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...video-game consoles, which turn home TV screens into playing "fields" for tennis, hockey, Ping Pong (average price: $70). Sales of Citizens Band transceivers were boosted dramatically by gutted prices on current 23-channel gear, which becomes less desirable this week when the Government increases the number of CB channels to 40 (see story page 51). King's Department Stores, a Boston-based chain, cut the price of one popular CB rig from $159 to $59; one store sold 20 in two hours. Despite movement of such items, retailers are generally conservative as they enter 1977. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAILING: Christmas Sales: Not Bad | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

...high-volume sales of Citizens Band radios received another boost on New Year's Day, when a Federal Communications Commission ruling that delighted CB bugs went into effect. The FCC authorized the use of 17 more channels to supplement the 23 already crowded by 7.8 million licensed CBers. Although retailing biggies like Sears, Roebuck will gain much from demand for the new, higher-capacity radios, the firm that stands to benefit most is a fast-growing Texas-based chain of consumer electronics stores called Radio Shack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Mr. Lucky of the CBers | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

...Charlie Kaye 43 Keith Bassi MG 35 Lou Bernieri 75 Bob Skronski RT 77 Steve Kaseta 90 Sheldon Smith RE 91 Bob Baggott 91 Bill Crowley LLB 30 Joe Jason 52 Jeff Waller RLB 55 Tommy Joyce 24 Scott Rooth MB 23 Bill Emper 28 Chris Judge CB 18 Lou Rice 11 Kurt Nondorf HB 41 Andy Puopolo 35 Steve Skrovan S 17 Paul Halas

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tentative Starting Lineups | 11/13/1976 | See Source »

During the fracas, CB Fan Johnny Bench used radio jargon to downplay the importance of short wave in baseball. Said Bench: "It still comes down to the fact that someone has to throw the ball, someone has to hit it, and someone has to catch it. Do you copy, good buddy?" In the 1976 World Series, the Cincinnati Reds proved that they throw and hit and catch well enough to be copied into baseball lore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Chilling the Yankees | 11/1/1976 | See Source »

...oversexed husband Charlie-shot in the groin in a tussle with Jimmy Joe's dad, Merle Jeeter-prepares stoically for television's first testicle transplant. As for good ole Merle, he becomes a "born-again" politician. Also tripping into view will be a Miss Tippytoes, a glamorous CB radio freak who Mary thinks has a handle on her husband Tom. Then there is Gore Vidal, who visits Fernwood to see if there is a book in the larger meaning of Mary's breakdown. Says Norman Lear, executive producer of MH2. "My bent as a mature human...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Fernwood Follies | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

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