I put in CT effect because the Dream Doctor is heard on WICC Bridgeport and WTIC Hartford AFAIK. In case you are wondering what this is about, here is an All Access report:
"Dream Doctor" McPhee Sets Last Show
Syndicated "THE DREAM DOCTOR SHOW" host CHARLES MCPHEE's fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- LOU GEHRIG's Disease -- gets attention from the NEW YORK TIMES, which reports that MCPHEE will have his final broadcast as host of the show on OCTOBER 21.
The TIMES story chronicles the attempts by MCPHEE and SPRINGHILL SYNDICATION President GEORGE OLIVA to keep the show going with some form of artificial voice synthesis -- a system to allow MCPHEE to type answers to callers that would be heard in a computer simulation of MCPHEE's own voice -- but AT&T's Natural Voices technology was too pricey ($300,000). Also, while the freeware MODELTALKER software developed by DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN's Dr. TIM BUNNELL worked, the results sounded too robotic and to make it work better would have required MCPHEE to spend too much time in production.
What will happen to WICC which airs Dream Doctor at 10:00 PM and WTIC on weekends mainly?
"Dream Doctor" McPhee Sets Last Show
Syndicated "THE DREAM DOCTOR SHOW" host CHARLES MCPHEE's fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- LOU GEHRIG's Disease -- gets attention from the NEW YORK TIMES, which reports that MCPHEE will have his final broadcast as host of the show on OCTOBER 21.
The TIMES story chronicles the attempts by MCPHEE and SPRINGHILL SYNDICATION President GEORGE OLIVA to keep the show going with some form of artificial voice synthesis -- a system to allow MCPHEE to type answers to callers that would be heard in a computer simulation of MCPHEE's own voice -- but AT&T's Natural Voices technology was too pricey ($300,000). Also, while the freeware MODELTALKER software developed by DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN's Dr. TIM BUNNELL worked, the results sounded too robotic and to make it work better would have required MCPHEE to spend too much time in production.
What will happen to WICC which airs Dream Doctor at 10:00 PM and WTIC on weekends mainly?
