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WBZ TV Antenna Needham not working.

WBZ News Twitter says they are working on it. The Globe wrote it affects only OTA and satellite feeds.

WGBX is out also. I found something from Fybush from abut 10 years that indicated WBZ and WGBH/WGBX were on the same tower. Is that still the case and why isn't WGBH out?
 
I'm pretty sure they're showing KDKA in Boston right now on DirecTv. There was a commercial for KDKA News right before the Pats game started. I guess that guarantees the Pats game will be seen on DirecTv on Channel "4".
 
justgladtobehere said:
WBZ News Twitter says they are working on it. The Globe wrote it affects only OTA and satellite feeds.

WGBX is out also. I found something from Fybush from abut 10 years that indicated WBZ and WGBH/WGBX were on the same tower. Is that still the case and why isn't WGBH out?
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The 4 stations affected, WBZ, WCVB, WSBK, and WGBX, use the top half of the master antenna, which had to be removed, rebuilt, and reinstalled a couple of years ago. WGBH alone uses the lower half. WCVB’s signal has been weak since the other stations went off - so they are probably using their backup antenna further down the tower.

Some photos here:

http://www.necrat.us/bztower.html
 
justgladtobehere said:
On Twitter, somebody mentioned a previous outage in 2012 and the post suggested this outage could last for months. Is that accurate?
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The previous outage was similar to this one, affecting the 4 stations transmitting from the top section of the antenna, but that doesn't mean there is that level of damage this time.
 
Status update ?

Anyone know what affect this had on Patriots game ratings yesterday ?
If this is a longer term problem will the NFL demand a another station air the game ?
The NFL is having enough ratings issues already.
 
freqlost said:
Any updates on this ?
Seems to be a problem still for the OTA signal on occasion.
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A post elsewhere states they had hoped to complete the repairs last night, but were not able to, and are now targeting tonight / Monday morning, with some downtime expected.
 
I just tried tuning in channels 4, 5, 38, and 44 and the signals for these stations appear to be back on. However, chs 38 and 44 show occasional pixellating, and 38.2 is still off the air.
 
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