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Has anyone actually answered your son's questions.

Californians that watch Dan Rather are not usually watching it at the
same time you are.  It is tape delayed in other time zones...  3 hours
later in CA.  Most of the time it is the exact same broadcast. 
However, if there is a significant update to the news, a "west coast"
version may be broadcast.

Cable news channels tend to do everything live and then rebroadcast. 
"Hannity and Colmes" and "Larry King Live" I believe come on at 6PM
here (live).  It's live on the east coast... at 9PM, right?

Other things are live on both coasts too.  Monday Night Football on
ABC will start at 6PM here tonight, and will normally end around 9PM. 
You get it from 9 to midnight as it's live everywhere.  Last time I
watched Monday Night Football in Hawaii (many years ago) it started at
4PM.


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.