soso,
Where are you located? All I ever get for a FOX channel is WTAT out of Charleston SC

Wallace

Last night FOX 26 from WIlmington was out. SO I attempted to watch 8. Full of Interference.
This morning you cannot even see it. FOX 14 looks like a gem compared to WFXI. Last night WSFX had a clear picture, but all static for sound, so they took it completly off the air at 8PM

I thought WITN was at full power but according to the lastest Just Ask Mike segment on WITNTV.COM there are at 1/2 power and will be over the next few weeks be going up to full power and the signal may mess up on larger antennas, and if this happens to contact him at the station.

Will WITN give UHF antennas to its viewers? I would drive to the station for one!

Ken I like the little map bug on analog 12! Cant see it on digital though, same with 9 digital.

I think you are missing a few counties however. Pender and Wayne and Sampson maybe?

WFXI - DT is working now at 6:24 AM.

WWAY digitals have been off for the last two days for me. Can anyone get them?

Sorry to beat a dead horse, but WFXI is working again tonight lol. 1:18 right now.

Have any of you ever picked up WJXT DT out of Jacksonville, Florida? Digital channel 42
Actual channel 4.


Now WAVY out of Virginia.

Now South Carolina ETV 33

and the biggest surprise...
WNJS out of Camden, New Jersey :D

Have any of you ever picked up WJXT DT out of Jacksonville, Florida? Digital channel 42
Actual channel 4.

Now WAVY out of Virginia.

Now South Carolina ETV 33

and the biggest surprise...
WNJS out of Camden, New Jersey :DLOL... I'm getting WECT/6 Wilmington and WUNK from Virginia Beach! Getting something on 47... don't think it's WUPV Richmond... Maybe WCSC Charleston SC???

WWAY is back. Maybe that will come in for some of you tonight.

I live in Greenville and subscribe to what was Cox now Suddenlink. I just noticed tonight that they are dropping FitTV, NBA TV, NFL Network, Encore WAM!, Hot Choice, INHD1, and INHD2. They are adding Fuel TV, HDNet, and HD Net movies. I have two issues with this. First, they are dropping more channels than they are adding with no price decrease. Secondly, INHD has much better quality programming than HDNet. They also should add National Geographic HD. If any of you subscribe to Suddenlink, call and protest the deletion of INHD. INHD has recently carried the Carolina Hurricanes in HD and has carried ECU sports in HD in the past. HDNet did not.

I agree. This is why a city should not grant a franchise to only one cable company. I've also enjoyed INHD as well as Encore Wam. Suddenlink is getting off to a great start. :(

I live in Greenville and subscribe to what was Cox now Suddenlink. I just noticed tonight that they are dropping FitTV, NBA TV, NFL Network, Encore WAM!, Hot Choice, INHD1, and INHD2. They are adding Fuel TV, HDNet, and HD Net movies. I have two issues with this. First, they are dropping more channels than they are adding with no price decrease. Secondly, INHD has much better quality programming than HDNet. They also should add National Geographic HD. If any of you subscribe to Suddenlink, call and protest the deletion of INHD. INHD has recently carried the Carolina Hurricanes in HD and has carried ECU sports in HD in the past. HDNet did not.

Sounds like the lying has already begun:

Roberson, Suddenlink director of public and government affairs in Greenville, said no price changes for services are planned in the near future as a result of the name change or conversion.

"We always make sure the prices are fair and competitive," Roberson said.

Roberson said cable television channels will stay the same. Suddenlink will constantly evaluate channel lineups to make sure it offers the most compelling and affordable mix of popular programs, he said.

"If we do make any changes, which we're not planning on doing, we will communicate to customers ahead of time and let them know," he said.

I have been told that a guy named Matthew Barker is the marketing director in Greenville for Suddenlink. All I can say is load his Outlook up with emails and maybe just maybe we might see something happen.

I just talked to a supervisor at SuddenLink. She said that INHD raised their cost 400% just because of the name change. This is what forced them to drop INHD. I guess this is believable because Cox Communications owns a portion of INHD along with a few more providers. SuddenLink has no connection to them and must buy their way in. But regardless, 400% percent is absurd..............

I just talked to a supervisor at SuddenLink. She said that INHD raised their cost 400% just because of the name change. This is what forced them to drop INHD. I guess this is believable because Cox Communications owns a portion of INHD along with a few more providers. SuddenLink has no connection to them and must buy their way in. But regardless, 400% percent is absurd..............

Doesn't sound like Suddenlink's attorney's did their homework. Legacy contracts are normally honored through their term in an acquisition. Or somebody's simply not telling the whole story.

Tell me Suddenlink didn't really take off INHD right in the middle of the NHL playoffs.

They said INHD will gone as of July 1st....

Tonight on WNCT the webmaster was featured for a new service you can sign up for on your
phone.
Wonder who the webmaster might have been? :D

Whats going on lately with Fox? Still no audio or video?

I haven't had a signal on Fox 14/21DT for about a week or two. Tonight, I'm getting a signal but still no picture or audio. :( I'll be glad when they get that going.

Interesting experience for sure today, but fun nonetheless! That was totally sprung on me by the broadcast side, but I enjoyed it. Once we started though, I wanted to toss back to Allan from the chroma wall. Oh well, maybe next time... :)

Guys, I need some help. I will be moving to New Bern in September and after reading this thread for an hour cannot find definitive CABLE TV information. There are 51 pages, so that's a lot of reading. :(

I think from what I have read that New Bern was COX controlled, but now is owned by a different smaller company...?

Can I have an HD channel lineup? Am I correct in reading that HDNet Movies was just added? God I hope so.

Are the HD stations bit stared and compressed, or passed untouched?

What EQUIPMENT are they using?

Is there active Firewire? I was forced to file an FCC complaint where I currently live to get the local cable company to offer firewire. I hope I don't have to do that again. :( I record right now to D-VHS and want to continue to do so.

Is 5C copy protection turned on? Are the 5C copy flags correct? (many cable companies have no clue how to set them)

Thanks for your help. Sorry to ask these questions, but I just cannot read any more.

The new company is SuddenLink formerly Cebridge.

The current HD line up is ...
(FREE)
WITN DT - NBCHD
WNCT DT- CBSHD
WCTI DT- ABCHD
WUNKDT- UNCHD (8P-11P)
WYDO/WFXI DT-FOX COMING SOON

(FREE)
ESPN HD
DISCOVERY HD THEATRE
INHD1 INHD2 THRU JULY THEN CHANGES TO HDNET CHS
HDNet MOVIES starting next month
HDNet starting next month

(INCLUDED WITH PREMIUM PACKAGE)
HBO HD
SHOWTIME HD
STARZ HD


(DIGITAL SUB CHANNELS AVAILABLE)
(FREE)
UNCKD KIDS CHANNEL
UNCTV SDTV
UNCED EDUCATION CHANNEL
UNCNC NC NEWS
WITN 24/7 WEATHER CHANNEL


The last hd box I saw was a scientific atlanta.
Im not sure about the firewire.

go to www.cox.com and select NC, this is the current info on digital cable and HD.
Cox is still handling the web site and billing until mid summer when all the transition is complete.

Already announced by Suddenlink is that INHD1/INHD2, FIT TV, NBA TV, NFL NETWORK, and WAM!
WAM! may remain in the Starz package however, not sure.

FUELTV is being added

God the website is a disaster. It seems incapable of giving me pricing. It keeps leaving out the charge for basic and the SD stations.

They use the SA 3250HD and 8300 boxes, which is what we have here in CT. Question will be what is the Firmware versions on these things. Can anyone post that and let me know if Firewire on the 3250 is turned on? The 8300's are widely known to have defective firewire, so I am not interested in that box.

try this link

www.cox.com/nc/public/docs/newbern.pdf



cox basic is analog sdtv channels

$43.95 total basic analog

with digital you get
broadcast tier- UNCTV,UNCKD,UNCNC,UNCED,WITN24/7WX
also DISCOVERY TIER-KIDS,SCIENCE,HOME,HEALTH,NOGGIN,TIMES,MILITARY,
45 music choice channels, ppv's
INCLUDED with any digital package you get, and dont forget about the HD Channels.

I just talked to a supervisor at SuddenLink. She said that INHD raised their cost 400% just because of the name change. This is what forced them to drop INHD. I guess this is believable because Cox Communications owns a portion of INHD along with a few more providers. SuddenLink has no connection to them and must buy their way in. But regardless, 400% percent is absurd..............

I've had HDNet and InHD at different times. I always heard how great InHD was when I had DirecTV. Then I moved to cable and have been sorely disappointed with InHD. With the exception of the NHL Playoffs, I have yet to find a single program on InHD that sold me on it being better.

I am glad to see HDNet on the way and think it would be better to focus our energies on getting more HD. I had to complain three times before Cox removed a reference to Universal HD on their website in spite of the fact that they have never carried it in Greenville. Universal HD suffers from the same problem every HD channel has at this time: repetitive programming. The difference with it is that it brought some good shows on a regular basis including Battlestar Galactica, Boomtown, etc.

Is there active Firewire? I was forced to file an FCC complaint where I currently live to get the local cable company to offer firewire. I hope I don't have to do that again. :( I record right now to D-VHS and want to continue to do so.

Is 5C copy protection turned on? Are the 5C copy flags correct? (many cable companies have no clue how to set them)

Thanks for your help. Sorry to ask these questions, but I just cannot read any more.

I know at one time the firewire port was active, because I used it. That was prior to their releasing the 8300 HD DVR.

They've also just recently updated the firmware but I am not sure what version it is at this point. I know there were a number of features turned on just after the switch to SuddenLink.

Fox 30 WSFX will be on-line within 27 days! I figured they would beat 8/14.

I have recorded HD content onto a JVC D-VHS using a firewire connection off a COX 3250HD box.

Excellent! Can you check and see if Networks are recordable? Many cable companies have a hard time making that work.

What in the world is VIPIR 9 up to? LOL

It's going crazy!

I just saw that too... Power surge at the station earlier. I wouldn't count on it getting fixed tonight either.

Btw, The Tube is now on WRDC 28.2.

