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Questions About WDIO/WIRT-DT's Digital Signals?I used to watch WDIO/WIRT on either channel 10 or channel 13 using an antenna? What do I do now? Is it true that “rabbit ears” won’t work anymore to receive WDIO/WIRT? I’ve heard about the “Retro Television Network.” How do I get it? Post DTV Transition Coverage Map of WDIO-DT and WIRT-DT
I used to watch WDIO/WIRT on either channel 10 or channel 13 using an antenna? What do I do now?
If you are using an amplified UHF/VHF antenna and you live in the Twin Ports or in Hibbing and are having trouble tuning in WDIO/WIRT, try turning off the amplified portion of the antenna. If a converter box or television with a built-in digital tuner receives too much signal, “NO SIGNAL” may display, or your picture may break up. If you used to be able to receive a snowy analog signal, you may have to upgrade to an indoor amplified UHF/VHF antenna, an outdoor UHF/VHF antenna, or an amplified outdoor UHF/VHF antenna to receive WDIO/WIRT clearly. Like in the analog days, your UHF/VHF antenna (especially “rabbit ears”) may require periodic adjustments in order to continue receiving a good signal from WDIO/WIRT.
I live in Northern Minnesota and used to watch WDIO/WIRT over-the-air on a translator station. What do I do now? Northern Minnesota viewers of WDIO/WIRT who used to watch us on analog channels 49, 55, 58, 64, 60, or 65 can still view us via DIGITAL translator stations. If you live near Big Falls, Birchdale, International Falls, Kabetogama, Max, or Northome, you will require a digital converter box or a television with a built-in digital tuner and a UHF/VHF antenna to receive WDIO/WIRT over the air. WDIO/WIRT will now be displayed as channels 13.1 and 13.2 on your converter box or digital television. Grand Marais and Grand Portage viewers of WDIO/WIRT who used to watch us on analog channels 61 and 55 will no longer be able to view us over-the-air. Viewers who still want to receive WDIO/WIRT are encouraged to subscribe to cable or direct satellite service, both of which carry WDIO/WIRT. Red Lake viewers do not yet require a digital converter box. WIRT-DT 13.1 (ABC) can be seen on analog channel 65. WIRT-DT 13.2 (RTV) can be seen on analog channel 69. If you are using an amplified UHF/VHF antenna and you live in one of the aforementioned communities and are having trouble tuning in WDIO/WIRT, try turning off the amplified portion of the antenna. If a converter box or television with a built-in digital tuner receives too much signal, “NO SIGNAL” may display, or your picture may break up. If you used to be able to receive a snowy analog signal, you may have to upgrade to an indoor amplified UHF/VHF antenna, an outdoor UHF/VHF antenna, or an amplified outdoor UHF/VHF antenna to receive WDIO/WIRT clearly. Like in the analog days, your UHF/VHF antenna (especially “rabbit ears”) may require periodic adjustments in order to continue receiving a good signal from WDIO/WIRT.
Is it true that “rabbit ears” won’t work anymore to receive WDIO/WIRT? False. If you were able to receive a clear signal from WDIO or WIRT with a “rabbit ears” antenna when we were broadcasting in analog, you should be able to receive WDIO or WIRT with a “rabbit ears” antenna now. If you are using an amplified “rabbit ears” antenna and you live in the Twin Ports or in Hibbing and are having trouble tuning in WDIO/WIRT, try turning off the amplified portion of the antenna. If a converter box or television with a built-in digital tuner receives too much signal, “NO SIGNAL” may display, or your picture may break up. If you used to be able to receive a snowy analog signal, you may have to upgrade to an indoor amplified UHF/VHF antenna, an outdoor UHF/VHF antenna, or an amplified outdoor UHF/VHF antenna to receive WDIO/WIRT clearly. Like in the analog days, your UHF/VHF antenna (especially “rabbit ears”) may require periodic adjustments in order to continue receiving a good signal from WDIO/WIRT.
I have digital cable/direct satellite service and an HDTV, and I want to watch WDIO/WIRT in high definition. What do I do? Viewers with digital cable can watch WDIO/WIRT in high definition in the following communities: Mediacom Channel 813: Aurora Bass Brook Beaver Bay Biwabik Buhl Calumet Carlton Chisholm Cloquet Esko Eveleth Gilbert Grand Rapids Hermantown Hibbing Hoyt Lakes Keewatin Kinney Leonidas Lone Pine Marble McKinley Moose Lake Mountain Iron Nashwauk Proctor Scanlon Silver Bay Taconite Thomson Two Harbors Virginia Charter Channel 780: Bessemer Duluth Hurley Ironwood Lake Nebagamon Montreal Superior Wakefield Charter Channel 13.1 (if cable is connected directly to your digital television and not via a digital cable box): Duluth Lake Nebagamon Charter Channel 610: Ashland Bayfield Hayward Stone Lake Washburn S&K TV Systems Channel 56.1 (if cable is connected directly to your digital television and not via a digital cable box): Minong Trego
SCI Cable Channel 10.11 (if cable is connected directly to your digital television and not via a digital cable box): Barnum Floodwood Hill City McGregor Pengilly Viewers without digital cable can either subscribe to digital cable service or view WDIO/WIRT over the air with a digital converter box or a television with a built-in digital tuner and a UHF/VHF antenna. Viewers with Dish Network can watch WDIO/WIRT in high definition in the following counties: Channel 5250 (10): Ashland Bayfield Carlton Cook Douglas Gogebic Iron Itasca Koochiching Lake Sawyer St. Louis Viewers may also be able to connect a UHF/VHF antenna to either their Dish Network box or their television with a built-in digital tuner to pick up WDIO/WIRT or one of our translators stations over-the-air to watch us in high definition. DirecTV does not yet carry WDIO/WIRT in high definition.
I’ve heard about the “Retro Television Network.” How do I get it? The Retro Television Network (RTV) is a new network that is available from WDIO/WIRT. Over-the-Air: In the Twin Ports and surrounding communities, RTV can be seen with a digital converter box or television with a built-in digital tuner and a UHF/VHF antenna on WDIO-DT channel 10.2. In Hibbing and the surrounding communities, RTV can be seen on WIRT-DT channel 13.2. For viewers who used to watch us on analog channels 49, 55, 58, 64, 60, or 65, RTV can be seen on channel 13.2 using a digital converter box or television with a built-in digital tuner and a UHF/VHF antenna. In Red Lake, RTV can be seen on analog channel 69. Digital Cable: Charter Cable Channel 398: Duluth Lake Nebagamon Superior
Charter Cable Channel 13.2 (if cable is connected directly to your television with a built-in digital tuner and not via a digital cable box): Duluth Lake Nebagamon Superior Charter Channel 964: Ashland Bayfield Hayward Stone Lake Washburn Cheqtel Channel 242: Barnes Benoit Brule Cable Clam Lake Cornucopia Drummond Glidden Grand View Hayward Herbster Iron River Maple Mason Morengo Port Wing Sanborn Solon Springs S&K TV Systems Channel 56.2 (if cable is connected directly to your television with a built-in digital tuner and not via a digital cable box): Minong Trego
SCI Cable Channel 10.12 (if cable is connected directly to your digital television and not via a digital cable box): Barnum Floodwood Hill City McGregor Pengilly
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