Pa. cable glitch switches Vatican Mass to racy ad

BrandonCarr39 · 04-11-2009, 02:42 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090411/...cast_gone_wild

PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia cable network's early morning broadcast of Good Friday Mass at the Vatican abruptly changed to something wildly different — a 30-second "Girls Gone Wild" ad.

Comcast spokesman Jeff Alexander says the 2 a.m. Friday programming glitch was due to a required test of the Emergency Alert System. He says such tests are usually done in the overnight hours.

The test automatically tunes viewers to a preselected channel that would provide information in the event of an emergency. But during tests, the channel airs regular programming, which in this case included a paid advertisement for the racy videos.

Alexander says the problem affected the network's entire local area, but only one person called to complain.

Godfather · 04-11-2009, 05:06 PM

They need to make up for it by interrupting some Maxim-type program with religious messages

NEPAsteeler · 04-11-2009, 05:24 PM

Maybe it's secretly the church's new way to get people to actually attend mass instead of watching it on TV.

KeiselPower99 · 04-11-2009, 05:44 PM

[QUOTE=TNewman41;588952]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090411/...cast_gone_wild

PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia cable network's early morning broadcast of Good Friday Mass at the Vatican abruptly changed to something wildly different — a 30-second "Girls Gone Wild" ad.

Comcast spokesman Jeff Alexander says the 2 a.m. Friday programming glitch was due to a required test of the Emergency Alert System. He says such tests are usually done in the overnight hours.

The test automatically tunes viewers to a preselected channel that would provide information in the event of an emergency. But during tests, the channel airs regular programming, which in this case included a paid advertisement for the racy videos.

Alexander says the problem affected the network's entire local area, but only one person called to complain.[/QUOTE]

And I bet it was that one woman that nobody likes in church that did.

KeiselPower99 · 04-11-2009, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by NEPAsteeler

Maybe it's secretly the church's new way to get people to actually attend mass instead of watching it on TV.

Nuns gone wild??? Wow where is Al Bundy when ya need him?

MasterOfPuppets · 04-11-2009, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KeiselPower99

Nuns gone wild??? Wow where is Al Bundy when ya need him?

hilarious.....its a wonder the catholic church didn't have it on payper view ....

...bunch a money grubbin ........

Hines0wnz · 04-17-2009, 03:44 AM

One complaint? Everyone must have been too hungover to not only miss Mass but to watch it on TV as well.

04-11-2009, 02:42 PM	#1
BrandonCarr39 Team Captain Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 903 Member Number: 7458 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Pa. cable glitch switches Vatican Mass to racy ad http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090411/...cast_gone_wild PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia cable network's early morning broadcast of Good Friday Mass at the Vatican abruptly changed to something wildly different — a 30-second "Girls Gone Wild" ad. Comcast spokesman Jeff Alexander says the 2 a.m. Friday programming glitch was due to a required test of the Emergency Alert System. He says such tests are usually done in the overnight hours. The test automatically tunes viewers to a preselected channel that would provide information in the event of an emergency. But during tests, the channel airs regular programming, which in this case included a paid advertisement for the racy videos. Alexander says the problem affected the network's entire local area, but only one person called to complain.

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KeiselPower99 Living Legend Join Date: May 2008 Location: Parkersburg West Virginia Posts: 3,583 Gender: Male Member Number: 8552 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Pa. cable glitch switches Vatican Mass to racy ad [QUOTE=TNewman41;588952]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090411/...cast_gone_wild PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia cable network's early morning broadcast of Good Friday Mass at the Vatican abruptly changed to something wildly different — a 30-second "Girls Gone Wild" ad. Comcast spokesman Jeff Alexander says the 2 a.m. Friday programming glitch was due to a required test of the Emergency Alert System. He says such tests are usually done in the overnight hours. The test automatically tunes viewers to a preselected channel that would provide information in the event of an emergency. But during tests, the channel airs regular programming, which in this case included a paid advertisement for the racy videos. Alexander says the problem affected the network's entire local area, but only one person called to complain.[/QUOTE] And I bet it was that one woman that nobody likes in church that did. __________________ ]

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