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Re: My 11-yr old son asked me this question

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From: mattack
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 20:11
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In article <3D957173.F57ACB7F@nospam.com>,
Chris Fields  <fieldsch@nospam.com> wrote:
>We watch Dan Rather on CBS in the DC area on WUSA/TV9 at
>6:30 pm Monday through Friday. As we were watching tonight
>my son asked me, "Do the people in California watch this
>at the same time we do?" He knew there is a three-hour
>time difference. I didn't know what so say, but I figured
>they did not watch Dan Rather at 3:30 in the afternoon.

I'll answer the (off topic) presumably troll..  Yes, I'm falling for it.

The national news is usually just re-ran 3 hours later for the West Coast,
but at least for the NBC news (which I record every day), they sometimes 
do a "West Coast Edition", or even sometimes just one report (hastily cut
into the existing episode).

>Are most nightly newscasts on the west coast broadcast at
>11:00 pm or 10:00 pm or earlier .... like 7 pm? When are
>most of the late news programs aired?

The original question seemed almost reasonable.. This is the most troll-
seeming part.  But I thought others might actually be interested in the
bit about the national news.

(and I would have answered it in email if he had posted from a real address)
-- 
mattack@vax.hanford.org
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