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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.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Reception Reports: Sept. 17-19, 2009 with Cleveland, Watertown, Utica, Erie & Rochester!


This was my adventure receiving TV stations from Rochester, NY / Cleveland, OH / Erie, PA / Utica, NY and Watertown, NY on September 17th and 19th, 2009 from my home in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It was a GREAT night for Cleveland, Ohio reception as I got to see WUAB and WBNX for the first time! (It was neat to see WUAB, as I remember picking up their analog signal as far back as 1988 when I was a kid! At that time I couldn't believe it was really coming all the way from Cleveland!) I also got a more extensive look at the Univision affiliate WQHS with some great logo shots! Another exciting moment was getting Watertown, NY's WWTI long enough to capture some logos and local commercials! Oddly I used to pick up Watertown signals frequently on analog back when I lived in Scarborough, Ontario. In Markham, however, their digital signals are much harder to pick up! I also got some neat pics of the Erie Irish Festival ads on WSEE, plus HD football on Cleveland's WEWS. I also got to see WUAB showing "19 Action News at Ten" which is a newscast that WOIO produces for them.

Click here to see my full Flickr gallery of pictures (commentary included!)

Below is a listing of all stations received and shown in my Flickr gallery for Sept. 17-19, 2009.

Channels from Rochester, NY were:
8-1 (RF45) WROC (CBS)
10-1 (RF10) WHEC (NBC)
10-2 (RF10) WHEC-DT (WX)
13-1 (RF13) WHAM (ABC)
13-2 (RF13) CW-WHAM (CW)
21-1 (RF16) WXXI (PBS)
31-1 (RF28) WUHF (FOX)
42-1 (RF42) W42CO-D (TCT)

Channels from Cleveland, OH were:
3-1 (RF17) WKYC (NBC)
3-2 (RF17) WKYC (WXPLUS)
5-1 (RF15) WEWS (ABC)
43-1 (RF28) WUAB (MyTV)
43-2 (RF28) THIS TV
55-1 (RF30) WBNX (CW)
61-1 (RF34) WQHS (UNI)

Channels from Erie, PA were:
12-1 (RF12) WICU (NBC)
12-2 (RF12) WBEP (CW)
12-3 (RF12) WSEE (CBS)
54-1 (RF50) WQLN (PBS)
54-2 (RF50) WQLN-S1 (PBS Create)
54-3 (RF50) WQLN-S2 (PBS)

Channels from Utica, NY were:
2-1 (RF29) WKTV (NBC)
2-2 (RF29) WKTVDT2 (CW)
20-1 (RF30) WUTR (ABC)
20-2 (RF30) WPNY (MyTV)

Channels from Watertown, NY were:
50-1 (RF21) WWTI (ABC)
50-2 (RF21) WWTI-2 (CW)

Stay tuned to TV Garth for more Reception Reports!

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