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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Time Warner bumps KLRU2 from Channel 20 to Channel 255
Time Warner is jiggling its lineup — again. And this time KLRU2 is following “The Dog Whisperer” to the cable company’s digital tier.
KLRU2 is public TV station KLRU’s second channel, currently available on the standard tier’s Cable Channel 20 and also on digital Cable Channel 255.
Effective Tuesday, KLRU2 will be dropped from Cable 20 and available only on Cable 255. (KLRU’s main channel will remain on Cable Channel 9.)
Launched in 1988, KLRU2 carries self-help and how-to programs in the daytime and mostly repeats of PBS programs in prime time.
You may recall Time Warner did the same thing with the National Geographic Channel (NGC) a few years ago, effectively bumping “The Dog Whisperer,” one of NBC’s most popular shows, off the basic lineup and onto the digital tier (Cable 232).
Time Warner spokesman Roger Heaney says the move was necessitated to free up bandwidth for more HD channels, although no replacement has been announced.
KLRU general manager Bill Stotesbery says he and his staff found out about the move in September, when they saw the notice on Time Warner’s Web site.
“We’re concerned to see it go off Channel 20 because it has developed a substantial audience, and we don’t know if they’re going to follow us to this digital tier channel,” Stotesbery said.
If you’ve got digital cable through Time Warner, KLRU2 will not cost extra on the digital-only tier.
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