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Rupert Murdoch and John Malone would come out on top at Primestar Inc. under a proposal to restructure the compa- ny to appease antitrust regulators trying to block the DBS company's planned acquisition of American Sky Broadcasting. News Corp. Chairman Mur- doch and Tele- Communications Inc. Chairman Malone's United Video Satellite Group Inc. are proposing to step in and take con- trol of Primestar, buying out the company's four MSO partners. The proposal is a big reversal for News Corp., which initially Under restructuring Letters with the terms of the propos- plan, had agreed to merge ASkyB into Murdoch's al were sent out to the partners last ASkyB would week; none had formally responded by Primestar in order to escape the control 50% of the DBS business. Now Murdoch satellite TV Friday. News Corp. and TCI wouldn't could wind up controlling the company; Malone's comment, and officials at Justice and operation. United Video, 30 %. other companies couldn't be reached. But it's not at all clear that Jus- Even if Murdoch and Malone suc- tice Department antitrust division chief Under a proposal being considered ceed in their plan, they've got a huge Joel Klein will sign off on the deal. In by Primestar's various partners, TCI- amount of work ahead of them. Partly going to court to block the controlled United Video Satellite because of all the mayhem during the Primestar/ASkyB merger, his chief Group would buy out MSOs that now ownership of Primestar over the past objection is that a Primestar owned by control 61% of Primestar's stock for year, the DBS operation's growth has cable operators won't aggressively about $968 million in cash and notes. slowed dramatically, and rivals compete with cable systems for sub- That comes to $8 per share, about DirecTV and EchoStar have pulled well scribers. Primestar believes it will work two- thirds of that in cash and the rest in ahead. "They've got so much catching because the complicated series of trans- bonds -about 45% above Friday up to do the deal almost doesn't mat- actions surrounding AT &T Corp.'s morning's trading price. ter," says one media analyst. takeover of TCI largely distances At the same time, Murdoch and part- The ASkyB deal has been dragging UVSG from TCI's cable systems. ner MCI Communications would put on for months. News Corp. and MCI rat- However, UVSG essentially will up ASkyB's coveted orbital slot for a tled the cable market two years ago by remain a subsidiary of AT &T and be high -powered DBS satellite, a satellite bidding $682 million for the last remain- tied legally to the cable systems. under construction and what one ing high -power DBS orbital slot at an It is equally unclear that the cable source involved in the deal would char- FCC auction. After boasting and braying operators will approve. All of them are acterize only as "several hundred mil- about their threat to cable, News Corp. either eager or at least willing to get out. lion bucks." and MCI realized that their prospects as But putting a competing subscription AskyB would wind up owning almost the fourth entrant in the DBS market video system in the sometimes -ruthless 50% of the combined operation. UVSG were bleak, so they agreed to merge the hands of Murdoch and Malone is not an would have about 30%, and the remain- company into EchoStar. However, appealing prospect. "The guys are very der would be in the hands of public share- News Corp. executives clashed with nervous about turning a distribution holders-some of the larger ones includ- EchoStar Chairman Charlie Ergen, so system over to them," says an executive ing Malone and his associates -and Gen- ASkyB scrapped the deal and agreed to a of one of the other Primestar MSOs. eral Electric Corp.'s satellite unit. merger with Primestar for $1.1 billion in

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nonvoting stock -essentially covering tion is whether UVSG buying them out ty will, in a legal sense, still be a sub- the cost of the license and a satellite gets Malone and Murdoch anywhere. sidiary of AT &T. But its shareholder under construction. UVSG is controlled by TCI Ven- base will be completely different To Primestar the ASkyB deal would tures, a "tracking- stock" subsidiary of from that of AT &T; Malone will have be a godsend. As a medium -power ser- TCI. ICI Ventures is being acquired no executive role in the telco, and vice, Primestar requires subscribers to by Liberty Media, another tracking - Liberty's economic interests will lie buy dishes twice the size of DirecTV stock subsidiary of TCI. Ostensibly the someplace other than the cable sys- and EchoStar units and can offer fewer economic interests of operations tems. channels. A high -power license would underlying tracking stocks are separate Even if Klein doesn't buy that, free the company of those handicaps. from those of ICI. But Liberty is large- Primestar will be tied to an MSO sys- But after a lengthy investigation, ly owned by the same shareholders that tem serving fewer than 25% of U.S. Justice sued to block the ASkyB deal, control ICI-Malone and the family cable subscribers versus some 60% with Klein saying that DBS is critical of late TCI founder Bob Magness-so with its current owners. to keeping cable rates in check and that Liberty and ICI are largely run in par- "Under the AT &T deal Liberty is the merger would harm consumers by allel. not going to be managed by anybody lessening competition. However, ICI and Primestar offi- who's managing the cable company," A surrender by the MSOs would cer- cials are arguing to the DOJ that the says one industry executive familiar tainly help to get clearance. A big ques- AT &T deal changes that. Yes, Liber- with the deal. SMART adds P&G to ratings roster General Motors also said to be close to supporting new competitor to Nielsen

By Steve McClellan with another major distraction from addressing problems with its main- When Nielsen Media Research stream media ratings. went public last month, the four The only solution, those clients say, major broadcast networks and a is to have competition in the national handful of key ad agencies moved TV ratings arena. Two weeks ago, quickly to embrace Statistical Research Westfield, N.J. based SRI, which has Inc.'s SMART service -not just as a TV been developing the SMART ratings ratings experiment, but as a measure- service for four years (using Philadel- ment service that could break Nielsen's phia as its test market), said that the monopolistic hold on the market. four major networks and some adver- Last week, Procter & Gamble report- tising agencies had signed letters of edly joined the growing ranks of intent to enter "good faith" negotia- SMART supporters; General Motors tions to become subscribers to SRI's z was said to be close to signing a commit- new national TV ratings service (B &C, ment letter as well. A competing ratings Aug. 3). The new service will cost service is not a done deal yet, with cable $100 million to roll out. In addition to remaining the most conspicuous hold- ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC, those sign- Gale Metzger, president of Statistical out. But the industry seems as close to ing the letters intent Research Inc., is optimistic that his of include BBDO, having a second national TV ratings ser- company will get the backing it needs Grey, Optimum Media, Starcom Media vice as ii has been since AGB dropped to roll out a new national ratings Services, TeleVest and TN Media. out of the field almost a decade ago. If service in two years. With close to a The broadcast networks have com- dozen signed letters of intent, Metzger SMART does go forward, it would take plained bitterly for years about alleged says he's "more than halfway" toward at least two seasons to out. roll it the $100 million in backing that SRI flaws in Nielsen's system, ranging from NMR's public spin -off sounded will need to launch the SMART unexplained fluctuations in ratings to alarm bells along broadcast row and on service -assuming that all who sign flagging cooperation from TV viewers Madison Avenue for several reasons. letters of intent also sign binding to concerns about Nielsen's ability to subscription agreements. First, as part of the spin -off agreement, measure ratings in the digital age. What the ratings service acquired $300 mil- angers the broadcasters most is what lion in debt from former parent Cog- about the reliability and consistency of they say is an arrogant unresponsive- nizant Corp. In addition, NMR said that Nielsen data-had many of the compa- ness by Nielsen to their complaints. it will spend another $300 million to ny's clients fearing that they would And it's not just broadcasters who upgrade the service for the digital era. continue to get what they see as poor - complain. "Basically there is a great deal Those huge debt and upgrade com- quality service, but at higher prices. of dissatisfaction within the industry mitments -combined with new pres- Nielsen had announced earlier that it toward Nielsen," says Bill Croasdale, sure to generate consistent profits as a was developing a panel of 5,000 homes president of national broadcasting for public company and coupled with to measure personal computer use. Western International Media Group, a long- standing unresolved complaints Broadcasters say that presents Nielsen Los Angeles based media -buying com-

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T H E W O R L D Wy' I D E L E A D E R I N S P O R T S ÏFÍ551C p 0 CT/ www.americanradiohistory.com TOP Of TIE WEEK pany. "We've been screaming for years about the inaccuracies. Nielsen has done Nielsen rebuts SMART talk nothing, regardless of the pleading of the In the complicated world of television ratings measurement, one thing is networks and the ad agencies." perfectly clear: Nielsen Media Research does not welcome competition, Croasdale says that Nielsen is "slow from SRI or anyone else. "Nobody is that stupid" to believe otherwise, says to respond to new technologies. They Jack Loftus, Nielsen communications vice president. And the company didn't introduce the peoplemeter until remains confident that it will continue to be best -qualified to offer an array they had competition from AGB," of national network television, cable and syndication ratings in the future. which developed it first. "The only Nielsen has been on the offensive since SRI released its initial list of net- time it responds to anything is when works and ad agencies that signed letters of intent to subscribe to the ser- there is a threat," Croasdale says. "Is vice. As many of its clients were taking shots at it last week, Nielsen was SMART the be -all and end-all? aiming numerous barbs at the SMART system. Nielsen charged that Nobody knows yet." SMART's developers haven't figured out how to measure cable or syndica- Cable has problems with SMART. tion and that SMART hasn't yet been proved to work in the digital environ- "We have substantial questions about the ment. Executives at SRI and the cable and broadcast networks dispute service," says USA Networks Research these charges. USA Networks' Tim Brooks says he's not thrilled that SRI's Director Tim Brooks. Among the con- service currently does not measure cable audiences within their own uni- cerns: SMART's ability to measure all verses, but that he still is interested in the SMART alternative. subscribers to any particular cable net- SRI executives acknowledge some outstanding issues with respect to work and its definition of prime time. tabulating syndication data, but that's more a function of sorting data, not Another executive at one of the larg- gathering it, they say. As to digital, both SMART and Nielsen are still in the er cable networks says many on the test phase, although the networks say they've seen a lot more test results cable side remember that SMART from SMART than from Nielsen. began strictly as a broadcast network Nielsen also charges that as investors in SMART -the business plan calls initiative. "At first they didn't want for ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC to invest in SMART in exchange for nonvoting even Fox, let alone cable, involved," preferred stock-the broadcast networks will be calling the shots, thereby the executive says. "There are ques- tainting the data. Broadcasters cite the nonvoting aspect of the stock. They tions about who stands to gain the most also say they've kept Nielsen afloat for years (with annual fees now in the $12 from this new service." million range) without having a say in the process. -Steve McClellan Magic benched Buzzer sounds as NBA star's shot falls short in late night

By Joe Schlosser June episode with radio personality Howard Stern last Friday. The Magic After only nine weeks, Magic Hour will remain in repeats through the Johnson is disappearing from the balance of the summer, after which the late -night TV scene. fill -in- the -blank game starts for sta- Twentieth Television executives tions that signed on for The Magic decided late last week to pull the plug Hour for the 1998 -99 season. on the former NBA star's underper- Sources say the Fox O &Os have forming talk/variety show, The Magic acquired several off- network programs Hour. Sources say stations outside the that can be put in The Magic Hour's 22 Fox owned- and -operated outlets place come this fall. Twentieth and Fox were to downgrade the show executives would not comment. preparing The Magic Hour' cost $700.000 a week starting this fall and that Twentieth The Magic Hour averaged only a 1.6 to produce. executives could not justify the high - national rating during its first two priced show in lesser time periods. months on the air, according to Nielsen Columbia TriStar's Vibe both failed to Sources say that The Magic Hour. Media Research data. Last week the generate any substantial audience in excluding Johnson's $5 million salary, show equaled its best one -week ratings late night last year. The Magic. Hour cost Twentieth close to $700,000 a mark, scoring a 1.8 rating. The cancel- also debuted to heavy skepticism about week to produce. The studio also has lation comes only two weeks after Johnson's ability to move from the bas- spent another $4 million $5 million Twentieth Television executives ketball court into the talk show arena launching the show and another $2 mil - brought popular comedian Tommy and received a number of highly criti- lion$3 million on such items as the set Davidson in as Johnson's sidekick. cal reviews right out of the gate. built for the show. Johnson's show entered the late - "I think Vibe had a fighting chance; I Twentieth actually stopped original night scene after two pricey failures in think Keenen had a fighting chance. I production on the show last Thursday the time period. The Keener Ivory don't think this show ever had a fight- and opted to air a repeat of Johnson's Wayans Show from Buena Vista and ing chance," one top syndicator says.

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www.americanradiohistory.com TOP Of TIE WEEK syndication and network television" Columbia TriStar Television Distri- Bodenmann to head bution President Barry Thurston said that his company has IO syndicated shows with advertising going into the new season and that being a member of syndicators assoc cationa a trade group representing those inter- t ests "is more significant to us now." He Syndicated Network Television also said that the decision to strength- Association will launch with en the organization $1 million -plus budget was key to Colum- bia TriStar's deci- By Steve McClellan sion to join. The organization needs Syndicators unveiled their plan last to communicate the week for a new trade group to bet- fact that syndicated ter represent their advertiser sales shows are capable efforts to the ad- buying community. Announcing the appointment of Allison Bodenmann as SNTA of and frequently do Allison Bodenmann was named president last week were (l -r): Dan Cosgrove, Eyemark Media generate broadcast president of the Syndicated Network Sales; Dick Robertson. Warner Bros. Domestic Television Syndi- network sized rat- Television Association (SNTA), the cation; Bodenmann; Bob Cesa, Twentieth Television, and Ira Bernstein, Rysher Entertainment. ings, he said. new -and -improved successor trade Thurston, who group to the Advertiser Syndicated the dollars and 92% of the inventory sits on the board of the Television Bur- Television Association (ASTA). generated by syndication advertising is eau of Advertising (along with Robert- According to Dick Robertson, presi- represented by SNTA. son) pointed to the effectiveness of the dent, Warner Bros. Domestic Televi- Robertson said the organization's mis- TVB in bringing new business to spot sion Distribution, who led the nine - sion is twofold: "bring more advertisers television. A good part of SNTA's mis- month effort to form SNTA, the orga- into the business and pound away at the sion is to deliver similar kinds of nization will have an annual budget [cost- per -thousand] differential between results, Thurston said. three times the size of the budget avail- able to ASTA, which essentially was a one -man effort run by Tim Duncan. Robertson said SNTA's budget will be `Bard Copy' gets hard edit "well over" $1 million, while ASTA's budget was well under $500,000. Nolan dropped; change of name and focus in store for show Bodenmann. a 20 -year ad agency veteran, was senior vice president and By Joe Schlosser Sources say Hard Copy earned more broadcast director of New York ad than $10 million last year for the stu- agency Jordan, McGrath, Case & Part- aramount Domestic Television's dio, down considerably from its better ners. Her appointment was announced n i ne- year -old syndicated news days in the early 1990s. In comparison, last Thursday (Aug. 6) at a press con- magazine series Hard Copy is sources say that Paramount news mag- ference in New York. getting out of the tabloid business and azine Entertainment Tonight brings in Bodenmann said much of the increased is getting a complete overhaul for the more than $50 million a year. budget would be used to develop research 1998 -99 season. Sources say Hard Copy has let a to better demonstrate the value of adver- The daily series is getting a new name, number of its New York staffers go and tising in syndication programs. a new host and a new advertiser- friendly will tape the next season from Los The other big news announced at the format, sources say. Barry Nolan, who Angeles only. press conference was that the barter had been with the show since its 1989 The show's format will be less chop- sales units of two studio -owned syndi- debut as a correspondent and anchor, will py, with longer, more in -depth stories cators that had not been ASTA mem- not be back in the fall. His co- anchor, dominating each half hour. Sources say bers- Paramount Domestic Television Terry Murphy. was dropped from the a number of new names for the show Distribution and Columbia TriStar Tele- show last month after Paramount execu- are being considered by Paramount vision Distribution -are joining SNTA. tives failed to renew her contract. Para- executives, including First Person. As At the press conference Robertson mount executives had no comment. for stations currently signed on for said that he and other syndication exec- The once -dominant tabloid show has what was going to be Hard Copy in the utives felt a need to upgrade the ad sales seen its ratings decline over the past 1998 -99 season, Katz Vice President organization because the business had few years, and its access time periods Bill Carroll says most station GMs grown from $250 million in 1984 to have all but dried up in many top mar- likely will accept the new program, but one that now exceeds $2 billion. "It had kets. In the May sweeps, Hard Copy may do so grudgingly. become evident that our business had scored a 3.7 rating/9 share, according "Most stations would probably have outstripped the capabilities of ASTA," to Nielsen Media Research. A year ear- liked more notice, so they could give he said. With the addition of Columbia lier, the show had averaged a 4.3 /IO in [the] new show the advance promotion and Paramount, Robertson said, 87% of the May sweeps. it will need," Carroll says.

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By Michael Stroud franchise over the past few years. Problems are compounded by the fact MGM's decision to seek a merger that other studios, such as Time Warner, partner or investor could be a control international distribution of many tough sell. of MGM's prime movies, videos and TV The Hollywood movie and televi- shows for another one to three years. MGM's strapped TV division will concen- sion studio, which confirmed last week The company's ongoing problems - trate on production of current offerings like 'The Outer Limits.' that it has has held early talks with despite diligent efforts by MGM Chair- unidentified companies about "busi- man Frank Mancuso -have pushed its er and Fox say they were not impressed ness combinations," remains hobbled stock down some 16% over the past in a first look at the studio's assets. Dis- by debt and by losses of $55 million in month. MGM executives announced ney is also said to have kicked the tires. its second quarter alone. last week that the company would seek A Disney official couldn't immediately The company has halted new televi- a capital infusion of $250 million. be reached. sion development for the next three to MGM already has begun floating its "When it gets down to putting money six months, conserving cash while financials to potential buyers, sources on the table, I would expect domestic seeking a partner. Instead, it will focus say. But with a price tag- including buyers wouldn't be as willing to put on putting out the 10 series already debt -that could top $2 billion, interest money on the table as overseas buyers," ordered, including Magnificent Seven so far has been limited. And controlling says analyst Dennis McAlpine of for CBS and three series for cable and shareholder Kirk Kerkorian is consid- Josephthal, Lyon & Ross. "The big syndication: Stacgate SG -1, The Outer ered unlikely to sell unless he can com- American studios already have libraries, Limits and Poltergeist: The Legacy. mand a substantial premium to the com- production and distribution." In film, the company is trying to pany's current $17 -$18 trading range. Possible European partners include spring back from a long dry spell, with An MGM spokesperson declined Bertelsmann AG, Canal Plus and Car- few hits other than its "James Bond" comment. Officials at both Time Warn- leton. Miramax launches N unit ,Hiles Billy Campbell, looks to attract 'Dawson's Creek' producer Kevin Williamson

By Michael Stroud programming. about budgets," Campbell said in an The moves are part of the Disney interview. "Our goal is to be as suc- sney's Miramax unit is looking unit's attempts to build a slate of come- cessful [in making television shows] as too capitalize on its success in pro - dies, dramas, made- for -TV movies, they've been in movies, to back pro- D ducing films like "Scream" to first -run syndication and talk shows to jects they feel passionate about.... attract top producers and writers to the supply Disney's ABC and others. Many people were surprised that Mira- small screen. The unit is the brainchild of Bob and max did 'The English Patient.' Then Launched last week, Miramax Tele- Harvey Weinstein, the brothers who again. this is the same entity that was vision already has made preliminary built one of the world's most success- behind 'The Crying Game." overtures to "Scream" and DaKson's ful studios and Academy Award mills Campbell thinks he can attract sea- Creek producer Kevin Williamson on their ability to spot quirky quality - soned movie talent to TV by promising about developing programs for Mira- from "Scream" to "Pulp Fiction" to more time to develop characters and max, sources say. Williamson couldn't "The Piano." plots than a two -hour movie allows. be reached, and Miramax officials Former CBS and Warner Bros. exec- "The great thing about TV is that writers declined comment. Miramax also has utive Campbell-who helped develop get at least 22 chances a year to put char- hired veteran programming executive shows like ER, Everybody Loves Ray- acters into scenes," he said. "If we're Billy Campbell to head the new unit, mond, Early Edition and Nash successful, that will drive a lot more cre- which could be the place where mater- Bridges-was lured to Miramax with ative people into television. "At a time of ial developed for former New Yorker the promise of great freedom to chart fleeing viewers and declining ratings, he editor Tina Brown's new magazine the new television unit's course. said, "that seems to be what the broad- venture at Miramax is turned into TV "We've never gotten into specifics cast networks need and want."

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www.americanradiohistory.com TOP OF THE WEER CBS plays earnings hide-and -seek Stops detailing results of units; profits for combined TV operations climb 4.5% By Steve McClellan while cash flow was up amortization (EBITDA) and John M. Higgins 20 %. The company's weak were in the "high 20 per- link continues to be the tele- cent range." CBS President Mel Karmazin vision network- which, he A network spokesperson thinks that investors dwell too estimates, lost some $311 says that the TV numbers much on the weakening results at million for the quarter, on a were consolidated because CBS's broadcast network -so he's 3% revenue gain, to about that's how CBS regards clouding the numbers. $655 million. That com- itself: as a single business of When CBS posted second- quarter pares with a loss of $22 mil- interdependent units. The earnings last week, the company did lion in the second quarter 01 analysts' call was dropped not detail the results of its individual 1997, on a 7% revenue because CBS has become a business units, as it had previously. TV drop, to $631 million. streamlined media company stations, the CBS TV network and CBS For radio, Sweeney esti- Karmazin believes TV now that the former West- Cable now are lumped together under a mates that same- station stations and networks inghouse Corp. has shed all single "television" heading. revenue growth was in the should be seen as industrial assets. "The num- single business. And don't look for any greater clarity midteens, while earnings bers speak for themselves," from CBS management's quarterly earn- before interest, taxes, depreciation, and the spokesperson says. ings conference call -they've scrapped it. One money manager said that top executives were upset when the call to discuss first- quarter earnings centered on the network's poor performance. FCC gets tough on CBS stock was down $2, to 31- 11/16, last Wednesday (Aug. 5). That's when it released the results, which program access showed solid revenue and earnings gains. Analysts suggested that the By Chris McConnell only "in the most extreme of cases." stock was down because some Wall But the two Republicans signed off on Street firms had overestimated CBS's FCC commissioners last week the rest of the revised rules, which also set second -quarter results. Others said the moved to up the ante on program - deadlines for resolving program- access was drop a result of the overall market access violations. threatening to complaints. Complaints involving a refusal correction and of concerns that the impose fines and even damages on the to sell programming now have a five -month slowing economy may spur some com- most egregious violators. time limit, while all other complaints must panies to reduce advertising budgets. "It's another arrow in the quiver," be resolved within nine months. The FCC CBS reported a 22% gain in total Commissioner Susan Ness said of the also said companies that cite internal docu- operating profits, to $127 million, for FCC's revised program- access rules, ments in defending against program- access the quarter-on a 16% revenue gain, to which call for imposing more fines on complaints must provide copies of those almost $1.5 billion. For the first six companies found guilty of discriminato- documents to regulators. months .. the operating profits were up ry program pricing and some exclusive As expected, the commissioners more than fourfold, to $263 million, on contracts. Additionally. the rules pro- decided not to extend the program -access a 32% revenue gain, to $3.4 billion. vide for the assessment of damages- rules to cover programming distributed The new television sector posted oper- payments by the violators to the compa- over fiber lines rather than via satellite. ating profits that were up 4.5 °k, to $69 ny denied programming -in cases of Ameritech New Media, which had million, on a 14% revenue gain, to $1.03 "willful" program- access violations. petitioned the regulators to get tougher on billion. For the first six months, the TV "The use of damages as a remedy is the access rules, praised the FCC action: segments posted a combined threefold not new to the FCC," FCC Chairman "We're pleased the commission moved operating profit gain, to $221 million, on Bill Kennard said, citing their use in to provide swift justice for competitors a 38% revenue gain, to $2.65 billion. enforcing common carrier rules. and consumers and to impose financial For radio, profits were up 29 %, to Commissioner Harold Furchtgott- penalties to discourage cable operators $146 million, on a 21% revenue gain, to Roth opposed the decision to impose from violating its rules," said Ameritech $456 million. Six -month radio results: damages, saying that the agency lacks New Media President Deb Lenart. profits up 34 %, to $215 million, on a the resources to calculate damages fair- National Cable Television Association 14% revenue gain, to $786 million. ly: "I fear that the Cable Services President Decker Anstrom countered that Solomon Smith Barney broadcast Bureau will expend as much, if not the FCC action "will deepen government analyst Paul Sweeney says that CBS more time, assessing damages ... as on involvement in the television market- turned in a "very good quarter." the basic question of liability." Com- place." And, he added: "There's no evi- Sweeney estimates that TV station rev- missioner Michael Powell said he dence in the record to suggest that more enue growth was up 10 %. to 11%, hopes the FCC will impose damages government is needed."

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Fox divided over CLOSED CIRCUIT

BEHIND THE SCENES. BEFORE THE FACT chasing puck WASHINGTON Bud -ding author Sources say network is DTV tally axson Communications Chair - Bud Paxson has a new leaning toward letting go of FCC officials at week's end said .-man out soon, "Thread- they had received or granted 69 book coming low -rated NHL Needle." It will be coming digital TV construction permit ing the to book stores around the end of applications for markets 11 -30. By Joe Schlosser just in time for the launch DTV applications for the 84 sta- August, Paxson's new network, Pax tions in the markets were due of Top executives at News Corp. and TV. It's autobiographical, with a Aug. 3. An FCC official said that its Fox Sports division are split good chunk devoted to "the story applications for 15 stations were over whether or not to renew their behind the network," Paxson says. not accounted for but could still contract with the National Hockey talks about his "one -day the FCC filing location in He also League, sources said late last week. be at after leaving the Pittsburgh. retirement" Fox executives were caught off Home Shopping Network and guard last week when Walt Disney Paxson Communi- NEW YORK before starting made a preemptive bid for an exclusive cations. The book is being pub- five -year ABC/ESPN NHL package Thomson delays DTV sets lished by Harper Collins. for what sources say is close to $600 million. homson, which has about a Sources within Fox's executive 1 quarter of the U.S. color -TV HOLLYWOOD market, will not have DTV sets ranks say that the network is leaning Judged the winner toward going without the NHL next ready for consumer purchase this Jedge Joe Brown looks as though season on its broadcast network, since fall because of delays in the devel- he will be the first sitting judge the sport averaged only a 1.4 rating opment of integrated circuits, week. to have his own court TV series at during the 1997 -98 regular season. The Thomson confirmed last rear - the same time. The Memphis NHL on Fox was down from a 2.0 rat- RCA- and ProScan -branded will hit stores criminal court justice won his re- in 1996 -97. Fox Sports Net and its projection sets not ing election bid last Thursday, handily many regional branches carry NHL until the first quarter of 1999, said, defeating opponent Terry Harris games on a local basis, and those con- spokesman Dave Arland be avail- in the Memphis 30th judicial dis- tracts are separate from these negotia- although some units may able for dealer demonstration this trict by a vote of 46,297 to Har- tions. ris's 28,376 (absentee ballots have "Some guys say we can't go without fall. Hitachi's planned introduction may slip, yet to be tallied). Brown's syndi- it is ridiculous to pay of DTV sets this fall also it, and others say cated court series from Worldvi- that kind of money for a sport that is because the manufacturer is relying sion launches Sept. 14. not doing anything in the ratings," one on the Thomson chips. Fox executive said. The surprisingly high Disney bid shocked not only Fox executives but also many in the television industry move up at ABC because of hockey's recent disappoint- Younger, Shapiro ing ratings -and because both Fox and ABC promoted two of its senior executives last week. It named Laurie Disney just signed multibillion dollar Younger, a senior vice president of ABC Inc. since November 1996, contracts for the NFL. senior vice president and chief financial officer. Younger will be Fox and ESPN currently share the responsible for all financial matters within ABC and for ABC's human national broadcast rights to the NHL. resources, purchasing and real estate and administration depart- and their respective contracts are up ments. She'll also continue to have oversight of the company's busi- after the 1998 -99 season. ness affairs activities. Younger reports directly to company president Fox's current contract is a five -year Robert Iger. Before joining ABC, she was a business affairs executive deal worth $155 million. ESPN and at parent Walt Disney Co. ESPN2's current seven-year cable deal On the network's programming side, Angela Shapiro, who since cost the two networks just $100 million 1995 has been ABC Daytime senior vice president, marketing and pro- back in 1992. A new package, ESPN motion, was named president of ABC Daytime. She replaces Pat Fili- executives say, would be divided Krushel, who two weeks ago was named president of the ABC Televi- among ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic sion Network (B &C, Aug. 3). Before joining ABC, Shapiro was a co- Sports, the co -owned ABC broadcast owner of several media businesses, including a small ad agency. She network and international broadcast. also co- founded Soap Opera Digest in 1975 and Soap Opera Update Fox is said to have until Friday in 1988. (Aug. 14) to make a counteroffer.

