Aug. 14, 2017:
- Rochester, NY, 21.1 WXXI (RF16)...Maggie-Moore Holley portrayed Harriet Tubman in this "Cultural Expressions" segment!
- Rochester, NY, 13.1 WHAM (RF13)...I was honestly not prepared for Marty Snyder's ABSolutely smoking workout video!
Jennifer Johnson and Norma Holland captured the exact range of emotions I expressed watching Marty's video!
Toby Motyka was a good sport during 13WHAM's morning news!
WHAM there it is! Even with enhanced CKCO reception at my new place, Rochester 13 still slips through occasionally!
After the horrendous events in Charlottesville, it was heartening to see people rallying against hate!
- Buffalo, NY, 2.1 WGRZ (RF33)...Joshua Robinson gave a historical perspective on the upcoming eclipse!
- Buffalo, NY, 49.1 WNYO (RF49)...Christopher Meloni was steaming up the screen on Law & Order: SVU, and I will forever heart him for his sweet reply to a gay fan!
- Cleveland, OH, 61.1 WQHS (RF34)...Enrique Acevedo delivered a story about defending DACA! (The answer, in my opinion, should always be YES!)
- Erie, PA, 66.1 WFXP (RF22)...After receiving stations from South Bend, IN and Bay City, MI on the same frequency, it seemed odd that Erie's FOX 66 is a difficult catch from my new place!
- Erie, PA, 54.1 WQLN (RF50)...WQLN's Road Trips program put some Buffalove on display!
WQLN promoted the Beat Beethoven 5k event, where runners are challenged to finish before the Erie Philharmonic performance of Beethoven's 5th Symphony ends!
Forget Studio 54! I was dancing for WQLN's van-tastic retro ID, which was part of their 50th anniversary celebration!
Aug. 15, 2017:
- Syracuse, NY, 3.1 WSTM (RF24)...Today In CNY, Jeremy Miller was getting eclipsed!
Jane was ready to give customers "The Big One" at Fox Dealerships!
Alexander & Catalano are welcome to show me their briefs anytime they wish! Legal briefs to help me understand their cases better! Sheesh!
Jeremy Miller and Matt Stevens anchored at NBC3 that morning!
Niko Tamurian was buzzing about the un-bee-lievable honor bestowed upon the Baldwinsville Wrestling team!
I was ready to soak up whatever Brian Rapp was pitching in this ad for the Bill Rapp Superstore!
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...Stacey Pensgen was getting fresh at the Fairport Farmer's Market!
James Gilbert, Stacey Pensgen and Josh Nichols formed The Weather Team You Can Trust on WROC!
Mark Gruba and Allison Warren anchored News 8 at Sunrise!
- Rochester, NY, 13.1 WHAM (RF13)...Alexis Arnold talked about advice for the solar eclipse! (Hopefully it wasn't, "Don't let anyone dim your light!")
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...Charlie The Butcher's meat was Tops! (I'm sure Wegman's had some cutting remarks, though...)
- Watertown, NY, 50.1 WWTI (RF21)...Dan Cummings, Jennifer Sanders and Kate Thornton anchored The Morning News from Syracuse's WSYR!
"Some guy over in that direction in watching us right now," Kate Thornton didn't say during her forecast!
- Buffalo, NY, 2.1 WGRZ (RF33)...Confederate statues were being toppled and protesters continued to speak truth to power!
- Flint, MI, 28.3 WCMZ_28 (RF28)...Martha Stewart might think it's not "a good thing" WCMZ chose to shut down their transmitter as part of the FCC Spectrum Auction!
- Jackson, MI, 18.1 WHTV (RF34)...The FCC Spectrum Auction also prompted WHTV to leave the air. They announced a shut down date of April 30, but stayed on until August 31!
- Detroit, MI, 56.2 D-KIDS [WTVS] (RF43)...Detroit PBS threw Buffalo's WNED under the bus that day!
