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Correction: NBC Sports (ch 75) is NOT on QAM (at least not now). It used to be though.

The spring AntennaTV schedule:

ANTENNA TV SPRING 2012 SCHEDULE

EFFECTIVE MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012
All times Eastern

What's new: WKRP in Cincinnati
What's on hiatus: Married with Children, The Nanny, Totally Tooned In, Circus Boy

Mon-Fri - Daytime/Afternoons
5:00AM Antenna TV Theater
7:00AM Antenna TV Theater
9:00AM Antenna TV Theater
11:00AM Too Close for Comfort (replaces Antenna TV Theater)
11:30AM Too Close for Comfort (replaces Antenna TV Theater cont.)
12:00PM Three's Company, with The Ropers/Three's a Crowd in rotation (replaces Antenna TV Theater cont.)
12:30PM Three's Company, with The Ropers/Three's a Crowd in rotation (replaces Antenna TV Theater cont.)
1:00PM McHale's Navy (replaces Dragnet)
1:30PM McHale's Navy (replaces Adam-12)
2:00PM Hazel (replaces McHale's Navy)
2:30PM Hazel (replaces McHale's Navy)
3:00PM Dennis the Menace (replaces Bachelor Father)
3:30PM Dennis the Menace (replaces Bachelor Father)
4:00PM Leave it to Beaver (replaces Father Knows Best)
4:30PM Leave it to Beaver (replaces Father Knows Best)
5:00PM Adam-12 (replaces Dennis the Menace)
5:30PM Adam-12 (replaces Dennis the Menace)
6:00PM Dragnet (replaces Leave it to Beaver)
6:30PM Dragnet (replaces Leave it to Beaver)

Mon-Thurs - Primetime and Overnight
7:00PM Good Times
7:30PM Good Times
8:00PM Sanford & Son (replaces Three's Company)
8:30PM Sanford & Son (replaces Three's Company)
9:00PM All in the Family
9:30PM All in the Family
10:00PM Three's Company, with The Ropers/Three's a Crowd in rotation (replaces Maude)
10:30PM Three's Company, with The Ropers/Three's a Crowd in rotation (replaces Maude)
11:00PM Too Close for Comfort (replaces Sanford & Son)
11:30PM Too Close for Comfort (replaces Sanford & Son
12:00AM Alfred Hitchcock Presents (replaces Three's Company)
12:30AM Alfred Hitchcock Presents (replaces Three's Company)
1:00AM Burns & Allen (replaces Alfred Hitchcock Presents)
1:30AM Burns & Allen (replaces Alfred Hitchcock Presents)
2:00AM Jack Benny (replaces Burns & Allen)
2:30AM Jack Benny (replaces Burns & Allen)
3:00AM Antenna TV Theater (replaces Jack Benny 2x/Hazel 2x)

Fridays - Black & White Friday Night
7:00PM Father Knows Best (replaces Good Times)
7:30PM Father Knows Best (replaces Good Times)
8:00PM Bachelor Father (replaces Too Close for Comfort)
8:30PM Bachelor Father (replaces Too Close for Comfort)
9:00PM Leave it to Beaver (replaces All in the Family)
9:30PM Leave it to Beaver (replaces All in the Family)
10:00PM Dennis the Menace (replaces Maude)
10:30PM Dennis the Menace (replaces Maude)
11:00PM Burns & Allen (replaces Sanford & Son)
11:30PM Burns & Allen (replaces Sanford & Son)
12:00AM Jack Benny (replaces Too Close for Comfort)
12:30AM Jack Benny (replaces Too Close for Comfort)
1:00AM McHale's Navy (replaces Benny Hill)
1:30AM McHale's Navy (replaces Benny Hill)
2:00AM Hazel (replaces Benny Hill)
2:30AM Hazel (replaces Benny Hill)
3:00AM Antenna TV Theater (replaces Three Stooges 4x)

