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

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From: balanco01 Proprclr
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 06:26
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On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 19:30:58 -0400, "Matrox"
<matrox100@yahoo.com>sayeth::

>Most Network Stations dont  really care about the West Coast so they air
>east coast live shows whenever they can schedule it  in. West coast citizens
>are considered second class citizens anyway to the networks. They just feel
>that they wont be around much longer anyway do to earth quake faults etc,
>and know they  will eventually drift  off to sea, so they feel why worry
>about them, when they can focus on those who really matter on  the east
>coast where real decisions are made.

 But we are the ones who usualy produce all of those
hit shows they air. Maybe we should withhold some of 
our shows from the East coast markets for a while  >:)
>

 (before anyone flames me, I've lived on the East Coast
for most of my life)
>
>Chris Fields <fieldsch@nospam.com> wrote in message
>news:3D957173.F57ACB7F@nospam.com...
>> My son asked me this question and I could not answer it. I
>> hope this isn't too off topic. I apologize if it is, but
>> I would appreciate any input. I just don't know the answers!
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> And another question about west coast times:
>>
>> In DC most of our late night news is at 11 pm.
>>
>> 4-WRC-TV- 11:00 pm (NBC)
>> 5-WTTG-TV- 10:00 pm (Fox)
>> 7-WJLA-TV - 11:00 pm (ABC)
>> 9-WUSA-TV - 11:00 pm (CBS)
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> I just wondered if they showed Dan Rather here and rewound the
>> tape and played it three hours later?
>>
>> Any input appreciated. I hope this question isn't as confusing,
>> as I felt, when my son asked me.
>>
>> Chris Fields
>> Fairfax, Va.
>
>
>

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