I can't get a signal tonight on 28. No ducting whatsoever thanks to Albertoe.... lol

Hey eastern, are you working at WNCT now? Some of your other post made me wonder.
If so thats cool.

Hey eastern, are you working at WNCT now? Some of your other post made me wonder.
If so thats cool.

Yeah, I started out as video editor for the 6 and 11 o'clock shows. When the opportunity came along to work on the website, I took it. So, long story short, yeah I'm working at WNCT.

I sent an e-mail with my resume to all 3 of the stations down here; had an interview with WITN. They never called back. Never heard from WCTI. WNCT only had an opening for video editor at the time and was willing to give me a break based on my interest what with encdtv.com and everything.

They never made any demands that I shut down my website. It just got to the point that after working in tv news all day long that I couldn't come home and watch another 3 hours of news plus I had the computer crashes around the holidays. That's why encdtv finally petered out. I just didn't have the time to put into it anymore.

Well, so much for long story short... *LOL* :rolleyes:

Yeah, I started out as video editor for the 6 and 11 o'clock shows. When the opportunity came along to work on the website, I took it. So, long story short, yeah I'm working at WNCT.

I sent an e-mail with my resume to all 3 of the stations down here; had an interview with WITN. They never called back. Never heard from WCTI. WNCT only had an opening for video editor at the time and was willing to give me a break based on my interest what with encdtv.com and everything.

They never made any demands that I shut down my website. It just got to the point that after working in tv news all day long that I couldn't come home and watch another 3 hours of news plus I had the computer crashes around the holidays. That's why encdtv finally petered out. I just didn't have the time to put into it anymore.

Well, so much for long story short... *LOL* :rolleyes:

Your first task as our "insider" at WNCT is to make sure that they transmit the CW subchannel in 16:9 480i, rather than in 4:3 480i. Let the cable company downconvert it to 4:3 letterbox for their analog viewers if they want.

The vast majority of viewers who have ATSC tuners have guess what ??? 16:9 displays !!! There is no reason to transmit a digital 4:3 version.

Signed,

The only WNCT viewer in North Raleigh :D

I will pass that information on to our engineering; I have no official ability to make that happen, but that would be my preference as well. There are more than a few people here who have HD sets as well so that's going for us too. Glad you brought that up though cause I was just thinking that last night.

I will put this out there though... Anyone that is interested in 16:9 480i for the CW, please direct an e-mail to our station manager and copy our chief engineer on it to get your voice heard. You can also send it to me at Gcrocker@wnct.com. I'm willing to go to bat on the issue in department head meetings, but I need support from the viewers also.

posg,

how did you receive NWCT in north raleigh?

i live in leesville rd and no luck with gville channels

posg,

how did you receive NWCT in north raleigh?

i live in leesville rd and no luck with gville channels

I have a high band VHF and a medium gain UHF coupled with a UHF/VHF combiner (no pre-amp) in my second floor walk out attic pointing towards the WITN/WNCT tower. The signals are rock solid. WUNK is also much easier for me than WUNC. WCTI only occasionally. Greensboro/Winston Salem is a total "no show" at my location. I am near Durant and Falls of Nuese.

Is The Today Show in HD coming this fall?

The show is being done outside this summer while renovations are being done. I bet in September when the new co-host starts that the show will be in HDTV.

Is The Today Show in HD coming this fall?Yes, it is...

Whoa !!! WCTI analog just cranked up their video modulation depth from a "little on the wimpy side" to just a wee bit over modulated. Might want to back it off just a hair.

WWAY has been off for many days now.

WCTI HD is SOUNDING FANTASTIC today! Ken12 are you upgrading your audio? I've seen a bunch of HD material, engineering slates, etc. running right now. Pretty cool, especially that shuttle launch in HD! Great stuff.

Saw that too. The shuttle launch was pretty cool. First test pattern I saw had a message like {paraphrased} "OK wise guy, think you know the code for this??" and it got my attention thinking someone had hacked the TV station server.

Bit off topic, but analog FOX 14 appears worse than ever. Any word if FOX 14/8 will ever come up to speed with a digital signal channel with reasonable strength and programming???

A few posts up, where you stated the Suddenlink lineup, you stated:

"The current HD line up is ...

(FREE)
ESPN HD
DISCOVERY HD THEATRE
INHD1 INHD2 THRU JULY THEN CHANGES TO HDNET CHS
HDNet MOVIES starting next month
HDNet starting next month"


My question is, by free, do you mean OTA or free from Suddenlink?

The reason I am asking is because I am one of the Cox/Suddenlink victims and have HD service, but do not get the ESPN, Discovery HD for free....

I call myself a victim because they are removing NFL network, and now I HAVE to get Satellite service for this football season.

Thanks,
Scott

I cannot even see FOX 14 now. I used to be able to get a snowy in color pic, but now you cannot even tell there is a signal on the air.

FOX 8 must be installing some equipment. The Stereo pilot is off and when WITN was installing
its equipment their stereo pilot was off also.

Still no signal from the Wilmington Fox, but I bet sometime this week it will come on. (fingers crossed)

A few posts up, where you stated the Suddenlink lineup, you stated:

"The current HD line up is ...

(FREE)
ESPN HD
DISCOVERY HD THEATRE
INHD1 INHD2 THRU JULY THEN CHANGES TO HDNET CHS
HDNet MOVIES starting next month
HDNet starting next month"


My question is, by free, do you mean OTA or free from Suddenlink?

The reason I am asking is because I am one of the Cox/Suddenlink victims and have HD service, but do not get the ESPN, Discovery HD for free....

I call myself a victim because they are removing NFL network, and now I HAVE to get Satellite service for this football season.

Thanks,
Scott

ESPN and DHD use to cost. A guy I worked with kept telling me he did not get those channels free, He called and they added them. Call them and ask why you are not getting them.

I cannot even see FOX 14 now. I used to be able to get a snowy in color pic, but now you cannot even tell there is a signal on the air.

FOX 8 must be installing some equipment. The Stereo pilot is off and when WITN was installing
its equipment their stereo pilot was off also.

Still no signal from the Wilmington Fox, but I bet sometime this week it will come on. (fingers crossed)

Could it be that FOX 14 is operating on reduced power because they are installing new equipment on their tower ??? I haven't seen a scratch from them over in Raleigh for days, and we've had a fair amount of tropo.

Re: Fox 14, maybe they are installing new equipment on their tower. There has been little to no information from them except for when one of us on here has e-mailed the GM of Fox 8/14. It was a couple of months ago that he said we should see audio/video from their Fox 14 digital station. A couple of weeks ago I stopped seeing any signal from Fox 14 on digital channel 21. I guess time will tell... Isn't July 1st the date that everyone must be full power or they lose their interference protection? Someone correct me if I'm wrong...

Re: Fox 14, maybe they are installing new equipment on their tower. There has been little to no information from them except for when one of us on here has e-mailed the GM of Fox 8/14. It was a couple of months ago that he said we should see audio/video from their Fox 14 digital station. A couple of weeks ago I stopped seeing any signal from Fox 14 on digital channel 21. I guess time will tell... Isn't July 1st the date that everyone must be full power or they lose their interference protection? Someone correct me if I'm wrong...

July 1st IS the deadline, but I'm not sure what the consequences for non-compliance are.

I am betting they don't come on by the deadline......
How are people to the east supposed to watch Fox programs if the signal is so bad? When WNCT analog went low power I could still get them almost as good as when it was full power.

Ken12, Not sure if you're here but GMA is not showing in HD this morning. Thought I'd pass this along.

Our HD receiver for ABC locked up. All fixed now

Ken

Thanks Ken.

ESPN and DHD use to cost. A guy I worked with kept telling me he did not get those channels free, He called and they added them. Call them and ask why you are not getting them.


No go, you have to have their "Expanded" cable service to get ESPN and Discovery in HD. I only have their "Basic Service".. :-(

Thanks,
Scott

Eastern, tell Phillip there was no Sea breeze coming in off that water today. LOL
It was just pure hot and HUMID! I was working right on the water here in Onslow county today.
I have a nice lake in the backyard here at home from all that rain...... I am glad I didn't have
to come from Camp Lejeune!
Good pics on 9 at 6!

Watching THE TUBE on 28-2 right now. Made a slight adjustment to the orientation of the antenna. I like this channel a LOT! But it seems monural to me.

TheTube here on WMYV, 48-2 is also in mono. It must be a distribution thing because it was in stereo a week and a half ago.

Ken, Good shots of Western Blvd. on the UPN 48 news! What a mess...... lol

OMG! FOX 26 WSFX DT IS LIVE! I had a strong signal for a while, no picture or sound, but it is being tested out!

Update as of 12:55 I have a solid video and audio signal on 30-1. Not in HD mode yet,
but a signal rate of 16 db is just enough for a signal without break-up! :D

My question deals with analog TV in the Greenville/New Bern area, and I know this is forum is for HDTV, but I honestly don't know where else People In Eastern NC Who Actually Know Stuff hang out.

I live in Raleigh, but often visit my parents in New Bern. While in New Bern, I like to watch TV, and my parents get local channels on Suddenlink/Cox. I do not know how well Suddenlink's services reflect the actual broadcasts, but one of my complaints about most local channels is the poor quality audio.

For a few years I have often wondered why so many stations in a single market do not have a hifi broadcast. I do not know if their digital broadcasts are any better, but out of ABC, CBS, and NBC, not one of the affiliates in the area carry hifi audio in their analog broadcast. Are there any explanations for this that don't deal with costs?

Individual station notes/questions/points of discussion:

UPN/WCTI - started out in June 2001 on Cox Cable with a wonderful sounding hifi broadcast, then went through some changes and for the past few years has been stuck with boring sounding monaural broadcast. Not that UPN48 shows many programs that I'm interested in, but I would probably tune in more often if the sound was better.

ABC/WCTI - The audio on this station seems to lack more depth than any other local station, and many times, static has rendered it completely unlistenable!

The WB/"WB 6" - I know it's a cable-only thing, but does anyone actually operate this station locally? The audio used to be in hifi, but not it too is monaural!

