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    ABC Affiliates on Ku-Band (1998)

    Well even though Satcom K2 was an NBC bird as I've mentioned earlier, there were plenty of newsfeeds and SNG feeds on K2 as well. CONUS Communications also had two satellite transponders on there for satellite news gathering, special events and a daily news exchange among US TV stations and...
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    WB Affiliates on Ku-Band Satellite (1998)

    Well Mitch Nedick finally got back to me and he told me that "News feeds were controlled at the station level and not at the network.", though only a handful of WB affiliates outside of the Tribune stations had news departments at the time like I mentioned earlier.
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    RE: NBC Affiliates on Ku-Band (1998)

    WAVE Louisville also showed a rebroadcast of its newscasts with subtitles on KET (which is a PBS station), which was being uplinked on GE1 Ku, transponder 6 (Same transponder as the Empire Sports Network): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R8Ki2Eaw2Y
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    WB Affiliates on Ku-Band Satellite (1998)

    Based on a statement on Radio Discussions, "Most C-Band owners did not have a Ku-Band dish and these were not watched by many except for professionals and students in universities." The only Ku dishes that were sold to consumers back then was Primestar (GE2 Ku (W7)).
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    WB Affiliates on Ku-Band Satellite (1998)

    Several of the Tribune-owned WB stations also showed video stories from CNN which might further explain why they used CNN Newsource for their feeds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h6OI2Kl7bs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMlW3xhbIpA
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    RE: NBC Affiliates on Ku-Band (1998)

    KMOL San Antonio (then owned by Chris-Craft) aired a local newsmagazine in lieu of a noon newscast (4 San Antonio Living).
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    Primestar satellite back in 1997-99?

    You could also find newsfeeds on Spacenet 4 Ku and Satcom K2 (Though it's an NBC sat) as well.
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    RE: NBC Affiliates on Ku-Band (1998)

    KMOL San Antonio also simulcast it's newscasts on GSTAR 4, transponder 8 (R4-8) since it was a Chris-Craft station back then and carried a secondary affiliation with UPN.
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    Primestar satellite back in 1997-99?

    Sports feeds (MLB, NHL, NBA, NFL etc...) also showed up occasionally on Ku at the time (SBS6, T5 Ku).
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    FOX Affiliates on Ku-Band (1998)

    KTVU's newscasts from the Bay Area were also being simulcast on KRXI Reno and KRVU-LP in Chico/Redding (which was a UPN station) at the time.
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    UPN Affiliates on Ku-Band Satellite (1997)

    KTVU's newscasts from San Francisco were also being simulcast on KRVU-LP in Chico/Redding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kuABOloaQ4
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    WB Affiliates on Ku-Band Satellite (1998)

    So much of the Tribune-owned stations used CNN Newsource for their video feeds as well, CNN Newsource was on the same sat as the PBS feeds at the time (GE3 Ku (W8)).
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    Primestar satellite back in 1997-99?

    Plus, the Ku side of Anik E2 (A2) carried StarChoice programming. ExpressVu was also on there as well, but you needed an ExpressVu dish in order to watch their programming (As they scrambled its channels). They moved to a DBS-only sat in 1999 (Nimiq 1).
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    FOX Affiliates on Ku-Band (1998)

    WAWS also had a 6:30PM newscast produced for WTEV UPN47 (now CBS) as well.
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    WB Affiliates on Ku-Band Satellite (1998)

    WQTV-LP in Murray, KY (which branded itself as "Quad Cities TV" at time) was one of the several WB affiliates outside of the Tribune stations with a news division at the time (besides KPLR, KKYK-LP and WYLN). This is the proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYYsLpLuuAg The station switched to...
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    FOX Affiliates on Ku-Band (1998)

    Also WGHP 8 (FOX - Greensboro/High Point) was on W6-12 as well via Microspace. https://web.archive.org/web/19980120115716/http://www.microspace.com/av.htm
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    WB Affiliates on Ku-Band Satellite (1998)

    Most of the Tribune owned-WB stations (KTLA Los Angeles, WPIX New York City, WGN Chicago, WDZL/WBZL Miami-Ft. Lauderdale (newscast produced by WTVJ NBC6), KWGN Denver, WPHL Philadelphia and WLVI Boston etc...) used CNN Newsource for their video stories and retrieve wire judging by the info here...
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    Primestar satellite back in 1997-99?

    ESPN had plenty of backhauls on Ku as well.
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    WB Affiliates on Ku-Band Satellite (1998)

    I forgot WRAZ 50 (WB - Raleigh) was on W6-12 via Microspace https://web.archive.org/web/19980120115336/http://www.microspace.com/av.htm WRAL-TV had a 10PM newscast produced for WRAZ WB50 (which switched to FOX in August that year, with the WB affiliation moving to WLFL 22).
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    Telstar 5 (Ku-Band) before Sky Vista

    Pardon me for reviving this dead thread, but by the way were there any NFL Backhauls on Ku-Band in 1998? (though NFL Sunday Ticket was DirecTV and C-Band only)
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    FOX Affiliates on Ku-Band (1998)

    Plus, the newsfeeds that came in from Florida were seen on Spacenet 3R Ku (S8), transponder 24 (WFLX West Palm Beach, WFTX Ft. Myers/Naples etc...). WOFL's newscasts were being simulcast on WOGX in Gainesville, WJHG at one point during the decade (1990s) had a 9PM newscast produced for WPGX...
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    FOX Affiliates on Ku-Band (1998)

    Also, this was around the time when FOX scrambled it's feeds for their primetime programming (Beverly Hills, 90210, Party of Five, The World's Funniest, The Simpsons, Melrose Place, Ally McBeal, King of the Hill, The X-Files, America's Most Wanted etc...).
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    FOX Affiliates on Ku-Band (1998)

    Unlike most other FOX affiliates at the time, my local FOX station (KTTV 11) was the only one that didn't have any early evening newscasts (until September 2011 when "Studio 11 LA" debuted). Instead deciding to counterprogram the early evening newscasts on KCBS (2), KNBC (4) and KABC (7) with...
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    FOX Affiliates on Ku-Band (1998)

    My Satellite TV Week Magazine from August 1999 lists that FOX has newsfeeds on Telstar 5 Ku (T8), transponders 18 & 20 (KMPH Fresno, WUPW Toledo, KHON Honolulu, WVUE New Orleans, WLUK Green Bay/Fox Cities, WALA Mobile-Penscacola (formerly NBC), KCBA Salinas-Monterey (UPN secondary), WXIX...
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    FOX Affiliates on Ku-Band (1998)

    Well Ku was mostly a source for newsfeeds and sporting events at the time, FOX had news feeds on SBS6 and Telstar 5 Ku (WTTG Washington, D.C., KRIV Houston, WDAF Kansas City, WBRC Birmingham, KTVI St. Louis, WGHP Greensboro-High Point, WHBQ Memphis, WJW Cleveland, WTVT Tampa Bay, KTBC Austin...
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