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Loss of WCAU causes a stir in Ocean County

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JerseyShor

Cable change concerns Island
Posted by the Times-Beacon Newspapers on 12/6/06
BY NICHOLAS HUBA
STAFF WRITER

Residents on Long Beach Island are concerned that the loss of a television station could have an effect on their safety.

Islandwide, municipalities are passing resolutions asking Comcast to put Channel 10 back on the basic cable system. Right now the only way to get the station is through digital cable.

Officials have said that most of the people on Long Beach Island get their weather and news from Philadelphia stations.

Last week, governing bodies in Harvey Cedars, Ship Bottom and Long Beach Township passed resolution asking Comcast to put the station back.

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I may have never heard anything more lame in my life.Hello.....you still have 2 other Philly stations....6 and 3!!!!!! What is channel 10 the favorite of the these people?? get over it!!!!!!And guess what...there is also News12 which is NJ NEWS!!!!!! LBI is in NJ...NOT PHILLY!!!!!!!The idea that a politician would even waste his thoughts on this is absolutely bizarre!!!!!
 
Bill Knarre, president of the Brant Beach Homeowners Association in Long Beach Township, said that officials should try to get free digital boxes for people that cannot afford it.

"There are so many people out there that are on fixed incomes," Knarre said. "For some TV means a lot and they cannot afford the new boxes
Can i move to the Island where my life revovles around one TV channell??? where can I sign up???? Comcast will give them a digital box for ....are you ready......$1.00 A month ....a whole dollar...WOW!!!
 
Bogotaboy said:
I may have never heard anything more lame in my life.Hello.....you still have 2 other Philly stations....6 and 3!!!!!! What is channel 10 the favorite of the these people?? get over it!!!!!!And guess what...there is also News12 which is NJ NEWS!!!!!! LBI is in NJ...NOT PHILLY!!!!!!!The idea that a politician would even waste his thoughts on this is absolutely bizarre!!!!!
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News12 does not cover Ocean County news or weather.

NYC TV does not cover Ocean County news or weather.

News 12 and the NYC TV stations could be dropped in Southern Ocean County and nobody would even notice.
 
News 12 covers all of NJ...I watch it every morning and at least one tonw is mentioned every morning,Today is was Manahawkins temperature.The have done tons of stories and actually have a news bureau in ocean county.The murder in Toms River was a headline for an entire day as well as the murder suicide in Lacey.But explain why anyone would care about losing 10...u still have 3 other Philly news stations.Lets go slow...CH 3 CH 6 CH 17 ALL have news and weather.You lost one,but still have 3.....Please Help me understand how a non issue becomes one.
 
What's the whole issue here? Does this move by Comcast leave LBI residents without an NBC affiliate? My guess (and hope) is that taking WCAU-10 out of the line-up leaves WNBC-4 or WMGM-40 (the most "local" NBC affiliate you can get!). I guess the issue would be that Comcast doesn't carry chs 4 or 40. Somebody please explain.
 
The issue is that Comcast is now carrying ONLY NBC-4 from NYC on basic cable and NBC-10 from Philly was removed.

NBC 10 is about 50-60 miles from Southern Ocean County and covers local news and weather.

NBC 4 is about 80-90 miles from Southern Ocean County and does not cover local news or weather.
 
Nertz! said:
I'd go with NBC 4, since NBC 10 is crap.
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Why don't you substantiate how "NBC 10 is crap?" I just love it when people make these flamingly idiotic and useless comments - especially when they are wrong. Gee, if they're so bad why don't YOU apply for a job there?

I've watch both stations and can tell you that NBC 10 has more of a committment to local news around it's ENTIRE viewing area than NBC 4 ever thought of having. Yeah, 'NewsChannel 4' has the star power - and lots of news revolving around midtown Manhattan. If anything happens in the market, NBC 10 is on it with a remote. There was an indicident near my work this am, about 40 miles from downtown and NBC 10 had a live reporter there and covered the resulting traffic issues like a blanket. They did a great job with it.

