Re: [TV orNotTV] LOCAL... but not on DirecTV

2023-08-24 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Back in the days when TV Guide had local listings, Vermillion was served by the Nebraska Edition, which was not necessarily the best name because in addition to its namesake state, it also covered both the Sioux City (Iowa) and Sioux Falls (South Dakota) markets. > On Aug 24, 2023, at 5:20 PM,

RE: [TV orNotTV] LOCAL... but not on DirecTV

2023-08-24 Thread Brad Beam
From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Jeffries >When I was out-of-town a few weeks ago, I noted that the hotel TV, which was >hooked up to DirecTV, was not showing the CBS, Fox and CW affiliates for the >Quad Cities Illinois-Iowa area, which was

Re: [TV orNotTV] LOCAL... but not on DirecTV

2023-08-24 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Presumably, they've decided that the same people who buy products from infomercials and shopping channels are the same people who still channel surf. (I still have DirecTV, and those channels are fine with me because they're paying to be there, which supposedly lowers everyone's bills. It's not

Re: [TV orNotTV] LOCAL... but not on DirecTV

2023-08-24 Thread Mark Jeffries
When I was out-of-town a few weeks ago, I noted that the hotel TV, which was hooked up to DirecTV, was not showing the CBS, Fox and CW affiliates for the Quad Cities Illinois-Iowa area, which was the broad area I was in and all owned by Nexstar, along with KTLA in LA (which seems to be DirecTV's de

[TV orNotTV] LOCAL... but not on DirecTV

2023-08-23 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
A massive percentage of the satcaster's customers are in Nexstar's station footprints, but they've been without them since July 1st... and *naturally,* neither side will budge... Nexstar's CEO noted the last time this happened four years ago, a settlement was reached Aug 29th... https://deadlin