager. named general sales man- Schaff Chan Dayton, Ohio, Jane Williams, assistant local sales man- is succeeded by Tim McVay, for- Appointments at The Disney Channel, Bur- ager. He ager, WATL(TV) Atlanta; joins WAGA -TV there Douglas Miller, director, affili- merly national sales manager. as account executive. bank, Calif.: ate relations, Wodlinger Broadcasting of Gilbert Hoban, account executive, MMT Appointments, WNOR -FM Norfolk, Va.: Ma- Texas, Dallas, named Atlanta -based area Sales, New York, joins WOLF -TV Scranton, linda Spann, media buyer, Arthur Polizos marketing manager for Southeast region; Pa., as general sales manager. Associates, Norfolk, to co-op director -ac- Steven Chan, finance manager, to director, count executive; Terri White, graduate, finance; Ann Swanson, national accounts Stan Kaye, general sales manager, KPE)(TV) James Madison University, Hamsonburg, manager, to director, national accounts. Odessa, Tex., joins KTPX(TV) Odessa and Va., to account executive; Allison Berry, Neil Bobrick, executive producer, KMVR(TV) co -owned KWAB(TV) Big Spring, both Texas, account executive, WVAB(AM)- WIAV(FM) Miami in in same capacity. Cape Charles, Va., to same capacity; Gail Stockton, Calif., joins wTvicrv) same capacity. Eric Mastel, sales manager, WTKO(AM)- Olson, account executive, WTAR(AM) Nor- WQNY(FM) Ithaca, N.Y., joins WKFM(FM) folk, Va., to same capacity. Alan Frank, producer, 10 p.m. news, KTV1(TV) St. Louis, oins KMOV(TV) St. Fulton, N.Y., in same capacity. Appointments, KAYI(FM) Muskogee, Okla.: Louis as executive producer of programing. Stacie Harvey, local sales manager, Laura Deere, account executive, Lotus His- WERZ(FM) Exeter, N.H., joins WLKZ(FM) panic Network, Los Angeles, to same ca- Ron Breeding, managing editor, A -Net Ra- Wolfeboro, N.H., as sales manager. pacity; Mark Humphries, account execu- dio Network, Little Rock, Ark., joins tive, KVLT-FM Owasso, Okla., to same WAER(FM) Syracuse, N.Y., as executive William Files, general sales manager, capacity. producer. w1XQ(FM) Jackson, Mich., joins WKPE -AM- Bianco, FM Cape Cod, Mass., as sales manager. Mary assistant advertising manager, Appointments at WRJF(FM) Southfield, Mellon Bank (East), Philadelphia, joins Mich.: Pat Still, on -air morning personality, Rick Bubenik, regional sales manager, Weightman Advertising there as account adds duties as program director; Bruce KMPH(TV) Visalia, Calif., named agency executive. McGregor, program director, WLZR -AM -FM marketing manager. Carrie Akeson, national sales assistant, Te- Milwaukee, to music director. Margaret lylczak, associate creative direc- leRep, Boston, and Suzanne Staub, mem- Rick O'Dell, production director, WCLR(FM) tor, DDB Needham Worldwide, Chicago, bership representative, Atlanta Health and Skokie, Ill., named program services named creative director. Racquet Club, Marietta, Ga., join wvrr(Tv) coordinator. asso- New Britain, Conn., as account executives. Thomas Cronin and Devora Budnick, DeLauren- Chicago, named Jillian Manus, VP of production, ciate producers, BBDO Appointments, Katz Communications, New Group, Los Angeles, producers. tiis Entertainment York: Carol Weinstein, media buyer, ICG, joins Laurel Entertainment, New York, as Paul Rogers, local sales manager, Los Angeles, to sales executive, Katz Inde- director of development. -FM Jacksonville, Fla., pendent Television; Victoria Tepper, re- WRXJ(AM)- WCRJ Michael Choate, Los Angeles -based inde- named regional sales manager. search analyst, to research manager, Katz Continental; Steve Williams, mechanical pendent producer, joins Production Plaza, Dennis Murphy, national and local sales artist, Graphics, to assistant director of art Cincinnati, as account executive -producer. WASH(FM) Washington joins manager, production. Eison, producer, WXXI -TV Rochester, there as sales Carvin WMAL(AM)- WRQX(FM) N.Y., joins Telesis Productions Inc. there as executive. Frances Madarasz, Melville, N.Y. -based producer- director. Diann Sullivan, local sales manager, marketing director, Coldwell Banker Real intern, Con- WJTV(TV) Jackson, Miss., named national Estate, Newport Beach, Calif., joins Chris- Lydia Cardona Zimmerman, Television, Fairfield, Conn., sales manager. She is succeeded by Marge topher Thomas Associates, Garden City, necticut Public wvrr(TV) New Britain, Conn., as pub - Wilson, former account executive. N.Y., as account executive. joins lic service producer. Dick Eury, account executive, co -owned Della Fine, producer, New York Views and WWRC(AM) -WGAY-FM Washington, named lo- Programing documentaries, WABC -TV New York, joins cal sales manager. Geraldo, nationally syndicated talk show Linda Baker, senior account executive, David Wyler, head of packaging for domes- co- produced by Geraldo Rivera Productions KODA(FM) Houston, joins KKHT(FM) there as tic TV sales, Radio Vision International, and Chicago -based Tribune Entertainment, local sales manager. Los Angeles, named VP of original as producer. programing. Frank Eastman, senior account executive, Dave Glass, morning personality and pro- KIOA(AM)- KDWZ(FM) Des Moines, Iowa, Lee Zuckerman, VP of business affairs, gram director, WHMQ(FM) Findlay, Ohio, joins KMRY(AM) Des Moines and co -owned 20th Century Fox Television, Beverly Hills, adds duties as radio division programer,

