Is anyone here experiencing a slightly lower than usual signal from W27EA-D since Sunday night? They were off the air most of Friday afternoon, only to go off the air again Saturday morning and return Sunday night. Since then, I noticed that their signal has been slightly on the weaker side, pretty much on par with WTCL-LD & WRAP-LD instead of being as strong as the full power stations. I have two outdoor antennas separately connected, and both are seeing a slightly weaker signal. The only thing I can think of is a transmitter issue, and that they are at reduced power. Their application to go non-directional has not yet been approved, so they couldn't have been off the air to switch out antennas. I have also ruled out possible co-channel interference from stations in adjacent markets, as there is currently no tropo in the area at this time.
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Weigel Buying W27EA-D in Cleveland/Akron
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Can't help it, but with the current state of Cleveland TV (No more newscasts please or "Family Feud") and Radio...This is about the most anticipated purchase and hopefully turning it into some decent channels...That this Cleveland/Akron media follower has seen this year.
The second best? WBNX 55.2 switching to Buzzr.
Confused, as I hooked my antenna in Parma back up last night.
No signal or presence on 35.1 (I get it...Your saying they will be on the air once the new antenna is installed.)
16.1 - 16.4 = Picture on and off on 16.1...Others show "No signal". (I remember now that this is the old WRAP/32)
Anyone know why the Plain Dealer insists on calling 16.1 (WOCV) and placing Decades schedule in the prime time grid on that frequency?
Link to the PD article? Perhaps they have WOCV-CD confused with WRAP-LD, as WOCV-CD was on RF 16 (known as W16DO-D, virtual 16) between 2015-2020, until it was repacked to the current frequency and the calls changed to W27EA-D. WRAP-LD was able to use RF 16 afterwards, but not with the virtual channel of 32, and instead used virtual 16. I think that's where the confusion is coming from.
WOCV-CD should be on the air later today or tomorrow, according to Weigel's VP of Technology. The new antenna sounds like it's already installed, but they were also installing a new transmitter since going silent and while waiting for the non-directional application to be granted by the FCC. When they sign back on, Decades will be on 35.1, while Story Television will be bumped to 35.2 -both will be in HD. 35.12 will continue to air infomercials in SD.
Is the "no signal" for WRAP-LD just color bars? All their channels tend to do that. I don't know the reason, but perhaps no one bought that particular time slot?
The "Decades" channel is already on another Diginet, in the 60s. Duplicating programming is a disappointing waste unless, in this case, the "Decades" channel that I see isn't available to a large number of others in the area.
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Decades is on WBNX 55.6 and has a very strong signal so it should reach a wide audience. But if it's going to be on 35.1 also, then the duplication is a problem but might go away eventually.
VintageMac
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The daily PD has a grid for the major tv stations as well as cable/satellite ones.
So will all the other diginets on 55 be moving to 35?
The change to Decades has already been updated on Zap2It, though not on Titan TV at the moment.
As of now, no. Decades and Story on WOCV-CD was what I was told will be carried. Perhaps if WBNX drops any of their networks, or if WOIO drops MeTV, then they will likely end up on WOCV-CD, at least temporary as I assume that Weigel would prefer their networks on a full power station.
Plain Dealer print edition.
I found it odd that they had 35's calls (Which are less than one month old) right, but as channel 16's. This is the first time I paid attention to it in a while, but seem to always remember WAX/W27EA listed in the grid at "16", even though they reverted to 35 over two years ago.
Possibly adding to the confusion, is WRAP/"Once 32"/"Now 16" went digital less than a year ago. Last I heard, they had a really low signal that wouldn't have reached me in Parma. Definitely, 16 is them and the .2 through .4 were "No Signal"/black screen. 16.1 flashed in and out with infomercial's.
I will try a re-program tonight to see if 35 comes in this time as Story. (It would be kind of nice, if Weigel updated it's website for Cleveland viewers. Everything seems to link back to the station in Chicago.)
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Wow. I though the Plain Dealer quit publishing the TV listings years ago. 2003 was about the last time I've seen the listings in the paper, at least in its own separate booklet. But then again, it's been years (probably at least 17) since I've last bought a paper, the Sunday paper to be more precise.
WRAP appears to be fine for me. I'm not seeing any no signal messages. Do those messages look like they're coming from your TV?
The "Own separate booklet" was done away with long ago in favor of something we needed to pay for that was more "National" anyways. I don't know if that exists anymore but would say not. I remember the delivered Sunday paper had to be in identifiable bags so that only the people who paid for the TV Guide/"Extra" would receive it.
The primetime has been in the paper as a grid as long as I remember, but I rarely purchase or see one. (In my post, I wanted to mention "I miss the daily delivered Plain Dealer" but by the early 2000's...I wasn't worth paying for.)
The 16.2 - 16.4 "No Signals" are my TV. They are the same picture that the TV would give if cable was down. (Simple Rectangle with the words in it)...On a "Bad airday" (Not many as I think digital channels are coming in stronger these days) such stations as 8.2, will jump from picture to "No Signal" frequently.
VintageMac
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As I stated above, the grid is in the paper every day. I purchase a paper three or four times a week and it's always been there. The separate TV Guide type of magazine was an additional cost but never bought that.
VintageMac
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What type of antenna are you using? It sounds like you might have some interference or the antenna is in a bad spot.
I had a CRT TV with an integrated digital tuner, and I remember that it would sometimes lose reception momentarily for no apparent reason, even if the reception was excellent. Some tuners will cut to black the moment that it detects a weak signal, even if it's minor and doesn't cause the decoding to come to a complete halt. I'd rather have a set show me a mess of corrupt MPEG micro-blocking on a partial decode rather than cutting to a black or no signal screen.
But it appears to be only showing the subchannels that were available about 10 years ago.
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