Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 29 May 91 20:58:33 GMT From: "Robert L. Oliver" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Free Teletypes Message-ID: Organization: Rabbit Software Corp. Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 411, Message 8 of 12 Lines: 18 Dan_Jacobson@att.com writes: > By the way, is it true that some "Newsradio" stations nowadays just > pipe in teletype clicking to make their newsroom more newsy sounding? > E.g., WBBM-AM in Chicago has this sound. Absolutely. KYW 1060 AM in Philadelphia (three call letters, and a K east of the Mississippi!) is all news all the time, which translates to constant teletype clunking, and if you listen carefully, you can hear where the loop of tape starts over! Robert Oliver Rabbit Software Corp. 215 993-1152 7 Great Valley Parkway East robert@hutch.Rabbit.COM Malvern, PA 19355 !uunet!cbmvax!hutch!robert