On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 3:22 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That was "NBC Nightside." I used to watch it a lot in college. > > > I would have said NBC News Overnight, but I guess that is because I am an > old man. I saw almost every episode, since I got back from the library > around 1:30 or 2:00 in those days. So it goes,,,
I recall when the name/format change occurred. At the end of the day, as is now evidenced by internet video, it doesn't take much to produce a basic TV show. I recall in college when the air conditioning went out in the campus' TV studio where we would produce a live newscast. Everybody panicked as the light grid started -- well -- exploding, but it happened to be a rare, sunny day in the state of Washington. We moved the gear outside... I mean it was just a desk, chairs, some microphones, and a few cameras. It actually looked amazing in comparison to the low-light studio we normally used. Cut to the present day, and engineers are no longer needed to sync cameras because it is done automatically. Thanks to the digital revolution, transmission can be handled off-site by one guy in a basement, who can route video anywhere. HD cameras no longer require high end lighting and most have built in audio gear. This is why I still don't consider Fox to be a network in the same sense that ABC, CBS, and NBC are. They provide two hours of prime time six days a week and a few sports events. They have no network news unless they pipe in press conferences via their non-news cable network. It would take no effort on Fox to add an hour of programing here and there, and a newscast would be so f-ing easy. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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
