Parent in one time zone, satellite in another

[Stanislav]

There are a very small number of situations historically in which a parent station had a satellite station in a different time zone.

One such was mentioned a couple weeks ago in the December 6 TDITVH:

1964: KTVR-TV (channel 13) signs on in La Grande, Oregon as an NBC primary/ABC secondary affiliate. As a satellite station of KTVB (Boise, Idaho) it was in the unique position of being a Pacific Time Zone station repeating a Mountain Time Zone station, with the result that its "prime-time" schedule was broadcast from 6 to 9 p.m. Pacific Time. In 1976, KTVR would be sold to OEPBS (Oregon Educational and Public Broadcasting Service) and converted to a non-commercial PBS outlet.

Another is the well-known WFRV (channel 5) Green Bay, Wisconsin (Central) and WJMN (channel 3) Escanaba, Michigan (Eastern).

Also, KXMA (channel 2, ex-KDIX) Dickinson, N.D. is a Mountain Time Zone semi-satellite of KXMB (channel 12) in Bismarck (Central Time). Likewise, in the same cities with KQCD (channel 7 Dickinson) and its parent KFYR (channel 5 Bismarck),

Curious as to any other examples, and how the split zones affected scheduling issues. For instance, today KXMA and KQCD just time-shift their parent feed an hour to maintain the same clock hour schedule, but that may not have always been the case. (Time-shifting the entire day's programming on a daily basis would have been a bit of a burden in the pre-digital VTR days...).

 

[mjlarochelle]

The TVOntario satellite stations in Northwestern Ontario broadcasting in the Central time zone are not time-shifted and broadcast simultaneously with the rest of the network.

In Newfoundland and Labrador, where the island is a half hour ahead of the mainland, CBNT St. John's has satellites on the mainland such as CBNLT which broadcast simultaneously with the island. Local promos have always given both Newfoundland time and Labrador time, for example "6 PM, 5:30 in Labrador".

Also in Atlantic Canada, the TQS and TVA stations in Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, in Eastern time, have satellites in Edmundston, New Brunswick, which is on Atlantic time. Edmundston gets Radio-Canada from Moncton, in the same time zone.

Dawson Creek, BC is in the Mountain time zone, while most of the rest of BC is on Pacific time. BCTV broadcasts its normal time on their satellite in Dawson Creek. This has meant local station CJDC has reasonably good ratings, as local viewers can watch the News Hour on BCTV at 5 PM, and then the local CJDC news at 6. Another tiny station in BC's north, CFTK, does not have that luxury as they are on Pacific time, and CFTK news competes directly with the News Hour on BCTV. CFTK's local news ratings are consequently much lower than CJDC. Also in BC, I believe Cranbrook is on Pacific time, but they have a satellite of CFCN in Calgary, in Mountain time.

Canadian stations generally do not time-shift feeds to satellite stations in different time zones. The main exception is the CBC North service, mainly because they cover such a massive area from the Yukon to Nunavut.

In Mexico on the other hand, the massive number of repeaters for the main Mexico City stations do time-shift.

 

[oldiesfan6479]

KCLO-TV Rapid City, SD (MT) is a satellite of KELO-TV Sioux Falls, SD (CT).

CBS programming airs an hour earlier from normal pattern in Rapid City--
prime time 6-9pm MT, Dave at 9:35pm, early morning at 6am, daytime
runs 9am-11am, 11:30am-2pm.

From the KCLO-TV listings on zap2it.com, it appears they also air the
KELO-TV newscasts, with Katie at 4:30pm MT.

 

[hintomedia]

Also in BC, I believe Cranbrook is on Pacific time, but they have a satellite of CFCN in Calgary, in Mountain time.

Cranbrook's actually on Mountain Time, along with the rest of that southeastern corner of BC.