How many digital TV channels (including subchannels) does your area receive?

[kc0ltv]

Duluth has 12. Only a few, but a lot better than the 4-6 we had during the analog days.

3.1 KDLH (CBS)
3.2 Northland CW (CW)
6.1 KBJR (NBC)
6.2 My 9 (MNTV)
8.1 WDSE
8.2 WDSE Second Chance
8.3 Create
8.4 MN Channel
10.1 WDIO (ABC)
10.2 Me TV
21.1 KQDS (FOX)
27.1 KCWV (My Family TV)

How many does your area have? What's the location that can receive the most channels OTA with a regular (small rooftop yagi) antenna?

 

[TomParks]

I pick up 12 stations here in central Pa with a winegaurd 8800 outdoor antenna w/ preamp:

3.1 WPSU (PBS)
3.2 Create
3.3 World
6.1 WJAC (NBC)
6.2 MeTV
10.1 WTAJ (CBS)
23.1 WATM (ABC)
23.2 WWCP (FOX)
23.3 THIS TV
29.1 WHVL (MYNET)
29.2 America One
47.1 Cornerstone

No CW in this market

 

[dave73]

There's lots in the Chicago market, but I'm only gonna focus on what I can pick up with my outdoor antennas & pre-amp in Gary, IN. Antennas are Antennacraft CS600 for VHF & Winegard HD9032 & HD-1080 for UHF (HD-1080 for just 1 station), & pre-amp is RCA TVPRAMP1R pre-amp with separate VHF & UHF ports.

2.1 WBBM-TV (CBS) (RF 12)

5.1 WMAQ-TV (NBC) (RF 29)
5.2 Nonstop

7.1 WLS-TV (ABC) (RF 7 & RF 44, but get better reception from RF 7)
7.2 Livewell Network in HD
7.3 Livewell Network in SD

9.1 WGN-TV (CW) (RF 19)
9.2 Antenna TV

11.1 WTTW (PBS) (RF 47) (main channel programming in HD)
11.2 WTTW Prime (PBS) (PBS without children's programming, & locally programmed)
11.3 Create
11.4 V-Me

13.1 WOCK-CD (Mega TV) (RF 4)
13.2 WOCH-CA (KBS or Arirang, not sure)
13.3 LATV
13.4 America One

18.1 WHNW-LD (World Harvest TV from LeSea) (RF 18) (viewable mainly in northern Lake County Indiana)

20.1 WYCC (PBS) (RF 21)
20.2 WYCC in SD
20.3 Mhz Worldview

23.1 WWME-LD (MeTV)
23.2 Bounce
23.3 MeTV simulcast, until new programming becomes available

25.1 W25DW-D (HSN) (RF 25)
25.2 Telos TV
25.3 Sonlife
25.4 Infomercials

26.1 WCIU (Independent) (RF 27)
26.2 U Too (time shifted programming & shows not found on 26.1)
26.3 WWME-LD simulcast (MeTV)
26.4 WMEU-CD simulcast (MeToo) (local MeTV)
26.5 This TV

32.1 WFLD (Fox) (RF 31)

38.1 WCPX (Ion) (RF 43)
38.2 Qubo
38.3 Ion Life

44.1 WSNS (Telemundo) (RF 45)
44.2 Exitos TV
44.3 SOI TV

48.1 WMEU-CD (MeToo) (RF 32) (local MeTV)

50.1 WPWR-TV (My Network TV) (RF 51)

56.1 WYIN (PBS) (RF 17) (need Winegard HD-1080 for this station, & station is in HD)
56.2 WYIN simulcast, & in HD
56.3 Lakeshore Kids (locally programmed children's programming, & in widescreen SD)
56.4 WYIN simulcast in widescreen SD

57.1 WDCI-LD (Daystar) (RF 30)

60.1 WXFT (Telefutura in HD) (RF 50)
60.2 WXFT in SD

62.1 WJYS (Independent) (RF 36) (brokered station)
62.2 WEDE-CA simulcast (Independent) (all religious programming)
62.4 WJYS (separate channel for brokered programming)

66.1 WGBO-DT (Univision)

 

[sdwulfdawg]

San Diego is not so hot on the digital subchannel front...

