WRAL, WRAZ off Dish menu in North Carolina

[Tar Heel]

One station (WTVD) wasn't coming in consistently with the antenna, so a tech came back and mounted the antenna that was in our living room on our roof. Now, all of the stations (except the ION station, which I don't care about) come in clearly. So, I've canceled the local channels via Dish. The tradeoff for saving the $12 a month is the loss of Primetime Anytime and I can only watch/record TWO local channels at the same time. Neither is a big deal for us.

 

[lgb0250]

Still no resolution after 4 months! Luckily I receive strong OTA signal.

 

[Tampa8]

I have been experimenting with our usual recordings to see if losing the locals vs two tuner OTA would work. The problem is with CBS, who starts ALL their shows two minutes ahead of the hour, which too often creates timer conflicts, or you adjust and then miss part of a show.

That is not happening here on CBS.

 

[Dudleydog73]

Still no resolution after 4 months! Luckily I receive strong OTA signal.

Yep, I am beginning to doubt we will get these back. At least they have the strongest OTA signal of any of the stations around here.

 

[Howard Simmons]

Yep, I am beginning to doubt we will get these back. At least they have the strongest OTA signal of any of the stations around here.

Since they are small time and don't belong to big companies that own a lot of stations I'd say yes.

 

[Dudleydog73]

Since they are small time and don't belong to big companies that own a lot of stations I'd say yes.

Actually just found an update on wral.com from March 5th that states that Dish has stopped communication with them and have not submitted a formal counter offer to their proposal in December. It states that they do not believe that these stations will ever return to Dish and that since there are no active discussions that that is the final update to the saga.

 

[lgb0250]

Actually just found an update on wral.com from March 5th that states that Dish has stopped communication with them and have not submitted a formal counter offer to their proposal in December. It states that they do not believe that these stations will ever return to Dish and that since there are no active discussions that that is the final update to the saga.

No great loss but I do wish I could use the NBC app with my DISH sign in. Evidently it won’t work under the current circumstances!

 

[Tar Heel]

WRAL, WRAZ back on Dish.

WRAL and FOX 50 return to DISH lineup

You deserve to get the NBC, FOX and local news programming that you pay for. Call DISH at 1-800-333-3474 and tell them to return WRAL and FOX 50 to their pay-TV service.

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