The station's signal disappeared briefly several times, then continued normal programming.

"That was newsworthy, and so we broke into normal programming to do a special report."

Most stations did return to normal programming on the day after the funeral.

"We felt it was better to proceed with normal programming without tying the theater up."

The program, he says, is "a real changeup, quite different from our normal programming."

On Tuesday night it was as if the normal programming had never gone away.

The network audiences are leaving television and there's a feeling the audience may be ready for a break with normal programming.

I think people want a break from normal programming - lawyers and cop shows.

Its normal programming was suspended while a strategic review took place on the station.

Under no circumstances could any broadcast station continue with normal programming during a national emergency.