Saturdays
5:00AM Antenna TV Theater
7:00AM Here Come the Brides (replaces Antenna TV Theater)
8:00AM Iron Horse (replaces Antenna TV Theater cont.)
9:00AM Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (replaces Totally Tooned In)
9:30AM Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (replaces Totally Tooned In)
10:00AM C.Q. Goes Green E/I
10:30AM Critter Gitters E/I
11:00AM Curiosity Quest E/I
11:30AM Heads Up E/I
12:00PM Y.A. Outdoors E/I
12:30PM Y.A. Outdoors E/I
1:00PM Gidget (replaces Antenna TV Theater)
1:30PM Gidget (replaces Antenna TV Theater cont.)
2:00PM The Flying Nun (replaces Antenna TV Theater cont.)
2:30PM The Flying Nun (replaces Antenna TV Theater cont.)
3:00PM The Monkees (replaces Gidget)
3:30PM The Monkees (replaces Gidget)
4:00PM The Partridge Family (replaces Flying Nun)
4:30PM The Partridge Family (replaces Flying Nun)
5:00PM Adam-12 (replaces The Monkees)
5:30PM Adam-12 (replaces The Monkees)
6:00PM Dragnet (replaces The Partridge Family)
6:30PM Dragnet (replaces The Partridge Family)
7:00PM S.W.A.T.
8:00PM It Takes A Thief (replaces Adam-12 2x)
9:00PM It Takes A Thief (replaces Dragnet 2x)
10:00PM Suspense Theater (replaces It Takes a Thief)
11:00PM Alfred Hitchcock Presents (replaces It Takes a Thief)
11:30PM Alfred Hitchcock Presents (replaces It Takes a Thief cont.)
12:00AM Burns & Allen (replaces Alfred Hitchcock Presents)
12:30AM Burns & Allen (replaces Alfred Hitchcock Presents)
1:00AM Leave it to Beaver (replaces Alfred Hitchcock Presents)
1:30AM Leave it to Beaver (replaces Alfred Hitchcock Presents)
2:00AM Dennis the Menace (replaces Alfred Hitchcock Presents)
2:30AM Dennis the Menace (replaces Alfred Hitchcock Presents)
3:00AM The Three Stooges (replaces Suspense Theater)
4:00AM Benny Hill (replaces Suspense Theater)
4:30AM Benny Hill (replaces Suspense Theater cont.)

Sundays
5:00AM Movie
7:00AM Father Knows Best (replaces Antenna TV Theater)
7:30AM Father Knows Best (replaces Antenna TV Theater cont.)
8:00AM Bachelor Father (replaces Antenna TV Theater cont.)
8:30AM Bachelor Father (replaces Antenna TV Theater cont.)
9:00AM Hazel (replaces Circus Boy)
9:30AM Hazel (replaces Circus Boy)
10:00AM McHale's Navy (replaces Adventures of Rin Tin Tin)
10:30AM McHale's Navy (replaces Adventures of Rin Tin Tin)
11:00AM Leave it to Beaver (replaces Iron Horse)
11:30AM Leave it to Beaver (replaces Iron Horse cont.)
12:00PM Dennis the Menace (replaces Here Come the Brides)
12:30PM Dennis the Menace (replaces Here Come the Brides)
1:00PM Antenna TV Theater
3:00PM Antenna TV Theater (replaces Gidget 2x and The Flying Nun 2x)
5:00PM Leave it to Beaver (replaces The Monkees)
5:30PM Leave it to Beaver (replaces The Monkees)
6:00PM The Partridge Family
6:30PM The Partridge Family
7:00PM Too Close for Comfort
7:30PM Too Close for Comfort
8:00PM NewsRadio (replaces The Nanny)
8:30PM NewsRadio (replaces The Nanny)
9:00PM WKRP in Cincinnati (replaces NewsRadio)
9:30PM WKRP in Cincinnati (replaces NewsRadio)
10:00PM WKRP in Cincinnati (replaces Married...with Children)
10:30PM WKRP in Cincinnati (replaces Married...with Children)
11:00PM Soap
11:30PM Soap
12:00AM Three's Company (replaces Too Close for Comfort)
12:30AM Three's Company (replaces Too Close for Comfort)
1:00AM All in the Family (replaces Alfred Hitchcock Presents)
1:30AM All in the Family (replaces Alfred Hitchcock Presents)
2:00AM Maude (replaces Burns & Allen)
2:30AM Maude (replaces Burns & Allen)
3:00AM Good Times (replaces Jack Benny)
3:30AM Good Times (replaces Jack Benny)
4:00AM Leave it to Beaver (replaces Hazel)
4:30AM Leave it to Beaver (replaces Hazel)

So what's up with the prime-time shows bumped by the ACC tournament shows being in 4:3?

Their machines can't record 16:9 for future transmission?

On Monday, March 12, WGHP will be operating at reduced power as we replace a damaged bypass 480v switch for the transmitter. We will be on our back up transmitter during this time. This will start around 7am on Monday morning and will run most of the day. We hope to be back to full power before the 5pm news.

As of 2PM, I see no problems from over 30 miles away. But, my experiemce might not be typical.

