Broadcasting Q? Announcing The Time On The Radio

I've noticed it for about ten years, maybe mo


The announcer/other on-air personality more often than not tells the wrong time! Typically the wrong hour. Happpens when either Standard or Daylight Saving is in effect.

"Mostly clear skies, twenty five degrees at 12 minutes past 5(it's 6:12 as I'm typing this).

What KIND OF CLOCK do most AM/FM radio stations have on their wall, if any nowadays?

Chris K-Man > wrote:
>I've noticed it for about ten years, maybe mo
>
>
>The announcer/other on-air personality more often than not tells the wrong time! Typically the wrong hour. Happpens when either Standard or Daylight Saving is in effect.

This is the consequence of your local station rebroadcasting some program
from off the satellite, from some station in a different time zone.

Some of the radio networks are better than others about this sort of thing.
Family Radio is just horrible about it.

>"Mostly clear skies, twenty five degrees at 12 minutes past 5(it's 6:12 as I'm typing this).

Likely the weather isn't for where you are either.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

On Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 7:57:17 PM UTC-5, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Chris > wrote:
> >I've noticed it for about ten years, maybe mo
> >
> >
> >The announcer/other on-air personality more often than not tells the wrong time! Typically the wrong hour. Happpens when either Standard or Daylight Saving is in effect.
>
> This is the consequence of your local station rebroadcasting some program
> from off the satellite, from some station in a different time zone.
>
> Some of the radio networks are better than others about this sort of thing.
> Family Radio is just horrible about it.
>
> >"Mostly clear skies, twenty five degrees at 12 minutes past 5(it's 6:12 as I'm typing this).
>
> Likely the weather isn't for where you are either.
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Again: The station broadcasts off the Empire State Building, which I can see from the shore of my town in CT . it's the local news report at five minutes past the top of every hour.

On 2/25/2021 8:54 PM, Chris K-Man wrote:
> On Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 7:57:17 PM UTC-5, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> Chris > wrote:
>>> I've noticed it for about ten years, maybe mo
>>>
>>>
>>> The announcer/other on-air personality more often than not tells the wrong time! Typically the wrong hour. Happpens when either Standard or Daylight Saving is in effect.
>>
>> This is the consequence of your local station rebroadcasting some program
>> from off the satellite, from some station in a different time zone.
>>
>> Some of the radio networks are better than others about this sort of thing.
>> Family Radio is just horrible about it.
>>
>>> "Mostly clear skies, twenty five degrees at 12 minutes past 5(it's 6:12 as I'm typing this).
>>
>> Likely the weather isn't for where you are either.
>> --scott
>> --
>> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
>
> Again: The station broadcasts off the Empire State Building, which I can see from the shore of my town in CT . it's the local news report at five minutes past the top of every hour.
>
Many times I've written this off as "old guys with bad eyes"
Some times they catch it and do an 'oops' ...
~~
A station I listen to does re-broadcasts of the previous day
over night. Some times the times don't quite line up.

IMHO not a big thing.
--
==
Later...
Ron C
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Chris K-Man > wrote:
>Again: The station broadcasts off the Empire State Building, which I can see from the shore of my town in CT . it's the local news report at five minutes past the top of every hour.

Yes, but the announcer is likely in San Antonio in the same building with
all the rest of the iHeartMedia announcers rather than being in a little
closet on he 85th floor of the Empire State.

Unless he's in Maryland with the Sinclair announcers or in Oakland, CA with
the Family Radio announcers.

