Hotel "cable" report: Comfort Inn & Suites, Tampa

[KML0224]

I was in Tampa this past weekend for the Cowboys vs Buccaneers NFL game. I was at the Comfort Inn & Suites motel on Dale Mabry Highway, which is a short distance north of the stadium. Anyways, here what the hotel had for their "cable", if you want to call it that:

4- TBS
5- WTVT (FOX) Tampa - channel 13
6- WFTS (ABC) Tampa - channel 28
9- CNN
11- ESPN
14- HBO
15- Headline News
17- ESPN 2
18- A&E
20- Discovery
21- CNBC
22- Cartoon Network
23- FOX News Channel
24- USA
25- The Weather Channel [national feed]
29- ESPN Classic
30- ESPN News
31- TLC
32- C-SPAN
33- Game Show Network
34- TRU-TV
36- HGTV
37- Travel Channel
38- MSNBC
39- WFLA (NBC) Tampa - channel 8
40- WTSP (CBS) Saint Petersburg - channel 10
41- WRMD (TEL) Tampa - channel 49 (low power analog)
42- WVEA (UNI) Venice - channel 62

Channel 16 was supposed to be TNT and channel 35 was supposed to be the History Channel. Yes, this meager "cable" had 4 ESPN channels on it. This, despite the fact that CW, MY and PBS were nowhere to be found.

 

[mescutia]

Channel 16 was supposed to be TNT and channel 35 was supposed to be the History Channel. Yes, this meager "cable" had 4 ESPN channels on it. This, despite the fact that CW, MY and PBS were nowhere to be found.

To say nothing of the NBC and CBS stations being in weird spots. They couldn't put them on 2, 3 or 7?

Crap... I was at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, MA, on Sunday night, but didn't even think to note their channel lineup for here. :/ It was Comcast-provided-and-branded, though, so I don't remember there being anything terribly weird about it. [WFXT on 13, Discovery on 39, Syfy on 62... the usual for Comcast systems that weren't previously Adelphia systems in the Boston-Manchester DMA, by the looks of it.]

 

[tripinva]

3/8/10/13 were likely cleared due to analog ingress. 7/12 due to digital ingress. 7/10/12 still have strong local digitals.

- Trip

 

[DToTheJ]

I agree, bad enough that not a single broadcast channel matched up with their respective dial position, but none of the other commercial stations were provided! I recall the last hotel in Tampa I was in even carried WMOR/32!

 

[BRNout]

I agree, bad enough that not a single broadcast channel matched up with their respective dial position, but none of the other commercial stations were provided! I recall the last hotel in Tampa I was in even carried WMOR/32!

The last hotel I stayed at in Salt Lake City didn't carry local independent KJZZ (K-Jazz), the market's CW affiliate (KUCW), or the locally popular KBYU (secondary PBS). The lack of CW meant no Saturday Night Live, as KUCW carries it because KSL won't. A number of other smaller locals were also ignored.

And yes, most hotels I stay in have between 4 and 7 different ESPN channels!! And the Golf Channel! It really hacks me off when there's no History Channel, no Discovery, but hey I get ESPN Classic and Golf!

 

[byron]

This lineup looks like The Hotel Networks (LodgeNet subsidiary) lineup + locals. That would explain the selection. Everything comes in off of one Ku band satellite dish in a single programming package.

 

[KML0224]

I saw inserted ads for Dish Network stuff, if that matters here. Also, HBO was fine when I got there on Saturday, intermittent on Sunday and not there at all for MON/TUE.