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Show 6S The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday July 15, 1984 Convention coverage: No more network Taj Mahals Continued From Page 2 ing and diminishing, he said, refercoverage. Inring to dependent stations have been putting up old movies. Affiliates havent been happy about it. Well still be covering the conventions, but a distillation of them. For both journalistic and competitive reasons, the three networks have felt it necessary to commit massive resources to conventions. This year, by those standards, will be a lean year, and yet by almost any other standard, the television operations will be deploying impressive armies S-- gavel-to-gav- el Last weeks answer in San Francisco for the Democratic This is the biggest undertaking National Convention and in Dallas CNN has attempted, said Bob Fur-nafor the Republican National Conventhe executive producer of the tion. The three networks will be sendTurner convention effort. Weve put ing between 400 and 500 people more more effort more d, about apiece to each convention to 300 fewer than in 1980. Although they are not discussing their budgets, they are reportedly spending between $20 million and $25 million apiece on the two conventions about the same as last year. CNN will be sending about 200 people to each convention and spending about half that. FOR THE DEMOCRATIC convention, CNN will be sending three anchors, six field reporters, putting seven cameras on the floor, wiring the three Presidential candidates hotels for broadcast, putting six crews of reporters around San Francisco, with two live remote units ready to travel. Those are small resources by the old network standards, and yet, for a new competitor, they represent an important investment. 200 time, money, into this than anything weve done. The networks are in a pickle; they are putting massive resources into their coverage, and they cant give it time on the air. We can give it as much er, have thought only about scaling time as we want. This is our opportu- back and spending less. The old days nity to show we are competitive and of network Taj Mahals at the convenconfident. We have a real political tions, when great complexes of office weve put on 900 po- space and technical operations would track record litical pieces since last August. We be built once just for the convention, built up to this point, and were not used for a couple of weeks, and then going to drop the story now, half dismantled at tremendous expense, have ended. done. The other three networks, howev (Copyright) A ACROSS 1 5 9 10 12 1 5 1 8 20 21 22 24 FOUND THE CAT WANTED. AND DIDN T EVEN LEAVE HOME ' 1 1MAI 7TIeItc lMlMw IrMIlK 25 28 31 32 34 36 37 39 GET RESULTS WITH ROGER E. MOSLEY . WANT-AD- S 237-200- 41 42 0 At a distance She was Stella Johnson " of the Medici" Big bandleader Brown Pained Lance Consider Jump Before Oriental nurse "The Life of Role for Vicki Lawrence Sack Stuntman Knieval Rowboat propellers Marjorie and Jack Allen of "Real People" " in the Family" Fie was the new Felix Unger " and the King" Flower Hank 30 Gross: abbr. 33 Role for Somers 35 She was Hilary Adams 36 Howie on "The Fall Guy" 38 Monogram for Nielsen 40 He was Ray Beeler: init. Let Us Build YOUR GARAGE! Concrete 2x4 waiis 24x24 Garage 3,995. : Tp,;is,1"e 16x7 Steel FREE ESTIMATES ki: Roof Conversions Auditions Basement Finishing K itch I on Bath Patios All Typos of Construction One Window Overhead Door side entrance door Asphalt Shingles Meets SLC A County Building Codes Includes all Labor Robert S. Larsen Const. 487-288- 0 278-661- 4 KURT MARK jmm See Utahs largest selection of new and used Player Pianos at King's Music. Nine out of every 10 customers make their choice from Kina's! Used Players from New Players from Old Timers, Rebuilt Electric or Pedal Great for Piono Students Other Models 3495 to 6500 One block south of 21st South Daily A Sat. 10-- 6 m Wonderful for listeners. Piano rolls available here 2233 So. 700 486-811- 9 DOWN 2 Dad (clue to puzzle answer) 3 Monogram for Griffith 4 He's "Downtown Brown 5 "Desire Under the 6 Yvonne Carlo 7 Respect 8 Actor Everett 1 1 Hes Patrick Flaherty on "Lottery" (clue to puzzle answer) 1 3 Average grade 14 Point N.A.S." 1 6 Pleasure-seeking man 1 7 Automobile org. 1 9 She was Amy on The 23 Egg dish 26 Coin of Timor 27 Singer Ethel 29 Belonging to baseball's E. V oooooo OQOOO .Radio Dial. 1984Compulog |