70 years ago this week

[nectarsis]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081028/ts_afp/usradiomediahistoryyear_081028213344

Man that would have been interesting to watch what happened.

[Tatsujin]

lol..yeas..the orsons broadcast is teh legendary..hahah

[Arjak]

Cool. I was at one point fascinated by radio, and actually have this on CD. I loved learning about this one in particular. It was like the Blair Witch of it's time, and some of the stories about it's impact are hilarious. I liked one about how farmers started shooting at water towers, thinking they were spacecrafts. A translated and localized version was played in Haiti caused panic also, but when they found out it was a fake, they got so upset that they burned down the radio station! Sadly, I think people were killed in the fire.

I actually just saw Citizen Kane. It was pretty good, a great American tragedy.

By the way, check this out if you are a fan of Orson Welles: