The early '50s freeze on TV licenses - technology or politics?

[w9wi]

Secondly, if you're watching an over-the-air digital signal, the station will transmit data that tells your TV what channel to tell you you're watching. You might punch "4" on the remote control, see your TV tell you you're watching channel 4; all the graphics on the station may say channel 4, and the anchors may tell you you're watching Channel 4 News -- but the station will actually be transmitting on, and your TV will be tuned to, channel 28. While the station will, in fact, move from channel 4 to channel 28 on February 17, 2009, as far as you, the viewer, is concerned, the station is still on channel 4.

I hope that will happen in all cases

While I'm sure some stations will mess it up (some already have), I think everyone will try to do it this way and the vast majority will succeed. Stations have invested a LOT of promotion in their channel numbers and don't want to throw that away.

 

[Tim L]

I am starting a short series of articles on my blog about early UHF-TV in Ohio..particularly Youngstown, which had the first UHF stations on the air in the state. I am using vintage Youngstown Vindicator Newspaper articles. The first article mentions the freeze and the first transmitters being built, etc. I thought it might relate to this thread..

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