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Current H/DTV Channels Available in Albany/Schenectady/Troy-NY DMA:


Over The Air (OTA)-Over The Air (OTA)


Over The Air (OTA)-

6-1/6 WRGB-DT (CBS), Albany, NY 1080i

6-2/6 WRGB-DT (THIS), Albany, NY 480i

10-1/26 WTEN-DT (ABC), Albany, NY 720p

10-2/26 WTEN-DT (WTEN Weather), Albany, NY 480i

10-3/26 WTEN-DT (Retro TV), Albany, NY 480i

13-1/12 WNYT-DT (NBC), Albany, NY 1080i

13-2/12 WNYT-DT (NBC/WNYT Weather), Albany, NY 480i

13-3/12 WNYT-DT (Doppler Imagery), Albany, NY 480i

13-1/18 WNYT-DT (NBC), Troy, NY 1080i

13-2/18 WNYT-DT (NBC/WNYT Weather), Troy, NY 480i

13-3/18 WNYT-DT (Doppler Imagery), Troy, NY 480i

17-1/34 WMHT-DT (PBS|HD), Albany, NY 1080i

17-2/34 WMHT-DT (PBS Kids), Albany, NY 480i

17-3/34 WMHT-DT (PBS), Albany, NY 480i

19-1/36 WCDC-DT (ABC), N. Adams, MA 720p

19-2/36 WCDC-DT (24/7 Local Weather), N. Adams, MA 480i

23-1/7 WXXA-DT (FOX), Albany, NY 720p

23-2/7 WXXA-DT (Cool TV), Albany, NY 480i

45-1/43 WCWN-DT (CW), Albany, NY 1080i

45-2/43 WCWN-DT (Universal Sports Network), Albany, NY 480i

45-3/43 WCWN-DT (CBS), Albany, NY 480i

51-1/13 WNYA-DT (MyTV4) Albany, NY 720p

51-2/13 WNYA-DT (AntennaTV) Albany, NY 480i

55-1/50 WYPX-DT (Ion), Amsterdam, NY 480i

55-2/50 WYPX-DT (Qubo), Amsterdam, NY 480i

55-3/50 WYPX-DT (Ion Life), Amsterdam, NY 480i


Time Warner Digital Cable HD


739 Showtime On Demand HD

803 HD PPV (Special Events)

1540 ESPN Goal Line HD

1730 EWTN HD

1733 Nickelodeon HD

1734 HUB HD (Discovery Kids HD)

1740 National Geo Wild HD

1745 History Chan Intl

1747 Headline News HD

1748 MSNBC HD

1749 CNBC HD

1750 Fox News HD

1751 BBC America HD

1753 Comedy Central HD

1754 CMT

1755 VH-1

1756 MTV HD

1757 Fuse HD

1758 G4 HD

1759 Bravo HD

1760 Style HD

1761 IFC HD

1762 E! HD

1763 Spike TV HD

1764 Cooking Channel

1765 We HD

1766 Hallmark

1770 Big 10 HD (must subscribe to Sports Tier)

1771 NBA TV HD

1775 Encore E HD

1777 Time Warner Movie Pass HD On Demand

1778 HBO Family East HD

1779 HBO Comedy East HD

1780 HBO Latino HD

1781 HBO Zone East HD

1782 ActionMax HD

1783 ThrillerMax HD

1784 MoreMax HD

1785 OuterMax HD

1786 5StarMax HD

1787 @Max HD

1788 WMax HD

1789 Big 10 On Demand (iCL39) (must subscribe to Sports Tier)

1800 HD PPV

1801 Showcase HD On Demand

1802 Primetime HD On Demand

1803 TWC Sports

1804 WNYA HD

1805 TBS HD

1806 WRGB-DT (CBS)

1808 WXXA-DT (FOX)

1809 YNN HD

1810 WTEN-DT (ABC)

1811 WMHT-DT (PBS)

1812 HD PPV (same as 1800)

1813 WNYT-DT (NBC)

1815 WCWN-DT (WB)

1820 WYPX-HD (ION)

1821 Home Shopping Network HD

1822 QVC HD

1823 Weather Channel HD

1824 Crime & Investigation HD

1825 Science Channel HD

1826 Biography HD

1827 TNT HD

1828 USA HD

1829 FX HD

1830 SyFy HD

1831 Toon Disney HD

1832 Cartoon Network HD

1833 ABC Family HD

1834 Disney Channel HD

1835 Animal Planet HD

1836 Discovery Channel HD

1837 Discovery HD Theater

1838 A&E HD

1839 History Channel HD

1840 MHD (MTV HD)

1841 HGTV HD

1842 Food Network HD

1843 Travel Channel HD

1844 TLC HD

1845 TV ONE HD

1846 CNN HD

1847 MSG HD

1849 MSG+ HD

1851 Fox Business News HD

1852 MGM HD (included in TWC's HD Tier at $3.95 per month)

1854 Smithsonian HD on Demand (included in TWC's HD Tier at $3.95 per month)

1855: Smithsonian HD (included in TWC's HD Tier at $3.95 per month)

1857: RFD-TV HD (included in TWC's HD Tier at $3.95 per month)

1858: MavTv HD (included in TWC's HD Tier at $3.95 per month)

