Ok heres another complaint I have , KHOU and KVCT-DTV 11. With KVCT-DTV 11 I can hardly get KHOU 11. How in the world did that get approved? It goes into KHOU's protected area. I just dont get the FCC's thinking any more. I bet that will really conflict some things when the DTV conversion takes place.
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Likely KVCT may go back to their analog channel as their DTV channel...I know WFAA has the same issue with a DTV 9 in Waco......WFAA will likely go back to 8 and Waco may or may not stay on 9...but remember this is a transistion...the final channel allots will clean it up (we can only hope).....jras20 said:
I'm still using analog TV reception out there, but here at my home place I upgraded to Digital TV. I'll half to dig back for the FCC link, but I checked back on their Records, looks like KVCT will stay on DTV11 when the converstion flips. How can that stay? I dont see how they can squeeze that in like that!
Both KHOU and KVCT have been approved to stay on channel 11 post-transition, after having negotiated a conflict resolution. Looks like you'll be out of luck with KHOU. They're reducing power in order to stay on 11 and it looks like their service area doesn't include much of Lavaca County:
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=333278
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=333278
That particular map was attached to KHOU's application for approval of their ultimate DTV facilities and is not commonly provided. If you go to the FCC's CDBS application search at http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_sear.htm and enter the station's full callsign, including the suffix, you will find the DTV channel election with file number starting with BFR, BSR, or BTR (first, second, third rounds). Then find the one that is approved. Click the application link and look at any attachments at the bottom of the page. In KHOU's app, it was linked as Predicted Service Contours.
For any other station not already on its ultimate DTV channel, you may have to wait until 2009 to see the final signal contour; stations on their final DTV channel can be seen in the FCC TV query, http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/tvq.html.
BTW, both KENS-TV and WOAI-TV had to go to the second round, having their analog assignment in low-VHF and their DTV assignment out-of-core. KENS-TV has been approved for ch. 39 and WOAI-TV for ch. 48. Neither provides a map with their application, nor does the FCC provide maps of their ultimate DTV setup, although I would expect that their ultimate DTV contours would be very similar to those of their currently licensed facilities on chs. 55 and 58, respectively.
For any other station not already on its ultimate DTV channel, you may have to wait until 2009 to see the final signal contour; stations on their final DTV channel can be seen in the FCC TV query, http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/tvq.html.
BTW, both KENS-TV and WOAI-TV had to go to the second round, having their analog assignment in low-VHF and their DTV assignment out-of-core. KENS-TV has been approved for ch. 39 and WOAI-TV for ch. 48. Neither provides a map with their application, nor does the FCC provide maps of their ultimate DTV setup, although I would expect that their ultimate DTV contours would be very similar to those of their currently licensed facilities on chs. 55 and 58, respectively.
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