Re: [IRCA] TV deadline

[Scott Fybush <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick Martin wrote:
> Scott,
> 
> Any word on translators?

Translators and LPTVs are not subject to the Feb. 2009 deadline, and 
will be able to continue broadcasting in analog for at least a little 
while longer, as long as they're "in-core," that is, on channels 2-51. 
(A firm date for an analog sunset for translators and LPTVs hasn't been 
set yet.)

Translators and LPTVs that are out of core (channesl 52-69) will have to 
vacate those channels by 2009. Many have already secured CPs to move 
into the core.

I saw my first DTV translator in Montana en route from IRCA in Salt Lake 
to WTFDA/NRC in Boise - KTVM, the NBC station in Butte, operates both an 
analog and a digital LP relay in Bozeman. It's my understanding that 
much of the huge Utah translator network for the Salt Lake TV stations 
is, or will soon be, all-digital. I wouldn't be surprised if other large 
statewide translator networks, like the ones fed from the Portland or 
Reno/Vegas stations, follow suit pretty quickly.

s
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