WMGX Portland to Flip Formats

[John Francini]

Maybe I'm just a pedantic geek.  I can recall much of the dial right  
off the top of my head...

2 - WGBH-TV
4 - WBZ-TV
5 - WCVB-TV (nee WHDH-TV)
7 - WHDH-TV (nee WNEV-TV, nee WNAC-TV)
6 - ????    (New Bedford)
9 - WMUR-TV
10- WJAR-TV (Providence)
11- WENH-TV (Durham, NH)
12- WPRI-TV (Providence)
25- WFXT-TV
27- WUNI-TV (Worcester)
38- WSBK-TV
44- WGBX-TV
50- WNDS-TV (NH); they recently changed calls when they got sold
56- WLVI-TV (b. WKBG-TV)
57- WGBY-TV (Springfield)
66- ????
68- ????

No, I don't recall Channels 6, 66 and 68 at this time; I know 6 is  
New Bedford, 68 is PAX network and 66 is shopping.

So, 15 of 18... not too bad.

But then again, I must be a geek.

j



On 9 Mar 2006, at 16:53, Stephanie Weil wrote:

>
> On Thu, March 9, 2006 15:32, Doug Drown said:
>
>> Schenectady, which until a year ago had been known to viewers for  
>> over six
>> decades as WRGB
>
> No, I'm sure most people in Schenectady call it "Channel 6"
>
>
>>> This is also a nascent trend on TV as well, with Boston's channel 4
>>> trying
>>> to 'hide' their *legal name*, WBZ-TV Channel 4, under the "CBS 4  
>>> Boston"
>
> It's easier to remember just the dial position or the network that  
> is on
> that particular transmitter.
>
> Aside from Channel 4, I don't really know many of Boston's TV
> transmitter's call signs.  I just call them Channel 2, 4,  
> 5....etc.  Other
> people call them CBS, NBC, Fox....
>
> What the hell is a WBMX FM?  I'm sure most people just know it as  
> 98-5 or
> Mix 98-5 (or even Mix 98).
>
> -- 
> Stephanie Weil
> New York City, NY, USA