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Small markets getting missing networks by the big analog shutdown

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Rick Rose 2.0

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With the fact that many of the nations smallest TV markets had to rely on cable to receive all major networks it is good that that is changing due to multicasting which digital signals allow. Most of these areas could not support enough stations to represent all networks but now the digital change over allows network representation on the extra channels all stations gain. As I am reviewing the tv schedules for all TV markets I am noticing that several stations must have plans to establish channels by this fall due to the fact that Titian TV.com has a sub channel listed that is not on the air and has no progamming available. I found this for both the Wheeling/Stuebenville and Clarksburg/Weston markets for WTRF and WBOY to have ABC affliation on .3 of their digital signals but find no other confirmation. I am aware of NBC coming to Myrtle Beach on a new digital only station and the same thing expected in Gainesville. Does any one know of any other new network affiliates (either as a digital subchannel or new signal) starting by the end of the year.
 
There's a "Dot-2" network coming on soon:

http://dot2network.com/national/

Also, I think many of the Spanish LPTVs could do well to affiliate with additional nets....SLC has Telemundo, Univision and Azteca stations, but could get Televisa and GalaVision (and others) if they would go Digital soon.

Then, there's NBC WeatherPlus, with potential to do much local-insertion content. We preempt that, on occasion, to run RSL soccer, and some LDS Church special event programming. KTVX has "The Hive", which is public access, with a healthy dose of old movies.

Speaking of classic movies, White Springs TV seems to be available:

http://www.whitesprings.tv/

And, if your area has a good number of LDS Church members, you might consider BYU-TV and BYU International. I'm sure they would be happy to talk to you. And, I suspect there are many other Churches (not necessarily "televangelist") that might meet Community needs...Baptist, Jewish, Buddhist, Orthodox, etc....according to the local demographics.

Another possibility might be a new "all Public Service" network, Starfish, which might help meet a station's public obligations:

http://www.starfishnetwork.org/

ION (ex: "Pax") runs 4 channels on it's O&O's...ION, ION Life, QUBO, and Worship. Might be some availability there.
 
FOX has been working with some small market stations (like the CBS affiliate in Mankato, MN) to get subchannel affiliations.

And there are small networks such as RTN, Dot 2 and AccuWeather that are going after the subchannel niche. Me? I'm a big fan of PBS World, which is a subchannel operation.
 
WTRF Wheeling, WV, a CBS Affiliate, also has Fox on 7.2
And would you believe that the Ohio Valley still doesn't have a hometown ABC affiliate?

Ditto for WVNS Beckley, WV, another CBS affilaite which also runs Fox on 59.2
Both stations are owned by West Virginia Media Holdings, Inc.

And WBOC Salisbury, MD has Fox on 21.2
Would you also believe Salisbury is still lacking an NBC Affiliate?
 
KML-224 said:
What does WMDT-DT (ABC) have on their subchannels?
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CW+.

- Trip
 
I think there is a good and bad side, good that smaller markets like Bowling Green Kentucky can get all networks locally but the bad part would be if the networks just got to the point of passing through their signals to local stations with no local content.
 
Really, there is also a lot of opportunity for Spanish full-power stations, because AFAIK, few to none will be offering HD, so there is no reason they couldn't add at least 4 subchannels without affecting the quality of the primary station. They could even lease some of them to help pay the bills.
 
Yuma/El Centro finally got OTA ABC and CW+ programming as subchannels of Fox affil KECY and CBS affil KSWT, respectively. Another subchannel of KECY carries the digital signal for co-owned LPTV Telemundo affil KESE.

Oddly enough, while most Univision affiliates carry Telefutura on their .2 subchannel, KVYE doesn't. Telefutura has its own full-power affil in the market, KAJB, but they've never been able to sign on their digital subchannel due to coordination issues with Mexico. KAJB has different owners than KVYE, but I thought Entravision managed KAJB as well as owning KVYE.

