RE: A Providence TV Question.

["Paul Hopfgarten" <hopfgapr@sprynet.com>]

I (finished)growing up in Randolph, and with Big Blue in line of sight from
the Needham A Farm, Ch's 4,5 and 7 had more ghosts than the Casper Show...

It was almost always 10 and 12 for NBC and CBS/ABC(depending on year)
programing.

However Ch 6 was always crap, so Ch 5 (Later Ch 7 when 6 went CBS) was the
better signal.

Ah...but 10 and 12 came in like my TV was sitting on the xmitter...

(Ch 27 also came in better than 38/56, but that's another thread)

-Paul Hopfgarten
-Derry NH (Randolph MA HS '75)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of Kevin
> Vahey
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 4:44 AM
> To: A. Joseph Ross; boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Subject: Re: A Providence TV Question.
>
>
> My understanding from the tech types I knew was that 10 and 12 had SEVERE
> problems in the Boston core area because of Great Blue Hill.......yet 4, 5
> and 7 at times put a better signal into Northern Rhode Island from the
> Needham/Newton farm because nothing was blocking the signals
> path. (bars in
> Pawtucket and Central Falls always would have the Boston signal) BUT I can
> also remember pubs downtown ( Beacon Hill/So Station) that could
> always get
> 10 and 12 clearer than the Boston outlets.
>
> If I unplug my cable 10 and 12 come in as well as 4 and 5 and better than
> 2.........( 7 actually comes in better off air than cable), and this is
> between Harvard and Central Sq.
>
> The reverse happened in New Hampshire many years ago.....in the
> days before
> cable, people pointed their antennas towards Boston which meant that most
> got an awful signal from Channel 9 which was west of the city.. ( in fact
> WMUR had a translator on Elm Street using Channel 13 for many
> years because
> of this)
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@world.std.com>
> To: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 12:43 AM
> Subject: Re: A Providence TV Question.
>
>
> > On 13 Jun 2000,  PublicRef2 wrote:
> >
> > > I would suspect--being too young to have been around
> > > then--that as Channel 11, WJAR's signal (I think they've been
> transmitting
> > > from Rehobeth, Mass. from the beginning) carried much further to the
> north
> > > than to the west or southwest. Thus, the signal was probably
> very strong
> > > and clear in greater Boston, but interference-laiden in New London
> (which I
> > > think would be the same distance from Rehobeth as Boston is).
> >
> > It wasn't that clear in Boston.  In fact, it isn't to this day.  I can't
> > get Channel 10 at all where I live now, in Washington Square, Brookline.
> > A number of years ago, when I lived in Coolidge Corner, I could get it,
> > but with some snow.
> >
> >
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