WWOR to add Bounce TV as a subchannel

[stationless listener]

Fox Television Stations finally do something useful with their digital subchannels. So far, no date was given for the add. However, this could help them with their license issues, especially with WWOR.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/476167-Fox_Stations_to_Carry_Bounce_TV_in_NY_L_A_.php

 

[dhett]

Fox Television Stations finally do something useful with their digital subchannels. So far, no date was given for the add. However, this could help them with their license issues, especially with WWOR.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/476167-Fox_Stations_to_Carry_Bounce_TV_in_NY_L_A_.php

I'm surprised it took this long to get the network into those markets.

Sadly, your speculation re: licenses is probably spot on.

 

[ansky212]

I just checked Bounce's website and the schedule looks very weak. Hopefully the network will grow as they continue to add affiliates. They should add some classic shows like Diff'rent strokes and Webster.

 

[ding12]

I just checked Bounce's website and the schedule looks very weak. Hopefully the network will grow as they continue to add affiliates. They should add some classic shows like Diff'rent strokes and Webster.

To make it onto to Starz! in Black, a movie just had to have one black actor, even if majority of the cast wasn't black. I'm not sure if Bounce would take that approach, but doing so would expand the number of possible classics significantly. So a show like 'Saved by the Bell' would fit using the Starz! approach.

 

[NYC viewer]

WWOR has activated 9.3, PSIP indicates BOUNCE -- however the programming is the same as 9.1 and 9.2.

 

[ansky212]

WWOR has activated 9.3, PSIP indicates BOUNCE -- however the programming is the same as 9.1 and 9.2.

That must have just been a test. I just did a re-scan this morning and there is no 9.3 on the air.

 

[NYC viewer]

WWOR has activated 9.3, PSIP indicates BOUNCE -- however the programming is the same as 9.1 and 9.2.

That must have just been a test. I just did a re-scan this morning and there is no 9.3 on the air.

9.3 has been on air the entire weekend with the same simulcast of 9.1. Other viewers have noted the same -- see avs forum.

 

[ansky212]

WWOR has activated 9.3, PSIP indicates BOUNCE -- however the programming is the same as 9.1 and 9.2.

That must have just been a test. I just did a re-scan this morning and there is no 9.3 on the air.

9.3 has been on air the entire weekend with the same simulcast of 9.1. Other viewers have noted the same -- see avs forum.

That's wierd. Maybe it was off temporarily when I did my re-scan. Otherwise I see no reason my box wouldn't pick it up.

 

[NYC viewer]

That's wierd. Maybe it was off temporarily when I did my re-scan. Otherwise I see no reason my box wouldn't pick it up.

There could possibly be an issue -- since WWOR and WNYW still simulcast one another, 9.1 is RF channel 38, 9.2 is still WWOR but from WNYW's transmitter on RF 44, then back to RF 38 for 9.3. Some boxes might not accept that unusual channel lineup.

Anyway, just noticed that the website for Bounce does indicate that it is on in NY on 9.2, so who knows where it will actually land when the switch is flipped. I hope that sister station WNYW is also looking at adding a sub, namely MeTV. Also, rumor has it that WCBS is about to start programming 2.2 very shortly.

 

[ansky212]

I checked again last night and 9.3 was on this time. I didn't even have to re-scan again. Strange.

 

[luperm]

MeTV is already on WSAH in Bridgeport. I don't know if they are exclusive, though.

 

[NYC viewer]

MeTV is already on WSAH in Bridgeport. I don't know if they are exclusive, though.

MeTV did post on their fb page that they are still trying to get into NY. I live in north eastern NYC, with a rooftop antenna and WSAH is impossible to tune in. Most of the cable systems don't carry it at all in the city.

 

[ansky212]

MeTV did post on their fb page that they are still trying to get into NY. I live in north eastern NYC, with a rooftop antenna and WSAH is impossible to tune in. Most of the cable systems don't carry it at all in the city.

WSAH is only carried on Verizon Fios and Directv in the NYC area. I heard they are also carried by RCN but they don't cover much of the area anyway.

 

[NYC viewer]

Any idea when Bounce programming will start? The network's website has stated for several days now "WELCOME TO BOUNCE NEW YORK CITY."

 

[ShawnHill1]

Any idea when Bounce programming will start? The network's website has stated for several days now "WELCOME TO BOUNCE NEW YORK CITY."

We're waiting here in Los Angeles as well, and being that it's still Black History Month, it would have been ideal to have Bounce available by now. Fox is truly dragging its feet; as far as I know, when Bounce TV announced that they added stations in Washington and Atlanta (WUSA and WATL respectively), they were up and running within a couple of weeks. It's been about three months now since Bounce TV made the agreement with Fox.

 

[RonTheEngineer]

MeTV did post on their fb page that they are still trying to get into NY. I live in north eastern NYC, with a rooftop antenna and WSAH is impossible to tune in. Most of the cable systems don't carry it at all in the city.

WSAH is only carried on Verizon Fios and Directv in the NYC area. I heard they are also carried by RCN but they don't cover much of the area anyway.

WSAH is carried by Dish Network, DirecTV, Fios and RCN in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn.

 

[ansky212]

Not sure when it started, but I noticed this morning that actual Bounce TV programming is now airing on 9-3.