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Boston has 8 low-power TV stations?
By Ron Newman on Fri, 11/14/2008 - 2:00pm
A Globe article about the upcoming digital TV conversion mentions this in passing:
"In addition, there are dozens of low-power TV stations, including eight in the Boston area, that are exempt from the changeover. To keep watching these channels, users will need converter boxes with an analog pass-through feature, but not every converter will include that feature."
These stations aren't listed in the Globe's TV section and probably aren't on most cable systems, so I didn't even know they existed. Where can people find out more information about them and their programming?
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Where to get info? From the FCC, of course
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/audio/tvq.html
Put in MA, and you'll get 8 low-power stations.
Thaks - FCC info was somewhat helpful
I see 14 low-power stations in Massachusetts, but only 5 in Boston. None of the other 9 can really be considered "Boston area", especially when we're talking about low power broadcasting.
Now how can I find out what programming is on these stations? Where do they get their audiences?
We're keeping it a secret -
We're keeping it a secret - too many viewers will spoil it.
The call letters of the 5
The call letters of the 5 stations:
WCEA-LP
WTMU-LP
W40BO
WCEA-LP
WTMU-LP
Two of them are repeats. WTMU is Telemundo!, while the others are "Channel 19" Spanish language and community broadcasting. (they used to be Channel 19, but now have 58 and 40 instead now that they were pushed off by digital needs). W40BO seems to be WCEA as well.
The internet is your friend
Channel 32 (and 67):
WTMU-LP is a low-power television station serving the Boston market. It is owned by ZGS Communications, and serves as the Telemundo affiliate for Boston and immediate suburbs. WTMU's programming is also available in southern New Hampshire and Boston's northern suburbs via a full-power satellite station, WNEU channel 60 (although ZGS considers WNEU to be the primary).
Etc., etc., etc.
Wikipedia.org
I get Channel 26
When I got my converter box and added an amplified antenna, I started getting Channel 26, an affiliate of a Florida station. Their programming mainly consists of Deutsche Welle documentaries, Deutsche Welle News, home shopping, as well as a few low budget shows that are produced, as far as I can tell, in Florida.