Week of June 5, 1989

China teeters on the edge of

civil war with troops, presumed

loyal to hard-line President

yang Shang-kun in control of

central Beijing, but positioned

defensively at strategic points in

apparent anticipation of attack

by rival forces.

Families of U.S. diplomats flock

to Beijing airport in response to

State Department orders for

them to leave Beijing and other

cities in China after troops fired into a residential compound for foreigners in the

capital at one point, sealed the complex while searching for a suspected sniper.

University students stage a bold pro-democracy rally in central Shanghai,

drawing tens of thousands of people and sending a message of defiance to

authorities.

to clear Tian An Men Square of student protesters,

resulted in hundreds of deaths, appears in public for

the first time since the weekend massacre and briskly

praised the soldiers for a job well done.

State-run television in China says that more than 400

have been arrested. They’re accused of burning

military vehicles, destroying other government

property, beating soldiers, stealing weapons,

attacking government agencies or spreading rumors.

The Rev Jerry Falwell says he will dissolve his

“Moral Majority” and says that the organization has

already achieved its goal.

winning comic strips - “Hagar the Horrible” and “Hi

and Lois” ... of cancer at (71).

Week of June 5, 1989

Cocktail

The Accused

BIg

Coming to America

Gorillas in the Mist

Art for Art’s Sake - List of top contemporary artists. These top-10 have grossed

the highest of million-dollar-plus contemporary artworks at auction (so far)

Jasper Johns

Jackson Pollock

Francis Bacon

Franz Kline

Willem de Kooning

Andy Warhol

Robert Rauschenberg

Mark Rothko

Roy Lichtenstein

Barnett Newman

Computer news - Compatibility? - PC - Personal Computer update - It’s Apple Vs

IBM. Apple’s new operating system - 7.0 - is due out next year. Apple bases its

machines on Motorola microprocessors and has created an operating system

which runs on all Macs.

Compatibility on IBM machines is a different story -

IBM uses Intel microprocessors and has changed

from the DOS operating system to OS/2 to get full

performance out of its more powerful computers.

Programs written for OS/2 won’t run on lower-

performance DOS machines and DOS programs

don’t tap the power of OS/2 computers. As of 1987,

IBM has adopted a new design called “micro channel

architecture” which makes the new hardware

incompatible with the earlier machines. Many IBM

compatible computer manufacturers have designed

a different internal structure for their high-

performance computers that makes them compatible with the old IBM models but

not the new ones.

Week of June 5, 1989

Best selling books -

The Russia House -John le Carre

The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan

While My Pretty One Sleeps - Mary Higgins Clark

The Negotiator - Frederick Forsyth The Satanic Verses

- Salman Rushdie

Red Phoenix - Larry Bond

Capital Crimes - Lawrence Sanders

A Woman Named Jackie - C. David Heymann

All I Really Need to Know I Learned In Kindergarten -

Robert Fulghum

The Andy Warhol Diaries - Pat Hackett

Love and Marriage - Bill Cosby

Wealth Without Risk - Charles J. Givens

It’s Always Something - Gilda Radner

CBS Records changes the name of George’ Jones latest country hit - “Ya Ba Da

Ba Do (So Are You) to avoid infringing on trademark rights held by Fred

Flintstone’s owner - Hanna Barbera. The new title - “The King Is Gone (So Are

You). CBS Records is asking all country stations to use the new name.

cartoons about the student protests in China because of

last weekend’s massacre.

Trudeau snubbed - President Bush invites some of the

nation’s best-known editorial cartoonists for lunch at the

White House - all except Garry Troudeau. He

lampooned Bush frequently in last year’s campaign, with

jokes that he had put his manhood in a blind trust and

that he had a secret twin brother, Skippy, who took care

of the nasty side of politics.

Former NBC series “The Days and Nights of Molly

Dodd” finds new life. The Lifetime Cable channel

Donald Trump is on hand to debut his “Trump

Shuttle” in New York. Acquired from strikebound

Eastern for $365 million, the inaugural flight carried

Week of June 5, 1989

its billionaire boss from New York to

Washington and back, on to Boston and back to

New York, at each airport stop, he was met by

enthusiastic crowds.

Dr Ruth Westheimer - the sexual advice guru, is set to host a cable-TV talk show

for teen-agers. The show debuts this week on the Lifetime channel.

In Las Vegas, performer Dean Martin gets an unexpected surprise visit for his

72nd birthday on stage at Balley’s - former partner Jerry Lewis. Said Jerry -

“Here’s to 72 years of joy you’ve given the world and why we broke up, I’ll never

know.” Said Martin - “You surprised me.” “I love you and I mean it.” The two

embraced, bantered then hugged again.

