I have yet to get a definitive answer on why or how this happens but across the Portland, Maine television market it happens frequently. By this I mean a program that is supposed to be in high definition is not, or it was in high definition and loses it at some point.
Tonight, 12/20/07, at about 9:20 or so, there was a commercial break during "Grey's Anatomy". When they came back from commercial break, which ended in a studio segment regarding what was coming up at 11:00 on the news, HD was no longer in force and WMTW's HD broadcast was in Standard Definition.
I tried to call the station, as I do whenever this happens to any of the Portland TV stations, but nobody answered. I tried several times but nobody answered. I ended up writing a quick email asking for someone to "flip the switch". Within seconds, it was fixed. I doubt it was my email, it was probably someone on site who figured out what was going on. But I just can't believe that I, as a regular everyday consumer, have to call my local television stations and ask them to fix their HD problems on a regular basis.
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