[BC] "Breaking News" Interruptions

[Dan Kelley]

>>As I recall reading, it took NBC longer to do even that much, because
it 
was during the network's down time, and they had to get AT&T to put 
everything back together. From then on, telco left the network switched

and patched together for the entire broadcast day...<<

Just curious what the telco logic was to switch and patch together 
a regularly-used circuit on a daily basis.

Was there such a shortage of lines/facilities in those days that they
went to other use in that portion of the day when the networks were 
not operating?

Or is this a case of illogical telco thinking?

-dan in lansing