UNI MAS TV TRANSMITTER BEND FOR FREE
"The number is rising pretty quickly as folks are cutting the cord and want to be able to continue to get local news, local weather, emergency alerts and local programming, which they can do with a relatively inexpensive antenna for free over the air," Kiddoo told public radio. In the Portland market it was 15.6 percent and the Seattle market measured at 8.5 percent.
UNI MAS TV TRANSMITTER BEND TV
Earlier this year, TV ratings provider Nielsen estimated anywhere from 5 to 25 percent of metropolitan households have at least one TV hooked to an antenna. The number of viewers who watch local channels using a rooftop or indoor antenna varies from area to area. There is a budget for that because a 2017 auction of the airwaves to be freed up generated more than $19 billion in winning bids from wireless companies. The FCC will reimburse them for the costs of moving, including for the expense of a new transmitter or tower in some cases. Kiddoo said the broadcast stations that had to change frequencies were compensated for their trouble. "If you haven’t rescanned a TV in a while and you're using an antenna, chances are there are more stations on it than you knew you had because new stations are coming on line," Kiddoo observed. Whether or not your favorite local TV stations moved to new homes this month, the FCC said it’s a good idea for over-the-air TV viewers to periodically rescan. The PBS station will switch to a new transmitter and antenna with a stronger signal on Nov. In the Tri-Cities region, KVEW 42 and KTNW (PBS) 31 are affected. In Bellingham, KVOS 12 changed its frequency. Owned by Entravision Communications, it is a sister station to low-powered Univision affiliate KEUS-LD (channel 41).
In Seattle, KOMO 4, KING 5, KIRO 7, KZJO 22, KUNS 51 and a trio of religious stations were affected. KANG-LD, virtual channel 31 (UHF digital channel 21), is a low-power UniMás-affiliated station licensed to San Angelo, Texas, United States.
In Portland, KATU 2, KOIN 6, KNMT 24 and a couple of low-power independent channels moved to new spots on the airwaves. The frequency switchovers happened in the middle of the night last weekend in Seattle, and earlier this month in Portland. The channel number actually shown on screen - the old, familiar broadcast brands - will not change. That will retrain a TV to find local broadcast channels at their new digital frequencies. She recommended consumers run the scan or "auto tune" command on their TVs or digital converter boxes.
Kiddoo said there is an uncomplicated fix for antenna-TV viewers who are seeing a blue or blank screen all of a sudden because of the channel "repacking" process.
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