Actually it seems that it was proposed around 1900 to add more time after work to search for bugs (New Zealander George Hudson) and play golf (Englishman William Willitt) but the Germans were the 1st to do it in 1916 to save on coal powered lighting.
It doesn't even do that. There's the additional cost of getting up in the dark for most of the country. Here:
Interesting - never thought of that. I generally watch World News Tonight with David Muir at 6:30PM as my primary daily news fix anyway. That way I can drift off to sleep any time afterwards and still be "enlightened"! :wink:
My favorite newscast also. I do like the 10:00 local newscast, simply because it is mostly local and also the latest weather. (Actually, with tornadoes in the area, most of the evening was preempted, anyway, last night.) I also like to see at least the monologue from Colbert, to see him rip a Trump a new one. (That's as far into politics as I'll go.
) I usually read at least an hour in bed, sometimes longer...
Yes - the 10 PM newscast for local news, weather, and sports - very popular here for the working class who have early start times the next morning! :smile:My favorite newscast also. I do like the 10:00 local newscast, simply because it is mostly local and also the latest weather. (Actually, with tornadoes in the area, most of the evening was preempted, anyway, last night.) I also like to see at least the monologue from Colbert, to see him rip a Trump a new one. (That's as far into politics as I'll go.
It used to be that there was no 10:00 PM newscast in the EST, only 11:00. However, here there used to be no 9:00 CDT newscast and now there is...
Here in the Central Florida market, we've always had the three main broadcasts (NBC, ABC, CBS) plus Fox 35 for local news going back I'm sure 20+ years. Fox 35 was the outlier who started the whole 10PM local news concept.....and are still the 'original' and most watched, I'm sure. The others jumped on the bandwagon at different points in time - but on different cable stations than the main ones.
We have the cable modem (I own it) and box only in one room. All the others are on air, so I can't get things like ESPN or SEC anywhere but here, which is where my desktop is, anyway. I like a lot of weird programs (watching "Build Alaska" at the momen), but we're comfortable with air on the other sets, which used to each cost up to $10 per month with Comcast. I need to place an antenna in the attic, because we're too close to the stations' towers here on the mountaintop. Recently, AT&T tried to sell my wife on a new telephone bundle, which would cost the same as the two lines we have now with fiber internet thrown in free, as a "backup." How that would work, without a separate cable modem for them, IDK...Here in the Central Florida market, we've always had the three main broadcasts (NBC, ABC, CBS) plus Fox 35 for local news going back I'm sure 20+ years. Fox 35 was the outlier who started the whole 10PM local news concept.....and are still the 'original' and most watched, I'm sure. The others jumped on the bandwagon at different points in time - but on different cable stations than the main ones.
Right now I still have cable for my main TV and an OTA leaf antennae for the TV by my computer, which picks up all the locals news stations mentioned above plus quite a few others. Yesterday's Gator BB (loss) was on CBS so I got to watch it while sitting in my computer chair. Not so with those on SECN but that's OK - it's not like this season has gone great enough for me to go crazy with game thread posting....
FWIW, in my slow exodus from cable box to streaming, I just installed a Magic Jack to accommodate my land line. As soon as I inputted where to port my number from (my provider - Spectrum) I got an email from Spectrum my monthly fee was going down approx. $40. So far (it's been about 1 week now) it's working just fine. In fact, I initiated an option to require callers to punch 1 more number in to get their call through and it has eliminated all spam/telemarketing calls. Caller gets a brief message and if they don't press whatever number is stated (it changes each call) it hangs up on them after "x" number of seconds. I tested the system out with my 96 year old Mom and she did just fine so if she can do it - anyone can.
I'm sorry - when I said landline I meant home phone - not mobile. It's been through VOIP for quite a few years in a bundle from my Internet provider. I just use the term "landline" to differentiate from my cell (mobile) phone.
Been nice and quiet around here after I installed my M.J.
I'm wondering if it wasn't explained to those affected ahead of time what to expect.
That's, of course, not my call at all.I'm wondering if it wasn't explained to those affected ahead of time what to expect.
I realize realistically you can't put out a broadcast to everyone in the world you have a new system that will require an extra step to get through, but point is - I'm not so sure my Mom would have been successful had I not explained it to her proactively.
I also have to wonder if it's such a bad thing to cut back on those phone calls that you speak of - but that's none of my business.....
Seriously, though, it did seem to confuse even some not so elderly. The message was pre-recorded - not modifiable - and it was rather strident in tone. Of course, the idea was to induce telemarketers to hang up to begin with, so that's natural. Anyway, my wife hated it. I think it was called "Sentry." The technology to suppress these calls exists. However, the phone companies are really in bed with the telemarketers. It's probably going to take government action, which is a shame...
I live with my 2 dogs and 2 cats and as pack leader - I always have the final say so on stuff around here. :biggrin2:That's, of course, not my call at all.
Pressure is building on both the FCC and the phone companies. Don't forget they make money off the phone volume...
