[BC] Things that drive CEs nutty

[Bill Brister]

In the northern tier it is common to run the transmitter all night during
the winter months to keep it from freezing up especially in buildings that
have no heaters. The difference is they run color bars or a test pattern
during that time. Running black (100% modulation) all night does seem to be
a great unneeded stress on the transmitter.

Bill B.
Houston


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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Barry Mishkind
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 11:05 AM
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Subject: [BC] Things that drive CEs nutty

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.


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