WVTV (18.1) and WCGV (24.1) are 480i now! Wtf?

[Xizer]

What is going on with CW18 and My24? Both owned by Sinclair.

[mrschimpf]

What is going on with CW18 and My24? Both owned by Sinclair.

As said in the storm report thread, their studios near 35th & Capitol got hit hard by the Thursday floods so they had to go into emergency mode while they clean up. For the weekend that meant programming got piped in from a Sinclair master control facility (thus 18's "Coachpocalypse" over the weekend :p) rather than being played locally. They seem to be back online, but right now the priority is to be on the air in any way rather than satisfying the need to be in widescreen, so thus it's in 480i until they can get back to normal.

[Jimboy]

As said in the storm report thread, their studios near 35th & Capitol got hit hard by the Thursday floods so they had to go into emergency mode while they clean up. For the weekend that meant programming got piped in from a Sinclair master control facility (thus 18's "Coachpocalypse" over the weekend :p) rather than being played locally. They seem to be back online, but right now the priority is to be on the air in any way rather than satisfying the need to be in widescreen, so thus it's in 480i until they can get back to normal.

Exactly......What he said......Normal (or near normal) will take a little while.......Trust me we don't like this situation either.......
http://www.milwaukeehdtv.org/forums/showpost.php?p=55906&postcount=13


Waist deep in crap water and still ticking..........