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

[mbiel at mbiel.com]

Dramatized news was VERY common back then.  Most remembered would be "The March Of Time" but there were many others.    Three days earlier CBS aired "Air Raid" by Archibald Macleish that dramatized a bombing in Europe useing the same sort of radio reporting technique with a few of the same cast.

Michael Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
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From: Thomas Stern <sternth at attglobal.net>
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Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2011 4:22:06 PM GMT-4
Subject: Re: [78-L] Panic..or myth? (Hey, it was 73 years ago tonight, too)

Does anyone have the CANTRIL study of the "panic" handy?
I read it many years ago, and no longer remember any detail, but think it was a pretty
thorough post-mortem.
I think I remember that the significant aspect of the program which caused some to be fooled was
blurring the line between news reporting and a dramatic representation of (fictional) news reporting.
[This is the technique of fraud used these days by many "infomercials" which pretend to be reporting
news (medical, financial, etc.).]
 IIRC, there may have been some regulations which discouraged that type of dramatization.  If anyone knows
for sure, I'd like to know.
  Best wishes, Thomas.

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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of Sammy Jones
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Panic..or myth? (Hey, it was 73 years ago tonight,
too)


Mike Biel wrote:
"The current rules only require it on the hour
with no reference to how close to the hour it has to be.  They can be
done very sloppy now." 

I say:

Very true!  I produce halftime, pregame, and postgame shows for Georgia Public Broadcasting's statewide TV network.  We generlly
try to get the IDs for the nine station network on around the top of the hour, but plus or minus a couple of minutes is no big
deal.  At least we don't have to break programming to ID the stations.  A graphic lower 3rd is good enough, though I have to make
sure our program is free of other graphics on that place of the screen when it's time for the ID.

(I know, I know, radio is a different beast...)

Back to my question about the recording source for the Oct. 30th Chase and Sanborn show.  I found my CD, and while it is complete
and contains the NBC system cue and chimes, there is no station ID at either the mid break or end of program.  My copy appears to
have the space at the middle station break edited out, so I suppose there could have been a station ID there at one point.

Did the Chase and Sanborn Hour originate from Hollywood or New York?

Sammy Jones



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