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TOP OF THE WEEK Advertisers are OUT! The impasse between players and management is making baseball one of the toughest sells in the marketplace. Local rightsholders are finding stiff advertiser resistance to the idea of sponsoring replacement -player games. / 6 Reform hits partisan snag Senate Democrats' alternative to telecommunications -reform legislation bears little resemblance to the Republican proposal. The stark differences between the two may make reaching a consensus in the Senate difficult -if not impossible. / 8 King World Kids ad market sprouts The children's upfront advertising market grew Productions is by about 6% last week, to almost $700 million. However, there were notable wrapping up reductions in the of programing for next by both 1995.95 amount children's season USA renewals for Network and WTBS. / 9 ils low-rated 'Rolonda' Bell Atlantic cancels AT&T deal Bell Atlantic, at odds with AT &T over syndicated talk a number of issues, last week canceled its contract with the telco to integrate all show in the top four markets, a elements of its interactive video network. / 10 step that great ly increases Game's on time; WB lineup delayed The new Warner Bros. Network's the odds of regular Wednesday night lineup was delayed by one day last week on Tribune's its return next SVP.._. WGN -TV Chicago superstation because of the station's prior commitment to son. ; 10,1`." televise a Chicago Bulls basketball game. The delay was especially painful because the station provides 18% of WB's coverage via its satellite delivery to cable systems across the country. / 12 SPECIAL REPORT: Strip replacements readied ORIGINA" "ABLE PROGRAMING '95 Independent producer Steve Clements is Cable programing comes of age developing two new syndicated strips for pos- The lineup of original cable programing sible use as January midseason replacements. is multiplying rapidly as new networks The shows are a talk show and a People's join the already sizable ranks of estab- Courttype show. / 15 lished services. Meanwhile, the mature Battle of the titans networks continue to pump more dollars into original programing. Executives of Starfleet and the life- the top 10 basic cable networks share guards -the Star Trek their programing strategies. /22 series and Baywatch- TNT has reduced its output may be facing some Channel checker of original movies to 10 per year. but remains commit- strong competition. A rundown of original fare on the cable ted to producing high -pro- MCA TV's new syndi- networks, from America's Talking to file originals like 'Kingfish' cated Hercules: The Leg- The Weather Channel. / 44 with John Goodman. /38 endary Journeys was the PROGRAMING third -ranked action hour Jan. 30- Feb. 5 for the second week. 15 CBS schedules moves / 'Lauren Hutton And...' In an effort to boost its sagging prime time fortunes, O.J. coverage wanes has been cleared on 12 CBS is reshuffling the deck on Tuesday, Wednesday The vast majority of live cover- stations covering near- ly 25% of the country. and Saturday nights by adding three new series and age and special shows devoted to The clearances come moving another. Joining the CBS lineup in March are O.J. Simpson's double- murder despite polarized opin- two comedies, The George Wendt Show and The Office, trial came on Jan. 30 or 31. As ions: Some say the show is intriguing; oth- and an hour drama, Under One Roof Double Rush is the trial continues, that coverage ers call it pretentious moving. /14 is waning. /16 and boring. ' 14

Broadcasting & Cable Feb 20 1995 3 "It's not exactly a robust market right now. "-ESPN official discussing network's advertising commitements for Major League Baseball games

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TCI looks into Kaleidoscope wrong: More than 2,000 international TV program dis- Kaleidoscope, the San Antonio -based cable channel tributors and creators turned out to peddle their wares. targeted to the disabled and their families, is preparing Festival speaker Ray Smith, chairman, Bell Atlantic, to go to 24 hours this April with the help of some said the telephone company is aggressively seeking with friends in high places, including TCI. / 18 relationships international studios and media and cable companies. / 19, 20 Meeting in Monte Carlo RADIO Critics who doubted that the Monte Carlo TV festival could survive another year appear to have been proved Groups end '94 with solid gains o Fourth -quarter and year -end financial reports from sev- eral publicly traded radio group owners understated the Telem strong fiscal gains in advertising revenue that radio sta- Sony tions saw in nearly all markets in 1994. / 5 appeals WASHINGTON directly to consumers Kids TV plan spells controversy for Hundt Sony New Technologies is setting up its own direct mar- FCC Chairman Reed Hundt's proposal to amend the keting channel on the Inter- commission's rules governing children's television is net, intending to bypass con- running into trouble with broadcasters, public interest ventional retail distribution groups and even his fellow commissioners. A vote on channels by establishing a CDs are among the Sony the proposal is likely to be delayed until April while closer relationship with cus- products offered over the Hundt finalizes the controversial proposition, which Internet. /51 tomers. Sony also will pro- would require broadcasters to air three to five hours of mote Columbia TriStar's network and syndicated educational programing each week. / 59 shows, and demonstrate software titles. 51 / Delegation seeks international presence Program guides face off U.S. broadcasters and cable operators plan to be key The delay in rolling out digital set -top boxes, while a players at an upcoming international economic summit bane to some, has proved a benefit to other makers of on developing a global information society. / 59 interactive electronic program guides. Five new pro- TECHNOLOGY viders are rushing to compete with previously an- nounced providers StarSight Telecast, TV Guide on AT&T sights flock of birds mug Screen and Prevue Net- AT &T has asked the FCC for works. 7 1.3 / . permission to build and launch i i 4 Sprint signs Sega three more Telstar satellites, the for VDT trial first of which would begin ser- vice in July 1997. Onlookers are Sprint has begun lining up welcoming the promise of relief interactive offerings for its for the domestic transponder AT&T's satellite appli- video dialtone trial in cation comes as Martin Wake Forest, N.C., by shortage. / 61 Marietta wraps up its investigation into the signing Sega Channel as *CR.° CBS trades tapes for disks loss of Telstar 402. / 61 O. its interactive gaming ser- new Tektronix Profile disk - Olympic skiing stars are fea- vice. Meanwhile, Sega CBS's tured on ESPN's and trite plans to expand to 58 based machine will replace five tape machines for each media Sports' ski instruction markets shortly. / 54 of the delayed signals to the Mountain time zone. / 62 CD-ROM. / 52

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has commitments so far totaling close to $130 million. But even TBN has to watch its back. Already said to have put out feelers concerning a new national rights contract -in the event MLB decides to scotch TBN after the 1995 season -are both Fox and CBS. The league will have the opportuni- ty to exercise an option to withdraw from the TBN venture after the current season because the strike will preclude By Steve McClellan Oriole Park in Baltimore the venture from reach- stands empty. The Orioles insist they will ing a two -year sales he players' strike is threatening not field a team of total of $330 million. to turn what should have been a replacements. Elsewhere, However, Bill Giles, T diamond into a lump of coal. with spring training president of the Philadel- underway, hopefuls are With an advertising economy that looking to fill the shoes of phia Phillies and a hasn't been as hot in a decade, it major leaguers. This member of the league's should be the best of times for any- could be a nightmare TV negotiating com- one selling as high profile a program season for rightsholders. mittee, told BROAD- as Major League Baseball. But fate, that it will be CASTING & CABLE that in the guise of an impasse between extremely difficult the owners won't players and management, is making to make money on baseball this year, decide until spring or summer baseball one of the toughest sells in as some advertisers already are seek- whether to exercise the option to bow the marketplace. ing other outlets for their budgets. out of the venture. Some rightsholders have given up At The Baseball Network (TBN), Giles also confirmed that if the own- hope for a near -term solution to the the joint venture of MLB, ABC and ers decide to opt out, the agreement, as players' strike, which already has NBC, there is also a good deal of it now stands, gives NBC and ABC an spoiled one season and is threatening nail- biting going on. But time is on exclusive 60 -day negotiating period to another. TBN's side because its telecasts craft new deals. "They both want to For local rightsholders, confusion don't begin until the All -Star Game continue with TBN," said Giles, who reigns. Most of those contacted said in July. Thanks to multiyear deals would offer no indication about which there was stiff advertiser resistance to struck last year, coupled with some way the owners were leaning. the idea of sponsoring replacement - new business this year (all contingent "We are aware of Fox's interest" player games. Rightsholders also say on a strike settlement), the venture in pursuing a rights deal for Major League Baseball, Giles said. "We have heard rumors regarding interest Blank to head Showtime on the part of CBS, but to my knowl- edge there has been no direct contact Showtime Networks Inc. President/COO Matthew on that." Blank has been named CEO of the pay -TV compa- CBS declined to comment. A Fox ny, succeeding Chairman /CEO Tony Cox. Cox now official said that, to his knowledge, becomes senior vice president of SNI parent com- no contact had been made with the pany Viacom, where he continues as head of the league because of the existing con- company's pay -per -view business and will be tract with ABC and NBC. involved in the campaign against violence and other Meanwhile, at both the local and industry forums. Blank joined SNI in 1988 following the national levels, millions of dollars 12 years with Home Box Office. -RB in potential sponsorship opportunities have been lost, and some advertisers

6 Feb 201995 Broadcasting & Cable TOP OF THE WEEK

already have shifted some of their acknowledges that some sponsorship pared to support replacement games, baseball budgets to other sports, opportunities may be lost in the early he says. "It's frustrating because the including basketball and hockey. part of the season, but he stresses that local rightsholder is never consulted ESPN, which televises MLB 75% of TBN's business was tied to in any of the negotiations." games throughout the season, is the playoffs and World Series. Even if the strike is settled before struggling -with only partial suc- "We have a little more time to opening day, Dunlop says the station cess-to keep previous commitments sort this all out," he says. "We have will "take a major loss" on the Astros. in place. "Some advertisers are a lot less to prove this year because "Money allocated to baseball is being pulling back," says one ESPN offi- last year we proved we could deliv- redirected to other sports. Advertisers cial. "It's not exactly a robust market er the product we promised, and the aren't going to wait around because right now." ratings surpassed most expecta- there are plenty of other opportunities If not for the six -month -old play- tions." As for future sales, Trager to place that money." ers' strike, advertising agency execu- says the strong upfront and scatter Home Team Sports, which has the tives say, TBN might have generated markets work in TBN's favor. rights to the Baltimore Orioles, has $200 million or more in sales for the "We're anticipating a tight market, one option less than other local 1994 season-far more than the stat- and with the expanded playoffs and rightsholders because the Orioles ed goal of $160 million. the World Series we hold a valuable have insisted they will not field a That figure, of course, factors in a string of prime time inventory team of replacement players. HTS booming advertising economy and throughout October." General Manager Bill Aber says the what would have been sales for the Local rightsholders are less san- plan for substitute programing first World Series to be called off in guine because they're scheduled to includes possible coverage of minor the modem history of the game. carry games starting as early as league teams, an expanded auto rac- Meanwhile, as the strike threatens March. "It's looking very bleak at ing lineup and programing supplied to enter its second season, the league this point," says Mike Dunlop, vice by Prime Sports, with which HTS is stands to lose more revenue, both president and general manager of affiliated. nationally and locally. KXTH -TV Houston, which televises "In terms of advertising, it is a Case in point: Texaco, a major new Houston Astros games. None of the contingency world right now," says advertiser last year, made a big station's regular advertisers are pre- Aber. splash with an All -Star Game retail balloting promotion that surpassed all expectations. This year, because NBC drops opposition to Fox of the strike and because the prospect of replacement -player games proved In a surprise move, NBC said late Friday it would unappealing, the company has opted withdraw its FCC petitions against Fox and SF not to repeat last year's retail promo- Broadcasting station acquisitions, citing the commis- tion, which involved distributing All - sion's proposals that it said would accomplish the Star voting ballots at Texaco outlets same result in terms of foreign ownership and attri- around the nation. bution rules. "We had a great experience with NBC CEO Robert Wright told BROADCASTING & NBC the promotion last year," says Tom CABLE he is "declaring victory and getting out." He said NBC "stands by" Matthews, president, Texaco Refining its petitions, but made a decision to withdraw them after concluding no and Marketing Inc. Texaco stations further gain would come from their prosecution. around the country were the exclusive NBC, in effect, began to resume diplomatic relations with Fox last distributors of All -Star ballots outside week. More than that, it already has resumed business dealings with the of MLB ballparks. The promotion company. NBC is negotiating carriage of CNBC and NBC Super Channel was tied to summer driving and "gen- Asia on News Corp.'s satellite -delivered Star Television package. News erated a great deal of interest and Corp. is Fox's parent company. activity for us," says Matthews. NBC had argued at the FCC that Fox was trying to circumvent ownership This year the company set a Feb. 1 rules through its investment in SF Broadcasting. SF is a partnership strike settlement deadline in order to between Fox and Savoy Pictures that has agreements to buy four television launch a repeat of the retail promo- stations. Fox also has agreements of its own to buy four other stations. tion. The deadline has come and gone. NBC's decision to withdraw its petitions against SF and Fox comes as "It didn't make sense to do it with Congress is considering broad deregulation of television. The FCC has replacement players," Matthews says, also proposed to broadly liberalize the national ownership limits and is referring to an MLB proposal to use considering loosening its foreign ownership restrictions, which limit aliens replacement players recruited from to 25% ownership of a broadcast property. the minor leagues and elsewhere. NBC is not a party to the FCC's current investigation into the "They just won't generate the same NAACP's allegation that Fox misled the commission in 1985 when it kind of fan attention or interest." acquired the Metromedia station group. A decision in that matter is At TBN, advertising and market- expected in April. --CSS ing vice president Mike Trager

Broadcasting & Cable Feb 201995 7 TOP OF THE WEEK -- Dems draw up reply to Pressler bill Hollings measure contains less deregulation; would allow telcos into cable immediately

By Kim McAvoy some of the issues The gap between Senate Republi- that separate the two Democratic senators Byron Dorgan, James Exxon, Hollings, cans and Democrats over parties. Rockefeller version telecommunications -reform Industry groups and Jay offer their own of telcom bill. legislation has started to widen. immediately blasted the Hollings regulation and eliminate most Last week, Senate Democrats proposal. The regional Bell operating broadcast ownership provisions. He released an "alternative" draft bill companies and cable were particular- also would allow the RBOCs to that bears little resemblance to the ly unhappy with the measure. offer long- distance telephone ser- proposal Senate Commerce Commit- "While it's still very early in the vices in their region in three years. tee Chairman Larry Pressler (R -S.D.) process, it's clear this bill wouldn't And Pressler would permit foreign and fellow Republicans already have yield a competitive telecommunica- ownership of telecommunications circulated. tions environment," said National and media companies as long as The stark differences between the Cable Television Association spokes- U.S. companies are given compara- two may make reaching a consensus man Rich D'Amato. ble market access. in the Senate difficult, if not impos- It seems cable's chief complaint is But Hollings and the Democrats sible. that Hollings would permit telcos to are not ready to embrace such "It's a delicate situation," said one immediately enter the cable business. wholesale deregulation. "Our draft telecommunications lobbyist. Cable would like at least a two -year calls for greater deregulation where But Ernest Hollings of South Car- delay. Under the Pressler proposal, competition succeeds. In other olina, the ranking Democrat on the telcos would be permitted to offer words, when competition becomes Commerce Committee and the pri- cable services in their region one real, regulations can be repealed," mary author of the Democrats' alter- year after enactment. says Hollings. native plan, said he would work with "We have only done what the And he made it clear the Democ- Pressler to "reconcile what differ- courts have said," says a Hollings rats don't favor repeal of cable rate ences we can." Last year, the Com- staffer, pointing to the numerous regulations: "We don't think that merce Committee, under Hollings's court decisions that have declared the should be permitted." The Democrats chairmanship, passed S. 1822, which telco -cable crossownership prohibi- also would make it more difficult for was his handiwork. tion unconstitutional. the RBOCs to enter the long- distance Hollings and Pressler last week Pressler, on the other hand, has a market. directed their staffs to work on plan that would repeal all cable rate Hollings also says the Democrats will not support repeal of the foreign ownership prohibition. And the Hollings draft bill directs Gingrich declares CPB dead the FCC to review only the multiple ownership rules and to "modify or House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R -Ga.) has railed against the Corporation remove" those that are "necessary for Public Broadcasting, vowing anew that "the appropriation is gone...the to insure that broadcasters are able game is over." to compete fairly with other media Gingrich's comments came last Thursday in a speech before Republi- providers while insuring that the can Capitol Hill staff members. Gingrich had said last month that his call public receives information from a for "zeroing out" CPB was not fixed in concrete. diversity of media sources." This week, a House Appropriations subcommittee is scheduled to con- Broadcasters had no comment on sider rescinding 1995 funding for CPB, which passes the money along to the Hollings language, which is virtu- National Public Radio, the Public Broadcasting Service and public radio ally identical to that of S. 1822. and television stations. Hollings did indicate during a press "I don't understand why they call it public broadcasting," Gingrich briefing that radio might gain more told the Republican group. "As far as I am concerned, there's nothing deregulatory relief than television, public about it; it's an elitist enterprise. Rush Limbaugh is public broad- although he also made it clear that he casting." -EAR doesn't want to see one entity own all the media outlets in a market.

8 Feb 201995 Broadcasting & Cable TOP OF THE WEEK Kids upfront nears $700 million Children's market breaks early; CPMs up 9 % -10%

By Steve McClellan asking sellers to start taking orders. higher ratings this year for Fox, fur- The children's upfront advertis- Disney reportedly got things ther tightening the network's hold on ing market came and went in a going with a rush of business that the kids business on both Saturday flash last week. Sources say started that night and lasted well mornings and weekdays. total spending by children's advertis- into the early hours of Friday morn- The gains also came at the expense ers for network, cable and syndica- ing (Feb. 10). Sources familar with of CBS and ABC, which dropped in tion grew by about 6 %, to almost the results say the company wrote the ratings this season. As a result, $700 million. $75 million -$80 million worth of both did less well in the upfront. Sources on both the selling and the business for the Disney Afternoon Sources estimate that the two net- buying sides say the cost per thousand block for next season, about on par works probably took in $50 million - viewers reached (in this case, children with the last upfront. $60 million this year, versus $60 mil - ages 2 -11) was up an average 9% or According to Jon Nesvig, execu- lion-$65 million a year ago. 10% because there was less inventory tive vice president, advertising sales, On the cable side, Nickelodeon is in the market this year than last. Most Fox Broadcasting Co., Fox started estimated to have done around $135 notable, sources say, are reductions writing business Friday afternoon, million in business, up 8% or so from next season in the amount of chil- working well into Saturday before a year ago. Overall, Turner's kids dren's programing by USA, TNT and selling out its upfront inventory. inventory was down about 35 %, but syndication programing. Nesvig says Fox ended up with siz- the company reported CPM gains in The kids market broke early this able dollar gains for its kids invento- the mid -to -high teens. year, driven in part by Fox's decision ry over a year ago, but declined to be The WB Network also was selling to announce its new schedule several specific. Other sources inside and inventory for a planned new slate of weeks earlier than usual. That, in outside the company say Fox sold children's shows expected to launch turn, forced advertisers to focus on about $200 million, roughly 25% in the fall. Sources estimate the the fact that there was less inventory, higher than a year ago. fledgling network wrote $15 milli - and on Thursday, Feb. 9, they began Those gains came in response to ion-$20 million in kids business.

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ABC is adding three new series to its Saturday morning books by Frank children's schedule for fall. The new lineup debuts on Muir. Dumb and Saturday, Sept. 16. Dumber is based Joining the schedule are Madeline in the 8 -8:30 a.m. on the recent hit time slot, What -a -Mess at 8:30 -9, and Dumb and movie starring Dumber at 9 -9:30. Not getting renewals were Sonic the Jim Carrey. DIC Hedgehog (8 a.m.), Tales from the Cryptkeeper(9 a.m.) Entertainment, and Cro (noon). which formed a In addition to the new series, the ABC Weekend Spe- partnership with 'Madeline' is new to ABC's Saturday. cial and ABC Saturday Morning Specials, which air on ABC last year, is an intermittent basis, will return to the lineup. producing Madeline and What-a -Mess. New Line Tele- The network also will return the ABC Kids Movie vision is producing Dumb and Dumber. Matinees for its second season. Featured next season Returning to the fall schedule for second seasons are are The Mystery of the Magic Pearl, a Chinese folktale, Bump in the Night (9:30 -10 a.m.), from Danger Produc- and the 90- minute The Twelve Days of Bumpy, featur- tions in association with Greengrass Productions; ing the lead character from Bump in the Night. The Fudge (10- 10:30), from Kevin C. Slattery Productions in interstitial Schoolhouse Rock vignettes also will air dur- association with Amblin' Television; Reboot (10:30 -11), ing the lineup. from Alliance Communications and BLT Limited; Free Madeline is inspired by the Ludwig Bemelmans chil- Willy (11- 11:30), from Nelvana Limited in association dren's book about a young girl attending an all -girls with Warner Bros. TV. The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show school in Paris. What -a -Mess tracks the adventures of (11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.) is produced by Warner Bros. TV a scruffy Afghan puppy and is based on the children's and has been airing on ABC since 1986. -SC

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mid -Atlantic telco to take control of integrating its central offices, various Bell Atlantic cancels video network architectures and all of the equipment and electronics that lead to connecting its interactive TV sys- network deal with AT&T tems to its potential customers. Multimillion -dollar contract dropped, deployment slowed Bell Atlantic's long -term objective is not only to integrate its regional net- By Mark Berniker work spanning New Jersey, Pennsyl- years for AT &T, according to sources vania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia Bell Atlantic canceled a lucrative in both companies. and Washington but also to connect contract with AT &T last week, "I wouldn't say it hurt us, but it's Nynex in the Northeast and Pacific choosing to take on the compli- obviously disappointing," says Mary Telesis throughout California as part cated task of integrating all elements Lou Ambrus, spokesperson for of its landmark telco pact with Cre- of its pending interactive video ser- AT&T Network Systems. ative Artists Agency (BROADCASTING vices network itself. AT &T was to be Bell Atlantic says that within the & CABLE, Feb. 6). Bell Atlantic's "prime contractor and next few months it will move to seal Bell Atlantic expressed frustration systems integrator." final contracts with a number of ven- over the slow pace of deploying and Bell Atlantic and AT &T had been dors to supply the core and ancillary integrating the various technological at odds for several months over a components for its interactive video elements for its planned interactive number of issues, including subcon- network. Those vendors are expected video network. "We're waiting for tracting arrangements, pricing and to include AT &T and General Instru- the technology to come online, and it control. The systems - integration por- ment and, possibly, several others. just hasn't happened yet," says Eric tion of the contract would have been Bell Atlantic's decision is a bitter Rabe, Bell Atlantic spokesman. "It's worth at least $25 million over five pill for AT &T. It is a bold step for the not getting there as fast as we hoped." The extensive delays are due to General Instrument's failure to deliv- Rolonda' gets er digital compression technology and set -top boxes for the telco's trials major renewals and planned commercial rollouts. Bell Atlantic also is awaiting regula- King World Productions is wrapping up 1995- tory approval from the FCC for plans 96 renewals for its low -rated Rolonda syndi- to roll out to 8 million households cated talk show in the top four markets, a step within its operating region. that greatly increases the odds of its return Bell Atlantic has committed to next season. spending roughly $5 billion during The show has secured a late -night clearance the next five years on its interactive on wces -Tv New York, has been renewed for video networks. Specifically, Bell daytime on independent KcAL(TV) Los Angeles, Atlantic has said it will reach six where it airs at 10 a.m., and is close to landing markets in its region within the next a spot on Fox affiliate wTxF(Tv) Philadelphia. 18 months and plans to deliver to all The show recently was renewed on ABC O &O of its 20 major markets within the wi-s -TV Chicago. Rolonda Watts next five years. Rolonda will be downgraded on was -TV, Bell Atlantic is proceeding with where the station will push back its start one construction of its fiber -to- the -curb hour, to midnight, and in New York, where the show now airs at 10 a.m. network in Dover Township, N.J., on wABC -TV. (That slot will go to Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distri- which is slated to be the first market in bution's Carrie next season.) On wcBS -TV, Rolonda will clear at 2:07 a.m. the country to have access to commer- if Turner Program Services' Lauren Hutton And..., currently cleared in cial video dialtone services. 25% of the country, including wcBs-Tv, reaches the air, and at 1:37 a.m. if Rabe says the Broadband Tech- not. The deal with wces -Tv reportedly calls for the station to upgrade the nologies fiber -to- the -curb system, show by next January or allow King World to move it to another station. which allows for the delivery of Helping Rolonda sell have been strong initial February sweeps num- interactive video and telephony ser- bers that followed a switch in show content from news- oriented topics to vices, is "not ready for prime time." racier, younger- skewing issues, such as a recent show in which two In a related development, Alcatel young women were about to strip until their mother stopped them. Network Systems said it will supply "In general, there hasn't been great enthusiasm in the station market- Bell Atlantic with its ATM (asynchro- place about the show coming back, but stations have to have been nous transfer mode) switching system encouraged by sweeps ratings improvements brought by more pro- for the telco's voice, data and video motable relationship topics," says one station rep. -DT services trial to residential and busi- ness customers near Washington.

