Comments on: Are you near Baidoa? http://www.priorworks.com/blog/2006/12/20/are-you-near-baidoa/ The Complete and Unabridged PriorBlog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:40:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: clarkjohnsen http://www.priorworks.com/blog/2006/12/20/are-you-near-baidoa/#comment-9 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 19:25:06 +0000 http://www.priorworks.com/blog/2006/12/20/are-you-near-baidoa/#comment-9 Funny, I was listening to the radio at those same Bronco moments. Only, it was WCRB, Classical Radio Boston. And as that was before they went automated, an announcer was actually in the studio. I'll never forget how magnificently he broke all the rules: [After announcing the title of the previous selection.] "Ladies and gentlemen, while it is not written in the rulebook of radio, that we should never, ever advise you to turn on the television, nevertheless we don't do it. Except tonight, because something really fascinating is happening in Los Angeles and you probably won't be sorry you saw it. Then you can come back to us." I rushed downstairs, got the scoop, and immediately called my Dad, who I later learned called several of his friends. Ah, the memories... Funny, I was listening to the radio at those same Bronco moments. Only, it was WCRB, Classical Radio Boston. And as that was before they went automated, an announcer was actually in the studio. I’ll never forget how magnificently he broke all the rules:

[After announcing the title of the previous selection.] “Ladies and gentlemen, while it is not written in the rulebook of radio, that we should never, ever advise you to turn on the television, nevertheless we don’t do it. Except tonight, because something really fascinating is happening in Los Angeles and you probably won’t be sorry you saw it. Then you can come back to us.”

I rushed downstairs, got the scoop, and immediately called my Dad, who I later learned called several of his friends.

Ah, the memories…

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