I remember that Directtv used the backhaul feeds on the AFC games that day until President Bush was done speaking- believe they waited till Dan Rather did the wrap up before switching back to the regular network feeds. Up till Obama did his address about Newtown, it was the last time a NFL game was preempted for breaking news s far as i know. On Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 9:30:15 AM UTC-4, Tom Wolper wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 1:17 PM stannc <sta...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> G-E-C is also the pleasant sound that you hear when you try to shoplift >> at Lowe’s Home Improvement. >> > > I'll take your word for that. > > Some years ago I listened to all the extant 300+ episodes of Dragnet from > NBC Radio. The recording always ended with the NBC chimes and once an > announcer said, "Three chimes mean good times." > > Going back to the question that started this thread, I have been reading > along and trying to remember what I was watching when a major event > happened. Not the event but the show and I can't think of any. I think > network interruptions are rarer in the cable news era and especially during > prime time since newsworthy stuff tends to happen during business hours. I > wasn't watching TV when the 9/11 attacks happened and I wasn't watching > when the Challenger exploded. The closest I can think of is I was sitting > in Heinz Field at a Steelers game in 2001 when they stopped the game and > President Bush came on the jumbotron to announce he was ordering US forces > to Afghanistan. >
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