{"id":38159,"date":"2019-06-10T06:58:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T10:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=38159"},"modified":"2019-06-10T06:58:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T10:58:54","slug":"otr-cbs-radio-workshop-episode-includes-interval-signal-from-radio-rhodesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/otr-cbs-radio-workshop-episode-includes-interval-signal-from-radio-rhodesia\/","title":{"rendered":"OTR: CBS Radio Workshop episode includes interval signal from “Radio Rhodesia”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Robinson, who passes along this interesting radio show from the CBS Radio Workshop and a description from his friend, Art Chimes.<\/p>\n

Art writes:<\/p>\n

Airing in 1956-57, The CBS Radio Workshop was an anthology series that featured a wide range of productions, often in experimental formats. On Nov. 11, 1956, the program was “Report on the Weans,” an adaptation of a satirical article by Robert Nathan published in Harper’s Magazine, “Digging the Weans.”<\/p>\n

It is 6,000 years in the future. The American continent is unpopulated, but archaeologists from Africa \u2014 apparently now the center of civilization \u2014 are digging in various sites, uncovering artifacts of the 20th century people who once lived there. In a gentle satire of anthropology, we find the experts completely mis- (or over-) interpreting their findings, such as Macy’s bargain basement, which they think is a tomb full of items to be used in the afterlife.<\/p>\n

The magazine article [click here to download PDF<\/a>] is a straightforward parody of an academic paper. The radio show, however is presented as a report broadcast on “Radio Rhodesia” on the mega-, micro- and strato-beams, complete with an interval signal used at the beginning and end that features bird chirping. (I can’t help you on the particular species, sorry.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/OTRR_CBS_Radio_Workshop_Singles\/CBS_Radio_Workshop_56-11-11_ep42_Report_on_the_Weans.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download recording of full show<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who passes along this interesting radio show from the CBS Radio Workshop and a description from his friend, Art Chimes. Art writes: Airing in 1956-57, The CBS Radio Workshop was an anthology series that featured a wide range of productions, often in experimental formats. On Nov. 11, […]<\/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":[3,305,288],"tags":[4851,7827,7479,7478,7828],"class_list":["post-38159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","tag-cbs-radio","tag-cbs-radio-workshop","tag-old-time-radio","tag-otr","tag-report-on-the-weans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9Vt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30539,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/the-muzen-otr-a-handcrafted-salute-to-radio-caroline\/","url_meta":{"origin":38159,"position":0},"title":"The Muzen OTR: A handcrafted salute to Radio Caroline","author":"Thomas","date":"January 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Harper (AE5X), who writes: I thought you and your readers might be interested in this [...] a cool little radio I learned about from the YouTube channel of a drone flyer I follow. 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