Emergency Daylight Savings Time Energy Conservation Act 1974

[Schroedingers Cat]

I think I discovered in the World Radio and Television Handbook that countries throughout the world use DST, not just Europe and North America.

To answer an earlier post, stations on Clear Channels in 1974 that had no PSRA were authorized 50 watts for one hour before local sunrise as determined by FCC rules.

Many Class III-S stations, which are now Class Ds on Regional Channels, were authorized 500 watts, often nondirectional, at 6:00 AM local time. And sunset was an hour later local time. So stations that were usually on the air about 11 hours a day (6:00 AM to 5:00 PM), were on 12 hours a day (6:00 AM to 6:00 PM) due to winter DST, with substantial power. The Class III-Ss were of course enthusiastic for that reason. The daytimers also pushed for DST in states where it was not observed, so they could extend their broadcast day by one hour.

 

[OldNumber7]

I like DST, and I like the current early March to early November schedule for it. If we were to go to year-round DST it would be too dark again for those school kids in January. Yet the sooner we can extend the sunlight into the evening the better, as far as I'm concerned. As an East Coaster, it gets dark awfully early on Standard Time in the winter months. Changing the clocks is like the first sign of spring. There is no perfect solution for all longitudes and latitudes, but this system works well for the nation's big populations centers (the East Coast and the Chicago metro).

BTW, just a pet peeve: It's Daylight Saving Time (not Savings). Just about everybody gets that one wrong. LOL

 

[cyberdad]

Speaking of Greenwich, I really enjoyed my visit to the observatory about 30 years ago. I actually stood on the Prime Meridian with one foot in the western world & one foot in the eastern world. Cool place!

Did that myself....and then headed for the pub...LOL. ;D

Missed the observatory, but the other attraction worth seeing is the tall ship, the "Cutty Sark" which dates from the 18th century and still to this day holds a couple of speed records. For those who might be inclined to make a visit, getting there by boat on the Thames from London is THE way to do it. Although the light rail train....all computer operated, no human at the controls...is also pretty cool. Boat takes the best part of an hour....train about 20 minutes.