Norm: When I had my LDTV station we ran the Classic TV shows and, yes, I think
the ratings were good. By that I mean many viewers were calling or sending
emails telling me how much they enjoyed the programming. Obviously, they were
older viewers since many had seen these shows when they were 1st run. The
problem is that after you repeat this programming a few of times, you have to
think about acquiring new classic shows and films or changing formats.
At the time, I was planning on switching my main channel to BizTV and running
classic shows and films on a second channel with a 50’s-60’s rock n’ roll radio
channel as a third sub-channel. A guy who was planning to start a religious
lifestyle channel wanted to buy my station, so I ended up selling it.
While it is true that Classic TV programming can be gotten through the internet
by way of Roku or Apple TV, you need a good internet connection to have a
smooth viewing experience. Many areas don’t have reliable internet service, so
watching TV over-the-air is the only stress-free way to enjoy this
entertainment. Where I live, on the rural California coast, the internet is
not very good so broadcast TV is actually popular here.
Sorry for the long-winded response.
dB
On Dec 29, 2020, at 5:47 PM, Norm Kaiser (Redacted sender "falkyr11" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dan, do you sense you get good ratings for the classic TV stuff?
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020, 05:35:33 PM CST, Daniel Brown
<daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I notice that there is a lot of Public Domain content on Tubi and similar
streaming apps. Most of this is in either HD or very high quality SD. I’ve
started to replace some of my Classic TV mpeg2 content with these higher
resolution versions in Mpeg4. I use the stand alone Cloner-Alliance box to
capture it from Roku.
dB
On Dec 29, 2020, at 1:52 PM, Norm Kaiser (Redacted sender "falkyr11" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
Is anyone still programming their own channel? If yes, where do you get your
content from?
