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Roger Simmons
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Birds, Words, Pics + TV

Tag: Digital TV

Check digital channel 26 for “Local 6”

Roger Simmons, April 27, 2009

If you’re not getting WKMG on your HD receiver, you need to rescan you local channels. WKMG changed digital channels last week. After broadcasting on Channel 58, WKMG is now airing on Channel 26. Sure, thanks to remapping your receiver should always show WKMG on Channel 6, but that’s not…

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Digital signals bring good news, bad news

Roger Simmons, April 7, 2009

When Orlando’s TV stations — and all others in the nation — finally turn off their analog transmitters on June 12, some Central Florida viewers might be in for a surprise. Because of tower relocations and the switch to a digital signal, many area stations will reach more households over…

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5 Orlando stations turn off transmitters tonight

Roger Simmons, February 17, 2009

Turn out the lights, the party’s over … in analog. At 11:59 p.m. tonight, five Orlando TV stations will permanently end their analog broadcasts, entering an all-digital era and most likely making your older model television sets obsolete. The stations turning off their analog transmitters, according to the FCC: Public…

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WMFE, WRDQ, WVEN to turn off analog signals next week

Roger Simmons, February 11, 2009

Three Orlando TV stations have notified the FCC they plan to turn off their analog signals next Tuesday — the date originally set for analog’s end. Public broadcaster WMFE-Ch. 24, independent WRDQ-Ch. 27 and Univision’s WVEN-Ch. 26 all decided not to extend their analog broadcasting to the government’s new cut-off…

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Forget extension, Orlando stations set to drop analog signals

Roger Simmons, February 6, 2009

Despite lawmakers’ approval of a plan to extend the digital transition period until June, at least three Orlando stations may pull the plug on their analog broadcasts as early as Feb. 17. Public broadcaster WMFE-Ch. 24, Univision’s WVEN-Ch. 26 and indy WRDQ-Ch. 27 may turn off their analog signals 12…

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WHDO aims for ambitious local start-up

Roger Simmons, October 7, 2008

A new local TV station is signing on with a big mission: all local programming in nothing by high definition. That’s the goal for WHDO-Channel 38 (digital channel 42). The plan for the station is to produce a schedule of all local shows and to broadcast them in HD. Some…

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New NBC station cutting into WESH’s territory

Roger Simmons, September 23, 2008

WESH’s reach north is going to be diminished soon when Gainesville gets its own NBC affiliate. WNBW-DT 9 is scheduled to officially go on the air on Jan. 1 — but it has already been testing its signal (see the image to the left). Gainesville has had its own ABC…

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O-Town anchor gets digital for Web site

Roger Simmons, October 22, 2007

Some quick hits to start the week … As WESH prepares to go HD, one of its anchors has already been digitized. Wendy Chioji is the surprise tour guide for the Florida High Tech Corridor Web site. As you poke around the site, you can always call Wendy back to…

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More on WESH 2 in HD: The press release

Roger Simmons, October 18, 2007

Here’s WESH’s press release about launching its news in HD on Nov. 1.   On November 1, WESH 2 News will begin broadcasting all newscasts in high definition. In addition to high definition studio cameras and a state-of-the art graphics package, the WESH 2 Weather Plus team will begin utilizing…

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WESH 2 News going to HD on Nov. 1

Roger Simmons, October 18, 2007

 Can becoming the second station in Orlando to go to high definition for news boost WESH’s ratings? The station thinks so. “To me, it’s a substantial competitive advantage over those who are not HD,” WESH General Manager Bill Bauman told the Orlando Sentinel. Market-leader WFTV switched to HD for Eyewitness…

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