Locast Streaming Local TV Channels In Detroit

[SolarMax]

From Cord Cutters News Sept. 2:
Locast suspends Service as Legal Battle with Broadcasters Continues

If you use Locast for local OTA channels, better get that antenna up before winter!

[ZenithCKLW]

That's unfortunate. In the age of digital TV where weaker signals just completely disappear instead of present a snowy picture, I have found Locast to be a great option. I use it in my house in Livonia on the TV in an area of my house I can't physically run an antenna line from the rooftop antenna. I also used Locast at the family cottage between Port Huron and Lexington, which is still part of the Metro Detroit TV market, but I can't get any TV reception whatsoever, even with the 40-some element antenna on top of a 30-ft tower that was recently removed.

Hopefully they're allowed to resume operations, or another option comes along that doesn't involve purchasing cable or satellite TV service.

[MWmetalhead]

In the bluewater area, shouldn't some Canadian stations be receivable via outdoor antenna?

The suspension of Locast definitely sucks! One year to the day it launched in Detroit.

[ZenithCKLW]

I must be in some RF dead zone. I get no viewable digital channels (whatever I can get pixelates, freezes, drops, etc). I also can only get a weak 3G cell signal too.

I used to get some Canadian stations (29, 42, 51), and a few Detroit stations (7, 38) with the antenna pre-digital.

I decided to resolve all these issues with new wifi service, supplementing that with Locast.

[mtburb]

The official death blow has come. Locast has been permanently banned (key words) from resuming operation.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and- ... right-case