Week of September 22, 1982

About 800 U.S. Marines return to Beirut and take control of the airport from

departing Israeli forces in a new peacekeeping operation. Later, a cluster bomb

kills one Marine and injures 3 others.

Some 300,000 gather in Tel Aviv to protest their government’s war policy and

demand the resignations of Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Defense

Minister Ariel Sharon.

The Senate approves a bill that would allow bands and savings and loans to offer

high interest money market funds covered by federal deposit insurance. But, it

also severely limits a homebuyer’s right to take over an old low-interest

mortgage.

Falling food and gas prices hold inflation to .3% in August, the smallest rise in

four months.

Woolworth Co. announces that it is

closing its 336 Woolco discount

stores. The stores, which opened

during the 1960’s are primarily

located in the southeastern and

south-central U.S.

Chanting, “Begin resign,” about

3,000 people marched on Prime

Minister Menachem Begin’s home to

protest his rejection of an immediate

inquiry into the Beirut refugee camp

massacres.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy launches an expensive reelection advertising

campaign in Massachusetts that emphasizes the tragedies in his life and

highlights his role as “head of the entire Kennedy clan.”

The first landing of the Eiffel Tower reopens this week after shedding 1,000 tons

so the tower’s 93-year-old legs can go on supporting France’s top tourist

attraction. The landing at the 187-foot-level of the 1,062-foot tower was closed 22

months ago after engineers decided that the tower’s 11,000-ton overall weight

was too much for its steel supports and that some girders needed replacing or

shoring up.

Week of September 22, 1982

President Reagan declares that despite the recession and unemployment,

Americans are “better off today than we were,” before his election. He denied any

responsibility for the 14-month-old business slump and blamed democrats in past

administrations for “overspending and taxing us into this recession.”

Commerce Department - The nation’s

trade deficit soared to a record $7.1 billion

in August, the largest monthly figure ever.

Passing - Actress Sarah Churchill -

daughter of the late Sir Winston Churchill,

who was described as hard working and

hard drinking. She was 67.

Sports - Pat Riley, who coached the Los

Angeles Lakers to their second NBA title

in three years, signs a multi-year contract

with the team.

NFL strike is still on. The striking players accuse the three major television

networks of funding the pro football owners and threaten the networks with

picketing and legal action.

Joe Namath is arrested and charged with drunk driving near Tarmarac, Florida.

He was reportedly uncooperative with police, refusing alcohol tests and refused

to be fingerprinted.

Passing - Monty Stratton - former Chicago White sox pitcher whose comeback

attempt in professional baseball after losing a leg inspired the 1948 motion

picture “The Stratton story” starring James Stewart

and June Alyson. He was 70.

Media - “I Love N.Y.” ads are going into their fifth

year. Look for new television ads by Elizabeth Taylor,

Lauren Bacall, Mickey Rooney and Lena Horn

beginning this week.

McDonald’s files suit seeking to keep Burger King’s

new commercials off the air. McDonald’s says the

Burger King campaign is “false and misleading”

because it portrays McDonald’s hamburgers as fried and Burger King

hamburgers as broiled, while contending that consumers prefer broiling to frying.

The suit also says the ads contain a further misleading claim from burger King

Week of September 22, 1982

about McDonald’s hamburgers containing 20% less meat. When the prices of the

hamburgers are taken into account, McDonald’s sandwiches do “contain as

much or more meat than Burger King hamburger sandwiches,” said McDonalds.

Toy manufacturers agree - the hot items this Christmas season are sure to be

E.T., Garfield and Pac-Man. More and more scented toys will hit the market.

Professor Albert Millar Jr., who teaches a course on the Bible as literature at a

college in Virginia, notes there are 33 instances in the movie “E.T.” that closely

parallel the life of Jesus. “I think the thing that struck me most was the idea of the

capacity to heal, and then when E.T. died and was resurrected,” said Miller in a

telegram to Universal City Studios.

“ This is Judy Woodruff at the White House ,” the

memoir of an NBC White House correspondent has

just come out with a jacket bearing a picture of

Woodruff’s White House press pass - and the Secret

Service wants it pulled. By the time the offending cover

was noticed in the White House, 14,000 copies of the

book had been sent to bookstores. The Secret Service

says that the picture is a violation of Title 18 of the

U.S. Code prohibiting the “counterfeiting alteration or

misuse” of such identity documents. The publisher

says it will change the jacket.

Broadway news - Much anticipated - Look for Andrew

Lloyd Webber’s musicalization of T.S. Eliot’s “Old

Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” in the Broadway

opening of “Cats.” It begins October 7 at the Winter Garden Theatre.

Music news -

Passing - Country singer Jimmy Wakely. He was 68.

In last week’s issue of “Rolling Stone” magazine, a special repot disputed the

record industry’s claim that home taping is responsible for more than $1 billion in

lost record sales.

Singer Marie Osmond (22) who was married June 26 to former college basketball

player Steve Craig (25) is expecting her first child in April.

Week of September 22, 1982

Television news - New debuts this week include Matt Houston and Knight Rider.

The MacNeil-Lehrer Report on PBS will be expanded from 30 minutes to an hour

beginning in April 1983.

NBC White House correspondent John Palmer is named news anchor on the

“Today” show, replacing Chris Wallace who will assume Palmer’s post.

