Broadcasting Q: Announcing The Time on The Radio

[Chris K-Man]

I've noticed it for about ten years, maybe more:


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?

[None]

"Theck-Mama" the village idiot double-posted in message
...

> I've noticed it for about ten years, maybe more:

But you've boasted that you don't know what "ten" means, li'l buddy. And you
don't need to double-post, unless you're admitting that you're
double-retarded.

> 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)

Oh, look, the dumb-**** dropped a fresh word-salad turd about daylight
saving time. How cute! And what a predictable troll ...

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

It probably just needs to have the video calibrated and the tire pressure
adjusted several times per day.

HTH, LB. FCKWAFA! LKDSAIH.

[Mike Rivers[_2_]]

On 2/24/2021 6:17 AM, Chris K-Man wrote:
> "Mostly clear skies, twenty five degrees at 12 minutes past 5"(it's 6:12 as I'm typing this).

My turn to ask you a dumb question. Are you sure you're listening to a
local station, or at least one in the same time zone? I'm in the Eastern
time zone but the station that I listen to most of the time when I just
want to hear music and I don't care what kind, is on Central time, so
it's an hour earlier there than here.

When they announce the time, I just look at my watch.



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[Don Pearce[_3_]]

On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 08:51:06 -0500, Mike Rivers >
wrote:

>On 2/24/2021 6:17 AM, Chris K-Man wrote:
>> "Mostly clear skies, twenty five degrees at 12 minutes past 5"(it's 6:12 as I'm typing this).
>
>My turn to ask you a dumb question. Are you sure you're listening to a
>local station, or at least one in the same time zone? I'm in the Eastern
>time zone but the station that I listen to most of the time when I just
>want to hear music and I don't care what kind, is on Central time, so
>it's an hour earlier there than here.
>
>When they announce the time, I just look at my watch.

I always listen on Radio Garden

http://radio.garden/listen

Any time zone, any part of the world.

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[Chris K-Man]

On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 8:51:06 AM UTC-5, Mike Rivers wrote:
> On 2/24/2021 6:17 AM, Chris K-Man wrote:
> > "Mostly clear skies, twenty five degrees at 12 minutes past 5"(it's 6:12 as I'm typing this).
> My turn to ask you a dumb question. Are you sure you're listening to a
> local station, or at least one in the same time zone? I'm in the Eastern
> time zone but the station that I listen to most of the time when I just
> want to hear music and I don't care what kind, is on Central time, so
> it's an hour earlier there than here.
>
> When they announce the time, I just look at my watch.
>
>
>
> --
> For a good time, call http://mikeriversaudio.wordpress.com
________

I live in the NY Tri-State area. The station in question is WABC AM, 770

[geoff]

On 25/02/2021 12:17 am, Chris K-Man wrote:
> I've noticed it for about ten years, maybe more:
>
>
> 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?
>

"More often that not", or "very occasionally" ?

geoff

[geoff]

On 25/02/2021 12:17 am, Chris K-Man wrote:
> I've noticed it for about ten years, maybe more:
>
>
> 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?
>


What really ****s me off is when posters more often than not put an
extra letter in a word. Typically an extra p in 'happens'. Occurs either
in English (USA), English (UK/AUS/NZ/etc).

What kind of spell-checker do they have on their computer, if any nowadays ?

geoff

[Chris K-Man]

On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 7:18:42 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
> On 25/02/2021 12:17 am, Chris K-Man wrote:
> > I've noticed it for about ten years, maybe more:
> >
> >
> > 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?
> >
> What really ****s me off is when posters more often than not put an
> extra letter in a word. Typically an extra p in 'happens'. Occurs either
> in English (USA), English (UK/AUS/NZ/etc).
>
> What kind of spell-checker do they have on their computer, if any nowadays ?
>
> geoff
______

Why don't you just offer some insight to the topic?

By the way it's a tablet - I don't have teensy
Twitter fingers like someone I know, plus I have disabled all automatic features under keyboard settings

[Don Pearce[_3_]]

On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 13:18:28 +1300, geoff >
wrote:

>On 25/02/2021 12:17 am, Chris K-Man wrote:
>> I've noticed it for about ten years, maybe more:
>>
>>
>> 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?
>>
>
>
>What really ****s me off is when posters more often than not put an
>extra letter in a word. Typically an extra p in 'happens'. Occurs either
>in English (USA), English (UK/AUS/NZ/etc).
>
>What kind of spell-checker do they have on their computer, if any nowadays ?
>
>geoff

Or the increasing American habit of putting extra words where they
don't belong. Like adding the word "at" to "where are you". Or
inserting the word "of" into a phrase like "inside the house". It is
caused by ignorance of grammar and word usage. In this case, "inside"
is a preposition. Of course you can say "the inside of the house"
where "inside" is a noun.

I know. Blank looks.

d

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"Theck Tard, village idiot" wrote in message
...

> Why don't you just offer some insight to the topic?

Apparently, you're the only one who gives a **** about your own stupity,
which was the topic of your original post. Of course, it was also a troll
about daylight saving time, but like so much of your pathetic life, that was
a failure.

> By the way it's a tablet - I don't have teensy
> Twitter fingers like someone I know, plus I have disabled all
> automatic features under keyboard settings

Nobody gives a **** about that either, li'l buddy. So sad. I guess you'll
just gave to go eat worms.

