Week of January 15, 1982

Busboy Philip Cline is convicted of murdering eight people by deliberately setting

fire to the Las Vegas Hilton 11 months ago.

Four jet planes from the Air Force’s Thunderbirds stunt team collide and crash

while practicing maneuvers at low altitude. The accident happened over the

Nevada desert. All four pilots perished.

Divers, with the help of a crane, raise the tail section

of the Air Florida jetliner that crashed into the icy

Potomac River. Investigators hope two black boxes

in the rear would provide clues to Wednesday’s

crash that killed 78. Ice could have built-up on the

wings.

Winds up to 137mph wreck homes and business in

Colorado, and leave most of the city of Boulder

without power.

President Reagan says he wants a military build-up,

declaring the U.S. faces a “dangerous situation” and that Americans who doubt

the threat posed by the Soviet Union’s increasing military strength are doing a

disservice to the country.

The Coast Guard, coping with budget restraints, says they will close 2 district

offices and 15 search-and-rescue stations in 11 states and will cut operations in

16 other states.

Gov. Hugh Carey of New York announces he will not

seek a third term in November. Carey said that because

of the recession and shrinking federal aid, the problems

facing New York are so critical that his efforts to solve

them “must come before partisanship.”

Sports - Wayne Gretzky, superstar center of the

Edmonton Oilers becomes the highest-paid player in

hockey history. He’s agreed to a 21-year contract in

excess of $20 million.

In front of a crowd of 18,753 at Madison Square Garden - John McEnroe defeats

Jimmy Connors in a five-set final.

Week of January 15, 1982

Passing - Character actress Reta Shaw .

Inflation was at 7% for the year 1981, but only rose .3% in

December, showing signs it could be slowing. 7% is the lowest

level since 1977.

Playing in Las Vegas -

Wayne Newton, Dave Barry - Aladdin

Tom Jones - Caesars Place

Tony Orlando - Hilton

Bobby Vinton, Joan Rivers - MGM Grand

Liberace - Riviera

Don Rickles - Sahara

Week of January 15, 1982

Television news - CBS-TV’s “Captain Kangaroo” is cut back to a half-hour this

week, making make room for a new expanded CBS morning show with Charles

Kuralt and Diane Sawyer. “Kangaroo” will most likely air 6:30am in most markets.

Hallmark makes its first cable-TV buy, notably The USA Cable Network. It’s the

first time Hallmark is committing national ad money outside the broadcast area.

HBO plans to show a one-hour documentary on New York City police in “Decoys:

Police Under Cover” later this month. Cameras will follow the cops around in

search of - trouble. George Kennedy will host.

“Entertainment Tonight” draws 146,000 responses in its first telephone poll, after

asking viewers whether the character Spock should be killed in the next Star

Trek picture- “Star Trek II.” Viewers had to call a special 900 toll number.

Teleprompter Manhattan says it will begin carriage of HBO as a second 24-hour

premium service on March 15. The system already carries rival Showtime.

Rock Hudson , who underwent heart

surgery in early November, returns to the

set of “The Devlin Connection.” The

show’s debut has been delayed several

times, which included a Writers Guild

strike in November.

SCTV, which airs Friday nights after

NBC-TV’s “Tonight Show” will get an

airing in the place of “Saturday Night

Live.” Check it out this week.

Tuesday night television -

CBS - Simon & Simon, Movie, Rerun-

Alice, Rerun-McCloud

NBC - Father Murphy, Bret Maverick, Flamingo Road, Tonight Show

ABC - Happy days, Laverne & Shirley, Three’s Company, Too Close for

Comfort, Hart to Hart, Nightline.

PBS - Life on Earth, American Playhouse

HBO - Video Jukebox, Movie, Sex Is A Three-Letter Word

USA - Time-Out Theater, You-Fashion Magazine, College Basketball

Happy Days - The Fonz may have to place his grandmother in a nursing home.

Week of January 15, 1982

Music news - Singer Wendy O Williams of the

Plasmatics, files a multimillion dollar lawsuit

against seven Milwaukee police officers, accusing

them of molesting and beating her after she was

arrested last January. The charges were lewd and

obscene conduct during a nightclub concert.

MTV is distributing display promotional material

nationally for use in record stores. The counter

cards and posters will hype upcoming concerts on the channel.

Meat Loaf recently fired his manager, David Sonenberg and canceled all public

appearances.

Radio news - ABC Radio Enterprises purchases program

syndicater Watermark. Tom Rounds, head of the 11-year-old

company will serve as president of the new ABC unit.

Watermark produces “American Top-40” with Casey Kasem;

“American Country Countdown; the “Robert W. Morgan Special

of the Week” and “Gary Owens Soundtrack of the 60’s.”

Rolling Stone Magazine Productions now has three shows in

syndication:

“The Continuous History of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” “Solid Gold Radio” and “Rock Star

Guest DJ.”

