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)

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)

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)

NRC Time signal Broadcasts On CBC Radio One Are as Follows starting from West to East
9:59:35 PST/PDT 10:59:35 MST/MDT 11:59:35 CST/CDT 12:59:35 EST/EDT 1:59:35 AST/ADT 2:29:35 NST/NDT

before the NRC Time Signal is aired at one minute to the hour a 5 second CBC ident followed by a 30 Second CBC Promo

Peterparker3000 (talk) 01:19, 3 July 2008 (UTC)


 * That's the same time across the country - 17:59:35 UTC in winter, 16:59:35 UTC in summer. --  Denelson83  03:49, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

if you were to listen to the time signal from cbc radio one in BC For Example the time would be 9:59:35 The NRC TIme Signal is LIVE On CBC Radio Right across the Country Denelson83  you live in British columbia you get the NRC Time signal @ 9:59:35 On CBU 690 AM i get it @ 11:59:35 On CBW and it,s Retansmitters —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterparker3000 (talk • contribs) 01:30, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Exactly. It airs at the same time across the entire Radio One network. --  Denelson83  05:18, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * No it doesn’t; there are some Radio One stations in Atlantic Canada where the signal does not air at that time. For example, you can listen online to the Radio One station in Moncton . --Mathew5000 (talk) 18:15, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I listened to that Moncton station on Monday and it did, in fact, give the signal at 2pm AT (unlike the previous day). So I don’t know what their schedule is, maybe they play the signal at that time on weekdays but not weekends. --Mathew5000 (talk) 06:18, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 PM AT is the same as 1 PM ET and 10 AM PT. Exactly the same time. --  Denelson83  21:07, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

This article is wrong about who the voice of the English NRC Talking Clock is
The author of this section on 'the talking clock' has been consistently trying to give credit to a formaer CBC journalist for being the voice of the telephone clock when in fact it has always been the voice of Don Millar, born 1934 in Cobden. He was a former military pilot and was working as a sound specialist on Parliament Hill for many years in the House of Commons when an agreement was struck to commission his voice for this project. His family would really appreciate it if the author would desist from creditting the incorrect person as it is not only incorrect but unkind. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grendle1138 (talk • contribs) 17:26, 12 October 2019 (UTC)