In 1963, the FCC invited other applications. BBI was formed in response.
After delaying for six years, the FCC ruled in favor of BBI in May, 1969, and WHDH appealed. The case then stagnated for another 18 months until last week.
The Center, which has operated since its founding in 1959 on grants from he Ford Foundation, is currently undergoing "a period of reassessment," Rosenblith said. The Foundation declined to renew its last grant, which expired in June.
The Globe story directly contradicted a Yale Daily News parody of the CRIMSON issued Thursday night, which stated that Moynihan would become President of Harvard.
The report was false.