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TV Channels of the Week - 21 thru 27

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Buckeyes2001

What can you get on TV channels 21 - 27? (Before or since DTV transition)

Before the DTV transition, I could get the following from here in Vermilion, OH

21 - WFMJ/Youngstown, OH (tropo)
WPTA/Ft. Wayne, IN (tropo)
22 - Global affiliate from Canada (varying strength). Not sure exact city
23 - WPVX/Akron, OH (rather weak)
24 - WNWO/Toledo, OH (semi-local)
25 - WVIZ/Cleveland, OH (local)
26 - blank except for occasional low-power Detroit station
27 - WKBN/Youngstown, OH (tropo)
 
MarioMania said:
Did you do 2 - 13 yet?
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There was a thread once for TV Channels 2 - 6 that someone else started and then later I did 7 - 13. It was before the site was updated and moved to new servers so it may be difficult to locate them now. Next week I'll re-do the 2 thru 6 thread and following week the 7 thru 13 thread.
 
Cool

When I was living in Pacifica

21 - nothing
22 - nothing
23 - nothing
24 - nothing
25 - Bleed from KTSF
26 - KTSF (Ind) San Francisco
27 - nothing
 
Only one I had was KMYQ/KTWB 22, our local WB/MNTV affiliate in Seattle. Now KZJO. Had no sign of KBCB-24 Bellingham, even though KVOS-12 came in. If only I had a time machine going back before the transition, got that VHF/UHF antenna on top of the house working and pointed it north, 24 would probably come in.

-crainbebo
 
In Gary, IN, this is what I got in the analog era, & now in the digital era.

Analog:

21 Nothing

22 WSBT-TV (CBS) South Bend, IN

23 WWME-CA Chicago (still on the air until Weigel Broadcasting decides to shut off, which probably won't be until September 2015, or when the transmitter fails, & can't get parts, whichever comes first).

24 WHVI-LP Valparaiso, IN (was getting this station until it signed off, probably more than a year ago, because LeSea Broadcasting couldn't come up with the money to convert this station to digital, & decided to turn it off, & turned in the license)

24 WCGV Milwaukee, WI (Was Independent when I usually picked it up) (used to get this during tropo, until WHVI-LP signed on in 2000 - 2003, not sure which year).

25 W25DW Arbury Hills, IL (only Arbury Hills in Illinois, is a High School by that name in Tinley Park, IL) Aired HSN only in the analog days.

26 WCIU Chicago (Independent)

27 Nothing

Digital:

21 WYCC Chicago (PBS) (also carries FNX on 20.2 & Mhz Worldview on 20.3)

22 WSBT-TV South Bend, IN (CBS) (also has an independent subchannel, programmed by WSBT on 22.2)

23 Nothing, because I pick up the analog signal

24 WRJK-LP (should really be WRJK-LD, since it's digital) (don't always get this station, as it's nulled toward Indiana, as it was meant to protect the now silent WHVI-LP Valparaiso, IN)

25 W25DW-D Arbury Hills, IL (as repeated, there's no community in Illinois called Arbury Hills, IL, just a name of a high school in Tinley Park, IL) (has HSN on the main channel, along with a few other subchannels, including LATV, Sonlife, & a 24 hour infomercial channel)

26 Nothing on most days, but I have occasionally got WKOW (ABC) Madison, WI, but once WBBM-TV signs on their translator, I may get that more than WKOW)

27 WCIU Chicago (Independent on 26.1 & 26.2 with 26.2 being time-shifted programming, MeTV on 26.3, MeToo on 26.4, & Bounce on 26.5, & 26.5 was the former home to This TV, until November 1)
 
Manistee/Onekama, MI
Analog:
21 - WCMW Manistee, MI (strong) - PBS // WCMU
22 - W22BW Sturgeon Bay, WI (very weak) - NBC // WGBA
23 - nothing
24 - nothing
25 - nothing
26 - WGBA Green Bay, WI (weak) - NBC
27 - WCMV Cadillac, MI (strong) - PBS // WCMU
Digital:
Only WCMW (Channel 21) with a strong signal. WCMV and WGBA both stayed on their pre-transition digital channels while WCMW moved back to its old analog channel.
 
