"Even in an era of CGI and AI, nothing is more vivid than the intimacy and imagination of radio or more direct than the connection radio has with listeners. I remember when the legendary Stan Freberg drained Lake Michigan and filled it with hot chocolate, a 700-foot mountain of whipped cream, and a 10-ton maraschino cherry. We didn't have to see it. We heard it on the radio. It was Freberg's demonstration of what radio can do better than television."
"Furious about a broker's refusal to give him more time on his mortgage, Kiritsis took a man named Richard O. Hall hostage and attached a shotgun to a wire so that if Kiritsis was shot or Hall tried to escape, Hall would be killed."
Radio offers vivid intimacy, imagination, and a direct connection with listeners. Stan Freberg famously drained Lake Michigan and filled it with hot chocolate and a 700-foot mountain of whipped cream to show radio’s power to conjure images without visuals. Dead Man’s Wire is a theatrical film based on Tony Kiritsis, who, angry over a broker’s mortgage refusal, took Richard O. Hall hostage and attached a shotgun to a wire so Hall would be killed if shot or if he tried to escape. During the 63-hour standoff Kiritsis made several radio calls. Numerous films use radio as a central element and draw on true stories across radio’s history.
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