FOX/WYDO - Used to be the one remaining network affiliate (well, not counting WEPX, if "i" is a network) that had great sounding hifi audio. This past weekend, I tuned into The Simpsons and....it sounds terrible! I HOPE this is temporary, but maybe someone here is on the inside and knows more?

2 many tapes
I can answer some of those questions, but many I don't know the answers too either.

The digital audio quality is much better from 8 pm on. Before this time on WNCT HD, and WCTI HD(ABC) the audio is mono. Recently WNCT made adjustments to its digital audio and it is a lot duller than it used to be. Maybe Bertie can turn the audio output a little higher?

Now on WITN analog and digital you get HIFI all the time. But no Dolby Digital. DD is only on
WNCT and WUNM in this area.

WYDO is awful anymore. No Stereo or strength in signal at all.

Why WCTI and WNCT never offered a two channel stereo signal I do not know. All the Raleigh channels do. From what the cable company told me it is up to the particular station to take the necessary steps to deliver a HIFI signal.

Thank you, jsp, for your reply. I'm glad I'm not the only viewer who notices these things.
I actually survived into the 21st century never having owned hifi technology. I bought my first DVD player in 2001 (a half-decent Funai from Target on MLK Blvd.), wired it directly through my stereo (since my only VCR at the time was monaural) put in a DVD of "The X-Files", and my life changed instantly. I am a hifi stereo junkie and I only rarely watch my old tapes from the 1980s and 1990s because of this.
WUNM is always a step ahead of the curve, I love their production values. I did not count them amongst local channels since they're a clone/simulcast of Raleigh's station.
I'm glad to hear that WNCT and WCTI are putting better production values on their primetime digital programming. That is encouraging.

WFXI requesting more time and interference protection extention..... lol

http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101135934&formid=911&fac_num=37982

Well, no Fox digital in ENC for the foreseeable future... Can't say that this is a big surprise.

I wonder if they will get the extention? If not what will happen then? hmmmmmm

Same thing that's probably happened before... Nothing. It's pretty obvious that the FCC, Fox Network nor Piedmont Communications is interested in providing digital Fox programming to the viewers of Eastern North Carolina.

Didn't someone else say a very long time ago that this Fox affiliate would keep dragging this out over and over and over... Pitiful.

It's gotten to the point, I don't even bother checking WYDO anymore. Sad thing is I was really excited about seeing how they'd program 2 channels this Fall. Now, if I want Fox programming, I'll get it from WRAZ ota or WNYW or KTTV off of satellite. If I want MyNetworkTV programming, it'll come from Raleigh or whatever stations convert in NY/LA via satellite.

I'm not sure how Fox 8/14 planned to broadcast 2 digital channels when they can barely get an analog signal out for one....

I concur. I sent an email to the FOX 14 engineers noting the loss my family's viewership due to lousy signal transmission and encourged them to get their digital act together. I wonder if some pressure from local and/or national advertisers could hasten their progress. As I mentioned in my email, it's not the programming, it's the signal transmission, and the demographics will continue to shift toward a public interested in quality digital signal transmissions (IMHO). My family watches more local OTA digital programming than ever, but not FOX 14. It's a shame to have to seek outside our local area for decent FOX broadcasting.

I got lucky that WSFX digital barely reaches my house. Now I have no need for Fox 8 digital
and could care less if they are on the air analog half the time anymore. LOL

I feel for people in the New Bern area and east of Greenville who cannot turn to some other
choice for an analog or digital transmittion.
What one of our locals or some other outfit should do is come in here now and steal away the coverage area and provide an alternative decent FOX signal digitally.

Maybe Foxeng and his parent group?

Eastern, I can't reply to your message. The error says you have exceeded your mail box
capacity and you need to delete some. :D

All fixed, jsp... Sorry about that.

I live on the south side of Greenville in Winterville. Just like everybody else, I got fed up with Fox8/14. So, I went to Rat Shack and bought a old fashioned UHF bowtie antenna. Not only was I able to receive WRAZ, I also started receiving nearly every channel in the Raleigh market. Of course the signal would go out on bad skip days or if I walked in front of the antenna. This past weekend I took down the bowtie and mounted a real UHF antenna bought from Radio Shack in my atic. This antenna is much more directional than the bowtie and I have lost some channels so that I could tune in the ones I wanted. But, the WB in HD and Fox/WRAZ in HD come in strong as thunder. The point of the matter is that in at least the Greenville area, a simple bowtie UHF antenna will get you more OTA HD programming than what the cable company provides here.

Those of you with the Directv HD DVR (TIVO) directv will be upgrading the software to 6.3, this will give you a faster guide, folders and sort options, it will also speed up menus, and the recording options. Should also update the channel logos as well.

WFXI has filed an extension to their STA for "the maximum time permitted" (STA Extension (http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101135934&formid=911&fac_num=37982)) and an extension for their CP (CP Extension (http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101136699&formid=337&fac_num=37982)). Scroll down to the end of the CP extension request and note "EXHIBITS 1, 2, AND 3 ARE SEPARATELY FILED UNDER CONFIDENTIAL COVER." What's the BIG secret???

Ken, someone on another forum said you have an old tower near Trenton that WSFL or WRNS is on?
Did you build a new tower at some point?

I am wondering if the big secret is WFXI is trying to move to another tower? That would be more sensible, and we keep hearing nadda about what is going on with WYDO.

I am wondering if the big secret is WFXI is trying to move to another tower? That would be more sensible, and we keep hearing nadda about what is going on with WYDO.

WFXI can't move east because of us and Richmond channel 8. I suspect that first adjacent 7 and 9 might also have something to do with not being able to move east as well.

We have been on our curent 2000' tower near Trenton since 1981. The staition owned a 1200' tower on the other side of Trenton but it was sold before my time here (20yrs now) I believe it is now owned by WSFL. WRNS is at 1500' on my 2000' tower. Other than using the 1200' for a microwave hop which they already are I don't think broadcasting from it would be an option.

Ken

If WFXI digital is going to be on channel 21 or 24 why couldn't they move?

Ken do you mean WFXI uses the WSFL tower as a Microwave? If so it is no wonder the signal is so undependable. Problems could come up in three different places......

I have been past the WSFL tower before when I went to Trenton. It's just off the road.

They have to use several hops to get the signal from Morehead to Ayden and that tower is one of them. Due to the distance they have no choice

Ken

That seems like a waste of funds to me. I figured they used one Microwave at the WYDO tower
and one at Morehead studios, and that did it. You learn something new everyday! lol
It is no wonder they have so many signal problems on 14.

Whats up fellows? I'm from New Bern and can't pick up WNCT Channel 9 Digital with an indoor antenna.

You would be better to use twin lead as an antenna than you would Rabbit ears, gbaby
After doing a lot of reading and hearing from engineering at stations, they all say to put the
antenna outside, so that is the only advise I can give! :D

Also WNCT is a VHF signal, so a bow tie antenna probably won't work.

I sometimes have difficulty with the WNCT signal also and I'm in Greenville. I think I getting too much signal- overload. Like everybody else said, best to try an outdoor. My folks can get WNCT in Riverbend there in New Bern; WCTI and WITN as well. They have an outdoor antenna.

This week sometime The Tube should be up on WSFX 26.2 and HD mode available for Fox.
I can't wait to get to watch more of what is on there. I think from what I saw on WRDC that
it will be as good as VH-1 classics.

Ken
WCTI-DT is not showing on my Directv HDDVR, Im having to rescan it in, and its coming up on 48.3 and 48.5

I was having a problem with my flexicoder earlier everything should be fixed now.

Ken

Thanks Ken!

Any word on what will happen to 12.3 once UPN changes to CW and moves to WNCT 9.2?

any thing ever going on 12.2?

We are still in negotations on what will happen on 12-3 be looking for an anouncement soon. As far as 12-2 nothing is planned at this time. And as far as I'm concerned I hope we dont I would have to rob bandwidth from 12-3 and I dont want to

Ken

I know this may be out of area a little but just wanted some insight. I live in J'ville nc and can get WWAY out of wilmington channels 3-1 3-2 and a blank 3-3. But recently 3-1 and 3-2 turns my tv on and off and locks me up. Some times when on 3-2 it will switch me to 3-1 and turns me off. And then the channel is deleted from my internal tuner. If anyone has any ideas please let me know what this could be or who to contact.

Just guessing I would say that it is a problem with PSIP data or a compatability problem with the data and your receiver. I would call the engineer at the station.

Ken

Thanks Ken I will do that. Hopefully that will be the case just past my 30 days on my new set from BB lol. Keep up the good work alot of us out here need good info. Apreciate it.

Just guessing I would say that it is a problem with PSIP data or a compatability problem with the data and your receiver. I would call the engineer at the station.

Ken

Ken,

I noticed that the low power TBN affiliate in Raleigh has applied for digital service on channel 12. I think you should file an objection.

sry

I hadn't noticed a thread for my area .................

Richlands is in the Greenville, NC DMA.

Threads merged.

Dang sry wanted to to start a new thread and guess I just replied sorry about that. I'll see if I can delete this or if admin can delete it. Was wondering where it went to lol. Sorry once again.

No problem, I "undeleted" your previous post (#2595). This is the correct forum and thread.

CD, I also get a blank 3-3 on WWAY. I don't know why but it has been this way ever since
they had the major problems and were off air about a week. However I do not have a problem
with my receiver turning off and on luckly.

Do you get reliable reception on WSFX? I think I need to get a fringe antenna so I won't have
the break-ups I am experiencing. If I get WCTI right then WSFX goes bad, and vice versa as
it stands right now.

Thanks for the info on the low power in Raleigh. There should be no way they will get it we will be going back to channel 12 for digital I'm sure there would be interference problems.

Ken

Thanks for the info on the low power in Raleigh. There should be no way they will get it we will be going back to channel 12 for digital I'm sure there would be interference problems.

Ken

Ken,

The FCC file number for their application is BDISDTT-20060328AKE. It was filed 3/29/06. They are asking for 300 watts beamed hard northwest from the Raleigh tower cluster. What surprised me is that they could be only 300 watts on channel 12 next to probably 35,000 watts from WTVD-DT on channel 11.