New York Ratings - WKTU is down to a 6.1, WBLS a 5.9 and WRKS is up to a

5.6. WABC-AM is down to a 3.1 from a 3.7 in the summer. Operations director

Jay Clark denies rumors the station is going talk. Also - WPLJ - 4.5, WNEW-FM

-2.5, WPIX-FM - .8. WHN-AM (country) - 2.1, WNBC - 4.5, WYNY-FM - 4.4,

WNEW-AM - 3.0. and WKHK-FM (country) - 1.5

KFRC San Francisco - an AM top-40 station, which began to slip in the ratings

last year (falling to a 4.0) is making a comeback. The latest ratings show the

station at a 4.8. Its FM competition - KYUU, fell back to a 2.6 from a 4.0.

Ratings in Riverside, CA -

KCAL-FM - 3.1 (Rock)

KCKC-AM - 2.3 (Country)

KNTF-FM - 2.0 (Country)

Week of January 15, 1982

KFXM - 2.3 (Top-40)

KGGI - 3.0 (Top-40)

Top Disco -

I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) - Hall & Oates

You’re The One For Me - D. Train

You Can/Fire In My Heart - Madleen

Kane

Call Me/Let’s Celebrate - Skyy

Sure Shot - Tracy Weber

Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love

Go - Soft Cell

Megatron man/Get A Little - Patrick

Cowley

Genius of Love/Wordy Rappinhood -

Tom Tom Club

Love Fever - Gayle Adams

Sixty Nine - Brooklyn Express

Top country -

Red Neckin’ Love Makin’ Night -

Conway Twitty

Lonely Nights - Mickey Giley

The Sweetest Thing - Juice Newton

You’re My Best Friend - Mac Davis

Have You Eve Been Lonely - Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline

Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight - Eddie Rabbit

Top albums -

4- Foreigner

For Those About To Rock - AC/DC

Bella Donna - Stevie Nicks

Freeze-Frame - J. Geils Band

Ghost In The Machine - Police

Hooked on Classics - Royal

Philharmonic Orchestra

Raise - Earth, Wind & Fire

Tonight I’m Yours - Rod Stewart

Private Eyes - Daryl Hall and John

Oates

Memories - Barbra Streisand

George Benson Collection

Quarterflash - Quarterflash

Week of January 15, 1982

On the Way To The Sky - Neil

Diamond

Tattoo You - Rolling Stones

Greatest Hits - Queen

Perhaps Live - Placido Domingo

Something Special - Kool & The

Gang

Abacab - Genesis

Don’t Say No - Billy Squier

Diary of a Madman - Ozzy

Osbourne

Top movies this week in 1982 -

Absence of Malice

Reds

Sharkey’s Machine

Boogens

Ragtime

Taps

Ghost Story

Modern Problems

Neighbors

Saturday the 14 th

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Revenge of the Shogun Women

Cinderella

Pennies From Heaven

Chariots of Fire

Arthur.

Week of January 15, 1982

More music -

Tom Tom Club - Did you know the “Tom Tom Club” was originally a rehearsal loft

behind the Compass Point Studios in Nassau? And that the two members -

Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth are also married, and members of “Talking

Heads?”

“I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” is Joan Jett’s 7 th album. She had had five LP’s with the

Runaways and this is her second solo album. Jett is best known in the Northeast

and in California.

Kenny Rogers is the top winner at the 9 th annual America Music Swards - and

has now won more AM Awards than any other artist (12 so far). Diana Ross &

Lionel Richie Jr.’s “Endless Love” was another winner, taking favorite single

honors in both pop and soul.

Being seen more and more (and being pushed by the music

industry) - “Give the Gift of Music” signs.

Top Hits in Britain -

Don’t You Want Me? - Human League

The Land of Make Believe - Bucks Fizz

Mirror Mirror - Dollar

Get Down On It - Kool & The Gang

I Could Be Happy - Altered Images

I’ll Find My Way Home - Jon & Vangelis

The Model - Kraftwork

It Must Be Love - Madness

Ant Rap - Adam & The Ants

One of Us - Abba

Top Album Rock Tracks -

Flying High - Ozzy Osbourne

Centerfold - J. Geils band

Harden My Heart - Quarterflash

Working for the Weekend - Loverboy

Shake It Up - The Cars

Lunitic Fringe - Red Rider

Under Pressure - Queen and David

Bowie

Abacab - Genesis

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic -

Police

Week of January 15, 1982

Magic Power - Triumph

Jealous Lover - Rainbow

More radio news -

The syndicated “Robert Klein Show” has been axed. Klein’s breezy and

sometimes flippant interviews of recording stars and stars-to-be were heard

mostly on rock/aor stations.

Steve O’Brien, who holds down 6p to 9p over WYNY New York, says he was

“rejuvenated” when he came to WYNY in 1979 after five years at WABC. “It

seemed like I was talking at people instead of to them” at WABC.

Kevin Metheny , the program director of WNBC (AM-66) in

New York, hopes WABC will stay with its mostly music format,

despite the strong rumors it is going talk. He thinks that if

WNBC, as the only remaining AM station playing

contemporary music in New York, that more listeners will flip

and stay with the FM dial. “We’d like WABC to be a poor step-

sister, but we want her to remain in the family. The latest

Arbitron ratings have WABC at a 3.1 and WNBC at a 4.5.

Metheny has been substituting on-the-air for traffic reporter

Roz Frank, after she had a severe asthma attack.

More New York - Vin Scelsa - late nights on WNEW-FM leaves the station after

philosophical differences with new general manager Mike Kakoyiannis. Seclsa

has been with the station for nine years.