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company's residential and business Nynex phone revenues. Cablevision, push The Nynex agreement also is a nod to New York state regulators, N.Y. whom the telco is encouraging to regulatory envelope in repeal restrictive regulations that prevent it from entering the long - By Mark Berniker distance telephone and cable televi- which would break the telco's sion businesses. The New York metropolitan area monopoly in the region. Cablevision will begin testing its is home to more than 7 million The deal marks the first time one connections to Nynex's regional tele- consumers who could see com- of the regional Bell operating compa- phone network this summer and petition in the local telephone busi- nies has recognized a cable company intends to begin offering commercial ness by early 1996. as a direct competitor. New York service next year. Cablevision Lightpath Inc., a state regulators will have to sign off Cablevision's telephone service telephone subsidiary of Cablevision on the deal. will be targeted to its 1,078,000 cable Systems Corp., late last week closed Cablevision's challenge is the subscribers in Nassau, Suffolk, an agreement with Nynex to offer beginning of a flood of cable opera- Bronx, Brooklyn and Westchester alternative local telephone services, tors seeking to bite into the telephone counties in New York. NAB board splits over Senate dereg plan By Kim McAvoy while the four major networks and tion. There even was speculation that Despite an effort to remain uni- some of the big ownership groups the networks might re- evaluate their fied, the National Association such as Tribune Broadcasting want membership in the association. of Broadcasters may be coming NAB to support such a proposal. Board members are growing frus- apart at the seams. The rift is so wide that affiliates are trated. "Thank God nobody let these NAB's TV board is seriously considering hiring their own Washing- people vote on whether a fourth net- divided over a Senate broadcast - ton lobbyists. "If NAB supports the work should be allowed," says Pres- deregulation proposal that would affiliate position, there's no need to ton Padden, president, network distri- eliminate most broadcast ownership hire anyone," one affiliate source says. bution, Fox Broadcasting. rules. Affiliates oppose wholesale But if NAB is directed to "sit it out," Meanwhile, NAB is trying to avoid a repeal of broadcast ownership rules the Network Affiliate Station Alliance confrontation on the Hill. After meet- (BROADCASTING & CABLE, Feb. 13), (NASA) would need some representa- ing last Monday, the TV board recessed and assigned a special work- ing group to come up with a position on Game's on time; WB lineup delayed the deregulation plan that affiliates and networks could live with. The group is The new WB Network's regular Wednesday night lineup was delayed by slated to report back Wednesday. one day last week on Tribune's WGN -TV Chicago superstation because of "Everyone thought it was still the station's prior commitment to televise a Chicago Bulls basketball game. worth it to keep trying," says one Although sports preemptions in individual markets are common to all source close to the discussions. network schedules, including that of the new United Paramount Network, NASA thinks the legislation the impact of this one was particularly hard on WB. In addition to the 3% should not alter the ownership struc- national coverage represented by WGN -TV's own Chicago broadcast ture of the broadcast industry or the coverage, the station provides another 18% of WB's coverage via its network -affiliate relationship. It satellite delivery to cable systems across the country. That satellite deliv- would, however, sign off on a 30% ery also was preempted. ownership cap, "but no further." WGN -TV's delay also came despite WB management's emphasis on The only thing on which NAB airing programing on a regular schedule in nearly all markets to establish could agree was support for lifting viewing habits and increase promotional opportunities. the broadcast -cable crossownership Network ratings will be put off from last Thursday to this Wednesday ban. Late last week, however, the as a result of the one -day delay. WGN -TV'S Jim Zerwekh says the sta- affiliates were backtracking on that tion's obligations to the NBA and its satellite affiliates predated its com- issue, sources say. mitment to WB. The WB Network will be moved from Wednesday to The NAB working group was Thursday on the station at least three other times this spring because of directed to try to reach a consensus Bulls preemptions: March 1, March 15 and April 5. -DT on a 35% cap on national ownership and on TV duopolies and LMAs.

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By Steve Coe Carter, creator and executive produc- special presentation, the network will In an effort to boost its sagging er of Equal Justice from several sea- air the series on Monday, March 6, at prime time fortunes, CBS is re- sons ago, is the executive producer. 8:30. shuffling the deck on Tuesday, The show replaces Rescue: 911, Touched by an Angel, which Wednesday and Saturday nights by which has been a fixture for the net- debuted in the fall but was pulled adding three new series and moving work in the Tuesday night lead -off from the schedule late last year, will another. slot. return for two airings as a stopgap Joining the CBS lineup in March As part of the restructuring, Shu- measure on Saturday nights. The se- are two comedies, The George Wendt kovsky- English's Double Rush will ries, starring Roma Downey and Show and The Office, and an hour move to Wednesday, 8:30 -9 p.m., Della Reese, will air on Saturday, drama, Under One Roof. Additional- beginning next month, from its cur- Feb. 25, and Saturday, March 4, 9 -10 ly, Double Rush moves to a new time rent Wednesday 9 -9:30 berth. As a p.m. period, and episodes of Touched by an Angel, which was pulled from the schedule earlier in the season, will return. Hutton clears near 25% Being pulled from CBS's schedule to make room for the changes are Stations commit to pre -2 a.m. airings four series. Love & War will return to the lineup at a later date; Hearts Afire By David Tobenkin had its last broadcast on Feb. 1 and its "We're delighted to be future will be evaluated; Rescue: 911 Turner Program off to such an impres- will have its last broadcast on March Services' new sive start, considering 8 and will return at a later date, and syndicated late - we were a fairly late The Boys Are Back had its last broad- night interview show, entry." cast on Jan. 28. Its future will be Lauren Hutton And..., The show features evaluated. has been cleared on 12 supermodel /actress Women of the House, which has stations covering nearly Hutton conducting in- been airing in the Wednesday 8 -8:30 25% of the country for tense one -on -one inter- time period, had its last airing Feb. 1, a fall 1995 launch. views with guests from but will return in the spring on Mon- Top market clear- entertainment, politics, day night for three telecasts. ances include WCBS -TV sports, music, fashion The George Wendt Show, starring New York, woes-TV and publishing. The the Cheers alumnus, debuts on Wed- Philadelphia, KTXH(TV) clearances come in the nesday, March 8, in the 8 -8:30 p.m. Houston, wveu(TV) At- face of polarized opin- time slot. Wendt and co -star Pat Finn lanta and wîSP(TV) St. Lauren Hutton ions by station reps of play brothers who host a weekly Petersburg (Tampa). the show's format and radio automobile tip show. All 12 stations have committed to host, called intriguing by some, pre- Valerie Harper returns to series airing the half-hour show before 2 tentious and boring by others. television in The Office, an ensemble a.m. CBS O &O WCBS -TV and CBS The show will face competition comedy of secretaries and bosses in a affiliates WDJT -TV Milwaukee, WTSP from new late -night syndicated large corporate office. The series pre- (iv) and WJHL -TV Johnson City, Tenn. shows Stephanie Miller of Buena mieres Saturday, March 11, 9 -9:30 (Tri- Cities) will run the show follow- Vista Television, Armstrong Williams p.m. ing CBS's Tom Snyder late -night net- of Cannell Distribution, network Under One Roof stars James Earl work show. shows, a proliferating number of sec- Jones, Joe Morton and Vanessa Bell "Lauren Hutton's strong appeal, ond runs of daytime talk shows, and, Calloway and will premiere on Tues- coupled with the series' distinctive possibly, from this year's struggling day, March 14, in the 8 -9 p.m. time style, is extremely compelling for late -night entries, MCA TV's Last period. Jones plays the head of a stations looking to add a powerful Call, Paramount Domestic Televi- multigenerational, middle -class building block to their late -night line- sion's Jon Stewart, and Columbia black family in Seattle. Thomas ups," says TPS President Russ Barry. TriStar's The New:.

14 Feb 20 1995 Broadcasting & Cable Hercules muscles in on competition Clements For years, the ratings pecking order for syndicated action hours has been Paramount Domestic Television's Star Trek: The Next Generation, now departed; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the new leader; All American readies mid- Television's Baywatch, not far behind -and everyone else. It appears, however, that Starfleet and the lifeguards may now have some strong competition. season strips MCA TV's new syndicated Hercules: The Legendary Journeys earned an impressive 6.3 Nielsen national average audience rating for the Jan. By David Tobenkin 30 -Feb. 5 week, making it the third- ranked action hour (behind Star Trek: DSN's 7.4 and Baywatch's 7.2) for the second week in a row. Independent producer Steve The one caveat in the show's ratings is the as -yet- undetermined impact Clements (who developed Hour of the O.J. Simpson trial. Still, ratings for Hercules and the other new MCA Magazine and Bertice Berry) is TV action hour, Vanishing Son, have grown steadily since debuting Jan. 16. developing two new syndicated strips Vanishing Son garnered a strong 4.6 for the week, making it the fifth - for possible use as January midsea- highest action hour (following Cannel) Distribution's fourth -rated, veteran son replacements. The shows, which show Renegade, which itself has hit a season -record 5.5 rating two will be produced through his Bur- weeks in a row). bank -based Steve Clements Produc- Both new MCA TV shows may be capitalizing on the visibility they tions, deal with conflict resolution. received last year by airing as part of MCA TV's Action Pack collection Malinowski is an hour talk show of recurring movies by feature film directors and producers. The two featuring educational psychologist shows replaced the movie block on most of the stations, allowing them and crisis consultant Arlene Mali - to debut in an extraordinary 93% of the country, including many strong nowski. "What she does in real life - clearances. go into groups in crisis, Fortune 500 A major question was whether the series could maintain the quality of companies, kindergartens and resolve the movies, which were heavily deficit -financed at budgets of $3.5 -$5 mil- their problems and disputes -we're lion, at a cost of only $1 million -$1.4 million for each episode. MCA TV going to put into a studio," says President Shelly Schwab says that fine -tuning special effects and other Clements, who is producing the show aspects of the shows during their telemovie runs and reusing sets and in association with Freefall Enter- costumes would allow the shows to retain their quality. -DT tainment. Clements, who has given a preview

HE A D E N D I N G S Burke upped man faces German heavyweight Charlie Brown, Rockin' with Judy at TCM champ Axel Schulz. Jetson, Scooby Doo and the Reluc- tant Werewolf and Charlotte's Web. Turner Classic 0.1. boost Each week's movie will be preced- Movies' assistant The ratings for CNN's third week ed by an original short from the general manager, of live coverage of the O.J. Simp- Cartoon Network's World Premiere Bill Burke, has son trial rose 13% over the previ- Toons project. been named vice ous week, scoring a 6.3 rating rep- president and resenting 4.1 million households, Signing up for Golf general manager according to A.C. Nielsen Co. data The Golf Channel has signed a dis- Blll Burke of the all -movie supplied by the cable network. tribution agreement with Telesyner- network. TCM Among high- ranking CNN shows, gy, a consortium serving 3.8 mil- and TNT President Brad Siegel will Moneyline with Lou Dobbs on Feb. lion subscribers throughout the continue in his current role as well 9 drew a 5.5 rating representing 3.6 U.S. via 12 member multiple sys- as increasing his involvement in million households, the largest tem cable operators. new business development for audience in the program's 14 -year- Turner Broadcasting System. history. New shoppers Home Shopping Network sub- PPV defense Cartoon debut sidiary Home Shopping Club has For the first time since regaining The Cartoon Network on Feb. 26 signed affiliate agreements with the heavyweight crown, George will debut a Sunday night movie Charter Communications and Foreman will defend the title on an series, Mr: Spim's Cartoon Theatre, Viacom Cable representing April 22 live HBO telecast from the featuring full- length animated 400,000 and 600,000 new sub- MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Fore- movies like Race for Your Life, scribers, respectively. -RB

Broadcasting & Cable Feb 20 1995 15 PROGRAMING of the show to several syndicators, would like to test the show on a sta- tion or stations this summer and roll Local O.J. coverage wanes it out nationally in January. Group W survey finds decrease after initial interest The other project, the half-hour Dispute Center, would feature Seattle By David Tobenkin mediator and former Harvard Univer- kets, the vast majority of live cover- sity professor of dispute resolution Live television coverage of the age and special shows devoted to the Bill Lincoln attempting to resolve O.J. Simpson trial in nearly all trial were aired on Jan. 30 or 31, the disagreements between parties. If the of the top 25 markets appears to first days of serious testimony in the parties could not resolve their dis- be waning, with the heaviest continu- case and the next to last days before pute, Lincoln, a licensed arbitrator, ing coverage of the case in Los Ange- sweeps began on Feb. 2. would impose a decision. les, according to a Group W Produc- "I think that where stations "This is a '90s version of People's tions survey of station schedules over believed the trial [was] of interest- Court," says Clements, who is pro- two weeks. like Los Angeles, where the crime ducing the show in association with The survey examined trial cover- happened, and some of the bigger Simon -Bersh Productions. "[Lin- age in the top 25 Nielsen metered markets -we saw some coverage, but coln's] funny, intense and charis- markets for Jan. 30 -Feb. 9, the sec- most stations are clearly choosing not matic." Clements hopes to roll out ond and third weeks of the trial's evi- to run the trial," says Group W Pro- the show in a pattern similar to Mali- dence- and -arguments phase. The ductions Executive Director of nowski. results showed that in 17 of the mar- Research Robert Livag, who noted

S Y N D I C A T I O N M A R K E T P L A C E Extra Extra access considered a possible syndication oriented situation comedy, Out of Warner Bros. Domestic Television candidate by station parent Walt the Blue, in 27 markets covering Distribution's syndicated Extra- Disney Co.'s Buena Vista Televi- more than 35% of the country in the sion a 5.8 - two weeks fall The Entertainment Magazine will wing, earned Nielsen rat past for a 1995 ing/17 share Monday, Feb. 13, with launch. Top clearances include begin airing in prime access (6:30 -7 a show about the difficulties of for- wPIx(Tv) New York, KTLA(TV) Los p.m.) on WMAQ -TV Chicago begin- mer childhood TV stars as Angeles and WGN -TV ning March 6. That marks a large adults. Chicago. improvement from the station's cur- The show topped the ratings and Grove clearances shares of Donahue (3.8/11), Sally rent 1:05 a.m. run on the station - GTV's syndicated action hour Space the weakest among Extra's top -10 Jessy Raphael (4.1/11), Geraldo (3.0/8) and Leeza (3.0/9). Precinct and reality show Tough Tar- market lineup. However, a second get have both been renewed for run of the magazine show will be Jenny boosts clearances 1995 -96 in 55% of the country. The retained at 1:05 a.m. Monday Taking advantage of the rapid rat- new game show strip The Incredible through Thursday as well as a Sat- ings growth of its Jenny Jones syn- Mall has been cleared in 48% of the urday 6 p.m. run. Agreements to dicated talk show, Warner Bros. country, and new health/lifestyle move the show to access also have Domestic Television Distribution magazine strip Living Better has been struck by WBDTD with six has cleared the show for the 1995- been cleared in 32% of the country other stations: wm -Tv Milwaukee, 96 season in early fringe in about for fall 1995 debuts. WLWT-TV Cincinnati, WRAL -TV 50% of the markets carrying the Goldwyn renews Gladiators Raleigh, N.C., WATE -Tv Knoxville, show, up from 15.5% early fringe WTVx -TV Syracuse, N.Y., and clearances this season. About 77% Samuel Goldwyn Television's Am- WBAK -TV Terre Haute, Ind. of the show's clearances this season erican Gladiators has been renewed are in daytime. for a seventh season beginning this Gargoyles ratings high fall in more than 60% of the coun- Buena Vista Television's Gargoyles Tempestt in top 30 try, including 18 of the top 20 mar- weekly animated syndicated kids Columbia TriStar Television Distri- kets. The syndicator also has creat- show earned a season-high 3.1 bution has cleared its new Tempestt ed a new merchandising and pro- Nielsen metered -market household syndicated talk show in all top 30 motion division to be run by Gary average rating and an 8 share for markets and 47 of the top 50. The Hymowitz as vice president. Hymo- the week of Feb. 6, up 60% from show has been cleared on 130 sta- witz previously was licensing man- the 5 share of programing in the tions representing more than 85% of ager for Lucasfilm Ltd. such pro- time period a year earlier. the country for a fall 1995 launch. jects as Star Wars and the Indiana Jones film triology. The syndica- Kagan tops talkers Out of the Blue tops 35% tor's Gladiators 2000 FCC -friendly KcAL(TV) Los Angeles's locally Tribune Entertainment has cleared syndicated kids show has also been produced Marilyn Kagan talk show, its new syndicated half-hour, youth- renewed for a second season. -DT

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that free pool coverage is being made Brown Simpson's sister Denise was not in session on the final day of available to affiliates of all four major Brown on Feb. 3 and 6, few stations the survey, Feb. 9). The only other networks and to CNN Newsource broke into scheduled programing to markets with extensive coverage by clients. "I think that is because it's include that portion of the trial. more than one station over the period falling within the sweeps period and In Los Angeles, six of the market's included Miami, with heaviest cover- because interest overall throughout seven major English- language sta- age by WSVN -TV, followed by WTVJ the country in the trial is waning." tions provided extensive coverage of TV); and New York, with the most Livag noted that despite emotional the case throughout the eight days of coverage by WNYW -TV, followed by testimony by murder victim Nicole the trial that were measured (court WNBC -TV. TCI looks into Kaleidoscope Considers investing in channel, which goes 24 -hour in April

By John Eggerton TCI's connection to the channel is Kaleidoscope, the San Antonio - already well established. Its sub- based cable channel targeted to sidiary, Vision Group Inc., has been the disabled and their families, handling traffic and uplinking for the is preparing to go to 24 hours this channel, as well as providing market- April with the help of some friends in ing support. TCI carries some Kalei- high places. TCI, for one, is consider- doscope programing on its tv! pre- ing buying into the channel. view channel. Other well -placed friends of the Nichols and four other partners four- and -a- half -year -old channel are founded Kaleido- members of its congressional adviso- scope in 1990; he ry board, which includes Bob Dole, and company chair- as United Way and Tom Harkin, Newt Gingrich and Paul man Chip Atkins are Easter Seals will Simon, and of its national and local majority owners. "I give it some star advisory boards which comprise over saw a tremendously endorsement power 100 high -powered charities and inter- unserved segment at launch, says est groups. that made good busi- Nichols.) Kaleidoscope has been offering ness sense," says But beyond the three hours of programing per day on Nichols. According deep pockets of its 220 cable systems reaching 15 mil- to a Harris poll, the target audience, lion households. But come April, it 30% of Americans which has broad- has lined up 24 -hour carriage on sys- with some type of ened to include tems serving about a million of those disability represent members of the subs, with an average of eight hours almost $700 billion American Associa- of new programing per day planned. in buying power. tion of Retired Per- (Paragon Cable in San Antonio is one Kaleidoscope pro- sons and the Arthri- of the systems that will be carrying vides programing in tis Foundation, the the channel 24 hours at launch, say full sound; signed: channel has other Kaleidoscope executives.) open captioned with drawing cards. The other 14 million subs can see on- screen subtitles; Kids show host Kim Powers While charging 7 anywhere from five to 12 hours each and voice -narrated. cents per sub, it day, says President /CEO Bill Sandwiched between movies for the offers systems $5 -$10 per sub worth Nichols. Kaleidoscope will have blind and deaf are such shows as D.C. of promotional support, thanks in additional partners by the beginning Report, a public affairs /talk show part to the local charities that make of May, he says, one of which could hosted by Tony Coelho, chairman of up its advisory board. be TCI. A TCI source says the com- the President's Committee on Aside from the promotional help, pany has explored buying into Kalei- Employment of People with Disabili- Kaleidoscope carries built -in good- doscope; the channel is "one of those ties, and Kim's World, a kids show will in the form of those all- impor- that we think has a place in the new hosted by Kim Powers, who is deaf tant advisory boards, which comprise digital universe. We think a channel and blind. In expanding to 24 hours, "two or three hundred political and for the disabled community is some- the channel hopes to attract some business leaders who see the value of thing that is important." Adds big -name Hollywood talent by the channel" says Nichols, the same Nichols, "TCI has been a good promising them creative freedom. leaders who can wield political clout friend." (Its relationship with such charities at franchise renewal time.

18 Feb 201995 Broadcasting & Cable PROGRAMING Johnson turns on PorchLight Company will focus on producing family programing By Steve Coe chief executive officer of the venture edge in the Bruce Johnson, former executive and will be joined by former Great application of vice president and general man- American Communications executive new technolo- ager, Hanna -Barbera Entertain- vice president William Baumann, who gies in enter- ment, has formed PorchLight Enter- becomes vice president and chief tainment for Bruce Johnson tainment. The independent produc- financial officer. conventional tion company based in Los Angeles, Johnson says that "the timing distribution as well as for new and will produce for all media including could not be more perfect for the emerging delivery systems," he says. animation and live- action program- launch...given the confluence of new "Our aim is to produce and distribute ing for the family. communication and distribution tech- innovative commercial product for PorchLight's first acquisition is the nologies now on the horizon and the the entire family while helping to fill "visual and multimedia" interactive enormous demand for high -quality the expanding software market for a rights to William Bennett's "The Book programing to serve the expanding wide range of systems and platforms of Virtues: A Treasury of Moral Sto- international marketplace." both here and abroad." ries." The project is being produced as The company will look to take PorchLight is being financed by a an animated series for TV. advantage of new technologies. "We private group of international and Johnson will serve as president and are committed to being at the cutting domestic investors. Slow going in Monte Carlo Few ground - breaking deals, but calmer pace suits some just fine

By Debra Johnson

Critics who doubted that the Monte Carlo TV fes- tival could survive anoth- er year appear to have been proved wrong, if the partici- pants' list is anything to judge by. This year, more than 2,000 international TV program dis- tributors and creators turned out to peddle their wares on the third floor of the Hotel Loews; key U.S. players including 20thCentury Fox, Warner Bros. and Viacom were there. Although few ground- breaking deals where cut, buyers and sellers seemed satisified with the four -day event, which they used as a platform to discuss deals that they hope to close at MIP -TV in Cannes. Programers gathered in Monte Carlo last week. Bert Cohen, executive vice presi- dent and chief operating officer of been sold to virtually every key mar- Also at Monte Carlo: Worldvision Enterprises, says he is ket worldwide. On the eve of the TV market, "not unhappy with the interest" Says Cohen: "We are selling 365 Solomon International Enterprises shown in his company's Monte Carlo days of the year. These four days and TVN Entertainment, the U.S. program lineup. Texas, a new four - with their quiet ambience give us the pioneer of pay -per -view transmis- hour miniseries, raised some interest opportunity to meet face -to -face with sion, formed TVN Solomon Interna- among buyers, and Stephen King's broadcasters and talk about what tional (BROADCASTING & CABLE, Feb. four-hour thriller The Langoliers has slots they need to fill." 13). TVN owns and operates an I l-

Broadcasting & Cable Feb 201995 19 PROGRAMING' channel PPV satellite TV network transmitted in the U.S. via AT &T's Telstar 303 satellite. Starting in Latin Errata America, the new company will mar- The list of companies attending the Monte Carlo Television Festival pub- ket PPV transmission technology lished in BROADCASTING & CABLE INTERNATIONAL included errors in an item country by country. Solomon already on Atlantis Releasing. The item should have read: Atlantis Releasing BV, has established a holding company Tesselschadestraat 4 -12, 1054 ET Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The with French pay TV group Canal+ to company offered a series and three movies at the market last week: The launch pay channels in Chile and Ridge, an adult drama series; The Man in the Attic, a murder mystery Uruguay this August. Three more inspired by a true story about a 30 -year affair between a married woman services are scheduled to debut in and her young lover, who secretly lives in the attic; Following Her Heart, a Mexico, Colombia and Peru in the romantic drama starring Ann -Margret, George Segal and Brenda Vac - next two years. caro, and The War Between Us, a historical drama about Japanese Cana- On the programing front, SIE dians evicted from their homes during World War II. signed a three -year output deal with French broadcaster M6 for Latin America. The deal encompasses pro- den's TV4 and Finland's YLE. Fox Lorber Associates picked up graming such as TV movies and Germany's UFA Film and Televi- the world rights to Selbo Film's miniseries that M6 distributes inter- sion and the Paramount Television library of more than 50 hours of nationally. SIE, which is handling Group announced they will work series such as Circus Around the worldwide sales for the $20 million together on Star Command, a sci -fi World and several documentaries. four -hour miniseries Catherine the project to premiere on the new UPN Tapestry International sold docu- Great, also managed to sell the Ufa network as a two -hour film. It will be mentaries, including episodes of its Film and Television/Patrola Film co- the first U.S. series to be shot at Ger- Nova series, to new French educa- production to Spain's Antena 3, Swe- many's Babelsberg studio. tional channel La Cinquieme. Superhighway goes international Ray Smith talks up video dialtone future

By Debra Johnson The company is working with Ital- involved in production, except per- Addressing the Monte Carlo TV ian communications giant STET to haps as an equity partner. Our First festival's first "World Forum," market interactive multimedia ser- Amendment obligations do not per- Bell Atlantic Chairman /CEO vices and is aggressively seeking mit us to be gatekeepers in terms of Ray Smith spoke of his video dial - relationships with international stu- product itself." tone concept and his vision of the dios, media companies and cable By the end of the decade, Smith superhighway future. companies. Says Smith: "We will says, Bell Atlantic will have invested Currently, Bell Atlantic is testing offer to producers the digitalization, another $11 billion in fiber optics, VDT in northern Virginia. The main- the billing, the interactivity, but it is digital switching and other ultrafast, frame computer, built by Oracle, unlikely we will become directly ultrahigh-capacity technologies. comprises 276 computers running simultaneously. It has the capacity to store 10,000 movies and serve up to (U UPN /PIN_ 65,000 homes. Ratings: MONDAY 5.7/8 will be The four applications enter- Emerging broadcast networks, 8:00 71. Star Trek: Voyager tainment, time -shifting, retail and Feb. 6-12 8:30 8.5/12 gaming. Entertainment and time - 9:00 89. Platypus Man 3.3/5 shifting will be offered this year, with retail and gaming added in 1996. 9:30 90. Pig Sty 2.6/4 Education, banking and health -care WEDNESDAY 2.0/3 TUESDAY 2.9/4 information will be added later. 8:00 91. The Wayans Bros. 2.5/4 8:00 88. Marker 3.5/5 "We will be able to deliver a direct - 8:30 96. The Parent 'Hood 2.2/3 8:30 to -home quality system with twice 9:00 97. Unhap Ever After 1.7/3 9:00 92. The Watcher 2.3/3 the capacity, and we will be able to 9:30 97. Muscle 1.5/2 9:30 offer local programing that DTH 2.0/3 4.3/6 doesn't. There will be some competi- WEEK'S AVGS WEEK'S AVG tion, but we don't see it as a bad situ- SSN TO DATE 2.0/3 SSN TO DATE 5.6/8 ation," Smith says. SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH

