Newfoundland (August 4, 1984)

[Bluenoser]

from Newfoundland Herald

ST. JOHN'S/AVALON PENINSULA
2 WTVS-PBS Detroit
3 CBNT-CBC St. John's
4 BN
5 CJON-NTV/CTV St, John's
6 Galaxie
7 WXYZ-ABC Detroit
9 Community Channel
10 ASN
11 WLBZ-NBC Bangor
12 CBFT-SRC Montreal
13 MUN TV
17 First Choice
24 WJBK-CBS Detroit

GANDER
3 CBNT-CBC St. John's
6 CJON-NTV/CTV St. John's
7 WXYZ-ABC Detroit
8 WLBZ-NBC Bangor
13 First Choice

GRAND FALLS/WINDSOR/BOTWOOD
2 CBNT-CBC St. John's
3 WTVS-PBS Detroit
5 ASN
6 CJON-NTV/CTV St. John's
7 WXYZ-ABC Detroit
8 WLBZ-NBC Bangor
9 WJBK-CBS Detroit
10 Community Channel
12 BN
13 Educational
17 First Choice

DEER LAKE
2 WLBZ-NBC Bangor
3 CBYT-CBC Corner Brook
6 CJON-NTV/CTV St. John's
7 Weather
8 Community Channel
9 BN

CORNER BROOK
2 WLBZ-NBC Bangor
4 CBYT-CBC Corner Brook
6 CJON-NTV/CTV St, John's
7 Weather
8 Community Channel
11 ASN
12 CBFT-SRC St. John's
13 WXYZ-ABC Detroit
15 WTVS-PBS Detroit
16 WJBK-CBS Detroit

STEPHENVILLE/STEPHENVILLE CROSSING/KIPPENS/PORT-AU-PORT
2 CJON-NTV/CTV St, John's
3 First Choice
6 CBYT-CBC Corner Brook
7 WXYZ-ABC Detroit
8 CBFT-SRC Montreal
10 BN
11 WLBZ-NBC Bangor
12 Community Channel

 

[Mike711]

WVII stop serving Newfoundland in 1985. It’s a Bangor station for abc

 

[ftballfan]

Why did CBS get the shaft in Atlantic Canada in the 70s and 80s? Most areas carried ABC and NBC, but not CBS. Ironic considering Bangor's CBS affiliate (WABI) was the strongest station in that market from what I've read.

 

[Bluenoser]

Not sure why...but the ironic thing was that Bangor's NBC and CBS stations had translators in Calais, which could be picked up over the border in Chamcook, NB (where the signals were microwaved across the region), but ABC didn't (though their tx was closer to Calais than the orther two).