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This was for years the oldest known recording of the three—note NBC Chimes, thus its inclusion here. The program originated in New York.

NBC had a token presence in Hollywood from , but its programs were fed on a special link to the Chicago switching complex. Hollywood did not become a full—fledged point of origin with switching capability until , when NBC expanded network operations along the West Coast. Actual release date is unknown, but the film was copyrighted on August 9, Hand—struck chimes are sounded at the end of these broadcasts at least through that this writer has observed.

It is unclear as to where they were sounded, but it seems likely that it was from an announce booth at the main studios of WSM rather than from the stage. A Deagan N o 20 dinner chime is used in every such instance. The Fourth Chime on D—Day, first occurrence. This four chime signal was flashed at am to prepare news personnel for the developing story of the D—Day invasion.

The final note continues in a loop due to circuit feedback, which created an unintended reverberation pattern. The Fourth Chime on D—Day, second occurrence. The custom three—note handheld chime is used. This is believed to be the earliest recording of the Rangertone Chimes machine. The aircheck dates from October 18, The Rangertone Chimes.

The Rangertone Chimes, taken from a linecheck recorded April 25, This has less surface noise, but the Chimes themselves seem less distinct. The all—electronic chimes, which were developed by NBC engineer J. Hathaway for outdoor NBC Chimes installations, and used vacuum tubes rather than a mechanical mechanism to produce their sound. This is the National Broadcasting Company.

John Snyder: That fourth note, which probably most of the radio audience never even noticed, was a cue to the radio stations pay attention and listen on the line between the program and be prepared for something momentous to come along. The fourth time means to us, call the office. Get down here. Big things are happening. During the invasion of D-Day, the NBC fourth chime was played along with the Morse code sound for letter V indicating that the invasion had just begun.

The fourth chime rang on D-Day, the fourth chime will ring again on V-day, the day of victory. Thankfully, the fourth chime was only played a handful of times in the history of the network. NBC was huge. All of the other networks were still up and coming so NBC commanded all of the top talent. Rick Greenhut: People who were getting the ratings and the people were the next days watercooler conversation that would be the radio show from NBC the night before.

So NBC to me always had seemed like a Cadillac brand. It was a brand whose name you remembered, whose logo you could picture and when you heard the sound you pictured the logo, when you saw the logo you heard the sound in your mind.

The NBC chimes, at least on the radio, came to a close in the late s, when Rick Greenhut played them for the last time on the 9 o'clock news. This meant that NBC radio no longer operated as its own entity. I then pulled that tape cartridge out of the machine where I played it.

Well, no sooner had I had gone that, general manager shows up. The NBC radio network came to a close, but obviously the chimes still live on through promos and special programming and news, but this sound is bigger than Comcast or NBC or General Electric.

Through the good, to the bad, through the most important moments of our collective lives together. This sound has been with us for almost ninety years. It started as a sound that just fixed a small problem, but has become something that is completely ingrained in our culture. Twenty Thousand Hertz is presented by the Defacto Sound, a sound design team dedicated to making television film and game sound insanely cool. Find out more at defactosound.

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