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Originally Posted by 1inxs
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Broadcasters should actually be singular.
This broadcaster calls the stations.
MyGainesville.tv and CBSGainesville.com
MY11 is on 28.2, CBS is on 28.1 and NBC is on 9.1 actual and display channel.
The
FCC calls a station and a channel the same thing.
28.2 and 28.1 both have the same call sign and occupy the same data stream from one call sign WGFL using channel 28. 9.1 is another station on channel 9, that uses rf channel 9.
So we can Google back and forth but links to do make anything on the internet absolute.
Point is the distinction has been blurred between station, channel, program.
In the analog days it was easy, there were no virtual channels, and a station was a TV station that broadcast on a designated RF channel per their license.
A TV facility still broadcasts on a single RF channel but may have several networks or program sources on multiple channels or stations depending on who is speaking.
The only thing that seems written in stone, is the
FCC calls someone with a call sign to broadcast on a specific RF channel a facility.
When you add the virtual vs actual channel confusion to the mix, then who are you going to call?
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