Upcoming DirecTV Local HD Markets (October)

[jcrandall]

DirecTV updated the list of upcoming HD Local market launches today.


DIRECTV: Local Channels in HD

• Bangor ME Dec 08
  Beaumont-Port Arthur TX Dec 08
  Boise ID Nov 08
  Butte-Bozeman MT Dec 08
  Charleston SC Oct 08
  Colorado Springs-Pueblo CO Oct 08
  Columbia-Jefferson City MO Oct 08
  Davenport IA-Rock Island IL-Moline IL Oct 08
  Dayton OH Oct 08
  Des Moines-Ames IA Nov 08
  El Paso TX Nov 08
  Evansville IN Oct 08
  Fort Smith AR Nov 08
  Fort Wayne IN Nov 08
  Greenville-New Bern-Washington NC Jan 09
  Harlingen-Brownsville TX Nov 08
  Harrisonburg VA Dec 08
  La Crosse-Eau Claire WI Nov 08
  Macon GA Nov 08
  Norfolk-Newport News VA Oct 08
  Palm Springs CA Dec 08
  Peoria-Bloomington IL Nov 08
  Rockford IL Nov 08
  Savannah GA Oct 08
  Sioux Falls SD Nov 08
  Springfield-Holyoke MA Oct 08
  Tallahassee FL Dec 08
  Traverse City-Cadillac MI Nov 08

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There is now an updated list from DirecTV.

See this thread:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/directv-...ml#post1560795

Some of the dates originally listed have been delayed.

[jdspencer]

Would it be possible to add the DMAs for these markets.

I know there's a list around here somewhere. L)

[bsb]

Hope it's ok to ask this question here. I'm trying to find out if Directv will ever broadcast the WPTZ(Burlington, VT), channel 5-2 24 hr weather station. We're about 80-85 miles out and can't get an ota signal. If I'm in the wrong area, my apology.

[jcrandall]

DirecTV has not started carrying weather stations in any market, so to answer your question, it's not on the radar

WELCOME to Satguys!

[uncrules]

it's not on the radar

[rjsam2000]

Cedar Rapids, Waterloo Iowa launched last February, minus KCRG, the ABC affiliate (and #1 station in the market) which DirecTV seems to have NO interest in contacting to work out a deal with.

[sundude90]

Hey,

I didn't see Bangor, Maine on your list Jason. I know that it was on the original list from D* for Dec 08. Why isn't it there now?

Thanks,

Josh

[kruseb]

The Des Moines, IA locals were scheduled for November on the previous list but not on this one?

[jamieh1]

Where did you get this list? Directv.com still has Greenville NC listed for launch in November.

[rad]

At:
DIRECTV - Upcoming HD Local Market Launches

it says:

September: Burlington Vt.-Plattsburgh, N.Y.; Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, Ill.; Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C.

October: Boise, Idaho; Charleston, S.C.; Colorado Springs-Pueblo, Colo.; Columbia-Jefferson City, Mo.; Davenport, Iowa-Rock Island, Ill., Moline, Ill.; Dayton, Ohio; Evansville, Ind.; Harlingen-Brownsville, Texas; Norfolk-Newport News, Va.; Savannah, Ga.; Springfield-Holyoke, Mass.

November: Des Moines-Ames, Iowa; El Paso, Texas; Fort Smith, Ark.; Fort Wayne, Ind.; Greenville-New Bern-Washington, N.C.; La Crosse-Eau Claire, Wis.; Macon, Ga.; Peoria-Bloomington, Ill.; Rockford, Ill.; Sioux Falls, S.D.; Traverse City-Cadillac, MI

December: Dothan, AL; Bangor, Maine; Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas; Butte-Bozeman, Mont.; Harrisonburg, Va.; Palm Springs, CA; Tallahassee, Fla.