6.2* Canal 5 (Televisa)

8.2 ME-TV (KFMB-TV/CBS)

10.2 Cool TV
10.15 TV Azteca

15.2 VMe

69.2 Antenna TV
69.3 This TV

39.2 NBC California Non-Stop

50.1 (Low power) TVC (Spanish)
50.2 Milenio
50.3 Mexicanal
50.4 Vmas

If you have a big antenna, you can pick up the following from LA
* if atmospheric conditions are favorable

4.2 NBC California Non-Stop LA

5.2* Antenna TV (KTLA)
5.3* This TV

11.2 KTTV (Standard Def)

13.2 Bounce (KCOP)

28.2-4* KCET

40.1* TBN
40.2* The Church Channel
40.3* Enlace
40.4* JCTV

50.1* PBS SoCal
50.2* PBS SoCal
50.3* Daystar
50.4* PBS OC


63.1* KBEH Trs3 (MTV3)
62.2* Spanish language brokered religious programming
63.3* KBEH Trs3 (MTV3) Simulcast
63.4* Spanish language brokered religious programming

(Cox Cable in San Diego fudges having to pay MTV Networks to carry Trs3 by carrying KBEH-TV, which, incidentally, does not show Trs3's late night block, but shows "The Liquidation Channel."

 

[Tim-In-Houston]

The Houston area has an amazing number of digital offerings:

KPRC 2.1 NBC/.2 This/.3 blank (formerly LATV)
KUHT 8.1 PBS/.2 Create & time-shifted .1 programming/.3 V-Me/.4 taping for the blind
KUVM-LD 10.1 blank
KHOU 11.1 CBS/.2 Bounce
KTRK 13.1 ABC/.2 Live Well HD/.3 Live Well SD
KETH 14.1 TBN/.2 Chuch Channel/.3 JCTV/.4 EnlaceUSA/.5 Smile of a Child
KVVV 15.1 blank
KTXH 20.1 MyNetworkTV
KVQT 21.1 Triunfo/.2 Familia TV/.3 Keys TV/.4 TuVsion/.5 Infomercials/.6 Urban Houston Network/.7-.9 blank
KLTJ 22.1 Daystar
KRIV 26.1 Fox
KUVM-CD 34.1 blank/.2 RTV/.3-.6 blank
KZHO 38.1 Vision Celestial/.2 Vida Vision/.3 music/.4 NJC-TV/.5 unk/.6-.8 blank
KIAH 39.1 CW/.2 AntennaTV
KHLM 43.1 Multimedios TV/.2 mbc/.3 TV de Houston/.4 Bendicion TV/.5 unk/.6 Altavision/.7 Melinio TV/.8 Urban TV
KXLN 45.1 Univision/.2 simulcast of KFTH (SD)
KBPX 46.1 Wikipedia says The Country Network. I can't get it to tune-in to verify this.
KTMD 47.1 Telemundo/.2 Exitos/.3 Canal SOI
KPXB 49.1 Ion/.2 Qubo/.3 Ion Life
KYAZ 51.1 Azteca America/.2 VietFace TV/.3 Saigon TV/.4 New Tang Dynasty/.5 Global TV/.6 Immigrante TV/.7 LATV
KTBU 55.1 MegaTV/.2 VanTV/.3 NacionTV/.4 MiCasa/.5 ITV (asian)/.6 CCTV News
KUBE 57.1 Ind./.2 La Mera/.3 BYN/.4 Me-TV
KZJL 61.1 Estrella/.2 Immigrante
KFTH 67.1 Telefutura/.2 simulcast of KXLN (SD)

What is it about the spanish-language broadcasters that makes them much more likely to multi-plex their signal out the wazoo?

