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Tech problems with WPSG-TV 57 Transmitter

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From CW Philly Website
STATION ALERT for Antenna and Satellite Viewers:
WPSG-TV, The CW Philly, is currently experiencing technical difficulties with our antenna. Our engineers are working to correct the problem as soon as possible. We will update our website when more information is available. We apologize for any disruption.
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Are they saying that the over the air signal on 57 is off the air?
 
I guess their analog broadcast is off the air. I have Comcast and can get the analog and DT station. I guess CBS microwaves both signals to Comcast. I also have a DirecTv box with a digital tv tuner. There is no 57 on the satellite now. They say a technical problem with the station. WPSG is broadcasting the digital signal. I can receive it over the air on the DTV box.

In NYC, microwaving the broadcast signal to the cable headends kept NYC TV "on the air" if you had cable on 9/11.

That makes me think, if your local TV station is sending their TV signal to a cable headend by means other than over the air, do the FCC guidelines apply? Can you complain to the FCC if the TV signal you are watching via cable TV never went over the airwaves?
 
I guess Channel 57 should count themselves lucky the OTA transmitter is out during the week between Christmas and New Years when most network programming is in repeats at this time. Of course, how much do we care about the other parts of the schedule? Well, Kids' WB may or may not count, I guess...

-Jefferson
 
Jefferson Lee Eng said:
I guess Channel 57 should count themselves lucky the OTA transmitter is out during the week between Christmas and New Years when most network programming is in repeats at this time.

-Jefferson
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Bad thing because the Sixers will be on WPSG tonight. I know they suck but some people can't see the game tonight and will have to listen to WIP 610 AM to hear the game. Has anyone called or e-mail WPSG-TV. If you did, did they say when the problems will be fixed? contact link: http://cwphilly.com/about/
 
Boo hoo some people miss a basketball game on TV. It isn't like these punks are good role models.
 
Nertz! said:
Boo hoo some people miss a basketball game on TV. It isn't like these punks are good role models.
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I think that 57 should move those Flyers and Sixers games to CSN or CBS 3 until they can get their signal back on. UPDATE as of yesterday:
Station Alert: WPSG-TV, The CW Philly, is currently experiencing a technical problem that is causing a disruption in service to some of our viewers. At this point, it is difficult to determine when it will be fully resolved, but our engineers are working hard to restore full service as quickly as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to be back with all of you soon.
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Has anyone contacted the Daily News and Inquirer to let them know about this? If you haven't, please do so.
 
Julius May said:
I think that 57 should move those Flyers and Sixers games to CSN or CBS 3 until they can get their signal back on. UPDATE as of yesterday:
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Ummmm, it isn't quite that simple. Do you think CBS would suddenly want their shows bumped? The CW is one thing, the mothership is quite another matter.

And CSN isn't even co-owned...never mind the obligations they already have.
 
imhomerjay said:
Julius May said:
I think that 57 should move those Flyers and Sixers games to CSN or CBS 3 until they can get their signal back on. UPDATE as of yesterday:
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Ummmm, it isn't quite that simple. Do you think CBS would suddenly want their shows bumped? The CW is one thing, the mothership is quite another matter.

And CSN isn't even co-owned...never mind the obligations they already have.
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Worth noting ... The CW Philly's signal was not interrupted on cable. The Sixers game may have been unavailable over the air, but anyone who has beyond a passing interest in the team in this area is a Comcast subscriber, since Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia is the primary broadcaster of Sixer games, and is only available via cable (Comcast will not make the channel available via satellite - well-documented). Since Comcast subscribers were unaffected by the CW Philly transmitter outage, the likelihood that anyone who had a desire to watch the Sixer game was unable to watch was slim at best.

Also worth noting ... interruption of one station's broadcast schedule to emphasize the deficiencies of a co-owned station is probably not in the best interest of either station involved.

Julius can be given some credence though, in that if there are audiences you don't want to annoy when it comes to television broadcasting, sports audiences rank up there. That, and soap opera fans. They don't like having their stories tampered with, either.
 
This is just freaking ridiculous! It's going on nearly a week already and not even a suitable update as to their status outside of a vague "it'll be fixed when it's fixed" message on their website. Somebody dropped the ball on this big time and I hope whoever is responsible will be hung out to dry after all this is said and done. There's no reason for bad customer service like this.

-Jefferson
 
Channel 57 broadcast antenna out of service

The broadcast antenna of Channel 57 (CW Philly) has been out of service since Saturday afternoon, affecting the 8 percent of the region's television market that relies on an antenna for reception, spokeswoman Joanne Calabria said.

Comcast, the region's largest cable provider, gets the station's signal through fiber-optic cable.

Inquirer article news link: http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/...philadelphia_county/philadelphia/16331808.htm
 
Jefferson Lee Eng said:
This is just freaking ridiculous! It's going on nearly a week already and not even a suitable update as to their status outside of a vague "it'll be fixed when it's fixed" message on their website. Somebody dropped the ball on this big time and I hope whoever is responsible will be hung out to dry after all this is said and done. There's no reason for bad customer service like this.

-Jefferson
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I would contact Channel 57 about your complaints http://cwphilly.com/about/
 
Channel 57 is getting their signal to DirecTv now. It never left Comcast and WPSG-DT never went down. Does Julius not have cable?
 
Bill_W said:
Channel 57 is getting their signal to DirecTv now. It never left Comcast and WPSG-DT never went down. Does Julius not have cable?
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I have comcast NE/NW Philadelphia cable service and 57 is on the air.
 
I have noticed that analog 57 has been off the air.
But off-air HD 57.1 (via antenna) has been on the whole time.
Strange that their old analog signal goes down while HD can keep broadcasting.

Also strange that neither CW57 or CBS3 offer any sub-channels on their HD transmission (neither does Fox 29 for that matter). CBS3 does not do their news in HD either. Seems CBS Philadelphia is slow to adopt to HDTV.
 
I believe that KYW is waiting until their news operations move to their new Spring Garden Street studios to go HD. March is the expected move date.

And as of about 2am (at least thats when i noticed), WPSG is back up and running. Break out your rabbit ears and celebrate.
 
PhillyWatch said:
I believe that KYW is waiting until their news operations move to their new Spring Garden Street studios to go HD. March is the expected move date.

And as of about 2am (at least thats when i noticed), WPSG is back up and running. Break out your rabbit ears and celebrate.
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It isn't full power. We geeks in the far fringe notice these things ;)
 
Don said:
PhillyWatch said:
I believe that KYW is waiting until their news operations move to their new Spring Garden Street studios to go HD. March is the expected move date.

And as of about 2am (at least thats when i noticed), WPSG is back up and running. Break out your rabbit ears and celebrate.
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It isn't full power. We geeks in the far fringe notice these things ;)
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The station is using a standby antenna. I would contact the station for more info.
 
Re: Tech problems with WPSG-TV 57 Transmitter corrected?

Re: Channel 57 WPSG antenna work today (Sunday 01-07-07). Right place at the right time!! Walking out of my local Roxborough supermarket today, I heard a LOUD helicopter, noticing that a lot of people in the parking lot had stopped to look at this sound, I noticed that a HUGE helicopter was hovering over the top of WPSG TV's 1,250 foot tower off of Domino lane. There was a rigger on the top of the tower itself, not having binoculars, I can't tell you what he was doing, only that a short time later, the helicopter landed then returned with something tethered on a long cable beneath the chopper. If they were changing antennas, that is the most impressive display of helicopter flying I have ever seen, true precission. How about a signal report from the fringe areas? Has the signal improved? Chime in ! JMD
 
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