Suddenly two more digital channels

My local PBS station WGBH has had DT channels 2.1 and 2.2.
Suddenly, within the last couple days there
are two more sub channels 2.101(Updat0) and 2.102(Updat1). They
have signal strenght but no content. Has anyone seen anything
like this? I emailed them but got no reply.

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Hmmm. I live 5 miles west of Needham. I wonder if your issue is
related to my issue.

My antenna runs to a splitter and then into my TV and also a DVR. A
few days ago, my TV stopped picking up 2.1 and 2.2 (WGBH). I have good
signal quality, just no picture or sound. However, my DVR picks up 2.1
and 2.2 just fine. I've been having trouble with my antenna, so I
thought that was the cause, but your post has me wondering if our
observations are related.

Rick Evans wrote:
My local PBS station WGBH has had DT channels 2.1 and 2.2.
Suddenly, within the last couple days there
are two more sub channels 2.101(Updat0) and 2.102(Updat1). They
have signal strenght but no content. Has anyone seen anything
like this? I emailed them but got no reply.

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Rick Evans
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I now concur with your observation. After my last post, I went to my
TV and manually turned to channel 19 (the real channel number for WGBH
digital). The TV wheezed and it now shows four sub channels for
channel 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.101, 2.102. Now, 2.1 and 2.2 come in just
fine. For 2.101, the TV displays "Updat0" and the screen is blank,
like you observed.

WGBH already broadcast's six digital channels (if you include 44.x). I
hope they don't take some of the bandwidth from 2.2, their HD channel.

Likely answer to my own question:

Two stations CBS4(WBZ) Boston and WCVB 5.x no
longer broadcast on their 4.2 and 5.2 channels.
I don't know if this is permanent but WBZ's HDTV
page on it's website only talks about it's one
digital channel.

One interesting funny:
In bold letters
"CBS4 is now available on Comcast channel 804 in High
Definition"

But in the next paragraph
"None of the Boston digital stations are currently
available on cable."

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"Rick Evans" wrote in message news:[email protected]
My local PBS station WGBH has had DT channels 2.1 and 2.2.
Suddenly, within the last couple days there
are two more sub channels 2.101(Updat0) and 2.102(Updat1). They
have signal strenght but no content. Has anyone seen anything
like this? I emailed them but got no reply.

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Rick Evans
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Lat +42° 11' 06.7"

Rick Evans wrote:
Likely answer to my own question:

Two stations CBS4(WBZ) Boston and WCVB 5.x no
longer broadcast on their 4.2 and 5.2 channels.
I don't know if this is permanent but WBZ's HDTV
page on it's website only talks about it's one
digital channel.

A station in a major, highly competitive market moving away from
sub-channels to concentrate on HD. Who would have thought of such a thing.

Matthew

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Rick Evans wrote:

I now concur with your observation. After my last post, I went to my
TV and manually turned to channel 19 (the real channel number for WGBH
digital). The TV wheezed and it now shows four sub channels for
channel 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.101, 2.102. Now, 2.1 and 2.2 come in just
fine. For 2.101, the TV displays "Updat0" and the screen is blank,
like you observed.
WGBH already broadcast's six digital channels (if you include 44.x). I
hope they don't take some of the bandwidth from 2.2, their HD channel.

WBZ and WCVB are currently not broadcasting 4.2 and 5.2.
It looks like those might now be 2.101 and 2.102.
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"NadCixelsyd" wrote in message oups.com...

BTW, it's two *fewer* channels.

(top-posted for brevity)

New FCC rules that took effect 1-1-07, require that broadcasters "MUST
CARRY" minimum 3 hrs of children's programming per week on all channels
including each of their digital sub-channels. As well, they must also be
able to send EAS alerts on those sub-channels.

Because of these new rules many broadcasters in many markets have suddenly
eliminated many if not all of their digital sub-channels, at least for the
time being.

In article [email protected] "Rick Evans"
writes:

Likely answer to my own question:

Two stations CBS4(WBZ) Boston and WCVB 5.x no
longer broadcast on their 4.2 and 5.2 channels.
I don't know if this is permanent but WBZ's HDTV
page on it's website only talks about it's one
digital channel.

One interesting funny:
In bold letters
"CBS4 is now available on Comcast channel 804 in High
Definition"

But in the next paragraph
"None of the Boston digital stations are currently
available on cable."

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote in message ...
You mean two FEWER digital channels.

Wrong. In this thread I meant more.
Specifically, WGBH showed two more
subchannels.

Fewer snowflakes, less snow.
If you're gonna be a usenet grammar
nazi shouldn't you learn to use usenet
first?

See the title. My error in the
use of *less* was in a different thread.

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"Captain Preshoot" wrote in message ...

New FCC rules that took effect 1-1-07, require that broadcasters "MUST
CARRY" minimum 3 hrs of children's programming per week on all channels
including each of their digital sub-channels.

Thanks. That makes sense. One of the local Pax stations
just started 24 hour Qubo programming on one of its four
sub channels.

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