20 Feb 20 1995 Broadcasting & Cable Ratings: Week 21, according to Nielsen, Feb. 6-12 abc ABC o CBS NBC FOX MONDAY 11.1/17 13.8/21 13.0/20 8.8/13 8:00 61. Coach 10.0/15 27. The Nanny 13.1/19 25. Fresh Prince 13.2/19 58. Melrose Place 10.2/15 8:30 17. Dave's World 14.0/20 40. Blossom 11.3/16 9:00 13. Murphy Brown 15.0/22 23. NBC Monday Night 40. ABC Monday Night 82. Models Inc. 7.3/11 21. Cybill 13.5/20 Movies in Silence: 9:30 Movie -Sneakers 11.3/17 -Serving 10:00 Margarethe Cammemeyer 21. Chicago Hope 13.5/22 Story 13.4/21 10:30 TUESDAY 16.7/26 8:00 23. Full House 13.4/21 30. Wings 12.4/19 46. Rescue: 911 11.0/17 85. Fox Tuesday Night 8:30 25. Me and the Boys 13.2/20 20. Mad About You 13.6/20 Movie -Unlawful Entry 9:00 5. Home Improvmt 19.6/28 12. Frasier 15.3/22 5.8/9 9:30 3. Grace Under Flre 19.9/30 66. CBS Tuesday Movie -In 48. J Larroquette 10.9/16 10:00 the Shadow of Evil 9.4/15 8. NYPD Blue 17.0/28 33. Dateline NBC 11.9/19 10:30 WEDNESDAY 12.0/19 9.4/15 12.5/20 9.0/13 8:00 59. Behind Closed Doors II 18. All -Star TV Uncensored 53. Beverly Hills, 90210 8:30 10.1/16 72. CBS Special Movie - Bloopers 13.7/21 10.6/16 9:00 15. Roseanne 14.4/22 Sibling Rivalry 8.4/13 81. Celebrity First Loves 36. Dateline NBC 11.5/18 9:30 18. Ellen 13.7/21 7.4/11 10:00 36. Northern Exposure 33. Primetime Live 11.9/20 30. Law and Order 12.4/21 10:30 11.5/20 THURSDAY 8:00 11. Mad About You 15.6/24 64. Martin 9.7/15 40. Matlock 11.3/17 68. Due South 8.7/13 8:30 10. Friends 15.9/24 62. Living Single 9.9/15 9:00 74. Eye to Eye with Connie 2. Seinfeld 21.7/32 74. New York Undercover 50. The Commish 10.8/16 9:30 Chung 8.3/12 4. Wings 19.8/30 8.3/12 10:00 72. Day One 8.4/14 80. 48 Hours 7.5/12 1. E.R. 23.3/38 10:30 FRIDAY 11.8/20 9.7/17 7.4/13 8:00 32. Family Matters 12.0/21 54. Diagnosis Murder 62. Unsolved Mysteries 87. M.A.N.T.I.S. 4.4/8 8:30 46. Boy Meets Wld 11.0/19 10.5/18 9.9/17 9:00 44. Step By Step 11.2/18 67. Dateline NBC 9.0/15 55. The X -Files 10.3/17 9:30 45. Hangln w /Mr. C 11.1/18 38. Miss USA Pageant 10:00 11.4/19 55. Homicide: Life on the 29. 20/20 12.7/22 10:30 Street 10.3/18 SATURDAY 10.1/17 12.4/21 8.3/14 8.0/14 8:00 48. Dr. Quinn Medicine 77. Cops 8.0/14 50. ABC Wide World of 8:30 Woman 10.9/19 78. Movie of the Week 69. Cops 8.6/14 Sports Special Edition - 9:00 10.8/18 Ladybugs 7.7/13 78. America's Most Wanted 9:30 27. Walker, Texas Ranger 7.7/13 10:00 13.1/22 69. The Marshal 8.6/15 65. Sisters 9.6/17 10:30 SUNDAY 7:00 38. Am Fun Hm Vid 11.4/18 84. Simpsons 6.0/10 6. 60 Minutes 17.5/27 7:30 16. Am Fun Hm Vid 14.3/22 52. NBA All -Star Game 86. Get Smart 4.9/8 8:00 9. Murder, She Wrote 10.7 /17 59. Simpsons 10.1/15 40. Lois & Clark 11.3/16 8:30 16.4/24 76. House of Buggin' 8.1/12 9:00 55. Married w /Chld 10.3/15 7. ABC Sunday Night 35. NBC Sunday Night 9:30 14. CBS Sunday Movie -A 83. Dream On 6.2/9 Movie -Texas Justice, Movie- Batman Returns Walton Wedding 14.7/22 10:00 Part 1 17.1/26 11.6/18 10:30 7.9/12 WEEK'S AVGS 12.4/20 11.7/18 12.4/20 12.2/20 11.5/19 11.5/19 7.8/12 SSN. TO DATE

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Broadcasting & Cable Feb 201995 21 sic Movies. Many of the new networks are programing full lineups of original shows as they look to distin- From series to guish themselves in the increasingly crowded universe. Meanwhile, the mature cable networks continue to pump more and more dollars into their original pro- movies, cable graming. Starting on the next page, the top programing executives at the nation's top 10 basic cable networks share some of their programing strategies (the net - programing works were chosen based on A.C. Nielsen prime time ratings for 1994, excluding CNN). Also included is a look at cable's ever-growing comes of age involvement in the high -profile original movie category (page 40). Cable movies have come into their own with By Rich Brown bigger stars and bigger budgets. TNT has even man- aged to find theatrical distribution for Gettysburg, the he lineup of original cable programing is multi- network's $15 million historical drama. plying rapidly as several new networks join the Original programing efforts by cable this year already long list of established services. appear likely to surpass last year's spending, which, In the last year alone, 10 new networks have joined according to the National Cable Television Associa- BROADCASTING & CABLE'S directory of original cable tion, accounted for an estimated $2.4 billion on the programing (see page 44). New networks include basic cable networks and about $1.4 billion on the pay America's Talking, Cable Health Club, fX, The Golf' TV services. Channel, The History Channel, Home & Garden Tele- Photos above (clockwise): TNT's 'Joseph,' TNN's 'Full vision, Jones Computer Network, National Empower- Access,' Comedy Central's 'High Octane' and The Discovery ment Television, NewsTalk Television and Turner Clas- Channel's 'Carrier: Fortress at Sea'

22 Feb 20 1995 Broadcasting & Cable ORIGINAL CABLE PROGRAMING '95 Arts & Entertainment Brooke Bailey Johnson

season, representing a por- In addition to the net- tion of the network's total work's long list of regularly order of more than 640 scheduled series, A &E each hours of first -run material month debuts one or more for the year. While more specials. Among those: The rompted by steady rat- and more of A &E's produc- Boys of St. Vincent, a four - ings growth, A &E this tion is based in the U.S., the hour drama about child year is boosting its network continues to rely abuse (Feb. 19 -20); The first -run programing lineup on longstanding ties with Opposite Sex, a look at the by 18% and is creating sev- the BBC and other interna- differences between men eral original specials based tional co- production part- and women (March 4 -5); on its most popular series. ners. Mysteries of the Bible: Who mentaries plus specials As we make more Other prime time series Wrote the Bible? (March ranging from performing money, we invest more include A &E Stage; Ameri- 19), and The Cormorant, a arts and drama to classic money in original program- can Justice, another reality mystery starring Ralph movies and comedy. ing," says Brooke Bailey show hosted by Bill Kurtis; Fiennes (June 25). "We're very happy with Johnson, senior vice presi- Civil War Journal, hosted by Johnson does not antici- the move to strip Biogra- dent, programing and pro- Danny Glover, and 20th pate any big changes in phy," Johnson says. "I don't duction. Century, done in conjunc- A &E's programing formula, anticipate doing anything A &E's fourth -quarter tion with CBS News and which consists of biogra- as dramatic in the near 1994 ratings were the high- hosted by Mike Wallace. phies, mysteries and docu- future." est in its history, with a 38% boost in total day viewer- ship over the same period last year and a prime time average audience of 1.1 rating (636,000 house- The Discovery Channel holds), based on A.C. Nielsen data supplied by Greg Moyer the A &E. The network has seen ratings growth in total tion. Eighty -three percent day and prime time for six of the entire prime time of the last seven quarters. season will make its U.S. Enjoying particularly premiere on the network. strong ratings on the net- is is a particularly Although he did not have a work is Biography, the flag- active year for original specific number of hours ship A &E series that has production at The Dis- that will be produced in appeared as a prime time covery Channel as it cele- 1995, Moyer says the total strip since June 1994. A &E brates its 10th anniversary number produced by Dis- is looking to build on that with a high -profile special covery Communications success by introducing each month. clearly will rise as the corn - some two -hour Sunday Specials go a long way pany prepares to roll out night specials using the in bringing attention to the four planned spin -off net- Biography name and for- cable network, says Greg works. The company mat. Upcoming subjects Moyer, president and expects to announce its include Peter Sellers COO, Discovery Networks. launch strategy for the new (March 26) and Jesus (April This year's 10th anniver- networks by March, Moyer 16). In keeping with the sary celebration includes and Ocean Planet. The says, adding Discovery strategy, the network is the June premiere of a two - number of special event may not launch all four of developing two -hour spe- hour special, Great programs after the anniver- the networks at once. cials based on another pop- Moments of Discovery, sary year will probably Discovery is the sole ular A &E series, Investiga- featuring highlights and return to a more typical commissioner of more than tive Reports with Bill Kurtis. cameos from the network's level of about eight a year, half its original programing, A &E has commissioned history. Other specials in Moyer says. Moyer says. The remain- more than 100 hours of the months ahead include The 1994 -95 schedule der involves production Biography regular series The Nile: River of Gods; features more than 500 partners that share the programing for the 1994 -95 Carriers: Fortress at Sea, hours of original produc- costs and lend their differ-

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ent creative points of view emony, which last week to projects. Lately, Moyer celebrated its third anniver- says, the network has been sary. trying to steer away from I John Wilhack Another network fran- he C=rI to be introduced this what describes as chise "hydra- headed consortia" summer is The Extreme and toward smoother rela- While ESPN enjoys Games, a week -long corn - tionships with single co- strong ratings with petition featuring the best production partners. its around -the- athletes in the world in such "Oftentimes, a co -com- clock original sports cover- extreme sports as bungee missioner can give you age, network executives jumping, in -line skating and valuable feedback," Moyer have had their hands full mountain biking. The corn - says. coping with troublesome petition will include cross - For example, Discovery labor problems in the major promotional ties to ESPN2, has signed a deal with U.K. - sports leagues. the 24 -hour spinoff network based Anglia Television's ESPN's presentations of launched in fall 1993. natural history unit to man- event series and special ESPN televises more age 13 one -hour original events typically add up to than 4,500 live and /or origi- specials called Wild Discov- high ratings for the network. nal hours of sports pro- ery. The specials will pre- NFL coverage helped make graming per year including miere on Discovery ESPN the number one the NFL, Major League between this July and Sep- basic cable network during Baseball, college football, tember 1997 and will fourth quarter of 1994, with network scheduled minor NCAA basketball (more include never -before -seen a 2.6 prime time rating league baseball and other than 200 games), NHL, wildlife footage. (1,649,000 homes), accord- programing whose ratings auto racing, golf, boxing, Among other originals, ing to A.C. Nielsen data did not match the network's tennis, men's and women's Discovery recently debuted supplied by the network. typically strong MLB rat- professional bowling, thor- a new series, Arthur C. Nevertheless, the Major ings. "We'd rather not expe- oughbred racing, world cup Clarke's Mysterious Uni- League Baseball strike took rience that again." skiing, major league soccer, verse, in which the author its toll on the network last Meanwhile, ESPN has college baseball, cycling, looks at mysteries ranging season and threatens to do been taking its fate more watersports, track and field, from spontaneous human so again this year. into its own hands by devel- and arena football. Special combustion to the pyramids "September and October oping network franchises events include the NFL of Egypt. Other series around here were difficult that are not dependent on draft, college bowl games, include Rediscovering months," says top ESPN major league labor negotia- Baseball Hall of Fame America with David Hart- programer John Wildhack. tions. Among those is the induction ceremonies, mann, Invention /Next Step, In place of MLB games, the annual "ESPY" awards cer- NCAA basketball champi- Vanishing Worlds and onship week, World Cup Planet of Life. soccer and America's Cup. The only noticeable In the wake of the launch strategic change for Discov- of the competing NewSport ery's programing lineup in sports news network, recent memory has been in ESPN last April expanded the 5 -8 p.m. time period. its news programing to The network in fall 1994 include four additional moved away from how -to hours of SportsCenter programing in the time peri- each week, as well as an od and has begun stripping expanded version of the network's trademark SportsNight. Now leading category: documentaries. into SportsCenter at 6 p.m. Discovery continues to fill on weeknights is ESPN's its earlier daytime schedule interview show, Up Close, with cooking and how -to hosted by SportsCenter shows, despite the growing and Baseball Tonight threat of competition from anchor Chris Myers. Other newcomers like Television series on ESPN's long list Food Network and Home & of original productions Garden Television. include Outside the Lines, Moyer plans to introduce NBC's Conan O'Brien and actress Cathy Moriarty present NFL Gameday, NFL basketball player Grant Hill with Performer of the Year some "core" series in the fall ESPY at ceremonies last Monday night (Feb. 13) at Radio Prime Time, NFL Prime and early 1996, but declined City Music Hall. Sports awards are given annually by ESPN. Monday and College to elaborate. Gameday.

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1995, Lifetime will present as the network's reputation specials. Scheduled por- have the potential to be monthly original movies for originals continues to traits include Grace Kelly, spun off into a daily strip. including Shame Il: The build. The network is happy Mary Magdalen, Marla As for existing Lifetime Secret, starring Amanda to be attracting actors who Maples Trump, Jessica originals, high -profile Donohoe, debuting in June; have never before Savitch and Ingrid events scheduled for the Dancing in the Dark, star- appeared in made -for -TV Bergman. "When you do an year ahead include a May ring Victoria Principal; movies, such as Home original that counterpro- special with singer Carly Sophie and the Moonhang- Improvement star Patricia grams, that original will suc- Simon and an October er, starring Patricia Richardson. ceed if it's well done," event designed to raise Richardson; Almost Gold- In addition to original Girard says. breast -cancer awareness. en: The Jessica Savitch movies, Lifetime next Girard's original program- The network continues to Story, Silence of Adultery, month debuts monthly ing wish list for Lifetime program public awareness and Courting Justice. installments of Intimate includes launching a weekly campaigns like Perspec- Girard says the Holly- Portraits, one -hour profiles hour -long drama or reality tives on Lifetime, featuring wood community is pitching of accomplished women. series by January 1996. a series of 30- and 60 -sec- better projects and more The format had previously Ideally, she says, a suc- ond editorials, commen- stars are coming to Lifetime appeared as a series of cessful weekly series would taries and short stories.

called All That to its lineup. The SNICK block during Nickelodeon fourth quarter 1994 also saw the addition of The Herb Scannell Secret World of Alex Mack, which Scannell says is drawing even higher ratings than the popular episodes animated series for Nick- of Clarissa that it replaced. Nickelodeon, which elodeon's "Nick Jr." day- Elsewhere on the sched- last fall introduced time block. Nickelodeon ule, the network will proba- the biggest concen- has set aside $30 million bly look into toying with its 3 tration of new shows in its to overhaul the Nick Jr. p.m. -5 p.m. weekday slot, 15 -year history, is enjoying block, which got under which is currently predomi- its best -ever ratings and way last fall and has nated by cartoons. continues to move forward resulted in 50% rating Among other changes at with an aggressive slate of gains with the introduction the network, Nickelodeon's original program develop- of original series Gullah ever -growing library of orig- ment. Gullah Island and Alle- inal productions is enabling One way Nickelodeon is gra's Window. it to strip some of its popu- looking to develop even In keeping with the net- lar weekend shows. more new shows is through work's vignette strategy, Rugrats, Doug and Claris- Snick Snack, a series of on- the Nick Jr. block is also sa have all migrated from air vignettes designed to presenting 30 interstitial their weekend slots to daily serve as mini -pilots. Herb segments featuring sever- strip positions. Scannell, senior vice presi- Arnold!, about an inner -city al new Muppets charac- "It's always been part of dent, programing, says child described by the net- ters from Jim Henson Pro- our plan to move shows there are about 30 such work as having "a creative ductions. from the weekend to a vignettes in the works. They mind, an admirable non- Among other new shows strip," Scannell says. "Kids are scheduled to begin chalance and a gravity - in the works, Scannell says want to become familiar rolling out in the fourth quar- defying hairdo." Executive the network is looking to with the characters." ter. The network is hoping producer and creator is expand in the original Nickelodeon's prime to follow the formula set by Craig Barlett, whose cred- game show category with a time lineup, outside of Sat- The Adventures of Pete its include Nickelodeon's new family game show that urday nights, will continue and Pete, the offbeat Nick- Rugrats and The Ren & is expected to debut toward to consist of classic sit- elodeon series that got its Stimpy Show. Scannell the end of the year. coms. "Nick -at- Nite," which start as a one -minute says Nickelodeon's plan is One particularly active celebrates its 10th anniver- vignettes. to introduce a new Nick - area of development is sary July 1, will undergo Meanwhile, Nickelodeon toon each year. Nickelodeon's high -rated some program changes this fall /winter will debut its This fall will also see the Saturday night "SNICK" that will include the addi- newest original "Nicktoon" debut of Maurice Sendak's block, which just saw the tion of The Munsters to its animated series, Hey The Little Bear, an original addition of a new show classic lineup.

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the debut of The Heidi Classic Movies. That Chronicles, based on the includes an Academy TNT might be produc- Tony Award -winning play Awards special in March ing one or two fewer and starring Jamie Lee to be produced in associa- original movies than Curtis and Tom Hulce. And tion with Entertainment before, but don't let the in 1996, TNT titles will Weekly magazine and change fool you. Turner include a Spike Lee -pro- hosted by TCM personali- Network Television con- duced drama based on the ty Robert Osborne. tinues to be among the critically acclaimed docu- TNT is also working on most active producer of mentary Hoop Dreams. a special about "great made -for -cable movies as One upcoming TNT orig- American dream" movies, well as original sports, inal, Broken Trust starring called American Dream- specials and documen- Tom Selleck, is a thriller ers, which will coincide taries. that marks something of a with a month -long tribute TNT has reduced its departure from the usual to the movies on TCM. output from 12 to 10 origi- period pieces and historic TNT's biggest single nal movies per year but dramas that make up TNT original programing remains committed to pro- original movies. It could be investment continues to ducing high -profile origi- with a 16 rating for the the first of more to come on be in sports production, nals. The plan, according premiere cycle of Aveng- the network. including games from the to TNT's Brad Siegel, is to ing Angel. Upcoming titles "We definitely want to NBA and the NFL, and invest more in those titles include two March debuts: add contemporary movies world championship that are being produced The Good Old Boys, fea- to the mix," Siegel says. events like the Winter for the network. turing actor Tommy Lee TNT will also continue to Olympics. "It's more important to Jones in his directorial produce several specials, The network also cre- invest more money into debut, and Kingfish, a including a comprehensive ates sports specials tied individual movies," Siegel project brought to TNT by biography on Frank Sinatra to those franchises, such says. "We stopped doing the star of the movie, in December and the as the five hours of Super the lower- budget movies John Goodman. Easter November premiere of a Bowl- related programing that were not special weekend will see the two -hour animated Johnny that TNT recently aired events. We're going for debut of Joseph starring Quest movie produced by over Super Bowl week- much bigger projects and Ben Kingsley, the third in Turner's Hanna Barbera end. bringing movie stars to a series of internationally Studios. The year ahead will see television." co- produced Bible sto- TNT is also developing at least two hour -long The network's high -pro- ries. some high -profile specials documentaries produced file original movies got off Looking further ahead, with ties to newly launched in conjunction with NFL to a good start this year the fourth quarter will see spin -off network Turner Films.

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productions, while still far less than those of major studio theatricals, lie Lights, camera, action: in a range that makes them clearly different animals from network pro- ductions. HBO Pictures' releases Cable makes more movies average $5 million, about twice the Original films draw more viewers, larger budgets cost of the average broadcast network movie. Turner Network Television By David Tobenkin spent $13 million to produce Gettys- come from cable. Witness films such burg, a respectable sum for an inde- Movies produced for original as HBO Pictures' And the Band pendent feature film. showing on cable once knew Played On, a project that all four Original movies produced and their place. They were pro- major broadcast networks passed on acquired by the major cable networks jects perceived not to have what it and that proceeded to generate more have carved a unique niche in their took to make it to the big screen, pro- buzz than many feature films. schedules and, their programers jects that could freshen viewers Now, some projects are standing would argue, in the minds of viewers. palettes between courses of the net- the conventional distribution works' main offering of feature films sequence on its head by airing first on Showtime steps up production millions had already seen in their cable and then migrating to a theatri- "We can't run our service without local theaters. cal run. The Last Seduction, for theatrical product, because that's instance, aired on HBO and has gone what audience members say they Times have changed on to gross more than $4 million in want to see, but if films didn't get $30 A surprising number of the most crit- art-house theaters. million or more at the box office, we ically acclaimed movies of any ilk And the budgets of many of the find we can get a bigger audience for

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units, HBO Pic- to those of a feature film: Tommy Lee tures -whose big - Jones, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, budget, marquee writers like Wendy Wasserstein and projects have been Joan Didion, and directors like John the most popular Frankenheimer," says Allen Sabin- on cable -and son, senior vice president, original HBO Showcase, programing. "This is high quality that which produces is distinctive from anything else you more unusual, can find on the dial." issue -oriented and That appears to be paying off, with highbrow fare. the network's average premiere Together the two movie ratings rising 41% to a 4.1 in regularly capture 1994 from a 2.9 in 1993, according to the leading share Nielsen. of the CableAce One area that has set TNT apart is Awards. the network's emphasis (mirroring Showtime's `Zooman' about a family's search for justice In Brooklyn. stars Charles Dutton and Louis Gossett Jr. "We judge our parent TBS Chairman Ted Turner's success by a num- own interest) on projects that are any original production that the audi- ber of criteria: the premiere rating, "prosocial, positive and enlighten- ence hasn't seen before," says Jerry the gross cumulative rating and the ing," Sabinson says. TBS's compa- Offsay, president of programing, critical acclaim and noise the movie nywide Native American Initiative Showtime Networks Inc. generates," says HBO Pictures launched in December 1993 with the Showtime is hoping to capitalize Senior Vice President Robert Cooper. movie The Broken Chain and contin- on that phenomenon by dramatically Like several of the cable movie pro- ued in January 1994 with Geronimo. stepping up its production of movies. gramers, Cooper says the emphasis at Now the company is pushing into The pay channel, which produced 12 HBO Pictures is not on significantly the same higher budget, contempo- movies in 1993 and 15 in 1994, will expanding the number of releases per rary film area as HBO and Showtime. increase production to about 40 year-currently about 10, with hopes Sabinson says the first such pro- movies in 1995, most with budgets of of increasing that slightly to 12-but duction will air late this year or early $2.5 million -$5 million. on pumping up the budgets of the in 1996 and could be Strange Justice, Showtime is concentrating its cre- releases, which he says average about a project based on the acclaimed and ative efforts on producing films with- $5 million ($10 million is the high popular book of the same name by in themed genres, such as comedy mark for releases such as And the Band Wall Street Journal reporters Jane releases from National Lampoon, Played On and The Burning Season. Mayer and Jill Abramson dealing "sexy thrillers" in the vein of feature Focusing on smaller- budget and with the Anita Hill- Clarence Thomas films "Body Heat" and "Fatal Attrac- more unusual movies is sibling com- controversy. tion," sequels and remakes, kids pany HBO Showcase. "We're push- shows, science fiction and "classier, ing the envelope in a very conceiv- USA tries to revive more upscale" versions of issue -ori- able way to bring in people who One of the largest producers of origi- ented movies that are staples of wouldn't normally be working in nal movies is USA Networks, which broadcast made -fors. mainstream television and to bring in produces about 20 -25 per year for its Despite feature films' marketing entertainment of a much more innov- USA and Sci -Fi networks. However, and budget advantages, and broadcast ative nature," says Bridget Potter, the USA Network's movies have television's viewership edge, cable HBO Showcase senior vice presi- seen some ratings declines in the past films have advantages of their own, dent, original programing. "We [and year and new chief programer Rod Offsay says. "We don't have to worry HBO Pictures] have two different Perth plans to "revive and rebuild" about advertiser issues, so we can deal standards, two different budgets and the cable movie arm by producing with issues more boldly than [broad- we work on two different coasts from fewer titles, especially the more con- cast] television," he says. "And the stu- two different perspectives." ventional "women in jeopardy -type dios' [feature film output] is often projects." He also plans to increase more constricted in that they have a TNT increases profile promotional efforts for the produc- tougher time when something is not as TBS's Turner Network Television is tions. broadly commercial. That's not as proving a potent new competitor to Perth says it's possible USA will much of a problem with us because we the pay channels. TNT plans to main- remake some classic movies from the don't get paid off purely in box office." tain its output at about 11 movies per libraries of parent companies Para- year but increase the profile of its mount and MCA/Universal. Home Box Office a model productions. Home Box Office is the model for all "We are doing big- budget films Disney Channel emphasizes family the cable networks' made -for efforts. that cost twice as much as a network Movies produced by specialty net- The cable giant has two production film with the level of stars equivalent works are carefully tailored to view-

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30 Good Minutes, God Squad, A World of Jam, HBO Comedy Hour: Paul Rodriguez Ideas with Bill Moyers and Race to Save the Live in San Quentin, HBO Comedy Jam: The Planet, hosted by Meryl Streep. 1995 Young Comedians Show Hosted by Garry Shandling, HBO Comedy Hour: Family Channel Vgilia Beach, Ya Women of the Night hosted by Tracy Ullman, Original series include Snowy River: The Citizen X, In Pursuit of Honor, Tyson, In McGregor Saga, Madeline, That's My Dog, Hitler's Shadow, McMartin, Happily Ever Maximum Drive, Masters of the Maze, Big After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, Shake- Brother Jake, The World of Peter Rabbit and speare: The Animated Tales, Little Lulu, Friends, Trivial Pursuit and Country Music World Championship Boxing, Wimbledon Spotlight. Upcoming original movies Tad and '95, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, 5 Dad, the Angel & Me; series Heroes of the American Handguns, 5 American Guns: Street, and a block of programing from Cable America Undercover, A Survivor Remem- Health Network including Aerobic Condition- bers, God's Little Acre and Shock Video 2. ing, Fitness Plus, Body by Jake and Healthy Living. The Inspirational Network Charlotte, N.C. Original religious and inspirational regular fX New York programing includes Signal Exchange, No Live, original programing includes Breakfast Room for Talk, Weekend Jam, weekly INSP Time, Personal fX: The Collectibles Show, Concerts, Signature, In the House, Cheyenne The Pet Department, Under Scrutiny with Country, This Generation, Inspirational Movie Oliver Platt in HBO's 'In Hitler's Shadow' Jane Wallace, Sound fX and Back Chat. of the Week and special concert broadcasts.

