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Incentive Auction Results

pab said:
WIVB is not shutting down. They will be sharing space with WNYO and both stations will keep their current programming, according to Nexstar today.
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That's WNLO. As for WIVB, they'll gain coverage in southern Ontario.
 
Semantics........ The transmitter in Colden will shut down, people will lose
their jobs, people in the southtowns who depended on the station OTA will
lose their signal...... The station I grew up with, will cease to exist.
 
ftballfan said:
If I'm understanding correctly, WIVB and WNLO will retain their separate licenses, but broadcast from the same tower on the same RF channel (while retaining virtual channels)
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That's the point. With digital channels, you can run several stations off the same channel. So TV stations no longer need those dedicated VHF channels as they once did.
 
TheBigA said:
That's the point. With digital channels, you can run several stations off the same channel. So TV stations no longer need those dedicated VHF channels as they once did.
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A single transmitter is capable of two 720p or one 720p and one 1080i, plus one or two 480i subchannels now?
 
Is it known if any stations that sign off will only do so over the air but continue to provide a feed directly to cable and satellite providers?
 
Jonathan7157 said:
Does this mean that the stations that were affected in the auction sort of act like KMSP/WFTC in Minneapolis?
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huh?
KMSP and WFTC are 2 separate licenses that happen to mix their PSIP together for ease of flipping through their offerings. We have 3 in Minneapolis like that
KTCA & KTCI (both PBS)
KSTP (ABC) and KSTC (Independent)

In all 3 cases they have 2 RF stations but just mix the PSIP together. So as example in the PBS example
RF34 2-1 KTCA PBS
RF23 2-2 KTCI MN Channel
RF23 2-3 KTCI PBS (TPT LIfe...its a mix of some PBS offerings, create and reruns)
RF34 2-4 KTCA TPT Kids
RF34 2-5 KTCA TPT Weather

What is happening in the auction is the opposite where there would be 2 different PSIP's off one RF station. So lets use the example in Alexandria, MN (still Mpls market) where CBS sold KCCO RF7 license and they indicated they will channel share. So lets say they Channel Share with the only other commercial station in the market KSAX RF42 (moving to RF24) PSIP 42. When folks scan in that area they would see (using current PSIP numbers)

7-1 CBS HD
7-2 Decades
42-1 ABC HD
42-2 Independent SD (KSAX runs KSTC in SD there)
42-3 MeTV SD

There are examples where its being done already. Look at WBOC Salisbury, MD
RF 21 PSIP 16 (old analog spot)
16-1 WBOC CBS HD
21-2 WBOC FOX SD
16-3 AntennaTV
 
Near as I can tell the main effect on me here in Pittsburgh is that I'll be losing COZI, Movies! and RetroTV, as WEPA has sold and will go dark sometime this year. WINP, the Ion station that was once WQEX, will return to it's original channel 16 where WEPA currently sits.

Bummer as I really enjoy Movies! WEPA owns another station in Charleroi, PA which is staying. Looks like they have filed for a power increase there, and potentially I could receive them at my home (depending on whether the FCC wants to even get involved in such things while all of this repacking is taking place).

Other change will be that WQED decided to take the money and run.....all the way down to VHF Channel 2. Given our very rugged terrain around here, I have my doubts about how well that will work.
 
http://current.org/2017/04/san-fran...-share-after-winning-87m-in-spectrum-auction/

KMTP San Francisco is attempting to go into a channel sharing agreement.

The Minority Television Project in San Francisco will give up its TV channel spectrum in exchange for its $87.7 million take in the FCC spectrum auction but hopes to continue broadcasting through a channel-sharing agreement under negotiation.

The licensee’s station, KMTP, airs a variety of local and international programming. With an annual budget under $1 million, it “has been financially challenged for nearly all its 35-year history,” according to a press release about its auction results.

If MTP succeeds in reaching a channel-share agreement with another Bay Area broadcaster, “there would be no negative impact to any of our viewers,” GM Booker Wade told Current. Such an agreement may require MTP to give a portion of its auction winnings to the other broadcaster.

The licensee will create an endowment from whatever earnings remain, Wade said, and will use the proceeds to acquire access to wireless spectrum to provide programming on viewers’ mobile devices. The station also will replace outdated studio and production equipment.

“It presents tremendous opportunities, and we hope to seize those opportunities,” Wade said.
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