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« on: May 10, 2006, 03:04:01 PM » |
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TV nowadays is pretty much 24/7 (locally, the only exception are the PBS stations). Are there any commercial, non-PBS broadcast stations that still do NOT program 24/7 and still do a full sign-off at night?
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« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2006, 03:52:40 PM » |
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I haven't come across one in a long time.However, you can still here the National Anthem (in English) at ballgames.I grew up close to the Canadian border. Musically speaking, I always thought O' Canada was a better song. I really don't miss sermonette.
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« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2006, 04:01:35 PM » |
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At my station we don't sign off, but (on weekdays) our broadcast day starts at 4AM, and ends at 3.59.55AM. At 3.59.55AM we are in The Tonight Show AN (All-Night) which is provided by NBC. We usually bail out (fade out) at 3.59.55AM with a slate that states "We Now Leave The Tonight Show To Start Our Morning Programming," (which is an infomercial) and a lower third ID.At 4AM is when our next day logs start. Wednesday Night for instance: Midnight until 4AM is still considered Wednesday, and at 4AM is when Thursday's programming and log starts.For weekends, I'm not really sure what happens, because I'm off on weekends, but I do know we don't sign off, we usually have infomercials and Bryan Allen shows *screams in horror.*
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« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2006, 06:49:34 PM » |
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The NBC station in Bangor, Maine (and possible their co-owned station in Portland) sign off sunday nights at 1am and sign back on at 4:30 for early today...Maine Public Broadcasting signs off over the air everynight, but they keep a feed going for cable.
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« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2006, 12:40:07 AM » |
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I really don't miss sermonette.I do! |
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« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2006, 02:16:42 AM » |
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TV nowadays is pretty much 24/7 (locally, the only exception are the PBS stations). Are there any commercial, non-PBS broadcast stations that still do NOT program 24/7 and still do a full sign-off at night? only one TV station in my area, WMAH-TV 19 Biloxi, MS (formerly Miss. ETV, now MPB) signs off but only on Sunday Nights after 12 AM. They signoff over the air and cable.BTW, I have 2 Yahoo group devoted to signoffshttp://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/USTVSignoffs/http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/InternationalTVSignoffs/You can download signoffs herehttp://www.jawtoons.com/sign-offs/index.html |
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« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2006, 09:42:40 AM » |
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In Milwaukee, we have two stations that sign off.. WCGV ch. 24 (UPN...soon to be MyNetwork) signs off Sunday nights at 1:30am, back on at 6am Monday morning. WVCY ch 30 (religious indendent) signs off nightly at 12am, and back on at 9am the next morning. Neither PBS station here signs off, they both went 24/7 about 3 or 4 years ago
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« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2006, 09:56:45 AM » |
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TV nowadays is pretty much 24/7 (locally, the only exception are the PBS stations). Are there any commercial, non-PBS broadcast stations that still do NOT program 24/7 and still do a full sign-off at night? ...WXOW/19 in La Crosse and WQOW/18 in Eau Claire (both ABC) both sign off circa 1:05 A.M. Central, after a 12:05 "Home Improvement" rerun and/or one or two infomercials. For a couple of years, they ran "Jimmy Kimmel Live" a half hour out of pattern after an 11:05 "Frazier" rerun, but now that "Frazier" has been picked up by WLAX/25-WEUX/48, the Fox affiliates, Kimmel pops up right after "Nightline"...interestingly, co-owned WAOW/9 Wausau, WYOW/34 Eagle River and WKOW/27 Madison all carry "World News Tonight"... |
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« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2006, 02:18:08 PM » |
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Nowadays, if/when TV stations sign off the air on late saturday or Sunday nights ONLY (the ones that are usually 24/7), they're doing so for transmitter maintenance.
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« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2006, 03:41:22 PM » |
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Two of the three stations operated by Frank Spain, Inc in the Columbus/Tupelo/West Point market sign-off every night. Well, not so much "sign-off" as "quit broadcasting." WKDH-45-ABC ends programming at 1am after a repeat of "Entertainment Tonight." I don't know if they run positioning statements or do the national anthem, but after "sign-off" they air a "live" image of WTVA's NWS doppler relay. Same goes for WLOV-27-Fox, which "signs off" about an hour later than WKDH and broadcasts the same radar image.One would think that if they weren't going to power-down the tower they would just continue broadcasting ABC's overnight programming. Kinda irks me, really.
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