OTA CBS channel thinks it's FOX in Indy

[KAB]

There used to be a mirror channel for WTTV that ID'd as WTTV (CBS) with guide data, but recently it was removed and replaced with WTTK (which also was CBS but carried no guide data. There is guide data for the WTTK subs, but 29-1 (ttk) shows up as FOX, which is on channel 59. Of course 29-1 is naturally CBS, but I'm afraid whoever is doing guide data these days is asleep at the wheel.
Anybody else around here seeing this?

 

[Ray_Clum]

Yes. I'm in Indy and see the same thing…

I've reported to Dish. Nothing happened. I wish the Hopper could pull guide data directly from the digital signal. Would be more accurate, and a lot of TV channels broadcast multi-day info along with their signal, so the data is there for DVR purposes…

 

[winter60]

I have a similar issue here in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis / St. Paul MN.

WUCW-DT Ch. 23.1 is our local My CW station, while KSTP-DT Ch. 5.1 is our local ABC affiliate. On the Hopper's OTA guide, WUCW-DT (which is CW) is listed with all the ABC listings, along with KSTP-DT, (which is ABC). There are no CW listings.

It has been that way since day one.

I also have two antenna TiVo Edge units. I usually use them for any OTA recordings as their guides are all correct and they list information for all OTA channels.

 

[Mr Tony]

WUCW-DT Ch. 23.1 is our local My CW station, while KSTP-DT Ch. 5.1 is our local ABC affiliate. On the Hopper's OTA guide, WUCW-DT (which is CW) is listed with all the ABC listings, along with KSTP-DT, (which is ABC). There are no CW listings.

That started when Sinclair decided to use WUCW's OTA signal for ATSC 3.0 so a couple years ago.
The stations that were on that station got broken up to other OTA stations in Minneapolis. CW (WUCW) is on KSTP's signal (RF 35). Sounds like dish needs to remap it to the correct channel portion (35.12) and not the main station (35.3)

 

[cpdretired]

In Chicago WPWR Ch 50 has the guide information for WFLD Ch32. Again this has been from day one. WFLD 32 is correct.

 

[Mr Tony]

In Chicago WPWR Ch 50 has the guide information for WFLD Ch32. Again this has been from day one. WFLD 32 is correct.

That's because they share a RF station and Dish has it mapped wrong.

 

[KAB]

That's because they share a RF station and Dish has it mapped wrong.

That's what 's going on here. CBS and FOX are sister (or bother) stations

 

[Mr Tony]

That's what 's going on here. CBS and FOX are sister (or bother) stations

looking at rabbitears site I see what happened
WTTK 29 (the RF station) is ATSC 3.0 so the stations that were carried on there before ATSC 3.0 had to be split across other stations.
29-1 is on the same RF station as 59-1. So what it sounds like Dish is doing is mapping it to the wrong RF info. So for CBS it should be "mapped" (on the Dish internal side) as 22.7 but if its the same info as FOX they're mapping it to 22.3

You cant get it via 4.1 (WTTV?)

 

[winter60]

That started when Sinclair decided to use WUCW's OTA signal for ATSC 3.0 so a couple years ago.
The stations that were on that station got broken up to other OTA stations in Minneapolis. CW (WUCW) is on KSTP's signal (RF 35). Sounds like dish needs to remap it to the correct channel portion (35.12) and not the main station (35.3)

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Thanks for the information, and I realize this, but the only station that has this goofed up is WUCW-DT. The other major networks are all correct. The guide is not that great as most of the diginet channels have no information at all.

 

[Mr Tony]

Thanks for the information, and I realize this, but the only station that has this goofed up is WUCW-DT.

Its because they moved it to another station due to ASTC 3.0

The other major networks are all correct.

as they should be as theyve been on their normal station forever
(I'm in Mankato so I know the whole issue. I see the updates that Tivo did when they had to change the RF station for 23 and its subs)