EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Jul 28, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading satellite television service provider, continues to strengthen its HD presence with the addition of 44 new HD local channel markets. By the end of 2008, DIRECTV will provide local HD broadcast channels in 121 cities, representing more than 88 percent of U.S. TV households. DIRECTV will begin the rollout of the new HD local markets in August and continue through the end of the year. The new markets include:

-- Augusta, Ga.
-- Bangor, Maine
-- Baton Rouge, La.
-- Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
-- Boise, Idaho
-- Burlington, Vt.-Plattsburgh, N.Y.
-- Butte-Bozeman, Mont.
-- Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, Ill.
-- Charleston, S.C.
-- Chattanooga, Tenn.
-- Colorado Springs-Pueblo, Colo.
-- Columbia-Jefferson City, Mo.
-- Davenport, Iowa-Rock Island, Ill.,
-- Dayton, Ohio
-- Des Moines-Ames, Iowa
-- Dothan, Ala.
-- El Paso, Texas
-- Evansville, Ind.
-- Fort Smith, Ark.
-- Fort Wayne, Ind.
-- Greenville-New Bern-Washington, N.C.
-- Harlingen-Brownsville, Texas
-- Harrisonburg, Va.
-- La Crosse-Eau Claire, Wis.
-- Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Ark.
-- Lincoln-Hastings, Neb.
-- Macon, Ga.
-- Mobile AL-Pensacola, Fla.
-- Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C.
-- Norfolk-Newport News, Va.
-- Palm Springs, Calif.
-- Peoria-Bloomington, Ill.
-- Richmond-Petersburg, Va.
-- Rockford, Ill.
-- Rochester, N.Y.
-- Moline, Ill.
-- Savannah, Ga.
-- Sioux Falls, S.D.
-- South Bend-Elkhart, Ind.
-- Springfield-Holyoke, Mass.
-- Syracuse, N.Y.
-- Tallahassee, Fla.
-- Toledo, Ohio
-- Traverse City-Cadillac, Mich.
-- Youngstown, Ohio

"With the rollout of 44 new HD local markets, DIRECTV continues to strengthen its position as the leading provider of quality HD programming among cable and satellite competitors nationwide," said Derek Chang, executive vice president, Content Strategy and Development, DIRECTV, Inc. "Our DIRECTV 11 satellite has recently begun operations and significantly expands our capacity for more national and local HD channels. And as we have with the SuperFan(R) service for MLB EXTRA INNINGS(R) and NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM) and our multi-screen coverage of US Open golf, we will continue to use HD to enhance our unique interactive services to provide our customers with more of what they want and expect from us - the best television experience available."

DIRECTV will deliver HD programming from the primary broadcast networks - ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC - where available and authorized, to customers who subscribe to any TOTAL CHOICE(R) programming package that offers local channels. DIRECTV HD customers will continue to pay only a $9.99 access fee, allowing them to receive DIRECTV's premier HD technology and all channels broadcast in HD that are tied to their particular base programming package.

Customers should visit directv.com to learn more about the full complement of DIRECTV's HD programming lineup including existing channels, new channels, details on equipment required for the new DIRECTV HD services and updates on when the new markets will launch.

With the DIRECTV 11 satellite just introduced to the fleet and the launch of the DIRECTV 12 satellite next year, DIRECTV will have the capacity to deliver 200 national HD channels and 1,500 local HD and digital channels in addition to new advanced programming services for customers nationwide.

HD LIL from DirecTV is great news. I have trees in exactly the wrong spot to get a very consistent signal from WCTI. My LOS for the DirecTV dish is phenomenal, though.

HD LIL from DirecTV is great news. I have trees in exactly the wrong spot to get a very consistent signal from WCTI. My LOS for the DirecTV dish is phenomenal, though.

When WCTI gets back on 12 for digital, they will blast all through ENC from just east of Fayetteville up to Ahoskie and below Wilmington with their VHF signal. WNCT and WCTI will be the two beasts in this area next year.

Also starting August 14th Directv will launch additional national HD channels bringing its HD total to 130 National HD channels, channels include; Planet Green HD, ABC Family, Showtime Showcase HD, Showtime Extreme HD, 23 RSNs, and HD PPVs.
Directv will also later this year offer movies in 1080p.
These will most likely be via Directv on Demand.

CBS Evening News went HD today. Looks really good, live shots are HD.

Broadcast ended with a video about HD, the difference in SD and HD, showed the opening of the first color broadcast of CBS NEWS with Walter Kronkite, in 1966.
Had the Director of CBS Evening News Steve Besner, who said he was there when the show went to color from black and white, from film to video tape, and now from SDTV to HDTV.

Now that the Evening News is HD when will the Early show go HD?
And when will the ABC News go HD, they have there morning show in HD.

CBS Evening News went HD today. Looks really good, live shots are HD.

Broadcast ended with a video about HD, the difference in SD and HD, showed the opening of the first color broadcast of CBS NEWS with Walter Kronkite, in 1966.
Had the Director of CBS Evening News Steve Besner, who said he was there when the show went to color from black and white, from film to video tape, and now from SDTV to HDTV.

Now that the Evening News is HD when will the Early show go HD?
And when will the ABC News go HD, they have there morning show in HD.

I guess WNCT didn't have problems with CBS Evening News' audio on the HD Feed like most of the other affiliates did (those that broadcast in 5.1). Early Show is supposed to go HD by the end of '09. ABC World News I believe is going HD on Monday, September 8th. The other ABC News programs should be in HD that same week (if I remember correctly) except for World News Now, America This Morning and ABC News Now.

Updated at 8:34 p.m.:
Best Source I could find on ABC News Programs going HD the week of Sept. 8th: http://www.b-roll.net/forum/archive/index.php/t-20190.html.

WNCTs CBS News Cast has no audio for the first few minutes, switched to SD then back to HD.

I had both WFXI and WYDO coming in last night. WFXI looked great, WYDO looked crappy.

There was no psip and the clocks were in January and February. No HD last night, and the sound was sometimes coming from just the right side during certain advertisements.

According to DirecTV's website, our market should receive HD LILs by the end of October. They have the new DMAs for HD LIL broken down by month.

I keep getting blackouts on ABC and ENC. Something must have blown.

I used to get an 80%-90% Signal Strength for 9-1 CH. I am struggling with a 57%. What's going on? Does anybody have an answer?
Thanks

I'm getting a 90% on WNCT at 42 miles.

Has anybody noticed the lack on HD on WYDO? The last few times I've tuned in to watch various programs that should have been in HD it was in SD. House was an example last night.

More American TV households are receiving video programming via an alternate delivery system (ADS) than ever before while wired cable's penetration percentage hit an 18-year low, according to a TVB analysis of Nielsen Media Research data for July 2008. (read more - TVNEWSDAY (http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2008/08/13/daily.6/))

Has anybody noticed the lack on HD on WYDO? The last few times I've tuned in to watch various programs that should have been in HD it was in SD. House was an example last night.

Last night WFXI was not in HD either.

Directv added additional HD channels today.

ABC FAMILY HD
PLANET GREEN HD
SHOWTIME EXTREME HD
SHOWTIME SHOWCASE HD

18 HD PPV CHANNELS

9 Full time RSN HD CHANNELS including FSN SOUTH HD

WCTI was given the construction permit for this pattern.

http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/fm_tv_service_areas/maps/DT1250678.gif

WUNK, WFXI, WYDO, and WPXU as far as I can tell, still have not had their applications approved for expansion of their coverage.

WCTI was given the construction permit for this pattern.

I wish they'd do something. I have trouble picking them up from just east of Ayden. 7, 9, 14 (no HD lately) and 25 all come in great. 12 is a hit or miss proposition though.

Last night WFXI was not in HD either.


I thought I noticed that last night when trying to watch the Panthers. It did not look HD and it was in 4:3! I hope we are not going to have another year of this!:mad:

Did you notice any drop outs last night?

I watched WSFX from Wilmington last night for the game. There was a lot of interference and I wasn't able to view WFXI. I did notice some pixelation late last evening on both WCTI and ENC TV. I think it was due to the temperature inversion stuff again.

I am still working on a lot of problems due to moving FOX up here to New Bern and learning how Fox does things. Things are getting better as each day goes by. I do think we have the major problems with the microwave fade worked out. I still have a couple of old analog transmitters that have been causing some problems as of late but I need to baby them along till 2009. I even had a fire at the WYDO transmitter site last week that caused some major damange and took us off the air for most of the day. Most of all it tied me up for two days when I could of been working on other things. We have made improvements in the analog picture on both WFXI and WYDO. I will get the rest of the problems worked out as fast as I can. I have not been posting much recently because I've been busy trying to get things working.

Ken

Good luck Ken. I have noticed the picture is looking really good all around. Hopefully this Tropical storm won't come in here and take time away from your progression.

I am having problems with WITN over the last week or so. I think my amp (needed to pull in 12) is overamplifying channel 7, which is very close. For the duration of the Olympics, I am switching from the roof-mount UHF antenna with amp to a cheap set of rabbit ears. This pulls in a more consistent signal for 7,9 and 14 (all close).

I had been having too many signal losses on just 7-1 to endure during the Olympics. While on rabbit ears, I cannot pull in 12-1 (Sorry, Ken).

Any news on DirecTV adding equipment for the HD carriage they announced for the market? They said it would be up in October.

I am still working on a lot of problems due to moving FOX up here to New Bern and learning how Fox does things. Things are getting better as each day goes by. Ken

No problem. You keep fixing and we'll keep reporting. BTW, that video machine is still repeating the last few seconds of local spots. I really, really, really wish you guys would fix that.

No problem. You keep fixing and we'll keep reporting. BTW, that video machine is still repeating the last few seconds of local spots. I really, really, really wish you guys would fix that.

Is anybody else seeing this because I'm not not sure what is going on.

Ken

RMartin,

What channel is it on? 12, 14, ENC or all of them? I haven't seen it I don't think...

RMartin,

What channel is it on? 12, 14, ENC or all of them? I haven't seen it I don't think...

Only on 14. Local spots only. It happens all of the time but not on every local spot. It's kinda random.

Only on 14. Local spots only. It happens all of the time but not on every local spot. It's kinda random.

I have seen it also. Channel 14, Suddenlink 702.

Does anyone in the Emerald Isles area know what QAM channels the local cable system has? Im going camping in a few weeks and my HDTV in the camper has a QAM tuner and hopefully I can get the local HD channels.

