Free to Be Accurate
First of all, let me start off with some news updates.
As I'm sure everyone has heard by now, Wilmington NC is slated to be the DTV shutoff "test market." They will terminate analog on September 8, 2008, five months ahead of the shutoff for the rest of the country. Right in the middle of hurricane season, no less, and in a market with all UHFs. Personally I think it was a poor choice of market, whereas Chico, Lexington, or Columbus would have been superior choices.
I managed to finish Raleigh yesterday, due to some intense tropo ducting, now that I'm home. I'm also running through and trying to update all the UNC stations so they are the same. I'm part of the way through, still have to do the stations in Charlotte, Greenville, and Asheville.
Low VHF digitals continue to suck. WBRA-DT has annoyed me to no end since I've gotten home. Right this moment the signal is decoding at 16.9 dB, but it is always gone when there's something I want to watch. Their answer? "Get satellite." Also a great way to ensure they cut their donations, since those will end up in the satellite bill instead. Good job, WBRA, way to provide a public service!
Finally, the point of this post. Last month, days before the official launch of RabbitEars, I received an e-mail from the Senior Vice President of Technology at the CW. (Since I have not received permission to publish his name, I shall not) He complimented the site I had even then, and requested a list of his own affiliates. Fortunately, the site as it stands was launched the next day, and on the Search page it provides a list of both CW and CW+ affiliates. He asked for my mailing address and said he wanted to send me something from the CW.
Gift 1
Gift 2 (Front)
Gift 2 (Back)
And as you can see, I've chosen to wear the green one today.
I have my last final this afternoon, and so I won't be doing anything with the site this afternoon. Have a good Thursday!
As I'm sure everyone has heard by now, Wilmington NC is slated to be the DTV shutoff "test market." They will terminate analog on September 8, 2008, five months ahead of the shutoff for the rest of the country. Right in the middle of hurricane season, no less, and in a market with all UHFs. Personally I think it was a poor choice of market, whereas Chico, Lexington, or Columbus would have been superior choices.
I managed to finish Raleigh yesterday, due to some intense tropo ducting, now that I'm home. I'm also running through and trying to update all the UNC stations so they are the same. I'm part of the way through, still have to do the stations in Charlotte, Greenville, and Asheville.
Low VHF digitals continue to suck. WBRA-DT has annoyed me to no end since I've gotten home. Right this moment the signal is decoding at 16.9 dB, but it is always gone when there's something I want to watch. Their answer? "Get satellite." Also a great way to ensure they cut their donations, since those will end up in the satellite bill instead. Good job, WBRA, way to provide a public service!
Finally, the point of this post. Last month, days before the official launch of RabbitEars, I received an e-mail from the Senior Vice President of Technology at the CW. (Since I have not received permission to publish his name, I shall not) He complimented the site I had even then, and requested a list of his own affiliates. Fortunately, the site as it stands was launched the next day, and on the Search page it provides a list of both CW and CW+ affiliates. He asked for my mailing address and said he wanted to send me something from the CW.
Gift 1
Gift 2 (Front)
Gift 2 (Back)
And as you can see, I've chosen to wear the green one today.
I have my last final this afternoon, and so I won't be doing anything with the site this afternoon. Have a good Thursday!
posted by Trip at
11:51 AM
1 Comments:
I was thinking the same thing about Wilmington as a test market -- not a very challenging choice. Few stations, flat terrain, mostly rural (Wilmington ain't that big of a city). If they wanted to REALLY test the effects of the analog switch-off, they would do a big urban area (lots of tall buildings, RF noise, multipath), or a hilly area with really rough terrain, or test two adjacent markets and see how it affects people living in that "gray area" in-between, etc. I figure Wilmington was all in all a "safe" choice, where problems will be minimal, and they will be able to crow "See? Nothing to worry about!"
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