60.5

[Scott Fybush]

It's still something of a risky proposition, in part because it only 
works for NBC - and even then, only in markets where (a) Comcast has 
near-universal coverage and (b) there's not already a full-power NBC 
O&O. I think Boston is/was the only market that fits both of those 
categories.

On 12/21/2016 9:44 AM, Jim Hall wrote:
> You have to wonder if this is a plan for markets with high cable
> subscriptions: stop paying a full-power affiliate to carry your programs,
> and put your stuff on an inexpensive flea-power OTA station that, since you
> own the cable company, you carry and the public's no wiser.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boston-Radio-Interest
> [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of
> Mark Laurence
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 7:47 AM
> To: Eli Polonsky
> Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org
> Subject: Re: 60.5
>
> On Dec 21, 2016, at 1:23 AM, Eli Polonsky <elipolo881@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The signal I'm receiving is NOT from the WNEU (virtual Ch. 60)
>> transmitter facility in Goffstown, NH. Due to the hill rising up
>> behind where I live blocking signals from the north, I get no on-air
>> reception from NH at all. This is coming from the WMFP facility on one
>> of the towers out near Route 128 in the Newton/ Needham area (I think
>> it's on FM-128 in Newton).
>
> The thing I can't figure out is why they didn't call it channel 8.5 instead
> of 60.5. It would be less confusing to people in the core part of the
> market, who can receive 8 but not 60, and it would place NBC next to the
> other network stations on most people's TVs.
>
> It makes me think this is a hasty and temporary move, and Comcast expects to
> change their entire OTA situation soon, perhaps after the spectrum auction.
>