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 Findlay Publishing Co., owner of WHMQ Chico, Calif., joins KTXL(TV) Sacramento, mobile uplink operator. and other stations. Calif., in same capacity. Craig Dietzman, midday host, WHWH(AM) Dan Schmidt, meteorologist, The Weather Princeton, N.J., named assistant program Channel, Atlanta, joins WGXA(TV) Macon, Promotion and PR director. Ga., in same capacity. William Adler, director of public relations and trade advertising, Univision, Los Ange- les -based Spanish -language television net- News and Public Affairs Technology work, joins The New York Times Co., New York -based publisher and group owner of Mike Howey, director Appointments, WTLV(TV) Jacksonville, Fla.: five television stations, two radio stations of engineering, WXIA- and Paul Baldwin, executive producer, KMSP -TV one cable system, as manager of corpo- Tv Atlanta, named Minneapolis, to news director; Dave Col- rate relations. VP, director of lins, 6 p.m. producer, to executive producer; engineering. Lorraine McConnell, manager, promotion Andy Behrend, Good Morning Jacksonville and publicity, ABC Radio Networks, New and Twelve Before Noon producer, to Twelve Skip Aldrich, chief York, joins CBS Radio Networks there as Before Noon and 6 p.m. producer; Clark engineer, KARE(TV) manager, marketing and promotion. Fivek, executive producer, CNN, Atlanta, to Minneapolis, named Appointments at Turner Broadcasting Sys- Good Morning Jacksonville producer; Steve VP. tern, Atlanta: Janet Gray, assistant promo- Smith, weekend weather anchor, WKRG -TV Howard Weiner, dition manager, WXXA -TV Albany, N.Y., to Mobile, Ala., to weekend weather anchor - rector of engineering, promotion writer -producer; Dan Farley, enviromental reporter; Jeannie Blaylock, Howey co -host Twelve Before Noon, to weekend commercial and in- writer-producer, wvIT(TV) New Britain, anchor. dustrial products, Allied Amphenol Pro- Conn., to promotion writer and producer; ducts, Lisle, Ill., joins Panduit Corp., Tin- Peter Moore, producer- director, W010(TV) James Barry, general assignment reporter, ley Park, Ill., as VP, connect division. Shaker Heights, Ohio, to sports promotion wUHQ -TV Battle Creek, Mich., joins manager; Linda Schatz, development officer, Eastern Sandy Knox, promotion writer WMDT(TV) Salisbury, Md.. as Dover, Del., Iowa and producer, TBS, to on -air promotion bureau chief. Community College, Davenport, Iowa, joins Iowa Public Television, John- manager. David Baer, news di- ston, Iowa, as director of narrowcast Richard Shambroom, executive VP, direc- rector. WJAR(TV) telecommunications. tor of account services, Promotion Dyna- mics Worldwide, New named Providence, R.I., George Armes, marketing manager, instru- York, general manager. joins WRAL -TV Ra- mentation tape products, Ampex Corp., leigh, N.C., as man- Redwood City, Calif., named general man- Lauren McGraw, senior producer-director, ager of news depart- ager, instrumentation and data tape. creative services department, WTVR -TV ment. Richmond, Va., named director promo- Brad Melroe, master control director, KTHI- of at Po- tion and public relations. Appointments ry Fargo, N.D., joins Conus Satellite Ser- tomac Communica- vices, Minneapolis, as master control and Mark Cooper, on -air promotion producer, tions, Washington - based independent Baer television news and production company: Eileen Cleary, acting bureau chief, to bureau chief; Brooke Bradley, senior reporter, Broadcasting ci The Newsweekly of the Fifth Estate Washington Independent News, to corre- 1705 DeSales St., N.W, spondent; Mark Slimp, news director. KOB- Washington, D.C. 20036 -4480 TV Albuquerque, N.M., to executive Please send . (Check appropriate box) producer. p Broadcasting G1 Magazine Jim O'Neill, Sacramento, Calif. -based oper- 3 ations director, Metro Traffic Control, Hous- years $190 2 years $135 1 year $70 6 mos. $35 ton traffic reporting service, named director (International subscribers add $20 per year) of operations. He is succeeded by Robert Lang, founder and former president, Bob LI Broadcasting la Cablecasting Yearbook 1987 Lang Creative Services, Sacramento. The complete guide to radio, TV, cable and satellite facts and figures-$105. (if payment with $90) Appointments at WXII(TV) Winston -Salem, order Billable orders must be accompanied by company business N.C.: Denise Franklin, 6 p.m. anchor, to card or company purchase order. Off press March 1987. Please give additional investigative reporting responsi- street address for UPS delivery. bilities; Lynn Lazare, co- anchor of 6 and IO To order by MASTERCARD, VISA or CHOICE credit cards, phone toll free 800 -638 -SUBS p.m. news, and reporter, WLUK -TV Green Bay, Wis., to co- anchor 11 p.m. news; John Name Sawyer, daytime assignment editor, KJAC -TV Payment enclosed Port Arthur, Tex., to night assignment Company Bill me editor. Address Home? Yes No Karen Massie, morning and noon anchor, WSYX(TV) Columbus, Ohio, joins KXTV(TV) City State Zip Sacramento, Calif., as weekend anchor- reporter. Type of Business Title /Position Cynthia Steele, reporter and backup anchor, Signature Are you in cable TV operations Yes WHTM -TV Harrisburg, Pa., joins WITP -TV (required) Harrisburg as evening anchor. No Kent Hormann, weekend sports anchor and For renewal or address change videographer, WKJG -TV Fort Wayne, Ind., place most recent label here named weeknight sports anchor. David Brown, weathercaster, KCPM(TV) L 1

Broaocas(ing Jan 11 19PF position at Cinema International WGBS -TV Philadelphia, named promotion Appointments, Public Broadcasting Ser- similar manager. vice, Alexandria, Va.: Nancy Hendry, depu- Corp. He joined MPEAA in December of counsel, to assistant corporate 1983 as VP, theatrical and televsion. Nathan Woskoff, creative services man- ty general Frederick secretary; Beth Wolfe, controller, to assis- is survived by his wife, Katherine, two ager, WGAL -TV Lancaster, Pa., adds duties as tant treasurer. daughters and one son. marketing and promotion manager, succeed- ing J. Jude Schlager, who left to form his Election of officers at The Cable Associ- Robert Elston, 55, television and Broadway own business. ation of Greater St. Louis: John Clark actor, died of AIDS -related pulmonary em- corporate VP of marketing and programing, bolism Dec. 10 at Amsterdam Academy Henry Blood, senior producer-director, MI Cencom Cable Associates, to president; Medical Center, Amsterdam. Elston, who Productions, Dayton, Ohio, joins WCPO -TV Robert Krahman, direct marketing man- made his