Week of November 15, 1983

The equal rights amendment is defeated by House Republicans infuriated

because they were barred from modifying the proposal in any way. The ERA was

first introduced in Congress in 1923 by a nephew of suffragist Susan B. Anthony.

The amendment states - “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or

abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” It died last

June, three states short of the 38 needed to make it part of the Constitution.

Passed easily by Congress in 1971-72, the ratification period was extended three

years when the original seven years expired.

Yaser Arafat’s stronghold at the Badawl refugee camp falls to Palestinian rebels,

driving the Palestine Liberation Organization chief’s forces into Tripoli.

Greyhound Bus Strike Continues - but

this week, many buses run for the first

time, without regular workers. Many on

picket lines hurled eggs and other

objects at the moving “targets.”

In Los Angeles - jurors spare convicted

Hillside Strangler Angelo Buono Jr. from

the gas chamber. He’ll be sentenced to

life in prison without the possibility of

parole. Buono is convicted of murdering nine young women and girls in 1977 and

1979.

An Israeli warplane is shot down over Beirut while on a bombing run against

guerrilla positions in the Syrian-held mountains just east of the Lebanese capital.

The Senate confirms William P. Clark as Interior Secretary

The surgeon general urges Americans to regard cigarettes as the most important

known risk associated with heart disease.

appeared or called in to a number of radio stations, with

many bleeping his graphic comments. Flynt’s lawyers don’t

like the edits or the bleeps, because they say he is a political

candidate, although he’s made no such formal

announcement.

Week of November 15, 1983

Documents seized from John Z. DeLorean’s estate show that $9.3 million

intended for sports car research was used to help DeLorean purchase a Utah

ski-slope grooming business. The $9.3 million allegedly is part of nearly $18

million missing from the Delorean Motor Co., which the FBI is trying to trace.

murdering an Argentine businessman 18 years ago.

USA Today reports that circulation is up 60,000 since April, to a

total of 1.16 million.

Sports - Willie Wilson, Kansas City Royals all-star center fielder

- is sentenced to three months in federal prison and fined on

federal charges of attempting to possess cocaine.

David Stern, executive vice president in the National Basketball Assn, is elected

commissioner of the league. He succeeds Larry O’Brien, who resigned from the

post last week after 8 ½ years.

Orioles’ shortstop Cal Ripken Jr., who hit .318 with 27

homers and 102 RBI’s is named American League’s

Most Valuable Player.

Technology - CD players for cars and “Walkman’s?”

Norio Ohga, the man most responsible for promoting

the compact disc worldwide and president of Sony

Corp. in Tokyo says maybe: “We’re putting them into

cars and carrying out vibration tests. But it gets very hot

inside a car and it is vital to test whether the player will

perform properly inside a car that may be parked out in

broiling sunshine. We’re at a stage where these tests

are becoming more and more exhaustive. For the Walkman, there is the problem

of battery consumption. The battery must last for eight hours of listening, so it will

be difficult unless a new type of semi-conductor is developed, But make no

mistake, CD car stereos and Walkman’s will appear in the near future.”

Week of November 15, 1983

The average price for

a CD player is $750,

but Matsushita Electric

just came out with one

around $500. Ohga

believes the format is

on the verge of a

consumer explosion.

“Now that Matsushita

has launched its

cheap range of

hardware, I’m

convinced other

manufacturers will

follow suit. Get the

price down and the

sales will go up. I’m

optimistic. In fact, I’m

more optimistic now

that I was back in

March of this year.”

IBM says it will seek $750 million to $2.5 billion in damages in its lawsuit against

rival National Semiconductor Corp. for allegedly using stolen IBM computer

secrets. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Hitachi agreed to pay

IBM $300 million for use of computer software secrets allegedly stolen from IBM.

National Semiconductor calls the allegation “ridiculous.”

