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Fox CT gone from Cablevision next month

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RobertAnthony

Checking Cablevision's channel 99 again, on 8/24, WTIC-TV Fox CT (61) will vanish from the line-up. This comes after 25+ years of being on Cableivison's line-up dating back to their start as an independent known for playing the national anthem on church bells in dedication to Governor Ella Grasso at sign-on and sign-off as you see in this video from WTIC-TV's opening night gala in 1984


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwuWt6tNEYw


Could this mean the end for the other Hartford/New Haven signals on Cablevision in Fairfield County? CV also has a service for New Haven County not using Comcast like Milford. AT&T's U-Verse still has WTIC.
 
That's interesting as I believe Cablevision even goes as far up as Woodbridge (which I believe is served by the Bridgeport head-end). Will they or do they split channels by service area? I know back when I had DirecTV that depending on what county you were in you'd either get the New York market or Connecticut channels, but not both.
 
Bill DeFelice said:
I know back when I had DirecTV that depending on what county you were in you'd either get the New York market or Connecticut channels, but not both.
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In Southington with DirecTV in addition to the Hartford/New Haven locals (minus WHPX/ION) you got WCBS, WNBC, and WNYW. They weren't on 2, 4, and 5. They were up in the upper 300s.
 
WPPCProductions said:
I have a gut feeling all the out of town stations on cable systems are going to be deleted soon.
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Well WEDW 49 would still be on Cablevision as it is licensed to Stamford as well as WSAH 43 Bridgeport, which is supposed to make a move in towers to NYC. I only wish they would get rid of WRNN, a waste of a signal if ever there was one.


WFSB 3 has a Fairfield County signal only for Cablevision customers.

WTNH 8 is the nearest big 4 commercial network station in New Haven so that might stay on CVC

WVIT 30, well that could be the next to "sign-off" if you will. But that station has been on Cablevision's line-up from day 1 of service 30 years ago.


But it makes me wonder, if say Fox/NewsCorp has another run in with Cablevision re: program fees and WNYW 5 is blocked, where do people go...dish, U-Verse, FiOS, or even the rooftop antenna?
 
RobertAnthony said:
WSAH 43 Bridgeport, which is supposed to make a move in towers to NYC.
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Not anymore. The FCC dismissed the application.

- Trip
 
WEDW-TV is actually licensed to Bridgeport, with their transmitter in Trumbull. A friend in Stratford has Cablevision and has heard nothing about WTIC-TV being dropped for him. Maybe they're significantly viewed there?
 
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