David Eduardo wrote:
"Mike" wrote in message

(And one other silly question - are the Mexican signals still required
to air "The Mexican National Hour" on Sunday nights? I thought I
heard this went away recently, perhaps coinciding with the new
presidential administration south of the border.)


Yes. They are. And up to 4 minutes per hour of government PSAs, too.

Also, doesn't the President of Mexico have the right to pre-empt all
local programming for a speech? (I heard that happen once or twice on
690....)

I think they're also *required* to play the national anthem at midnight....

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:11:57 GMT, Charles Hobbs
wrote:

Also, doesn't the President of Mexico have the right to pre-empt all
local programming for a speech? (I heard that happen once or twice on
690....)

When I was at XTRA that was true. It probably still is. I had
interaction with the President at the time and liked him, but couldn't
imagine anyone, except Castro, speaking for hours at a time.

The deafening roar of dials being changed was one of my most painful
experiences.

I think they're also *required* to play the national anthem at midnight....

I don't recall that.

Rich

In ,
Charles Hobbs typed:
I think they're also *required* to play the national anthem at
midnight.... .

Yup, nightly from midnight to 12:40am ;-)