‘CBS News’ changes format to Rather-Chung team
NEW YORK (AP)
— Il'i now "Tin
CHS Evening News
with Dan Rather and
Connie Chun#"
(Courage.
Rather wore charcoal gray- Chung'wore
red. They sat less than a foot apart, shoul
der to shoulder, tightly framed
"Good evening.” Rather told viewers of
the Tuesday evening newscast. Then,
turning to his left. Rather smiled and
touched the wrist of his co-anchor and
said, "anti welcome. Connie."
"Thank you, Dan." she said.
Rather and Chung previewed the pro
gram's lop stories, she describing the load
story, a poll on President Hill Clinton's
sagging political fortunes, and he head
lining the Bosnia situation
Then, when it came time to introduce
the stories, he iiad the voice-over for the
poll story and the on-air interview, and
she introdm ed the Bosnia story
It was lug news for CHS, w here Rather
m
tins tiewn sole anchor for 12 years. For the
first time. Rather. 61, shared the The CBS
Evening Net*s set with ('.hung, one of
telev ision's most telegenic newswomen
It's also the first time CHS tried dual
anchors The first network co-anchors
were NBC’s Chet Huntley and David
Brinkley, who were teamed from October
1956 to Mv w
The Big Three networks' only previous
male-female pairing began in 1976 at
ABC. with Harry Reasoner and Barbara
Walters It lasted three unhappy years
and did not raise ABC's newsc nst from
No .1
Chung. 47. longtime anchor of CBS
Sunday newscast, bandied the network's
Memorial Day broadt ast alone Rather
and Chung had a midaftemoon rehearsal
Tuesday before the broadcast
CBS says them won't bo any big
c hanges in the studio. Chung and Rather
sat at the same desk, practically rubbing
elbows.
And. when they closed the broadcast.
Chung thanked viewer# on behalf of CBS
News, turned to Rather and said. "Good
night. Chet."
"Goodnight. David." he replied.
laughter was audible on the set. and
they patted each other's hands while the
CHS Evening News logo was superim
posed beside them and the broadcast fad
ed to black.
The Huntley-Brinklev referent e was a
cute signoff at a network where Rather,
trv ing to soften his prickly image with V
net.k sweaters back in I'tHfi, made head
lines by signing off with one word:
“Courage."
The reasons for teaming the journalists
up are as varied and numerous as the
people who hove commented upon it.
"This program is going to have a new
infusion of teamwork." Rather told CHS
affiliates at their meeting here last week
"It gives us increased flexibility, particu
larly the flexibility to hop on big stories "
Flexibility and big stories aside, higher
ratings also am* part of the picture Under
Rather, who succeeded Walter Cronkite.
the No. 1 nightly newscast fell to No. 2.
supplanted hv ABC's World Net\s
Tonight
On Madison Avenue, where ratings
translate into advertising dollars, the
teamup is viewed as a proscription for a
show that has seen a slight erosion in its
share of the evening news audience.
"if they were in n growth mode, they
probahlv wouldn't have changed o
thing." said Betsy Frank, a senior execu
tive of the SanU hi .* Saatchi advertising
agency. "But they're not. so they did."
Advertisers and affiliates see the move
os a chance to combine Bather's image as
a trusted, if not beloved, newsman with
Chung’s softer, vivacious presence.
The media response to the teamup was
mixed TV Guide devoted its cover to
Chung, asking "Does she have the stuff'"
"Despite 22 years as a network corre
spondent and three Emmy awards, her
resume is still tainted with fluff," TV
Guide said.
Listener unable to act
against vulgar show
WASHINGTON (API — A listener offended by .1 National Public
Radio broad' fist of repeated 1 ursmg by |obn < »<»tt« < an't challenge a
federal agent \ s ivfus.il to m l against thn radio network, a < ourt ruled
Tuesday
Thu ( asv slums from 0 news report on ibv reputed organized crime
leader's New York, trial which aired on NPR’s "All filings Consid
ered" Fob 2H. JiMHt.
NI’H ext erptod a 110-word passage from a wiretapped phone 1 on
versation betwetm Gotti and an assot inte in whit h Gotti "used x.tri
al toils, of the f word' III tunes." the U S Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Gin nit noted in its det ision.
"lie used it to modify virtually every noun and in one instance
even a verb fi ll f-~- ing kill you')." the panel wrote "NPR math* no
effort, such as substituting bleeps for any or all of these referent es.
to milder the passage less offensive to persons of ordinary sensibil
ity."
peter Hranton. a Lookout Mountain. Tenn businessman, was
offended by the hroadi asl amt filed a i omplaint w ith the Mass Media
Bureau of the Federal Communit ations Commission
Hut the bureau took no at tiun against NI’R And when Hranton took
Ins t ase to the t ommission itself, the FCC said "the tape was part
of a bona fide' news storv " that had in fat t been introduced as evi
dent e in the l.otti 1 ninitial trial.
for Hranton to hove "standing" to t ha I lunge the ICC s (let ision.
lie bad to allege that be was injured by NPR's conduct and that the
relief he sought the Ft l taking action against NI’R would redress
that injury, the panel wrote
I'lie court sold it is "speculative" whether reversing the Ft .I s <h*< i
sion would help "protis t the jietitioner from future uxjiosuro to broad
cast indexency
Hranton "wasn't looking for a pound of flesh at oil." said Wash
ington-based attorney Ronald 1) Maines. a communications law yer
who handled the case on a pro bono tmsis att(*r Hranton bad pursued
the complaint on bis own for several years
Maines said the issue "was a point about which reasonable peo
ple could differ. The FCC does have these indecency rules and one
can make the argument that these rules were violated."
