[GreenKeys] 2023 Halloween Story Brodcastapalooza

[Skip Macaulay]

Wow that's going to take a lot of TTY paper !!  Ha ha..  Skip

Skip MacAulay
VE6BGT

On Sat, Oct 21, 2023, 11:36 PM Jordan Spencer Cunningham, <js at teletype.net>
wrote:

> It's that time of year again where a spooky story is broadcast for your
> Halloween enjoyment, only this year is special.
>
> In celebration of the fifth year this tradition has been running (and
> since last year's technical difficulties made it impossible for most people
> to copy the broadcast), this year I'll be broadcasting a total of five
> stories: two new stories (meant to have debuted last year) preceded by the
> first three stories from 2019, 2020, and 2021, hence earning the title of
> BROADCASTAPALOOZA. This promises over five hours of pure TELETYTAINMENT.
>
> The schedule will be as follows on October 31, times all in MDT:
>
> 13:00 - *War of the Worlds* - based on the infamous 1938 radio broadcast
> by Orson Welles
> 14:30 - *I Am Legend* - based on the novel by Richard Matheson
> 16:15 - *Lunatic* - an original space horror*
> 17:15 - *Beelzebub the Bull* - an original bloodcurdling bovine bulletin*
> 17:45 - *Cain & Abel *- an original terrifying tale of teletypery
>
> (An asterisk indicates a story that includes an original pix at the end.
> No overstrike.)
>
> Use the standard 2125 mark, 2295 space. If you're set up to use ITTY, you
> needn't change any of your configurations except to point to the following
> URL: http://tty.nerdology.org:8080/halloween. Note that you'll see a 404
> error at this URL until 15 - 30 minutes before the broadcast starts.
>
> A brief test sequence will be sent promptly at the beginning of each
> story's scheduled time, followed by the story in earnest.
>
> There will be a brief silence (5 - 10 minutes) after each story until the
> time the subsequent story is scheduled to begin.
>
> Some of these stories originally included delays in between each message
> to add a sense of realism to the broadcast, as if the messages were being
> sent by the characters themselves as the events were unfolding. This time
> all messages within a given story will be sent without any delay. What is
> sacrificed for that bit of realism will be gained in maximum convenience.
>
> So be sure to tune in for a good ol' spooky time on Halloween!
>
> -
> Jordan Spencer Cunningham
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