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  • Lots Of Football And Parades For The Holiday - Post Your Comments!
    It's the weekend leading into Thanksgiving and we have football, football and some more football on both WITN and WITN MyTV (digital 7.2). Check our schedule and clear your own schedule for these match-ups. Meanwhile, we get you in the holiday spirit on Saturday from the Jacksonville Holiday Parade and then give you a front row seat for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Turkey Day. Read on for all the details on upcoming programmings........ (Read Blog)
  • AFC Showdown On Sunday Night - Post Your Comments!
    The NFL schedule has now slid into November and every game counts on the road to the playoffs. This Sunday has the leader of the AFC East conference trying to see if they can knock Indianapolis off the list of undefeated teams. NBC Sunday Night Football has New England at Indianapolis beginning at 8:15pm. Here's the highlights for this week and then the Thanksgiving Holiday week on WITN.... (Read Blog)
  • Two Stations, A Three Game Football Weekend - Post Your Comments!
    Some of you may have noticed that we have slowly been expanding the programming choices on WITN's secondary digital channel, channel 7.2, We have now re-branded that channel as WITN MyTV/MyWeather with the MyNetwork TV schedule airing Monday through Friday. This week we added SEC sports to the schedule, kicking off with South Carolina at Arkansas on Saturday at 12noon. Following that game you can switch back to WITN's main channel for Notre Dame versus Navy or wait until Sunday night for a big NFC match-up as the Dallas Cowboys travel to Philadelphia. Read on for all the programming highlights of the next few weeks...... (Read Blog)
  • Let's Kick It Off! - Post Your Comments!
    It's September. The weather has turned cooler. I'm ready for some football, and I hope you are too! Saturday we have the home opener from Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium as the Appalachian State Mountaineers head into Greenville to take on the Pirates. Then next week, get a shack, grab a drink and get ready for Faith Hill to start the house rocking.... with the NFL on NBC! Here's all the details for the next few weeks.... (Read Blog)
  • Narrowing The Field A Little At A Time On America's Got Talent - Post Your Comments!
    The field continues to get narrowed down as we work towards the Top-20 finalist on America's Got Talent. NBC is making it easier for you to keep up with the show by repeating the prior week's results on Tuesdays.... and then recapping the Tuesday night performances on Wednesday's. Here's all the details for the coming weeks.... (Read Blog)
  • A Life Lesson Learned, Get A Photo - Post Your Comments!
    Auto accidents don't have much to do with television, unless they are severe and make the news, but even minor auto accidents can have consequences and I hope this blog entry passes on some worthwhile advice to one of it's readers. (Read Blog)
  • The Countdown Is Done... We Have Ignition! - 7 Comments Posted
    We've known about it for years. We talked about it ad nauseam for many..many... many months. The day is finally here. Welcome to the wonderful new world of digital broadcasting! (Read Blog)
  • One Week And Counting - Post Your Comments!
    The time has finally arrived for the digital switch. In less than one week's time we will shut down WITN's analog transmitter for the final time and you will only be able to watch WITN's digital signal. (Read Blog)
  • All Antennas Are Not Created Equal - 6 Comments Posted
    Over the past months we have been out in the public demonstrating digital television hook-ups using an old analog TV, a digital converter and antenna. While a few people have had questions about digital converter hook-ups, most people have questioned us about the antenna that they use. (Read Blog)
  • Do Not Adjust Your TV Set... Nothing Has Changed! - 1 Comments Posted
    So you thought that analog television was going to go away on February 17th. Not here in eastern North Carolina. You can look forward to four more months of digital transition PSA's. (Read Blog)
  • Time To Revisit The ER - Post Your Comments!
    Time is running out on the longest-running medical drama on television. If you haven't watched ER on Thursday nights in awhile, perhaps it's time to tune in once again. (Read Blog)
  • Super Efforts To Make Sure You Have A Super Time Watching The Super Bowl - 1 Comments Posted
    So last year you may have experienced some problems watching the Super Bowl in eastern North Carolina. We doing our best to avoid any chance of an "instant replay" of that problem! (Read Blog)
  • Here's a test we hoped you passed! - Post Your Comments!
    WITN, along with many other television stations across North Carolina, conducted a DTV “Soft Test” on Wednesday night. Even though this was a “soft” test, not everyone got a passing grade. (Read Blog)
  • The Countdown Has Begun..... - 5 Comments Posted
    The countdown to the digital transition for broadcast television is underway. We are now down to 70 days and counting as we move towards February 17, 2009. (Read Blog)
  • Six Months and Counting - 6 Comments Posted
    We are now six months away from the date when analog broadcasts of WITN will cease. The Federal Communications Commission has set February 17, 2009 as the date when all broadcasters MUST shut off their analog transmitters and broadcast in digital only. (Read Blog)
  • What's Up With Reception?? The Continuing Ballad of Charter Cable and What's Up with DTV - 8 Comments Posted
    A couple a viewers have called, sent e-mails and added Blog comments about reception problems with WITN.... I will attempt to answer some of these questions to the best of my ability! (Read Blog)
  • Several viewers called "slashing" on WITN... - 11 Comments Posted
    If two events of importance to diverse sets of people occur, the rules of nature say that these events will come into direct opposition to each other... (Read Blog)
  • When you gotta watch digital television on the go............ - Post Your Comments!
    A viewer is worried that his battery operated tv will stop working next year...... and he's right to be worried...... (Read Blog)
  • Yulu really like what you find at Hulu.... - 3 Comments Posted
    David from Washington sent me a note asking if you really could watch NBC shows for free on the Internet and in the process enlightened me about hulu.com (Read Blog)
  • It's a Deal That No One Should Refuse! - 2 Comments Posted
    Ms. Jones was wondering what happened to her coupons... so it got me thinking... (Read Blog)
  • Whether or not the Weather will Mess With Our Signal........... - Post Your Comments!
    A couple a viewers asked if the weather has a negative impact upon our digital signal.... (Read Blog)
  • When the wind blows... hold onto your hat!! - 1 Comments Posted
    We had politicians and storms blowing into eastern North Carolina and with that came a lot of comments.......... (Read Blog)
  • It's good to be coming back...... - Post Your Comments!
    'Just Ask Mike' talks about Life and Friday nights. (Read Blog)
  • Surprising words… waiting to bust out! - Post Your Comments!
    The Federal Communications Commission is considering imposing new rules regarding the way viewers communicate with local broadcasters. (Read Blog)
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