July 26, 2014:
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45) with Ashley Zilka!
July 27, 2014:
- Toronto, ON, 41.1 CIII (RF41)...When Global carries sports, they usually simulcast the US feed, so it was unusual to see homegrown anchors in Global branded apparel!
July 30, 2014:
- Buffalo, NY, 2.1 WGRZ (RF33)...Laverne Cox is a fierce, fabulous, force to be reckoned with for the LGBT community!
Aug. 1, 2014:
- Buffalo, NY, 49.2 GetTV [WNYO] (RF49.2)...I smile just like Lucy does in The Magic Carpet when I come across dripping, shirtless gentlemen!
- Erie, PA, 54.1 WQLN (RF50)...This promo featured the meaning behind WQLN's call letters! (I was also getting used to their revamped station logo.)
Aug. 2, 2014:
- Erie, PA, 54.1 WQLN (RF50)...Ontario tourism and WPBS sponsored the Canadian production New Fly Fisher! (It was also interesting to see the WPBS logo appear on WQLN, as both stations fought to stay on Rogers Cable in Canada back in 2009!)
Here's the newly renovated station ID from WQLN!
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...there was a Nik Wallenda attraction at Darien Lake and I attended the park with friends later that Summer!
- Rochester, NY, 31.1 WUHF (RF28)...It was 13WHAM News on Fox Rochester with Cody Combs!
Jennifer Lee introduced a story about the Rochester Lancers! (I guess they didn't have all the answers...)
Kaylee Wendt started out at WHAM/WUHF before moving to Buffalo's WIVB in 2016!
It was Alexis Arnold and Toby Motyka at the anchor desk that evening!
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45) with Katrina Irwin and Thad Brown!
Aug. 3, 2014:
- Rochester, NY, 21.1 WXXI (RF16)...I don't give a pluck what people think - I heart these delightful, dancing chickens!
Aug. 4, 2014:
- Buffalo, NY, 23.1 WNLO (RF32)...My family and I enjoyed CW's Who's Line Is It Anyway reboot with Aisha Tyler!
This epsiode's cast included Brad Sherwood, Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie!
- London, ON, 10.1 CFPL (RF10)...Just Say NO! (To call display?) Crime Stoppers took a bite out of London, Elgin and Middlesex!
Aug. 6, 2014:
- Rochester, NY, 31.1 WUHF (RF28)...Good Day Rochester featured Norma Holland, Doug Emblidge and Adam Chodak!
- Buffalo, NY, 49.2 GetTV [WNYO] (RF49.2)...It was Lucille Ball's birthday and Get TV celebrated with a movie marathon that included The Fuller Brush Girl, Her Husband's Affairs, Miss Grant Takes Richmond and The Magic Carpet!
- Rochester, NY, 31.1 WUHF (RF28)...Get TV's Lucy tribute was a foursome, but how do you solve a problem like Mariia's threesome?
The baby in the middle was all of us watching at home...
Aug. 7, 2014:
- Syracuse, NY, 3.3 CNY [WSTM] (RF24.3)...You can't stop the doppler, even in the city that evokes Alec, Daniel, Stephen and William!
Aug. 8, 2014:
- Utica, NY, 2.1 WKTV (RF29)...Adam Musyt appeared on a brand new set that evening, built in anticipation of eventual HD broadcasts!
Even Don Shipman thought the new designs were a real thrilla!
Aug. 9, 2014:
- Rochester, NY, 10.3 WHEC-WX (RF10.3) with Josh Nichols!
- Hamilton, ON, 11.1 CHCH (RF15) with Eric Gage and Phil Perkins!
Aug. 12, 2014:
- Buffalo, NY, 7.1 WKBW (RF38)...Retro Randall covered Mike's 1987 trip to Superstar Recording Studio in Niagara Falls, Ontario where tourists paid to star in their own music videos!
Despite a thunderous reception, Mike Randall wasn't sure weather or not he'd star in any more video clips like that!
Aug. 13, 2014:
- Buffalo, NY, 2.2 WGRZ-AT (RF33.2)...Apparently this racy magazine's content was Too Close For Comfort!
Aug. 14, 2014:
- Buffalo, NY, 7.1 WKBW (RF38) with John Borsa and Desiree Wiley!
Aug. 16, 2014:
- Buffalo, NY, 2.2 WGRZ-AT (RF33.2)...In this heartwarming episode of Bachelor Father, Peter wins a little girl in a poker game, but can't adopt her because he's single! Yep, being unmarried was the problem with this scenario...
