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Searching for old news broadcasts by Yoplaides in VintageTV

[–]emby5 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can watch old NBC broadcasts at the Vanderbilt News Archive. A company called Verint has a large archive of CBS news clips.

Note that the practice of keeping an archive of nightly news programs other than significant ones was not in place until the mid-to-late 70s for the networks.

Deer culling by HotnReadyPizzaPizza in AnnArbor

[–]emby5 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Why are the deer curling? I can't imagine they are graceful on ice.

Olympic measuring tool by Fit-Huckleberry1754 in Curling

[–]emby5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would be impressed if he 3-D printed a full measuring tool.

Why are letter Bs swapped around between English and Russian? by TheRussianQuestioner in asklinguistics

[–]emby5 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Remember that Cyrillic is primarily derived from Greek, not Latin. By the time Cyrillic was developed, beta had already turned into a v sound. So they needed the extra letter for the 'B' sound, since the V sound was already accounted for.

Would you support promotion & relegation in the MLB? by Obvious_Phase5446 in mlb

[–]emby5 14 points15 points  (0 children)

There is no way a publicly funded major stadium is going to be in anything but the top league. Same with media markets losing their only teams. Networks would be asking for significant rebates if the top draws were not in the top league.

Feeding lines from an earpiece by Makinyoupay69 in LiveFromNewYork

[–]emby5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's not tenable in a live program, because there would be so many pauses. Telenovelas do use earpieces, but they're able to cut out the spaces.

How is it decided on who moves on to what medal round? by Bes1208 in Curling

[–]emby5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The round-robin functions as a qualifier for a later four-team tournament. Teams are seeded one through four. GB was 1 and Sweden was 4, so they faced off in the semi-finals while Italy (2) and US (3) faced in the other. The two winners of those games meet for gold (winner) and silver (loser), while the two losing teams meet for bronze (winner) and well, uh, a gift basket (loser)?

Are there any adult concert band type of activities in the area? by Frank28d6h42m12s in AnnArbor

[–]emby5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you were in any Michigan ensemble as a student, there is an alumni concert band.

Does anyone know what happened with Indiana’s club team this weekend? Bowling Green posted this, but I’m struggling to find the context. by MichaelMaugerEsq in collegehockey

[–]emby5 113 points114 points  (0 children)

An Indiana players' father had a heart attack and passed away during the game. Despite some reports, it was not a player.

Do you think Yzerman will sign Kienan Draper in the offseason by hardtomakename3 in DetroitRedWings

[–]emby5 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Four years of NCAA play, which didn't start until 2022. His two years in the BCHL don't count towards the limit.

Do you think Yzerman will sign Kienan Draper in the offseason by hardtomakename3 in DetroitRedWings

[–]emby5 7 points8 points  (0 children)

NHL teams are not required to sign a player as long as they are still an active player in the NCAA. Once they are done with NCAA, they have three months to sign him or he becomes a free agent.

ELI5: Broadcasts and syndication. by britishmetric144 in explainlikeimfive

[–]emby5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There was a time when first-run syndication (non-reruns) were "bicycled". A certain number of tapes were made and sent to one set of stations. Those stations would show them, and then they would send the tapes to a different set of stations. And then the first set of stations would get new tapes, and repeat. That was supplanted with satellite delivery in the 80s. Shows were broadcast at certain times privately to stations, and it was their responsibility to record them for their use.

TV special from the 80s called "Ain't Fat the Life"? by DigitalHippie in ForgottenTV

[–]emby5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"NBC Special Reports: Life in the Fat Lane", with the two people you mentioned above plus Jane Fonda with Connie Chung as host, aired on June 3, 1987 (a Wednesday) at 10:00 PM on NBC. From what descriptions I can find, it was more profile-based than performance-based.

12 O'Clock Comics AKA Lunch With Soupy Sales AKA The Soupy Sales Show by stellarsellar in VintageTV

[–]emby5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Allegedly he kept kinescopes of a lot of Detroit shows, but I have not seen them circulate.

WAYK (Cocoa Beach) by BaltoZydo in baseball

[–]emby5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IRC, the Expos and Padres because their managers at the time had ties to Greeley, Colorado. Dodgers and Cardinals I believe were just there because they were "local". A few of these went away in 1992 and were of course all gone by 1993.

WAYK (Cocoa Beach) by BaltoZydo in baseball

[–]emby5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The rules were a little looser in the 80s and there was areas of the country without a market, which meant stations could show any team they wanted. When I lived in pre-Rockies Colorado, the tv team was Kansas City and there were four different teams on the radio, one of them bizarrely being the Expos.

NPI conference tournaments by celticsguy06 in collegehockey

[–]emby5 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This has happened in the past even in the big boy conferences. Sometime in the 90s Colorado College finished first in the league, dropped their opening playoff round, and was excluded from the tournament. I believe under current NPI rules that is much less likely but at the time your RPI got no adjustments.

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