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www.americanradiohistory.com TO' IF TIE WEEK with Coble and Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R -III.) to dis- DBS must carry passes cuss the bill. "We're very concerned," Johnson said, adding that the DBS amendments could threaten to delay the Judiciary Committee satellite royalty fee hike. The congres- sional action follows a decision last Coble amendments would allow 'local- into -local,' year by the Copyright Office to but only if all stations are offered increase the fees that satellite TV providers pay for imported network sig- nals and superstations to 27 cents per By Chris McConnell subscriber per month, up from a range of 6 -17.5 cents. Late last month the Broadcasters won a legislative vic- Senate approved legislation to block the tory in the House Judiciary Com- fee increases until March 31, 1999. mittee last week, when lawmakers Johnson added that Tauzin and Rep. voted to establish a DBS must-carry law. Edward Markey (D- Mass.) hope to The committee members approved a offer their own bill to deal with the series of amendments offered by Rep. DBS issues this fall. Howard Coble (R -N.C.) that would DBS companies, such as EchoStar, allow DBS companies to provide a local - have been lobbying Congress for legis- into -local service but also require them to lation that would help them to include carry all of a market's TV stations rather local broadcasters in the packages they than just a few. Lawmakers added the offer subscribers. EchoStar currently amendments to a bill that would delay offers local stations in about 20 markets. until Dec. 31, 1999, an increase in the But the satellite companies oppose a royalty payments that satellite broadcast- must-carry requirement, maintaining that Telecommunications ers pay on imported broadcast signals. Subcommittee there is not enough room on satellites to "The must -carry requirement is Chairman Billy Tauzin opposes Cable's amendments. accommodate all the stations in a market. good for consumers and for the future "It would kill local- into -local," of free, over- the -air television," says tee approved an earlier version of the EchoStar Government Relations Direc- NAB President Eddie Fritts. "Local bill minus the DBS must -carry mea- tor Karen Watson said of last week's stations bring needed value to satellite sures. Telecommunications Subcom- must-carry action. "It's technologically packages and will give consumers a mittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R -La.) inefficient." viable competitor to cable." opposes the Coble amendments, pre- Watson added that her company The measure still faces a series of ferring instead to deal with the DBS would be able to serve only six mar- legislative hurdles, most immediately a issues in a separate bill. kets, rather than the current 20, if it jurisdictional tussle with the House Last week, Tauzin spokesman Ken were forced to carry each station in a Commerce Committee. That commit- Johnson said that Tauzin plans to meet market. Opposites detract in video inquiry Cable competition comments to FCC offer contradictory opinions

By Chris McConnell the past five years," the National Cable ket power in the vast majority of local Television Association told the FCC. markets," DirecTV said. Cable says competition in its busi- The group said its multichannel com- The Satellite Broadcasting and Com- ness is fierce. Others say it is just petitors have signed up nearly 12 million munications Association (SBCA) cited as meager as ever. subscribers during the past five years. the issue of defining local broadcast ser- Responding to the FCC's annual "It is competition, not regulation, vice for purposes of enforcing the Satel- inquiry into the status of multichannel that has spurred Cox to invest $3.3 bil- lite Home Viewer Act, which bars the video competition, the two sides have pre- lion in the past five years to upgrade its importation of distant network signals to sented widely divergent pictures of the cable infrastructure," added Cox Com- markets already served by a local sta- business to regulators. Satellite compa- munications. tion. "This is just one of the many barri- nies and other competitors have stressed Satellite competitors didn't see it that ers with which the DTH industry must the cable industry's continued dominance way, stressing cable's continued market deal in order to gain full competitive- over the business, while cable companies share. "Neither DirecTV as a provider ness with cable," the SBCA said. have pointed to the growth of DBS. nor DBS as a service has achieved a The National Rural Telecommunica- "In no other communications market competitive position remotely on par tions Cooperative echoed the com- has competition ever grown so rapidly as with that of incumbent local cable oper- ments, maintaining that the lack of a it has in the video marketplace during ators, which continue to exercise mar- clear definition of local service is pre-

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www.americanradiohistory.com TIP IF TIE WEEK venting subscribers from receiving local stations via satellite: "These statutory Appeal to follow court's gambling ad ban restrictions ... frustrate the ability of the review of a satellite industry to compete effectively Broadcasters in New Orleans say they will seek Supreme Court -gambling ads on against the cable industry." lower court decision upholding a national ban on casino The Wireless Communications Asso- TV and radio. ciation International called for stricter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans upheld the Court, which program -access rules. The group urged ban once before, but the case was sent back by the Supreme of its earlier deci- the commission to ask Congress to said it was technically incorrect. In its July 30 affirmation highest court, ask- expand the rules to cover all cable net- sion, the Fifth Circuit took a pointed poke at the nation's in works and programming delivered via ing, "Has the Supreme Court gone over the edge constitionalizing ?" fiber as well as via satellite. speech protection for socially harmful activities promotional adver- "It is now abundantly clear that There is "a commonsense [sic] connection between advertised," cable operators are reconfiguring their tising and the stimulation of consumer demand for the products pol- facilities to take advantage of the fact the court's ruling says. The federal government "may pursue a cautious means at its that the program- access statute, as cur- icy toward the promotion of commercial gambling [with] one media are avail- rently written, does not explicitly cover disposal -a restriction on broadcast advertising." Other refer programming that is delivered via able for advertising and casinos can advertise as long as they don't to fiber," the group said. gambling, the ruling adds. in fact Ameritech New Media also said that Gambling is "legal and sanctioned by the state of Louisiana -and we be allowed to speak it still has trouble obtaining program- encouraged by the state of Louisiana. Why shouldn't Associa- ming and argued that competition from about it ?" said Don Cooper of the Greater New Orleans Broadcasters will" appeal. sources such as DBS is not holding down tion, which originated the case. "We most certainly Dennis Wharton, cable rates. "Disturbing trends in the "We're disappointed with the Fifth Circuit's decision," said should [multichannel video programming dis- spokesman for the National Association of Broadcasters. "Broadcasters legal products depending on what a local tributor] marketplace ... have grown pro- have the right to air advertising for A. Rathbun gressively more serious," the company station believes is appropriate for the community." -Elizabeth said. PUSH seeks FCC hearing on Glencairn By Dan Trigoboff Government Relations Rainbow /PUSH Director Mark Hyman has attorney David Honig Tlie Rainbow/PUSH Coalition has called the charge that Sin- raised the "alter ego" stepped up its campaign to exam- clair is controlling Glen- issue in a July I FCC ine whether group owner Glen- cairn "baseless." filing that questioned cairn Ltd. -despite purported minority The Chicago -based an LMA between Sin - ownership -is actually controlled by PUSH, which is led by clair's KABB(TV) San Sinclair Broadcasting. The coalition civil rights leader the Rev. Antonio and Glen - has asked the FCC to reject-an LMA in Jesse Jackson, is asking cairn's KRRT(TV) Ker- which Glencairn would run Sullivan the FCC for an evidentiary rville, Tex. Broadcasting's KOKH-TV Oklahoma hearing to determine Baltimore -based City. whether Glencaim has any Sinclair and Glencairn Sinclair, PUSH says, already owns assets beyond FCC licens- have 13 LMA deals. KocB(TV) Oklahoma City and appears es; any employees - Edwards, who is to be attempting to use Glencairn to including attorneys- black, owns all the avoid FCC duopoly rules that bar own- unaffiliated with Sinclair; Jesse Jackson's PUSH says company's voting ership of two TVs in the same market. financial control of its own Sinclair and Glencairn are stock; however, TV too close. "The relationship between Sinclair and assets, and a business plan. station groups like Glencairn does not appear to be arm's PUSH also contends that Sinclair has Post -Newsweek, First Media and length," PUSH says in an FCC filing. appeared to hold itself out as controlling Pulitzer and public interest group the "IFlor example, Sinclair seems to be Glencairn stations. "Based on the evi- Media Access Project complain that purchasing KOKH -TV and then giving it dence expected to be adduced at the the LMAs give Sinclair an unfair to Glencaim for zero consideration. If hearing," PUSH says, it asks the FCC to advantage, citing the ownership of Sinclair is permitted to use Glencaim deny the LMA application. Glencairn's equity. Edwards owns to evade the television duopoly and If Glencaim President Eddie Edwards only 3% of the company, according to cross -interest policies, no large broad- "is a real broadcaster," PUSH says, "he Securities and Exchange Commission caster will have an incentive to deal will ultimately welcome this scrutiny, filings. Ninety percent of Glencairn with small and minority broadcasters which can only result in him achieving equity is held in nonvoting stock in as equal partners." greater independence from Sinclair and trusts owned by Carolyn Smith, mother Neither Sinclair nor Glencaim would enhance his opportunity to grow his of Sinclair President David Smith. She comment on the filing, but Sinclair company-if it is his company." also owns another 7% of equity.

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and trust that the Shari Lewis letters ... are not remembered reflective of an intent by FCC to FCC Commissioner Susan Ness last week WASHIN WATCH restrict GSA's responded to the death of access to the con- TV performer Shari Lewis By Chris MEonoell tractors," Potter- (see "Fates Fortunes," ton wrote. & More power to 'ya move to the new Washing- page 77) by stating that "the sun is just a little bit FCC Chairman William ton's Portals development A win for WIPO dimmer. We as a nation Kennard is OK with last week finally heard ovie and recording are deeply indebted to Senate legislation that from one of the key fig- RI industry leaders last Shari Lewis for her devo- would give low -power TV ures in their investigation. week were cheering a tion to children's educa- stations a status boost. The Since last fall the commit- House vote to sign off on tional television." Ness measure would create a tee has been probing a $1 two international agree- cited Lewis's FCC testi- new Class A designation million payment that Ten- ments on online copyright mony during the commis- for qualifying LPTV sta- nessee real estate develop- protection. The vote clears sion's consideration of tions, giving them primary er and Portals investor the way for Senate ratifica- children's TV rules. "Her spectrum Franklin Haney made to tion of the two World Intel- remarks inspired us to right all Washington lobbyist Peter lectual Property Organiza- forge ahead to increase the other spec- Knight. Last week, Haney tion (WIPO) treaties aimed demand at home for quali- trum users told lawmakers that the at preventing illegal distrib- ty educational program- except full - payment was for three ution of copyrighted mater- ming for our children." power TV years of legal work and ial over the Internet. "We stations. that the payment was not are grateful to Republicans LPTV sta- contingent on the FCC's and Democrats who joined No satisfaction tions have move to the Portals. "I together to stop the thievery CC Commissioner Bill Kennard been push- owed Knight this fee no of Ameri- Harold Furchtgott -Roth ing for the matter what happened with can intel- still is not satisfied with action as a means of allevi- the Portals or any of the lectual the FCC's response to pro- ating the squeeze that digi- other projects he worked property," visions of the 1996 tal TV will put on them. on," Haney told the law- Motion Telecommunications Act "I have no major con- makers. Picture requiring it to conduct a cerns with the bill," Ken- He also said that he had Associa- biennial review of its rules. nard wrote late last month hired Knight and former tion of Responding late last month in a letter to Sen. Wendell Senator James Sasser to America to the FCC's proposal to Ford (D -Ky.). Kennard help him navigate "the Jack Valenti President streamline cable paper- added that the FCC bureaucratic waters" of Jack work requirements, Furcht- already has collected pub- Washington. "As a new- Valenti said. "Today's vote gott -Roth commended the lic comments on similar comer from Tennessee, I represents a crucial step effort but said it should not proposals at the commis- needed Washington wis- forward," added Recording be confused with "com- sion and plans to launch a dom, credentials and cred- Industries Association of plete compliance" with the rulemaking on the issue ibility," he said. The com- America President Hilary law. "The FCC is not plan- later this year. In his letter mittee hopes to hear next Rosen. ning to 'review all regula- to Ford. the FCC chairman from Knight and Sasser. tions issued under this also had warm words for The FCC and the Gen- Time out Act,' " Furchtgott -Roth the low -power broadcast- eral Services Administra- NBC wants more time to said. "Nor has the commis- ers: "Many LPTV stations tion (GSA), meanwhile, work out its digital TV sion issued general princi- are minority and women - continue to bicker over the plans in Chicago, New ples to guide our 'public owned, thereby enhancing planned move. In a July 30 York and Miami. In three interest' analysis and deci- diversity of ownership letter to the commission, July 31 letters to the FCC, sion- making process." throughout the broadcast GSA's William Potterton the broadcaster asked for The streamlining pro- industry. Let me assure told FCC officials not to additional time to file con- posal invites comment or. you that I share your view keep GSA out of the loop struction permit applica- whether the FCC should that we should explore in its dealings with con- tions for DTV stations in cut down on the amount of ways to give low -power tractors supporting the the three markets. NBC information it requires stations primary status." move. Potterton cited FCC said it is still dealing with cable operators to collect . letters to contractors tower siting problems in The effort asks whether Haney speaks instructing them not to Chicago and New York there are alternate sources ouse Commerce Corn- share information about and is trying to switch to a from which members of mittee lawmakers their work without the different DTV channel the public can obtain the probing the FCC's planned FCC's consent. "We hope assignment in Miami. information.

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PBS Keeps lis Head Above Cable Bigger events, bigger promotion budgets, bigger take from successful shows are all part of the new game plan for public television

www.americanradiohistory.com COVER STORY In a Miami Beach convention hotel. broadcasters watch A &E spokesman Gary Morgenstein, who points to his own glitzy previews of upcoming shows and listen to the network's "upscale" efforts, including an original mystery plans for the fall season. There is talk of last year's rat- series. "The words 'commercial' and 'noncommercial' have ings, encroaching cable channels and possible coun- lost their impact." terattacks on the competition. This year there will be Others in the cable industry downplay any competition on- screen logos, an emphasis on their broadcast "brand" with public TV, despite similarities in programming. "We and -most important- big- audience "event- oriented" view PBS as a complementary service," says Discovery Net- shows buttressed by expanded promos and press coverage. works President Johnathan Rodgers. "Our competitors are But the anticipated buzz won't be about a sitcom finale or people who go after advertising dollars." the Super Bowl. At this meeting, the PBS annual gathering "To me the competition is everyone, including comput- of noncommercial broadcasters, they are talking about how ers," adds Anne Sweeney, president of Disney Channel. to gather eyeballs for new documentaries on Frank Lloyd "PBS is not our target." Wright, glassblowing in Venice and a three -parter on a But the assertions do not comfort local public broadcast- struggling Nebraska farm family. ers, who say they feel the same heat as commercial stations. "We're going head -to -head with the big guns," advertis- "We're having to work harder," says Jon Cooper, general ing and promotion chief Carole Feld tells the room in her manager of KNME -TV Albuquerque, N.M. "They're a serious fall -season pep talk, stressing that noncommercial does not threat," says wXEL -TV West Palm Beach, Fla., President mean noncompetitive. Jerry Carr of the cable channels. It's a broad- ranging sentiment that PBS executives have And the threat does not stop with siphoned viewers. With adopted in the face of a growing menu of cable shows that look more outlets looking for documentaries and children's pro- like the sort of fare viewers used to find only on public TV. And gramming, PBS is facing unprecedented pressure to keep so to keep the noncommercial broadcast enterprise from existing and new shows from popping up on other channels. becoming a mere poor man's Just this year, cable chan- cable, seen only by those nels engineered two key unable to pay a monthly bill, defections. In April, Nick- PBS officials more than ever elodeon bought the rights to are turning to the tactics of the entire Children's Televi- their commercial counterparts sion Workshop -including in program production. pro- Sesame Street reruns -for its motion and distribution. planned commercial -free "We're very aware of the educational network, The competition," says PBS Exec- Noggin. The deal came on utive Vice President John the heels of Discovery Com- Hollar. "As a result, we're munications' pact with the very aware of what makes us BBC to deliver a BBC Amer- different from cable." ica cable channel. Like the "Most cable channels Nickelodeon channel, the would be delighted to have BBC channel will carry us off the screen, but we're reruns once available in the here to stay," adds PBS Pres- United States only on PBS. The Farmer's idem Ervin Duggan. He is PBS is eying Wife' as its key fall show. Other defections have The program airs Sept. 21 -23. quick to recite a barrage of included Scholastic Produc- numbers to support the claim, including PBS's national tions' decision last year to sell reruns of the PBS animated prime time ratings, which have held steady at a 2.2 average. series The Magic School Bus to Fox for broadcast this fall. "There is increasing competition for original produc- Mr. Cable's vicious neighborhood tions," says Tom Dvorak, programming director at Despite such numbers. however, public broadcasters WMVS(TV) Milwaukee, Wis. At KBDI -TV Denver, General are anything but complacent as they consider what Manager Ted Krichels voices frustration that More Tales of they call cable's "look-alike" channels. the City appeared on cable rather than on PBS, as the first In Miami, advertising and promotion head Feld warns the version of the Armistead Maupin stories did. Krichels thinks public broadcasters that the cable guys and even commercial the service needs to cultivate some new programming terri- broadcasters have "awakened with a vengeance" to chil- tory to stay ahead of the pack. dren's programming. Viacom's Nickelodeon even boasts of Nielsen figures showing more children ages 2 -5 watching How to get to Sesame Street

Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues than Sesame Street . BS executives and producers say staying ahead of the And a tour of any TV guide reveals a slew of cable net- pack means putting more time, money and substance works specializing in program genres once the nearly exclu- p into their shows than cable channels can. sive realm of PBS. The public broadcasters now find them- "What makes PBS different is the quality," says Black - selves contending with the likes of The History Channel, side Inc. President/Executive Producer Henry Hampton. A &E, Discovery Channel, The Disney Channel and The Other PBS loyalists voice similar sentiments, contending Family Channel, each filling the day with shows like Biog- that depth and substance set the PBS schedule apart from the raphy (A &E), Wild Discovery (Discovery) and 20th Centu- competition, no matter how many World War II documen- ry with Mike Wallace (History Channel). taries or animated series the cable channels assemble. Ó "The reason for PBS's existence is no longer valid," says "We are the gold standard of children's programming,

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www.americanradiohistory.com COVER STORY regardlcs, of the number of outlets," Duggan says. new business style. "There has been an increasing set of "1 can't watch an A &E documentary," adds PBS crown negotiations for royalty shares," he says. jewel filmmaker Ken Burns, assailing the "thin' substance Duggan won't discuss the PBS take in video, toy and of cable documentaries as well as the commercial interrup- book ventures his service is striking. But he says the deals tions. All of a sudden I'm being bombarded [with commer- collectively have added $100 million to the PBS budget over cials]. so I leave," he says. the past four years. David Grubin Productions chief David Grubin cites pub- The PBS president adds that if PBS meets its target. the lic television production cycles of two to three years, with service's national programming budget in 2000 will be larg- producers focused on crafting definitive works of scholar- er than the entire PBS budget was when he got there in 1994. ship rather than commercial hits. "It's not just about com- Hollar points to the videos as a big contributor to the bot- merce," Grubin says. "We take time." tom line. Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Dis- Duggan points to one Grubin project on the domestic side covery has sold 100,000 copies. Stephen Hawking's Universe of Abraham Lincoln's presidency (A House Divided) that has notched more than 60,000 sales. Overall, PBS education will have been five years in the making when it airs on Lin- products and services took in more than $29 million in 1996 coln's birthday in 2000. and another $47 million last year. Hollar voices hopes that "We're in no hurry just to get something to the screen," the educational products and services unit will up its take to Duggan says. He uses an array of numbers to support the $63 million in 1999 and pass the $70 million mark in 2000. PBS claims on quality, including home video sales (project- "We return almost all of that to good programming," Hol- ed at $32 million for fiscal year 1998) and this year's take at lar adds. the Peabody Awards (10). In addition, PBS has Highlights during the teamed with its largest pro- upcoming season will ducing stations to chase cor- include the Ken Burns/Lynn porate underwriting as one Novick documentary Frank unit rather than as a patch-

Lloyd Wright . In November work of individual and even the broadcaster will air its competing entities. That unit. first high- definition program called PBS Sponsorship when it transmits Chihuly Sales, took in some $30 mil- Over Venice, a show featur- lion last year, half of it from ing the works of renowned new corporate underwriters. glassblower Dale Chihuly. For the past four years, the In the public affairs PBS national corporate department, Frontline in underwriting total has aver- September will deliver its aged about $85.5 million per three -part show (The year. With the contributions, Farmer's Wife) tracing the however, have come criti- efforts of a Nebraska farm cism that the corporate "mes- family to save their farm. sages," sometimes 30 sec- While extolling the quality Duggan (right, shown with Burns in 1994) says his new deal onds in length, look too much of such shows, Duggan and with Burns gives PBS exclusive broadcast and video rights. like commercials. others at PBS also concede Overall, PBS says it took in the growing difficulty of keeping them off cable, even as $247 million in operating revenue in 1997, up from $200 mil- reruns. Duggan adds that PBS must create new opportunities lion the previous year. About $30 million of that came from for producers to keep the best shows on public TV. the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, with another $129 million coming from the member stations. The PBS educa- Can you say ancillary shares? tional products and services branch, which includes the PBS eeping the best shows nicans, in part, coming up with Home Video label, earned about $47 million, up from $29 more money. And PBS has embarked on a broad range million in 1996. PBS says it spend most of the 1997 rev- K of commercial ventures designed to enhance its pro- enue -about $161 million -on programming and promotion. gramming war chest. While bolstering its production budget, PBS also is mov- Deals include pacts with Warner Home Video to distrib- ing to stem the migration of producers and shows to cable. ute home videos of PBS programming, an agreement with Duggan and others say that previous arrangements provided the Reader's Digest Association to develop programs for competing channels easy access to PBS reruns. broadcast on PBS as well as international distribution, and "Five years ago, we attempted to rent programs for a short an arrangement with Warner Bros. Records to create a PBS time," PBS Chief Operating Officer Bob Ottenhoff says, Records label. adding that the arrangement made shows like Barney The deals also extend to shares in toys and books associ- famous without allowing PBS to share in any of the after - ated with PBS shows, something the service has been criti- broadcast revenue. "We've solved that problem." cized for passing up in earlier years. Ottenhoff adds that PBS now all but requires Internet "You can assume that when we do a new contract with rights for programming it broadcasts and also looks for Barney or establish a deal with the Teletubbies, ancillary video rights and DBS rights. "We don't want to see [a pro- shares of the toy and book revenue are a part of the contract," gram] migrate somewhere else." Duggan says. "That is the way the new PBS does business." PBS's new contract with Burns, for instance, gives PBS Producers like Blackside's Hampton say they notice a exclusive broadcast and home video rights to the documen-

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www.americanradiohistory.com COVER STORY taries, Duggan says. Station overlap: one of these Duggan and Ottenhoff also concede that their pursuit of things doesn't belong "back -end" business is a work in progress. Big producing stations, such as WGBH -TV Boston, in the past have gone after PBS also has taken a cue from the commercial net- some of that revenue themselves in order to support program works in revising its distribution system. production. In the past few years PBS has managed to convince WETA -TV's Rockefeller agrees that her station tries to recap- its member stations to start airing prime time shows at the ture revenue from local production, but insists those opportu- same time, allowing PBS to better promote the shows to nities are few and far between. "There's a lot of talk about the viewers and underwriters. About 90% of the member sta- potential profit of programs ... but you have to remember that tions participate in same -night carriage. 90% of the programming does not return a profit." she says. Now PBS is looking to make more modifications to its "We're changing the economic model of how you fund pro- distribution system, with projects aimed at cutting competi- grams," Ottenhoff says. "Change means bumps in the road." tion between overlapping stations while possibly expanding Duggan points to the performance of the PBS Home distribution to home satellite. Video label and insists that stations are better off throwing in Ottenhoff says public broadcasters need to be realistic their lot with PBS rather than chasing post- broadcast rev- about maximizing their channel "shelf space" and con- enue on their own. fronting challenges from such new technologies as DBS. "Why set up a pathetic little card table out in the mall, when PBS now offers a DBS service to viewers outside the you can place your product with Neiman Marcus ?" he asks. reach of local stations, but Ottenhoff thinks public broad- casters should start looking at Won't you be providing a service for all my viewer? DBS subscribers. PBS already has plans for three DLggan's comparison DBS channels set for launch applies to more than later this year, he adds. But the PBS pitch to its those plans hinge on an FCC member stations. rulemaking that will estab- Seeking to reassert its lish a public interest set -aside place among the A &Es and for DBS. Discovery Networks, PBS is PBS executives also want pouring more resources into to deal with local public sta- promoting its shows and its tions that overlap each other "brand" as the last word in and compete for the same children's and documentary viewers, a problem Duggan programming. cites as one of the greatest In Miami, Carole Feld tells facing public television. stations that PBS is increas- "The waste of valuable ing its promotion budget resources makes the overlap PBS will enter the high -definition era Nov. 9 with 17 %, to $15 this year, million 'Chihuly Over Venice.' problem untenable," Duggan to boost awareness of the told broadcasters in Miami. PBS brand. She adds that the service is "focusing on pro- His plan calls for creating a second, "complementary" grams that have the potential to generate a lot of press." PBS service that would run on one of the stations at least PBS now puts about 7 % -8% of its funds toward promo- part of the time. Quattrone suggests that the secondary ser- tion and plans to up that to 10% by 2000, PBS Executive vice will carry counterprogramming, such as prime time Vice President Kathy Quattrone says. She adds that the children's fare. While plans call for starting small- perhaps increased emphasis on promotion is aimed at making sure only six hours per week -the new service could start that viewers know they are watching PBS and not one of its appearing on stations as early as next summer. cable competitors. "It has become more difficult to make In the meantime, Duggan and others at PBS point out that people aware," she says. ratings have held steady in the face of cable competition, The promotion efforts include a new series of spots while commercial broadcasters have seen steady erosion. designed to split billing time with local stations. In an And Quattrone sees them moving up instead of down. approach dubbed "co- branding," the spots plug a station's "I think it's definitely possible to increase our broadcast local call letters along with the PBS logo. audience," she says. The service also is dabbling with on- screen logos. PBS's Quattrone also points to research showing PBS retaining Ottenhoff, for instance, says the service plans to put a bug on a sizable chunk of "exclusive" devotees. While a majority its first high -definition broadcast this November. He adds that of History Channel and Discovery Channel viewers also public television is not ready for full -time on -screen logos, but tune into PBS, most PBS viewers still are not switching the that PBS plans to run the bugs with other significant events. other way, according to the research. PBS, for instance, "We're trying to be a little more competitive and consis- says 88% of its viewers don't watch The History Channel, tent," Ottenhoff adds. "The branding and the identification 65% don't watch Nickelodeon and 62% don't watch Dis- are extremely important." covery Channel. He adds that some stations are taking a cue from NBC and "By every objective measure we are upholding the quali- experimenting with attaching their channel number to PBS, ty of what we do," Duggan says. "l don't see any concern we resulting in a local ID like "PBS -l2," for instance. will become a viewing ghetto."

