Two self-contained hours of special programming based on the acclaimed ten-part ATC series, with a Web site filled with photos, features, background, and sound at YiddishRadioProject.org Read the full description.
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Piece Description
Two self-contained hours of special programming based on the acclaimed ten-part ATC series, with a Web site filled with photos, features, background, and sound at YiddishRadioProject.org
Timing and Cues
0:00 — 0:59: Billboard (Ends with “…after this news.”)
1:00 — 5:59: Newscast hole
6:00 — 28:59: Segment 1 (Ends with “You’re listening to the Yiddish Radio Project Special, from Sound Portraits Productions and NPR.”)
29:00 — 29:59: Station ID hole (with :02 automation tone in right channel at the beginning and music fading out at 29:57)
30:00 — 58:59: Segment 2 (Ends with “I’m Scott Simon”)



