Re: Rimshot IDs

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 18:44:31 -0500 "elipolo@earthlink.net"
<elipolo@earthlink.net> writes:
> >Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 14:14:49 -0500
> >From: Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>
> >Subject: RE: Rimshot IDs
> >
> >"The B-B-C is distributed in the U-S by P-R-I, and made possible by 
> the 
> >Capitol Group Companies, investing for individuals and institutions 
> >throughout the world.   Forecast tonight...cloudy with a chance of 
> showers 
> >near dawn...clearing in the morning and then sunny tomorrow with a 
> high in 
> >the upper forties.  (pause) From Boston University..."  
> 
> The forecast above is not worded correctly for an overnight (after
> midnight) 
> break, because if you're saying that the upcoming afternoon will be
> "sunny", 
> you can't say "sunny tomorrow" because technically it's already that 
> day.
> 
> I would say "clearing this morning, then sunny in the afternoon..."
> 
> Eli Polonsky

Obviously listeners remember funders with much greater detail than
commercials ;-).  Generally when I read the BBC Funder I follow up with a
forward promote, not the forecast.
df