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...FM set owners in southern New Mexico's clear and dry Tularosa Basin, Max Rothman's converted chicken coop with the homemade broadcast tower was the best radio station on the air. Because Max, a chubby, balding man of 40, worked at nearby Holloman Air Force Base (like all 50 FM owners), his wife Sima handled the daytime broadcasts, wrote copy, answered the phone and managed to look after four children between platters and chatter. As feeding time grew near, the squalls of her baby son often punctuated her spot announcements, but nobody seemed to mind. After work...
...twanging cowboy laments that flooded the air waves of the region, and for this, many farmers came from miles around to shake Max's hand. Says he: "A lot of them told me they had never heard music like this before." The combination of Max and FM proved so fertile that now, two years after the Rothmans began flooding the basin with Beethoven, Schoenberg, Saint-Saëns and other good music. FCC is letting him branch out with an AM radio station as well. And this week the station's 36 stockholders-mostly old friends-will meet...
...collection of LP records, is now a stockholder. Rothman traded radio time for food and furniture, and Sima, an amateur artist, illustrated the monthly programs. In return for job printing, the Alamogordo newspaper got free newscasts. To pay for delivery of a fifth child, Max installed FM equipment in the obstetrician's house, acquiring another listener in the bargain. After seven months he quit his job at the missiles development center to spend his time signing up new customers and "keeping people aware...
...second and third talks in the series will be given on Wednesday and Thursday nights, and they will all be carried on WGBH-TV (channel 2) and rebroadcast later by WGBH-FM. Tonight, Conant's topic will be "Free Germany Reviews Its Past...
...lectures will be televised live on WGBH (channel 2), and recorded by WGBH-FM (89.7mc) for later broadcast...