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unusual facts about Tape delay


Tape delay

Broadcast delay, the practice of intentionally delaying a radio and television broadcast of live material


WLKY

It is one of the few CBS affiliates that airs The Young and the Restless on a tape delay (airing at 4 p.m., leading into the 5 p.m. newscast); fellow CBS affiliates WAFB/Baton Rouge, WRAL-TV/Raleigh and KMOV/St. Louis also run the soap opera in the 4 p.m. timeslot.


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1982 NBA Finals

The later date also eliminated the back-to-back games on Mother's Day weekend, which was used in 1980 and 1981 to avert another tape delay broadcast.

2008 Continental Cup of Curling

TSN televised every draw of the Continental Cup, with the men's team games and the women's feature skins games on tape-delay (while broadcast live on TSN2) and the remainder of the draws live.

Carolinas' Carrousel Parade

The parade bills itself as the fourth-largest in the United States, with an estimated 100,000 spectators; the parade is also televised on tape-delay on WBTV.

UFC 89

This event aired live in Great Britain and Ireland on Setanta Sports and via tape delay in the United States and Canada on Spike TV.

UK Wrestling Mayhem

UK Wrestling Mayhem is a weekly tape delay television program, on My Channel (Sky 219) Thursday nights at 8pm, Saturday nights at 9.45pm and Sunday nights at 7.50pm.

WGXA

Prior to that time, ABC programming was only available to area residents either during the off-network hours (via tape delay) on WMAZ or on affiliates from nearby markets such as Atlanta's WXIA (later WSB-TV) or Columbus' WTVM.

WLKW-FM

Its daytime programming comes from the Premiere Networks talk network (Glenn Beck Program, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Sean Hannity Show), with secondary programming sources including Talk Radio Network (The Savage Nation on weeknights and select weekend programming), Cox Radio/Dial Global (tape-delay airings of Neal Boortz and Clark Howard), and Cumulus Media Networks (overnight programs John Batchelor and Red Eye Radio).

WTVN

WTVN's programming generally follows the standard format for Clear Channel's news/talk stations, carrying primarily Premiere Networks talk programming, including The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Glenn Beck Program and Coast to Coast AM live and The Sean Hannity Show on tape delay.

WXFT-DT

WLXT broadcast Northern Illinois Huskies football on tape delay and Mickey Mouse cartoons; both of these, as well as all other WLXT programming, were transmitted in black-and-white.

Your Show Live

It aired live weekday mornings on KNVN-TV Channel 24 in Chico, California and was rebroadcast on tape delay weekday afternoons on KHSL-TV Channel 12, also of Chico.