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CBS Newspath technology allowed WUSA(TV) Washington anchors Andrea Roane and Gordon Peterson send back live coverage of the 1996 Democratic National Convention from Chicago. Nets expand to fill news hole Stations want more: more news, more live coverage, more technological assistance

By Kim McAvoy Must -see news reports. Of that number, News Channel provided some live material for at least When it comes to news, local TV "Stations are telling us they need more 3,855. stations want more of it, and news for their morning shows," says News Channel's renovation and they want it live. Helping to Sharon Houston, executive producer, expansion of its Washington bureau meet that demand are the leading NBC News Channel. "We've been try- has paid off, according to Homer. "We broadcast network affiliate news ser- ing to increase live shots ... we added have remote lines in from every major vices and their major competitor, CNN morning live shots on a daily basis out news source and a lot of space for affil- Newsource. of Washington." iates." When the Monica Lewinsky For example, CBS affiliate Bob Homer, president of NBC News story broke, more then 20 NBC affili- wGNx(TV) Atlanta, which uses CBS Channel, agrees. "It's been a very ates came to Washington. "They Newspath and CNN Newsource, esti- active year for live shots." For the first brought big contingencies. We were mates that, on average, 10% to 15% of six months of 1998, the channel pro- able to handle all that in our new facil- its three daily newscasts include mater- vided its affiliates with 3,373 live ities with no problem," Homer says. ial from the services. shots -an average of 562 per month. "We're feeding 250 stories a day. To help satisfy the huge appetite that Of those 3,373 live shots, 1, 185 were Most days that equals four to six hours local TV stations have for news, news generic and 2,188 were custom shots. of total rolling video," Horner adds. services this year are increasing live NBC News Channel has 213 affiliates. That breaks down to 22 feeds a day on coverage both nationally and regional- During the first six months, NBC weekdays and about 16 feeds a day on ly, adding more business and sports affiliates called on News Channel's weekends, he explains. news and offering greater technologi- Washington bureau for assistance on "We do 30 hours a week of local cal assistance. 5.017 stories or news items, Homer news, and we need a lot of material to

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www.americanradiohistory.com SPECIAL REPORT fill that time," says Jim Loy, NEWS SERVICES and to help stations air news director at NBC affiliate pregame shows. WOOD -TV Grand Rapids, Mich. On Thursday and Friday News Channel is an "excellent" evenings. CBS affiliates service, he says. will receive a feed that "They're quick and provide a includes file tape of the wealth of material. In my part of week's games, breaking the country they serve us well news and coaches' press on a regional basis ... we like to conferences. On Friday have everything that's avail- afternoons, Newspath, in able," Loy says. His station's conjunction with CBS demand for news is so great that Sports, will use the net- it also uses Conus, a newsfeed 4 work's NFL analysts to service that operates as a coop- talk with sports directors erative (see page 32), as well as from local affiliates. CNN Newsource. Affiliates in markets Generally, stations don't with teams will have seem to mind paying for more access to the analysts than one service. Nei- first; then any and all ther CNN nor the affiliates can talk to broadcast affiliate news the CBS talent. who services would reveal CHANNEL will be used on a what they charge. How- akVI4S rotating basis. Bob Horner is president of NBC ever, all said they are comparable in News Channel. whose Newspath also expense and that stations pay accord- Wa ;hington bureau has been offers Newspath ing to market size. One example given bu.fier than usual this year. Gameday, a feed was that stations in the smallest market every Sunday during might pay a few thousand dollars while and edited digitally and feeds football season from those in the largest market could be are distributed digitally. 9:30 to I I p.m.. with charged several hundred thousand dol- Horner reports. By the end of October, game highlights and postgame inter- lars. News Channel hopes to finish the pro- views. But as Loy points out, "We think we ject by adding a digital routing system Sports is not the only area in which need to have all the sources we can and digital switches. Newspath has shored up its resources. get. Horner says they are also working With interest in financial news on the Based in Charlotte, N.C., News on delivering a broadcast -quality rise, Frazee says the service has added Channel also has staff in New York, video -on- demand service to affiliates. two business correspondents. increas- producers in Miami and Tampa, Fla., a "We want to put everyone on the sys- ing the staff to eight. reporter in Atlanta. a tem. We're trying to make The financial reporters supply mate- i regional producer and this happen and not add on rial for stations to use on morning news reporter in Denver and any cost to affiliates." shows, provide individual stories for several people in Los affiliates and look at the entire market Angeles who handle news Eye on news day. in the West. "Affiliates want more of Newspath, which is particularly News Channel's for- everything, particularly in proud of the progress it has made in mula for coverage the morning," says John converting to digital SNG, says it now appears to be working. Frazee, vice president, has 198 SNG trucks worldwide. And "They're outstanding. We news services, CBS this summer it will begin testing a use them for regional, Newspath. The news ser- news -on- demand system with some national and breaking vice is providing 206 affil- affiliates. news," says Bruce I ¡r iates with some 300 to 450 Newspath operates 13 regional i Whitaker of KXAN -TV stories a day, Frazee says. offices: largest. in Miami, handles Austin, Tex. But like oth- "Sports is one area they regional. overnight and weekend feeds. John Frazee. VP, news ers in the local news busi- services, CBS Newspath [affiliates] really wanted Newspath offers a feed every hour, 24 ness, KXAN -TV, which airs to be in a position to take hours a day, Frazee says. three and a half hours of advantage of," he says, Like its competitors. Newspath has news on weekdays, adding that Newspath is placed strong emphasis on regional obtains additional materi- (.ßS expanding its sports ser- news. "We have the largest number of al from Conus. vice this month. people dedicated to regional News Channel is also Newspath will supple- news, "Frazee says. concentrating on technol- NEWS ment its regular sports feed ogy and is converting its during football season with nt news is good news operation in Char- two special NFL feeds. ABC NewsOne also has sent its corre- lotte to digital. All news They're designed to fit spondent around the globe. "Stations S L' L' material is now recorded 06414146004180060000006: : : : :: : : :: : with CBS's NFL coverage are doing more news. Their appetite

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1 www.americanradiohistory.com SPECIAL REPORT goes beyond domestic news, NEWS SERVICES and they want some kind of live presence," says Don Dunphy Jr., vice president of affiliate news services. Roughly 200 ABC affiliates use NewsOne, receiving 16 hours of feeds a day. "We had people in Kuwait when we thought something might happen with Iran. We had people in Cuba covering the Pope. We have a correspondent based in London," Dunphy says. In January. when the Lewinsky story broke, 25 affili- ates went to Washington. "We had to set up a facility, provide them sOne also offers a variety of with work space and satellite time." reports covering medical, con- Dunphy says that NewsOne offers sumer and entertainment news. live shots to stations to use during "ABC does a good job. Its every local news hour; they do about regional feeds are quite good 10,000 custom live shots a year. New- now. If we want something spe- cial they'll get it for us," says David Vincent, news director, WLox -TV Biloxi, Miss. Vincent says that NewsOne has improved to the point that his station no longer needs an extra service. Bob Williams, news director, wciB(TV) Gainesville, Fla., says: "ABC NewsOne is doing a good job. ... We're getting more live material, and they've stepped up their coverage of breaking news." His station also relies on Conus and CNN, Williams says. Using all three is expensive, but "we want to col- CNN lect the maximum amount of stories as we can." This January, New - sOne made its NewsOne NEWSOUROE Net, a digital browser ABCNEWS system, CNN Newsource. which moved into new available to all affili- Washington studios in April, is offering ates. "Producers can call up a its generic live shots feed earlier in week's worth of NewsOne response to stations, says Jack WNW material on their desktop com- Womack, executive VP of CNN Headline puters," Dunphy says. Fifty sta- News (top); heading up the Washington bureau is Skip Loescher. Andrea tions are using the system. NewsOne McCarren is a also is working on a plan to convert to which airs 90 minutes of news each Washington digital SNG. weekday, essential have as correspondent it's to much for ABC's news as possible, says Mike Beecher, NewsOne. CNN Newsource rules the station's news director. So it relies while Don There's little doubt that CNN New - on CBS Newspath, CNN Newsource Dunphy is Jr. source continues to dominate the news - and Conus (see page 32). vice president of ABC's feed business with its base of 500 affil- Beecher says that each service has affiliate news iates of both network and independent strengths. However, he believes New - services. stations. The broadcast networks source is the best when it comes to would rather see affiliates drop New - breaking news. "CNN Newsource is source, but clearly many stations feel primarily our protection for breaking they need CNN as a backup. news or anything major," he says. At KFVS -TV Cape Girardeau, Mo., Holly Steuart, news director, WROC- 26 BROADCASTING & CABLE AUGUST 10, 1908

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www.americanradiohistory.com Tv Rochester, N.Y., agrees: "CNN may be a little better on breaking news." She also finds CNN's business, medical (ONUS and entertainment features helpful. As a CBS affiliate, however, Steuart says that the station prefers Newspath. "We like to use CBS when we have a choice, but we don't always have a choice." Newsource says that its affiliate base Limited has grown in the past year. It attributes that increase to the fact that more sta- tions are doing news. "We've brought Membership, on board WB stations and Fox affili- ates," says Susan Grant, president of CNN Newsource Sales. Unlimited Responding to the growing demand for live shots this year, Newsource Service moved up the start time for its feeds that supply customers with generic live shots. "We're the first one out with generic live shots," maintains Jack Womack, executive vice president of CNN Headline News. And the service has added a 30- minute weekend sports feed; there are

now I 1 feeds each weekend day. It offers 12 feeds a day Monday through Friday. That's an average of 300 sto- My Conus Regional ries each weekday and 200 on weekend Manager is the days. Some 70 franchise pieces and features are offered each week. person who carries Other efforts to beef up its coverage the torch many include the hiring of two new corre- spondents. Newsource has four corre- afternoons -she spondents in Atlanta, one in Washing- delivers in time of ton and one in Los Angeles. need Julies work Perhaps even more important is CNN's renovation of its Washington gets a perfect bureau. "We tripled our work space in score from our Washington to accommodate visiting producers and affiliates," says Steve Donahue, vice i president of CNN Newsource. directors and "We have to respond now more than makes KFFS look ever to the demand for news," Don- when like the champ in ahue says. He says that the Mon- ica Lewinsky story broke, CNN was every situation. helping more than 20 affiliates in Cuba cover the Pope. Newsource had to redeploy staff from the West Coast to Eve Annum iato beef up Washington and handle more A krisT -t2 than a dozen affiliates who showed up Assignment Manager in Washington to cover the Lewinsky (:ape Giruleau. Mo story. Princess Diana's funeral was anoth- er example of strong local station inter- est, Donahue says. "We were in Lon- don nine days, we had l l affiliates there and provided over 900 live shots." CNN has a new digital video -on- demand service, but so far only 15 to 20 affiliates have installed or ordered the service.

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IKFOX -TV El Paso, Tex. "They have good reporters, and they're available Fox's NewsEdge when we need them." But he also believes that NewsEdge does not have the variety or depth offered by other services. KFOX -TV comes into its own "relies heavily" on CNN Newsource, Bennallack says. CNN is "more consis- Nervis service has more feeds, staff and service tent," he adds, but "Fox keeps improv- ing." By Kim McAvoy NewsEdge also began charging affiliates in April. Jones, who would o\ NewsEdge is making a con - not discuss dollars and cents, says sta- certed effort to cut into the market tions are charged by market size, and for major network news services. that fees are comparable to the fees NewsEdge began a major expan- charged by NewsEdge competitors. sion last November. It tripled its staff However, Bennallack says some to just under 150, increased the num- affiliates thought that the fees "were ber of weekly feeds to 25 per day, out of line with what the service was added weekend feeds and hired seven offering." His station is working out reporters. It is now MiTEIEDGE. an agreement with NewsEdge on supplying Fox affili- Brian Jones is Fox vice charges. with president of service was not worth ates news materi- newsgathering Initially, the al 24- hours, seven paying for, says WPGH -TV's Poister. But days a week. News that has changed, and Poister is espe- bureaus were added in cially pleased with NewsEdge's North- Atlanta, Boston and east feed. "That alone has made the ser- Dallas and existing for NewsEdge. Of the 25 vice worth more to us." bureaus were expand- feeds each day, Jones ed in Los Angeles, says there are more than San Francisco, Chica- 400 items that are not go, Miami and New repeated. He says York. NewsEdge also has "Hey, Frankie and Annette! "They've made added special feeds- It's sunny like they said," amazing strides in the such as its Fox Files, past year," says John which contains material Poister, executive producer of news at about Fox programming. "For exam- wPGH -Tv Pittsburgh. His station is one ple, we took people backstage for the of the 102 Fox affiliates now offering `X- Files' movie. We offer a different news. Fox File every week," he says. "When we first used NewsEdge, we Material from Fox News Channel were somewhat disappointed. Live also is rolled into the feeds, Jones says. shots were iffy, and they couldn't And there is the SportsEdge feed that always deliver. We had to rely on CNN provides affiliates with 100 to 200 Newsource," Poister says. But he says items daily. the service has improved so much that "We're doing, on average, custom the station has decided to go for the live shots every day. We were all over NewsEdge feed first and use CNN's the Princess Diana memorial, the Super Newsource as a backup. "Sometimes Bowl and other major news events," Accuracy means a lot CNN does a better job, but we hope to Jones says. to your audience... use Fox more." NewsEdge has also established Although Fox does not have affili- D.C.Edge, a unit of producers, ates in every market that can contribute reporters and editors that helps affili- material to NewsEdge, Poister believes ates with their Washington news needs. ACCU . The Worlds Weather Leader " the service is doing "a more than ade- News from D.C.Edge is part of the ser- quate job." One of the problems with vice's mid -Atlantic regional feed. Call 800 -566 -6606 CNN, he adds, is that "every station in And the service has set aside com-

Pittsburgh is a CNN affiliate," making puters and work space for affiliates to 385 Science Park Road it harder to air exclusive material. use at NewsEdge bureaus. State College. PA 16803 E -mail sales @accuwx.com "We've been working diligently on "NewsEdge is doing a better job http://www acc uweat her.co n improving our service," says Brian accommodating station needs," says Jones, vice president of newsgathering David Bennallack, news director at

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By Joe Schlosser executives say that Friend- used to being on the stage ly's promotion has nothing and learning what I call the King World Productions has named to do with Haimovitz's grammar of television," Andy Friendly president of its move and that the company Friendly says. "What cam- first -run programming division, is currently looking to fill era to look at, how to throw and production has started on the syndi- Haimovitz's soon -to -be to a commercial and other cator's two new series set for this fall. vacant position. important talk show items. Plans have also changed for the compa- Two of Friendly's top We'll start taping the real ny's planned talk/variety co- production projects for 1998 started shows the Friday before the with NBC. making serious strides in show's Monday [Sept. 14] Friendly, the son of former CBS pro- production last week, as premiere." ducer Fred Friendly, had been the execu- Hollywood Squares taped its Friendly says Ellen tive vice president of programming at the first 10 episodes and DeGeneres and Bill Cosby company since 1995. Friendly received a Roseanne began taping Andy Frien dly are among the guests who new three -year contract, and his authori- practice shows with celebri- have been booked for the ty within the company has been expand- ty guests. Friendly says the taping on early shows. He also says the wheels ed into a number of new arenas. Hollywood Squares was the "smoothest have started to turn on King World's "Three years ago everyone was writing first two days" on any show with which announced talk show project with come- the company off and saying that we were he has been associated. He says Whoopi dian Martin Short, which is scheduled to going to be sold," Friendly says. "No one Goldberg, who is the show's permanent debut in syndication in fall 1999. Friend- really believed in our ability to turn the center square star, was joined by Brian ly says King World executives are look- company around and become a program- Austin Green and Jeffrey Tambor. In the ing at potential executive producers and ming force again. Under Michael and coming weeks, Rosie O'Donnell, have begun discussions with station Roger King's leadership and with my Patrick Swayze, Garth Brooks and oth- groups about Short's show. team, we have been able to do it, and this ers will fill a square. In a related production note, Friendly is really only the beginning." As for Roseanne's soon -to- launch says that plans for a King World- and Besides running the production on talk show, Friendly says former White NBC -produced daily talk/variety show King World's three upcoming syndicat- House spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers is to follow NBC's Today show have been ed series -talk shows with Roseanne among those who have sat in for test altered. NBC and King World are and Martin Short and a revamped ver- runs. This week, Friendly says, King now talking about co- producing a sion of game show Hollywood World will begin taping shows that can show for a later daypart, Friendly Squares -Friendly emphasizes that his be used for holiday and other purposes. says, but not for the 9 a.m. slot origi- and King World's next big push will be "Right now we're getting Roseanne nally planned. in cable television. "We want to be in the cable busi- ness -and we have several projects Wurtzel tops ABC brand management through our new kids division that are sitting at cable networks, close to hap- ABC has named Alan Wurtzel senior vice presi- pening, and several other talent -driven dent of medi 3 development, branc management shows that are coming together," says and research, reporting directly to corrpany Friendly, who was vice president of president Robert Iger. Wurtzel had been senior prime time programs and program VP, magaz ne and long -form programming, development at CNBC in the early '90s. ABC News, for the past five and a half years. Asked whether King World is inter- Wurtzel will be responsible for brand man- ested in buying a cable network of its agement at ABC, and he will oversee research own, Friendly said: "1 hope that we will, activities th-oughout at company, including at because we would be very good in that ABC -TV, ESPN, Disney /ABC Caole and Buena business. I know that side of the industry Vista Television. With all of the challenge's fac- from my days at CNBC, and I know ing network television, Wurtzel says, now is a :` Michael and Roger [King] have looked great time to take a look at the environment and at several things, and I believe that down our business objectives and remake a lot of the rules and be sure we're the road we will be in that business." getting the best use of our brands and assets." Friendly's promotion comes only a Wurtzel is a 20 -year ABC veteran. Before his news stint he was senior week after Jules Haimovitz stepped vice president, marketing and research services; before that he ran the down as King World's president and standards and practices unit at the network. -Steve McClellan,. chief executive officer. King World

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and Good Day LA. at 7 home. Virtually all of a.m. in Spanish, via the broadcast and cable televi- Secondary Audio Pro- sion dropped scheduled STATION BREAK gram. The station says programming at the first they will be the only sign of the shootings. But morning news programs a week later two Washing- By Du MOH in Los Angeles offered ton stations-NBC's wRC- Pulling the plug reporter was reprimand- with a Spanish simulcast. TV and Fox's w'rro(Tv)- We reviewed our pro- continued to preempt on plumbers ed. cedures, and we've From Miami to schedules with live broad- Providence -New Bed- moved on." casts of services, (when ford, R.I., station Miramar Atier nearly 50 years in the families allowed them wLNE(TV) pulled a public Boston tower brings Miami, wTvJ(Tv) is to) allowed to; and the safety report and apolo- funeral processions. In a gized to local police after down the house moving to Miramar, Fla., becoming the company town where gov- complaints that reporters t.vt -TV Boston was first major network affiliate to be ernment is the company, posing as plumbers to 1M off the air headquartered in Broward wRC -TV vice president, demonstrate the tactics of last Tuesday when a 100 - president news, Doug Lougee com- con artists were frighten- foot crane and the radio County. Station and general manager Don mented, "our entire corn - ing area citizens. A pair communications tower it was into the Browne noted that the new munity of federal and gov- of thieves posing as utili- carrying fell location is between major ernment workers had a ty workers had been station's building on Mor- near the metro areas Miami and connection to this story." working the Providence - rissey Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale and said The station reported Pawtucket area, "extraordinary" positive police chief A fallen tower the move should expand left wLVI -Tv response to its coverage William Devine the station's reach. The Boston hoping station had sold its Miami and few complaints about said, and an for clear skies property for nearly $12 missing soap operas and elderly local talk shows. woman was million to the federal gov- "When a city loses two robbed of $750 ernment -which will build a courthouse there police officers in a single when one thief - day, that's a major story ransacked her and has been looking for a new home. Broward court- from a local perspective," home while the said Katherine Greene, other distracted ed the station vigorously, offering a reported $1 mil- news VP at WTFG. "We felt her with a phony inspec- Boston Globe. No injuries were reported, although the lion in incentives. this deserved more than tion. typical crime coverage." Channel 6 attempted to one -story structure was left with a gash in demonstrate how easy it is substantial Big Easy's Early for con men to gain access its roof ( "We've got a sky- to homes, and reporter light," one staffer joked.) retirement Margie O'Brien traveled WLVI -TV was able to broad- After nearly four cast a hours later decades, J. Michael with a news crew pretend- few Early, 81, president /GM ing to be plumbers making through feeds provided by WWL -TV New Orleans, unsolicited house calls. wpix(Tv) New York, also of is on Aug. 28. Station vice president and owned by Tribune Broad- retiring wPix feeds, Early has headed the A.H. general manager Tom casting. Using A Tribute to u Fallen Nero NE Belo Corp. station since Long said the intent of the the WB station expected to story was public interest. be back on the air with its WRC -TV Washington 1961. Jimmie B. Phillips, Police received many own schedule by late Tues- continued live broadcasts WWL -TV's general sales related to the Capitol complaints from citizens day -and back in the manager/station manager, building by Thursday. The shootings covering the will assume Early's already frightened by funerals of the fallen officers. responsibilities as news of the local con men. crane was putting the VP "I know what they were tower on top of a nearby /GM. Under Early's Continuing coverage watch won trying to do, but why building for use by several the station five overage of the shoot- Peabody awards, a nation- frighten the neighbor- area radio stations. ings at the U.S. Capitol al and three hood?" Devine said. Emmy Buenos dias in Washington and their R. O'Brien's story ran once. Edward Murrow somber aftermath demon- awards, among others. in a daytime report, but Los Angeles strated that even the was dropped for the Angeles's KTTv(Tv) All news is local. Contact biggest national story is evening news. Losbegan simulcasting its Dan Trigoboff at (202) local and often remains "It was a mistake," weekday shows Fox 11 463 -3710, fax (202) 429- news locally long after the said Long, "and the Morning News at 6 a.m. 0651 or e-mail to network trucks have gone d.trig @cahners.com.

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By Michael Stroud the same, including a true life based film, Point Last Seen. starring Linda WBile NBC and ABC are re- Hamilton as a missing -persons tracker ill inking their commitment to whose own children are abducted by an traditional movies- of -the- abusive husband. week, CBS is ramping up. Producers Jaffe -Bronstein recently Following its best prime time movie finished casting My Father's Shadow, showing in a decade on Sunday nights, the true story behind the Sam Shepard the network will add Tuesday to its Typical of CBS's character -driven movie case, which inspired The Fugitive TV movie night lineup in 1998 -99 and plans fare is 'Blue Moon,' starring Sharon show and Harrison Ford's hit movie. to increase the number of films it makes Lawrence in a story about an extended Peter Strauss will play the title role in under its own CBS Productions banner. family in the fishing business. the film, which is slated to run toward The network scored its best Sunday Even excluding in -house productions, the end of 1998. night movie showing in IO years last CBS has traditionally made far more One wild card: As Moonves reshapes season. ranking number nine among all made- for -TV movies than NBC or ABC, the network's 1998 -99 schedule to appeal households and attracting an average of which rarely make more than a few dozen more to younger audiences and men, he 19.4 million viewers, according to original movies per year. NBC and ABC could decide to put other programming Nielsen Media Research. The network have said they plan to focus more energy on Tuesday night. 60 Minutes II, set to had 20 of the top 24 movies last season, on miniseries over the next few seasons. debut in midseason, could be a contender. led by What the Deaf Man Heard. Recognizing Izzicupo's strong record For her part, Izzicupo says that some "Each one of these movies has been as vice president of movies since 1995, of her films may skew a little younger an event," says vice president of movies Moonves expanded her responsibilities to or more male in the coming season, but and miniseries Sunta Izzicupo, alluding include miniseries in March. not at the expense of the core female to other networks' emphasis on "event" While ABC, NBC and Fox have pro- audience that has been loyal to CBS miniseries, such as NBC's Merlin. moted big- budget event movies, Izzicupo films over the years. To give CBS more creative and has focused on delivering strong, charac- "My goal is to invite in my core audi- financial control, Izzicupo plans to ter- driven movies each week. ence while inviting in some others as ramp up in -house production of movies The new season will feature more of well," she says. from an expected five movies in 1998 to nine or 10 the following year to as many as a dozen the year after. That would give it a stake in about 20% of L ocal news gets Rocky review the 50 or so movies it makes each year. Izzicupo stresses that the majority of Media watchdog says that violence dominates newscasts CBS made- for -TV films will still come from a wide range of producers that the By Dan Trigoboff mayhem index for programs in the sam- network depends upon for diversity. ple was just over 40%. "A dozen [movies a year] in -house (III overage of violence accounts for Some stations offered about double would sate us," Izzicupo says. "You more than 40% of local news- that average, RMMW says, identifying sell these things as packages in the for- Jr casts, according to a study from KSAZ -TV Phoenix, WSB -TV Atlanta, eign market, so the more of them you th Rocky Mountain Media Watch WOOD -TV Grand Rapids, Mich., and have, the better." (RMMW), a Denver -based public KNBC Los Angeles, as "consistently CBS Productions' 1998 -99 slate of interest group that frequently criticizes near the top for mayhem in all of made -for -TV movies includes Beyond TV news. RMMW's surveys." the Prairie, the true story of Laura In its report, Not in the Public Interest, "They've got a very successful for- Ingalls Wilder, about the author of "Lit- RMMW says it analyzed content from mula for attracting viewers," says tle House on the Prairie," and Monday one day's newscasts on 102 stations in Klite. "It's not a good formula for edu- after the Miracle, a sequel to The Mira- 52 metropolitan markets. RMMW Exec- cating citizens. That imbalance needs cle Worker, a TV movie and feature utive Director Paul Klite said March 11 to be addressed." film about Helen Keller's life. was selected because there was no over- Cited by RMMW for "presenting The focus on more in -house movies riding national or international story that quality programs that provide empow- is part of CBS Television President day, providing a more typical local ering information to viewers" were Leslie Moonves's plan to have the net- newscast. RMMW assigned grades to KVUE -TV Austin, Tex.; New England work own more of its own program- stations based on what it calls its "may- Cable News; KTCA -TV Minneapolis -St. ming. In 1998 -99, CBS will own a stake hem index " -measuring the percentage Paul, and KTVU(TV) San Francisco. in about 58% of the shows it airs, com- of airtime given to stories about crime, RMMW has consistently com- pared with about 38% the year before. disaster, war and terrorism. The average plained that TV news accentuates the

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www.americanradiohistory.com BROADCASTIMi . negative to the detriment of reports on vision News Directors Association," nard, vice president, news, for KSAZ- education, the environment, poverty, and it's no surprise that their survey TV, criticizes the one -day review, com- arts, science, labor, transportation and supports their agenda." Cochran had menting that "We never know what's government. In February, RMMW not seen the study when contacted by happening from day to day. Our job is asked the FCC to deny license renewals BROADCASTING & CABLE, but was to cover what it is that's going on and to four Denver stations -KCNC -TV, familiar with its conclusions. "The try to put it into perspective. 'Murder KMGH -TV, KUSA -TV and KWGN-TV -con- study is very value -laden. What some du jour' isn't something we strive to tending that the stations' newscasts suf- see as a overemphasis on crime, others put on every day." fer from "toxic TV news syndrome," might see as accurate reporting on Similarly, WOOD -TV news director with storms about crime, disasters, war important news in their community. Jim Loy says he reexamined his news- and terrorism accounting for more than Their criticisms are at odds with sur- cast from March 11 and found it "diffi- half the newscasts. The FCC rejected veys on viewer satisfaction. If content cult to understand the conclusions the petition in May, finding the group's is so bad, why are so many people drawn" by RMMW. "While we share analysis irrelevant to license renewal watching? Stations that do well are sta- the concern over the quality of local applications. tions that offer a good mix." broadcast news," Loy said, "we reject "This is a group that has a pre- Among the stations most severely any suggestion that WOOD -TV and dictable agenda," says Barbara criticized, reaction ranged from "sur- News 8 broadcasts are contributing to a Cochran, president of the Radio -Tele- prised" to "flabbergasted." Doug Ban- decline in the public well -being."

