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Subject: Shuttle TV coverage
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Date: Sun, 12-May-85 17:23:05 EDT
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From: Ross Finlayson <rsf@Pescadero>

  	I get particularly dissapointed when I get up several hours early to
	watch the shuttle liftoff only to find nothing on but inane early
	morning talk shows.  Even CNN has of late been letting us down.

NBC seems to be far and away the best of the three broadcast networks in this 
respect.  In the Pacific time zone at least, it showed (albeit brief) live
coverage of the last two shuttle launches.  Each time, CBS and ABC stayed 
with their chat shows.  So, kudos to NBC for giving us even this paltry amount
of coverage.  As much as I hate to admit it, though, I think we have to
resign ourselves to the fact that as shuttle flights become more and more 
routine, public interest, and thus TV coverage, is going to wane even further.

	Ross.