Re: How will the US local area stations commerate the end of System-M?

On Fri, 02 May 2008 21:44:57 -0700, Sal M. Onella wrote:
> KCAL and KCBS are a duopoly, that is owned by the same company.  I had
heard
> that on Day Zero KCBS-DT might move to Ch 9 and KCAL-DT might stay on Ch
43.
> KCBS-DT must vacate Ch 60 on Day Zero and going digital on Ch 2 would
seem
> to be a bad move, given the known low-band noise problems.  We shal see.

KCAL-DT has filed to return to channel 9 on Transition Day.  Same tower as
their current analog facility but it looks like they're going to use a
different antenna.  (a directional antenna 7m lower than their existing
analog one)  The permit hasn't been issued yet but 9 is their assigned
channel in the FCC's post-transition channel table.

KCBS-DT has received a permit to take over KCAL-DT's channel 43 facility
on Transition Day.  The power will increase about 10% but the same antenna
will be used.

(one might guess that will confuse those viewers who don't realize they
need to rescan: suddenly, when they punch up channel 9 on their remotes
they're going to get channel 2!)