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Local Television Network to Launch and Expand?

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Mark_Ericson

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http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6252424.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP

Apparently this "network" will be a bunch of local stations. I wonder if it'll take off and more importantly, will it be entertaining?

It's airing on KVMD-DT 23 Los Angeles initially, but the article says that expansion to New York is planned. Can you say WRNN? I can.

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> It's airing on KVMD-DT 23 Los Angeles initially, but the
> article says that expansion to New York is planned. Can you
> say WRNN? I can.

I think of "i," formerly Pax.
 
Out of curiosity, I visited the station's Web site and checked out their program schedule. I will never again complain about the amount of infomercials my local stations carry. As it stands right now, KVMD's weekend line-up is pretty much wall-to-wall home shopping and infomercials!
 
And be sure you have that HD set or digital converter. KVMD is DT only. They gave up their analog assignment (channel 31) a year or so ago.
 
> And be sure you have that HD set or digital converter. KVMD
> is DT only. They gave up their analog assignment (channel
> 31) a year or so ago.

KTLA-DT is on channel 31, so to get coverage of the LA-area, they went digital-only on 23.

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> > And be sure you have that HD set or digital converter.
> KVMD
> > is DT only. They gave up their analog assignment (channel
> > 31) a year or so ago.
>
> KTLA-DT is on channel 31, so to get coverage of the LA-area,
> they went digital-only on 23.

Not completely true, Trip.

KVMD is licensed to Twentynine Palms, which is as far east in the Los Angeles television market as one can get before being in the Palm Springs market. As such, KVMD demands must-carry status on cable systems in its market (as well as on DirecTV and Dish Network).

In their filing with the FCC, KVMD stated that "virtually all of the viewership" comes from cable and satellite and they agreed to provide DTV receivers or fiber-optic connection to all cable system headends, as well as a digital-to-analog converter to any off-the-air viewers that were affected (which, AFAIK, was zero).

Their analog signal would never have covered Los Angeles, KTLA-DT or not. This was a convenience to them in terms of not having to operate two UHF transmitters.<P ID="signature">______________


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> Out of curiosity, I visited the station's Web site and
> checked out their program schedule. I will never again
> complain about the amount of infomercials my local stations
> carry. As it stands right now, KVMD's weekend line-up is
> pretty much wall-to-wall home shopping and infomercials!
>
WRNN is pretty much the same. On an average weekday,it carries infomercials from 6AM to 7PM, with news updates at the top of the hour. From 7-9PM it carries news and then airs more infomercials. WRRN also is now digital only on Ch.48, but still gets cable carriage in the NY area with the analog version.
 
> Not completely true, Trip.
>
> KVMD is licensed to Twentynine Palms, which is as far east
> in the Los Angeles television market as one can get before
> being in the Palm Springs market. As such, KVMD demands
> must-carry status on cable systems in its market (as well as
> on DirecTV and Dish Network).
>
> In their filing with the FCC, KVMD stated that "virtually
> all of the viewership" comes from cable and satellite and
> they agreed to provide DTV receivers or fiber-optic
> connection to all cable system headends, as well as a
> digital-to-analog converter to any off-the-air viewers that
> were affected (which, AFAIK, was zero).
>
> Their analog signal would never have covered Los Angeles,
> KTLA-DT or not. This was a convenience to them in terms of
> not having to operate two UHF transmitters.

Yes, but I believe their tower site gives them at least SOME OTA digital coverage in the eastern section of the Los Angeles area... I recall looking at it and it sits on a mountain that shoots some signal east at Twentynine Palms and the rest to the west toward Los Angeles. I'll have to check again, but I seem to recall that being the case. (I don't feel like digging up my mapping software, but I'll do it later)

The analog, however, was near Twentynine Palms and at 12 kW. No surprise it wouldn't cover Los Angeles.

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