[AZ-Observing] Re: 400 Years of the Telescope (KAET airing?)

Last I heard was Wednesday (tomorrow) night at 10:00 PM on Channel 8  
PBS.

Jeff


On Apr 28, 2009, at 1:29 PM, Spencer, Darrell wrote:

> I've been skunked twice now on the airing of this program, once having
> stayed up until 2AM to see it.  A while back, I took a look at the
> program website and found that it's a very slick production  
> presented in
> a smooth style, narrated by Neil Tyson.
> For some reason, our local PBS affiliate seems to have underestimated
> the local interest (at least I think they did) for this program.   
> Shame
> on KAET for relegating a finely produced, top-notch program like "400
> Years of the Telescope" to  2 or 5AM timeslots on a weekday mornings  
> AND
> and/or digital subchannel airings at odd hours.  In the International
> Year of Astronomy (2009) and in a location sometimes described as a
> mecca for astronomers, the Phoenix market deserved better.
>
> Does anyone know if this program will air at a respectable time?   I  
> was
> told after contacting KAET (and complaining) that the program would  
> air
> at 10:00PM tomorrow night (4/29).   This was a month ago.  Now, I see
> that the 10PM slot is occupied by "Horizon".
>
> Am I missing something?    Either way, I'm pretty frustrated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Darrell Spencer
>

Hopkins Phoenix Observatory
Phoenix, Arizona
Counting Photons



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