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Incentive Auction Results

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Incentive Auction Closing and Channel Reassignment Public Notice; Incentive Auction Closes; Reverse Auction and Forward Auction Results Announced; Final Television Band Channel Assignments Announced; Post-Auction Deadlines Announced
https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-314A1.pdf

Reverse Auction Winning Bids Report: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-314A2.pdf
Forward Auction Bidder Summary Report: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-314A3.pdf
Forward Auction Bidder Payment/Refund Report: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-314A4.pdf

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These are the 12 stations that are going off-air completely (no channel sharing):

WAGT Augusta GA
WPBO Charleston-Huntington WV
WAOH-CD Cleveland-Akron OH
KATA-CD Dallas-Ft Worth TX
WFXI Greenville-New Bern-Washington NC
WBKI Louisville KY
WWJS-CD Louisville KY
WDLP-CD Miami-Ft Lauderdale FL
WNYJ New York NY
WMEI Puerto Rico
WSJU Puerto Rico
KSPR Springfield MO
 
Don't forget WUSF-TV in Tampa Bay, which is also going to be off the air.

I thought this spectrum auction wasn't going to be just a TV station "suicide" for some successful stations affected by the auction, but I thought it was going to be a TV station "purge".
 
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What is the story behind KSPR Springfield MO's decision to go completely off-air for the princely sum of zero dollars? Did the Fox affiliation move to a sub of another station?
 
joebtsflk1 said:
What is the story behind KSPR Springfield MO's decision to go completely off-air for the princely sum of zero dollars? Did the Fox affiliation move to a sub of another station?
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KSPR was an ABC affiliate. It's now on a subchannel of KYTV.
 
KSPR is the ABC affiliate in Springbilly. The station that is actually going off air is now KGHZ. The KSPR calls and programming have moved to LPTV K15CZ, which is now KSPR-LP. KSPR is also now mapping to 33. I suspect the reason for giving away the KGHZ license is to move KYTV to 19, which is where KSPR/KGHZ was, from its current 44, which will be out of core.
 
Kent said:
I suspect the reason for giving away the KGHZ license is to move KYTV to 19, which is where KSPR/KGHZ was, from its current 44, which will be out of core.
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But what about it's virtual channel, in which they are on Channel 3?

Also, in NYC, it would be a bad move for NBC to sell some parts of WNBC-TV to the spectrum, as WNBC has been there for more than 75 years! In fact, WNBC are tied for first station in NYC (with WCBS debuting the same day). In my opinion, I would rather sold some of WNJU to the auction, since NBC did that for WWSI and WSNS in Chicago.

Does this also mean they will lose their legendary (virtual) VHF Channel 4 position they have been in since the 1940s, and downgrade to UHF Channel 47?
 
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Jonathan7157 said:
Also, in NYC, it would be a bad move for NBC to sell some parts of WNBC-TV to the spectrum, as WNBC has been there for more than 75 years!
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Not true. They gave up the VHF Channel 4 spot in 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.

The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 28,using PSIP to display WNBC's virtual channel as 4 on digital television receivers.

So no, they will not lose their virtual Channel 4 position.
 
TheBigA said:
Not true. They gave up the VHF Channel 4 spot in 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.

The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 28,using PSIP to display WNBC's virtual channel as 4 on digital television receivers.

So no, they will not lose their virtual Channel 4 position.
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Also, WNBC and WNJU will still have separate licenses. WNBC will remain licensed to New York and WNJU to Linden NJ.
 
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But what about it's virtual channel, in which they are on Channel 3?
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KYTV will continue to map to 3. KSPR-LD is mapping to 33, and KGHZ will map to 15 until it signs off.

Also, in NYC, it would be a bad move for NBC to sell some parts of WNBC-TV to the spectrum, as WNBC has been there for more than 75 years! In fact, WNBC are tied for first station in NYC (with WCBS debuting the same day). In my opinion, I would rather sold some of WNJU to the auction, since NBC did that for WWSI and WSNS in Chicago.
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WNJU has had a better signal than WNBC since the digital transition. The average viewer should notice no difference beyond having to rescan channels. As another poster mentions, punching 4 on your remote will still get you WNBC if you live in New York. Also, no channel that piggybacks onto another will lose its cable and satellite carriage rights.
 
joebtsflk1 said:
What is the story behind KSPR Springfield MO's decision to go completely off-air for the princely sum of zero dollars? Did the Fox affiliation move to a sub of another station?
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It was ABC. OK when Gray bought Schurz they (Schurz) owned KYTV and the CW low powered station. They ran KSPR which was the ABC. You are not allowed to own 2 of the top 4 stations in the market if there is less than 8 full powered stations. So Gray had to do something. In this case (like they have done in previous sales where this runs into place) they buy the programming rights to the station and then move that network to a subchannel of a station they own. So they kept KYTV and the LP station (LP stations dont count) and moved ABC to the sub of KYTV NBC. They in turn will turn in the license for KSPR (what is now KGHZ). In previous cases (before the auction came about) they would shut it down and then sell the license and other items to someone else (usually a minority owner). This has been done in a few spots by both Gray and Sinclair

This isnt the first time a network went from a full power to a LP station.
 
WIVB, CBS 4, Buffalo, N.Y. will shut down and likely move it's
CBS affiliation to WNYO. That will move their transmission point
from Colden, NY to Grand Island, NY. People in the Southtowns
will probably lose CBS altogether.....
 
WIVB is not shutting down. They will be sharing space with WNYO and both stations will keep their current programming, according to Nexstar today.
 
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