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- Tue May 14, 2024 9:28 pm
- Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
- Topic: Screen Name, Realized
- Replies: 1
- Views: 84
- Tue May 14, 2024 8:47 pm
- Forum: Everywhere Else
- Topic: WBZ's Dick Summer - RIP
- Replies: 1
- Views: 73
WBZ's Dick Summer - RIP
I was a frequent, almost nightly listener to Dick Summer's unique shows on WBZ (1030) through the 1960s.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/05/14 ... rsonality/
https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/05/14 ... rsonality/
- Mon May 06, 2024 5:21 pm
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Your Clock May Not Be Accurate
- Replies: 16
- Views: 641
Re: Your Clock May Not Be Accurate
I'm a stickler for punctuality. Accurate time keeping is important to me. Although it seems to be less important to the world at large. Hotel rooms don't even have a clock anymore. They say guests are embarrassed to have a clock in their room. Last few times I've done a hotel stay, there certainly ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: Detroit Public TV moving, current home sold
- Replies: 40
- Views: 10975
Re: Detroit Public TV moving, current home sold
They moved to an area with a population boom at the time- a stone’s throw from Lyon Township (Napier is the boundary). It’s the same as when 2 and 7 moved to Southfield in the 50s. I was always under the impression that 2 &7 (and the MSP Northville post) are where they are at because of a ridge of ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:10 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: Ridiculousness
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2695
Re: Ridiculousness
McCaskill is awful. Her voice gets way too high and squeaky when reading a story, for absolutely no reason. It’s almost cartoon or teenage male puberty like. [...] Around the same time this afternoon, McCaskill was giving a report about the man who was assaulted with baseball bats. Her chirpy, gidd...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:35 pm
- Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
- Topic: Sleuthing Digital TV Signal Problems
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3466
Re: Sleuthing Digital TV Signal Problems
recently , while watching a network local signal thru our Comcast cable, I have seen digital video signal breaking up. (Pixelating) quite often, No way to tell if the on-air signals were also breaking up or it was in the cable system. I am thinking of adding an antenna and a switch to select air or...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:25 pm
- Forum: Let's Break for Commercials
- Topic: Xfinity voiceover
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6498
Xfinity voiceover
Current flight of Xfinity spots for internet and mobile has a different female voiceover from recent past.
I had really hoped the scratchy "vocal fry" voice thing had gone away, but alas, no.
Once you notice it, you always notice it. Irritating AF.
I had really hoped the scratchy "vocal fry" voice thing had gone away, but alas, no.
Once you notice it, you always notice it. Irritating AF.
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:28 pm
- Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
- Topic: ATSC 3.0 is unnecessary; numerous 4K, 1080p and 720p streams already possible using a single RF channel in ATSC 1.0!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2228
Re: ATSC 3.0 is unnecessary; numerous 4K, 1080p and 720p streams already possible using a single RF channel in ATSC 1.0!
I hate the idea of another RF transition, IE ATSC 3.0 I like the idea what this guy has done in Eugene. If I was at the FCC, I would ask TV vendors to provide software patches for older sets. Maybe even setup a software group to help do this. Very very few "older sets" are capable of software or fi...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:11 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: Johnny In The Morning
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5224
Re: Johnny In The Morning
I rather liked Johnny and Zito. IIRC Johnny had a background in standup, and brought that to the show (with varying degrees of success).
Spike and Sarah I remember from their brief stint on the lamented (by me at least) The Edge 105.1.
Spike and Sarah I remember from their brief stint on the lamented (by me at least) The Edge 105.1.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:04 pm
- Forum: Let's Break for Commercials
- Topic: "Washington's Proposed Capital Regulations" Huh?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1990
Re: "Washington's Proposed Capital Regulations" Huh?
I doubt it would even impact any of the Michigan banks. Was this on CNBC or Bloomberg? I've seen this PAC ad both on broadcast and on cable. No idea if they've bought time on CNBC or Bloomberg. The irritating and misleading thing about it is that it doesn't attribute these Proposed Capital Regulati...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:41 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: Fox 2 News
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13370
Re: Fox 2 News
I agree with Ermani on the ballot thing. I don't ever recall having to declare which ballot I wanted in the past, as there was only one ballot. [...] When there was only one ballot, with each party's slate carried on it, people who didn't/don't understand how party primaries work were splitting tic...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 4:24 pm
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: As if there weren't enough reasons to hate AT&T...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2211
Re: As if there weren't enough reasons to hate AT&T...
LOL! Why am I not surprised that incident occurred on channel 62? Ahmad Bajjey is a space and science aficionado. If he made mention during his shift of the solar activity/flares, he would have debunked the reports linking that to the cell outages, and likely would have given viewers a short tutori...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:20 pm
- Forum: Let's Break for Commercials
- Topic: "Washington's Proposed Capital Regulations" Huh?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1990
"Washington's Proposed Capital Regulations" Huh?
A PAC ad is running lately, ranting about "Washington's Proposed Capital Regulations" I for one have no idea what these "proposed regulations" are about, who is pushing for (or against) them. No reference to any specific House or Senate Bill, none of the usual "call Senator/Congressman x and tell th...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:10 pm
- Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
- Topic: Now, this is weird! (involves 91.3 WGTE)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4420
Re: Now, this is weird! (involves 91.3 WGTE)
Did GTE (the phone company) and Sylvania (the electronics corporation) used to be related to one another? [...] Sylvania made some darn good TVs in the 80s. IIRC WGTE was callsign-speak for "Greater Toledo Educational" not General Telephone and Electronics. Long before the 80s, Sylvania black & whi...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:48 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: WWJ Astronomy Program
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4207
Re: WWJ Astronomy Program (RIP Sandy Wood)
A sad update to an old thread. WWJ recently reported the February 15 passing of Sandy Wood, longtime host of the astronomy program StarDate. She had such a silky, smooth voice, causing a lot of "driveway moments," that need to finish listening to an episode to its very end, before being able to shut...