kms575 said:
and i'm pretty sure the cable system systems in western NH carry Vermont Public Television instead of WMEA (Maine Public Broadcasting), but i don't think any systems carry both
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and i'm pretty sure the cable system systems in western NH carry Vermont Public Television instead of WMEA (Maine Public Broadcasting), but i don't think any systems carry both
New Orleans, LA has two PBS
WYES 12 (PBS)
WLAE 32 (PBS)
Although I'm sure (not sure if they still do) cable systems in New Orleans would also carry Louisiana Public Broadcasting hence the call letters of LPB in WLPB 27 (PBS) Baton Rouge.
I say this because I was in New Orleans in the early 90s and watching WLPB sign off on cable.
Now, back home in Gulfport, MS I get 2 PBS stations via Cable One
WMAH 19 Biloxi, MS (PBS)
WYES 12
WYES 12 (PBS)
WLAE 32 (PBS)
Although I'm sure (not sure if they still do) cable systems in New Orleans would also carry Louisiana Public Broadcasting hence the call letters of LPB in WLPB 27 (PBS) Baton Rouge.
I say this because I was in New Orleans in the early 90s and watching WLPB sign off on cable.
Now, back home in Gulfport, MS I get 2 PBS stations via Cable One
WMAH 19 Biloxi, MS (PBS)
WYES 12
Miami has 2 local PBS also...WLRN, channel 17 and WPBT, channel 2. The former station also has a radio station bearing the same calls and an NPR affiliate. The latter produces the brief astronomy show, "StarGazer" (formerly StarHustler) aired by PBS stations across the country.
I used to think that WPBT was based in West Palm Beach, about 60 miles due north of Miami, due to the 'PBT calls (Palm Beach Television?), but I later found out that Palm Beach has its own PBS, on channel 42 (WXEL). Palm Beach viewers can probably get Miami's PBS OTA, but somehow I wonder if Miami OTA viewers can get WXEL, as it's higher UHF? Maybe if you're in Broward County (Ft. Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, etc.), you can get a signal from both PBS markets?
I used to think that WPBT was based in West Palm Beach, about 60 miles due north of Miami, due to the 'PBT calls (Palm Beach Television?), but I later found out that Palm Beach has its own PBS, on channel 42 (WXEL). Palm Beach viewers can probably get Miami's PBS OTA, but somehow I wonder if Miami OTA viewers can get WXEL, as it's higher UHF? Maybe if you're in Broward County (Ft. Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, etc.), you can get a signal from both PBS markets?
San Francisco, most people get 5 PBS stations.
KQED 9
KRCB 22 (Cotati)
KMTP 32 (Not a PBS member, but it shows a lot of eductational programs)
KTEH 54 San Jose
KCSM 60 San Mateo Low-Power analog (Digital full power)
If you live in Berkeley and recieved comcast cable you can get KVIE 6 from Sacramento, so hands down to Berkeley that recieves 6 PBS stations.
KQED 9
KRCB 22 (Cotati)
KMTP 32 (Not a PBS member, but it shows a lot of eductational programs)
KTEH 54 San Jose
KCSM 60 San Mateo Low-Power analog (Digital full power)
If you live in Berkeley and recieved comcast cable you can get KVIE 6 from Sacramento, so hands down to Berkeley that recieves 6 PBS stations.
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And isn't there a third station on Channel 9 out of Ogden (I'm thinking from Weber State University)??
Yeah but keep in mind that KRMA 6 is the flagship station for the Rocky Mountain PBS network which also owns KTSC 8 in Pueblo and a network of translators that span the whole state while KBDI 12 serves as the flagship station for another group whose name I can't think of right now.
Cheers
Pat
Both of these stations also cover most of the state. It should also be noted that KBYU's COL is Provo, UT (Not SLC).Mark said:
And isn't there a third station on Channel 9 out of Ogden (I'm thinking from Weber State University)??
