uplink activity for the week of 4-11-2006 echostar 10 startup

[oldcrow]

• All but one of the Daystar local affiliates available on Dish (WBBM 7858 Tuskegee (Montgomery, AL) have been verified as having the message quoted on the 6/2 changes in their EPG. The stations with the message stating that they are being removed in favor of the national channel on channel 263 are the following (ANON)
  • WTSF 7327 Ashland, KY (Charleston/Huntington)
  • KRMT 8207 Denver, CO
  • KDTP (Changed call letters to KTAZ) 8333 Phoenix, AZ
  • KLTJ 8383 Galveston (Houston, TX)
  • KDTN 8414 Denton (Dallas, TX)
  • WDTI 8460 Indianapolis
  • KWDK 8622 Tacoma (Seattle, WA)
  • WYDN 8783 Worcester (that's "Wusteh" to the locals) (Boston, MA)
  • KOCM 8898 Norman (Oklahoma City)
  • KKAP 9359 Little Rock, AR

[oldcrow]

06/06/06 ---The world is supposed to end today, right?

• WBXH UPN (to become MNTV) from Baton Rouge LA is now uplinked to tp 25 spot 12 at 110°. As with the rest of the BR locals, it is not yet avaulable to subscribers.
• WVFX 17 CBS from St. Thomas is now available to Puerto Rico locals subscribers on channel 7780. It is also mapped to channel 37. Channel 17 is already occupied.
• WVGN 14 NBC from St. Thomas is now available to Puerto Rico locals subscribers on channel 7789.
  • NOTE: New Puerto Rico subscribers will not be able to receive New York NBC or CBS channels. Existing subscribers get to keep the NY locals for the time being. Fox is the only NYC channel available to new locals subscribers in PR. PBS National is also still available.

6/5/06

• Daystar channel 263 is now available as part of the Dish Family Pack.

[oldcrow]

6/7/06

• Daystar owned and operated local stations (Listed in the 6/4 changes) have been removed from they system in favor of the national channel of Daystar on 263. (ANON/Xandir/Dom)
• KPXG TV 22 ("i") Salem, OR (8680 Portland, OR market) moved from transponder 1 northwest Spotbeam at 119° to tp 27 spot 44 at 110° (ANON)
• Oklahoma City locals KOCB, KAUT, KETA, KSBI and KTUZ (8894-8899) moved from tp 3 central plains spot beam at 119° to tp 25 spot 25 at 110° (ANON)
• Chico CA locals KRVU and KIXE moved from tp 5 north CA spot beam at 119° to tp 20 spot 43 at 110° (ANON)
• "Warning, we are moving to another satellite" channels 9825-9832 have been removed from the system. (ANON)

[oldcrow]

6/12/06

* Channels 6465 and 6466 (WTVD and WRAL DT) moved from tp 19 to 13 at 119k. (ANON)
* Added "Coming 6/15" to Corpus Christi, Baton Rouge, Lafayette LA local channels and Telemundo Puerto Rico.

6/10/06

* Some moves in preparation for the Baseball Super Regionals happened today (ANON)
o ESPN Alternate (145) moved from tp 10 to 18 at 119�
o ESPN 2 Alternate (146) moved from tp 18 to 10 at 119�
o SPORT PPV channel (454) moved from tp 24 at 110� to tp 18 at 119�
* KUTP-LP (7945) in Lubbock TX has changed its call letters to KMYL to reflect its affiliation with MY Network TV this fall. Removed the UPN identifier. The EPG has not changed. (WTGuy at Satelliteguys.us)

6/9/06

* 6 New channels added to the Dish Network Line-UP (ANON)
o Baby First TV. Standard Definition channel available on channel 126 on an a la carte basis for $9.95 a month.
o Sleuth TV. Standard Definition channel available on channel 198 on AT180 and up.
o NFL HD. High Definition channel with lots of standard def programming and gray side bars available on channel 9426 on the HD BRONZE package.
o HGTV HD. High Definition channel available on channel 9461 on the HD BRONZE package.
o NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HD. High Definition channel available on channel 9429 on the HD GOLD package. This channel is in free preview mode for the time being and available on all HD packages at this time.
o STARZ HD. High Definition channel with tons of SD content available on channel 9435 with the Starz/Encore package, DL Everything or America's Everything.
* KMOH channel 8338 supposedly from Kingman, AZ is currently identifying itself as KEJR 43 "Para T�" (For You). KEJR 43 is a low power station in Phoenix and presumably a repeater of the full power Spanish Independent channel from Kingman. (Xandir)
* Removed mention of UPN from KUTP 45 Phoenix. The station is currently identifying itself as "My 45". My Network TV is expected to start on September 5.

