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34/ TOMMY' Communications report record Original thinking . NBC and DEPARTS results for their cable operations in second quarter. ABC announce new summer strategies that include The Morton Downey Jr. more original shows. PAGE 27. Show, which has recently 86/ GETTING PERSONAL . .Commercial television Some TV stations change Full power look of newscast, make greater industry puts strength of prime time and Walter use of informality and behind -scenes views of newsgathering process.

111 / FOLLOWING HIS INSTINCTS Westwood One's Scott endured fading advertiser Shannon is described by support, low ratings, slow colleague as "radio junkie" clearance activity and with "great instincts about questions surrounding music." They are traits to Downeÿ s behavior on and serve him well as he battles to off camera, is canceled. take L.A.'s Pirate Radio to top of ratings. 70/ NEWS SALE LBS Communications acquires worldwide syndication DEPARTMENTS Cronkite's name behind its 30- second spots to promote value of free TV. PAGE 34. Advertisers Index 109 Business 80 Changing Hands 82 Many worlds of Closed Circuit 4 Datebook 22 Editorials radio... BROADCASTING'S special report on state 114 Fates & Fortunes 107 of radio finds healthy national and network spot Fifth Estater 111 radio sales marketplace; networks aggressively For the Record 92 selling themselves and medium to advertisers as In Brief 112 they increase services to affiliates, and engineers' Journalism 86 views on issues facing today's radio operator. ' Crimebeat' Law & Regulation 78 rights Masthead 24 Additionally, RAB's president of past four months, to NBC News special Adventures in Space and wces- Monday Memo 25 Warren Potash, his details efforts to expand radio's Tv New York's Crimebeat . Open Mike 23 share of advertising, and radio producers and Programing 70 syndicators describe abundance of programing Riding Gain 76 75/ RECHARTERED Special Report 37 they are offering. Coverage begins on PAGE 37. FCC's "blue ribbon" high - Stock Index 91 definition TV committee is Technology 75 extended to 1991. 30/ ROUGH Patrick moves toward close of Where Things Stand 10 LANDING 78/ NBC APPEAL Broadcasting (ISSN 0007 -2028) is pub- Having survived plane crash lished 52 Mondays a year by Broadcasting in Atlantic Ocean and NBC appeals $5 million -plus Publications Inc.. 1705 DeSales Street. N.W.. abdominal gunshot wound, libel award to singer Wayne Washington. D.C. 20036. Second -class post- Newton. age paid at Washington. D.C., and additional Washington communications offices. Single issue $2 except special issues attorney Thomas Root now $350 (50th Anniversary issue $10). Sub- faces variety of inquiries into his scriptions. U.S. and possessions: one year 79/ GAO CABLE $70. two years $135, three years $190. Ca- conduct as pilot and DUE nadian and other international subscribers lawyer- particularly his SURVEY add $20 per year. U.S. and possessions involvement with Sonrise General Accounting Office $235 yearly for special delivery. $100 for Management Services. cable rate survey, to be released first -class. Subscriber's occupation required. Aug. Annually: Broadcasting o Cable Yearbook 3, will be subject of $115. Across the Dial 56.95. Microfilm of House hearing. Broadcasting is available from University 32/ PATRICK Microfilms. 300 North Zeeb Road. Ann Arbor. his administration, he talks Mich. 48106 (35mm, full year $55). Postmas- REPRISE about FCC's accomplishments, 80/ QUARTER UP ter. please send address corrections to Broadcasting. 1705 DeSales St.. N.W.. As FCC Chairman Dennis telco entry, HDTV and more. Time Inc. and Warner Washington. D.C. 20036. Closed Circuit i Closed Circuit 1 Closed Circuit i Closed Circuit 1 Closed Circuit 1

Minority discount which Beam is in default. It is said that in recent past Although Jack Kent Cooke Chase tried to sell off loan, but reportedly got equivalent of none of several financial $2,400 per subscriber for firms that showed up at auction his cable systems ended up making bid. (BROADCASTING, July 17), cash changing hands is less Habla español than that because of By September, HBO minority tax certificates expects to have minimum of involved in deal. Minority 109 U.S. cable systems owned and controlled ventures using its Spanish- enhanced could end up purchasing program service, initially 333,000 subs -half of total -in launched Jan. 7 this year. transactions expected to Concepcion Lara, director, qualify Cooke for tax deferrals. new business development, Talk show host Franklin Minority entities are said to Joe celebrated 40 years in broaacastrng at said that using dual New York's "21" with singer Maureen McGovern (I) include one associated with and actress language audio feed for HBO's Sally Kirkland. WwoR -ry Secaucus -New York aired two -hour Falcon Cable TV, another retro- forthcoming Comedy spective of his TV career last Friday night. affiliated with Adelphia Channel is "something we will Communications consider." NEW YORK moving from 4.0 to 4.7 share. management, and previously WCBS(AM) New York dropped publicized partnership of 0.1 share point, from 3.1 to 3.0. Frank Washington and WASHINGTON Narrowing the gap In Chicago, CBS's WBBM(AM) InterMedia Partners. dropped from 5.7 to 5.3 share USA Network is expanding while Westinghouse's Tenacity its programing relationships About Beam WMAO(AM) gained 0.2 share to Don't be if with three networks, beyond suprised 1.8. Los Angeles was only Next date in bankruptcy representative of anti - sports programing. Cable market where CBS gained court for group owner Beam indecency groups makes network has just completed shares with its AM KNX Communications is said to appearance at Senate its first entertainment co- moving 0.4 in last year to 3.3. be in late August. Former NBC confirmation hearing venture with ABC, telefilm of However, Westinghouse group executive Ray Alfred FCC entitled Jake Spanner, Private Sikes as chairman. also gained with KFWB(AM) Timothy, newly installed as According to source, there Eye, with all -star cast moving up 0.3 share points investment banker at is likelihood including Robert Mitchum, strong lawmakers to 3.0. Two industry leaders do Furman Selz, is preparing will hear from groups Ernest Borgnine and Stella at not compete in San Beam reorganization plan hearing, which as of late last Stevens. Produced by Francisco, but in nation's fifth that may include getting week had not been ScottiVinnedge TV, program market, Philadelphia, additional equity. Current scheduled. They are unhappy will air in USA's original movie Westinghouse's KYW(AM) posted discussions are quietly being with FCC's current efforts in slot in November. ABC gain of 0.2 share point to 7.1 held with big money rather indecency area and want Video Enterprises will distribute (making it market leader than "tire kickers." Creditor who program for simultaneous opportunity to convey their overall), while CBS's will have something to say that may run in international markets. concerns Sikes also wcAU(AM) dropped 0.7 to 3.4 about plan is Chase Manhattan, hesitate to tackle issue. Dave Kenin, senior vice since last spring. which has "bridge loan" on president, programing, USA Groups along with evangelical, conservative Network, reported last week Christian have he was discussing another community been working hard project of similar scope with against Sikes confirmation ( "Closed one of big three. "We're just Circuit," 10) in hope looking to make the best July of getting Second time around job for their candidate, product we can," Kenin said of those co- production New World Entertainment and Blake Edwards Co. have en- Indianapolis attorney John Price. activities. Previously USA has tered into co- production agreement and are resurrecting two former done deals with CBS to co- of Edwards's network series, Peter Gunn and Mr. Lucky Jon Feltheimer, newly appointed president of New produce golf and tennis events, Hell or high water World Television division (see story, page 71), announced and with NBC to co- produce that company is in negotiations with ABC to air Peter Gunn as Government experts golf tournaments. midseason replacement for coming season or as possible working on plans for TV Marti for 1990 -91 season. Mr. Lucky he said, is being test have not up on Group vs. CBS entry given W shopped to all networks. feasibility of proposed Arbitron Ratings Co. spring Last April 23, ABC ran Peter Gunn as two -hour movie of operation despite Cuban 1989 numbers reflect mixed week, garnering 14.7 rating/24 share with star Peter Strauss. government's decision to news for CBS and Blake Edwards Television President Jeffrey Auerbach says activate channel 13 in Westinghouse AM stations. In new half-hour prime time project "would be something Havana area. Indications last top three markets, where Strauss is interested in." Auerbach added that Mr. Lucky is week were that experts groups go head to head with also being targeted as 30- minute drama, revealing only "a involved in project were all -news AM's, major star of film and television" is giving it serious consider- considering channel 13 Westinghouse has made ation. Edwards reportedly has signed one -year production options, one involving beaming TV features. steady gains in 12+ shares, deal to create and develop series and signal to large population Peter Gunn originally aired 1958 -61 (on NBC and later Monday- Sunday, 6 a.m. - center other than Havana. Or ABC) with Craig Stevens as suave detective. John Vivyan midnight, since last year's U.S. could conduct test starred as Mr. Lucky swashbuckling proprietor of water - - spring numbers. Biggest mover expected to run three hours bound floating casino. was WINS(AM) New York, daily- during hours when

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Cuban station is off air. roots indeed. CBS was based syndicator Raycom programing is subject of Officials are under heavy circulating booklet in 1970's Sports Entertainment and separate negotiations to bring pressure to proceed with TV on subject of free versus pay Denver -based Prime Sports French shows to New York Marti test, for project has TV. Attributed to then CBS regional cable sports airwaves, following success on important support- President President Arthur R. Taylor, it programer will announce New York local cable of Bush and many members of points out virtues of free TV joint bid for 1990 Southwest leading intellectual talk show Congress. And unless test is and emphasizes that cable has Conference college football Apostrophe and on Los conducted, administration upper hand competitively. rights. Raycom, which has held Angeles s KCET(rv) of two- hours- will have nothing on which to Taylor warned that consumers SWC syndication rights daily broadcasts from base go /no go decision. will someday be "denied the through several probations of French commercial station TF1. Officials plan to transmit from movies, sports events and teams for NCAA violations If New York TV -radio balloon tethered 10,000 feet other television attractions" from 1984 through coming experiments are success, above Cudjoe Key, Fla., and they now receive free from season, has in past month attache added, Washington they are negotiating with broadcast television. He faced stiff competing could be next to go Francais. Florida Educational Television SportsChannel America of Monroe County Inc. for Does bid -$29.5 million for seven - HOLLYWOOD use of channel 13 in Key West, the American year multisport package, on which it has permit to Family Need according to Dallas Morning build. Meanwhile, starting date Another Mouth News. Star's the thing of test, which would run 90 to Feed? Raycom's Meade Camp Lorimar Television mid - days, has slipped from fall to said co- venture would "do season 1989 -90 development "before first of year." more than" raise more cash effort includes at least one for bid, by giving conference project where is Line even longer exposure through "premier" show being designed around Bruce Goodman, partner in syndication and cable outlets in established star, as opposed to firm, is region, latter being Prime Arter & Hadden law said developing concept and for Sports' sister service Home to be among candidates then casting. Strategy worked State Department job of Sy Arthur P.T+ybr. PmWmt. t'l15 Sports Entertainment of for company last spring assistant secretary in Dallas & Houston. Last of those when it sold CBS new season sad what was occurring is parties may have most at charge of Bureau of show, Island Son, about "sneak attack on family stake. If Raycom -Prime venture International doctor in Hawaii, built around pocketbook." Much of what loses bid, HSE could find Communications and Richard Chamberlain. This Information Policy. Like Taylor wrote is still basis of itself buying schedule back time, star is Robert Wagner, in tension between cable and from SportsChannel, which number of others being as yet unsold project. Other broadcast industries; he has no service in Texas. mentioned for post, he had mid -season projects include inveighed against siphoning of been candidate for one of three for NBC, for which sports programing from free EUROPE sitcom FCC seats for which White musical group will be formed, its TV to cable, and called for House has now submitted not unlike The Monkees, nominations. is copyright liability. Goodman Imports which aired on same network of former general counsel over 20 years ago. And in Mutual Broadcasting Bicentennial of French hopper for CBS is Clear sailing revolution may be past, but children's System who served with fantasy show FCC will punt on petition to Americans will get called Wildest Lawyers for Bush during Dreams. campaign. deny DBS application of TCI- continued dose of Gallic spirit. owned Tempo Enterprises, if For starters, noncommercial Early birds broader allocation issues are WNYE(FM) New York has plans to settled and latest round of begin carriage later this ATLANTA White House had not DBS applications returns to of four and half hours announced its intentions to summer Pulse taking commissioners' agenda in daily of French -language nominate Alfred Sikes to early August, say FCC sources. broadcasts. Tests began July Turner Broadcasting FCC at time, but National National Association for 14 (Bastille Day) using System, which has enjoyed Association of Broadcasters Better Broadcasting and programing supplied by French strong ratings for Turner radio directors meeting in Telecommunications radio service Radio France Network Television at same Washington were so sure it Research petition to deny French time as it has seen slight would happen that they signed International. hinged on argument that Embassy's New York audio- decline in wras(rv) ratings, is ; off on draft of letter Tempo should be disqualified visual attache also outlined conducting research survey addressed to Sikes as FCC because parent TCI had plans for cable service The to find out exactly where TNT chairman. Letter, which NAB been found to have violated Learning Channel to begin viewers are coming from intends to send, congratulates Sherman Antitrust Act in civil carrying French video and where wras viewers are Sikes on his confirmation court, losing about $36 million magazine coproduced by going. In second quarter of and says commission "stands award to company French public broadcaster 1989, TNT again showed to benefit significantly under competing for Jefferson City, Antenne 2 and U.S. strong prime time numbers your leadership." NAB wants Mo., cable franchise. Eagle (1.3), while WTBS dropped meeting with full broadcaster Communications. A2 slightly, from 3.0 to 2.8. Of commission to discuss efforts nine other cable networks in to "achieve genuine AM second quarter, two rose, radio improvement and CHARLOTTE three stayed same and four interference reduction." dropped in their prime time Getting together rating (BROADCASTING, 10). Deja vu July In precedential cooperative Survey, TBS hopes, will tell Broadcast industry's venture between broadcast how much TNT is drawing from impulse to champion free TV and cable sports broadcast and /or other (see page 27) has deep programers, Charlotte, N.C.- cable networks.

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Solid bo.r denotes ¡tents that have changed National Association Broadcasters, AM -FM Allocations 10 tions. of .sirrt last issue. which believes move will lead to AM- ization By the Numbers 14 of FM band, petitioned FCC to reconsider. Cable Regulation 10 AM-FM Allocati Children's Television 10 Crossownership 14 Cable Regulation At July 13 open meeting, FCC doubled Direct Broadcast Satellites 14 maximum allowable power of Class A FM Home Satellite 18 Cable television industry remains under fire stations, but limited number of stations that Indecency 18 from allegations it is "unregulated monopo- will be able to take advantage of new maxi- Land Mobile 18 ly." Bills have surfaced in Senate and House mum power to boost coverage. Some 500 that would reregulate cable and permit tele- stations will be able to increase power as of Mergers 20 phone industry to compete in distributing Dec. 1, but it is not clear how 1,500 other Must Carry 20 video services. Senator Howard Metzen- Class A's can. Some 800 stations, including Public Broadcasting 20 baum (D- Ohio), who chairs Senate Antitrust most of those in Northeast, will have to dem- Syndex 20 Subcommittee, convened hearing in April in onstrate they can meet new mileage separa- which broadcasters, wireless cable industry, tions by relocating antenna or using direc- erful Class C2 stations would cause interfer- Consumer Federation of America and city tional antenna before they will get go- ahead. ence and less powerful Class A stations organizations called on Congress to re- And many stations along Canadian and would be "economically infeasible." regulate cable. Metzenbaum is also pushing Mexican borders may be left out because In hopes of curtailing adjacent -channel infor passage of bills he introduced in April. change in power is not authorized under terference and improving technical quality of One would restore city authority to regulate current international treaties. AM radio, FCC voted April 12 to require AM rates while other would require cable pro- At March 30 meeting, FCC created oppor- broadcasters to adhere to industry- devel- gramers (particularly those in which cable tunity for as many as 200 new FM stations by oped NRSC -2 standard limiting emissions, operators have interest) to make their pro- authorizing new medium -power class of sta- starting in 1994. graming available to cable competitors such tion. According to FCC, new Class C3 sta- FCC voted Dec. 12, 1988, to give FM as wireless cable. It would also restrict hori- tions with up to 25 kw of power and anten- broadcasters greater flexibility in choosing zontal concentration within industry by limit- nas up to 100 meters above average terrain antenna sites and plotting coverage by per- ing number of subscribers company can could go into communities where more pow- mitting limited "short spacing" of FM sta- have to 25% of cable subscribers in country. Also in Senate, Communications Subcom- mittee took close look at issue of vertical integration within cable industry during series of hearings it convened on concentration of ownership within media (BROADCAST- ING, June 19, 26). No immediate Senate action is expected from those hearings, although it was clear there is growing concern among subcommittee members about cable's market power. Motion picture industry, independent broadcasters and National Association of Broadcasters are pushing for stricter regulation of cable until there is more competition in delivering cable programing to homes. National League of Cities and United States Conference of Mayors have adopted resolutions calling on Congress to strengthen cities' regulatory grip on cable and to provide opportunity for telephone companies to offer competitive services. League There's one news analysis program considered "can't miss" by Washington officials. has assigned action on cable legislation low The McLaughlin Group. priority, but group of mayors has scheduled Among its chief assets are the wit and intellect ofJohn McLaughlin, Eleanor Clift, July 31 meeting in New York to plan legisla- Fred Barnes, Morton Kondracke, Pat Buchanan and Jack Genmond. tive strategy. They provide insightful, often prescient, political commentary on the most up-to- the-minute developments. Often with heated exchanges. So tune in to The McLaughlin Group. It's comprehensive, contentious and... TM111GtS ,,r contagious. Made possible by a grant from GE. Bill that would limit amount of advertising in THE McLAUGHLIN GROUP Check your local listing for station and time. children's television is on legislative fast track. It was subject of House Telecommuni- cations Subcommittee hearing week of April 3 and passed parent Energy and Com- We bring good things to life. merce Committee following week. In Senate, companion measure (S.707) was focus of Communications Subcommittee hearing July 13, along with bill offered by Senator

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S Niece \SI. iRB Mae 1989. "The Trniight SM. Un id letterman. Pm Sauk ARSEMO SWEEPS UP INMAY Regardless of market size or region, THE ARSENIO HALL SHOW is a runaway hit Hall across the country among men and women 18 -34 and 18 -49. What's more, this hot streak has continued into the summer, with the national rating growing to an amazing 4.0 for the week of 7/3/89. So when it comes to late-night talk, Arsenio is definitely hot stuff. AND CLEANS UP E&

Tim Wirth (D- Colo.). Wirth measure was en- tives Tom Tauke (R -Iowa) and Al Swift (D- telephone companies be allowed to serve dorsed by Communications Subcommittee Wash.), who introduced bill that would as transporters of others' programing, al- Chairman Daniel Inouye (D- Hawaii), who remove antitrust barriers, allowing broad- though not as programers themselves, in says he hopes to move children's TV bill out casters voluntarily to agree on commercial telcos' own service areas (BROADCASTING, of committee by Aug. 1. limits. June 20, 1988). Wirth's legislation would require broad- At present, barriers to such BOC cross - casters to provide programing "specifically ownership include not only FCC regulations designed" for children, as condition for li- and 1984 Cable Act but also modified final cense renewal. Measure is more restrictive judgment issued by U.S. Judge Harold than S. 707 and will also be focus of hearing. Greene in his supervision of breakup of Bill that would establish $10 million en- Telco -cable -FCC has tentative plans to AT&T. NTIA has petitioned FCC to preempt dowment for children's programing was hold en banc hearing on telco -cable issue. Greene's regulation of BOC's, arguing that adopted May 16 by Senate Commerce Agency initiafed debate on whether telcos judge is hampering their entry into informa- Committee and is expected to pass Senate should be allowed to provide cable services tion services, including cable. sometime this year. It is brainchild of Chair- in July 1988 when it tentatively voted 2 -1 to Duopoly, one -to-a- market -FCC voted man Ernest Hollings (D -S.C.) and Inouye. recommend Congress lift telco -cable cross - Oct. 27, 1988, to relax duopoly rules to allow Proponents of children's TV legislation ownership ban. closer spacing of commonly owned AM and suffered blow in last Congress when Presi- Senator Al Gore (D- Tenn.) has introduced FM stations, arguing that impact on diversity dent Reagan pocket -vetoed bill on Nov. 5, bill lifting crossownership prohibition; corn - would be negligible and that it let some 1988. panion measure was offered in House by broadcasters reap certain economies of Television networks and National Associa- Rick Boucher (D -Va.). scale. tion of Broadcasters let White House know FCC may not be able to affirm decision. Using same justification, FCC relaxed pol- they backed legislation last year, but Presi- Commissioner James Quello issued state- icy for waivers to one -to -a- market rules Dec. dent found measure "counterproductive" ment Jan. 13, saying he was reconsidering 12, 1988, saying it would look favorably on and at odds with broadcasters' First Amend- vote favoring repeal. And Commissioner Pa- waiver requests involving top 25 markets ment rights. Measure would have put corn - tricia Diaz Dennis, who voted against "tenta- with at least 30 broadcast "voices." mercial limits on children's programs of 10.5 tive conclusion," continues to feel ban Broadcast- newspaper-Appropriations minutes per hour on weekends and 12 min- against telcos controlling programing bill (H.R. 4782), which was signed into law, utes on weekdays. It also required broad- should be retained, although she believes includes provision that prevents FCC from casters to serve "special needs" of children, telcos should be allowed to offer video reexamining its broadcast -newspaper which FCC would have to take into account transmission services as common carriers. crossownership rules. at renewal. FCC move follows National Telecommuni- Alternative approach to regulating chil- cations and Information Administration re- dren's TV has been offered by Representa- port on cable TV regulation recommending,

FCC commissioners at last minute dropped from July 13 open meeting agenda BY THE NUMBERS consideration of latest round of direct -to- Summary of broadcasting and cable home broadcast satellites (DBS) applications. Among related issues on which FCC was expected to rule was proposal to ac- B R O A D C A S T I N G commodate most applicants by limiting SERVICE ON AIR CP's ' TOTAL' each to half- nation 16- channel services from Commercial AM 4,953 263 5,216 two orbital slots. Due to spectrum shortage and concentration of requests in only four of Commercial FM 4.200 733 4,933 eight positions in separate orbital arc, FCC Educational FM 1.393 255 1,648 has said such paired assignments may be Total Radio 10,546 t, necessary to achieve efficient use of spec- FM translators 1,728 341 2,069 trum. Comments on proposal last January were mixed, with most accepting channel Commercial VHF TV 547 23 570 limitation but some requesting FCC allow Commercial UHF TV 524 215 739 full- nation service from single position, at Educational VHF TV 122 5 127 least initially, saying two-satellite cost could Educational UHF TV 218 27 245 make startup too expensive. Petition to deny on antitrust grounds application of Tele- i` Communications Inc. -owned Tempo Enter- VHF LPTV 300 205 505 prises is also pending. UHF LPTV 324 1,508 1,832 Calling high -power DBS "dead horse" in U.S., former Hughes Communications presi- p dent and White House telecommunications VHF translators 2,722 121 2,843 expert Clay (Tom) Whitehead said in June UHF translators 2,133 443 2,576 1989 that his company, Orbital Broadcast- ing, withdrew its application to launch DBS because neither Hollywood nor broadcast C A B L E f networks appears willing to "bypass the in- Total subscribers 49,538,000 creasing MSO bottleneck." Other applicants, including Dominion Satellite Video, Homes passed 73,900,000 disagree, saying narrowcast approach is vi- Total systems 8,000 able. Household penetration) 54.8% Permittees and applicants to launch "true" Pay cable penetration 32% high -power (200 watt) DBS believe Ku -band birds 10 times more powerful than average C -band Includes off -air licenses. t Penetration percentages are of TV household universe of birds would mean direct -to -home 90.4 million ' Construction permit. F Instructional TV fixed service. ' Studio-transmit- television reception via downlinks one -tenth ter link. size of average C -band dishes. Smaller,

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TWO DOWN May '89 proved it: Geraldo's viewership rose, while his major competition dropped. Americans are moving to America's most moving talk show.

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l I ]/. I l ]'l i] WITH REED IRVINE AND CLIFF KINCAID these impossible scenarios, but exagger- had said it was out of the question? The HIGH COST OF ated it. It s aid millions of gallons of nuclear explanation is that Rather wanted to use the waste had been poured down bore holes in Kyshtym disaster as an argument against I a mountain and that the waste had sponta- nuclear power in this country. He de- "60 MINUTES" neously exploded. A drawing on the screen scribed the accident as one involving On July 9, the Soviet Union finally told showed an explosion blowing off the top of "nuclear power," which was false. He the truth about an explosion that occurred the mountain, something Medvedev had said, "As we in the United States continue at an atomic weapons plant in 1957 that never claimed. That would require a to invest in nuclear energy, such as this nu- contaminated an area of 70 square miles powerful nuclear reaction. Dan Rather's clear power plant under construction on with dangerous radioactivity. This forced comment was, "It was a small explosion, as Long Island, New York, should we really the evacuation of ten thousand people fruin such explosions go, but the radiation it care about a nuclear disaster that occurred the area around Kyshtym, the site of aplant released was devastating." That comment a continent away over 20 years ago ?" that produced plutonium for nuclear weap- accompanying a graphic showing the top Rather thought we should. His pro- ons. The Soviets revealed that there had of a mountain being blown off could only gram helped generate the anti -nuclear been a chemical explosion that had spewed generate deep fear of the dangers posed by hysteria that has caused the residents of radioactive waste into the atmosphere. It nuclear wastes. Long Island to block the use of the nuclear was not a nuclear reaction. The fact is that "60 Minutes" had in its power plant that was shown on the pro- "60 Minutes" aired a program about possession a study by American nuclear gram. New York State is going to buy this this in 1981. Narrated by Dan Rather, it scientists that said the Kyshtym explosion $5 billionplant and dismantle it. That's the was based on abook by a Soviet scientist in was probably a chemical explosion caused heavy price taxpayers must pay for irre- exile, Zhores Medvedev. Medvedev had by ammonium nitrate that was used in sponsible journalism. correctly deduced that there had been a processing plutonium. The Soviets have disaster at Kyshtym involving nuclear now said this is what happened. The cool- wastes despite the deep secrecy imposed ing system failed in one of the tanks hold- ¡we by the Soviet government. He advanced ing the liquid waste. It was neglected and A three -minute radio commentary three possible causes, two of which in- the wastes solidified. A spark caused the available five days a week as a volved nuclear reactions. Nuclear scien- nitrate salts to explode, spewing the con- public service. For a sample tape, tists ruled those out. The wastes could not tents over a wide area. please call Deborah Lambert have contained enough concentrated nu- Why did Dan Rather feature the theory ACCURACY IN MEDIA clear fuel to produce a chain reaction. that there had been a nuclear explosion at 1275 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. "60 Minutes" not only featured one of Kyshtym even though nuclear scientists (202)371 -6710

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E-W WORLD TELEVISION GROUP *.: ,198R New World Telnsion Group. All rights reserved. near future. Francisco -based InterMedia Partners work- with PBS and NAPTS July 20 intended to ing with broker Daniels & Associates, com- unify plan to streamline national public TV prise partnership formed by InterMedia and programing processes. CPB so far has tak- Frank Washington; Tele- Communications en issue with elements of NAPTS plan that Inc.; TCA Cable TV; group associated with would create chief programing executive at Adelphia Communications Corp.; Falcon PBS with centralized authority over approxi- Cable TV, and Chambers Communications. mately 25% of national programing funds, to bar Time Delaware judge declined QVC Network will acquire rival cable including most of current CPB Program Inc.'s tender offer for Warner Communica- home shopping service CVN Companies, Fund. CPB must report to Congress next 14. Verdict, tions in ruling handed down July according to definitive agreement an- January on national program funding effi- by Paramount seen as dooming attempt nounced July 10. Deal, in which CVN share- ciency. Presidents of three organizations will Time, is on ap- Communications to acquire holders would receive $19 cash plus one - meet again today (July 24). definitive peal. Time and Warner announced eighth of one share of QVC for each of their Garrison Keillor will return to American creating Time agreement March 4 to merge, shares, values CVN at more than $440 mil- Public Radio Sept. 30 with new Saturday Warner Inc. On June 6, Paramount (formerly lion. Merger requires shareholder approvals; evening series, he announced at Annual $10.7 bil- Gulf + Western) made unsolicited transaction is expected to close in Septem- Public Radio Conference in San Francisco, Time. On June lion all -cash tender offer for ber. May 17 -21. National Public Radio launched 23, Paramount raised offer for Time to $12.2 Centel Cable Television Co. reached July 1 hourly newscasts. NPR board contin- Time's board re- billion, or $200 per share. agreements in March to sell its 575,000 - ues on path to adopt by eand of year strate- salvage jected both offers. In attempt to subscriber cable systems for a total of more gic plan for 1990's. offer original merger with Warner despite than $1.4 billion. Systems covering five CPB asked House April 18 and Senate agreement from Paramount, Time revised states were split into six pieces and sold to March 17 to provide full $265 million autho- cash with Warner and launched $7 billion American Television & Communications, C- rized for fiscal 1992, plus remainder of $200 shares tender offer for majority of Warner TEC Corp., Jones Intercable, Warner Cable, million authorized for replacement of satellite vote). On (requiring no Time shareholder Adelphia Communications and Simmons due to expire in 1991. Administration has battle, Para- regulatory front of takeover Communications. Centel Corp., 82.4% recommended capping CPB at 1991 figure of trust that mount filed at FCC for approval shareholder of Centel Cable, said it expect- of $242 million and would also stop funding Paramount would hold Times stock until ed after -tax gain of $440 million on sale; satellite replacement project at amount al- for trans- gained necessary FCC approvals minority shareholders in Centel Cable will ready appropriated for 1990, $56.8 million. Paramount. fer of Time's licenses to receive $45.625 per share. Centel expects CPB board has adopted $254,339,038 FY definitive Jack Kent Cooke reached to close sale by early August. 1990 budget. his 660,000 - agreements in mid -July to sell CPB Chairman Kenneth Towery also to a consortium subscriber cable operations asked Congress March 21 to remove CPB is nearly same of six buyers. Buying group from Inspector General Act, citing concerns in January to one that signed letter of intent that First Amendment rights of public broad- is said buy systems from Cooke. Sale price casters could be threatened by inspector value of minor- to be $1.58 billion, including general's authority to deem programing or by San ity tax certificate. Buyers, assembled Independent television and cable industry other budget items unnecessary. In mean- are at impasse on must carry. On July 10, time, however, CPB has appointed acting National Association of Broadcasters TV IG. board signed off on must -carry compromise reached between President Eddie Fritts and National Cable Television Association on previous Friday. But deal fell through when DATAWORLD MAPS Association of Independent Television Sta- tions rejected proposal on ground that it did not address their concerns about channel FCC put off effective date of its new syndex 1461.111k repositioning. Independents felt it encour- rules from Aug. 18, 1988, to Jan. 1, 1990, aged cable operators to move independent but it otherwise kept rules much as they stations off low- numbered channel assign- were when adopted last year. Broadcasters DO YOU KNOW YOUR MARKET? ments to location on higher end of band. desiring syndex protection had to notify ca- YOUR COMPETITION DOES! Fritts and NCTA President James P. Mooney ble system by June 19. have been trying to hammer out deal on CAN Rules empower broadcasters to enforce DATAWORLD MAPS must -carry language that they would then exclusivity of programs against cable sys- Depict your coverage! take to Congress. Basis of negotiations is tems that import duplicative programing on interindustry agreement on must carry that Market orient your sales people! distant broadcast signals. cable says it can live with. Broadcasters, Target your ethnic /demographic markets! Real delay in implementation of rules may however, want to go beyond it, and de- come as result of court appeals likely to be Identify marginal signal areas! manded that any legislation contain lan- made by cable operators and satellite carri- Plot any special requirements! guage protecting broadcaster's signal from ers who distribute distant signals threatened being shifted off -channel. NCTA agreed to by syndex. If court stays rules pending reso- put broadcaster signals on the over -air as- MAP OPTIONS lution of appeals, implementation of rules signment or on channel that is mutually may be delayed two or three years. If court agreeable. But INN argued in letter to Capi- SHADOWING (TERRAIN SHIELDING) finds fault with them, they may never go into tol Hill that on- channel deal offered by NCTA POPULATION DENSITY effect. "would not stop the shifting but would pre- CONTOUR COVERAGE United Video, carrier of superstations cipitate a massive new wave of channel SPECIALS wGN -TV Chicago, WPIX(TV) New York and KTVr- shifts of UHF independents and public sta- Tv Dallas; Texas Cable Television Associa- tions currently carried on first -tier channels." tion, United Cable Television and Century Communications have challenged rules in datawonld° U.S. Court of Appeals. They have also asked A service Of DW, Inc. FCC to stay rules pending court review. Representative Bill Richardson (D -N. M.) has Fax (301) 656 -5341 PubliaBroadcastin; introduced legislation that would delay im- (301) 652 -8822 (800) 368 -5754 plementation date of FCC's syndex rule for CPB began series of "summit meetings' one year (BROADCASTING, July 3).

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indicates new listing ers radio -television management session. Bentley kind," sponsored by Unda -USA, National Catho- hotel, Alexandria, La. Information: (504) 383 -7486. lic Association for Broadcasters and Corrnmunica- Information: This week July 27- 29- Idaho State Broadcasters Associa- tor:s. (513) 429 -2663. tion annual convention. Among speakers: Nation- Aug. 5- 7-55th annual Georgia Association of July Presentation of first "Viddy Award," 24- al Association of Broadcasters President Eddie Broadcasters convention. Callaway Gardens, Ga. sponsored by National Academy of Television Fritts and Westwood One President Bill Battison. Atlanta. Informa- Aug. 6-8 -Cable Television Laboratories first Journalists. Omni CNN Center, Sun Valley, Idaho. tion: Dave Walker, (404) 262 -9155. technical planning seminar, "Fiber Optics: Strate- July 27- Tennessee Association of Broadcast- gy, Tactics, Implementation." Clarion hotel, Boul- work- 30- July 24- 27- "Stereo audio for broadcast," ers annual convention. Memphis. der, Colo. Information: (303) 939 -8500. shop sponsored by National Public Radio. Den- ver. Information: (202) 822 -2730. July 28- Synditel, annual press preview of first - Aug. 10- 13- Association for Journalism and run TV programing held during annual Television Mass Communication convention. Washington. during annual Televi- July 25 -27 -PBS press tour, Critics Association press tour. Century Plaza, Los Information: Ken Keller, (618) 536-7555. Angeles. sion Critics Association press tour. Los Angeles. Information: Holmes, Brett (213) 653- Aug. 10-13 Cable Television As- 3900. -North Carolina July 26- National Academy of Television Arts sociation annual meeting. Pinehurst hotel and drop -in lun- and Sciences, New York chapter, July 28-30 Carolina Association of country club, Pinehurst, N.C. The -North cheon. Speaker: Herbert Schmertz, president, Broadcasters summer meeting. Radisson, Myrtle Schmertz Co. Copacabana, New York. Aug. 11- Broadcast opportunity conference, co- Beach, S.C. Information: (212) 821 -7300. sponsored by Minority Business Development July Broadcast opportunity conference, co- 26- July 31 -10th annual radio script contest. spon- Fund and Interracial by Minority Business Development Center, Broadcast Capital sponsored sored by Midwest Radio Theater Workshop. Infor- Council for Business Opportunity, and underwrit- Center, Broadcast Capital Fund and Interracial mation: (312) 874 -1139. ten by Department of Commerce's Minority Council for Business Opportunity, and underwrit- U.S. Business Development Agency. Washington Hil- ten by U.S. Department of Cononence's Minority Information: Anna Johnson, Business Development Agency. Omni Internation- ton, Washington. ro (212) 779-4360. al, Miami. Information: Anna Johnson, (212) 779- August 4360. Aug. 12-Texas AP Broadcasters seminar, "Cov- Aug. 1-Deadline for television programs and mu- ering East Texas." Holiday Inn Southeast Cross- July "Growth, Trends and Opportunities in 26- sic video entries in International Film & TV Festival, Tex. Information: (214) 991 -2100. by Women ing, Tyler, Cable Advertising Sales," sponsored sponsored by New York Festivals. Information: Network; for entries in Women at Work in Cable. Panelists: Diane Weingart, USA (914) 238 -4481. Aug. 15- Deadline Stacie Raiff, Cable Network Inc., and Kay De- Broadcast Awards, recognizing "outstanding ra- laney, CNN. Museum of Broadcasting, New York. Aug. 2- "Showtime Dealer College," workshop dio and television programing about working Information: Audrey Fontaine, (212) 557 -6524. sponsored by Showtime Satellite Network, during women's issues," sponsored by National Com- SBCA/STTI national satellite television convention. mission on Working Women, Information: (202) July 27- Broadcast opportunity conference, co- Opryland hotel, Nashville. Information: Carol Dal - 737 -5764. gish, (212) 708-1667. sponsored by Minority Business Development Aug. 15-Deadline for entries in Media Awards for Center, Broadcast Capital Fund and Interracial Aug. 3-5--Michigan Association of Broadcasters "portrayal of critical care nursing to public or to Council for Business Opportunity, and underwrit- annual convention. Shanty Creek Resort Bellaire, health care professionals in an accurate, realistic ten by O.S. Department of Commerce's Minority Mich. and meaningful way," sponsored by American Business Development Agency. Sheraton Mem- Association of Critical Care Nurses. Information: Aug. Deadline for entries in 24th annual Gabri- phis, Memphis. Information: Anna Johnson, (212) 4- (714) 644 -9310. 779 -4360. el Awards, honoring "excellence in broadcast programs which serve listeners through the positive, Aug. 16- 20- National Association of Black Jour- July 27- 29- Louisiana As: ociation of Broadcast- creative treatment of issues of concern to human- nalists annual convention. New York Hilton and Major Meetings

. Auk.-g 20.23-23 Administration Oct. 21- 25- 5öetety QfMötiMtPicture & Televi- Feb. 21- 23,1990 -Texas Cable Show, sponsored and Marketing Society annual conference. Marri- sion Engineers 131st technical conference and by Texas Cable TV Association. San Antonio Con- ott, Chicago. equipment exhibit. Los Angeles Convention Cen- vention Center, San Antonio, Tex. ter. Aug. 27-29- Eastern Cable Show. sponsored by Feb. 28 -March 3, 1990-21st annual Country Ra- Southern Cable Television Association. Merchan- Nov. 13- 15- Television Bureau of Advertising dio Seminar, sponsored by Country Radio Broad- dise Mart, Atlanta. Futurei convention: Sept. 16-18, annual meeting. Century Plaza hotel, Los Angeles. casters. Opryland, Nashville. 1990, Washing- Washington Convention Center, Dec. 13.15- Western Cable Show, sponsored by ton. March 31 -April 3, 1990-National Association of California Cable Television Association. Ana- Broadcasters 68th annual convention. Atlanta. Fu- Sept. 13- 16-Radio-Television News Directors heim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif. ture conventions: Las Vegas, April 13 -16, 1991; Association annual convention. Kansas City Con- 11 Jan. 3-6, 1990-Association of independent Tele- Las Vegas, April -14, 1992, and Las Vegas, vention Center, Kansas City, Mo. vision Stations annual convention. Century Plaza. May 1 -4 (tentative), 1993. Sept. 13.16-Radio '89 convention, sponsored by Los Angeles. Future convention: Jan. 7 -10, 1991. April 1 -3, 1990-Cabletelevision Advertising Bu- National Association of Broadcasters. New Or- Century Plaza. Los Angeles. reau ninth annual conference. Marriott Marquis. leans. Future meetings: Sept. 12 -15, 1990, Bos- Jan. 16-19, 1990 -27th annual NATPE Interna- New York. ton, 11 -14 (tentative), 1991, Fran- and Sept. San tional convention. New Orleans Convention Cen- cisco. April 18-20, 1990-Broadcast Financial Manage- ter, New Orleans. ment Association 30th annual meeting. Hyatt Re- Oct. 1- 3-Association of National Advertisers gency. San Francisco. annual convention. Homestead. Hot Springs, Va. Jan. 18-21, 1990-Radio Advertising Bureau annual Managing Sales Conference. Loews Anatole, April 20.25, 1990- MIP -TV, international televi- Oct. 3-5--Atlantic Show. Atlantic Cable City Con- Dallas. Future conference: Feb. 1 -4, 1991, Loews sion program market. Palais des Festivals, vention Center, Atlantic City, N.J. Information: Anatole, Dallas. Cannes, France. Information: (212) 750 -8899. (609) 848 -1000. Jan. 26-27, 1990- Society of Motion Picture and May 17- 20-American Women in Radio and Oct. Society of Broadcast fourth 5-8- Engineers Television Engineers 24th annual television con- Television 39th annual convention. Capital Hilton, annual national convention. Kansas Mo. In- City, ference. Contemporary hotel, Orlando, Fla. Washington. formation: 1 -800- 225 -8183. Future convention: Oct. 4 -7, 1990, St. Louis. Jan. 27-31, 1990-National Religious Broadcast- May 21 -23, 1990 -National Cable Television As- ers 47th annual convention. Washington sociation annual convention. Convention Center, Oct 12-16-MIPCOM, international film and pro- Sheraton and Omni Shoreham hotels, Washington. Atlanta. gram market for TV, video, cable and satellite. Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France. Information: Feb. 11 -16, 1990 -12th International Film, Televi- Sept. 21 -25, 1990 -International Broadcasting Perard Associates, (212) 750-8899. Future con- sion and Video Market. Loews hotel, Monte Carlo, Convention. Brighton Convention Center, Brigh- vention: Oct. 11 -15, 1990, Cannes. Monaco. ton, England.

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 22 Towers, New York. Information: (703) 648-1270. Grand Island, Neb. Sept. 7 -USA Network local ad sales seminar. Sheraton Grand hotel at Dallas/Fort Worth airport, Aug. 17- 18-Arkansas Broadcasters Association Aug. 27- 29- Eastern Cable Show, sponsored by Dallas. Information: (213) 277 -0199. annual convention. Arlington hotel, Hot Springs, Southern Cable Television Association. Merchan- Ark. dise Mart, Atlanta. Sept. 8-11- National Association of Telecom- Aug. 17 -20 -West Virginia Broadcasters Associa- Aug. 28- 30- Association of National Advertisers munications Officers and Advisers ninth annual tion 43rd annual meeting. Greenbrier, White Sul- creative advertising promotion strategy. Stouffer conference. Theme: "New Visions on the Telecom- phur Springs, W. Va. Westchester hotel, White Plains, N.Y. munications Horizon." Scottsdale, Ariz. Informa- tion: Catharine Rice, (202) 626 -3160. Aug. 18-19 -Utah Broadcasters Association an- Aug. 29- 30- Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau nual convention and awards banquet. Park City, sales orientation seminar for new ad sales people. Sept. 11- 13- Wirelesss Cable Association con- Utah. Chicago. Information: (212) 751 -7770. vention. Hyatt Crystal City, Arlington, Va. Informa- Aug. 20-23--Cable Television Administration Aug. 30 -Ohio Association of Broadcasters AM tion: (202) 452 -7283. and Marketing Society annual conference. Marri- radio meeting Embassy Suites, Columbus, Ohio. Deadline for entries in TV promotion ott hotel, Chicago. Sept. 12- spots and ID's category (tor work produced or Aug. 22- Broadcast opportunity conference, co- I aired between July 1, 1989, and Sept. 12, 1989) of sponsored by Minority Business Development September International Film & TV Festival, sponsored by Center, Broadcast Capital Fund and Interracial New York Festivals. Information: (914) 238 -4481. Council for Business Opportunity, and underwrit- Sept. 7 -USA Network local ad sales seminar. ten by U.S. Department of Commerce's Minority Ritz-Carlton hotel, Houston. Information: (213) Sept. 12-MW Networks' local advertising sales Business Development Agency. Stouffer Tower 277 -0199. workshop. Westin Lenox, Atlanta. City, Cleveland. Information: Anna Johnson, (212) 779 -4360. Aug. 24- Broadcast opportunity conference, co- sponsored by Minority Business Development Center, Broadcast Capital Fund and Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, and underwrit- (OpelT 1 J ten by U.S. Department of Commerce's Minority e Business Development Agency. Westin Crown Center, Kansas City, Mo. Information: Anna John- son, (212) 779 -4360. Do it yourselfer watch. This may sound simplistic but i Aug. 24-26 -Libel /privacy conference, "Building should be a matter of choice, not the choice Winning Strategies," sponsored by Libel Defense EDITOR: First let me say that I object to bill of Congress. Resource Center, American Newspaper Publish- ers Association and National Association of S. 593 that legislates against television and Don't think I approve of television pro- Broadcasters. Westin hotel, Seattle. Information: cable violence, drugs and "controversial" graming. For the most part it has slipped to LDRC, (212) 889 -2306. subjects. I believe this is in the area of new depths of mediocrity. But, as the Fed- Aug. 25-26-North Dakota Broadcasters Associa- freedom of speech, not in the jurisdiction of eral Communications Commission philoso- tion annual convention. Sheraton hotel, Bismarck, Congress. phizes: "let the marketplace decide." N.D. I believe Americans should make the de- Also, I don't think it is fair to claim that Aug. 27-29- Nebraska Broadcasters Association cision on what they want to view and par- television is just networks. There are inde- 56th annual convention. Interstate Holiday Inn, ents should control what their children pendent TV stations in the U.S. that are

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Broadcasn8g Ju 24 '989 23 running movies that even the networks Help, not substitute wouldn't touch. In the San Francisco area, EDITOR: In the Nov. 28, 1988, issue The Fifth Estate Clint Eastwood movie weeks at 8 p.m. are BROADCASTING published a letter I'd writ- a common sight. Recently a major indepen- ten suggesting Class "AI" FM, a low - Broadcastinga dent ran three movies on successive nights mcapaaun9 power adjunct for AM daytimers. A New that were tasteless, to say the least, even Jersey consultant is now proposing a form with a parental guidance slide. of Al service. TELEVISION I realize Congress is trying to clean up Although there are similarities between television, but I suggest that the public do Founder and Editor the two "Al" ideas, I feel it should be that without congressional help.- Stanley Sol Teishof (1904-1982) noted that FM (at any power level) must not 1705 DeSales Street N. W. Washington. D C 20036 Lichtenstein, broadcast faculty adviser, Plane: 202-659 -2340 serve as the answer to AM's difficulties. Chabot College, Hayward, Calif, Editorial department tax: 202 .429-0651 An ideal "Al" facility, with 5 or 10 Administrative department fax: 202- 331 -1732 watts (75 watts tops), would be less far Lawrence B. Tatehoff, publisher. On hand powerful than its AM "mother station." Editorial The tiny FM's purpose should only be that Donald V. West, managing editor. EDITOR: In BROADCASTING'S rundown of Mark K. Miller, Harry Jessell, of "buffer," allowing an AM operator to assistant managing editors. radio network news coverage of the Webster catch his breath, and then take real steps Leonard Zeidenberg, chief corresponden: Kira Greene, senior news editor. vs. Reproductive Services Supreme Court towards technical improvement at his Matt Stump, Kim McAvoy, John S. Eggerton. ( Brief," July 10), you ne- station. associate editors. decision "In "big" Susan Dillon, A. Adam Glenn (international). glected to include United Stations Radio Because psychology plays a vital role in assistant editors. Randall M. Sukow (technology). Peter D. Lambert, Networks. Washington Correspondent John broadcast operation, the small "A 1 " may Joe Flint, Kristine I. Hoyt, stall writers. Bisney did a bulletin live from our Supreme be the placebo to give standard broadcasters Anthony T. Sanders, systems manager Todd F. Bowie, Ed Kelta, production Court booth and live inserts in our news- the healthy desire to institute technology Broadcasting Cable casts every half hour that morning. Corre- crucial to AM's rebound. Peter Hunn, Yearbook spondent Ed Conners covered reaction out- owner. WZZZ(AM) Fulton. N.Y. David Seyler, manager. side the court, and analysis of the complex Joseph A. Esser, associate editor. Eliminate the negative Deborah Segal, assistant manager decision was provided by Washington Bu- Paul Muller, Francesca Tedesco, reau Rich Rieman. Extensive cover- Tracy Gilliam -Turner, editorial assistants. Chief EDITOR: Will the broadcast trade papers age was provided to the over 500 radio Advertising ever write anything positive about AM? I'm Washington stations served by United Stations News. Kenneth W. Taishoff, vice president. sales and marketing. just like Edward D. Allen Jr. ( "Open Robert (Skip) Midwest USRN also provides music programing to Tash, and Southern regional sales. Mike," July 10) -just plain frustrated with manager. over 2,000 radio stations nationwide. Doris Kelly, sales service manager. - what's written about AM. Debra DeZarn, classified advertising manager Washington bureau man- Richard Rieman, I'm sure this story can be repeated over New York ager, United Stations Radio Networks, Ar- Joseph E. Ondrick. East Coast regional sales manager. and over around the country, especially in Kandi B. Teitelbaum, sales manager. ington, Va. David Bedyn, senior sales manager. markets over the top 60 or 70. KAZM, a Yadira Crawford, advertising assistant. stand -alone AM 5 kw Lewis Edge & Associates, (East Coast equipment and stereo station with on engineering) 609- fí83.7900; /ax. 609-497-0412 Believer 780 khz utilizing an MOR format with lots Hollywood John R. Russel, West Coast regional sales manager. of news, especially local news, weather and editorial -advertising assistant EDITOR: It was truly enjoyable to read the sports has been tops in audience and bottom Schiff & Associates (Western equipment and engineering). 213- 393.9285. lax: 2t3- 393 -2381 cable advertising commentary by Lou line for the past 12 years. KAZM competes Circulation of Lintas: USA ( "Monday with two AM's and six Schultz FM's claiming to Kwentin K. Keenan, circulation manager. Memo," June 26). Almost everything that serve this area by including Sedona within Patricia Waldron, data entry manager Keith Brody, subscription service manager Lou says about cable is what we have been their taped promotions or ID's. KAZM is on Joseph Kolthoff, Jana L. Woods, saying about the benefits of independent top because we have "live" news reporters circulation assistants. television. There is no doubt that cable has and "live" personalities backing up our Production served as an equalizer, moving viewers programing. We can beat a music box any- Harry Stevens, production manager. from traditional network fare to realizing time! Administration David N. Whitcomb., vice presideneoperations. that there are many alternatives. Sure, AM needs help. It's over 60 years Philippe E. Boucher, controller. that Tracy Henry, assistant controller. It is my opinion that the agencies old. Let's at least give it a strong shot of Albert Anderson, office manager will survive the 1990's are those that recog- positive stories, while we spoon -feed it Nancy Miller, personnel administrator. Marsha L. 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A broadcast management commen ary by Robert Mounty, president, Mounty Communications Co., New York

More broadcast properties are lever- should include an explanation of potential aged to the hilt than ever before. negative impact. This practice will save Interest rates are still very high. time and avoid hasty decisions that may Business is generally OK, but not particu- backfire. larly robust in most markets. That extra salesperson draw can free up Servicing the debt must be job number every member of the sales department to one, but be very careful that it does not bring in new accounts at higher rates and become job number everything. put welcome pressure on the total inven- General managers can get so hung up tory. reporting to the home office numerous Effective advertising and promotion times each day that they stop managing in can be investments, not expenses. Ask the effective way they did to get their jobs your most successful advertisers-they'll in the first place. tell you: cut A &P too much for too long Sales managers are apt to become so and you lose market share, period. preoccupied adjusting projections and jus- Don't make long -term barter commit- tifying shortfalls that they cut too many ments to achieve short-term goals. corners -like trying to cover the bases The receptionist hired at a $2,000 annu- with fewer salespeople. This can result in al saving can cost dozens of times that cutting rates and offering all kinds of spe- amount if he or she is not on the ball. cial incentives in order to get in on every Clearly the old one -two punch is the avail request, while neglecting to develop best strategy: reduce costs, increase reve- new accounts and nurture loyal ones. nue. Program and news directors may be- Station owners are entitled to expect an come so immersed in the administrative appropriate return on their investment or function that while they successfully cut the value of the station, whichever is telco bills and tape costs they stop direct- higher. It may not always be possible for ing their air products. cash flow to be maintained at a consistent Technicians may have cut overtime and level from quarter to quarter, allowing for reduced parts inventories so drastically total comfort in meeting all obligations. that quality control might now be at risk. Management must have the budget flex- Financial managers are probably dupli- 66Long -term ibility to extinguish brush fires before cating most of the cost -control efforts of they become catastrophic. every manager anyway. Sure, it's abso- planning, which Long -term planning, which can be any- lutely essential that even pennies are not thing from two quarters to 20 quarters wasted. But it makes no sense spending can be anything depending on the particular situation, nickels to save pennies and letting dollars should be part of daily thinking. Virtually be blown out of the windows while you're from two every decision must be weighed for its filling the cracks in the floors. quarters to 20 immediate impact and its continuing ef- When austerity becomes the order of fect on the total operation of the station. the day morale becomes very fragile. quarters Stations must be operated like the busi- Management must make sure that every ness they are. But remember, whether it's staffer knows the score. It doesn't take all depending on the an automated radio station or a television that much time for the boss to visit with superstation or any broadcast entity in be- everyone in the station, from mail room to particular tween, it is a uniquely creative enterprise. transmitter. Encourage suggestions. Rec- situation, should There must be an unending commit- ognize good ideas with a staff memo. a ment to effective programing that will modest gift or plaque. be part of daily reach a constantly growing audience with Don't overlook the importance of colle- desirable demographic and psychographic giality. The regular staff meeting is usual- thinking. Virtually characteristics. In essence, the wheel ly consumed with the required dissemina- every decision must be re- invented every day. People are tion of routine information. There is the product. Advertisers pay commensu- rarely any time available for problem - must be weighed rate "rent" for each instant they can ex- solving. If each manager is at least aware pose their sales message to "your" peo- of his colleagues' problems he isn't likely for its immediate ple. to unwittingly add to them -and, he just The station's inventory is more perish- might suggest a solution. impact and its able than the innkeeper's. The physical' Why not invite key management people continuing effect assets are as gossamer as the broadway to dinner in a private place, even a simple producer's. The competition is as intense buffet in the station conference room after on the total as the Super Bowl. hours. Let them all open up. Don't allow Don't get lost in the spread sheet! formal presentations, just minimally orga- operation of the Don't get trapped by that foolish phi- nized conversation. If the GM sets the losophy, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." tone, candor will flow (even without station. ' You can bet, if it ain't broke, it's wear- booze). Team effort will improve immedi- ing out. ately. Have managers submit a list of possible The job is really not hard. Just be equal Don't wait until the next cost crunch reductions for execution if necessary. The parts Lee Iacocca, David Merrick and forces yet another zero budgeting ordeal. list should be prioritized and each item Norman Vincent Peale. W

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 25 Over the past eight years, the cable television industry has grown and prospered to where it is today - the most dynamic and important media force in America, providing over half of television homes with a diverse choice of entertainment. We wish to thank the following twenty-three cable operators for utilizing PaineWebber's investment banking services during that period.

