From richard@chonak.com Wed Oct 16 00:17:56 2019 From: richard@chonak.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:17:56 -0400 Subject: repack phase six Message-ID: <6fbdee0d-04dd-0529-a3fe-afb4e20ef3cd@chonak.com> I see that WHDH (7) and WSBK (38) are scheduled to move to different RF channels in the upcoming FCC repack phase this week (info from tvanswers.org). Does anyone know when they will be off-air and back? --RC From LostCluster@lostcluster.me Wed Oct 16 09:56:21 2019 From: LostCluster@lostcluster.me (Ben Levy) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 09:56:21 -0400 Subject: No subject Message-ID: WBTS ?10? has been off the air on Xfinity here in Ayer for the last 24 hours plus. Any idea where that channel went? Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From LostCluster@lostcluster.me Wed Oct 16 11:43:10 2019 From: LostCluster@lostcluster.me (Ben Levy) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:43:10 -0400 Subject: No subject In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Xfinity is cable? it?s up to the headend to rescan. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Ken VanTassell Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 10:53 AM To: Ben Levy Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org Subject: Re: Have you tried rescanning?? The FCC repack has been underway. -Ken On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 10:42 AM Ben Levy wrote: WBTS ?10? has been off the air on Xfinity here in Ayer for the last 24 hours plus. Any idea where that channel went? Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From LostCluster@lostcluster.me Wed Oct 16 15:24:49 2019 From: LostCluster@lostcluster.me (Ben Levy) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:24:49 -0400 Subject: No subject References: Message-ID: Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Ben Levy Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 3:23 PM To: Ken VanTassell Subject: RE: I resolved this by calling Comcast and having them refresh the equipment here. Not sure if this was repack related or not. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Ken VanTassell Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 11:45 AM To: Ben Levy Subject: Re: sorry i missed the xfinity part. -Ken On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 11:43 AM Ben Levy wrote: Xfinity is cable? it?s up to the headend to rescan. ? Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ? From: Ken VanTassell Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 10:53 AM To: Ben Levy Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org Subject: Re: ? Have you tried rescanning?? The FCC repack has been underway. ? -Ken ? On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 10:42 AM Ben Levy wrote: WBTS ?10? has been off the air on Xfinity here in Ayer for the last 24 hours plus. Any idea where that channel went? Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ? From kenwvt@gmail.com Wed Oct 16 10:53:38 2019 From: kenwvt@gmail.com (Ken VanTassell) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:53:38 -0400 Subject: No subject In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Have you tried rescanning? The FCC repack has been underway. -Ken On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 10:42 AM Ben Levy wrote: > WBTS ?10? has been off the air on Xfinity here in Ayer for the last 24 > hours plus. Any idea where that channel went? > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From richard@chonak.com Sun Oct 20 16:23:56 2019 From: richard@chonak.com (richard@chonak.com) Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 16:23:56 -0400 Subject: repack phase six Message-ID: Channels 7, 38, and 56 have moved to their new channels. So far the change seems to be a plus for reception in Stoneham. Meanwhile 68 was unavailable when I checked this morning.-- RCSent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE device------ Original message------From: Richard ChonakDate: Wed, Oct 16, 2019 2:05 AMTo: Boston Radio Interest Board;Cc: Subject:repack phase sixI see that WHDH (7) and WSBK (38) are scheduled to move to different RF channels in the upcoming FCC repack phase this week (info from tvanswers.org). Does anyone know when they will be off-air and back? --RC From obrienron2@gmail.com Sun Oct 20 16:42:21 2019 From: obrienron2@gmail.com (Ron) Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 16:42:21 -0400 Subject: repack phase six References: Message-ID: <83DF5A4DCC564963B84C96721BF9BB01@ownerd8aa55a4d> Is all this 're-paking' and virtual TV stations confusing to anyone else? Maybe because I am a cable subscribber (for now) I don't have to "get it". However, it makes me wonder how this is affecting audeinces. . I know that Ch 10's newscasts are not doing that well....but it appears that the NBC programs are being found by those who want them. