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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Shredder on October 10, 2003, 11:57:49 AM
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A contestant Today who played Ten Chances mentions that she listens to the show on audio during work. Is this possible to be heard nationally?
I remember being in San Diego for the Comic Con in 98, flipping the radio dials to try and find something worth listening to in a new state visist. And to my surprise, I came across an audio simulcast of a FOX Station playing the Simpsons... And here I thought I was the only one who converted movies and TV shows to audio tape for road listening...
Can anyone fill me in on this?
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[quote name=\'Shredder\' date=\'Oct 10 2003, 10:57 AM\'] A contestant Today who played Ten Chances mentions that she listens to the show on audio during work. Is this possible to be heard nationally?
I remember being in San Diego for the Comic Con in 98, flipping the radio dials to try and find something worth listening to in a new state visist. And to my surprise, I came across an audio simulcast of a FOX Station playing the Simpsons... And here I thought I was the only one who converted movies and TV shows to audio tape for road listening...
Can anyone fill me in on this? [/quote]
There are some cities that have radio broadcasts of the local CBS affiliate on a low numbered FM station. WPVI in Philly was/is broadcast on FM 89 in this area.
I at 10 or 11 tape recorded part of a Vegas episode of Squares(WPVI aired it weeknights at 7:30PM) from the radio in this manner.
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It's also entirely possible that she has a radio with a TV band. I had one of those for a while (it was very inexpensive) and it picked up the audio from the local TV stations.
Greg
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In addition, you can get audio from any Channel 6 at 87.7 fm, if your radio goes that far down.
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[quote name=\'Shredder\' date=\'Oct 10 2003, 11:57 AM\'] A contestant Today who played Ten Chances mentions that she listens to the show on audio during work. Is this possible to be heard nationally?
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Her town probably has their CBS affiliate on Channel 6 which can be heard on 88.7 FM. When I visited San Diego a long time ago I taped the audio from XETV Channel 6 which was an independant station back then. I Got some cool audio clips From The original Dating Game, The All New Newlywed Game and The All New Let's Make A Deal which all aired on that station in 1985. I've still got those audio tapes today!
John
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[quote name=\'snowpeck\' date=\'Oct 10 2003, 12:06 PM\'] It's also entirely possible that she has a radio with a TV band. I had one of those for a while (it was very inexpensive) and it picked up the audio from the local TV stations.
Greg [/quote]
That is probably how she listens to it. Thread solved.
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[quote name=\'Skynet74\' date=\'Oct 10 2003, 12:29 PM\'] Her town probably has their CBS affiliate on Channel 6 which can be heard on 88.7 FM. When I visited San Diego a long time ago I taped the audio from XETV Channel 6 which was an independant station back then. I Got some cool audio clips From The original Dating Game, The All New Newlywed Game and The All New Let's Make A Deal which all aired on that station in 1985. I've still got those audio tapes today!
John [/quote]
Yeah, I didn't know that. There is no channel 6 in my area.
Greg
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I'm lucky here in St. John's - we get a local station named NTV on Ch.6 - thus I can listen to Jeopardy and H2 on the way home from class - what a riot.
Wheel, however, doesn't lend itself easily...
Cheers,
Ryan :)
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[quote name=\'snowpeck\' date=\'Oct 10 2003, 09:06 AM\']It's also entirely possible that she has a radio with a TV band. I had one of those for a while (it was very inexpensive) and it picked up the audio from the local TV stations.
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I also had one of those TV band radios; GS fan that I've always been, I bought it specifically to catch the premiere of Card Sharks on NBC while working at a mini-serve gas station on US 1 in my home town of Saugus, MA.
I was able to listen to the whole show without customer interruption, since the station was on the southbound side of the highway, and north of Boston. So I would run around crazy from 6 AM to 9, and then be challenged to stay awake for the rest of the shift. Being able to catch the NBC game shows was cool, even if it was audio-only.
Esoteric Eric, who wondered what the CS question holder looked like, since Jim Perry referred to it as R2-D2 in early episodes (later changed to G2-T2; imagine why.)
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[quote name=\'vtown7\' date=\'Oct 11 2003, 02:33 PM\']Wheel, however, doesn't lend itself easily...[/quote]
TPIR itself is hit and miss without a picture. (Our brand new pricing game, Hit and Miss . . .) I used to have fun, while doing some high school commuting, trying to follow the Showcase Showdowns by counting the beeps and referencing my already-frightening knowledge of the wheel layout.
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1.00 15 80 35 60 20 40 75 55 95 50 85 30 65 10 45 70 25 90 5
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I also used to have a Audio Band Radio for TV Listening. Came in handy after taking the SAT's in Highschool, I would rush out and catch the remainder of the new Turtle Episode(back in 95) that I had been taping at home. I only listened to a little bit of it, however, so I wouldn't be spoiled at the time.
I found I had less and less use for this item as time went by, so Idecided to save up for a protably 2.2 inch color TV to birng in to school with me, wich was ahit with everyone else. We had a common area with a mini fireplace to the left, and during our scheduled 'rest' time, we'd all gather around the mini TV and watch TPIR when the schedules co-incided with each other ;). Lucky for me CBS got good reception in the school area...
But being in NJ, I've never heard of TV on the radio, except for the failed stint o fLEtterman on the radio wich CBS dropped pretty quickly after he had a big NY fireworks display in protest...
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[quote name=\'Shredder\' date=\'Oct 14 2003, 07:36 AM\'] But being in NJ, I've never heard of TV on the radio, except for the failed stint o fLEtterman on the radio wich CBS dropped pretty quickly after he had a big NY fireworks display in protest... [/quote]
Depends on which part of NJ you're in...as I think someone alluded to up this thread a ways, Channel 6 in Philadelphia has advertised that their audio is available at the very beginning of the FM dial.
I have a radio where the FM band goes from 76 to 108 MHz (because FM broadcasting in Japan is in the 76-90 range), which means it picks up the audio for Channel 5 also, but I've never really had occasion to use the feature.