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...speech at the University of Oklahoma last week, Wayne Coy, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said: "Our files of letters protesting crime programs are bulging." Noting the fondness of radiomen for charts and graphs, he offered some statistical guidance. More than 300 pediatricians, sociologists, neuro-psychiatrists and psychologists, said Coy, were questioned on the effects of crime programs. The results: 90% said such shows had a bad psychological effect on children; 93% said radio thrillers and programs ending in suspense had a bad effect; 81% agreed that present-day radio programs contribute to children's delinquency or antisocial...
...audience heard him tackle the Concerto in D Minor of Mozart, a composer whose clear textures give pianists little chance to hide blunders in taste or technique. Pianist Firkusny had nothing to hide: his technique was clean; his style, unlike that of many another Mozart player, was neither cold, coy nor kittenish. At week's end, on his 38th birthday, he showed an audience in Hunter College's recital hall his fluency and force in other styles: Beethoven, Debussy, Czech Composer Jan Dussek, Stravinsky, and the poetic Schumann's C Major Fantasia, which he has made...
...Wayne Coy, head of the FCC, has denied the extension of broadcasting privileges requested several weeks ago by ex-WHRB president Bradford S. Doane '50. This ruling came as no surprise to the network, Mealy disclosed...
...Coy expressed regret that the Commission had been unable to grant the network an extension to broadcast due to excess radiation the WHRB system required, but according to a report from the station the technical situation is "looking brighter," and the directors hope to revamp the present system to enable further broadcasting under present FCC regulations...
...Coy's letter was in reply to a request for extension sent to the commission by Network President Bradford S. Doane...