Steve Allen said:
> I don't know what things are like in the UK, but US viewers are all
> too familiar with the fact that civil time does not correlate with TV
> program start and stop time to within a minute.
When I was young, it was traditional to expect BBC2 to be a couple of
minutes behind. Given the intended and actual market splits and the way the
BBC is funded, this was not a marketing issue.
At the other end of the scale, BBC radio transmits the "Greenwich Time
Signal" on many channels on many hours, so the public expects it to be
correct.
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Received on Fri Aug 05 2005 - 00:48:15 PDT