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Title: Discovery Wings going off the air
Post by: rpm on December 03, 2004, 01:07:28 PM

Just saw a promo on Discovery Wings announcing they are going off the air. They will become The Military Channel  on January 10th. :(

Title: Discovery Wings going off the air
Post by: Slash27 on December 03, 2004, 01:12:52 PM

WHAT?!?!   dammit:(   I guess it could be replaced by worse stuff.

Title: Discovery Wings going off the air
Post by: Captain Virgil Hilts on December 03, 2004, 01:14:13 PM

Well damn. On the other hand, they haven't done much that was new in a couple years, the quality and quantity have both dropped considerably. I'm sure it is not a big money maker (no sex, no profanity, and only realistic violence) so I can see why it was hard to get new material. Still really pisses me off.

Title: Discovery Wings going off the air
Post by: BlueJ1 on December 03, 2004, 02:16:21 PM

The ad said it will still show all of its tv shows on that channel at a certian time. Just gona be more elements of the military now.

Title: Discovery Wings going off the air
Post by: ChickenHawk on December 03, 2004, 05:37:19 PM

Yep, saw the bad news yesterday too.  I have a feeling they will show most of the same shows for a while but over time they will be canceled in favor of more military programming.  I've really learned a lot from shows like Learning to Fly.  It's a sad day.

Title: Discovery Wings going off the air
Post by: JB73 on December 03, 2004, 05:43:30 PM

i have never been able to watch the channel anyway

<-- only affords basic cable and wings only offered with digital and upgrade package

Title: Discovery Wings going off the air
Post by: Nefarious on December 03, 2004, 08:01:25 PM

I rarely watch it anyway, I watch a lot of History International, Which for a while now has been promoting the Military Channel on it Every Weekend.

It's a good idea. The Military Channel is a better channel from what I've seen of the previews.

Title: Discovery Wings going off the air
Post by: Widewing on December 03, 2004, 08:34:51 PM

There just wasn't enough quality programming to sustain a dedicated channel. How many pathetic episodes of Airport could anyone stand. Watching some geek build a kit-plane is about as interesting as watching gardening. Over the past year, virtually everything was repeated two dozen times...

I'm looking forward to the Military Channel, but I hope they have the common sense to show the good stuff made in the 1950s and 60s, and not the half-assed docu-blather that we see on the History Channel so frequently.

My regards,

Widewing

Title: Discovery Wings going off the air
Post by: Roscoroo on December 03, 2004, 08:38:16 PM

Yea cant get wings either ... (for some odd reason it didnt come with my pirated cable) :(