They had spent months on it, secretly collecting firewood, carving it -- the cross and the body -- using radio wire for a crown of thorns.

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In general, the American press corps covering ETO -- whether for the wire services, individual newspapers or magazines, radio, or the GIs' paper, Stars and Stripes -- did an outstanding job.

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In the early days of FORBES magazine, which was founded 90 years ago, "network" referred to a chain of radio stations hooked up by wire--and, long before that, to intersecting roads, canals, railways and telegraph lines.

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The next step was to source the news to the Italian wire agency ANSA or Vatican Radio releasing a bulletin that read: VATICAN CITY -- ANSA REPORTING POPE DEAD at a lower wire speed priority.

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Broadcast on BBC Radio Lancashire, On the Wire will have a month-long birthday bash with an extravaganza of specially extended shows and guests from both Lancashire and across the globe.

BBC: Lancashire - On the Wire celebrates 25 years

In 1980 RPM begat Spinoff which in 1984 mutated into On the Wire, now the longest running continuous alternative music show on UK radio - and due to celebrate its 25th anniversary in September 2009 with a month-long extravaganza of special extended shows and guests from both Lancashire and across the globe.

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