WGBH-TV coverage after August 2

[Ken VanTassell]

I am going to disagree. Cord cutting is becoming rampant, people are really
sick of paying huge cable bills. There is a non-profit called locast.org
that has a roku app with the local Boston stations for free (5 per month
suggested donation). I know several people using this. I think we have
resurgent times for OTA TV ahead.

-Ken

On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 9:46 AM Bob DeMattia <bob.bosra@demattia.net> wrote:

> Not to mention many off-air viewers are probably using UHF-only antennas.
> Even if they have VHF antennas, the only DTV in this area on VHF up until
> now was
> on VHF-HI.
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> On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 9:39 AM Norm Pierce <npierce.aq3h@dappermapper.com>
> wrote:
>
> > After a lifetime of watching Channel 2, I'm wondering if those days are
> > numbered.
> >
> > Looking at the application for their construction permit for the new RF
> > channel 5 assignment [1], it appears that the WGBH engineers have done
> > their best to give the strongest signal that the FCC rules allow them to
> > do on that channel.
> >
> > According to the "Post Auction Baseline" spreadsheet [2], the baseline
> > population served by WGBH-TV, as limited by terrain, is given as
> > 7,633,586.  In WGBH's application for a construction permit for the new
> > RF channel 5 assignment, they give a slightly higher number of 7,669,250
> > because of the change of tower, and the fact that they were able to
> > increase the ERP from 5.3 kW to 6.7 kW without exceeding the geographic
> > coverage area of the largest station within the same market (see
> > §73.622(f)(5)) -- something they are apparently allowed to do because
> > the proposed coverage contour may extend beyond that of the CCRPN
> > parameters for a station that changes bands (see §73.3700(b)(1)(iii)).
> >
> > But even with the higher ERP, does anyone think that the population
> > served won't actually be much smaller than it currently is, given the
> > problems with DTV on VHF?  Will it really reach an over-the-air audience
> > slightly larger than it currently does on RF channel 19, and comparable
> > to channels 4, 5, and 7, or do the above coverage numbers suffer from
> > gross optimism?
> >
> > Norm Pierce
> >
> >
> > [1] WGBH-TV_reassignment_initial_minor_mod_application_ENG_06-18-2017.pdf
> >
> >
> https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076f915c78b6bf015cbcb83aa224c3
> >
> > [2] "Post Auction Baseline" spreadsheet"
> >
> >
> https://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/Post_Auction_Baseline.xlsx
> >
> > "Incentive Auction Closing and Channel Reassignment Public Notice"
> > (CCRPN) (DA 17-314)
> > https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-17-314A1.pdf
> >
> >
>