In the 1980's, the Ad Council, the major producer of public service announcements, persuaded networks to broadcast the first commercials to use the word "condom".
Merseyside MPs failed to persuade Network Rail to delay engineering work north of Crewe and at Bletchley, Northamptonshire.
The hope is, of course, to persuade Network Rail to change their plans and provide the theatre with a permanent home.
Because CW was initially skeptical that celebrities, even minor ones, would take part, Mr. Lopez taped a test segment involving himself as the celebrity to persuade network executives to bite.
It's a good looking phone, no doubt, but Panasonic's success will depend on persuading network operators to stock it, getting the price right, and convincing buyers that the credentials of its consumer electronics brand once again stretch to the world of smartphones.
Instead DreamWorks became a traditional television producer, making the shows it could persuade networks to schedule and pay for.
As professional pluggers who traditionally try to persuade networks to list songs lose influence to online metrics, the PR from being "censored" by Radio 1 is great promotion – as the music business has known since the days of the Sex Pistols.
Given their clout as hit makers, Mr. Schwartz and Ms. Savage persuaded the network to comply, despite the added costs.
He persuaded the network, at first, to let him stay with the show through half its 1981-82 season.
In 1950, he got a job as a clerk at CBS, and persuaded his network bosses to let him compose themes for radio shows.
