Seems Comcast has finally realized that WNPB has multiple digital channels. I noticed last night that channel 8 on the cable was showing snow, which I thought was interesting as it has been working for months since the switch. But now it appears that they have maybe moved it to 712 and started showing the HD version of it. They also added channel 699 which carries the second subchannel on WNPB.. Just wondering now if they have then in clear QAM or if they encrypted them. They better in be in the clear…..
More info from the West Virginia Public Broadcasting page…
And from the looks of the article, it appears that they are dropping the analog WNPB channel from the line up. Funny that they are saying they are offering a new PBS2 channel, this channel has been available over the AIR for months now.
And yes, they added 3 new channels in clear qam 24.1, 24.2, 24.3… They took away channel 8 analog, but if you have a cable box and go to channel 8 it just shows the same thing as 24.1. So they have taken away more analog now…