Week of December 15, 1982

Stimulating the economy - The Fed reduces its discount rate to 8.5% down from

9%.

Inflation seems to be in check as consumer prices rise just .1% in November.

That could bring inflation just under 5% for 1982.

Teamsters Union President Roy L. Williams and four co-defendants are

convicted in federal court of conspiracy to bribe a U.S. senator and to defraud a

teamsters pension fund.

Historic action - The House votes to cite Ann

Gorsuch , administrator of the Environmental

Protection Agency for contempt of Congress for

refusing to turn over agency documents. She had

refused on orders from President Reagan, to give

both a House committee and a subcommittee

documents dealing with EPA enforcement in the

cleanup of hazardous waste sites.

Congress and President Reagan head for a

showdown on whether to spend $1 billion on job

stimulus programs.

Fighting inflation for more than three years - Federal Reserve Board Chairman

Paul Volcker is changing tactics - instead of fighting inflation, his emphasis is a

recovery of the most depressed economy in four decades.

A plane chartered by the FBI crashes into bookstore in Montgomery, AL, killing

all six aboard including a suspected embezzler who surfaced after being

declared legally dead. He was leading FBI agents to the site of buried money. 4

FBI agents perished.

James Lewis - a man charged with trying to extort $1 million

from the makers of Extra-Strength Tylenol after seven persons in

Chicago died from taking cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules, is

captured in New York City. The arrest ends after a 10-week

search punctuated by letters from Lewis to the Chicago Tribune

and Kansas City Star, in which he declared his innocence in a

federal complaint.

Week of December 15, 1982

Two acrobat bandits cut through the roof of an armored car in the Bronx,

handcuff the guard on duty and escape with $5.3 million in what police say is the

largest cash robbery in history.

An abnormal cancerous growth is removed from an area above First Lady Nancy

Reagan’s upper lip.

Former CIA agent Edwin P. Wilson is sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined

$200,000 for shipping weapons illegally to the radical government of Libya.

Trading barbs in TV Guide - White House Spokesman

Larry Speakes accuses ABC News correspondent Sam

Donaldson of bating President Reagan. Speakes said if

Donaldson practiced his craft the same way in the Soviet

Union, he would be “building snowmen in Siberia.” To that,

Donaldson replied - “it’s my job to ruffle feathers.” And

“Docile reporters may produce better stories’ from the

White House’s point of view, but not the public’s.” Speakes said he wants to

know why question-and-answer sessions with Reagan “turn into an attempt to

get the President to say something he doesn’t want to say.” To that, Donaldson

replied - “Larry, I’m amazed. I always thought Ronald Regan, that master

politician and great communicator, usually said what he wanted to say. No?”

Glamour Magazine publishes “5 Bodies to Die

For” and here are some quotes:

Bo Derek (27) - Says the best thing about her

body is her calves

Christie Brinkley (27) - Says the best thing

about her body is that “it’s in proportion.”

Victoria Principal (33) says she likes her back

because “I like to see my muscles rippling under

my skin.’

Jane Fonda - (45) Says she has no pet parts -

just overall fitness.

Anita Morris - Says she’s pleased with her tiny waist.

Wow - Kodak debuts “Journey Into Imagination” at Epcot Center at Walt Disney

World. It’s 15 minutes of 3-D fun!

Technology - Looks like Columbia will be the first to offer Compact Disc product

here in the U.S., but as Japanese imports. This should occur sometime in the

first quarter of 1983. But Polygram says it will release product in Europe before

the U.S. They say they’re doing this because of limited production capacities.

Week of December 15, 1982

Said a spokesperson for Polygram - “For a successful launch, it will be crucial to

have a great variety of repertoire available fro the start. Due to limited production

capacities, this must be well organized to avoid early consumer confusion and

disappointment. In our view, it is preferable to delay a few months rather than go

into it prematurely.”

It’s predicted that by next year, cassettes will outsell vinyl albums.

Sports - Free agent first baseman Steve Garvey ,

formally of the Dodgers, signs a $6 million contract with

the San Diego Padres.

Bobby Unser (48), three-time Indy 500 winner, says he’s

retiring from auto racing.

Passing - pianist Arthur Rubinstein.

Sherry Lansing, former model who became the first woman to be appointed head

of production for a major movie studio, resigns as president of 20 th Century-Fox.

