The end of the long dash: CBC stops broadcasting official 1 p.m. time signal
The end of the long dash: CBC stops broadcasting official 1 p.m. time signal
Great. Now I'm never going to notice when my car stereo clock is off.
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I already knew this was a national tragedy, but this is puts it over the top.
:'( o7
This is the best summary I could come up with:
"We share the nostalgia that many people have towards the daily time announcement but Canadians also depend on us for accurate information," she wrote.
It's allowed sailors to set their instruments for navigation, kept railway companies running on time and helped Canadians stay punctual.
In a 2019 interview with Day 6 on the occasion of the signal's 80th birthday, Laurence Wall, one of its current voices, reflected on its origin and importance.
Wall said when it started out, timekeeping was relatively primitive, with watches and clocks that needed to be regularly set in order to stay accurate.
NRC didn't provide anyone for an interview but in a statement, spokesperson Orian Labrèche said CBC installed HD radio transmitters in 2018, which caused a delay of up to nine seconds in broadcasting the time signal.
The council proposed several solutions and worked with CBC to solve the delay, but "ultimately, CBC/Radio-Canada made the decision to stop broadcasting the NRC's official time signal," he wrote.
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Tldr, we replaced the rock solid analog tech with dirt cheap digital crap that is compressed and delayed.
What's next, discontinuing the CHU shortwave broadcast?