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Looking ahead we see:

Continued improvement in the quality of cable programming A strong increase in advertising revenues Pay -per -view becoming a viable and profitable business Basic penetration levels reaching 65 -70%

We look forward to working with the cable industry as it leads the way in providing the best in home entertainment in America. PaineWebber Incorporated 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 Edward E Dugan, Managing Director

June 1989 R A D I O T E L E V I S I O N C A B L E S A T E L L I T E Broadcastingm Jul 24

TOP OF THE WEEK

Fighting back. The commercial television industry played its own strongest suit last week -hundreds of spots across the board -to counterattack the gains of cable TV. And it invoked one of its biggest names to do so: long -time CBS News correspondent and anchorman Walter Cronkite. Story on page 34. NBC, ABC eyeing new summer strategy

Both will air more original shows them play during the summertime to, again, not stop with just an occasional Movie of the to counteract increasing Fox strength: give that presence.' " This year, NBC pro- Week or a misguided episode of a particular they note increased activities duced more than 30 pilots and chose only series." of ad boycott organizations five for the fall schedule. Tartikoff said he is fearful of the situa- Tartikoff described NBC's situation: tion escalating to the point where shows NBC, whose development slate was the "Part of being prisoners of our success is like The Sex Tapes are being targeted today, largest of any of the networks this year, that when we make a lot of pilots, we and the next day they're going to be in our may severely cut back the number of pilots always have the potential that some of the backyard on Cheers and L.A. Law and some it produces in the future as part of a plan to series we discard to make room for those of the programing that you want to be ven- use development money to provide original pilots, or some of the pilots we then choose turesome, and you know you've got im- series programing during the summer not to pick up, end up on another net- maculate writing and producing auspices months. work." doing those shows." Brandon Tartikoff, president of NBC En- Tartikoff also addressed his concern over Tartikoff, who called the growth of NBC tertainment, said: "We have to have more the increased influence of special interest Productions in the past year the "single of a presence during the summer," as he groups that have forced advertiser boycotts most important accomplishment last sea- unveiled the formative stages of the plan, of some programing and have put network son," also defended the fact that 40% of which, if implemented, would either cut out programers on alert (see page 80). the new shows on NBC's schedule next completely or decrease sharply the number "Yeah, I'm concerned about them," he season are projects from NBC Productions. of pilots the network produces. Tartikoff's said. "They feed off of controversy and The scheduling of NBC -produced series has announcement came on the heels of Fox they feed off of the occasional human prompted criticism from some producers Broadcasting's record-setting ratings for its mistakes of crossing the line, if indeed that NBC is limiting the opportunities for Sunday prime time lineup (see "In Brief"). anyone knows where the line is. Because independent producers to get their projects Speaking to television critics at the press of a couple of programs last season - on the air. "The fact of the matter is that tour in Los Angeles last week, Tartikoff maybe a half dozen or so-we allowed we had 40% of the development. We had said the network would produce only a se- certain parties that had remained very qui- 12 pilots shooting out of 30 or so, and a lot lect number of pilots, all of which would be et over the last four or five years to rise up of the shows that didn't make the schedule developed into series. Some would air dur- again." may have not made it because they were ing the summer, when the networks tradi- Tartikoff, who said NBC would not be NBC Productions," he said. tionally schedule reruns. turning into a "Pollyanna" or "PG" net- The two shows, representing 40% of the "We are now looking at the development work, said he could see the development of five new shows on NBC's schedule, are fund itself and saying: 'Maybe we should a "new McCarthyism, where certain parties Hardball on Friday at 9-10 p.m. and Man - make no pilots or just take that money, out there -speaking for what I think is a cuso, FBI, also on Friday night (10 -11). believe in 14 things, rather than 30 things, minority viewpoint in terms of what is ac- Tartikoff also discussed plans for several and put all 14 things on and have a bulk of ceptable network fare-will all of a sudden upcoming projects, one of which is a four- Broadcastingn Jul 24 1989 I TOP OF THE WEEK

Starry, starry night The stars of various NBC programs turned out last week to join NBC Entertainment President Brandon Tartikoff at the NBC press tour in Los Angeles. They are (I to r): Jane Carr of Dear John; Tartikoff with his wife, Lily; Clifton Davis (behind Lily Tartikoff) of Amen; Jill Eikenberry of L.A. Law; Cree Summer of Different World; Vanessa Bell Calloway (behind Summer) of Polly, a Disney movie on NBC; Richard Moll of Night Court; Josh Taylor of The Hogan Family; Charles Robinson of Night Court; Daniel Travanti of made -for -TV movie, Howard Beach: Making the Case for Murder, and Alex McArthur of the Desperado movie series.

hour mini -series produced by Jim Henson trying to get advertisers to "investigate the the radio today that are just absolutely un- and David Puttnam, based on "Gulliver's real facts," and in turn, "we will not try to believable. And that doesn't seem to offend Travels," set to air next spring. The other lead you astray. We will not try to lead you anybody's sensibilities, or if they do, may- projects include a deal with Spy magazine into programing which is going to disad- be it's because there are so many different for a prime time special, and he also an- vantage your company, your image or radio stations," he said. nounced that Burt Lancaster has been cast whatever. But you've got to kind of stand Wright, as he has done numerous times in the role of Carriere in the NBC Produc- up on your own and determine whether or in the past, called for the relaxation of the tion of Phantom of the Opera. Saved By the not you're being overly sensitive to a sub- financial interest and syndication rules. Bell, a Saturday morning show set to debut ject that really doesn't have that kind of "I'm not going in and asking for regulation September, will three prime clout." saying take the chains off of time airings before its Saturday morning In discussing broadcast standards, us and let us compete," he said. "The launch, with the first evening airing on Wright suggested that a double standard of thing I keep arguing about," he said, "is Aug. 20 at 8:30 p.m. sorts exists for broadcast television as corn - that you've got to recognize the world has Robert Wright, NBC president and chief pared to radio, cable and the home video changed. Viewers know it's changed; Con- executive officer, preceded Tartikoff's pre- market. gress and the FCC shouldn't be the last sentation to the critics earlier in the day, "It's a fact we're more sensitive than people to find this out." -sC and he, like Tartikoff, defended the net- perhaps we were a year ago about the im- work's programing and said NBC would pact of a show on network television that ABC is also looking at greater continue to air controversial programs such would, ironically, fly through without ques- summer development; Iger hoping as Roe vs. Wade, which met with criticism tion on syndication or on cable," he said. for strong number two finish from anti -abortion groups. While acknowledging research that shows Wright suggested that while outspoken that viewers believe cable operates on a In his first face -to -face meeting with televi- special interest groups like Christian Lead- different standard from broadcast TV, "lis- sion critics at the press tour in Los Angeles ers for Responsible Television, headed by ten to radio," he said. "There are things on last Wednesday, Bob Iger, president of the Rev. Donald Wildmon, have received a great deal of publicity recently, their efforts Ebersol gets `Today' have not been felt where it really counts. "I haven't seen any material evidence at all on Dick Ebersol (r), president of NBC the boycott where it's really had any effect Sports since May 1, has added the duties on advertiser sales, which is the bottom of senior vice president for NBC News, issue," he said. "In some respects, the with specific responsibility for the Today upfront that we just went through is a vindi- show. NBC News President Michael cation of that position, because I didn't see Gartner (I) made the announcement last a lot of companies bowing out. As a matter week during the critics press tour in of fact," he said, "I didn't see any." Los Angeles. Part of the problem, he said, stems from Ebersol will continue as president of the fact that "CEO's of advertisers often, NBC Sports, reporting to NBC President like politicians, don't watch a lot of televi- Robert Wright, and will report to sion. They think they do, but what they do Gartner on matters affecting the Today is hear about television from people around show. Today executive producer Marty them," he said. Wright said the end result Ryan will remain in his position, but will is advertisers are "always nervous to criti- report to Ebersol. cism," and "they scare off real easy" when their products are associated with programing that may or may not be controversial, but are perceived to be so by special interest groups. Wright said he has focused his efforts on

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 '9 I TOP OF THE WEEK

ABC Entertainment, said one of his top priorities for next season is to improve the network's position to a strong number two. "I think we'll see an improvement in the network next season. I'd be fooling you if I said I thought we were going to be number one next year. Certainly, if I had a long - range goal it would be to be number one at some point, but I'm not going to predict that that will occur, nor will I predict when it will occur," he said. Citing a "great need for us to improve in the summer," Iger, like Brandon Tartikoff, his counterpart at NBC, said he has plans to strengthen his network's position during the summer months. Although Iger would not elaborate specifically about ABC's plans for the summer, he did say increasing the summer programing budget for next season is one measure that will be taken. As for Fox, which has gained considerable ratings success in the past couple of weeks with original series programing, Iger said the two -year-old network has to be taken seriously. Fox, he said, "will only and spend more mon- get more aggressive ABC Entertainment President Bob Iger surrounded by reporters ey during press tour last week in Los Angeles The one recurring theme throughout this press tour has been the influence or per- Iger also suggested the network may go Murphy also used the forum to announce ceived influence of special interest groups to a sixth night of series programing some- that Capcities/ABC had negotiated a compro- that have tried to launch boycotts against time next year following Monday Night mise contract proposal with executives of the advertisers in an attempt to stifle certain Football's run, which ends in December. National Association of Broadcast Employes programs. Iger addressed those groups by Tom Murphy, Capcities/ABC chairman and Technicians (see "In Brief'). saying "any time there are special interest and chief executive officer, who was joined 0 groups out there trying to impose in some by Daniel Burke, Capcities/ABC president Channel grazing may not be as prevalent as form their will on the majority, then I think and chief operating officer, and John Sias, most people have suspected, according to a we have to view that with caution and as a president, ABC Television Network Group, study commissioned by ABC and conduct- potential problem. I think we have to be made his first appearance before the televi- ed by The Roper Organization. In fact, the very careful not to submit to coercion by sion critics in the four years he has held that study of more than 1,000 adults found that what might be a minority." position. only II% flip through the channels while He suggested that the broadcasters have On the censorship issue, Murphy said watching prime time programing. The an obligation to "recognize the freedom of that although these pressure groups surface study revealed that 65% of those surveyed people to express their criticisms, but also from time to time, "we don't believe we knew before turning on the television what to listen, in part to be knowledgeable that should be influenced by [them] any more they were going to watch. Ten percent of these positions in fact exist." Conversely, now than we have in the past." those surveyed said they flipped through he said, the special interest groups have a Characterizing advertisers as "responsible channels to decide what to watch, "using responsibility to "tolerate the fact that as corporate citizens," Sias said advertisers the remote control as a kind of program network broadcasters we broadcast to an should be given credit for setting their own guide." Seven percent grazed during com- extremely diverse audience. And I think we programing standards. "Most network adver- mercials, and less than 1% said they should have a freedom, should have a right tisers have self-imposed ground rules about changed channels to view more than one in that process to broadcast a very diverse what type of programing to go into, and program at a time. Both pay cable and the type of programing, diverse lifestyles, di- others that they shouldn't." Sias said there broadcast networks were flipped by about verse opinions." are occasions when a project will be met with I I% of those surveyed, while basic cable Iger was joined in the discussion by Ted some advertiser resistance, but the network was zapped by 18 %. Harbert, executive vice president, prime will proceed with the program because "they Alan Wurtzel, senior vice president, mar- time, in charge of scheduling, and by Stu are subjects that should be done." keting and research services, ABC Television Bloomberg, executive vice president, prime As for the attempts to institute some form Network Group, discussed the study last time, in charge of development. Bloom- of governmental agency to oversee the net- Tuesday, during the press tour. "Clearly, the berg, who recently added the duties of dra- work's programing, Murphy said, "We're times when they wound up flipping, if they ma development to his comedy develop- satisfied that the way the business has been did, was during the commercials-no real ment responsibilities, said his job will be to run in the past is the way it should be run in surprise there. I'm not so sure, although continue the level of high quality his prede- the future. We don't need government in- there's no numbers, that the zapping at a cessor, Chad Hoffman, maintained for dra- tervention in that area." commercial was any different now with the mas, but also to broaden the balance of one- On the much discussed plan at ABC to zapper than it was 15 years ago, when people hours to appeal to .a wider audience. develop a seamless night of programing, went out to get an apple or went to the An example of ABC's attempt to appeal where the flow of a night's series would not bathroom...during the commercial," he said. to a broader audience with the one -hour be interrupted by commercials, Murphy Wurtzel said that because 65% of those format is its picking up Father Dowling, said the network is still about a year away queried said they knew what they would which was dropped by NBC this year. Iger from trying it "on one night in some watch before they turned the set on, and said ABC's efforts to develop shows that form." Saying there are a lot of difficulties another 13% use TV Guide or a newspaper skew somewhat older have met with fail- left to overcome, Murphy said when they listing before turning the set on, "about ure, and since Dowling was available, and are ready Saturday night is a probable can- 78% of the population just doesn't come to does attract an older audience, "we felt it didate. The seamless night will feature the TV set and say: 'Now, let me see, out was an opportunity that we couldn't pass commercials scheduled in clusters, with of my 50 alternatives, what am I going to up.' fewer breaks throughout the evening. watch ?' " -Sc

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 29 TOP OF THE WEEK Tom Root, Sonrise and the 80 -90 fast track Plot thickens for communications Chairman Ralph Savage and President National Airport, Root was apparently lawyer and radio station applications Charles McFall. heading for Rocky Mount, N.C., where he company with which he worked Applicants competing for the same chan- was due for a deposition of a banker in- hand in hand: many at FCC looked nels as the Sonrise/Root applicants have volved with Sonrise /Root's Rocky Mount askance at firm's procedures been able to convince administrative law applicant by Gary Smithwick, an attorney judges, who preside at the comparative for one of the competing applicants. It was Having survived a two -mile dive into the hearings the FCC holds to choose among not the first time he failed to show for a Atlantic aboard his single- engine Cessna competing applicants, and the FCC's Mass deposition, but he never had a better ex- and an abdominal gunshot wound, Wash- Media Bureau, which is a party to every cuse. ington communications attorney Thomas hearing, that many Sonrise /Root applicants The FCC Review Board on April 28 up- Root might be expected to find any other may be, in essence, fronts for Sonrise -that held AU Richard Sippel's dismissal of an- battles for his well -being relatively unchal- Sonrise is still calling the shots for the other of Root's clients, Radio Group Inc., lenging. applicants. which was not associated with Sonrise, for That theory will almost surely be tested As a result, the ALJ and the Mass Media defaulting on "several critical prehearing in the coming months as the 36- year-old Bureau have been adding the "real -party- requirements." In a footnote to the deci- Alexandria, Va., resident faces a posse of in- interest" issue to every case involving a sion, the Review Board suggested that investigators representing a variety of na- Sonrise /Root applicant, forcing it to answer Root's performance was part of a pattern. It tional and local inquiries into his conduct as the charge and lessening its chances of se- cited Root's conduct in cases involving a pilot, barrister and private citizen. curing an FM license. An AU finding that Sonrise /Root applicants for Calhoun, Of even greater interest to the Fifth Es- Sonrise is the real party in interest, if not Tenn.; Leesburg, Ga.; Charlottesville, Va., tate is Root's law practice and his involve- overturned on appeal, would disqualify the and Omega, Ga. ment with Sonrise Management Services, a applicant from holding an FCC license on Apparently under pressure from investors controversial Columbus, Ga. -based firm character grounds. concerned about Root's handling of their behind some 170 troubled applications for Chuck Kelly, chief of the Mass Media applications, Sonrise sent a letter to its part- new FM stations at the FCC. Bureau's enforcement division, said the bu- nerships on June 15 offering to pay an With the lure of extraordinary financial reau's interest stems not so much from any initial retainer fee to the Washington law gains, the four -year-old Sonrise recruited overwhelming evidence that Sonrise is a firm of Brown Finn & Nietert for any part- hundreds, perhaps thousands, of investors real party in interest as from the Sonrise/ nerships that chose to drop Root and switch across the country between 1986 and 1988 Root applicants' apparent avoidance of the to Brown Finn. It said one applicant had for general partnerships whose sole purpose issues. "The more times they don't appear already made the switch. was to apply for the new FM channels the and litigate these issues, the more concern Root responded a week later with a FCC began making available with its 80/90 you have that maybe there is a reason why "confidential memo" to his clients urging proceeding in 1984-a level of activity that they are avoiding it." them not to defect. He warned the general has led many to liken it to an application A Sonrise /Root applicant apparently,can- partners of the limited partnerships that they mill. not escape the real- party -in- interest charge would be solely liable for legal fees beyond Sonrise, Root and Sachs /Freeman Asso- even when it is the only applicant for a the retainer that could mount to $50,000 if ciates, the Landover, Md., engineering market. On June 13, the Mass Media Bu- they moved to Brown Finn. "Presently you firm that helped prepare the applications, reau ordered a hearing on Christian FM and the other partners have agreements with have divvied up some $13 million (assum- Application Partnership's application for Sonrise whereby it agrees to pay all legal ing an average $80,000 for each of 170 Marion, Ky. -the lone applicant for the charges up through the full commission," applications) in fees from investors. Sonrise market-because it "was organized and is he said. and its sales agents kept the lion's share. In affiliated" with Sonrise and because Son- Root also warned that switching counsel a breach -of- contract suit Sonrise filed rise has been the subject of unresolved real - could strengthen challengers' real- party -in- against Root last week, Sonrise said it paid party-in- interest issues in numerous other interest case against Sonrise /Root appli- Root a total of $1.9 million. Root told the unresolved cases. "These unresolved issues cants. "Obviously, if Sonrise now suggests Washington Post in an interview that he call into question Christian FM's qualifica- in a memorandum such as the one you received $1.64 million for his services over tions to be a commission licensee," the received that you should change attorneys, three years. bureau said. and if there results a wholesale exodus to a The investors, who put up between Thus far, the ALJ's have yet to rule on new attorney, the conclusion that Sonrise is $75,000 and $90,000 per application, have the charges against the Sonrise /Root appli- still exerting control over the application is not fared nearly as well. cants. Prior to making final determinations, inescapable." According to the FCC, pursuant to settle- the ALJ's have dismissed the applicants Robyn Nietert, a partner with Brown ment agreements with competing appli- either at the request of Root or because of Finn, confirmed that she was representing cants, one Sonrise/Root partnership was Root's failure to meet filing deadlines, several of Root's former clients, including granted a channel for Madera, Calif.; an- show up at depositions, produce witnesses applicants for Wrightsville, N.C., and other was given a half interest in a channel or fulfill other procedural obligations. Manhattan, Kan. She also said she is con- for Visalia, Calif., and a handful of others "They keep their applications ongoing -on sidering taking over the Rocky Mount case received payments for withdrawing their file-until things get hot and then they and about 25 others. Sonrise is standing by applications. The applicant for Kennebunk- quit," said one communications lawyer its agreements with the applicants and pick- port, Me., for instance, got $60,000 for whose client ran up against a Sonrise /Root ing up the legal fees if they switch firms, calling it quits. applicant. she said. But around 50 others have been dis- On the day Root took his ill -fated flight At least one other attorney has picked missed without receiving any compensation (July 13), Judge Walter Miller dismissed a up a Sonrise/Root case. After ALI Stimer and the rest are facing serious, perhaps in- Sonrise /Root applicant -Biltmore Broad- dismissed the Sonrise /Root applicant for surmountable, obstacles at the FCC because casting Inc. -for a station in Biltmore For- Calhoun, Tenn., following a missed depo- of Root's performance as a lawyer, inherent est, N.C., after Jacob Mayer, a lawyer sition by Root, the partners dropped Root flaws in the way Sonrise structured the ap- working for Root, failed to produce eight and hired Eric Kravetz, of Ward & Men- plications or some combination of both. witnesses for cross-examination as Root delsohn. Kravetz declined comment on Root, who remained in Memorial Hospi- had promised. The expected witnesses in- the matter, beyond saying he is trying to tal in Hollywood, Fla., last week recover- cluded Sonrise's principals, Savage and get Glory FM Limited Partnership rein- ing from his injuries, was unavailable for McFall. stated in the case. comment, as were the principals of Sonrise, When he took off from Washington's The rift between Sonrise and Root over

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Root's performance came to light last week cast properties. McFall agreed to purchase The partnerships that Sonrise put togeth- when Sonrise filed a five-count suit against WKZG(FM) Keyser, W.Va., earlier this year er varied in size, ranging from as few as Root and his firm in U.S. District Court, for $300,000, but the FCC has deferred four to as many as 30. According to Sav- alleging that Root breached his contract action on the transfer applications until the age's declaration, Sonrise typically collect- with Sonrise by failing "to perform the real- party -in- interest issue involving Son- ed between $75,000 and $90,000 in fees services he promised" on behalf of clients rise is resolved. Savage and his son were from each partnership regardless of its size. referred to him by Sonrise, that he misused among a host of partners in an application If Sonrise collected $89,000 from a partner- clients' funds entrusted to his firm's escrow to purchase WRMA(FM) Mt. Moms, Ill. (the ship, he said, it would keep $19,700 and account and that he "double billed" Son- application was deferred May 30 due to disburse the balance to salesmen ($27,000), rise for legal services. Sonrise asked for "outstanding character issues" designated lawyers ($32,000), consulting engineers $584,000 in damages. against Sonrise). ($2,500) and the FCC in the form of filing In support of the non -performance count, According to a sales brochure, sales fees ($7,800). Sonrise cited five cases in which it claims jumped from $1 million in 1985 to $6.5 According to a Savage declaration, Son- the Sonrise /Root applicant was dismissed million in 1986. And, according to the rise had sold and organized the partnerships for Root's lack of prosecution and four in race track proposal, it "raises more than as general partnerships to avoid running afoul of laws regulating the sale of limited partnerships and stock. That proved a problem at the FCC. To get full comparative credit for the ownership- management integration and diversifi- cation attributes of the managing partner, the partnership has to be organized as a limited partnership. To solve the problem, Root simply converted the general partnerships to limited partnerships in many if not all cases. "I am aware that such changes have been made in many cases and my understanding is that the changes are made by the applicant in consultation with its attorney," Savage said in a declaration. The switch from general to limited partnership may be central to the investigations of Sonrise for securities violations by North Carolina and reportedly by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Root and his wife, Kathy which he "voluntarily dismissed" appli- $30 million yearly for communications Sonrise's sales agents -it claimed in a cants "without the knowledge and consent ties and has recently expanded its investor sales brochure to have 97 -used a power- of the applicants." The latter group corn - base to more than 7,000 investors." ful inducement to sell people on becoming prised applicants for Swanton, Ohio; Scot- Sonrise offered several services to the a partner in one of the Sonrise applicants: land Neck, N.C.; Raleigh, N.C., and Belle investors it recruited for FM applications. the prospect of enormous capital gains. In Chasse, La. For each partnership, it would find a man- one sales brochure, it suggested that in- o aging general partner with the personal and vestors could look for a 14 -to -one return With the Sonrise principal not talking pub- professional attributes to make the partner- on their investment. In a section titled licly, it is difficult to get a complete picture ship a winner in comparative hearings at the "Illustrative Financial Returns," Sonrise of that operation. But much can be gleaned FCC. Providing one -stop shopping, it estimated that an investor who put up from promotional literature, a promotional would refer the partnerships to engineering $10,000 for a 10% share in the applicant videotape, Sonrise's suits against Root and and law firms. And, finally, it would help and another $1,000 as his or her equity the sworn affidavits and depositions of Son - the partnerships finance, build and manage share toward building the station could rise's Ralph Savage on file at the FCC in the stations until they could be sold for a reap $147,720 when the station was sold various cases involving the Sonrise /Root big capital gain. after four years on the air. applicants. As best can be determined, Sonrise deliv- Despite the dismissals and the skepticism According to the sources, Sonrise Man- ered on its promise of finding managing of the ALJ's and the Mass Media Bureau at agement Services Inc., which promotes it- general partners with the right attributes. the FCC, all may not be lost for the people self as "Management with a Christian Eth- For instance, Thomas Lopez, the managing who invested in the Sonrise applicants. Nie- ic," was founded in 1985 to exploit the general partner for the Timothy FM Limited tert, the attorney who has taken over some burgeoning cellular radio business by find- Partnership, which applied for Charlottes- of the cases, is optimistic that at least some ing investors and preparing their applica- ville, N.C., is the afternoon disk jockey at of the Sonrise applicants may yet prevail. tions. In 1986 or 1987, it began branching WCHV(AM) -WWWV(FM) Charlottesville. "I'm convinced there is no real party in out into broadcasting, recruiting investors It also lined up the engineering and legal interest," she said. "There is no way legal- to apply for FM stations. And it has ambi- work as it said it would. Sachs /Freeman ly they could assert any interest in that tions outside communications. It has pre- Associates, of Landover, Md., handled the application if the CP were granted. You can pared a proposal to build a $26 million race engineering, and most, if not all, of the beat these issues, but you have to deal with track and sports complex in Panama City legal business went to Root. In its lawsuit them one by one. Why Root didn't do that, Beach, Fla. against Root, Sonrise said its deal with I don't know." According to the race track proposal, Root called for paying him fees "not to Sonrise has seven stockholders with a total exceed $18,000 for each of the first approx- The cause and timing of Root's gunshot net worth of more than $20 million: Ralph imately 20 applications and...fees not to wound remained the central objects of inter- Savage, Sandra White, Charles D. McFall, exceed $22,000 for each subsequent appli- est last week to parties including national Rickey Pearce, Jim Harding, Kent Smith cation." According to Carl Hurlebaus, who "drug czar" William Bennett -one of the and Kenny Raynor. Savage and McFall di- handled the Sonrise business for Sachs/ more striking indications that the story of rect the company, Savage as chairman, Mc- Freeman before leaving the firm in early an odd personal mishap had rapidly grown Fall as president. 1988, Sonrise paid the firm between $2,000 into a tale of far flung suspicion and in- Savage and McFall want to own broad- and $5,000 per application. trigue. -HJ, PDL

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Classic Patrick FCC Chairman Dennis Patrick, heading for the door (if not yet going through it) after six years at that agency, shared these parting observations with BROADCASTING. They range from his impression of the FCC's accomplishments to the prospect for telco entry to overcoming sacred cows to how to approach HDTV. He also talked about what he's learned, how he's changed and what he feels is the best course for the FCC to follow. All in all, it amounts to a cameo on a chairmanship.

I remember our sitting down at the outset to talk about some of the some sacred cows, of which diversity is one of the greats. My things we wanted to focus upon, and the vast majority have been position is that diversity is a value, and it is a value that we should accomplished. On the mass media side of the aisle we prioritized - keep in mind in our approach to regulation and to these various and continue to prioritize -First Amendment freedoms and moving issues, but it is one value among others. Another value we ought to us closer to the print model. This commission staked out its consider is insuring that broadcasters can effectively compete in a position very clearly in the matter of the fairness doctrine, and new day, and it may be that rules that were crafted in the 1950's to took, as an institution, a dramatic step in the direction of securing insure diversity are out of date and are counterproductive when full First Amendment freedoms for the electronic media. weighed against other values in 1989. The second thing that we talked about early on, and had occasion o to act upon, is the matter of syndicated exclusivity. There is a HDTV is very important. But let's not call it HDTV; let's call it certain duality that attaches to that decision. We said we want to higher resolution television. I make that distinction to point out one restore to broadcasters the right to protect product in a certain way. of the things I have come to believe in the process of debating and But there's a second aspect to that decision that is even more thinking about this HDTV question, and that is: There is no Holy important, and that is the statement that we were making as to the Grail at the end of this search. There is no definitive HDTV, high importance of freedom of contract and intellectual property rights resolution TV, high -definition TV. We're talking about a series of in a market that is so rapidly changing that there aren't really many tradeoffs. How clear is a clear picture? How good is good enough? anchors with which to secure oneself. It is an extraordinarily complex question that involves tradeoffs not o just for the body politic, but for broadcasters as well. How much Very early on, I questioned the continued wisdom of prohibiting spectrum? Where do we get the spectrum? And, as a technical telephone entry into the cable business, and I am very happy that matter, how do we make it work? we have framed that debate. I think that eventually we will see And take the spectrum considerations. If it takes an additional some form of increased competition in the matter of multichannel six megahertz of spectrum and it turns out we cannot accommodate service, in the matter of wire competition, in the delivery of video every broadcaster with six additional megs, who loses? The usual product to the home. That's very, very positive. answer is: "Well, you figure that out. FCC." Well, let me tell you, Another thing we talked about was a set of rules which went to there is a legal answer to that. There is a structure and a procedure the ownership of broadcast properties, which I believed early on that is set forth in the Communications Act and the commission's were too restrictive, in light of the way the market has changed. law policy, which involves comparative hearings where you have We have modified those rules in a very substantial way. two contestants for some valuable right. Now, I submit that if we It also is a good example of how the commission has to rethink have to use comparative hearings to decide who gets six megs, we

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 32 I I I TOP OF THE WEEK will be well into the 2I st Century before we ever get this issue efficient allocation of our resources, given the resources that we resolved. That's not a good solution for broadcasters and not a have and the job that we have to do. good solution for the public. But the agency is increasingly at risk because of a failure to Those are the tough issues, the tough tradeoffs, that we ought to allocate to budget, to finance it at the levels necessary for us to do be expending our energy on, instead of on the question of how an adequate job in processing the applications and resolving the good is perfect and how high is up. issues that we have. When I came to the agency in 1983 we had over 2,000 people. By the end of this fiscal year, we will be down Let me start by saying ]about the state of the marketplace] that I to between 1,650 and 1,700 persons. think it's interesting to observe that what we are seeing in this So the agency is at risk, and I resent and object to and contest market -which is obviously in a rapidly evolving state-are the absolutely the notion that somehow we could just manage things a results of a number of years of a certain policy approach, a policy little bit better around here and get applications out faster. Broad- approach that emphasized reliance upon competition, reliance upon casters are frustrated when it takes the commission months and markets, open entry, attempting not to impede technologies that months to process a minor or a major modification application. could be beneficial to the public, like cable, like satellite delivery, Well, I'm telling you, you cannot squeeze blood from a stone. like MMDS, what have you. o As a result of those policies, we have created a market that is I think our relationship with the Congress, despite what you read in characterized by all of those things. By a lot of new entrants. By some places, is very good right now. I think my personal relation- ferocious competition that was unimagined IO years ago. By ships with members of Congress on both sides of the party aisle are changing contractual relationships among the parties. By changing good, by and large, with the caveat that we have aggressively economic relationships among the parties. By new ways to distrib- pursued an agenda that many members of the Congress in the ute product, new ways to get product into the market, new win- Democratic Party are not enthusiastic about. dows for the distribution or the delivery of product, new producers That's the generic observation. But the thing I find amusing is for the ad hoc networks, et cetera. We've created all sorts of new that there is a certain ebb and flow to the relationships between the ways to get into the home with new technologies. commission and the Congress that is as predictable as the sun rising We have created a very fluid, dynamic marketplace in which the in the morning. When I joined the commission, Mark Fowler- relationships are changing, and the only thing we can say for sure is precisely because he had been aggressive and had won on a number that there is, and will continue to be, a great deal of change, and of issues-was not reviewed very positively in terms of his rela- that the competition will be fierce. That is a market in which it is tions with the Congress, and I was held as the person who would very important, it seems to me, for the various players to think very restore those relationships, who would improve them immensely. critically about their short-term and their long -term goals, business Members were quoted at that time as saying, "Yes, he is a interests, and then to come to Washington and sell those courses of conservative Republican, but we can deal with him because he'll action as consistent with the public interest and appropriate poli- communicate with us and we can work with the guy." cy-or at least, cause Washington not to preclude their pursuit of Well, in fact, they were right. I did, and do, communicate with those avenues. the Congress, and I do think that we have taken a reasonable and Now, Washington is experiencing, to some extent, a similar open approach in terms of give- and -take on the issues. But now, circumstance, in the sense that we are all looking at this market and you have many saying that relations have been spoiled and things sort of assessing what new rules may or may not be necessary. So it have changed, but I would submit it is because we have been is also somewhat of a fluid situation in terms of public policy - successful on a number of issues. So I find myself at the end of the which I think is interesting, because you have kind of the mirror tenure hearing things said about the FCC that are said at the end of image of what's going on in the private sector in the public sector, every tenure that is aggressive and successful -thank goodness. and that's why one has hearings about the state of affairs with If you want to be a Republican chairman of an independent respect to the cable industry, the effect of vertical integration, the agency and have great relations with a Democratically controlled degree of horizontal concentration, et cetera. Congress, I can tell you exactly how to do it: do nothing. And I think those issues are appropriate to explore- emphasis on o explore. I'm not sure that I would want to see-I'm not sure the case I think I've changed a lot. It's hard to observe yourself closely, but has been made -for reregulation. I'm still presumptively very hostile to the extent I would try, I would say this: to having Washington try to blueprint the evolution of this industry- I have relaxed a lot. I have always been, and will always be, with a couple of caveats. One, where there is undue market power, somewhat of a perfectionist and very concerned about how we do where any player can preclude access, that's something of an appro- things. Not only what we do, but how we do things. As I say, those priate subject of concern for policymakers-and I think this govern- are characteristics of mine that are not likely to change in a ment, in its various institutional guises, should continue to emphasize fundamental sense. With that qualification, I would say I have First Amendment freedoms, intellectual property rights and contractu- relaxed substantially. I am much more comfortable with delegating al freedoms. Beyond that, I would wait and see. authority, relying upon the decisions of the persons that I have o chosen to run a bureau or run my staff. I've come to recognize that The broadcast industry is not in some sort of fatal downward spiral. the perfect is the enemy of the good, and that there are no The broadcast industry is facing much increased competition and solutions, only tradeoffs. Those two phrases, I think, are of much needs to adapt to that competition, just as the production communi- greater significance to me than they were at the beginning of my ty needs to recognize that this is a new market and they need to tenure as chairman. define and explore and exploit these new ways to get to the end As John Dingell said to me before I joined the commission -not users -not be too quick to judge new technologies as a threat before I became chairman, but even before I joined the commis- instead of as an opportunity, which Hollywood is prone to do. sion: "Dennis, you are going to go to the commission and you are In general terms, I think it's important for policymakers, the going to be lobbied, and you're going to be pressured, and you're FCC and the Congress to keep in mind that we have a tremendous going to be subjected to a number of different inputs and it's going investment in a free, over- the -air broadcast system and that cable to be very, very difficult. You need to think about those inputs, you penetration is only at 55% or so, with a homes -passed rate of 85%. need to weigh them carefully, and then you need to do exactly what And that not everyone subscribes to, accesses, or can, as an you think is right. Bottom line, what you think is right, having economic matter, access various other forms of video input. I think considered all of those inputs." that's very important, and we need to insure that broadcasters have John Dingell was right in 1983, and I know now in 1989 that he an opportunity to compete and survive in this new environment. was more right than he probably realized at the time, because you And I think they can, if the rules are fair. can, in the final analysis, only do what you think is the right thing o to do in the relevant circumstances, and I think that is more The FCC is extraordinarily healthy in terms of esprit de corps, in profound than it probably sounds. terms of the degree to which people are dedicated to the commis- I'm much more comfortable with myself now than I was when I sion's mission, how hard people are willing to work. I think the came. I feel good about what has happened here, and I'm going to agency is very well- managed. I think that we have, all in all, an leave Washington feeling positive about what we accomplished.

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NAB steps up lobbying over spectrum fees Prime time push The National Association of Broadcasters began "putting the full -court press on for free TV members of the Senate Commerce Committee" late last week to block Senate At 8 p.m. ET last Monday, broadcast TV budget proposals for a spectrum fee and /or tax on the transfer of station licenses, put the power of prime time behind a mes- NAB President Eddie Fritts told his board. Commerce meets this week to consid- sage in which it has more than a passing variety proposals to raise $450 million as part of the er a of budget reconciliatior, interest: the value of free TV. process and NAB believes either idea could surface. A 30- second spot sponsored by the Na- Last week Chairman Ernest Hollings (D -S.C.) offered a plan to raise only $160 tional Association of Broadcasters Free million (about $40 million from the FCC in application and filing fees and $120 Television Task Force aired on most of the million from fees collected from passenger vessels). But the committee's Repub- nation's television stations (more than licans were unhappy because the amount fell short of the $450 million the Senate 1,000) to kick off a year-long national cam- Budget Committee asked for and they suggested returning to the issue this week paign to promote the medium. The prime with a list of additional revenue-raising proposals. "We fully expect that both a time message, which reached an estimated spectrum fee and or a transfer tax will be on that list," according to NAB's chief 54 million viewers, featured Walter Cron - lobbyist, Jim May. "We are in a game of political 'hardball' and will be pitted kite inviting viewers to "stand watch" over against other industries who are also on this laundry list. Whoever generates the free TV. According to task force Chairman biggest and most effective grassroots lobbying effort will be the one who es- Milton Maltz, it was "the first time in the capes any new taxes or fees," May said. history of our medium that there was unani- mous interest and saturation coverage of an industry campaign." Quota dispute European It is too early to tell what effect the delays media plan campaign will have, but of the II people one had Europe's proposed transfrontier media the end of August, unless a request to push contacted by BROADCASTING, only law -designed to foster rapid expansion of back the deadline to October is approved. seen the Cronkite spot. On Capitol Hill, was the region's commercial TV industry-is in U.S. opponents of quotas, such as the one House aide who had seen it skepti- serious trouble after continuing disputes Motion Picture Association of America, cal: "I doubt people paid attention." The over the plan last week forced European which has taken the lead in urging the Bush National Cable Television Association, rep- Community foreign ministers to seek exten- administration to oppose the EC's restric- resenting broadcasting's chief competitor, sions for its approval deadline. tions, would shed few tears over the loss of declined comment on the spot. But NCTA U.S. scrutiny of the plan, meanwhile, the directive. Chairman Robert Miron, president of New- will intensify in Washington this week, MPAA President Jack Valenti told house Broadcasting, which once owned when House Telecommunications Subcom- BROADCASTING: "If the directive dies, you broadcast stations, said: "As cable opera- mittee Chairman Edward Markey (D- have a clean slate. You can start over." tors, we believe in broadcast stations. We Mass.) holds hearings Wednesday, July 26, Valenti, who will testify at this week's don't think any network or independent focusing on the media directive, dubbed hearings, believes the U.S. should follow should go away." And politically, Miron "TV Without Frontiers." "a simple golden rule" in dealing with the said, "I don't think it's going to do us any Quotas are at the heart of the hearings, EC on the issue: "We want to enter your harm." Robert Sachs, senior VP of Conti- and are the source of the most bitter debate market with the same freedom your busi- nental Cablevision, said: "These sorts of over the directive. Some factions, particu- nessmen find alluring in our market." campaigns are very hard to carry off," cit- larly the French, are calling for binding Another person scheduled to testify at the ing the cable industry's aborted attempt at limits on airtime for non -European pro- hearings -former top BBC executive David promotion through the Council for Cable graming, while others, most notably U.S. Webster-has a different point of view. Information. producers who provide the bulk of Europe's Now a senior fellow of the Annenberg None of the four ad agency representa- foreign shows, are seeking to eliminate Washington Program, Webster said he, too, tives contacted had seen the spot, and two quotas altogether. The EC compromise now opposes quotas. But he added that the pre- had not heard about it. One who had, Alec we under debate calls for a majority of Europe- sent directive may be the best the U.S. can Gerster, Grey Advertising, said, "what an material "where practicable." get and sees the EC plan as having positive ultimately care about are advertising avail - The directive, four years in the works, aspects for American TV producers, such abilities." As long as no artificial barriers could die if a compromise on quotas cannot as provisions designed to promote the to buying rating points exist, Gerster said, be reached by the European Commission, growth of the European market in general whether the availabilities are on broadcast D the EC executive body, before deadlines at for U.S. and other foreign programing. D TV or cable is not a major issue. Downey and out in Secaucus

Twenty -one months to the day after its premiere in New York on failed to show up last Monday for a luncheon speaking engage - Oct. 19, 1987, The Morton Downey Jr. Show was canceled by men, _ tore a broadcasting group there. "We didn't hear from

Quantum Media Inc., the show's owner; MCA TV, its syndicator, him, and I publicly announced I would be taking the show off and wwOR -TV Secaucus, N.J., Downey's host station. No official my station as of July 24," Gabbert said. reason was given for the cancellation, but it is no secret that the Bill Boggs. Downey's executive producer, said that he was show has been beset by fading advertiser support, low ratings, disappointed to see the show end. Boggs said that Downey slow clearance activity and questions surrounding Downey's may also have been the victim of an advertising community behavior on and off camera. "overreaction to special interest groups." The final original show was taped June 30, with new episodes Blaming the demise of the show on lack of advertiser support continuing to air through Sept. 15, the final contractual date with "is only half the story," said Dick Kurlander, vice president, its approximately 70 affiliates. director of programing, Petry Television. "The other half is that in One example of station disaffection was given by Jim Gab - the markets in which it aired, it's getting below a 1.5 rating. bert, owner of San Francisco's KOFY -TV, and president of the That's not a hit; that's a miss." California Broadcasters, who told BROADCASTING that Downey Downey was unavailable for comment. -RG

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Robert Coen Dick Kelley George Pine 10% in national spot and a network radio advertising increase of 509 of budget and not know until the third week of the month about 11%. whether one was on target. The figures for network and spot compare favorably to the On the local scene, one group broadcaster -Bill Fowler, vice increases in 1988 radio advertising over 1987. Last year, network president, radio operations of Park Communications -said that advertising was up 3% over 1987, according to the RAB, while local spot was "holding up OK" at a 3% to 4% increase. National spot was up 6.6 %. However, local advertising was up 9% last year. spot money was down "considerably," he said, with revenues flat slightly higher than the RAB's 8.5% prediction for its growth this in three to four markets and down in eight or nine markets. year. Total advertising, it is predicted, will increase 8.9 %, com- January through May in the southern California market was the pared with the 8.2% increase of 1988 over 1987. best five months we had in our history," said J. Ray Padden, "Quite honestly, we're surprised the first six months turned out RAB's executive vice president, West Coast. as healthy as they have," said Bob McCurdy, vice president and Local business has been "strong" in the markets where Clear general sales manager for Katz Radio. "It just seems to be an Channel Communications has radio stations, said the company's overall healthy environment for radio this year," he said. treasurer, Mark Mays. The local markets, located mostly in the According to Radio Expenditure Reports, national spot business southwest, he said, have rebounded. In two markets for which he for the first five months of the year was $411.8 million, up 12.8% had figures, San Antonio. Tex., and New Orleans, local revenue

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As you may have heard, last week the International Radio Festival held their annual awards dinner. At this very prestigious event, the Tom Snyder Show received a Gold Medal -1st Prize for the Best Radio Network Personality.

While we are all so very proud of this achievement we would be terribly remiss if we didn't take a moment to thank all of you -who each night invite Tom into your listeners' homes. Your continued vote of confidence in Tom and his program has been recognized by a very competitive industry.

Thank you and congratulations to all of us.

CABC RADIO NETWORI(S 125 WEST END AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10023 212 -887 -5464 R A DI O 89 Network radio on the rebound This year has been very good to the medium, with strong advertising growth and added emphasis clients, with the launch of Country America Magazine in October. on providing marketing /sales help to affiliates "We are going to be able to offer an advertiser the country music enthusiast through TV, through radio and through print. Offering a fter nearly two years of a fairly static network radio grander package will attract the advertisers," he said. marketplace, the first part of 1989 caught many industry John Tyler, Satellite Music Network chairman, said his company A officials by surprise. After the consolidation and stream- has shared in the bullish network sales marketplace. "It has been lining of operations that characterized many of the network opera- the strongest six months I've seen since I've been in the business. tions in 1987 -88, network radio is back, with sales up 12% over Our own company just set records for revenues and earnings in the last year. The networks seem to be bringing a new direction and first six months of 1989." But Tyler is less sanguine about the flexibility to their business, expanding to cooperate among them- efforts of the RNA. "I really have never seen any positive effect, it selves and increasing the services they provide to their affiliates. is awful hard to say how effective it is. It is like preaching out on a "Radio networks as a whole are doing a better job of selling street corner, I mean, how many souls do you save? Nobody is themselves and developing new business for themselves," accord- there to count," he said. ing to Gary Fries, president of Transtar Radio Networks. "Net- E.J. (Jay) Williams, president of Sheridan Broadcasting Net- work sales organizations have become more articulate and focused works, commends the industry efforts to sell itself. "All of us in after the consolidations of the last two years, and are being more the industry have taken a much stronger approach in terms of flexible in the way that they are dealing with the advertising showing our value and the value we can add to someone's advertis- community," he said. "They are a higher quality and more fo- ing campaign. We can do a number of promotional and merchan- cused sales force." dising campaigns, and many agencies and their clients are taking a The main outcome of this new direction is the effort made by the new viewpoint in terms of network radio," he said. Radio Network Association and its members. For the first time, the Another driving force in the reassessment of network value is the main network players have banded together and started an ad ancillary services networks provide their affiliates. As station bud- campaign for network radio. The campaign includes a package of gets shrink, networks are stepping in with promotional and market- testimonials on the cost efficiency of network radio followed by ing ideas, as well as news and programing services that stations meetings with prospective clients to sell them on the medium. could not afford on their own. The value in providing these services Nick Verbitsky, president of United Stations Radio Networks, is is reflected in the higher ratings they help stations attain, and enthusiastic about the efforts being made by the industry group. conversely, the added -value factor that networks can then sell their "Network radio is in a very good growth mode, but it needs a lot of advertisers. selling. What we are trying to do is get people into the medium. Kipperman stresses the importance of affiliate satisfaction. "At After that, you worry about your share." CBS, we have a program directors' advisory council, and an "It is a resurgence, really," said Bill Battison, president and affiliate board. The whole purpose is to draw from them what they chief financial officer for the Westwood One Companies. "Net- need in programing, what they need in services," he said. Kipper - work radio is recognized as a very cost -efficient medium, and one man added that CBS looks to these groups to spot the trends and of the things you need in any business is an influx of new busi- determine what is happening in the markets. "You have to put ness," In that sense, Battison also believes that the RNA efforts are together a menu of services that stations can use," he said, "and beginning to bear fruit. you can't expect an affiliate to use all of the services, but if he is For Robert Kipperman, vice president/general manager, CBS using 60 % -65% of the services, then you are providing something Radio Networks, the marketplace makes sense. "Life as well as that is meaningful for him." And he added: "They are our re- broadcasting is cyclical. We had a couple -two or three -bad source, that is how we know how to program for our affiliates." years, and it is coming around again. And it will continue up for a CBS goes as far as providing marketing kits and sales tapes for few years," he predicted. its affiliates to localize promotions for network events. Lloyd Werner, senior vice president of sales and marketing, Aaron Daniels, president of ABC Radio Networks, says ABC is TNNR, a newcomer to the network radio field, thinks the consoli- also bullish on ancillary services. "We came up with DATA," he dation of the past is paying off. "Chances are, if you combine sales said, "where we supplied 1,500 stations with a printer, that we operations or offer advertisers a varied menu of selections, you then use to supply the stations, via satellite, with all the information are going to be much more successful," he said. "We started they could want about our network." The information includes TNNR as an adjunct to TNN [cable service The Nashville Net- upcoming events on the network and planned features. "We also work]. We wanted to be able to offer the advertiser cable TV and aligned ourselves with USA Today," he said, "and supply the radio." stations with material, via satellite, again on hard copy, that they TNNR is planning a more extensive advertising package for its can use in their morning shows. Short, fun, lifestyle and business

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ABC's Daniels Westwood One's Battison CBS's Kipperman information, pre-written for radio use," he said. years I think it is terrific." Battison sums it up neatly: " We try to do things for radio Full -service satellite -delivered programing is also reaping the stations that they cannot do for themselves and that is where the benefits of a more competitive marketplace. A quick round -up of network can have a tremendous value for a radio station, and for an last year's newcomers shows that one service, Business News advertiser." Broadcasting, never got off the ground, but all others polled by Werner is of the same opinion: "It is necessary to provide our BROADCASTING have increased their affiliate numbers. affilates with as much cross -promotion as possible," he said, "and Players include: Winner News Network, Pompano Beach, Fla., to build in programing flexibility. TNNR considers itself a 24 -hour the all- motivational programing format, has signed six affiliates; program provider. Stations can select the programing that can best Money Radio, all- business and finance format, Los Angeles, has fulfill their needs." agreements with 15 stations and expects to reach 30 -35 by year's Williams says Sheridan has experienced the same demand from end; Business Radio Networks, Colorado Springs, has signed 38 its affiliates. "We provide additional research support services to affiliates after one year of starting up the service; Sun Radio our affiliates to better help them market themselves locally, and we Network, Tampa, Fla., has 140 affiliates; CBN Radio, Virginia have a new vehicle called Urban Radio Marketing Alert, a monthly Beach, Va., is now programing to over 200 stations, and Progres- newsletter of marketing and research information for station per- sive Music Network is exporting its new adult contemporary format sonnel as well as agencies and clients." to 36 affiliates. According to Williams, response to these services has been very Among the growing numbers of smaller companies trying to encouraging. "Initial reaction has been extremely positive, and enter the network marketplace, there is a tendency among them to with it, I see us continuing to look for new ways in which we can narrowcast. Be they all- business and finance, all -new adult con- enhance our relationships with our affiliates. They are our life- temporary, all- sports, or even all- motivational, they are banking on blood," he said. filling a niche in each market that they reach. All the network players see the marketplace continuing on an Tyler thinks that niche formats are here to stay. "We are seeing upward track for the remainder of 1989 and on into 1990. Werner the growth of niche formats-formats that kind of fill a particular summed it up: "There is no question that the momentum is going market hole," he said. "We are doing quite a bit of research on to proliferate. It just makes good business sense. What we are this all the time." He sees a real future in a technique called looking at is a landscape that is constantly going to be changing for "clustering," whereby 40 lifestyles are defined by ZIP codes. the better. All of the change is for the betterment of the advertiser. "You take a format and determine what ZIP those listeners live in. The more options the advertiser has, the better deals he is going to And then you promote most heavily to those neighborhoods," he make, the better his rates are going to be, and the more added value said, adding: "You will see more and more the use of clustering in he is going to have. If you remember how static the business was the development and promotion of formats." 20 years ago, the only guy that kept losing out was the advertiser. Battison takes a broader view of formats. "Everyone thinks they Who, interestingly enough, kept us all alive. Now he has a land- are unique, and in a way, like children, they are, but the reality is scape that allows him to choose whatever he wants. I think you are that there are certain things that are appropriate or appeal to a large going to see a proliferation that the radio industry has not seen in number of stations 'n a particular demographic and we try to do things for radio stations that they cannot do for themselves," he said. Verbitsky agrees: "We don't compete locally. We provide localized liners to our affiliates so that most listeners would not know that the show was not produced by their station." Another boom for the industry will be coming from overseas. Already many networks have deals with European and Asian countries, and international advertiser interest is keen. Tyler, whose network exports four formats to China and which is exploring the Japanese market, said: "Even the turmoil in China did not disturb our programing. We have a constant of almost two million listeners a day in Shanghai, and I think we will see Europe becoming a bigger Transtar's Fries TNNR's Werner market as well." -LC

