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BroadcastingLloyd Bucher to local sales manager, KYW-TV, Philadelphia, from account executive/Internet sales manager.Brenda Clough to vice president/sales manager, Charlotte, N.C., Blair Television, from sales manager. Also, Kate Morgensen to vice president/group sales manager, Los Angeles, from group sales manager; Michael…

Guest Commentary: Give your media career a boost

Creative passion. It’s a term that gets thrown around the entertainment industry more than “outside-the-box thinking” or “multichannel universe.” And arguably more than any other, the entertainment business should be an industry of passion. Of innovation, risk-taking and creative vision….

Hollings vs. FCC in TV ownership rules battle

Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., a longtime critic of media concentration, will hold hearings in July on broadcast ownership, setting the stage for a likely battle with the GOP-controlled Federal Communications Commission as it prepares to review its ownership rules with…

Hollywood Notes

`Weakest Link’ headed to 3 CBS O&OsThree CBS-owned TV stations have acquired the syndicated edition of NBC’s hit “Weakest Link” game show, which is set to be produced and distributed in January 2002 by NBC Enterprises Domestic Syndication. WCBS-TV in…

Knology plays interactive hand

Knology, a broadband-services network that operates in five Southeastern states, is planning to conduct a market trial of voice-over-Internet, video-on-demand and enhanced cable television services by November, said Knology Director of Product Management Lynn Hall.At the end of the first…

NASCAR on TV’s fast track

After a winter of sports discontent-the XFL dive-bombed and NBA viewership was off 12 percent for the season-NBC Sports is getting its hands on NASCAR, a TV sports vehicle that’s on a record tear.Fox Sports started the NASCAR momentum 16…

Promax gives syndie series prelaunch boost

As the countdown to the fall TV season continues to roll forward, many syndicators used last week’s Promax & BDA conference to finalize launch plans for their new shows.Unlike last year when the Olympics pushed most debuts to October, only…

Synergy’s the word at The WB

Family ties and advertiser tie-ins were among the subjects discussed by more than 1,000 representatives of affiliates last week at The WB’s regional sales meetings in Dallas, New York, Atlanta, Chicago and Los Angeles.Now part of the Turner Broadcasting System,…

Breaking News Archives

‘Spy TV’ earns high marks for NBC Dating back to last April’s introduction of “Weakest Link,” NBC appears to be batting three-for-three as a new entrant in the alternative programming genre this season. The latest bit of good news came…

Breaking News Archives

Carroll O’Connor dead at 76 Carroll O’Connor, star of the CBS series “All in the Family,” whose Archie Bunker character became an American icon, died of a heart attack Thursday in a Culver City, Calif., hospital. Mr. O’Connor, 76, collapsed…