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WeatherPlus lives on!

They can't put a OTA version of The Weather Channel on any .2 channels because TWC's contract with cable/satellite providers says TWC will only never be OTA and only cable/satellite. Of course, that could change in the future but not with the current contracts.

Here in Tampa, WFLA is dropping Weather+ on 8.2 on Monday in favor of RTN, which I've heard good things about. Sort of a good version of TV Land before CBS/Viacom/MTV screwed it up. WFLA (MediaGeneral) has had big cutbacks in their staff in the last six months (including weather) so this is probably a good move for them.
 
I'm wondering what the "replacement" WeatherPlus stations are doing as far as the E/I requirements. I stumbled on WKYC's 3.2 this morning, and found an educational program based on the "Inspector Gadget" character at 9:30.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Gadget's_Field_Trip

Produced in 1996...it still features Don Adams' voice.

The show aired within the "L-bar". WKYC doesn't (last I'd watched) run its meteorologists' taped forecasts on the channel anymore.
 
Does The Weather Channel still have the channel Weather Scan Local? That would be a good choice to put on the local NBC's .2 channel. But I am not sure if this channel is still around.
 
tripinva said:
I can confirm two stations flipping to This TV (WAFF, WGAL), with rumors of a third (KWWL).

WAVE is airing a blank slide, like it's been airing for over a year for The Tube.

WRC, among others, is still airing with WX+ L-bar with a blank picture where the radars and video used to be. I imagine something will change on these in the near future.
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On Thursday afternoon, I found This TV being aired on the .2 channel for WAVE, and good ole Weatherplus airing its local segments again on .3. Later that evening, Weatherplus had moved back to .2, and .3 had the slide for the old Tube channel. I called WAVE and the operator mentioned that This TV might be airing on one of the subchannels. WHAS (ABC), WLKY (CBS), WMYO (My Network), and WDRB (FOX) have no subchannels. Has anyone heard if the other networks have plans to add any subchannels?
 
Weather Plus still lives on WXII on 12-2 and on TWC. Pretty much it's the channels ' "Super Doppler Radar" image with data in the borders. I don't know if there's any actual programming on 12-2 anymore. They even still brand the weather segments on 12-1 Weather Plus.

WFMY's 2-2 weather service I know carries programming from time to time in the window (edited repeat of newscasts) plus weather data and crawl.
 
One of the major problems that I have with the digital transition is that, despite many promises to populate the subchannels with varied programming, only two of Louisville's commercial stations (WAVE-DT and WBNA-DT) have followed through. The other commercial stations haven't even paid lip service to this major selling point invoked to persuade Congress and the viewership to OK the transition. Why the silence, WHAS? WBKI? WDRB/WFTE? WLKY?

As usual, Kentucky Educational TV (KET) leads the nation with four varied, useful programming packages on its subchannels. Another thing...what's gonna happen now that the pretty-pie-in-the-sky digital coverage maps filed with the FCC with license applications are being exposed for the jokes they are by reports of larger than expected coverage losses, dead spots over large parts of their cities of license, and so on? And during the recent icing problems here in Kentucky, I saw numerous weather-related (I assume high VSWR problems) kick-out and re-starting by digital transmission plants. Is the stuff that dicey?

I see a hard road ahead for this transiton, and I don't completely buy what the NAB, MSTV, EIA and other co-conspira....er, trade associations say.
 
The King Bee said:
One of the major problems that I have with the digital transition is that, despite many promises to populate the subchannels with varied programming, only two of Louisville's commercial stations (WAVE-DT and WBNA-DT) have followed through. The other commercial stations haven't even paid lip service to this major selling point invoked to persuade Congress and the viewership to OK the transition. Why the silence, WHAS? WBKI? WDRB/WFTE? WLKY?

As usual, Kentucky Educational TV (KET) leads the nation with four varied, useful programming packages on its subchannels. Another thing...what's gonna happen now that the pretty-pie-in-the-sky digital coverage maps filed with the FCC with license applications are being exposed for the jokes they are by reports of larger than expected coverage losses, dead spots over large parts of their cities of license, and so on? And during the recent icing problems here in Kentucky, I saw numerous weather-related (I assume high VSWR problems) kick-out and re-starting by digital transmission plants. Is the stuff that dicey?
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I agree 100%. It doesn't matter what content you offer if it can't be received then its worthless. I live 19 aerial miles from our local tower farm and I only receive 50% of the stations with the indoor antenna. I'm sure places like Breckinridge County, Kentucky which is midpoint between Louisville, KY and Evansville, IN receive absolutely nothing unless they have a huge outdoor antenna. This system is flawed at best.
 
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