Stations that covered the most states

[NoDakObserver]

In addition, Seattle stations taped parts of their broadcast day for rural cable companies in Alaska. KOMO, KING, and KIRO were carried in Juneau via microwave, not taped, albeit primetime ran from 9 to midnight with the time zone change. BUT... they were also carried in Barrow!! I assume on tape. But that's nearly 2,000 miles away from Seattle. And KTVU Oakland was also brought in as of 1982 (over 2,600 miles away). Other cable companies were taking the Alaska TV Satellite Project and WTBS, sometimes WGN, WOR, or CBN.

I'm confused on the time zone comment. If Juneau got programs live from Seattle via microwave, prime-time would be earlier than Seattle, not later. 7-10, not 9-12. (assuming a one-hour time difference. Depending on what year you are talking about, the Yukon time zone used to be in the middle (until 1983), so Juneau might have been two hours behind Seattle, giving them prime-time of 6-9). In Dickinson, ND where I grew up in Mountain time, prime-time programming is 6-9, since the local TV stations are translators from Bismarck, which is one hour ahead in Central time and has prime-time from 7-10.

 

[crainbebo]

I confused it with Mountain time, my apologies. Montana cable operators that carry(ied) Spokane stations had a 9-midnight prime time, and the same goes with Alberta cable and satellite.

 

[ftballfan]

I'm confused on the time zone comment. If Juneau got programs live from Seattle via microwave, prime-time would be earlier than Seattle, not later. 7-10, not 9-12. (assuming a one-hour time difference. Depending on what year you are talking about, the Yukon time zone used to be in the middle (until 1983), so Juneau might have been two hours behind Seattle, giving them prime-time of 6-9). In Dickinson, ND where I grew up in Mountain time, prime-time programming is 6-9, since the local TV stations are translators from Bismarck, which is one hour ahead in Central time and has prime-time from 7-10.

Until 1983, Juneau was PST and Anchorage was two hours behind PST.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

Until 1983, Juneau was PST and Anchorage was two hours behind PST.

few people remember now that alaska has two of its own time zones.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

If it's New York TV market and OTA that covers the most states it's New York, New Jersey and Connecticut for all OTA Signals like WCBS, WABC, WNBC and WNYW.

Philadelphia it's Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Washington DC it's DC, Maryland and Virginia.

Albany, New York it's parts of Massachusetts, Vermont and New York

Mobile TV market gets Parts of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.

Paducah TV Market gets Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri.

Chicago TV Market includes Illinois, parts of Wisconsin and Indiana.

Pittsburgh TV Market has Pennsylvania, parts of Ohio and West Virginia.

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