I wonder if it just confuses the TV when someone like me watches OTA broadcasts,  IPTV, and streams UK apps with a VPN turned on.  I use apps on an android streaming box; not the TV...just because I found it easier to navigate.

Last night I was going to replace my booster with another one I had to see if that was the problem. 

Looking at the end of the cable coming in the house from the antenna, I noticed the "stinger" (as my brother, a cable guy calls it) the copper wire was tarnished: not that shiny orange colour it should be.  Cutting off the end and about to replace it (I've got cable guy tools and the proper ends) I notice my hand getting wet...somehow there was water INSIDE the cable.  My only guess is a small cut somewhere in the jacket on the cable from point A to B.  So today I climbed up and replaced the entire line and well...mystery solved.  Channel 11 is back. I was also missing channel 9 and 14.

I had this problem with the transformer on my large antenna years ago affecting channel 2 and 7.  Much easier to replace the cable on a small 4 bay than the transformer on a 13 foot UHF/VHF/FM.

The takeway here is keep your stinger shiny!

Forgot to mention:  I don't recall the UK Wheel having a "Vannah" I think the letter(s) just appeared if they were in the puzzle after the contestant called it out. Graham Norton was/is a good host.

When WBXZ first came on the air I could get them all the time.  They had several technical problems and then I lost their signal.  I think it was around the re-pack of frequencies.  Can't recall if they moved,  but no, I can't pull them in. 

WBBZ 67 is come and go for me...would rather be able to get them all the time.  Someone Commented once that they were only a few miles from their transmitter and couldn't get 67 either!

I can get 14 CITS with my antenna aimed at Buffalo:  The signal strength is weak, but watchable.   

With the antenna aimed west I'm getting a stronger signal from CKCO 13 than I am from CHCH.

Melanie Martin co-hosted the morning show...on Z103.5 back in 2001-2003-ish with Scott Fox and Dave Blezard.  Melanie left for all new station Flow 93.5 and eventually Scott and Dave were fired.  Dave went to Kiss 92.5 and Scott was out in Kitchener.   The station must have received many nasty emails about the firing (I sent one) that Scott returned and co-hosted with Kat Callahan.

Scott, Mel and Dave were the best Morning show ensemble they ever had.

I listened to 103.5 and nothing else for many years (1995-2022) Morning shows on this station average 1.5 to 2 years.

With an IP blocker using a UK server and a side-loaded BBC iPlayer app I can watch the BBC in Canada.   The first time I used the app it asks "Do you have a TV license?"  I selected "Yes". 

These antiquated regional/territorial rules of not being able to watch something based on where you are located are so stupid.

But I can listen to radio from almost anywhere?  Read a newspaper from anywhere?  Always boils down to money

I gave up on radio in this country and don't listen to much locally but Boom 97.3 (only in small increments because it's the same 100 or so songs played again and again).

If you're into pop (top 40), dance and alternative (indie) rock download the BBC sounds app and listen to Radio 1.  They play songs you're familiar with and artists that should be carried over here but aren't.   It's free to listen to and there are no commercials.

A story I had read or heard:  The station's founder Ken Sobol was superstitious:  the CRTC granted CHCH license and the Channel 13 frequency.   Sobol said he didn't want Ch 13..."give it to Kitchener."  (they must have been applying at the same time) The CRTC assigned Hamilton Channel 11 and for a time it was known as "Lucky Channel 11".

Over the air TV takes in a different approach in the UK.  Freeview is a national service (that I believe is free, hence the name) where an antenna is placed on your roof and with a Freeview tuner in your TV, you pick up all the terrestrial stations.  I use a UK TV Guide app to see what's on and I selected "freeview" as my service.   
BBC1 is Channel 1, BBC 2: Ch2, ITV Channel 3, Channel 4: yep, you guessed it.

I've been doing a pretty good job of avoiding anything Bell for a couple of years now;  TV, radio, internet service, even The Source,  which I believe is Bell owned?  Either way...I have no need to go there or support them.

As for FAST services:  Pluto is good, but Plex is my favourite.

At first I thought it was a mistake but I'm hearing a commercial for BDO Debt on Boom 97.3 entirely in French. I listen between 11 and 1PM weekdays and have heard it once a day for the past few days...maybe three? 

The only reason I know it's for BDO Debt is because that's all I can understand!

Just wondering if anyone else has heard it.  I've never heard a French language commercial on an English language radio station before.

WBBZ is hit and miss for me.  I don't know if it's their signal, me being close to the escarpment or a combination of both.  When WBXZ came on the air I was able to get them.  After the ATSC 3.0 switch where some area stations switched or swapped frequencies I lost them. It did get me a rock solid signal for WPXJ where I never got it before.

Back in the analog days, I'd get Rochester quite often on clear days and nights.   The escarpment is likely the reason I can't get Erie here in St. Catharines too.

There's always plenty of discussion in here of Toronto TV stations but not much talk abkut CHCH. I watch them for news, daily (because they're the closest to my house) on the Canadian side of the border, I also watch WGRZ (2) in the AM and CITY (57) from 11 PM, but CHCH is doing what many other stations just don't do: give local businesses and affordable(?) place to advertise on TV.  Sure, in Buffalo you'll see a handful of local ads, but do you really see any on and Bell or Rogers owned TV?

CHCH news director Greg O'Brien made a good point in one of their podcasts about being a station that doesn't have to answer to shareholders and only being focused on their broadcast area: Hamilton, Halton and Niagara. But are they profitable?  I'd like to think so.

As with these radio stations that Bell sold off perhaps the same is true for local TV:  Be more local.  If I'm going to see local commercials I don't mind seeing a low budget ad supporting my local TV. 

The perfect example is that really  budget looking ad on Buffalo TV for Airport Plaza Jewelers.  "Just look for the big red awning"  --You see?  It works...probably cost em $100 to make!

Tony Monaco has been with Evanov for THREE DECADES.

I stopped listening to Z about 14 months ago after Campanelli disappeared from the morning show without any word which is common practicein radio. 

Being a listener of HOT 103...now Z103 since 1995 I know, from listening all those years that the average life of a morning show on that station is about 12 to 18 months.  (Personal opinion: I couldn't stand Sandra) So I stopped listening all together. I had heard their Noon and Drive at 5 mixes so often I knew what song was coming in next...like they were pre-recorded.

I went back to Sirius XM Hits 1 for my morning show fix. 

Some other notable morning show hosts were Jesse Dillon (after AM640 went talk) and the late, great Don Berns.  I remember calling the station asking what happened to Don Berns on the morning show, because they'll never say on-air and I was told he was "in permanent vacation".

A couple of years ago I did email Paul Evanov after one of Bell's first round of cuts to thank them for not being owned by Bell and to show my appreciation for locally owned radio.  He responded rather quickly and thanked me for the kind words.

BBC Radio1 plays more new music and I can listen on the BBC sounds app so they're my replacement for Z103.