Playing in Las Vegas -

Caesars Palace - Wayne Newton

MGM Grand - Dean Martin and the Golddiggers

Riviera - Neil Sedaka

Sahara - Don Rickles/Debbie Reynolds

Entertainment news - Everyone’s wondering why Eddie Murphy’s (Michael

Jackson) impression is left off his new comedy album. The routine is very

popular. Some believe it was the record company, after heat from Jackson

himself. Both are with Columbia/Epic Records.

Week of November 15, 1983

Television ratings -

60 Minutes - 27.8

Dallas - 26.7

Movie-Chiefs, part 1 - 26.1

CBS NFL Football - 24.9

Simon & Simon - 24.9

A-Team - 24.8

TV’s Greatest

Censored Blooper’s -

24.0

Dynasty - 23.8

Falcon Crest - 22.3

Magnum, PI - 22.1

Hotel - 21.3

Movie - Princess

Daisy Part II - 21.2

AfterMASH - 20.8

Knots Landing - 20.3

Life’s Most

Embarrassing

Moments - 19.8

Movie-Two Kinds of Love - 19.2

Dukes of Hazzard - 19.2

Newhart - 19.2

Movie-Airplane - 18.9

Trapper John, MD - 18.7

Hill Street Blues - 18.3

Benson - 18.2

Cheers - 18.1

Webster - 17.8

Saturday night television -

CBS - Great Day, Movie

NBC - Diff’rent Strokes, Silver Spoons, Candid Camera Special, The Yellow

Rose, Saturday Night Live

ABC - T.J. Hooker, Love Boat, Fantasy Island

MTV - U2 concert, Video hits with J.J. Jackson

Great Day - Pilot stars Tim Conway as a family man struggling to

Week of November 15, 1983

Candid Camera Looks at the Difference Between Men and Women - With Allen

Funt and Stephanie Zimbalist.

Love Boat - Julie falls in love with guest Engelbert Humperdinck.

Radio news - Top-40 is back strong, this time on the FM dial! Z-100 (WHTZ) in

New York, debuted in August with their version, and according to the ratings,

they’ve zoomed up from nowhere. In Los Angeles, KIIS-FM (102.7) gets a

whopping 7.6 share - ratings not seen since the KHJ-AM days. One of the

station’s strengths is morning personality Rick Dees, who is now up to a 10.2

share. The station is using “Hot Hits” to combat a new competitor - KKHR (93.1)

who probably would have used the moniker, but instead is using “Hit Radio.” “Hot

Hits” - which came from consultant Mike Josephs, is on other top FM music

stations such as WHTT/Boston, which just got an 8.1 share, and Philadelphia’s

WCAU-FM, which is now up to a 6.3 share.

new syndicated show heard on 32 stations - “Rick

Dees Weekly Top 40.”

Speaking of new Z-100, Scott Shannon hires Jeff

Hooker to do afternoons. He’s changing his name to

Shadow Stevens. Cat Simon exits Z-100 to return to

KZBS, Oklahoma City (already?).

WAVA (105.1) Washington moves from album rock

to the hottest format today - top-40. Owner

Doubleday Broadcasting just changed its KPKE

(Denver) to the same format. The company just sold

its St. Louis stations - KWK AM/FM

emphysema forced him off the air. He was 58.

More radio news - After five years at Chicago’s WFYR (103.5),

morning man Dick Bartley moves to New York, to concentrate

on his syndicated “Solid Gold Saturday Night.”

Music - Look for Michael Nesmith’s forthcoming NBC special, based on his

home video hit “Michael Nesmith in Elephant Parts” Nesmith says they’ll be quite

a lot of music in the show.

Week of November 15, 1983

MTV will present the world premier of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” the 14-minute

film based on the Jackson hit. Directed by John Landis, look for it December 2.

MTV is set to air “The Making of Michael Jackson’s Thriller,” a one-hour

documentary on January 19.

More MTV - The channel has produced

a half-hour documentary on the making of

the Rolling Stones video, “Undercover of

the Night,” which will debut December 4.

Includes interviews with Mick Jagger and

Keith Richards.

