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Originally Posted by Sal
It's about time they hit Buffalo! Now I can finally use my new antenna that I bought last summer for just that purpose. I hope they won't interrupt some of their programs for some typical stupid Buffalo-style programming like "This Week With The Buffalo Bills", or "Cellino & Barnes: Special Victims Unit!". For an example of this, you can look at what they've done with their ME-TV station in the mornings. It's not for the faint of heart so you can skip this next paragraph if you choose.
At 5:00 am, WBBZ Buffalo's ME-TV station will show Gomer Pyle just like most other ME-TV stations in the US. At 5:30, they have a local business report for half an hour. Next, at 6 am, it's 3 hours of a daily talk show called The Daily Buzz. That means that Buffalo viewers will be missing out on, in order, "Dobie Gillis", "Love American Style", "Family Affair", "The Beverly Hillbillies", "Petticoat Junction", "My Three Sons", and "I Love Lucy" . In the words of the immortal Charlie Brown: "AAAAAUUUGGGHHH!!" The good news is that this atrocity to humanity is found on channel 67.1. If you want the good stuff, uninterrupted and untarnished, you have to tune it to 67.3, which I can't do because their signal is so weak it can't be seen across the border, and I've tried many, many times.
Once Antenna TV Buffalo debuts Jan. 1, 2012, I'll be thrilled to be able to watch my favorites again like "The Monkees", "The Partridge Family", and "Leave it To Beaver" and I'm also excited to see the rare gems that don't get shown often like "Gidget", "The Flying Nun", "Dennis The Menace", and "Father Knows Best".
Even more intriguing is that initially WGRZ will wisely begin following KTLA's example by running a couple of 'preview' shows on their main channel (2.1) on the afternoon of Dec. 31 before the official launch of Antenna TV on 2.2 the next day. I don't know what they'll choose but I'm hoping this becomes a regular feature. Maybe we might see the return of "Lunchtime With The Classics" with lovely Lydia Dominick come back in 2012! I'm keeping my fingers crossed very tightly for this!
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