Monday, February 11, 2019

Reception Reports: Sept 2017 (Part 2)

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 the later half of September 2017! (I now live on one of the upper floors of a high-rise, which greatly enhances reception!) Wisconsin was back, plus Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Upstate New York and more! Stay tuned for anchors, anecdotes and antenna reception, oh my!

Sept. 11, 2017:

- Buffalo, NY, 2.1 WGRZ (RF33)...Lydia Dominick got right 2 the NBC Prime Preview!

2017-09-11 05.50.16

- Buffalo, NY, 7.1 WKBW (RF38)...I was an Eyewitness to Katie Morse, Ed Drantch and Andy Parker's News that morning!

2017-09-11 06.00.05

- Erie, PA, 35.2 WBEP (RF16)...Kevin James became the King of many Queens when he downed a few beers and rolled around in his boxers!

2017-09-11 23.07.05

- Erie, PA, 35.1 WSEE (RF16)...Matt Knoedler looked as concerned as I did about the future of Perkins in Edinboro! (It's tradition for my pals and I to eat at the West Lake Road location during Drenched Fur!)

2017-09-11 23.07.57

WSEE's line up Phil'd my heart with joy!

2017-09-11 23.12.01

The Outlook was good with John Stehlin, Amanda Post and John Lydic on Erie News Now!

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- South Bend, IN, 22.1 WSBT (RF22)...Tire'd of wheely bad customer care? Let Lindsey Beer intoxicate you with the services of Monteith's Best-One!

2017-09-12 00.35.32

- South Bend, IN, 16.1 WNDU (RF42)...I wish Hillary had taken over 2018!

2017-09-12 00.39.33

- Erie, PA, 24.1 WJET (RF24)...Jill McCormick is fabulous and provided an amazing tour of WJET back in 2013!

2017-09-12 01.03.46

Unfortunately, reception of JET 24 doesn't fly very high at my new place!

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However, the signal did give a brief burst of clarity Right This Minute!

2017-09-12 01.09.16

- Utica, NY, 2.1 WKTV (RF29)...WKTV is Where The News Comes First and where four different networks congregate!

2017-09-12 01.24.30

- Mount Pleasant, MI, 14.1 WCMU (RF26)...Once again, WCMU's flagship transmitter was a Pleasant surprise, sneaking past WNYB's powerful signal!

2017-09-12 01.45.45

- Racine, WI, 49.1 WMLW (RF48)...New Channel Alert...My Rules of Engagement with long distance reception flew out the window when Wisconsin appeared in my area again!

2017-09-12 02.04.43

- Racine, WI, 49.4 TeleWI [WMLW] (RF48)...New Channel Alert...I was so flabbergasted, they sent an ambulance to revive me! (This was also my first catch of a Telemundo station!)

2017-09-12 02.05.44

Sept. 12, 2017:

- Columbus, OH, 6.1 WSYX (RF48)...Marshall McPeek gave a revealing look at the First Warning forecast!

2017-09-12 04.25.36

Jessica Ralston and Kurt Ludlow delivered Good Day Columbus!

2017-09-12 04.25.49

- Utica, NY, 2.1 WKTV (RF29)...Al and Joe (from Joe Tahan's Furniture) can tackle me anytime they wish!

2017-09-12 05.16.28

Jill Reale had a hand in that day's weather report!

2017-09-12 05.19.21

- Detroit, MI, 4.1 WDIV (RF45)...Evrod Cassimy and Rhonda Walker rocked the Local 4 news desk! (Seriously...Evrod sings!)

2017-09-12 05.49.54

NBC featured a series on "Girls Changing The World" Today!

2017-09-12 05.50.07

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

2017-09-12 06.52.16

- Lorain, OH, 43.1 WUAB (RF28)...A pinch of Cleveland 19 News on 43 scraped into my neighborhood!

2017-09-12 07.04.46

- Erie, PA, 35.1 WSEE (RF16)...Amanda Post was the Erie News Now anchor with the most!

2017-09-12 23.09.20

- Cleveland, OH, 61.2 UNIMAS [WQHS] (RF34)...The mysteries of Laura involved a ciber-novio! Escándalo!

