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Worst Cable Systems in America

unclehonkey said:
In Canada it doesnt work that way. The CRTC has a list of cities that cable companies can use for US Nets and all are on Satellite (Via CANCOM). Detroit, Buffalo, Seattle and Spokane are the Big 4 cities. Rochester, NY Fox has been on the list for years. In fact in Thunder Bay they had to petition to the CRTC to be allowed to change from Detroit to Minneapolis for US Nets.

In Winnipeg as example they have
WCCO Minneapolis CBS
WDAZ Grand Forks ABC
PBS Grand Forks
KARE Mpls NBC
FOX Rochester, NY
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Even if said stations can be picked up with an over the air antenna? Sounds like Soo Ontario kind of gets screwed.
 
Eagle Communications has some cursed systems.
Alma, NE: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Nebraska/ALMA7-8-14.pdf
Bellwood, NE: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Nebraska/NebraskaJune2014BELLWOOD.pdf
Big Springs, NE: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Nebraska/NebraskaJune2014BIGSPRINGS.pdf
Bird City/McDonald, KS: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Kansas/birdcity_cable_guide.pdf
Brule, NE: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Nebraska/NebraskaJune2014BRULE.pdf
Franklin, NE: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Nebraska/FRANKLIN7-8-14.pdf
Goodland, KS: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Kansas/goodland_cable_guide.pdf
Hoxie, KS: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Kansas/hoxie_cable_guide.pdf
Lincoln, KS: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Kansas/lincoln_cable_guide.pdf
Lincolnville, KS: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Kansas/lincolnville_cable_guide.pdf
Monroe, NE: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Nebraska/MONROEJuly2014.pdf
Oberlin, KS: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Kansas/oberlin_cable_guide.pdf
Paxton, NE: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Nebraska/NebraskaJune2014PAXTON.pdf
Platte Center, NE: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Nebraska/NebraskaJune2014PLATTECENTER.pdf
Red Cloud, NE: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Nebraska/REDCLOUD7-8-14.pdf
Riley, KS: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Kansas/KansasJune2014RILEY.pdf
Saint Francis, KS: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Kansas/st.francis_cable_guide.pdf
Silver Creek, NE: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Nebraska/SILVERCREEKJuly2014.pdf
Wray, CO: http://www.eaglecom.net/ChannelGuides/Colorado/WRAYJuly2014.pdf
 
There is a cable system in rural Iowa that truly is cursed. If you turn to channel 666, all of your plants will die!
 
These next three come from the "Cable systems that don't carry ANY PBS station" thread.
ftballfan said:
Alliance Cable – Knox City, TX:
2 KXVA-FOX 15 Abilene, TX
3 Community Channel
4 QVC
5 HBO
6 Community Channel
7 C SPAN
8 KTAB-CBS 32 Abilene, TX
9 KRBC-NBC 9 Abilene, TX
10 Univision
11 WEATH
12 KTXS-ABC 12 Sweetwater, TX
13 Trinity Broadcasting Network
14 Spike TV
15 Discovery Channel
16 Showtime
17 CNN
18 National Geographic
19 TBS Superstation
20 A&E
21 TNT
22 ESPN
23 ESPN 2
24 ABC Family
25 GAC
26 Nickelodeon
27 Disney Channel
28 Headline News
29 TLC
30 Lifetime Television
31 AMC
32 Travel Channel
33 E!
34 USA
35 Cartoon Network
36 MSNBC
37 TV Land
38 Animal Planet
39 Fox Sports SW
40 FOX News
41 History
98 VH 1
99 fX
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ftballfan said:
Alliance Cable – Rule, TX
2 HBO
3 USA
4 KTAB-CBS 32 Abilene, TX
5 Disney Channel
6 KIDZ-MNT (LP) Abilene, TX
7 KXVA-FOX 15 Abilene, TX
8 ABC Family
9 KRBC-NBC 9 Abilene, TX
10 WGN-America
11 TBS Superstation
12 KTXS-ABC 12 Sweetwater, TX
13 QVC
14 TNT
15 ESPN 2
16 ESPN
17 CMT
18 Cinemax
19 Discovery Channel
20 Nickelodeon
21 Turner Classic Movies
22 TLC
23 Trinity Broadcasting Network
24 VH 1
25 Syfy
26 Spike TV
27 TV Land
28 A&E
29 Weather Channel
30 AMC
31 History
32 E!
33 Lifetime Television
34 MSNBC
35 Comedy Central
36 Univision
37 HSN
38 Oxygen
39 MTV
40 CNN
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ftballfan said:
Alliance Cable - Crowell, TX
2 KSWO-TMO 11.2 Lawton, OK
3 KFDX-NBC 28 Witchita Falls, TX
4 QVC
5 TV Land
6 KAUZ-CBS 22 Witchita Falls,TX
7 KSWO-ABC 11 Lawton, OK
8 KAUZ-CW 22.2 Witchita Falls, TX
9 National Geographic
10 Univision
11 GAC
12 WEATH
13 KJTL-FOX 18 Wichita Falls, TX
14 ABC Family
15 USA
16 Fox Sports SW
17 CNN
18 Spike TV
19 Discovery Channel
20 Cinemax
21 Disney Channel
22 HBO
23 TLC
24 ESPN
25 ESPN 2
26 TBS Superstation
27 Headline News
28 E!
29 Lifetime Television
30 AMC
31 TNT
32 A&E
33 Syfy
34 Cartoon Network
35 History
36 Nickelodeon
37 VH 1
38 fX
39 MSNBC
40 Trinity Broadcasting Network
41 Animal Planet
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That Big Springs, NE system is probably the worst in channel selection. I count 37 channels including 2 movie channels. That's as if they never got out of 1993!

