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FCC vacancy: Line grows long as time grows short NBC affiliates: Much to do about a television network o BroadcastingThe newsweekly 01 broadcasting and allied arts Our 42nd Yeara 1973 SIOUX FALLS PUBLIC LIBRARt SIOUX FAILS. S. a&r VOWMF all first -run off -network WBEN -TV For 25 years, WBEN -TV channe' opens its doors for the has led the way in first time in Amherst. Buffalo television. Now, as we We'll share Buffalo's enthusiasm launch our second quarter - when metropolitan government century of service, we promise becomes a reality. We'll be the we'll be first to show Buffalo its first aboard when the new rapid future. When the Braves become transit system makes its maiden run NBA Champions, and the Sabres connecting Buffalo and surrounding win the Stanley Cup, Buffalo's four suburban communities. We'll be there top sportscasters - backed up by to welcome the thousands of visitors Buffalo's first and only color attracted by our new convention remote unit - will make Buffalo centers in Buffalo and Niagara Falls. viewers a part of the action. And And we'll be first to guide thousands WBEN -TV First Team of Western New York News, largest and most residents through the complete television news modern terminal of our team on the Niagara new regional jetport. It's Frontier, will take viewers Buffalo's future. It's our to the scene as a giant future. Together, we'll be new educational complex the first to see it all happen. Celebrating our Silver Service Year in Buffalo, New York ®Affiliate Twentieth Centuiiy-Iòx Television announces the availability of Great Mysteries hosted by OrsonWelles A distinguished new mystery series combining chilling classics with contemporary suspense thrillers. 26 Half -hours for first -run syndication. In Color. 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MONDAY MEMO 18 Line forms at the White House for those with designs on FCC vacancy created by departing Nick Johnson. Nine candidates -including one foreseeing end of present broadcast system -are in sight now. LEAD STORY 21 The energy crisis takes its toll on Madison Avenue. BROADCAST ADVERTISING 22 Maclntyre out, Thompson named in FTC commissionership switch. 23 Political advertising added $59.6 million to broadcast coffers in '72. 25 Tranquility prevails at NBC -TV affiliates meeting. Station delegates hear upbeat reports on network's news and programing game plans, Sarnoff calling for press unity. MEDIA 27 Herb Schlosser's low profile a thing of the past at NBC -TV. 31 Conciliation gets another chance as Killian assumes CPB chairmanship. 32 CHANGING HANDS 35 Independent- thinking Larry Israel takes the helm at Washington Post Co. 38 Sonderling grudgingly pays fine, ducking obscenity test. PROGRAMING 42 BROADCAST JOURNALISM 47 A cable exodus for Time Inc.? Firm agrees to sell Manhattan CATV, ponders exchange of other properties for MSO equity. CABLECASTING 48 FCC okays reduced AT &T network rates, holds off on occasional schedule. EQUIPMENT & ENGINEERING 52 ABC -TV's rocking In Concert pays its own way. MUSIC 53 ° PLAYLIST 54 FINANCE 57 FATES & FORTUNES 60 FOR THE RECORD 63 Neil Vander Dussen : keeping the nuts and bolts in place at RCA. PROFILE 75 EDITORIALS 76 Published 51 Mondays a year (combined issue at yearend) by Broadcasting Publications Inc.. 1735 DeSales Street, N.W., Washington 20036. Second -class postage paid al Washington and additional offices. Single issues Si. Subscriptions: one year $20, two years $37.50. three years $50. Add $52 yearly for special delivery, $65 for air mail, $4 for Canada. $6 for all other countries. Subscriber's occupation required. Annually: Broadcasting Yearbook $14.50, Cable Sourcebook $8.50. When a series is this WTVR-TV Richmond WSYR-TV Syracuse good, it goes fast. WTIC-TV Hartford WJAC-TV Johnstown WCPO-TV Cincinnati KFSN-TV Fresno WABC-TV New York WKBW-TV Buffalo KGMB-TV Honolulu