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Analog Shutoff Times Info for Tivos, VCR, etc. Post them here!

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I will start with Houston TX (times I have so far):
KPRC (NBC)-unable to find
KUHT (PBS)-unable to find
KHOU (CBS)-6:45 am
KTXH (MY) -6:45 am
KRIV (FOX) -6:45 am
KIAH (CW) -6:45 am
KXLN (UNI)-unable to find
KTMD (TEL)-unable to find
KNWS (IND)-unable to find
KZJL (IND)-unable to find
KTBU (IND)-unable to find
KFTH (TELEF)-unable to find

****Why post "unable to find"? So anyone could add to the list.....********
 
Phoenix AZ analog shutoff times will be:
KTVK (IND) - 12:01 am (on June 12 not June 13)
KPHO (CBS) - 11:59 am
KSAZ (FOX) - 8:30 am
KPNX (NBC) - 11:59 am
KNXV (ABC) - 11:59 am
KTVW (UNI) - unable to find
KUTP (MY) - 8:30 am
KASW (CW) - 12:01 am (on June 12 not June 13)
 
Boston, Mass.

11:59 AM - WGBH (2)
12:30 PM - WBZ (4)
12:59 PM - WCVB (5)
1:00 PM - WSBK (38)
11:59 PM - WHDH (7), WMUR (9), WLVI (56), WUTF (66)

WGBH (2), WBZ (4), and WCVB (5) will air analog nightlight service.
 
M.J. said:
http://www.nerw.com/nerw.html

Mr. Fybush has them listed for a number of markets.
Click to expand...

With some updates coming later tomorrow when I get home from Chicago, where I am at the moment.

Speaking of which:

WBBM 2 - Noon Friday
WLS 7 - 11:59 PM Friday (tentative?)
WGN 9 - 11:59 PM Friday
WTTW 11 - 6 AM Friday
WCIU 26 - 11:59 PM Friday, with a live farewell special from the Sears Tower transmitter site airing at 11:45 PM Friday on WCIU 26 analog and 26.6 (not 26.1!) digital

Didn't get to see anyone from WMAQ-TV or the other Us this trip.
 
I called KTVF today to find out about their analog shutoff time on Friday...only to get the engineer's answering machine! But they said around noon time after the fourth hour of "Today."

Meanwhile, KTUU in Anchorage will shut off their analog transmitter at 12:00 midnight Friday...yes, during Conan O'Brien!!! What will their last words be (you saw what happened on WWNY and WDEF during Letterman on the original February 17 date)??!!!!

I also fired off e-mails to KTVA and KTBY; I'll find out from them soon.
 
Here they are, for Portlanders and fellow Vancouverites!

(thanks to user "Darkstar" on the Portland Radio Board for this, http://feedback.pdxradio.com/topic/portland-digital-television-transition)

Code: 
Transition Times:

KATU - between Noon and 12:30pm
KOIN - 7:25 am - Analog 6 to nightlight for two weeks
KGW - 3:04 am - flash cut
KOPB - before 6:00 am - flash cut
KPTV - 9:00 am - flash cut
KPDX - 9:05 am - (shortly after KPTV moves) - flash cut

=============================================

Call  Analog Channel Interim Digital Channel (Site) Final Digital Channel (Site)

KATU  2        43 (Sylvan)           43 (Sylvan)
KOIN  6        40 (Sylvan)           40 (Sylvan)
KGW   8        46 (Skyline)          8 (Skyline)
KOPB-TV 10       27 (Skyline)          10 (Skyline)
KPTV  12       30 (KPTV)            12 (KPTV)
KPXG  22       4 (Skyline)          22 (Skyline)
KNMT  24       45 (Sylvan)           45 (Sylvan)
KRCW  32       33 (Sylvan)           33 (Sylvan)
KPDX  49       48 (KPDX)            30 (KPTV)

Note: KPXG already transitioned to their final digital channel.
(Sourcez:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=16603932#post16603932
http://www.sbe124.org/newsletters/pdx0609/)

KPXG (Pax Net/PAX/I/Ion) killed their NTSC broatcast on 22 last winter, if I remember right, and is now running ATSC on channel 22 (they were running ATSC broadcast on channel 4 previously, aliassed as "22-0x".)

