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

Also available here in Tucson at Starizona for $20.  Owner Dean Koenig is
writer/director Chris Koenig's brother!  I've seen it and while the
interviews are good, the nighttime time-lapse movies are great!

-Dean

> 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
>>
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