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WMFE-TV

As of today, WUCF-TV is on in HD on 68.1 with PBS programs. WBCC-TV moves to 68.2 (SD), UCF-TV (the already-established subchannel of UCF-produced programs) moves to 68.3 (also SD), and the Florida Channel remains on 68.4. Dropped, alas, is ARTS (formerely on 68.3).

Meanwhile, WMFE is still on (surprisingly, as I thought they were actually planning to cease broadcasting today). They are running the Spanish V-me in HD on 24.1, and in SD on 24.2 (where it already was pre-today), both with banners advising those looking for PBS to tune to WUCF-TV. Florida Channel remains on 24.3, and the little-used 24.4 is, as usual, blank.

Clearly, since V-me and FC are the only services they still have to broadcast (unlike WDSC, which, despite also dropping PBS, maintains their inventory of many non-PBS shows, both purchased and locally-produced), one wonders why they are even bothering, except perhaps to maintain the license in good standing until the sale to Daystar is consummated. (Of course, AFAIK, they could do so by just signing-on once every 30 days, or at least that used to be the rule, right?)
 
So, what is the deal with WMFE? I assumed that running V-me was just "filler" to keep the station operating, and the license active, and that they would soon be flipping to Daystar. Here we are, 10 weeks later, and nothing has changed. Has the sale to Daystar been delayed, fouled in FCC red tape, or just fell through? There has been no further media coverage of the situation, at least none that I've seen.

For that matter, again, if they are in such dire financial straits, why are they firing up the transmitter for 18 hours a day to air "filler" programming that few are watching? IIRC, a station that is dark need only sign-on one day a year to keep the license active. Or is it all geared more towards keeping their slot on cable and satellite active?
 
Stanislav said:
So, what is the deal with WMFE? I assumed that running V-me was just "filler" to keep the station operating, and the license active, and that they would soon be flipping to Daystar. Here we are, 10 weeks later, and nothing has changed. Has the sale to Daystar been delayed, fouled in FCC red tape, or just fell through? There has been no further media coverage of the situation, at least none that I've seen.

For that matter, again, if they are in such dire financial straits, why are they firing up the transmitter for 18 hours a day to air "filler" programming that few are watching? IIRC, a station that is dark need only sign-on one day a year to keep the license active. Or is it all geared more towards keeping their slot on cable and satellite active?
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According to the FCC, WMFE-TV is still licensed to Community Communications. The application for licensed transfer has been superseded, so as it appears now the license transfer is still pending. As for leaving the station on the air for the purpose of preserving its cable position is the most likely reason WMFE-TV is on-the-air with a “placeholder” programming.
 
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