Editing Metromedia (section)

===Legal battles===
In retaliation for a lawsuit brought by [[Paul Winchell]], who sought the rights to his children's television program ''Winchell-Mahoney Time'', which was produced at KTTV in Los Angeles during the mid-1960s, it is believed that KTTV management [[Lost television broadcast#Wiping|destroyed]] the program's video tapes. In 1989 Winchell was awarded nearly $18 million as compensation for Metromedia's capricious behavior.<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/89-OCR/1989-07-03-BC-0115.pdf "Victory for ventriloquist." ''Broadcasting'', July 3, 1989, pg. 37]{{dead link|date=August 2015}}</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-07-03-mn-917-story.html "Paul Winchell Gets Last Word and $17.8 Million." "LA Times", July 3, 1986]</ref>

In 1983, [[Christine Craft]], a former evening news co-anchor at KMBC-TV in Kansas City, sued Metromedia on claims of fraud and [[sexual discrimination]]. After spending eight months at KMBC-TV in 1981, she was demoted to reporting assignment after a [[focus group]] study claimed Craft was "too old, too unattractive and not deferential to men" in the eyes of viewers. Craft declined the reassignment and subsequently resigned from the station. Craft initially won her case, though she lost on appeal at the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]].<ref>"Newsroom issue goes to court." ''Broadcasting'', August 1, 1983, pp. 24-25. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/83-OCR/BC-1983-08-01-Page-0024.pdf]{{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/83-OCR/BC-1983-08-01-Page-0025.pdf]{{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>"Craft decision leaves questions." ''Broadcasting'', August 15, 1983, pp. 28-30. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/83-OCR/BC-1983-08-15-Page-0028.pdf]{{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/83-OCR/BC-1983-08-15-Page-0029.pdf]{{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/83-OCR/BC-1983-08-15-Page-0030.pdf]{{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/85-OCR/BC-1985-12-23-Page-0069.pdf "Craft case continues." ''Broadcasting'', December 23, 1985, pg. 69]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>"Christine Craft wins two, loses big one." ''Broadcasting'', March 10, 1986, pp. 74-75. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/86-OCR/BC-1986-03-10-Page-0074.pdf]{{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/86-OCR/BC-1986-03-10-Page-0075.pdf]{{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>