Just curious after discussion on antennas in the DX and Reception forum. I know that some stations are sharing towers in cities that are transitioning and could change the reception on some of them. Any ideas on what is happening in Memphis? Thanks!
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When is ATSC 3.0 coming to Memphis?
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Upon checking the nextgentv website, it's "coming soon", but I couldn't find anything on either rabbitears or Wikipedia. A pattern I'm noticing is that low-power stations tend to flash-cut over to ATSC 3.0, (in my case KBRO-LD, an infomercials channel) and full-power stations will combine in another channel (In my case, KWGN (CW 2) {RF 34} became a next-gen host for itself, as well as KMGH (ABC 7), KUSA (NBC 9) and KDVR (FOX 31), and in return, those station's ATSC 1.0 signals now host KWGN's subchannels). So the way I see it, WATN could possibly become an ATSC3 host for WMC, WREG, and WHBQ's main 1.0 signals, while these stations in return could hold WATN's 1.0 subchannels.
WPGF-LD 6, the former Franken FM station, is the first station in Memphis to broadcast in ATSC 3.0, but apparently they aren't sharing with any other stations yet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPGF-LD
And now WPGF-LD has restarted the Franken FM: https://radioinsight.com/headlines/223555/memphis-is-bumpin-for-the-third-time/
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