Service Set for Wife of CBS D.C. Exec

Mari Schleuning, wife of CBS Washington Executive VP Martin Franks, died suddenly Oct. 9 of an apparent heart attack suffered the week after non-life-threatening surgery.

The service will be Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church at 3 Chevy Chase Circle, Chevy Chase, Md. The 1 p.m. time is a change from the original plans.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.