But at least he tried to persuade listeners by appealing to logic instead of labels.

To persuade performers and listeners to value what was local and distinctive, Mr. Lomax used the very media that threatened those traditions.

A collection of Bach transcriptions, meticulously recorded one line at a time, "Switched-On Bach" was meant to persuade casual listeners who regarded synthesizers as random noise machines that the instrument could be used in thoroughly musical ways.

Now comes broadcasting's latest challenge: persuading listeners to interact more with their radios by embracing a new radio data system, which prints messages on a small display screen, among other features.

He attempted to persuade American listeners in his broadcasts that prostitution and sexually transmitted disease were widespread in the U. S. Army stationed overseas and that Britain and the Soviet Union were in collusion against the United States.

Ken persuaded listeners the show was prerecorded and Andy persuaded the listeners the show was live.

The announcement persuaded several listeners to call 911.

EMI's output is convincing enough to persuade human listeners that its music is human-generated to a high level of competence.

The trick is to persuade listeners who are apt to find Perséphone's philosophical maturity merely boring.

What made many of the programs successful was Mr. Pollini's ability to persuade listeners that these disparate pieces belong together.