I would think the biggest problem is that WCTI will KILL their signal everytime even a modest amount of tropo fires up. Who watches these LP's anyway. The HSN LP on channel 58 in Raleigh has had the same frozen frame for over a month!!!

PS I do occasionally pickup WCTI-DT in North Raleigh, but never for very long. WITN and WNCT are rock solid at 77 miles.

WNCT's audio is terrible during non network programming.... I have to crank up the volume
to almost full strength to hear.

Ken,
Whats the switch over date for UPN/WB to The CW?
I tought I heard mid Sept.

Sep 17 is the date I've heard.

Ken

The new WNCT.com is the heat!

Thanks jspENC! I still have a lot of things I want to do, but Rome wasn't built in a day. Keep your eye on it... :)

Eastern did you design the new wnct.com?

I saw the story on the Morning Edition today showing the new site.


Any info on the 9.2 channel, CW, is there going to be 3 channels?

9.1 WNCT HD
9.2 WNCT WX
9.3 The CW

I didn't design the site outright; it was more a collaborative effort amongst my team members in the atlantic region. It was a fun but somewhat painful process at times and we are still hammering out some things. I like the design though; it's along the lines of what I originally started out with, but a bit more streamlined.

What you saw on ME was a 1:16 pkg/vo that I put together yesterday after lunch. I thought it turned out really well; it had been a while since I cut video and put anything together so I was real pleased with how it turned out! Mr. H teased me about holding up that shot of Carley for about 10 seconds. *LOL*

9.2 will be the CW to the best of my knowledge. Not sure what plans there are for further multicasting. Right now, there is no 9.3 and I would assume it'll stay that way. However, never say never...

Eastern, is the reason there will be no 9.3 because WNCT analog and WITN analog take up
the rest of the bandwidth? It seems like I read somewhere that these two signals are on
one antenna, but not quite sure I understand how that can be.

Check out THETUBE. They turned it on this morning on WSFX 26.2!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/jsp699/me024.jpg

I would assume the 9.3 issue would have to do with bandwith because CBS and NBC broadcast at 1080i whereas ABC and Fox broadcast 720p. That's why CTI could do another channel a lot easier than NCT or ITN could. You would need a state of the art encoder to process and not lose all the bits needed to multicast 3 channels. And still you'd probably be sacrificing some pq. Ken12 could explain it a lot better than me, but that's the "gist" of it, I think. I don't think it has anything to do with the analog side of it.

That makes sense. Still I notice that 9-2 looks like it is lacking the most bandwidth out of any
other channel I get. But I would rather it look like it does than to see a lot of pixelation on
regular 9. I'm thinking more bandwidth will be added to 9-2 once CW is on the air.

DirecTV, the biggest U.S. satellite television service, plans to debut new digital video recorders with HD capability next month after being stung by criticism of past delays in rolling out the boxes. (read more - TVWEEK.com (http://www.tvweek.com/page.cms?pageId=202))

Directv has dropped WUNK off the 72.5w satellite, they are now using WUNC from the main 101w satellite. For those of you with directv and dont have the locals 72.5 satellite you can still subscribe to locals for $3 and youll get ch 15 WB from Baltimore MD, and youll get Ch 25 UNC, you will not get 7,9,12,13,14 because they are on the 72.5 sat.

I have SuddenLink (COX) for my highspeed internet service, I also have there very basic cable package, $6 because at the time the high speed came out if you didnt sub to a cable package they charged a $10 non cable customer fee, well anyway, today I was rescanning the channels back into a tv in the kids room and now I can get ch 95, The Weather Channel. This has not been here before.

So now for $6 I get

2 WYDO
3 UPN 48
4 UNC
5 CABLE INFO
6 WGWB
7 CABLE 7
8 WITN
9 CITY 9 WASHINGTON
10 WNCT
11 WEPX
12 WCTI
14 DISNEY-NOT SUPPOSED TO GET BUT WORKS
26 CSPAN
30 WGN
31 QVC
32 SHOP NBC
33 HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
36 FOX SPORTS NET SOUTH- NOT SUPPOSED TO GET BUT WORKS
70 TRAVEL CHANNEL - NOT SUPPOSED TO GET BUT WORKS
71 FOOD NETWORK- NOT SUPPOSED TO GET BUT WORKS
95 THE WEATHER CHANNEL - NOT SURE???

Last night I received WCBD HD from Charleston along with WTAT, WCSC and the local PBS
stations. Some of the local signals were not coming in because of all the extreme ducting.

Last night I received WCBD HD from Charleston along with WTAT, WCSC and the local PBS
stations. Some of the local signals were not coming in because of all the extreme ducting.

Sweet, I've yet to catch our sister station WCBD. What's CBD's digital assignment? I did get Live 5 from Charleston a few weeks ago. I think the Live 5 was coming off of digital channel 51...

Live 5 comes off of 47, I think it was 42 that channel 2 was on (WCBD). Their on-screen graphics are similar but a little better I would say than WNCT. I only caught a few minutes
of them because I had to get some sleep! It has been coming in for the past few nights,
so maybe I will stay up Friday night and get some captures.

WCBD dt is 50. Just looked it up... lol

Something was trying to come in on 42 but I can't figure out what that was.

Last night was weird because the FOX in Charleston WTAT came in much stronger than WSFX
which is local. Go figure!

I met Bertie Cartwright from WNCT today and I asked him if they were going to keep Vipir Radar 9.2 once The CW started and he said that they are working to try to keep it up so they would have 3 channels.
I also asked him if he new George (eastern) and he said know I dont know him, kinda joking, he then said yea, I told him we all chat here at avs.

Cool! I've noticed lately that when WNCT runs a crawl on weather statements that they
advise turning to 9.2.
Now all we have to do is hear from Ken on what WCTI DT3 will be once UPN ends. Too bad
WFXI got a hold of the MyNetworkTV.

Any of you guys seen WSFX yet? The Hi-Def is outstanding! They also changed the radiation
pattern so the signal is not forced inland like WECT.

Ken with the UPN cutoff 1 month away, do you have any info yet on what will happen on 12.3?
Will this channel remain on Directv? Or will WNCTs The CW get the channel 13 slot on Directv?

MyNetworkTV was awarded to the PAX stations in Greenville-New Bern-Washington.

MyNetworkTV was awarded to the PAX stations in Greenville-New Bern-Washington.

When did that happen? All the press releases say it went to WFXI/WYDO.

MyNetworkTV was awarded to the PAX stations in Greenville-New Bern-Washington.

That is good news! Now at least we know we will be able to all get a signal!
And this should help the "i" people locally a lot I bet.

When did that happen? All the press releases say it went to WFXI/WYDO.

Maybe he meant to say FOX, not PAX ?????

Speaking of PAX, how do they even pay their power bill ???? AWFUL.

I said PAX because that is who has been awarded the franchise.
They have two stations with one licensed in Greenville, the other in
Jacksonville. The PAX network as you know it is on its last breath.

That's still strange. PAX isn't even on the air digitally in Greenville. MyNetwork would be in the same boat with them as they are with the Fox stations.

I would still like to see something official that states MyNetwork went with the PAX stations here. Every legit source confirms that MyNetwork signed with WFXI/WYDO; this includes Broadcasting & Cable, TVWeek, etc.

Anybody else care to chime in? This was widely discussed when the press releases were first issued by MyNetwork.

What's the source of your information, Canicitnow?

MyNetwork has been given to PAX. My 12-3 will become a independent. Not sure what is going to happen on cable and sat yet.

Wow, do you know how PAX is going to broadcast to Greenville, Ken? Cool that 12-3 wil be independent though. I thought you guys have always programmed it well during off network hours. Personally, I hope to see some more news on it though. I still like WCTI's product. Guess it's kind of hard to get away from that when you grew up watching it! *LOL*

We do intend to do more news and sports on it. I think it is going to be called something like ENC-TV. No idea what they are going to do to get there signal to Gville. I am not able to get there digital in New Bern.

Ken

Awesome, I'm glad 12 is keeping 12-3 and giving ENC a true independent station. Glad to see more local programming like news and sports too!

Bummed about MyNetwork though... I can't get PAX from Rocky Mount as a general rule nor PAX from Jax at all. Oh well, goes with the territory I suppose.

I guess MYTV didn't want to wait until 2/17/09 when WYDO/WFXI jump cuts from analog to digital. (Tee Hee)

This is my first post here and I haven't seen this asked yet and am hoping someone here can help me out...

I've contacted Suddenlink here in Greenville about the new CW Network to see if they will be carrying it and also what will become of the UPN and WB stations they carry now. Unfortunately, they haven't given me any answer of use.

Anybody know anything about this?

Thanks for any answers.

WNCT is constantly airing an ad that the CW is coming and to get ready! I guess by this
they want you the customer to start the ball rolling and demand that your provider pick them up. I think FCC guidelines do not require a digital subchannel be carried by cable, but
not positive on that.

Ken I like the sound of your ideas! Can hardly wait to see what things are going to be like
now. :D

POSG, I think you are right. When FXI didn't go on the air, the MYTV said to hell with them.

WPXU covers Jacksonville, Wilmington, Morehead and Duplin, Jones, and Pender counties very well.
Not sure if the signal reaches New Bern, but probably not easily if it does.

WNCT is constantly airing an ad that the CW is coming and to get ready! I guess by this
they want you the customer to start the ball rolling and demand that your provider pick them up. I think FCC guidelines do not require a digital subchannel be carried by cable, but
not positive on that.

Ken I like the sound of your ideas! Can hardly wait to see what things are going to be like
now. :D

POSG, I think you are right. When FXI didn't go on the air, the MYTV said to hell with them.

WPXU covers Jacksonville, Wilmington, Morehead and Duplin, Jones, and Pender counties very well.
Not sure if the signal reaches New Bern, but probably not easily if it does.