Broadway debut in 1958, had Cincinnati as promotion manager. ager, Continental Cablevision, to VP; Debra continuing roles on daytime television seri- manager, TCI Cablevision Jim Sweeney, director of creative services, Sanders, system als, Love of Life and As the World Turns, as to treasurer; Bill Rouggly, mar- WFXT(TV) KTTV(TV) Los Ange- of Missouri, well as guest appearances on numerous tele- Boston, joins Cablevision, to les as director of creative development. keting manager, American vision shows. He was acting teacher for 25 secretary. years and in 1975 formed American Renais- Laurie Dahl, associate producer, AM North- sance Theater in New York, which produced named pro- west, KATU(TV) Portland, Ore., Deaths 35 plays under his guidance. Elston, along motion manager. She succeeds Cathy with Murray Grand, co- authored musical, who to pursue in O'Gorman, resigns MBA Robert W. Barker, 69, "Murder at the Gaiety." He also wrote two international business. senior partner in com- one -man shows, "Portrait of a Man," and James Strader, production manager, WTSP- munications law firm "Notes" in addition to "After Many a Sum- TV St. Petersburg, Ra., named promotion of Wilkinson, Barker, mer," play based on works of Anton Chek- manager. Knauer & Quinn, hov. Elston acted in over 100 commercials, Washington, died three of which won Clio Awards. Jay Collier, video promotion associate, Pub- Dec. 31 at Scripps lic Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, Va., Hospital in Encinitas, Bob Nunez, 45, director of engineering for joins Vermont ETV, Winooski, Vt. -based Calif., of heart attack. WCCL(TV) New Orleans, died of heart attack public television network, as promotion Barker was adminis- Dec. 8 in his home in New Orleans. Prior to manager. trative assistant to his position at WCCL, Nunez served as assis- wLAE as Joe Batson, founder and President, Market- Senator Wallace Ben- tant chief engineer for -Tv and chief ing Dynamics Inc., Chicago -based cable Barker nett (R -Utah) from engineer for wvuE(Tv) both in New Orleans. marketing and communications agency, 1951 to 1953. He was partner in Washing- In 1987 he designed and supervised con- joins United Video, lblsa, Okla., as general ton -based law firm of Wilkinson, Cragun & struction of Christian Science Monitor manager of The EPG Prevue, program list- Barker until 1982 when he formed Wilkin- shortwave station in Bangor, Me. At time of ing and promotion service. son, Barker, Knauer & Quinn. During his his death, Nunez was planning construction career, Barker was general counsel of of teleport on New Orleans waterfront. He is and counsel survived by his wife, Candace, and one son. Allied Fields Bonneville International Corp. to Nixon and Reagan inaugural committees. John Prueter, 39, program director for He argued several cases before Supreme WFAN(AM), died of heart attack Dec. 23 in Larry Walcott, projects officer and execu- Court and represented former Secretary of his parents home in Marblehead, Ohio. Pri- tive producer, Agency for Instructional Commerce, Maurice Stans, during Water- Gold - or to joining WFAN, Prueter was assignment Technology, Bloomington, Ind., joins gate scandal. Survivors include his wife, Northfield, Ill. - editor with ESPN, Bristol, Conn. He pre- sholl Design and Film, Amy Thomas, one daughter and five sons. based creator and producer of film, video- viously worked at now defunct Enterprise Radio, Avon, Conn., as producer and tape and slides for corporate image, training Jerry lbrner, 58, WWWE(AM) Cleveland as producer of Pete and consumer education, as partner and VP. news anchor and cor- Franklin Show. Appointments at Arbitron Ratings, New respondent for wiz -Tv York: Daniel Rourke, technical director, Baltimore, died of Trevor Howard, 71, British movie and tele- Bridge Group Inc., New York-based market cancer Jan. 4 at Johns vision actor, died in his sleep Jan. 7 at a research firm, to senior statistician for statis- Hopkins Hospital, hospital near London suburb of Arkley. Tre- tical services; Sydney Ann Bumpass, assis- Baltimore. Turner vor was best known for roles as Captain tant media planner, Ogilvy & Mather Adver- joined wiz -Tv in Bligh in "Mutiny on the Bounty" and Offi- tising in Houston, to Dallas-based client 1962. In August, cer Lord Cardigan in "The Charge of the service representative for advertiser-agency 1987 he celebrated his Light Brigade." He made his dramatic tele- sales. 25th year there, and vision debut on NBC's Producers' Showcase Raymond Holbrook, regional director for broadcast scholarship with Ginger Rogers in "Tonight at 8:30" in Northeast, Radio Advertising Bureau, New i" f1er fund was established October of 1954. Howard won American York, named VP for station relations. in his name to assist Baltimore area students Emmy Award in 1963 for outstanding single to obtain education qualifying them for ca- performance by an actor in leading role for reers in broadcast journalism. Turner was "The Invincible Mr. Disraeli" on NBC's active in many local charities and had park Hallmark Hall of Fame. He is survived by in Israel and street in Baltimore named for wife, British actress Helen Cherry. him. Survivors include his wife, Jean, and Dorothy I. Page, 78, retired legal secretary two sons. with Washington law firm of Arnold & Por- Donald Nathan, 62, VP of Motion Picture ter, died of pneumonia Dec. 29 at Sibley Export Association of America (MPEAA), Memorial Hospital, Washington. Page was died suddenly Dec. 29 at his home in Wan- executive secretary to late Paul Porter both tagh, N.Y. Cause of death has not been in government service and private practice determined. Nathan began his career in mo- for over 30 years. She joined Arnold & tion picture industry in 1947 at foreign ad- Porter in May 1947 and retired in December Holbrook Wheat vertising and publicity department of Para- 1976. During her career she also served with Phyllis Wheat, marketing consultant, Yan- mount Pictures, where he eventually FCC from 1944 to 1946 and with Office of cey Marketing Corp., Indianapolis, joins became executive assistant to president of Price Administration in 1946. Page traveled Greenwood Performance Systems, Tulsa, Paramount International Films. Following to Greece in latter part of 1946 where she Okla. -based broadcast consulting firm, as that, Nathan served at United International served with Porter during his tenure as chief VP. Pictures as VP of UIP Services, and in of American Economic Mission to Greece.

