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[Ed Hennessy]

Wasn't there also a weird intermodulation product on channel 11 with some early TVs that existed in Providence that the switch to 10 solved for WJAR?  I seem to also recall that it was mostly in Motorola TVs, so perhaps it was just bad circuitry and not specific to RF in Providence?
And I always wondered why 6 moved to 8 in New Haven, but I failed to think about co-channel distancing to *Philly* (I knew New Bedford wasn't on air then.)  Related question--I seem to recall my grandparents (who lived in the southeast shadow of East Rock in New Haven, which blocked signal from the WNHC antenna in Hamden) watching channel 8 on channel 6 (in the early 1970s) (this was on an antenna, not cable).  Did WNHC ever have a translator on channel 6 at any time after the change to 8?  Perhaps on East Rock with channel 65?  Given the difference in frequency between 6 and 8, it likely wouldn't have been a mixing product or other fluke they took advantage of.  Or else I am misremembering.
Ed Hennessy


-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com>

A Joseph Ross
I remember when these changes took place.  They also involved WRGB in
Schenectady moving from channel 4 to channel 6 and WJAR-TV in Providence
moving from channel 11 to 10.  I understand the channel 4 to 6 and 6 to
8 moves, but why the move from 11 to 10?


Politics was a driver as the Chicago Tribune wanted a license in NYC

WPIX and WJAR could not coexist on 11