Well, I had high hopes for this station, but it is a bust at my house.

I am getting no signal for ch 32 with my rooftop antenna. I have not moved it yet to see if aiming were a factor, due to the fact I use my computer to record and the antenna has to stay where 13,15,21,33, and 43 can be recieved. Unfortunately 32 is about 90 degrees from the current direction of my antenna.

Anyone in the Florence area seeing 32 OTA?

Scott

Scott, nothing here either. I also live in Florence. I can only pick it up thru Time Warner.

I posted the other day that I emailed Mr. Fortenberry - WMBF's General Manager. The board crashed the other day and they lost lots of our posts about no signal here. I have not heard back from him. According to the map that someone posted here, it looks like we are not even in their signal area.

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=DT1171163.html

Here is his info if you want to contact him too.
Ted Fortenberry
Vice President & General Manager
WMBF-TV / NBC Affiliate
P.O. Box 3579
611 Burroughs & Chapin Blvd., Ste. 209
Myrtle Beach, SC 29578
843-839-9623 phone
843-839-9625 fax
tfortenberry@wmbftv.com
www.wmbftv.com

Just tried to get WMBF at my moms with a set top and outdoor antenna. No luck here either. She gets all the other locals just fine.

Any other Florence WMBF reception reports?

Scott

Anyone else with a Florence WMBF reception report?

I got it a couple of days before they went live, I got a screen saying wmbf 32 news 080808, but have not been able to get it since it went live. Using a cm 4228 at 160 degrees. The signal strength was around 85% so i assumed when it went live i would have no problems.

Anybody notice WWMB 21.1 has been 480i instead of 1080i?

Anyone else with a Florence WMBF reception report?

I am 3 miles from the ocean in Horry county east of Myrtle Beach & I get a strong signal, but I should as close as I am to their tower. WFXB & WHMC made a good choice as where the located their tower. Not too much signal is wasted into the ocean & not much goes into the Charelston WTAT FOX station's coverage area. WFXB goes west into Florence & goes north into a void of signals not reached by the Chareston, Columbia, Charlotte, Raleigh & Wilmington FOX stations. It seems there is going to be a NBC void when WECT turns off their analog because it filled in the Clarkton, Whiteville area. I understand why WECT is not going to use the analog site because it left the city of Wilmington with b grade of signal. I remeber in 1969 when they left the tower at Delco WECT started advertising a out door antenna kit. My Aunt in Wilmington had watched 6 on rabbit ears clearly until then. But after they moved 6 was snowy. So now WECT dt is now strong in Willmington leaving that area for another station. Maybe tWMBF is going to raise the tower height later after the 2-19-09 cut off. Then there should be a lot of channels freed up & maybe they will get some more range that they can not have now.

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I get this very often. It will come and go. I understand it has something to do with SDV problems but for what I pay it should not be a problem!!

Last night, for example, most of the baseball package channels had the message. It did come and go but that does make it hard to watch a game.

The night before most of the HD channels above 820 had the message.

I also see it once in a while on just random channels.

Anyone else have this and/or solved it?

Thanks


I frequently get the above problem as well.It is only on the HD Channels and not the networks or ESPN.
Does anyone have a fix?
It is unacceptable for the amount I pay Time Warner every month.

I have been a real pest in the side of TW over this issue .Yesterday we had two cherry picker trucks at our place. They finally found that the amplifier to our building (8 unit condo) Was not working right so they replaced it. He said that should solve the problem along with some headend stuff they did. You just have to keep complaining and complaining. I have had the problem off and on for about 2 years. you just have to get to the right level of tech service, this guy was from the hub.

Hopefully this will solve it -- we shall see. I hope it does because a dish is not an option where I live.

I gave up on trying to reach WMBF by phone or email..no replies to email and the phone is always busy.

I went to the Raycom Media (Parent company) and complained there. I know it won't do any good since the antennae is not even aimed toward us but worth a try.

not fixed! last night 952 was gone most of the evening and 833 -850 were in and out all evening. Supposedly a hub person is dealing with the issue today :p


At least they now realize it is a hub issue!

I have been a real pest in the side of TW over this issue .Yesterday we had two cherry picker trucks at our place. They finally found that the amplifier to our building (8 unit condo) Was not working right so they replaced it. He said that should solve the problem along with some headend stuff they did. You just have to keep complaining and complaining. I have had the problem off and on for about 2 years. you just have to get to the right level of tech service, this guy was from the hub.

Hopefully this will solve it -- we shall see. I hope it does because a dish is not an option where I live.

I am so thankful that I have my freedom to put up a roof top antenna. When I was looking to buy a house I told my buying agent I am going to put up an antenna. She told the developer & he said then would you ask him if he would to put it on the back of the house. But I am not into sports so there is not much I even care for that is on the cable & not over the antenna. But my only dept is my house & I live with in my budget.

not fixed! last night 952 was gone most of the evening and 833 -850 were in and out all evening. Supposedly a hub person is dealing with the issue today :p


At least they now realize it is a hub issue!
It happens every day.Last night on ESPN2-HD 951.
I have been e mailing with tech support.They respond with some canned answer about checking my tv input.
Obviously this is a problem on their end.
I do not have time to be home to meet their tech.
I don't think it is a week signal issue,but I am not sure.
It may soon be time to switch to D*
Please let me know if they get it fixed for you.

Does anyone from Time Warner still monitor this board?
Diana,director of marketing used to be on the forum and was great at answering questions and fixing issues.

Anyone know why WWMB 21.1 has been 480i only lately?

Also, is there suppose to be some digital broadcast test in the Florence/Myrtle Beach area during the evening news any day this week. My sister said she heard something aout that on the news the other day but didn't know what station she was watching. I know the Wilmington market is doing it on the 8th but she can't get Wilmington stations, only Florence/Myrtle Beach stations.

No Test that i know of, I noticed it this past friday, was gonna watch the florida football in hd on that channel but it was a no go. none of their programs have been coming in hd.

Thx topher57.

To Bob or Ken, haven't gotten any guide data on 43.1 or 43.2 lately. You guys ok? :)

To Bob or Ken, haven't gotten any guide data on 43.1 or 43.2 lately.
Looking into it. Should have it squared away by tomorrow.

Thx Ken. No Problem, was just curious. I always check the Zap2It guide everyday before primetime anyhow.

I just got this reply from TBTN about service in this area.:mad: It looks like it will be a long time if ever to see TBTN. I can't have a dish and after spending 40 years of my life in Big Ten country it is a bummer.


According to the agreement Time Warner will carry the network
throughout the Big Ten territory, including Ohio and Wisconsin. The
pending agreement will ensure that Time Warner Cable's customers
across these Big Ten states will have access to all Big Ten Network
programming on an expanded basic level of service.

Since the deal happened so quickly Time Warner is working very hard to
get the games up in the core Big Ten markets of Ohio and Wisconsin.
Once that is accomplished, they will evaluate the possibility of
carrying Big Ten programming in other markets.

If you would like the network in your area, continue to contact Time
Warner. Hopefully they will listen if you put the pressure on them.

I hope this helps!

-Big Ten Network

Excellent. Maybe we'll get ESPNU HD instead.

According to a poster from the Columbia AVS forum:

PHRoberts
Member

Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Colulmbia, SC
Posts: 43

Coming to TW on 9/12/08 in all SC markets. All of these will be SDV and "free" with digital cable and HD equipment.

1) ESPNU HD - Channel: 952

2) Planet Green HD - Channel: 851

3) History En Espanol - Channel: 177

Guess 1 out of 3 isn't too bad

In today's State newspaper from Columbia:

Dan Santelle, Time Warner vice-president of programming and product development for the Carolina region, said the company is finishing an agreement to carry the Big Ten Network on the Columbia system.

“We have a lot of transplants from the Big Ten area who live down here,” Santelle said. “There has been much interest shown in us getting the network. We hope to have it on by Oct. 1, if not earlier.”

Santelle said the channel numbers have not yet been selected for the network.


For a person who spent 40 years of his life in the Big Ten Footprint this is great news!:)

Dan Santelle may be my new favorite person:D

Is anyone else having problems receiving WPDE? I get no signal here in Socastee and am only getting them in SD on TWC.

It was bad until about 9:30 and has been fine since unless you wanted the suckeys to win!

TWC adds ESPNU HD, about to add Big Ten Network in Columbia, SC
by Darren Murph, posted Sep 16th 2008 at 11:01PM


Not that many (any?) Gamecock games are relegated to ESPNU or anything, but folks in the Columbia region of South Carolina can now tune into ESPNU HD on slot 952. The channel is being arranged beside ESPN HD (950), ESPN2 HD (951) and ESPNews HD (953). Also of note, Dan Santelle, Time Warner vice-president of programming and product development for the Carolina region, has suggested that his company is finalizing an agreement that will bring Big Ten Network to the system, which ought to make the scads of transplants and legions of sports fans in general quite pleased. [Disclosure: Engadget is part of the Time Warner family]

Was able to pick up WBTW up here in Virginia Beach... 13NEWS on 13-1 and MyTV on 13-2...

Anyone else getting a garbled screen on these two channels and every so often you receive wltx channel 19 out of columbia, sc? And if so do you know what is going on?

In the MB area we have a CBS station full time on 813 but I am getting the same stuff in 814. 814 used to show HD sports from channel 52 -- some Braves games and some college football but I have not seen that in quite a while. We get two CBS HD stations in Murrells Inlet 810 and 813.

I watched some of the braves game on 813 yesterday, but last night it had the channel 19 news out of columbia, today the same messed up screen. I was hoping maybe they were going to make these full time channels.

Charlotte, NC (September 23, 2008) – Get ready sports fans! Beginning this Thursday, September 25, 2008, more college sports coverage is coming to the Time Warner Cable lineup. The Big Ten Network (BTN) will be available to Time Warner Cable digital converter customers with the Sports & Games Tier. The Big Ten Network will also be available in High Definition. A digital converter is required to receive the channels.

Big Ten Network is a 24-hr channel consisting of primarily of Big Ten Conference sporting events and sports programming, as well as an amount of ancillary programming related to the Big Ten Conference member universities, their students, communities and alumni. Coverage includes live telecasts of football, basketball, baseball and Olympic sports. Universities in the Big Ten Conference are Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Iowa, Penn State, Purdue, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Northwestern.

The Big Ten Network is available on the following channels:

o S. Carolina – 148(SD); 956(HD)
o Greensboro – 189(SD); 571(HD)
o Charlotte – 136(SD); 288(HD)
+ (Statesville/Iredell – 425(SD); 719(HD)
o Raleigh – 323(SD); 287(HD)
o Wilmington – 135(SD); 954(HD)

Just curious if anyone that uses Directv is seeing the locals in HD yet. They're showing as carrying all 5 networks, announced today I think.

Just curious if anyone that uses Directv is seeing the locals in HD yet. They're showing as carrying all 5 networks, announced today I think.

They lit up CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, and CW. No sound on CBS on any of my H20 receivers. No sound no pic on my H21.

As of 1PM issues resolved

They lit up CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, and CW. No sound on CBS on any of my H20 receivers. No sound no pic on my H21.

As of 1PM issues resolved

Which NBC is it? The DTV site still shows as carrying WIS but I was told today that was incorrect.

WMBF it comes in on channel 34. Even though it's 32-1 OTA

pixeling on every HD channel -- on both my HD sets and TW will send someone out Friday! It is so bad you really can't watch any HD shows.

Anyone else having the same problem? I live in Murrells Inlet by the Hospital.

Absolutely no problems one mile west of you in WPE.

We haven't had any trouble since we spoke several months ago.

kjpjr, try rebooting your box, just unplug it for a minute or so and plug it back in. I had a similar problem a few weeks back. All the analog cable was working, but digital and hd were freezing and pixilating. After a reboot, all was well.

