DISH may drop the CBS affiliate for the Huntington/Charlston WV market June 30 or July 1
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Sorry, couldn't resist. Been there, done that.
ummm...NASCAR isnt back on Fox til next year
(I guess you are assuming this contract dispute is going to last a while)
Well dish did drop WBOY in Clarksburg WV on Saturday. Dish says WBOY wants a 200% increase in fees, that actually amounts to 2 cents!
I also get WBOY on my OTA tuner and in HD so that is what I use and record off of. I am wondering if the timers I have setup will still fire off since the guide no longer has programing on it. When I look at the timers they are still set to fire but no one at dish can tell me for sure. I know I can convert to a manual and they will work, but why go to the trouble if I don't have to? Does anyone know for sure?
Michael
I also get WBOY on my OTA tuner and in HD so that is what I use and record off of. I am wondering if the timers I have setup will still fire off since the guide no longer has programing on it. When I look at the timers they are still set to fire but no one at dish can tell me for sure. I know I can convert to a manual and they will work, but why go to the trouble if I don't have to? Does anyone know for sure?
Michael
I believe that the timers that were already set before the guide data went away will go via time and channel. Times after the data that was present before the data went away will need manual.
That is what I was hoping and a CSR at Dish thought that also, but you know how informed they are. In any case I will check at the appointed time and report back if it worked.
Michael
Michael
Timers failed as there was nothing to record. Apparently automatic timers are married to the guide. I don't know about manual timers, but I will set one up and see.
Manual timers operate by time and channel. They should be OK. Just to be sure, your old timers were set up on the OTA channel -01, not the Dish -00? Your description "There was nothing to record" would suggest being set to record the now missing Dish -00 channel, not the OTA.
Nope, they have always been set to record the OTA channel as the Dish version is not in HD. We left the timer unchanged but it failed. Manual does work, however. The guide for both channel says "Important press release" so the automatic timers don't see the program they want to record. The manual timers are set to a specific time and channel and will record whatever is on. The title the manual timer records says "Important press release", but the content is what we want. The problem with the manual timers is if the program is late they won't adjust to the time as the automatic ones will do. That makes them a little unreliable. I'm getting tired of Dish fighting with the programmers and we pay the price! I wonder if Direct does the same thing.
Michael
Michael
What do you mean by "moving"? Moving the receiver, moving to Direct TV or moving to a new residence?
Michael
Michael
What he means by "moving" is by changing your physical location address to a different city that has all network stations such as the closest DMA/city that are on Dish. If they catch you doing this then they will turn the channels off.
Wymt
I live about a hour from Hazzard Ky and they won`t give me that station going to call and ask for another CBS station and if they don`t i will go to someone else for tv.
bye then.....it was posted before
Dish cannot import any station into a different market unless that market does not have that affiliate. Retransmission issues do not allow a provider to import a different station
Yes and no.
It's been known to be done. A customer wants a specific set of locals or a regional sports channel so he tells Dish he's moving to new address where those channels are available. "No tech visit needed, he can move his equipment and set it up himself." Dish reprograms his account and voila! Like said before, if they catch on, they'll put him back where he belongs. It is not exactly within the rules.
mmcl26554 said:
No, many around here have done so, and it's talk that although frowned upon by some, is not forbidden talk here. All of you were upset, so I provided an option that I've heard worked for others in the past. As said before, the ramification is they move you back.
Here is their newscast that I recorded the day before their removal from Dish Network. A bit of a glitch if you ask me. WOWKTV13.3gp - YouTube
