Greenville, NC - HDTV - Page 279

Yeah I think that may have been a dig at 9 but I don't know that I buy it. Look at what all WRAL has done over the years and all at the same address on Western...

I'm shocked but not disappointed that the Katie show isn't airing in this area.

Although syndicated by Disney/ABC, Katie is carried mostly on ABC affiliates across the country. Which is why General Hospital was moved to 2pm, so Katie could air at 3pm. Although in Asheville she airs at 4pm on 13-WLOS, the ABC channel there. But interestingly, in Charlotte, Katie airs on tape delay the next day at 10am on WSOC, as they have moved Dr. Phil to 3pm on Channel 9. But maybe some of this will change if the show gets good ratings. Meanwhile, Katie is scheduled to fill in some for Robin Roberts on GMA, and I will be pleased to see her again on morning television where she does very well.

I noticed the other night that WSOC was airing a Katie Behind the Scenes special at 10pm, but WXLV ABC 45 and WTVD ABC11 did not air the special. WXLV does not air Katie (thank God, they'd ruin it and it wouldn't be HD). It's a Katie deluge.. 10am on WSOC, 11am on Fox8,1 and 3pm on WTVD (and the ABCe DNS feed. And then I see it later on the west-coast DNS ABC feed, which I wish I could get - not for Katie, but for sports. That is for a different time...) And she re-airs at 1am on WSOC and WTVD. I don't plan on watching it but I couldn't help but notice how often it is on and then to see it's not on at all somewhere else!

I can watch Katie if I wanted on WECT 6 Wilmington, but it would be in low def, and it would be on cable right now since there is something wrong with their transmitter or my antenna, but I believe it is them. I will install my antenna again tonight, after I took it down and found burnt balun and fittng.

I guess she's gone from WTKR (3/CBS) Norfolk? What a market drop...

Is it WITN's mission to pick up all the talent that leaves WCTI? I don't get it? I like her, but why?

She is in Jacksonville, so maybe I'll run into her somewhere.

Speaking of people on the move, Jasmine Spencer of WCTI has moved to WGHP High Point, Greensboro.

Me too. They should have been HD a loooooooooonnnnnngggg time ago. Also everyone should have been Dolby Digital by now. I still have to depend on another market for that, and WECT has a horrible transmitter. They made a mistake moving their signal that close to the water.

Regarding all the recent talk about WECT signal issues, they filed an STA a few days ago indicating they are currently at 12% power (so 85 kW rather than 710 kW) due to transmitter problems.

"AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, WECT (THE 'STATION') HAS BEEN OPERATING AT REDUCED POWER DUE TO TRANSMITTER PROBLEMS. IN ITS EFFORTS TO RESUME FULL POWER OPERATIONS, WECT INSTALLED A REPLACEMENT IOT TUBE. FOLLOWING THE INSTALLATION OF THE REPLACEMENT TUBE, THE STATION HAS EXPERIENCED ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMITTER. ACCORDINGLY, WECT HEREBY RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO OPERATE AT 12% OF AUTHORIZED POWER WHILE THE STATION CONTINUES TO WORK TO FIX THE TRANSMITTER PROBLEMS AND RETURN THE STATION TO FULL POWER OPERATIONS."

- Trip

Thanks Trip. I'm sure Ray is working hard to fix this.

Reception Help,

Earlier in the week I posted in the technical section looking for guidance on how to pick up two different tv markets. I was guide over to this threat for more local help. My location is about 10 miles north east of goldsboro. I'm trying to figure out what antenna combination works around here to be able to pick up Raleigh and towards Greenville/New Bern area.

Any would wold be appreciated.

Thanks

I'm in Wilson and I started out with a Winegard 8800 UHF antenna with a Channel Master CM-7777 preamp to get most of the channels from the Triangle area and Greenville area. With it in my attic and aimed towards New Bern, I was able to get 5,7,9,11,12,17,22,25,28,30,47 and 50 with very reliable and stable reception. I have a Channel Master rotor also that I rarely use, since the Winegard gets the Raleigh channels just fine off the backside.This was the configuration I used until the analog shutdown in June 2009. After the analog shutdown, WCTI reverted back from UHF to VHF and I totally lost that channel. I added a small Winegard VHF highband antenna to the mast and connected it directly to the VHF input of the preamp and was able to get 12 again, and also had stronger signals from 9 and 11. Later on, Fox 14 boosted power and I get them very well. 9,11 and 12 are the only stations that are actually on VHF in this area, all the others are UHF. I got the 8800 from Aim electronics in Goldsboro. Good luck.

For that type of dual antenna set up, you may now need to seek a different preamp, as the original dual input Channel Master 7777 is no longer made. There is a new Antennacraft preamp with dual inputs for separate UHF/VHF antennas which may now be your best choice. And there is a cheap RCA version that actually gets good reviews on Amazon. But I do miss the original Channel Master antennas that were made in Smithfield. Still prefer their CM4248 UHF Diamond antenna and would love to find another one somewhere.

Thanks guys. I sent airforceivan over here, since I knew Retspin could tell him what he should expect.

I too am in need of a new pre-amp, and will be likely ordering either that RCA model Tyler said, or a winegard.

I looked at the antennacraft pre amp's and they have a regular and a high gain. Would I just need the regular pre amp for my location.

I would go with regular gain since most of the channels have good signals on your area.

X2. You don't want to overload the signals, or you will have bleeding, especially with those VHF signals being right on top of each other. 10 (WNCT), 11, 12

Is Judge Judy in HD on WCTI? Foxeng said the show is in HD now. Also Joe Brown is in HD this season. I have noticed Ellen DeGeneratece is not shown in HD on WCTI. I wonder why?

I wish Ken12 was still with us. We don't know anything about any of our stations now, and what they are planning for us.

I can't believe I am going to say this, but I am actually enjoying Time Warner and their HD cable. Sometimes I do notice some blocking going on in fast motion, like on Sci-Fi last night. I do think that Directv HD was a little better, but that may change as they add more channels. The TW guide is not 16X9, and that kind of stinks, but I think they will update it.

I also found how to get into the Cisco HD STB hidden menu. Press Select for about 7 seconds, and then the up arrow. You can see your signal to noise rate. (mine is 37 dB) I don't think that is bad.
Edited by jspENC - 9/20/12 at 7:22am

Judge Judy is now in HD on WCNC36 Charlotte and WSPA7 Spartanburg. And Rachel Ray is now in HD on WYFF4 Greenville, SC and WBTV3 Charlotte. But both of those shows were among the better looking SD shows in terms of pic quality.

Time Warner now has in HD NFL Network and Redzone 1498 and 1499 for me.

Tuttmediagroup.com has an announcement today! I am surprised at the southern-most transmitter location. Looks like W39DG-D will be located south of Wilmington??? (according to the map at recnet) Good coverage for them if that is the case.
Edited by mans147 - 9/24/12 at 6:07pm

They will enjoy that. They have too few choices for OTA programming down there. People have been asking the star news for more information about getting more channels.

Allan Hoffman is leaving also I saw. His last day is Friday. Say bye bye ratings. A new set and even HD will not help. Sorry.