Does anyone remember the Videotron/Cable & Wireless “Barker” channel typically broadcast on Channel 01 on most analogue cable boxes usually with a local radio station and showing mini previews of the channels. In my case being in Southampton we had a cable only station “Max FM” when this closed C&W switched to Wave 105. There used to be clips of this on YouTube but they have since been removed.
At that time I seem to remember it was CNBC from 6am-midday, Trouble from midday-8pm and Bravo from 8pm-6am. Trouble later began airing from 7am and CNBC moved to another transponder.
At that time I seem to remember it was CNBC from 6am-midday, Trouble from midday-8pm and Bravo from 8pm-6am. Trouble later began airing from 7am and CNBC moved to another transponder.
That's right, the CNBC morning segment was previously EBN, and they moved to Transponder 50 later when NBC Super Channel shutdown.
At that time I seem to remember it was CNBC from 6am-midday, Trouble from midday-8pm and Bravo from 8pm-6am. Trouble later began airing from 7am and CNBC moved to another transponder.
Correct. When TCC closed and Trouble expanded the 6am-12pm CNBC simulcast was moved to Challenge TV, until July 1998.
I believe a 5-11am simulcast was on NBC Europe, it may have survived after NBC was replaced by National Geographic, not the version seen on Astra.
Here's Channel 4 switching to 4-Tel in 1995. When did they start doing this and notice how they didn't have music. Was this just choice or for technical reasons?
They were definately doing it as far back as 1993, I think that's when it started. The Channel 4 test card stopped appearing at the end of 1992, and the first few months of 1993 was just a caption saying when programmes would start again with tone. They did play music over 4-tel for the last half hour or so before startup.
When BBC2 started showing ceefax through the night around 1998/99 they also used to only have tone until the last half hour or so, I dont think they were playing music throught for a few years after.
They were definately doing it as far back as 1993, I think that's when it started. The Channel 4 test card stopped appearing at the end of 1992, and the first few months of 1993 was just a caption saying when programmes would start again with tone. They did play music over 4-tel for the last half hour or so before startup.
For a while in 1992, I remember a silent Channel 4 clock on screen for lengthy periods during the night. Not something I associate with being seen *after* closedown.
I seem to remember the chicken test card was referenced in the Mailbox on Paramount Text and it sort of became a running joke. In fact I'm sure I read on Mailbox that the entire Paramount Text/Nicktext service ran off something that used to power Oracle.
It did!
Other memories include the nightclub themed signpost they did at the start of TX over Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It." Can't find a copy of that anywhere. I had a real thing for their early pres generally though.
They also used to do theme nights with IVC, but this was cause the schedules to go haywire; I recall them running 35 minutes late one night.