[BC] Interesting sign-offs and Tech Difficulties

[RokprtMike@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/20/2006 7:22:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
broadcast-request at radiolists.net writes:

Enough  of the city isn't subscribed to cable so stations scrambled to 
do short  LMAs to keep a signal on the air. WLIW (21) in Garden City, 
as I recall,  was used by one station for a short time. I was 
surprised to find  commercial programming on WLIW. Does the FCC 
require an official waiver  for a non-comm in cases of emergencies like these?




When the WTC tower was hit in 1993, a phone call or telegram would suffice.  
AT NBC that was taken care of by Lou Libin instant STA's.
 
WNBC went up on a spare cable bird with a scroll on all of the RCA/GE  
spacecraft with instructions on where to find the station. Instant  Superstation.
 
We also had a LPTV station set up on Channel 4 from what is now the roof of  
the Fox Building where NBC uplinks the network from. It was commando TV at its 
 best! 
 
Mike Hemeon