NO ROOM AT THE INN FOR LOCAL ABC AFFIL AT FEDEX FIELD

          Because Washington, DC's WJLA-ABC is not a TV partner
     of the Redskins, the affil will no longer be allowed to set
     up live reports from inside Redskins Park, according to
     Leonard Shapiro of the WASHINGTON POST.  WJLA sports anchor
     Rene Knott was told by the team that he must do his live
     reports at for the evening news from the stadium parking
     lot.  WJLA News Dir Steve Hammel: "They told us the reason
     is that we're not a financial partner with them.  They
     believe, accurately, that it's their facility and they can
     do what they like."  Redskins TV partners (WRC, WTTG and
     WUSA) are allowed to do reports from inside locations within
     FedEx Field, but not all of them "ask" to.  Redskins Senior
     VP/PR Karl Swanson said of the team's restriction of WJLA:
     "This is not a TV studio.  We don't have space for that sort
     of thing.  The only people using space here are ABC, Fox,
     and ESPN because they have national contracts.  [WRC] and
     [WUSA] have it written in their contracts they can set up
     inside."  Meanwhile, sources told Shapiro that ABC Sports
     has "not been enamored with their treatment" by the Redskins
     during two "MNF" games at FedEx Field. Shapiro: "Maybe
     that's the reason 'MNF' did not show a single close-up of
     [Redskins Owner] Daniel Snyder in his owner's box during the
     Titans game and also put up a graphic showing that it cost a
     family of four $396 to attend a Redskins game, compared with
     $227 in Pittsburgh" (WASHINGTON POST, 11/4).

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