RE: Signal Transmission and Delay

["Bill O'Neill" <billo@shoreham.net>]

>If it's done the same in radio as it is in TV, the show is
>sent in advance
>by satellite and recorded by each station.  Each station then
>rolls the
>tape (or hard drive server) at it's air time for that program.
> As for why
>the Boston stations would roll a second or two later than
>other stations, I
>don't know.
>---
>Larry Weil
>Lake Wobegone, NH

If the show is a live feed (each station capturing the same satellite
channel) the stations _could_ be running a "delay" on their programming
before it goes to the transmitter and their respective delay time
settings could be off by a bit from one another (6 versus 8 seconds,
etc.)  Just a possibility.  Also, if a station gets the feed via high
speed data lines (is that an option anyplace?) and the other off of the
satellite which may have a minor delay, that could do it, as well.

Bill O'Neill