[kwlug-disc] Home made indoor TV Antenna

[CrankyOldBugger]

"There has NEVER been a clearer case of conflict of interest anywhere in
Canada more obvious than the control that Rogers and Bell have over the
CRTC"

I won't disagree outright, but regrettably I think this statement applies
to everything the government has a hand in.

On 16 September 2014 20:49, R. Brent Clements <rbclemen at gmail.com> wrote:

> The CRTC does not want to end OTA transmission.  Rogers does.  Apparently
> their proposal was completely ridiculous.  The current federal government
> seems to have a beef with the CBC, and have seen their funding and
> journalistic credibility under serious fire from Harper.
>
> What they need is to turn on another transmitter in the London area, not
> shut down their existing ones.  Rogers operates a transmitter for OMNI2 in
> London on channel 20, probably for the express purpose of interfering with
> the CBC transmitter on the CN tower, which is also on UHF channel 20.  Thus
> once you go farther east than KW an otherwise strong signal falls off very
> quickly.
>
> Rogers owns CityTV, and the two OMNIs.  The only reason they haven't made
> them cable only is because they have been told they can't stop
> transmitting.  If they do, the frequency is abandoned and an American
> broadcaster will snap it up.  So the CRTC would have to let someone else
> use the transmitter, which Rogers definitely does NOT want.
>
> There has NEVER been a clearer case of conflict of interest anywhere in
> Canada more obvious than the control that Rogers and Bell have over the
> CRTC.
>
> Brent
>
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 6:11 PM, John Johnson <jvj at golden.net> wrote:
>
>> On 2014-09-16 17:04, B.S. wrote:
>>
>>> All channels available via internet, free?
>>>
>>
>> There is much of Ontario and Canada, too, where there is no internet
>> service, no cellular service and no or limited VHF television reception.
>> Just AM radio and, then, only if the residents are lucky.
>>
>> JohnJ - who, in the 1960s, listened to WWVA 1170 AM Wheeling West Virgina
>> from Northern Ontario
>>
>>
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