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So I finally got GSN
ChrisLambert!:
[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 01:08 PM\'] We live in what I call a buffer zone. That is, we automatically receive 2 feeds of CBS, ABC, and NBC due to our location.
How does one go about getting thse over-the-dial stations? [/quote]
I grew up in an area like that... with the added bonus that the Louisville channels moved an hour earlier for DST while we (and the Indianapolis stations) did not, meaning I had two chances to watch any network show.
The only thing I miss about the ol' hometown :)
zachhoran:
[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 01:36 PM\'] Hmm let's see...here's what I picked up over the years-
Remember, Akron is 35 miles south of cleveland
21 WFMJ-NBC Youngstown: Funny thing- i get 21 clearer on my over-the-dial TV then channel 3 in cleveland!
27 WKBN-CBS Youngstown: This is how I watch H2 on clear days...
7 WTOV-NBC Wheeling WV
4 WDIV-NBC Detroit
and one day...don't ask me how...but I got CBS 9 from somewhere in Michigan. [/quote]
I was able to get Channel 7 CBS in Wheeling and Channel 9 NBC in Steubenville, Ohio and Channel 6 NBC in Johnstown, PA in SW PA waaay back in the 80s via an antenna. That part of SW PA was never even offered cable until 1991.
trainman:
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 10:48 AM\'] I live about 20 miles north of Chicago, and during certain conditions (mostly weather-related--I think [someone else here has probably got better insight]) I can pick up stations out of Milwaukee, South Bend, IN and/or Grand Rapids, MI (meanwhile, I can't get the alternate PBS affiliate out of Merrillville, IN). [/quote]
I was always amazed by how well the South Bend stations came in my very-close-to-Lake-Michigan dorm at Northwestern, especially on warm nights. The Fort Wayne stations and western Michigan UHF stations would also come in on occasion, but Milwaukee was tough.
Growing up in Tampa, I never had much luck with TV DXing...I think I'd only ever get Channel 6 (CBS) from Orlando and Channels 11 (CBS) and 20 (NBC) from Fort Myers, and those only when reception conditions were perfect. (Well, I guess Channel 40 from Sarasota counted as DX reception, but it didn't "feel" like it, because it always came in well, and it had been on cable in Tampa at one point. I took advantage of the good reception to watch MG '90.)
Although, as I understand it, Tampa's Channel 3 (PBS) is a very common DX "catch."
Tim L:
[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 11:07 AM\']
--- Quote ---Congrats on getting GSN, BTW - had it on my satellite service for nearly 7 years, and upon moving back with my parents, who only have cable, I can still keep up with it.
--- End quote ---
Thanks! Last week, Someone wrote on one of the posts that Time Warner of Akron/Canton was moving GSN down from Digital 105 to Analog 71 effective Monday. However, I emailed Time Warner...and they said no new channels were added or moved. Monday rolled around, I checked 71, and...nothing. Wednesday rolled around, and I tried some other channels, and lo and behold- Match Game was on channel 67!
I found this story to be interesting..y'all may not! :-) [/quote]
It was I who gave you the bogus information..sorry about that. I had read a little something in the Canton Paper about a month ago. I knew it was moving down from 105 to the 60's 70's area..When I typed my original post 71 was kind of a guess..I tape B&W Overnight on my Digital Cable DVR-It caught the channel change without a hitch. Glad you are enjoying GSN..
Tim Lones
Canton, Ohio
dheine1971:
urbanpreppie: What do you mean for GSN there's a problem when you've seen the 1988-1989 Wheel of Fortune (or even 1997-1998 Jeopardy!, 1985-1986 Newlywed Game, 1987-1988 $100,000 Pyramid, or most recently 2001-2002 Hollywood Squares with Tom Bergeron) aired over and over again indefinatly on the cable network?
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