As late as 1981, CHAN-TV (BCTV) in Vancouver was broadcasting its newscasts on a several day tape delay on some of their far northern transmitters. Were there any other stations in North American that did the same thing even later?
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Tape-delayed stations
- Thread starter mjlarochelle
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...that's how KQEG-CA/23 La Crescent, Minnesota, ran its entire schedule for several stretches last year. Bolts of lightning zapped the station's antenna three different times last year, knocking out their STL. While waiting for the replacement parts, KQEG simply operated programming as if it was being sent out live, linechecked the board with a VHS recorder set to SLP speed, and played back the VHS within the same time frame the following day from their transmitter...
Sticking with the arctic north, the CBC did the same thing with their Northern rebroadcasters, by sending videotape to its transmitters up north weeks after they air down south. The videotape delay ended with the first Anik satellite, which brought live programming to the north.
And in Alaska, the old RATNET network there (now ARCS) played a mixture of programming from the Seattle stations on tape delay, until sometime in the 1980s, when they switched to a live misture of Anchorage stations.
And in Alaska, the old RATNET network there (now ARCS) played a mixture of programming from the Seattle stations on tape delay, until sometime in the 1980s, when they switched to a live misture of Anchorage stations.
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