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3TV Technical Difficulties
- Thread starter brian4
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Typically when these things happen, it's because the automation system that powers the newscast on-air production has crashed. When those systems work, they make it possible to churn out lots of newscasts with a smaller production staff - there's one person basically hitting "next" to keep bringing up combinations of camera angles and graphics that have been programmed in sequence by a producer. But when they stop working.... no newscast!
(It can also sometimes be the result of outsourcing master control to a hub. If the communications link between the local production control room and the remote hub goes down, syndicated and network and prerecorded programs can still play out, but nothing live can get on the air.)
(It can also sometimes be the result of outsourcing master control to a hub. If the communications link between the local production control room and the remote hub goes down, syndicated and network and prerecorded programs can still play out, but nothing live can get on the air.)
As of 8 AM, there's still no local programming, but at least the transmitters are on. Both 3 and 5 are running the CBS morning show. For some reason, 5 is able to run local commercials, but 3 goes black.
Of the subchannels, 3.2 (Comet) is a blue screen, 3.3 (Circle) is color bars, and 5.4 (ShopLC) is "frozen green snow." Channels 3.4 (ThisTV), 3.5 (Weather), 5.2 (Cozi), and 5.3 (Dabl) are operating as usual.
Of the subchannels, 3.2 (Comet) is a blue screen, 3.3 (Circle) is color bars, and 5.4 (ShopLC) is "frozen green snow." Channels 3.4 (ThisTV), 3.5 (Weather), 5.2 (Cozi), and 5.3 (Dabl) are operating as usual.
Meredith consolidated master control for all their stations in Atlanta last month. Prior to that, Phoenix was their west coast hub. Making it look like a lean operation as sale bait??? They've had many technical issues since the switch-off, looking from when this article was dated.
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