austin digital subchannels

captex · Apr 18, 2011

fox owned ktbc 7 and lin kxan 36 and kbvo 14 llano doesn't have a subcahnnel. belo kvue 24 has estrella and a local weather ch/news. four points (i believe owns) keye 42 has telemundo, univison kakw 62 has telefutura and a low power ld telefutura has univsion for its subchannel. klru 18 has 2-3 subchannels. knva 54 has cool tv. how come ktbc, kxan and kbvo doesn't have any subchannels.

mmnassour · Apr 18, 2011

As far as KTBC is concerned, it's simply because Fox corporate hasn't told them what to put on it yet. When they first turned on the full power digital rig, they fired up 7-2 for two or three days just to make sure it worked, then pulled it down.

There's a new thread on Fox and subchannels at http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=189127.0

Mediafrog+ · Apr 18, 2011

LPTV KVAT/17 has four subchannels running, although currently with color bars on 17.4.

K29HW (UT's student channel) also has four subchannels, although 29.1 is the only one I've heard of actually having any programming.

captex · Apr 18, 2011

what are the other subchannels on kvat lp 17- i beieve mexicanal is on the main channel.

k29hw ut ut student channel.

kxlk 23- ? was home shopping

gerald benavides west lake hills to austin 24 ktxu- info commericals

20 kadf-azteca- main channel

19 kgbs- music

11 kqux-music or programming?

k34fm- tbn religious spanish

fredcantu · Apr 18, 2011

The only low powers I get with a watchable picture at my home in far South Austin are the channel 20 Azteca analog and the Univision digital on 31. I'm 10 miles from the Westlake tower farm the crow flies.

LIN should consider putting KBVO (even in SD) on a subchannel of KNVA or KXAN.

captex · Apr 18, 2011

i second that fred, that lin should put kbvo on knva or kxan as a subchannel.

wild949austin · Apr 18, 2011

captex said:
i second that fred, that lin should put kbvo on knva or kxan as a subchannel.

I third this motion! KBVO Should be on 36.2 or 54.3!!

intx · Apr 18, 2011

Considering how spastic they are about weather, you'd think they'd have radar up on KXAN's .2.

KMRD · Apr 19, 2011

How well does the KBVO-CD 51 translator cover Austin? Also, is the translator mapped to 14.1 or 51.1 OTA?

mmnassour · Apr 19, 2011

It doesn't.

I'm at Steck and MoPac, a few miles north of the towers, with an outside antenna. I don't see a hint of it. KTFO blares in here.

KMRD · Apr 19, 2011

From coverage maps, it seems that KTFO has coverage nearly on par with full power stations.

fredcantu · Apr 19, 2011

KCWX's coverage map suggests they cover both Austin and SA. But you need to point your antenna right at them. I know when I do that I lose my other locals. From where I sit, KCWX is 90 degrees to the left of the Westlake tower farm.

http://maps.google.com/?q=http://ww...q=0.0&contour=28&city=FREDERICKSBURG&state=TX

mmnassour · Apr 20, 2011

Yea, that's not too dissimilar from their old analog map....and that was quite a work of fiction!

Didn't they have an application in for a LP station here, actually IN Austin?

fredcantu · Apr 20, 2011

I get a solid digital lock on KCWX at my house in South Austin where the analog was barely watchable. But my antenna does need to be dead on to lock. Not sure what the status is on their in-town LD translator. The FCC query site still lists it as APP. But if they're anything like KBVO's translator on 51 I don't give it much hope.

KMRD · Apr 20, 2011

I never understood why KCWX applied for an LD translator in Austin. Wouldn't that be a conflict with KBVO in this market for the MyNet programming?

captex · Apr 20, 2011

they might be thinking of putting other type's of programming on low power channel. i don't know if they can do put different programs on. i believe the owner's of kcwx is from austin, that owned and operated kvc 13 before sailing it to ktbc.

w9wi · Apr 20, 2011

captex said:
they might be thinking of putting other type's of programming on low power channel. i don't know if they can do put different programs on. i believe the owner's of kcwx is from austin, that owned and operated kvc 13 before sailing it to ktbc.

If you're referring to the channel 8 application, it's a Replacement Translator. Assuming it's granted, the FCC will require them to simulcast their main transmitter -- they can't use it for different programming.

captex · Apr 20, 2011

i agree with krmd, it would be a conflict with kbvo and why would they want to have a translator in austin. it does makes sense if they only had one translator application for san antonio only. not two translators applications.

JHBrandt · Apr 20, 2011

fredcantu said:
KCWX's coverage map suggests they cover both Austin and SA. But you need to point your antenna right at them. I know when I do that I lose my other locals. From where I sit, KCWX is 90 degrees to the left of the Westlake tower farm.

http://maps.google.com/?q=http://ww...q=0.0&contour=28&city=FREDERICKSBURG&state=TX

You could use two antennas (e.g., an AntennaCraft Y5-2-6 pointed at KCWX and a Channel Master 20xx or 4228 pointed at the other stations), and combine them with a VHF Lo-Hi combiner. (The combiner's VHF-Hi side will also pass UHF signals.)

mmnassour · Apr 20, 2011

w9wi said:
captex said:

they might be thinking of putting other type's of programming on low power channel. i don't know if they can do put different programs on. i believe the owner's of kcwx is from austin, that owned and operated kvc 13 before sailing it to ktbc.

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If you're referring to the channel 8 application, it's a Replacement Translator. Assuming it's granted, the FCC will require them to simulcast their main transmitter -- they can't use it for different programming.

A transmitter on channel 8, right next door to KTBC on channel 7? Is that really a good idea?