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...Vine, was driving his Volkswagen through Washington when he passed the White House, home of fellow CB-Owner Betty Ford, whose radionym is First Mama (TIME, May 3). There were no cops around, so he slowed down and tried to reach her on his set, using her FCC-issued call number, but got no response. The attractive First Lady was not monitoring her set,* so Red Vine reminded her to drive safely, wished her love and kisses and signed...
...broadcasts. Earl Stevens, editor of the National CB Truckers' News (circ. 250,000), last week accused First Mama of rustling votes over the Citizen's Band airwaves-a violation, says he, of federal regulations. Fearful that campaigners might clog the air, Stevens has called on the FCC to prevent politicians from rendering "our CB radios useless in election years." Ten-four, First Mama...
...FCC announced today that for every Ford commercial run on television, a minute of an old Ronald Reagan film must be shown. As a result of this action, a spokesman for George Wallace responded by demanding equal time by showing one minute of "Ironside...
Newspapers have letters-to-the-editor columns and op-ed pages to accommodate outside voices; broadcast equivalents are harder to find. The FCC encourages local stations to let viewers and listeners answer station editorials, but not news and documentary programs. In a Mobil ad that appeared opposite newspaper editorial pages the same day as the "hatchet job" blast, the company urged consideration of a "voluntary mechanism" for reply that would be "developed by the press [and] which would promote free and robust debate...
...FCC has kept mum on sex rock. In 1971, when there were complaints about such suspect drug songs as White Rabbit, Puff the Magic Dragon "and One Toke Over the Line, the FCC drew up guidelines on the airing of dope lyrics. The agency is impotent about sex, however. Explains Jason Shrinsky, the lawyer who represents 200 radio stations before the FCC: "Sex is so subjective. The FCC doesn't know what standard...