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...past year or so, at least 15 saloons have opened in Denver mostly in the southeast part of town, where singles apartments and condominiums are concentrated. In the San Francisco Bay area, where there are more than 125 of the clubs, prospective two-steppers can dial a special number (652-2792) to find out where the action is. Some newcomers are lured to Detroit's Urban Cowboy, the most successful C&W spread in Michigan, by truck drivers who tout its charms on their CBs. The Boston area, with a full-time AM country-music station, has about...
When the Public Broadcasting stations in New York (WNET), Washington (WETA), Chicago (WTTW) and Los Angeles (KCET) launched the monthly television guide Dial (circ. 690,000) last September, praise from charter subscribers was all but overwhelmed by protests from other publishers. Reason: Dial, which is sent to supporters of sponsoring stations (now including WTVS Detroit) who contribute at least $25 a year, would compete for advertising with commercial magazines while enjoying Public Broadcasting's nonprofit advantages. Among those breaks: generous tax exemptions, lower postal rates, tax-deductible subscription fees and free promotion on PBS stations.* Publisher Philip Merrill, whose...
...Dial has won a decisive round in the battle: the Internal Revenue Service rejected a challenge from Merrill two weeks ago, ruling that Public Broadcasting Communications, Inc., which publishes Dial for the sponsoring stations, is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization. Merrill had already lost a round with the Federal Communications Commission, which last month refused to prohibit PBS stations from promoting Dial...
Still pending is Dial's appeal for second-class, not-for-profit mailing rates, which could save it $380,000 annually...
...movies, it is usually the couple two rows back who turn out to be practitioners of voice-over chic, tenderly broadcasting all the half-baked thoughts they ever half-understood about Fellini. Dial a phone number and the absent owner's talking machine coughs a set piece of cuteness before granting a moment for you to interject a brief message. As for bridge players, the typical foursome hardly finishes the play of a hand before the air burbles with a redundant rehashing...