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Keeping the faith to head the Blair Radio rep firm. (Blair was acquired by Katz last year and was renamed Bill Fortenbaugh is a believer. The affable Banner Radio Sales. Colombo is now back 43- year-old president of Christal Radio, one at Katz as president of Banner. of five national representation companies Fortenbaugh oversees a staff of some 100 owned by Katz Communications, believes employes in 13 offices. The company, says in the long -term future of radio advertising. Fortenbaugh, currently represents stations in But Fortenbaugh is also a realist who has about 200 markets including Malrite's top- found himself operating within a soft nation- rated WHTZ(FM) New York (licensed to New- al spot market for the past two years. "Our ark, N.J.), which Christal picked up from future will depend in large part on what we Eastman Radio last summer, and Tribune's do to make things happen," he says. That WON(AM) Chicago, believed to be the largest future, says Fortenbaugh, translates into billing radio station in the country. "new business" and "brand -loyal" "Our philosophy is to be group -oriented," campaigns. says Fortenbaugh. "We look to represent as From his vantage at Christal, Fortenbaugh many stations in a group as possible. We has seen national advertisers channeling a want to grow as the groups grow," he says. large measure of their ad budgets into sales Among the group operators that have all promotions "With many companies trying to their radio stations under Christal's repre- attain quarterly price -earnings ratios that WILLIAM HARVEY FonrENBAuo -president, sentation are Cox and Tribune. make sense to the public market, you have Christal Radio, New York; b. Feb. 26, 1944, He also notes that, although Christal is them making short-term decisions for mar- Cranford, N.J., BA, economics, Northeastern part of the Katz Radio Group, each company keting their products," says Fortenbaugh. University, Boston, 1967; salesman, Procter & remains autonomous. "The only time our "Promotions seem to be the route they are Gamble, Newark, N.J., 1967 -69; account people get paid is if they sell time on Chris- going." Reps need to get radio into that executive, Avco Radio Television Sales, New tal radio stations," says Fortenbaugh. route, he says. York, 1969 -70; account exective, Katz Radio, What changes in the radio rep structure Fortenbaugh believes advertisers will re- New York, 1970 -76; general sales manager, does Fortenbaugh see for the coming year? turn to brand -loyal advertising, building WHIM -AM -FM (now voHJJIAM]- WHJYIFM]) He believes that the consolidation fever that customer loyalty for their products. "As Providence, R.I., 1977; account executive, raged through the field over the past few advertisers' needs become more specific, Katz Radio, New York, 1977 -79; vice years has subsided: "It appears that Eastman spot radio can be a very viable alternative," president/stations, Eastern division, Katz and CBS [the two largest remaining individ- he says. "This [the brand -loyal campaign] Radio, New York, 1979 -85; present position ual radio reps] will stay independent," says has been the historical base of our since 1985; m. Donna Rudkin, Aug. 12, 1967; Fortenbaugh, "But I don't believe there's business." children-Amy, 17; Matthew, 13. room for any more [major] independent rep Fortenbaugh speaks from experience, companies. It's a very expensive business to having just notched 20 years in advertising operate." and marketing, mostly spent in national spot So immediately there was a common de- Adds Fortenbaugh: "I don't see any of the radio sales. Fortenbaugh's career was nominator," Fortenbaugh says. "Three days current rep companies going out of business launched from what he considers a "spectac- later, I was making $14,000 a year and I or doing business in a dramatically different ular" training ground. With a degree in eco- thought I had scaled Mount Everest." way in 1988. But in terms of the overall rep nomics from Boston's Northeastern Univer- Fortenbaugh's climb up Katz's corporate industry, it will be another year of flat sity in 1967, Fortenbaugh went to New York mountain began the following year in 1970, growth. (The Radio Advertising Bureau is and landed a job as a salesman for Procter & when Jeff Hall asked him to join the com- forecasting a 2% decline in national spot Gamble with its soap and household clean- pany. "They noticed I got a big order for business in 1987 over 1986 to approximate- ing products division. "I was a street soldier XETRA(AM) Tijuana, Mexico (now repre- ly $1.305 billion.) for Procter & Gamble...trench duty," For- sented by Major Market Radio), and Fortenbaugh says there are more stations tenbaugh says. KOST(FM), both of which competed in south- "closer together" in terms of audience size. Two years later, with some prodding from ern California with Katz -represented KABC- "There's no upper pressure on rates because his wife, Donna, who was then a sales (AM) Los Angeles," remembers Forten- there is too much [spot radio] inventory assistant at Katz Radio, Fortenbaugh decid- baugh. (Today, KOST is represented by available, and there are fewer advertisers in ed to get out of the soap business. "I wasn't Christal and KABC is still with Katz). the mix," he says. "It's a tough time for making a lot