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NY Times discontinues TV listings after 81 years

At one time, the local stations would also buy advertising on that page. That was sort of the idea: A way to attract advertising from TV stations. Perhaps they haven't bought ads in a while. It's been a long time since I actually read a print edition.
 
In the old days, unless you bought a subscription to TV Guide (or ordered the local Sunday paper) you had only a few channels to choose from. As cable systems came along they either published or broadcast their schedules. Now there are hundreds of stations, most with really nothing to show so the five programs that most people watch are easy to remember (or the guides are free on the internet and can cover several days at a time as well as be customized).

I can remember when radio guides were published too. TV guides are following them out the door.
 
The Sunday Herald News here in Fall River, MA just has TV listings for sunday's on Sundays and I haven't seen a TV - week like guide in a while. They even have listings from WPIX 11 from New York, NY listed as well.
 
Listings are still printed daily in the Ellensburg Daily Record. They cover the evening and the next day up to 6pm I believe. Only inaccuracy is that KIRO-7 is still listed, Spectrum no longer has KIRO on cable. KOMO and KING are still on part-time syndex'ed feeds.
 
crainbebo said:
Listings are still printed daily in the Ellensburg Daily Record. They cover the evening and the next day up to 6pm I believe. Only inaccuracy is that KIRO-7 is still listed, Spectrum no longer has KIRO on cable. KOMO and KING are still on part-time syndex'ed feeds.
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The Snoqualmie Pass area might be able to get an OTA signal from KIRO (and the other Seattle sticks). Does the Daily Record list KCPQ, which has a translator in Ellensburg?

Back on topic, my local newspaper (Manistee News-Advocate) eliminated its TV Week a few years ago. Up until the end, the cable conversion guide was laughably out of date and had the infamous "Arcadia getting Detroit and Flint stations" lineup. Not sure about whether or not the other local paper (the Ludington Daily News) still has a TV Week, but that one had way more broadcast channels, especially in the mid to late 1990s:
Manistee had five channels: 7 WPBN (NBC), 9 WWTV (CBS), 21 WCMW (PBS), 29 WGTU (ABC), and 33 WGKI (FOX) (side note: for years, WCMW was listed as WZZM in the program grids, but WCMW's programming and channel number were correct)
Ludington had the five listed under Manistee, but also had: 2 WBAY (ABC), 4 WTMJ (NBC), 5 WFRV (CBS), 6 WITI (FOX), 10 WMVS (PBS), 11 WLUK (FOX), 13 WZZM (ABC), and 35 WGVU (PBS)
 
talk about old and outdated and unless you have the space, a waste of space
 
KCPQ's translator went off several years ago. They have never been in Daily Record listings.
KIRO is on cable at Snoqualmie Pass, but no longer on cable in either Ellensburg or Cle Elum. Cle Elum only gets KING 5, rest are Yakima. Snoqualmie Pass didn't get cable until sometime in the '80s, and apparently the signals were abysmal.
 
Not really shocking at this point though given the current situation on how TV is increasingly including shows from streaming outlets though.
 
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