Oh no not WWV!

July 16, 2003 6:53 PM

It looks like Clear Channel is taking over WWV. They already changed the recording. ;)
posted by @homer (5 comments total)

Kind of thin humor there. Now if they'd processed the voice like a boy band, or had the voices of two nationally-syndicated fart-obsessed drive-time DJs prattling sub-cretinous drivel and never actually getting around to giving you the time signal, or... I dunno, something.
posted by George_Spiggott at 7:33 PM on July 16, 2003

Oh I get it... You don't like Clear Channel!

How clever!
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 7:48 PM on July 16, 2003

Notice Regarding NIST Radio Station WWV

A recent satire on a personal website suggested that a commercial broadcaster is acquiring NIST radio station WWV and will change the broadcast format. That personal website is not connected with NIST in any way. While some people found the satire amusing, others apparently took it seriously and contacted NIST to express concern. NIST has no plans to sell, lease, or make format changes in any of its radio stations: WWV, WWVH, and WWVB.

please, for the love of all things dong_resin, read the sites you post. it kills the joke if the site denounces the joke right away.
posted by jcterminal at 7:53 PM on July 16, 2003

damn it, jcterminal. I already had my anti-clear channel link ready to go.
posted by lsd4all at 7:57 PM on July 16, 2003

it kills the joke if the site denounces the joke right away

of course, in this case, the site waited until the second paragraph to denounce the joke, so its ok, jcterminal. unfortunately, that "joke" doesn't require denouncing.
posted by quonsar at 7:58 PM on July 16, 2003