Word: broadcasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...French promised to help train the Togolese to take full control of currency, defense and diplomacy by 1960-if Olympio would keep the terms quiet until France and all its overseas territories had voted on the new constitution. Olympio agreed. Only after the referendum was over did he broadcast the happy news to his people: by 1960 they would be free...
With many a TV set, viewers are still subject to double vision. Now both NBC and ABC are trying to add double sound. After a test run in seven cities, Lawrence Welk's Wednesday show (ABC) was broadcast nationwide in stereo, i.e., two different mikes feeding the schmalz into two transmitters. Fans yearning to catch the slightest nuance in each oom-pah-pah could turn on their AM radio as well as the TV set and, by placing them seven to ten feet apart, achieve an approximation of stereo sound. The experiment worked so well that ABC equipped...
...spur stereo broadcasting, the Federal Communications Commission granted permission for FM stations to test stereo "multiplexing," a system that sends the two separate signals over a single radio frequency. New York City's WBAI started to broadcast stereo last week; WRCA-FM will begin next week. Manhattan's two-year-old Madison Fielding Corp. last month put out a multiplex stereo adapter that can be attached to any FM radio, turn it into a stereo set. Price...
...announcement was foreshadowed by a Peiping radio broadcast noting an absence of U.S. warships and aircraft in the Quemoy area...
Playwright Synge's heirs (he died in 1909), who had at first refused to let anyone tamper with Playboy, finally gave their blessings for the O'Farrell production. BBC bought out one performance to broadcast the show, and there were nibbles from U.S. producers. The charm of lyrics, music and dances took some of the original sting out of Synge. Playwright Synge had never liked what he called "the false joy of the musical comedy," but seeing this show would probably have set his heart awonder...