{"id":5407,"date":"2019-06-27T10:03:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T14:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/?p=5407"},"modified":"2019-06-27T10:34:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T14:34:18","slug":"ota-television-changes-along-the-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/?p=5407","title":{"rendered":"OTA Television Changes Along The Border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday I received a notice from WPBS-TV<\/a>, the PBS station based in Watertown NY that broadcasts to Eastern Ontario, that they will be changing over-the-air channels on July 29th, 2019. And apparently several American television stations have already begun transitioning to new channels to free up frequencies for wireless services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People who use television antennas in southwestern Ontario area have already needed to rescan to find WMYD<\/a> broadcasts from Detroit on June 1st, 2019 and a new wave of channel changes are expected in July, this transition eventually ending in the summer of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re getting these stations from cable, satellite or online, you will not see any changes. But if you use a television antenna<\/a> to get any American station you will need to pay attention to notices by your favourite stations, that will be posted on their official sites and social media feeds for information related to this transition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many channels will also start airing notices featuring known personalities from television programs like The Doctors<\/a>, Inside Edition<\/a>, Entertainment Tonight<\/a>, Dr.Phil<\/a>, Wheel of Fortune<\/a> and Jeopardy<\/a> a month or so before their transition date. And monthly roundups of these transitions are also posted on the official TV Answers Blog<\/a>, with occasional posts regarding individual channels appearing on TV Answer’s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m a bit too deep into Ontario to get American television stations via my antenna but thought people along the border would like to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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