DTV switch crawls

[RGSJenkins 435]

WMBC-TV and WWOR-TV started doing them here.

[milklikesubstance 11]

I have seen crawls on WTMJ (during Deal or No Deal) and WISN (during Regis).

[JacksonTV 0]

I've seen WLBT run one a couple of times.

[DMA 135]

WABC's morning crawl repeats the "Call DTV Answer's" on the crawl, with no other info on the ticker.

[mbhcity 3]

I don't understand what you're saying... this is about stations running crawls about the switch to digital TV, it has nothing to do with HD.

 

Digital TV and HD are pretty much in the same category, though they are different. Digital TV refers to the general aspect of television reception while HD refers to picture quality.

 

Nevertheless, all TV programs will someday be in HD, just like the transition to color or stereo, considering the low costs and high demand for the product.

[Ntropolis 596]

Digital TV and HD are pretty much in the same category, though they are different. Digital TV refers to the general aspect of television reception while HD refers to picture quality.

 

I understand, I already know all HD is digital but not all digital is HD. You said "HD crawls" and referred to the LA stations producing HD news. Not everything needs to be in HD by 2/17/09... a common misconception.

[Marvin Dillweed 74]

Both WTWO and WFXW in Terre Haute have been running DTV crawls. If I've read correctly, it's indeed an FCC requirement. DTV PSAs are also required to run so many times a day.

[bostonmediaguy 123]

If I've read correctly' date=' it's indeed an FCC requirement. DTV PSAs are also required to run so many times a day.[/quote']

 

Yup.

 

Here's the ruling:

 

The order allows TV stations to choose among three options requiring different mixes of on-air notices.

 

Option 2 is based on a proposal from the National Association of Broadcasters.

 

Option 3, based on a proposal by the American Public Television Stations, is available only to noncommercial stations.

 

Under all options, stations must electronically submit reports on their efforts to the FCC each quarter and place the reports in their public file and on their Web sites, if they already have sites.

 

The three options:

 

Option 1: A station must air one PSA and one crawl in each six-hour quarter of each day. The load increases to two PSAs and crawls per quarter day on April 1, 2008, and to three of each on Oct. 1, 2008.

 

The FCC defines its four quarter-days as 6:01 a.m. to noon., 12:01 p.m. to 6 p.m., 6:01 p.m. to midnight, and 12:01 a.m. to 6 a.m.

 

The PSAs must be at least 15 seconds, include closed captions and, at a minimum, provide the following information:

 

* What a viewer needs to do to continue watching the station, whether they are an OTA viewer or receive broadcast signals via their cable or satellite, and

 

* Where appropriate, specific details about the station’s transition: for example, shifts in service area, channel numbering changes, the addition of multicast and/or high-definition channels, timing.

 

“Stations are required to air PSAs or crawls at various times in any given day part, and we expressly require that at least one PSA and one crawl per day be run during primetime hours,” the FCC said.

 

Option 2: A station must air an average of 16 PSAs and an average of 16 crawls, snipes or tickers per week between 5 a.m. and 1 a.m.

 

Over the course of each calendar quarter, one-fourth of all PSAs and crawls, snipes or tickers must air between 6 p.m. and 11:35 p.m., Eastern and Pacific time, and between 5 p.m. and 10:35 p.m., Central and Mountain.

 

The PSAs must be at least 30 seconds in length. However, a station may choose to air two PSAs of no less than 15 seconds in length in place of a single PSA of at least 30 seconds in length.

 

As in Option 1, the Option 2 PSAs must also be closed captioned.

 

“Stations are free to use PSAs produced in-house or provided by outside sources such as NAB or the networks,” the FCC said.

 

Option 2 also requires stations to air at least one 30-minute informational program on the transition between 8 a.m. and 11:35 p.m. prior to Feb. 17, 2009.

 

Beginning on Nov. 10, 2008, all stations must air a 100-day countdown notion at least once a day. The notice, showing how many days are left until the analog cut-off, must appear between five and 15 seconds.

 

Option 3 (for noncommercial stations only): A station must air 60 seconds per day of on-air consumer education, in variable timeslots, including at least 7.5 minutes per month between 6 p.m. and midnight.

 

Beginning May 1, 2008, this requirement doubles, and beginning Nov. 1, 2008, it increases again, to 180 seconds per day and 22.5 minutes per month.

 

PSAs must be closed-captioned.

 

Stations must also air a 30-minute informational program between 8 a.m. and 11:35 p.m. at least once prior to the analog cut-off.

 

(http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2008/03/03/daily.18/)

[RGSJenkins 435]

WLNY-DT aired theirs during the news at 11 on the top of the screen.

[ColumbusNewsFan 217]

Well as of right now I know 3 stations In Columbus that haven't run the required DTV crawl

WCMH (they have run DTV promos)

WBNS (same as WCMH)

WWHO hasn't even made a mention about DTV not even a promo or a crawl.

WSYX/WTTE has run the crawl during every newscast through their news ticker.

WSFJ ,who has no news and this is probably the only mention of this station you see on TVNT, has run the crawl every chance they get and they run the DTV promos frequently.

 

EDIT : I did see a DTV crawl on WBNS Yesterday

[CDubya87 0]

KSNF/KODE had started running the DTV PSA's, a number of them, quite a few times a day already, this week we just had our ticker system updated to run the required DTV Switchover crawl at the start of every newscast before switching to the regular news ticker.

[PelicanGuy 117]

WWL/WUPL have been running them daily for a while...mainly late morning-early afternoon and again in prime time.