1977
In his January 4, 1977, report for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, titled "Listeners whistle a 'classic' tune," journalist Arnold Dibble provided a post-event analysis of Max Neuhaus's Radio Net broadcast, which had occurred two days prior on January 2.
Similar to the report in The Lincoln Star, Dibble focused on the fact that Minneapolis served as one of the five regional collection points (nodes) for the national call-in effort.
Dibble used the phrase "classic tune" ironically to describe the abstract, shifting drones produced by the collective whistling of thousands of Americans. He highlighted that the project allowed ordinary citizens to bypass the "elite" musical establishment to become instant composers.
The article described the central processing unit in Washington D.C., where Neuhaus’s custom-built circuits acted as an "electronic stomach," digesting the disparate whistles and regurgitating them as a unified sonic texture through NPR stations nationwide.