Are There Still Any Stations Left That Have Not Switched To DTV

[DJboutit3]

Any stations That have not switched over yet only one I know of is 34 Houston

 

[Mediafrog+]

KBPX/33 was still on in analog when I last checked Sunday afternoon.

 

[dhett]

Any stations That have not switched over yet only one I know of is 34 Houston

Ch 34 in Houston is low-power. Low-power stations aren't required to switch over yet. Only full-service stations were.

 

[mikerichardson]

KVQT-LP did flash-cut to digital on the transition day. Since everyone will eventually be onboard the DTV train, I think you would want to switch to digital in order to take advantage of the subchannels. Also, most converter boxes don't pick up analog channels directly, and I doubt people are going to go through the hassle to watch one laggard analog channel.

I think KBPX-LP will coast along in analog for a little while targeting the people who haven't upgraded yet.

 

[DJboutit3]

KPRC 2 still has a 10kw or less analog signal up

 

[HoustonListener]

What is KPRC running on the analog channel?

What is Pappas doing with the low power copies of Channel 57 (ch 28 and 53) I assume they are still running analog. And what is going on with Channel 30?

 

[azumanga]

What is KPRC running on the analog channel?

They should be running the DTV PSA, as part of the "nightlight" service.

 

[purpledevil]

Ch. 28 and 53 have been off of the air forever, as well as ch. 30. Supposedly the Radio Aleluya group purchased Ch. 30 and its coming back. We'll see. KPBX-LP 33 surprisingly enough is gone. I would have thought Ion would have remained as the only (limited) game in town as far as English programming goes, but I guess not. Another surprise is KHLM-LP 43. They have ceased operation too and moved to full digital at Ch. 10.

 

[HoustonListener]

I was able to get KPRC's analog signal last night, extremely fuzzy as they must have reduced power considerably, but then Channel 2 never did have a great signal.

they are indeed running a loop of how to convert to digital TV, etc.

Channel 2's signal seems to have benefited the most from the conversion to digital.

 

[Mediafrog+]

KPBX-LP 33 surprisingly enough is gone. I would have thought Ion would have remained as the only (limited) game in town as far as English programming goes, but I guess not.

KBPX/33 is still on in analog at a Tuesday 2:45pm check at my location in Cy-Fair.

Another surprise is KHLM-LP 43. They have ceased operation too and moved to full digital at Ch. 10.

KHLM flash-cut to digital last Thursday, ahead of the rest of the market. They also have the digital station K10PY on Channel 10. I can't get either on a converter box, although I'm just using unamplified standard-issue rabbit ears, as opposed to a more suitable antenna (have cable for the "normal" sets in the house.)

I was able to get KPRC's analog signal last night, extremely fuzzy as they must have reduced power considerably, but then Channel 2 never did have a great signal.

KPRC analog signal strength seems the same at my location, so if there has been a power reduction, it hasn't made much difference here.

Channel 2's signal seems to have benefited the most from the conversion to digital.

I assume you mean overall reception of the station, as all they did was drop the analog RF 2 and continued on digital RF 35. Unlike KHOU and KTRK, which moved their digital signals from UHF to the old VHF analog allocations.