Go to FCC.gov, then select Databases, then Television Station Query. Under
the choices, you'll have to get CLASS A (DCA) and LPTV (LPT) separately.
Just select All States in both queries and you'll get every digital
lowpower in the US. You may want to also try the LP translators, though
most if not all, MAY show under the LP search. The site is slow because of
the transition to a new server, etc.
Chris
On Mon, Jan 31, 2022, 12:02 AM R M <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
is there a website that lists EVERY LPTV station in the country? What a
location where the LPTV Station Group owners are found?
On Saturday, January 29, 2022, 03:57:50 PM PST, WBXZ <
wbxz56buffalo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I was talking to a friend of mine who is very good friends with somebody
from spectrum executive office. He was told that once 3.0 because the
service of choice for broadcasters, spectrum most likely will no longer be
in the cable TV business. The outrageous retransmission fees and the many
choices both on Broadcast TV and through streaming services will simply no
longer make it viable for spectrum to maintain its cable service. In my
community, they’ve been stringing new fiber lines replacing the old copper
lines in anticipation of expansion into the ultra high speed Internet
market. My friend that works for Verizon said the same thing about Verizon
that within five years they will be out of the TV business and strictly
focusing on wireless Internet. They are already trying to sell their FiOS
to spectrum.
Steve Ritchie
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 29, 2022, at 11:03 AM, Keith Leitch <keith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Jon,
I'm sorry to hear about your local cable system shutting down. For larger
cable operators like Comcast and Charter, they will continue to offer pay
TV. Comcast's pay viewers declined 8% last year. Their big push is to
move everyone over to IP delivery. Instead of an older cable TV box, you
can either use a device similarly sized to a Roku box, or you can directly
have the Pay TV app on the TV itself.
I'm still excited about LPTV and local independent full power TV
stations. I continue to grow my ministry's LPTV stations and our indie
full power station. Many of the same struggles that are present with LPTV
stations are present with independent Christian TV stations. Hulu TV,
YouTube TV and Sling TV all turned me down for carriage of my full power
station, KQSL. Must Carry laws that got KQSL onto Dish and DirecTV don't
apply to newer virtual MVPDs. It would be nice to extend carriage rights
on newer virtual cable systems to LPTV, Class A, and indie full power
stations.
Even without carriage rights for the vast majority of LPTVs, we are seeing
growth for our LPTV viewership.
LPTV is an interesting industry. There are LPTV operators doing quite
well, and then there are a lot that barely make it. Around the turn of the
centry some LPTV operators we able to convert to Class A status and then
made out with huge wads of cash in the spectrum incentive auction. Some
LPTV operators in underserved markets find a niche and are doing well.
Some LPTV operators have huge coverages in large markets and do well. It
seems hardest to be an LPTV operator in a market with an overabundance of
other TV stations.
Blessings,
Keith
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*From:* lptv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <lptv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf
of Jon C. Moon <jonmoon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Friday, January 28, 2022 9:51 PM
*To:* lptv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <lptv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [lptv] Re: Cable is dead, long live cable...
Satellite service is popular here, though it suffers from the same
problems as cable: programming packages are too expensive (and the problems
with rain fade / trees making reception impossible). Streaming services
like YouTube TV, Hulu, DirecTV Now, etc. are options for those with fast
enough broadband internet service. (Windstream will be pushing / selling
DirecTV Now streaming service, as I understand it.) And a lot of people
here are simply going with free ad-supported streaming services like Pluto
TV, Plex, LocalNow, etc. and basically abandoning network TV.
Jon C. Moon
Ridgeline TV Channel 99
706-897-0872
www.ridgelinetv.net
On Jan 28, 2022, at 6:40 PM, Richard Goetz <rickg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
So what will they use for their cable TV and off-the-air service in your
area? Satellite?
Richard Goetz
R & L Media Systems
rickg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(615) 826-0792
*From:* lptv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lptv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<lptv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] *On Behalf Of *Jon C. Moon
*Sent:* Friday, January 28, 2022 3:25 PM
*To:* lptv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [lptv] Cable is dead, long live cable...
So two years ago the local cable company (which is owned by the phone
company) decided to shut down traditional cable TV service. They switched
over to an IPTV streaming service over their DSL, fiber and cable modem
network. It seems that they were losing so much money on TV services that
TV without a broadband subscription was not tenable.
Now, they're completely shuttering their TV lineup at the end on March.
Programming fees have become so high that - even subsidized with profitable
broadband - TV service is no longer possible.
This means my local channel, Ridgeline TV, will no longer be available on
cable TV. Aside from satellite service and national streamers, there is no
other local provider of TV service here (the fiber optic system shut down
their TV operations several years ago for the same reasons.)
I am streaming my channel on the internet and will continue to do so, but
it will be a very tough sell. While it's available free to everyone, it's
like herding cats trying to direct viewers to the channel, even with apps
for ROKU and FIRE TV. And broadcast is a no go in this area.
Even if I had a LPTV station, very, very few people use antennas here.
We're 100 miles away from Atlanta and 3 other markets with terrain blocking
mountains between.
While this is bad news for me, it may be good news for LPTV operators.
More smaller to midsize cable systems are likely to follow suit and just
completely give up on TV service, instead focusing on very profitable
broadband service. Several other companies have already done this. It
will be imperative for LPTV operators to let viewers leaving pay TV know
that OTA is available in addition to streaming services.
Jon C. Moon
Ridgeline TV Channel 99
706-897-0872
www.ridgelinetv.net
