On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Not sure if they're still doing it this way, but they used to put graphics > up on the network feed around 15 minutes before the start of Leno that > listed the local break times for the late-night shows, so that the stations > could program their automation from that. > > Date on this graphic is correct: http://i.imgur.com/jks4WOe.jpg On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Ben Scripps <[email protected]> wrote: > FWIW, CBS still does the same thing with Letterman timings; a > similar-looking graphic with break times pops up on the network feed at > about 11:01 and typically stays up for 15 or 20 minutes. They still send > the timings over their BAS system so it prints out a hard copy in > affiliates' master control rooms, but if the printer dies, this makes for a > good backup. > It's time for Joe Hass's Rhetorical Question Theater. Then their process flow is just cocked up. Why not wait until you have to program these breaks into the computer to program the last one? In fact, why program that at all and just cue it from the control room? This has been another episode of Joe Hass's Rhetorical Question Theater. Stay tuned for Secret Storm next over most of these CBS stations. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
