On Thursday, July 12, 2012 5:50:46 PM UTC-4, Bob in Jersey wrote: > > In order to consolidate the lifestyle programming that appears on these > channels, known as (city name) Nonstop and (last time I looked) seen on > (channel).4 on OTA sets, and on major cablers in those cities... the hours > they don't use could be filled with NBCU-owned classic shows... I know that > some of them also air syndicated sports... > > And no, I don't like the name being considered for the new network... > > TheWrap<http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/bob-tv-nbcu-rolls-local-news-channels-new-national-network-47351> > > I occasionally flip on the NBC Nonstop channel here in the Philadelphia area (Channel 10.2). The one show which appears to have a substantial budget is "Foodies," with a reporter spending a half hour surveying restaurants in a particular town or neighborhood. (They actually spent an entire show on my hometown, a tiny borough called Narberth. Probably the most television coverage Narberth has ever had.) But shows like that would only interest a local audience. One time I turned on the channel and they were running the Miami version of Foodies. Why they thought anyone outside Miami would watch it is beyond me. The other show I find interesting is "Out of the Vault," which presents historic clips of shows from the station's 60+ year history. Fascinating to locals like me, maybe not so much to someone from out of town. But as someone with a deep love of television history, I would hate to see something like that pulled off the air. Universal Sports occupied NBC's other digital tier slot, Channel 10.3, until that network went off the air. I wondered what would take its slot - perhaps Nostalgia TV or Me-TV. (Tribune's WPHL already runs Antenna TV and ThisTV on its digital tier channels.) Instead, the channel went dark. Meanwhile, just this week (I believe), CBS station KYW has added its first digital tier channel, 3.2, running local news and weather. -Tim
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