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By Michael Slrnud and Joe Schlisse CBS movie moves CBS has named Michael studies in preparation for the show's producer, Dis- Wright vice president entering a top university, ney -based Wind Dancer. of movies for television his publicist said. The 16- The production company, and miniseries at its CBS year -old star is expected embroiled in a law suit Productions in -house pro- to guest star in several with Disney over Home duction unit. Wright, who episodes next season. Improvement, recently has overseen production on is Home Improvement fulfilled its contract with highly rated CBS made - produced by Disney's the studio, and is consid- for-TV movies, such as Touchstone and Wind ered likely to seek a new The Long Way Home with Dancer Productions. in -house production deal Jack Lemmon, was previ- that would give it more Guinness's record ously director of movies autonomy. One frequent- for television at CBS Fox's latest summer ly floated possibility: Entertainment, which over- reality launch, Guin- Fox, which is enthusiastic sees CBS Productions. ness World Records, fin- about Touchstone/Wind Wright will report to Sunta ished ninth in Nielsen Dancer's latest comedy, Izzicupo, vice president, prime time ratings in its They grow up so fast: Costello. movies for television and Jonathan Taylor Thomas debut last week, beating out reruns of Frasier and miniseries, at CBS Enter- leaves 'Home.' Azaria gets tainment. Dharma & Greg. The `stressed' Taylor Thomas's show is part of Fox Actor Hank Azaria, a A Petty at the wheel Entertainment Group lifestyle regular on NBC's Mad ASCAR driver Kyle Peter Roth's push to air `Improvement You, will voice the Petty has been named more summer fare, par- About Home Improvement's net- host of Raycom Sports' ticularly reality -based title character on the Jonathan Taylor work's Eric ani- upcoming syndicated series shows. The network Stressed Thomas will end his series, at for children, NASCAR recently also began airing mated set to air appearances as a regular 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday Think Fast! The FCC - cast member after this its own prime time news magazine, Fox Files. (Aug. 12). The series, friendly offering has been season, as ABC's long- about a stressed -out work- cleared in 129 markets rep- standing hit enters what Wind dancing ing man, was a hit in resenting more than 80 per- may be its final season. Hoe Improvement's Britain. In the U.S. ver- cent of the country. The Taylor Thomas, who fate after the 1998 -99 sion, Eric will be an series will feature plays one of star Tim season remains an open American abroad. Azaria NASCAR stars taking a Allen's sons, wants to question (see above), as has previously voiced racing tack (or maybe tach) continue his high school does the whereabouts of characters on Fox's The on life lessons and science.

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www.americanradiohistory.com BROADCASTING 1111=111IMIN How to kill a Top 10 metros control 23% radio station Increasing spot units and disregard- ing research are two surefire ways of U.S. buying ower to kill a promising radio outlet, says p the Wimmer- Hudson Research & Study finds nearly one in Jive Americans live there Development group. In its monthly newsletter, The Learning Curve, the By John Merli ros as New York. Los Angeles, Chica- firm lists five actions that radio go. San Francisco. Philadelphia. broadcasters should avoid in these qnew profile of the top IO radio Detroit. Dallas -Fort Worth. Washing- days of increased competition and markets in the U.S. finds that each ton. Houston -Galveston and Boston. consolidations. Here's an abridged mega -market has an adults 18- Interep suggests that the top 10 metros rundown of the no -no's:

plus reach of 95'; . and the top 10 collec- capture listener demographics that make 1. Eliminate marketing and pro- tively house 19'4 of the nation's estimat- spot radio buys a good choice for adver- motion. "With so many stations ed 267.5 million consumers. More tisers who wish to augment their national owned in one market, there is no important for advertisers, the study says buys. The profile reports that the nation's need to advertise and promote." that consumers in these top 10 markets very largest markets, compared with the 2. Forget personalities. "Forget account for 23% of the nation's purchas- rest of the country. have a higher concen- the fact that listeners still enjoy hear- ing power ($962 billion). tration of single people (50% vs. 42 %) ing personalities." The profile, produced by Interep with spendable income: demos that skew 3. Eliminate research. "The Wall Research using Simmons spring 1998 younger than the national norm (60% vs. Street focus' says it's too costly to and Arbitron winter 1998 data, records a 54 %): a higher percentage of college 'find out what people want so we median household income in the top 10 graduates (26% vs. 22%/r ): high concen- can give it to them. - metros of about $39.600. some $6.200 trations of ethnic groups (especially 4. Don't test your TV commer- higher than the U.S. median. (Tempering blacks. Hispanics and Asians), and heav- cials. "Just pick something that this is the fact that several top - IO metros ier than normal users of radio. looks good. Don't worry if the spot are among the areas with the highest cost While adults in the top 10 markets conveys the wrong message." of living in the nation.) Nationally. near- read newspapers and magazines more 5. Increase spot units. Wall Street ly 30 %r of all $100.000 -plus households than the national norm, among all elec- "demands more revenue. Add more are within the top 10 markets. tronic media only radio posts an above - units per hour." -John Merli Arbitron ranks the top 10 radio met- average percentage of heavy users.

Hall of Fame names ing show in Dallas and the The Museum of Broad - top afternoon drive show cast Communications in Chicago. He now hosts has four new inductees for the nation's top urban its Radio Hall of Fame. Or morning show, The Tom five, depending on how Joyner Morning Show. you count. The duo of Ernie Harwell, for 32 years Tom and Ray Magliozzi, the voice of the Detroit 10% above the comparable Radio revenue who host Car Tigers, also will be period last year, with streak continues Talk on National inducted. as will national revenue posting a in June Public Radio, Interep Chairman 14% gain over 1997. Ralph Fol- Ridio's combined local will be among Guild. June's statistics were high- lowing advice -talk and national sales rev- those inducted on lighted by double -digit host Laura Schles- enue gained 13% in June, Oct. 11 in Chica- jumps in all five geograph- singer's withdraw- compared with June 1997, go. The ic regions for national al, the Chicago Sun with national sales rising Magliozzis got including a whop- Times reports that 16% and local ad dollars sales- their start in 1977 Casey Kasem, king jumping 12%. The new fig- ping 23% in the Southeast on WBUR -FM of the syndicated ures, compiled using the and impressive 22% hikes Boston and countdown shows. Radio Advertising in both the Midwest and joined NPR's weekend has agreed to host the Bureau's index of more Southwest. The East had programming 10 years induction ceremonies Oct. than 100 markets, marks the lowest national sales later. "The hardest -work- 11. airing live from the the 70th consecutive month jump, at 11%. For local ing man in radio." disk Chicago Cultural Center. of record radio revenue revenue, four regions jockey Tom Joyner, also For information on the increases. recorded 11%-13% will be recognized. Joyner $500- per -plate ceremony, Through the first half of growth, with the Southwest once simultaneously host- contact (800) 860 -9559. this year, local sales were posting a 9% increase. ed the number -one mom-

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www.americanradiohistory.com CABLE Boulder won't roll its own Decides not to build municipal system that would have been competitor of TCI

By Price Colman only one of several components in the sys- Faced with a $100 tems and typically is million price tag an attempt to leverage for a municipal the infrastructure to cable overbuild, Boul- generate incremental der, Colo., has decided revenues. For the few not to go into competi- that are operational, tion with incumbent profits, where they MSO ICI Communi- exist, are slim, and cations. expenses, particularly Boulder and TCI for programming, are have been haggling high. over cable service for Boulder officials years. In 1996, the may have been put off conflict came to a by problems, including head. cost overruns, that Boulder officials Tacoma. Wash., has and TCI had reached encountered building a agreement on terms of The city of Boulder balked at a $100 million price tag. municipal telecommu- a franchise renewal. In nications system there. an unusual though not unprecedented conclusive, Varnes says. That uncer- Construction costs, originally set at move, the franchise renewal proposal tainty was enough for the Boulder City about $60 million, have ballooned to went to a public referendum. It was Council members to decide not to nearly $100 million, and the system is rejected by a 2 -to -1 margin. spend an additional $300,000 for a not yet complete. Voters' biggest criticisms were more detailed study. Increasing competition, particularly TCI's poor customer service in the With deregulation of the electrical from high -speed data providers, was community of 90,000 residents and utility industry looming, a number of another factor, says Varnes. "If [the slow going in providing new products municipalities are exploring or have council] thought there was no competi- and services, particularly high -speed embarked on municipal cable over - tion, they might have taken a second Internet access. builds. In many cases, cable service is look at the cost issue," he says. Soon thereafter, city officials decid- ed to explore the possibility of building their own cable- telecommunications

Broadband, a Niwot, Colo. based Your Choice chooses to fold telecommunications firm, to conduct a Discovery says cost is too high feasibility study. for low number of boxes Results of the one -year, $15,000 By Donna Petrozzello which has attracted just 55,000 sub - study were mixed. It projected that a scribers since its launch in October Boulder municipal system serving city acing mounting losses, Discov- 1997. Liberty also holds a 49.2% own - offices, businesses and residences ery Communications Inc. and ership interest in Discovery. could generate as much as $720 million Liberty Media Corp. have decid- Your Choice TV was the brainchild in revenue over a 15 -year span (2001- ed to pull financial support for Your of DCI Chairman John Hendricks. He 2016). But it also estimated construc- Choice TV, a venture that industry conceived of the eclectic programming tion costs of $100 million or more. sources estimate cost the partners at service nearly six years ago, when "There were no surprises" in the least $25 million to launch and could cable operators were optimistic about a study, says Boulder telecommunica- have cost an additional $25 million in swift rollout of digital set -top boxes tions coordinator Richard Varnes. "We marketing and affiliate services before and predicted the emergence of a 500 - knew it would be costly. The only thing it broke even. channel cable universe. that was uncertain was recovering Discovery says it approved a recom- Unfortunately, those boxes have not costs or making a profit." mendation by the management team of swept the market as swiftly as cable Because the number of operational Your Choice to shut down the channel networks had hoped. Discovery municipal cable and telecommunica- as of Aug. 30. Discovery was a 51% spokesman Jim Boyle says that "the fions systems in the U.S. is relatively investor and Liberty a 49% investor in reality is that Your Choice TV is a cost - small-around 20-the data was in- the customized digital -tier channel, ly service to operate, and the number of

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www.americanradiohistory.com CABLE digital set -top boxes out there currently sports, daytime soap operas and C- markets, including Cox systems in isn't enough to support it." Digital SPAN are protected, and the service New Orleans, Hartford, Conn., and Los boxes in homes will number 1.1 mil- can be revived at any time. Angeles; Tele- Communications Inc. lion by year's end, according to Paul MSO Southwest Missouri Cable systems in Los Angeles, San Francisco Kagan Associates. rolled out Your Choice initially on its and Detroit, and 21st Century systems Your Choice spokesperson Julie digital tier serving Springfield. Your in Chicago, among others. It was also Lucas says that the company's man- Choice also was launched on digital carried on an analog tier by 21st Centu- agers voted to shutter the channel tiers by several major MSOs in large ry Cable systems. serving Chicago. because of "the uncertain future of dig- ital cable." Lucas says unclear must - carry rules and vague plans from man- ufacturers and cable operators regard- CBS revs up with Pennzoil ing the deployment of digital set -top boxes contributed to the company's Company makes package deal that covers all CBS media decision. "There isn't just one villain here; it's By Steve McClellan radio stations and out- a combination of factors," says Lucas. door bus displays. "We'd been hearing CBS said last week Pennzoil previously from a number it has made a first - has been a sponsor of of cable op- of- its -kind deal both CBS television net- erators with Pennzoil, which work and TNN cable network will advertise across all programming. This particular deal iry CBS media, including the came through the cable side, according broadcast network; owned TV and radio to Lloyd Werner, executive vice presi- stations; TNN, and TDI, the company's dent, sales and marketing, Group W outdoor advertising subsidiary. Satellite Communications. The companies declined to talk Werner says that representatives from Chice about specific terms, but sources say each of the sales departments at CBS that the one -year agreement calls for divisions (network, stations, cable, that they just Pennzoil to spend about $25 million for radio, outdoor) are meeting regularly to weren't sure advertising. The deal kicks in during try to develop other advertising deals what their plans the first quarter of 1999. that cross all CBS media. were for digital Pennzoil Marketing VP Clyde Werner says that CBS will not be deployment, Beahm says that the deal represents a giving discounts to cross -media adver- and they were uncertain about the "new way of doing business" for the tisers for buying such packages. "The future of must-carry legislation." motor oil products company, in which real advantage is [how easy] we make Lucas says the company may decide it will be able to leverage its brands' it to get out the client's message and to resurrect the service in a few years if exposure for greater impact. Pennzoil the added value." Added value the digital landscape becomes more will sponsor NCAA basketball and includes opportunities to sponsor con- secure and more promising. She says NASCAR races on CBS -TV; tests, participate in unique ways on that the patents and technology em- NASCAR and other racing events on various Web sites and even pinpoint ployed in launching Your Choice's TNN, and sports, weather and traffic specific areas in given markets through programming mix of HBO movies, reports on the CBS -owned TV and local media. Presidential gathering Patricia Sullivan (bottom row, fourth from left), had a large rooting section for her induction as president of the Southern California chapter of American Women in Radio and Television. Other Southern California AWRT chapter pres- idents-12 former and one future -joined her at the Museum of Radio and Television in Bev- erly Hills last week. Top row (l -r): Jeanne De Vivier Brown (1974 -75); Helen Neilsen Allen (1971 -73); Dayna Adams (1994 -95); Barbara Riegle (1982 -83); Donna Cox Wells (1984 -85); Mari Aala Massakas (1989 -90), and Phoebe Beasley (1977 -78). Bottom row (I -r): Stacey Kumagai (1999- 2000); Nancy Akers (1991 -92); Shirley Jackson (1997 -98); Sullivan; Fran Zone (1986 -87); Cristy Trembly (1996 -97); Phyllis Lycett (1980 -81).

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www.americanradiohistory.com "Every cable operator should get G/ I you think C- SPAN's important, you've ` got to have carriage so people can see it. up and say, `Look what we're doing I I you don't think it's important, then don't carry it. But I don't believe that. with C-SPAN.' It's something good It is important. That's the reason we had 100 percent carriage, because that meant every customer we they can shout about." had could see it." "Even today, there are people who don't know that

cable television created and paid for C -SPAN I think that's just terrible. It may be one of the best things the industry ever did from a public affairs standpoint. And yet the industry not only didn't get credit for it, they often didn't want credit for it. Every cable operator should get up and say, 'Hey, look what were doing with C- SPAN.' That wouldn't cure all the PR problems the industry has had, but at least it is something good they can shout about"

"1 went to a lot of schools growing up -some seven or eight -so I was not at any place for very long. My father managed a chain of stores called White's Auto Stores in Texas and Oklahoma. They transferred him to manage different stores, mostly around Texas. Then, he was in the Navy during WWII, so we moved back to Oklahoma for two or three years."

"I started out in pre- dental and discovered early on

that chemistry and I didn't get along too well. I took

an accounting course and liked it, so I decided to major in accounting. Although I was in various

accounting positions over the years, 1 never wanted to pursue it as a profession"

"1 came to Sammons because of a friend, Kent Mutzel, who had been at Coopers & Lybrand and had gone to Sammons Enterprises, the holding company -he was the chief financial officer and later became president. One day, he and Charlie Sammons asked if rd consider going to the cable operation as president. I didn't know anything about it, but I was given the opportunity. The cable operation was fairly small. Over the years we built it into a significant part of the business. It was sold in 1996."

"I miss the cable business some; miss a lot of the people that I used to have contact with. Part of the

reason I miss it, I think, is because I was younger then. As my father once said, 'The reason the good of days were the good of days is because you were Jantes N. oung, not Whitson because they were so good.-

Retired Executive Tresidcnt Sammons rerpriscs C -SPAN Menihcr C; _SPAN Board Created by Cable. ii of Directors Offered as a Public Service. www.americanradiohistory.com CABEE Sonnenberg tops Fox/Liberty Nets Named executive VP: Liguori replaces him as president of FX cable network

By Donna Petrozzello

Amanagement shuffle at Fox /Liberty Networks last week placed FX Network President Mark Son- nenberg atop Fox Liberty Ventures as executive vice president. where he'll oversee Mark Sonnenberg (I) wants Fox Sports Net -among other to oversee more sports - cable networks in which related programing. He is Fox/Liberty Networks holds a succeeded by former Fox stake. Liberty VP, marketing Peter Replacing Sonnenberg is Liguori Peter Liguori, formerly senior vice president of marketing at Fox/Liberty Networks. channel for international sports cover- nights on FX. Sonnenberg also will Sonnenberg says he made the move age. and CTV Sports Net, the Canadian have a role in overseeing Fox's invest- to oversee more sports- related net- counterpart to Fox Sports Net. ments in Fit TV, FXM: Movies from works for Fox. In addition to Fox An avid sports fan. Sonnenberg was Fox, Speedvision and Outdoor Life Sports Net, Sonnenberg will oversee instrumental in creating a block of Network. Fox Sports World. the U.S. -based sports programming on Saturday Liguori, whose credits include a I0- year stint as vice president of consumer marketing at HBO, says that, for now, CABLE'S TOP 25 he'll stick to FX's programming ap- proach, a mix of off-net series. original and acquired movies, original comedy PEOPLE'S CHOICE series and sports targeted to adults 18- 49, with a focus on men 18 -34. TNT's 'WCW Monday Nitro' lineup ranked as "We'll be for adults who want chal- 10 for the three of basic cable's top shows lenging programming and who want week of July 27- August 2. programming that's on the edge," says Liguori. "We don't want to program Following are the top 25 basic cable programs for the week of July 27 -Aug. 2, ranked by rating. Cable - rating is coverage area rating within each basic cable network's universe: U.S. rating is of 98 million for a demographic, but for a psycho TV households. Sources: Nielsen Media Research, Turner Entertainment. Rating HHs Cable graphic. We'll be a general entertain- Rank Program Network Day Time Duration Cable U.S. (000) Share ment network with a very specific,

1 WWF War Zone USA Mon 10:00P 65 5.5 4.1 3,574 9.2 very defined voice." Liguori says FX's 2 WCW Monday Nitro TNT Mon 10:00P 61 4.8 3.6 3,467 8.0 new programming mantra is "please 2 WCW Monday Nitro TNT Mon 9:00P 60 4.8 3.6 3,420 7.6 watch responsibly." Monday Nitro TNT Mon 8:00P 60 4.6 3.4 2,305 8.0 4 WCW Liguori says he has no plans to add 5 WWF Raw USA Mon 8:57P 63 4.2 3.2 3,260 6.7 sports to FX, which has rights to 6 South Park COM Wed 10:00P 30 3.9 2.1 3,092 6.3 more 7 WWF Sunday Night Heat TBS Sun 7:00P 60 3.7 2.8 2,973 7.7 Major League Baseball, college football, 8 MLB: New York vs. Seattle TNT Sun 8:OOP 179 3.4 2.6 2,891 6.1 college basketball and boxing. Liguori 9 Movie: 'Beverly Hills Cop II' USA Sun 5:03P 117 3.2 2.4 2,730 7.3 also says that there will be no change in 9 Rugrats NICK Sun 10:OOA 30 3.2 2.4 2,382 11.6 FX's plans to debut new original movies Tue 10:00P 30 3.1 2.2 2,375 5.2 11 Real World VII TBS and new comedy series from comics 12 Diagnosis Murder NICK Mon 9:00P 60 3.0 2.2 2,356 4.8 and troupe The 12 Movie: The Wrong Man' NICK Sun 8:00P 120 3.0 2.2 2,331 5.3 Penn and Teller comedy 14 NFL Exh: Green Bay vs. Kansas City USA Sat 10:15P 233 2.9 2.2 2,310 7.4 Groundlings later this year. 14 Angry Beavers NICK Sun 10:30A 30 2.9 2.2 2,303 10.0 14 Rugrats NICK Fri 10:00P 30 2.9 2.2 2,223 5.5 17 The Brady Bunch ESPN Tue 10:00P 30 2.8 2.1 2,202 4.8 17 Rugrats NICK Fri 11:OOA 30 2.8 2.1 2,184 6.0 Broadcastin Cabla 17 Rugrats NICK Mon 7:30P 30 2.8 2.1 2.141 5.3 iE O INE 17 Pacific Blue NICK Sun 8:OOP 60 2.8 2.1 2,135 5.1 17 Rugrats NICK Fri 7:30P 30 2.8 2.1 2,127 6.5 For breaking cable news -of 17 Diagnosis Murder NICK Wed 9:00P 60 2.8 2.1 2,108 4.7 programming, business and personnel 17 Rugrats NICK Thu 7:30P 30 2.8 2.1 2,101 5.5 changes -during the business day, go 17 The Brady Bunch NICK Tue 10:30P 30 2.8 2.1 2,100 4.9 to www.broadcastingcable.com 17 Rugrats USA Fri 9:30P 30 2.8 2.1 2,098 5.3

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the 100,000- subscriber South Dakota, Wyoming mark. A third MSO, and Nebraska. Group Advance/Newhouse, also North, based in Chicago is a partner in the venture, and headed by group vice HOOKED along with PC heavy- president Chip Longfel- weights Microsoft and low, includes Illinois, By John M. Higgins Compaq. The service is Michigan, Northern Indi- currently available to 5 ana, Wisconsin, Min- Pirates fined Building in DirecTV million households nation- nesota, Missouri, Iowa $31 million DirecTV and Thomson wide under the Road Run- and Kansas. Judi Boyett federal court in Seat- Multimedia have ner and MediaOne Heady was named group tle has awarded signed an agreement to Express brands. VP for Nashville -based jointly develop and dis- Group East, which DirecTV and News Corp. TCVAdelphia division NDS Americas tribute advanced DBS includes Tennessee, Ken- more than $31 million in receivers and to integrate combo complete tucky, southern Indiana, and damages from 15 defen- DirecTV reception capa- Tele- Communications Maryland, North dants who sold counter- bility in Thomson digital Inc. and Adelphia South Carolina, Ohio, feit digital satellite sys- TVs. The memorandum Communications Corp. Pennsylvania, western tem access cards and of understanding between have completed their New York, Washington, other devices. The most the two companies partnership to combine New Jersey, Alabama, recent damage awards are includes a provision for cable television systems Florida and Georgia. DirecTV parent Hughes on top of some $3 million in western New York, Cable One the court ordered several Electronics to take a northeastern Ohio and other defendants to pay 7.5% stake in Thomson northwestern Pennsylva- deals done last year. DirecTV and and a seat on its board of nia. The venture, one of The Washington Post NDS sued the defendants directors. The alliance more than a dozen that Co. says its Cable One in June 1996, claiming an also calls for the compa- TCI is creating with subsidiary has completed international conspiracy nies to work together to other MSOs, will serve acquisition of cable sys- to develop, manufacture, deploy digital terrestrial 470,000 customers plus tems in Mississippi and distribute and sell coun- television and related the Empire Sports Texas encompassing terfeit access cards and digital services, including Network. TCI owns some 72,000 subscribers other devices that would access to the Web 33.3% of the venture; from Marcus Cable. allow owners of digital through enhanced TV Adelphia has a 66.7% Financial terms weren't satellite systems to ille- services, software down- stake and will manage disclosed, although at a gally obtain DirecTV and loads and other interac- the operation. typical $2,000- per -sub USSB programming. In tive TV services. figure, the deal would be concluding the case, the ICI Media worth about $144 million. court imposed permanent The Marcus systems were injunctions against the 4 restructures among those the Dallas - defendants to prevent TCl Communica- based operator was shop- any future piracy. tions' advertising ping before its acquisition Key defendants are unit, TCI Media by Paul Allen was an- Jim Gallucio of Services, has reor- nounced. The Post Co. West Milford, N.J., ganized its region- also says that Cable One a former autho- al management completed the sale of 14 rized DirecTV structure into four small systems with about retailer, who was groups. Group 29,000 subscribers in ordered to pay West, based in San Texas, Oklahoma, Mis- $9.28 million; Francisco, will be souri and Kansas. The Marty Mullen of headed by new buyers were not identi- New London, Ont., group vice president fied. HPC Puckett repre- doing business as Cyber Ken Weichert and will sented Cable One in the One and Studio One in encompass California, sale. Those deals worked the Cayman Islands, Nevada, Oregon, Wash- out to an average of about ordered to pay $5.09 mil- ington, Idaho and Mon- $1,000 per subscriber, will record a lion; David Balmes of Road Runner tana. Jerry Ferch will and the Post Las Vegas, ordered to pay serve as group VP of one -time, pretax gain of $2.53 million, and a trumpets numbers Dallas -based Group about $30 million in the group led by Norman Road Runner, the Time South, which includes third quarter of 1998. Dick of Victoria, B.C., Warner /MediaOne Texas, Colorado, Utah, Cable One now has some ordered to pay $14.76 high -speed Internet ser- Louisiana, Oklahoma, 720,000 subscribers in 17 million. vice, says it has cracked New Mexico, North and states.

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www.americanradiohistory.com CAB.E In his letter to the various boards, Daniels acknowledges the potential Daniels backs free airtime economic hit, estimating that an eight - week free -airtime period for political Wants to offer political ad spots on Carlsbad, Calif, system ads would be worth about $100 million to the cable industry overall if the ads By Price Colman likely be based on economic rationales were purchased. than political philosophy. Meanwhile, if the FEC does give him Cable pioneer Bill Daniels is During the 1996 presidential elec- the green light, Daniels wants to see throwing his hat in the political tion year, cable generated some $6 mil- others in the cable industry and also the ring -not as a candidate but as a lion in revenue from political ads, com- broadcast sector follow suit. reformer. pared with about $400 million for "I-le thinks broadcasters should have Daniels wants to provide free airtime broadcasters, according to New York - been doing this for decades," says for campaign advertising for federal can- based Competitive Media Reporting. Russo. didates in his Carlsbad, Calif., system, encompassing about 70,000 subscribers. To do that without violating federal cam- paign spending laws, he needs an advi- sory opinion from the Federal Election Commission -and that's just what he's requesting. The underlying idea of Daniels' pro- posal for an eight -week free airtime period leading up to the November elec- tion is to build momentum behind the campaign finance reform movement. "Bill thinks the electoral process has gone haywire and, as he says, money is really at the root of this," says Daniels & Associates spokesman Bob Russo. "He feels Americans are sick of what's going on." By giving U.S. House and Senate candidates free airtime for political ads, Daniels figures he can reduce their dependence on fund -raising and their ties to special- interest groups, a con- clusion he shares with many in Wash- ington. In his proposal to the FEC, Daniels contends the ads essentially would be political commentary and, as such, exempt from the ban on corpo- rate contributions and protected by the POWER First Amendment. AT There is some FEC precedent sup- roui porting Daniels' proposal. In 1982, FRIER the commission issued an advisory opinion in favor of allowing supersta- TPS. tion WTBS(TV) Atlanta to give two hours of free airtime to the Democrat- WAV.CTAM.COM ic and Republican National Commit- Yes, CTAM ! as a Web Site! after tees. a Conversely, similar 1992 ycu recove- fro -n tire sioc <, log request by radio station owner EZ on for our up -to -dale SE arc-able Communications was rejected by a 3- member directory, ccnf -e ence 2 commission vote. inf xmation, researl- tcpic, and Daniels recognizes he may be fight- invaluable tics o give your ing an uphill battle within the cable bottom lines jolt. 3ut then a 3ain, industry itself. In letters to boards of v,ho really kno,v; f :is in-ernet thing will even catch on. various industry groups, including the NCTA, CATA, SBCA and C -SPAN, Daniels says he doesn't expect imme- diate support but asks for open -mind- C T edness. Industry opposition to his pro- www.ctam.com posal, if it materializes, would more

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-1 www.americanradiohistory.com TECHNOLOGYain't DIV Express hits Big Apple Harris /PBS project offers digital television demonstrations, seminar.,

By Glen Dickson licenses in each market to broadcast before it freezes and goes black. both DTV and NTSC signals from the "In that 2 dB, it goes from perfect- The Harris /PBS DTV Express truck's Harris transmitter. In New ly acceptable to unacceptable," said visited New York last week, York last week, the DTV Express was Williams. But Williams added that offering local broadcasters a broadcasting on channels 61 and 62. the 8 -VSB system reaches the cliff chance to see a working DTV station The idea was to demonstrate co -chan- effect "by default," because of the in a 66 -foot mobile vehicle and to nel interference between DTV and huge amount of forward error correc- attend technical demonstrations and NTSC signals -the DTV Express tion built into the system to ensure a seminars that will help prepare them engineers solve the co- channel inter- perfect picture at increasing distances for the digital transition. ference problem by using a band -pass from the transmitter. At some point The Harris/PBS truck, whose major filter -and also to offer a comparison the system can't accommodate for all sponsor is Philips, has a full complement of DTV and NTSC pictures. the errors and just gives up, which is of DTV production. master- control and DTV Express engineers also demon- still "much better than gradual degra- transmission equipment donated from strated the so- called cliff effect encoun- dation," Williams said. more than 40 manufacturers. The vehi- tered by the 8 -VSB signal by lowering Jones and Williams also demonstrat- cle also has DTV receivers set up in a its transmitted power to simulate a Grade ed the effects of multipath interference living room environment, where broad- B signal. DTV Express Engineering by introducing echoes into both DTV casters and other invited guests could Director (and Harris engineer) Graham and NTSC signals. The demonstration watch material that included a movie Jones and PBS Senior Engineering Man- showed the ability of the truck's con- segment shot on HDTV tape, a multicas- ager Ed Williams said that the 8 -VSB sumer- grade Zenith set -top receiver to ting demonstration and a mock newscast signal actually has more of a "shelving greatly minimize multipath interference complete with ancillary DTV data. area" of 2 dB than a hard cliff-that is, through its adaptive equalizer. Jones The DTV Express is visiting 40 within that 2 dB range a viewer can see says. The DTV signal's multipath resis- cities; PBS secures experimental some blocking and noise in the picture tance also is superior when compared

HD VISION taps Snell & Wilcox switchers High- definition facilities firm HD VISION this new age of 'camcorder HD,' where of Irving, Tex., has upgraded its post - you're shooting without an engineer, production and mobile operations with you're going to have more need to actu- the addition of two Snell & Wilcox HD ally fix the pictures than you do now." 1024 digital production switchers. While Adolpho Rodriguez, Snell & The purchases are part of a facility Wilcox director of marketing, would not upgrade by HD VISION, whose high - disclose how many HD 1024 orders definition services include production, have been placed, he says that the post -production, equipment rental and product has been well -received, and he engineering. One HD 1024 will be expects orders to increase as more sta- installed at the company's facility in Irv- tions make their transition to DTV. ing. The other unit, with a built -in 32x32 Rodriguez says that in addition to the HD -SDI routing switcher, will be inte- HD 1024's DVE capabilities, another grated into the company's small mobile major selling point is its ability to swtitch production truck. HD VISION also is An S &W HD 1024 digital switcher between 720P and 10801. adding three HD cameras to the seven - HD VISION, which started in 1993, camera truck. plans to continue its expansion with the The 24 -input Snell & Wilcox switcher, introduced at addition of a 16- camera mobile unit next year. Pantuso NAB '98, sells for $160,000- $200,000. It offers a 1.5 Gb /s says the company is considering buying a Sony HDTV full- bandwidth high- definition platform for the transition to production switcher, which offers more input and output DTV. According to Charles A. Pantuso, director of engi- capabilities for larger projects. He also says that he neering and founding partner of HD VISION, the switcher would consider buying another Snell & Wilcox HD 1024 includes a fully digital switcher, DVE, color corrector and if the company expands its capabilities. The HD 1024 chroma keyer package. It was the color correction feature has 25 output buses available for use outside the that attracted him to the product, he says: "Particularly in switcher. -Karen Anderson

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www.americanradiohistory.com TECHNOLOGY with the NTSC signal, Williams said. While the Harris/PBS truck was host- ch. 33 in New York, by using an outdoor Jones added that the performance ed by PBS station wt vr(TV) New York, antenna on the truck. Williams said he of the Zenith consumer -grade receiv- its business and engineering seminars watched upconverted 4:3 material that er seems to be comparable to the related to DTV were open to all local was a simulcast of WCBS-TV's NTSC pro- "blue- rack" Grand Alliance unit, also broadcasters. A Harris spokesperson gramming, as well as some HDTV made by Zenith, that has been used in said that the 47 attendees of the DTV footage taped at the Nagano Olympics. major DTV reception tests. Express seminars included representa- He was impressed that he was able to pick "The nice thing is having a lot of tives from ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. up the experimental signal in one of the digital signal processing in the adap- The DTV Express also was able to biggest "concrete canyons" in New York tive equalizer," he said. "In areas like receive DTV signals from WCBS -HD, the City, the alley behind Lincoln Center i [New York], it's a major issue." experimental DTV station run by CBS on where the DTV Express was parked. receive certification, the company won't offer technical support: "So I can buy i WAAY-TV chooses Betacam SX $4.5 million worth of their equipment, and they're not going to support it." Alabama station spends $2.4 million on digital tape gear Dave Walton, JVC marketing and communications manager, says that By Karen Anderson while he could not remark specifically on WAAY -TV's situation, he says JVC offers WAAY -Tv Huntsville, Ala., has a 24 -hour technical support hotline that is sealed a three -year deal with available to all Digital -S customers Sony, purchasing $2.4 million regardless of whether the customer in Sony Betacam SX gear for the sta- attended the classes. "We most certainly tion's transition to digital broadcasting. support all of our customers whether M The Smith Broadcasting NBC affili- they attend JVC training classes or not, ate's order includes 21 DNW -A100 although we recommend that stations hybrid recorders that will work in tan- send their technicians for training if they dem with 21 DNE -700 editing sys- do want to do the work themselves," tems; WAAY -TV also has added a DNW - Betacam SX cameras are among the gear Walton says. "We go out of our way to A220 portable editing system. The sta- ordered by WAAY -TV. make sure they have adequate training." tion, which will replace its aging Sony upgrades its equipment only every Walton also says that JVC has and JVC cameras with Sony DNW -7 eight to 10 years, so the equipment received a lot of positive feedback and DNW -90 switchable 4:3/16:9 cam- requires constant maintenance. recently from satisfied Digital -S cus- eras, also has ordered DNW -A30 digi- "JVC stuff just took us to the bot- tomers, including Fox News Channel tal playback machines. tom," Seymour says. "JVC just and Fox Sports Channel. Donny Seymour, WAAY -TV chief couldn't get the stuff running. I've got The Sony purchase is just part of engineer, says he chose the Sony gear equipment in here that's 15 or 18 years WAAY -TV's estimated $4 million station because of the station's past relation- old from Sony, and I can call right now overhaul, Seymour says. It also has pur- ship with the company and Sony's his- and buy every piece down to the nut, chased an Odetics commercial playback tory of good technical support. The sta- bolt and spring for those three -quarter machine and is reviewing file server sys- tion has purchased JVC production machines. That means a lot. I've got tems. The station has installed its Acro- equipment in the past and was dissatis- cameras from JVC that are one year old dyne solid -state DTV transmitter. While fied with the company's technical sup- that I can't get parts for today." WAAY -TV has not decided on a DTV port, Seymour says. He adds that as a He claims that unless a station's engi- antenna, Seymour expects to make a small -market station, WAAY -TV neers attend JVC training classes and decision during the next six months. or

www.americanradiohistory.com TECHNOLOGY Chyron 2nd- quarter earnings down Company undergoes restructuring after $4.8 million loss

By Glen Dickson were not strategic." says Chyron Presi- was down to $21.1 million. from $21.9 dent Ed Grebow. He notes that Trilogy is million for the same period in 1997. Grapines. routing and automation a "distant third" in the intercom market. "Sales were soft. and broadcasters .upplier Chyron has reported a behind Telex and Vitec. and isn't a core have not yet significantly begun to buy loss of $4.8 million for second business. As for RT -SET, Grebow says digital television equipment." Grebow quarter 1998. which includes restruc- it is one of a half-dozen players in a busi- says. "We're getting orders. but turing and other nonrecurring charges ness that he doesn't think is taking off they're not robust. The real problem is of $3.9 million. quickly. And Grebow says "we're either the industry is soft because people are The restructuring charges relate to selling or getting rid of the Concerto uncertain what to do about digital. But two moves that Chyron has made to desktop group. we'll continue to make a big invest- refocus on its core graphics. routing "It's a tough, price -sensitive business ment in HDTV and digital equip- and automation businesses. First. that doesn't market to broadcasters." he ment." Chyron is selling its Trilogy Intercom says. "It doesn't seem like something we Grebow expects earnings to pick up in division in a management buyout for should be making any investment in." the second half, when Chyron will start gross proceeds, inclusive of payment Besides the restructuring charges. to see payment for big routing orders it of intercompany debt of $3.8 million Chyron's net revenue for the quarter has received from DirecTV and CBS. in cash and notes, plus a 199 interest in the new company. (Chyron will record a pretax gain of $1.1 million on the Trilogy sale in the third quarter.) B &C adds tech reporter Chyron also is putting its Concerto Karen Anderson has joined BROADCASTING & CABLE'S desktop compositing software divi- New York office as staff writer for the technology sec- sion up for sale and has taken a charge tion, where she is reporting on the latest develop- of $2.9 million to cover the Concerto ments in broadcast television and cable engineering. assets as well as severance and dispo- She comes from Television Broadcast, where she sition costs. was assistant editor, covering new technology, equip- In another move that doesn't affect ment and applications for news, sports and post -pro- current earnings. Chyron has restruc- duction. She also reported on television stations' tran- tured its investment in virtual set sup- sition to digital broadcasting in NB's monthly "Market plier RT -SET by canceling its option to Watch" section. purchase up to 51% of the company. In Anderson received a BA in communications from Hofstra University, where return, Chyron has received 533.000 she also held an internship as a staff writer at Newsday. After college she did shares of common stock that had been a brief stint as a production assistant at Cablevision's 24 -hour news channel, issued to RT -SET. News 12 Long Island. She can be reached at (212) 463 -6432 or via e-mail at "We're cleaning up three investments kmanderson @cahners.com that were made before I got here that

future expansion to 870 software for its Sphere line mhz. of workstations, including Sphere, MicroSphere, Digi- CUTTING EDGE Scitex ships Version Sphere, VideoSphere and 2 of Sphere StrataSphere. Version 2 - By Karen Anderson Digital Video is features widescreen aspect ratio support and a Quick - and Glee [Wm SScitexnow shipping Version 2 Charter taps S -A for Time 3.0- native file for- 165,000 St. Louis cus- Louis rebuild mat, which delivers cross - St. tomers more channels and platform compatibility with able MSO Charter ft new digital interactive ser- the new Sphere Windows Communications has vices. The fiber -based NT codec. Version 2 for selected Scientific -Atlanta upgrade is due for comple- the high -end StrataSphere to supply it with network tion in about three years. It delivers faster compositing equipment for a complete will include S -A headend speed, enhanced title capa- upgrade of its 4,200 -mile equipment, nodes, ampli- bilities and a graphics system in St. Louis. Terms fiers and taps and initially Scitex Digital Video is now package that incorporates of the deal were not dis- be Ullshipping Version 2 software will capable of passing Commotion Version 1.5 closed. The upgraded sys- its 750 mhz, with potential for StrataSphere from Puffin Designs. tem will offer Charter's workstation.

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By Richard Tedesco tainer also markets a menu of kids The offer to PC users is: shows for 50 cents apiece. J(Ailing four other corporate pioneers Intertainer has content deals in place on the cutting edge of the commer- streamed video of first -run with major studios. including Warner cial online video business. NBC last features (after they've hit the Bros., Sony, and Buena Vista. Para- week invested $3 million in Intertainer. mount Pictures is the notable holdout. with an option to buy a lot more. cable PPV market) for S3.95 Another nascent online video venture, For its money. NBC receives a 6e/r apiece, with 24 -hour access DivaTV, has similar revenue- sharing stake in Intertainer, a pay- per -view pacts in place with the major studios - video service on PC screens, and could and VCR functionality Paramount excepted -to reproduce their on the 'Net. Diva is deployed in buy up to I9r/ of the company for $75 for each buy. content million. based on a Intertainer valuation four systems on a limited basis: Lenfest of itself exceeding S -00 million. Those Communications' Philadelphia system are the ternis of the deal according to system outside Philadelphia. There are Adelphia Communications' Lansdale. Jonathan Taplin. Intertainer co- chair- nearly 3,(X10 n Home customers on that Pa., system: Cablevision Systems man. who doesn't expect NBC's 19C/ 380M-subscriber system, suggesting a Corp.'s Monmouth County. N.J., sys- option to preclude his company doing high PC penetration. Shortly after Wil- tem, and Rifkin Associates' Roswell. deals with the other broadcast net- low Grove goes up. Intertainer is set to Ga., system. That's a potential hase of works- although he claims he's not debut in Denver as an option on US 350,0(X) subscribers if they segue into soliciting: "We're very happy with the West's DSL service. according to full commercials launches. strategic partners we have." Taplin, who is aiming for two more At the moment. Diva claims 1,500 The largest single stake among the major -market launches and I,(XX) Inter- regular customers paying $3.95 for first - partners- 7(/ -is held by Comcast tainer users by year's end. run titles and $2.95 for vintage films Corp. US West owns 6.5 %. with Intel That's a point of critical mass in selected from a menu of 250 -3(X) titles at Corp. and Sony Corp. each holding Intertainer's business plan. according each system. Half -hour TV shows are re- 4.5x% of the Santa Monica, Calif. - to Taplin. who says. "at 1.000 sub- streamed for 99 cents. with packages of based start-up. scribers, it becomes a very economical kids content available for $9.95 a month. That group will begin to realize proposition. Diva's underlying support comes returns on their investments this fall. The offer to PC users is: streamed from Sarnoff Corp., which developed when Intertainer launches the video ser- video of first -run features (after the original platform and set -top box vice- -which relies on high -speed 'Net they've hit the cable PPV market) for technology as RCA Labs. Diva's cur- connections -in a test of 200 house- $3.95 apiece. with 24 -hour access and rent configuration. an add -on box that holds in Comcast's Willow Grove. Pa.. VCR functionality for each buy. Inter- coexists with analog set -tops. migrates

AOL Digital City gets NetCenter address AmGfira Clntino etnirk a riaal with Natcrana venture is way ahead of such competitors as e. x last week to give AOL's Digital City local Microsoft's Sidewalk, which is currently guide sites a presence on a co- branded expanding through NBC's Interactive Neighbor- hood station sites. online "channel." .-F 3 y Welcome to LA. The Netcenter Local Channel in AOL claims that its Los Angeles Digital City Netscape's Netcenter resource site will con- -. ;,A site is now profitable and that its Washington = tain links to the top 50 U.S. metro markets ` - . site is nearing that point. DeBenedictis predicts that AOL Digital City now serves with its local- that all 50 Digital City sites will start turning a ized information service. It's supposed to pre- - - profit sometime in 1999 as AOL seeks to strike miere within the next 60 days. A dozen cities Digital City has a a 50/50 balance in traffic it draws for Digital City were added to the Digital City roster last home on Netscape. from its own subs and from 'Net surfers. month, including San Antonio, Tex.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Albu- In this initial Web distribution deal, Netscape will sell querque /Santa Fe, N.M.; Richmond, Va., and Nashville. national ads for the site, with AOL handling local sales. From AOL's perspective, Digital City's potential audi- Meanwhile, AOL claimed a 665,000 jump in subscriber- ence grows by the 8 million visitors that Netcenter draws ship during its fourth quarter, ended June 30. It realized monthly. AOL currently claims it's drawing 3 million PC income of $134 million for the year, on $2.6 billion in rev - users per month to its various Digital City sites, according enue-up from $1.7 billion in revenue one year ago, when to Paul DeBenedictis, Digital City president, who says the it recorded a net loss of $13.4 million. -Richard Tedesco

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Doubtless that's encouraging news to president of business development. I eue ¡tin ...... K.n..... Onwt as. owes ..:`" '°.,. Mel, owe ro, ICTV nears commercial rollout ,.;. multimedia PC /TV cable service is now set 1..El.wr1r.rOr The long- awaited debut of ICTV's CCSw.. te-...... ->T..q,01 com. .,. ia.... for a 25,000- subscriber system in St. Joseph, Mo., during the fourth quarter. awe rw.wc1 I. woo `...s.rr...... - St. Joseph Cablevision will offer its subscribers five hours of Internet "..1.. .._ access on their TV screens through ICTV's format for $9.99 per month. Each additional hour costs $1.99; a family package for $5.99 will give non - K1R0-TV addressable households three hours of monthly access. ICTV is continuing its test with Cox Cable in Santa Barbara, Calif., with Seattle no word on when that test segues into a commercial launch. But Wes Hoff- CBS, ch. 7 man, ICTV president, says he expects to close on several of the dozen proposals ICTV has made to both large and small MSOs. Site features: Eye of the Needle ICTV provides operators the headend infrastructure to offer Internet camera, a constartly refreshed access via TV, along with other interactive services. It also provides the vista of the Seattle skyline from the $250 keyboard and modem set -up the subscriber requires. Space Needle; loca! news, sports Cox owns 30% of ICTV, which also counts Lauder Partners and IBM and weather reports; adding among its equity partners. -Richard Tedesco archived clips from newscasts this month, with live online smulcasts of noon and 5 p.m. newscasts stream- ing by September; link to CBS.com Site launched: November 1996 Online woos `Friends' fans Site director: Tcm Wallace, senior Warner producer. Cox Interactive Media By Richard Tedesco Number of errp oyees: 15 regular staff in local Ccx Interactive studio Friends devotees who can't get Design: Cox Interactive Media enough of the NBC series when it f r.fE rJPS Streaming techrology: RealVideo hits syndication this fall can surf Traffic generated: 15,000-20,000 for favorite video clips and other con- page views weekly `rom an aver- tent on a site that Warner launches this age of 8.000 difieren' users week (www.friendstv.com). Advertising: Banners bought by (+ In addition to viewing episode ':- Microsoft and Toyota clips in RealVideo. PC users will be Revenue: N/A wl.. e...c r....y Co.. ,. ' Highlight: KIRO -TV recently began able to download screen savers and icons, take interactive tours of the alpha/beta testing of content creat- Friends set and compete for weekly Video clips and more from your ed for Microsoft's WebTV for Win- prizes in trivia contests. They'll also 'Friends' at Warner Bros. dows format, a datacas:ing feature be able to participate in chat rooms of its Windows 98 cperating sys- and transmit customizable multime- else ? -friends. tem; KIRO-TV wif embed text of news dia greeting cards enabled by tech- More than 150 of some 200 TV headlines, weather and sports bul- nology from Intel Corp. to -who stations carrying the series in syndi- letins via the vertical blanking inter- cation beginning this fall will main- val of the broadcast signal tain links to the Friends site. A "front Cox City Sites strategy: Seattle door" on the local sites will give the is one of 15 markets where Cox Broadcasfi &Cable stations some local ad opportunities. Broadcasting. KIRO -TV's owner, O LINE Warner's sites, among the most has built digital studios, with the The big news on the Internet is popular online entertainment destina- dual purpose of supporting its sta- Broadcasting & Cable Online. tions, include Seinfeld.com and tions' Websites as it develops Cox With 24 -hour access to over 30 sections RosieO.com. The latter claims to be City Sites, the working name of its of the latest industry news. drawing particularly well with local informaticn directory project www.broadcastingcable.com is an women 18 -49, a difficult demograph- -Richa "d Tedesco address you'll want to bookmark. ic to capture online.

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TVs dent); owns /is buying 31 radio stations PROPOSED STATION TRADES Facilities: wKKR: 97.7 mhz, 1.35 kw, ant. WKBN -TV Youngstown, Ohio By dollar volume and number of sales; 476 WMXA: Price: $39.44 million does not include mergers or acquisitions ft.; 96.7mhz, 730 w, ant. involving substantial non-station assets Buyer. Youngstown Television 682 ft.; wTLM: 1520 khz, 5 kw; WzGM: 910 khz, 1 kw day, 81 w night, and License LLC, Charlotte, N.C. THIS WEEK WCJM -FM : 100.9 mhz, 1.85 kw, ant. (Richard L. Gorman, CEO); also TVs $39,440,000 1 owns 235 ft. two AMs and three FMs Combos $42,665,000 5 Seller. WKBN Broadcasting Formats: WKKR: country; WMXA: hot Corp., FMs $31,250,000 5 Youngstown (Warren P. Williamson, AC: WTLM: adult standards; wzGM: AMs $22,290,000 7 principal); also owns WKBN-AM -FM urban gold, and WCJM -FM: country Youngstown Total $135,645,000 18 Broker. Serafin Bros. Inc. Facilities: ch. 27, 871 kw vis, 87.1 kw 80 FAR N 1886 KELAIAMI-KMNT(FM) Centralia, Wash. aur, ant. 1,430 feet Price: $4 million Affiliation: TVs $4,780,037,000 CBS o4 Buyer. Jacor Communications Inc., Combos $1,214,840,107 F 159 COMBOS Cincinnati (Samuel Zell, chairman; FMs $523,405,837 183 Randy Michaels, CEO; Zell /Chilmark KFQDIAM), KHARIAM), KMXSIFM), AMs $361,069,599 123 Fund LP, 30% owner; David H. KBR11FM1, KEAGIFM) and KWHLIFM) Total $6,879,352,543 513 Crowl, president, Radio Division; Anchorage, Alaska; KXROIAM) -KDUX- Jacor owns /is buying one TV, 132 FM Aberdeen, and KWIQ- AM -FM, SANE PERIOD N 1997 FMs and 70 AMs KKRT(AT1), KKRVIFM) and KVYFIFM) TVs $3,942,306,684 r- 72 Seller. KELA Corp., Centralia, Wash. Moses Lake, all Wash. Combos $5,829,673,404 200 (M.J. Chytil, president); no other Price: $33 million FMs n $1,631,906,243 254 broadcast interests Buyer. Morris Communications Corp., AMS r $255,781,761 141 Facilities: AM: 1,470 khz, 5 kw day, 1 Augusta, Ga. (W.S. Morris Ill, CEO); kw night; FM: 102.9 mhz, 100 kw, also owns two AMs and two FMs Total $11,659,668,092 667 ant. 1,057 ft. Seller. Pioneer Broadcasting Compa- iwee: BAUBCCITTC & Ceti Formats: AM: news; FM: country ny Inc . Seattle (Elizabeth Williams, president); also owns KRBz(FM) Reedsport, Ore. Facilities: KFQD: 750 khz, 50 kw; KHAR: 590 khz, 5 kw; KMXS: 103.1 mhz, 27 kw, ant. 180 ft.; KBRJ: CHANNEL 49 ACQUISITION CORPORATION 104.1 ,mhz, 55 kw, ant. 62 ft.; KEAG: 97.3 mhz, 100 kw, ant. 593 ft.; James L. Lockwood, Jr., Chairman KWHL: 106.5 mhz, 100 kw, ant. 89 has agreed to acquire ft.; KXRO: 1,320 khz, 5 kw; KDUX -FM: 104.7 mhz, 48 kw, ant. 360 ft.; KWIQ(AM): 1,020 khz, 2.5 kw day, WLYJ -TV 500 w night; KwIQ -FM: 100.3 mhz, Clarksburg, WV 100 kw, ant. 194 ft.; KKRT: 900 khz, for 1 kw day, 78 w night; KKRV: 104.9 mhz, 6.3 kw, ant. 1,312 ft., and KvYF: 103.3 mhz, 25 kw, ant. 243 ft. $3,150,000 Formats: KFQD: news; KHAR: MOR; /i.nur KMXS: hot AC; KBRJ: hot country; KEAG: oldies, news; KWHL: rock; KXRO: CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, INC. AC; KDUX -FM: classic rock; KwlO(AM): Jack Kincaid, President country; KWIQ -FM: Country; KKRT: sports; KKRV: new country, and KVVF: Patrick Communications n'as proud to serve sp. target audience as the broker in this transaction. Broker. Media Services Group Inc. WKKR(FM) Auburn, WMXAIFM) and er_ar4 WTLM;AM) Opelika, WZGMIAMI Pep- perell, Ala. and WCMM -FM West Point, Ga. PATRICK t.A COMMUNICATIONS Price: $4,425,000 Buyer. Fuller Broadcasting Co., Ope- lika (Gary Fuller, president); no other broadcast interests (410) 740-0250, www.patcomm.com Seller. Root Communications Group LP, Daytona, Fla. (Jim Devis, presi-