Passing - Actress Mabel Albertson - best-known as portraying Darin’s mother in

“Bewitched” during the 1960’s. She was 81.

Sunday night television -

CBS - 60 Minutes, Archie Bunker’s Place, Debut-Gloria, The Jeffersons, One

Day at a Time, Trapper John, M.D.

NBC - ChiPs, Knight Rider, TV’s Censored Bloopers No. 3

ABC - Debut-Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, Debut-Matt Houston, The 2 nd Edition of

Whatever Became Of…”

PBS - Nova, Masterpiece Theater

Week of September 22, 1982

Radio news - KRTH (Los Angeles) completes its live DJ lineup - dean Goss,

Brian Beirne, Brother John, Pat Evans and Jan Marie.

Mutual Broadcasting introduces multi-casting as it takes advantage of the multi-

channel capabilities of its satellite delivery. Mutual will feed 11 different channels

ranging from sports to classical music.

Doubleday Broadcasting president Gary Stevens signs a deal with Metromedia to

purchase WMET-FM (95.5) in Chicago. Price is $9.5 million. It’s the third major

radio station purchase for the company - behind WAVA Washington and WAPP

New York. Metromedia is selling the station to clear the way for the purchase of

WFLD-TV from Field Communications for $136 million.

The day after his debut on WNBC New York, Howard

Stern gets stuck home in bed with a strep throat. Program

Director Kevin Methany says Stern’s doctor told him to

gargle with salt water and keep his mouth shut. Continues

Methany about the expectations of Stern on WNBC - “It

was okay for him to talk about oozing sores in D.C

(WWDC-FM) because he was entertaining 12-24 year-

olds on a rock format. But that’s exactly what we’d like to

avoid at NBC. Our 25-49 core likes Willie Nelson and

James Taylor, has 2.2 kids, a dog, a cat, a sedan and a mortgage.” Stern takes

over 4p-8p on WNBC radio 66.

Bob and Ray - the legendary radio comedy team - return to radio. They’ll be

heard Sundays on National Public Radio.

Radio consultant Bobby Hatrik has been hired by WPLJ-FM (New York) to

monitor new rival WAPP. Hatrik use to work for the company that owns WAPP -

Doubleday.

Twenty five album rock FM stations are set to launch a “Ticket to Rock” contest

in the fall. It’s the first national game promotion of its type and was put together

by Contemporary Marketing in St. Lois.

Music news - Another British invasion is clearly hitting the charts. The latest

band - “ABC” has “The Look of Love.” ABC joins the ranks of the Human

League, A Flock of Seagulls, Duran Duran and Soft Cell - all from Britain.

Week of September 22, 1982

ATI Video Enterprieses which produces “Night Flight” on the USA Network,

introduces FM-TV - to be spun into a syndicated video series. In addition, ATI is

producing a “Black Aerbicise” program with DJ Frankie Croker.

MTV is having an influence - particularly in the outlying areas and is helping

sell records. One record dealer in remote Washington state says - “MTV is the

greatest thing that ever happened. Our customers had to go 150 miles each way

to Seattle to see touring acts until MTV.” “I can carry more catalog. All of a

sudden people here know Joan Armatrading, Huey Lewis and the News, the

Motels and the stray Cats.” Another dealer in Turlock, California says - “It’s

driving me crazy, trying to keep up with the new requests. MTV has been in the

area less than two months. Now the customer knows the name of the act, the

song and the album because it’s spelled out on the screen. It has stimulated

some of our old customers.” Another operator in Akron, Ohio says MTV is doing

quite a bit to help his sales. He’ll be installing a large-screen television tuned to

the channel. Up until now, he delegated one of his employees to keep him

abreast of MTV traffic. WOW!

CBS is eying theatrical exhibitions to display new music videos. It’s already been

done by Epic with Aldo Nova and Columbia with Men At Work videos.

For singles and albums - see last week.

Top Country -

Dancing Your Memory Away - Charly

McClain

She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft) -

Jerry Reed

Big Ole Brew - Mel McDaniel

Whatever - Statler Brothers

Put Your dreams Away - Mickey Gilley

Love Will Turn You Around - Kenny Rogers

This Dream’s On Me - Gene Watson

I Just Came Here To Dance - David Frizzell

and Shelly West

I Wish YouCould Have Turned My Head - Oak Ridge Boys

Hot Rock Album Cuts -

Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac

New World Man - Rush

Week of September 22, 1982

Athena - The Who

Shakin’ - Eddie Money

You’ve Got Another Thing Coming - Judas Priest

Dirty Laundry - Don Henley

Don’t Fight it - Kenny Loggins

and Steve Perry

Electricland - Bad Company

Burning Down One Side -

Robert Plant

Top Hits In Britain -

Save a Prayer - Duran Duran

Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

Private investigations - Dire

Straits

Hi-Fidelity - Kids from fame

All of My Heart - ABC

I Eat Cannibals part 1 - Toto

Coelo

Come On Eileen - Dexy’s

Midnight Runners

Walking on Sunshine - Rockers

Revenge & Donnie Calvin

What - Soft Cell

Can’t Take y eyes Off You - Boystown Gang

Give Me Your Heart Tonight - Shakin’ Stevens