The Nocturnis Broadcast Almanac: NLC 6 Television Guide, 1970

 

The Nocturnis Broadcast Almanac: NLC 6 Television Guide, 1970

Welcome, residents of Nocturnis, to the inaugural broadcast year of NLC 6's comprehensive programming! Prepare your antennae and adjust your rabbit ears, for 1970 promises a captivating, if often unsettling, look at our unique city and the wider, bewildering world beyond. This guide outlines our standard weekly schedule, punctuated by special programming and themed content reflecting the shifting moods and peculiar holidays of Nocturnis.

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NLC 6 Standard Weekly Schedule: January 1st - December 31st, 1970

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday:

• 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM: The Nocturnis Scroll
  • Daily Local News & Community Updates: A more direct (for Nocturnis) delivery of local headlines, weather (expect persistent fog warnings), and community announcements. Anchors maintain a slightly weary, knowing demeanor.
• 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Morning Chatter & Syndicated Starts
  • Low-Budget Local Talk Show: Featuring eccentric residents, peculiar hobbies, and local grievances.
  • Syndicated Sitcoms/Dramas: Reruns of popular shows from the "outside," often with noticeable static or brief, unnerving visual distortions.
• 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM: Daytime Diversions
  • Syndicated Soap Operas/Game Shows: The melodramas of other towns, occasionally interrupted by local emergency broadcasts about strange occurrences.
  • Local Public Access Hour: An unvarnished look at Nocturnis's true oddities, from peculiar puppet shows to lectures on fringe theories by residents.
• 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Evening Outlook
  • Local News & Weather (Evening Edition): A recap of the day's events, followed by Lost & Found: Nocturnis Ledger, a segment focusing on missing persons, unexplained disappearances, and strange objects found around the valley.
  • Whispers from the Valley (Mondays Only): A weekly news magazine delving into specific local issues, ongoing investigations, and "human interest" stories with an inevitable creepy twist.
• 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM: Primetime Presents
  • Syndicated Popular Shows: Westerns, police procedurals, and family dramas from the broader television landscape.
  • Local "Mystery Hour": Weekly slot for low-budget dramatizations of local unsolved cases, urban legends, and ghost stories, often ending ambiguously.
• 10:00 PM - Sign Off: Late Night Shadows
  • Syndicated Late-Night Talk Show: From the outside world, often with a sense of disjointed humor against the backdrop of Nocturnis.
  • Nocturnis After Dark (Various Nights): A block of classic (and often public domain) horror films and low-budget, locally produced shorts.

Thursday:

• 6:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Thursday Morning Rewind
  • Weekly News Talk Show: Hosted by the unflappable Beatrice Hemlock and the ever-observant Edgar Crowe, this extended block covers all local events of the past week, including in-depth discussions, interviews, and the Lost & Found: Nocturnis Ledger segment. It's the go-to source for understanding the city's unique pulse.
• 11:00 AM - Sign Off: Follows the standard weekday schedule as outlined above.

Weekends (Saturday & Sunday):

• Morning/Daytime:
  • Children's Programming: Often with a strangely unsettling or educational bent, focusing on local folklore, "safe" cryptids, and cautionary tales.
  • Religious Programming: Featuring local, often peculiar, denominations and sermons that subtly acknowledge the unique spiritual challenges of Nocturnis.
  • DIY/Crafting Shows: With a focus on repurposing unusual materials found in the valley, sometimes with questionable safety advice.
  • Old Movies: A mix of genres, but with a leaning towards the eerie, mysterious, and dramatic.
• Sunday (9:00 AM - 10:00 AM): Ancient Whispers: The Lore of Nocturnis Valley
  • Weekly Local History/Folklore Documentary Series: Hosted by Professor Alistair Crowley, delving into the deep, often disturbing, history and folklore of the Nocturnis Valley, from its early settlers to the strange customs of its inhabitants.
• Sunday (10:00 AM - 11:00 AM): Valley Voices
  • Weekly Public Affairs/Interview Show: Interviews with prominent (or peculiar) local figures, discussing community issues that inevitably drift into local legends and strange occurrences.
• Evening:
  • Local Entertainment Programs: Talent shows featuring the city's... unique performers, or broadcasts of peculiar local festivals.
  • Syndicated Movies: More feature films from outside the valley.
  • Nocturnis After Dark (Weekend Edition): Double features or extended blocks of horror films.

Monthly Special:

• The Shadow File:
  • Monthly Investigative Documentary Special: Airing in an irregular Primetime slot (e.g., first Tuesday of the month, 9:00 PM). This show attempts to delve deeper into specific, unresolved mysteries of Nocturnis, from haunted houses to old cults, often leaving viewers with more questions than answers.

