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I mentioned this to a couple of radio broadcasting companies...

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WNDY 23 broadcasts on DT 32, 1 or 2 cable providers has it on 10, WNDY 23 changes transmit info to 10.1.

Lets say you just got a DTV convertor or new TV, you tell it you want 23 which you mean WNDY but sense WIPB is 23 it goes there, to get WNDY you have to enter 32 for WNDY unless you tell the device to scan for stations. Sense more stations broadcast on UHF, I think they would be better off to make there station appear to be a VHF even though it's not, maybe most of them should use the cable channel number on the biggest cable system instead of there recent analog channel.

Oldies 104.9 WERK Muncie, works out deal to rebroadcast on WNDY DT 10.5, there sister stations 104.1 works out deals to be on 10.4, 93.5 on 10.3, another company WMDH 102.5 on 10.2, have the stations web page with commercials and info.

Several SW Florida TV stations use cable channel numbers on there newscast, over there transmit number, wonder why they don't make the DTV convertor show there on 2.1?
 
Because the FCC requires them to use their old analog channel numbers on their DTV virtual channel.
 
When all the new applications for new tv stations come through and a new station winds up on Channel 25 because 25 moved to 7 what will they do then?
 
My suspicion (as yet unconfirmed by the commission):

They would ID as 28.

Their RF is 25. Normally a new DT station (one which had no analog counterpart) would identify as its RF number. Since 25 is taken, they'd look at the RF of the virtual 25, which is virtual 7. That's taken by WTVW, who now broadcasts on RF 28.
 
At what point does not using your actual channel number seem a bad idea?

7 could have switched back to 7. Given the massive antenna they used for years and then it's replacement (equally massive) which got out really well, staying on 7 would have been a no brainer.

Now CH 25 is on 7 and the power bill difference is reportedly over a million dollars a year between vhf and uhf with equal coverage.
 
7 in Dayton also stayed on it's digital channel (41). I can understand WDTN (virtual 2 and former RF 2) staying at RF50, not sure what the advantage is for WHIO
 
ChiefEngineer said:
7 could have switched back to 7.
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VHF high is not as bad as VHF low, but many stations that had "final" RF channels in VHF found out that their coverage isn't what they thought it would be. There are a lot of moves to UHF because of this (including WLS Chicago ... channel 7 moving to channel 44 after finding out that DT on 7 didn't give the coverage they wanted and WBBM Chicago who want a translator on channel 26 because their DT 12 signal has issues).

More about the nightmares here: http://www.rabbitears.info/vhf.php
 
An outside antenna is a must to watch digital television through the air. But,
it is worth it.

Turn off cable! Yes, there's still crap. But not as much or as bad crap as before.
 
Cable and satellite services have been losing subscribers as people find they get better quality pictures free over the air.
 
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