[BC] The HD Alliance is a good idea, but...

[SHAFFER, RANDY L]

Rich wrote -

>Except for PBS, most 
>DTV broadcasters are doing what IBUZ will do, dump their doppler 
>radar on the second channel and walk away.

Well that may be true in some markets. 
This DTV market (Top 50) had ABC News Now on the ABC affiliate, which was great for those of us w/o cable, then they switched to a weather channel as did the NBC affiliate. PBS stood alone with their local programming on 33-1, PBS net on 33-2 and PBS-HD on 33-3. They dropped 33-2 last year. This year they dropped 33-1 and made 33-3 their local programming. The PBS HD channel disappeared. PBS is offering nothing new on their digital tier. SInce I don't have cable or DBS and probably never will, I was really excited about the program choices that were being offered. Well, I guess 2 channels of weather are better than nothing.

Randy Shaffer
Harrisburg, PA 
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