June 1, 2014:
- Buffalo, NY, 2.1 WGRZ (RF33)...I was living for the classic NBC peacock that appeared before an episode of America's Got Talent!
June 4, 2014:
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...John Kucko Spikes home this promo featuring the new Rochester Red Wings logo!
June 6, 2014:
- Hamilton, ON, 11.1 CHCH (RF15)...CHCH celebrated their 60th Anniversary with vintage promos and cake!
Speaking of vintage, I found this awesome ad for I Love Lucy on CHCH in a 1958 TV Guide!
- Rochester, NY, 21.1 WXXI (RF16) with Rochester at night!
June 7, 2014:
- Rochester, NY, 13.2 CW-WHAM (RF13.2)...To me, Summer means sizzling sun and signals!
- Huntsville, ON, 11.0 CKNY-11...This analog repeater for CTV Northern Ontario used to be a satellite of Kitchener's CKCO!
- Syracuse, NY, 3.3 CNY [WSTM] (RF24.3) with "The Dogfather" and a fabulous gold "3.3" logo at the top left!
- Syracuse, NY, 3.1 WSTM (RF24) with Laura Hand, Mike Brookins and SkyWatch traffic!
- Fonthill, ON, 42.1 CKVP (RF42) with legendary Lloyd Robertson!
June 8, 2014:
- Hamilton, ON, 11.1 CHCH (RF15)...The Tony Awards had Neil Patrick Harris being fabulous in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"!
Unfortunately, "Nick Dixon and the Angry Voters" didn't catch on as quickly with musical enthusiasts!
- Rochester, NY, 31.1 WUHF (RF28) with Alexis Arnold and Jon Doss!
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45) with Scott Hetsko, Maureen McGuire and Kevin Doran!
WROC featured a report from their sister station in the Poconos! At the time I had no idea I'd travel there with friends to see Belinda Carlisle just a couple of years later!
June 12, 2014:
- Toronto, ON, 41.1 CIII (RF41) and 9.1 CFTO (RF9)...There was widespread coverage of Kathleen Wynne-ing the Ontario general election!
I saw Kathleen in 2013 alongside partner Jane Rounthwaite at The 519's Green Space "Starry Night" event!
June 16, 2014:
- Springville, NY, 67.1 WBBZ (RF7)...Kathleen's Wynne gave conservatives something to squawk about, but their cheep critiques are for the birds!
- Hamburg, NY, 39.1 WDTB-LD (RF29)...For a long time, WDTB was broadcasting a plain black screen with "No signal" in the corner. Then Digital Home Canada user "majortom" contacted the station and the FCC about this issue! It got fixed shortly after!
- Rochester, NY, 13.1 WHAM (RF13) with Don Alhart, Ginny Ryan and Mark McLean!
- Rochester, NY, 46.5 MYROC [WBGT] (RF46.5)...Webster Flooring had me on the ground when I saw Christopher Caron and hunky Anthony Cucchiara!
- Syracuse, NY, 3.2 WSTQ (RF24.2)...Sun car infomericals always remind me of my early days catching WSTM/WSTQ in 2009!
June 17, 2014:
- Syracuse, NY, 3.1 WSTM (RF24) with Tom Eschen, Lisa Spitz and Jeremy Miller!
- Syracuse, NY, 3.2 WSTQ (RF24.2)...CW 6 featured a delightful conga line for Community and a promo for their 10pm newscast!
- Syracuse, NY, 3.1 WSTM (RF24)...NBC 3 pitched the upcoming Yankees Vs Blue Jays game to viewers!
June 20, 2014:
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...CBS' Jericka Duncan was formerly a reporter for Buffalo's WIVB! (And her first name reminds me of Jem's cartoon alter ego Jerrica!)
June 26, 2014:
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45) with Stacey Pensgen!
- Toronto, ON, 5.1 CBLT (RF20) with Heather Hiscox!
- Rochester, NY, 31.1 WUHF (RF28)...Good Day Rochester featured Norma Holland, Doug Emblidge and Adam Chodak!
June 27, 2014:
- Rochester, NY, 13.1 WHAM (RF13)...My jaw dropped with delight when I saw people in fruit costumes cavorting (and flying!) in an ad for Lori's Natural Foods!
