Week of August 15, 1985

A survivor of the fatal 747 crash in Japan last Monday said that about half an

hour before the jumbo jet slammed into a mountain with 524 people aboard, she

heard a loud “bam” sound overhead near the tail, the air in the cabin turned

„white” and parts of the ceiling collapsed. Soon after the first sign of trouble, the

plane began to say and weave wildly and went into „a steep descent.” It‟s

beginning to look like debris flew off the aircraft and hit the airplane‟s tail, causing

the plane to be uncontrollable.

A car bomb blows up in Tripoli, killing 50 in the fourth such attack in Lebanon in

four days.

with South African President Pieter W. Botha says that

Nobel Peace prize winner Bishop Desmond Tutu was “a

phony as far as representing” black.

With violence in nine black townships, Bishop Desmond

Tutu demands immediate international economic sanctions

to counter president Pieter Botha‟s refusal to ease South

Africa‟s apartheid race laws.

AT&T announces it has eliminated about 24,000 jobs in its information systems

groups, about 20% of the work force in its computer ad business equipment arm.

In Miami - Jay Halaise, angered over his rejection by a woman in a singles bar,

felled several utility poles with a chain saw and plunged about 2,000 homes into

darkness.

The Rev. Sun Moon, the Korean evangelist who heads the Unification Church, is

released from a Brooklyn halfway house after serving 13 months of an 18-month

sentence for tax evasion.

Medical - The virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in the teardrops of a

patient suffering from the disease, according to researchers of the National

Institutes of Health.

magazine called “American Elle.‟

graphics are now on the market - particularly for

gaming - The Commodore Amiga and Atari‟s

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520ST. The Amiga is designed as a serious business computer as well as an

entertainment computer. Both use Motorola‟s 68000 microprocessor chip.

Entertainment news -

Married - Pop singer Madonna to actor

Sean Penn - at Malibu Beach at the

home of Penn family friend Kurt Unger.

Seen attending - Rosanna Arquette,

Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Judd

Nelson, Martin Sheen, Chris Penn, David

Letterman. Also seen Diane Keaton,

Cher, Andy Warhol, David Geffen, Carol

Kane, and Christopher Walken. There

were 200 guests all together.

Music news -

Singer Michael Jackson pays between $40 and $50 million for ATV - a British

music publishing company that controls the copyrights to nearly all songs written

by the Beatles.

Other places to get music on cable TV besides MTV and VH-1 - “Night Flight,‟

and “Night Tracks.”

Radio news -

Ken Webb rejoins WBLS New York after two years of mornings on WRKS (Kiss).

WKTU changes calls to WXRK (K-rock) and is going rock against WNEW-FM.

The station has had promotion spots cut by recording artists saying, “Hello this

is… at K-Rock, New York‟s number two rock station, but not for long.” WNEW -

FM program director Charlie Kendell says if artists cut those promos, then they

don‟t need his station to pay their music (sour grapes).

Meantime, Dan Ingram has left WKTU/WXRK

Madden with Pat Summerall.

Stereo TV update - Hardly any shows are broadcast with

stereo sound, but this week, NBC begins stereocasts of

“the Tonight Show” and “Late Night With David Letterman.”

“Miami Vice” will be in stereo sound in the fall. Some TV

Week of August 15, 1985

sets made by Sony and Zenith in the past few years are “stereo-ready, but you

have to purchase an optional decoder. Some newer models of Beta HiFi VCR‟s

can pick up TV stereo, and need to be hooked to a stereo amplifier.

Television news -

over the next two seasons and has complete

freedom to do other shows under an out-of-court

settlement of her lawsuit against Lorimar, the

company that replaced her as Ms. Ellie in “Dallas.”

On Saturday Night Live this week - George Carlin

hosts with music guests Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

Joe Namath is joining the Monday Night Football

gang as a commentator. “I‟m excited to get back into football. I‟m comfortable

with football, maybe not in a booth with a headset on, but just being around the

game and the players, I‟m getting back into something I know, something I have

confidence in,” said Namath.

19 share and coming in third in its timeslot to NBC and ABC.

Dick Clark to debut another show - syndicated “Nitetime.” It will air on stations

against NBC‟s “Saturday Night Live.” Clark and a co-host, yet to be decided will

man the show. The format will include studio performances by two different

contemporary artists, a standup routine, a comedy improvisation by a four-

member in-house improv team, audience dancing to several current hits,

interviews and other features.

Top Hits In Britain -

Into The Groove - Madonna

We Don‟t Need Another Hero - Tina

Turner

You Must Be An Angel - Eurythmics

Money for Nothing - Dire Straits

White Wedding - Billy Idol

I Got You Babe - UB40

Cherish - Kool & The Gang

Don Quixote - Nik Kershaw

Round and Around - Jaki Graham

Live is Life - Opus

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Top Country -

Highwayman - Jennings, Nelson, Cash, Kristofferson

She‟s Single Again - Janie Fricke

Real Love - Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers

The Fireman- George Strait

Modern Day Romance- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Love Is Alive - The Judds

Used To Blue - Sawyer Brown

Carolina In the Pines - Michael Martin Murphy

Have I Got A Deal For You - Reba McEntyre

Top Albums This Week -

Reckless - Bryan Adams

Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears

No Jacket required - Phil Collins

The Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting

Born in the U.S.A - Bruce Springsteen

Theatre of Pain - Motley Crue

The Power Station - Power Station

Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

Around the World In A Day - Prince & The Revolution

Invasion of Your Privacy - Ratt

Be Yourself Tonight - Eurythmics

Greatest Hits Vol. I & II

Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston

7 Wishes - Night Ranger

Like a Virgin - Madonna

Make It Big - Wham!

Secret of Association - Paul Young

Hot Hits -

Power of Love - Huey Lewis & The News

Shout - Tears for Fears

Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin

St. Elmo‟s Fire - John Parr

Everytiime You Go Away - Paul Young

Who‟s Holding Donna Now - DeBarge

Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin

If You Love Somebody set Them Free - Sting

Summer of ‟69 - Bryan Adams

You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Dead Or Alive

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Never Surrender - Corey Hart

Get It On (Bang A Gong) - Power Station

Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen

What About Love? - Heart

People Are People - Depeche Mode

Cherish - Kool & The Gang

Don‟t Lose My Number - Phil Collins

Invincible - Pat Benatar

Rock Me Tonight - Freddie Jackson

State of the Heart - Rick

Springfield

Dance -

Dancin‟ In The Key of Life -

Steve Arrington

Shout - Tears For Fears

Unexpected Lovers - Lime

I‟m Only Shooting Love - Time

Bandits

Wild and Crazy Love - Mary

Jane Girls

All Fall Down - Five Star

History - Mai Tai

Eight Arms To Hold You -

Goon Squad

Top Album Rock Cuts -

St. Elmo‟s Fire - John Parr

Money For Nothing - Dire

straits

Fortress Around Your Heart - sting

Invincible - Pat Benatar

Smokin‟ In The Boys Room - Motley Crue

The Power of Love - Huey Lewis & The News

No Looking Back - Michael McDonald

At the movies -

Pee Wee‟s Big Adventure

Year of the Dragon

Return of the Living Dead

European Vacation

Volunteer‟s

Cocoon

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Summer Rental

Rambo