NBC cable weather channel

[Doug Drown]

Being one of those annoying "While we're on the subject" people, I need to
ask:  Doesn't the gradual conversion to DT presuppose that all cable systems
will have to accommodate it?   The management of our local system doesn't
seem to be moving in that direction --- at least I haven't seen any
indication of such.  What sort of technology is involved?  Is it horribly
expensive for cable companies?  (Remember, I'm a layman . . .).

Doug



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Fybush" <scott@fybush.com>
To: "Larry Weil" <kc1ih@mac.com>;
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: NBC cable weather channel


> At 09:50 PM 10/7/2005, Larry Weil wrote:
> >At 09:25 PM 10/7/2005, Matthew Osborne wrote:
> >
> >>  So is it a safe guess that this is a channel that
> >>will soon be carried on the digital subcarriers of NBC
> >>affiliates around the country?
> >
> >I won't guess at anything having to do with NBC, that way I can't be
> >proven wrong.
>
> It's my understanding that this is rolling out on NBC stations everywhere.
> WCAU-DT had it in Philly when I was there a few weeks ago, and I'm just
> about to unpack my DTV tuner and see if I can get WNBC-DT from 30 miles
> away here in Suffern. WGRZ-DT has it in Buffalo. It's not on WHEC-DT,
which
> has a "roll your own" DTV weather subchannel instead.
>
> s
>
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