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www.americanradiohistory.com CHANCING IANIU Broker: Blackburn & Co. FMs Buyer. Capstar Broadcasting Part- ners LP, Austin, Tex. (Thomas O. WDSR(AM) -WNFB(FM) Lake City, Fla. WFOG -FM Suffolk, Va. Hicks, owner); owns /is buying 248 Price: $750,000 Price: $23 million FMs and 103 AMs Buyer. Newman Media, Windermere, Buyer. Petracom Media LLC, Lutz, Seller. Foley Broadcasting LP. Allen- Fla. (John R. Newman, president); Fla. (Henry A. Ash, president); no town. PA (John L. Foley, principal); no other broadcast interests other broadcast interests no other broadcast interests Seller. Arso Radio Corp., Lake City. Seller. Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., Facilities: 104.5 mhz, 5 kw Fla. (Jesus M. Soto and Luis A. Baltimore (David D. Smith, presidenti Format: AAA, progressive Soto, co- principals); also owns two 28.1% owner): owns /is buying LMAs AMs and five FMs KOLK -FM Onawa, Iowa with 57 TVs, 37 FMs and 23 AMs Facilities: AM: 1,340 khz, 1 kw; FM: Price: $1.85 million Facilities: 92.9 mhz, 50 kw, ant. 480 ft. 94.3 mhz, 50 kw, ant. 492 ft. Buyer. Waitt Radio Inc., Omaha (Nor- Format: Soft AC Formats: AM: AC; FM: classic hits man W. Waitt Jr., chairman); also KBZRIFM) Arizona City, Ariz. owns /is buying KOTD -FM Plattsmouth, KFVR(AM)- KCRE(FM) Crescent City, Price: $3.5 million Neb., and KMEG -TV Sioux City, Iowa Calif. Buyer Brysan Broadcast Group LLC, Seller. Barnco Inc., Sioux City (Gary Price: $490,000 Scottsdale, Ariz. (Gerald Ryan, Jim Rice, president); no other broadcast Buyer. Pollack/Belz Radio LLC, Ger- Seemiller and C. Jayson Brentlinger, interests mantown, Tenn. (William Pollack. co- principals); no other broadcast Facilities: 102.3 mhz, 100 kw, ant. president/33 -1/3% owner); the Pol- interests 643 ft. lack family also owns three FMs, Seller. Brentlinger Broadcasting Inc., Format: Country three AMs and two TVs Scottsdale (Jay Brentlinger, owner); Seller. Pelican Bay Broadcasting WMMC Marshall, Ill. also owns KBzG(FM) and has lease -FM City, Calif. (Lau- Corp., Crescent with option to buy KESP(FM) both Price: $300,000 rence Goodman, president); Good- Payson, Ariz. Buyer. JDL Broadcasting Inc., Auro- KHSN(AM), Koos(FM), man also owns Facilities: 106.3 mhz, 3 kw, ant. 298 ft. ra, Ill. (John D. Spangler, president); KACW(FM) Coos Bay and and Format: Oldies no other broadcast interests KBBR(AM) North Bend, Oregon Ill. all Broker: Serafin Bros. Inc. Seller. Sandyworld Inc., Marshall, Facilities: AM: 1310 khz, 1 kw; FM: (Kurt Tuckerman. president): no 94.3 mhz, 3 kw, ant. -275 ft. WXLE(FM) Mechanicville, N.Y. continues on page 79 Formats: AM: oldies; FM: AC Price: $2.6 million BY THE NUMBERS BROADCAST STATIO Service Total CRITERION MEDIA GROUP Commercial AM 4,724 has acquired Commercial FM 5,591 Educational FM 1,961 KLDZ -FM Total Radio 12,276 Santa Barbara, California VHF LPTV 559 from UHF LPTV 1,515 Total LPTV 2,074 JOELMART, INC. FM translators & boosters 2,928 VHF translators 2,248 The acted as exclusive broker undersigned UHF translators 2,752 in in the negotiations. this transaction and assisted Total Translators 7.928 Commercial VHF TV 558 Commercial UHF TV 651 Educational VHF TV 125 Educational UHF TV 242 Total TV 1,576

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Executive Director, Community Access Tele- NA IONAL PUBLIC RADIO vision. The primary duties of the Executive Washington, DC Director are to plan, organize. direct and monitor the total operation of the public, educational and C HIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER governmental access channels, facility and re- lated programming deemed necessary by the Board of Directors. This includes the preparation of budget recommendations, goals, NPR is seeking a President and Chief Executive Officer who will provide strong leadership and creativity, policies, grants, overall funding development. negotiation demonstrate a thorough understanding of technology and market conditions, and respond to audiences and of contracts, preparation of reports and cor- member stations so as to successfully meet the challenges and opportunities that are shaping the future of pub- respondence, and the fulfillment of all PEGASYS lic radio. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the NPR President /CEO will guide, manage and oversee a financial and legal obligations. The position re- $60 million, 500employee organization and work with more than 300 member stations to position the orga- quires independent judgement, nization in the developing digital future, increase revenue and maintain the public service mission. discretion, and ability to work with the Board of Directors, local of- ficials, employees, contracts, NPR is a private, non -profit, satellite -based radio network with nearly 300 members operating nearly 600 public and civic groups, nonprofit, private and public stations broadcasting NPR. produced or acquired programs to all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, corporations on a regular basis. Familiarity Puerto Rico and Guam. NPR's programs reach an average of 13 million listeners per week. and experience with community cable systems. technology, pro- gramming and equipment are required. The ideal candidate will have experience managing a complex mid -sized organization, especially membership. A degree in Broadcasting. Communication, (video based associations, in a decentralized environment. Knowledge of the communications field, and specifically produc- tion) or related field is preferred. A minimum of broadcasting, is highly desirable. Experience interacting with a nonprofit board and demonstrated experience in five years of related experience required. building revenue and increasing philanthropic support is essential. Familiarity with a membership-based associa- Experi- tion would be a tremendous plus. ence should include all aspects of television pro- duction from script writing to final edit. Ability to trouole shoot equipment problems, train others in National Public Radio television production techniques and to maintain c/o Sally Sterling high standards for on air quality. Starting salary Heidrick & Struggles, Inc. range: $32,000 -$36,000. Application Deadline: 1301 K Street, NW Monday. August 17 1998. Applicants should sub- mit resume Suite 500 East to: PEGASYS, Inc., 123 W. Maine Street, Enid, Oklahoma 73701. Attn: Search Com- Washington, DC 20005 mittee. EOE. Fax: 202 -289 -4451 HELP WANTED SALES N: naI P blic Radio is an Equal Opportunity Employer

General Manager. Great opportunity in La Grange, TX. AM. FM. Excellent chance for Sales SITUATIONS WANTED MANAGEMENT Manager to move up to GM. Profitable station will celebrate its 40th anniversary next year. Fax re- Recently completed successful turnaround in sume to. Personnel KVLG /KBUK Houston 713 competitive market as a "stand- alone" against 871 -1005. Women and minorities are en- duopolys and triopolys. 30+ years experience in- Broadcast g&CahIe couraged to apply. cluding: Group Management, National Sales Management, Combo General Manager, Sales We Need Your Passion for Manager, Group Programming, and Promotional HELP WANTED ANNOUNCER Sales and Director. Highly creative. Will design promotion to Talent for Success! increase your revenues, ratings and visibility. Ex- Radio Morning Drive Host. WETA TV26 /FM Broadcasting & Cable has an exciting cellent sales person with proven sales systems 90.9 located in Arlington, VA, "The Nation's Sta- opportunity for a dynamic, energetic and training ability. Check my references and individual. tion. the Community's Voice," is recruiting for a Seeking a seasoned sales most recent Miller- Kaplan. Reply to Box 01408. professional classical music weekday Morning Drive Host. In to drive cable industry ad sales. Knowledge TV, addition to an early morning announcing shift, the of cable and related industries prefenred. ideal candidate successful candidate will participate in the pro- should Can do combo guy! Need any of these? Sales have 5+ years in ad sales for publishing, duction of feature segments and programs for and marketing, programming, on -air and produc- cable television or affiliate sales. local and national distribution. Strong announcing tion, engineering! GM experience. Available im- skills, preferably with classical music, and For ability mediately, permanent or temporary. Bill Elliott immediate consideration, send your relate to to our sophisticated and highly demand- 813- 920 -7102. resume with salary requirements to: ing listeners in DC -MD -VA area are essential. Human Resources Department - BC Our 24-hour radio station is the most listened -to Cahners Business Information public radio station arouna the in country Aggressive sales oriented General Manager 245 W. 17th Street classical music format. Send resume, salary re- over 15 years in radio including WNBC (NY), New York, NY 10011 quirements, and demo tape to: WETA, Human KFRC (San Fran.), went into own business, but or fax to 212 -727.2425. EOE M /F /D/V. Resources Dept., PO Box 2626. Washington, DC now wants back in broadcast. This former West 20013. EOE /M D /FN. Pointer unequalled sales performance. goal orien- tation. Larry Leibowitz 305 -531 -8116. HELP WANTED SALES LEASED PROGRAMMING Needed GM /GSM combo for radio stations. Live on the beautiful central coast of California. Produce, host your own radio show, and gen- Need aggressive, take charge person with expe- erate hundreds of qualified Leads 50.000 watt rience. All perks available. Send resumes to Attn: NYC radio station. Call Ken Sperber 212 -760- David, P.O. Box 1964, Santa Monica, CA 93456. 1050.

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www.americanradiohistory.com CLASSIFIEDS New Business Account Executive: Terrific company (ABC) hot location (Raleigh /Durham) ex- citing growth market (#29 and growing) = an op- REGIONAL portunity of a lifetime for a creative New Business Specialist! Successful candidate will be responsi- ble for generating new business at client/direct and agency levels. Computer proficiency, good ACCOUNT MANAGER negotiation skills and strong written and verbal skills a must. Radio or television experience is re- Manager Lifetime Television, the dynamic cable network, has a Regional Account quired. This position will work closely with our re- office. position open in their Affiliate Relations department based in their Los Angeles search director so a knowledge of pure and for chal- Individual must have strong credentials in sales, marketing, and negotiating applied research is helpful. Send resume to: lenging Affiliate Sales Executive position. William Webb, General Sales Manager, WTVD, Experience in all phases of sates territory management, including evaluation and PO Box 2009, Durham, NC 27702. No phone implementation of procedures to meet sales goals. Team player with strong communi- calls. EOE. cation and organizational skills. BA or BS with sales/marketing focus required. Cable industry experience preferred. KIVI -TV 6, an ABC affiliate in one of the fastest benefits package. For consideration, please Lifetime offers a competitive salary and growing markets in the country, is now accepting requirements to: send resume with salary applicants for General Sales Manager. Qualified LIFETIME TELEVISION applicant will be dynamic, innovative and able to motivate. TVScan and Enterprise knowledge Human Resources Department a rM helpful. TV sales management experience Lifetime Regional Account Manager 410 partici- must. Successful applicant will be active Television for Women 309 West 49th St, New York, NY 10019 EOE M/F pant in station management team. Send resume to General Manager, KIVI -TV. 1866 East Chisholm Drive, Nampa, Idaho 83687. No phone calls, please. KIVI -TV is an equal opportunity employer. TV GSM to 70k. Fastest growing city in Amer- ica. Net affiliate in Coastal Carolinas has great op- portunity for GSM. Minimum of 5 years exp. as Paramount O &O in LSM /GSM. Results oriented. Must be highly suc- General Sales Manager. 54, has an immediate open- cessful in capturing Non -Traditional dollars for New Orleans, UPN Manager. Candidate Special Events and Promotions. Contact Im- ing for a General Sales experience in mediately: Lee Rudnick, OBI Media Executive must have a minimum of 3 -5 years management and excellent TV SALES Search. PH: 212- 338 -0808 Ext 5, FAX: 212 -338- television sales and organizational 0632. Visit our Website at http: / /www.dbiny.com communication, presentation PROFESSIONALS skills. as well as, rate and inventory management experience. Must also be a leader and be able to If you're looking to sell a dominant drive station's sales efforts. Send resume to -up and a successful news General Manager, WUPL-TV. 3850 N. Causeway line Television Account Executive, Portland, the opportunity Blvd., Suite 454, Metairie, LA 70002. No phone product, we have just Maine. WPXT FOX51 and WPME UPN35 seek a calls, please. WUPL is an EOE. for you. KSTU FOX 13 Television, motivated individual with minimum 2 years broad- FOX O &O in Salt Lake City, is looking cast sales experience. Candidates must have es- top FOX af- for an experienced ACCOUNT tablished written and verbal skills and solid track General Sales Manager. One of the -TV in Cincinnati, is EXECUTIVE to handle a thriving client record of generating local direct revenue. Send filiates in the country, WXIX Sales Man- resumes to FOX51/UPN35 2320 Congress St., seeking a top performing General list and meet sales objectives. Full for Portland, ME 04102, Attention: Sandy Smith or ager. The right candidate will have a passion benefits package available. ana- fax to: (207)774 -6849. No phone calls please. winning as well as strong management, to WPXT/WPME are equal opportunity employers. lytical and presentation skills. Must be able chance to join a skills as This is an ideal Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. document strong inventory management successful station located in the home well as have the ability to understand and of the 2002 Winter Olympics. Please manage non -traditional revenue programs. If you send resume to KSTU FOX 13, Human can effectively lead, innovate and create accoun- Manager, WASV -TV, Greenville, Spartan- 5020 W. Amelia Earhart Sales tability in an aggressive environment, send your Resources, burg, Asheville, Anderson, 35th DMA. This new FOX Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84116. 801- resume to: Human Resources Supervisor, UPN WB affiliate has quickly established a strong 19, 635 W. 7th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45203. 801 -536 -1315. Equal 536 -1317 or Fax: position in this marketplace and is seeking a EOE. Opportunity Employer. sales manager to lead a local and national sales effort. Sales management experience and a General Sales Manager. Immediate opportunity creative approach to selling are essential. Send -TV, a Dispatch Broadcast Company. resumes to Jim Conschafter. VP /General Man- at WTHR Job responsibilities include, but not limited to, ager. WASV -TV . P.O. Box 1717, Spartanburg, management of Local, National and Regional SC 29304. WSPAINASV -TV is a drug free pricing and controlling station sales in- workplace. Offer of employment is contingent Sales Staff, ventory, and establishing and attaining station re- FOR DAILY upon applicant passing a substance abuse test. Candidate must possess excellent EEO- MIF/DN. venue goals. CLASSIFIED communication skills, have a proven track record of leadership and sales success, clearly de- monstrate creative thinking in developing new UPDATES..- Local Account Executive. WYFF -TV, the NBC selling opportunities, be able to work well with affiliate in Greenville, SC (35th market) is looking other department heads, be able to recruit, train for an experienced Account Executive for a major and lead a sales staff. Ideal candidate would list. Candidates must have experience handling have a minimum of 5 years in local sales, pre- agency business and proven success in new busi- vious national sales experience, five years in ness development. Position requires strong ne- sales management, at least three of which VISIT gotiation, organizational, and presentation skills. should be as a General Sales Manager. Appli- BROADCASTING & CABLE Proficiency in the use of qualitative research and cants possessing these skills should submit a let- TV Scan necessary. A minimum of three years of ter of referral source, cover letter and resume to ONLINE TV sales required. Send resume to: WYFF TV, the General Manager, Attn: Job No. 98 -203, PO Human Resources Manager, P.O. Box 788, Box 1313, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Replies held in www.broadcastingcable.com Greenville, SC 29602. WYFF is an Equal Op- confidence. Qualified female and minority appli- portunity Employer. cants encouraged. Equal Opportunity Employer.

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General Sales Manager. The opportunity to be- come GSM of KFVS -TV, a top notch Raycom Media station in the Heartland doesn't come along very often. Candidate's resume should de- monstrate detailed experience, management, or- fiAt'filiforfimAArrfP/r ganization, and leadership skills necessary to con- tinue the double -digit successes of your pre- decessor. TEAM UP WITH No beginners. Prefer prior GSM expe- Provide rience, but will consider larger market LSMs with proven track record. Must pass drug screen and AN INNOVATIVE on going possess clean driving record. Equal Opportunity training and demon- Employer. Resume to Kathy Cowan, KFVS12. LEADER IN THE stration of all Chyron Graphics Box 100, Cape Girardeau. MO 63702 -0100. BROADCAST products and systems. Responsible for creating the graphic elements used for demonstrations at the Company's , Director of Sales INDUSTRY! and Marketing. KREM -TV, an trade shows. A.H. Bela station and CBS affiliate located in the Pacific Northwest is looking to hire this key man- The positon entails writing application nois fuyr agerial position to direct and manage all sales and collateral for the support of dealer and direct sales efforts. Minimum cf and marketing efforts for KREM and our LMA 3 years experience in rLi partner KSKN. Minimum 5 years broadcast sales the broadcast marketplace. Preference will be giver to w management experience to include local, re- the candidate with graphic design experience. gional and national sales. Successful budgeting, Send resume to: Chyron Corporation, 5 Hub Drive, Melville, NY 11747. negotiation and inventory management 1 experi- E -Mail: careers @chyron.com. ence with a track record to match. Rush letter of in- troduction and resume to: Terry Coker, Human Fax: 516- 845 -2090. Equal Opportunity Employer M /F /D /V Resources Director, KREM -TV, 4103 South Re- gal Street, Spokane. WA 99223. KREM -TV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M /F,'D /V.

Account Executive: Prefer at least five years major market and/or local television sales experi- 1 ence. St-ong communication skills, both oral and written, are required. Responsibilities include the EHYREIN development of new business and expanding ex- isting business. Please send resumes to: Scott Simensky, WABC -TV, 7 Lincoln Square, New York, NY 10023. No telephone calls or faxes please. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

t: l/ ttl Ill tt n r r a t i a ü: .5' P J t i It F Account Executive, Television Sales. CLTV News. Tribune Company's regional cable newschannel, The World of Business has an immediate opening for an Account Executive. Talks Successful media sales experience preferred. Success with both advertising agencies and direct Harris sales a plus. Must be self -motivated, Corporation Broadcast Through aggressive and Us, Division has Systems Engineer hungry 'or success. Fax resume to 630 -571 -0489 career opportunities available or mail ro CLTV News, Systems Engineer 2000 York, Suite 114, Oak throughout our locations, Brook, IL 60523. The Systems E-,gineers develop specificrions tor broadcast sys- including: Cincinnati, OH, tems, subsystems, small programs and products with empha ;is 34 Glen Faits, NY and Quincy, IL. analog and digital TV or radio products. This position is respcnsi- Harris Corporation offers a competitive ble for coordinating and implementing engineenng design fo starting salary, with a comprehensive components, subsystems and systems with a c insistent locos cn General Sales Manager- 3 CBS stations and 1 benefits package and opportunities for continual qual ty improvement FOX station in Western Colorado. Healthy mar- generating systems subsyste ns o - advancement Please send your program level specifications; and preparing written proposals. ket, very competitive. Fax resume now to 970- resume to: Attn: Dept EADBCABLE to: 242 -0886. Include references. This could be the Harris Corporation Broadcast BS in Electric:I Engineering or equivalent work experience, along best job you'll ever have. E.O.E. Division P.O. Box 37, MS2 -1399, with 3-5 years relevant industry experience requires. Melbourne, FL 32902: or FAX: (907) 729 -1858; or e-mail: [email protected] (resumes must HELP WANTED TECHNICAL be in ASCII format only, not enacted). We are an Equal Opportunity Einp ayer. HARRIS

Corporate Chief Engineer. Growing station Visit us at www.broadcast.harrls.c group is seeking a Corporate Chief Engineer. The highly experienced candidate will have Chief Engineer responsibilities at one property, while Senior Television Maintenance Engineer. Fully Broadcast Maintenance Engineer: A top ten having technical oversight of all stations. Re- skilled in repairing both digital and analog video market, sports network is currently seeking a sponsibilities to include: equipment negotiation, and audio broadcast grade equipment. Trou- qualified engineer with five years of relatad main- purchase and installation: trouble- shooting; due bleshooting to both the board and component tenance experience. This candidate should be level preferred. diligence on future acquisitions, research and ef- Facilities and light circuit design capable of repairing television equipment tc the fecting change to digital: all UHF and VHF RF skills a plus. Electrical Engineering degree pre- component level. Must possess know,edge of ferred, oversight. Experience with Larcan, Harris and GE but not required. An extremely high quality Sony BETA format, digital switchers and Avid sense is transmitters a plus. Please send resume, salary mandatory. Extensive experience in equipment. PC and Macintosh literacy a plus. requirements, and references to: Lambert Televi- broadcast grade teteproduction, network or Tele- Position also entails EIC operations for live broad- vision sion, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 500. Los station engineering required. Send resume casts. Must be able to work as a team member Angeles, CA 90067, Attn: Senior VP, Broadcast and salary requirements to: Nichols Technical as well as independently. We offer a competitive Group. Fax to: 310-551 -4068. No phone calls Services, Ann: SR/3/98. 2945 Flowers Road salary and benefits package. E.O.E. Please send please. EOE /M /F. South, Suite 107, Atlanta, GA 30341. resume to Chief Engineer. 70 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Ma 02215.

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Maintenance Engineer: Univision 41. seeks a Weeknight 6 and 10 News Anchor. Aggressive. News Director. Direct and manage the station's news operations. Hold daily story meet- candidate with 3 -5 years experience in Television growing CBS affiliate in La Crosse. Wisconsin is television encourage a fresh ap- Engineering, UHF Transmitters. ENG Microwave looking for an experienced pro to take over as ings, plan sweeps series, news, critique the nightly trucks. Satellite and microwave equipment, Betacam our next co- anchor at 6 and 10. Send non- proach to the day's new magazine and news Format VTR's. Digital and Analog systems. Strong returnable tape and resume to Anne Paape, newscast and develop for bottomline budget mat- computer skills are required. An FCC Commercial News Director, WKBT TV, 141 South 6th Street, programs. Responsible must have 3 -5 years experience license and/or SBE Certification is preferred. Ability to La Crosse WI 54601. No phone calls please. ters. Individual management and/or as assistant work evenings and weekends a must. No calls please EOE. in news senior Looking for a leader who's Please apply in person. Univision 41. 500 Frank W. news director. into New 07666. EOE. passionate about news to lead Fox 7 News a Burr Blvd., 6th floor, Teaneck. Jersey im- WTVR -TV, a Raycom Media station, has an bright ratings future. If you have excellent news mediate opening for a News Producer. A mini- judgement. great ideas, motivational skills and Engineer. Junior Television Maintenance mum of one year line producing experience re- lots of creativity, we want to talk to you. Submit repair required. Broadcast grade equipment bench skills quired. Must be deadline oriented, clear com- cover letter and resume to Human Resources, analog video and audio High quality level of digital and municator, excellent writer, and able to handle KTBC -TV /Fox, 119 E. 10th Street, Austin, TX abilities. Full equipment alignment and set -up multiple live shots in a breaking news situation. 78701. Reference position title on envelope. No Technical understandingof electronictheorymandatory. We are an EOE and qualified minorities and fe- phone calls. please. EEO Employer. school or college degree in an electronics related males are encouraged to apply. Pre -employment discipline preferred. A minimum of 7 years experience drug screening required. Submit resume and News Director. FOX 40 News is looking for a in engineering maintenance at the broadcast grade level application to (no phone calls): Mike Bergin. news director who will lead us into the new millen- is a must. Send resume and salary requirements to: Assistant News Director, WTVR -TV, 3301 West nium. Send non -returnable VHS tape of your Nichols Technical Services, Attn:JFV3/98, 2945 Flowers Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23230. news product and resume to: John Leet, GM, Road South, Suite 107. Atlanta, GA 30341. WICZ -TV, 4600 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal, NY 13850. EOE. WKRC -TV has an immediate opening for a Maintenance Technician. WPHL -TV has an im- part-time News Videotape Editor. Must be an ex- mediate opening for a Television Maintenance perienced videotape editor with basic computer News Anchor /Reporter. The dominant market Technician. Applicant must have 3 -5 years expe- knowledge and the ability to perform well under leader in East Central Mississippi seeks SBE rience in television broadcast equipment. deadline. Please no calls. Send non -returnable polished. intelligent journalist with a strong on- certification or a Technical School degree is pre- tape and resume to: WKRC -TV, Attn: Business camera presence and solid writing skills to ferred. UHF Transmitter and Microwave experi- Office -VE, 1906 Highland Avenue, Cincinnati, anchor daily newscasts. Candidate must have P. Hort. ence a plus. Resumes /fax to: Michael Ohio 45219. An Equal Opportunity Employer. strong work ethic and a team attitude. Send re- Wyn- Engineering Manager, WPHL -TV, 5001 sume, references and a non -returnable VHS tape nefield Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131. EOE. TV Assistant News Director/Assignment Man- to: John Johnson. Director of News. WTOK -TV, No phone calls please. Fax 215 -878 -3737. ager. Need seasoned. newsroom leader with P.O. Box 2988, Meridian, MS 39302. WTOK -TV strong writing and management skills to guide is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Studio Supervisor. Ready to move up? Looking for young reporters in aggressive weekday coverage We want the very best. You have person with 2 -5 years studio maintenance experience from story selection through final product News Anchor. high energy. deliver the news with authority, yet - including ability to maintain news editing /shooting oversight. Substantial broadcast news experi- You also bring along gear. Person who's computer friendly a plus. Send ence required. No beginners. No phone calls. fax- you're a real communicator. and you're a real team resume and salary requirements to: KDLT -TV, Don es or email. Send letter. resume and non- strong reporting abilities, player. We're a network affiliate in a me- Sturzenbecher, Chief Engineer, 3600 S. Westport returnable videotape to: News Director, WVIR- growing 1/2 hours of news daily, Avenue, Sioux Falls. SD 57106. F/M EOE. TV, 503 East Market Street, Charlottesville, VA dium market. We do 3 22902. EOE. and our numbers are going the right way. And there's a bonus. you'll be working in one of the HELP WANTED NEWS Producer: Work In a competitive market..at a most livable cities in the country! Rush your VHS station that focuses on breaking news...flushing tape, salary requirements, resume and re- out the big story...and covering the news of the ferences to Doug Crary, News Director. day. We want a producer who is organized and NewsChannel 27, 8927 Thomasville Road, BmadcasflhgBCable creative. A hard worker who takes charge...in and Tallahassee, FL 32312. out of the control room. You would produce an MANAGING EDITOR hour -long newscast...a mix of local, national, Immediate openings for Reporters, Producers and resume to weather and feature stories. If you are what we're and Photographers. Send tape is seeking a Rapid BROADCASTING & CABLE looking for. please send tape and resume to News Director, KEVN -TV, P.O. Box 677, Opportuni- Managing Editor. NYC based position will WLKY -TV Executive Producer, Andrea Armento, City, SD 57709. KEVN -TV is an Equal learn. oversee the day to day operations and 1918 Mellwood Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky ty Employer. Great place to live and development of the magazine including editorial 40206. Anchors, reporters, meteorologists, sports content and overall "look." Works closely with Producer. This position demands a creative anchors, producers, photographers join our Ideal candidate Editor to drive news coverage. person. The producer must be able to conceive team! Nexstar Broadcasting of Northeastern Pen- should be a seasoned professional, daily and develop a news program. direct and nsylvania is now accepting tapes and resumes newspaper experience preferred. Strong supervise staff. We are looking for innovative. re- for present and potential future openings and ex- leadership and management skills necessary. sults- oriented leader with two years experience. pansion. We have a unique set -up, producing Minorities and women are urged to apply. Send news for both the NBC and CBS affiliates in the Send resume w /sal. rqmts. to: non -returnable VHS tape and resume to: PD2- market. If you're looking for a creative challenge. BC, Box 44227, Shreveport, LA 71134 -4227. send materials to: Personnel, Nexstar Broadcast- Cahners Business Information EOE. ing of Northeastern PA, 62 S. Franklin Street, HR Dept. - BCME Wilkes- Barre. PA 18701. EOE. No phone calls! 245 W. 17th Street /Editor. WSOC -TV is looking for a NY 10011 Photographer Anchor /Reporter (WSFA). We are looking for a New York, news and creative hustler who loves breaking co- anchor to add to our team of veterans at 6pm. Fax: 212 -727 -2425 needs winning. We are a number one shop that You will also be a general assignment reporter, but only be We appreciate your responses will go-getters in the field. If you are a photographer responsible for generating stories from a specific and learn please responding to qualified applicants. with a flair who wants to grow beat. We are looking for someone who is a great to: WSOC -TV, Attn: send your resume and tape storyteller both on the set and in the field. You Manager, Dept. 95, Bill Bruce, News Operations should have 3 -5 years experience. Send your re- NC 28206. No Promotion Producers. Kansas City station clos- 1901 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, sume, tape (VHS OK) and cover letter by August M /F. ing in on #1 news is looking for aggressive writer/ phone calls please. EOE 14 to: Lucy Himstedt Riley, News Director, -air! producers to make some big waves on Can- WSFA, 12 E. Delano Avenue, Montgomery, AL didates must have strong writing skills and promo- Weathercasters, 36105. EOE. tion experience. AVID editing is preferred but not Newscasters, Sportscasters, Need help mov- necessary. Send demo reel and resume (includ- interested in representation? Send VHS tape ing salary requirements) to: WDAF -TV, Human ing up to your next opportunity? TV Business Reporter. Report live from Wall call Steve Porricelli, SP Manage- Resources Dept., 3030 Summit, Kansas City, MO and resume or Street daily, send demo & blos only. Reuters. 747 Lane. Newtown, CT 06470. 64108. EOE M /F'V :D. ment, 6 Shamrock Third Ave., 29FI /RBN 10017. 203 -758 -9394.

