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From: tim@opoxsrv.i.intel.com.ogc.edu
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle,sci.astro
Subject: Re: Moronic TV news coverage
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Date: 15 Mar 89 02:25:05 GMT
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Reply-To: tim@opoxsrv.i.intel.com (Timothy E. Forsyth)
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In article <704@m3.mfci.UUCP> rodman@mfci.UUCP (Paul Rodman) writes:
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>After watching another shuttle launch and flipping desperately between
>channel 4 and CNN, I very much wish for a channel that would tell
>the commentator to SHUT-UP during the launch.

In Portland, OR (Rogers Cable TV) there were two channels that had pure
NASA feeds (NASA Select?).  These were a local cable access channel and
(more importantly) CSPAN-II, one of the congressional channels.  I know
that the local channel was set to start the NASA feeds at 12:30 am pacific
time.  I don't know when CSPAN-II started their coverage, but there was NO
ancher person overdubbing, other than the official NASA lady (which you
would get even if you had a direct downlink from NASA Select.  Check to see
if your local cable has CSPAN-II (I watched it over the local channel because
the local had a jumpy picture).

Tim Forsyth
Intel Corporation
OEM Platforms Operation
Hillsboro, Oregon
tim@opoxsrv.i.intel.com