I worked there from 1992-2002. They observed it the entire time I was there.
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I worked there from 1992-2002. They observed it the entire time I was there.
Road map makes a lot more sense. He did a good job with that. Other Arkansas-Texas combinations he could have picked included Elaine Tyler, Fouke Euless or Dallas Dallas. And if he wanted to go the Arkansas-Oklahoma route, how about Deer Antlers?
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Fouke Euless, my Lord. That one was probably best overlooked. 
On a higher note, he could've found the towns of Many, LA and Godley, TX first, and become a legendary Gospel singer instead.
On a higher note, he could've found the towns of Many, LA and Godley, TX first, and become a legendary Gospel singer instead.I moved out of Indiana permanently in 1970, but I do remember a Friday evening where I could pick up the tv show, "Route 66" from WTHI in Terre Haute at 7:30, and watch it on WISH at 8:30. I was not wise to the ways of tape delay at that time, so I was puzzled at how that happened.
I saw the process at a local Phoenix affiliate who tape delayed not only for their station, but Tucson and Albuquerque as well. During standard time it was a simple one hour delay. During daylight time, it was a one hour delay for Albuquerque and two hours for Phoenix and Tucson.
Also, does anybody remember TV Guide for Indiana listing program times with both times zone [7:30 (6:30)]?
I saw the process at a local Phoenix affiliate who tape delayed not only for their station, but Tucson and Albuquerque as well. During standard time it was a simple one hour delay. During daylight time, it was a one hour delay for Albuquerque and two hours for Phoenix and Tucson.
Also, does anybody remember TV Guide for Indiana listing program times with both times zone [7:30 (6:30)]?
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I moved out of Indiana permanently in 1970, but I do remember a Friday evening where I could pick up the tv show, "Route 66" from WTHI in Terre Haute at 7:30, and watch it on WISH at 8:30. I was not wise to the ways of tape delay at that time, so I was puzzled at how that happened.
I saw the process at a local Phoenix affiliate who tape delayed not only for their station, but Tucson and Albuquerque as well. During standard time it was a simple one hour delay. During daylight time, it was a one hour delay for Albuquerque and two hours for Phoenix and Tucson.
Also, does anybody remember TV Guide for Indiana listing program times with both times zone [7:30 (6:30)]?
I moved out of Indiana permanently in 1970, but I do remember a Friday evening where I could pick up the tv show, "Route 66" from WTHI in Terre Haute at 7:30, and watch it on WISH at 8:30. I was not wise to the ways of tape delay at that time, so I was puzzled at how that happened.
I saw the process at a local Phoenix affiliate who tape delayed not only for their station, but Tucson and Albuquerque as well. During standard time it was a simple one hour delay. During daylight time, it was a one hour delay for Albuquerque and two hours for Phoenix and Tucson.
Also, does anybody remember TV Guide for Indiana listing program times with both times zone [7:30 (6:30)]?
WISH apparently did tape delay of network programming around that time, though not very long. I don't remember the dual listing of times in the Indiana TV Guide (at least the Northeast Indiana edition.) Fort Wayne TV would flash on the screen during every network show "Indiana viewers will see this program one hour earlier/later beginning ________.
Tape delay got to be a real adventure during breaking news. Theoretically, stop recording, stop playback, carry the news bulletin live, pick up where you left off and everything should line up. It seemed to never work that way, especially with more than one interruption (let's see, I've got 6 minutes of the Young and the Restless on reel 3, another 14 minutes...where?).
My favorite and most harrowing story of tape delay in Lafayette, Indiana was when former President Nixon passed away. "Picket Fences" aired in CBS's 10pm slot so we recorded it at 9 EST/CDT. CBS broke in at 10:40/9:40 with the news of Nixon's death and stayed with it through the top of the hour. No one in the Eastern/Central time zone saw the last 20 minutes of "Picket Fences". (I'm assuming West Coast got a rerun or substitute program instead of the first run episode). We pick up the bulletin, finish the 9pm show at 10, Picket Fences starts at 10:20 and on our airwaves, abruptly ends. Phones ring off the hook and were still ringing Monday asking why we ditched the last 20 minutes of the show. It was difficult to explain that CBS cut the show off an hour earlier to do the Nixon bulletin. Our GM attempted to do an editorial to explain and gave up.
Tape delay got to be a real adventure during breaking news. Theoretically, stop recording, stop playback, carry the news bulletin live, pick up where you left off and everything should line up. It seemed to never work that way, especially with more than one interruption (let's see, I've got 6 minutes of the Young and the Restless on reel 3, another 14 minutes...where?).
