Putting HDTV on the map in Oklahoma

Neilson reports on its blog that on average stations lost eight percent share following the digital transition due in large part to TVs that weren’t ready. Stations that switched from UHF to VHF lost 13 percent share right after the transition.

Read: Nielsen: Stations Lost 8% In DTV Switch »

Today is the day!. I believe KOCO analog is going to go off the air at 9AM today. I am not sure about the other stations, so let us know what is going on out there.

Read: Analog Cut Off Today »

The final DTV cutoff is tomorrow. It is about time. Newsok.com had an article about the DTV transition tomorrow.

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While watching my recording of ABC’s This Week…, I noticed that KOCO’s crawl about the DTV transition mentioned parts of several counties that may lose its signal when its analog signal is terminated at 9 a.m. on June 12, 2009: southern Garvin, northern Stephens, southwestern Grady, northeastern Comanche, southwestern Caddo, northeastern Washita and eastern [...]

Read: KOCO’s crawl predicts loss of signal »

At 9 AM today OETA stations KWET and KOET have ceased analog broadcasting.

Read: KWET and KOET Cease Analog Broadcasting »

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced today that the backlog for digital television converter box coupon requests had been cleared and that the government now had sufficient funding to send out more.
via DTV Coupons Are Here Again – Gadgetwise Blog – NYTimes.com.

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How well are you receiving the VHF channels in Oklahoma City after the DTV transition?

Read: Post-transition Experiences with KWTV-DT and KETA-DT in OKC »

Now that KSWO has vacated channel 7 at midnight last night, has anyone noticed any change in the KOCO-DT reception? Has it got better, worse, or the same? Take a look at your DTV signal strength meter if you have one on your equipment.

Read: KOCO-DT KSWO Channel 7 Post DTV Transition »

The time has finally come for the 1st part of the DTV transition to now become reality. If you have a digital tv or a converter you will need to do a rescan for digital tv channels today.
In the Oklahoma City area KWTV-DT is moving its DTV channel from 39 to 9 at 1:00 PM. [...]

Read: Feb 17th DTV Transion is Here »

According to the official Excel file released today from the FCC, the following stations will continue to run analog transmitters after next Tuesday…
Oklahoma City

KFOR-TV
KOCO-TV
KOPX-TV
KSBI-TV
KTBO-TV
KTUZ-TV

Tulsa

KTPX-TV
KJRH-TV
KOKI-TV
KTUL-TV

Sherman, TX-Ada, OK

KTEN-TV

The other stations that cover Oklahoma, 16 of 28 stations, notified the FCC by last Friday that they would cut off their analog signals on the original cutoff date of [...]

Read: FCC Releases Official List of Stations Terminating Analog Broadcasts »

KWTV has started a crawl at the bottom of their picture stating that they will cease analog broadcasting at 1:00 PM February 17, 2009.

Read: KWTV Starts DTV Crawl »

The Oklahoman is reporting that OKC stations KFOR, KWTV, KOCO, KOKH and OETA will shutdown their analog transmitter on February 17th as planned. KWSO in Lawton will also will shutdown their analog transmitter.
NOTE: KOCB will shutdown their analog transmitter as well.
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In another article things are less clear in Tulsa. KOTV is the only [...]

Read: DTV Switch Articles on Newsok.com »

Confusion reigns following house vote to delay DTV transition until June 12th.

Read: House DTV vote introduces uncertainty »

Congress passed today a bill that would change the DTV transition date from February 17th to June 12th. President Obama said he plans to sign the bill. I believe most stations in Oklahoma will still cut off their analog transmitter on February 17th anyways.

Read: Congress Passes DTV Delay Bill »

TBN’S KDOR CHANNEL 17 COMPLETES ITS TRANSITION TO DIGITAL WITH THE SIGN ON OF ITS FULL POWER DIGITAL TRANSMITTER
Today, January 28, 2009, KDOR-DT 17 Bartlesville/Tulsa began broadcasting on their digital post-transition Channel 17. Viewers in Northeast Oklahoma and Southeast Kansas with digital converter boxes or digital televisions (using an over the air antenna) may now [...]

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