Fort Smith, AR HD Local Lineup

[Arkanian]

So I live in Rogers, AR and I have been waiting a long time for Dish to offer local HD in my area. Cox, Direct TV, and AT&T U-Verse all are offering the 4 major local networks in HD in my area now. I am very tempting to jump ship because 99% of the time I am watching the local channels.

I sent Dish an email to see when they would be available but I just got a response from them that stated they have no clue when it would be available. I even told them flat out that I would drop Dish but they didn't care.

Does anyone have any information about this? It sounds like either Dish doesn't care or they are being told not to tell.

 

[sethwell]

i havent' gotten a positive response from them either, i'm in booneville, ar. i have emailed all the stations and most have said that they are either delivering their signal already or that the ball is in dish's court. although a poster on avsforum's site stated that dish is currently in thier studios and is installing equipment like mad. he also stated that thier target to get it completed is feb. 1. i'm wondering if they are trying to get it there in time for the new sat when it goes online. but who knows? just hope it happens shortly.

 

[Arkanian]

If that is the case then maybe they are trying to have it before super bowl as well. I will give them until the end of March then.

 

[Bobby H]

Do the stations in Fort Smith have repeating transponders in the Rogers-Fayetteville area? With as many people that live in Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale and Fayetteville it's kind of surprising that viewers in that area have to rely at all on any broadcasts from Fort Smith.

I know there's at least one network affiliate in Rogers. I was there last summer for a convention and saw an office tower with an NBC logo on the top of it. I don't know if the other networks are represented there. Anyway, it seems like that area is booming enough to justify its own complete set of HDTV network stations.

 

[sethwell]

Do the stations in Fort Smith have repeating transponders in the Rogers-Fayetteville area? With as many people that live in Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale and Fayetteville it's kind of surprising that viewers in that area have to rely at all on any broadcasts from Fort Smith.

I know there's at least one network affiliate in Rogers. I was there last summer for a convention and saw an office tower with an NBC logo on the top of it. I don't know if the other networks are represented there. Anyway, it seems like that area is booming enough to justify its own complete set of HDTV network stations.

go to tvfool.com and download their coverage map for fayettville/fort smith. it puts the locations of the transmitting towers onto google earth. when you do that you can see where they are at.

 

[sethwell]

they announced on the retailer chat that HD locals for ft. smith are planned to be added sometime after march. getting closer.
retailer chat recap.

 

[springdale_sam]

I get all my locals off the antenna with my two 722's the locals show up in the guide so it's not really a big thing for me.