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~--------~The following investigation was conducted by sAl
~--------~lin Los Angeles, California, on 9/8/92: ~--~
SAl lcontactedl I, a client services
representative for VIDEO MONITORING sERVICES (VMS}, 3434 W. Sixth
Street, Los Angeles, California, telephone 213-380-5011,
regarding the type of services that his company can provide.
~------~lstated that VMS records radio and television
broadcasts, seven days a week/twenty-four hours a day. The
service monitors the radio broadcasts from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00
a.m., as well as all television network news programming. VMS
retains the broadcasts for thirty-one days from the time the
program airs, after which time, the recordings are erased Cthe
actual stations maintain their own respective archives). I
further noted, that VMS has.an agreement with the station~s~t~h~a~t~~
VMS can sell the broadcasts only if the recordings are used for
research purposes. However, the broadcasts can be used in court
if obtained by subpoena.
The following is the complete list of radio stations
that VMS records daily:
KABC
KISS
KNX
KCRW
KKBT
KPWR
KFI
KLAC
KROC
KFWB
KLOS
KUSC
KGIL
KSLX
KIEV
KMPC
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The following is the complete list of television
stations which are recorded daily. VMS records all network news
programs and talk shows (ie., Today, Good Morning America,
Donahue, Oprah, Sally Jesse Rafael.):
KCBS
KCOP
KNBC
KCET
KABC
KCAL KTTV KTLA
FEES FOR RADIO BROADCASTS
Audio Tapes: 0-5 min {$35}, 5-10 min ($45}, 10-30 min
($60}, 30-60 min ($85).
Transcripts: First 100 lines ($38), 38 cents for each
additional line. The average 30 minute program ta~es up 600 lin~s
of transcript.
FEES FOR TELEVISION BROADCASTS