[BC] The way we are viewed

[Robert Meuser]

Maybe an accident and maybe they intentionally did not want a real 
frequency. That could have possible business or legal implications.

R


Barry Mishkind wrote:

> At 06:35 AM 7/31/2006, Xen Scott wrote
>
>> At 09:10 PM 07/30/2006 -0700, Barry Mishkind wrote:
>>
>>> Tonight, a Mercedes-Benz commercial on NBC shows the driver setting 
>>> his touch screen radio.
>>>
>>> It displays "112.7 FM"
>>
>>
>>
>> Could it be that it's an electronic typo and they really meant 102.7 FM?
>
>
>         Yes, it is possible.
>
>> We used to pre-produce the opening for ABC's World News Tonight 
>> because it involved a
>> lot of video and graphic elements.  One day, after multiple attempts 
>> at getting every thing
>> to happen in the right sequence and time, the final mix of the open 
>> was viewed by many
>> people in the control room and accepted.  The first feed of the 
>> program aired normally.
>> During the second feed, the phone in the control room rang.  It was a 
>> staff person watching
>> from home.  He pointed out that the date on the opening was wrong.  
>> He was correct.
>> It wasn't the numerical part specifying the day that was wrong, but 
>> the month.  None of
>> the many people who saw the opening prior to that point noticed it 
>> and said something.
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>
>         It is always interesting to see what "slips by" in
>         the crush of getting material on the air.
>
>         Quite often the "crawl" on some of the cable
>         nets will yield a surprise.... even a chuckle.
>
>         Of course, I have a theory ... as long as you
>         say it with a "normal voice" ... few people
>         will really notice what you say.
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