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BIG THREE TALLY D BROADCASTING collects data carry proceeding flood commission. PAGE 60. from various sources to approximate revenue for ABC, CBS and NBC in 1985. PAGE 35. RAINY CANNES D Rain, concerns over safety, fail to dampen spirits at MIP -TV as U.S. companies COMING TO FRUITION o Fox announces plans for report good business at international nationally delivered prime time block of marketplace. PAGE 63. programing. PAGE 36. MOVING ON D Lee Rich, co- founder of Lorimar, CURVE BALL D FCC All blocks sale of KHJ -TV Los leaves company to become chairman and chief Angeles to Group W by RKO. PAGE 37. executive officer of United Artists Corp. PAGE 65.

MAKING THEIR CASE Two sides in Preferred vs. CAB CONFAB Attendees at Cabletelevision Los Angeles present their arguments before Advertising Bureau convention hear the news of Supreme Court. PAGE 38. progress over the past five years and the challenges that remain ahead. PAGE 66. READJUSTMENTS o FCC votes to institute quarterly filing by broadcasters of programing that SUPER AGENCY D BBDO International, Doyle Dane responds to community needs. PAGE 39. Bernbach Group and Needham Harper Worldwide merge into company with billings TAKE A LETTER Utah Senator Orrin Hatch writes totaling $5 billion. PAGE 67. letter to Thurmond suggesting networks move on financial interest- syndication rules. PAGE 40. FUNDING QUESTION D Enhanced underwriting messages dominate Public Broadcast Service BOTTOM -LINERS Record turnout for Broadcast meeting. PAGE 70. Financial Management Association convention. PAGE 44. AFTER MIDNIGHT D Captain Midnight strikes HBO signal, preempting feed with anti -scrambling SELLING OFF D Time Inc. to sell part of its cable message. PAGE 71. MSO subsidiary, American Television & Communications, to the public. PAGE 46. HOME GROWN o California seminars focus on growing force in journalism: local television news SHARES OF INFINITY D Infinity Broadcasting files for bearing down on the networks. PAGE 74. 3.3 million -share public offering. PAGE as. GONE HOME D Editor for Radio Liberty who POTOMAC CRITIQUE Airlie house conference disappeared turns up in Moscow. PAGE 72. examines impact FCC's deregulatory stance has had on industry. PAGE 58. IN COMMAND D Ed Minkel, managing director of FCC, runs a tight outfit on a tighter budget. LAST CHANCE D Reply comments on FCC's must- PAGE 95.

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we've discovered fin discussions with Innocent bystander stations)." said Meyrowitz. "the best time Staying on for talk programing is between 7 p.m. At CBS News, CBS Sunday Morning It's unclear when Senate will confirm and II p.m." Remaining part of talk block producer Peter Herford says. "war is nomination of Patricia Diaz Dennis for is still in planning stages. Democratic FCC seat vacated by Henry over" in long-running contract dispute Rivera. Standing in way. albeit indirectly. between network and legal correspondent is Representative James Broyhill (R- To the barricades Fred Graham. Graham, who has covered N.C.). ranking minority member of House U.S. Supreme Court for CBS News for Energy and Commerce Committee. Long -held English opposition to U.S. - many years. has been in limbo since last studio Broyhill, reportedly holding out for backed high -definition television September, when he and network failed system is in position that unrelated favor from White House. is crystallizing to reach agreement on new contract. blocking House vote on legislation cutting will parallel that of three other European According to Herford, Graham "will back terms of FCC commissioners from powers- France. West Germany, and remain (at CBS) for the same salary or Netherlands world to seven years to five. Senate has already -in fighting effort maybe a little less." One sign of approved that bill, which Senate achieve standardization. UK spokesman resolution: Graham is reporting again on at Trade and said Democrats insist must be signed into law Department of Industry network's evening news. not be seen to be before Dennis confirmation vote is taken. England would "rather Broyhill reportedly harbors no ill will in conflict with our American friends" but toward Dennis, who received said situation was heading into "what Eagerer beaver confirmation hearing last month looks like a major disagreement" over 60 hz system. According to Brian Levant, executive (BROADCASTING. April 14). proposed 1,125 -line. International standardization body, COR, producer, The New Leave it to Beaver, to is to consider question during next week's be produced for Turner Broadcasting plenary meeting in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. (BROADCASTING. April 28), will be "a Room for all little hipper and faster paced" than earlier Question has been raised about effect version of comedy produced by Universal Clean -up jobs fourth -network plans of 20th Century Fox Pay Television for The Disney Channel. Revival program, canceled by Disney in (see page 36)will have on studio's Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1985, was announced April 24 by MCA position as major supplier of programs to pending in House Copyright Subcommittee Inc. and Turner. At 5450,00() per episode, existing three television networks. is likely to include amendment easing The New Leave it to Beaver budget is Answer is, not much, so far. This year. broadcasters' concerns about dish owners' believed to be largest in history of original networks ordered total seven pilots from potential use of network news and sports basic cable series production and Fox, and at least one. L.A. Law, will be backhauls for commercial purposes. compares with -per- episode price - used as series next fall by NBC. Amendment would also protect 565.000 tag of original Leave It To Beaver series (Currently, Fox has five shows on air.) One independent newsgathering services and of 1950's. Signs suggest ties between observer noted that other studios have program syndicators that distribute MCA and Turner may grow in future. been aggressive (and successful) in product via satellite. Currently, use of such Latter is doing television and film developing programs for syndication. feeds for commercial purposes is processing work for MCA at its newly which. as he noted, "has hurt the networks prohibited under Section 705 of acquired MGM Labs, and principal owner badly." Paramount. for example, has Communications Act, but broadcasters Ted Turner has expressed interest in produced two recent syndie powerhouses, want to strengthen penalities, and reviving The Munsters and other Entertainment Tonight and Solid Gold, amendment would prevent such actions discontinued Universal Television series. without being shunned by networks. under wiretap statute. Private backyard MCA may also be among 20 or so Indeed, Paramount is leading pilot dish owner would not be affected. interest in producer this year with 11 total (while Fox potential investors expressing is fourth). purchasing part of MGM properties being Canadian goose spun off by Turner to reduce MGM debt. Night talk House Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Tim Wirth (D- Buddy system DIR Broadcasting, New York -based radio Colo.) in negotiations with House Ways program supplier recently acquired by and Means Committee on compromise Introduction of television music licensing Lorimar- Telepictures, is close to final telecommunications trade bill, is seeking legislation by Senator Strom Thurmond plan for summer launch of two -hour, tape - inclusion of language correcting what U.S. (R -S.C.) is due in large part to grass- distributed, nighttime talk programing broadcasters regard as unfair trade roots lobbying by South Carolina block for AM stations. Half of talk practices by Canadian government. broadcasters. Bill (S.I980) would repeal package would feature one -hour Success (Canadian law denies tax deductions to current blanket copyright licensing scheme in America program with author George Canadian advertisers who advertise on for music in syndicated television Plimpton. Show was orginally scheduled U.S. stations.) Under Wirth proposal, bill programing (see story, page 62). to debut last month as live, one -hour would call for investigation if foreign Broadcaster most instrumental in getting weekly series, but, according to DIR governments deny "fully competitive Thurmond's support is John M. Rivers Jr., Broadcasting President Bob Meyrowitz, market opportunities to United States TV president of WCSC -TV Charleston, S.C. there had been limited station clearance broadcast stations or owners of Rivers's father, John M. Rivers Sr., is with that kind of format. "From what programing broadcast by those stations." 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Son of CCI? nated campaigns. ering the final on June 29. ESPN televised The task force is being headed by Beales; seven World Cup matches in 1982, the last At the request of the National Academy of Terry Freeman, vice president. director of time they were played. Cable Programing, about three dozen repre- programing services, Cox Cable, and Andy sentatives of cable MSO's and programers Orgel, VP, affiliate sales and marketing, Arts met in New York last week to discuss ways & Entertainment. Geller paper of coordinating their marketing efforts to im- challenges franchise fees prove "awareness of cable programing." By Scrambling bills meeting's end, said Char Beales, vice presi- A paper being circulated among key mem- dent, programing, National Cable Televi- A couple of new bills aimed at guaranteeing sion Association, bers of Congress, trade and municipal asso- and head of the NACP dish owners access to scrambled cable pro- ciations and other interested staff, they had formed a force parties chal- task to come graming at "reasonable" prices have lenges the of up with some coordinated emerged constitutionality the way that marketing plans on Capitol Hill -S. 2290 intro- cities are authorized under the Cable Act to for consideration by the industry. The hope duced by Senators (D Wendell Ford -Ky.) and use the 5% cable franchise fee. It says that is that the industry would adopt and imple- Dale Bumpers (D H.R. -Ark.) and 2290 intro- the cities using the funds for general tax ment one of the plans by of by the end the duced Representative John Hammersch- purposes are violating the First Amend- summer, she said. midt (R -Ark.) ment. And generally, most of the money Organizers stressed that the NACP task The bills would require that a standard be force raised by the 5% fee goes into a city's gener- and whatever grows out of it will not set for scrambling of cable programing so al treasury. be another Council for Cable Information, that dish owners would need only one de- the organization The paper does not advocate elimination that developed and con- scrambler; that descramblers be available of the fee; it says the revenues should be ducted national advertising campaigns to within 60 days of scrambling for sale or improve the cable used to cover the costs of regulation and to industry's image before lease; that the descrambler be "reasonably fund cable -related activities, specifically the going out of business for lack of industry priced; " that the subscription fees of scram- support. According PEG (public, educational and governmental) to Beales, the new bled programing received on dishes not ex- channels, local and national. group will try to come with ceed up an "umbrella the fees for the same programing re- The authors of the 46 -page paper are theme" on which programers from and MSO's ceived cable systems, and that the Henry Geller, director of Duke could base individual program- University's specific scrambled programing be available to dish Washington Center for Public Policy Re- campaigns, and for times launching coordi- owners through sources other than cable search; Donna Lampert, who is associated companies. with him in the center, and Alan Ciampor- In introducing the bill, Ford said neither cero, an aide to former Representative Lio- the marketplace nor talks between the cable and home satellite industry had adequately solved the problems of the dish owners. "I am going to seek hearings on scrambling in the Senate because I fear talks will never take place. There is confusion and misinfor- mation on both sides and it is time to resolve the issue," he said. "If marketplace and industry- negotiated solutions come about, there is no reason for this legislation." Change in the weather The Weather Channel announced a series of programing and scheduling changes last Geiler week, including the introduction of daypart nel Van Deerlin (D- Calif.) when the last was programing, anchorpersons and a new set. chairman of the House Telecommunica- Houston International In the morning, the network said, it will "re- tions Subcommittee. Geller said the pur- gionalize" programing, introducing an East- pose of the paper is to "stir up suits" against Teleport ern Regional Morning Report from 5 a.m. to 8 the cities, like the one Erie Telecommunica- a.m. (ET), followed for the next two hours by tions Inc. has Coast -to -Coast and brought against the city of Worldwide a similar report for the Midwest, and, finally, Erie, Pa., on the ground the Transmissions for News, Sports and that franchise a third report for the West Coast. Anchor- fee revenues it collects are used for general Special Events. persons will be introduced in the morning revenue purposes and, thus, violate the Live and Taped Program First Distribution. and prime time dayparts and will be paired Amendment. The paper supports the view Television Broadcasts and with meteorologists, TWC said, so that that franchise Videoconferencing. fee revenues should be used viewers will become familiar with them as to finance use of the PEG which Satellite Scheduling. channels, teams. The network also said it would in- are explicitly authorized by the Cable Act, a Domestic and International News crease the on -air footage of video related to view first Gathering. expressed by Representative major stories, such as hurricanes and floods. Timothy Wirth (D- Colo.), Fixed and chairman of the Transportable Uplink/ The changes will be phased in over the next House Telecommunications Subcommittee, Downlink Services. couple of months, TWC said. two years ago. C and Ku Capabilities. The paper cites the Supreme Court deci- 3003 Moffett Lane Houston, TX 77489 Soccer coverage sion in the 1983 Minneapolis Star case to 713/438 -3600 support the view that the cable franchise fee Telex: 287939 STARS UR ESPN said last week it will televise 15 World violates the First Amendment if the pro- Cup soccer matches (14 of them live) from ceeds are used for general tax purposes. In 100% Rellabilit 24 Hours -a -Da . June 2 to 28 at various sites in Mexico where Minneapolis Star, the state had imposed a the games are being played. ESPN will cov- tax on ink and newsprint. And the high er both semifinal matches live. NBC is cov- court held that a tax putting a special bur- Broadcastingn May 5 1986 den on a news medium, with its special newspapers; it says PEG obligations prob- franchises are necessarily limited, the gov- First Amendment rights, can stand only if ably could not be applied to print. But it says ernment can reasonably take steps to pro- necessary to achieve an overriding govern- "cable should not be treated like a newspa- mote the diversification principle underly- mental interest. Minnesota used the tax per for First Amendment purposes," princi- ing the First Amendment." The question of simply as a general revenue -raising device; pally because cable systems cannot operate a system's First Amendment rights is at is- other means of achieving that result were at without a franchise. And "where the gov- sue in Preferred v. Los Angeles, which was hand, the court noted. Under that reason- ernment bestows franchises for speech - argued before the Supreme Court last week ing, the Geller paper said, cities using cable here mass communications -and those (see "Top of the Week "). franchise fee revenues for general revenue purposes, as the Cable Act allows, will "en- counter the most serious constitutional bar- riers." For cable television, the paper says, is recognized as "a First Amendment speaker." The paper argues that defraying the cost of regulation is a constitutionally permissi- ble use of franchise -fee revenues. And it says there are others, including the support of the PEG channels. For, it adds, those channels further two of the purposes of the Cable Act -"to assure that cable systems are responsive to the needs and interests of the local community" and "that cable communications provide the widest possible diversity of information sources amd services to the public." Citing estimates offered by Wirth two years ago, the paper contends that a 5% franchise fee would be more than enough to pay those costs -something less than 1% for regulatory costs and something more than 1% to fund local PEG channels. Another 2 %, raised nationally, the paper says, would generate almost $200 million. Bringing it all back home. On hand to announce MCAS production of 74 new episodes of And that, it adds, could be used to produce The New Leave It to Beaver for wras(TV) Atlanta (BROADCASTING, April 28) were (front row, I- and distribute high quality programing that r) MCA President Sidney Sheinberg and Turner Broadcasting System Chairman Ted would be shown over cable access channels Turner, both sporting Mayfield High School jackets, and cast member Jerry Mathers. In nationwide. the back row are cast members Tony Dow and Barbara Billingsley, all standing before the The paper does not argue that cable en- Cleaver house in Mayfield (actually Universal Studios). joys the same First Amendment rights as

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Fla. -based management consultant grabbed it and said, on you way out the door, Many businesses do not realize that they company that specializes in quality and "That's close enough-no one will even no- are embroiled in one of the battles of the prevention management. Prior to joining tice." The biggest problem with "that's close "Industrial Revolution." This portion of the PCA, McLaughlin spent 14 years in the enough" is that we promise our customers industrial revolution affects different indus- broadcasting business as an air personality some level of noncomformance. tries in different ways and to varying ex- in two top -20 markets and three top -50 The only performance standard that will tents. The effect on product -producing corn - markets. insure quality is zero defects (ZD). In other panies has been dramatic. However, in the words, no level of noncomformance is ac- arena of service companies the impact has volves around the answers to four questions: ceptable. That may sound like perfection, been more subtle. And these subtle effects in (I) What is quality? (2) What system is nec- but it really isn't. Zero defects is not a num- the long run will change the face of service essary to manage quality? (3) What perfor- ber, nor is it perfection. It is not a destina- companies forever. mance standard is necessary? and (4) How tion, nor is it a group goal. ZD is simply an How does a television station manage can quality be measured? individual attitude that says "error is not quality? It may come as a surprise, but a TV What is quality? The conventional view OK." ZD is realized when each of us makes station must manage quality the same way of quality is impossible to manage. Most a conscious, constant effort to do our job that automobile makers, banks, fabric corn - managements think that quality is "good- right the first time. ZD is a reflection of how panies or any other type of company does. ness," "relative value," "luxury" and some- serious we are about our requirements. Once There are three major facets in all companies thing you just "know when you see it." A a requirement is agreed to, ZD simply says that must be properly managed to survive in real buzzword in the business today is "ex- "How often do we want that requirement to the marketplace of the 21st centurycost, cellence." Suppose that you told the pro- be met ?" The answer should be: "Every schedule and quality. gram director that you would only allow ex- time." Cost is a relatively easy area to manage cellent programs to be used during access How can quality be measured? In most because we share a common language and a time. What would the program director do? industries quality is measured in indexes that common understanding of the dollar. Sched- What programs would he buy? 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The biggest problem with quality is Now we have something that we can mea- The only true measure of quality in your that nobody seems to really agree on what it sure and manage. operation is the "price of nonconformance." is. The program manager wants "quality What system is necessary to manage In other words, what it costs for not doing it programs" at a reasonable price. The news quality? Today most managements try to in- right the first time. It may come as a shock, director wants "quality reporting" for the spect quality in their products or services. but research indicates that 35% to 40% of newscast, while the engineers want "quality This is wasted effort. One problem with this your total operating budget is being lost to equipment" to work with. The general man- appraisal system is that it finds errors and nonconformance. One of the largest contrib- ager wants the station to have a "quality im- nonconformances after they happen. If they utors to this price of nonconformance is re- age," while the clients want the production are not detected by inspection, and manage work. A full 25% of the work going on right of "quality commercial spots." All of this to reach the customer, your quality reputa- now in your station is rework. Can you af- can be rather confusing. In each of these tion is in for another shot. Another drawback ford this kind of waste? Much of this rework instances quality has a different meaning. to appraisal is that it is quite costly. How is a result of not having clear requirements. 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_T TOP OF THE WEEK J Best guess: What three networks took in, kept in 1985

An NBC executive once remarked, "Even More than one securities analyst during sounding a note of caution about the busi- when things were terrible at the television 1985 had to revise upward their estimates of ness, about competition from syndication network. the broadcast group still made over NBC's revenue figures because of the televi- and cable and about managing the business $40 million [in 19811." That the three major sion network's surprising prime time ratings for the future. While the others admitted broadcast groups will likely survive current strength. For the year, the NBC television there was competition they never admitted it worries about the business would seem to be network posted $2,176.000,000 in revenue was very significant. Now in the Capital Ci- confirmed by the more than a billion dollars and $202.500.000 in operating profit. ties /ABC annual report, and elsewhere, we in operating profit they took in during 1985. But even those dollar figures do not fully are seeing signs of recognition, and that is a a lackluster year for the television networks. reflect the NBC television network's strength good step." Exactly where that money came from is because many of the 1985 revenue dollars Radio in general had a better year than shown in the accompanying chart. repre- were placed before NBC's prime time num- television. The increased advertising dollars senting a consensus of industry sources and bers were evident. It will not be until the end being spent on network radio helped the securities analysts who provided their num- of the current year that observers think the lag ABC, CBS and NBC networks, despite bers to BROADCASTING. between ratings and dollars will end. For newly emerging competition. Nationally publicized overnight ratings 1986. it is suggested, NBC could be taking in ABC Radio Networks posted revenues of for the three television networks always em- about 12.5% more dollars, even in a less -than- $138 million and operating profit of $14.5 phasized that someone was winning and exciting television network marketplace, ris- million while its radio stations contributed someone else was losing. But the 1985 year- ing to $2,450.000,000. It is speculated that $83.9 million (revenue) and $24 million end revenue tabulations indicate that the CBS television network revenue will be up (profits). CBS had network revenue /operat- third -placed television network in prime about 3.5%, to $2,356,000,000, with ABC ing profit of $45 million /$4.5 million and time. ABC. was within 5% of CBS's leading inching in the other direction. down 190 to radio station contributions of $124.8 mil - total, $2,276,000,000- -clear evidence of $2.140.000,000. lion/$15.5 million. NBC had network rev- the importance of other television dayparts. Mark Rkely, a securities analyst with Eber- enue of $42 million and an operating loss of But with NBC's growing strength and ABC's stadt Fleming Inc., said: "Until this year SI million, while its stations posted $65 mil - inability so far to close the prime time rat- NBC was alone of three networks in reall lion /$5 million. 0 ings gap, the consensus is that in 1986 the revenue gap between first and third will grow, perhaps to 15%. The developing weakness in network ad- BROADCASTING'S breakdown of network groups vertising. especially at the end of the year. ABC affected the revenue of both ABC and CBS. However, the strength of local advertising Revenue % chg Operating Profit % chg. made for a difference of fortunes between TV network $2.161.000.000 -19.4 $170,300.000 -34.5 the television networks and owned televi- Owned TV's $464,500.000 $132,000,000 - 9.0 sion stations. At ABC, for instance, network Radio $221.900.000 +4.4 $38,500,000 +37.5 revenue fell by approximately $500 mil- Total broadcast group $2.847.400,000 -14 $340.800.000 -20.0 lion- largely due to the lack of Olympic dollars that were present in 1984 -while the CBS ABC -owned stations, which had television Revenue % chg Operating Profit % chg. also profited greatly from the Olympics, managed to hold their revenue steady. More TV network $2,276,000.000 + 1.6 $226.600.000 -19.1 diversified sources of revenue and protec- Owned TV's $332.000.000 +5.5 $114,000,000 +3.6 tion from the network's make -good problem Radio $169.800,000 +13.2 $20,000,000 +11.1 also helped moderate the station group's de- Total broadcast group $2,777.800.000 +2.4 $360.600.000 - 11.7 cline in operating profit -99r from the pre- NBC vious year compared to the network's 34.5% drop. Revenue % chg Operating Profit % chg. The saine was true at CBS. Operating TV network $2,176.000,000 +9.9 $202.500.000 +92.5 profit at the CBS television network de- Owned TV's $364,500.000 + 7.2 $127,700.000 +11.0 the had held clined, for although network Radio $107,000,000 +4.4 $3,000.000 cost increases to within 5%. the second half Total broadcast group $2,647,500,000 +11.7 $333.200.000 +53.8 held year-end revenue increases unexpected- results ly low. and there was no time to make suffi- Estimates are BROADCASTINGS and are not intended to be actual results. International sales are included in of CBS and NBC broadcast groups. but not for ABC. Sources used to arrive at estimates include Broadcast Advertisers Reports. the cient cost adjustments. Meanwhile. the Radio Network Association. Donaldson, Lufkin 8 Jenrette. Eberstadt Fleming Inc and Merrill Lynch. Pierce. Fenner 8 Smith CBS -owned television stations managed to Inc Revenue is after payment of advertising agency commissions. post an increase in both revenue and profit

Broadcasting May 5 1986 fAR 7: TOP OF THE WEEK _ _ _ -T Fox's bold programing leap Company plans to roll out one evening of prime time programing for station lineup per year: affiliate signings to be announced by month's end; late night show already in works: programing to look similar to action, movie and comedy fare on networks

Insisting that the new \ensure does not constitute a "fourth network," Fox Broadcasting Co. President and Chief Operating Officer Jamie Kellner last Thursday (May I) disclosed plans to launch a regularly scheduled. "satellite- delivered national program service for independent stations" beginning early next March. The FBC service will start as a two -hour prime time (8 -IO p.m. NYT) feed of original series programing one or two nights each week and is expected to expand to other nights and at least one other daypart in subsequent months. Fox Broadcasting Co. Pre sident /C00 Jamie Kellner In an interview with BROADCASTING at cording to Kellner. He said FBC's license but he added: "It's really not a fourth net- Fox Studios. Kellner also said FBC will pre- fees will be comparable to the $350.000 per work. We are a company that fulfills the miere a yet -untitled, one -hour, late night (II half -hour and $950,000 per hour typically needs of four interested groups: viewers. ad- p.m.- midnight NYT) entertainment pro- paid for network situation comedies and ac- vertisers. producers and stations. gram in the fourth quarter of this year." The tion dramas. Kellner said Fox will also pur- "Independents, which have had a wonder- service is expected to begin on Sundays. chase original made -for-television motion ful I0 -year run of success, need to look stra- with Saturday and other weeknights to be pictures and miniseries, with a total budget tegically toward the future for their success. added if the initial programing is deemed commitment by summer 1987 of more than The only way to do it is to attack a new successful. $100 million. In excess of $20 million has daypart very aggressively, and that daypart is Our plan is that we would add a night been spent on the service to date, according prime time, when the largest number of peo- each year," Kellner explained. "We're going to the Fox executive. ple are watching television. There's no rea- to roll out in a very slow year-by -year fash- In terms of the [program] forms, the mix son in the world why it can't be done if the ion and then based only upon ratings success will look very much like that which is seen talent and the resources exist," said Kellner. of the original programing, to give the sta- on ABC, CBS and NBC," he explained. "It At least one advertiser and one advertising tions time to exploit the library." will be action- adventure series, made-for- agency have discussed sponsorship with Details of the program service will be un- TV movies and, in some cases, theatrical FBC, according to David Johnson, former veiled this Tuesday (May 6) at a news con- films ...and sitcoms. It would be very wise ABC Inc. vice president, strategic planning, ference in Hollywood and Kellner said he of us to focus in on [the child and young who became FBC's senior vice president of expects joint announcements later this adult] audience and target it in prime time. I marketing last March. Johnson told BROAD- month of "a number of groups and individ- would imagine that situation comedies CASTING the service "would certainly not de- ual stations that are being signed up." Be- would be an important part of our menu, as velop a show because an advertiser asked for cause the contracts "are at various stages of well as youth- oriented action -adventure. We it," but it will work with advertising to iden- development," Kellner said, no disclosures will probably be a little more urban -oriented tify needs unserved by the other networks. will be made "for at least three weeks." than the other networks are." He said shows would not be bartered and Those stations, added to the six independent The existing television production divi- that program decisionmaking would reside Fox -owned outlets (acquired from Metrome- sion at Fox is expected to contribute pro- with FBC. dia earlier this year), will account for at least graming to FBC, but no firm deals have been Kellner, who left the presidency of Orion 21 of the largest 25 markets, he said. Fox is announced. "If they come in with a package Entertainment Group last January to head now actively soliciting stations, advertisers that we feel has the potential to be successful the new Fox unit. has recruited from the and program suppliers for their participation on the program service, we'll buy it from ranks of senior network executives for his in the service, which the studio eventually them," said Kellner. "We will always deal new team. Appointments include: Garth An- hopes to distribute to all of the top 80 mar- with the source that, in ouP view, has the best cier, former vice president of comedy pro- kets. serving more than 85% of all television potential to get the largest audience ... There graming, NBC Entertainment, who joins as homes. are no back -end considerations, no syndica- senior vice president of prime time program- Explaining the rationale for the prime tion tie -ins to decision -making as to what ing; Kevin Wendell, manager of current dra- time vehicle, Kellner said that the robust programs should play in what time period. I ma programing, NBC Entertainment, who early evening viewership enjoyed by most think that's probably a major difference be- becomes vice president of prime time pro- independent stations "erodes dramatically - tween what we're doing and the syndication graming; David Hilton, former vice presi- generally in excess of 50 % -at eight business." Although discussions are under dent and general manager of basic cable ser- o'clock. The early fringe daypart is a mature way with program suppliers, Fox disclosed vices, MTV: Music Television and VHI, daypart at independent stations. They've no names, and one company source said no who joins as vice president of affiliate rela- done about as much as they're going to do in firm production agreements have yet been tions; Scott Sassa, former vice president, terms of generating the largest possible audi- signed. The Playboy Channel, who joins as vice ence for the daypart ...Our plan is to have Kellner sought to distinguish FBC from president of network management; Andrew them grow in prime time." first-run syndication. arguing that such pro- Fessel, former division manager of televi- The solution for independents in prime graming suffers from inadequate national sion station sales, Arbitron Inc., named vice time is "not to chase the prices of movies promotion, no "day- and -date exposure" and president of research; John Lazarus, former higher and higher" but "to create, develop a lack of sophisticated development. "We director of advertising sales, ABC Sports, and produce first -run programing and to do are going to be much more in the business appointed vice president of advertising it the same way the three networks do," ac-c- that the three networks are in," said Kellner, sales, and Johnson. FBC will add other ex-

Broadcasting May 5 1986 7ñ TOP OF THE WEEK ecutives to its programing department as the features from Fox's 26-title Century 13 syn- program delivered at II p.m. LNYT1." service expands. Barry Diller. chairman and dicated movie package could be released for Kellner described the program as "star -stud- chief executive officer. Fox Inc.. will over- a double run on the FBC program service ded" and set for premiere late this year. see the new operation. during 1987.) FBC is "studying" the possibility of deli- Although he acknowledged that motion The viewing audience is being bombard- vering a national newscast in the future but pictures will be an important component of ed with prime time movies," Kellner said. "it is a long way down the road," according to the new service. Kellner stressed that origi- "It's very hard to have anything distinct or Kellner. "It is not a part of our original plan." nal comedies and dramas will be showcased. identifiable to promote on an independent The company is exploring both C -band (A large number of theatrical titles are avail- station in prime time." A late -night series is and Ku -band satellite transmission systems able from the Fox library, and television sta- "in development" at FBC that would be a and will announce the details of its distribu- tions have already been advised that eight one -hour. live. "satellite -fed. entertainment tion plan at a later date.

ALJ blocks KHJ -TV transfer Decision places in jeopardy ment." Kuhlmann also asserted that the set- step together. $310 -million purchase by Group W tlement couldn't be approved. The ultimate In their filing. RKO and Fidelity said the test of the proposal ... is whether the trans- case for permitting appeal was "particularly Group Ws $3I0- million proposed acquisi- action is consistent with the public interest, strong." This. they said, "is not an ordinary tion of RKO General Inc.'s KHJ -TV Los An- convenience or necessity," Kuhlmann said. comparative renewal proceeding. It is one in geles has been dealt a severe blow. "RKO and Fidelity have not established that which parties who have litigated for more FCC Administrative Law Judge Edward their proposal meets that standard." than two decades have now compromised Kuhlmann. who is in charge of the ongoing But attorneys for the parties told BROAD- their positions to bring the litigation to an KHJ -TV proceedings. where the issue of CASTING that they believed Kuhlmann's rul- end many years before it would otherwise RKO's qualifications to be a licensee are ing can be appealed. They said there is a conclude. The [judge's order' is for all prac- currently under review. has refused to give procedural rule that would support the tical purposes dispositive insofar as the set- his blessing to the deal. He also has refused judge's contention. But there is also. they tlement is concerned. It defeats the parties' to permit the parties to take the proposed said. a provision that would permit the FCC very purpose of achieving a resolution of the settlement directly to the FCC commission- to waive that rule -and review the settle- case without continued protracted litigation. ers, who are believed to be more sympathet- ment after all -if good cause can be shown. The proposed settlement cannot realistically ic to RKO's cause. Also under the procedural rules. those be expected to survive until the proceedings Representatives of parties to the agree- seeking to make such end runs around a in this case are completed." ment, however. told BROADCASTING that judge are first supposed to seek his permis- In arguing against approving the settle- they don't believe Kuhlmann has admini- sion. And in a joint filing with Kuhlmann ment agreement. Kuhlmann had noted, stered the coup de grace. They said that as last week. RKO and Fidelity took that first among other things. that broadcast licensees far as they are concerned. the deal is very much on. and they have already initiated an appeal. Big boost from EBU for 1,125/60 HDTV plan Under the proposed settlement agreement, RKO would dismiss its application for A European Broadcasting Union technical committee has provided long- hoped -for KHJ -TV's license renewal: Fidelity Televi- support to a U.S.- backed high- definition television studio proposal, with only one sion, a long -time competitor KHJ -TV's for fa- week left before the 1,125 -line, 60 hz HDTV proposal is scheduled for consideration cilities. would be granted a construction per- by the world standards body, CCIR, in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. mit for the station's channel 9: Fidelity's The EBU committee, which has previously been undecided on the issue, last week stock would be transferred to Group W, and unanimously stated its support of the 1,125 -line, 60 hz system as a "possible way of Group W would acquire KHJ -TV's assets production standard. The position, taken after two from RKO. RKO would come out of the deal achieving" a single worldwide by with $212 million and Fidelity with get days of meetings in Montreux, Switzerland, was viewed optimistically observers about $95 million. In addition. Group W from the U.S. State Department and television industry, particularly because for the would pick up some $3 million in Fidelity first time the majority of the EBU committee's 28 broadcaster members who are said liabilities. (Fidelity's president and about to support the 1,125/60 proposal were able to overcome the three -nation bloc - 35% owner is William G. Simon, a Los An- France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands -that in the past has prevented geles attorney who was formerly special the consensus -based group from stating a favorable position. agent in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles The French and their allies are believed to have backed down in their opposition to division. Other Fidelity owners include Los avoid introduction of a resolution that would have been even more injurious to their Angeles -area attorneys George Johnson position. [about 6 %] and Walter Chaffee [about 7%]. Although EBU decisions generally carry great weight in international technical Film director Mervyn LeRoy and Tirso del standards considerations, U.S. observers were unsure to what extent the broadcast Junco, a member of board of regents of Uni- body's position would influence debate at the CCIR, where other national interests versity of California, hold smaller interests.) come into play The French, West German and Dutch governments, largely influ- RKO and Fidelity had asked Kuhlmann to enced by consumer electronics industry opposition to the Japanese -developed refer the proposed settlement directly to the HDTV system, have already submitted a joint proposal to the CCIR seeking to commissioners, but the judge refused. postpone the decision on HDTV studio standards for at least two years. (Recent "Considering that their proposal is without changes in the French government will not alter its position on HDTV, as some had any support and is inconsistent with repeated hoped. The new of France's national television organization, TDF, last week commission rulings in this and other cases, chairman certifying the settlement proposal would reaffirmed the nation's previous position on the question.) of 1,125/60, the EBU only create an unwarranted delay at a very In an effort to ease one key concern about the adoption crucial moment in the hearing," Kuhlmann statement emphasized that adoption of a production standard would "not prejudge" said. any transmission parameters chosen in the future -an effort to avoid any fait accom- The judge also said that certification of a pli on the interlaced, 60 hz standard. "Studies have shown that most of the areas of settlement agreement is a matter that the concern should be amenable to technical solutions," the EBU explained. rules leave to his "nonappealable judg-

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involved in hearings on basic qualifications proceeding also applies to Fidelity." centive for troubled renewal licensees to sell issues are generally prohibited from selling Kuhlmann also argued that approval of the to minority -controlled groups is greatly re- out unless those issues are resolved in their settlement might undermine the commis- duced," Kuhlmann said. favor. "There are also problems with grant- sion's distress sale policy, which permits li- Kuhlmann, who said that the hearing into ing a license to Fidelity since RKO has censees who are designated for hearing to RKO's qualifications should be "ready for raised 12 issues about Fidelity's character sell their stations to a minority before the decision" by fall. also held that grant of the qualifications," Kuhlmann said. "Therefore. hearings commence at less than fair -market settlement would "weaken" the deterrent ef- the same prohibition against granting the value. "If RKO and Fidelity's proposal ful- fect of renewal proceedings on licensee be- KHi -TV license to RKO at this stage of the fills public interest objectives, then the in- havior.

Supreme Court hears Preferred arguments

Case involves Los Angeles's rejection ing the high court in a brief to remand the Amendment. And O'Connor said she saw of cable company's franchise request; Preferred case for trial, ridiculed the Ninth "First Amendment values" in the complaint. outcome may have bearing on 'Quincy' Circuit's holding that the poles and conduits Perez said Los Angeles's position is based constituted a public forum. But regulation of on a substantial amount of material, includ- The issue before the Supreme Court last a licensed medium is particularly limited. ing information developed by the FCC and week was whether a case involving the con- Those appeared to be the main points the congressional committees. "This court," he stitutionality of a California statute provid- two sides sought to make. But the justices said. "can hold" that Los Angeles has not ing for the franchising of cable systems put a large number of questions to both attor- violated the constitutional right of cable. He should be sent back to a district court for neys, indicating there remain a number of also cited as evidence of the "reasonable- trial. But an underlying question was the issues in the case with which they need help. ness" of Los Angeles's procedures the fact vulnerability to suit of franchising authori- Indeed, since the district court had dismissed that 7,000 communities follow similar ones. ties across the country. And another, which the case, there had been no trial and no rec- At the same time, he reminded the court of surfaced occasionally in the questioning by ord on which the court could rely. the flood of litigation that could be expected the justices, was the possible impact of their Several justices, particularly Sandra Day in those communities if the Supreme Court decision on the Cable Communications Poli- O'Connor, were concerned about the valid- sent the case back for trial. cy Act of 1984. ity of the district court's action. A trial court Justice Byron White was one of several For an hour on Tuesday morning, before a may dismiss a suit if the plaintiff does not justices who raised questions bearing on the packed Supreme Court chamber that includ- allege facts which, even if true, do not con- the Cable Act. In a colloquy with Farrow. he ed a number of communications attorneys. stitute a cause of action. But the appeals noted that the "federal law" contemplates the counsel for the city of Los Angeles and for court. in reversing, said Preferred was enti- issuance of "licenses," and asked whether Preferred Communications argued whether tled to a trial to attempt to prove the Los Farrow thought that unconstitutional. Far- Los Angeles was within its rights in reject- Angeles franchising process violates the First row, who earlier had said, "We are in pub- ing Preferred's request for a franchise to serve a section of the city. Los Angeles said it was justified because Preferred had not participated in the auction process established for picking franchisees. Preferred - and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit -said that since the poles and conduits involved could have accommodated Preferred's cables, the city's action violated the cable system's First Amendment rights. Edward J. Perez, deputy city attorney for Los Angeles. contended that the case involves a city's rights to control the use of its property in connection with the construction of a cable system, not the First Amendment. It was not a case comparing cable with newspapers, or one where cable's First Amend- ment rights were concerned, Perez said. He noted that Preferred could exercise its free speech rights by leasing capacity from the cable system that was granted the franchise, or use other technologies, such as microwave or satellite master antenna television. Harold Farrow, counsel for Preferred, argued that the Ninth Circuit was correct in saying the issue is whether Preferred "is en- Lights, cameras.... The Senate entered the TV age -tentatively titled to build its system on public utility -last week as it began closed- circuit television coverage as part of a month -long test before opening its doors to poles: it did not say public property." As a unrestricted live broadcasts from June I to July 15. Above, Senate technicians prepare result, Farrow said. the case is not a public for the May 1 debut. Beginning July 29 the Senate is expected to vote on allowing forum case, as the appeals court had said, in the permanent presence of cameras and microphones. what Farrow said was "surplussage," but a Radio coverage started last month (BROADCASTING March 17). The kicked "licensing case." Media using public forums Senate off the TV test with a debate on the budget. Our offices will have interesting are afforded protection against violation of an show today," said Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R -Kan.) on opening day "lt is the their First Amendment rights. But Farrow called budget.' It might even be X- rated. I know one thing; it will be a full -length feature may have wanted to distance himself from picture, and let us hope it has a happy ending." Dole reminded the senators "not to chew gum, or do things the concept because the Supreme Court last of that kind while they are on live television, and to keep their heads up so they can be fall cut back on the definition of a public properly focused on by the cameras." forum. And the solicitor general, while urg-

Broadcasting May 5 1986 an -J TOP OF THE WEEK : fishing." answered "no." if it were "a standard business license." But. White said. FCC votes for modified reporting rules "That's different from a newspaper." Still. Farrow said he thought a license requiring After remand by appeals court, Vided "sign if icant treatment of communit) cable companies. as an example. to carry commission will require quarterly issues during the relevant time period. The insurance would be "reasonable." And Jus- tiling of programs that station FCC's television deregulation order had tice John Paul Stevens asked Farrow if he licensees feel met community needs been pending before the commission on re- objects to the 5c/ franchise fee. (A tee is consideration. and the commission patched provided for in the act.) Farrow said he Taking a cue from the appellate court. the it at the same time it attempted to fix its radio does -hut that the issue is not in the case. "It FCC last week modified its programing re- deregulation order. adopt any certainly will be" in a future one. he predict- porting requirements for commercial radio That the FCC felt compelled to to be ed. however. And Perez. in answer to a ques- and television. such reporting requirement appeared tion from Justice Thurgood Marshall. said Under the new rules. licensees will be re- particularly vexing to Chairman Mark the Cable Act permits cities to franchise quired to list in their public tiles each quarter Fowler and Commissioner Mimi Dawson. "one or pore" cable systems. the programs that they believe have provided Dawson "reluctantly" voted to adopt the new Farrow, in the iew of some lawyers in the the most significant treatment of communi- requirements. "I don't think any of us are audience. did not take advantage of several ty issues' during the preceding three wild about this," Dawson said. opportunities offered in questions to focus months. Dawson. who wondered aloud whatever on the First Amement issue. For instance. Under the former requirement. licensees had happened to her proposal to consider when Marshall asked him what franchise were supposed to provide. also on a quarter- eliminating all content regulation not re- also provisions he found objectionable. he cited ly basis, an illustrative list of at least five to quired by the Communications Act. one permitting the city to inspect a cable I0 issues of importance to their community said she believed the FCC had a "great jour- system's hooks and records at its conve- and a list of programs that addressed those ney before us" in eliminating regulations nience. and said that violates the Fourth issues. But that rule-which the FCC origin- that went to program content. Amendment guarantee against unlawful ally proffered in its second failed effort to Fowler said he agreed with Dawson's sen- search and seizure. And at one point Justice ease the program logging requirements of timents. He also indicated that he would William Rhenquist broke into an economic radio broadcasters -did not pass judicial meet with Dawson last Friday (May 2) to argument Farrow was making to ask whether muster. discuss her proposal to eliminate all nonsta- those matters were not more appropriate for In its remand to the FCC. the Court of tutory content regulation. "I do have some the legislative branch to consider. He ap- Appeals in Washington said that the rule question on timing and so forth... but on peared to want to hear constitutional argu- failed to further the commission's stated reg- substance I couldn't agree with you more," ments. ulatory goal of relying on effective public Fowler said. Dawson did meet for about But at one point Farrow contended that participation in the license renewal process (Fowler and franchise authorities have the power to con- (BROADCASTING, Dec. 23. 1985). The panel 45 minutes on that subject. But they report- trol the speech of cable systems through in- said the requirement failed to give the public edly reached no conclusions on the advis- timidation. A city's "request for information the information it would need to make the ability of the inquiry. A source said, howev- to be concerned that frightens a [cable' publisher," he said. "Just prima, facie cases the commission requires er, that Fowler appeared a reac- as you don't hear CBS doing an expose of before it considers setting a renewal applica- such an inquiry might elicit negative Fowler the FCC. you don't hear a franchisee doing tion for hearing. tion from the courts and Congress. were planning to discuss the an expose of a franchising authority." The panel also said a suggestion offered in and Dawson The economics of cable franchising was the rulemaking following its first remand ap- proposal further this week.) another matter that appeared to interest the peared to merit consideration but had been Acting on reconsideration. the FCC also justices. O'Connor asked Farrow if cities. in rejected by the commission. The suggestion, "clarified" its TV deregulation order to make franchising systems. could "consider the offered by ABC, called for a requirement clear that it had intended to eliminate com- economics of the situation or not." "No," that broadcasters list programs that had pro- mercial loading guidelines for children's Farrow said. "If a man wants to lose money, he should have the right to do that." The two attorneys continued to express Clean -up campaign their differences after the argument in re- sponding to reporters' questions on the court FCC Chairman Mark Fowler, whose present term expires June 30, has not yet steps. But on one point they seemed to announced whether he will seek another go- round. agree. Farrow said that if Preferred prevails If Fowler moves on, however, the National Decency Forum, which bills itself as a in the Supreme Court-even though the im- coalition of decency and pro -family groups, will have reason to rejoice. It is opposing mediate effect would he only a return of the his renomination and has been urging others to join its effort and make that opposi- case to the district court for trial -"the Cable tion known on Capitol Hill and at the White House. Act will begin to die a slow and just death." Barbara Hattemer, NDF co- chairman, told BROADCASTING that the forum objects to Perez said. "If we can't 'regulate cable as we the Fowler FCC's failure to enforce decency standards. Hattemer, also coordinator of dol. you can forget about the Cable Act. It the Florida Coalition for Clean Cable, said that among the groups affiliated with the says we can do what we are doing." forum are the National Christian Association, Morality in Media, Citizens for Decency The court is expected to issue its decision Through Law, the National Federation for Decency, Eagle Forum, Concerned Women when it in the case by late June or early July. for America and Americans Concerned for Traditional Values. will recess until the fall. And a number of As part of its campaign, the forum is sponsoring a prayer breakfast in Washington communications attorneys believe the out- on June 5 that is supposed to focus on the FCC's failure to uphold decency stan- come will have a bearing on whether the dards and on the lack of federal prosecution of the interstate transportation of X- court will review Quincy Cable TV Inc.. an- rated "The soaring statistics on sexually transmitted diseases, child other landmark case. which involves the videotapes. -age and FCC's must -carry rules. Final briefs dealing molestation and sexual abuse, missing children, unwed teen pregnancies with the National Association of Broadcast- other social ills have made it evident that the dropping of moral restraints have ers' petition for review of the appeals court resulted in very real problems," Hattemer said in a memo inviting like- minded citi- decision declaring the must -carry rules un- zens to the breakfast. constitutional were filed in December. And Fowler said he was "mystified" that people would challenge his position on ob- communications attorneys assume the long scenity. He said he has always believed that obscenity is not covered by the First delay in a decision indicates the court's view Amendment. He also said he wanted to let them know about his position. that Preferred will govern.

