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Hi everyone. Just discovered this site. Thought I'd ask a question. I live in Medford Oregon. Here, we get locals (having my second dish installed on tuesday), but the local FOX affiliate apparently wouldn't sign with charlie. i say this because up till last week, when i typed in my address on the dishnet website, and viewed my list of locals, FOX was listed in red with a couple ** after it... which according to the footnote meant that they were negotiating for that station.

Well, today I goto check, and FOX isn't even on the list anymore. They've completely removed it.

So I ran a check at http://directvdnseligibility.decisionmark.com/app/display.asp and FOX is a grade A signal. And it really is for me. It comes in clear as a bell with the rabit ears. However, I'd really like to not have to switch to the OTA signal every time I want to watch FOX, and I'd also like to have the guide info for it as well.

Am I just going to have to deal? Would a waiver for a distant of fox be completely out of the question?

What irks me is that Eugene, which is only 2 hours away, not only gets their locals on the 119 E*7, but they also get fox. Eugene's FOX would only be slightly less local than my Medford FOX (LOL) yet I surely wouldn't be allowed to get that one either.

Any thoughts?
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SimpleSimon
Yeah, go beat on the Medford FOX staion manager until he gets a clue.
BlackHitachi
SimpleSimon said:
Yeah, go beat on the Medford FOX staion manager until he gets a clue.

Not only that they dont want to start hdtv they have no plans they told my digital is good enough!? :eek:
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i live in a grade a fox signal and i got the waiver so it wont hurt to try i don't think it cost anything ...if they don't respond to your waiver request within 30 days you automatically get the wavier at least thats how it worked for me
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you have a pm blake. thanks for the tip.

funny thing is, is my Fox comes in really well OTA. i wouldn't really care about having ot pull it. but i REALLY REALLY like being able to view the guide to see whats on at what time. since i'm on a 301, as far as i know anyway, i can't pull guide data OTA.

i'd even be okay with JUST the guide info and not the distant net... for the national FOX. it might not be 100% accurate for my area, but at least for the major, prime time, shows it would be accurate.

so that, combined with the annoying fact that i'll have to hit the tv/sat every time i wanna watch something on fox, really makes me hope they'll give me the waiver.
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you can call dishnetwork and request a wavier for distant networks but when they send the waiver it will be for all networks in your area i don't believe they do just 1 like fox and then after you called them and applied for the waviers you can check every so often at dishnetwork.com

http://customersupport.dishnetwork.com/customernetqual/customerWaiverStart.jsp

at that link by entering your phone # (don't check this until about a week after you called dishnetwork to request the waviers) but then you will see something like this

Date
Requested Station Network
Feed Waiver
Status Date
Received
04/27/2004 ABC New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA Denied 05/19/2004
04/27/2004 CBS New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA Denied 05/06/2004
04/27/2004 FOX New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA Approved 05/31/2004
04/27/2004 NBC New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA Denied 05/07/2004


you will get the decisions within 30 - 40 days
if your local station don't reply to the wavier like my local fox did NOT you will automatically get it they have 30 days then it will be approved so sometimes the long you wait the better.


hope this info help.
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson had an argument about who was responsible for the dynasty building of the early 90's Cowboys.

The rest of us figured it out in about 3 years, Jerry has had over 30 years but still can't admit it. It's all he lives for, to show everyone he can put together a winner. I don't think he can. His kids only know what he taught them.
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Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson had an argument about who was responsible for the dynasty building of the early 90's Cowboys.

The rest of us figured it out in about 3 years, Jerry has had over 30 years but still can't admit it. It's all he lives for, to show everyone he can put together a winner. I don't think he can. His kids only know what he taught them.
Johnson built it, but without the Herschel Walker trade, it never happens.
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b4pjoe
Johnson built it, but without the Herschel Walker trade, it never happens.
Jerry made himself General Manager after he bought the team but make no mistake Jimmy engineered that trade. As well as a lot of others at the time.
rvvaquero
Jimmy Johnson is a football guy. Jerry Jones is a marketer (hustler).

When I see a football player get a 15 yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct (like taunting) in a close game, I often wonder what he was thinking. Was he thinking, I'm doing everything I can to make this a better team and help win a championship? Or, was he saying to himself, I want everyone to notice how great I am?

Johnson inspires one, Jones the other.
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meStevo
Got to unfurl and hold the flag at Allegiant for the anthem today - amazing experience.
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Season 2 order already in hand:

'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1

I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
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K
I'm sure I will watch at least the first episode but I am not optimistic.
Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.
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Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.
Yeah, the foot stuff was just nasty. I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less. Funny, I love being shoe less at home and never wear shoes indoors in my home for long, but seeing her laying on all her furniture with her bare feet hanging out just kind of grossed me out.
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harshness
I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less.
Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
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MikeD-C05
Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure. So walking around the station like she did she would get stuff on her feet. I am sure the robot vacuum is still going to miss stuff, with all those different alien species running around there.
harshness
There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure.
Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.
MikeD-C05
Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.
I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that. ;)
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osu1991
I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that. ;)
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
MikeD-C05
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
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Jimbo
Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin
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primestar31
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
star trek GIF by HULU


Just sayin...
MikeD-C05
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin
For a whole generation of adults it was in the 1960s and 1970s.

All In The Family Nostalgia GIF by Sony Pictures Television
All In The Family Singing GIF by Sony Pictures Television
harshness
Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.
long_time_Dish
Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.
Was never a huge of the Ferengi-centric episodes in Trek...
Jimbo
Was never a huge of the Ferengi-centric episodes in Trek...
Me either ...
They turned out to be a Poor adversary ....
TheForce
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Apple Fall Hardware Event takes place today, September 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET. It marks the debut of new CEO John Ternus and the expected reveal of Apple's first foldable phone.
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comfortably_numb
Can't remember if I've posted this yet..


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Foxbat
If you ponied up for an iPhone Duo, keep it away from anything other than your soft, fleshy fingertips. No fingernails, no dust, sand, dirt, or other particulate matter. And don't bend it more than it needs to. Zack has destroyed $2,000 of Apple hardware to get those views, which should cover his expenses.
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No fingernails, no dust, sand, dirt, or other particulate matter

And definitely no medieval chain armor!
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harshness
medieval chain armor
Aka "mail" or "maille".
Foxbat
IFixIt has published their Teardown and they had some positive things to say about the iPhone Duo. It still showed some dust ingress into the hinge assembly but seemed otherwise well-sealed.
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But with a considerable number of reports of the main screen dying with similar failures, AppleCare+ should be a no-brainer for this phone.
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Don't know if any of you have watched this series yet, it would be interesting to see if you feel this review was accurate. It was very humorous to listen to however.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tsDO3y8I2c
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What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.
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What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.
If the review is like the article, oi! Eighteen paragraphs into the review and... all they've done is not really talk at all about the actual thing they are reviewing.

Halfway into the "written" review, I know more about how the writer "thinks" than I do about what they are writing about. I understand their politics, their self-overestimated understanding of film, their inability to be funny.

Takes about 22 paragraphs to get to one that starts "Anyway, the story kicks off...". Talk about Slop! 😂