jgantert
join:2004-06-02
Columbia, MD
| Still all UHF?
So does this DMA have any stations that are changing from UHF to VHF-hi? Our DMA (Baltimore/Washington) has four channels that are! Channels 7, 9, 11 and 13 are going back from their current UHF digital frequency to their current analog VHF frequency on Feb 2009.
It's going to require those of us with UHF-only antennas to get UHF/VHF antennas as well as the digital boxes.
Any idea if Wilmington did this switchover as well?
-John |
afiggatt
join:2007-07-12
Sterling, VA
1 edit | said by jgantert  :So does this DMA have any stations that are changing from UHF to VHF-hi? Our DMA (Baltimore/Washington) has four channels that are! Channels 7, 9, 11 and 13 are going back from their current UHF digital frequency to their current analog VHF frequency on Feb 2009. Wilmington, NC market is going to be all UHF for the four full power stations and the low power CBS station. They have two low VHF analog stations - WWAY-DT ABC 3 and WECT-DT NBC 6 - that are and will stay on UHF 46 and 44 respectively. The low power CBS station, WILM-LP, was on VHF 10 at very low power analog (75 Watts), but is now on UHF 40 digital with much improved coverage.
This is the opposite problem for long time analog OTA viewers who may not have bothered if they had lousy UHF reception because ABC, NBC, and CBS were all on VHF. Don't know how well the local stations are explaining that people may need to get a better UHF antenna because the general approach has been to ignore technical stuff like the VHF vs UHF broadcast bands and channel mapping. |
