[GreenKeys] Historic question for the group

[Richard Knoppow]

    I finally found the original question and think my answer below is 
not relevant to it.

On 4/9/2017 11:39 AM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>      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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