Broadcasting May 5 1986 no I TOP OF THE WEEK t programing as well as for other programing. hard liners on the commission. American Television & Communications, Robert Ratcliffe. assistant chief of the The Schauer report by no means supersed- said he was pleased by the commission's re- policy and rules division, said that under the ed the staff- written report. Indeed, during versal on cable indecency. "The decision new reporting rules, licensees won't have to the meeting, much of the staff report. most was very important," he said. Had the com- list all of the issue programing they have notably the section containing recommenda- mission gone ahead with its original propos- done, but they will have to make a judgment tions on prosecution of obscene materials, al. he said, cable interests would have been about what their most significant program- was inserted into or appended to the Schauer drawn into a lengthy battle against it ing was. "What we're at the essentially trying to report. FCC and in the courts. do is what the court told us to do in the radio In the staff draft. the FCC was urged to Barry Lynn, an attorney with the Ameri- remand order." Ratcliffe said. "use its full regulatory powers and impose can Civil Liberties Union and a vocal critic sanctions against cable and satellite televi- of the commission, said the vote against ex- sion programers who transmit ...indecent tension of the indecency standard to cable programs." The FCC already has the power Cable spared in was "commendable" and that "it is a minor to take action against broadcasters who air miracle for a group like this to say the print- indecent porn panel vote material. it said, and should have ed word should not be prosecuted as ob- the power to crack down on cable operators scene." Commission narrowly rejects who do the same thing. There is no essential But Lynn still has serious concerns about difference recommendation that FCC block between the two media, it said. the findings of the commission. In some "indecent" programing on cable "Once cable enters the home it becomes the ways. the Schauer report is "more hyster- same ... as over-the -air broadcasts. It comes ical" than the original draft. "The heart of The attorney general's II -person commis- through the same television set and is usual- the Schauer report is that this stuff is a men- sion on pornography, meeting for the final ly accessed by the same controls. In many ace to society and that we have to vigorously time last week in Washington, voted by the homes... close supervision and screening of control it." narrowest of margins not to recommend an the selection of television programs in reali- The commission has come up with a "bat- FCC crackdown on "indecent" programing ty may be either minimal or nonexistent." tle plan" not only against obscene material, In on cable television or any sort of prosecution the Pacifica case, the Supreme Court but against everything it considers porno- on grounds of obscenity against books with- affirmed the FCC's authority to regulate in- graphic. he said. It concludes that even out pictures except those that can be classi- decent broadcasts and defined "indecent" as "nonviolent. nondegrading" pornography is fied as "child pornography." a patently offensive representation of sexual harmful. he said, and it urges prosecution of In voting against such actions. the corn- conduct or nudity which is "not conforming "portrayals of mutual. loving. consensual, mission rejected proposals in the commis- to generally accepted standards of morality." monogamous sex." sion's draft report and defeated the commis- The Schauer report's section on cable in- Lynn said. he was particularly disturbed by sion's most conservative faction, led by decency, which now represents, more or the commission's suggestion that "citizen Chairman Henry Hudson and staff director less, the commission's thinking on the sub- harassment groups" can drive pornographers Alan Sears. The unofficial tallies: 6 -to -4 ject, said the commission cannot recom- out of town. "When a government commis- with one abstention on cable indecency and mend that the FCC strike at cable indecency sion comes up with a guidebook on how 6 -to -5 on written obscenity. because it could not reach a consensus on the citizens can force material out of a commu- Although critics of the commission were issue. "Some of us are skeptical about Paci- nity with boycotts and pickets. it really is an relieved by the turnaround on cable inde- fica itself and do not wish to extend to new endorsement of those tactics." he said. cency and the exemption for written obscen- areas a principle that we find dubious even The commission finished its work last Fri- ity, they remained concerned about many of with respect to broadcast media. ...Exten- day and has promised to present its final the conclusions and recommendations the sion of the limitations of broadcast television report to Attorney General Edwin Meese on commission didn't reject and adopted for its to cable seems highly likely to restrict that July 3, just over a year after the commission final report during the four days of meetings. which simply ought not to be restricted." was formed. In general. the commission concluded that Schauer's, and now the commission's, ra- "We think it was the right decision," said pornography of all sorts is harmful, contrib- tionale for not going after obscene written Jim Mooney. president of the National Cable uting to everything from sexual assaults material is founded on the fact that it consti- Television Association, commenting of the against women to general discrimination tutes a "minuscule" portion of all pornogra- cable- indecency action. "I think 'indecency' against women. It urged stepped -up pros- phy and the belief that it doesn't have the is a word that is used subjectively to describe ecution of producers and distributors of any negative impact of film and pictures. "The what some people don't like," Mooney material, other than that contained in purely absence of photographs necessarily pro- said. "I'm happy that a concept like that written works, thought to be obscene as de- duces a message that seems to necessitate for will not be incorporated into communica- fined by the Supreme Court in the Miller its assimilation more real thought and less tions law." case. It also encouraged citizen groups to try almost reflexive reaction than does the more Mooney said there doesn't seem to be to drive pornographers from their communi- typical pornographic item," the report said. anything else in the commission's findings to ties through such organized protests as pick- "There remains a difference between reading cause "great alarm" to the cable industry. et lines and boycotts. a book and looking at pictures, even pictures But, he warned as the commission's meeting The stage for the key cable- indecency and printed on a page...." wound down last Friday, "they keep going written- obscenity votes was set shortly after Brian Conboy, an attorney for Time Inc.. 'round and 'round. It's hard to know when the commission first convened Tuesday the parent company of Home Box Office and something is settled." morning. On the motion of the Rev. Bruce Ritter, president of Covenant House, a child care agency, the commission voted to use a Hatch urges action on finsyn report written by Frederick Schauer, a law professor at the University of Michigan, as Senator writes Thurmond calling for Department. That at least is how an April 24 the "framework" for the commission's final hearings; move is viewed as attempt letter from Senator Orrin Hatch (R -Utah) to report instead of the staff- written draft re- to pressure ABC and NBC to come to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman port. The Schauer report is considered gen- terms with Hollywood interests Strom Thurmond (R -S.C.) calling for hear- erally more liberal than the staff report, con- ings on the "competitive and noncompetitive taining, for instance, the conclusions on Congress is turning up the heat on NBC and dimensions of television programing" is be- cable indecency and written obscenity that ABC to strike a deal with Hollywood on ing viewed. Hatch is generally regarded as a were ultimately adopted. Use of the Schauer modifications of the FCC's financial interest Hollywood ally, and his letter is considered a report as the "framework" tended to shift the and syndication rules as well as the consent tactic to force the two networks to come burden of proof on many questions to the decrees the networks signed with the Justice around, particularly on the two consent de-

Broadcasting May 5 1986 I TOP OF THE WEEK I crees. "CBS and the program suppliers have al- them. Congress, after massive lobbying by The consent decrees limit the in -house ready reached an accord. but talks with the independent producers and the Hollywood production that networks can do. ABC and other two networks appear to be stalemated. studios. forced the commission to drop its NBC are now permitted to produce three - It is. therefore. important that Congress ex- plans. Lawmakers then directed the parties and -a -half hours of prime time programing a amine these issues now." the letter said. to try to settle their differences. The discus- week. That figure goes up to four hours in Neither ABC nor NBC appears interested sions between CBS and Hollywood began in the 1987 -88 season and to five after that until in a cap on in -house production. They are early 1984. 1990, when the decrees expire and with particularly opposed to any agreement that Hatch's letter also referred to the merger them all restrictions on in -house production. would limit in perpetuity network produc- between NBC's parent, RCA. and General CBS, under its consent decree. can only pro- tion of entertainment programs. The agree- Electric as underscoring the concern "ex- duce two- and -a -half hours until 1990. ment CBS struck with Hollywood is consid- pressed around the country and among our CBS and Hollywood last year reached a ered easier for it to "swallow." because the colleagues about the concentration of power tentative agreement that would allow the network is reported to have no interest in and influence enjoyed by the three major network to produce and syndicate up to getting into production. (For CBS. the deal. television networks." Some observers took three -and -a -half hours a week of prime time one source said. would enable it to do some that reference to mean that Hollywood fare (BROADCASTING. Oct. 7, 1985). The syndication in exchange for giving up its hoped NBC would suppress its resistance to network could also own up to a 50% interest ability to own productions.) the proposed deals as a means of avoiding in two joint ventures a season but would be As tor specific negotiations on the FCC's delays in Washington's approval of the barred from any syndication that ensued. financial interest and syndication rules. two RCA -GE merger. CBS's agreement was conditioned on the weeks ago ABC and NBC came up with a The motion picture industry denied it had other two networks accepting its terms. Both plan that would give them a share of the anything to do with Hatch's letter. But refused. CBS is now indicating the deal may revenues from the off- network syndication Hatch's office admitted the letter was an ef- need adjustment. market (BROADCASTING. April 28). Present- fort "to nudge them [the networks] along to Since last fall the production community ly the rules prevent the networks from syndi- get the talks moving." and ABC and NBC have discussed accom- cating domestically. Under their proposal Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Pic- modations. In his letter, Hatch described the they would carry a larger portion of the up- ture Association of America, said last week: talks as "stalemated." But one source denied front production costs of prime time enter- "The talks between ABC and NBC and the that and said discussions have occurred as tainment programing in the form of higher program suppliers are going nowhere. The recently as last week. Another source said license fees. In return, they would be given a suppliers' objective is to smooth the future the letter was specifically timed to be deliv- cut of the profits that the producers earn so that the marketplace is fully competitive ered when ABC and NBC exchanged pro- from licensing the off -network shows in syn- with the networks not dominating the proposals with Hollywood on April 24. dication, without actually participating in graming environment as they once did. I "Negotiations are currently under way be- their ownership. don't really believe that NBC and ABC want tween the networks and program suppliers to The networks were unsuccessful in their to shape a mutually agreed upon design for develop a new set of ground rules in lieu of bid to repeal the rules three years ago. even the future, a design that could surely be in the expiring consent decrees." Hatch wrote. though the FCC was willing to eliminate the public interest." lJ Ad agencies peek under the network tents

Early looks taken at TV lineups starring Lucille Ball. (The show's scenario is comedies and I I dramas. The top five sup- to be unveiled this week and next still being developed.) The DFS report said pliers of pilots this year are Paramount (nine ABC has also committed to six episodes of comedy and two drama); Universal (six The networks have not announced their two new comedies. Gang Ho (Paramount), a comedy and four drama): Lorimar (two corn - schedules for the 1986 -87 season, but. ac- previously reported pilot (BROADCASTING, edy and six drama); 20th Century Fox (two cording to Dancer Fitzgerald Sample. NBC March 17), and Harry (Walt Disney). de- comedy and five drama) and Columbia (two will probably introduce four to six hours of scribed as a kind of "Sergeant Bilko meets comedy and four drama). The report noted new prime time programing and has already General Hospital." The agency report said NBC and CBS had stepped up in -house pro- committed to four new series. The commit- ABC would probably have a total of seven to duction. CBS produced three pilots -two ments include a new comedy, The Days and nine hours of new programing in the 1986- dramas, Adam's Apple and R.E.L.A.X., and Nights 001011 Dodd (You and Me Kids Pro- 87 season. It said ABC would probably fo- one comedy, Blue Skies. NBC produced one ductions); two new crime dramas, Crime cus on improving the 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. slot drama, Cat Squad, and ABC produced one Story (New World TV) and L.A. Law (20th Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. In drama, in association with United Artists, Century Fox), and a lighter, family drama, addition, the agency said, "we see ABC pos- Hardesty House. My Grandfather's House. The network, re- sibly trying to re-creat,e its successful Tues- In a separate analysis of network program ports DFS. has committed to 13 episodes of day night, two -hour comedy block of the development, by Foote, Cone & Belding, each series. NBC confirmed the commit- mid- 70's," shifting the hit show, Moonlight- the agency said family settings, in a variety of ments, but said it was unclear where they ing, from 9 -10 p.m. to I0 -I1 p.m. configurations, are prevalent this year in both would fall in the schedule and that it was DFS also predicts CBS will reprogram comedy and drama pilots. That is often the possible one or more of the shows would be seven, possibly eight, hours with new case with comedies, but in recent years, drama midseason replacements. shows. But so far, the network has commit- pilots focused on the more costly action -ad- (CBS will announce its schedule on ted to only six episodes of the new comedy, venture shows. FCB said the unwillingness of Thursday, May 8; ABC on May 13 and NBC Late Bloomer (Reeves Entertainment the networks to cover the escalating costs of on May 15.) Group). CBS has already acknowledged it the action -skewed dramas and the softer de- The agency said it believed NBC would needs to develop its first hour of prime time, mand for such shows in the syndication mar- "revamp its once dominant Tuesday sched- particularly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Satur- ket make them less attractive to develop. ule" and try to strengthen Fridays as well. day and perhaps Thursday. In a similar report by J. Walter Thomp- DFS said it was also likely that Steven Spiel - The agency reported that the networks or- son, a trend was reported in mini -series pro- berg's Amazing Stories would be moved dered a total of 98 pilots for next season, 5% duction toward shorter, four -or -five -hour from Sunday to Tuesday, possibly coupled more than last year and the most in the last versions by CBS and NBC. ABC, which has with a new comedy such A.G.F. or All The five years. ABC ordered the most, 37, in- generally had more success with longer ef- Way Home. cluding 18 comedies and 16 dramas. CBS forts, continues to commit to longer mini- ABC announced previously it made a 22- ordered 36, including 20 comedies and 16 series (such as Texas and War and Remem- episode commitment for a comedy series dramas, and NBC ordered 25, including 13 berance).

Broadcasting May 5 1986 TOP CF THE WEEK L_ Colino on defensive over coordination posit' would be considered -one reporter re- Intelsat director defends his staffs transponders from Intelsat for domestic use. called the letter Colino's predecessor, San- ability to advise on separate systems (However, the signatory, it was learned later, tiago Astrain. had written to the State is interested in telephony service; the Pan - Department in May 1983 expressing con- Ever since the concept of separate communi- AmSat proposal involves principally video.) cern about the first such application that had cations satellite systems that would compete At that point. reporters began peppering recently been filed-Colino snapped: "Who with Intelsat emerged three years ago. mem- Colino with questions about the propriety of do you think you're talking to? You're talk- bers of the organization's executive agency the secretariat's reaction to PanAmSat's ap- ing to an international organization." have talked of the economic harm such sys- parent success in becoming the first Ameri- Then he said Intelsat's Assembly of Par - tems could cause the global organization. can separate system to secure a foreign part- ties, the highest ranking organ. had adopted Last week. Director General Richard Co- ner. The questions dealt specifically with the resolutions stating its view that separate sys- lino. in a meeting with reporters at Intelsat telex Alegrett had sent to Peru's minister of tems would harm the organization, and add- headquarters. indicated he saw nothing in- communications after Peru had agreed to co- ed: "We have faithfully reflected the policy consistent between such talk and the convic- ordinate on the PanAmSat system, virtually of this organization as determined by the tion that the staff could act objectively and urging a sovereign government to change its highest organs." But as for professionally in advising the board of gov- mind. and asked how parties could feel con- coordination matters, Colino said, "This staff is capable ernors on requests of member countries for fident of a fair hearing on a coordination of getting the facts on separate systems to coordination of such systems. Indeed. at one request in view of public statements by Co- decide whether to recommend if they would point in the exchange that became heated at lino and others regarding such systems. cause adverse economic harm." It was at times. he suggested the concern about the Both Colino and Alegrett said the organi- that point he said he could not deal "with staff springs from "paranoia." zation had behaved properly in the PanAm- paranoia. There is nothing in the organiza- The reporters had been invited for a brief- Sat matter. Indeed, Colino said the telex to tion's history," he said, to indicate the staff is ing on the results of the board of governors Peru did not constitute the first time the ex- anything but thorough, objective and profes- meeting in March and of the meeting of sig- ecutive has attempted to persuade member sional. natories last month. and on the likely agenda countries to abandon plans to buy transpon- Colino indicated, as he has on previous of the next board of governors meeting, to be ders from other systems rather than Intelsat. occasions, that his evident annoyance with held in Rio de Janeiro, June 18 -25. There Without offering specifics -other than to the U.S. policy on separate systems stems was little new in the presentation until Co- say the practice was well established" be- from the manner in which it was rooted. He lino announced. with some stress, that the fore he became director general, three years said other countries have considered but agenda for the June meeting does not yet ago -Colino said the staff had persuaded have not proceeded with separate systems, contain a request for "intersystem coordina- countries to forgo such plans on four occa- "Other signatories and parties worked within tion of any type whatever, and it is May." It sions. "We run this on a commercial basis," the organization to resolve prob- was a clear reference to the fact that time is Colino said. their lems.... Here there were no decisions. growing dangerously short for the U.S. and Things began heating up when reporters Companies were turned loose" before the Peru to submit a request for coordination of suggested that the U.S. -Peru coordination government had consulted with Intelsat. the proposed use of the Pan American Satel- might be rejected. "Why would I reject co- Meanwhile. the U.S.. Peru and PanAm- lite Corp. system if it is to be considered at ordination?" Colino asked. He said he did Sat are racing the clock in an effort to have the June meeting. Then. Jose Alegrett, dep- not even know what international services their coordination proposal before the board uty director general for business planning PanAmSat is proposing. When asked about of governors at its June meeting. Once the and external relations, disclosed that the the background of anti -separate- system board acts, the matter then goes to Peru signatory is interested in buying two statements against which the PanAmSat pro- the As- sembly of Parties, and Colino said that body cannot be called into an extraordinary meet- Geneva accord to ing on less than 30 days notice. The board's produce 500 new AM stations next quarterly meeting is in September. And PanAmSat -which last week petitioned the The western hemisphere meeting on planning the use of the 100 khz of spectrum FCC for another in a series of extensions of a space that has been added to the AM band ended in Geneva on Thursday, a day deadline for making a financial qualification ahead of schedule, with U.S. officials expressing satisfaction with the results. Its showing-is almost desperate to meet a mid - major objectives, in terms of planning procedure and power, were achieved. October date with an Arianespace rocket James McKinney, the chief of the FCC's Mass Media Bureau, who headed the U.S. scheduled for launch. Because of the lack of delegation to the three -week session in Geneva, said the conference could result in NASA space shuttle service, bookings for the establishment of 500 new AM stations in the U.S. on the 10 new channels. Arianespace rockets extend far into the fu- The will not conference be concluded until the completion of a second session, in ture. As a result, said Fred Landman, Pan - 1988. But McKinney said stations could be operating in the new band -from 1605 AmSat president,"we'd be out of business." khz to 1705 khz -by 1990. And at the commission, he said, "we will certainly make The FCC last week was reviewing the the (new spectrum space] available to any new broadcaster who knocks on our technical data supplied by PanAmSat in doors." He said three groups of broadcasters would benefit particularly from the hopes of transmitting it to Lima for review work of the conference- minorities, noncommercial types and daytimers. this week and then to Intelsat with a request McKinney expressed the hope the western hemisphere nations' action will send "a for coordination. A PanAmSat spokesman good, strong signal to the manufacturing industry and allow it to plan well in advance said that in an effort to avoid the delay that the production of the new radio receivers. He believes automobile radios with the occurs when Intelsat, as it invariably does, extended AM band "will soon" be in production. The technical standards applicable asks parties to a coordination request for ad- to the existing band are to be made applicable to the new 100 khz of spectrum. ditional data, the parties are providing not only the information routinely sought As for planning procedure, the session adopted the U.S.- Canada proposal for an by In- telsat but "every kind of information it has allotment approach. It permits flexibility in planning and, U.S. officials said, will ever requested" in a coordination. But even provide for a limited but equitable number of channels in border areas. McKinney under a best -case scenario, Colino indicated said, for example, that the U.S. and Canada will each be allotted five channels within the U.S. and Peru have their work cut out for some 200 miles of the border, larger numbers at greater distances from the border. them in securing board action in June. He As for power, the U.S. proposal for limiting power 1 at the border to kw with a noted that the Intelsat staff and then the nondirectional antenna and to 10 kw beyond 200 miles of the border, with a direction- board's technical committee must process al antenna, provided power output at the border did not exceed 1 kw. the data and then make their recommendations to the board. Broadcastingn May 5 1986 1í3,3G5.S000

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1 135 080* ' NTI; 1st 8 2nd 2 86 socket pieces " NTI NAC; 4 wks ending 2 21 86. ET ETW combined " NSI; 2 BFM: taking care of business Record turnout for 26th annual meeting through its NBC Productions (of which Tar- up the show if it is dropped. "I told him, `It's of broadcasting's bottom -liners in L.A.; tikoff is also president) or assign production a different ball game now,' " said. Tartikoff's Tartikoff keynote: strength of indies rights to another entity. Under current feder- "You don't have to worry only about [the al regulations, networks are prohibited from other networks] continuing production of a The more than I ,200 members the of Broad- syndicating such programing on their own. canceled show now. There are a lot more cast Financial Management Association and The move to continue in -house production, players in the game." The situation comedy, its subsidiary, Broadcast Credit Association, said Tartikoff, would be "a hedge against the from the creative minds behind NBC's celebrated their 26th annual convention last Universals, Warner Brothers and Para - Cheers, airs Saturday night following Gold- week (April 27 -30) in Los Angeles with a mounts, who don't want to be in the business en Girls. The latter, Tartikoff maintained, decidedly upbeat exchange on the theme, of deficit financing [such programing]." As was the "key" to NBC's prime time victory "Information for the Future." The gathering the NBC executive sees it, money received during the just -completed season. of top financial executives from broadcast- for Punky Brewster syndication and/or dis- "It brought the audience back to Saturday ing, cable, radio and allied fields came at a tribution rights "could serve to make the pro- night," he explained, noting that Golden time of steady economic growth in most sec- duction area of the network not only self- Girls' ratings success that evening gave a tors, according to BFM officials, who saw a sufficient, but competitive [in] bidding for a significant boost to all three networks. "The record turnout for the event. roster of writers and producers." real gamble was that we put Golden Girls on "Most of us are doing pretty well," said a If the Punky Brewster offer is picked up, Saturday night, which recently has been a business manager from an Iowa television it would mark the first time a network held a television graveyard." station, "although there's no question that direct ownership interest in a program it was our industry has become much more corn - not showing on its own schedule. The pro- petitive and more complicated during the gram is the only nonnews series in prime Mel Harris, television group president past few years." of time produced by NBC in -house and is con- Paramount Pictures Corp., told a luncheon The changing economic landscape was sidered a good prospect for syndication be- audience on Tuesday (April 29) that "the discussed in two major addresses, as well as cause it has drawn good ratings among chil- biggest challenge facing broadcast stations 25 smaller concurrent sessions and swap dren, despite low ratings overall in its and cable systems today is the development seminars. During a keynote presentation last position against CBS's 60 Minutes. Punky of good local retail management skills." Monday 28), (April NBC Entertainment Brewster would be the first network -pro- Expanding on his premise, Harris main- President Brandon Tartikoff stressed the duced entertainment series of the modern era tained that broadcasters and cable operators growing clout of independent stations, de- to enter first -run syndication. (During the are the equivalent of retailers and, as in other scribing several recent instances in which past season, CBS produced Twilight Zone businesses, "their success dictates their much of collective strength has affected network and ABC produced Moonlighting.) how wholesalers [studios like prime Paramount] time programing. "Independents now call the shots," Tarti- conduct their affairs." Tartikoff disclosed that NBC has received koff proclaimed in his Century Plaza hotel The executive emphasized that in the offers ranging from $25 million to $30 mil- speech, telling the story of how Universal modern entertainment industry, "the audi- lion for first -run syndication and/or produc- Television's upcoming prime time police ence controls our fate...The customer is in tion rights to the network-produced Punky drama, Crime Story, was almost dropped by the position where you need him or her more Brewster, a half-hour, live- action children's the studio this spring because of budget con- than he or she needs you." Increasing pro- series that NBC is not expected to renew for siderations. Although NBC -TV had com- graming competition and accessibility have next fall. He said the network has received mitted itself to a two -hour Crime Story pilot made today's audience more demanding bids for syndication and production rights and subsequent one -hour episodes, Univer- than ever, he said, especially with regard to for future episodes as well as the 44 seg- sal was reluctant to proceed with the produc- service. For that reason, Harris believes ments already made. Under the plan, NBC tion because of a lukewarm reception of its "only convenient viewing takes place to- would either continue to make the program Knight Rider and programs of a similar day," with viewers willing to pay extra for genre made available in off -network syndication. In the end, Universal parent MCA Inc. arranged to split domestic and international syndication rights to Crime Story with New World Pictures to get the new series on the air. Production started last month in Chi- cago on the series, which was created by Michael Mann, executive producer of NBC - TV's Miami Vice. Set in the 1960's, the series focuses on an elite squad of Chicago detectives who battle the city's organized crime bosses. The production is from The Michael Mann Co. (under contract to Uni- versal), in association with New World Tele- vision. Although he did not say whether the series would be canceled, Tartikoff said All is For- given, an NBC midseason comedy starring Bess Armstrong, has already received attention from at least one agent, who called him Harris recently to suggest CBS and ABC may pick Tartikoff

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Sony is a registered Trademark of Sony Corporation. The One and Only. Betacam and VIVAX are Trademarks of Sony Corporation. which Time expects to grow through additional acquisitions. "Frankly, by giving ATC its own separate access to the capital markets, it will be valued as a cable asset rather than as part of a conglomerate," Nicholas said. "It will be easier to attract better cable acquisitions. That is the principle underlying reason." HBO, he noted, is essentially a different business. It does not require as much capital, and therefore would not be included in an offering. ATC already has debt separate from its parent company but Nicholas said that a public stock offering would also provide access to the equity market. He added that ATC could make secondary stock offerings and that Time's ownership of the MSO might in the future not necessarily be at least 80 %- required for tax consolidation. Time stock (NYSE:TL) which had been trading at $60 two months ago, closed last Tuesday evening at $79, up $2. Mark Riely, a securities analyst with Eberstadt Fleming, said the stock had risen to near $60 early last year on takeover talk: It bounced around there for the rest of year and finally the Financial fellows. Among those on the dais at the BFM's luncheon were (l -r): James H. MacDer- company's operating fundamentals came up mott, KCNC -TV Denver and BFM chairman -elect: Hugh Del Regno, CBS Entertainment and BFM to support that price." Riely said that the past chairman, and William Hankins, KsHB -TV Kansas City, Mo., and BFM president -elect. higher prices being paid for cable systems boosts the potential the privilege. private market value of Time, which he now thinks is about $ I20 per A decade ago broadcast and motion pic- share. ture entertainment was an $8 billion -a -year Time will How much Time would get for 20% of business dominated by network affiliates sell ATC depends on several factors, including and neighborhood cinemas. he reminded at- a piece of ATC how much of the company's debt is attribut- tendees. Today, advertiser -supported televi- ed to the cable subsidiary, Riely said: "At sion takes in $20 billion and video other to the public $1,300 per subscriber, ATC's 2.7 million sources garner another $15 billion, includ- subscribers could easily be worth in excess ing about $5 billion paid annually for home Offering to be completed by of $3.5 billion, so 20% of that on the private video software. summer's end; antitakeover market would be $700 million. Then say the The competition among these sources has measures included in package stock market trades at a 30% discount, that reduced profit margins so that usage of any would bring it close to $500 million." medium depends increasingly on the retail- American Television & Communications Nicholas said the company would use net er's ability to capture local market share. Corp. (ATC) will likely be a public company proceeds from an offering to "... invest in "The Opening of Al Capone's Vault [the re- again. The cable MSO subsidiary of Time new and related businesses we are already in cent syndicated special] could have been on Inc., which had been a separate publicly - and, at appropriate prices, purchase the any channel," Harris observed. held company before it merged with Time in common stock of the parent (Time Inc.).- "The battle for audience is not a global late 1978, will now be partly spun -off to the one now," said Harris. "People don't live public, Time said last week, probably before globally. They think where they live...In the the end of the summer. past year [of media mergers and acquisi- Time also said it would take action to Infinity radio tions] especially, the big money has fired the hinder any hostile takeover by issuing a spe- big guns and now the battlefront is going to cial "stock purchase right," similar to those group goes public shift to hand -to -hand combat in the trench- recently issued by Tribune Co., McGraw - es." He stressed the pressing need to tailor Hill, A.H. Belo and other companies. The Shares priced at between $12 and $14; promotion and product to meet localized rights, exercisable 10 days after a tender of- company owns four AM's and six FM's consumer preferences. Customers will refer for 30% of Time's stock or after acquisi- spond positively to product perceived as tion of 20 %, would subject any outside com- Infinity Broadcasting Corp., a New York - valuable, localized, accessible and sold to pany attempting a merger to possibly having based group owner of four AM's and six them with expressions of appreciation, Har- its shares bought by the Time rights holders FM's, filed last week for an initial public ris said. at half the market price. offering of 3,325,000 shares of class A "You're going to have to get the consum- The Time Inc. statement, issued late Tues- stock. The prospectus for the offering gives ers' attention in order to make them watch day, said that the actions were the "first steps details about the company's current owner- you," he concluded. "You provide some ad- of a program designed to enhance share- ship and the financial performance of its sta- ditional service in order to keep that custom- holder value and to position the company for tions, as well as that of its recent $41- million er coming back. That's what indies do to future expansion." acquisition of KROQ -FM Pasadena (Los An- affiliates, that's what cable does to standard Nick J. Nicholas Jr., Time's executive geles), Calif. television, that's what video stores do to pay vice president in charge of the Video Group, The offering, through Shearson Lehman TV." told BROADCASTING that ATC's recent joint Brothers, will be priced, it is currently esti- In the case of broadcast television, said venture with Houston Industries for roughly mated, at between $12 and $14 per share. the Paramount executive, that may well a $450- million share of Group W Cable The company will be selling 2.25 million of mean "being involved in a major way in the would be linked to the ATC offering. the shares, and will be using $22 million of community. Public service may no longer be Nicholas said that Time did not want to the net proceeds to repay existing debt, with a legal obligation, but a commercial part of spin off ATC completely to Time's share- the remaining net proceeds being used for your business if you're going to keep your holders because the second-ranked MSO is "general corporate purposes." The group share of the business." considered an "important strategic asset," owner has applied for a stock listing on

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27 DON DEFORE 28 MELISSA GILBERT 29 DON JOHNSON 30 MARY STUART 31 ED MCMAHON 32 ARLENE FRANCIS 33 NORMAN LLOYD 34 GENE BARRY 35 BARBARA EDEN 36 DANIEL J. TRAVANTI 37 PIERCE BROSNAN 38 CHARLOTTE RAE 39 RALPH EDWARDS 40 ED HERLIHY 41 ROBERT VAUGHN 42 PATTI PAGE 43 TED DANSON 44 JACK PAAR 45 JULIE HARRIS 46 BETTY WHITE 47 BERT PARKS 48 SHELLEY LONG 49 EDWIN NEWMAN 50 HOPE LANGE 51 CARL REINER 52 SID CAESAR 53 DAN ROWAN 1926 MY CELE E RAT[ ThN A ONCE-IN -A- LIFETIME GATHERING OF STARS HONORING 60 YEARS OF NBC BROADCAST MAY 12,1986.

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1986 NASDAQ under the symbol of INFYA. Current owners of Infinity are proposing Fifth Estate Quarterly Earnings to sell 1.075,000 shares in the offering. Company Quarter Revenue °6 Earnings They include Michael A. Wiener. chairman °ó EPS" (000) change ' (who would sell 371,238 shares); Gerald (000) change Carrus, president and treasurer (371.238). Adams -Russell Second $40,068 25 and Mel Karmazin, executive vice president $2,288 6 $0.36 A.H. Belo First $90,161 4 $1.602 (83,289). Afterwards, Carrus and Wiener -33 $0.14 Cohu First $7,428 -3 will each own 24.64% of the outstanding $349 -47 $0.11 Compact Video "" $24,164 -16 stock, and Karmazin will own 5.56 %. ($107) NM ($0.02) All Walt Disney Co. Second $592,422 three were executives at 31 $51,804 48 $0.38 Metromedia. Wie- Harris Corp. Third ner $517,307 -10 $15,298 -11 $0.38 founded Infinity in 1972. Heritage Also selling stock are several insurance Communications First companies $37,681 10 $529 -62 $0.03 that currently own just over I2e/ King World of the company. Certain investors addition- Productions Second $23,169 56 ally have 570,000 warrants outstanding to $2,602 53 $0.25 MCA Inc. First $513,958 19 buy common stock at one cent per share. $30,920 68 $0.41 Meredith Corp. Third $145,427 22 $7.697 Current owners will continue to own all of -21 $0.81 Multimedia First $81,844 11 ($5,425) NM ($0.49) the class B stock, each share of which has I O Pico Products Second $6,882 19 votes per share, ($327) NM ($0.09) compared to one vote per Satellite Music class A share. The publicly held class A Network First $3.361 17 $118 1,934 $0.01 shares will be entitled to elect, voting a as TCA Cable TV First $11,642 group, one director. 14 $1,190 -24 $0.14 TM Communications First $3,869 115 Infinity owns KoMEtFM) San Jose, Calif.. $235 5.531 $0.03 Times Mirror First $693,011 -3 $34,463 -22 WJJD(AM).WJMK(FM) Chicago; WBCN(FM) $0.53 Boston; * Percentage WJIT(AM)- WXRK(FM) New York. changefrom same period year before.** Earnings per share. Parentheses indicate loss. NM means not WYSP(FM) Philadelphia and KXYL(AM) Hous- ueaningfal. " Compact Video has changed fiscal year to end Dec. 31. Results are for right months ton. It has sold KCBQ -AM -FM San Diego for ending Dec. 31 (previous year's eight -month results are unaudited). A.H. $12.2 million and has bought KROQ -FM for Belo had operating income of $12.5 million, down 14 %. Broadcasting revenue for $41 first million ($36 million in cash), subject to quarter was $36.4 million, up 4 %. Chairman James Moroney said Each of our television certain adjustments. Both transactions arc properties produced overall sales gains; however, local spot sales in our Dallas and Tulsa stations were below the prior year period." He added that downturn in energy economy had "impact on advertising expenditures in a number of our key markets," and that consequently, "the company's performance will not achieve our earlier expectations." Pre -tax income for Cohu was down 47 %, to $348,936. For eight months ending Dec. 31, 1984, Compact Video had net loss of $4 million. Company had pre -tax income of $891,000, which was reduced by $529,000 after -tax reserve for settlement of class- action securities litigation against company. Wart Disney Co. had operating income of $131.4 million. Pre -tax income for Harris Corp. dropped 25 %, to $18.2 million. Operating flow cash for Heritage Communications (earnings before depreciation, amortization, interest, other income and taxes) increased 20 %, to $8.8 million; operating income increased 13 %, to $4.2 million. Company's net interest expense increased 194 %, to $3.9 million. Heritage senior vice president- finance, David Lundquist, said: "These results Wiener were Carrus as expected. Except for the softness in pay unit demand in the Midwest and awaiting FCC approval. Audited figures for decreased results in certain of our communications products operations, our results were very good." KROQ -FM show the station had 1985 net rev- Income from operations for King World Productions was $5.2 million, up 39 enue of $5.7 million, up from 1984 but be- %. Company said that for six months ending Feb. 26, Wheel of Fortune earned $39.6 million in license fees low the $6.8 million taken in 1983. KROQ- (including barter advertising revenue); Jeopardy earned $20.1 FM's "earnings from broadcast operations. million, while Headline Chasers took in $6 million. Television division of MCA reported revenue excluding corporate expenses, depreciation gain of 24%, to $158 million. Company's operating income was up 105 %, to and amortization," were $2.65 million. $45.7 million. Effective tax rate doubled over first quarter of 1985, to 30 %. Meredith The prospectus said an outside 20% own- Chief Executive Officer Robert A. Burnett said "overall business conditions were soft." er of WJIT(AM) has a nonassignable purchase Income from operations was $10.8 million, down 4 %. Multimedia Inc. showed net option and right of first refusal -ending in income of $7.6 million in first quarter of 1985. Loss occurred this year-despite 31% increase 1988 -to buy out Infinity's 80% interest. It in operating profit to $20.9 million -due to $28.4- million interest expense in- as result also noted that revenue and earnings from curred of company's recapitalization (Multimedia had 11 million shares in first wBCN -FM Boston have been "significantly quarter, compared to 16.7 million shares last year). Broadcasting revenue was up 8%, to more" than the other radio stations. $22.5 million, and entertainment revenue was up 23 %, to $13 million. Pico Products had For calendar 1985, Infinity had revenue of net loss of $614,162 in previous year's second quarter. Gross profit for communications $41.5 million, earnings before depreciation manufacturing company was up 25 %, to $2.03 million. Company said: "Sales and production and amortization of $9.87 million and pre- of cable TV security products has improved dramatically and we believe this will tax income before extraordinary items of division return to historical levels of profitability in the third quarter (ending April 30)." $3.4 million. For stations that the company Company said that sales of home satellite products continued to be "disappointing," and that owned for both 1984 and 1985, revenue de- it was difficult to judge intermediate effects of "satellite 'recession'." TCA Cable TV said more creased between the two years by 3.4 %, to than half of decrease in net earning was attributable to "recognition of loss ...on the $32 million, while total expenses increased early extinguishment of debt." Remainder of decrease in net income, Tyler, Tex. - 5.9 %, "primarily because of increased ad- based MSO said, was result of increased operating expenses, including fact that: "Many program vertising, promotion and sales -related ex- suppliers did not charge fees for their programs during the first quarter of 1985, but penses." Infinity said a "significant" portion subsequently began charging the company fees ranging from eight cents to 20 cents per of the revenue decrease came from its New subscriber per month." TM Communications President Patrick Shaughnessy said York FM, which, until July 1985, had the company intends to pursue acquisitions of radio stations in markets with population call letters WKTU-FM and a disco format; it is between 200,000 and one million. Broadcasting group of Times Mirror Corp. was only now AOR WXRK(FM). For the as yet unre- division to show operating profit increase (52% to $13.8 million on 14% increase in ported first quarter, the company said it ex- revenue to $29.5 million). Company attributed improved results of television operations to pects revenue and earnings, excluding non- "increased advertising and lower programing costs." Operating profit for company dropped 14 %, to recurring items, to "increase slightly." Cl $81.5 million.

Broadcasting May 5 1986 52 Donahue makes another point. America's number one daytime syndicated program just added another full rating point! Donahue is up in every male, female and adult demographic. In each of the 3 key- women -viewer categories alone, W 18 -34, W 18 -49 and W25 -54, Donahue's audience has grown over 20%. Nobody else comes close. There's only one Donahue. And he's still number one.

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New guidelines. The FCC's industry advisory group committee finished its work last week after producing a series of recommendations star plans to use the time to get SyndiStar, its new syndication program designed to limit interference among communications satellites as the distribution service, off the ground. Satcom K -2 is an attractive bird for FCC gradually reduces the spacing between satellites from four or the distribution of programing to broadcast stations. By virtue of RCAs three degrees to two degrees. Whether any of the recommendations dish give -away program, nearly 700 stations now have dishes aimed becomes an FCC rule will depend on the outcome of a rulemaking exclusively at Satcom K -2. Brightstar already has one customer for proceeding the FCC is expected to begin late this summer. SyndiStar, Gaylord Productions Co., for which it will distribute two half - Many of the recommendations are aimed at insuring that satellite hour shows. uplinks are of sufficient size and quality that they don't generate stray Changes at Comsat. As part of Comsat's continuing effort to cut signals that can interfere with other satellites. The group was particu- costs, Comsat General has let go about 20 employes over the last larly concerned about video uplinks which pose the greatest interfer- few weeks, but half have been absorbed by other Comsat units, ence threat because of the powerful, wideband signals they send out. according to Judy Blake, a spokeswoman for Comsat General. Most Among the group's recommendations: that manufacturers certify of those who didn't find work elsewhere in the corporation, she said, that their uplinks meet FCC interference standards as a prerequisite to were secretaries, word processors and others involved in "support the FCC's approving the uplinks' use; that users verify that their new functions." Comsat General's principal business is the lease of a Ku- uplinks perform as certified; that users of transportable uplinks con- band satellite network to NBC for production backhaul and the duct transmit -pattern and receive -pattern checks once a year and a distribution of network programing. transmit-pattern or receive-pattern test prior to each use; that all video The layoffs and redeployment follow by several weeks a reorgani- satellite signals include a "video indentifier" so that interfering video zation of Comsat's various operating divisions. Under the reorgani- be signals can traced to their source. zation, Comsat's half interest in Hi -Net Communications was taken An ad hoc working group rejected the FCC's proposal to use "fill out of Comsat General to form the core of a new division, Comsat criteria" to determine whether exisiting satellite operators should be Video Enterprises, which will explore other businesses like Hi -Net granted permits to build and launch additional satellites. The idea is that involve "the delivery of entertainment." Hi -Net, a joint venture that a satellite not carrier should be granted permission to put up new with Holiday Inns, is building a Ku -band satellite network for the satellites if it hasn't filled its old ones. The ad hoc group said that such delivery of cable programing to hotels and motels. David Beddow were criteria impractical. It would be difficult to define a set of fill heads the new division as vice president -general manager. Mean- criteria...because current and planned domsat system designs and while, Intelsat and Inmarsat were spun out of the Space Communi- operational practices are very varied," it said. And, it added, the "very cations Division and into their own Vabrld Systems Division. For the high initial investment...coupled with the recent cost increases in time being, Blake said, Joel Alper will head both Space Communica- launch systems and insurance has moderated the demand for orbit - tions and World Systems as president of the former and vice presi- /spectrum. If this trend continues as is likely, the FCC may not have a dent- general manager of the latter. In an April 4 speech, Alper said problem in the near future in accommodating new applicants...." he would step down as chairman of the Intelsat board of directors in New on the scene. The latest company to target the burgeoning June. satellite newsgathering market is The Raycom Group, Baltimore. Its Looking heavenward. Dominion Video Satellite Inc., which has offering Sky -Link, a four -channel audio communications package. Ac- been struggling to become the first high -power satellite broadcast- cording to Les Lear, vice president of marketing, it can be incorporat- er for nearly five years, has agreed to buy two direct broadcast ed into an SNG vehicle or used In a stand -alone configuration" with its satellites from Comsat (BROADCASTING, April 28). But to do so, it has to four-foot dish antenna. Raycom has also developed a line of micro- come up with plenty of cash prior to the scheduled closing in Decem- wave power amplifier for ENG. ber. How much Dominion is paying for the three -transponder satellites In perfect harmony. Visnews International, New York, will be using was not disclosed, nor was how much it has to come up with in the Intelsat and Western Union satellite systems to bring together advance. Coca -Cola on bottlers six continents this Thursday (May 8) to sing To raise the necessary cash, Dominion is apparently trying to sell happy birthday in celebration of Coca- Cola's 100th anniversary. Ac- home earth stations to born -again Christians before it begins service. to cording a Visnews spokesman Steve Fisher, Visnews will set up a In its promotional material, Dominion is asking what it calls "evangeli- closed- circuit satellite network, permitting Coke officials and bottlers cal Christians" to make a down payment of $175 -approximately 30% at the main gathering at Atlanta's Nbrld Congress Center to witness on of the total cost-for a two -foot earth station. The unit, the literature five large screens similar gatherings in London, Tokyo, Sydney, Rio de says, will allow Christians to tune into The John 17:21 Channeland the Janeiro and Nairobi, Kenya. At the appointed moment, all will sing rest of Dominions lineup of "wholesome" entertainment and informa- happy birthday to the soft-drink giant. For the event to come off, he tional programing. According to Dominion, the John 17:21 Channel is said, technicians have to synchronize the audio of the five satellite an amalgamation of the efforts of more than 20 religious broadcasters. feeds, which is easier said than the done given delays inherent in Let's see if It floats. Comsat Maritime Services is offering a new satellite audio. service: television transmission to ships at sea in the Atlantic and Visnews and Coca -Cola plan to fire up the network again on Friday Pacific oceans via the Inmarsat satellite system According to Comsat for another display of satellite pyrotechnics: the first international do- spokeswoman Kim Baumgarten, Comsat hopes to sell the service to mino fall. The dominos will begin falling in Atlanta and, through a series distributors of video information and entertainment who feel they have of electronic triggers, continue falling at the five other venues. a market on the high seas. Standard The bearer. American Teleport Association has come up The service is not cheap. Comsat has filed a tariff with the FCC that with a standard for digital communications modems for transmiting puts the price of a 15- minute block of time during off -peak hours (10 and receiving data at rates of anywhere from 64 kilobits per second to p.m. to 6 a.m. NYT) for a month at $19,100. Baumgarten said Comsat 1.544 megabits per second. According to Larry Adams, vice presi- plans to file an occasional -use tariff setting a rate of $3,500 per hour. dent, engineering and technical operations, CTM, a Washington - The service will be available as soon as the monthly tariff takes effect, based teleport, and chairman of ATAS engineering standards commit- which is expected to occur May 24, she said. tee, standard modems will permit independent teleports to send data Comsat will not pump conventional television signals over the Inmar- to one another. The is standard "tailored" after Intelsats standard, he sat system, but compressed digital (768 kilobits per second) ones. said. That means a teleport could use a single modem for domestic The compression degrades the picture. Baumgarten said, but not and international digital traffic, he said. ATA expects to formally en- severely. "It's really pretty good," she said. In a filing with the FCC, dorse the standard at its annual meeting in January 1987.1n the mean- Comsat said the transmission system has been repeatedly tested. time, it will be encouraging manufacturers to build "standard" mo- Last January, it said, it transmitted the Super Bowl to passengers on dems. board the Queen Elizabeth II. "An audience of nearly 800 people Brightstar on K-2. Brightstar Communications of America has en- viewed the Super Bowl and was highly satisfied with the quality and tered into a five -year agreement with RCA Americom for the lease of an clarity of the transmission."

