WCSH-TV on the radio

[Peter Q. George]

I'm sure that the same situation holds true for WWDP/46, Norwell, MA.  As you may know, WWDP originally had their transitional DT on Channel 52.  However, their permanent digital assignment is going to be on Channel 10.  They had to shutdown their DT-52, back in September, in order to make antenna changes in preparation for their eventual move to Channel 10.  Now, with the potential extension for the analog sunset moved back to June 12, and with WJAR still holding the fort on analog Channel 10, WWDP cannot even get testing done without WJAR's approval.  Any testing would probably be during the dead of night, IF WJAR provides that leeway between now and June 12th.  I'm sure WWDP would love to test their facilities, already installed.  

Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts
"Scanning the bands since 1967"
radiojunkie3@yahoo.com
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--- On Wed, 1/28/09, Scott Fybush <scott@fybush.com> wrote:

> From: Scott Fybush <scott@fybush.com>
> Subject: Re: WCSH-TV on the radio
> To: "Matthew Reed" <mkr@matthewsworkbench.com>
> Cc: "Boston Radio Group" <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
> Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 1:17 AM
> Matthew Reed wrote:
> > Scott Fybush wrote:
> >> It's largely a feel-good bill at this point,
> since stations can still sign off on 2/17 if they want to,
> and it looks like enough of them will do so to make
> universal analog TV a thing of the past de facto, if not de
> jure, long before June.
> > 
> > What I don't understand is how this will affect
> stations that need to swap channel assignments. For example,
> right now WCAX is transmitting on their temporary digital
> channel of 53. They can't move to their permanent
> digital channel of 22 until WVNY turns off their analog
> signal on that channel. But WVNY is unlikely to do that
> until they can broadcast at full power on their digital
> channel of 13. As I understand it, they can't do that
> until WNYT turns off their analog signal on that channel.
> > 
> > So isn't any decision by WCAX to turn off their
> analog transmitter dependent upon decisions made by the two
> other stations?
> > 
> 
> Indeed it is - which means there will have to be a lot of
> coordination and negotiation among stations.
> 
> s