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- Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:45 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: WADL 38.5 is gone
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1001
Re: WADL 38.5 is gone
I noticed Azteca is gone, too. I guess the U.S. version of Azteca (which I believe only licensed the name of the Mexico-based Azteca) went belly up and ceased operation. Azteca America ended operations at the end of 2022. While it was set up to have been a competitor to Univision and Telemundo, it ...
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:53 pm
- Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
- Topic: Northern Michigan dual TV channel ID
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7529
Re: Northern Michigan dual TV channel ID
The question I want answer is why does WTOM-TV have its tower in such a stupid location? Well, if memory serves correctly, the Black Bear (strip club) was very nearby the WTOM-TV studios back in the 60/70's... :blink I'd guess both entities no longer exist. WTOM still exists, but in the digital era...
- Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:19 pm
- Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
- Topic: WTVG 75th Anniversary special
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5307
Re: WTVG 75th Anniversary special
When I lived on the south side of Ann Arbor, I could get channel 13 halfway decently with just rabbit ears. This was when they were still licensed directional. I suspect more "juice" was sent in the direction of Ann Arbor than pattern plots suggested. I had relatives who live in Chelsea, and they c...
- Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:19 pm
- Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
- Topic: Northern Michigan dual TV channel ID
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7529
Re: Northern Michigan dual TV channel ID
Can someone please explain the point of dual TV IDs in Northern Michigan? IE 9&10 4&7 29&8. With digital television, the secondary ID can now be dropped as it is all virtual channels anyway. It just seems so clunky. I believe it's because they still use two transmitters covering two geographical ar...
- Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:14 pm
- Forum: Lansing/Mid-Michigan
- Topic: Why It Was WMSB On Channel 10
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6914
Re: Why It Was WMSB On Channel 10
What is now WEYI was originally WKNX-TV 57. Funny that there were two stations operating in Eastern Michigan early on, the other being WTVS 56, and they were on first adjacent channels. Maybe the tuning slugs used early on in receivers covered both channels. Considering the distance between the two...
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 11:02 pm
- Forum: Lansing/Mid-Michigan
- Topic: Why It Was WMSB On Channel 10
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6914
Re: Why It Was WMSB On Channel 10
I *think* most above 55 were largely ignored, even today. Which was why many of them would relocate to lower channels. A couple of examples included WBGU-TV in Bowling Green, Ohio, which signed on channel 70 in the 1960s, before moving to channel 57, then to 27. Another was ABC affiliate WTVQ in Le...
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 10:54 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: Retro TV on WLLA 64
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2404
Re: Retro TV on WLLA 64
Does Retro TV show infomercials during late night? If so, maybe the "inappropriate commercial content" may be in the form of late night infomercials for "male enhancing" products or 1-900 dating ads (are those still around anymore?). WLLA could have done what cable systems do by running their own in...
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 10:01 pm
- Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
- Topic: National Anthem (WNEM)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1578
Re: National Anthem (WNEM)
It’s a gimmick from GM Ken. It won’t do anything to bring a single new viewer to their newscasts. Many station groups have started to play the SSB as a token of patriotic pride. But while conservatives have lauded the stations for restoring the practice, many of them play the SSB before the early m...
- Sat Jul 08, 2023 1:56 am
- Forum: Lansing/Mid-Michigan
- Topic: Why It Was WMSB On Channel 10
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6914
Re: Why It Was WMSB On Channel 10
Speaking of educational, I always wondered why Lansing was allotted two stations for such a small market. The other was channel 69 if memory serves, I don’t think it was ever even applied for. There are very few stations on channel 69, mainly because that channel was as far as you could go on UHF i...
- Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:48 pm
- Forum: Lansing/Mid-Michigan
- Topic: Scripps Layoffs
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6436
Re: Scripps Layoffs
Fox 17 in Grand Rapids enjoys decent ratings and revenue from its newscasts. Replace that with a cut and paste broadcast from Detroit, and they can kiss all of that good bye. Look how well WNWO went with its South Bend-produced newscast, until poor ratings and budget cuts led to Sinclair replacing ...
- Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:45 pm
- Forum: Lansing/Mid-Michigan
- Topic: Why It Was WMSB On Channel 10
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6914
Re: Why It Was WMSB On Channel 10
WKAR-TV originally aired on UHF channel 60; but while it was an educational station, it still sought a wider audience so they applied for channel 10, only for that channel to be snapped up by WILX. An agreement would allow both stations to share the same channel and transmitter, though WKAR-TV would...
- Sat Jul 01, 2023 10:31 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: Another vintage reel found in the wild: WOTV 8, 10/22/1981
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1095
Re: Another vintage reel found in the wild: WOTV 8, 10/22/1981
Where TVs are concerned, you could buy a 50-inch flat screen today for half as much as a 1981 19-inch CRT TV in today's dollars.
- Mon Jun 26, 2023 11:05 pm
- Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
- Topic: Wnem ATSC 3.0 is now encrypted.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1316
Re: Wnem ATSC 3.0 is now encrypted.
Well, I just checked them again, and they are now UN-encrypted again. Maybe it was a test, or they got enough complaints quickly to turn it back off for now? As we're still early in the game with ATSC 3.0, newer sets and boxes will likely support newer encryption methods, while those in use now wou...
- Thu Jun 15, 2023 10:53 pm
- Forum: Everywhere Else
- Topic: Bell Media Shuts Down 6 Radio Stations Sells 3 Others.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1685
Re: Bell Media Shuts Down 6 Radio Stations Sells 3 Others.
Keeping directional AM arrays that need repairs and generate a limited amount of profit does not make sense to them before a sale. Either way the abrupt closures and sales of a total of nine AM radio at once indicates that they are up to something. Considering that they are a big media company, it'...
- Thu Jun 15, 2023 10:47 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: Another vintage reel found in the wild: WOTV 8, 10/22/1981
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1095
Re: Another vintage reel found in the wild: WOTV 8, 10/22/1981
The station was still owned by Time-Life, 9 years after they sold their other TV stations to McGraw-Hill. 1983 was when LIN Broadcasting acquired channel 8, giving them a shot in the arm.MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 6:54 pmChannel 8 stunk in those days. They basically gave their news operation a complete reboot in 1983.