mikey@trsvax.UUCP (10/24/84)
I just called the local NBC affiliate here in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area to inquire about what the stereo format they will be going to is and when. NBC has been broadcasting in stereo to the local stations since this summer. Talk about getting morons on the phone. The first person almost hung up on me, kept saying "This is a TV station, not radio!!!" She finally put me through to someone who knew what I was talking about but sounded like they were bored to death. It seems that they are not going to go stereo for at least a year, if then. Sheesh, why would the network bother to go stereo at all if the major metro broadcasters aren't going to support it? Is this the reaction in the other major metro areas? Are ANY local broadcasters transmitting in stereo yet? Are the only people getting stereo the people with their own dishes? Are any of the other networks getting ready to go stereo? Is this going to go the way of CD-4 quad? mikey at trsvax
moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) (10/29/84)
That's about it here in Seattle. The ABC affilliate is doing some, but the
few calls I have made to said station's "engineering" dept. has resulted in
a new high in my search for morons in positions of responsibility...
"That's the biz, sweetheart"
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPAdavew@shark.UUCP (Dave Williams) (11/06/84)
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I just called our crack NBC affiliate here in the Portland
area and was told that NBC is distributing their
programming on the network in stereo and they wouldn't
be switching over for at least another year.
My guess is that NBC is the first commercial network to
go stereo as they are owned by RCA who is in the business
of selling TV sets. This was their tactic in the 60's
when NBC became The Full Color Network. I would also
guess that the first stations to provide stereo reception
will be the o&o (owned and operated) network stations. The
affiliates will go stereo when enough pressure is put on them
by their viewers or the network.
PBS also distributes most of its programming in stereo. If
grant money or local contributions were given to the local
stations for upgrading their equipment, they could be on the
air in stereo very quickly.
I understand that KTLA in L.A. is now broadcasting in stereo.
This independent station has been a real innovator in the
past. Now if they would just put something on the tube worth
listening too, let alone watching. :-]
Dave Williams
Tektronix, Inc.
ECSlauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (11/07/84)
KTLA here in L.A. is running quite a bit of stereo (and language simulcast) programming, and promoting it quite heavily. Of course, KTLA is one of the *real* oldies when it comes to Los Angeles television, and has been ahead of the pack in numerous ways. Their current slogan is: First to broadcast the Rose Parade. First to broadcast the Rose Parade in color. First to broadcast the Rose Parade in stereo. They ran 2001 in stereo a few days ago, but the audio was disappointingly compressed--hopefully this won't be typical. --Lauren--
eric@apollo.uucp (Eric Peters) (11/17/84)
I just returned from a month in Germany, and apparently stereo TV broadcasting is the norm. They had the Reagan / Mondale debates live (in the middle of the night), with your choice of original English, or simultaneous translation into German. It takes a new set to pick up both channels, but the system is backward compatible. Eric Peters (...!decvax!wivax!apollo!eric) Apollo Computer Inc., Chelmsford, MA 01824