LA networks off air

[karspur]

Was wathching the news on KABC-HD when it went to a yellow screen. Tried the SD feed and it had a purple screen. Checked other channels and found that all four networks with the same problem. Now there is a Dish screen showing there is a problem. Any news on what the problem is?

 

[rad]

Network news earlier was showing the brush fires in the LA area getting very close to the top of the mountain where all the stations broadcast from. Maybe the fire finaly overtook the area?

 

[dlp1000]

Mount Wilson hosts 22 TV stations.

As a guess, there is a huge fire up in that area which is causing the signal to Dish Network to be unreliable... Over the air channels are still coming through, so they probably switched to a different transmitter...

 

[dlp1000]

Ohh... it is only HD channels from LA which are down... the SD channels are still working.

 

[karspur]

SD is back now, it was off also.

 

[jmccurrytech]

Channels 77-80 are out via AAD

 

[Slamminc11]

Just waiting for someone to blame Dish and Charlie for the brush fires and channels being down. Who's leaving because of it???? Come on, someone out there wants to!

 

[goaliebob99]

Just waiting for someone to blame Dish and Charlie for the brush fires and channels being down. Who's leaving because of it???? Come on, someone out there wants to!

Damit charlie bring my channels back! oh wait my locals are from CHICAGO! Ugggh!

 

[jmccurrytech]

Got all 4 Networks in HD back as of 9:23PM Eastern

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Alright guys. Stop the flaming and personal attacks please.

 

[ehren]

boooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[DodgerKing]

There is a huge fire in La Canada Flintridge which sits at the base/foothills of Mt, Wilson. Highway 2, the Angeles Crest Highway were a lot of movies are filled (such as the mountain case scene in Mission Impossible), is the main highway up to Mt. Wilson were the fire originated.

Mt. Wilson is not that high up (only about 1/2 of the elevation of the highest peaks in the San Gabriels), but it has one of the best broadcast locations to most of SoCal.

 

[DodgerKing]

The fires is expected to reach the towers by noon. They say those with satellite or cable should not be effected since uplink occurs from another source.

The bigger issue is that these are also the main communication towers as well. Cellphone towers and even more importantly, antennas used by emergency personnel.

Those outside of the LA market that have KTLA through the supperstation package or other LA networks through a DNS service can watch the fire live as it approaches the antennas.

 

[Mr Tony]

Those outside of the LA market that have KTLA through the supperstation package or other LA networks through a DNS service can watch the fire live as it approaches the antennas.

yep been watching it during the day on KTLA

 

[jmccurrytech]

KTTV had some extended coverage today, I wonder if AAD uses OTA for their LA big 4? I don't watch the Superstation channels much, the SD makes my eyes hurt

 

[navychop]

From CNN I gather the fire has not reached the antennas/observatory yet. Any better local info available?

 

[jmccurrytech]

I'm watching the 4pm news on KABC Channel 77, they haven't mentioned Mount Wilson yet.

 

[Hemi 6.1]

My Channel KTTV Fox HD is working. So is my KGO ABC in San Fran, as well as my KTLA.
But I hope they don't go out.

 

[DodgerKing]

Haven't reached yet. They were expecting winds to push it towards the towers but the winds have not yet kicked up, so the fire is moving much slower.

Here is a live webcam of the broadcast towers.

Live Web Cam Big Look - Mt. Wilson Observatory Live Webcam

and here

http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~obs/towercam.htm#imagetop

 

[DodgerKing]

My Channel KTTV Fox HD is working. So is my KGO ABC in San Fran, as well as my KTLA.
But I hope they don't go out.

How do you get KTTV, it is not part of the superstation package?