To: ConradofMontferrat
I was there, North Dakota/Minnesota boarder, very early ‘50’s.
7 posted on
02/13/2014 5:26:58 PM PST by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: gorush
Gorush,
Give you that.
I was in PA. Different set of circumstances.
In those days, ND and Minn. were REALLY conservative.
But 17:00? I guess they were conserving electricity, or they thought NO ONE HAD A TV TO WATCH!!
LOL, that was most likely the case.
13 posted on
02/13/2014 5:35:13 PM PST by
ConradofMontferrat
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To: gorush
I think there are still radio stations that sign off at official sunset. I worked at one back in the 70s that signed off around 4:45 in the winter.
22 posted on
02/13/2014 6:02:00 PM PST by
VerySadAmerican
(".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
To: gorush
When you think about it, TV didn't start getting big on the coasts until after WWII, so the somewhat belated appearance of television networks in western ND in the mid to late 50s really didn't lag the more urban markets by that much. Look at cell phone coverage maps a few decades later, as coverage areas develop and the patterns are similar. TV expanded first and fastest in the urban markets (most potential customers per square mile), then more slowly filled in markets in areas where population density is lower.
Satellite TV, wireless communications are popular in markets where infrastructure costs are higher on a per customer basis.
30 posted on
02/13/2014 7:32:28 PM PST by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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