1859 NY1 HD

1860 Universal HD (included in TWC's HD Tier at $3.95 per month)

1861 Hallmark Movie HD (included in TWC's HD Tier at $3.95 per month)

1862 AMC HD

1863 TCM HD

1864 Lifetime Movie Network HD

1865 Golf HD

1866 SportsNetNY HD

1867 YES HD

1868 MLB HD

1869 ESPN HD

1870 ESPN2 HD

1871 ESPNU HD

1872 ESPNEWS HD

1873 Versus HD

1874 Outdoor HD (must subscribe to Sports Tier)

1875 NHL HD (must subscribe to Sports Tier)

1876 National Geographic HD

1877 Speed HD (must subscribe to Sports Tier)

1878 CBS College Sports HD (must subscribe to Sports Tier)

1879 Tennis Channel HD (must subscribe to Sports Tier)

1880 HBO East HD

1881 HBO2 E HD

1882 HBO Signature HD

1883 Cinemax East HD

1885 Showtime HD

1886 TMC Xtra HD

1887 Showtime 2 HD

1888 TMC HD

1889 Showtime Showcase HD

1890 Starz HD

1892 Starz Comedy HD

1893 Starz Kids and Family HD

1894 Starz Edge HD

1895 Showtime Extreme HD

1909 Team HD

1929 MLB Extra Innings HD


Verizon FiOS


504 My WNYA TV-51....................Prime HD

506 CBS - WRGB HD....................Prime HD

508 FOX - WXXA HD....................Prime HD

510 ABC - WTEN HD....................Prime HD

511 PBS - WMHT HD....................Prime HD

513 NBC - WNYT HD....................Prime HD

515 CW - WCWN-TV 45 HD....................Prime HD

520 ION HD TV 55 WYPX....................Prime HD

550 USA HD....................Prime HD

551 TNT HD....................Prime HD

552 TBS HD....................Prime HD

553 FX HD....................Prime HD

554 Spike HD....................Prime HD

558 ES.TV....................Ultimate HD

567 Universal HDTV....................Extreme HD

568 WGN America HD....................Extreme HD

569 HD Net....................Extreme HD

570 ESPN HD....................Prime HD

571 ESPN Buzzer Beater HD....................Extreme HD

572 ESPNews HD....................Extreme HD

573 ESPN U HD....................Prime HD

574 ESPN2 HD....................Prime HD

576 YES HD....................Prime HD

577 Sportsnet New York HD....................Prime HD

583 Speed HD....................Extreme HD

585 Big Ten Network HD....................Prime HD

586 MLB Network HD....................Extreme HD

587 NHL Network HD....................Extreme HD

588 NFL Network HD....................Extreme HD

589 NBA TV HD....................Extreme HD

590 Versus HD....................Prime HD

591 Outdoor Channel HD....................Ultimate HD

592 Tennis Channel HD....................Ultimate HD

593 Golf HD....................Extreme HD

597 World Fishing Network HD....................Ultimate HD

598 MAV TV HD....................Ultimate HD

599 Cars.TV....................Ultimate HD

600 CNN HD....................Prime HD

602 CNBC HD+....................Prime HD

603 MSNBC HD....................Prime HD

617 Fox Business Network HD....................Extreme HD

618 Fox News HD....................Prime HD

619 The Weather Channel HD....................Prime HD

620 Discovery Channel HD....................Prime HD

621 National Geographic Channel HD....................Extreme HD

622 Science Channel HD....................Prime HD

623 Investigation Discovery HD....................Extreme HD

625 Smithsonian Channel HD....................Extreme HD

628 History Channel HD....................Prime HD

629 bio: The Biography Channel HD....................Extreme HD

630 Animal Planet HD....................Prime HD

631 HD Theater....................Extreme HD

632 National Geographic Wild HD....................Extreme HD

633 Pets TV....................Ultimate HD

