15480 Empire Rd. Benson, AZ 85602 hm ph: 520-586-2244 Dean, Has it shown here in the Tucson area on KUAT? I always seem to find out about these sort of things after the fact... Clear skies, Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy) ---------- Original Message ---------- From: ketelsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: 400 Years of the Telescope (KAET airing?) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:37:23 -0700 (MST) 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 >> > > Hopkins Phoenix Observatory > Phoenix, Arizona > Counting Photons > > > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. ____________________________________________________________ Apply to Argosy University, Degree Programs in Chicago http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/jZBdzA5dXBMZGNH2dLqHIjCgoxcTfhtdY0ubmqkXtFn56fZlEKk3LU0/ -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.