Thank you for your input. I now see that I was focusing on the Virtual stations and not the actual broadcast station! So I really don't need a VHF antenna...woot.
Being that all the stations I want are in columbus ohio and broadcast at a very similar location 45 miles away, what do you think about a Yagi style antenna like the HDB91x?
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