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Boston Radio Interest Board" Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2019 4:23 PM Subject: Re: repack phase six > Channels 7, 38, and 56 have moved to their new channels. So far the change > seems to be a plus for reception in Stoneham. Meanwhile 68 was unavailable > when I checked this morning.-- RCSent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE device------ > Original message------From: Richard ChonakDate: Wed, Oct 16, 2019 2:05 > AMTo: Boston Radio Interest Board;Cc: Subject:repack phase sixI see that > WHDH (7) and WSBK (38) are scheduled to move to different RF > channels in the upcoming FCC repack phase this week (info from > tvanswers.org). > > Does anyone know when they will be off-air and back? > > --RC > > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From kvahey@gmail.com Mon Oct 21 00:24:01 2019 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:24:01 -0400 Subject: repack phase six In-Reply-To: <83DF5A4DCC564963B84C96721BF9BB01@ownerd8aa55a4d> References: <83DF5A4DCC564963B84C96721BF9BB01@ownerd8aa55a4d> Message-ID: People are not watching NBC Boston's newscasts because the quality of the show is lacking. On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 11:46 PM Ron wrote: > Is all this 're-paking' and virtual TV stations confusing to anyone else? > Maybe because I am a cable subscribber (for now) I don't have to "get it". > However, it makes me wonder how this is affecting audeinces. > . I know that Ch 10's newscasts are not doing that well....but it > appears > that the NBC programs are being found by those who want them. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: "Boston Radio Interest Board" > > Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2019 4:23 PM > Subject: Re: repack phase six > > > > Channels 7, 38, and 56 have moved to their new channels. So far the > change > > seems to be a plus for reception in Stoneham. Meanwhile 68 was > unavailable > > when I checked this morning.-- RCSent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE > device------ > > Original message------From: Richard ChonakDate: Wed, Oct 16, 2019 2:05 > > AMTo: Boston Radio Interest Board;Cc: Subject:repack phase sixI see that > > WHDH (7) and WSBK (38) are scheduled to move to different RF > > channels in the upcoming FCC repack phase this week (info from > > tvanswers.org). > > > > Does anyone know when they will be off-air and back? > > > > --RC > > > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > From kvahey@gmail.com Mon Oct 21 01:53:51 2019 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 01:53:51 -0400 Subject: repack phase six In-Reply-To: <000601d587c8$8eee79a0$accb6ce0$@gmail.com> References: <83DF5A4DCC564963B84C96721BF9BB01@ownerd8aa55a4d> <000601d587c8$8eee79a0$accb6ce0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: In the last couple of years, NBC has done fine with major sporting and entertainment events in the market. NBC Nightly News is second in Boston as of a couple of months ago. Last numbers I have seen show WBZ and WCVB in a virtual dead heat and WHDH a solid third. WFXT shows some strength in the morning and at 10 PM. WBTS does beat WFXT at 6 PM but otherwise, they are dead last in every other time part On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 12:32 AM Ron wrote: > >> People are not watching NBC Boston's newscasts because the quality of > the show is lacking. > > > > But are they finding the rest of the NBC shows? How is NBC?s network > offerings doing in the Boston market? > > > > Anyone know? > > > > > > R > > > > > > > > *From:* Kevin Vahey > *Sent:* Monday, October 21, 2019 12:24 AM > *To:* Ron > *Cc:* BostonRadio Mailing List < > boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org> > *Subject:* Re: repack phase six > > > > People are not watching NBC Boston's newscasts because the quality of the > show is lacking. > > > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 11:46 PM Ron wrote: > > Is all this 're-paking' and virtual TV stations confusing to anyone else? > Maybe because I am a cable subscribber (for now) I don't have to "get it". > However, it makes me wonder how this is affecting audeinces. > . I know that Ch 10's newscasts are not doing that well....but it > appears > that the NBC programs are being found by those who want them. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: "Boston Radio Interest Board" > > Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2019 4:23 PM > Subject: Re: repack phase six > > > > Channels 7, 38, and 56 have moved to their new channels. So far the > change > > seems to be a plus for reception in Stoneham. Meanwhile 68 was > unavailable > > when I checked this morning.