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CRISLER & COMPANY Young Broadcasting, Inc. has acquired WLNS -TV Lansing, Michigan and WKBT (TV) LaCrosse, Wisconsin from Backe Communications, Inc. for $73,000,000 We are pleased to have assisted both parties in this transaction completed in September, 1986 R.C.CRISLER & COMPANY 580 WALNUT ST., CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202 (513)381 -7775 AIR UNIVERSIIY LIÖKAKT No. 14 Vol. 111 MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, AL Vrrct r S. AIR FORCE. (Broadcasting 0'61-66 1985 financial figures from BFMA Congressmen confront FCC on minority preference policy 1986 -87 TV household figures from Nielsen, Arbitron FINANCIAL RESULTS Broadcast Financial Viacom files with SEC. PAGE 46. Management Association reports sales figures for 1985 for television stations in nine of the top 10 GOING SHOPPING Bernie Mann announces plans markets. PAGE 35. for satellite -delivered home shopping network. PAGE 49. HARSH WORDS 0 House Telcomsubcom criticizes FCC for its decision to end minority preferences. TV SOUND Motown enters television production PAGE 36. field. PAGE 54. TELEPHONE INPUT Comsat merges with Contel, SHOW o Malrite Communications to produce telephone company in deal valued at $2.4 billion. TALK one -hour television talk show for next fall. PAGE PAGE 37. 55. CABLE VICTORY 17 In close vote, Senate blocks IN PROGRESS 0 New effort to attach scrambling measure to continuing Century Telecommunications planning two first -run syndicated shows for fall resolution. PAGE 39. 1987. PAGE 56. GOING ABROAD D NBC makes deal to sell news APPEALS ADVICE 0 Appeals court indicates product to Europe. PAGE 39. judge FCC can repeal fairness doctrine on public FALL NUMBERS 0 Nielsen releases early ratings interest grounds. PAGE 58. numbers for fall syndicated shows. PAGE ao. CBS FILING CBS tells FCC that no transfer of HEDGING BETS 0 Showtime/The Movie Channel control has taken place. PAGE 59. plans to lower rates in anticipation of cable operators raising basic cable rates in January. NEW NUMBERS 0 Nielsen and Arbitron release new PAGE 41. television household figures for the 86 -87 season. PAGE 64. AUCTION BLOCK FCC Chairman Fowler testifies before House subcommittee on auctioning off MARKETING PUSH D Ad- supported cable networks common carrier and private radio portions of commit over $23 million to April 1987 promotional spectrum. PAGE 61. campaign. PAGE 68. SAME OLD SONG o NBC takes top honors in the first FLYING HIGH As president of GTE Spacenet, week of the new prime time season. PAGE 48. Jerry Waylan knows there is more to successful satellite services than launches and trajectories. STEP TWO 0 Group seeking leveraged buyout of PAGE 95. INDEX TO DEPARTMENTS Advertising & Marketing .... 68 Datebook 26 In Brief 96 Programing 48 Business 46 Editorials 98 In Sync 76 Riding Gain 57 Business Briefly 18 Fates & Fortunes 91 Law & Regulation 58 Stock Index 52 Cablecastings 10 Fifth Estater 95 The Media 64 Syndiction Marketplace .... 54 Changing Hands 63 For the Record 77 Monday Memo 24 Where Things Stand 70 Closed Circuit 7 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS: Allied Satellite Equipment 10 D American Association for the Advancement of Science 30 0 Americom Radio Brokers 64 D Associated Press Broadcast Services 34 0 Blackburn & Co.. Inc. 62 0 Blair 69 0 CB Distribution Co. 31 0 Chrysler Capital 70 0 Classified Ads 82 -90 D Colex Enterprises 25 0 Columbia Pictures Television Front Cover 0 Comsat General Corp. 20 -21 DContinental Electronics 57 D R.C. Crisler & Co. 4 D Daniels & Associates 66 0 Fidetipac Corp. Fourth Cover D The First Boston Corp. 44 -45 D Milton O. Ford & Associates 67 0 Michael Fox Auctioneers. Inc. 32 0 Grazier Gross & Kadlec. Inc. 19 D Samuel Goldwyn Television 23 0 Group W Entertainment 15 0 Group W Newsfeed Network 60 The Home Shopping Network. Inc. Third Cover o Innovative Productions, Inc. 33 D International Tapetronics Corp. /3M 430 H.B. La Rue Media Brokers 650 L'Ermitage Hotels 55 D MCATV Second Cover3, 11. 