Radio: The Noes Have It

Radio got a good talking-to last week from an experienced and earnest man, CBS Chairman William S. Paley. He jabbed his points home hard, but it was like jabbing at marbles; most of the 4,000 broadcasters who had piled into Chicago were more concerned with the unprogrammed hoopla of the National Association of Broadcasters' first postwar convention. Said Paley:

"I have been reading and hearing ... a growing volume of criticism of American broadcasting. ... We cannot ignore its scope and its destructive effect. ... I believe this rising tide of criticism . ....

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