[78-L] radio de rigeur - was: Elbows IN!

[David Lennick]

Radio programs always had the actors standing (except for Lionel Barrymore), 
but there were practical reasons..performers had to move off mike when not in 
the scene, and you also had much better breath control when standing, 
especially if you had stage or vocal training. I knew one DJ in 1965 who 
preferred to do his shift standing, but he had back problems. Jacket and tie on 
radio? Other than the BBC, which DID require it of its news presenters, I'm 
sure those two shots were posed.

dl

On 10/20/2012 10:14 PM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
> On 10/20/2012 6:41 PM, Rodger Holtin wrote:
>> You genuine radio guys can help me with this one.  Yes, back when these photos were taken radio folk were expected to dress well, even in formal attire, on the theory that the better you looked, the better you sounded - or something like that.
>>
>> When the university built our new radio studio a few years ago, the traditional DJ desk was replaced with a stand-up countertop, on the then-prevailing theory that jocks/announcers/hosts etc would think better on their feet. (Which I'm sure is why we now have a tall stool in there!)
>>
>> Anyway, I find both of those theories interesting, but in my own experience, they seem to be junk science of the lowest order, genuine fads of their times, promoted because they sounded good on paper, I suppose.
>>
>> Can anybody enlighten me as to other radio fads of the kind, especially current fads in the biz?
>>
>>
> In those days you would not be seen dead on the street without a suit
> and a fedorah.  Or at a baseball game.
>