Rabbit ears

[M.J.]

To liven things up a bit on the Canadian board, what stations can the posters here get with just a set of rabbit ears?

For me, I get

06 CIII (Global) Ayr (Paris) - grade B
08 CKNX (A-Channel) Formosa (Wingham) - grade C
10 CFPL (A-Channel) London - grade A
13 CKCO (CTV) Baden (Kitchener) - grade B
14 CITS-2 (CTS) London - grade A
18 CICO-18 (TVO) London - grade A
20 CJMT-1 (OMNI.2) London - grade A
29 CIII-29 (Global) Oil Springs (Sarnia) - grade C
31 CITY-2 (Citytv) Ingersoll (Woodstock) - grade C
40 CBLN (CBC) London - grade A
42 CKCO-3 (CTV) Oil Springs (Sarnia) - grade C
51 CHCH-2 (CH) Alvinston (London) - grade B
53 CBLFT-9 (Radio-Canada) London - grade A
69 CFMT-1 (OMNI.1) London - grade A

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[Bob1370]

> To liven things up a bit on the Canadian board, what
> stations can the posters here get with just a set of rabbit
> ears?

From Crystal Beach, Ontario (about 7-10 miles west of Fort Erie and the Peace Bridge, using an inexpensive indoor antenna;
Consistently on a daily basis;
WGRZ, Ch.2 (Buffalo)--Fair to poor
WIVB, Ch.4 (Buffalo)--Strong
CBLT, Ch.5 (Toronto)--Poor but watchable
WKBW, Ch.7 (Buffalo)--Strong, best signal of all
CFTO, Ch.9 (Toronto)--Good
CHCH, Ch.11 (Hamilton)--Strong
WNED, Ch.17 (Buffalo)--Strong
CICA, Ch.19 (Toronto)--Poor but watchable
WNLO, Ch.23 (Buffalo)--Good
WNYB, Ch.26 (Jamestown)--Fair
WUTV, Ch.29 (Buffalo)--Strong
CTS, Ch.36 (Hamilton)--Good
CIII, Ch.41 (Toronto)--Fair
CFMT, Ch.47 (Toronto)--Poor
CIII-55, Ch.55 (Fort Erie)--Good
Occasional;
WICU, Ch.12 (Erie)--Fair

[Yeziknoradio]

> > To liven things up a bit on the Canadian board, what
> > stations can the posters here get with just a set of
> rabbit
> > ears?

I used to get alot of channels years ago in my old neighborhood, but where I am now, there's alot of interference, so I get almost nothing.

Here's a channel you may find interesting, if it's still available:

www.srtv.ca

Your antenna may pick it up at UHF 15.

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[rugrats1]

> Here's a channel you may find interesting, if it's still
> available:
>
> www.srtv.ca
>
> Your antenna may pick it up at UHF 15.
>
Sun Ray TV -- that station made headlines in Toronto last year, mainly due to the fact that it was a "pirate" station, going on the air without a license or CRTC approval.

[Yeziknoradio]

> > Here's a channel you may find interesting, if it's still
> > available:
> >
> > www.srtv.ca
> >
> > Your antenna may pick it up at UHF 15.
> >
> Sun Ray TV -- that station made headlines in Toronto last
> year, mainly due to the fact that it was a "pirate" station,
> going on the air without a license or CRTC approval.
>
IT'S STAR RAY TV Nothing to do with Toronto Star or Sun.

Sun tv is the old Toronto one and they have a licence unlike STAR RAY TV.

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[M.J.]

> Sun Ray TV -- that station made headlines in Toronto last
> year, mainly due to the fact that it was a "pirate" station,
> going on the air without a license or CRTC approval.
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Don't get me started about that station.  The CRTC has no right to prevent someone from starting a local independent station.  Well, they were licensed as an experimental station originally, with callsign VX9AMK, but the license expired and I guess the CRTC wouldn't let them continue.  Shame on the CRTC.  All they're doing is protecting the oligoply consisting of the public broadcaster, Bell Globemedia, Alan Waters, and the Asper family.

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[Yeziknoradio]

> Don't get me started about that station.  The CRTC has no
> right to prevent someone from starting a local independent
> station.  Well, they were licensed as an experimental
> station originally, with callsign VX9AMK, but the license
> expired and I guess the CRTC wouldn't let them continue.
> Shame on the CRTC.  All they're doing is protecting the
> oligoply consisting of the public broadcaster, Bell
> Globemedia, Alan Waters, and the Asper family.
>
Rogers! Don't forget the Rogers family!
Rogers Community 10 is part of the big stink!

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[kurtbecker]

Star Ray TV has a website dedicated to picking up OTA (over the air) signals in Toronto: http://freetoronto.tv

There is an accurate channel list of stations available in southern Ontario at:
http://freetoronto.tv/clist.htm The channels listed in bold are the ones you would normally pick up with "Rabbit Ears."

This site was written by long time DXer and Star Ray supporter: Kevin Walters

[kurtbecker]

> > Don't get me started about that station.  The CRTC has no
> > right to prevent someone from starting a local independent
>
> > station.  Well, they were licensed as an experimental
> > station originally, with callsign VX9AMK, but the license
> > expired and I guess the CRTC wouldn't let them continue.
> > Shame on the CRTC.  All they're doing is protecting the
> > oligoply consisting of the public broadcaster, Bell
> > Globemedia, Alan Waters, and the Asper family.
> >
> Rogers! Don't forget the Rogers family!
> Rogers Community 10 is part of the big stink!
>
Very true. Star Ray TV filed a new application for a community station on June 3, 2004 and since then nothing has happened. The CRTC is denying Star Ray due process.  This is criminal activity, the CRTC has a statutory obligation to hear filed applications in a timely manner.  Some CRTC commissioners and
former CRTC employees need to be hung out to dry.

[Yeziknoradio]

> > Rogers Community 10 is part of the big stink!
> >
> Very true. Star Ray TV filed a new application for a
> community station on June 3, 2004 and since then nothing has
> happened. The CRTC is denying Star Ray due process.  This is
> criminal activity, the CRTC has a statutory obligation to
> hear filed applications in a timely manner.  Some CRTC
> commissioners and
> former CRTC employees need to be hung out to dry.
>
Please further note that all of a sudden,(as of Sept.30 2005) it's ok to run a jockless Jack fm (Rogers owned) EVEN THOUGH CRTC regulation CLEARLY STATES that a third of the broadcast week MUST be commited to local programming.

The elimination of morning, afternoon drive, and local news weather and traffic info durring that time leaves that station in a state that means it may as well be a Vancouver station or something.

My point? What makes Rogers so special?
email CRTC to complain, and they'll just email you back the following message:

"The CRTC does not wish to get involved with the labour disputes of a radio station"

LABOUR DISPUTE? Nice to know rogers can do anything they want, and somehow pass it off as something different, but to get a licence, You're at the CRTC's mercy NO MATTER WHAT the reason.

Did CRTC ever even try to say "Sorry Rogers, regulation is regulation, please obey it within an allocated time or concequences will apply"

NO! They just sat there and let it go!
MEANWHILE, there's a tv station trying to get a licence, and they can't have one!

Wether or not one can agree or disagree on the very idea that Star Ray tv should have licence, I'm sure we can all agree the CRTC is NOT being fair, and has opend the door to other businesses to tell CRTC to stuff it, much like how Rogers has.
 

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