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KCTC (ESPN1320) CUTS OFF WORLD SERIES

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djj

Yes, it's also on 50,000-watt KNBR, and yes, the World Series started 91 minutes late...
so I assume that KCTC 1320's computer was scheduled to switch back to "regular"
ESPN programming at exactly 9 p.m. anyway. Tonight's Game 3 was still going when it
was interrupted in the 6th inning by the switchover on 1320, and the game never came
back on. KNBR's coverage continued uninterrupted, while KCTC's ESPN feed babbled
about NFL predictions for Sunday's games... :mad:

This, as I was driving in Sacramento before heading home to the North Bay tonight
(at times, KNBR's signal on my car radio was messed up by overhead power lines, so
I switched to the much-stronger local signal of KCTC)...

This phenomenon on KCTC would've never happened if the game was board-operated
by a human being, no?

Plus, the World Series broadcast on KCTC was sponsored by local businesses...oops!!
--jay
 
djj said:
Yes, it's also on 50,000-watt KNBR, and yes, the World Series started 91 minutes late...
so I assume that KCTC 1320's computer was scheduled to switch back to "regular"
ESPN programming at exactly 9 p.m. anyway. Tonight's Game 3 was still going when it
was interrupted in the 6th inning by the switchover on 1320, and the game never came
back on. KNBR's coverage continued uninterrupted, while KCTC's ESPN feed babbled
about NFL predictions for Sunday's games... :mad:

This, as I was driving in Sacramento before heading home to the North Bay tonight
(at times, KNBR's signal on my car radio was messed up by overhead power lines, so
I switched to the much-stronger local signal of KCTC)...

This phenomenon on KCTC would've never happened if the game was board-operated
by a human being, no?

Plus, the World Series broadcast on KCTC was sponsored by local businesses...oops!!
--jay
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This should be forwarded to the Sacramento Bee. How stupid!
 
nomorejeffs said:
I don't think there's anyone left at the Bee to report on it! :-[
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ROFL!!
 
Thats not true. There is always at least one Salesperson wandering the halls. After the nuclear rapture the Salesmen and cockroaches will inherit the earth. I think it's in Leviticus.
 
djj said:
Yes, it's also on 50,000-watt KNBR, and yes, the World Series started 91 minutes late...
so I assume that KCTC 1320's computer was scheduled to switch back to "regular"
ESPN programming at exactly 9 p.m. anyway. Tonight's Game 3 was still going when it
was interrupted in the 6th inning by the switchover on 1320, and the game never came
back on. KNBR's coverage continued uninterrupted, while KCTC's ESPN feed babbled
about NFL predictions for Sunday's games... :mad:

This, as I was driving in Sacramento before heading home to the North Bay tonight
(at times, KNBR's signal on my car radio was messed up by overhead power lines, so
I switched to the much-stronger local signal of KCTC)...

This phenomenon on KCTC would've never happened if the game was board-operated
by a human being, no?

Plus, the World Series broadcast on KCTC was sponsored by local businesses...oops!!
--jay
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Are you kidding???? Pay a board OP $6 an hour???? You must be crazy :D
 
Newsperson responds:

Except the pay would be at least $ 8.00 an hour becasue that is the California minimun wage.

Aren't they making enough money on the World Series to have the board attended?

Newsperson
 
Maybe the regulations have changed, but in the late '90's I did overnights at a local cluster of 5 stations. At that time, it was a requirement that somebody had to be on the premises at all times. Stations were going off the air or the computer system went screwy a lot, and part of my job was to be on top of that stuff so there was no prolonged period of anyone being off the air.
 
John Walker said:
Maybe the regulations have changed, but in the late '90's I did overnights at a local cluster of 5 stations. At that time, it was a requirement that somebody had to be on the premises at all times. Stations were going off the air or the computer system went screwy a lot, and part of my job was to be on top of that stuff so there was no prolonged period of anyone being off the air.
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i don't think that's been an FCC requirement in a long time.
 
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