MediaCon drops WMBB/ABC13

[jodiFL]

And it was the news I watched every morning....not to mention the new LOST episodes starting in January....

Mediacom Cable Customers may lose WMBB Programming: WMBB-TV and ABC programming may be removed from the Mediacom Cable programming lineup. Click Here to learn more...

WMBB Signal may be dropped from Mediacom Cable System
12/10/08 - 09:20 AM
WMBB News Department

Panama City, Fla:
For many years, cable systems have made local broadcast stations part of their cable lineup. WMBB-TV is a regular network broadcast station based out of Panama City, Florida and we broadcast our signal over the air... free of charge.
Cable systems, such as Mediacom, take in that signal and re-broadcast it to you via your cable connection. However, they are charging you, the subscriber, a monthly fee for a television channel that is free otherwise on the air.
WMBB-TV is asking Mediacom to reimburse us on behalf of the retransmission of WMBB-TV signals. WMBB-TV is not asking for a large sum amount from Mediacom, nor are we asking for you, the subscriber to pay extra. You, the subscriber, already pay for WMBB-TV programming.

 

[Beach Runner]

Wha-what? How could they not have at least one ABC station? We have two here.

I mean, there are certain sports events that are only on ABC. Don't want to miss them!

 

[sunspotbaby]

WTF! How can they do this???

 

[NotDeadYet]

MediaCon also just raised their rates again.
I so wish I had a line of sight to the satellite so I could fire them.

 

[jodiFL]

I wonder how Sandestin would feel if a bunch of folks showed up to protest outside the MediaCrap office there?

EDIT: It just came back on. yippee!! Wonder if they got a few calls or just wanted to show WMBB that they had all the power?

 

[Lake View Too]

Done deal?

Does anybody know if this is a done deal, and when it might happen?

 

[jodiFL]

It was a black screen on this morning for several hours. It just came back up about 5 minutes ago.

 

[Smiling JOe]

For less than $50, you should be able to put up an external TV antenna, and receive ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Fox, and a few other channels. If you ditched your cable tv, you could subscribe to Netflix and still have about $40 left over every month.

 

[Smiling JOe]

lol. I now recall Ch13 announcing that they received their new digital processor and they would be running a test for an hour or so, to see if it worked.

 

[beachmouse]

For less than $50, you should be able to put up an external TV antenna, and receive ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Fox, and a few other channels. If you ditched your cable tv, you could subscribe to Netflix and still have about $40 left over every month.

Provided you don't have deed restrictions or HOA rules about external antennas, which are very common in these parts. The deed restrictions in my neighborhood limit external antennas to stuff that's so weak you get like two channels, and I suspect most modern SoWal neighborhoods have even more restrictive rules.