tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882991297348555620.post2603226245006769661..comments2023-05-05T11:35:44.146-04:00Comments on Tri-State Media Watch: CONFIRMED: DTV Switch Date Now June 12, 2009J. Moseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10897740943493788382noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882991297348555620.post-82729114853820706252009-02-05T16:39:00.000-05:002009-02-05T16:39:00.000-05:00And now, presented for everyone's continuing amuse...And now, presented for everyone's continuing amusement or aggravation:<BR/><BR/>http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/02/dtv_switch_many_stations_to_br.php<BR/><BR/>The FCC's own acting chairman admits "'...the FCC is nowhere where it needs to be' on the digital transition", according to this article. Good grief. GOOD GRIEF!emery_rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870661804526939428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882991297348555620.post-44784025206031434082009-02-05T07:41:00.000-05:002009-02-05T07:41:00.000-05:00Today's front page article in the Cincinnati Enqui...Today's front page article in the Cincinnati Enquirer on the DTV delay is primarily an AP wire service report, but local TV/radio guru John Kiesewetter added sketchy info about reaction from several local stations.<BR/><BR/>John reported this about Ch. 64: "'There's a pretty good chance we'll turn (analog) off on Feb. 17,' said Jon Law- head, WSTR-TV (Channel 64) general manager. Channel 64 is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which announced Tuesday it plans to stick with the Feb. 17 date."<BR/><BR/>And then John offers this: "Managers for Channels 9, 12 and 19 said they would prefer to cut off analog transmissions Feb. 17. Stations would save about $6,000 a month in electricity, or $24,000, through June 12. Nationwide, stations have been broadcasting in both analog and digital for more than a year.<BR/><BR/>WCPO-TV (Channel 9) has a work crew scheduled to remove the analog antenna from atop its Walnut Hills tower in May, and replace it with a new, more powerful digital antenna, says Bill Fee, Channel 9 general manager. A decision about continuing analog service will be made Monday, he said.<BR/><BR/>'We definitely want to see what the other stations (here) will do. We don't want to be the odd man out, the only ones without an analog signal,' said Jack Dominic, CET executive vice president.<BR/><BR/>For now, viewers should be prepared to lose analog programming on Feb. 17, Fee says."<BR/>- - -<BR/>That leaves only Ch. 5 without comment in the article, although everyone else mentioned here was rather tentative about holding to Feb. 17. As Ch. 48's man seemed to put it, nobody wants to be the last one to "turn out the lights", so to speak -- everyone wants to jump at the same time, just as Dayton stations are planning.emery_rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870661804526939428noreply@blogger.com