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Originally Posted by camou10
Well I do want as many channels as possible. But it appears that the stations I would get, if I were to get all of them, would just be from other cities. Am I right? For example PBS Baltimore and PBS Virginia. I only need one channel that shows the same programs. From what i understand the only channels you can get through antennas ever are: PBS/MPT, PBS kids, CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, CW, ION, ThisTV, and their sub channels. (As you know from earlier I only receive a few of these right now). I want TV that reflects my state and that's MD so any local news stations that cover Baltimore are relevant as opposed to Virgina. Am I making sense? So the question is, I guess, I want as many channels as possible as long as they are not repeats from other cities and if that's possible to get more TV then GREAT! Im just not sure there are actually other channels out there? Except for these which i just noticed from my report - I don't know what these stations are: MyN, qubo, univision and telemundo ...
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So yes my goal is to receive ever possible station with no repeat programming.
I hope I am making sense and thanks so much for your continued help. |
You are laboring under a lot of misconceptions about how broadcast television works. Broadcast television provides news and public affairs programming for viewers wherever they are--with some restrictions. For example the Washington, DC stations cover news as fair away as the I-81 corridor in Virginia. They cover Maryland as far away as Ocean City and other locations on the Delmarva Peninsula. They provide little coverage for Baltimore and points north because Baltimore has an excellent compliment of television stations. Smaller Maryland cities like Hagerstown also have TV stations.
Public television is not like the commercial networks. Only public stations that are siblings on a state or regional network have duplicate schedules. In fact, many larger cities have multiple public stations--all PBS affiliates--with dramatically different programming schedules. You will also find that the compliment of subchannel networks offered by public stations vary from system to system.
You have the right to watch or not watch whatever is available. My advice to you is to setup your antenna to receive as many stations as possible. You will then have to choice to watch whatever you want. To see what is available on the air, check the listings for your city on the
TV Guide website. Check also what is available on the Washington, DC and Lancaster, PA stations. You might be surprised by what you are missing.