that horrible BEEP

[Scott Fybush]

Garrett Wollman wrote:

> This plan was called "de-intermixture", and did actually come to pass
> in Albany -- with all the UHF stations moving to VHF rather than the
> one VHF moving to UHF.  There were numerous other markets where this
> was supposed to happen, and (IIRC) exactly two where it actually did,
> but the FCC eventually backed down in the face of tremendous
> opposition from the licensed broadcasters.

Three, actually - WIRL-TV in Peoria had a CP for channel 8, but was 
bumped to 19 before it could get on the air, where it joined existing 
stations on 25 and 31.

And yes, I'll get that article written, one of these days...

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