Cable and Satellite Carriage
Outside of the Philadelphia market in central and southern New Jersey, WCAU is carried in southern Middlesex County on Comcast Digital Cable in the municipalities of Plainsboro, South Brunswick, Monroe, Cranbury, Jamesburg, Helmetta, Spotswood and East Brunswick. Up until November 2006, WCAU was carried on cable channel 10 (WCAU was also carried on channel 39 from the late 80's until moving back to Channel 10 in the late 90's) until Comcast moved WCAU over to digital cable channel 253 to preserve bandwidth. Monmouth County carries WCAU on Cablevision Monmouth and Monmouth/Wall outlets. All of Ocean County carries WCAU on Comcast and Cablevision outlets. Like in Middlesex County, WCAU was also removed from Channel 10 and also moved to digital cable channel 253 to preserve bandwidth. Also in November 2006, Comcast of Long Beach Island as well as the systems in Toms River and Brick also moved WCAU from its basic analog lineup to its basic digital package (like in Middlesex County on digital channel 253) causing a massive public outcry from the Island's municipalities, including a resolution passed by the Boro of Harvey Cedars that the channel be re-instated to basic analog. Comcast added WCAU HD to its lineups in Ocean and Southern Middlesex counties as well as the borough of Roosevelt in Monmouth County and Comcast's Lambertville area system in Hunterdon County on August 22, 2012 on Channel 910.\WCAU's NBC Philadelphia Nonstop was added to The Central New Jersey Southern Middlesex system on November 27, 2012 (found on 10.2 with a rescan of a digital tuner) but has not been mapped into the Comcast digital boxes or DTAs.
Since the Salisbury, MD/Rehoboth DE market does not have an NBC affiliate, Comcast transmits WCAU (as well as WBAL-TV) to most of Sussex County in Delaware, except for Fenwick Island as the town uses former TCI (now Comcast) service, on Channel 10. It is the only Philadelphia local channel remaining on the Limited Analog Service. Mediacom and Verizon FiOs do not broadcast WCAU in Sussex County.
Currently, DirecTV and DishNetwork does not carry any Philadelphia stations out of the Philadelphia market in New Jersey. In the Salisbury, Maryland market, DirecTV carries WCAU as an NBC affiliate as there is no NBC affiliate in the Salisbury market. The closest NBC affiliate that actually covers the area is NBC-affiliate WMGM Atlantic City, although it is not on the DirecTV Significantly Viewed list for the area.
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