In the Hudson Valley, NY, 70 miles North of New York City, here's what I get on ch 21-27.

21 - blank (WLIW Garden City, Long Island, NY is frequent) Best DX: WBOC Salisbury, MD.
22 - blank Best DX: WRIC Petersbrug, VA.
23 - WFTY Smithtown, Long Island, NY. Best DX: WUNK Greenville, NC; WVPX Akron, OH
24 - WRGB translator, Kingston, NY. Frequent WNYE New York, NY with WRGB nulled. Best DX: WNVC Fairfax,VA; WATM Altoona, PA.
25 - WASA-LD "Port Jervis, NY"(really New York City) is common with any tropo. Best DX: KDKA Pittsburgh, PA; CBLFT Toronto, ON.
26 - WTEN Albany, NY. Best DX: KYW Philadelphia, PA
27 - WTBY LOCAL Poughkeepsie, NY. Best DX: WGTW Burlington, NJ (just once with WTBY off).
 
Here's what I got on Chs. 21-27 in the analog days(that is, before 6/12/2009) in Warminster PA:

21-WLIW, Long Island, NY(PBS)
WHP, Harrisburg, PA(CBS)
22-WDAU/WYOU, Scranton, PA(CBS)
WMPT, Annapolis, MD(PBS)
23-WNJS, Camden, NJ(PBS)
24-WEDH, Hartford, CT(PBS)
WKJL, Baltimore(Ind, now WUTB MyTV)
25-WZBN, Trenton, NJ(low-power station)
WNYE, New York(PBS)
26-WTWS, New London, CT(now Ion WHPX)
WETA, Washington, DC(PBS)
27-WHTM, Harrisburg(ABC)
WYAH/WGNT, Portsmouth, VA(Ind, now The CW)

And in the digital era:

21-zippo
22-WNJS, Camden, NJ(PBS/NJTV)
23-WTSD-CA, Wilmington, DE(low-power)
24-zippo
25-WTVE, Reading, PA(Ind)
26-KYW, Philadelphia(CBS)
27-WGTW, Burlington, NJ(TBN)
 
From Coldwater, MI circa 1990's (My TV DX'ing days before the digital transition)

21- WPTA- Fort Wayne, IN (ABC)
22- WSBT- South Bend, IN (CBS)
22- CIII- Stevenson, ON (Global)
23- WKAR- East Lansing, MI (PBS)
23- WNDY- Marion, IN (Ind.)
23- W???- Akron, OH (Ind.)
24- WNWO- Toledo, OH (ABC)
24- W24BO- Kalamazoo, MI (TCT //WTLJ 54 Muskegon)
24- WCGV- Milwaukee, WI (Ind./FOX/Ind.)
25- WEYI- Saginaw, MI (CBS)
25- WVIZ- Cleveland, OH (PBS)
26- W26BX- Kalamazoo, MI- (TCT-- moved from Ch. 24)
26- WCIU- Chicago, IL- (Ind.)
26- WGBA- Green Bay, WI (Ind./FOX)
 
In the Jackson, TN area, WATN ABC 24 (RF 25) in Memphis is the only station in the 21-27 range. When I lived near Dyersburg, TN and before the digital conversion I could occasionally get WMKU PBS 21 in Murray, KY when I had the antenna turned in that direction.
 
