robmadden1
03-18-09, 06:06 PM
I guess it's really going to happen this time. The FCC has released the dates when area TV stations will cut off analog, in the wake of Congress pushing back the digital deadline from Feb. 17 to June 12. The major commercial network stations in Cincinnati and Dayton (and Louisville & Lexington) will wait until June 12, despite some talk about trying to switch immediately after May sweeps end May 20.
Next to go will be Covington's WCVN-TV (Ch 54) and all of KET on April 16, as previously announced.
Then the Cincinnati, Dayton and Oxford public TV stations -- which are still working out their merger plans -- pull the plug on May 1. The Christian TV programming on Ch 43 in Richmond (WKOI-TV) also will cease analog on May 1. (Digital viewers already know that Ch 43 has aggressively programmed five subchannels.)
Waiting until June 12 are Chs 5, 9, 12 & 19 in Cincinnati, and Chs 2, 7, 22, 26 & 45 in Dayton.
Stations had to give their new transition dates to the FCC by Tuesday. The FCC has posted two lists, those switching early (http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-589A3.pdf) and those waiting until June 12 (http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-589A2.pdf).
Credit: http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=5c49394b12564ab6832411d82ad3a991&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a5c49394b12564ab6832411d82ad3a991 Post%3aa0412639-463a-42b2-8681-67a4858f4ad5&sid=sitelife.cincinnati.com
Next to go will be Covington's WCVN-TV (Ch 54) and all of KET on April 16, as previously announced.
Then the Cincinnati, Dayton and Oxford public TV stations -- which are still working out their merger plans -- pull the plug on May 1. The Christian TV programming on Ch 43 in Richmond (WKOI-TV) also will cease analog on May 1. (Digital viewers already know that Ch 43 has aggressively programmed five subchannels.)
Waiting until June 12 are Chs 5, 9, 12 & 19 in Cincinnati, and Chs 2, 7, 22, 26 & 45 in Dayton.
Stations had to give their new transition dates to the FCC by Tuesday. The FCC has posted two lists, those switching early (http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-589A3.pdf) and those waiting until June 12 (http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-589A2.pdf).
Credit: http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=5c49394b12564ab6832411d82ad3a991&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a5c49394b12564ab6832411d82ad3a991 Post%3aa0412639-463a-42b2-8681-67a4858f4ad5&sid=sitelife.cincinnati.com