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Anyone know what's going on with WBIN/WUTF?

I was wondering the same thing about WJAR.

I don't think Univision bought the WBIN license just to put Antenna TV on a station where they can invoke the must-carry rule for cable companies. If they wanted just another digital substation, they could have done that without the WBIN license.

Will be interesting to see what they do with that station.
 
Kbirdusa said:
I was wondering the same thing about WJAR.

I don't think Univision bought the WBIN license just to put Antenna TV on a station where they can invoke the must-carry rule for cable companies. If they wanted just another digital substation, they could have done that without the WBIN license.

Will be interesting to see what they do with that station.
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Well there is one fairly obvious possibility: WUTF:66.1 is Spanish while all of the other 66.#s are English.
Maybe the English 66.#s will move to 50.#s (it is all just a virtual shuffle, so it shouldnʼt be a big deal)?
Donʼt forget, too, that WMFP:62 is moving south, so its WBTS-“NBCBoston” tenant is going to lose North-of-Boston reception and may want to find a new host, closer to Boston? :rolleyes:
 
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Uncle Kaimbridge said:
Well there is one fairly obvious possibility: WUTF:66.1 is Spanish while all of the other 66.#s are English.
Maybe the English 66.#s will move to 50.#s (it is all just a virtual shuffle, so it shouldnʼt be a big deal)?
Donʼt forget, too, that WMFP:62 is moving south, so its WBTS-“NBCBoston” tenant is going to lose North-of-Boston reception and may want to find a new host, closer to Boston? :rolleyes:
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Once WUTF fully controls WBIN, and changes the call letters, they can shuffle the bandwidth around too. So they could easily increase 50-1 to 720p or 1080i, and LMA or sell to WBTS. The speculation can get much more complicated if you think about potential deals involving WUNI too.

WMFP moving south gives them a must-carry channel with a miserable OTA signal. It's OK to keep SonLife on cable, but WBTS doesn't need must-carry.
 
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