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48 Feb 201995 Broadcasting & Cable MN New York can Skyline, TNN Video Sessions, MTV News/Week in Rock, Interact, Path to Stardom, Remodeling & MTV News Specials -including Decorating Today, VideoMorning Enough is Enough, Free Your Mind and VideoPM. Original specials and Choose or Lose campaigns include A Phyllis George Special, and other specials; MTV Sports, Ralph Emery on the Record, The House of Style, MTV Unplugged, Marty Party, The Life and Times, The State, Lip Service, The Real Full Access, Riders Radio Theater.' World, Road Rules, Singled Out, The Television Show and coverage Rockumentary, The Grind, Sand- of awards shows including Cow- Blast, Superock and Yo! MTV boy Jubilee: Celebrating the Raps. Various hosted music video National Cowboy Hall of Fame, blocks include MTV's Rude Awak- TNN Music City News Country ening, MTV Blocks, MTV Jams, Awards and An Evening of Country Alternative Nation, Most Wanted Greats: A Hall of Fame Celebration. Jams, MN Prime Time, Yo!, MN Dreamtime, Top 20 Video Count- National Empowerment TV down and 120 Minutes. Animated MTV's 'Singled Out premieres June 5. Washington series include Liquid Television, All About Music, America on Track, Beavis and Butt-head, The Brothers Grunt, American Family, Capitol Watch, Dateline MN Oddities including The Head, The Maxx, The Nashville Network Nash&We Washington, Direct Line with Paul Weyrich, Aeon Flux and others. Specials include MN Series include Music City Tonight, The Statler Eighth Wonder, Freedom's Challenge, Full Movie Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, Brothers Show, The Legends of Country Disclosure, Home Business, Insights with MTV Rock 'n Jock Softball Challenge, MN Music, At the Ryman, Grand Ole Opry Live, Robert Novack, It's Only Politics, Legal Note- Rock 'n Jock B -ball Jam, NBA All -Star Bash Opry Backstage, Club Dance, Wildhorse book, Michells in the Morning with Dan and and the 1995 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Saloon, Charlie Daniels' Talent Roundup, Nancy Mitchell, Modern War, The Progress Induction Ceremony. TNN Country News, Aleene's Crafts, Ameri- Report, the journalists' forum RhatPack, The

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Playboy Channel Bendy l í CaH from National Lampoon, Dead Weekend, Out Inside the Dream Factory and A Women's Original movies include Romancing Sarah, There and Giant Thing. Original series include View. Original series include Writers Block Killing for Love, The Affair, Playtime and I 100 Years of Sex and The Silver Screen, and Robert Osborne Interviews. Like to Play Games; specials include Play- Directed By, The Outer Limits and various boy 360, Maui Playmate Challenge, Ron special February programing with Showtime USA Network New Yak Harris' Camera -Up Close and Dangerous; Celebrates Black History Month. Original series include Silk Stalkings, USA's Fab 40s, College Girls, Private Diaries, Tuesday Night Fights, TekWar, Weird Sci- Sensual Fantasies for Lovers, Playmate of Superstation WTBS Atlanta ence, Duckman, ltsy Bitsy Spider and Prob- the Year Jenny McCarthy, Wet & Wild Original documentaries include Audubon: lem Child. USA Pictures originals include Out Locker Room, Love, Sex & Intimacy, Flamingowatch, Anatomy of Love, Hank of Annie's Past, My Antonia and Circum- Celebrity Centerfold: LaToya Jackson, Aaron: Chasing the Dream, Audubon: The stances Unknown. Secrets, Video Calendar 1995 and Girls of Man Who Loves Bears, Driving Passion, Hooters; live series include Night Calls and Cousteau's 85th Birthday Celebration, VH -1 New Yak Playboy Uncovered; Playboy's special Cousteau: Madagascar, Audubon: Going the The Big 80's, Top 10 Video Countdown, VH-1 series include Sex Under Hot Lights, Play- Grand, The Private Life of Plants, Popcorn Crossroads, 4 On The Floor, Naked Cafe, 8- boy's Hidden Camera, Great American Venus and Idols of the Arena. Series include Track Flashback, The Last Word, The Number Strip Off, Women of Color, Hot Rocks and National Geographic Explorer, Live from the Ones, Body Language, Soul of VH-1, Flix and World of Playboy. House of Blues Presented by Pontiac Sun - FT/Fashion Television, Weekend Specials and fire, Network Earth and Feed Your Mind. original news segments including All Access, QVC West Chester, Pa. We The People, 3 To Own and Wired. Original programing includes In the Kitchen Television Food Network New Tot* with Bob, The QVC Morning Show, The Original programing includes The Well - The Weather Channel Atlanta Quest for America's Best: QVC's 50 in 50 Stocked Pantry-Nathalie Dupree Cooks, Original series and specials include Sky on Tour, Graver Studio, The QVC Sampler, High Taste, Chef du Jour with guest chefs, Grape Fire, Voices Against Violence: The Violent Tech Toys and Electronics, Fun & Leisure, Expectations, Cooking Classics, Food News & Seasons; Boating Forecast and various spe- Make Life Easier, Around the House, The Views, Getting Healthy, TV Diners, How to cials in the Forecast for Victory series, Fashion Outlet, The Linen Outlet and Health Boil Water, Robin Leach Talking Food, Eating including D-Day: Forecast for Victory and and Fitness. Light, Food in a Flash and archival footage. Battle of the Bulge: Forecast for Victory.

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Internet site mists lélermncr a0rie00r:wu,cu,nx On music cow an, ...,:e. °e° Music, TV, film software and merchandise being sold via Web naa°.cw peed-01.'10 tMemwbn on Sony mo.e: t 0sAFanBrcOrNnm, bn pictures Tllbte, intaml4on Irc':. we.+eo.na snow Wren Mi Bel . a between content provider I+m°°c+wiom+nwn. Sony has decided to swim against and an online service. On electronics minx ,^n' the current. It is going on the By setting up its own site on Internet without an alliance with a the Internet, Sony New Tech- electronic ^°^'°'m"°^ s'" publishin "` .^,ra,"'°° major online service such as America nologies hopes to coordinate Online, Prodigy or CompuServe. different divisions and make Sony, a huge company with various their products available to consumer hardware and software prod- computer users accessing the ucts at its disposal, can afford to sub- Internet's World Wide Web. vert the conventional relationship Among the divisions

involved in the project are OelnNi, Wren; fi4rn44:uz Sony Music Entertainment, 01117. Sony Electronics, Sony Pic- tures Entertainment, Sony Electronic Publishing, Sony Sony sells a variety of products via the Internet. Program Signatures and Sony Retail Entertainment. of text and graphics as part of future Sony Online's strategy is to develop radio programing. guides a direct marketing channel and, in the The company also is integrating its case of music, bypass conventional software divisions, which develop CD- retail distribution channels by estab- ROMs and video games under the Sony face off lishing a closer relationship with its Electronic Publishing, Sony ImageSoft customers. Sony "OnMusic" will pro- and Psygnosis labels. Sony will debut Patent claims, distribution worries vide news and information about its some demos of software titles through mark battle for screen space artists, including details on upcoming its Internet area. releases and artist tours. "The Vault" Sony Pictures Entertainment will use Pa Gm;¢o4 , will offer a complete archival listing of the Internet to promote film releases the company's music releases. from Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pic- The delay in rolling out digital set -top Beyond music, Sony has a number of tures, Sony Pictures Classics and Tri- boxes, while a bane to some, has television properties that it will pro- umph Films. The company also will proved a benefit to some makers of mote through the Internet, including use the online platform to promote its interactive electronic program guides. Columbia TriStar's network shows and Sony Theatres, Sony Imax Theatre and Six companies have dropped out of syndicated programing. Sony will pro- Interfilm interactive film technology. the field in the past two years, blaming vide program information and will Sony also is thinking of cross -plat- the long delay in rolling out digital make available promotional video form promotions, such as the upcoming boxes. Five new providers have rushed clips, graphic images, sounds and text. movie release of "Johnny Mneumon- to fill the vacancies and will compete Sony's new radio arm, SW Net- ic," based on William Gibson's cyber- with previously announced providers works, also is involved in the push to punk novel, which will coincide with a StarSight Telecast, TV Guide On integrate online with existing products. film soundtrack, videogame title and Screen and Prevue Networks. The new SW Networks calls itself The Radio other merchandise. providers say they will have no prob- Picture Company and will have a direct Sony Online's Internet address is continues on page 52 link to Sony Online with a combination http: //www.sony.com. Broadcasting & Cable Feb 20 1995 51 1eleirmali

PROGRAM GUIDES Le Groupe Videotron also data services that would pro- full partner with News Corp., continued from page 51 has developed an electronic vide fast, online -like updates the publisher of TV Guide guide, but does not intend to of news, sports and other magazine and owner of the lem competing, despite their market it outside its Vide - services. Fox broadcast network. late entry in the market, oway systems in Quebec, Prevue Networks, which because the unsuccessful Canada. Emulating StarSight provides scrolling program companies were unable to Several other companies, The new guides clearly guides to 37 million homes, establish a foothold. They including IBM, have shown intend to emulate StarSight's has a considerable head also express complete confi- prototypes at trade shows strategy, which avoids focus- start in converting sub- dence that they will be able and are believed to have ing exclusively on program scribers to interactive ver- to maneuver around the dis- guides in the works. listings. Instead, each will sions of the service. For tribution worries and patent Many standard features of strive to "create a business example, it is providing the concerns that caused the previously announced out of navigating through interactive guide for Time shakeout in the first place. guides will be offered by the programing choices where Warner's Full Service Net- Three of the five new new guides, including: the consumer won't know work in Orlando, Fla. Star - providers- Microsoft, seven days of listings, when he is moving from nav- Sight is participating in Via- VideoGuide and Interactive channel sorting by igation to entertainment," com's test in Castro Valley, Channel- expect to launch theme, such as sports or StarSight Product Group Calif., while TV Guide on guides that will compete movies, and President John Burns says. Screen is going interactive directly against the estab- color coding of the pro- Despite the general simi- in Denver. lished providers. Another gram grid. larity of many of their fea- company, Home Information Several of the companies tures, the new providers still Patent fight TV, expects to provide an also intend to leverage the may face an uphill battle in Distribution is not the only overall navigation system guides' navigational capa- building their niche. One challenge the new program that would include a guide. bilities to launch ancillary problem may be distribu- guide providers face. Star - tion. StarSight and TV Sight claims that its patents Guide On Screen already give it exclusive rights to have cornered much of the provide key electronic guide ct+i, cable market, winning the features, such as one -touch financial backing of multiple remote taping of shows from \. system operators that repre- the program grid, certain sent 21 million of the program -selection features, nation's 53 million cable pop -up program information subscribers. They won that and customized channel backing by selling equity setup. StarSight is aggres- shares in their respective sively defending its patent services to the MSOs. Unit- claims in lawsuits against ed Video -owned Prevue, Prevue Networks and Gem - meanwhile, has cable links Star, the maker of the VCR with 37 million homes. Plus technology for video- MSOs that have bought taping programs. into StarSight represent The patent claims are so more than 11 million homes. formidable that companies ESPN hits the slopes They include Viacom Cable, planning to develop program Cox Cable Communica- guides with one -touch tap- ESPN and Intellimedia Sports have released a new ski tions /Times Mirror Cable ing, including GTE, have instruction CD -ROM featuring Olympic stars A.J. Kitt, Television, KBLCOM and postponed their plans. Oth- Picabo Street and Holly Flanders. The disk features the Providence Journal's ers, such as TV Guide on personalized coaching and instruction tips combining Colony Communications. Screen, Scientific -Atlanta sound, graphics, text and full- motion video. It also Bell Atlantic Video Services and General Instrument, includes information and instruction for beginning to also has affiliated with the have decided to provide sim- expert skiers. The video segments were shot at Snow- service, although it has post- pler services without record- bird Mountain in Utah. poned buying in until regu- ing capabilities. The CD -ROM will run on IBM -compatible and Macin- latory restrictions on region- However, new guide tosh -based computers, as well as Panasonic's 3D0 al Bell operating companies providers think they have Interactive Multiplayer system. The IBM version pro- are lifted. room to maneuver around vides an online connection to Prodigy Ski Guide, which TV Guide On Screen also the patents. "Many people will give avid skiers information on more than 100 ski has the patronage of a heavy don't believe StarSight's areas, including details on daily snow conditions, lift hitter, Tele- Communications patents are as broad as they ticket prices, number of lifts open and other relevant Inc., which serves more than claim, " Home Information information about the mountain they plan to visit. - 10 million homes. TCI is TV President Michael Garr developing the service as a says. "The feeling is that the 52 Feb 201995 Broadcasting & Cabla Telemeidia,

A prototype of a Microsoft guide already `Channel Surfing' has been shown to selected analysts. However, the finished product probably will with Microsoft be completely different, Jennings says. The prototype displays four squares It's not your imagination-Microsoft's finger labeled "Channel Surfing," "Who's Watch- is in just about every pie. The Redmond, ing," "Reactor" and "Branded Guides." 'hit is ('hallér é Wash. -based software giant is developing "Channel Surfing" allows viewers to flip an electronic program guide as "one of through program options. Viewers can use dozens" of interactive services that will be a three -digit code to move faster into the Entertainment tested by Southwestern Bell in Richardson, genre that they want. "Who's Watching" is Tex., and Tele- Communications Inc. in the equivalent of a bestseller list. Viewers awards strike Seattle. Microsoft is acting as software can automatically tune in to the most pop- interactive chord developer for both trials, which are sched- ular shows airing at any given time. "Reac- The Internet, online services and emerging interactive tele- uled to launch late this year or early in 1996. tor" is an icon -based program that allows vision systems are giving the "You can expect to see one from us," users to click on a variety of programing public increasing opportunities confirms Laura Jennings, senior director, based on "fun" themes. "Branded Guides" to state their opinions on a marketing and business development, for features shows that are recommended by variety of issues. Now several Microsoft's advanced consumer technolo- different magazines. In the prototype, an of the entertainment awards gy division. Jennings says Microsoft is editor from Family Life magazine appeared shows are adding an interac- assuming that the field will remain wide onscreen to preview shows likely to appeal tive component so viewers can open for the foreseeable future. to that magazine's readers. -PK make their choices known. GTE's mainStreet interac- tive TV network will let its patent has been challenged taping. tronic program guides will cable subscribers in Massa- and has been narrowed pret- be very small," Garr says. chusetts and Southern Cali- fornia vote for the Oscar win- ty much to their own imple- HITV offers box alternative "Tens of millions of homes ners; then when the 67th mentation of it." Garr says Home Information today do not even have a Annual Academy Awards are "We have engineered our TV is well -positioned to sell simple set -top box. broadcast on ABC, GTE main - product so that we do not services to cable MSOs "We know we can do the Street subscribers will be violate any patents," says because HITV does not same things with less band- able to compare their choices Frank Reitter, vice presi- require a costly digital box width with existing technol- with the winners. As part of dent, sales and marketing, or new TVs or VCRs ogy, " Garr says. "That's the Oscar nominations last VideoGuide. And, he says, equipped with chip sets. important, because people week, the Academy of Motion VideoGuide offers as many "If people have to buy a are not willing to pay a pre- Picture Arts & Sciences sent features as any other service, $350 box and pay $10 per mium for these things. Sure, the list of nominees over its including one -touch VCR month, the market for elec- continues on page 54 World Wide Web site on the Internet and also over ABC's television section on America Online. Program guide offerings: Who has what On Feb. 27, the Grammy Prevue TV Guide Video- Awards will be broadcast on Feature Networks On Screen StarSight Telecast Guide**** CBS, and the National Acade- my of Recording Arts & Sci- Fast forward, rewind ences, along with Adam Point and tune Curry's On -Ramp, will pro- Point and record duce the multimedia portion Program reminder* on the Internet. Program theme sorting ** PPV info The Box expands Search by title global plan Video Jukebox Network, the Changeable background interactive TV service avail- Lock out selected programs able through cable operators Bill viewing as The Box, plans to go over-

Favorite channels macro * ** X seas. The service offers view- ers music videos in an on- Barker ads x x demand format for roughly $2 Notes: * Reminds users that favorite programs are on. ** StarSight offers 13 different themes, including closed captioning, per song. The Box is available which take up two different screens. The other services have five -eight themes. *** Viewers can access program in more than 20 million U.S. information about up to 11 favorite channels with the touch of a button. *** *Comparable information is not available from Microsoft, Interactive Channel, Home Information 1V or Le Groupe Videofron. Source: Arlen Communications. homes.

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PROGRAM GUIDES are only so many things you Reitter says. "But we defi- C..P4..(4 continued from page 53 can do with a guide.... The nitely plan to provide addi- features of a program guide tional services. Right now Feb. 22- 23- Digital Holly- they are willing to pay for are not the critical item, and we think that news and American wood, sponsored by largest Expositions Inc. Beverly Hills some convenience. Sure, the guide itself is not the sports have the audi- Hilton, Beverly Hills. Contact: they are also willing to pay magic bullet. Local data is." ence potential." 212 -226 -4141. for personalized informa- HITV hopes to sell the StarSight also is covering tion. But they are not will- boxes to cable operators at all its bases. The service is Feb. 27 -March 1- Consumer ing to pay more than $5 per cost and make services available via cable and telco Online Services II: Entry Strate- month." available for less than $1 per set -top devices; satellite; and gies for Mainstream Media, HITV's interim solution is subscriber. "They'll be able TVs, VCRs and stand -alone sponsored by Jupiter Communi- cations and CMP Publications. a paperback -size device, a to price the service any way devices distributed through Crowne Plaza Hotel, New York. sidecar, which is attached to they like," Garr says. consumer electronic outlets. Contact: Harry Larson, 212- a television. It will cost Which electronic program VideoGuide takes wireless way 941 -9252. $100 -$150. The sidecar, guide prevails, of course, which is driven by remote VideoGuide is taking an will be up to the consumer. Feb. 28 -March 3-Satellite control, will have consider- entirely different path to "The consumer will decide '95, sponsored by Phillips Busi- able computing capabilities, distribution. It is taking its what features and ness Information. Sheraton benefits Washington, Washington. Con- receive transmissions at "cable- independent" ser- they want as [companies] go tact: 1-800-777-5006; 301- 9600 baud and feature tele- vices directly to the cus- into more trials," says Tom 424-3338. phone dial -out capabilities, tomer, with plans to trans- Hillman, product manager, according to Garr. "Our plan mit program lists and other Scala Computer TV, a com- March 14- 16-New Media is to have a multifunctional, data via paging frequencies. pany that is developing Inter- Expo, sponsored by The low -cost service that does The data will be received onscreen aesthetics for some face Group. Los Angeles Con- he a vention Center. Contact: 617- multiple services," says. over special set -top device of the guide providers. 449 -6600. Besides program listings, that will be sold by elec- "Those companies that have HITV may provide interac- tronics stores for less than brand recognition in the March 20- 23- SUPERCOMM tive shopping, news, infor- $100. This approach will market today, and that get to '95 with ICA EXPO, sponsored mation and transaction ser- allow the company to reach the market first with their by the Telecommunications vices. both cable and non -cable product, will most likely Industry Association, the United "We believe a critical ele- subscribers. play a major in the States Telephone Association role and the International Communi- ment is giving the cable Like HITV, VideoGuide developing market." cations Association. Anaheim operator the ability to do intends to provide additional Peter Krasilovsky is a senior Convention Center, Anaheim, local data," adds Garr, a for- services. "Our core service analyst with Arlen Communi- Calif. Contact: ICA, 214 -716- mer executive with the Pub- will be the program guide 4140; TIA, 202 -457 -4935; lic Broadcasting Services's and the one -touch record cations, a new-media consult- USTA, 202-326-7279. New Media division. "There capability," VideoGuide's ing firm in Bethesda, Md. May 7-10--Cable '95, spon- sored by the National Cable Television Association. Dallas Sprint signs Sega for VDT trial Convention Center, Dallas. Con- tact: NCTA, 202 -775 -3606. Sprint has begun lining up interactive markets by the end of March, including May 31-June 3-Multimedia offerings for its video dialtone trial in North Baton Rouge; Palo Alto and Cupertino, '95 Exposition and Forum, Carolina by signing Sega Channel as its both California; Tucson, Ariz.; West Hart- sponsored by Multimedia Trade interactive gaming service. ford, Conn.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; and Shows Inc. Metropolitan Toronto Sprint recently received FCC approval Chicago. Convention Centre, Toronto, to conduct an interactive broadband trial in Subscribers to the Sega Channel have Canada. Contact: 905 -660- 1,000 households in Wake Forest, N.C. to purchase a special adapter cartridge 2491. The trial is slated to start later this year. and connect it to their Sega Genesis April 4-The Big Picture: The The Sprint -Sega agreement could be videogame system. Sprint's coaxial cable Business of Entertainment, the beginning of a boom for Sega Chan- drop will connect to the gaming system sponsored by Variety and nel, which is one of the few operational and adapter. Wertheim Schroder & Co. The interactive services on the market. As tele- Sega Channel was created by Sega of Pierre Hotel, New York. Contact: phone and cable companies upgrade their America, Tele- Communications Inc. and Davis Temin, 212 -492 -6082. networks for the broadband future, the Time Warner Entertainment and has been June 5- 7-Digital World, spon- position of the company's ready- for -mar- tested over a number of cable systems. sored by Seybold Seminars and ket interactive services could grow Cable subscribers are charged $13 -$15 Softbank Expos, Los Angeles stronger. per month for unlimited use of the chan- Convention Center. Contact: Sega Channel already operates in 23 nel, and cable operators pay around Kathleen Burke, 415-578-6963. cities. It plans to expand to a total of 58 $5,000 to add the service to their systems.

54 Feb 20 1995 Broadcasting & Cable Radio groups finish '94 with solid gains Many public companies turned in double -digit revenue, cash-flow performances By Donna Petrozzello ing revenue and a 24% rise in broad- totaled $29.7 million, up from $25.8 Fourth- quarter and year -end fi- cast cash flow in the fourth quarter. million in 1993. Broadcast cash flow nancial reports from several pub- Jacor's year -end '94 results showed totaled $10.7 million, compared with licly traded radio group owners an 11% increase in net revenue and a $8.7 million the year before. understated the strong fiscal gains in 29% increase in broadcast cash flow. Evergreen Chairman /CEO Scott advertising revenue that radio stations The company's net broadcasting Ginsburg says, "The fourth quarter in nearly all markets saw in 1994. revenue totaled $98.4 million in 1994 results demonstrate that our funda- Most companies reported double -digit and $25.9 million in the fourth quar- mental corporate strategy of growing growth in net broadcasting revenue ter. By comparison, in 1993 Jacor Evergreen's presence in the nation's and broadcast cash flow for both the reported net broadcasting revenue of major radio markets is paying off." last quarter of 1994 and the year in $88.3 million for the year and $23.3 Evergreen reports consolidated net total. Following is a summary of fiscal million for the fourth quarter. revenue in 1994 of $110.4 million, up reports from several public companies Jacor President /COO Randy 3.1% from 1993. Broadcast cash flow (figures are on a pro forma basis). Michaels attributes the increases to totaled $41.1 million, up 9.3 %. EZ Communications reported a strong performance by its Denver Ginsburg also says that the compa- 10% increase in net broadcasting rev- duopoly of KAZY(FM)/KRFX(FM). ny expects revenue and cash -flow enue and a 17% increase in broadcast Jacor reported net income of $7.9 growth to continue this year, helped cash flow during fourth quarter 1994 million, or 37 cents per share in in part by the company's recent (ended Dec. 31). The company's 1994, a 250% increase over 1993's acquisition of Broadcasting Partners year-end results also show a double - $1.4 million (10 cents per share). Net Inc.'s 11 stations. The acquisition digit increase in broadcast cash flow income for fourth quarter '94 was boosts Evergreen's station total to 22 and improved net revenue over 1993. $3.1 million (14 cents per share), and gives it its first station in New Ron Peele, EZ's chief financial compared with fourth quarter '93 York. officer, says the company's gross rev- totals of $900,000 (5 cents per share). SFX Broadcasting Inc.'s latest enue of $22.36 million in the fourth Evergreen Media Corp. report- financial report shows a 13°Ic quarter compared with $20.4 million ed net revenue 11% greater in fourth increase in net broadcasting revenue for the same quarter in 1993. Broad- quarter 1994 compared with the same and a 22% gain in broadcast cash cast cash flow totaled $7.2 million in period in `93, while broadcast cash flow for fourth quarter 1994. SFX fourth quarter 1994, compared with flow was up nearly 15% over 1993 posted a 17% increase in net revenue $6.2 million in 1993. during the same period. and a 41% increase in broadcast cash As for 1994 as a whole, EZ reports Net revenue in the fourth quarter flow for 1994. net broadcasting revenue of $72.5 SFX had net revenue of $15 mil- million, up 5.4% from 1993's $68.5 lion in fourth quarter 1994, up from million. The company reported CBS Radio tackles $13.3 million for the same period in broadcast cash flow for 1994 of near- 1993. Broadcast cash flow totaled ly $26 million, 15% higher than the college football $6.1 million for fourth quarter 1994, $22 million in 1993. In a joint venture with Kentucky - compared with $5 million in the same EZ Communications President/ based Host Communications, period in 1993. CEO Alan Box attributed the rises to CBS Radio Networks will devel- The company also reported net "increased advertising revenue" and op and broadcast college football income for fourth quarter 1994 at the performance of EZ's wusL(FM) games nationwide beginning in $305,000 (4 cents per share) as com- Philadelphia and KzoK(AM) Seattle, August. CBS and Host will offer pared with a loss of $14.9 million acquired in midyear. EZ also forged affiliates coverage of two games ($2.62 per share) in fourth quarter deals last December (now awaiting each Saturday for 13 weeks, 1993. Net income for 1994 was $1.8 FCC approval) to purchase wBYu(AM)- August through January, culmi- million (26 cents per share), com- wRNo(FM) New Orleans and KBEQ -AM- nating with Orange Bowl and pared with a loss of $17.7 million FM Kansas City, Mo., and entered a Fiesta Bowl coverage. Host also ($7.08 per share) in 1993. one -year purchase option for KFKF -FM will provide game highlights. The Commenting on the company's Kansas City, Kan. The pending deals, companies jointly produce and 1994 performance, SFX Chairman/ expected to close early this year, will distribute coverage of men's and CEO Robert F.X. Sillerman an- give EZ duopolies in eight markets. women's NCAA basketball nounced that SFX received a commit- Jacor Communications report- games. -DP ment from the Bank of New York for a ed an 11% increase in net broadcast- $50 million secured credit facility.

