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Re: Moronic TV news coverage

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From: Michael C Polinske
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1989 18:03
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In article <518@gandalf.littlei.UUCP> tim@opoxsrv.i.intel.com.ogc.edu writes:

   In Portland, OR (Rogers Cable TV) there were two channels that had pure
   NASA feeds (NASA Select?).  These were a local cable access channel and
   (more importantly) CSPAN-II, one of the congressional channels.  I know
   that the local channel was set to start the NASA feeds at 12:30 am pacific
   time.  I don't know when CSPAN-II started their coverage, but there was NO
   ancher person overdubbing, other than the official NASA lady (which you
   would get even if you had a direct downlink from NASA Select.  Check to see
   if your local cable has CSPAN-II (I watched it over the local channel
   because the local had a jumpy picture).

I don't know about the lauch coverage, but I do know that a public
access channel on our cable system has a continuous coverage of the
shuttle mission.  They have done this one time before also but I do
not believe they do this for secret missions.  In the corner of the
screen it shows something like this:

SCHOOL CABLE TV
NASA [LIVE]

It shows this even when I know that I saw it early.  so the cable
system must put it in.  I was wondering what network carried such
continuous, uncommentated (word?) coverage of a space flight.

   Tim Forsyth
   Intel Corporation
   OEM Platforms Operation
   Hillsboro, Oregon
   tim@opoxsrv.i.intel.com

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From: mcp2@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Michael C Polinske)
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Subject: Re: Moronic TV news coverage
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