639 TLC HD....................Prime HD

640 Lifetime HD....................Prime HD

641 Lifetime Movie Network HD....................Prime HD

649 WE tv HD....................Prime HD

650 QVC HD....................Prime HD

651 HSN HD....................Prime HD

664 Food Network HD....................Prime HD

665 HGTV HD....................Prime HD

668 Planet Green HD....................Extreme HD

669 Wealth TV HDTV....................Extreme HD

670 Travel Channel HD....................Prime HD

674 MyDestination.TV....................Ultimate HD

676 Recipe.TV....................Ultimate HD

680 Syfy HD....................Prime HD

681 A&E HD....................Prime HD

683 tru TV HD....................Prime HD

685 Bravo HD....................Prime HD

690 Comedy Central HD....................Prime HD

695 Comedy.TV....................Ultimate HD

699 ABC Family HD....................Prime HD

710 MTV HD....................Prime HD

711 Palladia HD....................Extreme HD

716 fuse HD....................Prime HD

717 VH1 HD....................Prime HD

721 CMT HD....................Prime HD

731 AMC [American Movie Classics] HD....................Prime HD

739 Hallmark Movie Channel HD....................Prime HD

744 MGM HD....................Ultimate HD

746 HD Net Movies....................Extreme HD

752 Nickelodeon HD....................Prime HD

770 BET HD....................Prime HD

780 Disney Channel HD....................Prime HD

781 Disney XD HD....................Prime HD

789 The Hub HD....................Extreme HD

835 NFL Red Zone HD....................Ultimate HD

840 Starz HDTV

842 Starz Edge HD

845 Starz Kids & Family HD

847 Starz Comedy HD

850 Encore HD

865 Showtime HDTV....................Ultimate HD

866 Showtime HDTV West....................Ultimate HD

867 Showtime Showcase HD....................Ultimate HD

868 Showtime Showcase HD West....................Ultimate HD

869 Showtime 2 HD....................Ultimate HD

870 Showtime 2 HD West....................Ultimate HD

873 Showtime Extreme HD....................Ultimate HD

874 Showtime Extreme HD West....................Ultimate HD

885 The Movie Channel HD....................Ultimate HD

887 The Movie Channel Xtra HD....................Ultimate HD

894 Independent Film Channel HD

895 EPIX HD....................Ultimate HD

899 HBO HD

901 HBO HD West

902 HBO 2 HD

903 HBO 2 HD West

904 HBO Signature HD

905 HBO Signature HD West

906 HBO Family HD

907 HBO Family HD West

908 HBO Comedy HD

909 HBO Comedy HD West

910 HBO Zone HD

911 HBO Zone HD West

912 HBO Latino HD

913 HBO Latino HD West

920 Cinemax HD

921 Cinemax HD West

922 More Max HD

923 More Max HD West

924 Action Max HD

926 Thriller Max HD

928 WMAX HD

929 At Max HD

930 Five Star Max HD

931 OuterMax HD

1001 HD PPV Events....................Prime HD

1002 HD PPV Events 2....................Prime HD
 
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#3,911 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by secutanudu /forum/post/16697465


I have Time Warner Albany HD service with the 8300HD DVR.


Am I doing something wrong, or does the software revision that TW Albany uses for the DVR predate beta VCR's?


I have had extensive email/phone conversations with TW support about the "record first-run only" option not being present on my DVR. The email support tells me the feature is there and wants to send a tech out, the phone support tells me they have never heard of that feature. I know the DVR can handle the feature, as a friend with Cablevision on Long Island has the feature on this DVR.


