Tango/GeoTraffic gone on WPHL subchannel?

[Bill_W]

I've noticed on both on Verizon & Comcast and probably ota, This TV is being simulcast on WPHL-DT4 where the traffic used to be. Is Tango/Geo gone?

 

[GeoTraffic]

We're pleased to announce that the Jams N Cams experience continues at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/jams-and-cams. Our full traffic reports are still heard via our app and at http://bit.ly/GeoPHL

 

[Unregistered]

FWIW: RTV is not available OTA in much of the market, nor on Comcast. I hope they add that to 17.4.

 

[RyanHoward]

FWIW: RTV is not available OTA in much of the market, nor on Comcast. I hope they add that to 17.4.

RTV is currently on WFMZ's subchannel, 69.4. It's also on Verizon FiOS channel 480.

 

[Unregistered]

RTV is currently on WFMZ's subchannel, 69.4. It's also on Verizon FiOS channel 480.

Well WFMZ's sub-channel is not available in most the Philly TV market and Comcast is the largest cable provider. So. most people can't get RTV.

 

[FredLeonard]

RTV is currently on WFMZ's subchannel, 69.4. It's also on Verizon FiOS channel 480.

That means most people can not see it.

Meanwhile, Tribune apparently has not figured out what to do with 17.4. They either are simulcasting THIS (17.2) or running Infomercials. Those cycling unlabeled webcam shots were pretty useless. Mostly, you couldn't tell what they were showing. They had actual traffic reports until Traffic Pulse/Traffic.com/NavTeq went out of business. After Microsoft took over Nokia, they dumped what was left of the company and moved it to Chicago. So what you have a traffic reports produced in Chicago by people looking at maps and webcams (which anybody can see for themselves) 700 miles away who most likely have never been in Philly.

Traffic Pulse was always behind Shadow/Metro and had a lot of gaps in their coverage. So did Total Traffic until they took over Shadow/Metro and now traffic reports are pretty useless.