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WSOC-TV, WAXN off Time Warner April 1

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vchimpanzee

People sometimes start TV topics here, so I hope this is all right.

I was hoping to find out if the standoff had been resolved.

Anyway, here's what will happen for me. WSOC-TV is shooting itself in the foot. People upgraded to digital by getting cable. Now what? Okay, maybe this will be resolved by June 12, but what if WSOC had gone ahead on February 17 like WAXN did? I don't even watch WAXN, though I was considering it for "Desperate Housewives" reruns.

I also got a converter box. Two of them, but I haven't hooked up the other yet. And I once promised WSOC, because of their frequent pre-emptions of ABC programming, including for pointless extended weather coverage, and because they used to let commercials run over (some time back, though, they cut off commercials in the middle and made sure they returned to ABC on time) that if I ever picked up WXLV well enough on a regular basis, they could say good-bye to me. WXLV had a lousy analog signal sometimes, but their digital station is closer to me.

One night "America's Funniest Home Videos" wasn't on due to a local special about the Charlotte "Extreme Makeover" episode. I turned to WXLV, which by this time was a digital channel.

Another night I needed to tape something from NBC. I have a VCR set to tape "Jeopardy" the other six nights, but surprise! "Saturday Night Live" did some specials in that slot on Sundays. So I continued my routine of watching "AFV" on the digital channel. At this point I should mention WSOC has a watchable digital signal, though my antenna isn't pointed that way. I'm not moving my antenna since my priority is stations not on the cable system which are no longer analog.

"Kings" ran two hours its first night. I was in the habit of watching "AFV" on the digital channel. Since the TV was already there, I taped the rest of "Kings" in the one bedroom and watched "Desperate Housewives" on the digital channel. I do not pick up a digital signal from any NBC station, although I could have watched in another bedroom and taped "Family Guy" and "American Dad" from a digital channel.

Knowing what was about to happen, I decided to get in the habit of watching (or taping) "Better Off Ted" and "Samantha Who" on the digital channel. Which is still WXLV. Hey, it's easier once you get in the habit. And a week from tonight, add "Surviving Suburbia". Plus I watched a movie Saturday night. Now because I watched the digital channel, I messed up and lost the My Network movie. I would have automatically been on the My Network station on the TV with the converter box (so if I tape from any other channel, since I can set the time but not the channel, I must always remember to change it--and then change back). But for some odd reason I turned to 8, not 12. I could hear sound from the other room that sounded like "Braveheart" or something. Uh-oh.

No big deal. I may have seen the movie, and I'll watch it when it's on again.

If I get in the habit of thinking of ABC as WXLV, that's all folks!
 
Vchimp,

SOC and Time Warner are just using the customers in their stupid little game.

WCNC and Charter had a similar situation at the end of the year, and surprise, surprise, they reached a deal in the 11th hour. No prob for me. The HD set I got for Christmas was already tuned to WXII out of Winston.

I just find it revolting that in this time of higher cable rates, stations try to be all big and bad with the cable operator. I know it's about money for them, but no one seems to remember who they are all serving: us, the consumers. If we didn't use Time Warner or watch WSOC, none of them would exist.

And don't call me naive, I know that would never happen anyhow!
 
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It is a game. Also I need to get my Debi Fabi-ON! So i hope they don't cancel, or unplug. Next time you want to watch 12 instead of 8, you might want to try a memory trick or do something to remember, after a while it'll be second nature, like you didn't even think about it, or an instinct. Like a ribbon or something on your finger. I watched "in the motherhood" on the digital cable and went upstairs and put it on my non-digital tv. The picture wasn't as good, but they both had on the "losing wsoc" ads. Sometimes I can pick up cbs out of greeensboro, or wcnc out of charlotte. I also signed up for TV GUIDE text alerts to alert me when my fav show. It goes right to my cell phone and is a good reminder. I'm trying to get FX now.
 
This has to be a game of chicken. WSOC cannot afford to go dark on Time Warner...I'd venture to guess that two thirds of their viewers are watching cable (the other third's watching sat tv feeds).
 
I don't really have a dog in this fight, since I don't have cable. Having said that WSOC has a very strong signal in Charlotte compared to WBTV and the others which transmit from sites in Gaston County. There are also very few times when I watch and of the shows on ABC. Growing up ABC was a mainstay for us kids but that hasn't been true for years.

Then there is also the internet where you can find lots of shows for viewing. If I owned a local TV station, I'd be very worried right now and doing everything possible to get along with the local cable company. The ABC network can't be too happy about this. Maybe My 55 could scoop up the ABC network. ABC-55 anyone?
 
Mike Sheridan said:
The ABC network can't be too happy about this. Maybe My 55 could scoop up the ABC network. ABC-55 anyone?
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Don't hold your breath. As 'SOC is a Cox property (who also own powerhouse ABC affiliates WSB & WFTV), Cox will do whatever they wish, and ABC will grin & bear it.

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upstate29651 said:
Mike Sheridan said:
The ABC network can't be too happy about this. Maybe My 55 could scoop up the ABC network. ABC-55 anyone?
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Don't hold your breath. As 'SOC is a Cox property (who also own powerhouse ABC affiliates WSB & WFTV), Cox will do whatever they wish, and ABC will grin & bear it.

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True but Cox used to have a VHF advantage networks didn't want to be on UHF. Now with DTV most of the stations are on UHF anyway and there isn't that UHF stigma. I'm sure ABC could find a home in Atlanta and Orlando if they had to. But you're probably right, ABC won't rock the boat.

Other than a couple of hours on Monday night watching NBC our TV set doesn't get much use anymore.
 
Mike Sheridan said:
Heard on the news last night the matter has been settled.
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Has there ever been a time where this kind of cable carrying deal isn't settled?
I've heard A BUNCH of times where it's happened, and it's always resolved the same way it started.
It's becoming like a tv news story crutch....
 
Mike Sheridan said:
True but Cox used to have a VHF advantage networks didn't want to be on UHF. Now with DTV most of the stations are on UHF anyway and there isn't that UHF stigma.
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Now there's a VHF stigma.

I watch a lot of ABC. I do have to make sure I remember to change the channel, which is more complicated than it used to be. This is why I was staying on the one channel for so long.

But now I go back and forth with ease. Taping is a problem simply because I can't set the channel but must make sure it is set manually, and on more than one occasion I lost 'The Simpsons" because I didn't switch back.

Turning back to channel 9 isn't even an option any more. Just as Fox is now 11 and NBC is now 6, ABC is now 45.
 
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