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ABC: We'll Work With FCC On WLS, WPVI DTV Issues

Chicago, Philly Stations Have Insufficient Power Allocation

John Eggerton -- Multichannel News, 6/15/2009 12:19:48 AM

ABC will be working with the FCC to try and fix the reception problems at WPVI Philadelphia as well as WLS Chicago, said a spokeswoman for the ABC-owned station group.

"We always believed that we were givn an insufficient power allocation and we will work closely with the FCC to aleviate the situation," said WLS-TV President and General Manager Emily Barr. Julie Hoover, a spokeswoman for the ABC station group, said the situation is the same in Philadelphia.

FCC staffer Bob Radcliffe said at a press conference Saturday that the FCC was aware of WLS's difficulties of getting into some downtown homes and high-rises. He did not cite WPVI, but said the FCC was doing some field analysis of how VHF stations "are experiencing problems in big cities." He said he has talked with stations and the commission is trying to figure out how to "adjust the technical parameters of these stations to improve their service in the cities."

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• Remember VSWR? (Voltage to Standing Wave Ratio) Degraded signal due to refected power and Bianary Code can not co-exist the end result is pixalating and freezing of Digital Video. The cause can be any of a thousand or more sources. Buildings and structures between the transmitter and reciever, Impeadance miss-match of the receiving antena or feed wire or just age and exposure to the eliments. increasing power may help some but in mant cases will make the effect worse.

  
  Gary Roberts - 6/15/2009 7:51:21 AM EDT
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