GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS
NEWS AND VIEWS
June 7,
2009
GLOBAL
COMMUNICATIONS Mike and Laurel Kohl S-9141 State Road 23 Plain, Wisconsin 53577-9612 U.S.A. |
TELEPHONE 608-546-2523 FAX 608-546-2157 globalcm@mhtc.net |
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June 7, 2009 My head is still spinning...not so much from the nearly 1000 miles that I now drive every week, but from the rapid escalation of fuel prices in the past several weeks. On May 3rd I paid 1.999 per gallon for unleaded regular in a number of Minnesota locations. This weekend it's up to 2.699 in many of those places, and I saw as much as 2.859 at a pump in a small Wisconsin community. Quite a racket these people have; funny coincidence that prices were near the bottom the week that I started my slow moving process. Of course it also coincides with the annual shakedown of motorists for the Memorial Day and Fourth Of July weekends. It's always something! Getting into the swing
of things at my Monday to Thursday day job at Skyvision. Great
people to work with! This week also creates a bunch of work for those following the shutdown of analog full power television stations across the United States. Friday, June 12th is the scheduled date, and hopefully it will go smoother than the February mini-transition that preceded it. I will attempt to update our channel charts to reflect all new changes in channel facilities, as well as get a handle on any new off air multicasting that goes on the air. In the middle of this shuffle is the fact that up to 35 full power stations presently transmitting in analog will be forced to turn things off, because they have not yet built a proper digital facility. The majority of those channels are in the Equity Broadcasting bankruptcy process, which have been granted permission on a station by station basis to complete construction by later in the year. Analog channels will disappear in the affected communities, but the few satellite feeds that remain will serve cable companies during the transition to new ownership. In the end, most of these channels will no longer be on satellite...but not to worry; something new will come up at some point. It always has in the past...we just cannot predict who it might be yet! Got to drive in a few
minutes, but thought it best to dispatch greetings for the month of June
to all of our faithful readers. Check out our Friday night radio
show, which continues from 8 to 10 pm Central with Ralf Black on the
Access America radio network, on Galaxy 19 - Ku band. Coordinates on
our main web page. MIKE |