ADVISORY/Marines to Honor Dennis Swanson -- Reisenbach's 'Distinguished Citizen' Of 2002 -- Award To Be Presented At December 10 Gotham Gala.

Entertainment & Business Editors

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Dec. 10)

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WHAT: Several current and former members of the US Marine Corps will
    pay tribute to fellow marine Dennis Swanson, one of America's most
    respected broadcasters, when he receives the "Distinguished
    Citizen Award" from the John A. Reisenbach Foundation, the media
    industry's premiere charitable institution. The Marines will join
    a host of broadcasters and media types at the Reisenbach
    Foundation's 11th annual Gala for a Better and Safer New York.

    New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, a 30-year Marine and
    Vietnam combat veteran who retired as a Colonel, will present
    the award to Swanson -- himself a Vietnam-era veteran who
    retired from the corps as a captain. Ex- USMC Captain Gerry
    Byrne, a former Marine Captain, is co-chairman of the event.
    And the four-member USMC Color Guard will "present the
    colors." The ceremonial bagpipers of the New York Police
    Department will perform.

WHEN: Tuesday, December 10 at 6:30 pm at New York's Rainbow Room, 30
    Rockefeller Plaza. Tickets start at $500. For information call
    212-935-1840.

DETAILS: Oprah Winfrey, whose daytime talk-show was launched by
    Swanson when he was General Manager of Chicago's WLS-TV, has
    recorded a three-minute video tribute to her former boss. Channel
    4 News anchor Jim Rosenfield, whom Swanson hired away from Channel
    2 when he was running Channel 4, will attend. Comedy Central
    president Larry Divney, a member of the Reisenbach Foundation
    board, is co- chairman of the event.

    Swanson had been president and general manager of New York's WNBC
    Channel 4 until he joined Viacom Inc. this year as executive vice
    president and chief operating officer of its television stations
    group. He is only the second person honored as a "Distinguished
    Citizen" by the Reisenbach Foundation in its 11-year history. The
    first is Gerald Levin, the former AOL Time-Warner CEO.

HISTORY: Founded in 1991 after the July 30, 1990 unsolved murder of
    John A. Reisenbach, then the 34-year-old vice president of
    national advertising sales for All American (now Pearson)
    Television at the corner of Greenwich and Jane Streets in
    Manhattan, The John A. Reisenbach Foundation is supported by New
    York's media and advertising communities. To date it has given
    more than $3.5 million to programs that improve the quality of
    life in New York. They include The John A. Reisenbach Charter
    School in Harlem; Cab Watch, a program which puts 911-only
    wireless phones in taxis; The John A. Reisenbach Neighborhood
    Safety Project; The John A. Reisenbach Awards for Courtesy,
    Professionalism, and Respect, given to outstanding New York Police
    Department employees in consultation with the New York City Police
    Commissioner; John Jay College of Criminal Justice Masters
    Scholarships and Doctoral Fellowships.