60.5

[Trip Ericson]

There are plenty of cases out there.  See NBC in Philadelphia and San
Francisco, or Fox in Phoenix and Los Angeles, or KESQ, or WAHU-CD.

- Trip

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Jeff Lehmann <jjlehmann@comcast.net> wrote:

> The only other case I know of where there are different main channel
> numbers coming from the same transmitter is in NYC where WNYW and WWOR each
> send out a simulcast of each other on each TX, so along with 5.1, 5.2, etc
> they also send out 9.3. (Or it might be .4, I forget)... and WWOR sends out
> a 5.3 along with 9.1, 9.2...
>
> You don't have to have picked up WNEU 60.1, .2, .3, and .4 to get 60.5
> from WMFP. I'm getting it, and do not receive WNEU.
>
> Jeff Lehmann
>
> > On Dec 20, 2016, at 11:43 AM, Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > NBC Boston is up and running on 60.5
> >
> > https://scontent.fbed1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15622340_
> 10210608706106561_4129142923033849400_n.jpg?oh=
> fc1831e55518f535a579c5d93850fe66&oe=58AF6818
> >
> > 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
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
>
>
>