WRGB Schenectady, N.Y., wants FCC permission to change channels from 6 to 19. ...
WRGB Schenectady, N.Y., wants FCC permission to change channels from 6 to 19. It’s “the only full-power low-band VHF station” in the market, and “at a distinct competitive disadvantage with respect to viewer reception,” said in a petition for rulemaking…
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posted Thursday to PRM12MB (http://xrl.us/bm69a6). Moving to a UHF channel will let Disney’s WPVI-TV Philadelphia boost power on its Channel 6 “to address reception issues” that began in the 2009 DTV transition, because there won’t be interference with WRGB, the Schenectady station said. It included a statement from the Philadelphia ABC broadcaster backing the move. The Media Bureau’s freeze on DTV channel changes should be lifted in this instance because it’s a “unique situation that presumptively serves the public interest,” WRGB said.