Stranger than fiction

[Kevin Vahey]

Station traffic departments are pretty clueless in 2012 compared to 30-50
years ago.

There was a time when stations had to log every commercial ( network/local)
by hand in real time but that hasn't been the case for 30 years.

Boston is lucky ( for now ) as the major TV stations still have a local
master control.

WFXT will soon ( if not already ) switch to the FOX hub in Nevada and CBS
has been rumored to move O&O masters to Pittsburgh.

A couple of months ago WPRI - Providence needed to go live on a major story
but the override from Springfield failed.

Bottom line in radio-TV is Mr. Computer can always find wok.


On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote:

> And it's likely 5 Hour Energy was a sponsor of Judge Judy that Judge Judy
> show was broadcasting ,since they sold the sponsorship... likely, there was
> nothing WBZ could do as they had no control of an ad that wasn't theirs.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:29 PM, A Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com
> >wrote:
>
> > On 11/15/2012 5:22 PM, Chris Hall wrote:
> >
> >  Throughout  the 4 o’clock hour WBZ-TV teased the upcoming 5:00 PM news
> >> that included the top story: 13 deaths are now being
> >> blamed on the use of 5 Hour Energy drink.....The 4 o’clock locally
> >> programmed hour of syndicated Judge Judy had no less than 4 commercials
> >> for guess what..... 5 Hour Energy two of which followed the 13 deaths
> >> WBZ-TV news tease. Does no one pay attention to anything other than
> >> their I phone anymore.
> >>
> >
> > Assuming they knew what was going on, what could they do about it?
> > Tampering with paid commercials is a serious no-no in commercial
> > broadcasting.
> >
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> >
> >
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