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- Pax TV says it has hooked up with a second non-owned NBC affiliate in a local-programming and joint sales venture.
- UPN Chief Operating Officer Adam Ware told affiliates last week to spend more on local advertising and promotion, do less in the way of network program preemptions and consult the network before entering into local sports-rights contracts
- Ed Masry, the boss of law siren Erin Brockovich (portrayed by Julia Roberts in the Sony Pictures' blockbuster docudrama), has been added to the legal team of Twentieth Television's Power of Attorney.
- Thunderbox, a boxing/entertainment weekly hour unveiled at NATPE, has been declared a firm "go" for a September launch.
- The House Commerce Committee last week approved legislation restricting the FCC's ability to set standards for religious broadcasters seeking to operate on non-commercial licenses.
- Adonis Hoffman, deputy chief of the FCC's Cable Services Bureau, is leaving the agency to become senior vice president and counsel at the American Association of Advertising Agencies.
- Wjfk-fm Manassas, Va., a CBS-owned station, was fined $4,000 for failing to tell a caller to the station that her comments would be broadcast.
- A TV cameraman is suing kprc-tv Houston, claiming the station fired him for refusing to use a fake pass for access to political events.
- Waga(tv) Atlanta personality Gurvin Dhindsa will leave that station to become an anchor and reporter at wusa(tv) Washington, D.C.
- AFTRA's Los Angeles chapter wants work rules that allow airborne radio and TV reporters to reject assignments without fear of recrimination, if they are worried about safety.
- Dick Knipfing, described by local media as the dean of TV news in Albuquerque, N.M., has left koat-tv, citing personal reasons-
- Rumors are swirling that the Digital Entertainment Network (DEN), an Internet entertainment site, will file soon for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
- Consulting firm BIA Financial Network has officially launched SpectraRep, a company aiming to aggregate DTV spectrum and then represent broadcasters as they pursue new revenues from datacasting services.
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- B & C hires new production manager
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