-crainbebo
 
ftballfan said:
Even if said stations can be picked up with an over the air antenna? Sounds like Soo Ontario kind of gets screwed.
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Big 4 not that I've seen. A place like London, ON has the big 4 from Detroit. They also have a couple stations from Cleveland but not Big 4 nets
Like I say in parts of Manitoba they do get WDAZ as the ABC and Prairie Public PBS but the others are from Minneapolis
 
unclehonkey said:
Big 4 not that I've seen. A place like London, ON has the big 4 from Detroit. They also have a couple stations from Cleveland but not Big 4 nets
Like I say in parts of Manitoba they do get WDAZ as the ABC and Prairie Public PBS but the others are from Minneapolis
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Almost every other area of Canada that can pick up a Big 4 affiliate OTA usually carries it on cable. Montreal gets Burlington VT channels while parts of New Brunswick gets WAGM for CBS.
 
ftballfan said:
Suddenlink Communications - Trinity, TX (Tyler-Longview DMA): http://www.zap2it.com/tvlistings/trinity?zip=75862&mso=17719&store=1&lineupid=USA-TX42634-DEFAULT
No digital cable, but does carry three of the Big 4 from Houston and CBS from Bryan-College Station (whose tower happens to be in the Houston market!)
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I think Trinity is in the Houston DMA.

Tyler-Longview DMA: NBC, ABC, CBS (no FOX)
Houston DMA: NBC, CW, FOX, MNT, ABC (no CBS)
Waco-Bryan DMA: CBS only

To add insult to injury, Suddenlink's Huntsville system (just down the road) does have digital cable and all of the Houston stations in HD!
 
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I see that lineup is missing CNBC. That's bad. No business-related channels on that whole system.

-crainbebo
 
mvcg66b3r said:
Heartland Cable - Sublette IL (Rockford DMA)
Carries the Big 4 from Chicago and Rockford, along with CW, MNT, WCIU and PBS from Chicago.
No digital cable, but some Internet.
http://www.heartlandcable.com/images/Sublette_Channel_List.pdf
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crainbebo said:
I see that lineup is missing CNBC. That's bad. No business-related channels on that whole system.

-crainbebo
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That system has TBN on cable channel 17, which appears to be the national feed. I'm surprised that the cable company didn't just pick up TBN via antenna from WWTO LaSalle (whose stick is about 25 miles southeast of Sublette)--unless that's their source for the network but they just list it as "TBN" on the channel guide.

https://maps.google.com/?q=http://t...req=0.0&contour=36&city=LA_SALLE&state=IL.kml
 
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