. . .that affiliate would be WZDC, the Telemundo affiliate for Washington DC. Given the scandal that WHDH caused in Boston when they announced that they wouldn't air Leno, followed by NBC smacking them back into line, I was curious about WZDC.
Now WZDC, owned by ZGS Broadcast Holdings, doesn't preempt anything on primetime. Also, I believe Telemundo sends out 24 hours worth of programming, but gives stations the option of substituting certain programming with local fare. (For example, an affiliate with a local news division can air news at 6pm and 11pm, while those without one can just air whatever comes off the network feed.) Anyway, WZDC regularly airs a half-hour infomercial weeknights at midnight. Now the problem is that national Telemundo is airing an hour-long dramatic anthology "Decisiones" at the time -- running from 11:35pm to 12:35am. That's right -- almost halfway through this show is interrupted for an infomercial, and then at the conclusion to the infomercial, viewers are returned to "Decisiones", in progress and in conclusion. As far as I can tell, this has been occurring for at least two years. From this, one can draw one of several conclusions. Either very few Spanish-speaking people watch Telemundo here after midnight (especially not anyone who works for Telemundo in any capacity), or they do not know how to contact WZDC, Telemundo or higher up at NBC-Uni, or Telemundo doesn't care at all about anything airing after midnight. (And of course, nobody operating WZDC cares either.) -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://sterlingnorth.vox.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