of money selling soap," he Fortenbaugh remained an account execu- national spot radio in the short term." For- recalls. "I was making only $6,600 a year, tive with Katz Radio in New York until tenbaugh applauds the recent efforts of the had a Mercury Montego and all the soap you 1976, when he left for eight months in 1977 Station Representatives Association and the could use." At his wife's suggestion, Forten- to be general sales manager of WHIM -AM -FM RAB, which have formed the national spot baugh was interviewed for an account ex- Providence, R.I. (now WHJJ(AM) -WHJY(FM)). radio task force to drum up new national ecutive post at Katz Radio with Jeff Hall, "I wanted to try my hand at station manage- business. "There is a whole new sense of then Katz Radio New York sales manager. ment and local sales. But after a short while, urgency out there, and this industry effort is Fortenbaugh didn't get the job, but he heard I found that I enjoyed national sales better," the best thing I've seen in my 17 years in the from another Katz salesman that a spot was says Fortenbaugh of his abreviated tenure. business," he says. open at Avco Radio Television Sales. He returned to Katz in his previous capac- To escape the sometimes choppy seas of That same day, Fortenbaugh went to see ity and shortly thereafter, in 1979, was the radio rep business, Fortenbaugh charts a Phil McDonald, Avco's Eastern sales man- upped to vice president, stations, Eastern course for calmer waters, sailing his boat off ager, radio. He got the job. (McDonald is division, for Katz Radio. Martha's Vineyard, Mass., or along the now vice president and general manager of On April 1, 1985, Ken Swetz, Katz Radio coast of his home state of New Jersey. If his WCKYIAMI Cincinnati.) "I told McDonald I Group head, appointed Fortenbaugh presi- long -term vision of a return to brand -loyal was selling soap for Procter & Gamble, and dent of Christal Radio. Fortenbaugh re- advertising materializes, it may be smoother McDonald said he had done the same thing. placed Charlie Colombo, who left that post sailing for national spot as well. N

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 95 fII3r©ff Turner Broadcasting System board is scheduled to meet on Friday, Columbus, Ohio. According to INTV, All- American Cable planned Jan. 15, with prime topics of discussion to include NBC's interest in to drop station on Jan. 4. "The first local station to be dropped by a company, progress of Turner Network Television and updates on cable system," INTV declared, since appeals court decision on restructuring corporate debt. Board will hear reports from six must carry. All- American Cable is subsidiary of cable MSO Ameri- executive committee members as well as from Chairman Ted can Television & Communications, and association said it was Turner. Although talks between NBC and TBS have apparently replacing station with Cable Value Network, home shopping shown little movement so far, executives of two companies, service in which ATC has small ownership interest. "The effective including NBC's Tom Rogers and Turner's Terry McGuirk, are date of the cable drop coincides exactly with the start of the new expected to meet again this week. According to Rogers, these program schedule and raises the inference that the cable system talks may help determine whether framework for NBC equity in did not want its subscribers to become accustomed to the sta- TBS can be agreed upon and negotiations moved forward, or tion's new programing," INTV President Preston Padden stated. whether proposal will die. NBC President Robert Wright told Cable system saw things in different light, but has postponed reporters last week: "The difficulty in dealing with TBS is that decision on dropping station until end of month. According to they have a very diverse shareholder group and you have an Gary Potts, area manager for ATC, when ch. 53 went on air, it was entrepeneur )Ted Turnerj who has a lot of stock and he wants to added to first tier. To make room, Cleveland independent, wuAB- make very sure he gets an enormous premium above the market Tv, was moved from first to second tier and C -SPAN II was for his stock." Wright added: "We have to deal with Time Inc.'s bumped altogether. WWAT-TV had been carrying home shopping interest in CNN, and )with) other cable operators. Its very confus- programing (CVN and HSN are also carried) and system had ing, so its likely to be slow and it may be that nothing does planned to drop signal on Jan. 4, move Cable Value Network from develop in the case of Turner." second tier to first, and fill hole on second tier by expanding o Discovery Channel and FNN /Score to full -time carriage. Potts said system will measure subscriber reaction to new programing - Broadcast network advertising buys on cable networks are on in- animated before of 1987 reduced home shopping and increased fare- crease, with spending up 600% in first nine months over One irony, said Potts, is that from Broadcast Adver- deciding on final carriage decision. same period in 1986, according to data 50 miles from system, which $1,453,137 in advertising station is over 35 miles but less than tisers Reports. ABC tops list, spending would have qualified for carriage under from 1986 meant that while it not on cable networks in first three quarters, 285% jump rules, it did under second set that appeals jumped from $43,696 to original must carry period of $376,824. CBS's spending court threw out last December. $172,062 (293 %), while NBC's rose from $21,177 to $86,894 (310 %). Fox network, which had no spending in 1986, spent $1,421,140 in cable network advertising in first nine months of 1987. Cable has Cablevision Systems completed $473.5 -million acquisition of cable become prime outlet for Fox since three major broadcast networks operator Adams -Russell last week. Deal adds 236,000 basic sub- have not accepted its advertising. scribers