[opendtv] Re: Fw: Re: Post on alt.tv.tech.hdtv of interest today
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 20:51:38 -0400
Thanks Doug.
i can see the hassles this can present for somkeone who want to
receiver OTA broadcasts.
Regards
Craig
At 8:19 AM -0500 4/15/05, Doug McDonald wrote:
> >>
>>>> You may be right Doug. I was not aware that there were ANY U.S. TV
>>>> markets with transmitters 90 miles apart. What is the market name and
>>>> rank?
>
>
>It is market #82, Champaign-Springfield-Decatur Illinois.
>
>So I must explain how it works. Champaign (east) and Springfield (west)
>are about 85 miles apart as the crow files. Decatur is half
>way in between. Danville is 40 miles east of Champaign and
>I think it is in this market, though in fact it it is
>about equal from Terre Haute and Lafayette IN. In any case
>Danville people actually watch this market. The market also extends
>well to the west of Springfield.
>
>The transmitters for ABC and WB are about 8 miles east of
>Decatur. The transmitter for the main PBS station is half
>way between Champaign and Decatur. Another tower for another
>PBS is being built as I write 30 miles south of Champaign ...
>this will serve Champaign, Decatur, Danville, Charleston
>(COL) and Mattoon, plus Effingham. The main CBS (WCIA) is 11 miles
>west of Champaign. There used to be a CBS satellite of WCIA (WCFN) which
>was a medium power UHF on a modest tower in downtown Springfield;
>this same setup is now our official UPN station. Both WCIA-DT and
>WCFN-DT transmit both CBS and UPN, both in pathetic Nexstar SDTV,
>and both at pathetic powers (which, however, cover the COL with
>good signals, being so close and at full height) .
>
>NBC has two high power high tower (1300 feet) transmitters at
>opposite ends of the market, 84 miles apart. One is 15 miles
>east of Champaign and one is just a few miles east of Springfield.
>These are actually different stations, albeit
>both owned by Sinclair and both transmitting ... except for local news,
>and religious programming on Sunday, which are quite different ...
>essentially the same programming.
>It is these two that makes our market officially have stations
>almost 90 miles apart.
>
>
>Fox has two stations, 88 miles apart, one a few miles east of Springfield,
>a high power station on a 1300 foot tower, and one a satellite of that
>23 miles east of Champaign, high power but a tower well under 1000 feet;
>the satellite is an exact duplicate of the main station.
>Fox also has a station in an adjacent market, Peoria-Bloomington,
>which is easily receiveable here **digital only**, the only
>out of market station that is easily receiveable in Champaign.
>No Peoria nor Terre Haute stations are receiveable in a
>substantial part of the market, because they all have very low
>towers.
>
>Doug McDonald
>
>
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