[BC] Open Mike ooops

[FrankGott at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/18/2008 12:12:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
richwood at pobox.com writes:

When I  was at 
WACE the CBS system was known as Netalert. #9 was the "bend over  and 
kiss your butt goodbye" signal. 


I thought it was #11.  Or perhaps it was 11 bells on AP.
 
We trashed a lot of clutter in the storage room a couple of years ago to  
make room for more clutter.  The CBS Netalert was among the items  tossed.  I was 
tempted to "rescue" it as a keepsake.  It would have  been a nice museum 
piece.
 
There was also the CBS voice cue channel.  Someone once forgot to key  off 
the mic.  It was dinner time.  They placed a delivery order on a  phone just off 
mic.  Yes, the American Express number they gave the  restaurant was clearly 
audible in newsrooms nationwide.
 
Frank Gottlieb