Channel List Update

Forgot to update our Over-The-Air Channel list that changed about a month ago.
It's good to see more and more stations are expanding their digital line-ups with more promised.
The main difference to us is that RTV moved to 59-3 and 11-2 became MeTV.
Also 9.1 & 9.2 in Steubenville, Ohio can now be picked up probably due to a transmitter upgrade.


North Hills Pittsburgh O.T.A. (over the air) Channel Line-up

2.1 ~ KDKA (CBS affiliate)

4.1 ~ WTAE (ABC affiliate)

4.2 ~ WTAE (THIS TV Network) reruns of vintage movies and TV programs



9.1 ~ WTOV Steubenville, Ohio (NBC Network affiliate)


9.2 ~ WTOV (Retro Television Network) somewhat different programming as 59-3

11.1 ~ WPXI (NBC Network affiliate)

11.2 ~ WPXI (MeTV - "Memorable Entertainment" TV) classics from the 1950s through the 1980s

13.1 ~ WQED (main WQED programming / PBS)

13.2 ~ WQED (WQED-DT2 programming / Create Channel)

13.3 ~ WQED (WQED-DT3 programming / Neighborhood Channel)


13.4 ~ WQED (WQED-DT4 programming / Additional Neighborhood Channel)

16.1 ~ WINP-TV - Shopping channel owned by ION

16.2 ~ (ION TV) national television network featuring general entertainment

16.3 ~ (qubo TV) Childrens TV programming

16.4 ~ (IONLife TV) dedicated to lifestyle programming - mostly 80's, 90's & 00's movies.

19.1 ~ WPCW (CW network) Formally UPN & WB. Various original & rerun programming.

22.1 ~ WPMY (myTV network) mostly syndicated programming - http://www.mypittsburghtv.com/

22.2 ~ The COOL TV ~ all music video lineup

40.1 ~ WPCB (Cornerstone TV) Christian television station

40.2 ~ BDC (Cornerstone TV) Christian television station

40.3~ BDC (Cornerstone TV) Christian television station

53.1 ~ (FOX affiliate)

53.2 ~ (CMT) Country Music Network - music videos, taped concerts, movies, biographies

59.1 WBGN (Independent Station) variety of programming - first run syndicated shows

59.2 HSN - Home Shopping Network

59.3 RTV - (Retro Television Network) reruns of vintage movies and TV programs

59.4 ~ Universal Sports Network - various Olympic style sports programming

Update: Comcast Strikes Again!

Just a quick update to the in-laws Comcast problems.
They finally got the last item straitened out last week.
Since August they have had no access to their Comcast e-mail account.
Turns out one of their techs deleted their e-mail account during the switch-over to the condo so any saved e-mails and information was lost. They had to start all over and set up a new account. Why it took 4 weeks to resolve this problem we have no idea. Half a dozen different Comcast reps could not help after many hours on the phone. Each one just "kicked the problem down the road" and said someone would call back in a few days. Eventually one did figure it out (kind of) and he set up the new account.
We're inclined to set up a g-mail account for them so that it does not happen again.

Here's another story from a friend on the trials and tribulations of this inept company...
http://plkrat.blogspot.com/2011/09/comcast-and-charter-are-in-race-to.html

Budget-Friendly Alternatives to Cable TV

Interesting and informative article on Budget-Friendly Alternatives to Cable TV.
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/113459/cable-tv-budget-friendly-alternatives-kiplinger

Comcast Strikes Again!

My in-laws recently moved from their house of 50 years into a nice single level condominium. Nancy has been handling most of the moving issues for her parents including switching over their TV & internet service. Never guess who they have for their service? Yep, that old pain-in-the-ass Comcast, although they try to call themselves "XFINITY" now.

Nancy was able to have the TV service switched over successfully but she has had difficulty switching over the internet service. She has called them multiple times with no success and just a few minutes ago was finally talking to someone that seemed to know what they were doing but the phone call was abruptly disconnected!

Just now her and Sean called back and are arguing with a different "tech" person (about the 6th one so far) over the correct log-in and password which the tech person says is wrong but it has been the same since the service was started a few years ago. It appears that Comcast has inadvertently deleted all of their stored emails while trying to create a new account. They were supposed to just do a switch-over to the new address. Good job! Total incompetence on the Comcast end. Might as well be called "Peggy" from the TV ads.

45 minute phone call last Saturday to no avail and over one hour phone calls today.

The Comcast tech could not figure out how to get their Comcast e-mail switched over and finally said he can only take out a “ticket” and someone else will call Nancy in the evening in the next 48-72 hours and they will try to resolve it then and hopefully restore the service. What's the chance they call back?

So, for over 2 hours on the phone with various Comcast techs and no service since August 23rd it comes down to “someone will call you back next week” ???

This company has got to go down!

Stay tuned...