Detroit Public T.V. moving back into Detroit

[5939DT]

Did they do anything to change their transmitter recently? Ever since [[<- note correct spelling, Richard) they went digital I could pick up their signal over-the-air in Ann Arbor, either with converter box or TV. Then suddenly one day a month or two ago PBS-56 and FOX-2 just disappeared, not even "weak signal", just snow.

[JBMcB]

What really bugged me about the move to Wixom wasn't just that it was unnecessary, but that it was an expensive undertaking that would be bore out by donor money. WTVS seems to play a bit fast and loose with their cash.

A trick I learned from a podcast I listen to, is to check a non-profit's 990 filing with the IRS, or read their self-published information if they bother to provide it. On WTVS's self-published annual report their balance sheet lists combined assets and liabilities. You don't do that on a balance sheet. A number that adds how much stuff you own with how much money you owe other people is meaningless. It's what gets publicly traded companies into trouble, and the SEC clamped down on the practice after the Enron debacle [[Enron would regularly combine assets and liabilities to make their balance sheet look good.)

WTVS does break out assets and liabilities in other columns, but the fact that they are combining them at all is concerning.