{"id":22560,"date":"2016-12-03T08:50:05","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T12:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22560"},"modified":"2016-12-03T08:50:05","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T12:50:05","slug":"history-of-the-nbc-chimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/history-of-the-nbc-chimes\/","title":{"rendered":"History of the NBC Chimes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Original NBC Chimes. Photo taken at the National Capital Radio and Television Museum<\/p><\/div>\n

If you have thirteen minutes today, do yourself a favor and listen to this excellent radio documentary about the NBC chimes from the podcast\u00a0Twenty Thousand Hertz<\/a>. \u00a0It’s fascinating!<\/p>\n

(Source: Twenty Thousand Hertz<\/a> via 99% Invisible<\/a>)<\/p>\n

NBC\u2019s three little chimes didn\u2019t just define a television network, they defined a generation. Where did they come from and what is the surprising impact they have had on current and future media? Featuring the last person to play the NBC chimes on the NBC radio network, broadcaster Rick Greenhut, and radio historian, John Schneider.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/defactosound\/20k-the-nbc-chimes<\/p>\n

Click here to listen to the podcast via SoundCloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you have thirteen minutes today, do yourself a favor and listen to this excellent radio documentary about the NBC chimes from the podcast\u00a0Twenty Thousand Hertz. \u00a0It’s fascinating! (Source: Twenty Thousand Hertz via 99% Invisible) NBC\u2019s three little chimes didn\u2019t just define a television network, they defined a generation. Where did they come from and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3,305,288],"tags":[2435,5672,5673,5674],"class_list":["post-22560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","tag-99-invisible","tag-nbc","tag-nbc-chimes","tag-twenty-thousand-hertz"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5RS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31559,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/california-historical-radio-society-has-acquired-one-of-8-original-nbc-chime-machines\/","url_meta":{"origin":22560,"position":0},"title":"California Historical Radio Society has acquired one of 8 original NBC chime machines","author":"Thomas","date":"April 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Richards (AA7EE),\u00a0 who writes: Thomas - I know you've posted before about the NBC chimes, so I thought you might be interested to know that CHRS, the California Historical Radio Society, has acquired one of 8 original NBC chime machines. 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