[oldcrow]

6/14/06 (all changes ANON unless otherwise noted)

* As Promised on the Charlie Chat on Monday,
o Telemundo Puerto Rico is now available to Dish Latino subscribers on channel 837.
o Baton Rouge local ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and PBS became available to local subscribers.
o Lafayette, LA local ABC, CBS, Fox and PBS are now available to local subscribers. There is no full power NBC affiliate in this market.
o Corpus Christi, TX local channels are now available to local subscribers with the exception of the ABC affiliate. Presumably there is a retransmission consent issue.
* There is a new preview channel line-up on channels 281-288. The new preview channels are the following:
o 281 OLN replaces NFL Network
o 282 AMC replaces the Biography Channel
o 283 Animal Planet replaces Discovery Kids
o 284 Soap Net replaces WE
o 285 ESPN Deportes replaces Cine Latino
o 286 Encore Action replaces Showtime
o 288 Baby First TV is now in Free preview
* KRON DT has been removed from channel 6445 at 129°
* KPIF an Idaho Falls A1 affiliate that will be a CW affiliate in September won the dispute with Dish via FCC ruling and is now uplinked on the same transponder and satellite (TP 6 at 148°) on channel 7744.
* KMCI TV on channel 8437 moved from tp 1 Great Plains spot at 119° along with its fellow local channels on tp 18 spot 24 at 110°
* KXXVD, presumably an alias for KXXV DT 25.2, "Telemundo 26" is now uplinked to channel 8993 on the Texas spot beam tp 5 at 119°
* WBIQ and WHDF (9199 and 9201) moved from 119° spot beam to tp 29 spot 11 at 110° along with their fellow local channels.
* "Warning" channels for Huntsville locals moving from 119 to 110 have been removed from channels 9840-9843 since all the Huntsville locals have moved.
* International 1 and 2 added to channels 9906 and 9907 on tp 4 and 15 at 148°

[oldcrow]

281 NFL MOVED FROM Tp 21 ConUS beam on EchoStar 8 at 110w
TO Tp 1 ConUS beam on EchoStar 8 at 110w. Named changed to OLN.

282 BIOGR MOVED FROM Tp 21 ConUS beam on EchoStar 8 at 110w
TO Tp 8 ConUS beam on EchoStar 7 at 119w. Name changed to AMC.

283 DKIDS MOVED FROM Tp 15 ConUS beam on EchoStar 8 at 110w
TO Tp 2 ConUS beam on EchoStar 7 at 119w. Name changed to ANIML.

284 WE MOVED FROM Tp 12 ConUS beam on EchoStar 7 at 119w
TO Tp 11 ConUS beam on EchoStar 8 at 110w. Name changed to SOAP.

285 CINEL MOVED FROM Tp 9 ConUS beam on EchoStar 8 at 110w
TO Tp 5 ConUS beam on EchoStar 8 at 110w. Name changed to ESPND.

286 SHOW MOVED FROM Tp 6 ConUS beam on EchoStar 7 at 119w
TO Tp 19 ConUS beam on EchoStar 8 at 110w. Name changed to EACTN

288 BABY ADDED TO Tp 15 ConUS beam on EchoStar 8 at 110w. Joined the Free preview Group.

6445 KRON, KRONDT REMOVED FROM Tp 7 ConUS beam on EchoStar 5 at 129w

7744 KPIF ADDED TO Tp 6 ConUS beam on EchoStar 2 at 148w

8437 KMCI MOVED FROM Tp 1 Central Plains beam on EchoStar 7 at 119w
TO Tp 18 Spotbeam 24 from Monee for EchoStar 10 at 110w

