Word: listener
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sellout crowd of about 47,300 is assured for the first game of this intriguing rematch of last October's frenzied series. The rest of the nation can listen or watch on network NBC television, which pays $3,000,000 for the privilege. The game starts...
...honors went to Max Adrian, the "old, dangling" Sir Peter Teazle, and Cavada Humphrey, his young bride Lady Teazle. Adrian is a past master of timing and comic acting--a second "incomparable Max." And, as usual, it was a joy to watch Miss Humphrey's lovely carriage and to listen to her crystal-clear diction...
...that time there were "workshops" at Adams House--a series of Sunday afternoon sessions, where students could play some jazz, or just listen. Kuhn acted as technical adviser at the workshops and feels they were "rather successful." "A lot of people had a chance to play, and some learned something. It folded last year when Beckwith graduated." Although many jazzmen miss the workshop sessions, no one has filled the void with initiative...
...self-congratulation, Chicago's high-velocity radio station WIND was noisily blowing good toward an unaccustomed quadrant-the city's high schools. Teen-agers got a daily earful of such airborne blasts as: "Want to hear about a contest that's fantabulous? Then, guys and gals, listen! Just write, in 50 words or less, a statement saying 'I am going back to school because.' Enter today-that sawbuck will look pretty sharp in your pocketbook! The grand prize winner will win $100 in loot. Take part in all these kicks!" Sample promotion tagline: "The little...
...wonderful. What I think is interesting is that we prove the station has an adult appeal. A parent might be disgusted because of a station's playing Elvis Presley or Ricky Nelson. She'll say, 'Go out and play. Turn off the damn radio. Stop listening to that junk.' Now she hears that station telling that kid to go back to school. She says, 'Listen...