She said she’s leaving to accept some other position, but didn’t say where.

Television news -

In a Redbook magazine article, Jessica Savitch of the

weekend NBC Nightly News said the myth the women

cannot work together “came from the days of tokenism,

when there was space for only one woman in the

newsroom.” Asked if she was the next Barbara Walters,

Savitch told the Redbook - “No, I’m not the new Barbara

Walters. Barbara Walters is still around and doing quite

well.”

CBS Cable goes off the air. It had been operating for

some 18 months.

Howard Cosell tells the Washington Post he will no longer work fight nights on

ABC-TV. During his coverage of the Nov 26 Holmes-Cobb fight on ABC-TV,

Cosell kept calling the one-sided affair to be stopped, describing Holmes’

pummeling of Cobb as “brutal” and “outrageous.”

Week of December 15, 1982

Saturday Night Live will be going without Eddie

Murphy next season. Seems that the success of

“48 Hours” has left him busy with Hollywood and

movie commitments.

New Jersey gets its second-ever commercial VHF

station as the FCC grants the license renewal of

WOR-TV (channel 9) in New York City, but the

license will shift to New Jersey. In 1980, the FCC

ordered RKO General to forfeit its TV licenses in Boston, New York and Los

Angeles due to a list of immoral practices by the company. By moving the

channel to New Jersey, the FCC is letting RKO keep the station. New Jersey

hasn’t had a commercial station since WNTA-TV (Channel 13) left the airwaves

in December of 1961 after it was sold to educational broadcasters.

Trend? - Cox Communications says it will shut down its St. Louis subscription TV

service in February - the second over-the-air pay channel to go out of business.

Starting March 1, Cox will resume full-time broadcasting over UHF station KONL.

Wednesday night television -

CBS - Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Movie

NBC - Real People, Facts of Life, Family Ties, Quincy, Tonight Show

ABC - Tales of the Gold Money, Fall Guy, Dynasty

PBS - Kennedy Center Tonight, In Performance At The White House, A

Christmas Special With Luciano Pavarotti

Showtime - Lost Satellite Network, Miss Pat Collins Hypnotizes the Cops, Movie

ARTS - Sing Noel

Real People - Featured - Toy manufacturers

convention and a school for santas. Sarah

Purcell (left)

Facts of Life - Mrs. Garrett gets a marriage

proposal from her jogging partner.

Tonight Show - Johnny Carson welcomes

Elizabeth Ashley, Pat Boone, Neil Simon and

Bo Uecker in a rerun.

Week of December 15, 1982

Radio news - DC 101 (WWDC-FM) in Washington DC,

has a new morning man, “ The Greaseman ” who

replaced Howard Stern. “I really gotta thank Howard. He

left the audience primed. He certainly saved me the time

of having to ease into my character.”

Rick Dees gave away $50,000 on his KIIS-FM morning

show to the 50 th person who called after hearing three

specific songs in a special order.

Music news - at bookstores - Neil Sedaka’s

autobiography - “Laughter In The Rain.”

The Who’s Farewell Tour began in the summer, but the tour finally ends in

Toronto and is broadcast on pay-TV systems.

Still in drag? Yep. Boy George was seen in at New York’s tony Russian Tea

Room. George strolled in wearing an outfit one would see in a fashion magazine.

