Huh? Were Wilmington and Roanoke ever in separate time zones?Sunlight at 9 PM? Where'd that come from? We live in Slow Time (Central) and everybody to the east of us (my geography is horrible), is on Fast Time (Eastern). Believe it or not, that does cause some problems when it comes to business and such. Kinda reminds me of that old joke about NC and VA. One sprung forward and the other didn't. The story goes, a feller from Wilmington, NC, was going to work in Roanoke, VA and decided to fly there. When he got to the ticket counter, he inquired of schedules, etc. The agent said, there's one that takes off at 7 AM and gets there at 7:03. The traveler just stood there for a second, scratching his head. The ticket agent asked, ya want that one? To which he replied, nah, I just wanna watch that'n take off.)
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1110 New Format
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When one state sprung forward and one didn't, yes. I wasn't alive in those days, just going on what I've been told, including the joke LOL.
OK, I see that now. I didn't catch that in the post.
Happens to me more often than it should, because I don't take the time to read the entire post. Bad habit of mine.
For a long time, Indiana viewers saw TV on Central time during DST months, with a 7-10 prime time, and Eastern time the rest of the year. Ohio, Michigan and Illinois viewers were mostly unchanged except for the Today Show, GMA and some other daytime programming which stayed the same time for Indiana all year.
The first station in the state to go with a year-round 8-11 prime time schedule was WTHR (13) in Indianapolis, since NBC had instituted a Mountain Time feed which coincided with 8-11pm EST/CDT prime time. The other Indianapolis area stations followed, as did WLFI, Lafayette, where I worked during the early 90s. Other Indiana markets followed, but not right away. When they did, Ohio viewers of Ft. Wayne and Michigan viewers of South Bend stations saw everything an hour later than fed by the network during DST months.
At WLFI, we did tape delay by rolling 3 one-inch machones 45 minutes apart with some overlap time. We'd match the tapes up to move to the next segment. What thread is this again? I forgot.
Depends on where in Indiana. Terre Haute, the cities adjacent to Chicago, and Evansville were on Central time, standard and daylight, while Indy remained on Eastern Standard year-round (kinda like what Arizona does today).
Indy kept the 8-11 ET Prime Time going back as far as I can remember, which is the early 1960s. All three network affiliates delayed their prime time broadcasts.The first station in the state to go with a year-round 8-11 prime time schedule was WTHR (13) in Indianapolis, since NBC had instituted a Mountain Time feed which coincided with 8-11pm EST/CDT prime time. The other Indianapolis area stations followed, as did WLFI, Lafayette, where I worked during the early 90s. Other Indiana markets followed, but not right away. When they did, Ohio viewers of Ft. Wayne and Michigan viewers of South Bend stations saw everything an hour later than fed by the network during DST months.
At WLFI, we did tape delay by rolling 3 one-inch machones 45 minutes apart with some overlap time. We'd match the tapes up to move to the next segment. What thread is this again? I forgot.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Again, it was a joke. I'm sorry if it wasn't obvious enough. But once again my point is we neither lose nor gain an hour, we move the clock.
Plus, one point of Daylight Saving Time is to maximize afternoon sunlight; giving us "an extra hour of sunlight" each evening right before dusk. That is what i was talking about when I suggested we gain an hour.
Still, it was a joke. I know how Daylight Saving Time works, how we "appear" to lose an hour in the spring because of turning the clock forward "spring forward" and "appear" to gain an hour in the fall by turning the clock back "fall back."
I've never heard (and can find no documentation) that either NC or VA enacted Daylight Saving Time when the other state did not. It may be true, I just can't find any proof. But the joke as i heard it years ago had nothing to do with Daylight Saving Time, but instead about time zones. The flight was between Atlanta and Nashville, the flyer was Billy Carter. Billy decides that as the President's brother, he should be able to go see the Grand Ole Opery. Flight departure 12:00 noon. Arrival in Nashville 11:55am. Would you like a ticket? Um, no but if y'all don't mind I wanna come down to the airport to watch that SOB take off!
touche'What thread is this again? I forgot.
I have to think that any out-of-state viewership of Indianapolis stations, or WLFI, would have been minimal, and obviously out-of-market.
WTTV would be an exception, but it was still an independent station at the time, therefore no network schedule to disrupt. WTTV was carried on cable throughout parts of Ohio and Kentucky in the 1970s, and even got as far as Huntington WV via microwave.
I like that version better, not least because it doesn't require any brainpower to understand it (good thing in my case
). In recent years, Atlanta and Nashville have always been in different time zones, and both adhered to national standards on the DST shift as well. IOW, Nashville is always an hour behind Atlanta.On a related note, before 1947 western North Carolina (west of Asheville) and all of Tennessee were on the Central Time Zone. Also prior to 1941, western Georgia (including Atlanta and Columbus) were on Central Time, but the Georgia State Legislature moved the entire state to Eastern Time, as the state was split between Eastern and Central time zones. I would imagine this prompted North Carolina and counties bordering NC over in Tennessee to do the same.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
My friend, I suggest use of the
, or equivalent emoji of your choice to beat me over the head with to prevent my not realizing a joke is such.I have heard that before. Generally speaking, time zone boundaries tend to shift to the west, when a shift is made, putting the affected area on "fast time".
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Also, this thread should be called "1110 New Format, followed by random radio ragchewing". It's almost like being on 80-meter ham radio, except we aren't chatting about Hallicrafters radios, Kenwood amps, and the latest yagis.
I still have a bunch of Ken Navarro, Richard Elliot, Najee, and Peter White CDs if they want to add anything NEW to the loop-de-loop...
Also, this thread should be called "1110 New Format, followed by random radio ragchewing". It's almost like being on 80-meter ham radio, except we aren't chatting about Hallicrafters radios, Kenwood amps, and the latest yagis.
I still have a bunch of Ken Navarro, Richard Elliot, Najee, and Peter White CDs if they want to add anything NEW to the loop-de-loop...
if you think the WBT loop is bad, tune to this one. uhh. maybe a Lavander Oatmilk Chill?
I’m a bit surprised this thread hasn’t been closed. It’s really strayed. But I guess the perception is we’re just here, waiting, bee-essing, twiddling our thumbs 😁
It WILL return to topic - but hopefully before my wife has to have me embalmed 😳
It WILL return to topic - but hopefully before my wife has to have me embalmed 😳