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Tell me what it means (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago by sag@lemm.ee to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 99 points 3 months ago

This station now concludes its broadcast day.

That's right. At a certain time of night, TV stations would just stop showing things until morning.

[-] darth_tiktaalik@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 months ago

I feel like even the concept of a tv station is a bit outdated despite technically still existing.

"Entertainment companies used to decide what shows were playing at 5pm"

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

I admit it's kind of odd (and sort of refreshing in a nostalgia sort of way) to be in a hotel room and watch broadcast TV.

[-] NOPper@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

It's the only time I get to watch Hogan's Heroes and Svengoolie 😁

[-] psmgx@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I mean TV and cable are still a thing even in the US. My niece still loves mid day talk shows and soaps

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

I blame this for my inability to sleep without white noise. I fell asleep to the television throughout my formative years.

[-] zeekaran@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

I learned about this from Poltergeist.

[-] broken_chatbot@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Local 58 "Contingency" flashbacks

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

I think my local channels used to do that too... Now they just fire up ads!

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I was about to reply "you've got to be pretty old for that", then remembered that whenever I left the city for a beach vacation, they'd play infomercials after 1AM until programming resumed around 8AM. For big city channels, programming was 24/7, though.