Since it appears that WEPX/WPXU are Pax O&O's (could be wrong), I wonder how they will program the channels. Since WEPX doesn't even have a digital channel, I assume that MYTV will be the main program service, but what about the hours that are not programmed by MYTV. Back to I/PAX ??? Will they carry MYTV's 24/7 cable service, assuming they have one??? Will WPXU carry MYTV on their DT??? Should be interesting.

WEPX by the way has got to suffer from interference from WUVC-DT which is also on 38. I know at my house WEPX analog kills WUVC-DT much of the time, and I'm in North Raleigh.

WEPX/WPXU will air MyNetwork programming from 8p -10pm Monday - Saturday.
That is all that is being produced by the network when they launch in September.

Obviously it will all be analog for the forseeable future.

WEPX/WPXU will air MyNetwork programming from 8p -10pm Monday - Saturday.
That is all that is being produced by the network when they launch in September.

Obviously it will all be analog for the forseeable future.Full power, main-channel affiliates of MNT will broadcast their entire sked in 720p/HD...

I thought WEPX dt was ready to go on the air, once the FCC gave them permission?

WEPX 38 was never originally assigned a matching DTV channel allocation. The eventually received a Channel 51 digital assigment... but that is based upon then switching from analog 38 to digital 51 in February 2009.

They have filed an application for permission to switch earlier than that time... but right now the FCC has a freeze on those types of applications..... will they bust loose and deal with this over all the other pressing issues across the land???

Hey everybody, I live in Tarboro and I recently got Dish Network with the Raliegh local channels. I need an antenna that will give me the locals in HD and WITN channel 7 and WNCT channel 9. Its urgent I get WITN as soon as possible so I can see ECU games and the Skip Holtz show! I tried two different inside antennas from Best Buy, one of them didn't work at all and one of them gave me WITN okay but not WNCT. What do you guys suggest I do? Thanks!

I have pretty much the same question as matthewmon. A couple of differences, I live in Greenville in a condo on the second of two stories. What is the best type of antenna I can use to pic up HD/digital channels? I have used a 'rabbitt ear' model from Circuit City, just wondering if a different type would get me more channels. The only ones I can get as of now are WITN, WNCT, and WCTI.

I live in SW Greenville and use a $25 Phillips 45db or 50db (I forget which) amplified indoor antenna that I got from Wal Mart. I get the RDU stations as well as our locals here in ENC. You might try that one. Every antenna I've ever gotten from Circuit City and Radio Shack (indoor-wise) was garbage. Go to Wally World and cross your fingers.

If you can put an antenna in the attic of that two story condo, you should do well I would
guess.
Get the RG-6 size coax, if you decide to try that. Lowes carries Channel master antennas
that are small. You don't need a huge VHF antenna since everything is UHF but WNCT.

Maybe try the Radio shack UHF only model first and see if that will get WNCT. It is very
small for an outdoor antenna and worked well for me at 60 miles.

what stations should I be getting with a decent antenna?

5.1 Wral-dt CBSHD
5.2 Wral News Channel

7.1 Witn-dt NBC HD
7.2 Witn 24/7 Wx

9.1 Wnct-dt CBS HD
9.2 Live Vipir Radar

11.1 Wtvd-dt ABC HD
11.2 Wtvd-dt2
11.3 Accuweather/news

12.1 Wcti-dt ABC HD
12.3 Wcti-dt2 UPN till next month

17.1 Wncn-dt NBC HD
17.2 Wncn-dt2
17.3 Nbc Wx Plus

19.1 Unc Tv PBS
19.2 Unc Hd
19.3 Unc Kids
19.4 Unc Education
19.5 Unc North Carolina

22.1 Wlfl-dt WB HD

25.1-25.5 Unc Ch's

28.1 Wrdc-dt UPN SD
28.2 The Tube

30.1 Wray-dt SD SHOP AT HOME/JEWLERY TV

50.1 Wraz-dt FOX HD
50.2 Wraz-dt2
50.3 Wral Wx Channel

Ken
WCTI has been reverting back to 48.3 and 48.5 on my Directv HDDVR all week end, must be your Flexicoder like last month.

Ken
WCTI has been reverting back to 48.3 and 48.5 on my Directv HDDVR all week end, must be your Flexicoder like last month.

Yeah, I noticed this too on my HD set and my digital SD set. Congrats on the show this weekend; looks like it was a big success!

This morning my WCTl's went back to 12's. Ken must have been in early today and fixed
the glitch. :)

If you can put an antenna in the attic of that two story condo, you should do well I would
guess.
Get the RG-6 size coax, if you decide to try that. Lowes carries Channel master antennas
that are small. You don't need a huge VHF antenna since everything is UHF but WNCT.

Maybe try the Radio shack UHF only model first and see if that will get WNCT. It is very
small for an outdoor antenna and worked well for me at 60 miles.

Do I need to buy an antenna that specifies that it is for HD? Or is this one good? http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103088&cp=2032057.2032187.2032189.2032205&parentPage=search&origkw=antenna&kw=antenna&parentPage=family
Also is there any need for me to get an antenna with both uhf and vhf?

That is the antenna I am talking about. Don't worry about if it says HD antenna or not, they
all are made for UHF.
Also is there any need for me to get an antenna with both uhf and vhf?

If you want WNCT HD, (10) then yes you might need a VHF and UHF. Also WTVD, WCTI, WSKY and WFXI will be on VHF channels 11, 12, 9 and 8 once the analog is shut off in 2009. You might try the antenna you gave a link to and see if it will work for WNCT first before you go with a bigger comb0.

The radio shack antenna is good, but the Channel Master 4221 UHF might do better with WNCT if you can find one. I had to go to Wilmington to get mine. All you can do is play
trial and error and see if you get lucky. lol

The good thing is you don't need a huge VHF antenna for these high band channels. The
really big ones are for low band channels 2-6. Another pointer from Ken12. He explained
that to me a while back.
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Thanks for all the info, I went out and picked up the only UHF antenna left at radio shack (the one in the link). I will try that later this week. If not I will try the Channel Master. And yes I kinda would like to get WNCT, although now that I actually think about it, I dont know why, I get it from Suddenlink, lol. Truthfully the only reason I wanted an antenna is so I could watch Fox in HD, because Suddenlink has NO idea when they are gonna pick it up. Thanks again!

Thanks for all the info, I went out and picked up the only UHF antenna left at radio shack (the one in the link). I will try that later this week. If not I will try the Channel Master. And yes I kinda would like to get WNCT, although now that I actually think about it, I dont know why, I get it from Suddenlink, lol. Truthfully the only reason I wanted an antenna is so I could watch Fox in HD, because Suddenlink has NO idea when they are gonna pick it up. Thanks again!


That is exactly what I did. I live in Winterville. I use a Radio Shack UHF (the one in the link above) mounted in the attic and receive just about all the Raleigh stations. And I too, did it mainly for FOX in HD and the WB in HD. My antenna is pointed towards the west and I receive all the local HD channels great too, including WNCT 9. I do have problems with channel 12 WCTI from time to time, but I get it on Suddenlink cable as well.

Awesome, I didn't even notice that the WB was listed above. My girlfriend is gonna love that, lol. Hopefully I can get this thing mounted Thursday when I am off work. Did I need to buy a special mount kit or is eveything in the box? Now if I only had a way to record the OTA HD onto my cablebox DVR, lol.

Hi gang. I am a month away from my move to NC. Has HDNet Movies been added yet?

Awesome, I didn't even notice that the WB was listed above. My girlfriend is gonna love that, lol. Hopefully I can get this thing mounted Thursday when I am off work. Did I need to buy a special mount kit or is eveything in the box? Now if I only had a way to record the OTA HD onto my cablebox DVR, lol.

You will need a mounting kit, coax cable (RG6), and a 700ohm to RG6 converter. I bought the antenna bracket, cable, and converter from Lowes. The WB was great in HD, but it is being replaced in September. Does anyone know if the new CW channel will be in HD in eastern NC? If not, will any of the Raleigh stations carry it in HD?

The CW will be HD on WLFL out of Raleigh. Here in Eastern NC, it will be an SD sub-channel carried by WNCT.

I've never picked up WLFL, so I guess it's WNCT's Standard def for me... At least it will
be available to us without needing cable or another dish. ;)

Hi gang. I am a month away from my move to NC. Has HDNet Movies been added yet?

Yes it has just been added by Suddenlink along with HD NET in place on INHD and INHD 2.

You will need a mounting kit, coax cable (RG6), and a 700ohm to RG6 converter. I bought the antenna bracket, cable, and converter from Lowes. The WB was great in HD, but it is being replaced in September. Does anyone know if the new CW channel will be in HD in eastern NC? If not, will any of the Raleigh stations carry it in HD?

Did you just mount it to a beam in the attic? What is CW?

The CW is the network that will replace The WB and UPN when the two cease to exist in about a month.

Did you just mount it to a beam in the attic? What is CW?


The mounting hardware I bought from Lowes came with two metal brackets. I only used one and mounted it to one of the cross supports at the peek of my attic. I then secured a 1'' conduit like pipe to the bracket so it would hang straight down from the peek. I mounted the antenna to this pipe and pointed it westward. Works like a champ.

What is the exact date the CW comes on-air? I thought I heard the 5th of September,but
not sure.

Last I heard was Sept 20th.

Yes it has just been added by Suddenlink along with HD NET in place on INHD and INHD 2.
Thanks! :)

Today I checked Time Warner website for Jacksonville and it looks like they added THE Tube
WSFX 26.2 and WECT HD back to the line-up. No mention of WSFX 26.1 HD however.
I don't see why they should wait for WFXI. WSFX FOX HD should already be added on...

Directv will be switching everyone to one dish for locals in January! Hopefully when they do
that they will add all the Wilmington locals for Onslow County at that time. We get better
coverage of severe weather from Wilmington stations usually and many people want
to see those channels.

Today I checked Time Warner website for Jacksonville and it looks like they added THE Tube
WSFX 26.2 and WECT HD back to the line-up. No mention of WSFX 26.1 HD however.
I don't see why they should wait for WFXI. WSFX FOX HD should already be added on...

