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Last month the FCC approved the educational station for San Antonio (46th in the U.S.). Last week, as building plans were being drawn, Greenburg promised that the new station will shun "canned material from the BBC and the Ford Foundation," will be strictly a platform for great teachers to "shame" poor ones. "The classroom won't be a secret any more," says Greenburg. "It will be open to the public eye, and brother, teachers had better perform...
Most TV drama is atrociously written, but considering the obstacles, it is remarkable that any of it gets written at all. Testifying before the FCC last week, the elders of the advertising profession reported on the infinitely detailed sponsors' commandments that govern TV's script carpenters. Samples...
...included in the FCC testimony was this directive issued by the Prate, Preen and Blough Agency for Blastwell, Inc., small-arms manufacturer: "Competitive methods of 'death' dealing, such as head-bashing, ax-hacking, plank-walking or feeding to soldier ants are prohibited on our private-eye show, Johnny Contusion. Not all actors need be armed, but where it seems 'natural,' Blastwell pistols should be worn. It is absolutely essential that all pistol shots hit their targets. 'Death' should be swift and sure, but on the other hand there should be no shots of messy...
Communications Commissioner Richard A. Mack, 51, who quit under fire in 1958, also got off the hook. Due to be tried again for conspiracy in rigging the FCC award of a TV channel in Miami (a first trial last year mired in a hung jury), Mack was examined by two court-appointed physicians last week. Their verdict: Mack is a bedridden alcoholic who has consumed from half a pint to a pint of whisky daily for years. The judge postponed the trial until such time as Mack can safely travel to a courtroom...
...troubles in the U.S., where he has about $1,000,000 invested. Last December the Federal Communications Commission deferred renewal of the broadcasting license for Pasadena, Calif. radio station KRLA, bought by Brother Donald Cooke (a U.S. citizen since 1947) with the help of a loan from Jack. The FCC objected to KRLA's programing, complained that Jack had taken an active part in station management, although agency policy prohibits foreign ownership...