Global Broadcasting Service

**The Global Broadcasting Service** is a fictional international radio broadcasting service from the *Jungle Cruise*.

## Description

The Global Broadcasting Service is an international radio-broadcasting service. The business is supported by the *Greenwater Production Company* and lead by one Nigel Greenwater who served as radio-announcer. The service predominately affiliated themselves with the *Jungle Navigation Company*. Greenwater and the service euro-centrically deemed themselves, "**The Voice of Civilization**" in their broadcasts and their slogan was, "Playing your favourite songs and delivering the news you need".

## Members

* **Nigel Greenwater**: Greenwater was an English colonist employed by the Jungle Navigation Company. He was the company's main radio-announcer and presumably the head of the Global Broadcasting Service.
* **Skipper Missy**: Skipper Missy was the sister of radio-announcer Albert Awol and an announcer for the Global Broadcasting Service in 1938.

## History

The Global Broadcasting Service was founded in the year 1928. Throughout the 1930s, it largely serviced the Jungle Navigation Company in their colonial operations. By 1938, they also had an affiliation with the group, "The Adventurers Club" and gave members of the club airtime to answer questions about their upcoming gala.

## Appearances

### Adventure Trading Company

There were advertisements for the Global Broadcasting Company advertised in *The Daily Gnus* newspaper.

### Jungle Cruise

The Global Broadcasting Service plays in Disneyland's Jungle Cruise queue. The songs which they play are:

* *As Time Goes By*- Adelaide Hall
* *Moonglow*- Benny Goodman quartette
* *Sentimental Journey*- The Merry Macs
* *Intermezzo*- Glenn Miller
* *Deep Purple*- Benny Goodman
* *Moon Over Burma*- Dorothy Lamour
* *Flamingo*- Duke Ellington
* *On A Slow Boat To China*- Kay Kyser
* *Sing Sing Sing*- Benny Goodman
* *I’ll Be Seeing You*- Carroll Gibbons & Savoy Orpheans
* *When Buddha Smiles*- Benny Goodman
* *Goodnight Wherever You Are*- Harry Leader
* *Moonlight On The Ganges*- Tommy Dorsey
* *Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat*- The Ink Spots
* *Moonlight Serenade*- Glenn Miller

#### Jingle Cruise

Greenwater has a holiday-themed spiel in this Holiday overlay of the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise.

### Other connections

#### Skipper Canteen

In a display-case within the canteen is a 1936 trophy for "Announcer of the Year" made out to Greenwater. He can be heard as a customer of the canteen in the Mess Hall's audio-loop, along with Shrunken Ned and the Dreamfinder. Greenwater has a book in the canteen's library which is titled "*Survival in the Entertainment Jungle*".

## In other media

### Printed materials

#### Skipper Survival Guide

This retconned backstory for the Jungle Cruise spoke on how in the JNC's early years, he purchased a short-wave radio to bring travellers to the company's Mekong river base.

## Trivia

* Greenwater makes several references in the his audio-loop.
	+ He mentions a, "True-Life Adventures Club" with one Ted Sears being a member. This references the *True-Life Adventures* nature films made by Disney which inspired Adventureland and the Jungle Cruise. Ted Sears worked on these films.
	+ Greenwater talks about Marcus Brody speaking to the anthropological society about Indiana Jones' excavations on the Temple of the Forbidden Eye. Brody also mentions dangerous paranormal incidents occurring around the Temple of the Forbidden Eye.
	+ Greenwater speaks about a shipment of mosquito repellant being used at Tropical Imports. He further references the shop as being known as, "Trader Sam's".
	+ Greenwater brings up boat supplies being sold at, "Mattey's Boatyard", an allusion to Bob Mattey.
	+ He references one Reverend Goff, an allusion to imagineer Harper Goff.
	+ Greenwater also mentions the Jungle Botanical Society hosting a show titled, "The Secrets of Life" to show off carnivorous plants. This once again references an instalment of the True-Life Adventures film series.
* Skipper Missy also makes some references on her broadcasts:
	+ Within various announcements, she acknowledges the Skipper Canteen.
	+ She asks Skipper Kevin to meet with Trader Sam. The character of Skipper Kevin is referenced in various Jungle Cruise attractions as a man close to Trader Sam. The character is a tribute to artist Kevin Kidney.
	+ She mentions a broadcast with the Adventurers Club.
	+ In one announcement, Missy makes reference to Hotel Hightower from the Tower of Terror.
* Occasionally, Nigel Greenwater's broadcast will be interrupted by the transmission of tribal drumming music. It is possible that this is the drumming of the Umbala tribe.