[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well, I know that _our_ cable channel 2
> is the NBC (?) affiliate from Tulsa on its (over the air) channel 2.
> They had a 'crawl message' which went on for thirty or forty minutes
> Tuesday morning. Our cable channel 3 is Tulsa's Fox outlet on its
> (over the air) channel 23. They also had the same crawl message and
My local cable system can put a crawl message on *all* channels if the Emergency Broadcast System is activated. They test it once a week or so, usually late at night. It may be the crawl you were seeing was locally generated.
Bill Ranck Blacksburg, Va.
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Yes, and it may well be it was all a rotten hoax by a young lady seeking attention. PAT]