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...breadth and range of potential advertisers,” says John R. Menninger ’57, the station’s chief engineer at the time. In 1956 WHRB President Geoffrey M. Kalmus ’56 told The Crimson that WHRB might soon make the switch...
...expenses that came along with the switch in technology meant that WHRB also required more funding from advertisements, but as long as the ends met, watching the bottom line didn’t affect the station’s repertoire. “We were operating at low financial margin, so we could broadcast things that we liked as opposed to those that would make it easier to sell advertising,” Menninger recalls. “I can’t believe that the station hasn’t changed to reflect a wider listening audience, but then...
...effort to go global, WHRB has transformed from the Harvard-only station it was 50 years ago to one that mostly serves listeners outside Harvard’s gates. But whatever philosophy guides its programming today, WHRB’s global reach began 50 years ago with a switch from tunnels to towers...
...insurance plan with no alternatives. If the government decided to reduce funding or deny coverage for certain medical technologies or procedures, patients would have to forgo their use or pay for it out of pocket. Under the current system, if people are dissatisfied with their plan, they can simply switch insurance carriers. No one denies the moral imperative for reform to provide health-care access to all Americans, but a single-payer system is not the answer...
...what has been dubbed a blow to Malaysia's religious freedom, the country's highest court on Wednesday denied an appeal by Christian convert Lina Joy to make her switch from Islam recognized by law. A multi-ethnic state composed largely of Muslim Malays, Christian and Buddhist Chinese, and Hindu and Sikh Indians, Malaysia has long prided itself on its diversity of faiths. To safeguard this religious heterogeneity, the country's constitution sets out a dual-track legal system in which Muslims are bound by Shari'a law for issues such as marriage, property and death, while members of other...