Ever since the dtv test on the 12th, KSTR has been off the air. What I think happened was that they have switched to digital monday. I will get the picture up tomorrow morning and if you know something pm or reply on this message.
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Does anyone know what happened to KSTR?
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Yes, they went DTV-only on Jan. 12:
http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/01/05/daily33.html
http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/01/05/daily33.html
What a good way to do it during a DTV test in which they did at 6:25 pm.Scott Fybush said:
Their analog signal is still on the air, but it's just showing a slide telling viewers they went digital.
When I first saw that, it seemed silly. If you're "going digital," why leave your 5 MW analog transmitter up and running? It seemed to defeat the purpose.
But after I thought about it, it made sense. They have to shut their analog signal off on 2/17 like everyone else, so they're using the last month of analog broadcasting to warn viewers to get their digital TVs and/or converter boxes hooked up and running.
So far, none of the Anglo stations has followed suit.
When I first saw that, it seemed silly. If you're "going digital," why leave your 5 MW analog transmitter up and running? It seemed to defeat the purpose.
But after I thought about it, it made sense. They have to shut their analog signal off on 2/17 like everyone else, so they're using the last month of analog broadcasting to warn viewers to get their digital TVs and/or converter boxes hooked up and running.
So far, none of the Anglo stations has followed suit.
JHBrandt said:
This would be the so-called analog "nite-lite" which many stations will be doing following the switchover. Those abandoning their old channel assignments will leave the transmitter on the air for up to 30 days with info about the change.
Possibly because Hispanics are more digital-ready than Anglos? There has been much talk about the good job Spanish language television has done to promote the change.
Yeah i already know some hispanics that have already made the change.
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