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Major Nikon

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9. The rule was no more obsolete in the 80's than it was decades before

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 01:36 AM

Jun 2012

The reason the rule came about in the first place was because networks were filling content with crap and deceptive advertising. The public complained and the rules were the result. The rule was changed as part of Raygun's 'big government is bad, big business is good' lie. Immediately after the rule was abolished, networks went back to filling content with crap and deceptive advertising, even worse in some respects than before.

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Do any TV stations sign off with the National Anthem anymore? [View all] Archae Jun 2012 OP

I couldn't say. bluedigger Jun 2012 #1

Informercials IS what most networks sign off to. Systematic Chaos Jun 2012 #2

We have Raygun to thank for that Major Nikon Jun 2012 #3

No. Archae Jun 2012 #6

... Major Nikon Jun 2012 #7

And...? Archae Jun 2012 #8

The rule was no more obsolete in the 80's than it was decades before Major Nikon Jun 2012 #9

Our 3 PBS stations don't sign off AT ALL, elleng Jun 2012 #4

AFAIK, no station around here ever signs off. Part of that is the digital switchover, dimbear Jun 2012 #5

Many of us remember that. Many of us do not. With 24-hour crap, I don't think it happens now. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #10

I didn't know that TV stations signed off any more. RebelOne Jun 2012 #11

Do any TV stations sign off with High Flight any more? Art_from_Ark Jun 2012 #12

Here's another great sign-off from yesteryear Art_from_Ark Jun 2012 #13

"You ask me why I love her..." Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #14

On the weekends Nokorola Feb 2013 #15