"on the air" sign used in Frasier television series
date: label: date made
content: around 1993
name: label: user
content: Grammer, Kelsey
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Prop "on the air" sign used on the KACL radio station set in production of the television series Frasier. The sign is made of a white semi-transparent plastic front with an image of a microphone and "on the air" printed in red paint. The sign was used to indicate when Dr. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) was broadcasting live, dispensing relationship and mental health advice on his eponymous radio program, throughout the series run.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Frasier was one of the most critically acclaimed sitcoms in television history, earning a record thirty-seven Primetime Emmy Awards in its 11 seasons on the air (1993-2004) including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for five consecutive years. The series was a spin-off of Cheers (1982-1993), following psychiatrist Frasier Crane's move from Boston to Seattle, where he hosted a radio call-in show, cared for his retired police officer father Martin (John Mahoney), and reconnected with his younger brother Niles (David Hyde Pierce). The erudite, sophisticated, and pompous Crane brothers frequently clash with their blue-collar father, his down-to-earth caretaker Daphne Moon (Jane Leeves), and friend Roz Doyle (Gilpin), producer of The Dr. Frasier Crane Show. The series was created and produced by Grub Street Productions (David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee) for Paramount Television, was distributed by CBS Television Distribution, and aired on NBC.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Washington, Seattle
topic: label: Subject
content: Radio
label: Subject
content: Broadcasting
label: Subject
content: Television
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum of Television
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0131.04
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0131.04
label: accession number
content: 2021.0131
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sign
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 in; 21.59 cm x 19.05 cm x 7.62 cm