Does anyone in the Emerald Isles area know what QAM channels the local cable system has? Im going camping in a few weeks and my HDTV in the camper has a QAM tuner and hopefully I can get the local HD channels.

This should be a good start.

http://www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/channels

This should be a good start.

http://www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/channels

I put in 28557 as the Zip Code Morehead City and got the Charlotte Area (Zip Code 28538). I tried Kinston (28501) and New Bern (28560) and got the same result. I tried my town of Weaverville (28787) and got Hickory (28601). Not a reliable source.

Of course, that site depends on people in the area owning a particular product, so if nobody in your zip code owns an HDHomeRun, it's going to pick the nearest zip code where somebody does own one.

I made myself a list of zip codes such that I can see as many stations as possible in the over-the-air section of that site, and there are still large parts of the US missing. It's just the luck of the draw on that site really.

- Trip

Anyone at the TV stations want to share the fall daytime line-up? I saw where "The Doctors" is going to be on WNCT and WECT, but I haven't noticed anything else, though I haven't been watching much TV either, so I probably missed something...

I am looking forward to Kitchen Nightmares on FOX and Deal or No Deal on NBC. I saw a spot for Deal, and it was in HD, so maybe the show will be in HD this time?

Last year Lynette Taylor referred to VT as a power house. Earlier this evening Brian Meador patronized ECU by calling VT a power house as well. WITN you really pick them. ECU has never played a power house unless WITN news staffers have their way with their over sized comments...
Stay tuned...

Last year Lynette Taylor referred to VT as a power house. Earlier this evening Brian Meador patronized ECU by calling VT a power house as well. WITN you really pick them. ECU has never played a power house unless WITN news staffers have their way with their over sized comments...
Stay tuned...

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What is your point?
Thank you

Last year Lynette Taylor referred to VT as a power house. Earlier this evening Brian Meador patronized ECU by calling VT a power house as well. WITN you really pick them. ECU has never played a power house unless WITN news staffers have their way with their over sized comments...
Stay tuned...

The point is that your statement was both off-topic and meant to irritate the local crowd. It served no useful purpose because it was a subjective criticism of a subjective assessment. While barely related to the topic of the thread, the intention overshadowed any possible benefit.

Each football season, you seem convinced it is your goal to irritate the locals. As usual you succeeded.

The point is that your statement was both off-topic and meant to irritate the local crowd. It served no useful purpose because it was a subjective criticism of a subjective assessment. While barely related to the topic of the thread, the intention overshadowed any possible benefit.

Each football season, you seem convinced it is your goal to irritate the locals. As usual you succeeded.
Thank you Mr. Jones! I simply commented on WITN staff comments. Had they NOT made those unfounded comments we would NOT have this conversation. This forum is to comment about the local stations. If your friend Jamie can talk about the local stations bloopers WHY can't I comment about ECU being patronized by WITN? Oh I forgot we live in the double standard area called the south meaning I am NOT good enough; I get it...
Mr. Jones again thanks.

The point is that your statement was both off-topic and meant to irritate the local crowd. It served no useful purpose because it was a subjective criticism of a subjective assessment. While barely related to the topic of the thread, the intention overshadowed any possible benefit.

Each football season, you seem convinced it is your goal to irritate the locals. As usual you succeeded.-1. Never irrated me... LOL

I would like to know how Electrico defines "power house." It's all relative.

Heck, compared to Duke most high school football teams would be considered powerhouses.

It always amazes me that people will complain about this or that...but they keep watching....and complaining...and watching. Why? Is your remote stuck? I'll gladly buy you new batteries. Point is...if you don't like something, move on.

Just to keeep this post on topic...did anyone notice WITN's digital signal on Suddenlink going to black early this morning? I was trying to watch the Olympics and it got a little annoying. Couldn't tell if it was the cable, WITN or NBC.

It always amazes me that people will complain about this or that...but they keep watching....and complaining...and watching. Why? Is your remote stuck? I'll gladly buy you new batteries. Point is...if you don't like something, move on.

Just to keeep this post on topic...did anyone notice WITN's digital signal on Suddenlink going to black early this morning? I was trying to watch the Olympics and it got a little annoying. Couldn't tell if it was the cable, WITN or NBC.
I got OTA/D* and I was runnning about 86% SS. I'd say WITN or NBC.

-1. Never irrated me... LOL

It didn't bother me either. I don't bother to comment on the news channels much anymore unless it's positive in nature. ;)

What happened to 9-1 this morning(0130-0230) when Without A Trace was on? Five minutes or so into the show the video signal was lost. My Denon A/V rcvr. was still showing the 5.1 sound active. On the screen there was a bar color pattern along with that sharp signal sound. About an hour later the CBS News To the Minute was on meaning CH 9-1 reconnected with CBS. Did anybody have the same problem?
Thnx

Thank you Mr. Jones! I simply commented on WITN staff comments. Had they NOT made those unfounded comments we would NOT have this conversation. This forum is to comment about the local stations. If your friend Jamie can talk about the local stations bloopers WHY can't I comment about ECU being patronized by WITN? Oh I forgot we live in the double standard area called the south meaning I am NOT good enough; I get it...
Mr. Jones again thanks.

You specifically try to rub people the wrong way. It has nothing to do with you being from the south, north, east or west. But complaining that the local team is overrated by the local news media could be a complaint in any market of the US. Powerhouse is a terribly subjective term with almost no meaning anymore.

You specifically try to rub people the wrong way. It has nothing to do with you being from the south, north, east or west. But complaining that the local team is overrated by the local news media could be a complaint in any market of the US. Powerhouse is a terribly subjective term with almost no meaning anymore.
Mr. Jones:
Your assessment is way out of line. I have the right to state/repeat/critique what WITN said. Other forums members clearly stated that they were NOT bothered by my comment. You Mr. Jones decided to embark in a personal crusade against me and the tone of your post clearly confirms that. I know what powerhouse means and I don't need your English lecture. Save it for an uneducated person. I am very well educated, thank you. WITN(Ms. Taylor and Mr. Meador) referred to Virginia Tech(VT) as a powerhouse. By college football standards VT is NOT a powerhouse. I repeat VT is NOT a powerhouse. VT has never won a National Championship. VT has not gone to a BCS bowl at least in the last three years. VT has never had a Heisman trophy winner, etc. I could go on and on. If you want to debate college football I suggest you back-up your rhetoric with facts, Sir.
Thank you

And now that all of that nonsense has been said.... Can we get back, at least a little close, to the topic of HDTV in the Greenville MSA? Some people don't give a rat's butt about college sports of any kind.

The viewers voice on 9 said that next year we would get the CW in HD. It is on the episode that aired two weeks ago.

Also the episode that disappointed me when the station agreed with a viewer who wrote that a "babbling weatherman" interrupted Big Brother for 18 minutes during a Tornadic situation.

One day a tornado will visit her town, and she may not be warned. (Especially if the crawls don't get fixed) Last night was Scott Sumners last airing on the CW according to the anchor at the end of the news.

Well Scott Sumners bio is gone from WNCT.COM, also on the viewers voice segment a couple of weeks ago where the viewer complained about the 18 mins of babbling, they said it was excessive and have taken action. Well it appears that they may of gave Scott the boot.
He really in my opion never really did a great job, seemed real green.

Also they said The CW would be HD in 2009. How are they going to do that, With CBS being the HD feed on 9. Unless they are going to give CW its own digital channel.

Mr. Jones:
Your assessment is way out of line. I have the right to state/repeat/critique what WITN said. Other forums members clearly stated that they were NOT bothered by my comment. You Mr. Jones decided to embark in a personal crusade against me and the tone of your post clearly confirms that. I know what powerhouse means and I don't need your English lecture. Save it for an uneducated person. I am very well educated, thank you. WITN(Ms. Taylor and Mr. Meador) referred to Virginia Tech(VT) as a powerhouse. By college football standards VT is NOT a powerhouse. I repeat VT is NOT a powerhouse. VT has never won a National Championship. VT has not gone to a BCS bowl at least in the last three years. VT has never had a Heisman trophy winner, etc. I could go on and on. If you want to debate college football I suggest you back-up your rhetoric with facts, Sir.
Thank you

My point was simply that it's not the right place to debate college football.

Do any of you guys have any extra satellite dishes that you would like to get rid of?

Do any of you guys have any extra satellite dishes that you would like to get rid of?

What kind do you need?

My point was simply that it's not the right place to debate college football.

Agreed...there are many of us who could not possibly care any less about football...

My point was simply that it's not the right place to debate college football.
Mr. Jones:
WITN(Ms. Taylor and Mr. Meador) made the "powerhouse" comment which is unfounded, period. I proved that the "powerhouse" label is preposterous, ludicrous and baseless. I did NOT attack the ECU FB team. Once more my strong criticism was directed at the "powerhouse" comment. You took it personally. Sore losers take things personally because they can NOT handle things any other way. That is your interpretation and finally your sanctimonious stand. What else is new? Your friend Jamie just commented about CH. 9 Scott Sumner's 16 minutes dialog and that is OK. Like I said before there are double standards and "preferred" customers, go figure.
Thank you

bickering must stop or you will be asked to leave the thread

What kind do you need?


I would like to have one with multiple lnb's from dish network if possible, but any old dish that someone would like to get rid of will work.

Well Scott Sumners bio is gone from WNCT.COM, also on the viewers voice segment a couple of weeks ago where the viewer complained about the 18 mins of babbling, they said it was excessive and have taken action. Well it appears that they may of gave Scott the boot.
He really in my opion never really did a great job, seemed real green.

Also they said The CW would be HD in 2009. How are they going to do that, With CBS being the HD feed on 9. Unless they are going to give CW its own digital channel.

In my opinion, S.S. did a fairly decent job. I think because he didn't get enough air time that he never really developed the speaking skills. When he was on more often, I noticed great improvements. Other times, he would get what he wanted to say mixed up with the right wording, but his forecasts were accurate, and when he speaked, it wasn't "rushed" to the point of it going right over your head.

WITN's new folks are green in that they don't know the area well.

It just seems that when you finally get used to watching someone, they get fired.:mad:

I have no idea how they may do the CW either...

Eastern,
Do you know how WNCT is going to have The CW in HD? According to The Viewers Voice segment, Allen Hoffman said The CW in HD in 2009.

