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...Zucker's experiments have worked out. In one recent week the show tried a series of daily call-in segments on such topics as sex, dieting and jobs; they seemed unfocused and pointless. But the show's resurgence is causing concern at Good Morning America, where Joan Lunden and Charles Gibson offer more stable but increasingly bland competition. (CBS This Morning remains a not-quite-so-distant third in the ratings.) Weatherman Spencer Christian recently began joining them on the anchor couch, perhaps to simulate Today's "family" appeal. And when NBC ran TV ads several weeks ago touting Today...
...news. C-SPAN, which is available in 53 million U.S. homes, aired a total of 25 hours of live coverage of our editorial meetings as well as taped interviews with editors; art, picture and production staff; and some of my publishing colleagues. Our video friends were even hosts of call-in programs that allowed viewers to discuss issues with TIME journalists...
...himself an immigrant from Calgary, says he has joined the demonstration to denounce a double standard. "Canadians can't come in the way these people do," he claims. "They get on welfare just by showing up at the office." Roger Hedgecock, a former San Diego mayor, uses his popular call-in radio show to endorse the protests. He also attends the demonstrations. "We want respect for American laws," says Hedgecock. "Mexicans are violating our laws." He and others demand immediate but unspecified congressional action. Judging by the phone calls Hedgecock receives, it would seem that many San Diegans share...
...gasoline -- never mind that the U.S. is involved in a gulf crisis partly because of its failure to use energy prudently. Word that there would be a tax break for the wealthy also prompted indignation. The offices of some lawmakers received hundreds of calls protesting the measures. Radio call-in programs got a similar response. At radio station WGST in Atlanta, all three talk shows buzzed with listeners' indignation. Said producer Nancy Zintak: "I haven't heard people this mad about anything in a long time...
...Talk, NPR's offbeat call-in show, gets as much mileage out of the jokes as the information. Boston's Tappet brothers -- actually two M.I.T. grads named Ray and Tom Magliozzi, who own an auto-repair shop and drive U.S. models -- have turned America's love-hate relationship with the automobile into a stand-up routine. "Do you know why they call the Volvo the poor man's Mercedes?" Ray once asked a perplexed caller. "Because the repair bills will keep you too poor to buy a Mercedes...