Directv will be switching everyone to one dish for locals in January! Hopefully when they do
that they will add all the Wilmington locals for Onslow County at that time. We get better
coverage of severe weather from Wilmington stations usually and many people want
to see those channels.

Where did you get that info on Directv locals going to one dish?
We currently get WB 15 (Baltimore) and WUNC 25 from the main 101w sat.

Someone I know had Directv installed last week, and the installer said in January
they would be back out to remove the 72.5 dish since they are updating the main
satellite. This could be because they are going to offer HD locals in this area at that
time, but not positive of that.

Looks like WNCT was testing 7.3 tonight. It was airing some treasure hunt show that was on 7.1, but no audio.

WNCT seems like it has a bit more pep to the audio today. Maybe someone worked on the
level?
9.1 and 12.1 are still not as loud as 6.1, 7.1and 3.1 on my system.

Looks like WNCT was testing 7.3 tonight. It was airing some treasure hunt show that was on 7.1, but no audio.

Do you mean WITN?

Do you mean WITN?

Yep...I forgot my mental association of channel 7/WITN and Witney the Hobo.

*rotflmao*

I see WITn has a new noon anchor also. Welcome!

Annette is doing an awesome job on WNCT. Welcome if your reading this in
your spare time. :D

Eastern, will WNCT be doing a newscast at 10 on the CW or will they continue to do the
news for WFXI?

I see WITn has a new noon anchor also. Welcome!

Annette is doing an awesome job on WNCT. Welcome if your reading this in
your spare time. :D

Eastern, will WNCT be doing a newscast at 10 on the CW or will they continue to do the
news for WFXI?

WFXI as far as I know. I'm not privy to all that stuff so it's just a guess on my part. I've heard nothing to the contrary though. We're still 3-4 weeks out so anything could happen, I suppose.

Btw, last night, I was getting a signal on digital channel 21, but it must have been from somewhere else 'cause I know it can't be WYDO. *LOL*

Picked up WRAY for a bit here in VA tonight.
If they were in HD, I mighta bought some sheets & curtains :)

WFXI as far as I know. I'm not privy to all that stuff so it's just a guess on my part. I've heard nothing to the contrary though. We're still 3-4 weeks out so anything could happen, I suppose.

Btw, last night, I was getting a signal on digital channel 21, but it must have been from somewhere else 'cause I know it can't be WYDO. *LOL*


I'm hoping something happens... LOL I am now disconnected from analog TV
on two TV's and don't plan to hook it back up, so at ten I have been watching WSFX. They do have some news for my area, but not the amount that WCTI or WNCT
have.

Did you get video and audio on 21?

No, I was never able to lock the signal.

Got a email from Vicki Jones at WNCT, she said that The CW will be on 9.2 and that they will be moving Vipir to 9.3, And that late next year they plan on doing something to 9.3 radar, no details however.

Wonder how PQ will look on 9.1 HD and 9.2 SD?

Late next year? I hope I'm not old and wrinkled by then! lol

Although the transformation will probably happen before the Fox signal
gets going. I'll probably be in the ground by that time! :D

I heard an ad on the radio today for MyNetwork TV. It said it will be on MyNetwork 38 and 35. Does mean that the Greenville analog affiliate is going to drop "I" programming for MyNetwork? I'm still unclear on this whole thing since the Greenville affiliate isn't on digital-wise yet.

Yes, I know I work in the business, but does someone mind buying me a vowel here?

All I can guess is that MNTV will be on 35-1, i on 35-2 and Worship on 35-3.
35-1 looks horrible as they are upconverting the analog signal. I hope this will change
on Sept 5th.

38 I have no guess what they might do there. How they plan to get one signal or the
other to Kinston and Greenville should be interesting.

On the www.mynetworktv.com
site under stations it list PAX35/38 JAX / GVILLE as stations for MNWTV.

may be a couple of good days for distance....

I work at Atlantic Beach and usually listen to 99.x and today I can only get WMAG from High Point....were I moved from!

Pretty wild.... a new bern station from about 30 miles away is covered up by a station from around 250 miles away!

Tropo increasing in the next few days also!

I was listening to The X here in Jax just a half hour ago, and it sounded like something
was interfering. Last night I was getting all the South Carolina stations, WCBD, WTAT,
WCSC and the PBS. All digital.
I had to watch parts of the Panthers game on the Charleston Fox because the WIlmington
station was in and out.

Picked up Augusta Georgia this morning 6.1 6.2

Out of curiosity, what type of antenna do you fellas use (make and model)?

I use a Channel Master 4221 aimed at Brunswick county at the top of my mast, about
4 feet below that I have a Radio Shack VU 90 (I think it is, soon to be replaced) aimed at Greenville. These two are then routed to a channel master 7777 amp. All the coax is RG-6 and all the same length from the antennas to the amp.

It would be nice if Suddenlink would post where the CW, mynetworktv, etc. will be in their channel line-up on their channel 1 message board. Just so we'll know where to look for them when they debut. On another note ABC News Now is coming next month to the digital tier. Is WCTI broadcasting this OVA as well.

Does anyone foresee any interference problems if I run an RG6 cable through the same cord channel I have my speaker wire running through into my attic? Hopefully not, that will make my project of installing an attic mounted antenna possible.

Does anyone foresee any interference problems if I run an RG6 cable through the same cord channel I have my speaker wire running through into my attic? Hopefully not, that will make my project of installing an attic mounted antenna possible.

No.

Does anyone foresee any interference problems if I run an RG6 cable through the same cord channel I have my speaker wire running through into my attic? Hopefully not, that will make my project of installing an attic mounted antenna possible.

Me neither. :)

Suddenlink's announcement on new stations:

"On Sept. 18th, WCTI-DT / UPN - 48 which airs on channel 3 will discontinue broadcasting, We are in negotitations with the station that was managing UPN 48 to offer replacement programming. We will let everyone know as soon as the negotiations are complete and any new programming that will be on channel 3.

On Sept. 18th, WGWB TV6/WB which airs on channel 6 will become The CW Network will combine the best dramas and comedies from both the WB and UPN networks that are targeted to younger viewers, which include America's Next Top Model, Veronica Mars, Beauty and the Geek and Smallville. World Wrestling Entertainment's Smackdown is expected to continue"

Brandonw27858

How did your antenna work? I got mine back to full height again and it is working better than ever. I did have some freezing on WSFX and WITN, but not anymore. It's funny that during the storm the only channels that didn't freeze on me were WWAY and WSFX, all the others were unwatchable. WNCT would freeze occationally. When I turned on TV at 3 AM the only weather being given was by Scott and Phillip on 9. At that point it sounded like a loud engine roaring outside. The storm was worse than we expected around here. But still it could have been much worse!

I am what many people refer to as a procrastinator. My antenna is still sitting in it box nice and cozy in my spare bedroom. I was gonna wait for it to cool down a bit before I ventured into the attic. Plus I need to borrow a drill to mount the brackets which I have yet to buy, and I still need the 30-40 ft RG6 cabe and the 700ohm to RG6 converter. Hopefully I will complete this project soon, as football on Fox is swiftly approaching, like in 6 days, lol.

5.1 Wral-dt CBSHD
5.2 Wral News Channel

7.1 Witn-dt NBC HD
7.2 Witn 24/7 Wx

9.1 Wnct-dt CBS HD
9.2 Live Vipir Radar

11.1 Wtvd-dt ABC HD
11.2 Wtvd-dt2
11.3 Accuweather/news

12.1 Wcti-dt ABC HD
12.3 Wcti-dt2 UPN till next month

17.1 Wncn-dt NBC HD
17.2 Wncn-dt2
17.3 Nbc Wx Plus

19.1 Unc Tv PBS
19.2 Unc Hd
19.3 Unc Kids
19.4 Unc Education
19.5 Unc North Carolina

22.1 Wlfl-dt WB HD

25.1-25.5 Unc Ch's

28.1 Wrdc-dt UPN SD
28.2 The Tube

30.1 Wray-dt SD SHOP AT HOME/JEWLERY TV

50.1 Wraz-dt FOX HD
50.2 Wraz-dt2
50.3 Wral Wx Channel

I’m new to this type of stuff and have a few questions.

I just installed a VU-90 XR from Radio Shack. I have it about 24 ft. off the ground at the moment in a backyard full of pine trees that stretch well over a hundred feet in height.

I live about the midpoint between Greenville and Farmville and without much testing yet, I am able to pickup all of the above channels except for 22.1. This is just by pointing it in the general area of the main channel I wanted to get, FOX 50 HD and then swing it toward the other channels like 12 etc. (which I could only pick up on Channel 48 I believe it was). I am pleasantly surprised at the quality of the reception I’m getting.

My remaining questions are basically, do I need or would it help to have an amplifier or preamp or whatever they’re called and how important is it to make sure everything is grounded properly? Any recommendations would be appreciated!

Gregory

Did anyone see WITN NEWS at 11p Sunday night on channel 7.2, it aired on the 24/7 WX channel since the Nascar race was on 7.1 They took off the WX stuff and aired just the regular full screen. The picture quality was awesome, alot better than 12.3 I wish WITN would run a 7.3 with SD feed of 7.1

Did anyone see WITN NEWS at 11p Sunday night on channel 7.2, it aired on the 24/7 WX channel since the Nascar race was on 7.1 They took off the WX stuff and aired just the regular full screen. The picture quality was awesome, alot better than 12.3 I wish WITN would run a 7.3 with SD feed of 7.1

I didn't see the news last night, but that's a good idea in them doing that.

I thought it was just me thinking that 7.2 was exceptionally clear. To me it is clearer
than 7.1's standard def feed. Shouldn't this be the other way around? But it's not just WITN, I find the same issue exists with WWAY 3.2--When they had both 3.1 and
3.2 live with hurricane coverage, the picture on 3.2 was superior to 3.1 :confused:

On programs that both WITN and WECT carry at the same times such as Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, and Today, WECT 6.1's picture quality blows away WITN.

On 35.1 right now I have the logo MY 38/35 in the bottom right corner. 35.2 is still "i" and 35.3
Worship.
35.1 looks horrible still since it is being up converted.....