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So I begin by simple. saying, let us reach out to some constituencies that are not terribly active here, such as Hispanic and urban, and let's invite them to the table and ask them what they think we can do to help them get some space in the Hispanic magazines, get some units off Hispanic television and convert it to Hispanic radio. Then do the same thing with the urban people, the urban programs. I contacted some people who are active in those formats. We had two meetings with Hispanic broadcasters. We do not have a proposal for the ad, they are working on some things that they'd like to discuss with us. So one of the things I said to the board was: "Why don't you fellows form an ad hoc committee of this board so I can go out and discuss this issue, not as a hired hand with the idea of the week, but as a hired hand with the support of the entire board." So I'm going to choose just a few things and I'm going to try to do them well in four years. I'll be out of here in four years. So I'm going to choose a few things that I'm going to try to do very well so that when I leave here I can look back and say: "Dam it, I made an impact." I didn't need this job, I was retired minding my own business, I was taking care of eight horses. For three years I'd been doing that, sitting in Ft. Worth, Tex., wearing a cowboy hat. I didn't have to come to New York. And I'm going back to Ft. Worth in four years. But when I leave I want to be able to look back, and I'm going to want to look back at some of the people that I've been associated with and ask: "Are they stronger now than they were four years Now that you've talked about some of the assets of radio as an ago? Are they better at what they do than they were four years ago? advertising medium, can you tell us what you see as some of its Could they find work for more money because they're better ?" problems? Those are questions that I ask myself; those are things that I'd like to achieve. So I don't want to do a lot of things. So if you're I don't think as a medium it has any problems, I think it's a looking for the idea of the week, don't come here. I don't have magnificent deal. It can be sold more effectively and advertising one. used more effectively. But the medium itself is as sound (pardon the expression) as it can be. There's none better, there's none that So far, this idea is an idea you have worked out with the board. Are has a broader reach, none that provides the frequency. there any others you've worked out with the board? What does the advertiser want but to reach a frequency? That's Not really. They're allowing me to come back to analyze our dues our business. People who are used to buying television look at us structure. This is just my opinion, but I think there are some under their bias for GRP's, gross rating points. Why? It's a inherent fallacies in our dues structure and how we charge our television measurement. It's not a radio measurement. So why members. bother us with it? Why insult us with that? We sell based on that. I think we have to examine it and once we do, I think we have to It's easy to do, it's easy to sell against it. figure out alternatives to our current structure. And then I think Then we start fighting among each other, which is not very wise. what we need to do is take some of those alternatives and experi- It's better for us to say to somebody who says gross rating points ment with them in isolated places. If we want to examine a that here's another alternative you might want to look at, it's called different approach to dues, maybe we do it in Nevada or Washing- reach and frequency. We are a reach and frequency medium. We ton or Oklahoma. do that better than anybody. And when you're marketing anything, But we take something that we think has merit before we create you always sell your strengths. an earthquake, and we just go out and deal with a small universe. That's our strength. We should be selling it more. Gross rating And we approach radio stations on this basis of membership and points is an issue. see if that yields something different than a different approach in a You talk a lot about newspapers. But a lot of radio salesmen are different state. An then, if after a year or two-and again, nothing being hired away by cable. is going to be done here in a week -we'll say: "OK fellas, this is the data, this is the result. Now what say you ?" I understand why other businesses come to the radio industry to get their people. It's satisfying to know that there are people in the Just to go back to the Hispanic and urban markets. presumably, if advertising industry who think that radio people have some exper- these people aren't active participants. which I assume is another them aren't members, if tise that can help them-and we can, because we're good at certain way of saying that many of you're helping increase their sales. and the share doesn't increase necessar- things, or most things I guess. them ily for radio as a whole, then to some extent they're taking away So cable comes after some of our people? So what? So do radio dollars from RAB members. television stations. Would you believe we had a call here some weeks ago from a TV network wanting to know where they could Yes. get their hands on some radio promotion people? So really all this makes sense only if these people join RAB. development What currently are some big projects you have under Well, I guess that's one way to look at it. 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So we're in that pie, we're in that race, we're in that battle. So and this puts a bit of heat on, some of my colleagues. these are the easiest dollars for us to get because circulations keep For example, we have an opening a secretary in our Los for going down, prices keep going up, and advertisers are getting sick is Angeles office. Our first reaction "let's go out and replace our of it. The value has gone away. secretary." And my first reaction is that's okay, but before we do it, step back a few feet and examine what we do in Los Angeles. Have radio's cost -per- thousands improved? Are we in the right place? Do we have enough space? Can we buy If improving cost -per- thousands means lowering the costs, then that service without having to hire somebody to perform it for us? that's not in our best interest. Our best interests are that our costs Are there alternatives? What technologies can we use now that per thousands have to go up. They don't have to go up as much as weren't here when we opened that office? newspapers, because newspapers are a genuine, real increase. We don't have to do that. You want some numbers on newspa- So you've been dealing with the logistical... pers? It'll blow you away. Here's an example just from memory. Mindsets. And I try to do that every time there is an opportunity. When I started to sell radio time to newspapers at WKBW(AM) What I'd like our people to do is to think just a few more minutes Buffalo, N.Y., 30 years ago, I would call the RAB. I would say: before they reach and pull the trigger. That's all I'm saying. "Let me have the circulation numbers and the penetrations of the By the beginning of, next year, will the RAB look substantially Courier Express and the Buffalo Evening News." I'd get it, and different from the organization which you inherited, or will it look those two newspapers covered 70% of the market. different at all, and if so, in what ways? I then had to go on the street and try to make a proposal with the proposition that there is 30% of the market that the newspaper Next year, I don't anticipate anything being a whole lot different - doesn't cover. So there is a place for WKBW, my radio station, the in the next decade, perhaps, but next Remem- I don't think year.... one I'm trying to sell. ber, we're hired hands here, we are not the radio industry; the radio Now in Buffalo, 30 years later, the same salesperson. going industry is outside 304 Park Avenue South. through the same process, finds that one newspaper is gone, it's Where does the RAB membership now stand? bankrupt, out of business. And the remaining newspaper covers 30% the market, which If you want to count everyone in our computer it would run in of means that 70% of that market is no longer being reached by newspapers. excess of 4,000. I count those who pay their dues within 120 Now you tell me if the opportunity is there for us to be days.... There are 3,309 of those. That's a very precise number and selling against newspapers. when it's the number I watch. And I think in terms of growth of the market and the growth of the rates for space in that one monopoly Is the budget of the RAB large enough for the task confronting It? newspaper, I know that we're a better deal for an advertiser in I think the bureaucratic answer to that is probably not, because Buffalo. I would make so much more money in Buffalo today than don't we always need more money? I think for the services we're I was able to make in 1958, because of this. The fact is that people performing today, we could do quite well with the kind of revenue everywhere are tired of gettig their hands dirty. that comes to us primarily from our membership. We could become Do I get a little emotional when we discuss this stuff? We can't much more ambitious on various things and maybe some day we sell our time as a commodity; we are not a commodity. Newspapers will. But from where I am right now, I think we're okay. are a commodity, television is a commodity. They deliver tonnage, we don't deliver tonnage. A single radio station does not deliver What is the biggest and most direct competitor to radio? tonnage. A combination of radio stations delivers tonnage. If you Everybody is a competitor to radio-everybody. Anyone who sells take this popular demographic of 25 -54, in my house it's a family advertising on a measured media basis is a competitor. There's no reunion. It is not a marketing demographic. such thing as a big one or a small one, just like there's no such When I look at my children and I look at myself and I look at the thing as a small order. Although some are bigger than others, every places we are in life, their needs versus my needs, I tell you that is order is big. Every single order is important to us. not a marketing demographic. My children are wondering if they The best place for us to increase our share-and the issue here is will ever be able to afford a house, and I don't have to worry about not increasing our revenue, the issue is increasing our share of making a house payment. They're concerned about how they're revenue. How do we perform against other major measured media: going to afford their next car, and that's not a concern to me.... television, newspapers, the Yellow Pages? That's how we should Their concerns are quite different from mine. be measured. So if someone says we need to reach a 25 -54 demographic, the We shouldn't be measured on how well we do this year versus best way to do it in our media is Mr. Advertiser. If you're a bank, next year. We have always done better, but our shares have always for instance, and you have a variety of services, the Potash children dropped. The name of the game here is share, how we perform are not prospects for CD's. If you want to sell CD's, sell that to against other media. So the best place for us to get money out of Mr. Potash on the radio station he listens to. If you want to make that pie is 1) newspapers, because they are dying at a quicker rate auto loans as one of your services, don't put it on the radio station than television. that you want Mr. Potash to buy a CD from; put it on the radio We are about where we will settle in. There's no more space for station that Jamie Potash is going to listen to, because she needs the radio. So we have a given number of properties in any given auto loan. So if you want the 25 -54 demographic, then you have to market. We cannot, to any large degree, any longer fractionalize buy a combination. So from that point of view, we will deliver ourselves. We are about maxed out on that issue. Every year tonnage. newspapers lose more and more and more readers. People are tired We can ask an advertiser to draw us a picture of his or her of getting{their hands dirty trying to find out what the news is when primary marketing target. We can take that picture of that consum- all they have to do is turn on the radio or watch television. They er and literally match that consumer to some radio format. You don't have to deal with the papers. can't do that with newspapers. Newspapers are too broad -based. Newspaper revenue this year might go to 4% increase over last; And you can't do that with network television, that's too broad - ours will exceed 8 %. Now you can argue that their 4% is a whole based. That's why you get this 25 -54 stuff, because it's very broad-

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people contribute their profits to us is that there is a sense of maximize our assets in terms of how do we make it more salable to citizenship that this industry needs -an industry association. So an advertiser? certain portions of the process of making a decision, whether I know you have the National Association of Broadcasters, but does you're going to send us S60 a month or $1,000 a month or RAB have any kind of Washington issues? whatever, this is a citizenship issue. Do you want the industry association working for the betterment I hope while I'm here there aren't any. We have enough to do to of the industry or not? That's a basic question; that's a question that improve our revenue without having to worry about the political the people who support us have to answer when you raise that climate. The NAB is perfect for that, it is what they do best. They argument. Because it is a great business argument, it is perfect. But don't worry about revenue and we don't worry about politics. We the other side of it is that there's a citizenship issue here. don't need the diversion. Our business is advertising. And I hope Do we want to improve the share or do we want to improve our there will be no issues in Washington for us. revenue, only members? I would argue that we're more than that; Our staff is overworked and underpaid right now.... We don't we should be more than that. We should be more altruistic, if you need Washington. Let the NAB guys do it, let our guys pay their will, in trying to achieve that. dues to the NAB and let them get involved to a certain extent, but We need the good guys to help some of the not so strong; the leave us here to do the work we were hired to do. stronger guys to help some of the not so strong. We do that in our You were talking about the workload at the RAB. Do you have any society. That's what we do. We do it on the streets of New York thoughts on who you might want to replace Danny Flamberg [senior every day. We have people who walk up and down the streets vice president, marketing and communications]? every day with little paper cups in their hands because they've got I have no favorite sons, or, 1 came here with no favorite sons. In one leg and one arm. other words, I didn't come in here with four people in the wings so Now, if we can't find it within ourselves to put a dollar in the I could come here and put a .38 into the mouth of four staff people don't have to, we can still stay on the planet, nobody will cup-we and fire them. I didn't have any of that. blow us out you have to give a little, too. -but So I have to start from ground zero every time somebody thinks Do you have any thoughts on some of the proposals that are being to leave here.... I have had a number of interviews, but have not discussed to save the AM band and /or the AM operator? had a second interview with anyone yet. These are first round No, I don't because I'll tell you, I pick up a copy of the New York interviews. Times, and I'm not what you'd call a throwaway weekly reader by The assessment of many was that the RAB NAB Radio Futures any stretch of the imagination, and in the first section I read this campaign had little local impact. In hindsight, should the campaign article about the AM radio stations who the writer of this article have been different? says seem to be making national policy. This particular article dealt Let's see if you can in your mind draw your own analogy. Atilla with the pay raise issue, on the effect on a congressman's office the Hun dealt with independent tribes all over Eastern Europe and when his name was mentioned on his local AM radio station back the Orient. Every one of these were individual tribes, they had no home, the impact of just mentioning his name on an AM radio connection with one another. Does that sound a little bit like the station in his district hundreds of phone calls go to his office. -and radio business? If you listen to the rhetoric, nobody listens to AM, and yet Now I don't know that I'll ever be able to pull off what this guy they're making national policy. How do these things square, how pulled off, but it's a relevant response to your question because the do they come together? If nobody listens to them, how can they be question is a damn good one. making national policy? But the response is: We deal as individual tribes -10,000 indi- The truth is, a lot of people listen to AM. The truth is, on every vidual tribes. So we have to get the head tribesmen on the same radio station -AM or FM -if we're going to be commercially wavelength. I would feel real good about how they signed on that successful, before we do good, we've got to do well. And if we're wavelength based on the information I have. Did we get them all? going to help our wellness, we have to match that audience to that Of course we didn't. Did Atilla get every tribe in every battle? advertiser. Probably not. But he did pretty well. He decided he wouldn't take The question is, at least from the numbers I've seen, on a percent- Rome because the Pope said please don't come to Rome. age basis, there are a lot more AM radio stations losing money. So the answer to your question is that I feel pretty good about it, it wasn't perfect. And everything can always be done better. I know. Can I tix that? I don't know, I haven't thought about it. but None of us are perfect. I think the question is that a lot of that has to do with the perceived value of the audience, of the ratings, and what, if anything, does the What you're saying is that it is almost as if the radio futures cam- marketing side of the business have to say about it? paign had as much a benefit on the station owners and managers as it did on the listening public just in the sense of getting the industry OK. Let's take a typical AM radio station programing Music of to think about it. Your Life. A popular format on AM, right? OK. Now let's take the 55 -plus demographic. Let's figure out what that demographic does, No, I think both. I think if it isn't in the best interests of the owners what their needs are. to begin with, then why bother? This is commercial. We're not What are the needs of the 55 -plus demographic? The three talking about the Bill of Rights here, which is a different issue than largest areas of interest for people 55 -plus in order are health, commercial radio, newspapers and television. money and travel. If you want to sell against, or want to go to work I'm talking about commercial stuff, I'm talking about enterprise, for advertisers to help them increase their business, and they're in about money. So if it isn't in the best interests of our ownership, the health business-let's say a local hospital in a community has a vis -a -vis what it costs, then why bother? Of course it is. Hopefully, wellness program that deals with diet, exercise and all those things, it impacts the public and gets the public to say: "Wait a minute,. and the hospital wants to market it. Now, I represent an AM radio what would life be without it ?" station playing Music of Your Life, and you represent a CHR FM When you go home tonight, don't turn on any lights. Ask radio station in the same market. Who do you suppose is going to yourself the same question about electricity; or, tomorrow morn- get the order? Isn't it obvious? ing when you want to get up and take a shower, ask yourself the same thing about water. I mean, there are certain things that are So does AM not have a marketing problem? inherent in our daily lives that are all very important. I'd say we all have marketing problems, every single radio station This thing, you turn on the switch. I think that's what this was. has marketing problems, every single radio station has marketing This was like, hey, what would life be without radio? And I think it opportunities. But what we have to do as individual radio operators impacted the public to some degree. A lot. If you ran an advertising is to figure out where the biggest opportunities are, not where the campaign and ran one commercial, how much impact do you think biggest problems are. Where are the opportunities? How do we it would have? A little. 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Following the decision by the FCC to their power efficiency improves. because it does not grant blanket power mandate observance of the National Radio Compact disks and digital audio worksta- increases, but will allow only 500 stations Systems Committee's (NRSC) RF mask tions now on the market are bringing digital to double power immediately and another standard by all AM stations, RF standards into the mainstream of broadcast studios. 800 to double power after some modifica- for electronic devices are seen as the logical But broadcasters are looking for even great- tions to their transmission facilities, such as next step in cleaning up noise on the band. er reliability and mass storage capability the installation of directional antennas Among FM engineers, there is some before completely foresaking their old, (BROADCASTING, July 17). But Furr was anxiety about the commission's decision to standby cartridge machines, which have happy that the commission granted Class expand authorizations for directional anten- been the industry workhorse for 20 years. A's at least some relief. He said that he nas. FM directional antennas, they say, are AM stereo, FMX, nighttime authoriza- expects that, under the new rules, one of not as well perfected as their AM counter- tions for daytime AM broadcasters and the Clear Channel's eight FM's will be eligible parts, and techniques for measuring FM expansion of the AM band due next year for the upgrade immediately, and all but directional arrays are not yet perfected, they were also hot topics. The following cap- one of the rest will be eligible after adjust- say. Generally, the engineers urge the corn - sules summarize the concerns of many ra- ments. mission to use caution in authorizing new dio engineers: He was satisfied with the commission's antenna facilities on FM. decision earlier this year to authorize ex- Most of the engineers felt that during the s John Furr, technical director of Clear panded use of directional antennas in the FCC's era of deregulation, reforms on the Channel Communications, San Antonio, FM band. "It is a technology whose time technical side had gone too far and opened Tex. (who next month will leave the group has come," Furr said. Some of Clear Chan- the door to higher levels of interference on to set up a private engineering consultant nel's FM stations have directional antennas both AM and FM. But there was a sense practice in San Antonio), expressed satis- and they have performed as anticipated that the FCC has recognized the problem faction with the FCC's move to allow most without creating any interference problems, and is beginning to treat it. There was gen- Class A FM stations to double their power he said. By expanding their use, broadcast- eral approval of the commission's NRSC from 3 kw to 6 kw (BROADCASTING, July ers will be able to more easily comply with and Class A FM upgrade decisions. 17). Furr was involved early in the fight to the Federal Aviation Administration, which In making equipment decisions, techni- upgrade Class A's. His engineering study, in the past has put great restrictions on the cal executives see a digital future for both completed in December 1987, outlined a availability of antenna sites for FM stations transmission and audio gear. Solid -state plan to upgrade all 2,000 Class A's in the in many cases. transmitters are rapidly becoming the norm U.S., and the New Jersey Class A FM AM stations owned by Clear Channel on AM. Broadcasters rave about their effi- Broadcasters Association included that broadcast in stereo, some of them with the ciency and power savings. The trend in FM study with its original petition for rulemak- C -Quam system; others in Kahn Communi- transmitters is also solid- state, but many of ing in early 1988. cation's single -sideband system. Although C -Quam has a better than five -to -one advantage in stations, and no company cur- unnQc rently produces radios for the Kahn system, The weekly radio Furr said that he still prefers the Kahn sys- program of the tem, especially with the POWERside en- American Stock Exchange hancement, which has increased coverage BusinessTalk of some of Clear Channel's AM's dramatically. Furr favors the return of multisystem receivers that could up For the latest in business news and trends, covering topics as diverse as: pick both systems. But he doesn't feel that AM stereo is a choosing a broker mutual funds tax preparation to job interviews necessity compete with FM. He would advertising the oil industry prefer that AM radios of better quality were dressing for business business of sports minority -owned firms built. Furr suggested wide implementation Available free of charge, Amex BusinessTalk is distributed via satellite or express mail. of a 10 -khz notch integrated circuit in radi- For further information, call (212) 306 -1637, or write: os that could automatically adjust its band- Tom Mariam width based on the level of adjacent -chan- American Stock Exchange nel interference present. 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What we try to do is keep every- Another current project at KFWB is the thing state of the art," said Marino. The installation of a new telephone system. equipment he thinks will have the greatest "When you're talking about an all -news impact on stations are solid -state transmit- station, the telephone is an important part ters and digital audio workstations. of our equipment. That is how we get a lot of our information on the air." Along with The FCC's era of marketplace philosophy improved switching and other features in- Milford Smith cluded in the and deregulation was a necessary develop- latest office telephone sys- ment, at least for nontechnical matters, said tems, the new Rolm 9751 switch system Charles T. Morgan, vice president, engi- will offer greater sound quality that should NRSC is turning more of its be noticeable neering for Susquehanna Radio Corp., a the reasons that over the air during the sta- number -one goal tion's several York, Pa. -based group of seven AM's and attention to FM. "The of telephone remote reports. is future degradation "The audio is II FM's. "We had regulation upon regula- the NRSC to prevent digital until it gets up to the tion and the commission took great strides of the band," he said. Early NRSC -FM [telephone) instrument." underway for several and eliminated it. Like anything else, you work that has been All of the AM transmitters of 5 kw or less multipath ef- can always go too far," Morgan said. "I months has been a study of at stations owned by Greater Media Inc., rethink on the purely technical side of it, we fects and ways to treat it. Preliminary New Brunswick, N.J., are solid state, ac- be released in do have some concerns that maybe it went sults of that study should cording to Milford Smith, vice president, too far." about six months, Morgan said. radio engineering. "I don't know, at this But there is evidence that the FCC is A number of new equipment purchases time, why anybody would buy anything beginning to improve on the technical side, and facilities upgrades are being made at all other than a solid -state AM transmitter," he he said. He cited the order for all stations to news KFWB(AM) Los Angeles, according to said. But the group is not yet ready to invest conform to the NRSC RF mask standard as the Group W station's engineerng manager, in solid -state FM, he said. The power levels a prime example of FCC acknowledgement Richard A. Rudman, who is also immediate on those units are not yet high enough for of the need to eliminate interference. (Mor- past president of the Society of Broadcast their stations. gan is chairman of the NRSC.) The deci- Engineers (SBE). One of the projects now The digital future is approaching quickly sion to allow power- increases for Class A under way is the installation of new Micro - for Greater Media. The group's studio oper- FM stations only in cases where they will max cartridge machines from Pacific Re- ates almost exclusively on compact disks not interfere with Class B and Class C corders. Thirteen of the machines are being for on -air music programing. There is also properties also encouraged him, although installed. some limited use of R -DAT. In the near- he warned that additional attention should The next step in recorded technology is term, it will probably buy some sophisticat- be paid to insure that upgraded Class A's do not quite as clear. He is looking for a reli- ed digital audio workstations. It is now not interfere with each other. able mass storage device that could hold a looking seriously at products offered by But the directional antenna ruling worries large library of radio commercials. "We New England Digital, AKG Acoustics and Morgan. "If implemented without great haven't made up our minds yet whether to Lexicon. Systems like those are "some- care, it could cause great damage. I think it buy, but if I had to buy right now, I'd have thing that every broadcaster is having to is important that we help the FCC to con- to put in a bridge technology " -a system take a serious look at," Smith said. cern themselves with insuring that we get that is likely to be around for five years But like most radio broadcasters, Smith proper FM directional antennas that do in before a more permanent system is devel- finds it hard to break away from the con - the field what they do on paper." oped, he said. Eventually, Rudman fore- venice of the cart machine. But its replace- The directional antenna issue is one of sees using writeable optical disk systems. ment is inevitable. "As it is, it is probably the element in a good modern broadcast system that most limits the potential quality of what we put on the air just because of the limitations of magnetic tape." NEWSBREAKS FROM BRITAIN Two of Greater Media's stations are now testing FMX stereo and Smith is generally information to thousands of your listeners pleased with the findings so far. It is not a cure-all for FM stations' need to expand free. across the United States...and it's their coverage, he said, but it does provide some significant improvements. "We have FEATURING... not observed any of the negative aspects of which have been reported to exist," ONE MINUTE ACTUALITY REPORTS FILED DAILY FROM FMX Smith said. FOR NEWSCASTS LONDON VIA SATELLITE Man -made interference is a "pet peeve" HARD NEWS, HEALTH, SCIENCE TOLL -FREE 800 TELEPHONE of Art Suberbielle's. And it is a problem CONSUMER AND CULTURAL FEATURES ACCESS that could be solved, he says. Suberbielle, president and general manager of KANE(AM) horizons. Join the growing number of radio stations expanding their broadcast New Iberia, La., and chairman of the NOW NAB's AM improvement subcommittee, Telephone 212 -751 -6292 or 212 -326 -0376 said that the "most easily treated" form of made -made interference and the worst ex-

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As new members get ready to serve on the FCC, "they should really guard the spectrum for us," said John Marino, vice presi- Art Suberbielle dent, engineering, NewCity Communica- Richard Rudman tions Inc., Bridgeport, Conn. "That was broadcasters' ability to compete in the open one of the original charters of the FCC: that tenna standard and a standard method for market with other forms of communica- spectrum is very limited and there is a small measuring FM directional antenna patterns. tions, such as cable [music channels] and amount, considering all the people that "In a lot of circumstances, directional an- CD's.' want pieces of spectrum.... The commis- tennas can fail and the broadcaster would A technology Shamrock is looking at as a sion should really be concerned with the never know that there was a problem with way to increase quality for the fringes of its interference issue." A number of spectrum it. With more radio stations coming on the FM coverage areas is booster stations problems could become serious if that phi- air and the possibility of more stations us- (transmitters that re-emit the signal of the losophy is not practiced, he said. ing directional antennas, I think the FCC main facility on the same frequency at low- The FCC's authorization of wider use of really has to watch what they're authoriz- er power). A test is now being held at FM directional antennas worries Marino the ing," Marino said. Shamrock's KABL -FM San Francisco with a most. With more and more FM stations But the biggest AM improvement issue 12 kw booster from T.F.T. Inc., Santa going on the air, many of them avoiding that is emerging is the man -made interfer- Clara, Calif. "It has substantially, and I short- spacing by installing directional an- ence problem, said Marino. "It's at the mean really substantially, added to our lis- tennas, the FCC must set a directional an- point now that you can't listen to an AM ABC/Watermark Uses Century 21 Music CDs "We're proud to "GoldDiscsm and "We went with use Century 21's HitDiscs. give Century 21 CDs Compact Discs American Country long before we for American Top Countdown a put AT40 on 40. I love the crisp, clean CD. HitDiscs. quality and clarity sound. Century save time and of HitDiscs T4 In 21's Compact keep our writers addition, they Discs are truly weeks ahead of save us time." flawless!" the new charts!" Shadoe Stevens Bob Kingsley Rod West Host Host/Producer Executive in Charge of Operations American Top 40 American Country Countdown ABC/Watermark

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America's E & 0 Authority R A D I O 89 ample of it is from power lines that always station operators that had facilities that were tear up AM reception when automobiles technically inferior to the newly allowed pass under them. The only option a broad- facilities were put in the difficult position of caster now has is to call the power company not being able to apply for the new, better and ask for it to take steps to emit less RF facilities and were locked into being day - interference. If federal standards were de- timers," Walters said. vised and enforced by the FCC, that partic- A possible solution could be to give day - ular form of interference could be eliminat- timers preference next year when the FCC ed, he said. is expected to begin assigning stations to Another concern is skywave. " Skywave the expanded AM band between 1605 khz affects every AM broadcaster adversely." and 1705 khz. The entire AM band will be Suberbielle said. But there again, Suber- helped if daytimers could eventually move to the new spectrum bielle sees hope. The NAB is now testing a permanently and if the new antenna system that could greatly re- FCC allows their old facilities to go dark duce the skywave power of AM transmiss- and remain dark, thus reducing spectrum sions. AM broadcasters should be very in- congestion. Propagation is worse above terested in the results of that test, which 1605 khz, Walters agreed. But if all new should be available this winter, Suberbielle stations in the expanded band are required said. to be built with NRSC filtering and other state KANE has been a stereo station for about -of- the -art AM improvements, those stations will be competitive, he said. Wal- four -and -a -half years with the C -Quam sys- Glynn Walden tem, and Suberbielle says that he still be- ters said the worst scenario would be if lieves in AM stereo technology. The great- During the FCC's deregulatory era, it has daytimers were not given preference. The est impediment, in his opinion, has been opened up more spectrum for more stations new stations could install AM improve- the scarcity of radios able to receive the and created more classes of stations. "But ments from the start and provide stiff com- stereo signal. But with the introduction of in the process of doing that. many existing petition for daytimers. -RMS widespread marketing of Walkman -sized AM stereo receivers on the consumer market this fall, he sees a turnaround soon. Supplying the sound of radio Computerized studios using touch -screen technology is a development for the near Independent program suppliers continue to All Star Radio, Los Angeles, produces Ste- future in Group W's AM stations, says flourish as the radio industry's need for vens' and Grdnics' Daily Comedy Exclu- Glynn Walden, engineering manager, AM varied and targeted programing continues to sive. a weekly topical comedy service avail- stations. Replacement of consoles with Me- rise. Offerings in 1989 include a wide vari- able in rank markets on a barter basis. The diaTouch computers will soon begin. "It. ety of specialized programing ranging from service includes a startup library of classic, offers an easier way for the talent to do their short-form health features to long -form mu- generic Stevens and Grdnic bits, plus seven radio shows without having to be technical- sic formats. Most are available on a barter weekly comedy vignettes. In addition, Daily ly inclined as a board operator," Walden basis and are distributed primarily via tele- Comedy Exclusive subscribers receive a said. phone. satellite. disk and /or tape. comedy consultation service that includes a Harris digital AM transmitters are being Not included in the following round -up weekly newsletter. The newsletter is aimed installed at Group W's KFBK Sacramento, are 24 -hour programing services and inde- at helping local disk jockeys with their come- Calif., and KYW Philadelphia. Along with pendent program suppliers who solely pro- dy routines. All Star also does critiques of power efficiency, easier and quicker main- duce long -form shows that are cleared and local on -air material and makes Ron Stevens tenance is the reason given for growing into sold by major radio networks. available on a weekly basis for consultation digital technology. It provides high- quali- with stations. Exclusive is now carried by ty signals and has greater ability to stay on 168 stations, according to Merrill Barr, man- the air whenever things fail. It's a good way Al Ham Productions, the Huntington, aging partner. to go," Walden said. Conn. -based producer and distributor of the All Star also produces Stevens and Grdnic The FCC, in Walden's opinion, has be- big band format Music of Your Life, is now Radio Hotline, The Guy Who Talks Fast, gun to grasp the real problems facing AM. broadcasting out of Hollywood studios, ac- starring John Moschitta Jr., who gained The NRSC decision and a proposed plan for cording to company president Al Ham. The fame as a fast -talking actor on Federal Ex- negotiated interference reduction (rather company contracted with Transtar Radio press commercials, and Mel Blanc's Blan- than negotiated interference) are encourag- Networks last year to have the format deliv- kity Blancs, also available in rank markets ing, he said. Both measures are designed to ered via Satcom I -R. Transtar also handles on a barter basis. cut adjacent -channel interference. "It was a station clearances and sales marketing, said step in the right direction for them. They Ham. The switch to satellite coincided with a Alternative Programing, Dallas, continues can see that the problem exists and they're change in the format itself. MOYL now also to provide nine radio formats, said President looking for a way to help us out of that includes "light" music of the 1960's, '70's Mickey Briggs, and is completing work on a problem," Walden said. and '80's. Stations that want the traditional big band sound can get MOYL on reel -to- 10th, urban contemporary. As the FCC gains three new members in reel. The tape service emphasizes sounds Alternative offers shorter term contracts to coming months, Bayard Walters, president, of bands such as Benny Goodman and its clients, 18 to 24 months. According to The Cromwell Group, a Nashville -based Woody Herman. The MOYL target audience Briggs: "Radio changes so much these group of four AM and three FM stations, is age 45 -plus, but many of today's 45 and days, we don't think they [radio operators] and chairman of NAB's daytime broadcast- over group may not have grown up with big can commit to a three -year contract." The ers radio committee, hopes that relief for bands, which is one of the reasons that company contracts are set up without an AM daytimers becomes a high priority for MOYL is programing to a broader spectrum automatic renewal clause, but Briggs said: the commission. "I would like to see the in hopes of attracting a wider audience, said "If we can provide a company with the ser- FCC recognize that those people that have David Wolfe, MOYL's operations and affili- vices and flexibility they need, they will re- been good broadcasters and served their ate relations manager. Over 150 stations new." The philosophy has worked for Alter- communities with technically deficient fa- carry the format, which is sold on a spot and native; their client list has grown from 135 cilities should not have to stay in that posi- cash basis. last year to 165 clients so far this year. tion," Walters said. The 10 formats Alternative delivers via

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 62 R A D I O 89 tape on a cash basis are nostalgia. easy son (R -Wyo.) and Senator Ted Kennedy (D- low adult contemporary: optional mellow listening, country, light adult contemporary, Mass.) debating current issues. The pro- adult contemporary; optional adult contem- adult contemporary, super adult contempo- gram is carried by 290 stations and is sold porary and country. rary, contemporary Christian, classical, jazz on a barter basis. and urban The company debuted a 60- second daily contemporary. Century 21 Programing President Dave feature Feb. 6, and is now carried by 120 Scott is so convinced that compact disks will stations. The program, hosted by Leonard The Ultimate continues to be a hot produc- continue to be the leading technology for Maltin, film critic for Entertainment Tonight. tion library for Toby Arnold & Associates, radio stations, his Dallas -based company and produced by Matt Coates, is a radio with more than 200 stations now signed for sold its reel -to -reel tape library (to Broadcast show about home videos, featuring reviews the 10 -, 15 -, 30- and 60- second background Programing of Seattle), and is gearing its of new releases and recommended clas- music and sound effects library. The library programing and computer system software sics. The feature is heavily produced with is digital and delivered on compact disk. to cater to CD users. With little variation in soundtrack audio, according to Coates, and According to Jim Kerr, national sales the past formula, Century 21 is still offering the group will be producing a free "video manager for Arnold & Associates, the com- HitDiscs and GoldDiscs music libraries, and magazine" to be distributed by stations and pany has introduced three country ID pack- has included AOR and urban contemporary their sponsors. ages this year: Today's Country. for modern formats to the HitDiscs subscription series. country stations, We Are Country. for tradi- Adult contemporary, CHR and country are tional country, and, just last week, Country Bonneville Broadcasting System, North- the other three formats that HitDiscs offers Power Mix, a blend of both. brook, III., provides easy listening and adult on a weekly basis to more than 750 stations The company continues to market three contemporary formats to more than 150 affil- nationwide, said Scott, adding that each sta- production libraries, two delivered on LP iates. According to Jim Opsitnik, president tion receives two disks that include music and one on CD, a direct mail promotion, an and CEO, the 20- year -old company now from all five formats for a $50 weekly fee. ID division and jingles. It also has scaled features a compact disk library. "That is the The GoldDiscs series features a full library back production of formats from six last year kind of thing that still makes us different from selection from the classic rock, classic hits, to one at present. Unforgettable is a nostal- the other guys down the street," he said. CHR, AC, mellow AC, urban contemporary gia/MOR format delivered by tape. Toby Ar- Bonneville features an adult music pro- or country music formats. Prices for a for- nold & Associates deals in both cash and gram service using state -of- the -art compact mat's library range from $3,100 to $10,000, barter. disk technology and has the ability to cus- approximately 25% less than a wholesaler o tomize individual format programing and would charge, according to Scott. Audio TV Features, New York, is celebrat- consulting at the station and /or market level. Last year's development of an $11,000 Its ing its 11th year as a provider of program- library includes more than 2,500 selec- CD jukebox system (controlled by an IBM - ing, currently offered via satellite to station tions and can be played all -live, live- assist compatible computer) has led Century 21 to affiliates of the AP and UPI radio networks. or using total automation. develop a complete line of music rotation Client services include writing radio reports, Bonneville's four music formats are also software and traffic billing software. In ex- reel -to creating TV scripts, post-production editing, distributed via -reel tape on a cash plaining a new emphasis for billing software, interviews and radio and TV feature produc- basis and include: Ultra. the company's Scott said: "Most every industry has a com- tion. Daily audio news packages are re- best seller that provides 143 hours of pri- puter at the cash register. Radio is one of cieved by 2,000 stations. marily instrumental arrangements of adult the few businesses yet to do that. These contemporary music; a matched flow easy software systems are cost -efficient and cut listening service that provides segments paperwork costs for a station's advertising Berns Bureau, Washington, a 13 -year old grouped into quarter hours; Alpha. featuring department." news service, continues to provide Wash- all -vocal soft adult contemporary music, and ington coverage for 350 stations worldwide. Radio One. featuring a more aggressive The service offers local angles on Washing- adult contemporary format. Children's Hospital National Medical Cen- of a weekly radio news ton stories and charges stations on a per - Bonneville also boasts a large collection ter began production free story basis. of custom -arranged instrumental music of feed on Feb. 14 that is available to The The group has also announced two new adult contemporary titles. stations via satellite and telephone. audio services and a new program. The first news feed covers pediatric health and medical topics. It is produced by Marge Kumaki, new service is satellite audio transmission of Broadcast Programing Inc., Seattle, now former WMAL(AM) Washington health and news and feature stories to more than 2,000 has about 500 stations its list. BPI's on client medical reporter, and produced by the hos- stations. The service is available to public formats are available in both personality and pital's public affairs department. relations firms, trade groups, associations unannounced versions, and are handled on o and other organizations seeking national ra- a cash basis. Format choices on reel -to-reel dio exposure. Secondly, the Berns Bureau is include The Original Adult Contemporary; Info Radio, as president Joan Franklin said, providing notification and follow -up verifica- The Adult Contemporary; The Ultimate continues to be the bread and butter of Cin- tion of audio feeds. Clients can call the bu- Adult Contemporary; Mellow Adult Con- ema Sound Limited, New York. "Info Radio reau to telephone about contact stations by temporary; Easy Contemporary; MOR Con - is a self -perpetuating entity," Franklin said. upcoming feeds, and can then check back temporary; The Great Ones; Memory Mu- "It just seems to have a life of its own." Since to find out how and if the material was used. sic; Music...Just for the Two of Us; MOR 1981, the show has been offering listeners The newly introduced program is called Beautiful; The Natural Sound; SuperCozr- 90- second daily feature excerpts from the Delegation Digest and reports on delega- try; Modern Coutry; All Star Country; Su- nation's leading magazines. tions specified by a radio station or network. per Hits; The "Z" Format; Urban Contem- Cinema Sound is also distributing Jewish In a 15- minute weekly review, the program porary; Oldies Format; Rock Classics; Viewpoint and Present Tense, both shows will focus on voting records, ratings from Classical; Adult Contemporary Christian; sponsored by the American Jewish Commit- lobby groups and activities on Capitol Hill of Sacred Sounds of Praise; Beautiful Sounds tee and available on a barter basis from the those groups. of Praise, and Sacred Sounds of Country AJC. The Jewish issue-oriented interview Gospel. shows air on alternating weeks and are dis- Washington -based The Broadcast Group The company also offers music libraries, tributed on tape. currently is in its sixth year of producing both on reel -to -reel tape and compact disk. At the end of the year, Cinema Sound Face -Off. (It is syndicated by Mutual to both Reel -to -reel offerings include big band; big distributes what Franklin calls "our block- affiliates and nonaffiliates.) The two -minute, band /MOR; jazz; traditional country, and buster event," a five -hour special called satellite -delivered weekday offering features Light Classics. The company's CD library Playback '89. Produced for the SFM Holiday House Republican Minority Whip Alan Simp- includes Gold Discs; CHR; classic hits; mel- Network, the show is a taped review of the

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 63 R A D I O 89 year's biggest events. It is also available to Wagner said the CAPS I system uses up while the Elvis programs are pressed on stations on a barter basis. to 10 Sony and Harris DAT machines, corn - vinyl. All shows are available on a barter - bined with a mixer and an IBM -AT compati- cash basis, except The Elvis Hour, which is Lita Cohen Radio Services of Narberth, ble computer for a partially automated sys- being sold strictly on a barter basis. Pa., is rolling out a new program for stations tem. CAPS II is similar to the first system with Campbell Soup Company Presents except that it uses eight DAT machines, ca- Cutler Productions, Los Angeles, is offer- Conversations with Collier, a one -hour ce- pable of loading up to 62 DAT cassettes. ing a new daily comedy service for CBS lebrity interview show. Hosted by Ralph Col- Using an automated loader, CAPS II is ca- Radio Network affiliates titled Morning Cir- lier (formerly an announcer with WFLN -FM Phil- pable of being programed to provide up to cus. Available by satellite or compact disk, adelphia) and produced by Lita Cohen 120 hours of continuous programing, ac- the service offers song parodies, fake corn - Radio Services President Lita Cohen, Con- cording to Wagner. Circuit boards and oper- mercials, sketches and "interactive comedy versations with Collier is available as a ating software for the two systems are also bits" for the local disk jockey, according to weekday strip. "We'll have celebrities rang- manufactured at Concept Productions. Barbara Roberts, producer and office man- ing from [Vice President] Dan Quayle to Wagner priced the CAPS I system at ap- ager for Cutler. Other made -for -CBS shows Ringo Starr, to household name Hollywood proximately $25,000 and CAPS II at include Cruisin' America and On The Move. stars," said Cohen, who has a "library" of $30,000. He also said a leasing plan is avail- Cutler independent.station offerings include interviews on tape for distribution. able. Party America and Mix America to over One of LCRS's mainstays is Big Band "Broadcasters have been finding that DAT 150 radio outlets each. Jump (offered since 1981), which features provides an even lower signal -to -noise ratio On The Move is hosted by drive -time per- the swing music Cohen terms "the best from than compact disks." Wagner said. "The sonality Tom Joyner, who injects three hours the 1940's to 80's." The two -hour weekly beauty of digital audio tape is that storage of comedy into a music/interview format. fees much with show clears 150 markets and is produced are lower, up to two hours on Joyner is heard on WPLJ(FM) New York, KA- a single it is more affordable by Don Kennedy (in Atlanta) and Cohen. cassette, and CE(FM) Los Angeles, wGci -AM Chicago and Another music -related show Cohen pro- than having to buy freshly pressed CD's. It is other CBS affiliates. Bruce (Cousin Brucie) duces is Portrait of an Artist. offered six also more cost -effective to be able to record Morrow hosts Cruisin' America, a three- times annually in two -hour installments via a single song onto a DAT cart than having to hour oldies dance party featuring rock mu- satellite to over 230 stations. The taped obtain a single on a CD," he said. sic from the late 1950's through the early show is hosted by WNEW -FM New York disk The company also offers adult contempo- 1970's. Mix America showcases club mix jockey Les Davis. rary. CHR, country and MOR formats to over announcers from around the country, each LCRS also distributes American Know- 130 client stations. serving as weekly host of the two -hour for- How, a five -hour weekly call -in show pro- O mat. Party America is a two -hour weekly duced by Ed Bush Productions of Dallas. At Creative Radio Networks, Westlake Vil- program headlining top comics and musi- Transmitted via satellite to over 80 stations, lage, Calif., Elvis Presley's music continues cians and providing celebrity interview ex- program hosts include ABC's Good Morn- to live despite the King's death close to a cerpts. All services are offered on a barter ing, America money editor Steve Crowley dozen years ago. CRN's The Elvis Hour basis. and Leonard Portman of wxtt-AM Detroit on continues to clear over 100 radio stations health. weekly, and the program supplier still offers For nearly eight years, DC Audio has been a three -hour annual tribute titled Memories offering The Daily Feed to National Public When Concept Productions started distrib- of Elvis. According to Operations Manager Radio affiliates, but by the end of this year uting Sony R -DAT (digital audio tape) ma- Pete Kline, CRN also publishes an Elvis the company plans to change the system chines to its client stations, Concept Produc- magazine. used for delivering the show. The daily 90- tions President Dick Wagner had an idea "We were one of the first radio suppliers to second comedy vignettes will eventually that developing an elaborate automated produce Elvis perspectives," Kline said. switch from satellite feeds to distribution on tape system would come to fruition a year "There are fans who are still pushing and cassettes and reel -to -reel tapes. DC Audio later. The move is further signifying the pushing for Elvis material. The stuff about President John Dryden said he is polling 109 Roseville, Calif. -based company's shift from him being alive or dead is strictly for The college radio stations to track interested being principally a program supplier to an National Enquirer." parties in the new tape distribution system. equipment manufacturer. Concept Produc- Other than the Elvis craze, CRN also of- He estimated "40 -45 stations" are currently tions has entered the automated DAT mar- fers hour -long specials on The Beach Boys, clearing the show, but said that tracking ket with its CAPS I and Il (computer assisted Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and many lead- clearances over satellite for the last five programing systems) product line. But Con- ing artists that appeal to what Kline says are years has been difficult for the Washington - cept has not altogether abandoned the pro- mainly MOR stations. He also said most of based company. gram supplier market either. the "one -shot specials" are sent out on tape, Besides heading up the company, Dryden serves as on -air talent for the politically oriented satires, as do Peter Marcum and members of the Firesign Theatre. Phil Austin of Firesign Theatre provides one of the most popular segments, Nick Danger, the group's comic send -up of radio's golden era WITH MIKE MCCLINTOCK broadcasts of "private eye" serials. Firesign Right at Home is a free, saleable 60- second daily feature on Theatre produces its segments out of Los Angeles. Dryden said his company is offer- topics ranging from home improvements, maintenance and rep = it ing the show on both a cash and barter . more. Provide y ur to buying, selling, financing and much basis. listeners with advice from the experts the nation's ho e - Diamond Communications, Baltimore, is in builders! its third year of producing The Heart of the For more information on satellite and toll -free teleph ne Matter, a series that covers heart health and distribution, call 24 -hours 800- 221 -6242 (In Washington, D.C. quality -of -life issues. The program was created by the National Emergency Medicine and suburbs, 202 -861 -2970). Association. Guests on The Heart of the Right at Home is underwritten by the National Association of Home Builders. Matter have included talk show host Larry King and James H. (Red) Duke, host of the Public Broadcasting Service's Bodywatch.

64 R A D I O 8 9 ages includes The Jean Shepherd Show, a sponsor. greater interest in local affairs. Wertz said he one -hour series selected from recordings of Jameson continues to offer The Joe Bob tells his clients to emulate what the top adult the original New York broadcasts, available Briggs Show and Mother Earth News, a contemporary stations are doing in terms of next fall. Another program offered is Detec- country lifestyle feature. Programs are dis- public service. tive Theatre, a compilation of 166 half -hour tributed on satellite, tape and LP. Jameson KalaMusic is now 20 years old. It has crime dramas from four (Official Detective, offers its services on a barter basis. more than 100 stations and formats are Squad Room, Crime Fighters and Under available on a cash basis, ranging from Arrest) Mutual Broadcasting System series. KalaMusic, Kalamazoo, Mich., offers 10 for- $500 to $6,500 per month, depending on Both are offered on tape on a cash or cash - mats, including rock, country and big band. market size. /barter basis. A new feature is Lite Jaz, which features o artists like David Sanborn and Kenny G. Lite MediaAmerica, a New York-based firm, fo- Jam Creative Productions, Dallas -based Jaz, according to executive KalaMusic Vice cuses primarily on rock and country pro- jingle company founded in 1974, is keeping President William Wertz, is not new age but graming. Former Westwood One executives busy. The company has a dozen new jingle "melodic mainstream." Lite Jaz, adds Ron Hartenbaum and Gary Schonfeld packages and has recently done station Wertz, is designed for stations who want to founded the company in 1987. MediaAmer- identification jingles for WHrz(FM) New York, pair it with easy listening. ica programs are heard on more than 1,000 WBZ(AM) Boston and WSNY(FM) Columbus, A new format offered by KalaMusic this stations. Ohio, said Jam Creative President Jonathan year is Eazy Contemporary, which is Two big specials for MediaAmerica this Wolfert, adding that clients include Casey geared toward the 35 -45 age group. The year are Woodstock Revisited, in celebration Kasem and the BBC. Wolfert added that the program still plays the easy listening clas- of the 20th anniversary of the Woodstock company also does foreign language jingles sics like Johnny Mathis and Jimmy Buffet, concert. Also new is Woodstock Minutes, a for stations in Germany and Holland. The but it also features many current hits, includ- 60- second "waltz down memory lane," as business, according to Wolfert, has become ing those by rocker Don Henley and Mike Hartenbaum put it, that re- captures Wood- a "very international thing." and the Mechanics. Chers latest single is stock moments. A Where Are They Now? Jam Creative recently moved into a new also getting much air -play on Eazy Contem- show is also part of the Woodstock celebra- headquarters that features two 24 -track stu- porary. Wertz says that all but two of Kala- tions. It talks about what became of some of dios. Most jingles are written by Wolfert and Music's clients have picked up the show the bands that played at Woodstock. Next Chris Kershaw. Studio musicians are hired and that ratings have increased. fall, MediaAmerica will begin a Complete by the company to perform the jingle music, KalaMusic is also looking into bigger pro- History of The Rolling Stones, to coincide and after the jingle is done, Jam Creative motion projects. In the works is one based with the highly anticipated Stones tour. The syndicates it to other stations. If another sta- on the Oldsmobile advertising slogan: "This show will be a 20 -hour mini -series airing tion likes the jingle, Jam Creative rewrites is not your father's Oldsmobile." They are throughout the tour. the words. Most stations don't mind using a also asking stations that program their Specials aside, MediaAmerica's regular syndicated jingle because a syndicated shows to go out into the community and take programing includes Up Close, a series of package costs less than an exclusive jingle. said Wolfert. Jingle contracts do call for geo- graphic exclusivity, however. On the average, stations spend between $10,000 to $20,000 for a jingle. The most Florida Earth Station for Sale popular style of jingle runs five to eight seconds. However, some stations opt for a 30- switched into any configuration desired. All or 60- second jingle. The 14- person staff of major Monitor and Control functions are cen- Jam Creative currently has about 120 jingle tralized at the operations console. packages. Facilities: Jameson Broadcast Inc., Washington, fo- A 500KW stand -by diesel generator and a cuses on short-form radio entertainment and 300KW UPS are utilized to provide a reliable information programing. One show that has power source for all critical /technical loads. met with success is Soap Quiz. The 60- A /C, water, sewage, security, Halon, lighting, second show features stars of ABC soaps and central air handlers constitute critical sup- asking trivia questions -then answering port elements needed to maintain the correct them -and talking about the shows. Soap environment for reliable communications. The Quiz currently can be heard on 283 stations, fenced -in grounds are landscaped and in- said Jameson Broadcast Inc. President Ja- clude a private fishing pond. The one story mie Jameson. The company's show Quid; ft. finished GTE SPACENET CORPORATION offers for building contains 12,000+ sq. of Tips, which premiered last year, has floor space with room to add a studio and/or its name to The show immediate service, lease, or purchase: Twin changed Home Tips. other equipment. The entire facility can be op- is hosted by ABC's Rob Weller and Jacque- 32 meter wheel and track satellite antennas erated and maintained by two technicians. line Zeman of General Hospital. The pro- including entire Earth Station infrastructure See attached photograph. gram is 60 seconds long and is carried on on 80 acres of land located on the Florida Gulf 310 stations, Jameson said. Coast, north of Tampa. Seller may consider ground lease of Earth Next fall Jameson will premiere America'. Communications: Station site. Interested parties may arrange Most Wanted Radio Hotline, based on the site visits and obtain additional technical infor- Fox The 32 meter antenna is based on state -of- television show airing Sunday nights. mation from: The radio show will be hosted by John the -art Beam Waveguide design employing a Walsh (who also hosts the TV show) and run wheel and track antenna mount and a step Mr. Bill Patterson 90 seconds. The show will also have an 800 track antenna tracking subsystem. A four port Director, Network Operations number that Fox will set up for people to call C -Band linear feed assembly is used. Two re- GTE Spacenet Corporation with tips on the whereabouts of the most dundant Aydin 3KW HPA's, up- converters 1700 Old Meadow Road wanted. Local retailers will also provide and four redundant Lenkurt down- converters McLean, Virginia 22102 handouts about fugitives who are featured per antenna are available and can be readily (703) 848 -0204 Spacenet on the show. Jameson said the show "looks real successful" and will have a commercial

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 67 8 9 interviews with today's popular musicians. July 30, will be carried by 300 stations. O'Connor Holiday Library is devoted to ef- The bi- weekly show is hosted by WNEW -FM The racing season runs from February to fects and music for commercials and pro- New York's Dan Neer and has featured inter- November, and on the average, programs motions relating to special events, including views with rock greats Eric Clapton, Steve cost stations $50 a race, based on market a collection of newly produced music for Winwood, Pete Townshend and Tom Petty. size. MRN also distributes NASCAR Live, Christmas. The Crazies Comedy Library On the contemporary side, MediaAmerica an hour -long live call -in show broadcast on contains comedy sound effects, music cues offers Party America, a two -hour weekly Tuesday nights. The show is hosted by Eli and short character voice bits and is cur- show done live via satellite, and Open House Gold and is carried on 170 stations, said rently used by over 700 stations, according Party, a five -hour weekend special hosted McMullen. to the company's president, Harry O'Con- by John Garabedia and delivered via satel- nor. Over 660 tracks of sound effects and lite. On the country side, MediaAmerica s noises for commercial and promotional pro- Nashville Live goes out to 125 stations. Me- Musicworks Inc. continues to offer four production are available on the Dig /Efx Sound diaAmerica also aired a July 4 special called gram formats: Alive Country; Casual Coun- Effects Library. Texas Country that was hosted by Dallas try (an easy- country format); Country 80 (a TV star Patrick modern country service), and Factor 5 Duffy. Olympia Broadcasting Networks, St. Lou- MediaAmerica is (adult contemporary). All services are dis- also entering the world is, formerly Clayton Webster Corp., offers a of high finance. tributed by tape on a cash basis. The Nash- The group is involved with variety of sports and entertainment program- the Financial ville -based company also offers a two -hour News Network broadcasts ing. Three of its sports shows are hosted by from the American Stock Exchange. weekly new age/jazz music format, Musical Bob Costas: Costas Coast to Coast is a two - Starstreams, and two oldies services, popu- hour sports talk show airing Sunday nights; lar and country, that are distributed on 90- Flashback is a two- minute show, re- Charles Michelson Inc.. Beverly Hills, minute tapes. Jeff Miller, production manag- Sports creating famous moments, heard every day: Calif., distributes classic radio programs er, said Musicworks also has the Jim Reeves Inside Sports Magazine is a two -minute from the 1930's, 40's and 50's. Michelson Radio Special, a five -hour program hosted show heard daily. The Costas shows are all has opened offices in San Francisco and by singer Eddie Arnold, and several reels of together, and heard on about 250 New York and is now offering Voyage of the Christmas music. packaged Scarlett Queen, a half -hour dramatic series stations. from the late 1940's. The company has 26 John Madden hosts the other two sports The National Wildlife Federation is now series, including Dragnet, Gangbusters, programs. John Madden's Sports Calendar shopping for a sponsor of its Nature News - Sherlock Holmes, Red Ryder, and the FBI. debuted in April and is on 150 -200 stations; break, a one-minute information program Show cost ranges from $15 an hour for John Madden's Sports Quiz, a 90- second aired by 925 affiliates every weekday. The noncommercial stations and stations in the show which will be two years old in August, current sponsor, Mutual of Omaha, has 150 and beyond markets to an hour for is heard on more than 350 stations. $125 changed its marketing plans, according to stations in larger markets, such as New Coast to Coast is delivered via satellite, NWF's director of radio and TV, Phil Kavits. York. This averages out to about $35 an while the other Costas shows are on cas- The barter show is delivered on both cassette hour, said Michelson. Programs run a half - sette; Madden is on tape. and via National Puhlln Radios satellite. hour, and Michelson says that "like fine Two CD services began in January: The wine, they improve with age." Rock Comedy Network is targeted toward Nightingale- Conant Corp. continues to dis- rock- oriented stations, while The Contempo- tribute, for cash, a five -minute daily program rary Comedy Network is aimed more at MJI Broadcasting, New York, focuses on called Our Changing World. But the show contemporary stations. Both go_ out to 200 rock, urban and country music. MJI's shows has been "repositioned as the best of Earl stations. include Metal Shop, a weekly heavy metal Nightingale" following the motivational An adult comedy network, which will in- show carried on more than 100 stations; speaker's death last March, according to clude The Comedy Show, a two -hour week- Classic Cuts, a classic rock show carried on Sharon Glatzer, vice president of broadcast- end CD program hosted by Roy Firestone, 150 stations either weekly in a one -hour for- ing. Our Changing World is distributed on begins Aug. 1. Olympia is also supplying mat or daily in a 12- minute format, and Star - 12 -inch disks. stations with 15 comedy drops a week. beat, a one -hour show focusing on the urban contemporary scene. Starbeat is heard on North American Network produces and On The Scene Productions, Los Angeles, 70 stations. One of MJI's biggest shows is distributes three barter shows, said Lisa since merging with Radio Works close to a Direct Hits, a two hour, top -40 program car- Heavner, station services manager. Con- year ago, has found its consistent meal tick- ried on more than 100 stations and hosted sumer Headlines are 60- second reports on et with the one -hour barter series Columbia by Bill Lee. MJI also has a variety of two - subjects such as health and fitness, finance, Jazz Masterpieces. In its second year of pro- minute quiz shows for rock, urban contem- fashion trends, auto care and consumer duction, the show has cleared 42 stations, porary and country music. Rock Quiz also electronics. The 20 reports per week, like including WNEW(AM) New York, WNIB(AM) Chi- gives away prizes ranging from stereo other North American programs, are avail- cago and KLON(FM) Long Beach, Calif. equipment to a trip to Jamaica able on cassette or reel -to -reel. Our Back Jim Dennis, director of sales and market- MJI simulcasts with HBO this year includ- Yard, carried by 98 stations, is a 65 -report ing for OTSP, says that the show is generally ed musical specials featuring Roy Orbison, spring and summer series on lawn and gar- one hour in length and distributed by tape John Lennon and The Doors. MJI is also dening sponsored by the Outdoor Power (reel -to- reel), but Columbia Records does involved in several different Grammy and Equipment Institute. Snapshots, a Medi- offer some three -hour versions of the show Awards packages. terranean travel series sponsored by Vivitar, on compact disks. Much of the music comes MJI programs are distributed through sat- provides 20 60- second reports in July and from Columbia archives, featuring such jazz ellite and disk on a barter basis. MJI Presi- August. legends as Dave Brubeck and brothers dent Josh Feigenbaum estimates that MJI Wynton and Branford Marsallis. Dennis said programs are carried on 1,500 stations. Playa del Rey, Calif. -based O'Connor Cre- that CBS has been taking the old recordings ative Services produces and distributes and remastering them on CD for its affiliated Motor Racing Network, Daytona Beach, several production libraries on compact stations. Distributed on a barter basis, OTSP will broadcast 43 NASCAR stock car races disk. The Apple Digital Library consists of handles the sales, and CBS gets five min- via satellite. According to John McMullen, 24 compact disks containing roughly 400 utes of spot advertising for Masterpieces, MRN general manager, about 280 stations commercial -length basics; 123 holiday with another five minutes of commercial time carry the races and the Daytona 500 race tracks; 500 special production music cues; going to local stations. drew 375 stations. The Diehard 500, set for station promos, and 300 sound effects. The Although canceled as a five -minute se-

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 68 We try to predict what's going to be big. For instance, we covered Lyme disease last summer and it didn't get national play until recently," said the show's executive producer, Alex Diamond. The program is available in a four -and -a -half- minute daily format or a 29- minute weekly wrap -up, and is distributed free via Westar IV or tape. Diamond Com- Radio Vision Cristiana munications produces and distributes 260 four -and -a-half- minute programs and 52 Management Corporation half -hours per year to more than 300 corn - mercial and public radio stations in the U.S. Canada, the Virgin Islands, Guam and the a non -profit corporation Philippines. serving New York City DIR Broadcasting, a New York -based program producer and distributor that was established in 1973, is offering two new programs, Rick Dees on the Line (which has cleared 125 stations) and Live Cuts (which has cleared 100 stations). The former is a weekly, two -hour CHR request program that allows listeners to call a hotline to speak to Dees and his guests and to make requests on the air. Live Cuts is a daily short-form $11,000,000 program with original, otherwise unavailable live versions of rock songs. DIR is also offering The King Biscuit Flower Hour, the first SENIOR SECURED LOAN series it introduced when the company started, on compact disk. DIR's other programing includes Rick Dees' Weekly Top 40, a weekly four -hour contemporary hit radio countdown; The World of Rock With Scott Muni, a weekly two -hour AOR program hosted by Scott Muni, operations director of WNEW-FM New York; Live from the Improv, a daily 90 -second comedy routine taped at Los Angeles's WNYM -AM Improv comedy club; This Date in Baseball History, a daily 90- second program hosted (New York, NY) by veteran broadcaster Mel Allen, and This is NFL, a daily 90- second program hosted by broadcaster Steve Sabol. The company is no longer carrying Music Weekend or Scott Muni's Ticket to Ride. All shows are offered on disk and sold by barter.