Mr. Jones:
WITN(Ms. Taylor and Mr. Meador) made the "powerhouse" comment which is unfounded, period. I proved that the "powerhouse" label is preposterous, ludicrous and baseless. I did NOT attack the ECU FB team. Once more my strong criticism was directed at the "powerhouse" comment. You took it personally. Sore losers take things personally because they can NOT handle things any other way. That is your interpretation and finally your sanctimonious stand. What else is new? Your friend Jamie just commented about CH. 9 Scott Sumner's 16 minutes dialog and that is OK. Like I said before there are double standards and "preferred" customers, go figure.
Thank you

I take nothing personally because you do not know me. Enjoy whatever assumptions you have concerning me, but let's keep the thread moving by discussing the topic at hand.

Time spent on a topic is an objective problem. If a channel spends 20 minutes on sports and 10 minutes on everything else, that can be a problem and should be discussed here. The opinions expressed in the stories, though, are a bit off-topic. Local news injects tons of opinion into each story and we could spend hundreds of posts arguing about how many of their opinions disagree with our own. The thread, has for a long time, focused on factual subjective information. For instance, if the weather coverage is moved to the top of the hour in the news program, that would be significant. If the meteorologist is wrong 90% of the time with the precipitation prediction, that is significant. But if they cover a story in a way that displeases us individually, I just don't see why that makes it here.



Now, has anyone noticed that WITN's signal is stronger lately? I have been having problems with it being overamplified here. While this should be a short-term problem considering DirecTV's carriage announcement, it is irritating for the few remaining months. Right now, I have a choice of WITN being too strong or WCTI being too weak.

It just seems that when you finally get used to watching someone, they get fired.:mad:

I have no idea how they may do the CW either...

For the record, SS was not fired. Think about when he started... it was 3 years ago. Contracts in this market typically run 2-3 years. That is why you see such turnover among reporters, etc.

I do not know what the plan is for CW-HD. I do know that there are encoders that can supposedly handle two HD channels but I do not know if that is the game plan. I do know that right now, CW+, which is what WNCT provides, is not offered to affiliates in HD. It is supposed to be offered in HD later this year I presume.

For the record, SS was not fired. Think about when he started... it was 3 years ago. Contracts in this market typically run 2-3 years. That is why you see such turnover among reporters, etc.

I do not know what the plan is for CW-HD. I do know that there are encoders that can supposedly handle two HD channels but I do not know if that is the game plan. I do know that right now, CW+, which is what WNCT provides, is not offered to affiliates in HD. It is supposed to be offered in HD later this year I presume.

I would be concerned about picture quality if attempting to push out two HD channels in the same bandwidth. Though the encoders are more efficient now, there is still degradation.

For the record, SS was not fired. Think about when he started... it was 3 years ago. Contracts in this market typically run 2-3 years. That is why you see such turnover among reporters, etc.

That's good to know. When Jamie said he figured he got the boot, I assumed he may have known more...

Basically his contract was not renewed, or he choose to move on. Anyway he will be missed.:)

Do you think we will see a new face soon?

I would be concerned about picture quality if attempting to push out two HD channels in the same bandwidth. Though the encoders are more efficient now, there is still degradation.

Maybe they will build another channel just for CW? An encoder for two HD's is bound to be a big expense... We will just have to wait.:p

easternncnewswat,

I apologize for hijacking this forum for a moment, but from reading several posts I assume you work for WNCT.

Philip Jones is my baby brother. I live in Hickory, so I only get to watch him on the web.

Certainly enjoyed my Pirates beating his Tar Heels last year!

The Wilmington stations might be following this thread...

One station 3 now sports a spot that when any county goes under Tornado Warning, that they will stay on the air until the warning expires, is cancelled or the storm has moved on, no matter what program is on, and that it is a matter of safety. This is the way they have always done it, and will continue to do it this way.
Another station 6 in that area during the weather the other night displayed a double crawl, something I have never seen before... Even warned for Lenoir county, Wayne county and Moore county. I guess they have some viewers way out there?

One station 3 now sports a spot that when any county goes under Tornado Warning, that they will stay on the air until the warning expires, is cancelled or the storm has moved on, no matter what program is on, and that it is a matter of safety. This is the way they have always done it, and will continue to do it this way.

We have been doing that here in the Triad for years. Not just my station but all the news stations. If a county in our area goes into a tornado warning, we are on the air, no matter what time of day or night or program. Wednesday we hit the air at 12:45, 15 mins after our noon news and was on until 3:30 and then went back on air at 4:15 and remained into the 5:00 news. And those weather cut-ins are available on line as well. Just another day at the office.

I've seen a few posts about Direct TV carrying HD locals, but does anyone know about Dish? I remember seeing somewhere that we would be included sometime this summer, but haven't heard anything lately.

Does anyone in the Emerald Isles area know what QAM channels the local cable system has? Im going camping in a few weeks and my HDTV in the camper has a QAM tuner and hopefully I can get the local HD channels.

Unfortunately silicondust does not have Emerald Isle nor Morehead City. I can tell you that it is Time Warner so you will be able to do a scan and find the normal networks via your QAM tuner. Can’t help you with the channels numbers as they may have a different mapping in EI compared to Morehead.

PS....Keep an eye on Hanna!

I am still working on a lot of problems due to moving FOX up here to New Bern and learning how Fox does things. Things are getting better as each day goes by. I do think we have the major problems with the microwave fade worked out. I still have a couple of old analog transmitters that have been causing some problems as of late but I need to baby them along till 2009. I even had a fire at the WYDO transmitter site last week that caused some major damange and took us off the air for most of the day. Most of all it tied me up for two days when I could of been working on other things. We have made improvements in the analog picture on both WFXI and WYDO. I will get the rest of the problems worked out as fast as I can. I have not been posting much recently because I've been busy trying to get things working.

Ken

Sorry to hear you have been so busy!

I did notice the game last night was in 720 and was much better.

Please keep it up….The Panthers are going to Disney Land!

We have been doing that here in the Triad for years. Not just my station but all the news stations. If a county in our area goes into a tornado warning, we are on the air, no matter what time of day or night or program. Wednesday we hit the air at 12:45, 15 mins after our noon news and was on until 3:30 and then went back on air at 4:15 and remained into the 5:00 news. And those weather cut-ins are available on line as well. Just another day at the office.

Ken's stations stay on pretty much the whole time now I believe, WITN is the worst for not getting the warnings on, but WNCT is heading down their path it seems as of late... There was a Tornado on the ground in our neighboring county the other night, and Skip had the word out instantly along with the Wilmington channels.

Sorry to hear you have been so busy!

I did notice the game last night was in 720 and was much better.

Please keep it up….The Panthers are going to Disney Land!

Ken,

WFXI looked better than WSFX last night! This is a first on a ball game.:D

I am curious if anyone else in the Greenville area is having trouble receiving WCTI ABC OTA in HD. I was able to pick this up earlier this year using my amplified rabbit ears in the attic. The signal completely dissapeared a few months ago and I just figured it was a temporary problem or something. Now that football season is starting again I have a need for this station again. I just tried tuning in for the Clemson vs Alabama game and there is still no signal strength. I am forced to settle for the standard def feed from DISH which looks like crap on this TV.

I searched the forums and did not find any discussion related to this station recently. Im sorry if this has already been discussed somewhere else. Did WCTI change towers or drop their power or something? Also I have been promised by DISH that Greenville locals will be HD over the satellite before the end of the year. Does anyone know a more specific date. Thanks.

In response to WCTI HD

It has been mentioned before a few months back that others were/are having problems getting the signal. Even down here in Jacksonville I noticed it dropped off some. Ken said he has checked the transmitter more than once and doesn't see a problem with it. There has to be some sort of interference that started affecting the penetration of the station though... What it is is unknown. The only thing to do is get an outside antenna and a directional one.

Unfortunately silicondust does not have Emerald Isle nor Morehead City. I can tell you that it is Time Warner so you will be able to do a scan and find the normal networks via your QAM tuner. Can’t help you with the channels numbers as they may have a different mapping in EI compared to Morehead.

PS....Keep an eye on Hanna!

Got down to Emerald Isle Friday, and I get WCTI HD, ENC, WITN HD, WITN WX, WNCT HD, THE CW, UNC TV, UNC KD, UNC ED, UNC NC, UNC HD(ALL 5 UNC CHANNELS ARE FULL TIME) HD, NC, ED 24 HRS, NEWS CAROLINA 14, FOX HD.

Most of the analog channels are very clear, probally the best cable picture ive seen, good basic line up.

Jamie,

They have significantly improved the analog stations not to long ago out of Newport and Jacksonville, I think they are using Fiber feeds now instead of antennas... News 14? Didn't know they had that here. I heard they had just turned it on in Wilmington though.

I think we may have to deal with Hanna in less than a week. Eeeek We could use the rain though. I had over 4.50 inches Tuesday and Wednesday, but it ALL soaked in it was so dry.

The interference for WCTI is probably channel 48 from Greensboro. Once we get further out of the summer and into the fall the problem will begin to clear up.

I still get WGHP-DT most mornings. Those Greensboro stations really make their way down east.

I still get WGHP-DT most mornings. Those Greensboro stations really make their way down east.

And I hope you are enjoying the programming! :D

The interference for WCTI is probably channel 48 from Greensboro. Once we get further out of the summer and into the fall the problem will begin to clear up.

That would explain my constant problems with 12. I usually have to watch 11 instead.

Thanks for the update on WCTI. So it sounds like the WCTI signal is receiving interference from a Greensboro channel or another unknown source. You mentioned this problem may decrease into the fall season this year. What does this have to do with the signal strength? I don't plan on installing an external antennae at this time so I guess I will just have to cross my fingers and hope DISH switches on local channels in HD soon.

For those who might be interested in watching news in HD and are in the southern portions of this market, channels 6 and 26 from Wilmington started broadcasting their newscasts in HD yesterday. The graphics look really good along with the picture quality.

Really looking forward to someone around here getting HD graphics/cameras.

Those interested in the Hurricane coverage from the Gulf area, Directv has WDSU from New Orleans up on channel 361.

Ken,

WIll FOX 8 or WCTI have the ACC football this season, or both? I think I saw where Raycom is shooting them in HD.

******

I just looked at Hanna, and I would suggest lowering or taking down your antennas so they don't blow down. Doesn't look good for us this time.:eek:

http://www.hurricanecity.com/wx/images/tropical/plotsystemforecast_NT_2008_8_atlantic_merc_o1440x1080_608_M1 122_M028_M0056_1280x960_640_480_2600e8f606f10a1813b4fad34370 b2db.png

Heres a link to the New Orleans area big 4 networks, all on one screen at the same time.

www.maroonspoon.com/wx/gustav.html

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6520063343

This is an Opposition Comment to WYDO-DT's request to relocate from channel 14 to 47, filed by WRAL-DT, which is moving to channel 48 next year...