I was just wondering if I could tap the minds of everyone.
First, where I live, in Socastee, I can not have an outdoor antenna. I have stuffed one in my attic. I know that is not optimal, but its what I have. I originally had a cheap Radio Shack amp on it. It worked well until my TV's main board needed replacing, and after a long stay at a repair shop, and me threatening to sue, then replacing it myself, the amp was bad. Can anyone recommend a good amp or pre-amp for receiving HD? I cannot receive WPDE at all and WBTW and the CW channel are intermittent at best.
Second, after my electric bill rose to yet another record high, I was wondering what parts of my electronics were worth cutting power to when not in use? Right now I have the LCD tv, a dvd player, the cable box, a receiver,a bass speaker, a vcr and a tape player receiving power 24 hours a day. I was thinking of putting a half-switched receptacle in and keeping only essentials on all the time. Any ideas?

I was just wondering if I could tap the minds of everyone.
First, where I live, in Socastee, I can not have an outdoor antenna. I have stuffed one in my attic. I know that is not optimal, but its what I have. I originally had a cheap Radio Shack amp on it. It worked well until my TV's main board needed replacing, and after a long stay at a repair shop, and me threatening to sue, then replacing it myself, the amp was bad. Can anyone recommend a good amp or pre-amp for receiving HD? I cannot receive WPDE at all and WBTW and the CW channel are intermittent at best.
Second, after my electric bill rose to yet another record high, I was wondering what parts of my electronics were worth cutting power to when not in use? Right now I have the LCD tv, a dvd player, the cable box, a receiver,a bass speaker, a vcr and a tape player receiving power 24 hours a day. I was thinking of putting a half-switched receptacle in and keeping only essentials on all the time. Any ideas?


Are there any dish or direct tv satilight dish on any homes where you live? If there are or you own the roof over your home I would put up an antenna. But I would use a vent mount & get a small antenna like a corner-flecter. Are their any any metel chimmy through the roof of the homes? If they are there then no one can say any thing about an small uhf antenna. A small antenna is not near as tacky as a metel smoke stack throught the roof. Look around at roof on the homes where you where you live & see if any one else. Some one else may have gone ahead & put up an antenna. They may have them but they are on the back of the homes where you can not see them.

I have already done the reboot, things are worse. The HD's are unwatchable and the analogs are sortof watchable. Many channels do not come in at all and many just come in and out very quickly. I have two HD sets and the same thing is happening on both sets so really a box reboot wont help. Thanks for the idea though. Someone is supposed to come between 1 and 5 tomorrow, we shall see -- I wish I could have a dish!

I was checking out the HD locals on Directv tv today in the Myrtle Beach area, but the CW network was in 480i. But its suppose to be in HD and the show that was on, was in HD OTA.

So to anyone that has been watching the locals, has the CW been in 480i since they came on the air. If so has anyone as why ?

I was checking out the HD locals on Directv tv today in the Myrtle Beach area, but the CW network was in 480i. But its suppose to be in HD and the show that was on, was in HD OTA.

So to anyone that has been watching the locals, has the CW been in 480i since they came on the air. If so has anyone as why ?

Sometimes the shows are in HD and sometimes they arnt, on my dtv guide if a show is suppose to be HD half the time it wont be when i actually turn it to CW :(

But i also want to know if ANYONE is having issues like me, ALL of my HD channels through directv since last Friday have been losing signal and going out and coming back every few minutes. I just got my dish realigned today by them and the issue still exists. Anyone else have this issue?

Sometimes the shows are in HD and sometimes they arnt, on my dtv guide if a show is suppose to be HD half the time it wont be when i actually turn it to CW :(

But i also want to know if ANYONE is having issues like me, ALL of my HD channels through directv since last Friday have been losing signal and going out and coming back every few minutes. I just got my dish realigned today by them and the issue still exists. Anyone else have this issue?

The only problems I have had are with the locals. As noted above CW is only coming in at 480i rather than the 1080i that it should be. And also with the on again off again issues with Fox. No problem at all with anything else. Check your signal levels on 103B ( Or C depending on which receiver you have) Some of D's install techs are not the sharpest knives in the drawer. I happened to be talking to one a couple of weeks ago that didn't even know that the national HD stations were on 103b (c)

The only problems I have had are with the locals. As noted above CW is only coming in at 480i rather than the 1080i that it should be. And also with the on again off again issues with Fox. No problem at all with anything else. Check your signal levels on 103B ( Or C depending on which receiver you have) Some of D's install techs are not the sharpest knives in the drawer. I happened to be talking to one a couple of weeks ago that didn't even know that the national HD stations were on 103b (c)
WFXB-DT (FOX) hasn't had any transmission problems.

I talked to D* last week and was told that they had previously had a trouble ticket open for the Myrtle Beach-Florence market but it had been resolved. Are you still having problems with FOX dropping out or has it cleared up?

WFXB-DT (FOX) hasn't had any transmission problems.

I talked to D* last week and was told that they had previously had a trouble ticket open for the Myrtle Beach-Florence market but it had been resolved. Are you still having problems with FOX dropping out or has it cleared up?

As of this morning it's out again.

OK, I just checked again. No doubt about it. There are issues on D's side. I have three of one model receiver where I get no sound no picture. I have five of another model receiver where I get both sound and picture. But the audio is out of sync. I also checked OTA there are no issues at all. It's not just in our market that these kind of problems are going on. Over at DBS there are reports from just about all over the counrty about the same issue. It seems to be just one station in most cases. I suspect it's a problem with the spot beams. Due to one post from NY in which the same problem was on Channel 5 (which is a spot beam) where as there was no problems at all on the Conus version of the same station. (88 and 398)

As of about 10AM it is fixed again.

The only problems I have had are with the locals. As noted above CW is only coming in at 480i rather than the 1080i that it should be. And also with the on again off again issues with Fox. No problem at all with anything else. Check your signal levels on 103B ( Or C depending on which receiver you have) Some of D's install techs are not the sharpest knives in the drawer. I happened to be talking to one a couple of weeks ago that didn't even know that the national HD stations were on 103b (c)

yep had my whole home rewired and splitters/ diplexers replace and they all work now. If i run into the local issues like you have been describing again ill post.

yep had my whole home rewired and splitters/ diplexers replace and they all work now. If i run into the local issues like you have been describing again ill post.

They were bad yesterday on Fox and CBS. Today all is well again. Who knows what tomorrow will bring !!! lol

Didn't even last til tomorrow. Problems with FOX are back.

There is a problem with the sun and Fox this time of year.

abc down

There is a problem with the sun and Fox this time of year.

Umm.. No..not quite.. what you speak of is solar transit outages, and affects any satellite based service equally. It's virtually over for this fall now anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_transit

ABC working fine here, This does not look like sunspots to me. Different symptoms from what I have seen in the past.

So is there a solar problem in general now or not?

So is there a solar problem in general now or not?

No sir. We are told the issues there with the MB LIL's are not due to local pickup of the MB stations.

You can learn more here when not out golfin..:)

http://www.intelsat.com/resources/satellitedata-pas/calc-sun-outages.asp

So is there a solar problem in general now or not?

Not that I'm aware of

I'd rather be dumb and golfin. :) Besides I hear U-Verse is spreading so fast maybe it won't be a problem for long! :D

yep just spent 4 hours bitching directv out because they ****ed up my new wiring everything worked except abc and cbs and i didn't realize that until he left. They didn't want to repair my system and wanted me to wait another 2 weeks without a signal for a appointment, needless to say i am sick and tired of these fudge heads.

they claimed i haven't gotten HD in 2 years and its impossible i had it, thought ive been watching it and i have all new mpeg 4 boxs and a 5lnb slimline dish. After them telling me i was a liar and I ran all of my wiring before they finally sent the original guy back out and he realized he fudged up. It works now.......... FOR NOW!

Owwch.. You should get Gary to call them for you.:D

yep just spent 4 hours bitching directv out because they ****ed up my new wiring everything worked except abc and cbs and i didn't realize that until he left. They didn't want to repair my system and wanted me to wait another 2 weeks without a signal for a appointment, needless to say i am sick and tired of these fudge heads.

they claimed i haven't gotten HD in 2 years and its impossible i had it, thought ive been watching it and i have all new mpeg 4 boxs and a 5lnb slimline dish. After them telling me i was a liar and I ran all of my wiring before they finally sent the original guy back out and he realized he fudged up. It works now.......... FOR NOW!

What do you have on FOX ? I still have sound and no pic on all of my H20 units and no sound no pic on all of my H21s

fox comen through, sound is 5.1 and fine but the video seems to have a stutter almost like im watching a youtube video that is buffering

fox comen through, sound is 5.1 and fine but the video seems to have a stutter almost like im watching a youtube video that is buffering

What model receiver? I have a couple of friends with the same receivers as I have. They have the same exact thing going on that I do. I'm figuring the different firmware in them is why we are seeing different symptoms on different models.

I'm watching the game OTA. It's just about perfect. I think I'm going to be keeping these old rabit ears close by for some time to come !!

TWC is looking better all the time.

What model receiver? I have a couple of friends with the same receivers as I have. They have the same exact thing going on that I do. I'm figuring the different firmware in them is why we are seeing different symptoms on different models.

I'm watching the game OTA. It's just about perfect. I think I'm going to be keeping these old rabit ears close by for some time to come !!

hr 21 and hr 20

Maybe tWMBF is going to raise the tower height later after the 2-19-09 cut off. Then there should be a lot of channels freed up & maybe they will get some more range that they can not have now.

I read somewhere a while back, the range limitation towards Florence is dictated by the FCC, trying to "protect" Columbia from co-channel interference to WRLK Ch32, the PBS flagship station.

I live in Florence and am pretty disgusted about the way channels allocations and radiation patterns were decided for WMBF.

Both MBF and RLK will remain at Ch 32 post transition. I hold little hope for MBF in Florence.

Perhaps someone at MBF cares to elaborate on this matter. It'd be refreshing given the treatment to other member's inquiries so far.

locals down. this is your last damn chance dtv!!!!

locals down. this is your last damn chance dtv!!!!

They seem to be fine at this time.

Oct. 29, 2008
Bio HD will launch on Digital Cable Channel 852.
Speed HD will launch on Digital Cable Channel 954.

locals down. this is your last damn chance dtv!!!!

I'm sure that scared them..:rolleyes: they probably dispatched every engineer they have based on this post alone..;)

Really. Last chance or else what? I believe you made a commitment.

locals down. this is your last damn chance dtv!!!!


Where do you get your locals from?

All of my Locals have been up by OTA & did not go down. My locals come from my antenna on the roof. So you guys at the station are doing a great job job. I thank you for your signals. They are free & with out paying a monthly bill for them.

I read somewhere a while back, the range limitation towards Florence is dictated by the FCC, trying to "protect" Columbia from co-channel interference to WRLK Ch32, the PBS flagship station.

I live in Florence and am pretty disgusted about the way channels allocations and radiation patterns were decided for WMBF.

Both MBF and RLK will remain at Ch 32 post transition. I hold little hope for MBF in Florence.

Perhaps someone at MBF cares to elaborate on this matter. It'd be refreshing given the treatment to other member's inquiries so far.

As I said "that when the channels are freed up" meaning they would have options of changing to a different channel that will be vacant after 2-19-09 that is now used by the simucasting analog & digital using two channels.

I have been having lots of pixel problems with WMBF thru Time Warner since Thursday. All the other channels are fine. Anyone else having problems?

It was bad during the football game last night, all was fine on their channel 10 but 805 was almost unwatchable.

Has anyone that uses Directv HD locals, ask them why they keep claiming WWMB, CW network is in HD, when they are down converting it to 480? I tried asking and got the usual run around. They said something about letting the broadcast team know about it. Maybe if more ask they might actually change it.

