WDHS-TV 8/DT 22 Iron Mountain, MI

[Alberto]

After a 15 month absence WDHS is back on the air with programming from EWTN.

 

[office]

> After a 15 month absence WDHS is back on the air with
> programming from EWTN.

Thats a waste!

 

[rugrats1]

> > After a 15 month absence WDHS is back on the air with
> > programming from EWTN.
>
> Thats a waste!
>
That isn't the half of it -- the last time it went dark last year, it also was on the air with EWTN for a few weeks.

Apparently, the station's owners, Withers Broadcasting (which also owns CBS affiliates in Clarksburg WV and Grand Junction CO), is doing this, just to keep the license warm; otherwise, they would lose it for inactivity.

But still, if they have no intent of broadcasting on this channel, why bother keeping it? Considering it's a full-powered station on a VHF channel, it is indeed a waste of air.

 

[SweetT8201]

> > Thats a waste!
>
> Apparently, the station's owners, Withers Broadcasting
> (which also owns CBS affiliates in Clarksburg WV and Grand
> Junction CO), is doing this, just to keep the license warm;
> otherwise, they would lose it for inactivity.
>
> But still, if they have no intent of broadcasting on this
> channel, why bother keeping it? Considering it's a
> full-powered station on a VHF channel, it is indeed a waste
> of air.

It's in the Marquette, MI DMA (180), too. I don't know... couldn't there be any other use for that channel? (except that it may serve the Catholic community) I know there are full-power CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox affiliates in that area.

 

[rugrats1]

> It's in the Marquette, MI DMA (180), too. I don't know...
> couldn't there be any other use for that channel? I know there are
> full-power CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox affiliates in that area.
>

Maybe sell it to those other guys, so they can use it as a satellite to that region, where the Marquette / Escanaba signals are generally hard to get.