I have to assume the email support is not from Albany, and has NO idea what software revision is in use here. He repeatedly sent me instructions with options to choose that were nonexistent on my DVR, as well as the added bonus of sending me a PDF instruction manual for my remote (I didn't ask for it), and it was not my remote.


Needless to say....frustrating experience with TW Albany...

Haul the box into your local TW office and tell them you'd like to swap it out because it keeps acting funky.


They'll swap it out no problem. I've done this a few times myself. No charge.
 
#3,912 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jevon Kasitch /forum/post/16696938


I played with the antenna, and was unable to find a stronger signal for 6 or 13 in any other direction but the direction that I have the antenna currently pointed, which is NW. The fact that there is a huge hill the climes several hundred feet to my direct SW might explain this.

Reception of channel 6 in a red zone with an antenna aimed in the wrong direction is unlikely to work. It's very possible that the channel 6 direct signal is better than the reflected signal that you are aiming at.


Trying for a bounce on UHF might have been your only hope. That's what works for Davird_Jr in Hancock, MA.


VHF shouldn't need to bounce to your location. The direct path should be stronger and have less multipath.
 
#3,913 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by jonnythan /forum/post/16697939


Haul the box into your local TW office and tell them you'd like to swap it out because it keeps acting funky.


They'll swap it out no problem. I've done this a few times myself. No charge.

I can definitely do that...I'd just like to know if that feature even exists in albany. I don't think it does, as a friend doesn't have the "first-run only" option either...
 
#3,915 ·
Jevon, (sorry for getting your name wrong, last time)


RG-6 should be good enough. You can get quad-shield RG-6 which will do a better job of preventing RF noise from entering your cable, but that might not be where your problem is.


A mast mounted pre-amp will raise the level of the signal, right after the antenna, so better shielded cable wouldn't be needed. (Your signal-to-noise ratio would be better, assuming that the noise is getting in the cable in the first place)


If I understand, kb2hpw is suggesting that you may be picking up ch6 with the cable, and not nessesarily the antenna. If that's the case, then a pre-amp probably won't help at all.


The Vermont station you recieved on ch28 is on RF channel 9, just to add some information. That is the same channel I get with my second antenna. (I am much farther east than you: southern Washington County.)


You are definately located in a "challenging" spot. I would try everything, including a pre-amp, but find out if you can return it, if it does no good.


Good luck,

Dave
 
#3,916 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by secutanudu /forum/post/16697465


I have Time Warner Albany HD service with the 8300HD DVR.


Am I doing something wrong, or does the software revision that TW Albany uses for the DVR predate beta VCR's?


I have had extensive email/phone conversations with TW support about the "record first-run only" option not being present on my DVR. The email support tells me the feature is there and wants to send a tech out, the phone support tells me they have never heard of that feature. I know the DVR can handle the feature, as a friend with Cablevision on Long Island has the feature on this DVR.


I have to assume the email support is not from Albany, and has NO idea what software revision is in use here. He repeatedly sent me instructions with options to choose that were nonexistent on my DVR, as well as the added bonus of sending me a PDF instruction manual for my remote (I didn't ask for it), and it was not my remote.


Needless to say....frustrating experience with TW Albany...

Yes, the software that runs TWC's DVRs (SARA) is similar to what a VCR used 20 years ago.


Albany TWC's 8300DVR (or any DVR from them) has never had the "record new episodes" feature active.


Exchanging the box will not activate the "new episode" feature. You can check out details on the SARA software in this thread .


You will need a TiVo to use a "first run only" type of feature. I have two TiVo HD's and am very happy with them.
 
#3,920 ·
With alot of people complaining about the digital transition I thought I'd put in a few good words.

Prior to analog shutdown I could not receive WNYA 51.

I could get WNYA 15 with snow.

Now I get WNYA perfect with 80% signal strength.

I can't wait to watch the remastered Star Trek on the big screen.

So I'm quite happy.
 
#3,921 ·
I heard 87.7 on the air today - but I'm not sure that it was WRGB... several of the frequencies on the bottom dial were stations from afar which makes me suspect that it was e-skip.


