Week of May 9, 1982
Braniff Airways - near bankruptcy for more than a year,
suspends all passenger travel. It’s the first U.S. airline to
shut down. The Dallas-based airline refused to say why it
shut down, but only issued a statement which began like
this: “This afternoon, Braniff Airways began suspending all
flying operations domestic and foreign, We sincerely
regret the inconvenience that this suspension of service is causing to our
customers.”
A young man dressed as a priest lunges at Pope John Paul II with a 15inch
dagger knife at the basilica of Portugal’s shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. The Pope
was not hurt and his attacker was overpowered and taken away. The assailant
was identified as Juan Fernandez Krohn (32).
Britain ends a lull in the South Atlantic conflict and strikes the Falkland Islands by
air and sea. A fishing vessel carrying equipment to spy on the British task force
was attacked. Argentina claims British Sea Harrier Jets sunk the vessel Narval
and then machine-gunned survivors in its lifeboats. Defense Ministry spokesman
described as “ludicrous” the charge that the lifeboats were strafed and that there
were 24 survivors.
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s government
concludes that an invasion will almost certainly be
necessary to recover the Falkland Islands from
Argentina, which seized them April 2nd. Estimates of
a possible attack range from two days to two weeks.
Soviet spy Alexei Mikhailvoch Kozlov held by South
Africa since July of 1980 is exchanged for eight “very
important” Western agents and a South African
soldier.
U.S District Judge William B. Bryant throws out all
the criminal charges against former Rep Richard Kelly (R-Fla). Kelly was
videotaped stuffing $100 bills into his pockets at a Washington DC townhouse in
the FBI’s Abscam undercover investigation. He said he took the payoff only to
conduct his own investigation of men he said he regarded as unethical. The
judge called Abscam “a loose cannon rolling around on the deck of the criminal
justice system.”
Week of May 9, 1982
In radio news - WABC Radio (77-
AM) switches to talk this week,
ending an era for contemporary
music on the AM dial. The station is
the most-listened-to music station of
all time, dominating the ratings for 10
years from mid 1969 to mid 1978.
WABC is dumping top-40 in favor of
the new format, despite the fact that
two established New York stations
WOR-710 and WMCA-570 already
broadcast talk and despite the
format’s higher costs. According to the National Association of Broadcasters - the
expenses of full-time AM stations with talk and news formats averaged $1.7
million in 1980, compared with average expenses of $449,000 for all full-time AM
stations. The announcement several months ago that WABC would adopt a talk
format provoked widespread predictions that once powerful top-40 programming
was washed-up on the AM dial. At a period during the early 70’s, WABC radio
could boast listenership of 6 million persons per week. The final show was
performed by WABC veteran personalities Dan Ingram and Ron Lundy . Last
song played was John Lennon’s “Imagine.”
“New Nissan Sentra - You Need This Car - Only at your Datsun dealer - $4949”
At Toys R Us - a Vic-20 Home
Computer - designed so everyone in
the family can operate it with ease
and confidence. Yet, it can be
expanded to meet you most
sophisticated needs. A complete
library of plug-in program cartridges
is available for computer games -
$237.97 ... Joystick controller -
$10.97 ... Basic program cartridge -
$21.97
Divorcing - Golfer Nancy Lopez-
Melton - the fourth-leading money
winner on the Ladies Professional Golf Assn tour from her husband of three
years - Houston sportscaster Tim Melton.
Best Sellers - The Man From St Petersburg” - Ken Follett, “Celebrity” - Thomas
Thompson, “The Parsifal Mosaic” - Robert Ludlum, “North and South” - John
Week of May 9, 1982
Jakes, “No Bad Dogs the Woodhouse Way” - Barbara Woodhouse, “Living,
Loving and Learning” - Leo Buscaglia, “Years of Upheaval” - Henry Kissinger,
“Jane Fonda’s Workout Book” - Jane Fonda, “The I Love New York Diet” - Bess
Myerson and Bill Adler.
Passing - recording executive Neil Bogart (39) -
responsible for the success of Bubblegum music in the
late 60’s and Disco in the 70’s. At the time of his death,
he was chairman of Boardwalk Entertainment Co. He
had been hospitalized off and on since April. He made
stars out of Kiss, Donna Summer and the Village People
on his “Casablanca” Record label. After a stint as head
of Cameo-Parkway Records in the late 60’s, he became
president of Buddah Records and worked with such
“Bubblegum” acts such as the 1910 Fruitgum Co. and
Ohio Express. In 1973, he formed Casablanca and
watched it blossom with the disco boom of the late 70’s. He is survived by his
wife, Joyce and four children.
Passing - actor Hugh Beaumont (72) - best known for
his portrayal of Ward Cleaver on “Leave It To Beaver” in
the late 50’s and early 60’s. He died of an apparent heart
attack while visiting his son in Germany. Beaumont had
overcome a stroke he suffered 10 years ago which left
his face partially paralyzed.
Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel - now appearing on PBS
television with their “Sneak Previews” will do a similar
show for commercial television beginning in September.
The weekly show will be called “Movie Views” and will
originate from WGN-TV in Chicago. The show is set to debut on 80 stations.