I finally got to see Lori's in person during a road trip in early 2016! (I brought home a bag of tasty Bacon Habanero Clásico Tortilla Chips from Late July Snacks!)
- Utica, NY, 2.1 WKTV (RF29)...The Morning Mug Club highlighted the 100th Anniversary of Springfield, NY's 4th of July Parade!
Bill Kardas and Jason Powles were 2 much that day!
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...The live SkyEye ROC'd my socks!
- Rochester, NY, 10.1 WHEC (RF10)...New York State was Exposed, just like many revelers at Toronto Pride would be that weekend!
Rochester Rocs was sizing up the area's best hot dogs, which also seemed to mirror possible events at Pride!
I watched News 10 while packing for the weekend, hanging out with Rich Caniglia in some Wonder-ful shades!
I was also Jazz-ed to see Nikki Rudd and Rebecca Leclair after touring the station earlier that month!
July 1, 2014:
- Buffalo, NY, 49.2 GetTV [WNYO] (RF49.2)...MyTV Buffalo added the new subchannel Get TV, which was showing Harem Girl with Joan Davis!
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...Everyone can get their pipes cleaned with Pride Plumbing!
July 2, 2014:
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...I was loving the laughs shared by Stacey Pensgen, Mark Gruba and Ali Touhey that day!
WROC's 65th Anniversary promos included lots of awesome historical footage of the station!
July 4, 2014:
- Buffalo, NY, 4.1 WIVB (RF39) with 4th of July festivity!
July 6, 2014:
- Buffalo, NY, 7.1 WKBW (RF38)...Kesha encouraged a group of guys to go shirtless on Rising Star. I was Praying they would, but I had to Learn To Let Go when they didn't.
WKBW was also running a Buffalo Bisons ad with a great station ID!
July 7, 2014:
- Buffalo, NY, 2.2 WGRZ-WN (RF33.2) with WeatherNation's Aaron Shaffer!
July 8, 2014:
- Erie, PA, 24.1 WJET (RF24) with an Entertainment Tonight promo!
ABC's World News Now talked about Sports Illustrated's "nude" issue with revealing revelry involving Colin Kaepernick and Michael Phelps!
- Rochester, NY, 31.1 WUHF (RF28)...In this episode of Friends, Joey (Matt LeBlanc) looked a lot like a guy I made out with during a "Magic Mike" phase in my life!
- Buffalo, NY, 56.1 WBXZ (RF17)...New Channel Alert...I finally caught the low powered Cozi affiliate WBXZ and also captured a neat slide of the station's future subchannels!
The commercial said "I want a bath" but I needed a cold shower after seeing the spokesman below!
- Erie, PA, 54.1 WQLN (RF50)...PBS showed Vicious, with Frances de la Tour, Iwan Rheon, Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Derek Jacobi! McKellen and Jacobi play a couple on the show and are openly gay in real life!
- Springville, NY, 67.1 WBBZ (RF7)...I caught a promo for WBBZ's locally produced show Bragging Rights!
- Watertown, NY, 50.1 WWTI (RF21)...ABC 50 aired news from WSYR with Jim Teske managing the Humid-O-Meter!
I was also excited to see my original recipe Syracrush Steve Infanti!
Dan Cummings and Staci-Lyn Honda drove the newscast forward that morning!
- Watertown, NY, 50.2 WWTI-2 (RF21.2)...FX Caprara also sped through that day!
- Sarnia, ON, 29.1 CIII (RF29) with Liem Vu and Antony Robart!
- Ann Arbor, MI, 31.1 ION [WPXD] (RF50)...It's rare for ION stations to run local content, so I was surprised to see Detroit's Capuchin Soup Kitchen on WPXD!
- Paris, ON, 6.1 CIII (RF17) with Liza Fromer and AM640's John Oakley!
July 10, 2014:
- Jamestown, NY, 26.3 WNYBSD2 (RF26.3)...TCT often airs public domain classics like Life With Elizabeth starring the fabulous Betty White!
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...News 8's 65th Anniversary promo included footage from when they held the call letters of current rival WHAM!
- Erie, PA, 12.3 WSEE (RF12.3)...Eva Mastromatteo took over duties on "Giving You The Business" after Vince Slomsky left the station!
- Erie, PA, 12.2 WBEP (RF12.2) with Tim Mello!
