Volume 21, Number 13 · August 8, 1974
TV Guide
By Andrew Kopkind
The Hundred Million Dollar Lunch
by Sterling "Red" Quinlan
J. Philip O'Hara, 241 pp., $6.95
Broadcast License Renewal Act: Report, together with Separate Views
US House of Representatives, 93rd Congress, 2nd Session
Playing in the FM Band
by Steve Post
Viking, 230 pp., $10.00
Broadcasting is the bastard offspring of industry and art, and in its brief lifetime it has never fulfilled the promise of its parents. Despite the billions of dollars invested in their development and the enormous talents spent, radio and television remain wasteful businesses and mediocre pastimes. It's no wonder that intelligent people find it hard to take seriously most of the programs that are broadcast. Both the managers of the industry and the products of its art are shabby and insincere, and it would be foolish to accept the claims of either at face value.
Review, 3629 words
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