when analog TV signals end

[Sid Schweiger]

>>I was just thinking today that when WBZ-TV rebranded themselves
simply
WBZ was this a hint of what will happen in a couple of years when
analog channel numbers become just a memory.<<

They won't become just a memory, but they will be, in some cases,
relatively meaningless.  Channel numbers will be programmable in
software at the TV station and transmitted with the digital data stream.
 If WBZ-DT wishes to ID themselves on receivers as channel 4 while
transmitting on channel 30, 4 is what will show up on the TV sets.



Sid Schweiger
IT Manager, Entercom New England
WAAF - WEEI AM/FM - WKAF
WMKK - WRKO - WVEI AM/FM
20 Guest St / 3d Floor
Boston MA  02135-2040
Phone: 617-779-5369
Fax: 617-779-5379
E-Mail: sid@wrko.com