TV cartoons

[A. Joseph Ross]

On 24 Mar 2008 at 20:29, Doug Drown wrote:

> This thread about Uncle Gus and Big Brother Bob Emery has made me
> wonder about something (this is a layman's question):  What did
> television stations commonly do with the cartoon and movie archives
> they had when we were little?  Did they show them for several years
> and sell them to other stations, did they toss them in the trash after
> so many years, or what?  There are cartoons I remember that I haven't
> seen in forty-five years or more.
 
And a related question, what happens to stations' record libraries?  
Back in the 1980s when 1150 became WMEX oldies, I wondered whether 
they were using records left over from the WCOP Top 40 days, but I 
suspect not.  What happens to the music libarry when a station drops 
a format?

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