Repacking ATSC 1.0 Programs on a Full Power, Two CDs, and Translators with New Encoders

As of 2019, WHSV-TV and WSVF-CD had maxed out its ATSC 1.0 Harris Selenio encoder system, transmitting ABC in HD, CBS in SD, ION in SD, and time-sharing Me/TV and MY/TV in SD on WHSV-TV, and transmitting FOX in HD and CBS in HD on WSVF-CD.?

The purchase by Gray Television, our owners, of the NBC affiliate in an adjacent DMA, meant that our program carriage requirements for 2020 could include an NBC HD program stream, a CW HD program stream, and the potential addition of DABL and HWY 65 diginets.? WHSV-TV is also obtaining the use of a translator being converted to a LPTV station, that is co-located with WSVF-CD.

This presentation will walk the attendee through the design process, the next generation virtual encoder system testing and selection process, and the final decisions made on how to repack the ATSC 1.0 programming on our set of transmitters and translators, in our unique single-full-power station DMA.

Sid Shumate | Gray Television Stations | Harrisonburg, VA USA