Arthur W. Arundel

(noun)

Arthur W. Arundel is credited with creating the first 24-hour all-news station, radio or television, in the United States in January 1961 on his owned and operated WAVA station in Washington.

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  • Radio News

    • Broadcasting pioneer Arthur W.
    • Arundel is credited with creating the first 24-hour all- news station, radio or television, in the United States in January 1961 on his owned and operated WAVA in Washington.
    • Arundel helped other stations in New York and Chicago also to convert to his all-news format and then met direct competition from Washington Post-owned WTOP in 1969.

  • Garfield and Arthur

    • When told that his party, including his own campaign manager, Stephen W.
    • Arthur worked to raise funds for Republican Ulysses S.
    • Congress repealed the moiety system and put the staff, including Arthur, on regular salary.
    • However, the law would also prove to be a major political liability for Arthur.
    • Assess the significance of civil service reform under the Garfield and Arthur administrations

  • MacArthur's Leapfrogging

    • Allied forces from the Pacific Ocean Areas command—under Admiral Chester W.
    • MacArthur's air forces countered in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea (March 2-5, 1943).
    • MacArthur had presented Elkton III, his revised plan for taking Rabaul before 1944, on 12 February 1943.
    • The next day, MacArthur watched the landing at Nadzab by paratroops of the 503rd Parachute Infantry.
    • MacArthur eventually caught the Japanese off balance and cut off Japanese forces in the Wewak area.

  • Civil Service Reform

    • Arthur, the collector of the Port of New York, and his subordinates Alonzo B.
    • Hayes was forced to wait until July 1878 when, during a Congressional recess, he fired Arthur and Cornell and replaced them through the recess appointments of Merritt and Silas W.
    • However, the law also would prove to be a major political liability for Arthur.
    • When Arthur succeeded Garfield, reformers feared that Arthur, as a product of the spoils system, would not devote his administration's energy to continuing the investigation into the Postal Service scandal.
    • Arthur out of the New York Custom House.

  • Nimitz in the Central Pacific

    • Ten days after the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Chester W.
    • Six days later the US Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) divided the theater into three areas: the Pacific Ocean Areas (POA), the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA, commanded by General Douglas MacArthur), and the South East Pacific area.
    • Although the Coral Sea area was under MacArthur's command, Rear Admiral Fletcher (commanding Task Force 17) and Vice Admiral William F. 
    • Halsey (commanding Task Force 16) were directed to continue to report to Nimitz while in the Coral Sea area, not to MacArthur.

  • Informal Economy

    • The original use of the term ‘informal sector' is attributed to the economic development model put forward by W.
    • Arthur Lewis, used to describe employment or livelihood creation and sustainability primarily within the developing world.

  • The Bonus Army

    • Led by Walter W.
    • Army Chief of Staff, General Douglas MacArthur, commanded the infantry and cavalry supported by six tanks.

  • The Truman Presidency

    • General Douglas MacArthur.
    • In February 1952, Truman's approval mark stood at 22% according to Gallup polls, which was, until George W.

  • Free Enterprise Economics and Reaganomics

    • Influenced by economist Arthur Laffer of the University of Southern California, Reagan cut income taxes for those at the top of the economic ladder (the wealthiest of Americans), which was supposed to motivate the rich to invest in businesses, factories, and the stock market in anticipation of high returns.
    • W.