Broadcasting May 5 1986 54 LISTEN TO WHAT PROGRAM BUYERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE SAYING ABOUT DR. RUTH.

MICKEY HOOTEN LINDA DOSH CHARLES EDWARDS Vice President, Program & Promotion Executive Vice The Hearst Corporation Manager -WWMT President -Gaylord and General Manager Grand Rapids Broadcasting of Television "She knows how to turn sensitive "Independent stations have "We feel she is just right to im- subject matter into intelligent, always had a problem prove our ratings against the entertaining discussion without generating ratings in daytime, competition. If Johnny Carson, embarrassment. It's an original and especially mornings. David Hartmann, David concept which is of interest to Dr. Ruth gives us the advantage Letterman, and Phil Donahue everyone and right for today's of becoming the anchor for a want her on their shows for the audiences." series of programs that would DR. RUTH sweeps, it means to me that she have good ratings potential in has the power to draw in an that time period." WESTHEIMER audience."

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Capital Cities ABC 229 225 4 1.77 21 & 2975 0 Ally Gargano 10 5/8 9 1 58 18.05 10 23 CBS 132 1/8 134 1/2 2 3/8 1.76 1097 - - 29 0 BBDO Inc. 33 35 - 2 - 5.71 11 425 Clear Channel 14 3/4 16 1/4 1 1/2 9.23 43 - - 22 0 Compact Video 6 3/8 6 314 - 3/8 - 555 27 Gult Broadcasting 3/16 1/8 1/16 5000 8 N Comsat 36 1/2 36 3/4 - 1l4 - 0.68 11 661 Jacor Commun 6 3/8 6 3/8 36 0 Doyle Dane B 26 3/4 26 3/4 18 141 LIN 42 1/8 43 3/4 - 1 5/8 3.71 29 1.112 N Foote & - Cone B. 64 65 1/4 - 1 114 - 1.91 16 243 Malrite 16 3/4 17 1/8 - 3/8 - 2.18 20 139 0 Grey Advertising 23 235 2 .85 14 142 Mainte 'A' 15 16 1/2 1 1/2 9.09 18 - - 63 N Interpublic Group 5 1/4 57 5/8 - 2 3/8 4 12 18 602 Price - Commun. 11 5/8 10 7/8 3/4 6.89 86 N JWT Group 3 5/8 39 12 - 2 78 - 7.27 20 331 Scripps Howard 57 1/2 55 1/2 2 360 19 593 A Movielab 5/8 7 5'8 8.92 12 SunGroup Inc 4 1/4 4 1/4 7 0 Ogilvy Group 3 1/4 37 1/4 - 1 - 2.68 11 497 Taft 93 1/4 95 1/4 2 - - 2.09 20 842 0 Saatchi & Saatchi 3 43 - 4 - 9.30 23 490 TVX Broadcast Group 10 3/4 10 3/4 44 63 0 Telemation 3/4 6 34 6 7 United Television 30 1/8 30 1/2 318 1.22 91 329 Tempo - - 0 Enterprises 3/4 8 3'4 1 11.42 37 56 A Unitel Video 1/4 8 78 36 4.22 20 N Western Union 114 6 1/4 152 BROADCASTING WITH OTHER MAJOR INTERESTS

N A.H. Belo 50 7/8 52 114 - 1 3/8 - 2.63 24 588 A Adams Russell 36 5/8 36 3/8 1/4 68 23 226 CABLE

A Affiliated Pubs 45 46 3/4 - 1 3/4 - 3.74 28 827 A Acton Corp. 2 718 2 3/4 1/8 4.54 16 N American Family 29 7/8 31 5/8 - 1 3/4 - 5.53 14 1,194 0 AM Cable TV 1 0 Assoc. Commun. 44 3/4 44 34 213 1 7/16 1/2 - 1.16 - 4.16 5 0 Cardiff Commun. 1 N Chris -Craft 69 67 2 2.98 49 441 1 3/8 3,8 3 2 N Centel Corp 50 50 N Gannett Co. 73 1/2 72 7/8 5/8 85 23 5,898 3/4 5/8 118 24 11 1 404 0 Century Commun N GenCorp 69 7/8 72 3/4 - 2 7/8 - 3.95 20 1.529 12 7/8 12 7/8 257 249 0 Comcast 0 Gray Commun. 138 138 23 68 25 7/8 26 318 - 1/2 - 1.89 44 551 N Heritage Commun. 24 3/8 25 114 78 47 N Jefferson-Pilot 51 1/8 52 34 - 1 5/8 - 308 7 1.460 - - 346 385 0 Jones Intercable 13 1 N John Blair 26 1/4 26 1!2 - 1/4 - 094 212 12 - - 7.69 52 124 T Maclean Hunter 'X' 19 3/8 19 5/8 1!4 1.27 0 Josephson Intl. 11 1/2 9 3/4 1 34 17.94 54 - - 26 713 T Rogers Cable 'A' 15 N Knight -Ridder 52 1/8 49 7/8 2 1/4 451 23 2.919 14 3/8 - 5/8 - 4.16 73 0 Rogers Cable 'B' 14 3/4 14 7/8 1/8 N Lee Enterprises 26 3/8 25 1 38 5.50 22 668 - - 0.84 346 0 TCA Cable TV N Liberty 43 3/8 43 16 1/4 57 18 437 18 3/4 25 5/8 - 6 78 - 26.82 25 125 0 Tele- Commun 47 7/8 N McGrawHill 53 5/8 57 - 3 3/8 - 5.92 18 2.702 51 1/8 - 3 1i4 - 6.35 2,250 N Time Inc A Media General 91 1/2 91 1/2 .54 19 644 79 7/8 76 3 7/8 5.09 25 5.010 0 United Artists Commun 31 28 1/2 2 1/2 8 77 45 N Meredith Corp. 76 77 1/4 - 1 1/4 - 1.61 14 719 636 N United Cable TV 27 1 0 Multimedia 35 1/4 35 1/4 71 387 3/4 28 3'4 - - 3.47 42 419 N Viacom A New York Times 63 7/8 63 3/4 1/8 19 22 2,551 63 7/8 64 1/4 - 38 - 0.58 24 1.293 0 Park Commun. 28 27 3/4 1/4 90 25 386

N Rollins Commun. 33 7/8 32 3/8 1 1/2 4.63 38 494 T Selkirk 25 7/8 25 7/8 3.50 56 210 ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING 0 Stauffer Commun 125 125 20 125

N 3M 104 3 4 133 1 3 4 1.69 18 A Tech Ops Inc. 28 3/8 28 1i4 1 ;8 .44 5 62 11.982 N Allied-Signal 51 78 51 16 N Times Mirror 56 3/8 58 1/2 - 2 1/8 - 3.63 14 3.638 3/4 1.46 10 9031 N Anixter Brothers 22 7 8 22 3/4 1/8 .54 21 416 N Tribune 65 1/4 67 - 1 314 - 2.61 22 2.646 N Arvin Industries A Turner Bcstg 24 1/4 24 1/4 1.04 56 528 31 5 8 31 3/4 - 1/8 - 0.39 14 492 0 Burnup & Sims 5 5 8 5 1/2 1/8 2.27 10 A Washington Post 163 164 - 1 - 0.60 19 2.089 50 0 C -Cor Electronics 5 3 8 5 1/4 1/8 2.38 16 0 Cable TV Indus 3 3 1/2 - 1/2 - 14.28 150 9 A Cetec 8 1,8 8 1/2 3/8 4.41 19 PROGRAMING - - 16 0 Chyron 5 3/4 6 1/8 - 38 - 6.12 18 58 All TV 7 A CMX Corp 1 3/4 1 3/4 American 8 3.4 - 1 3/4 - 20.00 8 6 A Cohu 8 3/4 8 American Nat. Ent 2 1'8 2 5/16 - 3/16 - 8.10 10 5 548 1/8 1.44 8 15 N Conrac 16 Barris Indus 21 3.8 23 7/8 - 2 1/2 - 10 47 26 189 17 1/2 7/8 5/8 3.70 20 105 N Eastman Kodak 1 Coca -Cola 111 1/2 117 1/8 - 5 5/8 - 4.80 22 14.584 58 1/4 60 - 3/4 - 2.91 18 13.145 0 Elec Mis & Comm. 3 1/8 3 3/8 1/4 7.40 Disney 44 7/8 47 7/8 - 3 - 6.26 31 5.805 - - 12 N Gen. Instrument Dow Jones & Co. 51 51 3/8 - 38 - 0.72 23 3.288 21 1/4 20 3/4 1/2 2.40 686 N General Electric 78 1/8 78 76 3/4 15 Financial News 8 1/2 8 7/8 - 3/8 - 4.22 212 91 - - 0.95 35.594 0 Geotel Inc 1 5/8 1 3/4 1/8 7.14 Four Star 5 3/4 6 3/8 - 513 - 9.80 6 4 - - 27 5 N Harris Corp. 32 1/4 29 3/4 2 1/2 1.298 Fries Entertain. 8 3/4 8 7/8 - 1/8 - 1.40 11 30 8.40 21 N MA Com. Inc. 16 7/8 16 1/8 Gulf + Western 56 7/8 59 3/4 - 2 78 - 4.81 16 3.504 314 .74 22 734 0 Microdyne 5 7/8 6 1/2 5/8 9.61 26 Hal Roach 15 1/4 13 5/8 1 56 11.92 84 - - 26 N Motorola 46 3/8 48 1/4 1 7B 76 King World 41 3/4 40 1 3/4 4.37 27 425 - - 3.88 5526 Lorimar- N N.A. Philips 45 46 112 1 1/2 3.22 15 1.299 Telepictures 25 3/4 27 3/8 - 1 5/8 - 5.93 9 200 - - MCA N Oak Industries 1 1/2 1 3/4 1i4 - 14.28 46 52 1/2 53 3/4 - 1 1/4 - 2.32 33 3934 - A Pico Products 2 3/4 3 1.8 12.00 New World Pictures . . 20 1/4 17 1/2 2 3/4 15.71 81 173 - 3/8 - 9 N RCA Orion Pictures 13 38 12 7/8 1/2 3.88 127 65 3/8 64 78 1/2 .77 16 5.868 N Rockwell Intl. 1/4 47 7/8 11 Playboy Ent 7 1.8 7 3/8 - 1i4 - 3.38 67 44 - 3 5/8 - 7.57 6.607 N Sci- Atlanta 11 Reeves Commun. 14 7/8 14 1/4 518 4.38 185 11 3'8 - 3/8 - 3.29 15 257 N Sony Corp 22 3/4 21 1 4.59 15 Republic Pictures 'A' 11 11 78 31 34 5.253 N Tektronix 56 1 Republic Pictures 'B' 10 10 71 7 58 1/2 3/4 3/4 3.08 17 1,157 N Varian Assoc. 1 Robert Halmi 4 1/2 4 38 1/8 2.85 64 78 29 1/4 28 118 1/8 4.00 41 623 N Westinghouse Sat. Music Net. 8 3/8 8 1/4 1/8 1.51 56 51 54 5,8 - 3 5/8 - 6.63 14 8.908 N Zenith 27 5/8 26 3/8 1 1/4 4.73 1,381 Warner Communications . 47 3/8 47 1/8 1/4 .53 2.911 638 Westwood One 27 27 1/2 12 1.81 23 91 - - Standard & Poor's 400 .. 262.64 260.22 2 42 0 92

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I: P R O P ER T I Communications policymakers and studiers ponder deregulation Three -day conference in Airlie, Va., provides varied perspectives on mass media issues and FCC's handiwork

An annual gathering of telecommunications policy researchers outside Washington last week turned into a three -day debate over the FCC's deregulatory agenda, with the impact of some of the commission's policies disputed by many among the approximately 240 academics and industry and government representatives in attendance. Fontes. Walsh, Wirth, Firestone and Botein The meeting, held April 27 -30 at a "bowling alley into the subconscious ") is the audience that "burgeoning media forms' countryside retreat in Airlie, Va., 45 miles most powerful medium to influence public have made antitrust concerns about broad- west of Washington, brought diverse view- opinion ever created, he said, and the fair- casting acquisitions largely "invalid." He points to bear on such mass media issues as ness doctrine "insures this monopoly power also warned that while "diversity" in owner- the fairness doctrine, ownership, radio di- is not misused." ship was ideal in the abstract, it was an versity, cable deregulation and market corn- The doctrine is a "smooth administrative "amorphous policy tool" in the hands of petition. scheme which strongly favors" the media, government and could end up being used in Trends in telecommunications satellites, according to Schwartzman, and its 'chilling ways detrimental to the goal of diversity it- European media and telephony occupied the effect' is minimal, particularly when corn - self. remainder of the 14th annual conference's pared to existing libel laws, which by con- Thomas Rogers, senior counsel, House nearly three dozen sessions, as did luncheon trast "pose a serious threat to journalistic Telecommunications Subcommittee, was speeches by former FCC Commissioner freedom." critical of Rule's antitrust analysis, calling it Henry Rivera (see box, page 60) and con- Also questioning whether market mecha- insufficient when dealing with a "special sumer advocate Samuel Simon. nisms could serve in place of the regulation type of commodity" like broadcasting, and Debate over the fairness doctrine, which of content was Roy Fisher, former dean of recalling that disagreement in recent years the FCC has asked Congress to consider re- the University of Missouri's School of Jour- between Congress and the FCC centered pealing, opened the conference Sunday nalism and former editor-in -chief of the Chi- mainly on ownership diversification issues, night, April 27. Timothy Dyk, of the Wash- cago Daily News. "Broadcasting is some- including minority and' women preferences ington law of firm Wilmer, Cutler & Picker- thing more than a business," he noted. on lotteries, multiple and local ownership ing and counsel for various broadcast inter- Fisher expressed his concern about a situa- and financial interest and syndication rules. ests, began the debate by arguing that the tion where "profits can be their [broadcast- One aspect of increased broadcaster merg- doctrine runs against "the very tradition of ers] conscience," and told the audience: er activity also concerned Rogers, who said the First Amendment. Fairness should not be "The conscience of the free market is the the congressional "verdict is still out" on left to a government bureaucracy to accom- conscience of a whorehouse." whether the substantial debt undertaken in plish." The doctrine's presence "inhibits" The effectiveness of marketplace mecha- some acquisitions may actually weaken debate, he said, preventing broadcasters nisms to diversify mass media ownership broadcast entities' ability to product certain from presenting controversial ideas and in- also arose at a 'ILesday, April 29, session, types of programs, such as those on public creasing the media's "blandness." with representatives of U.S. Congress, the affairs. Also citing a "chilling effect" was Craig business community and academia. Despite a defense of such highly lever- Smith of the Freedom of Expression Founda- One panelist arguing that current deregu- aged broadcast purchases by panelist Gary tion, who told the 50 to 60 in attendance that latory approaches could serve that end was Ozanich of the Wall Street securities firm, processes used to carry out the standards Harvard University's Benjamin Compaine, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Henry were unnecessarily lengthy, lacked consis- who reviewed growth in the number of over- Geller, director of the Washington Center for tency and were often used by groups to ha- all outlets and noted that "there are more and Public Policy Research and former director rass licensees. more out there, basically owned by more of the National Telecommunications and In- Andrew Jay Schwartzmann of the Media and more people; competition is fierce." formation Administration, also voiced his Access Project disputed the two, saying: Agreeing with that finding was Charles concern about the trend. "We have created a protected monopoly. It's (Rick) Rule, deputy assistant attorney gener- "Takeovers as a market discipline are too late to unscramble the omelet." Broad- al in the antitrust division of the Department okay," Geller said, "but the problem is casting (which he referred to at one point as a of Justice. Rule told the several dozen in the broadcasting is not just a business; it has to

Kunkel, Baer and Neuman Geller, Compaine and Rogers

Broadcasting May 5 1986 58 THE FCC WWK REVIEW BOARD GRANTS WTVK, WINS ONE KNOXVILLE'S THE NBC AFFILIATE, THE OPEN VHF HARD WAY. CHANNEL 8 WITH THESE WORDS OF PRAISE:

Ì..WTVK HAS ACQUIRED ITS SURPASSING ENTITLEM ENT TO THE NEW KNOXVILLE VHF FREQUENCY THE HARD WAY: IT HAS EARNED IT""

CONTRATULATIONS WM FROM SELTEL COMMITTED TO PERFORMANCE serve the public interest. Can it seriously serve the public interest with that enormous A look back. Former FCC Commissioner Henry M. Rivera debt overhang ?" spoke at a telecommunications policy research conference Cable deregulation also came up for re- luncheon last Tuesday in a brief but candid review of his view during the conference at a Monday, recently ended tenure at the commission (see story on con- April 28, session where panelists disputed ference, page 58). policies spelled out in the 1984 Cable Act, as Rivera, now a partner in the Washington communications well as those now under consideration gov- law firm of Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, defended his former erning must carry. colleagues at the FCC against criticisms that they were taking The University of Denver's Michael deregulatory policies too far. Rivera, while citing at least two Wirth attacked the cable act as not going far issues in the mass media area on which he "departed" from enough in providing rights to cable and criti- other commissioners, children's television and diversity of cized its "taxation by regulation" approach, ownership, argued that the FCC is "not performing massive by which franchised cable operators are pro- chain -saw surgery" on communications law in pursuit of dere- tected from direct competition from other gulation, but was taking a "reasonable approach" to the process of replacing regulation cable entrepreneurs at the price of having to with market competition. They are not free- market zealots," he added, in fact, there isn't deliver unprofitable access channels and in- a chain saw in sight." teractive services, among other burdensome Asked whether, in retrospect, he found a five -member commission preferable to a requirements. "The scheme is ill advised on seven -member one (he served on both types), Rivera said that the FCC "worked better" First Amendment and economic grounds. when there were seven, although he didn't mind the increased power he acquired as one 1984 The act should be amended. of only five commissioners. "The commission has suffered as a result" of having only five Defending the act, however, were panel- commissioners, he commented, while with seven, "there was a lot more input to the ists Charles Walsh of law firm of Fleischman sausage making; it was better sausage." & Walsh, Charles Firestone of the Universi- Pressed on what one questioner referred to as serious cutbacks on data gathering by ty of California at Los Angeles and Brian the commission, such as minimal research on current considerations of cable must Fontes, carry, special assistant to FCC Commis- Rivera said he agreed "wholeheartedly" that the commission had a responsibility to sioner James Quello. Commented Walsh: collect data, but added the agency had a "tough row to hoe" because of general govern- "The cable industry has to view the act as a ment cutbacks, and praised Chairman Mark Fowler for what he viewed as the efficient use win -win situation. While it did contain eco- of limited budgets. nomic regulations the cable industry clearly disliked, we had to stomach it as part of the hat only videocassette recorder compromise" which cable technology of the University of Kansas, who reviewed a gained freedom was a serious competitor to with from rate regulation cable, STV historical study of the growth of the TVRO and improved its fran- and Ku -band DBS chise renewal processes. "dead," MDS "dying rap- business, and later noted that "with the tre- idly" in its single -channel form, On the must -carry issue, Michael Botein, and mendous glut of TVRO's [resulting in drasti- SMATV little more than a "wart on the co- director of Columbia University's center nose" cally slowed market growth since announce- of the cable industry. ments for telecommunications and information of scrambling plans by major satellite The C -band direct -to -home business, us- studies and law professor New program services], it will be interesting to at York Law ing television -receive -only satellite dishes School, offered results of a preliminary see what cable does with its opportunity to (TVRO's), presents a "niche market," Baer raise rates." study that showed some of the difficulties added, primarily may because the basic econom- W. Russell Neuman of the Massachusetts that be encountered in developing must - ics of carry policies. using the technology don't look "terri- Institute of Technology provided this scenar- bly good" in areas of the According to Botein, who country already io: "If the cable industry is fundamentally said he took cabled. He noted, however, that pricing of part in FCC cable regulations in greedy," when the lid is taken off rates and the late TVRO services may limit multiple system 1960's and early 1970's, the "they increase rates by 100% -200%, they abolition of operators' ability to raise prices when must carry on saturated cable would rate could generate an opening in the market for systems deregulation takes effect at the end of this provide operators with potential revenue TVRO's selling for $500 or less and provid- year, and could place a lid on pricing for ing competing, eight-channel services. gains far outweighing losses suffered by premium services. broadcasters, probably ruling out any possi- TVRO's could become a direct, rather than a Echoing the latter point was Dale Kunkel niche. bility that broadcasters, particularly non- competitor." commercial stations and new UHF facilities, could pay cable operators to be carried on their system, while in contrast, cable systems with already vacant channels would Mixed bag on must -carry comments gain little from not carrying broadcast sig- Variety of opinions expressed, from Broadcasters, the Association of Indepen- nals. TOC's and Tribune's bid for adoption dent Television Stations and the National "It's very hard to predict the impact in all to MPAA's call for modifications, Cable Television Association, all parties to cases. With the joint industry proposal, to NTIA's and Justice's opposition the compromise agreement, have given the we're reinventing the broad brush national proposal their support. But the Community policy making we [at the FCC] engaged in so The must -carry compromise proposal Antenna Television Association, yet another gleefully in the past and I'm not sure how among the major broadcast and cable indus- signatory, appeared to go to lengths to try to much sense that really makes." try trade associations, which would general- undermine the proposal. TOC said the com- But Fontes reminded the audience that ly require cable systems with more than 20 promise "fully responds" to the constitution- while the industry compromise on must car- activated channels to carry some local TV al objections expressed in Quincy, in which ry was "fine," there was "no guarantee" stations, would appear to be in need of re- the appellate court held the former rules to there would be a blanket acceptance by the constructive surgery. be unconstitutional. FCC of what it presents. In additional comments at the FCC, the TOC said the compromise did that by fur- Whether and to what extent cable faces Television Operators Caucus, a signatory to thering the "substantial governmental inter- competition from other new media was de- the agreement, has embraced it. But the De- est" reflected in the commission's television bated Monday morning, with little agree- partment of Justice and the National Tele- allocations plan and licensees' programing ment evident as to the place of such services communications and Information Adminis- obligations. "Specifically, TOC's proposed as C-band direct broadcast satellites, multi - tration advised the commission to avoid rules would insure that, where cable televi- point distribution services and subscription following suit. Many of the other com- sion constitutes the means for distributing television. menters had one problem or another with it. television service, local viewers continue to Walter (Wally) Baer, director of advanced As already reported (BROADCASTING, have effective access to the local television technology at The Times Mirror Co., argued April 28), the National Association of stations which are obligated to serve them,"

Broadcasting May 5 1986 an 'IOC said. "It also contributes to the fulfill- said. urges the commission to consider requiring ment of local television stations' programing NTIA, however, recommended that the cable systems to carry any new local station obligations (which are statutory obligations commission adopt a rule that would require until it has been on the air for five years. that have not been eliminated by virtue of carriage, without charge, of all local, nondu- After the five -year 'establishment' period, television deregulation) by facilitating sta- plicated noncommercial educational TV sta- the station would have to satisfy the required tions' access to those local viewers who are tions, including translators, on a system's viewing threshold in order to remain eligible new cable subscribers. lowest priced service tier. NTIA also recom- for carriage. In addition, any mle This public interest is ultimately based mended that the FCC launch a formal, con- should require cable systems to carry the on localism, which constitutes a fundamen- tinuing inquiry to monitor developments. public television station serving the greatest tal tenet of commission broadcast regula- "At the end of three years, the commission percentage of that cable system's subscrib- tion," TOC added. "Significantly, this gov- should make a formal determination of ers, regardless of its level of viewing. Such ernmental interest cannot be served whether additional must -carry rules are changes to the recommended compromise for those adequately by relying solely on market needed," NTIA said. In addition, NTIA rec- would provide limited protection forces, because regulation is necessary to ommended that the commission make clear stations with the greatest public interest need unduly insure carriage of the maximum number of that it will permit affected parties, including for special consideration, without local outlets of expression consistent with an local franchise authorities, to demonstrate burdening cable operators." said that accommodation of cable operators' editorial that a significant government interest would Heritage Communications Inc. the consti- discretion. The working of market forces, be adversely affected absent local must -car- while there were questions about "that rule however, is reflected in the proposed regula- ry protection. "If such a showing is made, tutionality of the compromise rule, would tions and, in fact. such regulation would en- the commission can adopt mandatory car- is the only one proposed thus far that carriage, hance significantly the competitive nature of riage rules tailored to that individual market- likely achieve the goals of required of cable the market environment." place," NTIA said. in general, while limiting the rights Tribune Broadcasting Co. also supported The Motion Picture Association of Amer- operators only to a limited extent. If the car- adoption of the agreement. "Tribune Broad- ica supported the compromise, with substan- commission finds adequate support for believes casting, in particular, supports that provision tial modification. For starters, MPAA rec- riage requirements at all, Heritage acceptable of the agreement which would prohibit cable ommended a provision that would require that the rule proposed ... is an systems from receiving payment from local those systems not already carrying their full alternative." New for carriage," Tribune said. "Such a complement of stations to carry new stations McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Co., the stations TV prohibition is necessary to insure that the for two years. "If, at the end of this two -year York Times Co. and Desert Empire editorial discretion of cable operators is free- 'grace' period, the newly licensed station Corp. said the compromise's proposal to ly exercised." has failed to appeal to sufficient viewers in eliminate the network nonduplication pro- KUTV Inc. and the Kansas State Network the cable system's home county to meet the tection rules "improperly goes beyond the net- Inc. also supported the agreement. "The 'substantial viewing' standard proposed by scope" of the must -carry rules. "The commission must refrain, however, fro- MPAA, the cable system should then be al- work nonduplication protection rules suffer m ... attempting to redefine what constitutes lowed to petition the commission to replace from none of the constitutional infirmities of rules, are warranted a local station for copyright purposes," they the station with a more desirable program the former must-carry and said. "Congress has made this determination service," MPAA said. MPAA also recom- by strong public interest considerations, statutorily, and the commission should, mended that the uniform standard for re- cannot appropriately be considered in the therefore, expressly refrain from any at- quired carriage be changed to 5% "Average present proceeding," they said. and Du- tempts to delve into this area of the law." Cume Daily," and contended that too many The Montana Television Network Among those also commenting in support systems were exempted under the compro- hamel Broadcasting Enterprises also op- nondupli- of the agreement were WBNS -TV Columbus, mise. "MPAA proposes to exempt from all posed elimination of the network Ohio, and wTHR(TVi Indianapolis; Gill In- mandatory carriage requirements only those cation protection rule. dustries Inc.; The Providence Journal Co.; cable systems with truly limited channel ca- The National Independent Television Malrite Communications Group Inc., and pacity, i.e., 12 or fewer channels," MPAA Committee (which has no formal member- by Press wRGT-TV Dayton, Ohio. said. ship and is being spearheaded The Department of Justice urged the FCC NATPE International said it supported the Broadcasting, licensee of wMGDITVI Mel- to reject the compromise. "Because the pro- basic terms of the compromise. But it also bourne, Fla., and WSJTITVI Vineland, N.J.), un- posed rules are not necessary to effect any had some concerns. "NATPE is concerned said the compromise would "seriously" public benefit commensurate with the First that FCC adoption of the compromise agree- dermine localism and failed to pass constitu- Amendment restraints and economic dislo- ment might foreclose programing opportuni- tional muster under Quincy, "because it does cations that the rules produce, we oppose ties and stunt the growth of healthy video not adequately provide governmental pro- commission adoption of the rule contained outlets by requiring public television sta- tection for those television stations which in the industry agreement," Justice said. tions and new stations (sign -ons) to meet a are most at risk." NITC suggested an alter- local sig- "We also reiterate our view that the contin- minimum viewing threshold to become eli- native under which the number of be re- ued existence of the economic distortions gible for carriage," NAIPE said. "NATPE nals cable operators would generally engendered by the statutorily mandated cable compulsory license does not justify reim- AVCOM lets you SEE and HEAR posing mandatory carriage rules. Both the mandatory carriage rules and the compul- Your SCPC Satellite Audio Feeds! sory license are unjustified forms of govern- HEAR your SCPC satellite feed with AVCOM SCPC mental intervention that serve the public receivers for virtually every application; from voice to poorly. As a consequence, the public interest data, from direct4 GHz input to IF loop- throughs. Some would be better served if the commission AVCOM SCPC receivers are fully compatible with refused to reimpose mandatory carriage Microdyne and S.A. 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Broadcasting May 5 1986 61 quired to carry would be based on their Fisher Broadcasting "strongly" objected posed limitation on the number of stations channel capacity, with systems of 12 chan- to the portion of the compromise that "dis- required to be carried." nels being required to carry five local signals criminates between local broadcasters that The Ohio Educational Broadcasting Net- and systems with more than 36 channels re- are network affiliates and local broadcasters work Commission supported the joint com- quired to devote 40% of their capacity to that are not." ments of the Corporation for Public Broad- must carries. Under the rule, a station whose WNJU -TV Linden, N.J., a Spanish -lan- casting, Public Broadcasting Service and Grade B contour at least partially encom- guage station, said the exemption for small National Association of Public Television passed a system's franchise area would be systems was "ungenerous." It also said that Stations. "Cable systems should be required considered a must carry. When there were in those instances where the number of re- to carry on their basic tier the signals of all more must carries than allotted cable chan- served channels equals or exceeds the num- public TV stations which provide a B nels, the Grade stations putting the most powerful ber oflocal stations, carriage should be man- signal to all or part of the cable signal system's over the franchise area would general- datory without the need for viewership tests. franchise area," it said. ly get first crack. Also under the proposal, "The public interest would again be served if The Organization for the Protection and cable systems would not have to carry dupli- smaller systems (i.e., under 20 channels) Advancement of Small Telephone Compan- cated signals. were required to reserve channels for five ies (OPASTCO) said the compromise pro- Maranatha Broadcasting Co., licensee of such stations, plus a sixth channel for a 'spe- vided a disincentive for the smallest cable independent WFMZ -TV (ch. 69) Allentown, cialty' station if there is one within a 50-mile systems to increase their capacity. "If the Pa., also opposed the compromise. "If the radius," the station said. must -carry rules are reinstituted in the form commission is unwilling or unable to adopt a The U.S. Catholic Conference urged re- now proposed, small operators, despite their rule that both provides some assurance of the jection of the compromise. "The joint indus- desire to grow and offer more choices to continued viability of local broadcasting and try parties' proposed regulation fails to pro- subscribers, will find satisfies it economically ineffi- the Quincy court's concerns about mote the important governmental interest in cient to do so," OPASTCO the overbreadth said. of the former rules, then it protecting the public's right to receive local- The Canadian Broadcasting should Corp., a treat all stations equally, leave the ly oriented programing," the conference Canadian broadcasting network whose resolution sig- of copyright issues to Congress, said. "It excludes from any must -carry re- nals are retransmitted by some domestic and not ca- adopt any rule at all," it said. quirement those TV stations which are ble operators, opposed the Fargo compromise Broadcasting Corp., licensee of viewed by less than 2% of TV viewers in the rules. "Before the commission decides to KVRR(TV) Fargo, N.D.; KNRR(TV) Pembina, county in which the cable system is located. embrace proposed rules that will infringe the N.D., and KBRR(TV) Thief River Falls, This provision impermissibly ignores the First Amendment and act to restrict econom- Minn., said the compromise fell "painfully right of those members of the public." ic competition, the commission should re- short" in considering the concerns of small - Allen Broadcasting Corp., permittee of member that the First Amendment and the market broadcasters and their viewers. "The KBFD(TV) Honolulu, said new stations antitrust laws serve similar it exemption purposes," from carriage requirements for should be "carried from their commence- said. "One protects the marketplace for cable systems with 20 or fewer channels ment of operation until survey data for the ideas, and the other the marketplace causes for us great concern," Fargo Broadcast- station's first full TV survey season is avail- goods. These rules will restrict both." ing said. "We are also particularly troubled able." It also asserted that new stations Grant Broadcasting System urged modifi- by the use of a viewing standard. Such a should be carried "irrespective of the pro- cation so new stations --those that are newly standard protects established stations at the expense of new broadcast outlets." WTZA -TV Associates, permittee of Blanket licensing prognosis. A last -ditch effort was made by Senate Copyright Subcom- w'rzA(Tv) (ch. 62) Kingston, N.Y., urged a mittee members to keep legislation (S. 1980) that would repeal the blanket copyright modification "to provide for the carriage of licensing scheme for syndicated television programing from being discharged from the all start-up local television stations as the subcommittee to the parent Judiciary Committee. In a letter last week to Judiciary Corn - best means of insuring efficient use of the mittee Chairman Strom Thurmond (R- S.C.), a majority of the subcommittee (Subcommit- spectrum and a healthy system of local tee Chairman Charles McC Mathias ER -Md.], Orrin Hatch ER-Utah], Arlen Specter [R -Pa.], broadcasting," it said. Patrick Leahy [D -Vt.], Howard Metzenbaum ED-Ohio], Dennis DeConcini [D- Ariz.] Sunshine and Television Inc., licensee of Edward Kennedy [D- Mass.]), asked the chairman to let the bill remain in the subcommit- KDRV(TV) Medford, Ore., also said the corn- tee, allowing them to act on the measure first before moving it to the full committee. promise ignored in concerns small markets. Nonetheless, the bill was discharged as anticipated on May 1. Sunshine suggested an alternative for mar- Although Thurmond did not honor the request, it is likely he will hold at least one hearing kets below the top 100 where must -carry on the legislation before the full committee votes. Thurmond is the author of S. 1980. It requirements would apply to systems having would require program syndicators to acquire the music rights for each program they 12 or more channels; cable systems would distribute and sell those rights along with the rest of the program to television stations. A be required to carry translators serving their spokeswoman for the senator said he understands there maybe a need for further hear- communities, and cable systems would be ings. So far, the Copyright Subcommittee has held one hearing on the bill (BROADCASTING, required to carry TV stations licensed to April 14). communities in other smaller TV markets The legislation has pitted Hollywood and representatives of the music licensing soci- "within whose Grade B contours the corn - eties against television broadcasters. The All- Industry Television munity Station Music License of the cable system is located." Committee has been leading the charge on the bill along with the National Association Carolina of Christian Broadcasting Inc., Broadcasters and the Association of Independent Television Stations. Thurmond, the owner of KMCT-TV West Monroe, La., and spokeswoman said, is also encouraging the motion picture industry to talk with broad- WGGS -TV WGSE(TV) Greenville and Myrtle casters about the possibility of a compromise. There is also considerable concern among Beach, both South Carolina, opposed the some subcommittee members that if the legislation is adopted, songwriters and compos- compromise's proposed viewership stan- ers should be protected. dards. "Carolina Christian suggests that if Attorney Bruce Lehman, with Swidler, Berlin, who has been the TV committee's the viewership chief standard is to be fair, it must Washington representative, said broadcasters have no objections to seeing that the at a minimum be reduced to a l% average legislation "reflects the concerns of composers." Lehman also pointed out that Holly- audience and a 2% net weekly circulation," wood's attempts to score a "quick knockout blow," have "utterly and failed." Carolina completely Christian said. Moreover, Lehman feels the measure is on a "fast track" and that there is WLIG a "realistic -TV Inc., permittee of WLIG -TV (ch. possibility of achieving legislative relief in this Congress." 55) Riverhead, N.Y., said it couldn't support The Judiciary Committee's ranking minority member, Joseph Biden Jr. (D- Del.), also a rule "that so favors established, often more wrote Thurmond asking that the bill stay in the subcommittee. "Additionally, with litigation distant at stations the expense of those new pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on the licensing fee and more local stations that truly need the issue and a court date set in October 1986, it would seem that a hurried legislative protection solution that should be provided by man- would undercut a possible equitable solution between the parties involved," Biden wrote. datory carriage rules."

Broadcasting May 5 1986 62 Summit Radio Corp., licensee of WAKR- constructed or those converting from spe- ered as local for carriage purposes. "Use of urged the FCC to reject the cialized operations -are "accorded a five - the Grade B contour would maximize spec- TV Akron, Ohio, to duplicative network signals out- year period during which they are guaran- trum efficiency by encouraging stations to approach in the compromise. "Instead, the corn- teed must -carry status without having to expand their service in order to enlarge their lined should fashion a rule that both meet the 2%/5% viewership standard." must -carry zone," Channel 17 said. mission furthers the fundamental policy goal of lo- Channel 17 Associates Ltd., licensee of The city of Boston urged the FCC to modify insures protection of those sta- WDBB(TV) Tuscaloosa, Ala., also objected to the proposed compromise "in order that local calism and most of protection. This can the compromise. In particular, it said that broadcast stations, particularly minority stations deserving by using a simple and uni- any station whose Grade B contour covered tions and public TV stations, will continue to be accomplished form mileage formula." D a cable system's headend should be consid- enjoy carriage on cable systems."

