Comments on: Attention traditional media: resistance is futile

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:47:11 +0000

From my understanding WSEE has no plans to raise power to reach outlying areas. WSEE will continue to broadcast at their alloted full power digital signal strength of 75kw.

Someone didn’t do their homework?! Should be interesting to hear the complaints after Analog gets shut off…

By: Tom Lavery

Tom Lavery — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:27:15 +0000

I think that you cannot really know how the reception of over the air digital stations will be until everyone in Erie is at full power in February. Even then it will be tough for some people to get stations. It’s either hit or miss with OTA digital TV, I definitely agree there. I sometimes have a hard time getting WSEE DT even with an outdoor antenna, but I’m down near Cochranton and can get WKBN DT from Youngstown 100% of the time for CBS programming. WSEE may need to increase power for outlying areas.

By: N. O. Cares

N. O. Cares — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:15:34 +0000

The digital dead zone is indeed a pressing issue. From my location in northern Crawford County, an indoor amplified antenna that does the job with analog stations struggled with WSEE’s (full-strength) digital signal. The picture would be perfect at times but skip and then drop completely at others. An outdoor antenna solved my problem–and even picks up the low power WJET and WFXP signals just fine. But an outdoor antenna probably isn’t an option for everyone.

By: bojosmom

bojosmom — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:29:37 +0000

I am so with ya on the local news media’s peevish habit of beginning their news before the “top of the hour”. ARGHHH, as Charlie Brown would say, “Good Grief”.

Also may I ask that you perhaps explore the many “dead zones” happening to people who have the converter boxes for the 2009 digital revolution. The late great Jack Tirak had several stories on this phenomena. With the deadline fast approaching I am wondering if the situation is correctable or will those who cannot receive one station or another because they are “in a Hole aka Dead Zone” will be left with less public access to the air waves than presently with antenna TV. Here in the downtown area, we can not pick up WICU clearly at times and many people I have talked with are having similar problems. We choose not to have cable or satellite television and I find it disturbing that the “free” stations will be unavailable in the coming years to the public.