Billboard’s Top New Pop Artists For 1982 -

Asia

Quarterflash

Soft Cell

Human League

Huey Lewis & The News

Aldo Nova

Tommy Tutone

Bertie Higgins

A Flock of Segulls

Tom Tom Club

Lindsey Buckingham

Haircut One Hundred

Glenn Frey

Men At Work

Bob & Doug McKenzie

Week of December 15, 1982

Billboard’s Top Pop Artists for

1982

Go-Go’s Rolling Stones

Foreigner

Olivia Newton-John

J. Geils Band

Journey

John Cougar

Rick Springfield

Asia

Kenny Rogers

Alabama

Loverboy

The Police

Air Supply

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

Willie Nelson

Daryl Hall & John Oates

Genesis

Ozzy Osbourne

Juice Newton

AC/DC

Diana Ross

Survivor

Vangelis

Neil Diamond

Kool & The Gang

Stevie Nicks

Quaterflash

Dan Fogelberg

REO Speedwagon

Hot Hits This Week In 1982

Maneater - Daryl Hall & John Oates

Gloria - Laura Branigan

Mickey - Toni Brasil

The Girl Is Mine - Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney

Steppin’ Out - Joe Jackson

Truly - Lionel Richie

Week of December

15,1982

Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye

Rock This Town - Stray Cats

It’s Raining Again - Supertramp

Down Under - Men At Work

Dirty Laundry - Don Henley

Muscles - Diana Ross

Up Where We Belong - Joe

Cocker and Jennifer Warnes

Shadows Of The Night - Pat

Benatar

Africa - Toto

Rock the Casbah - The Clash

You and I - Eddie Rabbit &

Crystal Gayle

Look of Love - ABC

Baby Come To Me - Patti

Austin

The Other Guy - Little River

Band

Missing You - Dan Fogelberg

You Can’t Hurry Love - Phil

Collins

Hand To Hold On To - John Cougar

Heart Attack - Olivia Newton-John

Top Country -

Somewhere Between Right And Wrong - Earl Thomas Conley

The Bird - Jerry Reed

A Love Song - Kenny Rogers

Wild and Blue - John Anderson

Can’t Even Get The Blues - Reba McEntire

The American Dream/If Heaven Ain’t A Lot Like Like

Dixie - Hank Williams Jr.

Going Where The Lonely Go - Merle Haggard

Lost My Baby Blues - David Frizzell

Marina Del Ray - George Straight

I Wonder - Roseanne Cash

Top albums this week in 1982 -

Business As Usual - Men At Work

Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie

Built For Speed - Stray Cats

Famous Last Words - Supertramp

Week of December

15,1982

Night And Day - Joe Jackson

H2O - Hall & Oates

Get Nervous - Pat Benatar

Coda - Led Zepplin

Midnight Love - Marvin Gaye

The Nightfly - Donald Fagen

Combat Rock - The Clash

The Nylon Curtain - Billy Joel

Greatest Hits - Dan Fogelberg

Hello, I Must Be Going - Phil

Collins

Long After Dark - Tom Petty &

The Heartbreakers

Heartlight - Neil Diamond

Spring Session M - Missing

Persons

Forever, For Always, For Love

- Luther Vandross

1999- Prince

Screaming For Vengeance -

Judas Priest

Daylight Again - Crosby, Stills

and Nash

World of Mouth - Tony Basil

Wild Things Run Fast - Joni Mitchell

Security - Peter Gabriel

As One - Kool and the Gang

Top movies this week in 1982 -

The Toy

Airplane II - The Sequel

48 Hours

An Officer and a Gentleman

E T - The Extra Terrestrial

First Blood

The Empire Strikes Back

Creepshow

Sophies Choice

My Favorite year

Gandhi

The Verdict

The Missionary

The Last Unicorn

Week of December 15, 1982

More music news - NBC-TV will debut “In The Midnight Hour” - a rock concert

series - only on four of its owned stations. Look for it March 21. If it jells, it’ll go

nationwide.

Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon made a surprise appearance at the annual WNEW-

Fm Christmas concert, held this year at Radio City Music Hall. . Performing -

Gary U.S. Bonds, Psychedelic furs and Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul.

On Christmas Eve, MTV takes a look at the Who’s recent tour, including

interviews and concert and backstage footage. On Christmas - MTV premiers a

Men at Work concert. New Year’s Ever is the “rock ‘n’ Roll Ball and the following

night is a concert with the Michael Stanley Band. MTV presents “News that

Rocked ‘82” on January 2.

More radio news -

Mike Joseph is brining his “Hot Hits” format to San Francisco. Look for it on 105.3

which is Spanish language KBRG, but soon to go top-40. It’ll go head-to-head

with AM KFRC.

Big Ron O’Brien is leaving WNBC to take afternoon drive at KIIS-FM Los

Angeles.

Top Hits In Britain -

Save Your Love - Renee and Renado

Beat Surrender - The Jam

Mirror Man - Human League

I Don’t Wanna Dance - Eddy Grant

Truly - Lionel Richie

Time - Culture Club

Wishing - Flock of Seagulls

Young Guns (Go For It) - Wham!

Best Years of Our Lives - Modern

Romance

Rio - Duran Duran

Living on the Ceiling - Blancmarbel

Hot Rock Album Cuts -

You Got Lucky - Tom Petty/Heartbreakers

Stand Or Fall - The Fixx

Darlene - Led Zeppelin