CBS TV CEO Les Moonves to Keynote Kagan TV-Radio Conference Oct. 19-21 in New York; More Than 50 Top Execs & Financiers To Speak.CARMEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1999-- Les Moonves, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. TV, will be the keynote speaker at Paul Kagan's conference on TV STATION VALUES & FINANCE: New Deals for the New Century, on Tuesday, October 19, at The Park Lane Hotel The Park Lane Hotel is a 5 Star hotel on Piccadilly, London. The hotel was built in the 1920s in the Grand Art Deco Style by Sir Bracewell Smith. The building is a fine example with a mansard roof and Portland stone facade. The building is Grade II listed. in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . The TV conference kicks off Kagan's three-day broadcast meeting which continues with RADIO ACQUISITIONS & FINANCE on Wednesday-Thursday, October 20-21, also at the Park Lane. The radio conference is sponsored by Arbitron. Moonves, who was appointed president of CBS TV in 1995 and promoted to CEO last year, will address the expanding role of TV networks in station and program ownership as well as growth prospects of broadcast networks in the new competitive environment. As keynote, Moonves will trigger a day-long discussion of the most urgent issues on TV's plate: -- Station and program ownership -- Network ratings and market share -- New FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. duopoly Duopoly A situation in which two companies own all or nearly all of the market for a given type of product or service. Notes: This is very similar to a monopoly, where only one company dominates the market. rules -- New technologies -- Station affiliations The Kagan meetings will bring more than 50 top broadcast industry executives from 15 radio and eight TV station groups together with leading financiers to share their views and visions of the rapidly changing radio-TV business. The conference is especially timely because of a veritable flood of radio and TV consolidation in the past two weeks: -- Viacom's proposed merger with CBS, which would create the nation's largest TV station group -- Clear Channel's announced acquisition of AMFM AMFM Association of Marriage and Family Ministries AMFM Automated Mapping Facilities Management AMFM Association des Modélistes Ferroviaires de Montréal (French: Montreal Railroad Modelers Association) , Inc., forming the biggest radio company in history with 830 U.S. stations and interests in 240 internationally -- NBC's investment in Paxson Communications -- Gemstar buying TV Guide Veteran broadcast analysts Paul Kagan and Robin Flynn will lead in-depth discussions on trends in deal values, markets and multiples as well as regulation, new revenue streams and raising capital in the next millennium. The panel lineup and confirmed speakers: TELEVISION--WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 Keynote speaker: Les Moonves, President & CEO, CBS TV -- THE PROGRAM PLAYOFF: The Changing Relationship of Stations and Networks -- Andy Fisher, Executive Vice President, Cox Broadcasting -- Jim Yager, President/Benedek Broadcasting & NAB Joint Board Chairman -- John Loughlin John Loughlin is Professor of Politics at Cardiff University and was European Studies Centre Visiting Research Fellow at St Antony's College Oxford in 2005-6. Academic Achievements , President/Broadcasting Group, Meredith Broadcasting -- Kenneth Werner, Exec. Vice President/Distribution, The WB Television Network -- GROUP CONSOLIDATION: Trends in Values, Markets and Multiples -- Robert Prather, Exec. Vice President & COO, Gray Communications -- Wendell Reilly, CEO, Grapevine Communications -- Perry Sook, President & CEO, Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. -- Dan Sullivan For other uses, see Dan Sullivan (disambiguation). Daniel "Dan" Sullivan was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap Opera EastEnders. He was played by Craig Fairbrass. , President & CEO, Quorum Broadcasting Co. -- TV REGULATION: Bringing TV into the 21st Century -- Kevin Reed, Sr. Member/Broadcasting Practice, Dow Lohnes & Albertson -- Robert Levine, Partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease -- Mace J. Rosenstein, Partner, Hogan & Hartson -- Wade Hargrove, Attorney, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphry & Leonard -- THE OTHER CAPITAL QUESTION: Raising Debt and Equity in a Multichannel Using two or more paths for transmission or processing. It can refer to a variety of architectures including (1) multiple I/O channels between the CPU and peripheral devices, (2) multiple wires in a cable, (3) multiple "logical" channels within a single wire or fiber or (4) multiple