8993 KXXVD ADDED TO Tp 5 Texas beam on EchoStar 7 at 119w

9199 WBIQ MOVED FROM Tp 9 Deep South beam on EchoStar 7 at 119w
TO Tp 29 Spotbeam 11 from Monee for EchoStar 10 at 110w

9201 WHDF MOVED FROM Tp 9 Deep South beam on EchoStar 7 at 119w
TO Tp 29 Spotbeam 11 from Monee for EchoStar 10 at 110w

9840 XWAAY, REMOVED FROM Tp 9s12 on EchoStar 7 at 119w

9841 XWHNT, REMOVED FROM Tp 9s12 on EchoStar 7 at 119w

9842 XWAFF, REMOVED FROM Tp 9s12 on EchoStar 7 at 119w

9843 XWZDX, REMOVED FROM Tp 9s12 on EchoStar 7 at 119w

9906 INTL1 ADDED TO Tp 4 ConUS beam on EchoStar 2 at 148w

9907 INTL2 ADDED TO Tp 15 ConUS beam on EchoStar 1 at 148w
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680 PHNIX MOVED FROM Tp 20 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 29 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

681 CCTV4 MOVED FROM Tp 20 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 29 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

682 ETDRA MOVED FROM Tp 4 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

683 ETGLB MOVED FROM Tp 4 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

684 ETNEW MOVED FROM Tp 4 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

687 YOYO MOVED FROM Tp 4 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

688 JET MOVED FROM Tp 20 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 29 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

698 ATV MOVED FROM Tp 4 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

713 VIVA MOVED FROM Tp 3 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 13 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

714 NBN4 MOVED FROM Tp 3 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 13 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

715 RPN9 MOVED FROM Tp 3 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 13 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

726 PRSBN MOVED FROM Tp 4 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

736 ITVN MOVED FROM Tp 20 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 29 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

758 ART MOVED FROM Tp 20 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 29 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

759 ARTMV MOVED FROM Tp 20 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 29 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

760 LBC MOVED FROM Tp 20 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 29 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

762 ESC-1 MOVED FROM Tp 4 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

763 NILE MOVED FROM Tp 4 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

764 FUTUR MOVED FROM Tp 4 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

765 DUBAI MOVED FROM Tp 4 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

780 ZIKR MOVED FROM Tp 20 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 29 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

781 ARTMU MOVED FROM Tp 20 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 29 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

785 CARIB MOVED FROM Tp 31 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 13 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

787 ZEETV MOVED FROM Tp 20 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 29 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

790 ZCINE MOVED FROM Tp 20 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 29 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

791 B4U MOVED FROM Tp 20 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 29 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7041 WJET MOVED FROM Tp 28 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 30 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7042 WSEE MOVED FROM Tp 28 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 30 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7043 WICU MOVED FROM Tp 28 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 30 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7044 WFXP MOVED FROM Tp 28 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 30 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7047 WQLN MOVED FROM Tp 28 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 30 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7210 WAOW MOVED FROM Tp 7 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 1 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7211 WSAW MOVED FROM Tp 7 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 1 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7212 WJFW MOVED FROM Tp 7 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 1 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7213 WFXS MOVED FROM Tp 7 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 1 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7216 WHRM MOVED FROM Tp 7 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 1 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7773 WNAC MOVED FROM Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 14 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7775 WLWC MOVED FROM Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 14 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7776 WSBE MOVED FROM Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 14 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7860 KSWO MOVED FROM Tp 28 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 9 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7861 KAUZ MOVED FROM Tp 28 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 9 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7862 KFDX MOVED FROM Tp 28 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 9 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7863 KJTL MOVED FROM Tp 28 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 9 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

7865 KKTM MOVED FROM Tp 28 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 9 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

9603 DNBS MOVED FROM Tp 31 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 13 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

9604 BVOD2 MOVED FROM Tp 31 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 13 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

9633 BTV MOVED FROM Tp 31 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 13 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

9635 BTV MOVED FROM Tp 31 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 13 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

9638 CLH MOVED FROM Tp 31 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 13 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

9639 BTVIP MOVED FROM Tp 31 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w
TO Tp 13 ConUS beam on EchoStar 9 at 121w