For the record, the other full-power station, KYMA, carries LATV on its .2 subchannel.
 
kenglish said:
Also, I think many of the Spanish LPTVs could do well to affiliate with additional nets....SLC has Telemundo, Univision and Azteca stations, but could get Televisa and GalaVision (and others) if they would go Digital soon.

Then, there's NBC WeatherPlus, with potential to do much local-insertion content. We preempt that, on occasion, to run RSL soccer, and some LDS Church special event programming. KTVX has "The Hive", which is public access, with a healthy dose of old movies.
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Perhaps you mean Telefutura rather than Televisa, which is a Mexican national network not available internationally. I thought that Salt Lake had a low-powered Telefutura affiliate, but a digital subchannel could fix that. Also, Galavision is actually a cable channel that is owned by Televisa and which clears their programs that aren't carried by UNI or TEL. You won't be seeing a Galavision affiliate in SLC any more than you'd see a TNT or Discovery Network affiliate on broadcast.

Perhaps Salt Lake will get a Retro Television Network (RTN) feed on a digital subchannel. Such programming would do pretty well in that market.
 
I am surprised RTN hasn't been put on KUTV 2-2 yet. It airs on 12-1 down in St. George.

- Trip
 
RTN is on KCBU in Price UT, which originally was analog on ch. 3 but is now digital-only on the same channel. The station theoretically reaches Provo, and the southern suburbs of SLC. Comcast carries it on their digital lineup on ch. 106 in SLC.
 
Rick Rose 2.0 said:
With the fact that many of the nations smallest TV markets had to rely on cable to receive all major networks it is good that that is changing due to multicasting which digital signals allow. Most of these areas could not support enough stations to represent all networks but now the digital change over allows network representation on the extra channels all stations gain. As I am reviewing the tv schedules for all TV markets I am noticing that several stations must have plans to establish channels by this fall due to the fact that Titian TV.com has a sub channel listed that is not on the air and has no progamming available. I found this for both the Wheeling/Stuebenville and Clarksburg/Weston markets for WTRF and WBOY to have ABC affliation on .3 of their digital signals but find no other confirmation. I am aware of NBC coming to Myrtle Beach on a new digital only station and the same thing expected in Gainesville. Does any one know of any other new network affiliates (either as a digital subchannel or new signal) starting by the end of the year.
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Would this also mean that cable operators in those said markets may drop WTAE-4 eventually, once WBOY and WTRF launch their ABC digital subchannels?
 
IIRC, KALB/5/NBC in Alexandria, LA was the first Big 3 network station to add a second Big three affiliate on one of its subchannels (CBS)...

Bend, Oregon picked up an ABC affiliate when a digital-only station (KOHD) signed on (sister station to KDRV/KDKF & KEZI).
 
There's an odd-ball situation going on with this in the Sherman-Denison market in North Texas. This market really covers southern Oklahoma and far North Central Texas.

For a number of years, KTEN and KXII split the 3 network affiliations in a variety of ways. Finally, KTEN settled in as a dual ABC/NBC affiliate (or NBC/ABC) and KXII was just affilated with CBS.

When Fox won the NFL rights, KTEN added Fox as well and aired pretty much every game the Dallas Cowboys had for a few years. This triple affiliation was very confusing for viewers. When the station was bought out of bankruptcy a few years ago, the new owners ditched everything but the NBC affiliation.

When the stations fired up their digital stations a few years ago, KTEN added the CW and KXII added both My Network TV and Fox on digital sub-channels.

However, there is still no ABC affiliate for the market. Most people get ABC programming from either WFAA in Dallas or KOCO in Oklahoma City via cable or satellite. One wonders why KTEN doesn't add ABC to a digital sub-channel.
 
tested said:
However, there is still no ABC affiliate for the market. Most people get ABC programming from either WFAA in Dallas or KOCO in Oklahoma City via cable or satellite. One wonders why KTEN doesn't add ABC to a digital sub-channel.
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Perhaps the ABC affiliates in OKC or Dallas are lobbying to stop this. I have read the CBS affiliate in Syracuse NY WTVH, has been pretty good about lobbying CBS to prevent an affiilate from signing on in nearby Utica
 
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