Word: station
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Traveler Corp., which has operated WHDH-TV since it came on the air in 1957, reported himself "shocked but undismayed" by the ruling and expressed confidence that it would be overturned by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Until the court acts, the newspaper will retain control of the station...
...truth and justice." In a full-page, flag-bedecked newspaper ad, Miller pledged his allegiance to the Stars and Stripes, the President, servicemen, policemen and firemen. Miller's No. 1 fan, Mayor Richard Daley, delivered a testimonial on the air, and congratulatory telegrams and flowers poured into the station. More important, listeners began tuning in: since Miller made his debut in October, WCFL's morning ratings have jumped from ninth place to second in the fiercely competitive 24-station Chicago market. Miller now has 15% of the morning audience, and is closing fast...
...Barrage. Besieged by irate telephone calls, the station decided Miller's right-wing opinions might escalate tensions, and it immediately pulled Miller off the air until the "whole thing died down." That only brought an even hotter barrage of pro-Miller calls, and the station was forced to close down its switchboard and post police outside the studios. Housewives picketed the station. The Greater Chicago Police Association reacted by naming Miller their Man of the Year...
...caused him to lose 26 lbs. in two weeks, and sued WIND for $5,000,000 for "trying to kill me as a performer." The suit was settled out of court in August. To the surprise of many of his listeners, Miller then joined liberal-leaning WCFL, a station owned by the Chicago Federation of Labor. Explained Station Manager Lou Witz: "We feel a conflict of opinions gives more interest to the station...
...which to observe the earth and its weather, or to give astronomers a wonderfully close, clear look at the heavens. Western scientists cited the attractions to biologists and engineers of spacelab experiments in utter vacuum and weightlessness. There also remained the unspoken threat that Moscow could turn a space station into a military weapon...