KNMT (TBN) killed its NTSC broadcast on channel 24 in April and is now running ATSC on 45 only (but still aliassing as "24-0x").

Better get your VCR ready, whatever the case.........
 
powergate92 said:
Phoenix AZ analog shutoff times will be:
KTVK (IND) - 12:01 am (on June 12 not June 13)
KPHO (CBS) - 11:59 am
KSAZ (FOX) - 8:30 am
KPNX (NBC) - 11:59 am
KNXV (ABC) - 11:59 am
KTVW (UNI) - unable to find
KUTP (MY) - 8:30 am
KASW (CW) - 12:01 am (on June 12 not June 13)
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Don't know where you got your info from, but the countdown clock for KTVK and KASW is counting down to June 12, not necessarily to the analog shutoff.

KPNX is saying that they'll switch during 12News at 10. I don't know if that means they're shutting off analog at that time or moving digital from pre-transition ch 36 to post-transition ch 12, or both. I suspect both, as it didn't take KAET but about 5-10 min. from the time they shut off analog until they moved digital from pre-transition ch 29 to post-transition ch 8.

As for the others, I would suspect you mean 11:59 pm, not am.
 
Green Bay (Per Green Bay Press-Gazette)
WBAY (ABC) - 10am
WLUK (Fox) - 10am, w/flash cut to Channel 11 from 51
WGBA/WACY (NBC/MyNet) -10am

WIWB (CW), WFRV (CBS) and WPNE (PBS) all went digital months ago

Milwaukee (Per MilwaukeeHDTV.org)
WTMJ (NBC) - Oddly, 12:10pm (I guess to get an advantage of some kind over the ol' rivals at Channel 12? Also nightlighting)
WITI (Fox) - 11:59:59pm (Nightlighting)
WMVS/WMVT (PBS) - 9:00am (with one of their historical sign-offs taking them to the end)
WISN (ABC) - 12:00pm
WVTV (CW) - 9:00am (Station already is all digital, but is moving their digital signal from 61 to 18 at that time)
WMLW-CA (Ind) - Keeping analog 41 on, not affected as it's LPTV
WBME (MeTV) - 9:00am (possibly staying on as a nightlight according to the FCC, but with an analog tower ready to go at any moment)
WPXE (Ion) - 12:00pm
WDJT (CBS) - 9:00am (but with a complicated process of taking off full-power 58, bumping the CBS schedule to Telemundo affil WYTU-LP 63, which will still air Telemundo over a WBME subchanel, and 63 being an enhanced nightlight)

WVTV, WCGV (MyNet) and WVCY (Religious) all are digital already.
 
UPDATE: KTVF just ran a crawl saying their digital signal will sign off temporarily tomorrow morning (6/10) while they move transmitters to Ester Dome. They'll sign off on analog for the last time at midnight Friday during Conan O'Brien (what will their last words be??!!); at that point, digital broadcasts will resume.

And a correction: KTUU's last analog sign-off will be at midnight Friday after Conan; they delay the NBC late night block by a half-hour with "Seinfeld" at 10:30 after the news.
 
Seattle:

Already digital:
KBCB (SNBC), KHCV (AZA & others), KTBW (TBN), KWDB (DAY), KWPX (ION), and KVOS (IND).

Crossing over Friday:
KMYQ/22 (My) - Midnight (see note).
KCTS/9 (PBS) - 4 AM - (Signing off for an engineering test, flipping DTV to VHF 9.).
KSTW/11 (CW) - Noon (Flashcut to DTV on 11).
KBTC/28 (PBS) - At the deadline.

Everybody else:
KOMO/4 (ABC), KING/5 (NBC), KIRO/7 (CBS), KCPQ/13 (FOX), KUNS/51 (UNI) - As the late Vancouver, BC journalist Jack Webster would say...Friday morning at "9 A.M. Precisely!" KCPQ is flashcutting to DTV on 13.

I suspect KMYQ might hold off until 9 AM since they're part of the Tribune duoply with KCPQ, but we'll see.

BTW: As of now, no nightlights are planned.
 