New Rock Music Pay TV Channel - BGB

Management Productions says “Channel

Live” will go on satellite in the third

quarter of next year as a subscription-

pay-service with a rock music format.

Centerpiece will be 18 live concerts a

year. The channel is building business

through cable affiliations and over-the-air

subscription television outlets. All must have addressable capacity as a pay-per-

view attraction.

Westwood One clears more than 250 radio stations to carry its live-via-satellite

simulcast of Asia’s MTV concert from Tokyo’s Budokan arena. It all happens

December 6.

Teenage spending on records and pre-recorded tapes rebounds sharply after a

decline last year. Could it be the music’s just better? Could this be a positive

correlation to the ratings of top-40 stations?

(CA) for the past two years, will go on hiatus next year, but may be back in 1985.

The four-day even last spring drew about 300,000 people, but lost an estimated

$10 million. The 1982 festival losses were estimated at $4 million.

being beaten and raped nine years ago, is released from a

mental hospital in West Palm Beach.

Week of November 15, 1983

Top hits in Britain -

Uptown Girl - Billy Joel

Say Say Say - Paul McCartney

Cry Just A Little Bit - Shakin’ Stevens

Puss ‘N’ Boots - Adam Ant

Union of the Snake - Duran Duran

Saftey Dance - Man Without Hats

The Sun And The Rain - Madness

The Love Cats - Cure

All Night Long - Lionel Richie

Please Don’t Make Me Cry - UB40

They Don’t Know - Tracey Ullman

New Song - Howard Jones

Karma Chameleon - Culture Club

Top albums this week in 1983 -

Can’t Slow Down - Lionel Richie

Synchronicity - Police

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Eyes That See in the Dark - Kenny Rogers

An Innocent Man - Billy Joel

Greatest Hits - Air Supply

What’s New - Linda Ronstadt

Colour By Numbers - Culture Club

Genesis - Genesis

Faster Than The Speed of Night -

Bonnie Tyler

Eliminator - ZZ Top

Pyromania - Def Leppard

Rock ‘N’ Roll Soul, Part 1 - Daryl Hall &

John Oates

Flashdance - Soundtrack

Uh-Huh - John Cougar Mellencamp

The Crossing - Big Country

Little Robbers - The Motels

Pipes of Peace - Paul McCartney

Alive, She Cried - The Doors

Week of November 15, 1983

And more albums -

Speaking in Tongues - Talking

Heads

Infidels - Bob Dylan

Sports - Huey Lewis & The

News

Born To Love - Peabo

Bryson/Roberta Flack

Let’s Dance - David Bowie

The Principle of Moments -

Robert Plant

Cold Blooded - Rick James

Keep it Up - Loverboy

No Parking On The Dance

Floor - Midnight Star

Bent Out of Shape - Rainbow

Rant ‘N” Rave With The Stray -

Stray Cats

Top hits this week in 1983 -

Say, Say Say - Paul McCartney

All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie

Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot

Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton

Uptown Girl - Billy Joel

Say It Isn’t So - Hall & Oates

Crumblin’ Down - John Cougar

Mellencamp

Love Is A Battlefield - Pat

Benatar

P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) -

Michael Jackson

Church of the Poison Mind -

Culture Club

Suddenly Last Summer - Motels

Heart and Soul - Huey Lewis &

The News

One Thing Leads To Another -

The Fixx

Week of November 15, 1983

Union of the Snake - Duran Duran

Why Me? - Irene Cara

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler

Delirious - Prince

Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) - Sheena Easton

Twist of Fate - Olivia Newton John

Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - Air Supply

Top movies this week in 1983 -

The Big Chill

Never Say Never

Again

Richard Pryor - Here

and Now

All The Right Moves

Dead Zone

Deal of the Century

The Right Stuff

Educating Rita -

Never Cry Wolf

Young Warriors

7 Doors of Death

The Osterman

Weekend

Testament

Under Fire

Rear Window

Star 80

Brainstorm

Running Brave

Deathstalker

Return of Martin

Guerre