Say GoodBye To WGBX-44

[Garrett Wollman]

<<On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:35:06 -0400, "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net> said:

> But when does the DTV "channel 44" move from the temporary channel
> (42? 43?) back to RF channel 44?

They won't.  RF 43 is their permanent assignment.  (In general, the
"transitional" assignments were given preference when the FCC
generated the final digital allotment list, so in most cases a UHF
station will find the transitional digital channel preferable to their
analog channel for permanent DTV operation.)

Channel 43 is already on the upper panel at 350 Cedar, so whatever
signal you get is what you get.  Channel 44 was on the lower panel
(combined with WGBH's channel 19 digital and I think the channel 38
analog backup).  Two separate panels are used because the combiner
manufacturer could not provide sufficient adjacent-channel isolation
to meet the transmitter manufacturers' requirements without
significant distortion.  (Since WCVB will remain on channel 20 and
WGBH-TV will keep channel 19, this arrangement will continue.)

-GAWollman