WPXX Memphis PAX 50

[olemiss78]

Lyngsat shows that WPXX on Directv. It is not. Does anyone know when or if it will be on DirecTV? It would be nice to see the Grizzlies games!

[Msguy]

Living in a county in northern Mississippi that is covered by the Memphis, Tennessee Local Channel Market on Direc Tv. I have often wondered if Direc Tv would ever add WPXX Pax Channel 50 from Memphis to the Local Memphis Channel Lineup. It would be a great addition and they do broadcast some Memphis Grizzlies basketball games during the NBA season. :)

[Nagaflas]

Living in a county in northern Mississippi that is covered by the Memphis, Tennessee Local Channel Market on Direc Tv. I have often wondered if Direc Tv would ever add WPXX Pax Channel 50 from Memphis to the Local Memphis Channel Lineup. It would be a great addition and they do broadcast some Memphis Grizzlies basketball games during the NBA season. :)

I also saw it on Lyngsat's website. Since it apparently has a slot on the 101 satellite, it must be coming soon.

The FCC last year told DirecTV that they had to provide PAX affiliates. The national feed on 255 is simply not good enough. DirecTV is trying to weasle(sp) out of providing the local PAX affiliates, claiming that by doing so, they would be forced to carry "unwanted" channels.

I would simply <<hate>> to miss Grizzlies games.

[Greg Bimson]

I don't know if DirecTV is trying to weasel out of carrying these stations.

I heard over at DBSForums regarding WXPX, the PAX affiliate in the Tampa DMA, that DirecTV is waiting for a quality signal. The same probably goes for Orlando, Nashville, and Memphis.

Your best bet, if you want the channel carried, is to call the channel. See where they stand. The station's engineer will know more about why DirecTV isn't carrying the channel than what DirecTV CSR's will be able to say.

[Nagaflas]

I don't know if DirecTV is trying to weasel out of carrying these stations.

I heard over at DBSForums regarding WXPX, the PAX affiliate in the Tampa DMA, that DirecTV is waiting for a quality signal. The same probably goes for Orlando, Nashville, and Memphis.

Your best bet, if you want the channel carried, is to call the channel. See where they stand. The station's engineer will know more about why DirecTV isn't carrying the channel than what DirecTV CSR's will be able to say.

Come to think of it, the over-the-air signal of WPXX is kind of weak, so this may indeed be the case. But on Time Warner cable, the signal looks fine.

Is it possible, since PAX stations around the country primarily air identical programming, that they could spot-beam the local content onto channel 255, like the grizzlies games, without having to add the entire channel?

[Brett]

DirecTV is also not yet carrying the Scranton PAX affiliate. The Paxson owned station is licensed to Scranton itself.

Most of the local PAX affiliates have some local commercials also. Pax wants the local affiliates having more exposure. When Pax sells its stations(which it plans on doing...they have put themselves for sale), the station value worth is increased if it has both cable and DBS carriage in the market.

The national Pax TV feed will have 0 worth, and any sell off of stations in the major markets is death to Pax. Pax TV= Here you have a station group of 50+ local channels, that hardly anybody watches, that produces no local programming in most markets and ignores that city of license, but narrowcasts runs infomercials, over 12 hours a day. Very commercial. In the major markets, its a faceless station run by the NBC affiliate through a joint marketing agreement.

One looks at Pax and sees what they use but that wasnt the intent. Mustcarry isnt about diversity, or providing multiple voices in a market really, or preserving local television the way PAX interprets it. Its about corporate profit. Because of the limited number of licenses in a given market and allowed duopolies, Paxson will earn money selling off of their stations, far more than what they paid for. NBC can block the sale of Pax stations in the top 20 markets now. Viacom NewsCorp and others want some duopolies, but can't them quite quickly atleast not from Paxson in the major markets. But, NBC has until the end of the year until its agreement is over with them.

[music_beans]

Well, PAX may never make it and become another shopping channel! :D

On the other hand, they could sell it to General Electric (owners of NBC) and try to revive it.

[Nagaflas]

DirecTV is also not yet carrying the Scranton PAX affiliate. The Paxson owned station is licensed to Scranton itself.

Most of the local PAX affiliates have some local commercials also. Pax wants the local affiliates having more exposure. When Pax sells its stations(which it plans on doing...they have put themselves for sale), the station value worth is increased if it has both cable and DBS carriage in the market.

The national Pax TV feed will have 0 worth, and any sell off of stations in the major markets is death to Pax. Pax TV= Here you have a station group of 50+ local channels, that hardly anybody watches, that produces no local programming in most markets and ignores that city of license, but narrowcasts runs infomercials, over 12 hours a day. Very commercial. In the major markets, its a faceless station run by the NBC affiliate through a joint marketing agreement.

One looks at Pax and sees what they use but that wasnt the intent. Mustcarry isnt about diversity, or providing multiple voices in a market really, or preserving local television the way PAX interprets it. Its about corporate profit. Because of the limited number of licenses in a given market and allowed duopolies, Paxson will earn money selling off of their stations, far more than what they paid for. NBC can block the sale of Pax stations in the top 20 markets now. Viacom NewsCorp and others want some duopolies, but can't them quite quickly atleast not from Paxson in the major markets. But, NBC has until the end of the year until its agreement is over with them.

Oh, I hear ya. PAX's schedule is almost entirely paid-programming and crappy reruns of "Diagnosis Murder" and "Supermarket Sweep" (which, BTW, actually out-performs the local newscasts in the ratings quite often). All I'm concerned about is the Memphis Grizzlies games which are occasionally booted over to PAX 50. I actually can't stand Paxson's stations.

Hopefully, our NBC affiliate which primarily airs the Grizzlies games, WMC, will sever all times wiht PAX 50 and let the station go up for sale since Memphis is Nielson market #43.

Thanx for the input, y'all.

Leshaun
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