What stations still might change Feb 17 anyways.

[Dave Doherty]

An article in the ProJo on Friday indicated that all the local Providence / 
New Bedford stations will transition as originally planned on Feb 17.

-d



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garrett Wollman" <wollman@bimajority.org>
To: "John Bolduc" <n1qgs@yahoo.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 10:51 PM
Subject: What stations still might change Feb 17 anyways.


>
> <<On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 17:30:00 -0800 (PST), John Bolduc <n1qgs@yahoo.com> 
> said:
>
>> I'm wondering which channels may go ahead with plans to switch to
>> DTV and shut off analog on February 17, in spite of the extension.
>
> To the best of my knowledge -- and I'm sure Fybush knows better than I
> do -- here's the current state of things:
>
> Analog currently off and will not be restored
> ---------------------------------------------
> Boston market: 25 (for all intents and purposes), 46, 50
> Providence market: 28, 36
> Springfield market: 57
> Portland: 10, 26, 35
> Bangor: 12 Orono, 13 Calais
> Presque Isle: 10
>
> Early transition
> ----------------
> Bangor: 7, 12, 13
> Binghamton: 12
> Boston: 46 (contingent on 10 Providence)
> Buffalo: 7, 29, 49
> Burlington: 3 (with nightlight, contingent on 22 but they have not filed 
> yet),
>     44
> Hartford: 3, 26 (New London)
> Portland: 10, 13, 26, 35
> Presque Isle: 10
> Providence: 6, 10, 64 (which implies 12 but they have not filed yet)
> Rochester: 31
> Syracuse: 5, 43, 68
> Utica: 2
>
> This is of course subject to change with new filings over the coming
> week.  Stations are supposed to file a "Legal STA" for early
> transition, but some have done otherwise, or have combined their
> analog termination filing with another filing.
>
> -GAWollman
>
>