[BC] Regarding Interruptions

[Robert Meuser]

No people who are concerned should buy the appropriate weather radios.  
Maybe a special feature should be added to IBOC for this so that the 
demand can be increased.

R

Milton R. Holladay Jr. wrote:

>Obviously, Congress should enact legislation requiring all weather events to
>occur on a prearranged, known  timetable so that broadcasters could arrange
>their program schedules and avoid all this hassle. (Since they can amend the
>laws of physics via the FCC, this should be a snap for them.)
>M
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Barry Mishkind" <barry at oldradio.com>
>To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 12:42 PM
>Subject: Re: [BC] Regarding Interruptions
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>>         I think perhaps a 30 second interruption
>>         would not be inappropriate, perhaps
>>         even a little longer in a "re-run" - although
>>         how do you know it is not the "first time"
>>         someone is seeing that episode?
>>
>>         Although the network is going to take the
>>         time from the program rather than the
>>         commercial schedule, you would think
>>         the net could "make up the time" with
>>         a time compression box.
>>
>>         The problem with the interruption that
>>         started most of this thread is that, in
>>         the case of ABC, they never returned to
>>         the program at all.  (Well, there was
>>         ONE WORD uttered by a character between
>>         the end of the News Brief of almost a half
>>         an hour and the local news here - a very
>>         poor switch.)
>>
>>         Those who were not watching live, but
>>         recording on a VCR or DVR, came home
>>         to half a program.
>>
>>         (For the record, now that many of us are
>>         accustomed to recording programs for
>>         later viewing, it is equally, if not moreso -
>>         infuriating during a "first run" episode
>>         when they "run over" into the next
>>         time slot. Again, you are left with
>>         no ending....   I've seen this happen a
>>         number of times. It bespeaks of poor
>>         communication between news and
>>         entertainment. And, perhaps some
>>         arrogance ...  A large number of
>>         viewers no longer arrange their lives
>>         around sitting during prime time.)
>>
>>         Finally, for the record: we have become
>>         too erratic in this country regarding
>>         weather. Weather happens. Each and
>>         every front that comes through is not
>>         the storm of the century, and should
>>         not be "played" as if it is.
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