On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 11:51 AM Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> wrote:
> My understanding is that in the early days of the chimes, they had a few > different chime tunes used for different purposes, and the four-chime > version essentially meant, "hey, network or station employees, there's some > big news happening, so come in to the office or at least call in." My understanding as a former Page is the reason the chimes were often inconsistent is because they were done live by different people throughout the broadcast day. > > > The familiar three-chime version was originally a signal that meant, > "attention affiliates, it's time for a station break." Since it was heard > after every program, usually right after an announcer said, "This is the > National Broadcasting Company," it quickly turned into an effective audio > trademark for the network. > > (The notes are "G-E-C," but it's an urban legend that it has any relation > to the General Electric Corporation -- it just happens to be a reasonably > pleasant-sounding C-major arpeggio.) Yeah, the GEC connection to GE is corporate ret-conning > > > > On Jul 28, 2020, at 11:19 AM, stannc <sta...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The clips that I’ve found don’t agree on the specifics, but during World > War II a fourth chime was used. Sometimes it’s a second sustained C, one > clip has it as a different higher note. > > > > -Stan > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TVorNotTV" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/f7c04602-400e-4ed5-b691-8ca9c6e816e1o%40googlegroups.com > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9D074023-3E2D-4112-BD13-D6B8ACE17785%40ellwanger.tv > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DBu5gEOrK_xCuXJn%2BxaGvRmTQ1CsZUogZAUH28m5cyBg%40mail.gmail.com.