Millennium -- Paul Sweeney, Vice President & Sr. Media Analyst, Salomon Smith Barney -- Jeff Kilrea, Sr. Vice President/Communications Finance, FINOVA Capital Corp. -- Ed York, Managing Director/Media & Communications, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette -- Chris Young, Managing Director, Bank of Montreal “BMO” redirects here. For the mathematics competition, see British Mathematical Olympiad. Bank of Montreal/Banque de Montréal (TSX: BMO, NYSE: BMO) is Canada's fourth largest bank[1], and is classified as a Domestic Chartered Bank (Schedule I). -- Bruce Levy, Managing Director/Media & Entertainment Group, First Union Securities -- Horace Zona, Managing Director, TD Securities (USA) Inc. RADIO - DAY ONE - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20 -- CONSOLIDATION STRATEGIES: Charting Trends in Values, Markets and Multiples -- Kenneth O'Keefe, COO, AMFM, Inc. -- Alfred Liggins III, President & CEO, Radio One -- Richard Weening, Executive Chairman, Cumulus Media, Inc. -- Larry Wilson, Chairman & CEO, Citadel Communications -- RADIO REVENUE & CASH FLOW: How to Generate Top-Line & Bottom-Line Growth -- Jeff Smulyan, Chairman & CEO, Emmis Broadcasting -- Peter Smyth, Group Vice President & COO, Greater Media Radio -- Gary Fries, President & CEO, Radio Advertising Bureau The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) is the sales and marketing arm of the Radio industry with nearly 7,000 members, including almost 6,000 stations in the U.S., and over 1,000 associate members in networks, representative firms, sales and international organizations. -- Robert Sherman, President & CEO, Roberts Radio -- REGULATION AT THE MILLENNIUM: What Changes are in Store in Washington? -- Jason Shrinsky, Mng. Prtnr./Wash. DC, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol -- Gregg Skall, Partner, Pepper & Corazzini, LLP -- Harry Martin, Member, Fletcher, Heald n. 1. A heddle. & Hildreth, PLC -- DEBT & EQUITY: Capitalizing on Radio's Growing Balance Sheets -- Jeff Amling, Managing Director, Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown -- Victor Miller, Managing Director, Bear Stearns -- Kristin Allen, Managing Director, Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse. -- David Allen, Vice President/High Yield, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter -- Reginald Hollinger, Managing Dir./Media & Telecomm. Grp., Chase Manhattan -- Mark Leavitt, Mng. Dir. & Grp. Head/Media, Ent. & Comm., Prudential Securities RADIO - DAY TWO - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21 -- GRASS ROOTS RADIO: Where the Deals Are -- Terry Jacobs, Chairman & CEO, Regent Communications -- Daniel Savadove, CEO, Root Communications Inc. -- David Benjamin, President & CEO, Triad Broadcasting Co. -- Steve Newberry, President & CEO, Commonwealth Broadcasting -- Peter Handy, Managing Director, Star Media Group -- CLUSTERING MID-SIZE MARKETS: The New Upside Potential Upside potential The amount by which analysts or investors expect the price of a security may increase. upside potential The potential price or gain that may be expected in a security or in a security average, generally stated as the dollar -- Rolland Johnson, Chairman & CEO, Three Eagles Communications Three Eagles Communications, Inc. is a media company based in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates 50 radio stations (including pending acquisitions) in Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota. -- Kenneth Maness, President & CEO, Bloomington Broadcasting -- Jeff Warshaw, President, Connoisseur Communications -- Brian McNeill, Managing General Partner, Alta Communications -- Steve Turpin, VP & GM/Communications & Entertainment, The CIT n. 1. A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; - used contemptuously. Which past endurance sting the tender cit. - Emerson. Group -- NEW REVENUE STREAMS FOR RADIO: Mining the Internet -- Chuck Armstrong, Vice President/New Media, AMFM, Inc. -- Gregg Lindahl, President & COO, MP3 Radio.com -- Mark Lieberman, President, About.com Ventures -- David Witzig, Sr. Vice President/Content & Programming, Net Radio Networks -- Ian Freed, General Manager, Real Broadcast Network The Kagan Group has been researching, analyzing and valuing the entertainment media and communications industries for more than 30 years and is the world's leading source for media business news and data. To register or for more information on Kagan's conferences on TV STATION VALUES & FINANCE and RADIO ACQUISITIONS & FINANCE, contact Timothy Akin at: Tel: 831/624-1536; email: seminars@kagan.com; or visit our Web site at: http://www.kagan.com |
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