[BC] Things that drive CEs nutty

[Barry Mishkind]

At 07:07 AM 8/18/2006, Mark Humphrey wrote
>I recall that the founders of KDHX-TV in St. Louis (an offshoot of the
>former KDNA-FM) wanted each evening's "sign-off" to feature a live
>shot of the night crew walking to the studio door and turning out the
>lights.  The station would broadcast "black" all night until sign-on,
>when the door would be seen opening and the lights turned on again.
>
>This practice might be frowned upon today, as a contribution to
>"global warming" with no "redeeming benefit" -- although an "artiste"
>might disagree...

         I think the CE must have gone ballistic when
         he heard of this one.  That's like running
         "pedal to the metal" all night long.  Of course,
         if it were a stress test for the xmtr, they
         picked a good one.