Broadcasting & Cable Feb 20 1995 55 This week's tabulation of station and system sales

WOLL(FM) Riviera Beach (West Pharr, both Texas, which are being Palm Beach -Boca Raton), Fla. Pur- Proposed station trades sold, pending FCC approval. KMCK -FM chased by OmniAmerica Group (Carl By dollar volume and number of sales has CHR format on 105.7 mhz with Hirsch, CEO) from Lappin Communi- This week: 100 kw and antenna 410 ft. Broker: cations Inc. (W. Robert Lappin) for AMs -1$3,125,000 ri 5 Media Services Group. $6.5 million. Buyer is pending FMs $12,475,000 j 8 WCMI(AM) Ashland and WCMI -FM assignee of WEAT -AM -FM West Palm Combos $2,425,000 6 Catlettsburg, both Kentucky Pur- Beach and wxxL(FM) Orlando, both TVs $0 chased by KenMar Inc. (Thomas Wolf, Florida. Buyer owns WHK(AM)- 0 Total $18,025,000 19 chairman; Mike Kirtner, president) WMJI(FM)/WMMS(FM) Cleveland and from First Communications Inc. So far in 1994: WLLD(FM) /WLOH(AM)- WHOK(FM) Colum- (Richard Martin Jr. and Scott Martin) bus, both Ohio, and WAPE(FM) /WFYv(FM) AMs $15,472,000 22 for $750,000. Buyer and seller have Jacksonville, Fla. Seller owns WMAS- FMs ri $115,729,000 ri 42 no other broadcast interests. wcMi(AM) AM-FM Springfield, Mass. woLL has AC Combos $65,508,500 37 has talk format on 1340 khz with 1 kw. format on 94.3 mhz with 1.26 kw and TVs $2,222,057,834 67 WCMI -FM has AC format on 92.7 mhz antenna 480 ft. Broker: Media Venture Total $1,182,629,500 106 with 3 kw and antenna 298 ft. Partners. KMVP(AM) Commerce City, Colo. WBZK(FM) Chester, S.C. Pur- 103.9 mhz with 380 w and antenna Purchased by KLZ Radio Inc. (Don- chased by Jefferson Pilot Radio ald Crawford, president) from KMVP (Clarke Brown, VP /radio) from 910 ft. Filed Jan. 17 (BTC950117GE; BTCH950227GF). Inc. (Willie Davis and Ann McCullom) Chester Broadcasting (Curtis Sigmon) for $750,000. Buyer is president and for $1.5 million. Buyer owns 6 AM and WFIV(AM) Kissimmee, Fla. Pur- 100% owner of Dontron Inc., licensee 7 FM stations. Seller owns WBZK(AM) chased by Kissor Communications of KPBC(AM) Garland, Tex.; WYCA -FM Rock Hill, S.C. WBZK has AC /oldies for- Inc. (Jorge Perez, president /100% Hammond, Ind.; KBRT(AM) Avalon and mat on 99.3 mhz with 7.6 kw and owner) from Radio Florida Broad- Kcsc(AM) Riverbank, both California; antenna 603 ft. Broker: Force Com- casters (Edward Allmon, president) WMUZ -FM Detroit; KSTL(AM) /KJSL(AM) St. munications. for $900,000. Buyer has no other Louis; WDCX-FM Buffalo, WDCZ -FM interests. has no WRIO -FM Ponce, P.R. Purchased broadcast Seller Webster and wocw(AM) Syracuse, all interests. WFIV has by ARSO Radio Corp. from Family other broadcast New York; WDJC -AM -FM Birmingham, Broadcasting Inc. for $1.5 million. country format on 1080 khz with 10 Ala.; KPHP(AM) Lake Oswego, Ore.; kw. Broker: Hadden & Associates. Buyer owns WNEL(AM)- WPRM -FM and KLZ(AM) Denver and KLTT(AM) Filed Dec. 12, 1994 (BAL941219EB). Caguas and WIVA -FM Aguadilla, both Brighton, both Colorado. Seller's Puerto Rico. WRIO -FM is licensed to KICI -FM Corsicana, Tex. Pur- principal, Willie Davis, is majority 101.1 mhz with 34 kw and antenna chased by Rodriguez -Heftel -Texas shareholder of All Pro Broadcasting 1,768 ft. Broker: Rumba ut & Associ- Inc. from Corsicana Communications Inc., licensee of KACE(FM) Inglewood, ates. Inc. The original assignment applica- KCKC(AM) San Bernardino and tion was withdrawn because the KABE(FM) Lake Arrowhead, all Califor- WQSI(AM) Frederick and WZYQ nia, and wMcs(AM) Greenfield and (FM) Braddock Heights, Md. FCC's Minority Tax Certificate hold- ing WLUM -FM Milwaukee, both Wisconsin. Transfer of control of Musical Heights period would not permit action on the KMVP is unbuilt, licensed to 670 khz Inc. from Leo and Doris Shank and original proposed assignment with 2.5 kw day, 1 kw night. Howard and Alice Fisher to Liberty until after Nov. 17, 1994. Therefore, Broadcasting Group (Michael the license was assigned to Corsi- WREF(AM) Ridgefield, Conn. Pur- Craven, chairman) for $950,000. cana Communications Inc., another chased by WREF Inc. (Arthur Liu, Rodriguez, in Buyer owns wMxB(FM) Richmond, wholly owned entity of president /100% owner) from Ridge- exchange for a $900,000 note, an Va.; WXTR -FM Waldorf and WHFS(FM) field Broadcasting Corp. (Dennis Jack- LMA to operate the station and the president, 47.5 %; and wife Mau- Annapolis, both Maryland; WGNA -AM- son, option to acquire the license. Filed reen Jackson, 43.1 %) for $650,000. FM Albany, WHFM(FM) Southampton, Jan. 25 (BALH950125GE). wNwK(FM) N.J., wBAB -FM Babylon, wGBB(AM) Freeport, Buyer owns Newark, wKDM(AM) New York. WPYX(FM) Albany and WTRY(AM) Troy, KMCK -FM Siloam Springs, AR and Seller owns all New York; wvsR(FM) Waterbury Purchased by Hochman Communica- WQQQ(FM) Sharon, Conn.; WUVB(FM) and WPOP(AM) Hartford, both Con- tions Inc. (George Hochman) from Lebanon, N.H., and is 50% owner of necticut; and WHJJ(AM)- WHJY(FM) Tate Communications Inc. (Harvey WADQ(FM) Westport, N.Y. WREF has Providence, R.I. Seller has no other Tate, president) for $800,000 plus MOR /jazz format on 850 khz with 2.5 kw. Filed Jan. 9 (BAL950109EA). Bro- broadcast interests. WQSI has country assumed liabilities. Buyer has no ker: William Schutz format on 820 khz with 4.3 kw day, other broadcast interests. Seller owns Jr. 430 w night. wzvQ has CHR format on KTEX -FM Brownsville and KVJY(AM) WDCQ(AM) Pine Island Center

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February 3, 1995 CHANGING HANDS (Fort Myers), Fla. Purchased by Inc. (John Walton, president) for Fort Myers Broadcasting Co. (Joseph $500,000. Buyer has no other broad- Clarification: In Feb. 13 Schwartzel, VP) from Network Prop- cast interests. Seller owns KBUY(AM)- "Changing Hands," the sale of erties of America Ltd. (Robert Pas - KWES-FM Ruidoso, N.M., and KKCS -AM- wcMB(AM)- WIMx -FM Harrisburg, ton, president) for $560,000. Buyer FM Colorado Springs. KDJW has country Pa., is subject to approval of the owns WINK -AM -FM /WINK -TV Fort Myers, format on 1010 khz with 5 kw day, 500 bankruptcy court. Fla. Seller has no other broadcast w night. KBUY -FM has country format on interests. WDCQ has talk format on 94.1 mhz with 100 kw. Broker: Norman sport and WNTJ(AM)- WMTz(FM) John- 1200 khz with 10 kw day, 1 kw night. Fischer & Associates Inc. stown, all Pennsylvania. Seller owns Broker: Donald K. Clark Inc. WHZR(FM) Royal Center, Ind. Pur- WXKW(AM) Allentown, WNGH(FM) WKZY(FM) La Belle, Fla. Pur- chased by Mid -America Radio Group Tamaqua, WLSH(AM) Lansford and chased by LaBelle Broadcasting Inc. of Logansport-Peru Inc. (David Keis- WQXA-AM-FM York, all Pennsylvania. (Thomas Smith, president, and L.J. ter, president/100% owner) from Bul- Buyer also is permittee of WMHU(FM) Nobels Jr., VP, 50% each) from mer Communications of Logansport Renovo and wMPA(FM) Mansfield, both Omega Broadcasting Corp. for Inc. (John Bulmer, president) for Pennsylvania, which are being sold to $550,000. Buyer and seller have no $380,000. Buyer owns WKBV(AM)- different buyers. WMRE has religious other broadcast interests. WKZY has WFMG(FM) Richmond, wBAT(AM) Mari- format on 1190 khz with 1 kw day, 17 w country format on 92.1 mhz with 3 kw on, wlou(AM)- wzwz(FM) Kokomo and night. WFRY has hot country format on and antenna 299 ft. wcJC(FM) Van Buren, all Indiana; 95.5 mhz with 3.9 kw and antenna 239 WBTA(AM) -WBTF -FM Batavia -Atti- wBwN(FM) Le Roy, III., and is permittee ft. Filed Jan. 23 (AM: BAL950123GE; ca, N.Y. 7 Purchased by Bro -Ben of new FM in Fairbury, III., and 49% FM: BALH950123GF). Communications Inc. (Kevin Doran, permittee of wvNI(FM) Nashville, Ind. WMTL(AM) -WKHG -FM Leitchfield, sole stockholder) from Jack T. King II WHZR has CHR format on 103.7 mhz Ky. Purchased by Heritage Media (trustee for liquidating trust) for with 6 kw and antenna 328 ft. Filed of Kentucky Inc. (Mark Buckles, pres- $500,000. Buyer owns wLEA(AM)- Jan. 9 (BALH950109GF). ident, 25 %; Dennis Buckles, 75 %) WCKR-FM Hornell, N.Y. Seller has no WMRE(AM) Hughesville and from Rough River Broadcasting Co. other broadcast interests. wBTA(AM) WFRY(FM) Salladasburg, both (Kenneth Goff, president) for has news format on 1490 $350,000. no khz with Pennsylvania Purchased by Dame Buyer has other broad- 500 w 1 day, kw night. WBTF -FM has Media (Alan Hassman and Gerald cast interests. WMTL has C &W format country format on 101.7 mhz with on 870 khz with WKHG 3 Morrison, directors) from North Penn 500 w day. -FM kw and antenna 295 ft. Broker: Media has AC format on 104.9 mhz with 3.5 Broadcasting Inc. (Harold Fulmer II, Services Group Inc. kw and antenna 250 100% owner) for $375,000. Buyer ft. KDJW(AM) -KBUY -FM Amarillo, Tex. owns WGY(AM)- wRVE(FM) Schenectady, KRSH(FM) Middletown, Calif. o Pur- Purchased by NFL Broadcasting N.Y.; WHP(AM) /WKBO(AM)- WRVV(FM) Har- chased by Independent Broadcasting LLC (Cliff Boyd, principal) from KDJW risburg, WRAK(AM)- WKSB(FM) William- Corp. (Mary Constant, president/100% owner) from Wine Country Radio B O T T O M L I N E (Robert Cross, president/ director) for $345,000. Buyer has no other broad- Reuters revenue gains 23% production efforts- supplying more cast interests. Seller is general man- Financial information services giant program packages to would -be ager of KxBx -AM -FM Lakeport and Reuters Holdings PLC reports a clients to supplement the raw KOPM(FM) Ukiah, both California. KRSH 23% revenue gain for 1994, to just footage it gathers worldwide. Job has adult album alternative format on over $3.6 billion. Earnings per also says Reuters Financial Televi- 98.7 mhz with 3 kw and antenna 213 ft. share climbed 20 %, to $2.03, while sion, which now covers currency Filed Jan. 19 (BAPH950119GF). will operating profit climbed 21 %, to markets, expand to cover other areas. WCOH(AM) Newnan, Ga. Pur- $718 million. Television revenue, chased by Coweta Communications from sources including the TV Corp. (Stephen Tarkenton, president) United income up 42% news agency, Reuters Television from Newnan Broadcasting Co. Inc. and Reuters Financial Television, United Television, the group televi- (Dallas Tarkenton Ill, president, rose 10 %, to $218 million. Compa- sion station owner and partner with majority shareholder) for assumption ny executives expect further growth Paramount in the new UPN net- of debt valued at $265,000. Buyer in the television segment this year, work, reports 1994 net income of owns WEKS(FM) Zebulon, Ga. Seller given new agreements to provide $35.2 million, up 42 %, on revenue owns WMKJ -FM Peachtree City, Ga., news -gathering services to both of $151 million, up 16 %. The com- which also is being sold to assignee Fox Broadcasting in the pany also reports U.S. and record fourth - (BROADCASTING & CABLE, Jan. 30). Sky Television in the UK Company quarter net income -$12.5 million, Stephen and Dallas Tarkenton are Chief Executive up Peter Job says the 44 %, on record revenue of $46.7 brothers. WCOH has country format on division will continue to expand its million, up 20 %. -SM 1400 khz with 1 kw. Filed Jan. 4 (BAL950104EB).

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Kids TV plan spells controversy for Hundt Proposal would allow one station to shoulder another's educational obligation By Christopher Stern specific obligation for broadcasting missioners. "We don't license mar- FCC Chairman Reed Hundt's pro - educational programing, although kets, we license stations," Commis- posal to toughen the commis- they must "serve...the educational sioner Andrew Barrett said last month sion's rules governing children's and informational needs of children at the NAIPE International conven- television is running into trouble with through [their] overall programing," tion in Las Vegas. broadcasters, public interest groups according to FCC rules. FCC Commissioner James Quello and even his fellow commissioners. Broadcasters oppose mandatory has First Amendment concerns about A vote on the proposal is likely to requirements to carry children's pro- a policy that would influence a TV be put off until April while Hundt graming. "If there are to be quantita- station's programing content. How- finalizes the controversial proposi- tive guidelines, we give the chairman ever, his office last week said he has tion, which FCC officials say is still great credit for a very creative pro- not reached a final decision on the in the "gestation phase." posal. But we don't agree that the subject. Hundt's proposal would require [Children's Television] Act calls for Other FCC officials say the pro- broadcasters to air three to five hours or permits quantitative guidelines," posed policy could raise antitrust im- of educational programing each Martin Franks, senior vice president, plications because it would require week. But it also would allow one CBS, says of the 1990 law. broadcasters to work together to de- television station to pay another to Jack Fields (R- Tex.), chairman of termine programing for a market. carry most of that obligation. VHF the House Telecommunications Sub- Public interest groups also are broadcasters would be allowed to committee, says the FCC should leery. "Assuming it is lawful, it's trade their children's TV obligation impose no new children's television lousy policy because it removes only to another VHF broadcaster, requirements on broadcasters. broadcasters from the obligation to according to one version of the plan. Aspects of the plan also have run program for the community," says Stations currently have no such into trouble with Hundt's fellow com- Andrew Schwartzman, executive

U.S. delegation seeks international presence at summit

U.S. broadcasters and cable Telephone and computer operators will be key players at executives also are slated to an international economic sum- attend, including Robert Allen, mit on developing a global infor- chairman, AT &T; Ed McCrack- mation society. en, chairman, Silicon Graphics; The executives are members Ivan Seidenberg, incoming of a U.S. delegation that fea- chairman, Nynex; and Michael tures Vice President Al Gore, Spindler, president, Apple Secretary of Commerce Ron Computer. Brown and FCC Chairman The summit is being held by Reed Hundt. The two -day sum- the world's seven leading eco- mit is scheduled for Feb. 25 -27 nomic powers. A major topic in Brussels. may be a report released last Among the industry repre- week by the Clinton administra- sentatives who will be at the "G- tion on how a "global information The cover for the administration's "global infor- 7 Conference on the Informa- mation infrastructure" was designed by Peter Max. infrastructure" (GII) might be tion Society" are Time Warner developed. Called "The Global Chairman Gerald Levin, Disney Channel President Information Infrastructure: Agenda for Cooperation," the John Cooke and Percy Sutton, chairman emeritus, report outlines five principles that should serve as the Inner City Broadcasting. foundation for the GII: encourage private investment; A highlight of the conference will be a roundtable dis- promote competition; provide open access; create a flex- cussion among the U.S. businessmen and their foreign ible regulatory environment; and insure universal service. counterparts. The White House says the summit is the The Gil will make possible a "global information mar- first time industrial nations have gathered solely to ketplace" that will lead to a "more peaceful and democ- address telecommunications issues. ratic world," Gore said. -KM

Broadcasting & Cable Feb 20 1995 59 WASHINGTON director, Media Access Project. broadcasters to do something specif- let commercial broadcasters off the Schwartzman and others are push- ic," says Peggy Charren, who found- hook by allowing them to pay others ing for stepped -up regulation of kids ed the now- defunct Action for Chil- to shoulder their kids TV obligations. TV, saying the FCC has a legal oblig- dren's Television. Henry Becton Jr., president of public ation to promote educational pro- A marketwide approach to chil- TV station WGBH Boston, agrees graming. Children's TV advocates dren's programing could be a boon to with Charren. "While we would be want the FCC to require broadcasters pubic broacasting stations, which happy to have additional funds to to carry a minimum number of hours might find themselves in the position produce more educational program- of children's programing each week. of being paid by commercial stations ing, we do not feel we should be the "It's up to the commission to make to carry FCC -approved fare. only place to carry quality program- this law work, and that means telling But Charren says the FCC cannot ing," he says.

House Telecommunications Subcommittee Broadcasting on Feb. 10 fired back with 149 pages of Chairman Jack Fields wants to cut the FCC's answers and, according to a CPB spokeswoman, "sev- budget. "We've got to come up with some budget - eral thousand pages" of attachments. Pressler's Jan. 27 recession numbers between now and March 15," Fields inquiry raised a stir for asking questions -later with- said last week during an appearance on National drawn -about the "gender, age and ethnicity" Empowerment Television, the conservative cable net- of National Public Radio employes, and the work run by Republicans. "We've been charged by names and titles of those who had worked for Speaker [Newt] Gingrich [R -Gal to take a hard look at i evangelical Christian stations. Pressler (R- how the federal govern- S.D.) directed his questions to CPB, NPR, ment functions and how the Public Broadcasting money is spent. That's what Service and several other we're going to do at the public broadcasting enti- FCC," said Fields (R- Tex.). to_ ties. PBS, in its 21 -page President Clinton has said he wants to response to Pressler, declined to increase the FCC's budget by about 20% in answer some questions, noting 1996, to $223.6 million. However, that would "questions...about specific pro- include $25 million to move the agency's head- fatc graming decisions raise signifi- quarters. Without that onetime funding counted cant First Amendment issues.... in, the FCC's budget would go up by $13.3 mil- Edited By Kim McAvoy The consequences of such disclo- lion. sures may be to dampen free Fields also said his subcommittee is working on expression by PBS and PBS producers and to infringe telecommunications -reform legislation that will "end the constitutional rights of private entities." some of the archaic rules" dealing with broadcast own- CPB told Pressler that it has no idea of the "commer- ership restrictions. "Does it make a difference how cial value of the current public broadcasting system," many stations a particular owner has? I don't think since it owns no assets. Nor does CPB know the "total [so]," Fields said. "Our goal is to make [broadcasting] a gross sales figures for goods and service connected to competitive marketplace." Fields said the subcommit- public broadcasting.... Its components are not known to tee also would examine retaining broadcast crossown- any public broadcasting entity from which the informa- ership rules. tion could be collected." However, CPB notes that the status of ancillary income from CPB- funded programs The FCC's proposal to increase the cable indus- like Barney & Friends is improving. Under the latest try's user fees will directly result in an $8 million contract with the show's makers, CPB will get back at increase in consumer cable bills, the National least as much as it invested in the children's series Cable Television Association said in comments filed last - about $1.8 million. As for revenue from programs like week with the agency. The FCC wants to hike cable's Tales of the City and Three Tenors, CPB says it didn't user fees from 37 cents per subscriber to 51 cents. The fund those shows. commission also wants to increase fees for receive -only Pressler also asked whether CPB took disciplinary dishes to $120 per meter. The NCTA says that in most action against WGBH Boston after "talent and crew mem- cases, that is an increase of 10,000 %. The cable industry bers cheered President[- elect] Clinton's victory on cam- will shoulder more than $29 million in user fees, accord- era" in 1992. CPB says that "there was no need to take ing to the plan. The agency must raise more than $116 any such action in light of WGBH'S acknowledgment of million from its regulated industries. The FCC's total the errors...and its demonstrations of appropriate under- proposed budget for 1996 is $223.6 million. standing of the seriousness of the incident." WGBH itself Public broadcasters have weighed in- literally- replies that the cheering signaled programing staff mem- against Senate Commerce Committee Chairman bers' "delight that the `horse race' had come to a close Larry Pressler's 16 pages of questions about three minutes before the program was scheduled to go how they do business. The Corporation tor Public off the air...and not three minutes after."

60 Feb 201995 Broadcasting & Cable Flock of birds sighted by AT&T Company seeks FCC approval to launch three Telstar satellites By Chris McConnell could hit the U.S. domestic AT&T hopes to launch a new satellite market," says Jack constellation of domestic satel- Morse, president of Global lites. Access Telecommunica- The operator last week asked the tions Services. FCC for permission to build and Others says that the appli- launch three more Telstar satellites. cation puts to rest industry The first of the proposed birds would speculation concerning begin service in July 1997. AT &T's interest in remain- AT &T, which says it has begun the ing in the domestic satellite process of selecting a manufacturer industry. "This shows for the satellites, plans to launch AT &T's commitment," says hybrid satellites, each carrying 28 Ku- industry analyst Walter band transponders and 24 C -band Morgan. "I think it's a very transponders. The Telstar 5, 6 and 7 positive sign." satellites will use "gallium arsenide on The announcement fol- Martin Marietta Astro Space is wrapping up its germanium" solar cell technology to lows applications filed by the investigation into the fate of Telstar 402. boost the radio frequency (RF) power two other domestic satellite of the satellites; the higher power will operators in December to construct Space is wrapping up its investiga- improve their transmission quality and and launch more satellites. GE Ameri- tion into the loss of AT &T's Telstar digital through -put, AT &T says. cotn has filed for permission to build 402. The satellite manufacturer, AT &T also plans to build a ground GE -2 and GE -3 birds, and Hughes which has been studying the problem spare for the new series. Space & Communications is speeding since last fall, plans to report its find- The company is proposing to place plans to deploy a Galaxy 9 satellite. ings by the end of the month. AT &T the first satellite in the 93 degrees Hughes also has asked permission to operators lost contact with the satel- west orbital slot. Telstar 6, to begin place a satellite at one of the orbital lite after its launch last September. service in 1999, would go to the 129 slots cited in the AT &T application. "We will have what we think is the degrees slot, while Telstar 7 would be Hughes in December requested reas- root cause," a Martin Marietta Astro located at 83 degrees and begin ser- signment of its SBS -6 to the 83 Space spokesman says of the upcom- vice in 2000. degrees west slot. The company also ing report. The company already has Industry onlookers welcome asked to use 93 degrees if relocation to tracked the problem to the propulsion AT &T's application and the promise 83 degrees is not possible. system, which delivers the satellite of relief for the domestic transponder AT &T's satellite application from geosynchronous transfer orbit shortage. "It's the greatest news that comes as Martin Marietta Astro to its operation orbital position and

NAB preparing for record- breaking show NAB convention organizers expect to blow the doors off about 350 companies on the waiting list, Abel says. last year's registration of 71,000. Exhibitors this year will be paying an extra $3 per John Abel, vice president of operations for the square foot. The rate increase, from $21 to $24 for NAB National Association of Broadcasters, predicts that this members and from $27 to $30 for non -members, will year's convention easily will draw an attendance in the cover expense increases and a new policy on exhibit high 70,000s. The NAB also says that the convention, floor guest passes. Companies issuing the "VIP passes" slated for April 9 -13 in Las Vegas, will feature about to potential buyers no longer will have to pay $5 for each 1,000 exhibitors (up from 935 last year) and will cover redeemed pass. more than 530,000 square feet. Last year's exhibit cov- The higher rate on exhibits will boost convention ered 492,000 square feet. revenue by about $1.5 million, the NAB predicts. In its To accommodate wait -listed companies, the conven- proposed budget for fiscal year 1995 -96, the associa- tion will include 30,000 square feet of exhibitions at the tion predicts that the spring convention will generate "S -6" hall across the road from the Las Vegas Convention about $16.2 million, nearly $2 million over last year's Center. The hall will provide exhibit space for 200 of convention revenue. -CM

Broadcasting & Cable Feb 20 1995 61 TECHNOLOGY

then keeps the satellite at its proper deliver the Telstar 402 replacement her company expects delivery of Tel - position. this summer. The company, which had star 402R in July. The satellite will The cause of the satellite's loss like- begun constructing the satellite before carry 24 C- and 16 Ku -band ly will not require a significant its predecessor's loss, has continued transponders. AT &T also says that redesign of the satellite, since Martin work throughout the investigation. capacity on the replacement satellite Marietta Astro Space still expects to An AT &T spokeswoman says that is sold out. CBS picks Tektronix for time shifting Network is switching to disk technology to delay broadcasts to Mountain time zone

By Chris McConnell ty varies between 40 and 320 min- CBS plans to give disk -based utes. Stevens says that the company technology a shot at handling began regular shipments of the prod- time zone delays. uct in January and expects to have The network has purchased a "hundreds" of the machines function- Tektronix Profile machine to han- ing in the field by this year's broad- dle its feeds to the Mountain time casting convention. zone. CBS, which already has CBS, meanwhile, has altered plans taken delivery of the machine, for another brand of disk -based tech- hopes to put the disk technology to nology in which it invested last year. work on the delays by the end of The company had planned to place the first quarter. CBS hopes to put the Tektronix Profile one of Hewlett -Packard's broadcast "We're very happy with the hard- machine into action this quarter. video servers at its Miami O &O, ware," says Robert Seidel, CBS vice wcix, to handle playback of commer- president of engineering. The net- Software for the time zone delays cials and promotional material. work now uses five D -2 tape will come from a third -party supplier. With Westinghouse Broadcasting machines for each of the delayed Tektronix cites the ability of its Co. purchasing a 51% stake in the signals. A single Profile machine machine to serve as a platform for station, CBS now plans to ship the will be able to perform the same third -party software developers as an Hewlett- Packard machine to its Los task, he says. important feature of the technology. Angeles O &O, KCBS -TV. "If you can free up five machines "You get a lot of people working," The disk -based server, also intro- with one server, it's going to be worth says Rex Stevens, general manager duced at last year's NAB, uses your time," Seidel says. Although the for digital storage at Tektronix. "The MPEG compression to store between Profile initially will handle the delay end user does not have to accept one six and 51 hours of video and audio. for the Mountain time zone, Seidel [software solution] that is applied Data rates vary from 1.5 to 15 foresees using it for additional delays universally." megabits per second. The network if it satisfactorily performs its initial The Profile, introduced at last has been testing the machine at its task. He adds that the units are capa- year's NAB convention, stores video headquarters in New York and plans ble of providing three of the time at data rates ranging from 24 to 48 to ship the machine to KCBS -TV later zone delayed network feeds. megabits per second. Storage capaci- this quarter, Seidel says. Decision time on data broadcasting Participants in the broadcasting and electronics indus- NAB Senior Vice President Lynn Claudy. Claudy says tries' effort to set a data broadcasting standard are the group may elect to send one or both of the candi- deciding on their recommendation for a data system. date systems to field testing. A working party of the National Data Broadcasting The working group is considering systems developed Committee this month is reviewing results of tests con- by Menlo Park, Calif. -based Digideck and Tempe, Ariz. - ducted on two approaches to delivering information with- based WavePhore. Both systems underwent tests late in existing NTSC signals. The group will deliver its rec- last year at the Advanced Television Test Laboratory in ommendation on the standard to the full data broadcast- Alexandria, Va. Although project participants have sug- ing committee, which will meet next month to consider gested that the group might recommend both technolo- it.The committee is a joint effort of the NAB and the Elec- gies as a standard, support for a dual- system standard tronic Industries Association. was slim at the data broadcasting group's last meeting, "We're in the productive part of the process," says Claudy says. -CM

