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In article <581l3k$4j7@news.cc.oberlin.edu>, emyers@physics.oberlin.edu
(Ed Myers) wrote:

>         Bye the way, Stephane (I know this is incredibly off topic, but
> maybe you could respond via e-mail), what is up with Channel 2 on 
> Ithaca cable? It claims it's a UPN station, yet shows only 70's hourlong
> dramas! I find it strange and intriguing.

Aaah, this is the reason why we're not getting Voyager in this town.

You see, WWOR (ch. 2) and WPIX (ch. 10, I think) are both superstations
from NY city. The Binghamton UPN station (which we do not get here)
requested that these superstations block their feeding of Voyager in order
to protect their own market. They had the legal right to do so. The thing
is, of course, that while Time Warner is providing us with the
superstations, they can not provide us with the Binghamton station since
these were not equip to transmit their signal all the way to the Ithaca
antenna. 

As a result, the superstation simply blocked their feeding of Voyager in
all of Upstate NY leaving the Ithaca area in the dark.

Of course, this is about to change...

MORE INFO:

I copy here the content of the TWC flier:

COMING JANUARY 1st to your channel lineup...

WNYS (UPN 43) NEW! on basic cable service channel 5 (Note: WTVH-5 will no
longer be offered). Featuring great (sic) UPN programming including "Star
Trek: Voyager," "Star Trek: Next Generation," " Star Trek: Deep Space 9,"
"Hercules," "Xena," and "The Sentinel"

TBS NEW on Basic cable channel 17 (Note: E! will move to Standard Service
Plus service, channel 43) [TBS description follows]

-- 
Stephane Evoy
Cornell University
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