Drake -Chenault Albuquerque, N.M. -based Acquisition Financing radio program producers, distributors and consultants, began offering commercial -free satellite programing April 1. The company was provided by formed a partnership with Jones Internation- al Ltd., a Denver -based multiple system operator, under the name Drake -Chenault Jones Satellite Services. Great American Country, a format introduced in 1973 (their first format offered via satellite), targets lis- BARCLAYS teners 25 -54. The company's second satellite- offered show was Adult Contemporary. which targets the 18 -44 audience. A third format, Prime Demo, will be available via BARCLAYS BUSINESS CREDIT satellite Sept. 1. Prime Demo features light music (in between AC and easy listening COMMUNICATIONS GROUP beautiful music) from the 1960's to the present, targeted to listeners aged 33 -49. Drake -Chenault continues to offer other 111 Founders Plaza formats, including Stereo Rock, a CHR format for the 12 -34 age group; M -O -R, an P.O. Box 118 upscale adult format targeting age 35 -64 adults; Urban -One, which was introduced in Hartford, CT 06141 1975 and targets the age 12 -34 audience; Easy Listening, a blend of instrumentals 1- 800 -BARCLAY and vocals targeting age 35 -plus listeners; Great Gold, an oldies format focusing on age 25-49 listeners, and Light Jazz, a mix of jazz and new age music targeting the age 25 -54 audience. The company has dropped

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 65 R A D I O 8 9 the Hot AC format. for WCNN(AM) Atlanta. A Matter of Law, which automation. All formats are offered automated or live is produced in conjuction with Synergy Inc., Air Force One is a new music library avail- assist. All formats, except for Easy Listen- Halesite, N.Y., is distributed free by cassette able on DAT only on a custom basis. Air ing and Light Jazz, are offered announced only. Forty -three stations currently carry the Force One offers 1,500 titles for AC, CHR, or unannounced. The taped formats are of- program. urban, MOR, and country formats. fered on reel -to -reel or digital. Eagle also offers Medical Journal, creat- The Master Service, a music library with Other services Drake -Chenault offers are ed by Adler over 20 years ago. Adler serves 1,500 titles for AC and CHR formats, contin- Playlist Plus, a computer -generated song - as producer and host of Medical Journal, ues to be available on reel -to -reel and DAT. by -song list for any format, which also in- which covers personal and family health. A customized version is also available. True cludes guidance by a Drake -Chenault con- The two- minute weekday program is based Country I, a format with more traditional sultant, and Digototal, an automatic on -air on interviews with health experts, and ex- country music, is still available, as is Gold play and recording system. cerpts of the interviews are heard in each Plus, an oldies format. Both are available on Drake -Chenault offers various special pro- program. The free program is available via reel -to -reel or DAT. grams: The History of Rock and Roll; The satellite or cassette and is carried by over ACHR, a progressive AC format, is no History of Country Music; Top 100 of the 100 stations. longer available. All of Far West's services 70's; Elvis: A Three Hour Special; Buddy o are offered on a cash -only basis. Holly; Roy Orbison; Evolution of Rock; Top Far West Communications has moved 10 Hits of All Time; Christmas at Our from Hollywood to Burbank, Calif. True Health Newsfeed is a Baltimore -based House; Holiday Hits, and Christmas in the Country II is a new contemporary country health and medical news service offered Country. All specials are offered for cash. format with crossover artists that will be free by the Johns Hopkins Medical Institu- available in August. The format focuses on tions since 1985. Beginning Sept. 2, the Eagle Media Productions Ltd., North Sa- artists of the 1970's and 1980's and is tar- service will add a second satellite feed. Pre- lem, N.Y., has a new weekday two- minute geted to 25 -plus listeners. Nine hundred viously, Health Newsfeed was only fed on program, A Matter of Law, which has been cuts are available on reel -to -reel or digital Friday. The new feed will be on Monday, on the air since May 1. A Matter of Law audio tape (DAT). The format is designed for which, according to Douglas Levy of the explains the fine points of law to the general live assist or full automation. Johns Hopkins office of public affairs, allows public and includes interviews with attor- Thirty Plus is another new format avail- the service to cover any stories that break neys, judges and law enforcement officials. able in August. It is mainstream AC "de- over the weekend and add them to Mon- Each program script is reviewed by the signed for the listener of the '90's without all day's feed. The five 60- second reports are American Bar Association to insure legal ac- the overplayed artists," according to Cindy also available through an automated 24- curacy, but the association does not monitor Jo Hinkleman, operations manager. The hour telephone feed. The service gets most editorial content. The program is hosted by 1,200 -cut selection includes music from the of its story ideas from current medical jour- Lou Adler, president of Eagle Media, who is 1960's to current songs. It is available on nals. "Every report includes a sound bite also consultant and morning news anchor reel -to -reel or DAT, with live assist or full from an expert in the field," said Levy, adding: "We are closely in touch with leading research in most fields." He said that they also use experts from other facilities besides Hopkins. More than 400 stations asked to be on the service's most recent mailing list and over 100 stations are carrying Health News - AM RADIO... ALIVE AND WELL feed at least three times a week, said Levy.

WITH Images Communication Arts, Jericho, AMERICAN RADIO NETWORKS N.Y.. focuses on producing and distributing short -form series and syndicating various series from the early days of radio. Images offers five series which are avail- on July 31, 1989 able on a cash basis on tape, including Richard Warner's Moneyline, a twice -daily American Radio Networks Welcomes one -minute feature; Healthstyles, a three - minute daily feature; American Time Cap- SONNY BLOCH with Today' s Business Journal sule; 90- second vignettes about unusual 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm (EST/EDT), Monday- Friday events and people; Cameos, two- minute vignettes about noted women in history, and The stories behind tomorrow's business headlines...today! A Bit About Computers, available either as SCOTT SANDVOS with All -Night Sports Radio a 90- second daily format or in a weekly half - hour format. 11:00 pm - 5:00 am (EST/EDT) Images also carries 10 college and pro - Scores Features Interviews Sportstalk Extras football short -form series. The daily five -minute programs are available on a barter basis. Inside the NFL and Countdown to CALL (5I8) 869 -4386 TODAY! Super Sunday are available nationally and are carried on nearly 800 stations. Dallas Satcom 1 R, T 19 and Galaxy 2, T3 Total Barter Cowboys Football Report, which is in its 13th year, and Southwest Conference Foot- ball Report are offered regionally. Six new regional programs are: Houston Oilers Foot- American Radio ball Report; Southeastern Conference Foot- ball Report; Big 10 Football Report; Atlan- Networks OW tic Coast Conference Football Report; PAC LiSiEY AMERICA'S TALIO 10 Football and Big 8 Football Report. The syndicated programing offered by Im-

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ries, The Unexplainable has a vast number reel -to -reel tape continuously for 52 weeks Major League Baseball Season. The Albert of episodes sitting on the shelf should sta- include The Laugh Machine, Fun Factory, specials are being sold on a cash basis. tions request the show. Dennis said the su- Dr. Dave's Comedy Drops and Laugh At- Starting this fall, PIA will be rolling out Pro pernatural vignettes are available on a cash tack. The Laugh Machine is carried on 150 Football This Week for national syndication basis, but declined to reveal the terms. CHR- and AOR- formatted stations, and is to over 200 stations. The NFL preview show delivered 32 times a month; Fun Factory was an exclusive to the Tribune Radio Net- airs in 132 markets; Dr. Dave's Comedy works for the previous two years. Orange Productions continues to produce Drops has amassed 153 markets for the PIA's involvement with Northwestern Uni- and distribute the weekly two -hour Sounds David Colin- produced cash /barter product, versity extends to its longest running proof Sinatra airing on more than 125 stations, and the urban contemporary- formatted gram, Northwestern Reviewing Stand, according to Phyllis Furst, director of affiliate Laugh Attack is distributed to 45 markets. which has been on the air throughout Chica- relations. The barter series, now in its sixth Quinn explained that ProMedia s nonco- go and Evanston, Ill., where the school's year, is available on disk and allows for 12 medy programing has been dropped to campus is located, since 1933. The half - minutes total of local advertising time. match the company's shift in philosophy: "It hour show clears about 120 stations [comedy] is past being called a trend; it's a throughout the country, primarily in Big Ten Overdrive Radio Network's three- and -a- reality." Conference markets. In addition, PIA will be half minute news programs are now re- including a 10 -game package of Loyola Uni- ceived by 225 stations, up 25 from last year, Public Interest Affiliates is entering the versity basketball, in Chicago. according to Sandra Green, director, station sports arena in a big way. Long a mainstay Additionally, the program supplier offers relations. The daily barter program covers of public affairs programing, the Chicago- half -hour public affairs shows to approxi- news of direct interest to truck drivers, in- based syndicator has secured a 29 -game mately 265 stations nationwide, including a cluding legislative issues and new products. football schedule, including 18 of the top 20 customized health care series to 128 sta- college teams, as Sears' College Football tions. Game of the Week. PIA has been doing The flagship program of Premiere Radio Northwestern University basketball and foot- Radio Programing Management, Orchard Networks is the Premiere Comedy Network, ball for over a year, but will now get choice Lake, Mich., has been steering a straight which provides 18 -20 comedic bits every national grid matchups including Notre course over the last few years, and with its week, either on script or reel -to -reel. Dame vs. Miami and Alabama vs. Auburn. vast selection of format libraries, the syndi- Launched in February, the program has 325 Also included in PTA's revitalized sports cator is staying with what it does best- affiliates, according to Gary Spivack, direc- lineup is NBC Sports commentator Mary Al- selling customized formats. RPM formats in- tor of public relations -promotions for the Los bert's five one -hour specials. Top events clude Contemporary Easy Listening, a li- Angeles -based radio programing company. leading off the schedule are Countdown to brary of 1,500 -3,000 cuts of digitally mas- The Cla'ence Update of ABC's All My Chil- Super Bowl Sunday, Preview of the College tered tapes; Spectrum AIC, a 15-category, dren, a 90- second satirical mini -feature, has Bowls, NFL Draft Show and Preview of the Continues ON page 88. more than 200 affiliates who receive it through satellite or phone feed. The host of Cla'ence. Brad Sanders, also is the voice of On the Phone with Ti -Rone. a two -minute "hip Dear Abby" sent on vinyl to about 150 affiliates. Also sent on vinyl weekly is Fraze at the Flicks, a 90- second "off- the -wall" from the Children's Health News Network, a free, movie review. About 175 stations carry True FREE weekly radio news service concentrating on Facts, hosted by WHTZ(FM) Newark, N.J.'s Ross Britton, and the original weekly shows Health pediatric and adolescent health and medical topics. of the National Lampoon Radio Hour. The Plain -Rap Countdown, a weekly countdown News Feeds are available via satellite and long distance show, is provided without a host so that it telephone. Produced and reported by Marge can be tailored to local markets. The show, Feed which can run from one to four hours, has Kumaki, an 18 year veteran of radio broadcasting. 180 affiliates. Premiere's other noncomedic show is Live from the '60's, a three -hour This radio news feed service is offered by weekly show currently subscribed to by about 300 affiliates. Children's National Medical Center in Washington, o D.C., one of the nation's premier pediatric health ProMedia, Northvale, N.J., has been gradu- care facilities. ally restructuring its company to be a leading supplier of radio comedy product. Now Upcoming topics include: Teen athletes and the 12- year -old program supplier is entering the country music market. William Quinn, steroids, Nutritious school lunches, Computer president of ProMedia, said that the compa- therapy for learning disabled children ny debuted The Country Comedy Network July 10 on "flagship stations in New York and Los Angeles." The 60- second "drops" For more information on this news feed, use musical parodies, spoof commercials contact the Children's Health News Network at and special I.D.'s for stations to use on their Children's National Medical Center, local morning shows. Kickers, another one - minute program, is also made up of song Health Netts Network (202) 939-4500. parodies, and is cleared in 50 markets. Quinn noted that Kickers is lower budgeted than The Country Comedy Network, ranging in cost from $50 -$250 per week. Other 60- second features distributed via

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 69 LBS to syndicate NBC network news special It will be first time news added. network distribution channels, including division has made such a deal Adventures in Space will document the domestic syndication, cable, home video achievements of the space program. It is and overseas outlets." LBS Communications has acquired the being hosted by actor/producer Leonard Ni- LBS has distributed previous NBC worldwide syndication rights to an NBC moy (Star Trek), who will narrate on loca- owned- station projects, including last News special entitled Adventures in Space. tion in Washington at the Smithsonian's Air year's Strictly Business. However, that It's the first time the network's news divi- & Space Museum. program did not fare well in syndication sion has made such a deal with a syndica- According to Howort, LBS is in discus- and was dropped from national distribution. tor. LBS will distribute the four -hour spe- sions with NBC on "five or six other pro- Howort projected the Crime Beat special cial report internationally, for cash, when it jects," but that it is too early to talk about will reach a national clearance level of 80% becomes available in August. any of them yet. Therese Byrne, vice presi- by the time it airs. Right now, that is the The distributor is selling it to the domes- dent, NBC News marketing and business only project in the works with CBS or its tic marketplace for play this fall on a development, said the deal with LBS sig- owned stations. "But this is the first of straight barter basis, with the company and nals the division's effort to "develop and what we hope will be many projects we do stations each getting six minutes of com- market new products primarily to non- with CBS," said Howort. - sm mercial time to sell per hour. Separately, LBS has acquired the syndication rights to another new special, from WCBS -TV New York, entitled Crime Beat. It's Showtime for Viacom The station will air the special in prime time Aug. 17, preempting regular network pro- Braun is chairman, Schneier president post as executive vice president, program- graming. So far, affiliate stations covering of new division that will produce ing, Showtime Networks Inc., to an as yet about 50% of the country have also picked 12 pictures a year for Showtime and unnamed successor. up the special, said Phil Howort, president, other U.S. and international markets "One of the critical things about any new LBS Telecommunications. Crime Beat is entrant into the filmmaking community," also being offered on a straight barter basis. Viacom International last week announced Braun told BROADCASTING, "is if you can't LBS's TV Horizons will sell the national the formation of Viacom Pictures, a motion provide one -stop financing, you're not go- time in both specials. picture production company whose films ing to be somebody people come to first. In the cases of both the NBC and CBS - will premiere domestically on Showtime We've structured Viacom Pictures in such a produced specials, the respective owned and be distributed by Viacom Enterprises in way that when we want to green -light a stations will carry the program, said a number of other U.S. and international picture, we can put up the money." Once Howort. He indicated that in both cases, markets, excluding U.S. theatrical. Viacom established, Braun also expects that "a lot LBS expects to distribute additional news Pictures plans to produce approximately 12 of people will be knocking on our doors or entertainment -oriented projects for the films a year, with production budgets of $3 with capital." two networks or their owned- station million -$5 million. Films will be financed as "efficiently" groups. Neil S. Braun, named chairman of the as possible, said Braun, and "different pic- One advantage to a deal like this, of new production unit, will also retain his tures will lend themselves to different types course, is you have the owned- station base position as senior vice president, corporate of financing." Limited partnerships are to give the project a great start in domestic development and administration, Viacom possible "down the road," he said, but syndication," said Howort. "And we also International Inc. Frederick Schneier, ap- don't make sense as the company is starting have the opportunity to tap into the re- pointed president and chief executive offi- up. There is also interest in establishing sources and talent at the networks," he cer, Viacom Pictures, will relinquish his international co- productions, according to Schneier. "Over the last year and a half we've `Missing /Reward' going weekly spent a lot of time on recapitalizing the business," said Braun, "and we're now at Group W Productions has announced Missing /Reward, a syndicated one -hour spe- a point where we can focus a little more on cial that ran during the 1988 season, will be rolled out as a weekly half -hour series this Right now is a fall. Actor Stacy Keach will serve as host, as he did for the special produced last year expansion." there period of "contraction" in the independent filmmak- by Dave Bell Associates and Group W Productions. A station lineup including 28 of ing marketplace, he said, which is a good the top 30 markets has been sold, with coverage reaching 78% of the U.S. The time to enter the fray. program is being made available on a barter basis. "During that period a lot people will Missing /Reward features factual accounts of missing people and objects -all with of make a lot money, which will rewards offered for their safe return. The program will draw upon federal and local law of attract new entrants. enforcement agencies, insurance and news files, and information submitted by view- The business then becomes too crowded again, and the weakest parties ers. A 24 -hour phone number will be listed for viewers and updates on resolved cases have to close. We're in will be aired on later shows. that moment of contraction where a Recently appointed executive producer Ron Ziskin heads the production. He has right now, lot of weak companies are having a tough time." It's at produced Public People /Private Lives (with Sarah Purcell), Gary Collins's Hour that moment, Braun said, "that there is an Magazine and Regis Philbin's Health Styles. Ann Hassett and Robert Niemack are the opportunity, because where there are fewer producers. Both worked as producers for HBO's 1987 Peabody Award -winning people producing fewer pictures, America Undercover series. that's when you can make money." Stations set to clear Missing/Reward include WNBC -TV New York, KNBC -TV Los Schneier told BROADCASTING that win- Angeles, WMAO -TV Chicago, KYW -Tv Philadelphia and Kaix -ry San Francisco. Clearances dows for the films will proceed from Show- with Group Ws five O &O's and NBC's seven account for 12 of those top 30 markets time (with a possible simultaneous overseas markets sold. theatrical run) to home video to ad hoc

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 70 Andrews Group's April acquisition of New World, and as Gradinger noted, has involved "changing hands of stock" since June and an official filing with the FCC in August. New World Television currently produces the ABC sitcom The Wonder Years and CBS's Tour Of Duty drama. In addition, midseason replacements have also been ordered by ABC (Elvis: Good Rockin' Tonight) and CBS (Bagdad Gas & Oil; see page 74). Additionally, the company produces the daytime soup opera Santa Barba- ra, and has a 22- episode slate of Zorro adventures readying production for cable's Family Channel this fall. "The focus will change toward the TV unit, but the operation will not change dramatically," said Feltheimer, who as execu- Braun Schneier tive vice president helped launch New network (in the U.S.) to syndication. A employes, we can ably perform in the area World Entertainment's television division basic cable window is a possibility at of foreign distribution. five years ago. "We're going to be making some point down the line," Schneier said. "We know what we're doing," Braun more deals with writers and producers. "We've not built basic cable windows said, "we understand why we're doing it, We'll be increasing the size of our staff. into our thinking as a fundamental pre- and we're prepared to put up the mon- The movie -of- the -week area is where we'll mise," said Braun, but if that market ey." -RG be concentrating a lot of new effort." evolves to where it can pay license fees and Gradinger joined the New World TV be competitive with syndication markets. Group in 1986 as president and COO, hav- we would be open to that." ing served previously as senior executive According to Schneier, approximately 15 New World VP and COO at 20th Century Fox Televi- projects are in various stages of develop- sion. He also held prior posts at Columbia ment, and Viacom Pictures is "simply go- turns to TV Pictures Television and ABC. Coming un- ing through a quick transition from the der Gradinger's command at NWE will be Showtime development area. This gives us exclusively division heads James McNamara, executive a running start." VP, New World International; Tony Brown The first film to emerge from Viacom Producer is phasing out film unit Sr., vice president, New World Domestic Pictures is likely to be Fourth Story, from to concentrate on television Distribution; Margaret Loesch, president, The Konigsberg Sanitsky Co. Described by production; foreign co- productions Marvel Productions, and Bob Peters, presi- Schneier as a "thriller with comedic over- are new avenue being explored dent, Learning Corporation of America. the film be shot in northern According to Gradinger, the company California or Seattle and be ready by early The Andrews Group, parent company of will continue to acquire product for distri- 1990. New World Entertainment, announced that bution here and overseas, but has not yet Also given the green light is City of An- the Los Angeles studio will fold its film decided if it will handle domestic distribu- gels, a police story set in Los Angeles from unit into its full -time TV production unit, tion itself. Also being looked into is a for- ITC. This deal was made several months with New World Television boss Edward eign subsidiary to produce product abroad, ago, Schneier said, and doesn't fit exactly B. Gradinger assuming president and CEO and possible co- production ventures with into the new company's parameters. Other duties for New World Entertainment. Addi- foreign and domestic companies. -MF projects in development include Paris tionally, under the new structure, Jon Felth- Trout, the National Book Award winner eimer is being upped from president of New being adapted by author Pete Dexter, and World TV Productions to president of New TBS prepares for Spy vs. Spy, being developed with Viacom World Television. Goodwill Games Productions, based on the book by Ronald In his new duties, Gradinger will oversee Kessler. all phases of NWE's activities including The 1990 Goodwill Games, labeled by host "One of the reasons for calling this Via- New World television operations, domestic broadcaster Turner Broadcasting System as com Pictures as opposed to Showtime Pic- and international distribution, and subsid- the largest original sports programing event tures is that we're not trying to make made- iaries Marvel Productions and Learning for- television movies," said Braun. "We Corporation of America. Feltheimer will are trying to make what people in the indus- direct all aspects of New World Television, try traditionally call the small theatrical including development, production and net- film." At the same time, the new company work sales. OTLE is not trying to compete with the major A New World spokesman would not con- studios, Braun said. firm the disposition of film unit employes, "That would not be a winning proposi- saying higher-ups in the Andrews Group tion. Major studios are an important suppli- have yet to make a decision. er for Showtime and The Movie Channel," "Eventually what is left [of the film unit] he said. "Also, that's a very expensive will all be wrapped into the TV group," game to play and business to maintain." Gradinger reiterated. "Basically, we will For Viacom Pictures to be profitable, solidify the structure of the company with w Braun said, its appeal has to extend beyond the television unit remaining unchanged. Showtime, into financial success in foreign Changes will be made regarding form and territories. not necessarily substance. If you look at our 6k'ILL/L "This is a business we are uniquely well - structure, we will be much more competi- suited to produce for," said Braun, "be- tive in TV feature productions. They [The cause we have a unique relationship with Andrews Group] looked at the television Showtime, and already have a worldwide entity as having a much more lucrative fu- Uniting The World's Best distribution organization in place. With a ture." little bit of reconfiguring and a few new The shift in philosophy comes after The in cable television history, are expected to

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 71 be seen by an estimated I billion viewers around the world. Taking place in Seattle July 20-Aug. 5, Emmys for 1990, the games will be televised as a U.S. cable exclusive by TBS, which will air everybody more than 80 hours of the 17 -day event. According to Robert Wussler, TBS senior NATAS changes rules to give more executive vice president, more than 90% of stations and programs opportunity the country's top 25 MSO's have signed on to compete for annual awards for the games, totaling 33 million subscribers. Cable operators can buy into the games The National Academy of Television Arts for approximately $I per subscriber, an in- and Sciences has adopted a plan that will vestment that can be partially recouped enable just about all local TV stations, pro- through the sale of five minutes of local grams and individuals associated with those advertising avails during the telecast. programs to become eligible for regional Wussler said that the first Goodwill Emmy awards. Games, in Moscow in 1986, lost approxi- Traditionally, two types of Emmys have mately $26 million, and that "there is no been awarded by NATAS- national way the games can be profitable in 1990." awards, for outstanding broadcast and cable He is optimistic about breaking even next network news and sports programs, and year, but is prepared for a "small loss." local awards for local programs. (The Los Twenty -five hundred athletes from 50 Angeles -based Academy of Television Arts countries will compete in 21 sporting and Sciences awards national prime time events, and TBS's coverage will air from 8 Emmys as well as local Los Angeles Em- p.m.- midnight, Monday- Friday and week- mys; the two academies jointly award Em- ends, and 3 -6 p.m. weekends, said Rex mys for daytime programs.) Lardner Jr., TBS senior vice president and Up until now, only stations in about 35% general manager/Goodwill Games. During of the country have been eligible for the prime time, live coverage of boxing, track local awards because stations had to be and field, swimming, gymnastics, figure affiliated with, or at least in the vicinity of, organization without changing the present skating and basketball will be highlighted. one of the 17 local chapters of the Academy structure of the Academy and in the process Two hundred cameras, 20 mobile units to qualify. Under the adopted plan, the 17 over 90% of the country would become 175 will be to local chapters are being "regionalized" so eligible for local Emmy Award competi- and tape machines employed o capture the events taking place at 17 differ- that, for example, all stations in New York tion." ent sites in Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane and state will be eligible to compete for Emmys the Tri- Cities (Richland, Pasco and Kenne- awarded by the New York City chapter. wick) area, Lardner said. More than 1,400 The plan adopted last week basically ex- Team for `Hard people will be involved in the production, tends to all chapters the regionalization con- engineering and operations of the games. cept adopted several years ago by the NA- TBS also announced last week two new TAS chapter in Denver, which Copy' takes shape corporate sponsors for the games: Eastman implemented a Rocky Mountain Region Kodak, whose sponsorship focuses on Emmy awards program, and the Boston Executive producer Monsky filling women's basketball, and Wendy's Interna- Chapter's New England Emmy program. top spots for newsmagazine strip tional Inc., which will also serve as the Also, the NATAS chapter in Miami has with some well -known names official sponsor of women's volleyball. awarded Emmys to stations throughout the This marks the second time Wendy's has state of Florida since 1981. It looks as if Hurd Copy Executive Produc- sponsored a major sporting event, the first The plan developed by a NATAS "ex- er Mark B. von S. Monsky is looking to put being the 1988 winter Olympics. pansion" committee, co- chaired by Mi- together a team of journalistic hard hitters Other national and international sponsors chael Hardgrove, president and general with several key appointments to the Para- are Pepsi, Gillette, Budweiser, Sports Illus- manager of KETC(TV) St. Louis and New mount Pictures Corp. syndicated produc- trated, Frito -Lay, Boeing, U.S. Bancorp, York advertising executive June Colberg, tion. Monsky has appointed former WNEW- McCaw Communications, Holland Ameri- who is co- chairwoman of the New York TV (now WNYW -TV) New York vice ca Line -Westours Inc., Group Health Co- chapter. Other committee members includ- president and News Director John Parsons operative and Swiss Timing. ed, Robert Behrens, a Miami -based pro- Peditto as senior producer; Karen Lee Contracts and agreements in principle gram distributor; George Moussaian, ac- Copeland, previously of WNBC -TV New with broadcasters and networks have been count executive, WHIO -TV Dayton; Michael York, as producer; and This Evening Su- signed in the following countries: Spain, Duncan, a producer who founded the Nash- pervising Producer Linda Bell from Group Italy, France, Australia, Brazil, New Zea- ville chapter three years ago, and Sue Ann W Productions, as managing editor. land, Venezuela, Finland, Iceland, Den- Staake, a Washington -based television pro- Other top slots Monsky filled include mark, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Mexico, gram producer. In a prepared statement, former KNBC -TV Los Angeles producer/dir- Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Honduras, El Hardgrove and Colberg said: "The expan- ector Kim Paul Friedman, as director; CNN Salvador, Uruguay, Bolivia and Ecuador. sion would make NATAS a truly national Producer Eame Yates, as New York pro- All competitions, totaling more than 500 hours of coverage, will be available for Academy pact purchase from TBS by any international John Moffitt and Pat Tourk Lee of Moffitt -Lee Productions have signed as executive broadcaster. producers of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' 1st Annual Prinzetime The Goodwill Games will return to the Emmy Awards Presentations, to be broadcast Sunday, Sept. 17 (8 -11 p.m. ET and in USSR 1994, when Moscow and Lenin- Pacific Time), by Fox Broadcasting Co. The telecast, which marks the last year of a grad co -host the event, and will be held at three -year pact with ATAS to televise the Emmys and the Television Academy Hall of an as yet undetermined site in the U.S. in Fame, heralds Lee's first and Moffit's second assignment as producer of a prime time 1998. The 1990 games are jointly presented Emmy broadcast. (Moffitt served as producer /director in 1978 and director in 1976.) by the Seattle Organizing Committee, par- Moffitt and Lee gained recognition in their production of the HBO series Not Necessar- ticipating U.S. sports federations, TBS, the ily the News, and for putting together the fundraiser Comic Relief for the last three USSR State Committee for Physical Cul- years. This year's award ceremonies will be broadcast live (except on Pacific Time ture and the USSR State Committee for stations) from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Television and Radio. -RG

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Order TOLL -FREE using VISA or MASTERCARD: 1- 800 -638 -7827 ducer; and independent producer Margaret [the program's host] will be involved in "tabloid TV." The studio has cleared the Brower, associate producer. All appoint- everything from staff production meetings show in over 120 markets, representing ments are effective immediately for the to going out on field reports. We have 85% of the country. Monsky would not newsmagazine strip offering. remote units at this moment quietly operat- reveal the amount of Paramount's invest- With the first taping of Hard Copy corn- ing in Europe and Latin America and gath- ment in the program, but did say he has ing Sept. 18, Monsky said he has inter- ering stories. All of our crews, except in received a solid commitment for the show. viewed 250 people about other production L.A. and New York, will be freelance." "Paramount has a known reputation for and field reporting positions for the Los Once originally sold as Tabloid, Para- sticking with shows," said Monsky, refer- Angeles- and New York -based operations. mount changed the name to Hard Copy ring to the studio's pledge to ride out some The latest senior production appointments after recent media and advertising attention of the early rating troubles Entertainment reflect past associations Monsky has made to other reality -based shows labeled as Tonight experienced. -MF while working for network and independent news operations. "John [Peditto] and I were competing reporters in New York when I worked at CBS News and he was at ABC News many years ago," Monsky said. "I was vice president of news at NBC and Karen [Copeland] was at KNBC as program director. Kim [Friedman] and I worked together at Metromedia [before Fox Broadcasting Co. bought WNEW and changed the call - His and Hers' letters]. I think if you look at the collective credentials, there is a solid skeletal strength in the patterning of the staff." While Monsky is shaping the show to his specifications, he is playing his cards close to the vest on what the format and content of Hard Copy will be. "We would like to be what Life Magazine was to journalism in the 1930's and 40's," Monsky said. "To find out how much reality could be put in a reality -based show. To find a picture of the events that shape life in America. 'Loose Cannon' "The show will be meant as reaction to 'Normal Life' the breaking events, the day before the In the wings. CBS has announced three new half -hour comedies and one hour -long show airs," he added. "It will be basically drama series that will go into production for the 1989 -90 season. Bagdad Gas & Oil built around three six -minute pieces each (working title) starring Whoopi Goldberg and Jean Stapleton; His & Hers, starring show. If we have good enough breaking Martin Mull; and Normal Life, featuring Dweezil and Moon Zappa, have been dele- material, we could do a half hour on one gated as mid -season back -up shows. Radio personality Shadoe Stevens stars in a subject. Two of the pieces may be prepro- one -hour action -drama series, Loose Cannon. duced far in advance of airing. Alan Frio NBC takes week 43

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Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 74 FCC's `blue ribbon' HDTV committee extended to 1991 Patrick renews group's charter govern the entire testing process. The re- nets included in each proposal and how to to continue testing proposed sults will be the major input into the arrival obtain test video software that will fairly high- definition transmission of a recommended standard," said Irwin test the limits of each system. Working systems and recommend standard Dorros, executive vice president, technical parties within the planning subcommittee services, Bell Communications Research, continue to battle those arguments, and The parent "blue ribbon committee" of the Livingston, N.J., and chairman of the ATS when a consensus is reached, amendments FCC's advisory committee on advanced systems subcommittee. Dorros, whose will be added to the test parameter and television service (ATS) met last week for group devised the test plans in cooperation procedure plans. almost certainly the last time during the with the planning subcommittee, chaired by The time it is taking to come to decisions Dennis Patrick FCC. Patrick created the Joseph Flaherty, vice president, CBS engi- on the two issues is threatening to delay the ATS committee a few months after being neering and development, explained the startup of testing (now estimated for April appointed chairman in 1987, and in what is function of the plans. 1990) even further. If that appears to be likely to be one of his last HDTV -related The test parameter plan lists the attributes happening, Wiley said that he will call a decisions, he began the process of rechar- that will be tested by the labs that are work- meeting of the ATS steering committee and tering the group for another two years. ing in cooperation with the advisory com- make the decisions himself. The advisory committee's original two - mittee, the Advanced Television Test Cen- Wiley again announced his intention to year charter runs out this fall. The rechar- ter and Cable Television Laboratories Inc. convene a meeting of the proponents to set tering will give the committee until the fall (Cable Labs). The test procedure plan out- up a solid testing schedule to insure that of 1991 to complete testing of the proposed lines how each of the various attributes will each system is tested before the end of transmission systems and to recommend a be tested, Dorros said, while the test man- 1991. The meeting, which will probably be standard to the FCC. "While we may be agement plan alerts the proponents to the held in October, was first announced the returning for another two years, we do not various details of the testing process, such week before at an ATS steering committe, have a lot of room to spare in the schedule. as "what to expect in the test facilities, meeting (BROADCASTING, July 17). It is going to be a very busy two years," who's doing the testing, and contingencies, During that meeting, Dorros also said predicted ATS Committee Chairman Rich- like what happens if you voluntarily with- that he had sent a letter to each of the 16 ard Wiley. draw or what happens if you want to modi- proponent organizations that had indicated The proper documents are now being fy your system under testing." they would take part in the ATS testing. As filed with the appropriate bureaucratic of- Both Dorros and Wiley said, however, of last week, Dorros said that he had re- fices. Approval of the extention is expected that the test plans are evolutionary and that ceived written responses from 13 and that before the current charter runs out in 10 further additions or changes might be made only eight have said that they will be ready weeks, according to Mass Media Bureau before testing begins. "But there was a to have their systems tested within the com- Chief Alex Felker. need to approve the procedures that they mittee's deadlines. Those proponents are: Patrick appeared at last Wednesday's had now to keep the process moving on Faroudja Laboratories, the Massachusetts (July 19) blue ribbon committee meeting to schedule," Wiley said. Institute of Technology, the New York In- congratulate the group on its accomplish- Two sticking points that have been stall- stitute of Technology, Japan's NHK, North ments. "A massive amount of progress has ing progress on the test plans for months American Philips, Production Services been made in a short period of time," he have been the issues of whether there Inc., the David Sarnoff Research Center said. Patrick also offered the committee should be a minimum of digital audio chan- and Zenith. -RMS some advice on the kind of system it should ultimately recommend. "It is absolutely essential" that the final system have ample NAB protests proposed HDTV moratorium headroom so that it may grow into an even The National better system as the technology progresses, Association of Broadcasters has responded to a suggested five -year he said. The FCC chairman also predicted moratorium on broadcast high- definition television terrestrial transmission which has that the committee will face tough decisions been proposed in a plan to the Pentagon. The call for the moratorium is contained in involving spectrum allotment. "In order to an eight -page memo to the Defense Manufacturing Board (DMB) written last April by achieve the twin objectives of efficient Roy L. Beasley, a professor at Howard University in Washington, and a consultant to the Pentagon. NAB President in spectrum use and a rapid assignment of Eddie Fritts, a letter to FCC Chairman Dennis Patrick, frequencies, you may find it helpful to con- said that a moratorium would result in "a delay of this country's entry into HDTV. sider some creative and unconventional [Beasley] apparently does not understand that, with standards adopted by the FCC in the early 1990's, will ideas," Patrick said. "I urge you not to U.S. consumers enjoy HDTV in their homes well before the year 2000." reject them out of hand. It may turn out that win -win solutions are achievable by resort- In his memo, entitled "Strawman II," Beasley proposes the moratorium in part to halt ing to marketplace decision -making." "the potentially disastrous impact of current trends in HOW on the semiconductor Over the past year, the ATS committee industry" and other parts of the U.S. economy. The Defense Department denied published reports that DMB had has been hit with a number of setbacks organized a task force to develop long -range HDTV resulting in several delays in the planned strategies and had named Beasley to head the group. NAB Executive Vice President Abel he startup of proponent systems testing. One John said did not know how much weight Strawman II carries among of those setbacks has been the group's in- Pentagon officials, but that NAB wants to put its vigorous opposition to the moratorium record. ability to agree on how to proceed with the on testing. That problem was partially solved The Fritts letter also attacked Strawman II's proposal that the Defense Advanced at the blue ribbon committee meeting, when Research Projects Agency (DARPA) act as a sort of HDTV "czar," overseeing HDTV the members unanimously adopted test pa- policy in all sectors of the federal government. He said Beasley's analysis did not take rameter, test procedure and test manage- into account the work that has already been done by the FCC's advisory committee on ment plans. advanced television service (ATS). "Overall, Mr. Beasley's proposals reflect a narrow- "These are the three documents that will ness of scope and an arrogance of approach that is stunning," Fritts said.

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 75 Rounding out top 10 Station Format Spring programing, is expanding into radio 88 89 programing with the creation of the Raycom Listed below are spring 1989 Arbitron Washington Radio division. President of the new ratings for radio markets eight through 10 WPGC -FM CHR 5.6 6.4 division is Rick Shaw, formerly with the 1 BROADCASTING, (for markets -7, see July WMZO- AM -FM' Country 7.3 6.0 University of Kentucky Network. He will 17). All results are based on the Arbitron WGAY(FM)' Easy listening 6.6 6.0 oversee Raycom's offices in Chicago and spring 1989 radio local market report for WMAL(AM) Variety 5.3 5.3 Champaign, both Illinois, and West the period beginning March 30 and ending WKYS(FM) Urban contemp. 6.4 5.0 Lafayette, Ind. June 21 (total persons, age 12 -plus, WAVA(FM) CHR 4.8 4.7 average quarter -hour shares, Monday - WRQX(FM) CHR 3.8 4.2 Sunday, 6 a.m.- midnight). Ratings data WTOP(AM) News 3.8 4.1 Comings and goings WASH -FM Adult contemp. 3.0 4.0 used is supplied by Arbitron and is WCXR(FM)* Classic rock 3.9 3.8 With the aim of exporting its product copyrighted; it may not be reprinted or WWDC -FM- AOR 5.1 3.8 overseas, Music Network has used in any form by nonsubscribers. An the Satellite asterisk indicates a tie. Houston -Galveston signed International Communications KMJQ(FM) Urban contemp. 8.8 9.1 Inc., a Tokyo -based communications firm, KILT -FM Country 6.7 8.2 to market the company's formats in Station Format Spring KLOL(FM) AOR 5.9 7.0 Japan. Currently, Satellite Music Network 88 89 KKBQ -AM -FM CHR 6.7 6.6 offers 10 formats, delivered via satellite Dallas -Fort Worth KIKK -FM Country 8.1 6.5 to more than 1,000 affiliates in the U.S. and KVIL -AM -FM AC 10 8.6 KODA(FM) Easy listening 5.2 5.9 Canada. KPLX(FM) Country 7.0 7.3 KTRH(AM) News 6.2 5.8 Importing overseas programing, on the KSCS(FM) Country 6.2 6.9 KRBE -FM CHR 8.4 5.5 other hand, is what superstation WFMT(FM) WBAP(AM) Country 6.7 6.6 KLTR(FM) Adult contemp. 3.3 4.2 Chicago will be doing when it broadcasts KKDA -FM Urban contemp. 8.0 5.9 KQUE(FM) MOR 3.4 3.8 KEGL(FM) CHR 5.0 4.4 Wagner's four -part opera, The Ring Cycle, KHYI(FM)' CHR 5.3 4.3 Into radio in performance at Bayreuth, Germany, KJMZ(FM)' Urban contemp. 5.1 4.3 conducted by Daniel Barenboim. The KRLD(AM)' News, sports 4.9 4.3 Raycom Sports and Entertainment, a program is scheduled to air Sunday KMEZ -FM Easy listening 1.5 4.0 Charlotte, N.C. -based producer of sports afternoons in September at 4 p.m. CT.

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KMIN -iM Hong Kong, Tokyo, Zurich, The network's concept is B »; FYankfurt and Toronto. performing in the marketplace, Business Radio Net- work NBC appeals Newton verdict Network goes to U.S. Appeals Court shot to death on Sept. 19, 1981. for the court to make. over $5 million -plus libel award; In none of the broadcasts at issue did Nor was that all. NBC says the court it says judge erred and that punitive Crocker, in rejecting NBC's request for a erred in permitting the $5 million punitive award violates First Amendment judgment in its favor, cite a fact that was damage award -"the largest ever imposed false. In fact, NBC notes in its appeal, against a news organization " -to stand. The $5,275,000 awarded Wayne Newton Crocker, in a previous summary judgment NBC says there was no evidence that the following a U.S. District Court trial in Las ruling, had concluded that a "substantial broadcasts were motivated by "hatred or ill Vegas of his libel suit against NBC consti- and persuasive showing" had been made will," as required by Nevada law. It also tuted the largest award ever against a news that every statement in the broadcasts was says the award was "excessive" and a vio- organization -and that after the judge re- either true or legally protected. Neverthe- lation of the due -process and free -speech duced the jury's award of $19,271,750 less, Crocker concluded that the broadcasts guarantees of the U.S. Constitution. In- ($22,757,272.80 including interest). But it had left a false impression. That judgment deed. NBC asks the appeals court to hold was a judgment, according to NBC in an boiled down to the assertion by Newton's that punitive damages in public figure cases appeal filed last week with the U.S. Court counsel that the broadcasts "alleged and/or are a violation of the First Amendment. of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, that trails asserted" that Newton obtained financing "Exposing the press to massive and unpre- a number of errors on the part of the presid- for his interest in the Aladdin "by and dictable awards of punitive damages," ing judge. through 'Mafia' and 'Mob' sources" and NBC says, "will inevitably chill the vigor A principal focus of the brief's attack is that Newton held a "hidden" ownership of reporting on important public issues." Judge Myron Crocker's refusal to reject the interest in the hotel and casino for the bene- In contending that Crocker erred in refus- jury's award, notwithstanding the verdict, fit of those sources. ing to grant a change of venue, NBC's law- on the ground that the three broadcasts at First of all, said NBC, "liability in a yers -Floyd Abrams, of Cahill, Gordon & issue left a "false impression" about New- public figure libel case may not be imposed Reindell, was the lead attorney -had an op- ton. NBC argues that the First Amendment except with respect to a statement actually portunity to vent the frustration they felt in protects the media against libel judgments made by the defendant.... Permitting a li- defending against the suit brought by the in suits filed by public figures-like New- ability to be imposed on the basis of 'im- entertainer that Newsweek had labeled "the ton- that are based on alleged false impres- pressions' left by broadcasts about public king of Las Vegas ": "Over the course of five sions. Another of the court's alleged errors figures imperils the core of Sullivan," re- years of trial preparation, while Wayne New- was the refusal to grant NBC a change of ferring to New York Times tv. Sullivan, in ton drove about Las Vegas in his car with venue. Considering Newton's enormous which the Supreme Court held that public license plate VEGAS 1, defendants were popularity in Las Vegas, NBC contends, figures who file libel suits must prove "ac- obliged to drive on Wayne Newton Boule- holding the trial there "was the American tual malice" on the part of the defendant. vard to get from McCarran Airport to the equivalent of trying author Salman Rushdie "For once the question is asked not of the federal courthouse.... Las Vegas celebrated in Teheran for defaming the Ayatollah." truth or falsity of what a broadcast said 'Wayne Newton Day'.... Newton was named Crocker indicated he had developed about a public figure but what impressions 'Distinguished Citizen of the Year'...." some uncertainty about the propriety of try- it left about that person, every broadcast Newton's "virtual deification" by the ing the Newton case in Las Vegas. In re- could be subjected to a myriad of differing city, NBC contends, "doomed, from the sponse to NBC's petition for judgment re- claims," said NBC. start, NBC's ability to obtain a fair trial." jecting the jury verdict or, in the Furthermore, NBC contends, even if li- NBC's position was supported in two alternative, granting a new trial, Crocker ability could be imposed on the basis of friend -of- the -court briefs filed by broadcast reduced the award by some $14 million - false impression, it cannot be imposed in and other media groups. Capital Cities/ he eliminated $9 million for claims of lost the absense of "clear and convincing ABC, CBS and Fox Television Stations, in past and future income and $5 million for proof' that the broadcaster intended to one brief, argue that the First Amendment damage to Newton's reputation. And he leave that impression. And that proof is not prohibits libel by impression alone. At a directed Newton either to accept the represent in the case at issue, in NBC's view. minimum, they argue, a plaintiff in a public duced award -which included $5 million Crocker had held that. regardless of its figure libel case must prove that the impres- for punitive damages -or face a new trial in intention, NBC should have "foreseen" that sion was intended. "If the press were re- the Central District of California. Newton viewers could have inferred from the broad- quired to defend against libel suits by hav- accepted the reduced award. cast that organized crime had financed New- ing to defend the truth of the proposition The suit grew out of four broadcasts that ton's purchase of the Aladdin. Failure to that the subject of a criminal investigation reported on a federal investigation of crime foresee that possible inference, he added, is, in fact, guilty of the crime being investi- figures -Frank Piccolo and his cousin, constituted "a reckless disregard for the gated," the brief says, "it would be almost Guido Penosi -and their relationship with truth" justifying imposition of the liability. impossible to report on investigations." In Newton, who at the time had recently been But, NBC maintains, the Sullivan test sim- the other brief, 15 groups, including the licensed to operate the Aladdin Hotel and ply asks whether a journalist realized the National Association of Broadcasters, the Casino. The first broadcast, prepared by statement was false or whether he acted in Radio -Television News Directors Associa- investigative reporters Brian Ross and Ira reckless disregard as to whether it was true or tion, and The New York Times Co., con- Silverman, aired on Oct. 6, 1980, and false. "An impression not intended to be left tend that the award of punitive damages in raised questions about Newton's truthful- by a journalist thus cannot, under any the- public figure libel cases violates the First ness in appearances before Nevada's gam- ory," the brief adds, "give rise to liability." Amendment. Indeed, the brief says a series ing authorities regarding those relation- NBC says the court erred also in permit- of Supreme Court decisions points to the ships. The subsequent broadcasts-the last ting the jury to determine whether state- conclusion that "the threat of unnecessary was on March 14, 1982- reported on the ments in the broadcasts were matters of fact litigation, arbitrary punishment of unpopu- continuing federal investigation, including or opinion, and whether portions of the lar defendants and self- censorship of pro- the indictment of the two crime figures for broadcasts were protected by the fair report tected speech, all encouraged by [punitive attempted extortion of Newton and two oth- privilege that applies to fair and accurate damages] awards, far outweighs any argu- ers and the trial of one of them. Piccolo was reporting. Those decisions, NBC says, are able benefit." -12

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 78 Sikes discloses finances cable industry than any other industry before the subcommittee," said Markey. The Senate Commerce Committee has yet to announce confirmation hearings for Moreover, he said that if cable does not the nominations of Alfred Sikes, Sherrie Marshall and Andrew Barrett to the FCC solve these problems at the although Chairman Hollings (D -S.C.) indicated they were working to set a date. "consumer /voter level, members of Con- Meanwhile, Sikes, who has been designated as FCC chairman, filed his financial gress increasingly will decide they have to disclosure report last week. (Candidates are not required to provide exact numbers solve them for you." only a range.) He advised cable to first solve their dif- Among Sikes assets: common stock in Sikes Sporting Goods, Sikeston, Mo., ferences with broadcasters over the must - (valued at $15,001- $50,000) of which he sold 10 shares last year (December 1988) for carry rules and channel repositioning. ($5,001 -$15,000); partnership interest in Lakcom -notes from the sale of Lakcom's (Markey said that two years ago. he first KRMS(AM)- KYLC(FM) Osage Beach. Mo. in 1986, (over $250,000) with income (both warned cable not to indiscriminately engage interest and capital gains) of $50,001- $100,000; a Flex Funds money market fund in channel switching because it would im- purchased last year (August 1988) and valued at ($50,001- $100,000); IRA -Evergreen ply arrogance.) "Surely, a constitutional Fund ($1,001 -$5,000); Series E Bonds ($1,001- $5,000); IRA -shares in Walmart Stores supportable compromise can be reached ($5,001- $15,000); NOW account ($1,001 -$5,000); IRA -"New Beginning" ($5,001- that is acceptable to both industries," he $15,000); Shares in Merril Lynch TIGR retirement money fund (IRA) ($1,001 -$5,000); said. partnership interest in Summit Communications formed in 1979 to purchase The industry must also examine the issue KLGT(FM) Breckenridge, Colo., note paid off (May 1989) from sale of station in 1984 of sports on cable: "If the MSG- Cablevi- (with both interest and capital gains of $15.001- $50.000): Sikes Education Trust held sion controversy has demonstrated any- note for Summit (valued at $1,001- $5,000) with income (both interest and capital gains thing, it is that when local sports teams or of $5.001- $15,000); thrift savings plan ($5,001 -$15,000); thrift savings plan ($1,001- major sporting events are unavailable to $5.000): sold lake property in Table Rock, Mo., ($15.001- $50,000); purchased 20 consumers, or are priced at what consumers acres in Dorchester County. Md., ($100.000 -$250.000). perceive to be an unreasonable level. there To avoid any conflict of interest, Sikes says he and his wife have agreed to divest will be political consequences. It is no acci- their interest in the Lakcom notes or to transfer Sikes' interest to his spouse. He also dent that virtually every member of the plans to recuse himself from any matters involving KOMC(AM) -KRZK(FM) Branson, Mo., in Long Island delegation sponsored or co- which his brother and father have a limited partnership. Sikes' wife, Marty, who works sponsored a cable reregulation bill while the for Senator John Danforth of Missouri, the ranking Republican on the Senate Com- MSG -Cablevision controversy remained merce Committee is retiring Aug. 1. unresolved," Markey said. The Sikes filing also revealed his political campaign contributions 1988: Bill Emer- Also, he said, cable operators should son (incumbent House Republican from Missouri) for Congress, $500; Danforth for pay more attention to customer service. Senate. $500; Republican National Committee, $200. and Jerry Floyd for School "When customers with service problems Board (Montgomery, Md.), $25. receive an unceasing busy signal. when Both Marshall and Barrett filed financial disclosure reports earlier (BROADCASTING, they call in their complaints, or when ser- July 3). Marshall stated that she would permanently recuse herself from participation vice workers are tardy. or discourteous, or in ajudicatory or other matters in which she personally partcipated as counsel before poorly trained, your industry suffers." Fi- the commission. And she said she will abstain from participating for one year in any nally. he added, make your rates reason- ajudicatory matter in which Wiley, Rein & Fielding is a counsel of record. able. Said Markey: "Whatever the results of that national survey, it is In other information reported, Barrett said he was involved in a paternity suit filed in clear that in some 1974 in the Cook County. Ill., Circuit Court The suit was settled and dismissed with localities cable rates have out- prejudice in August 1981. stripped inflation. logic or sound political reasoning.' Besides his warnings to cable, the chair- GAO cable rate survey man was full of praise. "The cable industry has flourished because it has been innova- to debut at Aug. 3 House hearing tive, flexible and offers excellence," said Markey. It has "revolutionized the media Markey tells New England cable "If the cable industry were a movie, marketplace. CNN, C -SPAN, ESPN, the operators that survey should shed 1984 would have been 'Deliverance' but Learning Channel, Disney, Nickelodeon, light on rate controversy: he warns 1989 would be The Year of Living Dan- Black Entertainment Television, Galavision industry that unless it deals with gerously.' " He issued the same word of and numerous other new and innovative must carry, sports on cable and caution at a private luncheon during the cable programing services contribute great- consumer complaints about service National Cable Television Association con- ly to the abundance of news. information and rates, Congress may reregulate vention in Dallas (BROADCASTING. May and entertainment programing available to 23). the American public. In no other nation The results of a cable rate survey conduct- "When I talk to subcommittee members, does the average citizen have available the ed by the General Accounting Office will or members of Congress as a whole, they richness and diversity of programing avail- be released Aug. 3 at a House Telecom- raise more specific complaints about the able to Americans." -KM munications Subcommittee hearing. Sub- committee Chairman Ed Markey (D- Mass.) told last week's meeting of the VVeeIIUIngISoGiÌmVValSch New England Cable Association in New- port, R.1., that a hearing to review the Fairness plan reaction. House Energy and Commerce Committee's decision two findings is He scheduled. commissioned weeks ago to include fairness doctrine in budget reconciliation package (BROADCAST- GAO to rates survey after it became ap- ING, July 17) elicited strong response from Radio -Television News Directors Associa- parent that there were no conclusive stud- tion. RTNDA President David Bartlett said association opposes reenactment of fair- ies on the subject. ness for number of reasons. But that it is "particularly disturbed by the method chosen Markey also urged cable to respond to by supporters of this discredited concept to sneak it into law." RTNDA statement also the growing "anxiety" on Capitol Hill over pointed out that U.S. Court of Appeals in upholding FCC decision abolishing doctrine cable rates and to complaints about industry ruled that fairness "encouraged excessive and unnecessary government intervention" behavior toward competitors. He warned into editorial process. "We have no desire to get caught in the middle of a power the cable executives that trouble is on the struggle between Congress and the FCC. We simply want to gather and report the horizon and pointed out that more than a news without having our editorial judgments second -guessed by bureaucrats." Bart- dozen bills affecting cable have been intro- lett said. duced this year.

