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Vatican Mass broadcast changes to Girls Gone Wild ad
April 11, 2009Comcast Says Mix-Up Due To Required Emergency System Test PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia cable network's early morning broadcast of Good Friday Mass at the Vatican abruptly changed to something wildly different -- a 30-second "Girls Gone Wild" ad.
Comcast spokesman Jeff Alexander said the 2 a.m. Friday programming glitch was due to a required test of the Emergency Alert System. He said such tests are usually done in the overnight hours.
The test automatically tunes viewers to a preselected channel that would provide information in the event of an emergency. But during tests, the channel airs regular programming, which in this case included a paid advertisement for the racy videos.
Alexander said the problem affected the network's entire local area, but only one person called to complain.
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