[david gourley[_6_]]

(Don Pearce) -
september.org:

> On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 13:18:28 +1300, geoff >
> wrote:
>
>>On 25/02/2021 12:17 am, Chris K-Man wrote:
>>> I've noticed it for about ten years, maybe more:
>>>
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>
>>
>>What really ****s me off is when posters more often than not put an
>>extra letter in a word. Typically an extra p in 'happens'. Occurs either
>>in English (USA), English (UK/AUS/NZ/etc).
>>
>>What kind of spell-checker do they have on their computer, if any
nowadays ?
>>
>>geoff
>
> Or the increasing American habit of putting extra words where they
> don't belong. Like adding the word "at" to "where are you". Or
> inserting the word "of" into a phrase like "inside the house". It is
> caused by ignorance of grammar and word usage. In this case, "inside"
> is a preposition. Of course you can say "the inside of the house"
> where "inside" is a noun.
>
> I know. Blank looks.
>
> d
>

I think you're absolutely correct and it is annoying. You should hear it
in the "south" where I live. Don't get me started on redundancies like
"exact same" or "divide it down" or "separate it out...." I hear that a
lot, and it's like fingers on a chalkboard to me.


david

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[Chris K-Man]

On Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 10:32:06 AM UTC-5, david gourley wrote:
> (Don Pearce) -
> september.org:
> > On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 13:18:28 +1300, geoff >
> > wrote:
> >
> >>On 25/02/2021 12:17 am, Chris K-Man wrote:
> >>> I've noticed it for about ten years, maybe more:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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?
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>What really ****s me off is when posters more often than not put an
> >>extra letter in a word. Typically an extra p in 'happens'. Occurs either
> >>in English (USA), English (UK/AUS/NZ/etc).
> >>
> >>What kind of spell-checker do they have on their computer, if any
> nowadays ?
> >>
> >>geoff
> >
> > Or the increasing American habit of putting extra words where they
> > don't belong. Like adding the word "at" to "where are you". Or
> > inserting the word "of" into a phrase like "inside the house". It is
> > caused by ignorance of grammar and word usage. In this case, "inside"
> > is a preposition. Of course you can say "the inside of the house"
> > where "inside" is a noun.
> >
> > I know. Blank looks.
> >
> > d
> >
> I think you're absolutely correct and it is annoying. You should hear it
> in the "south" where I live. Don't get me started on redundancies like
> "exact same" or "divide it down" or "separate it out...." I hear that a
> lot, and it's like fingers on a chalkboard to me.
>
>
> david
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Back to topic: WHAT TYPE OF CLOCK, if any, do they have on the studio wall inside radio stations these days?

Difital? Or hands? Hours and minutes? or just minutes?

[geoff]

On 25/02/2021 10:08 pm, Don Pearce wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 13:18:28 +1300, geoff >
> wrote:
>
>> On 25/02/2021 12:17 am, Chris K-Man wrote:
>>> I've noticed it for about ten years, maybe more:
>>>
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>
>>
>> What really ****s me off is when posters more often than not put an
>> extra letter in a word. Typically an extra p in 'happens'. Occurs either
>> in English (USA), English (UK/AUS/NZ/etc).
>>
>> What kind of spell-checker do they have on their computer, if any nowadays ?
>>
>> geoff
>
> Or the increasing American habit of putting extra words where they
> don't belong. Like adding the word "at" to "where are you". Or
> inserting the word "of" into a phrase like "inside the house". It is
> caused by ignorance of grammar and word usage. In this case, "inside"
> is a preposition. Of course you can say "the inside of the house"
> where "inside" is a noun.
>
> I know. Blank looks.
>
> d
>


"Please do this already" is one that I have trouble with. In this
time-space-contiuum at least ...

geoff

[geoff]

On 26/02/2021 11:18 am, Chris K-Man wrote:
> On Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 10:32:06 AM UTC-5, david gourley wrote:
>> (Don Pearce) -
>> september.org:
>>> On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 13:18:28 +1300, geoff >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 25/02/2021 12:17 am, Chris K-Man wrote:
>>>>> I've noticed it for about ten years, maybe more:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What really ****s me off is when posters more often than not put an
>>>> extra letter in a word. Typically an extra p in 'happens'. Occurs either
>>>> in English (USA), English (UK/AUS/NZ/etc).
>>>>
>>>> What kind of spell-checker do they have on their computer, if any
>> nowadays ?
>>>>
>>>> geoff
>>>
>>> Or the increasing American habit of putting extra words where they
>>> don't belong. Like adding the word "at" to "where are you". Or
>>> inserting the word "of" into a phrase like "inside the house". It is
>>> caused by ignorance of grammar and word usage. In this case, "inside"
>>> is a preposition. Of course you can say "the inside of the house"
>>> where "inside" is a noun.
>>>
>>> I know. Blank looks.
>>>
>>> d
>>>
>> I think you're absolutely correct and it is annoying. You should hear it
>> in the "south" where I live. Don't get me started on redundancies like
>> "exact same" or "divide it down" or "separate it out...." I hear that a
>> lot, and it's like fingers on a chalkboard to me.
>>
>>
>> david
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>
> Back to topic: WHAT TYPE OF CLOCK, if any, do they have on the studio wall inside radio stations these days?
>
> Difital? Or hands? Hours and minutes? or just minutes?
>


Maybe this was posted here in error. Should have been in rec.time.announcing

geoff

[Don Pearce[_3_]]

On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:09:30 +1300, geoff >
wrote:

>> Or the increasing American habit of putting extra words where they
>> don't belong. Like adding the word "at" to "where are you". Or
>> inserting the word "of" into a phrase like "inside the house". It is
>> caused by ignorance of grammar and word usage. In this case, "inside"
>> is a preposition. Of course you can say "the inside of the house"
>> where "inside" is a noun.
>>
>> I know. Blank looks.
>>
>> d
>>
>
>
>"Please do this already" is one that I have trouble with. In this
>time-space-contiuum at least ...
>
>geoff

The time problem is worse than that. "Momentarily" now somehow means
"soon". And "regular" no longer means at evenly spaced intervals, it
means midrange. The language is falling apart apace.

d

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