The (its ision written hv Gin nil Judge Douglas H. Duisburg on liehalf
ol himself and judges lames l. Hin kles and Stephen F Williams,
focused on prtx edure — whether Hranton could challenge the FCC
dec ision. rather than on the nubs ency rules
Boston newspaper rejects offer
BOSTON (AJ’1 — The Boston
Globe reportedly rejected «
$1.09 billion offer from The
New York Tiroes (Jo., end ana
lyst!. say New England's largest
newspaper can afford to play
hard to get. antic.ipating more
suitors may be in the wings.
"There are very few major
market newspapers that are
ever going to be for sale,” said
John Morton, a media analyst
in Washington. "When one like
this comes along, it's an
extremely attractive proposi
tion.''
Family trusts that control fi9
percent of the Globe's parent
company. Affiliated Publica
tions Inc., expire in 1906. rais
ing speculation that the news
paper might seek a merger
before then.
Time magazine reported in
its June 7 issue that The Sew
York Times had been negotiat
ing since January to acquire the
Globe for $1.09 billion, but The
Wall Street /ourtial said Tues
day that Affiliated rejected the
proposal.
Globe spokesman Richard
Gulla and New York Time* Co.
spokeswoman Nancy Nielsen
declined to comment Tuesday.
“The owners of Affiliated
don't have to do anything right
away “ Morton said "They can
wait until the New England
economy picks up ami rev
enues pick up. There's even a
possibility that the trusts can
Ihj extended"
Analysts agreed that New
England's lingering recession
makes it a good time to buy a
newspaper but a bad time to
sell one because the value of
nuwspapers fall when their
profits decline
Revenue at the Globe fell 5.1
percent in 1990 and 5.6 percent
in 1991. rebounding 5 4 per
cent last year to $414 million,
the Globe said.
Operating income rose 69.4
percent last year to $30 million,
the first increase in operating
results since 1987. thanks in
part to lower newsprint prices
Affiliated reported first-quar
ter profits this year of $5.6 mil
lion. The company's stock
doted Tuesday at 13 1/6 on the
Now York Stock Exchange, up
3/4.
Meanwhile, an early retire
ment offer meant to trim the
paper's payroll was accepted
by 62 employees, but the 1,100
members of the company's
biggest union have been work
ing without a contract since
1990.
The union proposed Tues
day that negotiations resume
|une 16 to discuss health insur
ance deductions, a proposed
lower wage structure for new
ly hired workers and the issue
of hiring subcontractors for
non-editorial functions.
"We have said all along that
they're trying to save money to
make the debt- more mar
ketable," said Robert Iordan,
president of The Boston Globa
Employees Association.
But the Globe already is an
attratrtive target, said William
R. Elfers, president of Com
munity Newspaper Co., a sub
sidiary of the venture capital
arm of Fidelity Investments,
which has bought one small
daily and 72 weekly newspa
pers in New England.
"The franchise that the Globe
has today is nationally envi
able. because the Boston mar
ketplace, despite the severity
of the recession, is still one of
the most attractive demo
graphic media markets in the
United States," Elfers said.
Founded in 1872, the Globe
is one of the last remaining
major dailies not owned by a
newspaper chain.
Its daily circulation is
505,000, making it the 12th
largest newspaper in the coun
try, and the circulation of The
Sunday Boston Globe recently
reached a record HI 1.000, mak
ing it the ninth-largest.
Already, 18 cents of every
advertising dollar in metro
politan Boston ends up at the
Globe.
“And bear in mind." Morton
said, "there aren’t many news
papers left to be bought"
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Oregon's Summer Session classes Campus wide, more than 90 percent of classes are offered Monday through Thursday (or Friday).
Each of the workshops start at 12 00 noon on Friday until 4 50 p m . 8 00 a m to 5 00 p m on Saturdays and Sundays While the
academic assignments vary, generally a paper or project report is assigned and due within two weeks of the completion of the
workshop The Environmental Awareness workshops give students a rare opportunity to truly understand the many facets of our
region Students will be close to the things they study see, smell, hear and touch in order to gain a wide perspective and a magical
appreciation for Oregon Attendance and satisfactory completion of the assignment are mandatory to receive a passing grade
Following are one to two credit workshops currently offered in Leisure Studies and Services during Summer Session:
Esraeiul harness
Deschutes Headwaters
River Recreation
Deserts .
Volcanic Cascades
Crater lake .
Tidepools.
Rivers.
Dunes & Beaches
Lakes.
Environmental Projects
Wilderness
June 10-13
June 16-20
June 25-27
.July 9-11
.July 16-18
.July 23-25
July 30-August 1
August 6 8
August 13-15
August 18-22
August 27-29
foteiaice ItesePreiesiiMPnirai
DART.June 30-July 2
Research Adolescent.
Substance Abuse
Adult Child of Alcoholics
Alcohol College Student
Drugs® Sports
July 12-14
August 4-5
.July 8 9
July 19-21
July 28 30
AAHE/BEST.
OR Institute of Addiction Studies.July 26-30
Conference at Lewis & Clark College
Tobacco Prevention.Conference, July 14-16
Hazard
Compulsive Behavior.Conference, July 21-23
Organization & Operation.June 28-30
Peer Helper
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome June 21-23
Drug Abuse June 23 25
Prevention Education
AIDS® Other STDs.July 26-28
Recreanoo and Tsunsi!)
letsure/Work Motives.June 11-13
Event Management June 18-20
Consumer Behavior.June 25-27
International Tourism.July 2-4
Computer Information. July 9-11
Systems in Tourism
Festival Management July 16-18
Delivering quality Leisure Services July 23-25
Canadian Tourism...July 30-August 1
Oregon Tourism: Issues August 6-8
and Opportunities
Sustainable Tourism August 13-15 and 20-22
this is a 3 credit class