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Post by x on Jul 26, 2005 0:30:37 GMT -5
I don't think I've ever seen that before. A TV station with a booster? I know the effect that multipath has on video signals, and that must be an issue with putting a booster on the air. With audio it doesn't matter so much, but it makes a difference with video.
Any engineering types want to chime in on this?
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Post by Sailor on Jul 26, 2005 8:23:52 GMT -5
Hey, x, this is not intended as a flame, but a flip joke comment....
"Who cares....TV is just lousy radio with pictures!"
Can you tell I'm a RADIO nut!!!
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Post by JamesAnderson on Jul 26, 2005 9:57:33 GMT -5
Yes, TV stations can now have boosters. This one is known as 'KCSG1'. If they got a second somewhere it would be KCSG2.
As you guess, there are not many yet. I saw a stat about a year ago that said there were only eleven TV boosters approved thus far, this appears to be one of that first batch.
I don't think I've seen even one additional application since I learned there were boosters for TV, so this one is most likely one of the first approved and built.
You probably saw this also, as the station sale documents apparently filed yesterday with the FCC.
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Post by x on Jul 27, 2005 4:52:21 GMT -5
Hey, x, this is not intended as a flame, but a flip joke comment.... "Who cares....TV is just lousy radio with pictures!" Can you tell I'm a RADIO nut!!! I could tell.  I'm a TV nut too. I was just curious about the engineering details.. |
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Post by Sailor on Jul 27, 2005 11:21:54 GMT -5
TV sucks. Most radio sucks too, but Radio has potential, promise, and future. TV is just a mindless waste of electrons dominated by a few content producers who have lost all touch with reality.
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Post by big51unit on Aug 11, 2005 3:19:15 GMT -5
Here's my $0.03 (Hey, I'm worth more than $0.02). I was in So. UT when Mike Golden first put the old KCCZ on the air. They broadcast from Pine Spring Knll which doesn't get into St. George if you're north of about 2nd South. If Bonneville is going to get a decent signal in there they're going to have to do a booster or a translator if they want anyone to get an off-air signal. Or maybe they're just happy being a cable station? They can easily get into the cable company's head end?
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Post by x on Aug 11, 2005 5:27:31 GMT -5
Frankly IMHO anyone who wants to rely on cable/satellite coverage only is being foolish. The over the air market is holding at around 25% of the average audience nationwide, though I don't have numbers for St George (or Salt Lake for that matter). It's the same argument that we've made about the viability of the radio rimshots where the boosters serve the bulk of the listeners. They're at a disadvantage.
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I'm a TV nut too.