Wheeling and dealing shine through at MIP -TV Attendees report brisk booth aside, this year's gathering appeared to lack that dubbing is currently under way for the traffic with sales respectable the excitement of past years. No major series' debut later this summer on England's and talk of co- productions common American stars, for example, appeared to Channel 4. There are 25 episodes of the promote product. Bruce Gordon, president show, with 27 more slated for production. of Paramount International, said that Harri- Paramount paid an upfront guarantee for the on As the sun broke through the rain clouds that son Ford, rumored to have backed out of a series, and will reportedly share profits had covered the 22d annual Marche Interna- scheduled appearance, was never slated to sales. tional des Programmes throughout its stay in attend MIP-TV in the first place because of A number of European consortiums came was Cannes (April 23 -29), the word among inter- work on his next film. Paramount Interna- to the fore during MIP -TV. Among them national television executives was that the tional's stand featured a "temple of doom" Vision, comprising HTV (England), Telecip convention had been a success. According to cave to promote "Raiders of the Lost Ark." (France), FMI (France), and LIBIK (West more than one head of an international distri- According to a number of those can- Germany). Its stated aim was the production bution company, MIP -TV continues to pro- vassed, MIP-TV was a hotbed of co- produc- of programing by Europeans for Europe, in vide an arena for companies to discuss inter- tion activity. Larry Gershman, president, place of American television. Its unstated national co- productions, conclude business MGM Television Group, said "we're here aim is to tap into the budding European tele- discussions launched earlier in the year and for a couple of things." Sales are such an vision economy. The members will jointly begin new sales discussions. ongoing process, he said, that to regard them share production decisions and funding. Six The threat of terrorist activity did little to as a primary goal of attending would be projects have been proposed initially, ac- dampen attendance (security was tight, with wrong. Instead, he said, it is the personal counting for 62 hours of programing. the entrances to the Palais de Festivals limit- contact with broadcasters and distribution The U.K.'s Television South (TVS) and ed and watched by numerous guards). There peers that makes a festival. MGM, he said, Australia's Network TEN also announced a -series called were only a handful of cancellations by per- was involved in "seven or eight" negotia- joint venture-a four-hour mini sonnel from distributors. Among buyers, tions for co- productions during MIP -TV. "The Heroes." The World War II story be- cancellations were also not large, although Among international deals, Paramount gins shooting in 1987 with a production bud- drop -outs included Tribune Entertainment, announced that it will handle sales of Black get of $4.8 million (Australian). James the cable channel, Arts and Entertainment, Forest Clinic, produced by Germany's ZDF. Gatward, chief executive, said that the pro- Eastern Educational Network and Nickel- The deal on the prime -time series reportedly duction will come to America through a ca- odeon, which has acquired a number of for- followed three months of negotiations be- ble network or syndication. The presence of eign productions through MIP -TV. tween the two companies. Paramount will TVS at MIP -TV was also heightened by its Three major studios -Warner Bros., Co- handle the show in North America, South recent acquisition of Gilson International, lumbia and 20th Century Fox -did not ap- America, the Caribbean, the Pacific, several which sells MTM product internationally. pear at MIP -TV, choosing instead to wait for European countries, the Mideast and the Far Ken Page, formerly president of worldwide the May screenings (following the an- East. Rolf Dubral, ZDF head of sales, said distribution at Lorimar, prior to its merger nouncement of network schedules) to sell product that they know will go into production. Official MIP -TV figures, announced by commissaire general Bernard Chevry, put total attendence at 5,621, from 107 countries. As in the past, sellers outnumbered buyers. There were 1,128 production and distribution companies and 829 program buyers, according to Chevry. MIP -TV has become an important market for U.S. syndicators seeking to recoup production costs by selling product abroad. Tra- ditionally profit margins on international sales are much higher than they are from U.S. distribution. Reports from most companies had it that business was brisk, with screening rooms fully booked- helped by the rain that kept many off Cannes's pictur- esque streets. But according to several MIP -TV veter- ens. the threat of terrorism and weather

Broadcasting May 5 1986 63 with Telepictures, is now head of the company. Page, who has been attending MIP since 1968, said that in its first convention under TVS, Gilson did extensive business in Spain with three networks, each catering to different Spanish dialects. All four seasons of WKRP Cincinnati and St. Elsewhere were included in the sales. There was also brisk activity reported on the home video front on the Palais floor. Richard Lorber, president, Fox/Lorber As- sociates, said the high VCR penetration around the world would help his company's movie packages, mini -series and specials this year. By contrast, "two to three years ago there was an overgrowth" of home video, said Lorber. "Now a new cadre of entre- Sifford Cohen (rear), with an unidentified Siek buyer (I) and Mary preneurs is buying home video rights, Demangeat plus Bert Cohen, senior vice president, Gene Davis, producer of Essence: rights to other systems." In Scandanavia, the the Worldvision Enterprises, also reported ex- Television Program, said that acceptance Ekman brothers did just that, and in France it of tensive business, amounting to more than a program with a black focus was Tele- image. Three days the was not mov- before end $2.5 million. In particular, Cohen said that a ing quickly internationally. of MIP -TV, Lorber said that he Davis entered had already good deal of business was concluded in Afri- MIP -TV with a goal of clearing done $400,000 worth of business. six coun- ca, France and the Mideast (despite a drop in tries. The French asked that the There was also discussion at MIP -TV entire show of oil dollars which hurt sales by some distribu- be dubbed. "How are you the future of international barter. In part, going to dub tors), as a result of negotiations at earlier Aretha Franklin ?" Davis asked. such discussions were prompted by the pres- "This is the festivals, especially Monte Carlo. Cohen same as Entertainment Tonight, ence of representatives from Procter & only with a Gam- said the company's animation product from black focus. They've never ble and one of its been asked to agencies, Benton & Ruby -Spears and Hanna -Barbara sold espe- consider that," he Bowles. John Ranck, executive vice said. Davis said, however, presi- cially well. that package agreements for dent, Orbis Communications, observed that the use of some At Blair Entertainment, sales of the Cisco of the 26 shows produced last while agencies have at year, and the appeared MIP -TV in Kid continued to do well. Guy Mazzeo, 26 to be produced this the past, "a new season, had been con- seriousness" surrounded making his first MIP -TV appearance as cluded with DBS International, this year's appearance by advertisers. channel 4 in Blair's executive vice president, said the the U.K., along with an outlet in Scandana- The lack of uniform standards for adver- western setting of the show translates well via. tising among the European countries is an internationally. France's Canal Plus has At Multimedia Entertainment, obstacle for international barter sales. But, Bruce Jo- asked that dubbed delivery of the show be hanson, vice president, international according to Peter Orton, chief operating of- sales, sped up to July. Since the Monte Carlo festi- said that interest the The Body ficer, Henson International Television, tech- Human, a val, Cisco has been placed on the Sky Chan- five -part series narrated by Phil nology has already transformed the sales sta- Donahue to nel, as well as in the United Kingdom, Italy, air on NBC, could lead to sales at tus quo in the international marketplace and MIPCOM Switzerland, Australia, Ireland and a num- in October. He also said interest in the will continue to do so. In Scandanavia, he talk ber of smaller countries. show by Sally Jessy Raphael had been good. said, sales of HIT programs were helped by Making its first appearance at M1P-TV That show has already the competition been picked up by the presented by the satellite was the De Laurentis Entertainment Group, Lifestyle cable channel service Sky Channel. Although records were in England. And whose television division will be headed by Multimedia was actively involved in not set in terms of prices paid, HIT made a co-pro- Paul Rich, executive vice president. Rich, duction discussions of a novel, "Mecca." large sale of a variety of programs in Scandi- formerly with Metromedia Producers Corp., NBC Enterprises is also planning to navia. Orton said that the debut next fall of a cash was selling three film packages, with which in on the strategy of using a program superchannel owned jointly by the BBC and an- he said he did more than $3 million in sales. nouncement to create interest. A ITV will accelerate the marketing series of 10 changes, The packages include acquisitions from Em- concerts conducted by the late as will the future satellite Arturo Tosca- footprints of other bassy, famous De Laurentis films, as well as nini was introduced to channels. sales representatives. future projects that will be produced in part According to NBC Enterprises European satellite President superchannels them- through broadcast and pay cable pre- sales. Jerome Wexler, that move will selves may end up being for "bring it to used sales lever- Among the new titles will be "King Kong the attention of the right people," age more often than for sales leaving themselves. Lives," a sequel to the first "King Kong" sales to be finalized later. Wexler Murdoch's Sky Channel, for will said that example, film by De Laurentis; "Raw Deal," starring NBC has "virtually sold out" An pay a maximum of only $2,000 an hour Early for Arnold Schwartzenegger, and "Crimes of Frost, in combination broadcast -home video programing, making it less attractive for the Heart," starring Diane Keaton, Jessica deals. some sales. Murdoch has also prohibited the Lange and Sissy Spacek. Rich said that the CBS Broadcast International went use of barter for sales to Sky to the Channel. packages were sold in Germany to Beta -Tau- festival with more product than Business among some MIP -TV partici- in previous rus, as well as in Japan, Czechoslovakia, years, including the mini -series, If Tomor- pants is included in the following break- Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Argenti- row Comes, the series, down: Foley Square, and na, Puerto Rico and Scandanavia. two acquisitions, Royalty, and a Harry - Lorimar-Telepictures had its most Bela suc- The hottest item for King World this year fonte special from HBO. With that product cessful MIP -TV ever, according to Michael was Night Heat, which has amassed enough in hand, CBS did more business than Jay Solomon, office of the president, who ever episodes (61) in its late night run on CBS for before, according to Rainer Siek, vice presi- said that he was practically to captive the sales overseas. David Sifford, president, dent, international sales and acquisitions. company's booth. Lorimar-Telepictures sold King World Enterprises, said that the action - At ABC Video Enterprises, Liberty Week- the soap opera, to TV Rituals, Espanola. It adventure show has become a "real contend- end, coverage of the relighting of the also placed Knots Landing, Statue Strong Medi- er" internationally. Action -adventure police of Liberty and the David Wolper- produced cine, Lace I and Lace II in Spain. Addition- shows have traditionally done well in the ceremonies surrounding it, was reportedly ally, the company made a three -country deal international marketplace. On RTL Luxem- sold in 23 countries. Sales included coun- with Silvio Berlusconi for his channels in bourg, it will run on Saturday at 9 p.m. Sif- tries in the Far East, and negotiations were France (La Cinq), Italy (Canale 5) and his ford also said that formats of Wheel of For- under way with China as MIP -TV drew to a planned operations in Spain for Hunter, tune, Jeopardy and Headline Chasers were close. ABC's Moonlighting picked up 10 Blood in- and Orchids, Under Siege and Dallas: sold to Axel Springer for repackaging in ternational sales, bringing its international The Early Years. Germany. total to more than 50 countries.

Broadcasting May 5 1986 64 been named senior executive vice president. contribution, but we have been preparing for Rich was a member of Lorimar- Telepic- the eventuality of Lee's retirement (Rich is Lee Rich joins UA tures' five -man office of the president and is 61) for some time and have built a company the company's second-largest shareholder that can stand on its own, not dependent on as chairman, CEO with 1.9 million shares (company chairman any one person. And the business and cre- Merv Adelson is the largest with 3.6 million ative management depth added by Lorimar's Lorimar co- founder makes move shares, and the company has a total of 33 recent merger with Telepictures doubly as- after 17 years with company; million shares outstanding). At the close of sures that it stays that way." says no falling out "with trading last Monday, the day of the an- Reports had been circulating that Rich Lorimar partner, Mery Adelson nouncement, the stock was up one -eighth to was unhappy with some business decisions $26.25, making Rich's stock in Lorimar-Te- at Lor -Tel that had significantly increased the company's debt and also that he consid- Five months after approaching Lee Rich to lepictures valued at more than $49.8 mil- ered the five- member office of the president make the move, Kirk Kerkorian has suc- lion. A Lor -Tel spokeswoman said the com- unwieldy (Rich was sole president of Lori- ceeded in tapping the Lorimar co- founder to pany retained the option of buying back mar before the merger). Rich denied that he become chairman and chief executive officer those shares from Rich, and would do so and Adelson had had a falling out, suggest- of United Artists Corp. UA last month was over time. ing instead that it was the challenge of build- released from its corporate bond with MGM Rich had been responsible for long -term into a major force again that led him when Turner Broadcasting closed its deal to creative program strategy at Lor-Tel and up ing UA to take the new job. "There was no falling purchase the latter. until a month ago had run the network televi- out," he said. As to what he hopes to accom- Sources confirmed that Kerkorian had ap- sion production arm of the company. That the near term, Rich said last week: proached Rich last December about joining was taken over by David Salzman, also a plish in trying to build a company and UA pro- UA, but Rich declined because the move member of the office of the president. A "I'm vides a great opportunity to a lot of things. might have complicated, or even prevented, spokeswoman said the company had no And I think I can have a lot of fun doing the closing of Lorimar's merger with Tele- plans to name someone else to that office in pictures, which took effect Feb. 18. Kerkor- place of Rich. that." With veteran television production execu- ian then picked Jerry Weintraub to head the Rich and Lor-Tel chairman Adelson co- and Thomopoulos in senior posi- company but, dissatisfied with his perfor- founded Lorimar 17 years ago as a produc- tives Rich tions, UA is positioned to move ahead with mance, forced Weintraub out several weeks tion and syndication company. Rich has its announced plans to enter ago. overseen such Lorimar television series as previously original television production. And Rich UA also said last week that executive vice Dallas and The Walton, as well as theatrical made clear that and television produc- president Anthony Thomopoulos had been releases "Being There" and "The Postman film would have equal footing at UA under named president and chief operating officer Always Rings Twice." tion his guidance. "Any kind of production will and that Sidney Sapsowitz, executive vice In a prepared statement last week, Adel- important here," he said. president and chief financial officer, had son said, "I in no way want to diminish Lee's be equally First post- season week goes to CBS

CBS captured the first week of the post season (April 21 -27) with a Bash, didn't fare as well. Sunshine, airing at 9 p.m. Friday, ranked 56th prime time average rating of 14.3 and a share of 24, followed by ABC with a 9.4/17. Joe Bash followed with a 6.5/12, ranking 61 st. A special with a 12.9/22 while season winner NBC placed third with 12.3/21. It on ABC on Tuesday, a General Foods Showcase presentation, Alex: was CBS's second straight weekly win, in a week dominated by reruns Life of Child, placed sixth for the week with a 21.7/36. (36'/2 hours). A year ago, NBC won the week with a 14.2/24. ABC was An original episode of Mike Hammer (Tuesday 9 -10 p.m.) on CBS second with a 13.0/22. CBS was third with a 12.8/22. HUT levels placed 42d with an 11.1/17. Fast Times, a CBS second -season re- remained the same, at 59 %. placement on Wednesday at 8 p.m., scored a 10.6/18. It was followed Cosby and Family Ties continued their winning ways even with by Tough Cookies, another new comedy, which averaged a 9.6/15, repeat episodes, finishing first and second, respectively, as they did in ranking 55th (also with an original episode). Two CBS premieres per- the regular season. Resting Place, a Hallmark Hall of Fame special, formed moderately well. both scoring in the top 30 for the week - was third, while 60 Minutes finished fourth, as it did in the regular Bridges to Cross on Thursday at 10 scored a 14.5/26 (18th), while Leo season. Murder, She Wrote, which finished third in the regular season, & Liz on Friday from 8:30 to 9 p.m. scored a 12.6/23 (30th). rounded out the top five. In the evening news race, the NBC Nightly News tightened the gap ABC's second -season comedy, Perfect Strangers, continued to do again, tying the CBS Evening News with a 23 share, although CBS was well, ranking ninth with an original episode that scored a 20/31. Origi- 0.3 of a point higher in rating with a 12.0. ABC's World News Tonight nal episodes of two other new ABC comedies, Mr. Sunshine and Joe averaged an 11.1/21. Rank Show Network Rating/Share Hank Show Network Rating /Share Rank Show N etwork Hating /Share CBS 13.6/23 45. Se<.:ct1on of Gina CBS 10.3/17 1. The G0shy Show NHC 27.7/48 23. C;ogney 4t Lacey 16. Missing NI3C 10.1/17 2. Farnljy 'Iles NBC 28.7/43 24. Magnum, PI. CBS 13.4/25 47. Alfred Hitchcock Presents NBC 10.1 /17 3. Resting Place CBS 22.3/36 25. lue t:.vrtier Affair NBC 13.1/21 i.' 48. Charlie & Co. CBS 10.2/19 4. 80 Minutes CBS 22.0/43 Air, loti :%titbit! CBS 12.9/21 49. Last Pryvinc: 6. Murder, She Wrote CBS 21.8/37 27. F:yaai;r CBS 12.8/24 50. NBC White Paper 8. Alex: Life of a Child ABC 21.7/36 28. Something About Amelia ABC 12.8/20 61. Salute to Butt Wilder 7. Cheers NBC 21.3/33 29. Honkywuk Man ABC 12.7/21 52. Love Boat 8. Who's the Moss ABC 21.1/34 30. '1.eo & Liz in Bev. Hills CBS 12.6/23 World of Sports Special ABC 9.5/18 a Perfect Strangers ABC 20.0/31 31. Hill Strrat Blues NBC 12.5/22 53. WIrte 54. Amazing Stories NBC 9.6/17 10. Golden tlirls NBC 18.6133 32. Kate & Asile CBS 12.5/18 Cookies CBS 9.6/15 11. Mo. nilighting ABC 17.8/28 33. Webster ABC 12.4/23 55. 'rough 56. Mr. Sunshine 12. Highway u' Heaven NHC 17.6/29 34. A'l'eam NBC 12.2/19 fi7. /Rvenl :>FSar 13. He's Not Your Son CBS 17.3/32 35. Mr. Belvedere ABC 12.1/22 Morningstar 58. 1V Bloopers fg Prac. Jokes 14. Night Court NBC 17.0!27 36. l lun:er NBC 12.1/19 TV Academy I Tall of fame 15. Ru as of Life NBC 16.6/.51 37. Cr,tz Like a Fox CBS 11.7/22 69. 0135 11.5/16 60. Handsome Harry's 18. Spenser: For I lire ABC 16.3/28 38. Newham a ABC 11.4/'21 61. doe Bash 17. f ;Min lc Break NBC 15.1/29 39. Robin Hood Mrs. long CBS 11.4/17 62. Fathers a:. 18. ' l i lager .'a ss CBS 14.5/28 40. Scarecrow NBC 14.1f28 41. Invitation to Hel: ABC 11.1/18 63. Punky Brt ABC 13.7/26 42. Mike Hammer CBS 11.1/17 64. Fall Guy :11. ..tru? lyv, ABC 13.7/23 43. Fast Times CBS 10.6/18 NBC 13.7/22 44. Haldcastle & McCormick ABC 10.5/16 'Indicates prem:(.1,

Broadcasting May 5 1986 65 CAB 86: still trying to clear the Madison Avenue hurdle Convention attendees told of growth in penetration and ad sales, but agency types say industry needs better audience data before advertisers appear in force

The message delivered by a host of cable executives at the Cabletelevision Advertis- ing Bureau's fifth annual convention last week in New York was that the industry has come a long way in the last five years, dou- 0 bling cable penetration, and, by the end of . ? 1N _ rah. this year, breaking the $1- billion mark in Guarascio, Granath, Bortz. Sie. Pittman. Wussler and Isacsso- gross advertising sales. But advertisers and agency executives said cable has a way to go is in barter syndication, where "you can pay ments. "We are moving into a stable -to- before it becomes a national medium and off the project faster and not worry about down television economy," he said. The cur- needs to come up with more detailed (and extra spots to purchase." rent soft economy may last another two uniform) information on the size and quality Isacsson credited cable with making an years, he added, and will have a "severe of cable program audiences before adver- attempt to develop some original program- impact on how ad dollars are spent." In the tisers spend more freely on cable. ing, such as the four original situation com- past, said Guarascio, advertisers used cable As expected, the turnout at this year's edies bankrolled by Turner Broadcasting as a "leverage device" in the face of spiraling CAB conference was up slightly, from last System and the efforts of the USA Network. rates on broadcast television. Now that year's 1,200 to 1,250 for last week's three - "We would like to be involved," he said, broadcast rates have leveled off, even com- day (April 27 -29) show. Next year's conven- but, like Guarascio, he protested that "the ing down in some instances, he said, there tion is slated for March 29 -31, also in New deals being offered make it prohibitive." will be "big pressure on ad- supported net- York. Bob Pittman, president of MTV Networks works to create even better price advantages At one session last Tuesday, advertisers Inc., said his company views cable networks to keep their ad dollars" at current levels, let and cable executives clashed over just how as similar to special interest magazines that alone grow. effective the medium is in getting messages appeal to smaller audiences, but audiences On another front, agency media planners to target audiences. John Sie, senior vice that will respond positively to messages by were critical of a formula developed by the president, Tele- Communications Inc., certain advertisers trying to reach them. For cable rep firm, Cable Networks Inc., for cal- charged that advertisers "grossly underuti- example, he said, a dressmaker "will sell culating what CNI believes is the proper per- lize" cable, perhaps because they do not un- more dresses buying Vogue than TV Guide." centage of an advertiser's television budget derstand the medium. He also noted a pric- Isacsson pressed Sie for further details on that should be earmarked for cable. The ing "disparity" for gross rating points the TCI -TBS- American Television & Corn - CAB has endorsed the formula, which takes between broadcasting, where the average munications proposal to develop a new ad- into account product usage by cable homes point per household per month comes out to vertiser- supported cable channel with exclu- and broadcast underdelivery of audience about 53 cents, and cable, where it is about sive -to -cable programing. Sie said the idea (BROADCASTING, June 3, 1985). But agency 17 cents. Herb Granath, president of ABC was to pool the resources of the three com- executives were critical of the formula be- Video Enterprises, agreed that cable is un- panies as well as others that may join to cause it failed to consider factors they be- dervalued, but said it was probably due to compete for and develop broadcast -net- lieve are essential for calculating the correct the "natural time lag" between audience work- quality programing. In what form the cable budget. In many cases, said John Gray, growth and advertising rates. programing would be distributed remains a senior vice president, J. Walter Thompson, Paul lsacsson, executive vice president at key question, he said. But, said Sie, "the the formula would lead advertisers to put Young & Rubicam, complained that despite channel is irrelevant. It's the programing" "far mors" dollars into cable than they ought claims to the contrary, cable is no longer the that is important. As for funding the chan- to put there. But, he added, "Don't lose sight innovative programing medium it once was. nel, Sie said that if the industry were willing of the creative opportunities" that cable ad- "The steam has sort of run out of innova- to put up $1 per subscriber per month, "we vertising offers. Specific programs, net- tion," he said. "You see all the programs you could generate three hours of prime time works and the time of year also have to be grew up with [again on cable]." Cable oper- programing every day, assuming a budget of factored in, he said. ators argue that they are forced by financial $500,000 to $600,000 per hour. And that But the media executives acknowledged restraints to rely in part on old program li- would leave $150,000 a year for promo- that cable advertising planning is not yet a braries to round out their schedules. But, tion." The average cost of producing an hour science. Bart McHugh, senior vice presi- said Isaacsson, that hurts cable's image in of prime time network entertainment pro- dent, Doyle Dane Bernbach, said that in de- the eyes of advertisers, "because the adver- graming is usually no less than $900,000 termining how much of a client's budget tisers see it not as innovative or what they and often more than $1 million. goes to cable, the agency looks at the client, want." TBS executive vice president Robert its target audience, cable rates and ratings, Phil Guarascio, former media director at Wussler said "the timing couldn't be better" and "then we determine which way the wind Benton & Bowles, who is now in charge of for the new program service, since the is blowing and pick a number." advertising at General Motors, said that ca- broadcast networks are in a cost -cutback A major part of the problem, said Fred ble networks often make it difficult for an phase. "This could make us competitive," Brandt, a vice president with the Ted Bates advertiser to do program co- ventures. be- said Wussler. agency, is the lack of uniformity in measur- cause, as a rule, "it takes 5,000 bonus points Despite those lofty aspirations, Guarascio ing network, syndicated and cable televi- [to be bought by the advertiser] in order to of GM offered a sober assessment of adver- sion. "It's an endless nightmare," he said. make the deal work." He said that advertiser spending in the next couple of years in But he added that electronic measurement tisers believe the "real action" in co- ventures cable programing, regardless of develop- services being developed by Nielsen and

Broadcasting May 5 1986 66 Harper, about 11%. The new holding company will be established by an exchange of shares between BBDO and each of the other two companies. As a result, BBDO shareholders will receive 1.23 shares of the new holding company for each of their BBDO shares, DDB stock- holders will obtain one holding company share for each of their DDB shares and Needham Harper shareholders will receive 2.7 million of the approximately 24 million holding company shares.

CAB VP-researcn. JacK Hr. Gray. McHagn ana Brandt Grace steps up bid AGB to monitor viewers as well as pro - er program promotion efforts and moving grams, offer some hope for the future. away from a short-term -gains mentality, said to get federal deficit Brandt noted that both companies have said Bortz, there will be progress. they hope to have 5,000- household sample TCI's Sie told those attending one CAB ads on networks bases of their new services in place by 1988. session last week that the company believes Despite the current disarray, he said "there is basic rates at its systems will rise an average W.R. Grace & Co. fired another salvo at the week great hope down the road." McHugh of 50% or more in the next five years, without three major television networks last DDB agreed. "It's very important to get basic rate regulation. He said the company when it disclosed it is launching a campaign numbers out," he told the cable advertising now charges an average $10 for basic and to persuade networks to relax their standards executives last week. "You're going to have that will rise to between $15 and $18 by for acceptance of commercials dealing with to come up with something that people can 1991. Some agency executives were critical vital public issues. understand and read." of the industry's intention to raise basic rates J. Peter Grace, chairman of W.R. Grace & In a separate presentation, media consul- significantly in the next several years, with- Co., told a news conference in New York tant Paul Bortz projected that cable penetra- out adding reciprocal value. But Sie and oth- that the campaign is in direct response to the tion would grow from 43% today to 50% by ers argued that the value is already there and refusal by ABC, CBS and NBC to carry in 1990. He said that the collective share of that consumers have been underpaying be- prime time a recent Grace commercial titled network affiliates may decline from the pre- cause of rate regulation. "The marketplace "The Deficit Trials: 2017 A.D." The com- sent 67% to 60 %, with independent stations has never been tested," said consultant mercial is designed to call attention to the the and cable filling the gap. He said that cable Bortz. potentially negative consequences of revenues may top $2 billion by 1990. TBS's Wussler said he now believes the federal deficit. "That's our best guess," said Bortz, noting company will lose no more than $7 million Grace has in the past criticized the TV that that will still only account for a "single on the Goodwill Games slated for July in networks for not carrying its commercials digit share of the total broadcast pie." Cable Moscow, and could break even. He said that dealing with public issues in prime time. But revenues are expected to reach $1 billion for going in, TBS Chairman Ted Turner had this marks the first time that Grace is mount- the first time by the end of 1986. been prepared to lose as much as $20 mil- ing an effort to induce networks to change But numbers and projections aside, said lion. if the games are played in the U.S. in their minds. Bortz, "the important thing is what you see 1990 as scheduled, Wussler said TBS might As a first step, Grace has engaged Joseph now is not what you will see a couple of make a profit. "We certainly won't make any A. Califano Jr., a former secretary of health, in years from now." With the industry reinvest- money this time," he said. "Maybe in education and welfare, to represent Grace ing dollars in programing. developing great- 1990." dealing with the networks to arrive at a consistent policy related to commercials tack- ling controversial issues. Both Grace and Califano contended that Three -in -one agency deal the TV networks have, in the past, accepted or rejected commercials of a controversial BBDO, DDB, Needham Harper merge active in Fifth Estate advertising. BBDO re- nature, but said there was no consistency to to form biggest ad firm with ported U.S. TV-radio -cable billings in 1985 their actions. They said the commercial worldwide billings of $5 billion of $924 million, ranking third among all dealing with the deficit was rejected by all U.S. agencies, while DDB posted expendi- three networks on the grounds it was contro- The largest advertising agency complex in tures of $457.6 million and Needham Harp- versial; on the other hand, they added, a the world was formed last week when er, $322.4 million. commercial depicting a newborn baby "sad- BBDO International Inc., Doyle Dane Bern- Allen Rosenshine, chairman and chief ex- dled with a $50,000 bill from the govern- bach Group and Needham Harper World- ecutive officer of BBDO International, has ment was aired on the ABC and NBC net- wide merged into a new public holding corn - been named chairman and chief executive works." pany with domestic and overseas billings of officer of the new holding company, which Califano said the campaign for access has about $5 billion in stock transactions esti- does not yet have a name. Keith Reinhard, begun with a letter sent to the management mated to be worth more than $600 million. chairman and chief executive officer of of the corporations that own the three net- The new company will consist of two in- Needham Harper, becomes chairman/CEO works. He said they were asked to "explain dependent global agency networks, with of DDB Needham; Barry Loughrane, presi- the basis for their current selective refusal to BBDO International as one and DDB Need- dent/CEO of DDB, has been named chair - broadcast issue advertising during prime ham Worldwide as the other, resulting from man/CEO of Diversified Agency Group, time evening hours." Califano said in the the fusion of the current Doyle Dane Bern - and Norman Campbell, executive vice presi- past their decisions have been "inconsistent, bach and Needham Harper operations. In dent of BBDO, has been appointed chair - arbitrary and capricious." addition, the various independent compan- man/CEO of the BBDO unit. In the past, TV networks have rejected ies of all three agencies engaged in general The merger of the three agencies was ap- Grace advertising because they said the advertising and marketing services will be proved unanimously by the three boards of commercials took an editorial or adversarial operated under the name of Diversified directors. Under terms of the agreement, stance on an issue of public importance, Agency Group. each company's shareholders will receive contrary to their guidelines. BBDO has worldwide billings of $2.5 bil- stock in the new company. BBDO stock- The networks said last week they planned lion; DDB, $1.7 billion, and Needham, holders will receive about 55% of the stock; to respond to Califano's letter as soon as they $847 million. All three agencies are highly DDB holders, about 24 %, and Needham had a chance to review it.

Broadcasting May 5 1986 C7 Table talk through litigation." The new format, said Layng, blends the Meanwhile, Carl Munson, attorney for the There appears to "charisma" of jazz with the "familiarity" of be some cause for opti- New York -based law firm of Weil, Gotshal & soft rock. "What we have here is foreground mism concerning the All- Industry Radio Manges, legal counsel to the committee, beautiful music for this Music License Committee's struggle with decade," Layng told BROADCASTING, the 500 committee -re- said. Serving as the test station for the new the American Society of Composers, Au- presented stations ordered by the federal format is KEYQ(FM) KGMJ(FMI) thors and over (formerly Eagle, Publishers the music licens- court for the Southern District of New York Colo. ing organization's desire to raise its rates. to produce certain financial documents Serving as the test station for the new The committee and ASCAP were back at ( "Top of the Week," Feb. 24) remain under format is KEYQ(FM) (formerly KGMJIFMI) Eagle, the bargaining table last week for the first the court order. Thus far, said Munson, Colo. time in a year and have agreed to meet about 70% of those stations have complied. The later tape- distributed service can be again this month. (The committee and adopted to live ASCAP both -assist and automated have been presenting their argu- Come together configurations. According to ments in federal "rate court" Layng, "the since the be- typical fusion format will ginning of the client be formatted year.) Two Los Angeles area radio programers are with 15 -20- minute music and The parties are remaining sweeps a silent about the readying a new format for national distribu- maximum of 10 commercial minutes hour- contents of the latest meeting. Committee tion based on "fusion jazz," a blending of ly." chairman Bob Henley, president and gener- contemporary rock rhythm with jazz instru- al manager, KGNR(AM)- KCTC(FM) Sacramento, mentation. Rodger Layng, who heads Au- In the running Calif., would only say that both all- industry dionet, newly formed radio consultancy, will committee and ASCAP representatives en- concentrate on programing and consulta- More than 10 radio broadcasters have gaged in a "thorough and frank" discussion, tion, while John Price, who is president of thrown their hats into the ring for the "mi- adding that there was a "feeling on the part Real Radio Co., a radio program syndicator, nority seat" on the National Association of of both sides that they would rather negoti- will handle both production and distribu- Broadcasters radio board. NAB directors ate a settlement than continue the fight tion. voted last week to fill the vacancy created by the departure of Willie Davis of KACE(FM) Los Angeles who resigned last January because of the press of other business. The winner will be announced this week unless one candidate fails to get a majority of the votes (18 out of 34). In that case, the top two Continental's top performing vote -getters will compete in a runoff election. The "minority seat" was added two 27.5 kW FM years ago along with a seat for a woman as Transmitter speaks part of NAB's effort to insure a broader representation on its board. Among the candi- for a station you know* dates: Asa T. Spaulding Jr., vice president of corporate affairs, Durham Life Broadcast- ing, Raleigh, N.C.; Glenn R. Mahone,wss- KLOH KRIC V(AM)- WPLZ(FM), Petersburg, Va.; Bernard J. Bustos, KTNN(AM) Window Rock, Ariz.; Pine KBWC WXKW Hill, N.M.; Michael Douglas, w oP(AM) Washington; Randy Dale Gehman, WAS - KSPZ WWDM G(AM) Atmore, Ala.; Ragan Henry New Sys- tems Group Inc., Philadelphia; Gus E. Louis, WLTS KRAB KBCE(FM) Boyce, La.; Israel Lopez, wiLC(AM) Laurel, Md.; Linda Lou Parrish, KRLQ(FM) KLOC KHIT Muskogee, Okla.; Gary Rodriquez, id- rrT(AM) San Jose, Calif.; William Saunders, wPAUAM) WIZD WETA Charleston, S.C.; William Shearer, KGFJ(AM) Los Angeles; William Shoemate, KLAw(FM) WBLX WILD Lawton, Okla.; Valena Minor Williams, 'Partial list KQED-FM San Francisco, and Nancy Waters, wOKT(FM) Hart, Mich. Reliability and proven performance make low power consumption make it a great Financial help Continental's 816R -4 compact FM investment. Combine with duplicate 816R- transmitter a winner. Crisp clear signal, 4 to get 55 kW output. For brochure, call To help local savings and loan associations high fidelity, good stereo separation, very (214) 381 -7161 Continental Electronics and savings banks in their marketing cam- low noise and distortion, excellent Division, Varian Associates, Inc., PO Box paigns, the United States League of Savings frequency stability. simple installation, 270879, Dallas, Texas 75227. Institutions, Chicago, is offering its member institutions a 65 -part, one -minute radio series on personal money management, called £1eetn.oxcu Making Your Finances Fit, for sponsorship A Division of Varian Associates. Inc e 1985 Continental Electroni

Broadcasting May 5 1986 68 ledgable local sources of personal financial most influenced today's music," as voted by client presentations from People's Express, information," said William O'Connell, disk jockeys and programers whose stations Miles Labs, IBM and the Hartford Insurance league president. Cost for the program carry American Top 40. Entitled The Giants of Co. The registration fee is $140. package, which is designed to air over 13 Rock & Roll, the show will be offered in addi- weeks, is $75 for financial concerns in small- tion to the regular American Tap 40 broader markets and $375 for those in larger mar- cast that week. Closing down kets. In another development, ABC Talkradio has added "living" expert John Molloy, au- on April 23 shut down an spot thor of three books, including "Dress For FCC engineers Soft FM station in Seaside, Calif. The Success," to its weekend lineup. co- unlicensed He is was operating on 107.9 mhz with call National spot radio business continues in hosting a one -hour Sunday morning show station KSOS. Richard Smith, chief of the doldrums, with the latest figures show- 11 letters the (10 to a.m. NYT) with Talkradio personal- Bureau, said Wil- ing a drop in March billings of 2.1% from Fitzsimmons. FCC's Field Operations ity Bob disk jockey and lessee March 1985 to $80,799,400. That's accord- liam A. Skaggs, disco by Larchmont, of Big Apple Records store where the station ing to data being released of Reports, The CBS Radio Network will begin a nine - was located, was issued notice the appar- N.Y. -based Radio Expenditure sec- collects financial infor- week series of special weekday reports com- ent liability of $2,000. The station is the which confidentially FCC officials 16 companies. memorating the Statue of Liberty's centen- ond so -called pirate operation mation each month from rep who has worked as a The latest totals mark the third consecutive nial celebration over the July 4 weekend. link to Walter H. Dunn, in radio and television stations in month spot revenues have been off. First - Serving as anchor for the reports, Days of technician year was Liberty, is CBS News correspondent Charles area and who refers to himself as "bishop." quarter business this FM on 100.5 mhz in $168,152,200, 2.9% off last year's first. Kuralt. The series is scheduled to begin to- Dunn had operated an day, May 5, with each installment fed to Fresno with the same KSOS call letters until it Playback stations at 7:55 a.m. NYT. The network will stopped operating in March. FCC officials air additional special reports throughout "Li- say Dunn was notified of a $2,000 fine in responded. As a Press News is offering berty Weekend" (July 3 through 6). October but that he has not Associated Network referred to the 1,000 stations the 24- result, the matter has been its more than affiliated Smith said the minute, weekly World of Religion series, Radio's day U.S. attorney for collection. operation of unli- which currently airs over CBS -owned commission considers was The Radio Advertising Bureau, in conjunc- censed stations a serious matter. He said KMOX(AM) St. Louis. The program to pre- Network in 1984 tion with the Association of National Adver- such stations must be shut down dropped by the CBS Radio system. after nearly 20 years of national exposure, tisers, is gearing up for its annual "Radio serve the integrity of the broadcast Dunn, who has been quoted as but continued locally on KMOX. The station Workshop," a day -long event at New York's Meanwhile, KSOS stations out will produce the series for AP. The new Waldorf- Astoria hotel scheduled for June 19. saying he established the need of "blacks and World of Religion, which is anchored by Major speakers include Chuck Feebler, chief of what he feels is the executive officer, Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & other minority groups to have more of a say KMOX newsman Bob Hardy, features inter- Two views with religious leaders as well as re- Eckhardt, humorous copywriter Stan Fre- on the events in their communities." the FCC field office ports from AP correspondents worldwide. berg and ABC Radio commentator Paul Har- weeks ago, he wrote to for a radio applica- The program is being fed at the end of the vey, who will give the luncheon address. in San Francisco asking week for weekend broadcast. According to the RAB, there will also be tion form O ABC Radio will air a four -hour special host- ed by Casey Kasem the week of July 1. It will feature the top rock acts since 1955 "that Broadcasting c The Newsweekly of the Fifth Estate 1 735 DeSales Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 -4480

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Broadcasting May 5 1986 69 Underwriting concerns dominate PBS meeting Extent to which stations should go in running enhanced underwriting credits widely debated at convention

They had heard it many times before, but at this year's annual public television meeting. the call seemed louder than ever to defend public broadcasting's request for increased federal funds and to decide once and for all how far to go with enhanced underwriting messages on noncommercial stations. The Kobin, Cheifet, M eyer, Cauthen and Ives some 400 attending the joint meeting of the las, advocated leaving policy decisions up to cable systems would be exempt from man- Public Broadcasting Service and the Nation- each station as long as they remain within datory carriage of stations and in 52% of all al Association of Public Television Stations the FCC guidelines -which the commission U.S. counties, public television does not in Washington last week (April 27 -30) also recently clarified (BROADCASTING, April meet the viewing standard. In some areas, received the news that their FY 1987 appro- 21). He said that his station has rejected Futa said, public stations would not qualify priation may be cut, and received support more than 90% of the corporate ads offered in 74% of the counties. NAPTS wants public from lawmakers on the must-carry issue. to it, because they do not meet those guide- television's carriage on cable assured. At a Tuesday luncheon (April 29), Repre- lines. Representative John Dingell (D- Mich.) sentative Al Swift (D- Wash.) said that public President and general manager of wITF-Tv said earlier on Tuesday that a new must- broadcasting's forward funding would not Hershey, Pa., Stewart Cheifet, said his sta- carry rule "must recognize public broadcast- safeguard it from budget cuts under the tion had doubled its local corporate under- ing's special contribution to the American Gramm -Rudman-Hollings balanced budget writing over the past year and had received people." Dingell added that he expected the law. The House Budget Committee, he said, few letters of concern over the station's use FCC to move forward on a new rule "in the was considering cutting about $50 million of enhanced underwriting messages. Wil- most expeditious manner possible." from public broadcasting's FY'87 appropri- liam Kobin, president and chief executive Alfred Sikes, the new head of the Nation- ation of $200 million. "You were just heav- officer of KCET-TV Los Angeles, said he was al Telecommunications and Information Ad- ing a sigh of relief at having resolved that "more ambivalent than ever" about en- ministration, said there was "a very compel- problem," Swift said. "You finally got some hanced underwriting messages and that his ling public interest" in insuring that decent funding levels through and you were station was following a "cautious ap- noncommercial television stations are car- going to go off and worry about some other proach." ried on local cable franchises. He also said things. Bad news. You've got to go back and Trish Hibben, consultant to Chevron that it "simply was not acceptable" to deny worry about funding. And the sooner you Corp., and GTE spokesman Philip Stevens public television stations access to the basic get very active on that, the better off you're (who appeared via videotape) -both nation- service tiers of cable systems which are local going to be on Capitol Hill." al corporate underwriters- expressed con- monopolies. The issue of funding the public broadcast- cern that local enhanced underwriting may Swift said that the FCC's failure to defend ing stations was raised also during discus- jeopardize the support from national under- the must -carry rules in court "should come sion of enhanced underwriting -the liberal- writers, who contribute much more support as no surprise. Basically, the commission ized on -air messages that public stations use than their local counterparts, but who often took a dive on the must -carry rule ...There to acknowledge corporate funding. The di- receive much less on -air acknowledgement. ought to be some grounds to charge the FCC lemma: gaining maximum funding from en- How the issue will be resolved was not with nonfeasance for the way it threw that hanced underwriting while retaining PBS's apparent last week. A majority of PBS sta- fight," he said. noncommercial character. The division tion executives in Washington agreed after Corporation for Public Broadcasting within the noncommercial network was ap- meeting in small group sessions that a sys- President Martin Rubenstein told those at the parent, both in the degree to which such tem -wide task force should be convened to conference that public broadcasting may messages are being used and in the benefits develop standards for underwriting practices have reached "the limit" in federal funding of using them. to be used nationally and locally, and that and that now is the time for commercial WGBH -TV Vice Chairman David Ives said more facts were needed on the degree en- broadcasters to "tell us what it is that they that public television will "slide into" com- hanced underwriting credits are being used. will provide us." Commercial broadcasters, mercialism if a systemwide consensus is not But no consensus existed on how to enforce he said, "are profitable, and we are not. reached and suggested that guidelines for the the guidelines. At a PBS board meeting They serve a purpose and so do we. They messages should "leave the least possible Wednesday, PBS Chairman Alfred Stern must assist us." Rubenstein asked for "con- room for interpretation." He said PBS said that stations must decide how to "po- crete proposals for financial assistance ...I should coordinate the establishment of in- lice" the guidelines. It is "clear," he said, can't believe that an industry such as com- dustrywide standards. that PBS should not assume that role. mercial broadcasting, profitable as it is, can- Henry Cauthen, president of the South Also discussed at the conference last week not come up with a consistent means of help- Carolina Educational Television Network, was the must-carry issue and the industry ing us as partners." said that other means of funding are threat- compromise, which NAPTS President Peter Dingell also said that public broadcasters ened by enhanced underwriting and that Fannon said operates against the carriage of "are not living up to their special responsi- "some stations have gone too far." He called public television. FCC Commissioner James bilities if they shy away," because of funding for "great restraint" in these times of "ram- Quello called the 2% audience delivery a problems, from making controversial public pant commercialism," adding that "when we station needs to be carried by a cable system affairs programing for fear of "alienating po- hit the streets with rate cards in hand, much "ridiculous" and said he would definitely op- liticans or corporate sponsors who are be- of the difference with our commercial broth- pose it. coming more and more important in terms of ers ceases to exist." NAPTS Vice President and General your business." He said that he expected the Richard Meyer, president of KERA -TV Dal- Counsel Baryn Futa said that 68% of the CPB board to "serve as a 'heat shield' to

Broadcasting May 5 1986 70 insulate public broadcasters from extraneous the Federal Bureau of Investigation are in- had to be at the helm of a large and powerful interference and control," and that Congress vestigating the incident, hoping to track earth station. Jay Ramasastry, chief scientist, would be watching "a little more now than in down and unmask Captain Midnight. The satellite technology, CBS /Broadcast Group, other times" to make sure that CPB is main- FCC's analysis of the tapes of the incident said the interferer had to have at least a 10- taining its independence. has yielded some information on the kind of meter dish and 2,000 watts of RF power - In his keynote address, PBS President earth station facility and character generator enough to deliver a signal two or three deci- Bruce Christensen told the group that if pub- Captain Midnight had at his command, he bels greater than HBO's. lic broadcasting is to continue as "broadcast- said. Investigators have also received sever- "Whoever did it was working with some ing in the public interest," it must continue al "tips," one of which has led them to the very professional equipment," said Robert to air potentially controversial programs and "Dallas area," he said. Wold, chairman and chief executive officer "do a better job of explaining ourselves and HBO and other cable programers have of Wold Communications, who has been our intentions." Christensen said that PBS been half expecting to see their satellite coping with unintentional interference for does not "broadcast controversy for contro- feeds hit with some harmful interference many years. "They had color bars and a versy's sake. We broadcast programs that from dish owners upset from the pro- character generator and a commercial uplink will broaden and deepen discussion of is- gramers' decision to scramble. Such inter- facility. It wasn't somebody transmitting off sues." D ference could be generated by almost anyone something he rigged together from Radio from almost anywhere with a large dish Shack gear." Wold said there are between equipped with a transmitter instead of a re- 100 and 120 uplinks in the country capable `Captain Midnight' ceiver. Last fall, Eastern Microwave Inc. of overriding the HBO signal. complained to the FCC that its satellite feed HBO transmits two feeds (eastern and strikes; preempts of superstation WOR-TV New York was dis- western) of HBO and Cinemax from the HBO with message rupted by a mysterious interfering signal and Shepley Communications Center in Haup- suggested that the interference was inten- pauge, N.Y., which has four II -meter decrying scrambling tional. dishes. Captain Midnight disrupted the east- But none of the programers were prepared ern feed of HBO on transponder 23 of Video vigilante interrupts satellite to cope with the signal put on the bird by Hughes Communications' Galaxy I. feed with warning to pay services Captain Midnight. "This wasn't simply a The unprecedented incident has already backyard dish hooked up to a small transmit- had some political repercussions. Russell The nightmare became reality for Home Box ter," said Russell. "This was a large com- believes it will give new life to legislation Office shortly after midnight on April 27. At mercial broadcast- quality earth station." that would "make it easier for the FCC to go about 12:32 a.m. NYT, HBO's showing of Last Monday and Tuesday, satellite engi- after people for malicious interference." The "Falcon and the Snowman" was interrupted neers were in Washington to discuss recom- legislation was introduced in the Senate by for about four minutes by a simple message mendations to the FCC for limiting uninten- Communications Subcommittee Chairman against a background of standard color bars. tional interference with satellite signals, and Barry Goldwater (R -Ariz.) and in the House The message: "Goodevening HBO from one of the unofficial topics of the gathering by Telecommunications Subcommittee Captain Midnight. $12.95? No Way! (Show - was Captain Midnight. They agreed that to member John Bryant (D- Tex.). time/The Movie Channel Beware!)" override the HBO signal, Captain Midnight "This video terrorism not only under- What had happened soon became clear. Someone -the mysterious Captain Mid- night -had beamed his message to HBO's This announcement appears as a matter of record only. transponder with a signal so powerful it overwhelmed HBO's. The incident, which has yet to be repeated, was clearly a protest against the scrambling of cable programing and its sale to the 1.5 million owners of backyard earth stations. HBO began scrambling HBO and its eD. companion service, Cinemax, full -time on Jan. 15 and charging dish owners $12.95 a month for each or $19.95 a month for the pair. Showtime/TMC plans to scramble its PRICE BROADCASTING COMPANY two services May 27 and charge $10.95 a Salt Lake City. Utah month for each and $ I6.95 a month for both. The incident was also a vivid demonstration of the vulnerability of satellite communications. It showed that with an earth sta- $40,000,000 tion big enough and powerful enough, a "video terrorist," as Captain Midnight has Revolving Credit Facilities been called, can not only interfere with a signal to the point of making it unwatchable, but also replace it -at least for a short peri- Provided by od-with a message or program of his own. Whatever else Captain Midnight is, he is a Bank of America NT &SA criminal. By intentionally beaming a signal Entertainment /Media Group over a transponder belonging to someone else, said FCC's chief spokesman Bill Rus- sell, he violated Section 501 of the Commu- nications Act, risking a fine of up to $10,000 and a year in jail. Lawyers were searching the criminal code for other violations that could be charged against Captain Midnight. till Bank of America Russell said. That the captain threatened Showtime/The Movie Channel, Russell said, may be cause for action. Bank of Amenca NTBSA According to Russell, the FCC. the criminal division of the Justice Department and