Dish Nation introduced me to the hotness of J-Si, who can be seen dancing and interviewing Katy Perry shirtless! (Plus don't miss a selfie mystery that rocks the Kinsey scale!)
July 14, 2014:
- Rochester, NY, 21.1 WXXI (RF16)...Peg + Cat are a duo beyond compare! Plus I love how the second pic accurately depicts how I look when my sleep gets interrupted!
July 15, 2014:
- Buffalo, NY, 7.1 WKBW (RF38)...ABC's America This Morning featured Reena Ninan and Devin Dwyer!
Good Things Were Happening with Joanna Pasceri in WKBW's promo!
July 17, 2014:
- Buffalo, NY, 4.1 WIVB (RF39)...Anne-Marie Green (a fellow Canadian!) introduced a story about Danae Mines, the first female firefighter to be featured in an FDNY Calendar!
- Buffalo, NY, 7.1 WKBW (RF38)...Michael Sam won the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs!
- Buffalo, NY, 4.1 WIVB (RF39)...Todd Santos is welcome to give me a Splash of Summer anytime he wishes!
- Rochester, NY, 31.1 WUHF (RF28)...Many stations aired a "Don't Mess With Free TV" campaign from the National Association of Broadcasters!
- Rochester, NY, 21.1 WXXI (RF16)...This Old House was airing on PBS at my old house!
July 21, 2014:
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45) with meteorologist Amanda Gaebler and reporter Amy Young!
- Toronto, ON, 41.1 CIII (RF41) with Cindy Pom, who I met at Toronto Pride back in 2013!
July 22, 2014:
- Rochester, NY, 21.1 WXXI (RF16)...Peg + Cat was delightfully heroic that day!
- Toronto, ON, 9.1 CFTO (RF9)...Season 2 of Amazing Race Canada featured many LGBT pairings that season, including Laura Takahashi and Jackie Skinner...
...Ryan Steele and Rob Goddard...
...and Rex Harrington and Bob Hope! (Unfortunately, rumours they'd star in a "Road To Fire Island" movie were false!)
July 25, 2014:
- Syracuse, NY, 3.1 WSTM (RF24)...I was happy to see Syracuse residents come out in support of migrant children!
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...Mayor Lovely Warren and activist Ruth Holland Scott were on hand to talk about the Rochester Riots of 1964!
- Syracuse, NY, 3.1 WSTM (RF24)...NBC 3 advertised the Yankees and brought Niko Tamurian up to the plate to deliver that day's sports news!
- Rochester, NY, 46.5 MYROC [WBGT] (RF46.5)...The Shoot To Thrill Podcast delivered a shirtless pirate and a fabulous station ID for WBGT in one swashbuckling swoop!
- Syracuse, NY, 9.3 WSYR-3 (RF17.3)...Even though WSYR was harder to catch due to Global Paris, they Bounce-d back with a new subchannel!
- Syracuse, NY, 9.2 WSYR-2 (RF17.2)...I also got to see a promo for Carrie Lazarus' series "Extraordinary People and Places of Central New York"!
- Syracuse, NY, 9.1 WSYR (RF17) with Jim Teske and Staci-Lyn Honda!
- Syracuse, NY, 3.1 WSTM (RF24)...I finally got to see "Hot Pick From The Hot Dog" with Niko Tamurian and Jack The Sports Dog!
- Rochester, NY, 10.1 WHEC (RF10)...WHEC's Hometown Weather Experts included Rich Caniglia, Amanda McDonald, Kevin Williams and Josh Nichols!
- Rochester, NY, 10.2 MeTV [WHEC] (RF10.2)...Hats off and oversized kudos to this fashion forward ad for Mod Squad!
- Oshawa, ON, 22.0 CHEX-TV-2...Durham region is all about heavy metal...or at least Langille's Scrap Metal in Port Perry!
I also saw an ad for Carolyn's Beauty Supply & Salon Ltd, which gets high marks for excellence on Facebook!
Whitby Toyota motored through as well!
Studio 12 News delivered a Time Out to viewers with Heather St. Amand and Anne Brodie!
- Rochester, NY, 21.1 WXXI (RF16)...I was still spinning from my own evening out when I came home to find Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Derek Jacobi dancing their way out of a club on Vicious!
Stay tuned to TV Garth for more antenna adjusting anecdotes!
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