THE PENDING SNOW!

   WEDNESDAY, JULY 31ST., 2019
          THE PENDING SNOW! 

    Sorry to have to tell you but some
of you, right here in the area, may be
seeing some snow tomorrow, August
1st!
     In the broadcasting business the
two things you don't want are "dead
air" and, on TV, snow!
      "Snow" as it pertains to TV is
that screen filled with nothing but
millions of black and white dots
and no programming.
      As of August 1st those
secondary channels offered by
the local stations, like WNEP2,
and METV, are going to be
changing the frequencies on which
they operate. If you don't tune to
their new frequencies, you'll likely
see "snow."
      It brings to mind the time my
old employer, WYOU, fired up a
new transmitter in Mountaintop.
      They made a big announcement
about our powerful new transmitter
and how they'd switch to it during
the 6pm news.
       Unfortunately someone forgot
to coordinate the switch with local
cable companies so, when they
threw the switch half our audience
lost the signal completely!
       If you receive your television
on an antenna you'll have to allow
your set to scan available channels.
It should find those new frequencies
automatically.
      And those old frequencies....well
you'll probably still be using them!
They're now going to be used for
Cell Phone service!
      Hope you'll re-tune and that
all your NEWS is good!