Omaha / Lincoln, NE - HDTV - Page 250

I did hear that KFXL will only have SD programming, so if the Fox signal is in SD, chances are any subchannels would be too.

Ugh...I hope that's wrong. What a waste of a channel if it's only in SD... Why would anyone in Lincoln (with an HDTV at least) ever watch it since we can pick up KPTM in HD?

I sure hope you're wrong... :-P

So do I.

We must remember that Pappas is in Bankruptcy. They cant afford to even pay for the electricity to run the station at full power so they are running it at the low power level (which is why many cant get the station).

The FCC licensed this station for full power over a year ago, Pappas is only doing LP or low power right now before the change and after the change.

Since they are so short on money there is NO WAY they can afford to buy the HD equipment right now let alone pay the electric bill for Full power which costs a lot more.

Really all they are doing is stealing away the Local Fox rights from KOLN who can afford HD and full power so they can someday go to HD and full power once the economy gets better and they get out of bankruptcy.

Good play on there part getting the rights, surprised FOX is letting them get away with it, typically FOX corp requires Full power and HD for prime time for most markets.

I think the viewers would of ALL been better off if KOLN won the Fox rights and put it on as a HD sub channel. Remember the Fox1011.com web site, they almost had it.

*sigh* You're probably right. It's crap, but you're probably right.

Actually, KCWL/KFXL (still KCWL in the FCC database) has never been licensed for full power (5,000kW analog or 1,000kW digital). Their original construction permit was for 5,000kW analog but it was never built. They were always 51.4kW in the analog world and will be 14kW digital.

Consider that the maximum power for a low-power digital station is 15kW, and that shows where channel 51 stands in the world.

It's a full-service station, regardless of what their power level is.

- Trip

Anyone know what time Lincolns CHannel 8 is making the switch today? If its already done, anyone tried it, does it work now on VHF high digital 8?

only 1 hour til all broadcast stations (except LPTV stations)


will be digital for good


the only LPTv stations in Omaha are

24- the my network tv station (aka 42.2)

and 61 - the 3abn station (which is alledgly going to go digital and move to 19)


and the blank 48 and 54 channels



Lincoln's LPTV channels are:


18 K18CD (the KSNB-TV/KTVG repeater)
27 K27GX (3ABN)
29 K29GL (TBN)
35 KWAZ-LP (the KSNB-TV/KTVG repeater)
67 K67CV (blank channel)


and Grand Island's LPTV channel is

56 K56FC (?)

speaking of the blank channel KOHA channel 48


someone told me that is going to become a Telemundo station for Omaha


anyone heard anything about that

That's most likely wrong. Channel 48 is being sold to Word of God Fellowship, which runs the Daystar network.

where did you hear or read about Daystar buying channel 48


also when will KOHA be a active tv station again

With KETV keeping an analog "nite light" on VHF 7, I wonder how that will affect digital VHF 8...

They filed it with the FCC last month:

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws....&fac_num=33144

I'd imagine it'll begin carrying Daystar shortly after the sale closes.

KLKN reportedly flipped at noon. I got the new DT 8 here in Bellevue just after 12:30 pm rather easily-less of a challenge than with the old DT 31.

Neither KETV or KMTV's sign off (yes, KETV is nightlighting) were anything special-rather disappointing. I see KXVO and KPTM are still on analog, as is WOI-5 in Ames/Des Moines. Every other full power seems to have gone... IPTV must have gone last night as they weren't on early this morning.

Matt

thanks for the info





Huskermike, since you cant get KLKN or KOLN

east of 72nd street in Omaha , I doubt for some of us it will afeect any at all

I get the Klkn 8 VHF in papillion now after the switch.

Anyone know if the new channel 51 Fox is powered on yet in Digital? The press release said today, but not what time.

IPTV pulled the plug on all its' analogs at 12:01AM this morning.

I did the rescan at around 8 PM this evening at the folks place and we're getting KSNB 4 and KLKN 8 very well. Time will tell but 4 was rock solid. I'm unable to get either KXVO or KPTM as our old upright concrete silo stands in the way.

Roger Buddenberg said in the Omaha World Herald this morning:

there is only 1 analog channel left in Omaha.


that isnt true, besides the DTV info channel on 7


there is:

24- KKAZ (same as 42.2

48- KOHA (the soon to be Daystar channel)

61- K61Ga (the 3abn channel)



so, Roger didnt have all of his facts or he flat out lied in the paper this morning.

how good can you get the signal?


I live in the Benson area and we cant get and never have gotten 8/31 aka KLKN

Channel 8 used to come in real good when it was on UHF 31, Now channel 8 VHF comes and goes all the time.

I wish they would of stayed on UHF. My VHF Ant is rated at about the same range as my UHF.
Anyone know is, VHF typically worse or do I need a better antenna or should I give up since I am on the edge of there range.

I still cant get channel 51 the new Fox in Lincoln.

Did they complete the upgrade or is it just too lower power.

Can anyone in Lincoln get it?

I'm getting it off and on, but just a bit ago there was no sound (although there was sound on the identical feed that Dish is broadcasting as KCWL still even though it's wrong). I would suspect they're still messing with the transmitter, as I would guess it's not at the top of their engineers' priority list to get fully up and running.

Also, it appears that it IS SD only. Dammit...

For us Directv subscribers, they are now feeding KXVO, Omaha @ ch 15 for our CW affiliation. I had to make some changes in my favs to get it to show up in the lineup.

For those who can see channel 51 -- either on Dish or OTA (I see it's been removed from DirecTV's lineup) -- is it a full rebroadcast of KTVG (including the station ID) or does it have any of its own programming or ads separate from KTVG?

Incidentally, channel 51 still shows up in FCC records as KCWL... not yet KFXL.

now that KMTv is on a digital signal


anyone think it is time they get

Retro Television Network


as their sub-channel on 3.2




I mean many of us in Omaha cant get RTN


on the KLKN of Lincoln sub-channel

I would love retro TV on KMTVs sub channel.

Strange they are one of the few major TV stations in the region with out a sub channel. I wonder if they went cheap when they bought there digital equipment and got the model that does not support a 3.2 sub channel.

cheap also could mean they don't want to pay for the signal. If they add it hopefully cox will add it and it will not be the mess the KMTVHD deal was.

Looks that way to me. It appears to be just a couple seconds off from the Dish feed, and otherwise identical. Last night for a period they had an overlay of their translator stations and "official" stations, and KFXL wasn't listed on the overlay, but it showed up the same on both. I really don't think they're doing anything with KFXL except rebroadcasting what's on KTVG. I sure hope that changes, but I won't be surprised if it doesn't... *sigh*