to Cablevision rolls, raising total to more than one million in 10 states. must-carry INTV press release issued at convention highlighted As part of continuing consolidation process, Westwood One is problem of new UHF station, WWAT -TV Chillicothe, Ohio, whose merging NBC Radio Networks' clearance department in New York carriage has been threatened by one of four cable systems serving with Mutual Broadcasting's commercial clearance operation in Washington, resulting in layoff of seven of NBC's nine- person clearance staff. Westwood, which has owned Mutual since 1985, (BROADCAST - TV use declines for first time since 1966. Television viewing in purchased NBC's radio network division last summer effect Feb. 26. the U.S. declined last season for the first time since Nielsen ING, Aug. 31, 1987). Change takes began measuring household usage in 1966, according to the o media research firm. Keymarket Communications, North Augusta, S.C., said it has For the 1986 -87 season ending last August, average weekly dropped Arbitren, radio industry's primary service, for Birch Ra- viewing dropped 1 %, or 28 minutes per week, from 50 hours dio's quarterly and qualitative services as well as Birch monthly and 16 minutes in the 1985 -86 season to 49 hours and 48 trend reports for two of its properties: KMJQ(FM) Houston and minutes. KMJM(FM) St. Louis, both of which program urban contemporary. The decline was even greater according to Nielsen's new Keymarket's exclusive agreement with Birch went into effect Jan. peoplemeter service. Peoplemeters showed viewing dropped 1. "The diary methodology (used by Arbitron) has difficulties said Barry 3.8% to 48 hours and 22 minutes. Both declines put viewing measuring our urban- formatted targeted audiences," Birch Radio em- below those levels measured in the 1984 -85 season. Drake, Keymarket senior VP /general manager. Prime time viewing, the largest single segment, declined 25 ploys telephone methodology. minutes in the peoplemeter sample to 12 hours and 51 minutes, o is offering equi- although the diary method showed less of a decline, down StarNet, automated cross -channel tune -in service, operators and 40% to cable pro- to 13 hours and eight minutes. ty ownership totaling 40% to cable eight minutes be "on each 1,000 sub- viewing showed a 25- minute decline with the gramers. StarNet said shares will based Daytime also channels committed, commitment to eight hours and 59 minutes. By diary scribers committed, network peoplemeter sample, commitment of a minimum of four minutes per declined 20 minutes to nine hours and four date and inventory method, viewing day per network," which StarNet said was approximately 10% of minutes. avails. Cable networks can gain shares by purchasing late fringe viewing declined by daily Both weekend daytime and "minimal level of promotional time annually." Terms for both 14 minutes under the peoplemeter (weekend daytime to seven offerings are three years. To date, StarNet is available free of hours and 27 minutes, late fringe to four hours and 27 minutes) charge to cable operators, with no affiliate fees or subscriber base and by four minutes with the diary sample. minimums. Service requires StarNet switcher, manufactured by Early fringe stayed fiat at six hours and 56 minutes under the Wegener Communications. Device displays system's name log diary method but declined five minutes to six hours and 51 and channel number for program service being promoted on minutes under the peoplemeter. system -specific basis. StárNet Chairman Gerry Lenfest said that The only dayparts showing an increase under the diary after discussion with cable industry, "a cooperative approach is method were overnight and access, which climbed eight min- required" to get promotional channel off ground. utes to eight hours and 20 minutes. Under the peoplemeter o sample, however, viewing during these periods showed a 25- Omnibus spending measure adopted by Congress and signed into minute decline to seven hours and 47 minutes. law by Pres .: :gars (BROADCASTING, Dec. 28, 1987), among other things, contains fiscal 1988 funding for FCC, Federal Trade

Broadcasting Jan 11 1988 96 Smulyan, Emmis Broadcasting president. Crossownership, part two. Three- week -old Hollings- Kennedy o measure blocks the FCC from taking steps to repeal or modify David Meister was named president of Financial News Network its television- newspaper crossownership ban (see page 42). last week. Meister had overall responsibility for network's ser- Nonetheless, the American Newspaper Publishers Association vices, FNN, Score and Telshop, as executive vice president, has urged the FCC to begin the process of removing all consumer information group, Infotechnology Inc., which owns crossownership restrictions by lifting them on radio- newspa- controlling share of FNN. per Crossownership, not affected by Hollings- Kennedy mea- o sure. The record developed in such a proceeding would form a Harte -Hanks has sold Miami and Okeechobee, Fla., cable systems for useful basis for re- evaluating the newspaper -television owner- undisclosed amount, ending divestiture program that involved ship" when it is possible, it said. sale of two TV's, cable and newspaper properties. Cable operator ANPA's comments came in response to a petition asking the Rifkin & Associates purchased 25,000 -subscriber Miami system, FCC to launch a rulemaking to repeal all broadcast-newspaper while Cablevision Industries Corp. bought 6,000 -subscribers crossownership prohibitions. The petition was filed two Okeechobee system. months ago by the Freedom of Expression Foundation, a Washington -based First Amendment advocacy group. The Robert T. Bartley, 78, former FCC National Association of Broadcasters also opposed the cross- commissioner who served from ownership ban. In a press release, NAB Joint Board Chairman March 6, 1952, until his retire- Wallace Jorgenson, president, Jefferson -Pilot Communications ment on June 30, 1972, making Co., said: "This is a rule that never should have been instituted him among its longest sitting to begin with. There are adequate safeguards, primarily anti- members, died of heart and lung trust laws, that could deal with any abuse of media disease Jan. 8 at Sibley hospital, concentration." Washington. Born in Ladonia, Rupert Murdoch's News America, whose crossownership Tex., Bartley came to Washing- situations in Boston and New York were the target of the ton at age 22 to become a statis- Hollings- Kennedy measure, said the FCC should not repeal the tician and later executive secre- crossownership ban outright. but should permit cross- tary of the investigative staff of ownership on a case -by -case basis. the House Commerce Committee -then headed by his uncle, Media Access Project, representing itself and two other Representative Sam Raybum (D- Tex.)-supervising reports in- citizen groups, said the petition for rulemaking should be strumental in the passage of legislation including the Commu- dismissed, arguing that it is a "barely concealed demand for nications Act of 1934. Following a stint with the Interstate regulatory changes designed to cross -subsidize allegedly fail- Commerce Commission, he joined the newly created FCC in ing newspapers at the expense of new entrants who have been 1934 as the first director of its telegraph division. When the to drawn broadcast ownership in recent years precisely be- division was abolished in 1937, Bartley became a Securities cause of the competitive environment fostered by the kinds of and Exchange Commission analyst and later joined the Yankee policies [the Freedom of Expression Foundation] would now Network, Boston, as assistant to the president, and later as a abandon." vice president. While with Yankee, he was involved with that network's pioneering work with Edwin Armstrong on the mmission and National Telecommunications and Information Ad- development of FM radio. In 1943, Bartley joined the National nistration. FCC Under bill, would receive $99.6 million (it asked Association of Broadcasters as director of war activities, leav- $107.3 million); the FTC, (it for $66.2 million asked $69.9 ing in 1947 after having also served as director of government Ilion), and NTIA $13.8 million for salaries and $21.3 million for relations and head of the FM department. He became blic telecommunication facilities (it execu- program requested $14.7 tive assistant to Rayburn, Ilion and nothing for PTFP). then Speaker of the House, and remained in that post until his appointment to the commission o in 1952 to fill the unexpired term of Commissioner Wayne Coy. neral Instrument Corp. announced at Consumer Electronics In an interview with BROADCASTING on the eve of his retire- ow in Las Vegas last week it has won contract to supply ment in 1972, Bartley, a quiet man with strong views, conced- leocipher IB scrambling system to Hughes Television Network for ed that he and the commission had often followed different ambling of Major League Baseball backhaul transmissions be- drummers, notably in its refusal to heed his arguments against rning in April. Deal preserves near GI's monopoly status as concentration of media control. He said his concern had not 'ambling system provider to broadcast and cable industries. been bigness, but that it was easier for government to control .ghes finalized deal with baseball last month to scramble back - an industry whose parts are concentrated in a uls -two months behind original MLB schedule -saying then few hands. Although tagged the original "one-to-a-customer" it system choices had come down to Videocipher IB and commission - one time I would ientific- Atlanta's (SA) B -Mac. MLB's request for proposals er-"At have approved a flat ban on newspa- led for 250 descramblers, scramblers, computer -control system per ownership of broadcast stations" he said in the interview- il complete installation by March 31. GI said it will be able to he softened that position, saying that crossownerships in )ply "substantial portion," but not all, of equipment by game which the station and the newspaper do a demonstrably good of 1988 season. job should not necessarily be broken up. Bartley expressed in o the interview his opposition to content regulation by the FCC. Although Jan. 5, Polish government announced that Soviet Union had when contacted last August for a story on the wed jamming Polish -language broadcasts of Voice of America, fairness doctrine repeal, Bartley said he was still in favor of the dio Free Europe and BBC, saying Western services had lost their doctrine, he had said earlier that the Supreme Court, in uphold- !dibility. RFE had been jammed since it went on air in 1950, ing the doctrine, "went farther than the commission" in assert- to and BBC since 1981. ing the FCC right to regulate broadcast content. Bartley also believed strongly in broadcasters' public service responsibilities, and was the force behind a broadcast station imis Broadcasting, Indianapolis -based radio group, has agreed primer on ascertaining community needs that was adopted by purchase 50% of Jim Duncan's American Radio publications, the FCC. sed in Kalamazoo, Mich., for undisclosed price. Duncan, who Bartley is survived by his wife, Ruth, daughter, Jane, and rrently sits on Emmis's board. will retain other 50 %. Transac- sons Robert Jr., and Thomas. n is expected to be consummated by March 1, according to Jeff

