Week of November 19, 1980

The Senate approves a $633 billion budget for fiscal

1981 that would allow a $39 billion tax cut to be

enacted next year.

Making a tour of Capitol Hill, President -elect Reagan

gests a nice surprise from Democratic leaders - they

will give him a six-month honeymoon by tempering

any criticism of his presidency. “I will not criticize him

for six months and I’ll work with him to turn America

around,” said House Speaker Thomas Tip O’Neill Jr.

A major fire sweeps through the MGM Grand in Las

Vegas - killing 81 and injuring 534 people.

Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter sit down together

in the Oval Office for their first private meeting since the presidential campaign.

After the 90-minute meeting, Reagan praised the President for cooperating in the

transition to the Republican administration. “He has made it much easier than it

might have been” said Reagan.

A massive earthquake strikes southern Italy, killing more than 350 people and

injuring hundreds.

A huge brush fire races through the hills above San Bernardino, CA destroying

some 250 homes.

Marry - Ronald P. Reagan and Doria Palmieri his

live-in girlfriend. Reagan (22) is the son of president-

elect Ronald Reagan and dances with the Joffrey II

Dancers, a training troupe for the Joffrey Ballet.

Palmieri is a researcher.

Radio news -

WNEW-FM has been asking listeners who play in

bands to send in tapes (along with a release as the

station is mixing these with its regular AOR

programming.

Denny Somach who does middays at WYSP-FM Philadelphia is getting busy. He

does features for NBC Source Radio Network and now, does four monthly rock

segments for KYW-TV.

Week of November 19, 1980

Donny and Marie Osmond were heard guest-Djing on

WHN New York.

Country mania - More country converts as album rocker

KSAN-FM San Francisco becomes KMMS-FM. Also, adult-

contemporary KCBQ-AM San Diego goes country

WFBL-AM (1390) drops top-40 for the nostalgic “Music of

Your Life” format.

Music news -

Barry Manila teams with Lily Tomlin for the song “The Last Duet” featured on

Manila’s upcoming “Barry” album.

Epic plans the release of “Urban Cowboy II,” a follow-up album to its successful

predecessor and containing more music of the same name.

Don’t miss Dionne Warwick hosting “Solid Gold” twice each week. It’s now seen

on 158 stations. “Solid Gold” is a mass entertainment show showcasing primarily

music, both contemporary and golden classics, country, comedy and dancing.

The show premiered in September and was originally slated for 12 shows.

Even though his music has said so lately, Bob Dylan finally says he’s a born-

again Christian. He said he accepted Jesus Christ in his heart in 1978 after a

“vision and feeling” during which “the room moved.” He was reluctant to tell

friends or put feelings into songs, but by 1979, he feared playing his old songs in

concerts because he feared they may be anti-God.

Entertainment news -

Passing - Mae West (87).

Passing - Actor George Raft (85).

Television news -

Who Shot J.R. Ewing? The answer came 53 minutes into

“Dallas” this week when J.R. Ewing’s wife, Sue Ellen,

named her sister (Kristin) as the trigger person of the year.

Kristin (played by Mary Crosby) had a bombshell of her

own - that she is pregnant by J.R.

Week of November 19, 1980

Saturday night television -

CBS - WKRP In Cincinnati, Movie

ABC - Fantasy Island part I, Fantasy Island Part II

NBC - Movie, The Bermuda Triangle, Saturday Night Live

WKRP - Arthur and his wife attend natural childbirth classes.

NBC Movie - “The Car” (1977) - A driverless car

goes on a rampage in a small town. Stars James

Brolin.

Hot Disco -

If You Could Read My Mind - Viola Wills

Shoot Your Best Shot - Linda Clifford

Lovely One - The Jacksons

Can’t Fake the Feeling - Geraldine Hunt

Top Hits In Britain -

What You’re Proposing - Status Quo

Special Brew - Bad Manners

Woman In Love - Barbra Streisand

The Tide Is High - Blondie

When You Ask About Love - Matchbox

Dog Eat Dog - Adam & The Ants

If You’re Lookin’ for A Way Out - Odyssey

Fashion - David Bowie

Enola Gay - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the

Dark

Gotta Pull Myself Together - Nolans

Hot Albums -

Greatest Hits - Kenny Rogers

Guilty - Barbra Streisand

The River - Bruce Springsteen

Hotter Than July - Stevie Wonder

Crimes of Passion - Pat Benatar

Diana - Diana Ross

One Step Closer - Doobie Brothers

Triumph - The Jacksons

Week of November 19, 1980

Back in Black - AC/DC

Paris - Supertramp

The Wanderer - Donna Summer

Emotional Rescue - Rolling Stones

The Game - Queen

Give Me The Night - George Benson

Zenyatta Mondatta - Police

Hold Out - Jackson Browne

Xanadu - Soundtrack

Voices - Hall & Oates

Freedom of Choice - Devo

One Trick Pony - Paul Simon

Remain In Light - Talking Heads

Love Approach - Tom Browne

At the movies -

The Apple

Private Benjamin

Ordinary People

Elephant Man

Airplane

Hopscotch

It’s My Turn

Somewhere In Time

Fade to Black

Shogun Assassin

Stunt Man