I was asking about moving from 47. But what's the source?
Wikipedia says June 6, 2018. No source is given.
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The CW Opts Not To Renew Affiliation Deals With Scripps-Owned Stations In Seven Markets
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The same wiki article. They were on RF47 for 2018-19 per the wiki when they moved to the Fox RF station
sure there is. Point 15 after it says when the stations merged. Click on that link
My12 WMYT viewers will need to rescan their TV on June 6, 2018 to continue to watch using an over-the-air antenna.
This is the FCC application that was granted that is the channel sharing agreement that has WJZY-TV's RF 25 as the channel that will be sharing and WMYT-TV as part of the channel sharing agreement.
They are still unique licenses -- WJZY-TV is FCC Facility ID 73152 and WMYT-TV is Facility ID 20624. Stations who agree to share a channel maintain their licenses; they just have less bandwidth to use (i.e. less subchannels or less at higher resolutions like 720p) than a station that doesn't share its channel.
In the Philadelphia market, 4 stations are in a channel sharing arrangement to share RF 9 -- WBPH-TV 60.1/60.2, WPPT 35.1/35.2, WLVT-TV 39.1/39.2/39.3, and WFMZ-TV 69.1/69.2/69.3.
K.M. Richards
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There are no television stations using RF channels above 36 now. That was the point of the spectrum auction and repacking ... freeing up what used to be channels 38 through 69 for wireless. (70 through 83 were similarly "disposed of" long ago, as the translators on those channels either moved to lower channels or went dark. I am told by someone who would know that the last such translator, on channel 70 in Minnesota, went dark at the end of 2011.)
But at the time the FOX station was on RF47 and the My Network station moved to there until FOX moved to RF25 where they are now in 2019 due to repack
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
I was simplifying so as not to further confuse Chimp.
I really wish any virtual channel above 36 would be able (if they want to) to use their "real" channel #
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
I believe that, even if given the option, most would continue to use their former analog channel number for PSIP, as that is what their viewers are used to finding them under when punching buttons on their remotes.
You're probably right. But, they're already programming two stations with a lot of syndication. What is this new subchannel going to end up airing when there is no MNT, bottom barrel syndication (like "Just For Laughs Gags") and infomercials?
IMHO it could be quite simple if voluntarily. If a station has a major programming change on it's main channel it becomes (real channel).1 while still having it's virtual channel for a couple of years. You have lost what viewers the old programming had anyways. The station graphics start showing the "real" channel. They could even have real channel and virtual channel graphics for a year or so.
I know the FCC still thinks the American public is stupid and can't change, but folks are cutting the cable cord and if you can get programming free via a cheap OTA antenna, I believe people will change to save money. I have. I totally get 2 thru 13 pre digital stations having virtual channels. The next batch of new stations should use their real channel number unless someone else in the market is using it virtually.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Actually, under FCC rules any new signal in the market is supposed to use its RF channel for PSIP unless it conflicts with an existing signal's PSIP.
Well, every statement needs to be sourced. Unfortunately, I can't just put that source after what I read because it doesn't have all those details.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Do we really need this long of a side discussion in a thread about The CW's affiliate changes?
I am not in the target age demos and have never watched anything on the CW more than 5 minutes (I tried to watch but nothing ever interested me) but is there anything on CW that has higher ratings than the big four OTA networks?
Well, we need it somewhere. Maybe not here.
Not in years.
I'm way outside their demographic but in recent years I have watched many of their shows.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Penn & Teller, Whose Line. Nothing else.
I agree with Penn and Teller and Whose Line, and maybe reruns of The Conners. Other than that, The CW is, in my opinion, a dumb-down version of Fox if they wanted to go down close to MyNetworkTV standards but with sports. Besides, most of their stuff you can probably stream elsewhere, right? Back like ten+ years ago with shows like Smallville, Supernatural, and Arrow more likely had better ratings (probably not as big as anything from the big four) before the Nexstar buyout and became a shell of its former self.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't their new demographic targeting older audiences?
I will miss the superhero shows but I've got recordings of some of them yet to watch.
The CW also has Canadian comedies "Son of a Critch" (sort of like "The Goldbergs" but with Catholics) and "Children Ruin Everything". I have decided that two of the video shows are pretty good.
I have episodes of "All American" saved up. For some reason, I did the same thing with "Nancy Drew" but so far I'm not that happy with it. I liked the older version of the character.
"Riverdale" had great characters based on the Archie Comics but darker. I haven't seen some episodes of that show yet.
Actually. it might be. Certainly older people would watch "Walker", which has been cancelled.
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