- Trip

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6520063343

This is an Opposition Comment to WYDO-DT's request to relocate from channel 14 to 47, filed by WRAL-DT, which is moving to channel 48 next year...

- Trip

Doesn't look good does it... They either are going to have to move the tower a little bit east, or probably forget it. I doubt anyone that argues with Capitol will win. Can't do it on 50 any better, maybe something in the 30's. It was stupid of Piedmont to give up channel 21 the way they did. Everything is so tight with DT.

Channels 39 is completely open, channel 45 is open except for WNLO-CD in Norfolk.

- Trip

Channels 39 is completely open, channel 45 is open except for WNLO-CD in Norfolk.

- Trip

Has anyone seen the commercial for STAND UP FOR CANCER that has
WITN, WNCT, and WCTIs anchors. Pretty cool seeing them on the same commercial.
Heather King, Jami Turner, and Annette Newell

Has anyone seen the commercial for STAND UP FOR CANCER that has
WITN, WNCT, and WCTIs anchors. Pretty cool seeing them on the same commercial.
Heather King, Jami Turner, and Annette Newell

I just actually got to see it tonight for the first time! Pretty cool to see everyone come together for a good cause. :)

I think it is cool also. I never thought I'd see all stations together on a commercial. WITN doesn't even show the competition at Christmas time on the parades, at least they didn't used to when I actually would watch them. lol

Are you guys ready to watch t.s/hurricane coverage this weekend?
Which local channel do you find yourself drawn to the most - who is your favorite weather team?

Normally, I only watch local weather on WITN, but during hurricanes I like to switch back and forth between them all - WNCT usually has some cool graphics.

I get around to all the channels. I'm not really stuck on one like some are. I've talked to different people about the local channels and most that I have asked say there is only one they watch and they can't stand this one or that one... Don't like so and so channel...

I've found myself lately watching 12 because they seem to have the best and longest weather segments. WNCT's and WITN's have been cut way down IMO and are rushed.

I can't stand any of our local channels, but when I do watch it's generally WITN... WNCT really irks me with all the constant whoring out of their news.

Unless there's something I really want to see and that I know will only be on the local channels I watch WRAL. IMO the best news product in the southeast.

I can't stand any of our local channels, but when I do watch it's generally WITN... WNCT really irks me with all the constant whoring out of their news.

Unless there's something I really want to see and that I know will only be on the local channels I watch WRAL. IMO the best news product in the southeast.

Er, ok... I agree with you about WRAL. Always thought they were the best in NC if not the southeast.

I also tend to watch CTI since I grew up in New Bern.

I see enough of our news while at work.

Actually, it's surprising I watch any news after seeing it all day long. :eek:

Several months ago there was a sinkhole on Greenville Blvd. I was watching the C-Dub news at 10 around 10:25 or so. They came back from a commercial, and seriously said, "We have breaking news... there is a sinkhole on a major throughfare in eastern North Carolina... we'll tell you more about it on Eyewitness News 9 at 11."

How can WNCT consider themselves at all to be a trustworthy news source with crap like that? I don't watch your news at 10 with the intention to see you repeat it an hour later! That's why news at 10 exists! If you have breaking news, tell it now... by sheer definition that is what breaking news is (happening NOW). That is what I mean by whoring out of the news product... making it all about how they can sell more than what you're already watching. I'm also tired of logos abound during the news cast (the ReBath logo on the weathercast drives me crazy).

The Mike Weeks WITN was the worst I'd ever seen at whoring out news. They have gotten a lot better under the new guy.

Several months ago there was a sinkhole on Greenville Blvd. I was watching the C-Dub news at 10 around 10:25 or so. They came back from a commercial, and seriously said, "We have breaking news... there is a sinkhole on a major throughfare in eastern North Carolina... we'll tell you more about it on Eyewitness News 9 at 11."

How can WNCT consider themselves at all to be a trustworthy news source with crap like that? I don't watch your news at 10 with the intention to see you repeat it an hour later! That's why news at 10 exists! If you have breaking news, tell it now... by sheer definition that is what breaking news is (happening NOW). That is what I mean by whoring out of the news product... making it all about how they can sell more than what you're already watching. I'm also tired of logos abound during the news cast (the ReBath logo on the weathercast drives me crazy).

The Mike Weeks WITN was the worst I'd ever seen at whoring out news. They have gotten a lot better under the new guy.

I can only assume, since I wasn't there that night, that they had just gotten in the information - minimal at that - on the sinkhole. That's why they had to push to the 11. If they had all the information about the story and didn't relay it, then you're right, that's just lazy writing.

At any rate, you're entitled to your opinion. And any feedback you can offer is appreciated.

Thanks for taking the time to explain the "whoring out" thing even though it wasn't necessary. I was just agreeing with you about WRAL. :)

Btw, we're probably off topic so if you want to PM me it's cool. Don't want to get the moderators on us for being off topic. Cool?

No worries :)

I'm not leaning in on you personally, just your employer.

Oh I know, man. We're good. :)

I can't stand any of our local channels, but when I do watch it's generally WITN... WNCT really irks me with all the constant whoring out of their news.

Unless there's something I really want to see and that I know will only be on the local channels I watch WRAL. IMO the best news product in the southeast.

Wow. I tend to agree, mainly on the idea of going to the internet for the entire scoop on a story they are talking about on-air. Not everyone has internet, and I turn on the TV so I don't have to be on the computer all day. I'm afraid that one day if you want news and weather the only choice will be internet if this keeps up.

The news is too rushed at times for me on the Raleigh channels. They just push it as fast as they can.

WITN has updated the graphics on the Weather channel.

They updated the WITN logo, and the pin point weather logo, they removed the WITN logo in the scroll, and changed the blue color in the back ground.

14 FOX YDO was down earlier it appeared, now it is up again with plenty of information, but is squeezed like Anamorphic mode.

WITN has updated the graphics on the Weather channel.

They updated the WITN logo, and the pin point weather logo, they removed the WITN logo in the scroll, and changed the blue color in the back ground.

That looks MUCH BETTER! Still wish they could do something with the 7 Day. It looks out of place to me. But overall, looks good.

Everyone ready for the storm? Just came by the Washington water front and thru Washington Park and the river is starting to come over the banks.
Jacks creek in Washington near Havens Gardens is coming over and near the city dock at the Washington Park bridge the water is over the banks.

Ready as I know how. I'm watching the weather channel, and the storm looks to me like it is strengthening, and especially over the last couple of hours. I think it may be worse than anticipated. I've got propane, batteries, and a generator ready to go. WECT is going non-stop starting at 10 PM I saw in a crawl, but I am going to bed early because I expect Tornado's to break out and I don't want to be asleep with those possible.

I guess the stations in this market will go on tomorrow morning. Good luck to all of you out there. :)

Anyone know Ch 9 NCT is not in HD for the first Sunday game of the season?

Our local affiliates really suck sometimes

:confused:

I'm not getting it in HD either. :(

It must be just us, because no other thread has mentioned problems. WNCT and WITN sometimes I think are married. They both have the same issues of not flipping switches, (although WITN did go SD the other night for the storm) :) . WCTI should be #1 soon if it isn't already.

Edited to add, WNCT was not to blame I guess. WILM had the same stuff going on.

I take it everyone got thru the storm ok. Just alot of tree limbs here. Minor flooding around the river. Power went out Sat around 9am for about 1 hour.

Antennas (2 CM 4228s and 1 Radio shack UHF) on the same mast stood up fine to the 40+MPH winds.

I take it everyone got thru the storm ok. Just alot of tree limbs here. Minor flooding around the river. Power went out Sat around 9am for about 1 hour.

Antennas (2 CM 4228s and 1 Radio shack UHF) on the same mast stood up fine to the 40+MPH winds.

Everything here was good, just branches, and leaves down out back. I had perfect DTV reception throughout the storm even at only 20 ft. and in fact the signals all around come in better with the antenna at that height. I guess I'll just leave it alone!

My family from the Clinton area just left here, and said they didn't have any problems. I was surprised since the eye went right over them.

Anyone know Ch 9 NCT is not in HD for the first Sunday game of the season?

Our local affiliates really suck sometimes

What a joke! I called the stations newshound number and the guy said he would check and call me back...never happened. You would think they would want the NFL in HD for sure. Will have to readjust antenna for WRAL.:p

Hey guys! This is my first post on here and boy am I glad I found this place! Lots of good info on here. I found this website by accident after searching about our local CW in HD. I am the one that wrote WNCT aabout the CW in HD and didn't even know they answered it on the news until I saw it posted on here. By the way I didn't have the football game in HD on WNCT either!? But I did like seeing those Panthers win with 2 seconds left on Fox HD! :D

Welcome Caniac.

This is a great resource for sure.

If you had not heard, today at noon all Wilmington TV stations (3, 6, 10 LP, 26, and a couple of low powers) stop analog TV and will only transmit programming in DTV. Coverage starts at 11 AM on WECT, and you might be able to watch on-line on some websites.
www.wwaytv3.com
www.wect.com
www.wilm-tv.com
www.wsfx.com

Several shows are going HD today.

Oprah, ET, The Insider, Ellen.

Well so far WCTI is in SD mode. I wonder if WNCT will have ET and The Insider in HD?

Several shows are going HD today.

Oprah, ET, The Insider, Ellen.... and Dr Phil...

It appears that UNC TV is going to start offering a 24/7 HD channel OTA channel soon.

On the UNCTV.ORG site they have a video called DTV are you getting it? They talk about services that they will offer. They say the will put UNC-TV in HD and then multicast UNC KD, and UNC NC, they did not list UNC ED on the screen, they said the UNC-TV schedule would soon be in HD.
Im betting once the conversion hits they will switch UNC-TV to HD.

It sounds like what they're doing is a simulcast, like what the network stations do. They'll carry their regular lineup in HD when available, upconverting the rest. UNC-ED is the Annenberg/CPB channel, and that service is going to be removed from satellite distribution soon, so that's going away entirely.

- Trip

Several shows are going HD today.

Oprah, ET, The Insider, Ellen.

Well so far WCTI is in SD mode. I wonder if WNCT will have ET and The Insider in HD?

So far the only stations that I have seen capable of airing syndicated shows in HD are WRAL and WTVD. None on the east coast have the equipment necessary yet to do this.