I called the station about WMBF and left a voice mail with the engineers. We shall see what happens with that.

Yes Gail, first noticed it saturday watching the clemson game and continued through last night, I haven't watched it today, but then again I basically just watch sports on NBC.

I called the station about WMBF and left a voice mail with the engineers. We shall see what happens with that.

thanks

hello my fellow Myrtle Beachians,

I have HTC cable, and they STILL do not offer the discovery HD channel (they only have HD theater). I mean this is one channel we definitely should have! They did however add some filler channels like disney, some 2nd rate cartoon channel( not even cartoon network), and QVC channel (ummm....Huh???? Call me ignorant, but do people who watch this channel really care if its in HD or not? I guess I could see QVC HD being used as selling point to get the wife to ok a new HD tv purchase, but thats it). Seriously though, I get having these channels, but not before getting Discovery HD. I mean this is what HD is all about! There is nothing worse then having to watch Mythbusters in SD and seeing "Available in HD" at the bottom of the screen. So I implore everyone with HTC cable.... please call them (tell your friends and family to call too!) and request Discovery HD channel. The more people that call the better.

Thanks for your help!!

P.S. is winter over yet?

Man, that MGM HD surely has some stuttering problems, I know it is not a new station so is this TW's problems or what?

hello my fellow Myrtle Beachians,

I have HTC cable, and they STILL do not offer the discovery HD channel (they only have HD theater). I mean this is one channel we definitely should have! They did however add some filler channels like disney, some 2nd rate cartoon channel( not even cartoon network), and QVC channel (ummm....Huh???? Call me ignorant, but do people who watch this channel really care if its in HD or not? I guess I could see QVC HD being used as selling point to get the wife to ok a new HD tv purchase, but thats it). Seriously though, I get having these channels, but not before getting Discovery HD. I mean this is what HD is all about! There is nothing worse then having to watch Mythbusters in SD and seeing "Available in HD" at the bottom of the screen. So I implore everyone with HTC cable.... please call them (tell your friends and family to call too!) and request Discovery HD channel. The more people that call the better.

Thanks for your help!!

P.S. is winter over yet?

No it is still autumn. I will take a cold autume over a autumn filled with a active hurricane season with great joy. I think it was 2006 or 2005 the hurricane season did not want to end.

About Hd I must say that the SC ETV HD channels & the NC PBS showing the Grand Canyon & the Blue Ridge mountains are GREAT.

I am happy with just a antenna & a good HD TV.

WPDE on directv isnt showing the ok v okstate game in HD, what gives?

neither did TWC in my area (Johnsonville) and ABCHD is still down...

I switched my tv to qam channels and watched in HD on abc out of charleston.

Nothing at all on 815 in Murrells Inlet today?

They finally put a message on the HD Channel. WPDE is experiencing technical difficulties.

They finally put a message on the HD Channel. WPDE is experiencing technical difficulties.

I looks like WPDE DT was off the air. Maybe the transmitter needed a tube. I also receive WWAY ABC out of Wilmington NC. WWAY is on a 2000 foot tower south of Wilmington with 1000000 watts of power so it really comes in strong in Myrtle Beach with a single bow tie antenna. I am glad Wilmington still shares their signal with us to the south. I remember when something would go wrong with the ch 3 signal years before WPDE was around. Then we would tune to WUSN ch 2 from Charleston. Only ch 3 was on the cable. I remember folks with the cable watching ABC from an antenna at our house. The would be ranting a raving over the cable not having a back up ABC & should for what they were paying. In those days you could fill a mid size car with gas for what you would pay for a month of TV cable. Some dissconected the TV cable & put up an antenna. The color & contrast was much better on an antenna.

I see WPDE DT back. One of the employees found a tube & put it in the transmitter. I am sure they are looking forward to shutting down the analog. After the shut down they may have extra funds to keep more tubes on the spare parts room. I just wonder why the FCC did not require the AM radio stations to remove the lower side band & make it digital with the free [no cost royalty] DRM code like the rest of the world is doing on AM band & short wave. If analog was a horse, they would shoot it.

We were gone for a week and got home today. There was a card in the mail that WMBF would not be our HD station any longer. NBC channel 2 is now on channel 2 and is on 805 in HD. WMBF is only on channel 10 but will be blacked out for any NBC network shows.

I called TW and was told that on 12/30 WMBF would disappear altogether!

It has to do with the fact that I live in the Surfside South district (Murrells Inlet Georgetown County) so that makes the Charleston NBC station our local station and we cannot receive WMBF. This is really too bad since we liked the news and the station in general.

I can't have a dish so we are stuck with TW if we want to watch TV :(

We just spent the last week at two different relatives who both have a dish -- it sure was nice!

We were gone for a week and got home today. There was a card in the mail that WMBF would not be our HD station any longer. NBC channel 2 is now on channel 2 and is on 805 in HD. WMBF is only on channel 10 but will be blacked out for any NBC network shows.

I called TW and was told that on 12/30 WMBF would disappear altogether!

It has to do with the fact that I live in the Surfside South district (Murrells Inlet Georgetown County) so that makes the Charleston NBC station our local station and we cannot receive WMBF. This is really too bad since we liked the news and the station in general.

I can't have a dish so we are stuck with TW if we want to watch TV :(

We just spent the last week at two different relatives who both have a dish -- it sure was nice!

You should be able to receive WMBF over a indoor antenna. I have a bow tie on the floor of my house & I receive it solid [-7 db]. You are about 7 miles from the tower. Have you tired connecting an indoor antenna. WMBF should be wamping out a strong signal inside your home. It should be aready there if you want it. At my Mom & Dads I made sure they have a back up to the TV cable. It will go out in a storm. They live in Conway & they receive the Wilmington stations over a indoor antenna. Give it a try. You need a back up for when the TV cable is out.

I bought a HD without a tuner how do 'I do that now? I need the TW box to get any channels.

I bought a HD without a tuner how do 'I do that now? I need the TW box to get any channels.

Oh my.

I bought a motorola HD100. It was an HD tuner to connect to an HD ready tv. It failed while under warrenty. Motorola replaced it with an HD101. That failed after the warrenty was out.

If you need a dvd recorder you could buy one with an ATSC [dtv] tuner in it. They have a s video output. Thus you could use that dvd recorder tuner to out put to your HD monitor. Also you can buy an dtv converter box. But most are composite video. But the sd will look blurry on your hd monitor. But if you are just watching the local news you would not need to watch it that much. Then watch WCBD from twc for the NBC network HD feed.

btw where are the portable battery powered dtv at the local stores. The tv cable does go out in the hurrician area but also does the power. Once you have gotten use to watching where it is on color weather radar via your local tv station & then the power goes off.; It is a pain to be forcesd not see but to liston to the locations on the radio.

btw where are the portable battery powered dtv at the local stores.

Rat Shaq has them.Saw one there the other day. As I looked at it, the salesman enthusiastically told me "that's a HDTV!" .. I just smiled and said, "yea,right". It's the shaq copy of the Insignia that boxbusters sold a while back.

I found this forum while Googling for some help. Hopin' somebody here can point me in the right direction. Please forgive me if I butcher some terminology. I live in the Surfside SC area and have basic TW service. I get network HD broadcasts from the unblocked QAM channels. For quite awhile, I have been receiving WPDE/ABC HD at 100.23. That stopped a week or so ago. I've searched for new channels, but cannot find anything for ABC. I'm still getting the QAM HD signals for CBS, NBC, Fox networks, so I don't think it's my tuner. Does anybody local have a new QAM frequency for WPDE/ABC? Thanks for your help,
~OC~

Have you rescanned since last week, They were off the air for a few days but they are back up now. I am on TWC in Florence and i get it on 91-584. I don't know if it would be the same for you, but you can try.

WPDE is still showing as "Having Technical Difficulties" here in Laurinburg on TWC as well. I hate having to watch football in SD...HD has spoiled me :-(

Thanks for the replies. I rescanned this am, but couldn't find 'em anywhere. I tried 91.584, but nothing there. I was able to find an HD ABC signal out of Chasn at 82.25. Sure beats watching the game on WPDE's analog signal. :)

Yeah, i get all 4 major networks from the florence and charleston broadcast area. Comes in handy when they show different college and nfl games.

I just noticed that TW in the Surfside, SC south area has splint into two HD channels. Golf HD is 843 but Versus HD is now 955. Good news for me as a hockey and golf fan!

Golf HD is 843 but Versus HD is now 955. !

PBR Rodeo on Vs is pretty good..All it needs is smellovision to go with the HD poo for a complete "experience" ! :p

Does anybody local have a new QAM frequency for WPDE/ABC?

For the record, I rescanned last nite, and WPDE ABC finally re-appeared, at 100.3. I'm in the Surfside area. Thanks for all your help.
~OC~ :cool:

Did any one see The Sound of music in HD?

I watched it in 16:9 from WWAY & it looked just like it did at the movies. Why any one would pay for digital cable when they can get something this great for free is beyond me. It would seem that with so many out of work or short of money that TV cable would be the first bill to get rid of. I am still trying to get my head above water since the gas spike last summer thus, TV cable of any kind is out of the question. I look at it as a waste of money.

WWAY must be in surround sound. It also sounded great, just like the movie. WWAY sounded better than WPDE 15 so I watched WWAY.

I like having my antenna so I can decide what station I will watch

Most of us that live in the many condos in the area cannot have antennas or a dish so we are stuck with TW. So what you are suggesting is really not an option for many of us.

BTW the FCC did not give all condo owners the right to have a dish/antenna. We can only put one up in an exclusive use area. For most of us that would be a porch. We do not have a porch in our units so no antenna or dish. I cannot even put an antenna for Sirius radio. It would have to go outside since we face the wrong way to the satellite.

Hurry up FIOS!

If I have several HD and SD TVs in the house and can afford to have cable and like ESPN, etc., is that OK?

Most of us that live in the many condos in the area cannot have antennas or a dish so we are stuck with TW. So what you are suggesting is really not an option for many of us.

BTW the FCC did not give all condo owners the right to have a dish/antenna. We can only put one up in an exclusive use area. For most of us that would be a porch. We do not have a porch in our units so no antenna or dish. I cannot even put an antenna for Sirius radio. It would have to go outside since we face the wrong way to the satellite.

Hurry up FIOS!


Then you buy this antenna http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2062017
at Radio Shack. Put small screw in the middle of it & screw it to a small block of wood like a 2 by 4 cutto 2 feet long to hold it vertical with the bow looking just like a bow tie you would wear on a dress shirt. The put it behind the TV or in the closet or under your bed. I can pick up the stations with a indoor bow tie on the portable tv on the floor at ground level. Also go by K mart & buy an DTV box.

You should really have this even if you have cable as a back up.

The cable does go off some times.

Also you may need a 300 ohm to 75 ohm plug. But one should have been included with your TV. I know you should get WMBF because you are right under the their tower. They are about 3 miles from you.

Most of us that live in the many condos in the area cannot have antennas or a dish so we are stuck with TW. So what you are suggesting is really not an option for many of us.

BTW the FCC did not give all condo owners the right to have a dish/antenna. We can only put one up in an exclusive use area. For most of us that would be a porch. We do not have a porch in our units so no antenna or dish. I cannot even put an antenna for Sirius radio. It would have to go outside since we face the wrong way to the satellite.

Hurry up FIOS!

FIOS was available in the Myrtle Beach area (in a small area), but nobody was picking it up. (Which beats me) So Verizon shut it down. Alot of the new FIOS workers are already out of work.

According to the FIOS web site it is available in

Little River, SC
Longs, SC
Myrtle Beach, SC
North Myrtle Beach, SC at least in parts of those areas.

yes but type in Myrtle Beach's area code and it's not available any more. On Verizon's FIOS website. That coverage map is out of date.

