FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
What's that Buzz tell me what's a happening..
DTV is here and your UHF wireless Mic frequencies are leaving.
11/8/98 -- As DTV stations come on the air here in Boston and throughout the country the UHF TV
band will fill up like never before displacing many low power TV stations and almost all
of the Part15 users including UHF wireless Mic's.
3/22/99 -- Local update: Ch42 WHDH-TV daily testing
Well last week it got me... 3/4 of the way through a St. Patrick's Day
morning broadcast with Karlson and McKenzie two of the four wireless mics started going to
unsquelched static for no apparent reason. I later found out that it was the beginning of
WHDH DTV's testing on channel 42. I had no idea they where so close but it appears they
are up with daily test with a May 1st expected full-time sign on.
4/27/99 -- Local update: Ch42 WHDH-DTV full time 10hrs a day
Ch30 WBZ-DTV testing on by May10
Ch31 WFXT-DTV testing
4/27/99 -- Boston
Globe Article
3/19/01 New FCC proposals
would take huge amounts of wireless mic spectrum
FCC
moves to clear TV spectrum for wireless ch52-59 698Mhz-746Mhz
and ch60-69 746Mhz-806Mhz wow!
11/14/02
from:
http://www.fybush.com/nerw.html#ma
More TV news: WCEA-LP, displaced from channel 19 by WGBH-DT, has lost its bid to
move to channel 3, with the FCC dismissing its application for that low
frequency after receiving petitions to deny (we'd guess from WBZ, WGBH and WFSB,
perhaps?) WCEA-LP now has a new application in to move to channel 58 with 5 kW
visual, but that channel will also have to change in a few years when the FCC
removes channels 52-69 from TV service.
02/24/03 from:
http://www.fybush.com/nerw-030224.html
On the TV side, the FCC granted a license to cover this week for WHDN-LP
(Channel 26), a new Boston LPTV licensed to one Guenter Marksteiner of Florida.
WHDN-LP was formerly W26CM and before that W23AM, licensed to Laconia NH. It
looks as though WHDN-LP will be transmitting from a building near the Fleet
Center in the old West End - possibly the roof of the Tip O'Neill Federal
Building - with 8200 watts into a directional antenna.
How's it look here in the Boston area for UHF
today (updated 6/10/2004)
* new
Ch 14 |
Public Safety and Commercial Two-way (BAPERN etc) |
470-476 |
Ch 15 |
W1BK Hanover NH, DTV for Berlin
NH ch40 |
476-482 |
Ch 16 |
Public Safety and Commercial Two-way (NEMLECetc)-WIBC Littleton NH translator for WMUR
|
482-488 |
Ch 17 |
WPXQ TV for Block Isl. RI Ch 69 |
488-494 |
Ch 18 |
*Construction Permit Lawrence MA 1280ft 1,000kw,
W18BO Pittsburg NH WENH translator |
494-500 |
Ch 19 |
WGBH-DT
DTV for WGBH Ch2,
|
500-506 |
Ch 20 |
WCVB-DT
DTV for Ch5 ABC |
506-512 |
Ch 21 |
WSBE-DT
DTV for Providence Ch36 PBS, WPXG-TV
Concord/Manchester NH
PAX, |
512-518 |
Ch 22 |
DTV for New Bedford Ch28 WLWC,
WWLP-TV Springfield MA NBC |
518-524 |
Ch 23 |
WUTF-DT
DTV for Malborough
WUTF Ch66, WRIWlp Providence RI |
524-530 |
Ch 24 |
WFXZ-CA
90kw 0ft Needham
(MTV2videos) was WVXN-CA 26kw 0ft Needham
(MTV2videos) |
530-536 |
Ch 25 |
WFXT-TV
Needham FOX25 |
536-542 |
