Markets without a primary ABC affiliate

[tvobserver]

> As far as I can tell, every market mentioned is w/o ota ABC
> except the low-power South Bend station
>
> And you can Add these markets to the list:
>
> Albany, GA
> Alpena, MI
> Bend, OR
> Helena, MT (i believe they have a low power translator via
> an adjacent market here)
> Lafayette, IN
> Lake Charles, LA
> Lima, OH
> Mankato, MN
> Parkersburg, WV
> Zanesville, OH
>

Add Sherman, TX-Ada, OK to the list. About 10 years ago, KTEN-10 went from dual affiliation with ABC & NBC to sole affiliation with NBC.

They receive KOCO-5/Oklahoma City in the northern part of that market, and WFAA-8/Dallas in the southern part of the market. DirecTV and Dish provide WFAA as the local ABC in that market.

 

[Stitch]

> > Terre Haute, IN lost ABC in 1995 when WBAK-TV switched to
> > Fox.
>
> Which stations if any in those markets without an ABC
> affiliate are carrying the super bowl. Just curious how
> that is handled.
> >
>
For Terre Haute, unless you have cable/satellite or a good outdoor antenna, you're out of luck. Most of the Terre Haute DMA is serviced by WRTV out of Indianapolis. Some others receive WICD/Champaign, IL (which just switched to ABC last September), and WEHT/Evansville, IN.

 

[sgthree]

> Also, how about Laredo, TX and Laurel/Hattiesburg, MS?

You're right Laredo doesn't have an ABC affiliate. Although I just found out KLDO 27 used to be one. Then it switched to Telemundo and most recently to Univision. I do remember seeing in the TV guide that KGNS 8 would air both NBC and ABC programming. It was a mix of both. Now it just carries NBC.

 

[DXER1]

> > Also, how about Laurel/Hattiesburg, MS?
>
> WLOX in Biloxi has over-the-air coverage as far north as
> Laurel. North of Laurel, ABC is available on WTOK in
> Meridian and WAPT in Jackson.
>
Add San Angelo to the list. Yes they have the little Low power Ch 55 but I would think that they would pick up the affiliate out of the Midland/Odessa (KMID 2), or Abilene (KTXS 12). That would be my Guess anyway<P ID="signature">______________
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[tvobserver]

> > > Also, how about Laurel/Hattiesburg, MS?
> >
> > WLOX in Biloxi has over-the-air coverage as far north as
> > Laurel. North of Laurel, ABC is available on WTOK in
> > Meridian and WAPT in Jackson.
> >
> Add San Angelo to the list. Yes they have the little Low
> power Ch 55 but I would think that they would pick up the
> affiliate out of the Midland/Odessa (KMID 2), or Abilene
> (KTXS 12). That would be my Guess anyway
>

I was in San Angelo last summer, and stayed in a hotel that had the local cable. The low-power station is a satellite of KTXS in Abilene. They run San Angelo local commercials, with the same programming as the main station in Abilene.

Interestingly, WFAA (Dallas) is also available on cable there, sort of. The cable company flips the feed to KTXS during prime time, 7-10. The cable company then flips it back to WFAA at 10 PM for the news, before flipping it back to KTXS for Nightline, after local news. Basically, it is a second feed of KTXS, with WFAA news inserted at 6 and 10 PM. I didn't watch it in the morning, so I don't know how they handled the early news.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by tvobserver on 02/06/06 04:47 AM.</FONT></P>

 

[desertv]

> I know some markets without a primary ABC station: Yuma,
> CA.; Quincy, IL.; and Monterey, CA. Oh yeah: North Platte,
> NE. How many more are there?
>
Yuma,ARIZONA gets KNXV (ABC-15) from Phoenix if you are on cable

 

[rugrats1]

> Yuma,ARIZONA gets KNXV (ABC-15) from Phoenix if you are on
> cable
>
What about the California part of the market -- especially El Centro?

 

[desertv]

> > Yuma,ARIZONA gets KNXV (ABC-15) from Phoenix if you are on
>
> > cable
> >
> What about the California part of the market -- especially
> El Centro?
>
They get ABC from San Diego(KGTV) or Palm Springs(KESQ)