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and Data Relay Satellite a new generation of wire- system. The Sporting less cable trans- Channel, which provides mitters capable international carriage of of accommo- Cutting Edg sporting events, plans to dating provide the capacity to NTSC or ther notice of proposed interested customers in PAL TV stan- By Chris McConnell rulemaking on the issue "as addition to using the dards. The com- soon as possible." transponders to deliver its pany's 1700A series uses GE Americom last week own services. The compa- a flexible configuration said the Univision Televi- Pioneer will introduce at ny announced a rate of 10- 20 sion Network has booked allowing a or -watt this year's NAB convention $995 per hour for delivering transmitter to be upgraded two C -band transponders a new line of laser disc transmissions between the to 50 watts. ITS also has on its GE -1 satellite. Univi- machines for archiving UK and points in the U.S. formed a division called sion will use the two video. The company's Dig- including Atlanta, Denver, ITS Service Co. The new transponders to distribute ital LaserDisc Recording New York, Pittsburgh and unit will provide Spanish -language pro- technical System will use a write - Washington. Transmis- support services to wire- graming to U.S. cable sys- once, read -many sions between London less cable operators. tems and backyard dish (WORM) system and Hong Kong will cost owners. The GE -1 satellite to store video at $2,000 per hour. L.A. -based FILMLOOK is is scheduled to begin various data providing its film -simulating operation in mid -1996. rates of up to New York's post -production services to The National Cable Tele- about 20 Image Editorial Witt Thomas Productions vision Association last megabits per second. The this month is opening an for its show Muscle, airing week fired off a letter to the company is targeting the upgraded component digi- on the WB Network. FILM - FCC in response to a Digital LaserDisc equip- tal color correction facility. LOOK's technology simu- recent Electronic Industries ment to companies in The post -production com- lates the look of video that Association filing on broadcasting and other pany's new Renaissance has been shot on film and cable /consumer electronics industries with large video Room will house a Grass then converted to tape for compatibility. The EIA, libraries. Products in the Valley Group 1200 compo- broadcasting. which has been working new line include MPEG -2 nent digital switcher and a with cable engineers to set encoders and decoders as Renaissance 8:8:8 digital Sony plans to move its a "Decoder Interface" stan- well as disc -changing sys- color corrector. The new Institute of Applied Video dard, recently proposed a tems of 252 and 500 discs. equipment will allow the Technology to larger standard to the commission company to offer tape -to- headquarters in San Jose, limiting the decoder inter- The Advanced Television tape color correction to Calif. The institute, which face functions to descram- Test Center (ATTC) and from all tape provides workshops in bling signals. Cable and transmitted high - formats. production and post -pro- consumer electronics rep- definition material duction, is aimed at edu- resentatives have disputed from Virginia to the Big Fat TV cating industry profession- the standard's inclusion of recent Society of has signed a als on new video tech- remote control commands Motion Picture and deal with US nologies and techniques. allowing signals to bypass Television Engineers meet- West's Interactive Video The new headquarters will TV circuitry and travel ing in San Francisco. The Enterprises to design on- give the institute an addi- directly to a module on the Cinema of the Future air graphics and product tional 5,000 square feet of back of a TV set. In a letter demonstration featured a identities for an interactive space, Sony says. to Richard Smith of the 45 megabit per second video marketing service. FCC Office of Engineering HDTV signal sent over Bell The service, US Avenue, Toronto -based Nelvana and Technology, the NCTA Atlantic, Vyvx and Pacific is scheduled for market tri- Ltd. has installed a new last week called EIA state- Bell fiber. The group used als in Orlando, Fla., and 2 -D computer animation ments on the issue "rife an Alcatel video codec Omaha this year. Under its system for TV series pro- with factual errors" but said to transmit the HDTV agreement with IVE, New - duction. The computer it would not respond to spe- material. York -based Big Fat TV will installation is the first cific factual claims on the assist in creating a user - upgrade in a planned interface standard "at The Sporting Channel friendly video interface for expansion at the anima- this time." The has tapped Columbia the interactive service and tion production facility. cable group Communications Corp. for will advise the company on The company hopes to urged the ull -time transponders over television content. employ up to 40 creative commission the Atlantic and Pacific and technical staff mem- to issue a fur- oceans on the Tracking ITS Corp. has introduced bers by this summer.

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Chief Engineer Radio Station. North Jersey HELP WANTED PROMOTION RADIO powerhouse WMTR /WDHA is looking for an ex- perienced Chief Engineer. Successful candidate Promotion Director. WXTR Radio, a Liberty HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT must be proficient in FCC rules and regulations, Broadcasting station, seeks dynamic individual to AM and FM transmitter operations and main- oversee Promotion Department. Responsibilities Sales Manager Wanted Only results oriented tenance, AM directional antenna systems, auto- include creating and executing station marketing persons need apply. Strong personal sales, mated satellite format delivery, remote broad- efforts through events, activities, contesting, out- leadership skills, good organization, time man- casts, studio maintenance and construction, tele- side advertising, on -air promotion of our pro- agement ability, all a must. Compensation de- phone hybrid systems, and computers. Must be gramming and press relations. Minimum qualifica- pendent upon productivity of sales staff and self. able to work in a fast paced environment, for two tions: one year experience in promotion or Growing market is suburban area, only 100 miles highly active North Jersey radio stations, and be marketing (college degree and radio experience from New York City. Resumes to: PJ Broadcast- able to generate and maintain budgets. EEO preferred); excellent verbal and written communi- ing, PO Box 920, Port Jervis, NY 12771. employer. Please forward resume to: Business cation skills; ability to prioritize multiple tasks, lift Manager, WMTR /WDHA Radio, 55 Horsehill at least 40 lbs, and drive station vehicles. Please Road, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927 or Fax (201) 538- send cover letter, resume and related materials 3060. ATTN: Dian Smith, WXTR Radio, 5210 Auth Position open for Station Manager /Sales Road, Marlow Heights, MD 20746. No phone Manager for our Arkansas small market stations calls, please. Equal opportunity employer. (30,000 +). Stations are located in a beautiful area with excellent schools, lakes and recreational HELP WANTED ANNOUNCERS facilities and offers an exceptional quality of life. PROGRAMMING SERVICES Stations are market leaders and poised for rapid $50,000+ for AM Drive co -host. Now that we've growth with right management. Equity position a got your attention, get our attention with your possibility for right person. Reply to Box 00301 tape and resume. Send to Box 00294 EOE. EOE. , 2 ( Announcer wanted for major market commercial Northern Exposure: Sales oriented Station classical radio station. 3 -5 years commercial fast- Manager wanted for Alaska radio stations. All radio experience required. Familiarity with and skills required to operate a radio station a must. ability to pronounce names associated with J-growing format. Pleasant on air delivery, strong public EOE. The lazy and faint hearted need not apply. f satellite radio speaking skills and demonstrated community in- It ain't Cicely, but it could be Utopia. Resume to to the Steven L. Rhyner, 3161 Channel Drive, Juneau, volvement a must. Tapes and resumes only to formats fill Alaska 99801. Box 00310 EOE. niche in Your market:

WLFJ, a noncommercial CCM FM, is now ac- HELP WANTED SALES * Christian A/C cepting applications for an experienced air - personality. Position requires excellent produc- Experienced Salesperson. Immediate opening tion skills and the ability to relate to 25 -49 year Hig Country at our established AM /FM. Join an exciting, ag- old adults. Send air -check tape and resume to: Both hot, saleable formats delivered "I` gressive team. You'll work in a mature, healthy Allen Henderson, WLFJ, 2420 Wade Hampton territory and help expand our markets. Creativity Boulevard, Greenville, SC 29615. WLFJ is an in CD- quality stercoiwith'full digital a plus! Experience with promotions helpful. Great equal opportunity employer. No phone calls addressability, (Io maximize your salary potential, excellent benefits. We're located please. station's local identity! `Call us: about 1 1/2 hours from Chicago, Peoria and Rockford. Send resume to J. McCullough, Morningstar Radio Network, Inc. WLPO/WAJK, P.O. Box 215, LaSalle, IL 61301. Wanted- Morning announcer, small market radio 615- 367 -22111 KAWL AM full service. Send tape/resume to 713 J West Nobes Street, York, Nebraska 68467. EOE. HELP WANTED NEWS 402- 362 -4433.

Radio Writer -- Conservative organization seeks SITUATIONS WANTED MANAGEMENT radio writer /producer for expanding Washington, HELP WANTED PRODUCTION D.C. based news service. 2 -5 years newsroom Experienced Sales Executive (15 years, hard Booker of authors and other guests for 1 hour, experience. Fast, flexible, mature, service or- goods), MBA, CPA, with prior radio experience iented. Political experience preferred. Salary com- once -a -week show in Southern New England. Work from any location, but must have pro- seeks LMA with purchase option. Reply to BB &T, mensurate with experience. Benefits. T & R, writ- P.O. Box 11121, Charleston, WV 24339. ing samples, two references to Box 00298 EOE. fessional experience booking authors and other guests on radio or TV talk shows. Ideal for so- meone currently producing or booking guests for a show and looking for additional part-time posi- General Manager with 15 years experience look- HELP WANTED TECHNICAL tioniiincome. Potential to produce or book for na- ing for small to medium market opportunity. Bot- tional show. Call (908) 571 -9099 in confidence or tom line oriented. Have done it all. Equity position fax resume to (908) 758 -6950. considered. WI or MN preferred. 715- 234 -7188. Chief Engineer. Chief Engineer for KHEY AM and FM, KPRR FM Radio in El Paso, Texas. Looking for a Manager? Have in- Number one duopoly is looking for an excellent BLIND BOX top General engineer to manage our technical department. creased sales 34% running 3 radio stations in the Responsibilities will include designing, installing RESPONSE 90th market. Write to Box 00315. and maintaining all technical facilities. Knowledge of FCC rules and regulations essential. Two Box Number, years Chief Engineer experience required. Send/ 245 West 17th St. Problems with ASCAP, BMI, SESAC? Fees too fax resume to: General Manager, US Radio of El New York New York 10011 high, audit claims, annual and per program re- Paso, Inc., 2419 North Piedras, El Paso, Texas Tapes are now accepted ports. Call for help today. Bob Warner 609 -395- 79930. Fax (915) 564 -0349. EOE. 7110.

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Radio broadcasting professional with 20 years Local Sales Manager. The best LSM in the experience looking for challenging new opportuni- country is needed in the 66th market to lead ty as General Manager with opportunity to grow. sales staff in new and existing account devel- Resume includes sales and program manage- opment. Knowledge of inventory and research a KOKA-1-11 2 ment in all sized markets, East and West, with six must. Minimum of 3 years broadcast sales years as VP /GM in Philadelphia and New York. needed for this exciting opportunity. Send or fax KDKA -TV has just lost 2 of its pioneering vi- Will relocate. Send inquiries to Reply to Box resume to: WFXR, P.O. Box 2127, Roanoke, VA sionary maintenance technicians to retirement 00296. 24009. Attn: Tony Kahl, GSM, (fax) 703 -342- and replacing them will be difficult. We are look- 2753. EOE. ing for two electronic maintenance technicians with the same sort of pioneering vision to work Seeking GM position. Small to medium market 30 plus years experience. Emphasis on sales, Local Sales Manager for a dominant affiliate. in our Broadcast Operations and Engineering marketing, agriculture and community involve- We need a sharp professional who possess department. Applicant must have at least 5 ment. Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma/Midwest pre- strong people skills, knowledge of Marshall years maintenance experience and a thorough ferred. Reply to Box 00305. TVSCAN Nielsen. Must have Marketing, and knowledge of broadcast technical systems and track record of selling sales promotions. The person we want will have broadcast management electronics used in a state of the art broadcast television station with a minimum of an Associ- Top GM looking for quality owner. Please only experience, can motivate, train and lead a senior Knowledge in a Technology. nice people apply) I bring great experience, ex- staff. and experience budgeting ates Degree in Electronic Included, cellent management and sales skills, including must. EOE. Please send resume and salary re- is the understanding and ability to use state of quirements to Box 00308. duopoly experience. Call Ken Patch 803 -588- the art test equipment and troubleshoot, at the 9737. component level, the electronics and mechan- Local Sales Manager: KCOY -TV, the CBS for ics of cartridge video tape machines, news and Seeking General Sales/General Manager/D.J./ the Central California Coast, has an immediate studio cameras, editing control, microwave re- in large News position small, medium or opening for a Local Sales Manager to lead an lay, portable earth station systems, digital elec- markets. Has radio and T.V. management and an- experienced staff. Minimum 3 years television tronics, miscellaneous video, audio and commu- nouncing experience also real estate. Top biller. sales, other media and previous management Conscientious, Willing to relocate. Prefer South experience required. Send resume to: KCOY -TV nications equipment, along with a high level of Florida but will consider other areas. Call Ted 12, Attn: Personnel, 1211 West Mc Coy Lane, versatility with computers and computer net- 914 -357 -9425, 914 -357 -4861. 399 Haverstraw Santa Maria, CA 93455. No phone calls. EOE. works. Good communication skills with the abil- Road, Suffern, NY 10901. Minorities encouraged to apply. Drug free ity to interact with photographers, editors, op- workplace. erating technicians and equipment manufac- SITUATIONS WANTED TECHNICAL tures is essential. FCC General Class license National Sales Manager. WRDC -TV in Raleigh, and/or SBE certification is desirable. Success- Chief Engineer. Former CE Boston, Houston, North Carolina, voted the number one place to ful candidate must exhibit the desire and abil- live, in the top 35 market seeking a National Miami, Ft. Lauderdale. Ham, ASEE, FEE Gener- ity to remain contemporary as equipment and Heavy RF. M. Sales Manager with three years rep or previous al. Gottesman, 758 St. Michael, processes change in the broadcast industry. Apt. 1005, Mobile, AL 36602 -1326. (334) 432- National Sales Manager experience. Must have Duty times vary reflecting the broadcasting en- 6463 anytime. strong negotiating skills. Send resume to: Carol Wright, General Sales Manager, WRDC -TV, vironment. Send resumes to: 3012 Highwoods Boulevard, Suite 101, Raleigh, Chuck deCourt N.C. 27604. Equal opportunity employer. SITUATIONS WANTED PRODUCTION KDKA -TV I Gateway Center Ten years radio experience, Broadcasting de- Pittsburgh, PA 15222. gree. Experience in programming, production, General Sales Manager - S.E. United States. No phone calls please. on -air, sports and sales. Computer literate. 205- We need a creative, experienced leader. Must KDKA -TV is an affirmative action I equal opportunity employer. 758 -6172. have college degree. Previous experience as GM or GSM is a plus. LSM and National Rep experi ence a must. If you have a successful track re- cord and want to live in a great area, send your SITUATIONS WANTED ANNOUNCERS resume and cover letter to Box 00307 EOE. Chief Engineer /Maintenance Engineer com- bination for full broadcast station. UHF experi- Experienced Sports Broadcaster looking to ence a must. KNAT -TV 23, 1510 Coors Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87121. EOE. energize your station. Exciting, outspoken play - HELP WANTED SALES by- play, color and Talk Show Host for all sports. Also experienced with sales, promotions and Street wise Sales pro needed. Can you sell Technical Staff Members needed for test facility news, Very professional, motivated and versatile. creatively? If so, we offer excellent compensa- involved in advanced television (ATV). Individu- Salary and location secondary concern. For a tion, fringe benefits and bonus plan. Show us als should have technical background, training, fresh sound and attitude, call Todd 713 -531- your stuff and you can make $$ money. Reply and experience with NTSC, video, audio, and 8953. P.O. Box 2220, Florence, AL 35630. digital signal processing. Experience at TV or radio station a plus. Individuals will operate TV test equipment and videotape recorders, main- TV Sales /Promotion Executive. Major Promo- tain and repair equipment, and assist in perform- tion firm seeks sharp sales executive to market ing tests under controlled laboratory environ- TELEVISION new promotional products and services. Must be ment. One staff member must be strong in NTSC familiar with local television station operation. and video, with some experience in videotape have in Must experience contact sales. Sell editing, to serve as backup VT editor /operator HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT yourself in your resume. Reply to Box 00300 and video quality control monitor and must EOE. perform general technical duties. Second staff General Sales Manager, WVTM -TV, Birm- member should have knowledge of audio setup ingham's NBC affiliate is looking for a dynamic, and listening procedures to be used in assess- creative, hands -on GSM with marketing orienta- HELP WANTED TECHNICAL ment of digital -audio ATV subsystem. Salary tion and a minimum of three years successful range $45 -60K. Candidates should have a com- sales management experience. Candidates WCAU -TV, Philadelphia, CBS O &O, seeking bination of 5 -10 years training and professional should possess college degree, computer and re- Assistant Chief Engineer. Must be experienced in experience, with a substantial portion of that time search experience, and recommendation of na- design, installation and maintenance of major spent at the station /network level or in an R &D tional rep. Inventory control and the ability to lead technical facility. Must have experience with environment. EOE/AA. Reply to: Joseph Widoff, and train a growing team is critical. Send re- budgets and have solid computer skills. Please Advanced Television Test Center, 1330 Brad- sumes to Human Resources, 1732 Valley View fax resume to David Harvey, Director, Engineer- dock Place, Suite 200, Alexandria, VA 22314 or Drive, Birmingham, Alabama 35209. ing, 610- 668 -5618. Fax 703 -739 -3230.

Broadcasting & Cable Feb 201995 65 CLASSIFIEDS Master Control /Video Tape Operator needed by WSYX, the ABC television affiliate in Col- umbus, Ohio. Applicants should have two years GO WHERE experience in broadcast station master control/ video tape operations. Familiarity with Master Control switching, transmitter remote control and NO ONE the operation of Betacam format, 1 -inch, U -Matic VTR's required. Preference will be given to appli- BEFORE. cants with experience in setting up recording of HAS GONE syndicated and news program feeds from satellite and of ENG microwave live shots. DIRECTV®, the nation's premier direct broadcast satellite service, Qualified applicants should send their resume to: delivers 150 channels to American homes that are equipped with the WSYX-TV, P.O. Box 718, Columbus, OH 43216- DSSTM home receiving unit, which features an 18 -inch satellite dish. We 0718, Attn: Master Control. No phone calls are seeking the following professionals for our state -of- the -art, 24 -hour a please. Women and minorities are encouraged to day broadcasting facility near Castle Rock, CO. apply. Pre-employment drug testing. EOE. M /F/D. SPORTS CENTRAL SUPERVISOR Maintenance Engineer, Component level expe- Will supervise on-air broadcast and sports operations activity. Desired qualifica- rience in 1" video tape equipment; sony betacam; tions include a 2 -year college degree, technical training (or equivalent); 6+ years Analog /Digital switchers, graphic generators, etc. experience at TV station, cable master control operation, TV network operation Knowledgeable in test and measurement proce- (or equivalent); and experience with TV coverage formats of various sports. dures with both video and stereo audio systems is beneficial. Ability to work under pressure of fast pace operations. Minimum 5 years experi- BROADCAST OPERATIONS SHIFT SUPERVISOR ence, and FCC or SBE certification. Send re- sume with salary history to Charmaine Williams, Will supervise on -air activity within the broadcast center. Desired qualifications KRIV Television, P.O. Box 22810, Houston, Tex- include a 2 -year technical training or work college degree, egivalent experience; as 77227. EOE. and 6+ years experience at major station, cable master control operation, TV network operation (or equivalent). Major market VHF affiliate has immediate open- Both positions will be responsible for resolving all major broadcast and plant ing for a person with three to five years experi- related problems, directing operating personnel, implementing procedures, ence maintaining television broadcast equipment. providing feedback to employees and communication to upper management Extensive digital experience required. Must be regarding operations. Both positions require computer literacy; experience able to diagnose and troubleshoot to the compo- nent level. Computer literacy a must; LAN /Novell supervising TV broadcast and satellite operations personnel; knowledge of Netware experience a major plus. Qualified appli- fiber broadcast automation systems, digital and analog broadcast signals, and cants should send their resume to: WSYX -TV, satellite receive/transmit systems, quality measurement devices. Excellent vision P.O. Box 718, Columbus, OH 43216 -0718, Attn: (including color perception) and hearing essential. Must be willing to work all shifts, Maintenance Engineer. No phone calls please. including early morning, late night and/or weekends. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Pre -employment drug testing. EOE. M /F/D. QUALITY ASSURANCE/ Producer/Director needed for Houston's leading FORMATTING TECHNICIAN Spanish language TV station. Must be able to produce, direct and edit commercials, direct and We are seeking highly qualified and experienced Broadcast, Production, and TD live events and newscast, work well with Post -Production Technicians to evaluate the technical quality of movies and clients and be self- directed. Bilingual (English/ other programming submitted to DIRECTV for broadcast. Will also perform Spanish) written and oral. Send resume to: P /D, corrective videotape editing (using Sony 2000 /9100 editors), dubbing, spot -reel KXLN -TV 45, 9440 Kirby Drive, Houston, TX compilation, etc. Requires 5+ years experience operating analog and digital 77054. EOE. broadcast VTR's (especially digital Betacam and D -2 formats) and monitoring equipment; the ability to identify and quantify impairments in film, the film -to- Maintenance Engineer. Individual needed to tape transfer process, and analog and digital video; a familiarity with PC -based service VHF TV transmitter, UHF Translator and computers and programs, as well as knowledge of broadcast plant architecture studio equipment. Minimum of four years experi- ence servicing analog, digital and RF equipment and operations; excellent (correctable) vision (including color perception) and is required. Completion of two years in a hearing; and a willingness to work all shifts. BA/BS in related field or equivalent technical school or military electronic training is relevant experience required. SBE certification a plus. required. Send resume to: Lori Lembrich, KOLN/ KGIN -TV, P.O. Box 30350, Lincoln, NE 68503. DIRECTV offers an exciting compensation and flexible benefits package, along Deadline for applications: March 1, 1995. KOLN/ with a rare opportunity to make a major impact in a developing industry. For KGIN -TV is an equal opportunity employer. immediate consideration, please send your resume with salary history to: DIRECTV, Inc., Attn: Employment -BBC, 5454 Garton Rd., Castle Rock, Assistant Chief Engineer for two television sta- CO 80104, Fax (303) 660 -7199. tions. Duties include: Managing, maintenance and operation of two full power transmitter (UHF An Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer. We foster a culturally and VHF) and UHF translator in compliance with diverse workforce and strongly encourage women and minorities to FCC requirements. Assist in the maintenance apply for this position. and repair of all studio equipment. Assist in setup and operation of remotes for sports and other events. Assist in the design and layout of technical systems. Train personnel in the operat- ing functions. Qualifications: Minimum 3 years broadcast engineering management experience. Ability to integrate new equipment and technologies. Applications accepted through Fri- day, March 10, 1995. H.R. Department, KMSB- TV, 1855 N. 6th Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85705- DIRECTVA 5601. Equal opportunity employer. Feb 201995 Broadcasting & Cable CLASSIFIEDS

Maintenance Engineer: WUBI -TV, the Savan- Co- Anchor Reporter. West Texas, CBS affiliate, 6 and 10PM Anchor... Midwest network affiliate nah, GA affiliate for the Warner Bros. Television seeks a Co- Anchor /Reporter for the 10:00 P.M. is looking for a primetime male anchor. Must Network has an immediate opening for Main- newscast. Must be able to gather, write and edit have two years anchor experience. Candidate tenance Engineer. Experience in UHF transmitter three -quarter inch video for broadcast. On -air af- must be heavily involved in community affairs, maintenance, U -Matic tape deck and microwave filiate experience and degree required. Send re- have great news delivery, presentation and writ- systems required. Send resume to WUBI -TV 34, sume and tape to: Personnel Director, KLST-TV, ing skills. You will work with a frontline team that P.O. Box 1080, Baxley, GA 31513. Attn: J.L. Up- 2800 Armstrong, San Angelo. TX 76903. EOE. is dedicated to their work, has great presentation church. EOE. style, and is extremely community oriented. This position requires the candidate to report as well Director. Conus Communications is looking for a as anchor. Must work well with others and have a Director for the All News Channel. Previous ex- "can do" attitude. Reply to Box 00316 EOE. Maintenance Engineer. FCC General Class li- perience directing live commercial news broad- cense required. Must have 3 years experience casts. Must be able to call and switch news pro- trouble- shooting to component level in RF, video grams. Ability to work evenings, weekends and in is looking for a com- and audio TV equipment. Experience in maintain- Affiliate Southeast over nights. Experience with Grass Valley petitive, driven News Director with good people ing digital and microprocessor based equipment switchers, Ampex ADO 100 DVE, Chryon Multi- market experience a plus. Com- required. SBE certification desirable. Resume skills. character generators, Video Toaster a plus. market experience a must. Excellent and salary requirements to: Elmer Chancellor, petitive Please submit resumes and non -returnable tapes Broadcast Company. Reply to Box 00306 EOE. WEHT -TV, P.O. Box 25, Evansville, IN 47701. to: Conus Communications, ATTN: Amy J. Fax 502 -826 -6823. EOE, M /F. Stedman, EEO 26 -95, 3415 University Avenue, Anchor. Aggressive 100 plus Sunbelt market is St. Paul, MN 55114. No telephone calls please. looking for a top -notch anchor to compliment our An equal opportunity employer. established female anchor. Strong delivery and HELP WANTED NEWS excellent communicator essential, excellent News Producer. West Coast TV station looking reporting and writing skills highly desirable. Previ- for a top notch News Producer who can write, ous experience in television news anchoring a edit video, anchor and or weather. Must be expe- must. No beginners. Minority candidates encour- rienced! Please send tape and resume to King aged to apply. Send tapes and resumes to Box Harris, News Director, 730 Miramonte Drive, 00317 EOE. NEWSCAST Santa Barbara, CA 93109. (805) 882 -3933. EOE. PRODUCER Anchor /Reporter - National weekly news pro- Producer 7 AM News, responsible for editorial gram seeks qualified applicant to anchor and KABC -TV is seeking an experi- content and production of 7 AM one hour produce network quality news, public affairs newscast. Primary duties include writing, timing, show and news documentaries. Excellent writing enced, creative newscast pro- and developing newscast as well as directing the and on camera skills as well as a strong un- ducer. Experience with special staff working on the show. Produce other derstanding of Israel, the Middle East and Jewish newscasts or breaking news specials as needed issues are essential. Send resume and demo projects is a plus. Send resume Two years major or medium market producing tape ASAP to: Director of Production, 9021 and tape to: Cheryl Kunin experience and a four year college degree, pre- Melrose Avenue, Suite 309, Los Angeles, CA ferably in journalism, political science or commu- 90069. No calls please. Fair, News Director, KABC- nications. Must have excellent news judgement NP 4151 and writing skills; and bring high production TV, Dept. -BC, Need a values to the newscast, be able to type, have Producer. creative, take -charge pro- news Prospect Ave., Los Angeles, good eyesight, and hearing. Must be able to ducer for Western New York's dominant must meet deadline pressure and move quickly be- leader. Candidates have strong writing skills CA 90027. Equal Opportunity newscasts tween the newsroom, control room and set. Send and previous experience producing non- returnable Employer. resume and non -returnable tape to Charmaine for television. Send resume and Williams, KRIV Television, P.O. Box 22810, tape, and cover letter explaining why you want Houston, TX 77227. EOE. the job to: Tracye Fox, Executive Producer, WKBW -TV, 7 Broadcast Plaza, Buffalo, New York 14202. No phone calls please. WKBW -TV is WLKY -TV has Photographer openings. ®kABC'TV two an equal opportunity employer. Applicants should be familiar with Beta camera and editing equipment. Must have broadcast re- lated experience. Send tape and resume to Steve Sabato, News Director, WLKY -TV, P.O. KTVN -TV has an immediate opening for a Full Box 6205, Louisville, KY 40206. EOE. Time Executive Producer in the newsroom. Job duties include overseeing the writing, formatting, TALINT -AGINN and producing of all newscasts. Managerial We are looking for a producer who is a news duties such as department scheduling, newscast Talent agency looking for a consumer room leader, puts on a newscast that delivers critiquing, and overseeing special projects are reporter to fill opening. Agency handles both information and watchable television and also required. Experience as a producer and on -air news talent in top 50 markets. All brings fresh ideas to the table everyday. Must be manager preferred. Two years college required, tapes will be accepted and reviewed. able to take the ultimate responsibility for every college degree preferred. Send resume and non- Please send 3/4" or VHS tape to: aspect of the newscast. Send resume, Non- returnable tape to Nancy Cope, News Director, returnable tape and writing samples to: WSYX- P.O. Box 7220, Reno, NV 89510. Applications Seth Kean & Associates TV, P.O. Box 718, Columbus, OH 43216 -0718, are available at 4925 Energy Way, Reno, NV Attention: Talent Coordinator Attn: News Producer. No phone calls please. 89502. Qualified minorities are encouraged to 533 Barry Avenue Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. apply. No phone calls please. KTVN -TV is an Suite 7E Pre -employement drug testing. EOE. M /F/D. equal opportunity employer. Chicago, IL 60657 Photographer - ABC affiliate in Peoria, Illinois EOE. Tape will not be returned. Please no phone calls. has a Photographer opening. If you love to beat News Director: ABC affiliate looking for top- the fire trucks to the fire, police to the crime notch News Director to run aggressive depart- scene, have a good, creative eye for compelling ment. Need someone with strong journalistic and video...we want you! You must be a great visual people skills. A very competitive market in one of Reporter/Weekend Anchor - needed at NBC af- storyteller, enthusiastic attitude and love to work the most beautiful places in the country. Previous filiate in beautiful Helena, Montana. Need hard with people. Experience with beta and 3/4 news management experience essential. Send re- worker who is self -sufficient, creative and a team equipment preferred. Rush resume and tape to sume and statement of news management phi- player. If you're hungry for a challenge rush in a John Sprugel, News Director, WHOI -TV, 500 N. losophy to Chris Aldridge, General Manager, resume and tape to Mr. Ashley Webster, News Stewart, Creve Coeur, Illinois 61610. Minorities WTVQ -TV, P.O. 5590, Lexington, KY 40555. Director, KTVH -TV, 2433 North Montana Ave- and women are encouraged to apply. WHOI -TV Park Broadcasting of KY, Inc. is an equal op- nue, Helena, MT 59601. is an equal opportunity employer. portunity employer.

