I guess after 10 months it's easy to be jaded about this whole thing. And even without donning my tin foil hat I feel pretty much the same as you do. My conversations with the attorney from Tribune have disintegrated as of late, but early on he made it very clear that this was a Tribune v. Dish issue.
At this point it's hard to convince anyone outside of those of us on this forum that getting KCPQ in HD is as important as getting KCPQ at all. If Tribune didn't give Dish the SD signal, there'd be hell to pay and they would never be able to get away with it. But until we get to a point where my the general public can really tell the difference b/t HD and SD, Tribune can hold out. I'm sure you know plenty of people (friends, relatives, spouse(!)) who can't tell the difference, so Tribune can argue that there's no true harm.
I hope the FCC will listen to your complaint (I'll put one in, too), but I can easily see them saying "well, you get it in SD so you're not being deprived of Fox's product b/c of the actions of its affiliate." That's BS, of course, since the product is so different (esp. sports) in HD, but I can see that argument being made.
What happens when the analog signals are shut off? I know that's forever away right now, but AFAIK, KCPQ is not broadcasting a DTV signal that's not HD, so what will they uplink to Dish if they're not broadcasting SD OTA at all? Maybe then they'll only have an HD digital signal and so that's what they'll have to give to Dish. Or even if they keep an SD signal for cable, maybe the fact that we can't get it OTA will mean something to the FCC (i.e., maybe their rule is something like: Dish has to carry what's available OTA).
I dunno. Makes my right eye twitch with anger every time I start thinking about it, how long it's been, and how powerless we all are.
