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Springfield, OH (June 20, 1985)

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Bluenoser

from Springfield News-Sun via Newspapers.com

CITY
* A Side
2 C-SPAN
3 TCN (Total Community Network; weather/local info)
4 WCMH-NBC Columbus
5 HBO
6 WTVN-ABC Columbus
7 ESPN
8 WTBS Atlanta
9 WTJC Springfield
10 WBNS-CBS Columbus
11 WPTD-PBS Kettering
12 WOSU-PBS Columbus
13 CNN
17 Showtime
18 CBN
19 CNN Headline News
22 BET

* B Side
2 Government & Public Access
3 Lifetime
4 WTTV Indianapolis
5 Cinemax
6 MTV
7 Stock Ticker/Business News/Sports Info
8 WHIO-CBS Dayton
9 WUAB Lorain
10 WKEF-NBC Dayton
11/17 WRGT Dayton
12 WDTN-ABC Dayton
13 USA Network
18 Nickelodeon
19 TNN

COUNTY
2 C-SPAN
3 TCN
4 WCMH-NBC Columbus
5 HBO
6 WTVN-ABC Columbus
7/31 ESPN
8 WTBS Atlanta
9 WTJC Springfield
10 WBNS-CBS Columbus
11 WPTD-PBS Kettering
12 WOSU-PBS Columbus
13 CNN
15 Cinemax
17 Showtime
18 CBN
19 CNN Headline News
22 BET
23 Stock Ticker/Business News/Sports Info
24 Lifetime
25 Government & Public Access
26 USA Network
27 WTTV Indianapolis
28 WHIO-CBS Dayton
29 WUAB Lorain
30 WKEF-NBC Dayton
32 WDTN-ABC Dayton
33 MTV
34 TNN
35 WRGT Dayton
36 Nickelodeon
 
I find it odd that Springfield passed up much closer WXIX, which had cable carriage up I-75 toward Lima and into West Virginia, for WTTV and WUAB
 
ftballfan said:
I find it odd that Springfield passed up much closer WXIX, which had cable carriage up I-75 toward Lima and into West Virginia, for WTTV and WUAB
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Very possibly because of the microwave networks delivering WTTV and WUAB. But I'm pretty sure WXIX had some kind of microwave carriage, they got as far east as Charleston WV around that time, and it's highly unlikely a head-end antenna there could have picked up any kind of consistently usable signal from WXIX.
 
Bluenoser said:
from Springfield News-Sun via Newspapers.com

CITY
* A Side
2 C-SPAN
3 TCN (Total Community Network; weather/local info)
4 WCMH-NBC Columbus
5 HBO
6 WTVN-ABC Columbus
7 ESPN
8 WTBS Atlanta
9 WTJC Springfield
10 WBNS-CBS Columbus
11 WPTD-PBS Kettering
12 WOSU-PBS Columbus
13 CNN
17 Showtime
18 CBN
19 CNN Headline News
22 BET

* B Side
2 Government & Public Access
3 Lifetime
4 WTTV Indianapolis
5 Cinemax
6 MTV
7 Stock Ticker/Business News/Sports Info
8 WHIO-CBS Dayton
9 WUAB Lorain
10 WKEF-NBC Dayton
11/17 WRGT Dayton
12 WDTN-ABC Dayton
13 USA Network
18 Nickelodeon
19 TNN

COUNTY
2 C-SPAN
3 TCN
4 WCMH-NBC Columbus
5 HBO
6 WTVN-ABC Columbus
7/31 ESPN
8 WTBS Atlanta
9 WTJC Springfield
10 WBNS-CBS Columbus
11 WPTD-PBS Kettering
12 WOSU-PBS Columbus
13 CNN
15 Cinemax
17 Showtime
18 CBN
19 CNN Headline News
22 BET
23 Stock Ticker/Business News/Sports Info
24 Lifetime
25 Government & Public Access
26 USA Network
27 WTTV Indianapolis
28 WHIO-CBS Dayton
29 WUAB Lorain
30 WKEF-NBC Dayton
32 WDTN-ABC Dayton
33 MTV
34 TNN
35 WRGT Dayton
36 Nickelodeon
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Seems kind of strange that they would give Columbus stations prime channel slots, and consign Dayton to the nosebleed section. Columbus is not all that far away, and easily receivable OTA in Springfield, but Clark County has been Dayton ADI/DMA from at least 1975 onward (this per Broadcasting Yearbook).
 
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