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so for supper friday night we're at a restaurant, (slightly long)


Panda Express,
and on 1 of only 3 TV screens in the place, they are broadcasting a channel i have never seen before on Cox or Verizon called "uncTV."

my mind goes, "Yipes, the uncheats have got a channel! what happened to the ACCN?!"
i watch a while and programming is sure enough about culture, events, educational achievements, etc. of NC with some scenes shot at cheater hill; … more worry. i'm bracing for a Fedora or Williams commercial at any moment.

being rude to my company, i feign needing to make a google search regarding the restaurant. instead i search "uncTV." found an "general educational oriented" broadcasting system of the university of north carolina system:

[from Wikipedia]
"University of North Carolina Television, branded on-air as UNC-TV, is a public television network serving the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is operated by the University of North Carolina system, which holds the licenses for all thirteen PBS member television stations licensed in the state except WTVI (channel 42) in Charlotte, which is owned by Central Piedmont Community College. The broadcast signals of the twelve television stations cover almost all of the state, as well as parts of South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. The network's operations are located at the UNC Center for Public Television at Research Triangle Park between Raleigh and Durham.

History
WUNC-TV in Chapel Hill, the state network's flagship station, first signed on the air on January 8, 1955 as the first non-commercial educational television station located south of Washington, D.C.. Over the next twelve years, four more satellite stations signed on. WUND-TV in Edenton was the first of these satellites to debut in September 1965, followed by the launches of WUNE-TV in Linville in September 1967, WUNF-TV in Asheville in September 11, 1967, WUNG-TV in Concord in September 11, 1967 and WUNJ-TV in Wilmington in June 4, 1971. This was supplemented with a network of translator stations in the Appalachian Mountains that also allowed the network's programming to reach across the entire state.

Three additional satellites debuted afterward: WUNK-TV in Greenville in May 1972, WUNL-TV in Winston-Salem in February 1973, and finally WUNM-TV in Jacksonville in November 1982. The state network's youngest station, WUNW in Canton, signed on in July 2010 to replace a translator that had served the area since the 1980s. The state network was branded on-air as "North Carolina Public Television" (identified in North Carolina editions of TV Guide as "CPT", an abbreviated form of "University of North Carolina Center for Public Television") from 1979 to the mid-1990s, when it rebranded itself as "University of North Carolina Television". It simplified the brand name to "UNC-TV" later in the 1990s; it had previously used that brand for most of the 1970s.

Programming
The state network produces many programs of local interest, including the weeknightly public affairs program North Carolina Now, Our State, Carolina Outdoor Journal, Exploring North Carolina, North Carolina Bookwatch with D.G. Martin, and special programs about the state's history and culture. It also produces The Woodwright's Shop for national distribution. In addition to PBS and American Public Television programs and local productions, the station also runs British comedies on Saturday evenings and the BBC soap opera EastEnders on Sunday evenings. …"

with a state-wide network already in place (and tax-payer funded even) - even if it is not dedicated to just one of the traditional tobacco road ACC 'colleges' - couldn't uncheaters, puppypack, dooke, and wake combine to produce and broadcast athletic events as part of this channel's daily programming? (i know wake and dooke are private and technically not part of the "university of north carolina system"; and probably accommodation would have to be made for unc-charlotte, -greensboro, -wilmington, etc., as well).
it sure looks like an opportunity waiting for the NC athletic departments to exploit!

i'm sure there are PBS rules governing the programming content; but rules can be changed for the benefit of the privileged! or circumnavigated and subverted - just like false classes can be created.

your thoughts? explanations? [sorry about the length]

(In response to this post by HokiePATT)

Link: unc tv !


