tdotwriter wrote:

As someone who personally enjoys numerous programs produced by PBS network stations as well as national network ones such as Nova, I seriously hope this trade relations disaster doesn't inflict them any significant consequences.

Besides my personal concerns with fad-exploiting people just taking advantage of Canadian patriotism and "buying Canadian" as "the current thing", there's also the issue of possible collateral damage inflicted against entities that are not at all involved in the politics behind the initial tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, and they could be commercial, non-commercial in the case of local PBS and NPR network stations and possibly even charitable.

These are very unfortunate things to think about. Staying more strictly within the topic of broadcasting, particularly at the local level, WNED provides those who are able to pick up its over-the-air signal with a total of three channels multiplexed on to its single transmitter. There's the main PBS network station WNED itself on 17.1, Create; a 24/7 arts & crafts channel on 17.2, and PBS Kids; a 24/7 young children's channel on 17.3. Many other PBS stations have a similar arrangement. There's also a full simulcast of WNED 94.5 FM as an audio-only channel that for some reason is mapped as 31.10. WNED provides all of that with a much smaller proportion of public (taxpayer) funding than CBC, CBC Radio-Canada (French), TVO, or any of the other provincial public service networks.

Each of our public broadcasters provide only a single program service or "channel" and over-the-air coverage is much more limited than those of many PBS network stations boasting decent networks of re-transmitters. Thus, PBS is entirely morally worthy of continued viewer donations and I would support the sponsors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and local PBS stations. I hope others agree.

Can’t figure out why WNED doesn’t carry World sub-channel. PBS outlets in Erie and Roc

CHAM had an opening for Jubilation by Paul Anka—“Great jubilation, this is the station, C-HA-M.” Sounded to me like it was played over the intro.

Radio Bob wrote:

So it took a few years, but cable and satellite took care of that little matter, didn't it?
Wasn't CKVR a CBC affiliate back then?  Part of the plan must have been disaffiliating and going independent.
 

Jack Miller at the Spectator covered these stories in detail. Seems to me at one time Jack reported that CKVR wanted to replay CBC prime time programming the next day in the morning and afternoon.

Does anybody have access to those Soec columns?

RadioActive wrote:

For some reason, the list I posted left off The Grand. I honestly expected them to do a bit better. Here's a second shot at it with them in it. 


                                                     

Does Lite 92 from Brantford show up in Hamilton numbers? Did rebranding and slight reformat from Jewel make a difference?

I thought I read somewhere that Hockey Night in Canada pioneered instant replays. The linked article says it was CBS. Anybody know for sure?

Jack Miller did a daily TV-Radio column in the Spec for years before he moved to the Star. Who took his place in Hamilton? Jim Bawden. When Miller took the Science beat at the Star, who succeeded him again? JB.

RadioActive wrote:

And how could I miss CHAM (aka CJJD) which occupied the well used 1280 frequency but is now doing comedy at 820.

Don’t forget CHIQ on 1280 pre-CHAM.

Don’t forget Oldies “92-9 The Grand” in Caledonia. A sort of reincarnation of CKOC complete with Rockin Ray Michaels. Comes into Hamilton really well and usually as far as Oakville.

Starraytv wrote:

The ATSC signal has always been on RF 22, virtual channel 15.1.

Low power is what it is although Bill Hepburn in Grimsby says he gets it all the time: http://dxinfocentre.com/pix/22-Toronto.JPG There are people regularly receiving Star Ray fair distances but I think they are all using antenna amplifiers.

Since the latest repack the station has less interference. In the east end of Toronto analog 22 went off the air in Oshawa and in the west end TVO in Kitchener did not move to RF 22.

Rabbitears.info has a good map of potential Star Ray TV reception: https://www.rabbitears.info/contour.php?appid=0000ca1ada0099999990099999999000&site=1&dma=N&map=Y&contour=N&lppc=N&int=N&pop=N&incpop=&excpop=&z1=N&nrqz=N&lprw=N&head=Y&asrn=&extras=&cir=&circen=

Citytv on channel 79 would have been difficult to pick up anyway due to the high frequency.

 
If I pick up anything on RF 22, it's WXXI and subs from Rochester. Never a peep from anything else.

Paul did mornings on CHML Monday-Saturday. Flew to Montreal to tape at CFCF and then back home. On a few occasions he got snowed in at YUL and missed his Monday shift. Maybe it was Phil Hitchcock who filled in.

What was CKOC playing then?

New subs up and running. But I think in a different order than described above.

Thanks for checking. Seems there are lots of cooking shows and even cooking channels out there. I’m sure it’s a financial decision. Not sure what it costs to affiliate with World and what’s the electric bill for running another sub-channel.

mace wrote:

CKFH was  923-0921 and I think CFRB was 924-5711

Good old C-8-ch-mel.  Liberty 7-0121 or (as Tom Cherington always said, “If you’re calling from the beauty spots,”) Zenith 9-9240. Then at some point they changed to 645-3221 and Zenith 9-9-900. Before 1-800 numbers, I think.

Came to my inbox every Thursday until 2 weeks ago. Archives on site only go to end of February as far as I can tell.