View Full Version : When the TVDBCGI disappear? Alternative?


Dreimiller
01-14-07, 09:33 AM
Back when I bought my HDTV in 2001 I found a web site that had a searchable database of TV tower locations. It let me plug in my Lat and Lon and it returned a list of channels that were within range, the distance of their tower from my lcoation, the bearing (in degrees) from my location, and if they were Grade B. I believe the name of the guy who hosted it was Bennie R. Sexton and the URL for the TVDBCGI was http://bsexton.addr.com/cgi-bin/tvdb.cgi but that server apparently no longer exists. Is there an alternate resource available that provides that information? I poked around the FCC web site but didn't find anything.

afiggatt
01-14-07, 11:11 AM
The FCC TV broadcast tower database is at http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/tvq.html. Antennaweb.org is, of course, also useful although the default settings are too conservative on digital reception. But you can plug in an antenna height under the options link which will show more stations around your location.

milehighmike
01-14-07, 01:52 PM
How about www.2150.com/broadcast also.

Dreimiller
01-14-07, 02:53 PM
Thanks. Both of those sites are very helpful.