I wonder why WITN channel 7 HD was not broadcasting the Dolby 5.1 digital audio feed during last night's NFL game. NBC channel 17 out of Raleigh was. NBC advertised several times during the game that it was being broadcasted in HD and in Dolby 5.1.

This kinda leads to another question. First of all, I am very greatful I can receive just about all Raleigh stations from my home in Winterville. So, from a technical standpoint I can get the HD signals from Raleigh. But, as I search in these forums, hardly anything exciting ever happens in this forum or eastern NC as far as new TV/HDTV technologies is concerned. They constantly bicker in the Raleigh forum on which service provider has the best quality. Here in eastern NC we are lucky if we get it at all. We have no idea what is going on with our Fox station. Timewarner beats the socks off Suddenlink in service offerings. Nobody at Suddenlink will tell you if upgrades are in the works or not. I just got back from a trip to the northern Virginia area. My buddy up there had Verizon FIOS Internet. At any one time he had a 15 meg down rate 2 meg up rate for half the cost I pay for my SLOW 3 meg/512k broadband connection (I have the fastest connection my provider can provide). Embarq/Sprint must have exclusive rights on the exchanges in the 252 area code because IP phone service has been out for several years now, but every area code in the state is offered except for 252. I know I am ranting here. I also know that the ultimate reason for all this is money and the ability to make money from the service providers' investments. Its agravating though........ Just my thoughts....

An interesting tidbit for those living in Suddenlink's service area. There is starting to be more and more chatter on the Internet from reliable sources that Tiime Warner has made an offer to buy Suddenlink's operations in NC. Time Warner tried to buy it when Cox was selling, but Cox did not want to break up the deal. They wanted someone to buy all the for sale properties at once including those in the midwest. I guess we will wait and see.......... Like we usually do.......

Everyone has probably seen this on WNCT----

When you can't trust the weather trust the weatherman

Just recently I saw this going on WITN-------

When you can't trust the weather, trust the METEOROLOGISTS :rolleyes:

It seems that WITN felt like someone had taken their lollypop away and had to
come back with un-original material...

Another new piece includes, When the weather is BAD, the forecast has to be GOOD

So in other words the forecast is not good on other sources? I think they have
proven otherwise...

Just my two cents worth! :eek: :D ;) :p

I wonder why WITN channel 7 HD was not broadcasting the Dolby 5.1 digital audio feed during last night's NFL game. NBC channel 17 out of Raleigh was. NBC advertised several times during the game that it was being broadcasted in HD and in Dolby 5.1.

This was their response ->

When we installed our digital equipment NBC fed 5.1 Surround Sound in such a way that it was passed through
seamlessly. We researched and made a multi-million-dollar capital purchase of equipment based on that scenario.

Shortly after our installation they changed the configuration requiring us to obtain additional equipment
at an additional expense. We have not been able to receive approval for this additional expense at this time.

Michael Riddle
program/operations manager
WITN-TV

WITN isn't the only one not passing Digital 5.1---WECT which is the NBC in Southeast NC does not pass it either.
Of what I get locally this is what is and isn't 5.1

WWAY 3.1 Yes other non-network shows mono
WECT 6.1 NO but all shows are in Stereo
WITN 7.1 NO but all shows are in Stereo
WNCT 9.1 Yes other non-network shows mono
WCTI 12.1 NO (but Ken12 says it is coming one day) other non-network shows mono
WUNM 19.2 Yes all shows are in Stereo
WSFX 26.1 Yes all shows are in Stereo
WPXU 35.1 NO but all shows are in Stereo
WUNJ 39.2 Yes

Distant channels WRAL 5.1 Yes,
11.1 WTVD Yes with special effects sound on all shows and ads

New HD programming this week
WCTI-DT 12.1

The View HD

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

NEW HD PROGRAMMING COMING NEXT WEEK!!

WITN-DT 7.1

Starting
Monday 9/11
7:00pm Wheel of Fortune HD
7:30pm Jeopardy! HD

Starting
Wednesday 9/13
7:00am Today HD




Any other shows you know of besides the nightly series please post.
Talk shows, game shows, news, etc.


When CBS rebuilt the CBS Evening News set and brought in Katie I do not know why they did not go HD!

WHEEL & JEOPARDY! HD :D Cool!

I thought for sure CBS would go HD, what is wrong with them?! My bet is still ABC will be the
first evening news in HD. When is ABC news now coming back?


Eastern can we have a sneak peek at the CW line-up during the day?

When CBS rebuilt the CBS Evening News set and brought in Katie I do not know why they did not go HD!

Katie didn't want it. Most women on TV DO NOT like HD. It shows their flaws.

Foxeng,
Someone told me today that they are using a special camera to make Katie look slimer. At first
I thought they were joking, but after what you said, I believe it!

The CBS Press Office did put out a press photo of Katie that was doctored to make her looker slimmer. It is all over the net.

NEW HD PROGRAMMING COMING NEXT WEEK!!

WITN-DT 7.1

Starting
Monday 9/11
7:00pm Wheel of Fortune HD
7:30pm Jeopardy! HD

Is this confirmed with WITN? Sony (the distributer) says only 50 stations around the country will be delivering these two shows in HD...

TV Predictions (http://www.tvpredictions.com/jeopardyhd082106.htm)

Another great article here (http://hd.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=58639)...

The CBS Press Office did put out a press photo of Katie that was doctored to make her looker slimmer. It is all over the net.
Hmm... I have that photo in a magazine at my desk! *LOL*

JspENC, your question about CW lineup is coming soon! Probably first of next week...

JspENC, your question about CW lineup is coming soon! Probably first of next week...


Cool,

hmmmmmm, I wonder how Ken12 and Erik da Viking are doing with the invention of ENCTV?

JspENC, your question about CW lineup is coming soon! Probably first of next week...


Cool,

hmmmmmm, I wonder how Ken12 and Erik da Viking are doing with the invention of ENCTV?

I can't wait to see it; logo, programming, etc. Glad to see ENC will finally have an independent station. Hope it goes well!

Doesn't sound like MyNetworkTV is looking too promising based on overnights so far. CTI might have dodged a bullet not picking that up. Guess it takes time for a new network to get going anyway, but still not promising for MNT's overall future. Still, it's got Rupert Murdoch behind it so there's no telling how it will ultimately turn out... We shall see.

ENCTV 12.3
Daily starting at 5pm

5p Access Hollywood
5:30p Extra
6p A Different World
6:30p A Different World
7:00p Oprah
8:00p Maury
9:00p Jerry Springer
10p TV 12 News
10:30p Seinfeld
11:00p Everybody Loves Raymond
11:30 Blind date
12:30 Elimidate
1:00a- Paid programming

Is this confirmed with WITN? Sony (the distributer) says only 50 stations around the country will be delivering these two shows in HD...

TV Predictions (http://www.tvpredictions.com/jeopardyhd082106.htm)

Another great article here (http://hd.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=58639)...


Ill check with WITN and post response.

Im not to impressed with ENCTV 12.3 channel lineup.

Daily starting at 5pm

5p Access Hollywood
5:30p Extra
6p A Different World
6:30p A Different World
7:00p Oprah
8:00p Maury
9:00p Jerry Springer
10p TV 12 News
10:30p Seinfeld
11:00p Everybody Loves Raymond
11:30 Blind date
12:30 Elimidate
1:00a- Paid programming
Lets see how it does.



Me either, the best thing there is Maury, and that's not saying a lot....

Originally Posted by Brandonw27858
Awesome, I didn't even notice that the WB was listed above. My girlfriend is gonna love that, lol. Hopefully I can get this thing mounted Thursday when I am off work. Did I need to buy a special mount kit or is eveything in the box? Now if I only had a way to record the OTA HD onto my cablebox DVR, lol.

[QUOTE=avs0208]You will need a mounting kit, coax cable (RG6), and a 700ohm to RG6 converter. I bought the antenna bracket, cable, and converter from Lowes. The WB was great in HD, but it is being replaced in September. Does anyone know if the new CW channel will be in HD in eastern NC? If not, will any of the Raleigh stations carry it in HD?

Did you really mean a 700 ohm to RG6 converter? I went to Lowes and Radio Shack and neither place had it or had ever heard of it. The guy at RS gave me a 75 ohm to 300 ohm matching transformer http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062054&cp=&origkw=15-1253&kw=15-1253&parentPage=search to connect to the antenna and a cable coupler http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103648&cp to connect the transformer to the RG6 cable. Was this incorrect?

Im not to impressed with ENCTV 12.3 channel lineup.

Daily starting at 5pm

5p Access Hollywood
5:30p Extra
6p A Different World
6:30p A Different World
7:00p Oprah
8:00p Maury
9:00p Jerry Springer
10p TV 12 News
10:30p Seinfeld
11:00p Everybody Loves Raymond
11:30 Blind date
12:30 Elimidate
1:00a- Paid programming
Lets see how it does.At least the station can sell advertising with this line-up. I don't think it would work around here (SE VA). Just not enough programming to go around [8 full-power stations (not including 2 PBS outlets), a ninth is doing TBN].

avs0208, or anyone else. I also live in Winterville. What antenna are you using to get the Raleigh market channels? Do you have another one to get the Greenville market? Thanks for your help......Keith

[QUOTE=Brandonw27858]Originally Posted by Brandonw27858
[QUOTE=brandonw27858]Awesome, I didn't even notice that the WB was listed above. My girlfriend is gonna love that, lol. Hopefully I can get this thing mounted Thursday when I am off work. Did I need to buy a special mount kit or is eveything in the box? Now if I only had a way to record the OTA HD onto my cablebox DVR, lol.



