[B-R-I] Re: WBIN-TV 18?

[Scott Fybush]

On 10/21/2012 9:35 AM, Kaimbridge M. GoldChild wrote:

> Their FCC data page still lists them as virtual-50 (maybe they
> are applying for a virtual channel change...IF their IS such
> an option—?).

There is no such option. The only legal way in which WBIN could use a 
channel other than 50 as its major channel number would be if it were 
co-owned with another station and used that station's major channel 
number instead. If, say, WCVB were to buy WBIN, WBIN could use "5.x" 
legally.

> As for CATV channel assignment, they are most certainly NOT exclusively
> Ch.18!:
>
>            http://www.wbintv.com/channel-guide.html

Not exclusively, no, but if you look at where the population is on that 
list, probably 80-85% of WBIN's cable audience sees it on "18," and that 
probably translates to somewhere better than 70% of WBIN's total 
potential audience.

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