Re: generational markers (was "Disney's Man In Space")

From: Mike Flugennock (71v43mm0zk_at_stinkers.org)
Date: 06/04/04 

Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 02:07:31 -0400

In article <40be1385$0$8108$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.au>, "Neil Gerace"
<geracen@iinet.net.au> wrote:

> > In article <pjsrb018iflfsdjbrfrgfpnjflckta8eav@4ax.com>,
> > om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_research_facility.org says...
> > > ...some affilates switched around between networks
> > > during the entire 30+ hours of coverage each network pledged to the
> > > A11 mission, but by the time Armstrong was at the foot of the ladder,
> > > See-BS was the network of choice.
>
> The Apollo 11 landing marked the first time an Australian TV station had
> stayed online overnight. Sad but true.

Interesting; our family was stationed in Germany at the time, and I
watched it over, iirc, the German "Sudwestfunk" channel as the AFTV
channel in Frankfurt didn't come in for *** in Heidelberg (this meant
lots of "Batman" episodes in German. Weeeeiirrrd.); also iirc, the German
channels stayed on fairly late normally, not like TV stations in the
States in those days, where even the Late Late Show usually wrapped up
around 2:30am, followed by that old F-104 footage with "High Flight"
scrolling over it, the Anthem, and "snow" by 2:40am.

When DC local Channel 5 first expanded their Friday and Saturday night
late old movie programming to all-night in the mid '70s, it was like a
gift from the gods for all us late-night partiers.

Now, _there's_ a marker for you; how many USAians here can remember when
TV stations actually _signed_off_the_air_ at 1 or 1:30am every night,
right after Carson, or the Perry Mason rerun, or the old B-movie? 

-- 
"All over, people changing their votes,
 along with their overcoats;
 if Adolf Hitler flew in today,
 they'd send a limousine anyway!"              --the clash.
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