Re: NorthEast Radio Watch 1/1: Standards Die, Standards Live, ...

[Sven Weil <sven@gord.isdn.lightning.net>]

David W. Harris said:
> 
> Among the obits for 1998:
> "MUTUAL RADIO NEWS, once-great news network, 60-ish (8/31, survived as a
> ghost of its former self produced by CBS)." (NERW 1/1/99)
> 
> I haven't been able to do a statistically valid sample but I think the
> :01 spot break on NBC runs at :04 on Mutual and vice versa.  Ghost
> though it may be, one memorable element of Mutual lives on: those
> boo-doop cue tones which I always found so silly.


Why are those cue tones audible on Mutual affiliates as opposed to CBS or
ABC affiliates? (or those of any other network, not counting one-on-one
sports or radio disney?)

I always thought it was a board op who wasn't quick with his hands to turn
the pots down...until i did a college radio show where i used to run abc
news and paul harvey in my time slot as regular features (news, sports
with jonnie holliday (which isn't heard on WABC-New york).

The mickey mouse news network didn't have those boo-doop tones. Hmmm


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