2017-09-13 00.16.33

- Hamilton, ON, 11.1 CHCH (RF15)...Batman was back on CHCH, prompting me to dig out a photo of my adventures with the Batmobile circa 1988!

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Sept. 13, 2017:

- Syracuse, NY, 3.1 WSTM (RF24)...Jeremy Miller and Lisa Spitz anchored Today In CNY!

2017-09-13 05.05.01

- Erie, PA, 12.1 WICU (RF12)...David Wolter, Kara Coleman and Mark Soliday anchored Erie News Now at a leisurely place!

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- Kitchener, ON, 28.1 CICO-DT-28 (RF28)...The Agenda interviewed Sabina Ali, Co-founder of the Thorncliffe Park Women's Committee, about making Toronto more welcoming!

2017-09-13 05.45.13

- Fonthill, ON, 42.1 CKVP (RF42)...Longtime anchor Jane Pritchard was at the helm of CTV News Barrie!

2017-09-13 06.11.45

- Toledo, OH, 11.1 WTOL (RF11)...Jenna Lento and Andrew Kinsey were at the Center of WTOL's newscast!

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- London, ON, 51.1 CHCH-DT-2 (RF51)...Tim Bolen, Annette Hamm and Brian Wood anchored Morning Live!

2017-09-13 06.31.47

- Rochester, NY, 31.1 WUHF (RF28)...Alexis Arnold, Jennifer Johnson and Doug Emblidge made it a Good Day in Rochester!

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Former WHAM/WROC anchor Rachel Barnhart was running for Rochester mayor that year! Check out her engaging Facebook page, Twitter and the Rochester For All site!

2017-09-13 06.52.12

Norma Holland is awesome and was a delight to meet during my tour of WHAM back in 2013!

2017-09-13 06.52.38

- Buffalo, NY, 17.1 WNED (RF43)...Genius by Stephen Hawking wasn't a fancy cologne, but a PBS series challenging folks to solve problems by thinking like the greatest minds of all time! (The one I saw got pretty surreal when a gaggle of people ran out wearing masks of the episode's participants!)

2017-09-14 04.51.50

Sept. 14, 2017:

- Erie, PA, 35.1 WSEE (RF16)...I was happy to SEE that Erie had a Comicon!

2017-09-15 03.55.39

Sept. 15, 2017:

- Erie, PA, 35.2 WBEP (RF16)...Kara Coleman and Mark Soliday anchored Erie News Now!

2017-09-15 05.08.02

- Cleveland, OH, 61.1 WQHS (RF34)...Watching El Grito De México on an American station floating across the Canadian border felt like a wonderful antidote to the disgusting xenophobia creeping up that year.

2017-09-16 00.00.46
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The whole event looked fabulosa...super super fabulosa!

2017-09-16 01.13.07
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Sept. 16, 2017:

- Buffalo, NY, 17.3 KIDs [WNED] (RF43)...Peg + Cat also soothed my soul with an adventure involving a female president voiced by Sandra Oh!

2017-09-16 05.27.57

Sept. 17, 2017:

- Detroit, MI, 4.1 WDIV (RF45)...I was all 4 Steve Garagiola and Sandra Ali that evening!

2017-09-18 00.04.33

Sept. 18, 2017:

- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...Bike safety rolled through the news cycle with Mark Gruba and Allison Warren!

2017-09-18 05.05.18

Elijah Westbrook was live on the scene!

2017-09-18 05.05.28

Sept. 19, 2017:

- Rochester, NY, 31.1 WUHF (RF28)...Wine-ing is a good thing at Lisa's Liquor Barn!

2017-09-19 23.29.33

Rochester Idol was music to my ears! (The contest was a tie-in to the new American Idol season on ABC!)

2017-09-19 23.29.45

- Akron, OH, 55.1 WBNX (RF30)...This Last Man Standing promo featured WBNX's new slogan "We're Better Together"!

