So I emailed our local fox station, after find out that we only have a low power repeater here in Yakima, and that LP repeaters are not governed by the same set of regulations regarding implementation by Feb ‘09 that the full power stations are. Here is his response for those in Yakima whom are interested:
From: Lonnie Eaton
To: Morgan Collins
Subject: RE: Digital Conversion
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:57:04 -0700Hello; our company is going ahead with our digital conversion, even though we are not held to the Feb ’09 deadline; our engineering department says we will be digital and HD before the end of this year; I’m trying to hold them to their word!! The sooner the better, so we can at least see the college bowl games, NFL post-season and the start of NASCAR in all their digital/HD glory!
Thanks for watching;
Lonnie Eaton
Station Manager
509-574-4141
EDIT: According to this post on Fox’s website, they will be converting the KCYU-LP transmitter to digital the week of Dec 15th.
EDIT: As of Dec 15th, KCYU is now being broadcast digitally!
