TvPat
10-11-2005, 10:28 PM
Below are the tentative channel designations that Ohio TV stations have selected. They have to give their other channel back. The first number is their current analog channel (NTSC), the second is their current digital (ATSC) channel, and the third is the one they want to keep. If a station is not in the list, such as WKYC in Cleveland, they are waiting for round two.
It looks like most of the stations, including all Columbus stations, are keeping their new digital channel. I imagine there is a high cost involved in changing your digital equipment. The notable exceptions are digital channels above 51 and channels 7 through 13. Channels above 51 have been reallocated to other uses, and channels 7-13 are valuable because of low power consumption.
Channels 2-6 are bad for digital TV because of interference. (Ever run the vacuum cleaner and watch channel 4 or 6?) Channel 6 has the additional burden of FM interference. All original analog channels in that range took their new one. WKYC in Cleveland got the boobie prize. Their analog channel is 3 and their digital channel is 2. They have to wait and see what comes up after everyone else picks.
Notice that all of the stations in the 7-13 range execpt channel 7 in Dayton kept their original analog channel. 75 percent of US TV stations in this range did this. This is because you can cover the same area with less than 10 percent the power of a UHF station.
Originally WSYX/WTTE wanted to keep 36 and 28 as their digital channels and give back 6 and 13. Channel 13 is the most valuable channel in the spectrum, and they would have been fools to give it up. Apparently now they are keeping 13 and 36. The only drawback to channel 13 is that there will also be a channel 13 in Huntington and Toledo, and a channel 12 in Mansfield and Cincinnati.
Here is the list. The complete list can be found at http://www.fcc.gov/dtv
Call City NTSC ATSC Choice
WVPX AKRON 23 59 23
WEAO AKRON 49 50 50
WBNX AKRON 55 30 30
WNEO ALLIANCE 45 46 45
WOUB ATHENS 20 27 27
WBGU BOWLING GREEN 27 56 27
WOUC CAMBRIDGE 44 35 35
WDLI CANTON 17 39 39
WOAC CANTON 67 47 47
WWHO CHILLICOTHE 53 46 46
WLWT CINCINNATI 5 35 35
WCPO CINCINNATI 9 10 10
WKRC CINCINNATI 12 31 12
WCET CINCINNATI 48 34 34
WSTR CINCINNATI 64 33 33
WEWS CLEVELAND 5 15 15
WJW CLEVELAND 8 31 8
WVIZ CLEVELAND 25 26 26
WQHS CLEVELAND 61 34 34
WCMH COLUMBUS 4 14 14
WSYX COLUMBUS 6 13 13
WBNS COLUMBUS 10 21 21
WTTE COLUMBUS 28 36 36
WOSU COLUMBUS 34 38 38
WDTN DAYTON 2 50 50
WHIO DAYTON 7 41 41
WPTD DAYTON 16 58 16
WKEF DAYTON 22 51 51
WRGT DAYTON 45 30 30
WLIO LIMA 35 8 8
WTLW LIMA 44 47 47
WUAB LORAIN 43 28 28
WMFD MANSFIELD 68 12 12
WSFJ NEWARK 51 24 24
WPTO OXFORD 14 28 28
WHCP PORTSMOUTH 30 17 17
WPBO PORTSMOUTH 42 43 43
WGGN SANDUSKY 52 42 42
WOIO SHAKER HEIGHTS 19 10 10
WBDT SPRINGFIELD 26 18 26
WTOV STEUBENVILLE 9 57 9
WTOL TOLEDO 11 17 11
WTVG TOLEDO 13 19 13
WNWO TOLEDO 24 49 49
WGTE TOLEDO 30 29 29
WUPW TOLEDO 36 46 46
WLMB TOLEDO 40 5 5
WFMJ YOUNGSTOWN 21 20 20
WKBN YOUNGSTOWN 27 41 41
WYTV YOUNGSTOWN 33 36 36
WHIZ ZANESVILLE 18 40 40
It looks like most of the stations, including all Columbus stations, are keeping their new digital channel. I imagine there is a high cost involved in changing your digital equipment. The notable exceptions are digital channels above 51 and channels 7 through 13. Channels above 51 have been reallocated to other uses, and channels 7-13 are valuable because of low power consumption.
Channels 2-6 are bad for digital TV because of interference. (Ever run the vacuum cleaner and watch channel 4 or 6?) Channel 6 has the additional burden of FM interference. All original analog channels in that range took their new one. WKYC in Cleveland got the boobie prize. Their analog channel is 3 and their digital channel is 2. They have to wait and see what comes up after everyone else picks.
Notice that all of the stations in the 7-13 range execpt channel 7 in Dayton kept their original analog channel. 75 percent of US TV stations in this range did this. This is because you can cover the same area with less than 10 percent the power of a UHF station.
Originally WSYX/WTTE wanted to keep 36 and 28 as their digital channels and give back 6 and 13. Channel 13 is the most valuable channel in the spectrum, and they would have been fools to give it up. Apparently now they are keeping 13 and 36. The only drawback to channel 13 is that there will also be a channel 13 in Huntington and Toledo, and a channel 12 in Mansfield and Cincinnati.
Here is the list. The complete list can be found at http://www.fcc.gov/dtv
Call City NTSC ATSC Choice
WVPX AKRON 23 59 23
WEAO AKRON 49 50 50
WBNX AKRON 55 30 30
WNEO ALLIANCE 45 46 45
WOUB ATHENS 20 27 27
WBGU BOWLING GREEN 27 56 27
WOUC CAMBRIDGE 44 35 35
WDLI CANTON 17 39 39
WOAC CANTON 67 47 47
WWHO CHILLICOTHE 53 46 46
WLWT CINCINNATI 5 35 35
WCPO CINCINNATI 9 10 10
WKRC CINCINNATI 12 31 12
WCET CINCINNATI 48 34 34
WSTR CINCINNATI 64 33 33
WEWS CLEVELAND 5 15 15
WJW CLEVELAND 8 31 8
WVIZ CLEVELAND 25 26 26
WQHS CLEVELAND 61 34 34
WCMH COLUMBUS 4 14 14
WSYX COLUMBUS 6 13 13
WBNS COLUMBUS 10 21 21
WTTE COLUMBUS 28 36 36
WOSU COLUMBUS 34 38 38
WDTN DAYTON 2 50 50
WHIO DAYTON 7 41 41
WPTD DAYTON 16 58 16
WKEF DAYTON 22 51 51
WRGT DAYTON 45 30 30
WLIO LIMA 35 8 8
WTLW LIMA 44 47 47
WUAB LORAIN 43 28 28
WMFD MANSFIELD 68 12 12
WSFJ NEWARK 51 24 24
WPTO OXFORD 14 28 28
WHCP PORTSMOUTH 30 17 17
WPBO PORTSMOUTH 42 43 43
WGGN SANDUSKY 52 42 42
WOIO SHAKER HEIGHTS 19 10 10
WBDT SPRINGFIELD 26 18 26
WTOV STEUBENVILLE 9 57 9
WTOL TOLEDO 11 17 11
WTVG TOLEDO 13 19 13
WNWO TOLEDO 24 49 49
WGTE TOLEDO 30 29 29
WUPW TOLEDO 36 46 46
WLMB TOLEDO 40 5 5
WFMJ YOUNGSTOWN 21 20 20
WKBN YOUNGSTOWN 27 41 41
WYTV YOUNGSTOWN 33 36 36
WHIZ ZANESVILLE 18 40 40