Since the concept
was like a radio show on TV, stations could run the program for
any length of time enabling them to fill large blocks with low
cost popular programming that might attract a new audience.
After 13 weeks
on channel 36 in Atlanta, Ted Turner acquired the program for
his Atlanta station, Channel 17, and for his TV station in Charlotte,
NC.
The Now Explosion
was then syndicated nationally. It lasted 26 weeks until it was
forced to shutdown when commercial revenue did not match the
high production and distribution costs in spite of high ratings.
Recently, the
University of Georgia Media Archives located and recovered significant
amounts of this video which had been stored for 3 1/2 decades
in south Florida. These segments were remastered to digital standards
by the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
at UGA in Athens, GA, where the video is stored and is available
for public viewing and academic study.
Click below
to get information about the archives:
www.libs.uga.edu/media/index.html
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