- Stevenson, ON, 22.1 CIII-DT-22 (RF22)...New Channel Alert...I'm all for a shirtless Mark Feuerstein promoting 9JKL with Elliott Gould and Linda Lavin via Global's Stevenson transmitter!
- Detroit, MI, 4.1 WDIV (RF45)...Mara MacDonald reported on the (100% justifiable) outrage over the president's comments on Charlottesville.
On a brighter note, "Help Me Hank" and "Men For A Better Society" came together to fix up neighborhoods around Detroit!
Ben Bailey, Steve Garagiola, Kimberly Gill and Bernie Smilovitz anchored WDIV's newscast that evening!
Aug. 16, 2017:
- Detroit, MI, 4.3 Me TV [WDIV] (RF45)...Who needs Cellino & Barnes when you've got Mason & Matlock on the case?
Aug. 17, 2017:
- Saginaw, MI, 25.1 WEYI (RF30)...Kristen Aguirre and Mike Woolfolk anchored NBC25 Today!
- Saginaw, MI, 25.2 WEYI-CW (RF30)...This Checkers ad had me Rally-ing for these tasty burgers!
- Detroit, MI, 4.1 WDIV (RF45)...Ben Bailey was All 4 The Eclipse according to WDIV!
- Detroit, MI, 18.1 WDWO (RF18)...The Facts? I was Living for Kim Fields coming into my Single Life via TCT!
- Saginaw, MI, 25.1 WEYI (RF30)...I haven't seen anyone this eager to bend over backwards since Madonna in "Burning Up"! Go Coffield Oil!
Kristen Aguirre and Mike Woolfolk tossed it over to Courtney Wheaton in Midland!
Thumb's Up for Leslie Toldo's Mid-Michigan forecast!
Before Tom Eschen joined WEYI, I saw him on Syracuse's WSTM!
I was smitten with WEYI's "Travelin' The Mitten" ad, which was promoting the Thumb Octagon Barn!
- Saginaw, MI, 25.2 WEYI-CW (RF30)...There was also a FOX 66 Fall Festival, which seemed pretty unbe-leaf-able to me!
- Bay City, MI, 5.1 WNEM (RF22)...Alana Holland can Take a Bow for providing coverage you can count on from Madonna's home town!
- Alpena, MI, 11.1 WBKB (RF11)...This awesome WBKB station bumper was the king of my Castle!
- Alpena, MI, 11.3 WBKB-AB (RF11)...I was excited to see WBKB Early Morning with the fabulous Star Connor! (Check out her Twitter here!)
Ulises Garcia granted us the weather report for Alpena and surrounding areas!
I knew the CRTC could be strict, but this is ridiculous! Whoops...Colonel J. Andrew Roberts represents a different CRTC!
- Detroit, MI, 4.1 WDIV (RF45)...The Carr Port with Jason Carr was covering the arrestingly entertaining "Robocop! The Musical"!
- Syracuse, NY, 3.1 WSTM (RF24)...Heather Heyer tragically lost her life while protesting against hate groups in Charlottesville earlier that Summer.
- Rochester, NY, 31.1 WUHF (RF28)...Marty Snyder's forecasts (and fitness stories) always ensure a Good Day in Rochester!
- Syracuse, NY, 3.1 WSTM (RF24)...Got Matott? WSTM viewers experience life on Molly every time she delivers the weather!
- Rochester, NY, 31.1 WUHF (RF28)...The awesome Ashley Doerzbacher anchored Good Day Rochester!
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...Jim Sidoti was a WARM presence during News 8's Sunrise Traffic!
Aug. 20, 2017:
- Buffalo, NY, 2.2 WGRZ2-2 (RF33)...Linda Dangcil ("Raya" on Jem & The Holograms) soared with Sally Field on The Flying Nun!
- Utica, NY, 2.3 WKTV-CW (RF29)...It felt appropriate that a scene from Riverdale would be followed by Cheaters!