Yeah but keep in mind that KRMA 6 is the flagship station for the Rocky Mountain PBS network which also owns KTSC 8 in Pueblo and a network of translators that span the whole state while KBDI 12 serves as the flagship station for another group whose name I can't think of right now.
Cheers
Pat
From Rutland MA-a hilltop town about 50 mi WNW of Boston. Mid ize VHF antenna with a 4 bay bowtie-no amp, 1100 feet ASL: Here's the PBS's:
1. Ch 2 Boston-city grade 45 mi
2. Ch 11-Durham, NH-excellent,80 mi
3. Ch 24-Hartford Ct-washed out picture but no snow, 65 mi
4. Ch 26 Biddeford ME, snowy but watchable, 100 mi
5. Ch 36-Providence RI, excellent/city grade, 50 mi6.. Ch 41 Vernont (Windsor/White River)-snowy, 95 mi
6. Ch 44, Boston, city grade, 45 mi
7. Ch 53 Norwich, Ct-washed out but no snow-60 mi
8. Ch 57 Springfield, MA, city grade, 50 mi.
1. Ch 2 Boston-city grade 45 mi
2. Ch 11-Durham, NH-excellent,80 mi
3. Ch 24-Hartford Ct-washed out picture but no snow, 65 mi
4. Ch 26 Biddeford ME, snowy but watchable, 100 mi
5. Ch 36-Providence RI, excellent/city grade, 50 mi6.. Ch 41 Vernont (Windsor/White River)-snowy, 95 mi
6. Ch 44, Boston, city grade, 45 mi
7. Ch 53 Norwich, Ct-washed out but no snow-60 mi
8. Ch 57 Springfield, MA, city grade, 50 mi.
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I lived in West Palm Beach and was able to get all the Miami VHF station (including channel 6) with rabbit ears. I couldn't get any UHF from Miami though.
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You could actually pick up WTVJ analog 6 in WPB? Wow, what kind of antenna did you have? Many people down there (from what I've read on message boards) seem to complain about the signal being too weak to be of much use even in Broward! I have a friend in downtown MIA that I've visited once in awhile, and he gets cable, but has a heck of a time picking up 88.9 (a jazz station there), and its tower is about where TVJ's is (around Homestead, 20 mi SW of Miami). Did you get 4,7,10 well in WPB?
I lived in West Palm Beach and was able to get all the Miami VHF station (including channel 6) with rabbit ears. I couldn't get any UHF from Miami though.
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You could actually pick up WTVJ analog 6 in WPB? Wow, what kind of antenna did you have? Many people down there (from what I've read on message boards) seem to complain about the signal being too weak to be of much use even in Broward! I have a friend in downtown MIA that I've visited once in awhile, and he gets cable, but has a heck of a time picking up 88.9 (a jazz station there), and its tower is about where TVJ's is (around Homestead, 20 mi SW of Miami). Did you get 4,7,10 well in WPB?
I never had trouble with channel 6, it was WCIX when I was down there. In fact when I lived in Fort Meyers, in the summer I could get a watchable signal from Miami VHF's as well as channel 3 from Tampa. WCIX wasn't as clear as other but it was viewable.
The UHFs I had trouble with. I used to fill in sometimes on weekend in Homestead, and I'd have trouble getting the Mimai UHFs there with the rabbit ears and the loop antennas.
The UHFs I had trouble with. I used to fill in sometimes on weekend in Homestead, and I'd have trouble getting the Mimai UHFs there with the rabbit ears and the loop antennas.
Someone already mentioned WVIZ/25 Cleveland and WNEO/WEAO 45/49 Alliance/Akron.
49 overlaps much of 25's coverage, and 45 is the operation's Youngstown market station. 45/49 simulcast each other 24/7. They'll be "Western Reserve PBS" starting in the fall. WVIZ shares the "ideastream" name/corporate umbrella with sister WCPN/90.3, Cleveland's in-market NPR outlet. As WVIZ competes with WNEO/WEAO on the TV side, WCPN competes with Kent-based NPR station WKSU/89.7, which reaches into Cleveland and rings the city with a bunch of full-power simulcasters and a couple of translators.