ENC TV has some great programming on it now. Merv's crosswords.:)

It appears that UNC TV is going to start offering a 24/7 HD channel OTA channel soon.

On the UNCTV.ORG site they have a video called DTV are you getting it? They talk about services that they will offer. They say the will put UNC-TV in HD and then multicast UNC KD, and UNC NC, they did not list UNC ED on the screen, they said the UNC-TV schedule would soon be in HD.
Im betting once the conversion hits they will switch UNC-TV to HD.

IIRC, Sept 25th is the target date. UNC-HD, UNC-KD, and UNC-NC.

Anybody know when WEPX (MyNetworkTv) in Greenville will go digital?

According to their last filing with the FCC, 02/17/09.

- Trip

Thanks Trip for the info! I can't beleive it's going to take that long though...:confused:

I have been following the questions on WECT.com coming in with regard to not getting DTV down there.

Ken and WCTI have some viewers way out the other side of Whiteville near South Carolina for digital it appears.

Also they are getting WRAL out there. I think a lot of people get better signals from other markets from the sound of it.

Why would they get signal that far away and not signals from their locals? Are they overloaded with signal?

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6520067415

WYDO's reply to WRAL's comments regarding WYDO's request to locate on channel 47.

- Trip

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6520067415

WYDO's reply to WRAL's comments regarding WYDO's request to locate on channel 47.

- Trip

Can you post the document? My comp doesn't know what to do with the links that you are providing.

Can you post the document? My comp doesn't know what to do with the links that you are providing.

Sure. They're PDFs, I don't know why your comp is having so much trouble...

http://www.rabbitears.info/screencaps/1-temp/WYDOReplyComm.pdf

- Trip

Someone removed the camera on the TV/radio tower here in town. I guess we will see a live shot of Greenville on channel 9 again soon.

I hope 12 gets their camera in Jacksonville working again too.

Anyone with Directv that is interested in Hurricane Ike, Directv has KHOU-TV CBS from Houston, TX up on channel 361 available to all Directv customers.
Also its available on (((XM))) channel 247.


Also heres a link to watch the 4 major nets from the Houston area.

www.maroonspoon.com/wx/ike.html


Can you believe the gas prices, people are running out and filling up, one station in Chocowinity raised there price to $4.79, and there was not one car at the pump. Most stations here in Washington were at $ 3.69

For those interested, here's the e-mail reply I received from Wayne Estabrooks (Engineering Specialist) at UNC-TV concerning their new DT subchannel setup beginning on Sept. 25th:


Mr. *****,

If you are referring to over-the-air (OTA) digital reception with an
antenna, we are expecting to go to full time HD on the 25th of
September. This will result in 2 less subchannels overall.
The subchannel lineup for OTA will only have three subchannels. They
will be UNC-TV -1, UNC-KD -2 and UNC-NC -3.

Cable carriage will be mostly unchanged.

The UNC-TV -1 subchannel will be primarily HD 24/7 and the KD and NC
channels will be SD. The UNC-TV -1 channel will be in the HD format
full time but there will be some SD programs or widescreen SD programs
in the schedule. I hope this answers your questions but if not, please
feel free to e-mail me at westabrooks(*at*)unctv(*dot*)org or call me. Please also let us know where you are located and which UNC-TV station(s) you receive.

Wayne Estabrooks - Engineering Specialist
UNC Center for Public Television

Im glad UNC is finally going to have HD full time.

Can you believe the gas prices, people are running out and filling up, one station in Chocowinity raised there price to $4.79, and there was not one car at the pump. Most stations here in Washington were at $ 3.69

This crap needs to be put a stop to. I hope every one of those stations over $4 gets a big fine for gouging and exploiting the situation. :mad:

There is a station here at $4 and another way over $4 while the BP down the street is still $3.67

Channel 7 said that a statment from the Att General is expected, theyve called the governors office as well, keep a eye on the evening news.

They might do something this time, because it is near an election, and that will cover their butt, plus make them look like they are doing something... It's all political. I won't vote for them either if they make excuses about why they haven't done something before now.

Here in the Triad, they have mostly kept the prices in the $3.70 range, but limiting to 10 gals and only operating two per pumps station to force lines. There are some stations in Greensboro that have already gone over $5 a gal. I just spent 1 hour and 15 minutes waiting for gas. People are NOT happy out there.

Can you believe the gas prices, people are running out and filling up, one station in Chocowinity raised there price to $4.79, and there was not one car at the pump. Most stations here in Washington were at $ 3.69

We had a $4.75 per gallon at two stations down in South Asheville in WNC. The reason for one gas station raising their prices was supply shortages. The other stations' reason (an Exxon station) was because the other one raised theirs. :eek::mad:

As mentioned by jamieh1, Governor Easley did implement the price gouging law today for handling such instances: http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3536058/

Stumbled on an interesting history page on witn.com thanks to google. It has station history, old logos, pics and the like. Can't find it linked anywhere on their site.

http://www.witn.com/station/misc/27442154.html

The Pirates should win again! :D

The Pirates should win again! :D
USC 35
OSU 3
The Trojans played like a numero UNO!:rolleyes:

Anyone have an idea when Directv will have local HD service here? I'd like to switch back but really want network HD without having to put up an antenna. Thanks, George

Does anyone think there is any hope that the residents of eastern North Carolina are going to see a station put up their own doppler radar and actually use the thing? WITN never turns theirs on with their Vipir, so I don't see why they even have it. WNCT never turns on all the sweeps, so it isn't as up-to-date as it could be probably... Why not put a radar dome on top of a water tower somewhere like WRAL did?

Why not put a radar dome on top of a water tower somewhere like WRAL did?Where did they do that?? The one on 70 was on its own base when I last saw it (but admittedly that was a few years ago).

BTW, years ago I was told that WITN had the choice between a helicopter and a doppler. Obviously, they chose the doppler. Wrong decision?

Where did they do that?? The one on 70 was on its own base when I last saw it (but admittedly that was a few years ago).


Wouldn't that be the Fayetteville Doppler (their old Doppler 5000)?

I kept wondering if the Fayetteville doppler was from the NWS or if WRAL owned it. I knew they had gotten a new doppler but I didn't know what became of the old one.

Thanks for clearing that up for me!

I don't think it was the old doppler 5000, I think it was brand new, because it is really fast scanning. WRAL put the Fayetteville doppler on a water tower in Moore county.

BTW, years ago I was told that WITN had the choice between a helicopter and a doppler. Obviously, they chose the doppler. Wrong decision?

If that is true, then yes, I would say it was the wrong decision, no more than they use the Live scan today on their Vipir.

Anyone have an idea when Directv will have local HD service here? I'd like to switch back but really want network HD without having to put up an antenna. Thanks, George

DirecTV announced that they will have HD coverage for this market in October 2008. I have not heard any additional information.

Directv's website now list Greenville NC HD locals for November.

Directv's website now list Greenville NC HD locals for November.

Great...

Any ideas to a cause (those involved with local stations)? This is a fairly irritating situation since I live too close to the Grifton towers to use my amplifier and too far from WCTI not to use it. This means I get slight breakup on NBC or I get no ABC at all.

Great...

Any ideas to a cause (those involved with local stations)? This is a fairly irritating situation since I live too close to the Grifton towers to use my amplifier and too far from WCTI not to use it. This means I get slight breakup on NBC or I get no ABC at all.Aim it at Raleigh. You'll probably kill off enough of WITN's signal with a westward antenna to make it viewable, and you can get ABC from WTVD.

Aim it at Raleigh. You'll probably kill off enough of WITN's signal with a westward antenna to make it viewable, and you can get ABC from WTVD.

That's what I do. WCTI's tower positioning makes me have to move the antenna just to watch one station so about 99% of the time I watch 11 instead.

Did any of the stations there participate in the DTV test yesterday?

SOrry foxeng,

Wasn't able to watch the news Wednesday.

Can anyone answer if we have moved up from DMA 105? I saw where Tallahassee FL. was 105 now.

Never mind. I found it. http://www.nielsen.com/pdf/2008_09_DMA_Ranks.pdf

We are at 103. I still think this market should get Goldsboro or at least Rocky Mount included in the DMA. That would push it up for sure.

Did any of the stations there participate in the DTV test yesterday?

Not sure about the other guys. We weren't able to participate this past Wednesday.

We are at 103. I still think this market should get Goldsboro or at least Rocky Mount included in the DMA. That would push it up for sure.

That would probably put us up in the low 80's/upper 70's. I really think we will crack the top 100 in the next year or two with all of the Greenville development and the huge project in Kinston.

Do you think we'll get some HD local news then?

We are at 103. I still think this market should get Goldsboro or at least Rocky Mount included in the DMA. That would push it up for sure.

That isn't going to happen. Remember DMA's are based on the federal municipalities listings with surrounding areas that have links to the base area. Rocky Mount and Goldsboro are defintantly in the Raleigh municipalities area and the Raleigh stations would fight tooth and nail to keep those areas because to loose those areas would reduce their DMA status and national rates. Here in the Triad, we are in a constant tug of war with the Triangle over the border countries of the DMAs because those areas are bedroom communities of both regions .Right now things are going our way, but a few years ago, they were in the Triangle's favor.

That isn't going to happen. Remember DMA's are based on the federal municipalities listings with surrounding areas that have links to the base area. Rocky Mount and Goldsboro are defintantly in the Raleigh municipalities area and the Raleigh stations would fight tooth and nail to keep those areas because to loose those areas would reduce their DMA status and national rates. Here in the Triad, we are in a constant tug of war with the Triangle over the border countries of the DMAs because those areas are bedroom communities of both regions .Right now things are going our way, but a few years ago, they were in the Triangle's favor.

Sorry, but Nielsen figures out the DMA by combining TOTAL viewership from all of the stations from one market versus the other market. It has nothing to do with the federal government.

For example, in 1976, the Greenville-New Bern-Washington market had Halifax, Edgecombe and Wilson counties. It was market 91 at that time. Since then WRAL & WTVD opened up news bureaus in Wilson and those counties slowly drifted away.

Simply put, if all the stations in Raleigh have a combined sign-on to sign-off audience in Greene County larger than the stations in the Greenville market, then Greene would move to Raleigh. I believe this change has to be documented in multiple rating periods...if not for a year or so.

Viewing habits change, stations change strategies, and some counties to become bedroom communites for other markets. That's what makes TV such fun.

Sorry, but Nielsen figures out the DMA by combining TOTAL viewership from all of the stations from one market versus the other market. It has nothing to do with the federal government.

