Over-the-air transmission of WBAY and WPNE resumed Saturday evening, but only at about 25 percent of normal power.  But repairs necessary to bring both broadcasters back to normal operation may be delayed at least two weeks, according to the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

After being off the air for nearly six hours today, WBAY is reporting their signal and that of WPNE (Wisconsin Public Television) cannot be restored this afternoon as hoped.  Both broadcasters, which share a tower on Scray's Hill near Green Bay, had gone off the air beginning at 9 AM to diagnose transmitter problems that started to impact their signals last night.  The problem was believed by station officials to be electrical in nature.

Six local broadcast channels will go dark for six hours Friday morning to facilitate transmitter repair diagnosis.  The process will leave antenna viewers, and some cable and satellite customers, without WBAY and Wisconsin Public Television starting at 9 AM.

The repairs will also affect the two broadcasters' digital subchannels.

Neenah, Appleton, Green Bay and both the Town and the City of Menasha are all chipping in for the equipment necessary to service public access programming to AT&T U-Verse customers.

The Post-Crescent reported this weekend that the five municipalities are throwing together a combined $3,650 for the initiative, with Brown County possibly also pitching in a share.

After nearly a month of quiet negotiations after their original contract expired, Time Warner Cable and program provider Scripps Interactive announced a multi-year extension yesterday, according to Multichannel News.

If I said Time Warner Cable's current on-screen guide and DVR interface looks antiquated, I'd be guilty of gross understatement.  Rarely have I turned on my DVR in the last couple years without feeling a sense of nostalgia for technology past that I usually get when I pull a 5.25" floppy disk out of a shoebox in my closet.  With modern set-top platforms like those found on TiVo and AT&T U-Verse making Time Warner's on-screen guide look like a dusty DOS relic from the 80's, clearly it was ripe for change.

Well that change is slowly starting to roll into Northeast Wisconsin living rooms, and it's a welcome one.

Time Warner Cable is getting the word out to Northeast Wisconsin that their new set-top software platform, known as Navigator, is coming soon to living rooms everywhere.  While news outlets have been reporting today that the change will happen over the next few weeks, we've heard unconfirmed rumors that the shift could happen region-wide as early as early tomorrow morning.

As happened with Time Warner's recent mass channel number change, the cable operator is urging customers to check their set-top digital boxes and DVRs in advance of the Navigator launch, should any snafus occur.  Time Warner is mailing out notices to customers and posting them to their website, giving several precautionary steps to do before Navigator lands to make sure your transition is smooth.