Ch 26 |
future WHDN-LP 8200 watts near
Fleet Center 3/1/03 |
542-548 |
Ch 27 |
WUNI Worcester,
W27BL Berlin NH 1.81kw WMUR-TV9/ABC |
548-554 |
Ch 28 |
WLWC-TV
New Bedford 751' 5000 kw UPN28 |
554-560 |
Ch 29 |
WUNI-DT
DTV for Worcester
Ch27 46kw,W29AT Manchester
NHWYCN-LP Religious, WMUR-LP Littleton NH 9.86kw
ABC |
560-566 |
Ch 30 |
WBZ-DT DTV
for Ch4 WBZ CBS |
566-572 |
Ch 31 |
WFXT-D
DTV for Boston Ch25 WFXT |
572-578 |
Ch 32 |
construction permit WBPX-DT DTV for Boston Ch68
WBPX (needham) WTMU-LP Boston Telemundo (on Pru 800' 12.5
kw) see ch60., |
578-584 |
Ch 33 |
W33AK
Nashua NH .735kw WYCN-LP Religious, WPXG-DT Concord/Manchester NH DTV for
WPXG Ch21 PAX , WFSB-DT Avon CT CBS |
584-590 |
Ch 34 |
WNEU-DT
DTV for Merrimack/Manchester NH Ch60
Telemundo, WCRN-lp Leicester
America's Store |
590-596 |
Ch 35 |
WNDS-DT for Derry NH Ch50 WNDS
|
596-602 |
Ch 36 |
WSBE-TV Providence 597' 1230 kw
PBS |
602-608 |
Ch 37 |
(TV
37 (608-614 MHz) cannot be used for wireless in the USA.) |
608-614 |
Ch 38 |
WSBK Boston
UPN, W38CB Littleton NH WMUR
translator ABC |
614-620 |
Ch 39 |
WSBK-DT
DTV for Boston Ch 38 WSBK, W39AR Concord NH |
620-626 |
Ch 40 |
W40BO
Boston 20kw WPBX60 (ShopNBC), DTV for Vinyard Haven Ch58,
WGGB-TV Springfield Fox |
626-632 |
Ch 41 |
WLVI-DT DTV
for Boston Ch 56 WLVI |
632-638 |
Ch 42 |
WHDH-DT
DTV for Boston Ch 7 WHDH |
638-644 |
Ch 43 |
WGBX-DT
DTV for Boston Ch 44 WGBX |
644-650 |
Ch 44 |
WGBX Boston |
650-656 |
Ch 45 |
|
656-662 |
Ch 46 |
WWDP Norwell
(Shop NBC) 351ft 501kw |
662-668 |
Ch 47 |
Construction Permit for WYDN-DT
DTV for Worcester Ch 48 (religious) |
668-674 |
Ch 48 |
WYDN-TV
Worcester MA Full power now (religious), WLNE-lp Providence RI,
WLED-DT DTV for
LittletonNH Ch49 PBS |
674-680 |
Ch 49 |
WLNE-DT
DTV for New Bedford Ch 6, WEKW-DT DTV for KeeneNH
Ch52 PBS, WLED-TV Littleton NH PBS |
680-686 |
Ch 50 |
WNDS Derry NH, WRIW-LP Providence 18.4
kw (directional) |
686-692 |
Ch 51 |
WJAR-DT
DTV for Providence RI Ch 10 NBC, |
692-698 |
Ch 52 |
WWDP-DT
DTV for Norwell
WWDP Ch46, WEKW Keene, NH PBS |
698-704 |
Ch 53 |
|
704-710 |
Ch 54 |
Construction Permit for WNAC-DT DTV for
Providence Ch 64 |
710-716 |
Ch 55 |
WGGB-DT
DTV for Springfield Ch 40 FOX |
716-722 |
Ch 56 |
WLVI Cambridge
TheWB |
722-728 |
Ch 57 |
WDNH-DT
DTV for Durham/Manchester NH Ch
11, WGBY-TV Springfield PBS |
728-734 |
Ch 58 |
WCEA-LP Boston (on Pru800' 5 kw ),
WDPX Vineyard Haven PAX
502ft 1,665kw ,
WGBY-DT DTV
for Sprinfield Ch 57 |
734-740 |
Ch 59 |
WMUR-DT
DTV for Manchester NH Ch 9, WDPX-TV Vineyard Haven
PAX |
740-746 |
Ch 60 |
WPXB Merrimack/Manchester NH
Telemundo |
746-752 |
Ch 61 |
|
752-758 |
Ch 62 |
WMFP Lawrence
610ft 5,000kw Shop at Home |
758-764 |
Ch 63 |
|
764-770 |
Ch 64 |
WNAC-TV
Providence FOX, |
770-776 |
Ch 65 |
WDMR-LP Springfield 31.2kw Telemundo |
776-782 |
Ch 66 |
WUTF Marlborough
TeleFutura |
782-788 |
Ch 67 |
WMPX-LP Dennis
Pax |
788-794 |
Ch 68 |
WBPX Boston
Pax |
794-800 |
Ch 69 |
WPXQ-TV
Block Island RI PAX, W69DG Clermont NH 1.5kw
WBVTLP-39 UPN69 |
800-806 |
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