12 -130 National Association of Broadcasters 220 The National Black Media Coalition 47 0 NBC 16 -17 0 Paramount Domestic Television and Video Programming 50 -51 D Professional Cards 81 0 Radio Advertising Bureau 560 Cecil L. Richards. Inc. 63 o Services Directory 80 0 Barry Sherman & Associates, Inc. 58 0 Stanford University 14 0 Syndicast Services 27 D Turner Program Services B -9 D WCVB -TV 29 0 World Wide Bingo, Inc. 26 THE NEWSFEED NETWORK THE LEADING TELEVISION NEWS SERVICE. New York, WPIX -TV Providence, WJAR -TV Harlingen, KGBT -TV Los Angeles, KHJ -TV, KCOP San Antonio, KSAT -TV Yakima. KIMA -TV Chicago. WLS -TV Wilkes -Barre /Scranton,WNEP-TV Reno. KTVN Philadelphia, KYW -TV Louisville, WHAS -TV Eugene, KMTR -TV San Francisco, KPIX Tulsa, KOTV Boise, KIVI Boston, WBZ -TV Shreveport, KSLA -TV Columbus /TÙpelo, WCBI -TV Detroit, WDIV Wichita. KAKE -TV Bangor, WLBZ -TV Washington, D.C., WUSA Jacksonville, WJKS -TV Medford, KDRV Dallas /Ft. Worth, WFAA -TV Syracuse. WTVH Casper. KXWY -TV Cleveland. WEWS Des Moines, WHO -TV Athens, OH, WOUB -TV Pittsburgh. KDKA -TV Portland, WCSH -TV Portales, KENW -TV WAGA Champaign /Springfield, WAND Atlanta. -TV Puerto Rico Tampa, WTVT Austin, KTBC -TV WSJN Miami. WPLG Lexington. WTVQ -TV San Juan, WJWN Minneapolis /St. Paul, KMSP -TV South Bend, WNDU -TV Mayaguez, St. Louis, KTVI TLcson, KOLD -TV Canada Lincoln KHGI -TV Sacramento, KXTV /Kearn, Toronto /Ottawa, CIII -TV Baltimore. WJZ -TV Ft. Wayne, WANE -TV Winnipeg, CKND -TV Las Vegas, Indianapolis, WISH -TV KLAS -TV Calgary, CFAC -TV Hartford /New Haven, WTNH -TV Sioux Falls, KELO -TV Vancouver, CKVU -TV Orlando, WCPX -TV Charleston, WCSC -TV Cincinnati. WCPO -TV Montgomery, WCOV -TV Australia Buffalo. WKBW -TV Monterey /Salinas, KSBW -TV Sydney, TEN10 Columbus, WCMH Lafayette. KLFY-TV Adelaide, SAS10 Oklahoma City, KWTV Santa Barbara. KSBY-TV Brisbane, TVQ10 Grand Rapids, WOTV Terre Haute, WTHI -TV Melbourne, ATV10 REPRESENTED BY PRODUCED BY Contact your GROUP All American Television sales representative at: (212) 818-1200 or TELEVISION ALL AMERICAN (213) 937-1250. TELEVISION C1osedCircitJ both compromise and prospective FCC possible. Initial information- gathering Out for record rule.) INTV has expressed interest in stage of study group work is to that independents have some voice commence after first meeting before year's Viacom will not confirm it, but latest seeing in channel positioning on cable systems. end. word at stations and reps last week was NCTA is believed to feel that original that terms for syndication of The Cosby compromise should be left alone and that Show will be announced Oct. 20. Viacom -cable efforts should president of domestic syndication, Joe broadcaster Missing data concentrate on A/B switch, with which Zaleski, said company is not yet "100% both sides have problems. FCC may not be best place to get up -to- sure' of marketing plan. Word last week date information on who owns how much was that show will be sold for eight runs of what broadcast stations. That's because over five years, with Viacom holding Curtain coming down FCC has not been requiring licensees to back one minute of barter time during first file annual ownership reports or two years. Sources said that cash license Following production of "Hold the ownership information with license fee portion of deals should equal one -and- Dream," four -hour mini -series that airs in renewals since July 1984. FCC sources a -half times market records for half -hour. November, Taft Broadcasting will end its said commission had been waiting for There will be no group deals for show. As involvement in Operation Prime Time. Office of Management and Budget Zaleski put, "Everyone will have a shot Although OPT productions have been approval of reporting form, which was at this." used successfully by affiliates, altered after commission changed its consortium's movies and mini -series are attribution rules. Those sources said that principally boon for independents. Taft forms have now been approved. Passing baton independents are up for sale. Taft is also Commission expects them to be ready for phasing out of DCA Teleproductions, use within next few months, when filing When CBS announced decision to shut production and syndication unit that weeks requirements will be put back into effect. down CBS Technology Center three operated alongside Taft's independent, ago, it injected considerable WDCA -TV Washington. Greg Miller, vice of FMX, much - uncertainty into future president of programing for Taft stations, by and heralded system developed CBS said Taft wants to concentrate on Hired muscle National Association of Broadcasters that Washington station rather than production National Cable Television Association has promises to increase coverage of FM unit.