Talk:National Research Council Time Signal

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I did seem to notice that in 1974, CBC used a 768 Hz tone for such time signal. When it became 800 Hz, I wouldn't know . . . –Wbwn 01:23, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

That's because in '74, the tone was mechanically generated. These days, it's electronically generated. You might want to ask someone at NRC when it became an electronic signal. --  Denelson83  02:37, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The article is WRONG about the time signal on the French-language radio network

The current version of the article says that the time signal is “heard every day” at “12:00 ET across the SRC Première Chaîne radio network”. However, I listened to CBUF-FM (Vancouver) this morning and there was no time signal at 9:00, only a guy saying “il est neuf heures”, no dashes or beeps or anything. --Mathew5000 01:29, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Also a couple of days ago I was listening to the Manitoba outlet of La Première Chaîne on the Internet; it also did not play the NRC time signal. (The URL is http://www.radio-canada.ca/util/endirect/winnipeg.asx.) But I do believe there are some Première Chaîne outlets that do air the time signal daily; I just don't know which ones. If anyone wants to figure this out, there are Première Chaîne signals available online from 20 different locations at La Zone Audio-Vidéo. You use the dropdown menu at the right of the web page, then click on "Écouter en direct". --Mathew5000 (talk) 23:41, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The article is wrong about when the Time Signal airs in New Brunswick

Today I was listening to the Fredericton outlet of CBC Radio One (via cbc.ca online streaming) and the time signal did not air at 13:00 ET, but rather at 13:00 AT (i.e. noon ET). --Mathew5000 (talk) 22:54, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

That's not a citable source. This is: http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/time_services/cbc_broadcasts_e.html --  Denelson83  04:32, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

That is a self-published source: by the NRC about the NRC. Under WP:SELFPUB, such sources should not be used as citations for statements that are contentious, which this is. --14:30, 17 December 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mathew5000 (talk • contribs)