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Title: Digital Transition
Post by: lfmusiclover on February 17, 2009, 01:02:13 PM
As we all know, today was the originally scheduled day for the digital transition. Even though it no longer is, some stations are still going to cut the analog signal anyway. Which stations in your market are still going ahead with the transition?

In mine, WBFF (Fox 45), WNUV (CW Baltimore, WBFF's sister), and WBOC (CBS, Salisbury)all will be switching tonight. All other stations have adopted the June 12 switchover date.
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: tpirfan28 on February 17, 2009, 01:34:21 PM
OH MY GOD THE DIGITAL TRANSITION THE END OF THE TV WORLD!!!!!!!!

My market is going all-digital today (outside of the three LP stations).  Two stations went early, and the others go today.
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: Alejandro on February 17, 2009, 01:52:12 PM
RI/ New Bedford, MA stations (WPRI Cbs12 ,WNAC Fox Providence ch 11, WLNE Abc 6 which has a Nite lite until June 12th and WJAR Nbc ch 10.) all went digital today
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: ABC7 on February 17, 2009, 03:19:25 PM
DTV won't matter to me in any way. I subscribed to cable in the 1990's.
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: xoddf2 on February 17, 2009, 03:35:45 PM
Here in the Tulsa area, the analogue signals of KOTV 6 (CBS), KOED-TV 11 (PBS), and KQCW 19 (The CW) all went dark at 2009-02-17T13:00-0600. KMYT-TV 41 (MyNetworkTV) and KGEB 53 (Religious) will switch tonight at 11:59 PM. KJRH 2 (NBC), KTUL 8 (ABC), KOKI-TV 23 (Fox), and KTPX 44 (ION Television) will switch in June. The others (KDOR-TV 17 (TBN), KRSC-TV 35 (Ind/Edu), and KWHB 47 (Ind)) also switch today.
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: jtmal0723 on February 17, 2009, 04:56:13 PM
I think that since Philadelphia is the 4th largest DMA in the country, that it will not be switching any of its stations until June 12th. I know KYW, WPVI, WTXF, WPHL, and WCAU aren't switching until June 12th. I'm not so sure about the other stations in the area, however.
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: narunetto on February 17, 2009, 06:59:49 PM
Here, there is one station switching (KWPX 33 PAX). I hooked up my antenna to my TV tuner to catch it switch off.
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: Jonathan on February 17, 2009, 07:12:58 PM
KSPR is the only one going on due to an "aging" analog signal. All other stations here are going on April 2.
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: Evan2015 on February 17, 2009, 07:18:42 PM
WKYT will be digital-only, effective April 13, 2009.
WLEX programming will be digital-only, effective June 12, 2009.
WTVQ went all digital today.
No report on WDKY

All Louisville Stations go digital, June 12, 2009
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: narunetto on February 17, 2009, 07:54:42 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTepPFsiq6s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTepPFsiq6s)
There's a video of a scroll on KWPX
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: chris9277 on February 17, 2009, 08:50:01 PM
WMFP Channel 62 Boston is also switching over as well.

WNAC Fox Providence is NOT ch 11, analog feed is on 64, digital feed will switch from 54, to 12.
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: Mike M on February 17, 2009, 08:52:29 PM
As we all know, today was the originally scheduled day for the digital transition. Even though it no longer is, some stations are still going to cut the analog signal anyway. Which stations in your market are still going ahead with the transition?

In mine, WBFF (Fox 45), WNUV (CW Baltimore, WBFF's sister), and WBOC (CBS, Salisbury)all will be switching tonight. All other stations have adopted the June 12 switchover date.
None around Philadelphia, but Atlantic City's WMGM and two Harrisburg stations were due to switch today.
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: Anistorm on February 17, 2009, 08:59:15 PM
As we all know, today was the originally scheduled day for the digital transition. Even though it no longer is, some stations are still going to cut the analog signal anyway. Which stations in your market are still going ahead with the transition?

In mine, WBFF (Fox 45), WNUV (CW Baltimore, WBFF's sister), and WBOC (CBS, Salisbury)all will be switching tonight. All other stations have adopted the June 12 switchover date.
I have no idea if the TV stations in my area have switched to DTV...been with Satellite forever. Let me check it out.
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: Alejandro on February 17, 2009, 09:19:34 PM
WMFP Channel 62 Boston is also switching over as well.

WNAC Fox Providence is NOT ch 11, analog feed is on 64, digital feed will switch from 54, to 12.

Sorry for the mixup chris its Digital channel 11 i mean on Comcast Fall River
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: Al on February 17, 2009, 09:23:01 PM
only two stations here went digital...KABB-TV and My35 [and thats only because their sister stations]
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: wxmediafan on February 17, 2009, 10:39:43 PM
As of right now, the only station to go all digital is the CW (KGCW).

Originally, the CBS and ABC afilliates were suppose to switch today, but when they saw that the NBC, FOX, and PBS were waiting, they figured they ought to wait, and make it a market-wide transition on June 12th. (except for the CW, of course)
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: chris9277 on February 18, 2009, 12:04:40 AM
WPRI-TV Signed off a minute before WJAR-TV. Both were airing normal CBS and NBC programming respectively before they turned off their transmitters, however WJAR-TV was on commercial break, airing a commercial advertising for a celluar phone company when it switched over. I was not watching WLNE, WNAC, or WMFP.
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: beanboy89 on February 18, 2009, 12:05:39 AM
two Harrisburg stations were due to switch today.
Yep. WLYH and WITF.
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: lfmusiclover on February 18, 2009, 12:38:12 AM
Well, the deed is done. The first wave of the digital transition is over. Now we wait till June for the rest to be complete.  :whistling:
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: Zach on February 18, 2009, 06:55:55 AM
Here is the DTV Switchoff that I set my tuner to record on WEDU-TV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj_KpgSQdbY&feature=channel_page&fmt=18 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj_KpgSQdbY&feature=channel_page&fmt=18)
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: tpirfan28 on February 18, 2009, 12:21:30 PM
OH MY GOD THE DIGITAL TRANSITION THE END OF THE TV WORLD!!!!!!!!
End of my TV world, apparently.  Retuning my tuners, and I get *nothing*.
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: Localonthe8s on February 18, 2009, 04:07:13 PM
OH MY GOD THE DIGITAL TRANSITION THE END OF THE TV WORLD!!!!!!!!
End of my TV world, apparently.  Retuning my tuners, and I get *nothing*.
You mean you can't even get TWC to work on Ch3/4? :huh:
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: tpirfan28 on February 18, 2009, 05:00:45 PM
/facepalm

I don't get OTA digital.  (Moot point now, anyway.  Got them after tuning about 10 times.)
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: Localonthe8s on February 18, 2009, 10:10:02 PM
Atlantic City's NBC 40 made the digital transition despite the extension.
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: tpirfan28 on February 19, 2009, 08:45:14 PM
Please, do not do this at home. (http://www.wbir.com/news/watercooler/story.aspx?storyid=78550&catid=141)
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: jtmal0723 on February 19, 2009, 08:47:03 PM
Please, do not do this at home. ([url]http://www.wbir.com/news/watercooler/story.aspx?storyid=78550&catid=141[/url])
:blink: wtf... that's a little extreme
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: Anistorm on February 19, 2009, 08:55:35 PM
Please, do not do this at home. ([url]http://www.wbir.com/news/watercooler/story.aspx?storyid=78550&catid=141[/url])

That is.................uh.....no comment.
Title: Re: Digital Transition
Post by: Gil on February 19, 2009, 09:02:32 PM
See, it's things like that that create such a negative stereotype to southerners and southern United States in general.