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post #181 of 1537
6/9/04 at 6:04pm
Foxeng:

I almost hate to take up space in this thread asking but....... do you have any idea about WTAT here in Charleston, SC?

Thanks in advance.

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post #182 of 1537
6/9/04 at 6:21pm
Quote:
Originally posted by KTrout
Foxeng:

I almost hate to take up space in this thread asking but....... do you have any idea about WTAT here in Charleston, SC?

Thanks in advance.
I don't mind. No, I don't. Sorry. I do know that in this initial go round, there will be about 150 stations out of 197 total affiliates (including stations with no digital channels) getting splicers so I would guess chances are very good it will happen. I have also been told that with the number of stations, it may very well take until December to get them all. I am told about 10 stations a week are installed.
post #183 of 1537
6/9/04 at 10:11pm
Thread Starter 
Just got back from a late showing of "The Day After Tomorrow". Many plugs for WTTG(5)D.C. & KTTV(11)L.A. - also Fox News & Sky News. Never would have know it was a 20th Century Fox flick. :)
post #184 of 1537
6/9/04 at 10:44pm
I don't know if anyone posted for my area thru all these posts but WMSN-47 Madison, WI told me they have not even got the equipment yet to even test. They are not even on Charter cable yet anyways.
post #185 of 1537
6/10/04 at 4:20am
I understand WHBQ Memphis is scheduled for next week.
post #186 of 1537
6/10/04 at 4:25am
WAGA Atlanta is now broadcasting 720p (no more strech-o-vision)
post #187 of 1537
6/10/04 at 5:05am
Are there any Suckclair owned affiliates that have upgraded out there?
Doesn't have to be a Fox affiliate,just any station at all anywhere that Sinclair owns doing 720P or even 480P ?
Anyone know?
post #188 of 1537
6/10/04 at 5:26am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally posted by spwace
The CBS affiliate in my home market is owned by Sinclair and they have been passing the network HD feed since late 2000, at full power since 2001.

PS: You might want to search the forum for recent posts re: Sinclair and their attitude toward HD.
post #189 of 1537
6/10/04 at 5:33am
foxeng-
Since Memphis is scheduled for next week is Nashville after?
Any info will be beneficial.
post #190 of 1537
6/10/04 at 5:43am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally posted by stsrep
foxeng-
Since Memphis is scheduled for next week is Nashville after?
Any info will be beneficial.
I wouldn't put too much hope on simple geography. The crew went from Greensboro, NC to Washington D.C., Memphis is next week. All three of those stations are Fox O&O's. foxeng has stated that O&O's and NFC cities are the immediate priority.

I would guess that after those are completed, geography MAY have more impact in their scheduling than it does right now. They have to upgrade to 720p or at least commit to upgrading prior to even getting on the FOX splicer schedule - are they 720p yet?
post #191 of 1537
6/10/04 at 6:18am
Quote:
Originally posted by stsrep
Are there any Suckclair owned affiliates that have upgraded out there?
Doesn't have to be a Fox affiliate,just any station at all anywhere that Sinclair owns doing 720P or even 480P ?
Anyone know?
The one here in Huntington/Charleston WV is NOT. Sinclair doesn't own it, but they run it and they own the ABC affiliate. Neither is broadcasting digital over 1kw. I wish NFL Sunday Ticket would show the Monday Night game in HD.
post #192 of 1537
6/10/04 at 7:07am
Quote:
Originally posted by foxeng
Someone asked this question to me several months ago. Best I can tell looking at the FCC website, they requested a power increase in 2000 and the FCC hasn't approved it yet. I suspect because of the proximity to Canada. When a station makes a change that might effect stations in Canada, it has to go through both governments. The FCC has a few in this category along the Canadian and Mexican borders. WFXT is not the only one.
I can't imagine how Canada could be the problem. Boston is about 200 miles from the closest Canadian border, and 250 from any big city in Canada (Montreal), and there are these tiny little bumps called the White/Green Mountains in between the two...

At their current power levels, WFXT's signal barely makes it to Southern NH, which is less than 30 miles from the transmitter. Even with the requested power boost, I can't imagine WFXT-DT making it anywhere close to Canada.

If interference issues are what is holding up WFXT's request, it's got to be a much closer interference issue than Canada, most likely a station in Rhode Island.

Craig
post #193 of 1537
6/10/04 at 7:12am
Quote:
Originally posted by cneth
I can't imagine how Canada could be the problem. Boston is about 200 miles from the closest Canadian border, and 250 from any big city in Canada (Montreal), and there are these tiny little bumps called the White/Green Mountains in between the two...

At their current power levels, WFXT's signal barely makes it to Southern NH, which is less than 30 miles from the transmitter. Even with the requested power boost, I can't imagine WFXT-DT making it anywhere close to Canada.

If interference issues are what is holding up WFXT's request, it's got to be a much closer interference issue than Canada, most likely a station in Rhode Island.