- Buffalo, NY, 2.1 WGRZ (RF33)...I enjoy Meet The Press with Chuck Todd even though it's probably giving me ulcers over American politics.
Aug. 21, 2017:
- Utica, NY, 2.2 WKTVCBS (RF29)...The big day had arrived for the Solar Eclipse!
- Buffalo, NY, 2.1 WGRZ (RF33)...Once upon a time, Melissa Holmes was falling in love with Western New York's preparations for the event!
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...There was nothing Allison Warren or Wakisha Bailey could say - it was a Total Eclipse that they'd heart!
James Gilbert was over the moon with his solar summary, which traced a path from Bonnie Tyler towards Nicki French!
- Buffalo, NY, 2.1 WGRZ (RF33)...Michael Wootten, MaryAlice Demler and Patrick Hammer were living in a powder keg and giving off sparks waiting for the Total Eclipse to start!
- Woodstock, ON, 31.1 CITY-DT-2 (RF31)...One subject that was, er, eclipsed that day was designer vaginas! (It brings a whole new meaning to showing off your Vuitton!)
Aug. 25, 2017:
- Alpena, MI, 6.1 WCML (RF24)...Zachary Gorchow, Emily Lawler and Bill Ballenger kept any talk about designer genitalia strictly Off The Record with host Tim Skubick!
Aug. 26, 2017:
- Buffalo, NY, 2.1 WGRZ (RF33)...Sadly, Record Theatre's only remaining location was shutting down. (Their Amherst location was tree-mendously festive when I saw it back in 2015!)
Heather Ly and Maria Genero made a dynamic duo on Channel 2 News at Daybreak!
- Buffalo, NY, 4.1 WIVB (RF39)...Jenn Schanz got viewers to Wake Up that weekend!
- Rochester, NY, 31.1 WUHF (RF28)...The FOX Fall Fanfest celebrated the Rochester Red Wings!
Amy Hudak and Jeff Najder anchored 13WHAM News at 10 on Fox Rochester!
Tanner Jubenville was reporting from the newsroom!
- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...Jeannie McBride, Dan Fetes and James Gilbert anchored News 8 at 11!
- Buffalo, NY, 17.1 WNED (RF43)...Globe Trekker visited the Duquesne Incline during their tour of the "Rust Belt Highway"! (My pals and I were Inclined to check it out during a Pittsburgh road trip back in 2013!)
Aug. 28, 2017:
- Hamilton, ON, 36.1 CITS (RF36)...I enjoyed Yes TV's overnight block of retro game shows from Buzzr! (It was also the first time I'd seen a Canadian station air programming from an American diginet! Compare this CITS ID with one I caught from Detroit's WJBK!)
Aug. 30, 2017:
- Erie, PA, 35.2 WBEP (RF16)...David Wolter was temp-orarily ours during the morning forecast!
- Toronto, ON, 19.1 TVO [CICA] (RF19)...LGBT advocate Tiq Milan gave an important perspective on transgender issues and challenging masculinity during his interview with Nam Kiwanuka on The Agenda!
- Erie, PA, 35.2 WBEP (RF16)...Kara Coleman and Mark Soliday anchored Erie News Now!
Donovan Starks and other Gannon University students worked to launch a balloon that would capture footage of the solar eclipse as it happened!
- Toronto, ON, 5.1 CBLT (RF20)...CBC's Metro Morning featured Marcia Young's World Report!
Aug. 31, 2017:
- Buffalo, NY, 23.1 WNLO (RF32)...Melanie Orlins arrived at Wake Up just in time for a giant helping of Celery with Jordan Williams!
Orlins is a likable addition to News 4, though I was disappointed that Brittni Smallwood wasn't chosen as permanent co-anchor for Jordan Williams! (She left WIVB at the end of her contract and later joined the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in a media relations role.)
Stay tuned to TV Garth for more reports documenting this BOLD NEW ERA of fun with frequencies!
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