Roanoke CBS-HD

[Laddyboy]

If the software problem had been identified earlier, the question that started this thread would already be history.

Not sure I understand this, Jerryinvirginia?

[Raymie]

Schurz! Hallelujah!

[darekd]

Not sure I understand this, Jerryinvirginia?

Roanoke locals were suppose to be up in March but problems with one of the transponders delayed them.

[Raymie]

This is just one of many Schurz locals to come. Rejoice, South Bend!

[Laddyboy]

Roanoke locals were suppose to be up in March but problems with one of the transponders delayed them.

Yeh I know since I posted on the transponder 5 problem, but how does this tie in with this thread? Even if the T5 problem hadn't occurred, the Schurz HD locals wouldn't have been up on E*. Schurz has stations in Anchorage, South Bend, Wichita, Springfield, MO, and Augusta, GA, in addition to Roanoke, and none of them are currently available on E*.

[darekd]

Yeh I know since I posted on the transponder 5 problem, but how does this tie in with this thread? Even if the T5 problem hadn't occurred, the Schurz HD locals wouldn't have been up on E*. Schurz has stations in Anchorage, South Bend, Wichita, Springfield, MO, and Augusta, GA, in addition to Roanoke, and none of them are currently available on E*.

WDBJ7 is a flagship station for Schurz and the most watched station in Roanoke. WDBJ7 management is very progressive and they definitely wouldn't want to alienate their viewers.

[Jerryinvirginia]

Yeh I know since I posted on the transponder 5 problem, but how does this tie in with this thread? Even if the T5 problem hadn't occurred, the Schurz HD locals wouldn't have been up on E*. Schurz has stations in Anchorage, South Bend, Wichita, Springfield, MO, and Augusta, GA, in addition to Roanoke, and none of them are currently available on E*.

Rumors have it that WDBJ7 has strong political support in Washington. Whether or not this might explain the market availability, hard to say.

[GeneralDisarray]

Glad to see the updates on this issue. I've been wondering about when WDBJ HD would become available. Now I'm pinning my hopes on June 17. Always a dangerous thing with Dish...

[Raymie]

WDBJ is not Schurz's flagship. That'd be WSBT South Bend.

I'm excited, because that means I can peel another name off of the retrans consent noticeboard.

Currently, the board has Freedom, Baton Rouge Advocate, Barrington Broadcasting/KTVO, Dispatch, Schurz, Gazette (KCRG), Quincy Newspapers, Weigel, Drewry, Newport-High Plains, and Granite-Malara.