 

[kenglish]

Salt lake City has 11 low-power and 29 full-power Digital TV channels. Also, one or two outside the SLC area, that are hard to pick up in SL County (Daystar, etc).

 

[nsa1]

Cleveland has 36 (not counting low powers):

WKYC 3.1 NBC(HD)/.2 Weather
WEWS 5.1 ABC(HD)/.2 Live Well
WJW 8.1 Fox(HD)/.2 Antenna TV
WDLI 17.1-17.5 Religious
WOIO 19.1 CBS(HD)/.2 MeTV
WVPX 23.1 Ion(HD)/.2 Qubo/.2 Ion Life
WVIZ 25.1 PBS(HD)/.2 Ohio Channel/.3 World/.4 Create
WUAB 43.1 MyNet (HD)/.2 Bounce
WRLM 47.1-47.4 (Religious) [I think, I don't receive this one]
WEAO 49.1 PBS(HD)/.2 Fusion/.3 MHz/.4 VMe
WBNX 55.1 CW(HD)/.2 Religious/.3 This
WQHS 61.1 Univision
WMFD 68.1 Independent(HD)/.2 Relay of co-owned LPTV

 

[vibe]

In SW Fla approx 35 mi SW of the Fort Myers transmitters, I get 6 stations NBC 20, CBS11,ABC26 FOX36 CW36 and a religious channel 49. Not even a sniff of PBS on 30 but I don't watch PBS very much. With subs a total of 11 channels. Antenna "system" is a 20 y.o (or more) indoor RCA with a UHF loop/dish. Sits on top of an empty waste basket near the top of the ceiling in a N facing window. Super lo tech but effective, 100% reliable day/night. Not bad for a 50 cent yard sale find.

Had a more expensive amplified indoor antenna that only got 2 stations CW 46 and the pray per view on 49. In my opinion, consider a passive vs amplified antenna 1st for indoor reception.
Every night I get the Tampa-St. Pete stuff from 60 mi N. The most reliable ones are ABC 28, PBS on 16, MY on 38, and Univision on 62. With subs that 10 more. The Tampa stuff generally comes in from 7-10 or 11PM and then disappears. The only one I really watch in that direction is My TV.
Since I don't watch much stuff during the day, my setup works.

 

[fybush]

Pretty slim pickings here in Rochester NY (but then, we only had five full-power analogs back in the day, too):

WROC (RF 45): 8.1 CBS/8.2 Bounce
WHEC (RF 10): 10.1 NBC/10.2 MeTV/10.3 weather
WHAM (RF 13): 13.1 ABC/13.2 CW
WXXI (RF 16): 21.1 PBS/21.2 World/21.3 Create
WUHF (RF 28): 31.1 Fox/31.2 TheCoolTV
W42CO-D (RF 42): 42.1 TCT religion, 42.2/3/4 more religion

Many parts of town can also see the Buffalo-market ion outlet, WPXJ (RF 23) Batavia, which runs the usual four ion streams on 51.1/2/3/4 from a site somewhat closer to Rochester than Buffalo.

(Where's MyNetworkTV? It's on an analog LPTV, WBGT 40, which has supposedly flash-cut to digital but not on a signal I can see here without cable. No Antenna, no This, no RTV, none of the Spanish-language networks....)

 

[KML0224]

Hartford/New Haven (CT)...