Broadcasting May 5 1986 71 mines access to programing by dish owners, satellites, nobody was declaring solidarity er socialist countries." He named but cable subscribers and network with directors broadcast him last week. of the stations he said were members viewers," said Tom Rogers, senior counsel The of ei- Satellite Television Industry Associ- ther the Central Intelligence Agency or U.S. of the House Telecommunications Subcom- ation (SPACE), which believes HBO is over- Military Intelligence. As for his years in the mittee. "We are very concerned that there is charging dish owners for their services, is- west, Tumanov said they had been a "night- a potential here for a major disruption of the sued a statement saying it neither condones mare." He said his return to the Soviet Union nation's communications system." He said nor tolerates intentional interference. "Inci- had been "tortuous." that the subcommittee will broaden the dents of this nature are entirely wrong," it RFE was founded in scope of its satellite 1950 and RL a year scrambling hearing on said. later. For the first 20 May 21 years, they had secretly to include intentional interference. "Quite frankly," added SPACE spokes- been funded Although by the CIA. When the CIA con- it's certain that Captain Mid- man Joe Boyle, "he should be thrown in nection became night has become a known, Congress acted to kind of folk hero among jail." He said federal authorities are vigor- provide them with dish owners who feel their own funds that cheated by the scram- ously pursuing Captain Midnight, hoping to would be funneled through bling and sale of cable a semiautono- programing on the catch and make an example out of him. mous agency, the BIB. An RFE/RL spokesperson in Washington said the radios had no more information on Radio Liberty editor turns up in Moscow Tumanov than was available from the wire services. Asked for comment on the charge A high -ranking editor of Radio Liberty who et Union, are located in Munich. Tumanov that the radios were a nest for CIA agents, had disappeared in Munich two months was ago last seen in that city on Feb. 25, a day the spokesperson said, "We've heard that turned up at a news conference in Moscow after he left work early complaining he was from our own media." Then she said there last week. Oleg A. Tumanov, who was not well. born had been no RFE/RL employes who had also in the Soviet Union and defected to the West Thmanov said in a prepared statement that served the CIA for 15 years. 21 years ago, when he was 21, refused to the radios "are a convenient front for covert She said Tumanov had been answer questions at the considered "a news conference re- operations against the Soviet Union and oth- nice guy and a good editor." garding his disappearance and return to Moscow. Instead, he used the news conference to denounce the station and its affiliate, Radio Free Europe, as a front for U.S. intelligence operations against his native Soviet CU llg.Egongii_fl.nE6@ Union. I I PROPOSED i Tumanov was the third -ranking official of I manager of station. Miller's wife, Diane, Radio Liberty, which broadcasts to the Sovi- KVIO -TV Eureka, Calif. o Sold by California has interest in KMST(TV) Monterey and et Union. The station and RFE, which Northwest Broadcasting Co. to Miller KJEO(TV) Fresno, both California. KvIQ -Tv is broadcasts to Eastern European countries, Broadcasting Co. for $3.9 million. Seller is independent on channel 6 with 100 kw visu- are financed by Congress and supervised by owned by Leah McConnell and her husband, al, 16 kw aural and antenna 1,740 feet above the Board for International Broadcasting. Carl, who have no other broadcast interests. average terrain. The stations, which are jammed by the Sovi- Buyer is owned by Ronald W. Miller, general KPOI -FM Honolulu o Sold by Robert W. Sud- brink to Kilohana Broadcasting Inc. for $2.6 million. Seller, Robert W. (Woody) Sud- brink, owns Delray Beach, Fla. -based group VOYAGER COMMUNICATIONS V, INC. of four AM's and two TV's. Buyer is owned Carl Venters, Chairman by Charles K. Cotton and three others. Cot- Jack McCarthy, ton is former sales manager of KFMB -AM -FM President San Diego. KPoI -FM is on 97.5 mhz with 83 has kw and antenna 86 feet above average ter- contracted to purchase rain. Broker: Blackburn & Co. WXIK -FM KTOB(AM) Petaluma, Calif. o Sold by MOB Inc. to North Bay Broadcasting Inc. for Shelby/Charlotte, North Carolina $800,000, comprising $400,000 cash and remainder note. Seller is principally owned for by Robert S. Lipman and family and four others. It has no other broadcast interests. $5, 500,000 Buyer is owned by Barton J. Fenmore and Edward Gardner. Fenmore owns construc- from tion firm in Orange county, Calif. Gardner was San Francisco marketing vice president CAPITOL BROADCASTING, INC. for Group W. KTOB is on 1490 khz full time with I kw. Broker: William A. Exli.ne, Inc. James F. Goodman, President KOWK(FM) Pittsburg, Kan. o Sold by Heart- land Broadcasting Inc. to American Media We are pleased to have assisted Investments Inc. for $747,405, comprising both parties in this transaction. $100,000 cash and remainder note. Seller is principally owned by Timothy O. Men - owsky, who also has interest in colocated KNZS(AM). Buyer is owned by Robert D. BucKBuRN«EbMPANy Freeman, Frank L. Carney and O. Gene Bicknell. It also owns KKOW(AM) Pittsburg, I N C O R P O R A T E D Kan. KQwK is on 96.9 mhz with 100 kw and antenna 470 feet above average terrain. Media Brokers Rs Appraisers Since 1947 KWBG -AM -FM Boone, Iowa Sold by Ken WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 ATLANTA, GA 30361 IL CHICAGO, 60601 BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 Kilmer Broadcasting Co. to KZBA Inc. for 1100 Connecticut Ave., NW 400 Colony Square 333 N. Michigan Ave. 9465 Wilshire Blvd. $606,344. Seller is (2021 331 -9270 (4041 892 -4655 13121 346 -6460 (213) 274 -8151 headed by Dennis W. 5/5/86 Borwick. It has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is owned by Ben R. Doud, Tim Hob- Broadcasting May 5 1986 72 positions becomes a soapbox for son and seven others. It owns KGWV FM Gil- academic dismal marketplace law doctrine es- lette, Wyo. KwBG is 1590 khz with I kw day the Daniel Brenner," Orme said. "We and 500 w night. KWBG -FM is on 98.3 mhz NABB opposes poused by must bear in mind that the participants in the with 3 kw and antenna 210 feet above aver- UCLA post Communications Law Program are age terrain. UCLA for Brenner captive students who will be graded accord- KBCQ(AM)- KCKN(FM) Roswell, N.M. Sold ing to their assimilation of, and compliance Broadcasting by National Capital Christian letter to UCLA chancellor with, what they are taught under Mr. Bren- Corp. for Group sends Inc. to Ardman Broadcasting taking issue with Fowler aide as choice ner's philosophic direction. $600,000. Seller recently sold WTLUTV) law program "We hope and trust that you will consider in to head communications Richmond, Va., to Sudbrink Broadcasting the concerns of those ... who will be dis- for KBCQ -KCKN ( "Changing exchange The National Association for Better Broad- mayed to learn that the school of law at Hands," Jan. 20). It also owns WTKK(TV) casting has protested the appointment of UCLA is becoming a training center for Va. Buyer is principally owned Manassas, Daniel Brenner, senior adviser to FCC practices that we believe to be alien to ac- by Myer Feldman, who also has interest in Chairman Mark Fowler, as director of the ceptable standards for the legal profession. -WSSH(FM) Lowell, Mass. KBCQ is WLLH(AM) communications law program at the Univer- "We do not, of course, object to the pre- on 1020 khz full time with 50 kw. KCKN is sity of California, Los Angeles. sentation of Daniel Brenner's convictions to on 97. I mhz with 100 kw and antenna 360 In a letter to UCLA Chancellor Charles law students at UCLA or anywhere else, ei- feet above average terrain. Young, NABB President Frank Orme al- ther by Mr. Brenner or some other persons. WTAB(AM) -WKSM(FM) Tabor City, N.C. leged that Brenner's placement posed a But to have these fundamentally flawed prej- Sold by Prorad Communications Inc. to "threat to the reputation for educational ob- udices taught as university -endorsed princi- Great American Media Inc. for $575,000, jectivity and intellectual integrity that your ples is another matter altogether." comprising $250,000 cash, $250,000 as- school of law has achieved over the past Brenner declined comment beyond noting sumption of liability and remainder note. years." Orme said it was a matter of record that he had never met Orme. Seller is owned by Robert M. Binkley. It has that Brenner was the "architect and ardent Carole Goldberg- Ambrose, associate no other broadcast interests. Buyer is owned advocate of an approach to regulatory law" dean of the UCLA law school, said the law by Donald W. Curtis, Thomas H. Campbell that was opposed by organizations represent- school had "no doubts" about the soundness and J.D. Longfellow. It also owns ing "millions" of consumers. "Many of these of Brenner's appointment. "We think he'll WDUR(AM) -WFXC(FM) Durham, WTHP(FM) groups share our conclusion that Mr. Bren- make a tremendous contribution to the Thomasville, WIAM(AM)- WSEC(FM) William - ner is an obsessed flag carrier for the most school and to the program," Goldberg-Am- ston and WMBL(AM)-WMBJ -FM Morehead extreme anti- public -interest policies and brose said. City, all North Carolina. WTAB is daytimer practices that have come to the forefront in Rev. Everett C. Parker, an NABB board on 1370 khz with 5 kw. WKSM is on 104.9 broadcasting history." member, disassociated himself from the let- mhz with 3 kw and antenna 425 feet above Orme also said the NABB supported aca- ter. "Brenner is a competent scholar," Parker average terrain. demic freedom. "We do not, however, be- said. "I think it [the letter] is an unfair thing For other proposed and approved sales see lieve that as individuals or as an organization to have done." Orme said Parker was the "For the Record," page 78. we can remain silent while one of the na- only board member who disapproved of the tion's most sensitive communications law letter.

METROPLEX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. has acquired WRKB (AM) / WJZR (FM) Charlotte, North Carolina for $6,000,000 from DOWNS RADIO, INC. Lobbying partnership. Steven F initiated this transaction and Stockmeyer, senior vice president for The undersigned government relations at the National As- assisted the parties in negotiations. sociation of Broadcasters from 1981 to 1983, has merged his government relations company, Stockmeyer & Co., with the Washington lobbying firm of Wexler, ERE Reynolds, Harrison & Schule. WRH &S'S clients have included the Motion Pic- RICHAR 1 S INC. ture Association of America, the Nation- al Cable Television Association, Via- A Confidential Service to Owners & Qualified Buyers com, MCI and Mcfadden Holdings. which has made a takeover bid for John Blair & Co. Stockmeyer becomes a prin- NEGOTIATIONS FINANCING APPRAISALS cipal of the firm and will be active on TV CATV RADIO NEWSPAPERS such issues as scrambling and TV music licensing. Stockmeyer served as executive director of the National Republi- 7700 LEESBURG PIKE 4320 DUNDEE ROAD can Congressional Committee from FALLS CHURCH, VA 22043 NORTHBROOK, IL 60062 1975 to 1981. (703) 821 -2552 (312) 291-0188 Local TV news: nipping at the heels of the networks Seminar held at Berkeley presents sion news. "We should ask ourselves if local news anchors at the 1984 political con- debate on growing sophistication of [what we're doing] makes any sense. Unfor- ventions, arguing that their satellite- deliv- local news; some say there is threat tunately, that's not very fashionable right ered to reports to home -town stations were pri- network newscasts; other panelists now ...The emphasis is on doing, not re- marily used for fear that promotional purposes. The although there is growing flecting." "star system" within television technical ability at local journalism, stations, Herford, a former writer, reporter and edi- he lamented, has imposed an improper there is less substance to news set of tor for CBS News, insisted that the quality of standards on the industry and effectively television news has not improved within the eliminated an anchor's usefulness in the Dramatic and rapid changes in the technol- last 10 years, observing that "the machinery field. "As soon as they hit the street, they are ogies of news gathering, reporting and dis- is there but the mind isn't." He said he is the biggest thing in town," Herford tribution are having a profound said. effect on the particularly distressed by the lack of editing Sounding a less pessimistic note was content of such programing, agreed ABC speakers in television news, pointing out that many News media critic and political analyst Jeff participating in separate California semi- stations put reporters on the air live for no Greenfield, keynote speaker at both the nars. Participants in the April 25-26 discus- purpose other than to show off their techni- UCB gathering and a one -day April 25 con- sions were unanimous in the opinion that cal capabilities. Almost no stations, he conference on "electronic campaigning in the local stations are competing more effectively tended, have a copy editor or equivalent information with era" sponsored by the Universi- the major commercial networks as a "gatekeeper," thus allowing potentially inac- ty of California-Los result the Angeles Communica- of changes, mostly wrought by curate or misleading reports to be aired on a tions Law Program. satellites and computers, but there was - deep regular basis. Technology, Greenfield told the Berkeley seated concern that attention is being dis- "The problems we have are very deep, Graduate School of Journalism audience, "is tracted from journalistic fundamentals. very real and very depressing," Herford ob- changing not just the playing field, but the "Let's take three steps back and look at served. "Much of what we do is simply not nature of the game itself." Television what we're doing," urged Peter news, Herford, done very well. We should say no to some of particularly on the networks, may be "liber- producer of CBS Sunday Morning, during a the [technological] opportunities dropped in ated" by developments such as easily day -long University of California- Berkeley acces- our laps." sible satellite distribution, simpler electronic panel session examining the future televi- of Herford recalled the presence of dozens of newsgathering equipment and increased competition for international and national coverage. He contended that local news "bottomed out about five or six years ago" and has gotten steadily better in large part because of improved technology and higher Closed: March 1986 caliber staffs. "You don't need the networks now to cover the world," remarked Greenfield, refer- San Antonio, TX ring to the use of portable Ku -band satellite earth stations by local stations. He said a plethora of nonnetwork sources of nonlocal $11,000,000.00 reports, coupled with the introduction of direct video feeds to stations by politicians and other newsmakers, have made it feasible for an unaffiliated station to produce a creditable Orlando (Deland), FL all- encompassing nightly newscast on its own. The improving profitability of local news has also enabled local stations to lure $7,500,000.00 on -air talent from networks with lucrative offers, he added. Nevertheless. Greenfield believes several factors mitigate against the long -term de- mise of network news, principally the large New Orleans, LA cost involved in maintaining an operation large enough to respond to major national and international stories. Local stations can't $7,000,000.00 match the $200 million annual budget of a network news division, he noted, which can sustain expensive newsgathering in places like South Africa, Libya and the Philippines. But the political impact of the new techo- logies will be profound, Greenfield predict- AMERICOM ed. During the regional Southern states pri- RADIO BROKERS mary of 1988, he ventured, candidates will * use two -way satellite hookups for live on -air interviews with local station anchors. This technique will eliminate 900 Seventeenth St. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 737 -9000 much of the expensive and debilitating barnstorming typical of past campaigns, allowing candidates to re-

Broadcasting May 5 1986 74 main in Washington and redirect travel funds Schonfeld said the biggest news challenge for other purposes. Polk honors. Ted Koppel and Richard facing the networks is shedding expensive Several speakers said they see a potential N. Kaplan, of ABC News§ Nightline, overhead costs they have incurred as a con- for news media manipulation under the new won the George Polk award for out- sequence of emerging in a heavily regulated technological order. Herford recalled the standing network television reporting and unionized business environment. Just as April 14 attack of U.S. warplanes on Libya for a week -long series on South Africa established airlines have been given a run for as an example of sophisticated news man- that aired in March 1985. Part of that their money by nonunionized upstarts like agement for political purposes. It was no series included a debate between People Express, today's network will need to accident, he asserted, that news of the action South African Foreign Minister Pieter renegotiate union contracts and adopt less was released at a time of maximum viewer- Botha and Anglican Bishop Desmond expensive technology if it is to survive, be- ship (9 p.m. NYT). Tutu. The local television reporting lieves Schonfeld, now a consultant to Cable - "It's scary," Herford declared. "We're no award went to Vic Lee, Craig Franklin vision, a multisystem cable operator. longer reporters. Where is the countervail- and Brian McTigue of KRON -TV San Fran- As the only network representative on the ing force ?" cisco for Clean Rooms -Dirty Secrets. morning program, ABC News Vice Presi- During his formal presentation, Green- The radio reporting winner was Peter dent and Washington Bureau Chief George field said he worries that networks might be Laufer of NBC Radio News for Night- Watson dismissed the suggestion that the more inclined to cancel money -losing news mare Abroad. network/affiliate relationship is threatened shows in the new era and could have prob- by new technologies, arguing that neither lems obtaining affiliate cooperation in field tional, although such a venture is not likely has shown much interest "in disturbing what reports. However, those same forces could to come from the network news divisions. is still a pretty good thing ...a partnership of also prompt the networks to experiment, he "The networks are now competing with convenience and profitability." It is not in an conceded. For instance, Greenfield suggest- their own affiliates in [national and interna- affiliate's best interest to bump network ed, one of the three might someday attempt a tional] news programing," according to Cor- news, he said, because the deletion would one -hour network newscast from 7:30 p.m. poron, whose company produces a nightly increase local expenses and weaken the net- to 8:30 p.m., devoting the second half-hour half -hour newscast for independent stations. work. to something other than hard news in a bid to The natural network news monopoly of the But Watson conceded the networks have compete against innovative local news pro- recent past "is not dying, but it's caught a been "slow off the mark" in adapting to new gramers. bad cold ...I don't think it's going to get technologies. While there is cause for con- Others on the panel disagreed, including fatal pneumonia." The networks have al- cern, he concluded, network news will con- Michael Youngren, news director at ready started to significantly alter the way tinue "in largely the same form" for the in- KuTV(TV) Salt Lake City, who feels enter- they do business, Corporon continued, re- definite future. tainment programing in prime time is much ducing their news budgets and becoming The journalistic implications of "unfil- too lucrative for the networks to turn over to more creative. tered," and presumably unchallenged, news news. Stanley E. Hubbard II, vice president, feeds from some sources, particularly politi- However. Youngren predicted, "tradition- Hubbard Broadcasting, also foresees affili- cal ones, was a concern raised by several al network news is probably going to disap- ate preemption of network newscasts within panelists. pear" and be replaced by a kind of "electron- the next few years, in part as a consequence "I have a nagging fear that you are getting ic wire service" providing an unending of his firm's Conus Communications, which "river of news." His station is an example of has sold mobile satellite equipment to 36 the growing independence of local news op- U.S. stations. He said Conus is also selling a erations, said Youngren, relying on a mobile new line of portable Ku -band uplinks small satellite transmission system, alternative enough to be checked on airplanes as bag- video services and national and regional bu- gage. The implication of this trend, Hubbard reaus to program more than four hours of believes, is that local stations may be better JACK CHhISTIAN /CB, Inc. news daily. equipped to cover stories in Manila, Cape In the near future, Youngren predicted, Canaveral and other distant news sites than has a new Washington location "some crazy affiliate powerhouse" will drop the networks with which they are affiliated. 1325 18th Street, N.W. newscast and up to million in its network -provided evening Hubbard estimated $30 D.C. 20036 use the $6- to -$8- million worth of advertis- annual revenue could be generated by a San Washington, ing revenue available for that time period to Francisco affiliate during the half hour cur- produce its own all- encompassing newscast. rently turned over to network news. A con- He said the revenue base for such produc- sortium of stations in the largest 10 markets (just two tions exists in the top 20 markets, "and the could produce a respectable newscast, Hub- doors down networks know that." bard believes. (During a question- and -an- from the NAB) Youngren's forecast was endorsed by John swer period, an unidentified representative R. Corporon, president of New York -based of KeYTITVI Santa Barbara, Calif., said her Independent Network News, who predicted station was considering replacing its ABC such a preemption by the end of this decade. evening newscast with material from alter- While such an experiment would be "fasci- native sources.) nating," Corporon admitted it would run the Reese Schonfeld, vice president of Com- risk of offending the network involved. But munications Development Corp. and former Personal, discreet service the trend is a positive one, he feels, because president of the Cable News Network, went for serious buyers and it lessens network domination in news and one step further, insisting that, thanks to sellers of radio properties - strengthens America's pluralistic democra- Hubbard's Conus, "the effect of satellites on publishers of cy. The WPIX -TV New York executive cited a newsgathering has ended and we are about Radio Group Management. recent Frank Magid & Associates report that to reap its fruits." found a majority of viewers surveyed be- The networks fought long and hard to pre- lieve local stations can produce newscasts of vent such technology from taking hold, he similar quality to those of the networks. The maintained, "but the battle is over. They lost BROKERS, INC. same research suggested one -third of view- it and now they're climbing on board, thank COMMUNICATIONS ers actually prefer to receive national and God." As a result, said Schonfeld, "we've international news from local anchors. got a system that is probably more stable (202) 745-1009 Corporon also agreed the industry will than it has been in years." He conceded lo- soon yield a nonexclusive video wire service cally originated newscasts supplanting net- similar to the print and audio offerings of the work feeds "are doable and would probably Associated Press and United Press Interna- make more money [for the stations]."

Broadcasting May 5 1986 7R something that looks like news but may not time telling what's real and what's unreal." actually be news," Greenfield lamented, The final Berkeley speaker was Los Ange- adding that many politicians believe they get les Times television critic Howard Rosen- "an easier pass [to viewers]" when feeding berg. who took an admittedly pessimistic directly to a local station. Both Hubbard and view of the ascendancy of local news. Youngren agreed. "I'm seeing more of it, but there is less During an afternoon panel, television substance to it," he sighed. "Television tends news talent agent Don Fitzpatrick of San to turn an ordinary person into a personality. Francisco -based Fitzpatrick Associates pre- Too many people go into television [news] to dicted a continuing defection of network become personalities and for the money, not personnel to local markets, citing a desire to practice journalism." Rosenberg noted for "normalization of life style," fresh, cre- that even in cities smaller than the top 25 ative challenges and the hefty salaries many markets, "some anchors are earning outlets offer. Local news has matured, he $250,000 a year...It's going to be pretty said, and "stations are not looking for cheer- scary [if local news predominates in the fu- leader types with no brains in their heads. ture]." They are looking for substance." Rosenberg complained that the distinc- KRON -TV San Francisco Associate News tions between news and entertainment have Director Robert Hodieme echoed Fitzpa- been blurred by the emergence of stylized trick, saying that much of the bureaucracy news magazines such as CBS's West 57th evident at the networks is missing in the and the concurrent disappearance of tradi- field. tional long -form documentaries. "If we did a documentary on Marilyn AP adds another. The members of the On the question of whether evening net- Monroe, I guarantee you it would see the Associated Press have picked a fourth work newscasts could soon be supplanted by light of day," he said, alluding to ABC's locally broadcaster to fill a newly created posi- originated programs covering the decision last fall to cancel a 20/20 segment on tion on their 21- member board same material, Rosenberg said that situation the controversial circumstances of Monroe's of directors. The new representative is Robert essentially exists already in Los Angeles. death. Hodierne joked that anchor Sylvia KRON-TV's Hodierne Morse (above), president, WHAS -AM -TV pointed out that similar Chase joined KRON -TV last November not so situations Louisville, Ky, and president -elect of exist with independents in smaller much because of that independence but be- the subsidiary AP Broadcasters markets such as San Francisco, but estimat- cause "we are paying her wheelbarrows full Inc. He will serve a one -year term. The Associ- ed it would take at least $50 million to ex- of money." a ated Press also re- elected Frank Bat- ecute newscast approaching the quality and Hodierne said KRON -TV was dissatisfied ten, chairman of Landmark Communi- depth of those currently produced by the net- with the volume of NBC's Philippine cover- works. cations, Norfolk, Va., to be chairman. Greenfield recommended against age and sent its own crew to Manila as corn - and William Keating, chairman and such a move on different grounds, arguing pensation. He contended all three San Fran- chief executive officer of the that viewers would be turned off by the sev- cisco affiliates originated better Philippine Detroit Newspaper Agency, to be vice chair- ering of long -term relationships they have coverage than the networks "because we man and chairman -elect. established with network news personal- were interested in it ... We covered the hell According to APB President Clint Formby, the new ities. out of it." The Bay Area, he noted, has the seat on the board is "further recognition During the UCLA roundtable (April 25), largest Filipino population in the U.S. by the AP of the growth and maturity presented by the school's communications Tom Wolzien, vice president of editorial of the electronic media" Morse will pro- law program with funding from the Markle and production services for NBC, based in vide the committee with a television sta- Foundation, Greenfield downplayed the po- New York, admitted that local stations now tion manager's view of issues, accord- tentially negative impact of new technol- have the technical capacity and journalistic ing to AP Chairman Batten. ogies on the electoral process, saying that expertise to cover stories that would have individual values and interests are unlikely been the exclusive province of the networks tion system and an increase of internal news to be affected by them. "People still vote on in past years, but warned some ambitious feeds to as many as 50 stories per day. what [a candidate] stands for," he asserted, reporting may come "crashing to a halt" if A serious and underdiscussed ethical adding that "only some [technological] major libel suits are filed against local pro- problem on the horizon, according to the changes affect substantive power. American ducers. Over all, he said, it remains in the NBC executive, is presented by new digital politics has changed less over the decades networks' interest to help their affiliates at- retouching equipment capable of dramati- than we think." tract large local news audiences. Wolzien cally changing details in video news footage The most significant substantive political said that at NBC that commitment has been submitted. changes have been wrought by the computer, demonstrated through the network's expand- "Once this technology gets out there," he Greenfield argued, which has replaced thou- ed use of a six -transponder satellite distribu- cautioned, "we're going to have a helluva sands of volunteers previously recruited to gather critical campaign information. Presi- dent Reagan's performance during the first 1984 campaign debate with Walter Mon- dale , he said, was determined via computer- based surveys to have had a negative impact The only thing you on young voters. By the next day, Greenfield noted, the President's campaign staff had taken steps to improve Reagan's television image among 18- to -30- year -olds. "Any form of communications technol- to ogy be used need will try and sell know about to candidates," Greenfield said, pointing out that videocas- BROADCAST BROKERS. settes are now being used in California and satellite teleconferences in other states to financing. promote candidates or ballot measures. Such DANIELS approaches have the potential to reduce Call Bruce Cranston at (303) 321 -7550. spending on more traditional media, includ- 2930 East Third Avenue, Denver. CO 80206 & ASSOCIATES ing television and radio. He singled out the latter medium as President Reagan's "real millieu," terming him "the best rhetorician

Broaticast r g May 5 1986 76 equal -time constraints. for the ear since Roosevelt and maybe even committee. He estimated Republicans raise doctrine and Douglas, political reporter for better (than the former President]." Reagan's $8 to $12 for every dollar raised by Demo- Linda be Angeles, said she is also con- weekly radio address has attracted a small crats. As a result, "Republicans could KNBC(TV) Los to the lack of news media access but important consistency of older and more permanently enshrined by their access cerned about mail campaign appeals, which conservative loyalists, Greenfield feels. technology and money." to direct be bound by disclosure Cable's most significant contribution to Analyst Robert Meadow, a University of Douglas feels should the political scene is probably C -SPAN, he Southern California political science profes- requirements. "We don't know what candidates are say- said, which continues to raise substantive sor, agreed that computer-based technol- ing to the voters," she complained. "They issues within various ideologies. ogies have changed political campaigns and almost in secret to the voter." Greenfield believes the purchase of noted that videocassettes may soon become are speaking said the rapid rise in direct mail comes at broadcast television time has become more "the equivalent of the electronic potholder." She a time when most candidates are reevaluat- important in modern campaigns, which Some office seekers are giving away educa- ing their use of "free media" and relying means the Republican party currently has an tional cassettes with an introductory mes- on purchased time to get their mes- enormous advantage over the Democratic sage from the candidate. He warned that more The "evolving conventional party that will likely last a long time. such expensive appeals may create an envi- sages across. among candidates, said Douglas, "The Republican party is the king of ronment of "political haves and have -nots" wisdom" that news coverage may not benefit them PAC'S," Greenfield declared. raising more and wondered about the public policy impli- is as much as carefully produced ads. funds by far than any other political action cations of new media unfettered by fairness

Taking stock of television news via satellite should always 'Christian Science Monitor' conference tors and news executives around the world challenge one another's definition of stories features journalists in concept answering questions from students and should fight a "narrowness about what is news" to increase sensitivity to more Third World coverage. Television should treat major issues in great- the need for The government and educators er depth, but viewers must demand such media, place more emphasis on Third coverage if they really want it, two newsmen must all cultural and religious history if cover- agreed during a three -continent videoconfer- World said LaRue Gilleland, on broadcasting. age is to improve, ence journalism depart- Students from more than 200 colleges in Northeastern University "We paid dearly" for a lack 10 countries heard and questioned reporters ment chairman. coverage of Indochina from the in London, Tokyo and Vienna during a ses- of in -depth the 1960's, he said. sion sponsored by The Christian Science 1930's to early chief correspon- Monitor. Audio hookups linked the schools to But Morton Dean, INN asked Boston conference hub. dent and former CBS commentator, the all this infor- Edwin Newman, media commentator, Gilleland: "Where do you put" news shows are only 22 PBS host and former NBC correspondent, mation? Network he noted -something must be agreed with former CBS correspondent minutes long, to be put in. Richard C. Hottelet that the public gets the Siegel and Gilleland taken out for anything quality of journalism it demands. was TV tends "to concentrate on the dramatic" Still in the running. The number of candidates for first -journalist -in -space honors from a group of and sometimes fails to distinguish "between reduced to eight finalists in the Southeast region last week. Eight -chosen what's important and what's theatrical," 20 semifinalists in the region -are James J. Snyder, Mutual Broadcasting Co.; Barry Alexander H. Newman said. But, he added, "Americans Serafin and Jamres T. Wooten, both of ABC News; Robert A. Navias and Jay Barbree. of are extremely well -informed." Rossiter, of United Press International; Kathy Sawyer, of Washington Post; Networks don't underestimate viewers' NBC News, and Marcia Bartusiak, freelance science writer from Norfolk, Va. They were intelligence, Newman said, but have to re- selected to make the second cut after being interviewed in Chapel Hill, N.C., and appear- south spond to the ratings. There are very few net- ing before a panel of judges. An additional 16 finalists from the northeast and work documentaries on scientific technical central regions are to be announced next week. The final 16, from the north central and launch of the issues, he said, "because people don't find western regions, are expected to be announced by May 14. The date for is announced. The selection them exciting. If there's a demand for better shuttle that will carry first journalist into space yet to be journalism, it will emerge." process is being conducted by the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Newman and ABC chief foreign corre- Communication spondent Pierre Salinger said that journalists haven't carelessly escalated the problem of international terrorism. Salinger said: "It's our fault that we've made people afraid to travel to Europe, OUTSTANDING AGILITY when it's probably more dangerous to cross the street" in America. But, he said, "we're not responsible for terrorism, and we don't - tell everything we know" when full disclo- Io- . ° sure endangers hostages. k.+r.. .. ' t.^ 'I When covering the Third World, Robert ® . = ,1 Siegel, National Public Radio news and pro- i graming director, tries to blend breaking MICRODYNE PCDR-5 news and "texture of life" stories. He de- SCPC SATELLITE RECEIVER fended American reporting from Lebanon, "went to extraordinary ALLIED- saying journalists lengths to find out what is going on" there BUY DISTRIBUTER Satellite Equipment amid civil war and death threats. DIRECT & SAVE 962 -8596 Eric Friesen, American Public Radio ex- (317) ecutive vice president, said reporters, edi-

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As compiled by BROADCASTING, April 24 Carson: his son. Lawrence. and Ronn Prohaska. It has inter- through April 30, and based on filings, au- ests in WADO(AM) New York and KMIAIAMI Fort Worth. Ownership Changes Carson also owns thorizations and other FCC actions. WPBK(AM) Whitehall. Mich. Prohaska is general manager of WPBK. Filed April 16. KIKO(AM) Miami and KIKO(FM) Globe. both Ariz. Abbreviations: AFC For -Antenna Communications. Applications (AM: 1340 khz: I kw-D:250 w -N; FM: 100.3 mhz: 15.3 kw; AU-Administrative Law Judge. alt. -alternate. ann.- HAAT: 4.100 ft.)-Seeks assignment of license from Wil- announced. New FM Anchorage, Alaska (CP) -Seeks assignment ant.-antenna. aur.-aural. aux. -auxiliary. lard Shoccraft to Kcycom Corp. for SI.750.000. Seller has of license from Alaska Black Broadcasting to Korlyn Broad- CH- critical houe. CP-construction permit. D-day. no other broadcast interests. Buyer is owned by Denny Dur- DA-- antenna. casting Inc. for 530.170. Seller is owned by Major C. Jones directional Doc- Docket. ERP -effective bin. Phoenix -based contractor and real estate broker with no and his wife. Margaret. It has no other radiated power. HAAT- height above average terrain. broadcast interests. other broadcast interests. Buyer Filed April 22. khz- kilohertz. kw--kilowatts. m-meters. MEOC- is owned by J.K. Hage. Kent Byus and Bill Law- KFNC(FM) Stuttgart. -Seeks maximum expected operation value. mhz -megahertz. rence. It has no other broadcast interests. Filed April 22. Ark. (CP) assignment of license from Chudy Broadcasting Corp. to Bobby Caldwell mod. -modification. N- night. PSA- presunrise service KAPR(AM)- KKRK(FM) Douglas. Ariz. (AM:930khz: for 525.000. Seller is owned by Nancy S. Chudy, who has no authority RCL- remote control location. S- A- Scientific- 2.5 kw -D; FM: 95.3 mhz: 3 kw; HAAT: 270 ft.) -Seeks other broadcast interests. Buyer has interest in K WYN -AM- Atlanta. SH- specified hours. SL- studio location. IL- assignment of license from Doug -Comm Inc. to Unicorn FM Wynne. Ark. Filed April 17. transmitter location. trans. -transmitter. TPO- transmitter Communications Inc. for $230.000. Seiler is owned by Mil- power output. U- unlimited hours. vis. visual. w-watts. ton Hermann. who has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is KVIQ -TV Eureka. Calif. Ich. 6: ERP vis. 100 kw; aur. "- noncommercial. owned by Manuel F. Siverio; his father, Manuel; R. LaVance 16 kw; HAAT: 1.740 ft.: ant. height above ground: 377 ft. I-Seeks assignment of license from California Northwest Broadcasting Co. to Miller Broadcasting Co. for S3.9 million. Seller is owned by Leah McConnell. who has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is owned by Ronald W. Miller. who was general manager of station. Miller's wife. Diane. has interest in KMST(TV) Monterey and KJEO(TV) Fresno. both California. Filed April 21. KTOB(AM) Petaluma. Calif. (1490 khz: 1 kw-U)- Seeks assignment of license from KTOB Inc. to North Bay Broadcasting Inc. for 5800.000, comprising 5400.000 cash Services and remainder note. Seller is principally owned by Roben S. Lipman and family and four others. It has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is owned by Barton J. Fenmore and Edward AERONAUTICAL CONSULTANTS FCC ON -LINE DATABASE Gardner. Fenmore owns construction firm in Orange county. TOWER LOCATION HE IOT STUD.ES Calif. Gardner was San Francisco marketing vice president FAA NEGOT,a, ONS for Group W. Filed April 22. JOHN CHEVALIER. JR. d8lawoPld® Allocation-Terram Studies KSLP(FM) San Luis Obispo and KBKE(FM) Bakers- AVIATION SYSTEMS, INC. AM FM TV LPTV ITFS field, both California (KSLP: CP on 88.9 mhz: KBKE: CP 26aa, HGMR,DGE RD STE 201 4827 Rugby Ave. Suite 200 on 91.3 mhz: 600 w: HAAT: 496 ft. I -Seeks assignment of ROILING HILLS ESTATES CA 90274 Bethesda. MD 20814 license from Pacific States Educational Foundation to Family (213) 377.3449 1301) 652-8822 1- 800-368 -5754 Stations Inc. for 56.000 each. Seller is headed by Joel N. Heath. manager. It has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is Oakland, Calif. -based nonprofit group of three AM's, 17 301-731-5677 c-,. Complete Listing Of: FM's and one TV headed by Harold Camping. Filed April 5...... , r...,.,, 18. D...,. u.n. ..1 .en rit -.n SE" KLIM(AM) Limon. Colo. (1220 khz: 250 w -D)--Seeks CALL assignment of license from Robad Broadcasting Co. to LETTERS Green- Harris Broadcasting Corp. for 5150.000. Seller is systems Ltd. Call Letter Systems owned by Robert D. Hawthorne, who has no other broadcast .., ., ....a s..,, , P. O. Box 13789 Jackson. MS 39236-3789 interests. Buyer is owned by Larry Green and Ramona L. 1601) 981-3222 Harris. Green is weatherman on KCNC -TV Denver. Harris is consultant to KVOJIAM) Edna. Tex. Filed April 21. WWSS(AM) Lynn Haven. and new AM Brandon, both Completely Current - No Maritime Cals Fla. (CP)-Seeks assignment of license from Jerry J. Collins BROADCAST DATA SERVICES to ASTI Broadcasting Corp. for Computerized 537.000. Seller owns Broadcast Service WDCQ(AM) Pine Island Including Center. Fla.. and CP in Royal Palm AVAILABLE Beach. Fla. Buyer is owned by Bruce J. Micek and Data Base Allocation Studies Kenneth Terrain Profiles CALL LETTERS R. Zerbe. It has no other broadcast interests. Filed April 23. WfTH FULL APPLICATION KR .4 Dir. of Muffin. Larson & Johnsen. Inc. KPOI -FM Honolulu (97.5 mhz: 83 kw: HAAT: 86 ft.)- (703) RADIO INFORMATION CENTER 841-0282 575 Lexnpton Aven.,e New TWA, NY 10022 Seeks assignment of license from Robert W. Sudbrink to (212) 371 -4528 Kilohana Broadcasting Inc. for S2.6 million. Seller is owned by Roben W. (Woody) Sudbrink. who owns Delray Beach. Fla. -based group of four AM's and two TV's. Buyer is Professional owned by Charles K. Cotton and three others. Cotton is RAMIRONIN, INC. Services to the former sales manager of KFMB -AM -FM San Diego. Filed Connector Supplier .JrnVJC Broadcasting 8 April 21. Production to the Broadcast Industry ssOCloles Industries WW KI(FM) Kokomo. Ind. (100.5 mhz; 20 kw; HAAT: Kings /ITT Cannon inc in 500 11.) -Seeks assignment of license from B.G.S. Broad- 67 Jefryn Blvd. E. Architecture casting Inc. to Shepherd Communications of Grand Rapids Deer Park, Interior Design for $3.900.000. Seller is owned by Donald R. Rice N.Y. 11729 (818) 351 -5521 Technical and Design James (516) 2424700 Construction Mgt, L. Gregg, who also owns WWKI -TV Kokomo, Ind. Buyer is owned by John J. Shepherd (70%). John P. Reilly and Grant J. Gruel. It also owns WXMI(TV) Grand Rapids. Mich. Filed April 23. Stephen Raleigh KWBG -AM -FM I Broadcast Boone, Iowa (AM: 1590 khz: kw -D; Services 500 w -N: FM: 98.3 mhz: 3 kw; HAAT: 210 ft.) -Seeks Full Service Technical Consulting assignment of license from Ken Kilmer Broadcasting Co. to Specialists in Audio & RF Systems KZBA Inc. for $606,344. Seller is headed by Dennis W. Facility Design & Installation Borwick. It has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is owned P.O. Box 3403, Princeton, N.J. 08540 by Ben R. Doud. Tim Hobson and seven (609) 799 -4357 others. It owns KGWY -FM Gillette. Wyo. Filed April 22. KICI -TV Iowa City. Iowa (ch. 20: ERP vis. 5.000 kw: aur. 501 kw; HAAT: 600 ft.; ant. height above ground: 480) -Seeks assignment of CP from Iowa Television Au-

