I'm not 100% certain of this, but I think television stations were always
allowed to use the suffix -TV even if it wasn't officially part of their
assigned call. If so, I suspect the FCC would tell you they can use -DT on
the same basis.
Unfortunately, I don't have time at the moment to resear
K.M. Richards wrote:
> Not quite, Jim.
>
> When analog television for full-power stations was discontinued, stations
> had three options:
>
>- Call letters plus the suffix -DT
>- Call letters plus the suffix -TV
>- Call letters only, unless also on a co-owned radio station somewhere,
>
Not quite, Jim.
When analog television for full-power stations was discontinued, stations
had three options:
- Call letters plus the suffix -DT
- Call letters plus the suffix -TV
- Call letters only, unless also on a co-owned radio station somewhere,
in which case a suffix is requir
Part of the homogenized look is so on-air talent can pretend to be places
they're not. For instance, LA's Fritz Coleman was also doing the weather
for San Diego for a while (not sure if he still is). Although he was in LA,
the SD anchors would turn to face the weather wall and banter with him as
th
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 2:44 PM, M-D November wrote:
> Two things:
> 1) I notice that both WNBC and KNBC have large (fake) "windows" behind the
> anchor desk, presumably carrying realtime video from somewhere in the
> viewing area (in NY, it's usually from one of the cameras atop 30Rock, tho
> so
Bob Jersey wrote:
> But technically, ISTR that all of the Peacock's O&O's legal calls end in
> -DT, not -TV
I believe all "DT" suffixes either dropped off or were automatically
changed back to "TV" once the analog channels went away.
Looking in the FCC database at all the NBC O&O's I can remember
M-D November, to Kevin M, in part:
>
> 2) "He was a fixture on NBC4, or as it was known then, KNBC." Are they
> implying the call sign has changed?
>
>
Nope, just that most of their (perceived) audience doesn't understand
Federal call signs. Ever notice that what passes for a legal I.D. is bare
Two things:
1) I notice that both WNBC and KNBC have large (fake) "windows" behind the
anchor desk, presumably carrying realtime video from somewhere in the
viewing area (in NY, it's usually from one of the cameras atop 30Rock, tho
sometimes they use the angle that looks down over the Today Show
