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...Miranda decision has dismayed some policemen, embittered some prosecutors, and baffled some judges. But U.S. television is taking it in stride. In Denver last week, a meeting of 500 district attorneys from across the country was visited by Actor Ben Alexander, burly, laconic co-star with Jack Webb in the popular Dragnet series of the 1950s. Puffing his new Felony Squad show, due next month on ABC, Alexander said: "The Supreme Court says we can't interrogate crooks any more. So what choice do we have?" His answer: "We shoot...
...Dragnet, Webb and Alexander trapped their suspects through clever but ever-polite cross-questioning in the squeal room. Not so on Felony Squad. "On our show the viewers will see the crime committed, so they know the guy's guilty. That way, nobody gets upset when we shoot him." Most often the TV crook will bite the dust in the usual gunfight finale, but on occasion he may die in an auto crash or fall to his death from a tower or cliff. In short, the good guys will still be beating the bad guys-at least...
...these is money. "All radio stations run on a shoe string," says Webb and WHRB is no exception, even though it has no salaries to pay. Expensive equipment has to be bought fairly often, as WHRB expands and tries to keep up with the "state of the art." The station just moved in January to its new Mem Hall studio, and although Harvard provides the space, they paid for all the renovation and new equipment, Webb explained. The station is also in the process of converting to FM stereo broadcasting, installing a larger transmitter, and improving its closed circuit broadcasting...
...orgies. The issue has repercussions both inside and outside the studio. Outside, it means that anyone interested in rock simply has no WHRB members don't find this disturbing in the least. "I'm not especially concerned--I'd rather do a good job than have University listeners," says Webb. Others do care--slightly. But there is no significant "rock bloc" as there are folk, jazz, or CM (classical) blocs. A recent effort of one member, for example, to have an OBG (oldies but goodies) rock orgy was voted down in a members' poll...
...famous reading period orgies are another way to add some spice to the esoteric life, and they are extremely popular with both listeners and the members. As Webb puts it, "Orgies are a chance for CM's like me to let their hair down." He is responsible for the orgy of War Horses--classical music other stations might play, but which WHRB would never touch on a regular show--Beethoven's Fifth, perhaps the Ninth, Dvorak's New World Symphony, and "almost all of Tchaikovsky." Other members offer orgies of "Mothers Day request music," Bossa Nova, Muddy Waters, Mozart...