<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Colin McGregor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:colin.mc151@gmail.com">colin.mc151@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
As noted in a past e-mail Schedules Direct is now offering digital<br>
over the air channel listings for locations in Canada, which is nice.<br>
But a quick glance at the current line-up shows some ... issues. High<br>
powered Buffalo NY analog stations are still listed and some new<br>
digital stations are not listed.<br>
<br>
I sent in a note to Schedules Direct noting the most glaring of<br>
issues. I received back a response that could be summed up as ...<br>
okay, what should things look like?<br>
<br>
My location in Toronto is less than ideal (some large tall buildings<br>
nearby) and my equipment not ideal (a good but not top of the line<br>
antenna mounted on the roof). So, before I respond the Schedules<br>
Direct I would like to know what the ideal channel line-up for Toronto<br>
should be? In other words if you had a first rate antenna on a tall<br>
tower (or tall building) with a first rate TV what channels could you<br>
reasonably hope to get. My first pass at that answer (for which I<br>
relied in part on the data at : <a href="http://www.remotecentral.com/hdtv/" target="_blank">http://www.remotecentral.com/hdtv/</a>) is<br>
below:<br>
<br>
2-1 WGRZ-DT1<br>
2-2 WGRZ-DT2<br>
2-3 WGRZ-DT3<br>
3 CKVR1<br>
4-1 WIVB-DT1<br>
5 CBLT<br>
5-1 CBLT-DT1<br>
6 CIII<br>
7-1 WKBW-DT<br>
9 CFTO<br>
9-1 CFTO-DT1<br>
11 CHCH1<br>
11-1 CHCHDT1<br>
12 CHEX1<br>
13 CKCO1<br>
15-1 CKXT-DT<br>
17-1 WNED-DT1<br>
17-2 WNED-DT2<br>
17-3 WNED-DT3<br>
19 CICA1<br>
22 CHEXOSH1<br>
23-1 WNLO-DT1<br>
25 CBLFT1<br>
25-1 CBLFT-DT1<br>
26-1 WNYB-DT<br>
26-2 WNYB-DT2<br>
29-1 WUTVDT1<br>
29-2 WUTVDT21<br>
36 CITS1<br>
36-1 CITSDT1<br>
41 CIII1<br>
41-1 CIIIDT1<br>
44-1 CJMT-DT<br>
47 CFMT1<br>
49-1 WNYODT1<br>
49-2 WNYODT21<br>
51-1 WPXJDT1<br>
51-2 WPXJDT2<br>
51-3 WPXJDT3<br>
51-4 WPXJDT4<br>
52 CKXT1<br>
57 CITY1<br>
57-1 CITYDT1<br>
64-1 CFMT-DT<br>
66-1 CKXT-DT<br>
69 CJMT1<br>
<br>
What errors (if any) are there in the above, and should I be including<br>
any stations from Rochester, NY?<br>
<br></blockquote></div><br>Your list looks pretty good to me and includes all the stations that I expect to be present. Thanks for putting it together and pursuing it with Schedules Direct. It will be nice to have a comprehensive source of Canadian OTA data for the GTA.<br>
<br>Dennis<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side. ”<br><br>Hunter S. Thompson, US journalist (1939 – 2005)<br>
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