Most of us that live in the many condos in the area cannot have antennas or a dish so we are stuck with TW. So what you are suggesting is really not an option for many of us.

BTW the FCC did not give all condo owners the right to have a dish/antenna. We can only put one up in an exclusive use area. For most of us that would be a porch. We do not have a porch in our units so no antenna or dish. I cannot even put an antenna for Sirius radio. It would have to go outside since we face the wrong way to the satellite.

Hurry up FIOS!


That is not true

What I am suggesting IS an option.

You can try an indoor bow tie antenna. It will cost you less that $5,00 at Radio Shack. You do not have to go out side to the free HD TV signal. You can put an antenna
behind the set,
under the set,
behind the curtain

If a cell phone works in a condo the a indoor HD TV antenna will.


I can get it & WBTW, WPDE WWMB WFXB with a just a short wire 2 feet long with the insulation scraped off about one inch & poked into the coax connect on a DTV box

You can get it.

You just have to program your set or your DTV tuner to OTA & connect the bow tie to the digital OTA antenna coax port.

If you do not get WMBF TV, it is your own fault.

You assume my HDTV has a tuner -- it does not.

You assume my HDTV has a tuner -- it does not.


No, I did not assume that.


That is why I said " Also go by K mart & buy an DTV box.

You should really have this even if you have cable as a back up.

The cable does go off some times" I posted before.

Anybody know if WBTW 13-2 will ever get guide data going? They've changed their lineup recently and TWC, TitanTV nor Zap2it have the lineup correct.

13-2 is RTN, which had a bit of a... "business problem" to put it lightly, last weekend. Their schedule will eventually return to the schedule you're seeing, but for right now they're feeding a single schedule to all RTN affiliates, and it doesn't line up with anything.

- Trip

WBTW is owned by the same people who own WNCT, and they carry the CW+ on 9.2 and have never had guide data either. All it says is, THE CW over and over and over and over.

Audio on fox wmbf 43

is ahead of the video by about 2 seconds.

im on DirecTV

I think you mean WFXB not WMBF...

I contacted DirecTV tonight as soon as the problem started and they found an equipment problem on their end and switched to a backup.

The problem was cleared up about 8:45 PM

WBTW 13-2 use to be MyNetworkTV and the last I watched Nancy Drew on there on Sunday Dec 28th (like I've been watching for some time) they still were MyNetworkTV. Next time I checked on Sunday Jan 3rd for Nancy Drew the schedule was changed. Guess they must have changed to RTN (retro television network) around the Jan 1st.

WBTW 13-2 use to be MyNetworkTV and the last I watched Nancy Drew on there on Sunday Dec 28th (like I've been watching for some time) they still were MyNetworkTV. Next time I checked on Sunday Jan 3rd for Nancy Drew the schedule was changed. Guess they must have changed to RTN (retro television network) around the Jan 1st.

Must have gotten tied up in royalty fees. But even now it is still better than tvland. Now TV cable & statilight for me is t total waste of money. You would think now would be great time to cut the TV cable off & for folks to pay off the credit card dept wiht that money that was wasted on TV cable. Folks must have forgoten how folks lost property to debt they could not pay in the 1930s. I know my folks saw it & lived differently than folks do today.

Um, I don't think My Network TV has gone anywhere. As I stated above, RTN is having serious difficulties with regard to the handoff from their old owner to their new owner, and thus the localized station feeds have been temporarily replaced with the national RTN feed. Just be patient.

- Trip

Um, I don't think My Network TV has gone anywhere. As I stated above, RTN is having serious difficulties with regard to the handoff from their old owner to their new owner, and thus the localized station feeds have been temporarily replaced with the national RTN feed. Just be patient.

- Trip


I really enjoy watching those oldies like McHail's Navy, Rockford Files & etc. I also have seen the Cosby show on WCBD on 2.2. I find myself watching those show instead of the current print time CSI, Law & Order I just wish they would go ahead with the analog shut down. It will take off the some analog channels that interfere with the digital channels of the same number. WCBD runs over ch 50. There is an analog ch 50 in Raleigh NC. We will be patent & wait.

Must have gotten tied up in royalty fees. But even now it is still better than tvland. Now TV cable & statilight for me is t total waste of money. You would think now would be great time to cut the TV cable off & for folks to pay off the credit card dept wiht that money that was wasted on TV cable. Folks must have forgoten how folks lost property to debt they could not pay in the 1930s. I know my folks saw it & lived differently than folks do today.

What if I like cable and can afford it? Can I keep it?

What if I like cable and can afford it? Can I keep it?

I am glad that your are blessed to do that.

You have my blessings

Enjoy

What if I like cable and can afford it? Can I keep it?


Consider your self blessed. There are many now that do not can not aford TV cable & are paying it for with with their credit card Therefore they are just digging deeper in dept.

Hey everybody,

Is anyone else with HTC cable having problems with some of the HD channels dropping in and out(Audio and Video). I was trying to watch the football game on CBSHD when I first notice it. Then I noticed the problem on other channels. Also E channel HD has been frozen since yesterday..anybody else??? I want to see if the problem is on my end or the providers end.

Thanks for the help!

hey WFXB anyway we can get Regis and Kelly in HD in the morning time? Since you broadcast it live you should be past the HD thru?

Also on nother note, is WPDE (my favorite newscast) going widescreen or HD anytime soon?

hey WFXB anyway we can get Regis and Kelly in HD in the morning time? Since you broadcast it live you should be past the HD thru??


Hey Lee...Not at this time, the facilities do not exist at WFXB to pass the HD feed. Maybe later on this year.

Raleigh is getting some new channels that we don't have in SC. Hopefully, they will be adding them for us too since we are now in the same division.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/01/10/time-warner-cable-adding-four-more-hd-networks-in-raleigh-nc/
Suggestion: Call TWC and ask for them.

February 13
USA HD
Bravo HD
CNBC HD
SciFi HD

They have been getting lots of stations lately that we already have.

Raleigh is getting some new channels that we don't have in SC. Hopefully, they will be adding them for us too since we are now in the same division.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/01/10/time-warner-cable-adding-four-more-hd-networks-in-raleigh-nc/
Suggestion: Call TWC and ask for them.

February 13
USA HD
Bravo HD
CNBC HD
SciFi HD

They have been getting lots of stations lately that we already have.

No way....... please please TWC I want my ECW and RAW in HD!

this might have been answered in this thread but why doesnt wpde broadcast in 5.1? They are my only local channel that doesnt, when i picked them up OTA they didnt and neither do they now on directv. For example im watching lost right now and its not in 5.1. This just me?

Raleigh is getting some new channels that we don't have in SC. Hopefully, they will be adding them for us too since we are now in the same division.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/01/10/time-warner-cable-adding-four-more-hd-networks-in-raleigh-nc/
Suggestion: Call TWC and ask for them.

February 13
USA HD
Bravo HD
CNBC HD
SciFi HD

They have been getting lots of stations lately that we already have.
This is from TWC for Florence, SC


Feb. 13, 2009: The following channels are added:

Bonus with Basic Cable subscription and HD converter:

* USA HD: Channel 853
* Sci-Fi HD: Channel 854
* CNBC HD: Channel 855
* Bravo HD: Channel 856

Bonus with Digital Converter:

* Telemundo: Channel 188

WJCL-HD (ABC) will be added to the Hilton Head lineup on Channel 815 (Bonus with Basic Cable subscription and HD converter).

Jan. 16, 2009: Chiller launches on Channel 124 (Digital Tier)

Great news :)

They must have just added that for us...awesome. I have been looking forward to USA and SciFi for a long time.

WPDE-DT still only showing 2 channel DD for every program. No 5.1 lately. Any idea when that will be fixed?

WPDE-DT still only showing 2 channel DD for every program. No 5.1 lately. Any idea when that will be fixed?

You might try contacting Billy Huggins, station VP(?) about when -- if EVER.
I've asked him several times over the past few YEARS and now no longer receive any replys to my questions. He also has just about disappeared as a contact on the WPDE web site -- probably because he no longer wishes to have to answer questions about the station's lagging technical progress relative to competing stations.

The last actual answer I received, now over 1 - 1/2 years ago was "upgrade to 5.1 was ""in the budget"" for the coming year. Better not hold your breath.

If you want ABC in 5.1. better tune to WWAY-DT in Wilmington if you can get it over-the-air.

Off topic but what happened to Jim Heath on WPDE? He had a letter in the Sun News about his "firing" from the station. Is there more to the story? He said he could not even do his "last show" to say goodbye. Anyone know anything?

Off topic but what happened to Jim Heath on WPDE? He had a letter in the Sun News about his "firing" from the station. Is there more to the story? He said he could not even do his "last show" to say goodbye. Anyone know anything?

He has my blessings. I wish him the best. We may see him on one of the other stations later. A lot of the news employees have left WECT in Wilmingon NC. So I am sure he will find some thing. He could live in North Myrtle Beach area & not have too far to travel to work at WECT. Thus he would still be in a part of this area like he said he want to do.

Is WBTW losing the MyNetworkTV feed? Because they no longer show the logo at all. And in the guide no mynetworktv shows show up anymore.

Is WBTW losing the MyNetworkTV feed? Because they no longer show the logo at all. And in the guide no mynetworktv shows show up anymore.

Is MyTV still on on channel 36 from Charleston? ch36 had the same as 13-2 in the evenings. ch 36 was in full wide screen HD. 13-2 was 4:3 screen in SD.

I saw a good movie with Klent Eastwood tonight on WSFX ch26-2 from Wilmington.

funny thing about that Dave, TWC has the Charleston MYTV HD channel in the clear on my parents new LCD HDTV (no box). Channel 131-2 or something like that. But with my cable box (8300HDC) I can only get WBTWs feed channel 811. Can I call TWC and request they add the charleston's feed to my box? Because I really want Smackdown in HD.

funny thing about that Dave, TWC has the Charleston MYTV HD channel in the clear on my parents new LCD HDTV (no box). Channel 131-2 or something like that. But with my cable box (8300HDC) I can only get WBTWs feed channel 811. Can I call TWC and request they add the charleston's feed to my box? Because I really want Smackdown in HD.

No. They're probably hubbing the cable systems for both Charleston and Myrtle Beach out of the same facility, and only light up locals where they're allowed to on the digital cable box. Meanwhile, the law says that locals cannot be encrypted on the cable system. So if you're watching on equipment not controlled by the cable company, you'll be able to see it because it's unencrypted, but not on their own gear because it's disabled due to must-carry and programming rules.

Isn't the law fun?

- Trip

No. They're probably hubbing the cable systems for both Charleston and Myrtle Beach out of the same facility, and only light up locals where they're allowed to on the digital cable box. Meanwhile, the law says that locals cannot be encrypted on the cable system. So if you're watching on equipment not controlled by the cable company, you'll be able to see it because it's unencrypted, but not on their own gear because it's disabled due to must-carry and programming rules.

Isn't the law fun?

- Trip

Receiving free OTA sure is.

I love these extra channels we now get as subs off the regular channels.

2-2 from Charleston

13-2 from Florence/MB

26-2 from Wilmington

I watched a good movie with Klent Eastwood last night on 26-2, & watched the Cosby show on 2-2 & Iron side from 13-2.

This is great. No one deceides for me what channels I will get. I get them my self totaly legal & free.

TWC may not like it. But they should be trying to provide a cheaper road runner like bell south does for a dsL. The every day price for dsL is hmmmm , lets see, what $12.95 a month.

You would think TWC would be trying to sell the more necessary service. You can get by with out TV cable. You could get by with out even a TV at all but you might go into with draw.

But most folks really need a internet connection. You need the internet about as much as you need a phone.

You need the internet to search for a job.

