Is there any word on the times that the various TV stations in Memphis and also Jackson will shut down their analog signals on Friday, or if they will be doing anything special? I'd like to be able to catch 3, 5, and 13's shutdowns, and also WBBJ 7 and WJKT 16 in Jackson. 24, 30, and 50 are out of the question since they aren't on Jackson's cable system and I know that 10 has already shut down. Any ideas? Thanks!
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Any word on analog TV shutdown times on Friday?
- Thread starter anotherguyTN
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Channel 5 has announced it will switch at 1201am Friday morning. That has them turning off 52, and going digital of RF 5. Channel 13 will wait until 1159pm to turn off its UHF plant and turn RF 13 digital.
30 has been off since February. I do not know about sister 24's plans.
I haven't heard about 3, yet. They are eligible to "nightlight," running transition info only on analog for up to a month. If they plan to do it, I haven't heard it announced.
All this will be interesting.
-DE
(on iPhone)
30 has been off since February. I do not know about sister 24's plans.
I haven't heard about 3, yet. They are eligible to "nightlight," running transition info only on analog for up to a month. If they plan to do it, I haven't heard it announced.
All this will be interesting.
-DE
(on iPhone)
I'll be curious to see how well WMC-TV does on channel 5 with digital. There is a reason why there are very, very few low-band VHF DTVs out there. Being on a tower in-town will help, though.
I wonder why they haven't attempted to get a better allocation. WHBQ-TV will likely have the best signal OTA in the market, being on high-band VHF after transition.
-DE
I wonder why they haven't attempted to get a better allocation. WHBQ-TV will likely have the best signal OTA in the market, being on high-band VHF after transition.
-DE
DeadElvis said:
It will be interesting to see how well WMC does on that ancient antenna they have as well. Seems with all the money they've spent another $250k or so wouldn't be that much of a hit.
Ssshhhh! Don't give them any ideas!!Meepster said:
DeadElvis said:
The in-town tower may help in Memphis, but I'm expecting them to be impossible to get in outer areas like Jackson unless you have a really good outdoor antenna.
Thanks for all the info.
radiosaur said:
OK, since tower one is 1/2 wave vertical, not Marconi, but Hertz! (Marconi would be horizontal)
Just kidding!
anotherguy said:
One wonders if Jackson will be the only place in the country where mutual interference between two low-band (2-6) digitals is a problem?!
(WTVF, CBS here in Nashville, will also be on DTV channel 5... So while WMC may have to cede NBC viewership in Jackson to Nashville's WSMV, Nashville's WTVF may have to cede CBS viewership to WREG...)
I live in the Nashville area myself (Pegram to be exact), and I can't get newschannel5 90% of the time anyway! :w9wi said:
radiosaur said:
OK. Google doesn't help and with Schwartz out of the game I'm stumped. Give it up.
Bell rung.
DeadElvis said:
I stumbled across an article last night that is saying that these low banders are going to have a significant reduction in receiveability out past 30 miles and that repeaters are going to have to be used. Any of you engineering type care to comment?
This was the first article I have read that brings this up.
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