Rock star Jon Bon Jovi’s parents - John and Carol Bongiovi, begin a scholarship

named after their son to help aspiring artists attending his old high school in New

Jersey.

Radio news - “Pirate Radio” the new Los Angeles station

programmed by Scott Shannon, rockets to #3 in the Los

Angeles radio ratings, according to Birch - one of two radio

ratings services. The new format has been on the air for less

than three months, amid a major advertising blitz and few

commercials. Shannon says the format is “free form” Top

40. “We play oldies, we play newies ... It’s an off-the-wall

concept that tries to fit together several different types of

music on one radio station and still maintain a level of familiarity so the station

will be a success in the marketplace.” The arrival of Shannon - one of the most

popular deejays in New York, has intensified the Los Angeles radio wars. He also

does morning drive on the station. His main competition is Rick Dees at KIIS-FM,

and Jay Thomas at Power 106 (KPWR). Pirate radio is known to play new wave

fare such as XTC, Fine Young Cannibals - hard rock bands such as Guns N’

Roses or Motley Crew. Classic rockers Led Zeppelin, Peter Gabriel or Bruce

Springsteen and some dance music as well. The format is currently the biggest

buzz in the radio industry and all eyes in the industry are on it. Pirate Radio

(KQLZ) is owned by WestWood One.

based out of Hollywood and his “Dick Orkin Radio Ranch”

receives six Clio Awards - all for different clients. The awards

are among the most coveted prizes in advertising. Most of

Orkin’s work involves humor. For the second year in a row -

Week of June 5, 1989

honor, this time best national campaign. The hotel chain

says the ads have done so well regionally (they began in

California) - you can now hear the Tom Bodett radio ads all

over the country. “We’ll leave the light on for you.”

Television news - NBC News anchorman Tom Brokaw is on

his way to Beijing to report on the unrest in China and ABC’s

Ted Koppel will fly there this week as well.

TV Ratings -

Roseanne - 20.8

Cheers - 18.4

The Cosby Show - 17.4

A Different World - 17.0

Dear John - 16.6

The Wonder Years - 16.1

Murder, She Wrote - 15.4

Have Faith - 15.3

Who’s The Boss? - 14.8

60 Minutes - 14.5

Movie - Shannon’s Deal - 14.5

Empty Nest - 14.2

Hunter - 14.1

The Golden Girls (Mon) - 14.1

The Golden Girls - 13.8

Unsolved Mysteries - 13.6

20/20 - 13.1

L.A. Law - 12.9

Hogan Family - 12.9

Night Court - 12.9

ALF - 12.8

Movie - Little Girl Lost - 12.8

Midnight Caller - 12.7

Mr. Belvedere - 12.4

Just the Ten of Us - 12.4

My Two Dads’ - 12.0

Super Bloopers & Practical Jokes - 11.9

Week of June 5, 1989

Monday Night Television -

CBS - Kate & Allie, Heartland, Murphy Brown, Designing Women, Newhart,

Doctor, Doctor

NBC - Alf, Hogan Family, Movie

ABC - MacGyver, Movie

PBS - Adventure, National Geographic, Spare the Rod

Lifetime - Spenser for Hire, Cagney & Lacey, Movie

Murphy Brown - Murphy must eulogize her all time nemesis

besiege Sugarbaker’s.

Late night talk -

CBS - The Pat Sajak Show - George

Burns, Mike Tyson, Don King, John

Goodman, author Joseph Wambaugh

NBC - The Tonight Show With Johnny

Carson -

Jay Leno is guest host with Judy

Collins, Hugh Downs, Bob and Chris

Elliot.

Top movies -

Indiana Jones and the Last

Elliott, Alison Doody, John Rhys-

Davies, Julian Glover, Sean Connery

Filler, Joan Severance, Tiny Lister

Wilder

Diamond Phillips, Rob Knepper, Bill

Smitrovich, Jami Gertz

Sharkey, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Ed Begley Jr., Wallace Shawn, Arnetia

Week of June 5, 1989

Walker, Paul Bartel

Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei

Pop music this week in 1989 -

Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler

I’ll Be Loving You Forever - New Kids on the Block

Rock On - Michael Damian

Satisfied - Richard Marx

Forever Your Girl - Paul Abdul

Real Love - Jody Whatley

Soldier of Love - Donny Osmond

Every Little Step - Bobby Brown

Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry

Patience - Guns N’ Roses

This Time I Know It’s For Real -

Donna Summer

Close My Eyes Forever - Lita Ford

With Ozzy Osbourne

Cry - Waterfront

Top Country single

Where Did I Go Wrong - Steve

Warnier

Top Albums -

Beaches - soundtrack

The Raw and the Crooked - Fine Young Cannibals

Don’t Be Cruel - Bobby Brown

Forever Your Girl - Paula Abdul

Like A Prayer - Madonna