For example, in 1976, the Greenville-New Bern-Washington market had Halifax, Edgecombe and Wilson counties. It was market 91 at that time. Since then WRAL & WTVD opened up news bureaus in Wilson and those counties slowly drifted away.

Simply put, if all the stations in Raleigh have a combined sign-on to sign-off audience in Greene County larger than the stations in the Greenville market, then Greene would move to Raleigh. I believe this change has to be documented in multiple rating periods...if not for a year or so.

Viewing habits change, stations change strategies, and some counties to become bedroom communites for other markets. That's what makes TV such fun.Charlottesville had this tug-of-war with Richmond too...

I'm going to be in the minority here, but I think the market is too big as it is, at least when it comes to covering news. I don't care what's going on in Jacksonville, and I have to figure that people in Jax don't care what's going on in Greenville. People in Bertie County certainly don't care what's happening in Duplin County.

It's always puzzled me that the market is Greenville/New Bern/Washington and not G/NB/Jacksonville like the radio market. What's the difference there?

I'm going to be in the minority here, but I think the market is too big as it is, at least when it comes to covering news. I don't care what's going on in Jacksonville, and I have to figure that people in Jax don't care what's going on in Greenville. People in Bertie County certainly don't care what's happening in Duplin County.

It's always puzzled me that the market is Greenville/New Bern/Washington and not G/NB/Jacksonville like the radio market. What's the difference there?

The difference is there's no TV station in Jacksonville. TV markets were set up around the stations, and not the biggest cities.

I agree, in large land-size markets, pleasing everyone is tough. In Raleigh-Durham, people in Fayetteville don't care about what's happening in Rocky Mount...and vice versa. Try pleasing everyone in a market split between two or even three states. :D

Well, technically there is channel 35 in Jacksonville ;)
Actually, also as far as studio goes Washington will no longer have a station once WITN builds their new studio in Greenville.

The radio market is #89 (I think? It keeps getting further down the ranking list) and last I heard was the largest in the country in land mass. It must include a few extra counties that the TV market doesn't.

Sorry, but Nielsen figures out the DMA by combining TOTAL viewership from all of the stations from one market versus the other market. It has nothing to do with the federal government.

For example, in 1976, the Greenville-New Bern-Washington market had Halifax, Edgecombe and Wilson counties. It was market 91 at that time. Since then WRAL & WTVD opened up news bureaus in Wilson and those counties slowly drifted away.

Simply put, if all the stations in Raleigh have a combined sign-on to sign-off audience in Greene County larger than the stations in the Greenville market, then Greene would move to Raleigh. I believe this change has to be documented in multiple rating periods...if not for a year or so.

Viewing habits change, stations change strategies, and some counties to become bedroom communites for other markets. That's what makes TV such fun.

I think that is what I said. The base of the DMA is the federal municipal areas and environs that tend to lean toward a certain areas. But that isn't always the case. WTVD and WRAL are well known for going after areas that are not traditional to the Triangle. Case in point; Moore County. It is in the Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville DMA, but has HORRIBLE OTA signals from the Raleigh stations and they get their TV OTA from the Triad but on cable and sat it is the Triangle stations. Alamance Country is another one that WRAL in particular has fought hard for, even though it IS in the Triad federal municipal area. For a few years about 15 years ago, WRAL was successful in getting Alamance County in the Raleigh DMA. But when the FCC allowed significantly viewed stations in, it became very clear that the Raleigh stations did not meet the criteria and Alamance was returned to the Triad DMA. WRAL has been successful in keeping stations out of their DMA and encroaching on other bordering DMA's causing a false inflation of the Raleigh DMA. Chatham County is another example of a county that WRAL fights hard to keep in the Raleigh DMA even though those people consider themselves part of the Triad and not the Triangle. WRAL vehemently disagrees with that statement, but the record is pretty clear if anyone takes the time to look. They have kept out CBS WFMY and when they bought WRAZ attempted to keep my station out but was unsuccessful.

So yeah, I guess you could say I am somewhat familiar with what DMA's are built from. We all have stories like these.

I agree, in large land-size markets, pleasing everyone is tough. In Raleigh-Durham, people in Fayetteville don't care about what's happening in Rocky Mount...and vice versa. Try pleasing everyone in a market split between two or even three states. :D

Yep, in DMA #36, there's most of WNC, Upstate SC and NE GA that the local stations have to allocate their news resources towards. WYFF and WSPA cover the Upstate SC and WLOS covers Western NC. They'll only cover the other part of the DMA when there's a breaking news story that would affect a majority of its coverage area (i.e. Presidential Primaries, multi-injury/multi-fatality incident, etc.). WHNS attempts to give Western NC some news love (moreso than WYFF or WSPA), but it mostly focuses on Upstate SC, as well. It is tough to please every viewer in a multi-state market, so the stations have to carve out the niche that makes your news coverage unique (i.e. WLOS being "Western North Carolina's News Leader", WSPA being "On Your Side", etc.). Add the geographical distance between the the news studios (WYFF and WHNS in Greenville, WSPA in Spartanburg and WLOS in Asheville), oy ve!

That isn't going to happen. Remember DMA's are based on the federal municipalities listings with surrounding areas that have links to the base area. Rocky Mount and Goldsboro are defintantly in the Raleigh municipalities area and the Raleigh stations would fight tooth and nail to keep those areas because to loose those areas would reduce their DMA status and national rates. Here in the Triad, we are in a constant tug of war with the Triangle over the border countries of the DMAs because those areas are bedroom communities of both regions .Right now things are going our way, but a few years ago, they were in the Triangle's favor.

Thanks for the ins and outs. I also didn't know Edgecombe used to be in the market. All the channels in this market seem to cover the news from all the border counties pretty well. I don't see a lot of news from Rocky Mount being aired on WRAL, or even Wilson or Goldsboro for that matter. Maybe I don't watch it often enough to tell though... I have friends that live in Rocky Mount, and they get 7, and 9 from here on cable, and watch those quite often.

Don't forget, or if you didn't know...

UNC TV OTA is now HD all day, everyday. You might need to do a rescan to see the proper channel ID. I did. They have changed.

WYDO-DT's move to 47 has been granted.

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-2148A1.pdf

- Trip

WYDO-DT's move to 47 has been granted.

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-2148A1.pdf

- TripSo was there any validity in WRAL's argument against the move?

WYDO-DT's move to 47 has been granted.

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-2148A1.pdf

- Trip

I really hope this doesn't affect my ability to receive WRAL.

I really hope this doesn't affect my ability to receive WRAL.Same here. Many others in the area echo this sentiment as well I do believe.

The FCC rules were followed right down to the interference levels, so if it does affect WRAL, it is the FCC to blame for allowing stations to be so close on the next door channel. I do find it odd that WITN was denied returning to channel 7, but maybe it is because 7 and 8 are in the same market? It gets so confusing!

Don't forget, or if you didn't know...

UNC TV OTA is now HD all day, everyday. You might need to do a rescan to see the proper channel ID. I did. They have changed.

Click here (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14737849#post14737849) for more new UNC-TV digital info

WYDO-DT's move to 47 has been granted.

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-2148A1.pdf

- TripWhy did they request this? I see they pick up an additional 89k potential viewers too...

Why did they request this? I see they pick up an additional 89k potential viewers too...Didn't you just answer your own question? ;)

Why did they request this? I see they pick up an additional 89k potential viewers too...

Pretty much why is just what you wrote. WYDO is trying to serve the market like it should be served. They have fixed the microwave, improved picture, and now they are improving the coverage area significantly. I'm glad WYDO was sold. If it hadn't of been, can you just imagine where they would still be today?:eek:

The bigger issue is that channel 14 faces interference from communications just below the UHF TV band, and must install expensive, extra filtering. At least, that's what I've been told.

My site now contains a list of how many stations are on each channel. Discounting low-VHF, the most frequently-used channel after next year will be 13, the least frequently-used will be 14.

- Trip

The FCC rules were followed right down to the interference levels, so if it does affect WRAL, it is the FCC to blame for allowing stations to be so close on the next door channel. I do find it odd that WITN was denied returning to channel 7, but maybe it is because 7 and 8 are in the same market? It gets so confusing!

The FCC used very strict interference protection rules during the channel election, then eased up afterward. If WITN had signed an interference agreement with WFXI, they would have had their power restrained in the Appendix B list, but could have probably gotten away with a full maximization.

They're probably better off on 32 anyway.

- Trip

Directv needs to update its guide data, it still list the old line up.

Also Directv customers with correct hardware, (D, H, HR) series now can get LOCAL on the 8s on the weather channel. Just like the cable customers have.
Its currently only on the SD channel. When the local on the 8s segments come on a weather application just like you see on cable comes on. Its is set to your area.
Also the ACTIVE channel weather is thru the weather channel even has radar.

Also Directv customers with correct hardware, (D, H, HR) series now can get LOCAL on the 8s on the weather channel. Just like the cable customers have.


Just so there's no confusion...

Directv Local On The 8s isn't quite the same or as good as the cable version. I'm sure they will improve it as time goes on.

I wonder how long it will take DIRECTV to get the channel listings updated for the new UNC line up? I sent in a report to Tribune today, hopefully they will get it corrected soon.


Im surprised at the small amount of HD on UNC now. I was hoping that they would have more. I think they should take UNC NC down and bring back UNC HD instead.

Im surprised at the small amount of HD on UNC now. I was hoping that they would have more. I think they should take UNC NC down and bring back UNC HD instead.

Well, compared to only 3 hours per day pre-9/25 (during Primetime), I believe we're getting nearly the same, maybe a little more than UNC-HD (unless you're on TWC in the Triangle). Granted, the selection of HD shows isn't as plentiful as I'd personally like. However, a clearer picture than what's offered via analog is the trade-off that I'm willing to take.

WRAL DT viewers, remember that you could possibly lose their signal as they prepare for the transition. The chief engineer posted details in the Raleigh thread. They will be at less height, and will be on a directional antenna that is pointed to the Northwest.

WRAL DT viewers, remember that you could possibly lose their signal as they prepare for the transition. The chief engineer posted details in the Raleigh thread. They will be at less height, and will be on a directional antenna that is pointed to the Northwest.I'll have to sit in a corner and cry until it comes back.

Ok no not really ;) but I will miss having their news. At least I'll have WTVD. Is WRAZ powering down?

He didn't say WRAZ would reduce. They don't have to make any adjustments because they are staying on 49. They might turn power down at times as they do work on the tower though.

