I figured I would see a response from you guys. This sucks, huh? Kind of ironic timing, but I sent an E-mail to each of the big four stations in our area asking about when E* would be broadcasting their channels in HD. I heard responses from 2 today that said they didn't know when it would be. I have no idea how the contracts work, but I do know that I received an E-mail from the engineer at WNEP (one that was removed on the uplink report today) that stated " [FONT="]I have no idea why Dish is not carrying locals in HD. We do have an agreement with them to carry our HD signal.[/FONT]"
I don't understand why E* would pull a station that was already uplinked (and has been for quite some time) that they already have a contract with. It makes no sense to me, but what do I know. I guess today wasn't "soon" enough. D* carries them and it's pretty frustrating!
For what it's worth, the WNEP engineer said that they are planning on switching the Williamsport area translator from analog to digital somewhere around next August 2009. When that happens some of us will be able to get it in HD OTA. Heck, maybe even before we get it from E*!!
Hang in there guys!