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Hack&Lube · 05-28-2009, 11:59 AM

Whatever happened to RDTV channel 16?

That was the only "local" station I cared about - and that was because their programming rocked! You'd get your cheesy Red Deer newscast done in a shack for half and hour and the rest was the most wicked of TV reruns from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Most of my cultural TV knowledge is thanks to RDTV. Without RDTV, I would never have seen or known about the original Mission Impossible, the original Star Trek, etc. I feel sorry for generations who grow up today and don't have the chance to see these classic shows as part of their youth. I grew up in the 80s/90s and yet I had the amazing chance to catch and appreciate so much great programming that I would never have seen otherwise and I think that my life is better for it.

Of course, the counterpart is that sadly, I'm the only one of my friends in their early 20s who has totally seen all of Get Smart, Miami Vice, etc. while all they know is like Lost and Alias and American Idol, etc. so I have nothing to talk about or share in common with people my age LOL.

05-28-2009, 11:59 AM	#61
Hack&Lube Atomic Nerd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Calgary Exp:	Whatever happened to RDTV channel 16? That was the only "local" station I cared about - and that was because their programming rocked! You'd get your cheesy Red Deer newscast done in a shack for half and hour and the rest was the most wicked of TV reruns from the 1960s to the 1980s. Most of my cultural TV knowledge is thanks to RDTV. Without RDTV, I would never have seen or known about the original Mission Impossible, the original Star Trek, etc. I feel sorry for generations who grow up today and don't have the chance to see these classic shows as part of their youth. I grew up in the 80s/90s and yet I had the amazing chance to catch and appreciate so much great programming that I would never have seen otherwise and I think that my life is better for it. Of course, the counterpart is that sadly, I'm the only one of my friends in their early 20s who has totally seen all of Get Smart, Miami Vice, etc. while all they know is like Lost and Alias and American Idol, etc. so I have nothing to talk about or share in common with people my age LOL. Last edited by Hack&Lube; 05-28-2009 at 12:04 PM.