<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Hay Dennis, </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>I can give you a simple answer to that one. </span></div><div><span>The CT time zone did not generate enough money to justify the expense of a separate feed. </span></div><div><span>Before <span id="misspell-0" class="mark">Ku</span>, a single C band satellite transponder could cost well over $150K a month in 1980's money. </span></div><div><span>Before that, AT&T owned the 2<span id="misspell-2" class="mark">ghz</span> band for both Terrestrial and Satellite links and they provided land link connections between stations using old <span id="misspell-3" class="mark">Ratheon</span> microwave relays. </span></div><div><span>Election years, big football games, and regional events could qualify for the extra expense; but on a daily basis, it would become way
too much of a pain. </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Also you have to remember that the local stations in the Central Time Zone are a lot more local centered that those of the bigger cities. </span></div><div><span>When I worked for the NBC affiliate in North Dakota, they will preempt <span id="misspell-3"><span>prime time</span></span> network programming for 4 weeks to air the State Boys and Girls Basketball playoffs. South Dakota and Nebraska would do the same thing. Curling finals would get priority in <span id="misspell-3"><span>Minnesota</span></span>. </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>The smaller affiliates expected to be paid by the networks, blow out programming for local events, and get free or <span id="misspell-4"><span>subsidized broadcast equipment with total control as to what they choose to put on the air. I can <span id="misspell-3"><span>easily</span></span> imagine the network bean
counters asking whey they should pay to provide a service that a lot of stations would not be all that much interested in getting and I can guarantee you would not pay for. </span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span></span></span></span> </div><div><span><span><span> </span></span> </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><br><var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var> </div> <div style="font-family: lucida console, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Ted <span id="misspell-4" class="mark">Langdell</span> <ted@quadvideotapegroup.com><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Quad List <quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January 9, 2013 7:26 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [QuadList] NBC Burbank: Au <span id="misspell-6" class="mark">Revior</span>--Historical tidbits about Burbank's early Quad operation<br> </font> </div> <br>
<br><br><div id="yiv1703664957"><div><div>Hi, Dennis,</div><div><br></div><div>As I mentioned at the top of the post... I had some questions regarding what happened to the one-hour delay for Central time zone.</div><div><br></div><div>I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the plans for CT delay weren't implemented. What I would like to know is:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; border: currentColor;" class="yiv1703664957webkit-indent-blockquote"><div>What were they thinking?</div><div><br></div><div>Why was it NOT implemented?</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>My list of reasons did include the need for main/backup record/play capability. As you point out, if one deck went down, the plan as outlined had major problems.</div><div><br></div><div>You indicate that NBC began delaying programs for CT in the 80s, concurrent with implementing <span id="misspell-7" class="mark">Ku</span> Band
transmission to stations. Why and for what <span id="misspell-8" class="mark">dayparts</span>? </div><div><br></div><div>Seems Prime stayed "9, 8 Central time," but I can see some benefits from unifying start times for other <span id="misspell-9" class="mark">dayparts</span>, such as Today and other daytime programs.</div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps David's NBC Burbank alums can shed some light on what happened in 1959.</div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div><div><div>On Jan 9, 2013, at 2:50 AM, Dennis <span id="misspell-10" class="mark">Degan</span> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div><div><span style="white-space: pre;" class="yiv1703664957Apple-tab-span"> </span>I offer:</div><div><br></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;" class="yiv1703664957Apple-tab-span"> </span>Ted, it sounds like you're confusing two different technical needs. Burbank did not provide delayed feeds to the
Central <span id="misspell-11" class="mark">TZ</span>. All they did was provide delayed programming to the West Coast feed, and as I recall sometimes the Mountain <span id="misspell-12" class="mark">TZ</span> feed as well. They did not provide a one-hour delay for the Central <span id="misspell-13" class="mark">TZ</span>. Until the 1980's, there was no one-hour delay to the Central <span id="misspell-14" class="mark">TZ</span> at all, to my knowledge. In the early days (well actually, right up until the 80's when satellite distribution took over), the Networks operated essentially a two-zone system: the Eastern/Central <span id="misspell-15" class="mark">TZ</span> and the Pacific/Mountain <span id="misspell-16" class="mark">TZ</span>. NBC New York would not be very involved in the operation of the Pacific/Mountain <span id="misspell-17" class="mark">TZ</span> feeds; they merely provided a source feed for either the
local affiliates or Burbank/Denver to do whatever was needed.</div><div><span style="white-space: pre;" class="yiv1703664957Apple-tab-span"> </span>As far as the Burbank system described in your 1959 article, I'm pretty sure David is right: The system as described was not in operation very long. Frankly, I don't believe it was ever implemented as a half-hour delay system. It must have been operated as a one-hour delay system. This would free up half of the <span id="misspell-18" class="mark">VTR's</span>, allowing dual-record/playback, thereby providing backup for the system. Keep in mind that the system as described originally in the 1959 document offered no provision for <span id="misspell-19" class="mark">VTR</span> maintenance or downtime. If even one of the <span id="misspell-20" class="mark">VTR's</span> failed, there would be no way for the system to work as described.</div></div><br><div> <span
style="text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="yiv1703664957Apple-style-span"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="yiv1703664957Apple-style-span"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div><div><span style="white-space: pre;" class="yiv1703664957Apple-tab-span"> </span>Dennis <span id="misspell-21" class="mark">Degan</span>, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank</div><div><span style="white-space: pre;" class="yiv1703664957Apple-tab-span"> </span><span style="white-space: pre;" class="yiv1703664957Apple-tab-span"> </span> NBC Today Show, New
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