What happen to KENW-DT out of Portales, NM?

[N5XZS]

I hope they did not drop this fine PBS station out of Portales unless is weather realated.

I am in Albuquerque TV market DMA.

 

[Mr Tony]

what do you mean? Is it still listed in the channel list?
Nothing I see shows the channel was dropped

 

[N5XZS]

Still listed as KENW's banner but EPG saying to be announced. .......

 

[Mr Tony]

what happens if you tune to the station? Is there programming?
Sometimes a red button reboot will fix the guide info

 

[N5XZS]

Just showing Diretv's icon in the middle on my HD screen......

 

[Mr Tony]

figured it out. Their website has the info

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/193/939/783/save-kenw-on-directv-and-dish-satellites/

KENW-TV has been Eastern New Mexico's PBS station for forty years, but is now at risk -- will you sign this petition before January 1 to keep it in homes across the state?

The Nielsen Company, which determines media market boundaries, has decided to move PBS New Mexico to the Amarillo, TX, market, even though most of its transmitters are in the Albuquerque market. If this happens, DISH and DirecTV will drop KENW and give its spots in their lineups to more commercial stations instead!

This move would mean thousands of New Mexicans could no longer get local Amber Alerts or emergency weather alerts from PBS, receive locally produced programs like News 3 NM (which trains broadcast students at Eastern New Mexico University), or be able to watch their state's only nationally distributed show, "Creative Living."

Losing DirecTV and DISH would cost KENW approximately $90,000 a year in pledges -- an enormous amount for a rural station. But according to Duane Ryan, KENW's director of broadcasting, that's not even what matters most: "The money is important, but we've been serving the people in Carlsbad, Roswell, and elsewhere for 40 years. The possibility of not being able to serve them is the most important thing to us. We would hate to lose that."

 

[Mr Tony]

so legally Dish and Directv had to drop it from the ABQ market as it no longer is classified in that market

blame Nielsen, NOT Directv

 

[dfergie]

I believe I saw it listed in the uplink the other day as dropped... Have to see if I can still get it OTA.

 

[Mr Tony]

yeah Dfergie it was in that Dish uplink at the end of the year (must carry drops and stations moving markets)

 

[N5XZS]

That's a bloody shame! Nelson rating methood suck IMHO!! As for rf ch. 32 is out my range. I think KENW-DT should filed for a LD perment in Albuquerque metro areas.

 

[Mr Tony]

If you already have a PBS in Albuquerque I dont think there can be another "intruding" (sort of to say) OTA...at least in the actual city (not the fringes)

in the Minneapolis market there are TECHNICALLY 4 PBS stations that could be on satellite. 2 are carried, 1 needs to find a way to get a signal to Minneapolis (some 130 miles away) and the other dropped its option (Wisconsin PBS station...part of the Minneapolis market is western WI). On cable in a lot of areas you only get 1 PBS

This is where satellite has the advantage

 

[ejb1980]

If you already have a PBS in Albuquerque I dont think there can be another "intruding" (sort of to say) OTA...at least in the actual city (not the fringes)

in the Minneapolis market there are TECHNICALLY 4 PBS stations that could be on satellite. 2 are carried, 1 needs to find a way to get a signal to Minneapolis (some 130 miles away) and the other dropped its option (Wisconsin PBS station...part of the Minneapolis market is western WI). On cable in a lot of areas you only get 1 PBS

This is where satellite has the advantage

Same here. The Burlington VT DMA contains VT PBS, Mtn. Lake PBS (Adirondack region of upstate NY), and NH PBS. WLED Littleton, NH is in the Burlington VT DMA so satellite carries all 3 (Dish carries it in HD, Directv doesn't.). Cable gives you 1 or 2 depending on where you live. I am "moved" to Boston and get all 3 I am "supposed" to have (including WENH NH PBS in HD) and WGBH and WGBX.

 

[Jim5506]

What an irony.

This station is technically - well, actually - owned by the State Of New Mexico and Neilson puts it in a Texas DMA.

They have 10 translator stations in eastern and southeastern New Mexico yet can't be seen on satellite in most of that area.

Their transmitter happens to be in Roosevelt county, between Clovis and Portales which technically puts it on the Amarillo DMA, but where is the common sense here.

 

[ejb1980]

What an irony.

This station is technically - well, actually - owned by the State Of New Mexico and Neilson puts it in a Texas DMA.

They have 10 translator stations in eastern and southeastern New Mexico yet can't be seen on satellite in most of that area.

Their transmitter happens to be in Roosevelt county, between Clovis and Portales which technically puts it on the Amarillo DMA, but where is the common sense here.

Sense left with the creation of DMAs.

 

[N5XZS]

Strangely, they added a new channel station called KUPT-LD Directv ch. 29 rf ch. 16.1 "Movies!" It's the station out of Hobbs, NM?

 

[The Fat Man]

Same here. The Burlington VT DMA contains VT PBS, Mtn. Lake PBS (Adirondack region of upstate NY), and NH PBS. WLED Littleton, NH is in the Burlington VT DMA so satellite carries all 3 (Dish carries it in HD, Directv doesn't.). Cable gives you 1 or 2 depending on where you live. I am "moved" to Boston and get all 3 I am "supposed" to have (including WENH NH PBS in HD) and WGBH and WGBX.

I actually live in the Boston area, a little north. There's an agreement between WGBH and WENH. On cable, in MA you only get WGBH and WGBX and in NH you get WENH and one of its subchannels (NH Explore). But for Sat providers, you get all the main channels. I have OTA with my receiver and get all the subchannels as well. Fios customers in this area also get PBS from Rhode Island as well.

To the OP, and actually for Iceberg who's the Directv master around here, what is the nearest PBS affiliate? Coming from my area, I've never heard of PBS stations complaining of affiliates from surrounding communities coming in.

 

[Mr Tony]

To the OP, and actually for Iceberg who's the Directv master around here, what is the nearest PBS affiliate? Coming from my area, I've never heard of PBS stations complaining of affiliates from surrounding communities coming in.

The OP's PBS is right in Albuquerque
Looks like there is 2, one in Alb, the other in Santa Fe

I'm sure PBS stations that are not state run dont like other PBS stations intruding because of pledges

 

[N5XZS]

KNME-DT and KNMD-DT's tx are on Sandia Crest mountain. But KNMD-DT is not on Directv at this time....

 

[Mr Tony]

KNME-DT and KNMD-DT's tx are on Sandia Crest mountain. But KNMD-DT is not on Directv at this time....

since they look almost identical (both stations direct to the same website) they only need to carry one of them

 

[ChadT41]

Strangely, they added a new channel station called KUPT-LD Directv ch. 29 rf ch. 16.1 "Movies!" It's the station out of Hobbs, NM?

We have a KUPT in Az. Not sure if the same, but if it is, it was a nice lil "Homsie" channel for a softer viewing. Lots of replays.