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KTXD-TV Dallas to Me-TV February
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It didn't launch March 5 and still infomercials tonight.
It looks like Tuesday on their facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/metvnetwork) someone asked about it not launching and they replied with: "The Dallas launch has been delayed and we'll post here when we are confirmed on the air in your market - hopefully by this weekend, stay tuned!"
It looks like Tuesday on their facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/metvnetwork) someone asked about it not launching and they replied with: "The Dallas launch has been delayed and we'll post here when we are confirmed on the air in your market - hopefully by this weekend, stay tuned!"
KMRD said:
That's a shame because I've gotten to be quite a fan of the No Evil Oil guy on KTAQ. It's about as entertaining as Gene Scott used to be.
saw a posting over on avs forum that someone from Me-Tv said there's been a technical issue at KTXD preventing them from running the network. They were "hopeful" it would be on KTXD this weekend, but indicated that may not mean anything.
Sounds to me like KTXD is trying to build a more elaborate master control and it's just not done yet.
Sounds to me like KTXD is trying to build a more elaborate master control and it's just not done yet.
tested said:
Many years ago, I happened to be out in Greenville, TX -- which is where KTXD is licensed, and where it's analog transmitter was located (back in the KTAQ days) -- and drove by their old tower and "studio". It was a very rudimentary thing, just stuck in a mobile home as I recall. I don't know if that got upgraded when Mike Simons launched "Promisedland" a few years later, but I'm guessing that it is still pretty rudimentary. If so, I can imagine that they do need to do some technical upgrading.
Do keep in mind, this station will be run from an office in Addison. This may be the result of a delay in construction on a totally new master control in Addison,
OK, just before leaving work this morning from my hotel job I saw 2 engineers, 1 from KBMT/12, 1 from KCEN/9, dropping off their keys to check out. I told them I noticed the stations represented on their shirts, and that I was more familiar with KYTX/19, as well as KTXD. They both got a look on their faces after that. I asked them if they were on their way up the street to London's offices, they said yes. I told them there were *many* people online eagerly awaiting their local dose of MeTV. They said (without being specific) that there were many problems involved but they'd help fix them ASAP. It would have been good to talk to them at a longer length but I didn't want to hold them up, considering what they were in town to do.
(My hotel is about 3 blocks from London's HQ, and we do get some of their clients staying with us, as well as people connected to London's production division, 41 Entertainment. Unfortunately, no, I haven't gotten to see their offices as they are apparently within an office building on a side street away from where I commute. I haven't seen any kind of relay tower in that vicinity that would beam KTXD's signal to Cedar Hill; the engineers said that all the non-Cedar Hill-tower control equipment is in the London HQ offices.)
(My hotel is about 3 blocks from London's HQ, and we do get some of their clients staying with us, as well as people connected to London's production division, 41 Entertainment. Unfortunately, no, I haven't gotten to see their offices as they are apparently within an office building on a side street away from where I commute. I haven't seen any kind of relay tower in that vicinity that would beam KTXD's signal to Cedar Hill; the engineers said that all the non-Cedar Hill-tower control equipment is in the London HQ offices.)
Seems to back up the theory that this is a completely new master control build of some sort. In a normal station, this is always a big deal.. but you do have the old master control to use while you're building the new one. In a station like this, they're starting with zero employees and trying to put this together in just a few months time. That seems like a tall order to me.
So.. if they say it'll be on the air "soon" I'd take that to mean as anytime between now and a month from now.
So.. if they say it'll be on the air "soon" I'd take that to mean as anytime between now and a month from now.
tested said:Seems to back up the theory that this is a completely new master control build of some sort. In a normal station, this is always a big deal.. but you do have the old master control to use while you're building the new one. In a station like this, they're starting with zero employees and trying to put this together in just a few months time. That seems like a tall order to me.
So.. if they say it'll be on the air "soon" I'd take that to mean as anytime between now and a month from now.
The original quote did say "Q1, 'shooting for' late Feb." Obviously they shot & missed.