You need the phone so they can call you to come in for an interview.

But see how much that TV & TV cable help.

TWC should wake up. The can be replace or even eleminated all together

I don't know who Klent Eastwood is but I like sports. Can I get ESPN HD and Golf HD free OTA?

I don't know who Klent Eastwood is but I like sports. Can I get ESPN HD and Golf HD free OTA?

I see all the sports I want to see on OTA. I think it is normaly via ESPN.

I turned off dish because I am not going to pay for ESPN & ETC. But if I did want have the ESPN network I would not get it until I paid off all personal credit. I may not have a lot to watch on TV by some folks standards. Also I may not have a lot of other things either but , I have enough to live on. But one thing I do not have a lot of & that is dept.

you can always just use ESPN360. www.espn360.com check it out

TWC does not have ESPN360. Prefer the big screen anyway.

The White House wants your opinion on The DTV Delay ACT Bill
President Obama wants to hear what the public has to say, you can comment here

http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing_room/dtv_delay_act/

Well, ...

They say they want your opinion and may actually want it, but they only want 500 letters worth. That's not a lot a letters to discsuss a technical issue.

George W. didn't want to think, just decide. I was hoping 44 would be different.

You can't say yes or no in 500 letters?

I tell you that fiasco with CW and the UNC/Duke game is crazy. CW not letting WWMB pre-empt freaking 90210 for the game. A show that only one or two will watch. CW even threatening to take the affiliation away from WWMB if they pre-empt any show. On top of that, the blackout that was suppose to be lifted on ESPN was never lifted for TWC viewers. So no live game last nite.

I didn't know an affilate has the right to do that? If they show the program after the game it should be ok.

CW sucks!!!!!!!!!!

Huh? I watched it live.

on what channel gary?

I believe it was ch 5 WCSC. I think I get TWC's Georgetown channel lineup.

I watched the whole game in HD OTA on channel 21-1 WMMB, the first couple of minutes on this channel they had a regular tv show, but right before tipoff they went to the game .

will TWC pick up WWMB HD soon???

SCETV DTV Update

I should have posted this information sooner, but I have not been on the forums lately. I apologize for waiting until the last moment for disseminating this news.

As most of you are aware, SCETV has chosen to shut down our eleven analog transmitters around the state on the original DTV transition date of February 17th ~ 11:59:59PM. At the same time, we will also change our service lineup in our transport stream for our DTV signal. This will more than likely require a channel rescan. Our new lineup will be the following:

Program 1: ETV – HD, Main Programming
Program 2: SCC – SD ,South Carolina Channel
Program 3: ETVW – SD, ETV World

Originally, we were going to drop one of our SD services during this transition, but that decision has been changed.

Also, with our analog signal going away, we will no longer support Gemstar/Macrovision TVGOS. There is some limited information that can be found here: http://www.macrovision.com/dtv/10053.htm?link_id=rightPromo

Again, I am sorry for getting this information out at such a late date. If you are experiencing any issues with receiving our signal, contact information can be found at http://www.scetv.org/television/dtv/. We have an 888 number set up, and you are welcome to send me a message.

Since I am posting this in multiple forums for our stations around the state, I wanted to remind WITV viewers that we will be changing from RF channel UHF 49 to channel VHF 7.

Thanks for you patience.

-Shaun

Our DTV encoder upgrade and service lineup changes are complete. WITV frequency change over should be complete ~5:00AM

-Shaun

We are currently performing testing on WFXB-DT to add 43.3. Depending on your tuner, you may have to perform a channel rescan to receive our programming. If you still experience problems after a rescan please let me know.

What's in store for 43-3?

- Trip

What's in store for 43-3?- Trip

Sorry, can't tell you or else we'd have to eliminate you. A look with TSReader would tell you... :D

Sorry, can't tell you or else we'd have to eliminate you. A look with TSReader would tell you... :D

Well I don't have anyone in the area with TSReader to tell me!

Besides, wouldn't me seeing it on TSReader result in my elimination anyway? The end result would be the same. :D

- Trip

Sorry, can't tell you or else we'd have to eliminate you. A look with TSReader would tell you... :D

I'm curious too. I didn't need to rescan, it just showed up. :D

I notices WPDE 15 has 15-2 up also. Any idea if its 15-1 simulcast in SD or something else like This.tv? It started as SD simulcast then just a SMPTE test pattern then a black screen.

A quick question about WPDE and WBTW. Does anyone know if their signals will improve after the removal of analog? I understand their transmitters are near WWMB's and I have no problem receiving WWMB. But WBTW is spotty at best, WPDE is non-existant.

A quick question about WPDE and WBTW. Does anyone know if their signals will improve after the removal of analog? I understand their transmitters are near WWMB's and I have no problem receiving WWMB. But WBTW is spotty at best, WPDE is non-existant.

WBTW will be much better. They are going to put the digital modulator/encoder into the ch 13 transmitter. 13 is much better than the ch 56 they are currently using for digital. Too 56 is an side mount antenna but the 13 antenna is a top mounted.

WPDE most likely has a weak tube. But with them running 2 full powered uhf transmitters the electric bill is aprox $40000 a month. It will drop to about $20000 when they shut down the analog transmitter. So they could be runing close on funds for a new tube.

Thanks David. I was thinking about a booster for my antenna to help. The last time I had one, I had to buy a new receiver board. I think I'll wait this out.

What's in store for 43-3?

- TripWeather / Radar now up and running on 43.3

Weather / Radar now up and running on 43.3

Ahh, now I get it, you guys were going to stick me in front of the radar and let the waves cook me if you had to tell me! :eek:

:D

- Trip

Ahh, now I get it, you guys were going to stick me in front of the radar and let the waves cook me if you had to tell me! :eek::D- Trip

Naahhh.. you do too much good work here..:)..We thought being the whiz kid college student you are tho that you had built a super duper laws of physics busting antenna :D that could pick up WFXB up there and grab a few TSReader screen shots. Ken can send you a few if you like.:)

Or I can send you screen grabs of the PSIP and multiplex configuration files.

Cool, no more waiting for weather on the eights. BTW, I love watching the races and other sports on 43.2. Any chance of improving the sound quality for 43.2?

BTW, I love watching the races and other sports on 43.2. Any chance of improving the sound quality for 43.2?

Nah, what we get from FOX is what you hear..we don't alter it in anyway. We do that here in Charlotte too. The race is much better w/o DW.! :D

Naahhh.. you do too much good work here..:)..We thought being the whiz kid college student you are tho that you had built a super duper laws of physics busting antenna :D that could pick up WFXB up there and grab a few TSReader screen shots. Ken can send you a few if you like.:)

Or I can send you screen grabs of the PSIP and multiplex configuration files.

:D

I actually did DX WFXB-DT once, for about 15 minutes. WDBJ-DT 18 is so strong at home that I can decode it with the antenna in almost any direction, so with it aimed right at the WFXB during some very intense tropo that also brought in 16, 20, and 56, I managed to get it. :D That's actually where I got the data that I have on my site now.

I'd actually love some new data from WFXB (and, if you wouldn't mind, WMBF, since I doubt I'll ever receive that one). I wouldn't mind seeing the configuration files too, that must be some interesting stuff! :D

I'd also love to get some Montgomery data from your guys down there, but I know they're busy with that move to 42 so I'm not pushing the issue. And doesn't Bahakel own stations in Columbia SC, Jackson TN, and Greenville MS? :D

I shouldn't get greedy. :)

- Trip

[QUOTE=Trip in VA;15904543I'd also love to get some Montgomery data .... stations in Columbia SC, Jackson TN, and Greenville MS? :D. :)- Trip[/QUOTE]

We can get all that for you.. I can VNC into the TSReaders at each location. WOLO actually comes from WCCB..and we no longer own Greenville..

We can get all that for you.. I can VNC into the TSReaders at each location. WOLO actually comes from WCCB..and we no longer own Greenville..

You're amazing, you know that? :D

Hold the EIT and thumbnails, but I'd love the rest!

- Trip

Weather / Radar now up and running on 43.3
At last the Myrtle Beach Florence area has a TV station with the round the clock local weather channel. What I can not understand is: All 3 of the network stations in Columbia SC have the local weather channel both in Wilmington; but none in Charleston & until now in the Myrtle Beach Florence area.

btw your old weak power out put tubes, do you throw them in a dumpster behind the station? I think there are a few who are running their UHF analog off the old tubes some better off stations took out of their transmitter & thew out in the trash. The UHF stations that are barely getting by $ are raiding your dumpters of your old tubes. LoL

just kidding

But they must be letting the analog transmitter's health run down. Myabe it is a push pull PA & they have pulled one of the tubes out & the other one left in there is weak.

A second HDTV we hooked up to a HD cable box (TWC) worked fine until yesterday.

Gone were half our channels. A reboot on my end gave me some but took some others away. A reboot from TWC had the same effect.

No better this AM so I hooked the box up to my other HDTV and it works perfectly. Moved it back and the same problem only worse. Now if I go up and down the guide the channels come and go like magic. Now you see it and now you don't.

When I come upon a channel that won't display I get a blue screen indicating "initializing" followed by a black screen.

I thought for sure it was the freakin box but I guess not. TWC is coming over this PM.

Any ideas? I don't have much confidence TWC will have an answer.

Probably a signal strength issue either too much or too little.

Two guys came out and it is a signal strength issue that affects my whole neighborhood.

They will be back tomorrow with a permanent fix.

TWC is so frustrating to deal with.

Nobody came out today as promised to jack up the signal strength and the best they can do is send another guy out to my house Monday. The problem has been identified as low signal strength in our immediate area and has nothing to do with my house per se.

I now have only a couple of channels above 820 and no confidence TWC will correct the problem any time soon.

Last fall they jerked us around the very same way for over a month before the "tiling" issue finally was corrected. A head end problem, of course.

Set up my HDTV antenna yesterday in my attic. I live in Florence, SC. Zip: 29501

Single story house.

Using Channel Master
Model 4221HD
4 Bay
Ultratenna
Bought through Amazon

Attached to a 5' Mast bought at RadioShack

Antenna is hanging from one of the low rafters in my attic. Not touching anything else except the top where it is fastened to the board.

Thought I would post what I am getting. As this may help others.

I did have to move the antenna quite a bit around the attic to find the "sweet spot" that would get me the list below before I bolted it.

There is only one direction and one spot in my attic where all of the below came in clearly

Good luck.

WIS 10.1 NBC-HD main programming Columbia 1080i 16:9
WIS 10.2 NBC Weather Plus SD not HD Columbia
WBTW 13.1 CBS-HD main programming 13.1 Florence/Myrtle Beach
WBTW 13.2 SD not HD Retro Television Network (RTN) classic programming from the 1950s - 1980s
WPDE 15.1 ABC-HD main programming 15.1 Myrtle Beach/Florence
WPDE DT2 15.2 occassionally shows alternate ABC programming in HD
WLTX 19.1 CBS-HD main programming Columbia, SC 1080i 16:9
WLTX 19.2 News 19 Doppler Weather radar SD not HD Columbia
WLTX 19.3 New 19 Weather Now SD not HD Columbia
WWMB 21.1 CW SD not HD
WWMB 21.2 CW-HD
WOLO DT ABC-HD main programming 720p 16:9 Columbia, SC 25.1
WOLO WX NWS Weather Radio & Radar 480i Columbia, SC 25.3
WRJA PBS ETV-HD 27.1 Sumter, SC
WRJA PBS (SD) 27.2 SC Channel
WRJA PBS (SD) 27.3 ETV World
WJPM ETV 33.1 ETV-HD PBS Columbia, SC
WFXB DT FOX-HD 43.1 Myrtle Beach, SC
WFXB DV FOX-HD 43.2 Myrtle Beach, SC
WFXB WX Weather radar 43.3 Myrtle Beach, SC
WACH DT 57.1 FOX SD not HD Columbia SC
WKTC DT 63.1 SD not HD Sumter, SC

There were other channels coming in. But they were mostly analog and fuzzy so I used the TV remote to skip them. IMHO, the list above contains all of the "better" easy on the eyes channels.