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EDM & ASSOCIATES. INC. contact LECHMAN & JOHNSON FM TV IFS TTanslaloi B /case AM LPIV BROADCASTING MAGAZINE Frequency Searches I Rule Makings Telecommunications Consultants 1735 DeSales St. N.W. C /Canne, Cellular. Satellites Applications . FNN Engineering MMDS. P/P Mxrowaw Washington. D. C. 20036 2033 M Stew N W Suite 702 FCC In Class s PE IicemM staff for avaiiabilities Washington DC 20036 1234 Mass. Ave.. N.W., Suite 1006 Phone: (202) 638-1022 Washington, D.C. 20005 Phone (202) 63948880 12021 775-0057 thority Corp. to Hawkeye Broadcasting Ltd. Partnership for owns WXCM(AM)- WIBM -FM Jackson. Mich. Filed April Principal has no other broadcast interests. Filed April 10. S45.000. Seller is owned by William B. Newbrough. who 17. also owns KBTVITV) Des Moines. Iowa. and has interest in Byron. Ga.-Augusta Radio Fellowship Institute Inc. WCAM(AMI Camden. S.C. (1590 khz: I seeks KRNA(FM) Iowa City. Iowa. Buyer is owned by Walter R. kw-DI- 90.5 mhz: 100 kw: HAAT: 551 ft. Address: 3213 Seeks assignment of license from Wateree Broadcasting Inc. Huxley Dr.. Brewster and his mother. Dorothy. It also owns LPTV 's in Augusta. Ga. 30909. Principal is nonprofit cor- to Kershaw Broadcasting for 575.000. Iowa City and Williamsport. Pa. Filed April 17. comprising S5.(00 poration headed by Clarence T. Barinowski. It has no other cash and remainder note at 9.5% over one year. Seller is broadcast interests. Filed 22. KQWKIFM) Pittsburg. April Kan. (96.9 mhz: 100 kw: HAAT: owned by John Parker. who has no other broadcast interests. 470 ft.).-Seeks assignment Wallace. Ind. -John W. Kendrick seeks of license from Heanland Buyer is owned by Gary M. Davidson. his brother. John. and 98.7 mhz: 760 Broadcasting w; HAAT: 551 ft. Inc. to American Media Investments Inc for three others. Gary Davidson owns WDKD(AM) -WWKT- Address: 906 McKinley Ave.. Kellogg. S663.990.05. comprising Idaho 83837. Principal has no other 5100.000 cash and remainder FM Kingstree. S.C.. and WPUB -AM -FM Camden. both broadcast interests. note. Seller is principally owned by Timothy O. Menowsky. Filed April 22. South Carolina. and WMVGIAMI-WKZRIFM I Milledge- who also has interest in colocated KNZS(AM). Buyer. ville. and WLOP(AM)- WIFO(FMI Jesup. both Georgia. Salisbury. Md.- Salisbury Educational Broadcasting owned by Roben D. Freeman. Frank 1.. Carey and O. Gene and has interest in five cable systems in South Carolina. Foundation seeks 90.3 mhz: 378 w; HAAT: 180 ft. Address: Bicknell. also owns KKOW(AMI Pittsburg. Kan. Filed Filed April 18. P.O. Box 186. 21801. Principal is nonprofit corporation April 17. headed by George A. Copeland. It has no WPJK(AM1 'formerly WBLO(AMII Orangeburg. S.C. other broadcast WKMI(AMI interests. Filed April 21. Kalamazoo. Mich. 11360 khz: 5 kw -D: I (1580 khz: I kw-dl -Seeks assignment of license from Ra- kw -NF -Seeks assignment of license from Stecre Broadcast- dio Orangeburg Inc. to Bose Gowdy for 565.000. Seller is Ely. Minn.-Tamara Klindonh seeks 92.1 mhz: 3 kw: ing Corp. to Hicks Broadcasting Corp. for $$50.0100. plus owned by H. Edward Crapps. who also owns WBLR -AM- HAAT: 294 ft. Address: 5724 Goodrich Ave.. St. Louis 5150.000 noncompete agreement. Seller is owned by David FM Batcsburg. N.C. Buyer has no other broadcast interests. Park. Minn. 55416. Principal has interest in cable system Steerc. who has no other broadcast interests. Buyer is owned Filed April 22. serving Silver Bay. Minn.. and LPTV K2I AK Morris. by David L. Hicks. who also owns WKNRIAMF Minn. Filed April 15. W MCC(TV 1 Marion. Tenn. (CPI assignment of WKFR( FM Battle Creek. Mich. He has also filed petition -Seeks license from Mississincwa Communications Corp. to Gerald Holly Springs. Miss. -Rust College seeks 88.1 mhz; 3 for waiver of 18 months to dispose of WKNR(AMI. Filed J. Robinson for S52.168. Seller is owned by Rodney Funk. kw: HAAT: 328 ft. Address: 150 Rust Ave.. 38635. April I R. Principal who has no other broadcast interests. Buyer also owns is educational institution headed by Dr. W.A. McMillan. KGRZIAMI- KDXT(FMI Missoula. Mont. (AM: 1450 WYZZ -TV Bloomington. Ill.. and WSMH -TV Flint. Mich. president. Filed April 17. khz: 1 kw -D: 250 w -N: FM: 93.3 mhz: 43 kw: HAAT: 2.440 Filed April 17. Corning. N.Y. -Crystal City Broadcasters seeks 98.7 ft.t- -Seeks assignment of license from Windpoint 1970 WOQB(TV) Parkersburg. W. Va. (ch. 39; ERP vis. 691.8 mhz: 680 w: HAAT: 682.7 ft. Address: 321 Jerome Holding Co. to Sunbrook Missoula Radio Corp. for St.. kw: aur. 69.2 kw: HAAT: 620 ft.: ant. height above ground: Painted Post. N.Y. 14870. Principal is owned by Patricia A. S800.000. Seller is owned by Samuel C. Johnson. It has 448 ft.) -Seeks assignment of license from Parkersburg Stull and her husband. Norman. It has no other broadcast interest in KUDY(AM)-KICNI FM) Spokane. Wash.. and Family Television Inc. to Cato Communications Inc. for interests. Filed April 14. KRAM(AMI- KKLZIFM) Las Vegas. It also has interest in S65á00. Seller is owned by Cora N. Price. It has no other WLNS -TV Lansing. Mich.: WKBT-TV La Crosse. Wis.. Corning. N.Y. - -Christian Hope Center seeks 98.7 mhz: broadcast interests. Buyer is owned by Patrick J. Farrell. J. and WDKY-TV Lexington. Ky. Johnson also owns Racine. 760 w: HAAT: 619 ft. Address: 428 Watauga Ave.. Box 133. Paul Henderson and W.T. Anderson. It has no other broad- Wis.-based manufacturer. S.C. Johnson & Son Inc.. makers 14830. Principal is nonprofit corporation headed by Harry cast interests. Filed April 23. of Johnson Wax and other products. Buyer is equally owned R. Jackson. It has no other broadcast interests. Filed April by I.arry Roberts. Alan Cooper and his brother. Edward. It 14. also owns KCSJ(AMI- KUSNIFM) Pueblo. and Colo.. Coming. N.Y. --WCBA Radio Inc. seeks 98.7 mhz: 2 KXTLtAMI.KQUY(FM) Butte. Mont Filed April 21. New Stations kw: HAAT: 65 ft. Address: Box 1047. 14830. Principal is owned by Dean Slack. It also owns KBCQIAMI- KCKN(FM1 Roswell. colocated WCBA(AMI. N.M. 11020 khz: 50 Filed April 8. kw -U: FM: 97. I mhz: 100 kw: HAAT: 360 ft.)- -Seeks assignment of license from National Capital Christian Broad- AM Lost Cabin. N.Y. -Roy L. Bliss seeks 99.1 mhz: 100 casting Inc. to Ardman Broadcasting Corp. for 5600.(00. kw; HAAT: 1.300 ft. Address: 3623 E 47th Place. 761sa. Wasco, Calif. -Wasco Broadcasting seeks 1050 khz: Seller recently exchanged WLTT(TV1 Richmond. Va.. for Okla. 74135. Principal is TKTK of United Video. Tulsa - 250 w -D. Address: 9151 Cerritos #5. Anaheim. Calif. this station from Sudbrink Broadcasting (BROADCAST- based satellite resale carrier and cable programer. Filed April 92804. Principal is owned by Hildburg L. Charles. who is ING. Feb. 10). It also owns WTFKITV). Manassas. Va. 16. also app. for new FM in Keenan. Calif. Filed April 17. Buyer is principally owned by Myer Feldman. who has inter- Newburgh. N.Y. -Sound of Life Inc. seeks 90. I mhz: est in WI-LH(AM)- WSSHIFM) Lowell. Muss. Filed April FM's 9.66 kw: HAAT: 715 ft. Address: Box 380A. Lake Rd.. 17. Kingston. N.Y. 12401. Quartzsite. Ariz. -Buck Bin-dote seeks 94.3 mhz: 3 kw: Principal is nonprofit corporation headed by Bruce KRSYIAM) Roswell. N.M. (1230 mhz: I kw -D: 250 w- HAAT: 299 ft. Address: 16031 Camel Dr.. Box I. 85346. Winchell. president. Filed April 18. NI -Seeks assignment of license from Enchantment Broad- Delaware Township. N.J. -Penn -Jersey Educational casting Corp. to Ray Moran for assumption of liabilities. Radio Corp. seeks 89.7 mhz: 500 w; 173.8 ft. Address: Rd. Seller is owned by Jim C. Moore. who has no other broad- 3. Box 750. Stockton. N.J. Principal is nonprofit corpora- cast interests. Buyer owns KJTV(TV) Lubbock. Summary of broadcasting Tex. Filed tion headed by frank W. Napurano. It has no other broadcast April 18. as of February 25, 1986 interests. Filed April 18. WBZA(AM1 Glens Falls and WNIQ -FM Hudson Falls. Harrogate. Service On Air CP's Total Tenn.- Harrogac Broadcast Group Inc. New 1brk (1230 khz: 1 kw -D: 250 w -N: FM: 107.1 mhz: 3 seeks 98.7 mhz: 760 w: HAAT: 619 ft. Address: Rt. 1. Box kw: HAAT: 844 11.1- -Seeks assignment of license from Commercial AM 4.718 170 4.888 106. 37752. Principal is owned by Orville Bailey; his wife. Pathfinder Communications Corp. to Northway Broadcast- Commercial FM 3.875 418 4.293 Elizabeth. and Beulah Pursiful and her husband. Warren. ing Inc. for S810.000. Seller owned is by Dennis H. Curley. Bailey is sales manager and Pursiful is owner of It also owns new FM in Educational FM 1,231 173 1.404 Caribou. Mc. Buyer is equally WFXYIAMI Middlesboro. Tenn. Filed April 23. owned by William C. Burtis. David G. Mitchell. Joseph A. Total Radio 9.824 761 10.585 Reilly. Donald F. Snyder and E. Mark Vieira. Reilly has FM translators 789 444 1.233 TV's interest in W IZR(A M 1- W SRD(FM I Johnston. N.Y. Mitchell Bunnell. Fla. is general manager of WINRIAMI Binghamton. N.Y. Sny- -Pollack Broadcasting Co. seeks ch. 5R: Commercial VHF TV 540 23 563 ERP vis. 2.100 der is general manager of WBNG -TV Binghamton. N.Y. kw. aur. 200 kw: HAAT: 509 ft.: ant. height Filed April 22. Commercial UHF TV 401 222 623 above ground: 519 ft. Address: 509 S. Walnut St.. Osceola. Educational VHF TV 114 3 117 Ark. 72370. Principal is owned by Sydney Pollack and fam- WI)GE(FM) Saranac Lake. N.Y. 1101.7 mhzl -Seeks ily. It also owns KOSE(AM)- KHFOIFMI Osceola. Ark.. assignment of Educational UHF TV 186 25 211 construction permit from DGR Communica- and WDXRIAM) Paducah. Ky. Filed April 21. tions Inc. to WNBZ Inc. for assumption of liabilities. Seller Total TV 1,241 273 1.514 Bunnell. Fla. -Press Broadcasting Co. seeks ch. is owned by David J. Doherty. Arthur 1. Rose and David C. 58: Gamer. ERP vis. 851 kw. aur. 85.1 kw: HAAT: 403 ft.: ant. height It also owns WSCM(AM)- WITUIFM) Cablcskill. VHF LPTV 242 74 316 above ground: 426 ft. N.Y. Buyer is principally owned by James Rogers and his Address: Press Plaza -6115 Mattison UHF LPTV 141 136 277 Ave.. Asbury wife. Cornelia. U owns WNBZ(AM) Saranac Lake. N.Y. Park. N.J. 07713. Principal is owned by Jules Total LPTV Filed April 18. 383 210 593 Plangere and Donald Lass. It publishes daily Asbury Park l',,.., and owns WJLK -AM -FM Asbury Park. WSJTITVI W7ABIAMI- Tabor 1370 Vineland. both New Jersey. and WMOD -TV WKSMIFM) City. N.C. (AM: VHF translators 2,869 186 3.055 Melbourne. khz: 5 kw -D: FM: 104.9 mhz 3 kw: HAAT: 425 ft.l -Seeks Ha. Filed April 22. UHF translators 1.921 295 2.216 assignment of license from Prorad to Communications Inc. Bunnell. Fla. -- Bunnell Communications Inc. seeks ch. Great American Media Inc. for $575,000. comprising 58: ERP vis. 4.624 kw. aur. 462 kw: HAAT: 1.613 ft.: ant. S250.000 cash. S250.(00 assumption of ITFS 250 114 364 liability and re- height above ground: 1.621 ft. Address: Rt. 2. Box 32. mainder note. Seller is owned by Robert M. It has -power Hinkley. Low auxiliary 824 0 824 Grovcland. Fla. 32736. Principal is owned by Arthur T. no other broadcast interests. Buyer is owned by Donald W. TV auxiliaries 7.430 205 7.635 Lowery and five others. It has no other broadcast interests. Curtis. Thomas H. Campbell and J.D. Longlcllow. It also UHF translator /boosters 6 0 6 Filed April 22. owns WDUR( AM t -WFXCI FM) Durham and WTHP( FM) Experimental TV 3 Bunnell. Fla. Glenda McLeod Thomasville. WIAMI AM I -WSEC1 FMt Williamston. 5 8 -- seeks ch. 58: ERP vis. WMBLIAM)- WMBJ -FM Morehead City. all North Caroli- Remote pickup 12.338 53 12.391 1.000 kw. aur. 100 kw; HAAT: 493 ft.: ant. height above ground: 480 ft. Address: 130 Gren Park Dr.. na. Filed April 23. Aural STL 8 intercity relay 2.836 166 3.002 Mobile. Ala. 36608. Principal has no other broadcast interests. Filed April Includes off -air licenses. 22 KEBC(FM) Oklahoma City. Okla. (94.7 mhz: 1081 kw HAAT: 44() ft. l- Seeks assignment of license from Electron- ' Note Due to computer problems, FCC has not Bunnell. Fla.- Bunnell Television Co. seeks ch. 58: ic Broadcasting Co. to Van Wagner Broadcasting OKC Inc. and will not release broadcast station totals for ERP vis. 840 kw. aur. 84 kw: HAAT: 626 ft.; ant. height for S4 million. Seller is owned by Ralph Tyler. It has no other November. December or January above ground: 622 ft. Address: 501 S. Moore St.. 32010. broadcast interests. Buyer is owned by Jason Perline. It also Principal is owned by Annie L. Johnson and Wendell A.

Broadcasting May 5 1986 80 Triplett. Triplett owns WOHPIAM )-WTOO(FM) Bellafon- lic. to install new transmission sys. App. April 24. TV's taine. WOSE(AM) Pon Clinton and W WAT(TV) Chillicote. mod. WZFM (107.1 mhz) Briarcliff Manor. N.Y. -Seeks KVVT (ch. 64) Barstow. Calif. -Granted app. to change all Ohio. and WCORIAM) Lebanon. Tenn. Filed April 22. April 24. of lic. to install new ant. sys. App. ERP to vis. 3,228 kw. aur. 645.6 kw. Action April 17. Bunnell. Fla. -Bunnell Broadcasting Co. socks ch. 58: CP WPDH -FM 1101.5 mhz) Poughkeepsie. N.Y. -Seeks WNYB -TV (ch. 49) Buffalo. N.Y. ---- Granted app. to ERP vis. 5.01X) kw. aur. 500 kw: HAAT: 977 ft.: ant. height 28. to correct geographic coordinates. App. April change ERP to vis. 4.136 kw. aur. 414 kw: change HAAT to above ground: 973.8 fi. Address: P.O. Box 1151. 32010. -FM 195.3 mhz) Wanchese. N.C. -Seeks mod. of 1,235 ft.: replace ant., and change TL. Action April 17. Principal is owned by John W. Seay and two others. It has no WOBR lie. to install new ant. sys. App. April 24. to other broadcast interests. Filed April 22. W PBY -TV (ch. 33) Huntington. W. Ma.-Granted app. WTOF -FM (98.1 mhz) Canton. Ohio-Seeks mod. of lic. change ERP to vis. 5.000 kw. aur. 500 kw: replace ant.. and Jacksonville. N.C. -James S. Capen seeks ch. 35: ERP to install new ant. sys. App. April 24. replace transmitter. Action April 16. vis. 5.1)00 kw. aur. 501 kw: HAAT: 1970 ft.; ant. height above ground: 1.972 ft. Address: 104 Clemson Ct.. 28540. WVXU -FM (91.7 mhz) Cincinnati -Seeks mod. of lic. April 25. Principal owns WWIL(AM) Wilmington. N.C. Filed April to install new transmission sys. App. Letters 22. WTPA (93.5 mhz) Mechanicsburg, Pa. -Seeks mod. of Call Toledo. Ohio-Michael Thurman seeks seeks ch. 40: lic. to install new ant. sys. App. April 24. vis. 1.000 kw. aur. 100 kw; HAAT: 379.8 ft.: ant. ERP W KNO -FM (91.1 mhz) Memphis -Seeks CP to change height above ground: 351 ft.. Address: 955 Sylvan. Atlanta ERP to 100 kw; change HAAT to 642 ft.. and make changes Applications Principal has no other broadcast interests. Filed April 30310. in ant. sys. App. April 25. 10. Call Sought by KVTT (91.7 mhz) Dallas -Seeks mod. of CP to change Barrera seeks ch. 62: ERP vis. Killeen. Tex.-Aida HAAT to 1.114.87 ft. App. April 23. New AM 5.000 kw. aur. 510 kw: HAAC 1850 ft.: ant. height above ft. Address: 109(X) Spicewood Parkway. Aus- KWCB (94.3 mhz) Floresville. Tex. -Seeks CP to change ground: 1830 KSXY Reno Broadcasters Inc.. Reno tin. Tex. 78750. Principal has no other broadcast interests. TL. App. April 24. Filed April 22. WJJR (98.1 mhz) Rutland. Vt.-Seeks mod. of lie. to Existing AM's Killeen. Tex.-Excelsior Communications Inc. seeks install new ant. sys. App. April 24. Hughey Tallassee. Ala. ch. 62: ERP vis. 5.01X) kw. aur. 500 kw: HAAT: 2.01X1 ft.: WJYJ (90.5 mhz) Fredericksburg. Va. -Seeks CP to W .Co WSFU Fred Randall ant. height aboveground: 1.859 ft. Address: P.O. Box 4031. 35 kw and change HAAT to 538 ft. App. change ERP to KVNA KZKZ Communications Ltd_ Flagstaff. Ariz. 76540. Principal is equally owned by Eric H. Hooker, Alvin April 25. L. Pollard. Marilyn Marshall and Arthur T. King. It has no WLYZ Country Communications Inc.. Nash- (89.5 mhz) Norfolk. Va. -Seeks mod. of WJYF other broadcast interests. Filed April 21. WHRO -FM lic. to install new ant. sys. App. April 24. ville. Ga. W VEP (88.9 mhz) Martinsburg. W.Va. -Seeks mod. of WZRX WYHT Capitol Radio Corp.. Jackson, Miss. CP to change TL: change ERP to 3.6 kw. and change HAAT WJYF WLYZ Country Communications Corp.. Weth- to 1.623.6 ft. App. April 25. Facilities Changes ersfield. N Y WEKZ-FM (93.7 mhz) Monroe, Wis. -Seeks mod. of CP 581.4 ft. to change ERP to 36.3 kw and change HAAT to Existing FM'S App. April 24. Applications KZBA KWBG -FM KZBA Inc_ Boone, Iowa TV's AM's WNTM WCXI -FM Fritz Broadcasting Inc.. Detroit Accepted IcnJCrcd WBYR WUWU Devine Communications Corp KAIL (ch. 53) Fresno. Calif. -Seeks MP to change HAAT Vkthersfield. N Y to increase night KWAM (990 khz) Memphis -Seeks CP to 1.906.5 ft. App. April 28. power to 450 w and make changes in ant. sys. App. April 25. KTVO (ch. 3) Kirksville. Mo. -Seeks MP to change ERP Grants 111. -Seeks CP to add night WKKD (1580 khz) Aurora. to vis. 100 kw. aur. 10 kw. App. April 25. service with 250 w: install DA -D. and make changes in ant. Call Assigned to -Seeks MP to change sys. App. April 22. WUXA (ch. 30) Portsmouth. Ohio ERP to vis. 1.100. aur. 110 kw: change HAAT to 1.168 ft.: New AM's to increase 1 CP WPLW 159(1 khz) Carnegie. Pa. -Seeks replace ant.. and change TL. App. April 25. 24. April . day power to 5 kw. App. WJJY Tower Broadcasting Corp Baxter. Minn WTHX (ch. 8) Johnstown. Pa. -Seeks CP to change ERP 1.208 Accepted to vis. 166 kw. aur. 16.6 kw: change HAAT to ft.; WBBM Edward C McElroy Jr Waldport. Ore. replace ant.. and change TL. App. April 25. CP to construct KOIT (1260 khz) San Francisco -Seeks KWWY-TV (ch. 13) Rock Springs. Wyo. -Seeks CP to New FM new tower. App. April 25. change ERP to vis. 210 kw. aur. 21 kw: change HAAT to Association. Jacksonville. WGAB (1550 khz) Bloomfield. Conn. -Seeks mod. of 1.708 ft.. and change TL. App. April 28. -KBJS East Texas Media lic. to retain main SL at 630 Oakwood Ave. West. Hanford. Tex Conn. App. April 23. Actions New TV's WACM (1490 khz) West Springfield. Mass. -Seeks MP AM's to change TL. App. April 23. Fla WRBW Rainbow Broadcasting Co . Orlando. KKDI (154( khz) Sheridan. Ark.-Granted app. to make FM's changes in ant. sys. Action April 16. KDTN North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc . Den. WGOM (860 khz) Marion. Ind.-Returned app. to add ton. Tex Accepted night service with 5(X) w and make changes in ant. sys. 18. Existing AM's KH[.T 194.1 mhz1 Little Rock. Ark. -Seeks CP to change Action April TL and change HAAT to 1.275 ft. App. April 28. khz) Pittston. Pa.- Granted app. to operate WARD (1550 KKCS KKHT Walton Stations -Colorado Inc.. Colora- CP to transmitter by remote control. Action April 16. KTWN (107.1 mhz) Texarkana. Ark. -Seeks do Springs, Cob. change ERP to 1.65 kw. App. April 24. WSKT (1580 khz) Knoxville. Tenn.- Returned app. to WmdSOr. µ,wer I and change KWS KFSC KUAD.AM Inc Colo KUUK -FM (105.5 mhz) Wickenburg. Ariz. -Seeks mod. change freq. to I I80 khz; change to kw. April 17. of CP to change TL and change HAAT to minus 265.68 ft. TL. Action WEND WJCZ Jerry J. Collins. Brandon. Fla. App. April 2K. FM's WKOS WKHO MW Costcom Inc.. Charlevoix. Mich. W WEV (91.5 mhz) Cumming. Ga. -Seeks mod. of CP Broadcasting Inc.. Rice to change HAAT to 961.04 ft. App. April 23. WREZ (103.3 mhz) Montgomery. Ala.- Granted app. to WMYD W»OE Red Cedar ft.. and WEKS -FM (104.1 mhz) La Grange. Ga. -Seeks mod. of change ERP to 100 kw: change HAAT to 987.28 Lake. Ws CP to change ERP to 50 kw and change HAAT to 1.312.66 change TL. Action April 21. Existing FM''s ft. App. April 28. KMGG (97.7 mhz) Monte Rio. Calif.- Granted app. to -Seeks CP to move SL to 3535 Industrial Drive. Santa Rosa. Calif. Action Waynesboro. Ga. . WYFA (100.9 mhz) KLAZ KACO Noalmark Broadcasting Corp Hot change ERP to 1.92 kw and change HAAT to 410 ft. App. March 14. Springs. Ark April 28. KWNE (94.5 mhz) Ukiah. Calif. -Dismissed app. to

Co . Mican- WZDM (92.1 mhz) Vincennes. Ind. -Seeks mod. of CP change ERP to 2.35 kw. Action April 16. WGGG -FM WGLV Micanopy Broadcasting to change TL: change ERP to 2.029 kw. and change HAAT WMXX (105.5 mhz) Sterling. Cob. -Granted app. to opy Fla. to 400 ft. App. April 25. HAAT to 310 ft. Action April 21. change TL and change WRXR WMET Flint Chicago Associates. Chicago WMDJ -EM 1(X).1 mhz) Allen. Ky. -Seeks CP to change WFUZ (93.7 mhzl Ocala. Fla. -Granted app. to change KFMD KXJX GBA Inc.. Pella. Iowa ERP to 1.32 kw. App. April 24. ERP to 100 kw and change HAAT to 525 ft. Action April 16. Corp Brainerd, WKSQ (94.5 mhz) Ellswunh. Me. -Seeks mod. of lie. to WAMF (90.5 mhz) Tallahassee. Fla. -Dismissed app. to WJJY -FM WJJY Tower Broadcasters install new ant. sys. App. April 24. change freq. to 90.3 mhz: change ERP to 100 kw: change Minn. Kansas City. Mo. -Seeks CP to HAAT to 782 ft.. and change TL. Action March 31. KPRS -FM (103.3 mhz) KLEF KYND Roy E Henderson. Seabrook. Tex change TL and change HAAT to 994.82 ft. App. April 28. WVEE (103.3 mhz) Atlanta- Granted app. to change April 21. KLYC KIXI -FM KIXI Inc.. Seattle WKNE -FM 1103.7 mhz) Kccnc. N.H. -Seeks mod. of HAAT to 1.020.08 ft. and change TL. Action

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TM Programing. Vife're looking for two winning sales- Rocky Mountain top 50 market FM. up and RADIO persons to represent coming our seven winning formats and AM. adult formats. looking for utility player, no their nationally begin- HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT acclaimed consultants. These two peo- ners. send resume. Box C -136. ple will be expected to travel one to two -weeks per General Mgr/Sales Mgr: Medium size- established month selling radio station owners and managers on Virgin Islands radio urban FM seeks female announc- AM station -exc- inoortunity upper NY state. Box the highest quality programing available. We'll offer the er. and aggressive sales staff. Send tapes & resume. D -34 right people a draw against commissions. paid travel Box 487 Frederiksted. St. Croix. VI 00840. expenses. a substantial territory and the opportunity to Manager for full -time AM West Texas. Opportunity Morning personality: One to one get in on the ground floor of a companty on the move. expert seeking sta- for fu. espoos.c :, r. sma. market EOE. Replu: Teller bility or sharp personality working up. We're expanding and our employees know of this ad. If Productionam Radio Corp.. 8731 Canyon Drive. Dallas. TX 75209. player a must. Attractive area on Lake you're a PD with some sales experience. former PD Michigan. Tape - resume- salary required to: now WHFB. 2100 Fairpiain Ave . Development director. Plans fund selling. local radio sales-person. local sales-man - and directs raising Benton Harbor. MI 49022 activities in support of the university's public radio sta- ager or currently selling nationally to radio stations. and want to learn to excel in a national let tion. KCSN. Supervises marketing personnel and vol- arena. us hear Sports announcer for major news.talk in from you. Tell station the unteers in solicitation of station underwriting. billing. us about your experience. successes. Southeast. Duties include nightly and sportstalk show accounting. and publication of monthly newsletter/ pro- goals what you can offer us. Over the years. most Looking for top notch experience of our programing professional. Send gram guide and researches and prepares grant pro- sales -persons who have proved resume and salary history to Box D -27. EOE. posals. Equivalent to 4 yrs. development experience. themselves here have gone on to distinguished ca- public radio or TV preferred. 4 -yr. college degree desir- reers in broadcasting. Are you the next? Please direct HELP WANTED TECHNICAL able. Salary $1962-2360 mo. Submit letter of applica- inquiries to: Neil Sargent. TM Programing. 1349 Regal Row Chief engineer, (WFPK-FM/ WFPL -FM) Radio Broad- tion and resume by May 8. 1986. to Personnel Office. Dallas. TX 75247. EOE. M.F. casting Department of the Lousiville Free Public Li- California State University -Northridge. Northridge. CA Outstanding, motivated, goal oriented sales people brary Requires FM radio engineering experience. FCC 91330. EEO AA. Title IX. Sections 503 & 504 employer. needed for growing company offering extensive train- First Class radiotelephone operator's license Respond ing to: Operations manager. Leading east Texas combo in- to help you make more money People on or near City of Louisvide. Department of Employee Rela- cluding 100.000 watt FM. Applicant must have major west region preferred for high desert Southern Califor- tions. 609 West Jefferson. Louisville. KY 40202. EOE. market announcing skills. Opportunity for immediate nia AM/ FM. Resume to KSZL/ KDUC. PO Box 250, Chief engineer for Northeast 50kw AM FM combo in and long range advancement is excellent. Great work- Barstow CA 92311. top 50 market. Applicant must have FCC license or ing atmosphere and living conditions in prime growth Sales manager. Station is market leader Applicant SBE certification. several years experience in the field. area. Send tape and resume to: B.D. Pierce. PO Box must have medium market - be organized. enthusiastic. and able to work well with 4900, Tyler. TX 75712. EOE. experience good track record. Excellent growth opportunity Ideal working others. If you fit this description. and are seeking a Call today, start tomorrow! Small market FM near Cin- conditions. Great lifestyle in prime growth area. Con- stable working environment in an attractive area. send resume cinatti wants aggressive GM GSM. Small draw. high tact Joe McNamara. PO Box 4900. Tyler TX 75712. and salary requirements to Box C -122. commission. good egpt 312 EOE /coverageistaff. -670- Assistant to chief to maintain 5KW -N 2009 after 6 PM. DA Stereo AM SSSATTENTIONSSS Greedy radio salespeople add and 50KW FM. Recently rebuilt with extensive backup facilities. General manager, Northern Illinois small market radio to your income by providing reads. S100 00 ano up per Current projects include studio construction For and STL station. single AM -FM combo operation. Very stable client. more information call toll tree 1- 800 - 446- installation. FCC license or permit required. Resume to AM. needs leadership to develop FM potential. Submit 7344. Ric Walsh WONEWTUE PO. Box 250. Day- ton. full resume to: Bruce N. OH 45402 EOE Davidson. 337 Water, Decatur. Aggressive sales for IL 62523. EOE. manager 100.000 watt FM station covering 7 counties in northern Michigan. Call: Chief engineers needed for MarCom. a fast growing 906- 643 -9494. broadcast group with stations in the Southeast. Mid- west and Northeast. Two years experience required. HELP WANTED SALES AM & FM combo in Texas panhandle city of 30.000 Send resume and references to MarCom. Director of seeking sales person with strong production. Must be Engineering. 804 Mid -West Family Radio's expansion 10 17 Carolina Ave.. North Augusta. SC stations sharp. self starter and can oe your opportunity to understand commission. One 29841 EEO bigger and better. You are a year experience. Resume problem solver. college and tape and photo to Dar- grad on the way up. Have two rell Sehorn. HELP WANTED NEWS years of highly Box 1779. Pampa. TX 79065. 806 --669- successful selling experience smal 6809 medium markets. Strong on creativity, ability to write Sunbelt major markets: Traffic Patro Broadcasting. a and sell imaginative national traffic ro: ... ',g advertising. Lets trade. 1. ll teach Radio time sales service person for upstate South organization is expanding and you a new seeking airborne exciting profitable way to sell more radio. Caro ina 100.000 watts regional FM station. Liberal a' id mobile reporters that can adlib. Few openings now Send tape and resume available. good growth markets in commission. Good weekly draw Established ac- to: David Foster. Traffic Patrol. Ws. Mich. Ill. Possible 610 N. W. 183rd Street. Miami. career path to management. counts. Send resume and complete details. Box D -16 FL 33169. equity Write Phil Fisher. Box 253. Madison, WI 53701. News director with good EOE. #1 Billing sales pro at major market FM seeks chal- sports knowledge now on or near west region lenge as GSM'LSM with aggressive growth oriented for high desert Southern California Live growing AM' FM. Tape where others play. Colorado RESORT FM needs broadcaster. Box D -1. & resume to KSZL KDUC. PO experienced salesperson wanting to grow! Dominant Box 250. Barstow. CA 92311. station expanding with opportunities for management. Sales development manager: Jersey Shores leading Radio news pro wanted. We KVLE-PO. 832. Gunnison. CO radio station. Responsible for major accounts & super- offer an excellent environ- 81230. 303 -641 -3225. ment for hard vising sales staff. Send resume to Stephen Rice. As- -working. talented radio news profession- #1 market AM/ als. Tape (field reporting & FM wants you! WEGP WTMS in Pres- bury Park Press. 3601 Highway #66. Neptune. NJ anchoring). resume. and que Isle. ME. is looking for you if: 1) You want a leader- 07754. writing samples to: News Opening. Tennessee Radio ship role with the #1 station in the market. 2) You want Network, 621 Mainstream. Nashville, TN 37228. the chance to earn top dollar in a progressive and Ready to move up with a growing company? We're Small market AM /FM in Maryland's Eastern re- growing market that includes an 8.000 person air force looking for motivated sales pros with at least 2 years Shore sort area has immediate opening for farm director to do base and surrounding area population in excess of experience. AEs ready to move up to LSM soon. Letter "field" reporting and 1 -hr morning farm Interes- 30.000. 3) You want to further your career. lead people & resume: Dean Mutter. Millennium Communication, show t/experience in agriculture preferred. and increase your revenue base and skills. quali- PO. Box 30669. Charleston. SC 29417. Send resume Only and tape to Amy Johns. News fied need apply Only that person that is ready Director. W ICO. Box 909. to start Small market comboman specialist or Salisbury. MD 21801 or now! Your cover letter should detail your beginner will- call 301- 742 -3219 selling suc- ing to learn and lake over cess. skills. ability to train owners account list. South- staff and salary require- east near major market. Host/reporter. Wisconsin Public Radio is localizing its ments. This is not for Box D -30. drifters. Ay contact in writing only- statewide service by opening new bureaus in all will be kept Green confidential. No phone calls! Contact: General sales manager. Streetwise. success oriented Bay. Stevens Point. Menomonie -Eau Claire. Full -time Mr. Frank Carroll. President. WEGP: WTMS, PO. Box leader for AM -FM combo. Ability to train and motivate a on -air talent for the national issue- oriented morning - 1177, Presque Isle. ME 04769. EOE M/F must. Should know how to pre-plan and set goals. drive newsmagazine will be hired for those bureaus Prove it in first letter. Salary. override and profit and for Madison. Salary: $18.500 Development director needed for rapidly growing sharing. annual rate. Applica- Send resume and letter with salary requirements to Box tion deadline' June 2. 1986. For required application public radio in beautiful southwest Colorado. You must D -25. EOE. information for positions at individual bureau locations. be skilled in every imaginable phase of station devel- writer: Madison & Menomonie -Eau Claire: Mary Mead. opment and have computer skills and the ability to take WHA Radio. 821 University Avenue. Madison WI charge and supervise. If you have the drive to take a HELP WANTED 53706. Green Bay: Glen Slaats. Hose Reporter development program from its infant stages to ANNOUNCERS Search full Committee. University of Wisconsin blown success. send resume and references -Green Bay. Green by May Morning air personality: Are you mature. bright. Nu- Bay. WI 54301-7001. 15. 1986 to: Jack McDonald, Stevens Point: James Haney General Manager. KSUT- merous. topical? Have major market potential? New Communication Arts FM. Box 737. Ignacio. Center. University of Wisconsin - CO 81137. Competitive compen- desert southwest regional radio station. Send resume Stevens sation. Point. Stevens Point. WI 54481. Equal opportu- C -144. nity employers.

Broadcasting May 5 1986 82 with PBP Minor league baseball. Ju- HELP WANTED PROGRAMING SITUATIONS WANTED SALES Sports director, nior basketball. network experience. Wants PRODUCTION & OTHERS college Experienced sales! announcer. Tender roving care move up. David. 618- 627 -2844. Program director: Mature must have experience. per- sales approach plus top air work in country, adult MOR not sonality oriented new AM desert southwest regional or oldies format. Financial needs reasonable. ex- radio station Sensitive leader not lust format techni- cessive. Prefer Mid -west. South or Southwest. Box C- SITUATIONS WANTED PROGRAMING, cian willing to pull board shift Send resume C -145. 128 PRODUCTION á OTHERS Experienced morning person program production SITUATIONS WANTED ANNOUNCERS Young, experienced operations manager seeks to director. now on or near west region for high desert grow onward and upward with a contemporary Chris- Need a real pro? An experienced radio man wants to California AM FM Tape & resume to KSZL tian music station. A people motivator. can also do D.J. Southern relocate. Any area -all market sizes...Norm. 512 -663- KDUC. PO. Box 250. Barstow. CA 92311 work. news. and sports including play by play Call Dick 3281 Barrett. 319- 355 -6456. director. Hudson valley New York state. Program Hire me: Disc Jockey/sportscaster looking to move to full service AM experience a must Air shift production skills and conversational on air Dominant medium market Currently working morning drive on Excellent required. Send tape. resume & references to Thom talent with 2 years commercial experience. College adult contemporary station. Experience in CHR and Williams. WGHQ. Box 1880. Kingston. NY 12401 EOE. graduate. Seeks production on air position in small to top 40 as well. Excellent sports background exciting medium market. Call Joe Burns. 412 -946 -8721 Production /continuity director: Group owned and energetic play-by -play in basketball. baseball. Will relocate for FM AM combo in deep south college market is looking and football. Sportcast and reports. PD /music director: 6 years announcing Ready to ad- for creative writer with strong production skins. No be- right position. Call afternoons and evenings. Jack vance. Trained in management Light rock. AC pre- ginners Attractive compensation package. Send "Pro- Berke. 518- 842 -9775. ferred. Smalitmedium market. Jim. 615- 896 -4271. ducts of Your Imagination" to Sander Walker PO Box Bottom line -oriented air personality? Yes indeed. Afternoon drive from 2000 Tuscaloosa, AL 35403. Assistant program director: Eight years experience all departments. Versatile. cre- highly successful WEZC. Charlotte seeks position as morning PD: This job doesn't exist at most other radio stations. We ative: salesman's best friend. Previous program director. 16 yr pro. Steve Sutton. 404 --479- -9483. Tom. need a creative director with vision. ideas. and prob- seek same Let's make money! 312- 975 4145. lem solving skills. Someone cool under fire to write hot Top NE market: seeks morning DJ for "lite- AC No copy that works. Voice production experience a plus. comics. Ability to communicate and relate in word Position available immediately for the right person. Call MISCELLANEOUS economy a must. No calls. Rush tape and resume lo: 14 -WFTO Nbrcester. one of the most successfully man- Roslin Radio Productions. Inc.. 509 Madison Ave.. New MediaLine. the industry's aged and marketed radio stations in the country 617 -- If you need a job, you need York. NY 10022 ATT: Mr. Marvin Roslin. EOE. M/F. listing call will 755 -1444. Ask for Rick Muzzy. GSM. 14 -WFTO Radio .s daily updated lob service One phone put you in touch with the freshest lob leads daily 312 - an equal opportunity employer Experienced, D.J.. some sales. 98th market Good 855 -6779. copy. production. Kevin. 309- 794 -9824 or 319 --355- PD & morning personality for adult contemporary 4212. Go anywhere now. FM Send air check. spot samples and resume to: James Hoff. DJ -92 3FM. 5640 South Broadway. Eure- Music programer Country and Big Band, lively morn- ka. CA 95501 ing communicator. Strong street salesman. Ron. Box 179. Buffalo. WY 82834. Currently employed. SITUATIONS WANTED MANAGEMENT Charles at large: First phone maint or combo. South- TELEVISION west -talk to me- talented. 317-888-3618. 312 -354- Experienced GM, Country specialist. successful oper- HELP WANTED MANAGEMENT man. looking 3973. ation track record. ratings/ profit. Family General sales manager for group -owned m dwest with professionals. Top 100 markets. advance- for association Sparkle plenty -News, lock. production. small market affiliate. Requires background in local now. Box C -111 ment. Entry level -some experience. Go anywhere and national TV sales. plus strong leadership and orga- Kathy 319- 355 -4212. Nights. 319 -386 -3832. Husband/ wife, 40's. relocate near beach. Husband nizational skills. Quality location. excellent benefits. 25 yrs.. announcing. programing. sales. management SITUATIONS WANTED NEWS Send complete resume to C -143. Wife 10 yrs. retail, 5 yrs. radio sales. Box C -117. in sunbelt mar- sportscaster newscaster. Exciting PBP Chief engineer needed for CBS affiliate Energetic manager with talent for GM or GSM. 27 years experience and know -how reporting. interviewing. writing skills. Airshift. ket Must be strong. aggressive Excellent working effectively with depart- Strong sales. Presently employed. Any size market. production. At top rated station. Hard worker. Bob. supervising people and heads First -Class license as well as techni- Box C -129 609--586-4683. ment FCC cal expertise in maintenance and operation of televi- Exceptional general manager with in -depth knowl- Determined, aggressive sportscaster.reporter. Excel- sion station equipment a prerequisite. Reply to General edge covering 18 years of successful management. lent skills with four years college and high school ex- Manager. WRDW-TV. Drawer 1212, Augusta. GA Dynamic. highly organized Demonstrated expertise in- perience. 110% effort. Call Adam. 808 -879 -0772. 30913 -1212. ATelevision Station Partners station. EOE. cludes heavy sales and programing skills. superior in bud- leader and motivator Results and profit oriented. Look- Sportscaster, three plus years experience. extremely Controller for TV broadcast group. Experience audits 25 - ing for group that wants an achiever and can afford adept and versatile PBP and news/ talk. Seek position geting. financial statement preparation. Masters de- resumes. salary quality Box C -124. involving college PBP. will news combo. 30% travel. Degree required. Send gree. 614- 237 -2418 evenings. h:story and salary requirement to James C. McCreary Management pro with strong sales and leadership 6th floor. 7 W. 51st Street. New York, NY 10019. An EEO ND markets. total 7 skills seeks general manager position in medium mar- Relocate anywhere. 4 years small employer. TV ket west of Colorado. Successful 12 year track record years broadcast experience plus BA radio Aggres- NBC Oppor- in sales, sales management and general management. sive. hardworking. great pipes. 208- 263 -1337. Station /sales manager: Startup affiliate plus turnaround experience. Investment opportunities Experienced news director is looking for an entry lev- tunity for strong self- starter in organizing and oversee- resume. can be considered Box C -138 el position in medium or large market radio or TV sta- ing station operations and sales staff. Send tion. ENG operation. excellent writing skills with a availability and salary requirements to KTGF -TV PO. Owners attention: General Manager armed with 21 strong news background. College graduate. Call Jen- Box 1219, Great Falls, MT 59403. highly perform- years in management as a successful nifer Schenck. 412 - 946 -7642. independent in top 50 er. Effective management skills include. increasing General sales manager. Strong anchor. fea- GSM to su- sales & profits. programing. superior leadership. moti- Exciting, experienced sportscaster: talk. market with growth oriented group seeks in his responsibil- vation. goal achievements. Seeking challengine oppor- tures. PBP 1kry creative and loves to get involved pervise local and national business with manage- tunity. Box C -137. work. Box C -134. ities for budgeting revenue. 3 -5 years sales ment experience required. Send resume and salary league baseball. ju- One to ten station markets. Turn arounds O.K 25 Sports director, with PBP Minor requirements to: Box D -29. EOE.M!F. years experience all areas. Midwest now Box D -21. nior college basketball, network experience. Wants move up. David. 618- 627 -2844. GM: Strong management skills earnings & image has HELP WANTED SALES builder. Successful in sales. ratings. PR. bottom line. Hard- working, experienced young sportscaster also do news. Go any- and promotions. Box D -15. skills. needs opportunity Can Experienced video production salesperson. Imme- today Experience includes WBT. where. Puailable diate opening. Must have proven track record in selling General manager: Are profitable increases in sales John 704 -545 -3433. WCHL. facilities to independent producers and agencies. TPC important to you? Go with a proven leader! Respond in medium market. Major college Communications, Production Plaza, Sewickley, PA quickly I wont last long! Box D -11. TV sports director play -by -play background. Might consider move to ra- 15143. 412- 771 -4700. EOE. Current executive vice -president who has been a top play chance in the right operation. Box dio with -by -play Sales pro with proven track record wanted for new 10 program director. has a first phone. and for the past D -12. northern California NBC. Must be self motivated & ten years a highly successful manager in a medium, in KCPM-TV P.O. Box 4406, Chico. CA competitive 12 station market running an AM 'FM in Hungry broadcasting graduate seeking position streetsmart! separate locations wishes to make a change following radio sports. 3 1/2 years of solid anchoring. reporting. 95927. EOE. 10.000 watt sta- the recent death of our owner. Prefer chain group man- Division 1 PBP and sports director at Underwritng manager for public television WVPT in Wiling to relocate anywhere. Mike. 301 -761- ager lob. but will consider a single station manager tion. beautiful Shenandoa Valley. Solicit underwriting in 14- position with growth or ownership as part of the deal. 5683. county region and market station services. Salary plus Let's talk, 414-722-5457. 8AM - 12 Noon Central Time. Big league caliber PBP. All four major sports plus solid commission, full benefits. Public TV experience pre- for ferred. Send resume to Development Director, WVPT, STOP. Experienced GM/GSM/PD needs a war! Rich anchoring skills. Let 20 yrs sports knowledge work Pon Republic Road. Harrisonburg. V4 22801. EOE. Dixon. 730 N. Greenfield. Apt. O. Hanford. CA 93230. you. Bob. 201 -546 -5546.