They have an auxiliary for WRAZ-DT too, in the same place. I think that they'll be switching to that during the day when the tower crews are up, and then switching back to the full-power (since it's unaffected by the tower work) at night.

I have no inside information, that's just a guess.

- Trip

An interesting story on Directv yesteday on WWAY. This is out of Duplin county which is covered by the TV stations in this area, yet they promised this customer two Wilmington HD channels, plus all the networks and never delivered!

http://www.wwaytv3.com/node/10561

Why Directv just didn't install an antenna for this man is pathetic??

Directv has for the 2nd time pushed the local channel HD launch back.
It was originally scheduled for October, then changed to November.
Directv just updated a new webpage for HD launches, and they once again have changed the date, it is now January 09.

Directv is really not that great, but it's still the best we have around here. These people holding out should just go ahead and get an antenna put up while the weather is comfortable... In the long run I think they would see it was worth it.

I visited WITN.com and read the comments posted about the storm coverage yesterday, and almost every post said that the weather coverage "sucked".

http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/30017849.html

I wasn't able to watch, so I can't judge this time, but it corresponds with my previous assessments.
Did anyone get to see if any of the stations actually stayed on with these Tornadoes? I doubt it... Thankfully they didn't affect my area this time! I think 'some' stations need to put together a plan and go step by step in how to properly show the public where these storms are and where they are moving, not just a view of a huge area with blobs of green and red all over it. Zoom into some of these streets!

So when they break into programming, they get derided to the point that WNCT has to issue a response to the criticism... and when they don't break into programming, they get... well, the same thing.

I'm so happy I don't work in local TV.

I'm just glad that others are thinking logically and want to know more information and see the need for it. I don't think it's right that the ones shouting "overkill" are the only voices being listened to, or at least that is the way it seems. I don't know that this is the case, but if it is, it isn't being shared on the air, or on WITN's web-site, or WNCT's that I know of. If folks can complain that the warnings are blocking their view of the program, it is only fair that those of us who want to see the information get to speak up too. Those complainers need to get a life, (let the stations do their duty, which is informing the community) if all they have is a TV program, and can't deal with a little section of the show being obscured, and crying to the weatherman like they are important or something...:rolleyes: I don't know what other peoples thoughts are on this, but it makes me think they aren't very bright.

This is a little off topic but I'm going to go with it anyway.

At some point you have to take meaures to ensure your safety and the safety of your loved ones. At an absolute minimum you should have a weather radio. Eastern Carolina has a high than normal occurance of nasty weather and anyone who lives here should have a weather radio. Ours went off repeatedly yesterday and they informed us of the tornados.

As options to your weather radio you can get a cheap Internet connection (I presume you already have one) and watch the weather radar in near real time on several excellant weather sites including weatherunderground (excellant streel level mapping, click on Wundermap on the left side of the page) and My-Cast.

You can get a home weather station.

You can get a home lightning detector.

I have all of the above including a certified Kestrel 1000 anemometer.

I have a midland weather radio. Not everyone does, and many don't even know what they are. Sometimes it works OK, other times it doesn't pick up the signal. But when it goes off, I turn on the TV for more. Sometimes I see information, and many times I don't... When I don't see it, I think to myself, I'm glad I don't wait for them to come on TV or it could be too late. I hope they are watching channel 12, because they seem to be right on it. One day, we will have a serious outbreak of weather, and when we do I hope everyone gets the information they need.

I agree with that, but it still is the stations' duty to inform the public. Serving the public is what being a licensee of the public airwaves is all about.

So when they break into programming, they get derided to the point that WNCT has to issue a response to the criticism... and when they don't break into programming, they get... well, the same thing.

I'm so happy I don't work in local TV.

Truer words have never been spoken. :eek:

Truer words have never been spoken. :eek:

Eastern, you are just doing your job (your station) when you pass along government warnings. I think it's fine that you share when people write in to the station. But when they cannot back up their reasoning that the information being passed out isn't important anymore, that is when they lose their argument. They may not be happy with the weatherman coming on, but again, that is his job. He doesn't know for sure whether or not a tornado is on the ground, and does what is necessary to keep people informed, and especially at night when you cannot see.

YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuiGJ8hUWLc)

YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuiGJ8hUWLc)

Cut that woman's age in half and she acts just like my wife. "Seriously Dear, change the channels with the little remote, not the remote that came with the TV. Oh, and don't forget to switch both A/B boxes since we were watching D*TV out in the garage. On and someone has to go out the garage and turn the antenna so we can watch channel 12. No Dear, it wasn't my idea to put the tower down there." :)

This goes on and on, day after day.

Directv has for the 2nd time pushed the local channel HD launch back.
It was originally scheduled for October, then changed to November.
Directv just updated a new webpage for HD launches, and they once again have changed the date, it is now January 09.


I'm so glad I finally figured out a workable antenna arrangement at my house in Hubert today....I had a feeling DirecTV was gonna string us along on these HD LILs...

Dish is supposed to turn our locals on Oct. 8. We have been promised before, but this time it looks pretty firm. On that date, we become part of their new Eastern Arc. This came from the Satellite Guys private member forum.

Dish is supposed to turn our locals on Oct. 8. We have been promised before, but this time it looks pretty firm. On that date, we become part of their new Eastern Arc. This came from the Satellite Guys private member forum.

Maybe the next time Ken posts, he can confirm for us that Dish is ready to go? They would need to add more antennas there I would imagine before they can deliver HD.

Directv has for the 2nd time pushed the local channel HD launch back.
It was originally scheduled for October, then changed to November.
Directv just updated a new webpage for HD launches, and they once again have changed the date, it is now January 09.

Could this be on the locals end? Maybe D* is ready. It would seem that someone from one of our locals could comment on this. I don't see what the big secret is. If it was on D's end I bet someone from our locals would say. ;)

Could this be on the locals end? Maybe D* is ready. It would seem that someone from one of our locals could comment on this. I don't see what the big secret is. If it was on D's end I bet someone from our locals would say. ;)

No big secret. iirc, D* is installing the new equipment at our shop now or are in the process. they just poured foundation for the building the other day. that's probably why locals have been pushed back on their end.

Thanks for the heads up eastern. :)

No big secret. iirc, D* is installing the new equipment at our shop now or are in the process. they just poured foundation for the building the other day. that's probably why locals have been pushed back on their end.

Thanks, eastern. Now we know why things have probably been pushed out to Jan. I'm not that concerned about it as I use OTA but for the people who live in fringe area's or don't want to invest in an antenna this should be good news that they are working on it. :)

I'm not happy about the delay, but I do understand it. As long as we are on the list, I feel that I can eventually get rid of the OTA requirement.

I have a question.

My wife and I have to choose an HDTV.

Some of the programs we like are only in SD.

Which format is able to do the best?

Thanks

As we continue to see the markets tank, and loose our shirts, go over to WNCT dot com and watch the crime stoppers clip. I think it's good enough for a spot on SNL! Ooops wrong network...:D

http://www.wnct.com/nct/news/local/article/wnct_2008_crimestoppers_video/20417/

As we continue to see the markets tank, and loose our shirts, go over to WNCT dot com and watch the crime stoppers clip. I think it's good enough for a spot on SNL! Ooops wrong network...:D

http://www.wnct.com/nct/news/local/article/wnct_2008_crimestoppers_video/20417/I sent George a PM earlier asking him to post that. Of all the videos that were submitted this year to Crimestoppers, I think that one was the best! Good job WNCT!

I think it was even better than last years, and that one was good too.

I have a question.

My wife and I have to choose an HDTV.

Some of the programs we like are only in SD.

Which format is able to do the best?

Thanks

The higher end TV's do 1080i and the others do 720p. But whatever set you get, you will be able to adjust the aspect ratio to fill the entire screen, even if the show isn't in HD.

Is that what you needed to know?

Thanks

1080p do the same?

I have a question.

My wife and I have to choose an HDTV.

Some of the programs we like are only in SD.

Which format is able to do the best?

Thanks

It really depends on what type of source you use to get your HD.

If you are going to use over the air (antenna), the tv should detect the correct resolution (format).
Most stations offer a HD channel and a SD channel. The HD will be 720p or 1080i. The SD will be 480i.

If you use cable or sat, the receiver generally has a NATIVE setting that will automatically change the resolution to what ever the channel is sending.
(cable HD recievers, I have noticed that this sometimes is not set, it will be set on 1080i) there is a a section in the manual that will help you set up the auto (native) settings.

As far as what tv to get resolution wize. Most LCDs are 720p HD, some are 1080p.
However the 720p lcd tv will also display 1080i downconverted to 720p.

Most people will not notice the difference in 720p and 1080i.

I recommend a 1080p.

I keep my DIRECTV HD DVR set to NATIVE RESOLUTION and JUST SCAN screen size. Just scan shows the original picture size, none of the picture is cut off top to bottom or side to side.

I like Samsung HDTVs. Sony is good also.
I would look for tv's with the higher the better CONTRAST RATIO.
Anything 2000:1 or lower dont waste your time. The higher the better.

Also the newest thing is tv's with 120hz, most LCDs are 60hz.
120hz tv's refresh the pictures faster and smoother.

Hope this helps.

NBC shutting down NBC WEATHER PLUS.

NBCU announced that it is shutting down NBC WX PLUS. NBCU took control of The Weather Channel earlier this year.

Here's a little more detail about the Weather Plus that is available on 17-3...

http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/10/nbc_shutting_down_weather_plus.php

WNCT now in HD on Dish network.

brownover,

Are you in Bertie county? I thought Hertford county was in Norfolk TV market, or did they expand our market a bit?

brownover,

Are you in Bertie county? I thought Hertford county was in Norfolk TV market, or did they expand our market a bit?Yep, I am in Bertie County.

Jamie and other Directv customers,

Do you still get CW on 385? Folks in Wilmington have no CW what so ever and cannot get that channel. I remember it was mentioned here several times that if you had locals, you could get both 385 and 9.2

I had it for a while myself, but not anymore.

Yes, still getting channel 385, The CW out of Washington DC.

Cant believe only WNCT is the only HD local on Dishnetwork.

Cant believe only WNCT is the only HD local on Dishnetwork.
I can't really believe it either. Ken, do you have any idea why they can't add WCTI and or MYENC and Fox? Ordinarily, looking at SatelliteGuys, when they don't have all the local channels for the DMA, they claim that there are legal issues (the affiliates want extra cash to carry the HDs). Do you know anything about why they can only get WNCT (given that 3 more channels are all owned by your parent)? I can't believe it is a issue of bandwidth (as they added other local DMAs at the same time) and because all of the other local HD channels are already uplinked, they are simply unavailable to the subscribers. Dish also had the nerve to claim in a press release that this DMA is now listed as available (if you only like CBS, I guess). This really pisses me off........