WFSB Hartford: 3-1 (CBS), 3-2 (CBS 3 Springfield, MA), 3-3 (Eyewitness News NOW), 3-4 (WFSB Fairfield County)
WTNH New Haven: 8-1 (ABC), 8-2 (Bounce TV)
WUVN Hartford: 18-1 (UNI), 18-2 (LATV), 18-3 (Telefutura)
WCCT Waterbury: 20-1 (CW), 20-2 (ThisTV)
WEDH Hartford: 24-1 (PBS), 24-2 (CPTV 4U), 24-3 (CPTV Sports)
WHPX New London: 26-1 (ION), 26-2 (???)
WVIT New Britain: 30-1 (NBC), 30-2 (Weather Plus)
WEDN Norwich: see WEDH Hartford
WCTX New Haven: 59-1 (MY), 59-2 (TheCool TV)
WTIC Hartford: 61-1 (FOX), 61-2 (Antenna TV)
WEDY New Haven: see WEDH Hartford

 

[Kenny Atkinson]

PROVIDENCE

6.1 WLNE-ABC PROV
6.2 Live Well Network

10.1 WJAR-NBC
10.2 METV

12.1 WPRI-CBS
12.2 COOL TV

28.1 WLWC CW
28.2 LATV

36.1 WSBE PBS
36.2 LEARN

64.1 WNAC FOX
64.2 MY RI TV- My Network TV and time shifting of shows from WNAC and WPRI with some other things tossed in.

69.1 WPXQ
69.2 QUBO
69.3 not sure but not carried on cable system

 

[dave73]

PROVIDENCE

69.1 WPXQ
69.2 QUBO
69.3 not sure but not carried on cable system

69.3, based on other Ion stations would be Ion Life, a lifestyle channel similar to Livewell Network. All Ion O&O stations have Ion TV on XX.1, Qubo on XX.2, & Ion Life on XX.3.

I forgot to mention that Ion Media has few affiliates for Ion TV, but they don't currently let anyone affiliate with Ion Life, & I believe they've only allowed 1 or 2 affiliates for Qubo. Otherwise, Ion Media wants all control over the networks & the stations they're on.

 

[dhett]

Phoenix - 63 viewable subchannels (66 overall) + 3 M/H feeds

KTVK 3.x (rf24) - .1 Independent / .2 ThisTV
KPHO 5.x (17) - .1 CBS / .2 Wx
KAZT-CD 7.x (36) - .1 Independent / .2 MeTV / .3 RTV
KAET 8.x - .1 PBS / .2 Eight Life / .3 World / .4 KBAQ (FM audio)1
KSAZ 10.x - .1 Fox2
KPNX 12.x - .1 NBC / .2 Wx2
KNXV 15.x - .1 ABC / .2 Live Well
KPAZ 21.x (20) - .1 TBN / .2 Church Channel / .3 JCTV / .4 Enlace3 / .5 Smile of a Child
KTVP-LD 22.x - .1 Good News TV / .2 Mexicanal3 / .3 SonLife / .4 Mas TV3 / .5 & .6 test pattern
KTVW 33.x - .1 Univision3 / .2 KFPH-CD (SD)3
KFPH-CD 35.x - .1 Telefutura3
K38IZ-D 38.x - .1 IZ Peliculas3 / .2 Tuff TV / .3 IZ Videos / .4 TCN
KTAZ 39.x - .1 Telemundo3 / .2 Exitos TV3 / .3 Canal SOI3
KEJR-LD 40.x - .1 Tr3s3 / .2 Infomercials
KPDF-CD 41.x - .1 Azteca America3 / .2 For Lease slide / .3 LATV3 / .4 OnTV4U (infomercials)
KVPA-LD 42.x - .1 Estrella TV3
KPHE-LD 44.x (16) - .1 Telemax & Multimedios TV3 / .2 Mas TV34 / .3 Good News TV4 / .4 My Family TV
KUTP 45.x (26) - .1 My Network TV / .2 KSAZ (SD)
KDPH-LD 48.x (46) - .1 Daystar / .2 JTV5
KFPB-LD 50.x - .1 CornerStore TV (infomercials) / .2 ESNE TV3/ .3 Video Zona TV3 / .4 Restauracion TV3 / .5 Video Zona TV3 / .6 Video Vision TV3 / .12 ESNE Radio3 6
KPPX 51.x - .1 ION / .2 qubo / .3 ION Life
KASW 61.x (49) - .1 CW 7

