Four Media General stations were scheduled to be back...
Four Media General stations were scheduled to be back on Dish Saturday at 6 a.m. until Sunday, 12:01 a.m. in markets affected by a retransmission dispute with Dish Network. Media General asked Dish Network to restore a number of its…
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stations to provide local TV viewers with important information about Tropical Storm Karen, Media General said in a press release. WJTV, Jackson, Miss.; WHLT, Hattiesburg, Miss.; WKRG, Mobile, Ala.; and WVTM, Birmingham, Ala., will return to the Dish lineup during that period, the broadcaster said. Dish subscribers in markets including Birmingham, Ala., Augusta, Ga., and Raleigh-Durham, N.C., lost Media General broadcasts Oct. 1 (CD Oct 3 p13). The company said it will continue the conversation with Dish to resolve the expired retransmission consent agreement. American Television Alliance urged Media General to restore its signal to Dish Network subscribers in the projected path of the storm. The blackouts come “despite broadcasters’ repeated claims that the retransmission consent system should not be changed because it helps them, in part, provide severe weather information to local communities,” ATVA said in a press release (http://bit.ly/16vweqk). “Yet, with a tropical storm looming over the region and a hurricane watch issued from Louisiana to Florida, Media General continues to black out Dish subscribers.”