What happened to the PBS stations?
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Ok, thanks for the replies. I’m in the DC area, not sure what’s going on.
There's an outage in Little rock, but that's the only one I see for right now....
Maybe it’s yet another dispute.
Speaking of which, do you think there’s any hope of being able to watch local teams one day? It’s getting getting pretty tedious not being able to watch the Caps/Nats/O’s. Not sure if you’re in a position to answer, but I get the impression you’re an insider of some sort.
I understand most/all PBS stations are "must carry" with no carriage fees to dispute.
Donations and some financial help from local and federal governments support public tv. The only commercials you see is at the beginning of the show where they thank to companies for supporting them.
I can't imagine them being blocked. With antenna and Hopper usb device, I am getting 4 channels from pbs! Fantastic deal from free tv.
I can't imagine them being blocked. With antenna and Hopper usb device, I am getting 4 channels from pbs! Fantastic deal from free tv.
Not a takedown is that's what you mean.
And..I wish. But between the whole Bally kerfuffle, and the team owners.. who knows?
I see customers who are paying hundreds of dollars a year in sports packs, online apps, etc... and STILL being blacked out over and over. It's ridiculous.
Yes, that's me. I pay $70/month for YouTube TV to watch Caps games. It's kind of a lot for one channel. I stop it when their season ends though. I like baseball, but not as much as hockey.
PBS stations are still out today...
And...DC area PBS stations still unavailable on Dish today. Channels 26, 32, 62 all show the same slate saying "There is no need to call us. We are aware this TV station is temporarily unavailable and we will have this channel back as quickly as possible." Really tough to keep up with all the murders happening in Oxford & other small English villages. 
Could be an uplink feed that's out...And...DC area PBS stations still unavailable on Dish today. Channels 26, 32, 62 all show the same slate saying "There is no need to call us. We are aware this TV station is temporarily unavailable and we will have this channel back as quickly as possible." Really tough to keep up with all the murders happening in Oxford & other small English villages.
Turns out that 2 other, non-PBS channels, 20 and 50 are behaving the same, with the same slate as the PBS channels.. All the main network channels (4-NBC, 5-FOX, 7-ABC, 9-CBS) are all OK.
Yes, I noticed later those two were out. I don’t watch them so I didn’t notice right away. Channel 8 is out too, not that I care too much.
Are your locals out of Wilmington? Because I dont show those channels in the DMA other than 26. Thats weird...And...DC area PBS stations still unavailable on Dish today. Channels 26, 32, 62 all show the same slate saying "There is no need to call us. We are aware this TV station is temporarily unavailable and we will have this channel back as quickly as possible." Really tough to keep up with all the murders happening in Oxford & other small English villages.
32 and 62 are Maryland public television stations. Whut and wfpt respectively.
Could be an issue with the fiber feed from the local pick up to Dish. Although I'd think they'd put all the stations on a single fiber (with a backup), so that's probably not it. UNLESS they use a separate pickup point for the PBS (don't know how likely that is).
Could also be something at the pickup point itself, but seems strange to be affecting just some of the channels.
Sounds like the typical "we lost the feed from the station - working on it".
