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Are the American Networks showing the Royal Wedding?

Tim from Springfield said:
I'm surprised that there are no PBS stations (at least none I'm aware of) that will be airing the royal wedding.
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Actually, PBS will be offering coverage from the BBC (looks like a simulcast with BBC America), 3AM to 8:30AM -- as for whether or not your local station will carry coverage, "check local listings".
 
I had awaken by 4:04 AM Central time and checked which presentation to watch before settling with the presentation from CBS until WKRG-TV in Mobile stopped broadcasting it in favor of a local newscast between 5:00 AM and 7:00 AM, even though they had two digital sub-channels (one for a weather radar and one for Retro Television Network programming, which consisted of advertisements from 5:00 AM to 7:00 AM). I was glad to watch and hear the ceremonies presented by NBC and ABC without any commentary for a while, since WKRG-TV had stopped broadcasting CBS programming minutes before the wedding began.
 
Here in Cleveland, the NBC and ABC affiliates started wall to wall network coverage at 4 AM, and the ABC affiliate actually bumped its morning news ("Good Morning Cleveland") to a webcast on NewsNet5.com!

There was some live coverage on all four network affiliates, but the CBS and Fox affiliates managed to get more local news in during the morning.
 
Mario-500 said:
I had awaken by 4:04 AM Central time and checked which presentation to watch before settling with the presentation from CBS until WKRG-TV in Mobile stopped broadcasting it in favor of a local newscast between 5:00 AM and 7:00 AM... WKRG-TV had stopped broadcasting CBS programming minutes before the wedding began.
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As this was a really big ticket event of the year, no doubt the station's move may have angered viewers who tuned in to see the wedding. The only other substantial wedding coverage that WKRG's viewers will see today is CBS's hour-long highlights show at 7PM CT.

Was WKRG's move isolated, or was it corporately mandated by Media General?
 
azumanga said:
...PBS will be offering coverage from the BBC (looks like a simulcast with BBC America), 3AM to 8:30AM -- as for whether or not your local station will carry coverage, "check local listings".
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According to my cable provider's digital guide, WNET was carrying it until 8:40 AM, joining an episode of "Arthur" already in progress.
 
Well, I taped the Royal Wedding. Got an 8-hour VHS (T-160) to tape with, and recorded the following:

A KIRO 7 newscast from the day before (30 min)
CBS' live coverage of the Royal Wedding (2 1/2 hours, time shifted, tape started at 2am in the middle of a NuWave Oven informercial, oops!)
A KIRO 7 Newscast (4:30am) from 4/29 (30 min)
Oprah Winfrey (tons of coverage including correspondents in London) (1 hr)
Entertainment Tonight (Mary Hart/Nancy O'Dell in London, 30 min)
Inside Edition (Deborah Norville live in London, 30 min)
A KOMO 4 (ABC) newscast 11pm 4/29 (30 min)
Letterman (not too much about the wedding but there was a Top 10 list) (1 hr)
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (opening/monologue ONLY)
Last Call with Carson Daly (no coverage here, but just taped it to fill time since I had about 1:00 left on the tape), and I still have 30 minutes left, likely taping another entertainment talk show (maybe Access Hollywood) on Mon.

-crainbebo
 
I personally couldn't care less about The Royal Wedding. But I had friends in town staying at my house, and they wanted me to DVR it, so they could watch it the next morning.

When I set it up, Comcast asked me if I wanted to add an extra half-hour, just in case it ran long. That seemed wise, so I responded "yes" - but apparently, it ran really long, because the recording cut off before the royal kiss.

There's no emoticon with a sad face and tears, but if there was, I would insert it here.
 
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