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[Bob Nelson]

I think at one point things like the Globe's TV magazine had a page with a
chart showing cable TV channel positions in various locations.
I haven't bought TVGuide in years but at one point they had a whole bunch
of channels to list and in some cases they had to use different symbols;if
they somehow listed both the channel 6s in Portland and New Bedford, one
would be a white 6 in a black TV shaped background while the other was a
black 6 in a white background. Or was that a local newspaper doing that.

It's a bunch of confusion with the likes of channel numbers, virtual ones,
or cable ones.Ch 50 in NH is probably on another channel number really and
I think they actually use the number 18 because that's where they are on
many cable systems. I think Ch 22 in Burlington VT area would say, "Channel
22, Cable 4". NBCBoston is saying "Ch 10 on most providers" but there are
various channel locations between Ch 8 WBTS, Ch 60 in NH for those over the
air, and a subchannel of WMFP 62..and yet we hear they're on 60.5 not
62.5..?





On Friday, January 6, 2017, Bob DeMattia <bob.bosra@demattia.net> wrote:

> On Charter Worcester, WJAR is only available SD.  Same thing for WGGB.
>
> -Bob
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:15 PM, Paul Anderson <paulranderson@charter.net
> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > On Jan 6, 2017, at 9:11 AM, pariho@mail.com <javascript:;> wrote:
> >
> > > No 25.3 (Laff TV)?
> >
> > I guess I forgot to put that on the list.  Yes, I get 25.3.
> >
> > > No Providence (10 or 12 anyway)?
> >
> > Nothing from Providence.  My antenna is a Mohu 50-mile job but it’s
> > mounted inside on an exterior wall facing east-northeast.
> >
> > Concerning newspaper TV listings, what a mess!  The Worcester Telegram &
> > Gazette daily paper shows WJAR as “17” and out-of-order, listing it in
> its
> > old spot before WPRI channel 12.  Granted that’s their cable position for
> > their SD signal, but…  And who really watches the SD channel of any
> station
> > these days?  Don’t most people have HD TVs?
> >
> > I saw no NBC Boston listings in either the MetroWest Daily News, the
> > Boston Globe or the Boston Herald on Tuesday, but as reported here, the
> > Herald seems to have caught up.
> >
> > The papers would be better off using call letters with a guide showing
> > cable positions.  But I suppose there’s not room in the daily paper for
> > that.
> >
> > Paul
>