COLLECTION NAME:
WNYC: Radio
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RECORDSPHOTOUNITARC~26~26
WNYC: Radio
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Identifier:
MUNI-LVLY-1953-12-07-71509.2 LT3081 EQ
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MUNI-LVLY-1953-12-07-71509.2 LT3081 EQ
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Catalog Number:
LT3081
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LT3081
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Title:
[Language on the radio]
title
[Language on the radio]
Title
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Series Title:
Lively Arts, The
series_title
Lively Arts, The
Series Title
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Description:
Seldes discusses phrases used on the air. These talks are more or less ad-libbed. He has some notes he wants to talk about, and he has a rather glancing mind. The result is that some minor items don't get mentioned at all. Those mount up until he feels he hasn't done his job well at all. Admiration for a Dylan Thomas program on television. Admiration for "Omnibus" and Jack Benny. Admiration for a program about the ACLU. ~ Avoids circumlocutions. Jacqes Barzun article about the use of language. The word "process" used as a verb. Rudyard Kipling's use of language, creating verbs from nouns. More examples of objectionable use of language in television, radio, and advertising. Lubitsch touch. ~ A new profession: the "personality." ~ Death of Eugene O'Neill.
description
Seldes discusses phrases used on the air. These talks are more or less ad-libbed. He has some notes he wants to talk about, and he has a rather glancing mind. The result is that some minor items don't get mentioned at all. Those mount up until he feels he hasn't done his job well at all. Admiration for a Dylan Thomas program on television. Admiration for "Omnibus" and Jack Benny. Admiration for a program about the ACLU. ~ Avoids circumlocutions. Jacqes Barzun article about the use of language. The word "process" used as a verb. Rudyard Kipling's use of language, creating verbs from nouns. More examples of objectionable use of language in television, radio, and advertising. Lubitsch touch. ~ A new profession: the "personality." ~ Death of Eugene O'Neill.
Description
false
Date:
12/7/1953
date
12/7/1953
Date
false
Creator:
WNYC Radio
creator
WNYC Radio
Creator
false
Credit:
Original recordings reformatted by New York Public Radio Archives (WNYC/WQXR) with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
credit
Original recordings reformatted by New York Public Radio Archives (WNYC/WQXR) with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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false
Subject:
Arts.
subject
Arts.
Subject
false
Subject:
Social sciences.
subject
Social sciences.
Subject
false
Subject:
Mass media.
subject
Mass media.
Subject
false
Subject:
Broadcasting.
subject
Broadcasting.
Subject
false
Subject:
Radio.
subject
Radio.
Subject
false
Subject:
Theater.
subject
Theater.
Subject
false
Subject:
Television.
subject
Television.
Subject
false
Subject:
Communication.
subject
Communication.
Subject
false
Type:
Sound
type
Sound
Type
false
Format:
lacquer transcription disc
format
lacquer transcription disc
Format
false
Language:
English
language
English
Language
false
Notes:
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Notes
false