I'm now hoping for 3/26 :-\
Wonder if the FCC is somehow fine with the KTXD calls in the logo stuck at the top of the screen? Thought they had a legal ID they ran at the top of the hour, but I haven't seen it in a while.txchipk said:
Just so you guys know, London Broadcasting at their flagship station in Tyler did not run EAS on any of their HD or analog stations or sub channels for the last 6-7 years. And never has been approached or inspected by the FCC. When asked they said that "we are an Opt out station, EAS is voluntary". They just started running EAS within the last 6 months. So obviously they have a deal with the FCC so that they can get away with anything. I would bet that there is no EAS on KTXD....being that its voluntary LOL
http://louise.hallikainen.org/FCC/FccRules/2011/11/
Warning: the below is posted by an engineer who does not guarantee he's understanding Part 11 properly!:
There are provisions for an EAS "non-participating" station. Such a station must leave the air if a real (national) EAS is issued. (this does NOT mean they must go off if a tornado warning, or Amber Alert, or other non-national alert is issued)
It is not entirely clear to me what the implications are for testing. The regs could be read to suggest non-participating stations don't need to log received tests -- but that would raise the question of how they'd know whether a national alert had been issued?
Warning: the below is posted by an engineer who does not guarantee he's understanding Part 11 properly!:
There are provisions for an EAS "non-participating" station. Such a station must leave the air if a real (national) EAS is issued. (this does NOT mean they must go off if a tornado warning, or Amber Alert, or other non-national alert is issued)
It is not entirely clear to me what the implications are for testing. The regs could be read to suggest non-participating stations don't need to log received tests -- but that would raise the question of how they'd know whether a national alert had been issued?
(I tried to post this several times at work last night but was interrupted with phone calls and walk-in guests.)
One of those walk-ins was the aforementioned engineer from KCEN/9 who was with us earlier in the week. I got to talk to him at a bit more length last night. He used to be with KIII/3 but moved to KCEN after London bought KIII out. I asked him how things were going up the street, he said we should start seeing MeTV programming in the next day or so. (I just checked, it's still non-Me...AND, when I tried Ch.47 on my remote, it comes up as "46" on my TV (.1, .2, and .3), so I guess I'll wait a few days and do a re-scan). He's pretty positive that KTXD will be able to show all of MeTV's lineup without any syndex issues (although I think KDAF/33 still has local I Love Lucy rights, for example), but will show some in-house-made productions such as 41 Entertainment's Troubadour TX show. He wasn't sure if there would be any sports-related programs or games (like what some of the other London stations have) though. He did say that the MeTV flip wouldn't be very "polished" for the first few days/weeks, but he really didn't elaborate on what that would entail other than picture quality or continuity. He's also fairly sure that he or some other London staffers would be back to tweak the signal/operation/etc in the coming days/weeks.
One of those walk-ins was the aforementioned engineer from KCEN/9 who was with us earlier in the week. I got to talk to him at a bit more length last night. He used to be with KIII/3 but moved to KCEN after London bought KIII out. I asked him how things were going up the street, he said we should start seeing MeTV programming in the next day or so. (I just checked, it's still non-Me...AND, when I tried Ch.47 on my remote, it comes up as "46" on my TV (.1, .2, and .3), so I guess I'll wait a few days and do a re-scan). He's pretty positive that KTXD will be able to show all of MeTV's lineup without any syndex issues (although I think KDAF/33 still has local I Love Lucy rights, for example), but will show some in-house-made productions such as 41 Entertainment's Troubadour TX show. He wasn't sure if there would be any sports-related programs or games (like what some of the other London stations have) though. He did say that the MeTV flip wouldn't be very "polished" for the first few days/weeks, but he really didn't elaborate on what that would entail other than picture quality or continuity. He's also fairly sure that he or some other London staffers would be back to tweak the signal/operation/etc in the coming days/weeks.
easttxtv said:
That's actually good news; it shows they're working on things (even though they fouled up the PSIP).
Even if KTXD doesn't come up on 47, 46 should always work since that's their "real" (RF) channel and DFW doesn't have a virtual 46*. Once they have the PSIP fixed, the display should flip back to 47. After that KTXD should come up on 47 again w/o a rescan.
* If/when KUVN-CA flips to digital, they may use virtual channel 46, since their RF channel is 47, same as KTXD's virtual channel.
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