Some news from the television broadcasting world as it's announced that Dothan will be picking up its own NBC affiliate. It's expected to debut this fall on analog low power translator WDON-LP.
Yes, that's right, a low power analog translator. Those of you using OTA who were hoping for a local signal to catch NBC in glorious high definition are going to be out of luck for now.
The translator originally carried TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network), a religious network. The translator, known then as W41BN, was donated along with hundreds of other TBN properties to the MMTC (Minority Media and Telecommunications Council), who turned around and sold this and a few other small market translators to a new company called New Moon Communications. New Moon is planning on launching NBC in several small markets, detailed in the link, above.
As a translator the station will not have must carry rights on local cable outlets, so there's no guarantee they'll replace Dothan's current NBC outlets on cable, WSFA from Montgomery and WJHG from Panama City. But if they do, Dothan cable viewers may lose their HDTV feeds of NBC unless New Moon applies for a digital permit.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment