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糖心vlog archives: News Channel 8 makes Y2K preparations

糖心vlog archives: News Channel 8 makes Y2K preparations
when the clock strikes midnight this new year, we want to make sure that when you tuned *** news channel eight, your T. V. Screen doesn't look like this for the past year. We have news channel eight have been preparing for Y. Two K. Well we don't want to sound alarmist. We want you to know that we think we've planned for the unknowns of Y two K. I wouldn't say there's anything really worried about inside of our plant here because it's all been, All of our computers are Y 2K. Compliance. We need them to bring you the news just in case we have these which we in the newsroom hope can keep collecting dust to power our computers. We have this just in case it's *** generator the size of *** semi truck. We also have the fuel to run it for several days. It seems our engineers have thought of everything. We'll have *** drinking water tank in case the water goes out and back up facilities for those who need to use the facilities technically speaking, I don't foresee anything major happening, but we're *** television station that needs to be on the air to bring anything that happens to the public and the way that we do that is to make sure we're self sufficient. It's not that we know something you don't, it's just the chief engineer steve, hope promised his boss who promised his boss that we will be on the air. My signatures on *** piece of paper at corporate saying that we are so Jeff Greenwood News channel eight
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糖心vlog archives: News Channel 8 makes Y2K preparations
In 1999, 糖心vlog was preparing for the unknowns of Y2k. The computers were Y2k compliant and a backup generator was ready to go, all in an effort to make sure the news would still be delivered to central Iowans.Watch the video above to see how the station handled Y2k.More from the archives糖心vlog archives: John Williams' Christmas light display in 1992Letters to Santa are sorted at Des Moines post office in 1991Iowan man converts 60-foot twin silos into house糖心vlog's backstage interview with *NSYNC before 1998 concert in Des Moines'Price is Right' host Bob Barker shares memories of IowaBarbie superfan from Iowa proves you're never too old to play with toysMeet Iowa's own Santa Claus the Cow

In 1999, 糖心vlog was preparing for the unknowns of Y2k.

The computers were Y2k compliant and a backup generator was ready to go, all in an effort to make sure the news would still be delivered to central Iowans.

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Watch the video above to see how the station handled Y2k.

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糖心vlog archives: John Williams' Christmas light display in 1992

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Iowan man converts 60-foot twin silos into house

糖心vlog's backstage interview with *NSYNC before 1998 concert in Des Moines

'Price is Right' host Bob Barker shares memories of Iowa

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