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Nashville WX

firepoint525

firepoint525

Anyone noticing that Nashville WX has been breaking away from their 24/7 weather programming on Saturday mornings? This past Saturday, they showed one of the DeGrassi series. Apparently, programming aimed at children and "tweens."
 
firepoint525 said:
Anyone noticing that Nashville WX has been breaking away from their 24/7 weather programming on Saturday mornings? This past Saturday, they showed one of the DeGrassi series. Apparently, programming aimed at children and "tweens."
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They've been doing that for quite some time.

It's required by Congress. The same E/I children's programming rules that require, what is it?, 3hr./week? of children's educational/instructional programming on the main channels also apply to subchannels.
 
w9wi said:
firepoint525 said:
Anyone noticing that Nashville WX has been breaking away from their 24/7 weather programming on Saturday mornings? This past Saturday, they showed one of the DeGrassi series. Apparently, programming aimed at children and "tweens."
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They've been doing that for quite some time.
It's required by Congress. The same E/I children's programming rules that require, what is it?, 3hr./week? of children's educational/instructional programming on the main channels also apply to subchannels.
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Thanks for the info. I was aware that they had done it previously, but it never occurred to me to ask about it until now. I noticed that "E/I" in the corner. I also clicked on "display" on my remote, to see what the programming was, but no information there. ???

I initially thought I was on the wrong channel or something, and then thought that maybe it was "overflow" programming from the regular channel 2. Wonder why they don't promote this?
 
firepoint525 said:
Thanks for the info. I was aware that they had done it previously, but it never occurred to me to ask about it until now. I noticed that "E/I" in the corner. I also clicked on "display" on my remote, to see what the programming was, but no information there. ???
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Y'know, I've never thought to look at the program guide on 2.2.

Does it have no information whatsoever, or does it just say "Nashville WX Channel"?

I initially thought I was on the wrong channel or something, and then thought that maybe it was "overflow" programming from the regular channel 2. Wonder why they don't promote this?
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I would imagine it isn't sold. (any advertising you see is probably "barter", inserted by the program producer and used to offset at least partially the cost of the programming) I would imagine they really don't care if anyone watches.

Note that WJFB (channel 66/RF 44) does something similar: besides the weekday morning segments where Dr. Bryant appears, the only other time they break from the shopping is to run the Saturday E/I material.
 
It reads "Nashville WX" in the same place where I might find a program title on another channel. Where I would otherwise find programming information, it simply reads "no information."

If you have cable, it might be different on your remote. I have DTV.
 
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