KABC-TV Los Angeles KGWTV Portland, Oregon WPTA Ft. Wayne WLS-TV Chicago KXTV Sacramento KVOS TV Bellingham WPVI-TV Philadelphia KBTV Denver KBLU-TV Yuma KGO-TV San Francisco WSM-TV Nashville KARK-TV Little Rock WXYZ-TV Detroit WBTV Charlotte WOTV Grand Rapids WCVBTV Boston WTVN-TV Columbus WDBJ-TV Roanoke WJW-TV Cleveland KGTV San Diego WCHS-TV Charleston,W. Va. WTAE Pittsburgh WHAS-TV Louisville WLWD Dayton KOMO-TV Seattle KTAR-TV Phoenix WTAR-TV Norfolk KSL-TV Salt Lake City WFMY-TV Greensboro WBAL-TV Baltimore KORK-TV Las Vegas KVOA-TV Tucson CailMacom for "Ozzie'sGirls: Ifs like starting network pt7 0bout f ,,O PE,PI The vibrations of excellence can be RKO Radio people, whatever their WOR New York KHJ Los Angeles WXLO New York KRTH Los Angeles heard throughout the land. They're jobs . from engineer to secretary WRKO Boston KFRC San Francisco the sounds of RKO Radio stations. to account executive . to WROR Boston KKEE San Francisco WFYR Chicago WAXY Ft. Lauderdale disc jockey ... to music director .. To maintain this unfaltering excellence WHBQ Memphis WGMS AM & FM to manager - they all know how Washington, D.C. is the overriding goal of all RKO Radio important they are ... how responsible people! they have to be. And they all dedicate RKO Radio people ... whose pride their time, effort, and expertise to per- IIKWRADIO and professionalism are the corner- petuate the excellence of R KO Radio. a divsion of RKO General, Inc stones of their ability to communicate REMISE NTE 1(.WñLLVD so well ... so constantly ... and so RKO Radio people. The circle of BY effectively ... with so many listeners. excellence. !se RADIO REPRESENTATIVES OF AMO GENFAAL. C Closed Circuit® Tops are back on Nixon staff (Mr. Burch served hitch affiliates tune him in while they were in as GOP chairman) and his demonstrated town. Belief is Mr. Snyder may be chosen First returns from special National Asso- toughmindedness might augur White as host of projected Tomorrow, post - ciation of Broadcasters radio code -board call. Only visible blemish: Mr. Johnny Carson talk show being develop- find virtually no House survey code -subscriber Burch's approval of monitoring of FCC ed under direction of Mort Werner, stations currently carrying sex -oriented telephone calls (which he said he re- senior VP for planning. talk programs. Letters were sent to man- gretted) to run down leaks of "confiden- agers of 2,415 code stations asking tial" information (BROADCASTING, May Shrunken empire whether they carried such programs and 22, 1972). if so, how they're handled, to help code Gerald Adler is about to resign as presi- board get fix on appropriate future ac- dent of NBC Enterprises, now that divi- tion. As of last week replies were in from Second guessing sion's domestic and foreign syndication 731 stations -31% of radio -code mem- First reaction of FCC lawyers to two has been sold to National Telefilm Asso- bership -and 99% of those replies, ac- format -change decisions handed down by ciates. Division still includes management cording to code authority, which is proc- U.S. Court of Appeals on May 4 (BROAD- services, product licensing and Disney- essing returns, said they don't carry that CASTING, May 7) is that they represent on- Parade (multimedia arena attraction), kind of program. net endorsement of commission's position but Mr. Adler wants larger domain. He Managers were also given opportunity that broadcasters should not be "locked has been with NBC 20 years, head of to comment on practices of other stations into" format. Court overturned FCC's Enterprises five. in their markets. Early indications from decision in case involving sale of WGLN- these is that sex-oriented programs on (FM) (now wxEz[FM)) Sylvania, Ohio, First blood? noncode stations have dropped off too. but affirmed FCC in approving sale of Television news case could be among first Results, when completed, will be report- KRTR(AM) Denver.