A Warholian conflation
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In 1955, writes Siegel, "15 million people paid to attend major league baseball games and 35 million paid to attend classical music concerts. The New York Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday afternoon radio broadcast drew a listenership of 15 million out of an overall population of 165 million."
As I've said, I'm old enough to remember when A&E stood for "Arts and Entertainment." I spent more than one Sunday morning watching chamber music on that channel.
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