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Word: station (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...last year, the seven members of the Federal Communications Commission rolled up to the White House in an off-white station wagon just as CBS President Frank Stanton was getting out of his gleaming, chauffeured limousine. They had all been invited to witness the signing of the Public Broadcasting Act by President Johnson. But unlike the executives in the industry that they are supposed to oversee, neither FCC Chairman Rosel Hyde nor his colleagues had at their disposal a limousine or a driver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Administrative Law: Static in Broadcasting | 9/27/1968 | See Source »

...that, the FCC does have considerable power, however reluctant it is to wield it. A quasi-judicial body created by Congress, the commission issues and can revoke the licenses of all broadcasters. It can bring pressure against a station that does not grant equal time to political candidates. Under its "fairness doctrine," it tries generally to make sure that a station's programs provide a "broad spectrum of views." It can punish with fines or get a "cease and desist" order if a station does not comply with the specific rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Administrative Law: Static in Broadcasting | 9/27/1968 | See Source »

...days, as California Congressman John Moss recently pointed out, "are nearly as perfunctory as library-card renewals." And two weeks ago, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago dealt a heavy setback to two important requirements dictated by the fairness doctrine. One of those requirements provided that any station broadcasting a "personal attack" on someone in an editorial or news documentary must notify that person and offer him time to reply. The other held that any station endorsing or opposing a political candidate must allow the other candidates to reply. In suits brought by CBS, NBC and the Radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Administrative Law: Static in Broadcasting | 9/27/1968 | See Source »

...Chrysler keeps the present list, dealers' prices on 137 models will go up from $38 on certain Dodge Darts to $173 on the Chrysler Town & Country station wagon. Plymouth's bestselling Fury III will be priced at $3,126 (up $109), the Plymouth station wagon with V-8 engine at $3,292 (up $139), the popular Dodge Charger at $3,125 (up $85), the Road Runner at $2,974 (up $78). On the other hand, the price of the slow-selling Barracuda fastback will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Chrysler Ups the Ante | 9/27/1968 | See Source »

Seating by Computer. Brown Brothers Harriman saw to everyone's comfort with the best of banker-like touches. Computers matched the guests' characteristics to promote compatible seating at dinners. There was an armored car to carry valuables from the Olympic Hotel to Union Station while Chairman William M. Allen of Boeing (a Brown Brothers client) entertained the group at his home after a tour of his company's Renton plant. Then everybody got aboard two 20-car Union Pacific special trains for the long run to Sun Valley, Idaho. There, behind closed doors, they took part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Banking: A Novel Celebration | 9/27/1968 | See Source »

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