Word: channelling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since then, its original three sponsors have increased to ten, and the station claims a peak audience of about 165,000 viewers (Manhattan's lone educational channel can boast only some 65,000 viewers during prime time). Who watches? "Mostly housewives," claims a channel spokesman, who are presumed to be waiting up for husbands who are policemen, waiters, elevator operators, janitors, cab drivers-or late, late, late...
...Channel. Mary made it, but not before she had collided with a shark-which fled...
Against the Grease. Mary already has more records than any other lady marathoner, and now she has set her heart on the Sea of Galilee, Lake Geneva, Loch Ness, New Zealand's Cook Strait and, of course, the English Channel. Tall (5 ft. 91 in.) and lissome (137 Ibs.), Mary is a featherweight compared with most Channel swimmers, who pile on fat as protection against the chilly water. She spurns the traditional coating of axle grease, uses heavy-grade Vaseline instead: it is lighter, more water-repellent. And when she is in the water, her thoughts are miles away...
...Federal Communications Commission will set a date for hearings on the relicensing of Channel 5 sometime this week. Since 1956 the station has been operated by the Boston Herald-Traveler Corporation on a series of temporary permits. Last September, when the F.C.C. extended the WHDH license for four months, it agreed to consider new applications...
Gardner, however, was doubtful about Choate's chances. He claimed that the Herald - Traveler - WHDH complex was generally unhealthy, and said, "diversification of the mass media insures vitality while concentration breeds stagnation." He said that his group would revamp Channel 5 to make better use of Boston's educational resources...