In the digital TV world, a UHF signal is better than a VHF signal. As such, the licensee of a broadcast television station in Jacksonville, a subsidiary of TEGNA, sought regulatory approval to make such a shift for its NBC affiliate along Florida’s First Coast.
The Video Division of the Media Bureau has given the company its blessings, and the change will be made soon.
As such, WTLV-12 in Jacksonville, Fla., will be shifting from digital channel 13 to UHF channel 33.
No comments were received in the matter, which led Barbara Kreisman, the Video Division Chief, to terminate the Media Bureau docket and give TEGNA the OK.
TEGNA submitted the request based on its receipt of “persistent reception complaints from viewers” in the Jacksonville DMA.
While an analysis provided by TEGNA indicated WTLV’s move to channel 33 will result in 274,303 persons no longer being located within the station’s noise limited service contour (NLSC), all but 16,737 persons in the predicted loss area are within the NLSC of three other NBC affiliated TV stations.