People on the fringes of the Cleveland market can likely get WGTE/30 Toledo (in places like Sandusky, which gets both Cleveland and Toledo OTA stations), WOSU/34 Columbus (Mansfield is in the Cleveland market, and WOSU has an analog translator in Mansfield itself), and WOUC/44 Cambridge (its DT has no trouble as far north as Canton).
Up in Ashtabula, I'm pretty sure WQLN/54 Erie PA is on cable, and certainly a reasonable OTA choice that far northeast.
49 overlaps much of 25's coverage, and 45 is the operation's Youngstown market station. 45/49 simulcast each other 24/7. They'll be "Western Reserve PBS" starting in the fall. WVIZ shares the "ideastream" name/corporate umbrella with sister WCPN/90.3, Cleveland's in-market NPR outlet. As WVIZ competes with WNEO/WEAO on the TV side, WCPN competes with Kent-based NPR station WKSU/89.7, which reaches into Cleveland and rings the city with a bunch of full-power simulcasters and a couple of translators.
People on the fringes of the Cleveland market can likely get WGTE/30 Toledo (in places like Sandusky, which gets both Cleveland and Toledo OTA stations), WOSU/34 Columbus (Mansfield is in the Cleveland market, and WOSU has an analog translator in Mansfield itself), and WOUC/44 Cambridge (its DT has no trouble as far north as Canton).
Up in Ashtabula, I'm pretty sure WQLN/54 Erie PA is on cable, and certainly a reasonable OTA choice that far northeast.
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The average person living in Rhode Island can get three PBS stations, both over the air and also carried on cable. These stations are:
WSBE Channel 36 Providence
WGBH Channel 2 Boston
WGBX Channel 44 Boston
If you can pick up a digital signal, Channel 44 carries all the sub channels as well.
WSBE Channel 36 Providence
WGBH Channel 2 Boston
WGBX Channel 44 Boston
If you can pick up a digital signal, Channel 44 carries all the sub channels as well.
Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville might come close.
In the market itself are:
WNTV Ch. 29 Greenville
WUNF Ch. 33 Asheville
WNEH Ch. 38 Greenwood, SC
WRET Ch. 49 Spartanburg
and just outside, and available in some homes:
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens, GA
WUNE Ch. 17 Linville, NC
WNSC Ch. 30 Rock Hill, SC
In the market itself are:
WNTV Ch. 29 Greenville
WUNF Ch. 33 Asheville
WNEH Ch. 38 Greenwood, SC
WRET Ch. 49 Spartanburg
and just outside, and available in some homes:
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens, GA
WUNE Ch. 17 Linville, NC
WNSC Ch. 30 Rock Hill, SC
bpatrick said:
But could some homes "just outside" the Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville market also get Charlotte's WTVI channel 42? (NC's only PBS station not part of the statewide UNC-TV network)
Newname said:
KRCB is received in San Francisco if you have ComCast cable, so we do get all 5 stations listed above.
Scott Fybush said:
I can get WYIN-DT 17 in better than analog 56 as well. I have watched it a few times on my PC with a digital TV tuner card. Some of the Chicago stations are another story, including WTTW-DT 47. I have yet to try the digital tuner boxes that I bought.
As for WYIN, the cost to lease space on the Sears Tower was the reason they didn't make the move there, or they would have done so. WTTW & WYCC were glad it didn't happen (WTTW the most), as both stations didn't want an Indiana station trying to steal their viewers. But most of all, they don't like the fact that with WYIN's COL being Gary Indiana, that WYIN gets discounts on PBS programming, while WTTW & WYCC doesn't, due to being licensed to Chicago. I wonder if WYIN only looked at putting their digital on the Sears Tower, that the cost wouldn't have been as much, and not try to put both analog & digital on the Sears Tower. Even if they moved to Sears Tower, their focus was on NW Indiana, and not Chicago.
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