All BBC radio stations are (or were as of an hour ago) on special coverage.
BBC World has been on live coverage since the “concern for her health” announcement this morning, including riveting coverage of a plane landing at Aberdeen airport. The live coverage on the BBC website actually announced the death and then took a pause so the coverage could break into regular programming and make the formal announcement with the national anthem. John On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 3:52 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > According to what I've seen from a reliable TV writer source on Twitter, > BBC1 is in news coverage mode and has been all day. BBC2 was carrying the > BBC1 schedule since this afternoon, but after "Pointless" at 5:15 p.m. and > an hour of what we call track and field and they call "athletics" > highlights at 6 p.m. is now simulcasting BBC1. I'm assuming that BBC World > News is in on the simulcast and I confirmed that ITV is in coverage mode > (ITV2 is in normal programming, which right now is "Bob's Burgers"). > Channel 4 went into coverage mode after "The Simpsons" at 6:30 p.m. > Channel 5 is running a documentary on HM the Queen now, but will go back to > normal programming at the top of the hour (and did run "Home and Away" as > normal). > > In the states, I assume that Fox is letting the affiliates pick up FNC if > they wish--WFLD and WPWR in Chicago are sticking to regular > programming--the programme that is called in the UK "Family Fortunes" on > the former and some low-end court show on the latter. > > Mark Jeffries > [email protected] > > > [image: width=] > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free.www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#m_-145235199302248838_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 2:26 PM Brad Beam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >> Behalf Of *Kevin M. >> >> *>*Just because this is a TV group, here for posterity is the moment the >> BBC reported it: >> >> *>* >> >> *>*https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-21927209 >> >> >> >> As of 3:25et, ABC and NBC are still in Special Report mode. CBS bowed out >> at 2:30. >> >> >> >> “As long as I get to watch ‘Moneybags,’” someone in the Home Countries >> will say…. >> >> -- >> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/003301d8c3b8%24f280dd80%24d7829880%24%40suddenlink.net >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/003301d8c3b8%24f280dd80%24d7829880%24%40suddenlink.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi_XPbocGfv1W_Amt1XmpKxxOBndqarKNMrHff9WvcPfzw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi_XPbocGfv1W_Amt1XmpKxxOBndqarKNMrHff9WvcPfzw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- John Edwards "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtMJ_6a2%3DHMZ13-56Fc1ULzT0XNt9ifOPr9oBuWLKz3m7XA%40mail.gmail.com.
