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TV Channels of the Week 7 thru 13

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Buckeyes2001

What do you get on TV Channels 7 thru 13? (Either now or before the DTV transition)

For me in Vermilion, OH in the analogue days I had:

7 - WXYZ/Detroit (most common, varying strength)
WKBW/Buffalo, NY (tropo)
WHIO/Dayton, OH (rare tropo)
WTRF/Wheeling, WV (rare tropo)

8 - WJW/Cleveland, OH (local)
WOOD/Grand Rapids, MI (tropo under WJW)

9 - CBET/Windsor, ON (most common, varying strength)
WTOV/Steubenville, OH (rare tropo)
CFTO/Toronto, ON (seen after DTV transition in the US and before Canada's transition) - tropo and over CBET

10 - CFPL/London, ON (almost always there to some extent)
WILX/Lansing, MI (tropo)
WBNS/Columbus, OH (tropo)

11 - WTOL/Toledo, OH (semi-local)
Seen a couple of different Canadian stations in tropo and when WTOL signed off late at night, which they did right up until 6-12-09

12 - WICU/Erie, PA (tropo)
WJRT/Flint, MI (tropo)
WISN/Milwaukee (very rare tropo - only caught once and very briefly)

13 - WTVG/Toledo, OH (semi-local)
Canadian station seen every now and then in tropo
 
This is what I got in both the analog & digital era (post-transitional digital only, since I got no DTV stations in this part of the band prior to 6/12/2009) from Gary Indiana

Analog:

7 WLS-TV (ABC) Chicago

8 occasional WOOD-TV (NBC) Grand Rapids, MI

9 WGN-TV Chicago

10 Nothing

11 WTTW (PBS) Chicago

12 occasional WISN (ABC) Milwaukee, WI

13 occasional WZZM (ABC) Grand Rapids, MI, before WODN-LP signed on from Ogden Dunes, IN. They're still on the air, but all they air are bulletins of events going on in Ogden Dunes, IN. They haven't applied for digital yet, & might just sign off after September 2015.

Digital

7 currently nothing, but did get WLS-TV (ABC) Chicago on this channel, until they went to UHF only in March. WCHU-LD has applied to move to this channel, & if granted, I'll definitely get it, since I'll be in their coverage area for a 3kw signal on the John Hancock, while WLS-TV was at 4.75kw on their original antenna on the east tower of the Sears Tower, while at 7kw from their original elliptical antenna on the west tower of the Sears Tower

8 WMVS (PBS) Milwaukee, WI (only got 3 times, & never got them in analog on channel 10)

9 Nothing at the moment, but WUVI-LD applied for displacement from RF 20, & changed their COL from West Lafayette, IN to Gary, IN (making this a Chicago station, rather than a Lafayette station in the Chicago market). Who knows if this station will get on the air, as it's owned by HOSANNA APOSTOLIC MINISTRIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION (none of their stations that they hold licenses for are on the air yet). If it goes on the air, it'll broadcast at 3kw from a short building in Schererville, IN

10 Nothing at this time, but there is a station out in LaSalle, IL (part of the Chicago market, but much closer to the Peoria, IL market than Chicago) on this channel, WWTO (TBN) LaSalle, IL

11 Nothing Have yet to pick up WGVU Grand Rapids on this channel (used to pick up this station occasionally on channel 35), or WLFI (CBS) Lafayette, IN.

12 WBBM-TV (CBS) Chicago

13 Nothing as of yet, but waiting to see if I get WZZM (ABC) Grand Rapids. Despite a strong analog signal from Ogden Dunes, it's possible to get a digital signal on this channel, as I did get WTLJ Muskegon, MI on RF 24 once, while there was a strong analog signal from Valparaiso, IN coming in in Gary, IN.
 
Akron, Ohio

Before Transition...
7 WTRF Wheeling, WV
7 WXYZ Detroit, MI
7 WKBW Buffalo, NY
8 WJW Cleveland, OH
8 WOOD Grand Rapids, MI
9 CBET Windsor, ON
9 WTOV Steubenville, OH
9 CFTO Toronto, ON
10 WBNS Columbus, OH
10 CFPL London, ON
11 WAKN-LP Akron, OH
11 WTOL Toledo, OH
11 WPXI Pittsburgh, PA
12 WICU Erie, PA
12 CHEX Peterborough, ON
13 WTVG Toledo, OH
13 WQED Pittsburgh, PA
13 CKCO Kitchener, ON

After Transition...
7 WCDN-LP Cleveland, OH
7 WTRF Wheeling, WV
8 WJW Cleveland, OH
9 WTOV Steubenville, OH
10 WOIO Cleveland, OH
11 WTOL Toledo, OH
12 WMFD Mansfield, OH
13 WQED Pittsburgh, PA
13 WTVG Toledo, OH
 
Before DTV transition
7 - KIRO Seattle CBS
8 - CHAN Vancouver BC Global (tropo)
9 - KCTS Seattle PBS
10 - (never caught CKVU)
11 - KSTW Tacoma CW
12 - KVOS Bellingham IND
13 - KCPQ Tacoma Fox (Crappy signal from their Bremerton tower. Would flip from color to B/W)

-crainbebo
 
DTV only - from 70 miles North of New York City.

