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ARE ALL COX TV STATIONS SWITCHING TO ME-TV ON JUNE 1?
- Thread starter gregg75
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Of course we are talking about the digital sub-channels, not the main channels.
Found the WSB news release.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/28052960/detail.html
Found the WSB news release.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/28052960/detail.html
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KGMC 43.6 is adding ME TV June 1st in Fresno, they currently have Antenna TV on 43.5, neither are on Xfinity at this time. they are not owned by Cox.
Bongwater said:
When their contract with RTV is up, KIRO could always drop RTV & affiliate with MeTV. WKOW Madison Wisconsin is dropping RTV when their contract is up, & affiliate with MeTV. WITI Milwaukee Wisconsin dropped RTV for Antenna TV. While they're not Cox stations, these are 2 stations that dropped RTV for something else. RTV was forced to affiliate with Polnet's WPVN-LD in the Chicago market, because no full power station would affiliate with them. WCIU created MeTV in Chicago & took it nationwide with the help of MGM.
KIRO TV could not affiliate with ME-TV because KVOS Bellingham already airs the network over the air and that channel is now on Dish Network and virtually all cable systems in Seattle. KVOS has exclusivity to ME-TV broadcasts in Seattle, and is not broadcasting over a subchannel but the main feed. They premiered in the Seattle area in late April.
discjockeyjohn64 said:
I remember hearing about 2 additional stations (besides Weigel's WBME Racine/Milwaukee, WI) carrying MeTV on the main channel. That guarantees must carry on satellite. The only reason MeTV is on satellite for Chicago is because Weigel Broadcasting (parent company of WCIU & MeTV) managed to work something out to carry WWME-LD (originally WWME-CA before they went digital, though the analog is still on the air for now). Had it been based on the subchannel of WCIU, then it would never been placed on satellite. DirecTV didn't actually want to carry WWME-LD since it's a low power station.
I see KIRO can't carry Antenna TV either since KZJO carries that network. So KIRO is stuck with RTV if they want a classic TV network (unless there's another network I don't know about, other than Bounce TV, which is aimed primarily at the black community).
Not sure of KTVU Channel 2. On their digital subchannel is the spanish language LATV on 2.2 They could put it on Channel 2.3, which there is none now. Not sure. I know that nearby Bay Area TV Station, KFTY-50 in Santa Rosa is a Me-TV affiliate on their MAIN digital channel, not subchannel.
If RTV had done a better job with tech issues and programming, the switch would probably not
have happened. RTV really let these stations slip through their fingers.
It's almost embarrassing switching from one sub to another. WOOPS we made a mistake,
SORRY we picked the wrong sub. WHAT WERE WE THINKING? FORGIVE US for picking this
lousy sub to begin with.
have happened. RTV really let these stations slip through their fingers.
It's almost embarrassing switching from one sub to another. WOOPS we made a mistake,
SORRY we picked the wrong sub. WHAT WERE WE THINKING? FORGIVE US for picking this
lousy sub to begin with.
gregg75 said:
When many of these stations added these subchannels, RTV (then RTN) was the only thing going in classic TV. Then, previous owner Equity ran into financial problems and lost the CBS/Paramount/Viacom library and eventually had to close the Little Rock technical facilities when they liquidated. Luken built their current Chattanooga facility in less than one week's time after Equity closed shop, and two years later they still haven't managed to get all the bugs out of their systems.
Weigel, fresh off their success of This TV (as well as their local Chicago and Milwaukee "Me-TV" stations), saw that opportunity with the CBS classic TV library, and decided to take Me-TV national. From this standpoint, it's going to be tough for RTV to recover. They might as well just let Me-TV have the NBC-Universal library as well.
Eric Stein said:
While other markets are enjoying MeTV, some Chicago messageboards have not had kind stuff posted about MeTV in Chicago. When MeTV went national, they were forced to remove the Sony library from MeTV & move those shows to MeToo, which is now the Chicago MeTV, due to Antenna TV having the national rights to the Sony library, while Weigel has the Chicago rights to the Sony library. I find that in Chicago, if I have to choose between MeTV & MeToo, I'd pick MeToo over MeTV. MeToo has the better show lineup. I only hope Weigel Broadcasting doesn't decide to take MeToo national as well, or I might not watch either one as much. If it were to go national, then comedy would go on MeTV & drama on MeToo (like it was when MeTV was just in Chicago), I just hope Weigel does add another library of shows so I might be willing to watch MeTV again. I'm still mad that Antenna TV has the Sony library. CBS & 20th Century Fox don't seem to have as good of a lineup of shows in my opinion. At least people in other markets get to experience Svengoolie, which has been popular in Chicago for many years on WCIU, but now on MeTV (still on WCIU, but also added to MeToo Chicago). The new Svengoolie episodes I believe are shown on MeTV first at 9pm CT Saturday, then if I remember correctly, that same episode is shown a week later on WCIU the U 26.1 at 12noon, then again 3 hours later at 3pm on WCIU The U Too 26.2. That part I don't remember for sure with the reairing of Svengoolie on WCIU in Chicago. Too bad it's not shown in HD on MeTV (like some episodes have been shown on WCIU 26.1).
avtosalon said:
They were never concerned about RTV. They already had MeTV & MeToo in Chicago, & had no interest in carrying RTV. Tribune's WGN-TV also showed no interest in carrying RTV after they dropped LATV last year (WOCK-CD ended up picking up LATV on 13.3). So the only station that was willing to pickup RTV was WPVN-LD, owned by Polnet. Polnet put RTV on the main channel, while placing their Polish network Polvision further down the channel lineup, which I believe is still 24.4, but might have changed since adding other subchannels (still not a 24 hour network, & originally brokered on WCIU & the old WFBT-CA). As it stands, RTV is mainly seen by those in the northern suburbs of Chicago & portions of the city of Chicago, transmitting from a building in Schaumburg, IL. If their application gets approved, WPVN-LD will move their transmission site to the Trump Tower, & add coverage to Chicago & portions of the northern, southern, & western suburbs. Now if RTV were to go off the air, then WPVN would have to find something else to place on the main channel. RTV has never had a chance in Chicago with MeTV & now Antenna TV.
WSB has not gone full-screen with Me-TV. They did the same with Retro TV. There are black
bars on each side. Are most of you outside Chicago seeing the black bars also?
Does this somehow save WSB some bandwith or something, why else would they do this? It
makes the picture about 25% smaller than normal.
bars on each side. Are most of you outside Chicago seeing the black bars also?
Does this somehow save WSB some bandwith or something, why else would they do this? It
makes the picture about 25% smaller than normal.
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