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AN OVERNIGHT `SENSATION "live" from * Nashville * seven nights a week features, bi- weekly Rivia Night, Saturday night * country music interviews * * audience oldies, MCRN week in review and live concerts. It involvement * news, weather & sports can only happen in Nashville! Its happening all night, every night on the Music Country Radio The Music Country Radio Network is working Network and can happen on your station too! nights for radio stations from Maine to California and will consistently deliver the best in country Find out how your station can be the over- music and "live" interviews with the stars of country night sensation in your market. For additional music to your listeners. Nighttime radio, comes alive information call Jim Williams at (202) 955- from Music City, U.S.A. via satellite = with special 7214 or Jeff Lyman at (615) 885-6789. MUSIC /!COUNTRY Radio Network -e. MCRN gave Gary morns a congratulatory party for his first number one single "Baby Bye Bye." 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Satellite Network 1- 800 -654 -3904 r Broadcasting Aug 18 Keeping an eye on CBS Sifting through the meaning of the must -carry NOI's ROCKING THE ROCK 0 Laurence Tisch his ups 20- MINUTE PUSH KCBS -TV Los Angeles restructures holdings in CBS to 24.9%, prompting speculation two -hour evening newscast into six separate 20- about network's future control. PAGE 35. minute segments. PAGE 56. IN THE PAPER O In FCC's passage of must -carry rule LATE -NIGHT DILEMMA O Fox Broadcasting's Joan were raft of notice of inquiry's looking at Rivers and King World's David Brenner are two competition in general and syndicated exclusivity, late -night shows hampering efforts by networks compulsory license and telco crossownership in to clear their own offerings in that time period. particular. PAGE 36. Although telco issue is a PAGE 57. concern to cable, top industry officials say mountains would have to be moved before telco DOTTED LINE O Emmis Broadcasting closes on its crossownership prohibitions could be removed. deal to buy three Doubleday stations. PAGE 62. PAGE 37. NEWCITY GETTING A JUMP NBC and CBS jockey for fall FORMATION O Management buyout of Katz Broadcasting starting positions in announcing dates for new has been completed. New name will be NewCity season premieres. PAGE 39. Communications. PAGE 63. SPOT ACTIVITY o Barometer of spot advertising DRUG TALK 0 Network representatives meet with marketplace is healthier than network advertiser congressmen to discuss drug abuse issues. PAGE counterpart. PAGE 38. 64. PUBLIC BETWEEN THE LINES D Senate passes funding REORGANIZATION 0 New Jersey senate measure that includes action on VHF -UHF swaps, examining proposal to make public broadcasting in fairness inquiry. PAGE ao. that state more independent. PAGE 66. STATION SQUAWK O Losing bidder for Spanish RADIO DBS O Houston entrepreneur planning International Communications Corp. stations files direct broadcast radio service. PAGE 69. suit in Los Angeles district court to block sale. PAGE 46. TRANSMITTER BUY O Thomson -CSF purchases Massachusetts -based Comark Communications. STAY REQUEST 0 Copyright owners seek stay of PAGE 72. cable copyright decision on royalty fees. PAGE 52. WASHINGTON WATCHER O Time Inc.'s chief DEBATE FLAP Early jockeying for position for 1988 Washington lobbyist, Brian Conboy, has his puts League of Women Voters at odds with hands full protecting the interests of leading cable Republican and Democratic National Committees. programing services, cable systems and PAGE 54. publishing interests. PAGE 95. 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