09-05-2022, 08:17 PM
I did post this on TV Forum but and for years have been wondering whether I've just fabricated the whole thing.
A "breakdown" caption appearing on screen apologising for signal interference due to foggy conditions in the area at the time. Appeared just after a picture break-up in a programme, but it wasn't one of those blue-screen monospace font type breakdown captions generated by a transmitter when it loses its feed. This caption was in the presentation style of Central of the era - so used their corporate font, a black background, white text... And the programme audio continued underneath it. Most probably late 1980s, probably early 90s.
Only saw this caption once and it has never appeared on any TV presentation site or anything that I'm aware of. Which makes me wonder whether it actually happened. But it has stuck with me for best part of 30 years so...
A "breakdown" caption appearing on screen apologising for signal interference due to foggy conditions in the area at the time. Appeared just after a picture break-up in a programme, but it wasn't one of those blue-screen monospace font type breakdown captions generated by a transmitter when it loses its feed. This caption was in the presentation style of Central of the era - so used their corporate font, a black background, white text... And the programme audio continued underneath it. Most probably late 1980s, probably early 90s.
Only saw this caption once and it has never appeared on any TV presentation site or anything that I'm aware of. Which makes me wonder whether it actually happened. But it has stuck with me for best part of 30 years so...