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 79 Busicss;

Time, Warner cable operations log record second quarter ATC revenues up 19 %; Warner's and 13% of its operating income growth that its net sales for the fiscal third quarter cable and broadcasting division came from consolidated results of the corn - which ended May 31 fell 2% to 178.7 up 24 %; news not so good for pany's Memphis, Tenn., cable system. million. The company reported a loss of HSN as sales fall 2% ATC, which previously owned 49% of the $5.9 million for the quarter, compared to system, purchased the balance of it late last earnings of $6.4 million one year earlier. As quarterly earnings were released last year. HSN's loss this year resulted included an week, both Time Inc. and Warner Commu- Time's operating income from program- extraordinary after -tax gain of $1.8 mil- nications reported record results for their ing was $52 million for the quarter, up $16 lion resulting from the repurchase of $13 cable operations in the quarter. Shop -by- million from the second quarter of 1988. million of the company's long -term obli- television operator Home Shopping Net- The segment's results included a $12 mil- gations. HSN said that earnings were neg- work reported revenues down from the cor- lion Turner Broadcasting System stock div- atively impacted by "substantial" general responding quarter last year and a net loss idend, which came in a different quarter and administrative expenses, which grew compared to a profit a year ago. last year. The division's revenues were up 63% to $24.1 million for the quarter ($5.4 Time's 82% -owned cable subsidiary, 3% to $283 million, with pay -TV subscrib- million of the general and administrative American Television & Communications, er revenue gains offset by lower HBO Vid- costs were legal expenses, primarily re- reported revenues of $240. I million for the eo revenues. sulting from the company's suit against quarter, up 19% from one year earlier. Net Warner's Cable and Broadcasting divi- GTE). income was $23.2 million, up 12%. The sion, which includes the results of the com- HSN chairman and chief executive offi- company said that operating cash flow for pany's minority holdings in broadcaster cer Roy Speer said in a statement that the the second quarter was $105.6 million, giv- BHC Inc., reported revenue of $139.5 mil- company was exploring a "streamlining" ing the company an operating cash flow lion, up 24%, and operating income of $30 of its operations which could be accom- margin of 44%. million, up 54 %. plished through "consolidation, disposal or Thirty percent of ATC's revenue growth Home Shopping Network said last week discontinuance." o Two advertisers targeted for boycott

Clorox and Mennen subject of airing in programs that make gratuitous, tion of Evangelicals, said last week that the CLear -TV boycott over sponsorship overly graphic use of sex or violence; treat stringent advertising standards claimed by of programs during May sweeps ethnic, religious or political groups in a Clorox and Mennen were not in evidence disparaging manner; present facts inaccu- during the May sweeps. "A standard means Christian Leaders for Responsible Televi- rately, or glorify the use of drug or alcohol nothing if you don't apply it," he said. sion (CLeaR -TV) announced last week it consumption. Melvin said CLeaR -TV's effort to make has targeted two major sponsors of network Reicker said Clorox will review all of the the boycott stick would include the produc- prime time television -Clorox Corp. and screening reports and shows the company tion of a 30- minute television program ad- The Mennen Co. -for a one -year consumer advertised in during the May sweeps and dressing the boycott and so- called offensive boycott of their products, for allegedly be- "take whatever action, if any, we deem prime time programing. Melvin said the ing "among the leading sponsors of sex, appropriate." coalition would ask religious broadcasters violence and profanity during the recent The Mennen Co. issued a statement also around the country to air the program free sweeps period of April 27 -May 24." noting long- standing pre- screening and of charge. Radio spots about the boycott Earlier this year, CLeaR -TV, founded by standards policies. The statement also said have already aired on religious stations in Rev. Donald Wildmon in 1986, said it the company "frequently declines to spon- major markets, he said. would monitor programing during the May sor programs that do not meet its stan- Advertising agency executives expressed sweeps and target for boycott "one or dards." As an example it named last sea- doubt last week the boycott would have more" of the leading sponsors of program- son's ABC series Heartbeat, which it opted much impact, based on the failure of previ- ing deemed "anti- Christian" and perceived not to place spots in. ous efforts. And one agency executive, to contain excessive amounts of sex and "We do not believe the Mennen Co. McCaffrey and McCall founder David violence. should act as a censor for CLeaR -TV or for McCall, asserted during a discussion on last Both Clorox and Mennen took exception any other group," the company said. "We Wednesday's Today show that CLeaR -TV to last week's announcement. A Clorox will, however, continue to avoid programs was a "censorship group." spokesman said the company was "sur- that we believe are offensive, [and] we be- Speaking during the same segment, Zev prised" CLeaR -TV targeted it. "We have lieve the viewing public will understand the Braun, producer of CBS's Tour of Duty, had a set of standards in place going back position we are taking and recognize that cited for violence by CLeaR -TV, said the more than eight years," said Fred Reicker, opinions may differ regarding acceptable coalition's effort amounted to "attempted Clorox director of communications. programs." censorship." Braun said it would be "dis- Reicker also said that programs in which CLeaR -TV said its May sweeps monitor- honest" to produce a program about the the company advertises are screened by the ing was done by about 3,000 monitors in 33 Vietnam war without depicting the violence company's advertising agencies, a process states. The group, a coalition of 1,600 that occurred. that is coordinated by Young & Rubicam. Christian leaders around the country, said Melvin denied last week his group was "We are routinely notified by our ad agen- the results showed Clorox and Mennen to trying to censor anyone. "They are the cies in the case of shows in question," he have "ignored" three formal requests not ones practicing censorship," he said. said. "There was no indication the pro- to support offensive network prime time "They don't like what we are putting the grams we advertised in in May did not meet programing. spotlight on. We are saying the limits [in our standards." CLeaR -TV Chairman Dr. Billy Melvin, prime time] have been pushed too far. Reicker said the standards preclude spots executive director of the National Associa- Those programing trends are contributing to

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 80 the destruction of the quality of life we Of the three networks, NBC had the enjoy in this country. We have the right to strongest response critical of the CLeaR-TV bring that idea into the marketplace." boycott. "In attempting to define for others Yet critics of the CLeaR -TV efforts con- what is acceptable programing and impose tended last week that Melvin defeated his its views on others, CLeaR -TV is ignoring own argument that the boycott was not at- the traditions of free choice and free speech tempted censorship. They pointed to his that most Americans embrace," NBC said. suggestion that "90% of the problems Viewers, the network statement said, will would be solved if [producers] would cut hopefully "recognize this one-sided, mis- two and a half minutes" from the offending guided tactic for what it is." SOLD! programs. A CBS official, asked for a comment, John Sisk, senior vice president, J. Walter said the CLeaR -TV monitoring survey was Thompson, agreed that CLeaR -TV was "cer- at best "subjective." ML Media Partners, L.P., tainly within its rights" to call for a boycott. ABC had no official comment, but ABC has acquired KORG -AM/ "And advertisers have the right based on Entertainment President Robert Iger ad- their policies to advertise on certain programs dressed the general issue of groups like KEZY -FM Anaheim, Cali- or stay away. The issue now is, can a boycott CLeaR -TV during an interview at last fornia, from Anaheim of this nature damage advertisers? No past week's TV critics press tour in Los Ange- effort has been successful." les, saying, "We must be careful not to Broadcasting Corporation Other programs cited as offensive by submit to coercion from what might be a for $15,125,000. Win CLeaR -TV during the sweeps were NBC's minority." Miami Vice, Midnight Caller and Dream Melvin said CLeaR -TV has already writ- Communications, Inc. will Street; CBS's Knots Landing and The ten to 500 prime time advertisers informing manage these properties. Equalizer, and ABC's A Man Called Hawk them the group will conduct another monitoring session this fall. -SM and Gideon Oliver. Elliott B. Evers and Randall E Jeffery, GLOBAL SEGMENTS Brokers

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Universal consumer identified by ad agency RADIO and TELEVISION BROKERAGE FINANCING APPRAISALS Backer Spielvogel Bates Worldwide, as part of its four -year -old Global Scan survey of consumer attitudes in 14 countries, said last week it has divided the general population into "five distinct consumer classes that span national borders and transcend cultural differences." The agency, which draws its conclusions from interviews with 15,000 people annually, is using its database to make predictions of consumer trends. Thirty -three percent of Americans live in what BSBW called "Striver" households. Strivers, according to the company's definition, work hard but are not necessarily successful in reaching their goals. "Under stress most of the time, they prefer products and services that are sources of instant gratification." L'A46 Thirteen percent of the population in the countries surveyed are what BSBW calls "Pressured ": a predominantly female group buffeted by economic and familial demands, and having little time for pleasure or enjoyment. MEDIA VENTURE One trend identified by BSBW in its survey this year is that consumers "are no longer ashamed to admit that their primary goals are to own expensive things and PARTNERS lead luxurious lifestyles." However, the company found, "the intense pressures to measure up to ever higher standards of material achievement felt by many consumers WASHINGTON, DC are proving to be exhausting, and ultimately depressing. Consumers feel insecure as ORLANDO never before." BSBW said their data indicates that the gaps between haves and have SAN FRANCISCO nots will increase, especially in the U.S., Australia and the United Kingdom over the next decade. Subject m F.C.C. approval.

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WKIX(AM )-WYLT(FM) Raleigh, N.C. Sold by Me- average terrain. Broker: Media Venture Part- merciai educational broadcast stations: WMBI- troplex Communications Inc. to Alchemy Corn - ners. AM-FM Chicago, KMBI -AM -FM Spokane, Wash.; munications for $7.7 million. Seller is headed Wslc(AM)-wFMx(FM) Statesville, N.C. c Sold by WDLM -AM -FM East Moline, Ill.; WMBW -FM Chatta- by Norman Wain and Robert Weiss and also High Country Communications Inc. to Adven- nooga; WMBV -FM Dixon Mills, Ala.; WRMB -FM owns WFVV -FM Atlantic Beach, WNLT(FM) Clearwa- ture Communications Inc. for $2.5 million. Sell- Boynton Beach, WDES -FM St. Petersburg and ter, wHVI(FM) Fort Lauderdale, WFYV(AM) Jackson- er is headed by Warren Penney. Charles WGNB -AM Indian Rocks Beach, all Florida, and ville. WJYO(FM) Mount Dora, WHBO(AM) Pinellas Frischman, partner of seller, has interest in WCRF -FM Cleveland. WGST is on 920 khz with 5 Park and WPRD(AM) Winter Park, all Florida, and WBBB(AM) -WPCM(FM) Burlington, S.C.. and Kzze- kw day, 1 kw night. Broker: Blackburn & Co. WERE(AM) -WNCX(FM) Cleveland. Buyer is headed AM-FM Beaumont, Tex. Buyer is headed by WAVW -FM Vero Beach, Fla. Sold by Treasure Howard and Miriam Warshaw and their son, by Mike Shott and owned by Adventure Four Inc., Coast Radio Inc. to Treasure Coast Media Inc. Jeff Warshaw. They also own Universal Broad- proposed assignee of WSIC(AM)- WFMX(FM). Ad- for $2.1 million. Seller is headed by Charles casting, which owns KPPC(AM) Pasadena, Calif.: venture is wholly owned subsidiary of Adven- Andromidas and John Healy. Buyer is owned WCBW(FM) Columbia and WWX(FM) Highland ture Communications Inc. (ACI), and !s licens- by Sally S. Dilucente and her husband, Wayne, Park, Illinois: wSYW -FM Danville (Indianapo- both ee of WHIS(AM) -WHAJ -FM Bluefield, W.Va. who is 50% shareholder, president, secretary lis) and WGRT(AM) Indianapolis, both Indiana; Adventure Two Inc. wholly (ATI), also owned and director of West Florida Media Inc., permit - WTHE(AM) Mineola N Y and wwcs(AM) Canons- subsidiary of ACI, is licensee of WKEE -AM -FM tee of new FM radio station to operate on 105.3 burg, Pa. WKIx is on 850 khz with 10 kw day, 5 Huntington, W.Va. ACI also has 49% ownership mhz at Solana, Fla. Treasure Coast Media Inc. kw night. WMLT is on 96.1 mhz with 98 kw and interest in Adventure Three Inc., holder of CP principal B.F.J. Timm is father of Treasurer antenna 930 feet above average terrain. Bro- for WBJV -FM Shadyside, Ohio. Wsic is on 1400 Coast Media Inc. principal Bruce B. Timm and kers: The Mahln+an Co. and Blackburn & khz with 1 kw WFMX fulltime. is on 105.7 mhz Tallahassee Broadcasting Co. principal Jan B. Co. with 100 kw and antenna 1,517 feet above Timm. Tallahassee Broadcasting Co. is 50% WOSF -FM Williamsburg, Va. Sold by Rich- average terrain. Broker: R.A. Marshall & Co. shareholder of Treasure Coast Media Inc. mond Radio to Keymarket of Virginia for $3 WGST(AM) Atlanta Sold by Family Broadcast- B.F.J. Timm is 51% shareholder, officer and million. Seller is headed by Bob Understein, ing Network to Moody Bible Institute of Chica- director of Tallahassee Broadcasting Co. who has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is go for $2.3 million. Seller is headed by James Bruce B. Timm and Jan B. Timm each own headed by Kirby Confer, who also owns WROR- Dobson, who purchased station from Jacor 24.5% of stock of Tallahassee Broadcasting AM-FM Memphis, WRLX(FM) Hickory, N.C., KOKE- Broadcasting of Georgia in January for same Co. and are officers and directors of that cor- (AM)-KKMJ(FM) Austin, Tex., and WHGB(AM)- price. Buyer is headed by Robert Neff, director poration. B.F.J. Timm is 100% stockholder of WNNK(FM) Harrisburg, Pa. WOSF -FM is on 96.5 of Moody Bible Institute of Chicago's broadcast WVOJ(AM) Jacksonville, WANM(AM).WGLF(FM) Talla- mhz with 50 kw and antenna 500 feet above division, and is licensee of following noncom- hassee and WSGL(FM) Naples, all Florida, and WDMG(AM) Douglas and WZOB(AM) -WPPR -FM Warner Robins, both Georgia, and is 50% stockholder of WILN(FM) Bay Media Inc., Panama City, Fla. WAVw is on 105.5 mhz with 2.75 kw and antenna 350 feet above average terrain.

WOKS -FM Dunn, N.C. Sold by Landsman - Webster Communications of North Carolina ONE Inc. to Metropolitan Broadcasting of NC Inc. for $2 million. Seller is headed by Dean Lands- man and Michael and Norma Nigris (husband THOUSAND and wife). Michael Nigris is 30% stockholder in WVEC(AM) San Luis Obispo and KPGA(FM) Pismo Beach, both California. Buyer is headed by David W. Evans, commercial real estate devel- DAYS oper, who has no other broadcast interests. WDKS -FM is on 103.1 mhz with 270 kw and antenna 320 feet above average terrain. Bro- ONE ker: Blackburn & Co. WAPG(AM).WOKD(FM) Arcadia, Fla. D Sold by Da- kos Broadcasting Inc. to Gulf Dunes Broad- casting Inc. for $2 million. Seller is headed by BI LLION William and Norma Dakos (husband and wife), who have no other broadcast interests. Buyer is newly formed broadcast company based in West Long Branch, N.J., and headed by Den- DOLLAR$ nis Hedlund, who has no other broadcast interests. WAPG is 1 kw daytimer on 1480 khz. WOKD is on 98.3 mhz with 1.7 kw and antenna 400 feet above average terrain.

BLcKBuRNEÒMPANY KHAI(TV) Honolulu Sold by Honolulu Family Television Ltd., subsidiary of Media Central Inc. of Chattanooga, to Ksci Inc. for $1.75 million. Media Brokers Rl Appraisers Since 1947 Sale was approved by Federal Bankruptcy Court for Eastern District of Tennessee. Media WE BROKER 81j OA DCA S I 1N G'S BEST Central filed for bankruptcy in July 1987 (BROADCASTING, July 13, 1987). Media Central still has six Washington New York Atlanta Chicago Beverly Hills stations to sell. Buyer is headed by Ray Beindorf and owns KSCI(TV) San Bernardi- no, Calif. KHAT is independent on ch. 20 with 537 kw visual, 53.7 kw aural and antenna 150

Broadcast -g ,, .,i 24 +989 82 feet above average terrain. passes 2,400 homes and serves 2,265 basic cable subscribers. Broker: Daniels & Asso- KOIL(AM)-KOIx -FM Grand Junction, Colo. = Sold Basketball buy by Mesa Broadcasting Co. to Airwaves Com- ciates. munications Inc. for $1.3 million. Seller is Minority broadcaster Bertram M. Lee, System serving Paupack o headed by John Hough. who also owns chairman and treasurer of Albimar Township, Pa. Sold by Honesdale TV Service -Lakeville Line KUUYIAMI- KKAZ-FM Cheyenne. Wy. Buyer is newly Communications, owner of WKYS(FM) to Blue Ridge Cable of Central Pennsylvania. formed company headed by Wayne Phillips Washington and KDAB(FM) Ogden, Seller is headed by Patty McGinnis and has and Marshall Harris. They have no other broad- Utah, became the first minority owner one other system in Pennsylvania. Buyer is cast interests. KolL is on 1370 khz with 1 kw full of a professional basketball team part of Pencor Inc., time. Kolx is on 93.1 mhz with 100 kw and Services MSO headed by when he purchased the Denver Nug- Donald antenna 1,027 feet above average terrain. Bro- Reinhard with 14 systems in Pennsyl- gets. Lee is the former president of vania serving ker: Kalil & Co. 87,500 subscribers. System New England Television, which pur- passes 850 homes and serves 600 basic ca- WLFJ(FM) Greenville, S.C., and wJIS -FM Saraso- chased WNAC -TV Boston from RKO in ble subscribers. Broker: Daniels & Asso- ta, Fla. = Sold by Evangel Christian School Inc. 1982. Lee then sold his interest in the ciates. to Radio Training Network Inc. for $1.1 million. station for approximately $14 million. Seller is headed by Karl Strader. who also Lee, who purchased WKYS in 1988 Systems serving Anchorage, Fort Richard- heads WCIE(AM) Spring Lake. N.C. Buyer is for $46.7 million, paid $65 million with son, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Kenai and headed by Bill Watkins, James L. Campbell. his partner, Peter Bynoe, for the Nug- Bethel, all Alaska = Sold by Sonic Cable Tele- and George Ready. Bill Watkins. George gets. vision of Alaska Inc. to Prime Cable of Alaska Ready and George Watkins serve as board for $143 million. Seller is subsidiary of Sonic members of Provident Broadcasting Co.. which Grande, P.R. Its president and sole stockhold Communications and is headed by Chris Co- owns and operates WFDRIAMl-WVFJ(FM) Manches- er, Pedro Roman Collazo, is also president and han. It has systems in California serving ter. Ga. WLFJ is on 89.3 mhz with 41 kw and sole stockholder of International Broadcasting 116,503 subscribers. Buyer is subsidiary of antenna 1,100 feet above average terrain. WJIS. Corp., licensee of WVOZ -FM Carolina, P.R. Inter- Prime Cable, Austin, Tex. -based MSO headed FM is on 88.1 mhz with 100 kw and antenna 480 national is sole stockholder of Continental by Robert Hughes. It has systems in three feet above average terrain. Broadcasting Corp., licensee of wvoz(AM) San states and Puerto Rico serving 421.000 sub- WHDL(AM)- WOLN-FM Olean, N.Y. o Sold by WHDL Juan, P.R., of which Roman is also president. scribers. Systems pass 95,000 homes and has Inc. to Arrow Communications Inc. for $1 mil- WVEO -TV is independent on ch. 44 with 995 kw 37.000 subscribers. Broker: Communications lion. Seller is owned by Frank Penny and Dean visual, 100 kw aural and antenna 1.220 feet Equity Associates. above average terrain. Aubol. who also own WEBO(AM) Oswego and Systems serving Orange, Polk and Osceola WOXT(FM) New York. is 1 CABLE I J Binghamton, both Buyer counties, all Florida Sold by Citrus Cable of Paul has interest owned by Rothfuss, who also System serving Hinsdale and Winchester, Central Florida to Tele -Media of State College in KHUM -FM Topeka. Kan.: WFFXIAMI- WRLX(FMI Tus- both New Hampshire Sold by Cheshire Ca- of Pennsylvania. Seller is headed by Ken An- caloosa. Ala.: WZOO.FM Lima. Ohio: KZBB -FM Fort ble Corp. to Warner Cable Communications derson. who has no other cable interests. Buy- Ark.: KILO -FM Iowa: WFRG -AM- Smith. Davenport, Inc. Seller is headed by Robert Schill, who er is headed by Robert Tudek and has systems AM Rome, N.Y.. and WZNY -FM Augusta. Ga. has no other cable interests. Buyer is Dublin, in 16 states with approximately 300,384 sub- WHDL is on 1450 khz with 1 kw fulltime. Wow -FM Ohio -based MSO with systems in 22 states scribers. System passes 4,000 homes and is mhz 43 740 on 95.7 with kw and antenna feet with approximately 1.3 million subscribers serves 1,400 subscribers. Broker: Communi- above average terrain. Broker: Ko:acko -Hor- and is headed by James Gray. System cations Equity Associates. tUN CO. WHWB -FM Port Henry, N.Y. o Sold by Radio Active Group Inc. to Mark and Mary Brady for $520,000. Seller is group owner of wxxx(FM) Southeast Mid Atlantic Newport, N.H., and WSCM(AM)- WSHO(FM) Cob - leskill and WHSZ(FM) Rotterdam. both New Growth Market AM/FM Combo York, WSNO and CP for -FM Danville, Vt., and is Fulltime AM and Class C FM Dominant Stations headed by Bruce Lyons. Buyers are husband and wife who have no other broadcast inter- Good Cash Flow Good Cash Flow ests but formerly owned WFAD(AM) -WCVM(FM) Price $6,000,000 cash Price $5,000,000 Middlebury. Vt. Mark Brady is past president cash of Vermont Association of Broadcasters. WHWB -FM is on 92.1 mhz with 818 watts and antenna 77 feet above average terrain. Bro- College Town Midwest ker: Kozacko -Horton Co. Class C -2 FM Small Market KGCr(rv) Tulsa, Okla. o Sold by Green Coun- 50,000 watts AM/FM Combo try Associates Ltd. to Tulsa TV 41 Corp. for $500,000. Seller is headed by Leonard An- Exclusive Format Top Rated derson, who has no other broadcast interests. Price $2,300,000 cash Good Cash Flow Buyer is owned by Dennis Lisack, who has no other broadcast interests. KGCr is indepen- Price $1,200,000 cash dent on ch. 20 with 1350 kw visual, 270 kw aural and antenna 1,510 feet above average terrain. TfEaao WAAO(FM) Big Rapids, Mich. o Sold by James J. McCluskey to West Michigan Radio Inc. for $425,000. Seller also owns WI-1137(AM) Jackson RICHAR1SINC. and CP for WWTG(AM) Stanwood, both Michigan. is is Buyer headed by Russell C. Balch, who A Confidential Service to Owners & Qualified Buyers officer, director and holder of 100% of voting stock of Michigan Radio Group Inc., licensee of WOAP(AM)- WMZX -FM OWOSSO, Mich. WAAO iS on NEGOTIATIONS FINANCING APPRAISALS 102.3 mhz with 1.8 kw and antenna 400 feet TV CAN RADIO NEWSPAPERS above average terrain. Broker: Bob Brown & Associates Inc. ROAD WVEO -TV Aguadilla, P.R. Sold by Seglares 7700 LEESBURG PIKE 540 FRONTAGE Iglesia Catolica Inc. to Southwestern Broad- FALLS CHURCH, VA 22043 NORTHFIELD. IL 60093 casting Corp. for $250,000. Seller is owned by (703) 821 -2552 (312) 441 -7200 Miguel Anas, who has no other broadcast interests Buyer is licensee of WBOZ -AM -FM Sábana

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 83 U.S. representatives to ITU pleased with Nice conference Marshall, others at negotiations countries and the U.S. grasp of "a better consider that effort successful, if only be- say U.S. pretty much got what it understanding of their needs." He said that cause the proposal was set aside as the wanted at plenipotentiary; State the U.S. had been working on improving conference called for an overall study of the Department's Landau concerned those relations, and on understanding those ITU's structure and function. over plan to merge CCIR and CCITT needs, in a series of bilateral meetings that The U.S.'s more positive attitude toward began "seven or eight months" before the developing countries' call for technical as- To the head of the U.S. delegation to the start of the conference. After those bilater- sistance from the ITU was not the only recently concluded International Telecom- als, Marshall said, the U.S. agreed it was departure in Nice from the U.S. approach at munication Union's plenipotentiary confer- necessary to "raise the status of telecom- the Nairobi conference. Seven years ago, ence in Nice, the conference was "a suc- munications cooperation." U.S. delegation members expressed out- cess for the U.S." All of its goals were The Nice conference moved in that direc- rage at the "politicization" of the confer- reached, said Travis Marshall, who is se- tion by upgrading the existing Technical ence. Nice was not without its politics. But nior vice president of Motorola Inc., as he Cooperation Department to the Telecom- the U.S. was ready, and was able to claim a opened a briefing for the press last week. munications Development Bureau. The bu- number of victories on the political front, But as the briefing continued, it appeared reau will operate with the same status as the all of them involving the Israeli -Arab dis- not all goals were reached, at least com- other permanent organs, such as the general pute. pletely; disappointments were suffered. secretariat, the international consultative Resolutions calling for the expulsion of Still, the U.S. appeared to have emerged committees and the International Frequency Israel from the ITU-similar to a proposal from the conference with its relations with Registration Board. that consumed weeks of debate in Nairo- the ITU and its members in reasonably But the creation of the new bureau, and bi -were disposed of with reasonable dis- good repair-which the U.S. could not say the costs it will entail, put one of the U.S.'s patch when Saudi Arabia announced that it following the last plenipotentiary, in Nairo- goals -that of a zero -growth budget -out and two other sponsors of the resolutions bi in 1982. of reach. The conference approved a five- had decided not to pursue them (BROAD- The principal difference seems to be in year budget of $360 million, an increase of CASTING, July 10). the U.S. attitude toward developing coun- about $28 million over the last budget. Of Then, too, the U.S. was pleased with the tries and their insistence on having the ITU the increase, $9 million will be provided for results of the election of ITU officers- help them improve their telecommunica- the new bureau in the first year, with the particularly the reelection, to a fourth term, tions services. Seven years ago, the U.S. contribution increasing to $13.5 million af- of the American, Richard Kirby, as director and its allies among the developed countries ter five years. The U.S., committed to a of the CCIR. The U.S. was also pleased by lost in an effort to block an amendment to zero- growth budget, did not vote for the the election of Pekka Tarjanne, of Finland, the ITU stating that one of the organiza- increased amount. But, determined to as secretary general, succeeding Butler, tion's purposes is to "offer" technical as- maintain good relations with the developing who did not seek reelection. Indeed, the sistance to countries needing it. The U.S. countries, neither did it force the budget to extent of U.S. pleasure was expressed at argued that was not a proper role for the a vote. The U.S., along with the United the briefing by Frank Urbany, director of ITU; its functions, the U.S. said, were lim- Kingdom, Venezuela, the Netherlands and International and Agency Relations for ited to standards- setting, frequency regis- Australia, simply announced that they dis- BellSouth, who served as a vice chairman tration and the conduct of frequency alloca- sociated themselves from the consensus by of the delegation. tions conferences. Following the Nice which the budget was adopted. With the election of Tarjanne, he said, conference, the U.S. was accepting the in- Another of the U.S.'s goals on entering "we've turned a page in a book, a new era evitability of the expansion of the ITU's the conference was to block a move - has begun." He said Tarjanne, who has role. backed by outgoing Secretary General been secretary general of Finland's Tele- "Technical cooperation will be to our Richard Butler -to merge the CCIR (Inter- communications Administration, would advantage," said Marshall. "People need national Radio Consultative Committee) provide "good leadership. We're quite up- telecommunications." What's more, Mar- and the CCITT (the International Consulta- beat." Since he takes office on Nov. 1, shall counted as a success the development tive Committee on Telegraph and Tele- Tarjanne will play a key role in establishing of improved relationships with developing phone). Thus far, at least, the U.S. can the committee that will conduct the study of Hungarian opening Officials at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty announced what they are call- CONFIDENCE... ing a watershed in the history of the U.S.- funded radios -an agreement that's the State of Our Art! reached with the Hungarian government providing for the opening of a Hard work for the seller full -time news bureau in Budapest later this summer. The announcement Full factual information for the buyer follows receipt of accreditation for an RFE/RL correspondent from the Hun- garian government. The Hungarian action follows the decision of the Sovi- et Union late last year to authorize the cCDonald K. Clark, Inc. establishment of a Voice of America Media Broker bureau in Moscow, expected to begin P.O. Box 340617 / Tampa. FL 336941 (813) 949 -9311 operating later this summer.

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Two down. Voice of America has lost its second Beijing correspondent. Chinese government expelled Mark Hopkins July 8 on ground his reports were inaccurate and distorted. VOA rejected charges, declaring: "We report the news accurately, fairly and objectively." Hopkins has returned to the U.S. to work in VOA's Boston bureau, He became VOA's principal correspondent in Beijing last month after Chinese authorities expelled the VOA bureau chief, Alan Pessin. Pessin is also back in the United States, where he is visiting relatives. Six western reporters have been expelled since student uprising against government led to imposition of martial law in Beijing two months ago and to mass killings June 3 -4.

Turner's French win. The Appeals Court of France ruled in favor of Turner Entertain- ment Co. in its battle to broadcast the colorized version of the film "The Asphalt Orion's John Puente Jungle." Heirs to John Huston, the film's director, were seeking to halt distribution of not prejudice the establishment of direct the colorized classic film and impending airing on the French television outlet, La links through the Intelsat space segment. Cinq. In a prepared statement, Turner Entertainment reported the court "held that The Assembly of Parties, again like the colorization is not a threat to the moral right; and that it is simply an adaptation of the board, said that Orion would cause signifi- original work." Adding: "Furthermore, the court affirmed that TEC [and not John cant economic harm to Intelsat. But the Huston or Ben Maddow] is the legal author of the work." When the film does air, it will global system said that final clearance was have a notice that the author (Maddow) and the heirs to Huston were opposed to the given because of assurances by the parties color version. Huston's son, Danny, is carrying an appeal to the French Supreme involved -the U.S. and the United King- Court, seeking reinterpretation of the "moral right" clause. dom -that are "intended to mitigate the impact of the Orion system such that Intel- sat should continue to be able to achieve" the ITU structure and function. Later, a spokesman for the bureau Lan- its objectives. The U.S. had no trouble winning reelec- dau heads, Fred Emmert, sought to soften Besides reaffirmation by the U.S. and the tion to the 43- member Administrative the tone of her remarks. "She was not UK of their commitment to Intelsat, the Council, the critically important organ that talking about the U.S. pulling out of the assurances include that Orion will not be tuns the ITU between plenipotentiary con- ITU," he said. "It's just that after every interconnected with public switched net- ferences. Marshall said the U.S. received major conference a reassessment is called works. But the Assembly of Parties said the its highest vote total ever, and was second for." Marshall was present at the advisory assurances might not be sufficient to miti- only to Canada in the number of votes committee meeting when Landau made her gate fully the impact of the Orion system. received by the countries named to the eight remarks. Asked about them-and Em- Accordingly, it added, the Board of Gover- seats reserved for the Americas. mert's comment -after his briefing, Mar- nors will address on a priority basis the But one major disappointment suffered by shall let Emmert's explanation stand. The means for preserving the commercial via- the U.S. was the failure of the United King- U.S., it seems, is determined to stress the bility of Intelsat dom to win reelection to the council. The positive- another difference from 1982, Orion follows Pan American Satellite UK, defeated in its bid for one of the seven when officials were talking about possibly into the international market as the second Western Europe places, will be missed, said bolting from the ITU. -U Marshall. "It was a major contributor to the separate system to compete with Intelsat. ITU, in terms of technical knowledge and But the global system, in its findings, de- ideas." Marshall had no firm idea on why the scribed Orion as the first "high- capacity UK was not reelected. But he said "it might Intelsat OK's Orion plan international transoceanic separate satellite have been perceived to be tough on some system" other than Intelsat's own satellites. issues, including budgetary." Intelsat's Assembly of Parties -the organi- Orion plans to focus on the use of very Although Marshall and Urbany put a pos- zation's ultimate authority -has completed small aperture terminals (VSAT), and Ori- itive gloss on their review of the plenipo- its consultation on the proposed Orion satel- on Chairman and chief executive officer tentiary conference, one high- ranking offi- lite system, permitting it to proceed with its John J. Puente said: "Our primary focus all cial who served on the delegation offered a plans for a trans -Atlantic communications along has been to extend the benefits real- different perspective. Ambassador Sonia service. The Assembly of Parties, meeting ized using VSAT networks in the United Landau, coordinator and assistant secretary in Washington, accepted findings of the States to a much larger international mar- in charge of the State Department's Bureau Board of Governors that the proposed two- ketplace. We see a growing demand for of International Communications and Infor- satellite system would be technically com- VSAT telecommunications in both the pri- mation Policy, did not participate in the patible with the Intelsat system and would vate and public sector." briefing. But earlier in the week, at a meeting of the State Department's Advisory Committee on International Communica- "25 YEARS EXPERIENCE GOES INTO EVERY SALE" tions and Information Policy, she talked EAST about a possible need to "reassess" the 500 East 77th Street U.S. position regarding the ITU. 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Broadcasimg Jul 24 1989 85 The new look of news Some stations have changed the look of the newscast: the anchor roams the newsroom, the style is more personal: WWOR -TV is using this alternative in the competitive New York market

News personnel are seen walking in the back of the set. The anchor leaves his chair and walks to another part of the newsroom to talk about a story with a reporter, who has his shirt sleeves rolled up and tie loos- ened. And all of this is taking place on camera. This is a typical evening newscast at WWOR -TV New York and at one or two other stations that have sought to distance the look of their newscasts from others in their market. These few newscasts, and their predecessors, have in common informality and a desire to put the newsgathering process on the screen. The WWOR-TV change took place last No- vember and, so far, it appears that it has neither greatly helped nor hurt the station's ratings. Other news operations are watching with great interest. One news consultant expects several of his clients to adopt parts of the approach this fall. It is hard to define the look of this alternative newscast; those who invented it for don't even have a name it. The news is On the news scene at WWOR -TV presented in a casual, matter-of -fact way, with a mobile camera. The role of the an- sports reporter at CITY -TV before joining That segment, and subsequent bumpers, chor, described by one writer, is to "con- WWOR -TV last fall. It was shortly thereafter often shows the station's news staff at duct the opera being performed around that the latter station began its shift toward work, operating cameras or control room them, rather than dominate the ongoing a newscast with a new look. switchers. Tom Pettner, WWOR -TV news di- arias." First among its changes was a new rector, said the shots are all live, except the Conversely, the role of reporters may be "bumper" or introduction to the show. In- introductory segment. He also said the sta- elevated. Such is the case at CITY -TV Toron- stead of the traditional anchor describing tion is planning to use the newsroom com- to. perhaps the first and still most success- stories that will be in the upcoming news- puter as a video source. ful of these alternative newscasts. At CITY - cast, WWOR -TV shows scenes of reporters Alternative newscasts can be distinct in TV, an independent TV station, the sports and editors discussing various stories on ways that have more to do with news con- reporter presents his segment from a locker - which they are working. It resembles the tent, said Jacques de Suze, president of room setting. Russ Salzberg had been the opening of CBS's West 57th. McHugh & Hoffman, the Fairfax, Va.- based station consultant. He described the newscast of CITY -TV, which he helped develop over a dozen years ago, as "increas- CONFIDENTIAL BROKERAGE ing the liveliness of the visual coverage and...more human in its picture quality. AND INVESTMENT SERVICES TO THE There are fewer pictures of buildings, meetings and people, shot from the back. There INDUSTRY. is a lot more reporter involvement, bringing COMMUNICATIONS the story in a personal way to the viewer." R. C. Crisler & Co., Inc. (513) 381 -7775. Cincinnati, OH: Richard C. Crisler, Clyde G. Haehnle, John D. Chap- The newscast's new style did not hurt man, Gloria Bushelman. Ithaca, NY: (607) 257-6283 John B. Babcock New York, NY (212) 697 -2247 Donald E. CITY -TV, Clancy. Lincoln, NE: (402) 475-5285 Richard W. Chapin. Tampa, FL (813) 264 -2346 Mark W Jorgenson. which now ranks variously first or Special Consultant: Ward L. Quaal Company, Chicago, It (312) 644 -6066 and Los Angeles, CA (714)644-5500. second in a market crowded with over a dozen signals from both sides of the U.S. - Canadian border. Nor did the change hurt WTHR -TV India- CRISLER napolis, which adopted an alternative news- R.C. CRISLER E+ CO. INC cast in the late 1970's. At the time, the new owners reconstructed the newsroom to function as a set and hired anchor Paul Udell who, on camera, walked around the

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 86 newsroom asking reporters about their sto- to try an alternative newscast, said David step towards the creation of the 'less- paper' ries. But, Udell said, the station discontin- Smith, manager of TV consultation for Frank newsroom, because I don't think you can ued the format soon after he left. Magid Associates, is that news professionals really ever say paperless." For a short time, WNEV -TV Boston used are tired of seeing the same style newscast on In addition to the creation of a better some of these techniques, but, according to every station in the market. Despite the urge, index of wire stories, NewsDesk is also de Suze, did not totally commit to the for- he said, Magid's own surveys have found poised to help create an even larger supply mat: "There was always some hedging, and that most viewers are still "tied" to the an- of stories for the wire. Currently, AP sub- when a new news director came in, it was chor approach: "We have tried them in con- scribers who want to put a story on the wire dropped completely." ceptual research, and tried them in morning must dictate copy to their local bureaus. Udell said the mobility of the anchor newscasts. But people want to respond to With NewsDesk, subscribers will be able to requires a wireless microphone and three one, two or three primary human beings." submit copy electronically, if, in addition to cameras -many stations use two cameras Both Smith and de Suze said they have re- having the AP software, their computer is for a newscast. He also said that using a cently received questions about alternative equipped with a modem. teleprompter is more difficult: "If the an- newscasts from other stations. Penner said AP estimates that cost savings to sub- chor is a straight reader, then it might be a CNN has also inquired. scribers equipped with NewsDesk, a com- problem." In general, he said, the format De Suze said the biggest consideration puter and printer will average between works best with one anchor, but many sta- for a station before attempting any format "$15 and $20 per week on paper and rib- tions are committed to co- anchors. change is to first decide precisely what the bons." -ATS Pettner said the equipment changes the station's image is: "The worst part of all of station has made are the use of an extra this is that people will imitate a format that camera to tape the story meeting, and a looks entertaining but may not mesh what hand -held camera on the newscast itself. they are trying to do in the community." ABC court reporter The newsroom was also relighted. And, he Similarly, Andy Lack. executive producer said, the newscast now uses fewer graphics. of West 57th, cautioned against relying too says fastest news Stations that have used these alternative much on a certain look: "You have to corn - best formats were third or worse in news ratings municate that you are interested in what isn't always at the time they switched. In addition to you are doing, but the best opening in the giving the stations a distinct identity, the world won't keep an audience if you don't To news media, competition is akin to a format presumably helped them compete have something worth watching. My own religion. The public, journalists say, is without trying to match the talent of the view is that you can only hype and sell for served by the competition to get stories anchor -based traditional newscasts. so long, and either you have something to first, as well as right. But sometimes, said Another reason stations might be inclined deliver or v'ou don't." -6F ABC News's Supreme Court correspondent last week, it might be well, in reporting on major opinions from the court, if the four 'NewsDesk' set for launch networks would agree to a "lockup" of 10 or 15 minutes, during which their corre- AP Broadcast's software package or parts of wire copy into a separate reading spondents could attempt to digest the key will monitor and store wire copy; script. The script can then be saved and points before going on the air with a live also allows 'cut and paste' of edited using the built-in editor. Read -time report. wire copy into reading scripts calculations are automatically available, as Tim O'Brien broached the idea at a lun- is the ability to include pronunciation cheon sponsored by the Washington Coun- On Aug. 14, the Broadcast Services divi- guides and other instructions or informa- cil of Lawyers. He had been part of the sion of the Associated Press will officially tion. frantic scramble of reporters to report on launch its new computer software program, Other NewsDesk software tools include a the Webster abortion decision after its re- AP NewsDesk, and the editorial process for planning calendar with notepad, a phone- lease by the high court on July 3. He was incorporating wire copy into a radio or TV book (including key AP bureau phone num- on the air, first, by phone from the press newscast will begin to change for some of bers) and an almanac, which allows an AP room, within two minutes of the release. the nearly 6,000 radio and TV stations subscriber's staff to create localized "To- None of the other broadcast reports were served by the AP division. day in History" scripts, similar to AP's far behind O'Brien's. The NewsDesk software will capture and own national feature of the same name. Still, after 13 years of covering the court, store up to 48 hours' worth of AP Broadcast An on -line atlas of nearly 40,000 cities is O'Brien does not think the public is best copy, after which stale news is automatical- also included. The built -in computer map- served by that kind of rush to report, at least ly deleted from the system. This "kill ping system includes such features as coun- when opinions generating the interest and clock" feature can be set to different time ty boundaries, major highways, airports emotions of Webster v. Reproductive Health lengths for various wire story categories. and nuclear reactor sites. Services are released. The software uses both AP- defined and The software program has moved from a "We all would have been better off," custom -made categories for the kill clock, November 1988 concept through its first, O'Brien said, of the Webster opinion, "if as well as for automatic, selective printing January 1989 beta test, to the recently re- we had agreed to a lockup of 10 or 15 of hard copy. An additional printing feature vised and expanded program, ready for minutes in a room, with no one allowed to in the software is the ability to specify lease at $25 per week if used with an AP- leave during the lockup." He suggested separate weekday and weekend "time win- supplied printer, or $15 per week if fur- that the correspondents locked up might dows" for printing, allowing an operator to nished separately. even be allowed to discuss the opinion, but set different time windows for individual According to Lee Perryman, deputy di- that was a matter of secondary importance categories. rector, AP Broadcast Services, and the pri- to him. "The public benefits from competi- As the AP user's manual describes it, mary source for the concept and design of tion," O'Brien said. But on the abortion "This is a handy feature for newsrooms NewsDesk, an average day's worth of his decision, he said, "the public would have unstaffed during varying times at nights and service's wire copy amounts to between one been better served if we took the time." on weekends and where the on -air staff and one and a half megabytes of informa- O'Brien would not involve the wire ser- needs quick and easy access to breaking tion. At this rate, a subscriber who wanted vices or other media in the lockup. He news, sports and weather information." to use NewsDesk to store all of the AP wire views his competition as limited to the three Perhaps a more important feature of copy on computer could expect to be con- other networks. And he does not know if NewsDesk -incorporated recently as a re- stantly storing up to about six megabytes of ABC or the other three organizations would sult of user responses from "beta" test sites data. In terms of paper used, that translates accept his idea. However. he said he dis- where NewsDesk is used by someone other to about 500 -750 pages of wire copy per cussed it with his superiors at ABC News. than the software's programers-is the abil- day. And, he said, "they thought it worthy of ity to "cut and paste" various paragraphs Perryman describes NewsDesk as "a consideration." o

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The Smithsonian Institution's Office of Telecommunication in Washington produces the bulk of its programing for National Public Radio, but it is making an effort to offer product to commercially owned sta- And you thought the Greyhound tions as well. Radio Smithsonian, a half- hour program on art, history, science and was just on buses. music, is being offered to NPR stations via satellite, and to privately held stations via When you say Greyhound, most people just think buses. But did you know reel -to -reel tape. Senior Producer Mary Beth that for 25 years Greyhound has been a major business finance company? Kirchner says about 80 stations carry Smith- sonian for a "nominal subscription fee" to lbday, Greyhound Financial helps broadcasters and cable operators help the nonprofit institution defray the costs acquire and refinance their properties. Our Communication Finance of production and distribution. team, lead by industry veteran Matt Breyne, offers: Kirchner also states that Smithsonian is developing a series of vignettes titled In The quick decision making Tradition for commercial stations later this loan structuring expertise year. The 90- second drop -ins will focus on African -American history and culture. She access to a wide range of financing options said Smithsonian is currently searching for a So now, when you want to buy a new property or restructure an existing major sponsor to help implement the program. one, Greyhound communications finance people. think -the Another project Kirchner said is on the Call Matt Breyne at 602- 248 -2808 or Chris Webster at 602 -248 -6955, drawing board is a 13 -part documentary se- Communication Finance Group. ries celebrating the 500th anniversary of Co- lumbus's discovery of America, but from a Native American perspective. The show will Financial Corporation be available in 1992, free via satellite to NPR Greyhound stations. A Greyhound Company Continues on page 90.

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Continues from page 88. in short talk features on business, and pro- ognized speakers who also take questions o duces two daily programs offered free to from a live audience. The one -hour -a -week Starmagic Radio, Teaneck, N.J., is an ur- stations on an exclusive market basis. By- With Heart and Voice (on 50 stations) offers ban and R &B program supplier. The one - line, syndicated to approximately 240 sta- sacred classic music, both choral and or- hour weekly Weekend Dance Party and one - tions, is a two- minute political and economic gan. Music Mountain Festival (on 50 sta- hour weekly Inner City Insight, featuring a discussion of topical issues, featuring syndi- tions) is a two -hour, 16 -week series featuring blend of inspirational and spiritual music, cated columnist Julian Bond, Senator Wil- chamber music from the Connecticut festi- are both hosted by B.J. Stone and distribut- liam Proxmire (D- Wis.), syndicated colum- val. ed to more than 60 stations. nist Nat Hentoff and other commentators. Star Magic Radio Theater, a 90- minute The Sound Economist, heard on about weekly program hosted by Stelle Colony, 100 stations, is a three -minute commentary WCRB Productions, Boston, produces and offers soundtracks from movie classics and featuring William Allen, professor of eco- syndicates Boston Symphony and Boston is distributed to more than 50 stations. A pair nomics at UCLA. These shows are delivered Pops radio broadcasts 52 weeks a year. of two- minute weekly features hosted by by the Associated Press, National Public Ra- Most concerts are close to two hours in Stace Love are heard on Weekend Dance dio, reels and cassettes. Sharen Newsome length, with the symphony on approximately Party: Expose, consisting of guest inter- is president of the nine -year -old company; 50 stations and Pops on 70 in the U.S. and views from the world of entertainment, and Jeff Riggenbach is creative director. Canada. Stations buy half- or full -year con- Producers Corner, offering interviews with o tracts, and all concerts are delivered on an- industry hit makers. Syndicate It, Burbank, Calif., produces and alog tape. Starmagic's programs are distributed via distributes a number of programs aimed At one time WCRB(FM) syndicated the New tape and offered via a combination of barter mainly at an urban black audience. During York Philharmonic, and continues to record and cash. Ed Ellerbe is company president; January, it has two Martin Luther King spe- its concerts. The company is currently look- Michael Jordan is program director. cials: Countdown to the Holiday is a series ing for sponsors for all three programs. of short vignettes, hosted by actor Denzel Washington, leading up to the actual holi- Starstream Communications Group Inc., Weedeck Radio Network, Hollywood, en- day, Jan. 15; King: A Musical Tribute, is a Houston, is involved in a joint venture with ters its 10th year as a leading country radio three -hour special, also hosted by Washing- cable's Financial News Network to produce programer. Its longest running and best ton, airing on King's birthday. Both shows the satellite -delivered FNN Business Radio, known program is Country Report, heard are heard on 110 stations. which runs twice an hour during market twice daily on 150 stations in the U.S. and SI's weekly show, The Jesse Jackson Com- hours, Monday- Friday, on 112 stations. Ade- Canada. The program features the latest mentary, goes out to 115 stations. A new lante is a two -and -a -half- minute information- news of the industry and interviews with its general market show scheduled to start next al show geared toward the Hispanic com- most popular artists. September, Dish It Up With The Hollywood munity, heard on about 42 stations. Another In is Weedeck's one -hour weekend Kids, is made up of 90- second segments of Sittin' show for the Hispanic community, a week- show airing in 50 markets, which is now in its entertainment gossip structured for CHR end top 20 countdown, is titled Exitos Ca- third year. It features a morning zoo -type programs. Another new different major coun- liente and set to launch Sept. 1. Both His- try music artist each week as show scheduled for fall will feature travel tips guest disk panic- oriented shows are reel -to -reel. jockey. The songs selected by the guest star from Arthur Frommer in a news talk format. The Car Show Coast to Coast is a one - are by a variety of artists, both current re- SI's programs are delivered by tape and hour weekend automotive talk show, while leases and oldies. disk on a barter basis. The Car Show Daily is a two- and -a -half- Classic Country with Hugh Cherry is the minute Monday- Friday spin -off. Starstream newest addition to the Weedeck lineup. tries to combine the shows when possible, Scheduled to debut in late 1989, this one - and they are heard on 160 stations, deliv- TM Communications Inc., Dallas, has just hour weekly program is a response to what ered by satellite. purchased Nashville's Media General. Both Weedeck calls the "explosive" growth in lis- Urban format programs include Jane Ken- companies are jingle and production tener interest in the roots of country music, nedy On The Inside. a two- and -a -half- minute houses, and in 30 days will be housed under including such artists as Hank Williams, interview show launched in April and heard the TM name and offices in Dallas. The firm Lefty Frizzell, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn Monday- Friday on 50 stations, and Super produces ID's for every format, commercial and Patsy Cline. Mix Dance Party, a two -hour weekly music jingles, broadcast station libraries, program- show hosted by Marcos Spoon and heard ing CD music libraries, a comedy service on 55 stations. Party is on disk, while Ken- and a presentation called Sales Link that is a Winton Communications, Tampa, Fla., nedy is on cassette or reel -to -reel. All shows sales presentation for station sales' staffs. It continues to do a lot of custom recording in are barter. also produces TV spots for radio stations. England to produce instrumental covers of hit songs not available in the U.S. The com- o pany distributes four formats by tape on a Two -year old Superadio, Boston, produces cash basis, including Prime Time (nostalgia) WcLv-Seaway Productions, Cleveland, in markets, Beautiful Music /Easy Listen- and distributes Open House Party, a 10- 26 part the Concert Music Consortium Satel- Mellow (adult hour (five hours each on Saturday and Sun- of ing in seven markets and con- lite System, concentrates on production and in three markets. day) CHR "party blow-out" show. Hosted by temporary) distribution of classic music programing, ac- distributed on tape John Garabedian, also the company's chief Specialized programs to Robert vice president executive officer, the program has close to cording Conrad, by Winton include On Broadway, Moments and program manager, WCLV(FM) Cleveland. the Big and 60 stations in the U.S. and 16 stations in to Remember, Sounds of Bands Their flagship program is the 25- year -old Spotlight features live perfor- Canada. It offers live celebrity guests, con- Spotlight. Cleveland Orchestra Concerts, a weekly, mances by pop singers such as Johnny Ma- tests, and a toll -free 800 number for re- two -hour show heard on more than 350 sta- quests from across the country. this. tions. The 1987 Peabody Award -winning Ad- In addition, Winton has a monthly service Party is distributed by satellite and its in Good Music, hosted by Karl packages of music on downlink can be purchased outright or ventures that provides smaller Haas, is a one -hour show heard five times a a cash basis for easy listening stations that leased. Brian Beecher is director of affiliate week on 175 stations. full service. The relations. do not subscribe to the City Club Forum is a one -hour weekly company's programing is presently carried address discussion program (on 150 sta- on some 40 -plus stations, said Roger The Syndicate, Oakland, Calif., specializes tions) featuring remarks from nationally rec- Zinszer, Winton general manager.

