The Warriors "have replaced" Greg Papa as their TV
announcer with "untried" KNBR-radio talk show host Bob
Fitzgerald (S.F. CHRONICLE, 9/11)....TNT VP/Media Relations
Greg Hughes said that TNT "has made special production
plans" for Sunday night's Jets-Patriots game, "including
directing a camera full-time on Jets coach Bill Parcells"
(NEWSDAY, 9/11)....Tuesday night's broadcast of the Mets-
Phillies game, which included a tribute to the late Richie
Ashburn, received a 6.7/11 rating for WPHL-TV in
Philadelphia, which "more than doubles" the Phillies' 3.0
average for the season (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 9/11).
...ABC's "Monday Night Football" featuring the Chiefs-
Raiders received a 13.4/24 rating, down from the 15.8/27 of
the second MNF game in '96 (WASHINGTON POST, 9/11)....New
Federal regulations begin this week that require broadcast
TV stations to carry three hours a week of educational shows
for viewers 16 and under. In N.Y., Lawrie Mifflin writes,
"A look at the fall schedule, which begins on Saturday,
raises serious questions about how ... networks have
accepted the challenge. ... the most watched network, NBC,
continues to say that 'N.B.A. Inside Stuff' is designed to
teach 'life lessons,' not just promote basketball" (N.Y.
TIMES, 9/11)....Lifetime CEO Doug McCormick, on the WNBA: "I
don't want to get ahead of the league, but I'd love to do an
all-star game on Lifetime if they go with a longer season"
(CABLE WORLD, 9/8 issue)....Hill & Knowlton Sports of
Irvine, CA, and London, assisted Athens with its PR effort
in its successful bid for the 2004 Games (L.A. TIMES, 9/11).
