This WeekMay 24-29, 26th Annual NABOB Spring Broadcast Management Conference, sponsored by the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, at Maho Beach Resort and Casino, St. Maarten. Information: 202-463-8970.May 29-June 2, Lifestyle Technology Show Anaheim/Los Angeles, sponsored by Lifestyle Events,…
NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker now rules the West Coast for the Peacock Network. He has added responsibility for NBC Studios, NBC Enterprises and the NBC Agency to the Entertainment duties at which he’s proved so adept in the last…
Sen. Ernest Hollings has quietly put the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department on a short leash after their failed effort to revamp-and in his eyes weaken-their procedures for reviewing media mergers.Citing pressure from the South Carolina Democrat, the…
ABC-owned WPVI-TV, Philadelphia, is back on top in the 11 p.m. news race for May sweeps. It’s been exactly a year since it last had the No. 1 spot for that time period. Since then, NBC-owned WCAU-TV has owned the…
“From the desert to the sea to all of Southern California: Good evening, I’m Jerry Dunphy.”For almost half a century, newscasts on Los Angeles television stations opened in this manner. Jerry died Monday, May 20, as the result of a…
News item: Adelphia Communications Corp. has been in crisis for the past several weeks, a result of the company’s revelation that it failed to disclose $2.3 billion in borrowing by the company’s founding Rigas family, for which Adelphia might bear…
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…
Veteran anchor and Los Angeles icon Jerry Dunphy died May 20 after suffering a heart attack the previous week. Possibly the oldest main anchorman at a local television station at age 83, he anchored in Los Angeles for 42 years,…
Tribune Co. isn’t going to let a little matter like media ownership rules stand in its way-it plans to move forward if the right acquisition comes along.Even though the Federal Communications Commission isn’t expected to get around to deciding whether…
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…