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Dark on Capitol Hill deed, during the extended rulemaking that ended in the 1975 alley rules, no evidence of abuse of power was ever presented. All was it's just possible that Senators Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) and speculative. The Justice Department kept talking about the Edward Kennedy (D.- Mass.) may not get away with their crafty potential for abuses. little ploy of hiding in the overloaded budget bill a prohibition Whatever potential existed then cannot exist now in a media against FCC repeal or waiver of its rule preventing formation of marketplace that sprouts new players faster than they can be new crossownerships of co- located newspapers and television counted. If the crossownership rules were totally eliminated, the stations. Two other senators, both of New York, vowed last week remedy for abuse of power would still be there -in the antitrust to introduce a bill undoing the Hollings- Kennedy contribution to laws Justice was realistic enough to avoid invoking 13 years ago. legislative skullduggery. Senators Daniel Moynihan (D) and The FCC is still free to conduct a rulemaking looking to repeal Alfonse D'Amato (R) say they would be restoring order to the its newspaper-radio crossownership restrictions. With some luck legislative process, a laudable objective indeed. They admit it and not a little work, it may be freed by a Moynihan -D'Amato won't be easy. bill to do the same for newspapers and television stations. It would all be higher minded if the personal fortunes, which Is the time ripe? Ask the senior partner of the law firm are considerable, of Rupert Murdoch were not at issue. Kennedy representing the newspaper publishers in their advocacy of an has admitted he connived with Hollings to keep Murdoch from end to crossownership rules. Richard Wiley, now with Wiley. wangling a permanent waiver of the FCC rule, enabling him to Rein & Fielding. in 1975 was chairman of the FCC. retain ownership of the Boston Herald and WFXT(TV) Boston, the latter acquired last year, and ownership of the New York Post and the picture WNYW(TV) New York, the latter also acquired last year. Both Getting have been critical of Kennedy. Murdoch has already papers As hoped and expected, a majority of the Advanced Television obtained waivers giving him until June 30 to divest one property Systems Committee -the line was 26 for, 11 against, eight and until March 6 in New York. Murdoch or the other in Boston abstaining -voted last week to approve the 1,125-line/60-hertz/ denies he had even hoped for an extension. 16:9 aspect ratio standard for HDTV production. The group's Whatever Murdoch's regulatory fate, the Moynihan -D'Amato voluntary standard is a step toward stability on the production deserves energetic support. Without it, the FCC is initiative side, coming as it does from a consortium of industry associ- to proceed with an important part of an inquiry that powerless ations, broadcasting and cable companies, equipment manufac- needed review of its crossownership rules could have led to turers and researchers -NAB, NCTA, EIA, IEEE, ABC, CBS, newspapers and all kinds of broadcasting stations. The involving NBC, HBO, GE, AT &T, PBS to list only a few of the mono- proposed by the Freedom of Expression Foundation, is review, grams represented. But it is only one step of many on the road to by the National Association of Broadcasters and supported an acceptable U.S. high-definition television system. Newspaper Publishers Association with enough good American It will be an important one if, as ATSC Chairman E. William to encourage the FCC to proceed, if it could. A little reasons Henry believes, the committee is now "free and unfettered in [its] history music, professor. choice of a transmission system." Also to that end, last week saw o the first meeting of the steering committee of the FCC's advanced The crossownership rules adopted by the FCC in 1975 were a television (ATV) advisory committee. The charge of the ATV political response, perhaps the least drastic that could have been committee is to "recommend policies, standards and regulations" crafted at the time, to a long and unremitting campaign by a post - for the introduction of advanced television services-one of Watergate Justice Department that wanted to break up all news- which should be a moratorium on the reallocation of spectrum paper-broadcast crossownerships. Justice had filed an array of until a transmission system is chosen and the additional spectrum petitions to deny license renewals to stations with newspaper ties requirements, if any, are determined. and had drummed at the FCC to institute the general rulemaking The ATV committee also issued a charge. Its chairman, that it finally undertook. Richard Wiley, said at the meeting that he had been contacted by Throughout, Justice used antitrust arguments in efforts to several organizations complaining of underrepresentation. There make the FCC take action, but carefully avoided putting its cases is still time, he said, "to come, get involved and be active." It is to the test in federal antitrust suits. It wanted the FCC to do the an open invitation to help shape the future of television. dirty work under the infinitely looser "public interest" standard. The rules that the FCC adopted ordered divestiture of newspaper crossownerships of radio or television or both in 16 small markets where the FCC found what it called "egregious" concentrations of control. The rules also prohibited the creation of any new newspaper -broadcast crossownerships. But they left intact all existing crossownerships except the "egregious" 16. Although they had lost the chance for future acquisitions of co- located crossownerships and for disposal of co- located properties to single buyers, the major publishers -broadcasters had at least retained what they had. There had been moments in the long FCC rulemaking when the outlook had been bleaker. o Drawn for BROADCASTING by lack Schmidt Back to 1988. Except for the to- be- expected antibigness agita- tion from the dwindling "citizen groups," there is no discernible "Well, the ice fell off the antenna, but PH let you tell the GM alarm about concentrations of newspaper -broadcast power. In- about his new car."

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