when analog TV signals end

[marklaurence@mac.com]

 On Thursday, July 05, 2007, at 01:38PM, "Sid Schweiger" <sid@wrko.com> wrote:

>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.

Wouldn't it be worth it for all the broadcast networks to get together and agree on a single channel number for all their affiliates?   It would be temporary confusion for sure, but no more than when local stations swapped affiliates.  They could promote their channel numbers nationally, and even rename themselves like "Channel 4" in the UK.  It would give them a big advantage over all the cable networks which always find themselves in some forgettable position like channel 164.

Mark