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KEN SCHANZER NEW NBC SPORTS PRESIDENT; EBERSOL NAMED CHAIR

          Ken Schanzer was named President of NBC Sports
     yesterday by Dick Ebersol, who has served in the position
     since '89.  In March, Ebersol was named Chair of NBC's new
     Olympic division, and his title will now expand to include
     all of NBC Sports.  Schanzer has been Exec VP of NBC Sports
     since '95, and in his new role he will oversee the sports
     division's initiatives in programming, finance, engineering
     and operations, negotiations and acquisitions, and
     promotion.  Schanzer and Exec Producer Tom Roy will continue
     to report to Ebersol (NBC Sports).  In N.Y., Kyle Pope
     reports that Ebersol will now run NBC's Olympic division and
     "its expected launch" of a new football league with Turner
     Broadcasting.  Ebersol said the corporate realignment is
     "not a marriage arrived at by corporate fathers.  The idea
     was totally generated by me."  Schanzer said that he has "no
     plans for any immediate changes" in the sports division
     (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 6/19).  Ebersol: "What this means for
     me is I have an opportunity to give someone I consider my
     best friend something he's deserved for a long time" (N.Y.
     DAILY NEWS, 6/19).  In L.A., Stephen Battaglio reports that
     Schanzer "played a key role" in NBC's recent contract
     extension with the NBA, and "is also credited" with
     orchestrating the net's deal with Notre Dame to broadcast
     the school's home football games (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 6/19). 
     

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