[QuadList] NBC Burbank: Au Revior--Historical tidbits about Burbank's early Quad operation

[Steve White]

You can add my name to the list of those who'd prefer to watch an 
earlier feed.  I'm sure most local stations would much prefer to sell 
that hour, though; rather than lose it.

In the mid-60s, as a member of the DC crew for CBS Evening News at 
WTOP-TV, just as Cronkite took the program to a half hour...the entire 
crew in New York and DC waited until nearly 7:00 (I think) to learn if 
any key stories had changed enough to justify a second feed.  We'd also 
do it again if someone had made a serious mistake.


On 1/8/13 5:21 PM, Ted Langdell wrote:
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> Hi, Park,
>
> While writing the post, I had some questions regarding what happened 
> to the one-hour delay for Central time zone.
>
> What I related is what I found in the 1959 document  "Automatic 
> Control of Video Tape Equipment at NBC Burbank," by NBC's Robert Byloff.
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> Perhaps there are QuadList members who can shed light on the subject?
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> There may have been some economic or practical logistics involved.
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> Perhaps program protection was necessary? Did the net find that it 
> needed to roll two machines in record and then in play so there was a 
> main and backup rolling simultaneously? The dozen machines available 
> in the document didn't allow for that.
>
> Or it may have been simply the idea of disrupting an existing 8/7 
> Central time viewing habit.
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> If the other two networks didn't go for it, NBC would have had a very 
> interesting time trying to adjust program schedules to maximize 
> viewers in the Central Time zone, and when interpreting ratings 
>  against the other networks and stations when selling time.
>
> *Re: Local stations and schedules out of pattern:*
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>     KOVR, the Stockton/Sacramento CBS owned station runs prime time an
>     hour early, and has done so since before CBS bought the station
>     from Sinclair.
>
>     At one time, KOVR (then under other owners) and NBC affiliate
>     KCRA-TV, Sacramento ran the network prime time an hour early.
>
>     In San Francisco, then Westinghouse-owned CBS affiliate KPIX ran
>     prime an hour early.
>
>     Both KCRA-TV and KPIX reverted to standard 8 p.m. weekday pattern.
>      KOVR enjoys better late news ratings, competing against the
>     Tribune owned Fox and Hearst-owned MyTV 10pm news offerings.  My58
>     is the sister to long-time market news leader KCRA, both now owned
>     by Hearst.
>
> Now how many of us would like to watch the Eastern TZ feeds beginning 
> with dinner?  You could be in bed even earlier!
>
> Ted
>
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> On Jan 8, 2013, at 12:54 PM, C. Park Seward wrote:
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>> Growing up in the Central Time Zone, we saw the network programs at 
>> the same moment as Eastern. The 8 PM net start in the Eastern Time 
>> Zone was 7 PM in Central. There was no tape delay.
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>> Continues to this day. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno starts at 10:34 
>> PM, for example.
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>>     The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
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>> NEW
>> Actress Emma Stone; actor Josh Gad; The Whigs perform.
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>>   * Tue 1/8
>>   * 10:34pm-11:36pm
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>> I can't speak for Mountain or Pacific.
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>> Best,
>> Park
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>> C. Park Seward
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>> On Jan 6, 2013, at 8:09 PM, Ted Langdell wrote:
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>>> An 8 p.m. ET program would be replayed for Central and Mountain 
>>> zones one hour after it fed from New York, and then replayed at 8 
>>> p.m. Burbank time for the West Coast. 
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