Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

By Frank Macek We have gotten many phone calls and emails from those of you who live in our outlying areas of northeast Ohio wondering why you've suddenly lost WKYC using their over the air antenna. This coming after we asked you to rescan your television sets last Friday. WKYC Technical Engineers Randy Betke & Chris Rieithmiller  firing up the new transmitter in Parma on August 2nd, 2019 The good news is this is temporary. On August 2nd, WKYC made the transition to a new digital channel with a brand new transmitter as part of an FCC mandate following a spectrum auction that allowed television stations to give up their channels or move to new ones. As of Friday, the now "virtual" Channel 3 moved from digital channel 17 to digital channel 19 and this is when you would have likely lost us if you use an over the air antenna and live in an outlying area away from Cleveland. During this transition phase, we are using a side mount antenna on the main tower...

Special to the Director's Cut Blog Published from wkyc.com You might have to rescan your TV starting today, Aug. 2, in order to watch WKYC programming after we fired up our brand new transmitter and changed digital channels at 12:39 a.m. Friday morning as part of a FCC and government mandate for some televisions across the country. Today was our turn! Need help? We're hosting a free phone bank until midnight Friday at 866-393-2525. This project may affect antenna customers based on things like the type of TV or antenna you have, the position of the antenna, your house's location, the construction of your house or atmospheric conditions. (Cable, satellite and streaming customers will be unaffected.) Below we rounded up some frequently asked questions regarding a rescan. What is it? If you watch TV with an antenna or use a digital convertor box, this will affect you. On Friday, Aug. 2, you’ll need to re-scan your TV so you can keep watching WKYC on 3.1, Justi...