Could ABC Jump to a New Affiliate in Birmingham?
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Could ABC Jump to a New Affiliate in Birmingham?
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Wouldn't that be a thorn in the side of Sinclair? All that scheming to make the FCC look bad, only to lose ABC to another station.
It's incredibly unlikely to happen but would be hilarious if it did. Plus, it would mean the return of ABC to "channel 6" so to speak. (WUOA in Birmingham transmits on RF channel 6, virtual 23.)
It's incredibly unlikely to happen but would be hilarious if it did. Plus, it would mean the return of ABC to "channel 6" so to speak. (WUOA in Birmingham transmits on RF channel 6, virtual 23.)
Absolutely ridiculous article, considering that WABM's signal is far more powerful (look it up) and that Sinclair has already stated their intention to move ABC programming along with their local content. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/al...newsletter&utm_content=title&utm_source=TVSpy
Another blogger looking for clicks over accuracy, I suppose.
Interestingly, there is one college-owned station with affiliation to one of the "big four" networks: KOMU-TV 8, the NBC affiliate in Columbia/Jefferson City, MO (DMA #138).
Another blogger looking for clicks over accuracy, I suppose.
Interestingly, there is one college-owned station with affiliation to one of the "big four" networks: KOMU-TV 8, the NBC affiliate in Columbia/Jefferson City, MO (DMA #138).
I'm pretty sure Sinclair wouldn't let ABC go without a fight. It's obviously more important to them than the actual transmitters if they're serious about this proposal. But I disagree about WUOA (RF 6). It has a much, much larger coverage area than WABM, but it's on the less-than-ideal VHF-low spectrum. The low band signal reaches a lot more of the hills and valleys than the UHF signal does. Of course in the real world most folks probably have the little UHF only antennas for OTA reception, so it probably negates much of the benefit of the lower band signal.
Here's the maps from… a site whose name I forget at the moment. (I recently switched computers and lost some of my bookmarks, so my apologies to whomever these belong to.) You can clearly see the difference between WUOA's VHF signal and WABM's UHF signal.
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Perhaps you were thinking of the low power broadcast in Tuscaloosa on channel 7? It's WVUA-CA. Or -CD, I forget. The WUOA (PSIP 23) broadcast moved to Red Mountain a few years ago, now. It's my understanding that they "took over" the use of WBRC's analog channel 6 antenna and tower position to broadcast their digital signal. There were also low power analog repeaters for WVUA in Moundville and Demopolis, but I dunno if they're still on the air or not.
Well, after hearing some context that was shared with me today, I wouldn't be surprised if this is a real possibility. I can't elaborate, but this entire Sinclair-Allbritton deal continues to be in a state of flux with several possible outcomes. As Lenny Kravitz once sang, "It ain't over 'til it's over."
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