60.5

[Bob DeMattia]

I have never seen an instance where the major channel number differs
between subchannels coming from the same transmitter.  Also, the FCC has
rules about
the major channel number - it is usually required that the channel number
has
to either match the RF channel number, or match the "old" channel number
from
the analog days.

There have been a few exceptions - such as this channel 8 thing on the
WBTS-LP
transmitter or KAXT-CD ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAXT-CD ).

However, if they really are doing this, then people who can't receive WNEU
won't
see 62.5, even if they are able to receive WMFP.

What a mess.

-Bob





On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 11:27 PM, Richard Chonak <richard@chonak.com> wrote:

> Hi--
>
> The announcement from NBC said that 60.5 would come from WMFP, so I assume
> they are following that plan:
>
> http://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/NBC-Boston-Reaches-
> Agreement-to-Increase-Over-the-Air-Signal-406069125.html
>
> It seems to be a strange situation, in which 60.2 comes from WNEU (RF 34)
> and 60.5 comes from WMFP (RF 18).
>
> --RC
>
>
>
> On 12/19/2016 10:53 PM, Bob DeMattia wrote:
>
> WMFP PSIP is 62.1, 3, 4  (RF18).
>
> Channel 60 (RF 34) is the WNEU transmitter
>
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 6:57 PM, Richard Chonak via Boston-Radio-Interest
> <boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Richard Chonak <richard@chonak.com>
>> To: Sean Smyth <ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu>, Boston Radio Interest Board <
>> boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org>
>> Cc:
>> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 18:57:35 -0500
>> Subject: Re:
>> 60.5, really.  I ran a re-scan, viewed the "channel list" for my set, and
>> 60-5 was there, identified as "WBTS-LD".  No other 60-channels appeared,
>> while 62-1, -3, and -4 remained unchanged.
>>
>> --RC
>>
>>
>> On 12/19/2016 06:20 PM, Sean Smyth wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 5:09 PM Richard Chonak via Boston-Radio-Interest
>>> <boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org <mailto:
>>> boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Today, WMFP started transmitting the NBC Boston "countdown"
>>>     programming
>>>
>>>     (NECN content) on 60.5.  The video is 720p.
>>>
>>> Do you mean 62.5? I tried pulling up 62.5 early this morning, but got
>>> redirected to 62.1.
>>>
>>> Jimmy Swaggart is still on the air, apparently.
>>> --
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>