The antenna is the one we used when we first went digital in 2002. The only difference between now and then is the power. It was 4.2 kw then, it is 50 kw now. Same pattern, just more power. We came back to full power at 3:15pm.

Hey foxeng, have you heard of what's going on with Northstate? When I woke up this morning my Internet was down. I have their Plex Blitz service for Internet access. When I got to work I tried to pull up their website and it's down.

No idea. Sorry.

I am reading in the trades that WFMY is revamping its newscasts, again. (ratings have been disappointing, and that is just what the numbers say "looking from across the street" as we say in the biz.) News2.0 is only 6 months old and they are making major changes to it. Biggest change is current morning team is basically being moved to the weekends (next stop, let's don't talk about it) and Eric Chilton is moving to mornings as they try and wrap others around him. Eric has done mornings in a major market before, but he can't carry the whole newscast. No one can.

The vibe we keep hearing from viewers (and yes, they do call and complain about the other stations as if WE can do something about it. But really? Why would we? Can you say, "didn't think that one through?") is their content sucks and people don't like seeing anchors standing the whole newscast. They say it looks awkward and not inviting. Like having company to your house and they never sit down.

Guess we will see new promos touting "News2.1! The new and improved News2.0!" I really don't know what they are trying to do other there. They seem to be flying in the face of wisdom and past knowledge.

Yikes! Well, there goes my only reason for watching their evening newscasts. Sadly, the cons outweigh the pros on all 3 (main) channels for me.

Back in the 80s and 90s they had a good news program. I remember Bill Kopald, Sybil Robson, Charlie Harville, Lee Kinard, and Sandra Hughes. Sounds like things have deteriorated over there. Same thing happened at WUSA-9 a few years back, as Gannett retired all of their top talent and replaced them with younger faces. Not quite the same legacy station it used to be. Gordon Peterson, Maureen Bunyan, and Doug Hill moved to WJLA-7, along with Arch Campbell and Bob Ryan from WRC-4. Sounds like WGHP has stayed the course and continues to present the best news programming in the market.

It seem like the Pied Piper of the Piedmont is about to be led by the rats into the sea. What I think doesn't matter, but I'll write it anyway. No anchor, but a host. A delineation between hard "news", softer stories, and the host. The host does not have to be, and probably should not be, a hard news person. Technical fluff should have a purpose.
Wait
Channel 2 has already done it. The Good Morning Show, with Lee Kinard.

WFMY has been trailing in the ratings for about 10 years. They got rid of their main anchors a few years ago for a rotating crew of anchors that are comprised of field reporters to cut costs. Several friends who worked there got cut when that happened. The general public consensus is they ran Saundra Hughes off 2 years ago in a similar manner as they did Lee Kinard 10 years ago. Told her "Here is your new job".

Their GM of 25 years left early last year and Gannett moved the GM from Little Rock AR last summer. Shortly thereafter they threw out the conventional newscast with no on set news desk and all weather forecasts are done from the outside "Weather Garden" even in bad weather. They don't do hard news unless the public wants it. They basically do news by public committee. Even going HD from the studio and recorded pieces (no HD live from the field, they don't have the digital intercity infrastructure in place yet) hasn't done anything for the ratings. They called all this, "NEWS2.0" as a take off on the analog channel number and a new version with a digital reference. We have people tell us it has the look of "done on the cheap" (if the general viewer ever really saw what the sets were made out of, all TV stations would be called that!) even though they did a complete renovation of the building after the new GM came last year and changing the newsroom into a "Digital Information Center". They seem to really be into things like that. Their webpage is called "digtriad.com" an admitted attempt to put the word "digital" with Triad to make it sound hip. And that from the stations promos people. PERSONAL OPINION: The new news opening with reliving the "glorious past" of the station with all the graphic stills of logos and pictures to advance the NEWS2.0 theme is a little cheesy and self important to me. But then I am just an engineer. What do I know about promotions?

Like I said, I have no idea what they are trying to do over there. I have several friends there and I worry about them. I worked with Eric at WGHP in the 90's before he went to Florida before coming back to WFMY. I hope he isn't getting wrangled into something. But he is a big boy. He will do good either way. As we say in the biz "It will either work; or it won't!"

I remember when it was talked about here back when WFMY went to the new "style" and even I knew it wouldn't work and I know nothing about the TV news biz, other than just being an observer on the TV side of it. It was shocking. Also once you start losing boatloads of viewers for decisions like this, often it takes a long time to get the people back, if ever.