1 - Two other subchannels appear, which are artifacts of the UpdateTV and TVGOS services offered by KAET.
2 - Also includes M/H feed of the station - does not appear as a subchannel
3 - Spanish-language broadcast
4 - Through 5/31 only
5 - IDs on PSIP as channel 58.1.
6 - Additional subchannel appears, which has no packet data
7 - Also includes M/H feed of sister station KTVK - does not appear as a subchannel

 

[Kenny Atkinson]

Phoenix - 63 viewable subchannels (66 overall) + 3 M/H feeds

KTVK 3.x (rf24) - .1 Independent / .2 ThisTV
KPHO 5.x (17) - .1 CBS / .2 Wx
KAZT-CD 7.x (36) - .1 Independent / .2 MeTV / .3 RTV
KAET 8.x - .1 PBS / .2 Eight Life / .3 World / .4 KBAQ (FM audio)1
KSAZ 10.x - .1 Fox2
KPNX 12.x - .1 NBC / .2 Wx2
KNXV 15.x - .1 ABC / .2 Live Well
KPAZ 21.x (20) - .1 TBN / .2 Church Channel / .3 JCTV / .4 Enlace3 / .5 Smile of a Child
KTVP-LD 22.x - .1 Good News TV / .2 Mexicanal3 / .3 SonLife / .4 Mas TV3 / .5 & .6 test pattern
KTVW 33.x - .1 Univision3 / .2 KFPH-CD (SD)3
KFPH-CD 35.x - .1 Telefutura3
K38IZ-D 38.x - .1 IZ Peliculas3 / .2 Tuff TV / .3 IZ Videos / .4 TCN
KTAZ 39.x - .1 Telemundo3 / .2 Exitos TV3 / .3 Canal SOI3
KEJR-LD 40.x - .1 Tr3s3 / .2 Infomercials
KPDF-CD 41.x - .1 Azteca America3 / .2 For Lease slide / .3 LATV3 / .4 OnTV4U (infomercials)
KVPA-LD 42.x - .1 Estrella TV3
KPHE-LD 44.x (16) - .1 Telemax & Multimedios TV3 / .2 Mas TV34 / .3 Good News TV4 / .4 My Family TV
KUTP 45.x (26) - .1 My Network TV / .2 KSAZ (SD)
KDPH-LD 48.x (46) - .1 Daystar / .2 JTV5
KFPB-LD 50.x - .1 CornerStore TV (infomercials) / .2 ESNE TV3/ .3 Video Zona TV3 / .4 Restauracion TV3 / .5 Video Zona TV3 / .6 Video Vision TV3 / .12 ESNE Radio3 6
KPPX 51.x - .1 ION / .2 qubo / .3 ION Life
KASW 61.x (49) - .1 CW 7

1 - Two other subchannels appear, which are artifacts of the UpdateTV and TVGOS services offered by KAET.
2 - Also includes M/H feed of the station - does not appear as a subchannel
3 - Spanish-language broadcast
4 - Through 5/31 only
5 - IDs on PSIP as channel 58.1.
6 - Additional subchannel appears, which has no packet data
7 - Also includes M/H feed of sister station KTVK - does not appear as a subchannel

Y do u even need cable?

 

[KeithE4]

Phoenix - 63 viewable subchannels (66 overall) + 3 M/H feeds
...

Y do u even need cable?

You do if you want to watch most local sports. None of the local teams except for the Cardinals are broadcast over the air. And if you want to watch Coyotes' playoff games, you need digital cable since NBC Sports Network is not on analog.

 

[BMR]

Derby, Central England.