CHANGE COUNT 50

[oldcrow]

* Milwawkee's WMLW TV 41 is now available to local subscribers on channel 7081 (ANON)
* WWME CA 23 Chicago is now available to local subscribers on channel 8505 (ANON) Another low power independent channel added to Dish's line-up while at the same time ignoring WBQC Cincinnati. This channel also has UK sports and other sports not available on any other local TV channels. But alas, WBQC is an independently owned TRULY local channel so Dish continues to overlook it!
* KXXVD, an alias for KXXV DT's secondary channel carrying Telemundo in the Waco TX area is now available to local subscribers on channel 8993 and it is mapped to channel 26 on receivers capable of mapping channels. (ANON)
* The EPG on channel 225 (The Beauty & Fashion Channel), an infomercial channel changed from TBFC to B&F. (ANON) This was done to prevent confusion with the new Baby First Channel (The Baby First Channel)
* NHL channel 541-558 and NBA channels 562-572 have been hidden for the season. (ANON)
* The following TV stations changed their call letters recently to reflect their new affiliations with My Network TV or the CW Network. (Raymie)
o KRRT (San Antonio) is now KMYS
o KFBT (Las Vegas) is now KVCW
o WUPN (Greensboro) is now WMYV
o KMWB (Minneapolis/St. Paul) is now WUCW
o WJPR (Roanoke) is now WWCW
o WBSC (Greenville, SC) is now WMYA
o KTWB (Seattle) will be KMYQ
* Shop at Home network signed off the air today. (Raymie).
o KHCV TV 45 Seattle, the only full time SAH affiliate available on Dish is now a Jewelry TV affiliate.
o Shop At Home channel 224 is now showing the same content as channel 227 (Jewelry TV by ACN).
* Encore West is now uplinked but not available in the free preview area on channel 287. (Tp 15 at 110°) (ANON)
* "FREE8" channel 573 which was showing a "Pirate TV" video to Dish's "special" customers has been removed from TP 15 at 148° (ANON)
* KTVK DT, Independent channel out of Phoenix is now uplinked, but not available to subscribers on channel 6450 on tp 20 spot 35 at 110°. (ANON)
* Dish finally pulled the plug on WPRV TV in San Juan. This station and Dish have been in "talks" since PR launched years ago. The channel has been uplinked but never available to subscribers until today. Dish removed WPRV from tp 25 spot 49 at 110° (ANON)
* Tech channels 9505 (ENSQ) and 9596 (WTEST) removed from tp 23 at 148° (ANON)

[rav4]

i'm not sure what i have to do at this point if anything.

[oldcrow]

6/22/06

• KQCW Tulsa will be changing its call letters to KQCW (Raymie)
• The reports of Shop At Home's death have been greatly exaggerated. Hearst closed down the channel and sold assets to Americas Collectible's Network (ACN) that runs the Jewelry Channel. Channel 224 will be the New Shop At Home channel at 1am EDT late tonight. (Raymie/B1)
• 533 PPV channel moved from tp 18 to 10 at 61.5° and from 11 to 3 at 148° (ANON)
• Free Preview channel at 599 was moved to channel 573. (ANON) It is apparently not available to subscribers at this time. It may be available to a select group but that has not been verified.
• RTBI 598 moved from tp 16 to 18 at 61.5° (ANON)
• 775 Melody Arabia has been removed from tp 18 at 121° (ANON)
• KABC, KCBS and KNBC on channels 6306-6308 and 9870-9872 moved from tp 8 to 27 at 129° (ANON)
• KOAT, KQRE, KOB and KASA (6325-6327) moved from tp 28 to tp 8 at 129°
• All channels on tp 18 at 129° moved to tp 15 at 129°. This includes some Columbus Oh, and Charleston WV loocals. (ANON)
• All channels on tp 4 at 129° moved to tp 21 at 129°. This includes some Columbus OH, all Clarksburg locals and all but one Charlottesville locals. (ANON)
• ESPN 2 HD moved from tp 6 to tp 19 at 129°. (ANON)

[oldcrow]

rav4.....have patience amigo. follow the lastest from the status report thread....i placed the link in my sig