Broadcasting May 5 1986 83 HELP WANTED TECHNICAL Pacific Rim: Experienced reporters to join the domi- Anchor/producer for 6 and 10:00 newscasts. Exper- nant news in team Micronesia. Immediate openings for ience a must for position in Midwestern capitol city at a Maintenance engineer witn instaiiauon and mainte- investigative reporter and general assignments report- CBS affiliate. Must be more than a reader solid journal- nance experience on Mirage. GVG switchers. Sony r. er to work in one of the most dynamic news areas in the ist required. Send resume. tape and salary require- RCA 2" and TK47's wnated by suburban Philadelphia world. Contact John Morvant. News Director. Guam ments to News Director. TV production KXMB Box 1617. Bismarck. facility Resume to Eric Address, E.J. Stew- Cable TV. 530 W O'Brien Drive, Agana. Guam. 96910 ND 58502. art. Inc.. 525 Mildred Avenue. Primos. PA 19018.215- or call 671 -477 -9484. 626 -6500. EOE M -F Producer needed with creativity. production values. Field reporter for solo coverage of outlying counties. experience with live and satellite coverage. Minimum Video maint. engineer: Familiar with Sony 1 in. broad- Must know how to shoot and edil. No calls. Tape to ND. two years experience producing newscasts. Send re- cast equip. ADO. Grass Valley related and equipment. WVIR -TV. Box 769, Charlottesville. VA 22902 EOE sume to Box D -23. Salary open. Call Bob or Randy 9 -5. M /F, 212-838 3044. for appt News director: Southeast affiliate in 75 to 100 range. Photojournalist: Ambitious. creative shooter and edi- rebuilding news operation. Looking for aggressive. tor needed for top 50's market We need someone who Maintenance technician: For post production com- people oriented individual with demonstrated leader- can tell a story with pictures. Must be aggressive and pany in Rochester. NY Must have experience in mainte- ship capabilities. Must have previous news director able to interview while shooting. Two years experience nance. installation and operation of Sony and Ampex experience. Excellent salary and benefits. Send re- a must. Salary depends on ability Send resume and 1 ". Betacam. GVG switchers. Chyron. ISC editors and sume. salary requirements. and employment history to tape to: John Ross, KJRH -TV PO Box Tulsa. other related 2. OK equipment. Send resume and salary re- Box C -127 EOE. 74101. No phone calls. quirements in confidence to: Don Roberts. Chief Engi- neer. CGI, PO. Box 604, Ontario. NY 14519. No calls. Experienced reporter /photographer for bureau at News producer: Medium market. Network affiliate. If rated EOE. top affiliate Self- starter. one to two years prior you can write scripts that make news -pictures sing and experience helpful. News Director. KFSM -TV Fort organize a fast paced show. you've got a job! Resumes Video engineer. Maintain TV studio & transmitter. Must Smith. AR 72901 501- 783 -3131. only EOE. M F Box D -24. have digital video special effects and graphics corn- puler experience. Knowledge of 3'4". 1 ". 2" video tape. Our current co-anchor is moving up 70 market sizes. Anchor/reporter, KRIV-TV Fox Television. Houston. Now we need video. audio. and RF systems desirable. EOE. Reply to someone to fill that spot. A CBS affiliate in Texas is looking for an anchor,reporter with minimum 2 a very Duane Millsap. KT'A.1007 W 32nd Ave.. Anchorage. competitive midwestern market. we need an years commercial anchor experience. Send resume - AK 99503 articulate. creative person with good news Judgement /tapes and salary requirements to KRIV -TV 3935 a and solid Journalistic background. Send tape. re- Wsetheimer. Houston. TX 77027. Attn: K. Montour. WXXI Public in NY is Broadcasting Rochester. looking sume and salary requirements to Duane Wallace, News Director EOE for a qualified maintenance engineer. Repair and main- WMBD. 3131 N. University Street. Peoria. IL 61604. tenance of television equipment. including 1" Ampex EOE M F Weekend sports anchor /reporter, KRIV -TV Fox Televi- VTR. Sony BVU. Ikegami 357 cameras. ACE editor. sion. Houston. Texas is looking for a weekend sports We are a medium Minimum one year experience required. FCC General market, midwestern station with an anchorreporter with minimum 1 year sports anchor Class license preferred. Excellent benefits. Send re- opening for a combination WEATHER ANCHOR RE- and reporting experience. Send resume tape and sala- sume to WXXI Personnel Dept.. PO Box 21. Rochester. PORTER. Someone with weather experience is pre- ry requirements to KRIV-TV. 3935 Westheimer. Houston. NY 14601. EOE. ferred for this regular weekend weekday fill -in position. TX 77027. Attn: K Montour. News Director EOE. Solid general assignment reporting is a must. Send Maintenance engineer. Immediate opening for candi- complete resue to Box C -140. ASAP. EOE/M/F Reporters, photographers, producers, directors. date with minimum two years experience in component Rapidly growing ABC affiliate needs your talents. Send level repair and strong electronics background. Thor- Co-Anchor /producer: Group -owned network affiliate resume and salary requirements to J. Allred. KBMT -TV ough knowledge of TV camera. VTR. VCR. switching. in Southeast seeks exciting personality to complement PO. Box 1550. Beaumont. TX 77704. audio and terminal systems. TPC Communications. male anchor. Co- anchor 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. News. Are Production Plaza. Sewickley. PA 15143. 412-771 - you ready to move from reporter to anchor. to earn from News director. Midwestern affiliate seeks aggressive 4700.ECM. professionals Send resume and salary requirements and promotion- minded indivudual for leadership of its to Box C -131. EOE.'MF news operation. Emphasis on past performance. pro- Experienced broadcast maintenance engineer, fessionalism. management skills and creativity Send competitive salary and benefits. Resume and salary Special projects coordinator: WFSB. the Post -News- resumersalary history by May 20 to Box D -26. EOE. requirements to Chief Engineer. WTZA-TV. PO Box week station in Connecticut, is looking for someone to 1609, Kingston. NY 12401, EOE. produce and coordinate news series. special reports and features. The person we are seeking is an idea Chief engineer: sought for top -90 market network affili- generator and doer; someone totally comfortable with ate UHF station. Transmitter and microwave exper- all of the tools of television news production. If you are a ience along with HELP WANTED PROGRAMING supervisory and maintenance exper- great story- teller. creative producer. know what it takes PRODUCTION & OTHERS ience. EOE. Send resume and salary requirements to to gel the job done with a sense of humor and want to Box D -5. join the management team of Southern New England's TV personalities! Are you now appearing in television number one newcast. send resume WCSC is seeking a heavy -duty ENG maintenance and tape to: Mark Commercials, or a television show host with a unique Effron. News Director. WFSB. 3 Constitution Plaza. engineer with at least 3 years experience on 3 4" tape talent? At are a national agency looking for talent to Hartford. CT 06115. machines, ENG cameras and Sony BVU equipment appear in national commercials and are reviewing local television with national cable potential. Interested? Send resume to Jack Becknell. Box 186. Charleston. Assignent editor. Post- Newsweek station. WFSB. /F. Please send VHS. Beta or 3/4" audition tape. Sorry SC 29402. EOE.M seeking organized. creative. energetic person to co- tapes cannot be returned. Good Advertising. Box 400 ordinate nighttime assignment desk coverage. Chief engineer: For small market UHF television sta- Job in- Olney. MD 20832. cludes dispatching and coordinating reporters (Washington. D.C. suburb) tion in the Northeast. UHF transmitter and microwave and photographers and experience along with supervisory and maintenance determining the importance of all WFLD -TV's award winning creative services depart- potential and photographers and experience desirable Send resume indicating current determining the im- ment seeks a top notch writer/producer. Excellent writ- portance of all potential news how salary and salary requirements. Reply in stories and they will ing and production skills with 3 -5 years experience confidence to be developed Box D -28 and followed up for use on the air. 2 -3 producing news and entertainment on -air promotion. years experience on an assignment desk required. Send us your best on a tape with your resume to: Jack- Studio /maintenace engineer: For growing production College degree preferred. Send resume to Mark Effron. ie Woods. Personnel Director. WFLD -TV 300 North house - sate! ':e Liu fac .ly Maintain. repair. operate News Director. WFSB. 3 Constitution Plaza. Hartford. State Street. Chicago. IL 60610. and expand studio production facilities including CT 06115. EOE. VTR's. cameras. EFP. editing. Nbrk hand -in -hand with Art director for affiliate TV station in the top SE market. We need a sports star to round out winning production staff to ensure quality of programing. FCC our news Strong managerial skills and thorough knowledge of team. Looking for a veteran who's -air. General or BSEE. minimum 2 years experience. Some polished on with print and electronic graphics a must. Send resume to strong writing, shooting and editing skills for knowledge of satellite transmission helpful. Send re- week- WPCO -TV Post Office Box 18665 - Charlotte. NC nights. We're a growing station in Nebraska's sume and salary history Princeton American Communi- midlands 28218. No phone calls please. EOE. region. in an 80's market. offering cations Co.. 760 Alexander Rd Princeton. NJ 08543- competitive salary and benefits, Senior producer -public affairs (Equivalent to Execu- 0001. No calls plus management support second to none. Knowledge and contacts at University of Nebras- tive Producer) Responsible for Nebraska ETV Network Production/maintenance engineer in Kotzebue. ka important. plus ability to make high school and par- public affairs programing produced for local. regional Alaska needed. Low pressure excellent benefits. Mini- ticipant sports shine. Letter and resume to Box D-4. and national distribution including related staff and ac- mum two years in maintenance engineering A.S. de- tivities. Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism. Co-anchor: Northeast medium gree or military training. Strong digital and micro- market network affili- Mass Communications. Radio and Television or Film ate is gearing up to regain number processor background. Send resume to NW Artic one slot. Need and five years television production experience or warm. experienced. authoritative to Telewslon Box 51 Kotzebue A a$ka 99752. co- anchor work equivalent required. $26.800 minimum. Apply by May with the best anchor in the market and to represent a 30 to Personnel Coordinator. University Television. Box skilled. aggressive news team on the days' major 83111. Lincoln. NE 68501 EOE /AA. newscasts. Anchors do field work and lots of live. No beginners. no phone calls. Send tape. resume and Assistant network program manager: Responsible HELP WANTED NEWS salary needs c'o Production Specialists. Inc.. 9442 for recommending program acquisitions and schedul- Bloomfield Drive. Palm Beach Gardens. FL 33410. An ing of programs for broadcast on the Nebraska EN Central Florida's leading news is station looking for a equal opportunity Network and EduCable. BA in Mass Communications. top notch weather talent who employer. doesn't mind playing sec- Journalism. or Broadcasting plus six years experience ond banana. Nonreturnable tape resume and to: Bob News director for Connecticut's newest independent or MA in Telecommunications plus four years broad- Jordan. WFTV. BOX 999, Orlando. FL 32802. No begin- TV station. Must produce and anchor a daily half hour cast television experience required. $26,800 Minimum. ners, agents. phone or calls. please. WFTV is an equal newscast. run a small department. Resume to Jim Kon- Apply by May 30 to Personnel Coordinator. opportunity University employer. toleon. 216 Broad Street. New London. CT 06320. Television. Box 83111. Lincoln. NE 68501. EOEAA.

Broadcasting May 5 1986 84 StellaCom, Inc. Now hiring experienced personnel. All- american boy who lives sports seeks challenging NASAJSC television support services contract. John- entry level position. Perfect references from Top 30 in- ALLIED FIELDS 913 son space center. houston. texas. positions available: ternship. B S Give me a chance. Kevin. -537- HELP WANTED INSTRUCTION television system design engineers. television mainte- 0741. nance engineers. videotape operators. videotape edi- Television production, broadcast journalism. media Creative, ambitious female seeks entry- tors. camera operators. electronic technicians. draft- attractive, theory faculty member sought by private liberal arts level TV reporter position. Currently member of # 1 ra- ing technicians. 0.A..Q.C. personnel. Please seno college with strong mass media program. Will super- dio station in Denver. Articulate. excellent writer, great resume, in confidence to: StellaCom. Inc. 13939 North- vise active cable origination station in new building TV presence. Willing to relocate. Call Tamara at 303- west Frwy Suite 120. Houston. TX 77040. (Must re- with contemporary equipment and interested stu- 696 -1714 ceive by May 19) EOE. U.S. citizenship required. dentss. Rank and salary depends upon qualifications. Sports director in top 40 market. Excellent back- Application selection begins May 19. Send application Promotion writer /producer. WRAL -TV. Raleigh. NC is ground. top references. major college play -by -play. letter. resume and reference list to Bernard Russi. Mass looking for a star. If you can light up a TV screen with Desires move up. Box D -13. Media Department. Marietta College. Marrietta. OH top quality creative ad concepts and would like to work 45750 -3031. AA'EOE. for a station that will let your ideas shine. send your Sports director in highly rated medium market. Out resume and reel to: Human Resources Department. standing background and references. Might consider HELP WANTED SALES WRAL -TV 5. 2619 Western Boulevard. Raleigh. NC lateral Box move with play -by -play chance. D -14. If you know radio, want to earn about TV and can sell 27606. EOE.M,F pro- Video photojournalist. International & national your socks off. read on....Film House. the leading is looking for Producer /director: Once in a lifetime opportunity A awards. Excels in news. feature & helicopter aerials. ducer of TV commercials for radio. a and Central territory startup NBC affiliate is being added to our state- of -the- Seeks position with top 5 market or network. Will con- salesperson to cover the Midwest working knowl- art production facility. Take creative and administrative sider agents. Tape & resume upon request. Box D -9. Applicants should have a thorough. control over all phases of production. Minimum 6 to 8 edge of radio. experience in radio sales or programing years experience. Send resume. demo tape with com- Meteorologist: Friendly. community oriented. dedi- and good creative instincts. The job wil require one plete written description of work performed. availability cated and professional Now in medium market prime. week of travel per month. calling on radio station pro- and salary requirements to KTGF -TV c o Video Interna- Any market considered. Box D -6. gram directors and general managers. selling syndi- tional Publishers. Inc.. 1186th Street South. Great Falls. cated TV commercials and marketing campaigns for Legal reporter. Lawyer with Wail St. . top -10 law school MT 59405 use by radio stations in their outside promotion The legal reporter wit- credentials seeks position as Bright. winning candidate will learn about marketing. radio Director, 54th market, group owned affiliate seeks ex- ty. articulate Excellent writer Box D -20. promotion. and television production and become part perienced director capable of switching weekend marketing. This Meteorologist. 2 years' radio experience. wishes to of the hottest company in broadcast newscasts. EFP. and commercial production Send re- transfer to television. Work includes forecasting and position offers a draw against commisions. travel ex- sume to Production Manager. WJRT -TV 2302 Lapeer feeds for NC and W news networks. as well as individ- penses. excellent benefits and the opportunity to make Road. Flint. MI 48502. Knight -Ridder is an affirmative to re- ual stations Box D -3. substantial income. Applicants should be willing action equal opportunity employer. Iocte to Nashville. TN. Please write and tell us why you Creative multi- award -winning reporter ready to are the right person to join the Film House team; in- SITUATIONS WANTED MANAGEMENT move on Specialize in movie reviews and feature sto- clude your resume and business references with your ries. but am versatile in all general assignments Box D- letter. Address your applications to Tony Quin. Execu- Creative services manager. rIl deliver creative. cost - 2 tive Vice President. Film House 24 Music Square West. effective promotions or commercial productions Pro- Nashville. TN 37203 gressive management experience. Award- winning On -air professional experienced In broad spectrum spots and programing reflect creative abilities Excel- of television broadcast funtions. Hostess and producer lent team attitude. references. 617 --879-4908. of cab e cable talk show writer. newscaster. Degreed. HELP WANTED PROGRAMING. Have demo tape Will relocate. Brendan. 703 --882- PRODUCTION AND OTHERS Tired of deadheads and bad attitudes? Take charge 3366 manager ready to clean up your operation boost the Top notch independent production facility - --men- bottom line! Box D -7. Talented young sportscaster with excellent radio ex- cat #1 city - -^g for senior e, . techni- perience. Willing !o work hard for TV opportunity any- cal backgrouru and ability to .o-. .. :'- i. ec:, a must. Young, capable professional seeking PBS member- where. Strong writer Available today John. 704- 545- Sony 5000 and ADO experience necessary Good ship development position. 3 years experience. KLRU- 3433. benefits and growth potential. Please phone 412- -air. -outs. TV. supervisory telemarketing. on mail 471 -3333 scripts. volunteers. auction. NCS.Memtrak. Organized. analytical. diligent. friendly BS Communications. UT Austin. Wendy Zabava. KLRU -TV Box 7158. Austin. TX INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES PROGRAMING 78713 SITUATIONS WANTED PRODUCTION & OTHERS American Sportscasters Association seminar Fea- Cut through clutter! Boost your creative staffs to turing. Curt Gowdy. Jack Brickhouse. Don Dunphy worth. ENG EFP photographer award -winning levels promotioroproduction manager Get your money's Marty Glickman Topics employment opportunities. in- freelance work in the Chicago area Ambitious. with independent and affiliate experience in top -ten. seks terviewing. play -by -play. preparation Thursday. hardworking Call 312 -868 -5619. medium markets seeks new challenge. Box D -31 Chris. June 26. 1986. New York University (NYC) Information. 150 Nassau Street. New York City 10038 Or 212 -227- Need an art The Broadcast Designers Asso- director? 8080 SITUATIONS WANTED ANNOUNCERS ciation Employment Service can send you. at no charge. members resumes - some of the most exper- profesional training on broad- Looking for an attractive woman .: !, umque style Intensive seminar- ienced. talented designers in the business. If you need cast production operations and equipment. Offered in ai of class to host TV IFi - ;w7 Interested in an art director graphic designer and or video design- Los Angeles. San Diego. Washington. DC. Chicago. e,*, fling, light formal progran, I V and radio back- er. call the BDA office at 415- 788 -2324 San Jose. and Seattle Get the insiders edge. For infor- ground Call Debbie today' 412 - 378 -3520 mation call 800 -232 -DIV4 (outside California 415- with 12 of major market ex- Producer /director years 756 -DIW SITUATIONS WANTED TECHNICAL perience seeks challenge. Interested in move to management or produCer'director position with station new TV Director of engineering: Desires challenge Cre- dedicated to local production. or production company RADIO AND PROGRAMING ative. wdh impress . of completed protects. Heavy Call 415.-763-0529. in the industry experience in teen- management. video audio r' Radio & TV Bingo. Jest promotion PO systems engineering. VHF /UHF high power transmit- Enthusiasm and dedication. That's what you'll get Copyright 1962. Wir u Wide Bingo. Box 2311. ters and microwave. Computer applications & pro- from my work. Video production freelancer seeking en- Littleton. CO 80122 303- 795 -3288. graming. license filings & new Inquire with position television Will relocate. 215- - contruction try with station. Wouldn't your clients buy more time if they had a confidence to 11.-r C -112- 928 -9942. better . Prime Culs 'oct for our demo. 615 SITUATIONS WANTED NEWS Capable newsman. Excellent voice and delivery Tape WANTED TO BUY EQUIPMENT resume Richard Harris, PO. Box 582. MISCELLANEOUS and avouable. Wanting 250, 500. t.000 and 5.000 watt AM -FM trans- Bensenville. IL 60106. 312 -639 -0558. ...as - Major production facility videographer one mitters Guarantee Radio Supply Corp . 1314 Iturbide incn editor and maintenance engineer National com- Laredo. TX 78040 Manuel Flores 512 -723-- 110% given as experienced sportscaster, reporter I Street. mercials. music video. sports. and syndicated pro- want to work' Young and aggressive. Excellent skills. 3331 graming. Terrific opportunities! Media Marketing PO Call Adam. 808 - -879 -0772. Box 1476. Palm Harbor. FL 34273.1476. 813 --786- Instant cash-highest prices. We buy TV transmitters Investigative reporter /producer now available Four 3603. and studio equipment. $1.000 reward for information years fuiitime investigations. lop awards. productive. leading to our purchase of a good UHF transmitter. People for the very best investigative. never sued Call Jim Lyons. 918 749 -0895 Primo looking Quality Media. 404 -324 -1271. consumer. medical and feature reporters. Send tape Sportscaster: seeks entry level position. as knowl- and resume to Steve Porricelli or Jackie Roe. Box 116. Wanted: used VHS 3/4", 1" and 2" videotapes. Cash edgeable as anyone in the business. three years radio Old Greenwich. CT 06870 -0116. 203 -637 -3653 paid for all lengths. No defectives. Call Andy Carpel. news writing and major college sports publicity exper 301- 845 -8888 If you need a need MediaLine. the industrys ¡ence Masters degree 614-237-2418 evenings. job, you daily updated job listing service One phone call will Wanted immediately:good used 10 kw AM transmit- Let me by your one man sports band. Can do it all put you in touch with the freshest lob leads daily 312 - ter Good maintenance record no junk Call Vie Ru- and without a gripe. Box C -142. 855 -6779. more. 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Broadcasting May 5 t986 as Rogers State College, Claremore. Oklahoma is ac- Magnafax 1/4" tape duplicator, Model TM -79 -FT Full Help Wanted Sales cepting sealed bids for a 5kw UHF transmitter. anten- track 5 place. 60 ips. New condition. $6.900. Call na. transmission line. certain test equipment items and 914- 268 -3000. Continued TV STL as a package for KXON -N Deadline for bids is May 30. 1986 at 3PM CST. For specifics contact James VR 1200 parts for sale, includes head wheels, switch- Baum. Station Manager. KXON -TV. Rogers State Col- es, and more. Negotiable. Please call 617- 725-0814. lege. College Hill. Claremore. OK 74017. 918 -341- Used broadcast TV equipment. Hundreds 7510 The owner reserves the right to reject any or all of pieces bids and readverlise wanted and for sale Please call Systems Associates to receive Our free flyer of equipment listings. 213 -641- SALES MANAGER FOR SALE EQUIPMENT 2042. Nation's #1 classical music station AM and FM 3/4" evaluated transmitters used. exceient condition. videotape! Guaranteed to look and seeks qualified sales manager for Guaranteed. Financing available. Transcom. 215- work as new Prices: Field mini KCS -20 minute cas- 884 -0888 settes $6.99. 30 minutes $9.49. 60 minutes $12.49. the 13th market. Candidates should ELCON evaluated. shrink wrapped and delivered free! possess minimum of 3 years' sales Complete FM 1 station, ali equipment year old. Harris Master broadcast quality at half the price. Hundreds of 2.5K w. MS-15. Optimod. management experience with suc- monitors. 3 -bay ERI. Cable 2 thousands sold to professional users. To order call Car- studios. EBS. Call M. Cooper Transcom 215 -884- pel Video. Inc.. collect. 301-845 -8888 or toll free cessful track record. Excellent com- 0888 800- 238 -4300. pensation package. Interested ap- 5KW & FM: 3.5KW Elcom 605B w 690 (8000 Hrs.) on Cart machines, consoles and reel-to-reels: AmprorS- plicants send detailed resume and air mint. McMartin 3.5K w exciter (1982) and spares. cully. B.E. and Otani equipment available now. VVe offer salary history to KING FM. 333 Dex- Call M. Cooper, Transcom 215- 884 -0888. a full line of broadcasting equipment: call for quotes on ter Ave. North, Seattle, WA 98109. No your individual needs. Dale Hendrix - - AM-5KW ITA on air w/ proof: Collins 820D1. 1KW- -- 215-866-2131 Holt Technical Services. a phone inquiries. EOE. M F HC. RCA 1N1. 1KW RCA 1L. Harris -1. division of The Holt Corpora- SX Call M. Cooper tion Transcom 215 -884 -0888.

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3/4" editing setup. Two JVC CR- 8500LU decks. com- LOCAL SALES MANAGER patible JVC (RM -85U) editing control unit. plus Pana- sonic 12" color monitor. Must sell $5000. 617 --267- Southeast Texas ABC affiliate seeks a person 3001 who possess the skills and desire to lead a young, aggressive RCA BTF-1E 1kw FM transmitter. Good condition. sales team. 3bay Phelps -Dodge HP 1000 -3 antenna with cables. Must lead by example. Fun and money are the rewards for 312- 545 -2121 after 6PM CDT. the person who is willing to get the RCATCR -100 completely rebuilt by RCA in September job done by producing results, of 1985. 3500 carts with good tape. tape loader. three not excuses. If you are bright, creative, sensible, knowledge- heads. spare parts There's a lot of stuff for not a lot of money. If you need a cart machine. call now This is a able of TV sales, and a real winner, send resume with salary super deal! Media Concepts 919- 977 -3600. Of course we still have our VTRS. one 5850 5800 440 edit- requirements to J. Allred, KBMT-TV, P.O. Box 1550, Beaumont, ing system available. 3 TK -27s. TP -7s. HL- 79DALs. One HL -79A and much. much more! TX 77704 or call 409 -833 -7512 today!

Broadcasting May 5 1986 86 Help Wanted Sales Help Wanted Announcers Continued Continued - -E l All Tior a VIDEO HITS ONE'"

INTERNATIONAL NatkwwídeT/ent//He TELEVISION SYNDICATION for SALES MANAGER

Experience in the international market -place essential. Position is Los Angeles based. Can you be warm. friendly and have a great time on camera? Do you have a Please reply in writing to: passion for music and the industry? Is Mgr. entertainment Mr. Dick Jollitte, VP, National Sales entertaining and informing your audience important to you? Do you really believe in VH -1? Republic Pictures Corporation

12636 Beatrice Street If so send a video cassette so we can see how you look PO. Box 66930 to Lee Masters. Vice President. PHONE CALLS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Los Angeles, CA 90066 -0930 la 213 -306 -4040 1775 Broadway. NI= I IN New York. NY 10019 Candidates selected for Ur +!" further consideration will be contacted for an interview. An equal opix,rtunrly employer

Help Wanted News

NEWS DIRECTOR Help Wanted Announcers Rapidly growing ABC affiliate in southeast Texas seeks a news director who has the skill and desire to lead a well -balanced and highly motivated staff. Hands -on involvement is a must. We are community oriented and the person we hire will be WE WANT TO BREAK THE MOLD expected to project this image. If you are a take -charge per-

Top 10 market seeks dynamic host for talk son with a winning attitude, send resume with salary require- show. Wanted. smart, can handle issues, work -TV P.O. Box 1550, Beaumont, TX with audience. bold, sense of humor. willing to ments to J. Allred, KBMT take chances. Send resumes to Box D -32. 77704 or call 409 -833 -7512.

BroadcastIng May 5 1986 07 Help Wanted News Help Wanted Technical Help Wanted Programing, Continued Production, Others - o;ev.sdon PRODUCER - CO- ANCHOR BROADCAST VICE PRESIDENT American CommLnay Cap- evasion seeks GENERAL MANAGER dedicated professional. experienced APPLICATIONS Public TV.FM established in 1962 and news producer with excellent writing. serving the New York State Capital Re- producing. and anchoring skills for June ENGINEER gion and western New start -up of local cable newscast Re- England seeks quired minimum one years' news exper- ANDREW. a remgrized leader In the de- candidates for new position reporting to ience (broadcast cable). strong script- velopment and manufacture of advanced Board of Trustees. Staff of 90. corporate state -of -the art antennas and transmission ing. outstanding production skills. warm budget approximately $5 5 million. excel- lines, is conducting an immediate search and credible on- camera personality su- lent viewer -listener member ratio. and perb news judgement and for a Broadcast Applications Engineer. Posi- strong com- state -of -the -art facilities mitment to local news Able to produce tion requires an individual experienced in actual -TV fast -paced show that's visually exciting customer application of UHF Applicants should be mature profession- and VHF -TV high power transmitting an- and strong on substance. not fluff We als with a minimum five tenna and transmission line products. A of years of senior want someone to generate moti- stories. of products management experience. preferably in vate and supervise thorough understanding and staff (including in- plus with terns) applications experience Broad- public broadcasting. Graduate degrees cast Field Sates and product support is are preferred with concentration in man- Send resume and cover letter stating necessary. B.S.E.E. desired, but equivalent agement. business. or communications. news philosophy with salary require- experience may be acceptable. ments and three references to: Excellent communication skills and thor- For immediate and confidential considera- ough knowledge of sound management News Director oon, please submit your resume, including practices are essential. particularly in the CABLE NEWSCENTER 7 salary history to: Amencam Community Cablevision areas of finance and personnel. 519 W State St Send resume with cover letter by May 30 Ithaca. NY 14850 ''ANDREW lo (No phone calls or tapes please!) CALIFORNIA CORPORATION EOE. MF HN Human Resources Department 1037 West Ninth Street WMHT -TV FM Upland, California 91786 Box 17 ATTENTION: Personnel Manager An Equa Opportunity Employer Schenectady. NY 12301 WMHT is an eouat opportunity employer. or nett' McHugh and Hoffman, Inc. - to l'l these cur- ALLIED FIELDS MIDDLE MARKET CO- ANCHOR rchor Strong writ- NEWS MEDIA PROMOTION SPECIALIST REGIONAL SALES EXECUTIVE

.. .- e'reeded.o' middle marke! s :a. r renuor..IV.,,a!e oromohon ex- United Press International seeks highly motivated account executive to sell current and newly developed broadcast services to existing and po- BI- LINGUAL GENERAL tential ASSIGNMENT REPORTERS subscribers. Strong organizational ..,.. Su,u,st, r -sr ¡c

RA Employment Service Location Size Type Price Terms Contact Phone Continued Coastal Sm AM FM $2250K Terms Mitt Younls (202) 822 -8913 Rky Mtn Maf AM FM $2000K Terms Greg Merrill (801) 753 -8090 -0405 FEMALES WANTED (AND NEEDED) CO Sm AM 'FM $1150K $300K David LaFrance (303) 234 HI Med AM FM $1100K 5300K Elliot Evers (415) 495 -3516 NATIONAL, _. , . '_' Je-e ^e9. semce. re- $1100K $1 75K David LaFrance (303) 234 -0405 ceives constant reques:s puais eo'ernale aorour,Cers ana news peo- Rky Mtn Med AM/FM ple from radio stations in all sze markets. coast to coast. II you are ready OK Sm 2 FMs $750K $125K Bill Whitley (214) 680 -2807 or a move le' NATIONAL 'e1D For comae:e de:a is and regstrauon IL Med AM FM $725K $175K Bill Lochman (816) 941 -3733 loon enclose Si postage and handling to: NATIONAL BROADCAST AZ Sm AM FM $700K $300K Peter Stromquist (818) 366 -2554 TALENT COORDINATORS, DEPT. B., PO BOX 20551, BIRMING- PA Sm AM FM $425K $125K Warren Gregory (203) 364 -5659 HAM, AL 205.822. 9144 -ACT NOW! 35216, IA Sm FM $305K $65K Bill Lytle (816) 941-3733 NC Sm AM $300K $30K Mitt Younls (202) 822 -8913 For information on these properties. please contact the Associate shown. For information on other Miscellaneous avaliabalties or to discuss selling your property contact Janice Blake. Marketing Director. Chapman Associate, ., 125 Dunwoody Place. Atlanta. GA 30338 404 998 -1100 VENTURE CAPITAL DEBT FINANCING CHAPMAN ASSOCIATES' For broadcasters Sanders d Co. nationwide media brokers 1900 Emery St., Ste. 206 Atlanta, GA 30318 404 -355 -6800

Wanted to Buy Stations

EVERY SALE" SEEK TO PURCHASE LPTV "TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE GOES INTO CP or operating Facility Cash for Midwestern station Ohio, Penn., Illtn., Ind., Mich. H.B. La Rue, Media Broker Brokers or Direct. Box C -10 Radio TV CATV Appraisals

West Coast East Coast Atlanta Public Corp. seeks to ac- 44 Montgomery St. #500 500 East 77th St. #1909 6201 Powers Ferry Rd., #455 quire LPTV CP's. Write San Francisco, CA 94104 New York, N.Y. 10021 Atlanta, GA 30339 404 956 -0673 Hal Gore, V.P. with full details Box D -18. 415 434 -1750 212 288 -0737

For Sale Stations BOB KIMEL'S NEW ENGLAND MEDIA, INC. 901/767-7980 WE WANT TO BE THE MILTON O. FORD 8. ASSOCIATES MEDIA BROKERS -APPRAISERS "Specializing In Sunbelt Broadcast Properties" BEST Poplar Memphrs.Tn. 38157 5050 Surte1135 NOT THE BIGGEST

OWN A STATION NO MONEY DOWN OKLAHOMA CITY FULL -POWER Unusual situation forces sale of this UHF TV Midwest AM station with full owner financing. If you're a good operator LOW PRICE with ideas, this station can work for EXCELLENT TERMS you. Send confidential history and resume to Box D -8. FT. WORTH TEXAS LPTV CHARLES EARLS EXCELLENT KENNETT VERY PROFITABLE AM COVERAGE GOOD TERMS with excellent ratings that will have a new campanion FM on air shortly. Lo- Georgee A ^ cated in a nicely growing, family-ori- Bill Kitchen GDR E ented, mild climate Land of Sun- 14041324-1271 shine. Cash flow will service & AYslsociates,Inc. payments after normal down. Nicely - - - Quality Media- _- -- 712 EXPRESSWAY TOWER ROUTE ONE - BOX 173 priced at $1.400,000. Reply to Box Corporation- DALLAS. TEXAS 75206 KENNETT. MISSOURI 63857 D -33. (214) 361-8970 (314) 888-3224

89 For Sale Stations Continued

A few years ago, I wanted to own my own station. I had a good job, a sales and on -air background...but wanted my of looking I bought. AM'FM, midwest, small market. own shop. Atter a year Now I have a better opportunity in a larger market, but it requires that I sell my AM /FM. If you're where I was a few years ago - looking for a start in ownership in a market that's small you and your debt service if enough to be affordable but able to support you work hard enough, contact me. Soon. Box D -19.

1 R.A Marshall &Co. MID 1\ -AMERICA Media Investment Analysts & Brokers AM -FM Bob Marshall, President Dominating market for over This AM station located in a pleasant Southeastern sin- 35 years. Billing over gle station market has excellent potential for the righ $690,000 annually Long his- operator. $250,000 including attractive studio building tory of strong cash flow. and 4 acre tower site. Please -principals only. 508A PIneland Mall ()Mee Center. Hilton Head Island. South Carolina 29928 803-681.5252 Reply Box D -35.

a r ai B The Holt Corporation BROADCASTING'S CLASSIFIED RATES CALIFORNIA COAST FM Ali orders lo place classrfied ails 8 alp #1 in Birch --last becoming #1 biller in the market. correspondence State -of- the -art Class C in northern Pertaining to :his section should be sent ;o BROAD- coastal market. The seller is asking $350.000 down; call Leigh Moylan at 215 CASTING. Classified Department 1735 DeSales St . 3775 to --865- determine how you can best structure the deal to match your N W Washington DC 20036 requirements. acquisition Payable In advance. Check. or money order Only Full 8 correct payment MUST acco.npany AU. orders When Suite 205 Suite 800 Box 2869 placing an ad indicate the EXACT category desired Television. Radio. Allied The Westgate Mall 2033 M Street, N.W. Cable or Fieids. Help One Tower Park Wanted or Situations Warted Management Bethlehem, PA 18017 Sales Washington, DC 20036 Winchester, VA 22601 News. etc If this information is omitted we will deter. mine the appropriate category according to the copy NO make goods will be run it all information is not included IDAHO AND UTAH LPTV in big growth SE Texas market. Set up The publisher is no: responsible for errors in priming 4 AMTM combos - ranging in price from $225.000 to for personal or absentee operation. $150.000. due to illegibie copy all copy must be clearly typed or $2 million Good terms available Contact Greg Merrill FM near large Nebraska printed Any and all errors must be reported to the 801 city $790.000. -. 753 -8090 classified advertising department with" 7 days or pub. Class C FM plus AM to cover city in Texas. lication dale No credits or make goods will be made 52 1 million on errors which do not materially altect the advenrse- CHAPMAN ASSOCIATES' meni \7 Business Broker Associates nationwide media. brokers 615 -756-7635, 24 hours Deadline is Monday at noon Eastern Time for the, follow. ing Mondays issue Earlier deadlines apply for issues published during a week containing a legal holiday 6 special notice announcing the earlier deadline will be published above this ratecard Orders changes and POWERFUL MIDWEST COMBO FOR SALE or cancellations trust be submitted in writing NO tele phone Low dial pos. AM with underdeveloped AM -CP orders. changes and or cancellations will be accepted I 100kw FM. 5.000 sq. ft. studios on 40 720 KHZ, 5 KW DAYTIME Replies to ads with Blind Box numbers acres. Owner retiring: HARRISONBURG, PA. should be ad- first time ever of- dressed to (Box number) cio 1735 METRO MARKET BROADCASTING. fered. Healthy cash flow Terms. DeSales St N W Washington DC 20036 FINANCING AVAILABLE FOR Call JACK CHRISTIAN/CB, Inc. Advertisers using Blind Box numbers request QUALIFIED BUYER cannot 202 audio tapes video tapes transcriptions films or VTRS -745-1009 D BOX -10 to be forwarded to BROADCASTING Blind Box numbers Audio lapes. video tapes. transcriptions. films 8 VTR s are not lorwardable. 8 are returned to the sender Publisher reserves the right to alter classified copy to LOOKING FOR A STATION? conform with the provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Sunbelt 50,000 watt Act of 1964 as amended Publisher reserves the right 512/327.9570 to abbreviate. alley or refect any copy AM station. Rates:Classfied listings (non-display) Per ssue Help JAMA1i_ItICE CO. $2.2 million or best offer. Wanted S1 00 per word. 518 weekly minimum Situa- tions Wanted (Personal ads) 60e per word. $900 Media Brokerage 6 Appraisals 803 -582 -1849 weekly minimum All other classifications $1 10 per 110 word. $1800 weekly minimum Blind Box numbers Wild Basin Rd. s 245 Austin. TX 7874E $4 00 per issue

Rats.: Classified display (minimum 1 inch. upward in half inch increments) per issue Help Wanted $80 per inch Situations Wanted (Personal ads) $50 per inch 1kw SUBURBAN EVANSVILLE FOR SALE All other classifications $100 per inch For Sale Sta- DAYTIMER tions. Wanted To Buy Stations. Public Notice 8 Bust. profitable AM'er in the thriving area ness Opportunities advertising require display space Located in Newburgh, Indiana (420.000 of the Piedmont Carolinas. Same Agency commission only on display space within 0.5 my/m). Possibility for FM owner Word count: Count each abbreviation. initial. single over 30 years. Building and figure or group figures through Docket 80 -90. Real estate includ- of or letters as one word each several acres of commercial proper- Symbols such as 35mm. COD. PD,etc . count as one ed. Call Don Davis 812- 853 -7203. word each Phone with ty included. $425K cash. Box C number area code or zip code -97. counts as one word each

Broadcasting May 5 1986 90 àtes & -oft esla)

Stewart Corbett, co- owner. WFMR(FM) Meno- Mich., named group senior VP. president and Media monee Falls. Wis., named Steven Levy, from DFS. New York. joins general manager. BBDO Direct there as VP, management su- John Spinola, VP and general manager. Glenn Wright, VP and general manager. pervisor. Group W's WJZ-TV Baltimore. joins co- KIRO -TV Seattle, named executive VP of sta- Charlie Colombo, owned WBZ-TV Boston as VP and general tion and corporate VP of KIRO Inc. president. Blair Ra- George Andrick, senior manager. WSAZ -TV dio, New York, Huntington. W. Va.. retires after 35 years named president of with station. John Blair & Co.'s radio representation di- Linda Byrd Cooper, general manager, WCRJ- . vision there, oversee- FM Jacksonville, Fla., named VP and gener- ing three rep co)n- al manager. panies: Torbet Radio. Appointments, C4 Media Corp., Vienna, Select Radio (former- Va. -based cable MSO serving 20.000 sub- ly Selcom/RAR) and scribers in Kansas. Missouri, Oklahoma and J Blair Radio ("Closed North Carolina: Janet Bowman, controller, Colombo Circuit," April 14). to newly created position of VP, administra- Colombo, who has been president of Blair Klein Spinola tion and control: Rory Test, general manager, Radio since March 1985. will continue in manager. Jonathan Klein, VP, sales and mar mid -America, Burlington, Kan., to regional that role until successor is named. Addition- keting, wBZ=rv, succeeds Spinola. Spinola manager. mid -America: Taly Gaon, adminis- ally, Barbara Crooks, executive VP of divi- succeeds Thomas Goodgame, who was trative assistant, to graphic artist -marketing sion, takes on expanded responsibilities as named president of Group W's television executive VP/station development and assis- 31). assistant. station group (BROADCASTING, March tant to president. Al Calhoun, construction manager. Comcast James Allegro, VP, operations. ABC Owned Philadelphia, named general Jeff Wakefield, VP, research and marketing. Television Stations, New York, named sen- Cablevision, manager, Comcast's Lower Merlon, Pa., Major Market Radio Sales. New York, VP, broadcasting division. Capital Cities/ ior named to executive committee. ABC, with primary responsibilities in fi- system. nance and administration. James Goldberg, Paul Vacek, system manager, Jones Inter - Mary Yerrick, VP. new business develop- assistant treasurer and assistant secretary, cable, Shawnee, Oklahoma, named man- ment, Henry J. Kaufman & Associates, Capital Cities Communications, New York, ager of Jones Intercable's Saratoga Springs, Washington, named senior VR. Lisa Brugger named VP, tax planning and administration. N.Y., systems. 'Racy Shirley, system man- Jones, media director, Kaufman. named VP. La., system, Capital Cities/ABC. ager, Jones's Donaldsonville, David Idema, VP. copywriter. Geer. DuBois succeeds Vacek. Charles McFadden, VP and general manager, Advertising, New York, named VP. group TVX Broadcast Group's WNRW(TVI Win- Bill Coffey, program director, KUSA(TV) St. creative supervisor. WLFL -TV VP, ston- Salem. N.C., joins co -owned Louis. named operations. Lawrence Riegel, senior VP, Avrett, Free & Raleigh. N.C., as VP and general manager. James Wagner, treasurer, Landmark Com- Ginsberg, New York, named executive VP. WNRW, Jim Fletcher, general sales manager, munications. Norfolk, Va., named VP. succeeds McFadden. Dietrich Ginzel, account executive, WTBS -TV of international Appointments, Fisher Broadcasting, Seattle: Atlanta, named manager parent, Turner Broadcasting Sys- Jay Giesa, executive VR administration, to sales for based in New York. additional title of secretary; Richard Robert- Marketing tern, son, general manager, Fisher's KOMO(AM) Doug Foster, account supervisor, J. Walter John Chandler, from Wells, Rich, Greene, Seattle. to VP and general manager of sta- Thompson, New York, named VP, senior New York, joins SSC &B: Lintas USA there tion, and Beth Lyman, assistant VP and per- account supervisor. as account supervisor. sonnel manager, to VP, personnel. Glenn Paul Drother, general manager, direct mar- Named VP's, William Esty Co., New York: Gormley, secretary and executive VP, fi- keting division. Campbell -Ewald, Warren, Nancy Davidson and Kay Dropped, account nance and planning, Fisher Broadcasting, retires after 35 years with company. Kevin Hale, general sales manager, KTVT(TVl Who do you turn to when you need an Dallas, joins KSTW -TV Tacoma, Wash., as VP and general manager. EXPERT FINANCIAL NEWS SOURCE? Darrell Blue, station manager. KXLY -TV Spo- kane. Wash., joins KAPP(TV) Yakima, The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is Wash.. and co -owned KVEW(TV) Kenniwick, the authoritative voice of the accounting profession. Wash., as general manager. Whether the topic is auditing, management consultation, General managers named VP's, Sterling estate planning, tax advice, personal financial planning, Communications stations: Kenny Windham, computer information or small business strategy, the WJDXIAM)- WMSI(FM) Jackson, Miss.; Mi- need for your story. chael Baer, WKJN(FM) Baton Rouge, and AICPA has the financial expert you Gary Vincent, WGSL(AM)- WSSL(FM) Green- ville, S.C. THE AICPA, OF COURSE!!! Robert H. Smith Jr., VP and general manager, WCYB -TV Bristol, Va., named executive VP, 1211 Avenue of the Americas CONTACT: Sam Hoyt general manager and member of board of New York, NY 10036 -8775 212/575 -3879 parent, Appalachian Broadcasting Corp.

