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HDTV Talk => Madison Stations => Topic started by: Cheese! on January 31, 2009, 12:39 pm



Title: Switching on June 12th or Feb 17th?
Post by: Cheese! on January 31, 2009, 12:39 pm
Well if the senate gets there way will any Madison stations still switch on Feb 17?


Title: Re: June 12th?
Post by: Webmaster on February 05, 2009, 03:29 pm
This website is reporting from the FCC's website saying most Quincy, Gray, Morgan Murphy owned stations are switching on Feb 17th 2009 and will be digital only.

Looks like WISC, WMTV, and WKOW are going to drop the costs of have an analog station running for the next 4 months.

here is the link: http://rabbitears.info/termlist.php
another link: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hlGcM0ZxYV5dDtZR_9xfCPZnkFaAD965MF101


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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
WITI DT FOX 06 33 33 STA 02/17/09 Local TV
WCGV DT MyN 24 25 25 STA 02/17/09 Sinclair
WVCY DT REL 30 22 22 NSO 02/17/09 VCY America

Green Bay

Madison
WISC DT CBS 03 50 50 STA 02/17/09 Morgan Murphy
WMTV DT NBC 15 19 19 NSO 02/16/09 Gray
WKOW DT ABC 27 26 26 NSO 02/17/09 Quincy


Wausau
WSAW DT CBS 07 40 07 NSO 02/16/09 Gray
WAOW DT ABC 09 29 09 NSO 02/17/09 Quincy

Rhinelander
WJFW DT NBC 12 16 16 NSO 02/10/09 Rockfleet
WYOW DT ABC 34 28 28 NSO 02/17/09 Quincy
WLEF DT PBS 36 47 36 NSO 02/02/09

Eau Claire
WKBT DT CBS 08 41 08 STA 02/17/09 Morgan Murphy
WEAU DT NBC 13 39 13 NSO 02/17/09 Gray
WQOW DT ABC 18 15 15 NSO 02/17/09 Quincy
WXOW DT ABC 19 14 48 NSO 02/17/09 Quincy
WLAX DT FOX 25 17 17 NSO 02/17/09 Grant
WEUX DT FOX 48 49 49 NSO 02/17/09 Grant[/size]


Title: Re: Switching on June 12th or Feb 17th?
Post by: Cheese! on February 06, 2009, 07:48 am
Good :), WHA is probably gonna have to stay on for the EAS system


Title: Re: Switching on June 12th or Feb 17th?
Post by: craigcu on February 08, 2009, 10:28 pm
Uhhhh, dumb question . . .
Why do I gotta re-scan immediately after the conversion Feb. 17th ?
Just curious . . .

Craig


Title: Re: Switching on June 12th or Feb 17th?
Post by: Webmaster on February 09, 2009, 12:21 am
no, all madison stations are still going to be on the smae frequencies, and your digital converter will notice no changes.  I will probably do it a few times to see if I receive any new signals from nearby markets, it can't hurt.


Title: Re: Switching on June 12th or Feb 17th?
Post by: whosbest1 on February 20, 2009, 11:18 am
no, all madison stations are still going to be on the smae frequencies, and your digital converter will notice no changes.  I will probably do it a few times to see if I receive any new signals from nearby markets, it can't hurt.
You may want to update your front home page to reflect that WMSN analog will be on until June and the nightlight stations have changed from what the original information was.


Title: Re: Switching on June 12th or Feb 17th?
Post by: whosbest1 on March 04, 2009, 02:48 pm
no, all madison stations are still going to be on the smae frequencies, and your digital converter will notice no changes.  I will probably do it a few times to see if I receive any new signals from nearby markets, it can't hurt.
I tried an analog tuner last night and confirmed the 'nightlight' stations right now are 3 and 57, not 27 and 57 as your front page notes say.  15 and 27 are off the air and 21 and 47 are still on.


Title: Re: Switching on June 12th or Feb 17th?
Post by: Webmaster on March 04, 2009, 02:58 pm
you are right... i noticed that 3 is nightlight.  They have that big CBS 3 Analog logo on the upper-right corner.


Title: Re: Switching on June 12th or Feb 17th?
Post by: Cheese! on March 04, 2009, 06:46 pm
looks as though 57 has signed off...


Title: Re: Switching on June 12th or Feb 17th?
Post by: Cheese! on April 21, 2009, 09:48 pm
Hey! 3 and 21 are gone too!