When I watch 2, 4, 5, 7, etc. I am always impressed by two things:

1) They they are very slick; and,
2) How it must suck to live somewhere like Stamford or New Brunswick or Islip because there has to be a multiple murder or some huge explosion (with big, telegenic flames) to get coverage out there. The market is just too big for the localized coverage that viewers in other markets enjoy.

To people in southern Ocean County, the New Yorkers are the out of market signals. Philly stations constantly include LBI in their weather segments. What about New York stations? Most seem to only care down to Asbury Park or so. I can't blame these folks for being upset.
 
Sounds like Comcast should consider carrying WMGM-TV Channel 40 and forget about WNBC-TV from NYC. LBI/Southern Ocean Co. residents would have the true local NBC affiliate.
 
NJMike said:
Sounds like Comcast should consider carrying WMGM-TV Channel 40 and forget about WNBC-TV from NYC. LBI/Southern Ocean Co. residents would have the true local NBC affiliate.
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WMGM-TV really doesn't concern itself with anything north of Atlantic City. It's a low budget (albeit very well done) news operation. I'm guessing you don't live here. In southern Ocean County, no one gives a damn about NYC television. This DMA business is why cable viewers are able to lose so called out of market stations that are geographically closer to where they live. Channel 4 NEVER mentions weather south of Belmar. Channel 10 ALWAYS includes Beach Haven and Toms River on their maps. That's why people are displeased with this Crapcastic move!
 
Hey Don???? I am looking now and we still have 3,6 and 17 and with Philly news!!!! and of course news 12newjersey.....forgetting that LBI is in NJ or do u think its it Philly???What is it about this stupid non issue that people are talking about??? There are STILL 3 More Philly stations?????so what is the LOLOLOLOLOLOL imminent safety danger that our genius senator is talking about???Why doesnt he talk about a Island Evacuation plan in case of emergency intsead of spending my tax money writing resolutions about a TV CHANNEL??????
 
Bogotaboy said:
Hey Don???? I am looking now and we still have 3,6 and 17 and with Philly news!!!! and of course news 12newjersey.....forgetting that LBI is in NJ or do u think its it Philly???What is it about this stupid non issue that people are talking about??? There are STILL 3 More Philly stations?????so what is the LOLOLOLOLOLOL imminent safety danger that our genius senator is talking about???Why doesnt he talk about a Island Evacuation plan in case of emergency intsead of spending my tax money writing resolutions about a TV CHANNEL??????
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You don't get it at all. People develop a comfort level with a certain station's broadcast, and like to view it every day (well, at least people over 30 ;). Also, people pay a rather large amount of money to CrapCast for even expanded basic service. I haven't subscribed in almost five years, but I understand they get around 56 bucks a month for expanded basic. When you consistently increase the cost of your product, yet diminish the amount of product delivered, you're a) stupid b) a monopoly.

As CrapCast is a government regulated corporation, I don't see a problem with legislators chiming in on the issue, although I do agree that there are many more serious issues to attend to (they never seem to get to those, though!).
 
Bogotaboy, by your reasoning, Comcast could remove WNBC from Hudson County's cable lineup, replace it with WCAU and nobody would have the right to complain.
 
LOL!!!!! Hudson county is the New York area....20 minutes from NYC...Makes sense to carry NY Channels.Ocean County is in the middle of two markets,both should be carried but why both markets from both cities?? thats a waste of channel space.Funny I never knew that LBI was part of Philly anyway,thought it was NJ? This matter of public safety thing is hilarious.....does anyone watch NEWS 12 for the weather? I will repeat again.....there are still 3 other Philly stations....!!!!!! as a matter of fact action news is the #1 news in Philly.Hasn't anyone ever had a favorite show then it was cancelled? Move on people!!!!! GET A LIFE
 
1) LBI is about an hour from Philly and over 2 hours from NYC.

2) I thought Hudson County was in NJ too? Why should they have all the NYC stations? There's always News 12.

3) If NBC 10 replaced NBC4 in Hudson County they'd still get 3 other NYC stations...!!!! Plus News 12!!!
 
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