:D

Hope this helps you.


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These two channels kindof come and go

Two nights ago, coming in great...

Last night....not coming in at all.

WOLO DT ABC-HD main programming 720p 16:9 Columbia, SC 25.1
WOLO WX NWS Weather Radio & Radar 480i Columbia, SC 25.3

These two channels kindof come and go

Two nights ago, coming in great...

Last night....not coming in at all.

WOLO DT ABC-HD main programming 720p 16:9 Columbia, SC 25.1
WOLO WX NWS Weather Radio & Radar 480i Columbia, SC 25.3

You will have no problem with WOLO in Florence with the proper antenna, you need one that is VHF capable as WOLO-DT is on Channel 8.

TWC came out Monday (two guys) and I now have all channels. They discovered I was losing 5 decibels in the 20 feet between the outside box in the bushes and my house and they replaced the cable with one lying on top of the ground for now. They also discovered that they put a splitter on backward when they were here last thursday.

Nice people but FUBAR.

These two channels kindof come and go

Two nights ago, coming in great...

Last night....not coming in at all.

WOLO DT ABC-HD main programming 720p 16:9 Columbia, SC 25.1
WOLO WX NWS Weather Radio & Radar 480i Columbia, SC 25.3

You did not say any thing about receiving any other NBC stations beside WIS. WIS plans to put the digital on channel 10 in June. So you may want to see about getting a good VHF high band antenna. Unless WMBF increases their tower & power so that you can receive them; You will need to continue receiving WIS to have NBC.

You did not say any thing about receiving any other NBC stations beside WIS. WIS plans to put the digital on channel 10 in June. So you may want to see about getting a good VHF high band antenna. Unless WMBF increases their tower & power so that you can receive them; You will need to continue receiving WIS to have NBC.

Rats!

Well, I just got this all set up. (And spent about $100 on the stuff....antenna, top grade cable from Blue Jeans) So, I guess I will just wait until then and see what I need to do. But, yes, I do still want to get a HDTV NBC station!

Thanks for the update. I am assuming much can change between now and the summer with all the channels going digital.

?

Rats!

Well, I just got this all set up. (And spent about $100 on the stuff....antenna, top grade cable from Blue Jeans) So, I guess I will just wait until then and see what I need to do. But, yes, I do still want to get a HDTV NBC station!

Thanks for the update. I am assuming much can change between now and the summer with all the channels going digital.

?

WIS is now using ch 10 for analog. So you could try to see how well you receive WIS analog ch 10 now. If ch 10 analog is very snowy you may have trouble receiving ch 10 digital in June.

I do know some in Florence have posted here they had troulbe getting WMBF.

TWC put CBS sports on channel 813 and its still also in the 100s, does WBTW have it on 13.3 also? Or is there no 13.3? I thought FSCarolinas was going to be on channel 813.

If you have twc you should be able to see more than 1 game.

Regional Action
Watch regional games on WLTX (channel 9 in Columbia) or WBTW (channel 8 in Florence or 13 in Myrtle Beach). Also available in High Definition on channel 810. Additional Games

Digital Cable customers can see additional games on channels 811 and 812.
CBS College Sports
Tune to channel 813* to see additional games and complete tournament coverage from CBS College Sports.
* Channel 812 in Surfside Beach.



Schedule subject to change. More broadcast information will be posted as it becomes available.



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WBTW-TV/DT/HD
(Ch. 8-Florence, Ch. 13-Myrtle Beach, Ch. 810-HD) WBTW-MyTV
(Digital Channel 811)
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2:30 p.m - Radford vs. North Carolina 2:45 p.m. - Maryland vs. California
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9:30 p.m. - Binghamton vs. Duke 9:30 p.m. - Morgan State vs. Oklahoma



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Did anybody notice on the weather channel that the logo for the cable provider changed from Time Warner Cable to Windjammer Cable? Did TWC sell this area to them?

Was wondering if anyone else isn't getting WBTW in HD for the Uconn/Mizzu game? Thankfully TW still has WCSC in HD here. After switching from the UConn game Thursday night and now this, I wonder if someone at WBTW doesn't like Uconn...lol.

Has to do with the weather warnings and not being able to show them in HD:mad:

Sorry if I missed your point. Does the weather stop WBTW from an HD broadcast, or the weather warning? WCSC has had weather warnings running all afternoon and is still in HD on TWC.

My understanding is the warning on the screen itself cannot be broadcast my some stations in HD -- the other station was using a red crawl wich would be different that the map. It is the stations fault and not TW -- and I am the first to blame TW when they screw up.

Okay, I appreciate your help on that. I would have thought with the nice new building WBTW would have nice new equipment. I'll be glad when the DTV switch finally happens. If it doesn't confuse me more.

I'll be glad when the DTV switch finally happens..

Sorry to bust your bubble.. but all the "switch" means is that analog transmission ends..it doesn't mean everything will be HD..

Am having problems getting closed caption on Fox prime time shows since TW replaced my 8300 HD box. They brought over a new box yesterday - same problem. I don't think the tech knew what he was doing. Please send me a PM if you know of someone that lives in Florence that could check to see if they have the cables set up right.

Am having some problems getting closed caption on Fox prime time shows since TW replaced my 8300 HD box. lives in Florence that could check to see if they have the cables set up right.

It is a software issue with certain S/A (Cisco) Explorer boxes. You will have to wait until they can resolve the issue or watch FOX in SD or without the HD box.

It is a software issue with certain S/A (Cisco) Explorer boxes. You will have to wait until they can resolve the issue or watch FOX in SD or without the HD box.

I hope they get it fixed. I have a hearing problem.
Thanks

TWC cable HD channels just added:

Basic Cable subscription and HDTV digital converter:

AMC HD: Channel 859
FX HD: Channel 960



HDTV digital converter and programming subscription:

Travel Channel HD: Channel 857
Outdoor Channel HD: Channel 963

I was just wondering if anyone else has a pixelation problem with HDnet movie channel(931 on timewarner)? They show some great movies, but the pauses are sometimes so bad it's not worth watching.

No problems here, i don't think i have ever had a problem with either of the HDnet channels.

hey i was just in SC this weekend helping my aunt and uncle hookup their converter boxes all with new antennas (UHF/VHF indoor antennas)

now to give a good perspective on where i was, they live in Marion County just a mile away from the Dillon Co. line, and they have a clear view of the 2000ft WPDE/WWMB and WBTW towers (in other words, they can see them from their back yard in plain view)

anyway, after i did a channel scan to lock in the channels, i did notice during the weekend that i had some issues with getting a strong signal from WWMB. on certain parts of the day its very week and i dont get a signal and the other times its real strong; the same goes for WPDE as well.

plus, the PBS/ETV station WJPM channel 33 is also weak as well from their location (at times no signal from them), even though the old analog signal was viewable (along with WHMC from Conway and WRJA from Sumter)

but other than that WBTW and WFXB comes in solid without a hitch.
plus to add on to the WMBF reception issue, that too is not seen there over the air there.

hey i was just in SC this weekend helping my aunt and uncle hookup their converter boxes all with new antennas (UHF/VHF indoor antennas)

now to give a good perspective on where i was, they live in Marion County just a mile away from the Dillon Co. line, and they have a clear view of the 2000ft WPDE/WWMB and WBTW towers (in other words, they can see them from their back yard in plain view)

anyway, after i did a channel scan to lock in the channels, i did notice during the weekend that i had some issues with getting a strong signal from WWMB. on certain parts of the day its very week and i dont get a signal and the other times its real strong; the same goes for WPDE as well.

plus, the PBS/ETV station WJPM channel 33 is also weak as well from their location (at times no signal from them), even though the old analog signal was viewable (along with WHMC from Conway and WRJA from Sumter)

but other than that WBTW and WFXB comes in solid without a hitch.
plus to add on to the WMBF reception issue, that too is not seen there over the air there.

What kind of antenna were they using for analog before you came?

What station were they watching before from the analog NBC?

Analog was more forgiving on weak distorted signal. It may have looked poor but you could watch it. Digital signal must be much more steady. With an indoor antenna I could see changes on the screen as I would walk around in the room on a analog station. But with a digital tv it will go in & out. An antenna on the roof is much better. Also WMBF is so far away & WJPM a low power UHF digital station. Thus a good high gain UHF antenna will be needed to consistantly receive those 2 stations.

But since you can see the antennas on the towers from the house; I would not install a preamp. The strong signal from those towers you can see will be so strong it will overload the preamp & maybe the dtv converter. If there is a amp the indoor antenna you installed that may be causing the problem.

What kind of antenna were they using for analog before you came?

What station were they watching before from the analog NBC?

Analog was more forgiving on weak distorted signal. It may have looked poor but you could watch it. Digital signal must be much more steady. With an indoor antenna I could see changes on the screen as I would walk around in the room on a analog station. But with a digital tv it will go in & out. An antenna on the roof is much better. Also WMBF is so far away & WJPM a low power UHF digital station. Thus a good high gain UHF antenna will be needed to consistantly receive those 2 stations.

But since you can see the antennas on the towers from the house; I would not install a preamp. The strong signal from those towers you can see will be so strong it will overload the preamp & maybe the dtv converter. If there is a amp the indoor antenna you installed that may be causing the problem.the antenna they were using; one of them was just a plain old VHF only antenna on a bedroom TV and on the living room set an old RCA VHF/UHF antenna (circa 1996, that antenna was originally mines before I moved to Macon GA)

as for the analog NBC station, they initially picked up WECT channel 6 (before they discontinued its analog signal back in '08), too bad those guys can not re-use their old tower in Bladen County in NC for DTV services.

now as for the newer antennas, i have no amps on none of them thus far...
but i may use a powered set that has a 24db gain on my next visit to see if that will make an improvement. (given the fact that it will)

any news when Time Warner Cable will carry the radar channel from WFXB? Also WWMBHD?

the antenna they were using; one of them was just a plain old VHF only antenna on a bedroom TV and on the living room set an old RCA VHF/UHF antenna (circa 1996, that antenna was originally mines before I moved to Macon GA)

as for the analog NBC station, they initially picked up WECT channel 6 (before they discontinued its analog signal back in '08), too bad those guys can not re-use their old tower in Bladen County in NC for DTV services.

now as for the newer antennas, i have no amps on none of them thus far...
but i may use a powered set that has a 24db gain on my next visit to see if that will make an improvement. (given the fact that it will)

Raycom owns WIS in Columbia, WECT in Wilmington & WMBF in Myrtle Beach. They had hoped WMBF would fill in the void that WECT ch 6 used to cover. But their tower is short & they are too far.

You are on the very edge of the range of the current WECT DT. But you would need a high gain UHF antenna like the channel master 4248 to receive WECT DT.

I would get a indoor amp like a 12 db amp from K mart. It will carry the high signal from those towers near by with out over loading & boost your weak signals.

That VHF only antenna should be able to bring in WHMC from Conway if you point to them. WHMC DT is ch 9.

After WIS shuts down the analog [ in June] & puts DT over ch 10 you may bring it in with the VHF antenna pointed that way.

I agree with you about the old ch 6 tower. It was a great location as far as signal covering the land. It was placed so the very little of the signal went over the ocean.
But for WECT it left down town Wilmington with out a strong signal like it should be in the city of the station.

Is there some kind of problem with WFXB 43-2 audio? When I recorded the finale of Terminator for some reason I had no audio. I thought it was just one of those weird things that happen. But then 24 did the same thing.

