stronger signal

Rocky Mountain PBS' KRMA-DT expanded its reach throughout the Front Range by replacing its digital transmitter on downtown Denver's Republic Plaza with a new digital transmitter on an existing tower on Mount Morrison. The new transmitter increases KRMA-DT's reach from 10 percent to 15 percent of the KRMA-TV (analog channel 6) viewing area to 95 percent of the area. Rocky Mountain PBS now meets FCC requirements to provide appropriate digital coverage by February 2009, when the government will discontinue analog coverage nationwide.

high on the hog

2,000 bricks from the building used as Satriale's Pork Store in HBO's The Sopranos are being sold online for $25 to $50 each by building owner Manny Costeira at porkstone.com. They will include a serial number and certificate of authentication. The building is being demolished to make room for a new condominium project, to be called The Soprano.

olympian task

NBC Universal will present more than 3,600 hours of coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, more than the combined total of every Summer Olympics ever televised in the United States. The Beijing Olympic Games will begin Aug. 8, 2008. That's 1,000 hours more than the total coverage for every televised Summer Olympics in U.S. history. It's 212 hours (eight days) a day: NBC, USA, MSNBC and CNBC all will provide coverage, with high-definition coverage on USA HD and Universal HD. Spanish-language Olympic coverage will be seen on NBC Universal's Telemundo.

ex-intern returns

One of New York's most well-known sports and news journalists, Jenna Wolfe, has been named a correspondent for NBC News' Today. The announcement was made this week by NBC News President Steve Capus. She comes to NBC News from WABC-NY. Wolfe served as a summer intern at Today during college.