[opendtv] Re: Slim pickins in Gainesville
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 15:06:35 -0800
You have described a "satellite-fed translator." Whether to call a station
a translator versus an LPTV station is largely a matter of what you want to
call yourself. An LPTV station can retransmit (with consent of the
licensee) and a translator can originate. If local origination is more than
2 minutes per hour, a letter should be sent to the FCC.
John Willkie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 5:20 AM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: Slim pickins in Gainesville
>
> None of these are affiliated with any full power
> stations. Equity Broadcasting seems to be focused
> primarily on serving the Hispanic market, which
> has been a hotbed of activity for LPTV stations.
> I do not know why these stations are listed as
> TX, as they will not be used as translators, but
> rather to pull down content from the satellite
> that Equity uses to distribute programming from
> their operations center in Little Rock.
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
> At 5:30 PM -0500 11/29/06, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
> >Tom Barry wrote:
> >
> >> But I have two PCHD cards each with two inputs. Maybe I'll just put 4
> >> antennas in the attic, pointed in 4 directions. I certainly have no
> >> intention of putting up a tower (rental) and I just signed up for Cox
> >> broadband without any cable TV at all. The web page didn't mention it
> >> and I forgot to check for a discount if I got limited basic. I might
> >> revise this part later.
> >
> >Tom, that FCC site mentions these rather
> >powerful translators. I'd be very curious what
> >they're there for. If there's any justice, they
> >should be to relay the missing common OTA
> >stations in Gainesville, like NBC, CW, MNT, and
> >whatever. This is how the powerful ones are
> >listed. Note also the decent antenna heights.
> >Maybe someone knows what they're for:
> >
> >W22DB 22 + TX CP MOD GAINESVILLE
> >FL US BMPTTL-20050804ACI - 131202
> >150. kW DA 0. m 118.1 m 96.5 m N 29
> >28 23.10 W 82 35 20.60 1019813 19.63 km
> >12.20 mi 249.00° TIGER EYE LICENSING, LLC
> >
> >W29CV 29 Z TX LIC GAINESVILLE
> >FL US BLTTL-20050907ABX - 125853
> >15. kW DA 0. m 114. m 90. m N 29
> >25 5.00 W 82 32 57.00 1054467 19.53 km
> >12.13 mi 227.70° ROBERT A. NAISMITH
> >
> >W56EJ 35 - TX APP WILLISTON
> >FL US BMPTTL-20050705AAQ - 129987
> >150. kW DA 0. m 290.2 m 246. m N 29
> >21 32.00 W 82 19 43.00 1032096 20.86 km
> >12.96 mi 160.68° EQUITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION
> >
> >NEW 45 - TX APP OCALA
> >FL US BNPTTL-20000828BHQ - 130761
> >150. kW DA 0. m 244.2 m 200. m N 29
> >21 32.00 W 82 19 43.00 1032096 20.86 km
> >12.96 mi 160.68° NATIVE COUNTRY BROADCASTING
> >CORPORATION
> >
> >W56EJ 56 - TX CP WILLISTON
> >FL US BNPTTL-20000831CCZ - 129987
> >20. kW 0. m 127.9 m 105. m N 29
> >24 11.00 W 82 27 3.00 1028189 15.58 km
> >9.68 mi 198.37° EQUITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION
> >
> >W63DB 63 + TX LIC WILLISTON
> >FL US BLTTL-20050722AGM - 129169
> >150. kW 0. m 127.9 m 105. m N 29
> >24 11.00 W 82 27 3.00 1028189 15.58 km
> >9.68 mi 198.37° EQUITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION
> >
> >There are also applications for some low-power
> >DTT stations, but that's different. I didn't
> >include those. I'm surprised that a market like
> >Gainesville doesn't have some larger OTA TV
> >market they can easily feed from. Antennaweb is
> >singularly unhelpful for Gainesville.
> >
> >Bert
> >
> >
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