Doug Eastick wrote:
Diana death -- I don't remember the specifics of when the
news broke, but I recall Kevin Newman (formerly of Canadian
nets) on ABC covering it that evening.
1) IIRC, that night I saw two breaking news reports which
interrupted programs. The first occurred during prime time
1989 word series -- I was not watching it. I was at University of Toronto
and read about it on USENET... where people were reporting on it from what
they saw on TV... then the university geeks started reporting of network
splits and bay area sites going off. (note: I'm not a sports guy -- I re
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.
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> Speaking of jFK, i've read about that the soap was As The World Turns,
> because Helen Wagner once said that she didn't know that something was
> wrong until she left the set and Charles Paul who was playing the organ
> told her that Kennedy had been shot. I'm guessing he heard Cronkite's
> annou
Since the company's radio-only days, though the exact first date of use is
in dispute... http://www.nbcchimes.info/nbcorigin.php (link)
daniel anderson, today (7/27):
>
> I still remember the Newtown school shooting, because i was watching *Days
> of Our Lives*(soap) when the so called "chimes o
I still remember the Newtown school shooting, because i was watching *Days
of Our Lives*(soap) when the so called "chimes of doom" sounded. Same thing
with the Virginia Tech shooting too. I've always wondered how long those
chimes have been used anyway?
On Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 8:13:47 PM
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 8:33 AM daniel anderson <
danielanderson2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Speaking of jFK, i've read about that the soap was As The World Turns,
> because Helen Wagner once said that she didn't know that something was
> wrong until she left the set and Charles Paul who was playing t
Speaking of jFK, i've read about that the soap was As The World Turns,
because Helen Wagner once said that she didn't know that something was
wrong until she left the set and Charles Paul who was playing the organ
told her that Kennedy had been shot. I'm guessing he heard Cronkite's
announcemen
Nixon resigns: one of the networks. The evening edition of the New York Post
had a front page that said “Nixon Resigns Tonight” so we were well prepared. My
brother tried to record it from the tv speaker with a portable tape recorder.
1977 NYC blackout: I was watching a CPO Sharkey rerun when t
As I look back, I wasn’t watching TV during any of the big moments.
Challenger disaster: I was in Catholic school. We were in the habit of
watching shuttle launches in the classroom to the point where it had become
monotonous, so we didn’t even watch it live. It wasn’t until the principal
came int
Aug 8th 1974, around 9:00pm east... "The Mac Davis Show," whose star was
riding the *Billboard* charts at the time, got its ending cut off when on
came whichever anchor (I'm guessing Reasoner) ready to throw it to the
White House, where President Nixon would shortly announce his resignation.
(
Earliest one I remember is Ruby shooting Oswald. They replayed that one so
often that weekend I'm surprised they didn't wear out the videotape.
--Dave Sikula
On Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 5:13:47 PM UTC-7, daniel anderson wrote:
>
> I was watching the World Series in 1989 when the Earthquake ha
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