Channels 22, 25, 28, 35, 41, 42, 43, 44, 48, 53, 57 and 58 next year?

[Ultimajock]

...correct me if I'm wrong on this one, but my understanding is that none of these stations has to convert from analog to digital until three years from now. I know a few of these stations have applied for digital, and KFPH-CA/35 is already on KTVW-DT's 33.2 (makes one wonder why NBC-Universal hasn't prevailed upon Gannett to put KTAZ/39 on KPNX-DT's 12.3), but what of the rest of the stations? Do all of them plan on analog until 2010, including those with digital aps? And, with damn near no apparent interest in selling battery-operated digital TV sets, doesn't that call into question a very serious public safety issue in case of a major disaster, especially an earthquake, where electric service would be disrupted? Seems like that would leave the battery-operated TV owners left to just the Spanish-language LPs and CAs with local newscasts, and those who speak only English would be left to just their radios...

 

[dhett]

First, there is no timetable yet for LPTV stations to convert to digital. You may be thinking of analog cable. That being said, most of the stations are already in the process of getting digital going. Four stations, KTVP 22, KEJR 43, KPHE 44 and K53GF have DTV CPs, and three others, K25DM, KCOS 28 and KDPH, 48 have DTV applications on file. Two others, KPDF 41 and KVPA 42, both applied for the same channel, so the FCC will auction the channel between the two.

Second, Phoenix isn't in an earthquake-prone area, but if power were to be cut off, the LPTV stations would still have to broadcast EAS notices, so you should be good.

Still, it wouldn't hurt you to learn Spanish - after all, this is America. i Bienvenidos a los Estados Unidos, Amigo !

 

[Teddyo]

Still, it wouldn't hurt you to learn Spanish - after all, this is America. i Bienvenidos a los Estados Unidos, Amigo !

SI SE PUEDE !!!!

Donde esta Home Depot, hombre ? 8)

 

[EricStein]

1. Even the latest chipsets for ATSC-standard DTV still consume plenty of power. A DTV stick connected to a laptop sucks the battery life fast and also slows down the charging process when plugged in to a wall outlet. Maybe, as technology progresses, we will see battery-powered digital televisions. Remember that XM and Sirius' first units ran hot, but they improved the chipset technology to run very efficiently.

2. Why would NBC need to place a digital signal of KTAZ on a KPNX subchannel when they're only a year away from "flash-cutting" themselves?

3. Many LPTV's will still run analog after the 2/17/09 cutoff date, with some running digital companion channels. The only one that needs to move - and to DTV facilities - is Channel 53 (to Channel 38). They only have seven months left until their CP expires though.

 

[tmartin993]

:-\ now that sad im hispanic and i cant even write in spanish!

 

[dhett]

3. Many LPTV's will still run analog after the 2/17/09 cutoff date, with some running digital companion channels. The only one that needs to move - and to DTV facilities - is Channel 53 (to Channel 38). They only have seven months left until their CP expires though.

KAZT translator K55EH had to shut down - don't know whether or not they'll be back up, or on what channel, but I would assume if they did, it would only make sense to convert to DTV like KAZT-CA did.

 

[EricStein]

KAZT translator K55EH had to shut down - don't know whether or not they'll be back up, or on what channel, but I would assume if they did, it would only make sense to convert to DTV like KAZT-CA did.

I think that sounds logical and the only way to go. My best guess would be that they will arrange with either KAET, KSAZ, KTVW, or KPNX (who are all moving digital operations to their former analog positions for post-transition facilities) to use one of the abandoned in-core UHF frequencies and go digital. They might as well do the same with K57HX too.

 

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[dhett]

KAZT translator K55EH had to shut down - don't know whether or not they'll be back up, or on what channel, but I would assume if they did, it would only make sense to convert to DTV like KAZT-CA did.

I think that sounds logical and the only way to go. My best guess would be that they will arrange with either KAET, KSAZ, KTVW, or KPNX (who are all moving digital operations to their former analog positions for post-transition facilities) to use one of the abandoned in-core UHF frequencies and go digital. They might as well do the same with K57HX too.

Actually, none of those full-power stations will have any say over the UHF channels they're currently using for DTV. Those channels will be surrendered to the FCC. But once the full-power stations do so, that will free up 8 additional channels in the spectrum: 3, 5, 21, 29, 31, 34, 36 and 45. KAZT would apply to the FCC for displacement.

Because the replacement for K55EH would be a translator, it would map to virtual channel 7.X, but here's a quirk of the ATSC standard: if it were a standalone station, its virtual channel would have to be the current RF channel of the full-power station that vacated the channel. For example, a station operating on RF channel 3 would ID as channel 24, 5 as 17, 21 as 20, etc.