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N (DNB) Dun & Bradstreet 58 7/8 57 5/8 1 1/4 02.16 21 11.020 BROADCASTING WITH OTHER MAJOR INTERESTS N (FCB) Foote Cone & B. 24 3/4 24 12 1/4 01.02 15 207 O (GREY) Grey Advertising 149 1/2 148 1/2 1 00.67 12 178 O (IDBX) IDB Communications 8 1/2 8 1/2 00.00 170 42 A.H. Belo 35 3/8 34 5/8 3/4 02.16 59 701 N (BLC) N (IPG) Interpublic Group 33 3/8 31 3/8 2 06.37 18 1.166 & TV 1/16 1/32 1/32 100 4 0 (ASTVC) Amer. Comm. O (OGIL) Ogilvy Group 53 7/8 53 3/8 12 00.93 23 772 American Family 15 1/2 15 5/8 1/8 00.80 11 1.256 N (AFL) O (OMCM) Omnicom Group 23 1/4 22 5/8 5/8 02.76 14 574 O (ACCMA) Assoc. Commun. 36 34 3/4 1 1/4 03.59 515 N (SAA) Saatchi 8 Saatchi 14 7/8 15 3/8 - 1/2 - 03.25 6 2.328 O BMA Corp. 33 12 33 1/2 01.51 17 324 (BMAC) O (TLMT) Telemation 2 2 00.00 -33 9 Chris -Craft 42 1/4 41 1/2 3/4 01.80 49 950 N (CCN) A (UNV) Unite/ Video 13 5/8 13 1/2 1/8 0092 21 29 0 (DUCO) Durham Corp 33 1/4 34 3/4 - 02.20 19 280 N (GC!) Gannett Co 47 3/4 45 3/4 2 04.37 21 7.690 O (GMXC) GMX Comm. 1 /16 1/16 00.00 21 7.690 O (GACC) Great Amer. Comm 11 3/8 11 1/2 - 1/8 -01.08 .4 357 CABLE N (JP) Jefferson -Pilot 37 7/8 36 7/8 1 02.71 14 1,460 A (ATN) Acton Corp 19 5/8 19 1/2 1/8 00.64 -18 31 N (KRI) Knight -Ridder 51 5/8 50 5/8 1 01.97 20 2,741 0 (ATCMA)Amedcan Wand Comm. 48 3/4 49 3/4 - 1 -02.01 72 5,311 N (LEE) Lee Enterprises 32 3/8 31 1/2 7/8 02.77 19 799 O (CTEX) C -Tec Corp 24 24 1/2 - 1/2 - 02.04 26 399 N (LC) Liberty 36 7/8 35 3/4 1 1/8 03.14 13 319 A (CVC) Cablevision Sys. 'A'. 42 3/8 42 1/4 1/8 00.29 -5 931 N (MHP) McGraw -Hill 74 3/8 71 1/4 3 1/8 04.38 19 3.609 O (CNCAA) Centel Cable 45 1/4 45 1/8 1/8 00.27 125 1,131 A (MEGA) Media General 38 3/8 37 1/2 7/8 02.33 103 988 N (CNT) Centel Corp 52 1/8 51 1/2 5/8 01.21 30 3.300 N (MDP) Meredith Corp. 36 3/8 36 3/8 01.04 21 691 A (CTY) Century Comm 23 3/8 23 1/4 1/8 00.53 -68 1.015 O (MMEDC) Multimedia 98 98 00.00 39 1.084 O (CMCSA) Comcast 24 7/8 25 1/8 -00.50 -35 1,666 A (NYTA) New York Times 32 3/4 32 1/8 5/8 01.94 16 2595 - A (FAL) Falcon Cable Systems 21 1/4 21 1/8 1/8 00.59 -118 135 N (NWS) News Corp. Ltd 24 1/8 24 3/4 - 5/8 - 02.52 9 6.431 O (JOIN) Jones Intercable 19 1/2 17 3/4 1 3/4 09.85 -15 241 O (PARC) Park Commun. 32 7/8 32 1/4 5/8 01.93 23 453 T (MHP.0) Maclean Hunter 'X' 13 3/4 13 7/8 1/8 00.90 38 1,013 O (PLTZ) Pulitzer Publishing 26 1/2 26 1/2 01.92 13 277 - - T (RCI.A) Rogers Commun. 'A' 145 141 4 02.83 .245 1,956 N (REL)Rellance Group Hold 6 5/8 6 1/2 1/8 01.92 20 493 T (RCI.B) Rogers Commun. 'B' 116 3/4 112 1/2 4 1/4 03.77 -197 1.575 O (RTRSY) Reuters Ltd. 38 1/4 39 1/4 - 1 - 02.54 21 15.832 O (TCAT) TCA Cable TV 20 1/4 20 1/2 1/4 -01.21 46 488 O (STAUF) Stauffer Commun. 138 138 3/4 - 3/4 - 00.54 46 138 - O (TCOMA) Tele-Commun 36 3/4 36 3/4 02.08 118 6.487 N (TMC) limes Mirror 42 1/4 42 1/8 1/8 00.29 16 5.433 N (TL) Time Inc 139 3/8 148 1/8 8 3/4 - 05.90 29 7.901 0 (TMCI) TM Comma 13/32 1/2 - 3/32 - 18.75 -1 2 - O (UAECA) United Art. Ent. A 19 1/8 19 1/8 00.65 -28 1.263 N (TRB) Tribune 56 7/8 54 1/4 2 5/8 04.83 19 4,255 O (UAECB) United Ad. Ent. B 19 3/8 19 01 -28 1,280 A (TBSA) Turner Bcstg. 'A' 52 1/8 43 3/8 83/4 20.17 -16 2.396 3/8 97 N (VIA) Viacom 58 3/8 57 1 3/8 02.41 -16 3.115 A (TBSB) Turner Bcstg. 'B' 45 7/8 38 3/4 7 1/8 18.38 -14 1,110 N (WU) Western Union 1 5/8 1 5/8 00.00 A (WPOB) Washington Post 286 1/2 272 3/4 13 3/4 05.04 22 3.685 63 O (WSMCA) WestMarc 29 29 00.00 -34 472

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N (MMM) 3M 73 72 1/2 1/2 00.68 13 16,376 N (ARV) Arvin Industries 23 22 5/8 3/8 01.65 23 428 O (SP) Aaron Spelling Prod 8 3/4 7 7/8 7/8 11.11 12 283 O (CCBL) C -Cor Electronics 13 1/8 13 1/4 1/8 - 00.94 12 53 O (ALLY) All American TV 2 7/8 2 7/8 00.00 3 N (CHY) Chyron 4 4 1/8 1/8 - 03.03 -40 44 O (BRRS) Barris Indus 10 3/4 11 1/4 - 1/2 - 04.44 .4 116 A (COH) Cohu 10 7/8 11 1/4 3/8 - 03.33 7 20 A (CLR) Color Systems 1 1 00.00 5 N (EK) Eastman Kodak 48 3/4 47 3/8 1 3/8 02.90 11 15,815 N (KPE) Columbia Pict. Ent 21 3/4 21 3/4 03.57 1087 2,408 N (GRL) Gen. Instrument 34 7/8 35 3/8 1/2 -01.41 13 1,179 O (CAVN) CVN Cos. 19 1/2 19 3/8 1/8 00.64 30 343 N (GE) General Electric 56 1/4 54 3/8 1 7/8 03.44 14 50,791 A (DEG) De Laurentils Ent 3/16 3/8 3/16 -50.0 4 N (HRS) Harris Corp 33 3/8 33 1/4 1/8 00.37 17 1,292 O (dcpl) dick Clark prod 5 5 00.00 -500 41 N (MAI) MA Com. Inc 8 3/8 8 3/8 04.68 14 198 N (DIS) Disney 102 98 7/8 3 1/8 03.16 24 13,709 N (IV) Mark IV Indus 14 5/8 14 1/4 3/8 02.63 6 158 0 (FNNI) Financial News 7 1/4 7 1/8 1/8 01.75 88 O (MCDY) Microdyne 4 1/8 4 1/4 1/8 - 02.94 -27 16 A (FE) Fries Entertain 2 3/8 2 3/8 00.00 -3 11 O (MCOM) Midwest Commun. 8 3/8 7 1/2 7/8 11.66 33 24 N (PCI) Gulf + Western 58 5/8 58 1/2 1/8 00.21 18 6.811 N (MOT) Motorola 57 53 5/8 3 3/8 06.29 16 7,392 A (HHH) Heritage Entertain 1 1/4 1 5/8 3/8 - 23,07 -4 6 N (OAK) Oak Industries 1 1/2 1 1/2 00.00 8 123 A (HSN) Home Shopping Net. 4 1/8 4 3/4 5/8 - 13.15 17 369 A (PPI) Pico Products 1 1/8 1 1/4 1/8 - 10.00 -1 3 N (KWP) King World 30 5/8 28 1/2 2 1/8 07.45 10 766 N (SFA) Sci- Atlanta 19 7/8 20 3/8 1/2 -02.45 14 474 O (KREN) Kings Road Ent. 5/8 3/4 - 1/8 - 16.66 3 N (SNE) Sony Corp 55 3/8 55 7/8 1/2 -00.89 31 14,329 N (MCA) MCA 63 60 7/8 2 1/8 03.49 27 4400 N (TEK) Tektronix 22 1/2 22 1/8 3/8 01.69 125 633 N (MGM) MGM /UA Commun 18 1/2 18 3/8 1/8 00.68 -9 931 O (MK) Television Tech. 3/4 15/16 3/16 20.00 75 5 A (NHI) Nelson Holdings 7/8 3/4 1/8 16.66 23 - N (VAR) Varian Assoc 25 5/8 24 1/4 1 3/8 05.67 9 531 O (NNET) Nostalgia Network 2 5/8 2 1/8 1/2 23.52 -3 14 O (WGNR) Wegener 4 3 1/2 1/2 14.28 11 29 N (OPC) Orion Pictures 21 5/8 20 3/4 7/8 04.21 40 375 N (WX) Westinghouse 67 5/8 64 1/4 3 3/8 05.25 11 9,735 N (PCC) Pathe Comm 3 3/4 3 3/4 00.00 42 N (ZE) Zenith 18 3/4 18 3/4 00.00 468 500 N (PIA) Playboy Ent 14 3/8 14 5/8 - 1/4 -01.70 135 O (ONTX) Qintex 7 3/8 6 1/4 1 1/8 18.00 155 Standard 8 Poor's 400 384.22 376.24 7.98 2.12

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that enable them to acquire 70% of stock of said corpora- filed. Effect thereof is that Educational As by BROADCASTING from July being concurrently compiled tion and that another party. Ronald H. Dykes. would come Communications of Colorado Springs Inc. will acquire 14 through July 19 and based on filings, into said corporation by purchasing remainder 30% of said KEPC(FM) from Pikes Peak Community College. Pikes authorizations and other FCC actions. stock from Joe M. Dawson. Consideration by which said Peak Community College is acquiring KTLF(FM) from above individuals will acquire said stock from Joe M. Educational Communications of Colorado Springs Inc. Dawson his investment Abbreviations: AFC -Antenna For Communications: AU -Ad- Dawson would be to pay to Joe M. Filed June 29. in said corporation plus ministrative Law Judge: alt. -alternate: ann.- announced: in original acquisition of stock WAPG(AM)- WOKD(FM) Arcadia. FL (AM: ch. interest that he has paid since time of acquisition in 1985. ant.- antenna: aur.- aural: aux.- auxiliary: -channel: BAL890706GW: 1480 khz: I kw -D: FM: Kenneth L. Thompson and Deborah Thompson will contin- CH- critical hours.: chg.-change: CP-construction permit: BALH890706GV: 98.3 mhz: 1.7 kw: ant. 400 ft.) -Seeks ue to be in charge of operation station since their acquisi- D-day: DA -directional antenna: Doc.- Docket: ERP-effec- assignment of license from Dakos Broadcasting Inc. to tion in February. 1985. Also. in this same application tive radiated power: Freq- frequency: HAAT -height above Gulf Dunes Broadcasting Inc. for 52.000.000. Seller is Deborah Thompson will be transferring her shares in said average terrain: H &V- horizontal and vertical: khz- kilohertz: headed by William and Norma Dakos. who have no other station or such part thereof that would enable Kenneth. L. kw- kilowatts: lie. license: in-meters: mhz -megahertz: broadcast interests. Buyer is headed by Dennis Hedlund. Thompson to have 51% of stock in said corporation. which mi.- miles: MP- modification permit: mod.-modification: who have no other broadcast interests. Filed July 6. would in said station and Kenneth N- night: pet. for recon. -petition for reconsideration: PSA- leave her 19% interest Ronald H. Dykes would WAVW -FM Vero Beach. FL (BALH890629GW; 105.5 presunrise service authority: pwr.- power: RC-remote control: Thompson 51% interest. while have 30% interest. Filed June 30. mhz: 2.75 kw; ant. 350 ft.) -Seeks assignment of license S- A- Scientific -Atlanta: SH- specified hours: SL- studio loca- from Treasure Coast Radio Inc. to Treasure Coast Media tion: TL- transmitter location: trans.- transmitter: TPO- trans- KTLF -FM Colorado Springs. CO. (BAPED890629GQ: Inc. for $2.100.000. Seller is headed by Charles Andromi- miller power output: U or unl.- unlimited hours: vis.- visual: 89.7 mhz: 0.1 kw: ant. 2052 ft.) -Seeks assignment of das and John Healy. Buyer is owned by Sally S. Dilucente w-- watts: *-noncommercial. Six groups of numbers at end of license from Educational Communications of Colorado and her husband Wayne L. Dilucente. Wayne L. Dilucente facilities changes items refer to map coordinates. One meter Springs Inc. to Pikes Peak Community College for no is 50% shareholder. president secretary and director of equals 3.28 feet. financial consideration. Seller is headed by Ron Johnson. West Florida Media Inc.. permittee of new FM radio sta- Loren Libby and Greg Nyquist. who have no other broad- tion to operate on channel 287A at Solana. FL. Treasure cast interests. Buyer is headed by Dale Traylor. Pikes Peak Coast Media Inc. principal B.F.J. Timm is father of Trea- Community College is licensee of KEPC(FM) Colorado sure Coast Media Inc. principal Bruce B. Timm and Talla- Ownership Changes Springs. CO. Station is concurrently being acquired by hassee Broadcasting Co. principal Jan B. Timm. Tallahas- Educational Communications of Colorado Springs Inc.. see Broadcasting Co. is 50% shareholder of Treasure Coast current licensee of KTLF(FM). Filed June 29. Media Inc. B.F.J. Timm is 51% shareholder. officer and Applications KEPC -FM Colorado Springs. CO. (BALED890629GP: director of Tallahassee Broadcasting Co. Bruce B. Timm WN ICI AM) Scottsboro. AL (BTC890730EA: 1050 khz: 90.5 mhz: 3.75 kw: ant. -273 ft.) -Seeks assignment of and Jan B. Timm each own 24.5 of stock of Tallahassee license Pikes Peak College to Educational and are officers and directors of that I kw -Dl -Seeks assignment of license from Kenneth L. from Community Broadcasting Co. Thompson to Scottsboro Broadcasting Co. WWIC(AM) is Communications of Colorado for no financial consider- corporation. B.F.J. Timm has following broadcast interest: owned at time of filing by following: Kenneth L. Thomp- ation. Seller is headed by Dale Traylor. who is transferring 100% stockholder of WVOJ(AM). licensee of WBOM son (25 shares). Deborah Thompson (25 shares) and Joe M. KTLF -FM to Educational Communications of Colorado Inc.. Jacksonville. FL: 100% shareholder of WANM(AM) Dawson (50 Shares) making total of 100 shares in said (see above). Buyer is owned by Ronald A. Johnson. Greg- Tallahassee. licensee of WANM Inc.. Tallahassee. FL: station. Kenneth L. Thompson and Deborah Thompson ory Nyquist and Lauren Libby. Educational Communica- 100% shareholder of WGLF(FM) Tallahassee Broadcasting have expressed their desire to purchase from Joe M. Daw- tions of Colorado Springs Inc. is licensee of KTLF(FM) Co. Inc.. Tallahassee. FL: 100% shareholder of son. part of his interest in .aid station or such pan thereof Colorado Springs. CO. This is one of two applications WDMG(AM). licensee of WDMG Inc.. Douglas. GA:I00% stockholder of WGGF(FM), Sterling Communi- cations Corp.. Naples. FL.: 100% shareholder of WZQB(AM) -WPPR -FM Televiewers Inc.. Warner Rob- ins. GA: 50% stockholder of WILN(FM) Bay Media Inc.. Panama City. FL. Filed June 29. WGST(AM) Atlanta. GA (BAL890629EC: 920 khz: 5 SE Coastal Class C FM MW small mkt. combo with kw -D. I kw -N) -Seeks assignment of license from Family Asking $3,500,000 C2 FM - $600,000; terms Broadcasting Network to Moody Bible Institute of Chicago ED SHAFFER 404/998 -1100 BILL LYTLE 816/932 -5314 for 52.300.000. Seller is headed by James Dobson. Dobson purchased station from Jacor Broadcasting of Georgia in January for same price. Moody Bible Institute of Chicago is AL Class A FM w /cash flow California B-1 FM; attractive licensee of following non -commercial educational broad- 5650,000; available terms $1,800,000 cast stations: WMBI -AM-FM Chicago. IL: KMBI -AM -FM terms - East Moline. IL: WMBW- Spokane. WA; WDLM -AM -FM ERNIE PEARCE 404/998 -1100 JIM MERGEN 818/893 -3199 FM Chattanooga, TN: WMBV -FM Dixon Mills. AL: WRMB -FM Boynton Beach. WDES -FM: St. Petersburg: sly University town combo SE College town FM with cash WGNB -AM: Indian Rocks Beach. all Florida and WCRF- FM Cleveland. OH. Filed June 29 Asking $2,900,000 flow $1,800,000 - 100 -1100 KITV-TV Honolulu. HI (TEMP890630AA: ch. 4: BILL WHITLEY 214/788 -2525 ED SHAFFER 404/998 kw -V: ant 50 ft.): KHVO-TV Hilo. HI ITEMP890630BB: ch. 13: 4.68 kw -V: ant. -823 ft) and KMAU -TV Wailuku. Coastal Maine resort area Alabama combo; has applied HI (TEMP89063OCC: CH 12: 27.5 kw -V: HAAT: ANT 5910 ft.) -Seeks assignment of license from Tak Commu- for upgrade $850,000 New B-1 FM - $925,000 - nications Inc. to KITV Television Inc. for $5.000.000 KEVIN COX 617/330 -7880 ERNIE PEARCE 404/998 -1100 ("Changing Hands." July l0). Seller is Vienna. VA -based group owner of three FM's and five TV's. Buyer is owned by Anthony Cassava and George A. Vandeman. Buyer will Fop 50 combo with Class A FM FL Small Mkt. resort combo pay $5 million to Tak in return for 60% of stock in buying Asking $3,000,000 Cash flow - $2,500,000 entity. KITV Television Inc. Seller itself will take 40% GEORGE REED 904/730 -2522 GEORGE REED 904/730 -2522 interest in buyer from whick Tak will also accept $40 million note ( "Closed Circuit." July 17). Filed June 30. KHAI(TV) Honolulu. HI (TEMP89071OTV: ch. 20: 537 kw -V: ant. -150 ft.) -Seeks assignment of license from Honolulu Family Television Ltd. to KHAI Inc. for 51.500.000. Seller is subsidiary of Media Central Inc.. Chattanooga. TN. which filed for bankruptcy in 1987; sale Nationwide Media Brokers was approved by Federal Bankruptcy Court of Eastern District of Tennessee. Media Central still has six TV stations. Buyer is headed by Ray Beindorf. who heads KSAI(TV) San Bernardino. CA. and television translator Oman station K48AL. Poway. CA. Filed July 10. WOC(AM)- KUUL -FM Davenport. IA (AM: Associates BAL89063OHH: 1420 khz: 5 kw -U. DA -2: FM: BALH890630H1; 103.7 mhz: 100 kw-V; ant. 363 ft.)- Seeks assignment of license from Signal Hill Communica- GA tions LP to Signal Hill Communications Inc. for no finan- Corporate Offices Atlanta, 404/998-1100 cial consideration. Seller is headed by Wayne Blic. Buyer is headed by Vickie A. Palmer. who has no other broadcast

92 interests. Filed June 30. 995 kw -V: ant 1.220 ft.)-Seeks assignment of license for $1.000. Seller has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is KSCJ(AM) Sioux City. IA (BAL890630EB: 1360 khz: 5 from Seglares Iglesia Catolica Inc. to Southwestern Broad- owned by Philip Larko. who has no other broadcast inter- kw -D. I kw-N1-Seeks assignment of license from Apple casting Corp. for $250.000. Seller is owned by Miguel ests. Action July 6. Flagship Communications LP. Arias. who has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is li- Broadcasting Corporation to WJBO(AM)-WFMF(FM) Baton Rouge. LA for S962.611. Seller is owned by Lawrence S. Magnuson censee of WBOZ -AM -FM Sabana Grande. PR. Its presi- (BTC890519GN: 1150 khz: I kw -D: FM: and Thomas and William Burke. brothers. Buyer is headed dent and sole stockholder. Pedro Roman Collazo. is also BTCH8905I9G0: 102.5 mhz: 100 kw; ant. 560 ft.)- by Lawrence S. Magnuson. John Gleason and Barbara B. president and sole stockholder of International Broadcast- Granted app. of assignment of license from from Share- and John W. Aalfs; Magnuson has following broadcasting ing Corp.. licensee of WVOZ -FM Carolina. PR. Interna- holders of Baton Rouge Broadcasting to Noland -Jenne interests: licensee and owner of KQHU -FM Yankton. SD. tional is sole stockholder of Continental Broadcasting Broadcasting Inc. for 59.091.194. Seller is owned by licensee and owner of 33 1/3% stock of KSCJ(AM) Sioux Corp.. licensee of WVOZ(AM) San Juan. PR. of which brothers Douglas and Charles Manship. who also own Filed June 30. Roman is also president. Filed July 5. City. IA. WBRZ(TV) Baton Rouge. Buyer is owned by George A. WAAQ(FM) Big Rapids. MI (BALH89063OGR: 102.3 WHYZ(AM) Greenville. SC (BAPL890621EB: 1070 Jenne. who is president. director and stockholder of Trans- mhz: 1.8 kw; ant. 400 ft.) -Seeks assignment of license khz: 50 kw -D) -Seeks assignment of license from Green- continental Broadcasting Co.. licensee of KDSX(AM)- from James J. McCluskey to West Michigan Radio Inc. for ville Family Radio Inc. to Greenville Family Broadcasters KDSD(FM) Dennison- Sherman. and KPRR(FM) El Paso. $425.000. Seller also owns WHBTIAM) Jackson and CP Inc. for no financial consideration. Seller is owned by all Texas. He is also president. director and stockholder of for WWTG(AM) Stanwood. both Michigan. Buyer is head- James McClung. who has no other broadcast interests. WLIN Inc.. licensee of WOHT(FM) Jackson. MS. Action ed by Russell C. Balch. who is officer. director and holder Buyer is owned by Steven Brisker. Brisker holds 1005E July 5. 100% voting stock Radio Group Inc.. interest in AM CP in Falmouth. VA. Brisker is officer. of of of Michigan KWTO -AM -FM Springfield. MO (AM: BA- licensee of WOAPIAM)-WMZX -FM Owosso. MI. Filed director and 40.25% stockholder of WZAMIAM) Norfolk. PL890405EA; 560 khz: 5 kw -U. DA -N: FM: BAL- June 30. VA: WJGRIAM) Jacksonville. FL. and in WCTGIAM) CP H890408EB: 98.7 mhz: 100 kw: ant. 600 ft.)- Grunted for new AM station in Columbia. SC. Filed June 21. KLEXIAM) Lexington. MO (BAL890628EC: 1570 khz: app. of assignment of license from Summit -Springfield 250 w- D1-Seeks assignment of license from KLEX Inc. to Actions Broadcasting Corp. to Cole Media Inc. for $4.25 million Inc. for 549.000. Seller is owned by Seller is headed by James KLEX Broadcasting WGNP(FM) Albany. GA (BAPED8902IOHD: 90.7 mhz: ( "Changing Hands." April 10). Ken Meyer. who has following broadcast interests: KFA- Wesley Jr. It also owns KLZIAM)- KAZY(FM) Denver: 3 kw -V: ant. 100 ft.)-Granted app. of assignment of L(AMI- KKCA(FM) Fulton 180%1. KBOAIAMI- WAOK(AM)- WVEE(FM) Atlanta: WCAO(AM)- license from Larry Frith to Land Ministries Inc. for no KTMO(FM) Kennen. KCFMIFMI Lexington (80 %) and WXYV(FM) Baltimore: KFORIAM)- KRFX(FM) Lincoln. financial consideration. Seller has no other broadcast inter- KTXRIFM) Springfield 192.88 %1. all Missouri. Buyer is NE: WAKR(AM)- WONE -FM Akron and WONE(AM)- ests. Buyer is owned by C.W. Eidenire. who have no other owned by Edward H. Luehrman. who has no other broad- WTUE(FM) Dayton. both Ohio. and KMEZIAM)- broadcast interests. Action June 28. cast interests. Filed June 28. KJMZ(FM) Dallas. Buyer is owned by Richard Cole. who WTPO(AM) Conyers. GA (BAL890522EC: 1050 khz: I Action July 7. KGLX -FM Gallup. NM 1BAPLH890626GN:99.10 mhz: has no other broadcast interests. kw -D. 266W-NI-Granted app. of assignment of license 100 kw: ant 1.201 ft.) assignment of license from KGLM(FM) Anaconda. MT (BALH890404HT: 97.7 -Seeks from Fab Communications Inc. to Perimeter Broadcasting Webb Communications to Skypath Communications for mhz: 210 kw; ant. 940 Granted app. of assignment of Inc. for S37.000. Seller is owned by Fred Blencowe and fí.)- $10. Seller is owned by Robert Webb. who has interest in license from Howard N. Neckles to Aire/Ink Inc. for Edward Taylor. who also have interest in WIHTITVI Ann WNIV(AM) Inverness. FL and KLRK -FM Vandalia. MO. 54.500. Sellers have no other broadcast interests. Buyer is Arbor. MI. Buyer is headed by Thomas M. Gough. who Buyer is owned by Tom Troland (51 %) and Robert Webb headed by David R. Fransen. Strickland Aire/Ink Inc. is has no other broadcast interests. Action July 10. (49 %). Troland is partner in Starboard Productions. which licensee of KDRG(AM)-KDRF -FM Deer Lodge. MT. Ac- holds CP for new FM at Hampton. NH. Filed June 26. WMLSIAM) Monroe. GA IBTC890524ED: 1490 khz: I tion July 6. kw -D. 250W- N1-Granted app. of assignment of license WHDLIAM)- WOLN -FM Olean. NY (AM: Santa Fe, NM (BTCH880802GS: 105.9 from Ronald A. Reeves to Reeves. George Peters and Lee KNMQIFMI BAL890706HE: 1450 khz: I kw -U: FM: BALH890706HF: mhz: 100 kw: HAAT: L936 ft. )-Dismissed app. of as- Morgan. Reeves receives S25.300. 1/3 in Peters' and Mor- 95.7 mhz: 43 kw: ant. 740 ft.) -Seeks assignment of signment of license from James M. Ellis. J.M. Walrad. gan's WBMSIAM) Eatonton. GA. Seller have no other license from WHDL Inc. to Arrow Communications Inc. Melvin P. Hemmer and Ronald L. Sack to Steven A. broadcast interests. Buyer is equally owned by Reeves. for 51.000.000. Seller is owned by Frank Penny and Dean Humphries for 51.550.000. Seller has no other broadcast George Bernard Peters and Lee P. Morgan. Action July 7. Aubol. who also own WEBO(AM) Oswego and interests. Buyer is owned by Steven A. Humphries and WQXTIFM) Binghamton. both NY. Buyer is owned by KLNIIAM) Pearl City. HI (BAL890523ED: 1380 khz: 5 family. It also has interest in KLLT(FM) Grants. NM. Paul Rothfuss. who also has interest in KHUM -FM Tope- kw)- Granted app. of assignment of license from Henry A. Action June 29. ka. KS: WFFX(AM)- WRLX(FM) Tuscaloosa. AL: Younge Jr. to Scott G. Mahalick for S550.000. Seller is WGLIIAM) Babylon. NY (BAL890217EB: 1290 khz: 5 WZOQ -FM Lima. OH: KZBB -FM Fort Smith. AR: KILO- headed by Henry A. Younge Jr.. who has no other broad- kw -D. I kw-N)-- Granted app. of assignment of license FM Davenport. IA: WFRG -AM Rome. NY. and cast interests. Buyer is owned by Scott Mahalick. who also -AM from Babylon Communications Inc. to Radio WADO Inc. WZNY -FM Augusta. GA. Filed July 6. owns 5% of Kanehoc Radio Inc.. which holds license for for S375.000. Seller is headed by John Foster. who has no KANYIFMI Kanchoe. HI. Action July 7. WDKS -FM Dunn. NC (BALH890628GK: 103.1 mhz: other broadcast interests. Buyer is headed by Louis Wolf- 270 kw: ant. 320 ft.( -Seeks assignment of license from KXOFI FM) Bloomfield. IA (BALH890417GV: 106.3 son III. Radio WADO is licensee of WADO(AM) New Landsman- Webster Communications of North Carolina mhz: 3 kw: ant. 300 ft.)- Granted app. of assignment of York. NY. Herb Levin. senior vice president and share- Inc. to Metropolitan Broadcasting of NC Inc. for license from Dwaine F. Meyer to Horizon Broadcasting holder in Radio WADO. also holds 32.8% of issued and 52.000.000. Seller is headed by Dean Landsman and Mi- Inc. for 5130.000. Seller has interest in KLAL -FM La- outstanding common stock of S.R. Associates Inc.. licens- chael and Norma Nigris. Michael Nigris is 30% stockhold- moni. KELR -FM Chariton and KXLQ Indianola. all Iowa. ee of WSUAIAM) Miami. FL. Levin also holds 33% er in WVEC(AM) San Luis Obispo and KPGA(FM) Pismo Buyer is owned by Douglas R. Smiley. Smiley owns 33% interest in Producciones Susquehanna Inc.. which holds Becah. both California. He is also officer of WPOP(AM) of KATV(FM) Knoxville. IA and KBMI(FM) Roma. TX 1.5% interest in S.R. Associates Inc. Principal officers of Hanford and WIOFIFM) Waterbury. both Connecticut. as of January. 1985. Radio WADO hold 51% beneficial ownership interest in Buyer is headed by David W. Evans. who has no other WRRR(AMI- WYBR -FM Rockford. IL IBAL89051OHJ: Video Jukebox. Mississippi. Video Jukebox also has fol- broadcast interests. Filed June 28. 1330 khz: 1.0 kw -D: FM: BALH890510HK; 104.9 mhz: 3 lowing pending LPTV applications: channel 13. Atlanta: WSIC(AM)- WFMX(FM) Statesville. NC (AM: kw: ant. 300 ft.)- Granted app. of license from North Star channel 10. Cleveland. and channel 10. New Orleans. Action July 6. BAL890629GX: 1400 khz: I kw -U: FM: Broadcasting Inc. to Roben E. Rhea Jr. for 51.35 million. BALH890629GY: 105.7 mhz: 100 kw: ant. 1.517 ft.)- Seller also owns WILS-AM-FM Lansing. MI. and is whol- WJIKIAM) Camp LeJeune. NC (BAL890329EB: 1580 Seeks assignment of license from High Country Communi- ly owned by NCNB Texas Venture Group. headed by khz: IO kw- D)-- Granted app. of assignment of license cations Inc. to Adventure Communications Inc. for Michael DeLicr. Buyer is owned by Robert E. Rhea Jr.. from Francon Inc. to Word of Faith of Jacksonville Inc. for S2.500.000. Seller is headed by Warren Penney. Charles 90 %. who has no other broadcast interests. Action July 10. 554.000. Seller is owned by Charles Franklin. who has no Frischman. partner of seller. has interest in WBBBIAM)- New FM South Whidev. IN (BAPH890427GN: 101.1 other broadcast interests. Buyer is owned by James Ricky WPCM(FM) Burlington. SC and KZZB -AM -FM Beau- mhz: 3 kw: ant. 100 (t.1- Granted app. of assignment of Osborne. who has no other broadcast interests. Action July mont. TX. Buyer is headed by Mike Shout. Adventure Four license from Crtr A. S:Juch to Idirko Communication. Inc. i. Inc.. proposed assignee of WSIC(AM)-WFMX(FM) ( "Ad- venture") is wholly owned subsidiary of Adventure Com- munications Inc. ( "ACI ") is licensee of WHIS(AM)- WHAJ-FM Bluefield. WV. Adventure Two Inc. ( "ATI" 1. Is NOW a good time to sell the station? also wholly owned subsidiary of ACI. is licensee of WKEE -AM -FM Huntington. WV. ACI also has 49% own- And who would know? ership interest in Adventure Three Inc.. holder of CP for ...an broker WBJY -FM in Shadyside. OH. WBJY -FM has application ...a media analyst experienced on file to move its transmitter location. Filed June 29. ...a legal authority ...another station owner KGCTITV) Tulsa. OK (TEMP890710: ch. 41: 1350 kw- V: ant. 1.510 f0 -Seeks assignment of license from Green ..Bob Marshall (all of the above) Country Associates Ltd. to Tulsa TV 41 Corp. for $500.000. Seller is headed by Leonard Anderson. who has i. %%: u no other broadcast interests. Buyer is owned by Dennis :i:ü%ï%...... Lisack. who has no other broadcast interests. Filed July 10. KWJY(FM) Woodward. OK (BALH890628GL: 92.1 mhz: 1.60 kw: ant. 128 ft.)-Secks assignment of license R.A. Marshall & Co. from Dwaine T. Martin to FM 92 Broadcasters Inc. for $24.600. Seller has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is Medfial avestmtnerrat i poke re as Analysts headed by Michael W. Mitchel and his brother. Gary L. 800 Main Street Suite 210 Mitchel. Michael W. Mitchel and Gary L. Mitchel. together as Mitchbroco. are 50% owners of Alvaomni Inc.. Hilton Head Island South Carolina 29926 licensee of KALVIAM) Alva. OK. Filed June 28. (803) 681 -5252 FAX (803) 681 -5084 WVEO -TV Aguadilla. PR (TEMP890705TV: ch. 44:

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 93 Osborne. who have no other broadcast interests. Action July 5. WOKX(AM) High Point. NC (BAL890428EG: 1590 khz: I kw- D)- Granted app. of assignment of license from Club Towers Broadcasting Inc. to Living Word Evangelis- tic Association for SI50.000. Seller is owned by Charles A. Poole. John W. Thomas Ill and P.A. Thomas Jr. Principals Services own interest in WTHP -FM Thomasville. NC. Buyer is headed by W. Wellington Boone. who has no other broadcast interests. Action July 5.

KZZJIAM) Rugby. ND (BTC890518EC: 1450 khz: I BROADCAST DATABASE kw-ill-Granted app. of assignment of license from Gary BROADCAST DATA SERVICES C. and Beverly A. Pearson to Richard and Alice Ivers and Computerized Broadcast Service Delhan Nygard for 510.000. Sellers have no other broad- dataworld cast interests. MAPS IRCluding Delhart Nygard owns 50% of KGPC Co. in Grafton. ND. Coverage Terrain Shadowing Data Base Allocation Studies call letters KXPO- AM -FM. He is also cur- Terrain Profiles rent 50% Allocation Studies Directories stockholder of Rugby Broadcasters Inc. Gary C. A Div. of Nuf/et. I.ur,nn .5 !oilmen. Inc. Pearson PO. Box 30730 301- 652 -8822 owns 100% of Pearson Broadcasting Co.. KZZY- 703 Bethesda. MD 20814 800 -368 -5754 824-5666 FM Devils Lake. ND. Ownership report was filed with FAX:703 -824-5672 FCC April 3 to transfer ownership of KZZY to Devils Lake Broadcasting Group. Action July 6. WILK(AM) WnINa, INC. Wilkes -Barre. PA (BAL890428EK: 980 UNUSED CALL LETTERS khz: 5 kw -D. I kw -Nt-Seeks assignment of license from Connector Supplier MAILING LABELS Wyoming Valley Broadcasting Co. to Keymarket of New to the Broadcast Industry AMFMTV Orleans Inc. for S350.000. Seller is owned by Roy Mor- Kings /ITT Cannon gan. who has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is owned 67 Je&ryn Blvd. E. by Kerby E. Confer and Donald J. Alt. Donald Alt owns Deer Park, N.Y. 11729 datawonld WRUS(AMI- WBVRIFM) Russelville. KY. Kerby Confer 301- 652 -8822 (516) 2424700 800- 368 -5754 also owns WTCB -FM Orangeburg. SC: WNNK -FM Har- risburg. PA: KOKE(AMI- KKMJ(FM) Austin. TX: WEC- ZIAM) Hickory. NC; WRVR -AM -FM Memphis. TN. and WYOM(AM)- WKRZ -FM Wilkes -Barre. PA. Action July *Talaisch,Tha. ealawcplil 6. MOADCAET CONSULTANTS AND summon WELU Aguadilla. PR (BALET8904I8KH: ch. 32: 105 FCC App.ra:9ns ano Fe0 Engineering kw -V: ant. 967 ft.)-Granted app. of assignment of license FeOM,rY SearcMS ana COYdnNOn TERRAIN SHADOWING tower E'K:Or ana MenlpWCe from Israel Rodriguez Evangelistic Association to Faith Facile Denn WO Cp,slluclay, POPULATION DENSITY Pleases God Church Corp. Israel Rodriguez Evangelistic Coniaci IIENNET-I w nOEr,N 23400 M.Ch 4e CONTOUR COVERAGE Association dba Consumer Educational Research and De- mi 48124 1313/ 5626873 Deartw, 13011 6528822 18001 368-5754 velopment Television Center hereby bequeaths all rights and title to WELU(TV) to Faith Pleases God Church Corp. Buyer is headed by Carlos Ortiz. John Jacobson. Minerva Jacobson and Aracelis Ortiz. It also owns WUJA -TV Ca- Franklyn R. Beemish & Co. guas. and is permittee of low -power TV WO3AY Augusta. Engineering for Television & Radio ME. Carlos Ortiz owns 555E of limited partnership for Radio and Television System Design FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS DESIGN 6 IMPLEMENTATION KMNZ -TV Oklahoma City. and 5% of common stock of ANALOG Y. DIGITAL VIDEO. AUDIO. HDTV Transmitter and Studio Installation KMHB(TV I McAllen. TX. Aracelis Ortiz owns two LPTV Microwave and Satellite ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING stations. W50AV San German. and W59BQ Ponce. both Engineering and Installation ELECTRICAL. HVAC. ACOUSTICAL Puerto Rico. Action June 30. 627 Boulevard 574 Sunrise Highway. Baldwin, NY 11510 201- 245 -4833 Kenilworth, NJ 07033 5160674510 WIBS St. Thomas. VI IBAP890125EA: 1090 khz: 0.25 kw- D1-- Granted app. of assignment of license from St. Thomas Broadcasters to Three Angels Corp. for 585.000. Seller is owned by Raphael A. Figueroa. who has no other Shoolbred Engineers, Inc. broadcast interests. Buyer is headed by Reynald Charles. StaínIess, Inc. Snsaunl Consultants who has no other broadcast interests. Action July 5. ©"' KVAN(AM) Vancouver, WA (BAL890216EE; 1550 Towers and Antenna Structures New Towers, Antenna Structures khz: 210 kw; HAAT: ant. 940 ft.) and KMJK -FM Lake Engineering Studies, Modifications Robert A. Shoolbred, PE. Oswego, OR (BAPLH890216EF; 106.7 mhz; 100 kw; ant. Inspections, Erection, Appraisals 877 ft.)- Granted app. of assignment of license from Engel North Wales, PA 19454 IOW Mmhan Dime Communications to Fairmount Communications Corp. for 215 699-4871 FAX 699 -9597 Chnlneon. S.C. 29403.00i) 577.4881 $7.400.000 ( "Changing Hands." Feb. 13). Seller is headed by Bruce Engel, who also owns KGRL(AM)- KXIQ(FM) Bend, OR. Buyer is subsidiary of Osborn Com- Space Segment munications and is headed by John Hayes Jr., and also Turn Around* SG Communications, Inc. owns K101(FM) San Francisco; WMTG(AM)- eeel and Remoce WNIC(FM) TV /FM RF Systems Specialists Dearborn- MI; KKOB -AM -FM Albuquerque, NM, and RF System Measurements WLAC-AM -FM Nashville, TN. Osborn Communications Tower Erection & Maintenance Pittsburgh L. is New York-based owner of five AM's, seven FM's and 1-800- 824 -7865 Tucson, AZ International Teeport one TV. Action July 5. 1 -800- 874.5449 Tampa, FL 800- 634 -6530 WHTL(FM) Whitehall. WI (BALH890324HQ: 102.3 mhz: 3 kw: ant. 450 ft.)- Granted app. of assignment of license from Monday Trust Inc. to Amercom Corp. for no financial consideration. Seller is owned by W. Richard TOWER NETWORK SERVICES Dwyer and Richard L. Hencley. They also own KXLV -FM rower KLINE TOWERS Inspections a Maintenance Cambridge. MN. and WXCE(AM) Amery. WI. Buyer is Towers, Antenna Structures TNS Pressure Val Guy Trallne Digital Tension Measurements principally owned by Richard L. Hencley. 555E; Willis K. Engineering & Installation Structural Design Modmcanons Drake. 8%: Ronald D. Olson. 5 %: Gunther Schaaf. 7 %: P.O. Box 1013 Service like never seen you're Edgar P. Erickson. 9%. and Terry S. Moores. 55E. Action Columbia, S.C. 29202 We de high volume at LOW NI¢EE July 7. Tel: 803 251 -8000 - FAX 251 -8080 214. 891.0555 DALLAS 404. 699.2620 ATLANTA New Stations

Engineering LDL COMMUNICATIONS INC and Applications RF design & installation specialists Consulting LARCAN solid state transmitters FM's Yuma. SYSTEM. FACILITY DESIGN AND PROJECT Alan Dick antennas & combiners AZ (BPED890622MA)-Voice Of International MANAGEMENT FOR NEW AND REBUILDING Christian Evangelism seeks 88.1 mhz: 3 LeBlanc & Royle tower systems kw. Address: FULL POWER TV STATIONS. ALSO HDTV, Evangelism Inc.. 949 Walnut. Holtville. CA 92250. Princi- POST PRODUCTION. CORPORATE 14440 Cherry Lane Ct. Laurel MD 20707 DIGITAL. pal is headed by Alberto Lozano. He is 509E owner of OHIO Tel: 301- 498.2200 Fax: 301-498-7952 15131777.0037 CINCINNATI, Newton- Conover Communications Inc.. licensee of WNNC(AM) Newton. NC. Applicant has held interest in that company since it acquired WNNC(AM) in August 1976. WNNC(AM) has pending license renewal applica-

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George Jacobs DON'T BE A STRANGER JOHN E. HIDLE, P.E. AFCCE & Associates, Inc. Broadcast and Telecommunications Association of Consulting Broadcast Engineers Consulting Engineer Federal Communications Domestic & International P.O. BOX 126 Consulting Engineers Member AFCCE . - c.vle's a -a 000 SO`. ave'S '. NEW PALTZ, NEW YORK 12561 P.O. Boa 19333 8701 Georgia Ave. '986 Readership Survey showing 35 (914) 255.0449 20th Street Station Suite 410 Silver Sprang. MO Washington. DC 20036 (301) 587 -8800 20910 12021659 -3707 tion before commission. file no. BR- June 880802V0. Filed for CP to change DA -2 to nondirectional day. NV: 35 10 ION 114 38 02W. 16. Edwardsville. IL. WRYT(AM) 1080 khz -July 5 appli- Phoenix. KVVA(AM) 860 khz -July 5 application San Luis Obispo, CA (BPED890619MH) -KCBX Inc. cation (BP870918AC) for Mod CP to change TL: W of (BP840405AF) dismissed for CP to increase day power to seeks 89.3 mhz: 5.3 kw: 1.420 ft. Vachell Address: 4100 State Rte. 157 and N of McDonough Lake 5.4 km NW 10 kw and change to DA -2. Lane. San Luis Obispo. CA 93401. Principal is headed by from center of Collinsville. IL; make changes in antenna Trumann, Frank Lanzone. who is licensee of KCBX(FM) San Luis system; 38 42 40N 90 00 50W. AR, KXRQ(AM) 1530 khz -July 5 applica- Obispo. CA. Filed June 19. tion (BP88I208AC) granted for CP to correct coordinates Homer City. PA. WCCS(AM) 1 160 khz -June 22 appli- to: On U.S. Hwy. 63. 1.9 km SE of Trumann. AR: 35 39 Warrenton, GA (BPH890613MH) -Radio Warrenton cation for Mod of CP to augment day and night station 37N 90 30 07W. seeks 93.1 mhz; 3 kw; 328 ft. Address: 11756 -3A S. Laurel patterns. Dr.. Laurel. MD 20708. Principal is owned by Susan Johnstown, CO. KHNC(AM) 1360 khz-July 5 applica- Greenville. SC. WMUU(AM) 1260 khz 27 appli- Warren. who has no other broadcast interests. Filed June -April tion (BMP87033ICA) dismissed for Mod of CP cation (BP881109AC) for Mod to increase 13. of CP power to (BP841224AB) to change hours of operation to unlimited 5 kw. by adding night service with 530 w. Gooding. ID (BPH890628ME)- Greater Philadelphia Spartanburg. SC. WORD(AM) 910 khz -July 6 aplica- Broadcasting Corp. of Gooding Inc. seeks 101.3 mhz: 3 Boynton Beach. FL. WYFX(AM) 1040 khz -July 5 ap- lion for CP to reduce power to 890 w night and 3.600 w kw: Address: 13308 SW 108 St. Circle. Miami. Principal is plication (BMP8812I5AC) granted for Mod of CP day; TL: to 2.3 km E of Interstate Rte. 26. 10.5 km NW owned by Robert G. Aisenstein. James H. Nettleton and of (BP861003AD) to augment daytime directional pattern. Spartanburg, SC: make changes in antenna system; 35 01 David Horowitz. Horowitz has purchased one-third interest ION 82 00 36W. Tampa. FL. WQYK(AM) 1010 khz -July 6 application in Greater Philadelphia Broadcasting of Idaho Inc. which (BP881I21AE) granted for CP to modify augmentation of has time brokerage agreement with. and option to purchase Plano, TX. KSSA(AM) 1600 khz-March 30 amended daytime DA pattern and change monitored radials for both assets of. KRXR(AM) Gooding, ID. Filed June 28. to reduce nighttime power to 930 w. daytime and nighttime. Hutchinson, KS (BPED890620MB)- Kansas -Nebraska Ashland. WI. WATW(AM) 1400 khz -June 26 applica- Covington. GA. WGFS(AM) 1430 khz -July 7 application for Christian Broadcasting Inc. seeks 91.7 mhz: 100 kw; 239 CP to change TL: 24th St. and State Hwy. 13. tion (BP88 I 129AE) granted for CP to change TL: Brown ft. Address: 1018 N. Jackson. #2. Hutchinson. KS. Princi- Ashland. WI: make changes in antenna system; 46 34 25N Bridge Rd, Covington. GA; 33 35 25N 83 53 58W. pal is headed by Thomas J. Russell. who has no other 90 51 56W. Harlan. KY. WFSR(AM) 1470 mhz 5 application broadcast interests. Filed June 20. -July FM's (BP890424AG) returned for CP to change freq: 970 khz: Flora. MS (BPH890608MJ) -John Henry Pembroke increase ground Fayette. AL. WHKW(FM) 98.1 mhz -June 9 application radials to 252 ft. seeks 97.5 mhz: 3 kw: 328 ft. Address: 1816 Pleasant for CP to change HAAT: 905 ft. H &V; TL: 1.85 mi SE of Shelbyville. KY, WCND(AM) 940 khz -July 7 applica- Ave.. Jackson. MS. Pembroke is permittee for station Schola. AL. tion (BP880804AH) granted for CP to correct coordinates: WONGIAM) Canton. MS. License application for WONG 38 12 48N 85 10 16W. is pending (file no. BL- 890302AB). In addition. Pembroke Talladega, AL. 97.5 mhz -June 27 application for Mod is recent assignee of WJFL(AM) Jackson, MS. Assignment of CP (BPH8807O6MA) to change ERP: 0.910 kw H &V; was granted May 17 and consummated May 24. Filed June HAAT: 574 ft. H &V; TL: Waterworks Rd. (within city 8. limits) Talladega. AL. Allocations Little Rock. AR, KABF(FM) 88.3 mhz -June 19 appli- Actions cation for CP to install circularly polarized antenna. Le Grand, CA. KEFR(FM) 89.9 mhz -June 21 applica- AM Springville, NY. At request of Michael A. Williams, tion for CP to change HAAT to 2.141 ft. H &V. Sun Valley. NV (BP881128AL)- Granted app. of Sil- proposed amending TV table by allotting UHF ch. 67 to veradio Corp. for 730 khz: Address: P.O. Box 700. Fol- Colorado Springs. KTLF(FM) 89.7 mhz -June 29 appli- Springville as its first local television service. Comments cation for som. CA 95630. Principal is owned by D.C. Williams. CP to change ERP: 6.500 kw H &V; HAAT: -288 are due Aug. 28, replies Sept. 12. (MM Docket 89 -296 by ft. H TL: 5675 S who owns 50% of KPLA(AM) Riverbank and 505E of &V; Acadent Blvd. NPRM [DA 89 -686] adopted June 15 by chief, Allocations Branch.) KCPC(AM) Rancho Mirage. both California. Action July Bonifay. FL, WTBB(FM) 97.7 mhz-June 14 applica- 5. tion for CP to change ERP: 91.66 kw; HAAT: 1.313 ft. Syracuse, IN. On request of William Dixon, allotment of FM's (H &V); class: CI; TL: 299.3 D.T. 7.51 km from Fountain. ch. 278A (103.5 mhz). (MM Docket 89 -289, May 31 ]DA FL. Walpole. NH IBPED89032IMR)- Retumed app. of 89 -641] .) Granite State Educational Fellowship Inc. for 91.7 mhz: Homestead. FL, WXDJ(FM) 95.7 mhz -June 27 appli- Magnolia, AR. At request of Hogan Broadcasting Sys- 100 kw: Address: Route 63. Hinsdale. NH 03451. Principal for CP to change ERP: 23.4 kw H &V; HAAT: 1.628 tern, proposed allotting ch. 271A (102.1 mhz) to Magnolia is owned by Alice Allen. who has no other broadcast ft. H &V. as its second local FM service. Comments due Aug. 14, interests. Action June 28. Lafayette. FL. 99.9 mhz -June 23 application for Mod replies due Aug. 29. (MM docket 89 -290 by NPRM [DA 89 -656] adopted May 31 by chief, Allocations Branch, Grants. NM (BPH871 I I3MG )-Dismissed app. of Cibo- of CP (BPH870729MJ) to change TL: 1171/2 Henderson la Radio Partnership for 105.5 mhz: 100 kw H &V; 1.312 Rd.. Tallahassee. FL. Mass Media Bureau.) ft. Address: 709 Warren. Grants. NM 87020. Principal is Churubusco, Roanoke and South Dublin. GA, WQZY(FM) 95.9 mhz -June 14 applica- Huntington, Whitley, owned by Dolores Greigo- Rodarte. who has no other IN. Denied tion for CP to change ERP: 27 kw (H &V); HAAT: 154 ft. Huntington Broadcasting Corp. (HBC) recon- broadcast interests. Action June 28. (H &V); class: C2. sideration of report and order which allotted ch. 242A (96.3 Portage. PA (BPH871202MA)- Granted app. of Main- mhz) to Churubusco, substituted ch. 275A (102.9 mhz) for Honolulu. KHPR(FM) 88.1 mhz -June 16 application line Media Inc. for 105.7 mhz: 3 kw H&V; Address: 609 276A (103.1 mhz) at Huntington and modified HBC's for CP to change ERP: 100 kw H &V; HAAT: 1.968 ft. Main St.. Ponage. PA 15946. Principal is owned by Vin- license for WIDE -FM accordingly, and allotted ch. 266A H &V; TL: 4.8 km NE of town on Palehua Rd. at Palehua cent Kane. who is licensee of Portage. PA. (101.1 mhz) and 286A (105.1 mhz) to South Whitley and WWMLIAM) Communications site: install DA. Action June 29. Roanoke, respectively. (MM docket 86 -359 by MO &O Honolulu. KIPO(FM) 89.3 mhz -June 29 application for [DA 89 -657] adopted May 31 by chief, Policy and Rules Spangler. PA (BPH88081 IMK)-Returned app. of Peter Mod of CP (BPED850514MB as Mod) for changes. Division, Mass Media Bureau.) Hons for 97.3 mhz: 2.45 kw: 367 ft. Address: 100 Poplor St. Portage. PA 15946. Principal has no other broadcast Lewiston, ID. KOZE -FM 96.5 mhz-June 21 application Baker, CA. On request of Mount Wilson FM Broadcast- interests. Action March 21. for Mod of CP (BPH870227MH) to change ERP: 27.5 kw ers Inc., allotment of ch. 268B (101.5 mhz). (MM docket H &V; HAAT: 898 ft. H&V; class: CI: Mod BPH- 89 -638, June 1 [DA 89 -638] .) Canaan. VT (BPH880706MB)- Granted app. of Four 870227MH to specify a nonDA. Seasons Communications Inc. for 94.1 mhz: with 0.959 kw Hatteras, NC. At request of Pamlico Sound Company H &V: 567 ft. Address: 187 Brookmere Dr.. P.O. Box 36. Sun Valley, ID, KSKI(FM) 93.5 mhz -June 15 applica- Inc., proposed amending PM table by substituting ch. Fairfield. CT 06430. Principal is owned by Timothy D. tion for CP to change freq.: 103.7 mhz: ERP: 51.8 kw 246C1 (97.1 mhz) for ch. 248C2 (97.5 MHz) at Hatteras, Martz. Applicant is licensee of WFST(AM) Caribou. ME. H &V; HAAT: 1907 ft. H&V; class: C: TL: 7 km from Sun and modifying its construction permit to specify operation Action June 5. Valley on bearing of N212E at Seattle Ridge. Bald Mtn.. on clear ch. Comments are due Aug. 28, replies Sept. 12. ID. (MM Docket 89-297 by NPRM IDA 89 -687] adopted June Fairmont. WV (BPH870309MC)- Granted app. of Fair- 15 by chief, Allocations Branch.) mont Broadcasting Co. for 94.3 mhz: 3 kw H &V; 328 ft. TV's Opelika, AL. Effective Aug. 21, allotted ch. 244A (96.7 Address: 450 Leonard Ave. Fairmont. WV 26554. Princi- Bainbridge. GA WTLH(TV) ch. 49 -June I application mhz) to Opelika as its first local FM service. Filing window pal has no other broadcast interests. Action July 5. for Mod of CP to change ERP: 1,611 kw (vis); HAAT: 806 Aug. 22, ft. opens closes Sept. 21. (MM Docket 88 -319 by TV R &O (DA 89 -703] adopted June 16 by chief, Allocations Sparta. IL (BPCT890515KF)- Resumed app. of Rita East St. Louis. IL, WVCL(TV) ch. 46 -June 20 applica- Branch, Mass Media Bureau.) tion for Mod of CP (BPCT811208KG) to change ERP: Wyse for ch. 48. I I.3 kw; 465 ft. Address: Rte. I. Box Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. Granted Emission de Radio 5.000 kw (vis); TL: near Maxville. MO: ant: Dielec- 26W Archbold. OH 43502. Principal has no other broad- Balmaseda Inc.'s petition for reconsideration to extent of tricITFU-361DAS/V Custom "skull" (DA)(BT); 38 23 cast interests. Action June 5. substituting ch. 293A 006.5 mhz) for ch. 227A (93.3 mhz) 18N 90 29 16W. at Ponte Vedra Beach. (MM Docket 85 -376 by MO&O Denton. TX, KDTN(TV) ch. 2 -June 27 application for [DA 89 -702] adopted June 15 by chief, Policy and Rules Mod of CP (BPET558) to change ERP: 100 kw (vis): Division, Mass Media Bureau.) HAAT: 1,351 ft. Facilities Changes Carthage and Webb City, MO. At request of Carthage Actions Broadcasting Co., proposed substituting ch. 236C2 (95.1 AM's mhz) for 285A (104.9 mhz) at Carthage and modifying Applications license for KRGK(FM) accordingly. Ordered Don and Gai- Eagle River, AK, KCFA(AM) 1020 khz -June 29 appli- ly Stubblefield to show cause why license for KKLL(FM) AM's cation (BP890208AA) dismissed for CP to make changes in Webb City, should not be modified to specify operation on Yuba City. CA. KOBO(AM) 1450 khz -June IS appli- antenna system and change from DA to nonDA. ch. 250A (97.9 mhz) in lieu of ch. 236A. Comments due cation (BP841213AC) for Mod of CP to increase nighttime Bullhead City, AZ. KRHS(AM) 1000 khz -July 5 appli- Aug. 28, replies Sept. 12. (MM Docket 89 -301 by NPRM power to I kw. cation (BP881121AA) granted for CP to change daytime [DA 89 -701] adopted June 16 by chief, Allocations power 5 kw and change Davie. FL. WAVS(AM) 1 170 khz -June 26 application to TL: 1.6 km NW of Laughlin. Branch.)

