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From: brown@nicmad.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Live-Aid (some random thoughts)
Message-ID: <267@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 16:23:12 EDT
Article-I.D.: nicmad.267
Posted: Fri Jul 19 16:23:12 1985
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References: <389@petfe.UUCP> <1222@pyuxd.UUCP>
Reply-To: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video)
Organization: Nicolet Instrument Corp. Madison WI
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In article <1222@pyuxd.UUCP> rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) writes:
>MTV coverage and regular commercial TV coverage were different, both
>uneven, and strangely enough, about half a second apart:  if you switched
>back between MTV and channel 5 (NYC) e.g., you noticed a half-second delay
>in MTV.  Anybody know why?

Try the fact that a few satellites were in operation for this event.  The
ABC Radio feed was different at times from the MTV (audio portion).  Right
after the BBC power failure, the ABC radio was equal in time to the MTV
audio.  A while later, it wasn't again.

The logisitics of putting together this technical marvel must have been awesome.
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