Broadcasting & Cable - December 31, 2000

Last August, our Capitol Hill reporter Paige Albiniak broke the story that President Clinton was prepared to extend Susan Nessa tenure at the FCC with a recess appointment, circumventing the normal Senate confirmation process. As the weeks, then months, went by we grew a little nervous about the veracity of the story.

• Advertising
• Keeping tabs on consumers

• Business
• Time Warner takes a hit
• Changing Hands
• ChangingHands
• StationTrades
• Combos
• FMs
• AMs

• Cover
• Where Things Stand

• Editorials
• Commentary
• Free for all
• Editorials

• Interactive Media
• NTi walks the interactive walk
• TV NEWS SITE
• Mediacom gets Excited@Home
• Common Ground
• How interactive is TV?

• People
• FACETIME
• The skater pitches
• Facetime
• A TV exec is honored by a reigning queen
• Mucha ado
• Robards TV Legacy
• BACKSTORY
• Fates and Fortunes
• Internet
• Fates and Fortunes
• Cable
• Broadcasting
• Programming
• Journalism
• Radio
• Advertising/Marketing/PR
• Obituaries
• Fifth Estater
• Juggling CBS DTV future
• Robert John Ross

• Programming
• CBS looks for help
• Eyeball derby 2000
• Producers not staying
• IN BRIEF
• CNBC SHow for the ticker challenged
• In Brief
• SAG says Minority Roles increased
• ABCs best numbers
• Only one Scheindlin
• Fox Gets Sound of music rights for $4M
• Viacoms synergy
• Station Break
• WCarey motors to Detroits WXYZ-TV
• Station Break
• Asheville reporter killed in crash
• Stalker takes new threatening twist
• Texas news step
• Syndication Watch
• Losing out to the real thing

• Technology
• Sportvision gets cash
• CBS tees up HDTV
• ACTV sues Mouse
• Cutting Edge
• BVI jams on hard Rock spots
• Cutting Edge
• KCAL Focuses on Angenieux
• NXTWAVE Intros new 8-VSB CHIP
• New Traffic on Weather Channel

• Top of the Week
• More bad news for AT&T
• Nets beat drug rap
• B and C Eye
• HDTV Blue
• B and C Eye
• And Dice, too
• But does it have a glowing wake?
• WOOD, if he could
• Wileyworld
• Bednarskis Column
• A screed against greed
• Financial Wrap-up
• FINANCIAL WRAP-UP

• Top of the week
• Saban: A $6B dream
• CTTD makes its picks
• Realitys new wave and copycats
• RCN takes step back
• Ness gets the nod
• Diller under the Rainbow
• FCC tackles interactive
• IN BRIEF
• Comcast-Disney deal
• IN BRIEF
• Viacom files to sell $5b in securities
• WCCO pre-empts 6 PM news for religion
• MNF kicks ABC up to no. 1 in NIELSENS
• IN BRIEF
• Pappas building TV station near L.A.

• Voices
• TwoCents
• Two Cents

• Washington
• Fighting over the children
• Congress reins in LPFM