WFMZ has a construction permit for a Digital Television Translator station on channel 45 in Philly in addition to to having applications for channel 51 in Reading and for Digital Television distributed transmission system on channel 46, which is their broadcast channel in the Allentown area. They aready get their Allentown signal down to the Philly/S. Jersey area on Xfinity, FiOS, DirecTv, and I assume Dish. What is up with having channel 69 all over the place? Why do they need all the extra trasmitters because if you have pay TV here, you have them already.
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WFMZ in Philly
- Thread starter Bill_W
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What is up with having channel 69 all over the place? Why do they need all the extra trasmitters because if you have pay TV here, you have them already.
Somewhere between 10-25% of the audience (and increasing, slowly) doesn't have pay TV.. and many of those who do don't have all their TVs connected.
Now, why they need channels 45, 46, and 47 all at the same site I have no idea.
Most of the time, I can pick up their Allentown signal from Cherry Hill, with a decent indoor antenna.
Neil Rattigan said:Most of the time, I can pick up their Allentown signal from Cherry Hill, with a decent indoor antenna.
With an outdoor antenna, WFMZ comes in solid. WBPH also now comes in the Cherry Hill area.
It's interesting that Allentown TV is prevalent in SJ, yet that area is still so very far by drive, and in general, and more people are comfortable reaching Northern NJ/NYC area, but those signals from that region, are too far to reach Cherry Hill.
One of the reasons Allentown signals reach S. Jersey is that the ground elevation in Allentown really starts to climb.
I remember visiting Blue Ball PA going in the general direction of Allentown and I could get Baltimore and DC radio stations strong but not in the Philly area which is closer in air miles to DC. Also when I visited State College PA I noticed getting Baltimore radio strong on a few mountains just before reaching State College. The radio reception I am mentioning was during the day, not enhanced by weather. If you think of elevation as steps and you are on the edge of one of those steps and that has nothing is higher in a certain direction, you can get reliable distant reception. In another post I mentioned how NYC signals always seemed weaker in Philly than DC and Baltimore....someone responded saying the empire state bldg radio antennas were not the best. Plus they use low wattage with a tall antenna to equal 50kw when it seems that stations running an actual 50kw at a 500 foot AAT antenna transmit further. The TV signals from WTC were not great either, I am open to theories about that. NYC is near the ocean and you would think that would help their signals more than observed. Maybe all of the other tall buildings reflect the signals alot.
I remember visiting Blue Ball PA going in the general direction of Allentown and I could get Baltimore and DC radio stations strong but not in the Philly area which is closer in air miles to DC. Also when I visited State College PA I noticed getting Baltimore radio strong on a few mountains just before reaching State College. The radio reception I am mentioning was during the day, not enhanced by weather. If you think of elevation as steps and you are on the edge of one of those steps and that has nothing is higher in a certain direction, you can get reliable distant reception. In another post I mentioned how NYC signals always seemed weaker in Philly than DC and Baltimore....someone responded saying the empire state bldg radio antennas were not the best. Plus they use low wattage with a tall antenna to equal 50kw when it seems that stations running an actual 50kw at a 500 foot AAT antenna transmit further. The TV signals from WTC were not great either, I am open to theories about that. NYC is near the ocean and you would think that would help their signals more than observed. Maybe all of the other tall buildings reflect the signals alot.
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