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Anchor needed for the 94th ranked NBC af- Writer/Producer. Phillÿs #1 station. WPVI -TV6. Promotion Manager: Aggressive NBC affiliate filiate in Central Texas to anchor 6 and 10 PM an ABC owned station. has a spot for a promo- serving FlintSaginaw /Bay City seeks creative News. Successful candidate will have had a min- tion writer /producer who can generate new ideas leader to take a growing station even higher. imum of two years anchor experience. Producing and create compelling copy. If you've got the Must have extensive experience writing and pro- and reporting skills and the ability to com- talent to get ahead. this position is for you. Early ducing on -air promos (particularly topical news pro- municate with the audience a must. Applications afternoon /evening shift. Experience writing news mos) and understanding efficient targeting of on- accepted through August 1998. Send resume promotion a must. Experience using an AVID air inventory. Also involves managing all station and non -returnable tape to: KCEN -TV Personnel and or digital on -line edit suite a plus. Send cover events. publicity. public service. sales promotion Dept. 24, PO Box 6103, Temple. TX 76503. letter, resume and non -returnable VHS or broad- and external advertising. Great opportunity to Equal Opportunity Employer. cast beta tape (no calls /faxes) to Caroline Welch, grow with fast growing major television group. Director of Creative Services. WPVI -TV, Suite Send resume to: Ron Pulera, President and 400. 4100 City Avenue. Philadelphia, PA 19131. Genera, Manager, WEYI -TV NBC25, 2225 W. 10:00 PM Mews Producer. Energetic, talented EOE. Willard Road, Clio, MI 48420. Call 810- 687 -1000. and creative producer needed. Writing, news An Equal Opportunity Employer. judgement, competitive instincts, and leadership Writer/Producer. WMBD -TV Peoria, IL. If you must be top notch. Producing experience re- write great copy. enjoy news promotion. and can Promotion Producer. Looking for a little sunshine quired. Send resumes and non -returnable tapes work independently and as a team player, in your life? KPNX -TV, the top-rated NBC affiliate by August 17, 1998 to: Personnel, NBC 15. 615 WMBD wants you! We are searching for an in sunny Phoenix, is seeking a top -notch promotion Forward Drive. Madison, WI 53711. No phone energetic promotions guru who can bring in- producer with a strong news promotion back- calls please. NBC15 is an Equal Opportunity novative ideas to our CBS table. Bring your ground. If you have a passion for the product and Employer. Broadcasting degree, experience, and Avid expe- winning, we want to hear from you! Avid editing is rience (if you have it). to our accomplished promo- a definite plus, but will be willing to train. If you tions department! Hard working, dedicated indi- have at least two years of experience in news pro- WYTV is seeking a co- anchor /reporter for a viduals with writing, shooting, and editing experi- motion, send your resume and tape to Anita Helt, Monday through Friday newscast to compliment ence must apply. Send resume and tape ASAP KPNX -TV, PO Box 711, Phoenix. AZ 85001. EOE. our male co anchor. At least two years' broadcast to: WMBD -TV. Attention: Julie Ohl, Promotions news reporting and one year anchoring experience Director, 3131 N. University- Peoria. IL 61604. HELP WANTED CREATIVE SERVICES required. It you quality, send tape and resume to EOE. News Director, WYTV, 3800 Shady Run Rd., Youngstowr. OH 44502. CHEMICAL TV TV Promotion Producer. Make your mark and work for a top -rated small market NBC affiliate. LAB SUPERVISI R HELP WANTED MARKETING WVIR -TV seeks a creative self- starter to work with existing staff. Individual hired will write and produce promotion for daily news topicals, series, NBC -S Salto: ID(AS -1Y), the NBC 080 Bro xkost Lthardary in Golden Eagle Broadcasting, Director of special programming. public service and con- Dotas -Fort Worth, has stn imrreicie opening for o Leml 5 Network Marketing. Responsibilities include dis- tests. Must be a strong writer with TV promotion tribution. promotion and marketing of Golden experience. AVID editing a plus. Send letter, re- Chenicd 1V Lob Supervisa (Desire Director) a direo cur Eagle Broadcasting satellite service. Cable or sume and non -returnable VHS tape to Promo- efforts in prorating bad TV desipl in the o try's 9h larped broadcast sales experience required. Contact tions Manager, WVIR -TV, 503 E. Market. Charlot- (918)495 -7163 to request an application. Fax re- tesville. VA 22902. EOE. No calls please. market. We belie* there tS a are! Ratan, rod, and lob of sume and letter mail cover to (918)495 -7563, or high-porered dedoop lab equgmere, including Ater Ads to: Golden Eagle Broadcasting, Attn: Personnel, 7777 S. Lewis, Tulsa. OK 74171. EOE. and fled* usage. We need a Design Direoa who iT Promotion Producer. WSBK -TV UPN38 seeks a creative, highly motivated person to produce THINK ad LEAD on bah nnieasla ad systemic Mtek Coordinator of Outside Communications to on -air promos and promotional campaigns. Ability N ¡Moaned, please contact plan, coorcinate, and produce publicity activities, to organize topical promotion and daily logs. financial campaigns. newsletters, program guide. AVID editing experience a must. 3 -5 years major Michelle Fink, Diem( of Marta* market experience required. resume press releases, outreach efforts and advertising. Send and NB( -51 K)üS -111 KVCR is a PBS station in the 27th largest market tape to Promotion Department, WSBK -TV UPN38, Phone: 811.654.6424 and is close to the nations 2nd largest market. 83 Leo Birmingham Parkway, Boston. MA Must have a four -year degree and five years ex- 02135. An Equal Opportunity Employer. perience cr a combination as outlined in the application Salary Range $28,062 to $33.228. with excellent fringe benefits. Applications must Assistant Promotion Manager. KMBC -TV. the be received no later than August 21, 1998. Con- ABC affiliate in Kansas City, is looking for an ex- tact Hunan Resources. KVCR -TV /San perienced writer/producer who is ready to take *WA lib I9MTriw fr,rt sunla N you our the next step and join the most Bernadino community College District. 441 West one of dynamic ryrsMgr frrxr jai with las d aryarsr.iy -REIS Op Eighth Street. San Bernadino, CA 92401 -1007. broadcast groups in the country. KMBC -TV is Or call the Jobline at 909-384 -0853. EEO. part of Hearst -Argyle Television and is the market leader in Kansas City. This is an opportunity for the right person to grow with KMBC-TV and HELP WANTED PROMOTION Hearst -Argyle Television. The person we are look- ing for has 3 to 5 years experience in broadcast promotion, has excellent producing skills, solid Broadcast DesingerAnimator. NBC owned Promotion Manager. Midwest CBS affiliate has writing skills, a creative eye and knows how to station in Philadelphia seeks a highly creative. an immeciate opening for an experienced and promote news both topically and with image. This motivated broadcast designer to join our award - creative Promotion Manager. The person will position also requires excellent time manage- winning Creative Services Team in a state- of -the- need to be well- organized with strong manage- ment and people skills. As Assistant Promotion art television production facility. If you are a self - ment and team skills. Must be able to implement Manager you will oversee the day to day opera- starter with the ability to design with and schedule News and station program promo- tion of the department. contribute to strategic impact...production thoughtful. compelling anima- tions to bring viewers to the station. Knowledge planning and overall marketing of the station. The tion and thrive on creative challenges in a fast - of digital editing is essential. The station has right candidate also has knowledge in getting the paced environment, we're looking for you! Suc- been recognized nationally for its hard -hitting and most out of production and graphics systems. If cessful applicants will have 3+ years hands -on creative Promotion and News campaigns. If you you are a highly motivated person who works experience in digital video post-production. Af- think you fit the bill and want to be part of an ag- well with other people, then send your resume, terEffects, Photoshop, Illustrator. Electric Image. gressive and professional local affiliate, send demo tape and cover letter to Bob Lorenzen, Elastic Reality, etc. required. Quantel Paintbox videotape. resume, references and cover letter Director of Creative Services, KMBC-TV. 1049 and HAL a plus. Media 100 or AVID editing plat- stating ycur professional experience to: Human Central Street- Kansas City, MO 64105. No form preferred. BS, BA, or BFA preferred. Re- Resources, WANE -TV, 2915 W. State Boulevard, phone calls. KMBC -TV is an Equal Opportunity plies will be kept confidential. Send your reel, re- Fort Wayne. IN 46808. Please. no phone calls. Employer. Women and minorities encouraged to sume, and design philosophy to: NBC 10, Creative EOE apply. EOE. Services Department, 10 Monument Road, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. No phone calls please. EOE.

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Graphic Artist: Responsible for creation of dai- Graphic Designer. NBC's number one rated af- Director of Creative ly news graphics on Quantel, Paintbox & Harriet, filiate seeks a talented designer to join our Services Opening Media 100 and After Effects. Ability to perform un- creative team. Candidates should have 2 -3 years der tight deadlines. Minimum 2 years experience experience in broadcast design with an emphasis Hearst -Argyle Television Station has an in television and design. Formal training in de- on quality news and promotion graphics. We excellent management opportunity at sign /art school or college level required. Send re- work on a wide variety of projects where the goal sume and reel to Kathy Thaden, KMGh -TV, 123 is quality design, not quantity. If you are talented, in the #1 NBC affiliate Monterey -Salinas. Speer Blvd. Denver, CO 80203. Equal Opportuni- motivated and want to be an integral part of a You'll oversee all aspects of on -air ty Employer. Pre -employment drug testing. creative team, then send your demo tape and re- promotion, packaging and branding. sume to Shirley Schumacher, Human Resources Administrator. 1000 Market Street, St. Louis Responsibilities include: strategic 63101. No calls please. EOE. planning, staff supervision, budgeting and promotion production. Must have strong leadership, communication and HELP WANTED FINANCIAL & ACCOUNTING teaching skills in a team -oriented environment. COLLECTIONS REP Send Resume and tape to: Bob Rice /General Manager FOX Sports Net is currently seeking a Collections Rep. KSBW TV 8 P.O. Box 81651 Responsible for collecting all of FX and FSN accounts receivable Q Salinas, CA 93912 and resolving discrepant invoices; following up on all discrepancies Hearst Aryle with Sales Offices and Stations; working closely with the Corporate KSBW TELEVISION, INC. A/R team to reduce the DSO; expanding into the Regional IocaVnational collection effort including collections of Unwired Receivables and Non O &O Commissions; following up on all credits to ensure paperwork is processed and accounts are credited; Broadcasfiingable reviewing and issuing dunning notices as well as other correspon- CREATIVE DESIGNER dence to Agencies /Clients; and controlling all National Agency/ Client numbers in Traffic /Billing systems. BROADCASTING & CABLE is seeking Creative The successful candidate will have a minimum of 2 years' college Designer with 4 -6 years of experience. Must be experience, 3 -5 years' collections experience preferably in media, able to handle multiple projects on tight deadlines and budgets, manage small staff and supervise broadcast or cable industry. Must have excellent verbal and written freelance photographers and designers. Must communication skills; analytical ability; and know Quark Xpress, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe computer proficiency. Photoshop. New York based position. We are an equal opportunity employer. Please fax Send resume w /sal. rqmts. to: or mail resumes to (212) 802 -4201, FOX Sports Net, Code: HR -CR, 212 5th Ave., 5th Floor, New SPORTS Cahners Business Information York, NY 10010. NET HR Dept. - BC-ART 245 W. 17th Street New York, NY 10011 Assistant News Business Manager: WABC is HELP WANTED PRODUCTION Fax: 212 -727 -2425 seeking a highly motivated individual to assist the News Business Manager in the preparation of We appreciate your responses but will only be payroll and payables. Successful candidate will Senior Writer/Producer wanted to write, assem- responding to qualified applicants. be detail oriented and have strong computer ble and produce NYC based 1/2 hour weekly skills. Prior payroll experience is a plus. Please business program. Field and studio skills re- Creative Services Director. Make your mark in send resumes to: Cathy Tivenan, Eyewitness quired. Must have at least 5 years experience. FOX history by designing the look of a FOX -style News, 7 Lincoln Square, New York, NY 10023- Send tape and resume to: 276 Fifth Avenue, news launch in Denver! As Creative Services 0217. No telephone calls or faxes please. We are Suite 1105, NY, NY 10001. Director, you will have overall responsibility for an Equal Opportunity Employer. station's on -air look including program and news promotion. You will also develop and coordinate all news visual and promotion material and de- velop and manage promotion strategies and creative design for the station. In order to be con- sidered for this position, you must have 3 -5 years as creative services /promotion manager with heavy news experience in a medium to large market. Your most recent position must include WANT TO RESPOND TO A BROADCASTING several years of demonstrated news promotion experience, including direct, on -line responsibility ? for daily, topical, sweeps, and on -going news pro- CABLE BLIND BOX motion. Must have creative flair /style and the abili- ty to produce FOX -style promotion material. Bachelor's degree in related field desired. Ex- Send resume /tape to: Box f cellent management, communication and organi- zational skills required. If you meet the minimum qualifications, please send your resume and non- 245 West 17th St., New York, New York 10011 returnable tape to: Human Resources /CSD, KDVR FOX 31, 501 Wazee Street, Denver, CO 80204. EOE. Check out our website at www.kdvr.com for more information on KDVR's future plans!

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HELP WANTED MISCELLANEOUS KTVUFOX 4 Openings. Engineer - (Regular FT). Experience in three or more of the following It, I..00nsI-I,icanu,n. iSn9ellillglc ulOn' euunlnlialuding 1\Itt allll.drs III lP.Illlb.uc..5\ lit .11lllmle._ areas preferred: Master Control (automated), I,i\Iellliales. Old opt ralos1u1.1I.\I.\.i t1l'\.Illill.I .nJ,.u, uuallll.urJ Ikiu is an f:yuat t lpin,rtuniry 1-.ng,lulr Robotic Camera, Satellite Receiving, Chyron, ENG Truck Operations, TD, Audio. 3 -5 years ex- The following fobs arc P""° Iult)tuu I! I ha .l.dl.,m ,land ba 1., is \\ hen sn ling u uur rp.unw. pli mdh alr asy ¡nh number) in which position you have interest. perience at a network affiliate (in a top 80 market). Able to work all shifts, lift 25 pounds, ex- 'Meson, AZ, KMSB FOX Studio Engineer cellent driving record. FOX O8O with 1.5 to 3 ICanexpcnamr And u' I,n llK..iloual,neyu,pnwn, 111ICod 1 hours straight live news per shift. Account Execu- San Antonio, TX, RENS CBS tive - (Regular FT). Ability to prepare sales pres- Promotion Producer !smoking lur Jnamu and a gN n proms, gluier u mite e , ryl,nµ nru. vnr muKr and 111111l I pnnmmnn J,aL e mum pinav. entations and position growth of the station. Main- cud writing Jill. and a {mud rest. Mast M able n niggle pumas. nJ µhl ak.dlmc ka. L rea' mpn+ motion respond .earednngespenenr+pl.lIcarvJmumr and alnnnmtumahletape IM.Itilt: tain all paperwork /reports related to sales San Antonio, TX, KENS CBS activities and properly service all accounts. 2 -4 Director years local sales experience required. Communi- Mm ' lra l\' hmaikaM ex . Rewanh niree u.Research AitnxkJgr x,tl, Iraaan. th,alilap.. -arMm,upph anJ mrtrnJ niathe lulryn Musthrakuil",.,cnirdanalharrM n,gwnlunK.L,ll.appllr+hlrluwwarahpnwntannn.andnnesÌ,ert. 1X'1tnt2I cation and organizational skills and strong atten- Spokane, WA, KREM CBS tion to detail a must. College degree preferred. Graphic Artist - (Regular FT). Design IknrklradnJ.mnwp,uxuµrl .ralnaNwk. Msh DucavlAttMattÁÁasknS ,araannahnnatJ va wrimaganJ,Un,xnurx iak and create aNnaosulnarkau MbKnrAycmrx, ,men,.nnw\µnnrnmamnlr sell troll ntl,.WÌ4.0nuxl daily news graphics. Must maintain graphics stan- Boise, ID, RTVB NBC dards. Will use Quantal Paintbox and/or Macin-

gr.,,m.,hlch.rd,rnt,n1 directing Andan paar, I'wp pl nat uhk Mr.1ia141 tosh (Photoshop, Illustrator. AfterEffects. Hamyton.lyorfolk, VA, WVEC ABC Lightwave). Formal training in graphic design and Xebite Account Executive 2 -3 years experience, preferably at a television W.n1 rmwlyc I,s W'nrranFµnrrnaah, m,y,arungarxl.rllmµxhrnnniµ,mültt M Ik4mmu.tpn.a ette mn.nc,urkrW,rdno..,lü eh mar kr11 aNI`m n t' relkniasganvalnmurla,munam,aau,nJill.mahahiVVtt,Iw-ntua,m,ry AndÌ .cn-ao mkt Ar.a station. Motivated self -starter with strong design rim . ,n,nuunL4aran high-Ash salr ornlalarlexlwmnr Ilgm.iiyJurkr.u,rLng,Allµ'Intanwrarxlwied\Ikn,t.ivam. wX I.4ix.In skills. Work efficiently under deadline. Good Ramyton.Norfolk, VA, WVEC ABC Assistant News Director communication skills. Ouantel Paintbox. Must be Nerd anaac and rmrµal ,a1 do!dualwnh.inm µlnu ma. kII. drma.far n hurt w luun in Items .hlrtar arNuui able to work all hours and shifts. Executive Pro- mg new. arer+Pju and le I p . aW a. ig in long I g Mtge degree and s r, m airs a m na. required Prue ga nt ealrnm,a a plus Pka na lwk a shu a twn f m a phikw,pl r t11 n.,,m \x..1 tix1 2ealr ducer - (Regular FT). Responsible for day to day Sacramento, CA, KXTV ABC news coverage and production of morning news Internet AccountemaiÉ Executive Minimum Iwo sears railed p nut u degree preferredpre Riel tar -1 programs. Supervise all personnel responsible Honolulu, MI, KKNL ABC for these newscasts. Oversee station and syn- Local dicated franchises. Excellent people and com- Minimum - . t n.alr. ru W- mein er p-noll Peen mucus c in riling `pins and INA unarms N:1 SamI munication skills. Problem solver. Bachelors de- St. Louis, MO, KMOV CBS gree newscast preferred. Computer as Support and 5 years producing Inuall/mo nip r fard J..noire rmini'screams Minimum t wean rxlwnem Ability to work all hours, weekends. holidays. For tidtrgr degree and , C11111. an..n !n Nu, el sold Iman required. M.1 MIM I consideration, forward resume and letter to: Houston, TX, BMOC CBS nie math ye /Producer KTVI /FOX 2, Human Resources Director, 5915 Naha-doling. aco witting r I ling. Ill. nain lop Ni market IK t ul Berthold Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110. No Houston, n, BROU CBS phone calls, no faxes please. KTVI offers an Pro otions Writer/Producer st mgsop)wnunsand graphic mow Iamiliar Anti rduuuÑpiwt pnwtos noun Muumu, 2Han hn,aaka,c promuuun expenenec &:141ÚL1 academic credit internship program for registered Houston, TX, RHOU CBS college students. Teehniasil'ieatoii Minimum 4sears ea In Iasi sl mum /2 MI so in her with halruk,.su IN Ii -In41 Charlotte, NC, XCNC NBC Nera Producer I.nJ,ng Sur people tu spin uur Kunsanµ ewva.i u, h hai. l °wrap pushrtng eapanrn.e IN'. 1411 -I Seanle, WA, B11\a. \'RC HELP WANTED RESEARCH I rame Manage r ü'nrk,mkp mletel .mosge Alllm(f hmamum i,wlnding.4 ,Ulan. natmg pmptram ninna i. amtligpre iia,cuun Minimuu : . I I Cll s, 11MU tÌ 41 _ 1

Mur,lxa e 1 ,kinghnhanJsunAnlimaturtna,,, .,,ti spM1m.,MlisI,eunapwnh,r.u,lhampha- rs pn n gr phw. a d rlam,n muse Resry,n.ihk f, . t . . ! . real clra ph1a. ruf( \li iml,m tS,can The United Paramount Network is going into wplu.de.1. rl,a nu., , ,Id-1fu IrÌi1 its fifth season and expanding to five nights Dailas, TX, TXCIv this Fall. The team behind this growing yeamkkwnhaI sarki,sLrlraTCxaJnv.runNlrtA xnas-mkwkat.rnskwN,ani xrakWrmamWNfiail M:141i1 network is looking for a new player. DaDlas, TX, TXr.N Creativr Sen ia rr Ilirealnr Ikk,.24Mmrrexa.aaMrnrw.alunncl.,,t. .. .. , . pe .ne nnermmn nurkrtlnWpn,mmu,nwitha,..I... Ìr 1f1.-1-12I RESEARCH MANAGER New Orlran.. I. Director of Sau. ".I .tn,'1Kr1. \Lohnnom S Han vnr. in Ilu 1t1í1 As an integral part of UPN, the Research Seattle.Tacnma. M.x k ,. Nita Department is responsible for providing News Dir . Itc.li,nuhle I tr meeull d,rmrmn, anal .1ratc¡o ¡111 it n tl P -th' Vim hue.l information and insight to all departments xkmman, 1111 n of mss. managemc nt . ..red .111 I i-l(.Ì Dallas, TX, XFAA Ant at the network, including Programming, National Sales Manager Minimum iS Aran it lewotl emu nrm r IN. 141 --I Marketing, Media Relations, Network Louisville, KV, XMAS An, Distribution and Affiliate Marketing. Internet Sales Person U 11AS1I rk k' kr.i I k g/ ads J I al 5511112 /Hn. k p a nn d E,a1I ...cl ient imoso° . +pen EÚ1 IW I nu kl I l tal Mao ps h a an yun and ng hioeInl de romer il ltari i t u . i Ila a 1ppñlego, tern areeu n We are seeking an experienced researcher Louisville, KT, XMAS ABC with solid writing and analytical abilities. Maintenance Technicia n Minimum 2 t pnuwr S. ,x21 The ideal candidate for this position Senttle, WA, NXCN would be an outgoing team player with Director Minimum 2 eran expana nae diranno and tra him al dina lung m'u v a.1. pre Ia rnal and raining w11h nultlinrar equipm.m M 14 Pa I strong communication skills. Prior work Albeq.mrque, NM, BASA FOX in research at either a broadcast network, Nati W Saes Manaser laa,king fur ineni Itttt,a.ne. am alo red prom m wunk with nut r nrr Trtekep I hung in the haninr.. Must tu.e S tran hnu.ka.1 cable network, studio, syndicator, station vhr espenence u plus d 1- pr N mal it x ge uls Salisi V M tsprcled In desrwp h . d nav a..lml,g prewma- t ,n and um kill. t me -h, n KASA. a Kit ng. a In n a gnat place u h t -1a. 1421.1 or agency is required. Send resume in continence to'. For immediate consideration, please fax your BELO resume to 310 -575-7270 and /or send it to, UPN, Research Department, 11800 Wilshire Belo 1 V Group. Attn: Job 1 4th Floor _ Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025. Include on A.H. !rio Corlk,ration PS) Box G552í' your resume the ratings and research Dallas. TX '5265 -523' software in which you are pmficient.

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While Comark Communications there for a year before joining his former President /CEO Jerry Chase is a boss at S -A, Gary Trimm, at the upstart newcomer to the terrestrial broad- encoder supplier Compression Labs Inc. casting business, he has plenty of experi- (CLI) in San Jose, Calif. ence in the transmission of video signals. Chase admits that he and Trimm didn't Chase is a veteran both of cable equip- do "enough due diligence" before going to ment supplier Scientific -Atlanta and of CLI, which had supplied DirecTV's initial satellite compression vendor Compres- round of MPEG -1 encoders but was way sion Labs, which provided the first MPEG behind in delivering its Magnitude encoders to DBS operators DirecTV and MPEG -2 product. DirecTV was very USSB. He has seen the pains -such as unhappy with CLI, Chase says, because missed deadlines and failed expecta- its ability to increase channel capacity and tions -that moving to new technology can sign up more programming was depen- cause customers, and plans to keep those dent on CLI's delivery. valuable lessons in mind as Comark and Chase and Trimm managed to clean up its traditional transmitter customers make "Whether you're CLI, figure out DirecTV's statistical multi- the transition to digital television. plexing and conditional -access issues and "As someone who's been through it, I've doing NTSC or get DirecTV's MPEG -2 conversion com- seen some of the risks and some of the mis- we pleted. They also managed to sell the com- takes," Chase says. "You have to keep an ATSC, know pany's Magnitude product line to General eye focused on your business and not get you need to go digi- Instrument in June 1996. Chase went along too enthralled with the technology." to GI to run the business, which is now It was the excitement of making a busi- tal, and we're here called Magnitude Compression Systems. ness out of technology that lured Chase into But Chase, unhappy with GI's decision the television business in 19g9. After serv- to help you." to merge Magnitude with its San ing for six years as a pilot in the Marine Diego based DigiCipher business, began Corps and getting an MBA from Harvard, Jerry David looking for other options. After what he Chase was looking for a challenge. So he calls a "long courtship" by Patrick Desprog- accepted an offer from Scientific- Atlanta to Chase es, Thomcast CEO and Comark chairman, work in its fiber-optic division. he took the helm at Comark in June. Chase would only spend a year in S -A's President/CEO, Comark Chase is excited about the prospects: He fiber -optic division, however, before he Communications Inc., South- says the continuing strength of analog trans- was sent to run the company's Phoenix wick, Mass.; b. Nov. 13, 1959, mitter sales is driving Comark's sales jump set -top operations group when its manag- Beaufort, S.C.; BS, business just as much as the move to DTV. "By no er fell ill. What originally was to be a tem- adrninistration, East Carolina means is NTSC dead," he says. "It's a very porary assignment became a long -term University, Greenville, N.C., active market for us. The digital arena is one, and Chase soon learned the funda- 1981; pilot, U.S. Marine Corps, very broad, and it involves things like the mentals of the set -top business, including 1981 -87; MBA, Harvard, 1989; digitization of the studio, regardless of manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, Scientific- Atlanta, Atlanta: whether the transmission signal becomes repair and quality assurance. program manager, DFB digital." 1989 He also learned to listen to customers: "I lasers/fiber optics, -90; That's where Comark Digital Services, Western operations manager, relied on the operations and engineering the company's new system design and set -tops, Phoenix, 1990 -92; people at the MSOs -and their demands on engineering arm, comes in. Chase says he director, set -top R &D, Atlanta, us teach us about the business." sees CDS as a "force multiplier" for sta- -to 1992 -94; VP, systems Chase carried that lesson back to Atlanta, tion engineers who are overwhelmed with engineering, 1994-95; set - a NTSC where he went in 1992 to direct S -A's Compression Labs, San Jose, running day -to -day operation top research and development group. The Calif.: VP, sales and program while simultaneously making the transi- group was behind in its development of management, broadcast tion to digital. He says that the company advanced analog boxes; Chase says the products group, 1995 -96; GM, also may form strategic alliances with problem was a lack of direction, not of broadcast products, March -June broadcasters, such as financing and devel- effort. 1996; GM, Magnitude oping a common DTV broadcast system After leading the set -top R &D group for Compression Systems, General for all the stations in a given market. two years, Chase became vice president of Instrument, San Jose, 1996 -98; "CDS is going to become more of a core S -A's new systems engineering and sys- current position since June business for us. In the short term, what tems integration group, where his job was to 1998; m. Chrissy Kavanagh, July we're trying to tell the customer is: Whether combine S -A's fiber -optic transmission 5, 1997; children: Aurora, 11; you're doing NTSC or ATSC, we know technology, headend gear and set -tops and Halsey, 9; Natalie, 7; Austin, 7 you need to go digital, and we're here to sell them as complete systems. He stayed help you." -Glen Dickson

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Shari Lewis, 1934-1998 Shari Lewis, 64, the Peabody and skills that would make her famous. multiple Emmy- winning puppeteer She worked in various summer stock and performer who entertained gen- and touring musicals as an actress erations of children, died of pneu- and dancer. She also appeared on monia Aug. 2 at Cedars -Sinai Med- early television shows, including ical Center in Los Angeles. She had Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout in begun treatment for uterine cancer 1952. Her principal puppet, Lamb in late June. Chop, was introduced on Captain Lewis, with sidekick sock puppets Kangaroo in 1957, marking her entry Lamb Chop, Hush Puppy and Charlie as a staple in children's television. Horse, shared various TV venues. A remarkably versatile performer. Among them were The Shari Lewis Lamb Chop, Lewis and Lewis later conducted Charlie Horse celebrate. symphony Show, an NBC Saturday morning orchestras, tailoring the selections series in 1960 -63 that endeared her to the baby boom toward the tastes of children. She also wrote 60 chil- generation, and the syndicated The Shari Show in 1975. dren's books In giving her the Peabody, the 1961 awards committee With Lamb Chop on hand, Lewis testified about chil- said of Lewis: "The Shari Lewis Show is a unique television dren's television in 1993 before the House Telecommu- program in which the talents of Shari Lewis as a singer, nications Subcommittee. At one point, Lamb Chop dancer and ventriloquist charm children of all ages." talked about the role of government in children's pro- (BROADCASTING, April 24, 1961). Her TV career also includ- gramming as Lewis looked on. Remembering Lewis, ed programs for the BBC and specials in Canada and Aus- Subcommittee member Chairman Rep. Edward Markey tralia. Lewis captured a new generation of fans with her (D- Mass.) last week made a statement for the Congres- PBS series, Lamb Chop's Play -Along, beginning in 1992. sional Record: "She was warm and generous and cun- She had interrupted taping on her newest PBS offering, ous and spirited, leaving you with the feeling that some- The Charlie Horse Music Pizza, to begin cancer treatment. one special had just treated you as someone special. The daughter of a pianist and a professor who moon- This talent for spreading kindness was so powerful that lighted as a magician, Lewis studied music, dance and act- it translated perfectly through television to the enor- ing as a girl but apparently taught herself the ventriloquism mous delight of America's children."

