[GreenKeys] Historic question for the group

[Richard Knoppow]

      The original question was not received and has been trimmed from 
this post.
      Assuming someone was asking about wire service bell codes there is 
a little on UPI codes at:
http://www.radioworld.com/miscellaneous/0043/clackclackclackclackclack/323592

     AP had a similar code.  The highest priority story was a "flash". A 
flash was essentially an alert on a very important story, only a line or 
so, and a warning to stand by for more detail.  The UP used ten bells, 
AP was twelve.  A flash was not to be used more than a couple of times a 
year.  The assassination of a president or declaration of war was a 
flash grade story.  The AP has a list of flashes over the last few 
decades on its web site.
     UP used four bells for an urgent story and five bells for a 
"bulletin".
     A google search will produce much more.

On 4/9/2017 11:21 AM, Jim Haynes wrote:
> Well I assume you are talking about a news wire service where they would
> transmit some number of bells to indicate a particularly important story
> on the wire.
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