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 96 Meteorologist: New England Weather Service. a division Weatherperson: Small market. Northwest network affiliate Promotion manager: Top 50 Independent television sta- of WTIC AM /FM/TV is offering an opportunity for experi- scouting weather talent for possible future opening. De- tion in search of creative promotion manager. Qualified enced meteorologists to loin one of the nations most gree. certification. and lengthy experience not important. applicants will have experience in on -air production. me- advanced weather forecasting operations. Offering Dopp- Talent, watchability. and computer skills are. Resume and dia planning /buying and public relations. Good organiza- ler radar. GOES satellite imagery, real time lightning de- references to Box H -66. EOE. tional and communication skills a must. Send resume plus tection. ASOS. and more. A strong personality and broad- salary requirements to Box H -57. EOE. News photographer: Applicants should have at least two cast experience a must. Send a non -returnable years experience as a full -time photographer with a com- Lonely art director seeks experienced. outgoing graphic tape /resume to Roger Griswold. New England Weather mercial television station, a good eye and experience with designer for fun times and possible lasting relationship. Service, Go WTIC -TV. One Corporate Center. Hartford, CT Beta cameras and editing equipment. No beginners. Stimulating electronic opportunity. Top 10 affiliate. Excit- 06103. Telephone, 203 -527 -6161. EOE, M /F. please. Send resume and non -returnable tape to: Bob ing 4 day schedule. Must love news and promotion ani- TV news director: Award- winning. aggressive 16 person Cook, Dept. A. KTXL-TV. 4655 Fruitndge Rd.. Sacramen- mals. Rush resume and tape to Art Director, KHOU -TV, news department needs highly motivated, hands -on pro- to. CA 95820. No phone cans. Final filing date August 2, 1945 Allen Pkwy., Houston. TX 77018. EOE. fessional to carry on tradition of excellence in hard hitting, 1989. EOE. Executive promotion. If you have an outstand- investigative environment. Tropical island on the Pacific producer- Medium Mid -South news operation seeking reporter and ing reel, 3 years experience, a desire to make your on -air Rim. 1 hr. newscast daily, fully computerized newsroom. producer. Send resume and salary requirements to: Box shine and if you feel you're in a deadend job, Long term opportunity, competitive salary, excellent bene- creativity H -68. EOE. WSOC-TV wants to see your work! We need a top -flight fits package. Send resume and tape to. Harrison O. Flora creative on -air pro to take over responsibility for our on -air General Manager, Guam Cable TV, 530 W. O'Brien Dr., Reporter: For magazine format syndicated TV health product. Send reel and resume to: Alan Batten, WSOC -TV, Agana, Guam 96910. FAX #617-477-7847. EOE. show. Minimum two years TV experience in field /on -air. 1901 N. Tryon, St., Charlotte. NC 28206. EOE. M /F. Medical background helpful. RN preferred. Send resume Reporter: KTBC -TV, Austin, Texas is looking for a report- and tape to PO Box 555. Columbus, OH 43216. EOE. Leading Nashville production company seeks innova- er. We need someone who has strong journalistic talents. tive. enthusiastic paint box artist. AVA experience pre- good "live" skills and who can do quality special reports. Anchor /producer: For top -rated Midwest affiliate. Experi- ferred. 3D animation experience helpful. Ability to handle Positive mental attitude, good vibes and good karma are ence a must. Send tapes and resumes to Ralph Bristol. projects from concept to completion a must! Contact musts. Send tape and resume to Tim G. Gardner. News WGEM AM- FM -TV. 513 Hampshire. Quincy. IL 62301. Scene Three, Inc., 1813 8th Ave. South, Nashville, TN Director, KTBC -TV, PO Box 2223, Austin, TX 78768. No EOE, M/F. 37203. Afin: Mike Arnold, 615 -385 -2820. EOE. phone calls, please. KTBC -TV is an equal opportunity /reporter: For Midwest employer. Weekend anchor top-rated affili- Producer/booker needed in Washington, DC and R. Lee, ate. Experience necessary. Send tapes and resumes to NJ for weekly news shows. Must have excellent roll- o -dex, News photographer: Must have experience in shooting Ralph Bristol. WGEM AM- FM -TV, 513 Hampshire, Quincy. strong news sense and 3 -5 years experience. Send cover and editing news. Send resume and lape to KTVA News IL 62301. EOE. M F. letter and resume to: Margaret Suzor, 1211 Connecticut Dept., 1007 West 32nd St.. Anchorage. AK 99503. EOE. Reporter, with chance to produce and anchor. Western Ave., NW. Suite 810. Washington. DC 20036. EOE. Anchor /producer for award -winning. well -equipped and Montana news network. Tapes and resumes to News Di New York Public very competitive group -owned NBC affiliate near Mt. rector. KECI -TV. 340 W. Main, Missoula. MT 59802. No Instructional TV coordinator: Western Association is an experienced pro- Rushmore. Minimum 3 -5 years experience as commercial calls. EOE. Broadcasting seeking Services Department of TV reporter /anchor, strong delivery and leadership skills a fessional to join the Educational News director needed by small Midwestern television WNED to must. Dan Schillinger, KEVN -TV, Box 677. Rapid City, SD -TV. We are committed pioneering expanded station. Some experience required. This is a roll your (i.e.. overnight ITV down- 57709. EOE. television services to schoold sieves up and jump in position. Send air check and re- loading. on -line data base services. youth and civic TV Kell, IL News producer: Looking for experienced producer for sume to RR #1. Box 97. 62853. EOE. specials. and community outreach). and we serve an 8- county viewing area. Coordinator is responsible for pro- daily half -hour newscast. 1 -2 years experience and strong News producer: Produce 6:00PM and 10:00PM weekday promotion utilization. and writing skills required. Must be creative, have good edito- newscasts for strong regional news operation. Strong writ- gram selection. scheduling, and full -time in a 6- member depart- rial judgement. and be able to work with aggressive staff. ing and organizational skills. Producing experience which supervises two employes Send resume and tape to News Director, WOKR -TV 13. demonstrates aptitude for creativity and leadership. Four ment. Strong verbal and written communications com- leadership skills a must. PO Box L. Rochester, NY 14623. A Gillett Group station. year degree in Broadcast Journalism. Resumes and tapes bined with and organizational will have degree, background in EOE. to Grant Price. VP /News. KWWL. Waterloo. IA 50703. Candidate a Bachelor's EOE. TV production. and awareness of emerging technologies. Entry level reporter position open, rapid advancement We offer an excellent benefit program (100% company Must send tape with resume. WOWL -TV, PO Box 2220. Photographer for Seattle ABC affiliate. 1988 NPPA Sta- paid). Please send resume and cover letter to: Manager of Florence, AL 35630. No phone calls. EOE. tion of the Year. Requires minimum of two years shooting Educational Services, Dept. B, 184 Barton St.. PO Box and editing news events. Must have a thorough knowl- 1263. Buffalo. NY 14240. We are an equal opportunity Assignment editor needed at award- winning Indy in 13th edge of news, be creative. and be able to work flexible employer. market. Must motivate staff, generate creative stories. hours. Qualified applicants only. send resume and tape to work phones and think visually. Need positive. upbeat Dennis Dwan, Operations Manager, KOMO -TV. 100 4th Top 10, ABC affiliate. Writer /producer needed with heavy journalist who can and will make daily news decisions. Ave. N.. Seattle. WA 98109. No phone calls. please. news promotion experience. Not an entry level position. We've made our reputation in this market with hard news KOMO is an equal opportunity employer. Key skills include creative writing. 3/4" and Beta editing, and in -depth coverage. No beginners. Salary mid $20's. location /studio production, and people oriented. Send re- Videotape editor: KCRA-TV News seeks an experienced Letter. resume (no phone calls) to Penny Parrish, News sume and tape to Gayle Allen, Promotion Manager, videotape editor. II you're quick. and thrive under the Director. KMSP-TV, 6975 York Ave. So., Minneapolis, MN WFAA-TV. Communications Center. Dallas, TX 75202. pressure of daily news. send a non -returnable sample of 55435. EOE. EOE. Applicant finalists will be required to furnish evi- work resume News your and a to: Bob Jordan. Director. dence of emolovmenlV authorization and identification. KCRA-TV, Television Cl., -0794. News director/early news anchor combination. Empha- 3 Sacramento, CA 95814 Please no calls. IBEW /Union position. EOE, M/F. sis on local news and community involvement with posi- Major production facility. Lucrative opportunities for op- tive, enthusiastic, "what's good about news" approach. News photographer: Must be able to shoot and edit TV erations manager. producer /director. magazine host. and An exciting opportunity in beautiful Helena, Montana, the news stories using electronic news gathering equipment. videographer /editor. Heavy involvement with commer- state capital. NBC affiliate. Priority mail or Fed Ex resume, At least 1 year experience required. Send resume to Sue cials, sports remotes, music video, and syndicated pro- salary and references to John Radeck. KTVH, 2433 No. Stephens. WCBD -TV, PO Box 879. Charleston. SC 29402. graming! Box H -60. EOE. Montana Ave.. Helena, MT 59601. 406 -443 -5050. EOE. EOE. M/F/applicants drug screened. Graphic artist wanted for possible future position. 2 -3 Market leader and number one CBS West Coast affiliate years experience with computer paint systems. Live Lin- seeks sports director. We want more than scores and e / Artstar. AVA. Quantel Paintbox. Strong design skills de- highlights, we value creativity. hard work on and off the Do NOT send tapes or oversized sired. daily news graphics. television station experience a air. We also want to see some serious sports journalism materials to Blind Boxes plus. Send resume & reel to John Jamilkowski, Art Direc- no clowns or beginners. Send resume and tapes to: Rob- tor. WABC -TV. Inc., 7 Lincoln Sq.. New York. NY 10023. ert Stodal, News Director, KLAS -TV, PO Box 15047. Las We are an equal opportunity employer. Vegas. NV 89114. EOE. HELP WANTED PROGRAMING Program director with 4 years or more Indie program PRODUCTION & OTHERS Are you an aggressive reporter, producer or photogra- experience for the ACT Ill Group station in Nashville. This pher with some solid experience under your belt and a Television producer/director: Responsible for the re- is an ideal opportunity to work with a growing and innova- college degree? Do you "live" TV news? Figure you could searching. writing, producing and directing of national, tive team. Send resume to: Gary Dreispul, VP /GM,' WZTV, do a better job than that old so- and -so who runs your regional and local broadcast television programs. Also 631 Mainstream Dr., Nashville, TN 37228. EOE, M /F. No shop? Here's your chance to prove it. Be the next assign- produce programs for University closed circuit, classroom calls, please. ment editor ay Montana's top TV news operation. Write me instruction. fund raising drives and events and various a letter. Tell me what you think news is. Send it along with non -PBS, non-educational projects. Position also requires WSMV, Nashville: Seeking enthusiastic on -air graphics a resume, references and a tape postmarked by 8/1 to Al training of students for television production positions at designer for award- winning creative services department. Nash, News Director, KTVQ -2 "The News Station ", 3203 WBGI -TV. BA in Communications or related field, 1 to 2 We're a station where talent and effort are recognized and 3rd Ave. North, Billings, MT 59101. EOE. M /F /HN. years experience in multicamera studio and remote pro- rewarded. Two to three years station experience pre- ductions. single camera EFP and 3/4" editing, video- ferred. New paint system incoming. Send your best work Videotape editor to cut nationally syndicated medical graphy experience. 1" and 3/4" roll editing preferred. on tape to: Carolyn Lawrence. WSMV, PO Box 4, Nash- news and features. Minimum one year- editing news Knowledge of public television desirable. Salary $20.000 ville. TN 37202. No calls. please. EOE. (shooting experience a plus). Must have good eye for to $27,000. Send letter of application, official transcripts. detail. If you want to be creative and work with DVE and resume and three letters of reference (please do not in- Senior producer: Progressive station! Exciting city on the Paintbox, send resume and salary history to: Personnel clude tapes at this time) to: Annmarie Heldt. 911 Adminis- Chesapeake! We're looking for someone who is an estab- Assistant, Medstar Communications. Inc., 5920 Hamilton tration Bldg., Bowling Green State University. Bowling lished creative whiz who's looking for an even greater Blvd., Allentown, PA 18106. EOE. Green, OH 43402. BGSU is an AA/EOE. Application dead- challenge. Responsibilities include the writing, producing line: August 4. 1989. and overseeing of the station's advertising and promotion Producer/reporter: WHA -TV, Madison, WI. BA degree in creative in all appropriate media as well as assisting in the Communications, Journalism, or related field required. Looking for aggressive, experienced producer for AM- direction of the other members of the promotion depart- plus 3 years experience in arts & entertainment producing /Philadelphia, the top-rated. local morning talk/magazine ment. If you have the skills to produce breakthrough pro- and reporting. Salary: $23.000 minimum, plus benefits. show on WPVI -TV. Field producing, writing and hands -on motion and are yearning for more responsibility. send your Contact Connie Gruen at 608- -263 -2114 for application. editing skills a must. Resume and videotape (no calls) to promo reel and resume to Andy Hunt, WMAR -TV, 6400 Completed application must be received by August 14. Charles Bradley, WPVI -TV, 4100 City Line Ave.. Suite York Rd., Baltimore, MD 21212. We're an NBC affiliate. Minorities especially encouraged to apply. EOE. #400. Philadelphia, PA 19131. EOE. WMAR -TV is an equal opportunity employer.

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Send tape. resume and salary requirements to Jon Systems needed for Marketron, the leader consultants larized. Jampro Antennas. Inc. 916 -383 -1177. Roll, Art Director, WMAR -TV. 6400 York Rd.. Baltimore. in broadcast software. Position responsible for software MD 21212. EOE. installation, maintenance and client training. Must have Broadcast equipment (used): AM -FM transmitters. SITUATIONS WANTED MANAGEMENT traffic experience. some PC knowledge, strong communi- RPU's, STL's. antennas, consoles, processing, turntables, cation skills, and be available to travel nationw de. Send automation, tape equipment. monitors, etc. Continental General manager /sales manager for small /medium mar- resume and salary history to: Personnel Dept.. Marketron, Communications. 3227 Magnolia. St. Louis. MO 63118. ket network affiliate. Strong/successful sales background. Inc.. 101 Lincoln Center Dr., Suite 300. Foster City. CA 314 -664 -4497. FAX 314- 664 -9427. Former broadcast station owner. Rotarian. 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MISCELLANEOUS Save $$$ - Complete Class A FM transmitter plant (use- d)...includes antenna, tower, coax. transmitter, STL, re- FM antenna(s) - Will buy used FM broadcast antenna(s). Primo People is seeking anchormen and anchorwomen Any make. Any model. Call 806 -372 -4518. mote control. Package priced under $45,000.00! Call with command and on -air presence, all size markets. 806 -372 -5130 for details. Send 3/4" tape and resume to Steve Porricelli or Fred Towers wanted. 20 it - 2000 ft. Standing or on the ground. Towers: 60 AM - FM - TV - microwave - Landau. Box 116, Old Greenwich. CT 06870 -0116. 203- No junk. Tower Management Systems 504 -521 -8661. Over available. to 1200 ft self -supporters to 460 ft. We finance, 637 -3653 Guyed trade, pint venture and lease antenna space. Tower Man- FOR SALE EQUIPMENT Clip this out for further reference! Freelance video - agement Systems 504- 521 -8661. graphers: We buy footage of fire, emergency medical AM and FM transmitter, used excellent condition. Guar- Transmission line: Celwave rigid coax 6 1/8" 75 ohm 19- service and law enforcement incidents. Call American anteed. Financing available. Transcom. 215-884 -0888. 1/2' sections - 900'. Less than one year in operation. Heat Video Productions, Inc. at 1- 800 -722 -2443. FAX 215 -884 -0738. Spring hangers, field flanges. pressurization. Contact Need assistance in locating facilities for your shoot? Rent 50KW AM .. CCA -AM 50,000D (1976), excellent condi- Doug Holland. 800-635 -5608. mobile production trucks, mobile uplinks, portable micro- Transcom -0888. tion... Corp. 215-884 FAX 215 -884- Transmitter: Comark CTU -25 MX multiplex UHF transmit- wave links thru Media Concepts, 919 -977 -3600. 0738. ter. Less than one year in operation. Complete with kly- The Hot Sheet: Broadcasting's biggest job -listings jour- FM transmitters .. CCA 27,000 (1980) .. Harris FM 20K stron and exciter tuned to channel 30. Will re -tune. Con- nal! Published twice weekly. Now in our 5th year! Hun- (1980) .. CSI T -3 -F (1985) .. RCA BTF20E1 (1976,1976) .. tact Doug Holland, 800- 635 -5608. dreds of exciting career opportunities. Television, radio, .. 3.5KW McMartin (1985) .. 5KW Gates FM 5G (1967) Antenna: Andrew UHF antenna, sidemount channel 30 No boxes. Free demo corporate communications. blind RCA 5D (1967) . CSI T -12 (1980) .. Transcom -F Corp. ess than one year in operation. Contact Doug Holland, tape evaluation. Money -back guarantee. Media Market- 215 -884 -0888. FAX 215 -884 -0738. - 800 -635-5608. ing, PO Box 1476 --PD, Palm Harbor, FL 34682 -1476. 1KW .. 813 -786 -3603 AM transmitters CSI T1A (1981), Sparta SS1000 Studio: Studio equipment: Sony VP -7000, 5850's., RM (1981) .. Collins 20V3 (1967) .. Transcom Corp. 215 -884- editors. monitors. Sigma switcher, 3M CG, racks. etc. 0888. FAX 215- 884 -0738. Contact Doug Holland, 800 -635 -5608. AM transmitters .. CCA AM 10,000 (1970), .. Collins 820F ALLIED FIELDS Harris 9000 stereo automation system. (10) Otani ARS- (1978) .. Harris MW5A .. BC .. (197681) Gates -5P2 (1967) 1000 DS. (2) 24 tray 60 cart II. (1) ITC Delta triple deck. HELP WANTED INSTRUCTION BA2, (1981) .. McMartin 5k Transcom Corp. 215-884- Logging package. Additional CRT console. $25,000.00 0888 FAX 215 -884 -0738. Managing editor/instructor. University of Missouri complete. used only 6 months. Contact Ken Britton, CE, School of Journalism. Responsible for news assignments New UHF TV transmitters: Klystron, MSDC Klystron, WMHT, 17 Fern Ave. Schenectady, NY 12306. 518 -356- at 100- thousand watt NPR radio station. Also teach intro- Klystrode, all power levels 10kw to 240kw. Call TTC. 303- 1700. ductory broadcast news course. MA and significant pro- 665 -8000. 50Kw AM transmitter: 317C with solid state fessional experience required. Familiarity with newsroom Continental upgrade. Clean. $29.500. 407 -689 -0220. computer systems or general computer knowledge a plus. RCA UHF transmitter: 30 or 60Kw, available as is, or Women and minorities encouraged to apply. Eleven converted to MSDC Klystrons with new TTC warranty. Call For sale: Three Harris TC50 camera systems with lenses. TTC. month contract. Salary: mid -upper 20's. Contact Mike 303- 665 -8000. ITE tripods and CAM heads. 5K each. Call 219 -424 McKean, News Director, KBIA -FM, 176 Gannett Hall, Co- New LPN transmitters: UHF and VHF, all power levels. 5555. Ask for Glenn. lumbia. MO 65211. EOE. Turn -key installation available. Call TTC. 303- 665 -8000. Box Responses Video/communication faculty. Faculty position available Blind 1000' Kline tower. Standing in Nebraska, including 1000' Box (the letter and for 1989 -90 academic year which includes teaching number of 6 1/8" coax. Great for TV or FM. Can be moved econom- as shown in the ad) courses in video production and media writing as well as ically. Call Bill Kitchen. TTC. 303 -665 -8000. supervision of television studio facilities. Master's degree c/o Broadcasting Magazine and professional media experience required. Send re- 120 KW UHF transmitter package TVTNarian transmitter sume and telephone numbers of four references to: Jim package just traded in on a new TTC 240 KW system. 1705 DeSales St., NW Wilson. Dean. Humanities Division. Lindenwood College, Excellent condition. Now tuned to Channel 54. Includes Washington, DC 20036 St. Charles, MO 63301. Applicant review will begin imme- 1000' waveguide and antenna. Low price. Call Bill Kitch- diately and continue until the position is filled. EOE/AA. en, TTC 303 -665 -8000, Ext. 101. accented,

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 100 RADIO TELEVISION HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT Help Wanted Technical AN EXPANDING RADIO GROUP IS SEEKING A MANAGEMENT -ORIENTED EXECUTIVE EDITOR VICE PRESIDENT. THIS PROFESSIONAL MUST HAVE PRODUCER /VIDEO RADIO STATION GENERAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS INCLUDING PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND HOT NEW NATIONALLY SYNDICATED PROGRAM BASED BUDGETING. TOP NORTHEAST MARKET. GOOD OPPORTUNITY. ATTRACTIVE INCENTIVE BASED IN NEW YORK NEEDS FIRST -RATE PROFESSIONAL TO COMPENSATION PROGRAM. EOE. WRITE, PRODUCE AND EDIT DAILY EPISODIC PROMOS. SEND RESUME TO P.O. 811 BALA CYNWYD, PA 19004 NEWS PROMOTION EXPERIENCE PREFERRED. PLEASE SEND A RESUME AND REEL TO: PROMO PRODUCER Boston's top growing radio station has an opening for a Business Manager. THE SPOTWISE AGENCY Experience required in 1170 COMMONWEALTH AVE., accounting work and bookkeeping. If you qualify, please call BOSTON, MA 02134 Alan Chartrand at 617 -267 -9090. NO PHONE CALLS. PLEASE EOE EOE SUPERB MANAGEMENT Expand Your Television Skills OPPORTUNITY Bophuthatswana Television has vacancies for suitable qua - Radio research firm with stellar reputation seeks experienced, full- charge lifed and experienced television engineers. Two- and three - leader and General Manager. You'll be offered to who would like design and execute a plan to take our year contracts will engineers fast -growing company from current $4 to spend a part of their professional life living and working million to $10 million in revenues. Past experience must include P &L responsi- in Southern Africa. Applicants should be capable of work- bility for similar -size company, prefera- ing with the PAL Television format. Opportunities exist to bly within broadcasting industry. Our current 200 -person staff includes five learn and work in all areas of television. including satellite managers reporting directly to this po- reception and transmission. sition.

Send resume in complete confidence to: Qualified engineers will be offered a good salary, subsi- Box H -13 dized housing, 10 percent tax -free gratuity and use of a EOE company car. It's an opportunmity to expand your skills in SITUATIONS WANTED MANAGEMENT the area of international television. Please send resume, GENERAL MANAGER certificates, and salary requirements to: AVAILABLE Individual with substantial management experience seeks opportunity with quality Company in larger mar Director General ket. Enjoy turn -arounds and rebuilds. Excellent refer ences and stable background. Currently locale;: c: o Allpoints International Weser- US Will relocate 1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW 503 -472 -1924 Suite 319 Washington, DC 20036 GM OR GSM AVAILABLE FLORIDA ONLY ATTN: James Denson 25 years success EOE in marketing, creativity, programing, sales. As O O Wanted full time: Know importance of profitability. Video operator maintenance technician Help Wanted Programing Midtown Manhattan location. full benefits. H Box -62. Qualifications: 2 yrs experience/ Production & Others tech school grad. a satellite background a plus. EOE. Send resume to: / Private Satellite Network. Ann: G. Snyder Group CEO Attorney 215 Lexington Ave., New York. NY 10016 MATCHMAKER Group CEO, 15 years in industry with legal background, is looking Executive producers seek for new challenge as CEO, in - INTERNATIONAL experienced "matchmaker" house counsel, business manager, CO- PRODUCTION to obtain underwriters etc. Experienced professional to analyze treat- for two new series ments, review proposals. and evaluate pro- already under contract. Experienced in all phases of ducers' work for nationally acclaimed docu- station and group operations and mentary television series. Must have Send letter detailing administration including reporting production experience, management ability. relevant accomplishments to: methods, finance and related legal and exceptional organizational skills. Familiar- ity with international television market helpful. matters ( FCC rules & regs, EEO. P.O. Box 3099 Senior position. East Coast contracts and corporate matters). Annapolis, MD 21403. Send resume to: P.O. Box 5294 EOE Box H -35 EOE New York, NY 10185

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 101 Help Wanted Programing Help Wanted News Production & Others

MAGAZINE ATTENTION:

WOULD THE NEXT A major television syndicator is looking to discover exper ence producing 4 -5 years agatlsive OPRAH- the next national talk Seeking required. local n show host. Applicants producer for el nt have excellentexcle stories Must should send video tape telling visual story or 8 x 10 glossy and Send PHIL- ARTHUR GREENWALDMagazine audio cassette along Exec. Prod. E.veKAning with a current resume PA 15222 Ctr. rgh.. and cover letter to: 1 Gateway calls please) (No phone GE RALDO TALK SEARCH c1tUl1P CROUP W TELEVISION 564 Mission St., Suite #1 oppOt"dry employer W An equal STEP UP TO THE MIKE San Francisco, CA 94105 RICA'S MOST WANTED AMERICA' \1I,\\r. WESTCOTT ED AMERICA'S MOST COMMUNICATIONS WANTED N NEWS PRODUCER ERICA'S MOST WANTED , MERK Westcott Communications, a Dal- las -based business television network has an immediate opening for an overnight News Producer. This key member NEWS WRITER of our news staff, who will produce three five -minute newscasts each night for the America's Most Wanted seeks a talented and creative Law Enforcement Television Network, writer with major market news credentials. Three years must be an excellent writer with good people skills. Applicant must have ex- minimum experience. Candidate will write and package tensive news production experience. breaking news stories and write continuity for the Send your resume and tape to: program's studio Gloria Jahn, elements. We're looking for a pro to Westcott Communications, deliver sharp, crisp copy in the trademark style of AMW. 1303 Marsh Lane, Newscast producer credits a plus. Carrollton, TX 75006. (No phone calls please.) Please send writing samples and references (no phone EOE. calls) to:

Michael Linder Executive Producer America's Most Wanted AMERICAS MOST 5151 Wisconsin Avenue, NW WANTED Washington, DC 20016

for story concept, An Equal Opportunity Employer Responsible writing, and researching, of local and national producing Candidate feature segments. te Situations Wanted When responding to a blind box ad. address your must have extensive News Emphasis io reply as experience. createcto and ability t opportunitieso tret strong visual NEWS DIRECTORNP NEWS Box (the letter and number stories. as shown in the ad) for 20 -year N News Pro, leaving moribund major Broadcasting network. Looking for quality, progressive News Market 1705 DeSales St., NW Station or Group with strong community corn - Top 20 Washington, DC 20036 only to mitment. Columbine MSJ. Experience: Network Send resume & Local, Management & On-Air. Domestic & Box H -72 Foreign. PBS & Indy. A creative leader. Do NOT send tapes or EOE REPLY BOX H -28 oversized material.

9roadcas'irg ,,; 24 r989 102 Help Wanted Management

GJMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, TELEVISION TRADE PRESS HOST /HOSTESS NETWORK Westcott Communications. the world's largest corporate satellite television network, A nationwide television WARNER BROS. a network is DOMESTIC TELEVISION seeks self starting profession- scheduled to begin DISTRIBUTION al with network or major- market operations this fall and is A Warner Communication, Company news experience to work in our accepting applications for We are looking for an experi- state -of- the -art production facili- employment in all departments. enced publicist (two years mini- ty in Dallas, Texas. mum) with a working knowledge of all aspects of television syndi- Position requires hosting a ADMINISTRATION cation publicity. This person must live "Good Morning America- Business Manager be an excellent writer, a clear com- "/ "Today" type program, Mon- Traffic, Accounting and municator, and have what it takes day through Friday. We are Data Processing Personnel to represent the industry's top domestic company looking for applicants with prov- distribution to the trade press. This challeng- en abilities in this field. TECHNICAL ing position demands someone respects Send tape along with your resume Technical Supervisor who priorities and deadlines. and salary requirements to: Master Control Operators Send resume and appropriate Westcott Communications, Inc. supporting material to: Human Resources Department OPERATIONS Personnel Dept.-BM 1303 Marsh Lane Operations Manager 10202 W. Washington Blvd. Carrollton, Texas 75006 Directors Culver City, CA 90232 Equal Opportunity Employer M/F Tape Editors Production Assistants ASTIN Help Wanted Sales Automotive Satellite fLETN TALENT Television Network On- camera talent for News RESEARCH DIRECTOR Weather, Sports and Business features Responsibilities include: trend analysis projects; develop audience estimates, sales pieces & presentations; research WESTGOTT for all depts. MARKETING support Requires familiar- ITCO. MEMTUC ATIONS ity with standard broadcast research Marketing Director services & mktg. qualified. databases. Research Opportunity. with local consumer re- NEWS DIRECTOR /ANCHOR Director Promotion Producers search & micro -systems preferred. Westcott Communication, the Artist WPLG-TV world's largest corporate satel- PERSONNEL DEPT. 3900 BISCAYNE BLVD. lite television network, seeks a SALES MIAMI, FL 33137 self starting news professional EOE National to work in our state -of- the -art Sales Manager Sales Representatives & Assistants production facility in Dallas, (various Texas. major cities) Ideal applicant will have proven on -air and organizational AFFILIATE RELATIONS CLASSIFIED abilities in order to anchor a dai- Affiliate Relations Director ly news cast as well as run a Regional Managers ADVERTISING fast -growing news department. Cable Relations Director Will be responsible for two net- IS YOUR works. All positions located at a major Send resume and new studio complex in Orlando, salary requirements except as otherwise indicated. BEST BUY .. along with a tape to: Equal Opportunity Employer. This Westcott Communications, Inc. space could be Human Resources Department Please send resume, salary history working for you for a 1303 Marsh Lane and supporting materials very low cost it Carrollton, Texas 75006 (if appropriate) to: ... and Equal Opportunity Employer M/F reaches a most Box H -73 41y responsive audience. Automotive Satellite LETN EOE l4. Fn/urwnrn/ )Wrl.w Mrlwvt Television Network

Broaocasbng Ju, 24 1989 103 Miscellaneous KALB -TV is currently seeking qualified candidates in the following categories: s BE ABOVE THE REST!

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR Giant Blimps, Demanding, aggressive news department in small market seeks high energy individ- Hot Air uals committed to excellence in journalism. Ideal candidates for this job should have Baboon., considerable small to medium market experience in managerial, personnel and Roof Top hands -on skills. Baibons 800 -235 -2201 Compensation commensurate with experience and background; higher end of scale. Interested and qualified candidates send resumes to Les Golmon, V.P., General Manager. Business Opportunities SALES MANAGER DOUBLE ... LOCAL SALES Ideal candidates for this job should have considerable small to medium market Become 100% Switch Pitch Proof! experience in retail, event, vendor, and co -op sales. We expect a long -term, serious With our NEW commitment to living and working on our growing market. "VALUE ADDED" Compensation commensurate with experience and background; higher end of scale. PROGRAM Interested and qualfied candidates send resumes to Jim Reardon, General Sales CaII Ken Pletz At (800) 343 -7172 Manager. At KALB -TV5, you would join a dynamic, creative and extremely successful team. The station has 35 years of stable ownership and NBC affiliation, and dominates the BCDC market. Excellent facilities are maintained. The Black College Development Corporation Equal opportunity employer; minorities and females encouraged to apply.

-ern a -o e erg e-e -na ec.,ca a- Interested property own KALB -TV5 ers may contact: Elwood L. Bland, Administrator. Black Col. lege Development Cor ration, 2001 0 Street, NM., 605 -11 Washington Street Washington, DC 20036. Telephone (202) 857-0452 or alter 7 Alexandria, Louisiana 71301 PM at (301) 384-2819. Consultants CABLE Help Wanted Sales FM UPGRADES Increase the power and the value of your FM station by upgrading. Call us for complete details. Also, FM Frequency Searches for new drop -in as- Searching for signments and new station applications. Fast Ser- vice-Best prices! MEGA SALES MANAGER CONTEMPORARY COMMUNICATIONS 404 -460 -6159 Cable advertising is experiencing explosive growth and MEGA ADVERTISING, INC. is on the forefront. MEGA ADVERTISING is a subsidiary of MEDIA GENERAL INC., a Fortune 500 com- MARK D. OLSON pany and the largest cable interconnect in the Washington DC PRESIDENT S MANAGING DIRECTOR BROADCAST ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED market. We're searching for an experienced sales manager to head our talented sales team. Five years combined experience 134ofetan9s - - ÓFdt¡Yisiiiont in cable or electronic media, sales management preferred. We inustLr2u2í Banking & Uinoncs provide an excellent compensation package. 010 w eACaLOST., 7107200R 2201 E. 02.4PM7A4 AVE. STE 720 cwx,t cA, a+m FUL ERTON- CA. axai (714) 526-1111 MEGA ADVERTISING (e18) 966-4000 Human Resource Department 14650 Lee Rd. Wanted to Buy Stations Chantilly, VA 22021 NO CALLS EOE LPTV Opportunity

I have AM '' -,.:.0 Station. and LPTV License. need exper:erce and financing to put on air. and operate. Want expanded video version of AM Station and strong community programing FIELDS In coastal military area. ALLIED Ideas, Employment Services Glenn Hargett, 919 -455 -7222 10 -Noon, 3 -6PM. INSIDE JOB LISTINGS GET A JUMP 1- 900 -234 -INFO ext. TV (as) ON THE COMPETITION! MediaLine is your best source of job JOBPHONE PLEASE NOTE: leads because you hear about jobs just RADIO TV ADVERTISING CABLE hours When answering a Blind after we do. A daily telephone report $2 per minute From any touch tone phone puts you in touch with the best jobs at the lowest prices. For more information call: Box ad, DONOTsend 800 -237 -8073 tapes. BROADCASTING in CA: 408 -296 -7353 does NOT forward tapes or to Blind Boxes. Your Link to Getting a Job in the Sports Industry THE BEST JOBS ARE ON THE LINE 1-800-776-7877 2156 The Alameda. San Jose, CA 95126

104 For Sale Stations Broadcaster with expertise and financing can enter the market for less with C11 & Cl FM move -ins in excellent med markets CASH FLOW FOR SALE: FM AM'S... in MO TX LA More than 90 radio & TV stations Numerous medium and small j' FLORIDA S350.000 markets FMS and Combos. nationwide listed for sale. IDAHO S350,000 Mitchell & Associates HAWAII $220,000 P.O. Box 1065, ' Call to get on our mailing list. Shreveport, LA 71105 WASHINGTON -- -- S150,000 318 -868 -5409 ib:ron trust (Lmnounti rations Tiibision CALL JERRY DENNON BUSINESS BROKER ASSOCIATES THE McDERMOTT GROUP 206 -622 -3424 OR FAX 206 -622 -9986. 615- 756 -7635 24 Hours SUNBELT STATION Ready made for sales -minded owner. Engi- neer- owners selling 24 hour regional station FOR SALE with satellite delivered programing and num- Unique, Single Station, bers. If you can sell 24K per month. you can MEDIA BROKERS Midwest Market pay the note and take home 100Kfyear. AM- FM- TV- Appraisals City Population 40K 240,000 down. Balance owner financed. Reply Box H -67 P.O. BOX 36 5KW AM LEXINGTON, MO 64067 KANSAS CITY, MO. Call 913- 384 -9900 816-259-2544 816-4560001 OKLAHOMA SMALL MARKET 3000 W CLEARED TO 25,000 W MEDIA BROKERS APPRAISERS OWNED BY LOCAL BUSINESSMAN - ATTENTION BUYERS! RADIO TV LPTV a WILL TAKE 50% OF PURCHASE C T 1 PRICE IN ADVERTISING. A Confidential & Personal Service a South Texas Class A combo with C3 upgrade pending ONLY 525,000 CASH NEEDED BURT SHERWOOD good steady market for turnaround 405- 256 -6362 EVENINGS real estate & cash flow go r INC 80% FINANCED .F 3125 Maple Leal Dr Glenview. IL 60025 Western Louisiana Combo History of Cash Flow TOP FIFTY SOUTHERN MARKET 312 272 4970 100 - coverage area "'Attention First Timers CLASS FM 2 fulltime 1,000 watt TX small market AM's -A only stations in town 8 terms available 5,000 WATT AM one has class A FM allocation available both have cash flow 3.2 MILLION JAMAR & ASSOCIATES SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY BOX H -65 P.O. BOX 160971, Austin. Texas 78716 -0877 WILLIAM W. JAMAR OR PAUL MAYES JAMAR 512 -327 -9570 i11// // n./ cJCd/nLIYI7/I2: 92G FLORIDA AM NDt. . CpNbl-LT.LNTf Health forces immediate sale. P¡0`.Bo 146 Assumable mortgage, Enelno.x.altfornia 91426 Altoona, Pa. FM Building, 6.5 acres. Area C áe 0818) 980-3201 growth market $600,000. S175K total price. Box G -94 Zanesville. Ohio FM CP 6100,000. Small Market Arizona Other Stations in AM FM for Sale. Md.. NJ, Ohio, Excellent mom and pop situation. FOR SALE with some terms Pa., & W. Va. Qualified. S225,000 possible. Write: P.O. Box 661 KWKL -FM Phone Ray Rosenblum: Dubuque, Iowa 52001 ARKANSAS - CITY 412- 963 -6311. WICHITA. KS FULL CLASS C. FOR SALE 1253 FT. TOWER, EXCELLENT FACILITY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: UHF - IND. FORMAT. CALL OLDIES Full -time AM /Class A FM. Real es- PRICE 2.9 MILLION. TOM BELCHER tate includes AM site and office /stu- COMMUNICATION RESOURCES dio in attractive building. Good KCHX -FM 918- 743 -8300 growth up 15% MIDLAND -ODESSA, TEXAS station. June '89 over '88. Offered at less than 10x cf FULL CLASS C. at $2.3 million with $600K down and 800 FT. TOWER, EXCELLENT FACILITY. terms. CHURBAN FORMAT. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CLASSIFIED PRICE $900,000 3 station group (2 Class A FMs, 1 AM) with coastal and interior resort ADVERTISING BOTH STATIONS ARE locations. Ideal for owner -operator. TURNAROUND PROPERTIES Offered at $1.25 million with 25% This space could be down. FOR MORE INFORMATION working for you for a ON THESE PROPERTIES very low cost ... and it CONTACT Witham rpx l tees r. reaches MIKE LEVINE, V.P., Media Brokers Consultants a most KELSEY BROADCASTING 4340 Redwood HilJtway Suite F 230 San Rafael. Califnmin 94903 responsive audience. 316- 265 -1065. (415) 479.3484

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Ed Cowardin, copywriter, Reed Advertis- Media Marketing ing, Richmond, Va., joins Earle Palmer Brown there in same capacity. F. VP manager, Mark Stucky, and general William Fowkes, di- Sue McNamara, sales assistant, Durpetti & Times Mirror Cable Television, Phoenix, rector of marketing Associates, New York, named account ex- VP, district, Irvine, named Southwest strategy, Showtime ecutive. Calif. Networks, New Mitch Wexler, account executive, WBZZ(FM) Harvey Stone, VP and general manager, York, named VP, Pittsburgh, joins wPxl -Tv there in same ca- KBFN(AM) -KBLX -FM Berkeley, Calif., marketing strategy. pacity. named president and general manager of Mark Greenberg, di- Larry LaBonte, account executive, parent company, Inner City Broadcasting rector of direct mar- KKBQ(AM) Houston, joins KPRC(AM) there in Corp. there. keting, HBO, New same capacity. York, joins Show - Judith A. Girard, director of programing and there as VP, di- Dino Penton!, administrative supervisor, operations, WTTV(TV) Miami, joins WNBC- time rect marketing. University of Steubenville, Steubenville, TV New York as director, broadcasting. Fowkes wTOV -Tv Steubenville as ac- Michael Spalding, ac- Ohio, joins R. Kendall Mills, affiliate sales manager, count executive. Kim Randolph Loccisano, count executive, Action Media, New York, Transtar Radio Network, Colorado Springs, director of public relations, East Ohio Re- joins Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite there as di- joins noncommercial KCSN(FM) Northridge, gional Hospital, Martins Ferry, Ohio, joins rector, advertising sales. Calif., as general manager. wTOV -Tv as account executive. Larry Baer, corporate marketing manager, Bill Bengtson, VP and general manager, W New KSNF(TV) Joplin, Mo., adds duties of senior Group Television, York, joins as manager mar- VP /television, parent company, Price Com- KPIx(TV) San Francisco of munications. ket development and strategic planning. Jr., research manager syn- Programing Dick Argus, VP and general manager, Kauai Jesus Aguirre of Warner Bros. Domestic Cable TV, Hawaii, joins Paradise CableVi- dicated television, Television, Burbank, Calif., to marketin sion there as president and general manager. g /research manager. video market- John MacGregor, general sales manager, Dave Lawrence, manager of ing, Turner Broadcasting System, Atlanta, KNXV -TV Phoenix, joins KOLD -TV Tucson as general manager. named director. Tony Sullivan, marketing and publicity di- Michael R. Brooks, general sales manager/ Park, Tucson, national sales manager, WEVV(TV) Evans- rector, Tucson Greyhound ville, Ind., joins WJTV(TV) Jackson, Miss., Ariz., joins KVOA -TV there as account exec- as station manager /national sales manager. utive. Christopher Rohrs, VP of marketing/station Dawn Janssen, Des Moines sales manager, KEZT(FM) Iowa, joins KCCI -TV Des manager, WDIV(TV) Detroit, joins WFSB(TV) Ames, Moines as account executive. Hartford, Conn., as VP and general manag- Symes Lachman er; Robert Warfield, VP of news /director of Booth, WWMT(TV) Shann sales coordinator, John Symes, senior VP, programs, Para- broadcast operations, WDIV, succeeds Kalamazoo, Mich., joins WUHQ-TV there as mount Pictures Television, Hollywood, Rohrs as station manager. account executive. named executive VP, creative affairs. Clif- Clifton L. Conley, VP and general manager, Art Jones, account executive, KPNX -TV ford Lachman, coordinating producer, En- WJTV(TV) Orlando, Fla., retires. Merritt S. Mesa (Phoenix), Ariz., joins KTTV(TV) Los tertainment Tonight, named VP, produc- Rose Jr., director of sales and marketing, Angeles in same capacity. tion. Paramount Pictures Television. wsoc -TV Charlotte, N.C., succeeds Con- William D. Curran, general manager, Omni Robert Nitkln, director, program administra- ley. Outdoor Advertising, Kansas City, Mo., tion, Showtime Networks, New York, Edward A. Campo, controller and director, joins KSHB -TV there as account executive. named VP. Joanne Bouffard, director, pro- administration, noncommercial WNET(TV) Newark, N.J. (New York), named VP and controller. Jerald L. Kent, senior VP of finance and acquisitions, Cencom Cable Associates, St. The Most Experienced Louis, named chief financial officer. Executive Search Firm In Broadcasting. Don Searle, research director, KCOP(TV) Los Angeles, has retired. Joyce Inouye, research manager, KCOP, succeeds Searle. Joe Sullivan & Associates, Inc.

Robert L. Halvaks, senior associate athletic Executive Search and Recruitment director, University of California, Irvine, 44210 North Road joins Money Radio Network, Anaheim, Southold, New York 11971 Calif., as operations manager. (516) 765 -5050 Lisa Marie Parish, editor, Jacksonville Reg- ister, Jacksonville, Fla., joins noncommer- The person you describe is the person we'll deliver. cial WJCr(TV) there as corporate membership /underwriting manager.