The audio sounds like it's a channel six in night-light mode - it was that DTV program that stations were playing before the transition. It kept referring to the upcoming date of February - which we all know is well passed and was change.


Anyone else?
 
#3,922 ·
Spent most of Saturday morning adding a CM3010 to my CM4228. Results are mixed. Didn't do much either way for channel 6 over the FM dipole I had been using, so no difference there, 80-85% signal either way. Seemed to improve the reception on ch 17 at least enough so that it's watchable now. Still nothing on ch 45, I don't think I'm going to get that in the summer with the leaves on, no matter what. Unless they do change it's frequency like they said they might. Or, if I cut down some trees....


Channel 10 is another story. It was pretty good with just the 4228 (or 3010 for that matter), but when I combine the two, it started to have problems. It always was the least powerful of the main channels, so I don't know what's going on there. Doesn't seem that adding more signal would cause it to break up. Anyone know of a way to block just that channel from one of the antennas?


I took out my CM7777 preamp because it actually made the situation worse on all channels. Just using a standard splitter/combiner from Radio Shack to combine the signals from the two antennas on the pole before it comes down a single wire to a ground block then to the powered splitter to reach the various boxes.
 
#3,923 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by L_G_D /forum/post/16741246


I took out my CM7777 preamp because it actually made the situation worse on all channels. Just using a standard splitter/combiner from Radio Shack to combine the signals from the two antennas on the pole before it comes down a single wire to a ground block then to the powered splitter to reach the various boxes.

You should not be using standard splitters for this. You should use JoinTenna connectors. Google jointenna to learn more.
 
#3,924 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterFX1 /forum/post/16741347


You should not be using standard splitters for this. You should use JoinTenna connectors. Google jointenna to learn more.

Jointennas are excellent, but normally are expensive. Amazon has the channel 6 model on closeout. You can add low band VHF to high band VHF with a HLSJ. You can add VHF to UHF with a UVSJ.

http://www.amazon.com/Channel-Master...f=pd_rhf_p_t_1

http://www.solidsignal.com/prod_display.asp?PROD=UVSJ
http://www.solidsignal.com/prod_display.asp?prod=HLSJ


HLSJs and UVSJs can also be used to minimize preamp overload. I have a UVSJ between my 4228 antenna and the HDP-269 preamp. It removes VHF signals that had been overloading the amplifier.
 
#3,925 ·
I looked at jointennas and the UVSJ & HLSJ and they didn't seem to do what I wanted. Since the CM3010 is a full-spectrum antenna, I don't want to filter out the UHF from it totally since it helps with some of the higher channels like 17, whatever it's really on, 34 or something? With just the 4228, 17 was iffy at best, with the combined signal from both antennas, it's pretty decent, with just a few droputs now and then. Couldn't even get a steady lock with just the 4228. Most of the other channels didn't change one way or the other when I combined both antennas. The only channel effected, it seems, was 10, which tvfool lists as my strongest channel, signal-wise, but has always been the first one to drop out whenever the weather gets bad. Well, along with 17 & 45.


I seemed to get a better signal on ch10 with just one antenna, didn't matter which one, and I don't think the CM7777 amp was doing anything one way or the other, it didn't seem to make a difference when I had it hooked up to just one antenna. But, when I used it to combine the signal of the two antennas, everything went down. I remember reading here somewhere that a signal trap can be built to exclude just a small frequency band, I'm wondering if I had one that blocked just the signal from ch10 (real 26) and used it on one antenna, if that would solve the problem.


Then again, this is summer, and the leaves aren't helping, who knows what it will look like once the leaves are gone?
 
#3,927 ·
Is there a problem with channel 6? I have no signal thru my TV tuner, and no signal thru my direct tv box OTA. however I get 10, 13, 23 fine thru the tv tuner and thru DTV box OTA. It was working fine for years before now.


EDIT: Never mind -- I just rescanned channels on my tv and direct tv and im getting it now. good signal.
 
#3,930 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by NervousCat /forum/post/16746749


Peter Putman talks about the problems of low-band Channel 6 for DTV. It's not just the Albany area that has the Low Band TV woes ... although the article does mention WRGB specifically.

http://www.hdtvexpert.com/pages_c/TechTalk.html

Interesting. I'm getting 6 way better now than I ever did before the switch. Getting almost 100% SS at almost 50 miles from tower. 13 & 23 are also rock solid at near 100%. 10 & 17 it depends on the weather. 45 never got it. Still don't.


