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May 12, 2008 10:46 am US/Mountain

CBS4 Starts Digital Transmission On Lookout Mtn.

  CBS4 is currently broadcasting a high-power digital signal from Lookout Mountain. After a viewer programs their TV or set top box the channel number should appear as 4.1 or 4-1.

DENVER (CBS4) CBS4 activated its new full-power digital transmitter on Lookout Mountain west of Denver Sunday morning. The milestone means viewers up and down the Front Range can get free digital television directly from CBS4.

"This really is the best place to broadcast from and reach the entire Front Range from Fort Collins and Greeley all the way to Castle Rock," said Marv Rockford, spokesman for Lake Cedar Group.

Rockford's group worked to build the new tower that will serve as the digital broadcast site for several Denver television stations.

He said the new over-the-air digital signal will provide the best quality video and sound of those stations. Cable and satellite providers sometimes compress the digital signal, which means the picture and sound quality may not be as good.

"The most important thing for people to understand is that however you're receiving television right now: over the air or on cable or on satellite, that stays the same, that will stay the same until February of 2009," said CBS4 Director of Operations David Layne.

On June 12, 2009, the FCC will require television stations to switch-off analog transmitters.

Consumers who have satellite will automatically get the digital signal, even if they have an old analog TV. They can get the digital signal through their satellite receiver. Cable subscribers will have access to both the analog and digital signals but may require a converter box to receive the digital or HD signals. Consumers may want to check with their cable provider for specific requirements.

To receive the free over-the-air digital signal, consumers will need a digital conversion box to get the picture on their old analog TV. Viewers with new digital receivers attached to or inside of HDTVs will be getting the best possible image.


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