7 - Battle between WXXA-Albany and WABC New York City. Usually nothing decodes, but sometimes WXXA comes through, and once in a while WABC decodes when there's strong tropo. Best DX: WHDH Boston during August 2009 before they went silent.
8- WNJB New Brunswick, NJ. Best DX: WMTW Poland Spring, ME. (213 miles)
9 - nothing - but WBPH Bethlehem, PA can be quite strong during any tropo. Best DX: WSKY Manteo, NC (385 miles); WMEB Orono,ME.
10 - WTNH New Haven, CT. Best DX: WNCT Greenville, NC (481 miles)
11 - WPIX New York City. Best DX: WBAL Baltimore, MD (222 miles)
12 - WNYT Albany, NY. Best DX: WHYY Wilmington, DE (139 miles)
13 - WNET Newark, NJ. Best DX: WVEC Hampton, VA (369 miles).
 
Post 2009, Medina County OH:

7 - WJBK Detroit (2.1 Fox 2 HD/2.2 SD mirror) tropo, before WCDN-LP signed on, not seen since; WCDN-LP Cleveland (53.1) local (but not always there)
8 - WJW Cleveland (8.1 Fox 8 HD/8.2 Antenna TV) local
9 - WTOV Steubenville OH (9.1 NBC HD/9.2 MeTV) tropo, CBET Winsdor (analog) tropo, before Canadian DTV transition.
10- WOIO Cleveland (19.1 CBS HD/19.2 MeTV) local
11 - WTOL Toledo (11.1 CBS HD/11.2 MeTV) tropo; CHCH from Ontario (analog) before Canadian DTV transition.
12 - WMFD Mansfield OH (68.1 HD/68.2 SD relay of WOHZ-LP) semi-local, received most of the time
13 - WTVG Toledo (13.1 ABC HD/13.2 Live Well/13.3 WX) tropo; CKCO Kitchener ON (13.1) tropo - both analog and digital versions received
 
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From Coldwater, MI pre-2009 analog

7- WXYZ- Detroit, MI- ABC
7- WLS- Chicago, IL- ABC
8- WOOD- Grand Rapids, MI- NBC
8- WISH- Indianapolis, IN- CBS
8- WJW- Cleveland, OH- CBS
9- WWTV- Cadillac, MI- CBS
9- CBEW- Windsor, ON- CBC
9- WGN- Chicago, IL- Ind.
10- WILX- Onondaga, MI- NBC
10- CFPL- London, ON- Ind.
11- WTOL- Toledo, OH- CBS
11- WTTW- Chicago, IL- PBS
12- WJRT- Flint, MI- ABC
12- WISN- Milwaukee, WI
13- WZZM- Grand Rapids, MI- ABC
13- WTVG- Toledo, OH- ABC
13- WTHR- Indianapolis, IN- NBC
 
In Milford, CT

7-1 (RF 7) WABC New York
8-1 (RF 10) WTNH New Haven
9-1 (RF 44) 9-2 (RF 38) WWOR NJ/NYC
11-1 (RF 11) WPIX New York
13-1 (RF 13) WNET NJ/NYC
 
Jackson/Dyersburg, TN area:

WBBJ ABC 7 in Jackson (Now on RF 43)
KAIT ABC 8 in Jonesbro, AR - receivable in the Dyersburg area OTA until the digital conversion but not on cable (Still on RF 8)
WKNO PBS 10 (Now on RF 29)
WLJT PBS 11 in Lexington, TN (Now on RF 47)
KFVS CBS 12 in Cape Girardeau, MO - receivable in Dyersburg OTA and on cable until 2009 just before the digital conversion (Still on RF 12)
WHBQ First ABC but later Fox 13 (Still on RF 13)
 
From Warminster PA(Philly 'burbs), before the DTV Transition of 6/12/2009):

7-WABC, New York
WWJT-LP, Philadelphia(local, but rarely seen)
WJLA, Washington, DC(tropo)
8-WGAL, Lancaster, PA(occasionally)
WTNH, New Haven/Hartford(occasionally)
WPSJ-LP, Hammonton, NJ(tropo)
9-WWOR, New York
WUSA, Washington, DC(tropo)
10-WCAU(local)
11-WPIX, New York
WBAL, Baltimore(tropo)
12-WHYY(local)
13-WNET, New York
WJZ, Baltimore(occasionally)

And after the DTV Transition:

7-zippo
8-zippo
9-WBPH, Bethlehem PA(semi-local; virtual 60)
10-zippo
11-zippo
12-WHYY(local; virtual 12)
13-zippo
 
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In Pacifica in the 80's

7 - KGO San Francisco
8 - KSBW Salinas (Time to Time)
9 - KQED San Francisco
10 - Nothing
11 - KNTV (Weak) San Joes
12 - Nothing
13 - KOVR (Weak) Sacramento

In Vallejo Now

7 - KGO San Francisco
8- 13 Nothing
 
Manistee area
Analog era
7 - WPBN Traverse City (local)
8 - nothing
9 - WWTV Cadillac (local)
10 - nothing
11 - WLUK Green Bay, WI (very weak)
12 - nothing
13 - WZZM Grand Rapids (very weak)
 
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