Also today I noticed that when watching 6 on the kitchen tv while my wife was using the electric mixer only about 8 feet from the TV there was no degredation from the motor as has been reported by many on low VHF. Just loving VHF here in the Berkshires.
 
#3,931 ·
From Scott Fybush's "Northeast Radio Watch" the following was cut and pasted.


Several DTV stations operating on the VHF band are already increasing power - and looking for still another round of power increases. Schenectady's WRGB (Channel 6) was granted special temporary authority last week to increase its effective radiated power from 4.64 kW to 11.2 kW, with an application now pending to go to 30.2 kW.
 
#3,932 ·
I came from Long Island up to my family's place in the mountains in Middleburgh for the first time this year, and I brought my DTV box because I was curious what I can get. I have a Radio Shack antenna VU-190 with a rotor with twin lead coming all the way to the TV. I was able to get 6.1,10.1,13.1,17.1,23.1, with 6.1 coming in the stongest.

I can barely get 45.1 if I lock in the antenna precisely to the right position. I was pretty impressed. We have DirectTV now, so we bought another HDTV for another room to get the OTA channels.

One thing I noticed is that during the thunderstorms yesterday I lost a lot of channels.
 
#3,933 ·
You'd probably have better luck using shielded coax, but I don't think much is going to help during heavy rain, the OTA digital signal seems to be as fragile as a sat signal during rain. Some stations transmit fine through rain, others not so much.


As for rotating the antenna, all channels come from the same tower now, so one should be as good as the other once you get the direction correct. The only major channel in this area is 55 ION TV which is in Amsterdam, the rest are right behind Thacher Park in the Helderbergs.
 
#3,934 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by Davird_Jr /forum/post/16750268


Interesting. I'm getting 6 way better now than I ever did before the switch. Getting almost 100% SS at almost 50 miles from tower. 13 & 23 are also rock solid at near 100%. 10 & 17 it depends on the weather. 45 never got it. Still don't.

You might be interested in these articles about reception in your neck of the woods (well, sort of in your general area - just north of you in Vermont).

http://www.hdtvexpert.com/pages_b/Re...TheFringe.html

http://www.hdtvexpert.com/pages_c/DT...Revisited.html


As for me I'm in Poughkeepsie, NY - midway between New York City and Albany. We have two antennas, one 30 year old Archer U-100 UHF antenna and a 26 year old Channel Master Crossfire VHF antenna. They were considered deep fringe antennas for their day. The UHF antenna is on a rotor while the VHF antenna is fixed towards New York City. Both antennas are fed into a Channel Master Spartan 0264 preamp. We used to get 7 analog VHF stations before the transition - now we get nothing from NYC DTV broadcasts on VHF. TV Fool shows the terrain more favorable toward Albany with 1Edge vs. 2Edge from NYC. However, the mast is old and won't turn (not even with a pipe wrench) because it is frozen to the eve mounting brackets on the side of the house. If I could get the massive VHF antenna aimed at Albany I'm sure I could pick up WRGB. I actually did write to Pete Putman and he suggested that I replace the antennas, but taking down the old mast is a problem. Probably cutting off the mast with a hacksaw would do it - TIMBER!
 
#3,935 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by L_G_D /forum/post/16754463


You'd probably have better luck using shielded coax, but I don't think much is going to help during heavy rain, the OTA digital signal seems to be as fragile as a sat signal during rain. Some stations transmit fine through rain, others not so much.

You know , its funny you mention that. I remember about 10-15 years ago, I tried replacing the twin lead with coax as a test to see if the reception was better. It actually got worse, in fact I could only get Ch 6 and very snowy. But with the twin lead CH 6 came in clear, as well as CH 10,13, and CH2( when antenna was rotated) so I assumed for my application, twin lead was better due to less signal loss.

Maybe things have changed since then. Next time I go up to the house, I'll try to test it with coax again. But for now, everything ( except 45.1) seems to come in fine with no problems.
 
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