Free TV!
One of KFDF’s biggest uphill battles was the long process of convincing cable systems around the area to carry us. To aid this, the “Free TV!” campaign was devised by management, pointing out to viewers that not only was KFDF’s signal free to them, but it would be provided free to cable operators as well. The intent here was to get viewers to call their cable companies to ask, “Why aren’t you carrying UPN 32?” The Free TV campaign spoofed 1940s and 1950s newsreels, complete with the Video Toaster’s ever-useful film flicker filter and even a slight “jump” to the video - an unintentional effect provided by a faulty 3/4″ VTR! The “newspaper pages” that flipped by in the newsreel were generated in Targa TIPS+.
