Week of May 15, 1982

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher says that Britain would have “one more go” at

finding a diplomatic solution to the Falkland Islands conflict.

President Reagan rejects Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev’s call for a freeze

on deployments of nuclear weapons, but expresses optimism that Brezhnev has

opened the door to serious arms control talks.

Consumer prices crept .2% higher in April, reversing the decline in March.

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws her final

peace offer and gave her country’s task force commander

the go-ahead to recapture the Falkland Islands.

Falkland - British troops invade the Falkland Islands in

masse and establish a beachhead. Both sides sustained

heavy losses.

Argentine President Leopoldo Galtieri tells of his nation’s

loss of 400 men and its willingness, if need be, to lose

40,000 more.

A federal court finds the rev. Sun Myung Moon guilty of conspiracy to evade

taxes on about $162,000 in personal income for the years 1973 through 1975.

On NBC’s “Today” show, Treasury Secretary Donald t. Regan say the nation is

headed for “a very anemic’ economic recovery this summer and another

recession unless Congress reaches an agreement on how to cut the budget

deficit.

Pac Man not gratis - in one classroom. One 13-year-old girl interviewed said “We

are not even allowed to talk about Pac Man in my class anymore.” When asked

why, she said, “Because our teacher said that’s all we’ve been doing lately,

talking about pac man and nothing else. So no we’re not allowed.”

Sports - Jack Nicklaus wins the Colonial National in Texas - his first tournament

win in 19 months.

Entertainment news -

Week of May 15, 1982

Actor Ed Asner says that he suspects the

White House and his own opponents in the

Screen Actors Guild may have worked for the

cancellation of his television series, “Lou Grant.”

CBS said it cancelled the show due to lower

ratings, but Asner said the ratings were not that

bad and blamed pressure on sponsors from the

Moral Majority as well as other fundamentalist

and conservative groups for CBS’s decision.

(Charlton) Heston and his all-star hit squad have

attacked me. Asner, national president of SAG,

told a meeting of its New York local that “a small

group (in the guild) led by (President) Reagan’s

stooge, Charlton Heston,” used lies to win a

vote that defeated the merger of the SAG and the Screen Extras Guild.

Rome - Sophia Loren is taken into police custody when she returned to Italy after

a two-year absence to face a 30-day jail term for tax evasion. Loren maintains

she is innocent.

Television news -

The Smithsonian Institution has added The Barney Miller jail cell door.

Friday night television -

CBS - Dukes of Hazzard, Dallas, Nurse, NBA Basketball on tape

NBC - Movie, McClain’s Law, Tonight, SCTV Comedy Network

ABC - Benson, Maggie, Movie, Fridays

PBS - Washington Week, Wall St. Week

Fridays - Peter Fonda guest hosts with musical

guest King Crimson.

At the movies -

Crocodile

Paradise

Dragonslayer

Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein

Wrong is right

Victor Victoria

Conan The Barbarian

If You Could See What I Hear

Partners

Week of May 15, 1982

Music news -

MTV’s “House Party” contest was won by a 15-year-old from Michigan (20 miles

from Detroit). MTV began running spots - where you could win a party thrown at

your house by MTV - back in March. By the time the April 16 draw came, there

were 70,000 entries. The winner, Rob Kettenberg, watches MTV at least four

hours a day. His favorite band is Rush. About 200 of Rob’s friends joined. MTV

says the party cost an estimated $25,000.

In a news conference, Priscilla Presley , former

wife of the late Elvis Presley, announces that his

Graceland home will be opened as a memorial

museum beginning June 7. The 18-room colonial

mansion, where Elvis died Aug. 16, 1977 served

as his private residence for 20 years. The two-

hour guided tours of the estate will include the

viewing of the dining, living, music rooms and

den on the main floor of the mansion and the TV

and game rooms o the lower level. For now,

Presley’s personal living quarters on the second

floor will remain closed. Also on display, Elvis’

trophy room and gold records and his collection

of recreation vehicles and autos.

So much is being said about the Neil Bogart, the music executive who’s life was

way-too-short. In a fitting tribute and with some irony - with its seven weeks as

#1, Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” is the biggest hit in Bogart’s career. Bogart

scored #1 hits at all four record labels he headed - Cameo/Parkway, Buddah,

Casablanca and “Boardwalk” records featuring Joan Jett. Bogart died of cancer

last week at just 39.

