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I thought WGN America HD was supposed to light up today?
It's early. I would say around 2PM EST this afternoon. That is the usual (but not always) time the switches get flipped.
"in a couple of weeks" was used often in the old VOOM SatelliteGuysUS forums. Maybe Dish borrowed the line from VOOM.
Cox Enterprises was started by and is still predominantly owned by the Cox sisters Barbara Cox Anthony and Ann Cox Chambers. They are sisters by Birth, not 'Under God'. They are tied for 12 place on the Forbes 400 list of richest people in the world, each having a net worth of over 12.5 billion dollars. Barbara Cox Anthony, The 400 Richest Americans - Forbes.com & Anne Cox Chambers, The 400 Richest Americans - Forbes.com for the Forbes Bios on them.
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Wheres the supporting info on that?I thought WGN America HD was supposed to light up today?
It was broadcast on Charlie Chat Monday...they actually said "this week", but since today is the normal uplink day...
I am really looking for Nickelodeon as well.
It will save me literally half my Satellite bill each month, because that is the only channel that is stopping me from switching to the HD Only plan. My kids watch a lot of Nick shows, and I haven't had the heart to leave them out on the lurch. The only other channel I watch that isn't in HD is Comedy Central, and now that Hulu has Daily Show and Colbert Report episodes streaming online, I no longer need that channel. So give me Nickelodeon, and I will be switching to the HD Only plan. It doesn't matter if there is not much HD on it, I don't care, the kids will still be able to watch their shows, and I will save a ton of money.
I am really looking for Nickelodeon as well.
So give me Nickelodeon, and I will be switching to the HD Only plan. It doesn't matter if there is not much HD on it, I don't care, the kids will still be able to watch their shows, and I will save a ton of money.
Your reasoning makes sense. I wonder, at what point will Dish do away with that HD only plan (they never had it when I was a subscriber but I would have subscribed to that)? Eventually, all popular SD channels will have an HD counterpart. Dish certainly wouldn't offer everything in HD only for the lower price. They'll either do away with it or raise the price significantly.
I was told about this in a company meeting while working for Mediacom Cable, I can't seem to find anything, but I will keep looking.
Cox Communications is owned by Cox enterprises which was started by James Middleton Cox. The same James Middleton Cox who served as governor of Ohio and who ran for president in 1920with some guy named Franklin Roosevelt as his running mate. Where in the world are you getting this story about nuns?
BTW the two sisters referred to above were two of his three heirs they did not found the company either
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I like the nuns story better. Could be worse. Could have been priests handling Cox.
I am sorry I did not see your post. Interestingly the other story was off too but we all make mistakes---and i am part of the club since I did not see your second post.
I am also in the HBG, PA DMA and I email Dish every few weeks asking for a status update for Harrisburg, PA HD Locals since it is never listed in the Charlie Chats. I've never heard a reply or received any explanation of why Dish isn't providing HD Locals here.
Hopefully they'll come through sooner than later...
I had talked with someone in the know on another site, and they told me there is contract issues with the locals in this area, and he didn't see them being added this year, thats all he would say, one wierd thing about it is, I don't buy that cuz every carrier in this area has local HD except for Dish Net, you'd think they would have had the same contract issues, i think Dish just drops the ball like they usually do on everything, cuz you never hear a clear answer on why Harrisburg won't have locals in HD anytime soon
