Word: broadcasting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this goal. Moscow's view of Iran under the Shah appears to have been highly ambiguous. Some experts believe Iran's Tudeh Communists played a direct role in the well-organized strikes of the oil workers and in the mass demonstrations against the Shah. Russian radio stations broadcast anti-American and anti-Shah propaganda. Yet the Soviets also became the Shah's third largest arms supplier and entered into several commercial ventures with him, including the purchase of natural gas. A widely held view among foreign observers is that Moscow preferred the Shah's rule...
...depart for Moscow, and arrangements were made for reporters to be briefed extensively in the U.S. on the details of the new arms control treaty. In Washington, the White House alerted the TV networks that President Carter might be making a major statement that they would want to broadcast live. There was speculation a similar statement would be made in Moscow by Soviet Communist Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev. The two leaders, it was assumed, would announce their long awaited summit in mid-January. Would there be any fallout on SALT from Washington's decision to normalize relations with China...
Speaking in a nationally broadcast press-conference, Carter also said that he was "somewhat discouraged" by the slowdown in Mid-East peace negotiations, but added that he thought the peace process was experiencing only "temporary setbacks...
...affair. Television cameras have provided us with a grotesquely complete portrait of all events pre-and post-suicide in Jonestown and anywhere else the People's Temple has left its mark; in fact, the only thing missing was the main event. Nothing could be errier than watching the films broadcast last Wednesday night by NBC, when they showed the tapes Don Harris would have broadcast had he made it back alive. Therein American viewers, waiting to see Johnny Carson, were treated to the sight of a now-dead reporter interviewing and filming scores of people just a few hours before...
From a small carrier-current station started in the '40's, WHRB has grown impressively in wattage and facilities. Privately run, WHRB has an annual budget of over $15,000 and a broadcast range of 3000 watts--ten times that of the average college radio station, says station manager Bill Barol '79. Completely self-supporting, WHRB finances itself through advertising revenues, though Barol notes ruefully, "We haven't seen any profits in a long time." The station generally breaks even...