Texaco: Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts, 1970s
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| (opera music begins) | 0:01 | |
| - | Hi, I'm Beverly Sills, | 0:09 |
| and I'm doing what I often do on a Saturday afternoon | 0:11 | |
| when I'm not singing in an opera. | 0:14 | |
| I'm listening to an opera, | 0:16 | |
| Texaco's live broadcast from the Metropolitan. | 0:18 | |
| You know, opera needs support from everyone who loves it | 0:22 | |
| and Texaco has been helping tremendously | 0:25 | |
| by bringing these glorious Metropolitan broadcasts | 0:27 | |
| into millions of homes all over America for 36 years | 0:30 | |
| to people who can't hear live opera in any other way, | 0:35 | |
| to children who get their first taste | 0:38 | |
| of opera over the radio and then go on | 0:40 | |
| to develop a lifelong love affair with it. | 0:41 | |
| (opera music swells) | 0:46 | |
| Now, isn't that a beautiful Texaco station? | 0:49 | |
| (opera music continues) | 0:53 | |
| - | Texaco invites you to listen to Ms. Beverly Sills | 1:01 |
| and other great artists later this year | 1:04 | |
| when Texaco begins its 37th year | 1:06 | |
| of Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts | 1:08 | |
| live from the Metropolitan Opera. | 1:11 | |
| Texaco's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, | 1:14 | |
| the longest continuous sponsorship of the arts | 1:17 | |
| in broadcasting history. | 1:20 | |
| (opera music continues) | 1:22 |
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