-- RCSent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE > device------ > > Original message------From: Richard ChonakDate: Wed, Oct 16, 2019 2:05 > > AMTo: Boston Radio Interest Board;Cc: Subject:repack phase sixI see that > > WHDH (7) and WSBK (38) are scheduled to move to different RF > > channels in the upcoming FCC repack phase this week (info from > > tvanswers.org). > > > > Does anyone know when they will be off-air and back? > > > > --RC > > > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > From elipolo881@gmail.com Mon Oct 21 13:58:18 2019 From: elipolo881@gmail.com (Eli Polonsky) Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:58:18 -0400 Subject: repack phase six In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Earlier this year, Ch. 68's transmitter was moved from one of the towers near Route 128 in the Newton/Needham area, I think it was on the "FM-128" tower in Newton Upper Falls, out to the Ch. 66 tower in Hudson. I still receive it (and its shared Ch. 58) over the air here in Somerville, but with a somewhat weaker signal than before, and occasional pixellation or momentary dropouts, similar to my reception of Ch. 66 (and its shared Ch. 50). I haven't noticed 68 being off the air, though. Have you been receiving it since its transmitter move to Hudson? If not, it may require a different positioning of your antenna (toward west of Stoneham) than for the channels from the 128 Newton/Needham towers (toward south of Stoneham). EP > Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 16:23:56 -0400 > From: "richard@chonak.com" > To: Boston Radio Interest Board > > Subject: Re: repack phase six > > Channels 7, 38, and 56 have moved to their new channels. So far the change > seems to be a plus for reception in Stoneham. Meanwhile 68 was unavailable > when I checked this morning.- > > Does anyone know when they will be off-air and back? > > --RC > From richard@chonak.com Mon Oct 21 16:08:11 2019 From: richard@chonak.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 16:08:11 -0400 Subject: repack phase six In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1191b848-5e21-0339-bcc6-54779410a24e@chonak.com> 68/58 is coming in normally again here, thanks. --RC On 10/21/19 1:58 PM, Eli Polonsky wrote: > Earlier this year, Ch. 68's transmitter was moved from one of the > towers near Route 128 in the Newton/Needham area, I think it was on > the "FM-128" tower in Newton Upper Falls, out to the Ch. 66 tower in > Hudson. I still receive it (and its shared Ch. 58) over the air here > in Somerville, but with a somewhat weaker signal than before, and > occasional pixellation or momentary dropouts, similar to my reception > of Ch. 66 (and its shared Ch. 50). > > I haven't noticed 68 being off the air, though. Have you been > receiving it since its transmitter move to Hudson? If not, it may > require a different positioning of your antenna (toward west of > Stoneham) than for the channels from the 128 Newton/Needham towers > (toward south of Stoneham). > > EP > > > Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 16:23:56 -0400 > From: "richard@chonak.com " > > > To: Boston Radio Interest Board > ? ? ? ? > > Subject: Re: repack phase six > > Channels 7, 38, and 56 have moved to their new channels. So far > the change seems to be a plus for reception in Stoneham. Meanwhile > 68 was unavailable when I checked this morning.- > > Does anyone know when they will be off-air and back? > > --RC > From lsochrin@rcn.com Tue Oct 22 09:35:57 2019 From: lsochrin@rcn.com (Larry Sochrin) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:35:57 -0400 Subject: Fwd: WGBH's Transmitter Power Increase References: Message-ID: <66583656-1D29-440D-8290-DB14E3165AAE@rcn.com> > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "info@wgbh.org" > Subject: Re: WGBH's Transmitter Power Increase > Date: October 10, 2019 at 9:44:42 AM EDT > To: "lsochrin@rcn.com" > > > Dear Viewer, > > I?m writing with good news. WGBH?s petition to increase its broadcasting frequency strength was approved by the Federal Communication Commission. > > The power of our transmitter will be increased from 6.9kW to 34.5 kW. We expect this increase to result in significant improvements to reception quality. Getting the right hardware, testing and installation brings us to approximately first week of January ? however it is very possible it will be completed sooner. > > Most importantly, I send this message with deep gratitude. Without you and the 1,200+ other viewers who took the time to directly provide their feedback to us, this petition would not have been approved. > Thank you for your generous support of WGBH, and thank you for allowing us to share our excitement with you. I hope this boost will allow you to enjoy all of the shows with improved HD quality! > > If you are still unable to receive either channel, please get in touch with the Audience & Member Services team at info@WGBH.org or (617) 300 3300. > > P.S. We?ll be sure to keep you updated as our installation timetable becomes clearer > > Best, > Zack Finn > Associate Director of Development - Audience and Member Services > > 1 Guest St. Boston MA 02135 >