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FALLS CHURCH, VA- As part of the technical build-out working towards the move to digital broadcasting February 2009, the MHz Networks broadcast tower in Merrifield received a new digital antenna October 26.

The old antenna that gave life to channel 56 for the past 25 years was removed and replaced with the new digital antenna. US Tower Services Ltd. and Construction Helicopters, Inc. removed the old analog antenna and its pedestal and replaced it with the new antenna and corresponding pedestal. Weighing 6700 pounds and spanning 50' 10 3/4" feet, the new Dielectric antenna was placed atop MHz Network's broadcast tower in a task that took roughly 4 hours to complete.

The 614-foot tower was built in 1981 and the MHz Networks broadcast center was dedicated the next year.

As mandated by the FCC, all broadcast stations must move to digital broadcast by February 17, 2009. On this date, ten MHz Networks channels will be found on broadcast channels 30 - 30.10. Viewers will awake to find a dynamic range of world perspectives available over the air, all for free.

For more information regarding the digital transition, visit our Digital Transition FAQs.

Contact:
Stephanie Misar
8101 A Lee Highway
Falls Church, VA 22042
703-770-7100
www.mhznetworks.org

MHz Networks is an independent, non-commercial television broadcaster delivering international educational and arts programming and providing diverse cultural perspectives for a globally-minded audience.

MHz Worldview, MHz Networks flagship channel, brings programming to globally-minded audiences in the US though affiliates, including cable, satellite and online. Serving the Washington, DC area’s 4.9 million residents with eight local broadcast channels, MHz Networks features programs from around the world on-air in more than 20 different languages.

A division of Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation headquartered in Richmond, VA, MHz Networks is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization. MHz has studio facilities in Falls Church, VA and at Washington, DC’s Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.

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