When will NYC locals move to spot beam?

[rolou21]

When will all the NYC locals (including wing slot 61.5) be moved to the 119/1 spot beam? Thanks.

[scooper]

ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX won't be moving to Spotbeam AT ALL - Dish is still going to be selling them as a national East Network feed. WPIX(WB) and WWOR(UPN) are part of the Superstations package, so they won't be leaving CONUS beams anytime soon, either (as long as E* plans on offering Superstations, anyway). The rest of the NY stations - who knows (or cares, for that matter) ? I would bet on more locals (say, HARTFORD) before the extra NY stations leave the 61.5 ghetto.

[bryan27]

And you never know. PBS National could go away and be replaced by WNET as a PBS distant. UPN and WB could become national networks and WWOR & WPXI could be used as UPN & WB distants.

I doubt that the remaining NYC locals will be going to a spot on 119. The additional locals probably will go to the 110 spot beam.

[Geronimo]

I am not sure that ANY locals will leave the side slots.

[AJ2086]

Why cant you get national WB and UPN?

[scooper]

Becaus the WB and UPN DON'T meet the FCC requirements for a Network. Using the E* Superstations package is as close as you can get.