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Ever since I was a kid, I loved antennas and TV reception. It was always a thrill to hook up an antenna and see what stations I could get, and see if I could pick up anything from a far distance. With the transition to digital broadcasting happening, my love for OTA (over the air) reception came back and this blog will focus on what channels I'm able to receive via antenna from my home just outside of Toronto, Canada. Plus there may be occasional commentaries on shows that I see while adjusting my reception.

Monday, February 4, 2019

Reception Reports: August 2017 (Part 1)

Greetings TV Garth readers! Here’s a look back at all the over-the-air TV mayhem viewed at my new home in Markham, Ontario, Canada from August 2017! (I now live on one of the upper floors of a high-rise, which greatly enhances reception!) Rochester, Syracuse, Utica and Watertown flowed in alongside Erie, Toledo, Detroit, Saginaw and more! Stay tuned for anchors, anecdotes and antenna reception, oh my!

Aug. 1, 2017:

- Cleveland, OH, 61.1 WQHS (RF34)...I was ready to Sprint towards the leather clad hombre and the muy bonita station ID!

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- Erie, PA, 12.3 ION [WICU] (RF12)...If you were keeping your eye on WICU, you'd notice a positively entertaining station had replaced WSEE on 12.3!

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Aug. 2, 2017:

- Cleveland, OH, 61.1 WQHS (RF34)...Life was a playa for Favio Alejo on Univision's Primer Impacto!

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Aug. 6, 2017:

- Buffalo, NY, 49.4 GET TV [WNYO] (RF49)...Get TV celebrated Lucille Ball's birthday by airing her appearances on The Merv Griffen Show, plus Dick Van Dyke & Company!

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- Ann Arbor, MI, 31.3 IONLife [WPXD] (RF50)...Reality Obsessed featured the FABULOUS Trenyce, who I saw live at Las Vegas nightclub Krave back in 2010! (I've loved her since American Idol Season 2 and even did bootleg remixes for "Love Sneakin' Up On You" and "Proud Mary"!)

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Aug. 7, 2017:

- Detroit, MI, 4.1 WDIV (RF45)...Early Today's usual topics were being blotted out by the upcoming solar eclipse!

2017-08-07 04.22.23

Steve Garagiola was part of the Local 4 line up that day!

2017-08-07 04.40.59

Rhonda Walker totally knew what Brandon Roux did that Summer, while Kim DeGiulio 4mulated her own theories!

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Aug. 8, 2017:

- Erie, PA, 35.2 WBEP (RF16)...Shady behavior was necessary for solar eclipse watch parties, according to John Stehlin!

2017-08-08 22.14.57

- Erie, PA, 35.1 WSEE (RF16)...Mike Ruzzi and Amanda Post anchored Erie News Now!

2017-08-08 23.01.56

Brittany Lauffer interviewed John Kaliszewski, owner of Big Woodie's Fireworks, which shares a building with Kali's Candy! The two businesses form an explosive emporium of sweets, stun guns and more!

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- Cleveland, OH, 61.1 WQHS (RF34)...I have a not-so-secreto crush on the muy guapo gentleman from Premier Impacto Extra!

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Aug. 9, 2017:

- Rochester, NY, 31.1 WUHF (RF28)...Mark's Pizzeria sponsored the 13WHAM Weather Authority app!

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- Erie, PA, 54.1 WQLN (RF50)...It was music to my ears when Brian Hannah from WQLN Radio encouraged pledges during the station's 50th anniversary!

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Aug. 10, 2017:

- Utica, NY, 2.1 WKTV (RF29)...NewsChannel 2 promoted their 10pm newscast on Central New York's CW11!

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- Watertown, NY, 50.1 WWTI (RF21)...ABC 50 still airs newscasts from sister station WSYR, including The Morning News with Jennifer Sanders!

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During commercial breaks, WWTI promotes their "InformNNY" website, along with local segments from Alex Hazard!

