Re: Start of Broadcast Day (was Larry Glick?)

[Chuckigo@aol.com]

In a message dated 04/27/2000 6:07:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
kc1ih@yahoo.com writes:

<< You will also notice that TV guide starts the day's listings at 5AM.
So, maybe it's different for some radio stations >>

that would be all full-time radio stations, Larry.  in twenty plus (oh God, 
i'm one THEM now...) years of radio, with the exception being the am station 
in Biddeford, WIDE, that used to conclude its broadcast day at midnight, and 
then fire up the squirrels in the transmitter at 0450 for an 0500 sign-on, 
i've never once started or seen a program or broadcast log on a full-time 
station that did not begin anew at 12am.  also, all of the network clearance 
sheets i've ever had to spend arduous hours filling out in order to meet the 
clearance obligations all began each day with the 12am hour.
irt television program logs:  tv's all night programming is a fairly recent 
phenom, no?  many tv stations used to sign off after the late late late late 
show (or was it "Even Later With...") and then go to snow.  (or as i used to 
imagine it when younger whilst waiting for something, anything, to return to 
the screen, "the overhead crowd shot")  the new day would usually begin at 5, 
as that was when "...begins another broadcast day." roll the anthem and the 
Blue Angels/Thunderbirds fly-by.
   and yes, "The Guide" (bow heads in reverence), starts at 5am, but that 
publication is mostly for the public.  and unless you've worked "Thursday 
night/Friday morning", 2am is just very late at night, instead of incredibly 
early in the morning.

- -Chuck Igo