[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Jun 7 2005, 03:49 PM\']Very interesting.....What aired during prime access in AK?
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Well, the network shows. In the '70s until 1984, Channel 2 started their prime time at 6:30 after the news; Channel 11, 7:00 pm. The network newscasts (and special events like the Academy Awards) were aired on a same-day delay. For more on this, search the newsgroup postings for Fairbanks TV history. These days, primetime in Fairbanks is 8-11 p.m.; Anchorage's from 7-10 p.m.
Speaking of which...remember the "Who Shot J.R.?" episode of Dallas in 1980? It was broadcast on a same-day satellite delay in Anchorage, but we in Fairbanks got screwed as Channel 11 that night ran ABC's pre-pre-TGIF comedy block (Taxi, Laverne and Shirley, etc)! Of course, we found out in the next day's News-Miner on who pulled the trigger, and we would have to wait till next Friday to see it for ourselves.
But you wanna talk about the old days of delays in Alaska? When the original "Star Wars" opened here in '77, it came
14 WEEKS AFTER ANCHORAGE and
FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE LOWER 48!!!!! At that time, new movies came to town several months after release. Those days have been long gone now for decades.
Jonathan Allen