
Among those expected to attend: Vice President Dan Quayle and possibly President George Bush. 69 /NRB IN WASHINGTON Religious broadcasters to convene, hoping to put controversy behind them to focus on continued growth.

64 /SMPTE'89 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers' meeting in San Francisco this week splits focus between current technology and high - definition TV. 58/SUM CHANCE FCC's chances of successfully defending in court its rule banning indecent programing on 24 -hour basis appear slight. 44 /BEING THERE Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, addressing Gannett Center conference in New York, give advice to President Bush about his relationship to press and speak frankly about their use of media while in White House.

56 /GOING FOR 100% PARITY Representatives Mickey Leland (D -Tex.) and Cardiss Collins (D -III.) prepare legislation that would establish more stringent equal employment opportunity requirements for broadcasting and cable. 54 /ESPN ABROAD ESPN unveils plans to step up international distribution of cable sports channel in Latin America and Pacific and enhanced sports syndication service to European television outlets. 50 /CHANGE OF ADDRESS NBC Radio Network's news operation moves into shared facilities with co-owned Mutual Broadcasting System in Arlington, Va, in effort to solve problems of coordinating its newscasts and to cut costs.
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48 /SELLING RADIO Radio Advertising Bureau's 1989 Managing Sales Conference this week is expected to draw full house, as radio executives head to Dallas for four days of workshops and in -depth forums. 45 /AFTER CONSOLIDATION Cable programers continue to see their revenue base partially eroded with growing consolidation in cable industry. 42 /PROMOTING THE 'BOSS' Columbia Pictures Television hires former network promotion executive Steve Sohmer to create multimillion -dollar market- by- market promotional campaign for syndication debut of off- network Who's the Boss?.
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32 /EISNER'S PROGRAMING STANDARDS Walt Disney Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner urges TV executives to "just say 'no'to opportunistic television." 41 /NBC SWEEPS UP NBC -N's winning streak continues in market -by- market Arbitron rankings for November 1988 sweeps. PAGE /INDEPENDENT ISSUES Independent broadcasters worry about cable program 'siphoning' and children's TV bill. Affiliates meet ABC, NBC and CBS brief their respective affiliates on upcoming programing and promotional efforts.

Issues tackled during panel sessions included whether tabloid TV has gone too far, impact of local programing and regulatory issues facing television. 5 Showing off at NATPE.Annual programer gathering in Houston has become increasingly stratified, say some observers of floor show.