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- Utica, NY, 2.1 WKTV (RF29)...Jason Powles hit a home run with his report on the Mohawk Valley Diamond Dawgs! (Which inexplicably makes me think of this unrelated song from The Chipmunk Movie!)

2017-08-10 05.26.19

I was interested in watching whatever Lt. Bryan Coromato was grappling with, including slumlords in Utica!

2017-08-10 05.33.36

WKTV's Morning Mug Club putt forth details about a Mohawk Homestead Golf Outing!

2017-08-10 05.43.17

- Watertown, NY, 50.1 WWTI (RF21)...Kate Thornton temp-orarily stepped away from weather to motor through the Morning Drive!

2017-08-10 05.49.20

WWTI's Alex Hazard promoted Maggie's On The River during a NNY Eats segment, complete with wine slushies and a fab ABC 50 apron!

2017-08-10 05.53.42

Kate Thornton, Jeff Kulikowsky and Jennifer Sanders anchored The Morning News!

2017-08-10 05.55.57

- Watertown, NY, 50.2 WWTI-2 (RF21)...The North Country CW was on my TV Now!

2017-08-10 05.59.52

- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...Wakisha Bailey reported on the Red Wings becoming the "Rochester Plates" to honor Nick Tahou Hots' culinary creation, the Garbage Plate!

2017-08-10 06.07.12

- Watertown, NY, 50.1 WWTI (RF21)...Jim Teske provided the local weather insert for WWTI during their broadcast of WSYR's Morning News!

2017-08-10 06.09.49

- Utica, NY, 2.1 WKTV (RF29)...Katrina Smith, Jason Powles and Jill Reale anchored NewsChannel 2 at Daybreak!

2017-08-10 06.57.06

- Utica, NY, 2.2 WKTVCBS (RF29)...My "Uticrush" Spencer Davidson, Kristen Copeland, Don Shipman and Bill Kardas promoted CBS Utica! (Syracuse's WTVH had been the default CBS station for Utica area cable systems until WKTV's affiliate launched in 2015!)

2017-08-10 06.59.43

- Utica, NY, 2.3 WKTV-CW (RF29)...Don Shipman continues to rock my socks and was the first interview I ever did for this blog!

2017-08-10 06.59.47

- Buffalo, NY, 2.1 WGRZ (RF33)...The awesome Senator Tammy Duckworth appeared on Late Night With Seth Meyers!

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Aug. 11, 2017:

- Detroit, MI, 4.1 WDIV (RF45)...Local 4 promoted Film Challenge Detroit!

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Kim DeGiulio was watching the roads, while Evrod Cassimy and Rhonda Walker drove things forward at the anchor desk!

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Meanwhile, Paul Gross was just around the Riverfront tracking the temps!

2017-08-11 05.13.23

- Detroit, MI, 56.1 WTVS (RF43)...The Motor City PBS rolled right over Buffalo's WNED that morning!

2017-08-11 05.30.17

- Toledo, OH, 11.1 WTOL (RF11)...Holy Toledo! WTOL was in the house with a fabulous ID!

2017-08-11 06.00.28

Chris Vickers stormed through with the First Alert Doppler!

2017-08-11 06.01.12

Toledo's News Leader featured Andrew Kinsey and Melissa Andrews at the anchor desk!

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Jenna Lento her talent-o to the First Alert Center! (It would be amazing if WTOL helped rescue viewers to compete with the other First Alert!)

2017-08-11 06.05.29

- Wheatley, ON, 16.1 CHWI (RF16)...AM 800 CKLW has a legendary history as a "border blaster" radio station that played hit music back in the 1960s!

2017-08-11 06.12.14

Jim Crichton and Reta Ismail anchored CHWI's replay of CTV News Windsor!

2017-08-11 06.12.22

- Saginaw, MI, 25.1 WEYI (RF30)...Sean Croudy, Co-chair of the CANUSA Games, spoke to Courtney Wheaton about the competition that brings together folks from Flint, Michigan and Hamilton, Ontario!

