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KDKA please fix your TVGOS signal

Found out that the problem with my TVGOS on my one TV is that KDKA doesn’t seem to “know” about Morgantown’s zip codes. So I sent them this tonight, will see what happens or if I even get a response:

Hello,
Currently I have a TV that uses Macrovision’s (Rovi’s) TVGOS system to display the TV Guide program guide. When the signal was coming from the analog WNPB PBS Station in Morgantown WV everything seemed fine. However now that I get the signal from your station on Comcast Cable in Morgantown, the TV can never find the listings for Morgantown. I found that if I put in the zip code as 15222, it will display the comcast info for Pittsburgh, however that information is not correct for Comcast in Morgantown. Is there any way you can add Morgantown’s zip code and channel info to what ever transmits that data? Specifically 26505 or 26501.

Thanks

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Good news for DTV in Morgantown

It seems that the TV stations are finally realizing that their Digital Signal doesn’t cover what their analog signal used to.. The hopefully good news for those in Morgantown, WV is that KDKA is filing a petition to build a translator tower in Morgantown so we will be able to get channel 2 over the Air. They are planning on trying to put it on channel 31. The other good news is WPXI is filing a petition to build a translator tower in Uniontown PA what would be on channel 23.

Now if only WTAE, WPGH, WPMY and WPCW would put translators down close to Morgantown, we could finally get good service over the air.

Right now Morgantown, WV is considered in the Pittsburgh DMA, even though we are closer to the Clarksburg DMA. But right now you can’t receive hardly anything from either DMA’s and the only thing we are left with is WNPB which is PBS. So come on WPGH, WTAE, WPMY, and WPCW put some translators in Morgantown so we can get the coverage we used to have with your analog channels!

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Comcast WNPB and TVGOS

Since Comcast has decided to take away the analog PBS channel from Morgntown (WNPB 24) that was on channel 8, those people who use the TVGOS (aka TVGuide On Screen) on their TV’s / DVR’s will now see that their listings are blank… From what I have found so far, Macrovision (who supplies the TVGOS data) worked with PBS channels to provide the info in the VBI (Vertical blanking interval. Sort of like Closed Caption data) over those PBS Channels that were broadcasting in Analog. Well it seems now that with more and more channels going to Digital ATSC transmission, CBS is now the “carrier” chosen by macrovision to host the data on a subcarrier on one of their digital channels. So now it appears that either KDKA out of Pittsburgh is not providing the data or Comcast is stripping it some place. Who knows, all I know is that now that data is not provided to the TV and the TV just sets there and keep saying that the setup is in progress.

This really sucks as I was just getting used to having the TVGuide info stuff on the screen with out having to look at the cable box on another tv to see the info. So long for that  until KDKA/comcast can figure out how to fix it.

So please Comcast/KDKA fix the problem!