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To: Leaning Right
Plus it seems that most of the channels co-ordinate the timing so they are all showing commercials at the same time. When commercials come on I switch to another channel...but it is hard to find one not running a commercial (other than C-SPAN, sports events, or movies).

About 9 years ago I attended a funeral of someone whose daughter then worked at Fox News (doesn't any longer). Before the Mass started I overheard two men discussing why they didn't watch Fox: (1) too many commercials and (2) too much of people yelling at each other.

26 posted on 03/06/2016 2:50:02 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus
Plus it seems that most of the channels co-ordinate the timing so they are all showing commercials at the same time. When commercials come on I switch to another channel...but it is hard to find one not running a commercial (other than C-SPAN, sports events, or movies).

TV and radio both use what is called a "Flex Clock," with approx. (flexible)times slotted for commercial breaks in each hour. Usually, the first break is at :10 or :18 minutes past the hour, then again at the bottom of the hour, at :40 mins, then finally a break at :50. In TV they often have a final break just before the top of the hour at the end of the show.

39 posted on 03/06/2016 3:15:39 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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