Dwayne Heft, local sales manager, Koco- Patrick Connolly, director, planning BROADCAST TV and i v Oklahoma City, joins as general scheduling, Fox Kids Network, Les Sweenie, sales manager; Tim Murphy, national Angeles, named director, development. Philip senior VP, sales sales manager, KOKtt -Tv Oklahoma and marketing, City, joins in same capacity. JOURNALISM NBC Television Stations, New Enid Parkinson, promotion manager, Agha Blake, anchor, York, joins WMAQ- wvrc(Tv) Minneapolis, named director, ABC World News TV Chicago as VP, promotion and marketing. Now, joins sales. Jacqueline Boettcher, CFO/firm adminis- KNBC(TV) Los trator, Helsell Fetterman, Seattle, joins Angeles, as NBC Television KCTS -TV Seattle as CFO. anchor, 11:30 a.m. Network has newscast, and gen- restructured its PROGRAMMING eral assignment network sales divi- reporter. sion and formed a sales development Appointments at The Thomas Carter Co., Los Angeles: INchard Rothstein, Larry Blunt, week- -4 and marketing department. Appoint- end anchor, ments: lay Linden, VP, daytime/late- director, miniseries and motion pictures Blake wvFF(Tv) night. TNBC and all night sales, named for television, NBC Entertainment. Greenville, KCNC -TV senior VI'. sales development and mar- joins as VP, motion pictures for televi- S.C., joins Denver as weekend evening co- anchor. keting; Andrew Capone, senior VP, mar- sion; Jana Fain, associate producer, keting, will be responsible for leading movies for television and feature films, Appointments at wPBF(TV) West Palm named NBC's QNBC quality initiative at WRC- manager, development. Beach, Fla.: Vince Keay, weekend sports TV Washington. Appointments at Saban International, anchor, wsvx(rv) Columbus, Ohio, Los Angeles: Judith Merlans named joins as weeknight sports anchor: Juan Appointments at KPSG(TV) Oklahoma senior VP, international business and Carlos Fanjul, reporter, wvrv(Tv) West City: Sue Stuedbli, business manager, legal affairs; Tony Howe, business and Palm Beach, joins in same capacity: N- KTxA(TV) Arlington, Tex., named GM; legal affairs counsel, Orion Pictures, ana Kish, assignment editor, wrrv(rv), Dense Kelly, business manager, KFOR -TV joins as director, business and legal joins as weekend assignment editor. Oklahoma City, joins in same capacity; affairs. Miles Muáo, chief meteorologist, KBAK-

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www.americanradiohistory.com FATES & FORTUNES Tv Bakersfield, Calif., joins wFsB(Tv) Hartford, Conn., as weathercaster. Jack Brickhouse, 1916 -1998 Wallace Matthews, sports columnist, the Popular Chicago sportscaster Jack "Hey -Hey" Brick - New York Post, joins Fox News Chan- house, 82, died Aug. 6 in Chicago of cardiac arrest. nel as co -host, Fox On Sports. Brickhouse was the voice of the Cubs, White Sox and Bears for generations of Chicago sports fans. He was RADIO hospitalized in February for a brain tumor after symp- toms surfaced while Brickhouse was preparing to Dave Robbins, GM, funeral of Chicago broadcasting Nationwide Com- attend the another icon, Harry who succeeded him as the voice of munications' Caray, the Cubs. He remained hospitalized while maintaining a WNCI(FM)/WCOL- social schedule that included guesting on a Cubs FM/wFII(AM) broadcast as recently as last month. Brickhouse, who Columbus, Ohio, Brickhouse in 1953 was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in 1983, was joins CBS Radio an institution in Chicago. He was the voice of the Cubs from 1941 to 1981 and as VP/GM, of the White Sox from 1940 to 1967. Columbus, Ohio His career began at age 18 at wMBO(AM) in his hometown of Peoria, Ill., cluster, WLVQ(FM), and he joined WGN(AM) Chicago six years later. When WGN added TV in WHOK(FM) and Robbins 1948 Brickhouse called the station's first broadcast, a Golden Gloves fight, WAZU-FM. and then began telecasting Cubs games. His career also included calling Lisa Letterman, promotions director, play -by -play for the New York Giants and the Chicago Cardinals football WKTI(FM) Milwaukee, named director, teams. Brickhouse broadcast four World Series (on NBC), five All -Star marketing and special events. games, 12 NFL All -Star games, two NFL league championships and many college football bowl games. He also called golf matches, prize fights and CABLE wrestling. His work extended beyond sports; he covered political conven- tions, presidential inaugurations and special assignments in Vietnam, West Elen Scimed, VP, Berlin, London and Vatican City. He is survived by his second wife, Patricia; government affairs, a daughter, and a grandson. WGN -TV planned a tribute that was to air nation- Viacom Inc., ally on the superstation last Friday night. Washington, joins Bravo Networks, VP, finance, and assistant treasurer. Woodbury, N.Y., DEATHS BIN Lopez, U.S. sales manager, Fox as director, nation- New York, named Samuel F. Shawhan Jr., 65, GTE execu- al accounts. She Sports Américas, tive, died August 4 at his home in will handle corpo- director. U.S. ad sales. Potomac, Md. Shawhan was vice pres- rate affiliate sales Maria Gomez, affiliate director, CBS ident of government affairs in charge and marketing. Telenoticias, Latin America, joins of GTE Corp.'s Washington office CMT International, Miami, as director, Appointments at from 1984 until his retirement in 1995. affiliate relations, Latin America. Bresnan Communications, White As chairman of the government rela- Loretta Singleton, manager, direct Plains, N.Y.: Dennis Davies, VP, engi- tions committee of the United States response ad sales, The Family Channel, neering, Jupiter Telecommunications Telephone Assn., Shawhan played a Network, Inc., joins as director, engineering; joins INSP -The Inspirational key role in developing the local tele- Claudia Chifos, managing director, Charlotte, N.C., as director, commer- phone industry positions incorporated MeesPierson Capital Corp.. joins as cial sales. in the Telecommunications Act of 1996. He is survived by his wife, Ruth Appointments at Ann, and a son. Hearst -Argyle Worth H. Kramer, 89, broadcaster, died Television stations July 19 in Sarasota, Fla. In 1945, after World War Candy Altman, news director, WCVB -TV serving in the Navy during Boston, named VP/news director; II, Kramer joined wig(Ant) Detroit. As he Fmenun Coleman, director, broadcast program director and VP/GM, Altman Coleman Dixon operations, WBAL-Tv Baltimore, developed high quality programming named VP /director, broadcast oper- at the public radio station. He worked ations; Jerry Dixon, chief engineer, his way up to president of Goodwill Inc., which included wJR(AM) KMBC -TV and Kcwe(Tv) Kansas City, Stations Mo., named VP /chief engineer; and WGAR -FM Cleveland, Ohio. pres- William Geeth, general sales manager, ; Kramer later resigned to become wsPB(AM) Fla., Krrv(TV) Honolulu, named VP /GSM; jN , ident /owner, Sarasota, He sold Tom Petner, news director, WTAE -TV and WMRN(AM) Marion, Ohio. Pittsburgh, named VP /news direc- Geeth Petner Zhnmerrnann the stations and retired in 1981. is tor; Walter únanennann, news director, KITV(TV), named VP /news director. Kramer survived by his wife, Mary, and two children.

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www.americanradiohistory.com FATES & FORTUNES Deborah Norman, executive director, ADVERTISING/MARKETING/ operations, Paramount Advertiser PUBLIC RELATIONS Services, Hollywood, named VP. NINIPEN ME= Appointments at Global Media, New Zaiba Nanji, assistant VP, BAI, joins York: Susan Love, VP, sales, named J.D. Power and Associates, Agcura Kids correction senior VP /GM; Eileen Decker, senior Hills, Calif.. as partner. telecommuni- EDITOR: Color us ignored! account executive, named New York cations services group. Save for the photo of Teletub- sales manager. bies on page 20, your July 27 Appointments at Creative Domain, Thomas Leach, VP. strategy and devel- cover story on "Kids TV" Hollywood: Stephen Roberts, writer/ opment, Tribune Broadcasting, named ignores the children's program- producer. named VP, writer /producer: VP, development. ming, present and future, of one Douglas Smith, senior writer/producer, of the most- watched broadcast Seiniger Advertising, joins as -Compiled by Denise Smith networks, PBS. (One of the net- writer/producer. e -mail: dsmith @cahners.com work logos featured in your cover art is for a network, NBC, that abandoned kids shows to Changing Hands Broker. Media Services Group Inc. target teens on Saturday mom - WIND(AM) and WBDIIAM) Highland, Ill. ings.) continue.) from page 62 Price: $1.25 million PBS's Arthur and Barney were the top two weekday children's other broadcast interests Buyer. New Life Evangelistic Center programs for kids 2 -5 in the past Facilities: 105.9 mhz, 3.3 kw, ant. Inc., St. Louis (Rev. Lawrence Rice, season (the next three were Nick - 295 ft. president); no other broadcast interests olodeon's Format: AC Seller. WIN -You Ltd., Highland, Ill. Blues Clues, Rugrats (Carl Ortale, principal); no other and Sendak's Little Bear). Debut- AMs broadcast interests ing in January 1999 on PBS are KAAM(AM) Plano, Tex. Facilities: wiNU: 880 khz, 1 kw; WBDI: two exciting new daily kids Price: $12.1 million 1,510 khz, 1 kw shows: Zohoomafoo, a wildlife Buyer. Walt Disney Co. /ABC Inc., Los Formats: mu: contemporary; WBDI: dark nature series for preschool chil- Angeles /New York (Michael D. Eis- WVIPIAM) Mount Kisco, N.Y. dren developed by the producers ner, chairman; Robert Iger, presi- Price: $675,000 of Kraft' s Creatures and ZOOM!, dent, ABC; Preston Padden, presi- Buyer. Suburban Broadcasting Corp., the hit preteen show that aired on dent, ABC Television; Robert Calla- Greenwich, Conn. (Jonathan Becker, PBS in 1972 -78 and is back with han, president, ABC Radio); owns /is president); Becker is also 67% own- all -new episodes featuring games, buying 10 TVs, 15 FMs, 19 AMs er of wccH(AM) Greenwich, Conn. skits and experiments sent in by Seller. Collin Radio County LC, Mc- Seller. Estate of Martin Stone. Rhein - its viewers.-Stuart Zuckerman, kinney, Tex. (Jack Sellmeyer, chair- beck, N.Y. director, national corporate mar- man); no other broadcast interests Facilities: 1,310 khz, 5 kw day, 33 w keting, PBS Sponsorship Group, Facilities: 620 khz, 5 kw night New York (via BROADCASTING & Format: Adult standards Format: Oldies CABLE Online: www.hroadcast- KCWW(M) Tempe, Ariz. WIBUTAM) Poynette, Wis. ingcable.com) Price: $5.85 million Price: $325,000 Buyer. Walt Disney Co. /ABC Inc., Los Buyer. Magnum Communications, Remembering Treyz Angeles /New York (Michael D. Eis- Tomah, Wis. (David Magnum , princi- EDITOR: Reading of 011ie Treya' ner, chairman; Robert Iger, presi- pal ); Magnum also owns WBKY -FM death (B &C, July 6) brings back dent, ABC; Preston Padden, presi- Portage, WUSK -FM Lacrosse and wBOG- a flood of memories of an excit- dent, ABC Television; Robert Calla- FM and WTMB(AM) Tomah, all Wis. ing, creative, exasperating and han, president, ABC Radio) owns /is Seller. Radio Hill Broadcasting, Poy- fascinating man. I held various buying 10 TVs, 15 FMs and 20 AMs. nette, Wis. (Sta Johnson and Randy Seller: Owens Broadcasting Company, positions at ABC -not in the Grobe. co- principals); no other television network -during Tempe, Adz. (Michael L. Owens, prin- broadcast interests cipal); also owns five FMs and one AM 011ie's years. In spite of his Facilities: 1,240 khz, 1 kw sometimes erratic actions, he Facilities: 1580 khz, 50 kw Format: Classic Country was always challenging and Format: Traditional country Broker. Kozacko Media Services Broken Blackburn & Co. interesting to be with. KJOP -AM Lemoore, Calif. Everyone who worked at AB: WRNIIAM) Providence, R.I. Price: $120,000 during those years of growth ani Price: $1.97 million for stock Buyer. KJOP Radio LLC, Lemoore, turmoil owes a debt of gratitude Buyer. The Trustees of Boston Uni- Calif. (Robert E. Jones, manager /90% to 011ie. He dreamt outrageous WBUR -AM- versity. Boston; also own owner); no other broadcast irterests FM West Yarmouth, Mass. dreams -and brought ABC out of Seller. John H. Pembroke, Tallahas- the depths. Seller. Netco Communications Inc. see, Fla. Providence, R.I. (Anthony Cruz, pres- It was great fun, 011ie. Rest n Facilities: 1,240 khz, 1kw peace.-Stephen C. 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Studios USA and The Jerry Springer Show TCI to buy `substantial' number of S-A boxes appear to be sending Scientific -Atlanta finally broke the set -top logjam with TCI, signing a deal last week mixed messages on the with TCI Ventures for "substantial quantities" of the Explorer 2000 boxes and related Two show's content. network equipment. The boxes will be deployed in TCI Communications' 190,000 - weeks after Springer told subscriber Salt Lake City cluster this fall. BROADCASTING & CABLE that Neither TCI Ventures nor S -A would disclose the size of the initial Explorer 2000 the editing on his syndicat- order. But the deal is crucial, because it gives S -A a foot in the door at TOI, which pre- ed was "loos- show being viously had committed to buy as many as 11 million General Instrument DCT-5000 ened up" to allow more advanced digital set -tops. fighting on screen, The TOI contract, coupled with announcement of record fourth -quarter and year- Springer's show has end earnings and revenue, boosted S -A shares $2.9375, to $23.9375, still below the released a statement say- 52 -week high of $27.9375 but strongly above their 52 -week low of $14. ing the "editing standards News of the TCI Ventures contract and solid financial results capped a week in which were never changed in S -A also announced that it is doubling production capacity for the Explorer 2000s to 1 mil- ratings response to perfor- lion annually at its Juarez, Mexico, plant. In addition, the cable equipment vendor signed In April, mance." Springer Charter Communications as a user of the advanced set -tops in Charter's St. Louis sys- distributor Studios USA tem. S -A also expanded existing contracts with Comcast, Cox and Time Warner. vowed to take out all vio- David Beddow, TCI Ventures senior vice president, said that the key to the lence from the top -rated talk Explorer 2000 deal was that "Scientific- Atlanta has agreed to build upgraded units show effective the second with the same capability as the DCT- 5000." Beddow added that TOI remains com- week of June. Critics of the mitted to GI. -Price Colman show were quieted in June after Springer episodes mercial analog broad- vices without having to case. Jackson struck down showed less violence than cast licenses. As expect- resell them to competing Microsoft's request to limit in past months. But in July, ed, the commissioners companies. Regulators also that number, along with the the Rev. Michael L. Pleger decided not to adopt a new launched an inquiry into the amount of time Justice and other protesters set of comparative criteria availability of advanced attorneys can take to claimed the show had for the older pending telecommunications ser- depose Bill Gates. Mean- brought back the violence, license applications. They vices. while, Microsoft is expected and Springer told BROAD- also voted to establish a to make a motion for dis- CASTING & CABLE that the Than Sports Inc., the 35% bidding credit for appli- missal of the suit this week. editing had been "loosened" owner of the World cants with no controlling to boost ratings during the Wrestling Federation, Congress enacted a dig- media July sweeps. The latest interest in any outlets has acquired the Debbie ital copyright bill to pro- press release from and a 25% bidding credit for Reynolds Hotel and tee music and other with Springer's show said: "Our applicants controlling Casino in Las Vegas at a intellectual property on policy regarding violence interests in no more than bankruptcy auction and is the Internet. An amend- and confrontational content three outlets. The FCC took planning on turning it into a ment to the Digital Millenni- remains in effect. What the action to boost opportu- WWF- themed casino. No um Copyright Bill, passed people do not understand is nities for small businesses date has been set for its by the House of Represen- that when we adopted this and minority and women - opening, but Titan execu- tatives last week, would policy, the Jerry Springer owned businesses. The tives say they will promote require 'Net radio services Show was not in produc- FCC invited further com- the hotel /casino on their to pay royalties on content tion.... We believe now we ment on how it should treat weekly WWF matches on they redistribute. The Sen- have the systems in place mutually exclusive applica- USA Network. Titan execu- ate passed the bill in May. to produce a program that tions for commercial licens- tives would not say whether The measure also makes will be acceptable to us, our es where one or more of Reynolds would continue to devices designed to crack stations and our viewers. the applicants is a noncom- perform at the hotel under Internet security protection We have made a commit- mercial entity. the new ownership, as she illegal. ment to edit the program Looking to promote the pro- had told her creditors she Chancellor Media Corp. would responsibly, and that policy vision of advanced telecom- do. lays claim to the first - is not subject to change." munications services to the Microsoft suffered a or second -rated radio Pleger, one of the show's home, the FCC last week setback in the Justice station in 12 of the leading critics, has sched- proposed allowing the Department's antitrust nation's 17 largest mar- uled a rally for Aug. 25 out- Bells to offer high- suit against it last week kets, the company says, side the Studios USA Los speed Internet services when Judge Thomas Pen- citing spring Arbitron rat- Angeles headquarters. through a separate sub- field Jackson ruled that Jus- ings. It also says it now is The FCC on Friday sidiary. The measure would tice can depose 17 the top- ranked station adopted rules for auc- allow the phone companies Microsoft executives in the group in seven of the 10 tioning unassigned corn- to offer high- bandwidth ser- discovery phase of the radio markets with the

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www.americanradiohistory.com IN BIEF Radio station buys lead to 2Q losses After buying out former president Scott Ginsburg to the tune Michaels said in a news release. "The stick strategy is on of $59.5 million, Chancellor Media Corp. last week reported a target," Michaels added. Companywide in the second quar- wider- than -expected second -quarter loss of $64.5 million. A ter, broadcast cash flow grew 40 %, to a record $63.1 mil- recent spate of acquisitions added to costs but also helped lion. Net revenue also set a record, growing 36 %, to $183.8 the company achieve record revenue of $321.7 million (up million. Net income was up 22 %, to $5 million. 202.3% from the second quarter of 1997) and broadcast Spanish -language broadcaster Heftel Broadcasting Corp. cash flow of $152.9 million (up 217.2 %). The nearly $60 mil- saw net revenue increase 16.9% in the second quarter, to lion severance payment went to Ginsburg after he left in $44.4 million, while broadcast cash flow was up 26.5 %, to $19 April because of management differences at the company. million, and net income grew 45.2 %, to $7.8 million. During the He was replaced by Jeffrey Marcus. quarter, Heftel said it launched wcAA(FM) (formerly wNwK) New Losses were reported by several other radio companies York and bought KLTN(FM) (formerly KKPN) Houston. last week, primarily because of the high pace of station Cox Radio Inc. reported a 32.4% increase in broadcast acquisition. cash flow, to $24.2 million, and 27.3% more in net revenue, Case in point: Capstar Broadcasting Corp.'s net loss grew to $69.2 million. But station operating expenses were up from $7.6 million in the second quarter of 1997 to $20.9 mil- 24.7 %, to $44.9 million. The higher expenses were attrib- lion this year, on record net revenue that jumped 179.8%, to uted to recent LMAs and acquisitions of nine stations, along $111.9 million. Broadcast cash flow also set a record: $44.2 with higher costs related to programming and sales. million, up 206.9%. Capstar attributed the loss to "the acqui- Warning that "a moderation of our growth in the sec- sition of 234 stations since June 30, 1997." ond half of 1998" is expected, minority -owned Radio One Jacor Communications Inc. boosted second -quarter Inc. posted record net income, revenue and broadcast broadcast cash flow by 91% and net revenue by 37% at its cash flow for the second quarter. The Baltimore -based "stick" properties, defined as those with little or no cash flow firm turned a net loss of $2.9 million into net income of and /or insignificant ratings at the time of acquisition. "Rev- $1.13 million and grew revenue by 49.4%, to $11.5 million enue follows ratings," and last winter, ratings at 72% of (all on a same -station basis). Broadcast cash flow Jacor's sticks showed growth or stability, Jacor CEO Randy increased 96.8%, to $6.1 million. -Elizabeth A. Rathbun largest revenue, adding facilities in many places," Geronimo, who teams with tinkering with the daytime New York, Chicago and Tessler says. The move, Mike O'Meara for CBS format may result in FNC Philadelphia to its dominant scheduled for Aug. 31, will Radio's afternoon -drive either canceling one of its positions in San Francisco, allow Westwood to upgrade Don and Mike Show, was In Depth features -"Fox On Detroit, Houston and Wash- its newsgathering operation arrested in Great Falls, Va., Entertainment," which ars ington. Chancellor owns in Washington, he says. allegedly driving 75 mph in at 4 p.m. weekdays-or 108 radio stations in 22 The NBC Mutual brand will a 35 mph zone. The radio moving it to weekends. markets and is buying LIN stay in place. Affiliates performer -real name: Television Corp. shouldn't notice a thing, Michael Sorce -pled guilty except Westwood One Inc. is eventually more to cocaine possession moving production of its news feeds and custom -tai- charges in 1996 and com- lored pieces from Washing- NBC Mutual newscasts pleted probation. ton, he says. from Washington to Fox News Channel has New York to consoli- Karen Joyce, account laid off 11 full -time and date facilities. There will executive with Bloomberg nine free -lance employ- be layoffs in Washington, LP, New York, has been ees who worked as pro- but the number has not named director of advertiser ducers and talent bookers sales at Tribune Entertain- been determined, says Bart for FNC's Fox In Depth, fol- Errata: The incorrect ment Co. Tessler, Westwood's vice lowing FNC's decision last picture was used for Dis- president of news. There Syndicated shock-jock month to cancel the feature ney Channel President are 50 staffers in Washing- Don Geronimo apolo- news shows in favor of air- Anne Sweeney in last ton and more than 100 in glzed to his listeners ing more hard news in day- week's cover story, New York, where CBS last week after spending the time. FNC says staff at its "Woman's work still Radio News and CNN night in jail on charges of prime time and weekend excludes top jobs." Here Radio are based. The drug possession and dri- news shows were not is the correct photo. company has duplicate ving under the influence. affected by the cuts. Further

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As we write this. it is almost a year to the day since we We must take issue with a New Orleans appeals court's published a cover story entitled "Looking for New Stars in decision last week to uphold a ban on casino advertising. Late Night." The search will have to go on. The ban prohibits truthful, nonmisleading speech about With the departure of Magic from the scene last week a legal activity and extends only to TV and radio, not to (repeats will round out the summer before stations have to newspapers or magazines or billboards or transit adver- bring some players off the bench), the last of a trio of stars tisements. has fallen from late night. Last August, Buena Vista's Kee- Despite the appeals court's arguments to the contrary, ner' and Columbia's Vibe debuted with high hopes and the ban flies in the face of the Supreme Court's ruling in plans to capture the audience that had helped make Arse- the Liquormart case (not to mention the earlier and unani- nio a late -night success. Fronted by personable and hip mous decision of a ninth circuit appeals court to throw out hosts and backed by big budgets and some impressive pro- such a ban). In Liquormart, Justice Stevens wrote that duction and sales brain trusts, all the shows had something paternalistic state legislatures "do not have the broad dis- going for them. cretion to suppress truthful, nonmisleading speech about a Given the similarities of the three shows, the failure of legal product." In upholding the ban, the New Orleans at least one would have come as no surprise. There are court concluded that if courts went around decreeing just so many times you can slice and dice the same target "unbridled advertising of truthful, nonmisleading speech, audience. But for all of them to fail suggests that syndica- the legislature's flexibility would be impaired." And we tors need to put out a missing -persons bulletin on that wouldn't want to inconvenience state legislatures just to audience (although it also simply could be the odds, since protect free speech, would we? Well yes, we would, and so the syndicated success rate is something like one in I O would the chief judge of the New Orleans court, who dis- projects). And this is just the most recent crop failure. sented from the opinion, saying that the Supreme Court has Past syndicated shooting stars in the time period include clearly expanded the First Amendment protections of com- Pat Sajak and Dennis Miller and Jon Stewart and Chevy mercial speech and thus the ban "must be deemed over- Chase and Stephanie Miller and Dennis Prager and- broad under the heightened standards of Liquormart." well, you get the picture. "Has the Supreme Court gone over the edge in constitu- It kind of makes you appreciate the staying power of tionalizing speech protection for socially harmful activi- Johnny and Dave and now Jay. It also makes you appreci- ties?" the New Orleans court asked. No, we would respond, ate the peripatetic course of the syndication business. Big it has ruled that "speech restrictions cannot be treated as money and big stars are no guarantee. The only sure thing simply another means that the government may use to is that syndicators will keep on trying -and who can blame achieve its ends." If the speech is harmful -and remember them. The reputations that are built on syndication success- that states sanction their own gambling (which, interesting- es are never unalloyed (Mark McGwire strikes out, too). ly enough, may be advertised on radio and television) - And besides, the next star is already on the horizon. We then it is the conduct that the state needs to regulate, not the just don't know who it is. truth about that conduct.

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