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mmb5:
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Jul 2 2003, 03:16 PM\'] It's surprising that Windsor doesn't have a CTV station, isn't it? I'm pretty sure that parts of Michigan can receive the CKCO repeater on Channel 42 out of Sarnia, although that didn't exist back in the '70s.
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Part of the retransmission agreement Canadian stations have with the American distributors is that the standard quality (Grade A) over-the-air signal of an American show cannot reach American audiences. So, there's two ways of doing it. Global has a station in Windsor, but it's way to the east and it's low power, so unless you live right on the border, you can't get it. The CTV station instead put their station up in Sarnia where the signals technically do not overlap. The CBC station is also on most cable systems in the Detroit area, but the CTV and Global stations aren't since they're mostly repeating U.S. stuff anyway.
--Mike
joelvanderveen:
I remember watching \"Wild Guess\" (extremely vaguely, though) and \"Food for Thought\" as a wee young'un back in the early '90s. I recall \"FfT\" being taped in a studio set up as a supermarket, but that's as far as it goes.
I also remember the kids' show \"Kidstreet\" (something like that), with race cars being the kids' podiums. And I also used to watch \"Uh Oh!\" (think of it as the Canadian \"Double Dare\"), but that's still showing on YTV.
Indeed, happy birthday, Canada. (And congratulations on winning the 2010 Olympic bid, Vancouver!)
drmusic_99:
Aha! Jim Perry is also blond, in the cameo appearance he made on \"The David Steinberg Show\".
One show few people remember is \"Guess What\". Hosted by actor Robin Ward, it aired as a companion to \"Definition\" (almost like the Wheel/J! strip). I don't remember too much else about it, other than the very cool synthesizer theme. (It's a longshot, but does anyone have it?)
rugrats1:
--- Quote ---The CBC station is also on most cable systems in the Detroit area, but the CTV and Global stations aren't since they're mostly repeating U.S. stuff anyway.
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The Comcast system in Port Huron, MI does carry Global, from the Oil Springs transmitter. As Harron, they also used to carry CKCO, but dropped it before they were sold to Adelphia (which, in turn, sold the Port Huron system to Comcast). CBET is widely available on Comcast in Port Huron, but not the \"local\" CBLN transmitter, which, unlike CBET, includes what little there is left of American shows on CBC (\"Simpsons\" reruns, Disney, some movies).
James Allen:
Was \"Talkabout\" a Canadian show?
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