ADVISORY/Katie Couric, Michael J. Fox, Mary Tyler Moore Join Broadcasting & Cable Magazine Hall of Fame On 11/12.

Entertainment Editors

ADVISORY...Mon. (Nov. 12)

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What:
Broadcasting & Cable Magazine holds its 11th annual "Hall of Fame"
gala, adding to an honor roll of TV & radio that includes Lucille
Ball, Johnny Carson, Walter Cronkite, Bob Hope, and President Ronald
Reagan. Event celebrates 70th anniversary of respected trade journal.

When:
Monday, November 12, 2001. Cocktails at 6 pm; Dinner & program
at 7 pm.

Where:
New York Marriott Marquis, West 45 Street & Broadway, Manhattan,
Broadway Ballroom, 6 floor

Honorees
Katie Couric, host, NBC's "Today"
Michael D. Eisner, chairman & CEO, Walt Disney Co.
Michael J. Fox, actor
Tom Freston, president & CEO, MTV Networks
Hal Jackson, radio pioneer and group chairman, Inner City Broadcasting
Lorne Michaels, creator & executive producer, NBC's "Saturday Night
Live"
Mary Tyler Moore, actress
William Lowell Putnam, UHF-TV pioneer
James O. Robbins, president & CEO, Cox Communications

Also Attending
Barry Diller, chairman & CEO, USA Networks Inc. (introducing Michael
Eisner)
Anne Meara, comedienne (accepting for Carroll O'Connor)
Tracy Pollan, actress, Mrs. Michael J. Fox
Jane Powell, MGM musical comedy star (accepting for Arlene Francis)
Katie Sparer, actress, (accepting for her mother, Nancy Marchand)
Jerry Stiller, actor & husband of Anne Meara
Mary Wallace, writer, widow of TV newsman Ted Yates
Mike Wallace, CBS News' "60 Minutes" (husband of Mary Wallace)
Eames Yates, producer (accepting for his father, TV newsman Ted Yates)
Jeff Zucker, president, NBC Entertainment

Master of Ceremonies:  Sam Donaldson, ABC News

Details:   Established in 1991 by Broadcasting & Cable Magazine for
its 60th anniversary, the Hall of Fame, the "Honor Roll of the Fifth
Estate," recognizes luminaries in TV, radio, and cable for
"unparalleled excellence and service to the industry."  Founded in
1931 as Broadcasting, the News Magazine of the Fifth Estate,
Broadcasting & Cable (as it has been known since 1993) is America's
premier journal of television, radio, and related media, now owned by
Cahners Business Information.