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Music on the Brain

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

US Army general George Owen Squier invented muzak in 1928 when he piped music down telephone lines to his customers. Now, satellite technology enables a computer in Orpington to change the music playing in a Tel Aviv shop. Peter Snow examines the ever-growing use of background music to influence moods and attitudes, from easing a visit to the dentist to encouraging us to spend more. Producer Andrew Green Repeat

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George Owen Squier
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Peter Snow
Producer:
Andrew Green
Source: Radio Times

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