But when I go to 43-2 live I get audio but only the center channel, yet the audio receiver shows DD, but only the center channel lights up.

This is with a Directv HR20-700 and channel 43 from Directv works fine. So does 26-1. I find that to be kind of a weird problem and it must have just recently happen.

43-1 is what you want to record, most likely. It will generally have DD5.1 during network programming.

43-2 is SAP audio. It will only be one- or two-channel. Dolby Digital audio is required for digital broadcasting as part of the standard, and comes in 1.0, 2.0, or 5.1 channels.

- Trip

Well that's interesting. I only had 43-1 in the guide and all of a sudden it changed too 43-2. 43-1 tells me channel not available. I'll have to look into that more, if that's the case. I don't have it on right now to check it out. Could be Directv guide error I guess or I need to set it up again. But I can't do a scan with their receivers.

So why are they broadcasting SAP and its only coming in as one channel of audio?

Raycom owns WIS in Columbia, WECT in Wilmington & WMBF in Myrtle Beach. They had hoped WMBF would fill in the void that WECT ch 6 used to cover. But their tower is short & they are too far.

You are on the very edge of the range of the current WECT DT. But you would need a high gain UHF antenna like the channel master 4248 to receive WECT DT.

I would get a indoor amp like a 12 db amp from K mart. It will carry the high signal from those towers near by with out over loading & boost your weak signals.

That VHF only antenna should be able to bring in WHMC from Conway if you point to them. WHMC DT is ch 9.

After WIS shuts down the analog [ in June] & puts DT over ch 10 you may bring it in with the VHF antenna pointed that way.

I agree with you about the old ch 6 tower. It was a great location as far as signal covering the land. It was placed so the very little of the signal went over the ocean.
But for WECT it left down town Wilmington with out a strong signal like it should be in the city of the station.and i wonder if those guys at WMBF even cares that not everyone have cable thus they can not be seen over the air west of MB (or Horry County for that matter)

plus judging by the FCC database for WIS-DT; it's coverage area is a bit bigger than its analog counterpart on channel 10, it just barely reaches where my aunt & uncle lives, so i just might give that ampped up antenna a spin when the time comes.

WIS' coverage area on DT-10
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=DT1298130.html

compare with the "soon-to-be" defunct analog channel 10
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=TV498382.html

and i wonder if those guys at WMBF even cares that not everyone have cable thus they can not be seen over the air west of MB (or Horry County for that matter)

plus judging by the FCC database for WIS-DT; it's coverage area is a bit bigger than its analog counterpart on channel 10, it just barely reaches where my aunt & uncle lives, so i just might give that ampped up antenna a spin when the time comes.

WIS' coverage area on DT-10
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=DT1298130.html

compare with the "soon-to-be" defunct analog channel 10
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=TV498382.html

WOW I wonder what they are figuring to increase the range. VHF high band has a higher gain on a dipole cut to 1/4 wave of the frequency than UHF. Thus you can get more signal with a VHF antenna & even better with a VHF high band antenna. There also is very little loss in the coax too so that rarely a amp is needed or does not help much, if any.

The negative side of ch 10 is the noise level is much higher & static will make make a digital signal go out. With analog you may have just saw specs & white dots on the screen.

The advantage of UHF is noise level is much lower thus signal to noise ratio much better.

How well do they receive ch 10 analog now?

If you get it consistantly but a little weak or snowy but still watchable then they may be able to receive ch 10 dtv in June. But if it changes from day to day depending on the weather; they will not be able to depend on ch 10 dtv. You or have them check this out while ch 10 analog is still on the air. That will give you an idea what they will receive from ch 10 dtv in June.

The VHF ch 10 sounds like a good plan A.


The high gain UHF to get WECT ch 44 from Wilmington may be a plan b.

WOW I wonder what they are figuring to increase the range. VHF high band has a higher gain on a dipole cut to 1/4 wave of the frequency than UHF. Thus you can get more signal with a VHF antenna & even better with a VHF high band antenna. There also is very little loss in the coax too so that rarely a amp is needed or does not help much, if any.

The negative side of ch 10 is the noise level is much higher & static will make make a digital signal go out. With analog you may have just saw specs & white dots on the screen.

The advantage of UHF is noise level is much lower thus signal to noise ratio much better.

How well do they receive ch 10 analog now?

If you get it consistantly but a little weak or snowy but still watchable then they may be able to receive ch 10 dtv in June. But if it changes from day to day depending on the weather; they will not be able to depend on ch 10 dtv. You or have them check this out while ch 10 analog is still on the air. That will give you an idea what they will receive from ch 10 dtv in June.

The VHF ch 10 sounds like a good plan A.


The high gain UHF to get WECT ch 44 from Wilmington may be a plan b.WIS for them is hardly watchable; only when the conditions are right for a good reception on the analog channel 10 (such as during the night and on some occasions during the afternoon)

WIS for them is hardly watchable; only when the conditions are right for a good reception on the analog channel 10 (such as during the night and on some occasions during the afternoon)

That sounds like WIS will not be a reliable NBC. Thus for NBC they may need to think about plan b.

If they get high gain yagi UHF & the coax is very short they may be able to receive WECT. As close as they are to WPDE's tower I believe WPDE & WWMB will be too strong & cause problems with a preamp. Also I would not get the 4 or 8 bow tie antenna. the dipoles are not in phase thus have a distorted signal. Thus they do not do as well as the yagi.

I got to check out the WFXB weather channel for the first time early today. I'm betting I will see this channel a lot more often after June 12

I got to check out the WFXB weather channel for the first time early today. I'm betting I will see this channel a lot more often after June 12


Yea.. that daggum pesky analog ch-18 here in charlotte that interferes with
it will be gone. We'll be interested in how you fare. :)

WUNM is on 18 with their DT signal, and will go to 19 at transition. That will help a ton since they are only 25 miles from me.

Anybody know any specifics about TimeWarners plans with regard to tru2way in MB?

Anybody know what WWMB is up to. As of Wednesday I'm gettin 21-1 black, 21-1 480i and 21-2 black.

Also has WMBF made any changes? I've never been able to get them here in Pembroke NC until Wednesday evening and last night.

Anybody know what WWMB is up to. As of Wednesday I'm gettin 21-1 black, 21-1 480i and 21-2 black.

Sounds like their encoder failed...

- Trip

WMBF and WITN interfere with one another quite a bit. My signal bounces all over the place for WITN.

Anybody know what WWMB is up to. As of Wednesday I'm gettin 21-1 black, 21-1 480i and 21-2 black.about WWMB-TV, this was posted on the WPDE-TV's website...

"We will be making improvements to WWMB’s digital transmitter for the DTV conversion beginning Wednesday June 10, 2009 with completion by June 22, 2009.

We will be doing extensive modifications to our transmitter.

WWMB will be on the air, but during this time period you may experience some brief interruptions to your service on WWMB.

Please re-scan your cable or converter box if you experience any problems. During this time period WWMB will be in SD (Standard Definition) only.

WWMB 21.2 will not be available during this time period.

We apologize for the inconvenience and will keep you updated as we progress."

Funny, they told the FCC they'd be off the air until June 22...

- Trip

Turning the antenna tonight in Fort Mill. I am watching Not the News on WFXB in Fort Mill. I have seen WTAT in Charleston as well. BTW FXB's signal strength is sitting at a solid 96%.

I see WBTW had the signal on the channel 13 now. My combo antenna is receiving it fine but I found a double bow tie indoor antenna will not receive 13. But the bow tie is for uhf not vhf. I will need to try the rabbit ears but not tonight.

Curious to hear what you are getting in now...

Here is what I am receiving in Florence, SC...

13.1 13-News
13.2 WBTW-my TV
15.1 WPDE-HD
19.1 WLTX-HD (no picture)
19.2 WLTX-RD (no picture)
19.3 WX-NOW (no picture)
21.1 WWMB-DT
27.1 ETV
27.2 SCC
27.3 ETVW
33.1 ETV
33.2 SCC
33.3 ETVW
35.1 ETV (no picture)
35.2 SCC (no picture)
35.3 ETVW (no picture)
43.1 WFXB-DT
43.2 WFXB-DV
43.3 WFXB-WX
57.1 WACH-DT
63.1 WKTC-DT


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Curious to hear what you are getting in now...

Here is what I am receiving in Florence, SC...

13.1 13-News
13.2 WBTW-my TV
15.1 WPDE-HD
19.1 WLTX-HD (no picture)
19.2 WLTX-RD (no picture)
19.3 WX-NOW (no picture)
21.1 WWMB-DT
27.1 ETV
27.2 SCC
27.3 ETVW
33.1 ETV
33.2 SCC
33.3 ETVW
35.1 ETV (no picture)
35.2 SCC (no picture)
35.3 ETVW (no picture)
43.1 WFXB-DT
43.2 WFXB-DV
43.3 WFXB-WX
57.1 WACH-DT
63.1 WKTC-DT


-looks like its time for me to return back to my home state to see what my aunt and uncle is receiving right about now at the Dillon/Marion Co. line, i know they are going to have to re-scan their box at least 2 to 3 times due to WWMB re-working their transmitter.

plus i heard that WIS-TV is running at a reduced power until they finish up their transmitter to broadcast at full power on RF digital channel 10; which they say it take up to 2 weeks to complete...since i know WMBF is out of the question to reception (unless a change of heart takes place at the FCC about changing their channel or cranking up their power to cover the whole area, or at least move their antenna to the WFXB tower or setup a repeater station)

Curious to hear what you are getting in now...

Here is what I am receiving in Florence, SC...

13.1 13-News
13.2 WBTW-my TV
15.1 WPDE-HD
19.1 WLTX-HD (no picture)
19.2 WLTX-RD (no picture)
19.3 WX-NOW (no picture)
21.1 WWMB-DT
27.1 ETV
27.2 SCC
27.3 ETVW
33.1 ETV
33.2 SCC
33.3 ETVW
35.1 ETV (no picture)
35.2 SCC (no picture)
35.3 ETVW (no picture)
43.1 WFXB-DT
43.2 WFXB-DV
43.3 WFXB-WX
57.1 WACH-DT
63.1 WKTC-DT


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Wow, I would be thrilled to get all those. Due to living in an apartment, I have to rely on an indoor combo antenna.
I live off 3rd Loop in Florence and only get the following. I have scanned several times since the transition and still just these.

13.1 13-News (signal is weak and goes in & out)
13.2 WBTW-my TV (signal is weak and goes in & out)
15.1 WPDE-HD
21.1 WWMB-DT
33.1 ETV
33.2 SCC
33.3 ETVW
43.1 WFXB-DT
43.2 WFXB-DV
43.3 WFXB-WX

10-1 (Night and Mornings) afternoon and evenings intermediate (website says toexpect
10-2 in and out reception til they go to full power around 22nd, now at 5.9kw going to 57
13.1 13-News
13.2 WBTW-my TV
15.1 WPDE-HD
19.1 WLTX-HD
19.2 WLTX-RD
19.3 WX-NOW
21.1 WWMB-DT
27.1 ETV
27.2 SCC
27.3 ETVW
33.1 ETV
33.2 SCC
33.3 ETVW
43.1 WFXB-DT
43.2 WFXB-DV
43.3 WFXB-WX
57.1 WACH-DT
63.1 WKTC-DT

Gail that is a good indoor antenna, I can't get half of that with an indoor, I have CM 4228 on a 20ft poll outdoors to receive what I have, now I can get a couple of channels out of charlotte if I turn the antenna about 20 degrees right of west, where I have my antenna pointed now.

Anybody know any specifics about TimeWarners plans with regard to tru2way in MB?

