Tom O'hara

August, 1964

Critics of the broadcasting industry have found a vocal champion in the Ivy League personage of E. (for Emil) William Henry, 35, clean-cut young chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Shortly after succeeding tough-minded Newton ("Vast Wasteland") Minow, Henry actively took up the cause of fewer commercials, thus continuing the tradition that the FCC control booth should control. A nation of televiewers has applauded Henry's pleas, but Congress and the broadcasters remain s...