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Do newspaper TV listings have subchannels?

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vchimpanzee

The paper I subcribe to, whose weekly supplement is distributed by a different company but delivered with my paper, does not.

The local paper which covers the county where I live does. It looks cluttered and makes channels hard to find. And there goes room for anything like episode titles or summaries. There are a few episode summaries at the top of the page, except Friday, but sometimes they waste space telling us what the show is about rather than what happens on that specific episode, and so many of the shows are pretty worthless anyway.
 
You subscribe to a newspaper? How quaint!! ;D

There is one small newspaper here (the orphaned product of a once large daily) that is delivered free. I keep asking the paperboy if I leave the top off my trash can will he just throw it in there and save me a trip.

Printed newspapers are good only for their historical value or the lining of a parakeet cage.
 
I don't like reading newspapers online. But at libraries that don't subscribe to the ones I want, it's convenient, and I can save money keeping text from articles I might have spent money copying.
 
It's more about where a paper is, really. In Milwaukee, the "Journal-Sentinel" does have all the subchannel listings except the autopilot weather stations and music video channels. In Sheboygan's smaller "Press", they don't because most everyone is on cable and satellite and grabs their listings from the on-screen guide, so it's still stuck in 1996 guide-wise.
 
the indianapolis star has no tv listings durring the week.they did not include the substations in the sunday paper.

now i don`t get it because they charge 25 cents more to have the exact same tv section in your sunday paper.

the print papers are not useless.just some that keep cutting back instead of making them more interesting to compete with other media.
 
flashback said:
the print papers are not useless.just some that keep cutting back instead of making them more interesting to compete with other media.
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I realize we were somewhat tongue-in-cheek but I have the following observations about my local daily:

1. The news is late by at least one day and frequently up to several days. All depends on the amount of space they've allocated to each page.

2. The paper is nasty getting newsprint all over fabric, hands and everything you touch.

3. Major sections of the paper are useless to me (lifestyle, finance (I have people), obits, comics (such as they are), classifieds and most features). I just want news.....not all the other BS.

4. The news is cluttered with ads. Frequently the page is filled with ads and only one small news story.

5. If I'm not home the newspaper sitting in the driveway is an open ad that nobody is home.

6. I have to trek it out to the recycle can after I'm done reading it.

7. Somewhere, I killed a tree. :(
 
^ i think the star is pretty much a waste .i pay a dollar for the thursday and sunday paper but i will probally not renew.

the las vegas paper and the chicago sun-times and chicago tribune issues i got when traveling were not bad.

the newspapers could compete with other media if they don`t go the easy route and cut back on content.
 
flashback said:
the indianapolis star has no tv listings durring the week.they did not include the substations in the sunday paper.

now i don`t get it because they charge 25 cents more to have the exact same tv section in your sunday paper.
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The St. Pete Times recently discontinued their daily prime-time TV listings (as well as their movie listings), but still have the Sunday TV magazine, which everyone still gets with the paper for no extra cost.

By the way, the TV magazine doesn't carry subchannels, either -- just the main local channels and major cable channels.
 
^the new tv guide format is one generic magazine for the nation.probally one magazine per time zone or something.for example one listing 7 pm starting prime time in chicago for example.but there are some substations like antena tv guide could list if it wanted.

it is not like it was before.specific tv listings for an area.i miss those days.
 
Carlisle (PA) Sentinel:
8.2 This TV (WGAL)
21.2 MyNetwork (WHP)
27.2 RTN (WHTM)

TV Weekly (Atlanta version, Journal-Constitution):
*listed in prime-time grids only*
2.2 MeTV Atlanta (WSB)
8.2 GPB Kids (GPB)
8.3 GPB Knowledge (GPB)
14.2 qubo (WPXA)
14.3 Ion Life (WPXA)
34.2 Telefutura (WUVG)
63.2 Church Channel (WHSG)
63.3 JCTV (WHSG)
63.4 Enlace USA (WHSG)
63.5 Smile of a Child TV (WHSG)
 
Atlanta has better subs than most of those which should be listed.
THIS-TV, Bounce and WATCTOO 57.2 come to mind.

I'm not sure if the daily paper has a TV listing. We do get a Sunday weekly newspaper guide on
about 6 pages (without subs) plus cable, but you just about need a magnifying glass to read
it.

I like the TV Weekly and thought about getting it but it's about $1 per week. Instead I get the
national TV Guide which is deep discounted to about 25 cents per issue.
 
The Mobile Press-Register in Mobile, Alabama does not publish sub-channel programming for local TV stations. In recent times, they have published evening TV listings in daily newspapers and sent TV listings for other times of the day to newspaper subscribers with electronic mail addresses. They publish a local TV guide booklet every Friday called "TV Preview" with programming for all times of the day scheduled from the Friday of its publication to the following Thursday.
 
I haven't subscribed to the local paper up here in Rochester in a few years, but I still see it from time to time. Its listing grid on weekdays includes the subchannels with scheduled programming - World and Create on WXXI 21.2/21.3 and CW on WHAM 13.2 (which was a cable channel before it was an OTA DTV sub, and has been listed for years). They haven't yet added Bounce (WROC 8.2) or MeTV (WHEC 10.2), which just launched here within the last month or so, nor do they list CoolTV (WUHF 31.2). They also list an LPTV, WBGT 40, which is the local MyNetwork affiliate.
 
landtuna said:
flashback said:
the print papers are not useless.just some that keep cutting back instead of making them more interesting to compete with other media.
Click to expand...

I realize we were somewhat tongue-in-cheek but I have the following observations about my local daily:

1. The news is late by at least one day and frequently up to several days. All depends on the amount of space they've allocated to each page.

2. The paper is nasty getting newsprint all over fabric, hands and everything you touch.

3. Major sections of the paper are useless to me (lifestyle, finance (I have people), obits, comics (such as they are), classifieds and most features). I just want news.....not all the other BS.

4. The news is cluttered with ads. Frequently the page is filled with ads and only one small news story.

5. If I'm not home the newspaper sitting in the driveway is an open ad that nobody is home.

6. I have to trek it out to the recycle can after I'm done reading it.

7. Somewhere, I killed a tree. :(
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Two things I don't like about mine since Gannett took it over as they did others: it's wafer-thin on weekdays and Saturdays, and most of the sports section is very inane AP stories; no real writing to speak of.
 
From my answer in another thread:

I've seen a couple of newspapers list subchannels. I believe the Youngstown Vindicator has them on their TV grid...possibly sparked by the fact that the Vindicator owns WFMJ/21 and "WBCB", the CW affiliate on 21.2...

The Cleveland Plain Dealer doesn't have any subchannels in its grid, but does list W35AX/35, the RTV affiliate that's the Cleveland side of WAOH-LP/29 Akron.

Last I checked, the Akron Beacon Journal doesn't do subchannels in its grids or listings.

(Like Scott in Rochester, I don't get the dead trees edition of any of the local papers.)
 
I know the Washington Post carries listings of many of the local subchannels in that region, in both the daily listings and the weekly TV guide.

I can't speak for the other local dailies here in Southern California, but the L.A. Times just only offers listings for the main stations and popular cable networks (7pm to midnight only). I haven't seen a hard copy of the Times' weekly TV guide in a number of years, and the current edition is subscription only.
 
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