WGBH/WGBX/WBTS [and WFXZ]
George Allen
geo.allen@comcast.net
Tue Jan 21 12:36:17 EST 2020
Apologies if it's already been covered here, but I finally figured
out what's where with RF Ch. 32 [WGBX]. 3 different station call
letters on one RF channel - no wonder I'm confused. 1 HD, and 6
subchannels with low bitrates for them.
https://rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=72098
Does anyone know how much WBTS/NBC-10 pays [ongoing?] WGBH for use of
the RF-32 HD slot?
What's with the subchannel dimensions of 704/480? How does that
become 16:9? I'm missing something here.
The same info for RF-5, where both WGBH and WGBX HD [and WFXZ] live:
https://rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=72099
I suppose that's worth the $162 million WGBH got for moving to
VHF-low. Did that net them more than taking VHF-hi would have?
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-17-314A2.pdf [this link
has been posted here before]
Add another $57 million for WGBY's move to VHF-high [RF-13].
https://rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=72096
Hopefully the 4.9x power increase [later this month maybe?] will be
enough for my rabbit ears on a Terk HD-TVA. I can see the d@mn tower
from my living room in Swampscott, and can just barely get them with
the ears fully extended [visually messy...]. All these decisions by
WGBH to cash out spectrum were probably made before cord-cutting
became much of a thing. Yes, I can get low-def 2-1/44-1 on RF-32,
but on a decent large-screen 4k TV the difference is obvious.
George
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