Craig
BELIEVE IT. Straight from the FCC Website:

Quote:
WFXT MA BOSTON USA (Digital)

Licensee: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS INC.
Service Designation: DT Digital television station

Channel: 31 572 - 578 MHz Application
File No.: BPCDT-19990526KH Facility ID number: 6463
CDBS Application ID No.: 428193

42° 18' 12.00" N Latitude Site in Canadian Border Zone 71° 13' 8.00 " W Longitude (NAD 27)

Polarization: Elliptical (H > V) Effective Radiated Power (ERP): 1000. kW ERP Antenna Height Above Average Terrain: 341. meters HAAT Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level: 384. meters AMSL Antenna Height Above Ground Level: 339. meters AGL TV Zone: 1 Directional Antenna ID No.: 30342 Pattern Rotation: 0.00
post #194 of 1537
6/10/04 at 7:34am
Foxeng,

Thanks for the info even though I don't like it, at least now I understand why I have the problems I sometimes encounter and why our local Fox carries such low power I guess I will have to wait for D* to offer to get a consistant signal.
post #195 of 1537
6/10/04 at 8:02am
Foxeng, thanks for that. I can never find anything I want on the morass that is the FCC web site.

It makes sense, now that I think about it, that any requests within a certain distance from the border are automatically flagged for review by both countries. What's disappointing is how long that review apparantly takes.

Craig
post #196 of 1537
6/10/04 at 8:33am
I've read all 10 pages and found no info on WDRB in Louisville. The local FOX affiliate here has a digital channel but does not pass through the FOX 480p signal. The local cable company does not carry FOX's digital channel.

The WDRB website says (and has said for some time now): "Even though we are currently producing a digital signal, WDRB is not broadcasting in HDTV. There are no plans to do so in the immediate future, but when such a move is ultimately made, that fact will be heavily publicized well in advance".

A few months back I emailed asking about their plans. I received this reply (which was apparently a form letter sent to others who emailed as well): "Up to this point, Fox has only given the affiliates a non-FCC approved HD signal (480P Wide Screen). This fall they plan to 'do it right'. We DO have plans to perform the "network pass through" to cable AND our on-air signal... this fall".
post #197 of 1537
6/10/04 at 8:43am
Quote:
Originally posted by JThree
"Up to this point, Fox has only given the affiliates a non-FCC approved HD signal (480P Wide Screen).
480p widescreen is not HD and it is FCC approved, so they got it wrong twice in the same sentence.
post #198 of 1537
6/10/04 at 9:01am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally posted by JThree
[b]I've read all 10 pages and found no info on WDRB in Louisville.
If you notice them sending a 720p signal, post it so the list can be updated. Otherwise just check the first post periodically - if we hear anything, it will be updated.
post #199 of 1537
6/10/04 at 9:56am
If Charlotte and Charleston are getting theirs, don't forget about the
people in the middle living in Columbia watching WACH.
post #200 of 1537
6/10/04 at 10:06am
Quote:
Originally posted by JThree
This fall they plan to 'do it right'. We DO have plans to perform the "network pass through" to cable AND our on-air signal... this fall".
From just those two sentences, they answered the question. They plan on doing network HD.
post #201 of 1537
6/10/04 at 10:29am
Quote:
Originally posted by CPanther95
Still some NFL cities missing from the list. Any confirmation one way or the other on any of these?

NFC:
Atlanta (O&O)
New Orleans

AFC:
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Jacksonville [confirmed NOT 720p yet]
Nashville
Kansas City (O&O)
wvue- new orleans, got an email from the station engineer couple of weeks ago saying some of the technicians were there modifying the dish and reciever and all is a go, he said they should be ready to go by "early summer"
post #202 of 1537
6/10/04 at 12:29pm
Does anybody have any info on Fox43-WPMT in the York/Harrisburg PA area? They won't respond to email either. Comcast won't put them on the cable yet.
post #203 of 1537
6/10/04 at 12:53pm
I just called WBFF in Baltimore and they said they are definitely going HD this fall and hope to be up by September 12th.

Baltimore is a sure thing!

Scott
post #204 of 1537
6/10/04 at 1:24pm
KSTU (13-2), UHF Ch. 32, Salt Lake City, Broadcasting 720p
post #205 of 1537
6/10/04 at 1:40pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally posted by kpoon
KSTU (13-2), UHF Ch. 32, Salt Lake City, Broadcasting 720p
SLC - another O&O....Only 3 of 25 O&O's not accounted for:

KTBC-7: Austin
WDAF-4: Kansas City
WOGX-51: Ocala

These are probably already 720p, if not, they should be real soon. Anyone in these areas know anything?
post #206 of 1537
6/10/04 at 4:50pm
WDAF FOX in Kansas City is low power and 480p while ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, UPN and soon WB all broadcast full-power full bandwidth HDTV.
post #207 of 1537
6/10/04 at 5:03pm
Quote:
Originally posted by foxeng
From just those two sentences, they answered the question. They plan on doing network HD.
I didn't mean to seem like I was asking what their reply meant. :)
Since no one else had mentioned Louisville, I was just sharing what I knew (admittedly little, but better than nothing!).

BTW - Thanks for sharing with us what news you can about FOX. My top 3 TiVo Season Passes are for FOX programs, so I am looking forward to finally getting to see some of my favorite shows in HD.
post #208 of 1537
6/10/04 at 10:06pm
KXRM in Colorado Springs is ready.
post #209 of 1537
6/10/04 at 10:47pm
Maybe in Tucson, KMSB.
I notoced on all programs there is a logo at the bottom, ALGEN, that goes into the 16x9 area, definitely outside the 4x3. Is this an indication?

What FOX programs do you look at to see if they are 16x9? Is there some other way to tell if they are in HD?
post #210 of 1537
6/11/04 at 5:33am
Quote:
Originally posted by babakanoosh
What FOX programs do you look at to see if they are 16x9? Is there some other way to tell if they are in HD?
TruCalling was in HD last night.
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