60.5

[Kevin Vahey]

NBC Boston is up and running on 60.5

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On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Bob DeMattia <bob.bosra@demattia.net>
wrote:

> 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
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>