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Since There Isn't An Indiana TV Board....WEVV.

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radiorob2.0

Any idea what the problem is? I'm guessing burned up coax or antenna. For those outside of Evansville, WEVV (CBS) has been off the air for about a month. The HD signal still exist and they are sending a feed to the larger cable systems in the DMA. In the meantime they are using a LP analog signal for the metro.
 
http://www.wevv.com/
Channel 44 (analog WEVV) is on the air, although experiencing some technical difficulties due to the recent winter storm. Updates on viewer options:

If you receive WEVV via antenna, please tune your set to channel 36 (W36DF). CBS 44 has been temporarily moved to this channel.

If you have a digital television, continue to tune your set to Digital Channel 44-1 (WEVV-DT/HD).

If you receive WEVV from a local satellite or cable provider, you should be receiving WEVV normally.
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A month is a long time ... they must have burned something up. I don't see any comments on it elsewhere where I read.
 
There was a story in the Courier-Press a few weeks back, but it was vague. Said that some piece of equipment had been damaged in the winter storm and they expected to be back on 44 Analog in about a week.

I imagine that story ran two weeks ago today.

One thing I'm not sure of: What does W36DF usually broadcast?
 
jugrock said:
It's the low-power sister xmtr to WTSN-LP (Channel 41).
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Does this mean you live in Shoals?
 
By luck, WEVV has a plan B getting the signal to Owensboro. They established an arrangement a dozen years ago with then Century Cable to produce their nightly newscast. A two way microwave link was established for news and program exchange. This also allowed the addition of WTSN-LP (Channel 63) to the Owensboro cable system which was at the time UPN and now part of the MY Network.

WFIE had a similar outage about five years ago causing them to be off the air for several days. I had always assumed they maintained a back up facility atop the original tower behind the station, silly me. The tower at Mt Auburn is for decorative purposes only so when the main facility in Henderson County crashed they were off the air. In this case, they had to send a Live Eye truck to Owensboro so cable customers could get the station. Moral of the story: Having a back up scenario and equipment save your ass every time!
 
PTBoardOp94 said:
There was a story in the Courier-Press a few weeks back, but it was vague. Said that some piece of equipment had been damaged in the winter storm and they expected to be back on 44 Analog in about a week.

I imagine that story ran two weeks ago today.

One thing I'm not sure of: What does W36DF usually broadcast?
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I believe it was an signal extension of WTSN-LP Channel 63. AT one time, WEVV also has TSN programming on Channel 56.
 
radiorob2.0 said:
I believe it was an signal extension of WTSN-LP Channel 63. AT one time, WEVV also has TSN programming on Channel 56.
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The frequencies for Channels 63 and 56 have been reclaimed by the FCC. That's why WTSN moved to Channels 41 and 36.

According to this site, WEVV is replacing their analog transmitter: http://www.evansvillemedia.com/em/2008/03/03/wevv-still-off-the-air/. Can't vouch for the facts, but it must have been quite the blowup.
 
jugrock said:
radiorob2.0 said:
I believe it was an signal extension of WTSN-LP Channel 63. AT one time, WEVV also has TSN programming on Channel 56.
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The frequencies for Channels 63 and 56 have been reclaimed by the FCC. That's why WTSN moved to Channels 41 and 36.

According to this site, WEVV is replacing their analog transmitter: http://www.evansvillemedia.com/em/2008/03/03/wevv-still-off-the-air/. Can't vouch for the facts, but it must have been quite the blowup.
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I'll be, they did move. I no longer receive the Evansville LP's where I live so I didn't know. With the analog shutdown less than a year away is it worth the money to purchase an analog transmitter? They are already on Dish and Direct and have direct feeds with the majority of the cable systems. As long as they have relationships with Time-Warner, Insight and Comcast, the major ones within the DMA, then they really don't need a analog transmitter.
 
I might guess its a high dollar antenna issue and who wants to invest that money in an analog antenna problem, when analog goes 'poof' next February??? :p
 
WNIT PBS 34 in Elkhart (yes, Indiana) had a tube fail on their analog transmitter. Looking at a $75,000 bill to replace it for less than a year's use they are going to just run at low power instead.

Just another nudge of viewers in the direction getting a DTV tuner.
 
Most likely they purchased one of the newer transmitters that can be converted from analog to digital service. If so, between it and the existing digital transmitter, they will have a backup unit, which is always a good thing.
 
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