Broadcasting May 5 1986 Q1 supervisors. and Nan Rosenberg, manager, sales. David Salinger, director of affiliate director, talent relations; Jessica Falcon, local broadcasting. di- promotion and special projects, CBS, Los rector, artist development -special projects, Ellen Pritzker, advertising manager, Resorts Angeles, joins wPRI -TVas head of newly cre- ESP Management, New York, to director, International Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, ated marketing division. talent relations, VH -1 /Video Hits One. joins Cable Adnet, Pa., Malvern, as market- James Johnson, VP, marketing and plan- Douglas Hamilton, director of finance and ing director. ning. KIRO Inc., Seattle, named senior VP. information systems, USA Network, New Robert Putnam, treasurer and VP. adminis- Larry Leibowitz, general manager, WLYF(FM) York, named VP, finance and administra- tration, The Leadership Corp., New York, Rochester. N.Y., joins KWEN(FM) Tulsa, tion. joins The Earle Palmer Brown Companies Okla.. as general sales manager. Allan there as executive VP, finance and adminis- Schwartz, VP, tration. Carl Andersen, from Greater Boston Cable program develop- Corp., Boston, joins Colony Communica- ment, Taft Entertain- Joanne Bums, program research manager. tions' Lowell (Mass.) Cable TV as sales ment Television, Los Group W Television Sales, New York. joins manager. Angeles, joins Fries LBS Communications, New York, as direc- Entertainment there Steven Newcombe, general sales manager, tor of research services. as VP, syndicated WCAW(AM)- WVAF(FM) Charleston. W. Va.. and daytime develop- Susan Ritenour, VP. group media supervisor, joins WFXR(FM) Charleston, S.C., as general and Robert Mitchell, VP manager. broadcast sales manager. ment. spot buying, Campbell-Ewald, Warren, Frances Peragine, VP, Jeff Jeanpierre, senior account executive, Mich.. named senior VP'c Cinemax programing, WKLH(FM) Milwaukee, named local sales Home Box Office, Eglon Simons, VP, manager. Schwartz sales. CBS Television New York, resigns. Mimi Voelker, intern and sales representative, Stations. New York, Mary Pleshette Willis, independent television KD Productions, commercial production named VP. sales, and writer, joins Reader's Digest Entertainment, unit of KDKA-TV Pittsburgh, named sales general manager, na- New York, as VP. development, coordinator for KDKA -TV. executive tional sales and mar- producer. keting for CBS Tele- Bill Gee, traffic manager, KTXL-TV Sacra- Tom Gatti, director of sales, vision mento. named director DIR Broadcast- Stations Calif.. of sales ser- ing. New York. Division. vice- traffic. named VP, director of sales. Michael Abramson, VP, promotion, Island Jeffrey Manoff, direc- Kathy Sarcone, from WNIC -FM Detroit, and Records, New York, joins DIR there as VP, tor of advertising Debbie Ford, from WHYT(FM) Detroit, join affiliate relations. John Moss, from LBS Ra- sales, New York. WRIFIFM) there as account dio. New Simons executives. York, joins DIR as member of MTV Networks Inc., sales staff. Stephanie Peterson, director of retail sales, New York, named national sales manager- KMSP -TV Minneapolis. named David Knight, director of advertising sales. account execu- director of production, DIR tive. Charles Hogetvedt, account executive, Broadcasting, New York, joins Westwood Howard Levy, director of advertising sales, KITN -TV Minneapolis. joins KMSP -TV in same One there as director of talent acquisitions, Television Program Enterprises. joins Blair capacity. East Coast. Entertainment, New York. as VP, director of Diane Stewart, from Jock McLean, VP, McL Communications advertising sales. Rogers Cablesystems, San Antonio. Tex.. and Robert Wise, from consulting firm, joins MTV: Music Televi- Karen Grinthal, account executive, CBS Ra- KTXS -TV Abilene, Tex.. join KSAT-TV San sion, New York, as director. acquisitions. dioRadio, New York. named director, sales. Antonio as account executives. Kirk Dodd, VP, financial planning and analy- Mark Drozd, creative director, Impact, New Joe Bell, account executive, WQYK -FM St. Pe- sis. NBC Inc., Los Angeles, joins Para- York, sales promotion and design company tersburg, Fla.. joins WDABAM)- WIQI(FM) mount Domestic Television as senior VP. of Foote, Cone & Belding, New York, Tampa. Fla., in same capacity. business and financial affairs. named VP. Mary Kelly, account executive. KEX AM) Port- Larry Hutchings, VP, Eastern division sales, Patricia Liguori, assistant research director. land. Ore., joins KATU(TV) there in same ca- Orion Television Syndication, Los Angeles, Capcities /ABC's WABC -TV New York. pacity. named senior VP, sales and marketing. named associate director of research and Named account executives. wKTK(FM) Cry- Meade Camp, Southeast regional sales man- marketing services. ABC Television Spot stal River. Fla.: ager, Embassy Telecommunications, Atlan- Sales. Sylvia Carlson, account executive. WRUF-AM -FM Gainesville, Fla.; Mark ta, named VP, Southern region. Bob Molnar, VP, creative director, Fahlgren Granger, account executive, WKHK Rich- Alex Job, assistant director, network affili- Swink, & Toledo. named director of broad- mond, Va.: Butch Fields, Field of Stars Pro- ations, Home Shopping Network, Clear- cast, supervising radio and TV production at ductions. Gainesville. and Jim Siwy, account water. Fla., named director of network affili- F &S's seven offices. Sal Lumetta, from executive, WYGC(FM) Gainesville. ations. Young & Rubicam. Detroit. joins F &S as Doug Smith, broadcast producer. account executive, WCLQ -TV Joe Fleischman, VP sales and marketing, Cleveland, joins WKYC -TV there in same ca- Trans World Entertainment, Los Angeles, Doug Miller, assistant account executive, pacity. joins Republic Pictures Home video there as Abramson Associates Inc., Washington, Carole Lynne Van Dyke, VP, sales and marketing. named account executive. client services de- from American partment. Home Products, Detroit. joins WKBD -TV Eva Stamm, supervisor of conventions, there as account executive. Showtime/The Movie Channel, New York, George Drymalski, account supervisor, R.L. named manager. special events. Meyer Agency. Milwaukee, joins WNRW(TV) Winston -Salem. N.C.. as general sales man- David Sargeant, field producer- writer, ager. succeeding Jim Fletcher. named VP Programing KNBC(TV) Los Angeles, joins Paramount's and general manager (see "Media." above). Entertainment Tonight as Los Angeles bu- Joe Fleischman, \'P, Trans World Entertain- reau manager. Lewis Leone, account executive. ABC - ment. Los Angeles. joins Republic Pictures Appointments, "Pure Gold" format. Satel- owned WABC -TV New York. and Geralyn Home Video there as VP. sales and market- Stynes, account executive. Blair Television. ing. lite Music Network. Dallas: Gary Hamilton, Chicago, join ABC -TV Spot Sales. production director and morning air person- Chica- Appointments, go. as account executives. MTV Networks Inc., New ality, KLUV(FM) Dallas, to operations man- York: Steve Seidmon, director, research, to ager; Jim Thomas, from KAFM(FM) Dallas; Matt Kreiner, general sales manager. WPRI -TV VP, research; Jim Del Balzo, local promotion Chaz Kelly, from KSLX(FM) Phoenix: Doc Providence. R.I., named VP. director of manager, Columbia Records, New York, to Morgan, from KZEW(FM) Dallas; Mark Rivers,

Broadcasting May 5 1986 00 and producer, from WWCL(FM) Pittsburgh, and Randy Da- writer -broadcaster in 1952 and moved to Kay Kusuda, newswriter KSBY-TV San Luis vis, announcer, SMN, to air personalities. Washington short time later. At NBC, as- WDlv(TV) Detroit, joins signments included writing, editing and re- Obispo, Calif., as general assignment re- consultant to Charlie Van Dyke, programing porting for TV and radio. On television, he porter. KFYI(AM) Phoenix and KKFR(FM) Glendale, has appeared on Meet the Press, Today and Ann Curry, general assignment reporter, Ariz.. named VP, programing, for stations' shared nightly news, among others. He KCBS(TV) Los Angeles, named urban affairs parent, The Broadcast Group. coverage of Emmy award for NBC TV reporter. Mark Filiault, marketing director and produc- Apollo space program. On radio, he was sports colum- tion manager, noncommercial WGBY -TV reporter and anchor for NBC Radio's hourly Will McDonough, Boston Globe Today series as Hartford, Conn., joins Cetco, Hartford, newscasts and anchored NBC Radio's World nist, joins CBS Sports' NFL Conn. -based wholly owned production ser- News Roundup, among others. regular commentator. vices division of Connecticut Public Broad- David Burke, VP and assistant to president, casting, as manager. ABC News, New York, named executive Anthony Dwyer, member of sales depart- VP. Technology ment, Group W Productions, Chicago, named central regional manager. Stephen Groves, sales representative, Augat Jackson Gibson, broadcast schedule man- Inc., Attleboro, Mass., named district manager, noncommercial wuFF(TV) Gainesville, ager. Ernest Lemoncelli, senior sales repre- Fla., joins noncommercial WLtw(TV) Garden sentative, Augat, Attleboro, named district City. N.Y.. as program manager. sales manager. Anne Coleman, director of programing, Cos- Polly Rash, regional manager, General In- mos Broadcasting's WAVE -TV Louisville, Ky., strument, Alexandria, Va., named national joins co -owned WDSU -TV New Orleans as director of sales. director of programing. Harold Culver, direc- [4'at David Barbour, senior account representa- tor of engineering and operations, WAVE -TV, tive, Oak Communications, Cincinnati, named acting program director. Burke Nash named regional manager, responsible for systems in Nick Diamond, morning drive personality, Al Nash, assistant news director, KTIV(TV) Oak equipment sales to cable KONE(AM) Reno. joins WEBC(AM)- wAVC(FM) Sioux City, Iowa, joins Montana Television Midwest and Southeast. Duluth, Minn., as program director. Network, Billings, Mont., as news director. Alfred Resnick, chief engineer, Capcities/ KTVQ(TV) Billings, Appointments, WKTK(FM) Crystal River, MTN comprises ABC's WLS(AM) Chicago, named to newly KRTV(TV) Great Falls, KXLF -TV Butte and of engineering, Fla.: Nick Allen, program director, W KHK(FM ) created position of director Richmond, Va.; to same capacity; Jim Quin, KPAX -TV Missoula. Capcities/ABC. program director, WAVW(FM) Vero Beach, Steve Minium, assignment manager, KPNX- Herb Squire, chief engineer, WHN(AM) New Fla., to music director and morning air per- Tv Phoenix, joins KTNV-TV Las Vegas as York, joins WQXR -AM -FM there as chief engi- sonality; John Lann, program director, news director. neer, succeeding Zaven (Doc) Masoomian, WKIQ(AM) Inverness, Fla.. to midday air per- Appointments, WFMY-TV Greensboro, N.C.: retired. sonality, and Steve Mack, production direc- Bill O'Neill, reporter, Group W Newsfeed, tor. WOCA(AM) Ocala. Fla., to midnight air Trevor Murdoch, independent engineering Washington bureau, to weekend anchor -re- Pro- personality. contractor, joins Electronic Systems porter; Robert Murray, assignment editor, ducts, Titusville, Fla., as chief engineer. Don Kelley, program director, WFTQ(AM) WXEX.TV Richmond, Va., to producer; Worcester. Mass., joins WYYY(FM) Syra- Joyce Taylor, weekend weathercaster-report- Richard Abbenante, from defunct RCA Division, joins Broad- cuse, N.Y., as program manager. er, KREM -TV Spokane, Wash., to weekend Broadcast Systems weathercaster- reporter. cast Systems Inc., Austin, Tex., as Western Cathy Perron, program manager. WPRI -Tv regional sales manager. Providence, R.I., named director of pro- Brian Seifert, producer, 11 p.m. news, WLEX- graming-creative services. Edna Worthing- TV Lexington, Ky., named producer, 5:30 ton, production manager, WPRI -TV, named di- p.m.news. PR rector of production. Kathy Ammermann, morning news anchor. Promotion and Lisa Mateas, assistant program manager. WKZW(FM) Peoria, III., assumes additional cre- KTLA(TV) Los Angeles, named director of duties as radio news supervisor, WMBD(AM)- Wendy Dytman, executive director of programing. WKZW there. Joe Toren, from WHIO(AM) ative affairs, MGM /UA Entertainment Co., Dayton, Ohio, joins WMBD -WKZW as anchor- Culver City, Calif., named VP, creative af- Al Forist, director, 6 and II p.m. news, reporter. fairs, motion picture division, MGM Enter- w ?2M -ry Grand Rapids, Mich., named di- tainment Co. rector of production. Appointments, WIXT(TV) Syracuse, N.Y.: Dan Cummings, assignment editor, to an- Paul Burditch, senior account executive, Jan Wilson, from WKOW -TV Madison, Wis., chor, weekend news; Kae Newman, reporter Guttman & Pam, Los Angeles public rela- joins KOTV(TV) Tulsa, Okla., as programing WTVH -TV Syracuse, succeeds tions agency, joins Schecter/Cone Commu- coordinator. and producer, Cummings; Rod Wood, weekend anchor, to nications as VP, West Coast, heading new Miriam (Mickey) Schwartz, associate produc- co- anchor, Eyewitness NewsHour and Eyewit- Los Angeles office for New York -based pub- er. the Phyllis Levy Show and Sex Talk, ness News at II, and Carrie Lazarus, special lic relations agency. wts(AM) Chicago. named producer. assignment reporter, to co- anchor, 9 Eyewit- Yelena Lazovich, manager, creative services, ness NewsHour. Telepictures Corp., Los Angeles, named di- Jim Kaiserski, reporter, WAGA -TV Atlanta, rector, advertising and promotion, Lorimar - News and Public Affairs joins NBC News as Central American corre- Telepictures Domestic Distribution Group. spondent, based in El Salvador. Susan Heath, director, marketing programs, Hackes, NBC Washington Arts & Entertainment Network, New York, Peter 61, News Rebecca Blessing, part-time reporter, correspondent for more than 30 years, and named director of marketing. KCBN(AM) -KRNO(FM) Reno, joins KOLO(AM) most recently reporter-editor for network's there as public affairs director, succeeding Lisa Lombardo, director of licensing, King syndicated news program, A -Nen s, retires. Greg Koelfgen, who joins co -owned KGLO- World, New York, joins LBS Enterprises He began his journalism career as reporter Tv there as news producer. there as VP, merchandising and promotion. for WELM(AM) Elmira, N.Y., followed by ra- Film dio reporting stints in Ohio, Iowa and in Gary I. Reaves, general assignment reporter, Tom Ashwell, creative director, Avco Kentucky, where he also worked in televi- WFAA-TV Dallas, joins CBS News as report- Productions, Cincinnati, joins WLWT(TV) sion. He joined CBS News, New York, as er, Chicago bureau. there as director of communications.

Broadcasting May 5 1986 93 Former NBC president and chief executive 1964 -65, he was executive news editor, CBS officer, Herbert Schlosser, now senior advis- Radio; in 1961 -64, he was correspondent, er, Wertheim & Co., New York investment ABC News. His local station work also in- firm, named chairman of board, American cluded news posts at television stations in Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, Miami; Tampa, Fla.; Cleveland, and Tulsa, N.Y. He has been member of museum's Okla. Sharp is survived by his wife, their board since 1984. Museum, "devoted to the son, and son and daughter from previous art, history and technology of all the moving marriage. image media," is scheduled to open in 1987. Broderick Crawford, 74, television and mo- Golden tribute. Dick Clark, president, Michael D. Sullivan, chief. mobile services tion picture actor, died April 26 at Eisen- Dick Clark Productions, Burbank, Calif., division, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC, hower Medical Center, Palm Springs, Calif., was given Gold Medal award by the Washington, joins law firm of Wilkinson, of complications from series of strokes. Pennsylvania Association of Broadcast- Barker, Knauer & Quinn, Washington, as Born William Broderick Crawford, he began ers. Clark's American Bandstand be- partner, specializing in telecommunications. theatrical career in vaudeville in early gan on WFIL-TV (now wave -rv) Philadel- 1930s, later Frank De 11111o, VP and general manager, obtaining occasional roles in ra- phia in 1956, and originated from there wxFL(TV) Tampa -St. Petersburg, Fla., joins dio dramas and stage productions. After for its first eight years (1956-1964). Broadcast Media Services, Tampa -based moving from New York to Hollywood in Shown at ceremonies above (l -r): Fred firm specializing in acquisition, financing, early 1940s, he became film actor, winning Young, PAB president and VP, The development, construction and management Academy Award for best actor in 1949 for Hearst Corp.; Pennsylvania role in Governor of independent television and radio stations, "All The King's Men." In 1950's he Dick Thornburgh, and Clark. as VP and general manager. gained prominence as Sgt. Dan Mathews on television's Highway Patrol and later starred Paul Westefer, Page Nader, director of news and public rela- director of labor relations, in shortlived Ace of Diamonds and The I uterus Walt Disney tions, KZKC -TV Kansas City, Mo., named Pictures, Los Angeles, joins series. Survivors include his wife, Mary AI- VP. Alliance of Motion Picture and Television ice, and two sons. Producers there as VP, contract administra- Doug Bieberich, commercial writer -producer tion. Ed J. Zuchelli, 61, veteran broadcaster who and announcer, wFFT-Tv Fort Wayne, Ind., had taught journalism at California Poly- named creative services director. Arthur Sulzburgh, VP, national sales man- technic State University, San Luis Obispo, ager, ABC Radio Network, New York, re- Calif., died of apparent heart attack April 19 ceived distinguished alumni award from col- at San Luis Obispo hospital. He had been lege of communication, Boston University. faculty adviser to university's noncommer- Allied Fields cial KCPR(FM) since joining faculty in Ken Howard, legal assistant to FCC Com- 1969. Zuchelli had missioner James Quello, joins law firm of been part owner of KCOY(AM) Fred (now KUHL) Santa Maria, Calif., from 1955 Fielding, counsel to President Reagan Baker & Hostetler, Washington, as associ- until 1969, and KCOY-TV from 1981 until March 31 of this year, joins ate. Santa Maria from Wiley & Rein, Washington law firm headed 1964 until 1969. He is survived by his wife, Marcella Rosen, senior VP by former FCC Chairman Richard Wiley, as and media direc- Virginia, and two sons. tor. \ W. Ayer, New York, and Charlayne partner, effective mid -May. From 1970 to Ralph Goodman, 68, radio and television 1974, was Hunter -Gault, New York -based national cor- Fielding assistant counsel, then writer, died April 20 of cancer at Motion respondent for PBS's MacNeillLehrer News - deputy counsel, to President Nixon. From Picture & Television Country Hour, have been chosen advertising and Hospital, 1974 until 1981, he was partner with Wash- Woodland Hills, He broadcasting recipients, respectively, of Calif. began radio ca- ington office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius reer in late 1986 Matrix awards for highest achievement 1940s writing for Duffy's Tavern, law firm. Wiley & Rein was formed three Fibber McGee & Molly, The Bob Hope in their chosen fields. Award is given Show, years ago as Wiley, Johnson & Rein, when by The Red New York Women in Communications. Skelton Show, Radio Mystery Theatre Washington office of Chicago -based Kirk- and others. On television, he wrote for such land & Ellis split, with about 40 attorneys Pamela Koch, account executive, station series as Daniel Boone, The Fugitive, joining new firm. Effective July I, firm will clearance division, On the Air, New York, McHale's Navy, Here's Lucy, The Flying Nun, be called Wiley. Rein & Fielding. joins Syndicast Services there in same ca- The Jefferson and number of animated se- pacity. Charles Oliver, director. policy research, ries. Survivors include two sons. CBS /Broadcast Group, New York, joins Na- Charles (Scotty) Andrews, 44, program man- tional Association of Broadcasters. Wash- ager, WVEE(FM) Atlanta, died of cancer April ington, as senior VP, research and planning, Deaths 19 at Northside hospital, Atlanta. Andrews succeeding John Abel. now NAB's execu- had been program manager of station since tive VP, operations. Oliver is former attor- 1978, and before that. air Solon Geer, 85, retired co- founder with his personality there. ney with Common Cartier Bureau, FCC, He had also been program wife, Eve DuBois, in 1936, of Geer, Du- director at wtGO- Washington, and in 1977 -78 was intern for (AM) Atlanta. Andrews is Bois, New York-based advertising agency, survived by his Communications Subcommittee of Senate wife, Eunice, son and daughter. Commerce Committee. died April 18 at St. Joseph's hospital, Stam- ford, Conn. He is survived by his wife and Philip Warren Wygant, 60, former promotion Appointments. Gammon & Ninowski Me- two sons, Peter, who is president of agency, director, WBAP -TV (now KXAS -TV) Fort dia Investments Inc., at newly opened re- and Stephen, who is ABC -TV correspon- Worth from 1958 until leaving station in gional offices in Kansas City, Denver and dent. 1974 to start own tree farm outside Dallas, Philadelphia: Jack Satterfield, VP, manager, Roger died of liver disease April 25 at Baylor Blair Television. Philadelphia. to associate Sharp, 50, money editor, WCBS -TV New York, Medical Center, Dallas. He joined produc- broker, Philadelphia; Marc. O. Hand, broad- died of lung cancer April 23 at tion staff of WBAP -TV month before station cast consultant, Denver. and AI Perry, VP. his home in Stamford, Conn. Sharp had covered went on air in 1948, directing in- studio pro- general manager, KOSI(FM) Denver, to asso- economic and business news for station ductions for station. He is survived by his ciate brokers there. and Richard Wartell, since February 1985. Before joining WCBS- Tv. he had been correspondent and political wife, Bobbie, who is arts and entertainment owner-manager, KSOK(AM ) -KDKS( FM) Arkan- reporter for KXAS -TV. sas City. Kan.. to associate broker. Kansas editor for WABC -TV New York since 1972. In City. Donald Russel, associate broker, Wash- 1966 -72. he filed daily business reports for Elmer H. Long Jr., 58, whose on -air name ington, to VP. radio. ABC Radio Network, New York, and also was Bruce Davis, midday air personality, served as correspondent for ABC -TV. where WNRK(AM) Newark, N.J., and weekend per- Kevin Kelley, deputy chief, domestic facili- his reporting on politics and civil rights sonality for WPEN(AM) Philadelphia, died of ties division. FCC, Washington. named movement earned him national Emmy. In heart attack April 21 at Crozer- Chester chief. mobil services division, Common I965 -66, he was correspondent and anchor Medical Center, Upland, Pa. He is survived Carrier Bureau. for WNAC -TV (now WNEV -TV) Boston; in by his wife, Tillie, and two children.

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FCC's Minkel: communications network. He retired from the Army on Aug. I fighting the battle 1976, and "I joined the FCC the next day," of the budget said Minkel. In what would prove to be his first tour at Edward Joseph Minkel, now FCC managing the commission, Minkel headed the Chicago director, is a retired U.S. Army colonel, but regional office of the Safety and Special Ra- he is not the Rambo type of fighting man. dio Service Bureau (now the Private Radio It's hard to imagine him blasting his way Bureau). He also served as chief of the bu- through the Washington bureaucracy. He reau's land mobile spectrum management di- smiles too much. vision. But Mr. Nice Guy turns serious when he In 1978, Minkel left the commission for turns to his job of getting the commission to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- run as efficiently as possible on whatever ministration, where he was deputy chief of dole can be scrounged from Capitol Hill the communications division of the National these days, and he's credited for whipping Weather Service. They have a tremendous the agency into the proper shape to fight in worldwide communications network," Min- the Reagan deregulatory revolution. "He is kel said. simply a person who gets things done yester- Fowler, who met Minkel through mutual day," said FCC Chairman Mark Fowler. "He friends, hired him early in 1981 to advise can say no, too." Fowler added, "but he does him on management of the agency. "Philo- so with a smile." sophically, we were attuned to the same mar- That Minkel, also the agency's director of ketplace and First Amendment concepts," national security emergency preparedness. Minkel said. That October, Minkel became performs so well under budgetary fire is not the commission's first managing director. surprising. He got plenty of practice per- EDWARD JOSEPH MINKEL -FCC managing Minkel is a team player. And he and forming under adverse conditions in the 30 director; b. May 16. 1921, Staten Island, N.Y.; Fowler, clearly the team captain, start each years he spent in the Army. BA, business administration, Manhattan weekday morning at 6 a.m. pumping iron The son of a Staten Island sea captain College, Bronx, N.Y., 1949: MS. systems together. Then it's off to the FCC, where who later founded a hardware and locks - management, University of Southern "Mark has the policy; I have the administra- mithing store there, Minkel grew up tin- California, 1972; U.S. Army, 1942 -1946 and tion and management over all the agency," kering with radios. When he volunteered 1951 -1976; FCC Safety and Special Radio Minkel said. for the Army in 1942, he was tested and put Service, Chicago regional manager, 1976- At the agency, Minkel takes special pride through officer candidate school at Fort 1977, and chief of spectrum management in the management -by-objectives system he Monmouth, N.J. division. 1977 -1978; deputy chief, put into place there. He also takes pride in Detailed to the Signal Corps, he re- communications division, National Weather having reduced the number of employes by mained stateside throughout World War II. Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 15% since fiscal 1980, instituting the lottery spending most of his time on research and Administration, 1978 -1981; present position systems for low -power television, multi- development, designing radio systems and since October 1981; m. Catherine Dempsky, channel multipoint distribution service and codes. Oct. 4, 1945; children: Christa Bolden, 35; cellular radio, and upgrading the commis- In 1946, Minkel was discharged as a first Edward J., 32; Lynne French, 30. sion's data processing capabilities to, he lieutenant and attended Manhattan College says, more than make up for the lost person- in the Bronx. He was graduated in 1949 and nel. worked at his father's store. In 1951, he was the time the rotor on a helicopter he was in Like others at the agency filling so- called called back for service in Korea. was shot out, forcing the pilot to make an political posts, Minkel is clearly wondering Minkel saw no action during World War emergency landing in a rice paddy in the whether Fowler will remain in place or move II, but he saw plenty in Korea, where he was Mekong Delta. No one was injured, but oth- along come June 30, when his present term a signal officer in Seoul, transmitting mes- er helicopters had to hover in a protective expires. But Minkel, now a vigorous 64, is sages among military intelligence units. circle while Minkel and the others were not planning to retire should Fowler move While Minkel was there, the communists whisked out of harm's way by another chop- along to other things. "I may end up in con- took Seoul. "And then we took it back," said per. "It was rough," said Minkel. sulting or some other part of the telecom- Minkel. "It was very interesting, a very hard But Minkel. clearly an optimist at heart, munications industry," Minkel said. time." also remembers the lighter moments. He Minkel also said it hasn't all been easy at In 1960, Minkel was assigned to the U.S. grins when recalling the informality of the the FCC. Particularly hard to handle has embassy in Libya as a military adviser to the occasion when he and the former U.S. Am- been the constant squeeze on the budget at a Libyan army. That was back when Muam- bassador to Vietnam, Henry Cabot Lodge, time when the agency's responsibilities have mer Qaddafi was a second lieutenant in the introduced themselves to each other in the been increasing. Libyan signal corps. Minkel knew who Qad- shower at the Cercle Sportif, a Saigon health But there's no doubt that Minkel, who dafi was. But the latter's theatricality was club. likes to hike and water ski in his spare time, latent at the time. "He didn't stand out in any Other tours of duty took him to Tokyo, will make the most of it. "My philosophy is way," Minkel said. Hawaii, the Defense Communications you have to be tough but fair. and you have In 1966, Minkel was transferred to Viet- Agency (where he worked on the project to be able to communicate with both your nam, where he spent a year as signal adviser resulting in the launch of the initial defense subordinates and your superiors." Minkel to the South Vietnamese Army. It was a rear- communications satellite, the first military said. "As Fowler says, I'm the engineer who echelon job but not without active moments. satellite) and the Pentagon, where he was in keeps the train on time and on track." There was the time the hotel where Minkel charge of spectrum management and inte- Minkel gives no impression of an immi- was billeted was blown up. There also was grating data systems into the military's tele- nent derailment.

Broadcasting May 5 1986 95 Last week "white knight book" on John Blair & Co. went out to small USIA group of media companies. Book contains detailed financial infor- pushes TV exchange between U.S., Russia. The USIA is mation on Blair and is to help any interested suitors in making hoping for the cooperation of television in promoting the imple- higher bid than $25- per -share offer already on table from Macfad- mentation of the new U.S.-Soviet cultural exchange agreement den Holdings ( "Top of the Week," April 21). Judge hearing case in signed in November 1985 at their summit by President Reagan Delaware was to decide last Friday whether Blair's annual meeting and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Stephen Rhines- was to take place next day. One source suggested other possible mith, coordinator of the U.S. /Soviet Exchanges Initiative at responses by Blair might include separate sale of ADVO. Blair's USIA, which has responsibility for implementing the agree- marketing subsidiary. or leveraged buyout of company through ment on the U.S. side, told a press conference last week: "We Warburg Pincus. John Vogelstein. Warburg Pincus executive. is want to encourage as much coverage of the exchanges as former Blair board member. possible. We're starting small, so we want to promote them c through television and other media. " And USIA Director Rene Anselmo resigned last week as president of Spanish Interna- Charles Z. Wick expressed the hope that the Soviets know the tional Communications Corp., group owner of five UHF Spanish exchanges "can be accelerated through coverage by televi- stations (New York, Los Angeles. Miami, San Antonio, Tex., and sion." Fresno, Calif.). Anselmo said in release that he was stepping down The agreement provides for exchanges of performing artists. in effort to help resolve long -standing stockholder suit, alleging students, academics, artists and representatives of film, sports, corporate mismanagement, among other things. Source close to medicine and radio. Wick sees satellite- delivered television as Anselmo said, however, he would remain on five -member board of providing a valuable bridge between the two countries. He directors of SICC and was retaining his 24% ownership in group. noted that U.S. heart specialists in Washington and their coun- Company said he was being replaced by SICC vice president, terparts in Moscow had cooperated in what he termed an "en- Emilio Nicolas. As to any connection between Anselmo's resigna- chanting" two -hour exchange on developments in treatment tion and FCC's current investigation into foreign control of SICC of heart disease. "I hope this will (BROADCASTING. Jan. 13. et seq). source said was encourage future exchange, "he it "very indirect" said. at most. Anselmo will continue as president of SIN program network, There is one owned by Televisa, which is controlled by Mexican -based family kind of exchange in which Wick feels the U.S. is getting short of Emilio Azcarraga, president of Televisa. SIN put out separate shrift. Asked about the access of U.S. officials to release last week denying earlier press reports Anselmo was being Soviet media, he said Soviet officials have made "between 120 replaced as SIN president by former U.S. Ambassador John Gavin. and 130 appearances" on U.S. television in a two -year period, o while American officials made "barely three or four appearances" on Soviet television in the same period Later, a USIA ASI Communications has sold classical KFAC -AM -FM Los Angeles to spokesperson said the precise for Classic Communications Inc. for $33.5 million cash. Seller is small figure appearances by Soviet officials on radio group whose chairman is Ralph Guild. president of Interep American television was "138 by 43 officials between radio representation company; George Fritzinger, current presi- January 1983 and April 1985 -and they were very substantial dent and general manager of stations, is president. Buyer is newly segments." Wick noted that "an American network "- formed concern whose principals are Ed Argow. executive VP- ABC-had given Soviet spokesman Vladimer Posner seven general sales manager. KFAC, and Louise Heifetz, co -op sales man- minutes to comment on Reagan's speech in defense of the ager, KIIS -AM -FM Los Angeles, both of whom have no other broad- administration's request for military funds (BROADCASTING, cast interests. TA Associates, Boston, assisted with financing. March 3). He didn't think it would be possible for an American Shearson -Lehman Brothers was broker for seller. official to have a similar opportunity on Soviet television "in the near future."

Legacy Broadcasting, Los Angeles, finalized its multiple $82 -mil- from Noble Broadcast Group for $44 million. New company is lion radio station deal last Tuesday (April 29) in which it acquired: headed by Carl Hirsch, former Malrite Communications president KDWB -AM -FM Minneapolis -St. Paul, WLLZ(FM) Detroit and KPKE(FM) who owns 51% of stock, and Robert F.X. Sillerman, 37- year -old Denver from Doubleday Broadcasting for $27 million: KHOW(AM) entrepreneur and investment banker. who is 49% stockholder Denver from Metromedia for $11 million, and KJOI(FM) Los Angeles (BROADCASTING. Nov. 18. 1985).

Stars' night out. NBC's 60th anniversary gift to the Library of dinner in Statuary Hall of the U. S. Capitol. On hand: such veteran Congress of sonic 20.000 kinescopes. videotapes and films of se- NBC stars and luminaries as (I to r) Lome Greene, Steve Allen, Sid ries, movies and specials from the period 1948 through 1977 was Caesar, Milton Berle, Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin. Jayne commemorated last Tuesday (April 29) with a VIP reception and Meadows and NBC Chairman Grant Tinker.

Broadcasting May 5 1986 96 revision of advertising standards form of orrner National Association of Broadcasters radio director Glenn last week, called network "We've started something that's a thorn in the side of the !shone 1:; back on board. Mahone.: nt of Pasco -Jon Broad - flattery. for syndicated advertising sales pace cur- asting Corp.. which has purchased WssV,AM)-WPLZ -FM Petersburg, networks." he said. As said, "things could be stronger." ASTA predicts a., subject to FCC approval, won special election for "minority rently, Cosgrove will amount to $650 million during 1986. oat" on radio board. Mahone had been challenged by 14 other syndicated advertising in 1985. On question of 68), but won majority by week's end. He That's up from estimated $550 million andidates (see page program- Los Angeles, who left in January. effect of people meters on measurement of syndicated acceeds Willie Davis, KACE(AM) consultant, o ing, word was upbeat. Tim Duncan, ASTA research people meters will provide "better methodolgy" which will Law Judge Byron Harrison said initial decision, FCC Administrative better household and demographic ratings for syndicated City Communications Co. for yield as granted application of Crescent programing. Growth in syndication numbers is not expected at channel 49 in New Orleans. Crescent City, sole remain - ew TV on expense of network numbers. ig applicant after settlements, is wholly owned by Barbara La- o tont, New York City freelance broadcast journalist who has no In wake of departure of CBS Entertainment vice president Harvey interests. ther media Shephard and appointment of Kim LeMasters to succeed him (BROADCASTING, April 28), CBS announced last week that Peter lait Disney Domestic Television announced last week that it will Frankovich has been named to fill spot left vacant by LeMasters- ow be known as Buena Vista Television. No reason was given for vice president -miniseries. Frankovich had been vice president, mo- ame change. Company's West Coast operation is located on tion pictures for television, CBS Entertainment, since 1983 and outh Buena Vista Street, Burbank. Calif. has been program executive with network since 1976. Succeeding Frankovich as vice president- motion pictures for TV is Nancy Bein. and, since 1982, has been ;BS's flashy hour news magazine program. West 57th, made sec- She has been with CBS since 1978, where it placed third director. motion pictures for television. 'rid debut last Wednesday (April 30) at 8 p.m., o against two original episodes of entertainment fare on NBC and president of defunct Council for kBC. NBC took time period with 19.1/32 for Highway to Heaven; Kathryn Creech, most recently senior VP. National Ca- \BC's MacGyver averaged 13.3/22, and West 57th scored 8.0/13. Cable Information, New York, and former has joined CNR Partners, New York, as dagazine is scheduled for 13 -week flight, but it's uncertain ble Television Association, of Citicorp, NYNEX Corp. and whether it will remain in Wednesday 8 p.m. -9 p.m. slot. VP. marketing. CNR is joint venture RCA to research and develop interactive electronic services, including videotex. 'Nelsen will make announcement before end of this month on whether to go ahead with people meter measurements in fall. Net- FCC on the Hill. FCC Chairman Mark Fowler went to Capitol Hill works have been pressuring company to hold off, while advertisers last week to plead the case for the commission's budget request rnd cable programers (seeking better demographic data on view- of $96.4 million for fiscal 1987. its) have urged Nielsen to press on. Company has to decide But if members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee whether to hold off, or go with people meter, either as stand -alone were concerned about those numbers. they didn't make it pub- interim period service or in tandem with existing service for some lic at the hearing. n order to develop database for comparison. Fowler also took the occasion to make another pitch for legislation that would permit the commission to auction off non- Senate approved budget for fiscal 1987, 1988 and 1989 without broadcast spectrum. Fowler reiterated that such auctions for Broadcast- i ng drastic cuts to funding for Corporation for Public cellular radio could have raised about $1 billion. million in ing. Budget recommends appropriations for CPB of $200 Senator Warren Rudman (R- N.H.), subcommittee chairman. as funding levels FY 1987 and $214 million in FY 1988 (same sent out another signal of congressional concern over the FCC's Under bill. however, contained in CPB authorization legislation). pending rulemaking to permit public broadcasters to swap their cuts would occur in FY 1989 with $223 million appropriation in- VHF's for commercial UHF's without having to face competing in authorization. House Budget Committee stead of $238 million Rudman said many senators thought such swaps will mark up budget bill this week (May 7). There have been applications. the character of public television." reports that House measure will propose cutting CPB appropri- "would eventually change any position on such swaps But he ations for FY 1987 at around $50 million (see story, page 70). Fowler said he hadn't taken also said the proposal had been opposed by commercial broad- (Rudman said House Telecommunications Subcommittee may reschedule hearing casters who didn't want to face the competition. to the is set for May 21, but subcommittee is he didn't believe commercial broadcasting opposition on scrambling. Hearing But interested in having representative from CBS testify, and network proposal was necessarily of an "eleemosynary' character. has affiliate meeting in Los Angeles May 18 -21. Chairman Tim he also implied that other opposition was founded on genuine Wirth (D- Colo.) scolded CBS at last scrambling hearing for failing concern for public broadcasting.) On the same topic, Fowler to appear. questioned whether it wouldn't be better to leave swap decisions at the local level instead of Washington. On the other ABC and CBS confirmed it has revised standards for advertising on hand, Fowler said that even were the FCC to permit such advertisers more free- their Saturday morning schedules to allow swaps, it wouldn't approve them if it couldn't be shown that the what can say and do. NBC, number one in daypart, dom in they public television station's post -swap signal coverage would be has not made similar move. In recent seasons, networks have seen "substantially congruent." revenue for Saturday morning daypart shrink as result of growth of (D -Ark.) said he thought cable car- of children's series. Currently, orders are being Senator Dale Bumpers barter syndication stations should be required regardless for production of children's spots that will appear next riage of public television placed the commission provided for season. As example of revised standards, ABC spokesman said, of whatever carriage requirements a very dim view of a must - advertisers will be allowed to make claims of superiority of their other sorts of stations. "I would take to be product over competition's, provided they can demonstrate proof carry rule that didn't require PBS ¡public WI stations of claim. Advertisers will also be allowed to run animated demon- carried," Bumpers said. stration of product use, in any part of commercial, as long as In response to another Bumpers line of inquiry, Fowler said it animation is not misleading. Previously, said Alan Wurtzel, vice was "still a little bit too early" to jump to the conclusion that the president of standards and practices at ABC, animation was not "marketplace" won't resolve the concerns of backyard earth permitted in first third of commercial. Dan Cosgrove, vice presi- station owners, who are alleging that scrambled programing is dent, media sales, Group W Productions, and president Advertiser overpriced. Syndicated Television Association, speaking at ASTA luncheon

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Probably RKO General. Fidelity Television and Westinghouse For those ho'e been piping attention. the race to achieve a Broadcasting should have expected the rebuff they got last week world studio standard for high -definition television has had all the from Edward J. Kuhlmann. the FCC administrative law judge drama, conflict, intrigue and agony of an election campaign. One who is presiding over the endless hearings on RKO's fitness to be hopes, ultimately, that it will have the ecstasy, too. although this a broadcast licensee. Kuhlmann has not been conditioned to contest will end with either one winner or no winners at all. The accept the kind of deal that RKO, Fidelity and Westinghouse had favorite son deserves to win -which is to say, the 1.125!60 stan- crafted to end Fidelity's 20- year-old challenge of RKO's owner- dard developed by Japan's NHK over a great number of years and ship of KHJ -TV Los Angeles and to transfer the station to Westing- at enormous expense, and at the invitation of the same interna- house. At the Citizens Communications Center. in Washington. tional standardization body, the CCIR, that will sit in judgment a where Kuhlmann spent 1977 -79, employment depends upon the week hence in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. conviction that commercial broadcasters are crooks and that the Whether victory can be snatched from the jaws of potential profit motive is the eighth and most deadly sin. defeat is impossible to assess at this moment, but it is not too Kuhlmann was asked by RKO. Fidelity and Westinghouse to early to applaud the herculean efforts made by the U. S. team and step aside and let the FCC members themselves act on the admit- their international colleagues in helping devise this quantum leap tedly intricate transfer process that the applicants had in mind. He forward in the possibilities of television and in ushering it so refused. On with the hearings, said in Kuhlmann, an opinion adroitly through the geopolitical maze. Should victory be theirs, clearly envisioning a burning at the stake at the end. If Kuhlmann it will be a cause in which all can celebrate. There is no question gets his way. as RKO and Fidelity said after his decision came of defeat. Whatever the verdict of Dubrovnik. HDTV has ar- out, the deal with Westinghouse is queered. and RKO and Fidel- rived. ity are doomed to more years of litigation at the FCC and in the courts. The 20 years of lawyering could easily stretch into a quarter- century. Right out of the Citizens Communications Cen- One step at a time ter handbook. The attorney RKO and Fidelity have asked Kuhlmann for permission to general's commission on pornography has yet to earn any prizes appeal what he has said was his "nonappealable ' decision. Unless for enlightenment, and it is undiscriminating in some he steps out of character, he will deny the request. of the broad strokes it seeks to employ against pornography, This page has no way of knowing how the FCC members but Fifth Estaters can breathe somewhat easier this week. would vote. if the RKO- Fidelity -Westinghouse transfer applica- The commission, in completing its report. voted-but just barely tion were submitted to their action. The guess here is that they -not to recommend that the FCC apply its full regulatory might to would give the law a less myopic reading than Kuhlmann's and at seeking out and destroying a perceived cable porn men- ace (see story, page least consider the promised result of a transfer from a licensee that 40). The commission voted to use more or less as its has been under fire for 20 years, through a challenger with no "framework" a report by a University of Michigan law broadcasting record whatever to a pioneer broadcasting company professor, Frederick Schauer, that is more reasonable than the with a reputation for imaginative and energetic public service. staff -written draft that had invoked Pacifica in calling for the FCC to "impose Is it possible tht the FCC will stand aside and leave the fate of sanctions against satellite and cable programers who KHJ -TV in Kuhlmann's hands? transmit indecent programs" (BROADCASTING, April 2I ). Ac- cording to the Schauer report, the commission could not reach a consensus on the FCC's role: Open "Some of us are skeptical about season closed Pacifica itself and do not wish to extend to new areas a principle that we find dubious even with respect to broadcast media." That The news media have had their Day in court. It was Justice is certainly healthy skepticism, and at least one step fewer in the Sandra Day O'Connor. who. surprisingly to some, wrote the wrong direction. majority opinion supporting The Philadelphia Inquirer and shor- ing up the defenses of an active press against libel suits (BROAD- CASTING, April 28). The court. in reversing a Pennsylvania state supreme court decision, supported a lower court, which, finding unconstitutional a statute imposing the burden of proof on the defendant, had instructed the jury that the plaintiff in the case must prove falsity. The jury eventually found for the Inquirer. In the opinion, O'Connor wrote that "placement by state law of the burden of proving truth on media defendants who publish speech of public concern deters such speech because of the fear that liability will unjustifiably result." Those words provide a clear guideline to the states where that issue remained unresolved, and a clear message to the eight other states with convoluted statutes requiring the accused to prove their innocence. The decision also should prove a warning to individuals who would gamble on large libel settlements from the media: The burden of proof, unlike the chips, falls not where it may, but where it Drawn for BROADCASTING by Jack Schmidt should, on the plaintiff. "And this is the last in our series on minimizing your taxes."

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