Community Radio 55 Starts Small in New York Garage
Joseph Blanco runs Community Radio 55 from his Monsey garage using carrier current to reach about 100 homes on Ackertown Road and adjacent streets. The venture, lacking FCC approval, operates Sundays 7 am to 4 pm with five volunteers, plans to expand by leasing audio lines and covering Ramapo’s 75,000 people.
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New York
Joseph Blanco
Ackertown Road
Monsey
N.Y
Jean Lane
Pine Brook Road
Blanco
Federal Communications Commission
Community Radio 55
F.C.C
New York City
Wcbs-Tv
Spring Valley
Manhattan
Rockland County
Ramapo
Musicologists race to save Africa’s fading traditional songs
Musicologists led by Hugh Tracy record Africa’s oral traditional music before radio and pop culture erode it. The International Library of African Music aims to preserve songs from some 150 tribes, with Tracy’s 300 records spanning Congo pod rattles to Rhodesian flutes. He argues African music is complex and vital to national unity and pride.
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Washington
Africa
International Library of African Music
National Geographic Society
Hugh Tracy
International Library
Washington, D.C
South Africa
Tracy
Sudan
Cape of Good Hope
Congo
Malawi
East Africa
International Library For African Music
African Music Society
Rhodesia
Britain
Soap operas face decline amid profit fears and audience shifts
Industry leaders worry daytime soaps lose viewers as CBS seeks fresh talent and updated storylines. Irna Phillips returns as head writer for As the World Turns, signaling renewed investment while networks fear profit cuts could hit related programming and broader offerings.
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Hollywood
UPI
Cbs-Tv
Irna Phillips
Schaffner plans Papillon and more in next projects
News about Franklin J. Schaffner directing Papillon with Steve McQueen in Guatemala and the Bahamas beginning in June. He also plans Dynasty of Western Outlaws with John Gay, The French Lieutenant's Woman with Lester Goldsmith and John Fowles, plus other high profile projects. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton feature in Bluebeard to shoot in Hungary with Ann-Margret Raquel Welch and Virna Lisi as co stars. Warren Oats and Ryan O'Neal in The Thief Who Came to Dinner. Tammy Grimes in Play It as It Says. Dean Martin and Rock Hudson in Showdown. Lizabeth Scott in Memoirs of a Ghost Writer with Caine Rooney and Stander. Yvette Mimieux to star with Heston in Airborne.
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New York Times News Service
New York
Franklin J. Schaffner
Patton
Nicholas and
Alexandra
Bahamas
Guatemala
Papillon
Henri Charrier
William Goldman
Steve McQueen
Schaffner
John Gay
Jesse James
Pretty Boy Floyd
Missouri
Lester Goldsmith
John Fowles
Fowle
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Bluebeard
Hungary
Edward Dmytryk
Ann-Margret
Raquel Welch
Virna Lisi
Warren Oats
Ryan O'Neal
Tammy Grimes
Dean Martin
Rock Hudson
George Seaton
Lizabeth Scott
Mike Hodge
Michael Caine
Mickey Rooney
Lionel Stander
Yvette Mimieux
Charlton Heston
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Taconic
Ethan Allen Council
Boy Scouts of America
Robert Denko
Pawlet
George Greenwood
Bennington
Bruce McMahon
Wallingford
Scout Council
Grants Bradford
Grant Restaurants
Peter Perkins
Hoosick Falls
MSJ
Mounties
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Bob Mook
Vern Pierce
Glens Falls
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