Recent content by ScottLV

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    H&I and Retro TV to move to KJWP

    WFMZ's parent company, Maranatha Broadcasting, will finalize the purchase of KJWP soon. WFMZ sold back their frequency (46) and will go off-air, but their primary channel and The AccuWeather Channel will air on another station in the Lehigh Valley. Since WLVT is also going off air and channel...
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    V-Me to go off-air in Philadelphia on March 5th

    A darn shame there's no replacement. V-Me is no longer airing on WLVT and they put up this graphic on 39-3
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    V-Me to go off-air in Philadelphia on March 5th

    V-Me saw a drop from 43 public broadcast affiliates in January to just 12 with the announcement that V-Me will not renew contracts with PBS stations, opting to continue as a commercial outlet. The drop is also in connection with the launch of the new PBS Kids 24/7 network on many of the same...
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    Sinclair & MGM to launch new subchannel

    Charge! has also launched here in the Philadelphia market on WTVE channel 51.2, replacing The Works. The Works appears to have gone off-air as others have reported the switch in their markets. Charge! is on the air in Los Angeles on KDOC and in Atlanta on WANN. Another viewer says they're...
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    Future of Diginets?

    Firstly, there is a difference between subchannels and diginets. So long as there is broadcast television, there will be subchannels with programming. Regarding diginets, that's an awfully broad question. Since the auction is a hot topic now, I'm going to start there. I don't believe the...
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    Incentive Auction Discussion

    Actually, that's close the point I was making as well. I should've worded it differently. I assumed we'll hear from the independently-owned public television stations (WVIA, WITF, WUTF, WQED) before hearing from the large commercial owners (Tribune, FOX, Sinclair). But, you're right, the big...
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    Incentive Auction Discussion

    Thank you for sorting all of the public releases. It'll be fun to see what stations are doing and how they are delivering the news. Unfortunately, it seems we'll hear more from independent owners rather than large commercial groups, specifically public television stations which, I assume have...
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    Incentive Auction Discussion

    Elsewhere in Pennsylvania. WITF (Harrisburg) has sold for $25 million, going into a channel sharing agreement as well, but has not announced their partner. WQED (Pittsburg) took the Lo-VHF option and will enjoy $9.9 million with the pending move...
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    Incentive Auction Discussion

    I'm hopeful that FOX will sell stations only within a duopoly, and maintain primary signal simulcasts for those stations sold. Looks like Tribune's WNEP-TV (Scranton) was not sold. WVIA-TV was (for short of $26 Million) and NEPA's Educational Television Association is splitting the big bucks...
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    Antenna questions

    You must be from Wayne or Pike county. I'm from Allentown (Lehigh county) and I have that antenna. Actually, I kept it in two for an indoor setup to Philadelphia, for now. However, I prefer NEPA stations, and I've been able to get WNEP and WVIA with this antenna. The reason I couldn't get WOLF...
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    Incentive Auction Discussion

    Same thing in Philadelphia and South Jersey. NBC owns WCAU, channel 10 (RF 34) and WWSI, channel 62 (RF 49). WCAU broadcasts from Roxborough, north of Philadelphia, while WWSI broadcasts from Waterford Twns. NJ. NBC utilizes this aforementioned method to maximize coverage of the primaries. This...
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    PBS Kids Channel In My Area?

    Very rare the Philadelphia market isn't home to a diginet at launch or has an affiliate signed on for the near future, especially with two member stations. Tough break. I'm glad I get WVIA.
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    PBS Kids Channel In My Area?

    Probably not, certainly not anytime soon.
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    PBS Kids Channel In My Area?

    The reason some secondary networks don't distribute nationally is because advertising time is sold, in part, by the affiliates, while also receiving a revenue share from the network owner for running, in part, the network ads. Others, such as getTV, BUZZR, and (I think) Comet affiliate with a...
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    PBS Kids Channel In My Area?

    It doesn't matter that there's enough bandwidth. The network isn't owned by WHYY Inc. or Lehigh Valley Public Telecommunications. Also, WHYY and WLVT aren't owned by PBS. This isn't a case of a Tribune or Sinclair launching a network that is guaranteed to air on their owned-stations. PBS has to...