[opendtv] Re: [lptv] FYI NEWS There Goes Analog
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:38:07 -0700
I repeatedly hear from commercial broadcasters that "public stations have
too much money" in the DTV transition. (It's certainly not been the case in
analog.) And, these are not from the (common) commercial critics of
non-commercial broadcasting. (Come to think of it, the term
'non-commercial' might need to be removed from 'non-commercial educational'
broadcasters.
John Willkie
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From: "Doug McDonald" <mcdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 1:16 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: [lptv] FYI NEWS There Goes Analog
> John Willkie wrote:
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> > I also tend to draw a distinction -- as do many pubcasters -- between
> > instructional programming and the bulk of public broadcasting.
> > Instructional programming seems to be on the way to being a new public
> > public broadcasting/cable profit center. I see and hear very little
> > instructional programming on public tv in markets with less than 2
public tv
> > stations.
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> We here have currently only one public broadcaster that serves our whole
> market. They are very mundane and PBS oriented, except for a couple
> of local shows, one a gardening show and one a local travelogue.
>
> We also have another one, associated with another (low grade)
> state university about 45 miles away. They simply cannot be watch
> OTA analog with their present 150 or so foot high tower and pea
> shooter power. As I mentioned earlier, they are building a 600
> foot tall tower 30 miles away and will be using a respectable
> digital power. They should be easily gettable with any sort of
> antenna pointed their way ... which is of course completely
> different from any other station. Their analog will remain
> at pea shooter power.
>
> And they do have some different programming ... including
> a news show and yes, they show all the games of their sports teams.
> And, oh yes ... it's an all-digital plant with an all-digital
> top end SDTV truck. The other, main, PBS outlet here doesn't even
> have a truck. They do have a brand-new plant which I assume
> is digital.
>
> Doug McDonald
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