[SMCARA] "The Tick": It's the time, all the time...

[A.J. Farmer]

This was an April Fools joke.  Funny that it is still making the rounds...

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 9:07 PM, JD Delancy <W1JD at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>  Word on the street is that the National Institute of Standards and
> Technology is close to signing a Lease Management Agreement with Clear
> Channel Communications, Inc. for its flagship Time and Frequency station
> WWV, Fort Collins, Colorado <http://tf.nist.gov/stations/wwv.html>.
>
>  Clear Channel Radio's consultants have demanded some changes to the sound
> of the station, which broadcasts time of day, standard frequency, and other
> information 24 hours per day, saying that the old format is "dull and
> predictable."
>
>  Additionally, WWV's traditional modulation level of 50 percent for the
> steady tones, 50 percent for the BCD time code and 75 percent for the voice
> announcements was deemed "not loud enough." The station will reformulate
> itself as "The Tick."
>
>  WWV's program director Hickory Zeitgeist says that the station has already
> added some snappy new announcements to the rotation, which can be heard by
> clicking the clock.
>
>  http://www.lownoiserecords.com/wwv_the_tick.html
>
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