My favorite and most harrowing story of tape delay in Lafayette, Indiana was when former President Nixon passed away. "Picket Fences" aired in CBS's 10pm slot so we recorded it at 9 EST/CDT. CBS broke in at 10:40/9:40 with the news of Nixon's death and stayed with it through the top of the hour. No one in the Eastern/Central time zone saw the last 20 minutes of "Picket Fences". (I'm assuming West Coast got a rerun or substitute program instead of the first run episode). We pick up the bulletin, finish the 9pm show at 10, Picket Fences starts at 10:20 and on our airwaves, abruptly ends. Phones ring off the hook and were still ringing Monday asking why we ditched the last 20 minutes of the show. It was difficult to explain that CBS cut the show off an hour earlier to do the Nixon bulletin. Our GM attempted to do an editorial to explain and gave up.
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I know what you mean. There was an article in TV Guide (I assume it went nationally) back in the 70s or 80s and it talked about the problems stations had time shifting daytime programming when there was only one line. Specifically, mentioned in one part of the article was the NBC station in Phoenix AZ. According to the article, a viewer called up wondering why "Dinah's Place" wasn't on in it's schedule 11 a.m. time slot. The reply was the show was pre-empted for the rocket launch. The viewer replied, "But, that was at 8 o'clock this morning."
One summer the ABC affiliate carried the ABC Daytime schedule in pattern one hour earlier, but ran a different pair of syndicated programs in the afternoon than the pair of programs that ran in the morning prior to the time shift. A friend of mine was upset about that, so I tried to explain that the different shows were a better fit for that time slot. I didn't have the inside information on the programs selecte I just used what I thought would be the right thinking. She didn't like my reasoning.
One summer the ABC affiliate carried the ABC Daytime schedule in pattern one hour earlier, but ran a different pair of syndicated programs in the afternoon than the pair of programs that ran in the morning prior to the time shift. A friend of mine was upset about that, so I tried to explain that the different shows were a better fit for that time slot. I didn't have the inside information on the programs selecte I just used what I thought would be the right thinking. She didn't like my reasoning.
The Phoenix affiliate--KTVK? Wasn't the delay done for El Paso also?
You'll see a lot of that on the TVG pages on this site:
http://www.historiccolumbusindiana.org/whatwewatched/whatwewatched.asp
Hey, apologies not needed! But you should have seen their operation back in the 1960s (before they were comfortable doing tape delays). ABC prime time Sun-Fri was all off of 16mm film prints. Shipped to KTVK to air the same night as the network feed (zero delay), but of course it looked marginal. Sat evening was the network feed, live. Back then, they also fed Tucson--I don't know about ABQ and ELP.
I think all of the Phoenix network affiliates ran the Saturday and Sunday prime time programming live from the network. No tape delay at all. I remember bits and pieces from the sixties and seventies, such as the 90 minute John Gary Show on channel 12 Saturday nights (1968). 1965 channel 10 ran the two hour Alan Burke talk show.
Fortunately, I've forgotten most of everything else.
Fortunately, I've forgotten most of everything else.
Hi again, I finally took time to find a sample of the Indianapolis TV Guide with the Eastern and Central Time Zone printed side by side. First, here's the website: http://www.historiccolumbusindiana.org/whatwewatched/whatwewatched.asp
Second here's a sample page from the site: http://www.historiccolumbusindiana.org/whatwewatched/tvguidea-458.jpg
Second here's a sample page from the site: http://www.historiccolumbusindiana.org/whatwewatched/tvguidea-458.jpg
Indiana Time Zone(s)
During the Korean war, I was stationed in Indianapolis. A buddy and I decided we should take advantage of seeing the New York Metropolitan opera, which was performing at the University of Indiana in Bloomington. So we drove down, about a 2 hour drive, It was summer so Indianapolis was on EDST. When we got to Bloomington, we found that 1): Bloomington was on Central Time, and 2) Bloomington did not observe DST. So the opera didn't start until 10 p.m., our time. THe opera lasted over two hours with intermission (Tristan and Isolde), so we didn't get on the road until almost 1 A.M. So we didn't get to our barracks until after 3 A.M. I haven't been to an opera since.
During the Korean war, I was stationed in Indianapolis. A buddy and I decided we should take advantage of seeing the New York Metropolitan opera, which was performing at the University of Indiana in Bloomington. So we drove down, about a 2 hour drive, It was summer so Indianapolis was on EDST. When we got to Bloomington, we found that 1): Bloomington was on Central Time, and 2) Bloomington did not observe DST. So the opera didn't start until 10 p.m., our time. THe opera lasted over two hours with intermission (Tristan and Isolde), so we didn't get on the road until almost 1 A.M. So we didn't get to our barracks until after 3 A.M. I haven't been to an opera since.
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