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  1. Peter Parker

    Say goodbye to OETA pbs. (Never mind! Funding restored.)

    The vetoed bill involved authority to operate not just funding.
  2. Peter Parker

    Weigel Broadcasting Co. is flipping its digital broadcast network Decades into the sitcom-centric Catchy Comedy on March 27

    Shows like Dick Cavett are not particularly popular. Could they move? Yes but there is no reason to believe they will
  3. Peter Parker

    Timeless TV

    It has been streaming for some time. Some really old stuff on there. Some good. Some not so much.
  4. Peter Parker

    OTA ground connection

    Consider posting this in the OTA forum and not the one for DISH.
  5. Peter Parker

    Nexstar looking to purchase the CW Network

    The current station would be allowed to carry it until their affiliation deal ends. Then it could be moved. If moved it would likely be subordinate to CBS but who knows.
  6. Peter Parker

    A new diginet called StoryTV will be launched on 3-28-22

    I am not sure if it has been mentioned here but Story TV is now in the Washington DC DMA at 48.2.
  7. Peter Parker

    What is the most sensitive tuner available?

    Amplifiers are not signal magnets sucking in channels from miles away. Pre amplifiers are placed close to the antenna and are intended to stop a marginal signal from losing strength overa cable run. Distribution amplifiers try to make up for the loss of signal that takes place when you...
  8. Peter Parker

    What is the most sensitive tuner available?

    I would like to see something like this as a sticky.
  9. Peter Parker

    Tegna is selling to private equity group Standard General

    I am not sure that there is anything you can make of it. Maybe the hedge fund or the management it puts in place will be eaier to deal with and maybe not. In any event the deal is signed and we do not even know how long it lasts.
  10. Peter Parker

    ATSC 3.0 Coming to Hartford in October

    The logic behind the first converter box subsidy was that the Government had taken an action that deprived many citizens of televison. That is not really the case here as ATSC 1.0 has not gone away yet like analog television did.
  11. Peter Parker

    8/31/2021 Band Opening

    WDCW and WDVM are channel sharing with WFTY (only 25.1 simulcasts from the WFTY tower) . WPMT is in Pennsylvania.
  12. Peter Parker

    Nexstar launching Antenna TV spinoff network in September '21

    Not necessarily. They could just show the existing batch more often.
  13. Peter Parker

    Nexstar launching Antenna TV spinoff network in September '21

    I realize that. I am just saying that even though there are two channels involved it is still the same shows we have been seeing.
  14. Peter Parker

    Nexstar launching Antenna TV spinoff network in September '21

    It looks like it is primarily shows that had long runs on Antenna TV.
  15. Peter Parker

    Two Analog TV Stations Received

    UHF 36 is used by a full powered digital station (WFSB) in CT. H UHF 36 is used by wFSB a full powered digital station in Hartford, CT. Hard to believe an analog station would use that------but who knows.
  16. Peter Parker

    Timeless TV

    Several early episodes of the hill billies are in the public domain and get snatched up for low cost DVDs and as filler between infomercials. One MD based wrestling promotion had problems producing content a few yeard back and announced that they would be away from TV for a few weeks to make...
  17. Peter Parker

    "THIS" Tv's future after Amazon buys MGM.

    Since Amazon will not own the channel I doubt we will see that rebranding.
  18. Peter Parker

    2021-22 Syndication Update

    Yeah that postage can really ad up.
  19. Peter Parker

    2021-22 Syndication Update

    And those big changes would be........what?
  20. Peter Parker

    2021-22 Syndication Update

    and Buddy Hackett's version in 1980
  21. Peter Parker

    2021-22 Syndication Update

    The article says it is sold in 90 percent of the US with the Nexstar deal being part of that.