Fw: Channel 44

[Dan.Strassberg]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>
To: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: Channel 44


>I can confirm that Schuyler is correct. Perhaps your friend is
>somehow
> receiving 44.5 when she selects 44.1. My receiver does not reroute
> me
> to 44.1 when I select 44.5. However, if TV stations can transmit a
> redirect command and redirection is an optional feature of some
> receivers but not others, I can imagine receivers that implement
> redirection automatically tuning to 44.1 when commanded by the user
> to
> tune to 44.5. If this is indeed what is going on, it's yet another
> demonstration of the fact that the system architects don't give a
> damn
> if viewers are completely mystified.
>
> -----
> Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
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>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com>
> To: <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:32 PM
> Subject: Re: Channel 44
>
>
>> On 8/15/2011 8:45 AM, J.E.Schuyler wrote:
>>
>>> WGBX started testing 44.5 in HD (in addition to the four SD
>>> channels) with color bars on or about May 4.
>>> Programming debuted on or about June 19, with 44.5 running HD
>>> simulcasts of 44.1.
>>> By June 27, the HD programming had moved to 44.1 and 44.5
>>> disappeared.
>>> As of today, the line-up is the same: HD on 44.1, SD subchannels
>>> 44.2-3-4.
>>>
>>> The temporary, experimental 44.5 is no longer on the air.
>>
>> As of yesterday on my friend's TV/converter box,  44-5 was on the
>> air and 44-1 was not.
>>
>>
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>> A. Joseph Ross, J.D.             617.367.0468
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