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Entry level opportunity for general assignment HELP WANTED PRODUCTION Graphic Artist. Conus Communications is look- reporter /anchor beginning May 1995. Must be a ing for a Graphic Artist for the All News Channel. Fall 94 or Spring 95 grad from a telecommunica- Creative Services Director. South Bend ABC af- Previous experience with video graphics, graphic in the tions program Southeast. Write WPGX -TV, filiate needs highly creative, experienced, hands - design, composition and color. Ability to work POB 16028, Panama City, FL 32406 -6028 for on video producer to lead our promotion and evenings, weekends and overnights. Good typing application materials. EEO. production efforts. Successful applicant must be and spelling skills. Geography and current events able to conceive, write and edit. If you don't have knowledge helpful. Experience with Ampex ESS- a great tape don't apply. Rush resume and non- 5, Video Toaster, Chryon character generator a Director /Associate Director: Great opportunity returnable tape to Station Manager, WSJV -TV, plus. Please submit resumes and non -returnable for small or medium market director to advance P.O. Box 1646, Elkhart, IN 46515. EOE. tapes to: Conus Communications, ATTN: Amy J. to top 20 Midwest CBS affiliate. We need an ex- Stedman, EEO 27 -95, 3415 University Avenue, perienced director to direct live newscasts St. Paul, MN 55114. No telephone calls please. several days per week and to perform other An equal opportunity employer. Producer /Director. Producer /director needed for directing and production duties. Full time position the Wyoming Public Television network. Appli- offers opportunity for growth. A college degree cants must have three years of experience as a and 2 years directing live newscasts required. Production Assistant: producer /director. Absolutely must be capable of Seeking upbeat detail or- Equal opportunity employer. Please send re- iented person who has interpersonal all aspects of production from lighting and video - excellent sume, references and non-returnable tape to Box graphy through editing, directing and overall pro- and organizational skills. Must be able to solve 00309 EOE. duction coordination. Salary: $25,708-$32,708. problems and work independently. Re- sponsibilities For complete job description and application, call may include typing the technical run- down, cue cards, (307) 856 -9291. Applications will be reviewed as talent payments and bills, and City Under Seige Reporter, responsible for re- received. Position open until filled. EEO/ organizing scripts. Must be IBM computer literate search, writing and reporting for "City Under Affirmative action employer. and have strong office skills. Send resume to: Siege" and on any story assigned by the assign- Production Assistant, P.O. Box 4041, Ansonia ment desk or the producer in charge. Run on Station, New York, NY 10023 -9495. No tele- breaking news and do live reports for any phone calls or faxes please. We are an equal op- newscast, cut -in or news bulletin. "Siege" reports Videographer for exciting live and lively Emmy portunity employer. include drug busts, Houston's Most Wanted Award- winning nightly magazine program which apprehensions, community oriented features and "stretches the envelope" everyday. Must have on pulse assignments. Three years major or medium finger the of today's video and story Director TV Production. Exciting opportunity to production, market news reporting experience and a college be a team player, and have plenty of organize and manage local and national produc- degree required. Must have excellent news judge- creative juices. Send tape and resume ASAP to: tion efforts. BA/BS desired, complete knowledge ment, communications skills and bring high pro- Michele Brown, Human Resources #502, WHAS- of current TV production and editing techniques TV, P.O. Box 1100, Louisville, KY 40201. duction values to the newscast. Must be able to EOE, required, 3 - 5 years proven effective manage- type, have good eyesight and hearing; and be M /F /DN. ment required. Ability to coach and lead impor- able to handle all field assignments, regardless of tant. Competitive salary, excellent benefits. Send terrain or weather conditions. Valid drivers li- resume to Director Human Resources, 100 Festi- cense required. Send resume and non -returnable Graphic ArtistDesigner. If you've got an eye for val Park Avenue, Jacksonville, FL 32202. EOE/ tape to Charmaine Williams, KRIV Television, clean design, an interest in journalism, an un- Minorities/Disabled. P.O. Box 22810, Houston, Texas 77227. EOE. derstanding of deadlines and a willingness to work hard, we've got a great opportunity waiting for you at the CapCities /ABC 080 in the Heart of Director /Associate Director: Great opportunity Carolina. Our current designer is moving up to Production /Program Manager: KCAU -TV /ABC for small or medium market Director to advance one of our sister stations, so we're looking for an affiliate in Sioux City, Iowa. Candidates will have to top 20 Midwest CBS affiliate. We need an ex- electronic artist with superior design skills to ser- strong news production and creative services perienced Director to direct live newscasts vice the daily graphic needs of our newscasts. background. Position manages all areas of the several days per week and to perform other Work with brand new equipment and live in the Production and Programming departments. Send directing and production duties. Full time position number one spot in the country. Macintosh de- resume to Kim Cleaver, General Manager, offers opportunity for growth. A college degree sign experience required ( Photoshop, Illustrator, KCAU -TV, 625 Douglas, Sioux City, IA 51101, or and 2 years directing live newscasts required. Quark); Quantel paintbox, Chyron iNFiNiTI and fax (712) 277 -3733. EOE. Equal opportunity employer. Please send re- television production experience a plus. Rush sume, references and non-returnable tape to Box non -returnable tape and resume to David Rhoad- 00312 EOE. es, Creative Services Manager, WTVD, 411 Liber- HELP WANTED PROMOTION ty Street, Durham, NC 27701. EOE. Director /Photographer. NBC affiliate in Mon- tana's Capital City looking for a news pro- ON -AIR PROMOTION fessional who's not afraid of hard work. Will shoot Writer/Producer. Procter & Gamble's Corporate for news then direct the late show. If you want to Communications Department is seeking a writer/ PRODUCER /SCHEDULER work and live in the "Last Best Place," send re- producer with 7 -10 years of experience. The posi- sume to Ashley Webster News Director, KTVH- tion is located at P &G's corporate headquarters KGO-TV has an immediate opening for TV, 2433 North Montana Avenue, Helena, MT in Cincinnati, OH. Responsibilities include con- a dynamic on -air promotion producer 59601. cept development, background research and with emphasis on news topical and general production of video news features for the image promotion. Must have 3 to 5 Company's worldwide employee video. Appli- Weather Anchor /Reporter. NW ABC affiliate cants should be able to plan and script stories, years creative experience in all facets looking for quality Weather Anchor /Reporter to supervise/direct video shoots and supervise edit- of broadcast promotion. Must have join outstanding weather team. 4 years experi- ing to develop the final video product. Re- strong writing, production and post - ence TV weather anchoring /reporting preferred; sponsibilities also include writing for the Compa- production skills. Expertise in non -linear strong meteorology background a plus; radio ex- ny's employee publication and participating in editing a plus. Should be well organized perience a plus; Bachelor's degree required. special projects. The successful applicant will and able to assist with program logs Please send tape, resume and references ASAP possess: proven abilities in video story devel- and in-ventory control. Must be able to to: Michael Espinoza, Executive News Director, opment and production; strong conceptual, ana- work under tight deadlines. Application KXLY TV /AM /FM /Extraf, 500 West Boone Ave- lytical and strategic thinking abilities; de- nue, Spokane, WA 99201. No phone calls monstrated leadership ability; flexibility to work deadline is March 10, 1995. Please please. KXLY is an equal opportunity employer. cooperatively in a team environment and to work send resume, cover letter, and tape to: independently with minimal direction; proven creativity and resourcefulness in solving prob- KGO-TV PERSONNEL Television ENG Photographer: Top LA network lems. Salary is competitive and commensurate 900 FRONT STREET bureau opportunity for bright, hard -working, relia- with experience. No phone calls, please. Direct ble shooter w /pro news experience. Resume, cov- resumes with VHS demo tapes to: Procter & SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 er letter with salary history, references and tape Gamble, Corporate Communications (SY -01), EOE to Box 00295 EOE. P.O. Box 599, Cincinnati, OH 45201 -0599.

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WANTED: BIG THINKER Producer /Director /Editor with great track record Writer for CBS On -Air Promotion. With creative skills, writing skills, and hands -on experience seeks entry level posi- /Producer tion in T.V. production. Strong leadership skills, and ideas that are big on one ingredient: dedicated and dependable. Can take project from concept to completion. Excellent references. Will- INNOVATIONS ing to relocate. Available immediately. Call 508- Send us your big innovative demo reel. Do not call. Reels are non -returnable. 752 -4532. Send to: CBS CONSULTING FIRMS Ms. Barbara Lucchese 7800 Beverly Boulevard, RM 15 Los Angeles, CA 90036 Equal Opportunity Employer BROADCAST JOURNALISTS LITERARY ENTERTAINMENT ADVERTISING wanted immediate- RESEARCH Senior Producer, Promotion HELP WANTED PROFESSIONALS ly to join highly- aggressive top- twenty Creative Services Department. If you love news promotion We are looking for a Research Analyst to aid reel stands out from the ordinary rush a NOW NEEDED NATIONWIDE! and your the General Sales Manager with television rat- Creative Services Department, KTVI, copy to: ings analysis. You must have excellent knowl- 5915 Berthold, St. Louis, MO 63110. EOE. edge of Nielsen Ratings, have a solid broadcast- We are in immediate need of dynamic, ing or ad agency background and be proficient hardworking industry professionals. with the PC in a Windows environment. Please Promotion Writer /Producer. WVIT, Con- send resume to Box 00302 EOE. We are a national marketing consulting necticut's NBC station has an opening for an ace firm catering to industry professionals Promotion Writer /Producer. Candidates must coast -to -coast and we stand prepared and have a college degree and three years promotion Research Director. WRDC /WLFL in Raleigh, ready to do what it takes to win that next production experience. Applicant must have ex- N.C. are looking for a successful candidate to big victory for you. tensive knowledge of production (film and video coordinate qualitative and quantitative research shoot experience), and post -production techni- for dynamic dual- station presentations. Must If you are excellent and aggressive, ques. This is not an entry level position. Primary have demonstrated knowledge of computer please call us today, or write for the best station responsibility is writing and producing systems -- Nielsen Media Research /TV Scan/ agent representation. All inquiries held in including series and image cam- news promotion Scarborough /Harvard Graphics /PageMaker. You strictest confidence. paigns. EOE. Rush resume and reel to: Jeff need to tfe a creative problem solver with ex- Gray, Creative Services Director, WVIT, 1422 skills. Send re- cellent writing and presentation Please call us now in Music City, U.S.A. New Britain Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06110. sume to: Carol Wright, General Sales Manager, WRDC -TV, 3012 Highwoods Boulevard, Suite Serving Justice with Quality 101, Raleigh, N.C. 27604. Equal opportunity employer. ECMAC INTERNATIONAL Promotion Director wanted for network affiliate in small but growing desert market. You will write, Executive Crisis Management & Consultants shoot, and edit local news promos along with Research Director: For ABC affiliate in 24th special event and program promos. We're look- ranked Indianapolis. Seeking a qualified Re- 9 Music Square South ing for an "idea -person" that will create, develop, search Director with a minimum of three years Nashville, TN 37203 high- energy promotions while work- and produce television or related experience. Must have (615) 298 -2245 ing on multiple projects designed to enhance the strong ratings, qualititative and trend analysis image of our local- oriented station. If you're or- skills. Excellent verbal and written skills a must. Fax (615) 298 -5299 ganized, highly motivated, and have minimum of Data base and computer experience a plus. three years experience, send a tape and resume Send resume to Deanne Haviland, WRTV, 1330 to Box 00313 EOE. North Meridian, Indianapolis, IN 46202 or fax (317) 269 -1400.

Director, Advertising and Promotion. Major SPORTS MEDIA CONSULTANT Los Angeles based studio is looking for a SITUATIONS WANTED MANAGEMENT Director, Advertising and Promotion in the Market- Need a new look 8e sound for your sports show? ing Department of its television distribution Production Manager - 10 years in Number One Let Football's Hall of Fame Sports Casting division. Seeking an experienced, aggressive market. Seeking similar position in NY Tri -State Award winner and recipient of over 160 other and highly motivated individual to handle account area. National production experience. Proven re- sports casting awards, Rick Weaver, make your management. Must have excellent communica- cord in managing studio, EFP and long form pro- show a winner too! (305) 892-9768. tion skills, flexibility to work long hours and the ductions. Reply to Box 00297. ability to handle many projects simultaneously. Duties include station relations, co -op administra- tion and creative supervision of print and on -air SITUATIONS WANTED SALES promotion for first -run and off- network shows. VIDEO SERVICES Send resume to Box 00304 EOE. Successful TV ad sales executive in #1 Market seeks challenging and financially rewarding sales /marketing position. 7 years sales/ Need video shot in the New management experience including the launch of FOR ALL YOUR CLASSIFIED NEEDS York metropolitan area? Expe- 3 ad sales operations. MBA in Marketing. Prefer CALL ANTOINETTE FASULO NY based position. Reply to Box 00278. rienced crews, top equipment. Camera Crew Network TEL:212.337.7073 Call Give me a rope and I come back with horses! (CCN). 800 -914 -4CCN. FAX: 212.206.8327 West Coast rep available for hire now! 310 -985- 7115. 69 Broadcasting & Cable Feb 20 1995 CLASSIFIEDS

CABLE Manager, GENERAL MANAGER HELP WANTED PROGRAMMING Programming Dept. OF ADVERTISING SALES

MN Latino is currently seeking a Manager for Network Production Manager. Major East Cox Communications, Inc. has two openings the Programming Department. Responsibilities Coast cable network is seeking a Production for General Manager of Advertising Soles include programming of long form shows, including Manager with demonstrated experience in all scheduling animation shows; ordering and acquisi- with cable ad sales operations in Santo facets of film and video production, post produc- tions of all special programming; research on future Barbaro, CA and Lubbock, TX. Qualified tion, budgeting and project management. Re- programming; and generation of all logs, applicants should possess the ability to quirements include a minimum 5 -7 years of expe- grids, and paperwork pertaining to MW Latino manage the development of and servicing rience in documentaries as well as feature film shows and specials. of a client base to achieve revenue and work as Production Manager. and /or television a profit objectives through spot soles and Must have a solid understanding of production Successful candidate must have 2 years of televi- services. Duties include logistics, rights issues, talent negotiations and un- production will sion programming experience. Proficiency in overseeing the design and implemento- ion issues, post production, budgeting and pro- Microsoft Word for Windows and Excel is required. tion of soles programs to attract and re- ject management. Strong communications skills Bilingual (English/ Spanish) a must. RCS Selector tain clients. Also responsible for select- also essential. For consideration, please send re- experience is a plus. sume to Box 00293 EOE. ing, training, monitoring, and coaching Qualified applicants may send soles and sales support employees. resume to: MTV Latino, Ahn: Human Resources, Proven successful media soles and sales ua+c rtimsar PO Box 50,1602 Alton Road, management experience required. College Art Miami Beach, FL 33139. degree preferred. Excellent communica- EOE M/F /DN LATINO tions skills essential. Send resume to: GRAPHIC ARTIST COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. The future of television has already 1400 LAKE HEARN DRIVE begun and its name is QVC. In just eight RTLANTA, GA 30318 years, we've become one of the most HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT ATTN: CABLEREP powerful players in the electronic retail Cox Communications, Inc. is an equal industry. Our sales top $1 billion annually opportunity employer. and our success is just the beginning.

This dynamic growth has created the TELEVISION HELP WANTED NEWS need for a talented and versatile Graph- ic Artist to join our video production team. Contributing greatly to the overall OUTDOOR LIFE look of our shows, you will design and ON -LINE produce graphics and animations sup- CHANNEL porting our on -air promotion and sales. Outdoor Life Channel is a new 24 hour - VIDEO The qualified candidate will have paint per -day cable channel featuring system and CGI experience (GVG outdoor activities. We have the follow- NEWS Graphics Factory with Halo and SGI/ ing exciting positions available: EDITORS Wavefront preferred). The ability to work Director of Acquisitions under pressure is essential. BFA or Responsibilities include identifying pro- gramming (need familiarity withsports FREELANCE /Nights equivalent is necessary. PC /Macintosh marketplace), negotiating contracts and experience is helpful. Immediate opportunities editing developing programs. MTV News segments which are Coordinating Producers Music and EFX intensive. To QVC offers a competitive salary and a Responsibilities include creative qual- comprehensive benefits package. If you decision- making involving studio and ify, you MUST be very familiar have the talent and creativity vital to this liveremote programming, overseeing with MTV, modern music and position, please forward your resume production and technical crews and on- Grass Valley systems. For consid- and creative samples to: Michael air talent, creating new show ideas and eration, send resume ONLY (no formats, and program budgets. Cavanaugh, Human Resources Dept/ reels, please), to: Director of GA, QVC, Inc., 1365 Enterprise Drive, Operations Manager Human Resources, MTV: MUSIC West Chester, PA 19380 -0844. An equal Responsible for technical aspects of studio, master control facilities, satellite TELEVISION, BHA Box #139, 555 opportunity employer. transmission and remote location pro- Madison Avenue, NY, NY 10022. ductions. Also oversee technical crew, An Equal Opportunity Employer. liaise with production vendors, good communication and negotiating skills and knowledge of state -of- the -art pro- QVC. duction equipment. We offer a competitive salary commen- surate with exp and a geneous benefits package. Please send resume and MUSIC TELEVISION cover letter indicating position of inter- FOR ALL YOUR CLASSIFIED NEEDS est and salary requirements to: CALL ANTOINETTE FASULO Kim Putman SITUATIONS WANTED SALES TEL:212.337.7073 OUTDOOR LIFE CHANNEL 2 Park Ave, NY, NY 10016 Experienced Sales and Satellite person look- FAX: 212.206.8327 eeo /m /f /d /v ing for affiliate sales position for cable pro- gramming network. 203 -531 -4775.

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HELP WANTED TECHNICAL HELP WANTED PROMOTION HELP WANTED NEWS Internships: Spend six months interning with crack professional journalists in Illinois ONAIR PROMOTION Statehouse pressroom in Sangamon State Uni- versity's one -year MA Public Affairs Reporting SENIOR PRODUCER program. Tuition waivers, $3,000 stipends during DIRECT YOUR CAREER If you have the talent, we'll give you the internship. Applications due April 1. Contact: world! Cable's premier travel network is Charles Wheeler, PAC 418, SSU, Springfield, IL TOWARDS AN INDUSTRY seeking a strong conceptual writer /pro- 62794-9243. (217) 786-7494. EOE. ducer. 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Qualifica- Also, the ability to thrive in a high tions: 3 or more years of professionaVcommercial pressure environment and direct a radio -television production and /or management technical and support staff of 15 experience essential; including knowledge of 1/2 and 3/4 -inch editing systems, video toaster, is people crucial to this position. ENG /EFP /Studio /Field productions and proce- dures, as well as knowledge of radio station pro- cedures and operations on university and pro- TECHNICAL DIRECTOR fessional levels. University teaching and working Must have knowledge of Grass Val- with students in electronic media areas preferred; ley 300, multi -channel DVEs and a MA required for Instructor level; Ph.D. required Leitch still store system. You must for Assistant Professor. Salary, tenure and con- tract renewal possibilities dependent upon expe- PROFESSIONAL JOBS have 1 -2 years of multi- camera WITH ENTERTAINMENT COMPANIES switching experi- rience and qualifications. 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telecommunications conference and exhibition, THIS WEEK co-sponsored by the Telecommunications Indus- Feb. 20-22-Great Lakes broadcasting confer- try Association and United States Telephone ence and expo, presented by the Michigan As- Association. Anaheim Convention Center, Ana- sociation of Broadcasters. Lansing Center, Lan- tine Bolletino, (312) 634 -2335. heim, Calif. Contact: (202) 326 -7300. sing, Mich. Contact: Karole L. White, (517) 484- Feb. 27.28- "Marketing in a Competitive Envi- 7444. ronment" course, presented by Women in Cable APRIL Feb. 22-Texas Association of Broadcasters & Telecommunications. Charlotte, N.C. Contact: April 3-5--Cable & Satellite 95 conference Legislative Day conference and luncheon. Capi- Christine Bolletino, (312) 634 -2335. and exhibition, sponsored by Reed Exhibitions. tol Marriott, Austin, Tex. Contact: Oscar Rodri- The Grand Hall at Olympia, London. Contact: guez, (512) 322-9944. MARCH 081 948 9800. Feb. 22-"Richard Durham: His Friends Remem- March 1.17 -The Museum of Television & April 7- 12- MIP -TV international television ber," tribute presented by The Museum of Broad- Radio's 12th Television Festival. Directors Guild marketplace, sponsored by Reed Exhibitions. cast Communications, Chicago. Contact: (312) of America Building, Los Angeles. Contact: Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France. Contact: 629-6000. David Lewis, (212) 621 -6685. (212) 689 -4220. Feb. 22-24 -Texas Cable TV Association 35th March 3- Deadline for entries to the New York April 9.13-National Association of Broad- annual trade show and convention. San Antonio Festivals Radio Programming & Promotions casters annual convention. Las Vegas Conven- Convention Center, San Antonio, Tex. Contact: Awards. Contact: Anne White, (914) 238 -4481. tion Center, Las Vegas. Contact: (202) 429 -5300. (512) 474-2082. March 3- Deadline for entries to The Radio - April 10.11- Television Bureau of Advertis- Feb. 23-24- Video -on- demand conference, Mercury Awards. Contact: The Radio Creative ing (fVB) annual sales and marketing confer- presented by IBC Technical Services Ltd. The Fund, (212) 387 -2156. ence. Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas. Langham Hilton, London. Contact: Caroline March 5-2nd annual Children's Interactive Contact: Robert Romano, (212) 486 -1111. Bishop, +44 71 637 4383. Media Festival, sponsored by the Academy of Feb. 24.25- -Black College All- American Television Arts and Sciences, Academy of Inter- JUNE Awards weekend, presented by the SBN Sports active Arts and Sciences, International Interac- June 1.3 -44th annual American Women in Network. Hyatt- Peachtree Center, Atlanta, Ga. tive Communications Society and American Cen- Radio and Television convention. Beverly Hilton, Contact: C. Ottley, (212) 486 -4255. ter for Children's Television. Contact: Andrew Beverly Hills, Calif. Contact: (703) 506 -3290. (213) Feb. 24-27- National Federation of Communi- Zucker, 653 -3393. June 7.10-Promax & BDA'95 conference & ty Broadcasters annual meeting. Albuquerque March 5-7-NIMA International fourth annual exposition, presented by Promax International Hilton, Albuquerque, N.M. Contact: David Le- midyear meeting. Waldorf- Astoria, New York and BOA International. Sheraton Washington Page, (202) 393-2355. City. Contact: David Savage, (202) 962 -8342. Hotel and Washington Hilton & Towers, Wash- "Convergence: Partners in D.C. Feb - 25- Symposium on entertainment law pre- March 9.10- ington, Contact: (213) 465 -3777. sented by the American Bar Association Forum Progress" course, presented by Women in Cable June 18.24-16th annual Banff Television on the Entertainment and Sports Industries and & Telecommunications. Denver. Contact: Chris- Festival. Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta, Harvard Law School Committee on Sports Enter- tine Bolletino, (312) 634 -2335. Canada. Contact: Jerry Ezekiel, (403) 762 -5357. tainment Law. Harvard Law School, Cambridge, March 14 -51st annual Radio & Television Mass. Contact: Utip Socha, (312) 988 -6147. Correspondents' Association dinner. Washing- SEPTEMBER Feb. 25.26 -8th annual local programing sem- ton Hilton, Washington. Contact: Ivan Goldberg, Sept. 6.9 -Radio Show & World Media Expo, inar presented by the National Academy of Cable (202) 955 -1366. sponsored by the National Association of Broad- Programming. ANA Hotel, Washington, D.C. March 14.17- MediaVisión'95, Latin Ameri- casters, Radio Television News Directors Associ- Contact: Bakori Davis, (202) 775 -3611. can conference on programing and promotion, ation, Society of Broadcast Engineers and Soci- co- sponsored by NATPE International, Promax ety of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. FEBRUARY International and NIMA International. Hyatt New Orleans, La. Contact: Lynn McReynolds, Feb. 27.28- "Managing Change in an Evolving Regency Santiago, Santiago, Chile. Contact: (202) 429-5350. Industry" course, presented by Women in Cable Christine LeFort, (310) 453-4440. Major Meetings & Telecommunications. Denver. Contact: Chris- March 20.23- Supercomm'95 global -Compiled by Kenneth Ray