Ebert won a Pulitzer Prize for his film reviews at the Chicago Sun-Times and also
reviews movies for WMAQ-TV. Siskel is the film critic for the Chicago Tribune
and WBBM-TV. PBS will seek two new hosts for “Sneak Previews.”
Comedian Richard Pryor is in satisfactory condition in Louisiana where he is
being treated for a “mild respiratory” condition. He’s working on the film “The Toy”
with Jackie Gleason.
Saturday Night Live’s Eddie Murphy (21) is just finishing a comedy album, then
will fly to San Francisco to make his first movie “48 Hours” with Nick Nolte.
Murphy says the current edition of “Saturday Night Live” doesn’t have the same
Week of May 9, 1982
spark as the original show. Some say Murphy and Joe Piscopo are carrying the
show.
This week on “Saturday Night Live” - The entire cast of the ABC series “Taxi” will
appear. The series was just canceled by ABC.
“All this week on ABC’s “Good Morning America” - Join
David Hartman and Joan Lunden as an expert family
counselor shows you how to break down the barriers that can
break up your family.”
Sunday Night Television - CBS - 60 Minutes, Archie Bunker’s
Place, One Day At A Time, Movie-CaddyShack ... NBC -
Father Murphy, CHiPS, Movie-Mother’s Day On Walton’s
Mountain ... ABC - Counterattack: Crime In America, Special-
Inside The Third Reich (Part 1)
Archie Bunker’s Place - Barney takes on an antagonistic boarder (played by Don
Rickles).
Carol O’Connor stars.
CHiPS - Jon and Ponch learn about how a CHIPs dog can solve crimes.
Mother’s Day On Walton’s Mountain -
reunites the cast sans John-Boy. Mary
Ellen’s fighting for her life, Ben’s fighting
for his wife’s love, Aimee’s fighting to
grow up and Olivia’s fighting to keep all
together.
Pop music this week in 1982 -
We Got The Beat - The Go-Gos
Ebony and Ivory - Paul McCartney with
Stevie Wonder
I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll - Joan Jett & The
Blackhearts
Chariots of Fire-Titles - Vangelis
Don't Talk to Strangers - Rick Springfield
867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone
The Other Woman - Ray Parker Jr.
It's Gonna Take a Miracle - Deniece Williams
Week of May 9, 1982
I've Never Been to Me - Charlene
'65 Love Affair - Paul Davis
Did It In A Minute - Hall & Oates
Get Down On It - Kool & the Gang
The Beatles' Movie Medley - The Beatles
Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) - Elton
John
Hang Fire - The Rolling Stones
(Theme From) Magnum PI - Mike Post
Since You’re Gone - The Cars
Shanghai Breezes - John Denver
Key Largo - Bertie Higgins
Top albums -
Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
Beauty and the Beat - The Go-Go’s
I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Diver Down - Val Halen
Tug Of War - Paul McCartney
Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson
Aldo Nova - Aldo Nova
Asia - Asia
Freeze-Frame - The J. Geils Band
Success Hasn’t Spoiled Me Yet - Rick
Springfield
Blackout - The Scorpions
Get Lucky - Loverboy
Dare - The Human League
Ghost In The Machine - The Police
Picture This - Huey Lewis & The News
The Other Woman - Ray Parker Jr.
Escape - Journey
Reel Music - The Beatles
Other albums -
Jump Up - Elton John
Windows - The Charlie Daniels Band
Bella Donna - Stevie Nicks
Niecy - Deniece Williams
Hot Space - Queen
Below The Belt - Franke And The Knockouts
Week of May 9, 1982
King Cool - Donnie Iris
Physical - Olivia Newton John
My Favorite Person - The O’Jays
Live On The Sunset Strip - Richard Pryor
The Dude - Quincy Jones
Non-Stop Exotic Cabaret - Soft Cell
Toto IV - Toto
Annie - Original Motion Picture soundtrack
Original Musiquarium - Stevie Wonder
All Four One - The Motels
The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
I’ve Never Been To Me - Charlene
At the movies -
Dino De Laurentiis’ “ Conan The
Barbarian ” - Arnold Schwarzneggar,
James Earl Jones, William Smith, Oliver
Stone.
Wrong Is Right - Sean Connery, Robert Conrad, George Grizzard, Hardy
Druger, Ron Moody Leslie Nielsen, Katharine Ross, John Saxon, Henry Silva,
Robert Webber.
(Produced by Edie and Ely Landau) “ The Chosen ” - Maximilian Schell, Rod
Steiger, Robby Benson
Let There Be Rock - AC/DC
Paradise - Willie Ames, Phoebe Cates
Private Lessons - Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown
Some Kind Of Hero - Richard Pryor
Porky’s - Kim Cattral
Partners - Ryan O’Neal
Diner - Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Timothy
Daly, Ellen Barkin
Victor, Victoria - Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Blake Edwards,
Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras
On Golden Pond - Henry Fonda,
Katharine Hepburn, Jane Fonda
Chariots Of Fire
A Music War - featuring 28 bands and 30
songs: Dead Kennedys, Klaus Nomi, Surf
Punks, Joan Jett, Chelsea, Orchestral
Manoeuvres In The Dark, Wall of VooDoo,
Echo and the Bunnymen , Cramps,
Fleshtones and more.
Week of May 9, 1982