-----UPDATE-----

Ignore the last one I posted. However, the entries about tower placement, channel assignments and KNMT/XPXG being all-ATSC are still valid as far as am aware and/or have observed.

Thanks again to "Darkstar" @ The Portland Radio Board, like before, for the following:
Code: 
...apparently a bunch of rescheduling happened yesterday (though no explanation of why)... 
Here's the latest:

KATU - 11:35 pm
KOIN - 7:25 am - Analog 6 to nightlight for two weeks
KGW - 3:05 am - flash cut
KOPB - 1:05 am - flash cut
KPTV - 9:30 am - flash cut
KRCW - 9:00 am
KPDX - 9:30 am - (shortly after KPTV moves) - flash cut

Better re-set your VCR timings, if you already have it programmed according to my last posting........
 
Anyone else aware of a situation like this in another market?

Reportedly WEHT wants to shut off Analog at 12:01AM on Friday. They would then move to their permanent allotment, RF 7. But WTVW is running its analog signal on RF 7 and wishes to remain on the air until 11:59 PM. I don't know whether there will be a genetleman's agreement soon, or what ...
 
Mobile/Pensacola/Biloxi

WLOX-TV Channel 13: 12:01 AM
WALA-TV Channel 10: 8:00 AM (station and FCC telephone numbers for the rest of the day on analog signal)
WEAR-TV Channel 3: 10:00 AM
WKRG-TV Channel 5: 12:00 PM (information graphic for the rest of the day on analog signal)
WPMI-TV Channel 15: 11:59:59 PM
 
Charlotte, NC:

WBTV (Channel 3, CBS): 5:59 a.m.


WSOC (Channel 9, ABC): 1 p.m.


WCCB (Channel 18, Fox): 8 a.m.


WCNC (Channel 36, NBC): 2:05 a.m.


WJZY (Channel 46, CW): 1 p.m.


WMYT (Channel 55, MyTV): 1 p.m.


WUNG (Channel 58, UNC TV): 12:01 a.m.
 
Here's what I've gathered up so far in terms of Alaska:

FAIRBANKS
KTVF (NBC): Midnight
KUAC (PBS): 12:01 pm
KXD (CBS): Didn't check, but I'm probably thinking midnight as well

KFXF (Fox) and now KJNP (TBN) have already turned off their analog signals; the former in January and the latter about a week or two ago.

ANCHORAGE
KTUU (NBC): Midnight
KTBY (Fox): 12:01 am
KAKM (PBS): Between midnight and 6:00 am
KTVA (CBS): Nothing from them, but probably midnight
KYES (MyNetwork): Didn't check

Dunno about ABC Alaska's Superstation (KATN/KIMO/KJUD) either, but I'm thinking midnight as well
 
9:00 a.m. for all of Kansas City that still broadcasts analog, except for KMBC, which will stay on for 30 days running the DTV info loop.
 
Some updates from western NY, where things are still rather fluid:

Buffalo goes mostly at 9 AM (WIVB 4, WKBW 7, WNLO 23, WPXJ 51, with WPXJ-DT 23 signing on for the first time immediately afterward.) WGRZ 2 is going nightlight after all, at 1 PM. They'll stay on through June 26.

Syracuse goes mostly at 12:01 AM Friday (WSTM 3, WSYR 9, probably WTVH 5). WCNY 24 goes at 1 AM, followed immediately by the sign-on of WSTM-DT 24.

Rochester is staggered - 1:35 AM or thereabouts for WHAM 13, 2 AM or thereabouts for WHEC 10, 11:30 PM flip to nightlight for WXXI 21 and 11:35 PM for WROC 8. WXXI-TV will do a half-hour live special tonight at 8, and a live hour on WXXI 1370 Friday afternoon at 1.
 
Fresno CA.


KAIL 7 (53) MNT don't know
KSEE 24 NBC 7AM
KMPH 26 FOX 9:02 AM
KFSN 30 ABC Flashcut ( ch.9-ch.30) NOON.
KGPE 47 CBS 11:59 PM.
KFRE 59 CW 9:02 AM
KVPT 18 PBS already did Feb. 17.
 
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