Here's another popular one. There were or are different models with widely varying price range. It seems like some have rotators, some don't, some have preamps, some don't, some have both. Decent product from what I have heard from neighbors, but caveat emptor is applicable here also. The advantage ...

Second YpsiGuy. When Windsor 9 came to air, everybody knew that its actual market was stateside. It just made sense for the Canadian government to license CKLW-TV to a foreign partnership with RKO General, and allowing CKLW to sell US advertising, as the USA side had (and still has) far more viewer...

I had the Allied Colorset 60 VHF UHF FM Antenna beginning in 1969. It's on the cover of this catalog if it will load properly. https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Catalogs/Allied-Catalogs/Allied-285-1969-Spring.pdf I had it on an Alliance T-45 Rotator, but if your VHF and UHF were from slightly di...

Bob Burchett also had night and weekend airshifts as "Robert R. Morgan" on WCAR, "The Giant Eleven Thirty", as well as WFDF, "The Giant Ninety One". Because the signals overlapped, he used a different name on WCAR. By 1975, Bob was at WTRX doing a live afternoon shift and a voice tracked overnight s...

This is when WTAC, WTRX, and WFDF were the stations to listen to. I remember when Bob Burchett was lured over to TRX after years on WFDF. The programming days of Conrad Jerome (CJ) Jones! All Hit Music! Duh duh duh dah, Duh duh duh duh Double you eff dee eff! Pop Tops: Don't pull your love, The Gia...

This is NOT the format. Otherwise, why would it be on 92.5 also? They're just preserving the licenses by not being silent..

Dave Mann is Dave Manheimer. Also worked at WTAC 600 and WXYZ 1270 as Johnny Randall. His picture is on many WTAC Big 600 Surveys available currently online. Don't know if this link will work but I'll try.

https://www.facebook.com/big6WTAC/posts ... 3701690453

As long as there aren't any hills, buildings, dense forests, or other terrain blocks in between, it should work fine. A neighbor of mine is using this same antenna to pick up VHF High signals 50 miles away. Don't know about a closer UHF because the terrain is shadowed for UHF.

If you look at the pockets of prosperity in Flint, such as Woodcroft Estates, Woodlawn Park Estates, Flint Golf Club Sub, Westgate Park Estates, etc., plus most of the rest of Genesee County, most can afford a new converter or TV. What they should do is all get together for an STA for a single new T...

One night in Mecosta County, I saw the picture from WISN-TV 12 News with Jerry Taff, and the sound from WJRT-TV 12. Funny thing, Jerry Taff had been at WJRT-TV before WISN-TV. I think you are probably right about the Channel 5 being WUFT, but remember that the head end South of Barryton for WNEM 5 w...

Rule #1 for antenna building. Measure thrice and cut once. If in doubt, cut longer than you expect. The metal boom affects the effective length. Some designers say to use a wooden or PVC boom. Where did you get the tubing? It looks like 3/8" diameter??? That's neat how you have the measurements mark...

Station reception depends a lot on location. Where were you when you had signal problems with which stations in particular? Keep in mind that it is impossible to serve the entire Northern Michigan market, even with two or three stations. You also have to remember that Northern Michigan skews older d...

One of the broadcasters in Cadillac, forget which one, filed a Petition to Deny for some action that was being proposed for WBRN, AM or FM. I can't remember exactly what it was that the late Jack White told me, but the Cadillac broadcaster argued that it shouldn't be granted because Cadillac was lar...

WPBN-TV 7 used to be a wall to wall signal in Mecosta County. WWTV 9 was somewhat stronger, and WZZM 13 a close third. WKZO/WWMT 3, WNEM 5, WJIM/WLNS 6 WOOD 8, and WJRT 12 were all receivable at higher elevations, and later WGTU 29 and WGVC/WGVU 35 were receivable. Even WJBK 2 and WWJ/WDIV 4 were re...

Yes, even if they had put the tower in the Goetzville antenna farm, the City Grade analog signal would fall 10 miles short of the far corners of Cheboygan. I guess its water over the Soo Locks, but keep in mind the WTOM planning preceded the Mackinac Bridge. It was like Alaska then, and our own vers...