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1970 Seasonal & Thematic Highlights: The Calendar of Dread

The content within our regular programming, particularly Thursday Morning Rewind, Whispers from the Valley, Ancient Whispers, and Silas Blackwood's Nocturne, will reflect the changing seasons and the city's unique "horrific holidays."

• January: The Turning of the Shadow

  • Focus: Nocturnis's New Year; rituals for warding off malevolent forces after the longest night.
  • Programming Influence: Discussions on warding rites, historical segments on early settlers' adaptation to the valley's inherent darkness. Thursday Morning Rewind recaps holiday oddities.

• February: Cold Heart Bloom

  • Focus: A twisted Valentine's Day; ill-fated romances, strange affections, the cold grip of winter.
  • Programming Influence: "Love in the Shadows" specials, bizarre romantic mishaps, unusual "gifts" and their eerie origins discussed on Thursday Morning Rewind.

• March: The Verdant Snare

  • Focus: A warped St. Patrick's Day; local superstitions, mischievous (and malevolent) spirits of the thawing land, rites to ward off unseen threats as nature awakens.
  • Programming Influence: Ancient Whispers delves into spring folklore. Thursday Morning Rewind covers "unlucky" events and strange discoveries in thawing grounds.

• April: The Fool's Veil

  • Focus: A truly unsettling April Fool's Day; the blurring line between trickery and genuine horror, ancient malevolence playing cruel jokes.
  • Programming Influence: NLC 6 runs bizarre and unsettling "news" reports. Thursday Morning Rewind on April 1st features outlandish, terrifying "news" and recap of unsettling "pranks gone wrong."

• May: The Settler's Sigh

  • Focus: Commemoration of the early 1700s settlers' arrival (Founders' Vigil); their hardships, the "curses" they brought, first encounters with the valley's inherent strangeness.
  • Programming Influence: Ancient Whispers explores early settlement history. Thursday Morning Rewind features historical anecdotes and reports of strange occurrences near old settlement sites.

• June: The Sunken Ascent

  • Focus: A twisted Summer Solstice; beliefs about the sun's power potentially awakening ancient forces hidden within the valley or beneath its waterways.
  • Programming Influence: Documentaries on strange phenomena linked to the longest days. Thursday Morning Rewind covers unusual natural events or disappearances related to local water bodies.

• July: Independent Terrors

  • Focus: Muted, bewildered observation of "outside" Independence Day, contrasted with Nocturnis's grim "independence" from normalcy.
  • Programming Influence: Local historians comment on settler reasons for leaving homelands. Thursday Morning Rewind might contrast outside celebrations with Nocturnis's peculiar dangers.

• August: The Forest's Breath

  • Focus: Deep dives into the horrors of the Haunted Wood, its primordial evil, and its cannibalistic inhabitants (Dwarves and Giants).
  • Programming Influence: "Survival guides" by eccentric locals. Dramatizations of unfortunate expeditions into the woods. Thursday Morning Rewind covers sightings and disappearances near the woods.

• September: The Harvest of Whispers

  • Focus: A grim autumn equinox; twisted harvest rituals, unsettling omens as days shorten, what truly "grows" in the valley's soil.
  • Programming Influence: Discussions on local dark harvest traditions. Thursday Morning Rewind covers unsettling harvest phenomena or omens.

• October: The Wyrm's Awakening & The Veil's Thinning

  • Focus: Dominated by the city works incident, Herman's fiery defense, and the unearthed Book Wyrm (early October). The month culminates in The Thinning Veil (Nocturnis Halloween).
  • Programming Influence: Intense coverage on Thursday Morning Rewind regarding the Book Wyrm incident, injured workers, rumors, and official responses. Throughout the month, increased airings of Silas Blackwood's Nocturne and Nocturnis After Dark. Ghost story specials tied to new lore. Live broadcasts from haunted locations.

• November: The Ancestor's Feast

  • Focus: A somber, twisted Thanksgiving; reflection on the bounty (and dangers) of the valley's "unusual" sustenance, early settlers' desperate survival tales.
  • Programming Influence: Local recipes with peculiar ingredients. Thursday Morning Rewind features interviews on "unconventional" Thanksgiving traditions.

• December: The Longest Gloom

  • Focus: Nocturnis's winter holidays; warding off ancient winter spirits, survival during the darkest days, folklore of the longest nights.
  • Programming Influence: Documentaries on ancient winter rituals. Thursday Morning Rewind covers unusual winter phenomena and local holiday superstitions, looking ahead to the next "Turning of the Shadow."

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This comprehensive guide should give you the full flavor of Nocturnis Local 6 for 1970, providing a rich media backdrop for your supernatural investigations!