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...Without the benefit of instant ratings, television knew what the public wanted and what it had to deliver. Was it successful? Fifty-seven percent of the sample in a WCVB-TV (Ch. 5) poll said the media devoted too much attention to the story; they were watching a WCVB broadcast about the crisis at the time...
...took only hours. Wednesday morning, Berri summoned reporters and TV crews to the hot, crowded basement under his office in West Beirut to broadcast "my answer to threats from America." First, Berri announced the release of Palmer, 48, a hefty air-conditioning technician from Little Rock, who was seated next to him. Palmer suffers from high blood pressure and a heart condition...
...many Anglos, Hispanic insularity seems to be, to put it bluntly, un- American. This feeling not infrequently is reinforced by straightforward, ugly racism. Neil Rogers, who conducts a talk show on Miami radio station WINZ, last December broadcast a prediction of continued heavy Cuban immigration into South Florida and invited his listeners to comment. "Shoot them before they land," suggested one caller. More often, Anglos simply avoid contact with Hispanics. Bob Lansing, who runs a collection agency in Beverly Hills, grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles when it was predominantly Jewish. Now that...
...Broadcasters across the country are discovering the same thing. Seventeen full-power TV stations now carry predominantly foreign-language programming, and more than 100 others broadcast at least some foreign-language shows. Twelve are affiliates of SIN, the prospering Spanish-language network that also beams its programming to 325 cable systems and twelve low-power TV stations. Three more are members of NetSpan, a year-old SIN competitor...
Despite losing money in its inaugural season last year, the Ivy League football Game of the Week will be broadcast over public television again this year...