Word: station
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they reached an isolated clearing near a commercial TV station tower, a quarter-mile away from the government complex, the three men got out of the car. Shots suddenly rang out, and the terrified cabbie ducked to the car floor. Rosado died immediately. Soto lay mortally wounded. The undercover agent suffered superficial wounds. The presumed bombers carried only two boxes of matches and a box of charcoal briquettes. Police officials said they had shouted "Halt!" when the revolutionaries got out of the cab, but the two youths had begun firing...
Because gasoline costs more to refine, and the companies spend more to advertise and deliver it right to the pump, they sell it for 54.4? per gal., a markup of 20.4?. Unlike heating oil, gasoline is heavily taxed; federal, state and local taxes add 13.2? per gal. The service station tacks on an average 9.7? per gal., to bring the cost up to the national average...
...manufacturers of hardware for cable TV are enjoying the most astonishing boom of all. Scientific-Atlanta, maker of a broad range of communications equipment, designed its first earth station to receive satellite-transmitted signals in 1974, and by the end of 1975 had not sold one. In 1977 it sold 65; last year 125; this year it expects to sell 1,000. Cable-TV gear accounted for 75% of the company's 1978 sales of $94 million. Jerrold Electronics in January booked three tunes as many orders for decoder boxes and other cable equipment BRIAN R. WOLFF...
Just about all the elements seem to be in place for a further growth of cable TV dwarfing anything yet seen. Technology is improving: the cost of an earth station to receive satellite signals is down from $100,000 in 1975 to as little as $12,000 today. Programming is becoming more diverse and imaginative. Indeed, the stage is set for a classic scrap for top industry positions, as befits a business in which technology, creative talent and entrepreneurial leadership open a new market...
...have been seen in some areas that cable now reaches. Superstations, however, are running into furious opposition from conventional broadcasters and their allies in the sports and entertainment worlds. MCA-Universal and Paramount are balking at selling any of their TV shows to Turner's Atlanta station, and the Los Angeles Dodgers are threatening to withdraw broadcast rights from KTTV if that Los Angeles station also goes on the satellite...