Word: broadcasting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Barry Lando interviewed Lieut. Colonel Anthony Herbert for a 1971 report on prisoners of war in South Viet Nam, he found the soldier too good to be true: a gung-ho, ribbon-covered lifer who was being quietly drummed out of the Army for uncovering U.S. war crimes. CBS broadcast Lando's report of Herbert's plight, and Herbert later became a talk-show hero among foes of the war; his 1973 autobiography, Soldier, hit the bestseller lists...
...subordinates, General Ch'eng Ch'ao-chang, was also officially reported to have suffered "a martyr's death" at his post. Some Sinologists believe the generals were victims of rebellions in Fukien that forced Hua to dispatch 12,000 troops to the region. Last week a radio broadcast from Fukien reported that followers of the Gang of Four were still causing "very serious" problems in the area...
...Christ. The first Latin-born Protestant revivalist ever to win wide renown in the region, Palau has preached to the masses in stadiums and bullrings in 17 nations. The middle and upper classes see him on TV answering phoned-in questions. Palau's two daily radio programs are broadcast widely across the continent. The message and the methods are modeled after those of Billy Graham, down to precrusade organization (by a staff of 17) and convert counseling...
...restricted and they may not be quoted in the press. Individuals apprehended on suspicion of posing a threat to South Africa's security, under a new law passed last year, can be detained indefinitely without trial. Justifying the harsh steps, Kruger explained to the nation on a TV broadcast that the government had acted swiftly to defuse a dangerous "revolutionary climate," fueled by "a small group of anarchists." Pretoria, he vowed, would re-establish the "total stability" that preceded last year's bloody riots in Soweto...
Small wonder. The changes turned out to be more extensive than anyone could have guessed: CBS not only moved most of its top broadcasting executives, it also realigned its corporate structure. In doing so, it copied stitch for stitch the winning pattern of ABC, which separates responsibility for programming, sports and business operations among three men, rather than consolidating it in the hands of one man, as CBS had done in the past. Overseeing everyone will be Gene Jankowski, 43, the new president of the Broadcast Group and a protégé of CBS President John Backe. Robert Wuscome...