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April 7, 2006

Fly with specs; Radio Liberty towers removed; Paul Newman eats dog food

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Towers fall: In comments yesterday, longtime radio guy Lou Josephs points to a video clip "of the demolition of the shortwave transmitter site of Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe... That caps the cold war."

The 13 towers were at Playa de Pals, Spain, on the Costa Brava.

Radio World Online published advance word on the demolition (Radio Liberty Towers at Playa de Pals to Be Destroyed Next Week) passed on from a Catalan newspaper by a former managing director for Spain of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, David Hollyer. 16 kilos of explosives were to detonate them all simultaneously.

Afterwards, it added,

For a historical recollection about the site, see David Hollyer's 2003 account.

A reader also passes along this link for an extensive collection of still shots of the Radio Liberty site. Click on "broadcast section" at the top, then select Continental, Marconi, Telefunken, etc. from the drop-down menu.

This last one is worth the click -- there are hundreds of images at this tribute site.

The Hoover Institution Archives offers an online exhibit on the history of Radio Liberty, prepared for its 50th anniversary in 2003.

At IndyMedia U.K., a poster notes (The end of Liberty) :

at 165 metres in height the antennas of Radio Liberty on the coast of Catalonia were one of the most visibile signs of the "cold war" outside of Mannheim Germany.
Erected to broadcast propaganda into the Warsaw Pact states and the Soviet Union as a result of entente between the USA and Franco's dictatorship in 1959.

Of course technology has moved on now. Your mobile is just as powerful.

The author adds, "Of course you may still listen to "radio liberty" or "radio free europe" here:- http://www.rferl.org/listen/."

Move over, Rover: Screen legend and gazillionaire Paul Newman, 81, ate dog food, on The Tonight Show last night.

Clip to come, I expect.

This is viral marketing, with the emphasis on marketing.

He ate Newman's Organic chicken and brown rice dog food out of a can with his picture on it. Most of the appearance was about how much money the products make for charity, with special emphasis on his daughter's organic line.

What remains is a truly twisted image of an 81-year-old man eating a big hunk of dog food from a spoon, then turning and gleefully mouthing "It's good" to us as he digs in for more. Yikes.

The dog food comes in a 12.7-oz. can that costs $1.99 and $2.42 , and 24.99 and $25.99
a dozen and $2.29 - $25.25, all plus shipping, in a quick sample.

Newman said the profits from his food businesses have provided $200 million for charity. The website adds that this figure is since 1982, and thousands of charities have benefited.

(I jumped this item because it's probably a "who cares?" story unless you watched that weirdness go down.)

Posted by Sheila Lennon at 3:01 AM | Permalink

Comments

The other site was at Gloria in Portugal that was blown up several years ago.
Dumb move.
But then there is this gem from the current BIB board.

Posted by: loujosephs on April 7, 2006 12:56 PM

that leno clip can be found here (at least for today):
http://television.aol.com/franchise/top5.adp

Posted by: Tucker on April 7, 2006 7:31 PM