Posted: 04/25/2016 at 10:35PM



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ACC Network - Babcock -- HokiePATT 04/24/2016 12:12PM
  Here in Hampton Roads, that's our PBS of choice. -- Stork 04/26/2016 04:06AM
  Its PBS, not a sports network ** -- VictoryTurkey 04/25/2016 11:34PM
  PBS could be a sports station -- UCHusky90 04/26/2016 08:31AM
  Wonder if acc was happy Babcock gave any info -- Mercury 04/25/2016 2:48PM
  Well... -- Go VT 04/25/2016 10:18PM
  Stork, this is your best post ever. ** -- hokie4ever 04/25/2016 3:19PM
  Excellent news if it comes to fruition. -- HOO86 04/25/2016 11:49AM
  Didn't Fox rebrand the "Speed" channel to FS1 or FS2? -- Mr. Touchdown 04/26/2016 11:50AM
  Yep, SPEED became FS2, Fox Soccer Channel became FS1 ** -- BROman Hokie 04/26/2016 12:53PM
  Speed became Fox Sports 1 -- mrcaniac 04/26/2016 1:02PM
  Does it cut both ways? -- daveinop 04/25/2016 1:19PM
  Couple thoughts... -- daveinop 04/25/2016 8:32PM
  Re: Couple thoughts... -- 33laszlo99 04/26/2016 10:07AM
  Perhaps nothing. But if there -- daveinop 04/26/2016 11:27AM
  Not exactly accurate -- hokieone 04/26/2016 11:25AM
  Re: Not exactly accurate -- 33laszlo99 04/27/2016 04:41AM
  LOL! Here's a link to the license agreement -- daveinop 04/27/2016 09:41AM
  Ok. That could be good too for it to open up. -- HOO86 04/25/2016 1:16PM
  That did happen when Speed became FS2 but I think that ESPN -- CobbCountyHokie 04/25/2016 3:23PM
  If ESPN News did become the ACCN... -- Old Line Hokie 04/25/2016 12:43PM
  ESPN News is on same tier as SECN on Sling TV. -- HOO86 04/25/2016 1:22PM
  I expect something like an ESPN4 for the ACC. -- Old Line Hokie 04/25/2016 1:22PM
  Or "the Ocho" ** -- EDGEMAN 04/25/2016 2:01PM
  Well, I guess we have to wait and see what the damn -- mancunian 04/25/2016 09:18AM
  Great news -- ahokie4u 04/24/2016 8:34PM
  My work is done here. 😎 ** -- Stech 04/24/2016 7:31PM
  Got to ask what you meant by this comment?** -- goldendomer 04/27/2016 1:19PM
  Great info...thanks! ** -- daveinop 04/25/2016 12:41PM
  Why not just partner with the PAC12 for a network? -- BAMRising 04/25/2016 11:27AM
  Because the P12N is a wholly owned entity of the P12 -- hokieone 04/25/2016 11:47AM
  I noticed that over the late fall/early winter... -- Old Line Hokie 04/25/2016 11:19AM
  Life thru the rearview mirror** -- daveinop 04/25/2016 1:11PM
  Spilled milk. Let it go. -- crabcake77 04/25/2016 8:56PM
  Trade ND for UConn and you have my vote. -- crabcake77 04/26/2016 10:06PM
  Hilarious! -- ren_hoek 04/26/2016 10:07AM
  The Mormons and one of Navy/Temple/USF -- daveinop 04/27/2016 09:52AM
  No expansion without ND -- ren_hoek 04/26/2016 7:34PM
  Would not wait on ND if I were you -- TerryD 04/30/2016 10:36AM
  This is reality. -- crabcake77 04/26/2016 10:10PM
  Contraction is less likely than ND joining -- ren_hoek 04/27/2016 07:05AM
  Yet another identical post -- ren_hoek 04/25/2016 11:03AM
  Maybe, but probably not in my lifetime -- hokieone 04/25/2016 11:39AM
  Show me the money! ** -- FlyFishingHokie 04/25/2016 08:30AM
  Great news. Can't wait to hear the details. ** -- Red Hokie 04/24/2016 8:51PM
  Great to hear something this concrete! ** -- VTHOKIE21020 04/24/2016 4:37PM
  Just hope it's more than merely a logo. ** -- chuckd4vt 04/24/2016 7:39PM
  Me too ** -- Calamitous 04/25/2016 12:38AM
  It's just a logo on ESPN....** -- nebraskafaninwi 04/24/2016 8:28PM

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