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Channel 20 WQDI-LD TV

radiofollower said:
What is with WQDI-LD Channel 20? For the past several days they seem to be broadcasting a good signal, but all channels are breaking up. Is this some kind of satellite or other trouble at the transmitter? I notice that some of the low power TV stations which broadcast from that short tower just south of downtown Cleveland are often off the air for no reason. I presume that this is some kind of turnkey operation, established primarily to collect carriage fees from the shoppers' networks, but isn't anybody minding the store?
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I know. I am livid! I am missing Fighting Fridays on 20.3.
 
bk441 said:
They have wrestling and MMA on Fridays on Ch. 20.3 English language of BeINSports Xtra. The Spanish language version is on KONV Ch. 28.3. Don't put down WQDI-LD or BeIN Sports network. 20.3 is best bet on Fridays. It ain't all just soccer. I hate they took off Stadium. They had wrestling. I am missing all that. Shooting themselves in the foot. Being a LD channel is no excuse to not fix reception. If they don't care they might as well take it off the air for good. Waisting a decent channel for nothing.
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Both BeIN and Stadium can be streamed for free and in much better quality on most platforms.
 
Well, I finally sent a message to HC2 Broadcasting about WQDI-LD. We'll see what happens.
 
radiofollower said:
I get that. But I wonder if these services which they are carrying understand that they are paying for dead air, no audio and satellite breakup (WQDI) lasting weeks?
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As a former LPTV station owner maybe I can provide some insight. Almost all of these networks that are carried by LPTV stations are either barter or pay per sale/inquiry.

Barter is when the LPTV station doesn't get paid a fee but instead gets a portion of the advertising spots. The better the programming the more viewers the more money the LPTV can make from their advertising spots. Usually the stations get somewhere between 3 and 7 minutes per hour to run their own ads.

Per sale/per inquiry is when a station gets paid every time an item is sold or a call is placed via the unique number. So for home shopping they might get like 8% of every sale, a PI ad might pay $10 every time an item is sold, or a spot collecting leads might pay $20 per lead. Many years ago I remember mesothelioma spots paying $100 per lead.

My guess is HC2 is probably running their stations partly to generate income but mostly to flip later on. They have a ton of cash to just keep paying tower rents for years until someone offers them a good return on their investment. I think they figure once ASTC 3.0 full launches their stations will be worth a lot more.
 
After sending a 2nd message directly to the licensee, WQDI-LD is now decoding fine as of 12:50 PM. There should be no more breakups now, unless it's reception related.
 
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