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From: zben@umd5.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Shuttle Coverage on Cable News Network
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Date: Thu, 2-May-85 13:48:41 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  2 13:48:41 1985
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Summary: Local 56 carries in Washington D.C. area

Local channel 56 (a very independant station) seems to be dovetailing some
continuous shuttle coverage with broadcasts of "the clown show" (my own
personal name for the continuous coverage of the House of Representatives).
We had about a half hour view of the mercury-iodide vapor crystal growth
experiment and some time while they were fiddling with the triglycine
sulfate (?) liquid crystal growth experiment.  Meanwhile they were trying to
fix the intercom system - they had the pilot's comm box plugged into the
mission commander's sockets cause it worked there.  I only watched for awhile
before coming to work but its really neat...

They must be picking it up from somewhere.  There were periodic announcements
of shows that would only be on something called "NASA SELECT" which I assume
is some internal TV network - but they weren't letting those shows out onto
the air.  Perhaps one has to pay for them... :-)

The call letters for channel 56 are WNVT (northern virginia television) serving
Fairfax, D.C., and Prince Georges County (MD) but I am so close to the border
with P.G. I can get it, albeit very fuzzy.  Really frustrating - I would have
liked to see the crystal growth stuff much more clearly.
-- 
Ben Cranston  ...{seismo!umcp-cs,ihnp4!rlgvax}!cvl!umd5!zben  zben@umd2.ARPA