This is a very interesting short program about the trademark NBC network chimes: G E C:
<https://www.20k.org/episodes-1/2016/10/31/2p162x32dmuidfce3zkfvfi5x3wefg>
More information:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_chimes>
The chimes worked into a swing-band number by Paul Whiteman, "The Announcer Blues":
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgrQSRvOczU>
NBC used another, lesser-known sound mark that was associated with one of its news and information programs: "Monitor". This is also quite an interesting story about the formative steps in creating mass broadcast media.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monitor_(NBC_Radio)>
I recall the "Monitor Beacon" sound as both creepy and suggestive of something futuristic. I recognize many of the names associated with the program, but I cannot say that I recall the programming itself, which declined and then ceased in 1975, the year of my graduation from college.
The "Beacon" sound: <http://monitorbeacon.net/sounds/Monitor_Beacon.mp3>.
Have a look at these lists of on-air "communicators":
- <http://monitorbeacon.net/nbc-monitor/monitors-communicators/>
- <http://monitorbeacon.net/nbc-monitor/monitors-history/> Hosts and guests, and the creation of the Beacon sound.
Mark_
09 January 2017
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