Local radio does still exist in some places but it's much more common to
get stuff off the bird with local announcements inserted off mp3 files.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

On 26/02/2021 15:34, Scott Dorsey wrote:

> Local radio does still exist in some places but it's much more common to
> get stuff off the bird with local announcements inserted off mp3 files.
>
That is if the announcer on a music show didn't record the show at home
last Thursday using a clock that they hoped was set to show the times
when the show would actually be broadcast. The news and localised
adverts are just slotted into the gaps or faded up at the correct time
over the music.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

On Friday, February 26, 2021 at 4:04:29 PM UTC-5, John Williamson wrote:
> On 26/02/2021 15:34, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>
> > Local radio does still exist in some places but it's much more common to
> > get stuff off the bird with local announcements inserted off mp3 files.
> >
> That is if the announcer on a music show didn't record the show at home
> last Thursday using a clock that they hoped was set to show the times
> when the show would actually be broadcast. The news and localised
> adverts are just slotted into the gaps or faded up at the correct time
> over the music.
>
> --
> Tciao for Now!
>
> John.
____________

It JUST HAPPENED AGAIN:

On WBAI FM 99.5 IN NEW YORK CITY, the announcer of "A New Day" mis-announced the time as "7:27" when it was actually 7:47am. She did apologize and correct herself. This is a LOCAL, PRIVATELY FUNDED radio station with studio and transmitter both within the boundaries of NY City in the EASTERN TIME ZONE.

So I'll ask once mo WHAT KIND OF CLOCK do these radio stations have on their wall, if any?

"Theckma C. K-Tard, the gibbering moron" wrote in message
...
> It JUST HAPPENED AGAIN:

Nobody gives a ****, li'l buddy. KoOkY KAP-lOcK don't really help

> <snip theck-tard's vapid ranting >

> So I'll ask once mo WHAT KIND OF CLOCK do these radio stations have on
> their wall, if any?

I think we all know that this is a roundabout way for you to troll about
daylight saving time. Twice a year, you get several extra hours of stupid,
so this weekend may reduce the remnants of your pudding-brain even further.
Pathetic, but entirely predictable. And the use of caps-lock indicates a
certain level of desperation.

When you were a baby, did your parents beat you on the head with a clock set
to daylight saving time? Is that why you're retarded?

On 3/9/2021 7:51 AM, Chris K-Man wrote:
> On WBAI FM 99.5 IN NEW YORK CITY, the announcer of "A New Day" mis-announced the time as "7:27" when it was actually 7:47am. She did apologize and correct herself. This is a LOCAL, PRIVATELY FUNDED radio station with studio and transmitter both within the boundaries of NY City in the EASTERN TIME ZONE.

It's hard to get good help nowadays. I hear a lot of radio news
broadcasters mispronounce names of people and places, and some things.
They should know better. But the push for real time news has pretty much
done away with editing before broadcast.

> So I'll ask once mo WHAT KIND OF CLOCK do these radio stations have on their wall, if any?

Generally studios have both an analog and a digital clock, and many have
a countdown clock as well so the announcer knows how much time there is
before the end of the hour.

But are you sure the announcer you mentioned above is actually looking
at a clock in the studio? Could be that she's at home with an improvised
studio, and just looked at her watch.



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For a good time, call http://mikeriversaudio.wordpress.com

On 10/03/2021 1:51 am, Chris K-Man wrote:
> On Friday, February 26, 2021 at 4:04:29 PM UTC-5, John Williamson wrote:
>> On 26/02/2021 15:34, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>
>>> Local radio does still exist in some places but it's much more common to
>>> get stuff off the bird with local announcements inserted off mp3 files.
>>>
>> That is if the announcer on a music show didn't record the show at home
>> last Thursday using a clock that they hoped was set to show the times
>> when the show would actually be broadcast. The news and localised
>> adverts are just slotted into the gaps or faded up at the correct time
>> over the music.
>>
>> --
>> Tciao for Now!
>>
>> John.
> ____________
>
> It JUST HAPPENED AGAIN:
>
> On WBAI FM 99.5 IN NEW YORK CITY, the announcer of "A New Day" mis-announced the time as "7:27" when it was actually 7:47am. She did apologize and correct herself. This is a LOCAL, PRIVATELY FUNDED radio station with studio and transmitter both within the boundaries of NY City in the EASTERN TIME ZONE.
>
> So I'll ask once mo WHAT KIND OF CLOCK do these radio stations have on their wall, if any?
>


I blame the 5G.

geoff