WYDN

Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com
Mon Aug 29 10:33:06 EDT 2016


AM's can be changed to non commercial and flipped back commercial or vice
versa too

Paul

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 7:15 AM, Jeff Lehmann <jjlehmann@comcast.net> wrote:

> Can't non commercial stations be changed back to commercial if they're
> sold? I know they can on FM.
>
> WYDN on Comcast had always been on both 23 and 295 (both SD) for some
> reason. Maybe they just eliminated the duplication. All the other channels
> in the 280/290 range, mostly sub channels (Me TV, Decades, etc...) were
> moved to above 930.
>
> By the way, WYDN has a terrible signal south of Boston, so I doubt NBC
> would want it...
>
> Jeff Lehmann
>
> > On Aug 29, 2016, at 5:01 AM, Trip Ericson <webmaster@rabbitears.info>
> wrote:
> >
> > WYDN is a non-commercial allotment, so no it won't be where NBC winds up.
> >
> > - Trip
> > www.rabbitears.info
> >
> >> On 08/29/2016 04:14 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote:
> >> Makes you wonder - Could WYDN be where NBC Boston winds up?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 3:36 AM, Richard Chonak via
> >> Boston-Radio-Interest <boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>> From: Richard Chonak <richard@chonak.com>
> >>> To: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org
> >>> Cc:
> >>> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 03:00:43 -0400
> >>> Subject: Re: Comcast lineup changes/digitization....
> >>> The transmitter is located on the WBZ-TV tower in Needham (according
> to the Storehouse of Approximate Knowledge, Wikipedia), so depending on
> where Mom is, an over-the-air signal might be a possibility.
> >>>
> >>> So far, on-line listings from Comcast do not reflect the change. They
> still show the channel in two slots on Comcast, 23 and 295: perhaps 23
> is/was SD?
> >>>
> >>> --RC
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> From:
> >>>> "Don" <Donald_Astelle@Yahoo.com>
> >>>> Date:
> >>>> 08/29/2016 01:30 AM
> >>>>
> >>>> To:
> >>>> <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello All....My mom watches some shows on WYDN, a low-power(?)
> station out of Worcester on Channel 295.
> >>>>
> >>>> Recently, she has been seeing this message on the screen:
> >>>>
> >>>> "The programming formerly seen on this channel is now available in
> the 900 channel range."
> >>>>
> >>>> She asked me where...and I perused the channel 900 range and couldn't
> find it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Anyone on the list know the story behind WYDN and where they are on
> Comcast now?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks!
> >
>
>
>


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