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Kristen Aguirre anchored NBC25 Today!

2017-08-11 06.40.02

WEYI promoted sister station CW46's Community Wide program with Courtney Wheaton and a fabulous Flint city logo!

2017-08-11 06.40.12

Suzanne Cheney, Mary Paige Rieffel and Dave Harris were Fair-ly certain the Michigan Renaissance Festival would be a success!

2017-08-11 06.40.36

Leslie Toldo delivered the forecast, and it almost looked like "Storm-Ready Dope" was on the radar! (Whatever it takes to get through rough weather!)

2017-08-11 06.41.11

- Wheatley, ON, 16.1 CHWI (RF16)...I was joyous and proud to see this ad for the Windsor-Essex Pride Fest!

2017-08-11 06.57.16

- Detroit, MI, 20.1 WMYD (RF21)...I've only seen glimpses of WXYZ's newscasts, so I was very happy to catch 7 Action News This Morning on TV 20!

2017-08-11 06.59.52

Chris Edwards and Jennifer Ann Wilson helped deliver the Top 7 at 7AM!

2017-08-11 07.00.23
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Brian was ready, willing and Abel to do live reports along with Matthew Smith!

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Alicia Smith towed the line, but kept on trucking at the WXYZ news desk!



- Detroit, MI, 20.2 WMYD-AT (RF21)...A bonkers Mork & Mindy starred future Mr. Belvedere star Ilene Graff as - spoiler alert - an evil fembot who self destructs and blows up their house!!! (Her head literally pops off in the chaos!)

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- Buffalo, NY, 17.1 WNED (RF43)...Channel 17 celebrated Canada 150 with archival footage of original productions including Our Town: St. Catharines!

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Aug. 12, 2017:

- Toronto, ON, 19.1 TVO [CICA] (RF19)...If Lady Gaga and Eugene from The New Archies teamed up for a children's educational program, it would probably look like this!

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- Toronto, ON, 57.1 CITY (RF44)...A hairy, shirtless Rob Norman was definitely the Sunnyside of my day! (Rob was retroactively shocked at my objectification in a pic we took back in 1998!)

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Aug. 13, 2017:

- Erie, PA, 35.2 WBEP (RF16)...Gary Drapcho went Around The Diamond to cover the Erie Seawolves! (The show was sponsored by the tasty Sara's!)

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The handsome Travis Johnson stated his case on Justice With Judge Mablean!

2017-08-13 05.40.12

Judge Mablean mirrored my exact expression upon seeing Mr. Johnson!

2017-08-13 05.42.31

- Toronto, ON, 5.1 CBLT (RF20)...Kim's Convenience was clearly helping CBC punch up their ratings!

2017-08-13 05.52.01

- Detroit, MI, 4.1 WDIV (RF45)...Shawn Ley and Koco McAboy talked to Paula Tutman about the 2017 Pewabic Summer Sale!

2017-08-13 06.12.06

- Erie, PA, 35.2 WBEP (RF16)...Bob Ferrando World was revving up for their End of Summer Super Sale!

2017-08-13 06.15.07

I was excited to see the Thomas C. Hoffman Bayfront Hub in an ad for The E! (I've passed by the Hub during many of my road trips to Drenched Fur!)

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WBEP aired The Insider with Lisa Adams talking to Kristin Blakely and others about the Barber Beast On The Bay!

2017-08-13 06.20.54

- Buffalo, NY, 49.1 WNYO (RF49)...After seeing them advertise on WUTV, Hardline was back with a different commercial! The new spokesman delivers the iconic line, "I'm not afraid of...different things," in his (rather retro looking) quest for same sex satiation!

2017-08-14 01.51.46

- Buffalo, NY, 2.1 WGRZ (RF33)...Joy-Ann Reid and Helene Cooper were fabulous contributors to NBC's Meet The Press panel!

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Stay tuned to TV Garth for more reports documenting this BOLD NEW ERA of fun with frequencies!

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