Info Be sure to re-scan your TV on Oct 15-24

[13Gigatons]

For those few that still use OTA.....cable and satellite user are not affected.

 

[Linux23]

can you expand on why?

 

[Spacehead]

Maybe the stations in the OP's area are switching frequencies.
All of my local & most of the fringe areas i can get have already switched. I think there's still a few yet do do so.

My local PBS station was the last to switch (Oct. 1) & now i think i'm getting interference from another station on the same frequency. It's barely watchable most times. I'm going to contact them & see if they are all finished with upgrades or i'm i stuck with this.

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[BoomerD]

Here's why:

Rescan Your TV on October 15, 2019 to Continue Watching WTTW (and also on October 18 for other channels)

If you watch WTTW with an over-the-air antenna, you will need to rescan your television on October 15, 2019 in order to keep receiving WTTW. And you will need to rescan again on October 18 to see other broadcast channels. Due to a government-mandated change, most broadcast stations in our area...

interactive.wttw.com

I have Dish, so it doesn't apply to me, but the local stations are telling everyone to rescan.

 

[zinfamous]

ah, so maybe this is why local NBC was always sketchy, and I haven't been able to get it at all for 3 straight months, now?

I do get Baltimore NBC, though. ...but I prefer the DC NBC news broadcast.

And the ~3 PBS channels that I get have been sketchy/unwatchable for some time now.

 

[13Gigatons]

Maybe the stations in the OP's area are switching frequencies.


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It's nation wide, about 1000 stations are switching frequencies due to the FCC auction that sold off more of the TV spectrum for wireless companies. I hope it improves reception quality but I doubt it.

 

[Spacehead]

OK.
Wonder why they all chose the same date to switch? Looks like that's more than half the stations in the US.

 

[Ken g6]

I think the stations near me already switched. I remember one switching a few months ago, but I haven't seen any calls to do so lately.