Feb 20 1995 Broadcasting & Cable ffiffD Stuart Zachary Levin

s the television industry braces The two services and technologies for a 500 -channel universe, Stu offer different things to different con- A Levin and his TVN Entertain- sumers, Levin says. "The aesthetics ment are paving the way for a possi- of the small dish and its price do ble 4,000 -channel universe. make a difference. But for people TVN, the first near- video- on -de- who have the room and want more mand multiplex service, offers pay - choices, they choose C-band." The per -view movies and other programing physics don't allow for C -band to be via satellite to U.S. households. Levin, picked up on the 18 -inch dish, he who got his start in the music busi- says, but "we might be able to get it ness, has been playing to the back- down to the four -to- five -foot range." yard- satellite -dish set since the 1980s. "MPEG -2, the open standard As a producer of live events during everyone is waiting for, is finally the 1970s such as Mardi Gras at the here," Levin adds. The technological Superdome, Levin learned firsthand advancement is a worldwide digital the immense potential of the satellite compression standard that allows far business. "I understood the technolo- greater and more efficient use of gy of the satellite business because of band space. "You'll start to see digi- the programs we had done where we Now in its fifth year of operation tal boxes coming out in big waves would bring in Diana Ross or Stevie TVN continues to add programing this year and in '96 and '97. The tran- Wonder via satellite," he says. "In the and subscribers. In the past nine sition to digital will be a sea change late 1970s no one was really up in the months, the company has added of technology. If you have C -band business, and up until 1979 you 175,000 subscribers, bringing its now, you have 500 channels. With couldn't even own a backyard dish. subscriber base to 675,000. Although digital, you could grow it to 4,000." So the satellite industry was started first in its field, TVN now has several Not content to rest on its laurels, when it was deregulated." high -profile competitors in the ever- TVN has continued to grow into new In the early 1980s, as the satellite growing market, most areas of the business. business began to grow, Levin had notably DIRECTV. Founder/president/chief execu- Although a competitor the idea of a 10- channel "movie the- DIRECTV uses Ku- tive officer, TVN Entertainment, to cable, TVN now of- ater in the sky." All he lacked was a band technology and Burbank, Calif.; b. Feb. 28, fers cable operators "big player to make it work. At the operates via heavily 1948, Brooklyn, N.Y.; attended the ability to get into time, there were no encryption ser- touted 18 -inch satel- Brooklyn College, 1965 -67; the multiplex, near - vices; all the services were in the lite dishes. TVN oper- manager, production and light- video-on- demand clear. In 1984 I started looking at ates on the C -band ing, Action City Club, Brooklyn, business without hav- encryption services with regard to the technology, which is 1966 -68; musical manager, ing to wait for the movies -in-the -sky concept. In order picked up by larger Brooklyn, 1968 -72; freelance technology from the music producer, Los Angeles, to we needed a do that, lot of hard- backyard dishes. 1972 -73; producer, Pasetta slow- moving cable ware and so I went to AT &T." DIRECTV's recent Productions, L.A., 1973 -77; industry. "Our The - What his idea needed was auto- advertising blitz, which founder /consultant, American atreVision Plus is a matic number identification, which has included large buys Cablevision of New Orleans, turnkey solution for AT &T already was interested in and on network television, 1978.80; independent produc- the operators who which would allow callers to order including football tele- er and president, SMA TV, New want to get into the movies and be billed via telephone. casts, has helped the Orleans, 1980 -84; current posi- business immediately. There were several more hurdles to entire satellite busi- tion since 1984; m. Pamela The service does the overcome before the theater- in -the- ness- including TVN, Rosenfeld, June 16, 1991. billing, barkering [and sky concept would become reality. Levin says. TVN's customer service], and Although Levin began launching large dishes are capable of picking up is customized per system." TVN in 1984, it was not until 1991 both C -band and Ku -band. Levin takes great pride in leading a that the company, based in Burbank, "DIRECTV has lifted the C -band company that stays ahead of the Calif., sold its first movie. The long business with the large dishes be- industry's technological and software start-up time resulted from delays in cause you get a lot more product," services curve. "In the satellite selecting a set -top box. TVN eventu- Levin says. "Also, pay services are world, we've been in the 500 -channel ally went with General Instrument's. cheaper on C -band. The ads are dri- universe for the past 15 years. This is Despite TVN attempts to produce its ving consumers into the store, and one of those anomalies where the own, GI was "already entrenched in then [the customers] are being up- rural guy had more choices than the the market," Levin says. sold to C -band technology." urban guy." -SC

Broadcasting & Cable Feb 201995 77 senior VP, Susan Garone, VP, research and affi- BROADCAST N research and davit retrieval, MediaAmerica Inc., Kenneth Schwab, program manager, business develop- New York, named VP, research. Vermont ETV, joins Turner Broad- ment, Indepen- KWn O'Brien, GSM, KKLD(FM) /KJYK casting System, Atlanta, as director, dent Television (AM) Tucson, Ariz., named station programing, Turner Classic Movies. Network, New manager. York, joins as VP, Appointments at wmR(Tv) Indi- sales and market- Appointments at Virginia Network anapolis: Rod Porter, marketing direc- Va.: Bill ing; Avery Cobern, Inc., Vienna, Gnnnler, GSM, tor, named program director; Tom director, broad- wtxc(AM) Lexington, wGKs(FM) Scott, research director, wRTV(Tv) Paris, and Stewing Cobern cast standards, both Kentucky, Indianapolis, joins in same capacity. prime time pro- Slaughter, GSM, wYYD(FM) Amherst, Ray Witter, program coordinator, graming and Fox Children's Network, Va., named GM and GSM, respective- WGNT(TV) Portsmouth, Va., named named VP. ly, wRDJ(FM) Roanoke, wLDJ(FM) operations director /program coordi- Appomattox, wJJs(FM) Roanoke, Kent Cornish, GM, KTKA -TV Topeka, nator. wux(FM) and wvLR(AM) Lynchburg, Kan., adds VP to his responsibilities. all Virginia; Bill Carter, program direc- Appointments at David Seevers, sales manager, World- tor, WJLM(FM) Salem, Va., named pro- Diversified Com- wide Television News, Washington, network's munications' duction director, five sta- joins ABC News, New York, as tions in Roanoke/Lynchburg, and air wYou(Tv) Scran- manager, sales and marketing, personality, wns(FM) Roanoke and ton, Pa.: Bin Chris- VideoSource. wux(FM) Lynchburg. tian, VP /GM, adds responsibili- Maly Jane Ufland, VP, production, Doug Silver, program director, KFAB ties of senior VP, WarnerVision Entertainment, Los (AM) Omaha, is leaving to devote broadcasting, Angeles, named senior VP. full time to Silver Broadcast Consul- corporate level; Kerry Moriartty and Duncan Campbell, tants, Orlando, Fla., as consultant. Christian Bily 11881118s, producers, Jenny Jones, Chicago, Dave Murphy, LSM, wusN(FM) Chica- GSM, adds re- named senior producer and coordinat- go, joins WJJD(AM)/WJMK(FM) there as sponsibilities of ing producer, respectively. GSM. station manager. David DreMYttger, VP, business and legal Scott Stanford, morning news anchor, Appointments at affairs, D.L. Taffner, New York, joins wRKL(AM) New City, N.Y., joins WKBW-TV Buffa- BBC Worldwide Americas there as WFAS -AM -FM White Plains, N.Y., in lo, N.Y.: Tracye senior VP, business and legal affairs. same capacity. Fox, producer, Phil Aldridge, sports producer, Kathy Silts, director, communications, WDIV(Tv) WVUE(TV) New Orleans, joins KLFY- WrrF -FM Harrisburg, Pa., named VP. as Detroit, joins Tv Lafayette, La., as weekend sports Brian Daisy, CFO, Roth Communica- executive pro- anchor /reporter. ducer; Joe Rohm, tions, Stoneham, Mass., joins Back Huggins assignment edi- Steven Ross, VP, worldwide feature Bay Broadcasters and WBNW(AM) tor, named managing editor; Tony film promotions, 20th Century Fox, Boston, in same capacity. Jones, photographer, wGRZ -Tv Buffa- Los Angeles, named senior VP, Matthew Zucker, executive producer, lo, joins in same capacity. worldwide promotions, feature film wwDB(FM) Philadelphia, named pro- and video. N. Linsey Tolley, VP, Citibank Private gram director. Bank, New York, joins Sunbow Pro- Ken Kuhl, station manager, KNET(AM)/ ductions there as CFO. RADIO KYYK(FM) Palestine, Tex., named Jim Burke, VP /GM, wTTo(Tv) Wash- Lisa Payne, regional representative, for- VP /GM, Klox-AM -FM Bay City, Tex. ington, joins KTTV(TV) Los Angeles mer governor Mario Cuomo, New Steve Manic, sales manager, KRLT(FM) in same capacity. York, joins wRTN(FM) New Rochelle, and KowL(AM) South Lake Tahoe, Chuck Richardson, production consul- N.Y., as senior VP /GM. Calif., named GM. tant, joins Turner Pictures, London, Mariann Matarese, GSM, wBUx(AM) LaDoi a Shaughnessy, account execu- as VP, feature animation administra- Doylestown, Pa., adds station man- tive, KMYZ -FM Pryor, Okla., named tion. ager to her responsibilities. regional sales manager. Terry Thrum, senior producer/director, Ann Gallagher, engineer, Voice of Ronald Stone, GM, and Canie Butler, KPLR -Tv St. Louis, named production America, planning and analysis, sales manager, KEZK -FM St. Louis and manager. Washington, joins Moffet, Larson & KFNs(AM) Wood River, Ill., join Iwo- Appointments at Fox Broadcasting Johnson Inc., Falls Church, Va., as AM-FM St. Louis Park, Minn., as GM Co., Beverly Hills, Calif.: Susan Rynn, project engineer. and GSM, respectively.

78 Feb 201995 Broadcasting & Cabb Carcano, director, affiliate relations, manager, Golden Bear Internation- CABLE E! Entertainment Television there, al, North Palm Beach, Fla., joins as Greg Ricca, execu- joins as VP, local ad sales. NSM, SportsChannel, Bala Cyn- wyd, Pa.; Michael McMurray, research tive VP, Viacom Richard Hart, host, and Dan Sexton, Networks Group, executive producer, The Next Step, manager, Rainbow Advertising New York, focus- join C/NET: The Computer Net- Sales Corp., New York, named es his responsi- work, San Francisco, as host and VP, director, research. bilities as execu- development, respectively. Paul Davis -Miller, manager, acquisition tive VP, MTV and sales, North America, Unapix Networks there. Appointments at Discovery Net- Entertainment Inc., Greenwich, Appointments at works, Bethes- Conn., named VP. Prime Sports, da, Md.: Wendy Ann Dilworth, group VP, new con- Ricca Los Angeles: Eagle, director, sumer media, Times Mirror Con- Lisa Laky, senior advertising sales commercial sumer Media, Los Angeles, named account executive, Prime Sports, operations, president. named local advertising sales manag- named VP; Cathy er; Rebecca McGregor, human resources Pratt, director, DEATHS coordinator, named manager. affiliate sales, William Barbour, assistant GM, Cablevi- Pratt named director, Bob Randall, 57, dramatist, novelist sion, Woodbury, N.Y., named GM, advertising and television writer, died Feb. 11 of North Carolina region. sales, Latin America. complications from AIDS at his home in New Milford, Conn. Ran- Appointments at The Family Chan- C. Ray Waller, marketing and sales was head writer nel, Virginia Beach, Va.: Robert Turn- manager, West Virginia systems, E.W. dall and co- producer the series bull, on -air anchor, wvFs(Fnt) Talla- Scripps Co., Bluefield, W.Va., named of CBS Kate and Allie. hassee, Fla., joins as publicist; Ann GM, Western Kentucky systems. John Anthony Masterson, 83, creator Abraham, promotion writer /program- and producer of radio and television ing liaison, named manager, public MULTIMEDIA shows, and his wife, actress Mary relations, trade press and ad sales Stuart Masterson, 72, died Feb. 4 in a liaison; Harold Moore, affiliate mar- Katherine O'Brien, car accident on the Pacific Coast keting manager, named director. director, Capital Highway in California. Masterson's Cities /ABC Terni Morse, senior director, sales and 60 -year broadcasting career began marketing, Prism/SportsChannel, Multimedia with the creation of shows Bride New Philadelphia, named VP. Group, and Groom and Queen for a Day. He York, named VP. also created People's Court, which Appointments at Cox Cable Commu- Appointments at ran in first -run syndication for 13 nications, Atlanta: Ellen East, manager, Cox Broadcast- years, and The Booth, a dramatic public affairs, named director, com- ing, Washington: series that aired on PBS. The cou- munications; Donald Karell, corporate David Chase, ple is survived by their children, director, construction, Times Mirror O'Brien operations man- Tucky and Sean, and several broth- Cable Television, Phoenix, joins as ager, named assistant bureau chief; ers, sisters and grandchildren. VP /GM, Middle Georgia; Richard Martin Kos, chief photojournalist, Waterman, VP, corporate affairs, Times Beulah Donohue Hochstein, 86, former named operations manager; Robert Mirror Cable Television, Irvine, trustee and president, national alum- Williams, bureau photojournalist, Calif., joins Cox Communications as nae, Milwaukee- Downer College, named chief photojournalist; Zelda director, government relations. society editor and television person- Wallace, office manager, named field ality, died of a stroke Jan. 31 at The Appointments at Starnet Inc., West producer; Lynn Dahis, editor, Potomac Hospice of Arlington, Arlington, Va. Chester, Pa.: Robert Bower, VP, engi- Television, Washington, joins as edi- neering and operations, named Hochstein's pioneering and popular tor /photojournalist. which senior VP/chief technology officer; show, The Woman's World, Carol Mills, founding partner, aired in 1951, won her a Golden Susan Stuchell, account manager, Mills/Montgomery Inc., New York, Mike for Broadcasting. The daily Eastern region, named director, joins Jim Henson Productions there North Central region. program covered topics from psy- as director, design services. chology to marketing and featured Ivan Leoncavallo, producer, MTV Appointments at Rainbow Advertis- the first certificate course in Red News, New York, named new direc- ing Sales Corp.: Warren Spellman, di- Cross first -aid given on television. tor, MTV Latino, Miami. rector, marketing services, named She is survived by daughters Judith Appointments at fX, New York: VP; Thomas Marsillo, director, sales, and Jeanne; her sister, Thelma; and Michael Koegel, executive in charge of Eastern region, SportsChannel, New five grandchildren. talent, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite York, named VP, advertising sales; there, joins in same capacity; Steven John O'Neill, corporate marketing -Compiled by Denise Smith

Broadcasting & Cable Feb 201995 79 U.S. Senator Bob Graham (D -Fla.) says he has gotten the Defense Department, the Postal Service ABRY ready to buy stations and Amtrak to agree not to ABRY Communications, the Boston -based group owner run by Andrew advertise on any excessively vio- Banks and Royce Yudkoff, is preparing to go on a station -buying spree. lent TV program. DOD spent $37.3 The company commissioned Wall Street investment banker Donaldson million on TV advertising last year, Lufkin Jenrette to raise more than $200 million in investment capital, the Postal Service spent $22.9 million which will serve as a base on which to borrow another $700 million -$800 and Amtrak spent $8.1 million. million, Banks confirmed last week. The new properties will be a mix of The FCC last week fined four television and radio properties. Since 1989 ABRY has specialized in stations for Equal Employment acquiring marginal TV stations and making improvements in operating performances and cash flow. It owns KSMO -Tv Kansas City, Mo., WSTR -TV Opportunity violations: wTGs(Tv) and WNUV -TV Baltimore. Hardeeville, S.C. ($27,500); Cincinnati -SM KMPC(AM)- KLIT(FM) Los Angeles -Glen- dale, Calif. ($20,000); wMVG(FM) Braddock, Pa. ($16,000), and wwcT- New Saturday for CBS FM Peoria, 111410,000). The FCC CBS is undergoing a major overhaul on its Saturday morning schedule by charged stations with failing to adding six new series in the fall, and a seventh in January 1996. Three of recruit enough minorities. the new series, The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa, The Mask and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, are based on recent blockbuster movies. The last Democrats on the House Ways & is the mid -season entry. Means Committee have submit- The network will renew three series from this year: Disney's Alladin (its ted proposals to save the Minori- second season), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (sixth season) and Tax ty Certificate program, which Beakman's World (third season). is now slated for termination. The pro- The other new shows are The Adventures of Hyperman, Felix the Cat, gram would be capped at $50 million Santo Bugito and National Geographic's Really Wild Animals. would transferred to IRS. and be the The CBS fall Saturday morning schedule is The Adventures of Hyper- Changes would not be retroactive, man (8- 8:30), The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa (8:30 -9). Disney's Viacom's a saving plans to collect tax Alladin (9- 9:30), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I (9:30 -10), The Mask (10- certificate for the sale of its cable sys- 10:30), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II (10:30 -11), Felix the Cat (11- tems to a minority- controlled compa- 11:30), Santo Bugito (11:30 a.m.- noon), Beakman's World (12 noon -12:30 ny. The full House is scheduled to p.m.) and National Geographic's Really Wild Animals (12:30 -1 p.m.). -SC vote on the program on Tuesday (Feb. 21). An embattled PBS last Friday IVDS bidder fined $390,000 announced the resignations of A Florida company has been slapped with a $390.000 fine by the FCC for its National Programing Ser- allegedly abusing the commission's auction process during last summer's vice's Jennifer Lawson, execu- sale of interactive spectrum. The company also may be liable for $1.2 mil- tive VP, and John Grant, senior lion in penalties for failing to make a $3.2 million down payment. VP. The resignations are effective The FCC says Commercial Realty St. Pete bid more than $40 million for March 10. PBS officials were not 20 Interactive Video Data Service licenses without having the money to back available for comment on whether the bids. The FCC also alleges that the company falsely claimed it was a the resignations are related to the female -controlled business in order to take advantage of bidding credits. ongoing controversy over federal Reached last week, Hartley said his wife controls 60% of the compa- funding for CPB, which helps fund ny. But Hartley, who said he was calling between shots in a golf game, PBS. However, on Jan. 30, when would not comment on other FCC allegations. He did issue a press PBS was reorganized into three divi- release last week claiming that the FCC's charges were groundless and sions, Lawson was named to contin- would be challenged in court. -CSS ue in her job while some of her peers

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80 Feb 201995 Broadcasting & Cable were promoted. "She had essen- tially been fired," a source said, adding that "PBS President] Ervin [Diggan] and Jennifer did not get along." The National Programing Briefing boycott Service distributes PBS series. The Senate Commerce Committee always has prided itself on taking a Kathy Quattrone, PBS's program- bipartisan approach to telecommunications issues. But relations ing VP, will be acting head. between committee Democrats and Republicans and their staffs are American Movie Classics is increasingly strained. Last week, Democratic staffers, for the most paying an estimated S20 mil- part, boycotted telecommunications briefings held by the Senate Corn - lion for a new package of movies munications Subcommittee's Republican staff. Industry lawyers and representatives were invited to come to the Hill and discuss a number from Warner Bros. Domestic Pay - of different topics during the briefings, which took place over several TV, Cable & Network Features. The foreign deal, which includes hundreds of days. Among the topics: broadcast deregulation, ownership, movies produced between 1940 and universal service and competition between the Bell operating compa- 1970, includes classics "East of nies and cable. "We asked [Republican staff] not to schedule the brief- ings while we were working on a bill. We it was in Eden," "Rebel Without a Cause" and draft thought bad faith to schedule them when we asked them not to," said one Democ- "A Streetcar Named Desire ." ratic staffer. Democrats last week presented their own telecommuni- MGM TV, having recently cleared cations reform plan, which is strikingly different from the one Pressler its new reality syndicated strip has released (see page 8). -KM LAPD in 77% of the country for a fall launch, is preparing a new syndicated reality show for WASHINGTON entertainment/home shopping show September 1996. Tentatively titled expected to begin testing sometime Paradise Patrol and packaged by Status quo during the second quarter. The ICM agent Steven Wohl, it will be Leadership on the NAB TV board three -week, on -air test, which prob- produced by LAPD executive pro- isn't likely to see much change. The ably will air on USA's daytime ducer Dave Bell. More than 35 current chairman, Bill Ryan, presi- schedule, features a working couple state and federal agencies have dent of Post -Newsweek Stations, who return to their suburban home agreed to participate. will run for joint board chairman. and then introduce various products Paramount Domestic Televi- Phil Jones, president of Meredith around their house. sion has signed long -term Broadcasting and the TV board's renewal agreements with CBS vice chairman, is expected to run RENO for the chairmanship. Jim Babb, O &Os in New York, Los Angeles Cox deals in Reno and Chicago to clear its Hard Copy chairman of Outlet Broadcasting, is and Entertainment Tonight through slated to be the TV board's vice Cox Broadcasting, which has not a TV station in over a year, 1999 in prime access. ET already is chairman. bought is trying to next best on all three stations and Hard Copy do the thing. NEW YORK Kevin O'Brien, VP/GM of Cox's is on CBS O &Os WCBS -TV New York KTVU(TV) San Francisco, says he is and KCBS -Tv Los Angeles and will Wooing Mario negotiating a "management services move from WMAQ-TV Chicago to the EFM Media Management appears agreement" with VHF KRxt(Tv) CBS O &O WBBM -TV in fall 1996. to be the front -runner in the race to Reno. Permittee Nevada Television lure former New York governor Corp. would hold the license, while Mario Cuomo to host a weekend NSS POCKETPIECE Cox would provide technical and radio talk show, according to a New programing support. If all goes as (Nielsen's top ranked syndicated shows for York -area radio station owner. The the week ending Feb. 5. Numbers represent planned, O'Brien says, Cox eventu- owner says that Cuomo is friendly average audience'stations/% coverage.) ally will buy the station. 1. Wheel of Fortune 14.4/228,99 with EFM CEO /Chairman Ed 2. Jeopardy! 11.6/21798 McLaughlin. A Cuomo spokesman 3. Wheel of Fortune-wknd 8.5/178/83 4. Nat'l Geog on Assignment 7.9/177/96 says a radio talk show deal is 5. Entertainment Tonight 7.8/180/94 "imminent." Other radio group syn- 6. Oprah Winfrey Show 7.6/232/99 7. Star Trek: Deep Space 9 7.4)237/99 dicators, including CBS Radio and 8. Baywatch 7.2/218/96 Premiere Radio Networks, appar- 9. Roseanne 6.7/182/95 ently still have bids to launch a talk 10. Inside Edition 6.6/170/91 11. The Simpsons 6.5/133/84 show by the eloquent Democrat. 12. Journeys of Hercules 6.3/167/93 13. Family Matters 6.2/193/94 14. Hard Copy 6.1/184/94 14. Married...With Children 6.1/174/91 Suburban shopper

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has prayed for these many years: a Congress and an FCC Free the enterprise that are open to the possibilities of change. In the long run, we very much doubt that a totally free A broadcaster's enthusiasm for lifting the cap on multi- market position will prevail, either at the FCC or on the ple ownership is in inverse proportion to his proximity to Hill. Nevertheless, the right argument for the industry is the present limit. Thus it's understandable that networks to continue to push for as much as it can get. The day and major groups would cheer FCC Chairman Reed will come when it needs it. Hundt and Senate Commerce Chairman Larry Pressler in their initiatives to liberalize the marketplace (to 50% and 100 %, respectively), while smaller groups and affiliates A new golden age would see little with which to identify. This page contin- ues to vote for freedom, for all sorts of reasons. Here's some news that the New York Times found fit to The first is that we've resisted the regulatory hand of print last week: "In Sheer Quality, TV Is Elbowing Hol- government at every turn, even when it has resulted in lywood Aside" (Tuesday, Feb. 14, section C, page 15). short-term benefit for one segment of the industry or The nut of the story could be found in the second para- another (PTAR, for example, which in its prime stabi- graph: "[I]n terms of dramatic value, relevance and lized the third network and made almost everyone else humor, prime time television -much of it, anyway -is rich). Our first principle was and remains the First far better than what's on at the movies." The story then Amendment, which instructs that the government make cited movie executives who privately concede the point. no law abridging our Fifth Estate. They are right, of course. There is far more opportuni- The second is that the world won't stand still, no mat- ty for experimentation, diversity and, hence, quality in ter how much we'd like it to-and certainly our world television than in films, where, generally speaking, each won't. Broadcasters no longer are competing with broad- studio produces only a handful of extremely expensive casters alone. They have far more to fear from the projects each year. advance of cable and telephone companies than they do We're not sure when the torch was passed, although from their own networks. Indeed, if their own networks we've never subscribed to the "TV as movie stepchild" aren't free to compete to the maximum, the game could theory. One of the reasons we may not have written this well be lost at home. Thus the wisdom in repealing the story is that we've always thought that the best of televi- financial interest rules, for example, to make networks a sion could stand up to the best of any other medium. But more competitive force. the quality of the best of TV is extraordinarily high. A third is that deregulatory impulses don't come in a Perhaps the decision of Steven Spielberg to put his ener- vacuum. That is, the same broadcasting industry that gies into TV was a more seminal move than we knew. wants the FCC to loosen the reins on spectrum flexibility While many films have gotten dumb and dumber, the can hardly argue for keeping the lid on ownership. For creative community appears to be wising up to TV's cre- better or worse, the industry appears to be getting what it ative potential.

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