Any one know the answer to this? What's Time Warner's ETA for tru2way in the Myrtle Beach area? Also, will this be something that I'll need to swap my box at a payment center or will the update be initiated through the cable?

bdfox18,

I was seeing FOX 43 at 50% last night. Looks like I will get this channel regularly now in the evenings. It shows about 15% during the day. Hmmmmm

Just came in at 30% and showing MY WIFE AND KIDS.

bdfox18,

I was seeing FOX 43 at 50% last night. Looks like I will get this channel regularly now in the evenings. It shows about 15% during the day. Hmmmmm

Just came in at 30% and showing MY WIFE AND KIDS.

Thanks for the report, if you don't mind PM me address or coords so we can plot it on the map we have. Since we shut off WCCB Analog 18, I had a viewer report from Fort Mill as well.

I'd think that WUNM-DT 18 moving back to 19 is doing more in that area than WCCB analog.

- Trip

I'd think that WUNM-DT 18 moving back to 19 is doing more in that area than WCCB analog.

- Trip

The WCCB analog was in reference to the Fort Mill viewer.

The WCCB analog was in reference to the Fort Mill viewer.

Ah. :)

- Trip

Sent my coordinates. Right now WFXB is at 92% WBTW 13 at 55% with a UHF modified 8800,
WPDE 15-1 at 91% and WWMB 21-1at 91% but how can I be getting two channel 16s at the same time? Both say 16

WWMB-DT 21 is currently off the air. They're split mapping 16.3 to 15-1 and 16.4 to 21-1.

- Trip

how can I be getting two channel 16s at the same time? Both say 16

Easy...It's no problem to have the same virtual channel for 2 different RF channels. When a receiver scans and finds RF, it maps that to memory, and reads the VCT (virtual channel table) for what to display the channel as.
I could easily change WFXB's PSIP to read WPDE 18-3.. or WWMB 21-1 :D


We did that at WAKA when running 42 and 55..you just had to know that the first 8-1 came from Ch-42 and the 2nd one from Ch-55. :eek:

Got coords, thanks. W

Easy...It's no problem to have the same virtual channel for 2 different RF channels. When a receiver scans and finds RF, it maps that to memory, and reads the VCT (virtual channel table) for what to display the channel as.
I could easily change WFXB's PSIP to read WPDE 18-3.. or WWMB 21-1 :D


We did that at WAKA when running 42 and 55..you just had to know that the first 8-1 came from Ch-42 and the 2nd one from Ch-55. :eek:

Got coords, thanks. W

bdfox18doe Are you associated with the Wilmington NC fox station WSFX?

Since the dtv cut & am not receving WSFX any more. From what I see on the FCC there is a station using ch 30 north east of Charlotte. They must have just switched to it late last week. I thought at first they need to change the 6AF4 power out put tube.

Just kidding, the 6af4 would not put out enough power, maybe a 7 watts. Also they could be soild state & not tube by now.

I do miss the week end news at 10:00pm & "This TV" network that was on 26-2. I can watch the news on WTAT 24 from Charleston but I liked the news from WSFX better. I have received WSFX but at the same time I was receiving WILM. But the weather conditions had to be just right. They both came in & went out togther. WSFX is so much lower power than like WWAY it will not take much knock it out.

For the 10:00pm news through the week & all other fox network programing I watch WFXB 43. I just wish the FOX news network had a 30 min evening news like CBS, NBC & ABC. I like FOX news best.

Thx :D

about WWMB-TV, this was posted on the WPDE-TV's website...

"We will be making improvements to WWMB’s digital transmitter for the DTV conversion beginning Wednesday June 10, 2009 with completion by June 22, 2009.

We will be doing extensive modifications to our transmitter.

WWMB will be on the air, but during this time period you may experience some brief interruptions to your service on WWMB.

Please re-scan your cable or converter box if you experience any problems. During this time period WWMB will be in SD (Standard Definition) only.

WWMB 21.2 will not be available during this time period.

We apologize for the inconvenience and will keep you updated as we progress."

New stuff this morning...

4.1 WCIV-DT (although picture not good/pops in and out)
7.1 ETV
7.2 SCC
7.3 ETVW
10.1 WIS-DT
10.2 Weather (WIS-Weather Plus)
21.2 CW Plus
24.1 WTAT-1
25 WOLO-TV (Analog announcement)

Curious to hear what you are getting in now...

Here is what I am receiving...


4.1 WCIV-DT (although picture not good/pops in and out)
7.1 ETV
7.2 SCC
7.3 ETVW
10.1 WIS-DT
10.2 Weather (WIS-Weather Plus)
13.1 13-News
13.2 13-my TV (my WBTW TV)
15.1 WPDE-HD
19.1 WLTX-HD
19.2 WLTX-RD
19.3 WX-NOW
21.1 WWMB - CW
21.2 CW Plus
24.1 WTAT-1
25 WOLO-TV (Analog announcement)
27.1 ETV
27.2 SCC
27.3 ETVW
33.1 ETV
33.2 SCC
33.3 ETVW
35.1 ETV
35.2 SCC
35.3 ETVW
43.1 WFXB-DT
43.2 WFXB-DV
43.3 WFXB-WX
57.1 WACH-DT
63.1 WKTC-DT

bdfox18doe Are you associated with the Wilmington NC fox station WSFX?

For the 10:00pm news through the week & all other fox network programing I watch WFXB 43. I just wish the FOX news network had a 30 min evening news like CBS, NBC & ABC. I like FOX news best.

Not connected with WSFX in any way.

Thanks for the comments on WFXB.. We wish they had evening news too..FOX will tell you they do..It's called FOX News Channel, It's what I watch!

Not connected with WSFX in any way.

Thanks for the comments on WFXB.. We wish they had evening news too..FOX will tell you they do..It's called FOX News Channel, It's what I watch!


I also want say I appreciate WFXB providing us a real time color weather radar over 43-3. We check it every day.

I see that there are some dc powered dtv converter boxes at the store that come with an ac adapter that plugs in the back of the box to run them off ac. With a little thinking, some parts from a electronic store & some work I can make a battery pack to plug in place of the ac adapter & I can watch 43-3 & see the color weather info even while storms rage out side when the power has gone off.

We now have one problem. We have a dc b&w analog tv. I also have 3 analog to dtv boxes. But I when I bought the dtv converter boxes I was not thinking about them as ac only & the ac cord goes directly inside. When in the hurricane season the SC gov was suggesting we have every thing ready for the storms, I have thought of this.

Oh I forgot to ask

Does WFXB have emergency generators & would they be able to keep the color weather up on 43-3 durring a storm when the power may be out?

I was visiting my Grandma & while I was there the TV cable sales came by to get her to subscribe to the tv cable by saying "we even have the weather channel so when the storms are raging out side you can see what is going on". but When we have had big storm come in my Uncle would come by & take my Grandma to his place & He had tv cable. She replied to the salesman. "No when we have had the strom come through & I turn the tv one to see what is going on with the weather & that has taken the tv cable out too. If I have power to my tv my antenna still works". She pointed to the antenna on the roof & said "that works fine, always works & does not send me a bill each month for it".

I also want say I appreciate WFXB providing us a real time color weather radar over 43-3. We check it every day. .

You're Welcome.

I have here in front of me, a Craig CVD508 DTV converter box that runs on 12vdc. You can get them at CVS Drugstores if they have them in stock. It works pretty good. However, you will have to have a "good" antenna, especially in hurricane weather. The single rabbit ear on the TV you mention won't work. The Silver Sensor available at amazon works well for me with my portable DTv's. Rat Shak ("you've got questions,we've got no clue") has quite a few options for UHF antennas as well.:D


And yes, WFXB now has full UPS and generator power. Since the building we are in housed the former flight training simulators for the A10 Warthog, the conference room is hurricane proof. I even have a "Hurricane Pass" which allows me to go the wrong way while everyone else is leaving town should such an event occur..:eek:

You're Welcome.

I have here in front of me, a Craig CVD508 DTV converter box that runs on 12vdc. You can get them at CVS Drugstores if they have them in stock. It works pretty good. However, you will have to have a "good" antenna, especially in hurricane weather. The single rabbit ear on the TV you mention won't work. The Silver Sensor available at amazon works well for me with my portable DTv's. Rat Shak ("you've got questions,we've got no clue") has quite a few options for UHF antennas as well.http://www.*****************/trafficreport/img/3721/k09f0423lglc/b.gif


And yes, WFXB now has full UPS and generator power. Since the building we are in housed the former flight training simulators for the A10 Warthog, the conference room is hurricane proof. I even have a "Hurricane Pass" which allows me to go the wrong way while everyone else is leaving town should such an event occur..:eek:

I second that, my friend has the same converter box as yours and he also suggest me a good antenna for that.

You're Welcome.

I have here in front of me, a Craig CVD508 DTV converter box that runs on 12vdc. You can get them at CVS Drugstores if they have them in stock. It works pretty good. However, you will have to have a "good" antenna, especially in hurricane weather. The single rabbit ear on the TV you mention won't work. The Silver Sensor available at amazon works well for me with my portable DTv's. Rat Shak ("you've got questions,we've got no clue") has quite a few options for UHF antennas as well.:D


r..:eek:
As for the antenna WFXB [the real rf ch 18] whomps out the power here in Myrtle Beach with signal to spare. It can be received inside & solid on a indoor uhf bow tie that clips on the rabbit ears.

The dtv craig dtv box would be great. It would be easy for it to be made to run off 2 each 6 volt lantern batteries in series through a patch cord.

We can tell SC Gov Mark Sanford WFXB is storm ready. [Just kidding we will let WFXB speak for them self] It is like my Grandma said. It does not do much good to have a working tv for the weather when the storm has taken signal out. Good for WFXB thou, Their signal will be there.

Have not had this for quite some time but tonight about 10:15 the whole baseball package went to channel not available -- in the 9th inning of the two games I was watching. As I checked the 800 channels above the networks, same deal and most of the 930 and above channels. I call TWC, they did a reboot and it did nothing. The will send a tech guy Friday. When I had this problem a lot before it took almost 2 years for them to discover a fix. I live near the Hospital in Murrells Inlet, anyone else have the same problem? It is on two different sets both HD one with a DVR and one without.:mad:

hey bdfox and WFXB thank you guys for coming with an agreement with TWC. To carry 43.3 on digital cable channel 821 on July 1st!

You're Welcome.

This was a hub problem but the phone squad in Columbia did not know anything about it. When I finally got to someone local it was cleared up in about an hour.

FIOS can't get here too soon!

Curious to hear what you are getting in now...

Here is what I am receiving in Florence, SC...

13.1 13-News
13.2 WBTW-my TV
15.1 WPDE-HD
19.1 WLTX-HD (no picture)
19.2 WLTX-RD (no picture)
19.3 WX-NOW (no picture)
21.1 WWMB-DT
27.1 ETV
27.2 SCC
27.3 ETVW
33.1 ETV
33.2 SCC
33.3 ETVW
35.1 ETV (no picture)
35.2 SCC (no picture)
35.3 ETVW (no picture)
43.1 WFXB-DT
43.2 WFXB-DV
43.3 WFXB-WX
57.1 WACH-DT
63.1 WKTC-DT


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In west Myrtle Beach I have tried rabbit ears & with them short for the vhf hi. I did get WHMC ch 9 to come in 50 - 60 0/0. But I am unable to get WTBW to come in. But WBTW does come in over an outdoor VHF/UHF combo in my attic.

It my take more electirc power to run a full power digital uhf station than a vhf hi; But the uhf do come inside the house better or atleast past 30 miles out from the tower than vhf hi.

The signal for WBTW went down from the analog to digital just like it did in 1962 when WBTW went off the air as ch 8. Then signed on the next day as ch 13. This time tthe weak signal is what is happening with all of the digital stations that are using vhf hi for digital now. In 1962 13 was bad becaused of a botched up transmitter & antenna coverage problems