You call the authorities, Peter...you call them right now!
Aug. 17, 2014:
- Toronto, ON, 5.1 CBLT (RF20)...The fabulous Jully Black was promoting CBC Music!
Aug. 18, 2014:
- Erie, PA, 12.1 WICU (RF12) with Amanda Post and Jay Puskar!
- Erie, PA, 24.1 WJET (RF24)...Jamie Johnson of the Erie Seawolves was all about that base! (No treble...)
JET 24 also covered some high school highlights with Kahlil West!
Craig Smylie, Sean Lafferty, Jill McCormick and Tom Atkins wrapped up their newscast!
- Syracuse, NY, 3.1 WSTM (RF24)...There was a great CNY Central promo with Jeremy Miller, Lisa Spitz and Peter Hall!
Aug. 19, 2014:
- Syracuse, NY, 3.1 WSTM (RF24)...Brandon Roth was stone cold on the mic at the New York State Fair's Ice Museum!
Niko Tamurian squeezed out a fresh sports report that day!
- Utica, NY, 2.1 WKTV (RF29)...Gary Liberatore and Jill Reale were still deciding weather or not they liked the new set!
WKTV also had a snazzy new intro to their newscast featuring a great ID!
In the end, Jill was Reale-y excited about the changes at the station!
- Oshawa, ON, 22.0 CHEX-TV-2 with Donal Beattie!
Mike Judson does weather for both CHEX Peterborough and CHEX-TV-2 Durham!
At the time, the Durham station still showed Newswatch updates from Peterborough, including one with Lisa MacDonald below!
There was also a great station ID for CHEX-TV-2!
- Rochester, NY, 10.3 WHEC-WX (RF10.3)...There was a beautiful shot of the Frederick Douglass–Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge on WHEC's weather subchannel!
- Rochester, NY, 21.1 WXXI (RF16)...When I was stressing out I caught this amazing episode of Peg + Cat where they teach Big Mouth that a little potty never killed nobody!
Seeing all this helped flush away some of my anxiety at the time!
- Rochester, NY, 10.1 WHEC (RF10)...Markham was on the radar during Kevin Williams' forecast!
News 10 featured Kevin Williams, Lia Lando, Jennifer Mobilia and Justin Granit that evening!
Aug. 20 and 30, 2014:
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...The amazing 65th Anniversary promos kept coming! The first pic features a station logo from when WROC first moved to CBS. The second shows a vintage newscast with Jacquie Walker and Mark Wolf! (Jacquie later headed to Buffalo's WIVB!)
Aug. 20, 2014:
- Hamilton, ON, 11.1 CHCH (RF15)...Sportsline featured Clint "Bubba" O'Neil and Mark Hebscher!
- Buffalo, NY, 4.1 WIVB (RF39)...Brittni Smallwood was reporting for News 4!
Aug. 22, 2014:
- Buffalo, NY, 7.1 WKBW (RF38)...I appreciate Sam Smith joining the ranks of "out" LGBT pop stars! We still need more of them!
Aug. 24, 2014:
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...This season of Big Brother featured the hotness of Cody Calafiore and Frankie Grande! (Links more or less NSFW!)
Aug. 28, 2014:
- Buffalo, NY, 7.1 WKBW (RF38)...Hot diggity dog, it's Dan Kloeffler on World News Now!
Aug. 29, 2014:
- Rochester, NY, 31.1 WUHF (RF28) with The Arsenio Hall Show!
- Pittsburgh, PA, 11.2 Me-TV [WPXI] (RF48.2)...The Summer of MeTV continued all the way from Steel City!
- Johnstown, PA, 6.2 MeTV6 [WJAC] (RF34.2)...Longtime anchor Marty Radonovic opened up to viewers about his battle with cancer, and began a blog for WJAC called "A Little Bump In The Road". (Radonovic retired in 2017 after 43 years at WJAC!)
WJAC also ran a promo with Bill Brown and Lindsay Ward!
Bantly Hardware really hammers home the importance of supporting local businesses!
- Pittsburgh, PA, 4.2 This-TV [WTAE] (RF51.2)...This was an interesting cast in Sunset, starring Bruce Willis and Mariel Hemingway!
- Pittsburgh, PA, 11.1 WPXI (RF48)...I really wanted Katherine Amenta's motto to be, "I mean what I say, and say what Amenta!"
- Johnstown, PA, 6.1 WJAC (RF34)...Marry Me was a very funny, sweet sitcom reminiscent of Happy Endings!
Stay tuned to TV Garth for more voracious VHF/UHF viewings!
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