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Hi everybody,
I realize that this might be percieved as an odd topic by some people, but I am only asking this because I was born and raised in the New York City TV market (specifically I'm 19 years old and have lived in Northern New Jersey until 2020).
But regardless, growing up I have always found it odd how New York-area local newscasts always mention news and weather forecasts for eastern Suffolk County every day (an area that is anywhere between 80-110 miles from that city) since I know for a fact that these channels are unlistenable with any antenna, whether that would be the analog days or digital now. Although these New York channels are carried on cable, for me the lack of antenna reception makes it hard to justify not splitting Suffolk County in two TV markets, and I am looking for opinions on this proposal that is detailed below:
WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY (West of Riverhead): Will remain part of the NYC market as before, and local TV stations such as WABC and WCBS will remain on cable and will be able via antenna broadcast as well.
EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY (East of Riverhead, North Fork and South Fork): New York City TV channels will still remain on local cable systems, but cable will now prioritize TV stations from the Providence, RI market since that city is geographically 50-70 miles away from the area. In exchange, the Providence, RI TV market invests in providing local news to Eastern Suffolk County as well as their own market. They also buy multiple translator stations for antenna viewers in Montauk, East Hampton, Greenport, and the Sag Harbor area.
Again, I am trying to ask what do you think about this plan being feasible one day for East Hampton and Montauk, NY to be included in the much closer Providence, RI TV market.
Hi everybody, I realize that this might be percieved as an odd topic by some people, but I am only asking this because I was born and raised in the New York City TV market (specifically I'm 19 years old and have lived in Northern New Jersey until 2020).
But regardless, growing up I have always found it odd how New York-area local newscasts always mention news and weather forecasts for eastern Suffolk County every day (an area that is anywhere between 80-110 miles from that city) since I know for a fact that these channels are unlistenable with any antenna, whether that would be the analog days or digital now. Although these New York channels are carried on cable, for me the lack of antenna reception makes it hard to justify not splitting Suffolk County in two TV markets, and I am looking for opinions on this proposal that is detailed below:
WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY (West of Riverhead): Will remain part of the NYC market as before, and local TV stations such as WABC and WCBS will remain on cable and will be able via antenna broadcast as well.
EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY (East of Riverhead, North Fork and South Fork): New York City TV channels will still remain on local cable systems, but cable will now prioritize TV stations from the Providence, RI market since that city is geographically 50-70 miles away from the area. In exchange, the Providence, RI TV market invests in providing local news to Eastern Suffolk County as well as their own market. They also buy multiple translator stations for antenna viewers in Montauk, East Hampton, Greenport, and the Sag Harbor area.
Again, I am trying to ask what do you think about this plan being feasible one day for East Hampton and Montauk, NY to be included in the much closer Providence, RI TV market.
You do, of course, realize this is not a "problem" that only impacts your area right? Wherever you hit smaller markets per mile, (read listeners or viewers) in any region, anywhere in the US, the smaller region "suffers" from lack of coverage right? Forget your proposal, there is not enough money in it for anyone to seriously consider it, let alone the number of eyes and ears that would be interested in same. R.I would need LI advertiser $$ to make it even remotely feasible and that is not gonna happen.
Secondly, I know a lot of people who lived in NYC their entire life who now reside full time on the east end and your stated reason for asking this question would never occur to them, not even for a nano second. Buy yourself a good internet radio and you will be able to pull in a lot of stations from your area. I am in De. now and I listen to a lot of NY radio - if I can get it, so can you.
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When I grew up on Strongs Neck in the late fifties , our television channels came
mostly from New Haven . On really clear nights , we could pull in Providence.
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This is a solution without a problem. People who live out there can (and do) get news from News 12 as well as CT stations. Who are you to say what they should have access to? You think the broadcast networks should - and would - willingly limit their broadcast signal? Why? A lot of people who live out there have ties to NYC and some work there believe it or not.
When I grew up on Strongs Neck in the late fifties , our television channels came
mostly from New Haven . On really clear nights , we could pull in Providence.
Grew up in Huntington and had no problem getting CT stations.
On clear nights, my mom gets WFAN - all the way here in NC.
Eastern Suffolk is sort of land locked (island locked??) into the NYC area by default. Yes, it is very far from Manhattan, but where else would you put it? CT/RI is separated by LI sound/Atlantic Ocean, with no bridges.
You do, of course, realize this is not a "problem" that only impacts your area right? Wherever you hit smaller markets per mile, (read listeners or viewers) in any region, anywhere in the US, the smaller region "suffers" from lack of coverage right? Forget your proposal, there is not enough money in it for anyone to seriously consider it, let alone the number of eyes and ears that would be interested in same. R.I would need LI advertiser $$ to make it even remotely feasible and that is not gonna happen.
Secondly, I know a lot of people who lived in NYC their entire life who now reside full time on the east end and your stated reason for asking this question would never occur to them, not even for a nano second. Buy yourself a good internet radio and you will be able to pull in a lot of stations from your area. I am in De. now and I listen to a lot of NY radio - if I can get it, so can you.
To clarify, yes I understand this is a problem that happens in other small TV markets. I only said I was born and raised in this one so that people wouldn't think I'm just a random person who knows nothing about this market.
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