Does anyone know of TV stations in the Boston and Providence markets going off the air or channel sharing with other stations as a result of the spectrum reclamation and repacking? I know of WBIN going off the air, and WLVI moving to sister station WNAC's frequency as additional subchannels.
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Spectrum Reclamation in Boston-Providence markets
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Yes, I meant WHDH; WNAC is FOX 64 in Providence. Merging the Boston and Providence markets into one would add many add many new network stations to the cable and satellite systems throughout parts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire: ABC on chs 5, 6, and 9; CBS on chs 4 and 12; NBC on chs 10 and 60;, PBS on chs 2, 11, 36, and 44; CW on chs 28 and 56; MY on chs 38 and 64.2; and other stations. The over the air signals of Boston and Providence area stations significantly overlap each others' markets.
When I was younger and would visit my grandmother up in Canton, MA, her cable system had all the Boston & Providence stations on cable and that was before digital cable. I remember as a child in Stoughton, before I moved to the Philly area, we could get all the Providence & Boston stations with rabbit ears. Both of those towns are in Norfolk County and only now have Boston stations on the Comcast & FiOS lineups. When did they take Providence off cable on the South Shore?
Probably right after they merge Washington and Baltimore. In other words, don't hold your breath.
I lived in Norfolk County growing up and before cable the rabbit ears would pick up Providence channels. (Sometimes they still do) With cable we got New Hampshire channels, which I am pretty much sure is because the DMA is Boston/Manchester. It was wild. The ads were different and Providence always seemed like a more natural fit than southern New Hampshire. I'm surprised your grandmother was getting Providence channels on cable in Canton.
The Providence channels were there probably in the late 80s, early 90s. It was probably the syndex rules that did in the Providence channels on cable in Norfolk County. The Boston stations probably asked the cable co. to remove them. I guess they weren't significantly watched. We had WWOR & WPIX on cable down here in Philly and those rules blacked out those stations half the time.
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20170413/ri-pbs-to-receive-944-million-for-auction-of-signal
Looks like WSBE will sell its spectrum. Any speculation on where it may end up? Many of the Providence channels already have 2 or more multichannels in addition to their main channel. This is probably why WSBK's new DTV channel will be 21.
Looks like WSBE will sell its spectrum. Any speculation on where it may end up? Many of the Providence channels already have 2 or more multichannels in addition to their main channel. This is probably why WSBK's new DTV channel will be 21.
It will move to Ch 2, and it is hard to imagine how bad the signal will be.
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