In Northeast Ohio (Medina County), in the DTV era:

21 - WMYD Detroit (20.1/20.2) tropo
22 - WFXP Erie (66.1) tropo
23 - WVPX Akron (23.1/23.2/23.3/23.4/23.5) local
24 - WJET Erie (24.1) tropo, weak (non-decode) signal from WOIO Cleveland Akron-based repeater (19.1/19.2)
25 - nothing
26 - WVIZ Cleveland (25.1/25.2/25.3/25.4/25.9) local
27 - nothing
 
Looking thru my log, forgot to add:

24 - WPTA Fort Wayne, IN (21.1/21.2/21.3)
27 - WBGU Bowling Green, OH (27.x) decoded for a few seconds in Sep. 2009

nsa1 said:
In Northeast Ohio (Medina County), in the DTV era:

21 - WMYD Detroit (20.1/20.2) tropo
22 - WFXP Erie (66.1) tropo
23 - WVPX Akron (23.1/23.2/23.3/23.4/23.5) local
24 - WJET Erie (24.1) tropo, weak (non-decode) signal from WOIO Cleveland Akron-based repeater (19.1/19.2)
25 - nothing
26 - WVIZ Cleveland (25.1/25.2/25.3/25.4/25.9) local
27 - nothing
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Durham, NC

pre-6/12/2009...consistent signals marked with asterisk
21-WWMB, Myrtle Beach, SC (CW), WHRE, Virginia Beach, VA (TBN)
*22-WLFL, Raleigh, NC (CW)
23-WHMC, Conway, SC (PBS)
24-WTAT, Charleston, SC (Fox)
25-WUNK, Greenville, NC (PBS), once or twice WOLO, Columbia, SC (ABC)
26-WTNC-LP, Durham (Telefutura), WJKA, Wilmington, NC (Fox), WUNL, Winston-Salem (PBS)
27-WRDC-DT, Durham (TV 28-MyNet), WGNT, Portsmouth, VA (CW)

post-6/12/2009
21-nothing
22-remap of WLFL from UHF 27
23-nothing
24-nothing
25-WUNC, Chapel Hill (virtual 4,PBS)
26-nothing
27-WLFL, Raleigh (virtual 22, CW)
 
Various locations in Indiana and Ohio"
21-WPTA Fort Wayne
22-WSBT South Bend/WKEF Dayton/WVUB Vincennes
23-WMCC/WNDY Marion IN
24 WDHO (I think different calls now
25-WEEK Peoria (?)
26-WTCJ/WBDT/Springfield-Dayton OH
27- nothing I can think of
28 WSJV South Bend
29-WTTK Kokomo IN
 
Here are the stations I have seen on channels 21 through 27 from Temperance, MI
Note that the vast majority of these have been seen less than 1% of the time - some just for a few minutes (by tropospheric refraction);
Stations with a "^" are digital, stations without the "^" were analog.
Stations with a bold "L" are (were-analog) seen all of the time.
Stations with a normal "L" seen often, though not always.
Stations with a bold "*" are among the farthest.

21^ WMYDDT MI L
^ WBNSDT OH
21 WFMJ OH L
WPTA IN
22^ WNEMDT MI
^ WSBTDT IN
^ WFXPDT PA
^ WCPO OH
^ CIII22 ON L
22 CIII22 ON L
WKEF OH
WSBT IN
WBKACA OH
23^ WVPXDT OH L
^ WIPB IN
^ WSAZ WV *
^ WPXJ NY *
^ WUDTCD MI L
23 WKAR MI L
WVPX OH L
WUDTCA MI L
WNDY IN
WNLO NY
CBLN ON
24^ WJETDT PA L
^ WSFJDT OH
^ WPTADT IN
^ WTLJ MI
24 WNWO OH L
WJET PA
25^ KDKADT PA
^ KWKB IA *
^ CBLFT ON
25 WVIZ OH L
CHLF1 ON
WEYI MI
CBLFT ON
WOHLCA OH
WCWWLP IN
26^ WVIZDT OH L
^ WCMUDT MI
^ WNYBDT NY
^ WBDTDT OH
^ CHWI60 ON
26 WBDT OH
WNYB NY
WCIU IL
WGBA WI *
WDFMLP OH
WLPCLP MI
CHWI60 ON
27^ WOUBDT OH
^ WBGUDT OH L
27 WBGU OH L
WKBN OH
WKYT KY *
W27CJ MI
WOLPCA MI
CIII27 ON *
 
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