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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also admitted that affiliate switches had hurt; in the past two years, NBC has lost ten major local stations to ABC, affecting the ratings for both news and entertainment shows. Nonetheless, there were some hopeful signs: the news budget is up 23% over last year, and Tom Snyder (host of the new magazine Prime Time) and Phil Donahue (with frequent appearances on Today) should bring ratings punch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Struggling to Leave the Cellar | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...understand you were recently in Africa celebrating the independence of Kenya," his talk-show host offers...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Fringe Benefits | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...jubilant women's lacrosse team returned from Pennsylvania Saturday after placing fifth in the National Collegiate Women's Lacrosse Tournament and laying claim to the ninth or tenth place slot in this season's national rankings. West Chester State, the host team, nabbed first place in the tournament when they downed Ursinus, 8-4, in the finale yesterday afternoon...

Author: By Michele D. Healy, | Title: Stickwomen Upset Penn, Place Fifth in Tournament | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...musical experiences that have shaped the styles of its individual players and the roots of jazz itself. One thinks of avantgarde jazz in terms of raw rhythmic energy and screeching atonalism, but the Art Ensemble's musical vocabulary evokes swing, calypso, bebop circus music, rhythm'n blues and a host of other influences side-by-side with the visionary innovations of a Coltrane or an Ayler. It's not simply a case of an eclectic repertoire; these diverse styles emerge organically from the Art Ensemble's musical conception and are knit into a fabric that clearly belongs...

Author: By Paul Davison, | Title: 'Great Black Music' Comes of Age | 5/10/1979 | See Source »

...much cleavage, but think on it. Patti Smith is something of a genius. Five years ago she took tired ole rock muzak and pumped out "Gloria," "Horses," "Set Me Free," a re-done "My Generation," "Break It Up," "Piss Factory," a re-done "Hey Joe," "Redondo Beach," and a host of refurbished Lou Reed songs. She took a pickaxe and buried it deep into the "new apathy," re-defined the ME generation...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: The Street Symbolist Finds Her Ark | 5/8/1979 | See Source »

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