CBS Comes To West TN via WBBJ

[Dan Wilson]

Here's some interesting news for OTA'ers in the West Tennessee broadcast areas....

WBBJ.TV-7 out of Jackson TN will soon become a multi network hub by converting one of it's current sub channels into a CBS. Very exciting for people who have problems getting channels outta the Memphis area....

 

[MrPogi]

This is a good thing in rural areas where there are few stations broadcasting, although on the downside, it means one channel has to surrender bandwidth for the other channel.

I suppose we will see more of this after the great spectrum theft.

 

[Dan Wilson]

Well I guess I'll take the downside to that...being in a area that hasn't seen a new Network in about 20 or more years...it's actually exciting ....and WBBJ RULES this market here. But it's still exciting for use poor folks that don't have much coverage....now if we could just get them to do a NBC lol

 

[Trip]

There's an NBC coming. WZMC-LP.

- Trip

 

[Dan Wilson]

Trip it's official your my biggest hero right now...I'd not heard of this but, WOW.....oh did I say WOW....I have a question though Trip ......when is this HAPPENING? This is EXCITING....this will give this area a full round of the majors.....wow..ok I'm excited I couldn't have come back to OTA at a more exciting time for this area.....WOW....lol

 

[GenericUsername]

This is a good thing in rural areas where there are few stations broadcasting, although on the downside, it means one channel has to surrender bandwidth for the other channel.

Actually WBBJ is replacing the weather radar on 7.3 so there is already bandwidth being used on that subchannel. Now unless WBBJ is going to up the bandwidth on 7.3 then 7.1 would lose some. As it is 7.3 currently uses 3.5 Mbps on the video 192 kbps on the audio.

Trip it's official your my biggest hero right now...I'd not heard of this but, WOW.....oh did I say WOW....I have a question though Trip ......when is this HAPPENING? This is EXCITING....this will give this area a full round of the majors.....wow..ok I'm excited I couldn't have come back to OTA at a more exciting time for this area.....WOW....lol

CBS on 7.3 is only going to be in SD. Hopefully it will at least be in 16:9 format. If not then it's kind of useless.

As fas as WZMP. First it's a LP so you may not get it in very well in Trenton. Second it's analog so you don't get that crisp digital picture and of course it's not HD. I do wonder why they even applied for LP since the FCC is phasing out all analog LPs within 3 years. Makes me think they have no intention of actually lighting the thing up.

 

[Dan Wilson]

GenericUser ...u seem to know ALOT of about all this....are u in this area?

 

[Dan Wilson]

And if so what kinda system do u use?

 

[GenericUsername]

GenericUser ...u seem to know ALOT of about all this....are u in this area?

If you go to Rabbitears.info and look up WBBJ you'll see that 7.3 currently is 4:3 and is SD and has a 3.5 Mbps bitrate. Now I can se them making CBS 16:9. I don't see them going HD. That means both 7.1 and 7.3 would be about 9 Mbps which would suck for both.

As far as WZMC-LP? Well the LP gives it away as analog. If it was low power digital it would be LD. As well as a TVfool look-up will tell you it's analog. And analog means SD. Also a TVfool look up for Trenton, TN doesn't show very good reception for that channel. As I said I have my doubts that WZMC actually ever gets on the air. Even so they have until Sept 1st 2015 to convert to digital. And if the spectrum auctions take place it will be hard enough for WBBJ, WLJT and WJKT to find new frequencies. I'm not sure where WZMC will find one.