The weather on WFMY was the only thing worth watching, until the stupid Weather Garden. The only time I see it is when I want a quick weather snippet and watch 2-2. Their news is basically "Facebook will kill you." Once again, thank you Fox 8 for having the only news in the Triad worth watching.

Yes, how stupid is that (viewers contacting WGHP) to complain about WFMY? But I do agree that the format of News2.0 sucks. And I also hate seeing anchors standing for the entire newscast. I couldn't agree more in that it looks awkward and not inviting.

Times do change. But I guess when a station no longer invests in its employees and treats them crappy, ratings will decline. WGHP is clearly the best in the Triad for local news, followed by WXII, and WFMY a distant third.

You would be surprised what people complain about. It ranges from wanting to talk to some syndicated show host to complaining about other stations or newspapers or wanting us to do a story on them stubbing their toes. It is really amazing. TV seems to be the catch all place.

Well, you can't blame them for trying. Had it worked, this conversation would have been a lot different!

Setting yourself a part has always been part of the biz. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. "That is why they play the game."

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/wfm...formula_b42811

Well, I wish WFMY luck. Maybe, it will make a difference. But as mentioned on here by JspENC, it is sometimes a long process to get the viewers back. But I suppose their news will always be a cut above WXLV, which I don't even count count as a competitor in the Triad for local news.

Not that it has anything to do with local news, but to the credit of WFMY....they've had some proud moments in history to include being the first station in the Piedmont Triad to go on the air. And reportedly, WFMY has had one of the largest (over the air) covereage areas in the southeast.

But it would seem to me that their current management needs to get a grip if they really want to turn things around with their local news. I don't know how the future of any station can look too bright when they no longer properly invest in their employees.

WFMY can best be described as a station with a great future behind it.

Looks like the new prospective owners of WEFC (ex-WDRL) are taking a minimum of equipment from the current operation. Check out the listing here . . . http://www.jessemeeks.com

Just looking over what's up for sale, most of it is analog studio and transmitter equipment, not very useful for a broadcaster in the digital age. There are satellite receivers for sale, and dishes of some sort.

I did notice one interesting piece of digital transmitter equipment...a 250-watt "Pineapple" transmitter, fixed-tuned to Channel 41, but no evidence of either an exciter or encoder, both of which would be necessary to put TV programming on the air.

I might show up out there just to see if those items might be mis-labeled.

You think a dollar apiece for all items would be accepted?
The vise and gas cans are worth something. Sone of the stuff would cost a bit to dispose of.

The Andrew dishes are about the only the thing worth getting. The rest of the stuff, even though it looks like it is in decent shape and is quite serviceable, isn't of much value in the digital age. Its usefulness expired on June 12, 2009. If you could still get a analog LP, it would make a good LP, but now a days, 95% of it isn't worth anything.

Life is cyclical. What goes around comes around. WFMY may be down, but they aren't out. Not by a long shot. A few years ago WXII were having issues. They recovered. I suspect and expect that one day WFMY will recover as well.

That is what makes competition a good thing. It makes everyone better. It causes everyone to step up to another level. The viewer is the ultimate winner and that is as it should be.

What is it with the client's kids in commercials? I'm SO tired of seeing kids that can't act telling me to buy something from their dad or other family member.

Suppose to make it look "cute???"

well cute it ain't.

i'm not wearing tutu, but i know who will.

That is as old as commercials themselves.

That comes from the client, not the station. It is their money and their product, they can spend it and display it anyway they want. And they do. 109U-PULLIT is a prime example of the client has a concept and that is the only one they want to see on TV.

Growing up near Charlotte, I was exposed to near-lethal doses of Perry Brown and Factory Sales and Surplus. He did every gag possible on his commercials, and usually appeared personally in them wearing a Superman suit.

However, he sold a LOT of furniture out of that old schoolhouse in Waxhaw.

Also, let's mention his "brother" in advertising schlock, Bill Stallings. Stallings was primarily on radio (and owned WCPL-FM in Pageland, SC), but also did TV commercials for his big business, Stallings Salvage of Monroe. His loud "Lumber-Lumber-LUMBURRRRRR" and rapid-fire delivery was enough to make any TV professional cringe.

Later . . . . Matt

i never knew stallings owned wcpl-fm in pageland. so much lumber you'll think it grows on trees!

i wasn't really talking about the client doing their own ads, although i agree they're usually pretty bad. no, they're always pretty bad. haha.

i don't disagree with what you guys said at all, but i was just writing about the kids in the ads. buy a tractor from my paw-paw was the ad that set it off for me.

but yeah it's their money.