[78-L] Panic..or myth? (Hey, it was 73 years ago tonight, too)

[David Lennick]

Okay, my intrepid spy with access to the Toronto Star's online archives has 
confirmed that WAR OF THE WORLDS was NOT carried on the CBC. Not. The CBC had 
access to NBC and Mutual in 1938, but CBS was tied in with CFRB in Toronto and 
CKAC in Montreal. The CBC was carrying Charlie and Nelson (the two wooden 
dummies, what a match).

The CBC fielded all the complaints, mind you..and that was their job, since 
they oversaw all Canadian radio stations, private and public.

dl

On 11/1/2011 9:33 AM, Rodger Holtin wrote:
> Today we have channel surfers and they are not a new phenomenon of the TV era (cf "Twisting the Dials" by Hare&  Jones - now we have some 78 content, too!)
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> What *ELSE* might have the dial twisters of October 31 1938 have heard at that time?
> We've established NBC's superiority and CBS as the also-ran at that time slot, but what about other networks (Mutual?) or local stations?  I know a lot of the small power stations signed off at dark, and if you had a decent radio there were a lot of clear channel stations available at that time of night, particularly east of the Mississippi.
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> Rodger
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> For Best Results use Victor Needles.
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> --- On Sun, 10/30/11, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
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> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: [78-L] Panic..or myth? (Hey, it was 73 years ago tonight, too)
> To: "78L"<78-L at 78online.com>
> Date: Sunday, October 30, 2011, 10:12 PM
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> What's this about War Of The Worlds not causing that much of a panic?
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/magazine-15470903
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> dl
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