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 107 York, named executive producer. Gunman kills self on Lorimar lot Vicki S. Horwits, VP, current comedy pro - grams, NBC Entertainment, Burbank, An armed man late Tuesday afternoon (July 18) shot and killed himself on the Lorimar Calif., joins Patchett-Kaufman Entertain- Studios lot in a bizarre series of events that is apparently connected to Dallas star Ken ment, Culver City, Calif., in exclusive Kercheval. agreement as writer/producer. A Culver City, Calif., police spokesman said 44- year -old Edward Phillips crashed Peter Brennan, senior producer, A through the guard's gate with a rented moving van, parked it by stage No. 11, and set Current New named co- executive pro- the vehicle afire. The spokesman said Phillips fired five rounds from a shotgun into the Affair, York, ducer. sound stage's wall and then took his own life with a gunshot to the chest as police arrived on the scene. No one else was hurt, and Phillips was pronounced dead at the Louisa Hart, bureau chief, Group W, Wash- scene. ington, joins USA Today on TV, Rosslyn, The former MGM studios lot was readying for production of this fall's shows, but the Va., as special projects producer. apparent target of Phillips's attack, Kercheval, who plays Cliff Barnes in the series, Janice Kaplan and Sue Castle, producers, was not at work on the lot. According to Culver City Police Sgt. Hank Davies, Mother's Day, Michael Krauss Productions, Kercheval had invested a one -third interest in Phillips's Corydon, Ind. -based Old White Plains, N.Y., to same capacity with Capital Popcorn Company in 1985, and assumed control of the company with Krauss's Everyday. Phillips's ex -wife on April 15, 1988. Phillips's wife filed for divorce on the same day. An envelope, given by the man to a studio guard before the incident, contained a Bill Schwing, president, Mizlou TV Sports, news clipping from the Louisville Courier -Journal containing details of Phillips's and senior VP, Mizlou Communications partnership with Kercheval and the company's financial problems. As the Culver City Company, New York, adds duties of execu- Network, Miz- Police spokesman put it, "Lorimar could not have written a stranger script." tive producer, Sports News lou's new cable sports news and information service. Ronald Norberg, VP, Central gram research, Showtime Networks, named clusive arrangement; Robert Jennings, di region, Request Television, Chicago, joins VP. rector, research, to VP, research, off net Sports News Network as VP, affiliate sales, work, cable and features; Shelley Raskov national accounts there. George E. Resing Jr., senior VP, Group W director of current series programing Productions, Los Angeles, steps down to Mark Del Costello, independent video pro- named director of comedy development. assume consulting role with company. His ducer and consultant, New York and Los post will not be filled. Henry Maldonado, program and promotion Angeles, joins M &M Syndications, Vor- manager, WDIV(TV) Detroit, to VP of pro- company, as Peter J. Bergmann, president, The Film hees, N.J. -based syndication Company, Los Angeles, adds duties of graming and promotion. producer /director. Jim Byrne, account executive, TV Guide, New York, joins M &M president, Major Arts Television there. Steve Leeds, director, on -air talent, MTV: Music Television, New York, named direc- Syndications in same capacity. Appointments at Warner Bros. Television, pro- WJZ -TV Burbank, Calif: Lawrence Lyttle, senior VP, tor, talent/artist relations and special Eric Temple, executive producer, creative affairs, forms his own production jects. Baltimore, joins KPIX(TV) San Francisco as executive producer, Evening Magazine. company and joins Warner Bros. under ex- Bill Lally, producer, Talknet, NBC, New Appointments at WUSA -TV Washington: Jacqueline Gales Webb, associate producer, 22:26, to producer; Madeline LaCore, producer, Capital Edition, to senior producer; Rich Wolfe, manager, engineering and oper- Broadcasting c ations, to production manager. The News Magazine of the Fifth Estate 1705 DeSales St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 -4480 Barry James, operations manager, WKIX(AM) -WYLT(FM) Raleigh, N.C., joins Please send ... (Check appropriate box) WSTF(FM) Orlando, Fla., as program director. Ili Broadcasting U Magazine J. J. McKay, air personality, WCKZ -FM Gas- 3 years S190 2 years $135 1 year $70 o 6 mos. 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Type of Business Title /Position Norman Bemelmans, program and music director, noncommercial WHQR(FM) Wilming- Signature Are you in cable TV operations Yes ton, N.C., joins noncommercial WSVH(FM) (required) No Savannah, Ga., as music director. Mike Marshall, production manager, WCSH- For renewal or address change TV Portland, Me., named operations man- place most recent label here ager. N J. William Van Rysdam, production director /assistant operations manager,

.1 24 1989 108 KTRH(AM) Houston, named operations man- personality and music director, WBEN(AM) ager. Buffalo, adds duties of station announcer, Promotion and PR WKBW -TV. Paul Macdonna, announcer, WRVI(FM) Vir- Jayne Wallace Yollin, VP, Lippin Group, to operations manager and promo- den, Ill., Katherine Courlc, Los Angeles, joins Paramount Pictures tion director. Joe Hertel, announcer, WRVI, general assignment Television, Hollywood, as director, public- adds duties of production director. reporter, WRC -TV ity. Manville Jennings, producer /director, Washington, joins Appointments at Turner Broadcasting Sys- -TV KEZI(TV) NBC there as deputy KMTR Eugene, Ore., joins there tem, Atlanta: Peter Moore, manager of capacity. Pentagon correspon- in same sports promotion, TBS and Goodwill dent. Tom Bush, afternoon air personality, Games, to director of on -air entertainment WWWE(AM) Cleveland, joins WMMS(FM) Appointments in promotion; Dana Lewis, coordination pro- there as morning air personality. news department, ducer of on -air entertainment promotion, to WELI(AM) New Ha- manager; Deborah Wise, wnter /producer, Blayne Long, regional sales manager, CMP ven, Conn.: Maria on-air promotion, to senior writer /producer, Publications, Chicago, joins Intersport Dynia, afternoon anon-air entertainment promotion; Dan Farley, Television, Chicago -based sports television Comic chor and evening edi- writer /producer, sports promotion, to senior and cable production company, as director tor, to assistant news director; Cari Shane, writer /producer. of media sales. producer and part-time reporter, to morning David Smith, director, broadcast promotion, Joseph M. Drake, senior account executive, anchor and full -time reporter; John ESPN, Bristol, Conn., named VP, advertis- Stone American Financial Corp., Irvine, D'Andre, part -time weekend anchor, to full - ing and promotion. Calif., to manager of acquisitions, Movie - time reporter and producer; Joe Romaniello, store Entertainment, Los Angeles. intern and stringer, to overnight anchor. Marshall Mites, director of advertising and marketing, WFLA -TV Tampa, Fla., joins Tony Colabraro, VP and controller, Viacom Appointments in news department, KHJ -TV Los Angeles as advertising and mar- Entertainment Group, New York, joins KTVY(TV) Oklahoma City: Denise Boyd, keting manager. Worldvision Enterprises there as senior VP, weekend producer, to noon and 5 p.m. pro- finance and administration. ducer; Liz Johnson, producer, KSPR(TV) Springfield, Mo., to weekend producer; Appointments at Viacom, New York: Leroy Whitaker, manager, compensation, Viacom Mike Carroll, chief photographer, KWCH -TV Valerie De- International, to director, compensation; Wichita, Kan., to photographer; Allied Fields Shelly Fisher-Strauss, manager, human re- Vine, reporter, WNEP -TV Scranton, Pa., to general assignment reporter. sources information system, Viacom Inter- Appointments at Dow Jones & Co., New national, to director, human resources in- Kevin McCarty, reporter, KXLY -TV Spokane, York: Peter R. Kann, publisher and editorial formation system; Jill Newfield, attorney, Wash., to Stockton bureau reporter, director, The Wall Street Journal, to presi- Viacom Entertainment Group, named se- KXTV(TV) Sacramento, Calif. Gary Martin, dent and chief operating officer; William L. nior attorney; Scott A. Greenstein, associate producer and weekend managing editor, Dunn, publisher, information services attorney, Loeb & Loeb, Los Angeles, joins KTSP-TV Phoenix, Ariz., joins KXTV as pro- group, to chairman; Carl M. Valenti, presi- Viacom Entertainment Group as attorney. ducer. dent, information services group, succeeds Appointments at King World, New York: Dunn. Frank Brooks, station relations manager, to Armand Grez Jr., national sales manager, director of marketing; Judi Stuart, unit pro- Technology WNHT -TV Concord, N.H., joins Television duction assistant, to unit production manag- Bureau of Advertising, New York, as mar- er; Theresa Adams, marketing assistant, to Harvey Baker, director of operations, Harris keting manager. manager of marketing services. Corporation, Dover, N.H., Graphics Sylvia Schwartz Winik, assistant general named VP of manufacturing, broadcast di- counsel, Corporation for Public Broadcast- vision, Hams Corporation, Quincy, Ill. ing, Washington, named deputy general News and Public Affairs Jim Petro, director of engineering, Heritage counsel. Pamela Brown, staff attorney, Communications, Des Moines, Iowa, CPB, named senior staff attorney. named VP of engineering. Bill Buzenberg, senior editor, NPR, Lon- H. Bruce Bronson Jr., communications law- don, named senior managing editor, news Carl Jeffcoat, international satellite systems yer, New York, joins Gibney, Anthony & and information, Washington. planning manager, AT &T, Morristown, Flaherty there as partner. N.J., joins Intelsat Satellite Services, Roger Nadel, executive news director, R. Bruce Beckner, partner, Dow, Lohnes & Washington, as VP, engineering and opera- KNX(AM) Los Angeles, joins WWJ(AM)- Albertson, Washington, joins Fleischman tions. Comsat is parent company of Intelsat WJOI(FM) Detroit as news and program di- and Walsh, P.C., there in same capacity. rector. Satellite Services. John Willis, president, Aiken Pizza Inc., Dale Bailey, manager, customer service, Tony Windsor, manager of news and pro- Aiken, S.C., joins Associated Press, Jack- United Video, Tulsa, Okla., named manag- graming, WTXL -TV Tallahassee, Fla., joins son, Miss., as broadcast executive for Ar- er, network engineering, SCS Satellite Net- WDEF -TV Chattanooga as news director. kansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. work Services. United Video is parent com- Michael Carque, executive producer, WCSH- pany of SCS. Don Lowery, director of public affairs and TV Portland, Me., named news director. Mike Curry, news photographer, WCSH-TV named assignment manager. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS: ABC Radio Networks 43 0 Accuracy in Media 18 0 American Radio Networks 66 o American Stock Exchange 56 0 AP Network News 40 -41 o Barclays Communications Reid Johnson, director of news, WCCO-TV Group 65 o Blackburn and Co., Inc. 82 o Braiker Radio Services Co. 59 o British Information Service 60 0 Minneapolis, resigns to pursue other inter- Broadcast Consulting Group, The 42 0 Buena Vista Television 11 0 Business Radio Network 77 o CBS Radio Network 49 0 Century 21 Programming, Inc. 58 0 Chapman Associates 92 0 Children's Health ests. Ken Rees, director of weather, sports News Network 69 o Donald K. Clark, Inc. 84 0 Classified Ads 97 -106 0 Continental Electronics 23 0 R.C. and local programing, named acting direc- Crisler & Co., Inc. 86 o Dataworld 20 o Durpetti & Assocs. 35 0 General Electric 10 0 Greyhound tor of news. Financial Corp. 88 0 GTE Spacenet 67 0 IDB Communications 53 o Impact Resources Cover 2 0 H.B. La Rue 85 o Mahlman Co., The 39 o R.A. Marshall & Co. 91 0 Media/Professional Insurance, Inc. 61 o Media Scott T. Jones, assignment manager, Venture Partners 81 0 Multimedia Entertainment 21 o National Association of Broadcasters 37, 57 0 WTVx(TV) Fort Pierce, Fla., joins woEC(TV) National Association of Home Builders 64 0 National Public Radio 55 o National Supervisory Network 78 West Palm Beach, Fla., in same capacity. o New World Television Group 19 o Odetics Broadcast Cover 4 o Otani 45 o PaineWebber Inc. 26 o Paramount Pictures Corp. 7, 8 -9, 12 -13 0 Professional Cards 95 0 Cecil L. Richards Inc. 83 0 Satellite Matt Ellis, executive news producer, WTHI- Music Network 51 o Services Directory 94 0 SONY Broadcast Products 16 -17 0 Joe Sullivan & TV Terre Haute, Ind., joins WKBW -TV Buf- Associates, Inc. 107 o Tribune Entertainment Co. 15 0 United Press International 47 o Unda -USA 24 0 Wall Street Journal Radio Network, The 5 0 Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Front Cover falo, N.Y., as producer. 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Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 109 in 1929 as announcer on KSOO(AM). He was Rebecca Schaeffer, 21, co -star of CBS's My Sister Sam, later named program director. Thomson was shot and killed on July 18 outside her apartment in Los moved back to Chicago in 1932 to an- Angeles. According to witnesses her assailant had waited nounce on wtsO(AM). From 1933 to 1934 outside her apartment for nearly four hours. She was pro- he worked for Chrysler Motors as race track nounced dead at Cedars -Sinai Medical Center there. show announcer at Chicago World's Fair. Robert John Bardo, 19, an unemployed fast -food worker He moved to Sioux Falls when fair closed from Tucson, Ariz., was charged the next day with and rejoined KSOO as announcer. In 1937 he Schaeffer's murder. Bardo, who Los Angeles police de- joined WIND(AM) Chicago as all -night an- scribe as "an obsessive fan," was originally taken into custo- nouncer. He then joined NBC's Chicago dy for an unrelated incident. Detective Dan Andrews of the announcing staff. He moved to Detroit in 1940 as announcer for WXYZ(AM). Thomson Los Angeles police department told BROADCASTING that po- moved back to Sioux Falls in 1942 to sell lice had "served a search warrant on Bardo's home. We war bonds on KSOO-KELO(AM). In 1948 haven't found any videotapes [in reference to rumors that he KELO moved to higher frequency and had collected videotapes of her work], but we did find letters Thomson founded KISD(AM) on KELO'S old he had written to Schaeffer and letters he had written to others about her." frequency, becoming general manager and Schaeffer was best known for her role as Patti Russell, the younger sister of Pam program director. He was president and 1986 Dawber's character on My Sister Sam from to 1988. Before that program she general manager when he sold station in was a regular on ABC's soap opera One Life to Live and appeared in the Miscalcula- 1966. He became first executive secretary tion episode of NBC's Amazing Stories. of South Dakota Broadcasters Association in 1967, position he held until 1987. He editorial, WNEV -TV Boston, elected presi- was first inductee into South Dakota Broad- dent of National Broadcast Editorial Asso- Deaths cast Hall of Fame in 1971. He is survived ciation, Rockville, Md. by his Veri Thomson, 83, wife, Lenore, and four daughters, Verlyn, Valorie, Vickie Elected members, Women in Communica- former owner of and Ginger. tions Inc., Washington chapter: Cindy Bis- KISD(AM) Sioux Falls, William T. Hamilton, set, associate director of media relations, S.D., died of cancer 75, former executive U.S. Chamber of Commerce, to president; July 7 at Sioux Val- vice president and Emilie Davis, managing editor, Gannett new ley Hospital there. general manager of to elect; Erin Donovan, di- Thomson began his media, president- Michiana Telecasting rector of issue communications, Rowan and broadcasting career in Corp., South Bend, Blewitt, to VP, membership; Kathy Correia, 1924 announcing on Ind. -based owner of executive producer, North American Net- WFAT(AM) Sioux WNDU- AM -FM -TV and work, to VP, programs; Sharon O'Malley, He moved to Falls. Golden Dome Pro- manager, statewide services, National Ru- in 1925 to Chicago ductions, died of can- ral Electric Cooperative Association, to Thomson co- manage two retail cer July 16 at St. Jo- VP, communications; Harriet Nolan, news radio stores and announce part-time on seph Medical Center editor, Gannett news service, to treasurer. WEHS(AM) there. 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Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 110 D In letter to Paramount Communications dated last Friday Fox strikes while the weather's hot FCC Mass Media Bureau questioned why company (July 21), Fox's Summer of Opportunity campaign to provide viewers special temporary authorization (STA) of Donald needed with original episodes of their Saturday and Sunday night Rumsfeld as trustee for Time stock that Paramount seeks to series has paid off for the network with record- setting num- acquire in its tender offer. FCC noted that Paramount ex- bers for Sunday, July 16. to close sale no sooner than October, while use of STA pects Led by the 21 share garnered by America's Most Wanted in gaining FCC approvals is predicated on demands of schedule. "If...an acquiring company's own plans in the 8-8:30 p.m. slot, and by the same share numbers for quicker Married... With Children in the 9 -9:30 slot, Fox beat out ABC do not contemplate an immediate take down of stock, the normal procedure would be sufficient, and for the night, giving Fox its first victory over one of the other Commission's networks for an entire night of prime time programing. The the exigencies necessary to justify granting an STA would 8 letter stated. Bureau also requested reaffirma- rating and 16 share that Fox averaged for the night from 7-11 be lacking," p.m. was the highest rating and share level in the fledgling of to deal of Paramount's bank, Citibank tion commitment network's two -year history. Both America's Most Wanted and Married...With Children Peter Marshall, pilot host of Warner Bros. Domestic Televi- placed second in their respective time periods with their 21 sion's Third Degree, who was replaced by Bert Convy share. (BROADCASTING, July 10), filed $1 million -plus breach of con- 21 Jump Street, with a 6.7/15, also placed second, in the 6- tract suit last Thursday (July 20) against producers Burt & 7 p.m. time period, behind CBS's 60 Minutes. Bert Productions and Kline & Friends. Warner Bros. was not Totally Hidden Video, with a 10.1/19 in the 8:30 -9 p.m. named in suit, filed with Los Angeles Superior Court. time slot, was off only one share point from the previous week's record rating. o Rod Perth, station manager, waaM -TV Chicago, is reportedly close to accepting position as VP, late night programing, CBS Entertainment. Perth would take over position once held by Michael Brockman, who left CBS in April to take over late night duties at ABC. o FCC granted assignment of license of WHDWAM) Boston to WHDHIAM) Radio Inc., subsidiary of New England Television Corp. By granting application, FCC waived rule which prohibits common onwership of radio and TV stations in same 'America's Most Wanted' executive producer Michael Linder (I) market (New England Television owns WNEV -TV Boston). and host John Walsh New England Television agreed to purchase station for $14 million in January from Channel Broadcasting Inc., subsid- several significant issues," mentioning tax and "other legis iary of Sconnix Broadcasting Corp. lative proposals that could affect valuation." Alternative to McCaw's tender offer was proposed by LIN shareholder. Negotiations between LIN Broadcasting and McCaw Cellular Moran Asset Management. Reorganization would consist of Communications over latter's possible acquisition of LIN at $96 cash dividend, and spinoff of LIN's TV and cellular price above current $110 -per -share tender offer were sus- operations into highly leveraged separate companies. LIN pended late last week. McCaw cited inability to "resolve stock closed Friday at 109 %, down more than $6 for week One more Time for Paramount Paramount Communications' last chance to block Time Inc.'s with the purchase of Warner. Along with the 17% holdings that acquisition of Warner Communications comes this week as the Time and Warner would have in TBS, other media assets that Delaware Supreme Court hears Paramount's appeal of the court could be sold are Warner's minority holdings of the BBC subsid- decision paving the way for the Time -Warner merger. To fi- iary of Chris--Craft Industries, Viacom and home shopping oper- nance the Warner acquisition, Time has identified $1.3 billion in ator CVN Companies. In order to service debt in coming years, assets it might sell, including its stake in Turner Broadcasting the documents contemplated securing loans through Time and System, it was reported last week. Warner's combined cable holdings and selling a 25% stake in In a brief it filed for its appeal, Paramount argued that the the cable operations. A Time spokesman said that the docu- lower court misapplied the ruling of the case Unocal Corp. v. ments reported in The Wall Street Journal seemed authentic, Mesa Petroleum Co. by determining that Paramount's unsolic- but said about the asset sales: "These are for -instance scenari- ited offer posed a threat to Time by disrupting its long -term os. It doesn't necessarily mean you would do any or all of it." He strategic plan. Paramount argued that the only threat to Time said that the companies would make decisions about asset sales that the court could consider was threat to shareholder val- only after they determined how Time's acquisition of Warner ues. Paramount said that the lower court, which ruled against was completed. The two companies have yet to determine what Paramount on July 14 (BROADCASTING, July 17), had failed to combination of cash and securities Time would pay to acquire consider what threat Paramount's offer posed to shareholder the balance of Warner shares Time would not own after the value. tender offer. Responding to Paramount's brief, Time argued that its board In a reflection of the media attention that the conflict among reasonably perceived that the Paramount offer was a threat to the media companies is getting, Cable News Network said it corporate policy and that making the tender offer for Warner would have a camera inside the Delaware courtroom in which was a reasonable response. lawyers for the two sides would argue their cases. The network On Wednesday, it was reported that Time Inc. had identified planned to air selected portions of the arguments live, according $1.3 billion in assets that it could use to pay off debt associated to a spokesman.

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Summer rerun tion was some $150 million) over the next three years. That contribution comprises not only donated airtime, but ad agency Some in Congress have attached a fairness doctrine recodifica- talent, production house facilities, the waiving of union fees and tion provision to a budget bill in hopes of forcing it past a a supply of corporate dollars. President who is opposed to the doctrine. That could be the lead According to the partnership, a National Institute on Drug of a December 1987 story on President Reagan's continuing - Abuse survey of high school seniors found that cocaine use and ultimately victorious -battle with the legislature over the among that population has declined. The doctor heading that issue. Unfortunately, it is a thumbnail description of days -old survey attributed a "considerable share of the credit" to the events. partnership's efforts. As that dramatic story played out in 1987, with only the The partnership also received praise from another source: fairness provision holding up passage of a $600 billion appropri- "Such voluntary support from the media to help educate the ations bill, the President didn't back off-even threatening to American people about the dangers of drug abuse will have a allow the government to shut down rather than let pass a significant and positive impact as we work together to overcome "fairness " -encumbered bill. The provision was struck, with its this insidious problem." That message came from the President. supporters vowing: "We'll be back." who recognizes the role the Fifth Estate is playing in helping the They made good that threat by trotting out their one -trick nation to "just say no." pony again two weeks ago, with the House Energy and Com- We, too. applaud that effort. merce Committee adding a recodification provision to a budget reconciliation bill in hopes of forcing it past a different Presi- How high the moon dent. Fortunately for the Fifth Estate, and its audience, it is a different President with similar principle and resolve. It was 20 years ago last Thursday (July 20) that astronaut Neil President Bush is on the record as standing with President Armstrong took "one small step for man, one giant leap for Reagan in his opposition to the doctrine. He told a gathering of mankind." It also would have been one small live audience - journalists in April that "I will stand with the previous position namely one: fellow astronaut Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin -had a that I was a part of in the last administration." television camera not been there to record the historic grasp of a Fortunately, there is still time for wiser legislative heads to moon that for centuries had seemed presumptively beyond prevail. If so, the final bill will be absent the offending provi- reach. sion. We would wish wiser heads to prevail. Among the events most vividly captured in the amber of national memory is that moment of breath- catching triumph - A fool's paradise and unprecedented spot news coverage -when Armstrong dropped to the lunar surface, pictures courtesy of NASA, Wes- With Donald Wildman once more in the news at the point of his tinghouse (which produced the cameras) and broadcasters. Mil- boycott brigade and the Congress likely to pass a sex and lions shared the sights and sounds of that victory via television, violence antitrust exemption bill that, protestations aside, is a as they had similarly followed the race to achieve it. (No one form of second -hand censorship, it is an appropriate time to who watched the early space shots on television or listened to showcase some clear thinking on the issue of censorship and the them over the radio will ever forget the anxiousness and antici- media. pation of those countdowns -"T minus 30 seconds and count- Today's observations come from the Broadcasting Research ing....") Unit, a British research group set up by the BBC, Independent From lift -off to splashdown of the Apollo I I mission, the Broadcasting Authority and others to spur debate on issues Fifth Estate pooled its talents to capture the most exciting related to broadcasting policy. Although its target is the British continuing news story of the century. What it lost in money- broadcasting system, its conclusions on the issue of broadcast limited advertising was far exceeded by the cost of doing quality, specifically standards on television violence, speak to a business as unusual -it more than gained in reputation for wider audience. comprehensive and compelling journalism. "A television service which, whether out of delicacy or It was a shining moment for the nation and for the Fifth political discretion, failed to show us that the world is violent Estate, one thát has been neither dimmed by time nor eclipsed would present a false picture, a fool's paradise. A service of by subsequent achievement. broadcasting which failed to prompt us to examine causes, to consider whether there was a need to change institutions and attitudes, whether there were constitutional or other structural defects in our society, would be incompetent; and it would be said, quite rightly, that the standards, the quality of the service were in this, perhaps the most critical respect, poor. We need to know what is happening...." To narrow the world's vision to the limits of their own is the goal of all censors, whatever their target. Broadcasters must work to insure they never reach that goal. Presidential praise The Media -Advertising Partnership for a Drug -Free America, whose name suffices as a description of its charter, has upped its ante in support of educational anti -drug abuse efforts, pledging Drawn for BROADCASTING by Jack Schmidt $365 million a year in donated advertising (last year's contribu- "Fred, what say we take their word on the antenna height."

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Westwood's Scott Shannon: the position, took the station to number one in the ratings and soon after that was named Zoo keeper, pirate captain national program director for Mooney and radio junkie Broadcasting Co., licensee of the station. "I don't especially appreciate the authority One of the most watched program directors elements that come with being the boss," in radio today is Westwood One's vice he says. "I try to be the program architect president and on -air personality, Scott and usually have been lucky enough to find Shannon. He left New York's WHTz(FM) great people to run the radio stations on a earlier this year after taking it to the top of day -to -day basis." the ratings in a high profile "worst to first" Except for a brief hiatus after being "un- campaign. ceremoniously relieved" of his duties at Shannon hopes to replicate that feat in WQXI -AM -FM Atlanta over what Shannon one of the country's most competitive radio describes as "philosophical differences" markets, Los Angeles, at the helm of with management, Shannon's career has KQLZ(FM)'s "Pirate Radio." been a string of successfully programed sta- He may be on his way. In the latest tions. After leaving WQXI, he briefly joined MICHAEL SCOTT SHANNON-vice president, Arbitron ratings books, KQLZ has climbed Casablanca Records in California as vice Westwood One Stations Group Inc., and into the top five (from 13th in the last book) president of promotions. After a year, he program director, KOLZ(FM), both Los in the 12 -plus quarter-hour share. Program- realized that he wanted to return to radio. Angeles; b. July 25, 1947, St. Louis; U.S. ing the station with what he has dubbed He did, as program director of WPGC-AM -FM Army, Fort Benning, Ga., and Fort Bragg, "free form rock 'n' roll hit radio," Shan- in the Washington market. S.C., 1967 -69; on -air personality, WABB(AM) non says that the very things that have made After that came WRBQ and the "Morning Mobile, Ala., 1969 -70; on -air personality, his latest job so hard are the same things Zoo," and then wi rz(FM), a newly ac- WMPS(AM) Memphis, 1970 -71; on -air that have made it more fun. "When I went quired property of Malrite Communica- personality, 1971 -75, and program to New York, no one knew who Scott tions. Shannon's success in New York director, WMAK(AM) Nashville, and national Shannon was. It was kind of a sneak at- made his decision to leave for Los Angeles program director, Mooney Broadcasting tack," he says. By the time he arrived in "the most difficult decision I've ever made Co., 1972 -75; on -air personality and Los Angeles, however, three radio stations in my life," he says. "But it boiled down program director, WQxI -AM -FM Atlanta, were programing some sort of "Morning to the fact that I had accomplished the thing 1975 -77; vice president, promotions, Zoo" program, the concept he and Cleve- that I had set out to accomplish in New Casablanca Records, Hollywood, land Wheeler successfully programed at 1977- York. We were not getting much competi- 78; on -air personality, program director, WRBQ -AM -FM Tampa, Fla., and that has tion, and I was getting stagnant," he says. WPGC -AM -FM Morningside, Md. been used by over 300 radio stations across Not that he hadn't received other offers. (Washington), 1978 -80; on -air personality, the country. In essence, then, Shannon But none of the offers appealed to Shannon program director, co- creator (with must now program against his own success. because of the "situations that came with Cleveland Wheeler) of "Morning Zoo" radio "I would liken it to a football player who the offers," he says. In the end, what won show, WRBO -AM -FM Tampa, Fla., 1980 -83; has been a receiver all his life suddenly him over to KQLZ was the feeling that "this on -air personality, program director, switching to quarterback, or vice versa," would be as tough a challenge as you could WHTZ(FM) Newark, N.J. (New York), 1983- he says. "A lot of the things that I have find in your career," he says. "It is defi- 89; current position since January 1989; m. done and used in my career I've used for 10 nitely the most difficult thing I have ever Trish Martin, May 9, 1984; daughter: or 15 years, and suddenly I can't use those attempted in mine." In Shannon's opinion, Kathleen, 3. particular elements anymore." he says. the competition in Los Angeles is the Shannon explains some of the elements toughest in the country. making up the "Morning Zoo" concept: "I was very fond of rock 'n' roll music The ammunition he has prepared for this "It was a cross between Saturday Night as a kid," Shannon says, "but early on I challenge combines elements from rock 'n' Live and Johhny Carson's Tonight Show," realized that I wasn't very musical myself. roll, hit radio and dance music. Pirate Radio he says. "It took about six months to devel- So it [radio) was the closest I could get to got its name from the pirate radio stations that op and included song parodies, satire skits, the music industry by playing records on broadcast from the Atlantic Ocean and fasci- fake celebrity phone calls and heavy listen- the radio." And being on air is still Shan- nated Shannon as a kid. Shannon shared his er involvement." non's first love. "I never really wanted to ideas with Norm Pattiz, chairman of Shannon's own involvement with radio be a program director," he says. Westwood One. "We decided that the most goes back to his early childhood. "I bought Shannon dropped out of high school and important aspect of turning on a radio station Billboard magazine religiously," he says. ran away from home when he was 17. He in Los Angeles was that it had to be as The son of a career Army man, Shannon was traveling around the country when he different in as many ways as possible from "made tapes of all the radio stations I ever was drafted into the Army. After a two -year what was already available in the market," listened to at all the different places my hitch, Shannon joined WABD(AM) Mobile, he says, "and with the unusual name, we felt father was stationed. I had a huge record Ala. , where he was the 7 p.m. to midnight we could make our mark faster." collection and my own little basement stu- air personality-or as he describes himself: As for what he might like to do after dio where I made up my own radio "a screaming obnoxious nighttime rock 'n' Pirate Radio, Shannon appears uncon- shows." roll DJ." cerned. "I know a lot of people like to Shannon's love of the medium is obvious His first job as program director was at structure their lives on achieving their to those who work with him, and they attri- WMAK(AM) Nashville, where his boss re- goals," he says. "But I don't have long- bute much of his success to that passion. signed while Shannon was working there as term goals, except to do the very best I can "Scott Shannon is the consummate radio an on -air personality. "I didn't want to be do every day.... I really do take each show junkie," says Mike Kakoyiannis, executive the program director," he says, "but I that I do and each day that I live and each vice president, Westwood One Radio Sta- didn't particularly want to work for either job that I do one step at a time, and try to tions Group. "He is totally listener- oriented of the other two people up for the job." He accomplish as much as I can in whatever it and has great instincts about music." talked the general manager into giving him is that I am doing at the moment." N

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 111 i nolo3roff l Four -month -old contract dispute between Capital Cities /ABC was consortium bidding $1.2 billion-was not true. Roberts and National Association of Broadcast Employes and Techni- said bids were final confirmation of growing belief that cians moved toward resolution following one -on -one negotia- company had valued itself "too conservatively." When Tele- tions last week between company chairman Thomas Murphy Cable originally went on block, company cited shrinking and NABET International President James Nolan. Dispute's economies of scale. But Roberts said number of things have resolution now depends on outcome of union vote on com- happened to change TeleCable's opinion about cable's fu- promise proposal. That vote, requiring approval by all 19 ture. Telco threat does not appear as imminent as first NABET units and on which union leadership has said it will believed, he said, and cable's ability to deploy fiber has be neutral, will be tallied on Aug. 11. Major compromises moved at quicker pace. Likewise, he said, advantage large that facilitated last week's agreement include company's MSO's have had in volume discounts, for instance, "is applying narrower television seniority lists only to those flattening out." hired after last Thursday and changing 5% lump sum bonus in fourth year to 4% wage increase. Capital Cities /ABC will Next- generation cable television satellite picture filled out give roughly 2,150 NABET members 6.6% lump -sum bonus further last week as 39- million- subscriber basic service Arts on ratification, followed by 3% pay raises in second and & Entertainment Network agreed to purchase single transpon- third years. Company will be able to make daily hires, der on Hughes Communications' Galaxy V, to be launched in although number of days such hires are used during rest of 1991 carrying primary feeds of HBO, CNN, TNT and ESPN. 1989 cannot exceed 61/2% of days provided by NABET work- Terms of deal were not revealed. force, and thereafter cannot exceed 8 %. Daily hires will be o required to join NABET after working 20 days. Company will Harrington, Righter & Parsons last week became second rep also continue with plans to lay off roughly 60 -70 radio engi- firm to file suit against over few months, final number may Premiere and its sales agent, Group W neers next although end Television up being slightly less, according to Patty Matson, vice Sales. Suit alleges that Group W undertook to solicit KOIN(TV) president, corporate communications, Capital Cities /ABC. "persuade, and induce" HRP client station Portland, Ore., to join station advertising consortium Last week's of events came on eve of company despite change in HRP making its final offer to NABET, action that would likely being warned advance by counsel that its contract have elicited court challenge by union. with CBS affiliate names rep firm as "exclusive national sales representative." HRP asked court to permanently en- o join breaching of its contract and also requested monetary TeleCable has pulled its cable properties (580,000 subscrib- damages of at least $750,000 plus punitive award. In re- ers) from market, after reviewing initial bids from about 10 sponse, Group W spokesperson said: "We view this as yet parties, said Richard Roberts, TeleCable president. Compa- another attempt to stifle the legitimate pursuit of a growing ny said speculation that bids were too low -one observer and viable business and we will respond, as we have to believed to be familiar with transaction said top contender other such challenges, with every means at our disposal." Unlike earlier Petry suit, HRP suit does not name as defendant NBC, which helped plan the station advertising consor- Iowa air disaster tium. The Fifth Estate lost two members in the July 19 crash of o United Airlines flight 232 in Sioux City, Iowa. Two others, Last week House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, however, survived the disaster. chaired by Representative John Murtha (D -Pa.), approved Among those killed: $50 million appropriation in FY 1990 to Defense Advanced James Kenneth Adkins Jr., 34, general sales manager, Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to be used for high - wcJV(TVI Charleston, S.C. He was returning from an NBC definition television research. Department of Defense autho- sales management conference in Denver. Adkins began his rization bill for FY '90, expected to be on floor next month, broadcasting career in 1976 as a regional account executive also earmarks $50 million for DARPA. New appropriation with ws -Tv Greenville, S.C. He was with Katz Television, would supplement current $30 million program DARPA has Atlanta, from ,1979 to 1982 as an account executive. He begun to fund private companies developing new video joined waIR -TV Knoxville, Tenn., in 1982 as local sales manag- display and processing technologies. er and a year later moved to WTVKITVI there in the same o capacity. He joined way in 1986. He is survived by his wife, USA Today On TV has new executive producer, Gannett Lea Ann, and two sons. show's third. Following departure of Tom Kirby on July 5 to Jeffrey A. Reuss, 24, marketing manager, Jones Interca- resume his duties as general manager and president of xoco- ble Inc., Saratoga Springs, N.Y. His wife, Andrea, was also TV Oklahoma City, Gannett -owned ABC affiliate, Jack Hurley, on the flight; she is listed as missing. Reuss was a 1987 who was brought in by Kirby as number two executive at graduate of University of Denver and joined Jones Intercable program, assumes Kirby's duties, but retains his executive in April of that year as a marketing intern. He was assigned editor title. Hurley had been in charge of Washington -based to his position in Saratoga Springs in November 1987. He is Gannett News Service before joining program about two survived by his parents, one brother and one sister. months ago. Among the survivors: O Charles Martz, 58, president of Martz Media Inc., a Next football "world" champions may be real ones. Interna- Denver -based cable brokerage firm, and a professional pilot. tional football league bringing together for first time U.S. Martz told BROADCASTING that he "knew what was going on teams with counterparts in Europe, Canada and Mexico was the whole time." He said he is still overwhelmed at what overwhelmingly approved last week by National Football happened and described himself as "very lucky and very League team owners and will be fielded no later than spring grateful." 1991. Driven by U.S. network interest in spring football and Paul Olivier, who heads his own cable construction firm expansion of programing outlets in Europe, organizers of in Denver, Olivier & Associates. He is a former employe of league have already begun domestic rights talks with ABC, American Television & Communications and supervised NBC, CBS and Fox, and cable services ESPN, Turner Broad- construction of Mile Hi Cablevision's technical center in casting, Sportschannel and USA Network. Details on over- Denver. seas rights talks were not available.

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Morehead State University: WMKY radio station position Evening personality with good production skills for AC RADIO openings. Morehead State University invites applications format AM /FM in resort area 100 mi. from NY City. EEO. HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT for the following positions: MUSIC AND ARTS DIRECTOR: M/E. Tape and resume lo: PD, 'VOS- AM -FM. PO Box Responsibilities: Develop overall music programing at the 150, Liberty, NY 12754. General sales manager wanted. Leading Combo with station to include supervising all program hosts for locally Announcer Interested in working in small market. Conge- double -digit shares in beautiful. high growth, Carolina me- produced music programs and selecting musical pro- nial working conditions, must have one year experience. dium market needs leader /motivator /trainer to increase grams for airing upon approval of the program director; Send resume and tape to WTTF, 185 South Washington revenue. Excellent opportunity to advance. If you're a keep abreast of events in the regional arts community. St.. Tiffin, OH 44883. EOE. creative manager. send us your resume and salary re- local arts organizations and Morehead State University's quirements. along with a short presentation explaining many different arts- related activities: put together a daily HELP WANTED TECHNICAL your management style. training techniques. problem - Arts Calendar. host a daily music program and provide solving experience, account- management philosophy, review of arts events: and actively participate in fund- Broadcast engineer: Needs RF and studio engineering proof of track record, and anything else that will show us raising activities. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree with experience. $15001M plus health. Send resumes to K -100 your stuff. We could bill $3 million with your help. EOE. emphasis in music, communications or related field re- Radio. PO Box 631, Marysville, CA 95901. EOE. Box H -24. No oversize material. quired; Master's degree preferred. Experience in music FR, for programing and appreciation for variety of music forms, Radio telecommunications technician: top -50 Memphis, Tennessee radio giant is seeking applications facili- particularly Jazz and Folk. Must have pleasant announc- Public FM station and campus telecommunications for the position of general manager. Must have extensive radio ing voice. Good writing and interviewing skills highly de- ties. Responsibilities include maintenance of overall experience in sales. promotion and managing successful- and main- sirable; production skills valuable. Submit letter of appli- station technical operations, transmitter studio ly. All correspondence held in strict confidence. Please and cation. resume. references. writing samples and audition tenance, insuring FCC compliance, trouble -shoot send resume and references to: Box H -38. EOE. tapes. PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR: maintain other campus audio & video facilities. Assist in future facili- Growing group operator is accepting applications for Responsibilities: Project the image of WMKY through vari- planning /development of telecommunication A Bache- 100+ Sunbelt markets. Network affiliates. Sales, promo- ous vehicles such as program guides, newspapers. arti- ties. Perform other related duties as assigned. lor's related required, 8 tion and experience a strong necessity. Lucrative com- cles. brochures. flyers and program listings. coordinate degree in engineering or area or from which comparable knowledge and abilities pensation package. All correspondence held in strict con- fund- raising efforts for the station and also serve as an on- years exp FCC or SBE certifi- fidence. Send resume and references to Box H -39. EOE. air host in appropriate situations. Qualifications: Bache- can be acquired. General Class permit week. lor's degree in communications field or related area; Mas- cation required. Available 24 hours a day. 7 days a Manager for Carolina small market loca- station. Good ter's preferred. Writing for print and broadcast media and Great work environment and benefits. Annual salary tion. Old operation. Prefer someone willing invest to use of camera and audio equipment important. Experi- $19,240. Send resume /cov. letter by 8/25/89 to Brookdale $10.000 up and stay put. Can earn up to Absentee TT 7/16. Lin 50 %. ence in layout and design and marketing background. Community College. Personnel Svcs.. Dept owner needs someone with sales plus operation in Personnel experi- Must be well organized and able to make good marketing croft, NJ 07738, or apply person, Services ence, and interested in ownership. Resume to Box H -44. background. Must be well organized and able to make 8:30 am - 5 pm, Mon ihru Fri. An EO /AA employer. EOE. good public presentations. Submit letter of application, Sales oriented GM: FM small market, Midwest area. Must resume, references, and writing samples. NEWS AND be take charge person. 3 -5 yrs. experience. Ownership PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR: Responsibilities: Maintain Do NOT send tapes or oversized possibilities. Profit sharing. Good market potential. Look- established news operation with emphasis on regional materials to Blind Boxes ing for an honest talented leader for our team. Send coverage: produce and anchor daily newscasts and current resume with salary history. Box H -46. EOE. weekly public affairs program; recruit, train and supervise student staff and instill high ethical, journalistic and pro- Radio management: Public radio WWFM, located on fessional standards in students: and coordinate entire HELP WANTED NEWS West Windsor campus of Mercer County Community Col- news operation including budget, equipment inventory lege, seeks News anchor, Florida's news leader seeks an experi- traffic and membership manager responsible and daily administrative tasks. Qualifications: Bachelor's for tape traffic; computerized enced anchor /reporter with contemporary writing and de- daily program log; coordina- degree in communications or related field plus experience tion of satellite livery skills. familiar with the south Florida market. State -of- traffic; computerized membership record - as broadcast journalist, preferably in public radio. Must be keeping and financial the -art facilities. Minorities encouraged to apply. T & R to: data. Occasional board operator well organized. possess good writing skills and possess (non- announcing) Dorothy McIntyre, WIOD. 1401 N. Bay Causeway, Miami, and production duties. Computer an authoritative on -air sound. Must have demonstrated knowledge necessary. FL 33141. EOE. Bachelor's degree strongly pre- initiative and thoroughness in newsgathering. For all posi- ferred: consideration may be given to individual lacking tions submit letter of application, resume, three letters of KOSY AM/FM in Texarkana, Arkansas, is now accepting degree but with extensive experience. WWFM is a CPB reference, writing samples and audio tape no later than applications for the following positions: Program director. member station with Classical and Jazz format. Attractive August 2. 1989. Submit materials to: Office of Personnel full- and part-time announcers, news director. engineer - benefits package. Women and minorities encouraged to Services. Morehead State University, HM 101. Morehead. /announcer combo, copy /production director and sales apply. Send resume and cover letter: Mercer County KY 40351. MSU is an EEO /AA employer and requires account executives. Send resume and tape to Personnel Community College, Personnel Services Dept. AW, PO compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act Director, Box 2018, Texarkana, AR 75504 -2018. Equal Box Trenton. B. NJ 08690. Affirmative Action/Equal Op- of 1986. opportunity employer. portunity Employer. M/F. General manager /sales manager who is looking for a Medical reporter /producer for daily radio news service WNLK- AM/WGMX -FM, Norwalk/Stamford, Connecticut. position with a possible buy -in opportunity. This is a posi- from The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Creativity. CRB Broadcasting Corporation. owner of nine other station for a community. sales oriented professional. EOE. PO accuracy, strong on -air skills essential. Science or medi- tions, expects to purchase these fine stations, subject to Box 494, Greencastle. IN 46135. cal reporting. some management experience desired. FCC approval, in September. The position of general man- Good salary and benefits. Not entry level. Tape. resume. ager is open to with radio candidates strong back- General manager for our west Michigan FM. Begin your writing samples to Doug Levy, Health NewsFeed. 550 N. grounds. Minority applicants are is encouraged. CRB an future with us. Community -minded? Sales background? Broadway, 11th Floor, Baltimore. MD 21205. EOE. equal employment opportunity employer. Send resumes Filled with ideas? Contact: President, Michigan Communi- to Edward Rogoff, President. CRB Broadcasting Corpora- cations Group. 1415 Hatcher Crescent, Ann Arbor, MI Editor: WEBR, Buffalo's Public All News station has an tion. Room 2930, 630 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10111. 48103. EOE. immediate opening for an editor. This position is primarily responsible for producing and assembling major daily CBSI, a worldwide leader in providing business comput- Sales manager for medium market station. You give us sections of WEBR's All -News programing. This is a high er systems to the radio industry, has broadcast committed dedication, ideas, enthusiasm and sales for special mar- pressure position that demands leadership abilities, cre- itself to creating the finest accounting system imagined in ket give station. and we will you experience, leadership ativity in the news assignment process and strong writing the industry. We need a special individual with the ac- and guarantee of between $20K to $25K depending on skills. Broadcast news experience, especially with long - counting credentials and radio to join in the background experience, track record and motivation. Much more can format news blocks. is desirable. On -air capabilities are introduction and on -going support of this new system by be earned on commission. EOE. Women and minorities essential. Resumes and tapes to Leon Thomas, News (1) providing technical support in our product develop- H are encouraged to apply. Box -71. Director, WEBR, 23 North St., Buffalo. NY 14202. No calls ment and customer service efforts and (2) providing the please. WEBR is an equal opportunity employer. critical liaison to the corporate users. If you have the General manager. Growing AM northern CA NewsTalk looking for background noted above, genuine care for the customer. individual with proven record of leadership and Morning anchor wanted w/strong writing and editing hands attention to detail. pride in your work, high ethical values. -on sales. $45,000 plus cash flow bonus and skills. You'll love the location, people. & growth potential! earned equity potential. Write PO and want to enjoy the beautiful Oregon coast, send your Box 640, West Sacra- Exceptional salary/benefits. T & R to: Operations Manag- mento, CA 95691. resume with salary history to Bob Richardson, CBSI, PO EOE. er, WSNG, Box 657. Torrington, CT 06790. EOE. Box 67, Reedsport, OR 97467. EOE. HELP WANTED SALES Experienced newspeople needed for busy Full- service Sales manager: Top 50 market Country FM needs strong AC. Must possess good writing skills. great delivery, and Need a Super Star! Senior account executive /co -op di- leader to train, develop and motivate sales department. become community involved. Great station! T & R to Dan rector who can sell directs and can work agencies in Must have proven track record. excellent communication Gaffney, PO Box 530, Rehobeth Beach, DE 19971. EOE. Philadelphia market. Management potential! Respond to skills, be organized, positive and willing to work hard to Box D -15. EOE. News/sports anchor /reporter/writer. top AM/FM, heavy win. Rush resume to General Manager. KEBC-FM. 5101 S local coverage, play -by-play, Midwest small market, work Shields, Oklahoma City, OK 73129. EOE. West Palm Beach, Florida: AE opportunity at a major hard, learn fast. Box H -70. EOE. AM /FM, excellent ratings. You must be experienced and looking for sales manage- Expanding broadcast group good! Direct and agency Contact GSM 407 -965 -9211. HELP WANTED PROGRAMING ment candidates. You must have street sales experience EOE. PRODUCTION & OTHERS and be able to lead. Medium deep South markets and more on the way. Send brief resume, salary history, refer- HELP WANTED ANNOUNCERS Program director with ideas, growth mentality to position ences. and why we should talk to you. Don't waste a AM News/Talk, soon to be AM /FM combo, in competitive stamp if you don't love to sell radio. Forward info ASAP to: Chicago area A/C seeks combo announcer/sales. Send Midwest medium market. College degree, heavy promo- resume, tape, billing history. 119. Mark Bass, EVP, GMX Communications, 3866 Dickerson WDND, Box Wilmington, tion, sales savvy. in touch with limes a must. Autonomy. IL 60481. EOE. Rd., Nashville, TN 37207. EOE, M/F. Resumes only. Box H -75. EOE.

Broadcasting Jul 24 1989 97 sales Jilted staff on the rebound would like to meet Chief engineer /asst. chief engineer. Fast growing televi- production who likes life, director small town eating out, TELEVISION sion broadcast group is seeking hands -on chief engineer remote golfing. broadcasts and making killer commer- and assistant chief engineer for top 50 Independent sta- cials. We looking HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT are considered average with brown -red- tion. Previous supervisory experience and excellent per- blonde hair and -green like blue -brown eyes. We all kinds Operations manager needed by group owned VHF affili- sonnel and communication skills required. All qualified of music, but dislike Z-rock deejays. We don't smoke, only ate in 100+ Midwest market. Must have diversity of expe- applicants should send resume and salary requirements drink socially. but occasionally turn out copy at 5 pm. rience with strong administrative, creative, and people to Box H -56. EOE. Must like clients who their Please recent do own ads. send skills. Send resume to Box H -40. EOE. tape. phone number and resume. Code: J McCullough. Maintenance engineer: Applicant must have minimum of WLPO/WAJK, Box 215. LaSalle, IL 61301. (Tapes can be Business manager: Network affiliate is in search of a 2 years recent exp in TV broadcasting maintenance. The no longer than 5 minutes in length and consist of commer- bright, energetic hands -on administrator. Responsibilities candidate should be able to repair, to component level, cials only. No promos. no air checks. Spec ads encour- include all financial functions including supervision of ac- equip. such as VTR's, cameras. switchers, and edit suites. aged.) EOE. counting, all computer operations, and preparation and Please contact Ruth Ward, Personnel Director, Trinity administration of annual budgets. Send complete resume Broadcasting Network, 14131 Chambers, Tustin, CA Associate /Classical: producer WFPK -FM, Louisville, to General Manager, WREX -TV, PO Box 530, Rockford, IL 92680. 714 -832 -2950. We are an equal opportunity em- Kentucky. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in music, 61105. EOE. ployer. communications. or relevant area of assignment. One year of experience with a public radio station. An equiva- General manager for aggressive, growing network affili- Chief engineer: Midwest VHF aft mate seeking an individ- lent combination of training and experience may be sub- ate in the Midwest. Experience in all areas of station ual with strong maintenance background and proven ad- stituted. Salary: $15.033.20 annually. Special require- management preferred. Group operation. Send resume to ministrative abilities. Applicant should have comprehen- ments: Possession of an FCC. Third Class Radio Box H -49. EOE. M /F. sive knowledge and experience in all areas of commercial Telephone Operator's license. Audition tape is to be sub- broadcast engineering. Send resume to Don Hicks. Director of production and programing. PTV KNPB mitted with application. Desirables: Conversational, up- KOAM -TV, Box F. Joplin, MO 64802. EOE. seeks individual for new senior management position. Re- beat classical music announcer needed. Knowledge of ports directly to general manager. Responsible for pro- Video control center operator. Los Angeles: IDB Com- classical music required. Production skills a plus. Send graming, production, educational services, community munications Group, Inc., a leading supplier of satellite audition tape and resume no later than August 4. 1989. to: outreach, and program -related promotion. Actively in- transmission services, seeks a video control center opera- City of Louisville, Department of Employee Relations. 609 volved in station planning, policy development. and de- tor for its Los Angeles facility. Candidates should have 3 -5 W Jefferson St.. Louisville, KY 40202. Attention: Recruit- sign and construction of new facility. Requires five years experience in satellite operations, or broadcast ment Division Equal opportunity employer. years management experience and substantive professional ac- master control in a medium to major market. The ability to SITUATIONS WANTED MANAGEMENT complishments. Compensation includes full benefits work under pressure and excellent customer service skills package and competitive salary. Send letter and resume are essential. Uplink experience is preferable. Qualified 28 years broadcast experience flock to GM). Available to: Jim Pagliarini. General Manager, KNPB, PO Box applicants should submit resumes and salary history to: now as GM.GSM to Southeast radio group. Outstanding 14730, Reno, NV 89507. Position open until filled. EOE. IDB Communications Group. Inc.. 10525 W. Washington track record in top 50 markets. Roger 704-542 -3750. Blvd.. Culver City, CA 90232. Attn. Manager of Video Sales manager: Midwest Indy has great programing and Transmission. No phone calls. please. EOE. M/F. 81% Increase In billing: Arbitron up 166% 12 +, 191% great numbers. Seeking leadership to develop a great adults it 25 -54. Did without promotion money or consultant sales team. An excellent opportunity for a seasoned pro- Assistant chief engineer: Buffalo Independent is seeking in a tough top 30 market. Want to GM station that has a fessional. Reply in confidence to Box H -59. EOE. qualified help for assistant chief position. UHF, TCR -100 budget but needs similar increase. I'll make it happen for and studio equipment experience helpful. First Class or manager: you. Box H -45. General sales VHF Fox affiliate sign -on in SE General license preferred. Send resume to Dennis coastal market, searching for highly motivated. hard work- Majewicz, Chief Engineer, WUTV, 951 Whitehaven Rd., Experience: Station manager. sales manager. program ing individual with local emphasis on sales and sales Grand Island, NY 14072. EOE. director. Seeking: Sales management or programer posi- management. National sales experience helpful. Send re- tion. Expertise: EZ. A/C. Country. J.R. Greeley. 915 -944- sumes only to WFXI -TV8. PO Box 1143. Beaufort, NC Chief engineer: Excellent opportunity to have it done right 0209. 28516. EOE. the first time with VHF Fox affiliate sign -on. Transmitter and video maintenance experience required. Send resumes Network GSM! After selling for three networks I want to manager in National sales for network affiliate :op 50 only to WFXI -TV8, PO Box 1143, Beaufort. NC 28516. return to selling local radio. Call Don Karnes at Sportsne- market. Need five years sales experience - two years with EOE. t/USA. Baltimore: 301- 486 -7333. Los Angeles: 213 -216- rep. Excellent opportunity for growth with major television 6947. Messages: 717-321 -9035. group Send reply to Box H -63. EOE. TV assistant chief engineer is needed by KXAN -TV, Austin, TX. We are looking for an individual with 1 -2 years 19 year major market GM, success through leadership, Manager of corporate Wisconsin Public Tele- relations: shop supervision, with 3 -5 maintenance experience, trou- sales integrity, promotional instinct, program intuition. vision. Represent WPT to the area business communities bleshooting to component level the likes of TK -47, Chyron business concentration. owner empathy, employee re- Warsau. of Eau Claire. La Crosse, and Park Falls. BA 4200, TTU -110, VPR -6, etc. Must be knowledgeable of all spect and impeccable references including former em- degree required plus verbal interpersonal excellent and facets of TV technology, plus a working knowledge of ployer, call Dick, 314 -576 -1471 for details. Prefer top 50 skills. Marketing $26.000 experience desirable. Salary: budgets, and the news/engineering interface. We offer a East US minimum, plus benefits. Contact Connie Gruen at 608- good starting wage. and a variety of excellent benefits. If 263 for SITUATIONS WANTED ANNOUNCERS -2114 application. Completed application must be you are interested and qualified, let's talk! Send your received by August 14. EOE. resume, salary requirements. and references to: George African- American, honest kid -at -heart announcer. seeks -on in Csahanin, KXAN -TV, PO Box 490. Austin, TX 78767. Or E- entry evel on Northeast coast. 5 yrs. part-time tunnel radio VHF Fox affiliate sign Fall '89, has openings all mail to Compuserve 75706.577. or to MCI Mail 227 -8740. experience. Norman, 617-298-3437. departments. Looking for Creative, high -energy people, broadcast experience preferred. We offer chance to be EOE. Experienced announcer, professional sound. looking new to part of a brand and exciting station in beautiful coast- Maintenance technician wanted for university with new make a move. Call anytime. Bill, 308 -534 -1211. al market. Send resumes/tapes to WFXI -W8. PO Box only S -VHS television production facility and KU uplink. Oppor- 1143. Beaufort, NC 28516. EOE. Numbers down? Thinking of a format change? Consider tunity to help develop a unique program. Experience and Nostalgia -Big Band. Then call Bob Robbins. I can do it all. Promotion manager: Southeast ABC affiliate is looking motivation required. Send resume to Dr. Bill Long, Louisi- Programing, marketing, on -air work. Extensive Big Band for a creative energetic self starter. Will be responsible for ana Research and Development Center, Northwestern library. Available August 313- 373 -0224. promoting new 2,000 foot tower, call letter change and State University, Natchitoches. LA 71497. EOE. strengthening our position in the market. Require mini- Operations managenannouncer. 15 yrs. exp. Looking HELP WANTED NEWS mum 1 -2 years experience and excellent writing/organiza- for work in Connecticut. Full and /or parttime. Box H -74. tional skills. Send resume to: David Murphy, Operations Wanted: Weathercaster for coastal NC station. Minimum SITUATIONS WANTED TECHNICAL Manager. WKAB -TV, PO Box 3236, Montgomery, AL two years experience. Ability to deliver with credibility. 36193. EOE. Apply with tape and resume to Raeford Brown, News CE, big with production voice. Over 10 years hands -on Director, WECT -W, PO Box 4029, Wilmington, NC 28406. engineering experience. Strong maintenance, repair and EOE. installation skills. Seeks CE position with production in a competitive top 100 market. 704 -563 -8676. Executive producer: Major market West Coast affiliate HELP WANTED SALES seeks strong leader to bring new ideas and excitement to SITUATIONS WANTED NEWS daily newscasts. We're looking for dynamic, unconven- Television /radio salespersons: Several Jacksonville area: Personality with 6 years experience experienced tional, non-traditionalist to achieve this. Extensive produc- people sought for major market station sales seeks fulltime on air position. Good production. Skip. 904- broadcasting and top newsroom management experience in com- 874 -1165. ing's oldest (35 years) media -merchandising, sales-pro- petitive markets required. Applicants must have proven motion and vendor -sales concept, Community Club track record in news and management skills. Send re- I love sports and can convey this to listeners. Sophistical - Awards (CCA). Substantial draw against commission. Full - sume and letter outlining news and management philoso- ed, exciting PBP and solid anchoring. 5 yrs. exp. Will time travel. Resume /pix. Contact: J.C. Gilmore, PO Box phy. and description of some of your ideas, to Box H -36. consider freelancing. Bob. 201 -546 -5546. 151. Westport, CT 06881. 203-226-3377. EOE. (No tapes). EOE. M/F. AI Michaels protege seeks college football PBP. Versa- Sales management opportunity with Nebraska's leading Producer: Market leader in the Southeast looking for a tile. Extensive experience TV reporter /anchor Will sell. television station. KOLN /KGIN -TV is looking for a sales creative producer. Must have a minimum of one year Mike, 619- 272 -9558. managerr to manage local advertising sales for KGIN -W experience and be dedicated to excellence. Send resume in Grand Island, Nebraska. Position requires SITUATIONS WANTED PROGRAMING previous ad- to Box H -58. EOE. vertising media sales or sales management experience. PRODUCTION & OTHERS Please send resume to: KOLN/KGIN -TV, General Sales WRDW -TV, a CBS affiliate in the Sunbelt is looking for an experienced news co- anchor for our Monday -Friday Quality production: Fast. John Mack Flanagan, FAX Manager. P.O. Box 30350, Lincoln, NE 68503. EOE. re- phone 415 -992 -9070. newscasts. Strong reporting and writing skills are quired. College degree and a minimum of three years MISCELLANEOUS anchoring experience are required. Send resume to: Sherry Lorenz, News Director, WRDW -TV, Drawer 1212, Management friendly investors seek sate..:te HELP WANTED TECHNICAL programed Augusta. GA 30913 -1212. EOE. radio stations. Minority positions considered. Send busi- Experienced, hands -on chief engineer needed for Tex- ness plan. success story. Box G -21. Western Pennsylvania affiliate needs a general assign- as market. Must be familiar with Harris transmitter and ment reponer with possible weekend anchor duties. Mini- Develop a "major market" voice! Professional secrets have previous supervisory experience, good people and mum of 2 years experience required with strong reporting. revealed $5. Communication Concepts. 3322 S. Camp- communication skills. Please submit resume, references writing and editing capabilities. Minorities encouraged. An bell. Suite S -440, Springfield. MO 65807 and salary requirements. Box H -32. EOE. equal opportunity employer. Resume to Box 1-1-51.

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s$$ a,,, sss !!w -111a7. Ill-! !!on !@! \\- se* aE,ws issi! uy n --e anon wow $$$ s , uy Cash o The Business of Brokering: The business of buying and selling radio stations, TV stations and cable systems is more complex and competitive than ever before. For our August 7th issue, we'll zero in on this specialized industry. We'll analyze: And we'll focus on: Station trading trends in the final half of A comprehensive list of brokerage firms 1989 and anticipating yearend 1989. Well and principals. compare the year to 1988. Leading cable brokers with consideration Major factors in the field. of current cable trading. The Wall Street factor-who are the players and how have they changed the game:

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