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BCFM ConferenceOrlando, Fla., June 19-21. Info: www.bcfm.com.Promax & BDALos Angeles, June 26-29. Info: 310-788-7600, www.promax.tv or www.bda.tv. CTAM SummitBoston, July 14-17, 2002. Info: 703-549-4200 or www.ctam.com.NAB Radio ShowSeattle, Sept. 12-14. Info: 800-342-2460 or www.nab.orgSportel MonacoMonaco, Sept. 30-Oct. 3. Info: Liliane…
WBBM breaks Palatine Massacre storyOn May 16 CBS-owned WBBM-TV in Chicago broke the story that police would arrest two suspects in the unsolved 1993 massacre of seven people at Brown’s Chicken in the suburb of Palatine, Ill. The victims were…
A changing of the guard is coming in the talk show ranks, with six new strips slated for the upcoming fall season and King World Productions’ “Ananda” now officially joining veterans “Sally Jessy Raphael” and “Rosie O’Donnell” in leaving the…
Last call … till littlest ‘Girl’ is 21?Among those trackside recently at Hollywood Park was the youngest of The WB’s “Gilmore Girls,” Alexis Bledel. She and a handful of companions shared a table and raised a few beer glasses at…
NBC may have just finished celebrating its diamond anniversary, but at the end of May sweeps it looked more golden than anything else.Blessed with a ratings haul from February’s Winter Olympics and nine of the top 20 network series, NBC…
Pax may sue FCC over auction postponement Paxson Communications chief Bud Paxson today said he probably would sue to overturn a Federal Communications Commission decision this afternoon that postponed the auctions of TV channels 60-69 until Jan. 14, 2003. If…
Rigas family members exit Adelphia board seats Four Rigas family members have agreed to give up their Adelphia Communications Corp. board seats and will transfer $1 billion worth of assets to the company, according to a Dow Jones report. The…
Man sues over ‘Candid Camera’ stunt Paxson Communications, Peter Funt and his Candid Camera Inc. have been sued in Los Angeles Superior Court by a Ventura County, Calif., resident who claims to have been injured in a stunt he was…
FTC takes back power to review media mergers The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Justice Department last night abandoned a controversial agreement in which the FTC had ceded its media merger review authority to Justice. The about-face comes after…
Supreme Court won’t take EchoStar case on out-of-area station signals The U.S. Supreme Court today shot down an effort by EchoStar to expand its delivery of distant network television signals to consumers. The government restricts dish TV providers to offering…