Anyway, If Ken or anyone else knows anything, I'd love to know.....

Thanks,
Mike
(Lied to again Dish Subscriber)!

Directv has finally got the over the air channel guide finally correct with the new UNC line up.


Also has anyone else noticed on UNC WUNM 19 that 19.1 is showing as UNC KD and 19.2 is showing as UNC TV?

Directv has finally got the over the air channel guide finally correct with the new UNC line up.


Also has anyone else noticed on UNC WUNM 19 that 19.1 is showing as UNC KD and 19.2 is showing as UNC TV?
I've got the same problem on Dish Network's OTA guide. It's driving my kids crazy as I cannot get the DVR stuff right for SuperWhy? Hopefully they've remedied that situation. BTW the OTA UNC on Channel 2 (Edenton, I think) has different subchannels than the ones off Channel 19 in Jacksonville. I get a fringe (reads around 60-70) for Channel 2 and there are only 3 channels. I can't figure any programming out on UNC TV anymore. I even complained to their website and all I got was a misunderstood answer about how Dish Network only carries the main UNC channel (which I already knew).

UNC out of Jax is definitely fouled up. UNC out of WIlmington has UNC TV then UNC KD on 39.2

I called UNC TV today. They acknowledged that 19.1 (should be UNC TV) and 19.2 (should be UNC Kids) are backwards. The woman I talked to tried to BS me about there being problems with the transmitter. I explained that someone needed to reorder the subchannels, but she claimed they were aware and they weren't sure if/when they could fix the problem. I guess I can only complain so much...since I'm not a "member", but I'm damned if they would ever get a dime (outside of all the welfare they already receive) from me.

The atmosphere was very nice to me this morning, and for the first time since I started using TSReader, I was able to get a capture of WNCT-DT!

It had a bunch of errors due to fighting it out with local WSLS-10 analog and WAVY-TV 10 from Norfolk, but I do have it. =)

http://www.rabbitears.info/screencaps/nc-gnb/57838-0_0.htm

- Trip

Do TV stations not have to announce the city of license at the top and bottom of the hour anymore? I see that 12 just puts a NewsChannel 12 banner up, but on FOX east Carolina, they put up all the towns... 7 and 9 put up a city sometimes.

Top of the hour yes, but I've never been aware that they have to at the bottom.

WNCT produced a legal ID once that was anything but and I sent an email to the program director... not too much longer after that a compliant one began airing.

What was wrong with 9's ID?

I honestly don't remember. It might have been missing the call letters?

I see on CW that WNCT shows (DNCT) as the call letters. Some stations do a bottom and top legal ID. Some that come to mind are WRAL,WECT and WSFX. WFXI does them too more than once an hour, and does show call letters.

The rules state the following for IDs. Stations will ID at sign on and sign off and as close to the top of the hour as programming will allow aurally and/or visually with call letters as they appear on the license followed by the city of license. A station can put as many cities after that they want without prior authority. Stations may also if they choose to insert channel number (major channel number/minor channel number if digital on subsequent subchannels to differentiate) or network affiliation (I don't know of a single station that does that and the channel numbers are almost as unheard of but on the subchannels it seems to be catching on) between call letters and city of license.

In WNCT's case, the analog must have the following as minimum to meet the letter of the law, WNCT-TV, Greenville. Their digital must have the following as a minimum, WNCT-DT, Greenville on all subchannels. If they wish to add channel number, visually they can do the following, WNCT-TV 9, Greenville (I know they used to do that years ago.) or digitally WNCT-DT 9.1, Greenville. Aurally it would be WNCT TV channel 9 Greenville. Those are all legal.

In my own stations case, we do the following since we 100% simulcast and we only do it visually: WGHP/WGHP-DT, High Point, Greensboro, Winston-Salem. We are licensed to High Point so it has to be first. We dropped the -TV from WGHP years ago and that is why we don't have it on our ID. Since there is a WNCT (AM) WNCT-FM, the TV has to have TV appended to it to differentiate between the different services. There are no other WGHPs at this time so we can do that. Sidebar, in AM. AM is NEVER appended to the AM call sign. It is always just the 4 letters and in a legal form as with the FCC, when a station is written to show which service and there is no suffix appended to it, it is written as WGHP (TV) meaning it is a TV station that doesn't append TV in the legal ID. Just some inside baseball for you.

FYI The other stations legal IDs in the market are WITN-TV, Washington, WCTI-TV, New Bern, WFXI, Morehead City.

Foxeng, quite a few are just not right in this market!:eek:

Thanks for the info. Maybe the stations will get it right now.;):D

Foxeng, quite a few are just not right in this market!:eek:

Thanks for the info. Maybe the stations will get it right now.;):D

Visual ID's can take many forms and still be legal.

WGHP, High Point/WGHP-DT High Point

is also legal, as is

WGHP High Point
WGHP-DT, High Point

and

WGHP/WGHP-DT
High Point, Greensboro, Winston-Salem

and insert channel number anywhere around those of your choice!!

Oh and to just clarify, a station can't just drop the -TV or -FM because they want to. They have to file a call sign change with the FCC to have that approved before they can do that. It would not surprise me if after the transition some stations file to have the -DT dropped if just the 4 letters are available.

Here's the latest from Dish Network. They claim they don't have the contracts to carry
WCTI, WYDO, MyENC, WUNC , and WITN:

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Michael Afflerbach: Okay. another question. Can you tell me why even though all the Greenville - New Bern - Jacksonvile NC SDs are available AND all the local HDs are already uplinked, why has only 1 (WNCT-DT) been flagged "available" to the subscribers? Is this a legal or money thing?
(24DrDcb) Susan R.: At this time we have not yet been able to negotiate contracts for the HD feeds of those channels
Michael Afflerbach: So the Echostar line is that the affiliates want extra money to carry the HD locals. Is that correct?
(24DrDcb) Susan R.: I do not know the specifics of negotiations
(24DrDcb) Susan R.: I'm sorry
Michael Afflerbach: But it is a contractual thing....not technical
(24DrDcb) Susan R.: Yes sir. I know we are working to add more HD channel including locals by the end of the year and will continue on past then
Michael Afflerbach: Thanks.

ITN might want them to carry the 7.2 weather channel and is holding 7.1 hostage until they do. But I don't see what the 8/12/14 management is holding out for... ENC-TV has been carried on Dish for a long time.

They probably want more money. This is where the locals have the upper hand and make the demands. The market is demanding these channels on the provider, so they can take some chances and bank that the provider will give in. With E* however, they play ball too and relatively tough compared to D*. Time Warner is the worst however for getting their wants satisfied.

All the negoations for cable and sat are being handled at the corporate level for all the Bonten Media Stations as a group. I had asked my GM if he knew the status and he did not. I did let him know that dish had WNCT up. He said if he heard anything he would let me know and I will pass it on. I have confidence that it will happen just a matter of when.

Ken

Directv has FOX NEWS CHANNEL HD listed in the program guide online.
It shows it starting Thursday.

Directv has FOX NEWS CHANNEL HD listed in the program guide online.
It shows it starting Thursday.Satelliteracer on DBSTalk mentioned a small festivus coming? Just one channel???

Directv has FOX NEWS CHANNEL HD listed in the program guide online.
It shows it starting Thursday.

I'm more into Fox Business channel, but I do watch O'Reilly's show quite often lately.

D* already has FBN in HD.

D* already has FBN in HD.

That's why I said I'm more into that channel.;)

D* CH 360 FNCHD [ON] with DD 5.1!

I experience sound drop on WITN 7 during HD telecasts. It's worse on sports stuff. Does anybody else experience this?

I experience sound drop on WITN 7 during HD telecasts. It's worse on sports stuff. Does anybody else experience this?

I haven't noticed it, but I haven't been watching WITN very much lately. I watch NBC out of Wilmington all the time now instead because they have Dolby 5.1 and are have HD news/weather. It even looks better than WRAL to me.

I went out and voted early today. I then saw a story on WNCT about early voting, but I guess it wasn't from the commons where early voting goes on, but not sure... By the way, all and any TV stations can cease with these political ads any time now!:D

jspENC, what type of over-the-air antenna do you use? I just ordered an indoor antenna that says it can pick up stations up to 50 miles away (which that's hard to believe but I will see when I get it). I would like to get a outdoor but my attic is very small and wouldn't work out good for wiring...

I've got three different antenna's. A channel master 4221, a homemade version of a DB-4 that antenna's direct sells, and a Radio Shack U-75R UHF only. All of these are relatively small. I have found that the Radio shack works best for me. It is more directional, and I am a great distance from many channels. I also use a Channel Master VHF/UHF preamp. I am far enough away from the stations that a pre-amp doesn't get overloaded. If you live near the Grifton towers, and want to use a pre-amp, it would have to be a low gain one like 15 or 16 dbs. I think Winegard makes one of those, but the attic will probably do fine for everything but 12, that might take some probing around for. You can always take that antenna you ordered and stick it in the attic. That will be better than down near the ground, and trying to get a signal through the walls.

Crime and Investigation HD is now on DIRECTV 275

I experience sound drop on WITN 7 during HD telecasts. It's worse on sports stuff. Does anybody else experience this?

It's been going on for more than a year, it happens during network news and prime time but seems more prevalent during sports...I've emailed Mike Riddle and I don't think they hear it!

They also have a timing error when they go to local wx during the Today show. The screen glitches when they switch over from network to local.

I've emailed Mike Riddle and I don't think they hear it!

They also have a timing error when they go to local wx during the Today show. The screen glitches when they switch over from network to local.

There's a lot of stuff going on with the local stations. 14 has that repeating local spot issue where it shows the last 2 or 3 seconds of local commercials again after the commercial should be over.

There's a lot of stuff going on with the local stations. 14 has that repeating local spot issue where it shows the last 2 or 3 seconds of local commercials again after the commercial should be over.

12 and ENC do that too. The spot will end, then try to start up again just before the next ad rolls.

I did finally catch a one second fine print legal ID on 12 one evening before the news started, but still no legal ID at the top of the hours I have checked, granted that is not a whole lot lately.

Has WYDO moved there tower location? I've been getting lower signal's here in Greenville lately...