2017-09-20 04.17.30

Sept. 21, 2017:

- Detroit, MI, 4.1 WDIV (RF45)...Devin Scillian, Karen Drew and Jermont Terry tackled complex issues!

2017-09-21 23.02.54

One Way Or Another, Blondie was bound to appear on Late Night With Seth Meyers! (I caught Blondie's bee-utiful tour stop in Toronto with Garbage a couple of months earlier!)

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Sept. 22, 2017:

- Syracuse, NY, 3.1 WSTM (RF24)...Matt Stevens and Niko Tamurian cut through the fog on Today In CNY!

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- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...However, Josh Nichols was blocked by Jose! (No way, you say?)

2017-09-22 05.11.32

- Syracuse, NY, 68.1 WSYT (RF19)...I'm guessing Toronto's TVO was off the air when FOX 68 slipped through with this promo for Mom!

2017-09-22 05.55.44

WSYT's ID had been revamped since the last time I caught the station!

2017-09-22 05.59.27

- Syracuse, NY, 68.2 CoziTV [WSYT] (RF19)...I loved Cozi-ing up to WSYT while TVO was in the Shadows!

2017-09-22 05.59.48

- Erie, PA, 35.1 WSEE (RF16)...Mike Ruzzi was live on 35!

2017-09-22 22.59.49

- Johnstown, PA, 6.1 WJAC (RF34)...Jordan Conigliaro lit up the stadium on WJAC!

2017-09-22 23.26.23

- Pittsburgh, PA, 11.1 WPXI (RF48)...I was happy to report that Jennifer Tomazic and 11 Morning News can still make it to my new home!

2017-09-22 23.46.11

Trisha Pittman, Joe Arena, Katharine Amenta and Scott Harbaugh also appeared in WPXI's Morning News promo!

2017-09-22 23.46.20

- Erie, PA, 12.1 WICU (RF12)...Will & Grace was coming back on NBC!

2017-09-23 03.07.54

Sept. 23, 2017:

- Utica, NY, 20.1 WUTR (RF30)...Since 2009, the Sun has shone brightly whenever Central New York stations visit! Todd Caputo and Kaylea Nixon motored through a selection of vehicles for sale!

2017-09-23 05.00.15

Sept. 24, 2017:

- Woodstock, ON, 31.1 CITY-DT-2 (RF31)...Funny How? featured Kliph Nesteroff interviewing LGBT comedians such as Ash Fisher and Irene Tu!

2017-09-25 00.19.23

Nesteroff also talked to Ian Harvie and Alex English!

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Sept. 25, 2017:

- Rochester, NY, 31.1 WUHF (RF28)...Viewers heart Scott Hetsko and he returned the favor by promoting Donate Life Finger Lakes after his own need for a transplant!

2017-09-26 00.55.19

- Buffalo, NY, 2.1 WGRZ (RF33)...The cast of Will & Grace appeared on Today to chat about their upcoming revival!

2017-09-26 02.32.56

Sept. 27, 2017:

- Watertown, NY, 50.1 WWTI (RF21)...Dan Cummings, Jennifer Sanders and Kate Thornton brought viewers The Morning News from WSYR!

2017-09-27 05.00.09

Andrew Donovan left WKTV and became a reporter for WSYR in 2013! (Check out my interview with him from 2010!)

2017-09-27 05.02.44

- Syracuse, NY, 3.1 WSTM (RF24)...Peter Hall gave a hot Summery of all the warm weather taking place!

2017-09-27 05.54.08

- Rochester, NY, 8.1 WROC (RF45)...Elijah Westbrook reported from the revamped "Rochester First" area of the newsroom!

2017-09-27 06.02.11

- Syracuse, NY, 3.1 WSTM (RF24)...Niko Tamurian never lets the Crunch get to him...at least until he's covering the hockey team!

2017-09-27 06.12.45

Sept. 30, 2017:

- Detroit, MI, 4.1 WDIV (RF45)...It was a sign of progress that Fox Chevrolet of Rochester Hills was using ASL in their commercials!

2017-10-01 03.37.49

Stay tuned to TV Garth for more reports from this BOLD NEW ERA of channel chasing!

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