With regard to Carleton's USMA 18157, The Globe and Mail's television program list has its day running from 6 am to 6 am.
>I signed up on The Learning Channel's site to receive reminders of TV shows I >want to see but might forget about. On the sign-up page I noted a couple of >things and sent in these comments: > > >> >1. When I signed up, I entered my zip code: 20877-3501, but this was >> noted as invalid. It only accepted 20877. >> >2. I looked up the schedule for the World Trade Center special. It >> >indicated: >> >Wednesday, February 6, 10:00 pm >> >Wednesday, February 6, 1:00 am >> >Sunday, February 10, 6:00 pm >> >It seems that the first two are out of order. > > >And quickly came a cheerful and rather interesting response: > >> >> Thanks for your note and feedback! At the present time, our registration >> process is only set up to take a 5-digit zip, not the full 5-plus-4. That >> may change soon, however. >> >> Regarding the program broadcast times -- Sometime back in the early days of >> >> television, the standard broadcast day was set at 6am to 6am, instead of >> 12midnight to 12midnight. This standard has been used by television >> networks ever since, even though we now have 24-hour programming. I'm not >> sure why the industry doesn't change the system, but I guess some >> traditions are harder to break than others. If you check other networks, >> like History Channel, A&E, HGTV, etc., they all use the 6am to 6am grid >> since the online folks get their programming information directly from the >> TV scheduling departments. It's confusing, I know, and I hope that one day >> >> soon everyone will switch over. At any rate, when you look at one of our >> daily TV program grids, just know that it *is* chronological, so anything >> at the bottom of the grid after midnight is actually the next calendar day. > >Fighting tradition is a never-ending battle on many fronts. > >Carleton > ><HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" >FACE="Arial" LANG="0">I signed up on The Learning Channel's site to >receive reminders of TV shows I want to see but might forget >about. On the sign-up page I noted a couple of things and sent in >these comments:</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: >#ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR> ><BR> ></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 >FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR> ><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: >5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">>1. When I signed up, >I entered my zip code: 20877-3501, but this was<BR> >noted as invalid. It only accepted 20877.<BR> >>2. I looked up the schedule for the World Trade Center >special. It<BR> >>indicated:<BR> >>Wednesday, February 6, 10:00 pm<BR> >>Wednesday, February 6, 1:00 am<BR> >>Sunday, February 10, 6:00 pm<BR> >>It seems that the first two are out of order.</FONT><FONT >COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 >FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> ><BR> ></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 >FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR> ></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 >FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">And quickly came a cheerful and >rather interesting response:<BR> ></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 >FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR> ><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: >5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><BR> >Thanks for your note and feedback! At the present time, our >registration <BR> >process is only set up to take a 5-digit zip, not the full 5-plus-4. >That <BR> >may change soon, however.<BR> ><BR> >Regarding the program broadcast times -- Sometime back in the early days >of <BR> >television, the standard broadcast day was set at 6am to 6am, instead of <BR> >12midnight to 12midnight. This standard has been used by television <BR> >networks ever since, even though we now have 24-hour programming. >I'm not <BR> >sure why the industry doesn't change the system, but I guess some <BR> >traditions are harder to break than others. If you check other >networks, <BR> >like History Channel, A&E, HGTV, etc., they all use the 6am to 6am >grid <BR> >since the online folks get their programming information directly from the <BR> >TV scheduling departments. It's confusing, I know, and I hope that >one day <BR> >soon everyone will switch over. At any rate, when you look at one of >our <BR> >daily TV program grids, just know that it *is* chronological, so anything <BR> >at the bottom of the grid after midnight is actually the next calendar >day.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR> ><BR> >Fighting tradition is a never-ending battle on many fronts.<BR> ><BR> >Carleton</FONT></HTML> Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