A study reveals that close to 60% of MTV’s target group (12-34) had watched the

channel on basic cable systems and awareness of the channel is quite high.

MTV offers stereo sound, but you need an adapter and it’s the first

network/channel to do so on a regular basis.

Apparently, Tommy Tutone’s new hit 867-5309 is ringing-up problems for those

with the same phone #. Some of the complaints are being fielded by rock

stations. In Cleveland, a lady called a radio station to ask why hundreds of total

strangers had been calling her asking for Jenny.

Week of May 15, 1982

Radio news -

WNEW-FM (New York) shuffles its airstaff and under new

general manager Mike Kakoylannis and new program

director Richard Neer. Neer puts his younger brother Dan

in for mornings, displacing Dave Herman who is now 10p-

2a. Meg Griffin moves from that shift to 5 to 10pm. Scott

Muni, the former PD - is now heard from 2p-5p. Dennis

Elsas , who had been on from 6 to 10p, is shifted to

weekends and fill-ins and will still be on the full-time

payroll.

Trivia question - WABC, which is now talk ended its

reign as a music station with John Lennon’s

“Imagine.” But the last song from WABC’s regular

playlist actually aired Sunday night (May 9) at

9:39pm. It was Steve Wonder’s “Superstition.”

Rick Sklar, who is programming both of ABC’s entries

into the long-form satellite, delivered area - ABC

Superradio and ABC Talkradio - stresses the

flexibility of the new medium. “The use of satellites to

transmit radio programming is more than new

technology. It’s whole new way of doing business.” He

notes that the cost of delivering radio by satcom is

dropping all the time and that will create new windows

of opportunity.

ABC will convert its rock station KSFX (103.7) San

Francisco, to the company’s new Talkradio satellite-

delivered full format. Look for new call letters - KGO-

FM.

Walter Clark joins KIIS-FM/KPRZ Los Angeles as

president and general manager.

In Cleveland, they love “The President’s Rap.” The

single contains excerpts form Rich Little Boardwalk

album, “The first Family Rides Again,” set to dance

tracks. It was put together by Bobby Magic, program

director of WDMT-Fm Cleveland.

Top Hits In Britain -

Week of May 15, 1982

Only You - Yazoo

I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll - Joan Jett

A Little Peace - Nicole

We Have A Dream - Scottish World Cup Squad

Girl Crazy - Hot Chocolate

Ebony and ivory - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder

Fantasy island - Tightfit Jive

Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen

Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant

House of Fun - Madness

Top albums -

Asia - Asia -

Success Hasn’t Spoiled Me Yet

- Rick Springfield

Chariots of Fire - Vangelis

Tug of War - Paul McCartney

Aldo Nova - Aldo Nova

Freeze Frame - J. Geils Band

Always On My Mind - Willie

Nelson

Blackout - Scorpions

Beauty and the Beat - Go-Go’s

Escape - Journey

Get Lucky - Loverboy

Dare - Human League

Picture This - Huey Lewis and the News

I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

Tutone It - Tommy Tutone

The Other Woman - Ray Parker Jr.

Bella Donna - Stevie Nicks

Toto IV - Toto

Alligator Woman - Cameo

Jump Up - Elton John

Reel Music - the Beatles

Pac Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia

Straight From the Heart - Patrice Rushen

Niecy - Deniece Williams

Live On the Sunset Strip - Richard Pryor

Windows - Charlie Daniels Band

Week of May 15, 1982

Hot Hits -

Ebony & Ivory - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder

867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone

Don’t Talk To Strangers - Rick Springfield

The Other Woman - Ray Parker Jr.

I’ve Never Been to Me - Charlene

Did It In A Minute - Hall & Oates

’65 Love Affair - Paul Davis

The Beatles Movie Medly - the Beatles

Don’t You Want Me - Human League

Chariots of Fire - Vangelis

Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson

Get Down On It - Kool & The Gang

Heat of the Moment - Asia

Empty Garden - Elton John

Man On Your Mind - Little River Band

It’s Gonna Take a Miracle - Deniece

Williams

Run For The Roses - Dan Fogelberg

Rosanna - Toto

Making Love - Roberta Flack

Freeze-Frame - J. Geils band