hey everyone it's Tyler the antenna man
when was the last time you saw a local
TV station mention that you can get
their Channel for free with an antenna
how come there's no information on their
website about what RF channel the TV
station broadcasts on or what antenna to
use why are TV stations so tight-lipped
about antennas
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new video so why don't TV stations
mention anything about getting their
Channel for free with an antenna when it
makes sense to point viewers in the
right direction to some good antennas or
at least tips to improve TV reception
during the FCC repack many TV stations
were stock operating their signal at
reduced power for an extended period of
time yet very few TV stations provide
updates to their antenna viewers
those of you who have followed my
YouTube channel for a while probably
already know the reason why TV stations
don't seem to say a word about antenna
TV it has to do with re-transmission
fees they receive from cable satellite
and streaming services
last year TV stations made roughly 12
billion dollars in re-transmission fees
these are fees paid by cable satellite
and streaming services for the rights to
carry the local channels despite the
fact they are available free over the
air
you can see on the same chart that the
re-transmission revenue increases every
year which has a direct correlation to
cable and satellite price increases
it makes sense that local TV stations
don't really say anything about getting
their Channel for free with an antenna
because it could possibly impact
re-transmission fees which some estimate
can make up half of a TV station's
Revenue which probably doesn't stay at
the local level anyway based on these
kind of financial reports
in fact the ability for local TV
stations to charge re-transmission fees
has resulted in a loss of local channels
on cable satellite and even streaming
services from re-transmission disputes
this happens when a local TV station
owner usually a large Wall Street firm
demands more money from the cable
satellite or streaming service for the
right to carry their channels
this in turn would increase the
customer's bill
when the TV provider does not agree to
pay more money the media company pulls
all of their TV stations and runs ads
saying that the channels were removed by
the TV provider
we've all seen these kinds of ads your
cable provider removed our TV station
call them now and demand they pay us
more money I mean demand that they bring
our Channel back
they literally use their viewers as
pawns to get more money that they do not
deserve
I got a little off topic but figured to
provide some context on why local TV
stations do not promote free
over-the-air TV think about it whenever
a local TV station is removed from a
cable satellite or streaming service
from a re-transmission dispute why don't
they ever mention that you can get the
Channel free over the air
obviously most TV stations do not want
to promote a way you can get their
Channel for free when there's 12 billion
dollars in re-transmission Revenue at
stake
blame Congress for passing this law that
ironically has the words consumer
protection in it I'm not sure how
promoting big media companies to charge
consumers for a channel that should be
free over the air protects them now I
must say that some TV stations that
aren't owned by a big Media Company tend
to do more to promote Free over-the-air
TV
for example WFMZ is a locally owned
independent TV station in Allentown
Pennsylvania an article on their website
provides very valuable information for
antenna viewers such as the RF channel
the station broadcasts on and what tv
antennas would work best to pick it up
every TV station should have something
like this on their website but I
guarantee you most do not
WFMZ also spent money to improve
over-the-air coverage in weak signal
areas by building several over-the-air
repeaters
on the flip side multi-billion dollar
Media Company next star Media Group shut
down over the air repeaters on their CBS
and NBC affiliate in the nearby Scranton
Wilkes-Barre Market
this really hurts over-the-air viewers
and areas of Pennsylvania where the main
signals cannot be picked up due to the
terrain
local TV stations should not be owned by
Wall Street firms I may cover this in
another video including how the passing
of this law really destroyed local radio
and TV as we know it
please do not fund these multi-billion
dollar Wall Street firms get your local
TV stations for free with an antenna
most of you probably already do but if
you don't you really should
does this number bother you 12 billion
dollars a year generated to local TV
stations from subscribers of paid TV
services despite the fact that channels
are available free over the air if this
number does bother you hit the greedy
networks where it hurts don't pay for
their channels through a cable satellite
or even streaming service like YouTube
TV get them for free with a decent
antenna setup
there's a list of General recommended
antennas attached in the description of
the video since the antennas are very
area specific I also offer and time
recommendations on my website at
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