Re: [ARSCLIST] about commercialism & the US gov't

["joe@xxxxxxxxxxx" <sergei01@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting observation.

Perhaps because it was an orchestra and perceived as less commercial for
some reason?

The New York Philharmonic was also not renamed, nor was any other orchestra
that the AFRS carried - Philadelphia, Cleveland, Boston to name 3. They also
named regional orchestras in series such as Orchestras of the West and Music
for Sunday.

Were any of these orchestras non-profit at the time? If not, would they not
be in the same category as the NBCSO?

Joe Salerno
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Art Shifrin" <goldens2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 10:52 AM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] about commercialism & the US gov't


> I was recently handling some AFRS ETs and noticed an interesting exception
> to the exclusion of sponsors' identifies on AFRS versions of radio shows.
> In the case of starring personalities renamings were simple i.e. The Lucky
> Strike Program starring Jack Benny became the Jack Benny Program. The Lux
> Radio Theater became the Hollywood Radio Theater.  Yet, the NBC Symphony
> conducted by Toscanini, et. al. retained the NBC part.  Why was NBC
> permitted to get frequent 'plugs' in this manner?  It was no less a
> commerical endeavor than any of the sponsors of its broadcasts.
>
> Shiffy