List of channels broadcasting during Prime Time

1 BBC 1
2 BBC 2
3 ITV 1
4 Channel 4
5 Channel 5
6 ITV 2
7 BBC 3
8 (blank- possible future use for local channels)
9 BBC 4
10 ITV 3
11 Pick TV (Sky/News Corp owned)
12 Yesterday
13 Channel 4+1 (timeshift of 4)
14 More 4
15 Film 4 (Free to air movie channel)
16 QVC (teleshopping)
18 Four Music
19 Dave (mainly BBC repeats)
20 Really
21 Viva (Viacom owned music channel)
22 Ideal World (Informercials)
23 Bid (teleshopping)
24 ITV 4
27 ITV 2+1 (timeshift of 6)
28 E4 (mainly US comedies such as Big Bang Theory)
30 5star
31 5USA (US dramas including CSI)
33 ITV + 1 (timeshift of 3)
38 Quest (owned by the Discovery Channel)
39 The Zone (Teleshopping/Infomercials)
44 5+1 (timeshift of 5)
46 Challenge (gameshows)
80 BBC News
81 BBC parliament (coverage of the House of Commons plus politcal documentaries)
82 Sky News
85 Russia Today
89 Al Jazeera



There are also some childrens channels which only broadcast during the day, and some adult channels that broadcast after midnight using the spare capacity from channels that only broadcast during primetime.

 

[mgsports]

KCTV5-None
KSMOTV-Bounce TV but only Digital Antenna so far
KMBC-ME TV
KCWE-This TV
KSHB- Action Weather Plus
KMCI- Live Well Network Digital Antenna and TWCKC so far
FOX4KC- Antenna TV
KXPE- Ion Life and Qubo not on Comcast yet but others.
KCPT all but Worldview
KTWU only SD Channels but HD and Digital Sub Channels maybe Surewestkc
Metro Sports only TWCKC has all it's Channels and Comcast just it's SD Channel
Metro Weather only TWCKC at monet so for like Yes Network or NESN.

 

[PTBoardOp94]

Evansville, IN. The Nexstar duopoly doesn't believe in subchannels, and ComCorp's WEVV has two major networks. Means we don't get many of the diginets. I count only 10 fully viable program streams:

WTVW 7.1: Independent (airs some ME programs)

WNIN 9.1: PBS
WNIN 9.2: "WNIN Local" - rebroadcasts of public meetings, local documentaries
WNIN 9.3: Simulcast of NPR/Classical WNIN-FM

WFIE 14.1: NBC
WFIE 14.2: Weather plus reruns of some syndicated shows
WFIE 14.3: This

WEHT 25.1: ABC

WEVV 44.1: CBS
WEVV 44.2: FOX/MyNet

Viewers in other portions of the market may be able to receive 31.1-31.4 from Kentucky Educational Television, WVJS-LD 17.1 (America 1), and WTSN-LD 36.1 (Me). We also have WAZE-19.1 (CW), but they were never viewable at my location and there is some speculation they are dark.

 

[dhett]

Y do u even need cable?

I don't. I'm OTA-only.

 

[FreddyE1977]

let's see...here in suburban Pittsburgh...

KDKA (CBS) 2.1

WTAE (ABC) 4.1
THIS-TV 4.2

WTOV (NBC) 9.1
Me TV 9.2
(*broadcasting on former analog channel VHF 9. Licensed to Steubenville, Ohio,
but transmitter was actually moved about 10 miles inside Pennsylvania when they went digital)

WPXI (NBC) 11.1
Me TV 11.2

WQED (PBS) 13.1
PBS Create 13.2
Neighborhood Channel 13.3*
(*Rick Sebak history specials and other locally produced programming)
Cooking shows/Music specials 13.4

WINP (ION) 16.1
Qubo 16.2
ION Life 16.3

WPCW (CW) 19.1

WPMY (MyTV) 22.1
TheCool TV 22.2

WPCB (Christian) 40.1
WPCB (standard def) 40.2
Some other Christian program service 40.3

WPGH (Fox) 53.1
The Country Network 53.2

WBGN (Ind.) 59.1
RTV 59.2
Infomercials 59.3
Live Well Network (formerly Universal Sports) 59.4

Daystar (Christian Programming) 65.1


CBS, which owns KDKA and WPCW, does not believe in digital sub-channels apparently.