DISH Locals Launching in June
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and the locals site is sorta working
ran an address in mankato, MN and got correct info
KEYC CBS
KEYC-DT2 Fox
ABC & NBC from Minneapolis (neighboring market)
Nat'l PBS
But when I run a Glendive, MT location it doesnt show the full info
ran an address in mankato, MN and got correct info
KEYC CBS
KEYC-DT2 Fox
ABC & NBC from Minneapolis (neighboring market)
Nat'l PBS
But when I run a Glendive, MT location it doesnt show the full info
According to the Dish Network locals site it says that the Springfield MA locals are not in hd and it only lists 4 channels but it should be 5. Will this be corrected. Also all of the channel numbers are incorrect.
Your existing version of Americas Top 250 does not include locals or the charge for locals. The new version of the package does. If you do nothing, you will remain local-less and not get the charge. That old version of the package is no longer available to subscribe to, but for those already subscribing they are grandfathered in to it.
I had the same package and had to call this morning to get my locals activated. It did not just happen automatically the way I had expected. I guess Dish is trying not to anger people by just changing their service and adding the new locals charge.
The Dish channel numbers for Utica N.Y. are also incorrect. Ex. 6521 WTVH 5 Syracuse is 6761. I guess it will take awhile They have a channel 62 that does not exist. 2,5,20,and 33 are coming in fine.
I was able to order online and the channels were on in less than ten minutes.
Thanks everyone for your help!
ABC in Albany, Ga. market
Would this indicate that WTXL will be the ABC station used to fill in the Albany, Ga. market? WTVM in Columbus,Ga. is our closest ABC affiliate and they just launched yesterday and they are SV in my county but they launched at 77° in HD and I don't think I can receive that on my 625.
7666WTXL (ABC 27)MPEG2 SD110°W25QPSK (5/6)[SIZE=-2]Spotbeam 03[/SIZE][SIZE=-2]Tallahassee, FL[/SIZE] Not Available
7667WSWG (CBS 44)MPEG2 SD110°W25QPSK (5/6)[SIZE=-2]Spotbeam 03[/SIZE][SIZE=-2]Valdosta, GA[/SIZE] Available
7668WALB (NBC 10)MPEG2 SD110°W25QPSK (5/6)[SIZE=-2]Spotbeam 03[/SIZE][SIZE=-2]Albany, GA[/SIZE] Available
7669WFXL (FOX 31)MPEG2 SD110°W25QPSK (5/6)[SIZE=-2]Spotbeam 03[/SIZE][SIZE=-2]Albany, GA[/SIZE] Available
Would this indicate that WTXL will be the ABC station used to fill in the Albany, Ga. market? WTVM in Columbus,Ga. is our closest ABC affiliate and they just launched yesterday and they are SV in my county but they launched at 77° in HD and I don't think I can receive that on my 625.
7666WTXL (ABC 27)MPEG2 SD110°W25QPSK (5/6)[SIZE=-2]Spotbeam 03[/SIZE][SIZE=-2]Tallahassee, FL[/SIZE] Not Available
7667WSWG (CBS 44)MPEG2 SD110°W25QPSK (5/6)[SIZE=-2]Spotbeam 03[/SIZE][SIZE=-2]Valdosta, GA[/SIZE] Available
7668WALB (NBC 10)MPEG2 SD110°W25QPSK (5/6)[SIZE=-2]Spotbeam 03[/SIZE][SIZE=-2]Albany, GA[/SIZE] Available
7669WFXL (FOX 31)MPEG2 SD110°W25QPSK (5/6)[SIZE=-2]Spotbeam 03[/SIZE][SIZE=-2]Albany, GA[/SIZE] Available
62 is the channel number they use for the national PBS channel (for folks who dont have a PBS in their market)
this stinks. In order to get locals AND the cw in wheeling/steubenville you would have to pay $6 for locals and another $8 for superstations.
So $14 for the privalage of having CW in addition to locals and they're not in HD either.
I don't understand why they couldn't throw in the CW out of pittsburgh since it is significantly viewed and CW is cable only in our locale.
So $14 for the privalage of having CW in addition to locals and they're not in HD either.
I don't understand why they couldn't throw in the CW out of pittsburgh since it is significantly viewed and CW is cable only in our locale.
If you are a new sub locals are included in the package
Supers are $7 and you can order 1 for I think $2. I know last I checked you could get WPIX as example for $1.50 but that went up to $2
CW doesnt qualify as a network for SV...its just the Big 4
Supers are $7 and you can order 1 for I think $2. I know last I checked you could get WPIX as example for $1.50 but that went up to $2
CW doesnt qualify as a network for SV...its just the Big 4
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Yes, I'm surprised that they're not using WTVM or even WSB out of Atlanta, those are the ones the local cable used when I was stationed at MCLB.
They're probably using WTXL because it was already on the spotbeam and therefore not using any extra bandwidth.
I was thinking the same thing Derwin
Looks like Dish is using neighboring locals via whatever spotbeam is closest so they dont need to uplink it twice. I was looking at the markets and I'll use Glendive, MT as an example
cable gives them Billings Fox & ABC (CBS & NBC are local) yet Dish gets Rapid City, SD Fox & ABC
But in some cases they have the locals "split"....new ones on 119 and fill in on 110
Looks like Dish is using neighboring locals via whatever spotbeam is closest so they dont need to uplink it twice. I was looking at the markets and I'll use Glendive, MT as an example
cable gives them Billings Fox & ABC (CBS & NBC are local) yet Dish gets Rapid City, SD Fox & ABC
But in some cases they have the locals "split"....new ones on 119 and fill in on 110
Now that I have the Utica locals do I still have to pay $2.00 for the PBS station? I get it on 249 and 6764.
Also why don't they give me the PBS from Syracuse like they do with the CBS affiliate?
Yes you can drop $2 for the PBS that you pay for. The same channel is now in the locals
As to why they cant import PBS the law doesnt allow them too for some reason.
As to why they cant import PBS the law doesnt allow them too for some reason.
I don't know what happened but this afternoon I was getting WTVH 5 out of Syracuse tonight they switched it to WWNY 7 out of Watertown. According to Dish's website I should be getting Syracuse.
I really don't care which one they use, I just wish they would go ahead and "flip the switch" on one of them. I can pick up WTVM on OTA but can't DVR OTA
Well, it was the Baltimore NBC (WBAL), but overnight it changed and now the dish website is stating that NBC will be coming from Washington DC. Doesn't matter for me really since either one of them is on 110 and the rest of the locals are on 119. Still not gonna help those of us with an EA setup. And based on what i have seen in the uplink center, until they make any of my locals available it looks like the Salisbury DMA will remain the only market with no locals
Up here in Watertown DMA yesterday they switched NBC, originally we were too get WSTM Syracuse a SV station up here but on 110 sat. I don't believe Syracuse spot beam covers all of Watertown DMA. They switched to WKTV, NBC2, Utica. Utica and Watertown are on the same spot on E14. WKTV has never been SV up here.
interesting...
you are right...Syracuse spotbeam doesnt over all of Watertown
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as for WKTV its only SV in Lewis county butits on the same spotbeam as you mentioned. Utica, Watertown and Binghamton are all on same spotbeam
you are right...Syracuse spotbeam doesnt over all of Watertown
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as for WKTV its only SV in Lewis county butits on the same spotbeam as you mentioned. Utica, Watertown and Binghamton are all on same spotbeam