Did you really mean a 700 ohm to RG6 converter? I went to Lowes and Radio Shack and neither place had it or had ever heard of it. The guy at RS gave me a 75 ohm to 300 ohm matching transformer http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062054&cp=&origkw=15-1253&kw=15-1253&parentPage=search to connect to the antenna and a cable coupler http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103648&cp to connect the transformer to the RG6 cable. Was this incorrect?[/QUOTE



I'm sorry, that was a typo. It is a 75 ohm to 300 ohm matching transformer http://accessories.rca.com/en-US/modeldetail.html?maincat=Connectivity&subcat=Transformers&modelnum=VH54. You should be able to find this at Lowes.

avs0208, or anyone else. I also live in Winterville. What antenna are you using to get the Raleigh market channels? Do you have another one to get the Greenville market? Thanks for your help......Keith


I bought my antenna from Radio Shack http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103088&cp=&pg=2&origkw=antenna&kw=antenna&parentPage=search. It is mounted in my attic pointed towards Raleigh. The local Greenville channels still come in strong accept for WCTI 12. I have cable so this is no problem. I only use this antenna for Fox HD and soon to be CW HD. It works great!

I live over by simpson and use a DB4 from antennasdirect. I get all the local channels as well as the Raleigh channels. Very compact also.

WCTI is much weaker than the others. That radio shack antenna is very directional. I had one
that I changed out for a CM 4221. It works better when the wind is blowing. I need to get
rid of the Radio shack combo I have, with this wind blowing today 7 and 12 are constantly
breaking up... I think it is the trees, plus a combination of over amplification of close-by antennas.

Well Mike Riddle got back to me about The wheel of fortune and Jeopardy in HD, for now it will not be in HD, they have turned in a request for more money to upgrade some of there equipment and there flexcoders that were installed in 2004. So maybe soon they will offer it.

Did ITN carry these two shows in HD???

Did ITN carry these two shows in HD???

No,
I tried to view it on WECT but it wouldn't come in tonight. Did anyone try WTVD?

[QUOTE=Brandonw27858]Originally Posted by Brandonw27858
[QUOTE=brandonw27858]Awesome, I didn't even notice that the WB was listed above. My girlfriend is gonna love that, lol. Hopefully I can get this thing mounted Thursday when I am off work. Did I need to buy a special mount kit or is eveything in the box? Now if I only had a way to record the OTA HD onto my cablebox DVR, lol.



Did you really mean a 700 ohm to RG6 converter? I went to Lowes and Radio Shack and neither place had it or had ever heard of it. The guy at RS gave me a 75 ohm to 300 ohm matching transformer http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062054&cp=&origkw=15-1253&kw=15-1253&parentPage=search to connect to the antenna and a cable coupler http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103648&cp to connect the transformer to the RG6 cable. Was this incorrect?[/QUOTE



I'm sorry, that was a typo. It is a 75 ohm to 300 ohm matching transformer http://accessories.rca.com/en-US/modeldetail.html?maincat=Connectivity&subcat=Transformers&modelnum=VH54. You should be able to find this at Lowes.

Will the transformer + the cable coupler I linked work? Or would it be easier to just use the one you linked? Also would gold connectors be a plus?

[QUOTE=avs0208][QUOTE=Brandonw27858]Originally Posted by Brandonw27858


Will the transformer + the cable coupler I linked work? Or would it be easier to just use the one you linked? Also would gold connectors be a plus?


It should. It is the same thing, but the opposite with the coupler being a gender changer. I would probably switch out for the transformer I noted. It will decrease the number of connections and limit loss. Plus, it only costs ~$5.

Some people would disagree with me, but I think gold connectors are a waste in most installations. I am not using any in my setup.

Wheel & Jeopardy

They are not in HD on Wect either... Oh well.

I worked on my antennas today and found a loose connection at the amp, plus some kind
of bug or spider had been living in the amp! It's no wonder the signals were bad. Now I
am getting WECT at 5pm instead of 7 pm or not at all. A few other stations are now at 100%
instead of 90%

Got a email from Mike Riddle at WITN. He said that some ECU football games will be replayed on WITN 24/7 WX channel, starting this weekend.

Im glad to see WITN putting some additional programming on WITNDT 7.2

WITN 7 News at 11 at times and now ECU football.
Maybe they will fire up 7.3.

Got a email from Mike Riddle at WITN. He said that some ECU football games will be replayed on WITN 24/7 WX channel, starting this weekend.

Im glad to see WITN putting some additional programming on WITNDT 7.2

WITN 7 News at 11 at times and now ECU football.
Maybe they will fire up 7.3.I wouldn't encourage them. I've seen WITN's SD PQ... it's sub-par compared to our NBC affiliate here in SE VA...

Your right VAR, their picture quality SD is horrible compared to others. I'm worried about how
WNCT is going to look with 3 channels going. The audio is absolutley horrid on 9.1
It makes me think we've gone back in time instead of improved. The analog 9 sound is better
than the digital...... It used to be good, I don't know what they did but they made a wrong adjustment somewhere.
If it doesn't improve when the CW comes on I guess I will send an e-mail in.

12.3 on the other hand is looking good lately!

Send an e-mail now about audio/video quality! Don't wait until all the components are in place. Let them know now what it looks/sounds like. They will need a reference to how it has improved/degraded. Friendly suggestion! :)

OK, I will send it tomorrow. I know they have the ability to check the picture quality on their
studio flat screen, but I hadn't thought that maybe they don't have the proper set-up and all the speakers to check the audio quality?
Does anyone else have any opinions before I start writing? lol

Now I can get a 7.3 Wonder what the purpose of this is? Something to do with Cable TV?

I'm getting 7.3 OTA and they are showing the 6 o'clock news. The channel is labeled New Ch.

I got a email from Mike Weeks I asked him earlier if they were going to add 7.3, also told him that if any thing a SD feed of 7.1 would be good because the Directv feed is not the best,
He replied they were testing 7.3 but would need to upgrade there flexcoder.

I told him how good the pq looked 7.2 when they ran WITN news at 11 on the weekend when sports ran over the 11p news.
Also they are going to have ECU football starting this weekend.

Your right VAR, their picture quality SD is horrible compared to others. I'm worried about how
WNCT is going to look with 3 channels going. The audio is absolutley horrid on 9.1
It makes me think we've gone back in time instead of improved. The analog 9 sound is better
than the digital...... It used to be good, I don't know what they did but they made a wrong adjustment somewhere.
If it doesn't improve when the CW comes on I guess I will send an e-mail in.

12.3 on the other hand is looking good lately!


I think 12.3 pq has been bad for a while now, Im still also waiting to see if this channel goes black Monday on Directv.

Ive been emailing WITN over the last couple of weeks about a 7.3 channel, mostly about if no new programming maybe a SD feed for those folks with out a Directv or Dish feed so they could get a full screen feed of WITN.

It would be nice for a 3rd channel of different programming. But its nice to see more coming to EC. Lets wait and see how The CW looks on WNCT.

Cool,
I sent engineering at WNCT an e-mail this morning about the audio level being so low and mentioned that my receiving equipment keeps reseting (turning on and off) when I tune to 9.1-- I would suggest everyone send in an advisement so things might get better sooner. When I get a reply I will post the info.

This morning I was tuned to 6.1 and my box shut off, came back on and went to WNCT.....

Crazy.

So is Directv going to add HD locals in January?

Ive been talking to WITN over the last couple of weeks about a 7.3 channel, mostly about if no new programming maybe a SD feed for those folks with out a Directv or Dish feed so they could get a full screen feed of WITN.

It would be nice for a 3rd channel of different programming. But its nice to see more coming to EC. Lets wait and see how The CW looks on WNCT.

The question is: Will WNCT present CW in 480i 4:3, or 480i 16:9 ??? My guess is that 98% of the TV's with ATSC tuners are widescreen, so it only makes sense that they would format it in 16:9 to take advantage of it.

But as broadcasters, my guess is they will do 4:3 so as not to upset the 4:3 crowd who can't even tune the channel anyway.

Any bets ?????

The question is: Will WNCT present CW in 480i 4:3, or 480i 16:9 ??? My guess is that 98% of the TV's with ATSC tuners are widescreen, so it only makes sense that they would format it in 16:9 to take advantage of it.

But as broadcasters, my guess is they will do 4:3 so as not to upset the 4:3 crowd who can't even tune the channel anyway.

Any bets ?????

I would suggest e-mailing Engineering and let them know your preference. Also mention audio/picture quality now and later so they will have a head's up.

I would suggest e-mailing Engineering and let them know your preference. Also mention audio/picture quality now and later so they will have a head's up.

Wouldn't do any good.

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Wouldn't do any good.

I guess you don't go and vote on Election day either.

If you have a suggestion, you should e-mail or call and get your voice heard. I guess it's easier to make a blanket statement than to muster the effort to let those in charge know what you'd like to see.. :rolleyes:

Eastern any word when we will see some activity on 9.3?
I figured WNCT would be doing some sort of testing unless they are going to drop the radar.

WITN 7.3 is now ID'd as Test.

Its kinda cool, it may just be luck, but back when WITN just ran 7.1, I kept suggesting a radar, and we got it, now Ive been mentioning 7.3 and bam! its up.
WITN seems to be more interested in DT, Ive suggested things to WCTI and WNCT and either get a shadey answer or not one at all.

From discussions here, The CW will drop at 12:01 Sunday night/Monday morning. There has been a flurry of activity and still is, but I wouldn't expect to see anything until then or Monday if there are problems. As far as I know, we're keeping 9.3 with the VIPIR for now. Not sure how that's going to turn out; that's why I'm encouraging feedback now. Don't wait until it's too late.

Btw, same thing goes for our CW website. I expect it will be online by Sunday night at the latest. I'm still working on it now. It's a fun process! NOT!!! *LOL*

I guess you don't go and vote on Election day either.

If you have a suggestion, you should e-mail or call and get your voice heard. I guess it's easier to make a blanket statement than to muster the effort to let those in charge know what you'd like to see.. :rolleyes:

I did what you suggested, e-mailed Bertie, even before you posted your response. :D

I voted last election as well. :mad:

I did what you suggested, e-mailed Bertie, even before you posted your response. :D

I voted last election as well. :mad:

Sorry for that... I was frustrated with the CW website I'm working on and I blew off the steam on you. Anyway, sorry. :)

No reply yet, and no inprovement in the low level audio.

Can't we take out our frustrations on our local Fox affiliate????? ;)

Can't we take out our frustrations on our local Fox affiliate????? ;)

Nah, we've bashed on them enough.