Here the long-awaited news for those using over-the-air antennas.   Buffalo's Ch.s 4 (WIVB) and 23 (WNLO) have completed tower work and the new antenna has been installed at the top of the tower.   Ongoing disruptions today (Thursday May 28th) as the tower crews remove "rigging" that was used to hoist the antenna to the top of the tower (and new transmission lines) but you should see an improvement later today if not this weekend.   Power increase & significantly greater antenna height will be implemted.  Preliminary measurements suggest parity with WGRZ - nice broad beamwidth.  

This should solve a lot of problems for Big Yellow Board readers.  WKBW's installation of the new antenna has been delayed because its "copter crew" was dispatched to California to fight brush fires.   Maybe another month before they implement changes. (power increase and return to the top of the tower).  WUTV - Fox 29's tower relocation has also been delayed, but they are using the old WNLO tower on Grand Island - so you won't seem much of a change - perhaps a slight bump in signal when they relocate to the (old) WUTV tower.  That will also impact the signal for Ch. 49 (WNYO) - when it relocates to the WUTV tower.

One last "musical chairs/channels" to take place soon.  WBXZ-LD "channel 56" which has 12 video channels, will relocate from its current RF 17 to RF 23.   It is a very low powered station, so very few people are likely to pick it up on a regular basis.  That relocation could occur within the next month, because Canadian stations will start to migrate to their "new" assignments shortly.  CIII-Toronto (Global) will move to Ch. 17 by July.

Last edited by tvguy (May 28, 2020 3:26 pm)