Now *that* story *is* covered on the nbcchimes site... Kevin M, to Jim Ellwanger and stannc, today (7/28):
> > 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 > > B -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/8b80650e-5ee7-4589-9f59-3cd93cd52d6fn%40googlegroups.com.
