WOOD TV goes dark during middle of Lions game

[Honolulublue4life]

Wood tv is getting creamed on Twitter right now.

[MWmetalhead]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php/?id=10 ... 1735188007

No one from the station seems to be responding. What a disaster by WOOD TV!!!!

(Just like the end of the second quarter for the Lions.)

I take it this issue is not limited to Xfinity and also involves their OTA signal? The dumbasses need to find a way to move the broadcast to either WOTV or WXSP.

[MWmetalhead]

A massive IT failure in Indianapolis appears to be the culprit.

https://www.woodtv.com/about-us/signal- ... mXOPzjlH4E

[Graham Wellington]

A massive IT failure in Indianapolis appears to be the culprit.

https://www.woodtv.com/about-us/signal- ... mXOPzjlH4E

Amanda Porter was responding on Twitter that it was an NBC issue. Pretty clear it is a Nexstar issue.

[MWmetalhead]

Zero issues on WDIV and WILX. It is absolutely a Nexstar issue.

The good news is it's been resolved - at least for now. My folks got the broadcast back moments ago (I just spoke with them on the phone).

[Graham Wellington]

Also, how does a TV station not have a continuity plan in place for big events like this?

[MWmetalhead]

I understand Universo is carrying a Spanish language broadcast on channel 1232 on Xfinity (in case TV 8 goes off the air again).

[teetoppz28]

Thankfully, I am watching on Peacock!

[MWmetalhead]

I hope everyone remembers this incident when Nexstar tries shaking down cable-sat providers for increased retrans fees.

[Localnewsisdead]

This may go down as the biggest snafu in West Michigan broadcast history.

Sent from my SM-A136U using Tapatalk

[andymuskegon]

hub and spoke. what a great business model. imagine the day it's not some stupid game? imagine it's a terrorist attack or school shooter? no one is at the helm

[Bull Shannon]

I take it this issue is not limited to Xfinity and also involves their OTA signal? The dumbasses need to find a way to move the broadcast to either WOTV or WXSP.

WOTV and WXSP were also dark due to the issue in Indy.

I've been watching the game off antenna, and since it came back on it's just been the raw network feed from NBC — no WOOD-TV graphics or promos.

[MWmetalhead]

I give their engineers credit for quickly resolving the issue. Job well done.

Are WOTV and WXSP still off the air?

[chuck1973]

I hope everyone remembers this incident when Nexstar tries shaking down cable-sat providers for increased retrans fees.

Amen! This comment is beyond the truth and nearly sent me to the floor laughing because of the deep truth to it.

[Bull Shannon]

I give their engineers credit for quickly resolving the issue. Job well done.

Are WOTV and WXSP still off the air?

It looks like everything is back to normal now.