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25 off the air

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neo11

Over the past week or so, WNYE Channel 25 has been off the air, it seems, more often than not. Today it's been off the air all day. Anyone know if they are preparing to do away with their analog signal and go digital-only or is it just transmitter issues?
 
Does anyone remember back in the day when WNYE's technical problems were so consistent, TV Guide actually put a blurb in the TV channel lineup next to Channel 25 that read "intermittently off the air"?

I also remember when they used to sign off on Sundays at like 2 PM. Odd...
 
neo11 said:
Over the past week or so, WNYE Channel 25 has been off the air, it seems, more often than not. Today it's been off the air all day. Anyone know if they are preparing to do away with their analog signal and go digital-only or is it just transmitter issues?
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Stations must ask for FCC permission to close their analog signals early -- and sometimes they don't get it. (which to be honest I find strange, if the Commission is trying to encourage a digital conversion)

To my knowledge WNYE has made no such request. The vast majority of stations that have asked to close their analogs early have been on channels 54-55-56 and did so to accomodate Qualcomm, who bought national rights to channel 55 post-analog but can't use them until the TV stations are gone.
 
w9wi said:
Stations must ask for FCC permission to close their analog signals early -- and sometimes they don't get it. (which to be honest I find strange, if the Commission is trying to encourage a digital conversion)
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Without a digital to analog converter, the 20% or so of viewers who don't have cable/satellite can't see a digital only channel.
 
WNYE-TV is back on the air. Looks like there was a transmitter issue. WNYE has come a long way from the days when it was run by the Board of Education and offers some really innovative and fun programming. Glad to see they're back for those viewers without cable or satellite.
 
No, they're digital also. WNYE simulcast on 25.1 and City Drive Live traffic cameras on 25.2, according to both TitanTV and Zap2It.
 
dhett said:
No, they're digital also. WNYE simulcast on 25.1 and City Drive Live traffic cameras on 25.2, according to both TitanTV and Zap2It.
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Can anyone in the NYC area confirm that these stations are on the air?
 
DToTheJ said:
City Drive Live is carried on Cablevision Channel 74.
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I know, I'm trying to determine if the digital channels are being broadcast over the air? I live right on the Hudson and I can't seem to pick anything up.
 
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