On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Bob in Jersey<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Now that everybody's digital, are they no longer using the '-DT'
> suffix to the calls, or does that only apply to stations who flash-cut
> to didge, of which 'PHL is one?

Part of my job is to make the opens for our stations' newscasts, which
incorporate a legal ID.  When I was rebuilding the animation on June
3rd, I asked my boss exactly what the new call signs would be for us
after the 12th.  After some discussion as to whether we'd be -DT or go
back to -TV, he put in a call to the FCC.  He got a phone call later
that night saying they were checking and would get back to us; about
an hour later, he had received via e-mail a public notice dated June 3
outlining the procedures for call letters post-transition.  The
overwhelming impression we were left with was that no one had really
thought about call letters and legal ID's until we called...!

The public notice, if you're interested, basically says stations go
back to their analog call letters by default, and can opt to switch to
-DT--the whole thing is available here:
http://tinyurl.com/fcccallsigns


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