mace wrote:

May 14, 1948 WBEN signed on to viewers in Western New York and the Toronto area on channel 4. For the first seven months of operation they were affilliated with NBC. In January 1949, they became a primary CBS affilliate. Two local shows I remember were Popeye's Playhouse with Captain Mike Marion and Buttons the Cabin Boy and Meet The Millers. During summer vacation I always watched Popeye at 9am weekdays. My mom would always watch the Millers at 1pm for new recipes and cooking tips.

I remember Santa’s Workshop with “Forgetful” the elf was shown during December. Maybe in Captain Mike’s slot.

mace wrote:

I bounced around from CTV, CBC. GLOBAL, CITY and CHCH. CHCH had an interesting discussion about how Union support has been divided. Public sector still with the NDP. Private sector with the Conservatives. I ended up sticking with CTV.

TVO also had coverage. Did anybody watch?

Speaking of pronunciation, is it T’rawno  or T’rawnto??  Do announcers get schooled on how to say important/repeated words/names? Is there the equivalent for broadcasting of a style guide for written communication?

Back in the day there was CKDS-Stereo 95 in Hamilton. Everyday at 3:30 Richard Gale would do the full ID. “CKDS-Stereo 95 is 95.3, CKDS-FM, Hamilton, with antenna atop the CHCH-TV tower in Stoney Creek.” And then back to Invitation to Music...

mike marshall wrote:

Quite a few years ago, during one of the four times I was at CHML, quick hits which featured conversations with the local Environment Canada experts (careful, now) would become part of our daily drive-time menu. Prior to that becoming fact, a couple of us wound up at the Mt. Hope airport to discuss what the technical terms in the forecasts -- 30 per cent chance, etc. -- really meant.

We came away with a pretty good overall picture. Most important:

1. They really didn't want to commit to anything beyond what would happen the next day.

2. The possibility of change became greater the further down the line you went (e.g. 7-day forecast).

But 3. The key to remember, and the reason that we don't always get what they say, is the Great Lakes
make this one of the toughest areas in the world to do accurate weather forecasts.

That was back in the '80s. Sound like this week?

The World of Weather, with meteorologist John Wingfield. 7:55, 12:40, and 6:15 daily on CHML.

Any idea why CHML isn’t on the FCC list when other Hamilton stations are?

Paul Martin attempted a PM TV announcement, but Brent Butt snuck on the set and successfully persuaded him to postpone it so Corner Gas could proceed.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0546111/characters/nm0552883.

RadioActive wrote:

If you re-read the post, you'll see I was referring to TV, not radio. 

 
Check out Bubba on CHCH-TV.

Seems to me Cherington started by doing the 6 o’clock news on CHML and then “Nightline” from 9-11. Then a coordinated programming change with CHCH moved him to 6:30-9 right after the major news, weather (The World of Weather with meteorologist John Wingfield), and sports and a new title—Action Line. (Same time Perc Allen moved “Open Line” from 1:30-2:30 to right after the 12:30 p.m. newscast with Lloyd Dafoe) When Action Line started airing earlier, Cherington was free to go over to CHCH after the radio show ended and deliver the 11 o’clock news on TV.

tvguy wrote:

By the weekend, you are likely to see a major improvement in WKBW reception.   Possibly WUTV and WNYO as well.  Based on postings on AVS forum, the helicopter crew is expected to hoist the new antenna for WKBW today or Friday.   It is also expected that the crew will also hoist a new antenna for the WUTV Grand Island Tower site, where WNYO and WUTV will broadcast from on RF 32.

 

Thought WNYO Channel 49 was on RF 16. Is it changing?

This morning I viewed WHAM ch. 13 and subs (RF 9) from Rochester and CIII ch. 27 from Peterborough area, but no WHEC or anything else from Rochester or CHEX from Peterborough. Shouldn’t tropo conditions bring all channels from the same area? I’m just learning about this stuff.

Anybody know why WNED no longer carries PBS World? And hasn’t for quite a while? PBS stations in Rochester and Erie both have sub-channels that carry it. I enjoyed it more than Create—which seems to be mainly cooking shows.

It was particularly bad this weekend, but generally less reliable since switching to real channel 8. Any explanations or hopes for improvement?

I’m in Oakville. CFTO reception not nearly as good since it changed from real channel 9 to 8. Can disappear completely when a truck drives by.

Very informative and helpful tvguy. Thanks for taking time to spell out all those details. I’m in Oakville and never can pick up the 49s. Maybe that will change by March 13.

My experience on the last set of changes was to receive the 51s very strongly since then and hardly at all before then.