Talk:WTTV

WTTV/WTHI's channels

This article says that WTTV was once on channel 10, but changed to 4. According to my grandpa, WTHI was once on 4, but right now it's on 10. Can someone confirm this? The WTHI-TV article says nothing about this. --/ɛvɪs/ /tɑːk/ /kɑntrɪbjuʃ(ə)nz/ 01:33, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

No, WTHI was never on channel 4. WTTV moved to channel 4 so it could cover Indinapolis better, and that created an open space for channel 10 in Terre Haute. WTHI did not sign on at all until a few months after WTTV moved to 4. DonutLover 00:20, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

"fucking up like channel 4"

Okay, I await proof of this phrase. I've never heard it in my life, and apparently neither has the editor who tagged it before I deleted it. Lambertman 15:22, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

I never, ever heard the phrase, and I lived in the area until I was almost 29 (I'm 30). I did used to use it as the epitome of poor recption, as I lived on the north side and did not have cable. Scottandrewhutchins 12:06, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Please clarify. You never heard it, but you used it? Lambertman 12:51, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

no, I have never, ever used the phrase. I meant I would refer to the station as the epitome of poor picture. Scottandrewhutchins 14:06, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Where does the phrase even come from? 161.225.129.111 15:27, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

This phrase has a general meaning somewhere in between "all messed up" and "slipping out of line" ... it may be obscure, and only occasionally referenced - but its origins are as such:

In rural areas, before the full predominance of cable, broadcast TV had significant bleed through and interference in the 3 and 4 channel bands

VCR players originally had a switch to select channel 3 or 4 depending on the local noise

trying to actually watch one of those channels in that era was painful, sometimes it would be fine but weather and sun spots and holy wrath might suddenly result in either a partly viewable channel or one that is all out of whack

thus the phrase - It is one of those things that you just had to live through to fully unappreciate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Criley002 (talk • contribs) 02:36, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Sammy Terry

I think he ought to get his own page. I didn't watch him much, so I wouldn't feel qualified to write it. Scottandrewhutchins 12:06, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

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A couple of changes...

WTTV just changed logos from CW4 to Indiana's 4. Look for a logo to reflect that. (Aeverine Frathleen Nieves 00:16, 5 August 2008 (UTC))

Bob and Tom TV

WTTV is running ads saying that on July 27 they will be called "Bob and Tom TV"? Know what this is about? Gpia7r (talk) 03:49, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Omissions & Additions

First WTTV promoted themselfs "Indiana's oldest continuously operating television station". This was because, though they went on the air after WFBM-TV WFBM had a transmitter failure shortly after they went live and were off the air for an extended period (months?) of time while they rebuilt the transmitter. WTTV never has been off the air for any major period of time.

Second I think that the early broadcaster of the para-normal and UFO news, Frank Edwards had a TV version of his show "Stranger than Science" which was produced at WTTV. This is an old memory I would have too look into and varify. Any one else know about any of this. Corumplex (talk) 07:14, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

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